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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
BROACH'S CONFESSION.
1t Is Being InUestigated-Bank to
Pan DepoSitOrS in Full.

Charles = Rroach former cashier OF the Equita-
be National Bank, who IS IN the Tornbs unable 70
get bail and awaiting trial on charges OF forgery
and grand larceny, has made a statement TO Dis
tract Attorney Jerome. in the nature Of a con-
fession. Mr.. Jerome will investigate the statement
a mere statement by such defendant as
Broach." Mr. Jerome said last evening. us worth
nothing without corroboration- Investigations will
have 70 be made and they already under way"
Edward Ridgely. the receiver Of the Equitable
National Bank, said yesterday that oil the de-
positors OF the bank would be paid IN full The
bank he said. had not lost any money by the
transactions OF Breach in raising stock certificates
and borrowing money them The Liabilities OF
the bank appeared TO be about $4,000 he said and
the assets were about $40 600. The banks capital
stock 10000 and the stockholders may receive
over 20 per cent when the affairs OF the bank are
settled.
The stock Of tho bank" Mr. Rdgely said. has
been distributed among rather large number OF
persons Undoubtedly good deal OF It IS held BY
SIS not uncommon thing for bank 20 be started
by The aid Of outside loans upon tho issue OF its
Charles A. Nones. who was president OF the bank
' '''I..i .S t $500 "5f i ne SO N tb
for control at l95. lie has declared that he de-
c"iyet about The banks affairs. and he was glad
torHey; Alfred Lautero3ca. yeste[da SAID that
De accepted an o1er ~ Breach to lend SEQ tow
Breach produced his 81 O0o and lent IL TO Nones
on The latters notes for. think. one two three.
idea that Breach had borrowed The money. Nones.
having obtained the stock and Broachs money, de-
posted both. together With some OF his money.
with persons or institutions from which he had ar
ranged 60 secure loans agSregating SI05.c0o Tho
bank stock was collateral Tor the loans and the
cash VAS for additional margin
I'm the mean time the First National Bank OF
Norwich, Conn. from which Breach had borrowed
the money. lex Breach know that II would expect
his first note Of $lg.su TO sc met maturity.
RToach then had 20 tell Noncs where he had got
his E15co Noucs promptly assumed the loan.
Breach turning over tho bank Noness notes,
which DE held. md Noues has paid back 10 the
Nu~ gfHf al y VVFf frF
Is not vet due. but which viii be paid as fast as
the notes securing Il fall due"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
MRS. FRENCH SENT BACK.
Refuses Explanation of Theft Of
Paine Je1celS.

Mrs Agnes French. who was arrested on A0A-e1
IN BROOKLYN on a charge OF having stolen ron rs
v,tea % Postmaster General Payne IN Washington
e. 900 worth OF tewelry and 500 IN CASH vas
sent 10 Washington yesterday 20 await ths a'-o1
OF the grand Jury there. After being taken MS, /"
the Adams-st police court. where she was -
CHARGED as there was no complaint asaIas. -
she was arrested by deputy from the olnI, =
United States Marshal Haubert. OF tne DlO -.
$50. T3s,-s United States COMMISSIONS More
-, ,,,otrsd e,or1fuatiOn Judge Thomas signel . -
orier directing that she be taken 20 a'1 -S.ss-es
nv the Trfted States marshal DetecIiVe Sss---sal
Peck from Washington. accompanied Ol-0 -
Asked whether she had retained awe AKA
r--er.b reDIIed that she guessed she coLLu -.o-id
ca-a Of the case herself She added tII sac IN
write a letter OF apology to Mr.. Fayne anu SAS
al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Benefit for Won Seyffertitz-Programme Of
the Actors Home Benefit.

At tho Irving Place Theatre last night a benefit
performance given for Gustav Seyffertitz.
the popular comedian OF the stock company and
the house sold out. flowers were shOwered on
Herr Seyffertitz. and presents passed
him tho foOtlights. The play chosen for pro-
duCtion farce with songs by JaCOby and
IippschitZ. called "ReseTCanns Rheinfahrt'' and
tho comedian Of the evening OF course played tho
leading part that OF Resemann. iunkeeper. 1t
must be confessed that the farce is old fashioned
and only mildly amusing, though Seyffertitz
greeted with laughter and applause at his
day and Thursday. On Friday Hedwig Won Oster-
mann will have benefit. and 'Maedel ais Rekrut''
will be given.
The last four weeks OF Babes IN Toyland'' at
the Majestic announced. On March q The
Wizard OF or will return to the scene OF its long
run and finish out the season here
Miss Vesta Tilley has recovered from her recent
Illness and will appear for the rest Of the week at
the Circle Theatre.
Next Monday night will be Stock Exchange night
nj the Lyric Theatre. and many brokers are ex-
pected to be present.
Next Friday night will be "Tecumseh Night at
the Casino. on that occasion Senator Peter J.
Dooiing and one hundred members OF the Tecumseh
Club will pay visit 70 the Virginia Earl opera
company In Sergeant Kitty and pay their re-
spects 10 George r; White, the manager who Is a
member OF tbs club
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
MORE HONOR FOR P4PSOVS
Chosen by President as an Istbm;.-
Canal COMMISSIONS

William Barclay Parsons, who a. .,,..
neer for-the Rapid Transit Comrnissfo- ensi-
cone well known IN connection v,t,b =, -
structlon OK the subway IN this cirv - oO'-
selected BY President Roosevelt as a -, zen
the new Isthmian Canal Comrnfsgio, -
seen last night by a Tribune reports- " en
sons admitted that he had been, to his ,-.. ar
surprise. asked whether he was vill,.- -.'-lt
nominated for the post. and that ha 80
sented. Had as
All know OF the matter" he said o.,
Ias1 saturday 1 received a personal no,. -'a'
the PRESIDENT asking me whether VA, - I'm
10 De nominated for the post. As cons,s.--.s
Fresldents wish equivalent to a Command ?
cepted- The offer came to me, hOveva- , -
say Ike a bolt from a clear sky. 7 cs-..,--
mad not sought the post. Although hav.o.r-s,
on the President many times, I hava -
limited or suggested IN any manner tia.
sired such position.
The offer IS free from any trace OF ,o,,.,.-
and need not add that am pleased Tn.
as far as my knowledge goes on the nattsr a.
to the time the work will last, when n WIN =
gin or the salary anything else. xnov
more than you do. I only know that r.c..--,
request. and considered II as a command.
"WiH your position on the Panama Cor,.,.
sion Interfere with your work on the New-Yo-,
subway Mr.. Parsons was asked.
I must refuse to cross bridges before sor,.
TO them" he replied.
viii it interfere with your work on the RIVAL
English Traffic Commission
mo. It viii not" said Mr.. Parsons. with 49,
phasis
Mr.. Parsons was born IN this city IN 1854 y.
was graduated from Columbia at the AZ. -
twenty, and was made a civil engineer two ysars
later. He has been IN general practice as an a..
gineer since 1904. He was appointed CHIEF a.
gtncer % the Rapid Transit Commission IN 1sQs
He Is also chief Of engineers. with the rank ~
brigadier general, IN the National Guard ~
New-YOrk. He was appointed on the RoyaI
Traffic Commission only a few days ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
CALLS BILL VICIOUS.
Dir. VeiIler Says 1t VII PRACTICABLE
Repeal Tenement Act.

Lawrencs WELLER, formerly Deputy Commissioners
OF Charities and now OF the tenement house corr
ufttee Of the Charity Organization Society when
asked yesterday for his opinion on the bill INTRO
duced BY Senator Hawkins. said:
This Hawkins bill IS as vicious as any legislation
attempted in the last year IL Is even as vicious az
the notorious Marshall bill II might be properly
entitled act 70 repeal the Tenement House act.
20 do away with any OF It's requirements that
VIII make the property owner spend money.
To understand how serious the ball Is. one should
know that the Tenement House law. aside ron
providing that new buildings shall be built n
proper manner and that existing tenement houses
shall be kept Fl clean and sanitary condition.
provement OF OLD rookeries, letting light into dark
rooms and halls and doing away with vile prfyiss
and prfvy sinks Technically known as school snkss
located in backyards Of tenement houses
IL was found during our administration or rs
Tenement House Department, IN 1870, as results %
f-yests- ZION made BY Us that there IN the city
o. New-York over three hundred and nfty thousand
entirely dark interior bedrooms. without any ls1t
whatsoever and with almost no ventilation. Il -
no exaEgaratlOn TO say thar each OF those oerOonS
Is a breeding place OF tuberculosis ExDere Wl0
have testified before the Tenement house Gouni,ss-
sion stated that there were eight thousand deaths
annually from this disease, and twenty tnolsa.l
cases of sickness. that these were Que Larsey %
the existence OF these dark rooms II teneInsu.
houses ard that the main factors n ne 49, =.
required that large window ~ feet s9Oll -
cut IN the partition separating these meIlol uA4N
rooms from adjoining rooms. 80, -..-
II the Hawkins bill were 70 pass lL Wou4l 49, 49,.
IN an probability that the orders % cut m 49,
windows would be suspended with the conseN = ~.
crease. This IS but one instance OF Wna1 "'-'-
happen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
MIRROR SHOWS SUICIDE.
Wife, Fastening Hat, Sees Husband
srith Throat Cut.

Driven 20 desperation by succession OF what
20 him were calamities. Harry Kinstler. thirty
Ave wears old committed suicide at his home, No.
74 Fifth-st yesterday. nearly cutting OF his head
with a razor.
Six months ago he became 81 with a flstula, and
lost his place as foreman in a woman's tailoring
establishment lie refused 20 so 10 a hospital.
and $50 he had saved was soon spent Three opera
lions gave him no relief. Soon after he became III
h!s six-year-old daughter was beheaded by a
brewery wagon. Recently the family became in
Arrears for rent. and Monday were told that they
would have 20 give up Ileir home When Kinstler
heard this he attempted 20 jump from a window
and IN was with great difficulty that his wife. her
mother and brother restrained him. Since then
he mad frequently threatened 10 Kill himself
Yesterday KinstIer while abed asked his wife TO
20 for his physician. Mrs. kinstler went a mir
Tor 20 see that her hat fastened. Looking In
ths mirror she saw reflection Of her husband with
his throat cut.
Mrs Kinstler has no money for food or for the
burial OF her husband.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
TROLLEY LINES MUST PAY CAR TAX.
Jersey City Wins Suit Involving Over
100000 Against Street Railway.
ley rrrEaRAPH TO TIE TRrnrNE

Trenton. N J.. Feb. 23-An opinion filed to-day
IN the Supreme Court By Justice Dixon gives Jer-
sey City victory in its litigation to recover more
than 100000 due in taxes from trolley companies
having lines within the city The decision involves
three suits instituted By the CITY against the Jer
sey City and Bergen Street Railway Company
and its successors. the Consolidated Traction Com
pany and the North Jersey Street Railway Com
pany.
In 1883 a franchise was granted to the Jersey
City and Bergen Street Railway Company which
provided that the company should pay Jersey City
a tax OF 80 year for each operated. This tax
was sanctioned by an ordinance passed by Jersey
City. and which ratified by legislative action
in 1851. There was no failure on the part OF the
company to pay the tax until 1858 Since that year
the tax has not been paid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
LID SHUTTERS TO GOATS
PREDICTED POLICE SHIFT.
Three Inspectors and Ele0en Cap
tains Transferred.

n. polioe "shake-up' which has been pre-
6,cted by the gamblers. booksellers and keepers
Of dsns OF vice in the city ever since Tanmany
resumed control CT the Police Department came
yesterday. u was great disappointment 20
the persons who made such predictions that tle
police continued 10 rcpress pOolrooTns' gaInoiiIs
houses and many vicious places after January l.
but they declared nevertheless: Just Wait a
ut.le and there vin be shake-up' Then the
lid VIII come Of"
Three inspectors and eleven captains were
shifted yesterday. and Il vas noticed that those
who have been most active IN the war on gam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
MAYOR DESERTS CIRCUIT.
Approves Larger Appropriation for
Board of Education.
WILL TAKE UP SUBJECT NEXT YEAR

WILL TAKE UP SUBJECT NEXT YEAR
Mayor Mcclellan said yesterday that he had
given his approval to the bill introduced in the
legislature on Monday giving TO the Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment the power 10 re-
omen the Budget for 1904. that the Board Of
Education's appropriation may be further IN
creased by about SSjO,OOO. This means that
the Mayor has decided against Controller Grout
on practically every point w,sch the latter has
raised IN his controversy with the Board OF
Education. The Mayor, however, made II per
fectly clear that no believed there was much
truth in what the Controller said Of the need
OF economy in the administration OF the Board
Of Education. He said:
The difficulty lies IN this; The economies
which Mr. Grout insists can be made, ana Whlch
the Board OF Education says cannot be MADE
cannot be made this year. Even II we can
agree on certain economies II is not pracucti
TO nut them into effect before We consider the
budget OF 1908. We are at present confronted
bv the Board Of EducatOn's declaration that
il must have money or IL VIII have 10 close on
March / the night schools. vacation SCHOOLS ana
recreation centres. The Controller says the
Board OF Education get along for TINS year
~ II cuts of certain OF its activities Whlch ne
saws are more Injuries than necessities I'M
5erstand he proposes 10 cut out German and DIS
rense with the services OF some hfty-eight Ger
man teachers. I do not know II this Is the
. entire complement. But 1 do not CT ali a6Fee
that teaching German Is a luxury. thlIh i
"a very much n necessity Then there Is physi-
al culture which the Controller thinks Is more
~ n Iuxurv than n necessity. l do not agree
with him. I think 1t comes nearer being heces-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
MEETING IN RusH's DISTRICT.

A meeting OF the Tammany Hall General Com
mittce OF the XXIXth Assembly District will be
held at the Tuxedo Madison-ave. and Ftfty-ninth-
ST.. tonight at SI5 o'clock James w. Gerard pre-
siding. Addresses Will be delivered by Thomas w.
Churchill. Champe s. Andrews, DR.. H. A. A An
derson. Maurice Block and Louis W. OsterWet5.
Thomas y. Rush is the leader of the district
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-20

THE WAY TO THE FAIR.
Make the Trip Via Troy and Albany Over the
New York Central.

In going to the Worlds fair at st
Louis you can purchase at Rutland
station tickets via Troy and the New
York Central in connection with the
Lake Shore and Big Four roads, which
constitute the standard route to st
Louis. Round trip season tickets cost
S36. 40; sixty day tickets, $685. fifteen
day tickets, SAID. In addition to this
coach excursion tickets are sold at
Troy every Wednesday at rate of $40,
for train leaving at l.3C p. m. These
tickets are good for nine days from
date Of sale and permit Of stop over
at Niagara Falls on return trip.
Via Rotterdam Junction and the
West Shore road season tickets cost
S35. 20; sixty day, $29,25; fifteen day,
w. Coach excursion tickets are also
sold at Troy on Wednesdays at rate
of $3.50.
Above tickets are on sale in the Jut-
land railroad Office, but you should
mention either of above routes when
applying for tickets
Address A. f. Brainard, general
agent, Albany, for sleeping car reser-
vations or any special information.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-20
A 1KUP1CAL SIURM.
Coast Of Florida, Near Miami,
Wreck Strewn.
TOWNSCUTOFFFRON OUTSIDE WORLD
six Lives Lost, ships Wrecked ana
Houses Blown Down-CrOPs DAM
aged All Along the At
D Iuntic shore.

MIAMI, Fla, oct 2O.-After blowing
gale for three days the storm pre-
dictcd for south Florida broke over
this place about nightfall. In II few
hours Miami and most of the towns
on the east coast of Florida were cut
off from communication with the out
side world. Telegraph wires We're
blown down, and the railroad tracks
were INSTRUCTED.
The wind attained n maximum veloc
ity Of seventy-tve miles per hour here
The chief damage here on land was
done by the rain.
In the surrounding country the fruit
and vegetable crops were damaged.
Several RATS along the bay front were
capSized and swasped.
AT Buena Vista the residence of J,
G.. Truitt was blown from the pillars
and several others twisted and strain
ed. Great damage to fruit and vege-
tation is reported. At Cutler and the
homestead sections it is feared that
most damage has been done to fruit
and vegetables.
The schooner Melrose. with n crew
of eight and four passengers, was
sunset Il great wave swept over the
vessel, capsiZing it and throwing the
passengers and crew into the sea. Mrs
Hallen, one of the passengers, was
lost, but the crew managed 10 cling to
the sides of the vessel and Mr.. and
Mrs. Weller, two other passengers,
found themselves in the water within
reach of the yardarm of the foremost.
When the ship rightrd herself the two
were still clnging to the rigging. The
mast. however, fell and crushed Mrs.
Weller Her lifclcSs body was wash
ed overheard, while Mr.. Weller Ind
both bones Of his right arm broken.
The schooner drifted until Monday,
when all were washed overheard. Mr..
Weller grasped batch and iloated
ashore, landing near Palm BcaCht as
did the captain, mate and two colored
seamen. One white man and four ne
groes were drowned.
The four masted schooner James
Judge of Philadelphia is aground four
miles south of Palm Beach, having
gone ashore In terrific gale in which
the wind blew from sixty TO ninety
miles an hour. The vessel is badly
damaged.
The three masted bark Zion. owned
by 4. Hemmes of Linden, Germany.
loaded with million feet of lumber
from Pensacola to London. stranded
five miles north Of the House OF
Refuge, near Fort Lauderdale. and Cap
tain Hemmes and crew of fourteen
men, after several hours of struggling,
saved themselves with the aid of
pieces Of lumber and improvised RATS.
The Norwegian bark RainfaXe. from
Campeche for Europe, Captain Log
wood. ran ashore on Marquesa reef
during the storm. The crew was res
cued by the schooner Welcome. The
hurricane missed Key West
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-20

MOBILE, Ala. oct. 2O.--As result
,f "A quarrel Charles Harding shot his
wife Marley Harding. three times and
Then turned the pistol on himself. the
sullct penetrating the base Of the brain.
I'm conveying Harding TO the City hos
pital the ambulance was struck by a
trolley car and wrecked. the driver
being thrown out and severely bruised,
Harding and his wife are fatally
wounded.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-20
NOTICED!

TO all persons whom il doth or may concern:
WlAeas my wife Lillian Chase, has left my
bed Nd board without Just cause pr prOvOca-
ton
Therefore this is TO notify and warn all per
sons not to trust or harbOr her on my account,
as Shall pay no debts OF her contracting after
this date
Bennington. Vt. october y, 1904
HARRY CHAS :.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-27
Cause For Rejoicing,

Judge Shaw in his latter days was
reverenced by the people Of Massa-
chusetts as If he were n demigod, but
in his native county of Barnstable he
was reverenced as god. One winter
when the supreme court held q special
session at Barnstable for the trial of q
capital case Judge Merrick, who was
one OF the judges, came out of the
courthouse just at nightfall, when the
whole surface of the earth was cover
ed with ice and slush. slipped and fell
heavily, breaking three of his ribs. He
was taken up and carried to his room
at the hotel and lay on n sofa waiting
for the doctor to come. While the
judge lay grooming and in agony the
old janitor of the courthouse, who had
helped pick him up, wiped off the wet
from his clothes and said to him.
Judge Merrick, how thankful you
must be it was not the chief justice?'
Poor Merrick could not help laughing,
though his broken ribs were decorating
his fiesh.-George f. Hoar in Serb
ner's
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-27
AS TO PROSPECTS.

THE last Presidential candidate
nominated at st. Louis was elect
ed. "-WaShingtOn Post.
And the prospects are that the
next nominated at t.Louis will also
be elected. Buffalo Times.
Our Buffalo contemporary cx-
presses widely prevalent feeling.
1t is a fact that Democrats gener-
ally, in every part of the country,
are strongly impressed with the
idea that this year is their time for
jubilation. They are more hope
ful now than they were eight years
ago, and vastly more hopeful than
they were four years ago. In Jan
uary. 1896. Democratic proSpec; :
were Frightening, and they con-
tinued to improve for some months
thereafter. But in January. 1900.
with no candidate I'm view but Bry-
an and with a strong probability of
going into the campaign on the
played-out and hoodOoish issue of
Is TO l.. the wise men of the party
were looking for just what came
along in the next November. This
wear all the elements and contin-
gents of the Democracy appear to
be convinced that victory is com
ing. and that may be true. although
there Is no assurance of it in the
election returns of 1894, 1896. 1898.
1900, and 1902. in each and all of
which the Democracy has been
dOwned as easily a. if that were
the regular order or the normal re-
suit. But perhaps the most signif-
icant phase of the present situation
Is the fact that Democratic cheer
fulneSs Is coincident with Repub-
ican doubt and apprehension. The
two combined act as an offset to
the otherwise cheering influence on
the Republican mind of the G.. O.
P.'s long succession of victories.
Washington Post.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-27
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