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San Franciscans Have Proved Esperanto Perfect THEY* 3VOW COIIRESPOiXD WTTHMEX OF EVERY XATIOX See. Article in THE SUNDAY CALL' VOLUME CVIL— XO. 105. BOARD'S BIG GUNS ARE AIMED Supervisors Pass Resolution Calling for Forfeiture of Outer Track Franchise DIRECT BLOW STRUCK FOR GEARY ST. ROAD Bancroft Measure Ordering the United Railroads to Use In= ncr Rails Also Passed LEGISLATORS ACT ONLY AFTER A STORMY CLASH j{|~"> ESOL.VED by the hoard of r^T supervisors of the cltjr and • county of San Franclnco that the attorney general of the state of California be and he 1m hereby re quested to commence, any and all actions and proceeding* to have a judcmrni of a court of competent furindtctlon determine what rishts. If any, the Milter street railroad com pany has in lower Market street between the Junction of £ansoine and >utier %treet« and the ferry; and If the rights, privilcgres and franchises heretofore granted to cald Sutter street railroad company from the Junction of *ansome and Sutter streets to the ferry; have been forfeited, and If no to have •aid courts so adjudge in said actions *nd proceedings, and the city attorney! Is hereby directed to prepare all com plaint* and papers and to procure all evidence required by the said attorney Creneral and submit them to said attor ney general forthwith In order to have said actions and proceedings com menced and prosecuted to final Judg ment without delay, and the clerk is hereby directed to forthwith deliver to said attorney general a certified ropy of thf« resolution." , — Resolution adopted b\) the board of supervisors. _ Supervisor John O. "Walsh introduced acd pushed 'through yesterday's ses sion of the supervisors a resolution calling for the forfeiture of the Sutter street company's franchise in lower Market street. It was practically the same measure that Supervisor Ban croft had presented and which the utilities committee had pigeon holed. Walsh's resolution went through osten sibly as an administration measure, without a dissenting vote. Walsh fol lowed this with a second resolution, which was also unanimously adopted, asking the attorney general to pro ceed against all claimants to fran chises in Geary street. Supervisors Clash This result was achieved only after a tempestuous clash between Bancroft and Supervisors Pugh and Kelly. Bancroft persisted until he won recog nition for his ordinance directing the United Railroads to route its Sutter street cars down the Inner Market street tracks to the ferry. The board by solid vote requested the utilities committee to report on his ordinance at the same time as it passes upon the proposed permit to use the "outer tracks. By a strange circumstance even the members of the utilities com mittee, who had previously refused Bancroft a hearing, voted In the affirm ative. Pugh was enraged at Bancroft's ap peal from the committee. He offered* the lateness of the hour at the com mittee's session as the explanation for turning down his colleague last Wednesda". "The t> nmittee ca.nl do everything iat once," he said, -with rising wrath. •1 won't stay here all night, even if I'm a supervisor all my life and g* without supper In this here building." Herget Is Indignant Supervisor Herget was indignant and Supervisor Kelly sarcastic and threat ening. Both resented the newspaper criticism of the attempt to turn Market street ovpr to the United Railroads. "It is just possible," said Kelly.'re ferring to the original Bancroft resolu tion—and if I were a member of the committee I would do it — it is Just pos sible. I say, that if. my hand was forced, I . should vote to report ad versely." The sreet railway issue- came up in the form of an ordinance to advertise the Geary street bonds for sale/ No action could be taken, however, : in the face of the court Injunction. v Kelly called attention to this, and Bancroft suggested that the ordinance go over. "Every effort should be made," said . the mayor, "to rush matters relating to the Geary street, railway." "Let's take a vote 0n.1t," cautioned Kelly. "Some of the papers will think we're trying to delay matters.*.' "I would add, 'without prejudice,' " commented Herget. •^ The vote was unanimous for. post f poneraenf Bancroft Introduces BiH It was almost at the end of the ses sion that Bancroft Introduced a reso- Continued on Page 2, Column 2 The San Francisco Call. SHAUGHNESSY IN ARMS HURLS DEFI AT BOARD "l Wont Resign," Asserts Fire Chief, "Now Let . Them Reduce Me/ "I have not mtsmed n* acilns chief engineer of the fire department, nor have I been naked to rcsljrn. I do not rare to dlttcusM my Intentions at thin time, but Komething; la going to happen at the meeting of the fire commission AVcdnesday afternoon. I have consulted my attorney In regard to the matter and will be prr«ent at Wednesday's meet int;. The matter will then be settled." Statement of acting Chief Engineer P. H. Shaughnessy. Chief Shaughnessy's term as com mander of San Francisco's fire fighters will come to an end Wednesday. Shaughnessy's answer to rumors which became current yesterday to the effect that he already had resigned from the chieftainship to escape decapita tion by the tire commission was prac tically an admission that he will retire from the department. - The crisis of the battle that has been waged over the chieftainship since the McCarthy administration ' gained con trol is to come at . tomorrow's board meeting and undoubtedly will result in the elevation of Thomas Murphy to the ranking position on the force, as already predicted in The Call. Shaugh nessy declared last night that he knew it was the intention of the fire com missioners to make Murphy the chief at the earliest opportunity, and was fully aware of the feeling of antago nism toward him. Denies Having Resigned With the same positivene'ss with which he denied the rumor that his resignation had been presented to the police commission, however, Chief Shaughnessy asserted that he would not return to his former rank of sec ond assistant chief or accept any sub ordinate position in the department. The single assumption to be drawn from his entire statement concerning the status of the political situation within the department was that he will petition the board Wednesday to be retired from active service at half pay with the rank of chief engineer. MASS MEETING TO BOOST EXPOSITION Suggestion Enthusiastically Re= ceived; All Sections Will "Get Together" Considerable enthusiasm and interest Is being shown in the suggestion which emanated from Santa Barbara that a mass meeing of the civic, bodies of the state be called td decide defi nitely on the Panama-Pacific interna tional exposition, to be held in San Francisco in 1915. According to the information given out at exposition headquarters there is some fear- In the southern portion of the state that San Francisco may have some state competition for the honor of. celebrating the opening of the Panama canal, and for this reason the mass meeting is suggested, in order that any such possibilities may be ob literated, and i the entire state get to gether, taking concerted action against any other contenders for the honor. COMMITTEE APPROVES The mass meeting idea meets 'with the entire approval of the committee that has been in charge of the prelim inary exposition work. It is its desire that the entire state, in fact all the western states, render all the assist ance that is possible to insure the suc cess of the venture. The strongest contender at the pres ent time is New Orleans, - which city now has a delegation in Washington. The possibilities of the Crescent City holding the exposition are considered very small by the San Francisco com mittee. To substantiate their belief the members of-the committee point to the fact that New Orleans proposes to raise only a preliminary fund and only anticipates a $15,000,000 ex position when completed, whereas San Francisco Intends to raise $5,000,000 at once, and plans to hold a $50,000,000 exposition. PLEDGES SUPPORT A letter received by President King of the exposition committee- from George R. Colton, governor of Porto Rico, heartily Indorses the project and pledges the support of that government. The letter reads: Government House. Porto Rico. Kan Juan, Feb. I*4. 1910. ' Sir: • I hare the honor to acknowledge tbe receipt of the \u25a0 announcement dated February 1, lflll). of the Intention of the people of San Fran elwo to hold a Panama-Pacific international ex position, and to assure you of the interest and co-operation to the greatest possible extent of tbe coTernment of Porto Rico. I have the honor to he, sir. rerj- respectf iilly your*. \u25a0 • \u25a0 . . \u25a0' GEORGE R. COLTON, Governor of Porto Bico. San Diego Protests The Call is. in receipt of a telegram from D. C. Collier,. director general of the Panama-California exposition, which says: - "Your, attention is -invited to the fact that San Diego was not consulted be fore the call for the , Santa Barbara conference to settle the controversy ! as to the location of the exposition, and that the Santa' Barbara chamber was divided regarding the propriety of its action.* I :;-•-. :.'-\u25a0.\u25a0. • . \u25a0' \u25a0_ ' ."We refuse ;to. be bound by the out come and protest against a,/ political trick devised x for our injury. San Diego guarantees an exposition tha t will bea credit to .; the » state and has asked no outside assistance." y' / - ,'"\u25a0•\u25a0- Great , Erltain; in 1908 'sold $200,000,'^ 000 worth of coal tpVforeign nations. > i SANi FRANCISCO; TUESDAY; MARGH-15, 1910; I • Fire Chief Shaughnessy. FIEND DESTROYS WHOLE FAMILY Crushes Skulls of Wife and Daughters, Fires House and Cuts His Own Throat FILER, Idaho: March 14.— Telaford Theoni early this morning brutally crushed the. skulls of his wife and two daughters, walked 4 a mile to the resi dence of a neighbor, there deposited a strongbox containing some money, life insurance papers,- property deeds and a confession addressed to the coroner, re turned to bis, home, where he liber ated his;, horses .from, the ,stable;so r they could feed themselves, entered the house, set fire to it in several, places, cut his own throat and lay down to die. .Neighbors discovered the tire about 4 o'clock, but all efforts to save the house failed. A search of the ruins later revealed the charred and almost unrecognizable bodies of the four mem bers of the family. The skulls of the wife and daugh ters had been crushed with a pick from which the handle had been removed. The pick, covered with the victims' blood, was found in the yard. In his confession Theoni said he was weary of life and -yet could not bear to leave this world without taking his entire family with him. He had been despondent, he explained, over his in ability to sleep regularly. Theoni but recently came to this vi cinity from New Sharon, Pa., bringing considerable money. He was prepar ing to begin extensive farming opera tions. He was rated locally as worth' s7s,ooo. Theoni was 42 years old, his wife 52 years and. the daughters 14 and 16 respectively. He had shown no signs of mental • disorder. '\u25a0 CAL IFORNIAN MAY GET CABINET JOB Representative Smith Is Slated . to Succeed Hitchcock as L Postmaster General ; [Special 'Dispatch 'to The Call] WASHINGTON, ; March 14.— 1t is ru mored among Calif ornians here that Representative Smith is slated- to be come postmaster general" to succeed Frank H. HitchcQck. ' / It is said that Smith, who has.shown great' efficiency on . the< house, commit tee on' postoflices and postroads, will first -be appointed an 1 assistant .post master general to' succeed 'Charles 'P. Granfield, recently appointed pastmas te'r at Washington.' > . He;will thus be enabled tolearn the ropes and will -be : made : postmaster general -on the: resignation of-Hitch cock, who has'been contemplating,re signing for some time. \u0084 " COMPANIES PREPARE • TO INSURE AVIATORS Progress With Airships Alters Underwriters' Attitude One ''sign of the times" that flight lis getting beyond the mere "possible stage isi'seen, says-Flight, in the'way that' insurance underwriters are \u25a0seri ously, considering, the,; business to :be done 'ln ; incurred, by those tak ing an .active part Jin iaerial naviga tion. \u25a0' A good deal-; of. 'money -changed -hands In - connection ' 'with ; "the flight-'of ; M.'.'Bleriot, ibut.Sthat' 'partook *: very 3. much - s of." the .nature. 'of gambling on, the result.'.'Now, however; \u25a0underwriters,* -seeing;: i the progress % wh'ich ' is]made week jby iweek,* are, gbritempiatingjdeveloping a special branch' of for.^dealing.wlth' aviation;,'; . : ! • '\u25a0" " :r- \u25a0\u25a0 --,; • DEVLIN MAY BE GIVEN HEARING IN WASHINGTON Members of Senate Judiciary Committee Intimate They Acted Hastily g Powerful Influences Wage Bit* ter Fight to Prevent the At* torney's Reappointment Devlin's Work Approved By the Attorney General ROBERT T. DEVLIN The action of the senate judi ciary committee comes to. me as a surprise: I have put into my posi tion always the .best that is in me, and have had, at all times, the' complete approval of my su perior officers. Attorney General IVickcrsham sent me February 28 a personal letter in which he indorsed and approved of all I have done. My letter to him of recent dale met with his approval. That my actions have not met with his disapproval is evidenced by , the fact that he indorsed my renomination at so late a dale as last January. Judge Van Fleet Praises Federal Attorney's Work JUDGE WM. C. VAN FLEET This is the greatest injustice I have encountered in m^ official life. In- the 3 case o/.: Joseph Ccfd ner beforeme Mr. Devlin did no more than his duty, and, as is his course always, no less than that. Is an official to be punished for doing his duty? I am very sorry, indeed, to hear that this step has been taken, for Mr. Devlin has proved himself one of the best, one of the most efficient United States attorneys that I have ever knonm. . , . [Special Dispatch to The Call] WASHINGTON. March 14.—Al though the senate" judiciary committee voted today to make an adverse report on the nomination of Robert T. Devlin to be United States attorney for the northern district of California, it is likely that Devlin will be given a further hearing. A tele gram was sent to him today by a friend asking him to hurry here and be heard in his own behalf. , Members of the committee intimated during the after noon that perhaps they had acted hastily and if Devlin appears they will probably hear^him. Perrin's Influence Felt , \u25a0 The committee's action today was partly on account of the persistent ac tivity of Dr. E. B. Perrin and partly because of a letter written to the com mittee by Attorney General Wicker sham. The latter wrote in effect that while Devlin was a conscientious of ficial, -.he had displayed too much zeal in prosecuting Perrin and had been led astray in some way. Members of- the committee intimated that they had been nagged by Perrin and had agreed upon the' report without going thoroughly into the case, which is very voluminous. Perrin brought before' the committee new evidence, it is understood; reflect ing upon Devlin, but the nature of this evidence is not disclosed.; it "is riot regarded as very serious, but it served to, hasten an adverse report. ..','.. The committee i went over the case in a general way, reviewing the alleged interference of Detective William j. Burns, who is accused of having told the grand jury that he had just re turned from; a visit -to Oyster bay, and that President Roosevelt had told him that he wanted an indictment against Perrin. Affidavits from ; some of the grand jurymen .were presented \u25a0. reel t-' ing;Burns'i< action. _:. " The partfalleged to have been played by. District' Attorney ; Dcvi in in. procur-' ing testimony; from , Attorney Snell ad verse; to his ,own client, , Perrin.V was also-brought' out dn an effort .to show' tliaV;DevliV>was guilty .'; of- unprofes- ? sional .'lt was alleged, 'also/ that ' Devlin 1 ha J obtained a position • for Snell after his testimony- against Per "rip. ' ,' *:-\u25a0/\u25a0 ~ - '; -" '•* ,'"- 'i \u25a0•" ' Letter: From; Devlin ; \u25a0'-./,. . On Devlin's side a letter.from him was read, presenting - the A affidavits of f all ? the 12 jurors; who; convicted ' Perrin, stating^ that r they, had 'decided Vth*©^case on mat ters •'. apart 1 • from :^ Sne'l l's ' .testi mony..J Devlin ! also^made^itlplear, J iti is ; said. :~] that; '.Mie? acted ip.T l l" orders T f from Continued; on '<. Pa«eJ a,"} Column ,' 5 *«\u25a0 TEDDY JR. COMING HERE TEDDY JR. COMING HERE WILL BRING HIS BRIDE | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his fiancee, Miss Eleanor B. Alexander. | CUDAHY TRIES TO AVOID LIMELIGHT Seeks Sedusion of JHpnie' of a Chicago Relative; Plans to Leave Kansas City [Special Dispatch to The Call]- CHICAGO, March 14.— John D. Cud ahy, who' has been in Chicago since last Thursday in practical seclusion in an effort to escape the notoriety following his knife attack on Banker Jere S. Lil- Ils, is said to have decided" to quit Kan sas City and to make his fpture home in either Chicago or Omaha. \u25a0'-' \ , "Jack";Cudahy has' been at the. home of Joy Morton, 23 1 Lake Shore drive, with' his^brother' Joseph, whose wife is a daughter of Morton. ' Despite reports that'Cudahy had gone to the family summer* home :in Macki naw island," it was saldby one-of-the Morton servants "today that Cudahy and his brother still were guests at the house. A telephone call also brought information that' the* Kansas City pack er was-there. /> . -"• • "Mr." Cudahy has no statement of any kindito make' regarding his plans," the voice of a man came over .the tele phone. \u0084..-.•, „ Earlier a ..man. who ' said he .was "Jack" Cudahy answered the phone., i "How/Ion g; do .you expect to remain in Chicago?" he, was asked. -. . "Just'.as'lorig'as I'care to stay," he answered. .• "Why did you come to Chicago at this time?" '\u0084'.. i • "; \u25a0" ' . . ". - ' "Because I wanted to get out of. the limelight. Do you. think ,1 was .suc cessful in. doing that? k I guess^ you knOW.".,: ;V'j \u25a0 \u25a0 - jVJ :\u25a0\u25a0-.: ;-.., , •':..,-\u25a0 "What are"'your plans for the future, Mr. Cudahy?". ..;. \u25a0!..-. ,-...,' ; "That Js a question," . the .voice re plied, '."that I do not care to discuss for publication." ~- - \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 • .: It was learned during i the -day. that Johan L. Moss, Cudahy's chauffeur, who | assisted.- him In ;his: attack ion.iLlllis, has beehMn Chicago. He has made sev eral efforts to get in communication with his. employer. ' ;»t;j KNOX JR. SELLS AUTOS TO SUPPORT HIS BRIDE Cabinet Official's" Son -Takes to - Work Wi th ; Dete frri mati nati on [Special Dispatch to The Call] > r PROVIDENCE. A R. I, March 12^-^ Philander.; C. Knox - Jr.' » went*- to' work this; morning" He was "'on ; the job in Flint's auto^agency-.-about the time,, the doors ;were opened* and he started In withall ;the "determination of a young husband^witha wife to support and. the zest of a -youngster enjoying a new sort; of , : sport., ' . , -yj -. '\u25a0:\u25a0-'- V He did not -have to .work hard "today. His. hardest stunt was driving' about the city 'and', calling on^the'trade with 'Flint;- He is going to get acquainted with .people and • the- car." that ; his^'em ployer sells and then, after"a few days, lie will ;be out selling, cars :himself.; \u25a0 :• Young ;'Knox"= knows fan?, automobile; too. ,' \u25a0 He 2 has • had ; the \u25a0 care "of ; his ; owh and knows how, to run practically, every; \u25a0sort :ol ),a. jis ,run s bj* gasoline. '«".', He j- acted 'as chauffeur .- fv** (Flint '« part ; of the \u25a0 time.; toddy. • . r . ; I ~j'<-\ YE^LERDAY^-Ctbxid^CTDtst wind; nuvd - 58/ inmmum, 01. fpRECASrf^gR- AY— Cloudy; ' \sKbwers probable ; UshLsouthwest ~&inds. YOUNG ROOSEVELT TO BE PROMOTED Will Represent" Hartford' Carpet Factory in This City. Soon l After Marriage [Special Dispatch to The Call] HARTFORD. Conn.. March 14.— 1t was announced, today that Theodor^Roose velt Jr., eldest son of the former presi dent, ;Was to be promoted from the job he has had for more than "a year with the Hartford corporation in its carpet mills at Thompsonville, near Hartford. George Perkins, secretary of . the cor poration, said today' that young Roose velt would .be sent to "the San Fran cisco branch of the company i n "a responsible capacity" soon after his marriage. COURT DISREGARDS THE PLEA OF GUILT Judge Discourses on Psycholog* ical Phenomenon Incident to Influence of Liquor [Special Dispatch to The Call] .DENVER. March i 14.4-George T. Forbes, recently a silk manufacturer in Paterson, -*.*. J., was today declared by District Judge George W. Allen, in the criminal ..court, to^be' a victim 'of a psychological phenomenon which freed him of 'theMjtiarge- of "larceny and for gery despite his plea of guilt. '. ' . ' It was shown that Forbes stole from H. S. Gylllngs.a man who had befriend ed him. money, a check and clothing. Forbes told . the court 'that he had been a successful, manufacturer in. Pat erson, had cpme out here for. his health and was on the point of sending for his wife and little boy when. he got drunk and then his mind was a blank. . ! '. He declared that he did not remember having taken a thing "from his friend, but that he could see from the evidence offered in the >court that he was guilty of the crime .and was willing to take whatever * punishment the crime en tailed: . . \u25a0'•;\u25a0•\u25a0>;-\u25a0\u25a0.,:\u25a0. .The court said : "It is a. well known psychological fact that a man under the influence of liquor in certain ; cases ' during " that peViod shows " the dormant qualities inherited 1 from. his ancestors. I can not class your action. in any other way than that it is a reversion '-'to': original, type. Ij will therefore suspend sentence and ask you to sign the pledge." HUGO WAS AVERSE TO POSING FOR PICTURE Roden's , Famous Bust Made From 17 Minute Setting , • ' Barrias "painted" Victor Hugo seated on the rocks of J>rs*j\i and ,in \u25a0 the same manner Rodin has depleted *In stone - the : author of "L«s Mlg erables,:* Jndgtoß from -; the number., of na!nt lngs and bust*.. one might easily bellere.: observes a Paris contemporary, that Hugo tli«I not dislike slttintr to artists. .But; the ; fact "Is that no man causwl more- trouble f to painters and ; sculptor? /or Huso was, never- able to .keep. ln .the same 1 position : , fojc '* two ' minutes at . a time.- :~ Ererr time »be \ was! asked >' for .one or two slttlnjrs the artist f was i met "with *a . arm \u25a0\u25a0 ref n»n\. \u25a0 * One 'day Taul , Meurice ; broached *to • Hujro ; the subject of sit tine to RovUn.v •'That he majr make my. bust," was Hugo's; reply- _.*" I can not \u25a0 prevent. him from doing i it.', but *he. must do It as best be ; can." I wish him >to -understand that I'rould never glve'a »ittin«:.'" ; . Patience , and" diplomacy '- succeeded, and /Bodin '• obtained : a ; sitting ;of v 17^ minutes, taken in three installments '"^ffgsaSSS&KHESSfi CENTS. STRIKE VOTE CALLS OUT 25,000 Firemen and Enginemen on Forty-seven Railroads Will Leave Work HEAD OF BROTHERHOOD , DECISION Exact Date for the Men to Quit Will Be Decided Upon TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE WEST TO BE AFFECTED CHICAGO, March 14.— At mid night tonight W. S. Carter, pres ident of the brotherhood of loco motive firemen and enginemen, said that a strike of 25,000 firemen on practically all the western railroads had been called. Carter said that this decision had been reached at a meeting of 43 mem bers of the western federated board o£ the brotherhood, each member rep resenting a western road. The exact hour at which the men are to walk out, he said, would be decided upon tomorrow, and every member of the union between Chicago and' the Pacific coast would be in formed by telegraph when to quit. Forty-seven Roads Involved The controversy, which Has been under discussion for more than six weeks, involves 47 railroads, operating west, northwest and southwest o£ Chicago, arid embraces about 150,000 miles" of track. It has been stated by both sides that if a strike were called it would tie up - practically every freight and passenger train between Chicago antl the Pacific coast. '•The strike has been called — that much is certain." said Carter. "It means that not only 23,000 firemen, members of our union, will go out, but perhaps many more employes wil! be thrown out in consequence. "We notified the railroads that the men had voted to strike and that we were prepared to call a strike unless we were granted arbitration of all questions in dispute. The railroads refused to arbitrate anything but the wage question. Decide Parley Useless "At midnight tonight we decided it was useless to parley further with the railroad managers. We adopted a reso lution calling a strike. "Owing to the lateness of the hour and in order that the men would not go out in confusion and not knowing the true state of affairs we agreed to wait until tomorrow before telegraphing the order." •Will the men quit work tomorrow T* Carter was asked. "The men will quit work within 24 hours after the order is issued," he re plied. Will Affect Roads Here E. EL Calvin, vice president and gen eral manager of the Southern Pacific, said last night: "While t the strike will affect our roads out here, we do not anticipate any serious inconvenience. The public does not understand how the strike was brought about. The railroads were willing to arbitrate with the firemen on - the . wage question, and. in fact, asked for arbitration. The firemen, however, have insisted, on bringing In the question of representation; that is. they insisted upon being empowered to legislate for their members after they had become engineers. This the en gineers did not request, and. of course, we could not accede to it. The en gineers are not standing in with the firemen. The fact that we in the west use oil burners will make it a very easy matter to replace the men." ARCHBISHOP GIVES EVIDENCE IN TRIAL Archbishop Riordan was on the wit ness stand in Judge Slogan's court sev eral hours yesterday testifying in the suit to quiet title, under the McEnerney act tothe 108' pieces of realty in this city standing in the name of the Roman Catholic archbishop "of San Francisco, a corporation.' As to 107 lots the own ership -of the corporation is uncon tested, but the lot ,at Mission and Ninth street, formerly the property of the late Theresa is claimed by Louis ,O'Farrell..a nephew of Mrs. Wensinger. and , other relatives. .The archbishop was questioned at length by Andrew Thome, attorney tot Louis O'Farrell, as to the circumstances und»r which the corporation becam» possessed of the realty. . ;" Already '^distinguished <as the oldest comic paper -in, the United States ;tha Harvard Lampoon.. is. to have a hand some building, giving it the honor of possessing the -only .one • owned, .«ad occupied by a' college * publication.