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PEACE TREAT Y RATIFIED.
WAR OFFICIALLY ENDED.
'State Department Informed by
Russian and Japanese Envoys.
Washington. Oct. 14— The Emperor of Russia
knd the Kmperor of Japan signed their re
spective copies of the peace treaty to-day, thus
DfSelally ending the war.
Baron Rosen, the Russian Ambassador, called
at the State Department and saw Secre
tary Root. While he had no official advices on
the subject, information had reached him
that the Emperor of Russia had affixed
Ms signature to the copy of the treaty drawn
fit Portsmouth and engrossed on vellum
nt St. Petersburg. It was not necessary for the
'Ambassador to convey this information officially
•o the State Department, for, according to the
plan arranged yesterday, the Russian Foreign
Office was to advise the French government of
the act of signature, and that government in
turn was to advise the Japanese government.
A few minutes after noon Minister Takahlra
appeared at the State Department with a mes
sage stating that the Emperor of Japan had
eigned the treaty at Tokio. A cable message
■was immediately dispatched to Spencer Eddy.
charge d'affaires of the American Embassy at
05t. Petersburg, who was instructed to inform
•the Russian Foreign Office that the Emperor of
•Japan had performed his part, and so, both
•copies of the treaty having been duly signed
a.nd each of the great nations lately engaged in
hostilities having been officially informed of the
[tact, the Russo-Japanese War, which began on
(February 6, 1904. with the attack by Togo's
fleet upon the Russian ships at Port Arthur,
terminated officially to-day, October 14. .
At a later date copies of the treaties will be
actually exchanged, probably in Washington,
by the Russian Ambassador and the Japanese
iOCinister in charge, for It is possible that Minis
ter Takahira will before that lime have gone to
Japan on a leave of absence. There is nothing
itfor this government to do in the way of procla
mation.
The Aurora, the Jemtchug and the O'eg. con
stituting Admiral Enquist'B FC.un.dron at Manila,
Mud the J>na, at Mare Island, which have been
(interned for months, may now be released when
,«ver the Russian government sec-s fit to make
'the request, though, as the ships have been
jtindergoing extensive repairs to make them sea
l«rorthy, it may be some time before they are
•ready to sail.
Bt. Petersburg, Oct. 14.— The treaty of peace
:was signed to-day, though the representative of
the Foreign Office refused to make any official
statement on the subject. The treaty, en
grossed on parchment, with the French and Eng>
flish texts in parallel columns, was sent by For
eign Minister Lamsdorff to Peterhof. whore
"the ceremony of signing took place.
ParlP. Oct. 14.— The following official stft**
rnent was Issued here this evening::
His majesty the Emperor of Russia to-day
signed the treaty of peace between Russia and
'■ Japan. He has charged the Ambassador of
Russia In Paris to communicate this fact to the
knowledge of the French government, and to
request it to inform the Japanese government.
Premier Rouvler, acting on behalf of the Russian
government, to-night sent a cable dispatch to M.
j HRrrnar.d, th« French Minister at Tokio. to In
form the Japanese government that the Emperor
of Russia had to-day signed the peace treaty.
Una completing Russia's part in the conclusion of
peace between that country and Japan.
FRANCE STAYS HER HAND.
Another Opportunity Given to Castro
to Come to Terms,
Paris, Oct. 14- — The view prevails In official
quarters that a month may elapse before a de
cision is reached on measures to be taken
against Venezuela, This indicates that there is
a desire on the part of France to give President
Castro ample opportunity to make amends and
to exhaust ail diplomatic recourse before resort-
Ing to other means. French officials first con
sidered withdrawing M. Taigny, the Charge
d'Affaires at Caracas, and the severing: of dip
lomatic relations with Venezuela. This would
have been dona if Venezuela were a country
amenable to ordinary procedure. It was recog
nized, however, that a severance of rtlatlons
would not compel President Castro to settle the
questions, but on the contrary would leave
. French Interests there without the protection
;of a legation. France is seeking, with the co
1 operation of the United .States, to devise a means
. for a diplomatics adjustment of the situation.
An official of the French Cable Company says
fej company desired a settlement with Presi-
MVdent Castro, but subordinated its Interests to
HJihofe of France, which, having received an af-
Mrxront, iiiuft lust receive satisfaction.
Despite the denial of the Ministry of Marine,
, the "Patrie" reiterates the statement that a
'naval division consisting of the cruisers Desalx,
j Lavoisier and Chaaseloup-Laubat is preparing
[for a demonstration in Venezuelan waters.
Washington, Oct. 4— Another conference be
j tween Secretary Root and M. Jusserand. the
I French Ambassador, regarding Venezuela, was
I held at the State Department to-day. Report*
of the growing Impatience of the French publlo
■ continue to reach here, and this phase of the sit
uation was among those discussed.
At the conclusion of the conference the state
ment was made that another effort to settle the
, dispute diplomatically will be made by France
before a resort to force. Meantime, a French
1 warship is hovering almost within striking dis
tance of the Venezuelan Coast, and others are
i prepared to start for the West Indies on short
. notice. M. Jusserand will again confer with
' the Washington government be for* France de
1 cid^s to dispatch her ultimatum, the terms of.
' which are already known in a general way here.
SLAUGHTER IN WARSAW.
Bomb Kills Two, and Its Throwers
Shoot Pursuing Policemen.
"Warsaw, Oct. 14— bomb was thrown this
morning at the villa of an English manufacturer.
The cook and gardener were killed and the
house was damaged. The bomb thrower* then
fled, pursued by police. When close pressed the
fugitives turned, shot and killed three police
men, and then escaped.
MARTIAL LAW REPEALED AT ODEBBA.
Odessa, Oct. 14.— Martial law was repealed
here to-dar by imperial decree.
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WAR RAISED QUESTIONS.
SCOPE OF CONFERENCE.
What It Is Hoped Second Peace
Congress Will Accomplish.
Washington. Oct. 14.-The State Department
to-day made public the Invitation of the Rus
sian government to a second conference at The
Hague, and the President's response. These
take the shape of two memoranda, one dated
September 13. being an unsigned memorandum
delivered by Baron Rosen to the President at
Oyster Bay. and the other a memorandum dated
October 12. also unsigned, delivered by the Presi
dent to Baron Rosen In Washington. The first
memorandum Is a mere recital of the opportune
ness of another conference, with the promise to
submit a detailed programme by Russia when
the congress meets. The President's memoran
dum is a hearty acceptance of the Invitation and
directs attention to the fact that his previous
circulars to the powers appear to be precisely
In line with the Russian papers. The last mem
orandum was delivered to Baron Rosen on
Thursday night for transmission to St. Peters
bU The memorandum delivered to the President
by Baron Rosen Is as follows:
fa, view of the termination with the j cordial co
operation of the President of the L . ited State ■*
of the war, and of the conclusion .peace be
tween Russia and Japan, his Maje.s t> . 'Jf Ve^e
peror. a* initiator of the lnterna. tiona 1 1 eace
Conference of lt-HO, holds that a favorable mo
of President Roosevelt, who has already last
year pronounced himself In favor of such a
Project his majesty desires to approacn him
Wh a proposal to the effect ha^uTnew
ment of the United States take pan in anew
International conference, which be railed
together at The Hague as soon as f*\°™ bl f J«
piles could be secured from all the other btates
o whom a similar proposal will be n*^***?
course of the late are of tho greatest im
ber of questions which are of tho greatest im
portance, and closely related to the acts of the
first conference, the plenipotentiaries otKusiAa.
at the future meeting will lay 1 b | c ' or p c Ol the con
ference a detailed programme which could serve
as a starting point for its deliberations.
The following is the President's memorandum
in response:
On September 13. at Sagamore Hill. Wanex
cellency the Ambassador of Russ la P^ented to
the Piesident a memorandum, being a message
from his majesty the Czar to the President to
the effect that in view of the termtoatton. with
the cordial co-operation of the Presl dent, of the
war and the conclusion of peace between Russia
and Japan, his imperial majesty, as initiator of
favor of such a project, hia majesty desires to
■annroachUie President with a proposal to tho
?sct that he government oT the United Statea
TO-e part in a new international conference,
ww!-h r could be called together at The Hague as
soon as favorable replies may be obtained from
aU the other states, to which a similar proposal
IS The be Secret e ary of State, by direction of the
President has the honor to confirm to his cx
celiericv th« Ambassador of Russia the assur
ances which the President had the sincere pleas
ure to Kive to his excellency at the time of the
presentation of the memorandum of September
IP. The President's circulars to the powers to
the acts of The Hague conference, which the
late Socretarv of State communicated to the
several signatory states, through tha American
envoys accredited thereto., dated, respective*,
October 21 and December W of last year, have
demonstrated the President's keen desire that
upon a favorable occasion, the labors of the first
international peace conference might be supple
mented and completed by an accord to be
reached by a second conference of the powers.
The suggestion so put forth having been ac
cepted in principle by tho signatories. It only
remained for the opportune moment to come for
tlie powers to agree upon the place and time for
the assemblage in order to perfect the beneficial
agreements of the first conference.
The President most gladly welcomes the
offer of his imperial majesty to again take
upon himself the initiation of the steps requisite
to convene a second international peace con
ference, as the necessary sequence to the iir?t
conference, brought about through his majesty's
effort!", and in view of th«s cordial responses to
the President's suggestion of October, 1904. he
doubts not that the project will meet with com
plete acceptance, and that the result will be to
bring the nations of the earth still more closely
together in their common endeavor to advance
the ends of peace.
As respects tha further statement of his ex
cellency's memorandum of Reptember 13 that,
as the late war has given rise to a number of
Questions which are of the greatest importance
and closely related to the acts of the lirst con
ference, tho plenipotentiaries of Russia at the
future meeting will lay before ths conference
a detailed programme which could serve as a
starting point for its deliberations, tho Presi
dent finds it in consonance with the indications
of his circular of October 21, 1904. touching
the questions to come before a second confer
ence for discussion, and the importance of
completing th<» work of the first conference by
ample exchange of views, and, it is to be hoped.
full concord upon the broad questions specially
relegated by the final act of The Hague to
the consideration of a future conference.
RUSSIAN PEOPLE RISING.
Strike Spreading — Bomb at Saratoff
— Moscow Reported Quiet
St. Petersburg, Oct. 14.— The storm centre of
political and labor agitation may next week he
transferred from Moscow to St. Petersburg,
•where the printers and tho employes of several
large establishments are now debating the ques
tion of a strike.
A strike of printers has been declared In the
government of Saratoff, and no newspapers are
being printed.
A bomb was thrown to-day, but there were
no fatalities.
The printers of St. Petersburg will hold a gen
eral assembly to-morrow, at which delegates
from Moscow will be present. The meeting will
determine whether a strike shall be called. The
employes of the big Baltlo and Nevsky ship
yards are on the verge of a walkout. A major
ity of the St. Petersburg workmen are ap
parently desirous of continuing work, but If a
strike Is declared they will probably Join it
through sympathy or because of Intimidation.
Work ha 3 been resumed In a number of fac
tories in Moacow, and others will reopen on
Monday, but the strikes of the printers, and in
some of the factories, may drag on for several
weeks with minor disturbances between the
police and the workmen.
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GERMANY CONCILIATORY.
FRANCE EXONERATED.
| . —
England's Denial of Offered "Alli
ance Also Reported Accepted.
Berlin, Oct. 15.— "The North German Ga
zette" prints at the head of Its columns this
morning a semi-official paragraph regarding the
"Matin's" revelations. It exonerates the French
government fully from any connection with the
so-called revelations, and accepts frankly the
British government's denial of an offered alli
ance, as given In a dispatch to The Associated
Press from London on Friday. The article con
tinues:
We can state that the British government
spontaneously sent here a communication of sim
ilar import, and it was received on the Oerman
side with the same loyalty with which it was
given. An incident betwSen Germany and Great
Britain has not been created by the assertions
of the "Matin." Moreover. Great Britain a i oom
munication was marked confidential, and. ac
cording to the wishes of the London govern
ment. It cannot be made public
The article says further that all assertions
that Germany asked the French or British gov
ernments for explanations regarding the state
ments of the Paris newspapers are incorrect, and
that such a step would not be in accord with
diplomatic courtesy, considering the form the
publications have taken, and would not 'har
monize with the loyal sentiments which, we ac
cord, are the intentions of French and British
statesmen."
BITTERNESS IN FRANCE.
The Public Deeply Stirred by "Alle
gations of the Press.
Paris, Oct. 14.— Public opinion has been
wrought up during the present week by alleged
revelations of Great Britain's readiness to in
vade Germany on behalf of France. These
revelations, following the Franco-German con
troversy over Morocco and the open declaration
of Prince yon Blilow, the German Chancellor,
favorable to a Russo-German understanding,
created a feeling that France was the centre of
dangerous enmities and coalitions.
Although the alleged disclosures did not re
ceive the slightest official recognition, they be
came the theme for discussion all over Europe,
and the Intimations that the former Foreign
Minister, M. Delcasse, was responsible for them
led to violent attacks on him, one journal going
co far as to accuse him of treason. M. Del
casse's repudiation of the reports, followed by
the semi-official note of Friday, saying that the
'"published reports of the incidents accompany
ing the resignation of M. Delcasse, and notably
th 9 details regarding the Cabinet council pre
ceding his resignation are inexact," pricked the
sensational bubble. The allegations, however,
had served to excito Intense political bitterness
In tha highest circles, and disclosed the sensi
tiveness of French statesmen to the manoeuvres
of various European powers.
From the mass of contradictory revelations
and denials. It seems that the Morocco contro
versy took Germany and France dangerously
near the verge of war, and that Great Britain,
while not officially promising military aid, stood
ready to give France loyal Bupport. The bitter
ness aroused by the incident is Indicated by the
calling of a special meeting of the Association
of tho Parisian Press for October IS to consider
charges made that certain journals are under
the influence and in the pay of foreign govern
ments.
PRAISE FOR MATHEWS.
Gruber and Olcott Speakers at His
Club.
Ftve hundred members of the Riverside Repub
lican Club cf the 21st Assembly District. No. 137
West 97th-Ft., last night gathered to honor the
memory of their late president, Armitage Mathews.
The clubhouse -was draped In black. A life sized
portrait of tho late president was also draped in
heavy black and evidence of sadness and gloom
could t>e Been at every side
J. XX. Thompson, Jr., first vlce-jir?sldent of the
club, called the meeting to order and. after a short
speech. Introduced Abraham uruber. a lifelong
friend of Mr. Mathews and his attorney.
Mr. Grul.er spoke feelingly of the dead president,
extolling him as a man and a friend. Ho said he
had known Mathews all his life, and told of his
career. He said.
Of the thousands he met, no one was hi? enemy,
and all loved him for himself. Every one in the
city is mourning his death to-nlffht, and there is
sadness and sorrow who- ever ho was known.
1 remember well meeting him on an "L." train
one cold morning last winter. I asked him where
he had been, ana he plied: "Ton don't know how
good it is to befriend the poor. There was a family
on HOth-st. in a wretched condition for the want
of food, clothes and warmth, so I just paid them
a visit and cheered them up a bit."
And that was Armltage Ma thews. Do you won
der that we all loved and respected htm and that
our heads are now bow til with sorrow because ho
is dead?
Death Is the end of joy as well as of sorrow.
Our friend loved this life. His was that happy
nature which thrived and grew on mirth and song,
love and confidence, friendship and doing good,
His years had known only the pleasant and sweet
circumstances of tins existence: and bo, like one
who, enjoying a perfect day, pearns for more; ho
looked forward to maturer manhood with rare ex
pectation and confident of a happy future.
Suitable resolutions. Introduced by Alexander U.
Zlnk<\ were unanimously adopted.
Ex-Judge "W. M. K. Olcott was then Introduced.
He said that he and Mr. Mathews had been boys
together and had been brought up on tho principle
of "Be fair." He 6aidi
When I heard of the charges against Armltage it
didn't Seem possible, and when I examined them
as a lawyer ii was shown clearly that they wero
improvable. Kvery word tho prosecutor expected
to put to the jury we knew to oe false.
Ariuitage was a martyr for those who would cloak
themselves with his honesty. These words •were
received by a man who would have used them to
prosecute without sifting tho truth from them. It Is
an awful, awful thing to have the responsibility
that rests on Mie. shoulders of the man. downtown
of driving a man to death. Was this done with a
purpose? No, but Just as bad as a purpose, by the
use of perjured evidence. If a public prosecutor
had not been a private persecutor he would have
made a righteous examination. The grand Jury
would have said it was not possible.
Evidence was to hav6 been Ktven, ;tnd If It worked
the conditions were that sentences of rascals in
prison be lessened. What a creed for a district at
torney! Who is safe if the public prosecutor do
sires to prove Gruber guilty, to prove Olcott guilty
to prove Roosevelt guilty by the uy« of perjured
evidence? An fast as typewriters can rattle off
affidavits of this sort of evidence, who is safe?
Arn..tage was broken hearted, unhappy, and the
hardest thing he had to b<nr was the fear that
wronK would triumph before a petty jury as he
had seen it triumph before a grand Jury. He was
ri'~>t himself. Ho had courage. It was an accident.
AW know that he could do nothing uncourageous.
If he did think of such a thing: he would not have
lost hia courase for a moment, becauso he would
have said goodby to his friends.
Let me now say that the happenings of the day
before his death had nothing to do with his traglo
death. I myself took tli* cas« to other courts be
cause this la the time of politics, and we thought
that perhaps Borno member of the Jury miyht. from
somo political reason, have some ill feeling- against
Armltage and this seed would bear evil fruit.
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FLED FROM ANGRY MOB.
"Auto" Driver Obliged to Escape
After Knocking Child Down.
After his automobile had struck a child in Mor
ris-aye.. near 149tii-st., Dr. Elwood C. Davis, of
No. 1,060 Boston Road, late yesterday afternoon
was forced, he «ays, to speed away from the place,
leaving the child lying in the street, to save him
self from the anger of a mob of excited Italians.
Dr. Davis waa going rapidly in his car. The «eo
tlon, known as "Frog Holloa," was crowded with
children playing in tho street, and one, a girl of
nine, ran directly In front of tha machine. The
child. Amelia Ambrosia, of No. HZ Morrta-ave.,
was thrown against the curbing and lay uncon
scious. Dr. Davis stopped his machine and was
going to the assistance) of the chliii. when the
patherinK crowd bocame so threatening that ha
was compelled to hurry away. His number, how
•v» was obtained and be w»s traced. I*" he
was taken to the Alexander-aye, station house,
where ho was balled by his father.
The child was removed to the Lincoln Hospital
by Dr. Baker. Her cvndlUoa is said to "* not
«*rlov* , •
CROP OF SPEAKER BOOMS.
MERRZTT'S IN FULL BLOOM
Many Other Assemblymen Suggested
as Nixon's Successor.
The return of the various prominent Republi
cans who attended the funeral services of
Speaker Nixon at Westfleld. on Friday, devel
oped the fact that there were already at least
half a dozen candidates for Speaker of the next
Assembly In the field, and that no litttlo Im
portance had been attached to the evident
effort on the part of the representatives of vari
ous northern counties, with the apparent cordial
support of ex-Governor Odell, to start a boom
for Edwin A. Merrltt, Jr. This Is, of course, one
of the various tentative propositions obviously
made to test publlo sentiment, but the fact re
mains that Merrltt's name was more often men
tioned than that of any other Assemblymen by
those who returned from the trip to "Westfleld.
John P. O'Brien, Secretary of State. Senator
George R. Malby and several other party leaders
were at all times ready to discuss the Merritt
boom, and it was generally reported that ex-
Governor Odell was not displeased with Its
sound.
Merrltt Is one of the ablest members of the
lower house. As a member of the Stevens gas
committee he supplied the general plan, out of
which was framed the present law creating a
State commission. He Is a good party man. but
has demonstrated on a number of occasions an
Independence of thought and a lack of any re
luctance for a fight which have made him a fac
tor to be reckoned with In debate In the Assem
bly. Moreover, his record Is good, although ha
has manifested a certain partiality for various
measures generally classed as Niagara power
"grabs," and once declared on the floor of the
Assembly that "If the taking of water from
Nlgagara Falls would lead to the building up of
homes or the making of business, I would be
Willing to see the last drop turned from the falls
or only turned on at certain Intervals not In mill
hours."
Apart from this attitude on power legislation
Merrltt's record Is clean and his position In this
respect has always been frank and open.
Aside from Merrltt, who may be fairly classed
as the Odell candidate of the moment, the As
semblyman most prominently mentioned Is
James K. Apgar, of Westchester, whose candi
dacy is urgefi by so strong a Platt leader as
William Barnes, Jr., of Albany, and by William
I* Ward, of Weatchester. Apgar Is the author
ity of the lower house on all points of procedure
and parliamentary practice. He has been, under
Nixon, one of the most Influential members of
the Assembly, and has a long legislative experi
ence reaching back to the days when he was
clerk to ex-Speaker Husted. Back of Apgar,
rather than James T. Rogers, of Broome, the
Platt support Is likely to be ranged, and a co
alition between Ward. Barnes and Black would
make Apgar an exceedingly dangerous candi
date* Apgar voted to acquit Justice Hooker.
ELECTION OF ROGERS DOUBTFUL.
Th'? normal successor of the late Speaker
Nixon would be James T. Rogers, chairman of
tho Ways and Means Committee and majority
leader, but a number of things combine to make
his election doubtful. First, although he comes
from a strong Platt county, his attitude on sev
eral questions has aroused the Irs of the friends
of Senator Platt, to such an extent. In fact, that
Rogers had a narrow escape from a local fight
for renomination this fall, and the antagonism
Of the Broome Senator, Harvey S. Hinman, is
believed to endanger his political future. In ad
dition to this Rogers's attitude In the Hooker
case aroused the protests of his friends and the
apprehension of friends of Justice Hooker, as
well as that of those who believed Hooker should
be removed.
"Go and sin no more," the climax of his speech
explaining his vote for acquittal, has been made
ft campaign slogan in several counties where the
Hooker case is still an Issue, and this Is believed
to have added to the embarrassment of Rogers's
position. On the other hand he is the natural
successor, bo far as mere position counts, and,
apart from outside Influences.' would pronably be
chosen.
A candidate who cannot be overlooked is Jean
L. Burnett, of Canandaigua, concededly the best
talker in the Assembly. Burnett is Senator
John Raines's 'fair-haired boy." He is smooth,
able and keen. He voted to convict Hooker, he
voted against the Niagara power "grab." and
his vote on a large number of conspicuously bad
bills has left his record straight.
On the other hand, he has been responsible for
many acts which have been severely criticised
by New York City's representatives. Last year
he was overwhelmed whilw carrying a railroad
"sneak" bill, alleged to apply to Westchester
County and repudiated by Westchester members.
without exception. He was also accused of
being a party to the juggling which nearly de
feated the Rapid Transit Commission Mil pro
viding for pipe galleries in future subways. He
is chairman of the Assembly Cities Committee
Knd his election as Speaker would be regarded
by representatives of various civic organizations
of New-York City who fipht bad legislation at
Albany as fraught with great danger to them.
If there were not grave doubt as to the re
election of Arthur C. Wade, of Chautauqua. he
might be considered as a possibility, remote
perhaps, but still in the running. Wade's rela
tion to the Hooker case, his participation in the
attack upon Ervin Wardman, Editor of "The
Press." after he had been excused from taking
part in the Hooker matter because he had been
Justice Hooker's counsel, made possible the
fight being waged against him by the people in
Chautauqua County who made the fight against
Justice Hooker.
Of all the men mentioned as possibilities.
Wade's election would probably be the most
serious in its effect upon New-York City, if his
record is considered. Last year, when Bedell, of
railroad "grab" fame, decided to keep under
cover for a time, it was Wade who took up the
burden of fighting throuch the tn-asure reviving
the old Amsterdam-aye. steal. The year before
he was accused of taking part in an effort to
nut through a voting machine bill that would
have cost New-York City $5,000,000 through v
"Joker" provision, and his candidacy would
doubtless be opposed by all New-York City Re
publican members.
MANY DARK HORSES ENTERED.
In addition to the names mentioned there are
half a dozen other Assemblymen who are nurs
ing little booms, some one of whom may win
out In a hard fight if a harmony candidate is
needed. Among these are Robert J. Fish, of
Madison; S. Percy Hooker, of Genesee, and
Sherman Moreland, of Chemung. Fish, as chair
man of tho Judiciary Committee, directed the
legislative work In the Hooker case, and his
record Is absolutely honorable. Moreland and
Hooker represent tha best type of clean and
able Assemblymen, fearless and even non-parti
san in their opposition to "graft" legislation.
Both have also had considerable experience in
legislative work. The fact that ho Is almost
certain to bo defeated in his fight for re-election
this fall has served to totally eliminate Lotus
Bedell of Orange, who is one of the older mem
bers of the Assembly in point of service and Is
chairman of the Railroads Committee. No mem
ber from New- York City can fairly be considered
in the race.
The general feeling is that the fight win be so
severe that it may see some consequent split
Into factions on other than party measures, such
as were frequent before that date when the late
Speaker took control. The gravity of the situ
ation caused by his loss has been more thor
oughly emphasised by the curly evidence of
rivalry. It is recalled that last year, when the
gas legislation was pending, the Governor
asked the late Speaker if he could depend on
the Assembly, and received assurance that the
vote would be delivered "on a silver plate." The
gas bills passed the Assembly uanlmously a. few
days later. The absence of such a controlling
force at the time of such important legislation
as Is sure to follow the Armstrong's committee's
Investigation is regarded by *ii )*>•-*•«:« as a
treat misfortune to the p.artj.
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS,
[From Th» Tribune Bureau.]
Washington, October 14.
BIGGER BATTL.EBHIPB WANTED.— The Bu
reau of Steam Engineering of the Navy Depart
ment has suspended work on the designs for the
machinery of the new battleships. in view of the
prospect that Cong: ess will authorize an Increase
In the displacement of these ships from l«,O0O to
18.000 tons. If this Is done, of course thcie must
be additional weight to the machinery not only
to propel the ships at eighteen knots, but possibly
to increase that speed by one or more knots. It
!■ deemed desirable by the strategists that the new
battleships shall hava a maximum speed, it he »X
Sower of the v*ss»l*. It Is believed that the ships
with an •roammt compo^d rruilnJy of the larsj»t
settled question whether one of the battl
shall have turbine machinery. Until «" •?<*£.
talned whether Congress w lll the •"
crease in displacement it Is deemed inadUsabie to
proceed with the designs.
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following army and navy
orders have been issued:
ARMT.
Vint UeutenaiJt WAUTEIt S. BROWN. Company I. to
Company H. 10th Infantry.
Fti^r^euTenant KUBTZEPPUTT. Company « to Com-
FtnHLut'ena^ SISS. , bo- - ££*£
d»tall»>d for »enerai recruiting Mr l~*' v-iv -i. RT EPP
LET. 10th Infantry, who will proceed to ni» <- '
KAVT.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL YBBSEXfI.
The following movements of naval vessels have
been reported to the department:
ARRIVED.
Massachusetts, at Hampton Roads.
BAILED-
October 12.-Th. Oeaax. from Hampton Roads, for
Alexandria. V*»
the Hannibal, from Hampton Road, tor band Key Light,
the Boston, frwu Acapulco for Panama.
The Caesar and the Ajar ordered out of commission.
Norfolk yard.
CENTRAL CHINA NOTES.
[From an Occasional Correspondent of The Tribune.]
Hankow, Sept. ».— The news finally determining
the sale of the concession for the railway from
Hankow to Canton, from the Chinese Development
Company to the Chinese government, was received
with, regret by the Americans living in C entral
China. The building of the railway V American
capital would have meant large purchases of ma
terials manufactured in the ruled fatates and
would have added much 10 the prestige of the
United States in China. The Chinese are much
influenced by enow, or, as they term it lace,
and an American railway would have meant .*rge
Sice." As to the possibility of the railway earning
sufficient to meet its expenses, it might be Quoted
that it is everywhere understood that tne railway
now in operation from Hankow to Peking, though
open for its entire length only a short time Is al
ready meeting all cost of operation and fixed
charges.
To give an example of the ease with which the
Chinese accept stories and rumors, it might be
stated that a story has been extant for about ten
days to the effect that becau?e of the boycott tha
Americans had massacred twenty thousand of the
thirty thousand Chinese who are in vie united
States. Chinese with even an amount of foreign
education and speaking English quite fluently came
into tho missions, the large business places and to
the manager of the newspaper office and wished to
know if the story was true. When they were as
sured that it was not, and that such a rumor was
Quite ridiculous, they were not prepared to douht
the truth of the statement which had be«n circu
lated.
The boycott is still strong, perhaps more so Id
the ootports nnd the country thtn In the coast
cities, wh^ro perhaps it has to a certain extent
epent) itself. An idea of its origin can easily be
taken from tho fact that in ail the outports the
feaders of the so-called "agitation society" ara
so-called reformers or revolutionists attached to
tho Cantonese guilds. The other guilds have given
It little or no attention. It' the movement is a»
lowed to somewhat run its course and the trua
,»r of it is exposed, it will coon be lnter
fered with by the Peking government. There n
a largo number of revolutionists who live on
subscriptions given by members of certain socle
ties These societies are closely watched and
suppressed wherever possible by the mandarins
and officials, hut a good excuse like the ■"anti-
American" movement is an excellent cover ror ma
work of theae societies. A reformer who was
employed a.s an editor for a newspaper In Hay
k..-w 'was discharged for various reasons, includ
ing that of publishing a revolutionary »rticle
which was very violent. The newspaper is under
the protection of the British government and the
article was such as to bo an infringement : ol tha
rules contained in a treaty agreement between
China and Great Britain. The Chinese government
secured in Shanghai an injunction against the
newspaper, restraining It from publishing such
articles.
This editor went to Shanghai, and in n meeting
of the so-called ''anti-American society' made a
violent speech. In which he stated that the gov
ernment at Peking had Issued a proclamation ad
visins that the boycott be conducted less liarshlj.
but that in his opinion it was their duty to .resist
it to the uttermost. There was a chorus. Of
cheers from his revolutionist friends. Such a man
does not wish to go to the United Mates., for
there is ha rill v a sufficient number of Chinese
agitators as vet In the United States for such a
nfan i to live without working. And. of course, he
H i far above actual work, in China, a teacher or
literary man is very nigh class, though he may
have very little money. And as the editor or
a newspaper, he would not. think of working, as
l\n would l be th.» No. 1. and would have a number
of " utes who would do all the work and sing
his "ririiiYes while he would draw the largest sal
ary and %f practically nothing. In addition to that,
h7 would arrange to blackmail all the people that
he couhl in the neighborhood, for the principal
source of revenue of a Chinese newspaper, well
managed," Is the revenue obtained from well di
rected blackmail.
The Germans sjid the French have done everything
possible to take advantage of the anti-American
boycott. The Germans, who are having a great
struggle in the Far Kast to secure business, and
everything else that they can lay their hands on,
have everywhere encouraged the Chinese to "fight
for their rights." to "stand together, as they have
never stood before," and especially to purchase
German goods instead of American. Kerosene oil
handled by the Germans has been brought into
China in much larger quantities than ever, in hopes
of a much increased demand, but success has cot
been great. The boycott waa construed as not to
affect cargoes already in hand, and with regard to
kerosene it has teemed that the dealer John China
man has never got out of the cargo on hand. The
fact is that American oil. although more expensive.
Is «-o much less smoky and bad smelling, and gives
so "much better light, that th« Chinese who have
had it 'want it again, boycott or no boycott. A
French house doing business In most of tho large
ports had hundreds of copies of the boycott circu
lars printed and sent home to all their * rench
manufacturers an.l dealers, as a- Inducement to
th« mi to make n«H><-ial effort to secuie the American
trade All this effort tor what? The newspapers
say for 5 per cent of China's import trade, eup
uosedlv all that America receives, and for 3 per
cent of the export trade of the United States, sup
posedly all that China purchases. IftiMM figures
be true It goes to show the possibilities of the
Vnlwd States for trudo In China are better real
ized by its competitors than by itself, when they
are anxious to secure its trade.
"GOLD GOLD"
"Good," He Says, "But Comfort Better.'
"Food that fits is better than a gold mine,"
says a grateful man.
"Before I commenced to use Grape-Nuts fooa
no man on earth ever had a worse infliction
from catarrh of the stomach than I had for
years.
" •I could eat nothing but the very lightest food
and even that gave me great distress.
"I -went thrmigh the catalogue of prepared
foot but found them all (except Grape- Nuts »
more or less indigestible, generating gas In tha
stomach (which In turn produced headache and
various other pains and aches) and otherwise
unavailable for my use.
"Grape-Nuts food I have found easily digested
and assimilated, and It has renewed my health
and vigor and made me a well man again. The
catarrh of the stomach has disappeared entirely
with all Its attendant Ills, thanks to Grape-
Nuts, which now is my almost sole food. I
want no other." Name given by Postom Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Ten days* trial tells the story.
. There's a reason.
The Financial World.
At the close of the week we have a Clearing
House statement — reserves some min
ions Increased — showing the banks In comfort
able position. It looks as If th« high-money in
terest-squeeze campaign was about over. And
this squares with views that sensible business
observers have held right along. Extraordinary
commercial, financial and agricultural expan
sion throughout the country has required,
naturally enough, largely extended monetary
accommodations; and in some quarters this de
mand may have Imposed excessive stress; but in
so far as the country's money market, as a
whole, was Involved, there has at no time been
any substantial reason for anxiety or nervous
ness, or any especial concern whatsoever. That
there should be hubbub over % money market
rate approximating only the legal rat* Is hub
bub ridiculous. A depressed money market re
flects but lethargy. Advancing? rates—advanc
ing to normal quality be fairly construed
as Indicative only of h-althfulness. It Is. there
fore, not occasion for perturbation at all— It la
occasion for more aggressive confidence—
the business Interests of the country find them,
selves able to compete ore with the other foi
the use of funds, find themselves able to vie
money advantageously, find It Immediately
profitable to be active as merchants and manu
facturers. Sitting still, doing nothing, with
money at 2 per cent.. Is hardly the Ideal Amer
ican position; alert, hustling and aggressive,
with money at 4 and 5 and even « per cent.,
with profit yield over and away larger. Is a
happier situation. No open minded observer Is
disconcerted by comparison of present and past
Touching the financial situation, we have had
during the week two discussions exceptionally
notable. Hr. Vanderllp. a vice-president of the
National City Bank, at a public meeting to
Washington, reciting in some detail and with
much enthusiasm the wonderful expansion of
American prosperity, deemed It wise— naturally
enough— to vouchsafe the suggestion that there
never was a season when danger was net
dangerous, when taking risks was not risky,
when overspeculatlon was not to be deplored.
Having an audience, the temptation is always
to sermonize; and Mr. Vanderlip was well with
in the bound of prudential rhetoric in extolling
the virtues of conservatism — lamenting that
there may not yet have arrived that Ideal day
wherein banking shall be but poesy and bankers
run no risk. National prosperity's sweep of
swift advance, he emphasized exceedingly—sug
gesting merely that it Is doubtful if there can be
safe security market progress from such "high
levels" as are now recorded.
With ruEh and hurrah, speculative 'Wai! Street
sold stocks forthwith— sold them short— so sold
them to find since that It Is easier to sell than
to recover such sales, for we have an extended
resultant short interest that la unwieldy. Yet.
on the actual basis of fact, what Frank A. Van
derlip cautiously said bears every test of good
business sense. The list is long of stocks which
are at "high levels' '—stocks whose yields are not
equal to the current worth of investment money.
But what the Vanderlip dictum Ignored has to
do with the longer list of stocks, whose intrtnslo
values are not reflected in market quotations— a
long list whose prices are less (from 10 to 35
points less) than figures hitherto attained. Any
fair familiarity with the market reveals this list.
More lmpoYtant than Mr. Vanderlip's expres
sion, though not so appealing to the hysterical
sense of speculative Wall Street, was an address
to practical railway managers by Samuel
Spencer. prfcsident of the Southern Railway, dis
cussing proclaimed political proposals of gov
ernmental confiscation. Dealing in facts, Mr.
Spencer's discussion was without sensational
feature; his argument had to do only — exclu
sively — with basic, elemental, issues. TTpon the
ground of integrity^ — the square deal — he pointed
out with effective clearness what may and may
not be fair, what may be straightforward, what
conflßcatory; what may cater to socialistic grab
games, what may be rational For essential
quality It was an address which sane men of
affairs cannot afford to miss — plain, straight
forward, national honesty gleaming through ft.
We are told explosively that Congress this
winter will do a lot of dreadful things to the
railroads; but we prefer the belief that no action
can Ignore the logic, the fairness, the sense, cf
what Samuel Spencer in open mlndM argument
elucidates.
It is a certain deduction that security market
movement must follow and reflect antecedent
conditions. We are just completing a crop year
of unrivalled production, and for our agricult
ural products there is demand which maintains
hish prices. Illustrative and informing Is the
increase recorded in the value of Western farm
ing lands. Since 1000 these lands have increased
in value more than fifty per cent . the total In
crease in 1905 approximating £5.000.000,000.
This vast addition to the wealth of the agri
cultural community has come about quietly ani
without any speculative feature— just the plain
simple growth o* actual productive value. And
<<ide by side with this agricultural expansion ap
pears tremendous growth in the manufactures
capacity of the West and South. These agri
cultural communities are developing manu
factures to marvelous extent. An annual prod
uct exceeding $2<XVO<X>.not> already shows in
what are known as the prairie States, while in
the South the single State of Texas assumes
commercial proportions scarcely believable.
This enormous Western and Southern develop
ment provides the basis upon which the struct
ure of prosperity arises. It is actual, not to M
gainsaid, not to be dissipated by the windy ora
tory of professional bears. The statistics tOf
nished by the United States government and by
other authorities cannot be questioned.
More active use of money, involving htfbei
interest rates, is looked upon in certain quarter!
as a bear factor. The contention is delusive-
It would be impossible in the grand march ol
current events that money should remain a dru«
at 2or 3 per cent. The moment confidence h
re-established money seeks active employment
and its loanable value improves. There fe*»
never been any question about the existence ol
ample funds for any desirable purpose and th«
Improvement in the money rates now s««n *■"
ply testifies to appreciation of conditions.
Following midweek depression -lncid*" tal t( "
the Vanderllp "attack"— the security market
rallied yesterday, closing at prices which sfco«»»
good comparisons with the record a week a**
Commission house brokers have not been active
but almost uniformly they prophesy renege!
interest upon the part of their customers, il
there be no bad Intervening developments.
It looks as if the low priced railway stodß
and the cheaper industrials would now b*
come favorites.
One rather .^raging clement in the situa
tion reflects the mistaken cotton market posi
tion of certain Stock Exchange houses— inter
ests never hitherto identified with the cottol
market hurrying some time ago Into active. W
gressive cotton speculation, loading their cv»
totners up with options, themselves under
writing receipts of the actual commodity. A
a result heavy losses are entailed. Uauidatlon < *>
ready enforced or immediately T ** aiT * a Z*){L2
trustworthy Southern report making " " c
that the crop yield grows more and n»r# MJFW
original estimate. Amateur speculation or m
character is always expensive.
Every foreign steamer brings gold.
The weakest feature of the market Is that
have som* overloaded, light waisted *****""
for example, in Locomotive Common. AgW«
mated Copper, and the local tractions. Some .
their manoeuvres Invite sympathy \jrj^^j.