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New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
FOR ANTITAMuANY CONFERENCE.
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRACY APPOINTS TWO
DELEGATES

Samuel Greehhaum and John +. Kelly were elected
delegates from the Independent Democracy 10 the
anti-Tammany conferences at meeting of the
executive committee or the Independent Democracy
tho Astor House yesterday afternoon. Samuel
H. Ordway and Simon G. Moot We're elected as
alternates. The delegates were not Instructed as
10 the course to be pursued in the conference ex-
cept that the Independent Democracy favored no
candidates at the present time and would make
every effort to elect an anti-Tammany ticket.
A committee composed OF Mark NJ. Schlesinger
George T. Hannng. the Rev. DIR. Adclph speigeI.
VI. Hanlon and f. s Egerton appointed to
secure permanent central headquarters, and ths.
subcommittee organization increased TO
fifteen. All of the members of the executive COM
mittce were in attendance except Wheeler N
Peckham and John G. Agar. both OF whom sent
letters regretting their inability he in attendance
account OF other engagements.
An address to the public adopted yesterday say.
among other things:
the people. but for the enrichment and favorlng
Of the few; IL secures its continuance In power by
at the maintenance upon statute books Of Ia ws
that are not supported by public opinion. for the
sole purpose of securing an unholy revenue. while
ny ypoCritically pretending 10 favor their repeal
An Impending local election affords a proper OT
portunity Tor organizng the democrats OF New.
it's immediate efforts in expungng from the law
OF this state th0se laws which nerISTe Nth the
which an intelligent public opinion I'm great cos
mopolithn city condemns We refer particularly to
laws. and that class of legislation which tends
only to Interfere with the innocent amusements OF
the people and with legitimate traffic which in
iures none.
the Police Department should he freed from po-
litical control and made amenahle to strict and
impartial enforcement of the law. and so managed
that those in power may not become enriched by
levying biackman upon gamblers and brothel-
house keepers
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
Urging NICARAGUA CANAL.
ARGUMENTS HEARD BY SOUTHERN INDUS
TRIAL. ASSOCIATION.

Philadelphia, June l3-Topcs Of national interest
we're discussed at the third days session OF the
Southern Industrial Association. One OF the
important OF these was The Nicaragua Canal:
Why Has II Not Been Ito and In course Of the
debate this question many arguments were adj
vanced in favor Of the speedy construction ~ the
waterway. The discussion on the mississippi River
and Tributaries participated in by specially
appointed speakers from New Orleans. Memphis.
Shreveport ST. Louis Nashville. Chattanooga.
Knoxville. Louisville. Cincinnati. Wheeling and
Pttsburg. How our Rivers and Harbors Should
BE Provided For also discussed.
j. r. Gibson. secretary of the Commercial Club
Of Birmiugha Ala read a paper Iron and
Steel Manufacture in the South showing the
growth OF that Industry since the development of
the iron deposits begun. Mr.. Gibson said;
When the Nicaragua Canal Is built Alabama coal
will supply the steamships OF the world her iron
steel timber and labor will build them. and the
product OF her industries VIII load them
The discussion on the Nicaragua canal was opened
by Sewalr e. Cobb. of Pensacola. Fla. He said In
part:
Five hundred and fifty millions of people Of the
open a highway through the narrow strip Of land
that connects the two great continents Of America
men OF limited maritime informa ton. and deaf
car has been turned to their requests The Clayton
+ the On right Il sny nation iGF to
whose a r SrsnG Ss os se 81
all entangng alliances Costa Rica. Nicaragua and
eide what IS best Tor thsr nteress NJ arc re n
form formed and have been Informed for century Of
a century we have urged its construction by the
nation.
George H. Anderson. OF Pittsburg. spoke briefly
the subject, expressing the opinion that the
United States build isthman canal without
the help OF England or any other nation The Suez
and he asserted tha this cory 1T pres sbnrf and
economic course by which to send it's products to
world
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
EEW-EoRK LAW SCHOOL ConnEycEnEyT
JUsTIcE ALsfET F. JENKs DELIVERS THE AD-
DRESS TO THE GRADUATES

JUSTICE ALMEr F. JENKs DELIVERS THE AID
DRESS TO THE GRADUATES
The commencement exercises Of the New-York
Law School We're held last night in Carnegie Hall
which was fun Of relatives and friends of the
graduates
Justice Alfnet F. jerks, Of the Appellate Division
OF the supreme Court, Second Department made
the address 10 the graduating class He referred
10 the responsibility Of the lawyer and said that
all great national questions must be settled by
lawyers The most serious problem of sse day. in
ms opinion was that Of capital labor and this
was TO be settled by lawyers. he declared
George Chase, dean of the school I'm awarding the
prizes said that of the graduates OF the school $50
were now practising law in New-York with success
Ihree prizes were awarded in the senior dav
school class. The winner Of the first prize of $50
was Arthur 5. Hamlin, Of Canandaigua " Y
who also won the prize tutorshp worth $500 a wear
1or I three years Ihe second prize was won by
FREDERICK Sutton Taggart, OF Westheld n T. and
consisted OF 800 Arthur p. Nichols Of NewYYorIS I
won the third prize of s75 The evening school
prize or sloe was won by Charles NJ. Mason Of
.New-tork- AS each prize winer was announced
MS Fellow students appauded generously
The oegree OF Bachelor Of Laws was conferred on
a@ persons The degree of Master Of Laws was
conferred upon eleven members OF the third vear
class. 49, iN year
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
NAY BE LYNCHING IN LOUISIANA.
JOHN GRAY FOSTER-NUMBER OF
NEGROES IN PERIL.

Shreveport la June 13-Tnis city and vicini,,
have been in state of feverish excitement and
unrest since yesterday. when John Gray Foster. a
prominent PLANTER. was shot and Killed by Primo,
Edwards a negro employed the Foster pIanta
ton. five miles of this city Armed posses Of
white men have been securing the country for mile,
around in an attempt 20 capture Edwards. A
dozen or more negroes under arrest in Kenne.
brews store. and their fate tonight Is uncertain
Foster was widely known. and very popular
He a brother-in-law of Governor McNIiIlin Of
Tennessee and belonged enc of Tire oldest famt
lies in this State
There had been bad feeling for some time past
between the negroes and overseers the Foster
plantation. and Foster appealed 70 to settle
the differences The planter started for the plana-
ton, and upon reaching negro cabin he fred
upon and killed There were dozen mora
negroes in the cabin. and they broke and In an
directions. The oversecrs were quickly Joined by
white citizens and IL was not long before the
negroes were arrested, the single exception being
Prince Edwards. who. II is said. did the shooting
Posses quickly formed and started hunt
for the negro, but as yet have made no further
arrests
There were many wild rur1ors afoat throushou,
the day. the Eiost sensational being that the
negroes in the Kennebrew store were I'm imminent
peril of being lynched. This run1or proved to be
untrue. although mary threats we're heard against
the prisoners. The store where the negroes are
confined is guarded by posse of twenty-five men
armed with Winchester rifles. and unless sentiment
cndnSes the OlSpOSltC9 tO-HSnl WouId l0ufedte
that the majority If not all the prisoners will be
let off with thorough whipping. Edwards IL
caught w1 be burned or IyncEed
There is much feeling against Prophet Smith
and Edward Washington. 10th of whom under
arrest. Smith is declared by some persons TO be
at the bottom of all the trouble. while Washington
is said 10 have been active in aiding Edwards to
escape.
TIE negroes were placed in the store at 3 O'Clock
last night. and although some memtefS of the mob
went home in the night every avenue ef escape
the mob came near throwing of ali restraint and
lynching the prisoners. Other counsel advising
delay until Edwards should be caught prevailed
however Mrs. Edwards is among those arrested.
Size had in her possession a shotgun. with which
her husband IL said to have killed Foster. She is
quoted as having said: Prince told the other men
TO stand back and ne would settle the business.
Then he went in frcnt Of them and 1red. and
Foster fell.'
Foster plantation Is five miles east of this city.
on the Vicksburs. Shreveport and Pacific Rail-
road Early to-day sixty men from Shreveport re-
turned to their homes, declaring they did not care
10 witness the of bloodshed which they con-
sidsred certain to occur.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
CONTROL OF pEyysYLrANTA STEEL.

II was declared yesterday on high authority that
the control of the Pennsylvania Steel Company had
In fact passed to the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. or to interests closely allied TO that
corporation. AS the negotiations looking the sale
OF the steel company have been conducted by
Drexel q CO.. OF Philadelphia however. who are
tne representatives In that city OF j. p Morgan
20. u Is believed that the owners OF the
fennsyivania Steel Company will not operate their
property In antagonisn the United States Steel
corporation. which furnishes more tonnage TO the
fennsyivania Railroad Company than any other
customer and which, In OF break IN friendly
relations: would IL Is declared. be In a position
build a line OF its own from the Pttsburg region
to tidewater
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
FLED FROM SCENE OF MURDER.

FoIICEMAS CAPTURED CoLoRED PULLMAN PoR-
TER ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER.
Shots were heard at O'Clock last night coming
from the fiat of 'Ducksy" Jackson, a colored
woman living No. 2lS West sixty-fourth-st
When Policeman Aldcrost. of the West Sixty
eighth-st station. reached the rooms the sec
ond floor. he found Ulysses James, colored twenty
five years old, lying dead the floor. with
bullet hole in the left temple
AS the policeman entered the fiat a man ran out
and downstairs. The jackson woman declared him
TO be the who had done the shooting Aid
crost followed and after a chase of several blocks
he captured the man in SiXty-second-st.. between
Amsterdam and West End aVes He is locked up
IN the West Sixty-eighth-st station. charged with
The murder OF James He described himself as
William H. Connors, thirty years old, a Pullman
car porter. and said he lived No p West One
hundred -and-thirty -fourth-st. james was also
Pullman porter.
Detectives believe Connors shot james. jealousy
being his motive.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
MORGANS GET OHIO COAL
HAVE OPTIONS ON MAJORITY OF HOOKING
AND SUNDAY CREEK VALLEY MINES.
[pr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIRuxE.I

Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIRUNE.I
Columbus Ohio, June 1H-The announcement
is made here this evening that ]. p. Morgan &
Co. of New-York have obtained options
majority Of the mines in the Hooking and Sun
day Creek valleys 1t has been known for some
time that Eastern agents of an Eastern syndi-
cate We're inspecting and obtaining options on
these properties but the reports that they were
acting in the interest of Mr.. Morgan were vigor
ously denied. Now. it hardly be denied that
the Morgan interests are paramount in the two
great btuminous regions OF Ohio.
When Morgan & Co. absorbed the Buckeye
Coal Company with its capacity of seven thou
sand tons OF btuminous coal day, it was
serted that the purchase only the begin
ming of a great combination. The purchase of
the Sunday Creek Coal Company. with a daily
capacity of eight thousand tons, followed the
Buckeye purchase, and month or so ago the
Franklin Fuel Company also secured.
These three companies in combination would be
a formidable foe for the independent companies
The options on the properties in the Hooking
and Sunday Creek valleys whose owners have
consented to sale were recently turned over
to J. c. Morton of this city. president of the
Sunday Creek Coal Company, and Morgan &
Co. then called the operators together for a con-
ference, which was held in New-YOrk City
last Friday and Saturday 1t was agreed that
the affair should be kept a profound secret
but some of the details of the arrangement have
crept out as the conferrees struggled home.
Some of the operators returned only to-day
This meeting not final. Another conference
will be held before July L. when the options ex-
pire Not all the operators of the two valleys
are willing to SELL and their Obduracy the
principal object of discussion the meeting.
Mr.. Morton, J. 8 Winder, vice president of the
Sunday Creek Coal Company and N Monsar-
rat, president of the Hooking Valley Railroad
are said TO be still in New-YOrk. These three
men are the leading Ohio representa- tives Of
Morgan & Co.
Morgan & Co. hold the controlling interest in
the Hooking Valley Railroad, whose greatest
revenue is derived from the coal trade. The
increase of the value of the securities of the
Hooking Valley. Toledo and Ohio Central and
Kanawha and Michigan railroads is said to be
the principal reason for the purchase of the
mines. There WILL of course. be no cutting OF
rates with both railroads and mines controlled
by one syndicate.
The capitaliza tiOn of the combination. If
the plans go through. Is the subject OF con-
lecture among the local finanCiers. when the
mines of the Kanawha Valley were brought un-
der one ownership II announced that the
new company would be Incorporated with ST.
mo.Fb capital stock. II is believed that If the
proposed larger COmhinatio is perfected il will
be capitalized at nearly. If not all OF S2nap.tpJ
The purpose of the huge coal masher the
largest in the world. which constructed al
Nelsonville by Morgan & Co. is made
plain.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
DOG HANGED AND cHLOROFoRMED
ITS OWNER THEN PUT IT IN BAG TO DIE IN
THE STREET.

Two fox terriers mates. belonging Amos Nc
Gowan. of No. 4t3 West Twenty -seventh-st.. were
chloroformed ny him last night. He arrested
a charge of cruelty animals. He said the
dogs were fighting and had bitten his wife and
himself. He hanged one and chloroformed il
the same time, put II In bag and threw II into
the street to die. He about to leave the other
which had a broken leg, when he arrested.
Policeman Peabody saw crowd of children
around old bag In the street Twenty seventh
st. and Tenth-Eve about $50 O'clock He saw the
bag move. Opening il he discovered fox terrier
with a rope tightly fastened around It's neck IL
nearly choked to death. and while he was
inquiring of the children who had left the animal
there. MCGOWAN came along with the other dog
in his arms. 1t had been chloroformed as well and
OF Its legs broken. The dog had strength
enough TO struggle to get away
What have you been doing with these dogs?'
asked Peabody.
''Chloroformng en-, answered McGowan They
bit and my wife"
MCGOWAN said that the dogs had given him and
his wife great deal of trouble by fighting He
fighting. When they began fighting one OF them
bit his wife In the leg. and she ran into another
room. locking the door. On trying TO separate
them. and failing he decided the best thing 10 do
would be to kill them.
MCGOWAN taken to the West Thirtv-seven,h h.
St station. where & policeman nan shot the dying dog
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Peabody investigated McGowan's story and found
barking and, they thought. fighting. but did not
know anything unusual had taken place Nc.
Gowan's wife told the same story her husband
and said she had been bitten on leg Nc
Gowan showed a slight laceration OF one hand Nc
said he thought he did right in killing the dog.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
GENERAL NILES AT THE EXPOSITION.
MEETS SECRETARY HAY AND HIS PARTY THERE
TO DELIVER FLAG DAY ADDRESS


Buffalo. June 13-Genoral Nelson A. Miles ac-
companied by Mrs. Miles and Lieutenant Colonel
Whitney. his aide-de-c camp. arrived here to-day
and later visited the exposition. being received
the water gate by the director-genera who con-
veyed the party across the lake In his launch Gem
eral Miles will deliver an address tomorrow. flag
day.
The party went To the Government Building.
where General Miles was greeted by Captain T.
G. Harris and Captain Wiser. They then
conducted to Colonel Michaels headquarters in the
retary Of State Hay. Mrs Hay. Miss Hay and
General Miles Secretary Hay and Mrs Hay
Rnc6annh m and M cand and Win Mqs cSs
the Secretary and the members of hts party
70 the Indian Congress. where special perform
Secretary Hay was ths guest Of honor at dinner
exposition 10 the National Editorial Association
one 'hogssHd n covers we're sid in he great & dining
follows:
Twelve years ago We held the arst reunion OF the
tined to be memorable in our history. opening and
blazing the way along the path Of peace and frater-
nal relations. We have made steady progress; we
have grown day by day TO a better understanding
in the City OF Mexico. in which have the right
to hope that with Larger eSpersnce and proionnder
more important and benehcent will be reached.
There have been statesmen and soldiers who
have cherished fancy in past years OF vast
American army recruited from every country be,
tba mgb w the nlder ~vIIizatoSs Nut
this conception belongs TO tho past. 10 an order OF
things that has gone. | hope. forever by.
How far inspiring is the thought OF tho
results here now; how much more In keep
ing with the better times in whose light live
and the still more glorious future to which we
look forward is the result we SEQ to-day Of the
armies OF labor and intelligence in every country
OF this new world. all working with one mind and
one will not 10 attain an unhappy pre-emnence in
the of destruction. but TO advance in liberal
emulation IN the which tend to make men
happier and better, make this long harassed and
tormented earth brighter and more blessed abode
for OF good will.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14

Washington. June l5.-The State Department has
received note from the Belgian Legation here re-
questing the United States take part inter
national exposition OF hygiene. maritime security
and fisheries. to be held Ostend. Belgium next
August and September. The object of the expo
stion is to make known the measures adopted by
different governments for the organization and
working OF services of succor battlefelds and
In cases of great catastrophes sea land
the of life saving apparatus and other methods
of giving aid to those in distress. In connection
with the exposition International congress will
he organized for the discussion OF questions mari
time hygiene and maritime and colonial security.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
CHANcE FOE AMERICAN CoAL N FRaNcE

Washington June 1S-Consul-G General Gowdy. at
Paris. In a communication to the Department OF
State. expresses the opinion that American coal
be advantageousy placed in competition with
coal imported from other countries into France.
especially in view Of the recent imposition of the
English export tax that product The chier
obstacle, he says would be the high rates of ocean
transportation. IL these could be considerably re-
ducCd there is no doubt that American coal would
hJ We great future In France.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
DRUGGIST DIES IN A HOSPITAL.
HE TOLD HIS FATHER HE HAD BEEN KICKED
IN THE ABDOMEN.

James r. Rrangau. forty-one years old. we'll
known and well to do druggist, whose establish
ment is situated at No. l6i Amsterdam-ave. and
whose home is AT No 1ia West sixty-seventh-st..
died Roosevelt Hospital last night. the Coroner's
office reported. from delrlum tremens.
Rranisan. ~ is said OH last Saturday went out
with n party OF friends and returned on Sunday
morning about o'clock He seemed to be In pain.
and upon being questioned by his father. said that
ne had been kicked In the abdomen. lie did not
state who had kicked him His father advised him
to 20 10 Roosevelt Hospital for treatment.
Captain Kear of the West Sxty-eighth-st. sta
ton detailed detectives 10 make an investigation
and learn. n possible. who kicked Branigan
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
PENNNGrows COMMENCEMENT

remington. n j.. June Is CspeciaD.-commence-
ment week at Pennington Seminary begins to-rnor-
row with the Alpha reception TO tho sa,,o-.
SUNDAY morning President Thomas O'Banlon ,,-,Ii
Preach me oaccalanreate sermon addressed ~ The
ass ".ne lare~ell religious services will be heId
~ a. the afternoon Monday Will be devoted 10 field
bas b,,l c1npesss, "lln concert in the yenng The
orator1cal contests for gold medals are schesrlas
Tor that night "Wednesday IS Founders DasS ~. a
appropriate exercises Will be held in the SSs ~,
memorial chapel. The commencement esercisas
with the conferring OF diplomas and swardsng =,
gold medals and prizes occur Thursday '
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
OBJECT TO STUDENTS IN PLACE G
STRIKERS

Cincinnati. June 13.-The maChinists' union Of
Covington Ky. to-day sent letter to Governor
Beckham. in which they appeal for investga-
ton Of the action of Professor J. p. Anderson, of
the Kentucky State College. who. they say, is
sending students from the mechanical department
Of that college to Cincinnati to take the places OF
the striking machinists. The officers of the union
assert that ten students now work in various
shops in tnCinnai. and that they are working
without any pay whatever The strikers expect
Governor Be"kham will investigate the matter ana
have the students recalled.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
PROFESSOR MEADE LOSES AN Arm.

Washington June l3.-Professor Elwood Meade.
the we'll known irrigation expert. In charge OF
Investigations for the Department OF Agriculture,
fell while attempting TO board moving street.
car last night. The wheels passed over his right
arm, making amputation above the elbow neces-
sary MIR. Meade is from Cheyenne Nyo, and
fOrmerly Stat, Engineer OF Wyoming.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14

BEooKLYN HEIGHTS COMPANY WILL BEGIN TO
USE LOCOMOTIVES TOMORROW

Use LOCOMoliNES TOMORROW.
The Brooklyn Heights company has decided 10
return partially to the of steam power on sew
eral Of the elevated lines. of the search
ty power occasioned by fires in two of the large
power houses. General Manager Breckenridge YES
terday ordered that thirty locomotives which were
discarded when the third rail was introduced
should be put in operation Tomorrow Consfdera-
bic difficulty has been experienced recently in r,,n
ming trains the elevated system especially dur
ing the rush hours. So much electricity was used
in the operation. OF the elevated trains that n
affected the running of the surface ana
consequently decided to resort to steam nouer
of the lines f''
President Greatsinger said yesterday that tho
system was In need or more cars The COMPANY
was placing one hundred and fifty cars into
service one hundred on the surface lines and dftv
on the elevated roads. Mr.. Greatsinger believed
that, whatever reasons there may have been for
crticising the system. they disa appearing and
that the service was meeting the APPRECIATION OF
the public. -
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
MAY PUT BAN on SECRET SOCIETIES

Jamestown. n. Y. June 13-An important gather
Ing Of the Swedish Lutheran Church OF America
convened in this city this evening II is the an
nual convention OF the Augusta Synod of that
denomination. which embraces all Swedish Iu-
theran churches Of the United States. Questions
of Church policy TO be considered during the
sessions OF the synod, important among which is
that of the relation of the Church toward secret
ated by the Church.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
OPENING OF CoRNELLs EXERCISES.
president AND MRS. scHURMAN TO ENTERTAIN
THE GRADUATES TONIGHT.

Ithaca, \. Y. June ls.-The programme for con-
mencenent week Will begin at Cornell to-morropv
evening when President and Mrs. Schurman will
entertain the graduating students On Sunday al
o'clock the baccalaureate sermon will he rreachas
by The Rev Dr. B. l.. Whitman, of PhilsdeInhis
On tuesday the class day exercises Will 49,
place, and on Thursday the regular commencement
ssefclses sno the alumni dinner All the class re-
unions Will be held Wednesday The ,.s,,ar
number OF entertainments will take place inclndfn
the production of The Tanning of the ShreWs IN,
the cornell Masque Club and the Musical CIuh's
concert The varsity nine will play the alumni on
TUESDAY afternoon at Percy Field ~ ~