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V 1V 1 - LX VII N°- 22.079.
BOXD THEFT, $800,000.
DESXETT HAD $300,000.
Securities Hypothecated for One
third Face Value.
Further details of the bond robbery of the
e^-üßt Company of America learned yesterday
jjiow that the total value of securities taken by
VT. O. Douglass, the assistant bond clerk, and
hypothecated by Oliver M. Dennett and others
upp° to have been in the scheme, was
nearer $SOO.«00 than $500,000. Of this amount
£500.000. not $20,000. as at first stated, were
found in the possession of Dennett at the Man
fcattta Club.
It developed that most of the bonds on which
jnoaey was realized were hypothecated for not
jgore than one-third of their face value. The
trust company, in civil suits now being prepared
for the recovery of the money it was obliged to
air various brokerage houses for the return of
Hit securities held by them, will, it is under
stood, argue that these brokers might have sus
pected that something was wrong when they
yrere only asked to lend one-third of what is
rfflcarily lent on gilt-edged collateral.
Another interesting fact told by one of the
jjominent directors yesterday was that, in addi
ejja to taking bonds held as collateral on loans,
pougi&^ appropriated a large amount of stocks
deposited by customers of the company and held
ja the asm* of Douglass. He was able to do
ttte through an arrangement that many trust
companies are said to have with their cus
tomers.
Wishing to take an occasional "Bier" in the
-airket while travelling they deposit ■ certain
, uaour.t of securities In the trust company, to
be drawn on as needed by their brokers. Send
tog an order to the broker to buy stocks on mar
gin, the customer at the same time Bends an or
fier to Ike trust company to turn over collateral
sufficient to carry the stocks. To facilitate the
transfer of the collateral deposited with the
trust company the customer has it registered in
the name of some one in the trust company,
osually the loan clerk or assistant loan clerk.
The reason for this method Is that in the hands
of the trust company the securities are less
likely to be tied up by a failure than if they
were held by a brokerage concern.
DOUGLASS HELD SECTRITIF.F:.
Douglass, it Is said, held a lame number of
eecuriiies of this nature in his name. It was
In disposing of these securities, about the own
ership of which there petmed to be no question,
that he started In Wall Ftreet speculation, It
wat only at the last that he dipped into the
collateral held for loans. With the $400,000
taken on Friday and the $.».000 taken on Sat
urday of the week before last. it is believed
that Douglass intended to get out of the coun
try. Bat he made the mistake of leaving his
post at 10:45 on Saturday. Whether it was for
the purpose of raising money on some of the col
lateral or not Is not known. It is thought that
he may have Just heard from the Manhattan
Club that ex-Mayor J.,slah Qulncy of Boston
tad declined to accept a retainer to act as coun
sel in an effort to get immunity for the return
of some of the bonds.
'If Douglass had stayed through business on
Saturday.- said a director yesterday, "it looks
turn as if he had a chance to got away before
Holiday without arousing suspicion."
As it was, all avenues of escape watched
after Douglass failed to return to his cage on
Pit m day. The last train for Canada left the
Grand Central Station shortly after midnight.
Oakleigh Thorne. president of the trust com
pany, and other officers who had been watching
there started for home, and, as has torn told,
Mrs. Douglass and a man were wen getting off
a train at the Grand Central Station of the sub
way. If they had intended to get the train
they More late, and went to the Hotel Portland.
DENNETT WITH MRS. DOUGLASS.
The identity of th*. third man has not been
told, bat yesterday it was lean that ho was
.Dennett. Be did not register at the Portland.
where Douglass was arrested later, but was
followed to the Manhattan Club. He probably
hi.d the $300,000 in bond* •.:• . him at the time.
but was not molested until he came out of the
club on Monday morning, ?i watch having been
kept there In the mean time. Then it was that
Mr Them* and the detectives .searched his
loom and found the large bundle of securities.
When arrested Douglass had little money, al
though boom must have been raised on the other
1150,000 in bonds, It Is thought possible that it
• had been placed in the keeping of a third per
son, who was to forward It when Douglass had
got well away.
It sanaa that the present loss of the trust
company is $10".OGO, not $140,000. as baa been
Inferred from the statement of President Thorne
that the maximum could not exceed th* latter
figure. He was figuring on getting the $25,000
for which Douglass was bonded as a partial
reimbursement. Of the $10.1.000. $10X000 rep
resents cash taken out of the company's vault
to redeem securities by paying to various brok
ers what they had lent on them. The remaining
JW.OOO represents bonds still' in the hands of
brokers.
William P. Sheehan. of counsel for th* trust
company, would not discuss the criminal end of
the case yesterday, which, he said, was entirely
to the hands of the District Attorney, but »aid
he was devoting htmaetf to the civil side. He
would not Kay when he expected to have ready
the civil suits for the recovery of the bonds and
the money paid to recover them.
Speaking of the ease with which Douglass was
able to take such a large amount of securities, a
director of the trust company told a story to
illustrate how securities are sometimes left In
such institutions during banking hours. "Sev
eral years ago another institution, in which I
was trustee, lost a large amount of money,"
said the director. "The trustees were < ailed to
gether. One of them, who rarely attended th«
meetings and was not known to many of the
sixty «-mpioyes, strolled out of the board room.
In a few minutes be returned, and, to the
astonishment of his fellow trustees, pulled out
of his pockets securities to the value of nearly
11,000.000. which, he said, he had picked up
from various desks without any question."
The director was asked what he knew about
the connection of ex-Mayor Qulncy with the
case. "Mr. Qulncy has spoken for himself,"
*as the reply. "I have nothing to say about
him."
The directors of the Trust Company of Amer
ica and of the Colonial Trust Company, which 8
to be merged with it. will meet at 2 o'clock to
day to finish the ' reorganization. In the new
buii«i!riß of the consolidated company, now being
built in Wall street, there will .>e a dining room
for the employes, who will not be allowed to
leave the building in banking hours. A stricter
system of keeping track of the employes will
ftlso be put In operation.
Borne Interesting developments are expected
from the District Attorney's office on the crim
inal side of the case to-day.
EAGLE FAR OUT AT SEA.
- Th« Anchor liner Columbia, which arrived
yesterday from Glasgow, reported that a large
American eagle, carried seaward by a strong
northwesterly gale, alighted on the foretruck
•nd remained there for more than six hours.
The bird fj«w aboard at noon on Saturday,
wbxm the Columbia was abeam of Cape Race.
At dusk, whoa the gale eased up. it Hew off In
a northwesterly direction, having ridden about
, «xty miles on the steamer.
AFTER ALL, USHER'S THE SCOTCH ■
*fe« ■*•<}• Ue lilct.bnU lau.uui.-Adn.
To-day, partly cloudy.
To-morrow, rain and colder; east winds.
BOMBS FOR KAULBARS.
Sixteen Found in Villa Taken for
Summer Residence.
"dessa. April- L'S -Sixteen bombs were dlseov
'od<o-day In a villa which Governor Kaulbars
iiud rented for a summor residence.
The local committee of the Constitutional
Democrats has learned that the Black Hun
dreds have formed a plot to kill Oesip Y. Perga
"Knt. member of the Douma for the province
i >f Kherson, when he arrives here for the Easter
holidays.
DR. IIILLIS ON RUSSIA.
Czar and Grand Dukes Deserve Fate
of Charles I, He Says.
Th- Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, at a meetlnpr
last nlfiht of the Society of the Friends of Rus
■fcmn Liberty, held at Plymouth Church, Brook
lyn, came out Mronffly in favor of a Russian
revolution ;>.nd the destruction of the Czar and
the grand dukes
"If any American, with his ancestry and
training, should move to Russia to-day ho
would be a revolutionist, mixing saltpetre and
sulphur live minutes after he crossed the bor
der." paid Dr. IlllHs.
The chairman of the meeting was Edward M.
Shepard. who paid. In introducing the first
speaker. Alexis Aladyin, that the future of
Christian civilization was the future of the
Rn— ls.il and English peoples. Mr. Aladyin de
scribed the present condition of the people in
Russia and the reforms which the first Douma
had sought to effect. He said that the guiding
motive of all Us associates had been to get as
many reforms as possible, and at the same time
to avoid the horror's of a revolution.
In following him. Dr. Hillis said that Mr.
aladyin had been moderate In his descriptions
Of the conditions existing in Russia, "'but." said
L>r. Hillis. "there an» times and conditions under
which restraint and moderation are an insult
to Almighty God." He went on to tell of some
of the atrocities committed upon the people by
members of the present government, how "50,000
men and women were "officially murdered" in
the la«t year, and declared that the time had
come when the Czar ruled, not by divine right,
but by 'devil right and demon power, and he
and his grand dukes deserve the same fate as
that which overtook Charles I of Enßland."
MRS. SMITH IN FRISCO.
Brings Husband's Body — Has
Heard of Only One Will.
I V.y TVlograpfc to "Hie Tribune. ]
San Francisco. April 28*— Mrs. James Henry
Bmith arrived from the Orient on the steamer
Siberia late this afternoon, bringing the body of
her husband, who died suddenly In Japan. In
eogenany witii Mrs. Smith were tho Duke of
Manchester and the Duchess, who was formerly
M-iss Elmmerman. of Cincinnati. They are on
a tour of the world.
Mrs. Smith declined to bo seen, but the duke
talked briefly concerning the affairs of the
widow. "The only will of Mr. Smith." he said,
".f which any of us have any knowledge is that
made In Scotland at the time of tha wedding-
This leaves the bulk of the estate to Mrs.
Fmith. It is not considered likely that there is a
later will. We never heard of the document
which Lady Cooper Is said to have brought from
England with her."
Mrs Smith will continue her journey to New
York to-morrow night.
It is said by those on the boat that Mrs. Smith
is about to become a mother.
MAY NOT SAVE MINERS.
Working Hard to Reach the Seven
Before It Is Too Late.
Johnstown, Pwuu, April 28.— Although twelve
large pumps have be.n working for two days at
Mi; •• No. 88 of the Berwlnd-Whlte company, at
Foustwell, where seven men have been Imprts-
Friday by a flood Of water from
.-.baniiont d workings, so little progress has been
made that the miners may not be reached until
too late to save their liven.
All day the tapping on the compressed air
pipes continued. The rescuing party la greatly
puzzl. d over these taps. Invariably the number
Is seven. Whether the miners on the other side
of the flooded headings mean that they are in
No. 7 heading, south of second right heading, or
whether they mean that seven men are living, Is
merely a matter of conjecture. There Is no
possible way of reaching them In this No. 7
Fouih heading until the main heading Ih dry.
Mii.e Inspector J. T. Kvans, of this city, went
into the openings to-day with Superintendent
Thomas of tbe Berwlnd-Whlta company. These
experts said that a rescue would be impossible
uiitil fcome time to-morrow afternoon at the
earliest. Tho miners have now been shut off
from the world for neaily seventy-two hours.
It is only a question of time until the supply of
air In the heading la which they are imprisoned
will be exhausted.
FIRST AID FOR AMBULANCE SHAFT.
Doctor Uses Splints and Bandages After
Being Thrown Out on His Head.
After getting pitched out on his head last
night Dr. Hilfer. of the Suydenham Hospital,
used his first aid to the injured training in
patching up the wrecked ambulance. Return
ing from a call, the ambulance was hit by a
westbound 42d. street car at First avenue and
4(«h etreet. Dr. Hilfer was thrown out. the
horse was knocked down and the shaft of the
ambuhmce was broken.
After digging the mud out of his eyes. Dr.
Hilfer opened up his 'bus bag and produced
splints and yards and yards of bandages. Plac
ing the splints alongside the fractured shaft he
wound bandages around it until no more re
mained. In a little while the shaft was almost
as good as new and Dr. Hilfer rode away, as
some one in the crowd announced, "If my shaft
ever gets broken, doc. It's me to you."
TOM TAGGART QUIETLY AT WORK.
{By Ttelecrapb to The Tribune.]
Indianapolis. April 28.— Tom Taggart. chair
man of the Democratic National Committee, is
■aid to have been taking counsel of friends
throughout the country In the last few days re
garding a prospective candidacy for re-election.
It has been understood since Governor Hanly
caused the raids on the West Baden and French
Lick casinos and the confiscation of the gam
bllng devices thai Taggart would not ask a re
election, but later developments show that he
has the matter under consideration and Is ask
ing fi lends regarding the propriety of the step.
There it. a feeling among local Democrats that
Brj an v. ill <Ji< tate the chairman and that he
will b<? opiiost-d to Taggart.
NEW-YORK. MONDAY. APRIL 29. 1907.-TWKLVE PAGES-b^e c x?,^Vri.«<». PRICE TFIKEE CENTS.
U. S. LEGATION MOBBED?
GUATEMALA CITY RIOTS.
Stoning of Mexican and American
Missions Reported.
San Antonio, Tex., April 28.— A special dis
patch to "The Express" from Mexico City says
that the most extreme indignation and wild ex
citement have been caused there by the report
that the American and the Mexican legations In
Guatemala City have been stormed by a mob
of BeveraP hundred men instigated to the act
by agents of President Cabrera of Guatemala.
There is evident a strong inclination to give
credence to the report, and no official denial has
been made, though the federal authorities refuse
to confirm it.
Mexican troops are mobilising on the Guate
malan frontier. The forces in the south will be
under the command of Brigadier General An
tonio K. Flores, directly assigned to the duty
by the War Department He will be aided l>y
Captain of Engineers Balas, who has already,
left litre for the Isthmus of Tehuan tepee.
Reports are also current here that Minister
Gamboa, representing Mexico In Guatemala, has
ieft that country and crossed into Mexican ter
ritory, as the result fcf friction with Cabrera's
government growing out of telegrams sent from
Mexico to Guatemala, relative to tin- assassina
tion ..f General Manuel Barillas.
Passports are said to be In preparations for
Minister Manuel Glrone, Guatemala's represen
tative in Mexico, for his return to his own coun
try.
DEMAND ON GUATEMALA.
Mexico Asks Arrest of General Lima
— Threat of Rupture.
City of Mexico. April 28. — The Minister of For
eign Affairs, Befior Mariscal, Issued a statement
last niglit In which he said that the Mexican
government had made a demand on Guatemala
that General Jos.'- Maria L4ma, of the Guate
malan army, be held on the charge of being ac
cessory to the murder of General Barillas until
extradition papers reached the Guatemalan cap
ital.
The minister says that the Centra] American
republic is not bound by a treaty to acquiesce
with Mexico** demands. He adds, however, that
unless Guatemala accedes to Mcxi ■•■ s request
on the grounds of courtesy diplomatic relations
between the countries will be severe!. This., th*
document adds, will not necessarily lead to a
further or more serious breach.
It Is announced that the report that Mexican
troops ?re being moved to the Guatemalan fron
tier is correct, but the government maintains
that such action has no particular significance
at this time.
N'.j word has been received here from the
Mexican Minister to Guatemala in several days.
TORNADO WRECKS TOWN.
Eight Known Dead from Big Storm
in Texas — Heavy lyumrrgc.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 28.— One vlllapro was
totally destroyed, extensive damnge done to
property and crops at other points, and eight
lives arc known to have been lost as a re-suit of
a storm which was general over this state
yesterday, and which at several points assumed
the proportions of a tornado.
Th»; little village of Hemming. In Cook County,
was almost wiped out, and five persons are
known to nave been killed at this point. Both
telephone and telegraph communication with tl^e
town are Interrupted.
The patß of the tornado was live hundred feel
wide, but It travelled a Kreat distance. At Val
ley View a number of bouses were blown down,
and "Hob" Nichols, a pioneer settler, was killed
In his home, which was destroyed. Two other
men were killed in the neighborhood. At
Sulphur Springs hall banked in drifts two feet
deep and stalled trains. At Celeste a bis cot
ton mill was blown down, hut no one was hurt.
Tlie fruit crop in the neighborhood of Sulphur
Bpringl was destroyed, and cottpn and corn
were beaten to the ground.
PARIS STRIKE STILL ON.
M. Clemenceaus Effort Fails Pre
paring for May Day.
I'itiis, April 28.— Premier Ciemenceau's effort
to conciliate the striking waiters and their em
ployers has been unsuccessful. The employers
refused to recognise the trade union men, arid
they thereupon voted a continuance of the strike.
Many cooks of the leading restaurants have
joined the movement.
With a view to coping with May Day demon
strations. M. Lvalue, the Prefect of Paris, will
meet to-morrow the commanders of the regi
ments stationed in this city. He lias decided to
give instructions that the entire garrison be
confined to barracks on that day «r be posted
In strategic positions so a.s to be In readiness
for trouble. Reports received up to this time do
not Indicate that there will be serious disturb
ances.
POISON KILLS SCHOOLSHIP STUDENT.
Son of Ex-Mayor of Elmira Dies in Hotel —
No Reason for Act Known.
John C. Flood, son of Dr. Henry Flood, a for
mer Mayor of Elmira, and a well known physi
cian of that city, died at the Hotel Marl borough
yesterday from ursemlc poisoning. He took
bichloride of mercury In Paterson two weeks
ago. and was found unconscious on the Erie
tracks there. His father was told of the case,
and had him taken to the hotel.
Young Flood was seventeen years old, and was
on his way back to the schoolship Bt. Mary"s
when he took the poison. Neither his father nor
his mother, who were with him when he died,
could explain why he took the poison, and he
never recovered enough to answer any ques
tions.
Coroner Shrady Issued a burial permit.
A CUBAN COLLECTOR SUSPENDED
Havana, April 28.— Governor Magoon has sus
pended Ignaclo Montalvo, Collector of the Port of
Guantanamo, ivho is charged with demanding
Hbute from the railroads and Importers.
KIDNAPPED ENGLISH BOY FREED.
Salonlca. April 2S. —Robert Abbott, the son of a
prominent British subject hero, who was kidnapped
from his father's garden on March 24, has been
libf rated.
CARPET CLEANSING, T. M. STEWART,
M 7Ux Ar. FowuJed USX Tel.. «23 * SU-Cneisea.-
Ad-. t.
TAFT GETS MACHINE?
FRIEXDS CLAIM CONTROL.
Say They Now Have Majority in
Ohio State Committee.
[By T*!*gTmph to Th* Tribun». ]
Cleveland, April '_»s.— The statement that
Secretary Taft is definitely in the race for the
nomination for President and will not with
draw, which was made last night after a con
ference with the Secretary by Arthur Vorys.
Slate Insurance Commissioner and leader of the
Taft forces in the state, was followed to-day by
the announcement by the Taft men that they
nave won control of the state Republican Cen
tra! Committee, which has been claimed by
Senators Poraker and Dick.
This statement caused alarm in the Forak^r
camp. The committee, when chosen at the state
convention last year was composed of fourteen
tMck-Foraker men and seven of their opponents.
Pome time ago, it was stated that the central
committeemen from th« 3d and ."th districts had
deserted the Senators, leaving Dick and Foraker
only twelve of the twenty-one members. Now,
it is said that others have allied themselves to
the Taft element in the party because of the
overwhelming sentiment in their districts favor
able to the Secretary.
The control of the committee by Mr. Taffs
friends would rot mean that they will vote for
a primary this year to designate Ohio's choice
for the Presidency. It would mean, however.
that the committee would not be controlled by
St;it.- Chairman Dick and Senator Foraker.
GRAND STAND CAVES IN.
One Killed and Many Hurt at Jersey
City Baseball Game.
One boy was killed, another had his right leg
It.. ken and several persons received scratches
and bruises u-h^n a grandstand on the St. John's
baseball grounds, at Feeman avenue and Larch
street, Jersey City, caved in yesterday after
noon. The boy killed was Russel Nielson, of
No. U7<> Van Winkle street. Alexander Pop
peweski, of No. 101'J Newark avenue, had his
leg broken.
The grandstand was constructed on Saturday
afternoon. Work on it was rushed so that seat-
Ing capacity would be In readiness for the game
yesterday between the St. John"s team and the
Chatham team, of the Lacka wanna League. It
was estit. ated that three hundred persons could
lind seats in the grandstand. When the umpire
called I'my ball " p It looked as though between
four hundred and five hundred persons were
crowded into the small stand. The pitcher of
the St. John's team had tossed four balls to
the Chatham's batsman, when the grandstand
was seen to elide forward toward first base.
Then there came a crash and the stand caved in,
the crowd tumbling in all directions.
At first it was thought that many persons had
been killed. There was great excitement, and a
small panic followed. The police of the sth,
Hth and Ttli precincts were called to the scene,
and ambulances were summoned from three hos
pitals. A'»er many persons had scmrobWa out
of the wrecknge and others slightly Injured were
helped to resting places, two bodies, those of
boys, lay apparently lifeless on the ground
under the stand. One was the Nielson boy. Ho
\\a.« dead, apparently killed instantly. His neck
was broken and his skull was fractured. The
other was the Poppeweski boy. He was un
consciouSi but mo., n revived. He was taken to
the City Hospital
NARROW ESCAPE FOR 100.
W abash Engine and Car Go Into
Stream— Two Dead.
Plttsburg, April "_'S. Two men were killed and
one hundred passengers had a narrow escape In
a wre.k on the Wabash Railroad to-day, when
the engine and one pes—ingW coach of west
bound train L'T left the tracks half a mile
west of the Brtdgevltte staMbn. near here, and
plunged Into Cbartlers Creek, forty feet below.
Scores <>f people missed death or Injury through
a circumstance which is now regarded as provi
dential. Tli<> dead are Marlon Boyd, engineman,
and Frank Hclsaacs, fireman.
The train was made up of four passenger
coaches. It was crossing a trestle over Char
tiers Creek, when without warning the engine
suddenly leaped from the rails and fell to the
stream underneath, taking the Hist coach with
it. The f'.r.j pirt of the engine sank several
feel Into the mud of the creek bed. The c.-a<-h
whs smashed to splinters by its terrific impact
with the locomotive. I'-y what railroad men re
gard as little more than mere chance, there were
no passengers in the front coach.
The coupling between the first and second
coaches was wrenched i» two. None of those
in the three rear coaches knew of the accident
or realized now close they had <«>tn>' to death
until several minutes afterward, when the cars.
deprived of motive power, slackened their speed
and came to a stop.
A new schedule went into effect on the road
to-day, and to this fact many owe their lives.
Under the new schedule train -7 left this
city forty-ilve minutes earlier, and over fifty
persons missed the train for this reason, on
account of the reduced number of passengers, all
were placed in the three rear coaches, while the
front coach was unoccupied.
Boyd and Mclsaaca were crushed to death. A
short time after the wreck their bodies were
found under the debris in the shallow water. A
wrecking crew was sent from Rook Station, and
after a delay of several hours the track was re
paired and with another engine the three
coaches were taken to their destination. The
cause of the acddent is thus far a mystery, and
the railroad officials will give out no Statement
until an Investigation has been made.
TRAIN DEMOLISHED, NO ONE KILLED.
Auto Carrying Party with Aid Wrecked
with Fatality, However.
[ Ity I>!e«raph to Th«> Trihun* 1 '
Portland. Intl., April 28.— An accident, remarkable
In that no one was seriously hurt, while an entire
train was thrown Into a ditch and practically de
molished, occurred on the Grand Rapids A Indiana
Railroad, near Collett. early this morning. A truck
under the engine tender gave way. causing the
train to go over an embankment. Of the twelve
passengers only one was injured and he not seri
ously.
A party was made up at Winchester to go to
the wreck, and four men started In an automobile
at breakneck speed. Frank Kenworthy was driving
th» machine, and when near the soene of the wreck
turned out of the road to keep from running over
a dog. He lost control of the machine, which ran
Into the fence, throwing Kenworthy out and break-
Ins hi" neck. Harvey Dlggs will die. Enos Hlatt
was in. lured internally and W. P. Marlatt was
badly bruised.
SCUM IT X ASKS IMMI'MTV.
'Frisco Mayor Offers to Resign and
Make Full Confession.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]
San Francisco. Anrll 28.— The latest candidate
for Immunity is the Mayor of this city. Eugene
E. Schmitz. Through a trusted representative
the Mayor has within the last few days ma.de
a proposal to the graft prosecutors which Is now
under consideration. The Mayor's proposition
may be accepted at any moment, but last night
Rudolph Spreckels and Assistant District At
torney Francis J. Ileney said they were against
giving the indicted Mayor the immunity that he
ci ayes.
Schmitz offered, in brief, to resign office as
Mayor of San Francisco; to make a full confes
sion to the grand jury of his knowledge of mu
nicipal graft and to join the ranks of the re
formers.
Detective Burns admitted that fchmitz had
made a statement which sheds new and im
portant Hght on the operations of the grafters,
but would not give out the details. He said:
"Schmitz has made a partial confession In re
lation to the trolley deal and other matters.
The negotiations for this statement were car
ried on with us by a high official of the city.
Schmitz has admitted that previous to the
granting of the trolley franchises he and other
city officials reached an 'understanding* with
the trolley people."
Burns would not admit that the prosecution
had promised Schmitz immunity, but It la
thought that some important concessions were
granted or he would never have broken down.
President Calhoun of the trolley company was
seen to-night and told that Schmitz had made
a partial confession. He said:
"I don't care what confessions or statements
Schmitz makes. lam Innocent and do not fear
anything he may do or tell."
He also denounced In strong words those who
would seek to Involve him In the city frauds.
"As far as I am concerned, you may say that
I am not in favor of granting any Immunity to
Mayor Schmitz." declared Mr. Spreckels.
Heney was somewhat evasive In his answer
to a direct question a- to wether he would ex
tend Immunity to the Mayor. He said:
"I will tell no one whether immunity will be
granted to Mayor Fchmit* except the Mayor
himself. In my position as prosecutor I cannot
do otherwise."
STROMBOLI VIOLENT.
Concussion Felt in Messina — Earth
shocks in Calabria.
Messina. April 28. — The volcano of Stromboli
Is again in eruption. An explosion so strong
that the concussion broke a window here was
felt to-day. The peasants were terror strtcken.
The extent of the eruption la not known, as the
cable line with the LJpari Islands is interrupted.
The only news received at Messina has been by
means of signals.
Naples. April 28.— Frequent slight shocks of
earthquake were felt In Calabria to-day. The
populace of Southern Italy, especially In Calab
ria, is fearful lest there tm a ie|ni»nicav ot the
earthquake disaster of 1900.
THE PRESIDENT BACK.
Returns to Washington from James
town — Had a Pleasant Trip.
Washington. April 28— The President and his
party returned from the visit at the Jamestown
exposition, and the day's holiday on the James
River. They reached here on the cruiser yacht
Mayflower this afternoon. All in the party were
well.
The Mayflower was later than expected. She
reached the Washington Navy Yard pier shortly
after 1:30 o'clock. President Roosevelt stood on
the starboard side of the vessel, and waved a
greeting t<* the crowd and officials who had
gathered. The President was the first to come
ashore, ami he was greeted with cheers. He
and his party were at once driven to the White
House.
Secretary Loeb said that the President and
every member of his party had a delightful trip.
There was no special incident on the return trip.
SMATHERS OFFERS CUP.
Puts Famous Trophy Up for Mule
Race at Memphis.
[P.y T< lenr:iS'h to The Trillin.' ]
Memphis. April S&— E E. Bmathem has
Offered the famous !sr..«X>O sold cup. which
lias recently been Involved in so much litigation
in New York, for v mile dash for trotting mules
OH the track of the Memphis Trotting Associa
tion His only stipulation ia that all members
of ;he Caucasian race except C. K. tJ. Billings
shall be barred from driving.
Caruthers Swing, counsel for Mr. Smathers
in the proceedings growing out of Urn charges
that Lou Dillon, own.-d by Mr. Hillings, was
"doped" in t!u> race In which Mr. Bmatheto,
driving Major iviraar. won the cup, said to
night that Mr Bmathorl had no desire to keep
the trophy, and would ht Rla»i to have it won
under the conditions given. It is intimated
here thai it ha;' < >.<t Mr. Hiwhlliiiii ?4O.rtu»> to
prove hia risht to the cup.
TREPANNING DONE IN AMBULANCE.
Bcilevue Surgeon Works Quickly. But Boy
Dies Soon After Beaching Hospital.
In the hope of p.-.vins the life of a patient. Dr.
Sherwood, of Belle rue Hospital, performed a
difficult operation list night in an ambulance, oa
the way to the hospital. He trepanned the skull
of Edward Mengia. a boy. who lived at No. 774
Second avenue, who hours before fell Into the
East River. Mengis died five minutes after
reaching the hospital.
Edward and William Mengis ami several other
boys were playing ibout the pier at 42d street,
when Edward missed his footing and fell over
board. In falling his head came In contact with
a projecting rock under water. William Slolt.
of No. .".Ol . East 4'_' d street dived in after the
boy and got him ashore. lie was carried to the
home of a friend and four hours after the acci
dent an ambulance was summoned. Dr. Sher
wood saw something had to be done quickly,
and while the ambulance driver made a record
run to the hospital, he operated on the boy.
GOVERNOR FOLK'S BACKER DEAD.
[By Telegraph to Th* Trtbuna 1
St. Louis. April 2S.— Edgar E. Rand, a leading
business man and political backer of Governor
Folk, died to-day from pneumonia. He was un
married. l"he body was taken to his eld home at
HoUr Grrlflffs, Miss., for - -rial
HUGHES OS REFORMS.
ASKS REMOVAL POWER.
Speech to People's Institute Brings
Out Much Enthusiasm.
Governor Hughes spoke of reform of the elec
tion laws and of the need of direct control by
the Governor over state departments at the
celebration of the ending of the ninth season
of the People's Institute at Cooper Union last
night. The Governor was greeted with cheers
which Included the cry. "Our Next President.-
In his speech the Governor did not mention
the opposition of the Republican leaders to some,
of his plans, but one paragraph was taken by
many in the audience as a reference to th*
Kelsey case. In asking for more power in con
trolling the heads of departments the Governor
said that some had objected that it would lead
to the building up of a political machine.
"There is more likelihood of there being a
political machine." he said, "when those who
are in charge of departments hold little for
tresses which they can maintain against an ex
ecutive chosen by the people, and thus against
the people themselves."
"How about KelseyT' said a man In the au
dience, and while he did not say It loud enough
for the Governor to hear, the crowd heard, and
cheered until Charles Sprague Smith, the direc
tor, quieted it.
In introducing Governor Hughes Mr. Smith
brought out a storm of cheers when he said the
Governor had kept his ante-election pledges and
promises.
"He has kept every pledge," said Mr. Smith.
"He is truly the people's Governor, •whom we
welcome to this platform to-night.
A little girl walked over to the Governor and
pinned a tiny flag on his coat lapel. She said
It was a peace emblem. When the Governor
stood up to speak, the applause prevented his
being heard for several minutes. He said:
I have long appreciated the important char
acter of the work of the People's Institute, and
I have regretted that for one reason or another
it has been impossible for me hitherto to accept
your director's invitation to address you. More
than a year ago I gave a qualified promise that
1 would come here, and it is with the greatest
satisfaction that I now come in response to the
Invitation which you have recently extended in
such a cordial manner.
I do not know how many of you voted for me.
nor does that concern me. For. while of course
I appreciate their confidence. I am not the Gov
ernor of those who voted for me. but of all the
people of the state. ■ *
I have no desire, through pride of personal
opinion, to enforce my views, but it is my duty
as the elected Chief Executive to contribute my
best judgment as to measures which will rem
edy existing abuses, and to endeavor to have
the state government in all Its departments ad
ministered honestly and efficiently in the Inter
ests of the people. When measures are pro
posed in the public Interest. It is the duty of
every citizen who believes them to bo Just to
exert his influence in their support. Nor do
I object to opposition, provided It is opposition
in defence of the public interest and not for the
purpose of protecting private interests against
the rights of the public.
I have been greatly Impressed, as I have be
come more intimately acquainted with them.
with the vast extent of the Interests of the
state, and the necessity for a steady increase
in the activities of government. Yesterday I
was present at the dedication of a great school
of agriculture. Many who have lived in the
city and are faced every day with the evils in
cident to the crowding of the population fail to
realize the vast Importance of the agricultural
Interests of the Empire State, which still Is in
many respects, and should he in all reap—*-.
the 'most Important agricultural state in the
Union. Then we have our asylums, our hos
pitals, our charitable institutions and our pris
ons, the needs of which Increase as our popula
tion grows. We have our labor and our educa
tional departments. We have our departments
for the regulation of important enterprises; for
example, the Banking Department, the Insur
ance Department, the commissions having
charge of our forest preserve, and of railroad?,
and the gas companies. And. necessarily, there
will be Increasing demands for the exercise of
the powers of the state In supervision and reg
ulation.
Now. underlying all other needs) Is the culti
vation of individual strength of character, of
self-respect and of the sense of personal honor.
MEN IN PUBXJC SERVICE.
You do not make a man a better man by put
ting him in the employ of the state. Nor is the
fellow who criticises everybody else, but is
quietly looking out tor a chance to get a little
graft himself, the sort of man who will improve
the public service.
The employer who will oppress his men and
treat them unfairly will oppress the people if
he gets a chance. And the employs who will
cheat his employer, or the representative of *
union who will betray It for his own advantage,
will cheat and betray the public If he is pat in
office.
The man who thinks the first object to life la
to serve himself, and who thinks that th* Amer
ican idea Is "every man for himself and the
devil take the hindmost" will never be a fatth
ful servant for the people. So that It 13 In the
schools and the settlements. In the various In
stitutions and organizations where men and
women, boys and girls are taught to be square,
and that there are limits which personal honor
and the sense of right and Justice will not per
mit to be exceeded, no matter what selfish ad
vantage is to be gained, and that there are pub
lic rights and the interests of the community
which are above all mere Individual considera
tions, that wo rind the security for good gov
ernment and the prosperity of the people. And
I make no apology for adding on this evening.
and before this audience, that X believe meat
strongly in the cultivation of the religious prin
ciple and of th» faith in the supremacy of the
power that makes for righteousness, spaa
which all else that I have spoken of Is based.
Now. we consider the machinery of the gov>
eminent, the essential and primary demand la
for fair and honest elections under a proper
ballot law.
I recommended and I now strongly favor the
passage of a recount bill for the recount of the
votes cast in this city for Mayor In 1905. 1 favor
this without any references to persons or ti>
personal considerations, or to the possible result. -
but on the ground that it is a matter of tho
greatest concern that no means should exist for
promptly settling the claims that ballots In that
election were not properly counted. Nothing Is
more Important than that our citizens should bo
assured that the man who Is elected gets th*
office.
FAVORS NEW FORM OP BALLOT.
I have also favored a form of ballot by which
each voter shall express his preference with ref
erence to each office. It is urged that th* peo
ple have become acquainted with th* present
form of ballot, and the varying results with ref
erence to candidates of different parties Is th*
same election are pointed to as proving that th*
people know how to vote split ballots and exer
cise their right without Inconvenience. Bet ]
believe that last year in the judiciary election
exactly opposite Instructions were given oat by
the committees in Kings and New York counties
as to the best way to split the ballot. That
there Is still doubt and uncertainty under th*
present law Is patent. But fundamentally th*
right of a voter is to vote by ballot for a candi
date for a particular office. And no renfllilßW
for a minor office* should be pulled through ha*
cause of absorbing interest in th* head ot •
ticket. Nor should fraudulent practices be en.
couraged for the purpose of securing Indorse
ments and the advantage of being placed to ih«
party column. It has been stated that such a
ballot as has been proposed would be a premium
on independent voting and work against pari
organisation, but these fears are the fears at
Inexperience on the part of those who thin «
themselves practical. . A Republican srovernoi
of one state and the Democratic governor *f an*
other state, where actual experience has bee*
had. have assured me that it Is favored by in*
telllgent members of both parties.
My friends, the surest way for a party to ht
successful is to convince people that It is dis-
Interested in its service to the people, that 11
appeals to the intelligent sentiment of th* sea .
and desires to have each of the Candida I
presents weighed according to his- merits. As I
have stated, th* best form of ballots puts parti**
candidates and voters, respectively. uj?oa till
