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RETIRED BY CASTRO.
a fesbzvklas sr uprise.
Consul General and Legation Secre
tary Victims of Jealousy.
The announcement is made of the retirement
from office of Angustp F. Pulido. for twelve
v^,r«= secretary of the Venezuelan Lotion at
Washington, and of Jamb- Plmentel. Consul
General of Venezuela in New York. Their suc
cessor* are. respectively. Nicolas Velez Flat! ll m
and Gcnzalo Picon Febres.
This here announcement of changes in the
diplomatic and consular services of Venezuela
is in itself of no great interest or importance,
particularly to those familiar with the frequent
exercise by President Castro of his power of ap
pointment and removal. But the underlying
motive for these unexpected changes and the
circumstances leading up to them are interest
in?:. Briefly told, they came about through the
carrying out by SeSor Pulido and Sefior Pimentel
-,' a certain part of the Venezuelan consular
laws, mi in apparent indifference to the
ftperior and supreme law at Caracas—
Cirriano Castro.
The trouble tx»iran with a cable dispatch to the
consul general from his brother In Madrid tell
ir.p him "'" ' the two were the lucky holders of
• tirket of the Spanish lottery that had won
ll.V'.'M' He Invited Seftor Pimentel to come to
Ppain for his share of the winnings. Elated
over the {rood news, the Venezuelan official pro
ceeded to arrange for hi- trip abroad.
■Sear, the consular laws of Venezuela place the
consulates under th« jurisdiction of the lega
tions. The minister or charge d'affaires has the
authority to grant leaves of absence to consuls.
In •'-—••>• with this law SeSor Pirr.entel
communicated -with Senor Pulldo, who has been
the charge in "Washington for EOine time, asking
the necessary permission. Sefior Pulido granted
:• and SeSor Pimentel palled. leaving the con-
F3.la.ie in charge of the secretary.
He returned to New York last week and was
mrprised to find SeSor Febrea. the new ap
pointee, in charge of the consulate.* He learned
then that he had made the greatest error of his
brief official career. President Castro, it seems,
•'resented the strict adherence to the regulations
gnveminz consuls general and decided, on hear
r of Sefior PimenteTs leave of. absence, that
the latter and Sefior Pulido had actually per
■ •-■! the law to usurp his "superior" power.
Thereupon he at once appointed a new consul
peneral - : New Tork and a new charge at
Washington.
SeSor Febres. who cornea from Los Andes, the
relive state of President Castro, has held a
portfolio In the latter*s Cabinet. He expects his
exequater to-day from the State Department at
"Washington. Sefior Pimentel, who has both
v en and lost, has beer, here only since last July.
Se£cr Pulldo's successor In the legation. Sefior
Yeiez. has occupied the office before tinder Presi
dent Castro. He was* formerly secretary of the
Bureau of American Republics. He severed his
last connection with the Venezuelan Legation
«r,d<?r circumstances almost as grievous as those
rcder which SeSor Pulido now retires. The
story was that President Castro ordered his re
tirement because he failed to exert sufficient in
fluence to have the last Pan-American Congress
held at Caracas.
DOUBT MD FINED $20
Damage of One Franc Awarded to Prince
He he de Sagan.
PariF. Feb. 11. — Count Boni de Castellans. Ills
divorced husband of. Anna Gould, of New York,
was found pullty to-day by the Correctional
Court of criminal assault and battery on Prince
Heiie de Sagas, his cousin, and fined $20. One
trace was awarded to the prince for damages.
L FEW LITE SENTENCES ASEZB.
Berlin Prosecutor Demands a Term of 1,461
Years for Otto Hugo.
Berlin, Feb. 1L — "The accused man has in
curred fines amounting- to £2.000,000. or. in de
fault. 1.401 years and two months' lmprison
m«t.- said the -.--s attorney to-day In the
criminal division o? the Berlin court in the case
asa.ir.st Otto Hupo for breach of the law of
August. IT«*4. prohibiting the sale of non-Prus
sian tottery tickets within Prussian territory.
Hupo hiid rr-of ived an order from ■- Copenhagen
firm to addr^s? ar.d send out 100.000 envelopes
tontainins circulars relating to a so-called
Danish colonial lottery, which afterward proved
v, ire a swindle. He issued tß\oß9 of the circu
lar?, ar.d several recipients made complaint to
tl>e authorities.
Tb» state's attorney, addressing the court,
crjred that Hugo should be fined SSO for each
c2er.~>. making a total of $2,000,000. and thai
ir, default of payment he should be sentenced
to a days imprisonment for each -.7". of the
toe. or 1.4^1 years. _ months and a fear days.
The court, however, decided that as the clr
colani had all been issued in two days, and
thus technically only two offences committed.
a 2m of $375. or. in default. US day?" Imprifon
mer.t. ««jbjU be Fu.Hcient.
The state's attorney entered an objection, and
cc-tesded that the Issue of each circular con
stituted a separate offence. Hr- is now con
•iderinp the advisability of asking for a revision
m th* a-e by a superior court. The issue of
■jißiln lottery tickets is becoming frequent la
PrusE^i. and the authorities are determined to
•top th« trafSc
rITTI?. ErsSO-TTXSISH RELATIONS.
Concidtttory Spirit Shown at Constantinople
— Balkan Conditions.
EL r%aaa*am, Feb. 11.— The -withdrawal of
Tarklsh troops from ON Persian territory to the
*•«»♦ cf Tabriz and the more concilla.tory spirit
at, .-,,_ _„ ConstantixKiple are regarded here as
aftalßif^ the necessity for the present cf tak
ing further precautionary measures on the
Turkish ejid Persian frontiers, and it Is prob
«ii« that the dispatch cf troops from the lnte
■aTaf Russia to the Caucasus will be aban
*">-< pending: further developments.
■ • was also announced to-day that the rela
-ens between Austria, and Russia regarding the
«;rjnruction of the Macedonian Railroad are en
"• r on £. better stag-e. 1 A representative o*
** Saaalan Foreign Office -who a fortnight ago
'Poke pessimistically of the chances of the sue-
of lajajaaal in Macedonia said to-day that
there -was more than a fair prospect that the
*"*o pov-ers would resume harmonious relations
•^Carting dealings with the Porte.
No use theorizing as to
whether coffee is harmful.
Stop it and use
POSTUM
10 days to gel facts.
"There's a Reason"
BOOKMAKERS COXriCTED.
German Anti-Gambling Crusade —
Severe Sentences.
Berlin. Feb. 21. — campaign against gam
bling has resulted in criminal court proceedings,
and after an eight-day hearing twenty-five
bookmakers were sentenced to terras of impris
onment to-day ranging from three days to six
months and in addition fine ranging from $10
to 51,500. The president of the court said that
he intended hereafter to adopt the sternest
measures to suppress the bookmakers, who in
duced even the poorest people to gamble, thus
doing immeasurable harm to public morals and
causing a sacrifice of millions.
RUSSIA AXD FINLAND.
Octobrist Endeavor to Forestall
' Radical Action.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 11.— Thn question of rela
tions between Russia and the grand duchy of
Finland will now b- raised in the Douma by the
Octobrists. •who have decided to attack the ab
sence of control by M. Stolypln. the Russian Pre
mier, over the reports of the Finish Secretary of
State to the Emperor.
The Octobrists in caucus have drafted an inter
pellation to the Premier, in which it is set forth
that, according to th« fundamental laws, minis
ters reporting to the Emperor irust first submit
their reports to the Cabinet. The Octobrists main
tain that the fundamenal laws are applicable to
Finland a." an Integral part of the Russian Em
pire, and it is a fact that up to th» present time
the Finnish Secretary, who ranks as a minis
ter, has not observed this provision. Premier Sto
lypin will be asked what steps have been taken
to put an end to this abnormal condition. A sec
ond interpellation will ask why no measures have
been taken, in accordance with instructions issued
by the Emperor, to connect the railroad systems
: of Finland and Russia. Both then» questions will
be made urgent In order to forestall any action on
the part of the Reactionists, who are preparing
to demand that the ownership of the Vlborg- dis
trict be restored to Russia, and that measures
to crush the national aspirations of Finland be
adopted.
The Douma Is showing- interest in the foreign
policy of the government and has asked the Foreign
Minister. M. d'lswoisky. to make a declaration on
this subject. Preceding legislative bodies busied
themselves exclusively with domestic affairs.
The demonstrations against Paul Milyoukov,
leader of the Constitutional Democrat?, were not
resumed In the Douma to-day. He was permitted I
to finish his remarks with no sism of disapproba
tion except the ostentations reading of newspapers
by members of the extreme right while he was
speaking-.
ML Mllyoukov made only passing reference to his
trip to the United States. He announced the de
cision of the Constitutional Democrats and other
opposition pa-ties to abstain from voting on M.
GuchkofTs motion for a closed session of the
Douma to discuss the report of the committee on
national defence, saying that this proposal was
equivalent to a vote of lack of confidence, ami he '
resented this Intimation ttf lacs of patriotism. M.
T. Kapustin. on behalf of tl c Moderate Octbbrists.
also opposed the Guchkoff motion. but in spite of
this opposition the motion peems certain to pass.

POWERS . OPPOSE MACEDONIAN PLAN.
Eussia and Austria Think Sir Edward Grey's
Scheme Impracticable.
London. Feb. II. — Foreign Office has re
ceived replies from the governments of Russia
end Austria-Hungary regarding Its proposals to
hunt* down marauding' bands in Macedonia by the
■use of mobile columns commanded by Europeans.
Both powers consider the plan impracticable. Sir
Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, Is awaiting
the views cf other governments before deciding
what course to adopt.
KLaG KAMTEL GOING TO CINTRA.
Leader of Franco's Party Urges Adherents
to Support Government.
Lisbon. Feb. 11. — The "Diario de Noticeas," in
Its issue to-day, cays that King Manuel will leave
Lisbon soon for Clntra. where be will remain sev
eral months. Clntra is fourteen miles from Lis
bon, and is a royal summer residence. The Cham
ber of Deputies will reassemble on February 20,
when King Manuel will take the oat!;.
A politician, who held a Cabinet post under
former Premier Franco and la a leader in the
Franco party, has decided to advise his partisans
to support the government In the coming- elec
tions.
BAN REMOVED FROM TCHERTKOFF.
n. Feb. n.— After e'.even years of banlsh-
Btenl VlaJimir Tchertkoff. a diecipie of Count
L*o Tolstoy, haa received permission to return ts
I Be ■»::: leave acre aoon for hta native
EITEL FREDERICK IN PARIS.
Paris, Feb. 11.— Prince Eitel Frederick, second
»f>n of Emperor William of Germany, who arrived
here last night, accompanied by the members of
his suit* from Lisbon, where he represented Ger
many at the funeral services of the late King: and
Crown Prince of Portugal, left Paris this after
noon for Berlin. This is the first time since the
Franco-Prussian War that a member of the royal
hou«=e of Prussia has come to Paris other than In
a private capacity. It was proposed several years
ago that Emperor William should visit the French
capital, but the popular feeling was too strong and
th*- idea had to b»^ abandoned.
The French press prints no comment to-day on
the presence of the young prince, but is gives de
tailed accounts of his stay, and It is generally be
»:*v«hl that the visit will have a pood influence
on the relations between France and Germany.
The only official recognition of the visit of
Prince Eitel was to provide for him an escort of
French army officers when he drove to the Army
Museum and to the Tomb of Napoleon. Several
hundred Germans and a small gathering of French
man were at the railroad station to Me the prince
leave the city.
DOMINADOR GOMEZ UNSEATED.
Manila. Feb. 11.— After a aeries of exciting fsb
elons Dominador Gomez was unseated by a vote
of it, to 35 this morning. The Assembly has done
little except consider Gomez's case since convening
in regular cession on February 3. Sefior Gomez
made a sensational appeal yesterday. In which he
accused party leaders of playing him false. The
Speaker ■was compelled to call him to order be
fore the vote was taken. The action of the As
sembly declares his election void.
Commissioner Bhustar left Manila to-day for a
vacation of six months.
NOBLES EXPEL M. KOKOSHKINE.
Moscow, Feb. n.— For signing the Vlborg mani
festo. '.-odor Feodorovitch KokoshWne. a scion of
the Rurtk dynasty, now a professor at the Uni
versity of Moscow and a leader of the Constitu
tional Democrats, to-day was expelled from the
Moscow Congress at Nobles by a vote of 260 to 92,
In which Prince Eucene Troubetskoy and Prince
Paul Dolgorould. marshal of nobility in the Im
perial government, took part In the debate, which
lasted all day
Brilliant speeches were made in defence of M.
Kokosbkise, in which It was eaid that a worthy
part had been played by the nobility In the move
meet to free Russia. Answering the attacks made
on M. iillyoukov for his recent speech at New
York, Prince Doljorouki said:
Younz Russia wants the friendship of the Amer
ican people and Is grateful for their sympathy In
th« struggle for the betterment of the frightful
Dolitlcai and Boctal conditions here. It Is as Krate
lul for eiich sympathy as for the «hlp loads of
grain donated by America In. the famine years of
liSl and li'Jt.
FRENCH TROOPS PUNISH MOORS.
Paris, Feu. IL— Advices from General d'Amade,
the French commander in Morocco, nay that he
has occupied Kaabah Ouled Caid without resist
ance and ravaged the surrounding country. The
Caid of Mzab has made submission.
COLLIER REYNOLDS AT VALPARAISO.
Valparaiso Feh. 11.— Th^ -t-arr..- Reynolds, with
coal for IBM American battleship fleet under Hear
Admiral Evans, ajlai here t*-da>'.
NEW-TOKK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. FKBRT ART 12. 1008.
JAIL FOR DSIOH MEN
DEFIED ORDER OF COi'RT.
"Big Six" Officers Fined $860 Each
and Sent to Ludlozc Street.
Three officers of Typographical Union No. 6
were fined $tIT»O and senieni ed to serve twenty
days in jail by Justice Bischoff in the Supreme
Court yesterday. This is the first time such
a heavy sentence in the case of a labor or
ganization for violation of an injunction has
been inflicted here. Two members of the union
wero fined $100 each.
The trouble grew out of the strike of Typo
graphical Union No. G. commonly called "Big
Six." ordered early in IJXXS against the associa
tion of employers known as the Typothetae of the
city of New York for a closed shop and an eight
hour day. Soon after the men went out the
officers of the Typothetae complained that the
strikers were intimidating employes who re
mained at work and those who took the places
of the strikers and were resorting to violence.
Justice Blanchard then granted an injunction
restraining the officers and members of "Big:
Six" from continuing these tactics.
The Typothetse asked later in 1906 that the
members of the union be punished for contempt,
alleging that they had continued thoir violence
and oppression, and cited specific acts, naming
members of the union and those whom they
were alleged to have interfered with. Justice
BischcfC appointed Adam Weiner to take testi
mony and report to the court his recommenda
tions. He held hearings up to last December.
when he reported.
The specifications, in which about twenty-five
of the members of "Big Six" are mentioned, cite
I such things as this: "On March '-2. 1900, Will
iam J. Lewis, while picketing-, assaulted Charles
-Morrow; on April 5 Raymond Bennett assaulted
Edward J. Slater," and so on through numerous
counts. The men punished by Justice BischofJ
on the findings of the referee were:
PATRICK H. M'CORIIICK. president of the unl^n
when the acts complained of -were committed, a fine
of $250 and Imprisonment for twenty days.
GEORGE "W. JACKSON", organizer, fine of $27,0 and
twenty days' imprisonment.
VINCENT J. COSTEL.LO. organizer. $-.".0 fine and
twonty day*' imprisonment.
■WILLIAM J. S. ANDERSON*, a fine of $100
THOMAS BENNETT, a flue of $100. the last t-x->
being members of the union, tut not officers.
It was announced by the officers of the union
last night that an appeal would be taken to the
higher courts. President James J. Murphy said:
"I consider the decision unjust and unfair, and
that it will be carried by us to the higher courts
goes without saying. I believe the higher courts
will not take the stand that officers of a union
as large as ours during a strike can be held re
sponsible for the acts of every individual mem
ber."
The following statement was made by A. J.
Taller, counsel of the union: "It is the first
time in this state where officers of a union were
held responsible for the acts of members of
which they had no knowledge whatever. The
question was not even raised as to whether they
had any knowledge of the alleged acts of the
two members referred to. When It is consid
ered that this union has*, a membership of eight
thousand It can be readily seen that the officers
during- a strike could not know what every in
dividual member was doing."
In his decision Justice Bi?choff said:
The questions involved have been fully di.*
cussed by the referee in the opinion tiled with
his report, and I am in accord with the reason
ing employed by him. If the solemn orders of
this court are to have any efficacy, punishment
sufficient as a deterrent should be visited upon
the respondents, whose disobedience has been
established in the present case, and I am satis
fled that the mere imposition of a fine within
the statutory limit of $250 would afford no ade
quate penalty in the case of the officers of the
respondent association, but would rather operate
as fixing a small fine at which exemption from
the embarrassing features of an injunction
might be purchased.
The order for the commitment of the three
sentenced to serve twenty days in Ludlow street
Jail will become operative after two day's notice
on the part of counsel for the Typothetae to the
counsel for the union.
The strike of the union against the Typothetce
is still on. though there have been a great many
settlements.
J. HUBEB SUCCEEDS J. JENKINS. SE.
Elected President of the First National Bank
of Brooklyn.
Joseph Huber was elected president of the Firs:
National Bank, of Brooklyn, at the annual meet
ing of the board of directors yesterday in the bank
building, at Broadway and Kent avenues, Williams
burg. He succeeds John G. Jenkins, Br. who was
head cf that institution for many years. Marshal
S. Drigga, who was chairman of the board of dfrec
t.irs, was elected to suceed Mr. Huber as vice
president. There was a meeting of the stockholders
prior to the election of officers.
The purpose of the meeting was to make good a
quantity of worthless paper, or the impairment sur
fered from its acceptance to the capital stock, to
the extent of $165,000 when plans were begun for
the reorganization of the Institution. The moot
ing was secret. The Jenkins family was represent
ed by proxy. As far as could be learned, there
was no objection offered to the assessment of Son
a share. "With the exception of John J. Cooney
and Samuel 11. Coombs, all of the directors were
present.
The board of directors was re-elected as follows:
Joseph Huber. Theodore F. Jackson, Moses May,
John W. Weber, John J. Cooney, Mortimer L.
Reynolds and Samuel H. Coombe. Martin Joost
was also added to the board.
THE ST. LOUIS NOT DELAYED.
Pour Men Scalded by Explosion Sent to a
Hospital.
Washington. Feb. — An official dispatch from
th« commandant of the nail" yard at Mare Island
regarding the accident to the boiler of the cruiser
St. Louis was received at the Navy Department
to-day. It says that the water leg of boiler D blew
out while the ship was preparing, for sea. The fol
lowing were scalded:
F. Thompson, water tender: K. W. Baker, fire
man first class: T. Lewis, fireman. first das?, and
G. W. Smith, coal passer. These four men were
transferred to the hospital before the St. Louis
sailed for Magdaiena Bay. The medical officer re
ports that they are doing well.
The vessel was not delayed in sailing by the ac
cident.
GERMANY'S POSITION ON MOROCCO.
Berlin. Feb. 11. — policy of the French govern
ment in Morocco was a subject for discussion to-day
before the Budget Committee of the Reichstag. Iferr
yon Schoen, the Foreign Secretary, denied that the
governments of Europe were of the opinion that
Germany had pursued a wrong policy regarding
Morocco. "France ha* declared that she will keep
within the terms of Om Algeciras act," he said,
••and that her 'punitive action has only a temporary
character. We cannot prevent her trom following
this course."
FRANCO GOES TO GENOA.
Marsc-iiles. Feb. 11.— Stnhor Franco, former Pr»
■■tcr "f P'ortugai. and hia family, who arrived her«
last night, started by train for Genoa al 7:21'
o'clock this naming. Two detectives accompany
the party.
Genoa, Feb. 11.— Senhor Franco arrived here this
evening. lie appeared worn out, and retired to h;s
hotel, refusing to see my one.
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a large number of Americans who spend their
winters In Home Is the Hotel Royal, located In the
centre of the healthiest and moat fashionable
■may quarters of the Eternal City. Her one is
sure to meet friends from time to time, and Mr
Ma ill. the proprietor, personally see«^to it tha'f
his American guests can f«*i at home. Th« Ameri
can Embassy is close to me hotel, which aa a
ocntre of convenience has no equal.
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80318 IX CAPITOL TRIAL
S. B. Lewis Tells of Contractor's
Incriminating ( 'om plaint.
HarriPburgr. Perm.. Feb. 11. -The climax m the
Ftate Capitol conspiracy trial wa.* reached this
afternoon just before the commonwealth closed
when Stanford B. Lewis declared on the witness
stand that John H. Sanderson, the contractor,
one of the defendants, complained that he di<l
not want to cut down his bills because he "had
to put up a big: wad fr>r other people."
Lewis also testified that the letter which h»
produced yesterday, with the explanation that
tt was responsible for his being- indicted for con
spiracy in the Capitol prosecutions, had been
written and brought to h!m by former Auditor
General Snyder. a defendant in the present ease,
for his signature, and that in it Lewis was made
to say that he had certified to a bill for $157.
73.120 paid to the Pennsylvania Construction
Company for metallic filing cases which he had
found correct.
A? told by Lewis, Sanderson? statement was
made in the spring- of ICKXi. when the contrac
tor paid a visit to Huston's office 'n the ab
sence of the architect in Europe.
"Mr. Sanderson came to our office with bills
for which he requested architect* a certificates."
Lewis said. "The board of public grounds and
buildings had ordered a reduction in some of
these bills. I told Sanderson what instructions
had been issued, and he protested against any
cut in his bills. He eaid he 'didn't see why he
should have to lower his bills when he had to
put up a bij? wad for others.' "
After a whispered consultation among the at
torneys for the defence Mr. Gilbert cross-exam
ined the witness briefly and then he was allowed
to leave the stand. No reference was made by
Mr. Gilbert in his cross-examination to the state
ment by Lewis. After the commonwealth had
closed the defence made a motion to strike cer
tain testimony from the record, which Judge
Kunkel took under advisement.
MBS. M'DONALD FREE.
Acquitted of the Murder of Webster
Guerin.
Chicago, Feb. 11. — Mrs. Dora McDonald, who
has been on trial here since January 20, on the
charge of murdering Webster Guerin, waa ac
quitted by a Jury in the Criminal Court to-night
The verdict was reached after six and one-half
hours of deliberation, the Jury having retired at
1 o'clocks this afternoon. The defendant, who is
th.o widow of Michael C. McDonald, formerly a
political leader in Chicago, received the verdict
without apparent emotion.
After Mrs. McDonald had been discharged she
was taken to a hotel by relatives. It was an
nounced later that she will retire to a sana
torium. Despite her nervous and physical con
dition during the trial and the months follow
ing the tragedy, no hint of a possible attack of
insanity was offered by tho defence at the
trial.
"Webster Sw Guerin'was shot sind killed in his
studio in the Omaha Buildins, La Salle and Van
Buren streets, on February 21. 1907. Mr?. Mc-
Donald was alone with him when the tragedy
occurred, and Tas immediately arrested and
charged with the murder. Her husband and
Leopold Freeman, president of the Champion
Chemical Works, signed bail bonds for $50,0U0
after her indictment, on March 30. 1907.
FOE MORE HEAI IN ELEVATED CABS.
Company Must Show Cause Why Sixty De- j
gree Temperature Should Not Be Maintained,
Many complaints to the Public Service Commis-
Bion regarding cold cars on the elevated lines of the i
Interborough Rapid Transit Company resulted yea- j
terday in an order to the company to show cause i
why It should not be compelled to maintain a ter- |
perature of at least 60 degrees on all cars In opera- ■
tion A hearing -will be held at 1:30 o'clock to- :
morrow afternoon. It was said that inspectors of j
the commission had found that the cars were
cold even when the weather was moderate, al- j
though officials c* the company protested that they j
were doing their best.
"1 realize that It Is impossible- to beat many of
the cars these cold mornings." said Commissioner
Willcox. "but we have a right to expect them to
UM every effort. I do not think they have done
this."
The hearing to-morrow will go into the general
question as to whether trie "requirement?, practices,
equipments, appliances or service on the elevated
lines in Manhattan and The Bronx in respect to
the transportation of persons are unreasonable, un
safe, Improper or inadequate.'" an« if so. to deter
mine ether changes shall be put in force.
STEAMERS ABANDONMENT JUSTIFIED.
Special Naval Court of Inquiry Acts on the
St. Cuthbert"s Burning. .
Boston. Feb. 11.— A special naval court of inquiry,
convened under the new British Admiralty act,
and the first of the kind ever held in this city,
rendered its report to-day Justifying the abandon
ment of the British steamer St. Cuthbert, which
caught fire off Nova Scotia on February- 2. a loss
of fourteen lives resulting. The others of the crew
w»«e saved by the Ht earner Cymric and brought to
Boston.
Th«» board found that the leal of the St. Cuthbort
was due to fire in hold No. 3. where fusel oil. raß--*.
matches, etc.. were stowed, out the cause of the
nre was not ascertained.
HIGH MAPwKS FOE BLIND STLTJENTS
Two Sophomores at Columbia Preparing: to
Take Course in Law.
Columbia University has two blind students, Uitn
of whom have maintained an academic standard
much higher than the average. Th«-y lire sopho
mores and are preparing to enter Columbia. Law
School. John 11. Mullen and Benjamin ■ rtaatata
are the students.
During the past mid-year examinations Berin
steln received grudea of between SO and ICO par
itnt in three subjects, and In three other* he had
marks ranging between 8." and '*• Mullen, who
suffered ft slight illness dvirins tht* term, cot one
A. three B*», ■ and two Ca. Their rteord at are
vious examination* were of about the hao» stand
ajj
MID WINTER SALE
FLINTS FINE FURNITURE
STILL CONTINUES— PARLOR CABINETS
Reduction of 33 : to 50% on former prices.
Beauty and exduHveness of design, fine woods and exception*
workmanship character:/- these pieces which we have reduced to dose
them out. # From To ~"~ . _Jj»
Violet Wood . .$345 00 $230.00 Mahogany.. . 542.00 SZ3.O.
Gold 225.00 150-00 Mahogany. . . - 72.00 «O
Mahogany. . . . 175.00 Mb.oo
$£y^ GI>O. C. FLINT CO., *3
*Jt&Z< . 43 West 23d St. >!>■
Art Exhibitions and Sale*. Art Exhibition* and Sales.
Last Days of Exhibition
"The sale is the most important of it* kind which New York has ever seen.' 0
—EVENING POST. ..._,-■
44 A lesson in Oriental Art. "— TIMES.
P\V Day 9to 6 4JJ|Jf^ Da >' °to 6 ~^KJ
' MADISON SQUARE SOUTH ramp NEW YORK. CITY
Now Or. Free View
TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE
To-morrow (Thursday) Afternoon and Evening,
at 2:30 and 2:30 o'Clock.
Concluding on Friday Afternoon of This Week,
at 2:30 o'Clock.
Rare Oriental Art Objects
Collected by the well-known connoisseur
John La Farge, N. A.
"Seldom has so much that la fine and rare and of such high intrinsic worth
artistically been gathered under one roof by one man. -TIMES.
"But what makes this one remarkable is the fact that it represent*, not a
collection complete twenty years ago, hat one which has had additions from time
to time up to the present." rmDrra
"It will attract all the great collectors and buyers for museums. * HAKLbS
DE KAY in THE EVENING POST.
"The present collection illustrates the knowledge as well as tarts with which
he has pursued objects of Art created by the Japanese genius, TKIBI \ t..
THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY OF
The American Art Association, Managers
6 East 23d Street. Madison Square South.
ried out it will mean the appropriation of hia
property to the payment of hia own claim against
tbe corporation for accumulated dividends.
MR. COLE EXONERATED.
Indictment Against Speaker of Bay
State House Quashed.
Salem. Mass.. Feb. 11.— The indictment against
Speaker John N. Cole, of the Massachusetts House
of Representatives, containing 123 counts, and
charging him with violating the statutes by so
liciting transportation below regular rates, was
quashed to-day.
Chief Justice Alken, in handing down his ruling
to-day, simply passed to the clerk the papers In
the case on which the court had written the follow
ing indorsement: "Motion allowed, indictment
quashed." This, it is said, ends the case, as far as
the present indictment is concerned.
ROGERS ON FEDERALISM.
Sees Danger in Assumption of State
Rights.
Lexington. Ky . Feb. 11.— Dr. Henry Wade Rog
ers, dean of the Tale Law School, delivered^ an
address here this evening before the university on
"The Constitution and the New Federalism."
Many members of the bar and Judges of the Ken
tucky Court of Appeals listened to the address. He
■aid. in part:
We are threatened with a revival at federalism,
and with a federalism that is more extreme and
radical than the leaders of the old Federal party
ever sanctioned. The arsrument proceeds on the
assumption that the status have failed to perform
their duty properly, so that great evils have grown
up, which the states can not or will riot property
remedy, and from which we should have been free
if only the federal government had exercised the
authority and not the states.
That the states have r.ot done th»ir full duty
is con«ried: but that the federal government wouM
have %ne. better is a mere assumption, and one
I am not prepared to accept. Congress now ha*
in th« territories and the District of Columbia all
the powers which the star- government!* possess,
yet the legislation respecting the corporation*
which Congress baa enacted lias not been butter
than the legislation of the states on the «aw
(subject. The law* of Congress have not s<*eure<t
publicity cf account?, nor prevented overcapital
ization and stock watering, and no system of in
spection ha? been established over federal cor
porations The Union Pacific Railroad has a fed
eral charter, but upon its reoreanization in -- :
It had a share capital of $13S,0»}.0<«\ which at mar
ket prices was worth 564"« ■ showing an esri
mated overcapitalization of WL3M M
LEAVES HOTEL, BUT PAYS FOR ROOM
* i
Minstrel Manager Had Engaged Apartment
for Three Weeks, and Law Was Against Him
Charles Dlllard Wilson, manager of Lew rvx-Je
■Btader'a minstrels, objected la paying three weeks'
rent for a room which h*» had occupied only on*
week, and as a result apr» ; i"«' < i yesterday in the
We*t Side court to ask for a summons for Baa
manager of the Hotel Gerard, in West 44th street,
who held his trunks for the thre»e weeks' bill.
Wilson went to th* 1 hotel" a areek ai and asked
about an apartment for himself and Mr?. Wilson
for three weeks. •"Twei ,r\ .;•■ . «i Ban ■ u-p»-k."
the Clerk said, and thf minstrel manager moved in.
The first week waa up yesterday, and he decided
to vacate the rooms.
•I am sorry," Magistrate Stemert said, "but you
mad. a mistake In engaging the apartment for
three weeks*. I know .that ninety-nine times out
of a hundred hotels, would not charge, but these
people are teking advantage of a technicality. "'
"Then la tke room nun*- for the next two emeJi
"it is." said the magistrate.
Wilson returned la the hotel and hi r?portrd to
have siid to the manager: "I'll put the blackest
man in New York in that room, and you will be
mighty iilad when he leaves it."
At uuy rat*-. WUsun paid tiM bill last night and
another man took possession of the apartment,
but he was not black.
ORIENTAL ART OBJECTS SALE.
Th« American Art Association will sell a coller
tion cf Oriental art objects, DM by John La
Fars'p. •*'<■ 'ho American Art Galleries. Madison
Square Souih. to-morrow afternoon and evening
and on Friday afternoon. Th« collection will bo
ob •xhlWUon until th« aal« b«*i^
MARKET MEX IP IX AMMS.
Bill for Free Entrance to Wnllahout
Channel.
A ten-year-old battle against the Brooklyn navy
yard by the Waliabotit Market Interests is about to
be fought all over again In Congress. Charles T.
Dunwell, who represents the district at Washing
ton, has a bill In line with the old bills, demanding
that a big slice be cut off. the northeast corner of
the Cob Dock, which butts Into the WailaSao-ut Chan
n-1. opposite the Brooklyn. Rapid Transit power
house. Congressman Duavreil 13 being impelled, by
Philip I. Coctey. who is gning to Washington next
week to lobby for the bill, and later Intends to
have meetings in Brooklyn to creata public sent>
ment in favor of the dissection of the Cob Dock.
These meetings. Mr. Cootey said yesterday. would
be under the auspices of every bosiaesa associa
tion in Brooklyn, and would mho-w up the aelflab
n«sa of the Navy Department, which has opposed
the alleged improvement all along. Mr. Cootey
said that the cost of produce to the citizens «•?
Brooklyn who got their supplies for the tabU from
the Wallabout Market was Increased at least 3
per cent by the lack of transportation, facilities.
These facilities, fca said, would be made perfect IT
the northeast corner of the> Cob Dock -was carved 1
like one of th« sides of be-f of a Trallabout Market
butch'---
The fight against the> nary yard was b<*«m la
199«. At that time the Merchants' Aasocfatfors of
Brooklyn and New Tork City had formulated peti
tions to Congress. It was aaid yesterday that tr%m
Wallabout merchants were really not so rsdiot for
the mutilation of the Cob Dock as aeezied to ba
the case on the surface.
POISON BAXD AT WORK.
Coroner, After Autopsy or. Victim,
Startled by Similarity of Cases.
"T am ronvinr^d that --<*• a. ;irf -<f yuoa
a-« a: Tr«"«rk «n the East Side " raid Coroner SfcraaaJ
yesterday afternoon, after the autopsy on the body
of Frank ZHW. who was found unconscious with
hi?" pockets turned inside oat and died in B*>».Tna
Hospital on Monday aeon after being- removed from
leth street and ?erond av»Bu«. Dr. John F. Larkta
and Dr. Lehane. coroner* physician, concurred la
the opinion that Zel!»r had dl«J<l from the effect* af
nitro benzol or some (>imilar drug-
Thl.« is th» third aw of this kind within a. rnon^h
that he <-cron»rs' offl>e bas be*>n called upon ••
investisaie. and at police or the tth street station
are .«*>arehinir for members cf what appears to ba>
an organized band.
A short time aco Frank Flaherty. „' Nc. 312 Vim
"■ ■ street, went Info a -.- ■•!;■ near -where Z«>Eler
was found. an>l affr drlnklr.g a glass of btrra
beer dropped to the floor. H* dio«i in PeTlevue a
... later. an<i th<» autopsy «how«l thn.f h»
had been poi.*on- > <l by mtro bessoL Cofoor Slirrjtly
said that th«rre win another case In a *»!»•« on
Hal Waal Sid*, but he declined to tan line the* «!•*
tails* until the police make further bitcstUcAttnst;
CAT SITES FOTJK WOMZS
Springing •■■•.. a table, a large r . ••>■»•
cat jurniyni on Mrs. S.irah Perhtsohoft>r in her
rooms on the ground Seer of the tenement how** at
Xo. 73 7th sir'-et last night, an.l afN-r citing her
hands, ran into the hallw-iys. wh»-rt» ir ' aeaaWl
three women All were soratcheU jrul bitten and
the animal was finally driveu into tar yird. wher«
It waa shot.
The animal's body w.v.s taKen to the D*-partra«-nt
of Health, where it will c** examined to *«*«•
whether or not it was sunerinp from rubies. Th«
four women had their bit.-*; mi! scratches cauter
ized by an ambulance surgeon.
Invaluable to speakers and
singers for clearing the
voice. Absolutely harmleea*
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