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[Ulli SUBWAY TALK
Where to Get Money if Cost Ex?
ceeds Estimate the Problem.
FIRST UNDERGROUND ROAD
Was Built in 1869 and 1870,
and Ran from Chambers
Street to the Postofflce.
?[?here were no subway < ?inference? jres
terrlav and non?? aera arranged for this
week. although it A t.i.<,erstood that one
j, ,o he called as -nnn ** M I* possible to
got all the confenees together.
It was said yesterday in Well Street that
Ihe BOaaela! problem which had caused the
recent de??*!o. k of the camtetrees was as to
?here the money shouiil come from In
ca^e It was. found .hut th.- projected sub?
way system costs more than the f?77,<X)0,?X)0
that the Interhorougn ban promised to put
up and tne y.i\?'???'\<?iO that would he the
share of the city under the plan that has
teen under consldeiaiioti. Such a question
Involve?, the whole subject of interest
chare" and pr?f?rentiel rayments.
.\. .1. County, of me Pennsylvania Rail?
road, before starting f?tr Philadelphia yes?
terday afternoon a*ouM not say what the
financial problem Invehe?", was. but said
that n was one thot mh ht amount to a
prf.it deal or nothing it all He ??aid he
lit.d n?t worked at all <>n the subway ques?
tion ?luring the day and <*i?i pot know when
another conference would le held.
Students of faiihwa-- history ?aid yes?
terday thai when the Defnon Coatraettni
Company cot to work on the construction
Of Section 2 of th.* Hicadwav subway
which runs from Taik Place to Walker
It would SB-counter what Is left
of the -first subway fvtr r-nUt In the city.
It is believed that ?he I ?mains of the first
rar will even be found reposing in the tube,
whkh extends from Chnmb-?rs street to the
Postofflce
This Pioneer ?indrrgroui.d railway was
built between ISt?? a.id 1ST?1 by tne Reach
Pneumatic Transit Company. The plans
?.ere to construct the lir.? under Broadway
from Rowling Creen t.- Central Park, with
a branch running o?n .-tt Madison Square
and going up Madison avenue to the Har?
lem River.
The company wa? at first incorporated to
CSrrjr parcels, r??it la?? r tne charter was
amended so as to permi? the company to
carrv passer-cer?. This right was later
taken away from |i However, the com
penv never eerilod eay psaseneTors, or par?
ir?is, for that matter. Th? tube was built
from rhambers street to the postofflce and
an e-xp?rimental c^r, drive,i by compressed
air applied diieetly Id lbs hack of the . ar.
was run from end to end. Kngineers, hew?
Sver, did not indorse the idea and capita!
fought f-hv of It.
In If*] th? Legislature amended the
charter of the company, changtnt; the nam?
to the New York Parcel Dispatch Com?
pany. In ]9f# Charles N. Fowler appeared
before t.ie Public Service < ?-?mmission with
?n application for the construction of
freight Bubways un.'.er this charter. Xo
action was ?ver taken !.v the rommission.
Colonel Timothy 8. Wiliiams, president of
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, is
little concerned over the taxpayer's suit
whl? h was started on Friday by John R.
Ryan
"If the constitutional bugaboo has got to
be tested." said Colonel Williams, "I aup
pos" this is as goo.1 an opportunity a? any
for testing it. We have not any doubt of
th? result, so far as our arrangement with
th?? ?if. || coneerned. All we ask is that |
the matter be thrashed out as quickly a.?
: Is, and then there will be no further
excuse for delay on legal grounds?or any
other g.-ound??."
HAWLEY ROAD TO ISSUE BONDS1
Minneapolis & St. Louis. First To Be
Acquired by Him, to Raise $2,000,000.
The Minneapolis A- St. Loutfl Railroad
Company, which was the first railroad to
be a? quired by the late Edwin Hawley, Is
going to put out an Issue of K.ff?.tm termi?
nal bonds These bonds will be seeured by
the property or the Minneapolis Railway
Transfer Company, all of whose Mock Is
own?d by the Minneapolis & St. l^ouls,
which own? and operates the terminals In
Minneapolis and St. Paul
There la no mortca-?- . n th< terminal
r*i*opert} at present. Betweon izo.'wt and
}.y?-.,r*Y? of the proceeds received from the
i-a.e of the new issue of hori'ls Will be, used
this year, it Ib announced, for Increasing
th? terminal faeilitics of the road In the
two cities named.
MASON GOES TO BALTIMORE.
Albani, Feb. S.?John A Mason, s*-cr<?
tary of the Democratic Stato Committee,
Btarted:for Raltimove lo-day to make ar?
rangements for th* a?-rommod;?tl'?n of the
New Tork BtBt? debuatl-.n to the Demo?
?fra?le National ?*onventl?>n.
PRIMARY BILL RIDDLE
Couldn't Be Amended With
Improvement, J. J. Hopper Sa
The Ferris-Flativelt hill, passai I
Legislature on the lam ?a- 0f the ,aM
?Ion and purportinR to establish dlrci
| mar. nomination* in this state, -an s i d
with criticism at th" ciphth of ?he
i iui>> series of winter luncheons >?*?.
rl.-.v afternoon. John J. Hopper, who
for Sheriff on the, fusion ticket lant.
credited it with on? good feature, how?
"It is SO had." ho said, ";hnt It e
work, and consequently will have to
amended. And you rant amend It wltl
rnakinp It better."
Mr. Hopper told of the result? rearhe?
the conference committee represen Uhr
Republican organization, tbe Independ?
Leapue, the Citizen-? I'nlon and the i
Club, wnkh lias thorotiRhlv lnvstlp;
the a?"t and proposed measures for
Amendment. Most of the points advoc?
by this committee have been incorpor?
I in a bill drafted by Senator Wagner. P
ooratli- leader In the State Sonate, wl
will be Introduced on Wednesday or Thi
day. to amend the BlaueeM measure. '
object of a direct primary bill, he
plained, was to put every member o
party on an equal foottnp. Then. If he
not come Li the primaries, be Bald, ;t I
hie own fault.
Takln? up his argument. Robert S. HI
erd. secretara of the cita Club, ?'.?<-!?
that the "alleped" primary law Ineor
rated everything that tended to aRRlst
machine in retalnlnp Its control ar.d I
out everythlrip that made It worth *? 1
for the voter? to po to the polls.
"In the tertns ?if the great AlWSlK
Rame." he remarked. "It provide? that t
pairs In the hand of the party orRanl
tion will beat four of a kind in the b;-nd
any proup of a-oters outside the orRanl
tlon."
Herbert R. l.lmhurp who rerentiv ar--i
apsinst the bill before the Court of Appel
| reviewed his part In the proccedin
! AmonR those present were John J. Hoa
? secretary of the Republican County Co
[mittee. Ali.en I Bard, "f the ? itiz?
Union; ftcorpe Haven Putnam, and Ass?
blymen A. J. Grlffln. Pean Nelson, W.
Ruddirk and Charles I. fleck.
BILL BARS PARTY EMBLE
Senator Saxe Denies Democrat
Position Is Misleading.
' R\ T?!?gr?ph tn Th? Tribun? 1
I Albany. Feb. ,T Senator John liodfr
Saxe, aaho prepared the section Im t
Democrstie bill amendlnp la*f year's pi
mary law rcpardlnp the use of the par
emblem, took issue to-day erith J O. Har
mitt, s*eretary of the citizens I'nlon, <
the interpretation of the amendment M
llammitt announced h few d^ys apo th
und?r the am*ndm?nts the jaartv comml
tecs were not debarred speilfiralla- fro
lo-iiiK the partv emblem In the prlmarl?
Since that was the purport of the chan?
In this section, he held that the pemorrat
announcement that this had ben dope \aa
mlsleadlnR
Senator Saxe said to-day that as the bl
stood the ptrty committees could not und?
any circumstances use the party ?mblei
la primary contests, any more than a si
called independent group could do so. I*ti
year's law, he said, made the party emblei
the primary emblem of the party mmmli
tee. while if Raae to Rroup? of Independent
makinR a ?antes' In the primaries the rich
to select some fnibhvn other than the ol
flcial party emblem. His amendment, h
?aid. had been drawn with Rreat rare 1
eliminated from the law the clau-e maktn
the jaarty emblem the official commute
emblem, and thus put the ofniial part
committee on a plane with any other Rroui
of party member? in the primary pialni
to them Die rlRht to choose an emblem, bu
not the party emblem
This section of the law was much critl
ci?eri, and Senator Saxe says the p.-mo
tratlc **?*nators' conferen? e is makinp ai
honest effort to meet this criticism b;
harrlng the party cmbleni from the pri
maries under any conditions.
o
FIRE DESTROYS THEATRE
Blase in Business Part of Cran?
ford Does $ i 00,000 Damage.
Chemicals stored In a dniR stor* In ''ran
ford. N. J.. explo?led with terrific detona?
tions yesterday. ?ausinp firemen and on?
lookers to seek safety, when the Mock oc?
cupied by the local theatre ?nd BOY? ral
?tores was destroyed In a flre va nl'-h did
JIOO.OCO damage. So far a? is known, r.o
lives had hem lost. The fire was ? aii"cd
by some one dropptnp a ?dpa rette <?r ?ii.'Hr
In a dance hall on the second floor.
The postofflee wa? burned down Lut tiijs
was after the malls had been distributed
and remove*] from the tHJlMtnf. The ?1res
in the telephone conduits were me|t?d, slmt
tiiiR off the servies,
It wa= at first feared thai the flr-mes
mlRht saveep ihe entire business section ??f
? he town, hut hard work by th? Premen
prca-ented this.
The fir.- startrd In * shoo '?, or'-, nod
pained preat headwaj before 't **.--is om
covered. Ths drup store sdj?sln-*i. and
when th?- cheml? ;ils bepan lo explode the
Asm?** were carried into the theatre bulM*
Inc.
ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES.
Srlx_
ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES
American Art Galleries
Ma?*ii?on Square South. New Yr.rk
FREE PUBLIC VIEW 9 A. M. TO 6 P. It. (SUNDAY EXCEPTED)
The
Richard It Halsted
AND
John P. Townsend
Collections
At I nre.trl.te?! Publie Sale
On Thursday, Friday &
Saturday Afternoons
of this week,
lib. HI It. ?ltd iititl inlb. nl ItSS
liv Order of
Richard
H.
Ihe
Halsted
Artistic Furnishings
and Embellishments
of his residence
Consisting ?it rare old
J;'paiie.~>c anil Chinese Pot?
tery an?I Porcelains, Pins
<il<? Lacquers, Ivory and
?Stone Carvings, Important
Antique Bronzes snd Wood
? srvtnga from Temples and
Pslaccs <?i Old Japan, Jap
snese Furniture from the
celebrated J. VV. Sprague
Colle?-tion and other inter?
eating object >. many of
which have been recou
ttructed an?! adapted for
Utility .?n?l household
idornment H_
The ?ales will be conducted by MR THOMAS E. KIRBY. of the
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION. Manager*,
e. Eft 2*?1 Ktrret. M?<l!?"ii Square ^ut?. ??*? lork
At I BSSatrllled Publie ?nie
On Thursday Evening of
this week, Feb. 8th,
At a et m? u
The
Important Collection'
of
ETCHINGS
AND ENGRAVINGS
BY THE GREAT MASTERS
formed by the late
John P. Townsend
of New York
AR ILLUSTRATED CATA
LOQl 1'. t><ri>nrrd by Fit- Ray
CsrHsstea, 0/ MoattO, Frederick
Ftfptl .(? Co., uill be mniled ;>ost
paid on receipt of hiftylfenta.
?WONT DIROP BRANDT CASE
i
District Attorney Says He Will
Continue Efforts for Pardon.
;TO APPEAL TO GRAND JURY
Prisoner's Attorneys Say "Police
End" Will Turn Out Enough
Evidence to Support Him.
The refusal nf QoYSTaor Dix to ?ommiit"
the thirty-year ?entern e. of Folke Kngel
l.rerhl Brandt, th.? former servant of Mor?
timer L Schiff, the haiiK r, hasn't pu| an
lend to the case. District Attorney Whit?
| man, ?vho saw Brandt in I?annemora prison
i nnil heard the piisoner'M F?.ry, said JTOSter
! day that he would not drop the case. The
District Attorney's report to Governor I?ix
was distim-tly farorabls to ?ne .voun? maus
pardon, snd the Qerermtr's >i?niai of the
pardon petition was a ft inline surprise to
Mr. Whitman.
The whole matter prob;-,My will he laid
before the grand Jury. At any rate the
l?lslrlrt Attorney will examina the wit?
nesses of ?'an Pleeher Hansen, aha s i -
Brandt's attorney before h? whs disbarred.
If Hansen .-an produre ?-u'tirl.-nt o\l.len<-e.
the matter will ho placed l.oforc the grand
Jury.
Brandt's attorney Insista : h.? t the '?police
rnd" of the case will turn OUI enough evl
deaOS to support Brandt's story that he
|wa? "railroaded'' to prison for thirty year"
| afta-r he ha.) pleaded guilty to steeling two
stickpins iron? Mr Schiff
Police ?'omniisslonor Waldo ha? asked Mr.
; Whitman to look into i?to ?.-port of Detec
I live Joseph B. Woollidge on tin* arrest of
Brandt. Woolrtdg? reportad t? Judge
Roealaky, arlio prealded over the trial ot
P>ran<it and sentenced him io thirty years In
tiriM.ti on a burglary charge, thai Brandi had
been discharged from fix ???.siilons of trust
Brandt sdmltled that he had for?-? ?1 B
check <?n his employer in r?en Jersey, but
I said his employer had forgiven lilni. Sev?
eral of th.- other .harpes of dishonesty
mentioned hv Woollidge were Hatly ?lenle.l
by Brandt'? employers The detectives re?
port ?a?- ||) the form of .1 leite? As It was
written liv? ?..Mrs BgO, a?nl was not sworn t?>
by Wootrldge, the detective cannot he prose?
cuted or held responsible lor the letter in?
spector MeLaoughlln, ?ho dlre?*tsd Wool?
lidge In the |-ir;in?)t CtlSO, la BO loncer ltl
the poll, e service, and ihe employment
acenclea, that ??rrvrd Brandi have gone out
of business
Mr Whitman i?a? infipned yesterday
thai Beyroour Van Bant?r<?ord. the Oor?
ertior's se, rotarv. had Indicated at Albany
Hint h ??a.? perfectly proper t?>r the i?is
tri?'i Attorney to publish his report In th?
Ptandt ca.-e If he desired ,n ,!o so Mr.
Whitman ?aid he M eus il b?- would wai'
for some word frort? Albl.1T before be took
advan'ai*? of Bueh sn opportunity.
Alton R rnrker, chief counsel for Mr
Schiff In opposition t., Brandt's pardon,
ftave out a statement yeaterda) sftemoen
lust hefore r>oai?lliiK a train f?"?x Wa^hlns
ton.
"On?? of ?h? newspaper?, In dlae laalng
Governor I'lx s d?ntal of u,r- Brandt pardon
application, stated to-day tha*. Howard S
Oans. Paul 1 ta vat I?. All?.n i'. Parker and
other prominent lawyers repr? tenting Mr
S"hiff could not he found on Frida? night,
be ?aid. "The implied lefstery la easily
solved. Mrs Parker and m ?-'If attended
the annual dinner giren 'o the |udg? 1 ol
the 1'ourt of Appeal? and th?-lr wive?, as
has been our custom for y->ars. since I left
the court The siiKKcatton that I icpresenfed
Mr Schiff before the Governor is also a
mistake The Qoeornof ?.i-?-? that no one
was heard by him In Mr. S? luff's Behelf
That ought to correct the mistake. I may
add that at least. I wa.? not so he,?rd
?
SHIP NEWS REPORTERS WED
Two Sail with Brides and Office
Is Deserted.
A man with a story went Into (he Ship
New? Offlre at the Battery yesterday and
nsked to see one of the reporter? I? was a
Kood yarn, he said the sort of r?>iii.?n?-e
Ihe public likes to read.
There was not a reporter in Ihe office
"Jimmy, the. Battery Dolphin. " who 1? the I
thief office boy, drowsing Is s chair m ir ? i
steam radiator. Informe?! the Stranger that'
"they wasn't no reporters around."
"There Is SlWSyS It.ilii?- on- OH duty, bj
there not?" asked the man with a ? .?rn.
v ? -, ' yearned Iho l?..lphln, "aure; hut
they ain't none her?- now. beceua? iwo nf
'em got married to-day and went off on
two honeymoons <>n the itoyal Mall l?..ais.
Ye S?e. it |S like this; Daw || ?, n ?.soy, rf
1 The ?Holte,' arenl an?l not marrl-?l this
i inoriiiii' and will sail at i o'clock 1 his after?
noon 'Rollo' Bouthworth, of The World.'
_?.r hilelxd about a week axo and he snd
his i?i 1.1. |a most certainly sallin' through
Ihe Narrows ?about now Ilia ship ivent an
hour apo It's 1 rettv close to 1 o'< lo<k
now. I'ou wont ?et no reporten down
here until 2 o? l?.?-k. after llorrlaaey and
his bride sails lla\a- ? chair? . ?? -an mt
h< re un they come in "
The HatUr? Dolphin told the truth for
..nee. for all the member? of the Bhlp .sv?as
Reporters' Association w.re at the Royal
Mali plot yesterdey lo ?????? iii?ir associates
hail. Mi llorrlesey. of Th? fllol*e,' ??.??>
married in Hie forenoon to Ml?-s Stella Mills
Ht ihe church of the Holj Spirit by Kether
Hooch, and departed with his bride on Ihe
Royal Mail ll?er Tagua for Colon ?*t i ^>. rn,
Louis it. Bouthworth, <.f The World,' who
wa:? married ?m January li i.\ Father [?use
.1. Bvera rn th.- reetorj of si Andrea a
Pon?an i'athoi?? Church, in l>uaii?- street.
?ailed with his bri.la- at noon on the Royal
Mail liner Arcadian for Bermuda
SUES FOR $419.861 DUTIES
Government Charges Undervaluation*,
in Importations of Cutlery.
??nil B*. Whitney, Ae.-lstiwit I nil-.l Stales
Mistri't Attorney, aa the repreeentatlve of
lee government, Instituted yesterdey a suit
in the United stales Court Involving an un?
devaluation on Oerman cutlery aggregat?
ing 1-flt.Ml. The def?>Bdanta ??re Krauslua
Brothers, cutlery Importera, in business at
\?.. 291 Broadway,
The inegularltiea ai!?-i:?.i la connection
with the importetloaa seeordlng to the com?
plaint, covered ?< period of three years, and
the cutlery which the government contend?
was undervalued consists ntalnly ?if pocket
knives manufactura.I In the Solingen district
.,f ? lartheny.
I WOMAN SUES A. A. RYAN _ BP.O.
-
Charger; Brokerage Firm Illegally Re?
tained $143,000 of Her Money.
Regina B Aportas has fiici a suit
against Allan A? Ryan and Clendenln Ryan,
?oas of Thf.m.??. i". Ryan, eoaartltutlng the
brokerage firm of Allan a. Ryan & Brother,
to recover $1 U.'iuO dspesltsd with tluni by
the trustee:, .?f her BBBlhei'a estate sad
which the plaintiff say? ike d?fendants
converted t>> their use, lutewtag that the
money belong???! to a trust estate.
Mrs. Matilda H. Prow 11, the mother of
Mrs. iaportaaj di?'?i la .inn.-, ifel, sanadni
her brother. Walter A. B:irk.-. as trustee
of her 'estate, She left the residue of her
estate in trust for her daughter, from which
she was lo have the Income for ten year?
after the death <>f Mrs. Brown, when Mrs.
Saperias was to receive ihe principal of
the tresl fund, amounting to tn.'.non. u
Is rlleifd by Mis Saportas that ?he depo?.
Ited the amount of her fund with Allan V
?yan ?fe Brother In ?aiioua checks, on which
the defendants collected. When ?he de?
manded her money under th? win of her
mother ?he l'arned that there aas noth
lnr left to her credit.
rSOME THINGS CUT A MAN'
Gaynor Tells Diners Charges of
Politics and Coercion Do.
NONE IN EDUCATION BOARD
Ready to Make Short Shrift of
Anybody Who Tries to
Boss the Schools.
Mayor Oaynor told a lot of well fed SdU?
catort-, pathered last nipht on the roof of
| the Hotel Astor to honor Frank D. WOssjr,
? a member of the Hoard of Education, th.it
?there were some thliiRs that cut a man.
I and In his case one of them avas the charp.
? that he had been attempttnp to Inject poll?
tics and coercion Into the lioard.
"Those of ?ron pentlemen who went to tho
i BSWspapsi' offices and spread that report."
h>> said, "may feel happy at the result.
j How.-ver, I hear you no animosity. 1 have
j tried neither to coerce the board nor to in?
irodiicc politics Into It."
The Mayor did not arria e at this dinner.
which had very reucti ths look of a mooting
to accelerate the fortunes of Thomas \V.
Churchill, the Mayor's candidate for presi?
dent of the Board of Education, until 11
j o'l'lock. and then enly after Park Commis?
sioner Pippins of The Hronx had person?
, Slly left ths Rtiests' table anil pon.- out Into
?the nlp'it to find him. It SfSS Mr. Hippins,
la former member of the Board of Bduca
j tioii. who told a number of the commis?
sioners at a recent meetlnp of the board
that the reflection of President Kperton
U W'inthrop. jr.. would be considered b\
the Mayor as an unfriendly a? t
Mi. Churchill, the Mayor's favorite foi
the |ob, was one of the ipeShei Nexl
j blm ai the ?nests' lahle sat Jeremiah T
Mshoney, who hss he,.n most sctlre I?
. ? ?uiiiui tiiiK iiis campaign within the Board
I Air. Wllsey hints.-If Is an ardent sdhSTSBl
i o| Mr. Churchill's Mr Wlnthrop aaas noi
; pri ?nt. n?'t- was hi? name mentioned
ihronphoiit the evenlna, slthough Mr
i ilurchlll, In person, snd at the mention o
his name, avas vigorously applaud..I
Borough President Miller of The Hionx
J ?alio presid??! as t? lstmnsfer Since Mr
\\iis?a- is i Bpuyten Duyvtllaa. en?ie?i i
short Introduction of the Mayor vim the*
words:
We s,e him touch -vith a practised ban.
the pamut of human Interests from Bpil
10 boll, d eggs."
"Althourb I accepted the Invltetlon to b
here with pleasure." tlv Msyor begad,
had sonir hesitation In romlng because th
doctor tells me | hna-? 'h'lijht cold I tOO
up a newspaper <'i la a' or so ap<> and rea
in If that I had Men introducing politic
an?l coercion into th Board of Educatloi
l ihoupiit tiiat if I hid done anything r*
Ikeahle it .aas thai I n ,.i *c\ t p,,|itlcs on
,,f the cits government, nut it ?-eems no?
that 1 am going to Introduce it Into th
I ..a ni Then ar,- run,, thing! thai r. all
cut a man.
"Those of y>ii r?rftrnirn who went t
thi neu-pa|>ers and spread this report ma
feil happa ,.\er the result However,
'?? r ' ?? : no animosity I have tried nHthe
to coerce the biaard nor Introduce polltl?
Into it In appointing men to It I haa-en'
? v ?-i Inquired as to their religion I hav
Slnipl* ln.'ked to their qualities as met
politics has had no pait In it whatcaci
If '?mi ?all f.,r me i,i brlnp politics In)
' ?? li.1.11.1 >.f Education a?ui aaill never hav
iin; The same alK'iit coercion
' I saa this a?lfh the uttti"st cood humo
aid ^',.,d nature ? >. for ,-o? r?-t ? ti. the ta?
gentlemen who mink l am p'Uita came l
in- and asked me to support their candi
'date | told tiiem I couldn't indorse ill,'
candidate, and that I didn't ?ant to Indors
i ?ma candidat?.
' 1 haven't spoken to a soul on this ver
delicate matter except those who .-ame t
! see me personal!) and voluntarily. I dl
h? -.lia-, because I couldn't l>ef rid of It el
prcas a preference for ??tie out of the 'ia
nun who were candldai - The Mayor ha
t?> have dalla official relations with th
Huard of Education, and they persuaded m
that it wsa flump the President ??f th
l".,ird ?hiiuld he a? ?eptable to the Mayor
"S?i far a. I krt'.va n , HesrstltS "i Tatr
lliltialfe or TlR*rlt?* or Itepllhllcatllte i
sny other political lesdcr, liai sought to r?
rontrol of the Hoard ??' education.
there is such a chap about aai II mak?- sho:
shrift of blm "
BOTH SIDES' CONFIDENT
Election for Head of Board o
Education To-morrow.
Hoth shies In the rarnpaipn for pre?ldei
?if the Hoard of Education continuad ye?
i. ''luv to claim enouph vies (., InSWm \ I?
lora- at the board meeting Monday. A?
herents of Egertoa L Wlnthrop. h "
i- ? t Incumbent, reported thai Mayi
il.iui'-r In?? t offered a pood city job to en
r ?if the boartl If he WOUld desert M
Wlnthrop and vote for Thomas W ChUfcl
ill. furnier Deputy Pire Commlsslonei
whom the Mayor "prefers." Mr Uhurcl
HI'S friend? < ?II this Mora ahsuid < m th
olh.r hand, they have found a precede!
for Mayor '?aanor's Interference In Muy
M?-? 'i. Man's espressed preference f'?r th
election "f Egerton I? Wlnthrop, r . hi
In oibcr-lii-la w. and the very man who*
friends non reseat Msyor Oaynor's ei
pression of choice
Ooorge ?' ??iii.'?|.i.*. a lawyer, of v..
? . 'trot, whom Mayor McClellan si
pointed t" th.- Board of E*du< stlon tirst <?
Mat.ii ::??. I>?i. to nil o it an unexplre
term and apaln on January I, Ifii*. said a >*.'
terdsy that On the second occasion, win
he with six Or Seven oilier new iraaemhci
appeared before the Mayot to be swoi
in. Mr McClellan SSld to them In s if
Stan? ??:
"Gentlemen, i have nothing to sa\ oth<
dan thi- thai m my Judgment the best li
lereets of the department will be conserve
by the re-election of Mr Wlnthrop I
pr?sident of the Board of Education."
"I ?lidn't consider this expression as I
an) sense coercion <>n th?' part of Msyi
McClellan." ?ai?l Mr (?ilhsple. 'hilf It cei
tainly seems to me to he as stronp a stat?
ment of preference a? that ?if Mayor <?*'?
nor In the letter he wrote to Hie inemhei
of the board saying that he would like t
.. ?? Mr ? 'hurchlll ele, ted."
OWEN PLEADS FOR BILL
Senator Gains Support for His
National Health Measure.
TALKS AT REPUBLICAN CLUB
Medical Men Lend Support to
Plan. Which Is Indorsed
by Resolution.
Senator Robert I/. Owen, of nklalioma.
addressed two hundred members of the He
pUbUean ?'luh of New York at the clubs
Itaturday discuss!?** and luncheon yestci
day on "The ronservatlon and Preservation
of the National Health.'' So convincingly
did the Senator present the arRiiinent-i in
favor of his bill for the creation of a na?
tional Bureau of Health that It was voted
that every Senator and the mem
hern of the House of Representatives
from New York pliould he asked to en?
deavor to secure the passape of the meas?
ure. The resolution was introduced by ? x
Benator Towns, of Minnesota, and waa
adopted unanimously.
Professor Irvinp bisher, of Yale l'ulver
slty; Dr Louis L seaman, form.'r surgson
j major of the I'nlted States Volunteers; *,r.
I William M. Tolk. president of the Academy
? of Medicine of the City of N'eav York; Dr.
i.l. P. Bryant. ?(?Health Commissioner of
I N'eav York, and Mr. Gardiner T. Swart."-,
j secretary of the State f'oard of IJea'th of
i Rhode Irdand. spoke In favor of the OWSB
hill, and letters of support wet? real from
the health officers of New Jersey, Massa?
chusetts and Pennsylvania.
Senator Oasen startled some of his med?
ical hearers at the heginning of his talk
by saying that there was no reason why
a man should not live to be 10u ?/ears old.
or even US, but he Immediately qualified
his remark by addlnp that the rules ot
health would never he followed explicitly,
since every man has his favorite poison.
"The death rate In the United States Ut
l^i, to i.nrin." sai'l Senator Owen. "In New
Zealand, with no belter climate, It Is 3'*>
to I.OOS-e net difference of ', to the thou?
sand This means an annual loss of
about six hundred and thirty thousand per?
sons In the United States from preventable
causes--a vast procession of seventeen hun?
dred persons a day for :<*i.i days In every
year marchlnp to needless praves.
"Thtee million people are seriously sick
In the I'nlted States on an average from
preventable cause?:, of whom one million
are workers The death loss has a com?
mercial value of *BjUMn,fM The loss of
productive power from sickness through
preventable causes and the nursing and
?arlng for the sick will amount to $2,<VK?,niiO.
(VO more If this loss were saved and th?
Value '?impounded It would In one genera?
tion ei-|iial our entire national wealth."
The speaker went on to discuss the i?a
BOns why no bill similar to nls had been
I successful In the past, and said that ths
opposition came from certain manufactur
j ers of patent medidnos, drugs and foods.
, He declared that these Interests were h.a.
i hind th.- activities of the l,eag*i? for Medi?
cal Freedom.
"When I ;un asked the motive underlying
the opposition to my bill.'' said Senator
Owen, "I am always reminded of a little
?tory about Senator Panlels, of Virginia
The Senator was lylnR on a couch In the
? loak room when 'Joe' Blackburn under?
took to set a rise out of him ba attacking
the merits of George Washington. He sa'.d
that Washington ?vas a fair country sur?
veyor end a moderately successful general
Of mlUtls, hut that he had built the cap:'.i|
of the United States on a swamp !n order
to further a real estate scheme In whtcn
he and his fnen?is ?rere Interested. Fina1
|y a Senator who stood near Interposeti
Are you going t<? let Blackburn go on
Ilk" that aboul the greatest man your stnte
ever produced without making any reply"
he said
"Daniels waved one hand languidly. 'L-t
him rave on.' he said. 'You know Rlack
burn has alavays been unalterably opposed
to (?eorpe Washington since he learned that
he could nut tell a lie.' I think this per?
i haps explains some of the uiicoikhi? rahle
I oppo?ltlon to a national Bureau of Health.'*
The Senator ta? fit on to explain that the
hill provided that the national bureau
I ahould not Interfere with the state praetl?
. tloner or In the patient's choice of a prac?
titioner, lie thought that ?ample ?otis-:
I tUtlonal license for his Mil might !>?? found
in the general welfare clause.
In closing he said; "We spend millions
protecting the country from the boll s
the gypsy moth and th?' lanada thistle
I Shall we continue to spend money to pro
j te.t ourselves against the Texas tick aj.d
spend nothing to provide for the human Itf.
of the nailon?"
EQUITABLES SECURITIES ?SATE
I
Papers Valued at $_82.0no,Ono Found
in Vaults Unharmed.
Th?* EqultSblS Life Assurance Society's
I vaults ?m the second floor of the h
I Equitable Building were opea?*d yeeterdaj
I In the presence of the president, secretary
land other officials, and all the securities
; and pa|iers of the society, valued Si *_'<-'.
00,000, Wtrt found unharmed ?rtaags
menta were mads lo transfer them to the
new vaults of the Mercantile Safe Itep,aslt
Company, at No. li;, Broadway.
Th" president. W. A Day, said all bond
and m.irtgape and pollcj loan papers had
been removed from the building and thai
no papers representing Investments ?ir
ass.is were destroyed in the lire.
Prartl? ally nil ?>f the millions of dollars'
worth of securities that were In the Mer?
cantile Safe Deposit vaults on the ground
floor of the Equitable Building, acess to
which was obtained early last week. hSVS
been removed by the owners
SUNDAY'S NEw'-YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United State?
for $2.50 s year.
NOTABLE OFFERINGS ?II MS
V
For Further Details Consult the Advertisements in To-day's
Tribune.
MACT'H midwinter furniture ?ale Includes i lions In gowna and wraps for afternoon ,-m.i
the entire line of one of the foremost menu? evening weer, lingerie dresses, walking
fa? Hirer* ?if parlor and library furniture si frocks, tailored suits and motor and utility
from Si io .">?> p?-r cent i?-ss than ih>- usual coate.
price. Chaira, dining tablea and parlor and
library suites in mahogany. . bina closets.
bufTVtK, ?ouch, s an?l sideboards will be
dosed out at uniformly low piles.
ABRAHAM ?v- BTRAUfl will close ??it
aearij It,.I rarda Of spring silks In the
IISBBtSl weaves at prl.es In-Iovv null COSt
The hah- inclinles 1J.. ?aids of fane?
Striped messallnes, print.-.I salin foulards
and plain colorad Shantung poogoss sad
mure than l.'.u new spring style? and OOtOTO.
BLOOMINODALhTl will offer to-morrow
!."*' exquisit.- afternoon anil BVealag g??wt.s.
in spring Styles, In messallnes, a-iep.- meteor.
.-.?tin (luches?., silk eollenne, silk ? hifl'on,
tnaruuls, tte ami other dainty fabrics.
I IK A UN'S ?lr. ssmak?-rs' sals will b. gin
its last week to-morrow with th.- last con?
signments of new spring ?llks, dress got d?, '
wash ?Ir?-?? fabric-?, new spring whit?- ?Ir?-??
fabric?, new spring flannels, linings, trim?
mings, lace embroideries, ribbon?, nets and
Cblffoaa The wile also will n.? lui?- wom?
en's tailored suit?, raincoats, furs, ..irtalns
and rugB-a eompb-te sto'k olearan? e.
ARNOLD, CONSTABl.K A ?O. will give
an advance ehowing of new spring models
In costume?, ?ult?. coals and gown? fcr
calling, lunepeon. dinner. evening and
motor wear. There also will be a special
offering of dress silks and women's under?
wear at reduced price?.
i M ?UDDINU A ? 0. eall attention t-?
the compl?te new spring Mock which th'v
mil he ahle to show this week, consistir.??
of Farls Importations and exclusive adapta
THE ORBBNHUT-SIBOEL COOPER
COMPANY Includea in t?.-morrow s hlggSSt
sales aomen'a salte, coate furs, knitted
underwear, smbroMeries, teces, shoes, stlka
spring millinery, dotnestic and fancy white
goods, furniture, rugs an.I kitchen supplie.-?.
THi: SIMPB4IN-CRA WFORD ? ?).MBANV
make formal aiiniiiincemt-iit of their annual
i", bruaiy aale of Oriental ruga, Including a
? ?elle? ti. ?n Of Boyal Kirmaiishah s. I.-Cl? e
and owned by Hadji Reeaaul Mebecaed AN
OJIOU. The entire colb-ctlon will be dlspOSOrJ
Of, Bad With it OVsr S th..usan l small ruga
at vur.ving Briosa
BTKRN BROTHKRB will hold to-morrow
a Baal ?I'-aian.. sab- oi \? <ui?. n'.-, mjsses'
ami girls' furs and fur uarni.-nts, OOate,
tailored suits and ?itreei and evening
dre.-.-e.s. K'.ery garment was ol thl? a a
Bon'i make, and will be dlaposed .u at an
? Ktraordlnerj radgetton in price. Women'?
dreaaea and coats .?ml miaous' and juniors'
suits ?Mil also go in tlil> sale They alo
Invite inspection of a larg? assortment of
decoretJv? furnlahlngs and Oriental ?-arp?is
and r.igs
A JAKl'KKI, A CO. wiil bold a contin'i
SBOS <?f their annual sale of furs. The gar?
ment? embrace furs and sets of every de?
scription, and the prices are the lowest of
the year
ISiRD ?tr TAYI.OR anno?line exceptional
values In real laces, with a wide range of
prices Real appld-pi* lace bridal ?ells,
princess lace bridal veils and laces from
Milan and Yeni? e are among the offerings.
Three thousand yard.- of dress serges of
wool will he placed on sale at ?uhsiantial
price s.nlngf- Other feaftie? In.lude dress
linen* and cottons at profitable price re
MINING CO. INSOLVENT
Montgomery-Shoshone Owes Ap?
proximately $236,000.
The Montgomery-Shoshone Consolidated.
Mining i'ompany. one of the mining prop?
er! les In Which ?'liarles M. Schwab, presi?
dent of the liethelheni Steel Corporation,
became heavily interested several years
ago when he was active In mining ventures,
and In which he Is still one of the largc-st
stockholders as well as; a director, is In?
solvent.
This announcement accompanies t!:e no?
tices for the annual meeting of the com?
panv to be held on February II. wlii.u
have just been mailed to the stockholders, j
The stockholders are told ?hat the onl)
way to save the company from bankruptcy '
is to send their proxies favoring the sale ?
of all the machinery and other psrtshaMa ?
or removable property of the subsidiary
companies In Nevada and the turning ov?r
of tlm proceeds to the parent company, to
vai.lch they are heavily Indebted.
This, It Is explained, WOOld render It pos
I slhle to reduce expenses substantial!?- an?! |
to leave in ?he treasury of th? ??ompany an
amount of rash sufficient to protect the ta?
tercets of the stockholders for a period
of years, "pending any possible future de?
veloprrents which might give value to the
mining or other properties of the c-ompany,''
and in addition would leave a balance auf.
ti'ient to wl|?e out the existing 1ndebtf*r|
ness. ?amounting to approximately ??".?.OOP.
Beside? teaaing the company o ,t of debt.
it Is iaolTite.1 out. this plan wpul?! Insura
the retitrn to its treasury of the stock Of
the subsidiary .omrjanles now pledged C4
collateral. Failure of the stockholders to
approve the plan. It Is a<!ded. will leave
as the onlv alternative Hie fllinu of a pel!?
tl..n In involuntary liankruptcy.
Mr Si'hwah. It Is said. Is tbe heavleet
loser In 'he ?ompany. as in addition to Ms
large Mock Interest. h<> advanced the com
pany IMO.SOO In cash In 1 ?*.>T t?> put up a
mill on the property. About *C*Vl.SS| ?>f
this ain??unt is ?till du* lo him. It is said.
ARRANGE BRONx'cOUNTY SPECIAL
The Bronx County '"ommlttee has sr*
ranged for a special train to take several
hundred ?enthusiastic Bronxltes to Albany
to plead for the Bronx County bill when,
the hearing Is held on Tuesday. February
11 The train ?-.111 be run a.? the e on?, sec?
tion of the fast mail and will leav? the
Mott Ksvsa Station at Mi a. m. _
ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES. I ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES.
"Highly Important Public Sales"
American Art Galleries
Madison Square South, New York
ON FREE PUBLIC VIEW BEGINNING FEBRUARY 14TH /f
To be sold at unrestricted Public Sale
Monday & Tuesday Evenings, Feby. 19th & 20th
In the Grand Ball Room of
THE PLAZA
Fifth Avenue, 58th to 59th Streets r" f
Valuable Paintings
by % / 17 \
CLLLBRATLD MASTERS
of the " g
ANCIENT AND MODERN SCHOOLS
which are to ?be diBpoeed of f
by order of ExecutorB snd Private owt_ra ?
Property of the Lstate of the late
Mrs, Mary Adelaide Yerkes
Works by the Modern French
and contemporary Artists from the
Charles T. Yerkes Collection
Alma-Tadema Tcabey Cazin BnMint Van fWr? (9)
Benjamin-Constant Genome Rico, Lessel, Bouguereau
Property of
Mr. Charles B. Lawson
His Private Collection of
American Paintings
Wyanti?? Tnne<-S (2) Murphy (3) , *?;?!???< r (2)
H?-?mer Martin Hoar? Hunt Minor (2)
Rchn (3) Williams (3) Crans Bogcrt (5)
Property of
Mr. Guy R. Bolton
Valuable Works
By Celebrated Early French, Flemish and Italian Artists
Nattiet Drouail Frar-onard Greur?? <2) *
Holbein Lancrel Largillicre (2) Le Brun t]
\'atoire Canaletto Watteau it) Van Loo
Holbein De La Tour (mardi Chardin
Property of the Lstate of the Late
Isaac Stern
Representative Works j
by Noted French and German Artists
Aubert Ronsrufreau Vihert (?oubie
iVircKper Hrrrman Kowalsid (2) Jimenrr y-Araflda 3
Mcvcr Von Bremen Perrault Worms Kauffmann _ ?
Property of ?
Hrs. Clarence Tl. Hyde
IMPORTANT EXAMPLES
of the Larly Lnglish and Dutch Masters
Lawrence 0>cllo De Keyser Mierevelt (2) JjT ?
Morcclse Phillips Fourbus Tocque J
Property of
J. Henry Stanford, London
Barbizon and Larly Lnglish Paintings
Troyon Corot(2) Diaz Rouleau Raeburn (2)
*
V Illustrated Catalogue mailed on receipt nf Perentu-fit'e Cents. ?
ALSO ON EXHIBITION, FEB'Y 14TH ?
Valuable Art Objects
Silver, Furniture and Other Property
retained from ^
the Famous Collection
formed by the late
Charles T. Yerkes
which is to be sold
by order of the Executors of the late A
Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerkes
V Illustrated Catalogue mailed on receipt nf Fifty Centi.
The sales will he conducted b> MR. THOMAS F.. KIRBY, of the
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Manager?,
B Fn?t : "I SSajBB. Mud.?on Bquar. ftouth. ?tt fork.