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aenomlnationß, the people at lane* »>"• naturally
<ilsjK>»ed to condemn clergymen who by declining
! to comply with tli« behests of the government ex
pos* the.mselves to a <h«ipp of rebellion «g;tln«t
the authorities of the lar.d. But In order to under
atand U>« refusal of the Roman Catholic clergy of
France to fulfil th« requirements of th* new law
of separation it must bo explained that the pro
vwoob at the statute in question demand the con
•snt of the Church and of t« ministers to the
alienation of all the property that has been be
9<i«ftUi«d and donated them, to be held in trust
tat religious and philanthropic purposes. it is
property which they do not derive from the gov
ernment, but from the munificence of the pious,
*xj c: which ■ . .m are merely the trustee*-
The •Itxiation created by thn new law of repara
tion which is the cause rf the present crisis in
France is as if, for instance, th« Legislature of
>f«w York were to enact law? compelling the trus
tees of the Trinity Church < .ip i .;."!.. under tne
penalty «r confiscation, to pive their consent to the
alienation of all Itr vast property to other uses
than tho«e for which It A-as intended, and to trans
fer it* administration and control to people who
ml»-r.t either belong to rival denominations or even
jirofwae ath. \fv. It Is as if the Legislature of N<"w
York were to enact a statute requiring the Catholic
Church, under th« penalty of the confiscation of Its
property of one kind or another, to consent to t.ie
transfer of the management and control of its
sacred edifices, seminaries, rectories, hospitals,
prottictories and other educational and charitable
institutions to n*sociations in which not merely
avowed foe* of Catholicism among the Protestant
denominations, but also agnostics and scheming
politician!, indifferent to any kind of religious be
lief, were in tho majority. Were such laws to be
•■acted by the State of Xew York, me olercy and
trustees administering the great property of '.he
Trinity Church- Corporation and the clergy and
trust*es invested with the direction of the property
of the Catholic Church would be prompted to refuse
obsa'ie.nce, not only on religious grounds, but also
by reason of their conviction that compliance would
Involve a flag-rant disregard of their moral and
material obligations us trustees. They would look
upon the law in quesiion as iniquitous, an uncon
eUtutlpnal. and would therefore consider themselves
iUFtl:;»d in doing nothing to express their submis
sion thereto.
It it Inconceivable to the American people that
the Legislature of New York, or Indeed of any
Other *U.te of this great and free Republic, should
r'nact any *uch Law* of virtual spoliation. Yet that '
Jt precisely what the French government has done.
•Article ♦ of tiie new Law of Separation provides
for the forming of lay associations to take title
to the eociesiat-tlcal property in France. Now, if
these association* of laymati were Intended so!»i>
for the ii<sn.;::.^fr.,tlon of the temporalities of th«
Church, and if the law provided mat they should
be composed of Calholics, there might be no objec
tion to dMSa, though it is '•ir~IrTTTSWt to exclude,'
«* the law does, bishops and priests from member
ship and from a controlling voice in them.
In America, Catholic men are represented on
fill the boards of trustees Invested with the man
tigonH-nt of th>» funds and property of the various
churches. But the n«-w French law renders it pos
•rtMe for people of rival denominations, and fo»f of
the Church in question. 10 s«H-ur<* a place on these
HSForlations, and actually .-.inverts the clergy Into
their docile instrument as recarda the administra
tion of thfclr ecclesiastical once. Moreover, it is
Jirovided by the law that In cases where rival as
ro.-iations are formed, claiming the churches and
the church property of any particular parish, it is
the Council of State— that Is to say. a purely lay
Ixxl> and a creature of the executive for the time
ttt-lnu-which shall determine their respective pre
tensioriS. In one word. The liew .law requires of
the Church the alienation of all' Its property to
hoards of laymen in inn selection of which it has
virtually no voice: this board to have full and
)>erfect control, not only ovrr the funds, but even
over the religious edifices, and over the exercise of
divine worship Itself. Independent of Pope bishops
tuid canon law.
The proprrty at stake conni=ts of about thirty
thousanfi churches rof which less tVnr three hun
dred have been -.lit with the aid of the state or
SnunicipaHtv> nr..i the pr O t>ertv s<ynmulsted by
yneans <,f endowment h and legacies during the last
Tuiti<lr. d years, since the |n«t confiscation of Church
|ir<.i*rtv at the time of the ereat Revolution, and
Rmouritlng to considerably over r^'.frtififtft. Only a
portion of this vast property is destine for purely
V,-: >..,,-,] purposes, the great mniorlty of the
•funds being o>Fiene<J and u«e<l for nurnoses of char
ity nnd philanthropy. Of this rropertv the dercy
"IT- \ • < '.r.:Kifrs. **? virtue of the conditions under
•wlu.-h it ran donated and b*>nu*ath.-d Their ar
«-eptanc« of the m-w law nn<l fV,Hr r r*r,«*+ r o f t»,J,
Vn^- ny °V h 'i. trust t0 *'"" "associations cultu
™ . wouM alimate forever the estate of the
Chore* in «WercTi<-e to nn iniquitous law, which
may I* rope Men by anot* "■ P»r]jan < •,<
Aristlde nrland. tl M Minister ..f Kauratl^n in
(I I , »" " r M*«* a»d executor of th!« iniqui
tous Jaw. tea solemnly declared that, without the
■r ,L consent Of the clerr>- to th .-stahllEhment
vithoT,?\£ 0a « rdil> ?r? r V assoclatlons cuttueUes." and
♦ }] ou ! Tl .- transfer by the clenrv of the property
r>f the *' hureh to these bodies, ,i .re could hot only
££?£ |,|,H,. exercises of divine worship, but there
wonld also folio, tlle flscatlOß oorf r the sscred
*dlfices. the rectories nnd the other ecclesiastical
property by the state. This minister. Aristide Rri
und. Is the statesman wh... addressing a congress
If teacher* at Amiens tho other day. told them that
Hi U t "J,\ : ', 6 cr ' n . !G to root " ut from »»*<• minds of
French children the ancient faith, which had served
Its tlrne. and 10 replace it with the light of free
thought, winding up his discourse with the words
•H faut en finlr avec lidee Ohretienne." (We must
do away with the Christian idea )
Tlier. !^ no au<-«tlon. therefore, of the differences
Twtween the vanous relirfoaa denominations. The
Pope ;in -l th £? man catholic Church in Franc*
to-da> are ntrhting with far better justification
iind much great. t moderation th* very war that
ajalnjers and the other founders of the Free Kirk
wired In Scotland si^ty years ago for "the Crown
TtlgMs of Christ." The clergy of France In one
word are lighting the battle of Christendom" and
fchould have •■.., sympathy of every Christian
church, no matter what its denomination, which
owns property and endowmr-n's to be used for di-
Vine •rorstilp and for the dispensation of charity
enoording to Its own llghte.
Characterizing the present trouble between the
Vbtlcan and the French government as "the first
persecution of the. twentieth century." Archbishop
Farley has sent a letter to all the priests of the
archdiocese directing that the prayer "Pro Papa"
be said every mornlr.g and that the parishioners
be urced to pray psJaMr and privately for the
X»ope and the Church. This letter was read In all
the churches yesterday and special prayers offered
for the Pope. In nearly all the churches the pas
tor* referred to the trouble, quoting largely Card!
*i&] Qlbbons's letter.
SOCIALISTS IN FIELD.
Tlan for Campaign Against Papal
Power in Italy.
Milan. Dec 16— The Socialist Federation has
decided to organize throughout Italy a simulta
neous expression of sympathy with France, and
Is forming a committee, to he composed of. all
the democratic parties, for ami-clerical agita
lion.
POPE EECETVES MRS. LAMONT.
Home, Dec. 16.— Pope Pius to-day received In
private audience Mrs. Daniel Lamont and her
daughters, Mlps Wynkooy. and Dr. Dunn, of
Boston. They were presented by Monsignor
Kennedy, rector of the American College. To
Ihein the Pope exclaimed. "My greatest con-
Fol&tion now comes from America!*'
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OPPRESSION IN POLAND
Long List of Executions — Nation's
Spirit Not Daunted.
Warsaw. Doc. in. — Report s received from
points throughout Russian Poland show what
results have followed the government's policy
of firmness. This result was accomplished at a
terrible cost to the Polish people, the numhpr
of victims being estimated at thousands. Busi
ness has become stagnant, tho trades and In
dustries are bankrupt and the masses are In a
state of lamentable poverty.
To-day's reports from Czenstochowa, which Is
a typical Polish town, with n population of
about r>O.o<K>, including many Jews, show that
seven so-called Terrorists have been tried by
drumhead cotirt-martial and executed in the last
two days.
In the early part of last week five Terrorists
were tried, convicted and shot here, as also
were three at Sieradz, near Kalißz, f»'o at Tom
aezow and one at Lomza. These executions have
been going on constantly through Poland. .
Despite the depressing effect of this martial
rule, the Poles are busily engaged In organizing
their forces for the.next parliamentary elections.
Fur the time lx-ing party differences have been
forgotten, and the national spirit has brought
about a merger of the thiee groat Polish parties
— Conservative. Progressive and Democratic.
These are selecting fusion candida*<»s represent
ing Polls-h national ideals. The new Polish
school system is also bringing out evidence of
national energy as the permission to establish
private schools with Polish teachers has already
resulted In the formation of eight hundred
schools, with an attendance of seventy-five
thousand Polish children.
Altogether, despite the darkness of the pres
ent martial conditions, the situation has been
somewhat relieved by new evidences of the in
domitable spirit of the Polish people.
COLONEL INJURED BY BOMB.
Commander of Gendarmes at Eadom May Die
from Wounds.
Itadom, Dec. 10. — A bomb was thrown at
Colonel Plotta, commander of the gendarmerie
of the. government of Radom to-day. His leg
was torn off by the explosion. A student of the
technical school, who threw the bomb, was ar
rested.
REVOLUTIONISTS KILL FOUR,
Two of Former Finally Shot and Third Com
mitted Suicide in Bessarabia.
Pt. Petersburg. Dec. 16.— -A dispatch from
Lipkany, Bessarabia, says that three revolu
tionists, on being arrested, shot and killed an
official and then fled. Three peasants who
joined in their pursuit were also killed by the
revolutionists. Later two of the revolutionists
were shot and killed by officials, and the third
committed suicide.
WORK ON VENICE TOWER STOPPED.
Proposed that Construction of Campanile
be Settled by Popular Vote.
Venice. Dec. 16.— The work of rebuilding the
Campanile, which collapsed on July 14, 1902, Is
not being pushed, owing to a controversy as to
the method of construction and the material to
be need. A .proposal has been made to settle
the difference of opinion !>y a referendum.
FIGHT OVER GORKY PLAY AT NAPLES.
Naples. Dec. 16. — A demonstration was made here
to-day in protest against the prohibition of the
I>! -Mutation of Maxirrf Gorky a drama, "Children
Of tIM Btin." The demonstrators and the police
had v fight. The Republican Deputy, Slgnor Mlra
belli, made a speech, and greetings were sent to
the "martyrs ' In Russia.
STOLEN TORTOISE FOUND IN ROME.
Rome, Dec. 16.— The bronze tortoise which was
Stolen from the fountain in th. Piazza Tartarupa
lectntly was found by strict buys in a public gar
den not far from the plao- where It wa3 taken.
It is supposed that the thieves, fearing discovery,
ur that they would be unaMe to sell tho tortolwe,
abandoned it.
WILLIAM MARCONI COMING HERE.
Rome, Dec. I"'.. — William Marconi left here for
London to-day. He will sail for tho United
States in January.
» ~^—
BOY HURT WHEN CARS CRASH.
A southbound Yorker* trolley car crashed against
the rear of a Mount Vemon car at Webster ave
nue and 118 th street, early last night, resulting In
slight injuries to Jacob Hechter. twelve years old.
of No. 604 East &9th street, a passenger. The acci
dent is believed to have been due to slippery rails
The motorman ot the Tonkers car saved himself
by jumping.
NEW- YORK DAILY TOTBTTCE. MONDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1906/
CROWDCHEEKSGERSUNI
Russians Wild with Delight When
He Greets Galvckoff.
One man klsslngr another sent a crowd wild with
delight last night in the Academy of Muslo. A
crowd which filled every seat in«the house cheered
madly. The kisser was Gregory Andreovitch Ger
purii and the kissed was Gregory Pelrovitch Galve
koff Gemini is one of several Russian revolu
tionists now In this country. As ho embraced
Galvekoff be exclaimed,: ! ;£•; ■■.■'.
"I. a .Tew from Shavel, kiss a peasant from
Ohernlgoff in the name of thp Russian people."
Lonp before the hour of the mec-tins Irving Place
In front of the Academy was packed full of Sja«pH
from curb to curb, and two thousand persons were
turned away because tho seats were sold In ad
vance. The meetlnc was in charge of tho Russian
Socialist Revolutionist party. The chairman was
Mr. Katt. When the speakers were escorted to th»
platform the. entire audience stood and waved
handkerchiefs while tho band played the Marseil
laiae.
Tl:e fir?t speaker was Galvekoff. Hf> was Intro
duced as n member ef tho Pouma who had es
caped; a member of thf> group of thirty peasants
who signed a manifestos who had been arrested
and freed by his followers; one of those who had
signed a call to th» people to resist the govern
ment.
"Gersuni was in the lion's mouth, and was ar
rested by the people simply because he was in
sympathy with the people, and he suffered as a
frlond of the people and for thoir cause, 11 ho said.
As he retired after making his speech, the kiss
ing, which set the people wild with enthusiasm,
occurred.
Kx-Congressman ("No Pass") Baker, of Brooklyn,
told the. revolutionist!* that tne American types of
the Rtftsian autocrats— klifgs of wealth in is
district— had retired him from office, so that he
could not act for the people.
L. E. Miller. Editor of "Die Wahrhett." said there
were many young men here, and young women,
too, who would willingly give their money and lives
to follow Gersuni, not only for the cause, but for
himself.
This prepared the audience for the coming 1 of the
principal speaker, and as Gersuni arose the audi
ence again stood and the orchestra played tho
"Marsellaise."
"Revolution Is our God," he. said. "Wo' know
that while we bury our fallen comrades we pave
the way for others In greater numbers to rise.
Forget the praise given me: remember the causo
we serve. We must not forget that no battle can
be won with As the emissary of the Rus
sian revolution, I say we are awaiting your aid.
But donations of money only are Insufficient In
Russia. The bankers of all countries are united
against Russian freedom. The interest on their
money In dearer to them than th* lives of our
millions."
At this juncture tin appeal •as made for money
and the baskets were passed. It was announced
that $2,i>iO had been raised, of which $.VK> was In
cash of email denominations.
PORTO RICAX LANDS.
Federal and Insular Difficulties Ami
cably Adjusted.
San Juan. P. R., Dec. Id.— The differences be
tween the federal and insular governn^nts over
the division of the public mm* in Porto Rico
have been amicably adjusted, subject to the
approval of the .Secretary of the Navy. Captain
Samuel C. Lemly, U. 8. NT., retired, who repre
sented the navy In the adjustment, sailed for
New York on December 12 on board the steamer
Philadelphia.
AFTER ANDEAN INDIANS.
Harvard Expedition Sails To-day to
Investigate Primitive Tribes.
Headed by Dr. W. C. Farabee, '00. an in
structor in anthropology, Harvard University
has equipped an expedition which will sail to
day for South America to make an exhaustive
study of the little known Andean Indian tribes
of the region at the head of the Amazon and
Parana rivers. The members of the expedition
arrived In this city from Boston yesterday.
They expect to be away three yearn, and will
take with them provisions for six months.
They do not anticipate any difficulty In getting
supplies after they reach their destination.
Dr. Farabee will have as hln assistants J. "W.
Hastings, 'cm. and L. J. De Milhau. '06. Dr.
Edward F. Horr, a graduate of Yale and of the
College ..f Physicians and Surgeons, of this
city, has been selected to look after the physi
cal welfare of the expedition. Mrs. Farabee will
accompany her husband as far as Arequipa,
Peru. This will be the headquarters of tho ex
pedition, and Mrs. Farabee will remain there
while the scientists take the path for the in
terior. Harvard ha* an observatory at this
place, but owing to the entirely different nature
of the work the expedition will not be aided
much by It.
Dr. Farabee has letters from Secretary Root
of the State Department to all representatives
of the United States in that region. The ex
pedition will sail to-day on the government
• steamer Panama. From Panama it will cross
the isthmus and go down the western coast to
Mollendo, whence It will strike inland to
Arequipa.
Dr. Farabee has done similar work in other
parts of the world. Ethnologically the region
to be explored Is practically new ground, and
it Is expected that the expedition will be of
great Importance in advancing scientific knowl
edge of tho primitive peoples of South America.
An attempt will be made to gather a complete
collection of the utenslln, weapons, clothes and
anything else that may contribute to an ex
haustive knowledge of the Andean frlnes. The
money for the expedition is said to have been
subscribed by a Harvard graduate deeply in
terested in ethnological research.
OPERA NECESSARY TO CULTURE.
American Playgoers. Decide After a Long
Debate.
That opera is a necessity of culture was decided
in the affirmative last night after a spirited debate
at a meeting of the American Playgoers In the
email ballroom of the Hotel Astor. The subject
under discussion was "Is Opera a Necessity of
Culture or a Fad?" The speakers were evenly di
vided on tho subject until John De Witt Warner,
who summed up, declared In favor of culture and
► made the opera lovers In the audience breathe a
tslph of relief.
Charles 11. Meltzer, manager of the Metropolitan
Opera House, said that opera had more influence on
the uncultured than on the cultured and that they
appeared to appreciate It more. He .began by say-
Ing that nothing was a necessity except food, drink
and air, and that "wo could exist without oDora
r.s many of us hay.-> to." • '
Aubrey Boucicault, an actor, who was the next
speaker, said be was thankful that it was not
necessary to be cultured to enjoy opera. He said
he could prove it was not a fad with him, because
he spent a dollar to stand up during a performance
the other night and. in spite of bis aching legs
be thoroughly enjoyed it. *■ ..",-.- ■■- '
Father Taibot Smith hoped opera would go back
not only to morality, for he thought the libretto of
the on.-r.i "was tin: most immoral stuff," hut to
something higher— the expression, in fact, of the
highest religious feeling.
About three hundred friends and members of the
Playgoers were present and they ' seemed thor
oughly to enjoy the discussion and also the singing
Of lime, Anna Arnaud, Carl Hoyden and Dick
Tempi*, of the Blue Moon company.
Murray Carson, vice-president of the club, an
nounced that the next me- ting would be held on
January C. Twelfth Night, at the National Arts
CltU>, No. IS Orainercy Place, and that those who
desired, to do so could come In costumes.
HOSPITAL BRIDE LEFT A WIDOW.
Murmuring words of love to his bride of a
week. James Watt Drysdale. ji young: Iron
worker, died yesterday at Bellevue Hospital.
Saturday a week ago, Dryadafe married Miss
Christine Fraser Johnstone, Just before under
going an operation us a last resort to save his
life. The marriage was the culmination of a boy
and girl love affair, which had Its beginning
when the two were children In Scotland. Drys
dale fell from the eleventh floor to the basement
of ■ building on which tie was working. He was
carried to Bellevue Hospital, and wherran opera
tion was. found necessary, Miss Johnbtum» in
sisted on being married to him.
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(siftß in
China an* (Blass
! at our eatabliebment will
be tounD tbc largest an&
meet complete eybibit of
• choice articles in
porcelain & Crystal
to be (ounO ant?wbctc.
Inspection invited.
PLUMS ARE LUPEJNLNG.
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JUICY, DEMOCRATIC KIND.
Boys Wait for Murphy and Conners
to Shake the Tres.
Before the end of this week Charles F. Murphy
and William J. Connors, together with the newly
elected Democratic state officials, hope to have the
state patronage question disposed of. Tho men
who were elected to state' offices on the' Democratic
ticket had a good deal to say on the stump about
the evils of the boss system. It looks now as If
they were going to try a two-year experiment of
it under Murphy and Connors Just to see if what
they said was true. Whenever William Schuyler
Jackson comes to town he makes it his business
to see either Charles F. Murphy or William J. Con
ners, if the latter is ' here. before he says
anything. Messrs. Murphy and Conners are
waiting j for the return on Saturday from Eu
rope of Martin H. Glynn. the Controller-elect,
before making promises to their district lead
ers. The Attorney General has a few good things
to give out in the shape of oatronage plums, but
as plums they are not so large or so juicy as the
kind that will grow on Mr Glynn's tree.
There are five offices worth $4,000 a year in the
New York branch of the Transfer Tax Bureau con
nected with the Controller's office, to say nothing
of two or three good paying places In the Albany
office. Those In tho New York Bureau, at No. 25T
Broadway, are filled by the following well known
Republicans:
' Charles K. Lexow, ex-Assemblyman Robert
Mazet. ex- Assembly man Hal Bell, James Yereance
and Moses M. McKee. J. D. Frost Is the appraiser
in Brooklyn, with an office at No. 40 Court street.
Murphy is looking with longing eyes on these five
places In the New York Bureau. With McClellan
appointing anti-Murphy men to local offices, Mr.
Murphy's machine Is decidedly out of repair these
days. If he can get these $1,000 jobs he can ease
things up a good deal. But Mr. Glynn has a num
ber of Albany lawyer friends, who think they can
live sumptuously anywhere on $4,000 a year, and
they have told Mr. Glynn that they will move down
to New York If he will appoint them. "Packy"
McCabe has the promise of one or two of these
places, and Mr. Murphy will be lucky if he, gets
three of the rive.
Attorney General Jackson will have about thir
teen places to fill. Few of his appointees will coma
from New York. The Attorney General has a
branch office here, but there are only three good
places in It. These are filled at present by Alex
ander T. Mason. $4,000; William Blau, $2,800, and
Ernest H. Wallace, $2,400. It is understood that
Mr. Jackson will appoint Charles Dolsen, of Buf
fulo^ William A. Deiord and James A. Donnelly, of
Ne\f York- Charles P. Williams, of Wayne County
Frank H. Mutt, of .Chautauqua, and A. M. Sperry,
of Binghamton% to his staff. This will leave him
with about eight less Important places to fill, and
there are ten applicants for every place.
The best places In the Attorney General's office
are held at present by the following Republicans:
First deputy. James G. Graham, Newburg, $4,000;
second deputy. Horace McGuire. Rochester, $4,<\«);
Court of 'Claims deputy, William H. Tennant.
Mayville, $4,000; agricultural law deputy, C. O.
Pratt. Cambridge. $4,000; taxation deputy, G. E.
Pierce. Buffalo, $4.0u0; deputy, D. E. Ainsworth.
Sandy Creek, $4,000; managing deputy. J. S. Rosal
sky. New York, $2,500; assistant to Court of Claims
deputy. Michael H. Quirk. Au Sable Forks, $3,0u0;
assistant to taxation deputy, James J. Barrett.
Syracuse, 2,400; land clerk. E. H. Leggett. Albany.
$2,500.
The State Controller has a large number of clerks
and assistant^ In his office, but many ot them are
covered by the Civil Service rules, and If removed
their successors must be taken from the competi
tive lists. Murphy and Connera are counting"
on getting Controller Glynn to appoint an
antl-McCarren man to the. post in Brooklyn now
held by J. D. Ft-jst as transfer tax appraiser. Glynn
an McCarren are personal friends, but as McCar
ren Is on trial for political treason in opposing
Hearst, Messrs. Murphy and Conners are confident
that Glynn will not affront the organization by
naming a McCarren man.
Thus far the friends of William R. Hearst have
had little to say about the patronage. Mr. Hearst
will be back from the Southwest this week, and.
doubtless, will take part in the patronage confer
ence. William A. Deford. on Mr. Hearst's cam
paign staff, Is the only simon pure Hearst man
who Is looking for a state job. It 13 likely that he
will be made a Deputy Attorney General. Th«
Hearst men aro likely to put in a claim for one or
two of the places in the transfer tax bureau.
The significant tiling about t,he later develop
ments is that Murphy and Ccnners have assumed a
Kurt of proprietorship of the patronage. Applicants
for Jobs under the new Democratic state officials
go first to Murphy nnd Conners, and afterward to
tho newly elected officials.
BAILEY GOING ARMED.
Senator Says He I cart Assassination
from Texas Enemies.
I By Tfle^raph to The Trihuno )
San Antonio, Tex.. Dec. 16.— Senator J. W.
Bailey, who is making a tour of the state de
nouncing the men- who have charged him with
accepting foes an«l being too friendly with the
Waters- Pierce Oil company, to-day told of his
constantly carrying a pistol because of his fear
of assassination.
He said that on Saturday, while he was on his
way to this city from B-M1 County, where he had
excoriated his foes, two men approached him on
the train in a suspicious manner, and that he
believed he prevented an assault upon, him by
quickly drawing his pistol.
Gainesville, Tex.. Dec. lt>.— Senator Bailey issued
the following statement to-day:
Answering numerous inquiries from my friends, I
state that from letters and telegrams to me and
from signed statements in the newspapers by mem
bers of the Senate anil House since my answer to
Attorney General Davidson's statement, I count
positively twenty-three members of the Senate and
eighty-throe members of the House who are pledged
to vote for me. Besides these voluntary pledges, I
hear from reliable friends that twelve other mem
bers have declared they will vote for me, as in
structed by primaries. This makes a total of XVi
on joint ballot. I am perfectly satisfied, as I de
clared several days ago, that not fifteen votes will
be cast against me.
Tho House numbers KB and the Senate 31; total,
163; necessary to elect, ft. #
DUCK HUNTERS AND FARMERS BATTLE.
Chicago, Dec. 16.— A pitched battle at thirty
yards, between two farmers and twy duck hunt
ers,' all armed with double barrelled shotguns,
while the farmers were attempting to eject the
trespassers from their premises this afternoon, re
sulted In all the combatants betes more or 'less
Injured.
The land on which tiie shooting occurred lies b«'
tween Ontario avenue and the Calumet River and
134 th iind l"3th streets. The hunters attempted to
escape, hut were ruptured by policemen from the
Hegewiitch station and a posse of armed farmer*,
after an exciting five-mile chase through the
swamplands. Fearing trouble mlgiit follow it" the
hunters were left at the Hegewiseh .station, the
two prisoners were locked up at South Chicago,
after their wounds wen- dressed.
DENIES REPORTED TELEPHONE MERGER
Buffalo, Dec. 16.— U. G. Hubbell. president of th««
Consolidated Telephone Company, denies the re
port thai the company is to be merged with the.
Great Eastern Telephone Company of New York.
Mr. Hubbel says the Consolidated":! only Interest
In the Great Eastern is its interest on the option
of the franchise of the New York Electric Lines
Company, which Is no.v Involved In the courts.
K. OF C. PROTESTS AGAINST FRANCE.
The New York Chapter of the Knights of Co
lumbus, at a meeting at Grand Central I'ulucn >>■■-
terday, adopted h resolution protecting against the
government of France "for Its confiscation of
Catholic. Church property, tor its Injustice and tyr
anny to th.- Krench hierarchy and clergy, and for
Its violation of the Immemorial rights und »acr<*d
duties of the Sovereign FouUlX, i"iv* X." .--,.■-.
THE GORHAM CO.
Fifth Avenue
The most comprehensive and varied
collection of Silverware that has ever
been displayed in New York is now on
exhibition at the Gorhara Building, it
includes some very important examples
of Hand-wrought Martele* and Athenic
— wares fashioned exclusively by the
Gorham Company. These are admirably
adapted for Christmas gifts of a distinct
and individual charaifter.
There will also be found an exception*
ally complete assortment of Gold wares
designed for use as well as for ornament,
comprising many articles not usually
produced in this metal.
THE GORHAM CO.
Silversmiths and Goldsmiths
Fifth Avenue and Thirty-Sixth Street
And at 23 Maiden Lane
W.6J.SLOANE
a ORIENTAL RUGS D
W For Christmas Gifts W
A S a gift combining beauty, tastc>
** utility and intrinsic vorth, an
Oriental Rug needs no recommen
dation.
Ific one precaution that is neces
sary is that purchasers of rugs choose
a dealer of absolute integrity.
Our guarantee of genuineness and
of proper valuation goes with every
Oriental Rug we sell..
Our collection of Ferraghan, Kir
manshah, Tabreez and India Rugs*
and in the less expensive Daghestans,
Afghans, Kazaks, Guendjis and Beloo
chistans, is the finest in America.
Broadway & Nineteenth Street
B. Altaian & da.
FIFTH AVENUE, THIRTY-FOURTH AND THIRTY-FIFTH STS.
£
SILVER ARTICLES, embracing a> variety of novelties for
men's and women's personal use. Also mirrors, jewel cases.
photograph frames, candlesticks, etc.; silver deposit ware
in tea service, claret pitchers, cordial sets and similar pieces.
DESK and LIBRARY TABLE APPOINTMENTS,
comprising Paper Racks, Calendars and Blotters, Library
Shears, Brass Mounted Pads, etc. Leather Desk Sets,
Bronze Ink Stands, Bridge Whist Sets, etc.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WRITING PAPERS.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT.
Mutual Officials Say Administration
Ticket Is Sure Winner.
On the eve of the insurance elections Mutual Life,
officers predict that the "administration" ticket
will poll three times as many votes as the opposi
tion, and that "administration" success Is assured
already, whatever the direction of the voting to
day ?jid to-morrow.
The Internationa! committee, on the other hand,
predicts the success of the "united committees" "
ticket, expressing the belief, however, that th»
Mutual Life contest -will be a close one.
Richard Olney. Charles Emory Smith and General
Benjamin F. / Tracy, the "International's" proxy
committee, and Colonel A. M. Shook, of Pennsyl
vania. Harlow K. Higinbotham and Bernard F.
Baker, tho "united committee's" proxy committee,
will hold an Informal conference In this city to-day.
George R. Scrughani. the International commit
tee's manager, announced last night that the com
mittee had received more "opposition" votes yes
terday than on any previous day. He added that
the. committee received more than fifty thousand
anti-administration New York Life and Mutual
votes last week. Mr. Scrugham declared that the
committee's representatives would challenge all
proxy holders on Tuesday.
Despite the denials by New York Life officials.
Mr. Scrugham asserted that the New York Life
was "bringing*!!! proxy holders who ha\i never even
visited this city before."
Mr. Serugham made public a letter from Dr.
William C. Brlnkerhoff. of Chicago, telling how
th*' wife of one of the company's agents had
bollclted pro-admlntstration proxies. The com
mittee's manager told also of further alleged
methods of this company, whereby proxies ran to
a Mr Walker, at the Hotel Manhattan
It is expected that Superintendent Keisey will be
able to announce the names of th* Inspectors of
election! to-day.
The pronouncement of sentence on George Burn
ham. jr. of the Mutual Reserve, recently con
victed of grand larceny, Is set for this morning-
JEROMES MEN ON THE TRAIL.
Prowl About Downtown and Raid Saloon
May Be Connected with Gambling War.
Detectives R.ardon and Brennan. District At
torney Jerome's right hand men. spent yester
day visiting "suspected" places among uaioona
in the downtown dlßtrlct. with a view to finding;
places where the law was being violated Laat
night the detectives visited the Southwestern
be°« t£ treet> r d «™»ted- Daniel 81m-
According to Itoardon. a .übDcena had b«n
Park&Tilford
FOUNDED 1840
From Tuesday. December
until Xmas Eve.. Park & Til
ford's Stores will be open until
9 P.M. They will be doted
on Chri&maa Day and on New
Year* Day
*J The Fineit Table Dunce, Confec
tionery. Wines. Cigars and Perfumay
Broadway and Twenty-first Street.
Broadway and Forty-first* Street*
Filth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Sttv. t.
Sixth Avenue near Ninth Scr C
Columbia Aye. 4. Seventy-second St.
served on Sirnht-r? to appear at the District At
torney's ottlce to-day to tell what he knew about
poolrooms, but. timbers hinted to the process
server that his presence would have to be dis
pensed with.
STUDENTS AT DEPAUW MUST WEAR KED.
[ By Telegraph to Th» Tribune. i
Greencaatle. Ind., Dec. I£— Beginning «<ft »•
next term th« students In the history d*p*Ttmeiii
of Depauw University will have to wear red. ta*
girls either red feathers to their hats or re*
dresses, and the boys red neckties. This is tn*
edict that Dr. Andrew Stephenson has promulgate
and he has given notice to the students that v! >'
they expect to conform to the rule they had &*««
not matriculate In his department. Dr. Stephenw^
la head of the history department and r«4 »
favorite color.
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