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kins & Allen six-chambered revolver
which was found by detectives in the
wcods near the pot where the assailant
of the two boys was last seen. A weapon
of this type is said to have been used
by the magician in his vaudeville acts.
The.. police think that Dennison may
have' had something to do with the un
explained shooting of John Fredericks, of
X 0.517 Gerard avenue, who was hit by a
bullet while walking along l.">3d street,
between Park and Mot t_ avenues, on
January S. The police are /also investi
gating several other uptown attacks
which they think, may be connected with
the High Bridge murder.
STILL ANOTHER SUSPECT.
While Inspector McCafferty Insisted
last night that the arrest of the magi
cian might clear up all of • the circum
stances connected With the death of the
two boys, it was learned yesterday that
a man answering the description of the
assailant had wandered over miles of
country fro:n Pelham Park to High
Bridge.
The trail which was followed led to a
sypsy camp at the east end of Bronx
Park. It was here that a man sought
food on the morning preceding the mur
der of the two boys. Further along the
path leading to Central Bridge the same
man was seen by a number of boys and
grirls who were playing in the Southern
Boulevard, near ISTth street. This man
roused the entire neighborhood, and,
after he had sent the children scurrying
to their homes, escaped in the direction
of an Italian settlement.
George Maurer. .of Prospect avenue
and l 7th street, was among the boys
Tho were playing in the field near the
Southern Boulevard when the man ap
reared. According to the boy, the stran
e«>r held a revolver in one hand and a
knife in the other. 'The boy gave an
slarm. Thich brought out his father and
a number of men.
her children- saw the man. They
v4ll be taken to see Dennison in an ef
fort to identify him as the man who
frightened them.
TRAMPS LURE BOYS.
Two Lads Rescued on Railroad
Tracks.
4 As Patrolman Cronln. of the Kingrs
fcridge police station, was on his post
at 251 st street and Broadway yesterday
afternoon he happened to glance down
at the tracks of the New York Central
Railroad and was surprised to see two
■'-*!! dressed little boys of about twelve
years walking up them with two tramps.
The difference in the dress of the tramps
and the boys was observed by the police
man and he decided to investigate.
Cronin climbed down to the tracks and
stopped the men and asked them where
they were going and what they were do
ing with the boys. The men could offer
no satisfactory explanation of their pres
ence on the tracks with the boys, and
Crania decided to place them under ar
- .. . , .
rt?t. :
The little fellows said that they had
met the men at Audubon avenue and
16Sth street, and that the tramps had
asked them for something to eat. The
boys had gone to their homes and
brought back food. The tramps, they
paid, had then promised to take them
to a place where they would find a lot
f>{ money, and the four had set out for
this hidden place of wealth.
When taken to the station house, the
h-\ ■ gave their names as Warren Young,
cloven years old, of No. 568 West 168 th
street, and Thomas Brewer, twelve
years old. of Xo. SG Audubon avenue.
They were held as witnesses, while the
tramps -were charged with enticing boys
away from their domes. They gave
their names as Joseph Decker and Dean
Rich and said they had no hom^s.
SETH LOW HEARD.
Addresses Annual Meeting of
Armstrong Association^.
kW he annual meeting of the Armstrong As-
"Nation, which has for its object the edu
<r ration of the negro at the Tuskegee Nor
mal and Industrial Institute, at Tuskegee,
'Ala., was held at Carnegie Hall last- night.
Booker T. Washington, principal of the
institute, submitted his annual- report,
which showed that in the last year there
were enrolled 1.494 students from thirty-five
states and nineteen foreign countries, In
all departments there were 167 Instructors,
officers and employes. Among the trustees
of the association in this city are George
Foster Peabody. Paul M. Warburg, William
G. Willcox and William J. Schieffelin.
Mr. BdtteffeUn introduced Seth Low,
president of the board of trustees of the
institute, who said:
"Emancipation was commencement for
the negro; the old life was left behind and
the new life begun. General Armstrong
raw that two things were needed. One was
that the negro was to be taught that work
was honorable and the other that the
negro was to be taught to work. So the
general founded Hampton. Be had the
happiness of lighting the torch of Booker
T. Washington, who is doing such a grand
«ork at Tuskegee, one in a great chain
that began with General Armstrong at
'Hampton." 1
The Rev. Dr. B. F. Riley. of Alabama,
also Epoke.
Among those who occupied boxes were
Sirs. Seth Low, Mrt\ William Jay Schief
'<■<•). Mrs. Paul M. Warburg. Mrs. James
Roosevelt. Mrs. St. Ciair McKelway, Miss
Helen M. Gould. Mrs. H. Falrfleld Osborn.
Mr*. leaac Seligman, Jefferson Feligman.
Mrs. William G. Willcox. Mrs. c. P. Hunt-
Ington, Mr- Henry Villard. Dr. Felix
Adier, Dr. Henry M. Leipziger and John
J. Berwind.
CONFER ON POSTAL BANKS.
Senator Lodge Looks for Little Opposi
tion to Bill.
Washington. Jan. 24 — Senator* Lodge
and Carter had conferences with Presi
dent Taft to <iay on the" postal savings
bank bill now in committee. Senator
Penrose. chairman of the Committee on
Postofflces and Post Roads, called a
meeting of the committee for to-morrow
morning. Ii is understood that the bill
will then be reported. Aft-.-r his talk
with the President. Senator Lodge said
h* believed the bill would pass the Sen
ate and would meet little opposition in
the House.
XL I AW
A BRACER,
THE MORNING AFTER
:;»TAW ;IS • A STAKKI-INO* XRBATED
WATER. AND acts SPEEDILY IN CASKS
of nervous HEADACHE AND DEPRES
EION FOLLOWING ALCOHOLIC AND
OTHER EXCESSES. BOTTLED IX SPLITS
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ADOPT PROBE PLAN
ACTION BY SENATORS
OX ALLDS CASE.
Inquirji Limited to Printed
Charge* — Osborne nvd Lit
tleton Chief Counsel.
[By T<M«graph to Tho Tribune 1
Albany, Jan. 24.— Without coming to a
definite decision, the Republican Pen
ators in conference to-night practically
adopted procedure for the investigation
of the Allds-Conger bribery charges. It
was determined to give Senator Conger,
before the Senate, an opportunity to
make formal charges of whatever nature
he desires in connection with the matter
mentioned at the so-called insurgent
Senat<rr-' conference on the night the
Legislature organized. If Senator Conger
refuses or declines to make formal
charges, the Senate is to proceed to an
investigation of the article in "The
Evening Post" and the charges con
tained therein.
The conference did not block out the
rules of evidence to be followed. It was
decided to limit the inquiry to the one
case mentioned in the printed charges,
although, unless some rigid limitation
of competent evidence is made, it is quite
probable that from this specific case a
general investigation may result.
The conference convened about 9 p. m..
after a brief session of the Senate. Sen
ator Braekett read a tentative draft of
the proposed plan of procedure. Then
ensued a general discussion in which
most of the lawyers of the Senate took
part. The phraseology of Mr. Bracken's
draft was altered and amended, and
finally the conference broke up without
a formal vote on it.
LAWYERS ASK FOR TIME.
A telegram was read from Conger's
attorneys demanding that they have
twenty days in which to file formal
charges against Allds, but the confer
ence decided this period should be re
duced to about a week. If within the
period stipulated Conger fails to file
the charges, the Senate is to investigate
the statements alleged to have been
made, and Allds is to have a similar
period in which to file an answer.
Subpoenas are to be issued for wit
nesses in the name of the Lieutenant
Governor and countersigned by the clerk
of the Senate, and the witnesses will be
compelled to produce any documents re
quired. The investigation will be con
ducted by the Senate acting as a com
mittee cf the whole, which excludes the
Lieutenant Governor from presiding, but
he names the presiding officer from
among the Senators.
The procedure is to be the same as
that of any court of record. An objec
tion by counsel for either party may be
appealed to the committee of the whole
when five Senators vote that an appeal
shall be taken. The final verdict is to
be on the question as to whether the
charges have been sustained or not sus
tained . . ' ._'' . ..'. . .
It was decided to devote the first hour
of each day, from 11 to 12, to legislative
business so as not to delay the work of
the session. The investigation will then
be taken up daily and continued until
5 p. m.
CONGER'S LAWYERS DEMOCRATS.
Both men in the controversy com
pleted their arrangements as to counsel
to-day. Senator Conger said that he
had engaged James W. Osborne, of New
York, to represent him. With Mr. Os
borne will act David Van Hoesen, of
Cortland, who for several years has been
Senator Conger's lawyer. Both men aro
Democrats, Mr. Van Hoesen being one
of the few Democratic Assemblymen
ever sent here from Cortland County.
Mr. Osborne was Assistant District At
torney of New York County for several
years, and won a high reputation for
his handling of big cases.
"The fact that I have retained Messrs.
Osborne and Van Hcesf n," said Senator
Conger, "ought to preclude the notion
that there is to be any let-up on my
part. I am, quite naturally, anxious to
go to the bottom of this * ntire thing. It
Is of the utmost importance, not alone to
me and my friends and to Allds and his
friend?, but to m"ny others, too. Several
persons may be brought into this before
it is ended. There will be some spicy
things said when the inquiry gets well
under way.
"I don't imagine it will get well started
for several days. It would be hardly
fair to start light in before the attor
neys have an opportunity to prepare
their cases. I have talked with Mr. Os
borne and with Mr. Van Hoesen, and
have told them all I know about this
matter. They are now making their
own investigation and in many ways
preparing to go to the bottom of the
case. They will want to get all the
facts. T, of course, want a full inquiry,
and I have no reason to think that there
will not be one. There are some men in
the Senate I am sure would insist on a
sweeping inquiry, and I don't believe
any one will attempt, even if he were
eager to do so, to put the brakes on.'
It was learned later that Augustus
Van Wyck, of New York, would also
represent Cenger.
CONGER NOT WORRIED.
Senator Conger came here this after
noon. Apparently he is not the least
worried as to the outcome of the inquiry.
Mr. Van Hoesen was here to-night.
He will confer with Senator Conger to
morrow. He would say nothing about
the case to-night except that he knew
?. nator Conger meant to go clear to the
bottom of affair?, ani nothing could stop
him.
Senator Allds has engaged Martin W.
Littleton, of New York, as his chief
counsel to act with Lewis E. Carr, of
Albany, and Lewis E. Griffith, of Troy.
Mr. Littleton was on the scene to
niprht, but would not dlscusn the contro
versy.
Lieutenant Governor White was not
here to-night, and Senator Davis again
presided over the Senate. He said that
if he were to continue to preside the
Allds-Conger affair would not delay
business in the Senate. He himself had
thought that the whole thing could be
finished in four or live days, he said,
but he found that many of the other
Senators did not agree with him. At
any rate, the Senate would go into the
order of third reading of bills each day,
and he was urging hia friends in the As
sembly to get their measures passed and
over to the upper house for action as
soon as they could- "
'tfl^tfOWC -DAILY TRIBUNE. 'TUESDAY, JANUARY 25. 1010.
AONBW NOT PLEASED.
Sorrji Allds Inquiry Will Be in
Committee of the Whole.
Senator George B. Agnew. "one of. th«
insurgents who in th* meeting at- the
Hotel Ten Eyck, Albany, on January 4
heard Senator Conger accuse Senator Allds,
leader of the State Senate, of having ac
cepted a bribe, paid yesterday at his office
in this city that he was sorry the investi
gation into the charges was to be conducted
in committee of the whole.
"I was one of those who wanted the
thing to be thrashed out in a special"com
mittee," said he. "But all those citizens
with whom 1 have discussed the subject
seem to favor the more open hearing de
cided upon. The Senators on their part
think the proceeding will make a better
public impression.
"It seems to me, though, it will b* lik»
hearing a case in mass meeting. It can't
be an orderly procedure, and to be thor
ough It must take three or (our week?, the
:egular business of tlifi Senate suffering
greatly in the mean time."
"Do you think," he was asked, "that the
Legislature is on a higher planes in oral ly
than in 1901. wl.en, according to Senator
Conger, t'ne 'Black Horse Cavalry" was in
the saddle?"
"Yes, I do. I think we are all petting
better. I'm an optimist. I can see no f-igns
of the activity of the 'Black Horse Cavalry'
in Albany to-day. The change for the bet
ter came about in 19C5.
• "As for the legislation advocated by thft
Governor, the investigation probably won't
have any effect one way or another."
WON'T PAY $150,000.
Toronto Bank Denies Liability
in Insurance Case.
Albany, Jan. 24 —Superintendent Hotch
kiss of the State Insurance Department
announced to-night that he had been ad
vised by Chief Examiner Hughes, from
Toronto, that at a meeting of the directors
of the Farmers' Bank of Canada to-day a
resolution was passed formally denying
liability on the $150,000 certificate of deposit
issued by William R. Travers, general man
ager of the bank, to the People's Mutual
Life Insurance Association and League of
Syracuse which was recently taken over
by the department. It is understood that
the action of the directors was on the
grounds that no money ever passed to the
bank from the insurance association and
that the certificate of deposit to the credit
of the People's Mutual Life Insurance As
sociation and League was signed by only
one officer.
Superintendent Hotchkiss says that not
withstanding the action taken by the bank
directors he will continue his efforts to
eomp<e! the payment of the certificate by thu
Canadian bank.
"It was also reported from Toronto,"
said Superintendent Hotchkiss, "that the
Farmers' Bank of Canada to-day notified
John Tevis, the promoter, who sought to
secure control of the People's Mutual Life
liisurance Association and League, that
the 25,000 shares of Big Vein copper stock,
claimed by him to have been put up as col
lateral security to a loan for $150,000, were
held by such bank subject to his order.
"It will be recalled that General Man
ager Travers about ten days ago gave an
examiner of the Insurance Department a
signed statement, in which he claimed that
the transaction was only partially com
pleted when the Insurance Department
n.oved against the People's Mutual Life
Ir.fturance Association and League, and
that it would have teen completed only
by the exchange of the certificate of de
posit for the capital stock of the Farmers"
Bank of Canada in an equivalent amount,
which he claimed was to ha ye been made
on January 15, 1910. The loan of ?100,000 to
Tevis and a deposit of the same amount
by the Insurance Association feem not to
have been entered upon the books of the
bank at all."
BILLS TO SAVE STATE $100,000.
Town Sealers and Fee System Would
Be Abolished.
Albany, Jan. 24. — Senator Cobb intro
duced three bills to-night covering recom
mendations made by Dr. Fritz Reicht
maun, State Sealer of Weights and Meas
ures. They provide for the abolition of
town sealers and the fee system, whereby
it is said the state will be saved $100,000 a
year, now spent for apparatus; that all
weights, measures and scales be properly
tested and sealed, and that the Sealer of
Weights and Measures be appointed for a
definite number of years. Assemblyman
Merrltt introduced similar bills In the
House.
A bill, which, if enacted, will prohibit
members of the Legislature who are at
torneys from practising lav,- in the Legis
lature, and which makes violation a fel
ony, was introduced by Assemblyman B.
R. Lansing, of Rensselaer. Among its pro
visions is one that declares that any mem
ber of the Legislature who accepts or
who agrees to a-crept a fee or retainer for
legal or other services from any person,
firm or corporation interested in legisla
tion pending in either the Senate or As
sembly, or which is about to come before
the Legislature, shall be deemed guilty of
a felony. The act is to take effect r-n Sep
tember 1.
NOTARIES PUBLIC REP/lOVED.
Albany, Jan. 24— Governor Hughes to-day
removed from the office of notary public
Abraham H. Pincus and John J. Quinn. of
New York City, on complaint of Henry A.
WiSf, United States District Attorney for
the Southern District of New York. Both
were inflicted on a charge of making a false
and fraudulent jurat on affidavits submit
ted in support of applications for pensions.
DISMISSALS APPROVED.
President Confirms Findings Against
Three Midshipmen.
Washington, Jan. 24. -President Taft to
day approved the recommendations of the
superintendent of the Naval Academy at
Annapolis for the dismissal of Midshipmen
James M. Whttehead, of New Jersey; Scott
Lynn, of Utah, and Grover C. Clevenger, o'
Missouri. The midshipmen were charged
with intoxication in the Christmas holi
days. All three were on the eve of being
Rraduated. White-head's home is at Clinton,
N. J. ; Lynn's at Salt Lake City and Clev
eng»r's at Exoelfior Spring?, Mo
CONSERVING POWER SITES
More Withdrawals of Land by Secre
tary Balliuger.
Washington, Jan. 24 -In aid of proposed
legislation affecting the disposition of pub
lic lands thought to be valuable for power
purposes, the Interior Department has
withdrawn the following areas: M '■•' ■;.;
Territory aggregating 17,332 acres along
the Clearwater River and its tributaries,
in Idaho; 2.643 acres along the Walla Walla
River, in Oregon, and 24.152 acres along the
Sevler River. in Utah.
As probably containing oil. 147.557 acres
in California also have been withdrawn.
The total are a of this class of lands wlth
1,532'453 ll ale?a I e?e a « !lf rnltt t0 the Present tlme ls
Along dM Green River, in Utan, 11.457
acres withdrawn for power purposes have
been shown to have no value as such and
are restored to the public domain
The Secretary of the Interior has desig
nated under the enlarged homestead act
approximately 7 ,520 acres m Montana as
bcine subject to the provisions of the act.
ANGRY AT CANNON
MORE REGULARS RE
SENT HIS COURSE.
Hamilton and Foster Think
Speaker Should Not
Run Again.
[Ficvn The Tribun* Bureau 7
Washington. Jan. 24.— The intolerant
attitude and the unwillingness to h«s
randid criticism which Speaker Can
non displayed at the meeting of the Re
publican Congressional Committtee have
not Improved the temper of those Re
publicans vho sought to express- their
opinions in a frank but kindly manner.
The fact that it was a gathering of mem
bers of one party charged with tre duty
of. electing a majority of the House led
these Represrntativr-? to believe that
views might, be exchanged ir> an entirely
dispassionate (one.
From their own statements this is
what they desired to do, but the Speaker
chose a different manner of address and
became querulous and resentful. This
was not graciously received by either
Representative Foster, of Vermont, whose
withdrawal from the Cannon ranks was
described in these dispatches this morn
ing, or Representative Hamilton, of
Michigan. Both of them have been de
voted regulars from the beginning of
their careers in Congress
Representative Hamilton, who is chair
man of the Committee on Territories, in
speaking for Michigan, declared that the
fight there would not be an easy one
in the coming elections, because of the
unpopularity of the tariff bill in certain
quarters. He criticised the lumber sched
ule and intimated that he would find it
difficult to defend the measure in all its
parts.
Speaker Cannon replied to this speech
by announcing that the bill was the best
Republican tariff that had ever been
passed, that it was a party measure and
it was the duty of all Republicans to
stand by it in all its details. He inti
mated that Representative Hamilton's
criticism placed his stanch Republi
canism in question, and displayed indig
nation toward the Michigan member.
Mr. Hamilton arose and declared that
he was "as good a Republican as Mr.
Cannon, if not a better one," and that he
would welcome an opportunity to sacri
fice his personal interests for the benefit
of the party.
This incident closed at the meeting, but
it formed a topic of conversation among
the regulars to-day and was acknowl
edged to increase the burden which Mr.
Cannon must carry, and which threatens
to overcome him before he reaches his
high position in the next Congress. He
reiterated at the meeting his determina
tion not to withdraw. He declared that
he would abide by the result of a caucus
called to select a Speaker, and, until
this choice was made, he would make no
announcement.
In discussing his position to-day Rep
resentative Foster, of Vermont, said:
"Before going into detail I want it
known that I was the first member from
New England to indorse Speaker Can
non to succeed Speaker Henderson. I
have never regretted that indorsement,
and, personally, would be willing to see
Mr. Cannon succeed himself. But T am
determined that the wishes of my Ver
mont constituents shall be properly re
flected in my expressions' My district
does not want any more of Speaker Can
non. There is no question as to the op
position to him. This opposition I at
tempted to express in as kindly a man
ner as possible at the meeting, and I
made clear my reluctance to perform
what I considered an unpleasant duty.
It was a Republican meeting, to discuss
the road to a successful Congressional
election. It was not a meeting to glorify
the entire membership of the Republi
can party, nor was it intended that Rep
resentatives should come there blind
folded and pretend not to see defects. I
shall probably say another word or two
on the subject later in the session."'
Representative Hamilton described his
speech to several newspaper men to
day. He is not pleased with the asper
sions cast on his Republicanism by the
Speaker. The fact that both men are
chairmen of committees in the House is
pointed to as significant.
PRAISED BY MR. TAFT.
President Pays Tribute to "My
Friend /Uncle Joe.'"
Washington, Jan. 24.— President Taft
to-night, before the Dartmouth ulurnni,
in the presence of their new president,
Ernest Fox Nichols, paid a. tribute to
Speakor Cannon, who preceded him.
Mr. Cannon said that he bowed to
the President, a son of Yale; to Mr.
Roosevelt, a son of Harvard: to Andrew
Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, who had
not had the advantage of a college edu
cation, and that he himself might be a
little jealous because he had not had
puch an advantage, for culture might
have eradicated "some of the meanness
in me which both my enemies and my
friends say I have."
The President referred to Mr. Cannon
a* "my friend, 'Uncle Joe,' " and called
attention to his tribute to Lincoln, say
ing:
'When we hear that mellifluous voice,
sometimes full of English and some
times full of Esperanto, we aro enrried
back to the magnificent days of Daniel
Webster. Great must be the country
that can produce a man without a col
lege education who can deliver such a
tribute as has been paid hero to-night
to Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lin
coln."
CASABLANCA CLAIMS P.EDUCED.
Commission Cuts Total from $5,29-1,673
to $2,613,928.
Tangier, Morocco, Jan 24— The Casa
blanca Commission has reduced the claims
of th© various nations against Morocco on
account of the Casablanca massacres from
$.->.-S*4,'i73 to j:,613,5)25.
The United States claimed $75,790 and was
awarded $5,110.
PRESIDENT GRESSER HURT.
Fresidence Lawrence Grefi3er of Queens
Borough was kicked or pawed by a horse
at Jamaica on Sunday and badly hurt. He
was visiting at the home of his son I^aw
rence T. Cresset-, at No. 331 Shelton street
His son and daughter-in-law had been out
driving and when they returned President
Greyer wont to hold the horse's head while
they alighted. When ho approached tho
horse the annual either kicked at htm or in
pawing struck him on the right knee
which may have been broken.
KNOWN DEAD. &•
Canadian Officials Disregarded
Colonists.
Sudbury. Ont.. Jan. 2J.— The recovery of
four bodies and the identification of two
of the women found yesterday is the net
result of to-day's work at- the scene of^
Friday's wreck at Spanish River Bridge.
Changes and additions give a total of
thirty-seven known dead, all but four of
whom have been identified. Statements by
railroad officials early in the day placed
the list of known .lead at thirty-one, but
to-night their figures were raised to thirty
seven.
Apparently no consideration is taken ot
the immigrants who were travelling in the
colonist car. This coach was cut in two.
one end dropping into the rlv«»r and the
other end being destroyed by nre. The loss
of life in the colonist car can only he esti
mated, as the officials refuse, to make any
statement in regard to it. Ten is considered
a conservative estimate. The injured num
bered twenty-four, of whom three are in a
serious condition.
Conductor Reynolds had taken tin sev
enty-nine tickets on the trip, seventy-two
of whom, according to these figures, were
killed or injured.
STORM IN GERMANY.
Violent Disturbance Along the
Northern Coast.
Berlin. Jan. 24.— Germany is experien
cing th« most violent snowstorm in years.
Railroad and street traffic is great!-.- im
peded and telegraphic and telephonic
communication has been interrupted the
entire length of the northern coast of
Germany.
A dispatch from Hamburg says that
vessels are unable to leave the Elbe,
owing to the heavy seas and snowstorm.
At Kiel two fishing boats were capsized
in the bay, the crews being rescued by
lifesavers with the greatest difficulty.
At Flensburg the hurricane is driving
the sea over the dams. A destructive
fire occurred at Duisburg, in consequence
of a quantity of carbide stored in a fac
tory becoming wet.
MEXICAN RANK RUN.
Depositors Withdraw Money
When President Resigns.
Mexico City, Jan. 24.— A run on the United
States Banking Company, of this city,
started an hour before the close to-day.
Twenty accounts aggregating 200,000 pesos,
were withdrawn. Officials in charge say
the institution is solvent.
The run started when it became known
that George I. Ham, the president, had re
signed. Depositors were paid in full as fa?t
as checks were presented.
The National Bank of Mexico and the
Bank of Montreal have placed James For
syth, assistant manager of the Mexican
branch of the Bank of Montreal, in charge
of the affairs of the United States Banking
Company. Most of the stock of the latter
institution is held b-y Canadians. Mr. Ham,
a Canadian, is one of the heaviest stock
holders. He is 6aid to have amassed a
fortune of 2,500,000 pesos, which he is said
to have transferred to the bank to prevent
its closing. He is now in a sanatorium
suffering from overwork.
The United States Banking Company Is
capitalized at 2,000,000 pesos, with deposits
of 8,000,000 pesos. It has no government
concessions and does not enjoy certain
banking privileges accorded under the
Mexican law. including the privilege of
issuing of currency.
It is reported that tme bank recently bor
rowed 5.000,000 pesos from the Bank of
Montreal and the National Bank of Mexico
and lent this sum to a local corporation.
This corporation was unable to meet the
obligations when due. and this fact is said
to account for the action of the two banks
in placing Mr. Forsyth in charge.
TO EXTRADITE EKENBURG.
• Professor Accused of Bomb Throwing
in Sweden Committed in London.
London, Jan. 24.— Professor Martin Eken
burg, the Swedish scientist, who on beins
arrested in London last fall, charged with
complicity in several bomb outrages in
Sweden, became temporarily insane, was
committed to-day for extradition to Swe
den.
Professor Ekenburg is a resident of Lon
don, but was in Sweden last October when
lon Hammer, director of the Swedish Ex
port Association, at Stockholm, was in
jured by a bomb received in his mail, and
when a similar attempt was made upon the
life of a manufacturer of Gothenburg, who
was reputed to- be unfriendly to the Society
of the Young Socialists.
Upon Ills return to London Ekenburg
became the- object of suspicion, and knowl
edge of the fact so distressed him that h*
broke down mentally and was removed to
an asylum. Later he appeared to have re
covered possession of his mental f acuities
and he was removed to Brixton Jail.
YELLOW FSVER IN COLON.
Taken There by Passenger Who
Stopped at Cartagena.
Panama, Jan. 24.— A steamship passenger
arriving at Colon from England and stop
ping t>\o days at Cartagena, Colombia, is
now isolated in th«* Ancon Hospital, suf
fering from yellow fever. This is th<» first
case of yellow fever that his occurred here
in several years.
Colonel William C. Gorgas, chief sanitary
officer of the Canal Zone, said that the
captain of the steamer. In making his
statement to the health officer, declared
thai no passenger had been allowed to
land at intermediate ports. Th» steamer,
therefore, was permitted to enter the port
of Colon without being quarantined. v The
passenger, who later developed yellow
fever was sent to Ancon Hospital, where
he made the statement that he had landed
at Cartagena. Colonel Gorgas asserts that
the disease was contracted there.
It is not considered likrly that th* fever
will spread, as the case was promptly iso
lated anil thorough fumigation measure
were carried out. "
GENERAL VUSB RESIGNS.
Cuban Minister to Washington to Re
turn to Havana.
Havana, Jan. 21.— The State Department
announced to d tv thai the resignation has
been received of General Carlos Garcia
Vel«z, Cuban Minister to th« United Of
who will shortly return to Havana. "
General Velez will probably be succeeded
by Carrera Justiz. Minister ut Madrid. Th«
former will likely go to Argentina, while
Jose Garcia Veiez, the former Secretary of
State, will assume th© post at Berlin, and
Benor Quesada the post at Madrid.
I — a
BENGALI KILLS IN COURT.
Shoots Police Official Who Had Un
earthed Conspiracy.
Calcutta, Jan. '.4-Shamrul Sllema. a po
lice officer who was prominent in unearth
ins the Midnapur, Bengal, bomb coiiFplr
acy. was shot Uead in the lUsii Court to
day.
Tho murderer, a youn.ar Bengali, fled '•>
the street, whero he was pursued by
mounted police. .When overtaken, the as
sassin threw a bomb at the police, and
when this failed to explode drew a pistol,
which, however, he did not have a chance
to use. beinsr quickly overpowered
BRITISH ELECTIONS
Continued from first par*.
in the spirit duties and the license duties
in the budget of 131C-*ll. If the rejected
budget is accepted as the financial scheme
of the present year
Joseph Chamberlain to-day •wtnt to the
neighboring countj-, 'his son Austen
contested the seat for King's Norton di
vision of Worcestershire against the Lib
oral candidate. Hilton Young. Mr. Cham
berlain required the assistance of both Mrs.
Chamberlain and the footman i' getting
from his carriage to the pollin? place, but
appeared to be in good epirits. and affr
recording Ills vote for his son. heartily
acknowledged the greetings of the crowd.
A. J. Balfour. the Opposition leader, at
Haddington to-night again referred to the
perilous consequences that would face the
country unless the government took meas
ures to strengthen the navy.
"I tell you with all solemnity." hi said,
"that if the navy danger is neglected there
will he before many years a Nemesis for
this scandalous folly In caving money at
th« wrong time."
Referring to the elections. Mr. Balfour
paid: "This election may settle the budget.
It certainly will not settle tariff reform or
Home Rule or the House of ' Lords. ■ These
are Issues which the country will have to
decide separately." ;
EOR A COMPROMISE.
English Leaders Advised to
Agree on Issue*.
London, Jan. 25— 'The Time*. ' :n an
editorial commenting on the condition or
stalemate between the parties produced
by the elections, suggests a round table
conference betw*>*n the leaders cf the op
posing parties and a policy of compromise
upon some subjects and abstention upon.
other*
It declares that the- Premier, Mr. As
quith, is in no position to carry the great
constitutional changes by main force while
the Unionist party i 3 ready tor reason
able reform of the House of Lords. And
herein li* the possibilities, says "The
Times," for a statesman who Is able to
rise to the level of an exceptional cri3i.s
to reach an understanflinsr by consent, thus
solving the problem of the Lords versus
the Commons on the financial question.
GERMANS STAND PAT.
Board of Tariff Experts In
dorses Federal Council.
Berlin. Jan. 24.— The contents of the
American tariff note are held in confidence,
the only official description being that the
note is "very unsatisfactory. " The gov
ernment issued a short statement to-night
informing the public of its present phase
in an official note, as follows:
After consideration of the negotiations
relative to commerce which already have
occurred between the German and Ameri
can governments, and a complete examina
tion of the documents presented, the Im
perial Consultative Board for Commercial
Questions has expressed full and unrestrict
ed approval cf the steps taken by the
Federal Council. In connection with fur
ther negotiations on the subject several
questions were placed before th 3 hoard, a
olKcnssion of which led to a unanimous
agreement on the lines hitherto pursued by
the government.
The newspapers continue to deplore the
talk of tariff hostilities, but with iha ex
ception of the Socialistic and Radical jour
nals they are agreed that the Reich «ta?
will not yield on any concession affecting
agriculture.
SAT LOAN IS FIXED.
Chinese -$30,000,000 Mortgage
Reported Settled.
Paris, Jam. -i. — The settlement of the
financial side of the Hankow-Szechuen
railroad loan of $30,000,000 Is now con
firmed here. The English and the. French
groups have adjusted their differences, and
the four groups, which include the United
States and Germany, will share alike in
the contracts for materials
The political side of ' the enterprise,
which is now the subject of negotiations
among the four governments concerned,
remains to be adjusted. The chief point
to be determined relates to the naming of
the chief- railroad engineer. However, no
difficulty on this point hi expected.
London. Jan. 24 — The Foreign Office pi
still without information concerning the
reported agreement of the international
bankers over the Hankow-Szechuen loan.
The latest advices received here are to the
effect that the question of the appointment
of engineers is still unsettled and that
China has not yet agreed to grant a> con
cession for that portion of the line which
was not included in the original conces
sion.
It is expected, however, that China, will
weaken if the powers reach an agreement
and jointly press the matter.
FLORIDA
WINTER TOURS
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
February 8 and 22,
March 8, 1910
round $50*°° TRIP
From NEW YORK
Tickets for February Tours gooi for tirs iresfct;
' ■- March Tour' good" until M»y 31.
SPECIAL PULLMAN TRAINS FROM NEW YORK
For particular* consult Ticket Afrits; C« Studd*. V. T A..
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Pas*. Traffic M*n»g*r G«>ntral Pa»». At*-
;';.■,- . Phi)ade' P
Beginning Monday, January- 31j
Price of Bottled Milk
Will be 8 Cents
Per Quart.
MUTUAL MILK & CREAM CO.
MAIN OFFICE, 214 East 22 St.
f »29 East 103 St.
BRANCHES £,9t, 9t }Jj. St.
T -!«*phon- Connection
Last Week of Exhibition
of on» of
Whistler's
Most Important Painting '
"On the Coast of Brittany*
at Galleries cf
C. W. KRAUSHAAR
260 Fifth Aye., near 29th St.
PARIS DESPERATE
Continued from first p»*».
traffic In these thoroughfares has bam
forbidden.
The tunnel between the Qua! d'Oraar
and the Qual d'AuMerlitz stations Is
rush in* stream The basement of th»
Palais ii Justice is full of water, and th
first floor of the Central Police Station
13 untenantable.
Railroad traffic now is utterly demor
alized and completely suspended to ths>
southward of Paris.
The situation at suburban places up acl
down the river is deplorable. Th* !<w*#r
quarters of all the towns on the rtnr
below Paris are under water, the ■•• -,
cf resembling those of Venice, a.
dyke near St. Germain broke to-day,
flooding the valley as far as Haimaispß.
The lower portion of the Bats de Bo*.
logne is a blanket of water, reaciln? ta
Bagatelle. Judging from reports recetve^
to-day from the provinces a ...-..,
France Is under water.
MONEY SUPPLY VOTED.
Following' the appeal of the Pr*mia ft
M Briand. the Chamber of Deputies
unanimously voted the $400,000 re
quested for the aid of flood sufferers.
Late this afternoon President Fall^y
and M Briand toured the flooded d*3.
tricts in an automobile. The _.'--:• cl tia
flood had then almost touched the top o:
the arches of the Pont de i'Alraa. p— -.
arations were made to blow up tie jpa^
with dynamite if necessary.
The courts suspended their sitting t>
day because of a lack of heat ia •-.*.
rooms, but the Chamber of Deputies ccb
tinued in session. M Jaures. the SodaJht
leader, discussing the school question.
At the same time, pumps were htk?
operated in a desperate attempt to j,
the water out of the cellars of the MaY
ins.
The Quai de la Rape- Is s I'^merjrt
and the water Is even with the top «f
the Qua] Louvre. Rue Vliltot, Rue Jfc>
versiere and Rue Watt have beta fa
vaded by the stream, and the Lyons at!
St. Michel's stations are flooded. - tv
front of the Palais de Justice th« ;•-«•
has caved in for a distance of cm fa
dred feet.
Dragoons have been dispatched ta AT
fcrtville and Thias to rescue the r^o;!-*
on the islands. One thousand persona
are without shelter at the tattOi paW
Fortunately the casualties have be?.i
comparatively few, but frequent - : .-
escapes from death are reported. Tis
explosion of boilers in inundated facto
ries is an occasional element of darker.
An enormous amount of livestock !• re
ported to have been drowned in the Pa
partments of Marr.-\ Aube. Aisne aai
ileuse.
It Is now believed that the Eiffel
Tower, the foundation? of • -:— wera
threatened by the waters, is no long*/ in
danger of collapsing. However, th*
wireless station at the top of M tower
has been abandoned temporarily.
It is Impossible to - = •_•--.-- .
erty loss as a result of the floods, but i:
will run Into millions of francs. Fortu
nately the loss of life has been small
The government authorities have -■
dered the prefects and military ■:-.- -
mander^ everywhere to aid in the reseat
work and to provide food and shelter for
the relief of the suffer:-"
MASSACRE IN ROKHAFA.
More than One Hundred Kilted in Ef
cent Religions Riots.
.'.'Si. Petersburg 1 . Jan. 24.— More •-»- "''
hundred persons have been killed and tsms?
wounds! as the result at a series ef re
ligious conflicts -which have been Trains gj
old Bokhara between the Sunslte* «Bi *•
Shlahs- for two days past. Tte Sunaltea de
mand the replacement of the Shiah official
by Sunnlte?
At the request of ths Bokhara authentic
Russian tnmps and machine gaam *■••
been sent to the scene* of th« ftttHt— •■»
Samarkand, capital of a provlccs «€ **
mm name In Asiatic Russia, aijoiaSr?
Bokhara.
and