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New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
BILL HAD s75, 900 JOKER.
Halpin Heads off Scheme to Pro
eide 80 Berths for Tammsangr Men. ~

President Helpin Of the Republican County
Committee yesterday sidetracked what looked
like neat trick on the part OF Tammany men
to obtain from the legislature a bin creating
about $4,000 worth OF patronage. The county
committee people say that Street Cleaning Com
missioner Woodbury. and Captain Gibson, OF the
department. were alive to the situation and
stood ready to fill ffty-three places in the
Street Cleaning Department with Tammany
men.
Two or three weeks ago F. A. O'Neil, James
Cleary, Timothy Sullivan, John McKenna and
John F. Organ, counsel, representing the Uni
formed Officers Benevolent Association. called
on Mr. Halpin and asked him to help IN passing
a bill requiring the city to pay for labor by the
uniformed force in excess OF fOrty-eight hours a
week. Mr.. Halpin, in view of the eight-hour
law governing city employment said he would
do it, and told Mr.. O'Ryan to go ahead and
draft the bill he had outlined it.
The bill was sent to Mr.. HaIpin this week and
he discovered that it provided for lot of things
besides an eight hour day for the street cleaners
1t created hfty-three new places in the Street
Cleaning Department, with aggregate salary
account of about $4,000 The new places
created would have been filed by Commissioner
Woodbury.. They are follows: Two medical
examiners two borough superintendents Brook
lyn, $1,000: The Bronx. $3.JOO; one superin-
tendent of stables, four district superintendents
fifteen section foremen. seven assistant dump
inspectors, seven dump boardmen. four stable
foremen and four assistant stable foremen.
II told you men, without asking about your
politics, what I would do" said Mr. Halpin
II willing to help the men in the depart
ment by requiring the city to pay extra for all
labor in excess of forty-eight hours a week
You never said word to me about these fifty
three new places. You either have tried TO play
a trick me. or you have been coerced by some
one into slipping these things into the bill The
bill, as you have drawn it, puts me in a false
position. When any one does anything that
jeopardizes my good name. or breaks faith with
me, will have nothing more 10 do with him.
will not treat with you any more as the rep
resentatives of anybody anything I'll try
to get a bill through for the men, but 1 want
you distinctly to understand that don't do it
for YOU"
The delegation tried to argue with Mr. Hal
pin. but he would not have il.
Meanwhile. the politicians are asking: Who
was the father of the joker?
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
NEW BILLS At ALBANY.
One Requires Bond from agents
Dealing soith Immigrants.
[Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE TR1BUNE.I

lBY TELEGRAPH TRIBUNEl
Albany, Feb. PA measure. the direct outcome
of The Tribune's crusade against the Illegal prac
tees Of certain employment and steamship agents
introduced by Assemblyman Hartman to-day
The bill is aimed to reach agents who rob the ignO
rant Italian. Hungarian and Slavic immigrants who
send money back to their relatives in Europe. 1t
provides that any company individual selling
steamship tickets undertaking to send money
abroad shall file bond of $4,000 with the state
Controller.
The Five State Milk bill, already forecasted In
these dispatches. was introduced In the Assembly
to-day 1t provides that the employees in milk sta
tons shall be licensed by the State Health Depart
ment and carries drastic penalties for adulteration
The bill is designed reach practice of adultera
ton of milk alleged TO be carried by the middle
men. TO whom the farmers sell their milk. and who
in turn send it to New-York
The of the comsnuter were again embodied
in a legislative measure by Assemblyman Rigby.
of WestchesteT, to-day. The Rigby bill forbds
railroad companies sdtracking local trains to give
the right Of way to overdue express trains.
cept in cases where the through train IS composed
entirely of mail cars
tendent Maxwell introduced by Assemblyman
Ellis to-day. 1t amends existing laws by elininat-
aminers for Normal School graduates and deprives
him OF the power OF n9miBating this board trans
new taxation bill coming rT1m % AssemDiyrnan nan
poses a tax on dealers in domestic wines not sold
in quantities of more than five gallons and not
at s5o for on NeW9orR City s0o for Buffalo ana
Rochester, $75 for cities of the second class and
$50 for cities of the third class.
Other bills introduced in the Assembly to-day In
clude those of:
Mr. Phillips making marital inhdelity misde-
Mr. Wade, appropriatlng $s25Oo for the NewYork
State exhibition at the Lewis and Clark Exposition
Mr.. Nugent providing for a lien on automobiles
MIR Tenjost Prohibiting an increase in fire insur-
n
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
U. S. CONSUL AT DALNEY RETURNS
Reports of Damage at Dalney Exaggerated,
He Says.

Edwin Morgan, who was accredited year ago as
American Consul at Dalny. Manchuria, arrived
yesterday from Europe on the White Star steamer
Baltic. At the Albemarle last evening Mr.. Morgan
sad 'I go tomorrow to Washington to report TO
the State Department. and must regard it as
improper for me TO indulge at this time in observa
tions on my experience in the Far East. Owing to
the military operations the Russian government, as
the lessee from China of the port of Dalny refused
exequaturS to all foreign consulS. not there
fore. able TO enter upon my duties at Dalny. Since
going abroad travelled. however, under directions
OF the State Department in Japan. Corea and
Northern China"
Il was in Dalny.'' he added when the Japanese
secured possession there. The story has been told
and retold. The report. however. that great dam
had been done by shells not true There
was not as much harm done the reports stated
The Japanese are trying to give good govern
ment in Corea. They doing the best they can in
that country. The Coreans restiye and they
would be restive under government."
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
MINISTER FIELDING RETURNS
He Declines to Talk About Effort to Declare
His Seat Vacant.

william s. Fielding Minister of Finance in the
Caoinet OF Sir wilfrid Laurier the CanaAta,
rrelIner. arrived yesterday from Europe on the
"hlte star steamer Baltic. Early in Decephs-
peutlons were filed IN the Supreme Court of Canada
asking that the seats In Parliament OF Mr. Field
iis' sir Frederick Borden. Minister of Militia De-
ie"ce' ana eight other prominent Liberal members
Oh Farhament be declared vacant because OF hrib
cry aneged to have been committed in their behalf
a' 'he november election II was also charged
that Caolnet members entered into coIIuson with
a. ne ptVllotors OF the Grand Trunk Pacific Railwav
~ iia1 an asieeheIit under which the money was mo-
VuSd oy tle railway company to aid in the eect in
oI W LIBERAL candidates for Parliament The nro-
CeegIihss were begun after Minister Felding vSsnt
tsntlon In Naples. He then decIaTaS tba. ~
founded 0 0ieSuOh were un-
On ms arrival IN New-York yesterday Mr. Field
ing declined to discuss the suhiecf 49, '40iN-
AWtItlnS the arrival of the Minister usas Toh,,
AorLnler courtney. who has been Denutv MyiS.aa,n.
OF Flnance since 1878. Mr.. Courtnev yybo 10 q
nauVe OF Cornwall, England, entered tbs ti,a,,oa
Departmeht on his advent in Canada In lSsa a0d
Is no" the senior In point of service in the depaT
M Minister Fielding and Deputy Minister Courtna,,
4ett heIS LOT OttaWa late yesterday afternoon
MT Fielding went abroad about a month 900
ttahlhs, ms uanghter TO Vienna. where she W.
Ieated ny Dr Lorenz- Mr.. Fielding lsft his
uaughter IN care OF Dr. Lorenz and rnada t6,,s
OF itaIy. Whiie In Rome Mr.. Fielding visited ~.
personality of Plus x. ~ Aapis
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
BOY EVANGELIST HERE.
Negro Lad Tells of Huge audiences
IN ENGLAND.

The Baltic reached port yesterday. She had
many prominent persons in her first cabin.
Among them were W. S. Fielding the Canadian
Minister of Finance; Edwin Morgan, American
consul at Dalny, and Lord and Lady Agernon
Gordon-Lennox
Among the Baltics passengers was Lonnie
Lawrence Dennis. the child evangelist. He is
eleven years old and. according to his mother
can remember incidents which happened when
he was nine months old. The boy is a. mulatto
and his mother dark skinned negress. The
boy has made a tour of the Holy Land and
preached in England. Ireland and Scotland. He
is to lecture here on the Holy Land.
''I have had a most successful campaign in
England" said the Wonder" 1.-THE result has
been twenty thousand converts for God. In
London preached In Leonard Weaver's AmerI-
can Tent at Holloway. We had four thousand a
night.
The boy described his work, and in reply to a
question said: Yes. believe that am inspired
l preached in Wales The Welsh are emotional
and excitable, and at present an appeal is being
made rather to their emotions than to their in
telligence. / do not think the results VIII be
as lasting as they would be IL an appeal were
made to their intellects- Understand me- do
not doubt but that Gods power is being felt
The boy declared that he received divine
call to preach the true" Gospel at the age or
two years
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
GOTCH THROWS PARR.
Champions GiUe LiUely Exhibition
at SuIzer's Casino.

Frank Gotch, champion heavyweight wrestler OF
the world. who halls from Iowa. showed last night
that he is OF the greatest wrestIers seen in
many years. Before gathering of five hundred
lovers of wrestling at SuIzers Harlem River Ca
sino he threw Jim" Parr. heavyweight champion
wrestler of England. twice in 46 minutes and Il
seconds. The terms of the match were that Gotch
must floor his opponent twice IN one hour actual
wrestling time. There to be a rest OF ten
minutes between the end of the first point scored
and the beginning of the second bout esotch vro,
the first fall in 26:5S and the second in 1922
Gotch Is a giant, and Is nimbIe on his feet a :
most OF the leading boxers. He has wonderfuI en-
durance, and his skill and strength appear 10 m,
crease after he has been the mat for some min,
utes Ihe strangle hold was barred I'm the match
last evening, and lt was of the cleaDesf cIs,-r
est and best exhibitions of wrestling ever seen in
inns city lhere were times when Ciotch co,,l5 ba -
easily thrown his opponent through the ropes b1t
sach time that ne had Parr wig -waggtns On ~
head near the ropes. and there was danger OF ParT
landing down IN the spectators row ne <eDtI1 -
MIN m get some feet away from the ringside W
Just before the match began Tom Sbarkev an,
leFsu the ring ana said to the spectators tbst a.,
uluefstoud GOtch haG pugilistic aspirations m ,cS
Mere Mere ths case he said. he would be deIghtei ,e
nave Stotch put on the gloves with him and ~
ono1sht % that he could best the Iowa boy in set-t
ON tne mat Gotch responded by saving tbsf ~
"oulu 'aiA later About the subject ~
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
GREAT SIEGE Il HORROR.
Russian Officer Tells of Hardsh'ps
of Port 4rthu Garrison.

Chicago. Feb 24.-Captain Nicholas SAKE, com com
mander OF the Russian photographic snip hrHAk. "
sunk in Port Arthur before the captuatoh' arrived
,n Cbicago from San Francisco to-day He was
accompanied by Captain Nicholas Won Essen com
mander of the battelship sevastopol and eleven
Russian naval Heutenants
FI toI apranhtc story of the siege of the Russian
stronghold Had General stoessel held out. Captain
SAKE said the place would have been a mere
cemetery Almost 5000 men were scurvy-rdden'
% 600 were wounded some of the men having oeen
in hosnitals as many as eight times. Out OF the
whole garrison fewer than one thousand men were
free from wounds or sickness. while food was OF
such quality as induced sickness
when General Stoessei surrendered. 5000 of the
900 soldiers and sailors under arms were suffer-
ing from wounds Hundreds were taken from the
HOSPITALS to bear arms, but unable even to walk,
fen and died at their posts Night and day for
weeks at a time the japanese kept throwing into
the city a shower of shells.
1T was continuous, never ending horror endur-
ing day after day, night after night" said Captain
Sake
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
HOME NEWS
NETWORK CITY

DN'ShS l. ElmendOrf announces twc Cur
SIX enureiy new lectures at Carnegie Lycedli v,t
1hurSdav and Friday. beginning March aaa
az p m The subjects are interesJRS. a~ -
NiustrauenS are finer than ever. The dT@ =
give real idea OF Moorish lie and castcas a
AFRICA and Spain. while the last two treat = -
ana new CASTLE and the AIhambra- His repIe-4
IONS OF the great paintings in the Prado &C ~
are revelations OF ths possibilities 90 nlodera -
tography aided by his cOuSumnats skil IN cow
blanche Du BOis Mckee. the daughter o. y
school teacher. Alpheus Du BOis, who 5it SH a
tate OF S1o0O00 tO personal frien,.s aad 'eaS a
$1,000 70 the daughter. las begun a eeia'ss
inc trlaI 10 determine che mental c'''fe''' :,
Brodie L, Duke will begin in tae sIp'sme t''''
before a jury ON March 27
Marsaret Connolly. fifteen years old. wao -
fessed TO forging checks on thc Astor Na'N's,
sank was committed yesterday 10 the ASNiIsn ~ ;
the Sisters of St Dominic TO stay until sac :
Q lshteen years old.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
EIGHT CAR SUBWAY TRAINS.
Interborough Officials FOreseeing Need to
Lengthen Local Stations.

Officials of the Interborough considering
lengthening the local subway stations to accommo-
date longer trains The plans for the present sta
tions were. made for five trains.
It is expected that in the near future longer
trains will be necessary, and it is planned TO make
the stations long enough for eight trains. The
present structure will not have TO be changed to
any large extent The alterations will cost about
$1OO0OO0
Estimates for tho work have been made, and
plans drawn by Chief Engineer Deyo of the Rapid
Transit Subway Construction Company. These
were submitted to President Orr of the Rapid
Transit Commission for the approval of the board
1t was said by a prominent in the Interborough
that the work would not take great while, nor
would 1t materially affect street traffic. He said
also that the plans would undoubtedly be approved
by the Rapid Transit Commission.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
CHINESE FEUD FIGHT.
Laundryman May Die-RiUal Socl-
etics, SaY Police.

Lee Yu a Chinese laundryman at NJ Is Mott-st,
probably fatally shot in street attack yes
terday by Ong Fong, another laundryman. of No
SO Jackson-st. The police say it was another Hip
Sing Tong and On Leong Tong feud fight.
The shooting was begun in front Of No % Mott
ST. and, the police say, Ong Fong pursued his vic
tim through Mott-st to Pe-st. firing three shots,
one of which struck the fugitive in the head
When Yu fell, shot through the head, Fong threw
away the revolver and ran. AT the bend In Mott
ST.. where Pell-st. ends the stables of the
Naughton Undertaking Company, where the Eliza
beth-st. station patrol wagon is housed The driver
and guard of the wagon were standing outside,
saw the shooting and pursued Fong atching him
near the Bowery. There was desperate fight, in
which several other Cinnamon assisted Fong. Yu
was taken to Hudson Street Hospital,
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
THE ACCIDENT ON THE NEvA.
Court Martial of -Four Officers and Three
Men Ordered

St Petersburg, Feb. 24.-Grand Duke Vladi-
mir, commander of the military district of St
Petersburg. has ordered the trial by court
martial of Captain Davidoff. of the 18th Battery
of the 1st Regiment of Horse Artillery of the
Guards and three other officers and three men
of the 1st Battery of the Guards Artillery Bri-
gade In connection with the firing in the direc-
tion Of Emperor Nicholas at the ceremony Of
blessing the Neva.
The Grand Duchess Elizabeth has been ap-
pointed commander of the 9th Kieff Grenadiers
in succession to Grand Duke Sergius.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
FIRE IN OLDEST LAW OFFICES.
Valuable Library Injured in Rooms of Rawle
& FreedIey. Philadelphia.

Philadelphia. Feb 24.-One OF the oldest law Of
fees in America was partly destroyed to-day by a
fire in the old Orphans Court Building, in 6th-st.
below Walnut-st. The ground floor OF the build
ing is occupied by the business office and compos
ing OF THE Catholic Standard and Times, "
which sustained a loss estimated at $4,000.
The flames reached the second floor. occupied by
the law offices of w. B. Rawle and A. 7. Freedley
Papers belonging 10 the William Penn estate and
law reports dating back to the time OF George
damaged
The Rawle law offices are famous. not alone for
their antiquity but for their library. which one
OF the most valuable private collections of legal
reference books IN America The offices were es-
tablished by William Rawle, in 1888. and are said
10 be the oldest in the United States.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
TEN 4STEAMERS LEASED.
Russia, 1t Is SAID, HAST Pay for the
VeSSeLS If Captured.

Berlin. Feb. 24.-According to the "B6rsen
Courier's" Hamburg correspondent, it is re-
ported that ten of the Hamburg-American Line
steamers have been sold. the Valesia, PhUnicia
Assyria, Belgravia, Gambia, Castillo, Granada,
Hercynta Numidia and Palatia- Directors give
evasive answers 10 inquiries, but according to
trustworthy information the sales are only for
NAL and for the protection of the Hamburg
American Line in case the steamers should be
:aken by the japanese. The price is said to be
fixed for each vessel which Russia must pay if
the steamers are captured. The steamers will
sail before February Is
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25

enumerating the definite colorngs Of Tschakowsks
various Symphonies bographcr touches this fol-
lows: In the Sixth Tschakowsk have concentrated
the broodng melancholy which the characteristic and
recuen all his emotional phases Throug the whole
of his music far away from this shadow.
Sometimes this mood seems real enough; sometimes is
strikes us merely artificial and rhetorical But melancholy
in some form the peculiar qualify Of genius and
nowhere does brood heavily with tragic
sty than in the last movement of this Symphony The
had first performance in October 1898, and three weeks
the poser dead the result of cholera, said
"There another theory, and it is that Tschakowski
suicided the really the case then this music surely
carries the gloomy foeboding haunting measures espe
cay is this true of the last This, the first
rnen begins gloomily the minor, moody growing
the bass OF all the following incidents the
SO much the beautiful singing theme which almost Men
delssohnan in melodous simplicity There is throughou
this tremendous pulse, and the cmaxes piled
high and loud.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
DR.. DRAPER GIVES A HEARING

Albany Feb. A-Commissioner Andrew s. Draper
or the State Department of Education gave a hear
ing to-day order requiring the Normal Col
lege OF the City of New-York to show cause why
the approval of the State Department of Education
10 the course of study at the college should NOT he
Withdrawn. The board of trustees of the college
was represented by President Hunter A II Man
chairman of the executive committee. and Far1i
nan au Schleck an attorney. The representatives NJ
tnent oese argued that practically all the require
baan o VI ine otate Department of Education had
bs bfeh complied with Commissioner Draper reserved
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
BILL FOR REGISTERING TITLES.
Provides for System in Use in Australia and
Several States.
[sY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE ]

Albany Feb 4-A bill to provide for registering
land titles in counties, in accordance with the
system developed IN Australia by Sir Robert Tor
rens. in 1855 introduced to-day by Assembly
Prentice. The latter explains that its ad-
vantages cheapness, expedition and immunity
from fraud. title Is examined once for all and
a decree entered confirming it. The average cost
of initial registration in Illinois is $24 and
further search is needed
THE title insurance companies and many lawyers
whose business Is making search of titles will
undoubtedly make strong opposition" said Mr..
Prentice but if the legislative committee is not
satisfied with it 1 shall ask for commission to
investigate the operation of the system in other
States, where it has been adopted. Massachusetts,
Calltornia, Minnesota, Oregon and Montana have
duopted similar systems. and in 1902 the United
StateS government put II in force throughout the
RhllpPlnes Its cOnstitutiOnality has been APP
Minnesota ~
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
COLOR LINE IN BAY STATE TOWN.
Effort at Marion to Employ Only White
Citizens.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

Marion Mass Feb 24.-Ths town, whose fame
was suIlied not long ago by whitecapping case, is
now stirred up over the movement to draw the
color line in town employment. through the inser-
ton of an article in the warrant for the approach
ing town meeting which reads: ITO see if the town
will vote to employ white men only on town
work"
The selectmen, who evidently looked askance at
1t, have placed it at the very end of the warrant
There are many negroes in the community, but
there is a large number Of natives of Cape Verd,
who classed with the negroes, though there
is probably little blood in of them. Some
think that the article is aimed at these rather than
the full blooded negroes. But the fact remains
that the color line has been drawn most sharply in
a conservative Massachusetts town.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
ALLEGED FRAUDS IN JAPAN.
Diet Investigating Contracts - Russian
Prisoners Number 44,400.

Toxic Feb. 24-The Diet has been investi-
eating alleged frauds in connection with con-
tracts signed in May last for the construction
of barracks for the Seventh Division in Hok-
kaido. In an address to the throne. Chief Quar-
termaster Tomatsu takes the responsibility for
the contracts although his predecessor awarded
them privately and without tenders.
The Russian prisoners in Japan number A.
400 of whom G16 are officers
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
AFFAIRS LEFT WITH EXTREMISTS.
That Caused Russia's Difficulties, Andrew D.
White Declares.

Montclar. N J., Feb. q (SpeciaD.- ndrew D
White. ex-Ambassador TO Germany and ex-Minlster
TO Russia. tonight addressed the Outlook Club on
Revolution versus Evolution" He outlined the
present situation in Russia. then said that from
his personal knowledge of Russian politics and
Characteristics the present lamentable domestic
difficulties would have been avoided mad able and
conscientious statesmen carried out the policy Of
Alexander II instead or leaving affairs in the hands
of extremists.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
MORTGAGE TAX BILLS INrRooucen
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BrNE.I

lBT TELEGRAPH THE TRIRIrNE
Albany. Feb. 24-As forecast in to-dav's Tribune
senator Lewis to-day introduced two mortgage tav
oilis- One Is modelled the Stranahan measpro
OF I'oV' carrying fve-mill annual tax. and the
other Is reproduction OF the Bosswick bill OF sew
eral recent sessions. The only significant cbanga
IN the latter bill from the form of last wear s the
ihsertion h of sentence providing that no mortgage
ness to he a IN which the principal indebted
not eNpreSSed 49, 80 SOilIIHSeIlcy rs
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
CAPTAIN TIGHE ON THE STAND.

The trial of Captain Robert A. Tighe for neglert
Of duty while in command of the Mercer-st. station
was continued yesterday before Trial Commissioner
McAYoy, Deputy Commissioner Lindsey acting as
prosecutor. Police Magistrates Ommen and Bar
low appeared to tell what a fine character Captain
Tighe possessed, and Inspector Titus who is sus-
pended under similar charges, also gave the cap
tain certificate of excellent character The trial
was marked by the usual pickering between Mr.
McAvoy and Mr. Lindsey over the latter's ATTEMPT
10 introduce certain evidence
New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
ANNUAL MEETING OF sTRoLLERs.

The annual meeting OF the Strollers will DO held
March at the clubhouse. No. 81 Madison Lave.
constitution will be offered amending the
old one in important particulars The membership
will be reduced TO four hundred resident and four
hundred nonresident The following is the list Of
the nominations for members of the board OF gov
ernors for the ensuing year: Robert C. Sands
Franklin Bartlett. Johnston Livingston, jr RaInb
Slmsted Ives. Z. Chauncey Anderson Francis K
stevens samuel Adams Clark, Harris LindsIey T
Gerald Bernhard, Harold Binney, Howard a Syn,ltr,
and Robert c. Watson jr. - ~'i"S