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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30

Following closely a scathing arraignrnent
by Jacob H. Schiff of the methods and manner
of the Hyde control of the Equitable before the
legislative investigating committee came the
surprising development that Judge" Andrew
Hamilton, hitherto identified as the legislative
agent of the New-York Life, was in fact the
legislative representative of the Mutual and
Equitable we'll; that the Equitable alone had
paid him than $4,000 for such work in the
last ten years, and that this was probably
only small proportion of the money actually
paid him by the Equitable alone.
Moreover, it shown that the three great
life insurance companies divided the legislatures
of the United States and Canada into three
groups, assigning two other men to work with
Judge" Hamilton in covering them, and that
in addition to the money he received from the
Equitable, the other two paid him equal sums.
single item paid by the Equitable in 1903
amounting to $13,333 33, indicated that in this
case alone he must have received $4,000 for
some mysterious legislative work not specified
and not known to the officers Of the Equitable
who testified. Moreover, IN earlier testimony 1t
has been shown that Judge" Hamilton received
S235OO0 from the New-York Life alone, drawn
from, "yeIIow doq" accounts. and similar pay
nnents from the other two companies would carry
his fund used in legislative work up to SI5O,OoU'
was the assistant auditor of the Equitable, Al
fred w Mayne, who testified TO the foregoing
and who admitted that he was associated IN
this work with Judge Hamilton. did not dis
close. beyond talking vaguely about counsel
fees travelling expenses and the like. and
vehementIy denying any knowledge that any
share of it had been employed to influence"
legislation
All the vast sums paid by the Equitable to
Judge" Hamilton were paid in the most mys-
terious fashion without any statement in item
lied form of what they expended for. They
were paid on the order of 7. D. Jordan. con-
troller and were ultimately charged to illegal
expenses" No careful supervision of any sort
seemed to be exercised over these items.
Mr. Mayne testified that he knew of no con-
tributions Judge" Hamilton drawn from any
of the Equitable yellow dog funds. but Mr..
Hughes's questions made it clear that he eX-
pected subsequently to discover such f. L.
short d former solicitor of the Equitable and
w T ThummeH were named other special
legislative agents" and it was disclosed that in
Massachusetts local attorneys had been en-
ployed and the same practice had been followed
in other States. One curious development was
that the agent at the New York State Legislative
sessions was apparently unconnected with any
others and his identity was not disclosed.
The division of territory apparently gave to
the New York Life through Judge" Hamilton
the Middle West and some of the Far West
States to W. T. ThummeII the Central States
FOR the Mutual, and to the Equitable certain
Southern States and New England. exclusive OF
Massachusetts, which seemed to need special at
tenton.
The aggregate of sums known to have been
paid to Mr. Hamilton by the Equitable in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
DEATH BEFORE MIRROR.
WeL-Kno5cn Lascyer Ends Life at
St. 4ndre7C's Hotel.

Herbert Valentine, a guest at the Hotel st.
Andrew, at 12d-st. and Broadway, shot and
killed himself in his room at the hotel last
evening. The action seemed to have been de-
liberate. Mr.. Valentine had removed his coat.
placed one cartridge only in his revolver. and
stood in front of the bathroom mirror, placing
the muzzle of the weapon Just above the right
ear. Death must have been almost instantane-
For several hours the management of the hotel
had been worrying over the possibility of just
such an act Zennatta Quintard a chamber
maid, had inadvertently opened the door of Mr..
Valentines suite about p. and had seen him
pacing the room with a revolver in his hand.
She told Charles Davis the manager who kept
belIboys near the room from that time on and
at $50 O'Clock sent two boys to the room with
ice water as a pretext. The boys found the
door locked It was opened with master key.
Valentine had been dead about half an hour,
said DR.. PeIgram. who examined tbs body. No
shot had been heard.
Valentine registered at the hotel July 20
and gave his residence as New-York City. He
made no friends in the hotel and was seldom
out of his room. Valentine had carefully folded
his coat and his overcoat, and placed them on
the dresser. He had packed his two trunks
three dress suit cases and two valises. There
were no letters, but on a table an engraved
card with the name and the address No. III
Madison-ave The only other articles in the
room unpacked were several photographs of for
eign scenes. which with the many foreign labels
on his trunk and bags, indicated that he had
been an extensive traveller.
The suicide was not reported TO the police
until Coroner Scholer who was told of it at II
o'clock directed the police of the West 6Sth-st.
station 10 take charge OF the property of the
dead man. The body was sent TO an under
takers.
The Club Directory gives Herbert Valentine.
of No. III Madison-ave.. as member of the
Bar Association. American Numismatic and
Archaeological Society, New-York Genealogical
and Biographical Society and the New York
Botanical Gardens 1t gives his occupation as
a LAWYER with an office at No. 38 Park Row.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
SMASH ALL IN SIGHT,
Schmittberger's Ne1o Method Thor
ounb-Eggers Makes Tzco Raids.

Tho rightstfck reigns supreme in the Tenderloin
again as It did in the days Of Captain onaPIldli'
T:s superiority over moral suasioh was 80.
tated nv raid on a negro place in west "lsl-s'''
- oi1aga5 gambling house. yesterday Nheh III
srector schmittbergers men got through III III IN, l,
Mace the Bon Ton Social CLUB OF WIhSh IIl''i
Johnny Jones is the ostensiole mauaseL' nc
re ~, actual count A broken chairs % rul'el1 L
,atlas IA demolished mirrors. l disintegrated
lock - fractured lights of glass. 10 smashed doors
and splintered partitions
According 10 the members or the cluo' "otie9
49,. bic bead spIit open and Kelley, the bartender
- his leo broken Several shots were fred IN
the beginning the raid. but they were an olfeCt'
at a bulldog which barred the entry OF the ponce
He wasn't hurt. .,+ t,,
Tores has engaged counsel, who says that liilS
morning he will apply for warrants lot 'iie mn
IN ,be raid on the charge of robbery Uhe ponce
are said TO have helped themselves to drinks ana
cIearsl breaking and entering. assault ana ma
r;cious mischief Inspector SchmlttoeFSeI - H0
alarmed; neither are his men
onI, one arrest was made, negro, who had
ravn ticket in his pocFet, and was locked up as
a suspicious character. The inspector salu 'h"' ne
did not make more arrests because ne uo not i'u
tbe real proprietor of the place there.
when the inspector was told Of the supposedly
injured men in the raid he laughed NO recoru OF
such injuries could be found at the station mouse
hospitals nc,
The Eprers squad also did some milder smashing
,,astarday, For the second time in a few days
raia was made over the head Of Acting Captain
Burke when the Eggers squad raided an alleged
pooIroom in University Place Acting captain Lu
Egeers and his men had TO use sledges and batter,
ing rams to break through the four steel doors anu
q mart of brick wall guarding the place tour
,riore~s and the usual gHaraphernalia were taken
'rbe place was guarded bgan injunction, hut Eggers
considered that he had evidence enough to dlsre-
gard It. ,,,o 1,,rs
Eggers then raided the rooms Of the Parole lurl
CO a. 11tbst near 6th-ave., and arrested one
- barqes with keeping and maintaining the
Mace THE ioor of the place was covered with e1-
pensive rugs, and there were expensive paintings on
the walls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
ELSBERG WILL NOT Run.
Belief Expressed That WOodruf
Man Reconsider Dcc!indtiOn.

Friends Of Senator Nathaniel A Elsherg oe-
clared last night that under no circumstances
would the Senator accept the Republican nolni-
nation for Mayor
The name Of former Lieutenant Governor Inn
othy L. Woodruff, OF Brooklyn, was mentioned
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel as the man TO whom
The Republican leaders had decided to offer the
noTnination His name has been mentioned sew
eral times during the last two or three days
Ee has stated that he did not wish the nomina-
ton for business reasons. ard did not see how
il would be possible for him to even consider
IL 1t was stated last night. howeve., that,
notwithstanding Mr.. WoodTuf's expressed un-
Willingness. several Of the leaders hoped TO per-
suade him 10 reconsider his determination.
Justice Samuel Seabury. of the City Court is
still mentioned a possible candidate on
foslrth ticket Alfred J. Boulton. labor leader
md q member of the Citizens Union. who is
devoted TO the idea OF municipal ownership and
W.0 wes dissatisfied with the failure of fusion
and was also dissa tisGed when the union de-
ter!niped that municipal ownership shall be
MADE a feature OF the campaign. He believes
taat If a ticket headed bY Justice Seabury
should be Put il the field Il would have the
backing OF the dissatisfied members of the Citi-
zens Union ard also the support of the Brook
5n Municipal Ownership League and many
Stnokly1 Democrats.
Tie Stezts-ZeiLung" yesterday published an
eoltcrial praisIng Corporation Counsel Delany
ahe cOr,z3en6inE him as = candidate for the
sseTeale Court bsncA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
BIG GULF COAST STORM.
Repetition of Hurricane of 1884,
When 1000 Died, Feared.
EBy Telerra2h to The Tribune,l


w-Orleans. Sept. 29.-Although no de'al'
have been received here up to the present time'
it is believed that the entire Gulf Coast has suf-
fered from one of the worst storms in the last
ten years. Tonight the barometer registers the
same as it did in 1894, when 1900 people were
killed and their bodies We're found in the tops
Of the trees along the coast. Telephone mes
sages received here tonight indicate that Tor
the last twenty-four hours terrible storm has
been raging along the entire Gulf Coast and
that a number of vessels have been swept
ashore So far no bodies have been washed
ashore
At 9 o'clock tonight the barometer registers
just as it did in 1894, when the fishing camps
all along the Cammandierer Islands were
wrecked and hundreds killed. Reports received
tonight here show that bath houses and other
buildings have been swept away all along the
coast and that the storm is constantly 1ncreaS-
ing in violence. At Gufport the water IS al
ready over the railroad wharf, and the same is
true at Milneburg and other points.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
SUZUKI 4 CHRISTIAN.
Japanese Surgeon General Says
UhOIc FaniLy Are Concerts.

Detroit, Mich. Sept. 29.-Intensely dramatic
was the moment to-day when Surgeon General
Suzuki, of the japanese navy, fresh from the
battles of the Japan and Yellow seas, declared
with affecting earnestness and sincerity before
the Railroad Young Mems Christian Association
International convention that he had been for
twenty years a Christian. Very proudly ne
added that his wife ana five children shared his
belief Tears dimmed many eyes when the dis
tnguished Japanese surgeon told brokenly of
the drowning of another child, his twelve-year-
old daughter. just two days before he himself
had been called into the thick Of the recent
fighting
He had not urged the question Of religion in
his family, he said. having trusted 1t to the
guidance of God. His eldest son had been the
first TO become a convert having been interested
at drst through an accidental visit to a Chris
tian meeting while walking along the streets OF
Tokio Next, the wife had been converted
through the influence Of her son, and all the
family had followed in the steps of these two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
II. r. HEARST HOME.
Municipal Leagmers Greet Him-Is
1fum on Politics.

William r. Hearst arrived here last night on
the Lucania. He met at the pier by Max
Ihnlsen and other members Of the Municipal
Ownership League, including Thomas Gllleran
ex-Justice PaImeri, D. r. Van Week ana Au-
gustus c. Stebbins Arthur Brisbane. Of The
>-eu-yorlz American boarded the Lucania at
Quarantine.
Mr.. Hearst explained TO the reporters that
he had no idea of the present political situation
and could not express any opinion until after
he had looked over the field
Il have been abroad some time. ne salo'
and have no idea OF the present political stu
a,iar in Neu--York I have been offered several
of7ces while abroad but l have declined them
ali. I have no desire to De d caiuuo'e ioi
Office" . 7oor,o
When told that District Attorney Jerome
was an independent candidate ana hao eS'ap az
lished Headquarters at the Gilsey House. MI,
Hearst smiled, and said: You know "hat
think Of Jerome ,. ,s
child
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
FIRE Fatal TO THREE.
One Dead, Tsco Dying 4s Result of
West-st Blaze.

Three men were fatally burned, two OF whom
are dying in the Hudson Street Hospital. as the
result of a fire at No, 222 West-st.. Just after
1 o'clock this morning. and it is thought that
there are still others whose bodies have not yet
been found The dead man not identified.
The men in the Hudson Street Hospital are
Patrick Dowd. who has mother living at No
60 Nain-st. Poughkeepsie, and William McLen-
non. Both are longshoremen and were boarders
at the house The building is a two story one.
and the ground floor is occupied by saloon and
a restaurant. There were several men and
woman. Mary Knesky, in the house. The men
climbed through the scuttle in the roof and to
the next building. The woman climbed out the
window on the first floor and from there onto
lin cornice From that point she dropped to
the street being caught by policeman. She
weighs about 200 pounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
KILLED IN AUTO" CRASH,
Companions Try to Hide His
Identify Three Hurt.
rBv TeIegraDh to The Tribune.l ]

evracuse. Sept. 29.-A man halnec bartH'
from Fail River, Mass, was killed and three
or his party were injured in an automo-
bila accident at Camillus, nine miles west or
syracuse. this evening. While Mr.. Barth was
diving the others removed all articles l@'
80 tis identity from his pockets. and also
-s.ss - Give their own names even on the
demands of the Coroner,
The men lost control Of the machine, wnlch
,,.as d,tcbed Barth had hole jammed In his
stIIlI and sustained a compound fracture OF tne
law The injured men were taken TO a phSsia iS,sia
cjans office for the night and deem ~ ,of,lr fo.
& 10 tlIiS Tbs men are said to be wealthy manu-
faetnrers 5le from Fan River and New-beoioFu'
Mass-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30

Th4 revelations before the insurance nvestf-
eating committee yesterday regarding the role
plaved by Judge Hamilton the representa-
tive of the three great life insurance companies
the New York Life, the Equitable and the
Mutual-came ir the testimony of Alfred ".
Mayne the assistant auditor of the Equitable
Mr.. Mayne brought TO the stand a bundle of
checks and vouchers. which later proved to be
the only showing of the Equitable for the $4,000
it had paid Judge" Hamilton in the last ten
years
AT the outset Mr.. Mayne testified that he had
first met Judge" Hamilton in 1900. when James
w Alexander. of the Equitable. had called him
into his room and introduced him, informing him
that Mr. Hamilton had been accustomed to look
after matters of legislation. and that he was to
assist him Subsequently. he said, Mr.. Hamilton
made reports to him concerning what had been
done in various States regarding legislation, and
sometimes talked over bills that came up. Mr.
Mavne testified then to what hitherto un-
known that Judge" Hamilton had been In the
employ of the Equitable for some years. Hlth-
erto his activity had been entirely identIhed win
the New-York Life
Following this testimony, Mr.. Hughes took up
a statement of sufas paid TO; Judge Hamilton
by the Equitable through a NUMBER OF years
only two of which passed under MI Ma!he
notice. The first payment. under date Of Feb
ruarv ! 1895 was for $500. Ito services in mat
ter of two years surrender value repeaI IN
Missouri" This payment was made to the
order of the cashier. NJ Murray, and Z. d. Jor-
dan and apparently cashed by the Equitable
for Judge" Hamilton. The next item was ST.
222 23 TO balance for services and disburse-
n,ents in re non-forfeiture tax and report stat
,,tes and assessment" This check was paid
ttrouph the New-York State National Bank, the
same hank through which $195.0OO of the New
York Iife-HamiIton transactions passed Mr..
nfavne thought this was also Missouri affair.
Then followed item Of $1,000, dated 1896.
Maid at Albany. this time for balance for ser
vices as special counsel TO January 1, 1885,
Mr.. Mayne could not testify TO earlier pay
ments which left this balance" This item was
paid in cash.
PAYMENTS BECOME LARGER.
In the next year. 1897. the payments to
Judge" Hamilton mounted rapidly. aggregating
S14.516 80. ali for equally blind purposes. as
shown by vouchers. Mr.. Mayne testified at this
time that the vice-president. James w. Alex
ander was probably "in touch" with Mr.. Ham
ilton as this was before he came into the af-
fair The various items of this amount were
So 600 $1,000. the latter June t, S6.1S3 ~, on
June 8. and an item of 1888 So on october 8.
Hamilton's Endorsement the S6.lS3 check
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
HARPER,S List CHANGE.
Heroic Operation to SAGE Life OF
Chicago Educator.

Chicago. Sept 29-It has been decided by the
physicians in attendance on President Harper OF
Chicago University that nothing Will save MS
life but surgical operation OF heroic charae'er
1t is admitted that there is pracucaly no cilailce
Of saving his life unless the cancer which IS
,r,ltin,- hin, can .e hacked ,,y the removal of a
portion of the large intestine.
It is proposed by the surgeons to make an eX-
animation in a few days to decide/on the ad-
visibility of the operation. 1t is however ad-
,7ifted that the chances are greatly against the
rarmanent relief of the patient if the operation
is DerfOrmed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
HAMILTON SYSTEM COVERED WHOLE COUNTRY.
WITH OTHER AGENTS, HE RECEITED EQUAL SUMS
FROM NEH,- YORK LIFE, MUTUAL 4ND EQUITABLE. +

tora .+be certiAca+fon of Theodore NJ Banta,
cashier Of the New-York Life. which created
some interest in view Of Mr.. Bantas recently
published affidavit. made for Texas officials,
that the New-York Life made no campaign con-
tribuiOns in 1896.
on the back Of the voucher for the largest sum
Mr. Hughes discovered memoranda showing
81. 800 81. one-third Georgia. $50 15 one-third
West Virginia 5000; one-half Delaware, S4s2.
81 167 10. balance So 13S 49, The witness could
not explain this. He conjectured. however,
that this indicated payment to other counsel I'm
those states. He testified that there were no
items shown in the accounts Of branch Offices OF
payments to Judge" Hamilton. Several Of the
checks went through Albany.
The witness affirmed that so far as he knew
the society never received any report from
Judge Hamilton concerning the disposition or
these funds In 1893 there was a payment
divided into two items the larger $4,000.
Mr. Mayre identified Hanilton's annual
retainer Of this amount; the other was for dis
bursements 10 date" In 1899 again the amount
increased. and one item showed 1856 66. $1,000
for services as counsel in full TO date" the
rest for disbursements" Another item in this
year of $1,6I5 was listed ITO services rendered
in re Indiana, Missouri. Michigan. Illinois and
wisconsin for 1899. 81. 500" Expenses and dis
bursements in travel, telephone and telegraph
SlGJ- Inc next payment SHOWN was $-saOos -
March 1901 on the following order of the presi-
dent 81 the Equitable:
Please pay Andrew Hamilton $500. ana
charge to legal expenses" This check "S5
through Albany.
mo CHARGE TO YELLOW DOG
Mr. Hughes inquired searchingly as 70 "1seiiss
any of these amounts had been charged 70 any
one of the several yellow dog EauitaDie se-
counts, but the witness insisted that they we've
not. The next item was 1888 S5' Sl'zOV 10
legal services" and the balance expenses uh-
der date of April Is. 1903. and the amount was
Maid in cash. Mr.. Hughes, examination refer
ring to the 81 200 follows;
y Novr what was that paid for! IN coIinsssso9 ss.
- -S't,,9 4 That was IN conIlectioA VIZ
VII ~roa Iifigaton and In conneCtloh Win ~
IlllIlH, S fnr two years TO legislation, ,o,s -.
1893. 8-i0u mean - .,m.nt down to Aprl a 1898
S,,Dose the date of the payment Ales. So
aid YOU talk with Ju1se Sas1..t
S,rt what his services were IN c0nneeue9
o Ltoh Tsetslation at this time or preEiouslyt A.
w 80 nroba bv reported as to certain or Sne ol
re H@ rsrs in the various legislatures as 20 Whs
h,,ld appear and what he thought the coantton
wSTe what bills affecting insurance matters weEs
,tv,r oar 70 Snringheld Mass. daily,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
COTrNT HANDLES FREIGHT
Russian Nob7eman Studying Rail
road Work at FishbiU Landing.

Newburg n. Y. Sept go 1aiiiiiis'iN0
himself with railroad work Count M 9trais
ski Of ST Petersburg is working at the freight
oasoa Of the New-York Central Railroad, at
p4ebkiu Landing. The count came here few
davs ago having been brought by Assistant
e,,nerintendent Brown. of the New-York Cen
+ria1 He is studying the method of transferring
fraigbt from one line to another. For two
oa7Is he made the run on Croton local with
the trainmen. famliarizing himseh WIN '"''
~ count is said to be a cousin of NJ. W1tte
and a son of the president of the Siberian f'Slli
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
THOUGHT JEROME DEAD.
UD-State Folk Confuse His Name
zlth That of Suicide.
fBv Telegraph to The Tribune

Newburg, n Y. Sept zv-It was REPORTED
.,,-o,,a,,o,,t tbe Hudson River Valley tonight
that 1,strict Attorney William Travers Jerome
had ,.' committed suicide. The fact that William r.
,,,,,itted the deed was confusing For
more than an hour people belieysd ,s Jerome @ the
suicide sue lo,,o;t.a,,s ooncerning the news.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
NOTHING QUITE EQUALS 1T.

The rweAieth cen.ury Lmted ,a IN the ~ 5ogr IeS
train between ms Leaves New York $50 p. m,
YorK SeHbi eebiceo $50 moring-a nights ride-
AdTt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30

local sleeping car TO Springhssid. MasS;' @*nyi
= .Sajr leaving Grand Central stations ~. H. a.
T.O6 T o m Commencing Oct Zno--AasS
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-11-03

ed to him." is the was it is put. And
convicted, suffering, impoverished,
with no hope for future honors or
continued Office or quiet age, one
hope appears on the waves of trou-
bic which is grasped, as drowning
man grasps a straw-the possible
favor of the supreme court of the
United States, upon the docket of
which his case now rests at bar.
Upon the supreme court the sem
ator hangs hope of future vindica-
ton, uud until it's voice is heard in
judgment he will not abandon his
grasp upon public Office, unless
some condition as yet unforeseen
arises to change his mind. There
are two men in the United States
who can hasten the end of the SEN
ator's term of Office. One of these is
the attorney-general, who can, if he
SO desires, ask that the senator's
case be set ahead on the docket and
scheduled for speedy hearing; the
other is ex-senator John M. Thurs
ton, Senator MitchelPs counsel and
attorney. These gentlemen could
hasten the end, provided the su-
prene court should concur with the
trial court aud bring the cause to
final close.
The voice of the people, united
with the expressed opinions of po-
litical friends or foes of their petit
tions, will have no weight with
Senator Mitchell, so it Is said.
Their pleadings have no effect and
will have none. If the request, or
the suggestion, had come in anoth-
er way and from another source, it
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