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XEGRO V()TE!MV-r>HY\\
UTS >(>ITII IS EIGHT.
r \ > ( 'racked foY Benefit of
_ i oper Umiom Audience.
;t was a typical Cooper I'nion audr^nce which
tUed the bin last night to greet William Jen
~j*r<Y% B^^^a.n and ask him questions afterward.
l^aot six hundred political and social nuta for
tfr. Bryan to crack were flung at him. and he
cracked ■boat half a dozen of them. His
fp-ec:- was about "Universal Brotherhood." but
♦jif qwwttlons were about everything that ever
•.grperjed fince the creation. One undersized
vr i r.p« p " handed him the hardest one. He
wasted to know if the policy of the white Demo
crats hi the South in disfranchising- the negro
*a.» in acc<>rc witlf the idea of universal brother
fcer>c a? propounded by Mr Bryan.
jj r . Bryan hedged for time for a minute. He
■n-ar-.Ted to know whether it was a negro or a
gepeblican who asked the question. Several
voices at once said that it was both. Somebody
tire said that it was "only a lidy."
"Por.t say "only a lady.' " rebuked Charles
Eprague Smith, who had the meeting- in charge.
Finally a young man of distinctly Hebraic
fßtmres »"as persuaded to rise to admit that
i? had written the question.
"Are you a Republican?" asked Mr. Bryan.
•■jCo™ replied his questioner, "for I am not
------ to vote yet."
-That is too large a question to answer in
f»i short a time as I have." Mr. Bryan replied
in a judicial manner. "As I have said before,
ucd«?r The laws disfranchising the negro by
csrr.ari:r:c ■educational requirements in the
So-tS the negro has an opportunity to get with
iz the la^" by coming within the qualification.
But I want to say to the Republicans in the
Nortt; that under the laws which they have
fajter.fd upon the Filipinos not one of them can
rtft ur.uer any qualification. The negro in the
South has the protection of living under the
lavr; rr.a.dr for the black man and the white man
afike. but the I-"il;pinos ar? kept under laws
ir-ide for them and not for us.
•Tte white man in the gout has disfranchised
tr r ri^frro in self-prot option; and there is not a
E^pablican :n the North who would not have
ficm the -.:"r;' fl "hing ur.der the same circum
ftancc!-. Those Republicans in the Norrti who
dispute this or that they are different from
U» Sout'r either ay- not frank with themselves
cr ar»: assuming what is not true: The white
men iz the South will not allow a fejv men to
-. the f^-lid black vote to further their own
frin;;2; ar.d political ir.tere?T' ; And that is
■»t.a: v.as being: don«».
"I want to say richt now- that the white men
is the South are riving the necroes better laws
thar. the negroes wouid give to the white men
ff they were making the. laws. Why. risht in
Wartiisrton They disfranchised every negro,
*v»n if tbev had to disfranchise som^ white men
tod" it. The Bite men of the South are deter
ire-.i that the negro will and shall be disfran-
Cii^d "vcrj wh«>re it is necessary to prevent the
of the horrors <,-f carpet bag rule."
Da the question of socialism Mr. Bryan said:
— - c are two —kinds of socialist? — those
,:-..■ hearts yearn to he:;i o:her^. although
tb»-\ <]■' ntjt need help, and those who are ?o
aaJi!^ uaauf* they are w oak and need help.
tzi cannot find tJnit help in individualism.
7be arguments of the socialists must be met.
idathcr they arc sentimental or needy social-
Is* 1 believe individcaUsm is hotter than so
calism. if you remove the abuses of individ-
BOisiri. Socialism believes competition is evil;
1 believe it to he pood. Socialism believes that
osnpetition should be removed: I do not So
c:a;.-:r grades men down and individualism
rra-i^ men up. Man ne^ds t!:e spurt and Btim^
idation of competition: Competition should be
protected, but the competitors should begin 0:1
th* «-a:r.- plane.**
t S 1 RAPPING' FOX DIES.
v . • Three Sitter* Who
s- ■ in Spiritualism.
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Mr= Kite Fox Jenkins and her two cistrrr. Anna
L^i- ] Ma"a re . astonished t!^ country in
lift by :":.-;r "rapptegs.': which were nr?t heard
br .*,Z IV ,. th«-y saiJ. at tln-ir hn^i" in Rochester
cr Jlareh n of that year. The sii=?ers trav
«:*^ frcm on*- place to another, givins seancea,
etc the -^rr:"^ c " »*re believed by many to b«
y-zziftlr from the J^ad.
A*, the runeral th. Rev. Dr. Wiiliam Hale, of
Eon -■ rof "The Herald of Truth." a ?pir
:•: = :.- =,:.. deli%ereJ the orati"n. Mr?. Helen
T«npl« '-_■•. an, aii.i ilr<= Mary A. Newton, pres:
w— of • ■ Pirsi ~r:^^ : -' !s ' Society of N<»w York.
tJfcu f-pukt- AJ3 »-er» said to be under the control
'- Ep:rr- Ix 3 pprakinS- T'": f re were- ai>' ut fifty
■ at the Funeral.
.1 OF CLINTONS BODY
£rr;ai Enpply 3:11 Includes, Appropria
tion — Descendants Give Permission.
Kfcsmon S V April 3— Th€ sm»ndm»r.» the
Wltlai It* . - • annual supply bill so a« 10 in
flJ* .- appropriation of P» f«r the removal of
to* body at Governor Georse Clinton of »w York
fittu • - --- -.' C^tnetery. at VVashinsion. to
Kiaasstoa. - the culroinatton of efforts which ha^ < •
-"'• r.,-.-. .- for bCv«t*l y*ars to secure the return
• ' • c .: , of N^^. vork'o first Governor to liis
boa* ■ • and to tlie citj v>hTe li«v !Ir?t as
•iaied cfilty
'<-:••■ (.Tintons descendants united In giving
' -:r ,-■:: 6km f-.-r tb- r«no\-al <jf bis body, to
p "' «Wa the monument erected by his family
I "*' !.:.<■ srn-.'- vi Ccngresaional Cemetery.
''--■:• ted t!:at the transfer of the lx>dy from
to Kingston will be accomplished In
'=? for v.o cfi^bratioii of the two hundred and
*'^t:: anniversary of the* founding of Kingston.
*••' 26 o:.d S ~nd June 1.
IHE ATTEMPT TO KILL CABRERA
at President Captured—
Martial Law m C:ty
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T.'i> *i; - jmt< 1, «-o:i!iniiS tnr Mat«-me;it publi-shtrd
:r - i'tlercUv'fc Tribuiw that ati attempt had be*n
i~*<if- t.i &Mtasssinat« Pret-i.leiii Cabrera. In the Jia-
Pstcfe received by life Gnutella 'an Consul <i»eiier.il
-r. .\v... York <! w&* s-rid lh*t President C^breia.
-•*- u.v;i roundtU to tnc hanti
-T«.n, orn ,^fr^" j ;.r^r7^ rr hh W t wlnds NEW- YORK, WEDNESDAY, A PHIL 22, 1908.— FOURTEEN PAGES.— t£752£J2Z2L*
MA \( H ES TER V CONTEST.
Bitter Struggle Over the Candidacy
of Mr. Churchill.
Manchester. April 21.— The furious election
fight which is being waged here has brought
forth two weighty pledges from the Liberal min
isters. The first of these was Winston Spencer
Churchill's Hem" Rule pronouncement yesterday,
and to-night David Lloyd-George offered to bet
his opponents that the old age pension scheme
would be established within a year. When it
is remembered that Mr. Lloyd-George. non-
Chancellor at the Exchequer, la in the position
of having to find the money for the pensions.
his prediction is of the greatest interest.
With the approach of polling day the struggle
is growing ever keener. Mr. BJtlfour has writ
ten an unusually long letter in support of the
Unionist candidate. Mr. Lloyu-George to-day
entered the fray with great enthusiasm, making
two long speeches at a big meeting.
Much heat and bittern have been displayed,
and Mr. Churchill has threatened the leading
Manchester Unionist newspaper with an action
for libel for a statement alleged to refloat on his
honor. - He intends to bring one of the big Lon
don papers before the commission dealing with
corrupt practices at elections.
IEISH AID FOE ME. CHTJECHUX.
John Redmond Announces Support of
League in Contest at Manchester.
Dublin. April 21. — The Nationalists are satisfied
with the assurances given by Winston Spencer
Churchill at Manchester last night riling tie
attitude of the Liberal party, and John E. Red
mond announced at a meeting of the United Irish
League this afternoon that it had been decided to
support Mr Churchill, and that recommendations
to this effect would be sent ■■■ the Irish voters at
Manchester.
MR. BRYiES ESCAPE.
Wreck of Train Bearing A mba*sador
NarrOtriy Averted.
■tra Teni \\ r. 21 - X- the train
■ - _ - I Chattanoog
to-nifi n»e « Ithin a few yai
- - train of th<
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of 1 Southei » few hundred yards east of
_■ - station, and on this crossing the
train had left the tracks
:nd to b*- eff< '
ip backed awaj a half mil<
■ - ssado! In • in all
• ■-..-. and took an a
mobile to th« » I I rium. where li» deliv< ■ I
thing had hapj •
HIT BY SUBWAY TRUSS
Puzzling Death of Negro Elevator
Man in Bridge Station.
L»o a. Moore, twenty-two years old. a negro
elevator man. employed in the Lombard apart
ment house, at West End avenue and 7*sth
street, was kilted last night at the Brooklyn
Bridge station of the subway. Three south
bound trains, a local and two exnrepssfs ar^
linown to have struck the man. His body, badly
mutilated, was found between the first and sec
ond cars of the second express train.
According to th" motorman. Charles Young,
of No. 500 West l M .»th street, the ne?rro jumped
in front of his local train. Ho brought the car
to a sudden stop. A hat and part of a coat
w^. r o found underneath the first car.
In th* m*>an time a southbound Broad? ex
press had come to a stop at the station. A
••tipiK?r" was found out of order. This was
fixed and the train continued to South Ferry.
Then a southbound Lenox express train, In
charsre of v . tnan John Montgomery, came to
a sudden stop about fifty feet from the north
erly end of the platform. Montgomery jumped
out and informed the dispatcher that his train
had run over the body of a man lying across the
tracks The body was found between the first
and eeconfi cars of the train. Both rnotormen
were arrested on the technical charge of homi
cide.
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FIREMES IN ACCIDENTS.
Truck Buries l. in New Rochclle—
St car Wrecks Engine Here.
Twelve membtrs of t!^ Union H „ Company
of th^ New Rochelle Fire Department were
pinned beneath their apparatus while on t!i
way to a fire last night, and three of them were
severely injured. The truck « f going at to P
--i,.<-d down Main street, when it «as overturned
at Franklin street by the breaking of the tongue.
William Keyper. th « driver, was brui.se-1 md In
jured internally George Matern's
bml-en and may lose one eye. Henry Malch
Buffered a hrokrn \*s and internal injuries. The
fir* which was in'the yard.- of the New Rochelle
Coal and Lumber Company, was put .-.it with a
few buckets of w»ter.
\ drand street «-ar in this city was In collision
with a fire "ngin* at Grand and Jackson streets
last night. The engine was wrecked 'and three
n-eruen had narrow escapes from injuries. The
engine was lifted off th* ground and hurled
igainst an electric light pole.
A NOBLE FRENCHMAN IRRITATED.
Prince Helie's Newspaper Friends Greet Him
Warmly on Trip to Meet Mme. Gould.
Genoa. April Cl.-Prince Belie de Saran arriv-1
here 'his evenin*. Several new-paper mci tried to
annreach him while he wa« at dinner, hut he ap
fnc the 'car. ho ordered the conductor to see that
h« was not disturbed for any reason.
Pi« >pril a Th" train on which Princ* H#li«
ii^»nta« to Nap!** passed here about nitdniglit
l * took a dispatch to a telegraph offl.-e
j;;.;;:: --Ann.tt, ch-pm: ab^rd «.««*
A rr,;-"r r ,;-" to to forwarded by wireless. Mme.
Anna' Gould l« on board that steamer. | .mi? to
Naples
p rf, \nrii "I -In pursuance of charges made
> ■■' '" for U rini forced docu
a^inst Boni - - H4Ue de Sagatt nad
men h JuSTom to attend the Palace of Jus
received a ™**££ depo «ltlo«» b. f ore the examin
tU" t °" <l f- 4 em whoil court the ... waa to b»
Uic masi^trate h. - walted ali <Jay for
ounMder.o. finally learning indirectly that
*,-,>!! •'! — Th* Blearier Friedrich der
Gibraltar April . - • Ml york on
Gro-»e *"»J~£ Among pa^eiucen I- Mm*.
be, **> M if"^ 6t , amt .,- probably will be a day
«;-.y- .- . -
LAY OTT SENATE WORK
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REJECT FOUR WARSHIPS. MANAGER STANDS FIRM.
Steering Committee Standing Firm
on Currency Legislation.
[Fran ; -<> Tribune Bureau.]
Washington, April 21. The steering commit
tee of the Senate met to-day and decided on the
legislative programme for the remainder of the
session. In the main tin decisions of the com
mittee merely ratified those reached earlier by
the leaders. Senator Beveridge arraigned hU
colleagues severely for their failure to carry into
effect a greater number of the President's rec
ommendations, but his remarks were received in
silence and produced no appreciable effect
The committee decided that an adjournment
would be taken or, May 16. unless some unfore
seen complication in the House prevented its co
operation to that end.
The four- battleship proposition was emphat
ically rejected It was decided to pass the child
labor bill for the District of Columbia, but Mr.
Beveridge was warned that if he offered his
national child labor bill he would jeopardize the
former bill. The Senator from Indiana said he
purposed to make a speech which would remove
all legal objections to the national bill, but the
warning was permitted to stand
It was determined that all amendments to the
interstate commerce and to the anti-trust acts
should be passed ever. !t was decided also to
prevent any vote on the Brownsville resolutions,
if that was possible.
The committee resolved that no action would
be taken on the postal Ings bank bill, which
has been favorably reported to the Senate.
The committee also declared the purpose of the
Senate to stand by the Finance Committee on
the subject of financial legislation and to reject
any measure adopted by the House unless as it
came from conference it met the approval of
that committee, II the House passes th Vree
land bill as introduced it will be accepted only
with verbal changes. If the House materially
amends and then passes that measure it will be
restored to its original form. If the House
passes only a bill providing for a commission
the Senate will amend it by adding it to the
Vreelanu bill. If all financial legislation should
die in conference the Finance Committee will be
authorized to conduct an extensive investigation
and prepare a comprehensive scheme of finan
cial legislation on its own account. Such an in
vestigation would include an inquiry into the
method? employed by the hanks to defeat finan
cial legislation at this session, the employment
of experts on finance and the framing of a bill.
Apropos of the Senate's position on the finan
cial question. Senator Aldrich told the story of
two lTrri! in a boat, one of whom desired to go
to sea and the/>ther to cast anchor. Finally the
oiip who wished t-> anchor said that he would
anchor his end of the boat, and the other man
could jo to sea with his ■ nd, "That," said Mr.
Aid--; : "is the position of the Senate with re
gard to chimerical currency schemes which may
be hatched at th<= other end of the Capitol. The
Senate will anchor Its end of the boat to a
sound financial measure. The House may go to
s°a with the other md of the boat — if it can."
Finally, after considerable discussion, it was
decided that throughout the remainder of the
session all details should be worked out in con
ference, in order that no further differences in
the Republican ranks should be manifested on
the floor of the Senate. The differences over
the Aldrich bill, the opposition of Senator Bur
rows to the seating of Senator Smith, of Mary
land, followed by a vote which seated him. etc..
were cited as evidences of too little work in con
ference and a too open display of Republican
differences, and it was decided that hereafter,
wherever a difference existed, it would be settled
in conference, so that a solid party front could
be presented in public.
NEW STEAMER DISABLED.
The I) cilc Rickmers Loses- Three
Propeller Blades at Sea.
Th- 3 Cunard liner Captain i rr
from Liv< . Me* York
" ■ easi 3a y H ti T..jhtshii>
at ."• o'clock y-s T - - [ noon, sent a ■uireless
- _ ■ ■ ■ f that she
• ai -• • Deike
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41.:;7 _ "> :;j. iia- . • • - blades
of her r ;■• ci
! kmers la on her maid( i
fr<>m Bremen and Swans© I>r Piiiladelphia
'ar E '
BIG CROP WILL SAVE. SAYS CLARK
Former Montana Senator Refuses to Dis
cuss Gift to that Baby. However.
(B> Tei<*erar'i to Th* Trlhun*. |
Kansas City. Mo . April 3..— Ex-Senator William
A. Clark, of Montana, »1m is m this city, was
asked to-day for first hand information as to
whether he did or did net eive that baby 11.000.00 ft
The Senator drew himself un to his full five feet
six inches and stood on his constitutional rights.
■•I never discuss my family arTairs. no matter
what any one says."
lie had this to say about business:
"111 ... radical policies, hurtful legislation
and unhealthy business condition? combined to
brfns about the feeling of unrest In financial cir
cles and caused tlie stringency. Things have picked
up a littl« back Bast. The West will save the
country with its hie crops. I h*ar everything out
tills way is in fine shape fur a ing crop."
PLAN $200,000 FOR N V POSTOFnCH.
Rest of $3,500,000 Authorized Will Proba
bly Be Given Nest Year
[Fron. The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington Ar«ri! 21— An appropriation of t3*>/.*>
for continuation of the work on the New York
: ...... be Included In the sundry civil ap
propriation bill, soon to h..- reported to the House
This Is the amount ask^] for by the New York
Representatives, and is considered sufficient to
carry on the work for the next fiscal year. The
pr*a"ter part of the J3.500.000 authorized will proba
bly t«? given next year.
INTER-MET. PAYS FRANCHISE TAX.
[By T<-i*ffraph to Th» Tribune. )
Albany. April 21. -The Interborouph-.Metropoiitan
Street Railway Company paid to-day Into ' >" State
Treasury $105,000 for franchise taxe?. It was as
p*-ss*-d on 1139.000.000 and payment was due on Janu
ary 13. This is the rtrst tin..* in several years that
any of the New York Cli> Railway companies has
paid its franchise taxes promptly, and considerable
surpris.i was created here by the announcement.
LAST BANKING BILL TO GOVERNOR.
[Bj Telemai'h to The Tribune. 1
Alban>.' April 3. —By defeating a motion of Sen
ator Grady to reconsider the vote in which the
Senate last week passed the banking bill, icing
■weeping restrictions >>n loans an.i bu«in<=-ss
methods of banKi:i£ corporations', tiie Sen.itr to
iiiKiu pent the Ust of the bankitiK reform bills
recommended by Superintendent Clark Williams
of th._- Banking Department to Hie Governor for
approval.
If you wish atylitfh eyesUianea call «t Spencsr^s;
►*«: now Bisiglu ToriC febbit-i. Now 31 il^W«u Lan«
— Aun
R. T. U. CHORUS STRIKES
Overwork and Few Tickets to
'Varsitji Shaw Cause Trouble.
Forty members of the chorus of the New
York University 'varsity show went on strike
yesterday afternoon. Encouraged by the suc
cess of the recent strlk? against the faculty.
they refused to continue rehearsals until their
demands were granted. As the show. "Cap n
Kidd & C 0.." is scheduled for Friday night at
Carnegie Lyceum, the manager is at his wits'
end.
The trouble broke out yesterday afternoon at
a ."horus rehearsal in OCuld Hall. The men in
the chorus say they have rehearsed both after
noon and night, v. hile tho members of the cast
hare had to turn out only at night. On Monday
night when the members of the cast and chorus
appeared for a rehearsal, having given up a
day of the Easter vacation to do so. y
of tite programmes were on hand, and these
J that the names of the members of the
chorus had been left out To .ar> the climax
the announcement followed that the sale of
tickets was so large that the allotment to be
given to the i horus as a> reward for th- i -
vices- • reduced to a minimum.
Immediately foltov :i.e the rehearsal the
chorus held an indignation meeting and chose
A. J. Magrath. a junior who was one of the
leaders In the recent strike asruinst the faculty,
tkesman. Plan? for ■ were made
■ • When the full chorus had assembled
:ay and everything was ready to begin
th- '-ehr-arsa!. Magrath stepped forward and
wrongs of th» chorus to the unsus
]■■ ■•■. *;ne man igement.
••And." h<» wound up, "unless '"'iir nan
back on the programme and w< gel is many
tickets as last year there won't be any more
rehearsals, and you can try giving a
opera without a rhorus U> worked harder
than the vast, rehearsed afternoons arid even
ing? for four weeks, and have put the ah'"-* in
rh.p best of condition."
A. H. Sherin. the manager of the show and
president of the student organization, who has
grown prematurely gray dealing with professors
and strikers, wanted to gtve in at once. But
Leroy A. van Borne president of the Dramatic
Club, who is opposed to all strikes unless he la
in the ranks, refused to entertain Magrath -
demands. So the rehearsal broke up, and the
strikers searched the campus for principals who
might be induced to absent themselves from
that night's rehearsal to aid the chorus In their
cause.
""They've got to give In to us." said Magrath
last night. "We don't intend to yield, and we
found our a couple of weeks ago that it is pretty
*>a?y to get things by a strike Of course, this
is a stiffer proposition than the last strike, but
we expect to win out all right."
The executive committee of the Dramatic
Club will meet this ■--■■-• consider the
demands of the members of the chorus, and
some arrangements will be made that will as
sure the production of the -.■:■••. according to
schedule on Friday •■? i No one at University
Heights last night had any doubt that the
strike would be settled, but there was a good
Seal of speculation as to which aide would back
down.
a purchaser '< r tv ra seats said last
: g ■ that he thought Captain Ktdd and his
followers ■• ■ • bel ■- .-..!■•! bj I ■ ■ bora,
that he wouldn't mark down his * : ' k^ts to
93 . -mii- yet awhile. He believed Chancellor
SiacCracken would be abl< to lead the chorus
back to the job.
ENTIRE INNER ANATOMY DISPLACED.
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Autopsy on Body of St. Louis Judge Aston
ishes Johns Hopkins Surgeons.
I By T<*l»Krap}i tr> Tim TribUTie. !
Baltimore, April -1 . — With his internal organs
SO illlxe.l as to astonish ih^ experienced surgeons
at Johns HcpUna Hospital, in who.se care he had
intrusted his -remarkable anatomy. J-;dge John E.
McKeighan. of St. Louis, succumbed to-day aitc
an attempted operation. His family consented to
an autopsy, and then the surgeons made the dis
covery. The heart was turned to the right instead
of to the left. The liver was bottom side v] with
tn»i sail and th*- bladder on the top and near the
lioart. The kidneys were connected with a liga
ment oval in shape. The spleen also occupied an
abnormal position and was unusually larjre. Other
organs were massed and held together with cords
and fatty substances.
What puzzled the surgei na is how the Judsre raaii
ag«d ■■-, live to be sixty-six years old. He never
complained until two months before he died.
SAYS KE IS LIVINGSTONE ROE. JR
Man Locked Tip in Pittsburg on Charge of
Vagrancy Attempts Suicide.
[K. Tel'erarh to The Trlbra-.]
Pittsbunr. April 21.— With th*> charge of igrant
acain«t his name on the police blotter. Livinestnn*
jj^ j r \<ho says Vie Is the bob of Uvincston'*
Roei connected with the Standard Oil Company,
whose home is in Mofristown, V J.. is locked up
in the Central police station. A more serious chare*
may be preferred again*) Roe to-morrow, as the
police alleee h" tried to use the department to
extract money to-day from his mother and from
th» law firm of Larocque & < 'hoate. No. 42 FSroad
way. New York.
In his cell to-niffht, with hi? wife's picture in his
hand. Roe tried to take his life by swallowing a
bichloride of mercury tablet, of which he had six
This afternoon, It is said. Roe visited the polke
and said he had not eaten or slept for three days
or nichts. and that he was afraid to go to his
1-iote".. where he owed a bill. Pie asked that the
police h^lp pet his rel;iti\-es to I ike cure ■* him.
Believing his story. Vlnton Porter, a detective.
sent a telegram at the dictation of Roe, only to
lind. it i.« said, that earlier, under the name of B.
F. Nash, Rot had telegraphed his mother and his
father's attorney that he was badly Injured In a
Pittsburg hospital Roe was later locked up. it
being said at his hotel that he had announced that
he would kill himself to-nisht.
The police -ay Livingston" Roe, jr.. who is thirty
seven years old, was connected with the Standard
Oil Company for many years, part of the time
being spent in Europe. A year ago. the police
say. he was arrested In New York on complaint ol
his wife, and it is alleged he tried to kill him
self at this time. In IMS and IMS, under the name
of B. F. Nash, he is said to have b*-«?:i an actor
in th^ .Jrpheum Theatre stuck company ■• New
Orleans.
FINDS $7.^00 IN DOOR PANEL.
Daughter of Whitestone Man Tells Surro
gate of Her Discovery After His Death.
Mrs Ann EHxaoetb Horton. of Whltestone. yu-»ens
Borough, told Surrogate Nol>ie yesterday how she
found fT.W-" 1 ''! a :.ecret slide in her father's bed
room door.
All the real ornate left by William H. Wi'kitis.
who died in "WhiT^-stone on January 1. 1507. amount
ing to many thousands of dollars in value, has
been divided in friendly partition. But Mr- Van
Siclen and Mr-j. Ker.t, sisters of Mrs. Horton. the
eldest daughter and executrix, engaged Chrywtle £:
Brightmiin. who examined Mr- Horton yesterday
to ascertain if ihe hud accounted for ail of tfeu
lirr*onai property. Thicy will i mUM later
whether to contest the aucountins
SCHOOLGIRL ELOPES
Canadian Banker's Daughter Ex
capes from Private School Here.
Miss Florence Farwell. the daughter. of a Ca
nadian binker. was married yesterday to Roy
Hosmcr MeGfbbos a medical -• leal of Mont
.---i!. ■.'■■■- Marble Collegiate Church by the
Rev. Dr. D. J. Barn She is now held at hxr
bonding school, near Fifth avenue, to which she
return after marriage- Her grandparents,
in Sherbrooke. Canada, w-re informed iir.medi-
ately by the head of the school and are dv" in
the city. Mr McGibbon went to the Hotel Man
hattan.
The bride is nineteen years old. Her hus
band has just attained his majority. The court
ship was pursued in Montreal. Atlantic City and
New York. Six weeks ago Mil Farwell re
turned to Sherbrooke to visit her grandfather;
William Far* el Her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Farwell. are now cruising on the Nile.
The young girl was ill when she visited in Sher
brooke. but she recovered sufficiently to attend
a dance in Montreal? There she met young
McGibbon. and it was a .ase of love at first
sight
The marriage license «as obtained yesterday
afternoon at the City Hall. The girl obtained
permission to go shopping yesterday. She and a
chaperon left the school and went to a. shop
in Fifth avenue, near T,4th street. There she
eluded the chaperon on 11 pretense of going to
another, and dashed to the :Uth street entrance.
where McGibbon. accompanied by his brother
Philip, was waiting. The tri'. hastened to the
Little Church Around the Corner, in J9th street.
Here the marriage license failed to help them,
and their request to re married was refused.
Then they went to the Marble Collegiate Church,
and the boarding school girl and her suitor were
married.
LAWMAKING IN HAYTL
Thousands of Troop* Occupy Streets
When Legislature Opt
Port-au-Prince. April 21.— The Legislature was
opened in the Senate •'hamiier here to-day in
the presence of the members of the diplomatic
orps. American and British naval officers and
a number of officers of tlie Haytian army and
navy. Thousands of troops occupied tlie adja
cent streets.
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BRITON LAUDS U. S. NAVY.
Sir W. 11. White Calls It Second
Only to Great Britain's.
Boston. April 21. -In a l-">nc interview published
here to-day. Sir William Henry Whit-, who was
for nearly twenty ye.'.rs. up to 1302. the responsf-
I bl« d< feigner of all British warships, comments on
I recent criticisms of the American navy. After d*
! claring tnat the criticisms are unfounded on fact
and supplementing this declaration by a long and
; tcciuiiJ.il explanation, tiir William sajs:
The-e is one thing more that I would like to say.
' and I think it i? vital. I haw known the Am»n
' ,-an naw from the star:. It is not generally known
. that the n:<.d.-rn American navy started with the
; Dii-cha«e of two of u:y iiesi=n*= from tlv .\rro
i Strongs! That was In IW* From those designs
' the Charleston and me Baltimore were built.
The first Ihtng I want to say in this connection
> is tha» you have r<va! architects as capable as
' any i r n my judgment, m the world, because they
I have been orot >-r!y trained. ;md. besides, they an:
' nirkeil trier. , ,
i The second thins; I want t-> say is that -our sh:r>
; building yards are quite e.nnl to any we rave ™
; their equipment ar.i manasreramt and all that,
i They iiave come later. :>nd they have the advan
: tape of all the accumulated experience we nave
; bad to co upon. And there is American BMlUlt
1 at the ba.V- of all th.it or; the mechanical side.
*n<l the result is that, in mv opinion, you have
' a ficrt that, ship for i-hip. comparins the ship* de
signed at a given date — and that is the nr\U- fair
eomparison-^-ls equal to anything th» world '-..n
tainp. And. next to the British navy. I think your
na\ y la the best in the world.
BEARDLESS STATL'E OF LINCOLN
Its Erection Caused a Controversy, in Wkidi
Ail Omaha Took Sides.
[B> T-I^eraj'h to Th~ Tribune ]
Omaha. April 21.-The question as to whether cr
not Abraham Lincoln 1 wore a beard when he was
first inaugurated, whicfl has been the cause of a
hot controversy here, where a statue <jf Lincoln
has just been unveiled, has b--en finally settled in
favor of the whiskers by a letter sent here by the
custodian of tli- Lincoln home at Springfield, in
which Lincoln tells just before election th;it he ha.i
never worn a beard, but had N»en advised to do
so: an.l a second loiter, in which h« says he took
the advice and had grown * beard.
The beardless statue was bought by t!ie Omaha
puhli<- school children^ an.l its erection caused a.
controversy, in which the whole city^took sid«s.
BULLETS IN PEffSACOLA STRIKE
Conductor Frobably Fatally Wound-d —
Would-be Passenger Fired On
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"MERRY WIDOW" HAT SAVED HER
(By T»l*srarh to Tfc* T^l^^Tl«. !
Cleveland. Ar^'l 2L— Becausfc her spr-adlnar
..jj^j-j- WW"'" bat balked her efforts to pull h»r
head beneath the waters of Wade Park L:tke thti
afternoon Miss Sehma Davis, of No. 93 Fruit ave
sue Is recovering at St. <.'!air Hospital She trie.!
to end her life, but her h;it prevented her until
rescuers arrived.
COLD AND SNOW IN ITALY
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MAKING OKLAHOMA "DRY."
Guthrte. Okla.. Aprim.-St. I^uis. Dallas. Guth
rle and Fort Worth newspapers, tosether witii
numi-rous Chicago. Dallas and other wholesale
liquor houses, brewing companies and distilling
companies and local n.-iva agents, are made rte
fesdanta in a suit filed here to-day in the C>i.-.tr..ct
Court by Attorney General West on behalf of the
state and und^r the direction <>f Governor Haskell
to restrain the newspapers from publishing adver
tt.senset.ts for the r.ile of intoxlcattne liquors in '
this state, thf liquor houses from gollctting busi
ness in thY state, and restraining the news dealers
from Belling or placing of newspapers or masa
zin-s contiiinizig these advertiscinenta tn view of the
public.
CHOLERA FEARED IN ST. PETERSBURG.
. St. Pet«*burs. April H.— The Prefect of PoUc*
has placarded the city with stringent regulations,
warning t ho residents of an expected epidemic of j
eJMsKSi
PRU E THREE < ENT&
P. S. MEASURE PASSED
MIGHT KILL POOLRonMS.
Bill Extends Jurisdiction to Tele
graph and Telephone Companies.
[tty Telegraph to Th* Tribune. I
Alban>. April IL— Having itirvived a fiv»
hours" filibuster by Senator Urady. which tax^d
the nerves of ev*>ry memlrer almost to> the break
ing point, the Senate pa."?^ to-day the Pass
bill placirp telephone, te'.^srraph and ferry com
pa.nies and stage lines under the Jurisdiction of
the Public Service Commission?. The vote was
20 to l.">. practlcall; v party line-up. Knapp.
Republican, voted ;;sainst it. while Cohalan.
Fuller and Tayior. Democrats, voted for it.
Passage of this part of the Governors pro
gramme ry the upper house leaves it 3 fat»
squarely with the Rules Committee or the As
sembly, headed by Speaker WadswortlJ. TT.er^
seems to bt not the slightest disposition in that
body to enact this legislation, which was tr.an
pied so badly by the Committee on Electricity.
Gas and Water Supply a short time as*> that
Assemblyman Wainwrlght. its sponsor, dis
owned it. Th*re is growirg In the Assembly *
bitter feeling apair.st the Senate becaus- fit Ihe
holding up of many Assembly bills. Tins o~i»
been shown by the slaughter of several impor
tant Senate bills. But more than that. tfie bit
terness against the Governor is so intense that
to-day, for the first time In many years, there
was a rollcall un a motion to pass ov-r hi 3 v-to
a bill of no importance whatever In Itself.
The progress «.f this bill through Uw K^es
Committee may be accelerated somewhat by a
statement issued by Senator Page t.>-ni«ht. m
which he showed that its defeat would kill one
of the surest methods of wiping out ,»><.! roomi
devised in a long time. The Assembly put itself
on record by an overwhelming vote for the abol
ishment of racetrack gambling, and the only la
ments were that the Agnew-Hart bill? woold
:n)t affect poolrooms.
SENATOR PAGE'S STATEMENT.^
Senator Page's statement follows:
With the control orer the telegraph and tele
phone business d-legated to them by this trni
tht- Public Service commissions wuakt be enaPiej
io prevent the use of telephone and telegrap^
service in the poolroom business. Without sutQ
service poolrooms would be unabl" to em i m?»
is the first effective method revised of ab..hs!»
in» the ooolrooms. and to fail to adopt this
method is to save th* r» .lroomstromextmctioo.
The rtason telegraph and telephone eonrpanlea
can and do serve the poclrooms under .over or
by devices is tha.t their secret contracts anti
memoranda and tae information wtthm tr-.eir
po»apssion are not subject to th; supervision vt
any public officials. By this bill, however, the
companies are required to file with
siona schedules showing the rates and charges*
for all classes »f service in the form to o-» pre
scribed by the c.!iimis?t..ns. They mustialso
file copies of every contract agreement and ur
rangemenf? in writing relating In any way t«»
the maintenance or use ..f a telegraph W f te.e
phone line or a servtee by or oyer-sueh [ines.
In additi.-n. th*> commissions will hare -ur>-r
v:sior. with power to investisrate and enma«
«. u .-h companiea not only as to their capitaliza
tion and franchises, but also as to the manner
In which they operate or conduct their business;
not alono with respect to adequacy anil accom
modation afforded, butalsowith respect t-j their
compliance with all provisions cf law. such
companies are prohibited by law from aid:n? cr
abettmg the commission of such crimes a*
cambline The commission may examine a!,
books, contracts, records, documents and, papers
of such companies, and may prescribe ih* torn
of PC ,>-(]s: and memoranda tn b«- kept r>\ aca
companVs. and they are prohibited from kerp-
Ing any ..th"r« When a commission Is ©1 tfta
..pinion" tftat the rule?, regulations o r practices
of a company are. ameng oth^r things, hnproper.
wr-when a company is dotag anything or nc»-nZ
to do anything, or permlttinic anything or about
to permit anything to h» don- contrary or trt
violation of faw. it shall direct its counsel tc >
commence an action for a mandamus or mjur.c
t!on acain.ot the company, and rocb a Pjro**?""
ins- has precedence In the courts of ail other
actions excepting election cases.
There has been a great deal of talk in both
houses of the Legislature, particularly on the
racing bilis. concerning th» erll of the pool
rooms. >*<■> more effective way to <*> away wltll
poo!ro"n-s can be found than to give to the Pub
lic S«?rvi<-»» • ommissions the powers contained
in these amendments, and I am sure that «h'n
the members of th» Assembly realize thefr »ie>
niflcance th^rv wH! h^ no hesitancy in ths biU
beins: reported ari-i passed
VICTORT GAIXED BT HARD WORK
This victory for the amendments in the s^raf*
ujs obtained by h3rd work on th-» part «>f Sera
tor Pag". wh«> by his motion to take np the bi!!
out of its regular order saved it from untimely
d»-ath in the Judiciary Committee. Even when
}•" had accomplished his purpose', though, am!
the bill was under discussion. Gradj
it by a filibuster to say«? an insurance law of hi 4
own. He started out t.« held >j{> every bill on
th«« calendar to brinp .this about, and probably
would have sent many bill?: r.> death because of
adjoupra^nt on That if the Senate had rtot
yielded. ■
f(.-> moved last niijhf to r^cfimmit a Low in
surance bill r=p"»a!ins a law ena.-ter! by himself
some year.- as'>- He >« as frustrated by Senator
Oobb, who raised a point of order art! Insisted
on it. Th" Lowe bill uas on th-> forty --.f-v-rth
rasrf of the calendar, and to-day Senator iira^T
?tarTed out to prevent th** Senate from getting
that far'fcefore a.lj"urnment cr: Thursday.
The first thinsr that rumc tr: his waj v.a? the
m->tion of senator Paa^ ro susrend the rules
and discharge the Judiciary Committee of fur
ther consideration of the public service bill.
,\fXT this had bwn accomplished by fore» of
number?, the vote b?-;rs -7 to I". Grady settled
down to a Ion? ban on all tfc# provisions of
the bill. H" oiT'T"*! r-ie^t different amendments;
and they were voted down a* fast as h»> sug
... th*rn. The members refuse*! to stay in
The chamber disrin? the f r ":r hours the minority
leader discussed the bill, and thr*»<» different
times he raised the question of no quorum. He
was about to do it a^ain. when th<> presiding
officer. 'Senator Rair.e?, forced the rule that the
„!:^ctjAn, !:^ctjAn of -i quorum could ye raised only once
an hour. Grady then brsran :r.«istin.s o R close
calls and each tim* sereral min'.it«»« \\^r« con
sumed in hurting up absent members.
At ." o'clock, after he ha,! been on th» firtaß
line for four hours, and with every prospect
that Vie would k-<-j> it going all night, the Re
publicans ptrsuad*..l Senator Cobb to withdraw
in relation to the Lowe bills. This was dor*.
and after the Lowe bill had been r*cnm:7ii:t?d
<iradv Immediately withdrew from the field and
allowed the Pag* feW to go to a vote
Th^ vote was as follows:
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