cn Nt Hnaneler, bad contradicted € was forced (0 take a recess when Harriman refused point blank to reven] the napies of wembers of the legislature and others at Albany with whom he admitted having communicat- tiot be feared would be instigated by the so cxlled Jumes W. Alexander Ar. Hafriman agreed to reveal the names to Mr. Hughes or to fhe com- as Dest F. Page, Casbler, FT. Page. - sisted that ihe names be given publie- Iy from the witness stand Finally the withess declared he woald be oblig- od to have a consultation with his at- torneys, Judge Leavitt and Paul D. Oravath. “If my attorneys recommend that I give the namics,” sald Mr. Har riman, “I shall do #0, for I believe I can get the cousent of the parties after ward." - Ten winufes later Mr. Harriman re tured fo the witness chair and re vedled the names. He said: The roen 1 referred to were Mr. Nix- on, speaker of the assembly, and Gov- ernor. Higgine, "1 merely asked them whether thers was auy legislation preparing iu regard to the situation. I regret 1 have been compelled to drag these two names into this matter, especially that of Mr. Nixon, who has since died, and as thelr position In this matter, although en- Airely pure znd blaweless, might be misconstrned, I appedl to the members of the press to at least leave those The imputation that be bad threaten ed to use bis influence with Governor Odell {uv defeat Ryan's plans with re gard to the Equitable Mr. Harriman met with the following statement: “It Is not I who have political in- fivence through my relations with Mr Odell, but Mr. Odell who has political influence through bis relations with me.” This was delivered in a tone of ao- thority and with a haughty wave of the band, the manher being that of & mau who felt sure of his ground—the manner of at euiperor conscious of his power, : Later the witness sald Mr, Odell qualified it only to the extent that he thought any man In politics should sent to men of. prominence. Mr. Harriman sald he was not In politics, but that he had political in- fluence. * Although he gnve the lie to-nearly all the statements sworn to by Ryan, Harriman did oot deny that he had threatened to use bis Influence to crush Ryan, just as he bad crushed other enemies, “nnless Mr. Ryso proved the purity and sincerity of hls motives in buying the Equitable stock by sharing It with me” “He entreatel my co-operation,’ ad- ded Mr. Harriman, “and sald that he pad taken this step In order to do something conspicuous, as be had not done anything conspicuous in »'; his it certainly was Harrlman's hour of triumph and he wore a compldcent smilé to show how he appreciated It Odell Would Make No Comment. NEWBURG, N. Y,, Dee, 14.—-Ex-Gov- Odell bere declinal to make any before the Insurance fuvestigating com- BRIDGEPORT, Coun, Dec. 16. ~The down ihe Iath laden schoouer Boauto- land, Chatham, N. 8, for New York, off South Norwalk. The schooner was rot to the water's edge and was aban shape the future action of the navy department ou the recommendation of Rear Admiral Jamies H. Sands, super intetident of the Naval academy, for the summary dismissal of Midshipman | Trenmor Coffin, JE, for bazing aud of | Midshipman Warren A. Vandeveer! for conutenaneing the practice. If At torney General Moody rules that the secretary bas such power these mid- shipmen will be summarily dismissed from the scadenmiy. If such power Is acking thelr immediate trial by court martial will be ordered. Otherwise Secretary Bonaparte will direct that action be brought against the dismissed midshipmen In the courts of Maryland. Hazing at the academy was the sub- ject of two conferences here between Admiral Sands and Becretury Booa- parte. The admiral Informed the sec retary that the cadet officers and cadet petty officers, at a conference which the admiral held with them several days ago, voluntarily pledged him thelr support in bis insistence upon a strict obedience to all rules of the academy. At this conference he declared to them: “lI regard hazing as a brutal apd cowardly practice. I shall recommend the sun. mary dismissal of every mid- shipwan found guilty of practicing it or countenancing it, and I do not cars to receive at my home any midshipman who approves of the practice.” An immediate congressional investi gation of hazing at the Naval scademy probably will not be made as provided for In the resolution of Represtntative Loud of Michigan. Governor Intercedes For Middy. TRENTON, N. J, Dec. 16-Governor Stokes Las interested himself In be halt of Warren A. Vandeveer, the midshipman who bas been recoinmend- &d for removal from Annapolis for fall- dre 10 report a case of hazing. Gavern- or BSiokes bas written tv Becrelary Bonaparte, asking for a heariug for the young man, and also bns asked United States Senator Dryden to use his good offices in the matter. LIGHT ON THOMPSON'S DEATH. Negro Whe Confessed to the Murder Afterward Committed Suicide. NEW YORK, Dec. 16—A coroner's jury beld an inguest into the death of J, H. Thompson, an editor on the New York Times, found dead in bis room some time ago &L the St James hotel. A verdict of murder at the hands of R. H. Hamilton was found. Hamilton was 4 negro elevator man io the hotel and commited suicide some weeks ago. The principal witness at the Inquest Was 8 negro woman, who, when ar rested some time ago io a petty cass which involved Hamliton, told the po- lice the negro had confessed to ber that be had murdered the aged editor. She sald Hamilton bad several bundred dollars in bis possession the day fol- lowing the finding of Mr. Thompson's body. When Mr. Thompson's death was dis- covered the authorities at first dispos: ed of the case by saying he had died from a stroke of apoplexy and in fall ing bad struck his head against the sharp edges of & burcau. The editor's friends refused to accept this theory, and a reward was offered for the ar- rest of the assallant. The police work- od without definite clews until the ar rest of the negro woman, following the suicide of the elevator man, apparent- Iy cleared the mystery. Allied Flee! Will Be Recalled. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 16~The porte bas sent a note to Baron von Calics, the Austrian ambassador, ve- plying to the note of Dec. 12 from the ambassadors of the powers. In its note the Turkish government accepts the Boal draft of ibe scheme for the control of .the finances of Micedonla as submitted by the ambassadors. In officig! circles this is considered to close the matter, sod the recall of the in- ternational fleet from Turkish waters 18 momentarily expected. Twe Italians Held fu Marder Case. ABBURY PARK, N. J, Dec, 16. ~The police; who Lave been Inquiring into the murder of Mra Morris Naftal, found dead from suffocation in her apartments several! days sgn, with val usable jewelry and $1.000 in cash miss- : ILL, N.Y, Dee. 16.~Navign- # upper Hudson river has closed. The steamer On. kill-New York line has trip, and (he steamer PRICETONE FOUR FAVORITES BEATEN, MASSACRE HOSLEYS MERRY = 3 At Falr Gresnde Track Remiagton i and Augur Only Faverites (0 Win. . NEW ORLEANS, Dee li — The Sultan Protests to the Ozar, ! : . i : beayy track al the fair grounds was A gai ¢ Tifll 3 ~ {responsible for fhe defest of four fa-| { vores, Remington and Augur being | . ITS. LOSS OF $3,400,000 {aguon scones by ‘an extremely narra AFFIRM RUSSIANS AIDED SLAUGHTER : = 3 fmargin, as Holloway, weakly ridden | 5 = Amalgamated Copper Goes Beyand #0d buving takes the worst of the go- Armenians In Transesweasia Take | - | Par snd Thousands Selling Short, Ing. was but 8 peck behind at the Advantage of Situation (0 Butcher | " oh the Quiet, Have Been Caught fn hoi Jack Lory won the fifth race | Tartar Subjects of the Porte. — and Deadly Squeesed. in hollow style, finlshing pulied up and Mingrelia In Revolt, > g “ten lengths in the lead. - x plates another smash at Thomas W.' : the Armenians in Tiflis, Russian Trans | Is interested In the Western Jockey is aWalted with great anxiety by those . a . : In the copper market, where It Ia re! go durpeise, an 1 ne amy She other ed as supplying tbe Arwenlans with Store 1s in holiday attire and 4 poried that Lawson is in a dAugerous | “% arms and Ammunition. Appeals for ‘people are coming in crowds 0 ad : that ho was geing to sell his business - & y . = position, protection made by the Ottoman cou-' por ob many Christmas gifts ng ’ The Russian authorities are represent. | That his bear pool bine been hit bard! a aaunatl ud coms 40s, ere end | sul bave been disregarded. : : " anpounced lu a statement by Law-' F MEM{ A telegram from Batum says that | laid out for your inspection. { bers of the New Orledns Jockey club’ son himself, who says that {lic money | we | Tartars have burned the bazaar at Ie Lins 1a the pool is bis all and it hel o.2 nish. The quarrel between Cor- i Tiflis and that the pryvinee of Min- Is wiped out he will be ruined. but that bie has no complaint. He also says that D THOMAS W. LAWSON, be expects ne mercy and proposes to give none if things come his way. In his statement the Roston operator ad- mitted a loss to date of $340,000, He said that bis portion of the $4,600,000 still remalaing of the first pool of $10. 000,000 and of the $3,000.000 additional embracéd every dollar of his fortune, The Standard Oil combine pushed up Amdigamated to 102. establishing a pew high recond since the boom of 1901 And verifying their prediction of ten days ngo thal the stock would cross par before Christinas. With grave faces they assured the public that the real reason why copper was going up was because it was scarce, otc. To suforce their argument, as alleged, they advanced the price of copper metal one-eighth cent, carrying the quotation for lake and electrolytic copper to 18% cents a pound, The Standard Ol people frecly pre dicted twenty cent copper and assured thelr friends in Wall street that Amal- gnmated would go to 110 before New Year's day. There was a wild scene around (he copper post when the new high record price for the stock was reached. A great many persons, scattered all over the country, are bélleved to have been, like Lawson, bard bit by the ex- traor!nary advance against the short interest they bad been encouraged to take by the Boston operator. Thou sands have been secrelly selling cop- por short under his advice. LONGWORTH'S HOME, Beautifel Estate on the Ohio River Where Miss Roosevelt Will Live. CINCINNATI, Dee. 18 -Rockwood, the home of Nicholas Longworth, whose engagement to Miss Alice Hoosevelt bas just been announced, Is one of the most beautiful estates In the country. Nicholas Lougworth, the great-grand- father of the present congressman, came {o Cincinnatl when it was but = nding place for Oblo river boats, He got possession of Iarge tracts of land for slight consideration, and these have been banded down from generation to generation. Ax the town grew, fifteen acres of the cholcest property was set aside for the Longworth home. The house stands ou Grandia road, surrounded by hothouses 80d shrubbery and filled with an art collection of great worth. Canvases from the bruslies of some of the most famous masters are In the galleries, and the tapesiriés and oriental rugs form a noteworthy collection. War ou Liguoer Sellers af Bostow. BOSTON, Dec, 10.—The board of po- lice have ordered the saloon of Frank Moretta! iu the north end. to be closed on Account of Its proximity to the Cashman school. It is stafed that the board is considering the question of clubs of Boston serving Hquor to mem- ers after 11 o'clock p,m. It has been maintained by hotel men and by liquer dealers that the clubs have no more right to serve liquors efter the hour prescribed by law than have the ho- tela. Poorhouse Gratter Convicted. - READING, Pa, Dec. 10.-The Jury in the ease of Wellington 6. Woods, president of the boanl of poor dfrect- ors, an trial for smbeslement of coun: ty Tutus uid property, refurnel 8 ver: dict of guilty oa four coufits. There had been thirtysix cinints in the bill of Indictment. The testimony showed various forns of petty grafting at the righn and Brown is of long standing. This may sud the race war in New Op leans, Summaries: First Race Remington, first: Holla- way, seco; Mahogany, third Becond Race. — Glen Gallant, first Payne, second; Arsenal, third. Third Race—Macheth, first: Torchel- | lo, second: Mr. Jack, third. _ Fourth Race. — Malster, first: Col lector Jessup, second; Peter Paul, third, Fifth Race—Jack Lory, first; Bourke | Cockran, second: Edward Hale, thind, Sixth Race.—Angur, first: Fra Fillipa, second; Dance Music, third, Gold Zone Ram Away. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16.—Cold and disagreeable weather did not afTett the sport at City park. Favorites and nonfavorites divided the card, but all the winners were well hacked, J. G. Brown's Gold Zone threw bis rider and ran away a mile after the horses had gone to the post for the first race. Neither boy nor horse was injured. and the horse war excused under the rules, and twenty minutes were allowed for a new book. Stefan Carried to His Corner. BALTIMORE, Dec. 18. ~Kid Sullivan of Washington last night defeated Kid Stein of Philadelphia, the seconds of the latter throwlag up the sponge In the eighth of what wns to have been a fifteen round fight before the Eureka Athletic club. Steln was almost out in the second round and In the eighth fell before a hard right hander, and a mo- ment after he regained Lis feet Sulll- van shot a straight left to the jaw, and Stein's seconds threw up the sponge and carried thelr man to his corner. Traded Four For Sheckard. NEW YORK. Dec. 16.—Pat Donovan, the new manager of the Brooklyn Na- tional League Baseball club, bas ap- proved A trade which already had been agreed upon by the Brookiyn and Chl- cago clubs. Captain Sheckard of the Brooklyns has beeu exchanged for Outflelders Maloney amd McCarthy. Third Baseman Casey and Pltcher Briggs of the Chicago Nationals. Ogdensburg Prohibits Featball. OGDENSBURG, N. Y, Dec. 16 —The city council bas formally prohibited the playing of foothall here until the game bas beeu radically modiied. Football was denounced iu the councll proceed. ings as hazardous in the extreme, ud it was declared It coukl not be nade & proper sport until rules eliminiting all chance for brutality are adujited generally. Good Hunting Senson In Maine. BANGOR, Me, Dec. 16. — The big game hunting season in Malone which closed at midnight has been the best since the remarkable record made In 1002, The total of the gunie shipped through Bangor 8 4057 deer, 2156 moose and 40 bears, an Increase of 423 deer over the shipments of 1904, while the number of wouse is the same as in 1904. Gregor K. Won Feature. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.—Rain fell In torrents at Ingleside. Despite the change in track conditions three fu- vorites And three second choices wou The feature event, a mile dash for three-year-olds, wns won by Gregor K., who finished two lengths ahead of St. George, Jr. Tatewny, the favorite, made a poor showing. Goed Luek at Ascot, LOR ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 18 -Only two favorites wou at Ascot, oné belug Good Luck, at 1 to 4. Miggias Should Name Speaker, ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 10.—Ex-Gov- ernor Odell, chatrman of the Repablic- an state committee, held no formal conferences nt state headquarters, but in an interview he said that Governor Higgins ought to name the next speak- er of the assembly. He sald: “Govern: of Higgins, as governor of the state, Is chiefly responsible for the govern. ment of the state. He shonid ba per mitted to uate the next specker of the assembly, and I think that the man be may name will be elected.” Snow In Three States. PHILADELIHIA, Dec 16 — Snow fell in southeastern Pennsylvania, Del. aware and in the greater portion of southern New Jersey for the first time this winter, The fall in this city amonutedl to about two and a half Inches. . A high wind accompanied the storm, At Atlantic City, Cape May, the Delaware breakwater and other points along the const a heavy rain and a veloe ity. Of nearly fifty miles grella, Russian Trauscaucasia, (s In re volt. Dispatches from St Petersburg through East Prussia say that the lead- ers of the post telegraph strike at Mos- cow declare they will néver surrender until Interior Minister Dumovoe and M. and telegraphs, are dismissed and thelr demands satisfied. AL GUringiuth. editor of a reaction. ary paper at Moscow, was forcibly ejected (rom the public baths by the attendants, who declared that a man of his views could not enter. The emperor's mame day, Dec. 19, will be sigualized by am Important peasant manifesto sud the publication of the election law, The Turkish ambassador at St. Pe tersburg has been instructed to draw Russia's attention to the serious sitna- tion at Tiflis, Cavcasia, where it is al. leged the Russian anthorities are dis tributing arms fo the Armenians and inciting them to massacre the Tartars. The Armenians, with the asalstance of troops, have taken full advantage of the opportunity and invaded Mas- suiman residences, including those of Turkish subjects, slaughtering the wo- men and children as well as the men. MRS. MUNCKTON'S DEFENSE. Prisoner on Trial For Husband's Murder Tells Story of Tragedy. BALLSTON, N. Y.. Dec. 16 —-Mrs. Hattie Munckton, on trial for the mur. der of her husband, told to the jury her story of the killing. Mrs. Munckiou fainted once during ber recital, and it was some minutes before she could be revived sufficiently to continue ber interrupted testimony. The defendant related many acts of cruelty ber husband is alleged to bave practiced toward ber, dwelling particu- larly upon his treatment of ber the night of the tragedy. In the early hours of the morning, she declared, she resented what Munckton had done and threatened fo have him arrest]. She says her husband replied that she would never live to do it, It was then, slic sald, that she took the #:0ig'n to lier room. Tater she heard a nolse rund Hing fo the kitchen declares sic found Monckton armed with an ax. After threatening her, she says, Munckton threw her down and attempted to gash ier throat. She struggled away and securing the gun fired at him, Mrs, Munckton told the jury she had not intended killipg her husband. She fired at his feet in self defense, hoping to malm bim and thus protect herself from his attacks. After Three In Hrouwer Case. LONG BRANCH. N. J, Dec. 16.— Search for three of the persons who could tell a great deal about the last hours of Mrs. Frank Brouwer, who died at Toms River under what ber relatives consider suspicious circum stances, revealed the fact that thelr whereabouts is now a matter of con siderable mystery. These three per- sous nre Dr, H. H. Cate of Lakewouwd, who signed the certificate assigning Bright's disease as Mrs. Brogwer's mortal illness, since disputed by at least one other physician in the case; Miss Dudley, a trained nurse recently connected with the Long Branch Me worinl hospital, who attended Mrs, Brouwer In the first stage of ber short illness, aud Miss Horlock of the Hatwemaon hospital of Philadelphia, who was the only person, besides Dr. Broawer, the woman's husband, with the woman when she died, King Oscar Assisted Him. SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 10-—Infor mation that the Norwegian explorer, Captain RR. Amundson, who discover od the northwest passage while work- ing under Nansen, was assisted by King Oscar, the London Royal Geo graphical society aud many men of prominence in both Norway sud Swe den was conveyed to this elty in a ca blegram addressed to Major WW, A. Glassford and signed by Captain Hart man of the signal corps at Valdes A New Téeaty With Cuba. HAVANA, Dic, 18—-An attempt is belng made to revive the project for a new commercial treaty with the United States. The jolut comuission appoint. ed Oct. 17 by the seven industrial, commercial aml agricultural associa tions of Cuba to carry out the project has been headless since the resignation of its president, Louis Galban, who Is & leading Importer amd president of the Havana chaniber of commerce, Johann Wack to Mang. CHICAGO, iheca —~ The supreme Holiday Special 24 in. satin pillows, made for use. 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