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feMt H&DAY; JANUARY 15, 1909.
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m LEGISLATURE.
After Panto and Suspensions Bank
lag1 Institutions Have Not Only
Fully Recovered, but
Made Great Gains.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 13.-Clnrk WU
jiains, state superintendent of banks,
In his annual report submitted to the
legislature today calls attention to tbe
encroachment on the business of the
Barings banks of the state by state
banks of discount and trust compa
nies as well us a growing tendency
on the part of national banks doing
business In this state to operate Inter
est departments In competition with
savings banks.
Discussing the recovery of banking
Interests from the financial panic of a
year ago the report says:
The return of public confidence In our
general banking Institutions is shown by
their total resources as follows:
Dec. 1907. Nov., 1908.
Trust companies.. .11,001,852,952 l,42fl.G69,B59
Banks 609.080,073 614,707,421
Total 31.511,533,023 t2.041.3GS.9S0
The decrease in resources from August
to December, 1907, of about 14,000,000 has
been more than fully recovered through
an increase during the past twelve months
of'530,000,000.
The panic, the suspensions, the resump
tions, the general housecleanlng, the
remedial legislation, the material increase
In reserves, the increasing appreciation of
trusteeship, the growing conservatism and
the complete return of public confidence.
These factors, together with the reorgan
ization of the department, have contrib
uted to place the general banking system
of the state of New York upon a basis of
which your honorable body may be justly
proud.
No supervision over banking Institu
tions can be more effective than that ex
ercised by a committee of members of a
voluntary association. Therefore I be
lieve that proper .restraint and discipline
through such an organization would pro
duce respect for the regulations of the asv
Roclatlon and an adherence to the prin
ciples of sound banking. It should be
pointed out that the present system by
which one institution clears for another
ns Its clearing house agent may at times
Involve serious dangers for both dangers
which would be eliminated If one associa
tion comprised all worthy Institutions.
It may be that some members of the
New York Clearing House association re
gard membership so jealously as to lead
them to exclude others worthy of mem
bership from Its prerogatives, even though
thereby sacrificing the public good. If
this is the fact and is a bar to a repre
sentation of the banking power of Great
er New York In one association the for
mation of another association should re
ceive the earnest consideration of the
nonmember banks and the trust compa
nies. The total banking power of the United
States is reported by the comptroller of
the currency to be J17.463.000.000. My last
report to your honorable body stated the
total resources of the institutions under
the supervision of the banking depart
ment to be $3,458,600,000. The most recent
reports to this department showed the to
tal resources of these Institutions to be
3,625,E00,O00, or nearly 21 per cent of the
banking power of the entire country.
Superintendent Williams calls atten
tion to the practice of receiving de
posits and paying interest by depart
ment stores and suggests legislation
limiting the amount of the deposit
upon which Interest may be paid.
Should that prove ineffective he favors
li law prohibiting absolutely the re
ceiving of deposits upon which Inter-
; est was promised directly or indirect-
' ly In connection with any business en
terprise which Included dealing In
' goods, wares or merchandise.
Heyburn Wins In Idaho.
Boise, Ida., Jan. 13. United States
Senator Weldon B. Heyburn, Repub
lican, was re-elected by both branches
of the legislature In separate sessions.
The vote was: Senate Heyburn, 11;
French, 1; Stockslager, 8; Woods, 2.
House Heyburn, 44'; Stockslager, 5;
Woods, 4.
Perkins Chosen In California.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 13. George
O. Perkins was re-elected United
States senator on the first ballot by a
vote of 50 to 22 In tho assembly and
32 to 8 In tbe senate.
STRIKERS SEIZE RAILROAD.
Brazilian Police Powerlesi to Protect
the Terminal.
Pernambuco, Brazil, Jan. 13. The
Brazilian employees of the Great
Western Railway of Brazil, a British
concern, employing 4,000 men, are on
strike.
Race feeling ngalnst tbe English runs
high in the state, and the police were
'tailed out to preserve order. They
were powerless, however, to prevent
(tlio raiding of the company's main of-
Ii Bees. Tho strikers have seized the roll
' Ing stock and are In possession oMhe
terminals.
h Further violeucc is feared, and the
kieuerai government hub troops in reaa-
iota )mmmm &et
til'VOiii, will Ira oe
of the comparatively .few Republican
members of thencxt boose from below
iuu vtu juuauu tuiu
Dixon's line. Hia
election was not
only n surprise, but
was to him rather
an unwelcome oc
currence. He sup
posed he was sim
ply leading a for
lorn hope. Whon
nominated Mr.
Morehouse's speech
of acceptance was as
follows: "Gentle
men, you have done
me a great honor,
and I hope you will
j. u. UOIIEIIE&D.
not be disappointed In my defeat, for I
haven't the slightest idea of being
elected." When the official count was
token It was found that Mr. Morehead
had wou by less than 450 votes. He la
now sorry he was persuaded into run
ning for office.
STANDARD B00ES MISSING.
Oil
Trust Witnesses Cannot
Tell
Where They Have Gone.
New York, Jan. 13. Frank B. Kel
logg, chief counsel for the govern
ment in its suit to dissolve the Stand
ard Oil compnny, tried vainly to ob
tain from a succession of witnesses
lie called to the stP"l In the hearing
nf the case to obtai the andient rec
ords of the Stand 1 showing the
prices of gasoline an joll In the early
Tears of the compau; b history.
All the witnesses w re employees of
the Standard. They i greed that such
records had been kept, but each de
clared his Inability to tell where the
records could now be found.
Kills Husband; Shoots Girl.
Muskogee, Okln., Jan. 13. Prompted
by Jealousy, Mrs. Flora Jackson shot
and killed ber husband and then went
o the home of Rose Simmons and shot
nd fatally wounded her.
MINISTERS ALLEGE BRIBERY.
Methodist Pastors to Be Called Before
Nashville Legislature.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 13. The Rev.
E. V. Chappel and the Rev. B. F.
Hayues, prominent Methodist minis
:ers of this city, state that efforts hove
leen made to bribe, seduce and cor
upt members of the legislature.
The legislature will Issue a citation
o .Messrs. Chappel and Haynes to np
lear In the house and file specific
barges, giving the names of the guilty
artles, the corrupted members and
be witnesses.
Things Theatrical.
Next season David Belasco will pro
vide a new play for David Warfleld.
Hal Reld's new play, "Unto the
Fourth Generation," It Is said, has
been secured by Henry B. Harris for
possible use of Robert Edeson.
Hattle Williams will soon forsake
"Fluffy Ruffles" and musical comedy
generally for the stellar part In a
comedy by Alexander Blsson, "The
Marriage of a Star."
Sid Herbert, who is the detective in
"The Thief," played for years In Sir
Henry Irvlng's company and was a
well known Shylock to Ada Rehan's
Portia in the old days at Daly's.
Margaret Anglln has been tbe recipi
ent of an urgent Invitation to act in
India before returning from Australia,
but her plans for n vacation having
been already made she has been com
pelled to decline at any rate for the
present.
English Etchings.
The first English laws against coun
terfeiting were issued in 1108 by Hen
ry I.
About 700,000 of the dwellings in
England are either Insanitary or over
crowded. The house of lords contains 003
members, of whom 483 are hereditary,
tbe remaining 125 being nonhereditary.
In tho last 200 years no English sov
ereign has exercised the privilege of
vetoing a measure passed by parlla-
ruunt.
Law Points.
That a creditor cannot by proceeding
In equity subject tho debtor's cause of
action for conversion to tho payment
of his claim Is held in Raymond versus
Glancgross, 80 Mont. 440, 03 Pac. 018,
15 L. R. A. (N: S.) 076.
One who slips -and falls upon a street
crossing rendered slippery by oil ap
plied by a trolley company to its tracks
to facilitate rounding a curve Is held
in Slater versus North Jersey Street
Railway company (N. J. Err. and App.)
60 Atl. 103, 15 L. R. A. (N. S.) 840, to
be entitled to recover for' injuries received.
H1LI0TTS TrtEATER.
A PavM-Jte of Stage Who Now Has
Playhouse of Her Own.
It is quite an unusual thing for an
actress to have her own theater. Max
too Elliott now has that distinction.
Tho opening of her new playbouso lu
West Thirty-ninth street, New York,
recently was a notable event in the
theatrical world. She had directed tbe
construction of her theater from the
beginning, and when n group of friends
went there to wish her success on the
afternoon before tbe opening day they
found her in the midst of a half finish
ed interior. Only a few of tho orches
tra scats were In place, and none of
the scenery of "The Chaperon" had ar
rived. Scores of artists were giving
the final touches to the ceiling and the
walls, nud numerous workmen were
chiseling hero and there.
In fact, It looked as If tbe opening,
to which Miss Elliott had been looking
MAXINK ELLIOTT AND HER NEW THEATEB.
forward as an event In her professional
career, would be deferred. An unsym
pathetic person was indiscreet enough
to make a remark to that effect within
hearing of the actress. She turned
upon him with withering scorn and
then inquired It he really believed the
work would not be finished In time.
"The men are working like beavers,"
she said, "and I'm sure they will not
disappoint me. I am too confident, but
somehow I feel that I shall play on
that stage tomorrow night" indicating
the new scene of her professional ef
forts. When she went to dinner on the even
ing of the first performance the stage
was In order, the orchestra and bal
cony seats were fastened and the last
pendant of a beautiful chandelier was
attached. Outside several handy men
were clearing away the debris. Maxlne
Elliott's theater was ready for "Tbe
Chaperon."
"I am the happiest woman In tho
world," she said quietly. "To own and
manage my playhouse is something I
have dreamed of tbeso many years. It
has been the ambition of my life. And
now It is realized."
An incident of the evening was the
presence In a box of a former queen of
the stage, Mrs. De Navarro, best known
as Mary Anderson,
German Gleanings.
The German empire consumes 85,000
tons of tobacco n year.
Fourteen per cent of the total popu
lation of Prussia pays an Income tax.
So much dissatisfaction Is felt in
Germany about the government's na
val plans that the seccders from the
Navy League ot Germany are expected
to number 140,000.
There Is such a dearth of marriage
able young women In certain parts of
Alsace-Lorraine that in the town of
Kneuttigen 1,500 single women have
6,000 men from whom to choose their
husbands.
Town Topics.
The city of Niagara Falls Is rapidly
Increasing in population owing to the
rapid Industrial expansion of that sec
tion of tbe country.
The town of Rockland does a bigger
lobster business than any other place
of Its size in Maine and for ten years
has been shipping lobsters to the Pa
cific coast.
The town of Three Rivers, Mich.,
abolished bitching posts from its
streets some seven years ago. Now
so great have been the complaints of
the farmers It has been obliged to put
them back again.
SIRES AND SONS.
Zachary Taylor never cast a vote nor
held civil offlco until elected president
Charles W. Mono Is credited with
Baying that if he had to chooso be
tween spending fifteen years in France
and fifteen In Jail he would prefer Jail.
In. change for a bill James E. Mead
of Mlddletown, Conn., received a cent
on which he had stamped his Initials
forty-flve years before, when a boy
and living In Brooklyn.
Jasper Thompson, a Jeweler of Ver
milion county, Ind., has the only pa
paw orchard In the United States.
From his thirty-five bushes he gets nn
nually somo thirty bushels of the fruit
Speaker Cannon will attend tho open
ing exercises of the Alaska-Yukon-Pa-clue
exposition on June 1 next. His
was the first acceptance of an invita
tion by any member of tbe national
government.
Frank H. Percy of Bath, Me., has re
cently added to his collection of antiq
uities a mirror more than a hundred
years old. The back board Is in a sin
gle piece, twenty Inches across, such
ns Is not often seen.
A striking exception to the theory of
rotation In office was shown when nt a
recent meeting of the Free Baptist so
ciety of Latonla, N. H., John F. Mer
rill was elected secretary-treasurer for
the fifty-second time.
General William Booth, commander
in chief of the Salvation Army, has
been operated on for cataract, and tbe
doctors are hopeful that he will com
pletely recover his sight. The general
declined the use of an anaesthetic, and
cocaine only was employed.
Church and Clergy.
The pulpit nt North Sullivan, Me.,
this winter Is regularly occupied by
Normau Ii. R. Knight, a youth not yet
eighteen years old.
On the spot where the first white
settlers of Seattle first set foot, Alkl
Point, has been built the South Alkl
Congregational church.
After fifty-seven years ot continuous
service In one (Presbyterian) parish
Rev. William Walth of Lancaster, N.
Y-, Is now a pastor emeritus.
F. L. Marston, who is known in
England as the Staffordshire Spur-
l,-eon and is only nineteen years of
age, Is one of the most successful Bap
tist evangelists of that country.
The Protestant Episcopal diocese of
New York has fixed the minimum sal
ary of its married clergy at $1,200 a
year and house rent and of Its unmar"
rled clergy at $1,000 and house rent.
The Royal Box.
PI Yu is tbe name of the Infant Chi
nese emperor.
King Haakon has headed tbe public
subscription In Norway for Captain
Amundsen's polar expedition with a
donation of $5,000.
Princess Victoria Louise, only daugh
ter of Emperor William of Germany,
recently celebrated ber sixteenth birth
day. She Is a very clever girl and Is
quite grown up, having the airs of a
rfi-nnd dame.
King Charles of Roumanla Is ex
tremely popular with his subjects.
Like tho late king of Denmark, he Is a
king without pretensions, and nothing
delights him more than to mix freely
with his people.
Pen and Brush.
Helen Kathryn Bbarpe of Indianapo
lis is an authoress at the age of twelve.
Winston Churchill, the author, Is a
graduate of the Naval academy at An
napolis. A memorial Is projected for Gains
borough, the famous English painter,
at his birthplace, Sudburg, In Suffolk.
George Eliot received $40,000 for
"Mlddlemarch." This Is believed to be
the highest price ever paid to a wo
man for a single work.
Kcnyon Cox, the painter, Is also an
accomplished writer. He is a son of
General Jacob D. Cox, secretary of in
terior in President Grant's first cabi
net. Sporting Notes.
Pacific coast teams aro playing polo.
Cleveland, O., has an eight club in'
door baseball league.
Milwaukee will bid for tho 1010 ABO
bowling tournament.
Marquette eleven wants to play
Michigan at Milwaukee next fall.
Herman Long, the old time shortstop
of tho Eftston Nationals, is to bo man
ager of tbe Alexandria (Va.) team In
the new league.
Proverbs.
Vows made in storms aro forgotten
In calms. English Proverb.
Laziness begins in cobwebs and ends
In Iron chains. Italian Proverb.
A day that is not thine own do not
reckon it as of thy life. Arabian Prov
erb. To know a man borrow the ea$ ot
the blind and the eye ot the deaf.
Spanish Proverb.
CONVICTED OF BRIBERY.
Jury at Pittsburg Finds Railroad
President Cameron Guilty.
Pittsburg, Jan. 13. Charles S. Cam
eron president of the Tube City Rail
road company, on trial charged with
attempting to bribe City Councilman
William A. Martin In connection with
the passage of an ordinance granting
a franchise to the Tube City railroad,
was found guilty by the Jury, which
was out but fifteen minutes.
The accused was held In $20,000 ball,
an Increase of $10,000 in which he was
originally, held.
Former Councilman W. A. Martin,
who Is serving a sentence In tho West
ern penitentiary for accepting a bribe,
and C. R. Richardson, a broker, who
is awaiting sentence for his part in
the Tube City railroad scandal, were
the principal witnesses at the trial.
A declaration by Martin that he was
houest In selling his honor to Cam
eron aud that he considered it very
cheap at $70,000 was tho statement
with which Martin concluded his tes
timony. When asked If he would not have
had to distribute the money among
some of his brother councilman Mar
tin naively said that perhaps ho could
have fooled them, as Cameron fooled
him. He refused to mention any
names, declaring he did not show
Cameron a list of councilman.
BURTON WINS IN OHIO.
Elected to United States Senate To
day to Succeed Foraker.
Columbus. O., Jan. 13. Congress
man Theodore E. Burton, Republican,
who was named for United States
senator In each house yesterday In
SENATOR ELECT THEODORE E.
BURTON,
separate session, was elected in Joint
session of both houses today. Ho
succeeds Joseph B, Foraker.
In the house the vote was 00 for
Burton and 44 for James E. Campbell,
Democrat. In tho senate the vote was
20 for Burton and 14 for Campbell.
Connecticut Elects Brandegee.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 13. United
States Senator Frank B. Brandegee of
New London succeeds himself as the
junior senator from Connecticut for
the full term of six years.
He was nominated by the Republic
an caucus of the members of the gen
eral assembly over Congressman Ebe
nezer J. Hill. Senator Brandegee 'won
by 120 votes to 111.
VICTIM IS BRITISH OFFICER
Captain Hllliard Shot by a Highway
man In Central Park.
New York, Jan. 13. Robert O. Hll
liard, the Englishman who was so
stradgely shot in Central park, Is a
captain in the British army and was
aid de camp to Lord Mllner during
the South African campaign. He re
sides in Loudon nt the Wellington
club, 1 Grosvenor place, Hyde Park
corner, S. W., one of the most exclu
sive clubs of tho British capital.
This Information was mntle public
by the injured man's counsel, Herbert
D. Mason, after Captain Hilliurd had
declared emphatically In Roosevelt
hospital that he had been shot down
by a highwayman.
"Captain Hllliard," said Mr. Mason,
"has spent several years in this coun
try, principally In New Yorlr (at tho
Waldorf-Astoria), Boston and Denver
nnd is president of a large oil develop
ment company In Wyoming."
CUBAN CONGRESS MEETS.
Paving tho Way Today For American
Evacuation of Island.
Havana, Jan. 13. Carrying out the
recent decree of Governor Magoon, the
Cuban congress met today for the pur
pose of effecting a permanent organ
ization and approving tho election of
Its members.
On Jan. 20 the congress will meet
again in Joint session, pass on the elec
tion of the president and vice president
and proclaim them. It will then take
a recess until Jan, 28, at noon, when
Governor Magoon will turn over the
government to President Gomez and
his Administration.
I DEAD IN MINE
Seventy Bodies Taken Out
of Lick Branch.
WORSE THAN LAST DISASTER.
Total of One Hundred and Seventy
three lives Have Been Lost In
Same Shaft Within the
Past Two Weeks.
Roanoke, Ta Jan. 13. The Norfolk
aud Western railway officials announc
ed today that at least 110 miners were
killed in the Lick Branch colliery dis
aster, near here.
The explosion was ot much greater
force than the one that occurred two
weeks ago, when sixty-three lives were
lost. Seventy bodies are recovered.
Heavy timbers were thrown out of
the mouth of the mine and into tho air
several . hundred feet. One hundred
coffins have been shipped here from
Columbus, O.
While more than 120 miners were at
work In tbe shaft yesterday there
came like the sound of thunder a
mighty rumbling in the bowels of the
earth, which reverborated along the
miles of corridors and air passages
crowded with those who work there.
Above the tons of earth and stone
that lay between the workings and the
mountains crow giant trees quivered
from the force of tho concussion, and
from the mine mouth, tho forces of tho
earth set free, belchod forth a cloud of
flame, soot, dust and debris, heavy
timbers, broken mine cars and even a
massive motor used to haul the heavy
laden cars from tho depths.
Scarcely had the detonation died
away before a throng of terrorised
women and children, their feet sped
by anxiety and dread, rushed to the
inlno mouth and implored those there
to allow them to aid In the effort to
save- some of their loved ones who
might still be allvo within.
Mine Foreman Bowers, who was
near the entrance, was blown from bis
feet, but managed to crawl out safely,
as did also Robert Smith, a miner.
With the foreman was a miner named
Holllday, and he, too, was blown over.
A rescue party organized on the mo
ment rushed in the Jaws of the smok
ing mines and tried to rescue him.
They were driven back by the deadly
fumes of the after gases and were
compelled to leave him to his fate.
A train was rushed from this city to
tho scene of the disaster, some twenty
five miles away, carrying brattlclng
and other material to be used in the
work of exploration and rescue.
Thero was supposed to be from nine
ty to a hundred men in the section of
the mine affected. The debris from
the explosion of two weeks ago had
not been cleared away, and twenty
men were engaged In this work.
Nineteen contract miners, with their
crews, were at work In n new entry,
and it is feared that nil of these men
were lost.
Since the recent catastrophe the mine
bad been Inspected by government of
ficials and by the most experienced
mine men In tho region, and all, It la
said, expressed tbe opinion that it was
safe.
The latest estimate of the number of
men entombed' Is more than 120. That
all of them are dead there can be no
doubt. The fire in tbe mine and the
deadly gases, to say nothing of the
awful force of the explosion, precludes
any chance of rescuing any of the men
alive.
It Is reasonably certain that all of
the bodies will never be recovered.
Some of them were blown to pieces
and others Incinerated.
Two brothers named Surratt of
Speedwell, Va who went to the mine
at the time of tbe other .explosion
through curiosity, accepted positions,
and both arc In the mine.
State Mine Inspectors Phillips and
Nicholson are directing the work of
rescue. Crews have been formed and
arc venturing in as far as the air Is
pure enough to breathe in their efforts
to reach those entombed.
$50,000 VERDICT FOR WOMAN.
Mre.
Alvln Qoilin Accuses Rival of
Stealing Huiband.
New York, Jan. 13. Mrs. Una Goslln
got a verdict for $50,000 from a Jury
in the supreme court against Annie
Irene Magher, whom she accused of
alienating the affections of ber hus
band, Alvln R. Goslln, and running
away to Paris with him.
Mrs. Goslln testified that she handed
$30,000 to her husband with instruc
tions to invest It in real eshtate for
ber, but that be Instead bought two
houses and recorded tho deeds in the
name of -her rival, Miss Magher. She
will now sue to get the two bouses
back.