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New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

on New-York was as follows AT the places named
ew-OrIeans-Commercial 81 discount; bank: par,
san Francisco-Sight SC: telegraph. TIC. Cinennau
Between banks. i2lzgl5c premium; over tne t cIu1
ter, soc premium. BOston-Par ana DC premium:
Chicago-l5c discount. Charleston buylns, Pa,n
selling sc premium. Savannah-Buying, S-loc' seii-
ing 1-isc discount. Kansas City-25c discount
BANK CLEARINGS. - New-York - Exchanges
sos 27s 255; balances. s7.7s550. Beston.hNena
s2s sS79Os4; balances, y6s9, s09 Philadelph lphia-EA-
chanees SIS $40 3OS: balances S.76S9o6. Baltmore-
Exchanges 81 ass 22l: balances. SSS5.Z7I Chicago-
FSchanges s2i 522 95s; balances. N.sssss7.
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-Call money IN
London. 3at per cent. Open market discount ta,e
for short bills per cent: for long bills. per cent;
Berlin discount rate ~ per cent for three mSntns -
bills a. per for short bills Berlin eNcilahse
on London 20 marks A pfennigs. Paris exchange
on London. Is francs 1O1s centimes Paris discount
rate, per cent. -
FOREIGN SECURITIES.-British consois seis
for money qsl. for the account Spanish As ~ Lon
DON esik French rentes. 100 francs lIl5 centiTnes
THE SILVER MARKET-Bar silver. 64i4c: Mexi-
can silver dollars. SOC Bar silver IN London closed
at % ll-I6d.
GOLD PREMIUM-In Madrid 1915; Lisbon, $3.50;
Buenos Ayres. 1880; Rome, 651is.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
DECEMBER DISBURSEMENTS.

THE Daily Stakeholder says that interest AMI
dividend paymo,sts for the current month are the
largest known for a corresponding period.
They aggregate $40 SO as against s55I4S72 last
$685. 2o4so in 1885, and s25O12S7 four years ago
Total disbursements, including pension payments
by the Government foot up s52O0sOOo Interest pay
ments make a total of s1s,Sss.Z71, compared with
sl5666,312 in December last year. and 14ISo'S4 Ii
1896 Dividends aggregate S24355.55s, as against
S2l sos. 500 In December last year and SlOZzSooS III
1896. No interest falls due to-day the oblga-
tiOns OF the United States. but pension payments
for the current month amount to s10N0O0o OF wnieh
about 100000 will be required TO meet the enecKS
of the pension agents in the first week OF the n0th
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

lost sight Of The fact that the slight gains shown
over last years railroad earnings returns are sun
being maintained Is added proof that trade as
whole Is being conducted a large scale IN ex,
port trade, while lines notably cottons ana
IRON less active. proofs of American pro
gression are constantly being presented Wnlle tne
moderate whe compared with the enormous actlvI 1
ity for tiIle pa business in iron ana steer
IS steadier and a rule held better In hand; Adj
vices from the West OF large business doing IN
pig iron while rails structural material plates anu
bars are being ordered in heavy volume. Mills
turning out finished products very generaIy
ordered six 20 eight weeks ahead, and January,
1901, deliveries being called for in some cases.
Whatever changes are expected are looked Tor IN
the shape OF advanced prices.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
NEW EQUIPMENT.

THE Railroad Gazette reports the following or
ders for equipment:
Northern Pacific is reported in the market Tor
from fifty 20 seventy-ive locomotives. Waoasn mas
been figuring buying fifty locomotives AXE
Shore is reported IN the market for locomotives
Rio Grande Western has ordered five COMPOUND
consolidation locomotives Denver and Rio Grande
has ordered dining Illinois Central mas
ordered three hundred refrigerator cars Fei6
Grande Western has ordered one hundred boxcars
Florence and Cripple Creek has ordered n1ty mar
row gauge eight wheel gondola cars. all from
American Car Foundry. Northern Pacific is ask
ing prices between forty and fifty cars for pas
senger service, and is reported in the market for
from three thousand to five thousand freightcars
New-YOrk. Chicago and ST. Louis has ordered ten
passenger, dining and five baggage cars.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
GRAIN EXPORTS.

"Bradstreet's" reports the exports of wheat (hour
incuded) for the week aggregatng 49, $50 bush
els. against SO29s1 bushels last week and S6s90o
bushels in 1892 Since July l. the exports of wheat
aggregate 7799267 bushels against 49, 1e7O 90 bushels
last wear. Corn exports for the week aggregate
48Ol 5sl bushels against 41s2159 bushels last week
and 4.44l,514 bushels in 1899 Corn exports since
July aggregate 74SS1,591 bushels against 96,s6SOO
bushels last wear.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

The outside securities market closed firm ard
active American Bridge common was active and
held firm on good buying. the price advancing to
439s- General Carriage active on buying by in
siders up TO s; II closed a fraction on from the
highest. Pump issues. while quiet, held hrIn; the
common sold up TO %. British Columbia Copper
active; upward of 200 shares sold up to 29l2.
International Power preferred, which has not been
dealt in for time, made its appearance in the
market yesterday and suffered decline OF 10
points from 20 to 50 without bid. Bay State Gas
sold freely between 1 and lis; about 5000 shares
were traded in
STOCKS.
.I-,r,isba5 b,, Frederic Hatch F2road-s+(
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
INCREASE IN INTERNAL REVENUE.

Charles Fl. Treat, Collector of Internal Reve-
me for this district. yesterday made public his
monthly report. Internal revenues to the amount
Of H.426.4OS 81 were collected in November. 1900,
against S1ss,015 25 for November, 1899. and S233-
459 81 for October, 1900 Documentary stamps were
sold last month in the sum Of 81 ,O10O12 20. in
crease Of nearly 100000 over the three or
four months previous. Collector Treat said this
was due to the revival in business circles and in
Wall Street The highest amount Of documentary
stamps sold in this district 81 262515 o. In
January,
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London Nov. 30. p. m.-The market for Amert-
can securities was strong and active Closing prices
follow: AtchisOn, 4l2. Canadian Pacific SSS. s;
Paul. lS2; Illinois Central. l2SlR: Louisville and
NashVlne SOS. Union Pacific preferred sps; New
York Central l46ss; Erie, l4S4; Pennsylvania 7siL
Reading ls; Erie first preferred. 42; Northern Pa
cine preferred. 81; Grand Trunk, Ga and Ana
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
CONDITION or TRADE.
'Bradstreets" will say to-day:

bIuNHNIttNo
Unsettled weather and holidays are a drawback
TO retail ard iobhing distribution In many markets
but the general situation is stiil satisfactory
one and the iron and steel coal boot and shoe
hardware and lumber trades conspicuously we'll
situated The industrial situation Is also deserving
Of note because OF the striking absence OF COM
plant as 70 idieness or TO pending future
labor troubles. Bank cleerings while naturally
smaller than those OF last week. are considerably
ahead Of last year, mark OF progression not 70 be
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
Sex interest.

RAILROAD BONDS-Market strong and arrive
Total sales amounted in par value to ss1ss Os0
against No2s.59O on Wednesday The heaviest
dealings were in the Atchson and Baltimore and
Ohio issues, Central of Georgia 5s Central Pacific
As Chesapeake and Ohio 4izs Chicago and Alton
S4s. Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific general 4s
colorado Mland LIST 3as. Erie LIST general As Green
Bay and Western debenture BIS Missouri. Kansas
and Texas LIST and ID Is. Missouri Pacific trust Is
Northern Pacific IS and Is. Reading general 5
St Louis and Iron Mountain IS ST Louis South
western lists and 2ds, Southern Pacific As Southern
Railway lst 5s, Union Pacific - Wabash debenture
l3s and Wisconsin Central general 4s.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
IMPORTS Of DRYGOODS.
PORT OF NEw-YoRK.

Week ending Nov. 30 1s9s. lsss, q, 40 s17
r,sred AZ me mort 81 45215t 81 446 95e
Thrown on the market l47it45 lS2e'eT lo'o'-''
From ,b ss4 9so ss o1O 1so sto3 564 2S
TbroTn on the market s25aT3 9a645s62 1o2So''oio
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

u I.Is.' MIN FEVEIPTS.-Customs receipts
nue. receipts. $2.237 $685. miscellaneous rcott s,s'
SS@ Total receipts for the day. g. 1922; expend;
lures G'4SOoo, Receipts for the month TO dat
s4SSii54' expenditures sH.24SOOO: excess of 70
@ @ceipts s,'luSl4 Receipts for fiscal year to date
S-i1Sloo-f expenditures S232S S53s72; excess of re-
ceipts Sz'"4 S02 Receipts of National bank noto.
for redemption. S522 32S W io'eS
sCb-rREASCRY-The ssub-Treasury was
creditor to the Clearing House s25 592
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

Closing quotations on the Colorado Springs Mns
ing Stock Exchange. furnished by William p Bon
bright & Co.. of Colorado Springs:
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
STOCKS CLOSE HIGHER.
INVESTORS AGAIN BUY.
BOND MARKET AcTIvE-MoNEY AND
EXCHANGE.

Closing prices yesterday of the principal ac-
tive securities and net changes from Wednes-
dav's anal quotations were:
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

TRUST AND SURETY COMPANIES.
lReported by Clinton Gilbert. No wan-.tn
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

Washington, Nov. 5O.-The condition of the Treas
ury divisions of issue and redemption, at the be-
ginning Of business to-day follows:
RESERVE FUND.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
BOSTON STOCKS.
CHICAGO STOCKS.

FURNISHED by Walker Brothers. No. Il Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

rate period. Bid. Asked
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE sa1pe

STOCKS.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
BONDS AND BANK STOCKS.

500 q s IS Reg ....llOis
2Oa0 do IS Coup. - -1l0A
2O0a do ~ COu 1928. l3S
1000 do is Reg 1907
Kills
$500 do AZ Cog 1907. il6
1000 L : Of NJ 5 r IS 9Ii7
10000 Am Tob scrip. -. 9SA
5000 Ann Ar LIST is. %
n-onn 4 r 4 = Z Adf
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

'And interest
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS.
GOVERNMENT BONDs.-Market steady Final

quotations follow:
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
COLOR4DO SPRINGS STOCKS.

sEx dividend.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

Actual sales-i-Closing- Shares
Inpen lHiEhlI.ow. Fin. Bid. Ask sold.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

Total sales Of bonds. SC. 1866
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

80 posted rates were:
New-York tribune., 1900-12-01

s;nlistsl
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11
Pleasant RirtAaax Party.

A pleasant surprise party was given
Mr. Walton Gordon I'm honor OF hts six
tenth birthday on Friday. February 2. al
tho home OF his uncle. Mr.. T. :. Llnpy.
At IL o'clock refreshments we're served.
TAoss present were; Mss Nettis Folmer.
Miss Cora folmsr. Miss Fanny Warner.
Miss Maude Iefhurch Miss Pearl Cal
hralth. Miss clara Jelica Miss Mabel
Bowen. Miss Carrie Bowen. Miss May
Norton. Miss Ahhle Lppy. Miss Lydia
Smith. Miss lille Dean. Misc MIME Dean.
Miss Helma Niquls,. Miss Josephine
Cousine. Miss Lizzie Northley. Miss
Mauas Richards. Miss Ethel Gordon. Miss
Louise Ourth. Miss Anna West. Miss
Blanche T1theld, Miss Lula Cousins. Miss
Bessie Bradley. Miss Jessie Bradley. Mr..
Walton Gordon. Mr.. Fred Palmer. Mr..
Rudolph Fled. Mr.. Alfred Mechem, Mr..
George L4rpy. SIR. Louis llppy. Mr. VIII
Fam Klodt. Mr.. Charles Horrocks. Mr
Charles Hilton. Mt Edward Gesry. Mr.
Cabot whltworth Mt Clarence Tyler.
Mr. Edward WintrOde. Mr.. Reuben Til
ford. Mr.. Milton Anderson. Mr. clinton
Atkinson. MIR. John Nlauist NJ Vernon
scoones and Mr.. Harry Steele.
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NEWS or THE BLoExroNTEIN.
shsaia Arrive In seattle ny the MID
die of Next Week.

The steamer Bioemfontein H. expected TO
arrive at Port Townsend Monday or Tues
day from Honolulu. The managing com
pany has received word from Honolulu to
the effect that the vessel would sail from
that port February 3 which should bring
her into the strait nine days after.
The Bloemfonteln. much to the annoy
ance OF the management. was detained az
Honolulu on account % the quarantine
regulations growing out Of the prevalence
OF hubonic plague at that port. also an
additional delay because she was unabi
70 secure dockage accommodations. Her
schedule provssed that she should sail
on the return trip from Seattle February
!, eleven days ago. A stu further DELAY
In order 20 comply with the Port Towns
end quarantine regulations. will be neces-
STATED. but as the vessel n returning
Will probably not be detained longer than
a day.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11
PROSPERITY IN wvoMIse.
Mr.. sleeper. of That state. says Pee-
pIe Are Conteuted There.

w. n. Sleeper OF Sunshine. wyo.. has az
for transportation TO Nome. Il ana much
more Of u scramble for FIRST class accom-
mediation than / expected he said Mr..
Sleeper brought about the establishment
OF a pcstofnce at Sunshine. and Grover
Cleveland made him tho towns nrst post
master
Times are prosperous In Wyoming" Mr.
Sleeper continued, so many are not going
to Nome from our state. Tho cattle
men are doing well stock II ono Of the
chief industries OF the state. ana cattle
Ar, bringing nrst class prices. Only a few
days ago a shipment OF Wyoming year
ling steers brought So a head in Omaha
and the average Wyoming stcckman
thinks he has a small Nome"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11
WATER FRONT NOTES.

Bns Geneva. lunberIsd.n. sailed yesterday fer
San Francisco.
Collier Mackinaw arrived Yesterday for tsc tons a
coal for San Francisco
Schooner Endeavor sails from Port Ludlow to-day
with lumber for Honolulu.
Steamers AKi and Dirigo the mart vessels
due from ALASKA. Both may arrive today.
Ship Auzerona has arrived In Tacoma. whes she
viii take wheat for the United Kingdom.
French bark Colbert shifted from Smith cove 70
the West Seattle elevator yesterday. where she will
complete her grain cargo for the United Kingdom.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11

W G.. Norris. manager Of tho Norris
safe a Lock Company. which has is
headquarters IN the postafficc eullainS
AT In6 FIRST avenue. returned Yesterday
from business trip East Mr.. Nogr.r
who " ~ in the safe business Ia Seattle
more than ten years aEo FOR The Han
Company, and who designed ana sold eV-
erv steel bank vault IN the city vas IN
Cincinnati over a week arranging among
other things for additional deposit hoNes
FOR the Fidelity Trust Company, - Taco
ma ana FOR the vault work ~ the new
cane Nome hank just established a. an
IA funct Of the First National hank. o. this
city he found times good In the Eas
and business men generally CVeFTun with
orders The safe people were unusually
busy and Il was with some difficulty that
he was able 90 secGrc for his company
two carloads OF safes which we're sn'rrcd
10 seattle 10 sappiy local demands and
which Will be unioadci tomorrow
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11
NEW WORK FOR THE IDAHO.
Ancient Steamer to Be Turned
Into a Floating Hospital.
HOME FORT THE SICK AND NEEDY

With Bath Room in the Paddle
Houses and Wards in the Cabins
She VIII Have Room for Two
Hundred Unfortunates-Dr. De-
soto's Novel idea 70 Extend the
Work of the Wayside Mission.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11
RECALL Veterans DEEDS.
piopssrs Want Indian Fighters
to Get Pensions.
oo SETTLERS TAKE scrios.

....,.tsens Passed csiiiss 90 Goa
.~.ssnes 60 roree the MN ss-
...Atns the Pensie. Laws 90 Ia
.s.As Survivor. of fndisn Wars
interest I'm Conflicts Of the 500.
whes seattle was I'm Dagger.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11

GET some of those fat transplanted
Eastern oysters in bulk at the Morgan
oyster Compdny's, 1905 Second avenue,
telephone Main ssl.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11

TRY Mrs. Westoott's SOC dinners at Ho
tel Stevens from TO 4 p. m. today.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11

MASQUERADE. Ranke ball. Saturday
night, February nth.
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A STITCH IN TIME. ETC

A competent seamstress overlooks an
clothing coming into our establishment,
and II by chance one OF your articles slips
by without being repaired, why. make a
roar about 1t. Cascade Laundry Co., Main
20.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11
THE WEATHER
FORECAST ron SUNDAY.

fortsnd. Or. Fee 10 isa
Occasional rata
UNITED STATS DEPARTMENT or AGRI
CULTURE. WEATHER BUREAU.
DAILY BULLETIN
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11

DANCING lessons for new beginners
Monday and Friday evenings al o'clock.
Rauke ball
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RAZOR CLAIMS at the Morgan Oysf~-
Cannsrv's lsoS Second avenue telephone.
Main 81.
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ass - fer-frn keip IN their distress. but
Inif~d states. q supply themselves with
enafnas pFpftstors clothing. etc. for
~hfet 20 fhia day they have received little
fet here hat yea wfii % what you can
y secure from congress the recognition
tuat has - i1nE teen withheld from this
a.tls eanf % surviving veterans and wild
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11

MASQUE RADE, RaHks bali SATURDAY
niEhL tebrusr1 nth
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THr following attended the meeting at
Stich the resolutions were adopted.
The nrst column Of years denotes the
TINS 81 coming 70 the Pacific coast Of the
fian@rrs, and the second when they came
70 washington territory OF Puget sound
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|;:: ::;:: THE REMOVAL SALE |.
nAkL ~ \ Ikk vi j..
A GOOD :
CHANCE 10 :
SAVE :


finished with
and do
throughout the whole
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-20
BOY ADMITS He sWOBE FALSELY
On Z NJ WEIGH. THE LAWYER
HELD TO TESTIFY FOR THE STATE

Atter Henry Irving schoen savap4as,,@ ,.- cid
OF NO. sl5 East Forty-ninth-st had tes+t6ea IN
- VI ernest NJ WEIGH the LAWYER an trial
Hduon or perjury before Justice Fursrnan
anu jury in the Criminal Term OF the s,rran,e
court Fes.erSay, Assistant Distrtc4 A+torney Nc
lnSre VINO is assisting Assistant DIst-io A+torne,-
asked Justice Fursman that the how BE- held
nc courtroom. and Justice F,Irsnan ordered
nv OOs 10 remain The case relates m an accident
sun against street railroad in which witnesses II
Is alleged swore falsely
0hoeIl testified before Justice FJfrs-bbs-S in the
civil SUIT in Brooklyn that al the tira ~ Tho aoc,
- vas walking along the street and saw the
'dAe 'he rens from a boy after the victim
-, iuH over Later at the hearing before
NlscLean In the civi, suit in this county
o4Ioeh 'es1iheo that on November L. 1885 he was
Ca'so 70 the Office Of Assistant District Attorney
gray mere he stated that the testimony he had
gwen IN Brooklyn soon after the accident was
heQ oy WEIGH and made an affidavit to that
s seI he said. however that he made this AFT
frirt k ao@r cures being awed by Assistant Dis
roo-v q - gray and that his original tesri-
So nSSoI IA BROOKLYN was correct in all respects
- - yesterday repeated that what he testified
- IN brooklyn was TIE truth He atata5 tbat
Nhile IN Mr.. Gray's office he was afratd 81. "a
you'd be arrested. Then the f5ist 10 IA 49, NJ
schoen made in the office Of Assistan Istrtct 4t
Is COMMERCIALLY opposed his statement lust ma de
assistant District Attorney MCINTYRE stated thar
aLteT making this affidavit SchOer went aces
ne stIset from where he lives in Fortv-nintb-s+
e az petore a notary public stated in an afijaytt
Sh4t the allegations IN the af1davfT rT.ore,i I.sre
ialse. and that he was under duraes ar4 go 49,
ne made II Mr.. Mcintyre asked thar the 49, -
- Oe neiQ IN court, saying with some signif7
nome az ~ me STATE might need him. He went
nonished to return TO-DAY e' Oeiis au-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-20
DEFENDS MAJOR M0RLE.
COURSE OF REPLYING TO
GRAND JURY.

Major r. P. Morle clerk Of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District Of New
York. was publicly defended yesterday in the
United States District Court by Judge Thomas.
who ordered placed record his answer 10 the
Presentment Of the January Grand Jury, which
arraigned the conduct of Major Morle and Percy
g. P Gilkes Judge Thomas afterward. address
ing himself 10 Commissioner Morle. said;
When consider the hand the criticism
contained in the Jurys report. and over against IL
tina Worthiness OF your character the generosity
ana the kindness of your heart. the purity OF
your manhood the accuracy and the efficiency OF
your official action, your earnest efforts keep
your office wholesome, your fidelity and watChful-
ness amid the great volume OF business that has
come TO the District Court. in which you have been
so sturdily and hOnOrahly aided by Mr.. GIN. l
know that a work Of reparation falls 10 my duty.
and, hence. here publicly and the Judge presiding
tender 20 you and to your associate clerks every
assurance as regards honor and capacity, and in
this expression I know that the members Of the bar
will join
The reply Of Judge Thomas 10 the finding Of the
Grand Jury. 1cco- ling TO lawyers. unusual
occurrence in legal procedure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-20
BROOKLYN NEWS.
BRADISH JOHNSON ATTENDS.
ACTION ON DR.. BACKUs's RETIREMENT
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
LONG ISLAND STATE HOSPITAL. RoARD SENDS
A COMMITTEE TO HEARING OK
BURNETT

Jonn q Deuhert vice-president Of the Board Of
managers OF the Long Island State Hospital. pre-
sized Yesterday a the sem:-rnouthly meeting Of
the Beard in the Franklin Trust Company Build
ing DIT Truman J. Backus the former president.
mad been succeeded by Bradish Johnson through
appointment b. Governor Roosevelt Mr.. Johnson
was present at the meeting. but took active
part He was pleasantly greeted by the other
members Of the Board.
The interesting business was transacted in ex-
eXutive session. letter was received by the sec
rotary from DR.. BackUs, and ordered 70 be en-
crossed on the minutes. The letter follows.
May | ask you to greet the Board Of Managers
OF the Long Island State Hospital with an express
SION or my grateful appreciation for their never
falling kindness to in all personal and official
re 4 ms with THIN? Please say 10 the mana gers
for me that I shall hold myself ready a any time
to render them anv service V-be7aver thay- mink
tnat such service may he helpful to the interest
or the hospital.
Theron L. Smith suggested that a committee be
appointed to make appropriate reply AIexan-
der E Orr said: Mr. President, I think that it
would be wise n withhold action until go into
executive session" The rest Of the members
acQuiesced. and action on the Governors failure
20 reappoint DR.. Backus was taken behind closed
Silas B. butcher. who resigned as a member Of
NE Board after the Backus episode, WIS absent
mere was some discussion Of BNl No T45 which
amends the laws relating 10 the Long island and
Manhattan state hospitals. One OF its effects is
70 pace one superintendent in charge Of the hos
pital at Kings Park. Long Island and another at
IA P2ush A nearing upon this bill is scheduled
10 axe place al Albany tomorrow afternoon
MT OFT said he thought the bill might add to
the expenses Of the hospital and might ultimately
result IN the state having TO support two separate
institutions instead OF concentrating the hospital
at Kings Park where the State owns nearly nine
named 10 attend the hearing at Albany and re-
P91r T 70 the Board the pros and cons Of the
consists OF Messrs. Smith and Deubert.