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LXV 111 . . .. N°' 22,099. Tfiߣ£ FIRES AT ONCE IN LOW r ER MANHATTAN fjZITE ALARMS SOUND IX AX HOUR. jjigh Pressure Equal to Task, but $25,000 Damage Is Done— ; Mayor Sees System Work. Damage .mounting to f72S.«M was caused by tent* fir<-s in th high » >ressure district itT % of 14th street la.- night. For the first £ since th- installation of the high pressure !^t«n It- efficiency *«• fully tested, and but £ the excelled of its work the damage might v,' YeV c MMked several millions more. 'V. ',„,,.,. Ores «m a five-alarm which com ,VJv demolished the building extending from STidnand <>'- Broadway to Has. 132 and 134 2_7st*s»t: a f,.ur-al«rm at No.tW to 100 SJn street and a throe-alarm at No.-. 1 13 and nst Boweo-- » was a nigh, of flres. twelve .if being turned in in a little mure than an laa. The alarms aa they were registered were: . m ->n. ala-m HwBWSi •"•■: Franklin _tr<~i«. - ;: «u--: ■■;■•••■• » «••- : rkn * !" *««**•■ :M _C*i* «J«r _ _ . adwsy. l^Sroa alarm. M««W anj Houston struts. **~S5m «lam- V.eJ.-rr U>d Ho-ston Creels ___2&-s_£?V»o ?■._*»... ftt» the ho, at Ul^cker for U» Bro.J W ay fire. X high north wind which swept over the city £__ iparka and three- Inch tinders as far i__ as Fulton street, and the employes of £*___» in the danger zone took all possible iwcauUons to keep the conflagration from nttdise In spite of the fact that the firemen tegfat the flames at close range and there were M nv narrow escapes, only two men were re u.rted as injured. These were hurt at the Hud son street blare. They v• re taken to the Hud ■■ Street Hospital. X falling wall at the Hudson street fire nar rowly missed crushing a detachment of eight men who were on a high pressure hope line on the Leonard street side, but all escaped. It was a bad night for the firemen. The in tense cold coated their clothing with a layer of ice. and icicles formed on their helmets and hair. A number of fire fighters were overcome fry the combination of cold and heat and were attended by ambulance and department doc- Mi Three firemen were Injured and one po liceman was hurt. One of the greatest dangers experienced by the _rej_en was the wrenching loose of the high pressure base. Twice it broke away at the Hudson street blaze and wriggled about In ail directions, bowling men over. Many nar rowly escaped Berious injury. Service on all the surface and elevated lines on the East Side was neriously hanpered by the fires, and made the M ef the passengers on the unheated tars an raccsfortable one. Shortly after 1 o'clock fire was discovered in tie buttJin* Et Hudson, Franklin and Leonard «tr«ts. There were, several explosions, and the celgtborhood was aroused. The blaze was first wen 03 the first Socr of the building, but before ' •-» £reaea arrived the entire structure seemed to b* In flames. . . The building was occupied by the New York .*T«scyof Sir Thomas Lipton's tea company, the •Jraadall-Godley company and the E. C. Hazard company. All three firms are importers of r-£p> foods. Th« fire was discovered by Sergeant George Stevenson, of the Leonard street station, which is immediately in the rear of the burned build in?. He at once turned in an alarm. Thirty- Iwj minutes after the first alarm was Bounded t!w «!x story wall of the building on the Leonard Rreet fide fell with a crash that could be heard for many blocks, and eight men from Engine Company 7 narrowly escaped with their lives. BARRELS OF LIQUOR EXPLODE. The explosions, which aroused much concern *=££* the members of the police and fire de r«nents, were caused by large quantities or liquor in barrels. Deputy Chief Qoerin. who took command when Fire Chief Croker departed ''• superintend the other two fires, said that he «isa_ted the loss on the building and contents KJ50Q.003. ** on* engine was used In fighting the fire, ■i the high pressure system again proved its ♦Sdescy. The buildings to the south of the "^ns structure were showered with sparks ■4 kurr.ir.fc fragments, but precautions were "■* by watchmen and others to prevent *aw conflagration. Tb»re were eighteen engine companies pre« ** fc reserve. under command of Chief Croker. "^ news of the two other fires In the dls tkt * a 5 , nade know n. The Fire Department ' "ficUig Eay it ".as one of the liveliest fires En a * history of th« city. C^aaissioner Bugher. of the Police Depart ***• was at the fire shortly after it started. » he directed the removal of th© forty-seven ton « of the Traffic Squad from the stables Leonard street station. strenuous efforts of the Bremen probably *^JJhe buiJ(Jjnss of lhe Borden Condensed •x* CCotDDay DayD an y and the James P. Smith Com !)! )p 5y . <m the north and south sides of the flr<\ ■ ■■»* th- «ork of the Salvage Corps, how •'■•• )»ota rjff.-rni from water and smoke. ontroJj»r Herman M.-tz, whose private office ■ * * shon Mock from the burned building in J^-soa rtrect. w-a.s ai work when the flre be ■ H« conim«-r:ded th- work at the firemen. ri 0 fceld U»*lr lin?s on th*> fin in spite of show ■ or SMiiQuij. and dazing woodwork, and pre . «*1 the blaze tixnn spreadins. He was en- I '*««<; .over the success of the high pressure | "jy/* ' }st *" m . r.ot one of the engine companies ; ff ** Bt having been called into action. TENEMENTS CLEARED. Jh* *ma:ieFt of -.;. three fires in the number - »»sjs started shortly after » o'clock in the I lUU bund!n^ s extending from Xos. 113 ami ■ t * Bowery » and before it was over had done I *■*•*« M*tinia!.-<j at more than $7."..v'">. There t l! 2* Veral narrow escapes at the fire, and <T* " reß would have been |os« >>ut for the •"^ B1 « c of two detectives attached to the Allen •ftK bran ' !: of the detective bureau. Because : jj, olh< ' r fires, the force of api»aratu£ at the AJarTi*** l 6 " large as usual, and Deputy Chief ! , ! J l> '-■ his arrival, turned in two more ■--£«* in wpSd succession. «th»^. WaS difi< - ov '* r«-dr «-d by ratrslmau Kirk. Mulberry «r<et station, who was walk ■J**' " ie • J l*" li "- »■'■••• of the Bowery. t»»jr f In an alarm and ran to the building «?» « Ikw was any one wllfata. The flames 'h- oC0mIn?o Comln ? from the third !)..„. occupied by '^ih*^* 11 Ciamrette Company, and by the we firi-m-n arrived the whole Boor was ■ r^li>__ <«atlßU«vl on third page. Ja»" XIS ; *NO BEST TO FLORIDA EAST 7*«»io i>iimM t'' J li 4%a Bp< I^'-" I'hroush To-d»jr. Nov. 10-morrow. cloud; ; northcaat wtndi. NIGHT RIDERS GUILTY. Sir of First Degree Murder; Two, Second Degree. Vnion City, Term., Jan. 7.— The Jury in tiie night rider trials reported at 8:45 o'clock to night, finding Garrett Johnson. Tld Burton. Boy Hansom. Fred Pinion. Arthur Cloar and Sam A pale* hits guilty of murder In the first de gree, with mitigating circumstances, and Bud Morris and Bob Huffman, the other defendant-, guilty of murder In the second degree, and fixed their punishment at twenty years in the peni tentiary. The punishment of the first six de fendants was left to the court, and may be death or life Imprisonment. The Jury had been o\it since 2 p. m.. but be cause of the illness of Mr. Rosson, who has the measles, it had not been able to consult until 6 p !!-. When the jury filed In clx deputies car rled the bed upon which the sick Juror reclined Hudson's condition Is such that It was deemed Inadvisable to move htm to-night. The dnfenif demanded until Monday to mo v -e for a new trial, but the state opposed it, and the Court fixed Saturday as the day. Intimating that the motion wae a mere form anyway anJ ■would be overruled. The defendants took the verdict with calm ness, as They had been expecting it since the closing of the arguments. Their attorney. Pierce. turned to them when it was announced and said: "W« will tear this case tv pieces In the Supreme Court.*" The state expected a verdict Of first degree •■ in h!I < : j^rit cases, and whs visibly dis appointed. B-.b" Huffman, one of the men to escape with twenty years. Ik the man who. according to the confession of Frank Fehringer. flred the shot which killed Captain Kanken as he waa being drawn up by the rope. Tiie courthouse wan surrounded by soldiers when the j-iry reported, but the verdict la .'on- Bidered a compromise one and no trouble is feared by the authorities. WOULD EXTEXD CANALS. Ithaca and Watkins May Be Great Coal Shipping Points. Albany, Jan. 7 Superintendent Frederick C Stevens of the State Department of Public Works said to-day that he expected to recom mend in his annual message to the "Legislature the improvement of the Cayuga and Seneca lake outlet so as to bring: it within the barge canal system. Superintendent Stevens stated that he had been making a study during several months of the questions involved in such a project, and had utilized such data as were available for the purpose of getting at estimates, but that he had not yet completed this study. He said that the canalizing of the outlet of Cayuga Lake and the Teneca River from Mud Lock to Geneva and Seneca T>oke could r»e accomplished for a sum Inside of $6,000,000, nnd that with this Improve ment there would be added to the canal system upward of one hundred mile? of deep waterways. the lakes themselves providing practically eighty miles of this. It is the Superintendent's Idea that wtth this improvement accomplished Ithaca an I Watkins. which would then be the closest water points to the Pennsylvania coal fields, would become the most important coal shipping points in th*> country- ST. THOMAS'S BUYS PLOT. Takes Title to Land Adjoining Church for New Rectory. The vestry of St. Thomas's Church has pur chased No. 3 West SSd street, which adjoins the church property, upon which a new building Is to be erected. It was assessed at $107,000. The new plot will he used In part for a new rectory. John T. Atterbury, who is on the committee on plan and scone of the vestry, in charge of the new church plans, said last night that the con tract of purchase had bee.n signed some time ago and that the broker. John N. Goldii through whom the transaction was made. .-is getting the consents of owners of realty In the block, a* the plot was restricted to residential uses. Mr. folding expects to have all the con sents to-day. Mr. Atterbury said that the plans for the new church mad** by Goodhue, f'ram & Fergu poi;. at No. ITO Fifth avenue, the architects, had been little < hanged The additional plot, which was owned by Theodore B. Starr, adjoins the dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. K. ParcntUee Pren tice, son-in-law find daughter of John I), Hoik". reller Mr Rockefeller owns No. 4to fc '.Vest 54th street, extending to the 53d street plot. The rjew St. Thomas's, tentative plar.fi for whi«'h v. ere made public on January U8 of last year, will cover the main plot. The new rec tory tn be uniform win hay* to h^ built on the snf.e !ii>es, to the sidewalk limits. The prop erty restrictions were, not known of when the purchase was made. AUTO (RASH HURTS TWO. Machine Said to Belong to Marcus Mayer, Banker, Wrecked by Car. A large touring car. owned, the police • iy. by - Mayer, a banker of No. 2i> Fifth avenue, «as wracked by « Lexington avenue .surface car . ■ Park avesurs and 116 th street last night. The nt of the automobile, who said he was Barney Waynack, a salesman, of No. 317 East Mtli street, '-scaped w'th a few contusions of ; lie body. Tbe inotorman Of the electric <ar was pinned In the wreckage of the ■ ar vestibule, but was not seriously injured. The force of the col lision shattered the automobile and hurled it aiiii<.«=r to the curb, turning it completely over, with tt r avnack underneath. Passengers on the streetcar lifted the euto mobile until Waynack v as released. The pa!« sengers then turned their attention to the motorman. William McAuley, «%r No. (>4.'i Lex ington avenue. The automobile, the police as sert. was« valued hi $7,0t10. They were unable to lejirn how Waynack came to have possession of It Marcus Mayer, who has ottues at No. 11 Wall street, said at hi* home that lie did not know Waynack. and was sure that the auto mobile was not his. He said '"' did not know any chauffeur of the name of Fred Welssrnberg. as the chauffeur was Hated by the police. CHARGES FORGERY OF $1,000,000. • -. .11. ii. • "if . Jan. 7. — F. B. Slsiior, real estate promoter and mining broker of this city, was ar rested 10-ntfcM on cr-mplalnt sworn to by James 11. Murray, a multimillionaire banker aruJ mining man of Montana. Salt Lake and Seattle, but more, recently of Monterey. Ca!.. chargJas Bignar with fnrgerks asrgreßannir nearly *1. '.'00,000. Slßnor is alleged to ha\e fcnjed [array's name to four nbtej of J100.(09 each, m wfll M to numerous uilier negotiable documents. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER. lv j>unt> lias niado it famous."- Ad vt. NEW-YORK. FRIDAY, JANUARY S, 19(W). TWELVE PAGES. MET. RECEIVERS REPLY EXHAUSTED AVAILABLE FUNDS, THEY SAY. Tell P. S. C. It Must Change Policy of "Oppression" or Raise Money Itself. Adrian H. Joline and Douglas Robinson, re ceivers of the Metropolitan system. In a letter addressed to the Public Service Commission under date of January 6. In answer to the com mission^ order to Increase the service on the Eighth street crosstowa line, tell the commis sion that, unless its "policy of oppression, main tained and persisted in." i 8i 8 changed materially, the commission must raise the money to make the Improvement! demanded. The receivers, who have spent between $3 000 - 006 and $10,000,000 on the property in the last fifteen months, have exhausted all available funds and must raise from $15,000 000 to $26 000,000 In the no distant future, they «ay. "We know of no method of obtaining the necessary funds." say the receivers, "except by resorting to the financial markets of the country and availing of money seeking safe Investment. , OUr poIIc > r of oppression, maintained and per sisted In. notwithstanding the Indisputable evi dence- submitted to you, constitutes such a menace that any attempt on our part to procure the requisite cash to enable us to carry on operations successfully would be utterly futile." •CONFISCATORY ORDERS." The receivers accuse the commission of niak ng orders which are -practically confisca oo In character." _„ this connection the letter say.: John VLV m« t ter 1 7hi n fe_;7 the »«"°P°--<1 59th street any doubt m tnat th« „ , !i "" n - v £ it * h " yh ... i beyond the present method o7^SS, n ln °" r care-, under etantlally no return wl«^t°"' ar " *' drn l"K sub «^o^_«S_^^!_?^&'^ MeTropoUten^treeY'&'nS nuin """^tLanl the «»nnot"con tin " a , lnl> h lin< " rStand , at th **~ ™<" manner wtV.';, . ll '' °: > '- r »"''l In -. Battsfartory otthomJ ■ ,■ V 11"-V 11 "-" 1 ,"-"" ■-!-:s of »:.- rbaraotw ?J-".«Vv (..•■.•,V " '"" " ■" "•"l** "I '■*'">« ||^S_»#sg|__f_g -nd a _re_i SSSS. 0 '; l3rKe prTr a^^^ Unices the order in regard |o th* stn rt re*t crosstown line is modified, the receivers say thc-y probably will nsk the court to allow them to break the lease and thus lv , relieved of oper ating the line, as in the case of the 69th sfeet crosstown line The, ;a nt out thai a further curtailment of transfers would fellow sad also a great curtailing of, th* serrie*, over th-» Will lamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn. Indeed, the ser vice to Bs-ookhn. it is hinted, Is Ilkelj to be dis continued altogether. MAY BRKAK JTH STREET LEASE "We do not Intend !>> place any nrMitionai or de« for cars," the letter continues, 'and. even had such been our plan, your course would have rendered it impossible of accomplishment Tour orders with reference to the Urooklyn and East 10th street rerry branches of the Bth street crosstown line make necessary th«> addition of between twenty-five and thirty car units, rep resenting an outlay of from 1375,000 to $450,000, '<, say nothing of additional operating expenses.' estimated to amount to more than $100,000 a year." That the jeceivcrs Intend to throw the whole blame upon the commission. In case It is d^ clded to break the irase of the &th street line, is shown by the following extracts from the let ter: Th« requirements of ydur final orders, N->.<. ;o_ ar»l 1,016. unquestionably .—. — m to n k« It un profitable for the receivers to continue to operate ih*- property of the Central Crosstown tailroad Company, which Includes the Btli streei crosstown iiiie. We are at present operating This property under a temporarj agreement, expiring April iv next, which agreement relieves us from the neees sity of j>ayiiiK the Hum Of $22,500 quarterly, as part or the stipulated rental under the term* of th« lease. The result of our former investigation when or ders pertaining to thin line were Issued by you laat spring, and the decrease '.. travel on the iine under consideration, due to .'■■■ operation of the Hudson tunnels, have led us to consider th« a-i vlsabillty of aaking the court which appointed us for Instructions In the matter of continuing i.> op crate the property of the Central <'ro*«tor. n Rail road Company. The additional burden which compliance with your Una! orders, Nos. 1.015 an.l 1.01«, will Involve Increases the possibility that we shall be obliged to take this -?ourse. In tin* event <>f such cessa tion of operation by us th« abolition of the <»x chaiiße of transfers between the various lines In volved will lie thereby entailed; but, of course, you will assume th« responsibility for whatever line of action It Is necessary Tor us to adopt us a logi cal sequence of your orders. BROOKLYN SERVICE CURTAILMENT. In regard to the probable curtailment and possible abandonment of the service to Brook lyn over the WHlium.burg Bridge, th. receivers say: According to our Interpretation of tin provisions of final order No. 1,015, 1' does riot apply directly to th»- service across the WllliamsburK Bridge but in the event of our (cuslhk to operate the Central fin— ln ■ n lines. In all probability, th«-r« will he a very j?r«*at curtailment of the service to Brooklyn, and possibly such service will be disrnntlnueil alto gether on the lines which we are no* operating across the Willlamiburi; Bridge. Referring to the disposition to be made of the IL'7 new cars ordered by the receivers and to be delivered this winter, the letter says: in our letter to you of December 14. 1?OS. v. <» toM you that we did not have sufficient cars to op erate the schedule you suggested without robbing oilier lines of equipment. It In true that we ex pect to receive 127 new cars during the winter, but in ordinary course only ■ small pan of the additional equipment thus at our disposal would i.. allotted to the Eighth Street I'rosslown line. Furthermore, the acquisition of this number of new ('am does not necessarily mean a correspond ing Increase in our available equipment They are needed to a iireat extent to replace old earn w hW'h it Is no longer good business judgment to con tinue In operation, anil which must necessarily Co soon retired from service. The transportation requirement*, ken as a. whole, will not Justify the assignmetii to th*> KiKhtb Street Crosstown line of so any addi tional cars as your orders require; on the con trary. II Is our Judgment. ba»ed upon a study of the situation us a whole, that, when an equitable distribution of equipment Is made upon receipt of the new cars, the demands of the service on Hues other than Bth street will requite the hs signment to them of all ihe extra cara available, "SHOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY." In . losing the receivers discuss the question of responsibility, saying: ii BCenis only fair that, it you are born upon d<-m on*trnting u» the public the superiority of your judgment and the breadth of your knowledge 01 practical railroading, you should assume the re s.i.,i!«i.'.i;i> for th« results We. hope that, in View of the facts above point ed out. you may see tit to siiako some modification of your Una! orders No* 1015 and 1016. If. now evrr, you Insist upon putting them Into effect with out ';..,■ modiflration, we shall lie piad if you will Indicate from what other lines the cars are to r_> withdrawn in order that we may comply T.rtlj the orders reenrdlnsj the Sth «itte<"r crosatOWT line. t'pon being advised of rour wisher we will at once Coatlsu<U g_ aecond pace. - ' HOUSE ANSWER READY NOT TO RECEIVE DISRE SPECTFUL WORDS. ____________ i Perkins Committee to Recommend Tabling President's Secret Service Remarks. Washington, Jan. 7. — As disrespectful and un responsive to the Inquiry of the House, the Per kins committee, when it reports to-morrow, will recommend that President Roowvelfs Secret Service message of January 4 be laid on the table. A similar provision will be made for that part of the "President's annual message relat ing to the Secret Service, on the ground that it reflects upon the integrity of tht- members of the House. Tho special committee ended Its consideration of the message to-day and drafted it? report. which will be presented by Representative Per kins, of New York. The unusual and extreme coarse advised by the committee— that of <!*■ dining to consMsr any communication from any source which, in the judgment of the House, is not respectful- -Is likely to craatc a sensation when It : s read. That the House is charged only with its re sponsibility to the people and to preserve its own dignity will be asserted with great force in the report. It will be asserted that the language in the annual message was unjustified and with out basis of fact, and that it constituted a broach of the privileges of the House. For that reason the special committee will ask to be discharged from further consideration of that part of the President's message which refers to the Secret Service and will recommend that it. together with the subsequent message of the President in reply to the House demand for an explana tion, be laid upon the table us being unrespon sive and constituting an invasion of the priv ileges of the House by questioning the motives and intelligence of members. $75,000,000 FOR THE XAI'Y. Secretary Xcivberr;/ Outlines His Programme. Washington, Jan. — About JTTi.OOO.OOO would be required to carry out the programme for in creasing th* navy as outlines' to the House Committee on Naval Affairs to-day by Secre tary Xewberry of the Navy Department Four battleships of twenty-five thousand tons are asked for. in addition to four scout cruisers, four submarines, ten destroyers, three comers, one repair ship an. l one ammunition ship. FATAL RIOTS IX ASSYRIA. Thirty Killed and Thirty-five Wounded at Mosul. Constantinople. Jan. 7.— Dispatches received here from Mosul, in ancient Assyria, report se riou* fio^ng there, "frith considerable loss of llf# The trouble Arose on Sunday over the nr r#«»f of a soldier for Insulting a Turkish woman Hi.* comrades tried to rescue the solder, and the turbulent elements of the populace Joined in the affray. Thirty persona were klled and thirty tlv<» wounded Th« rioting continued o« Mkmday and Tues day. but tbe details nr" unknown. A native and his entire family have been murdered. rench Consul *t Mosul hi considered to n<> in great danger, an.] five battalions ol troops hai c been i»dered thlth< r FOR STEEL STOCK THEFT. Alleged Partner of Alfred R. Gusli n Arrested on Jerome Warrant. Christopher Cosmid-Mi, thirty-three years old. of N<>. ir>4 Nassau street, was arrested by De tectives Fitzstmmonsi and Flood, of the District Attorney's .frl-*-. lasi night, at No. 23 Broad street, charged with having acted in concert with Alfred H. Qoslin, who was charged in IS">6 with ih» theft of one hundred shares of United States Steel preferred stock, valued at $9,500. ["tie allied crime was committed ■•" August 20, The complainant against Cosmldea was said to be I'••1 '•• Coppet A I>i>r<-mu.«. of No. 41! Broad way. The arrest was made on a warrant Issued on Tuesday by District Attorney Jerome. Cosmides nag arrested In 1900. and later re leased In the custody of his counsel, At thai time Charles M Dunn made a confession, in which !w- «ald C-oslin lent money to his father, and proposed 'ater thai Dunn K<> to work in conic Wall Street house and steal all the stock he could. Dunn confessed to Nik Ing a certificate ■.• one hundred Steel stock scares, valued at 1.000, and swore he mailed it to Goalm. He said that be received *H"» from Ooslin, who >ld him he sold the certificate for .<•"..•«»«>. MUST PAY $500 FOR AUTO ACCIDENT Colonel Greene's Reckless Chauffeur Had Run Down an Old Man. Henry Meik«\ of Dobha Ferry, who is about ?<><■ - enty-nvc years old. Rot a verdict for $soo from a Jury In th« Supreme Court al White Plains yester day, Justice Morschauser presiding, > "cause he was tun down on January ". list, bj an automobile be longing to Colonel William C Gr«ene. Ob that date Julian Berra, chauffeur Tot ii.- colonel, took his employer's automobile and drove to Uoiibs Kerry, where the accident occurred. Mr. Green* was then in Mexico, where be now Is, hut his fam ily was In New York. H-ike sued for $i'".'»". the question at issue being whether Colonel Greene was responsible. The ds rvn-ant'M counsel salt! that Colonel Greene was willing i" pay *'»*», and that amount was awarded. The chauffeur disappeared after Colonel Oreeae had gone on his bond for II.M* MRS. JERE COOKE TO ASK DIVORCE? Thought Possible Significance of Hartford Request to Los Angeles Police. Loa Angeles, Jan. 7.— A letter was received yes terday by the Polite DepartaMat from the chief of police of Hartford. Conn., asking that detectives search for J*re K. Cook*. the fornwr rector, and Mi^s Floretta Whaley. who sloped from Long Isl and to .San Francisco, whence It »" said they re cently departed for '•"•■ Angeles. Why tlie Hartford police destte to know the •rhereabouta of Cook« is not knows in U* Angeles. but it Is conjectured that the search for them may be in connection with possible divorce proceedings by the wife of CeoJw or in relation ie the- lnn»r- Itaace of Miss Whaley. Th«_pa!f now Iwr. two children, the old** aboul two year» old. . SEABOARD'S" FINE FLORIDA SERVICE. Bcute. Quickest ttofc la* 1183 *»*«#•—*»»*« _ SENATOR B. R. TTLLMAN*. Who is an iishl by the President of being Involved in Western land frauds. BARS NEW WATER SUPPLY State's Cat skill I^ands in Way, Says Mr. Whipple. Albany. Jan. 7. — James S. Whipple. Forest. Pish and Game Commissioner, in his annual re port, which is to be submitted to the Legislature to-morrow, points out that the constitution of the state, which prohibits the use Of state lands for any purpose by any person, corporation or municipality, may prevent the* completion of New York City's new water supply system. He says: "The impracticability of the present !aw. Which prevents realizing to th» fnßesl extent upon this valuable natural asset, the woadasjsl and water supply of the stat-. is illustrated by the situation at the proposed great Ashokan reservoir. It is proposed to supply water for New York City »y buildtng a leseivohr near Kingston ;in«l conducting the water impounded there to New Tors City. The. total expense of this proposed project will be approximately Vl 60,000, "00. The projectors aro met with the fnct that the state owns land within' the area required f"r flooding, which under the constitu tion cannot be flooded or taken. If the rlKht9*of the state are enforced it will materially Injure. demy, and | erent the construction sf th" reservoir.*" Mr Whipple recommends thai the eoastltution be changed so as t.> enable the state to set 1 'amis where th" sale can be advantageoasly made DUCHESS XEAR DEATH. Saved from Being Crushed by Sailor of Relief Ship. Naples, Jan. 7.— The Italian Red Cross relief expedition on the steamer Taormina. headed by Pltttss T*«tno, threatened to end disastrously to-day. The Taormina had touched here to put ashore the dangerously wounded. The Duke and Duchess Leopold Torlonia and th*> Marquis di Bagno were disembarking by wans of a lad der, when the ship's launch turned sharply, striking the bidder. The duke and marquis were thrown into the launch, but the duchess fell Into the sea between the launch and the Taormina, and was in imminent danger of being crushed. In a moment all was confusion, but a naiior seised the duchess by her skirt and dragged her Into th» launch. She seemed none the worse for her experience. Prince Marino Torionia. wh« married Ml*a Mary Moore, th- daughter of Charles A. Moore! of New York. 1s a brother sf th" duke. DOLLAR GAS so CENTS. Company's Bills at Old Rate, but Reduction Is Accepted. The December bills of th- Consolidated Gas Company were paid at the SO-cent rate yester day. These bills, made out before the decision of tlw United States Supreme Court was handed down, charged at the old rate of a dollar a thou sand fret. but those who presented their bills at the offices yesterday received the - ft -c-nt rebate. Consumers generally thought this Indi cated a backdown by the company, but it was said that the acceptance of the SO-cent rate was only temporary, and did not mean that the com pany would not fight the case If any way was found possible. Consolidated Gas recovered a few points yes terday selling UP to ISO. after opening at 126'». and dosing at 12»%. a net gain of 2% points for the day. The total transactions were i:.2ao •hares. The first sale in a week of Brooklyn Union Gas was made yesterday, one hundred shares changing hands at 130. eighteen points off. JAIL MCE AND WARM. Foriy-t^o Prisoners Return Through Tunnel— Too Cold Outside. . Oklahoma City. Okla.. Jan. 7— Forty-five pris oners in the city jail tunnelled their way to freedom last night. Getting a breath of the icy -iir all but three voluntarily returned. They declared they preferred prison to freedom in zero weather. MAY ORDER OUT TROOPS. Governor Smith Determined to Make Savannah "Dry." lit.- MeCI-ph to T^<* Tribute. ! Atlanta, Jan. 7.— His attention having be-n re peatedly called to alleged oi>en violations of the prohibition law in Savannah. Governor Hoke Smith announces that he will enforce the law. even If troops have to be sent for th« purpose. The near ■ „■■-' dealers of Savannah are reported to have re fused to [is t^f slats tax. and reports t*H of many o[>< II saloons. ALA3AMA "DRY" LAW UPHELD. M.,..i.- Ala., Jan 7.— The state prohibition law was upheld here to-Uay when a liquor Bcensc was refused In th« local Probate Court. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. JR.'S. GIFTS. John L). Rockefeller. Jr.. gladdened the hearts of the railroad employes at Tarry town list evening when h« distributed 11" gold pieces. Although Mr. Rockefeller's father bad remembered tie employes on Christmas, they had mm received anything from his son "this season. "When with his wife h-? ar rivd -n Tarr>t« to spud las ahrhi Mr. Rocke feller walked ar.vjn'l the stati- n •'i*trtbutinsc . m *»;ld jjiecee. H ■ apologized for being lat •. but said that he had not forgettaa -the boys or iheir favor* during t_i-ye_> ' PRICE THREE CENTS. PRESIDENT ACCUSES SENATOR TILDJ AN IMPLICATION IX LAXD FRAUDS (HARGED. Evidence Gathered by Secret Service - Incident Occurring Early iMSt Yea>- Recalled. [ From tt» Trl^ll^e Ri:r«_u. I Washington. lan. 7.— The President in a com munication to Senator Hal». as chairman of tha Committee on Appropriations, presents most sensational charges against Benjamin R. Til! man. senior Senator from South Carolina, ac companying them with facsimile reproduction* of correspondence an! other evidence which. IP substantiated, will prove most damaging to th* Senator. The case which it is sought to make, through data. satheiVd by Secret Service agents of the government, would involve the Senator in Western land deals of a fraudulent character. Senator Tillman was manifestly laboring under great excitement when seen this afternoon, but restrained himself, saying, ri will reply to th* charges of the President at the proper tim* from my seat in the Senate." Senator Hale now- expects to call the Appro priations Committee together on Saturday anil lay before it the communication from the Pres ident. Mr. Tillman will rise to a question of personal privilege, presumably on Monday, and, will give his version of the affair in sisal 1 the executive communication implicates him. Senator Hal« has shown the President's com munication to a number of Senators, all of whom pronounce it to be of a most sensational character, and some who enjoy th» confidence of the President insist that he would never have submitted the data had he not been pre pared to substantiate them in the most con clusive manner. They say. further, that more than one member of Mr Tillman'a family ap pears to be involved, and they deplore the fact that another occurrence should have come ( > light which trill have a tendency to shatter th« public confidence in th» integrity of th Con gress. It in recalled that on February I?. 190 S. Sen ator Tlllman. rising to a question of personal privilege, sent to the desk sony? copies of a circular of the St. Paul and Pacific Timber Syndicate, of Portland. Or**.. in which an oppor tunity was offered to its correspondents to make 2.500 per cent profit, and the name of Sen ator Tillm.ir,. to whom the circular referred a-» •the leader of the Democratic party in the frit.'i States Senate" and as "a man -who usu ally gets what he goes after," was used as Ms interested in the scheme. TILL.MAX DENOUNCED SCHEME. The circular was headed '"How to Make $5,000 out of $'Jo«>." It called attention to certain !an«i grants in Oregon and to th«» activity of Senator Tillman in having the Senate investigate them. It stated that "Senator Tillman takes eleven quarters." and that the lawsuits to be Instituted in order to recover these land were to be pressed with great vigor, because _J?_st"?r ~?.V. man was behind them. Commenting upon this situation Senator Tillrr.an at that tin>» said: "'As a matter of fact. I have not "bought »ny land' anywhere hi the "West. nor undertaken to buy any. I have mad» some inquiries, as on* naturally would in roaming through the West. I simply want the people of the onuntry to se> put on notice that thi3 swindler at Portland ha* no warrant whatever for endeavoring to inve!s!d others Into his game " Senator Tillrnan said further thac he had asked the Postofflce Department to take cog nizance of the circular. In th.» debate which followed an order to print th© circular in The Congressional Record. Senator Fulton said that he had read Iks circular and that the schema very evidently "is for the company issuing th» circular to accumulate a vast fund of money by dupes throughout the country sending It t.» them." It is now rumored that the promoters of this company sought revenge by disposing to th* government the evidence on which are based the charges contained in the Executive docu ment. A few Senators declared that they had examined all the data and were "convinced that th»» President could make good." Th« affair so completely absorbed th«» attention of Senators that the day's session lasted only an hour and twenty minutes. It is regarded -as something of a coincidence that when that part of th*» President's messajr* referring to the Secret Service was under dis cussion, on December IS. Mr. Tiilman should have been the Senator to indulge In th« most drastic condemnation of the course of th« Ex ecutive. Mr. Tillman said, on that occasion: •If we are accused of dishonesty, of shirking the appropriation of money •which Is necessary for the piJblic service because we- are afrai'l our shortcomings will be found out by this very same instrumentality, it looks to m* as though we shall rest under the accusation of being a lot of rascals and scoundrels who belong to the penitentiary, unless we assert our manhood an/ self-respect and say it Is not true." REPLY FROM CULBERSON. Charges President rcith "Arbitrary and Lawless Act." • Ft .r.i Tte TTlt>une Bureau I Washington. Jan. 7.-Senator Culberson repUe* to-day in the brief session of the Senate to the President' s message, received yesterday. in re sponse to the Culberson resolution dealing with th* Ten****** Coal and Iron Company. H« charged ■L- President with -an arbitrary* and lawless act." la that he had prevented the Attorney General from prosecuting the UalMi States Steel Corporation for its absorption of the above first named concern. M; Culberson evaded the question of whether or ■at the Senate was within its authority In de manding el ths Attorney General his reasons for not bringing the salt, saying that although th» resolution was not addressed to the President he had practically answered it. and las* he did not purpose to permit, himself to be diverted by that phase of the question. Mr. •'librrson lntr<*duced a resolution Instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to report to the Senate on as. early a date a- practical whether in the opinion of that committee the President wa.-* authorised to permit las absorption of the Tea ■aßaea foal ami Iron Company by the United States Sttrel ...ration, and then proceeded wltU lila remarks ■The Attorney General," saM Mr. Culberson. "re ceived from the President himself a letter, dated November 4. 19*>". 'n which he told him It was con templated to merge the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company into the United States Steel Corporation and that SO far as he was concerned .he di.i not see fit t» interfere." > At tie time the President was takins; hl3 action in r»sr**-t to the st«»l rsesecsjtlea, Mr. ' ilbtrsesj said the Attorney General was proceeding t. th» courts of New Tcrk to procure tiie £l_acl_-c_ gfl