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P»:.Rtors: From left to right, top row, Tillm an, of Routh Carolina (copyright by Cllnedinst'.;
Blackburn, of Kentucky; Crane, of Maßsaahus?etts Ccopy right by Checkering); Beveridge. of
Indiana (copyright 1005. Clinediast, Washington); PoraJter. of Ohio. Bottom row, left to rlgh:.
Warre-n. of Wyoming; Xewlands. of Nevada; Cullom, of Illinois; Proctor, of Vermont (photo
graph by Prince): Frye. of Maine.
DRISCOLL.
STAND BY
VEAGUEBS IP TX ARMS.
Count if Committee. May Break, with
Executive Body.
Timothy F. Driscoll was elected the chairman
ef the county committee of the Independence
League at a long session of the league held yes
terday at the Dolando Club, at 88th street and
Park avenue. This action is taken to mean that
the county committee has broken away from
th* executive committee and has thrown down
the gauntlet to the executive committee, with
Max F. Ihmsen a* its head. Besides this action.
the county committee has filed with the Board
of Ejections the rules and regulations of the
esunlttee as a party organization.
There was a special meeting of the county
committee held at the Gilsey House on Novem
ber 21- A' this meeting Charles E. Gehrlng was
elected chairman, In place of Mr. Driacoll. The
latter and his friends in the county committee
resented the turning down of Mr. DrißColl. A
meeting 'of the county committee was held last
Thursday night, but after being In session until
long after midnight It adjourned without de
ciding on anything except to meet again yes
terday.
Utter the meeting was called yesterday a
motion was made, that the action of the county
committee at a meeting held at \he Gilsey House
on November 21, at which Mr. Gehring was
e'ected chairman, be reconsidered, and the mo
tion prevailed by a substantial majority. This
Tea, followed by a motion to make Mr. Driscoll
chairman. The motion was carried without any
opposition, and Mr. Driscoll took the chair as
chairman and president. of the County General.
Ctaunittee of the Independence league.
The other officers elected were Assemblyman
Thomas F. Lorn:, vice-president, and Charles M.
Berbenbach treasurer. Daniel A. Golden acted
as sicretarr. and will probably be elected to
that office at the next meeting of the committee.
In the bylaws adopted is the following para
rraph: .'.',;
The. Indes*nfi.rxe League County^ Committee
.hall be the or.mJ organization °; !! b *
pendenw T-*.^** party in the count* o Ne«
York ruid sb^have the administration of the
■fFa-.rs r»f party la the- oountjr an* with the
affairs of th* p£*-7 tho county and w.th the
promAttia ot m^Jiuree for the, harmony, effi
clench ari.*i suoosn of the party.
Aft«r the meeting Mr. Driscoll was askea if
the e.,c.,0. taken meant a break with the execu
tive commiu^u. He replied:
Perhaps it would be. too strong a word to use
st this time. It mean* that the county com
mittee has taken charge of the Independence
League, and perhaps tho executive committee
will acquiesce. We have taken our action, ana
It Is now up to the executive committee -> '" a^"
the nert move. If they do ther w^ Bh*' : b'i
heard from with no" uncertain voice- T.;en we
vil! fight. ',■»*"
Up to Election Day the executive- committee,
x* an incorporated body, ran things i«w the
rounty eemmittee, but on E'.ectlon -Nisrtt the
power of the executive committee ceased. and
now a* a matter of law. th* county committee
hi a ■ t )e4 to all the privileges accorded to an?
political party. The county committee in epos
to xee that the people In the various districts
■hat! have the right bo select their own leader?
•rtthout ration from anybody but the peopiO
themselves.
• . Mr. Gehring was elected under a mlsunder-
Manding and the committee has rescinded iti
former action and elected me chairman for the
ensuing year. Wr! Intend to carry out the ideas
of Mr. !."i«- utd the principles for which he
stands .. .
til m present at the meeting were Assembly
man To ■•>■.;.- F. Long. Alderman Kuntz, of the
18* District; Alderman Torpey, of the aOth; Nell
Besjun. of the 3d. Assemblyman Max Eck
mann. of ihe 4th; Myer Sindel, of the Sth;
rharlr harle ■ Hussey. of the. ftth; A. J. Hagen. of the
'■■'•■:. Thomas" Nolan, of the 14th: Joseph F.
KVnof.. of the 15th: T. J. O'Connor, of the 16th;
Daniel A Golden, of the 17th; Edward Hannah,
"■ the 16th; J. G. Miller, of the 19th; J. If.
bateg of the 226 Edward Traddln, of the 2>th;
•5- A. Lron. of the 28th; Louis Wolfert. of the
-9th; J. G. Lazarus, of the 31 si; Frank Don
nellr, of the 33,3; Charles 11. Bierbenbach, of
the s 34th. and George Donnelly, of the .°,sth.
The temporary headquarter? of the committee
■»"U1 be at the Dolando Club. The next meeting
** ill V,.. O n Deoember 18.
DIES ON BOARD ST. PAIL.
Woman Cabin Passenger Succumbs
to Heart Disease.
Whin the American liner St. Paul reached her
Jock yesterday^ Dr. Gelssenger, the ship's sur-
K*on, reported to the coroners' office the death
' J Mum ,\gr.«s <»rey, sixty-one years old. She
Mss last Saturday! and, according to the i-hy
*''• ianV- report, from heart disease. The body
had not been claimed last night.
Miss Grey was ■ first cabin passenger, and
*•* confined to her stateroom ail the voyage.
Prom the steward who attended her it was
learned that sly was coming to this country to
•**Ul<j an estate. 6h« was to have stayed at th«
«otel •'.!. and, according to the police was
( ' bavr; been met by « lawyer named Julius
s*-ynioiir,s *-ynioiir, ..f So. 27 William street No such
l-*rso;i ...as -t i he pier. Araove lier effects was
u^f r ? shoVtJn P ll#?r address t«. he No. 13 Den
'"*'■' Terrace, London. A cable message was .-if
*** "' ■■" there. A coroi>sr*s physician e:ca:n
|«»d the body and agreed that she liad .n.-i of
■«»i v JI3CXb«.
To-day, fair and warmer
Tomorrow, fair and colder ™S» wind*.
SOME LEADERS IN THE CONGRESS WHICH BEGINS ITS SECOND SESSION TO-DAY.
KILLED IX P. R. R. TUNNEL.
Huge Rock Falls, Crushing Two
Workmen to Death.
One man was killed and another injured so
that he died later whep a stone weighing several
tons crashed down on them in the gloom of
the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel at Second
avenue and 32d street early yesterday morning.
DKAI>.
GREETS. John, 87, Xegrro, foreman of «ran? of laborers,
of No. 130 Kant 134 th street.
TOBIN" Rob«rt, *8. Third avenue and 47th street, rock
driller.
A number of rock drillers and a dozen Negro
laborers were at work in the tunnel at the spot
where the fatality occurred. Working alongside
of Green were his two brothers, Joseph and
James. When the mass came crashing down
there, was a wild scramble for safety. Tobin was
working directly in its path, as were Green and
his brothers. Green gave a warning bhout, but
before Tobin could get off his seat on the steel
driller the rock was upon him and be was
crushed beneath it. Over the rock rolled, bear
ing down upon Green, who had fallen amonw
some broken stone on the floor of the tunnel,
and before he could arise his life was
crushed out. Tobln was so badly injured that
he lived only a few hours after being admitted
to Bellevue Hospital.
Green's brothers and fellow workers barely
escaped. Several other rock drillers also had
narrow escapes. ... ■ • -
An investigation. by the police established the
fact that the accident, was due to a shoring
beam being removed from a spot near the
huge rock.
An accidont similar to .this happened in tn*
subway on Juns 17. 1902, at a point near oOth
street. Ira A. Bhaler. the contractor of that sec
tion, with several officials of the. road, was mak
ing a trip of inspection, when suddenly, without
the slightest warning, a huge pieca of rock,
weighing- between five and si* hundrsl pounds,
came hurtling down and struck Mr. Shaler on
the head. He died from the effects of thi3 in
jury on June 21>, 1902.
The only possible explanation for the rock's
falling lay in the fact that there had been blast
ing 1 a short time before it fell.
HELD UP IN THE STREET.
Man Knocked Dorm and Robbed of
Diamond Ring.
While in front of the building at So 31
Gramercy Park early yesterday morning, Alex
ander Ifclanis, of No. 343 West 14th street.
was knocked down by two men and robbed of a
diamond ring, valued at $200. While the men
were going through bis pockets Patrolmen
Bhevlin and Canavan, of th» East 22d street
station, appeared, and after a chase arrested
Joseph Kane, of N«. 221 East Uth street. He
was arraigned later in the Yorkville police court
and held for further examination. Mr. Mcln
nis is a member of the firm of Mclnnls & Ag
obw. fruit dealers, of No. 41 Ninth avenue.
According to the police, at the time of the ar
rival of Shevlin and Caravan the two men
were bending- over Mclnnls as he lay uncon
scious on the sidewalk. When they saw the po
licemen they ran toward Third avenue. The. po
lice allege that Kar.o threw away the ring during
the chase.
An ambulance was summoned from Bellevue,
and Dr. Phillips took Mclnnis to the hospital,
wh-re it was at first thought that h<- was suf
fering from a concussion of the brain. He was
discharged from the hospital later.
The police say that they have an excelleni de
scription of the second man. ana will probably
muke an arrest within a. short time. Kan- de
nied In court that be had anything to do with
the case.
PIERSON VILLA BURNED
Tuxedo Cottage, Occupied by W. G.
IjOCw, a Total Loss.
I By Tsie.arraiih to The Tribunal
Tuxedo Park. N. V.. i)°<\ Tim cottage of
J. Frederick Pierson, jr., at Tuxedo, occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. W. Goadby Loew, of New
York, was destroyed by fir« this afternoon. A
gale was Wowing from the north which pre
vented the flremeu, who worked hard from ex
tinguishing the flames. Mr. and Mrs. Loew.
who were occupying the cottage for the late
autumn and winter, were entertaining a part)
to-day and were about to sit down to luncheon
when the neighbors from Mr. and Mrs William
Kent's cottage rushed Into the house and gave
the alarm.
The lire, which was caused by aji overheated
furnace! resulted In a total destruction of the
villa Some of the furniture was carried out by
the firemen, but not until it had been damaged
by water and smoke. The firemen, with the as
sistance of residents of 'i'u.xodo Park, Including
Pierre LorHlard, Jr.. Richmond Talbot, Lytle U.
Hull and H. ll Rogers, jr., worked heroically,
nut owing to the wind were unable to save the
;ii;i!-ling. —
Th« iS "" house was built about five y«;ais
ago ami was occupied until the early part of
tlds '„, by Ms*. and Mrs. j. F. Pieiflon, Jr., who
■ a tb« Btmuuer at Nowpurt.
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CHESS PLAYER IN TOILS
HELD AS A FUGITIVE.
Naurtn Jasnogrodiky in Trouble
Over Money Borrowed to Wed.
Naum Jasnogrodsky. the Polish chess player v
who said he numbered District Attorney Jerome
among his pupils and friends, was s^nt to the
Tombs yesterday by Magistrate Whitman with
out bail on a charge of being a fugitive from
justice. Superintendent of Police M. W. Murphy
of Bay City, Mich., and J. Orr Brakie, the Dis
trict Attorney of Bay County, that Btate, ap
peared against him. They charged that he got
$10,000 from M. Simplier. of Bay City, in April
last, to cover Ills wedding expenses.
Samuel Koenig appeared for Jasnogrodsky and
asked that he he admitted to bail. The District
Attorney of Bay County objected, whereupon
Jasnogrodskv began a long speech, giving hi.s
reasons why he should not be sent to the Tombs.
The District Attorney said there were six or
seven other complaints against him and that
there were no grand juries or indictments in his
county, but that the "information" had been
made against the prisoner, which was equivalent
to an indictment In New York.
The magistrate then ordered Jasnogrodsky to
the Tombs for forty-eight hours. He remarked
that bin ac.quaiiita.nce tvitli Jerome ought to save
him from the dlegiace of the Tombs. .Tas).'^
grodeky is a big, well dressed man and had a
generous supply of diamonds. He was arrested
Saturday night at No. 6S West 117 th street.
In speaking about himself he said he had been
a general agent of the Mutual l^ife Insurance
Company in Canada and had been so successful
that h« was authorized to write up "high poli
cies." As a chess player he said he bad taught
sume of "the leaders of the social world."
Jasnog.-odsky said that the transaction on
which thA "information" was issued was a per*
Bonal on/> of the type known in commercial cir
cles as an "exchange of notes." IJe admitted
:he transaction named, but declared that the
payment had been held upon account <<T a di«=
pute over the interest payments.
"] am financially abl- and responsible, and I
.im ab> to meet my obligations," he told the
magistrate. "This transaction waa one In which
I gave a note in exchange for a check.
"I wan about to be married to the daughter of
;i prominent and wealthy rabbi of Hay City, and
I needed h good deal of ready money to pay thft
weddliiSt expenses. I am accustomed to dealing
In big amounts, and I write big insurance pol
icies, running well up into the thousands. I can
g«< any amount of bail that Is needed within a
short tim^ if 1 <'<w be- admitted to bail."
When seen Inter in bis ceil In the Tombs
Jasnogrodsky talked freely about his case. H6
said the wedding look place in April at the
Frazler Hotel, in Bay City, and that his wife
■was a daughter of Rabbi Landau, deceased.
His wife was wealthy, be said, but he would not
allow her to pay Ins debts.
■■1 have often drawn a?t much as $12,'»O0 in
advance yearly from tha Mutual Ufe," he said
"I am not a rich man now— in fact, T was broke
up to six weeks ago, my period of financial em
barrassment extending over five months. When
the Insurance investigation began I found that,
although I am on« of the b«st insurance solici
tors- In the world. 1 could not make my living at
the business.
"During the last six weeks 1 have been sellin?
mining stocks for a welJ known house In Wall
Stre»t, and have been making S4OO and $500 a
week. In that time 1 have paid a. couple of
thousand dollars toward my debts."
Jasnosrodsky said that he got his present job
through a letter from W. N. Aniory. He ad
mitted owing a bill of $180 to the Frailer Hotel
for cab hire, flowers and wine. This was con
tracted, he said, a* th > time of his wedding. He
left a trunk containing clothes, he said, valued
at more than $500.
Mutual Life offic!n!= said last nlghi that Jas
nogrodsky had never been thi company's gen
eral agent in Canada All ih&l tbey recalled of
him was that about three years ago K. F.. Keefe.
the Mutual Life's Boston manager, employed
him for six month* on a commission basis.
They next heard of him in WOS, when F. O.
Paige, the company's Detroit manager, engaged
him In the miiip capacity for a few months.
F.arly this year Jasnogrodsky visited th* com
pany's headquarters, si No. 32 Nassau street,
and sought employment. This the company re
fused. Some of the officials taid thai he had
the reputation of being a "champion chess
player." and obtained a certain percentage or
hla business as the repult of jiis chess bouts at
■small German clubs.
Aboul a year ago. in this city. Jasnogrodsky.
. gajd rescued nis wife from a burning build
ine the' woman dylns, however, a rew days
afer from her Injuries.
MUTINEERS SENTENt ED.
Punishment Decreed for 6Sp Sailors
for Cronstadi Trouble.
crrnstndt, Dec. -Six hundred and eighty
,la sailors concerned in the mutiny here last
*\oc have been sentenced by court martial to
" liI " ■';,.„, or service with the disciplinary
""I; n Z •„, various periods. One thousand
n hundred and seventeen sailors were **-
UllitUki.
Wos"Bir T DITCH" PEOPLE
PRESIDENT IVELL LIKED.
Theodore P. Shnnte Say* lie Took
"Little Republic" by Storm.
That President Roosevelt won the hearts of
the people of the Panama Republic by his demo
cratic spirit and straight-from-the-shoulder
talk, and that the "big ditch" was being dug:
without any trouble among the employes, was
the declaration of Theodore P. Shonts, chairman
of the Canal Commission, who returned yester
day to this country on the steamship Colon, el
the Panama I,ln<*. Mr. Shonts was accompanied
by Richard F. Rogers, genera! counsel; Admiral
Kndicott. Ma.ior Phillips and C. P. Rlpley. all
members of the commission. Mr. Shonts de
clared he was never more gratified with the
progress of the work on the canal than at pres
ent, and that the President's visit had given not
only impetus to the work, but made the atti
tude of the United States toward the little re
public, more clearly understood. The laboring
element, especially, was glad to see the Presi
dent, he said.
"President ItoosßTOlt simply took the p^opte
of the little republic by storm." he said. 'The
setting aside by the President, of all precedents
to visit Panama won him the. respect and ad
miration of all Interested. Mr. Roosevelt, wi*
familiar with the work from a theoretical
standpoint prior to his visit, but during his brief
stay he paw and inspected what was being done
and learned more than the average man could in
many months.
"The building of the Panama Canal Is to the
I'resldent as the building of a future home would
h» 10 any other man. He looks upon it as his
own personal work. Now tha.t he has st«en all
for himself, nobody can mislead him about con*
ditlons or about the efforts being made to carry
out the work.''
Mr. Bhonta th«r. tiki a little Incident that oc
curred while the President was down there. It
appears that th« citizen* of the republic have
been keeping themselves popted on the criticisms
pro and con of the work. They were all familiar
with the Poult ney P.lgelow story.
"One of the leading citizens." Mr. Shouts said,
"in a brief talk With the President, asked him
whai ho thought now of the criticisms of Poult
ney BifiStoW, whereupon the President replied
quietly:
" 'Small people, like small file?, despoil large
] things and large enterprise?.'
"II was the President's speech at Colon, how
! ever, that won the, hearts of the canal workers.
| A lasting Impression was made when, in the
i course of his speech, the President declared:
. " 'The men who are now working on the canal
and the citizens of Panama who are assisting
them will go down to posterity like the veterans
of the Civil War. When this great work is com
pleted the men who have been instrumental in
its success will look backward and say, "I was
part of it," as do the veterans of the Civil War
on looking back to those tragic days'
"This did more to endear the President to
Panama than any other one thing. They speak
of it at their work, at play and in their homes.'*
Speaking- about ' the work itself, Mr. Bhonta
declared that It. was going on satisfactorily,
everybody working every day, no labor troubles
, and everybody content. Mr. Shunts went to
Washington last night. lie will be present at
the reading of the President's message to Con
gress.
FRENCH SENATOR KILLED BY TRAIN.
Falls Unrler Wheels While on the Way to
Funerai of a Friend.
Sedan, Prance Dee. 2.~ Charles Celestin
1 Goutant, 1 member of thn French Senate from
Ardennes, was killed here this afternoon while
tin his way to attend the. funeral of a friend.
M. Goutant tried to .lump from a moving train,
bill fell und"r the wheels and was crushed to
death.
M Goutant whs born in 1X47. Ho was first
j elected to the French Senate in IS9S and re
! elected in 1303.
DIVORCE AFTER lIINE WKIKS
Wuoonsia "Tearl King's" Wife Wins Suit
and .$4,500 Alimony.
; By T>!ofcrapn fo Th* TMbUM.]
Madison, Wia,, Dec. 2.- Mrs. Maria J. Touag,
formerly Mrs. Butterwortb. Of New Haver.
the nine weeks' bride ef John .\. Young, of
Brodbead, Wis., known as the "pearl king" ..f
Wisconsin, has won her siti! foi abaolute di
vorce, with 14.500 alimony.
Mr. Young is sevenjty- three und Mrs. Touug
fifty-one years old. Both had been ni.irri.-d be
fore. The wedding was a qui<>t one. at a hotel
In Milwaukee, and after the honeymoon the
couple were received at Brodhead by a brass
band.
OHIO AND HER LONG PENNANT HERE,
The battleship Ohio, built by the .Union Iron
Works. San Ktumisco. nude her tirst appearance
in iiud port yesterday; She came froan the Asiatic
station and anchored off TompkinsviUa at 10 o'clock
yesterday morninß. A homeward bound pennant
nearly SOO feet long, made by the crew, lloateti
proudly from the mala truck. The Ohio will '•> as-
BlgneU to ihv Atlantic snua.Jiyu.
Representatives: From left to right, top row. Champ Clark, of Mlssourt (photogTaph by n M
Hell Studio); Mann, of Illinois; Overstreet, of Indiana; Cooper, of Wisconsin; Tawnej of Min
nesota (copyright IS*)T>. Clinedinst). Bottom row. left to right, Hurton. of Ohio; Fowler, of New
Jersey; Watson of Indiana; Littlefield, of Maine; Cardner. of Massachusetts (copyright IPOI, by
J. B. Purdy, Boston).
HARVARD FOOTBALL PAYS
radii ate Treasurer's Report Shores
Big Increase for Last Year.
I By Telegraph to Th» Tribune. 1
Cambridge. Mass., Dec. — The report of the
graduate treasurer of the Harvard Athletic As
sociation, made public to-day, shows that Har
vard athletics were, again a profitable, business
last year, to the extent of about $23,000. This
profit was made on a gross receipt of $127,559 40,
the net receipts of all Harvard athletics for the
year.
The receipta from football alone in ld^o wera
185,353 Brt. which is nearly $l7.0 ( i0 more than
was taken In the year before by the gridiron
sport at Cambridge. Football expenses in
creased nearly threefold in that year, amount
ing to almost $30,000. so that the Drofltß from
football were $3,000 less in IMS than in 1904.
being $.55,72."» 5!» last year.
YALE HASHED IX EFFIGY.
Harvard Students Regret Prank
. Played at Cambridge.
f By Telejrraph to The Tribunal
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 2. — Yale was hanged in
effigy in the Harvard yard this morning by
some unknown person, and to-night trouble
seetna..to be brewing. for the person if he : is dis
covered. _A~ life, sized figure, completely "dressed,
with a small Yale flag fastened to the right
hand, was found this morning swinging over
Wadsworth House, hanged by the neck to a wire
running between two buildings. :
This is a common exhibition ground for "Med
fac" pranks, and it is thought that this is prob
ably the latest attempt to revive that organiza
tion, which was supposed to have been wiped
out List year.
Harvard students are all deeply regretting
that any such affront should have been offered
to the Yale football rooters.
FIVE HCRT IX RUNAWAY.
Coach Crashes Into Hearse on JVill
iamsburg Bridge.
While a funeral was passing over the Will
iamsburg Bridge yesterday the horses attached
to one of the coaches became frightened by the
clanging of a trolley car gong, and cefore they
could be stopped the vehicle was wrecked and
five persona were injured. In the wild Right of
the frightened animals, the coach crashed into
the hearse. The driver of the coach was FranJv
Miller, of No. lf>7 Christopher street, and the
occupants were Cornelius Driscoll, of No. ;t:54
West Houston street, and his wife and two
children.
The funeral was on Its way to th.» Holy Cross
Cemetery, at Flatbusb. Nothing of Incident oc- j
curred until the procession reached the Brooklyn j
tower. At this point the note him of <* car i
clanged his bell. In ar. instant both horses ;
dashed forward and raced down th*» incline., de- ■
spite fho vigorous efforts of Miller to ston therrr. j
Tho coach crashed Into the hearse, threw it asid»
and continued down the roadway. Several po
licemen made vain attempts to stop the team, j
Finally the traces broke, and Miller lost com- j
plete control of the animal*. Th« cries of the \
frightened occupants attracted the attention of j
a guard, who quickly closed the runaway sate, j
The team smashed into it and came to an abrupt J
stop. i
Policemen and others* rushed to the scene. :
A call was sent to the Eastern district Hospital, j
and Dr. Ti«tz and Dr. Snyder promptly re- j
sponded It w«i found that the five person*
wen cut by flying glass and ' badly bruised.;
Mrs. Driscol! was cut about the face and- neck, j
and, although the. surgeons said that she had ;
probably sustained internal injuries. Mr. Dris- j
coll insisted that his family be taken home' in a
Cornell Both horse- had to be shot. j
WOMAN'S WILLS MANY.
One Leaves $1,000,000 Estate to ;
• . • ; ■ -'" .1
Bible Society— Contest To Be Made.
[ By Telejrrarh to Th* _Tribun*-l '■
F'ittsburg. Dec 2.— -V bitter fight for the fort- \
une of Miss Nancy McConnell, of Gibsonville. •
will be made. Miss McConnell was killed by a j
railroad train last Friday and leaves an estate j
estimated at from f|H»JM to ROOO.OOO. ;
Already haM a dozen wills have been found. :
One has heea probated and another will be pro- J
bated to-morrow. The one to be filed to-moriow :
is believed to be the last. In it Miss Mci 'onr.e..i J
leaves her entire estate to the American Bitilo j
Society of New York. This will vas made in !
ISIH'i. Another will leaves the estate to three
nephews: still another leaves it to more distant j
relatives, and another gives tho fortune to the I
Kehoboth Presbyterian Church of Bellevemon. |
Mlsa MeConne'il was killed while taking money
to the bank, fearing burglars. As sho was killed
burglars were robbing the house and obtalne.l
many valuables. '_
BAD EARTHQUAKE IN SICILY.
London, Dee. 2.— A severe earthquake Is report**!
to have occurred at Mllarw, on the i.orth coast of
Sicily, to-day. As yet no casualties have •••■
retried.
CONGRESS PROGRAMME.
FOR SHOUT SESSION.
Many Important Legislative Meas
ures To Be Taken Up.
tTmm "Hi» Tribune TtUT^att-l
Washington, Dec. 2. — Congress, which - letaj
in annual session to-morrow, has an Interesting
and important programme before it, and BOOBS]
effective team work must b«» done if all th»
really important legislation -which th« leader^
hope to dispose of Is enacted before ib •■ doc*
strikes 12 on the noon of March 4.
A considerable amount of important legisla- -
tion comes over as» unfinished business from th*
session which adjourned on June SO. white vari
ous Senators and Representatives have ne^**
measures for which they will seek earnestly to>
secure favorable consideration. Of course. the*
fourteen bis? appropriation bill*, which supply
the funds for the continuance of the- govern
ment, will have right of way, and the man who
secures the enactment of any other important
measure can 'i-> so only by exceptionally evident
mancpuvrinjr and marked diplomacy.
In the Senate, the Philippine Tariff bill seel ■«
destined to occupy the centre of the stage for
considerable time. This measure passed tli«
House at the last session and wa^ left in th»
Senate- Philippine* Committee. In the Hons«v a "^sg^
strenuous effort will be made to sacuia the en
actment of the Shipping bill, which passed th»
Senate last session and 1-» now in 'he Flo:-*
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
A new immigration bill, with a clause providing
an educational qualification for would-be immi
grants, was left in conference ln*r, session, and
Captain A. P. Gardner; Representative from
Massachusetts, has come to Washington in hi*
war paint, determined to <v><"ijt-» the ■«
this measure. Irs th» Senate. Senator Tjodg=>.
•a ho is a conferree. will second ft-- offort* of hi-*
son-in-law In the House. The measur** proTi ■-<•»»
to precipitate on** or more pretty fight*, p.s tha
men who wast the rheppest mi <■>? labor to
build railroads, mine coa!. etc., are fighting tooth,
and nail a measure which they fear wi!i limit
the labor supply and so incre-.ise wage?.
TREATIES AND SHIPFECG.
The Senate will hardly have disposed • * th*
President's message and the rnutino opening
business when Senator Cullom, chairman of th-V
Committee on Foreign Relations, will be on hi*
feet moving that "the Senate proceed f<> the con
sideration of executive business." which.' beiTK?
translated, will mean The A's?r!ras treaty, °»
which the Senate hi by unanimous consent.
.-igreed to vote <>n December 12 A? soon nsctho
Senate eta after New Year's Mr. Cullora Tin
again press the Dominican treaty, with excel
lent prospects of its rarlflcntlon. and he will '-1
this work enjoy the active, and effects co
operation of Senators Spn^ner and lintlse. b?il»
influential member* of the Comrnlr*»-e on For
eign KelatJon.". s
Senator Fry?, as "father of the ShlppiT?
bill." may find the field of hi* activities t hssdl
to the House in the early pj>rt of the session,
„;.,,,-». he will work wltti General Grosvenor few >
a favorable report on the measure. Mr. Fry»
will join with a number of ha colleirsue* !n ■■
effort to secure UN support of Speaker Cannon.
whose .Usapproral of this uuasuie in IB* past
has always meant Its ultimate death. Lat -
on, when the Shipping bill comes back to ''"•
Senate with a request that toulii'isM be ap
pointed. Mr. Frys>, win believes the law will be
enacted, may hive his hands full hi «M Senate
and in the conference chamber.
Senator Reveridge will make his entrance "n
the legislative stage almost as -toon as the cur
tain rises with a carefully pre;*re.l measures
prohibiting child labor. Senator' I^ce pur
pope? to introduce a bill of the same character.
and the combined efforts of.the.se ""tate^men may
result in "putting it up to the House," Mr.
Beveridge will also introduce a bill amemllns
the Meat Inspection law. Thi*. too. .will be a
simple measure, merely restoring those pro
visions which the Home struck from his bill ■>?
last year: the ctasssss providing th?»t the packer-*
put the: date on every can and thai the cos: oj
Inspection be born 1 by. the packers. As the 8 "i
,-.. promptly adopted these provision* last year
it is probable it will do so wain. What will
he done to the measure in the House It is tiar.l
to predict, but the fate of Representative V.\».i3.
worth, whose efforts to betfieml • tho pack?-*
last year cost him hi* re-election, may prove n
warning to others whs would be> disposed to op
pose the bill.
opposition LF.AIM.K
■spates Blackburn, of Kentucky, ha* he?n,
chosen Democratic leader by his election *s
chairman of the Democratic caucus, and. al
though this action was taken last session, it
was late In the legislative year, ana thu will
really be the first session at which his lead-rshi^
can be fairly Jud«*!. Mr. Blackburn succeed*
the late Senator Gorman as mtnorlty leader, nn.l
the conduct of the minority under his Ruhlarua
will be watched with interest. Senator BiacFi
burn will this year conclude a serrica of eighths
rears hi the Senate, and It to regarded as fitting
that- he should load his party during the cto^in;
session of hi* service. He Hi an able speaker.
with .1 Commanding voice and aSo of pracefuj *
Junsuage, while he has d»-. 1. respect for ihe utl-