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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
CHICAGO DINNER FOR M. JUssERAND
Ambassador Says President Has Won Ad-
miration and Gratitude Of World.

Chicago, Dec. 16-M Jusserand, French Amhas-
sador tonight was the guest of honor at dinner
given by a number of his friends. The Anbassa-
dor arrived in Chicago this morning. and will re-
main until Wednesday to attend the convocation
Of Chicago University where he is to deliver the
principal address The dinner tonight was an
informal affair, and set speeches were made
Toasts were drunk to the Ambassador, to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and to President Loubet- of France
N. Jugserand, in proposing a toast to President
Roosevelt, said in part:
In his recent message to Congress, which is said
be not the shortest on record. President Roose-
welt in his ample review of all questions interest
ing America forgot the foremost event of the year
compared with which all the others are insigniti-
cant / mean that peace in the East, which the
President of the United States brought about,
which the admiration and the gratitude OF the
world and rebounds to his end his country's en-
during glory. Gentlemen. propose to you the
health of President Roosevelt and the prosperity
Of United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
HELP SIGNALS IGNORED.
Cree of Tug Wrecked on Block
Island Tell of Priuation.

Block Island, r. L. Dec. ia story of ex-
treme priFation and of having been repeatedly
passed by coasting vessels. which totally ignored
their signals of distress. is told by Captain John
T. Brown of Yarmouth. Mass. and Herbert E.
Henderson, engineer of the little tug Blue Jay,
which came ashore on the southeast side of the
islend to-day, after having foated helplessly
about since last Tuesday night, when the YES
seFs engines broke down and her cable parted
on Cuttyhunk. The tug began to go to pieces In
2 total wreck.
The tug was seen by the turfrnen early to-day,
pIung1ng through the breakers and when she
nn3liy crashed on the rocks the hfesaVers pre-
pared to go to her. Before they could get out
their boat, however, the engineer the tug
was capsiZed He succeeded in swimming TO
shore. The lifesavers then went to the tug in
lifeboat and brought off the captain and the two
men comprising the crew.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
IMPORTING LEAD FROM EUROPE
Cheaper Than Domestic Article, in Spite Of
Duty and Freight.

Because OF the heavy demand at present pre-
vailng here for lead and the scarcity OF the Amer
lean product arrangements have been made Tor
the importation from Europe Of several Thousand
tons. q circumstance that has not occurred Tor
is to be shipped from England, Belgium and Ger
many, will be delivered here at prices lower than
the ruling rate for the domestic material, not
wthstanding that the duty and freight amount 10
40 per cent of the initial cost In Europe.
The ordinary quotations in Europe are about rs
cents pound. but owing to the big orders already
placed from here the price has risen suddenly to
34a cents The import duty is 25s esnts and the
freight cost about - cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
FAIR coUNDs ENTRIES MONDAY.

rnz. -aos I've furIongsl-Buckon1 rs; Vivian 115;
yss 9s-il,s 1o7: Edna Elliott 10; Sweet Favor 112:
llasnt WIN los; Wedding Ring, 10; Lsdy wsddelL
iie 5athers r.. ia: Belle Of Argyle, 10; Usury io:
T--.- 50s- amy. 100: Mahogany 1oe
sseond Re selling; purse $780, six fuiongs)-Gay
a5sssSs /; Kohiroor. 100: Glen Gallant, 101: Many
@Sssks x Wiseecre, JOB; Hannibal Bey, 1o1 FaIlona
10 HAND g. Mayor Johnson, Zoe.
cd EnleI. e6: Logistilla. 3d. Frang1be, 90: Los
tsrs,anoa9: Rainland. 107-
T~-bsce 6handfoap purse $500; five furougs)-Co-
,.s- Telp 10T Elsie Harris, e5 Nalster Jos; Ab5ure
Wfsyon 81 Caiabash. los; Dr.. Sheriff. los; Marvel
p "a 1iy Henrietta. IS.
rfb &c purse $500 six Observation-Disclosures L. 1G1:
n1ss- ate Ia1: Turnover 1G1: ). c. Clem 101; Bitter
gs7g !; Ruth W. 1of; o. G. Parke 1o4; Stoner Hin
III = Chance. 1e4; Waterwing 113; Calabash, 109.
sr:Tecs purse $500; one mile and seventy yardsl-
~ iotsin Bob 1o7: Harmakis. 100: Arsenal 1885,
TF-eis los: Payne 102: Chats. fo2 Pickles 104; St
Jor04 C1arenont los sau1sberTy, 100: Dan AcKenna,
iisngur. 1C3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
MAIL YOUR PRESENTS EARLY.
Postmaster VIII Help You to Punctuality
If You Will Aid Him.

Postmaster Wilcox, realizing how unsatisfactory
to the public it is have Christmas gifts which
sent by registered mail fail to reach those for
whom intended until after Christmas Day, has in
vited attention the desirability of posting all
such matter far in advance of that day pos
sble. and of delivering the same to the postofice
the stations ) early the day of mailing as
be done preferably in the morning. This is
specially important during the week beginning
Monday, December 49, special arrangements
have been made by the Postoffice to forward i'm
mediately during that period ali mail Of this char
intended for delivery in other cities through
out the country, and in order that these arrange
ments may effect the desired result the co-opera-
ton of the public is EARNESTLY requested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
REPORTS FINDING HIDDEN GOLD.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

IBy Telesraph to The Trlbune.I
Galveston, Tex, Dec. H.-During the French oc-
cupation, when everybody was trying to get their
money out of Mexico because Of the uncertainty
as to the future. a party of Monterey merchants
started for San Antonio with 100000 in gold
Robbers beset them the road and massacred
the party burning the wagon train. OBly the
Indian guide escaped.
Charles Smythe, OF California, who claims this
Indian confided to him the burial place of the
treasure, has, with the aid OF plans been seeking
1t many months. He says he has now found where
Z L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
A NEW TOURIST CAR SERVICE.

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad WIFI begin
the operation OF daily line of standard and tourist
sleeping between Denver and Los Angeles to-
day in connection with the new Clark road Both
cars will leave Denver daily at $50 a. m. and
arrive at Salt Lake City at :S5 p m the next day
There the cars will be held until midnight.
allowing through passengers stopover OF ten hours
and half in Salt Lake City. Eastbound. the cars
will leave Los Angeles at p. m and arrive at
Salt Lake City at $50 a the second morning.
where they will remain until $50 going thence
ing afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
COMMENT ON ROCK ISLANDS MOVE.

There was comment IN Wall Street yesterday on
the Rock Islands announcement OF It's cut In dfvf.
dends and the large amounts authorized for sx-
penditure on improvements and edupment Some
railroad men thought the management would dad
difficulty in raising the money. director OF the
company, however. said that there woald be no
trouble. The road could not spend than
S0.600000 next year, he estimated. whereas the
treasury held some t251 000 Of assets to draw On
any time including cash, accounts receivabls
and salable securities The Rock Island Railway
Company he said. had between 100000 and 81
10000 Of actual cash 1t could, IL it wished, sell
some of the funding bonds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
ANOTHER OF COMEDY COMPANY DIES.
Two Victims of Shooting in Nothing but
Money" Musical Show.

Spartanburg, S. c., Dec. 16.-Another victim has
been added to the wild pistol shots Of VIII Hasty.
proprietor Of hotel at Gaffney, twenty-one miles
north OF Spartanburg, who killed outright Melan
Benuett, musical director of the Nothing but
Money company, and fatally wounded Abbott
Dawson. manager of the show, who died tonight.
During the afternoon the groans of the suffering
man could be heard through large part of the
little village He called piteously the Of his
wife. He died for championing the cause of
@9lren in his show who it is alleged. were in
''At Gaffney the wonder is tonight that there
tonight.
Mr. Welsh. the manager. has given months
salary to the company, which is returning to New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
PETIrIoNs IN BANKRUPTCY.

The following petitions In bankruptcy we're fled
yesterday with the clerk Of the United States Dis
trict Court:
An involuntary petition against Alex. and Harry
Well, trading as A. & II. Well No. 454 Broadway.
bv n e M Trand & Co and two other creditors
with claims aggregating &.250 Preferential pay
ments are alleged
An involuntary petition was fled against Samuel
NJ Raine no address by Iackman q Jacob and
two other creditors with claims aggFegztfnr S73s
The claim is made that the alleged bankrupt trans
ferred two saloons heretofore owned by him at No
iso East Houston-st. and No. LEe 6th-ave, at a
fie,re FAR below their proper value to hinder
delay and defraud his creditors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
TIE cARMANIA SAILS.

The new Cunard turbine steamship CarLnania
sailed yesterday her first trip eastward. The
cabins were filed, and twenty passengers
who wanted second cabin accommodations had to
cross In the steerage. One reason for the taking
OF all the berths In the first cabin YVES because
many of tbs cabins which could accommodate two
persons bought outright By those
W secILsion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
LoeAL BUSINESS TRoueLEs

Justice Amend of the Supreme Court yesterday
appointed Rudolph A. seligman receiver for the
Pioneer Automobile Campus Motor Company. a
for $3.50.
The Sheriff yesterday received attachment fc-
$40 against property OF Nocito & Oguehene, con-
tractors No 176 Eiizabeth-st in favor Of Michael
Nicholson A deputy sheriff served q couy o. lie
attachment third party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
ROUGH TRIP OF THE SIBERIAN.

St Johns n. F., Dec. 1s--The Allan Line steamer
Siberian arrived here this evening after being out
thirteen days from Liverpool The ship met sue
cession of hurricanes. Last Sunday the decks were
swept by giant seas. Deckhouses were damaged.
three boats were smashed 10 pieces, steam pipes
were torn away and much minor damage was done
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
WIFE BANKRUPT ON HUSBANDS NOTES

Mrs. Margaret Johnson. wife of Walter L. John
son, founder of Dyker Heights filed a petition in
bankruptcy in the United States Court, Brooklyn.
She says she has outstanding notes to the amount
of $40 s00 and unsecured claims amounting to $14550
When her husband got into financial difficulties in
1901, through his real estate operations, his wife
went on a number of his notes, which is said to be
responsible for her present trouble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
ROBBINS SAYS HE WILL NOT RESIGN.

Francis L. Robbins, president Of the Pftts0ung
Coal Company said yesterday that he would nct
resign and that there would be change IN tbs
management OF the company this year. It had been
reported that efforts were being made to Gust Ar,
Robbins. who was to be succeeded by NJ h. Tsys
Tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
DR.. LAsKER TO VISIT CANADA.
Simultaneous Chess Play at Several Clubs
To Test Rice Gambit.

DR.. Lasker, the worlds champion chess player
has left for Montreal for simultaneous perform
ance at the Montreal Chess Club. which is organ
izlng Canadian congress, 10 be opened on Janu-
airy Ia Upon his return here DR.. Lasker will sail
for Cuba where he has a fortnights engagement
with the Havana Chess Club. Last week he played
the strong team of the Franklin Chess Club, which
defeated the Manhattan Chess Club last spring
with the result that he won ten games, lost two
and drew three President w. P. Shipley defeated
him in a Mclsutcheon variation of the French De-
fence. and d. Stuart also won his game. Later
PLAYING against sixteen, including members of the
champion made Fl clean sweep at all the boards.
To half of his opponents he conceded the odds OF
q knight.
Manhattan Chess Club on Thursday night win
three. TO Messrs. Rudolph, Lazinsk and Northrop.
William f. Napier and Julius Finn will begin
series of ten games to test the Rice Gambit
Wednesday evening, The games viii be contested
the Villa Julia, the residence of Professor Rice.
Paul Joiner, the young German expert. who re-
Gently joined the Manhattan Chess Club, viii give
a blndfoId exhibition at the club next Thursday
anca at the Queens County Chess Club, Richmond
Hill. Long Island on Tuesday.
In the pending championship tournament Of the
Manhattan Chess Club the leaders A W. Fox
20; E. Delmar, slz-l11. Z; ] Marshall. Pm; J
HaIpern and 7. Joiner each z1s-ltz Another rouno
viii be played this afternoon
The Brooklyn Chess Club held successful smok-
ar at It's clubrooms in the Thomas Jefferson Build
iur last night Music reeitations speechmaking
ana collation. the features OF the programme
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
TWO OF STEAMERS CREW LOST.

steamer Sutherland. Captain Wallace. from New
York October "a. by way of Cape Verde Islands
November g. has put in here with her bulwarks
damaged by heavy weather. in which the suther-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
THE DEWEY TO SAIL THIS WEEK.

Washington Dec. 1s.-Towed by the supply ship
Glacier Commander Harry H. Hosley, the golfers
Brutus and Cesar and the tug Potomac, the mani
moth steel floating drydock Dewey will start next
week on its long cruise 20 Olongapo. Philippine
Islands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17

Frank J. Marshall encountered all corners at the
Manhattan Chess Club Thursday night win
ming nineteen games. drawing three and losing
three. TO Messrs. Rudolph. Lazinsk and Northrop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17

series Of ten games to test the Rice Gambit on
Wednesday evening The games viii be contested
at the villa julia, the residence of Professor Rice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
Prevention of Cruelty.

Since September, 1902, Birmingham has had a society whose work relates to the prevention of cruelty to animals and children. In 1903 this society led up to 156 arrests, from which number there were 135 convictions. Similar [ arrests in the year just ended num- ! bered 115, anI 90 of the cases resulted ~in convictions. .ze This is an excellent record, and if it is to be maintained larger donations from the public must be forthcoming. The society is well organized. G. M. Cruikshank is it's president, and L. A. Bennie it's secretary and treasurer. Money is needed to pay the arresting officer, and the humane in this city should not let the society die out from want of funds. The donations were small last year, but those who think children and animals should not be treated with cruelty should certainly see that the society is properly sup ported and rendered efficient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL
Company lnaugurates Policy of DeveI-
 oping Oil Fields.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 During the year 1905 the Republic Iron and Steel company will pay more atten- tion to developing its oil fields in Indiana than ever before. It has already estab- Lshed a special department and has placed 1t in charge of an expert in that line. It will also spend a large amount of money in bringing it's oil properties to a high earning standard
 For the present calendar year the com pany expects to derive net returns of not less than s1, ,OO0. 900 from it's oil fields alone If its expectations in this respect are re- alized 1t will not take long for the com pany to make up its cumulative back dividends on the preferred stock and to place the issue again on dividend basis.
 Deferred dividends on the preferred stock now amount to about $1. 800, GOO. It is certain that the company will not again pay dividends until 1t Is assured they are to be maintained, but If the pres ent conditions in the trade of the com pany are maintained for the year divi- dends will be a subject for discussion by the boaru before the end of the calendar year.
 Through its new rail mill the company expects to broaden its trade in the heavy lines during the year and it's plants in the southern field are rapidly expanding business in that direction The company requires Leavy net earnings for some time before resumption of dividends to replen- sh its working capital which was great ly depleted in l903 and 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
A PENNSYLVANIA PLEHvE.
York World

From the New York World.
 Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania he of the famous anti-cartoon law-has evolved from fecund brain t new and curious scheme for suppressins a disre- spectful press.
 the legislature is devoted to arguments in behalf of an act by which newspapers could be defined as a common nuisance and suppressed accordingly. The law punishing common scolds is still on the Pennsylvania statute books, and the gov ernor is aflame with holy zeal to extend it to the newspapers.
 The act which he has drafted would make it possible for any six machine politicians who could find in an unfriend- ly newspaper three articles in which all the details were not stated with unim- peachable accuracy to make complaint to a partisan Attorney General, who would then begin action in a partisan court to suppress the offending news paper.
 The Pennypacker suggestion is interest ing only as any other mediaeval relic Is interesting. Plehve is dead, but his scul goes marching on-and in Pennsyl- vsnia too. where Ben Franklin used to edit a newspaper. print an almanac and bedevil the Pennypackers of his day to the delight of the populace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
Crude Metal to be Melted.

The Coosa Pipe and Foundry com pany has decided to build at Gadsden a pipe factory. This commendable enterprise of the new company means that the day for the shipment from this district of pig iron or even steel billets is fast passing away. Pig iron producers see that there is net money in manufactured goods when there is none or little in the crude metal as It flows from the furnaces.
 It -i simply the evolution of the dis trict. We arc getting out of our crude period, and before many more years have passed, there will be no iron made in this district for sale. simply because our cupolas and rolling mills shall have turned every bit of it into merchantable goods. We are acquir- ing nearly a dozen cupolas year, and it is wholly within probability that another rail mill will soon be built. The days of our crudity are nearly ended, and the new Gadsden enterprise is pulling in the right direction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
Flogging in the Schools.

The New York City Board of Educa- tion has abolished flogging as method of school punishment. Said member of that board recently:
 Shall we say to the world that with our half a million and more pupils we are unable to govern them except by brutality? It is the blow of the strong man against the weak boy. I feel that it would be a disgrace to the city to put the means of torture into the hands Of principals and teachers" This may be said to be the general sentiment in this age of the @crld in relation to flogging. Even backward, half civilized Russia has abolished the knout, and in all other countries fog ging Is disappearing from schools, navies and prisons.
 Other methods of correction and cure are coming into use. There are numberless other methods. and the official or superintendent or teacher 
 who does not utilize some of those methods, is to be forbidden to resort to the rod. Adult brutality at any rate is not needed in the handling of chil- dren in the public schools. Flogging Is a relic of barbarian and the dark ages, and the action of the tial in driving It altogether from our modern humanitarian life. The world has outgrown 1t even in Russia, and America cannot afford to retain a phase of barbarism that Russia re- iects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
There's nothing good or bad, but thinking makes 1t so.
 Hamlet.
Shuttinu Out the Wealthy.

fs The savings banks of New York are troubled with the wealthy as Texas cotton is infested with boil weeyils. FThe savings banks of New York are ssure-enough savings banks, supervised at every point by the state, and con ducted throughout for the benefit ot She poor. All net earnings go to de- positors, there being no stock, and or scourse no stockholders.
 k Those banks are, however, utilized sby the wealthy or the fairly wealthy, tand the state bank superintendent Of sNew York says some plan must be sdevised to rid the savings banks Of the Estate of the pest" He asks the legis- flature of New York to name the limit sfhat any one person can have on de- sposit in all savings banks. He asks 1t to authorize savings banks to swear idepositors, and to make false swearing in such a case perjury.
 In Massachusetts an individual can Snot deposit more than one thousand dollars in any one savings bank, and interest accumulations thereon can snot be carried beyond six hundred dol lars The theory is that the wealthy are competent to care for their own 3laoney, and the savings banks are Established to look after the savings of the poor. How to keep the wealthy out is considerable problem, and the eastern states are giving the subject no little attention.
 The situation in the south is wholly different. We have in the first place no banks established and supervised by the state for the good of the poor { and we have no trouble whatever in handling the deposits of all corners. The eastern situation is presented as a novelty, not as a case that has a moral for this latitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Fifth Avenue.

me paving of Fifth avenue will prove great forward movement in the general appearance of Birmingham" remarked man possessed of much civic pride.
 Flltn avenue is really a central resi- oenee street. has no street car line to in- terrupt It's appearance. and is open from the east to the west limits of the city. when paved it will make an ideal drive way; and l believe the work will will be the real beginning of paving of all the prominent residence streets in this city.
 There Is much complaint about dirt ana dust in Birmingham. and the paving or the streets and sprinkling and sweeping them Is the only solution of that prob lem.
 T have been informed, however, that the Nashville company, which has the contract for both Fifth avenue and High land avenue. will first complete the lat ter, and that 1t may be late in the spring before the payers reach Fifth avenue. The contracting company is now receiv- ing It's equipment for the work"