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MRS SAGES CHARITY AT HOMECANT I
CANT CO TO RELIEF OF NEED
t IX OTHER CITIESMakes
Makes a Public Statement or Her Planinets
nets Hundred of Letters a DayDoeint
pont Intend Any Immediate Dlstrlbutlon
trlbutlon of the Fortune Health GoodMrs
I
Mrs Russell Sage through her counselRobert
I Robert W DeForest Issded yesterday thefirst
first statement she has made touching thedisposition
disposition of the millions left her by herhusband
husband upon his death last July Whilefhe
fhe does not indicate definitely the linesalong
along which she intends to proceed ahedoes
does outline clearly her attitude towardthn
thn flood of applications for help which shereceives
receives overy dayMrs
Mrs Sage in fact feels that the publichas
has been misled regarding her presentIntentions
Intentions and abilitiea She thinks herwords
words will clear the misapprehension whichseetns
seetns to exist She does not Intend to takenny
nny measures for the immediate distribution
lion of the Sage millions The InferenceIn
In tlint she would not do so even if the estaterro
wrre settledWhile
While she does not Indicate what herIdeas
Ideas are as to the final disposition of theproperty
property she does makrt It clear that shefeds
feds that her chief duty in the matterIsto
to the city of New York rather than to anyother
other communityI
I have been receiving over since myhubandA
husband death she says several hundred
dred letters a day containing applicationsof
of every conceivable kind from so runnydifferent
different persons Theso letters come inevery
every possible way Some are deliveredat
at the door most of them come In the usualcourse
course of the mall Some of these bear apecinl
cia delivery starapa many of them are registered
istered with the thought of making sure thatI
I receive them They come too from everyport
part of the United States and from foreigncountries
countries from the greater cities such asChicago
Chicago Boston Baltimore Washingtonsnd
mind from the smallest hamlet iu the FarWest
West
A great many of these letter containnlnunl
nlnunl nnd unreasonable requests basedapparently
apparently upon the idea that I was Immediately
diately going to distribute without exaroinntion
inntion or consideration a very large sumof
of moneyTho
The piofessional begging letter writernppomnln
nppomnln large numbers and also the people
pie who have failed in business and wishto
to establish themselves afresh those whowould
would Like to have the mortgages paid offtheir
their homes those who woubj like to haveme
me go into business with them and thosewho
who have discovered perpetual motionor
or the elixir of life and only need aid forthm
thm to take out patents and secure theirand
and my everlasting fortuneMany
Many of them unquestionably representreal
real need and certainly represent real needin
in the opinion of the applicants Some ofthem
them are very pathetic Tho greater partof
of them relate to personal of family wantsOthers
Others relate to institutional needs or itmay
may be the establishment of some new Institution
stitution or tho initiation of some newbranch
branch of philanthropic enterprise Toread
read them all would Involve the total lossof
of eyesight which a woman at 77 needs topreserve
preserveMoreover
Moreover Innumerable people some ofthem
them perhaps the writers of these lettersare
are constantly trying to secure personalInterviews
Interviews with me and If I should see onetenth
tenth of the people who so apply it wouldbe
be one continuous interview day and nightThis
This constitutes 1 real persecution if Ishould
should choose to s regard It and I amfrtqiiently
frequently amazed nt tho character andstanding
standing of people who thul seek t pressthemselves
themselves upon me Instead of respectingmy
my desire for seclusion during the first fewmonths
months of my widowhoodI
I do not waste any sympathy on thebegging
begging letter writers or those who presentabdiird
abdiird or impossible demands but I cannotbut
hut sympathize with the persons and thereare
are some of them whos needs are real andihould
ihould unquestionably be met by some oneand
and somehow Many of them are poor andIgnorant
Ignorant people who e expectations havebeen
been stimulated by the newspaper articleswhich
which haveappeared from time to time withregard
regard to me and my philanthropic Intentonl
tion I Is cruel to excite hopes in themthat
that cannot be realized To such I feel Itpeculiarly
peculiarly due to break my silence andmake
make n public statement which I trust wi
1 given the same currency by the pressthat
that has been given to the many articles regarding
garding my intentions which have absovlately
lately n warrant In factIt
I is not my purpose to make any immediate
diate distribution of the money which rayhusband
husband has left to me and which I expect toreceive
receive lathe due course of admlnlgtrationMuch
Much less am I intending to make any auchdiet
distribution everywhere and to everybodyI
I am to receive this money without anytrust
trust of any kind Imposed by my husbandor
or even any expression of desire on his partHe
He has left me and intended to leave me ab
olutely free to do what I pleased with itWhatever
Whatever b the personal or familyneeds
needs of poorpeople in Chicago BostonBaltimore
Baltimore and Washington I cannot b
looke to supply t bem I baveat myowndoorlnmy
doorsln my own city of 4000000 Inhabitantsplenty
plenty of such cases which hare a nearerclaim
claim upon me in so far a may decideto
recognise It I think the philanthropicpeople
people of Chicago Boston Baltimore andWashington
Washington and other cities some of whomI
I know can and should b relied upon tomeet
meet such need in their respective cities Ido
do not think it would be for the permanentgood
good either of those who are to receive suchhelp
help or those who by reason of their citizenhip
to supply it forny
hlp are most called upon
any resort to be bad to me In such cities Iintend
intend to act upon this opinion of my dutyNo
ac
No applicant either for Individual orInstitutional
Institutional needs need seek for any perSonal
tonal interview I cannot and must notaccord
accord it and I must In justIce to myselfnd
md the applicants apply the same ruleto
to all I I want to see any such myselfor
or have any of my friends do so for me Ihall
hal do it on my own initiative Any ap
plication to reach me must b in writingI
I do not intend to give to any strangeror
or to any cause of which I have not previousknowledge
knowledge without the fullest and mostcomplete
complete investigation No one need applyin
in writing unless they are ready to havtheir >
their applications so InvestigatedPeople
People should remember too and I amTnniornm I
Tnniornm I norpiul S114arlemembrtbe
I tbe Sirk Poor tn your Cureb olerrAaFRIA
FLORIDA OVA SOUTHa
US A Jl and 02S P W Unexcelled Imc viaPerm
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surprised they do not to a greater extent I
arter
that It Is only few months
tht ony a since my hUl
band died that the earliest period withinwhich
which the estate can be closed is
ette cn co up oneyear
year after hll death
yer detb and it I premature
for
them to apply nowImportunity
Importunity and reiteration are norecommendations
recommendations to my attention JThepersons
persons for whom I shall probably do thend
mot and the causes to which I am mot
likely to contribute g generously are thosewhich
which rpt my early widowhood and
time do not press their claims upon me at thistime
timeI
1 do not wish to seem harsh I am only
going through now what on a small scale my
soae
husband and I went through with during
his lifetime I suppose other people have
to endure the same flood of applications
appUcaton
I should not feel It necessary to speak nowexcept
except that my heart really goes out tosome
some people who have written letters from
distant cities or villages in whom falseexpectations
expectations have been excited and I sincerely
Bnorel
cerely hope that the some newspapers who
have spread abroad so muoh that
sprea abra 1 wasappreciative
appreciative of my personality but gavesuch
such a fail Impression as to my Intentionswill
will give broad circulation to this aate
ment which I make deliberately and which
Is the only statement I have
ony ever givenout
out for publication since my husbands
death
deathMrs Sage receives 8 many as 900letters
letters some days said Mr DeForest yesterday
terday Of course it II humanly Impossible
possible for one person to read all of thembut
but they are all read by somebody Shefeels
feels that the statement she has made willresult
result In preventing many mae frommaking
making entirely useless prn Herhealth
appas
health is of the best She frequently goesout
out for a walk or a drive from her home InLawrenceville
Lawrenceville L where she is stayingat
at her country place She pent Christmasat
at Troy where she ha relatives andfriends
friends
The Sage estate Is variously estimatedin
in financial circles at from J50000000 t
170000000 No estimate places it belowthe
the former amount Mrs Sages mostrecent
recent benevolence was the gift t theUnlveislty
University of Nw York of the Schwabfarmof
farmof 15 acres which adjoins the un
versity grounds on the south The valueof
of this gift Is estimated at 300000 Shehas
ha felso recently decided lt erect a newbuilding
building for the Presbyterian olmroh atLawrencvie
Lawrence villeDLI77ARD
BUZZ I nJ COSTS MANY LIVESSixteen
Sixteen People Killed In Scotch HallwayWreckSome
WreckSome Frozen to DeathSfttlal
Sfttlal cam Dttpaltlm la TUB SinEDINBURGH
EDINBURGH D 284A snow blockadeon
on the railway near Arbroath caused a collision
lision this afternoon in which sixteen peteons
eons were killedAn
An express train from Aberdeen dashedinto
into the rear of a standing train Mostof
of the persons killed and thirtyseven whowere
were injured were in the last car Amongthe
the injured Is Alexander Black a memberof
of Parliament Both his legs are brokenIt
It is stated that the snow clogged thesignal
signal which ought t have stopped theexpress
express The storm has Interrupted tele
graphic communication and the detailsreceived
received are meagreThe
T snowstorm on the Scottish borderwhich
which began on Christmas night is the wonttht
that lias been experienced for thirty yearsAll
All railway traffic with the south andEdinburgh o
Edinburgh has been completely stoppedThe
The railway and vehicular traffic in general
eral 1 > enormously impeded and in places isstopped
stopped A train from Dundee for Edinburgh
burgh stuck in a snowdrift last night andis
is still fast Two locomotive that weredespatched
despatched to Its relief are likewise snowbound
bound Provisions were conveyed to thepassengers
passengers early this morning elf
graphlo communication beyond Glgowi
i out off vIn
In Perthshire this morning the snowdrifts
drifts were fifteen fret deep in places adralwl
rail war trofflo li practically huspendodThe
The main lines between Perth Aberdeenand
and Dundo are entirely blocked A trainthat
that left Aberdeen for London las nightwas
was snowed up at MontroseLONDON
LONDON Dec 58 The strentiomisefforts ofhundreds
hundreds of the unemployed have clearedtho
the streets of London to a considerableextent
extent of the results of thrc falls of snowwhich
which however in many parts of thecity
city has been converted into mud But thesituation
situation in the country especially In thenorth
north fa by no means so favorablePenzance
Penzance Cornwall Is instated Tendeaths
deaths due t exposure bava been registered
toted It Is still snowingRKCAR
RKCAR Wales Dec 23TIme Japaneseliner
liner Awn from Antwerp for Middlesbrough
brough which ran on the rocks near hereyesterday
yesterday in a snowstorm I in a dangerousposition
position The lifeboats have taken off hercrew
crew of 120 and her two passengersBATTLESHIP
BATTLESHIP SUPERB XEXTThird
Third or the Dreadnought Clans to De Unlitat
at Nevrea tlcBpieial
Bpieial Cab Dtttaltti 19 TUB SUHLNDN
9 LONDON Dec 2SThe contract for thethird
third battleship of the Dreadnought typewhich
which f to be named the Superb has beenplaced
of NewcastleonTyne
placed with the Armstrongs NewcatlonTe
onTyne The machinery will be builtby
by the Walisend Shipway CompanyThe
The engines of her two sister ships theBellerophon
Bellerophon and Temeralre now underconstruction
construction at Portsmouth and Devonportrespectively
respectively will have their engines builtby
by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering
log Company of Glasgow and HawthornLeslie
Newcastle The ships willbe
Leslie A Co of Nlwaste Ihlps wi
b of 18400 tons displacement and are tohave
have a speed of 21lnotIfJIEN
WOMEN CARRIES FAIL iThree
Three Including Marchloneft Couldnt Pas
Part ExaminationSftctal
Sftctal Catlt DnpttcH to Tn SowPARIS
PARIS Dec 28The first three womenwho
who applied for licenses to drive cabs failedyesterday
yesterday to pass the preliminary examinations
tions which wereconduoted by a committeecomposed
composed of two police officials three cabowners
owners and three cabmenThe
The last named were particularly severeupon
the applicants who however werenot
upon apploanta wh hwever
not daunt One of them who h a Marchioness
chioness of authentic pedigree will go upfor
for reexaminatkm in three weeks Meanwhile
while she will attend a school for cabmenfl4ROVFSfl
fl4ROVFSfl nVRDETTCOlTTS ILLNoted
Noted Woman 02 Year Old SnfTrrlnaFrom
From llronehlUiSptctitl
Sptctitl CaM Dtipatclt ta TUB StlMLONDON
LONDON Dee 38 Baroness BurdettCoutts
Coutts is suffering from acute bronchitisDrBarlow
Dr Barlow says her condition is graveShe
She is 05 years oldPBT
Par toe law are 0e Burnetts VanillaIs
Is irs food Tire D uabtfluleAdey M
y
GEORGE W PERKINS INDICTEDWITH
WITH CHARLES S FAIRCHILD FORTHIRD
THIRD DEGREE FORGERYGrand
DEGREE
Grand Jury Which Acted Only When Jerome
rome Insisted Fir a Presentment ThatNeither
Neither Got Any Benefit Personally Outof
of Dummy N Y lire Stock HaleGeorge
George W Perkins former vicepresidentof
of the New York Life Insurance Companyand
and partner in the firm of J PlerpontMorgan
Morgan Co and Charles S Falrohlldwho
who was president of the New York S
curity and Trust Company a subsidiaryconcern
concern of the New York Life and Secretaryof
of the Treasury in President ClevelandsCabinet
Cabinet were Indicted yesterday for forger
in the third degree by the Grand Jury whichhas
has been investigating the managementof
of the New York LifeWith
With the indictments the Grand Jury o
a presentment saying that neither MrPerkins
Perkins nor Mr Fairchild got any pecuniarybenefit
benefit by the transactions on which th4ywere
were Indicted but that they were influencedsolely
solely by the purpose of beneflting thostockholders
stockholders who really profitedIt
It is no exaggeration t say that DistrictAttorney
Attorney Jerome practically forced theIndictments
Indictments as the Grand Jury after a longInvestigation
Investigation had made up its mind not toindict
indict I was only when Mr Jeromo insisted
sisted that tho law had been violated andthat
that it was the duty of the Grand Jury totake
take the law from him that the GrandJury
tae
Jury voted for Indictments As a compromise
promise the Grand Jury insisted on thepresentment
presentment which really was an explanation
tion of why it accused Mr Perkins andMr
Mr Fairchild of a crime The Grand Jurysaction
action was 1 unusual that n one in theCriminal
Criminal CourtsBuldlng Judges or otherscould
could recall an instance of it having beondone
done beforeMr
Mr Perkins had been apprised of the factthat
that the Grand Jury had acted In his caneand
and he wan in court when the Grand Juryreported
reported He was Immediately released in
10000 boll which was furnished by J Pierpont
pont Morgan Jr and Cleveland H Dodgeboth
both of whom wanted to express their confidence
fidence in Mr Perkins Mr Fairchild hasbeen
been in Europe for some time There isnothing
nothing to show that he knew anythingof
of what was going on in the Grand Jury roomIt
It Is expected that when he hears of the indictments
dictments against him he will return Thereis
is no disposition in the District Attorneysoffice
office to worry about his returnThere
There are six indictments against MrPerkjnsandsixagainstMrFairchlld I
Perkins and six against Mr Fairchild Theyall
all grow out of the same transaction thesocalled
sole dummy sale of stock of tho Chicagoand
and Northwestern and of the Chicago Mi
waukee and St Paul to the New York S
curity and Trust Company Similar transactions
actions were brought out at the Armstronginvestigation
investigation and Mr Jerome may presentthese
these to another Grand JuryNot
Not the least Interesting part of TITeGrand
Grand Jiwy procedure wan the frictionbetween
between many of the Jurors and Mr JeromeThe
The Grand Jury took up the investigationon
on December IS and a number of witueseeuwere I
were examined Some of the Grand Jurorscouldnt
couldnt see how any official of the NewYork
York Life could be guilty of a crime whenthe
the money didnt get Into bin ow pocketsand
and the profits went to the stockholdersMr
Mr Jerome was boon apprised of thisfeeling
feeling by the pertinent questions of someof
of the jurors and their arguments FinallyMr
Mr Jerome took three hours to sum up theevidence o
evidence pointing out just how the law hadbeen
been violated and in what instances MrJerome
Jerome made another speech after that andthe
the Grand Jury took what Is understood tohave
have been an informal ballot after whichit
it was pretty plain that there were nottwelve
twelve members of the eight n who hadbeen
been hearing the evidence who wanted toIndict
IndictThen
Then Mr Jerome made another upeechand
and it wan a pretty hot one He said tholaw
law had been violated and it was the dutyof
of the Grand Jury to indict Firthermoreit
it was the duty of the Grand Jury whichwas
was the sole judge of the facto in the cI
to take the law from him He called forindictments
indictments and he said that If there werentIndictments
Indictments ho would take th Grand Jurybefore
before Recorder loll then twmethingmight
might happenIf
I Mr Jerome had been compelled to dothat
that he would have asked Recorder Goff toresubmit
resubmit th case to the Grand Jury andthen
then he would have had to explain his reasons
sons for reaubmittlng the evidence Intbtvent
that javent Recorder Goff would rtrohablyhave
have instructed th Grand Jury that it wastheir
their duty to take Mr Jeromes advice o
the lawBut
But it didnt get to that point Many of theGrand
Grand Jurors bad been in favor of handingin
in a presentment without indictments andthey
they insisted that if there were t b
Indictment something should go withthem
them Mr Jerome had no objection totbat
that and the jurors passed a resolutionwhich
which was later at the suggestion of MrJerome
Jerome embodied in a presentmentIt
It was nearly oclock when the GrandJury
Jury marched Into Recorder Goffa courtwhere
where the trial of Col William D Mann ofToOn
ToOn Topics was going on interrupting aburning
burning speech from Martin W Littletonon
on the innocence of the bewhiskered Colonel
Lewis L Delafield counsel for Mr Perkins
kins had entered the court room a fewminutes
minutes before with Mr Perkins whodidnt
didnt seem much disturbed They wereaccompanied
accompanied by Mr Morgan and MrDodge
Dodge I took a little time to get themfots
seats A the curt room was crowded District
trict Attorney Jerome who had been in andout
out of the court several times sat insidethe
the clerks rail Assistant District AttorneyKrenel
Krenel who was Mr Jeromes right bowerin
in the Investigation and Assistant DistrictAttorney
Attorney Perkins who had charge of drawing
lag the indictments were near Mr JeromeThe o
The Grand Jury got right down to business
ness Russell D Hyde the foremanhanded
handed up the twelve indictments ThenMr
Mr Hyde said he bad a presentment and theRecorder
Recorder told him to read I which be didin
in a strong clear voice Thin was the prolentment
sentmentTbat
Tbat In flnl bills of indictment againsttwo
two persons for offences committed In connection
nection with the affairs of the New YorkLife
Life Insurance Company the Grand Jurypresents
presents that accepting the law of thesecases
cases 8 advised by the District Attorneythey
they felt constrained to find the Indictmentsthis
this day filed The Grand Juror howeverdesire
desire to record their conviction that In doingContinued o
Continued on Second PageHRABOARH
HRABOARH FLORIDA LIMITED LEAVESN
N p UM noon dally commeactng Jaa 7 Arrivesroute
5t Augusttne 2Z0 P it Qulken tIme Sborrnrut o
rut Uooklcu 11U Bway or any P R1 office
J J HILL TO RETIRE 01 JULY 1Great
Great Northerns President Announce TJiatHo
Ho Will Make Way for Hit SonMINNEAPOLIS
MINNEAPOLIS Dee 2S James J Hillpresident
president of the Great Northern Railroadwill
will retire frorn active business and themanagement I
management of his many enterprise onJuly
July 11007The
The announcement cornea from Mr Hillhimself
himselfHii
Hii successor will be his eldest son LoutsJ
J Hill first vicepresident of the GreatNorthern
NorthernMr
Mr Hill himself named July 1 next asthe
the date He sal
I have planned to retire as soon an Icould
could safely do 1 By that time I shall b
able to len tho work of alifctimo Businesshere
here Is on I safe fund basis that will endure
aCITY
dote
CITY TO SUE FOR MILLIONS
Will Try f Reoover Overcharges From theKlRntlng
lt bUnK CompanlrsSuits
Suits to recover upward of 3000000from
from the lighting companies will probablybe
be brought by the city shortly an the resultof
of a decision just banded down by theof
Appellate Division In B okiyn In the caseof
of the Armour Packing Company againstthe
the Edison Electric Illuminating Companyof
of that boroughThis
This suit wan to recover the differencebetween
between the amount charged the Armourcompany
company for service and thatother chargedother
other consumers
The Armour company showed that It wanpaying
paying moro than certain other consumersand
and charged that it was entitled to recoverthis
this though the Edison company set upas
as defence that tho payment made by theArmour
Armour company for light were pursuantto
to a written contractIn
writen contrac
In its opinion the court contends thatpublic
public service companies are endowedby
by the State with somo of its sovereignpowers
powers and in consequence of this all individuals
dividuals roust have equal rights both asto
t service and chargesBoth
Both reason and authority says thedecision
decision sustain the plaintiffs contention
tion that the defendant engaged in publicservice
service may not discriminate against itin
in favor of others in charged for the nameservice
service and under the game conditionsThlii
This decision is important to the citybecause
because as Mr Ellison said yesterdaythe
the facts presented to him have shown thatthere
there is a difference of from 40 to 50 per centin
in the prices charged to the city a compared
pared with those charged to individualsAccording
According to Mr Ellisons figures theamount
ACcorlnf t Jllnf fgure
amount paid to the lighting companiesby
by the city during the last six years aggregates
gates approximately the sum of 9000000upon
upon which it is contended the city is entitled
titled to recover from 40 to 50 per cent inother
other words at least 3000000If
I the decision just handed down Is upheld
held by the Court of Appeals it is Iwlievedthat
that the city can recover this amountWill
flr Tr7rr11vo
Will lie a Candidate for President I ThereIs
Is a Uemantl for HimCLEVFLAKD
CLEVFLAKD Dec 28A special despatchfrom
from Washington to tho Leader MYI
William II Taft Secretary of Warwill
will b a candidate for the RepublicanPresidential
Presidential nomination In 1908 if It shallappear
appear that there isa demand for bin candidacy
dacy Mr Tafts future politically Is in thehands
hands of his friends in Ohio and throughout
out the countryIf
If any considerable element of the Re
publicans of Ohio grid of the entire countryregards
regards Mr Taft as the man bust qualifiedand
and mot available to carry out the policies
cies of President Roosevelt if the crystallization
ration of the party sentiment within thenext
next few months points to Mr Taft a thelogical
logical lender in time next great nflonalBtMgglethen
then he will be candidateMr
strugglethen wi I ondidater
Mr Taft is not in active or aggressiveaspirant
aspirant for tho Presidency On the contrary
tracy it has been with considerable r
luc anco that he has consented to placehimxelf
himself In the hands of his friends as atentative
tentative candidate His ambitions lie inanother
another direction iJudicial
dirtonJudicial
Judicial honor are more to his likingthan
than even the most exalted political attainments
ments and if the opportunity of going onthe
the bench of the Supreme Court of theUnited
United Suites should b presented to himagain
again a little later ho would ho sorelytroubled
troubled t decida what to doPresident
President Roosevelt would be
Hool8velt greatlypleased
pleased toeee his War Secretary nominatedas
as his successor Mr Roosevelts personalregard
regard for Mr Taft and his high opinion ofMrTafta
Mr Tafts abilities have been attested timeand
and
againBut
But this does not mean that Mr Taftis
is to be made the Administration candidatefor
for President Roosevelt Is keenly alive tothe
the fact that the American people mightresent
resent any attempt on his part t controlor
or dictate the nomination The Presidentit
it Is sold by his close friend will not seekto
to dominate the next Republican conventionbut
but policy will adhere rigidly to a hands ot
PERCY NAOLE All It LSTEIPrhnary
Primary Election Officer Charge An ultIn
In a Poll FracA Kept IN LastThe
The District Attorneys office telephone
to Percy Nagle yesterday at his home 3East
East 129th street that there was a warrantIn
In the Tombs police court for his arrestand
and told him t come down and see aboutIt
It I was explained to Kngle that JameaA
A Hogan chairman of the board of electioninspectors
inspectors that had charge of the primary
mary In the Thirtieth Assembly districtwhich
which was held at 2084 Madison avenueSeptember
September 1 last charge him withassault
assaultNagle
Nagle got Dan OReilly his lawyer andhurried
hurried to the court where he tlrendeed
Magistrate Crane The papers In the caseshow
show that Hogan swore that during theprimary
primary one Mike Morrissey had attemptedto
to vote and 1 challenged Then Hoganalleged
alleged that Nagle grabbed him draggedhim
him away from his place at the ballotbox
box and assaulted himMagistrate
Magistrate Crane paroled Nagle on hisown
own recognizance until JanuarysNagle
Nagle at the primary named defeatedJohn
John F Cowan for the Tammany leadershipof
of tho district but up to this time lias notgot
got his place in the Tammany Hall Je
utive committeeAfler
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After mil raaere thi Scotchtlut I
tlut made U highball famous MiTomorrow
Tomorrow li Hqipltal Hnndaj Kcmrmbrrtae
tae SickPoor In your Church offering AUtDcerfoot
Dcerfoot Fatm SassagesMade
Made of the tender meat of 1ttle pits and choiceentree
entree You bare sever Issued perfect Mileage unICM
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COL MANN IS ACQUITTED
71711 FINDS THE TOWX TOPICSOWNER
OWNER NOT GUILTYMartin
S
Martin Utlleton Ills lawyer II ring Tearto
to the Ecs of the Whiskered DefendantHot
Hot tebot for Woollier and WayneIt
1 Was Recorder GaiTs Last CaeCol
Col William D Mann of Town Toplctwas
was acquitted last night of th charge thathe
b committed perjury at t trial of Norman
man Hapgood when be testified that hedid
did not write tb initials 0 K W D Mon
on a letter from Count Reginald Wardabout
about Rico mining stock The verdictwas
was returned a 1115 oclock after th
jury bad deliberated about three hoursCol
Col Mann who had become very fidgetyduring
during th wait was mightily pleasedWhile
While the jury was deliberating the Colonelsyoung
young wife became ill from nervousnessbut
but llh soon rcverdImmeitly xImmediately
Immediately after the verdict AssistantDistrict
District Attorney Oarvan made a speech t
Recorder Got complimenting him on blwork
work in General Sessions I was the lastcase
case of the Recorder who goes to the Suprme
preme Court on the first of the year Inreply
reply the Recorder paid a tributeeto MrGarvan
Garvan speaking of his fairness in conductng
ducting cat The Recorder also said thathis
his experience had convinced him that thedifficulties
difficulties in convicting an innocent manunder
under the present criminal system werealmoMt
almost Insurmountable although theremi
mi ht bo criticism of the ease with whloh aguilty
guilty man escapedAs
As the jurors passed out the Colonelswife
wife the Colonel his daughter and his soninlaw
inlaw exSenator Wray congratulatedthem
them Col Mann also congratulated MrOarvan
Oarvan on his fairness Mr Garvan saidYou
You have that rightThe
Tie Colonel and his family then shookhands
hands with everybody in sight Someof
of the attendants got presents for theirkindnew
kindness it was explained The elevatorman
man will miss the Colonel who gave hima
a dollar every tripIt
I was 7 oclock when Recorder Gofffinished
finished his charge t the jury Then thejury
jury went to dinner returning aboutoclock 0oclock
oclock After the jurors had been deliberating
sting for an hour they sent for somo of thehandwriting
handwriting exhibits in the caseIt
It wasnt a pleasant day for the ColonelMartin
Martin W Littleton his counsel fired manyoratorical
oratorical guns in his effort to convince thejury
jury that the Colonel was innocent MrLittletoo
Littletoo made a bitter attack on MosesEllis
Ellis Wooster the originator of the Fadsand
and Fancies idea who has ben the principal
pal witness against the Colonel CharlesStokes
Stokes Wayne who was managing editorof
of Toicn Topics also came in for some hotshot
shot from Mr Littleton Of Woostor andWayne
Wayne Mr Littleton saidThe
T laudatory article In Tot Topicalxiut
about the Rioo mining stock was insertedby
by Wayne and Wooster in Die absence ofCol
Col Mann Wayne admitted he wrotethe
the article Wooster Is the man who likothe
the magician stands up to do a trick andsays
says Now look and see that there is nothingtip
tip my sleeve Ills was the style of theCon
Coney Island barkerWooster
Wooster was afraid that Count War
would find out that he was swindling himWooster
Wooster WHO trying to prostitute th columns
umns of this defendants paper and then heturned
turned on th defendant like n snake lathe
the grassMr
Mr Littletons oratory was too much forthe
the Colonel who began to cry His youngwife
wife and daughter were in the court roomand
and they cried S did exSenator Wraytho
tho Colonels soninlawMr
Mr Littleton said Col Manns testimonyat
at the Hapgood trial was not material andtherefore
therefore the Colonel could not have committed
mitted perjury His contention was thatthere
there was nothing to show that Col Mannwrote
wrote the initials 0 K W D M on theCount
Count Ward letterAssistant
Assistant District Attorney Garvanssumming
summing up was conservative and waabriefer
briefer than Mr Littletons Ho wtnt oerthe
the evidence riisputlng Mr Littletonsclaim
claim that tho Colonels tcstlmccr at thoHapgood
Hapgood trial was not material He alsocalled
called attention to the fact that no spec
mens of Col Manns handwriting weroproduced
produced to show that ho didnt write theO
O K W D M Initial
Recorder Got confined his charge to thf
lawV4MKW
UIEI TO PROSECUTE ifEARHTMayer
Mayer Puts I 1p to Urkton t ItetalnOheranll
Oheranll DavisAttorneyGeneral
AttorneyGeneral Julius Mayer who Isto
to go out of office on January 1 appointedGherardl
Gherardl Davis a special deputy yesterdayto
to handle the case against William RHearst
Hearst brought by the Corrupt PracticesAssociation
Association The association contends thatMr
Mr Hearst has not properly accounted forall
all the sums he spent In his campaignMr
Mr Davis Is a Republican and Is a memberof
of tho executive committee of the Corrupt
rupt Practices Association which IncludesDCady
DCady Herri ck and many well knownDemocrats
Democrats The appointment aroused agreat
great dial of interest yesterday because itwill
will hold good only until January 1 when itwill
will be up t AttorneyGeneral Jackson aDemocrat
Democrat to reappoint Mr Davis or designate I
ignate some one t take his place AHMr
Mr Jackson la a Democrat and was electedon Ion
on a ticket headed by Mr Hearst It wasthe I
the opinion of some lost night that thiswould
would place him in a rather delicate position I
tion and that be would be forced underthe
the circumstances to reappoint Mr DavisAttorneyGeneral IAtoreGneal
AttorneyGeneral Mayer It was suggestedrealized
realized all this when he appointed MrDavis
Davis four days before he went out of officeADOPTS
ADOPTS SIMPLIFIED SPELLINGModem
Modem Language Association ApprovelUTorti
Efforts of the HoardNEW
NEW HAVEN Doc 28After consideringsimplified
simplified spelling all day the delegatesto
to the Modern Language Association tonight
night voted t use simplified spelling inthe
the associations journals I approvedthe
the plan of campaign of the Simplifiedthe
Spelling BoardIn
Bor
In his discussion today 11 to whetherthe
the drama should have five acts or threeProf
Prof Brander Matthews of Columbiaannounced
announced that while five acts might signifydignity
dignity and while two or three acts be suggestive
abbreviated skits he
gestive of fbbvlate was opposed
posed t the five act drama and he b
lieved that Shakespeare himself would b
irritated if he had to see his plays bashedup
up into five acts He said that the threeacts
acts was tbe ideal form the first containing
the beginning of the plot or introductiontho
the lend the climax and third the catastrophe
I
I TO EXTEND JAP EXCLUSIONCalifornia
California Labor Inlon Plan Law to KeepOrientals
Orientals Out of All City SchoolSAN
SAN FRANKSCO Dec 28 Aided b thathe
Ibor unions md th Bbmlt adlniltmtCn
tCn the Japanese Exclusion League hasopened
opened a campaign to extend the exclusionof
of Japanese from public schools throughouttho
the StateThe
The movement has gained considerableforce
force in Oakland It is planned to seurat
at the coming Decision of th Legislature asweeping
sweeping law making separate schools forJapanese
Japanese and Chinese a regular part of theschools
schools system of all cities and town wherethere
there is a sufficient number of OrientalsLabor
Labor unions In several dUes have al readytaken
taken up the matterMAYOR
MAYOR MILWITZS PA RING IL1INGrafters
Grafter and Corporations Raid to HaveCombined
Combined to nepeal Grand Jury iwSIN
SIN FRANcisco Dec 28 Mayor SchmltzRuef
Thief and all other grafters big and littleaided
aided by corporations which have madeuse
use of them are making desperate effortsto
to delay action by the courts until a servileLegislature
Legislature can intervene to save thosenow
now In the shadow of prison wallsThe
The plan is topass a bill abolishing thoGrand
Grand Jury system or greatly reducing thapower
power of that bodyMen
Men high in tb United Railroads and theSouthern
Southern Pacific are said to b giving theirsupport
support to tho scheme Tho plan has anexcellentChonce
excellentChonce of success a the machineis
I in full control of Jhe LegislatureHUGHES
HUGHES TO LEAVE TOn43Many
Many Politicians Are Wondering When ille illAnnounce
Announce AppointmentGovernorelect
Governorelect Charles E Hughes willleave
leave town today to take up his residenceat
at Albany for th next two yeans as Governor
nor of th State Mr Ilughes expects toget
get away on th 102 train this afternoonHis
His Yjlfe and daughter will accompanyhim
him They will go at once t tbe ExecutiveMansion
Mansion which has already been preparedfor
for themA
A lot of people have aheady gone up toAlbany
Albany to be on hand when th new Governor
arrives All of them lessinterested
nor arives Al thm are more or
interested In the appointments hois tomake
make Mr Hughes h stated thathe
be will announce no appointments untillie
lie reaches Albany He would not sayyesterday
yesterday whether b would b ready todo
do s when ho arrives there todayvhut tbegeneral
general belief is that it will b Mondaybefore
before they are given outThe
The organization leaders here are entirelyin
in the dark it was said yesterday regardingthe
th men Mr Hughes Is to name as hiscabinet
cabinetNO
NO TURKEY FOR ROOSEVELTPresident
President and PIty Spend Another InluccrMful
luccrMful Day In Virginia WoodCHARIXTTESVIUK
CHARIXTTESVIUK Va Dec 2nWithideal
Ideal weather for turkey hunting President
dent Roosevelt his boy and SurgeonGeneral
General Rixey started out early his morningfor
for a days sport about the Pine Knot forestsbut
but got no turkeysMrs
Mrs Roosevelt Miss Ethel Miss Langd nand
and others not in the gunning party wenthorseback
horseback ridingAH
AH of the Roosevelta are now In Virginiaexcept
except Mrs LongworthThe
The President will go out for turkeysagain
again tomorrow morning I the weatheris
is goodRIRRELL
RIRRELL FOR ItRVCES PLACEPreiltlent
President of the Beard of Education to BeChief
Chief Secretary for IrelandSpecial
Special cabli Itnpateli to Fill SUNLONDON
LONDON Dec 2DThe Dailj Mail saysthatthe
that the Irish members of Parliament havoexpressed
expressed BO much hostility to the suggested
gested appointment of Winston Churchillaa
aa Chief Secretary for Ireland in succewionto
to James Bryce that the idea has beendropped
droppedThe
The reasons for their opposition aremainly
mainly personal It is understood to tmpractically
practically settled that Augustine Hirrellpresident
president of the Board of Education willsucceed
succeed Mr BryceROW
ROW OF RUILDIGS HVRXKDBroadway
Broadway Cars Stopped and a Fire Knulnnv
v Put Out of IlaslnesiA
A row of five story office and manufacturing
facturing buildings extending from 113 tolD
lID Mercer street won burned out earlylast
last night Four alarms were turned infor
for the blaze and after a hour of hardwork
work tho firemen had It under controlThe
The damage is estimated at oer 100000The
The Broadway cars woVo stopped owingto
to th distribution of engines at hydrantsIn
In making for th fire on the first alarmEngine
Engine 6 turning Into Prince street fromBroadway
Broadway ran into a slight excavation andtha
the front axle snapped Driver Cliffordwas
was thrown to the street but was uninjuredTbe
The engine was sent to the repair shopGRAFT
GRAFT COLLECTORS NAHREDSolicited
Solicited Money From Hotel for StreetCleaning
Cleaning Publication AdvertisementCollecting
Collecting money from hotels for a
vertisements to be put in an annual publication
lication of the Street Cleaning Departmentwhich
which appeared two months ago was theform
form of a larceny charge that confrontedIxrais
Louis Dunn who said he lived at the HotelSlevln
Slevln at Fourteenth street and Fourthavenue
avenue and Samuel Whiley of 41 Wet
Sixtyfourth street in the West Sido courtyesterday
yesterday T E Townsend private 1rtary
rotary to Street Cleaning CommissionerCraven
Craven said that the two bad cole
money from hotels intimating also totheir
their patrons that their street cleaningservice
service would b improvedThe
The specific complaint was made by
John Flanagan of the Bristol Hotel at 12
West Fortyninth street Magistrate Cornell
nell on MondayGrernbaam held both len in I for examinationon
Grernbaam to Preside at Thaw TrialJustice
Justice Groenbaum will preside at thetrial
trial of Harry K Thaw which has been fixedfor
for January 21 Justice Greenbaum hasbeen
been sitting now In the Supreme CourtCriminal
Criminal Branch since NovemberThree
Three Battalion Oilers NamedFire
Fire Commissioner Lantry filled the threevacancies
vacancies of battalion chiefs yesterday bypromoting
promoting Foreman James A OConnorof
of Engine SO John Conlon of the fireboat
MoClellan and Thomas Lorton of Engine 6ToGr
Tomorrow le Hospital Saadky Rememberthe
the SickPoor la your Church oScrtagA5mWINIIS
WINKS ud CHAMPAONISS for NEW TKO
Dewey Wines alwaye five MtlsfiotlonH
44 H T Dewey a son C 153 Fuiloo St New YorK
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MCREK IN CASSATTS PLACE1PICKED
PICKED n1 V4VT AS NEXLTBEDEXT
DENT OF PENNSYLVANIAI
lof
I Now Vlce Preldent of the Line N
of PIttatnmrgNoeme of the Eastern Vice
D Prehl ot4i Trained In Practical R <
reading Frlrft Inllkely to no ChoteaAlexander
Alexander J Cassatt who had been president
dent of this Pennsylvania Railroad an f
1889 died yesterday at his home in P
delphia He Lad been 01 for come wes <
but his death which was due to heart c
case wan unexpectedJames
James McCroa one of tho directors oftbe
tbe Pennsylvania Railroad and vicepresident
dent of the Pennsylvania Company whichcontrols 1
controls the lines went of PitUburg Liconsidered I
considered In well informed > circles th
man most likely to succeed President CASsalt
salt Mr McCrea tii the only director educated
cated In the railroad business and hisknowledge 1
knowledge of tbe affairs of the companyboth j
both east and west of Pitteburg I declaredto
to be equalled by no other man conned 1wih
I with the company One of th beet informed
formed and met prominent men in thefinancial i
financial district predicted yesterday inthe
the moat positive terns Mr McCroaa flo Itlon
tion Ho analyzed the situation as followsThe
The board i of course elected by toBhaehldel
shareholder and at the meet ing for organization
ration the board then appoints the vln
presidents who by virtue of tbola officebooome
I booome membera of the board ThesevicepremdontH
vicepremdontH are John P Green firstvicoproMident
I vicoproMident Charles E Pugh reoondvicepresident
vicepresident Samuel R third vlo
president J B Thayer fourth vicepreeldent gdent
dent and Henry Tatnall fifth vicepresidentTbe
Tbe first two are of about the same age 8
was Mr Caaaatt and are soon t retireunder
under the age limit of 7 YM CaptGreen
Green b been devoted t the financewhilo
while Mr Push has been charged with thndetails
details of transportation Mr Bra is a
engineer just now in charge of New Yorkwork
work Mr Thayer is and always h beena
a traffic manager while Mr Tatnall wastaken
taken from the presidency of the FranklinNational
National Bank of Philadelphia t the te8
urerahip and ban no other knowledge of theaffairs
affairs of the
aals te companyNone
None of these officials I consideredas
8 a natural successor nof alone becausetheir
their labors have been hi one channel p
ductive of n knowledge of the wide noe
uitiea of tho other branches of the serricejbtit
but nono of them has any knowledge of thevast
vast interests of the railroad on the lineswest
west of PittaburgWell
Well informed men think that Mr Caanatt
salt was providing for the future when h
had James McCrea elected to the dlrtor
He is tho one railroad man annually electedby
by the shareholders He red In variouspositions
positions on the Eastern lines finally b
In transferred from the general apr
tendency of the linaaof the PennsylvaniaRailroad
Railroad east of Philadelphia to that ofgeneral
general manager of the lines west of Pitteburg
burg In his twentyfive years in chargeof
of these properties he has risen t the firstvicepresidency
vicepresidency a post he b filled fo
the last ten or fifteen years and I absoluteIn
In control of them the presidency alwaysbeing
being held by the president of Pennsylvania
vania Railroad Company Since his rmo
bership in the board of the Pennsylvaniaho
ho hal been obliged to spend much of histime
time in tho East and his former knowledgeof
of the properties ha operated has been p Splemented
plemented with I thorough knowledge ofnil
nil the improvements made since thattime
time He Is accordingly entirely familiarwith
with all the Intricacies of the rjrenent
al Intricaces prlnt system
tem He combines I thorough knowledgeof
of the Western system a fitness possessedby
by no other official and quite ns thoroughH
1 knowledge of tho Eastern lines an anyofllclul
ofllclul in the service Logically thereforethn
the next president of the Pennsylvaniawill
will be James McCrMA
A banker closely connected with thiPennsylvania
Pennsylvania monogement coincided withlh Ithe
the above opinion HO far as to say thatin
4 in his opinion none of the viceprosfdentsof
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Companywould Ywould
would b chosonHenry
Henry C Friok reputed to be th largestindividual 4individual
individual holder of Pennsylvania stockwas Iwas
was chosen a director of the company onMonday
Monday tofu a vacancy and the report wasscOt
went out from Philadelphia that hi woul jprobably
probably snowed MrCaxsntt when thelatterretired
retired under the age limit Tho repartwon
won denied the following day by p r + 3nsspeaking
speaking authoritatively for Mr FriokMr
I Mr Frick it was Maid did not desire timspiston
j piston and would not take it under any cicumstances >
cumstancesConvolutions
Convolutions with mon closi to MrFriclc 4Frick
Friclc yesterday left rH doubt of the sincerity
cerity of the denii1 Not only doss Mnot
not wish the place it was saij hut be considers
siders that his election to It would be veryinadvisable tinadvisable
inadvisable Mr Prick U heavily interestedin J
in coal properties along the road and I
tho United States Steel Corporation wbiohii >
ii the Pennsylvanias bent customer Onthis
this account if for no other reason hitacceptance
acceptance of tbe presidency Is consideredout
out of tbe questionThe
The names of George F Boer presidentof
of the Reading F D Underwood
th Rading Undrwo president
dent of the Erie and Oscar O
to Eri Oar Murraypresident
president of the Baltimore and Ohio werementioned vmentioned
mentioned by various railroad men A
likely to be considered in the unlikely eventof
of the choIce falling outside the
th chploo falng outide company
But it was believed even by those whomode
m these suggestions that th matterwas
was probably already settled On accountof
of his contemplated early retirement andhis
his ill health M Cassatt it I believedhod
had discussed the question of his successorwith
with men influential in the oompiny andhad
had agreed with them on the m bestqualified
qualified to complete th great improvements
menUs be conceived and advancedMR
MR CASSATT DIES SUDDENLYWife
Wife and Daughter t Next Room flail NotTime
Time t Beach Ills BedsidePHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA Dec 2 Alexander Johnston
eton Cassatt president of the PennsylvaniaRailroad
Railroad died suddenly at 1 oclock thisafternoon
afternoon of heart failure at his town house
202 West Rlttenhoiise squareThe II
The end camel abruptly that M
Cassatt and her daughter Mrs W PlunkettStewart
Stewart who were in the next room d
not reach him In time to so him alivoMr
Mr Cassatt had boon in poorhcalth sinO elast
last summer Early in Juno he was orderedFUU
Flats rent quicker sad stay le by putting laHill
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