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VOL. XXV.—NO. 39.
BANKERS OPPOSE TAX CODE
If Enacted Into a Law It Would Work Serious Hard
ship on Small Depositors in Savings
Institutions,
THE LABOR UNIONS ARE ALSO AGAINST IT
•'The enactment of an income tax
law trill solve the troublesome
question of taxation. I cannot even
KHf«ii the class of men the proposed
tax code, if enacted, will not in
jure.*'—U. P. I jiltjiii). President of (he
First Xational Bank, St. Fanl.
The house committee on taxes and tax
laws yesterday morning listened to argu
ments against the proposed-tax code pre
sented by representatives of the Bank
ers' association and the Trades and La
bor assemblies of St. Paul and Duluth.
The bankers were represented by A. E.
Merrill, of Minneapolis, and H. P. Up
ham, of St. Paul. The speakers for the
labor men were John Gieske, of St. Paul,
and Donald O'Neill, of Duluth.
The arguments presented by the rep
resentatives of the banking: interests
•were exhaustive and presented in a
manner which defied the more or less
unskillful efforts of some of the
"friends" of the bill to confuse the
speakers. Both Mr. Upham and Mr.
Merrill were subjected to a running fire
of questions, many of which, notably
those put by Representative James Pet
erson, of Minneapolis, wore ridiculous in
the extreme, and apparently calculated
to create laughter, rather than a real In
terest in the subject or taxation. Mr.
Peterson posed as the advocate of the
farmers' rights, until Mr. Upham man
, aged to make him admit that he knew
nothing about the farmers or their im
, mediate interests.
Mr. Upham, who was the last speaker,
was before the committee for an hour.
He asserted and covered his assertions
with logical arguments that not only
will the farmers fail to receive any bene
fits from the enactment or the proposed
tax code, but that the jobbers and manu
facturers will be driven out of business
or out of the state. Its effect on the
banking business, he said, will inevit&Lfy
drive money for loans out of the state
and deprive the small merchant and job
ber of his" credit • money, which he em
ploys in his business, in the heavier pur
chasing season. He said in part:
PROPOSED PL AX WILT/
RESULT IN DISASTER.
"The subject of taxation is a very large
one. but, considering one branch of the
proposed tax code, I assure you that any
scheme which looks to the assessment
and taxation of all property at its full
ALBERT BERG.
money value is a bad one, and will result
in serious disaster. The constitution is
wrong. We have managed to get along,
but it has been du e to the fact that the
law as provided by the constitution has
been a dead letter. When the constitution
was framed, forty-five years ago, all the
property in the state was practically vi-i
--ble. It was the land. It was tangible.
The rate of interest was very high, the
state's credit very low. The state's obli
gation passed current at SO cents on the
dollar, and it was hard work to float
Ramsev county obligations at 75 cents
on the dollar. When I came here, a
friend gave me a cut rate on a little
money with which to run my sawmill He
charged me only 35 per cent. Today the
value of money is very small. The state
board pt investment has placed millions
at 3 pier cent, and municipal securities
of the best character are worth 4 per
G. K. A. C. R.A. 1 MLAXD
Lights a Long Torch Without Assistance.
cent. The state cannot get these se
curities. If there is enougn of them to
make them worth while, some company
will gladly pay a premium to get 4 per
cent bonds.
"I do not believe in a tax on credits.
You should have a law that will bring
out all property, and, instead of a tax
on credits, which bear double taxation,
you should substitute an income tax. In
Germany the income tax, the sole source
of taxation funds, is 3 per cent. In Eng
land it was 3 per cent, but was raised to
6 on account of me Soutu African war.
The Englishmen are groaning under what
they consider an exorbitant tax, but let
us compare his lot with hia Minnesota
cousin, if this law is enacted. TThe Eng-
fbe £t fan* gtobe
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Ilshman owns a Northern Pacific bond,
which returns an annual revenue of $40.
Under his income tax he gives to the tax
collector $2 and keeps $38. Under the
new law, if he lived in &t. Paul, he would
give the tax collector $27 and keep $13. In
Duluth he would have to give up $30 and
keep $10, and if he lived up at Excelsior
he would have to give it all to the tax
collector and mortgage his property to
pay up the balance.
REMEDY FOR TAX ILLS
L¥E;S IX IXCOME TAX.
"The remedy for oyx tax ills lies in an
income tax. Many of the features of
the proposed law are bad and will lead to
ruin County boards can be bought, and,
if the matter of rate is left to them,
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REPRESENTATIVE FETERSOX,
of Renville.
under a system which will raise the valu
ation, only ruin can be expected. An
income tax will bring out all tangible,
and nearly all intangible property. Of
course, there are some scoundrels who
will manage in some way to escape taxa
tion. The idea that this proposed law
will help the farmer, and the prevalent
idea that the farmer is bearing more
than his share of the burden of taxation,
is erroneous. Tax the farmer on his
income, just the same as any one else.
Fix an exemption or not, as you please,
in Minnesota an income tax rate of from
3 per cent to 5 per cent will be safe, and
you will have arrived at the only just
and equitable method of raising taxes.
"The proposed valuation with the pres
ent rates, and they would ' be little
changed, would annihilate the profits of
the banking business. We have in our
bank about $8,000,000; $3,000,000 of this be
lcrgs to the country banks: We do not
want it, but take it to maintain the com
mercial system of credits and exchange.
We pay the country banks 2 per cent
for their money. For the balance of our
deposits we are not paying anything. AYe
have no use for it. Money is too cheap.
"There should be no tax on credits. The
great bulk of them are railroads bonds.
Take for instance Northern Pacific
bonds. The road pays taxes in every
state through which it runs. The prop
erty has paid the tax, and now you as-
REPRESENTATIVE HYMES,
Said to Resemble Mark Hanna. Ohio
Papers Please Copy.
sume to tax the bond, which Is a mort
gage on the property I don"t care how
drastic you make these laws, they will
be failures. Men will evade assessment
under such laws. You cannot keep these
men in jail. Of course you might get
a few of the weaker fellows, but the big
ones would fight, and anyhow the jails
would not be large enough to hold those
who will refuse to list the credits.
"The commission's reports on banks
lr.cks innocent enough, and reads well,
but it is not all that it seems. The
present law touching assessment of prop
erty is not enforced. It and the consti
tutional provision for it, have always
bten dead letters. And it came about
through the pressure of the agriculturists
who wanted a low valuation for their
lands. City interests, banks and mer
cantile houses could not pay on a full
value when the farmers paid on only 33
per cent at the very outside. So eventu
ally the banks got an agreement for an
assessment of 50 per cent on a return of
its full capital stock, surplus and undi
vided profits. Our taxes last year were
$24,000. Under the proposed law they
would amount to $G3,000. We would be
obliged to cut our capital in two.
"I cannot even guess the class of men
this proposed law would benefit. Any
such law must dry up the source of
money supply. Again, tax the jobbers
on the products they have manufactured
in the dull months and must hold for the
market, and then dispose of them at a
very narrow margin of profit, and the in
evitable result will be that their facto
ries will be closed and their employes
thrown out of work from January until
after the listing date, or the factories
will be moved over into Wisconsin.
It is all a local matter, at best. We
have paid in local taxes since 1873 over
$600,000. From St. Paul only one-ninth of
the taxes raised goes to the state. From
Minneapolis it is a little less, probably
one-tenth. Our largest dry goods estab
lishments work on such small margins
that they must sell $2,000,000 worth of
goods to break even. Our wholesale
grocers do business for a profit of less
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1902.—TEN PAGES.
than 3 per cent. Now, to return to cred
its. They cannot be fairly taxed. Take,
for instance, Mr. J. J. Hill. He has help
ed every poor man he knows. He has
millions of credits of that kind. You
could not tax them without driving: such
men away from Minnesota. All of our
local bonds are taken by poor people, in
lots of from $100 to $500. The total income
from those bonds is $44,000. If the law
was enforced, the tax collector would get
$33,000 of that, and the poor people would
get the other $lI,COO for the use of their
money and as an Incentive to thrift.
This proposed law has been improperly
named. Under the law which provides
that a bill's title shall express its pur
pose, this bill should be entitled 'A bill
for an Act to Discourage Enterprise and
Industry and offer a Premium on Per
jury."
MERRILL ADVOCATES
DELAY OF ACTIOX.
E. A. Merrill, represented the banks,
pavings bank and trust companies of Min
neapolis. Mr. Merrill warmly advocated
the plan formally indorsed by the busi
ness interests of Minneapolis—fhe delay
of action oh the proposed tax code until
after the constitution has been so amend
ed that equitable tax laws may be en
acted.
He strenuously objected to the enact
ment of a code, which, he said, the com
mission which framed it, admits would
not be good law. He quoted the commis
sion's report, in defense of his statement,
that the constitution is an "insuperable
obstacle" to equitable tax legislation!
Mr. Merrill said:
"I am in entire sympathy with the de
sire to secure fair tax laws. 1 have no
sympathy for the tax dodger. I believe
every man should pay a full and honest
tax, just as I believe that he should pay
an honest grocery bill. But we ought to
have tax laws that the commission itself
can approve. We should be all willing
to work together.
"In its report the commission repeated
ly states that, because of a lack of time
and familiarity with the tax laws, it is
unable to frame a fair law. It also says
the constitution is an insurable obstacle
to proper legislation and that the consti
tutional amendments proposed should be
early effected to permit of proper legisla
tion. No arraignments could be strong
er. The members of the commission real
ize that they began in the middle. The
commission was assigned a practically
impossible task. You should not enact
this code when the commission says it
is improper. Two wrongs do not make a
right, and you would make a serious mis
take if you accepted the advice of those
P^rys^r—
A VISITOR TO THE HOLSE.
•who contend that the enactment of a law
so bad would make the people feel their
mistake and amend the constitution.
•'Amend the constitution first, either by
sending the amendment to the people or
through a constitutional convention. The
present law is bad and the bankers suffer
most. The tax commissioners admit that
the bankers pay the heaviest share of
the tax, but we would rather get aloiig
with the evil we have, until the laws can
be made right, than fly to an evil which
means ruin to commerce.
"The savings banks are one of the
greatest influences on \be character of
the people. They inculcate habits of sav
ing, thrift a-nd economy They provide
funds to the people, who most need them.
They provide against unforeseen misfor
tunes. Many a poor woman by her little
hoard in the savings bank saves herself
from burial at public expense. Mothers
educate their children and young men
ar^ made sound, sober citizens through
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CARL WALLACE,
Chairman House Committee on Taxes
and Laws.
the influence of the savings banks. Sup
pose you impose a> tax or all deposits n
savings banks, exclusive of a $25 exemp
tion. The tax rate in Minneapolis la 3
per cent and the savrnpi bank that pays
3 per cent is doing very well. Confiscate
the entire earnings «ff the poor man's
money and where is the incentive to
save? The deposits will fall off. The
funds for mechanics' loans, which go Into
the erection of homes, will be diminished.
The savings banks must stand ready to
pay their deposits before the date of
listing and inevitably sacrifice their secu
rities April 1.
"It is not Impossible to frame a just
law. It can be done by amending the
constitution. A few years ago the »iv-
Continued on Third Page.
THEODORE JR.
IS VERY ILL
MRS. ROOSEiVELT HASTENING TO
HIS SIDE ON A SPECIAL TRAIN
—THE LAD HAS ACUTE
PNEUMONIA.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Mrs. Roose
velt, the wife of the president, left Wash
ington at 4:50 o'clock this afternoon for
Groton, Mass., where their eon, Theodore,
is lying- seriously ill of pneumonia. She
will arrive at Boston tomorrow morning
at 7 o'clock. From Boston the first avail
able train will reach Groton at 10:33 a. m.
Mrs. Roosevelt is accompanied only by
a maid.
The first information to reach the presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt of the illness
of their son was received at the White
house by telegraph at 9:20 this morning.
Tiie message was sent by the president
of the college where the young man is a
pupil and stated in effect that a slight
Indisposition had developed into an acute
and sharp attack of pneumonia and that
he was seriously ill.
Another message received during the
cabinet meeting stated that the young
man's temperature was at 104. Arrange
ments were immediately set on foot for
Mrs. Roosevelt's departure for Grcton
and since the first intelligence was re
ceived the president has been in almost
constant communication by telephone and
telegraph with the college faculty.
There is no attempt to minimize the
danger of an attack of acute pneumonia
and the president and Mrs. Roosevelt are
well aware that the young man's cona
tion is serious. Everything possible is
being done for him and the best physi
cians and nurses are in constant at
tendance.
The illness o f his son has changed
very greatly the plans of the president
for his trip to Charleston to visit the
■exposition there. The trip possibly may
have to be abandoned altogether, but
the present purpose is to make a flying
visit to the exposition and return im
mediately. No ladies will accompany
the presidential party owing to the ab
sence of Mrs. Roosevelt and the hurried
nature of the modified arrangements.
The president, instead of leaving here
Monday night, will not start until
Tuesday morning.
GROTON, Mass.. Feb. ?.—The condi
tion of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of
President Roosevelt, a student at Groton
school, who is ill of pneumonia, was re
ported at 9 o'clock tonight, as being "as
comfortable as could be expected."
COULD WENT
IN VERY DEEP
SHORTAGE IN THE PI.ATTE VAL
LEY BAXK IS LIKEILY TO
EXCEED $ISO£OO
DAVID CITY, Neb., Feb. 7.—Forged
paper sold by the defunct Plan.© . ~Uey
bank of Bcllwood has already reached an
aggregate of $150,000 and. it may largly
exceeu this. Customers of Cashier Amos
Gould, from Ivaporte and Michigan City,
Ind., are here, and >.-aim i.iat in every
Instance the notes and mortgages held
by c.iem are forgeries.
Real estate mortgages have been forged,
including certificates of filing and record
ing, giving book ana page,, while this
week several chattel mortgages have
been received by banks and attorneys
here for collection that are a*so forgeries.
IRRIGATION IS OPPOSED
ALLEGED FRIENDS OF BILL AKM
BREAKING AWAY.
FROM THE GLOBE BUREAU,
Washington, D. C.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 7.—lt
would seem that the irrigation bill is
likely to be killed In tha house of its
friends. After getting together and
agreeing on a bill bearing the indorse
ment of thirteen states and four terri
tories, the people interested have begun
fighting among themselves. Representa
tives from Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado
and similar regions are fincfing excuses
for not supporting th« bill, but Hans
brough says it will pass the senate.
GALATZIN MAY BE DEAD.
LONDON, Feb. B.—lt la reported here
from Paris that Prince Galatzin was re
cently wounded in a pistol duel with his
brother-in-law, Count Tschernadoff, at
Basle.
The Cologne correspondent of tne
Daily Mail reports that the body of
Prince Galatzin has passed through
Cologne on the way to St. Petersburg.
The correspondent says that this is
the first Intimation that the prince had
been killed.
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Fair, Except Snow.
I—Hankers on T«x Code.
Kansas Bank: Badly Looted.
. Unarmed Rebellion In Ireland.
- Young Roosevelt Han Pneumonia
Sew York Central Censured.
2—Ohage to Disinfect Car*.
Slegaarden Case With Governor.
National Butter Contest.
-Old Quarrel Renewed.
Mrs. Linhoff on the Stand.
Xews of Whole Northwest.
4—Editorial Comment. '
; Grist of .Political Mill.
Stories of the Street. '
New York Letter. I &
• School Board Proceedings.
5— Sod on In Bold Again.'
General Sporting: News.
"Weekly Trade 'Reviews.
Minneapolis News. . ■ *.'
7—German Club Dance. - ~.
'News and Tips for Women. *
B—News of the Railroads.
Globe Popular Wants. " .;' s
: ■', - ""-1- '; •" r, „
. Markets of the World.
May Wheat, 77 7-Bc. :
Bar Silver, 55 I-4e. .
lO—Supreme Court Decision*..
Faust Seen in St. Paul. :
Joseph Smith Quickly Tried.
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POLICY OF
DUPLICITY
SENATOR TURNER THIS CHARAC
TERIZES ADMINISTRATION'S
TREATMENT OF FILIPINOS
INSTRUCTIVE FACTS LEARNED
Philippine Revenue Tariff Bill I»
Criticised as Being In Conflict
With the Constitution and
Court Decision.
PRITCHARD GROWS HOSTILE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-When the
senate convened today it disagreed to
tne amendments of the house on the
urgent deficiency bill agreed to the con
ference asked and appointed Senators
Halle and Addison as conferees on the
part of the senate.
Mr. Gallagher (N. H.), chairman of
the pensions committee, called up the
pension appropriation bill, and offered
an amendment, which was adopted, pro
hibiting the collection of any fee for
aiding in securing the passage by con
gress of any special pension bill.
Mr. Pritchard (N. C.) offered an
amendment providing that a man who
had served in the Confederate army but
subsequently had served in the Union
army, should have a pensionable status.
A point of order against the amendment
by Mr. Gallagher was sustained.
The pension appropriation bill was then
passed.
Senator Turner as Critic.
Mr. Lodge then called up the. Philip
pine revenue bill. Mr. Turner criticised
the bill, saying that it proceeded on the
theory that we have International and
constitutional dominion and sovereignty
over the Philippines; but, arguing the
case from that standpoint, he said it
was in conflict with the clause of the
constitution which reauires uniformity
in the laying of taxes, duties and im
ports.
Taking up the condition of the Filip
inos, Mr. Turner said that the policy
of concealment and duplicity he charged,
which has been practiced for the last
three years with reference to our con
dust in the Philippine islands, has been
only too well known at the capital, but
he hoped we at last had the truth. But
whether we have or not, we have more
than enough to bring the blush of shame
to every American who loves his country
and who would see it regulate its con
duct, not on lines of false benevolence
and philanthropy, but on high and
straight principles of honor and justice
end fair dealing.
MR. GOCHRANE
WAS SEVERE
ATTORNEY FOR WEST TURNS HIS
BATTERIES ON STATE'S
/ WITNESSES
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P. M'DONNELL TRIMMED UP
Because of the Character of His
Testimony, and the Elks Also
Come in for Some Criticism
in Caustic Vein.
Special to The Globe.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Feb. 7.—Mr.
Cochrane continued his argument for the
defense in the West case today, and
at 6 o'clock he announced that he would
reserve two or three points until morn
ing, and it is not likely that there will
be more than time for Mr. Bangs to
finish for the state. The court's charge
will be from 12,000 to 15,000 words, and
it will probably not be delivered tomor
row.
Mr. Cochrane today took up the doc
tors' statement that the path of the
bullet through March's body was down
ward, descending over an inch and a half,
and toward the left. By the use of a
diagram drawn on a mammoth sßeet of
paper, he argued that with the bullet
traveling at this angle from the horl
zental, if the pistol was held at the high
est point indicated by any witness, the
men could not have I stood more than
eight feet apart, if March stood erect,
and that the lower the gun was heM
the closer the men must have been to
gether. If March was at a greater dis
tance he must have been bent forward,
therefore advancing. The path of tho
bullet from right to left, when March
stood directly facing West, showed that
March must have had his right foot ad
vanced. The elaboration of this theory
was given considerable attention by the
jury.
The morning session was marked by
the scoring given P. McDonnell, who
swore that March did not kick. Mr. Mc-
Donnell was given such a trimming as
has seldom been administered in a court
room. The Elks who had testified against
West also came in for their share of the
eloquence of the pleader. The roasting
of McDonnell furnished an element of
comedy which tickled the crowd, and
there were numerous outbursts of laugh
ter.
When court convened for the afternoon
session, Judge Fisk announced that he.
would permit no more such demonstra
tions, and that if one occurred he would
clear the court room and conduct the
remainder of the trial behind closed
doors. The crowd was orderly this after
noon.
The jury has given evidence of greater
interest since the arguments began, the
eloquence of the attorneys being very
welcome after the long examination of
■witnesses.
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DULUTH BOY IS KILLED
FELL ON ICY PAVEMENT AND EX
PIRED VERY QUICKLY.
Special to The Globe.
DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 7.—Christopher
Maginnis, twenty-year-old son of John
Maginnis, a prominent land attorney,
slipped on an icy sidewalk tonight and
fell, his head striking the pavement, and
he died five minutes later. It has not
been decided yet whether death was due
to heart disease of concussion of th©
brain. The young man was with a friend
and both were en route to a skating rink.
PRICE TWO CBNrS-^gfy^-'g;,,.,
Mr£LX\ Md - '.V'Y^ V'Xl*i^ X'a"^ FIVE CENTS. "■?-■■
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HIBERNIANS PROTESTING
AGAINST VISIT OF MISS ROOSEVELT
TO E.NGLA.\D.
Special to The Globe.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 7.— THe United
"Irish Societies of Cincinnati, through
their president, Joseph P. Kealy, have
made a public protest against the visit
of Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the
presicVent, to England to attend the
coronation of King Edward.
"Alice," the protest reads, "should be
careful not to let the enemy-making
English government use her presence in
England to engender enmity between our
nation and any one of England's many
enemies. Her visit may be productive
of much good if Alice could -be Induced
to carry a prayerful petition containing
the signatures of a million mothers for
mercy for the Boer babies.
"If Alice should, through the hearts
of the mothers of England, free a thou
sand Boer mothers' heavy hearts from
anguish every four weeks she would not
return to meet the sullen scorn of an
offended people, but she would be met
by love, the approbation and the joyous
acclaim of every American mother and
patriotic father in the land."
KINC ATTACKED
BY AN OSTRICH
BIG BIRD TOOK A KILLING DISLIKE
TO KING GEORGE OF GREECE
AND TRIED TO KILL
HIM.
Special to The Globe.
LONDON, Feb. 7.-Anarchy has broken
out in a novel and sensational way.
It has made its dreaded appearance in
the zoological gardens at Athens. Not
only that, but, as in most cases, royalty
has been the target for malicious viu
dictiveness.
The offender in the ease is a huge os
trich, and its intended vistim is the
king of the Hellenes. Had it not been
for timely assistance a throne might have
become vacant and the courts of Europe
might be thrown into mourning. King
George paid a visit the other day to the
gardens. One of the ostriches took a
special dislike to the king. After utter
ing a peculiar shriek it made a dive at
the aged monarch, but he dodged just
in time to avoid a vicious kick, and the
director of the gardens was almost felled
by the onrush of the enraged bird.
It Is said that the king at this critical
juncture made for the entrance of the
inclosure. The director had a severe
battle with the ostrich, and only by the
use of a hedjyy stick was he able to beat
off the feathered anarchist and escape.
ORGANIZED FOR A FIGHT
MINNESOTA THRESHER COMPANY
CREDITORS WILL GET A 111 X ; ,
FOR THEIR MONEY.
Special to The Globe.
BOSTON, Mass.. Feb. 7.— Xew England
stockholders in the Minnesota Thresher
Manufacturing company are preparing
for a battle royal in the courts against
the creditors who seek to collect pome
?500,000 from the defunct concern. They
have organized and selected a commit
tee, consisting of Frat>cis H. iMwey,
president of the Merchants National
bank, Worcester; 11. Howard Noyes,
president of the Georgetown National
bank; Christopher H. TV ells, of the
Great FaM3 National bank, Somers
worth, N. H.; Preston B. Keith, of the
Home National bank, Brocton, and
Frank L. Woodward, Merchants Na
tional bank, Norwich, Conn.
AN UNARMED REBELLION
Is Predicted for Ireland as a Result
of Contemplated Rigorous
Measures by England.
Special to The Globe.
LONDON, Feb. 7.—lrelands vote and
implacable attitude toward Knglisn rule
v/ere among ths subjects that were anx
iously considered at today's meeting" of
the cabinet. It Is believed that the gov
ernment intends to lay a heavier hand en
the Nationalist agitation lest the situation
become so serious as to require some
thing like a military campaign to restore
order and vindicate law in the disaffected
island.
Government orL-.ns hoot the idea ex-
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Is the Term Applied to the Company;
t for Falling: to Take Measure*
to Make the Tunnel More
Safe Than It Is.
SOME SUGGESTIONS OFFERED
ALBANY, N. V., Feb. 7.—The stat«
board of railroad commissioners today
handed down its decision regarding the
recent disaster in the New iork Central
railroad tunnel in New York city. The
decision censures the company for allow
ing an inexperienced engineer to run a
train through the tunnel, anu recom
mends that at some time In the future
the roof be taken off tne tunnel, using
bridges at intersecting streets. However,
in this connection, it says that sucn a
change would be intolerable unless elec
tricity is substituted as the motive power
for .rains and recommends legislation to
allow such change.
The commission finds that the company
"has been negligent, derelict and un
progressive in failing to take measures
to Increase its terminal facilities," and
that it has also been negligent in "failing
to examine more closely into tne Quali
fications of new engineers."
Eight actions for damages, amounting
in the aggregate to $185,000 for Injuries
received in the wreck in the New York
Central railroad tunnel in this city on
Jan. 8 were commenced In tae supreme
court at White Plains today.
The commission points to tho interest
ing fact that in 1901 there were 117,450
trains moved through the tunnel, an
average of over 486 per day. Therefore
the commission says, the B. & O. tonne]
at Baltimore and the Liverpool tunnel
under the river Mersey bear no com
parison to the New York Central tunnel
in respec- to traffic.
MARIA HALPIN IS DEAD
OBTAINED UNENVIABLE NOTORI
ETY IN A CAMPAIGN.
Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Maria Halpin,
whose name figured prominently in the
campaign preceding the "election of
Grover Cleveland as president, died at her
home in New Rochelle, a suburb in Wes1.-
--ehester, today, aged fifty-five year#. Her
son, aged twenty-five or thirty years,
was present, but immediately after his
mother's death, departed.
After the exciting campaign, Mrs. Hal
pin -removed to New Rochelle, where sns
became the wife of Wallace limit, the
proprietor of a zinc and tin store, iler
dying request to her husband was tnat
her funeral should not be too public, for
she dreaded having strangers studying
her dead face. She had been married
three tisnes and wus a widow at the time
ot the Cleveland campaign.
Walking on the Water.
VIENNA. Feb. 7.—Capt. Grossman, who
started today to walk down the Danube
from Linz to Vienna, a distance of K'fl
miles, with his newly invented water
walking shoes, has covered twenty miles
of the distance. He is towing his wife In
a small boat.
pressed by George Wyndham, chief sec
retary for Ireland, as to toe frivolous
character of the Unitd Irish league. The
Globe reminds the secretary that "no
fewer than 362 branches of the league
have subscribed a special fund tor c
defense of persons prosecuted under the
ernmnt is "face to face with develop
crimes act," and declares that the gov
ments of the utmost gravity in Ireland."
The home rule press deprecates a resort
to rigorous measures and predicts a
reign of unarmed rebellion leading to
absolute militarism.