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KINDLING BRYAN BOOM.
TO COOK HEARSTS GOOSE.
Democratic Club Plans to Roast
Radicalism to , a Cinder.
The Democratic Club will take a leading part
in fighting the rave of radicalism and socialism
which ft fears bids fair to sweep over the coun
try In the next year and which It believes en
da-ipers the, very existence of the Democratic
After rrolor.grd consideration the board of
governors of the club has decided to recommend
to th° club, a? a whole, at a meeting on April
25, the nationalization of the club and the
«hango of its name to the National Democratic
Club.
which the leaders In
try to conceal, to push
to •: c fnmt as a candidate for
1908 as the candidate of the
The Tribune, more than a week ago, told of
the movement in the club, headed by DeLancey
Xicoll and other? to boom William J. Bryan at
th<> expense of William R. Hearst. Plans for the
carrying out of this plan are fairly under way.
It is exported that a sub-committee of the board
of governors of the. club will, on Tuesday or
Wednesday*. i. c sue an address to the public, al
though ostensibly It will be directed to the mem-
Viers of the club, calling attention to the spread
of socialism in the Democratic organization and
appealing tn honest Democrats everywhere to
got ready for a finish fight against the radicals.
Perhaps the address will not mention either
William J. ■•:->, or "William R. Hearst, but it
is paid that its meaning Will be perfectly clear
and that it "will be a boom for Mr. Bryan for the
Presidency. Mr. Bryan is In Asia studying: so
cial and political conditions and writing for
magazine* and papers. He will be home
this pummer or next falL The club will make
Bryan the political lion of the hour.
The Democratic Club people seem to regard
Mr Bryan as the most, available man for the
Eastern Democrats to rally around to beat
Hearst for the nomination. They believe that
Mr. Bryan will admit that there is no need for
a re-.. of th« 1»» to 1 issue, and that Mr.
Bryan •■ II be willing to name other issues as
tTjore imj>ortant. If be will do this in a public
speech in this city, under the auspices of the
National Democratic Club, his status as the
rtandard bearer of the regular Democracy will,
the clubmen say. be established, and he will be
pure of the regular 'initiation.
This move is intended to compel Hearst to
run as a third ticket candidate. The conserva
tives believe that he can be compelled to do this,
and they believe that in such case he will not
carry a single state. To crowd Hearst out of
the regular organization the conservatives will
do their best to make him run on a third ticket
In this state next fall. They reason that If they
can compel him to run against the regular
ticket the coming fall his political goose will be
cooked for ail time, and that be will not be men
tioned in the next Democratic National Con
vention.
Following close on the address to be issued this
week by the Democratic Club will be the Jeffer-
Fon dinner on Monday night of next week at
the Waldorf. The speakers will be President
Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University. Mayor
McClcllan. Representative W. Bourke Cockran,
■ex-Attorney General W. Judson Harmon, of
Ohio, and Senator John M. Gearin. of Oregon.
Justice Morgan J. O'Brien "is chairman of the
dinner committee. President Wilson will speak
<>n ".ToffVrson." Mayor McClelLan on "Democ
racy,'- Senator Qearii on '•Jefferson and the
West" and Judge Harmon on ■ Th.- Essentials
of Democracy."
ISRAEL PUT X AM AUTO.
Car Starts Dozen Historic Steps —
Driver on Brink of Death.
■ bane.]
■ H 8. An automobile
nan, of New Haven, this
1 General Israel
h won fame in Revolutlon
!ii Its rider down a steep
I miy in this case
his life. Mr. Cronan
■ from Stamford to New York.
r,u h is th<- steepest be
and New Haven, the steering
1 going nearly thirty
tter S' <m the high
i into an iron rail placed
: : tiling down the steep
The Iron rail was broken and
the rocks t<» tumble down the
! the car luckily got
. .'i Mr. Cronan clung
which he was thrown.
ir, with two nsen and
bare been some of the
v. had jiMRS'-d Mr. Cronan. and thiu
■ i a fatal collision. Mr.
■ ited from h!.s position by
i Mid lie thr-n went to New
was left by the roadside.
PROFESSOR PREVENTS LYNCHING.
Hides Negro and Persuades Mob of a Hun
dred to Disperse.
Han, Ml!>s., April B— Prof. J. F. Beeson.
Meridian College, prevented the lynching
of a negro who shot Branscomb Farmer, a
conductor, here last night
this morning a mob of not lees than a
r d men and boys found the negro at the
college, where he has been employed, and pre
an attack. Prof. Beeson hid
;nd argued 'i c mob ir.to dispersing
gro to th< police
I he shooting <>•> urre ' over the
.-.-:,, f., | a twelve
omnanled him on tl
lbs iMuductor, it Us believed, will recover.
Ttt-roorrow, fair and cooler; northwest wind*.
PANIC SEIZES NAPLES.
VOLCANO MORE VIOLENT.
Lava Stream* Blotting Out Another
Village — Earthqv akes.
Naples, April B.— The eruption of Mount Vesu
vius continues to increase in violence, and panic
has spread to Naples. Two strong earth shocks,
which shattered window panes and cracked the
walls of buildings, were felt to-day. The entire
population rushed to the streets in terror, many
persons crying, "The Madonna has forsaken us;
the end of the world has come."
No trace remains of Boscotrecase, on the
southern slope of the mountain, where, forty
eight hours ago, ten thousand persons lived.
Torre Annunziata, on the shores of the Gulf of
Naples, one mile south of the mountain, is al
most surrounded by lava, and has been evacu
ated by Its thirty thousand inhabitants. The
people were brought to Naples by trains, street
car*, military carts and steamships. Like trans
portation facilities have been sent to Torre del
Greco to take away the people. Police and car
bineers are guarding the abandoned houses, and
several members of the government have
reached the threatened region.
A telegram received from the Mayor of Pan
Rebastiano, a village near the observatory on
the northwest slope of Vesuvius, says that the
lava is approaching rapidly and that the people
are terror stricken. They have been for nights
without sleep and are destitute. The work of
succor is hampered by delays in the railway
service, which is interrupted by redhot stones
falling from a height of three thousand feet on
the tracks.
The observatory has been destroyed. Rignor
Matteucd, the director, and the employes had
narrow escapes". They passed last night in
darkness, save for the frequent flashes of light
ning, as the gas works and electric plant were
also destroyed. The restaurant of the funicular
railroad has been obliterated.
Prisoner? In Jails on the mountain side went
mad with terror and mutinied, and were only
partially quieted by being brought here. Their
fears have been communicated to the prisoners
here, who may rebel at any moment. The sit
uation Is critical.
P.reathlng is momentarily becoming more diffi
cult because of the poisonous fumes and smoke,
while the hot ashes which are still falling tend
t« make life a burden.
contrary to expectations, the sea has not yet
shown signs of being affected by the eruption,
but fears are entertained that tidal waves may
yet come. Many craft have put to sea. Vis
itors to Naples are avoiding the hotels on the
seafront. and the people living there are be
ginning to seek higher quarters.
Though there is much misery, up to the pres
ent time there have l>oen no deaths, except at
Porticl. where an old woman died, supposedly
from fright.
As yet it is impossible to count the craters
that have opened from which stream* of lava
have flooded the beautiful and prosperous re
gion. The atmosphere Is heavily charged with
electricity. Now and then there are blinding
flashes of lightning, accompanied by heavy de
tonations
The churches o? the city were open all Satur
day night and were crowded with panicstricken
people. Members of the clergy are doing their
utmost t.o calm their fears, but their argu
ments go almost for naught when earth shocks
are renewed.
Aside from the danger and horror, Vesuvius
presents one of the most splendid sights im
aginable. The mountain of fire seems like an
angry giant. # Here and there on the mountain
Bide stand the blasted trunks of pine tree?.
The Duchess of Aosta is not sparing herself in
her efforts to alleviate distress. The people call
her an angel of mercy. She took several chil
dren from their weary mothers to-day and sent
them in her carriage to the royal palace, where
they will remain until conditions are brighter.
Rome, April H.— Pope Pius is greatly distressed
over the damage done by the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius. He said to "his secretary to-day:
"These are moments when my imprisonment is
irksome. "* The Pope will not be able to go to
the scene. He has .-ent a letter to Cardinal
Prisco, Archbishop of Naples, expressing sym
pathy with the sufferers.
CARNEGIE MAKES RECORD.
Vainly Tries to Catch Train for Hot
Spring*.
(Ry TcU-trm rh to Th*> Tribune!
Richmond, Va., April h. — Andrew Carnegie
made to-day a record breaking run on a chart
ered train from Richmond to Gordonsville In a
futile effort to overtake the regular passenger
train of the Chesapeake _ Ohio Railroad for Hot
Springs, which v.-os also the destination of Mr.
Carnegie.
Although the regular train had an hour's start
from Richmond. It had left Gordonsville only a
few minutes when the special slowed down in
the yards at that city. Mr. Carnegie compli
mented and rewarded bis train crew for their
efforts.
THE TRAIN OF THE CENTURY
is the Twentieth Century Limited, the IS-bour train
ifiwfti New York ami Chicago by the New York
<Vntral fines, [weaves Sew York 3:30 i>. m., arrives
Chicajo 8:30 next morning— a. night's :ide.—
NEW-YORK. MONDAY. APRIL 9. 1906. -TWELVE PAGES. -*t&®&2S*
THE GREATER NATIONAL CAPITOL GROUP.
RUSSIAN RADICALS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY.
A THIRD OF THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT ELECTED—
NOT ONE REACTIONARY CANDIDATE CHOSEN.
St. Petersburg, April R.— The electoral colleges
in twenty-eight out of the fifty-one provinces of
European Russia to-day elected ITS members of
the National I*arlia.ment— about one-third Of Its
entire membership — and returns received up to
midnight indicate that the wildest hopes of the
Liberals have been realized, the Constitutional
Democrats and other Progressives having gained
practically everywhere tremendous victories over
the. Octobrists and other Conservative, parties.
Not a single reactionary* candidate was chosen,
and nowhere did even the Octobrists triumph.
The majorities obtained by the Radicals clinch
the character of the victory. From the Volga to
the frontier of Poland and from the still ice
bound coast of Archangel to the Black Sea the
story is substantially the same
One of the astonishing as well as hopeful signs
f~- tho future is V. ■» character of many of the
peasants elected, ilefore the electoral college
bfgan to elect the members allotted to a prov
ince the peasants separately chose one of their
PRESBYTERY FIGHT ON.
Reformers Would Keep Clergy
Without Churches from Council.
The regular monthly meeting of the Pres
bytery of New York will be held at 10 o'clock
this morning at the First Presbyterian Church,
in Fifth avenue, between tlth and 12th streets.
Tho session promises to be a stormy one, as the
reform party will make an effort, it Is under
stood, to pass a resolution calling for some
radical changes in the methods of the organiza
tion.
The committee appointed at the March meet
ing on the motion of the Rev. Dr. Howard Duf
fleld to investigate the efficiency of the Pres
bytery will suggest, it is said, that the best way
to break up the obnoxious czar rule in the local
Presbytery is to confine voting to clergymen
who have charges. At present all the members
have a rieht to vote.
In the past members of the Presbytery with
out parishes have taken an active part In the
debates and business of the ruling Church body;
In fart, it has often been noticed that certain
unattached members have not hesitated to play
a prominent role in the councils of the Pres
bytery
I'nder the proposed reform that only clergy
men with charge* he eligible to vote, the active
list of members of the rresbytery would be out
down nearly ."><> per cent Among those who
would be barred from active part in the affairs
of the Presbytery under the proposed change
would bo some of the most influential men in
local Presbyteriantem. Including not only cler
gymen without charges, but all the secretaries
of the various boards and charitable societies
and the members of the faculties of the various
educational institutions of the Presbyterian
Church.
In this list would be such well known men as
Dr. Jomi Fox. of the Bible House: the Rev. Dr.
Frederic i:. Shearer, stated clerk and treasurer
Of the Presbytery; Dr. (Jeorge Lewis Shearer, of
the American Trait Society; l>r. Charles L.
Thompson, of the Home Mission Hoard; John
Newton _yle, of th«- Sunday school board; Dr.
Arthur Judson Brown, of the Foreign Mission
Board: l>r William Wallace Atterbury, of the
Bible House; Dr. Abram Woodruff Halsey, of
the foreign board; Chancellor MacCracken of
N<-w York University, T>r. Erskine N. White, ot
the board of church erection, and dozens of
others.
The argument of tlx- reformers is brief and to
the point. They say thai the Presbytery °f New
York is a local organisation. Because the vari
ous church boards are here, the secretaries of
these aro. of course, members of the Presbytery.
The claim is made that these men ought to be
associate members without the right to vote, in
stead of active voting members, and the same
argument is applied to all other members of tho
Presbyter-.- who are not active pastors.
That this proposition will create tremendous
opposition is sure, and whether the reform party
will be ai>l< to force its passage is a mooted
question.
The meeting to-day is the spring session and
one of the most important of the year. The
election ->f moderator, temporary clerk and com
missioners to the General Assembly will be held.
The present moderator, the Rev. <;eorge Nixon.
of ihe Tremont Presbyterian church, in The
Bronx, who lias served for six months, will prob
i.biy be re-elected.
Since the la*t meeting of the Presbytery In
March the reform parly has been making plans
for the meeting to-day, and it is rumored that
several surprises will be sprung In addition to
'be proposal already outlined.
THE MISSISSIPPI RISING.
Inhabitants of Lowland* in Tennes
see Vice from Flood.
[Tty Tclrpraph to The Tnbi
Memphis, April fc. -Three thousand men to
night are pacing the tops of the two mounds on
each side of the muddy divide of the Mississippi,
the strongest mounds in the world, only seven
feet across the top and seven hundred miles
from end to end. These men are on the lookout
for the little leaks, no bigger than the barrels
of their rifles at first, yet likely to end by wash
ing away a county.
Climbing high over the danger line, the flood
has already driven from their homes all those
outside of the levees protecting line. Save for
,-in armful of clothing, a few stl-lrs of furniture.
and perhaps a cow. the refugees sit on the edge
of this lonK mound and watch the hungry river
Swallow all else they own in the world, even the
roiftrea.
number as a candidate. This pro\is!on was de
signed to appease the peasants and also was re
garded by the. government as Insuring a Con
servative nucleus, but this expectation has been
sadly upset, tor in almost every instance the
peasants elected not only were Progressives, but
were the most highly educated among their
class, the majority of them at least having a
high school education. A peasant In Simbirsk
named APadln was educated in England.
To-day's results prove beyond question that
the calculations of the government have been
rudely upset, and that the Opposition elements
will control the national Parliament by a de
cisive majority. Another crisis plainly con
fronts the government, for the sweeping char
acter of their victory undoubtedly will encour
age the Liberals to push the government to the
wall, and It would seem that the Emperor must
either yield to the entreaties of those who coun-
Fel a final surrender by issuing a constitution
to the people, or must dissolve the national
Parliament as soon as it assembles.
RIOTS IN SAN FRANCISCO
Police Disperse Sympathizers with
Steujjcnberg Murder Prisoners.
[By Telegraph to Th« Trtbun*. 1
San Francisco. April 8. — street riot took
place here late this afternoon through an at
tempt of a crowd of labor union agitators and
socialists to hold an open air meeting In News
paper Square. The police clubbed the socialists
off the streets and the mob threw bricks from
a pile in front of the new Chronicle Building.
One policeman was badly cut In the neck by a
piece of brick, and several bystanders were in
jured. About a dozen socialists were arrested.
A mass meeting of representatives of the labor
unions, to protest against the arrest of Mover
and others for the Steunenberg murder was to
be held. Jack London had been advertised to
speak, but failed to appear. After the meeting
three thousand socialists paraded down Market
street with a band, red flags and anarchist
banners. At Lotta's Fountain a speaker climbed
up and harangued the crowd. A mob gathered
that stopped the cars. Then the police appeared
and pulled the orator down. He appealed for
help, and the mob gathered up bricks and threw
them at the police. A patrol wagon arrived, and
about a dozen of the noisest agitators were
thrown in. as well as some of those who threw
bricks. The mob returned after the police de
parted, and another disturbance occurred, but
finally the crowd was dispersed, the police club
bing those who resisted.
THE TLAMOTV CYCLONE.
Loss of lAfe Estimated at 150 —
Many Vessels Wrecked.
San Francisco, April 8. — The steamer Mari
posa arrived here to-day from Tahiti, bringing
additional particulars of the storm which swept
the Society and other South Sea islands last
February. According to the latest estimates 150
lives were lost and the property damage
amounted to $1,500,000.
Among the Mariposa's passengers were three
members of the crew of the British ship County
of Roxburgh. Captain J. Leslie, which went
ashore in the cyclone at Tokarva, in the Pau
molee group of islands. Out of her crew of
twenty-four ten lives were lost. Other vessels
lost in the storm were the French schooner
Tahitienne. fifty-three tons, with Captain Dex
ter and eight of her crew, and the French
schooner Tout— re, twenty-eight tons, with all on
board. The French schoc-ner Hituimi. nineteen
tons, went ashore at Monihl. Her crew was
saved. The French schooner Morurera. thirty
seven tons, is overdue, and it is supposed that
she was lost, with all on board, off Tikehou.
Thirty-seven cutters of from twelve to fifteen
tons were also lost in the storm.
WEDDING GIFTS STOLEN.
Brooklyn Thieves Take Lurwheon
with Them to Their Work.
Thomas J. Wilkes and his wife left their apart
ment, at No. 18 Pterrtpont Place. Brooklyn, on
Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday at Dove-.
N. J.. with the parents of Mrs. Wilkes. They
have been married only a few months, and in
their wedding presents wore many articles of
silver. When Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes left the
silver was all there, but when they returned last
night it was missing. Thieves had been busy
during their absence — prudent thieves, too, anl
evidently careful of the regularity of their
meals, for they had brought their luncheon.
There were two collapsible luncheon boxes left
behind.
Everything of value easily portable In the
apartment had been taken. When detectives
came they took the empty htneheon boxes, pre
sumably :is clews. In a tearful voice last night
the bride told sympathizing friends that no trace
of the thieves had been found. Residents <t
Brooklyn Heights have been complaining re
cently "of inadequate police protection, and in
some instances have hired private policemen to
patrol after dark.
F. L BOBBINS ILL FROM STRAIN.
Issues Statement Contradicting Ohio Opera
tors' Broadside.
PltUbur*. April B.— Francis L. Robbins. chair
man of the board of .director* of the Plttsburg
Coal Company. Ib confined to his home in this city
as a result at the mental and physical strain he
lias undergone in the labor controversy with the
miners In the last three weeks. ._,_•.
To-night ho issued a statement in which he sa\s
the resolutions adopted by the Ohio Coal , Opera
tors' Association yesterday aro not I».*ccontan««
with the it*.
TRAP AUTO SPEEDERS.
NEW ROCHELLE MEN BUSY
Thirteen Arrests Made — Activity
Because of Last Week's Killing.
Because Mrs. Betty Kuchler and her sister.
Miss Alvina Stein, of New Rochelle, were fa
tally injured by a speeding: automobile in that
city last Sunday, the New Rochollc police made
a blgr raid yesterday on persons violating the
speed ordinances. Chief Timmons set three
traps for offenders. Thirteen of them were capt
ured and fined from $100 to $3T» each.
The traps were set in North street. Pelham
Road and Main street, where- policemen were
stationed with stop watches and red flass. As
the machine* entered the stretches they were
timed, and all drivers Rolnß In excess of fifteen
miles an hour were arrested.
Judge Van Auken held court in the police sta
tion all day to try the offenders, ami the build-
Ing was surrounded by laree crowds of citizens,
who ever since the killing of the two women
have been in a high state of indignation.
A fine of $100 was imposed on Leland H. Pus
tin, an automobile agent, of No. U*"> West «lst
street, because he evaded the police on last
Thursday while running through the city at the
alleged rate of forty-five miles an hour with a
biK car. and then turned about and lauehert at
his pursuers. The police charged that Pustln
went to Larchmont. where he changed the num
ber of his machine and his clothing so that they
could not recognize him on the return trip.
One of the first cars brought in contained
Newberry Lawton, the yachtsman. The police
say that he recently protested because he
%hought that the speed laws wtp not being en
forced in New Rochelle. Notwithstanding his
anxiety to have the laws enforced. Mr. uawton
was indignant When his chauffeur. John Ruther
ford, was placed under arrest, as he said that
he was not going beyond the limit of fifteen
miles an hour. Judge Van Auken adjourned the
trial until later In the week, to make a more
careful investigation.
Alfred H. Kromwell. of No SIT West T.r.th
street, also protested tßai his chauffeur had not
exceeded the limit, but became so sarcastic in
his remarks about Patrolman FannHll. who ax
rested him. that Judge Van Auken fined him $.">O.
The following offenders were released with
fines of &?.■> each: A very Penison, of No. 322
West .Vith street; William Moister. of No .".l^
Bast 77th street: August Paul, of No. .V>!> Bast
I."i4th street: William F. Holzman. of No. 310
West 4Sth ptre.t; Robert N. Bavier. of New
Rochelle; <ieortr.- S. Heft, of No. •; West "l.'Ust
street: Frank McHugh. of Unfontown, N. J.,
and William T, Searles. of New Rochelle.
The trials were attended by Police Commis
sioner H. C. Kuchler, whose mother was one of
the victims of last Sunday's accident. I'ommls
sioner Kuchler Is getting up a petition of 2.<*tf>
names to ask the Legislature to change the law
so as to make speeding a felony, so that of
fenders can be Imprisoned for the first offence
Instead of escaping with a fine. He says that as
long as wealthy offenders escape with a fine they
will Ignore the law.
ZULU REBEL ESCAPES.
Bambaata Flees from Natal—Colo
nial Force h Pursuit.
Durban. Natal. April S Chief Bambaata has
escaped into Zululand with a bodyguard of sev
enty warriors. Colonel Leocbar, <>f the colonial
punitive force, is in pursuit.
R. G. PROCTOR GIVES UP.
Senate? Lodge's Secretary Surren
ders to Meet Embezzlement Charge.
Boston. April S— Robert G. Proctor, private
secretary of Senator Henry Cabot -Lodge, for
whose arrest on the charge of embezzlement a
warrant was issued yesterday, surrendered -it
police headquarters to-day. Mr. Proctor was
immediately released on ">'**> bail.
The warrant was issued yesterday after the
grand jury had made its report The specific
("harpe is that Pjroctor embezzled .S'-'H." beiongtag
to John X Bestsjen, "f Quincy, In October, IMM.
Bestgen alleged that he gave Proctor the money
as a Republican campaign contribution, and
that Proctor promised to aid him in obtaining a
consulship It is further alleged that no record
Of this sun; appears on the b-">ks of the Repub
lican State Committee, and that it has not been
include.! i!: the returns of campaign contrlbu
tions.
Proctor am" to this city from Washington
last Thursday when the case. was called to th
attention of the grand Jury, but as he was not
summoned to appear he returned to the capital
When the report of the grand jury was made
yesterday It Wi understood that there were
several secret indictments returned, among them
being one against Proctor. On the advice of
his counsel. Proctor immediately left Washing
ton for Boston, and arrived here last night.
StaSte Senator Daniel A. Lane and Purveyor of
the Port Jeremiah J. McCarthy furnished bonds
for $"><>O for his release. Proctor will be ar
raigned to-morrow.
CAN'T FIND L. G. TEWKSBURY.
Philadelphia. April 1— l>>w« <; Tewskbury. who
is wanted in New York on a charge of jrrand lar
ceny and has been ordered jretun to the custody
Of the authorities of that city, could not be found
to-day. A deputy sheriff and two detectives made
an unavailing searcn for him. and the local police
officials express tho belief that he has gone to
Baltimore. His photograph and description will
be sent out with the request that h* be arrested
on Bight. He had been released on $lAX) bail.
THREE TYPHOID DEATHS IN PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg. April B.— While it Is early fcr deaths
to be reported in Pittsburgh epidemic of typhoid
fever, there were three to-day. There was no offi
cial reports of cases made to-day, but from what
was gathered among several physicians more than
a hundred cares have broken out in the last twenty
four hours and the list to be reported to the Bureau
of Health to-morrow Is expected to ♦•cllpsc- In num
ber any preceding day since thy outbreak. The
hospitals of PtttsburK and Allegheny art- bejid:!
nine to nil tin with typhoid cuses. From ten hos
pltuls it is reported —1 cases have Ucu admitted
«luce last UoaOajr.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
UiXTERMY ER OX PE ABODY
STANDARD MAN. HE SAYS.
Lawyer 'Also Sends Letter Abroad
—Jordan Still Arcay.
As a result of th« letter which Charles A. Fe*»
body, president of the Mutual Ufa Insurance
Company, made public ?atur.lay. that he was
in no w:iy connected with the Standard Oil. Har
rimnn or Morgan interests. Samuel Tntermyer.
counsel for the international i-oli, yholders* com
mittee, looked through his correspondence flies
and found a letter which he had written about
the same time. This letter was also addressed
to Great Britain, to Thomas H. I>. Derridge, Mr.
Unterayer*a London correspondent.
In this letter Mr. T'ntermyer explained why. lt»
his opinion. President Peabody was influeTicedi
by Standard Oil interests. He cites the fact that
Mr. Teabody is the law partner of Fisher A.
Baker, who Is the uncle of George P. Baker, of
the First National Bank. He furthar explains
that Mr. Peabody is the Standard Oil represen
on the boards of the Union Pacific and the)
Illinois Central railroads. Toe letter is as foU
lows:
Referring to our previous correspondence, the fnU
lowing is my understanding of the facts with r».
sped to Charles A. Peabody, the recently desig
nated president of the Mutual Ijf< Insurance Com
pany, which you are at liberty to repeat to th«
men with whom you are la negotiation on thta
subject :
Mr. Peabody was. until he assumed the offlco a
few months ago. a member of the law firm of
Baker & Peabody, practtHn? lawyers in this city.
He has never be- an active practitioner, but hat
always borne a reputation for unquestioned In
tegrity. lUs partner, Fisher A. Baker, _ well
known as a lawyer and Is highly esteemed as a
man. Ho Is an uncle of George F. Baker, who U
the president and tho principal owner of the First
National Bank, which is generally recognized in
the financial world as a Morgan-Standard Oil bank,
by reason of the very close relations that have
for many years existed between that hank. J. P.
Morgan & Co. and the Standard Oil group. Georca
F. Baker is and has bten for many years the
chairman of the finance commute* und Henry H.
Rogers* the chairman of ti- agency committee of
the Mutual Life. Mr Rogers Is to-day the domi
nant factor In Standard Oil. axid deservedly so. for
he Is a man of great ability and force of character,
whose word may he relied upon.
Mr. Feabody's firm are- the counsel for Mr.
Baker and th.' First National Bank, and their re
lations as such with the financial affairs of* this
group are very close. Mr. Peabody is also a direct
or of th* Tnlon Pacific. Illinois Central and other
corporation* in which Mr. Harriman Is interested
with Mr. Baker. Mr. Rogers and the Standard
Oil group, and is generally regarded as their rep
resentative in at least some of these boards. He
is recognised as a spokesman for these interests.
Mr. Peabody la not familiar with the lnsuranra
' business. Prior to his selection as president he
had not come in contact with the business in any
form, not even as cuiins«?l for an insurance com
pany. H>^ is universally recojmlzed as the figure
head of this financial group, which seems te hay*
been able to control great property i n which they
have no interest, am! notwithstanding the rei*n
of corruption that flourished under their regime.
Mr. Peabody's selection was due entirely '" the
domination of the Baker-Rogers influence In the
board and It may be safely said that he Is their
nominee, and that they are supporting him. The
suits besjiin under his administration against Mr.
McCurdy and members of the latter"a family (you
will note that none has been begun against othersi
are not Intended to be prosecuted, and for obvious
reasons. If it be judicially established In theso
suits, as ha* already been admitted, that Mr. M'—
< *urdy paid and authorized millions of dollars .or
political contributions to Influence legislation cov
ering ;■- period of years, the liability of Mr. Baker
its chairman of the finance committee is at the
same time fixed. Mr. McCurdy. if pressed, may cc
unwilling longer to bear the burden of responsi
bility and will p«rha;> disclose the knowledge of
his associates of these transactions.
ENORMOUS SUMS PAID THE irCUBDUm
But whether they were active parties to ti.es*
corrupt payments or permitted them through, neg
lect of their duties, they ar© equally liable. Tho
same may be said of the enormous sums paid ti»
the McCurdys. soa and son-in-law, through tft*
acencv contracts. It IS inconceivable that tha
agency committee, which was specialty charge.*
with this duty, did not know of these contracts. It
Is difficult to say whether their liability is greater l£
... approved them than If they were Ignorant oC
them. In either case their liability will be estab
lished If the company succeeds In the suits taea*
men have directed to be instituted. -1 for ques-
The policyholders may well be pardoned for ques
tioning the motives of suits brought and controlled,
under su "•? amrptces. We are. satisfied that the suit,
were Instituted so as to anticipate and . secure con
trol of litigation which they kne.w was inevitable la
the Tight of the disclosure, either by the policy
hotderVor by the Attorney General, and to ke«t>
Vho suits oui of hostile hands. They am hard jr
likely vigorously to prosecut* suits Analch. will
eventually establish their own liability. _*„,K
I am satisfied that further Investigation. whl«.i»
the brief time allowed the Armstrong committee
did not permit, will disclose further grounds of
liability on the part c.f the present management.
But these investigations must bo mad<- under n.
netr clean administration In no way allied with tt\t*
management, through whose wror.sca and neglect
the pollcvholilers have already suffered so heavily.
The objections to Mr. Peabody are not persnmF.
They art- based upon his affiliations, tae. Interests
to which he owed his present position and to hu
tenoram* of the Insurance business, all combining
to render him quite as impossible for • .- place as
would be the retention of the del management.
Our friends on your side must on no account per
mit themselves or the pollcyholcer* to w» misled
by the newspaper reports which are being clrru
llted'on your fldf by the Industrious press bureau
which these gentlemen are working overtime-. You
will find Mr Pealiody writing letters, which, hn
rives out for' publication, issuing interviews by th«
yard: hla -Investigating" committee publishing: re
ports" "discovering" corruption In the company lon*
iince "xDosed. not only without their aid. but In
«pit.- of them— all for th« purpose of creating the
false impression that these gentlemen aro bent
on exposing their own wicke.dn»-s.«.
The gam* is an Interesting one and comparatively
Fimpl«- if It <*an b*- played alon»- with r.o one to ex
pose it The stakes ar»- heavy— lmmunity on th«
one hand as against prosecution on the other. It is
a test case to determine the extent to which a body
of the, shrewdest men in th«- country who are tr» a
pretty deep hole of their own 'aaking cajn humbug
the public and lift themselves out by their cwu
bootstraps over the shoulders «f the policy-holder*
whom they have wronged. If they *uc«*eed thls»
time, with all the saf>»ruard«! now thrown around
the policy-holders' exercise of th»-ir ri^ht to control
the company, no further sympathy need be wasted
on th*m. They will deserv*- all that has happened
and may hapyt-n to them.
ler of
• At-
At Genehurst. the Dobbs Ferry country hom«s
of Andrew Fields, it was said that he was not yet
ready to give out a formal statement. His sou
would not say that Fit Ids would issue a stated
ment. He was certain, however, that his father
would not issue _»>' statement in the next few
days.
•I have Mr. Fields promise that he will give
out a statement to the press in regard to Insur
ance matters and that due notice will be given
when he Is ready," was the statement given out
yesterday afternoon by Dr. Charles F. Judson.
physician for Andrew C. Fields. Continuing.
Dr. Judson said:
"Mr. Fields is improving nicely, and I hope It
will not he long before, hf* will be able to grant
an interview to the press. 1 realize that when
Mr. Fields once starts to talk it win be a
very trying ordeal (or him. nn<t he must ba
physically aide to cope with it. Tha.t la why _•
fftnrmt give iiU ililcr V i.-.iv Uu*."