| ONE CENT
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Jrnwy Cltj" mud
Hotvokrß ;
j.
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ill HOLD STOCK
IX OTHER ROADS
T IFT dtILBOAD BILL
MODIFIED.
■• _.-. of S on-Competing
Lines Permitted— Regula-
tion of Financing.
TV-acfcißSton. Feb. 17 -The;,. -
-, Railroad nill amending the inter-
coerce act. originally intro
iS - the House by Representative
To-s^d. of Michigan, vas reintro
" al ,v him to-day, with a number of
r t-^a-endments drawn by At
'~^ General Wickersham. These
torney - . believed by the admin-
SSS?^ ?^vent the bill from
•Serfering with any legitimate financ
' nr "while effectually preventing the
,cUe of -tocks ar.d bonds without proper
te^l safeguards The most important
ch2— ges follow:
A railroad cc-ra-v is eft *"» to -c
cu ,re stock and bonds of another non
cempeting railroad, provided the ■««
Bf^mount -- stock and bonds issued
'.-- such accuisition shall net exceed _tne
V value of the property, as a S =crt 2 ,n d
/ the Intestate Commerce Comm^ss.on.
c^ the aggregate par value of .he *-«
:._: ._ bonds acauired without increase in
... aaysjaf -—» «* ab ' c C " *"*
fcends.
--, stoci ana bond provision is
i^nltea co 3 s to permit the reorgan^
r-on of railroad? and the merger ol rau
roads not direct-ly prohibited
in the cas- of the consolidation or
mTO r of two or more railroads, the
rt«* and bonds rt the consolidated or
m.-red ro~pany a« not to exceed the
SgSiti amount of stock and bonds of
SSstituent company nor be In ex
~« of the fair estimated value of the
nropertte of th- consolidated or mer^d
company ss ascertained by the commis
*Tne art establishes the general prin
riple "that no stork? shall he issued by
-^ -^ds cic-pt st par, and no b->nds
*xr~pt at th*ir reasonable market or
value a.«= aeeertain-d by the rnt-r-
Ftate -rnmme-e Commission, and xrhere
Fhher rtock or bond? is ratf for -■ prop-
r _ T . ,j,» fair value must be ascertained.
Vr »We <~r>TT!mi. c S!On.
on* re-n- scrTjon d**a^ specifically with.
th« issue of stock and bonds on the re
o-zanization of "xistins companies, and
sutbe-rizes the issue of sf>ck to zn
smouT-.t ret the ajrzTesrate of
th«» rtock of t?1 * company r^orsanized.
and bonds to an amount not exceedin
the DOtrtinfiins bonds md other oblira
tfciaC inchrdins: ne~ money paid in. pr(:i
■assfi srr-?aj° faitemt charges to
b« ~psii the •- _---■-' rotrpany do
act €3^*^ th-s asgresrate cxistinc in
t?rf?t charpe*.
■^"nere rotes ox other obligations made
in conformity with the tar secured
by the pi^dc* of bonds, a sale of the
r!*<lced bonds to enforce the loan must
b« bad at public auction: and notes may
h« mad- convertible into pledge bonds
f»n Th» basis c-f the reasonable market or
Rdns valu* of the bonds, as approved
by the <-onimission.
Th* 1 amendments are so framed that
ifc* new act aha not operate to impair
sry roritract. rtgag or other instru
tnrot made prior to the passage of tho
■
Ed in the
the i
ned that
. .... triment of
-
An axnendment relating: to the Com
merce CnoVt limits its j»cwer to that of
R federa- circuit court, to meet the ob
jection made to the original provision
that the court mould have more extensive
jurisdiction than the existing circuit
courts of the United States.
Another amendment provides that any
officer of a railroad corporation who vio
lates the law may be punished by a tine
Bf S3LOOO, or three years' imprisonment,
or both.
PITTSBI R(r S BANDIT.
Makes Regular 'Sightly Haul
—Drug Store Again.
TBr Te>sraph to Tbe Tribune.]
Pittsburgh Feb. IT. — The lone bandit
t-ltt a bis- revolver who has been terror
izing the residence part of Pittsburg for
ciore than a week by his bold hold-ups,
tc-r.:rbt made his usual nightly hnuL and
in the same neighborhood where at least
Sfty armed detectives ar.d police were
looking for him. He wore a mask this
to*.
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PROSECUTION OF CALHOUN.
Bin Francisco Judge May Take Case
from District Attorney.
Vfcsn FVancis<jo. Feb. 17. — Declaring that
strict Attorney Fickert hi.d not shown
* disposition to prosecute the tr?al of l J ni-
Rcfc OaJhoun in pood faitt:. Judge William
P. La.»lor intimated in op?n court to-day
ifcat tba case might be Taken out of th«
sands of the District Attorney.
Sir. Galki Is president of the United
Biilroads, Baa Francisco's streetcar «ys
l*ts. art! is cr.a. -■. with bribery In connec
tion -»nth the passage of an o\erh*ad troj-
J*y franchise. His rirst trial resu!t«-d la i
.«---.■ The new District Attorney
i** ' -.are*- that his rrcdeassor* l*ft the
<*** iii tad *hsp«?.
GREAT SEAR SPRING WATER.
* rv% - vz? cafe cf <5 Stan stoppered Lottie s.
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MAYOR DENIES DEATH
Man?/ Telephone Calls Follow
Rumored Assassination.
The busiest telephone exchange In the
city last nig-ht was Prospect, the busiest
number 3,962 and the most patient man
Mayer Gaynor. Finally, however, in
self-defence he mma forced to ask the
manager of Prospect to refuse to make
a connection for persons who wished to
know if it were true that he had been
assassinated in front of • theatre in
.Manhattan. To all -who inquired be
fore this request was made the Mayor
*a;d.
"No. tt la net true that I have been
Nor is it true that an attempt
•en made on my life. I left my
office at the usual time and came
home, where I have remained
with my family. Everything is peace
fal and serene."
Rumors that the Mayor had been the
victim of an assassin spread like a
prairie fire. The only foundation they
had in fact was in the imagination of
several Tenderloin newsboys who wanted
to close out their stock or papers and
pet in out of the dampness of last even
ing: Two of them started from Broad
way and 44th street and worked toward
Sirth venue, crying that the Mayor
had been murdered. Their papers sold
nr.skly at five cents each, and other boys
to)k up the cry. There was nothing in
any of the papers about an attempt on
tre Mayor's -•-. -.- Prospect 3,962 was
busy all the evening.
A WIFE IN CHAINS.
Marital Jealous// Causes Hor
rible Crime in Paris.
Paris Feb. 17. — The disappearance of
■ ■■■ young « •'■- of a druggist named
Pint whose pharmacy is near the scene
of the Steinheil murder, was clearpd up
to-day, when the police broke in and
found the woman heavily chained be
tween the bed and the wall Her body
was horribly scarred.
In addition to the « :h was
_■. padlocked around the neck, a
■ trfvaace. resembling a coat of
mail, bat strengthened by a belt >^ f cop
rtagE nrwloped the h^dy Both
b^ removed only by the use
■. ■■■".=
The woman told a pitiful tale of two
years" imprisonment and martyrdom.
L*sst "■-"-■ -■■• ■•" ■ while still in chains, she
gave birth to he fifth child. The hus
band refused to call a doctor.
Parat. who was ------ said that he
loured his wife, but was extremely jeal
ous of her.
A THREE-CENT FARE.
With Four-Cent Maximum and
*' { 9,000 Job in Cleveland.
< 'Irv^iand. Feb. 17. — Turning out t>>
vote in a howling: blizzard, the people of
Cleveland to-day ••;-■.: the •"s'lt for low
y-trpptcar fares begun fifteen years as:o
and mad" famous by Tom I* Johnson.
The three-cent fare pees into operation
tn-rnorrow.
The new franchise proposed by judge
Robert W. Taylor, of the federal court,
was approved in a referendum election
by a majority of 8,100, the largest ma
jority f-ver sriven to a public measure
in '"leveland.
The oasis of the franchise is that
streetcar service. un<i°r control of the
city, must l"" j furnished by the Cleveland
Railway » 'otnpany at cost plus 6 per cent
return to the stockholders on their In
vestment.
For the first eight month? the fare will
be thr«»e cents, with a cent charge for a
transfer, this fixed rate being made as a
test. "■ ■ maximum rate of Care allow
able during the term of the grant — twen
ty-five years — is four cents cash, or
seven tickets for 25 cents.
A strict railway commissioner, to be
raid $40,000 a year out of the company's
earnings for his salary and expenses,
acts as the adviser of the city in the reg
ulation of service and fares and has per
petual access to the company's books.
Gerhard M Da hi. former lieutenant of
Senator La Follette in "Wisconsin, has
been named to this place.
RIOT IN CAIRO.
Mob Storms Jail to Get Negro
Purse Sn atelier.
Cairo. HI.. Feb. 17.— A pitched battle
took pluce to-night between twenty dep
uty sheriffs guarding the jail and a
mob of two hundred persons who tried
to break into the jail t<i get a negro
charged with purse snatching.
Sheriff Xellis sent out word to the
mob that he would nsrht to a finish and
two men were shot in the first rush. It
is not known how severely they were
injured. A lively exchange of shots
followed. -
John Pratt, the negro the mob was
after, was arrested to-day and identi
fied by tuu numen as the man who
snatched their purses. H- confessed
and was indicted an hour later.
Two women were robbed, on*:- a rela
tive of Annie Pelley. whose murder re
sulted in the lynching <*f William James
several months ago. The Sheriff stated
that a brother of Miss Pelley's relative
had gone about inciting the habitues of
.-aloor.s to violence against the parse
snatcher. The. local militia company
has been ordered out.
Spring* HI. '•"''■ IT.-Covernor
D.-.ne*n to-night ordered the Cairo com
pany of the state miiltia to '•• ready to
assist Sheriff NelHs to preserve order in
Cairo.
NE W YORK CENTRAL PLANS.
Outlined by Western Maryland Counsel
at Annapolis.
[By Tclejrr»pi-. " The TriLunc]
Baltimore. Feb. 17.-O-orge H Gaiter,
j f,. r the Western Maryland Hail
rnad^n a statement before the legislative
CoWtt~- on Railroads at Annapolis ta
da7"a d that the New York Centra] ha,
onfv ore termini ta New York, while its
onij oi.e ierera!. In the exten
eompetiy^ "*'=„ ,^ >>*>■ York Central
cUm of itf- • ..... terminals, which
must have, "fkuunore, over the West
it will seek .n £ ■ wn ich it will connect
err, Maryland; '-» fey ■ link et«hty
at S«- Ha ye n . to be conc.ru.Med within
three mil-s f ° in mean a new trunk line
afreet connection with the
Vonucrtftt ten*
DRIVES AT "SYSTEM"
BVGHER GIVES IT A
SMASHING BLOW.
Has Fine of Raiding Detective
Remitted . and Goes After
His Accusers.
The police "system" received one of
the worst blows in its history yesterday,
as the result of the unprecedented action
of Acting Commissioner Bugher.
Mr. Bugher examined personally the
men who arrested Detective Gallagher.
who. as a member of Chief Inspector
Bcfamittberger's staff, was concerned
in a gam I" ling raid over the heads of In
spector Hogan and Captain Morris on
Monday night. Gallagher was arrested
for "disorderly conduct" on Wednesday
morning and was fined 55 later in the
day by Magistrate Harris in the York
vflle court.
Mr Bugher saw in the arrest an at
tempt to discredit a new policeman, em
ployed In active effort to destroy the
"system," and jumped into the case at
once, with such telling effect that Gal
lagher's fine was remitted yesterday by
Magistrate Harris. He then restored the
detective to duty and transferred the
men concerned in the arrest.
TO DISMISS THREE MEN.
Deputy Commissioner Walsh heard
testimony in the cases of the five patrol
men charged with being connected with
the alleged assault on a woman in a
barber shop in East 34th street, on Jan
uary 27. At the end of the trials he an
nounced that he would recommend the
dismissal of three of the men and re
served decision in the other two cases.
A patrolman of the Bergen street sta
tion. Brooklyn, was arrested on a charge
of wrecking the home of a storekeeper.
The case fell through in court, however,
because the complainant refused to press
the charge.
Acting Commissioner Bugher secured
a rehearing of the Gallagher case, be
cause be thought the detective "did not
have a square deal at the first hearing.
because important witnesses were not
rilW." Throughout the hearing he was
alert.' and sharply cross-examined the
witnesses when their testimony was con
tradictory. Once he turned to the magis
trate. and. as be winked, remarked:
"Sucli is the condition of affairs."
Patrolman Sullivan, of the sth street
station: th» first witness testified that
when he was in 14th street. Tuesday
night several women told him that a
man who posed as a detective had de
manded money from them, and that one
of them said Gallagher was th* man.
Patrolman Parrel!. who testified that
Detective Nelson; who arrested Gal
lagher, and Gallagher used hard lan
guage in addressing each other, said in
reply to a question of the Commissioner:
•Gallagher was not intoxicated as far as
I could see."
MAT GO "HIGHER UP.*'
Gallagher was arrested on WedJ c ■
mnrn:: - " Detective Nelson, and De
tective Bishop bore witness against him.
Mr. Bugher sent them both to walk the
streets yesterday, and both are likely to
barges later, in which Lieutenant
□ the desk in the Bast sth
ft .• rtation when Gallagher was
g t in. may be involved. Bigger
men still may be brought up with a
round turn if Mr. Bugher can gee the
tacts b« is looking for.
v- the hearing y< Nelson re
d hi? testimony of the day before,
that Sullivan told him of the women's
complaints and that he thought Galla
gher was intoxicati
"Mr Bugh< : ■ x mini zSI '"""■ "-' :il] "
y -first that he was afraid
... . . W ould shoot him, and then
admit that Gallagher had no gun.
Kelson then said: "1 have a woman in
.-■ v horn this man ■- • - ap
proa< I -
WOMAN TAKES THE STA.W'X
The woman was called to the stand
end said her name was Sophie Burns.
"Where was Patrolman Sullivan stand
ing when you walked up to him?" asked
Nelson.
"At 14th street and Third avenue."
What did you say to him
••I told Sullivan that a man was about
flashing a badge, and that he posed as
a policeman."
"What did Sullivan <lo?"
"Sullivan went with me, and we
walked to where you were standing, at
13th street and Third avenue, and I
heard Sullivan tell you about a man
flashing a shield, and then I walked
away."
Nelson said that after Sullivan and the
woman walked away, he saw a crowd
across the street, that he ran across,
and the woman pointed out Gallagher
as the man who had accosted her and
bad shoved her with his fist.
Then Mr. Bugher examined the woman
and brought out that she J ad known
Nelson and Bishop for about two weeks.
Then she said that she had been in the
precinct for four years and had not been
arrested at all for two years.
"Have you any questions to ask this
woman?" the Magistrate asked Galla
- ■
"I don't know," replied Gallagher,
"whether It was she or not who accost
ed me. I *"** i!: I§^ th ?trect . between
Third and Fourth avenues, when some
v onian accosted me. I pushed her to one
side and told her to get awa;\ that I had
ether business to attend to "
Bishop testified that Gallagher had
not acted in .' disorderly manner. Dr.
Palmer, chief surgeon of the department,
testified that Gallagher. an examination,
fehowed no si?ns ..? intoxication. Then
Magistrate Harris said:
-Under the additional testimony I am
■ invinccd that Policeman Galagher was
not intoxicatet!. Technically Gallagher
was placed under arrest at 10th street
and Third avenue, and therefore from
that tim« on there is no testimony be
fore me that he acted improperly or
used profane or indiscreet language. I
Continued on eighth pug*.
$50 to California and Pacific Coast
via W-rt Shore Tt. R.. I": via N. Y. Central.
j->|. »uo April 14. l'houe 6310 Madison A. 9.
JAMES R. KEENE BEING QUIZZED ABOUT HOCKING POOLS.
(Photograph Copyright, 1910. by Oerge G. Bain.)
HELD FOOL STOCK
KEENE SAYS HE DID
XOT SELL OUT.
Books Said tn Shove He Gave
Twice as Muck to Syndicate
as He Bought.
James Ft K<=<=ne submitted yesterday
to a more pointed examination of his
activity as manager of the Hocking
pools. The questions of Ralph Wolf,
attorney for the receiver of .1. M. Fiske
& Co.. one of the three Stock Exchange
firms which failed with the collapse of.
the pools last month, were designed to
bring out just what became of the large
individual holdings of Columbus and
Hocking Coal and Iron stock which Mr.
Keen", had acquired prior to the forma
tion, of pool No. 1. Explanation of nu
merous items appearing on th" transcript
of Mr. Keene's books offered in evidence,
was hampered by the absence of the
witness'? bookkeeper^ who helped him bo
materially at his first public examina
tion, last Monday.
Commissioner Alexander's dingy room
was crowded.' as on Monday, and tire
closeness of the air was bad for tempers.
Mr. Keene showed some petulance at
Mr. Wolfs rpp^at^d queries relating to
the entries in his hooks, and .-aid finally:
"You might ask me the** questions for
a* hundred years and I could not answer
them. I must tell you that T am not
familiar with bookkeeping details. I
want to give you information."
"That's what, we want -information,'"
rejoined Mr. Wolf. "'I? your bookkeeper
here?"
"He is in town," «aid Mr. Keene, "but
he became aick or something, and
stepped out
A tolerable key to the drift of V.r.
Wolf's questions and to the maze into
which i< ■■ n involving the
bookkeeping methods in vogue In WLr.
Keene's office apparently r-hmged the
witness, and certainly plunged all the
passive spectators, may be found in Mr.
Keene's own explanation of the stipula
tion with which he entered pool No. 1.
KEENE FRANK TO V<~» >L.
"When the pool was first formed— it
may have been just before its formation
or shortlj afterward. I can't recall
there was a meeting of all the contrib
utors in Haskins's office." he said. "In
the sr^neral discussion- the question was
raised by some one among T he fifteen or
twenty present as to who was the
ggest Hocking I said the
Lathrop estate must be, because that
was the general belief."
Mr. Keen* added that he then turned
to Haskins, and the following conversa
tion ensued between them:
•How much of the stock have you
got?"
"Nobody shall know." said Haskins.
"But what harm would it do if they
di<l know?" Keene asked.
"I am not going to tell any one how
much I hold." he replied. "He said he
had a great deal, though, and that he
thought it was worth more money."
Following these remarks between him
and Mi. Haskins, Mr. Keene testified he
told the members of the poo!: "You all
know I hold seven thousand shares of
the stock. As long as this pool goes on
I will keep them. But I gi\e you full
notice, when I sell out this pool I am to
be free t A BeU my own stock from
then on."
"When the pools were closed out on
January 19 — that is, when the crash'
came — what were your holdings of Hock
ing stock Individually or as a pool mem
ber?" was Mr. Wolf's first question.
"I hold my pool stock," replied Mr.
Keene.
"How much was that?"
"Sixty-one hundred or sixty-two hun
dred shares. I had actually seventy-five
hundred. The remainder I held Individ
ually."
Mr. Wolf took up the transcript of tiie
books then, and the trouble began. He
wanted to know what distinction there
was between entries of stock marked
"bought and sold" and those marked
"received and delivered." Mr Keene put
out his hand for the copy of the tran
script.
•L-t me look at that." he said. "I
don't know much about books."
"But you know ' ■ onsiderable about
._-- rted Mr. Wolf.
• I dont know," said Mr. Keene. slowly.
•I don't like"
Then v.? 1 »ojK«d the tran* ript »w r
carefully.
Mil KEEXE EXPLAINS.
"When you see stock 'delivered.' " li»
«aid, "that means the constituent parties
received their P ro rata shares of the
stock bought. The same stocks that
were bought and sold were received and
mntiaufd on fourth pit*.
SENATORS IN PERIL.
Tillmans Condition Serious —
TV. A. Smith Has Appendicitis.
Washington, Feb. 17.— Senator Ben
jamin R. Tillman. of South Carolina, is
seriously ill and will be unable to take
part in any active deliberations of the
Senate for the remainder of the session.
Following the collapse of the Senator on
the steps of the Capitol, on Wednesday.
he was removed to his home and ap
peared to recover from an attack of diz
ziness, but to-day his condition greatly
alarmed his friends.
Dr. E. F. Pickford. Mr Tinman's phy
sician, said to-night that the Senator is
suffering from slight progressive paraly
s-is. due to a leakage of blood in the
brain, cansed by calcification of the ar
teriep.
Senator William Alden Smith, of
Michigan, is seriously ill at hi? home
here with appendicitis: Dr. Louis Barth,
of Grand Rapids. Mich., Senator Smith's
personal physician, arrived in Washing
ton late to-night. Local physicians
diagnosed Mr Smith's case as acute ap
pendicitis, and urged that he be hurried
to a hospital for an operation. Mrs.
Smith would not consent to this, how
ever, until Dr. Barth had examined the
patient
Mr. Smith was reported to r" resting
comfortably to-night, and his tem
perature was said to be low-.
COAL NEAR AUBURN.
Farmer Digging a Well Strikes
Rich Vein.
[By Telesraph to The Tr fauna 1
.Auburn. N. V. Feb. 17.— J. B. Down?,
of Weedsport, came to Auburn to-day to
consult with a number of persons over
a discovery he. made on his farm, a mile
south of the village, last Friday.
He stated that in digging a well' the
men struck soft black soil about nine
inches thick when at a depth of twenty
three, feet; the}- came upon a vein of
coal, samples of which showed it to be
anthracite. It was tested and burned
with very little ajsh. The hard coal vein
was several feet thick, and below was
gravel.
RIOT IN FRAXKFORT.
Man?/ Police and Suffrage
Demonstrators Hurt.
Frankfort-on-the-Main. Feb. IT. —
Fierce street fighting occurred late to
night between the police and suffrage
demonstrators, and a large number were
wounded on both sides. The Socialists
had organized five mass meetings, -which
passed off in good order, but crowds ut
a later hour gathered in the principal
streets, singing and cheering for a secret
ballot. A conflict with the police at
once followed. The police used their
sabres and revolvers, charging several
times, and the demonstrators replied
with volleys of stones and bags of pep
per.
Four civilians, seriously wounded, were
taken to the hospital, with a policeman
who had been stabbed through the lungs
These, however, constitute only a small
proportion of those injured. Fighting
still continued at midnight in various
quarters of the city.
ODD AUTO ACCIDENTS.
Tzl-o with Similar Peculiarities
Occur in City.
Two unusual automobile accidents,
marked by much similarity in their de
tails, resulted in serious injury to a man
in Harlem and slight injury to a woman
on the West Side last night. August
Hollinger, night manager of a drug store
at Seventh avenue and 125 th street, was
on his way to work from his home, at
No. 4-S West 124 th street, when he was
struck dither by a meat wagon or a
taxicab at 125 th street and St. Nicholas
avenue.
Hollinger was taken to the J. Hood
Wright Hospital, suffering from a fract
ured skull and possible internal in
juries. Dennis McKi.nna, of No. \>*',
East 90th street, driver of the taxicab,
and Thomas Fafaey, of No. 368 West
12Sth street, driver of the wagon, were
locked up on charges of criminal negli
gence. Each blamed the ether for tho
accident.
Mr?. McGovern was walking down
Columbus avenue and stopped at Gist
street to allow an automobile owned by
Louis D. F. Munger. of No. 604 West
52d street, to pass her. At that moment
a southbound car struck a rear wheel
of tin machine and swung it around
with such force that Mrs. McGovern was
knocked down She. was taken to the
Flower Hospital. She was - not badly
hurt. Adolf Bleka, chauffeur for Mr.
Munger, was arrested on a charge of as
sault.
Have You Triad Dewey'j Champagne.
•Brut Cuve*" or ••Sp«»r!«| Sfc/y H. .T.
Pe*v^y A Sons Co., 133 Fulton St.. N. Y.
- Adit.
CHILD FULL OF GRIT
PINNED UNDER CAB:
AIDS RESCUERS.
Firemen Get Her Frrr rath
Help of Searchlight-
Brmses Only Injury.
Wedged under the forward track* of
a car of the Broadway, Brooklyn, line,
after being knocked down at Broadway
and Greene avenue last night, six-year
old Annie Greenfield, of No. 34 Howard
avenue, gave an exhibition of pluck that
compelled the admiration of hundreds
of residents of the section and others
bound for theatres in the neighborhood.
For half an hour the little girl lay in
her position of peril, but not once did
she cry out with pain nor shed a tear,
her only wish being the assurance that
a phonographic record which she had
just bought was. not harmed
Annie and a companion, Mabel Far
rely, were crossing the tracks just as a
car In charge of John Tuttier came
along. Tuttler applied the brakes, but
the tracks were covered with ice and the
car slipped along the rails in spite of his
efforts to stop it. Before the little girl
could get out or the way bbs was struck
and dragged under the trucks. Her
companion escaped.
Th<; accident occurred, in front of a
branch station of. the Postofnc«?. and
clerk? and carrier? rushed out and triad
to lift the car from the track without
avail. The passengers left the car, and
many of them added their efforts to the
attempt to rescue the little girl, but the
car remained on the rail.?.
Despairing of being sole to release the
victim of the accident, a postofßce clerk
sent a call to Captain McLaughlin. of
Hook and Ladder Company 61, in Halsey
street. He answered with his men. and
jacked up the car so that the girl could
be released.
Samuel Flagenheimer, rommander «f
the American Life Saving Society, also
appeared on the scene with a. small
searchlight, which he p!a<-ed under the
r;r while Dr. Herbert, of th CT Bushw ick
Hospital, crawled in and artiuiiibtenMl
something to lessen the pain from which
the child must have been sur:
Finally they got her out
He removed her to the hospital aftei
the record had been picked up Intact. A
rareful investigation was made
but the only injuries that were apparent
W ere several bruise.- tega, wh« re
■ ■ tracks bad pres-- . • them s- •
continued to maintain a stoic indifferen.-e
to her injuries bile the ■ raminatjoa waa
going on. and did not express any enthu
siasm when informed that she would be
able to leave the hospital in a day or
two.
TRUCK KILLS CHILD.
Police Looking for Driver Who
Had Been Allowed to Go.
Mary O'Reilly, seven years old. of No.
218 East 74th sr- | - knocked down
at 74th street and Third avenue by en
automobile mai' truck last evening and
died in Presbyterian Hospital a I •
minutes later.
The driver stopped his machine st
once and jumped down. With the as
sistance of Patrolman Bierman, of tin-
East 67th street station, he carried the
girl to the sidewalk. She was conscious
and cried to he taken home, but Bierrr.in
summoned an ambulance. She dted
within fifteen minutes after enterteg the
bospitaL
Bierman took the driver's name and
the number of the machine, but. did not
arrest him because he did not think ?he
child was badly hurt. Captain Hugh's.
a- soon as he heard of the child's death.
sent two detectives to look for the driver.
AMERICANS BAD LOSERS.
They Don't Like to "Pay the Price,"
Says President Underwood.
[By Telegraph to The Tribunal
Milwaukee. Feb. IT. — President l'r,!«r
wood of the Erie Railroad, on a visit
to his old home In this city, to-day talked
about the high cost of living.
"The American is a bad loser." he said,
"although he may try to make people be
lieve he is not. To this fact is ascribed,
first of all. the uproar about high prices.
The unspecialized man is the sufferer anj
he can do nothing but talk. His only
weapon is his tonsu*. He can better his
condition, «<» back to th land and be
come * producer, as th* farmer ia to-day,
or bear the Ills ne now suffers. .Most
of them are berating the ills and com
plaining.
"Pay the pric» is the only way to meet
the price conditions. Th* farmer of to
day has become ■ manufacturer. The
fact that he la no longer calit»d a "Rube*
and a 'hayseed' will in time remedy con
ditions. The abuse of the farmer and
the insults given him by th * clt >' BSe
nl« n^rA in larga part responsible for driv
ing the country boy to the city."
ONE CENT
In atr of >'•*» To**.
Jmrmmv City •»*
Hol>okn>.
CONGER ACCUSES
SPEAKER NIXON
SATS HE RECEIVF.n A
$ijm EXi'FLorr.
Jean Burnett. He Testifies,
Received the Package zzith
-$4,000 in It. - I
nj m •-—.. to Th* ---.-'•
Albany. Feb. 17.— Testifying •••
before the Senate committee of th<» whor
in th<» investigation of th« bribery
charges against Jotham P. Alld«. Senator
Benn Conner declared:
That the name of Fred Nixon, then
Speaker of the Assembly, was ■-••■-
on the second $1,000 envelope, but that
he did not see the envelops handed t*»
Nixon, though he introduced Woe to th»
Speaker. (Mr. Nixon died in 1905.)
That the $4,000 envelope was delivered
to Jean Burnett in his (Conger's) -'*>
ence. (Mr. Burnett died in '907..
That the 1905 demands were made by
certain persons for $10,000. in considera
tion of which the highway bills affecting
the bridge interests then pending before
the Legislature would be killed:
That at a meeting of representative*
of bridge companies in Syracuse A ■««
decided not to be "blackmailsd" and no
fund was subscribed.
That he considered the bill introduced
by Assemblyman John Yale, of Putnam
County. affecting th« bridge companies,
which became a law in 1905. * strike bill,
and that the Malby Stevens bills and
their successors of like provisions • •'»
regarded as strike legislation.
That in 1903 a fund of $5,000 was sub
scribed by various bridge comcame*.
and that the highway bills that year
died in committee.
That in 1902 he visited Colonel George
W. Dunn, then Republican State Chair
man. m his office at the State Railroad
Commission here, and i»ter mad? a con
tribution to the campaign fund for him
self and some bridge companies. That
year the highway legislation died.
That he did not consider th- mon»y
paid to A'.lds and the others bribery, but
blackmail.
Senator Conner's testimony thus at
tacked not only the individual legisla
tor whose name he mentioned, but in iw
entirety was a vicious blow at the I?a:i3
lative and political system in thi? =- - ' •-
Th*» testimony of --■•-"" C.
Platt regarding corporation campalsm
...... . before th* legislative coni
mittee which investigated the insurance
scandals was not an farreachiu?'. be
cause it was not so specific.
GENERAL INQUIRY NEEDED.
One inference, and only one. was car
ried by Con?»r'» testimony to-day— that
business interests had b*»e subjected
tr, "strikes" and "blackmail" by indi
vidual legislators and that ther^
was so close I bond between the Leste
lature. and the «Republican State Com
mittee, that a campaign contribution
would kill bills which in other y«-ar-»
were killed by contributions to influen
tial members of the Legislature.
Members of the Legislator- who » —
known to be in accord with Governor
Hughes say that^ each day's proceed
ings in this investigation seem to brine
out some new reason for the proposed
general investigation which shall clear
the atmosphere, allay public suspicion
that misdeeds are bein? concealed an-1
furnish material for a housecleanin? and
reorganization to sever practical politic*
and the Legislature as far as possible.
In that light an incident of the day*3
testimony, which developed into an at
tack on the. Speaker and the Rules Com
mittee, assumes considerable impor-
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Senator Heacock. beinc: chairman of th-
Internal Affairs Committee, intr.xiuceil
it. It was reported unanimously -anti
passed the Senate unanimously. -!-
Carr was trying to show that this b!U
was pressed by Conner simply to help
the bridge companies when Senator
Heacock sprang to his feet, apparently
very indignant. He subjected Senator
Conger to a cross-examination which be
came an attack on the Rules Committee
and the Speaker.
SPEAKER ATTACKED.
"Don't you know that if a bill pass?*
one of the standing committees of thi^
house unanimously and then passes tha
Senate unanimously three men . as
sume the power of denying the Assem
bly and the Governor the ri?nt to pass
on it, whether it is goo legislation or
-
not?" he asked.
Speaker Wadsworth was seated ju?t
behind Senator Heacock when he mad*
this defence of the bill and criticism o£
the arbitrary power of the Rules Com
mittee. His face expressed astonish
ment and some degree of anger. He de
clined to say anything about the affair.
though, saying that he might be called
as a witness and would say fc^s say then.
Senator Heacock was not so reticent.
He said that he believed the bill was a
good one, and believed that Chairman
Hooker of the Highway Commission be
lieved so when it was introduced. Sen
ator AUds. though, had opposed it, he
said, and had fought It before the Rules
Committee.
'•Why? Simply because it was Con
ger's bill. I suppose." said he. ~I
thought it was a good bill, and think
so still. I understand they have Percy
Hooker down in black and white in th«
Rules Committee as against it. That
wasn't my notion of his position at it.
"But I think this affair will produc*
MM good. Why, dear old "Uncle Jos'
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