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VOLV 0L LX -..N°- 1!).77(;, PHILIP D. ARMOL'R DEAD. TjEiD OF THE GREAT PACKING FIRM OP ARMOUR & CO. PASSES AWAY IX CHICAGO. Chicago. Jan. 6.— Philip D. Armour died at his residence in Prairie-aye.. In this city, at 5:45 o'clock this evening. The end came after two years* illness, In the course of which Mr. Ar j-oar visited German baths, passed the cold jncsths la California, and devoted himself large ly to an attempt to restore his health, which, however, had been broken, never to be re gained. For several weeks he had been living at the old family home, the usual trip to the south of California not having been taken this winter. He came down to the office in the Home Insur ance building seldom, and as the cold increased lie did not come at aIL It was understood In the «IBce that he had an incipient attack of pneu nonia, but it was given out no later than a -peek ago that be was on the road to recovery. It was noted, however, that the constant at toßdance of Dr. Frank Billings, the family phy- P. r>. APwIIOUH. «tr*"«, at the bedside of the sick man did not csuuborate the favorable reports at the down tewn office. For several days bis death had been feared by his doss associates. When death came his grandchildren, who had so close a place in his heart, were at the family residence, as was J. Ogden Armour, tbe surviving son. Mr. Armour had lest strength steadily from day to day since the beginning of the winter. The pneumonia was checked, but strength was ¦ot regained. The firm grip he had so long maintained upon the business of Armour & Co., whether at the office or thousands of miles away, slowly relaxed. Reports no longer in terested him as they were wont to In the first ¦Mnthf of his declining health. The sudden •sath of his son and namesake, nearly a year ago, hung heavily en him in the closing months of his life. In fact, he never recovered from -the shock he experienced from that event. It stopped his progress toward recovery in his win ter seme at Pasadena, and its sorrow remained Ml until tbe end. His treadmill of work and his firm grip on affairs were maintained until the spring of 1809. Then the machine began to show signs of break lag. Mr. Armour was reported to be a sick man, aad these reports were confirmed when he sailed for Germany to take baths at Bad Nau belm. He spent most of 'he summer at the baths, and was sufficiently restored In health to take a trip to Switzerland, where he remained a month among the mountains. When he returned to Chicago that fall he looked well, and his friends hoped his recovery was complete. He went to Danforth Lodge, the summer home of his son, Philip D. Armour, jr., at Oconomowoc Lake, Wis.. and remained there until nearly winter. Then he Journeyed to Pasadena, Cal.. for the cold months. All the time he was at Oconomowoc he made weekly trips to bis office in the Home Insurance Building, and was re ceiving constant reports of the general drift of his business affairs. The death of his son. Philip D. Armour, jr.. in California on January 29, 1900, was a great shock to the health broken man. The son had gone on a visit to his father aad was taken suddenly with pneumonia. His death followed with scarcely a day's warning. The son had largely inherited the business abil ity of Armour, and was closely following tbe footsteps of the head of the firm when he was stricken down. Mr. Armour was not able to accompany the funeral party to Chicago. When he did return here, he went direct to Oconomowoc and re mained there until the chill weather in the fall drove the summer cottagers to their city homes. After the death of Philip D. Armour. Jr., the »ast interests of Armour & Co., which had been carried on as a copartnership, were incorporated Under the old name of Armour & Co. This was to provide greater stability in case of death, and made no change in the practical ownership •f the properties. Some years before, the grain department had been incorporated under the title ef the Armour Elevating Company. The death of Simeon B. Armour, at Kansas City, In March, 1689, caused no particular change in the Armour interest* there, as they were operated as a stock company. So carefully bad tbe plans for tbe future been made that tbe death ct Mr. Armour will have Uttle effect on the outward working of the treat enterprise with which he had been so closely Identified. It is believed that all the Armour properties will be held intact until the grandchildren come into their own. MR. ARMOUR'S WEALTH. Chicago. Jan. 6.— Referring to Mr. Armour's ¦Jrtune. The Chicago Chronicle" to-morrow will •ay: .Mr. Armour's wealth is a subject that may never m accurately known. It in estimated to be not less than 00,900.000 and by some to exceed $50,000,000. The •embined wealth of the Chicago Armours Is fixed ft MO.GOG.OGO. In one sense the total is the wealth of *TiiUp D. Armour, but just how much has been **rrled in his own name and how much in the P*Be of his tone Is unknown. He has not been a ¦¦Rower. He has always been able to pay cash for ¦s purchases and he haa never asked a customer *c discount a bill. la his great wheat deals he haa always had ready •ash. In times of panic he haa showed vast re •sureea in spot each. In 1893, when a run was made ¦Pfß the banks of Chicago and the credit of the *«y and tbe fate of the Exposition was hanging in 3f balance. Philip D. Armour bought $509,000 of ftft In Europe and offered help to the big institu *•••¦ of the city from his cash resources In Chicago. tftth a business of $300,000,000 a year in the pack >*g department aloue. a grain business of half that ****vat and practically the owner of a great rall *¦*¦ system, the estimates of his wealth at the **Bost figure appear modest instead of exagger- MR. ARMOUR'S CAREER. Philip Danforth Armour was born at Stockbridge. fcsfron County. N. T.. on May IS. 1832. He was Lrcm^ht op on hl« father's farm, -and was edu ***** in the district school and at Cazenovia Acad **y. The news of the discovery of gold In Call- K?JU led him to seek the Eldorado. Not having •• means to go by shipboard, he went overland. **»elling much of the way on foot. He was fairly ¦MmCbl la his enterprise there— that of develop er ditches to supply water for placer mining. . In JEW ¦- returned home, but soon decided that the ¦| was the place for him to make bis fortune. ¦p Uae be went to Milwaukee, where bis ¦M Frederick- S. Miles, was engaged In the ">-«> grocery and commission business. They |J^ Oi< * partner* and were prosperous, but la 1563 .-:'¦*. ftria -,-.- _.., and Mr. Armour associated * th *" lf -* 1l » John Planktaton. The ksjsjsjssi .was *br«''- * t; :ni .ram transportation. Mr Armour 1 !* $tHQ* r *i Hirmin O had in 2V52 started a com *¦¦•«' bucta«M «.t Chle«#o, : and " later the la dustry of pork packing was added. In 1865 the latter had removed to York, and Joseph F. Armour had taken his place as head of the firm of H. O. Armour & Co. In 1875 Joseph Armour's health failed, and Philip D. Armour went to Chi cago to take charge of the business there. The branch at Kansas City had originally been estab lished as a separate concern in 1870. It was headed by the late Simeon B. Armour, the eldest brother. All of his live brothers, except Charles E.. who died in the Army In 1863. became oartners In the business of which Philip was the head. The pork packing, dressed meat and provision business of Armour & Co. (as the firm has been known since 1870) is the largest in the world. In a single year the business often exceeds 1100,000,000, while more than eleven thousand persons are em ployed fry the company. Mr. Armour's private charities were large, the most notable being the Armour Mission, the Ar mour Flats and the Armour Institute of Tech nology, all in Chicago. The first was established by a bequest of 5100.300, received under the will of Joseph Armour. This was more than doubled by Philip, his executor. The Armour Flats comprise 213 apartments, and are rented at moderate prices to worklngmen and their families. . They adjoin the mission, and their net proceeds go to the support of the latter. The mission and flats are said to be worth $3,000,000. The Armour Institute was estab lished at an original cost of $1,500,000, to which sum Mr. Armour added $750,000 in 1599. It offers business and technological courses, and has a fine gym nasium and library. It was opened in September, 1893, with six hundred pupils. Philip D. Armour's capacity for work was wonderful. He was accustomed to be at his desk at 7 a. m., and not one of his employes worked harder than he did. In 1862 he married Malvina B. Ogden, of Cincinnati. They had several chil dren, two of whom were sons Jonathan Ogden and Philip, jr., who were both active partners with their father. The latter died on January 27, 1900. The death of Philip Armour leaves only one of the six brothers still surviving— Herman Osslan Armour, of this city. The others were Simeon Brooks, born in IS2S, who died at Kansas City on March 29, 1899, Andrew Watson, born in 1829, who remained on the; farm in Madison County, this State, until 1879. when he went to become the presi dent of the Armour Brothers' Banking Company, of Kansas City, dying there In May. 1892; Charles Eugene, born in 1832, who died in a Union hospital in 1863; Herman Osslan, who was born In 1837, achieved his first successes in Milwaukee and later in Chicago, and since 1862 has had charge of the Armour Interests in this city, and Joseph Fran cis, who was born In 1842, and died in Chicago In ISSL 7 0 REACH CORPORATIONS. GIANT COMBINATIONS TO BE BROUGHT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE TAX LAW. Albany. Jan. 6. — Just what Governor-elect Odell meant when he referred in "his message to the need of amendments to the State laws governing the taxation of corporations Is ex plained by an Investigation of the taxes paid to the Controller of the State. Under Section No. 183 of the Corporation Tax law, all manufacturing, laundry and other cor porations which employ labor are exempted from taxation on their capital stock. Under this exemption the Standard Oil Company, tbe Amer ican Sugar Refining Company and other large industrial corporations are permitted to escape the large tax payment which would be other wise required of them. The purpose of exempt- Ing this class of corporations from the State tax was to induce manufacturing establish ments which would employ large forces of work men to locate in this State; but it is held that the results have not Justified the exemption. It Is estimated that the taxing of manufactur ing corporations, thus reaching the Standard Oil and other large corporations, would bring Over $2,000,000 additional annually into the State Treasury. Another loophole In the law is that which per mits corporations to go into New -Jersey, or ganize by the payment of a small organization fee. return to this State and conduct business. thus escaping taxation by paying a small annual tax to Xew-Jersey. All corporations which pay a tax directly to the State are exempted, under Section 202 of the Corporation Tax law, from taxation by local assessors for State purposes. The object of the section waa to prevent double taxation, but tbe result has been the escape from taxation on vast amounts of personal property. The direct State tax reaches only a fraction of the per sonal property of many corporations, and the remainder escapes taxation for State purposes through the exemption by this section. Trust companies are cited as examples of a class of corporations which escape taxation. They are taxed directly by the State on their capital stock, but their surplus and undivided profits, which in the aggregate amount to a sum of twice the value of the capital, go un taxed. Last year the trust companies paid a tax on a total capitalization of $45.2r>0.000. while $74,506,400 of surplus and $15,319.5«7 of un divided profits escaped taxation. It is estimated that an application of the tax law to the cap ital, the surplus and the undivided profits would have increased last year the revenue derived from that class of corporations from $450,000 to $3,000,000. Bills to change the Corporation Tax law so as to cover some of the objections raised are un der course of preparation, and will be intro duced In the Legislature within a few weeks. The Collateral Inheritance Tax act has brought into the State Treasury during the last three months over ?700,000, which is above the average for a period of that length. The bulk of that sum has come from New-York City. which has always contributed the major part of the taxes collected under this statute. The estate of Emma S. Schley, late of New-York City, paid the largest amount of taxes during the three months. Its contribution to the State cash was $201,494. The second largest tax. $73,908, was paid by the heirs of Wallace I. Andrews, late of New-York City. The largest sum paid from the estate of a non-resident and the third largest received from any source came from the estate of Lloyd Tevls, of California. That estate contributed $50,027. It is expected that tbe collections from New- York City will be very large during the current three months, as many of the old appraisers are concluding their work on estates which went into litigation over one year ago. THE PROPOSED TOBACCO DEAL. PDANB FOR THE ABSORPTION OF POWELL, SMITH * CO. BY THE AMERICAN* COMPANY. When asked about the proposed absorption of Powell. Smith ft Co., the cigar manufacturers of Second-aye.. by the American Tobacco Company yesterday Harry Luce, one of the surviving mem bers of the firm of Powell. Smith & Co.. said that the negotiations between his firm and the Ameri can Tobacco Company had not advanced far enough yet for him to give any details of the methods that will be used In maKing the com bination. He said that the cost to the American Tobacco Company would be about $10,000,000, and that Powell, Smith 4 Co. would remain a separate comoany. It is now a copartnership firm, and the nrobablllty is that It will be changed to a stock comDany and the controlling interest will be held by those who direct the affairs of the American Tobacco Company. SEVEN MINERS KILLED BY GENDARMES. London. Jan. 7.— According to a dispatch to "The Daily Express" from Vienna, seven miners were killed and forty wounded on Saturday in an affray at Altgebirg. Hungary, between riot ous miners and gendarmes. VESSEL AND TEN PERSONS LOST. Brussels. Jan. 6.— News has been received here that the steamer Soudan, which left Antwerp early to December to undertake river service in the Congo State, foundered a week ago. ten of her company being drowned. rnr 9UWTAIA MAOM FOR MANILA. < am.as Venezuela, Jan. «.-The United States FTf-amer Buffalo, whlrh arrived at Ui c ;>]:>> r,» yes terday, left to-day for Manila. RAILWAY PROSPECTS FOR THK -KMTnY methods and auparlor •qulproent-~Advi NEW-YORK MONDAY. JANUARY 7. 1901.-TWELVE PAGES.- » n 3SS2h22^ THE LONDON AND GLOBE. REORGANIZATION OF THE CORPORA TION PROBABLE. EFFECT OF THE SMASH ON ELECTRIC UNDERGROUND ENTERPRISES LORD LECONFIELD. (Copyright: 1901: By The Xew-Tork Trlbun«.» [BT CABLE TO THE TMBUXE.] London, Jan. 7. 6 a. m. — The reconstruction of the London find Globe Finance Corporation now seems probable as a result of the recent flurry in the mining market and the failure of sixteen or twenty operators. A scheme of reorganiza tion has been accepted in principle by thirty nine creditors of the Corporation, and Lord Dufferin.«when a meeting of the shareholders is held this week, will probably be enabled to pre sent a more favorable statement of liabilities and resources than has been expected. Strong interests are behind this movement, since the West Australian market has been depressed and other undertakings have been crippled by the embarrassments of the company, which was pro moting a group of overcapitalized enterprises. If Lord Dufferin and his friends can convince the shareholders that there has not been reck less mismanagement, to say nothing of fraudu lent misrepresentation, a legal inquiry may be avoided and the company may be reorganized with or without the voluntary winding up of the business. The directors and shareholders, with the help of the creditors, may save the situation, and a new and highly speculative system of stock promoting may escape close scrutiny. Rumor mongers Interested in helping on this adjustment have been disposing of the Waterloo and Baker Street Underground Line to various purchasers. The Yerkes syndicate was the first credited with buying th« contracts of that enter prise held by the London and Globe, and. sec ondly, the London and Southwestern Railway, which had virtually supplied the capital for the Waterloo and City Line, was reported to have purchased them. These rumors not having been confirmed, a second syndicate of American cap italists has been invented and armed with re sources for finishing this electric enterprise. The London and Globe holdings In preference and ordinary shares of this unfinished line ex ceed $3,000,000, and the total share capital is something like $13,000,000. The transfer of these construction Interests is clearly too com plex a matter to be worked out abruptly. The processes of financing the electric lines urgently needed by the metropolis have become a most serious problem. Ordinary investors are fright ened by the cost of the work, and cannot be baited by 4 per cent preference shares. The projectors of these railways are hoping that good, will come from the scientific Inquiry ordered by the Board of Trade respecting the vibrations at Bayswater. They are convinced that Lord Rayleish and his associates cannot saddle upon the Central London Line responsi bility for damages to property In the West End from deep level vibrations, and they are assum ing that the methods of construction required by law will be condemned. One of these Is the iron lining, which largely increases the cost of con struction of the tubes. A modification of this requirement and the lessening of tbe depth ¦¦* the tunnels would tend to cheapen electric rail ways below the surface. Engineers cannot un derstand how either electric power or gravelly strata can be held accountable for the Bays water vibrations. It seems impossible to expect authentic in formation concerning the movements of Boer raiders in Cape Colony. The telegrams from Cape Town to-day are as contradictory as ever, but their general tenor Is distinctly pessimistic. "The Standard" hints that a special announce ment will be made by the Cape Cabinet remind ing colonial burghers that if they should now Join the Boer forces they need expect no mercy. A well known European statistician, contrib utes an interesting article to "The Mail" on the question of European birth rates during the last quarter of a century. He conclusively proves that England is steadily falling behind her great trade rival, Germany, in the all im portant matter of reproduction of the race, and Is gradually following In the dangerous track of France. Lord Leeonffeld. who has died at seventy, was a popular Guardsman In his prime and a famous horseman and sportsman, being Master of the Fox Hounds. He has left an estate of over one hundred thousand acres to his son. Charles H. Wyndham, now under thirty. I. N. F. RAMAPO MEN IN IT, HE SAYS: COLER DECLARES THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTROL A REFORM COMMITTEE CALLS THE LATE JAMES M'CARTNEY A HERO. "Public Office and the People" was the sub ject of an address by Controller Coler last even- Ing in St. Peter's Episcopal Church, in State st., ¦ Brooklyn. He said that one of the great evils of this country to-day was that people often Imputed a bad motive to a public man who did a good act, or excused a bad act by imputing a good motive to It. The Controller went on to say: A commissioner came into office when I did. suc ceeding the late George K. Waring, Jr.. who re sisted the pressure of a great organization to re move the men under him. notwithstanding the fact that the press and the public were against him. People said the streets of New-York were not so clean as before, although they were being cleaned by the same men. He resisted all the pres sure brought to bear upon him. and went to his grave a hero. 1 refer to James McCartney, Street Cleaning Commissioner. That man Is great who can stand up against everything. With me it has not been difficult, be cause I have had the press and the public with me at almost all times, but McCartney did not. and the only encouragement he had was when he came to my office, or when I called on him. The Church should get down among the people and teach them how to be decent citizens and honest men. The worst citizen, to my mind. Is not the poor man, nor the uneducated man. I am not an extremist against corporations or capital, but the time is coming when men in the financial world must stop maKing the earth their play thing. The worst citizen is the man who uses great knowledge and great wealth to take away the rights of the people for personal ends. I think the time is coming when the great fran chises must come back into the hands of the people. On the various committees formed recently In New- York you see few new names. On one reform committee are the names of two of the largest Ramapo stockholders, who are evidently on the committee to capture it for their own purposes. We cannot have any better government than the average intelligence of our citizens. You may put one boss out and another in, but you will not get a better government until you develop the indi vidual citizen. I do not think there is a cosmopolitan city in the world which is in so good a state socially as New- York. The wonder is not that it is so bad, but that it Is not worse. The great problem of modern civilization Is to be fought out in this city. State and Nation, and you should give a public officer credit for doing a good thing, even If you disagree with him In politics. In New-York we have many things which are a blot on civilization. but when we advertise, them we should do It in a way that shall not bring them before the young. The great problem of the country Is In the city, and New-York is the greatest city of tbe greatest State of the greatest Nation on earth. John I Crosby followed with an address on "Civic Righteousness." The best of Cough' medicines is JAVXB'S EXPECTORANT.— Advt. , . ¦ ... - LOPPING OFF FXPFXSKS. GOVERNOR ODELL'S POLICY AS TO STATE COMMISSIONS. IN ONE DEPARTMENT A SAVING OP $790,000 POS SIBLE WITHOUT HARM TO THE SERVICE. Albany, Jan. 6 (Special).— The news that the "supplementary list" of employes of the Legis lature is to be cut off owing to Governor Odell's policy of economy has been heard with consid erable dismay by members of the Legislature, for they paid a good many political debts by getting the names of friends upon this list. A reduction of $60,000 in the grand total of the Legislature's expenses is something that a po litical party can mention with pride, and there fore the reduction will probably be made. George W. Dunn, the new chairman of the Republican State Committee, has had to bear some of the burdens of the new policy of econ omy. The abolition of the supplementary list is said especially to have caused him trouble. There were many applications for places, and he had to deny them to all. Finally Mr. Dunn mentioned his experience to Governor Odell, and it is said in a business way reminded Mr. Odell that when he was chairman of the Republican State Committee he took part in the filling up of the "supplemental list" with the names of various patriots. Mr. Odell Is reported to have laughed, and replied: . "Well, now that I am Governor I look upon the list from a different point of view." If the Legislature reduces its own payroll, nevertheless, it will be more .in a mood to reduce those of the State departments and State com missions, and support Mr. Odell more loyally in his policy of abolishing various commissions and consolidating others. Mr. Odell since he be came Governor has been having talks with the head of one State department after another to learn all about the cost of maintaining these departments. An officer of the State Commis sion in Lunacy said yesterday that Mr. Odell already had almost a perfect knowledge of the opera >n of the State Care act. There have been rumors that Mr. Odell meditates a thor ough reorganization of the State Commission in Lunacy. He expressed the opinion in his mes sage that with no harm to the institutions under the care of the State Commission in Lunacy a saving of at least $750,000 could be effected in this department, and he frankly said he would not favor the proposed enlargement of the State hospitals at Rochester and at Gowanda. The cost of State commissions in 1900 is given below: Board of Health ~.. $41.462 83 Bureau of Labor Statistics 35.10550 Civil Service Commission 40.95S fe» Public bulldtnM 261.644 41 Niagara Reservation 49.50« 05 Railroad Commission , 73.216 81 Agricultural Experiment Station 65.009 T>fi Court of Claims ~ 52.8M08 Department of Agriculture • . 190,885 74 Board of Mediation and Arbitration 17.749 41 Factory Inspectors 114.66223 Board of Port Wardens 4.493 42 State care of the Insane 4,761.043 25 Farmers' institutes 17.0*02* Commission of Statutory Revision 25.430 !<; Miscellaneous r ports »,WM 01 State Historian 12.764 12 Commiwion of Fore»t. Game- and Fish 184.790 15 State L*nd Survey 1.650 33 Appellate Division of Supreme Court 79.501 State Veterinary College at Cornell University. :s.uO*> 00 Commission of Prisons 12..V.'5 76 Agricultural Experiment Station of oCrnell University 10.0000* Da««rtmer.t of ExcWe.. 280.886 M Adirondack Park 423.61$ 2* :it. l*wren<-e Reservation 8,450 39 Inspectors of Steam Vessels 7.63S S7 Metropolitan Election liureau 133. 78 Forest Preserve to Caukllla 37.688*2 College of Forestry. Cornell University 17.210 S2 Plate Architect 83,6.17 !V» University at Buffalo 14.051 93 Total , , »7.004.03» 71 The total cost of these Commissions for the year ISM was $C,5G2.976 20. Between ISO 9 and 1900. therefore, the cost of these Commissions Increased $441.06331. and It Is not surpris ing therefore that Mr. Odell thought that the time had arrived when the Governor of the State should manifest opposition to any further ex penditures in this direction. The Civil Service Commission Increased its outgo from $30,56840 in 1888 to §40.988 87 in 1900. The cost of main taining the public buildings was reduced from $373,97267 to $261.64441. The Niagara Reser vation had expended upon it $38,35$ 48 in 1599 and $49.96606 in 1900. The Railroad Commis sion expended $G9.4»J6 29 In 1899 and $73,216 SI in 1900. an expense borne by the railroads. The Court of Claims cost $29,491 59 in 1599 and $32.- S9<»os in 1900. The Department of Agriculture expended $181.85949 In 1599 and $190.86574 in 19<)0. To the factory Inspectors was paid $84, 818 12 In 1599 and $114,662 29 In 1900. The State care of the Insane cost $ 1.400.765 53 In 1899 and $4,701.043 25 In 1900. The Commission of Fish. Forest and Game cost $151.113 60 in 1599 and $154.790 15 in 1900. The Adirondack Park, un der the care of the Forest Preserve Board, cost $309,393 99 In 1899 and $423,618 28 in 1900. The Forest Preserve in the Catskills cost $3170 in 1899 and $37.65S 52 in 1900. The magnitude of the State's building opera tions, which Governor Odell means to curtail. is made obvious by the sum that the State Architect expended in his department—sss. 057 53, It is probable that the Capitol Commis sioner, who acted as State Architect up to 1599. expended about this amount yearly. THE TRIER DISABLED AT SEA. A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE. IN WHICH HER STEERING GEAR WAS CARRIED AWAY AND SHE WAS FORCED TO MAKE TORT. The steamer Trier, of the North German Lloyd Line, arrived In port yesterday from Bremen, after a lons and stormy voyage of thirty-five days. The Trier met gale after gale; she was beaten back by extraordinary heavy seas, and, worst of all, her starboard engines became un manageable just when they were most needed. Up to December 6 the Trier had gloomy but decent weather. After. that it began to blow, the wind sometimes attaining a velocity of eighty miles an hour. It was difficult to make headway, especially as the wind shifted sud denly and violently. A crisis was reached on December 12. On that day the steam gearing apparatus, which had held, withstanding the frightful strain put upon it, was carried away. An effort was made to steer by the use of the twin screws, but the gale was so strong that this was impossible. The furnaces of the engines were consuming an enormous amount of coal. On this day, however, in spite of every effort that was made, the Trier was beaten back for a distance of forty-four miles. Captain Meyerheine deter mined to put Into the Azores in order to make repairs. The best he could do was to make 71 miles on December 13. 29 on December 14 and 85 on December 15. After that the miles again went Into the hundreds, and on December 19 the Trier, made Punta Delgado. where she re mained until Christmas Day. When she reached Punta Delgado she had only 133 tons of coal left. -. She then resumed her voyage to New-York, ¦till meeting tempestuous weather. The star board engines gave out twice, but at no time was the steamer in as great distress as she had been in the first part of her trip. She finally reached New-York. At her pier, at Congress-st. and North River, she was unable to reverse, and the help of an extra tug was required. The passengers were x'.n>i to reach their desti nation. There were 22 cabin passengers and 007 In the steerage. Those In the steerage were badly scared during the trip, find prayed. •.:..• greater part of the time, believing that they would never reach'ahcre. Their health remained good throughout the trip. On December 31 a two-months-old son of Sara Swartz died in the steerage. The Trier will be taken to drydock. She will be thoroughly examined and repaired. GAMBLERS PAY MILLIONS. TAMMANT COMMITTEE AFTER PROTEC TION COMMISSION. THE FIVE HEAR THAT $1,700,000 IS CONTRIB UTED YEARLY AND PROMISE PROSECTJTION. Several rumors were current yesterday as to the future plan of the Tammany Committee of Five. One was that the committee had learned that the gambling houses contributed about $1,700,000 a year for "protection." and that this stupendous sum for shielding the gambling dens from interference was turned over to the mem bers of the "Gambling Commission." It was further said that owing to this alleged discovery the Committee of Five intended to confine its efforts mainly to lessening the evils existing in this city by learning, if possible, who are the members of the "Gambling Commission," who are their hirelings, how the money for protect ing gambling places is collected and who share in the division. It was declared that the com mittee would not be contented until it had learned the full facts of the matter, and that it would not try to have punished the lesser members of the •"Gambling Commission," but the members of the Commission who were really responsible for nurturing all forma of gambling, especially the poolrooms. EfTorts were made yesterday to see the members of the Committee of Five, but they were mostly unsuccessful. M. Warley Platzek was found, and when asked about the reports said: "I am surprised. This is the first I have heard about such reports." NIXON SAYS HE DIDN'T APPROACH BISHOP. Lewis Nixon, chairman of the Committee of Five, said yesterday that he would like to hear what Richard Croker had to say about the ad dress made by Bishop Potter at the City Club on Friday night last, in which the Bishop said that he had been asked by a man representing himself to be speaking for Mr. Croker if he would be satisfied with the head of Inspector Cross or Captain Herlihy. Mr. Nixon made this declaration in denying a rumor current yester day that he was the emissary referred to by Bishop Potter. Mr. Nixon was confined to his home with a slight attack of the grip, and a message was sent to his room. He was asked If there were any new developments in the in vestigations of the Committee of Five, whether !t was true that he had sent a list of gambling and disorderly houses found open by the com mittee to Chief Devery. He was further asked about the report that legal steps would be taken to punish Chief Devery if he did not close up the places named in the list. Mr. Nixon wrote a reply to these questions asked by The Tribune reporter, and said: There are no new developments in the vice situation, but lesa complaints. I have nothing to say about the Chief of Police. I was not the man to whom Bishop Potter referred, but I am particularly anxious to hear Mr. Croker's version of the story. The reporter ask*d the servant if she would ask Mr. Nixon if he would say why he was par ticularly anxious to hear Mr. Croker's version of the story about the emissary. The servant said that she could net take another message to Mr. Nixon, as he did not want to be disturbed again. GRAND JURY READY TO ACT. The Committee of Five will meet to-day. It was thought yesterday that it would have som? evidence to turn over to District Attorney Phil bin for presentation to the Tammany Grand Jury, which wiM he sworn in to-day before Judge Cowing. Fifty talesmen have been sum moned to appear in court, and of that number twenty-three will be selected to act as Grand Jurors. Just what matter will bt^ laid before the Grand Jury' ft» their consideration by Dis trict Attorney Philbin could not be learned yes terday. When a Tribune reporter called at the hoirw- of Mr. Philbin, ;it No. IM'^i West Seventy oeveatb-st., yesterday afternoon. Mr. Philbin was out, and he could not be found. It is said that the Grand Jury will surely be called upon to investigate tbe charges that have been made against Bellevue Hospital, and to inquire about the oxisten" 11 ' 1 of vice in this city. It was said also that t!i>> Grand Jury would be asked to consider charges that had not been aired in a magistrate's court. This will not be following the precedent established by Colonel Gardiner. If this proposed plan is carried out. the Grand Jury will be able to obtain many facts about cases that it could not learn if the cases were previously heard in a police court. According 1 t.i a report, Messrs. Nixon and Platzek have already presented, through Depu ty Chief Cortrierht. lists of alleged violators of the law to Captains Thomas, Albertson. Dia mond and Price. William H. Baldwin, jr.. chairman of the Com mittee of Fifteen, announced last night that his committee was not yet ready to make its re port about Its investigations. RIDES WITH DEAD MAN IN A HACK. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEX CALLED TO CARRY AN INVALID WHO HAD FALLEN ON THE SIDEW r ALK. George Johnson. :i haekman. of Mount Ver non. was hailed at Fourth and Prospect ayes.. in that city, late Saturday night, by a well dressed young man, who said that he wanted to go to Bronxville. With the stranger was an older man who was lying on the sidewalk, ap parently unconscious. "llo's a friend of mine, and he's been taken suddenly sick." explained the young man. "I guess we'll have to lift him in." The two men, with the assistance of bystand ers, placed the unconscious man in the hack. On arriving in Bronxville the haekman was sur prised to find that his older passenger was dead. The young man said that his friead was only asleep, but after shaking him vigorously and not being able to arouse him became convinced that something was wrong. He ordered the haekman to drive to the office of Dr. Alfred S. Dana, who pronounced the man dead and in formed Coroner Banning The Coroner and police of Mount Vernon at first suspected that there might have been foul play and made a thorough investigation. They learned that the dead man was Solomon Brown, fifty-one years old. a brother of J. Romaine Brown, a real estate broker, of No. 59 West Thirty-third-st.. this city. Mr. Brown, who was single, had been In poor health, and had been boarding at a large farmhouse in Bronxville. On Saturday night, accompanied by William Dool- Ing a f.'llow boarder, he went to Mount Vernon to do some shopping. They were about to start fcr home when Brown was taken ill and fell un conscious on the sidewalk. It is not known whetr*r the man was dead when he was put in the hack or whether he expired on the trip to Bronxville. Thief Fo'.ey. It 13 said, will prefer charges against the policeman on duty in Fourth-aye. at the time. The policeman made no report of the occurrence JOHN P. O'DONNELL SAYS: "Talking of the railroads In all parts of the world. Great Britain not excepted. the New York Central Is the best signalled, and consequently the beat protected, line In the world."— Extract from an addresa delivered by Mr. John P. O/DmumU. member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. — Advt. Vlliri: THREE CENTS. MORGAN HAS THK LEHIGH. IT FOLLOW 3 JERSET CENTRAL INTO GREAT CONSOLIDATION. J. F. MORGAN AND HIS FRIENDS SOW OOMPLZTT- M DOMINATE THE ANTHRACITE COAL CARRTING SITUATION. Just at the close of the market on Saturday; as announced In The Tribune yesterday. Wall Street received the startling news that J. Pier pont Morgan had bought the Central Railroad of New-Jersey and sold it to the Reading Rail road. When the market reopens this morning it will be confronted with the additional news that Mr. Morgan has secured the controlling In terest in the Lehigh Valley also, and this Inter est will probably be offered to the Reading at the meeting of its directors, which has been called for to-day, to complete officially the pur chase and arrange for the formal transfer et the Jersey Central stock to its new owners. Thus the two long strides which bring the Morgan following into practically complete con trol of the coal carrying railway situation in the East have been made in quick succession. Naturally the question asked by many Wai! Street men yesterday was. "What next?" An 1 ; by way of answer some pointed to the ap parently awkward situation in which Baltimore and Ohio has been placed by Mr. Morgan's lat est deals. That road is now cut off from all entry into Jersey City except over lines con trolled by Mr. Morgan and his friends. Some of the closest observers say there is net the) least fear of Mr. Morgan putting pressure upon the Baltimore and Ohio because he has attained the better strategic position. They say that Is not his way, and. moreover, they point to the fact that J. J. Hill's interests in the Baltimore and Ohio are well known, and the relations re cently established between Mr. Hill and Mr. Morgan through the St. Paul deal are close and friendly. Other probabilities of the not distant future are an alliance between the Ontario and West ern and the Delaware and Hudson. The Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western is also re garded by some as game for Mr. Morgan's bas ket. It is controlled by Vanderbilt and First National Bank interests, which are both favor able to him. Those who profess to see in these consolida tions, both completed and projected, one definite. farseeing purpose, say that purpose is rather National than local in its scope, and looks to nothing less than joint control of all the rail roads of the United States. Persons who take this view say that not only does the Morgan following already control the avenues approach ing New-York, but commands practically every means of access to Boston, Buffalo, Philadelphia and most Southern points. Nor, they declare. is the movement toward consolidation confined to the East alone. The next step in the syndicate plan is alleged to . be the acquirement of the Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg system, oper ated largely in Central and Western New- York. and providing a direct connection between the Reading and all the great trunk lines In the West. The recent sensational absorption of St. Paul is taken as only a preliminary advance upon the Far West, the Middle West being already pretty well occupied by Mr. Morgan's friends. who already control, it is said, all the overland highways of commerce to Chicago and St. Louis with two exceptions. Coming back to what Mr. Morgan has really accomplished, it is seen that by the purchase of Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley he and his associates now dominate the anthracite coal trade; for they are absolute masters of rail roads that mine and carry about 33,000,000 tons of anthracite out of an annual production of something less than 50,000,000 tons. This total is approximated thus:. Tods. WWB ISSJSJ Central, about .. .^5&95£ Reading, aboui 1 2-** ) -}* <> Lehigh, about 8.000.C00 Erie and the Perm Coal Company, about 10.0©0.000> Total ." 83.00*000 It may fairly be presumed, therefore, that if Mr. Morgan ever seriously entertained the proposition attributed to him of establishing joint selling agencies and doing away with cuts in coal prices as well as cuts in freight rates. he would now put it in operation. A prominent railroad man told a Tribune reporter yesterday that Mr. Morgan was not at all likely to estab lish joint agencies, simply because there was now no need for them, the regulation of the price of coal and freight rates as well being practically now in the same hands. A number of New-Jersey Central directors who were seen by a Tribune reporter yesterday declined to reveal anything concerning the terms on which their stock was sold to Mr. Morgan. Estimates range all the way from $150 to $200. Indications point to $175 as probably the cor rect figure, and it is said that payment will be made by the Reading company by means of low rate interest bearing collateral trust bonds. J Rogers Maxwell, president of the New-Jersey Central said he did not know whether he would remain president or not. nor did he know whether President Harris of the Reading would remain in his position or not. All that Mr. Max well would say was that he had not resigned. EXTENT OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY. The Lehlgh Valley Railroad's main line extends from Jersey City 442 miles to Buffalo. Its branches and subsidiary lines bring the total mileage up to 2 178. It owns 3.61:) acres of coal land, and all the stock of the Lekaga Valley Coal Company, which holds in fee or under leases about 33.000 acres of coal lands, and collieries with a total dally.ca pacity of 30.000 tons. Here is a table compiled Iron its annual report for «•*-•», which shows a de flcit of JSS.IM for I>?9 that is explained by large expenditures for additions and betterments, amounting to J1.529.5M: Year ending November 30— **»• • «,J^. Earnings from cal $ 2>£3-^?2 > £3-^? *f sHs£ Miscellaneous freight S"^ 00 ? I'SJi-JS Passemrers - 2.7C0.-101 2.715.fci3 S3. express, etc i.ins».ft*& 1.015.310 Total cr,.ss 521.37d.502 $19,742,538 Operating exp.. including rentals. 16,«**.52» 14.158.8S Nei earnings $4.821. 53.534.510 Other income 1,117.73.; 1.a*4.»4» Total'net income 58.ttJ3.401 53.789.235 State taxes *650.63» 5360.0C0 Balance of interest account 20.393 19.533 Loss Morris Canal, etc 239, • 230.073 •merest and rentals 4.5W.270 4.&M.16S Interest Lehigh Valley Coal 5C7.304 £31.035 Total charges $*.5«2.3» X 323.144 Balanc* •fJBSJDM .-$.171.10 > •Deficit. .Surplus. GO THROUGH THE ICE WHILE SKATING. TWO MEN IN NEW-ROCHEI-LE SINK TO THBtft NECK 3IN ICT WATER. While skating yesterday afternoon on the mill pond in Xew-Rochelle. Sands K. Gorham. 'as artiat. and J. F. L. Drumm. a wealthy resident of Davenport's Neck, went through tbe ice. Mr. Gorham's little daughter, who was skating near him. escaped going down. The men, who were skating toward each other, reached at tbe same time a place where the tee was thin. They went Into the pond up to their necks, but managed to get out without the assistance of friends. About fifty other skaters saw the accident. Wh?:. Mr Gorham and Mr. Drumm reached the shore they hurried home to put on dry clothing. EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA The Pennsylvania United between • ¦- M mi Chicago artorSa excellent '•ramies for transconti nental travellers.— Advr. '-,:•