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ACCEPT BOWEN'S OFFER.
THE ALLIES SATISFIED.
Venezuelan Blockade Likely To Be
Raised at Once.
fCoprrtrtit: 1J>(13: Br The Tribune Association.)
London. Jen. 27. 1 a. m. — The Berlin corre
spondent of "The Morning Post" learns that
th*> British and German governments have ac
cepted provisionally a guarantee of a portion of
'.he Venezuelan customs revenues offered by Mr.
Bowen, and that the raising of the blockade
•may be expected to be proclaimed at any mo
ment. Mr. Bcwen approached the, British rep
resentative fjr-.«t . and. having obtained his pro
visional a«seri. placed his proposals before the
man Charjr£ d'Affaires, who has now been
informed that the guarantee is regarded at
Berlin as satisfactory. Baron Speck yon Stern
burg hi due to arrive in Washington soon, when
he will take over representation of the German
interests from the hands of the charge
d'affaires. All that will remain for him. in
effect, will be the general agreement between
the powers and Minister Bowen regarding the
method by which a satisfactory settlement of all
claims can be attained.
Notes embodying the terms of this agreement
will then be addressed to Venezuela by the
powers simultaneously, and the blockade will be
raised. It may be said that with the cessation
d th* blockade will cease for all practical pur
poses th"* co-operation of the powers. It is
hoped that this result can be achieved before
the close of This month. Details of the claims
will then be negotiated separately between the
representatives of the powers and Mr. Bowen.
I. N. F.
RAISE BLOCKADE TO-MORROW ?
British Naval Officer at La Guayra Says as
Much.
Caracas, Jan. 2^..— Associated Press cor
respondent has just received a communication
from the British naval officer at La Guayra In
forming him that the blockade will be raised
iext Wednesday.
ONE POWER "WANTS MOEE.
Demanding 50 Per Cent of the Venezuelan
Customs.
R-me. Jan. 26.— 1t Is learned that the powers
■TC stffl negotiating regarding the percentage
if the customs receipts that Venezuela is to give
e«« a aruarantee. one government Insisting upon
N per cent, instead of 30 per cent.
BRITAIN AND GERMANY ACCEPT.
Aliiance To Be Dissolved on Signing of the
Guarantee.
Berlin. Jan. 2«.— The report that Germany and
Great Britain had provisionally accepted the
guarantee submitted by Minister Bowen for the
payment of claims reserved from arbitration is
confirmed here.
Written declarations regarding raising the
blockade of the Venezuelan ports have been ex
changed between Minister Bowen and the rep
resentatives of Great Britain, Germany and
Italy. In their declarations the representatives
Bf the Eurof-ean powers promised to consent to
the immediate raising of the blockade as soon
p.s an agreement was concluded between them
and Mr. Bowen embodying the conditions laid
down by the powers. These conditions chiefly
related to the guarantee to be furnished by
Venezuela.
The guaiantee offered to the powers through
Mr. Bowen is a portion of the customs receipts
sf La fTsijiß and. perhaps, of several other
pirtf. The prcposal was first made to Great
Britain, which provisionally accepted it, and
then to Germany, which accepted it in principle
or Saturday. The allies are now engaged in
examining the value of the guarantee offered
End are negotiating details, like the form of
payment.
A question which is being considered is
■whether the allies shall establish an interna
tional commission for receiving the customs, or
whether Borne neutral agent shall be appointed
receiver. If the latter course is decided upon it
Is believed that some American authority will
be chosen, perhaps Mr. Bowen: The proposal
contemplates dividing the allies' claims into
thre» grades, and that each be treated sepa
rately, and in proportion to their validity.
It is still believed here that all the matters
In pate w«tl be satisfactorily arranged at
Washington, without resorting to The Hague
Arbitration cou-t.
• rtion of the Vecwsaeian revenues will
lfli.le for th«- payment of the claims, be
' the large part already hypothecated as
• ■• for foreign leans.
Th«» German Foreign Office is very hopeful of
an early settlement, and of the raising of the
blockade -without much further delay.
A lively exchange of telegrams occurred be
tween Germany and Great Britain on Saturday
before the acceptance of Mr. Bowen's proposi
tions as cabled from Washington. It is ex
platoed that Great Britain's acceptance was for
•»ard»-d to Washington first because Mr. Bowen
Fubmirted his proposal to Ambassador Herbert
before swing Count Quadt, the German Charge
d'Affaires.
Italy's attitude is to accept any arrangement j
agreeable to Great Britain and Germany.
Af f=oon as the guarantee for the payment \
of the Bnrt jrra«l« claims is disposed of the nego- ]
tiations for the settlement Of the remainder will j
jirocerd v.lth each power Independently.
The alliance between Great Britain and Ger- j
many may 1~ considered to have been definitely ;
*-nded as 8008 as the guarantee is signed, and j
the consequent raisins; of the blockade occurs.
Th» German cruisers Vineta »nd Falke left I
Curar-oa on Friday, and. therefore, the Navy
fepaftsneni here is not In communication with
Cbnmtodorc Sch^der But H Is understood that ,
1!)" German naval agent at C«racos will b kept I
«<iviped of -he progress of the peace negotia- j
lion?.
POWERS ASSENT TO PROPOSALS.
Satisfactory Basis for Further Negotiations.
London, Jan. 20.— 1t whs learned to-day by a
representative of Th- Associated Preys that
Great Britain and Germany have informed their
represTitatves .'it Washington that they con
eider llinirter Bowc-n's proposals regard-
. ■
Conflnnrd on fonrtti pnsr,
SOME SPEAKERS AT CONFEDERATE DINNER AND LEADING CONFEDERATE VETERANS HERE.
EDWARD OWEN.
DA V FOR SUPREME COURT
He Accepts President Roosevelt" s
Appointment.
Canton. Ohio, Jan. I'fi.— Judge W. R. Day has
accepted an appointment as associate justice of
the I'nited States Supreme Court. He said to
day, in answer to :i query as to his appoint
ment:
"T received the tender from President Roose
velt on Saturday.- I nailed my acceptance this
morning."
Judge Day does not know when the appoint
ment will be sent to the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 2<>. —It was announced at
the White House this afternoon jhat Judge
William R. Day, of Canton, Ohio, had accepted
the offer made to him by the President of a seat
on the Supreme Court bench. The formal offer
■was made to Judge Day three days ago. His
acceptance was received shortly after noon to
day.
Judge William R. Day became widely known as
Secretary of State, succeeding John Sherman and
being succeeded by John Hay. His father. Luther
Day, was a well known < >'ii" lawycrCknd Chief
Justice of the State. The son was horn In Ravenna
on April 17. 180. He early shoved a desire for a
liberal education, ami he was graduated at the
University of Michigan i:i I*W. He was a devoted
student, but read widely outside th< curriculum,
and also found time to devote hiin«eif to athletics.
and played on the college baseball team. Upon
graduation he studied law at Ann Arbor, and was
admitted to practice in I*7: He opened an office
in Canton. Ohio, and was practising there when
President McKinley made him Assistant Secretary
of State in April. 1887. He had previously been
Judge of the Court of Common Picas. Ik ing fleeted
by both parties from 19K to 1889 President Har
rison selected him for Federal Judge In the North
ern Ohio District in 1889. but his ill Health caused
him to resign before assuming In* duties of the
office. He succeeded Secretary Sherman as head
of the Department of State on April 26. ISSB. nnd
retired from this office the following September to
become chairman of the United States Peace Com
missioners at Paris at the close of the war with
Spain. The following year he became Judge of
the United States Circuit Court In Ohio, by ap
pointment of President McKinley. the post he now
holds.
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OLD SCHEDULE STILL.
Elevated Road Fails To Extend
Rush Hour Services.
EXPECTANT PUBLIC DISAPPOINTED.
(nv rELECBAPS I>O THE ti-.tbinf.. ]
Albany. Jan. 36.— When inquiry was made to
night at the Railroad Commissioners' office in
relation to the time set for the running of more
trains by the Manhattan Elevated Railway
Company of New-York, it being reported that
the Indications were that the orders of the
Railroad Commissioners were not being obeyed,
the statement was made that the time had not
yet arrived for that road to live up to the
schedule marked out for it? trains by the Rail
road Commission.
It was said that the recommendation of the
Railroad Commission that as many trains be
run in the non-rush hours as in the rush hours
was !<• go into effect on January U<s (to-day)
originally, but that on January 12, at the re
quest of the officials of the railroad company,
the time was extended two \v a eks. to February
I*. The extension was made because the railroad
company pleaded that it could not get cars.
According to the foregoing dispatch the idea
seems to obtain In Albany that the time allow
ance granted to thr- Manhattan Railway ('•>:»
pany extended for two weeks from January
26 to rel.ru;. ry !». The letter issued by the Rail
road Commission on January 12, to which
reference is made |n the dispatch, distinctly
said:
Therefore, the additional time asked for is
hereby grante.j. said directions to take effect
January IT,. l'.Hf',.
The directions referred to were those of the
order of the Railroad Commission dated Janu
ary -, In which the elevated officials were di
rected to submit a rush-hour schedule for all
day by January 12. If the order has been modi
fied and an extra two weeks of grace been
erante-1 to the elevated road, the fact is not
generally known In thus city. On the contrary,
the public fully expected the new schedule to
go into effect yesterday.
S. C. Mead, the secretary of the committee on
franchises and transportation of the Merchants'
Association, started for Albany last night to see
if the schedule had been filed. William F. King
said yesterday afternoon:
It's up to the Railroad Commissioners now.
We uroposi bo see it" the order is carried into
effect. Mr. Ifead, the secretary, will start to
night for Albany, «n<i to-morrow will examine
th'- records to see if the schedule has been filed.
Our next Etep Will be determined by what he
finds at Albany.
It wa.s impossible yesterday to learn from the
railroad officials what action the company was
to take mi the order of the Railroad Commis
sioners. | Employes of the road said they had
heard of no forthcoming change, and thr if
such a change vvere pending they would surely
have heard <>f it.
Apparently the company had added to the st-
V j, f . .several trains, but how many could not be
learned. It was stated by train dispatchers
that four additional trains had been put on the
Sixth-fiv*-. tine, between Harlem and South
Ferry, and a few additional trains had been run
on the Bast Sid- lis^-p. (ffo new trains, it was
declared, arete being run on the Ninth-aye. line
between Harlem and thr- Battery.
STEAMER GEORGIC IN COLLISION.
Liverpool. Jan. 2fi.— The White Star LJne Meamer
<;«-orclc. Captain Nico). from Near-York, which ar
rived here yesterday, reports that she was In mi
lislon In latitude 4 f >. longitude la, with the British
FtearrKr Saxon King. Captain Smith, from Rotter
dan January I for Boston. (The Saxon King ar
rived at Bfiston to-4ay.t The vep.«eis stood by
each other for < isht hours ;i " IJ finally proceeded,
neither requiring assistance.
FAST TRAVEL. FACILITATES BUSINESS.
The Pennsylvania Bp*dal leaves New York every
f.%y Stock report* ■•■••' a stenographer on board.—
AdvU
NEW- YORK, TUESDAY. JANUARY 27, 1903. -FOURTEEN PAGES.-b 77 n 11 e CC T c r^ t AiSfci«ti« 1 .
WILLTAM LINDSAY.
PRAISE FOR LINCOLN.
THE SOUTHS FRIEXD.
Would Have Prevented Reconstruc
tion Evils, Says Col. Wattcrson.
The annual dinner of the Confederate Veteran
Camp, of New-York City, was held last night
at the Waldorf-Astoria. Toasts to the President
and the army and navy were drunk standing.
The speakers were Charles Francis Adams, of
Massachusetts. "Robert E. Lee"; Colonel Henry
"Watterson, of Kentucky, "Abraham Lincoln,"
and William Hepburn Russell, "Jefferson Da
vis."
Mrs. Hollingsworth-Watkins, formerly of
Louisiana, in appropriate costumes, sang songs
of ante-bellum days, r.nd Reed Miller, formerly
of South Carolina, also furnished vocal enter
tainment. The last thing on the programme
was the sounding of 'taps.
Four hundred members of the camp, with
their wives an r ] guests, sat down to the dinner.
The spacious dining hall was lavishly decorated
with potted plants and cut flowers. Immedi
ately behind the guests' table a great profusion l
of silken American Rags were draped, the colors
of the Confederate Veterans' Camp, a big Tvhite
flag, with red and blue Maltese eros? and thir
teen stars in the centre, occupying a conspicu
ous place in the foreground. Instead of the
customary long white tables, small tebles, sent
ing three men and a corresponding number of
women, were used.
At the guests' table with the commander of
the camp, Edward Owen, were the speakers and
Mayor Low, ex-Chief Justice D. L. Sncdgrass,
of Tennessee; James 11. Parker, past com
mander of the camp; General Thomas H. Hub
bard, of the Xew- England Society; 'Walter S.
Logan. Sons of the American Revolution; W.
W. Fuller, North Carolina Society; the Rev. Dr.
J. Nevltt Steele, Maryland Society; Roger A.
Pryor, Virginia Society; George H. Taylor,
Alexander Hamilton Post; General A. S. Barnes,
Lafayette Pest; J.E. Graybill. Georgia Society;
the Rev. George S. Baker, chaplain of the Con
federate Veterans' '"amp of -York, Colonel
Samuel B. Paul, lieuten-uit commander, Confed
erate Veterans' Camp of New-York, and Au
gustus Van Wyck, Southern society.
Other guests were J. Ilampden Robb, John H.
Ingram, Colonel Arthur Murray, U. S. A.; Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Calhcm, Dr. John A. Wyeth,
Isaac N. Seligman, William P. Clyde, Dr. Will
iam M. Polk, Dr. Simon Baruch. General Fran
cis V. Greene, Justice Charles M. Truax, O. W.
Buckingham, ex-Judge William K. Olcott, Will
iam Preston Hix, Colonel Premiss Ingraham,
General H. T. Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. John S.
Wise, Professor Thomas R. Price, Patrick Cal
houn, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Caskin, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Gwathmey, Dr. and Mrs. W. B.
Pritchard, Dr. and Mrs. Russell B. Pemberton,
Captain Charles P. Eckols. V. S. A.; Colonel
Asa Bird Gardiner, Mr. and Mrs. T. Darring
ton Semple. Dr. and Mrs. (-. H. Winkler, Jus
tice and Mrs. Henry Btechoff, Mr. and Mrs.
Archibald Grade and R. W. Gwathmey.
Mr. Adams was the first speaker. In advocat
ing the erection of a statue for General Robert
E. Lee, the speaker saiJ he did not want Con
gress to pay for it; that he had been misunder
stood in that respect. He would have Congress
give the Bite only, and have the monument built
by subscription. He also said:
So I am hero this evening— as I have said, a
Massachusetts man as well as a member of the
Loyal Legion— to do honor to the memory of him
who was chief among those once set In array
against us. I might speak of him as a strategist;
but. of this aspect of the man. enough has per
haps "neon said. I. might refer to the respect. th«
confidence and love with which he inspired those
under hi* command. I might dilate, on his re
straint In victory, his resource and patient en
durance in the face of adverse fortune, the serene
dignity with which he, in the end, triumphed over
defeat. But. passing over all these well worn
themes, I shall confine myself to that one attribute
of his which, recognised in a soldier by an op
ponent, I cannot but regard as his surest ■ and
loftiest title to enduring fame. I refer to his
humanity in arms and his scrupulous regard for
the most advanced rules of civilized warfare.
Reckless of life to attain the legitimate ends of
war. he sought to mitigate its horrors. Opposed
to him at Gettysburg. 1, here, forty years later, do
him justice. No more creditable order' ever Issued
from a commanding general than that formulated
and signed by Robert E. Lee as, at the close of
June, 1863. he advanced on a war of Invasion. "No
greater disgrace." he then declared, "can befall the
army, and through it our whole people, than the
perpetration of barbarous outrages upon the inno
cent and defenceless, and the wanton destruction
of private property. Such proceedings not only
disgrace the perpetrators and all connected with
them, but are subversive of the discipline and
efficiency of the army, and destructive of the. ends
of our movement. It must be remembered that W«
make war only on armed men."'
And here, as a soldier of th-> Army of the Poto
mac, let me hear my testimony to such of the army
of Northern Virginia as may now be present. While
war at Its best in had. yet its necessary and un
avoidable badness was not in that campaign en
hanced. In scope and spirit Lee's order was ob
served, and I doubt if a hostile force, ever advanced
in an enemy's country, or fell back from It In re
treat, leaving behind it less cause for hate and bit
terness than did the army of Northern Virginia, in
that memorable campaign 'which ■ culminated at
Gettysburg.
Why should not his effigy, erect on his charger
and wearing the insignia of his Confederate, rank,
gaze from hi? pedestal across the Potomac at th<»
Virginia shore, and his once dearly loved home of
Arlington? He. too. is one of the precious pos
sessions of what is an essential factor In the na
tion that now is and is to be.
I never supposed that Robert E. T,»e's statue in
Washington would be provided for by an appro
priation from the national Treasury. I did not
wish It; I do not think it fitting. The effigy, as
signed to its place merely by act of Congress,
should bear some such inscription as thl*:
"Robert Edward I*ee, Erected by Contribution of
Those Who. Wearing the Blue or Wearing iln-
Gray Recognize Krilllant Military Achievements
and Lofty Character Honor. Greatness and Hu
manity in War. and Devotion and Dignity in De
feat."
Ha was followed by Colonel Watterson, who
■ ud In pan :
Jefferson Davis, than whom there never lived, in
this or in any land, a nobler gentleman and a
knlghtller soldier— Jefferson Davis, who. whatever
may be thought of his opinions and action*, said
always what he meant and meant always what he
Mid— Jefferson Davis declared that next after the
surrender at .Appomattox the murder of Abraham
Lincoln made the darkest day in the calendar
for th* South and the people of th" South. Why?
Because. Mr. Davis hail come to ft knowledge of
the maennn!mit> of Mr Lincoln's heart and the
Benerofltv of hi.« Intentions.
If Lincoln had lived there would have been
no era of reconstruction, with Its repressive URen-
Continued on loiirth pagr.
A SCOTCH HIC.H-BALL ,
is Just the thins this weather— providing it, bo
Usher's Scotch Sold everywhere.—
HENRY WATTERSON.
SHOOT AND BURN NEGRO.
HE MURDERED SHERIFF.
Honiblc Revenge of a I Louisiana
Mob.
fBT TEI.EGIUPH TO IB! TRIBfSE.]
Luling, La., Jan. 26.— John Thomas, a negro,
who murdered Sheriff Louis S. Oury. of St.
Charles Parish, was shot to death and his body
burned by a mob of several hundred men thia
afternoon.
When the Sheriff, who had a warrant for
Thomas, attempted to serve the paper, the
negro drew a revolver and shot Oury dead in his
tracks. Thomas fled, but a mob was quickly
on his heels. Telegraph and telephone mes
sages were sent to all parts of the parish, sum
moning white people to join in the chase, and
in less than an hour five hundred men armed
with rifles and shotguns were engaged in the
man hunt. Thomas was overtaken on a planta
tion about six miles from here. When brought
to bay he opened fire on the mob, but without
effect.
By this lime a thousand men, including rela
tives and many personal friends of the mur
dered Sheriff, surrounded »he negro, and they
opened fire on him. and filled his body with
bullets. Then they dragged the body into the
cabin behind which Thomas had sought shelter,
and piled oil soaked faggots on it. One of the
relatives <>f the Shehiff applied the match. The
fire enveloped the body in an instant, and the
entire building wns s-^on a mass of flames. Into
which (he mob poured volley after volley.
When the fire finished its work the negro's
<o;it was cut a:;d torn into pieces, which were
distributed for souvenir?
A special train, carrying a posse and a pack
of bloodhounds, came from New-Orleans, but
it arrived too late, the mob having ao omplished
its work ;i:id dir-persed.
LVXX CAXAL IXCLUDED.
Canadians Pleased icitli That Feat
ure of; Treaty.
|bt TELEGRAPH TO T-:i: Tninr.vE.]
Ottawa, Ont.. Jan. 26. Although the composi
tion of the tribunal of arbitration which is to
decide the Alaska boundary dispute is not such
as to hold out any strong hope of finality in the
settlement, it is satisfactory to those here to
know that hi» American proposition to reserve
from arbitration the ownership of the Lynn
Canal ports is not recognized in the treaty just
concluded at Washington. The issue as to the
delimitation of the boundary line is to be sub
mitted to arbitration in its entirety. This was
made clear to-day by Si:- Wilfrid Laurier in an
interview. "The treaty," ih.-> Prime Minister
said, "goes to arbitration without any re?erva-.
tions whatever. The arbitrators are to decide
where the boundary between Canada and Alaska
should be located according to the wording and
intent of the treaty."
(By Th? Associated Pros.)
Ottawa. Jan. "6.— Sir Wilfreci Laurier, the Pre
mier, arrived here this afternoon from Montreal.
Seen at the station by The Associated Press cor
respondent, the Premier was asked whether or not
there were any conditions attached to the treaty for
the settlement of the Alaska boundary.
"There are no conditions," replied Sir Wilfrid.
"The arbitrators are appointed to interpret the
treaty."
"That is, the ireaty of 1525? "
"Yes: the treaty or 1525. The arbitrators will not
be hampered by any conditions. They will have the
whole case before them, as shown by the conven
tion of 1525."
"What are the provisions as to the selection of
the arbitrators?"
"The only provision Is that they are to be jurists
of repute. There will be three jurists of repute on
each side."
"Canada will be represented?"
"Of course Canada will be represented. It Is
needless to ask that."
"And if the arbitration be against Canada, what
then?"
"Canada must bear it. We will have to abide
by the decision of the tribunal."
Montreal. Jan. C6.— J. Israel Taite. until recently
Minister of Public Works said to-day that if
Great Britain agreed to the old demand of the
United States and ceded to them Dyea and Skag
way It .would be giving away something that abso
lutely belong to Canada.
JOINT COMMISSION EUMORS.
Toronto. Jnn. IW. "The <;iohe\s" Ottawa .r> - r
respondenl says that reference of the Alaska
dispute to a special tribunal removes the chief
obstacle to the resumption of the Joint High
Commission, nnl that if any reliince can be
placed upon rumor the Washington authorities
are well disposed to the reassembling of the
commission, and are prepared to negotiate for
reciprocity In .'i number of arti -!e=.
CALCUTTA REJOICINGS BEGIN.
Grand Ball Given by the Viceroy. Lord
Curzon.
Calcutta. Jan. 2(>.— The coronation rejoicings ,
began here to-day with school feasts and 11- •
laminations of the city. The Viceroy, Lord Cur- ,
zon, gave ■ ball to-night to celebrate the cen- [
tennial of the first Government House ball. It
was n splendid success, the fifteen hundred ■
guests present all wearing the costumes in
vogue a hundred years ago Mrs. and Miss Letter •
and Mrs. Adair were among the participants.
Lord- Carson was attired In a costume which ,
was ■ fac simile of that worn by Lord Wellesley j
n century ngo. Lady Curzon was robed in a r
beautiful gown, embroidered with gold, and hay- £
inn a magnificent train of Benares work. Th* i:
ancient military costumes and those of the na- j
the princes were very effective.
••CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS LIMITED."
F!v« trains a day from New York to Cincinnati
and St. Ixiuis by the. New York Central. Including
'Th" Limited," lea .ins New York at 3:30 P. M.— I
Advt. i
WILLIAM HEPBURN RUSSELL.
CHARLES FRANCT3 ADAMS
AMERICA X BOAT ASHORE
Reported Stranded on the Wckk
Coast, Near Hohjhead.
Holyhead. Wales. Jan. 27— An American liner
is reported to be ashort off Alv»rfos»m Point.
(Aberfraw Point, fifteen mil<»s south of Holy
head?)
A heavy gal" is raging in St. George's Chan
nel.
The name of th» transatlantic liner ashore
off Aberfraw Point, Isle of Anglesey, Is not
yet known. Part of the crew gained the shore
in the steamer's boats, but it is stated that the
remainder are unable to get ashore owing to
the heavy seas running.
London. Jan. 27.— A dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company from Holyhead says that a
portion of the crew of the liner reported ashore
off Aberfraw Point, numbering seventeen men,
have come ashore in their own boats.
They report that the vessel la a total wreck.
It is very improbable that any vessel of the
American Line of steamers is ashore at Aberfraw
Point. Vessels of the American Line's Philadel
phia-Liverpool service sail from Liverpool on
Wednesdays and the only steamer be ! from
Philadelphia to Liverpool which might aa in that
locality is the Noordlar.d. It is not lik-ly that
the Noordlaml has reached St. George's Channel
as she has not been reported posing off the Irish
coast nor arriving at Queenstown^where she always
stops, unless prevented by a severe gale. '
It is not improbable that- the vessel is th? Chesa
peake and Ohio Steamship Company's steamer
Shenandoab, which left Newport News January
13, for Liverpool, and which passed Kinsale. on the
Irish coast, early Monday, bound to Liverpool.
MR. GRATS SUCCESSOR.
Frederick Latham Regarded as the
Probable Select ion.
Kaarice »;rau met the directors of the M
polltan op*ra and R«r.i Estate Company >••«
terdaj afternoon at the office of <leorge O.
Uav. n, and informed them officially that he
was in able t" sign the five yum lease of the
opera house, 'biting from the end of the pres
ent season, which ha-1 been prepared and await
ed hi= signature His declaration was received
with regret, and a discussion of a successor fol
lowed.
In the -oorse of this discussion a iong list
of possible candidates for the office of manager
was gor.e through, each one betes considered at
length. While no definite decisioa was reached,
and may not be r«>a rhed until March or April,
it may be stated that Frederick Latham, who
until recently was Mr. Gran's right hand man
in the management of the opera, and is still a
member of the bear:! of directors of the <Jrau
Opera Company, is regarded as the probable
sele-'tion.
The Metropolitan Real Estate Company will
not take the responsibility of managing the
opera, of course, and for the purpose of
securing the best results next year, and holding
the position open to Mr. Grau on the chance of
his return a year hence, it seems feasibly to keep
the Gran Opera Company, the present lessee,
in existence, filling Mr Grau's active place in
that company with another man pending the
impresario's returr. Mr. Latham will probably
be the man. and perhaps Mr. Grau will give ad
vice from time to time.
Others who were discussed for the place were
Charles Frohman. who, the meeting felt, would
not consent to the proposal; Daniel Frohman.
whose executive ability, combined with his in
terest in music and art. were counted strongly in
hi? favor, and Jean de Reszke. who has signified
his willingness to undertake the direction of the
op-ra if a business manager can be found to
shoulder that part of the work and the right
terms can be made. It was hardly felt that
terms suitable to the finger could be made, now
6% The present l<vse does not expire til! May and
there is still time for consideration, bur it looks
now as if the Grau Open Company would renew
it. and Mr. Latham be made active manager for
next year.
DE RESZKE AND METROPOLITAN.
Famous Singer Would Have Considered an
Offer from New- York.
(<?p-ctal to The New- York Tribune by French i>b>.l
(ropvrlEht: IMS: By The Tribune Association.)
Pari?, Jan. I"'!. Jean de Reszke. who. with
Mme. de Reszke. is just now taking a keen in
terest in supervising the furnishing of Ms
sumptuous house in the Rue de la Falsanderie.
containing a delightful private theatre and pict
ure gallery and with stable?, making it one of
the most attractive residences in Paris, was
asked this morning as to the likelihood of his
being induced to assume the artistic and musi
cal management of the Metropolitan Opera
House in New-York. M de Reszke said that
his fondness for New-York was such that .t
would be exceedingly agreeable for him to divide
his time between 'ew-York and Paris, hv.i that
at present fill that he knew of the rumoreJ
offer of the artistic directorship of the Metro
politan was what he saw In the newspapers,
and that, naturally, be i «M pot make a defi
nite statement until an actual proposal hail
reached him. He >id that a similar offer had
been made to him seven years ago by an influ
ential group of shareholders of the Metropottan,
l ut that he then declined, because he dM not
wish in any way to interfere wit! his good
friend Maurice Urnu.
The Impression conveyed by Jean dp Resake*s
»e"iarl;s «ai that under fav».rab!e conditions h •
would be .-. l.liriK to assume the post of musical
and artistic adviser to the Metropolitan in con
junction with Charies Frohman "■• any one *•!?.•>
whom the stockholders might select to take
charge of the "■••-»lnes3 management. C I. B.
A NEW-YORKER DiZS IN PARIS.
Parin. .Lan _*. •;• •■ _•• SJ T. I-ord. Si New- York,
died to-day at his residence, in this city.
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PRICK THREE CENTS.
DOBLIN \DMITS iMJMIRY.
/.\7> X ( USES LESSLEM.
Says He Was Persuaded to Make
False Charge Against Quigg.
(By The aSBMfaaMI Pr<*»».>
Washington. Jam 2K Philip Doblin. who.
testified before the House Committee on Naval
Affairs on Saturday that he hid approached
Representative Lessler. of New-York, with an,
offer of mon»y to influence his vot* on the Sub
marine Boat bill, and that he hvl been isM
there might be $I,*>oo in it for ; m. mad« th*»
Bstoundlnsr statement before that committee to
day that he had given evidence on Saturday
which was nor true, and that he wanted to re
fract his statement that Mr Quigg had offered
a brib* to him. The stitement came without
any previous warning that Dobiln Intended;
making any such retraction. Members of th<*
committee looked at one another in amaze
ment as Doblin went en with his statement.
Gustavus Rogers, an attorney, arose in th^
committee room after the first witness had
left the stand this morning, and said he ap
peared for I>oblin. who had told him that h«»
(Doblin) had made some statements on Satur
day which were true and / some which wer<»
false, and held in his hand a statement to
which Doblin had sworn. The committee was)
unanimous in agreeing that Dolilin must appear
In person forthwith. He was called, and raadw
a specific denial of all statements he had pre
viously made wherein he alleged attempts at
bribery. He was rigidly cross-examined by
practically every member of the committee and!
pressed vigorously for explanation of his action
of to-day, but he persisted that he was telling
the truth to-day and adhered to his denials,
When Doblin left the stand the committee**
programme, which contemplated calling; Dr.
W. R. Kerr to the stand, was abandoned, ami
it went into secret session. Some of the mem-»
•era, in view of the remarkable developments,
favored dropping the investigation, but other*
urged that it be continued. It Is understood
that Representative Lessler asked that ha b»,
permitted to make, a statement, and said he hadl
another witness he would call, -whereupon th»
committee decided to meet again at 10:30 to-»
morrow.
Representative Lessler was present !n thtj
committee room when Doblin gave hi.3 testl'*
mony.
It was said to-night that Doblin had left th<*
rity for New- York. The. admissions mads bjr
him were discussed informally by members ot
the committee with a view to determining; Iff
any action should be taken in the case, Som<»
expressed the opinion that this should be don<»,
while others were disposed to let the matter
drop. Xo positive determination was reached,
but it is probable that the matter may com 1 *
up for future consideration.
EVIDEXCE IX DETAIL.
Doblin' s Retraction Xot Shaken by
Cross- Examination.
. tßv The Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 26.— The House Committee en,
Naval Affairs to-day resumed the investigation of
the charges made by- ReprssenkrtiTe Lessler. of
Mew-York, that he had been approached with an
offer of money for his vote in the committee. Th«
first witness called was Leonard J. Obermeir, an
attorney of New- York and a friend of Mr. Lesaler.
He told of an interview ha and Mr. Dob!in had
with Mr. QakjSJ on January 8 regarding the «m!>
marine boats. Qutgg said at that time that \\*
asked Lassiti once about the matter, art'! did not
thii-k he would make a second attempt. Th- wit
ness said ha told Mr. Qatssj he was going to Wash
ington, and that while there he would see Les?!rr
and possibly urge upon him any argument which
might cause him to change his mind.
Representative Rixey asked: "Did you ever kr:nw
cf the fact, as testifiei to here by Doblin. that Mr.
Lessler had been approached with the offer of a
bribe?"
"Xn." wttaess replied. "I ascertained that sub
sequently."
He then told of a conversation he said he harl
with Doblin since January 8, saying: "Doblin sai i
'to me that there had been talk of money in con
nection with this attempt to gain Lessler's vote fa
this committee for this appropriation. I think his
exact words were. 'There is nothing to it." and,
that ha believed that if the vots was to be gained,
at all it was to he gained on the ground of friend
ship."
When Mr. Obermeir left the stand. Mr. Rogers,
an attorney from New-York, announced to th<»
committee that ha appeared on behalf of Mr.
Doblin. and said: "Mr. Doblin stated to rr.e that
some of the testimony he Rave before this com
mittee was true; that some of it was not true, and
was false. And I want to pay at this point that
Mr. Doblin is before this committee upon my ad
vice, to answer any vjuestions which this committee
may i!» sir-- to ask him."
Continuing. Mr. Rogers said ha had known. Mr.
Lessler "and prized his friendship highly," and
added: ''Nothing I will say is intended as reflec
tion upon Mr. Lessler. I an-, simply carrying out
my duty aa attorney for Doblin. and he. is her* in
the interests of Justice for the offence which ha
thinks he tea committed against Mr. Quigg." ♦
Mr Tajler, of the committee, insisted that hi
wanted the truth, and that it could not be oh
tained from the lips of counsel. "If an Injustice
has been don?." said Mr. Tayler. "let us see that
we wipe it out at the first possible moment, and if
Doblin has said anything that is unfair to Mr.
Quips let him he swift to take that chair. Don't
let us wait; for seme counsel 1 to say something htf«
which Is the least degree ■ work of supereroga
tion. I demand thai I>oblln take the stand."
Mr. Rogers desired to submit an affidavit sworn.
t-> by Doblin. and wanted to make a statement In
cor.nertion with it, but asstnteii to the committee's
derision that DoMin take the stand.
Eefore Dottir. went en the stand to make his
statement Mr. Rogers askerl that such immunity
be .lcc^rded him as '.vis within the power of the
committee.
Mr Tay!fr siiil only such Immunity as the
statute s'vrs ■■'■■■ be accorded.
UORLIN'S AMAZINt; STORY.
Doblin then proceeded to t»M of his coming tf>
W:ishin>rton anl of hi.-? appearance before th«
committee. He saW wh«*i> h<* ertm» to Washington
to appear before tin* f.i'l committee he ■Mad '■>
make the statement ho flfcl ~l m-v.- refract." ho
said, 'every word m which I s.-iM Mr. Qui?sr ten
dered ir.e any tdib" !n any aav."
"Will you state to thp committee in what r~s;vwt
jour testimony is not true?" lv>bHn was asked.
■ It Is In relation !•• my being railed t>> Washir»
ton and rry eouVcrsntJoo with Mr. Letter at ih<*
Ilotrl Normaniix «it S i>\ !>rk <*r thereabouts. Thr
fact 1?. ttoe Matermrits I made resanlinjc Mr.
Q»i!j:;j are not tru«». ! read the .irtic-:»» as it wa*
bacded to me. ;m<! I was t<>»! l>v Lesaler. 'To**
hay got to stan-! for th\r.' Am? I ?nM. 'Oh. that
cannot t'e.' "Wfll." he rays-, 'thfn lam politically
derjrl* 'WVl!.' I s.-'li!. f Y<»'s carry re* with you.' H>j
said, 'You will be all ... you will just ap
peor !iefo;e this ct>mmitt' > c. I w'U «n an»l see th>»
Fpeakfr. ecid I All •!-. it ti-.v" He pnes out of th»»
r-w:m. comes buck n.vl he- said he h;:d m th-»
S;>*aker. and !<aid: "It wilt be nil right All you
hare pot to do I* so before the committee and
substantiate my story.'
"When 1 was <■■' •' to v I ?.->t this
■ ira:
Take ml'?n!ght train end cotr.e tt> me. Want to
s?e you. Ketp this conndentiaT. MONTE.
Mr Roberts— Signed by whom?
"Signed •Monte." '■
Mr. Tayter— Who Is "Monte" in your association?
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