VOV OI ~ LXVIL N° 22.075.
SOW PRISONERS HELD.
BAIL FIXED AT $10,000.
Pen net t and Douglass Arraigned —
Securities Traced, Sajfs Thome.
The mystery connected with the theft of bonds
tH the value of $300,000, as estimated, from the
Trust Company of America, was not cleared
away yesterday when William O. Douglass, as
flrtatit loan clerk of the institution, was held in
flO.ono ball for trial on the charge of stealing
some of the bonds, and Oliver M. Dennett, a
broker, of No. 42 Wall street, was held in the
same bail for trial on the charge of receiving
and hypothecating stole* bonds of the value of
$61,000 Neither prisoner was able to give ball.
Puuutt spent last right In a cell at the West
fide rcurt. where both men were arraigned,
while Douglass was sent to the Tombs.
By advice of counsel b"th prisoners refused]
to t- -i! anything about the stolen bonds. Counsel
for Douglass had Douglass transferred to th«
Tombs an the j.lea that he wanted his client re
jnoved from possible oosßsavnicatlon with Den
nett.
Detectives interested in the investigation of
the robbery had a long conference with officials
of the trust company In the afternoon, aid there
were reports that other arrests might be mad
In the ease. Oakleigh Thome, president of th"»
JBBSjpanr. -'ii<l that al! th- stolen bonds had
been traced, but ninety bonds. o£ th- market
valti<> of (€3.000. were not in the actual posses
rion of the company. Brokers who had received
them as security for loans in good faith had re
fund to surrender then*, it was paid, without
Vinp guaranteed against loss.
When Dennett was arraigned before Maglr
trate fTalstl Assistant District Attorney Murphy
asked that the hail be fixed by the court, as
counsel had not been able to agree. The Dis
trict Attorney wanted $10,000 ball at least.
while Forbes J. Henntssy, Dennett's counsel,
offered at first $T«.<«'M cash bail and later $7.<Ht<>
cash ball, objecting to a larger amount as ex
resssive. Dennett, through his counsel, pleaded
not guilty to the charge of receiving stolen
goods, and waived examination.
"The charge against this prisoner." said Mr.
Murphy. "Is that he received stolen property
worth £01.<KiO. but that is not near the total
■mount of the property taken. It is a very dif
ferent thing to steal $01,000 from J?l4O.O<j<»,
■Wen is ■ very moderate amount of the aggre
gate amount of the stealings. I ask that bail
be laved in the sum of $10,000."
"But the complainant. Mr. Thome, will toll
your honor.- rejoined Mr. Hennessy. "that the
bonds worth $61,000 were returned, and there
it really no charge of this nature against my
client. We are in a position to furnish (5.000
cash bail, and the District Attorney ha* my
personal assurance that I shall produce the de
fendant at any time he may see fit. In all fair
ness my client should have the opportunity of
Better, permitted to arrange his affairs, and I
ask that he be sent to the Tombs rather than
locked up here if the amount of bail is not fur
nished."
"I am inclined. in default of an agreement
between the District Attorney and the counsel
|fa the defendant." said Magistrate Walsh, 'to
tccede to the request of the District Attorney,
pi 1 am mmm inclined to fix the bail at a
larger amount."
"We have absolutely no ehjeettea to roar
honor's do'ng that." said Mr. Murphy. "Wo
shall cheerfully agree to that action."
"nut we charge that the amount of ball asked
1» excessive." said Mr. Hennessy. "My client Is
charged with nothing criminal.**
"But the actual theft Is more than $140,000."
rejoined Mr. Murphy, "and the defendant's con
nection with the case"
"Alleged connection, you mean," interrupted
Mr. Bfsjnw— f. -We are willing to have a police
officer follow this defendant all th« time and to
keep him under surveillance. nut we have only
J"/ioo cash to put up for ball."
'No. that won't do," said Magistrate Walsh.
"1 shaJl fix bail at $K»,000."
Then I want to ask as a favor that the de
fendant be committed to the Tombs," said Mr.
Hennessy.
'•Why do you ask that Inquired Magistrate
Walsh.
*Ss we could get him out this afternoon."
"You can de that by depositing th»' amount of
the bail in cash with the City Chamberlain and
presenting the certificate of deposit here at this
court or prison." s-^id the magistrate.
"The defendant pleads 'Not guilty' and waives
examination," said Mr. Henoeasy. and then Den
nett, after a short talk with his counsel, was
taken back to the cells.
Douglass, when arraigned before Magistrate
Walsh. ii so pleaded "Not guilty" to the charge
of grand larceny, and waived examination. Af
ter he was held in $10,000 bail, his counsel, Rob
erts.-m Honey, demanded that Douglass bo
placed on a tier of cells in the prison other
than that occupied by Dennett.
"I want to keep my client as far away from
Dennett as possible," said Mr. Honey. "I ap
pealed to Warden Ryan, but he refused to grant
m.v request that my client be removed to an
other section of the prison. If it Is impossible
s to grant my request, I want to have my client
cent down to the Tombs."
Magistrate Walsh sent for Warden Ryan and
SPk«-i him to explain. He ordered the warden
to deliver the prisoner to Patrolman Nelson, who
took him to the Tombs.
Warden Ryan said there had been no shouting
among the. prisoners, and that he was sure
Dennett had not made the slightest effort to
communicate with Douglass. In fact, on account
of th*> manner in which the cape is built, it
»ould be next to Impossible for the prisoners to
have any such communication without the con-
Blvarif*. of keepers.
Assistant District Attorney Murphy was In
<"pr.f< wee with the detectives and several offl
«a.s of the trust company in President Thome's
°™ |Vf in the afternoon. John D. Crimmlns was
at th* conference part of the time. None of the
Jfrsoiiß present would tell anything about the
conference after it was over. Mr. Thorne was
*•«*•(] ,r the directors of the company wanted a
thorough investigation of the bond robbery, and
«* said he was in favor of a complete investi.
iration. One of the directors at the conference
«»<i later that he did not believe that any fur-
U»er hTr ** l in the case wan to be expected.
Pirkerton detectives guarded the office of
iw.iieu. on the ninth floor of No. 42 Wall street.
>esierday. a young woman who had remained
ia the office for a time after the arrest of Den
nett on Tuesday afternoon was not admitted by
xne detectives when she returned yesterday,
rjje tsald nhe was merely an employe of the
■a-oiier, and denied that she was his partner,
■"I" 1 * papers found in his desk indicated that
«* was a member of a brokerage firm called
"ouglass. Dennett & Reardon. The young woman
■*eerte-<i that her name was not Reardon.
PANIC WHEN TANK BURST.
Sportsmen's Show at Pittsburg
Wrecked as It Opened.
PtttsburK. April 21.— minutes after the
■Portsmen's Show opened to-night In the
•"•QUftsne Gardens, In the East End. a tank con
t2lr.lnj 100.000 callous of water broke, flooded
a Part of the garden and destroyed many of the
•****U©na. Several hundred spectators rushed
•°f the various exits panic stricken, bat none
••* Injured.
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ANDREW CARXEGIE ILL.
Severe Cold Will Keep Him from
Cornell Centennial.
Because of a severe cold, Andrew Carnegie has
Informed President Schurman that he will not
be able to deliver the address at the centennial
ceremonies at Cornell to-morrow. Mr. Carnegie
has. however, forwarded his address on Ezra
Cornell, arul It will be read in his place on the
programme.
At Mr. Carnegie's home. No. 2 East !>2n street,
it was said last night that he had been suffer
ing from a severe cold which he contracted about
three days hro, but was resting comfortably and
would probably be about in a few days.
Dr. Jasper j. Germany. <>r No. 4*> West -Ktth
street, who is Mr. Carnegie's attending physi
cian, when seen last night in reference to his
patient's condition, said that Mr. Carnegie had
taken a long ride in his automobile seven', l days
ago ;,tnl probably caught oold then. The physi
cian added that or. Tuesday his p-atiem was "a
very r-ick man" and was confined tn his bed all
day. He has Improved considerably since then,
said I'r. Garmanr, and will l»e well again In a
few days.
Tlie following cable dlspntch has boon received
by Mr. Carnegie from the President of Brazil:
"I take pleasure in expressing my sympathy
with the work that is being done by the Na
tional Arbitration and Peace Congress at present
assembled In New York In the Interest of inter
national pood will '
TOLD OF HIS SIKIDE.
R. A. Pry or' Grandson Took
Poison — Story Doubted at First.
I By Telegraph t« Th« Tribune. ]
CharlottesvWe. Va.. April 24.— Frank Walker,
sAn of the late Frank Walker, a well known
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway official, and grand
son of Judge Roger A. I'ry '« of New York,
committed suicide last night by taking strych
nine. The drug was taken at the home of the
late Judge Robertson, of Park street.
Walking into the parlor after swallowing the
draft, the young man told several guests who
were there what he had done. They refused to
believe his statement until he had been seised
with convulsions. He died soon after. He loft
a note for his mother, who is ill from the shock.
11l health was probably responsible for the act,
as he had recently undergone three severe oper
ations.
The body was taken to Richmond at noon for
burial in Hollywood.
SLUMP BOVXD TO COME."
Mr. Fish Says It Cleared the Air—
Facilities the Problem.
I By TelejtraP^ to The Tribune.}
Chicago, April 24.— Stuyvesnnt Fish was in Chi
cago to-day to visit his son. Btuyyesant Fish, jr.,
and to attend the meeting of the American Hail
way Association. Mr. Fish left here to-night for
Memphis to begin a systematic inspection of the
Gould lines outside of Texas and of the Wabaah.
"The atmosphere has cleared greatly because if
the slump in Wall Street." said Mr. Pish. "It was
bound to come. It was Inevitable, and I was se
verely criticised when I predicted it. In the next
Fix months the coming crop and not the railroad*
wi!l lie in the limelight. The greatest problem be
fore transportation companies is how to provide
cars for the movement of the promised crop, and
the neral business, as I do not Fee any reces
sion In sight for a year or two at least.-. The de
termination of railroads not to make any extensive
Improvements In the matter of new tracks may
affect the iron and steel market to some extent, but
I c.,... n<> cause for alarm."
Mr Fish declined to discuss his relations with
th<- Gould lines. When i» was Intimated be was
making an Inspection with the view of assuming
the presidency of the Missouri Pacific, he Ignored
th« suggestion,
i •
PEDLAR PALMER IX JAIL
English Pugilist Held on Suspicion
of Murder in Train.
London. April 24.— "Pedlar" Palmer, an Eng
lish pugilist, and another man were arrested at
the Purley Railroad Station to-day on suspicion
of having caused the death of an unknown man.
whose body was fount in the carriage of a
train coming from Epsom after the races, In
which Palmer and his companion had ridden.
The man apparently was killed by heavy blows.
Other passengers heard the sounds of a violent
quarrel coming from the carriage occupied by
the party.
THE AWFUL "PNEUMONOKONIOSIS."
Most Pittsburg era Have It — Coal Dust Has
Blackened Their Lungs.
[By T»*raph to Th« Tribune. 1
Pittsburg. April The people of Plttsburg are
suffering with "pneumonokonlosls," says Coroner's
Physician C. B. Schildecker. Tho worst thing about
this strange malady Is its name.
Dr. Bcfandeeker explains that "pneumonokoniosls"
Is "a pseudomelanotlc formation Induced by car
bonaceous accumulation." or. In other words, the
lungs of the average Plttsburger are full of coal
dust. Th« dozens of post mortems held by Dr.
Schildecker at the morgue show, he says, that th«
lune« of Plttsburgers are the "color of blue-black
ink after It has dried on a blotter, while persons
living In the country districts have nice pink
breathing apparatus. _
SPOTTED FEVER IN PITTSBUEO.
PltUburg. April 24— Cerebro-splnal meningitis, or
spotted fever, is again prevalent In this city. Out
of seventeen cases during March and April, eleven
have resulted fatally and no hope is entertained
by physicians for the lecovery of the six remaln-
Tne present epidemic of the disease has caused
considerable anxiety throughout the city, as In the
last two years many persons hevo contracted the
malady and only cne recovery Is recorded. Poor
plumbing and accumulation of filth, with poor
ventilation, are the causes attributed by Dr. Booth.
B. A O.*S CHICAGO EXPRESS WRECKED.
I>ittsburg, April 24.— Tho Chicago express on the
Baltimore A Ohio, which If ft this city for New
York at 10:45 p. m., was wrecked to-night near
Bennett Station, alw>ut ten miles east of here,
shortly after 11 o'clock.
The express crashed Into a Pennsylvania Railroad
freight train. Several persons are reported In
jured. The passenger engine and the cabooso of
th« freight train were demolished.
' MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN BY 100,000.
Lansing. Mich.. April 24.— The official canvass of
the votes cast at the state election In April shows
Republican pluralities exceeding 100,000. except In
the contests for regents of the university. Supreme
Justice W. I* Carpenter led the ticket with a plur
ality of 111.991- By a large majority the electors
voted to remove from the constitution the prohibi
tion against the teaching of mechanical trades in
the state prisons.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN ARRESTED.
Worcester, Mass.. April 34.— John I* Sullivan, who
lias been in Worcester on a theatrical trip three
nights, was arrested to-night on a tneane process
at the instance of Henry X. Fan-en, of Boston,
who claimed a bill of 911* for board paid for Sulli
van and for money lent him. The process was
served by Deputy Sheriff Albert F. Richardson.
Bulllvaa was under arrest a few minutes when Urn
(tlalsa ymA pai^ and he y;t.a act Xi«» ,
PEACE TREATY SIGNED.
AGREEMENT AT AMAPALA.
Salvador's Conditions Accepted and
Nicaragua's Demands Rejected.
Pan Salvador, April 24. — A treaty of peace be
tween Salvador and Nicaragua was signed last
night at Amapala by ministers representing both
countries. Tho terms of the treaty are honorable
to hpth countries. The conditions proposed by
Salvador were accepted, and the demands made
by President Zolaya of Nicaragua for repara
tion for Salvador's part in the recent war be
tween Nicaragua nnd Honduras nnd that there
b.» a free Interchange of commodities between
Nicaragua and Salvador were rejected.
Washington, April L'4.— Th» state Department
lias been Informed of the successful conclusion
of the, peace negotiations at Amapala. A cable
dispatch received to-day from Captain Doyle, of.
the cruiser Chicago, dated yesterday, says:
"Peace conference agreed to treaty at 11 a. m."
Captain Doyle added that the peace commis
sioners and their staffs would embark last even
ing. It is understood that J. <i. Games, who
represented Nicaragua, will be taken on the
Boston to Corlnto. and that tho Boston will
proceed to Acapulco, Mexico, on her way north
ward. Befior Garcia, the representative of Sal
vador in the conference, was to £o aboard the
Chicago and be taken to Acajutla, Salvador,
and then the Chicago was to follow the Boston
northward. Details of the agreement are lack
ing.
MARTIAL LAW FOR IDAHO.
Senator Borah Fears Serious Trouble
at Moyer-Haywood Trial,
[From Tha Trtbun* Bureau.]
Washington, April I' 4 Senator w. E. Borah,
of Idaho, an attorney for the state In the prose
cution of Mover and Haywood, the labor lead
era charged with the murder of ex-Governor
Bteunenberg, which is to come up for trial on
May 9 next, lefi here to-ni^lu for the West
rift* r a iinal conference with President Roose
velt.
Senator Borah said that his latest advices
from his associates in Idaho were to the effect
that there was noticeable In I'.oi*- a great In
flux of unattached men, whose presence was
take;: as a menace, and it was expected that at
th-- trial they would make some demonstra
tion Intended to Intimidate tbe town and influ
ence the result of the trial !!•■ declared that
no outbreak would surprise him. and that trouij" ; .>
which would cause the placing of the state
under martial law, as was don.- at the time <>f
if.- 1 I'n'ur d'Alene riots, in 1899, was to be ex
pected.
Boise, Idaho. April 24.— William Tost ap
peared In the District Court to-day to answer a
citation to show cause why he should not be
held for contempt of court. The basis of th*
citation was an affidavit of J. L. Wagner, a
juror In the regular panel for this term of court.
Wagner said Yost had made an effort to obtain
his opinion on the Mover and Hay wood case
and had discussed the subject In bis presence.
Messrs. Nugent and Killer, representing Yost,
ulr«i and argued a motion to quash the a.'lid.ivlt.
asserting that their client had been guilty of ii-<
offence. They gave notice thai If the motion to
quash Is overruled they will Me a demurrer.
The court took the question under advisement
until to-morrow.
LABOR STIRRED IP.
Chicago Leaders Plan Big Demon
stration Against President.
I Ry T«-li>)rrat'h to The Tribune. ]
Chicago, April 21.— President Roosevelt's phrase
"undesirable citlsenß." with which be characterized
Moyer and Hnyw.iod In his letter to Honors J.-ixon.
chairman of the Chicago Moyer-Haywood Defence
Conference, was voluntarily assumed by nin<ty-flvo
delegates who attended a meeting of the conference
this evening. The phrase was declared by speakers
to be a "badge of honor."
Plans were laid for the holding <>f a huge demon
stration on th« lake front on May 19, when the
President's letter and his attitude toward union
labor will Vie, the subjects of many speeches,
Jaxon, wHo was expected to make a torrid address
to-night, contented himself with reading th« Presi
dent's letter with a single comment, lie regretted
that the letter had b»en addressed to htm person
ally.
Before the meeting begasj Jaxon said the reply of
the President to the letter from the conference
was "Just such an answer as v man of Roosevelt's
calibre might be expected to make."
There were a few hisses when the President's
name was first mentioned. Chairman Barney Ber
lin made an attack on the President.
"I should like to ask the President whether a
man who met a financial buccaneer like Harrlman
In secret before election Is a desirable President of
the United States," he said. "For years ho has
played "possum with the i pie; while pretending
to be a reformer, he has laid out crooked paths In
politics."
Berlin announced that the executive committee of
the conference probably would frame flume state
ment In answer to the President's letter.
Jaxon is a, French Canadian halfbreed, and lives
In the back room of a barber shop at No. 671 West
Lake 'street. He barely escaped execution In
Northwest Territory twenty years ago for treason.
Jaxon's career begun in Reglnu, the territorial cap
ital of the Canadian Northwest, in 1883, when his
preceptor, Louis Rill, leader of 'he rebel forces
put down by General Mlddleton and Canadian
troops, was executed. Jaxon was captured at the
battle of Batoche, but escaped. He came to Chi
cago and became secretary of a local carpenters'
council, conducting Its strike policy and establish
ing a system of "slugging."
DENIES PRESIDENT'S CHARGES.
I By T»l<»Krai>h to The Tribune. 1
Flttoburg, April 24.— P. J. McArdle. national presi
dent of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers, severely criticises President
Roosevelt for his stand against Debs, Moyer and
Hay wood.
"There is absolutely no occasion for this almost
childish outburst from the White House," said Mc-
Ardle to-day. "There Is no legitimate excuse for
the stand the President has taken. He asks the
public to believe that these men actually encourage
lawlessness, and the only proof that he has to offer
Is that Theodore Roosevelt says it Is true. Let
him cite a single instance where lawlessness was
encouraged."
» •
APPROVE PRESIDENT'S ATTITUDE.
Washington, April 24.— The President to-day
talked with two of his visitor:) nbout his attitude
toward labor organisations. These persons were
6. B. Harrier. Chief Conductor of West Virginia
of the Order of Hallway Conductors, and R. H.
<lrahani. an attorney, representing the West Vir
ginia conductor*. After the presentation of the
visitors by Senator Scott the President nnkeii th«
two men to remain a few moments until some
other business whs disposed of, and then talked
to them about the Haywood and Moyer case, tak
ing the samo position as he did in tho letter made
public yesterday. The President told the railroad
men particularly of what he had done for th«
benefit of rnl!way organizations in his advocacy
and support of the railway employers' liability bill
and the safety appliance, law. The two men left
the White House expressing their satisfaction with
the position that the President had taken In the
Moyer-Haywood controversy.
WOULD QUIT WORK AS PROTEST.
[Dy Telacraph to The Tribune.]
Milwaukee, April M.— Milwaukee labor unions
have started a. movement to have all the union
men in the country quit work for one day early in
May as a protest against the President's attitude
toward Moyer and Haywood.
AFTLR ALL, USHER'S THE SCOTCH
MANY TALK POLITICS.
H. S. NEWS OPINION.
Says Rank and File of the People
Are with President Roosevelt.
[From Th« Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. April 24. — Harry S. New. chair
man of the Republican National Committee, ar
rived in Washington to-night, the object of his
visit being a conference with President Roose
velt and Secretary Cortelyou relative to details
in connection with his office and attendance at
the opening of the Jamestown exposition. Mr.
New expressed confidence in the success of the
policies of the administration, and declared that
Mr. Roosevelt had all the 'people with him. de
spite any reports to the contrary.
"Indiana is in a peculiar position." said Mr.
New. "If Mr. Fairbanks is a candidate for the
Presidency the delegation from that state will
be instructed unanimously for him. Mr. Taft
has great numbers of friends everywhere Above
everything else, however, the rank and file of
the people, not only In Indiana, but throughout
the country, are with the President. The third
term seems a bugaboo to a great many people
and we hear a great deal of It. So far as I am
personally concerned the third term is no bug
aboo to me.
"Among the Democrats there seems only one
man on the horizon, and that man is Bryan.
The party is without any other leader. H-*
talks a great deal ;ind keeps continually In tho
public eyo. hut he is not convincing. H« ls en
tertaining, but not convincing. I have noticed
in Indiana that it was not always the man who
drew the largest crowds who polled the greatest
vote. Mr Bryan lias shown his capacity in both
directions."
FOR ROOSEVELT IX SOUTH
Mr. Hitchcock Says He Was Not
Sent on a Political Mission.
Washington, April 24. — First Assistant Post
master General Hitchcock returned to Washing
ton to-day from the South, where he has been
for the last week, primarily on an Inspection
tour of Southern postofflces. Mr. Hitchcock said
ho had learned only to-day that a political sig
nificance bad been given to his trip in news
papers in the North. In which the statement
appeared that tie was on a mission for the Presi
dent to ascertain at first hand regarding any
now direction In Republican sentiment in the
South.
Mr Hitchcock denied with emphasis that the
President bad directed his movements. "'lt la
true." ho continued, "that, while my trip was
primarily one of inspection and on* which I
ha.! planned months ago, I discussed politics to
some extent This was only natural, as I was
called on by mnny Southern Republicans official
ly connected with the government and otherwise
Interested I saw no evidence tr> justify pub
lished reports of disaffection in the ranks of
if the Republicans in the South, such as
organization "f opposing movements and that
sort <-f thing, which we have been hearing abov;t
for SOtn« t!m>'. In those statSS which I visited —
Beuta Carolina, Oeorgte nni Florida the Be
publicans aw In hearty accord with the admin
istration. They are Roosevelt men through and
through."
Referring again to the question of opposing
organisations, Mr. Hitchcock remarked that, ot
course, th.i few "disgruntled and *>•'•.
erally discredited men" who have dropped out
of the old organisations, but that these were in
a decided minority. Further details of hi*
observations Mr. Hitchcock refused to give, -x
cept t<- say a few words of praise for the work-
Ing of his department In th-> section! h<- visited.
CUMMINS FOR ROOSEVELT.
Says President's Plain Duty U to
Accept Another Nomination.
Dcs Motnes, April :M. -In a letter addressed
to George K. Bowers, of Orange, lowa, a Re
publican editor. Governor Cummins declares
that President Roosevelt should withdraw his
statement th.it he will not accept a renomlna
tlon. The letter was written recently In re
sponse to an inquiry concerning Presidential
politics.
"There is a great deal being said and a great
deal being written." says the Governor, "with
regard to the candidate for President, but it is
vastly more important that we succeed In an
nouncing a platform that will be expressive of
our purposes thaix it is now to determine who
shall bo tho candidate. Personally, I believe
that President Roosevelt's plain duty is to with
draw hi* former statement and to say that.
under the demand now made, and the evident
state of the public mind, he will accept another
nomination If it is tendered to him with practi
cal unanimity."
MR. CAXXOX SURPRISED.
Has Not Undertaken to Deliver Illi
nois Delegates to Mr. Fairbanks.
Washington, April 24.— Speaker Cannon, who
arrived In Washington to-day from the West,
was greatly surprised to learn of the report that
he had mad* an agreement to deliver the Illi
nois delegation to the next Republican National
Convention to Vice- President Fairbanks.
"The first 1 knew of such a meeting." he said,
"was on my journey to Washington this morn
ing, when I received the Washington papers.
I do not know what enterprising correspondent
wrote and sent that dispatch. I believe, how
ever, that some one had orders during: this dull
season to furnish something? for tho papers. No
such conference was had or thought of at any
time. Our people in Illinois are exceedingly
busy attending to the ordinary affairs of life.
Some time during the latter part of next win
ter or spring no doubt the Republicans of Illi
nois will select a delegation to the Republican
National Convention, but no attention, so far as
I am Informed and believe. Is being paid to the
matter at this time. We are not in the habit
of crossing a stream almost twelve months
before we get to it. It would be a bold man
who would agree to deliver the Illinois delega
tion to anybody, and any one In public life
would not only be a bold man who would so
agree, but would draw a prize. If one was of
fered, for being a foolish man. I might add
further that on my way East to attend the
Jamestown exposition I was detained at In
dianapolis for a few hours, and, as has been
my habit for many years. 1 called upon the
Vice-President. It has been his habit for many
years when in Danville to call upon me. If I
should be in Indianapolis in the future and
could possibly spare the time I expect to call
upon him again. I may go further, and say I
always call upon the President when I come to
JYas-iULI-tun, uui cp.oa many ether men 1:. pub
lie life. In conclusion, I did not intend to say
a word touching the production of the enter
prising correspondent who sent that dispatch. I
would not have dona so had not this fiction
been accepted as sober trutn and had not the
Associated Press representative called and asked
me to say a word touching the same."
SEXATOR DICK WARLIKE.
Will Be a Fight to a Finish in Ohio,
He Saifs.
|By I>l<»s:raph tn The Trthun** ]
Columbus, Ohio. April 14.— The fight among
the Republicans in Ohio will continue until
either President Roosevelt or Senator Foraker
is burled politically." said Senator Charles Dick
to-day before departing for the Jamestown ex
position, where he will represent Governor Har
ris at the opening. Friday.
The Senator said 'hat Mr. Foraker would de
pend on the state organization for success in
his light for re-election to the Senate. He will
not .establish headquarters in Columbus or any
other city, hut will conduct his campaign
through his lieutenants in the counties.
Senator Dick said he would be willing to
wager that the name of Secretary Taft uofild
not be presented to the Republican National
Convention and that all the talk about .Mr.
Tart's strength came from pro-Taft newspapers.
Mr. T.ift will hold a conference in Cincinnati
on Friday with Insurance Commissioner Vorys
and other leaders. He will hear reports from
every county, it is said, and will decide on a
definite plan of action.
PEXROSE IX WASHINGTON
Has Not Visited White House Since
"Conspiracy" Dinner.
*
[From Th» Tribune Burrs ti.)
Washington. April '24.— Senator Penros© ap
peared in Washington to-night for the first time
since he divulged the $.".000,000 conspiracy at
Senator Bourne's dinner, the first week in March.
Since that time the Senator has had a long
cruise with the Secretary of the Navy in the
West Indies, has attended some meetings in New
York of the Postal Commission, of which he is
chairman, and for the last week has been at his
home In Pennsylvania. All the others who at
tended the dinner, where Senator Penrose was
alleged to have offered to procure $2T».000> for
one of the guests to use In a Western state, have
visited the White House In the last few weeks,
and on departing have issued statements of loy
alty to administration policies, and in most cases
have declared for a third term for the Presi
dent, whether he wants It or not.
Senator* Penrose declined to say to-night
whether he would go to the White House to
morrow and refused to talk on any subject.
MICHIGA X DIVIDED.
Strong Sentiment for Roosevelt —
Friendly to Taft and Fairbanks.
i By TVlmraph to The Tribune.]
Lansing. Mich.. April 24.— "1 believe the over
whelming sentiment of the people of the state
Is for Roosevelt." said IJeutenant Governor Kel
ley to-day, "and I believe If Roosevelt would not
run that sentiment would be transferred to Taft
Immediately "
Michigan might have been nearly solid for
President Roosevelt, but present mdicatloi i da
not promise I like solidarity for Secretary Tuft,
politicians here say. The reason is »hs expec
tation that Speaker Cannon will be with Mr.
Fairbanks. This will have the effect of a more
or less solid union of Michigan Congressmen fes
what the Speaker wants. Senator Borrows is
expected to sympathise with the Vlce-Presidenl
Senator Smith is friendly to both Fairbar:!.
Cannon.
NEW YORK MEN AT WHITE HOUSE.
Washington, April 21.— Representatives Sherman,
chairman of the Republican Congressional Commit
tee, and Vreelaad, anil ex-Representative Llttaoer,
Of New York, were among til.- President's callers
to-day. They are on their way to the Jamestown
exposition. Mr. Sherman, who came with Mr. LJt
tauer, declared that politics was not discussed,
although they would not state specifically what
was the subject of their visit. Mr. Vreeland said
that he talked politics with the President.
Postmaster WUlcox. of New York, who Is in
Washington en business connected with his of
fice, made a brie* call at the White House. He
said that be talked politics with the President, but
declined to go Into .i. tails.
FEARS FOR MINNESOTA.
[Ity T<-W\i;r;ij-h to The Tn'
St. Paul. April 2s. — "Minnesota will elect a
Democratic Governor once more." s.iiii a mem
ber of the Republican State Committee to-day.
"It is not because Minnesota is not Republican,
but because the Republicans are split as much
as they were four years ago. They lack load
ers who ha\e the confidence of the people. It
would not surprise me if Governor Johnson
were re-elected for many terms to come. Al
though a Democrat, he has been twice elected
by Republicans. The Republicans are drifting
apart, and there appears no way to unite them
on the Governorship. Twice has Johnson been
elected h> a bis plurality, while Republican
state officials have been elected by fifty thou
sand plurality."
THINKS IT WILL BE ROOSEVELT.
[ My T»l*S' Sl>* '" Th* Tribune. 1
St. Paul. April 24. Congressman I-lttletHd. of
Maine, was In St. Paul to-. lay. To-night he
addressed the members of the Twin City Foun
drymens Association at a dinner given at th,^
West Hotel, in Minneapolis. Mr. I.ittlerield was
asked his opinion as to the Republican nominee
for President
"1 think that Theodore Roosevelt will be nom
inated." he said. "He will be the first choice
of the Republicans at the National Convention.
He has already been indorsed by a large number
of state legislatures, and he Is stronger with the
people than he has ever before been."
MR. TAFT SILENT ON POLITICS.
Washington. April 24— In answer to a question as
to whether he intended to make any announcement
in the near future regarding his political purposes.
Secretary Taft said to-day that he certainly would
make no such statement before his Ohio trip, which
begins Friday, and as was not prepared to state
whether or not he would have anything to say
alter that trip.
MR. TAFT CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT.
Washington, April 24.— Secretary Taft had a con
ference of an hour and a half with President
Roosevelt this afternoon on questions which have
come up since the Secretary's departure for the
isthmus and left unacted on. and those incidental
to Ids trip. The talk did not relate to politics.
KENTUCKIANB FOR PRESIDENT.
Mount Sterling. Ky.. April 24— A. T. Slier, of
Whltley County, wan nominated to succeed himself
as Railroad Commissioner by the Republicans of
the 3<l District, in convention here to-day. The res
olutions indorsed President Roosevelt and favored
the candidacy of a man to succeed him who* would
carry out his policies.
HAAN'B RESTAURANT, PARK ROW BLDG.
For ladles' downtown Luncheon and Dinner. Music
KELSEY DELAY AGAIN.
ANOTHER WEEK LOST.
Senators Angry at Handling oft
Utilities Bill in Assembly.
fßy Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Albany. April 24.— Another week's delay hi the)
Kelsey case was added to the already long- list
when the Senate Judiciary Committee failed to
day even to take up the Governor's recommenda
tion of removal. The committee will have an
executive session to-morrow to consider the af
fair, but will make no decision as to Superin
tendent Kelsey's fate, leaving that until next
week. After the committee makes a report at
least a week will be consumed in the Senate
itself before final action on Governor Hughes'*
message. While this case Is hanging; fire In the)
Judiciary Committee, no action is being taken
on the Public Utilities bill. None will be taken
by the Senate Committee until the Assembly
Railroads Committee has finished its delibera
tions, and many say that the resultant delay
will drag the session well along; to June 1.
Some of the Senators are wroth over the way
the Public Utilities bill 13 being- handled. They
explain that In so important a measure It to
"little less than an affront to the august Senate.
In the ordinary procedure, sub-committees of
th« Senate Judiciary Committee and the Assem
bly Railroads Committee would have been dele-«
gated to sit together to consider amendments to
the bill. Having substantially agreed on the
amendments these sub-committees would report
to their respective committees, which would take)
up the measure separately and report it. Con
siderable time thus would be saved, as both;
houses could take up the measure for passage;
at the same time. This was about the proced
ure adopted with the important insurance legis
lation last year. ' tj r
Instead of this course, some Senators com— !
plain, the Assembly Committee has gone ahead]
with the work. Senator Page, a member of the*'
Judiciary Committee, has sat with the Rail
roads Committee, but this cannot in any way
expedite the Senate Committee"* discussion o€
the bill. Members of the committee have de-«
cided now to wait until the Assembly Commit-*
tee has entirely finished with the bill before the*
Senate Committee takes it up at all. Some are)
in favor of doing nothing with it until after the>:
Assembly has passed the bill. If th**t course) i
were followed two weeks additional delay must i
result; but certainly the Judiciary Committee)!
will not take up the bill until the first week in
May.
The Railroads Committee held another session
over the bill to-day and agreed on one import
tant amendment. The bill as it stands now per—'
mits one commissioner to exercise all the inves
tigating powers of the entire commission, and
lets a commissioner delegate all his powers to
the secretary, thus investing the secretary under
certain conditions with the powers of the full
commission. At the hearings corporations pro
tested strongly against this, and the Assembly
committee has determined to limit the powers
of the secretary in respect to this. Much of the>
bill still remains to be considered, and the Rail
roads Committee cannot finish its work before
the end of th» week.
Governor Hughes refused to-day to go into
any details about the conference which he had
last night at the Executive Mansion with,
Messrs. Gratwick and Pierce, of Buffalo, and
Ivins and E. B. Whitney, of New York, fur
ther than to admit that the talk was of the
pending Public Utilities bill. He would say
nothing at all as to commercial organizations
which have been adopting resolutions in oppo
sition to the bill in its present form.
Legislators deeply concerned in the apportion
ment situation discovered to-day that the plan
they were discussing yesterday of putting Rich
mond County with Rockland and shifting Put
nam to Orange would create an extra Senate)
district, and to equalize this heavier representa
tion in the southeastern part of the state 1 it
would be necessary to eliminate a district some
where in the central part.
Somewhat disconcerted at. this, they have
fallen back on the original plan advocated at
trie conference on apportionment to put Rich
mond with Nassau and Suffolk, straighten out
the New York County situation, and let it go at
that, in fact. Senator Raines said to-day that
this plan had been put up to the Governor as the)
best Judgment of the Republican leaders.
Governor Hughes still withholds any intlma
tion of what he will do about the situation—
that is. ho has not spoken definitely on the sub
ject. But the close study he has -riven to maps
«>f the state and the long talks he has held with,
all who have studied the apportionment ques
tion closely shows his interest in it. The belief
i* becoming more general that his decision will
not favor any makeshift apportionment, no
matter how much -i drastic apportionment
might tear up the present districts.
PARSOXS OPPOSES BILL.
Believe* More Municipal Court-
Justices Unnecessary.
[By TeleKra^h to Th? Tribune.?
Albany. April 24.— The Assembly Codes Committee*
voted to-night to report the Municipal Court bill
redtetricttng New York City an.! providing for nine
additional Justices. Despite the fact that the meas
ure, which was drafted by a committee of lawyers
for the Citizens Union, followed recommendations
in Governor Hughes** message to the Legislature, ■
and wai satisfactory to him in its form, chairman
Parsons of the New York County Republican Com- ■
mi t tee opposed it vigorously to-day, both to ',
members of the committee and Is Governor Hughes) :
himself.
According to Mr. Parsons ideas, the redlstrteting:
of the city at this time Is somewhat Inadvisable
and additional Justices are not needed. To friend* :
he has said that the districts laid out were not en- j
tir. l> favorable to th.> Republican organization. '.
Some Republican leaders have been working dill-. !
gently to get th. district lines changed. Citizen.* {
Union lawyers who drafted the bill say that otT ;
nine additional Justices In Manhattan, five surelj' :
would be Republicans, because ••• the character or
the districts, a larger proportion of Republican!
than the present board of Justices contains.
When Assemblyman Phillips, chairman of the*
Codes Committee, on Monday made a trip around
the municipal courts he saw the crowded condition
of these "poor man's courts." and It was this ex
perience, with the arguments of Assemblyman
Francis and other New York County Assemblyman,
which Induced the ooeamtttee to report the meas
ure.
VETO BY THE GOVERNOR,
Opposed to Extension of Sleeping
Railroad Franchises.
Albany. April 24. C. overnor Hughes sent tw
the Senate to-day his veto of the bill of Sen
ator Heao«H.-k. which would have extended the*
time of the Davenport. Middl->burg A Durham,
Railroad Company to begin the construction of
its road. In his message the (Jovemor for th«
tirst time states his policy in opposition to ex*
tensions of so-called "sleeping 1 ' railroad fran
chises. He says:
The Davenport, Middleburg A Durham Rail
road Company was incorporated In 188& Under
the railroad law it was required to begin the>
construction of Us road and expend thereon 19
per cent of the amount of its capital within Svcj
years ami to complete the road within ten years*
During the first live years, apart from the ~-fll~
Ing of surveys and tbe required maps and pro
tiles and the execution of certain agreements.
apparently nothing was accomplished. In 188 ft
ita time to begin construction was extended)
until lttOC, and the time for completion until
li*> 7. Again In VMY2 the Legislature further ex
tended the time to begin construction until 190t
and the time tor completion until 1912. but
construction has not yet been commenced. A
third extension la now provided for by this MsV
The franchise, to be a, railroad oMßorauoa &a*