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VoL. LVII... -N* 18,682,
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1898.-FOUKTEEN PAGES.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
CROKER'S NEW tfcLUBHOUS
TTK SECURES THE PRESENT ROME i
thi: NEW TORK ATHLETIC CLUB,
?fHT PRICE TO BS PAID, ?190.000?TO TAKE Pi
? - ' S MAI i '. '." ?NT QUARTKXI
OF " ? VTU-. ,-,<rB -?y, ?E
?01.9 JUBILANT I VEX
THO !" P. H ?SB.
ri v h.a?. obtained a new home
lid ? ? Club, and will Install tt in
r . ? ?? some time In March next
QU|. ? - lays ago to purent
?r j tah " ' ' '? ' . ' ? sent clubhoi
p# ?',. x Voi \" ' tic Club, ?t the soul
a . Fife, fth-st and Slxth-ave.,
?oon s? tl ? I "? r club Is ready to move to
> ? o, at B v1: as*e. and Fifty-ninth
1Jf. . ingei lent Iti h'.s own nar
-d I ? knew ' ths 11 t, suj :
th?? time that he was al ul I ? il il ?h a n<
f. r? ??:;>. The purpose ? ' the purchase w
nnt made public until last nicht at the ?neeti
-j . of Gi vernOTS o? th?* Pemoera
r .
Th? meeting ''. the Board was presided on
vv .!. is? Edward F O'Dwyer, vice-president
tv? : ':i the absence ot H sw, II
m f ths club. The tollowli
p.,.-,?.-. ' the Board were present: Richs
Cro'-K - teph Blumenthal. William E. Wya
T f Ha Vincenl J. Lewis Lye
P?rrv Belmont, Thomas E Crlmmlns, Euge:
? ?Uahe Arthur D. Williams and M. Warl?
flatsek
ting on a number of applications t
r,'. ibjecl of tho Improvement
th? irters came up, and various su
fC?. n, red as to adding to th? preset
g It s ring or 1? sing son
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE
I not enter Into th!?? discuss!
? ?. marks, whi
thai he had thr?
? ? ? : ? on the Ni a
v, ?? ? ind \y
he wanted the ?" II "
i permanei
h
This pro] me as s great surprise l
Tv. ' rd present, who were |
?1 . ? ker's pifan s. It
r,r ? ? B >ard at one? pt
??- suggestion, and official]
ej0} part of th? Demi
rr '
I the Na w-York Athlet
, ? . Is 919 " ' ns on the pai
ted by J. H. Hai
Un. a member o| rernors, who
? ? ratlc ( ??
... ;- x
rs of th
. . [e the 1 ' itemer
P th<
y li present chit
lb, an
..... ? , f
According to 1 ' n ide, v
ar e t o t al March!
I befoi
the 1
' ? ratl : Club wl!
et It Is 1
? nO.OOO haa
jTia.ie for It ani ref Vnother off?
last we?1 ? increased to th
lb, tt was sat<i
? ? . t w.-r
home.
' ? ??- k Al Club, with Its nearl;
i I oui
ts pi ? ? ters, and for m ire tha
ay? (I hems at Sixth-av<
and K f; -? ntl st., has een under course c
It will be t : - upan b?
fon A; rll 1. The house that It has oeeupie
for i . ng. which ? given over t
poll! ted for Mr. i k? r at..
i r ? ? I thin i*
slum, the boa? ling a'.
pi >] and th?
,: ; ? little con
i for hi
' hi storle
r.tage of 75 feel
* -v j ?. ? d t o aceom
i < with twenty-flvi
I .?- Croker's club has hi
late thi
II ."._''i neaa
.'. NAMES PROPOSED.
" re propose?1
lui night: R. Ernest
Fv ?]? rick W, ?Inihe
ly, John II,
Bus ? Ed? : i Julius B, I
? BI rd Schroedei
ir, j;- ?b v. ashburn, M
in, ?rooks
L. H. Bel .
J '? '
r>" ' e L .Storm,
j and ll.
i
' how hard Mr. i !i ?k? r Is
this club is
: night by
v ' '
' ?
:
?* ? ? ' the o? i are ta ked any plaee
? ? in : ' ind.
' .... M of I
' ' '
? ? . ? -? <?
? ! i ? I
gift to the <
" ? ' bers. The
trig.' ' ? - . ... 17,500
? -
YBAGEDY IN MEMPBIS.
A ''? "' ' ' N* SHOT BT A IVOMAX,
"B n ; :.'- HERS I ;.;?
7.-Dr. Shep Rogajrs, a
I of the Bonrd
: ? Mri Scndbrlnk
1 ?? :i an II.in sent
h ' . ? fly.
?
C. P. BUNTINGToy BUYS SORE*LAND?
A ' . : ?? a BIO ? ' ? R
a.n;. ? AT
' "? ; IT NEW y
" " 7 (Special).-A tract of
* ?'? '' ' . ? .? 'i ai res, di?
? ? -.?.%?.??
i- ' ten sold
. n nil on I. ? ?1
...
* ' freed bo?
ni? ml*es hi r?sh .?
?: ?
. ? ? f the prop?
? '? ? ??? g and Dry
so granted and
? -1 " The ? Or? utt,
? and v A. Venderv, ? '.t lh.
?r.lr.on LSI Thi? j-'ii?;- tl
liver of one
s ?
Hun 11
ut | ? ? ? that h?
will .-?> ... on it
*?' I ? ? mi IpbiilUI
?I ?? .i run.or all at ?o th^ .fTt- t lhal
?' sting ti.r ih. pui
???aa at tie ......I. lildlrg p??m.
A HUM OR STIRS IP HAVANA.
r.KPORT OF A PROPOSED CONFERENCE
WITH OOMEZ.
GENERAL USE KSV ESTRADA PALMA To ACCOM?
PANT GENERAL BLANCO TO THE '-"N
rERENCE, SO THE BTORT (JOES.
Havana, Jan. 7. ? It has been rum??red sine??
jri aterday that General Fitshugh Lea, the United ?
States Consul General, will accompany Captain? i
General Blanco when the latter takes the Held.
It I? further reported that Seflor Estrada
Palma, the delegate tn the United 8tates of the
Cuban Insurgents, will arrive si trtly and ac?
company the Captain-General and General Lee
io the field, nml that a conference with ??on?
eral Maximo Gomes, will follow.
Th? reports have caused ? sensation in this
rlty.
-?.
BTORT DISCREDITED IN WASHINGTON.
NOTHING known IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES OF Tin:
RUMORED CONFERENCE WITH O? MES.
Washington. Jan. 7.-No confirmation of the
story from Havana about a ror.fi?rence with Gomes
I? obtalnahle in Washington. However, ?t exrited ]
considerable. lntere?t. ho:? In Administration and
Spanish drcles. At ths State Department It was
said that General Lee had tlven no intimation of
contemplating such S move, an,, that no arrange.
ment looking to such Intervention had i,<-f?n sug?
gested from Washington Further than this no
official woulri discuss the matter
At t.\.? Spanish Legation it was pMltlvely as?
serted that no advices on the subject had he?>n
, ? _? -\ ed from any quarter,
ttor I'.tvi?, rh.iirm.tn of the Foreign Rela
? ?aid:
"The st ?: v looks Improbable Further than that
I do no; want to diseuse It I dc not see how they
are (-"ing to get Estrada Palms Into Cuba,
they declare a *;?< ial amnesty."
RELIEF FOR BTARVING CUBANS.
AM APPEAL ISSUED RT Tin: COMMITTEE Al'
i S ["ED nv THE PRESIDENT,
The Cen? ?; Cuban Relief Committee appointed
by the v.- ?idem and acting under ths direction ol
th? Department of Btate yesterday Issu? l an ap
toi m< -iey, food, clothing and m? llcln? foi
thi ?anda who are ?tarvl g In Cuba, calling st
13 the flgur? s | ? ?. ? .
newspaper "Dial ??? saya that M.312 persona
in a gle . Ma'am i-?. .ire sbt
. : ? sourc? p. I'p i" Novi ? . ? H had
perished I I unger, w bile 17,456 h id disappeared
liad doubtless perish? U - im?
.\r ? his time : '.? i ?? ?re in i he - ame ;
I over 80 (WO ?? rsot ?, if -.? ?-. 20 W ai - a on ?
i .i.i??'? are children. ? itarvlng and lying of
?
i fuKy ::???-?? ; ., ,:i >? (non- ? ? have airea
. . illy ?,-,rK'- numl ?
-, lief li ?pi ? dilj afford? d
Every contribution w? i b? ??< :,? s edged. All
man nil-" la
|y forward? I Bta '?? ? '< r?ul-i lei ? : ?, I. ? .
1 In Havat ? llatrlbu
? ? ?,,. e made I
I be made pay?
able and ad Iressed "Tn :? in r i entra H
ommltii New-York I lit)
.- ? ,?:.? n E. Ban.
of tne Amei i N R I'ros
\ g ? ? ? irer, ol th< Chamber of O m
Nev-1 ? K. and ' K . . of "The
ristian Herald
RIDICULED BT BENOR PALMA.
THE Havana R1 MOR, HE PAYS 18 TOO a
. ? ' ITION
idelphla, .t.- : T Estrada Palma waa one
' of the speakers at a largelj attended Cuban
, American meeting to-night, call I to prot? it
j acah.-1 th? I Wl en 1
to a ?mpat y
Lee on s mission to
and for some time t?
formed a i ?pi? of rldl ule and en 'in the
Mr. Palme himself asserted that II ? ta
too absurd for I on.
Addr? nsi autonomy were also make by
n Chai ge d'Affaire Queeada and prominent
lana.
-?
INQUIRY INT? ? WEYLER'B CONDUCT.
ACTION THAT MAY AVERT \ MINISTERIAL CRISIS
IN SPAIN.
Madrid. Jan 7 -The C blnel Council deeded to?
day to submit General Weyler'a conduct, with ref?
it President McK
? ? tters. to? fresh Inquiry,
? .;,p direction of the General commanding th?
First Army Cor] t-Q eral Daba
Tl.. re is a ?possibility that s Ministerial crisis
may ihui be everted.
? ?
CASTELAB ANT? BILVELA.
| THET ATTACK THE 1 ID BTA TBS AND MAXE
GLOOMS NS
M I I, Jan : Benor Emilio ir, in a mueh
. ? President McKlnlej M
? ? : "the all ?Fions to the
. . .v mes tmpled ? ? n\ Ism." He de
? sn Intervent .v
of th? e?i ?? .
' 'it wouii
- Ne? y snd Ai
ely ali?n?t? ? - Amer
8 flor Bilvela, ervative leader, in tha
h a ? Ba lajos ; I, pre
? S -.'???? . ne In reslatli g
It wo lid be Imp
foi Eui ,-?:? mail
? ?
EXPORTING LEAF TOBACCO FRET: OF DUTY.
Havana, J;.-:. 7 The exportation of leaf tohae-o
? . ? ? day
"El D i M irlns ' n??ert:t that during the
of I>? ?????? ,i-' it Mai nsaa there were
*? five md thai during
the erhol? of .a.-: yea: there were t:-j birthi
; ?
BETTER DEFENCES FOR HALIFAX IlARttOR.
TWO QUICK-FIRING BATTERIES TO BK B
IN THE BPRINO.
Halifax, N, B., Jan. 7. !? la .?a:l that no::*.
recelv? el ths I i.*:-v War i iff! ?
-, , - ? ? that ? nati ttlon of two quick
firing batterie? is to lie begun In the n-ring foi the
heiter defence of Halifax Harbor. "ne battery
will be placed on George's Island a: i the other '
half way betweei I ? two forts on McNab'a Island.
?
/7/N ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE FAILED.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS TRIES TO KH.T, HIM I
SELF WITH A HUNTING-KNIFE.
i ??? .inn : Fresh Inquiries Into a story pub
y thi Temps" snd put porting
to !?? thi . ?'? ? f "Charles Dixon," ? retir? :
officer of the United States Army to com m I ?
cldc n m i-hr.-.v thflt It wa? an Am<r!cnn named
? ipu I to take his life on Wednea
daj asl by stabbing him?? If three tint? - with a
rig-knife, in* son tried to arre?! hla hand
bul wai i "i late in do so. Gypaon. '.v/,?> is making
progress toward recovery. Informed the police thai
he I I fought In twenty-five i-attk? snd had
th? rar.k of colonel In active service Oyp
well known In Parisian ?society, si well as
m th<- Anglo-Americai colonj
The United States Army Register doe? not con?
tain th? name ol an officer named Gypson,
m
CHAMBERLAIN REFUSES TO ARRITRATE.
BRITISH DIFFER WITH THE TRANSVAAL
NOT T<> BE SETTLED THAT WAT.
London. Jan. * A dispatch from Cape Town to
"The Dally M?i'" ?ay? thai Mr < hamberlaln, the
British Be retary of Btate i ? the Colonies, hss
?ely refused" to submit to arbitration 11 ?
'.. ,. M between th? Transvaal ind the Hiitich
STRIKING TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN VAHAN.
his v.-iiitK ON BXA power TO be purri.irr? to
ALL OBRMAN LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS
Berlin, Jan 7?The, ?lerman Naval Pf pnrtme' t
has ordered that u translation of ?"'?plain Ms!
Influence ol Bes Power In Misery" t>e eu .
to uii the publia librarles, scbooli and Government (
. latli
1
BRITIBB TRADE DtCLININQ.
London, Jan. T.?The Hoard of Trad? efateme-it | ,
mher show? decreaVSM of itJW,??37 In 1m- i
i^.;ta and ?1.0U.?7I ia sxporta, ? ?
END OF A STRANGE LIFE
HENRY B. SPENCER MES ALONE TN A
BRI ?OKLTN BOARDINO-HOUSE
?IS PABKNTS HAD PARTEO AND EACH BAI
MARRIED AOAIN, BOTH ARE WEALTHT, AND
HE DREW A OOVERNMEKT PENSION?
A DISINHERITED RELATIVE OF
?TUDOE SHELDON, OP ILLINOIS
SUICIDE HINTED AT
Her.ry P Bpenc r. a .?on of wealthy parent?
R'ho was drswlng s pension for disability In
urred while doing duty a* a soldier on th?
plains, ?iif ?i from asphyxiation ?n Tuesday right
"ti Wednesday morning of last weal
at the Walslngham, a boarding-house at No
It"' Joralemon-st, Brosklyn. spencer's identltj
and hi? somewhat extrr.crdlnsry career wen
tlOl made public until last nicht. Spencer waa
: Ine years old. His father .".nd mothei
' ' 1 ? : aratod, and each had ma-rled again
Despite the fact that Spencer was an unusu
illy handsome and attractive your,?; fellow, hi
had ha.l no place 'or years that he could cal
home, and the circumstances hurrounding hi;
1?*ath prompt the belief among many of Ml
friends that ho committed suicide.
Ai i i rding to the police report. Spencer re
turn??.! to his lodgings at midnight, extinguish
:ng the gaslight in his room without turning
-?IT the J.-t. and then threw himself on the bed
He was found fully dressed by William. H Reed
?ne of h!? friends, several h..urs after h!.~ d< atl
Pne Coroner was called, the body removed t<
he undertaking establishment of w. k Stafford
*. Co., at Court nr.fi Joralemon sts . and Intel
o th< home of the your?; man's father. John S
?peneer, of N ? 1 L'a ? West Beventy-flfth-st., Man
isttan, ?-here a private funeral took place. Th<
?urial was in Woodlawn, Th- Coroner's record
iriglnally had Bl?ncer*s first tiame Harold, am'
ailed that bj hi., friend?, but when hb
'ath r saw the record he corrected it. maklni
i Henry.
The young man's father Is treasurer of thi
ipeneer Optical Goods Company, at No. 1."
Maiden T.ane, and is paid to be a man ol
?realth, ani his mother is? Mrs Mars'-n Keam
?/hose husl and has a studio in Manhattan. Mrs
Ream's father is s retired capitalist living ai
Blnghamton, N. Y. H?>r sister is M:a Evert
.'an Blyke, wife of th.- Rev. Dr. Van Blyke, pas
or of th.- North Reformed Church, si Clermonl
ind Wtlloughby aves,, Brooklyn. Mrs Rean
ind Mrs. Van Slvke ?ast fall Inherited from
heir uncle, Benjamin Sheldon, Chief Justice ot
he Court of Appeals of Illinois, 1450.000 each
md a ron of Mrs. Van Blyke received $10,000
rhe Justice left a large fortune, and had m
?hlldren of his own. He disinherited young.
Spencer, and this fact Is believed to bavi
aused the young man to take his life.
BOTS LEFT TO THEMSELVES.
About fourteen years ago Mr. and Mrs .T ihr
v Bpencer lived in Joralemon-st., Brooklyn
i'li'y had tv, , children, both boys Henry, wh<
lied last week, was the older. About thlrteer
?ears ago Mr. md Mrs. Spencer becami
stranged, and Anally were divorced. Left with
...:it. the boys began to lead reck
live? In a short time, both Mr and Mrs
married again, and the boys t ">k can
f themselves. Henn scandalised his relativ-?
iy running away with a chorus girl belonging ti
to opera troupe from Boston. She was th?
laughter o? a well-known hotel proprietor Ir
Th? in?ar?1age Mas an unhappy ime
foung Mrs. Spencer rejoined the opera com
?any. and later became a favorite In this city
t Is sai.] that she ne.'er obtained a dlvoi I i
Ipeneer, and be never tried to get on.- from
ter.
EVIL RE81 LT8 OP ARMT LIFE
Before this marriage he had attended ? mill
sry school on the Hudson, and when his monej
illowance was cut off by his parents h- er,
Isted In th, Ri ular Army. This ?a? aboul
?even <r eight years ne?, hi.? company wai
I al differ? nt plai es In the West, snd
re his five rears ?ere up Bpencer an.l
iis comrades had patrol duty to perform in s
n< of the lines near Ball Laki
He n trac ted fei er and malai ; and
learly died The doctors were obliged to pre
lorphlne in liberal quantities, and Bpen
? i'ii- addicte i to ti. ? morphine habit.
?';s health was s. shattered fro:- his ilcknesi
hat he was honorably discharged from th?
\rmy for disability, and se ured ? pension ot
i bou I $10 a month
returi ? Bi ?oklyn about six
nonths ago. lb- mother learned aboul hi? mor
ihine habli an.i its origin, and lie wa? sent to
L private sanitarium at Bheepshead Bay f"r
reatment. From this place '<:? was dli
?nly a week <-r two prior to his death He .--?
employment with the Equitable Lite As
said, as a clerk. His
alary was a m deal one. but he was prell liked
ind secured mil all- business from hi..
ather'i old friends After he became aware
hal h. had .Ilslnherlted by Justice Bhel
lon he b*came reckless again, and -Iran',: to ex
es3 His mothi r ti ? Ith great tender
u is, i ndeavorlng to n >< ure lbs reformation, bui
he young man saw nothing pleasant in H'c.
PARENTS MET AT HIS COFFIN
It I.? asserted that there was a painful meet
:..? between John B. Bpencer and Mrs. Ream.
er wife, at the undertaking rooms of
Itsfford & Co.. but this is denied . y Mr Btaf
li h. it I? said, wanted t.. defray the ex
' the funeral, but as Mr. Bpenc? r had
?a- ? i th? ni !? : for the disposition of the h ly
? ? flnallj taken to his h ?me, at No. 120
? Bevei flftl Mi I K-.tm did not go
, the funeral. H-r husband I.? ill In a private
lOSpital In Manhattan. The burial took place
, Woodlawn on Friday of last week,
Young Bpencer would have inherited ht.? moth
r's fortune, and s large part of that of his
.r In Blnghamton. It Is probable,
Isa thai his father would have provided llbei
lly for him
No <.n<- seems to know anything about Ihe
ther son of John 8 Bpencer When Mr. Bpen
?r was s?en at his place ,,f business In Maiden
,ar,e by ii Tribun- reporter, he begged to be
xcused from saying anything about his ?ons.
le said he did nol know the name of his elder
oil's wife, <>r that he was married at all.
? -
A V / \ VE8 TIG 1 TOR GRI TIFIFD.
?fSTCTETJ ON REINO ARRESTED TO TINT? OUT How
TAMMANY bS Rt'NNINQ THINOB.
A man walked Into the West Forty-seventh-st.
ollee station lasl nlghl sbout ) o'clock nnd told
rean! Byrnes thai hs wanted to be locke?] up,
ted him up" and tnld Mm that be
?ik?n, but ihe man Insisted, and when
r.-ssed for his reason, si Id: "I want to t,e ar
,.,.,,,.,?, |, that I can ses h .aw Tammany
ga " ll- was pul oui of th? p. He?
.,.,,., bui returned, nnd w.,s then placed under
. ? ,t. will hsve hi? wish gratified when he
arrianed In ihe Waal Bid? Court this morning
n a chars? of disorderly conduct.
A CBANCE FOB THE POPULISTS.
HT* PRESIDENT OF Tin: SANTA FF OTTERS TO
LEASE THEM ?*? TRAIN, BO THET CAN
TEST THI MEB
Wichita, Kan., Jen I (Spar! I) Pi ?ideal Rir?>?>
.. ,? k- Ballwsjr I ompany to-day submit?
,_n ?Th? Kansas Commoner," a Popullal
..! here, s pt op ?sltlon to the popu?
st? ?' Kansas to 'ease them a ps
j, ,,, ,. ^ ,r. m the rats of J! S train ml!.-. In
rder thai ih*T may Triikr ? pr*"t|r""' ?'?' ot the
ratai which ;h<> advo.-ati- One
trais mita*, he dec!.ires, is th.- u tual ' ?-'
Bcr train r?rr|r? 'it??- only sttpuaatloS
., ir^i,, .shall bS run ev.ry Jay In tne
m"- RlBlay in a lengthy < ommunlratlon. replies
, ittBck? on al? system, disputing every a'afe
-,'it made recently by ex-Congre?suaan J^hn Davla
i "Th? < '?union*, "
BLACK IS IN THEIR WAY.
I AN OBSTACLE To THE ?SCHEMES of
PLATT AND CROKER
THF) ?.OVF.RNOR WILL NOT BION BILLS TO RF.
CONSTRrCT rOTTtTS ANT? COMMISSIONS IN
Till? CITY IN THE INTEREST ?>F
THE POUTICAL UACHIKE8.
Tut Trr.Ki-.KArn to thk triiii-neI
Alhany. Jan. 7.?The deal between Thomas C.
Platt and Richard ?"Yiker In the appointment
' Police and Aqueduct Commissioners in New
York has been so conspicuous that It Is natural
there should he a suspicion that the compact
extends to legislation at Alhany. It has been
rumored there was an agreement between Mr.
?Platt and Mr. Croker that the Rapid Transit
Commissioners should he superseded, that the
Court of Special Pesslons should he recon?
structed, that the Mayor should have authority
to remove the member? of the Board of Educa?
tion and that the Roard of Police Magistrates
should he succeeded by members of Tammany
Hall and the Platt machine.
It Is by no m?-ans certain that the legislature
would pass these measures, for the number of
independent Republicans has largely Increased
since the session of 1897, but In any case Gov?
ernor Black would have to b? consulted, and he
is opposed to such measures. The bills m?n
tloned are airea ly dead. They need not be sent
here from New-York. Mr. Rlacfc Is opposed to
Invading the rights of cities.
Messrs. Glbba, Qulgg and Lauterbaoh could
not persuada him In IS07 to give his consent
to the bill legislating tut >'f offli-" Mayor
Strong's Police Hoard, although many plausible
NSSOns were put forward for his approval of
such a policy. Nor would Mr. Bla? k agr? to
the hill which named Ja? oh M. Patterson and
William if. T*n Eyck and others as Commis?
sioners of the Grand Con??Urse at big salaries
f??r Indefinite terms if office. Mr Black also re?
fused to sign a bill which ?gerrymandered the
wards of Troy ?n the alleged interest of the
Republican party. Ha declined to sign bilis re.
latlng to IT t lea backed by C. W. Hackett and
Thomas B. "Wheeler. Finally h" refused to
sign a bill removing from office William R.
?Davenport, Administrator of Public Affairs In
Brooklyn.
Opposition to this kind of legislation was Mr.
Black's policy last year, and It Is his policy this
year. The bills referred to In the earlier part
of this dispatch might as well be thrown Into
the waste-pap^r basket.
a
BLACK WILL \oT PARDON MKANB.
run gravesend boss must serve ot-t HIS
TERM IN PRISON.
Albany, Jan 7 The Associated rr?ss can ?t?te
on Indisputable authority, despite the rumors to
mtrary, that Governor Black will not ? .
? - i "inmute the sentence of John Y M i
term of ?even years' Imprisonmenl In Bing Sing
will expire next April.
To MAKE WINDOW-GLASS ?OAIN.
WORE RESUMED IN THE FACTORIES AFTF.R six
MONTHS OP IDLENESS.
:? lianapolla, .7 : Sp?cial). At midnight to
nlghr the window-glass factories all over the
United States will resume w.rk, after the longest
and most momei I - In the history ,,' the
wlndow-glaaa Industry In thla country, Outside of
a few small concern?, operated by Independent
companies, not a ?Ingle pane of window glass han
h?'-n made in this country since June M last, when
th? plant? controlled by the trust ?shut down for
the regular annual summer vacation of two
months. Then it wi.? expected that the wags
would he adjusted and that the factories
would r?-sume ab it September 1, as In previous
yesrs,
But ?u*h wa.? nit the case The workmen de
raanded i create, increase In wagei than I i
manufacturers would conceda The result of the
conference si ri-tsb-irg a morth ap., ?n that the
workmen received an sdvance amounting ?
tween '?2 and 11 per cent, or ahotit what they re
celved under the M iKInley law. The Union of
window i;;ai? Workers had al one time I7S.0O I
?sury, with Isrge sum? of money lent out.
.- the loans h?'ing toO.OOO t, Chambers, of
?.- ? <l. The pssslng of
this union Is another Importent feature of the
strike
Th" estimated average monthly wage of ? win?
dow glas? worker Is ? ' There are fifteen thou
f them In the r- Ite ' Btati i The men have
been Idle for four mont hi July and August are
the I : dur?
ing these ni nth? tlmal
v . ? the woi kmen In I try is
I? rw.ooo.
?
LOW RATES FOR CARRYING WTlFiT.
r>sr, ROAD MAKES a BATE OF TEN CENTS PROM
CHICAGO T ' NEW TORE.
Chingo, Jan. 7 The Indication! sr? that grain
, ut fr< m Chicago will take the liveliest kind
of tumble wh? ?ever Joseph Leiter or I.!- agenta
that he la read) to i his large pile of
whci.the seab erd. I"he rates sre alresdy grow
I lng Shaky, Bnd it was reported that one road tO
! day bad made a rate of ten cents on wheat from
! Chicago to New-York, which Is a tut of eight
cents from the rate which all the roads agreed to
maintain sfter January i it la openly asserted
In a short time wheat will !>?? i arried from
. a antli i ?? ean for six c? nta
? - ?
MR8. BRIERLTS TROLLEY IS OFF.
FAILURE of AtWTHER EFFORT To ENLARGE
Tin: prurito OF WOMAWS WORK.
Mlddletown, N. V. Jan. T.?Mrs. Mabel RrWlv,
who hn? been a motorwomnn for tiie Mlddletown
Qoshei Traction Company, was discharged to-day. \
The reason? given for this action were that the j
superintendent considered her A detriment to the
Service, and the m? n on the line were dissatisfied
at having S woman occupying one of their places.
Mrs Btrlerty*S husband, who li employed a? an
engineer on th? Delaware division of the Fri?
Railroad came here yesterday and tried to get h?-r
t? return home, but she refused to go.
RETALIATION 0A FRANCE PR0P08SD.
A BILL ??TENDED TO MEET THE FRENCH IN
rnv:\SF OF DUTIES ON AMERICAN
ME ?T PR? iDUCT s
Washington, Jatj I V bill was Introduosd In the
., .... . .? i y b>- Veprea-sntatlr? Balkaap, of Chl
roposlns retalla) i - igslnsi France If
tt,.- plans of the Fren Q remmenl for m; in- ;
,-re.is-- of di"'-- on Ameriesn meat product? r.r- :
H Mr. Relknap'a i III la undent d ?
expressive of the vlewa of CI I the \\>st
generslrj is ? result of the ree,.nt ?otion of the
Fremh Chambei of Deputlei n anthortses an in- ,
. of d'ity ?>n ar'iel??" broughl from Franca in
amount equal to the additional duti?? imposed on
? ? . r: aa product i
Th? eatecl at Ibis move, if ?carrlrt out, It la
' v reuld be to ?live the trade of <:? ran my, [i .
I ? .-? . ?: ? , ' ? tagt h \. r the
France. The 1 f
aav ti,.? i h i . u est, l'ut thai
the Boutham St?t?--? with their large oroduci "f
? cottonseed "i!. which is used tu s lidsrsbls ex- i
In making lard, will be rqu.iliy alive to the i
.f retaliatory steps, ?hich will Check or
; counteract the prtsent movement of the French I
I Oovernmtnt. [
THE PEOPLE WERE FOOLED.
STATE ENGINEER ADAMS SAYS SO ant?
TELLS HOW.
NINE MILLIONS NAMED AS THE cost or CANAL
IMPROVEMENT I-"K FEAR A BtOOER SUM
WOULD BE VOTED DOWN HF. IS OP?
POSED To BTOPPINa WORK,
NEVERTHELESS
fnr TBLSMBAFU to the ntrsCNB.]
Albany, Jan. 7-State Engineer Adams takes
Issue with Controller Roberts, who thinks the
?v"-'?.""n Of canal contracts recently executed
by the fanal Board should be suspended, pend?
ing an Inquiry as to th" probable cost of the
canal Improvement Mr Adams admits, how?
ever, that th? work of enlarging the Erie Canal,
: whbh went on between 1S.1C and l^itt, was fre
\ quently Interrupted owing to lack of appr pria
t!i ns, the interruption in one Instanr?; extend?
ing over seven years.
Controller Roberts undoubtedly base? his sug
I gestion to Superintendent Aldrldge of the De
; partment of Public Works that the contracts be
suspended on the following clause in each c.n
tiact, signed by the contractor and the Super?
intendent of Public Works.
Provided, however, and It I? expressiv covenanted
?od ifreed on the part of the said party of the
nrsi part, that the work hereby specified and em?
braced In this contrae; shall be commenced and
properlj prosecuted at the times and in th- man?
ner directed by the restdeni engineer or superin
?' Public Works, and tear the .said work
be performed end completed on or before the
Loth dai of April, IMS. And It is further mutu?
ally understood and agreed that In case the exe i
tlon of thli contra I shall be luspended by the
! party of tn? ?econd part at any time or f
?? no elal.ai for prospective proflts on work not
? done shall be mad- or ai'.oweaT; but the party or
the first l'art shall complete rh?- work when the
party of the ?econd part shall order it to be re?
sumed, and the date of such completion after ?us
, p.nsion snail he ?ixn,| by the Supertnendent of
I'ubit" Works.
ADAMS'S VIEW OF THF: CONTRACTS.
Speaking about this clause and Controller
Roberts's letter. Mr Adams sail this afternoon
"I do lot think it would be ?vise to suspend and
thus stop the canal c >ntract work, for the
Canal Board made its contracts on such fa?
vorable terms that I doubl ir" it could be simi?
larly fortunate again. The hard ti:n-s follow?
ing iho financial panic of 1803 mad? contra? ' ?rs
eager to get work, and their bids lor this work
were extraordinarily low. Moreover, the c ,ti?
tra, ts lei have been so far pro. eed 1 with that
the contractors have collected si vari us ;
on the canal large Quantities of sand, s
st?r.- and timber, and there v lid be ur-it 1 is?
on material if the contracts should be sus
pend? d
"I do not know, either, that the Superin' i
of Public W..rks has the authority to annul a
; contract, except for cause such as the
1 tractor's Inability to exe? lite th? c ?ntract i r
; lack of material. The contracts an1 all drawn
with the Idea of their being carried out, not with
the thought of their being suspended. The
Constitution says that the Canal Board may
annul a contract on the a? plication of th
tractor, when he makes It plain that It Is
onerous, but only on that ground.
"Controller Roberts says that contracts should
be suspended Concerning that I would like
t.. ?t?te thai Mr Aldrldge and my* '
satisfied with the rate of progri -c of ne
contra-, and f.?r three or four months have
examining the statutes to discover h ?w
we can abrogate it. I think the s.<le purpose of
the suspension clause is to give authority to the
Superintendent of Public Works to stop work
on a contract at the time of the opening of
navigation am', defer its completion until fail."
"You favor, then, going forward with the
canal work and ha\:ns every contract thus far
made exe,
"Yes, I do," answered Mr. Adam?, "for I be?
lieve that the Krle Canal Will be left in a far
letter condition for commercial purposes. Why.
all but ninety mile? ,,f it will be in an Improved
condition if we go forward now, we shall so
much dei rease the time in which the canal-boat
j men can take advantage of the canal Improve
? ?
HIS TRUTH-TELLING BUPPRE88ED.
"Without reflecting on th?- members of the
Constitutional Convent! ?n or the friends of
canal?. I ?..u?.] like t.. say that this Department
ala ays depi tl I I g the est of the pi >?
posed improvement loo low, but the friends of
enlargement were afraid of stating Its cost too
high, and thus endangering Its adoption. Dur?
ing the canvass of ISKi I was asked to write a
letter saying thai fD.OOO.OOO would do the work,
bul r di i II.1 to do so, 1 d: 1 write a
? ting m\ belief as to ?nat it would cost, but
1 that letter was returned t.- me unpublished, an l
I t..re it up. I paid in that letter thai the work
would est mere than $9,0.10,000. Th" I
was not printed, because It was believed I ?
the supporters of the canal enlargement scheme
that Its publli at! ?n might i suse the defeat of
the proposition.
"I have never believed that I was put on the
defensive regarding ?he execution of this work.
because I have followed strictly the will of the
people and the laws of this State. The very
method of d??ln?t th* work and of letting the i
tract-, was prescribed by the Legislature. I
think Mr. Aldrldge and myself have proved by
faithfully following I laid down for
us by the Legislature that M.i- work cannot
be done for $0.000,00?). An) statement tha? we
have said thai the work oculd be done for
S4),000,000 merely meant that if such and such
things, BUCh as vertical walls and slope wall?,
wer? lefl out of the estimate, it could be done
within ?0,000,000. If any mistake was made it
was made in leaving out th-se estimates for
rertlcal walls and slope walls I may have
made a mistake of Judgment in omitting certain
estimates, but there was no mistake in the
r?gun -
"We did the work In the Interest of th- State.
Only on- man, for instance, bid for Contract
No 1. on the -astern division, and his bid was
about $100,000 above our estimate. He was a
prominent Republican politician, but I felt it my
duty to resist his receiving the contract. Mr.
Aldrldge rejected his bid and readvertised th?
contract, and it was let to another bidder at only
$16,000 above our estimate. Mr. Aldrldge has
not given out a contract that waa not previ?
ously submitted to me."
HOW THE MONET Was SPENT.
"Are you In favor of having $7,000,000 ap?
propriated at om- for additional work on the
i analS?"
?The Legislature must determine that ques?
tion," said Mr. Adams, 'and I do not care to
express an opinion. What is plain is that the
work of canal enlargement contemplated by the
? -. pie cannot be done for W.000.000. No money
hau been *asc-d; it will all count toward the
consummation of the end desired?the enlar^
ment of .anal?. As soon as \?.* ?earned from
the surveyors tne ;nira?t*r of work, Mr. Al?
and 1 liai a conference here with the
engineers snd decided to e n ?ntrate the money
expended In deepening the Erie Canal
rather than in let cthenlng Ha locks; for we be
? ? l that the deepening of the canal would
benefit commerce more than the lengthening of
I ,, k? We put a.I the money we dared Into the
-ment of the Krtc ?'anal, aware all the
time that th!? would displease the people |fv
ii ., along the lin-? of the OSWSCO and Champ
laln canals, but 1 think It was the best policy."
THE i.KEAT LEADER OF CHAMPAGNES.
71 m -a?ea Imported M 18B? or 42.2>3 ce??? mora
than any other brand, I? be?t evidence that O. H.
Mumm? Extra Dry Is appreciated for lu remark?
able quality, purity and natural drynesa.? Advt
?THE DRYDOCK SCANDAL
STILL GREATER K::.\rn.-; RFUF.VED TO
?EXIST.
NAVAL OFFICERS HAVE NO " THF rON
TRACTOR'S CULPABILITY LEGAL Mv:a-'RBS
AGAINST THEM UNDER CONfllDSRATJM
?AN INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPT TO
T ? , ?NtrfRLTTl 'H B ?'??? ?
[Bt -::? r SAPH T'> Tin; tichim:]
V?'ashinfftin. .Inn 7. The lat.-st deve pments
in the scandalous condition "f the contrae! work
on the trig drydock of the New-Tort Navy
Tard d;s.-;,,;,,.,i ?,,..? the ..,.f un .... ..... ?nveS{|.
g?tions of Naval Constru tor B i i, were tha
m amone N'aval Rti
,Pn" " f whom, from their
own personal observation Inside th.ffer-dam
" was : un ; ? : .-. i : I privat* cor
ndenca with offlcers ^n duty In ?Brook?
lyn. declare that the full extent of frauds has
not yet been officially msde known. Of the
culpability of the contractors no doubt is raised
In any quarter, save in s B?nele Instance where
some collateral responsibility si ist for the
Governn ent'i tually fixed.
In more than oi Instai r, s protest
is rais. I against wha -i da
llberate effort to ihift the entire blame upo?
' 'Ivll Englm ? ; Mei al, who, it - ?.-? ). may
have been ? .-tiisant
of wholesale vlolatloi ? Gflceri
wh> hav had coi lid ??'h pub
lie works of ?
subms ter, declare
it imp - ? ? ? | .^, every
ularty if
the Government falls l of 'her
known that dev?
is In rough ? idll) eon?
! . . mor? ? - ' ?. thoda The
II 'PS of
? aa those
at the : No. .3 could have
been ? r ??f
expel ? ':ng.
Howe? er this ma fact thai th m
? :.i I fi-atUI I of ? s re
ports s upon
'
i n mptly l (fleer, n m in
Nicaragua I . ' iplanatlon
as i mere formal preliminary to the inevitab a
I, In nil ; . the
hVcrs directly
and leai ? aced
on record -n a da
LIABILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR?
In the it:- i ? ? is pur
aupp rt of Assistant
s the hiuh'-st
? : the ??fflca
nf th nera rtsl :,-rin?j
: onst?
of 1 '.-:n--n
for any fraudulent work dm their employas
or agi : i ? reaaoi ibis
. doubt, :'-inca
? 1 the
'
oi : The contra- I called for the "faithful
rk and the bond for the
"faithful executl n" ract The <? >v
nt did not fall fully"
due,
y n?i this hi beei fully" discharged be?
yond question. Nor did the Government by Us
'. appoint in? ? ? ? is upon 'he work
.i> it proce ded issui to i th eon?
tract irsfromanj faithfulness. The Inspection is
an additional Govei ird against
the cupidity an : tv oi ? ?ntractors, but
not by constant ? texpected in\aria
biy to meet I of r lacallty,
The t ? e of the Insp icainst him,
but it d ea not relieve the contractor. Tteess
are the ? n< lusl >ns of the I iff ?< th<?
Nav> De] irti ? t, who at-.? now collectlRg and
arranging the evl tlal to eos>
? vlnce a ? i urt w h< n pi instituts*.
ATTEMPT TO OU8T MR BOWLEB.
Another unwritten hapter of the Dock con tro?
, versy came i It ap| aars that
??A., week - . tor ?Bowlas
had un??vered his startling ?as of fraud.
., .;. -, rmlni d eft I i le to oust bin from
i of tic ?? und r- paira Tha
purpose, It is broadl) I to prevent th?
i very dis? ov? ries which he h oflli tall* re
! ,-. |, it uns ! to the I'cpartment
that the , onsti . ??'" r?
? palrtr th? fl that it might put to
sea without further delay, and that the svolaV
Itiadron off the Fh?r
tat would i- expedited if he could confine
ttentlon to his regu ?<?? Ing dock
matters to th? ? ?'? ? kad hitherto
controlled auch ?
X i was ?jo plausible tl il the Department
Mr, Bow : - lan? s with
the suggestion, but In his prompt and frank
reply he showed thai I pi' asar.t an It
, would l"-. ? ' ima re
il , ?t:cn up? o h il snd i- pre
f. rred to i ai ry out i their i om?
: passed upon th?
iun - if mon? i ! ? ?? id '.???":: foittsd to
bj ? .-. l. w-orl ? ' ? ' was con
' | lit of a vindication.
BL'STAINED Bl SECRETARY LONG.
He Inter] - I no '?? to the
rb ?it, i ti :.- leratlon
of his proj? I ? tperts, and the
Bei retary if the Navj l him a let?
ter which la sal I to be of a nature that any man
; might i"' proud to hand down to posterity, ex?
-.-.' the firmest coi fl len ?? In him. A board,
L-onalstlng of Civil Engineers Assersoa, Kndl
c.itt and Cha In ted, and thor?
ought) exai I l reek, and the:r
? ?!? I to Mr K ?evell s day or two
ompletely sustains Mr ?Bowles pr?)fea?
?tonally, though there Is s visible I li x? of re?
sentment In it be ause the superintendence la
:? ft to s naval i astru
?
BTILL UNCOVERING DEFWATtB.
END OV THE WORK ??" IHK NAVY YARD DRY?
tucx a i isa ? Av
t; ? story of the du overe?i
:n the Invesi . I Dr lock No. 3, which was
told m a ?A'ashlngi i dls| it h to The Tribune, ex?
cite i a ?-r it deal if Interest In th.- Navy Tard?as?
terday. Nai il C< alea m - found yce
terday aft.n. ??;. Ireeeed In ? i'Hhk boot? and
; ?-. down at the bottom f the d ? bahbMl th?s
o ger dam, making a personal Investigation of th?
work which hss been shown to be so utterly in
-,- for the purposes fir which it wa? in
? with th? state
lad ha M satisfied
with tl . - which i?, lieintt male on the
1 up now ?o that more
in !??? employ? '. uid a fur,,- of 120 is now
hard st work.'
Construct? t Boa refu I to llsauas the details
of his r.>| or; con era ng the troubi?.- ?ah the dock
a? givt-ii In the Washington <itapatch, hut he tntl
BAVted tiiit as it bad be* n ?riven out at the Navy
Department it eras err- t. Hs ?aid that there
wa? no engineer who could estimate just the
amount ol leiectlv? wort thai will yet tie revealed,
-.in? amount of money which will be nse?as< to
? i ? it and ths tun- thru It win tak? eo
:.,.,ko ths dock fit for use He has asked for ?J2i.
,..i more for repairs and Ct.uX) for i ?r.tingencisa,
in acht.on to tne original appropriation oi ?dv.mw
fur repaira which ?aa made In lu.-i?.-. of the money
tor contingencies it is estimated that th? larger
;..r? nt it will i?e consumed in removing the confer
dam and r?-bultdlnK :h<- ?ea wall st ?he entrance
to the dock. Constructor Bowles said that he
thought the work could he ?-?jmpteted along the
? ,... ,1 ?li.an b) him. but new ded
h?- nuid. are cropping out every day.
A man who la thoroughly tamliur Wits tne ques?
tionable work In ih<- const ruction of the entrance
to the dock, aa It ha? been revealed, ?aid that
there oan b? no doub: that at the time the d?fe -
tlve piling was being put down it was known :o
tho?a In charge of the work.
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