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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-03
DIR. ATWOOD EXPELLED.
Veterinary Surgeons Charge Hum With
 Unprofesstonai conduct.

Hartfordy Feb. 2.-The annual meet ing of the Connecticut Veterinary Med- ical association was held at the Hotel Hartford to-day, beginning at 10 o'clock. Prominent veterinarians from all over the state were present when the meeting was called to order by the president, Dr. H. Whitney, and includ- ed in the number were Drs. A. Hyde, J. H. Gardner, l.. B. Judson, F. G. At wood, c. R. White, F. F. Finnegan, C.. l.. Cotton, J. H. Kelley, H. E. Bates, F. A. Ingram, B. K. Dow and E. c. Ross. Officers for the year were chosen as follows:
 President, pr. Harry D. Bates, of South Norwalk; vice-president, pr. l.. B., Judson, of Norwich; secretary, Dr. B. K. Dow, of Willimantic; treasurer, Dr. E. c. Ross, of New Haven. The following were elected to the board of censors: Dr. F. A. Ingram, of Hartford, Dr. C. w L,oveland, of Torrington, Dr. J. T. Keeley, of Waterbury, and pr. R. P. Lyman, of Hartford.
 At the afternoon session Dr. F. C.. Atwood, of New Haven, was expelled, by a unanimous vote, for unprofession- al conduct. The charges which result ed in pr. Atwood's expulsion from the association allege advertising in ways considered improper by the delegates.
 The president, secretary and five del- egates were chosen a legislative com mittee. It was voted to aid the Hu- mane society in the work of looking out for contagious diseases among do- mestic animals.
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OPINION IN WASHINGTON.
A Hopeful Feeling Reported Among
 tho Difrsrsnt Embassies,

Hopeful Feeling Reported Among
 the Different Embsssies,
 washington. Feb. 2.-It the Russian reply indicates willingness on the part of the St. Petersburg government to conform to the general lines of Japan's fast proposition, it is learned on ade- quate authority that continuation Of the negotiations in he effor 0 reacn a final settlement by diplomacy may be expected. The qualifying statement Is added. however. that Japan's last note was at the time declared to set forth an irreducible minimum of her demands, and it is difficult tor those conversant with the Japanese position to believe that any important departure from the general lines of that note would be ac- ceptable at Tokio.
 As result Of inquiry at the embas- sies and legations here whose govern ments are interested in the far eastern situation, directly or indirectly, the As- scciated Press finds distinctly hopeful view prevailing, based on dispatches re- ceived during the last few days which appear to warrant the importance at tached by Mir. Griscom, the American minister at Tokio. to the report which he cabled that the Russian reply prac- tically would concede Japan's demands
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Had Ns Intention "of Reaching''
 Mnchen or Anyone Else.

Had Ns Intensfon "of Reschingn
 rEnchen or Anyone Else.
 Washington. Feb. 2-Testifying in his own behalf in the postal trial to-day, Diller B. Groff, a brother of Samuel A. Groff, declared that when he sought to introduce the letter box fastener into the postal service he had no idea 'of reaching Machen through Lorenz or anybody else, directly or indirectly. He denied that Machen's name ever was mentioned to him at the time MT. To- renz made the agreement in 1895, with the Groff brothers, and said thar had MT. Lorenx intimated in any way that ne would use his influence with Machen |all negotiations would have been 1t an end. When he sent checks to MT. Lo- renz in Toledo, he said he knew nothing of any remittances being forwarded by MT. Lorenz to Machen.
 Samuel A. Groff. who preceded his brother, told of the various steps taken by him to interest postal employees and officials in the invention before and af- ter it was patented. and testified that although he had been to see MT. Marcne, Machen's chief clerk, about the matter, he never was able to see Machen, who always seemed busy Tn fact. he con | tinued, there were so many people ofrer- ing inventions to tie department 1t was next to impossible to see anybody. He was surprised. he said. when the pest office inspectors called on him. and added that to be implicated in any al- [leged fraudulent transactions was the last thing he expected.
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s4oo, 900 IN KNOXVILLE.
Two Lives LOss-Essimatsd Losses aud
 Iusurasee

Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. 2.-Fire in the heart of the wholesale district tonight caused a loss of $400.o00 and cost the lives of two men.
 The dead are: William 4. Maxey, cap- tain of hose wagon company No. 2: John !. Dunn. former fireman who was assisting at the fire.
 The fire started in the six story Phoenix building in Gay street. and the wholesale hat and millinery house of Murphy & Robinson.
 The flames spread to Cullen & New man. wholesale notions on the north and M. l.. Ross & Go. on the south. On the south the fire did not make further progress. From the millinery house it reached Cullen & Shields wholesale hardware and machinery house, which store was destroyed. The fire was stopped before 1t had damaged M. B. Harstens & Co.,, on the north, except slightly. There are rumors that two spectators lost their Ives. The es- timated losses and insurance are as fol- lows: Murphy & Robinson, loss s75,- COG, insurance $6c,000; Cullen & New man, loss sS0,OO0, insurance s72,0OO; Ross & Co. loss s75,0OO. insurance s57,0O0; Cullen & Shields, loss s50,0Oo, insurance $S0, ,000; loss on buildings, $90000, insur- ance $70.0OO Total estimated loss s37O,- 900, insurance $300,000.
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.REY. R. A. ELWOOD GUILTY.
PASTOR WHO WAS ACC USED OF
 INCTTING LYNCHING.
Newcastle, Pa, Presbytsry Render Tnetr Decision-Pu Punishment Tn tiicted Merely Warning to be More Careful The Three Specifications on Which He Was Found Chilly.

Wilmington, Del, Feb. 2.-Rev. Rob-
 ert A. Elwood, pastor of Olivet Presby-
 terian church in this city, who was
 tried to-day by the Newcastle Presby-
 tery on charges growing out of the ser
 mon entitled Should the Murderer of Miss Helen Bishop be Lynched ?'' preached by him the day before George
 White, the negro murderer of Miss
 Bishop was burned at the stake. was found guilty tonight on three of the six specifications. A committee of five was appointed to ike punishment, and at a late hour tonight this committee recommended that the Rev. MT. Elwood be cautioned to be more careful. The
 presbytery accepted the recommenda- tion and adjourned. The specifications
 on which he was found guilty are in substance:
 Guilty of unministerial and n-Chris- tian conduct in that he violated the con- stitution of the presbyterian church in the United States of America in the twentieth chapter of the confession of
 faith. section four. by preaching an un- sound and unwise sermon.
 Guilty of charging, in the event of the alleged criminal the responsibility therefor upon the judges of courts Of
 Newcastle county and state of Dela-
 ware, and thereby tending to lessen the
 reverence and respect to the constitu- tional authorities intrusted in mainte- nance os civil law.
 l Guilty of advocating lynching of al- legged criminal if his trial be delayed, or 1 if found guilty, through some technical lity he be not given capital punishment J
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OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
CHAMBERLAIN CENTRAL FIG-
 URE IN UNIQUE SITUATION.
A. Private Member of Common. He Listens to His VII Son Act as Leader. Position, Which with All HI. Ez- periencs, He Never Attained-Great Relief When speech Ended.

London, Feb. 2.-s.My right honorable friend, the member from West Birming- ham, as Austen Chamberlain describ- ed his father, was the central figure in the drama that marked the opening of parliament to-day.
 No playwright could have devised a more curious situation. For the first time in years Joseph Chamberlain took his seat as a private member of the house of commons, and was separated from his former colleagues in the cabi- net by the gangway. From this seat he saw his son act as leader of the house of commons, position which Joseph Chamberlain, with all his years of parliamentary experience, never at tained.
 Premier Balfour was laid up with in- fluenza and therefore unable to be pres ent. When Austen Chamberlain rose to reply in behalf of the party of which his own father is supposed to be the most powerful member, the house was spellbound. Until that moment MT. Ackers- Douglas, secretary of state for home affairs, was generally expected to take Premier Balfours place, and in- terest in the proceeding was heightened by the fact that Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman, the liberal leader, had just concluded merciless satire on Austen Chamberlain's father. The situation was without parallel in the recollection of the oldest politician. and all eyes were fixed alternately upon the father and the son.
 Joseph Chamberlain, who had sat un- moved under the ridicule of the liberal leader turned nervously toward his son. who now takes precedence over him. With his monicle in his eye, an orchid in his buttonhole and his hands elapsed across his kecns, the most prominent
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FOR PANAMA PAYMENTS.
Secretary shaw Calls Upon National
 Banks for sao, 1000 ,ooo.

New York. Feb. 2.-It is announced that Secretary Shaw has called upon the national banks of the country for s2o, ,00C, 900 to be used in Panama pay ments. The fact that s11,OOO,0OO of this $40, ,ooO, 900 was to be taken from the New York banks caused traders to be- lieve that there might be tight money market sooner than expected. This caused quite little selling of stock Sellers B." which means the stock was sold to be delivered in three days, the seller believing that within that time he would be able to buy the stocks back cheaper and make his deliveries and a profit at the same time.
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GEAR CONSIDERING REPLY
SUBMITTED TO HIM BY THE
 SPECIAL COUNCIL.

Decision Not Rendered Late Last Nigh |
 -Prices on St. Petersburg Bourse
 Again FaII-Report Circulated in
 Paris That Substance of Russis's Re-
 ply Has Been Submitted to Powers.
 St. Petersburg. Feb. z.-The ezar now has before him the report of the spe- cial council on the Russian response. All the papers relating thereto were submitted to his majesty yesterday by the Grand Duke Alexis and the czar is giving them earnest consideration. His majesty had not rendered his de- cision up to 6 o'clock this evening and it is authoritatively sad 1t may pos sibly be several days before the re- sponse is forwarded to Tokio.
 Prices on the Bourse are again weak, per cents falling point.
 Washington, Feb. 2.-The attention of the state department being called to a Paris telegram quoting an alleged Washington despatch to the effect that the United States was cooperating with England and France to bring pressure to bear upon Japan in the interest of peace, 1t was stated to-day by the act ing secretary that there had been no such concerted action: that the United States had nto and would not act with any other power in this matter. Paris, Feb. 2.-The Havas agency this afternoon circulated dispatch to the effect that Russia's reply to Japan, the substance of which has been commit nicated to the foreign chancelleries everywhere, has created an impression that war will be avoided.
 Views have been exchanged between the United States, France and Great Britain on the subject The conces- sions therein so beyond general expect ation, and illustrate the sentiments of equity and loyalty actuating the czar. "If. in spite of the very large satis- faction Japan will receive" continues the dispatch, 'the issue of the crisis should be war, Japan will incur the whole responsibility and find herself morally isolated.'
 The reply, the Havas agency says, only awaits it's final drafting and will be presented on February 6.
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MULTIPLICATION SENSATION
VIOLENT SLUMP AND UTTER DE-
 EQUALIZATION.
Announcement That Operator suiIy Was About to rake Vacation Causes shs Drop-Total Transactions Eaor- nous Only Once Exceeded In the History of the Exchange Break Finally Checked.

New York. Feb. 2.-Heavy selling
 and a violent break in prices marked
 to-day's business in the cotton ex-
 change, the days slump being even
 more sensational than the recent ad-
 vances which have steadily sent cotton
 quotations upward until yesterday they
 reached the highest level since 1875. Under the influence of number of
 causes, chief of which was the con
 firmed report that Daniel J. suIly, the
 supposed leader of the upward move
 ment was about to take a vacation, and enhanced by the belief of many operat-
 tors that it's culnination had been reacheds quotations forfall months coi-' |lapsed to the extent of from s6 toss
 per bale and utter demoralixation ruled in the pit. No failures were reported
 but the violent fluctuations represent
 losses ot millions distributed through Tout the market.
 Transactions during the day were enormous in the aggregate, the days sales being estimated at 2,000,000 bales The break was checked finally by re- Inewed bull support and rally follow ed. The close was about tseady The day opened with a sharp break in prices under the influence of gen. orally circulated runor of settlements by short interests effected since yes- terday. This sent quotations down a 1-2 cent per pound. but a denial of the rumor brought about a substantial re- Icovery. Barely had the market steadied after this movement when the report Iof MT. Sully's intention to take a va cation became current and prices again that this meant the successful disposal of his interests and the abandonment
 Of his campaign and when he was quoted to the effect that he was about to take two weeks vacation the downward movement became a panic, selling orders bored in upon the brokers and quotations fell five and ten points at a time. Tn fifteen minutes prices dropped almost cent a pound and the
 May option in less than an hour regis tered decline of cent and quarter [ a pound! a variation greater than would have been effected in week un-
 der normal conditions. Along with the | liquidation of bull spectators there
 was some selling for short account. The sensational decline continued apparent | ly until it had spent itself. After it had ben going on about an hour a few buy l ing orders appeared and served to al- 1 lay the storm of liquidation and short selling. Then shorts began to cover,
 and there was a quick rally of from 70 to 75 points.
 l The close was reasonably steady for the active options at from 20 to 52 points above the low points of the day. Only once in the history of the cot ton exchange have the total transac- tions for one day exceeded those of to-
 day, when the two million figure was reached.
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IN HANDS OF RECEIVERS
TITO or LARGEST CORPORA
 TIoNS IN TEXAS.
Houston on comp.sy win Capital Stock of sso.Ooo,ooo and she Kirby Lumber csmp.ny Capitalized at slo.- ooo,ooo-Asssts of Latter said to be sIs,5oO.ooo in Eses.. of L.asil,ttss- lsaa on Houston Bank.

-AoH oh aouatou nuhks Houston. Texas. Feb. 2.-The Kirby
 Lumber company and the Houston oil company. two of the largest corpora tions in Texas, were yesterday placed in the hands of temporary receivers by
 F. Bonner. who is closely associated
 with John K. Kirby. and N. w. Me-
 Leod, of St. Louis. were named as re- ceivers for the lumber company. and Captain F. A. Reichardt, cashier of the Planters and Mechanics National
 bank of this city. and Thomas H.
 Franklin, of San Antonio, Texas. were appointed receivers for the Houston Oil company.
 The application for temporary receiv- CTS was made at the instance of the
 Maryland Trust company. When the
 order was entered at New Orleans on
 Monday last by Federal Judge A. P.
 Mccormick it is understood that the
 Kirby interests insisted on being repre-
 scented in the receivership
 The Kirby Lumber company is capi-
 talized at $10OoO, 900. of which s5.o0o, 900
 is preferred stock and s5,000,0o0 com
 mon stock. Of the Houston Oil oom-
 pany's capital stock of ss0. 1000, ,ooo. s1O,-
 100000 is preferred and 2o,O00. GOO conn
 mon stock.
 The property of the Kirby Lumber
 company consists of eighteen lumber
 mills and mercantile stores all in Tex as; 142 miles of railroad, TOO cars, f1fty- five locomotives, 24b, ,000 acres of pine land. logging outfits and tie and piling outfits. This cornpanys inventory shows s1,000,000 worth of lumber on hand. Its assets are claimed to be $12,- 500000 in excess of liabilities l The Houston Oil company owns one million acres of pines sland. valued by experts at sao,O00,ooo, and oil property of enormous value. It controls g large part of the Corsicana oil fields, the Sour Lake region and the Nacogdo doches oil field.
 When the news, of the receivership was made public here to-day a run was made on the savings bank department of the Planters and Mechanics Ma ticnal bank, but not on the bank prop err where the deposits were much in Iexcess of the withdrawals. The other banks made tenders of assistance, but l they were not accepted The savings department was kept open until g. Iso'clock. but little business was done af- ter 8 o'clock, the scare having subsided to a great extent
 Captain F, A Reichardt. cashier off the bank and one of the receivers, said:: .The Houston oil company does not lowe this bank one cent nor does MT
 Kirby owe the bank one cent; on the contrary, he has some thousands of dol- | lars to his credit.
 "The bank has taken in more money to-day than we have been called upon
 to pay out"
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WILLIAM 6. WHITNEY DEAD
EXPIRES SUDDENLY AFTER
 SHOWING IMPROVEMENT.
symptom. Developed Tester day AnsrIoon and He Died While Under the Influence of Ether Given Preparatory to a Second Operation Death Due to Psritonisis and Blood Poisoning.

New York, Feb. 2.-William Collins Whitney, former secretary of the navy, died few minutes after 4 o'clock this afternoon at his home, No. S71 Fifth avenue. He died while under the intlu- ence of ether administered preparatory to a second operation for appendicitis. By his bedside were his son, Harry Payne Whitney, his daughter, Dorothy Whitney, and Dr. William T. Bull and Dr. E.. N. Poole, the surgeons. MT. Whitney was in his sixty-fourth year.
 Mir. Whitney was taken i'll Friday night at the performance of Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera house and had to leave before the opera ended. Dr. Walter B. James, the family phy- sician, found that the condition of the patient was such that after consulta- tion an operation was decided upon and was performed by DTS. Bull and Poole. The patient rallied so we'll that it was fully believed he would recover.
 MT. Whitney's condition was bad, however, Sunday and Monday, and at consultation this afternoon by Drs. James, Walter, Denton, Delafield, Bull and Poole, a second operation was deemed advisable to offer the only hope for the patient.
 A bulletin issued in the morning stated that there had been a slight im- provement in the patients condition, but shortly before o'clock alarming symptoms were noted and hurried pre- parations were made for 8 second oper- ation. MT. Whitney was placed under the influence of ether but whether the operation was proceeded with or not is unknown.
 When the physicians perceived that the patient was in danger of death Harry Payne Whitney and Miss Doro- thy Whitney were called They has tened to the side of their father and in a few minutes he had breathed his last. Oxygen was used and all the great skill of the physicians and sur geons brought into play, but to no The end was not made public till an hour later. Then this statement was given out:
 "Mr. Whitney died at o'clock of peritonitis and blood poisoning follow ing an operation for appendicitis.
 The burial will be in the family plot at Woodlawn, where are the remains of Mrs. Flora Payne Whitney, Olive Whit ney and MT. Whitney's grandchild, Flora Payne Paget
 The funeral services will be held in Grace church. in which Mir Whitney was a pew holder. The arrangements for the funeral are in charge of Mason H. Partridge. sexton of Grace church. The full list of pallbearers will be given later.''
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NO AGREEMENT YET.
Operators, However. Agrs. to Abandon
 IsPsr Cent. Rsdue,Ion claim.


 Indianapolis. Ind. Feb. 2.-After another day of argument no agreement has been reached by the scale commit tee of the joint conference between the miners and the operators of the central competitive district. The operators have abandoned their specific demand for a 15 per cent. reduction in wages, but insist upon "a substantial de- crease" The miners. it is understood, will agree to compromise renewing the present scale and conditions. A sub scale committee of sixteen has been ap- pointed, consisting of two operators and two miners from each of the four dis tricts.
 Both the operators and the miners be- lieve that the twosi des have come down to the last concessions they will make at this time.
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NEw CHAIRMAN ELECTED.

Chosen by Directors sf Ameriean Steel
 Foundriss company.
 New York, Feb. 2.-The directors of the American Steel Foundries company met to-day and unanimously elected General Charles Miller chairman of the board of directors and chairman of the executive committee, and George B. Leighton second vice-president.
 An official statement relative to the action of the New York stock exchange in removing the stock of the company from the regular list of securities was given out, which substantially corrob- orated the statement made at the time by officers of the company.
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BOSTON PRINTERS, STRIKE.
Outlook Last Night Reported as More
 Favorable to Men.

Boston, Feb. 2.-The outlook. tonight in the book and job competitors strike is more encouraging to the men, as the reports of the union committee show that thirty firms, large and small, have now signed the new union scale and that no concern has surrendered the union label, as had been announced during the day. According to these re- ports, less than two hundred compos- itors formerly employed by members of the Boston Typothetae are out. Among the concerns that signed the new scale to-day was the Enright & Potter Printing company. state printers. who yesterday effected temporary compro- mise.
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sHARKEY DEFEATS PIENTNG.
Latter Unable to Throw Sailor Three
 Times Within Hour.

Boston, Feb. 2-Tom sharkey won in the wrestling bout with John Fleming before the Criterion Athletic club to- night. The match was for a percentage of the receipts and side wager of S1.000. Fleming contracted to throw the sailor three times within an hour. Pien- ing got the first fall in sxiteen minutes and the second in thirty-four minutes. The latter bout was decidedly interest ing and was concluded only a few sec- onds before the expiration of the time limit. The crowd was with Sharkey whose cleverness in repeatedly squirm- ing out of danger when almost on his back provoked constant applause.
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Bad Wreck Reported.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 2.-It is re- ported here that west-bound passen- ger train on the Frisco, leaving Bir- mingham at 1230 ?. r1., was ditched this afternoon near Tupelc, Miss. Ev- cry car left the track and rolled down an embankment except the engine and cafe car. Assistant superintendent's of- flee has na further information.
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WEST HAVEN MAN KILLED.
Empioye of Adams Express Co. at stam-
 ford struck by Train.

Stamford, Feb. 2.-Halsey T. Jacques, twenty-five years old. was struck and instantly killed by the Pittsfeld ex- press at the railroad station here at 6 o'clock this evening. Jacques was eIn- ployed by the Adams Express company and he was hauling a loaded truck across the tracks, when the train bore down on him. His home was in West Haven and he had been working here only few days. Jacques leaves a widow.