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Cannon, with all hi? arbitrary newer in
Congress, is a suckling babe compared
■with Speaker Wadsworth as chairman
of ths Rules Committee.**
. Chairman Hooker to-niprht said that
he never had favored the bill, though he
■awl to the Attorney General's office
■"it:, Conger to confer with Judse Fisher
retarding the amending of the highway
law in thai particular. Hooker and
41 ,; -nere colleagues on the commis
sion which revised the highway laws.
, NIXON NAMED.
The mention of Speaker Nixon's name
proved the climax <4" the day's sensa
tional events. That it would bo brought
out was no news to those who have fol
lowed this case closely, but while it has
been in the sr»ssip of the hotel corridors
er.d the Capitol lobbies it had been kept
from the public. And when finally it
was disclosed, preceded by a cleverly ar
ranged bit of drama, in which the wit
ness and lawyers for both sides played
their parts, it brought the day to a strik-
Inp and dramatic end. .
Senator Conger had been testifying
b\ ; •:? the .C 4. C 4 <«■>■' package which, he said.
was given to Jean Burnett in his pres
ence.. He mentioned Burnett's name yes
terday, but did •ot say on which en
velope it was written. When asked
about it to-day he refused to testify un
til ordered to do so.
Breaking off abruptly in this line of
.examination just five minutes before ad
journment time. Mr Carr asked:
"V»*hat «as the name on the other
-, us envelope ?'
' ■■] refuse to answer." replied Conger,
Fettling back stubbornly in his chair.
He maintained vigorously that this was
no part of the Allds-Conger case and he
should not be compelled to testify re
g.r line '
"How long: must we submit to this
mockery, this theatrical refusal to tell
these names which he has told all around
this very place?" demanded Martin W.
Uttleton, hotly. "Then we have counsel
advise him, in the mockery of a great
trial"*
"Thi?- is BW mockery. burst in Mr.
Van Hoesen, of Senator Conger's legal
Bts.fi. "This ■= I serious matter and not
a subject for theatricals."
"Why. it's In the newspapers and cor
ridors, and everybody must have this in
formation except this committee.** de
clared Littleton. As Judge Van Wyck
Bast Mr Van H^sen advised Senator
Conger to answer in accordance with
Senator Davis'* ruling Mr. Littleton
jeered at them:
-Ten. twenty and thirty admission
fee
XIXON'S NAME ON ENVELOPE.
Again the question was put to Senator
Conger and reluctantly he answered.
"Fred Nixon was the full name there.
or simply Nixon?" asked Mr. Carr.
"Nixon- I think." answered Conger.
"And you had received information in
regard to that from somebody?"
"V* 1 ?:. sir."
"•v\"hetever information you had with
regard to that was given to you by
tomebody else?" asked Mr. '"arr. •
"You mean as to the amount heine
paid to him?"
"lee. sir."
"And upon that information you gave
the directions to Moe to. put the thou
sand dollars in that envelope?"
"Yes. sir."
"And upon that 'information you
directed Mo*» to write the name of
Xixon •-•:: the back of it?"
'Yfs. sir."
"And upon that information you took
■M up to the Speaker's room, did you?"
"Yes, sir." • .-. ■••..-
"And did you introduce' him to the
KpaakarT*
■ cm "
"And did you go inside of the room for
the purpose?"
"1 did."
"It was inside of he room where you
introduced Mi* to him""
"Yep. sir."
"And then you went out, and the door
•was closed?"
I "TeF. sir."
* "And. so far as you know, there was
Bo delivery of any package to him."
"I have no personal knowledge of it."
While the Senate Chamber was still
buzzing with the excitement of this sen
sational revelation an adjournment was
taken.
NIXON'S PERSONALITY.
OMtlme politicians to-night are stag
gered at the *Tjter,t to which this inquiry
has revealed things only hfßf hinted at
and •whipp^red under breath in previous
years They are almost aghast at this
biovr ■-■ ■■■■- Nixon, even though he has
been dead now for five years.
Nixon ivas the type of man who
brooked r.o opposition, and the brutal,
absolute fashion in which he dominated
the Assembly is a tradition here still.
H» called himself a farmer. He was in
reality a politician of the most practical
r- — even for Chautauqua County, -where
they rtow hard headed sons. He was
born in VV^stfieid. where he lived nil his
life, leaving Hamilton College in ISM,
he •■entered politics immediately, and
thr«e years thereafter was ted village
trußi*"
Then he got into the "county game**
as Supervisor, and in ISS7 first came to
Albany. With only a few years interval
v■• served as -Tril'lnnsn from the 2nd
District of Chautauqua County from
that time until his death, in I? "''.
Nixon was h huge, bull necked, big
voiced. individual. He ""{earned the ropes"
easily.: and climbed the political ladder
until he became chairman of , the Ways
a.:,,] Means Committee, a position of
great power. He was elected Speaker in
1£99; and re-elected regularly thereafter.
H^ ruled that Assembly like a czar, but
his subjects combined for self-preserva
tion, and finally, according to political
gossip, a community of interest arrange
ment was worked out which transferred
the domination of the Assembly to a
syndicate, of which Nixon himself was
head and front.
Jean Burnett was one of that i?yndi
■ i-.ir and was considered by many to be
Nixon's persona! representative on the
floor, though he never was the majority
'fad*>r Nixon was a poor man when he
came to Albany. It is said that his
YOUR
OPPORTUNITY
May Be In The
QUALITY ADS.
On Page 9, To-day's
New. York Tribune
estate was found to amount to nearly
J1, 000,000.
BRIDGE COMPANIES BALK
On another ■■Inn to-day Senator
Conger refused to answer questions an
had to be forced to give his testimony.
That was when the Allds lawyers were
endeavoring to find out about the cot
ruption funds raised by the bridge com
panies in other years.
The witness had testified that he had
been told about the raising of a fund in
1903 which was used in connection with
legislation. He was told of it. he said,
by Mr. I^andon. manager of the Groton
Brldpc Company, which served as the
clearing house for the contributions of
other bridge companies. But he refused
to tell what those companies were until
hr had tied up the Senate In a long legal
wrangle. He said definitely that he did
not refuse to testify because it would
incriminate him. On the advice of his
lawyers be finally grave the names of the
companies which raised a fund of $5,000.
All through the day's testimony Sen
ator Conger laid great emphasis on the
statement that the bridge companies had
been blackmailed. Particularly was t-iis
true when he 'told of a meeting in the
Yates Hotel. Syracuse.
"There was a demand by people here
that a fund of $10,000 be raised to protect
certain legislation." said he. "Th.*r?
via* a meeting: there of the -companies,
and- they decided they would not be
blackmailed any more and would not
pay it." . . ; „" .
His account of his visit to Colonel
George W. Dunn also was very Interest
ing Ho had been told about the rein
troduction in 1902 of the Stevens bridaje
bill. He called on Colonel Dunn- at Al
bany and had a talk with him. Subse
quently he made a campaign contribu
tion for himself and the bridge com
panies, .The bill was killed. His conver
sation with Colonel Dunn was not re
peated.
( OXGE R I INSHJ KE\.
Testimony Not Affected by
Cross-Examination.
(By Te!«»erapfc tn The Tribune]
. Albany. Feb. .17 —The continued cross
examination of Senator Concer to-day by
nonnar' for Senator Allds. accused of de
manding and accepting a bribe of $I.OC«\ did
not shake the plaintiffs dory materially.
Nowhere mi there any striking fact pro
duced to discredit xh<- story told by Mr.
Conger and Himnt Mo?, although an elab
orate structure was built to show that they
might have had a motive for accusing Sen
ator Allds.
Lawyers who have followed the inquiry
say that the Conger attorneys have pre
sented a strong cafe. It has be;n corrob
orated by the production of books and
papers and the testimony of minor wit
nesses. Two men have sworn that a sealed
envelope containing $1. '""«"> in bills -was hand
ed to Senator Allds. Only in on» way can
this case be shaken, say some lawyers— by
the production of absolute proof that
though money was brought to Albany and
given .to somebody it was not given to
Senator^ Allds.
Mr. < 'arr. of Senator Allds' counsel, con
tinued ..Senator Conger's cross-examination.
The. latter again insisted that he had a talk
with Mr. Burnett regarding amendments to
.the Stevens bilk saying Burnett had a mem
orandum cf .the proposed amendments. .
. "Who put .the amendments in the bill?"
. ."I, .don't know." .
. The witness ..was questioned about his
.conversation .with Allds. He said nobody
else was. present- Conger was asked to re
. peat the . conversation, and for the third
time (?ince the investigation began the Sen
ale heard that Ailds remarked: "Benn, you
ihink you fellows have that bill bottled up
in that committee. Don't forget that the
Rules Committee (to which Allds belonged)
taksa charge soon. I understand there's
something on that bill. You better get the
American Bridge people up here.'
■ ■ Conger said to-day that h* had first re
lated this conversation eight or nine years
ago at his home in Groton to a Mr. Lan
don. manager of the Groton Bridge Com
pany. He repeated it again, he said, in
IMB to Giles M. Stoddard, a Groton law
yer, and about two or three years ago to
L J. Townley. also of Groton.
■■Who was holding hat bill in th? com
mittee?' (Internal Affairs) demanded Carr.
"I was urging my friends not to report
the bill." .;:";.;
"And they didn't report it?"
"No. sir." .. __, _' :
CALLS IT BLACKMAIL.. -~'A
( oncer was mad» to rehearse what he
fays transpired between his brother Frank,
vice-president of the American Bridge
Company, and Allds when the latter called
at Senator Conger's apartments here to dis
cuss terms.
- "Did you make any objection to the pay
ment of money for the purpose referred
to?" inquired Carr.
"No, sir,"
"You understood what bribery was?"
"Tea, sir."
"The conversation was upon the subject
of bribery, wasn't it?"
"I considered it more blackmail than
bribery." declared Conger, with the first
■how of resentment he had made during
the morning.
ill Carr objected to this answer and the
chairman refused to let it stand on the
lecord; but Conger repeated it several
times, whenever Allds's attorney brought
him up to a definition of this transaction.
"Didn't you understand the giving, or
promising to give, any pecuniary consid
eration for his (A)Hc'p) action in the Legis
lature?"
"Tea."
"You understood Mr. Allds. as a member
of the legislature, had promised to receive
a certain sum for his action on legislation,
and you didn't consider it bribery?"
"I considered It blackmail." Insisted the
witness.
Wh«-n Carr demanded a categorical an
swer conger finally replied: "No. sir."
"I toM my brother," said I'fingfr, further
aiong in ii f examination, "that I didn't
want to have anything to do with trie
Dandling of the mon*y because I was a
karisiatoi «nd it was to be paid to a legis
lator ."
"Yoij knew it was bribery ■*" asked Mr.
Carr again.
nonrtdsiad it bla<-kTJail." said Sena
tor Oonp
Conger's attorneys objected to th*> chair
man's refusal to let this answer 'stand.
Kx-Jufis'- Van Wyek contended that to
mak<» a demand for money was blackmail.
but to DNe< a demand by giving money was
not bribery
"Wasn't the money brought. here for that
purpose pursued Carr.
"Yes," admitted Conger.
Conger confirmed Hiram G. Moe state
ment that the Senator had instructed Ho*
how to divide the $6,000 cent by his brother
Frank for the bridge company, and told
him [he names to write on the envelopes.
Mr. Oarr made the witness describe in
detail his alleged trip with Moe to the
Capitol on Ayrii 23. 1901, to distribute the
money. . .
"You knew for what purpose the money
was given, didn't you?" he asked.
"1 did," *&14 Conger.
Conger said he did nothing with refer
ence to bridge legislation in 1303. He ac
knowledged th.it he knew money was being
raised in this connection in that year.
Lard'jn, manager of the Groton Bridge
Company, told him. he said.
Senator Conger taid there was a fund
sent to the Groton Bridge Company by
other companies.
"What companies?"
"I v.:.i not tell unless competed to "
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY. n^BRIARY IS, 1910
Advised by his attorneys to answer. Con
ger said that those companies were the
United Construction company, of Albany;
the Prnn Bridge Company, of Beaver
Falls: the Rochester Bridge. Company, the
Canton Bridge Company, the Owego
Bridge Company and the Groton Bridge
company.
"What was the aggregate amount?
asked Carr.
"Five thousand dollars."
Conger said that this was bandied, at
least in part, by Landon. He admitted that
the fund was collected In reference to leg
islation and that part of It was to be used
to influence highway legislation. .
Conger said that in 1906 he attended a
meeting of the United Construction com
oany the A«o« Road Machine Company.
and the Rochester. Syracuse. Canton and
Perm bridge companies at Syracuse The
meeting." he said, "was held to disc is
•strike 1 bills affecting the interests of the
bridge companies" demand was made by
Conger snld: "A demand was made oy
certain people In Albany for a .fund of
JIO.OOO to -protect' certain egWation The
meet ire of the companies In s >; rl^ „*, <£
cid»d we would not be blackmailed and we
wouldn't pay it." ________
NEW INQUIRY BEGUN.
Searching Record of Land
Purchases bit State.
Albany, Feb. 17.— Although Interesting de
velopments are promised as a result of the
action of Governor Hughes in ordering an
Investigation into the affairs of the State
Forest. Fish and Game Commission, dis
closures are not expected until the investi
gators appointed by the Governor formally
begin the examination of witnesses. The
taking of testimony will probably not begin
before at least a week or ten days. By
that time it is expected the Conger-Allds
bribery charges will be disposed of.
Roger P. Clark, the Governor's legal ad
viser, and H. Leroy Austin, an experienced
investigator formerly employed in the State
Controller's office, who were appointed by
the Governor to conduct the inquiry, were
sworn in last night, and to-day they began
a systematic examination of records bear
ing on land purchases. Their inquiry will
be a thorouch one and will go back to the
beginning of the acquisition of forest lands
by the state.
[By Tel?graf h to The Trlbun». 1
TVatertown. N. V.. Feb. 17. -"The records
of the time when T was Forest, Fish and
Game Commissioner are on file and will
speak for themselves, and they will bear
the light of day." was what ex-Commis
sioner D. C. ifiddleton, of this City, said
to-day when asked how he viewed the
order of Governor Hughes for nn investiga
tion.
Mr. Ifiddleton said that as he understood
It. only the acts of the purchasing board
ere to he investigated. He said a part
of the time he was Commissioner he served
on this board and he courted the fullest
investigation.
"Tf there is a suspicion of wrongdoing
the Investigation should go to the bottom,
and I stand ready to assist in every pos
sible way," he concluded.
LOUIS J. BEDELL'S STATEMENT.
Louis J. Boiiell. a member of the As
sembly from Goshen in 1901, who was
charged by the testimony of Senator
Benn Conger with having suggested an
amendment to the Maltby bill, was still at
the Hotel Graniatan. Bronxville. yester
day. He Is suffering from a heavy cold,
Mr. Bedell said he ha<? been out of the
hotel only one day in the last week. He
said lest night that he would not go to
Albany until summoned as a witness, and
this would probably not he until next
week.
"T do not know anything about the bill
except that T voted for it," he said "Cnn
ppr niust have got me mixed up with snme
body else. T detiv absolutely that I ever
received ar.y money or do I know of any
bniiy that did receive any money. Any
insinuation made against me is false, and
I am willing to go to Albany at any
time."
NEW BILLS AT ALBANY.
Measure to Protect New York State
Against Diseased Western Meats.
[By TPloerapli to Th» Tribune.]
Albany. Feh. 17. — The tendency of West
ern stock raisers to dump diseased meat
Into this state wa~ responsible for a bill
Introduced to-day by Assemblyman Lans
ing of Renssela e r. providing for the
licensing and inspection of abattoirs and
markets where the meat is sold, under
the direction of the State Commissioner of
Agriculture
\]r. Lansing, who is a meat dealer him
self, sail] it was the practice of Western
stock raisers to kill cattle or hogs they
believe to be diseased and ship them to
X°w York State. This, he said, hfr-1 come
to his attention on several occasions The
reason for this, he believed, was the risrid
inspection at the great Western meat cen
tres, Chicago and Omaha. Mr Lansing
said that at present the state provides
no protection to itp citizens from diseased
meat, the only inspection being that of
th° feucral authorities
In a bill introduced to-day by Assembly
man Toombs it is provided that all papers
in divorce proceedings, including records
of testimony, be filed unsealed and be at
all time? open to public inspection.
Beck introduced a bill em
powering the Brooklyn Institute and sev
eral other Brooklyn educational institutions
to merge into the Brooklyn College. The
Koar'l of Estimate and Apportionment is
authorized to acquire Bites for the build-
Ings and to make contracts with the col
lege for iIK-ir erection from t he college
fund or funds donated by the city.
Aaaemblyman caughlan introduced a
bill reducing the rate- of interest any
pawnbroker may charge. On loans not ex
ceeding $10'"*, the rate is not to be more
than 1H; per cent a month, instead of
?, per cent for the first six months, and
1 per cent a month, instead of 2. for each
succeeding month, and on loans exceeding
|100 the rate is to be 1 per cent a month,
Instead of 2. for th<-> first six months and
I*2 per cent a month, Instead of 1, for
fach em < ceding month.
The case of Harry Thaw would be af
fected by the passage of a bill introduced
to-day by Assemblyman J. S. Phillips,
chairman of the Judiciary Committee. It
provides that writs of habeas corpus and
certlorari shall not be Issued in behalf of
a person who "haH been committed to or
is detained in « state hospital for insane
criminals' by virtue of the Judicial deter
mination of his Insanity by a competent
tribunal of civil or criminal jurisdiction and
has been granted one writ, except under
the conditions prescribed by Section HA of
the insanity law."
Assemblyman W. G. Miller, of Nassau,
would withhold all public appropriations
from any school district where the doc
trines of any particular religious sect are
taught in the public schools or where any
book is used prejudicial to the doctrines of
any sect. The Holy Scriptures, without
note or comment, may be used.
TRANSFER TAX OPINIONS.
Albany. Feb. 17.— Attorney General O'Mal
ley has. advised State Controller Williams
that the stock transfer tax law has no ap
plication to a transfer made prior to the
time the law went Into effect and evidenced
on the books subsequent to that date.
The Attorney General also holds thnt a
transfer of stock to \otlnq trustees for a
period of eighteen months, vesting them
with the power of voting the stock for that
period, is a transfer taxable under the pro
visions of the. law.
EMPRESS DOWAGER IN CAPITAL.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 17. — The F.mpiPf-B
Dowager since her return to Russia has
been staying at the Anlchkoff palace, in
St. Petersburg. Instead of at her palace
at Gatchina. thirty miles away, where the
hae lived einca the outbreak of thfi revolu
tion. This is the first Indication of the
imperial plane to return to the capital.
WADS WORTH'S PLAN
r REVISE CHARTER
'Assembly Will Also Pass a
Direct Nominations Bill
[By Telegraph "to The Tribune.]
Albany. Feb. 17.-Speaking to-night at
the annual -.dinner of the Barnes Albany
County Republican organization Speaker
Wndsworth declared that the Republican
majority In the Assembly, with himself at
its head, would take the initiative in shap
ing the course of all important legislation
at this session. He said he believed the
Senate when it got through its present
difficulties would follow the lead of the
Assembly.
The speaker promised action on the di
rect nominations issue, but he was dis
tinctly non-committal as to what tint ac
tion would be. He thought the state super
vision of telephone and telegraph com
panies would be brought about, but if the
supervision Is fl.s limited and qualified rs
the speaker's description of it, it will not
«mit many of the Hughes men in the legis
lature. Also he said the Assembly would
do its part toward giving New York City
a revised charter. \
After speaking of the general criticism
of the Republican party and the cause of
recent disclosures, the speaker declared
emphatically that no Republican had any
reason to be other than proud of his party.
"I believe the people will judge the . irty
by what, it has done in the past and by
what it will do at this session of the Legis
lature." said he. "The Assembly, in con
trol of a responsible Republican majority,
intends to go ahead with its work and to
bring it to a successful and logical conclu
sion, and to do its duty to the people who
sent us here. Owing to existing circum
stances the. Assembly will -be -forced :to
take the initiative in the work of this ses
sion.
"We have been somewhat excited for
three or four years by an agitation for the
reformation or reorganization of the method
of making nominations for office. We al
ready have two bills for separate and dis
tinct forms of direct nominations. We.ex
pect, very soon, the report of the special
legislative committee which investigated
this subject in different states, and I be
lieve the Assembly will take the Initiative
and, the Republican?, carrying the respon
sibility, will settle this question right."
The Speaker said that '"the Assembly v.ill
continue its work without permitting us
attention to be diverted by any hysterical
clamor, and after it has performed its duty
it will go home."
His speerh broucht forth much applause
from the loyal Barnes men. who seemed to
consider it conservative enough not to shock
their notions of party policy
Senator Depew. after discussing national
legislation, said:
"Pome arc lookine upon the trial now in
progress nefore the Senate- with appre
hension as to it=; effect upon the party, but
because il is a trial before the whole Sen
ate, with the people not only of our state
but the whole country looking on. it will
not harm the party. A party which can
clean house without passion and with ab
solute justice deserves and receives as much
confidence as a party which can construct
one.
"T saw the trial before the Senate of the
United States on the impeachment of
President AadKw Johnson. I participated
in an impeachment trial of a district judge
of the United States. There Is something
in such a tribunal which inspires con
fidence, because those who belong to all
parties, and those who are classed as re
actionaries, and those who are classed as
progressives, those who are called con
servatives, and those w.ho are called radi
cals, are ail judges, find if dissatisfied with
tlv^ proceedings any Senator ran call the
attention of the electorate, with a sure and
immediate response if he is right.
I was a member of the Legislature of
the State of New York, and I have been
familiar with fifty-eight sessions. . There
never has assembled at th- Capitol an
abler or better Senate than that whi'Mi now
constitutes this high court. When it has
finished its "abor? and met, as it will thor
oughly, Justly and impartially, the grave
responsibilities devolved upon it, the people
of the state and country will be satisfied
with the result."
Senator Depew expressed regret at Gov
ernor Hughos's announced intention to re
tire to private life, and declared that the
Governor had won the confidence of the
people in a degree unequalled in the history
of men who have come suddenly from pri
vate life Into high station.
Governor Hughes did not attend the
dinner The other speakers Included
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the Re
publican State Committee; Representative
George H. South wick ami Assemblyman
Edwin A. Me-rrit. jr. Many legislators at
tended.
COLONEL SANGER NAMED.
Governor Appoints Him State Commis
sioner in Lunacy.
Albany. Feb. 17. — Governor Hughes to
day sen* to the Senate the nomination of
Colonel William Cary Sanger. of Sanger
fleld, oneida County, to succeed William L.
Parkhurst, of Canandaigua, as a member
of tbe state Commission in Lunacy. The
nomination was confirmed. The place pay 3
15,400 a year, v.ith &.2M for expenses.
Colonel Sunger was born In New York in
lfi. r i3 and is a graduate of Harvard Col
lege and of the Columbia Law Schoo! He
was a member of Assembly from 1886 to
1887, and was a lieutenant colonel ;n the
Spanish-American War. He served as As
sistant Secretary or War from 19W to 1903
and was president of the American dele
gation to the international conference to
revise the Treaty of Geneva, in 190*. He
served in IW* as f\ member of the commis
sion appointed to revise the military code.
TAXICAB HITS LAWYER.
And Woman Passenger Has Him
Driven to Bellevue in Car.
David H. Mellick. a lawyer, with ofllces
at 49 Liberty street, who lives at Blaek
stone, N. J., was run over by a taxieaN last
nigh?, as he wan crossing Broadway at
4<>th street. His no.«r was broken and lie
was badly bruised. Mr Mellick was taken
to Bellevue Hospital in the taxicab
The rar, in charge of Patrick Gilcannan,
was going north, carrying two women and
thrpe, men passengers, when it struck Mr.
JfelHck. The force >>f the blow hurled the
lawyer to the street, and when it was seen
that he had been painfully hurt one of the
women lold the • hauffeur to take- Mr. Mel
lick into the cab and drive to Bellevue
Hospital. At the hospital it was said thnt
his Injuries were not .--pri'Mis. Mr. kfellicli
lnsiF?e-,i upon making a complaint of as-
Bault against Gilcannon, who said he was
not at Fault.
WON'T DROP PITTSBURG CASES.
ptttsburg, Feb. 17.— District Attorney
Blakely announced to-day that the in
dictments growing out of th»« councllmanlc
nmiais of lixis against prominent Pitts
burg bankers and politicians will not be
dropped, as had been intimated, en ac
count of the acquHaJ of Max O. Leslie «>n
a charge of, perjury. Other cases are
scheduled for trial February St.
__ •
JUSTICE JENKS REDESIGN
Albany. Feb. 17.-Governor Hughes to
day announced that Justice Almet K. .lenks,
of Brooklyn, whose' assignment as associ
ate, justice of the Appellate Division of the
Supreme court, id Department, will empire
on April 4. will be rcdeslgnated. and that
the presiding Justice of the court had been
notified to that effect.
SEYLERS GOIXG HOME.
Waive Requisition from Jersey
—Atlantic City cited.
Petersburg. Va., Feb. William Soyler
and his brother Orvls. ■who were arrested
here last night in connection vlth the
death of Jane Adams at Atlantic City, con
sented to-day to return to Atlantic City
without requisition papers. James M.
Malzed and Robert T. Miller, the Atlantic
City detectives, had William Seyler In close
confinement this morning' and put him
through, an exhaustive process of ques
tioning.
With the two detectives the ynung men
-will leave here to-morrow morning for At
lantic City. William Seyler protests his in
nocence of the crime and denies that he
was with Miss Adams v.lien the tragedy
occurred.
fin- TMesn-aph to Th« Tribune.]
Atlantic city, Feb. I?.— News oi the
cap f ui"e of William and Orvis Seyler stirred
this city to-day and Police Headquarters
was besieged all day for information as to
the date of return of th a prisoners from
Virginia.
The authorities nre not going to take any
chances with a crowd when their prisoners
arrive here, and they have planned for a
large squad of policemen to meet the train
when it arrives. The prisoners will be
tak-n to the <■;?>- jai! under heavy gtiard.
Captain Wltalen had a long conversation
to-rl.ny over the telephone with T>etectlve
Malsed, and admitted the detective had
secured much valuable information. The
nature of the. Information Captain Whalen
declined to discuss
The families of the accused men st ; .U re
fuse to believe that either William or Orvia
had anything to do with the death of Jane
.Adams, and are now trying to raise money
with which to h're a lawyer to represent
the accused men. Mrs. William Seyler is
prostrated with grief. She was left desti
tute and is in a sad plight.
WANT LARGER VOTE.
Assembly/ for More Caution in
Constitutional Changes.
[By Telegraph tn The Tribune 1
Albany. Feb. 17.— The concurrent resolu
tion of Assemblyman Dana, of New York,
increasing the number of votes required to
ratify a constitutional amendment, was the
occasion for the first dehat* in the Assem
bly so far this session.
The measure calls for two-thirds of the
legislators to pass a proposition to be sub
mitted to t'.ie people, and a vote of at least
one-third of the electors voting for mem
ber? of Assembly at the last general elec
tion. The purpose of the resolution Is to
arouse _ greater interest in constitutional
amendments, it having been found that only
a small proportion of the people vote for
them.
Majority Leader Merritt objected to the
measure, declaring that if it were enacted
there would never be another amendment
passed, and therefore no more, constitu
tional conventions.
'It is impossible to compel men to vote
on questions if they do not want to," he
said.
Mr. Dana replied that in the last election
only 20 per cent of the vote cast for As
sembly voted for the constitutional amend
ments. >n\ Chanler. formerly Lieutenant
Governor, who favored the resolution, de
clared thai constitutional amendment?
should not be left to such a Mnall minority.
While Mr Ward, of New York, favored
the proposition, he thought that it should
be amended to provide that if one-third of
the people voted on an amendment and a
majority of the one-third for it. it should
be successful. Finally the resolution was
advanced. Mr. Ward said it was likeiy
that when it came up on the order of final
passage such an amendment as he sug
gested would be submitted on th? floor of
the Assembly.
NOT SIGHT GLASSES.
Alleged Bigamist Arrested,
Despite P recau turns.
IBv THrerap;, tr , Th«? Tribune.]
Philadelphia. Feb. 17— Although he car
ried a pair of field glasses to enable bim to
see detectives and policemen, at a distance
and thus avoid them, Frank Fair, twenty
three years old, was arrested to-day at Fox
Chase by John Duey. a detectKe. on a
fugitive wart ant from New York accusing
him of bigamy.
Duey began searching for Fair a wek
ago, and in some manner the young man
heard of il He made use of the glasses
when he approached or left his place of
employment <»t Fox Chase, but it was dark
this evening and he had taken only a few
steps from ihe building when the detective
suddenly appeared. Fair laughed when he
was caughi ami told Duey about the
glasses. "They were no gootl at night," he
said.
The warrant for Fairs arrest was issued
by Magistrate Hermann on the complaint of
Miss Emily Southwick. of No. S3 West
Isatb street. She said she was mar
ried to Fair on May 27. 1906, at the
Church of the Holy Communion, Sixth ave
nue and 20th street. Fair, who was a choir
singer, was then known as Franklin Fair,
the police say. She learned later, accord
ing to her story, that on February I, 19*5,
Fair had married Miss Irene BfcMoran at
St. Peter's < "hurt h
GLOVER WILL CONTEST.
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Relatives Testify Laundry-man Was in
Fear of His Wife.
Cambridge, Mass.. Feb. 17.— Clarence F.
Glover, the murdered . Waltham laundry
man, was influenced by fear of bodily harm
from his wife, Mrs. Lillian M Qlover, when
he made bis will In her favor, according
to testimony which was offered to-day at
the hearing on the will In the probate
court.
It was Mrs. Arthur P. Glover, wife of
one of the murdered man's brothers, who
are asking to have the will broken, who
introduced this new feature Into the evi
dence. She said her brother-in-law told
her lie hoped bis brothers would not blame
him for what lie had done In regard to
his will, as he dared not do otherwise.
The continued absence of Mrs. Lillian M.
Glover from the courtroom caused much
speculation. Most of the testimony of the
day cams from tht. brothers of the dead
man or their wi\es and all purported to
show a feeling of anxiety upon the part
of Clarence F. Glover that his wife in
tended to do him harm.
' CHARGES MINE INSPECTORS.
Illinois Union Head Says They Were
Responsible for Cherry.
Peoria. ill.. Ffb. 17.— 1n a spirited debate,
which developed when a resolution favor
ing the selection of state and county mine
Inspectors by the vote of the people in
stead of by appointment of the Governor
was Introduced i:» th» state miners' con
vention to-day. President Walker attributed
the Cherry disaster :o tho fuel that mine
Inspectors had been negligent In their duties,
He aald:
"Had the mine Inspector* obeyed the law
Mid Insisted that an escape phftfi from tin
third level be sunk at the St. Paul mine
mouth* ago 1 1 ■* - disaster would have bam
averted. It if my belief Unit there Is MM
a mine Inspect"! In tup st;tte but what has
guilty knowledge of law violations In every
mine In ill.- state. They, however, must re
main client on these conditions or lose their
jobs," said Mi. Walker
Action on the Question whs postpone. 1.
WATERPROOF TARPAULINS
For Covering Merchandise.
JOHN FULUVAN A BOM
Tel. 2177 Spring. 300 Hudson St.. N. T.
SUE COLLEGE HEAD.
Refuses to Give Up a Cadaver
Bought for -$20.
[By Teloßraph to Th» Tribune.]
Town City. lowa, Feb. 17.— Contempt
proceedings were instituted against
President George E. Mac Lean of the
State University late this afternoon as
a result of his refusal to turn over to
the sheriff the body of Roliin C. Cald
well, sold by Mrs. CaldwH] to the medi
cal department of the institution for $20.
The writ of replevin demanding the
body was sued out at the instance of
Mrs. M. C. Mains, of Chicago, daughter
of Caldwell. When informed that the
writ was served against him personally,
and not against th«» university, it is de
clared that Mr. Mac Lean refused to _#»«
up the body, asserting that it could not
be Identified in the absence of the
anatomy professor.
RICH MANS ARREST.
He Is Accused of Slapping
Young Girls Face.
[By Telegraph If Th» Tribune]
Boston. Feb. 17.— Edwin B. Cox. fifty
one year? old. a very wealthy man. was
arrested in his office in this city to-day
on a charge of assault and battery made
by Miss Blanche E. Reid, a pupil of the
Fitchburg Normal School, who is
eighteen years old.
Miss Reid asserts that on February 9
she met Cox on Highland avenue. Fitch
burjr, and that he slapped her fac. A
warrant was obtained for his arrest, and
the girl came to Boston to-day with In
spector Flaherty, of Fitchburg, who ar
rested Cox iii his office, in the Old Soith
Building.
It is said <ox wanted the girl to ?.gn
some business papers and ?he refused to
do s^. Nelthet the Fitchburg nor th«
Boston police know what the papers rep
resent.
EXPLOSION KILLS 6.
Sixteen Others Hurt — Tonn in
a Panic.
Oakland. Cal.. F?b. 17.— An explosion
in th» mixing room of the Trojan Pow
der Works at San Lorenzo to-day cost
the live? of Reuben Tr.arp, the chemist,
rind four workmen and a property loss of
$oO,ooo>. Four otfcrr employes were per
haps fatally injured, and a dozen more,
including Superintendent Martina, were
severely turned and bruised. The entire
t' wn was panicstricken.
In. a magazine in the centre of the
twenty-five buildings that made up the
plant were stored 7.",000 pounds of pov.
oer. Fire followed the explosion and ten
of the buildings were burned, surround
ing the magazine with a wall of flame.
The magazine w;is a safe distance with
in the circle of fire, however, and did not
explode.
The explosion wrecked neighboring
buildings, hurling <~>no of the mixers
hundreds of feet through the air. Fifty
men and women in and near the plant
were thrpwn to the ground.
CHALLENGED BANKER TO DUEL.
Real Estate Man Arrested— They Had
PQUght. Previously.
St. fc,ouis. l->h. 17. -Pointing a revolver at
Simon Seelig. president of the Savings
Trust Company, Martin !>. Dawsnn. a r*a!
estate dealer, to-day < hallenzed tho banker
to a duel. - ■
"Get your gun and come outside." de
manded Dawson, still pointing his weapon
at Seelig. "We'll shoot it out."
SeeliK threw- open his coat for the visitor's
inspection. "I haven't got a gun," he de
clared.
During the conversation a clerk called •■*
policeman. Daw son was overpowered and
arrested. He asserts that Seflig owes him
money. •
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
JjgSm Bulletin,
t Bulletin, BIRTHDAY
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
laV AT THE SEASHORE,
Washington's Birthday marks the opening of the Spring Season
at the seashore which reaches its climax of popularity on Easl
Sunday. As Washington's Birthday is a National Holiday and falls*
this year on Tuesday it presents an excellent opportunity for an
outing at one of the popular resorts.
No resort in the world oilers more attractions during the early
spring season than Atlantic City. Its great hotels are filled with the
wealth and fashion of the land ; its five-mile boardwalk on the verge
of the sea encourages exercise m the inspiriting air: or one may
enjoy the ocean's sweep from the shelter of a rolling cha-lr. Amuse
ment feature- of all kinds, including one of the best golf courses in
the United States, add to the zest of a stay.
Cape May. with its equable climate, its magnificent beach, its
exceptionally fine golf course, and its excellent hotel-, attracts ue
Lenten guest.
Asbury Park. Long Branch, Ocean Chy, and >ViM
extend a cordial invitation to enjoy their bospita
The Pennsylvania Railroad is the great Wghi
Jersey Seacoasl from all point-. Elxcursion tkkei •
turn limits, may be obtained from practically e\on
Pennsylvania Railroad System. Any agent will ,
information regarding r,itc> «>t tare and Irani •
Special through tram of parlor car-, dining car. an I <*
Atlantic City leaves New York 12.55 P. M . Saturday. I «
Special trains returning February 22. _^
18. Altaian & <£n.
CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' DEPARTMENT
CHILDREN'S DRESSES FROM 4 TO 14 YEARS
OF LAWN. PIQUE, GINGHAM. ETC
ALSO GUIMPE3 AND MIDDY BLOUSES.
CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' GARMENTS IN AN EXTENSIVE
VARIETY OF MATERIALS AND DESIGNS.
fifth avenue 54th and 35t!> Streets, Pew for*
STEAMER HITS BERG
SIXTY -FIVE SAVED.
The Yucatan Goes Dozen on
Alaskan Coast.
Juneau. Alaska, Feb. II - Th» ft..; «t. - am
ship Yucatan, of the Alaska Steamship
Company, formerly a yacht need by Georar*
W. Perkins, of New York, bound f.-on
Valdez to Seattle, with ?!xf.--flv. pass-ti
ger?, struck an Icttaanj li Icy Strait ■»
terday and sank within eight minutes in
six fathoms of water at high Oil Th«r«
v.a? no loss of l:f». and. to far M U
known, no one was Injured.
The «hipwrocki»'l pass»en<ers and satlori
are camped on CMBtMNSBI Island. -«
will be brought to Juneau to-morrow b7
the steamer Georgia, which left Junevj
soon after news of th» wreck was received.
Mr. Gustafs>on. first mat. of the Yucatan,
and Captain Raymond Jaeger, of th» 2jh.
Ing' schooner Alexandria, arrived her* ts»
day with the news.
Th» Yucatan was bound for Gypsum. O a
Cbichagof; Island, to take on a eara* c •
gypsum. When Icy Strait wan reached
the water was smooth, but there ■».-,
great fl'lds of Ire. Snow was fl -< *>
heavily that it was Impossible to »•« » r
ahead. Captain W. P. Porter was on t_,
bridge with the pilot. Captain Jean John
son, who commanded the steamship Ohio
when she was lost in British < -d.unrtaa)
waters last summer.
Slow speed was ordered, and th« steamer
crept through the ice. Presently a herf
loomed up ahead, and the steamship ram
med it. tearing a great hole- in th« Bid*
of the vessel
Full "team ahead was ordered, ar.4 the
Yucatan was beached on Chicha^of Island.
The boats were lowered and all on ■»-'.
were taken r»?hore without eonfnston. The
ten women ;iaj"s«T)eer« were taken off first.
Food and bedding and the United Statas
ma!l a!?o were s%ved.
On th- island the castaways four.d
cabins, and with sufficient food, clothin?.
Markets and wood are not likely to suffer.
Many passengers lost thflr personal ef
fects
Soon after the crew had landed Captain
Johnson. Gustafson. the first mare, sail
four sailors put off in a lifeboat to -**<
aid. After rowing fifteen miles they
sighted the fishing schooner Alexandria.
Captain Johnson and the sailors turned
back to the Island in th«» lifeboat, white
Captain Jaeger and M*te «»a.f--on set out
for Juneau in a scasolene launch, which
broke down after «oi-'5 a short distance.
The tv.o men had difficulty in setting their
craf» to a Hoonah Indian viilasr*.
The- Indians refused to lend them a beat,
and the white men were obliged to row the
heavy launch to Juneau.
Mr. Gustafson could not «'■ whether •-.
Yucatan could be saved. She was a stttl
vessel built at Chester. Perm.. in l! 90. asd
was valued at 1200.000. Last summer in*
was equipped as a private yacht at as ex
pense of $ 50."00. and. flying the. fta? ef tie
New York Yacht Club, carried Geor?» W.
pe: kin?, of New York, and a party «*to
friend?, on a pleasure trip alone the Alas
kan toast. After this trip the Yucatan
was reconverted Into a commercial boat."
OLIVER NOT A CANDIDATE?
Announced by Opponent's Paper-
Senator's Son Denies It.
[By Telegraph to TIM Ma I
Pittsburie. Feb. 17. — "The Pittsbars
Leader, controlled by ex-State Senator
William Flinn. who is a candidate for
United States Senator aarainst Senator
George T. Oliver, created some interest '"•
night by announclnar that Senator O!iv»r
had decided not to seek re-election, be
cause of the failure to convict Max G.
Leslie, one of his most lively polities! 02
pon«»nt?. who was acquitted of a charts
of perjury yesterday.
Oliver is alleged to have »•« a«surei
that he Would be re-elected without op
position if he would prevent the arrest
of Leslie.
Senator Olivers son said _to-n:zht that
there was no truth in the story that his
father would not be a candidate asain. A
telegram from Senator Oliver, who is ii
Washington, says he "refused to d<*cu«3
the rumor." „