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ROBERTS BA'OK IX LONDON.
gBGErVED WITH ROYAL HONORS AND
POPULAR ACCLAMATIONS.
IjjAD WEATHER COULD NOT CHILL THE
WARMTH OF HIS WELCOME-TAKES
SUPREME COMMAND.
(Copyright; 1901: By The New-York Tribune.] •
[BY CABLE TO THE TRIBCXE.]
London, Jan. 4, 6 a, England's greatest
General. Earl by grace of the Queen, but "Bobs"
always, because he is loved by soldiers and peo
ple, has returned to London with royal honors
and popular acclamations. Unlike the Iron
puke, who landed at Dover after the Peninsular
campaign, and ou tracing in his own chaise th*
plow going stage coach of the period, trundled
across minster Bridge before Londoners
knew that he was in England. Lord Roberts has
come from Southampton to Buckingham Palace
and the War Office on an elaborate schedule,
planned if not carried out with military pre
cision for the benefit of an immense concourse
of spectators. It has been a reception royal In
distinction and downright English in heartiness,
and the masses and classes, under most trying
circumstances, have vied with each other in
honoring the most lovable if not the greatest
soldier in the national history. Princes awaited
Mi coming at Paddington. The world of rank
and fashion watched his progress through club
land, and a great company of royalties and
Ministers of State welcomed him In the Queen's
name at Buckingham Palace.
Bat for the swarms of spectators all along the
line of march it was "Bobs's" homecoming, and
it was celebrated in homely, democratic spirit.
Above the long drawn, deep lunged shouts of
welcome which greeted his appearance rose the
sharp, incisive trebles of many voices. "Good
old "Bobs'!" "Bravo, 'Bobs'!" "God bless you.
'Bobs'!" It was the new Earl and Knight of
E Garter, with the heir to the throne leading
Ike way to the palace, but "Bobble" Burns was
light, and "Man's a man for a' that, and a'
•at."
DETAILS DELATED BY FOG.
The martinets proposed and the elements dis
posed. Every detail of the programme had been
worked out to the fraction of a minute, but the
fog enveloped Southampton Water, and made
ft Impossible for the Canada to reach her dock
until the schedule time for the departure of the
train had passed. The Mayor and Corporation
of Southampton would not be put off, and their
official ceremony was hurried through at high
speed, and Lord Roberts allowed to go, after
making a cheery, tactful speech. A similar
function was curtailed at Basingstoke, and the
train was belated when it reached Paddington,
where Sir John Aird, one of London's twenty
eight new Mayors, was waiting to pay him
honor after a civic experience of less than two
months. The station was as bright and festive
as bunting and evergreens could make it. and It
v.-as lined with two guards of honor, one of them
the new battalion of Irish Guards, organized
since the Queen's visit to Dublin. The Prince
and Princess of Wales. Princess Victoria, the
Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke of Con
naught and the Duke of Cambridge were on the
platform to give the first welcome. The roy
alties drove off betimes in two carriages to
»l'o\? eir John Aird and ten blushing Aldermen
five minutes for their IJ:.rou?h function.
The royal personages with their escort of
Life Guards drove a long distance in ad
vance of Lord Roberts, so that the throngs
behind the lines of soldiers in the streets might
single him out as the sole object of their inter
net and grateful homage. The Commander-In-
Chief was in a carriage with General lan Ham
ilton and Kelly-Kenny and Colonel Carrington,
and was attended by an escort of thirteen Hus
sars and six mounted Indian orderlies. Lord
Roberta's staff and Sir Evelyn Wood and the
Headquarters Staff were behind in carriages,
with the Secretary of War, Lady Roberts. Miss
Roberts and others. A detachment of Hussars
brought the cavalcade to a close. The military
authorities had taken warning from the mis
management of the reception to the London Vol
urteers. and had brought in from Aldershot,
Windsor, Chatham and Colchester a force of
14,000 regulars to line the route. Battalions of
infantry were on guard early in the forenoon,
with files of cavalry at the side streets, and the
crowds never became unmanageable.
rds never became unmanageable.
CHILLED. BUT ENTHUSIASTIC.
, The weather was most unfavorable; the sky
Tras blanketed with fog from dawn, and the
crowds were forced to wait hour after hour,
breathing the cold mist. let their ardor was
not damped, and they held their ground with
English determination and perseverance. The
fog was thickest daring the hour when the be
lated cavalcade was passing slowly from Pad
dir.gton to Victoria Cate. Marble Arch and
Hyde Park Corner, and thence through Picca
dilly, St. James's-st., Marlborough Gate and the
Mall to the Quadrangle of Buckingham Palace,
•where the Grenadier Guards, with their band,
bore the Queen's colon. The pas and electric
lamps were lighted, although it was midday,
and there was an unpremeditated illumination
of buildings all along the route. Gleams of
color from the Venetian masts and strings of
bannerets and flags scarcely served to light up
the banks of gray mist setting over the streets
and parks, and while there were bands at In
tervals along the route something more than
drumbeat and blare of trumpets was needed to
Inspire enthusiasm In the chilled and chattering
*t*ctators.
The Prince of Wales and other royalties were
greeted almost perfunctorily when their car
riages came Into view. There was a lons pause,
»nd then everybody In footway or window was
shouting for joy and warming up to the high
•*« pitch of enthusiasm. It was a wiry little
figure in Field Marshal's uniform, seated in a
carriage, with arm held across his bread and
above it a bronzed face with deep lines and
white hair and gray mustache, but with a
bright, cheery smile. It was "Bobs," not look
ing a day older than at the Queen's Jubilee,
when, with breast ablaze with decorations, he
rode the white Arab charger which had carried
nun in battle through Afghanistan. The horse
then had around its neck the medal conferred
by the Queen herself, and Lord Roberts now
had from her hand the precious blue ribbon of
a Knight of the Garter, reserved for her most
illustrious subjects. It was "Bobs." idol of the
•nny. hero of the nation, deliverer of the Em
pire from the direst peril, and the veteran's
•earned and weather beaten face was aglow with
childlike simplicity, serenity and goodness.
It was Uttle enough for masses and classes to
' Join in a mighty chorus of welcome, and every
where it was done with earnestness, sincerity
and goodwill. Whether in the open spaces of
Hyde Park and the Mall or in Piccadilly and
; r-luMand. Lord Robert* was smiling cheerily
I and towing with quiet dignity all the way from
I addlagton to the- palace. Here and there he
Itauiaiiliisd /aces and waved bis left hand, and
;•; *b be passed from one Ale of regulars to an
• other be seemed anxious to salute them aIL
j '¦ I —stly he received the acclamations of the
"""-opolls. and ewr <M>'T< he tefl tho Impress
z or « nob,* na.tnr«,' Ijjjv Roberta was warmly
J
saluted on the Mall and elsewhere, and gravely
returned the greetings of the spectators.
LUNCHEON AT THE PALACE.
The Prince of Wales in the Queen's name en
tertained her greatest and most useful servant
at the palace. Luncheon was served in the lower
dining room for a company of about sixty. In
cluding nearly twenty members of the royal
family. Lords Salisbury and Lansdowne. the
Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr.
Brodrlck, Lord Wolseley. Sir Evelyn Wood.
Lady Roberts, Miss Roberts and five members
of Lord Roberts's staff. The luncheon, like every
other detail of the day's functions, was late, and
it was not prolonged by formalities, the Queen's
health and Lord Roberts's being drunk in
silence.
As early as 4 o'clock Lord Roberts was at the
War Office, where he assumed command of the
Queen's forces. He dined in the evening with
the Headquarters Staff at a brilliant banquet
attended by royalties, Mr. Brodrick and military
men of distinction. He will take up his resi
dence at once in Dover-st., and will lose no time
in getting into touch with Lord Kitchener and
heavily reinforcing him. His presence at head
quarters is urgently needed to reassure the
country. The Boer raiders of Cape Colony have
gone far south and far west, and the uncer
tainties of the situation are most perplexing and
harassing even in England. Labouchere and
the "Little England" group have found a con
venient opportunity for purchasing a controlling
Interest in "The Dally News" and s^ndincr Its
Liberal Imperialist editor into retirement.
Yesterday's spectacle could not be ¦ hher brill
iant or picturesque when it was conducted in a
dense fog, but it was a splendid tribute to Lord
Roberts. The vast multitude waited for hours
in extreme discomfort for the sake of a mo
mentary glimpse of the chief defender of the
Empire, and when it had cheered him with
patriotic ardor and genuine affection it dispersed
without disorder or any traces of the Mafeklng
horseplay. It was a decorous and sturdy dis
play of English gratitude for unique services
rendered to the Empire. I. N. F.
THE LUNCHEON AT THE PALACE.
TRIBUTE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND
LORD ROBERTS'S REPLY.
•
London. Jan. 3. — All the royal ladies were in
half mourning and most of the guests in neu
tral or sombre tints at the luncheon to Lord
Roberts at Buckingham Palace to-day, very
few appearing in bright shades. The Princess
of Wales wore black, with a cream vest. Prin
cess Louise had a costume of black velvet, with
touches of mauve, and Mrs. Joseph Chamber
lain was in black. The five tables were beautl
ful with gold plate and flower decorations.
chiefly begonias. In the centre of each was a
big gold cup. At the high table, in the centre.
Lord Roberts, looking fatigued, but triumphant.
sat between the Princess of Wales and Princess
Victoria of Wales. The Prince of Waleß sat be
tween Lady Roberts and the Duchess of Argyll.
At the same table sat the Duchess of York, the
Duke of Connaughi. the Duke of Cambridge,
Lord Salisbury. Lord WoteeJey and Lord Sel
borne. The second table, headed by the Duke of
York, included Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain.
There were only two toasts, one to the Queen
and the other to Lord Roberts. The Prince of
Wales, proposing the health of the Field M.nr
shal, said:
It is nu pleasure, op behalf of the Princess
and of all the members of the royal family, in
the Queen's name to welcome Lord Roberts
home from the distant country where he lias
commanded our gallant army in very difficult
and trying circumstances. I am glad to think
the war is now nearly approaching conclusion.
We congratulate Lord Roberts anon tl
euccess he has achieved and upon seeing him
safe back. In the name of all present I wish
to express our delight at finding Lord Roberts
accompanied by his wife and two daughter?
especially the one whose health recently caused
so much anxiety.
After felicitating Lord Roberts upon the re
ception accorded him by the citizens and the
soldiers, the Prince went on to say:
It was euch a reception as wfl] be extended
to all Englishmen who do their duty. His Lord
ship and I have known *-aoh other so lon^ that
it fills my heart wiih Joy to see the gallant
soldier home again. No one could offer liirn
heartier congratulations than tho.-e which, in be
half cf the assembled company, it is my privi
lege to extend to him in proposing his good
health.
The speech of the Prince was frequently inter
rupted with cries of "Hear! Hoar!" and the
whole company rose to honor the toast. Lord
Roberts, replying, said:
Your Royal Highnesses. My Lords and Ladies
and Gentlemen: I am deeply sensible of tin
honor Your Royal Highness, with the Princess
and the Duke and Duchess of Connaugbt, paid
me in coming to see me at Paddin^ton
and I appreciate very highly the kind and flutt' r
ing words in which Your Royal Highness has
proposed my health. My heart is full of Joy at
the unexpected and magnificent honor with
which Her Majesty the Quc-en has been gra
ciously pleased to reward my endeavors In
South Africa, and at the splendid .welcome the
public of England have given mo. The only
drawback to my happiness is that circumstances
In South Africa have prevented more of my com
rades from being with me, the comrade! to
whose valor and military skill I owe any suc
cess that may have been achieved in South
Africa. I much wished that some of the repre
sentatives of the great colonies could have ac
companied me here— the colonies which h:iv«
given their bravest and their best to fight for
the mother country, in signal proof of the unity
of the Empire under one flag and one sovereign.
Your gracious wordfr. sir. and the kindness of
this distinguished company In responding to
them. will. I assure you. never be forgotten
by me.
The speech was heartily applauded.
CARDEXAS STRIKE SERIOf'S.
GENERAL WOOD URGES RESISTANCE TO t'N
REABONABLE DEMANDS.
Havana, Jan. 3. — The strike of stevedores and
sugar handlers at Cardenas Is growing perious.
Several hundreds are out, and they refuse to
allow others to work. The strike has extended
to all classes of ship laborers as well as to those
employed in lumber yards and mills. Hereto
for- the stevedores have been paid $4 75 for a
day of twelve hours, from 6 a. m. to ?» p. m.. In
Spanish gold. They now demand 3% cents a
sack in the inner harbor and 4 cents a sack in
the outer harbor, with hours from (5 a. m. to i»
p. m. The Munson Line offers $5 a day in
Spanish gold. Meanwhile the warehouse labor
ers demand $2 a day American gold. The Al
calde reports that conditions are threatening, to
which Governor-General Wood has sent the fol
lowing reply:
Unreasonable demands should not be acceded
to. Acts of this kind are a serious menace to
the commercial prosperity of the country. Every
effort should be made to suppress demonstra
tions of this nature. If unable to handle the
situation you will be given the necessary assist
ance. Make every effort to bring in outside
labor and to resume business.
< HEW KMSCVMD AT SEA.
l-or.rir.n. Jxn 3 t ..- i:"i-h bark Emulator, Cap
tain Odder, tnm OMM November 22 for Bt.
John's. N. F.. was abandoned In latitude 36. longt
itj.i.- til. Her <-!.u .wre lan<J.-.l ai I.jii.. •i< k l.y
Dir- lirliisli steamer Romula uyoa her urii'al th.-ic
to-day from Baltimore.
NEW- YORK, FRIDAY. JANUARY 4. 100 17 FOURTEEN PAOES. -, T , - ,
Vo>: \y.\UM;il.-EE RILLED?
A REPORT PUBLISHED "UNDER RESERVE"
BY A PARIS PAPER.
Paris. Jan. 4. — "Le Journal" reports, under re
serve, the death of Count yon Waldereee. the
rumor being that he was- killed by an officer of
the allied troops, the circumstances not being
related.
It is said that the rumor is current in Berlin,
where it is not confirmed.
CHINESE SINCERITY DOUBTED
STATUS OF THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AT
PEKING.
Peking, Jan. 3.— At a meeting of the foreign
Ministers to-day, it was announced that LI
Hung Chang and Prince Ching were prepared
to sign an agreement as soon as it is ready for
signature.
Li Hung Chang desires to conduct the peace
negotiations to a conclusion, and the physicians
attending him think he might be taken to the
Spanish Legation, where the conferences have
been held, If the weather Is favorable.
The Germans are reported to be returning to
San-Ho with a number of prisoners.
The foreign envoys, with the exception of the
British Minister, Sir Ernest Satow, met to-day
to consider the time and place for the accept
ance and signing of the joint note. Nothing
definite was decided. It seems to be the opinion
of some of the envoys that the acceptance of
the terms of the note by the Chinese is not ex
plicit enough. The Chinese desire for consulta
tions regarding the razing of the forts and the
legation guards is open to misinterpretation and
liable to lead to long and continuous arguments,
which might, in the opinion of some of the Min
isters, simply mean sparring for time on the
part of the Chinese. Consequently, the Chinese
plenipotentiaries will he informed that they
must sign the note before the meeting between
them and the foreign envoys can be held.
Sir Ernest Satow. who has been suffering from
chills and fever, is better.
The military engineers of the allies have
agreed upon a plan for the future defences of
the legations.
Shanghai, Jan. 3. — The Chinese newspaper.
"Chung- Wel-Yei-Pao." makes the following
statement:
The Imperial rescript accepting the peace con
ditions instructs the Chinese Commissioners,
when discussing points not specified, to gain as
many concessions as possible. The conditions
involve two hundred debatable questions.
BOBBERS ACTIVE ON THE WEST RIVER.
Honp-Kor.s. Jan. 3.— lt is reported that rob
br-rs recently attacked thf customs station at
Kumchuk. in the West River country, and ob
tained i.»>t valued at $8,000.
YON WALDERSEE REJOICES.
Berlin, Jan. S. — Count yon Wald<?rs<e«* cabled
the Countess New Year's Day:
Peace is in sight at last. Hurrah!
The final peace negotiations will not begin. It
Is understood in official circles her*, until not
only the note of the Powers, but also the Chi
nese acceptance of the pr.- limlnari* 1 * shall have
become a formal International agreement on the
part of the Powers at present engaged In thin
matter. . . -'
SON OF DON" CARLOS ILL.
St. Petersburg. Jan. — Prince Jaime de Bour
bon, son of Don Carlos, the Spanish Pretender,
who is a lieutenant In the Russian Imperial
Hussars and on the staff of Vice-Admiral
Alexlc-ff, has been sent to Nagasaki, suffering
from typnoid fever.
CHAFFEI CLEAR OF SUSPICION.
HIS TROOP 3 NOT TAKING TART IN ANY
LOOTING BXPEXMTION&
\Va«h!risrtnn, .Tan 3.— General Chaff hat.
cleared himself of any suspicion of taking part
in any ot the looting expeditions which are said
In some quarters t<> l.c going on in China under
the guise "f puniilve expeditions. His report
of the conditions under which he'made his last
excursion from Peking has been received at the
\V;ir Department by cabje. The officials here
were surpri i I when they saw the press reports
that American troops in Peking, which were
distinctly designated as legation guards, and as
such were to have no part In ordinary military
operations bad gone out into the country to co
operate with a German expeditionary force.
From the nature of General Chaffers dispatch
it would appear that the official! had communi
cated with him on this subject, and Invited the
explanation which is Kiven in the following mos-
Bagi
Peking. January 2.
Adjutant-General, Washington.
Colonel Theodore .1 Win! returned. Move
ment limply t.) verify report Christians had
been murdered and secure am st guilty parties
it allegation found true. . . . Germans frum
Tlen-Tsln bad been In country. Take no part
in offensive operations; patrol country between
Peking. Hoshiwu and Chang-Riawan occasion
ally for th" purpose <>t order. CHAFFEE-
CELL IXTACT.BCRGLAR GONE
ANOTHER PRISONER ESCAPES FROM
THE WHITE PLAINS JAIL WITH
APPARENT EASE.
White Plains, Jan. 3 (Special).— Jacob Bene
dict. ali;is John McGarry. an ex-convict and
burglar who was awaiting trial on seven indict
ments by the Westchester Grand Jury, has es
caped from the county Jail at White Plains, and
deputy sheriffs and detectives are scouring the
country for him. Samuel Miller had hardly be
gun his duties as the new Sheriff of Westchester
on January 1. when "Giis" De Weil, another
burglar, Impersonated a tramp and calmly
walked nut of jail with a gang of hoboes who
were released the following morning. He was
chased half a mile, and was finally captured
after a tight.
This morning John Pye, the jailer, received a
report from Louis Reynolds, a guard, that the
cell occupied by Benedict on the top tier was
empty. There were seven men. including the
fugitive, in that tier, and when he counted the
prisoners he found that Benedict was the miss
ing one. Pye is uncertain when Benedict es
caped, and cannot determine how he. got away.
None of the bars had been sawed. He probably
picked the lock of his cell door with a piece of
wire, and then he had to go through three steel
wire gratings in order to reach the lower floor.
It Is believed by the authorities that he escaped
on the day De Well attempted to get away.
Benedict confessed to robbing many houses in
Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New-Rochelle, Bronx
vllle and other Westchester towns. He has
served four years in Sing Sing prison. He was
one of the prisoners who took part in the at
tempt to escape on December 29, when all the
straw bed ticks were taken from the cells on
the lower tier and set on fire. Prisoners in the
White Plains jail say they can open any cell
door if given a piece of wire and two hours'
time.
"WHILST ALL, THE WINDS WITH MELODY ARE
Rinsing." .M.l.TilK may bo of. Evans' Ale.—
iJii.tn.^ iiic dau.e may be said of fcvans' Ale.-
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AGUINALDO DEAD. UK SAYS
PROFESSOR WHEELER RECEIVES WHAT
HE THINKS TRUSTWORTHY NEWS. ¦
r.\; IFORViA T-NIVKRSITV? r"" • : -' I ¦'¦¦ \ T
GETS INFORMATION THM IGH FILIPINO
CHILDREN IN HIS CHARGE.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the Uni
versity of California, who is now staying at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, has received Information
from secret sources in the Philippines to the ef
fect that Agulnaldo is dead, and that his death
occurred no less than six weeks ago. The news
has been kept secret by Agulnaldo's followers,
it is said, fo- the purpose of prolonging the re
bellion, since it was believed that the news of
the chiefs death would cause such dlscourage-
ment and alarm that an utter capitulation would
result.
President Wheeler obtained this news, so he
told a Tribune reporter yesterday, through sev
eral Filipino children, who have been placed in
his care by their parents. Two are the sons of
Buencamino. a wealthy citizen of Manila, who,
before the advent of the Americans in the Philip
pines, had been an active leader of rebellion
against the Spanish. President Wheeler also
has in his charge the children of Midel. the Gov
ernor of Mindanao, and several other boys,
whose parents are of the wealthy class.
REPORT CONSIDERED TRUSTWORTHY.
In speaking of the reported death of the chief
insurrectionist. President Wheeler said:
These boys of mine, as 1 may call them, re
ceive frequent communications * from their
parents and friends at home. The Informa
tion which was obtained concerning the death
of Aguinaldo. I understand, came from secret
and trustworthy sources, and is probably true.
The father of two of these boys Is Buencamino.
a wealthy citizen of Manila, who before the
Americans came was most active in the re
bellion against Spain. I understand he was a
close friend of Aguinaldo. and has kept in touch
with that remarkable personage even after
Buencamino himself took a neutral stand. Buen
camino, however, did not take a firm stand on
the side of America until after the election of
McKinley. when, along with many other Fili
pinos, he believed that further opposition to the
United States Government would be futile,
'"These Filipino lads." continued President
Wheeler, "are bright fellows and mest quick to
learn. However. I cannot say that they have
the staunchness* and solidity of American youth.
Before the flag cf this country was raised in
the islands such boys as these would have been
sent to the schools of Spain for their graduate
studies. Now they come to us. They have al
ready received some instruction at the hands
of the Jesuits at home. In order to fit them
for the university it was necessary to place
them in preparatory schools. Other families
are al«o making arrangement^ by which their
children will come to our shores and benefit by
our Institutions. Those who cannot come are
to have American thought an 3 education car
ried to them. Almost every steamer which
leaves San Francisco for Manila carries parties
of teachers who are going to posts in Philippine
fch> o!«.
COMMERCIAL BONDS GROW STRONGER
"The commercial bonds between the Pacific
Coast and our Oriental possessions are growing
stronger and greater with every month. The
j-*np!e of San Francisco have begun to think of
Manila as about as near to them as Chicago.
Our transpacific trade, which is assuming won
derful /portions. is only an earnest of th«
prcm commerce that will come to us in after
years."
President Wheeler said that the purpose of his
visit to this city at this time was to choose an
architect for the new School of Mines of the
university. He said that the plans for the new
university buildings which are to be erected, at a
cost of from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. through
the generosity of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, have now
1 een revised, and that great economy has been
assured by the change. The president's house
Is already being built, and the School of Mines
Is to be built as noon as an architect Is chosen to
perfect the detailed plans.
SPILLS A SHOWCASE OF JEWELRY.
RI'XAWAT TEAM ALSO INJURES A MAN
AND A WOMAN.
A team of horse? drawing a b!gr truck ran away
In Third-ava. last n!«rht. Injuring a man and a
woman and demolisfctr.R a showcase full of Jewelry.
The Injured woman Is Augusta Smyth, thirty-two
years old. of No. 106 Bast Klshty-fourth-st.. ami
th»» Injured man, William Hhrsch. twenty-one years
old, of No. 2<H K;ist Elghty-fourth-st
The team ;in<l truck belong to rharles E. Haft, a
truckman, of No. VM Wept Forty-nlnth-st.. and
were In charge of I>-»vM Anderson. The team be
came frightened and ran away. At Elghty-tifth-st.
the team swerved to the sidewalk. Hlrsch was
knocked over and hruls* •<! about the legs and body.
He was sent t<> the bospttaL The woman was
knocked down. She received a lacerated wound on
the heart.
The team crashed Into ¦ glass case filled with
jewelry at Stein's jewelry The gems were
scattered about the streets. All were recovered.
OLP I/4V KILLF.n UXDER FIRE ENGINE.
DRIVFR DOBS NOT SEE HIM COMF FROM BEHIND
a ntomra ca*
While Engine No. 12. of No. I'6l William-st..
was responding to an alarm for a fire at No, i'A
Bayard-st.. last evening it ran over and in
stantly killed Louis Balboni. sixty-seven years
old. a retired Italian watchmaker. Toby Marks.
one of the most careful drivers In the Fire De
partment, wat arrested, but was paroled by
Coroner Fitzpatrlck. Balboni. who lived at No.
202 Flrst-ave., and who had a son, who. the
police say, is a coachman for one of the Rocke
fellers, tried to cross Fark Row at Worth-st.
He walked directly under the engine horses' feet
after going past a line of surface cars. Marks
could not see Balboni coming from behind the
cars.
PORTO RICO'S LEfHSLATf'RE.
MR. OnK",c;p FIXFS THE LENGTH OF ITS SESSION
AT SIXTY DATS.
San Jinn. Porto Rico, Jan. 3.— By the decision of
Mr. Grlggs. the United States Attorney-General,
the term of the Porto Rican Assembly will expire
r>n January 31, Mr. Grlggs pronouncing in favor of
a sixty day continuous session from December 3.
The delegates had been regarding Sundays and
holidays ax periods that would not be included
and hud expected to adjourn on February 19. The
House Is now holding two sessions daily, endeavor
ing in thf time that remains to accomplish some
useful lfßltilutlon.
The Revenue bill of Dr. J. H. Hollander, Treas
urer of Porto Rico, will pass the Executive
Council.
Governor Alien will start to-day for the west
const of the Island to inspect that section. He
will be gone three days.
KRT7PP'(( GIFT TO HIS EM PLOY EH.
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TO VARIOUS FUNDS THE GREAT OITNMAXER !
CONTRIBUTES 1.800.000 MARKS. \
¦ Berlin. Jan. 3.— ln addition to his donation of
GOO.OOO marks to the Workmen's Invalid Fund jf
the Krupp works, Ilerr Krupp has given EOO.OOO
marks each to the Officials' Pension Fund and the
fi:nd for building laborers' houses, making a tor .;
of : - ...... marks.. ; .
3-* V *
HERBERT. SPENCER .HELD THAT SCIENCE
was organized knowledge— the proot of. this i» la .
•very, bottle of Evans' Ale.— Advt. ¦ I
i:f:f<>[:m/:l>> scarf deyery.
FEARING INDICTMENT, THE CHIEF OF
POLICE MAY RESIGN SOON.
TJOUaSMI SUB-LEADERS SEEKING CREDIT
FOR HIS RETIREMENT. WHICH
THEY CANNOT ACCOMPLISH.
A comparatively new factor In the police situ
ation assumed such strength yesterday that
Chief of Police Devery may be forced to resign
quickly, but his resignation, if he hands it in.
will not have been caused by Richard Croker or
John Whalen or the Mayor, but directly by
Devery's own desire to save his pension of $3,000
a year, and indirectly by the action of the Com
mittee of Fifteen and of the Committee of Five.
combined with the new District Attorney. Lewis
Nixon. M. Warley Platzek and Mr. Philbin had
a conference yesterday in the District Attor
ney's private office. The two members of the
Committee of Five asked Mr. Philbin if he would
lay before the January Grand Jury any com
plaints they might make against police officials.
Mr. Philbin assured them that he would if the
complaints were backed by evidence which he
deemed sufficient to produce an indictment. He
then introduced them to Assistant District At
torney Schurman. who has been assigned to that
particular class of work, and the conference was
continued.
As the committeemen were leaving the Crim
inal Courts Building Mr. Platzek said their evi
dence would be put in Mr. Schurman's hands
for presentation to the January Grand Jury.
He declared that his committee had lost all
faith in the police, and particularly wanted an
other chief. "We would like," added Mr. Plat
zek. "to see a chief of police who would treat
the suggestions of such a committee as ours re
spectfully and whom we could trust to carry
them out."
The Committee of Fifteen is also preparing
evidence to put in Mr. Phil bin's hands. No
wonder Devery is apprehensive. The Chief re
fused to tell a Tribune reporter yesterday wheth
er he would resign or not. but the generally
believed report is taat he will take that step
sooner than run the risk of being indicted as
Chief, because he could not draw a pension if
he resigned while under charges until the
charges were dismissed. With Mr. Philbin in
Gardiner's old place, the charges, if once taken
up. are not likely to he dismissed.
Some of the deputy leaders who are endeavor
ing to manage Tammany Hall while Croker is
away have been quick to appreciate Devery's j
dilemma, and are trying to make the people be- j
lieve that they are goins: to force Devery to re
sign. They have two reasons for this bit of hy
pocrisy: they want to pose before the public ¦
as being too powerful for Devery. and they want
to placate the offended dignity of Hugh Mc-
Laughlln. the Brooklyn leader, who has de- J
manded Devery's head, by making him think !
they gave It to him. when it falls into the basket I
for entirely different reasons. j
A baseless report was published yesterday :
that Croker had sent word that Devery must :
resign, but that is vigorously denied by all the j
Tammany sub-leaders and by Devery himself, j
The Chief looked somewhat downcast yester
day. After having withstood so much pressure j
to resign, and after having gained the tacit con- !
sent of all that he should remain in power until !
the Legislature ousts his enemy. President York. ,
and himself from office at the sane time, it I
would be gall and wormwood to him to be j
forced. to resign because of the efforts -of a few i
hated "reformers" and leave York still in o!Hc». i
SHOOT* AT HIS PURSUERS.
TEXAN* WANTED FOR MURDER HERE
FIRES AT OFFICERS FROM
HIDING PLACE.
Yonkers, Jan 3 (Special).— William O'Connel
is a prisoner In the Yonkers police station
awaiting the outcome of an investigation of the j
New- York and Westcaestsff County authorities j
into his record. Shortly after 2 o'clock this ;
morning Policeman Graney. while patrolling the ;
railroad tracks at Dobbs Ferry, saw four men
hastily making their way southward. When he I
hailed them the men stopped abruptly and !
Graney, noticing that one of the strangers' j
pockets was bulging, remarked. "Hello, there, '
what have you got In that pocket?" '
"Nothing good for you." was the reply, and !
at the same time the speaker whipped a re- j
volver from his pocket and levelled it at Graney. '
the three other men fleeing. Graney fired at j
the man. who returned the shot, and, running j
away, was lost in the darkness. His shot ;
whizzed past the officer's head and did no dam
age.
Graney telephoned to the Yonkers Police
Headquarters. A posse of officers was sent out j
to patrol the railroad tracks in this city. Graney
went to Hastings and. with Constable Murray,
took to the railroad tracks and proceeded north- ,
ward. They had almost reached Dobbs Ferry
when suddenly a dark figure was seen to run
across the railroad track toward the river, about
fifty yards ahead. They found the man hiding :
close to the abutment of the railroad wall which ;
fronts the river. He tired twice at the officers. |
but missed. He hurled something into the river
and threw up his hands as ordered. ;
The articles that he had thrown away were a |
revolver, a quantity of fuse, a drill and nitro- '
glycerine. This forenoon the prisoner was taken ;
to the Detective Bureau in New- York, where he j
was identified as one for whom the New- York ,
authorities have been searching for some time. j
The crime for which he is wanted is the murder !
of a colored man whom he shot two years ago. i
O'Connel's record is that of one of the most ,
dangerous criminals in the country. He is said
to be a native of Texas, where he was for years
a member of a prominent gang of Texas bandits.
The New- York authorities were elated over the
apprehension of O'Connel. The prisoner was
taken back to this city, where he will be de
tained until the New-York authorities arrange
their case against the man. It Is believed that
O'Conners three "pals" who were confronted by
Graney were not far from him when he was ar
rested. The police are of the opinion that the
gang was on Its way to rob several homes along
the Hudson in the district where they were dis
covered All day to-day officers from this city.
Hastings. Dobbs Ferry. Irvington and Tarry
town scoured the country in search of O'Con- :
nel's companions, who. It Is feared, may be in
hiding in the surrounding country.
IXJiyCTIOS will yor stop TRAFFIC.
Legal representatives of the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company said yesterday that th« public
need have no fear that the opinion handed down
by Justice .BlschofT in the Supreme Court, in favor
of an injunction against the operation of the rail
road extensions in Lcxlngton-ave. and One-hun
cars or the tearing up of tracks. When the Jus
tice grants the injunction order, it was said, there
will be a stay granted pending appeal, and the
injunction wit! be kept In a suspended state until
the case has been decided by the Appellate Division
and by the Court of Appeals. If the court of last
resort decides that the franchises for the railroad
extensions were granted illegally, the Injunction
against the operation of the railroad extensions
will be kept suspended until new proceedings for
a franchise are carried through In conformity
with the requirements of the law. In no circum
stances, the lawyers say. will the courts enforce
an injunction in a manner to discommode the trav
elling public. ¦ _
NOTHING ELSE JUST LIKE IT.
The scenery grand and beautiful, the track
smooth, the cars clean and comfortable, the time.
fa*, the trains frequent, innko the New York;
Centra! the passencer.llne to the \V««L-Advt |
ITJCE THREE CENTS.
FIREBRAND IN THE HOUSE
REDUCTION ( »f SOUTHERN REPRESEN
TATION PROPOSED.
DEMOCRATS FILIBUSTER AGAINST CONSID
ERATION. AND AN ADJOURN
MENT IS FORCED.
[BT nuoaara to thb mmn.]
Washington. Jan. The purpose of the Re
publican managers in the House of Represen
tatives to take up to-day, on the reassembling
of Congress, the problem of reapportlcaiaeat.
was Interfered with in a somewhat startling
manner by a heated parliamentary dispute over
a proposition to complicate that problem .by
probing the schemes of disfranchiaement In
vogue In certain Southern States In contra
tion of the terms of the XlVth Amendment to
the Constitution. Representative Olmstel of
Pennsylvania, a member of Elections Commit
tee No. 2. precipitated the dispute by offering
a resolution directing the Committee on Census
to report to the House in what States, if any,
the right to vote for electors of President and
Vice-President, for Representatives In Congress
or for State Executive, judicial or legislative
j officers, had been denied or abridged to rnal
; inhabitants twenty-one years of age. and citi
; zens of the United States, except for partlclpa
tlon in rebellion or other crimes.
THE STRUGGLE POSTPONED.
As the Census Committee, which reported tie
pending Apportionment bill, had refused of Its
, own motion to undertake an investigation of
this sort, or to reapportion representation in
Congress except on the basis of actual and not
necessarily voting population. Mr. Olmsted > res
olution raised in a measure an issue between.
the two committees brought most directly In
contact with the r-roblem of remedying State
violations of the XlVth Amendment. The Penn
sylvania member maintained that his resolution
was privileged, and after a lively argument, in
which Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, sustained
the opposite contention. Speaker Henderson
ruled in Mr. Olmsted's favor. Filibustering was
resorted to by the Democratic leaders to stave
off action, and as the attendance at the House
on the first day after the Christmas recess was
i naturally small, and the question raised in the
I resolution was universally admitted to be a .— -
! ilous and important one. the struggle ended
| after an hour or more in an adjournment, which
was forced by a vote of 77 to 75. Neither the
managers of the Apportionment bill nor the
leaders of the Democratic side were prepared to
face the question injected into the House by the
Olmsted resolution, and It was thought wiser to
fight the issue out with a fuller attendance to
morrow.
If such a resolution as Mr. Olmsted's is adopt
ed It will naturally upset all present plans for
reapportion ing representation this winter; for
mo bill restricting representation on other
grounds than relative loss of population can
\ pass the two houses in the limited time left for
\ legislation at this session. On the other hand.
many Republican members feel that those
j States which have abridged the right of suf
) frage in plain" violation of the terms of th*
{ XlVth "Amendmect should |be penalized. Some
j compromise will probably be agreed on by which
I the Census Committee will be authorized to In
i quire Into the processes cf disfranchlsemen
! adopted in North Carolina. South Carolina. Mis
i sissippi and Louisiana for guidance in future
: legislation, the House accepting, meanwhile, an
apportionment scheme drawn on the usual plan
DEFEATED BY ABSENTEEISM-
The Olmsted resolution created a sensation,
and was a surprise even to several of the Re
publican leaders. The leaders on the Demo
cratic side openly avowed that they would fight
every proposition looking to the reduction of
representation from th Southern States to the
bitter end. Several of the Republicans were
secretly in sympathy with them, and their la
difference to the fate of the resolution la WH
end 'gave the opposition the victory of to-day.
Many of them quietly paired with absent Demo
crats, leaving their absent colleagues unpaired.
As a result, when the question of consideration
was raised, the vote was 81 to 83 — not a quorum.
It was a strict party vote. Two Republicans—
Landis. of Indiana, and Mann, of Illinois—an
swered present, but did not vote. The story of
the defeat is found in the absentees on both
sides who were unpaired. Thirty-two Republi
cans were absent and unpaired against sixteen
of the opposition. Those absent and unpaired
were:
Republicans— Boutelle, of Maine; Broslus. Brown.
Barken, Calderhead. Clarke, of New-Hampshire;
Dahle, Samuel Davenport. Dick. Fowler. Gardner,
of New-Jersey: Hawley. Hofleeker. Knox. Lorlmer.
Loudenslager. McCleary. Metcalf. Miller. MondeU.
Morsan, Needham. Otjen. Parker. Prince. Russell.
Shovralter. Smith, of Illinois; Sprague. Steven?, or
Minnesota: Wadswurth and Wanger.
Democrats— Barber, of Pennsylvania; Bradley, of
York: Brewer. Caldwell. Catchings, Gaaton.
Gayle. Glynn. Levy. May. Meekiscn. Shepherd.
Stallings, Wilson, of South Carolina, and Zeigler. !
Silver Republican— Wilson, of laano.
Chairman Hopkins, however, is confident or
victory for his bill. He thinks the Olmsted reso
lution may pass in a full House, and that the
investigation may be made, but that the matter
will end there. Irrespective of the fate of the
resolution, however, he will press the Reappor
tionment bill, and thinks it will pass on Mon
day. If possible, he will displace private bin
day to-morrow with bis measure.
MR. OLMSTED'S RESOLUTION.
The full text of the Olmsted resolution 13 as
follows:
Whereas, The continued enjoyment of full repre
sentation in this House by any State which has. tar
reasons other than participation in rebellion or
other crime, denied to any of the male inhabitant.*
thereof, being twenty-one years of age and citi
zens of the United State*, the right to vote for
Representatives in Congress. Presidential Electors
ami other specified officers. Is in direct violation
of the XlVth Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, which declares that In such
case the basis of representation therein shall be
reduced In the proportion which such male citi
zens bear to the whole number of male citizens
twenty-one years of age in such State, and is an
invasion of the rights and dignity of this House and
of its members, and an infringement upon the
rights and privileges in this* House of other States
and their Representatives; and
Whereas. Since the last apportionment the States
of Mississippi. South Carolina and Louisiana have
by changes In the constitutions and statutes of
said States, for reasons other than participation la
tebelllon and other crime, denied the right of suf
frage to male inhabitants twenty-one years of age.
citizens of the United State*, and such denial in
each of said States extends to more than one-half
of those who prior thereto/ were entitled to vote, as
appears from the following statistics, published hi
the Congressional Directories of the Llll and
LVlth Congresses, viz.: In the seven districts of
Mississippi the total vote cast for all Congress
candidates In 1890 was tft in IS. i, -T M& In the
seven districts of South Carolina the total vote in
lv-.i was 73.322. and : .:I1 In ISJS. In the six districts
of Louslana. 74,5 i2 In 1800 and 33.151 in las*. One
member of the present House, representing ten
coin: ties In Mississippi, with a population In IS9O of
IS4 'J37. received only ?.C-:S votes. One member of the
present House, representing six counties In South
Carolina, with a population In 1890 of 133 831, re
ceived only 1,703 votes, and one member represent
ing thirteen counties In Louisiana, with a sops,
lation of 208.802. received only 2.194 vote*: and
Whereas. It Is a matter of common rumor that
cth<»r States have, for reasons other than those
specified in the Constitution of the United States,
denied to some of their mile Inhabitants twenty
1 one years old and citizens of the Vetted States us
right to vote for members of Congress and Presi
dentist Electors, as well as executive and Jctilclul
officers of said States and members of the Legis
latures thereof, and no reduction has been made Li
THE FEAST OF REASON' AND THE FLOW
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