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- - - ■-- - . . .•' - _~» r^T. • » ■ '.■*■ -. - : •■ ;'.; '. - :•••- ??.••- ' ■ . - . •: • ■ ■ • i ■ • YouV ou LXVII . N° 22^65. T . PAYS MD THEN SHOOTS CHASES BLACK HASDERS. Detectives Do Not Come — Grocer Takes Laic in His (hen Hands. Although New York's newly formed Italian society Sac the suppression of lawlessness among it* people is in full stride, the Black Hand industry seems undisturbed, judging from yesterday's record of attempted extortion and shooting. Michael Pullini, a gnooer. of No. 519 Kast l.'ilh street, who ana instructed by the detec tive bureau to meet Carmelo De Marco, an al- Iced Black Hand asent. at First avenue and 123 th street, fired several" shots at the latter and wounded him in the right hand. Through ..... .-.---.• the detectives did ami appear when Pullini handed a roll of Confed erate money with two real dollars on the out cieie to De Marco In response to a letter de mandinc $300. The Italian decided to take the law into his own hands and ran after De Marco, ring si rend shots. Patrolmen from lfce East I2«»th stree: station arrested the men. De Marco was taken to the Harlem Hospital and later locked up on a charge of extortion. Puilini was held on a charge of felonious as , .. « ■' It T.-3F saM later at Police Headquarters that ♦he arrangement had been to meet Pußfn{ at the uptown station of the Third avenue elevated -r>a<3 a* li<'!h pi cci about 3:30 o'clock. rullir.i evidently misunderstood the arrangement, ro 1-^ direct to the place, at the corner of 12."ith greet and First avenue, where the writer of the >'ter had demanded that he meet him with the irKr.ev. The detectii'e said that he waited about aa hour for Pullini and then decided that the xaan bad I** 1 " telling him a fairy tale. ~i\-;l!iam M- Adkinson. of the Baltimore de vctive force, came to this city yesterday and lAeßtffled tb<* body of Tony Caleozno. a barber. iriMTva* mysteriously shot at Second avenue zx* HCth street on Monday and died in the Har fen Hospital on Thursday from buckshot Adkinson said th:,- «jaVozn<> was a CtorioVs Black Hand leader in Baltimore and •n-ss •n-arted in connection with the burning of a fco~c anS Jh~ killing of a man in Plttsburg. Detective Lieutenants Cavone and Arcipoli. of the Italian PQuad, arrested Vito Catalano. of Xo. 447 E°st 13ta s*r^"t. yesterday and in the Jeffer ton Market Court rged him with beinp: a sus picJocf pOTOii. The detectives say They hope t5 produce evidenc- to connect Catalan* with fix explosion of a bomb which wrecked the ialomof Frank I-a Court, at Ko. 4.".<; East I^th str<>r? on jan-jary 9. Magistrate Harris held Csttlznn in $1,000 balL Salvatorf danconio. of Ko. 0-"» Elizabeth F*Tp*>t. and Giupeppi Parlatinio. of Ko. I<4 Chri^ae street, were arrested last evening by Itslian detectives and charged with being sus jadtsas characters. The detectives say they lt-ow som-thinsr about tbe demands for money tnd IhrealeniiiS letters sent to Pasrjuale Canizio. ... 22 Ppring street. The last letter pent, on Jar.jsry IS. demanded HOI, and contained the threat that unices the .'".-, was speedily paid. Canizio would 1« killed. Tl Italians denied vritiiner th»* iettrrs. Detectives fo^ml a inter addressed to Palle p-lno Mule, of No. :::;T East 'A'ld street, in a .! -srerch of his bakeshop. where he . nd his sen were "arrested on Friday on suspicion of boinsr connected with the Black Hand Society. It is ££3^ "llother." and in one place says: "When tb? rase of the murder of Mammaluco was tried in Girgw.i the evidence given was all against jru; th* proofs were clear, and the sentence r.iv«i by the Idem of the court of justice of Girgenti is very heavy and I tell you all the money in the rid cannot save you." . The ;.«lio< of Baltimore, according to word . .''tr.i here last night, aeeni quite certain that *On r Calcozno was Camelia Laro.sa. alias Cheva lier, ard ihat h*- was the real bead of the Black Hand in this country. ILL \St MS FOR ( \ I NNON. Speaker UiJl Make No Effort for Instructions in Other States. [By Te>«rapb to The Tribur.» ] Chicago. Veh. v — Illinois is to be given to fr«ik<T Joseph O. Cannon on March 25 or -<> T.lth the hKM wishes of the Republican political ttasastrs of the state. The dale is not de- Jenrjr.ed beyond all doubt, but Mr. Cannon's campaign managers have asked that the state convention 1*» held in the latter part of March. M Congressman William B. McKinley, head v? the Cannon movement in Illinois, .suggested llsroh 'Si to-day. "Speaker Caniion Irishes an early convention Eoihat his name < an get before the people with lb* prestige of having fifty-four instructed dele- BBs from Illinois behind his candidacy." said McKinley at the Union ague Ctch to-day. ' Ashed nvbether Cannon would endeavor to hzve some «if the Michigan Bates Instructed •orfcJm. Congressman McKinley said: The opinJcxi of the Speaker is that there will It* tn walkover for hjiv i; ibttcan candidate tois fall This being the cam he believes that tat dtlegsjcs to ilif national convention should ,£oi be b-*un<2 fey a policy or to a candidate that -t may >r« ;;. ,•(• iixp. time, of tlie convention in *3vfEa.ble to sup;*>rt. He believes that outside <* tbe •fav'itt son" states the delegates to the $fflv«iUc»n rfionld l>e anpledscd. and therefore trill nnVf » : .. effort to set instructions outside tf nitooig.- I' ha<= .-ibjut i>.-:i agreed that no Republican »n*TTiV-r of Ojitttcss Khali be a . . gate from .this Etste, as Congressman McKinley does not *Wai jhi« wou-.j be goo-J policy. . EQiATOR • EPEW IN NO KUF.RY \Vtht, TJi^ Tribuio !3ur«au.] *!f*sfclacton. \-t\>. a.— Am by «aur I'- pew was: :h^ ....•'■ to-<la.v a • •.■ rail'- J*?te i.iurr-d •!■.!, Illinois stepped up and iSMped j : i s band. **I tact you t»emy-fivf years ago at >;■■-■• 111.. e«mcr~ nU U*s m Btetn i O!*J lv r; ,«, f ft. t you apaln." cordially i<pli«l Mr '« tnut j» wri you in h'-avc-n." said th«" minis ter, a* be reluctantly dropped tlw -■:■■■ r - I and. ~i Itfpo ;; w ;;j j^ a Umc, lSm« i,.-f' r.- >•• i ;••' **. ai.<i a !oi,sf . tim*- before you in^-t BM there. " r «oncd Senator D»i»<-w ** • alappad down :«ie *r>4 Hk. a boy of len. ■Hdqsed ninety HOURS in mini:. |i:y TeVjraph m •!••• Mbaaa I City. Jr>b. fe.— !i. McC^blc. the American T Mfemiin r. r tbe Dr.-.pT mine. In t^<? State "•■ D* . r *"go. ha> I*. n rescued frenj a chajnber of the jrmer r.ork:nss, after being i:n:.ri^^i'.'"i for ninety noer« iritbout food. Th«; iwiß'Tf was fi<rf>ded. *ni h e K ., M d W ith tbe wat^r up to his ausas and j"' ■ a wink of steej until he was rescued. NEW FAST TRAIN. FLORIDA AIKEN AUGUSTA *'"'-a ScinbMn lly iv. X. v ■'■.:■:. A. M. Pall "%") J-Wktvinjr-rooiii and Stateroom wle+vU . ears. , v :.>..-■.■■ '- i??*tec-room. Sloping «nd fining Car Service. *• a. Office. I2M ■FwajT'— - V.- ft^SriSSk,..,.,!. NEW-YORK. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY!). 1008.-FIVE PARTS SIXTY PAGES. TUG TO THE RESCUE OF A HELPLESS FERRYBOAT OFF GOVERNOR'S ISLAND. 3IORSE STARTS BACK. Cable Message Causes Banker to Give Up Continental Trip. Liverpool. Feb. B.— C. W. Morse, the New York banker and promoter, who arrived here this morning from New York on the steamer Cam pania, decided to return at once to Now York City. and he left here this afternoon on the steamer Etruria. This complete change In Mr. Morse's plans was caused by the receipt of a cable message from New York. It was received at Queens town or by wireless between Queenstown anil Liverpool, for when he landed here to-day he said that he was gains to return this afternoon instead of proceeding to the Continent. Mr. Morse lingered In his cabin on' board, the Campania and was the last of the saloon pas sensors to siep ashore. His face bore distinct traces of worry when lip finally appeared at the gangway, down which he hurried. It was evi dent that lie was anxious to escape interview ers, and he hastened in the direction of the bag gage room. Mr. llone showed a decided disinclination to talk of his affairs or plans. He did : ay. how ever, that be had received a message from Xew York which had decided him to return home im mc:iafM> on boa/d the Etruria. It had been his intention, he said, to proceed to the Conti nent to look after certain business __ matters v. hieh, demanded hif-alteiitiorv but ; the urgency, of the cable- advices from the other side had caused a reversal of his plans. C. M. SCHWAB HOPEFUL. Believes Mr. Morse Will Pa// Back- All He Ones. While rumors as to the procedure to disclose the financial status of Charles W. Morse were being discussed, Charles M. Schwab, who sailed on the Lusitania for Europe yesterday, ex pressed the most optimistic view of the banker's trouble. Mr. Bchwab was one of the heavy loser? in deals with Mr. Morse, but he is still sure that the banker will pay back all the money he owes. . Regarding his loss on twenty thousand shares of American Ice stock. Mr. Schwab said: "I bought shares- of the stock when it was high. I have them now, I am sorry to say. I do not Bay tbir, however, with any feeling against Mr. Uocae. He is a good fellow. I do not think that he is a (.rook. He has got Into his deattngs. perhaps, too much over his head. But if his creditors give him a chance he will. I feel pretty certain, be able to come out all right- If be is kicked while he is down, haw ever, lie may be put in a very had position. He owes me money, but I am not worrying.'" Mr. Bchwah wan asked how much money was owed bint by Mr. Morse. "Well, it's enough bo that some people might worry about it, but I can assure you that 1 «r ee very little real cause to do so. Ido not think that Mr. Morse has run away. I believe the statement that he has gone abroad merely for a rest-** Mr. Bchwah said be was not going abroad with the ohj<-<t of meeting Mr. Morse; that be was merely on a buataaas trip and would be hark booh He said Mr. Morse bad built "a house of cards air. .'it iiim.«.-if watch is tumbling/* TJm reports from the deputy sheriffs who were busy m rvinsj attachments on every bank and trust company where Morse loans had been i:i.-a<3'- were more than favorable yesterday. Tn many Instances it was found that the collateral was worth more than the loans, while in other - the • BateraJ was not on a par with the loans, but from the general condition it is believed that the report of Sheriff Poiey, which will be made public ten days after the last attachment has been served, will show the banker's condi tion i.'.t to be bo extreme as to warrant his bo ing declared bankrupt. It was definitely said that in either ease the creditors would not ask for bankruptcy proceed ings, as they felt sure that they would event ually receive the greater part of their loans. Although the federal grand jury was not in session yesterday United States Attorney Stini son bad several conferences with Secretary Cor telyou and Charles A. Hanna. th- receiver of the National Bank of North America. He said that he was preparing for Mr. Morse's return. He characterized Mr. Morse's trip to Europe a:. "a curious outing." I communication from Mr. Morse was re ceived by « bark* A. Banna yesterday morning. There was nothing in the message, however, to reassure the Bank of North America, nor did it Indicate that there would bo any change In the relation between Mr. Morse and the, bank. There were also reports yesterday that the New England creditors v.cuid combine to bring suM agate* Mr. Morse In Boston. These suits, ii was sft!d. would be brought to save legal ex pense, as the attachments brought here can only be applied to this county. Abel I. Culver, president of the Hudson Navl- cmttaurd «... - ■•• ».l P** e - FLORIDA— EAST OR WEST COAST. Seaboard i arid < Limited-Daily •'■'■ -•.•",' •■.■■'• -. - a guttta*. Ptnehurw i£««*; n "■<''«■><>'"■ Shortest Florida route. Office- USJ rw*jr.-Asw«. BIG PLANT TO RESUME. Work for Five Thousand Employes of Illinois Steel Company. [I3y Telegraph to The Tribune. 1 Chicago, Feb. — The increased trade in steel. resulting in orders that put five thousand men to work In the South Chicago mills of the Illi nois Steel Company, brought delight to workers to-day. One by one the departments are to resume until the mills" are running full blast. Normal conditions are expected by February 17. The slab, plate and rail mills and the open hearth department, which have been closed down, will start up on Monday. Notice has been sent to twenty-seven train crews of the Chicago. Lake Shore & Eastern, the steel com pany's road to Gary, Joliet and other points, to report for work. PRISONER STARTS ALARM. Cry of Fire on BlackzccH'.s Island Causes Panic. One of the negro women prisoners in the women's ward on Blackwell's Island screamed "fire" last night when she saw some escaping 1 steam and threw five hundred inmates into a wild panic, in which several women nar rowly escaped being hurled from the upper tiers. .'.AUr-gf women took "up the cry of fire and an alarm was sent toEnginc Company 4!>. which is stationed on the bland. The keepers opened the cells of the women's ward and the prisoners rushed pellmell down the stairs to the main floor. Fire drill signals were sounded in the men's ward. The inmates were marched out in order find certain trusties took their places at the permanent hose lines. Ten mounted policemen from the East lUIM street .station and the reserves from the Ea:-t flTih street station, under Sergeant Ashley, were taken to the island on the Charities Department ferryboat Bronx, but the. ex< ited prisoners had been returned to their cells before they arrived. The Fire Department in Manhattan prepared for the shipment of apparatus to the island an.l the flreboata were about to start when the real cause of the alarm waa made known. DIAMOND FLEW INTO HER HAIR. Employe of Polishing House Carries It for Hours Without Knowing It. Ida Rowan, of No. SI Puntine street. Jamaica, ; carried a fl.ooo diamond around in her hair for ' several hours yesterday without knowing' it. Ida. is employed in a Manhattan diamond poUsn inp house. The stone slipped from beneath the setting tool when the workman who was s.-ttinjr it struck a blow with his mallet. Miss Rowan was walking across the room mid the gem imbeddel itself in her hair. 1 A search wag made for the. lost diamond, and the , firm was about to hire detectives •when Miss Rowan walked into the office with the gem and explained how she had carried It in her hair, where her mother found It. Subsequent investigation proved. Mips Rowan's almost incredible story to be cor rect and she will have an Increase of salary and be promoted. FLAGMAN GIVES LIFE TO SAVE WOMAN Aged Hero Pushes Horse from Path of One 1 Train to Die by Blow from Another. I By Telegraph to The Trlltun?. 1 Mcriden, Conn.. Feb. Mrs. Matilda Ross, an elderly woman, drove her horse on to a railway grado crossing in PlalnvlUe last night when a train was approaching and was saved by Frank W. Day. the flagman. Day tan to her horse and threw him back a moment before the train swept past. The flagman did not see a train coming in an op : pogite direction, ■ however, and the engine struck 1 him. He died a few minut«s later. j Mrs. Ross may not survive the shock. Her horse was not hurt. Day m sixty-eight years old and I for thirty-three rears hed i>'-en a bagjraprmaster on * the Highland division of ;t.»- New Haven road. GIRL IS WHIPPED; PUPILS REBEL. try Trtegraih to The TWbwie.l Wilmington, Del., Feb. B.^-Because th» Sussex County Grand Jury would not indict Ralph Dart, principal of the lUhoboth (Del.) Public School, ai leged to have whipped cruelly a girl pupil, the students openly defied the teachers to-day, and the Board of lCducution was i iwiiiiHtii to expel the disturbers! Further trouble is threatened. , NEV/ SKIN REMEDY. Creates Eig Stir; Drug btores Crowded With Sufferers. New York. ,vi» I. — Kor several we.:ks j>a-t H'-«e tnan's, lilker'ai and other drag stuns in. this city bare been crowded with persons desiring n supply of posuun. the new euro for Kama. This Is tin; drug which has created such a stir throughout ttrr country BJnoa its discovery, ome year »£« For the convenience of those wlif> i:-<> poslam for pimples, blackheads, blotches, red nose, acne, i ■:;,.■ and >■;;..■!■ minor .■■Kin trouWea a special ■-,'•-,,■ • package has been adopted. in addition i.i the regular two-dollar tar, which is now on salt; at all leading drug stores. ■']'- in ersctna case . poslam stops th« itching with i-i ■• application and proceeds to lieal. curing; clironlc •■■! ■-> in two v.'-01.-. In minor Pkln trouble-! tr-uii- if!. i an overnight *pr>l!c«. i,,,. I"'or a tree ' cbefiOient»TVimple write direct to the Km- > «.•:■.•.•■ Laboratories, 33 West • Twcnrj' flXUi street, New York City.— Advt- _s,v*.~-«-. CANFIELD'S PLACE SOLD Old Gambling House Goes to Corn pan// with a Strange Name. Title to the four-story and basement dwelling house No. 5 East 44th street was transferred yesterday by Pawl Moran to' the Yv. is Realty Company foe a nominal consideration over a mortgage of $liii>,(»(H>. So far as could he learned this is the only transfer of a title to a Manhat tan parcel with which the Ywis Realty Company or any concern with a name a; all similar ha 9 boon identified. The building on the site was for a long time previous to December 1. 190l\ known as the "gambling palace" conducted by Richard A. CanfiekL on that day Inspector Nicholas Brooks, aided and directed by District Attorney Jerome, raided the place in search of evidence upon which Canfield could be convicted r.f being a common gambler. As a result of that raid several well known men hurriedly lr-tt this city and remained in quiet rural places until December S. 1904. when Canfield and David W. Bucklin. his' man asor. pleaded guilty in Ihe Court of Special Ses sions to gainhlinK and were fined $1,000 each, which they promptly paid. John Delahunty. the lawyer, obtained a judg ment of $42,000 against Canfield In 1906 for ser vices performed w at the time of and after the raid. Last year the Appellate Division of the fc'uprenje. Court reduced ' the J^dpment to. $17,ST>3. What the Ywis company -r. »sla 'to do with the property could not b<u rned yesterday. nor could any one be found who could tell how the company came to select Ywis for a name. It is .-aid that if a drunken man tries to pro nounce the word be makes a noise like the bun of a roulette ball in action. It does not stand for a brand of Swiss cheese. It is an obsolete! English adverb. 'V.' the prefix, etymological ly !s note nearly related to "i," '<»," "v" than any other letters of the alphabet except "a." "c" and "w." "Wis" in the early days of English liter ature meant "I know." Chaucer wrote, "Ywis. quod he, it is full dear I say," and Spenser once, speaking about a knight, said: "A right good knight and true of words, Ywis." It was rumored in real estate circles last night that Ywis was selected as the name of the com pany to take title to the premises because when District Attorney Jerome closed the house Can field held "I. O. U.s" of various patrons aggre gating several hundred thousands, and the "old days of the palace" are like the word Ywis, al most forgotten. THAW POLISHES FLOOR. Shows Much Interest in Cleanliness of His Ward. [ By Telegraph to The Tribune. ] Fishkill Landing. N. V., Feb. S. — Harry K. Thaw completed his first week as an inmate of the Matteawan State Hospital to-night. The day was without Incident to him. save for the call of Detective Moore, who has been on the Thaw staff for some time. He brought an as suring message . from Thaw's mother. Thaw expects "Dan" O'Reilly, his lawyer, to-morrow, It being a privilege to have a caller on Sunday. Thaw's love for piano music is being satisfied and he passes two hours every day at the hos pital instrument. On Monday his wife will again call on him. He was asked to polish the floors of his ward with other patients yester day and he gladly did so, showing much inter est in the cleanliness of the ward. During the day when visitors are shown through the ward the men are ordered seated. Thaw was deeply engrossed in a book and did not raise his eyes when a party of girls passed through yester day. He finds no fault with anything at the hospital and. says be is content under the cir cumstances there. ■ VILLARD'S HALF-BROTHER DEAD. [By Telegraph 10 The Tribune.] Denver. Feb. B.— Robert C. Hllgard, said to be the half-brother of Henry Villar.!. died bet* to day penniless- and amid squalid surroundings. Twenty rears ago Hllgard was president of a bank at Belleville, 111., and prosperous. Domestic troubles, it is Mid, caused him m abandon his business and become a homeless Brand TWO BANKERS SENTENCED TO JAIL. [By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1 Murphysboro, in, Feb. !?.— W. i; Smith and James B. V.H. of Henry County, Ky., were found guilty by a jury this afternoon and sentenced to the penitentiary fir fly« years, .Smith v.as also fined $2,000. Smith organized state banks at Klk- II!.- n.l Grand Tower, 111, in 190& and Installed Kail as president The charge was the isauitig of worthless paper. SWAP SKYSCRAPER FOR TEXAS LAND. i IV: '■'• ■■■■ !;■!• to The Tribune. ! St. Louis. Feb. I The sixteen story Uggott Building, No. 860 Chestnut street, was sold to-day to a Texas syndicate beaded by Recce S. Allen, of Houston. The Weal Hnd Realty Company, owner*, receive in exchange for the building ninety thou sand acres of land n»ar Amarina, Tex., valued at approximately $1.250.0 i». The syndicate will imme diately parcel the trad for colonizing^ . POLAND WATER * '„ . j .-j'tl? ail In Refutation and Purity. ' Known and drunk by »'■ ! nuiluna throjishpuCtho world., K. S. Robin on. Manager. New ion Depot anj wHice, 1180 Broadway.— AdVL :r,,piMi;r. IW*- r-v Th» Trii>un<« AMOftatioa-* ARMY CORPS TO BORDER HCSSLt MENACES Tl HKEY. Sixty Thousand Men Moving to the Persian Frontier. St. Petersburg. Fet\ S. The Ru»^o-Turkish relations have entered on a menacing p'.ias- . Alarmed at the unchecked Turkish penetra tion of I ale and the mobilization i.) "Armenia, the Russian government has eMM on a formidable military demonstration in reply on the TurCO-PvrsiaJi frontier, di-p::'. there a compact expedition of IJO,<>'X> select troops from Central Russia with full war eqaipvaent. The government is acting with uncommon rapidity. with a view to impresaing Turkey by a display of force. The War Office has drawn up plan.«« of the ex pedition and submitted them hurriedly for leg islative enactment to the Douma on Friday. The Committee on -National Defence assembled in virtually secret session. A representative of the War Office briefly and impressively outlined the Turkish preparation, of which Russia is fully informed, and asked for an open credit Cot th» maintenance of an army of ISIKOOO men. He met the possible argument of economy by say ing that Russia had expended blood and treas ure in Manchuria in vain, owing to the initial backwardness in armament. The empire's pres tige In the Middle East, he said, was now also in the balance, and Russia must be prepared to defend it. M. Guckhoff. leader of the . Octobrist party, in a speech said that the majority in the Douma were Russian patriots and willing to part with their "last .shirt" to defend the fatherland. The committee in a high pitch of patriotism passed the appropriation unanimously. At the same session the War Office obtained sanction for a further item of flO,00»>.OGO to create floating batteries along **" 7*' '"' roast, which, owing to the weakness of the navy, is at the mercy of Germany. Rome. Feb. 8. — The "Populo Romano" prints a rumor that a Ruspo-Turkish war is likely to occur in the spring. It la that Turkey now has in Macedonia 100.000 of her be=t troops, with many Germans as officers. SNOW CARTING TRICKERY. Deputy Commissioner Finds Some Get Tyco Punches for One Load. Deputy Commissioner Edwards, of the Street Cleaning Department, found out yesterday one reason why the snow is' not leaving the streets as fast as it should. He made a surprise visit to the f>th district dumps, at K'.Oth street and the North River, and discovered that many driv ers working for de Marco, the sub-contractor for that district, were driving up twice when they had only # one load, and getting their cards punched as if they had dumped two loads. There are three dumps there, and the checkers, with punches; stood so far from the water that the deception was easy. - The Deputy Commis sioner found also that some men were driving up without any snow at all. and getting punches. In some cases, too, a duplicate punch. exactly like that used by the department, had been Used, .and ,there..was .strong. suspicion, that some of the tickets had been forged. • ■_.._, The iHh district broke all snow removal rec ords last week, the cards showing that MM loads had been dumped. DEATH AT SMALL EIRE. Williamsburg Woman. Lying on Lounge, Suffocates from Smoke. A fire broke out en the second floor of the house at Mo, -".7^ Cooper street. Williamsburg. occupied by David Hicks and his wife, and when the firemen extinguished the blaze the dead body of Mrs. Hicks was found on a lounge in the dining room. She. had been suffocated. Mr. Hicks had prone to the store, leaving his wife alone. When he returned home the- engines were there, and the fire had made some headway. He rushed to the door calling to his wife. Hicks had to be restrained from rushing: into the burning room". He was prostrated and was attended by Dr. Lehatnan. the surgeon sum moned from the Hushwick Hospital. The dam age by the fire amounted to $200. The fire was caused by the hanging mantlepiece covering taking fire from an overheated stove. A. W. T. BACK FOUND GUILTY. Accused of Wrongfully Taking $675 of Broome County Fund 9. Ilinghamton. X. V. Feb. S. Arthur W. T. Back, former county custodian, who has been on trial here charged with wrongfully taking $l'»7r> of county funds, was found guilty to-night by a jury. wuJei returned the verdict after de liberating on the evidence for more than three hout s. BRYAN AND LAWSON CONFER. Curious Story About Peerless One and Bos ton's Frenzied Financier. A curious story was afloat among the local poli ticians yesterday that Thomas W. LaWseo and William Jennings Bryan had a four hours' confer ence in Lawson's private car on Friday. ; Half an hour before the 12:.V1 p. m. Western ex press left the Grand Central Station on Friday, ac cording to the story, a private car was coupled on to the re.ir of Hie train. In this car were Latvson and Bryan. When the train reached Schenectady Bryan made a hurried exit from the car. which was quickly annexed to a Iyer bound from the West to New York, and b1 '>::■' o'clock Lawsea was bach in the Grand Central Station. EOUBLE PAY FOR ALL EMPLOYES. DCtinlifi. N. V.. Feb. 3.— The New York Rubber Company, with larße works at Matteatwaa, this week presented to 'its employes double pay. It' is the company's annual custom, and was not omitted this year notwlth?tßndins the business .depression. Each envelope given to the hundreds of employes read: "You will rind enclosed an extra week's pay. with the company's best wMmhb*' JACOB H. SCHIFF GIVES HARVARD PRIZE. [By T«Vsraph_V> The Tribune.) Cambridge. Maam. )•'■•. i-.— Jacob 11. ScUlff. th.- New York banker, lias offered Harvard University through ih«- Harvard Mencrah Society, an annual Si'^i prize, to *■• knowii as th>" "Harvard Meboruh Hocleiy Vfizo," for th<- bsst essay by any un.i.-r :;i'.i :i>- on a BUbj>'<-t 'connected' with the "work and achleveni«-:its of the Hebrew people. Essays for this year Baud be 'In by May 1. The award will be made i:. % . a committee of three appointed by the aidant '_ MICHICAN BANK TO CLOSE. Detroit, Ken. S.— A dispatch from LMwaglac. Mich., says that it Wai announced to-night that the City Hank of DowagMM will not open for business Mon day., The bank la capitalized at JjO.COOs.^— ;'<**- v» DEWEY S OLD PORT WINE FOR INVALIDS. Will >■ : .-ni,tiu-!i iii»> Weak and Convalescents, H T.Dewey & Sons Co., 158 FultoarSt.*, XcwVork. Auvt I4IKL FIVE CEMSL CONTESTS AT CHICAGO. SOUTH MAY HAVE MA\Y. Important Kelt To li Played by Republican Xalioha! Committee, I From T.i» T:fjure Etr*an.J Washington. Feb. ».— Politicians in TVa>:- ton are becomins convinced thai the national eercniitlee rlti play 'an important part In '■ • st|rctlsa of tat next He^ubllcan candidate for President. The forces whith are opposing th* norninatfon of Secretary Tart maintain that many (oatcatti delfsationji r.-ili UnocS loudly at Ins doors of the convention. and as it Mi to the national comnjittec- ti» make up the teropo : iry roil ;:r:i! Is Un MB ft •■:•-;■ roll to name th" committee on credentials, the politi cal complexion of the convention, •' there ar« any considerable number of eoaMatlag. U«i*K* tions. BSUBt ■:• p«-: 1 on th" national committee. No scorer had Hi Foraker returned ■••m Ofcflai last week than the story was told at the Cap V.. tol that a number of cont<»s:inx delesatlons would BS-etsctsd in the Southern state*, anti this prediction was promptly v*-rifl in the ia3C of Florida, the first Houihern state to hold its con vention. According to the advices rtpad In Washington from the rejpjiar MM source* the regular con-.-ention instructed Its delegates for Taft, while a "rump" convent • fleeted an un instfueted afaaßnUaa Certain supporters «>f candidates other th3n Mr. Taft have ad ques tioned the accuracy of IMS information. Meanwhile, however, the vupffjsvMn of various candidates are anxiously inquiring a' to th» pr-=f<>renc>«i of the committee itself, and botJi the supporters and xhf opponents of Mr Taft maintain that they will control the commit:-??. The Taft people say they' will hare twenty eight votes cat ct a total si fifty-four, as *■ - lows: Alabama. Connecticut. Florida. Arkansas. California. Santa Dak-Ua. Indiana. Kansas. Louisiana. Maryland, Minnesota. Mississippi. Missouri. Michigan, laws, Xorth Carolina, Rhode Island. Wyoming. New Hampshire. N<»w Jersey, nth Carolina. Tennessee. Vaaajßj Vir ginia. Alaska, District of Columbia. Philippine* and Porto Rico. They concede that the following will be op posed to Secretary Taft: Idaho. Illinois. Ohio, Kentucky, Maine. Massachusetts. New ¥.».:^ Pennsylvania and Weal Virginia — nine in all. The remaining seventeen the Taft people put in the doubtful column. In explanation of t&eir forecast they say that while the dele*:a:ion3 from Ohio and West Virginia will be solid for Taft. and th«» same will probably be true of Idaho, the present national commltteemen ar» the ones who will vote on niakina: up the tem porary roll, and it is regarded as unlikely that Messrs. Dick. Scott and Hey burn will b» for the Secretary, although Senator Scott is in doubt. The opponents of Mr. Taft say that a major ity of the national committee will be agaln,3t Taft. and will seat delegations unfavorable t» the Secretary of War wherever contestants pr*» sent themselves. They are unwilling, however, to submit any tabulation in suppo^ of their proposition, contenting themselves with assert ing that the fact, that Chicago was chesen. as the convention city demonstrates tha* the anti- Taft forces prevailed -in the committee at its last meeting. This assertion is disputed, however... »'.en t by some of the? men who voted for <'hiea*n. far instance. Air Lyons, national commltteemaa from Texas, stoutly asserts that while he cast Ms vote with the anti-Taf: forces so Ions; as h» supposed there was the slightest chance of pro moting the renomination of President Roose velt, he Is now as stanch a supporter of tha Secretary of War as he had been of the Presi dent. The same is true of Pearl Wight, na tional committeeman from Louisiana, and of John G. Capers, committeeman from .South Carolina. Frank H. Hitchcock, who. as tie pro moter of the third term sentiment in the last meeting of the national committee, induced th© Southern members to vote for Chicago. is con fident that when the committee meets in Juno it ill be In favor of the nomination of Mr. Taft. The vote on convention cities stood: Chicago, 31; Kansas City. IS. and Denver. 4. It is con ceded that the four who voted for Denver vrera more favorable to Kansas City than Chicago, so that the poll might be at id to have bee", in ' effect. 31 to ~. That would mean that a changa of five votes would have changed the decision, and. the Taft people maintain that there wpr» many more than five votes cast for Chicago by members who . preferred Roosevelt to Tafr. but would now prefer Taft to any other candidate. Of course. it is a rather far cry from no^ until next June, and many things may happea to change the views of national commltteernea in the mean time, but there seems to be 11UI9 doubt that the friends of each candidate will do all in their power to promote the Interests of their favorite in the national committee before* its next meeting. CHEAT CROWD EX PEA TED. S'ational Committee Making Plans • for Chicago Convention. IDr T»>sra.; h to Tl-T 1 -- THfeaM Chicago. Feb. S— The Republican Xatiunal Committee will open headquarters here next week. The sub-committee- in charge of arrange ments' for the national convention is to meat next "'ednesday. and Chairman Xew says that headquarters will be opened at the Auditorium Annex. Secretary Dover says the Republicaa Convention of 1008 will be attended by the largest crowd in the history ■■: the parry. Th« supporters of Cannon. La PMftiua and Fair banks can be counted on to turn out in lane* number*, as they, an from neighboring states and will not be influenced by the cutting off of passes and th" abolition of round trip rate*. There also will Ii Hail boomer* In large num bers from all over the Mlddl? West. FED BABY CONTENTS OF ? r !J TEAY. West Indian Maid. Under the Influence of Religion, Then Confessed. Mil >l:i. I-ons? Island. >■'•• ■■ 8 iS; trial*. — As i -•- suit of r*-U»?li>u3 enthusiasm. Aurelia • < '•'■' •:•>•. it -..■..• i : :1 v\ • •; Indian, a maid 1b tRS> home of William J. !'.!■!> >"■ UiH'ivllle Ceasre. I .on*; Island, confessed yesterday that she had b«es> riinjj the twa-yt-^r-oIU son of Mr. l*urdy hairpins, matches tir.d safety pins. I M was locked up in, the Nassau County jail to-day. Th* child .wan sick recently, .md about the sam) time the girl becume .ib<-i>r'.>.'a In the prospective erection of . a . new . BantU!! church tor u#sr«««. Haying imbibed an unusual quantity «-f r*Ua*«a yesterday; she returned to the Purt!y home an-1 calmly announced that she had been feedinjr- lh« baby on the articles from Mi mothers pis tray. ln order that the chiUl would be taken .-i-k ami handed •»•■ to the enre of the mother, •■ sit* could go out and enjoy herself. QUICKEST FLOaiDA" ROUTE BY 2 HOURS. •Atlantic Coast Mn«U.U.. •\.\VY. & Kla. - PpscaaV* 2:10 V. .M. Office. B'way. cor. 3o;U S;.— Advu