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\ PRESBYTERY INQUIRY
/}/?. DVFFIELirS DEMAND.
SaV* I } ' r*t m in*ter Church 'Affair
flas Been Badly Mismanaged.
. tot monthly session of the Presbytery of
York yesterday afternoon the Rev. Dr.
'jt puffleld moved that the Presbytery
tMtD Internal Investigation. Dr. Duffleld.
\~ctiir-W hi* motion, censured the Presbytery
JJ m* 'v for what he termed "mismanagement"
I# the **!?«'•»■* of the Westminster Presbyterian
/* rrh. »'hifh not on ago renounced all con
rticn »'' Tn th ' Presbytery, and whose pastor.
!*t Rev r>r John LJoyd Lee. seceded along with
i,i, cer.P*P« tlon
pr p u fljeld was obliged ta pause frequently to
rTrlt the applause which punctuated his
Intech st sIIBSSS every point to cease. When
v'f itui concluded the gathering approved his
iftlnn tOT * unanimous viva voce vote in tones
that were heard by a group of reporters waiting
J. the hall below.
Effort was made by officials of the Presbytery
to rT* vfrT W9 account of the action becoming
"urlic »nd announcement of it was refused by
!»., Rev Pr r X Shearer, the stated clerk. Prom
mother asavos M was learned late last night.
JB i |— that two members of the Investigating
committee are r>r Duffleld and the Rev. Dr. An
thony H Evans, pastor of the West Church.
Others «re said t<' be prominent laymen and
, iynf idertified with what one chose last
_. c v to call "the best Interests of the Presby
tttt"
£ ?r,? r , r t« to resrh Or Duffleld last night were
ur.ifalliriK. and no account could be obtained of
via* he ha/i said. He is reported, however, to
h»v» declared that th« Westminster Church had
w*, n mistreated, and that the Presbytery had
c*)r>T<-r Its "ir apacity" in dealing with the whole
tffalr
u^rp v are a presbytery," Dr. Duffleld is
sported •' *sying. "that has shown its entire
)rsM!"> tn many ways to cope with the dlfficul
•>« :hai base existed In the Westminster
rfcurrti. The condition that permit* affairs to
•,»k* this eoarM is ■ wrong one I would move
(ktaSVOfa tmeot of a committee to look into this
whoio sff.-.ir vith th« deepest scrutiny and to
Vrinp In a report covering th* whole of its nnd
l«f« The"- ire many matters to be considered,
tnd the (sliest investigation ought to be courted
by Qfla body."
Vhen V* ramor that Dr. Puffleld urged the
ajmointire'-.: of * committee was brought to the
I n of 1 'r. Shearer last night he would not
wiflrm tbe report. The official record, It was
dec!ar*<l. would snow that Dr. Duffleld had no
criticism f. Last of men or method*, but that
r , ,ie«<rH that steps be taken looking to the
MOV effcirncy of the Presbytery. He desired,
V war ""ai-i. that this efficiency might be immedi
acy Increased.
It developed In the meeting that there Is ap-
T*rer.tly urm* roboDton in the Westminster
Church '•■->•. grojrat ion against the withdrawal of
ti# rhur<-h frntn the Presbytery. Some members
c«t!ie cbmtb In p^od standing. It Is said, have
united c.d retained the services of Rush Tag
n" vba, it MS announced a few days ago.
b& r1«- consented to represent the Presbytery
few ictton to be taken against the Westminster
Ourrh.
OJflrers oT the Westminster Church last night
ntri* a dental if Urf* statement.
The Pre*by«»ry took action to dissolve th*
»*«!.•> r. of the Westminster Church. A resolu
tion to t'll* effect ■as adopted. The wording of
flg r^oiuti"' j t:i ■•lirally made 1t one expelling
Ha menben of the session both from the church
and the PrMbytery. The church was ordered
I* !r>r.ge< •<> permit the members of the session
toa<t Iri v ofllcteJ <. „ netty or to exercise indi
vidually or colied ively tho functions properly be
' ••• . ' ' ■
This wiiluUuu rag adopted after the reading
C* a report tPOta •" ':■■. . Dr. George Alexander.
raster of Urn Culwwtty Place Church, whom
the rYtrtiytCTf named pi its lar* meeting to act
ts the pscsidtns olßeer of the Westminster
Chun-*) s=<-" ; on. I>'\ Alexander's report vrafi not
pßMßtad •; p*mH». «-,(= Dr. Alexander has
r-'-'-i .1- : , • ur of Kirypt and Syria.
T;.i« repor! noted that. In compliance with the
Bite 1l«s:c to bfaa by the Presbytery, Dr.
Uaaadrr I .• <i told me clerk of the Westminster
eew'.nr: to '■■•■■! a meeting of tha'. body. In reply.
:h* report "lid. be had received a letter from
J"hr, B. Debamater, the iloifc, noting that the,
ri^sio;, i; a rj given due consideration to Dr. Alex
nfcrt wo. peat ;,?.<] respectfully Informed him
that. hrtTTntWh an the church had voted una; i
■Maty ta Rf\cs all < onnectio.i with the Preaby
■Vjr of. NVw-Y rk. neither the i hurch nor the
•^"sir.', tseoM receive o r •«ide T - any communi
cstlT: bom Pr Alexander or from any one rep
'■" -• • rurtijuii
Thf- p. «i v»ery a^'-eptft'l the report and nami'l
th* Rev ii; Roi^rt McKenzie, pastor of the
rtu!*'r« il.ur. >i. to tako Dr. Alexander's place
«* rno^f->^,?,,r of the Westminster Church sea*
itaQ. It .-'- ■ ■ r,'>ifl a coii mi* tee. consisting of
Urn Re- r>r W. R Richard?, pastor of the
Brtdi i',ur h. the }'.«-•. I"- George Nixon, mod
<rs'"r of U,» Presbytery and pastor of the Tr-
nv.r- dnxreh. and two laymen. W. K. M^rie
«M Th*-rn-i i;. mt
f>r fjot f\f :: a >ed last night that the Presl>y
*T "leO no jurisdiction over the Westminster
Gbsrcfe :i,i ih;. 1 its a<-t wan null and Old.
Th* rVtabytcry." he said, "cannot discipline
Wl rhui. n, :,rd usjr action It may take In ref-
MH *- to n 1« without force."
Ob« memter of the Pre»;bvter\- la.«t nfßht de
'lar'fj uiHt In v^iu-vd that there wan doubt of
Ih* comutotlooallty of the act of the Pr-shy
■ dlzaotring rba ■ Btoo. n> feared, he
M«. thu Uw Pmtotwy had violated one of its
Thf- fusion „f the Westminster Church held
**a*ttaj |aa( Bonds* and communicated to the
J .'*.«■ t.yteri m»- resu!t' of the deliberations The
" ► d^iared that the designation of Dr.
£** iy th*. t^rm "late ■tor" Is Incorrect, as
** '•■ • tload pastor of the dmrdi In the
Mooad r'a" it paid, the statement that Dr.
'■*» hwj ttMtMVwwm the Presbyterian • "hun and
{*»"llllioil the Jurisdiction of the aune Church
« tbm to be inconert. In < on. luslon
!i°t*4 that *-x<"»-pt for the severance of con
•J^Ctlona wit), tiie Pr«>shyt*>ry the . hun h remains
<Jevot»d to the fftith and doctrines of th« I'r<-««
•Tierlan Cbtnrtt.
' w,v <\f< ided that no action on the West
nilrrter t'hur^h ?nef!«ane was necessary I-lke
•j*. it w.-if: •)■ •-i,,<-d mneceaaarjr to act on the
■Jter Emu Dr I** ursine that the PreMbytery
■ Dol consider that he had intended to r*
'-"lUfir^ »h». tun, ist r>- of the I>rt-.«byterlan Churcll
nM Pn-sbyt «-r> r • is., vite.i to permit the llar
■ Pr'-fhyttrian «'hurfli to place a BMCtcace of
;*'""•' •■:, its property In Mount Morris Park.
V *+V ti .}.. • , ;i ,y finlnh Ita new c-hurch building.
•■■ wttifr. as announced exclusively In The
Trlt, unf > fot!M»d the hatpin of a bitter dtecuaaio i
*' 'h»- nn+iiic „f tlir- Plcrtijrtcry a month hk'>.
»■« it «,is Aarced that the church .'-..id iik>'n
Mdoa without due nil mill ftTI from the T'res-
Wrry.
CM JOHNSON'S CAR INJURES WOMAN.
<U> Magma* to The Tr't.ur.' I .
IBOJIUWU P':.n. M itch 12 -TliO p:lv«te "-fir of
■ ' ■ T. Johnson of Cleveland, who wan in
•i* -Unjr u s 1 p „li#y line*- ban tl.l s BItOfMOOW. >*'ri:'-k
**»■« JfcreeF «*/,|^r« who waj aolaa »»<-r:ie Vttb DOT
g*>»<*lltf lAoPa fcli<M'P'"B trip Mr* BO*f
■'»o h«r irounccsi child In her inni \ I ell '■»'« 1 ■■•
, bh. i- In « critical .-ondltloii in the '•■■'■-
f"* 1 witl. « .ru«<?ie,l hip »nd l«<rrate.! sculp. Tim
£ tJ ' »m j;i. k»-d up unliurt from the render bf
"•«; or Jo m- •
-^ To-day, fnlr.
To-morrow. nwm; north wind*.
WANT MM. TAFT TO STAY.
Prospect of Change in War Depart
ment Meet* Some Disfavor.
TFVom TJi» Trlbunx Bureau.]
Washington. March 12.— prospect of a new
Secretary of War to succeed Mr. Taft is not
meeting with universal favor among public men,
and a determined effort Is being made by several
Influential Republicans to persuade the President
to abandon his plan of appointing the Secretary
to the Supreme Court to succeed Associate Jus
tice Brown. Senator Warren, of Wyoming,
chairman of the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs, who was a member of the Taft party
which viMted the Philippines, called at the White
House to-day to urge the President to retain
Mr. Taft in the Cabinet.
"We cannot spare Mr. Taft from the War
Department, and that's all there is to It," said
Senator Warren, after his interview with the
President. "It's no easy thing to get a good
Secretary of War. I believe it Is easier to get a
good associate Justice, of the Supreme. Court.
I've just been inside to tell the President that
we can't do without Taft where he is now. Will
he keep him there? Well, I wish I knew. Of
course. Secretary Taft will do what the Presi
dent orders him to do. Rut I'm hoping that he
won't give that order yet awhile."
Secretary Taft is going to New-York Wednes
day on business connected with the meeting of
the Prison Martyrp' Association, and some other
matters that require his attention, and it is
expected that his decision will be announced
from the White Hous» Thursday or Friday.
Chicago. March Attorney General Moody,
when asked to-day about possible changes in the
Cabinet, replied:
I ajn not yet ready to leave the Cabinet, and
when T am I will announce it. 1 do not know
anything about any changes in the Cabinet, and
have no right to know anything.
Drrr before father.
District 'Attorney Brings Gambling
Case Against Parent.
By Trl«>crar>h to The Tribunal
Syracuse, March 12.-District Attorney W. L*
Barnum has been presenting evidence to the
grand jury against gamblers for several days.
Among the cases he will present is the one
against Willis S. Barnum, his own father.
District Attorney Barnum to-day summoned
the Rev. Dr. Charles A. F*ulton before the grand
jury to tell what he knew about gambling. Dr.
Fulton is the minister who shaved off his mus
tache and played poker at Barnum's. Dr. Ful
ton had an engagement to lecture, and sent word
to the District Attorney that he would like to
keep it. •
This District Attorney Barnum would not con
cent to. and the minister was forced to wait
aroun<l all the afternoon, and then his case
vac not reached. It Is expected that the evi
dence will go to the grand jury to-morrow, and
Mr. Barnum will do the examining when his
father's case comes up.
HORSE WILD OX STAGE.
Almost a Panic at the Yorkvillc
Theatre.
The wild pranetna; of ■ horse at the opening
performance of "Robert Km met" at the Tork
ville Theatre last night almost threw the audi
ence into a panic. With W. J. Kelly, the leading
m;in, on its back, the horse made its debut on
thn stage last night. It went through the first
act with little apparent stage fright, but in the
Fecond act, when several volleys were fired, the
animal reared on its hind legs and dashed for
Ul Irish lake on the scenery In the background.
Its rider made vain attempts to prevent the
horse from taking a swim. When the horse was
satisfied, after poms: through the scenery, that
the "water" wasn't deep, it swerved around and
dashed up a green MIL It was only half way up
when the hill toppled over on horse and rider.
By thip time th" curtain had been run down.
The animal then bolted through an exit, with
Kflly still astride, and readied the street, where
it was finally stopped.
While this nnadvertlsed performance was
going on the audience was kept from becoming
panicky by the orchestra's continued playing-.
Except for several excited cries in the audience
it was remarkably cool. The curtain was run
up after fifteen minutes' delay and the play
pr"<-eeded. but without a horse. KeMy says he
i-; coins to be ■ cowboy.
A. J\ GIFTS FOR U. OF V.
Charles Stale, Banker, and Mi*B
Gould Give $60,000.
Richmond, Vm~, Ifarcn TJ. The announcement
was made at the Universit) of Virginia, to-night
of two gift- 1 to the Institution aggregating •<♦><>,
000, one of $50,000 from Charlea Steeie, of the
firm of g. Plerpont Morgan & Co., of New-Tork.
,-) Master of Arts of the university and' an en
thusiastic ahwnnua of the institution, and the.
other £lO.<MMI from Miss Helen Gould of New
York.
Both su!i:s irlli l.c expended in the completion
«.f th<- university hospital, which, when finished,
will constitute ; , chain of five buildings. Miss
Gould's gift is to provide a ward for colored
patients at the hospital.
'ANTI-FAT 1 ' WORKED TOO WELL.
Three Hundred Pounder loses Fifty of Them
in Two Weeks Dies.
<;eorge C Rauder. Of No. 372 Miller avenue,
Kast -York, died at his home yesterday
from taking an anti-fat remedy, according to
I>r Charlea Wuost. coroner's physician. About
three months ago B&uder weighed nearly three
hundred pounds, and feared that he would die
of fatt,- degeneration of the heart.
Accordingly, he began to diet himself and take
exercise, but his avoirdupois Increased. He then
tried an anti-fat remedy, and it worked as ad
■ til 111 His weight decreased some fifty
pounds In the last two weeks. Dr. Wuest, who
examined the body last night, said the rapid
lost-- of weight had weakened Bander's heart, and
brought on heart trouble.
NOW IT'S UNION LABEL GRAVES.
Chicago, March i? It 09011 will \>f possible in
Chicago for union men to die and he burled in
thoroughly union" graves. Plan* arc now under
w;i> for a "union** cemetery, Under an impulse
given by "'* ■'''"' • i ar " *' rs ' unions r\t th* city,
„,. i/.uv. rn^.'it took practical shape yesterday, and
will. in .1 month or two .1 plot »f ground large
enough tor five thousand graves will be reserved
■trictly for unionists. No other person may be
buried there.
The dgamtaJteri have appropriated 115.6 M for
the sehesM They do '■"' Intend to k«ep the cenie
terv for the feea -Jit " members <>r their own trade
on" but v»:ll throw open the gates of the burying
„„.'•. the other unions •: Chicago. It Is ex-
L-,t"d thai '■"• re* of the '.:.<> labor organisations
i Lf the ,11/ will loin heartily In the plan.
DEWEY'S OLD PORT FOR INVALIDS.
Wm Btr.nethen the Weak and Convales^m*
H T De-ley 4 Son. Co. 11l PultOß 3t.. New "iork.
-Advu
NEW-YORK. TUESDAY. MARCH 18. lOOfi.-FOUBTEEN PAGES.-i AiS2«««.
INDIANS ON WARPATH.
T
KILL $ V. S. MARSHALS.
Posse Forming to Hunt Doxvn Wick
liffc Gang of Desperadoes.
[By T>l»itraph tn The Tribune ]
Vlnita, 1. T.. March IC— Six deputy Tnited
States marshals were ambushed yesterday near
Kansas, I. T. by tho Wickliffe gang of despera
does, and three of the officers were killed out
right. The ambuscade was laid on Saline Creek,
In the Bpartnaw hills, near the home of the
Wlckllffe crowd. The deputies who were killed
are I. L. Oilstrap. Orls Little nnd Dick Carey
The Wickliffes. who are three brothers, sons
of John Wlckllffe, ex-Judge of the Supreme
Court of the Cherokee, nation, are full blooded
Indians. According to the report of the affair
received here by telephone to-day, they were
assisted by practically the entire Indian popu
lation of the district.
The outlaws lain the amhußcnde w»U. The
officers were caught In a trap, from which es
cape appeared Impossible, but they fought des
perately. Three quickly went down before the
fire of the bidden foe, arid all six of the horse?
ridden by the deputies w. re killed.
The surviving officer? ran on foot to the
shelter of trees and rocks, and replied as b»st
they could to the fire of the desperadoes. One
of them made his way to the town of Kansas,
nine miles away, from which place he sent word
to-day to the United States marshaJ at Vlnita.
.Marshal Darrougn at once began preparations
for running t ho Indians down. A message wns
sent to the Department of Justice In Washing
ton askinp permission to raise ■ posse ,of one
hundred men, and In expectation of obtaining
the desired ponniFistlon pnsnes are being gathered
in Vlnita. Pryor Creek, Grove and Tahlenuah.
The marshal will go to Kansas and conduct the
campaign In person, the different popser. con
centrating there and acting under his direction.
According to the report received, many full
blooded Indians have Joined the outlaws, and a
desperate battle may be fought when the two
forces meet. The region In which the despera
does have taken refuge is wild and mountainous
and afford* many opportunities for hiding and
for laying traps.
Marshal Darrough has asked the authorities to
offer Jl.ono reward for the death or capture of
each of the Wickliffe boys. The Wickliffes con
stitute what is probably the last band of outlaws
In Indian Territory-. The other fullblooda assist
them, because all the Indians are out of money
nnd are suffering, government regulations having
tied up their supplies.
CAR WILD OX STEEP HILL.
John annum dker, Motorman,
Sticks to Post and Is Hurt.
Passaic, N. J , March 12— A Hackensack and
I,odi trolley car. with twenty passengers, bound
for I»di, jumped the track after going pellmell
down a steep hill in I-ndi this evening. The
motorman, John Wannamaker, of Paterson,
stuck to his post until the car struck tn* side of
a brick building, when he was thrown throigh
the vestibule. He vt*BS to 'badly inW^d^aith*
doctors at the Passalc Hospital say he cannot
live. Three other passengers In the car were
cut by flying glass. Their injuries were not seri
ous, and after having their wounds dressed they
went home.
TVannamaker lost control when the. airbrakes
refused to work. A part of the front of the
building was demolished. The house is the one
in which the. double murder took place two years
ago for which Jerry Rossa was hanged in Hack
ensack three weeks ago. This Is the third acci
dent a i tm's place in six weeks.
THIRTY MEX MA V BE LOST.
Wreckage from Fishing Steamer Off
British Columbia ('oast.
Victoria. R. C . March 12. news has been re
ceived from Skidepiite that a lifebuoy and two
oars m:irk»-d "S. S. Zapora" and two dories not
marked have been found on Graham Island. Two
broken boats, ten oars and about twenty thou
sand fee* of lumber also were washed ashore
between Skidegate and Rose Spit. The Zapora
Is a st»arn fishing vessel, carrying about thirty
men, which plies from Tacoma to the halibut
banks of Quen Charlotte Bound.
TRY TO WRECK HOTEL.
Bomb Thrown on Building Which
Houses Non-Union Men.
Cleveland, March 12— explosion occurred
just before midniK'nt on the roof 'if the Frankfort
Hotel, ft the corner of Prospect and Ontario streets.
In th» heart of; the business section of the city.
An Immense hole was torn in the roof and the
explosion shook adjacent buildings. A laree num
ber of the guests of the hotel are non-union Rruct
ural Iron workers Imported here from [,ooisvill<».
Ky.. and other Southern cities, working on the
Taylor Arcade, on which ■ BtilU«* of the Interna
tional Structural Iron and Bruise Workers has been
in progress against the contractors, the American
Bridge Company.
The hole torn In the roof is almost directly over
a room occupied by several of the strike-breakers.
The explosion was made by a dynamite h<imli Bet
off by a slow fuse. The police arrested a man seen
running through an alley following the explosion
and he i? alleged to have said "Did I do any dam
ago" 11 His name has not been given out Th«
hotel is a nve-story building. The explosion caused
great excitement in the hotel ami vicinity, but SO
Car as learned no one was hurt.
CATCH CRAP SHOOTERS
Detectives Stumble on Negro Jain
-Revolvers Drawn.
While going about the Wesl "7t|i street pre
cinct last night, ne'ectives Jerome, McDonough
and Hagar, of Inspector Bchmlttberger's staff.
came unexpectedly <■" s gambling house for ne
groes In West 37th street. When they entered,
not to raid, hut to Inspect, they were confronted
b] .i scdre of men.
The men pulled revolvers and for a time the
detectives had a hot time. A passing citizen
sent word to the police station and the reserves
caught the alleged gamblers and saved the do
tectlves Nineteen arrests were made. Benja
min Ware, of No. Ul West 41st street, is charged
with being the proprietor The detectives
found twenty-one men in the place, shooting
"crapp," and th«re were hundreds of dollars In
the game.
Bj th^ ilme the prisoners rnafheii the station
hmi«- bondsmen mm waiting and not one went
to a ctit
GEN T . REYES TO RESIGN.
//./. HEALTH THE RE A SOX.
Climaco Calderon to Succeed Him as
President of Colombia.
General Rafael Reyes. President of Colombia,
it was authoritatively announced here yesterday,
will resign from office. The reason given for
this unusual step for the chief executive of a
country is that President Reyes is suffering from
a malady believed to he locomotor ataxla. He
will be succeeded by Climaco Calderon. who Is
Minister of Foreign Affairs and "deeignado."
Senor Calderon was formerly Colombian Consul
General m this city and later became Minister
at Washington.
The affliction which causes the retirement of
President Reyes Is the result of a fall from a
horse, which he sustained a number of years
ago. It is announced that he will go to Europe
to be treated, probably going by way of New-
York.
General Reyes was elected President of Co
lombia two years ago while he was in this city
as a member of a commission from that gov
ernment wnlcl) was sent hero In connection with
the secession of Panama. He was inaugurated
on August 7. I!HM. His administration haa been,
characterized by n firmness of policy that haa
done more than anything else to rehabilitate
the finances of the repuhliu and establish peace.
Although formerly identified with the Con'
servattve or clerical party. General Reyes
adopted some of the principles of the Liberals,
which aroused the hitter enmity of the Conserv
atives. His most radical departures from the
policies of his predecessors were the separation
of the State and tho church and the establish
ment of capital punishment for treason, which
previously had been lightly dealt with. It is
less than a week ago that four men were exe
cuted at Bogota for an attempt on the life of
President Reyes. These men, it was said, WSTS
the tools of a Jesuit conspiracy.
While the retirement of General Reyes Is re
ported to be only temporary his friends In this
city assert that it is unlikely that he will again
take up the reins of government. Before be
coming President General Reyes had spent
many years in the military and diplomatic ser
vices of hia country. For many years he was
Minister to France. He Is a man of wealth,
with large estates in the Department of Cauca.
General Reyes rendered distinguished service in
the field for his government in the rebellions of
IBSO and ISOu.
With the succession to the Presidency of
Climaco Calderon, the Liberal or progressive
party gains a further important victory, for
which it has fought unsuccessfully for many
yeare. Sefior Calderon possesses Liberal ten
dencies, along the lines of the great change in
the politics of Colombia which has been, slowly
but surely placing the Liberals in power for the
first time In twenty-five years.
Seftor Calderon, who is about fifty-five years
old, is a nephew of General Reyes. He is a
lawyer and an authority on international law.
He has also, as Minister of Foreign Affairs,
proved himself a statesman of 'nigh ability.
Refior Calderon was Consul General of Colom
bia in this city from 1885 to IDOO. when he was
appointed Minister to Washington, where he re-
Hiauie i- ahfut a year. ."v\ :>li, ••. • v v.irif, iLe lat
ter office he went abroad, where h« married a
daughter of the late President Santiago Perez of
Colombia,
CRUSHED BY "L" TRAIX.
Unknown Man Killed Between Sta
tions on Third Avenue.
An unidentified man was ground to death
under the wheels of a northbound Third avenue
elevated train between 148 th and 149 th streets
last night, and Charles Garrison, of No. 216
Kast 117 th street, motorman of the train, was
locked up In the Alexander avenue police sta
tion on a technical charge of homicide. The
crowd attracted by the tragedy was so great
that the reserves from the Alexander avenue
station were called out to restore traffic condi
tions to their normal state.
According to Garrison, when the train was
about midway between 148 th street and 149 th
street he saw a man, who stood between the
tracks, suddenly lurch over and fall in from of
his train. He Immediately applied the emergency
braite. but the distance was too short, and the
train struck the man. who was literally ground
to pieces.
The body, or what was left of it.' -was removed
to the Alexander avenue police station. There
was nothing in th* clothing to give a clew to
the man's identity, end it is thoughi that he was
a passenger who had either fallen from a train
or had started to walk from the 149 th street
station.
TO STOP CORNERS IN FOODSTETFS
Grady's Measures Also Aimed to Prevent
Wash Sales and Auto Speeding.
IBy T>t«nraph tn The Trtbun* ]
Albany, March 12.— Senator Gvady, of New-
York, introduced a bill to-night which, If pnssed,
would strike consternation to enterprising Prod
uct- Exchange manipulators, slnc^ it prohibits
"comers" in foodstuffs or other similar products.
Another provision anent "wash sales" would
not carry comfort to some stockbrokers. Such
actions are constituted a felony, punishable by
n fine of $l. f> f' n and Imprisonment for not less
than one year. Every person who shall make a
"wash sale,*' or agree to a sale of property of
which ho Is not the owner, or conspire to bring
about such *a.!e, or a corner in cotton, tobacco.
food product or n;4teriril is to come under the
provision.
Another bill of his makes it a misdemeanor to
drive an automobile or other vehicle at a rate
of speed which i« dangerous t» pedeetrians.
CAUCUS ON STATEHOOD CALLED.
"Insurgents." It Is Said, Will Not Attend
and Be "Bound."
Washington, March 12. -A caucui of the Repub
lican memberi of th* House will t-e <ali»-.i for
Wednesday evening f<>r discussion of Out Senate
bood Mil-
Statehood '■insurgents" arr rebelling at the propo
sition for a caucus on the ground that it In an at
tempt to bind them. There set-ma to be a Kener*l
understanding that the so-called insurgent members
will not attend the caucus.
INCOME OF $20,000 FOR FOX TERRIER.
I By MVlnrraph tn The Tribune )
Chicago. March It,— The will of George C. Watts,
a contractor and Board Of Trade operator, tiled for
probate to-day, makes s bequest Of !.•>>.•■<> to pro
vide a home for his pel fox terrier Hill and *•>"•
to oars for his riding boras King. After providing
for his dog ami bone, t lie testator makes a codicil,
giving an Income of $.".0 a month to his brother-in
law, John T. Bpufford. and J3.»«»> a year to William
X ,Gore, who is made executor to carry out the
provisions of the will. The Watts estate is valued
at ::•«>....,.
SUSAN B. AXTIIOXY DEAD.
End Came Peacefully — Had Been
Unconscious for 24 Hours.
Rochester. March IS.— The long ar»4 eventful
life of Susan B. Anthony closed at 12:40 o'clock
this morning;. The. end came, peacefully.
Miss Anthony had heen unconscious for more
than twenty-four hours and death had been al-
SUSAN B. ANTHO>TT.
Who died early this morning.
_ - -»
n t momentarily expected since last night.
O jly her wonderful constitution kept her ally*.
Dr. M. S. Ricker. her attending physician, said
Miss Anthony died of heart failure. Induced by
pneumonia of both lungs. She had had serious
valvular heart trouble for the last six or seven
years.
Her lungs were practically clear, and the
pneumonia had yielded to treatment, but the
weakness of her heart prevented her recovery.
(A Bases! of Mlm Anthony* life will b« found on
fourth pane.)
IXJURED, SAVES TRAIXS.
Operator, Bruised by Fall, Climbs
Steps to Set Signals.
[By T»le#rraph to Th» Tribune 1
Morristown, N. J.. March 12.— thought of
danger to the trains this morning Inspired James
Scales, the signal operator at the DenvlU«»
tower of the Lackawanna Railroad, to drag 1 his
badly bruised body up the stairway and Into
the tower from which he had Just fallen. Scales
started down stairs from the tower and slipped
on an icy step and fell over the banister to the
ground. He was terribly bruised, though no
bones were broken. He dragged himself back
to his post and set the signals against all train*,
hundreds of which pass this point dally.
After setting the signals Scales managed to
get to his home on the Union Turnpike. The
conductor of tho rirsr train passing ran up into
the tower and found th* floor covered with
blood and a bloody trail Uadlng down th« road.
He BuspesMed foul pI.T nnd informed the. com
cai.y's d*t' f '"• .. v, ho found Scales at an
home. He Is - suffering greatly from Internal
lnjurl'** and bruise.*.
WOULD RACK ICE TRUST.
Bcrvstein Also Has Bill to Investi
gate Jury Firing Charges.
[By T>lesr»ph t/ > The Tribune.!
Albany. March 12.— Assemblyman Bernstein,
of New- York, purposes to investigate the Amer
ican Ice Company, otherwise known as the ic*
trust, by means of a bill he introduced in the
Assembly to-night. It authorizes the Governor
to appoint three commissioners who shall in
vestigate the ice crop in the state, the amount
in storage, the importation, and the price of Ice,
and to determine what companies are engaged
in the business.
Another bill by the same Assemblyman calls
for an investigation into the charges of Jury
fixing in New- York Comity. This measure pro
vides a commission of three, appointed by the
Governor, to prosecute a general examination of
all employes of the surface, elevated and under
ground railway* including attorneys and offi
cers and to investigate methods of selecting
Jurors and to recommend remedial legislation
that will put a stop to the acts recently charged
againat the New-York City Railway Company.
GRAND JURY MAY LOOK INTO ICE PRICES.
|Rv Te!»*raph to Tha Trtbun*]
Toledo, M*rch VI. -Present indications now
are that the reoanl move of the ice dealers in
unanimously and simultaneously boosting the
price of ice will result in a grand jvjry investiga
tion, which may bring them under the anti
trust ban.
So far as can be learned, nothing definite has
been done as yet, but nome of the affected per-
Bons are agitating the proposition, 'reameriea
generally are arranging to install private ice
plants. Fancy vegetables, meats, ice cream deli
cacies and even beer will probably Buffer a rls»
in price, on account of the action of the ice
dealer?.
ENOUGH OLD BONDS TO PAPEH ROOM.
Innkeepers Possession of 1780 Certificates
Gives Him Visions of Wealth.
I By Telegraph la Th» Trlhun* 1
Pa.xton, Mass.. March 12.— William I-Jnet»lrt. pro
prietor of the old Paxton Inn. of this town. Is
wondering whether or not he can consider himself
a plutocrat.
He has read the story of Herbert F. Morgan, the
CUntoa hotelkeeper, who has a $20 government bond
of 17*). now worth ettflta. Unrein, to use. his own
words, has "enough of them to payer a room." He
never thought them of any value, but thinks differ
ently now. Mr. Morgan is to send his bond to the
Sub-Treasury nt Boston Lincoln eaya he will do
the same when lie sees how Morgan comes out.
Lincoln's! bonds have been in th« possession of his
father's family for several generations.
COLOR LINE IN Y. M. C. A.
New-Haven Negroes Withdraw Because of
Resentment of White Members.
IBy T>l?tfrapli to The.Tribun* 1 ■»
Haven, Mares 12.— The directors of the
Young Men's «'hristtan Association voted to-day to
refill colored members full membership facilities,
whereupon the negroes withdrew. The colored men
have their own building and club In GofTe street.
but they also wanted all the privileges of the cen
tral branch. The white members there objected to
the colored men using the pool tables and gym
r.asium. The negroes then Usui-d a circular letter
In which they said:
We cannot, as a«lf-reepectina colored men. sub
scribe to your policy. Out ..f sheer self-defen<*»> we
have to put ourselves on record. It la becoming
ejsartr every day that colored men. even her*
la New -England, have go to begin to bo •ensitlv*
about th. !r rights, Indeed, they must begin to b«
insistent.
Fast trains to Detroit. Chicago and St Loots by
West Shore Railroad. A«k a West Shore ticket
agent for particulars—
PRICE TnREE CENTS.
CHICAGO \VL\S VICTORY,
CAN COXTROL TRACTIOS.
Supreme Court Holds 91- Year Act
Doesn't Extend Privileges.
Chicago. March 12. — By the decision of th«
United States Supreme Court handed down to
day the city of Chicago obtain* almost complete
control of the local traction situation.
Contracts or ordinances of the city limiting
the use of the streets by th* companies are up
held, and the rights of the companies in the
streets are held to expire according to the ex
pressed terms of the. ordinances. In its effect
the decision leaves the Union Traction Company
without any right whatever other than by
sufferance in the streets of the north division of
the city. It leaves the Union Traction Company
in the west division without rights, excepting
where th« ordinances contain a purchase clause.
Th^e decision leaves the Chicago City Railway
Company, which operates all the streetcar lines
on th* south side of the city, without right, ex
cepting where their ordinances contain a pur
chase clause*.
The original ordinances granted to the street
car companies were for ninety-nine years tnsido
the city limits as they existed in IS«S. Th*
companies have extended their tracks as the
city boundaries have been enlarged, and have
maintained that th« extended lines, which were,
built under franchises from the city, war* also
operative under the ninety- nine- yea- act. The)
court ha* hold, however, that th« nln«ty-ntne»
year act extended only th« charter life of thsj
streetcar companies, without extending their or
dinances.
The court also denies the contention of th«
streetcar companies that they have been vested
with the exclusive right* for ninety-nine, year*
to enter Into contracts with the city for th«
occupancy of streets. The decision also hold*
that the streetcar companies could receive only
such grants as the city might gtr©. and on such
terms and such conditions. including the time at
the grant, as the, city might prescribe-.
The city has all alon* admitted that th»
ninety-nine yj«r act Is valid, but asserted that
It did not extend the ordinances under which
the streetcar companies are operating at pres
ent.
"It is a sweeping victory for th» city.* said)
Mayor Dunns. "There are no ninety-nine year
franchises In the cdty of Chicago^ according to
this decision, and no indefinite, or perpetual
grants In th« outlying territory. We have the
traction companies now In a position wher* we
can negotiate for the purchase of the lines. If
they do not want to sell at a fair price, we can
declare our rights under the decision."
The decision was at first miainterpT»»te.l and
caused a sharp rise In all the stocks of the in
terested companies. Union Traction rose from
12*4 to 13H. West Chicago from 50 to 60. and
North Chicago from SO to S3. As soon as it was
understood that the companies were the losers
the stocks suffered a sharp decline.
Washington, March 15. — The opinion was de
llvered by Justice Day and reversed the deeaattat
of the United States Circuit Court for th?
Northern District of Illinois. He held thai th
act of the Was ail Legislature of 1885 had th*
effect of extending the charter of the railway
companies for ninety-nine years.
The opinion furthermore says, in part;
The proceedings for the* appointment of re-.
clivers were not shown to bo collusive an«i
fraudulent and the court had Jurisdiction to op"
tertain tho bills and appoint the receivers a -
put them in possession of the pr p*rty of the
railway companies.
Corporate privileges can only be held to be
granted as against public rights when conferred
in plain and explicit terms. The ambiguous
phrase in the act of 1885. "during the life here
of." did not operate to extend existing contra
for the term of ninety-nine years or limit the
right of the city to make future contracts with
the companies covering shorter periods.
On the North Side the term granted Is for
twenty-nxe years, "and no longer." The pHvilecw*
conferred upon the Chicago City Railway Com
pany and its grantee were confirmed, as made.
by the act of 1865, with the effect to continue
the right of the companies to occupy the streets
named In the ordinances of 1833. May 23, IS3.>.
and similar ordinances, for the term of twenty*
five, years, and until the city shall elect to pur
j chase and pay for the property of said railway
companies. On the North Side the grants being
limited to twenty-five years and no longer, no
such rUrht exists to remain In the usa of the
streets until purchased by the city.
Whatever rights existed in th* streets wen
not lost to the companies by the acceptance of
the ordinances granting: a change from animal
to cable or electric power In th«» op-ration of th«
railways.
Justices Brewer, Brown and MrKenna united
In a dissenting opinion. One of the attorneys
in the case gives the following a.<* his Interpreta
tion of the decision:
It holds that the act of the state of nilnola
extending the lives of the corporations to ninety
nine years was constitutional, but did not oper
ate to extend the respective contracts for occu
pation of the streets, which contracts had been
expressly limited in time by the. municipal ordi
nances permitting the railways to occupy them.
CITY, COXTROL XOT YET.
Last Resort if Companies Won't
Come to Terms, Says Dalrymple.
Chicago, March 12.— The report of James Dal
rymple. manager of the municiual streetcar
companies of Glasgow, Scotland, on the local
transportation of. Chicago, was at last made
public to-day. It is against Immediate municipal
ownership In Chicago unless the streetcar com
panies refuse to deal with the city.
Mr. Dalyrymple visited Chicago immediately
after the election of Mayor Dunne on a munici
pal ownership platform last spring to examine
into the condition of the street railways of this
city and to report on the advisability of operat
ing Chicago street railways under municipal
ownership. His report was, sent to Mayor Dunn*
immediately after hU return to Glasgow last
spring, but the Mayor has hitherto refused to
gfve the, report out. Mayor Dunne asserted that
Mr. Dalrymple came to Chicago as a personal
guest, and that the report was therefore per
sonal property. The City Council finally obtained
a copy. The report says in part:
Presuming that you are able at a aatiafaetorv
figure to purchase the present franchises, ther*
would undoubtedly be a very grave danger l-i
your city attempting to operate what would b*
th* largest street railway undertaking in Mm
world without making a very radical change in
the methods usually employed In carrying on
municipal work by the cities of the United
States.
Tbi writer then suggests that an effort b
made to come to term;* with the companies now
operating streetcar lines as tha city, and th :•: it
that i» not possible there Is only on- thing t<»
do, which hi to start a new line -.; fast as th I
franchises under which the companies are now
operating ;>!'.»•.
The report then declares that most of the
present equipment of the parties shouM bl
reltgated to the scrap heap an.l ,i time Ox*- i
within which th« lines jhould be placed In D*r-