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t scriptlor.? amounting to |7UBOO for the certifi cates wen received at th» Sub-Treasury during the day. Boston. Nov. 22.— subwriptions at the rrewMOT to-day to the now Issue of rov rrninent certificates of indebtedness amounted to $.". r/>7. •;."••»- These were all <nndo by individ uals-, and the amount is neatly in excess of the total of the la:-t two days, when national bank subscriptions amounted to $301,890, while the tubscTiptions from individuals were only $17. 15«». The remarkable increase in the subscrip tions by individuals to-day is regarded at the Sub-Treasury as Indicating growing confidence In t\:* lame. New Orleans, Nov. The first bid to he made here on th*- new issue of Panama Canal bonds was banded in at the Sub-Treasury to-day. The amount was small ar.i no other particulars were n:a-i<> public. BIG FAILURE IN ITALY. Stroili Bank, in lodine, Suspends — Emigrants Warned. Rome, Nov. 22.— The financial situation in the United States continues to exert a depressing Influence on the Italian market?, and to-day it ■wa? announced that the Stroili Bank, at I'dine, had failed for several millions. A telegram has been received from the Italian Consulate at New York, which says that owing to the business situation In America many workmen are being dismissed. The government consequently has Issued notices advising emi grants not to po to the United States. GOLD PURCHASED IN FRANCE. Government Bank Will Send $500,000— Further Aid Possible. r?.r;<=. Nov. 9 - Lszard Frtres, of New York and Part?, obtained ISMUBM In American eagles from the Rank of France ro-dny. The gold was obtained or. commercial paper with a French acceptance. A slight premium was paid, but the exact figure was not disclosed. This operation means that the hank Intends to as- Stst in the shipment of some sold direct to New York. The amount, however, will rot he lnrc° A ml -official explanation of the bank's position Bays : These operations are intended to restrain the ln'-ieas? of the check exchange rate on London, which has now reached a point, 38 tames 2« cen times where It is profitable to ship coin taken from circulation It Is also expected to contribute to keeping the discount rate of the Bank of France at a moderate figure. Prices on the Bourse opened firm to-day, but yielded on the pen-ral weakness of foreign ex changes. Berlin. Nov. S. — On the Roerse the tone at the opening to-day was listless and prices had a down ward tendency. Later they improved. WESTINGHOUSE HAMPERED ABROAD. Opening of St. Petersburg Lines Delayed Owing to Suspension of Credit. St Petersburg; Nov. 22.— The opening of the electric streetcar system in this city has been delayed indefinitely owing to the suspension of the credit of the Russian West in-house con cern, which Is unable to nMain cars or equip ment without cash payments. A proposal that the municipality assume the responsibility In curred has been made to the Board of Aldermen Of ?t. Petersburg. THREE MILLIONS FROM ENGLAND. United States Obtains More Gold from the Bank — The Stock Market. V London, Nov. The United States purchased |lf4;~ rvt.l in bar gold nv.<i £^K).ono in American eagles if from the Batik of England '.o-day. The rates CSC mor.e> continued firm under a good oenxand. Discounts were not allowed to droop owing \n -i..- American and German positions. Trading on the Stock Exchange became, more re- Strlcted. The latest hews regarding the American financial situation and the renewed anxiety in nor many Mused investors fi= well «<» speculators to hold off. particularly as the monetary outlook was ■are .iifticuit to penetrate British securities were fractionally lower, wbfie fot Itiisi s eased (lightly on Pails srning Copper shares started Jinn with the rise in the price ol copper, at were easier at the close. Americans a flat opening hardened to over parity on rood support, Canadian Pacific and fnion Pacific strengthening the whole list. The maifcet reacted sharply in the afternoon, especially in '1- case pf Atehison, Topeka & Santa F» on New Tcrk selling, and after Irregular movements pries closed generally heavy. JAPANESE GOLD ON WAY HERE. lulu, Nov. El -The stwsmshls Korea, which arrived from ti.e Orient last nieht. bas ITie.oas i Q Ispsnise f"!'' (board for Ban Francisco. SECOND GLOBE NATIONAL BANK SHUT. Otobe, Arts.. X..v. It- The First National Hank of this city, with deposits of t7.7),00}. was dropped boss the Globe Ctearins House Association last ni;:ht. sad will not open to-day. This leaves no national bank in operation here, the Globe National Bank having dosed three weeks ago. The heavy drawing of exchange lace the Qtobe National sus pended is believed to be the cause of the second suspension. DENVER TO RESUME SILVER COINAGE. Denver. Nov. 22.-The Denver mint, which has coined about HSkWMM la gold the last two months, will resume coming silver in December, working to its full capacity. Silver coins to the value of about IMjOJI daily will he produced and Immediately put Into circulation. The supply or gold bullllon on hand ready for coinage will be nearly exhausted by tho end of November. The Pianola Piano MODERN medicine takes cogni zance of the good that music does to unstrung nerves and over wrought brains. // smoothes out the troubles, banishes the blues y gives the home a more cheerful at mosphere. The Pianola Piano is an instrument that provides the keenest form of enjoy ment to be derived from music — the fas cination of producing it yourself. Thp A Fill I AIM Ct\ Aeolian Hall, 362 sth lilt: /AEjVFJLiI/AI^I \^\J. 9 Ay., near34lhSt.,N.Y. TWO MORE INDICTMENTS PREPARED IN BANK CASE. Grand Jury on Trail That May Lead to Others. Thj EClngs County Orand Jury, which has been lnv« t-titratir.p the affairs of the Borough Bank of Brooklyn, prepared two more Indictments yester day against persons connected with that bank. TJi^se Indictments were not handed up, as the course of t !■<■ Investigation led apparently to an other and new trail which the jury wanted to fol 1 >w out before makinp public the new indictments. These Indictments, it is thought, will be handed up souk time on Monday. It is believed also that a third ninn, a prominent director of thr bank, will be Indicted then. One of the two against Whom indictments were prepared yesterday is sup posed to be h real estate operator. It Is stild that the indictment against him was made because of his connection witli a note which he had the Bor ough Bank discount the day before it closed. The second man Is Indicted on a perjury charge In Mori with testimony before tbe grand jury. If the Indictments are handed up Monday bench warrants Tiill be Issued the same day and the ar rest of the men will follow. In the mean time, it was said last niglit, they were being wntehed by the police. Rumor connected the new trail of the grand Juiy with the subpoenaing of Charles Grill, the passbook clerk, the only witness yesterday before tbe grand jury, it was generally believed yester day that tbe indictments were temporarily "laid aside" because tho "new trail" promised to add to their number. • The presmt grand Jury will Investigate the affairs of the Borough Hank only. As it adjourns next Saturday, it will not have time to tak<- up other in quiries. But others of the Brooklyn Institutionri which closed will not escape. The Kings County grand jury for December will take up the work. It will Investigate the affairs of the WUliamsburg Trust Company and of the Jenkins Trust Company. Prom the Investigation of the last named com pany startling developments are to he expected, ac cording to nn employ.- of the District Attorney's office. That office believes that these subsequent Inquiries will be followed by more, indictments. Howard Maxwell, who was president of the Bor ougfa Bank, was not balled out yesterday. All dur ing the day his counsel. Isaac R. OeUnd, tried to gel the necessary $no,ooo ball, but was unsuccess ful. Two clerk.; from Mr. OehuuTs office came over to s<^ Mr. Elder in the afternoon, and told him that a woman owning real estate valued at $90, "00 had been found who would furnish the ball. For two hours they waiter) for her to appenr. but that was the end of it. for slie never came. Mr. (Viand hopes to find bail to-daj His first night In prison was a bitter experience for Mr. Maxwell. In the cell on one side of him was a convicted negro murderer, and in the one on the other were two Italians charged with murder. Ho was unable to sleep, and spent most of the night reading papers. Thursday afternoon, when both Mr. Maxwell and Mr Qow were in the offlee r .f the Assutani District Attorney, and Just before the potice took the for mer over to the Raymond street jnii. Mr. Qow asked him If lie. liad any money. 'i haven't a cent In t!;e world." replied the former bank president, feeliup hi his pockets. 'Take this, then,' said Mr QOW, handing his three $1 bills; "it is every cent I have, and you will probably want to buy some thing during the nipht." < me man once connected with the Borough Bank who expects to be Indicted has made preparations to fight an attempt on tho part of the police t" photograph him for the Rogues' Gallery nr m meas ure him under the Bertillon system, li- engaged counsel. It is said, ,-md was advised that the ,.;: . had no authority either to photograph er measure him. Tho following is the list of loans made by the Jenkins Trust Company to clerks !n I the J'-nkins Brokerage Company: Amount of loan Frederick Kaiser, clerk 862.000 C. H. KeutPr, clerk fix'iVM V. <•. Young. clerk Uo.in) Waldo Hunt*!-, clerk ;■.;.,,,.> The brokerage firm itself got $188,000 from the company, and Fred Jenkins, a son of John G. Jenkins, president of the First National Bank of Brooklyn, and brother of John <;. Jenkins, jr. president of the Jenkins Trust Company, goi :i (50,000 loan. The Jenkinses have up as collateral security for these loans stock of the First National Hank, Of the American Malt Company preferred and stock of their own brokerage company. Pre sumably some at least of this collateral was put up after the bank closed. The loans to the clerks were made under date of October 1, except (60,000 to Young and OT.QM to Hunter, made Just before, the hank closed. <;<-.. A. Zabriskie. a Hour merchant, sashed a check for IttJM on the Borough Batik the day be fore it closed. From this incident arose the rumor '.hat he. had been "tipped off" by a friend who Is also a director of the bank, and be was subpoenaed by the grand jury. As a matter of fact. Mr. Zabriskie cashed the check to meet a note for that amount which fell due at that time. After the rhe. k was deducted from Ms deposits he still 1 ad left on deposit in the Borough Bank nearly ?_'o,n'io. Directors and stockholders of the Borough Bank held a long meeting nt the Clarendon Hotel "yes terday morning, and it was announced that about seventy stockholders had pledged themselves to apply their deposits to the liquidation of nil th« notes owed the bank, regardless of the time of maturity of the notes, A committee of five was appointed to meet the depostters to discuss plant for reopening the bank. About fourteen bundled depositors have signed the iigmmimil to accept the deferred payment plan, and a tight will be made against the motion to make the receiver permanent, The directors of the WlUiamsburg Trust Com pany sent out a. statement to the depositor? yester day shying that the state batik examiner had re ported assets of 58.176.tMK end liabilities to de positors of W.801,3*;i 23. with a margin over and above all liability, except to stockholders, of 1714.8X1 ■* The depositors are asked to sign an agreement providing that they may demand i 1)i 1 ) per cent of their deposits at once. 15 per cent four months after resumption, 30 per cent after eight month* 2-"> per cent after twelve months and the remaining SO per cent after sixteen months, go that a receivership may be fought. T!k depositors of the Jenkins Trust Company, fit For Business Men NEW-YORW DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1007. a mass meeting held Inst night, in the. Bedford branch or the Young Men's <"hri=tlan Association, Brooklyn, adopted ;i resolution that the trust com pany Fhould bt' opened Immediately. All th« de positors present— about one hundred and fifty— signed th»? io per cent basis agreement. KNICKERBOCKER PLA NS. Scheme by Which Trust Company Hopes to Resume Business. One of the directors of tho Knickerbocker Trust Company made an explanation yesterday of th« proposed plan of th<» committee of directors under which it is imped that the company ■rill be at>l« to resume business. The plan provides for the issue of 8.000 snares of new stock, at Ji"> a share, bringing the total stock up to the maximum per mitted under the special charter. Sufficient assets of the company aye to be set aside us a special trust fund to represent th« trust accounts, to which the law Rives preference. All Other deposit accounts are to be paid M per cent in coupons or registered gold bonds of the company, ami he rest In certificates of deposit payable within forty months after the company resumes business. In advocating this plan the director criticised that proposed by the Untennyer committee, ad mitting that the directors had carefully considered i' He said: "One of these suggestions was that the capital of the company should be Increased to $6.oo", i***. or thereabouts, and that a new preferred stock should be offered to the depositors to the txtent of the increased capital To this there were several in superable objections: flrst, that the charter of th" Knickerbocker Trust Company limits Its capital to $2,000,000; second, that th« banking law requires that the entire, capital of a trust company shall be kept Invested In bonds and mortgages or In federal, syite and city bonds, bo that an Increase of the capita] would not increase li •» cash assets of the company available for cither the transaction of business or the payment of depositors. On the contrary, it would diminish them to the extent to which the capital was Increased. It would further diminish resources by increasing the tax on capi tal and surplus to giSHi.OuQ and by creating an an nual burden of t-40.000- in dividends on the pre ferred stock, making PsW.OOO In all of additional fixed charges. Such a plan would benefit neither the old nor the new deposit, is." Th» first advantage of the directors" plan pointed out In the statement is that It constitutes a fund of $2.4>>0,n00. which is Immediately available for carrying on the company's business, While it con stitutes a new security In addition to the present asset* of the company. Attention if also called m the fact that while the directors are justified in expecting that the present deposits «iii to a great extent remain With the company, the practicability of the plan of paying all the depositors In full does not de;.iiiii a*, all upon such continuance. MONEY PREMIUM DOWN. May Soon Be Eliminated 11 cm if Geld Import Engagements. t •■ premium on currencj declined sharply >- %s terday. the rate asked i>' ti •• monej brokers, which had been as liigh i>n Thursday aa ".- pei standing at 2 p* r cent at the olose. The demand for money ■;• ■ materially, despite tl •• lad ihat on the preceding two 1 ■ ■< bad been a live Inquiry for money fur payroll purposes and despite the delay in arrival of the Mauritania, which made \\(-r store of gold unavailable f this werk, that come of the firms engaged In the traffic declined yesterday, for the Brst time, to buy currency offered to them, and at tin- doss sf tho day th« prospect was that the disappearance of the premium would t" a matter of only a few days. One of these firms announced that after to-day it. would discontinue trading in currency, the rea son for the decision betas Its belief^ based upon the smallness of the sums now being offered, that the premium la no longer bringing out hoarded money, but that the currency now being sold to brokers is In most cases being drawn from the bunks by depositors, a policy which the firm Is desirous of discouraging. After a day of inactlvlfv heavy Vrißaprementu of gold for Import were arranged yesterday. l.nz;ird Freres securing 13,060,000, Heldelbach, Ickelhelmer ,v Co. $2,0011.000. Goldman, Sachs & Co. $i,f.r,0,000 and Kuhn. Loeb & ("o. 11.380.000, In all 17.800.000, bringing the total engagements on the current movement to $77.22.".. 000. Most of the gold engaged yesterday In to come from London, but part will be furnished by toe Bank of France. The importation from the latter source, it Is said on excellent au thority, is not related to the coming Issue of the 3 per cant certificates of this government. Business on the Stock Exchange was meagre In volume and with little price change most of the sew lon, prices advancing In the late trading, how . ■ ■•. ■>-. on the good Impression produced by the de clln<* In the currency premium. Call money again rose to If per cent, closing at 6, with 12 per cent the ruling rate. The hank.s yesterday transferred through the Bub-Treasury to interior points 11.179,600, of which |1,069,M0 was sent to Chicago, $50,000 to Denver and smaller amounts' went to St Louis, San Fran- CiSCO and New Orleans. The Mauretastta'S JlL',OOO,Ort> in gold, consigned to local and Western banks, was the largest shipment of specie ever put aboard a steamer. The gold will be. removed to-day. Th» White, Star liner Baltic brought $875,001) in cold bars yesterday. AMERICAN WOOLLEN CO. CTJUTAILS. Policy Averts Accumulation of Goods and Preserves Future of Market. Boeton, Nov. 22— President William M. Wood of the American Woollen Company, stated to-day In relation to the curtailment of bUStSMSS, that th« company way now operating about "r> i>er cent of its machinery and would continue to curtail produc tion, In consequence of the prevailing business bltiiation. although .:>!>• provided with orders for future delivery, 'l lilt, policy averts the accumula tion of goods and preserves the future of the woollen goods market. Woonso. ket. R. 1., Nov. 22.— Notices were posted to-day announcing a shutdown from next Tuesday until January 1 at the Mll'vllle (Mass.) rubbe, hoot mills of the Woonsoeket Rubber <'ompany. Nearly eight hundred hands are employed. The announced r.ason for the shutdown is that conditions do not warrant the accumulation of manufactured .stock. Albany, Nov. 22.— About four hundred men em ployed In the shonß of the Now York iVntral & Hudson River Railroad at West Albany, havte boon laid off This Is about r quarter of the en tire force. It Is not stated how long the reduc tion of force is to continue. Division Bopertn terdent of Motive Power Hazleton said tills morn- Ing that the lay-off was <lue to hard times and no business. He could not say how long; the condition would continue. PREDICTS ANTI-MARGIN LAW. [By Telegraph to Th>- Tribune. ) Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 22.— A prediction was made to-night by Congressman James Kennedy, of tlje 18th Ohio .District. Just back from confer ences with President Roosevelt, that the next ses sion of Congress would make illegal the sale or jmrchase of stocks on margin. NATURAL HEALTH-GIVING REFRESHING INVIGORATING Colonel Pratt, of New Jersey, Praises the President. [From The. Tribune Bureau ) Washington. Nov. £!.— "1 BOS nothing In President Roosevelt' a method of solving the financial prob lem that can be criticised, and I believe that in this situation, as In every other that haa presented it self In his administration, he has acted for the, best Interests of the country and without regard for political consequences," said Colonel L« Gage Pratt, Representative-elect from the Nth District of New Jersey. Colonel Pratt is the rirst Democrat to come to Congress from that section for twenty years. He Btylen himself a "Roosevelt Democrat." and says that It was this fact which khv« him such a great majority in his campaign. "In my district the majority of the Democrats re gard the President as a sturdy, honest and Im mensely capable man, who has done the things he promised to do, and has done them In a popular way which made his actions all the more accept able. They can conscientiously think this without allowing It to interfere with their allegiance, to Democratic principles, and It la on this fact that i bass the assertion that the Democratic party will have, to think a long time In the selection <>f a Presidential candidate. Indeed, I have found many who agree with John Temple Graves that It would he an excellent Idea to have tho two parties unite on President Roosevelt. Of course, I am quite sure that this will never come to pass. It looks to me as though Mr. Bryan would be the. choice or the party, as Judge Gray and the others men tioned, while estimable men, have not made them selves national figures. I am of the opinion that Governor Johnson of Minnesota Is a man of such large calibre that he will have a great influence on the convention." STOLE TWO BABIES FOR HER WAGES. Nurse Girl No Longer Cares for Grandchil dren of Well Known Missourian. By T>!e|traph to The Tribune. 1 Pt. Louis, Nov. 21!.— wife of Albert W. Johnson Informed the police this morning when «ho missed her two children, Albert W. Johnson, jr.. eighteen months old, and Charles I\ John son, four years old. also l,orena Myers, her seventeen-year-old housemaid, and found a note which read: "Mr. Albert Johnson, No. 4608 Pago, avenue. Dear sir: I would like for you to please eend me $15 for last month's wages before I will let you have your children. Send it to mother's place, R. F. D. No. 0. Old Orchard, Mo." Six hours later the police found her with the children in a house at Glendale, Mo. She paid she scribbled the note in an idle hour; that she did not know what possessed her to do so. Hnd Chat nhe did not intend to kidnap the chil dren. After a conference with former Lieuten ant Governor Charles P. Johnson, who Is the children* grandfather, the. Myers girl was lib erated and Informed she had been dismissed from the Johnson service. RECORD PAY DAY IN PITTSBURG. To Disburse $15,000,000 Clearing House Certificates Taken on Streetcars. [By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1 Pittsburgh Nov. 22.— One, of the largest pay ments In the history of the Plttsbur district will be that of to-morrow, when the mil!*, fac tories and railroads win disburse $15,000,000 for two weeks' work. This Is $1,000,000- more than the average, the district paying out under or dinary' circumstances $1,000,000 a day. Including Sundays. The United States Steel Corporation, Jones & Laußhlln and other steel manufactur ers will have unusually large pays to-morrow. Of thin sum th.> greater part will be paid out In Clearing House certificates, which are now being accepted here for everything, even for (ares on the streetcar lines. Bankers believe that after to-day it will not be necessary to use the certificates for paying workmen, and that by next pay day, two weeks hence, there win bo enough cash In th« city to meal all require ments. WOEKMEN POURING INTO CANADA. Many Paupers May Spend Winter in Jails as Vagrants. Niagara Falls, Nov. 22.— Unemployed laborers from the reduced staffs of big Industries throughout the United States are pouring over the Niagara frontier into Canada. They are drawn here by tales of great Canadian pros perity and of a strong demand for labor in the railway construction camps. Hundreds land in Canada paupers, and, as there Is no work for them, it is almost certain that they win spend the winter as vagrants In county jails. United States officials, it Is alleged, when the emigrants seek to return, refuse all except American citizens. The, others have to pay a $4 head tax, which they cannot do. ST. LOUIS WILL GET FREE BRIDGE. City Council Passes Bill Over Mayor's Veto — Appropriation of $3,500,000. (By TsfcJS.l Sj>tl to DM TWbSJMk.) St. Louis, Nov. 22.— Mayor Rolla Wells vetoed the bill this aft< mi-ion recently passed f>>r a free bridge across the Mississippi Tllver at ChOU teau avenue, for which the people liad voted to Issue $.'{,".< Mt.o<iO In bonds Later this afternoon the City Council passed ttit> tit 11 over the veto with only three negative votes. The House of Delegates Is expected t.> do likewise. in his veto message Mayor Weils .said that a majority of ail St. Louislans entitled to vote tmd not Voted for the bond issue; that .<.■{,."> KMXK> was not enough to Nuild a bridge for railroad as well as wagon traffic, and that the ChouU-au avenue site was not available for a third rail road bridge. A "ROOSEVELT DEMOCRAT." FIRE NEARLY DESTROYS VILLAGE. Huntington, w. Va, Nov. TL Oceans, a lumber inK village of four hundred inhabitants, about fifty miles south of here, was almost entirely destroyed by fire last ulght. The town had no fire lighting facilities and the blaze spread rapidly. The loss will exceed $100,000. • .'incinnati. Nov. 22.— A five story building In East 2d street, occupied by Downard & Koklng. leaf tobacco dealers, was gutted by fire early to day, entailing a loss on etock and building esti mated at $60,000. Adjoining establishments suffered iUr:ie«o estimated at $.10,000. Did you grasp the saving? 6300 pairs of Perrin's winter weight walking gloves went on sale yesterday, v All sizes still. $2 regularly. .$1.3.5. Rogers, Peet k Company. Three Broadway Stores. 258 842 »260 opposite near opposite City HalL Union Square. Greeley Square. SUSTAINS MILK VERDICT. Appellate Court Mulcts Dealer Who Skimmed Off the Cream. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has sustained the Judgment against Anton Koster. who was charged with setttna adulterated milk. Koster had a milk business in this city and a dairy farm and creamery In Delaware county. It was shown on the trial that the employes of Koster skimmed two quarts of cream off each can of milk before it was shipped to the city, and then replaced it with two quarts of milk from another can from which the name quantity of cream had been taken. It was also proved that he sold the milk hero as "standard" milk. It was also proved that Koster was cognizant of the acts of his employes, but on the trial he plead ed Ignorance of the law. The penalty for this vio lation of the law is a fine of not less than $00 nor more than SIC") for the first violation, and not more than WOO for the second offence. The court declared that if it had properly construed the law tho accu mulated penalties could be enforced, and as Koster was convicted of a series of violations, his tines will aggregate, a large sum. Justice Scott writes: While the Judgment, abstractly considered, is not Inconsiderable, the evidence affords data from which it can readily he. computed that the value of the cream which Koster niched from the. milk must have amounted to many times the sum for which the jury rendered a verdict. If accumulated pen alties could not be collected In cases like this It la manifest that dishonest dealers could well afford to take great chances of discovery and prosecution, iind thus the enforcement of the law would be ren dered most difficult and uncertain. The judgment and ©rdei must be affirmed, with costs. BOY QUITS PLAY TO KILL HIMSELF. Carries Poison to School and Drinks It at Sound of the Bell. Herman Buhri?, thirteen years old, started from his home. No. IT.S Sherman avenue. Jer sey City Heights, with books under his arm. for school yrst^rday after kissing his mother (food by. He went then 10 a drus store and purchased carbolic acid, sayiuff that his mother wanted it to kill roaches. Tucklnu the vial in a pocket. the boy went t<» school. H!h leei Its I. Miss CavanaKh, saw him handllns the bottle of poison and took It away from him. She returned it to him at noon, however, when he told her that his mother had t.>M him to buy it. Instead of Roing home to dinner he went reservoir playground and with other hwyi amused himself on th« tlyint? rings and swings. When the school bell rang for the afternoon .-•■. >...n h>-> did not return with his schoolmate*, but said be had to k-> oo an errand and would be late Fred Wienandt, a batcher's errand hoy, started across the reservoir grounds to deliver an order an hour later and saw a small yellow doj? run barking from the side of a .-K>ne wall toward some men who were walking through the grounds. Then he saw the dog canter t>ack UK.iin and lick something: Seeing the butcher buy. the dogf rushed toward him, barking and yelping, and then made off again t>> the stone uall The butcher's boy wondered what ailed the dog:, and hurried after it He Syund young: Buhrig stretched out on the ground, apparently dead, and an empty carbolic add bottle by his side. He was hurried off to tbe City Hospital, where ho died an hour later. His fatlier, a carpenter, and his mother knew of no reason for the lad's act. •BRYAN'S SUGGESTION CHIMERICAL." Senator William Alden Smith on Guarantee ing National Bank Deposits. [By TUISSJIISj ti) Th* Tribuno. ] I>. tr'Mt. Nov. 88. -.Senator William Alden Smith. speaking to-day of W. J. Bryan*! proposition that the government restore fln.incl.tl confidence by guaranteeing national l>;Ulk deposits, said: "I think th.> saggsstton is rhlsssrisal and fan tastic lii the extreme. If it were adopted, the gov ernment would have to maintain otlicera in every bank to look after the details of tho business, otherwise it could not protect Itself. This would Incur a most burdensome expense. "I nlso fall to set* why the hank deposits of a comparatively few persons should be, guaranteed by all of them." Benator Smith also opposes postal BSnsssgS banks. ALUMINUM COMPANY CLOSED. St. Louis. Nov. 22— The works of the Aluminum Company of Ameri<\i, fornlerly known as the> Fltts burg Reduction HUMMUS J. suspended operations last nitflit, and it was announced to-day that the plant would be closed indeunitoly. Superintendent Ptffcr said to-night that th» dosing is due to the limited market sine* the financial flurry came on. The plant reduced .'lluminuni ore and shipped It to other plants owned l>y the. same rompany at Niagara FsJsi mid rittstmrs. KINGS RECOUNT GIVES KETCHAM 500. The committee of the Board of Aldermen which has been recounting the votes cast this fall for Her bert T. Ketcham. tho Democratic candidate for the Ogtea of Surrogate In Kings County, and Marcus B. Campbell, tho TNpublir.aii candidate, has completed its work. The ballots east for the two candidates have bees found by the aMstmea to ruNaset about the saw as Indicated by tho police on the day after the election. This makes Ketcham the winner by about rive hundred votaa Campbell has assssMd from Justice Burr, of the Supreme Court, an order to have the ballots which were thrown out by the election Inspectors In more than three hundred of the 51'!) election districts gone over judically. This will delay tho announcement of the result several weeks longer. CHECK PAYMENTS HALT RAILROAD. Itnno. Nev.. Nov. ?2.— Train service on the South ern Pacific east of here, and all work In the shops were suspended yesterday as a result of the payment of the employes of the company in checks. Fire men and engineers left their trains and refused to turn a wheel until cash was forthcoming. A com promise was finally arranged by which the men re ceived 10 per cent of their pay in cash. Only One "BROMO QUININE." that Is j Laxative Rromo Quinine & /^jL^ on every M any of our boys' suits havfl dropped to lower levels. Double - breasted and Xorfol!< suits show savings among the higher prices especially, while sailor and Russian suits for small boys have taken an average reduction of 20%« Rogers, Peet & Company, Threo Broadway Btoro*. 258 842 1280 at at at Warren st. 13th ft. 32nd at. TIFFANY STVDIOS /MDISONAVENVES FORTItFIEIH STREET RICH IN ARTISTIC OBJECTS OF UNUSUAL DESIGN. THE TIFFANY STUDIOS AFFOR D DEUGHTFUL OPPORTU NFTY TO THE GIFT-GIVE R. PARTICULAR ATTENTI ON IS INVITED TO THE LA MP SHADES^ VASES. UQU EUR SETS AND COUNTLES S OTHER ARTICLES BLOW N FROM FAVRILE GUtSS. American Bank Note Company, 56 Trinity Plaice. New York. A DETECTIVE »<>rvlc£ embracing all classes of legal sat tons: any »e.-tlon. Fuller's New York Detective Bureau. *«6 ffwsr. Some who in former years have been unable to find just what they want during the Christmas rush are making their purchases now before the good things have been picked out L. P. Button fr Co. 31 West 23d Street FATAL HOTEL FTRE AT BUFFALO. One Dead. One Dying and Another in Hos pital — Score Escape. Buffalo. Nov. 22 —One man is dead and an* other is dying, a third Is at a hospital in a serious condition and a" score of persons had narrow and exciting escapes as the result of a fire which broke out In Sawtell's Hotel. No. 110 Wifhansje street, early to-day. The name of th-s dead man is unknown to the authorities. Th« seriously Injured are Fred Banks, tw^nty-ftva years old. coos] at the hotel, who cannot live, and Kraile i^rattan. of Ottawa. Canada. Nearly eighty persons sleeping in SawteU's. afclteodTs and Lawrence's hotels rushed Into th« street hi'ii clothed when the smoke and flames from the fire began to get into their rooms. Jessie Sawtell. daughter of the proprietor, jumped from a second story window into tha yard In the rear of the hotel, but ascaaai in jury. Peter Solo, of Corning, N. T.. and John Hill, a Pennsylvania Railroad fireman living la Clean, were carried from front windows by fire men on ladders. PUBLIC SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY. Professor Jenks, of Cornell, Tells of the B«l» Played by Subordinates. Professor J. W. Jenks. of Cornell University, lectured at the United Charities Building in the, course before the School of Philanthropy yester day on the subject of "The Relation of Govern mental Action to Social Welfare." If th« social welfare of the country was : i be furthered. h* said, the personal qualification!! of the higher offt cers demanded original ability and public spin' The qualifications of the men in the lower grades of the Civil Service should be diligence and faith fulness. Professor Jenka said. Those who were not familiar with the character of public work did not realize the great pressure under which the heads of departments worked. In the case of the President. who receives hundreds and even thousands of let tors every day. Professor Jenks said It was possible for him to read only a few letters personally. Sf» while the general policy of the government was framed by the Chief Executive and his advisers, its application had to be left largely to subordi nates. PARSONS EXPLAINS RESOLUTIONS. When President Parsons of the Republican Cou»» ty Committee was asked yesterday tbe significance of the resolutions which failed to pass in the Re publican County Committee meeting on Thursday ntsht. he said: "The resolutions were aimed at PrestdSSA Roosevelt. Everybody saw that and acted accordingly. The County Committee is agsinSf allowing Itself to be used to Injure the Piestdoafc and it has not much of an opinion of tbe lU»W>_ llcans iv ho would seek to Injure a RspoMwSsi President."