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YouV ou LXVI N° 2L873.
3 [UST CONTROL WEALTH
MALICE TO BE AVOIDED.
President Urges Middle Course Be
trceen "Bourbons" and Agitators.
[From The Tribune Bureau.)
■Wfifhlnston. Oct. 4.— "Roosevelt weather."
»-i(h has for yars been proverbially bright
**, cheerful, showed a sad reversal of form to
\. when the President visited Harrisburg and
' v perm. It rained every minute of the
tl lVfr-m his starting hour. 7:50 a. m.. until
'* turned to th« station at 7:80 p. m.. but
the <si«nal downpour neither dampened the en
thusiasm of the crowds that turned out to hear
m nor the good spirits of the President him
jf In both of the towns visited hundreds of
«oatry folk in .the throngs had travelled from
their homes over many miles of roads knee
Ae^p with mud. and had Flood for hours await
l-jfela coming hi the steady deluge.
"•The President spoke on both occasions of the
, pCCgs ; t > not only that wealth be controlled, but
l'lwt that control be without malice against
•idbn (namsehr«s and with perfect Justice to
*\ ie ifeaUhy! He declared that the regulation of
parprM-fcttons and of large fortunes was the best
ra £uar d against both injustice to the people
v»- t^ie trusts and "the wild apostles of unrest"
end their "irratior.al agitation."
The President's speech at Harrisbur? was
carefully prepsrel, and copies of it were sent
put '■>■ th? Government Printing Office. It was
the first speech of the President in which the
assaMed spelling- was used.
The Preside .t made the trip to and from the
J'ennsylvan'.i capital on a Pennsylvania Rail
road ■•■:;;'. train, composed of the private car
Mayflowe-. the chair car Newark and a
day coach Senators Knox and Penrose, of
Pennsylvania, accompanied him to Harrisburg;,
and Burgeon General Riser, of the navy. Acting
Secretary Laf.a and Mr. McGrew. a stenog
rapher of the Whito House force, made the
rcund trip with him.
I: Harrtsburg the PicsliiriiT was escort r-d
•>• by tha Oonunopwealth Constab-
Blary. and was greatly pleased with the soldierly
• • men. In York his guard of
r wai - ' • ■ hment of the 13th Regular
D
WT.en the President reached the state capi
tal the committee managing the exercises was
tlmost in despair over the weather. A large
grandstand had been erected In front of the
State Hous* about to be dedicated, but the rain
•was pouring down in torrents. Several of the
coir.ro lt t^em en went to Governor Pennypacker
cr.d asked him if It would not be better to
char.fre th« programme and hold the dedicatory
exercises inside instead of outside the building.
"I guess we won't change the plans." decided
Governor Pennypacker. "If that crowd out there
In the rain has stood for two hours waiting to
tee the President, I guess It will stand there a
little longer and witness the ceremonies."
gn, out to the dripping grandstand went the
President and his party, the Governor of Perm-
Fylvania and his staff and several hundred prom
inent citizens of the state. When the President
arose to speak and doffed his moist silk hat a
little rivulet was running off his chin Into his
Bhirt bosom, but.be. did not mind it. Scarcely a
persco * !1 a! 1 that vast, crowd before him went
tray on account of the rain, and when he had
finish^ his remarks and the military parade be
tas, Ike National Guard officers had difficulty
la e>arir.s a spare large enough for the men to
march ■ front of the President's stand.
On the way from Harrisburg to York the
President commented upon the thrifty looking
farms on either side of the railroad track. Many
c! these, he was informed, belonged to the Dun
lards.-
"See how much larger their barns are than
their houses." exclaimed the President. Half an
hair later, from the rain pelted grandstand In
York, the President spoke of that fact and made
the "hit" of his speech.
"It the barn of the farmer Is larger than his
house." he said, "it is a good sign." and by the
nay the forehanded residents of York cheered
the remark it was evident that he had touched
a responsive chord.
Tr.< teton trip to vTashington was devoid of
: ■ he reached the station tho
rniHuil fa tnd l.is „;iriag« awaiting him, a?:d
:- .. driven to the White Bouse.
WILL PUSH TRUST WAR.
President Speaks at Dedication of
Pennsylvania Capitol.
llarrtsburE. }-.-,■■ 4.— President Boose
velt <?"-;ivpr*-<i th" oration her- day at the
dedication of the State Cepttol which has just
seen completed at a cost of $13,000.00/). to take
the place ft the old State Hous*. destroyed by
fire in IfißT. After his speech there and a hur
ried Inspection of the Capitol the Preside; t and
other distinguished guests were entertained by
Governor Pennypacker at luncheon at th« ex
ecutive ■ion.
Pw nypacker accepted the Capitol
. tIM people In :> i""' f-*'f -*' dedicatory
,i the President, who
Mi
. It is a very real pleasure for me to attend
thrse ceremonies at the capital of your gn it
Rat*. In every eat crisis of our government
tb* •.;..■ Pennsylvania baa been of crucial
imj-ortam-e as the affectionate nickname or
'Keystone State" Kigni.l«s. Pennsylvania has
Uman !f"«k.-d warily before •*« leaped, and it
Baa well ■> ■■ she should do *<> Hut having
finally mad.- up her mind, in ••■"'■ gr-at crisis
ot ou, Rational history, her weight has ;twen
(a;.- nnimdtatlnsty upon Hi* right *id<\ and has
t*«i found Irresistible. ThH was true alike st
th* tim* or i^ Declaration of Independence, at
ih»- tim- „f th^ adoption of th« Constitution and
durir.s the •nil l« years who", lbs issue was tha
Preservation of the I'nion.
BerowyJranla'ii soil la historic, It was within
fautcrlvanla'* l>f.rdns that '''" contest op. n-d
•tlel'Vss vo d"<-M* wh< u.er tn*- valiant soldier a
W PranoQ would be able '■ '■•-' "i is continent
Knlast th., domination of the people " th«» Kn,j-
Bteaktne colonies, n %m on Pennsylvania a
'oil Uat th* Declaration of IrMSependVence w-is
Jte*d ftnd the Constitutional Convention held.
It \va s «•. rvnr-ylvatiia that Washington In
fcwfl ■■■ Valley pyjrge. and by keeping his army
'"S'-ihfr during that winter definitely turn«"4
th* soa!f S j,i oar favor In the contest !<>r ind<»-
IK-nd*!!,.,.. Jt , vas Bgain on Pennsylvania's noil,
w 'i'liysbuj". ihat til* tide turnel In the Civil
v> 'ar. '■ th* composition of her people, itiore
<m> '\ Pennsylvania has epitomized the «<».n-
PO&'tion of <-,ur Union: for j . ,c many Old WorM
rs '--« ha\o minded tbetr bl»o«l to make that
Bew t yj,r». the American; Finally, in nil
Ranches of t\.o public •;<:'. .•. In peace ■''rid in
**r, the native nr adopted citizens of Peonsyl-
NHia have ;:t'aimd the blgu«sl eminence.
I <Jo net. however rome here to-day to sp^sk
on1 3' of th* past and Mill 1--"!- to appeal merely
10 "nt* pride We can sue* that the past !s
JJWI us a living fore- only by the way In whi-!i
r ' " ha.n»lle ourselves In the present, and »»ach of
V* con ben ahow hi* devotion to hi* own state
«>>' Jfaktfijr evident his paramount devotion to
! -->t Tnion v.hith Includes all the states. The
«l'j<lv of th- srcTtt df^ds of the in-! Is of chic-f
'ff n >* In f» r.-ir b« it incites an to irspplo r*>o-
J'lVly ar ..^ effectively with the problem* nt the
£**»M v - are not now menaced by foreign
* r. ■ . -in- Union in firmly rsia'nlishM. Hat each
leniT^tion has its r:p<.-<ial and » ■ lo'ia difficulties;
\ . Ceatlaoed oa tuJra i—.c
_ To-<!nj\ ruin h wJnd) ,
To-morrow, ralu . sta wlnrl-
TRANSIT COMPANY SOLD
John C. Sheehan Gets Manhattan
Concern from, Hoadly.
Control of the % Manhattan Transit Company
passed yesterday from Joseph H. Hoadly and
his friends to John C. Sheehan and Interests
associated with him. Mr. Hoadly. who hi presi
dent of the International Power Company, and
also of the Manhattan Transit Company con
firmed the report of tho sale of the controlling
Interest in the latter property, but when asked
for details of the transaction and for informa
tion as to the plans of the new owners, referred
inquirers to Mr. Sheehan. who said that he and
his associates purposed to utilize the franchises
controlled by the company, but would be inde
pendent of the great traction companies. A rep
resentative of the Interboiough-Metropolitan
company discredited the report that the pur
chase had been made In the interest of that cor
poration. According: to Wall Street rumor the
Sheehan Interests Intend ,to broaden greatly the
scope of the company's operations, one of their
earliest moves being to place in commission a
number of electric stages. The company's stock
was exceedingly active in the late trading on
the curb.
The Manhattan Transit Company was incor
porated in 1902, as the successor of the General
Carriage Company, the charter of which gave it
the right to operate in any city of this state
public vehicles propelled by electricity, com
pressed air or any other power. Cyrus Field
Judson was president of the General Carriage
Company at the outset, and among the early
directors were E. M. Post, O. F. Thomas, Joseph
Lelter the late General Samuel Thomas and
Camille "Weldenfeld. The Manhattan Transit
Company's charter gives It the right to manu
facture, operate and deal In vehicles of all kinds
for transporting passengers or freight. Under
its franchise the company claims a monopoly of
passenger traffic other than on street railway
lines and the Fifth Avenue Omnibus Line (and
with equal rights in Fifth avenue), in the street*
of the entire city of New York. \
The company also controls 51 per cent of the
capital stock of the New York & Brooklyn
Railroad Company, which obtained a charter in
ISOG at Albany and planned the construction of
a tunnel under the East River, with termini
near the City Hall in this borough and the
building now known as the Borough Hall in
Brooklyn. The securities of the New York &
Brooklyn Railroad Company were turned over
to an English syndicate about six years ago, a
conditional sale having been made, and in the
fall of 1902 F. B. Esler. the original promoter
of the company, was succeeded as its president
by Charles S. Drummond. of London, a repre
sentative of the syndicate, Mr. Drummond be
coming a little later president also of the newly
formed Manhattan Transit Company. It was
rumored at the time that at the tunnel terminal
In Brooklyn connection would be made with the
surface and elevated lines of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company, of which William F. Sheehan.
brother of John C. Sheehan. was counsel; but an
officer of the tunnel company denied that any
agreement for direct connection had been en
tered into.
Whether or not any work has been done on the
projected tunnel has never been learned. The
company ln-ISQG obtained the necessary consents
from the Mayor and Aldermen of old New York
City, as well as a charter from the state; but the
enlargement of the city since that time, and the
enactment of legislation extending the powers
of the Rapid Transit Commission, has caused
the question to be raised whether or not the
original authorizations would be sufficient for
empowering- the' company to proceed with th©
construction of its projected tunnel.
The authorized capital stock of the Manhat
tan Transit Company Is $10,000,000, and the
amount outstanding at last reports was $6,000,
000. Mr. Hoadley has been the president since
11* >4
Mr. Sheehan was disinclined to talk about the
deal last night. "We have bought the property,"
he said, "and within a day or two will have a
statement to give out which will be interesting
to the public. Until that time I do not care to
say who is associated with me in the enter
prise."
"The company controls some valuable fran
chises, including one to build a tunnel to Brook
lyn." It was suggested to Mr. Sheehan. "Do you
propose to utilize these franchises?**
"Yes, we shall utilize them," he replied, "and
advantageously to the public, too, we believe."
"Are you working In conjunction with any of
the existing transit, systems?" was asked.
"No. it is an independent movement."
MAT CORNER WHEAT.
Charles M. Schwab Said To Be
Leading Big Chicago Deal.
TRy T'-l^rrarli to TTi9 Trlt.un.' 1
Chicago. '" ; 4. Charles M. Schwab and sev
eral of bis Wall Street associates are paid to be
Interested In a gigantic deal in wheat. Their
operations according to well informed Chicago
brokers extend to all the leading markets of
the country, with th« big end centring In Chi
ra /., when- recent heavy pun bases by A. I.
Valentine are now believed to have, been made
for the Schwab crowd-
Hie holdings of this bull clique are estimated
at from 12,000.000 t" 15.000.000 bushels Th.<
combined holdings of the bull crowd in this
and other market* are believed to be 30.000.000
bushels
S II AII SERIOUSLY ILL.
Persian Ruler Thought To Be Suf
fering from Apoplectic Stroke.
Teheran. Persia. Oct. 4.— The Bhah of Persia.
Ifuzaffiar-ed-Dtn, '« reported to be seriously ill.
i;. i . rts of the Bhah'a illness have been in <ir
eulation for Hx months, and have been denied
repeatedly, but on August -A it was announced
from St. Petersburg that, according to com*
petent ad\ie«*i received there, hii msjesty's
health was '!"• ■übjed of the greatest concern.
The Bhsh was described as greatly enfeebled
l,v an apoplectic Ptroke, and recent events In
h"* empire wer» said Til have aggravated his
malady Biusaffar-edc-Dln was born a. 1883, and
Buc-r-eeded bta father In IM*;.
TO MINE GOLD IN SANTO DOMINGO
Kentucky Capitalists Form Big Company-
American Discovered Field.
,[!?>• 'J'lefiraph to TT«" TV! I, lire
Louisville, Oct. 4 —A company of forty Louis
villa financiers, headed by J. L. Whitney, presi
dent of the Pittsburg Coal Company, and a Mr.
Buchanan, representing a New York brokerage
concern have perfected an organisation to work
recently acquired gold mines In Santo Domingo.
The company Is capitalised at $04,000,000. of
which Whitney Buchanan and other financiers
rViain $40,000,000. According to the story told
hv Mr V.'li'tuO' here, the gold was discovered by
L n Arnetlcan named Dorsey, who had served In
the^anto DoVningan army. The company owns
ten thousand :kti.~-
•■• rvston Kvc. via Albany Oct. 3. Sets HuiUon
Rl*v"r I Jay 1.1 i>e Acivs. Autumnal Foliage. Music-
AdvL
NEW-YOBX. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1906.-FOUKTEEN PAOEB.-t,The c SKS I .V. l "\ PRICE TFLKEE CENTS.
FIVE DEAD; MANY HURT
COLLISION NEAR TROY.
Train Carrying Cavalry for Cuba
Hits Another.
Lansingburg, N. V.. Oct. 4. — Five passengers
were killed outright and a score were more or
less seriously injured in a rear-end collision be
tween a regular passenger train and a military
special on the Boston & Maine Railroad at this
place, which is three miles north of Troy, shortly
before ft p. m. to-day.
The dead are:
BIXX7K, F. I*. P«"->ria. 111.
DACKT. Mrs. J. W., Arlington. Mass.
:,100L,E. Mrs. A. J.. Concord. N. H.
SHAW. Mrs. Wallace E., Bath. M«.
STEVENS. Mrs., Boston.
The list of injured thus far obtainable at the
local hospitals follows:
BALCH, Louis. Newburyport. Macs.; cut about head.
BALCH, Mrs. Louis; broken nos« and sev«rely bruised.
BELCHER. Frank. Bedford. Mac*.; head cut and both
legs fractured.
BENNETT, Mrs.. Albany; severe shock.
BU>ck. Mrs F. L... Peoria. 111.; fractured spins.
BRAIRO. Mrs. Frank. Boston; badly out about head and
far* and suffering from shock.
HAWTHORNE, B. W.. bruises and shock.
LA ROUX. E. T , private. Fort Ethan Allen; arm broken.
MASON. Mrs. Charles. Bath. Me.; la* broken.
MANSO.V, Mis? Ellen. Bath. Ma.; back badly sprained.
MANBOI*, Miss Virginia, a sister* thre* ribs broken.
MITCHELL. F. A.. Faimouth. Mass.; head and face cut.
RANDALL. Mrs.. Bath. Me.; h*ad gashed.
SEYMOUR. W. H., Kentcn. Ohlot »oalp wounds.
STEVENS, George D.. Winchester, Mass.: compound
fracture of ankle and arm broken,
VAN KASKETT. W.I Boston: seriously burned.
VAN FASSETT. Mrs. W.. Boston; seriously burned.
COLLISION IX FRONT OF STATION.
The wreck occurred directly In front of the
Lansingburg station, at a point where the grade
is one of the steepest on the line of the road
•which winds its way through the mountainous
country to Boston.
The passenger train was one of the best
equipped, as well as one of the fastest on the
road. It is a regular train, known as No. 5, and
leaves Boston daily at 0:30 a. m. for Albany.
It generally consists, as it did to-day, of five
cars, a baggage car. smoker, day coach and
two parlor cars. As near as can be ascertained
with any degree of dfflnlteness — for the rail
road officials and employes are reticent— tho
train was about one hour late to-day when it
pulled up in front of the Lansing-burg station, to
watl for a chance to get into tlw Troy station.
Borne of the railroad men say that as soon as
the train stopped a flagman was pent to the rear
to signal approaching trains. Nothing definite
can be learned on this point, however.
There Is a sharp curve a short distance above
where the collision occurred. The snorting of a
locomotive just around the curve was the first
intimation of the approaching special, which
came thundering along with eighteen cars on
the steep grade, and in the fraction of a second
had crashed into the rear end of the passenger
train, smashing the last two cars, which were
Pullmans, like eggshells.
Both these cars were swept from the track
and rolled down an embankment into the back
yards of some tenement houses situated along
the track. The engine of the special kept right
on for a dozen yards and then turned turtle, thd
front end ploughing into the. ground and the
tender backing into the car behind and telescop
ing it.
The special was drawing four troops of the
14th United States Cavalry from Fort Ethan
Allen to Newport News, where they are to em
bark for Cuba. The soldiers lost no time In
recovering from the shock of the collision and
quickly got to work to rescue the injured, whose
eiies for help rose high above the yells of tho
railroad men giving orders for their assistance.
DAYLIGHT AIDS THE WORK.
Daylight facilitated the work, and in a com
paratively short time most of those pinned flown
by the wreckage were on their way to the Leon
ard Hospital, which is one block from the scene
of the wreck.
Many of the passengers on the train had left
it when it came to a temporary stop and
were pacing up and down, the track when the
crash came. To this some of them probably
owe their lives. One man's grief was pitiab'f*
He was J. W. Da< ey, and he ran up and down
the tr.;< k crying for hi 3 wife. In a few minutes,
when her lifeless form was identlflei by him. h<i
collapsed completely and was taken to a nearby
house.
There he told his listeners that he had been
married last nitfht at Arlington, Mass. Tho
( ouple were on their honeymoon and had plann
iin extended trip. To-night he was making ar
rangements to have the body of his bride
shipped back to Arlington.
ENGINEER SURRENDER? S .
Thomas Holleran. engineer of the special train,
who lives in Troy, directly following the wreck
went down to the police station in Lanamgbnrg
anii surrendered. He was locked up mid would
nrike no statement to tbOM who sought to get
liis explanation of who had been at lault. He
v.-.-is visited during the nl^lit by many railroad
men. A story that could not be verified was that
as soon as he jumped from his engine he ran to
the station house, pursued by a number of men.
His fireman, whose name is said to be F A.
lirown. of Mechantcsville, could not be found
to-night 't Ik said that the conductor of ;ho
special was J. Collins, of Lansingburg
An enormous crowd from Troy. Albany and
the surrounding country gathered about the
wreck, and remained until after midnight.
Lieutenant Colonel Hardle. In command of th>.*
cavalrymen, established martial law in the vi
cinity of the wreck, and the troopers aided the
local police in keeping ail the curious ones at a
respectful distance. Picket tinea were estab
lished and maintained during the night. Many
of ihe soldiers built campflres, which added to
ih" general Incongruity of the desolate scene.
Tl'e special was made up of seven Pullmans
and eleven cars for horses, the latter being in the
front of t!i- train, directly behind the wrecked
engine. There were four troops of cavalry, or
about three hundred and fifty men and four hun
dred horses The fact that the men were In the
i.-.r of the train saved many lives. It is be
lieved. Two horses which were Injured 5n the
telescoped tar directly back of the en^Uio were
Late to-night th" fifth victim was identified as
Mr" A J. Poole, Of Concord, N. H. She was an
actress! and .is a member of "Tho Stiver King"
company <raa Icn " w " *■ liss Howard. With
her husband she occupied a seat In the last car.
H yelled to her to jump, but It waa too late.
He escaped, but bli wife's bodj was badly
mangled.
SENATOR CLARK NEARLY WELL.
Almost Recovered from Injuries Received in
Automobile Accident Near Marseilles.
"aria Oct. 4— reply to an inquiry concerning
his health. Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, who
was reported to have been seriously Injured in an
automobile accident las! month, sent the following
■nnrer to-day " The Associated Press:
«.-»u., Mnserlorc Italy. Oct. 4.— A 'Ire of i- . in.i
rhin«»hs™tfnenr Marseilles » September ?. The
i a ITe r ■ fo-l Control mad the oar was ditched. 1
■uSudned I' >rok.-i> .... and withered serious con
tusions ', -„ . •■.nek. I am now almost welL My
wila wus not hurt.
J. B. 3IORAN NOMINATED.
WINS IN BITTER EIGHT.
Bryan and Hearst Indorsed by
Maxsach Mftti Dem ocrats.
Boston, Oct. 4— A new era. for the Massachu
setts I>emocj-acy was begun to-day by the state
convention of that party when, after a turbu
lent struggle over indorsing William Jennings
Bryan and William R. Hearst, John B. Moran,
District Attorney for Suffolk County, who was
already the nominee of the Prohibition party
J. B. MORAN.
Nominated for Governor of Massachusetts by tha
Democratic State Convention.
and the Independence League, was nominated
for (iovernor by acclamation. The full ticket
follows:
Governor— JOHN B. MORAN, of Boston.
Lieutenant Governor — E. GERKY BKOTVN, of Brock
ton.
8a rotary of State— CHARLES C. PAINED U Hyannis.
Attornoy Gen«ml— JOHN W. < I'MMtN' JS. of Fall River.
Audttof THT-MAS L. BUCOEZC, of WVst Syrlngfield.
Treasurer and Receiver Genera". — GEORGE M. HARRI
OAN, of Lowell.
Two of the candidates besides Mr. Moran had
been nominated by the Independence League,
Mr. Brown for Lieutenant (lovernor and Mr.
Hlsgen for Auditor. The entire ticket was nomi
nated by acclamation.
rvEMAXPS FOR REFORM PROLIFIC.
The platform adopted was prolific In demands
for reform, and centred largely In those changes
In the law which have been strongly favored by
Mr. Moran during his service as District Attor
ney and In his declaration of principles when
he announced his candidacy for Governor. The
resolutions held that it was Democracy's duty
to "wrest the government from the grasp of
powerful hypocrites, who have pos^d as custo
dians of the national honor and who have
drained mighty fortunes through the vile chan
nels of their monopoly, frauds, thefts, poison
ings and violence."
The indorsement of Hearst's Democracy and
of his leadership in Now York was the. first rock
on which the convention was split. Neither
Bryan nor Hearst was supported for the nexl
Presidential nomination in the platform, but both
■were praised. Bryan was hailed as "America's
great commoner, whose moral leadership has
been of world wide influence and whose voice
has been raised for the uplifting of humanity in
every land " Hearst was proclaimed as the man
who is doing "all thru great wealth, great in
dustry, ability and faith could do in expounding
sound political principles and exposing to the
people's gaze the enemies of the republic.""
The Bryan paragraph was greeted with cheers
and handclapping and a general demonstration
which lasted over a minute, but when ex-Mayor
Walter L Ramsdell. of Lynn, who was readins
tho platform, reached the first words of the
Hearst tribute he was stopped !•>' a storm of
hisses and cries of "No, no!" and "Bryan oniy:"
Then the Hearst supporters, recalling that the
Hearst Independence League had indorsed
Moran for Governor, almost drowned out the
Bryan delegates.
loses control OF convention*.
The permanent chairman, John P. Feeney. in
vain rapped for quiet. He surrendered, ex
hausted, and the reading of the resolutions was
not resumed until the convention had spent
itself. At the end the demonstrations against
and for Hearst began all over again. The voice
vote on the question of adopting the platform
as read wae a roar, rather than a chorus of
ayes and noes. The vote was doubted, and on
a rising; vote being taken the chair declared the
resolutions adopted.
At this moment Professor Clark, of Williams
College, a delegate, stood in the rear balcony
and shouted for recognition, and, amid encour
aging cheers, mounted the platform to protest
againat the Hearst plank. "This is a Massa
chusetts convention," he cried, "and the politics
of the Stato of New York have no place here."
After many interruptions be succeeded in mov
ing that the resolutions bo reconsidered. On
the first test of strength over the Hearst plank
there was a defeat for the Hearst supporters.
A motion to lay the motion to reconsider upon
the table was defeated, though by a close mar
gin. On the question of reconsideration there
was a vigorous debate, in which Congressman
Sullivan took a prominent part. He hoped, he
said, that the convention would strike from the
platform a plank which would never be ac
cepted by th* Democrats mof Massachusetts as
a true expression of their opinion. Reconsidera
tion wae opposed by Mr. Brown, the candidate
tor Lieutenant Governor, by ex-Representative
John A. Coulthurst. of Boston, and by Repre
sentative James H. Mellen. of Worcester, who
exclaimed that the disrupters of the party two
years ago were trying to disrupt it now. On a
second voice vote the chair declared the mo
tion to reconsider lost and Ignored many pro
testing delegates who doubted the vote.
The convention was disrupted a second time
over the indorsement of Mr. Bryan for Presi
dent. It came after all the nominations had
been made, and when many of the delegates ha 1
started for their homes, ft was a move which
seemed to split the Moran forces themselves,
find it was a step that was supported readily by
Messrs. Quincy and Sullivan. It was started
quietly by Mr. Williams, when most of the
delegates were expecting adjournment, and pre
sumably when many of the Hearst delegates
were absent. Mr. Williams movd that the con
vention record itslf as favoring th»» nomination
of Mr. Bryan by the national Democratic party
In 1908
He characterised Bryan as the greatest Demo
cratic leader within the memory or man. He
held that th* convention should not only give
him a pleasant greeting on his return from
abroad, but should go further than this and
proclaim Its earnest support of the Kebraskan
for the Presidency. The resolution was bitterly
opposed by OranvlHo S. McFarland. of Cam
bridge the secretary of the Moran campaign
committee. In unequivocal language he
charged that the Bryan resolution had been
presented with "felonious intent." Josiah Quin
cy he contended, had not seconded the indorse
ment out of any spirit of friendliness to Moran,
and he declared vigorously that If Mr. Moran was
present at the convention he would not sanction
any such move. The resolution indorsing Bryan
for President was declared carried after a voice
vote, and the convention was Immediately ad
journed. .'"-; '
The delegates were disappointed by the non
appearance of Mr. Moran at the hall, but 11 was
announced that he was prostrated at his home
from overwork.
NEAR RIOT IN HAVANA.
Insurgents in City Resent Giving Up
A — Zayas Peace m aker.
Havana. Oct. 4.— A disturbance which at one
time threatened to become a riot occurred this
evening as the result of the conspicuous riding 1
through the streets of this city of former in
- -. Tits.
The chief of police had Just telephoned an or
der to all the police stations to take the small
arms from all Insurgents throughout th« city
when Pamaso Castillo, an ex-insurgent, was
seized by the police, while riding past a precinct
station. Castillo resisted, and in the melee
which followed hid arm was cut with hla own
machete.
As soon as he was overpowered he was taken
to the Vtvac jail, followed by a crowd of several
hundred pers. >ns, including a. number of mount
ed ex-rebels. This crowd surrounded tl
and the excitement was growing when Alfredo
Zayas. the Liberal leader, arrived upon the
scene.
After a long parley he procured the release
of Castillo after the man had surrendered his
revolver to the police. St-nor Zaya.-, Is of the
opinion that the taking of the weapons of ex
rebels when they are at th- disposal of the
disarming commission is persecution.
(For other Cuban new*, see fourth puce.)
WAMSHIP& IN DAXGEBi
Tubing Defective, Says ex-Employe
of Shelby Company.
[By Telegraph to Tho Tribune. J
Pittsburg. Oct. 4.— A sensation was created in
Pittsburg to-day by the publication of a signed
affidavit from Frank L. BsMUwM. formerly em
ployed by the Shelby Tube Company, a subsid
iary branch of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, that during and before 1904 tubing of an
inferior quality was used in the boilers of the
battleships Georgia and Maine and of the cruis
ers Pennsylvania and Colorado.
According to his affidavit, the company found
it impossible to deliver the tubing for the boil
ers according to contract time, and Emmet?, at
the instigation of his superiors, stole the stamps
from the government inspector's desk after ha
had gone home and stamped inferior tubing as
having passed the government te^t. Emmett
says that the four vessels are likely to blow up
at any time, aad for that reason he has told the
story.
According to a dispatch from Washington,
Truman H. Newberry. Assistant Beeavtajy of
the Navy, has received a report on the matter
and is investigating. This afternoon Edward
"Worcester, first vice-president of the Shelby Tube
Company, issued a signed statement entering a
genera! denial of the charges, and offering to as
sist the government in any investigation. He
says Emmett w:ls discharged and is disgruntled.
BELMONT TUBE FAT A LIT V
Workman Killed and Another Badly
Hurt by Dynamite.
George Jones, of Rosendale, I'lster County,
was killed by a dynamir.- explosion in the Bel
mont tunnel early yesterday morning, and an
Italian named Tony Virote was so badly bruised
and torn that his death seemed certain. Th« a ■-
rldent was not made public until long aft*r noon
yesterday. The foreman, Cyrenius Sir.?er. was
locked u-p on a charge of < riminal negligence.
The explosion was earned, it. was said, by one of
t!i>' two workmen striking a stick e4 dynamite
that had been overlooked. The accident oc
curred almost directly under the Hotel Belmont.
When the sixty men employed in th* tunnel
heard of the fatality they quit work Inslailllj
and refused to go back for the day. Virot- u;is
taken to Bellevue Hospital.
The tunnel is beginning to be regarded by On
workmen as a 'hoodoo." It has hail ■ series of
accidents, almost every one fatal. The tunnel
itself !s a subject of HIIMpWI between the city
and the Belmont syndicate.
M. J. DRCMMOND I Nil' l? ED.
New York Capitalist Pinned Under
Carriage Near Monroe.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]
Mlddletown. N. V.. Oct. 4.— Michael J. Drum
mond, of New York, was severely injured this
afternoon in an accident near Monroe, Orange
County. Mr. Drummond has bees spending a
few days at the Haiti Club, at Mombasha Lake.
This afternoon he, with his son and daughter,
started to drive to Monroe to take a train for
New York. While descending a hill the car
riage overturned, pinning Mr. Drummond un
derneath. He was badly cut and bruised and
one shoulder was injured. He was removed to
the Haiti Club. Local physicians and a specialist
from New York were summoned.
Mr. Drummond lives at Ma US West Ma. street.
He is a member el the firm of M. J. Drummond &
Co.. iron manufacturers, with offices at No. IS2 Rroad
way, and is a director at the Broadway Trust Com
pany and the Burlington City Loan and Trust Com
pany, president and director of the Dnunmood Iron
Works, .i trustee ol the Emigrant Industrial Sav
ings Bank, president and director of the Glamorgan
Pipe ami Foundry Company, vice-president and di
rector of the Gtsasea Realty Company, president
and director of the On— Island Water Supply
Company, director of the Metropolitan Surety Com
pany, president ami director of Urn Nassau Coun
ty water Company, director of the N':-~.. Union,
Bank and president and director of the Shawmut
Clay Manufacturing Company. Mr. Dnunmead is
a member of the Catholic, the Fulton and the N-w
York Athletic clubs. ; '.'■•"'
BIG EARTHQUAKE SOMEWHEHE ?
Seismograph, at Goettingen Registers Power
ful Shock 14.000 Miles Away.
Goettingen, Prussia, Oct. 4.— Trie seismograph
at the observatory here to-day registered a
powerful earthquake fourteen thousand miles
distant from this town. The vibrations lasted
two hours.
London. Oct. 5.— A dispatch to "The Dally Mail"
from Sydney. New South Wales, says:
Seismographs hera and at Perth recorded an
earthquake Tuesday noon lasting for two hours.
Tl>e government astronomers t>«liev«* there was a
disturbance somewhere eclipsing the disaster at
San Francisco.
. •Ti; ( ) Datly Miii" cays them was a similar record
mad* by the seismograph. In John Milne's observa
tory on the Isle of Wight.
ANOTHER DEATH FROM FOOTBALL.
Toronto. Oct. 4.— Cameron Paulln. twenty-one
years old. died early to-day at the General Hos
pital from Injuries received on University Lawn
yesterday afternoon while playing association foot
ball with the Toronto University team. His skull
was fractured.
OLD SHAKESPEARE BRINGS $10,000.
London. Oct. *.— A copy of the third edition of
Shakeepeare's "Passionate Pilgrim." of which the
only other copy extant U In the BsSssMaa Library,
has Just been'siold at private sale to an American
buyer for |iu,uui>
-BIG TIM" SIDESTEPS.
M'CARREN IN REVOLT.
Murphy Refuses to Quarrel xvith
Hearst in Any Case.
"Rfg Tim" Sullivan put off his decision regal*.
ing his candidacy for the Sena§P in th- lltli
District by adjourning his conTentlon last _-:.r.
Senator arm openly defied W. R. Hearst
vosterday. asaurlns him by letter that If he per
sisted in Indorsing an Independence League
ticket in Kings County th*» county Democratic
organization would assure Charles E. lingo
a majority of ~r»,000 In that county.
All Hearst's efforts to provoke a quarrel with
Murphy have so far resulted only in the state
ment by the Tammany chief yesterday that h!a
organization would support the Democratic can
didate, no matter what happened.
SULLIVAN DEFEHS BLOW
Adjourns Convention Without An
nouncing Withdrawal.
About 2.000 loyal Sullivan men gathered la
and around the Finn Club, at Hudson and
Spring streets, last night to ass whether' "Big
Tim" Sullivan would be nominated for Senator.
The convention adjourned till Monday night
without making a nomination.
"William K. Hearst has challenged the Sul
livan men to battle. Sullivan lives In a Senate
district, which he controls absolutely, and from
which. In a three-cornered fight, he probably
would be elected. If he runs, the Independent
League- will run a candidate against him.
Hearst has characterized him as the "lord high
protector of crooks and criminals," and says
he must get out of politics.
Mr. Sullivan resigned from Congresa with tha
distinct pui-pose of being elected to the stata
Senate. Everything was ready for him last
night at the Finn Club to Mesa* Ht-arst s
lenge. In the parlance on. the Bowery, he atde
stepped.
The Tammany district leaders in the 13tk)
Senate District are insistent that "Big Tim"
shall make the race. They are confident of wta
nine:, no matter what Hearst does. Charles P.
Murphy is secretly opposed to Sullivan running
for the Sena re. Hearst and Murphy are ataasV
Ing together. If Sullivan runs he will have the>
support of the regular organisation, but he will
be acting contrary to the wishes as! r Murphy.
"Tim" is fjausfj to think it o\ i now
and Monday night. He s.iyn that ho does no*
think he will run.
City MaKistrate ""Battery Dan" Finn ■ was
chairman of the convention. Senator Riordan.
who haa just been nominated for Congress, of
fered the resolution adjourning the convention.
There wad no debate.
"BTO TIM" NON-COMMITTAL.
"Eig T:in" was present. He met all the dele
| • and shook har..ls with them. When he
was asked (,<r a motive for the adjournnie
said he did not know.
"Did you ask for the adjournment?" the Con
gressman was asked.
"I did not," he replied, |am anxious to have
this thing done with."
The Congressman waa asked if fher-> was. any
truth in the report that he would decline the
Senate nomination and denounce the Buffalo
candidate. In r> ply hf> said:
"There is alsoluttly no truth in it. I'm for
any man the convention chooses, if any on*
says I tutSssfl SB ASMMsM th-> Democratic candi
date it's a li* 5 ."
'"Big Tim" was cheered in Hudson street by
several thousand residents of the Greenwich Vil
lage section, when he left the convention.
Magistrate Finn was asked if the stand taken
by Mr. Hearst against "Bis Tim" had had any
thing to do with the adjournment.
"The I>emoerats or' this Senate district will
take no dictation from Hearst or any one else,"
said Mr. Finn. "If Mr. Sullivan will take tho
nomination he can have it. Borough President
Ahearn and Tom Foley, as weß as myself, want
him to run. What do we care for Hearst? Ha
can get off the state ticket if he wants to. V\"a
won't take dictation from a candidate for Gov
ernor or a candidate for President. Tha. Demo
crats of this district are [oval to their friends.
They cast the votes. If Sullivan runs in this
district he will beat all the candidates they can
name against him. two to one."
When Congressman Sullivan was asked last
night, following the convention, if he was golnar
to run. he said:
"They want me to run. I don't want to run.
and I don't think I will run. Mr. Hearst's op
position to me has nothing- to do with the case."
"When Alderman "Little Tim" Sullivan was
asked about the possible withdrawal of the "Big
Fellow" from the race he said:
"Congressman Sullivan's name being offT tha
ticket in the loth Senate District will mean a
difference of from s.t»N> to 10.0»X> votes below
14th street. 'Big Tim' Is a man of his word.
He said before the Buffalo convention that If
Hearst was nominated for Governor ho would
not go on the ticket."
In the new lGth District John T. McCall. who
resigned a short time ago during his fifth term
as alderman, was nominated for the State Sen
ate by the. Democrats. The delegates assem
bled at the Alsonquln Club, at No. 227 East
Mth street.. There was no opposition to Mr. Mc-
Call. Jacob Marks represented the district In
the last Legislature. _
N.\ ■ iI.F.'S MAX NAMES SENATOR.
Percy Naples eighty-nine delegates from th«
3<>th District met last night In TJlst street and)
nominated James Owens. ■•\-ultlfrniiin and for
forty years an employe of the Consolidated Ga*-
Company, for Senator from tho 21st S?nate Dis
trict. Sagl< convention had to bo held under
difficulties, as Cowan's opposing crowd of
eighty-seven delegates from the :U.M District
were in full cry after them. After the Na»le
m»-n had completed the calling of the rest,
Cowan's men came along, and Senator Hawkins
called them to .r,i-r as the regular convention
of the 21st Senate District.
After the roll had been called, the Cowan con
vention adjourned, subj^rt to the call ■ tha
Chair, pending the settlement of the contest In
the BOth District by the courts.
The trouble began at J< o'clock, when Nasls^
crowd marched to the Majestic Hall, at Xo. l'_>
East 125 th street. They found the hall closet!
"on account of a holiday." as the owner. Samuel
Goldsmith, feared a disturbance. The crowd
gathered on the step* and. with John F. Purceu
In the chair, the roll was called.
"Cheese it. here come the Cowan gang!" yelled
a man In the crowd.
"Hurry up," yelled big Percy Nagle, waving
his one good hand frantically. The eighty-nine
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