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V«-LXI----S° 20,048.
Jews of two capitals.
LONDON.
jigSrONPEXCY AND PESSIMISM STILL
PREVAIL.
rff TTT CAUSE TALK ABOUT THE KING'S
TK^rSCr HEALTH AND HARSH CRIT
ICISM OF THE MINISTERS- STR
HENRY IRVING SAILS
KOR AMERICA.
(CoMT't— ' 1001: ny The New- York TrlbTin*.> ;
[BT CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE. 1 1
' «on Oct. s.— The public apprehension re-
tiie King's health may not be ground- \
/T *'Cut it is at least premature. He is In no lm-
I?! «'late danger when a medical aiviser has \
' **! tnsjmoned to treat him for lumbago or
*^ 6tl6m- "The Court Circular." when Queen i
Tb |^eria"was living , contained minute accounts ,
her dally drives and recreations, and her
*J*Lt could always judge for themselves j
¦the* she was well or eick. The King has
]2ttr changed this . practice without exciting
comment. "The Court Circular" is now
record of functions of state, events and vis
* cf exceptional importance, and it is pub-
VVa .rtcrmittently and contains little personal
SLtace of the King's dally life. He has not
d ,f e d it necessary to take his subjects into
r^oafldence respecting the minor details of
7 nr exercise and amusement. For thl* reason
i»y is more dceely screened from observation
iLitwas during the Victorian reign, and ru-
Z, monger* have larger resources for creating
°°L The King is not believed to be seriously
Mnwos-d by thOEe who have access tO the
f or are" in touch with diplomatic cirr-les.
TL same time It is probable that he has
Za nervous and apprehensive respecting his
A^t aflment. and that the physicians have
Mlf it difficult to reassure him. I am also
'. m that the 'r.Furance companies are not will
«to tak- additional risks on his life. This is
S-B idle rumor, but a statement made by an
prance expert who has the best facilities for
taMl-B the facts ln the case. There Is much
rTinsible talk about the King's failing
bs«h but It may be attributed mainly to the
teirdeney and pessimism -prevailing In Eng
todßtace the outbreak of the Boer war. Dl-
I" e^ with his lamp would find it easier to
ciscover In the streets of London an honest
nan than an optimist.
Th* resumption of Boer operations on a large
t-ale'ta two remote fields has brought the gov
jggt under the fire of political guerillas,
lie sjtaisters are renroached for taking holi-
Mw* neglecting their work and accepting with
credolous facility assurances from their civil
sal ¦Bltary advisers that everything is going
veil in South Africa Mr. Brodrlck has been
ronstantly at the War Office, and he ha a pas
eion for work end red tape. He has not made
trf-gle sar.guir.e or reassuring reference to the
¦m since he succeeded Lord Lanedowne. The
coafc^ can hardly find fault with him for
-at* too favorable a view of the progress of
tht car- nor Is It reasonable for them to infer
flat W ministers, by holdlmr weekly councils..
-¦ forestalled General . Botha's raid In
Wciir-d and Commandant De La Rev's return
¦r, tie Western Transvaal after Megaliesberg
hjl been repeatedly cleared. The two Boer
aoerale have concealed their purposes and
cade effective demonstrations a fortnight after
the expiration o f the time limit of Lord Kltch
«k'B proclarr.rtion. and a similar raid by Gen
trah De W-t and Eteyr. may be expected daily
•san Ironical reminder that the war which the
llitn&ot t6Ct!ciar.«= imagined would be a hoil
4fiy parade hss entered upon its third year.
Critl-l«ni of Lord Kitchener, Lord Mllner and
the ministers for lack of foresight in forecasting
Boer activity is futile. The Boer remains at the
•nd. as he was at the beginning of the war. a
unique adversary wldi terrible persistence, who
SBOceeds In reversing every tradition of mili
lary experience and brings to naught every pre
diction and calculation.
If the Liberals were united, and not de-
EcraUzed. there would be destructive criticism
in the place of guerilla attacks upon Lord
Kitchener. Lord Mllner, Mr. Brodrick and Mr.
Chamberlain. As it Is. there is ineffective fault
¦nding by the press, and nothing is accom
ptsbed. The military staff Is reproached for
not following up the shattered columns of Botha
«nd De La Rey after his defeats, and Is bluntly
told that what It is doing Is neither war nor
lraslness. There Is a widespread feeling of dis
satisfaction in regard to the conduct of the
war, but the Unionist press, while reflecting it,
cannct perform the functions of a well or
¦n Bed Opposition. Mr. Kipling Is more ef
fective \r*ien he condemns with fine irony the
acceptance of imaginary army corps and imagi
nary generals a* serious additions to the na
tional defences, and interprets the recent ap
rolntment of Sir Redvers Buller, Sir Evelyn
IVood and the Duke of Connaught as evidence
that the army machine has been hauled back
Into the oM ruts of impotence, pretence and
<-oliapse. There has been an outburst of public
Impatience over the conduct of officers who take
piaros and kitchen ranges with them, when they
are chasing the Boers; and there is a well
founded conviction that incompetent generals
have been protected by social influence and the
'•Aldershot gang. But neither the Ministry nor
tbe War Office is imperilled by the present con
ditions of criticism.
General Buller has been attacked with great
vehemence, but has not even taken the trouble
to conceal his contempt for the newspaper war
riors. The Ineptitude of the War Office is
¦¦tebed by that of the critics themse'.ves, and
the genuine reformers in the army consider the
outlook for a radical reorganization hopeless.
They cay that the army has learned to fight un
*er new conditions of warfare, but that the mar
tinets of Pall Mall and Aldershot cannot forget
traditions and red tape. Some of them assert
that royalty alone can bring about a permanent
•J-e.'orm, and are hoping for the appointment of
**• Duke of Connaught as Commander-in-Chlef.
The Church Congress at Brighton has suffered
**»m the preoccupation of the public with the
Yacht races and the battles with the Boers,
¦ut it has been a most interesting session. The
hadoM have stood by their guns, but the war
**n has be«n less fierce than usual. The
W*op of Chlchester called for a truce when he
<**** the line between Christian unity ¦"' >
CtriEtian uniformity, and advocated palnstak
("C ttudy of the real Roman controversy. The
moet unexpected incident was the attack upon
Mr - Kipling by the Blehop of Calcutta for creat
- ln erroneous impressions of the conduct of
Bvopeans In India. The Uishop of London
*¦•¦* promptly to Mr. Kipling's defence, and
¦iweb ¦;!.¦.. the gratitude of the literary
onllnnrd on fourth pnice.)
• 'TO -WASHINGTON' IN KIVE HOURS"
£;» Kea York. Royal P/«« nvj. hour trains leave
ftf.of Liberty Street 11:20 A. M..;l:00 P— M y, a L d
£* «oyaj Limited" (no '•*' ' "/ a /V i ¦,<¦> Y<>o
jgyufa tarr-r r'n«?xcelied dlnlnr »n d caf * rar
* rv| **. A<j.t.
XEW-YORK. SITNDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1901.-2 PARTS. 28 PAGES. WITH ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT, 16 PAGES.
RAID OX BROADWAY FIRM.
POLICK SAY \Y. U. VERMILYE & CO. RAN
BUCKET SHOP.
POMBROT. THE INK MAKfFACTURER. THTS
COMPLAINANT, DECLARES HE I,OBT
NEARLY $13,000.
A raid was made early yesterday afternoon
on the brokerage offices of W. R. Vermilye &
Co.. at No. sli Broadway, by Central Office De
tectives McConville. Savage and Murphy, with
warrants which had been issued by Magistrate
Olmsted at the instance of Charles T. Pomeroy,
the ink and glue manufacturer, of No. 52 Broad
st.. Newark, who alleged that he had been de
frauded out of nearly $13,000 in bogus stock
and cotton transactions. The following were
arrested: J. Edward Carter, of No. 20 Mornlng
side-ave.. and Arthur L. May. a clerk, of No. 331
Hudson-si.. Hoooken. and George F. Newcombe,
who was taken into custody at the branch
office fif the llrm, ln the Criterion Hotel, after
the descent on the downtown offices. A quan
tity of papers and account books were seized
by the detectives.
The prisoners were locked up at Police Head
quarters, and an effort was made to find a
magistrate before whom they might be ar
rai^n'-ri. Magistrate Mlmsted having clw i the
Centre-st. police court by the tim<* the arrests
were made. W. R. Vermilye & Co. are mem
bers of no stock exchange in the city, and do
business through other lnokers.
The firm, the members of which arc said to be
Newcombe, Carter. Washington i<. Vermilye an.i
one other man, was formed in March of this
year. Its style was at the outset Vermilye &
Co., but, in order to avoid imminent trouble with
the well known and long established banking
firm of the same name at No. 10 Nassau-st., it
speedily changed its title to W. R. Vermilye &
Co. W. R. Vermilye, who is about sixty-five
years old. Is a son of tbe iate Co'.onel Washing
ton R. Vermilye, founder of the Nassau-st. bank
ing house of Vermilye ft Co. William A. Read,
of that firm, said last March, when the new
concern was about to be started, that the
younger Vermilye had inherited a fortune from
his father, but had spent :t all In nine years,
and thereafter had received a stipend regularly
at the office of Vermilye & Co., a gratuity, and
not money due him under any trust. According
to the advertisement of W. R. Vermiiye & Co..
the firm has branch offices at the Criterion
Hotel and at No. HO West Twenty-third-st..
New- York, in the Temple Bar Building, Brook
lyn; in Boston, Philadelphia. Pittsburg. Will
lamsport and Harrisburg. Perm. ; Hartford,
Conn., and at Salisbury House, London, E. C,
England. The advertisement carries in large
blackfaced type this line: "Highest banking ref
erences." It is said that W. R. Vermilye & Co.
had been expecting a raid for the last two
weeks, and that ln that period a large amount
of business had been done for its account on
the floor of the Consolidated Stock Exchange.
The specific complaint was that, operating
under the firm name of W. R. Vermilye & Co..
they received $r>oo from Mr. Pomeroy to pur
chase January cotton, giving him a slip repre
senting that the purchase had been made from
Leife'hton & Foulke. of No. '6 Wiiliarn-st. but
that the transaction did not appear on th
bonks of that firm. On August 3 Mr. Pomeroy
ordered the purchase of 5,000 bales of cotton,
depositing a margin of 55.000 with W. R. Ver
milye & Co., and when his profit amounted to
$6,000 he gave an order to sell, but the brokers
persuaded him to hold on, and a few daya later
he received word from them that he had been
sold short at an alleged loss of hi* entire mar
grin. Captain Titus found that the firm had
purchased only I.OVK) bales of cotton on this
order, and that most of their trades were on
paper.
Captain Titus says that the branch offices
have been investigated and that they are merely
fake offices, for the purpose of obtaining vic
tims, the operators pretending to give confiden
tial Information to Investors, and in reality
working In league with bogus investment com
panies and brokers. The London office, Cap
tain Titus Fays, was found to be none other
than the Bankers and Manufacturers' Mercan
tile Agency. The London office. Captain Titus
says, is run by W. C. Hickman, whom Carter
met last August.
Captain Titus says that he believes he
has gathered ln some ot the boldeat bucket
shop operators ln the city. He allege ; that they
have swindled hundreds of clients, who believed
that they were dealing with the old firm of Ver
milye & Co. Captain Titus has been Informed
that Alfred Goslin is behind this concern, but he
has not verified it. The firm formerly had ita
checks go through the Produce Exchange Bank,
but lately, it is said, it has been doing its
banking with the North American Trust Com
"At 8:4O o'clock last night the three prisoners
wer.» bailed out by John M. Curley, of No. 4. .7
West Beventeenth-at. who is in the liquor busi
ness, in the sum of $l.<HK"t each. The ball was
a ,. CP pted by Magistrate Deuel. who was brought
to Police Headquarters in a cab.
STEAMER PURSUES STEER.
LANDING ROPE LASSOES ANIMAL AS HE
SWIMS TO ESCAPE.
A big wild steer which escaped on Friday
night while being transferred from a Jersey
City cattle float to the stock pens of Schwarza
child & Sulzberger. at East Forty-sixth-st..
caused much trouble when an attempt wan
made to bring the animal back after it had been
recaptured. The cattle at East Forty-slxth-st.
are landed from floats by long gangplanks.
The gangplanks have high railings, and the
animals are rushed down the incline to the
mouth of a tunnel which connects with the cat
tle p^ns further on. In the ru?h last night sev
eral steers became entangled, and three, mount
ing the high railings, were crowded on the backs
of the others into the East River.
Two were immediately lassoed and hoisted up
by means of a sling, but the third, one of the
largest of the herd, a huge brown animal, es
caped. Swimming upstream with the tide, he
made such fast time that a small boat which
put off after him was unable to overtake him.
The animal made for the middlt o? the stream
and was lost in the darkness. Later he was
seen by passengers on steamers, the captains
of which made no effort to capture him. He
ewam nearly a mile upstream, to Seventieth-st..
when he was seen by some one on the Will
iam H. Witcham. a small steamboat that piles
between Seventieth-st. and Blackwell's Jsiand.
The captain of the boat gave chase, heading the
eteer toward the island. In a few minutes he
came near enough to throw a landing rope at
the animal, and U» noose fell over the wide
uding horn*. The boat towed the aiumal to
shore where It scrambled out with the landing
rovf 'still attached. The moment, he gained a
| o f,ting on the shore, which runs out some dis
' tanoe at that point, he pulled so savagely ut the
' rone that the captain said he didn't know but
hat he would bp pulled high and dry on th"
! la Aftei the greatest difficulty the steer was
mastered and tied to a tree in front of Jhe
i JTenitentlary. Hare, after informing the au
thorities the captain left the animal overnight.
A delegation came over from Schwarzschlld
x RuUberscr'fl yesterday and tried tn lead the
I rt«4r on board a boat. They had to lasso him.
tu, hlm up with ropes, load him on a huge dray
and cart him aboard. It took ten men to do the
'<-'• and the greatest excitement prevailed at
times ¦•¦!-" th» ma* manifested h desire to get
iraTi
R. FfT.TOX rT'TT\X<r OPENING THK LOTV CAMPAIGN AT COOPER rNTON LAST
EVENING.
TAKE DEFEAT GRACEFULLY
NO QUIBBLING IX LONDON OVER THE
VICTORY OF THE COLUMBIA.
MISS MORTON'S — fI.TRA-PROTKF
TANTP EXCITED OVER THE KING'S
CORONATION.
(Copyright; ltOl: r. . The New T Tork tv!bua«.l
iBV caiii.f: TO THE TKißr:«t I
London. Oct. •'>. I a. m.— Th< press continues to
comment on the Cup races, but makes no at
tempt to break tbe force of the America.'. >'•¦¦-
tory. One afternoon paper after another yes
terday pronounced the Columbia tbe superior
boat without quli?Mi:iic over a single point, and
congratulated ibe Ame»!caii^ on their victory.
"The Evening Standard" sumn?e^ up the case in
the declaration that the Columbia must be
taken as a trl'imph of the shipbuilder's art ln
its present stage. One or two sporting Journals
show traces of disappointment In ccmp'ialnlr.g
of the dlffuseness of the reports, and the ut-sc'.
entlflc phrasing in the descriptions cf the races;
but I have not yet seen ln print a sing"' 1 un
pleasant word about American methods of rac
ing. Englishmen have followed Sir Thomas
Llpton's example in taking the beating grace
fully and without any indication of bad temper.
Many writers assert that competition ln yacht-
Ing has brought the two countries into better
relations and promoted good feellr.g. The t!m;s
have changed since L«rd Dunrav«>n wrs support
ed by a majority of yachtsmen her* and by th
bulk of the i>: *•*.*• "".^ '
The map-lag* of Mls» H^-rn Morton at Bt
Mary's Roman Catholic Ch'arrh. Che'.soi», wps k
quiet affair, with a good mnny mrmbera of the
diplomatic corps present. The bridpsrrootr.,
Count Paul Louis Boson de Taller, rard-Pe'tg r<j
et Sagan, was supported by Count d(» CHonry.
and the bride was attendee*. b7 b*>r t*;:> sisters
as bridesmaids, gowned in pale blue rMfton with
overdresses of white chiffon, embro'dercd tn
white flowers, and wearing blue hat* with white
ostrich plumes. There was a reception at Mr*
Eustis's house In Eaton Square. Ex-Oovcrncr
Morton will return speedily to New-York.
The court order calling upon the peers R"d
peeresses to claim the right to be present at tbe
coronation excludes a few widows who have
remarried beneath their rank. Otherwise it does
not indicate any Intention of reducing the at
tendance of the titled das?. The order has b*en
issued a long time In advance of the ceremony,
ln order to facilitate the arrangement* for pro
viding seats in the Abbey and apportioning the
space required for !he peers and peeresses. Court
officials Insist upon having an early reckoning
of the number entitled to witness the ceremony.
The Abbey authorities will have nothing to do
with the seatiiiK arrangements, and even the
ritual Itself will 1>«- revised at court. Rumors
that incense will ho used and that various prac
tices recently condemned by th<- Archbishops
will be Introduced are premature. Tho influ
ence of Queen Alexandra may lv- exerted in
favor of some innovations, but probably the
consecration service employed at thr last c tfo
natlon will be closely followed. There is some
excited talk among ultra-Protestants on the
¦abject, but the details of the consecration ser
vice are under consideration, and the precise
form of the ritual has not l*>en determined au
thoritatively. T N ' F
KIN<; EDWARD FEELS F'.F.TTER.
B3CPECTS TO ATTEND SKRVICKS IN rRATHIE
CHURCH TO-DAY.
London, Oct. 5. -No intimation of any change
in the King's condition has been received at
Marlborough House, though special a ivices
from Aberdeen say that dispatches received
from Balmoral at 2:.V> o'clock this afternoon an
nounce that his majesty has almost completely
recovered, and has arranged to attend services
in the Crathie Church to-morrow.
The "Court Circular" issued to-night does not
mention the King's movements, as th<> weather
at Balmoral is understood to be very bad
LINER STOPS FOR MA TL A T SEA
¦ FISHERMAN. AWAY FROM HOME MORE
THAN A YEAR. ASKED AUGUSTE .
VICTORIA TO TAKE LETTERS.
An ocean liner filling the role of a mail col
lector is a decided novelty. The German steam
ship Auguste Victoria, which arrived here from
Hamburg late Friday night, performed this ser
i vice for a French fishing smack on the New
| foundland Banks. When in latitude 45.42. longi
i tude 4i».12, the lookout sighted a fishing schooner
flying a series of signal flags. Upon nearer ap-
I pioach it was found that the flags meant. Will
j you take mail for me?" Captain Kaempff. of
the Auguste Victoria, answered with the signal
' meaning "Yes." The engines of the great steam-
I ship wer* stopped, and a dory was put out from
the smack and carried two letters from the cap
i tain of the flshing;bont to the steamer.
The smack had been away - from Breton
£?» *vif«- might become anxious, and decided to
TL „n.-xWt-"t stopping Of thp steamship
, iu^-d " onstderable ,xri..ment among Urn !»¦;
mil r t : _ ,__ __'.
1 Take ,1, Day Lino en route to Buffalo, the.Jiud
' Jn^atV hWht of its beauty. Muslc.-Advt. . .
.4 A 7 AGED WOMAN'S PLIGHT.
SUPERINTENDENT BLAIR THINKS THAT
BROTHER PUT HFR IN ALMSIIOUSE
TO GET HER MONEY.
According to Superintendent George Blair of
th<> Outdoor Poor Department, Mrs. Jane Fowler.
erven ty-efght years old, was the victim of a re
markable plot to rob her, carried out by her
brother. Several week* as-'o she w:.s committed
to the almshouse on representations made to
Mr. Blair that she was friendless, homeless and
j,ennii2Sß. An investigation hai re\ealed that
¦he Is the sister of two wealthy women, one of
'.vhr.rn is sad to own property valued at $4,000.
000. The story as (href! out by Mr. Blair is
asi follows:
On August 9 Warren K. Rose, brother of Mrs.
Fowler, took her to the office of the Outdoor
Poor Department. He (Rose) said he was a
palnler, living at No. 82 Greenwich-aye. He
asked that his slater be admitted to the alms
bouse, bacanM he could no longer provide for
fe«r. H'.s request was refused at the time, but a
fortnight later he again took Mrs. Fowler to
Mr. Blalr'a o«c«! and renewed his appeal. Dr.
Frederick Van Vlltt oi No. 228 West Eleventh
st., who accomparjed P-ose and hia Bioter. cor
roborated what Resa sate', adilixe that Mrs.
Fowler wai "a lUtte esr.l^."
Boperlatendent BU-lr became interestei In tha
vcrr^.::, *r.d after talkln« with her and no
tlc'.n" t'-e d;tr.-ulty sl.e had in answering slmpia
«oeat!cv£ tola th * pnynician tn^ he woulcl
{,l/..-i b-»ri*sth3 A.lntßhouee for a short time, j .
He tfc*a r directed FmnV. McAuliffe. one of Klo
ir.veot'Brators, to study the case. Suba^uently
Roco told tho nurse who hud charge of Mrs.
Fow!*r at the Alir.shcußO that the letter would
probably trtah t« Wf»t« * number c* letter*,
••Tf «he dcea." Koso told the nurse, "writ*
th«ci for bfK. but dsstrny them. DertW them
&n<? JO-J will t« rceon.i/onsed."
Tn* nur«o Informed .VcAullffe that the lat
terM wrttlW by M?» Vcv: r vere n.-- destroyed.
On* of thM9 W*M address cc Mrs. S. F. Fowler.
Whtt bn* r»..'.re» of the rr,:ill-:y ¦»» cf
KbrirJi Btvhai*. Slxth-avr.. a.-.rt Tvenly-thlrd
,t' l.vcA.!.^ catted c» Mm. 1, 9. Fowler, who
was n , f ,v.,H« t« bear that her rnother-in-la^
vraa lo th- tlrcM^cttm.
"F.M, told her rola«ve« that i*.e wm to a
hr,r,e in Long Island and that he «l pajlnß
her expensr,," she said. "She haa -veral hun
dred dollars in the Greenwich **********-"
McAuliffe learned at the bank that Mrs. Jane
Fowler had had $000 03 to her credit, but that
her account had been closed at about the time
she was sent to the alftshouse. He learned
that a check for thi, amount had beet, deposited
to Ro.e'.. account In the Irving Savings Bank
on the day following Its withdrawal from the
other Institution.
Rose admitted that he had put some of this
money to hU own use. and gave McAuliffe
$30251 for Mrs. Fowler. He showed a receipted
bill for $15. signed by Dr. Van Vliet. which he
said had been paid for services rendered to Mrs
Fowler The latter, when questioned, said that
Dr Van Vliet had called on her the day before
she was seni to the almshonse, and had given
her a glaas of whiskey. After drinking it. »he
said, she had become dazed, and did not re
cover hor .senses until after her committal. She
said ho believed »be had been drugged.
Her changed manner, coupled with the opln
something was wrong. He Fowler
to be removed to the borne of Mr*. U 1 . toiler,
"^ffIMSSS- that tho case would
i-,id hefore the District Attorney.
Mr. Row when Seen at his paint shop. Na
""•!h?'ssd '!£¦.!£ had $600 in the bank, and
IS ta"^"^"'Thet '£'.«. Poor .0 pro
ten dajs. 1 lul " *. ndvised him to send her to
isig^^d^sia
IhatX woman suffering from senility.
The BtJrv aS her being drugged Is absolutely
false." '¦*: >¦¦ ¦
TMBT OF THK TWqfiXTOIi SUCCESSFUL.
Wellington. Oct. f..-The Navy Department re
,-eUed a teu. s ram to-day ann,un,in g that the
trial' of the torpedo boat Thornton, near Annapolis
yesterday, mi wecesanu.
TO LAUXCR THH SIBERIA O.V OCTOBER 10.
Newport News. Va.. Oct. » <Speci*l>.-It Is of
ficially announced that October 19 ha been selected
as the daie for launching the monster steamship
Siberia of IS GOO tons displacement, built here for
the Pacinc Mail 1 inc. The Siberia and the Korea
\rl th» larßMt "hips built in this hemisphere.
THE GREAT DAY
at the Pan-American Exposition will be N-w York
Day.'- Wednesday. Octobtr S. Every New Worker
should be there. Th Stm York Central and West
Shore Railroads have -a train ovexr bauc \ cry
low rates;— Advt-
lO>»y««hi; lOOli By Th* Trtbuas
SHARP SHOTS AT CROKERISSI.
ITS THE VITAL ISSUE. MR. LOW TELLS A BIG. ( HCERIXG
COOPER UXIOX GATHERING.
RUSSELL ON SHEPARDS RKLATION TO \ RORER.
_ The first mass meeting in the interest of the fusion ticket was held in Cooper
Union last night, find the hall was not large enor-h to hold all the people who
wanted to hear Messrs. Low, Grout and other candidates.
William Hepburn Russell, of the Greater -York Democracy. declared
that Edward M. Shepard must be either an apologist for or a rrairor to Mr.
Croker.
The conciliation committee of the principal anti-Tammany organization
met to discuss the disputes in some of the districts over rma'n and Assembly
nominations. Agreements were reached in nearly all, except the XXlst. where
the Republicans and the Citizens Union are likely "to rnp opposing tickets.
There was I rumor that Edward M . Shepafd might decline the Tammany
nomination.
TELLING POINTS BY FUSION SPEAKERS
nv Mil. tnw-rrnkcr stars abroad a largf part of th.. year, and ihaprt th#> policy an*
controls the government of the city of Xetr York. I do not nnarr«>l with Mf.
Croker's preference for life In Knjttnnd I natead of life In »w-York. bat It .trtk-«
-« that tt 1» a curious preference for an American gfnil»in«n of IrUh birth.
NY EDMUXD "WETMORK— Borrow respectability Is the last rrfner of detected political
inl<inlty.
BY JI'STICE .TI ROME— I am In favor of the opening of saloon* on Sunday darlnc <¦•*-
tnln hoti!"» under proper restrictions.
NY KDWARD M. GROt'T— Nothing Is more detestable to trnf Democrats than a selfish, u4
corrupt boss.
BY JACOB A. f AVTOK — n man goes from this city to another place and says he Is •
Tiimminy Democrat) the safe Is Immediately locked.
BY WILLIAM J. O'BHIEY— A police commlssl oner who irlll call a policeman ¦with a lon*
und honorable record a "dope" and "dirty bum" Is « loafer himself.
BY R. Fl'LTO\ CTTTIVn — heard some «r«>(i» speeches, now en home and get e-rerr
one to register and vote.
•APOLOGIST OR TRAITOR."
EHEPARD MUST BE ONE OR THE OTHER
TO CROKER, SAYS WILLTAM
HEPBURN RUSSELL.
"Shepard is a weak candidate upon a lying
platform, and must either be an apologist for
Croker or a traitor to him. I do not know
whether he will prefer the role of Judas or that
of Oakey Hall." said William Hepburn Russell,
chairman of the executive committea of the
Greater Xev-York Democracy to a Tribune ra
porter yesterday. Mr. Russell has been abaent
from the city since the Tammany city conven
tion.
"Would Mr. Shepard. if elected Mayor of New-
York, successfully combat all the vicious tenden
cies in Tammany Hal! that the people ars
aroused against at this cime?" he waa asked.
"My Impression Is." sa!d Mr. Russell, "that
Mr. Sherard has accepted the Tammany ncm
ination with a clear underataidlni? that, if elect
ed, he is to administer the Major's otnee as a
strict organization man. He i.-» necessarily com
mitted to the approval. of the Tammany admin
istru-.ion of the last four years" He will not
I have tho power, even if naa the wlli. success
fully to oppose Croker and Crokerism.
"In his upeech of Oct-btr 13. 1S!»8. at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music. Mr. Shepard said:
'I tell you. fellow citizens. Republicans and
Democrats, that much more is m*«VMU>y: that
the best of men In any otfice. ajs'fcir.st hi* will,
however powerful, is In iarge measure a creature
of the conditions, or instrument of the forces,
which surround him.' B<*.y;,l»-^. I do not. and
tie\er have looked upon Mr. Shepard a& a strong
num. He hi an astute lawyer, an able rneto
riclan. but as unstable us \\at»r ana as incon
¦istent as a weathercock. H«- ntetakca vanity
for virtue, t>gr.ti-<m for entls;htenjt>« .t. and re
gards his political whim <>f t'i»- moment as of
eoloMual importance to the community. He ac-
Oepta ill'- nomination of Tam:uany Hall, not
wi'.hsiandinß his past record, much as he mlpht
take a retainer in a i rimi:i;it case. It is but a
step from the attorneyshlp of the Susar Trust
t'j the uttorneyship of the Ice Trust and the Vice
Trust."
"Does Mr. Shepard's record prOtafcM anything
satisfactory?"
"'Mr. Shepard has ahvay.< posed as a reformer,
but what has he ever reformed? It is true that
he prosfciit'-d some of ; he m.n with whom, at
one time, he was in intimate political associa
tion. Was not the' motive that animated that
prosecution the same that now animates his ac
ceptance of the Tammany nomination? Shall I
call it a desire for notoriety, or a desire for
oflice?
"Shepard's Democracy I? of the skimmilk va
riety. For personal reasons, which he called
political, hv ran as an independent candidate for I
Mayor of Brooklyn when Edward M. Grout was
the Democratic regular candidate, and. as the
head of the so-called Shepard Democracy, polle.j
9,510 votes, while 7.">..T»0 straight Democrats, and
good citizens of Brooklyn, voted for Grout.
Wurster, the Republican candidate, was elected
by 2,095, st> that Shepards reform Democracy
in lSl)r> gave Brooklyn a Republican Mayor,
and he ran, practically, with the avowed pur
pose of producing this result.
. "In 189*1 Shepard bolted the Democratic na
tional ticket, and denounced the Democratic
party and its leader in that campaign as vig- l
orously as he assailed Tammany in 1597. In
190U he experienced a change of heart, and saw j
in Bryan the Moses of Democracy. Men who. ¦
like myself, stood firm for Democracy la IStW ;
as well as in 1900. do rot like the Shepard vary- ;
ing winds of destiny.
"In 1597 he declared that 'the Tammany ticket I
represents the most insolent and audacious, as
well as the ni-st reckless, attack we have yet j
known upon the welfare of the greater Xew- ;
York and of the masses, and especially the less j
fortunate masses of its people. And comment- |
Ing. at the same time, upon Tammany's claim .
to virtue, he speaks thus of Croker and his asso- ¦
ciates: "They are the same men. the same bosses. •
the same inspirations, the same results precisely, i
as at the time when our little friend. Mr. Lexow,
made his investigation. Do we want that thing, ;
do we want that thing in Brooklyn? If they
can stand it in -York, we cannot stand for ;
it in Brooklyn. The most burning and disgrace- ,
ful blot upon the municipal history of this coun- '
try is the career of Tamminy Hall.' And it is !
this insolent and audacious ticket/ this 'burn- '
ing and disgraceful blot' upon the municipal
history of this country, for which Mr. Shepard i
must stand in this campaign. Why does he
stand for it? The answe- is not far la seek. \
If . Shepard wins, Croker dominates the Demo- ,
cratic party in the State of New- York. With
Croker dominating the Democratic party in the
next State convention. Shepard becomes the
logical Democratic candidate for Governor, and
Shepard's candidacy to-day stands for an at
tempt to change the 'burning and disgraceful
blot' from municipal to State history."
"Did Senator Platt dictate the nomination of >
Seth Low?" .
*i "He most certainly did not. It Is within my ;
personal knowledge that Mr. Low was at no time
the personal choice •¦:: Senator Platt for the
nomination. H« unquestionably believed that a
strong independent Democrat ought to be nom
inated and if a Republican was to be the nom
inee Mr. Low was not his personal choice.
Several hotels and camps at Lake Placid. Saranac
Lak<» Paul Smith I*.1 *. Saranac Inn. Raquette Lak*>.
Beaver River.. Bis Moose. Old Forse. Fulton Chain
and other points in the Adirondack Mountains will
be i,«,V., open the entire month of October Th-
New "y,.rkC*oU»lx»«h^ -in this »-"i"l.rrMl r»*lon.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TELLING RIO US FROM LOW
BIG AUDIENCE IN" COOPER UNION AP
PLAUDS FUSION CANDIDATES* DE
" NUNCIATION * OF ~*T AM3*
"The popular name for th« vital issri- of this
campaign la Crokerism." declared Seth luovr at
Cooper Union last night.
The vast and eager audience that filled every
seat and occupied every square foot of standing
room applauded the sentiment to the echo.
Crokerism was the ugly spike that every
ppeak»r aimed at and hit with never falling
sledgehammer blows.
Mr. Low was dM clear headed. d!3passionate
master al tha situation. No bluster, no flam
boyant atten>Dt at oratory. Just a cool, mas
terly, buslriejslilce presentation of Crokeristn in
its repugnant phases.
Mr. Low was fearless In payins fcla respects
to Edward M. Shecard.
' If Mr. ¦ Shepard. as the Tammany candidate.
Is not thi tepiessetative in thi3 campaign of alt
the bad influences that have controlled and
dbgriiced the city during the last -four years.
th. ' the>- Influences' have" -,¦ «i rewnfai %• *th
this campaign," he declared.
Again, said Mr. Low:
"Mr. Shepard may delude himself Into think
ing that by accepting the Tammany nomlna ¦
tior. he is doing some great public service r>
his party and the city. But. while Mr. Shepari
may delude himself. Mr. Croker will not delu-l-*
himself."
Justice William Travers Jerome, candidate for
District Attorney, declared boldly for open sn
loons, under proper restrictions on Sundays
after church hours In the morn'ng. Mr. Jerome' ¦»
address all the way through was listened M
with the deepest interest. Once, when he waa
tflHng of the suffering that was caused by
Tammany's system of protected vice, he al
most broke down. His eyes partly filled with
tea*-:; and his voice broke. When he came to
Sunday observance the audience teeame so qui>=t
that every word was heard distinctly.
SEATS SOON FILLED.
The audience was all that might be expected.
At 7:20 o'clock the doors of the historic old
auditorium were opened, and in ten minute<
time every seat in the house was occupied by *
good natured. keenly expectant audience. Th*
vestibule was thronged with those who wer*
willing to stand up all the way through the
meeting.
The speakers all the way down the list In
turn gave Croker and Tammany an unm«rdf»il
flaying.
There were no false notes struck. R. Fnlton
Cutting, Edmund Wetmore. Edward M. Grout.
ex-Senator Jacob A. Cantor, Justice Jerom
and all the speakers, both Inside and outsM*
the hall, found responsive chords in the breast*
of their auditors.
The invited vice-presidents of the meattnc
were as follows, most of whom were present:
CH \RLJCS S. FAJRCHILJX ROBERT GRIER iIO>'RO3.
F riLLJiRY ANUiiKSOS. RCKiBK A. PttYOR.
THOMAS B RBEI> JOHN I>E WITT WAR.VER.
JOHN JEROLOMON. Ufia WALIUN CRE3».
HIiNRY UE-VTZ. ABRAiI a. HEWITT.
BRYAN U KE.NNEIJL.Y. JOHN J. AOAVIS.
HIGH R. GARDEN". JUHN JORDAN
JOHN S. KENNEDY. JOHN CUKUS.
MKYBR SCHOENFEUX ¦ t»ARL£.S H. aTRONOk
\RTHCR YON BRIE9EN. PALL. GEOPEU
JACOB H. SOHIFF. CARL L. >'.aLRX
J. WARREN GREENEL GUSTAV H. SCHWAB.
CHAUNGEY M. DEPEU*. IbAAC U. KLtIN.
ISAAC N. SELJGMAN. A. AUGUSTUS HEALT.
HBNRT B. H. STTAPLER. CORNELIUS N. BL:--*
JOHN IiORDI. BIGEMB A. PHIUiIN.
JOHN PALMIERI. JOHN B. PaRSONc.
FRANCESCO ORLANDO. J. N. FRA.N COLIN V
JOHN >1. AGAR NICOLA XXJZZOLCtO
WM. B HORNBLOWER. ANTONIO C ASTARITA.
WILUAM 11. RUSSELL. A. ROCCA.
i-.,\Kt \CB CAREY. HERMAN RIDDEB.
JOHN C. GABLER. WM. H. BALDWIN. Jr.
AARON W LEVY WALLACE MACFAKL.VXX.
RL'DOI j>H REITBEN3 JOer.fH H. STEIN rtARDT.
JAMES B. RKYNOLD3. JAMES P. HOLLAND.
L'H A J. HCBSET. ROBERT L. KAMJIEKER.
JOHN \\OOD. OLIVER C SiiilfLß.
H OBVIRTUbES-SIXG. THOMAS FITZPATRICK.
vil. -i>M H. HI'BER. JOSEPH W. CUaHMAN.
E P. BLIS*». Jr. LEWIS A. HAUSER.
TIMOTHY HEALT. C. BUKE ORCUTT. .
EDWIN S. KAS3INO. JOSEPH M. PRICE.
0 O. FRIEDLANDER. EDWIN C. DUSENEERBT.
JOHN J. YOUNG. JOSIAH T. NEWCOMB.
WIIJJAM WILKIE. JAMES R. BURNET.
J. J. SMITH. '-HARLE3 TATHAM.
JOSEPH WAJISLBY. WJI. J. SCHIEFFBU2C
1. N. P.OTH. JOHN MONKS.
EVERETT P. WHEELER. JAMES KENNEDY
JAMES BYRNE. JOHN E. FXSTIS.
KDWARD COOPER. WHEELER H. PECK
OTTO KEMPNKR. E. R. L. GOULD.
Ll-DVTIG F. THOMA. WILXJs L. OGOEN.
BENNO LOEWT. CARL SCHSnat
DR. F. YON RAITZ. JOSEPH LBVENSCW.
GU.STAVE J. VOM FREI> OPITZ.
F MEIER. T. FULD.
E. C. EGEN.
MKKTIXO CALLED T« > ORDER.
George Haven Putnam called the meeting to
order, and Introduced Mr. Cutting, whose brief
remarks were enthusiastically received. -\fr.
Cutting said In part:
We are b«sririninr another fftrussle for th*" privi
._•:-••• our own affairs and our own gov
.r. -„.. - and the flr?t -¦<-¦¦ •- to set rM of in.l <• :
out of the way for the time b<?in? the boss and ih
unseen powers of whom : this bos* h the worthy
ascent. The Citizens Union is tMUMntr for a trreat
deal morn than that, to set for itself aa ide3l which
exalts fraternal love above the eternal iJoa of citi
zenship. It is a good thins to lower '"-„¦'» rate,
but not at tho .-'... r.f to oar children th»
...... of education. 1; is 3. ?ood thins; to rsduc*
.-., annual tudJ^t. bat not at «uch a cost aa «<
experienced in Brooklyn several years ago, wlwn
they attempted to economize on -'.---¦ cleaains by
Laursl HOUS-. Lahewood. N>* J-r**-y. no* opem."
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