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Vor-LX-...:V or -LX-...:N o - 19,773. 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.- Advt. " .. . - •¦• ,-., ¦ ; ;. ' 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. '¦' -'.' ' -¦-¦. 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 OK 3OUL- Oysters and .Evans' Ale.—