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New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
SURETY COMPANIES SAFE.
attorney General Denies Applica-
ton to Bring action.

Aioany' Dec S.-Attorney General Mayer to-
night announced that he had denied the recent
application made to him asking him to proceed
Tor the annulment OF the corporate existence Of
the American Surety Company Of New York.
the Fidelity and Casualty Company OF New
York. the Metropolitan Surety Company OF New
York the United States Guaranty Company of
New York. the American Fidelity Company Of
Vermont the Bankers Surety Company Of
Ohio the Federal Union Surety Company Of
Indiana. and the United Surety Company of
Maryland.
The allegation was that they had formed a
combination or monopoly in the business OF fur
nishing bonds to holders Of liquor tax certif-
Gates. In his opinion. Attorney General Mayer
said:
The traffic in rquor Is recognized by the state.
but in the main the right TO traffic has been held
to be privilege in respect Of which the Legis-
lature might enact such restrictions and safe
guards as is deemed proper Among the safe
guards thus erected by legislative enactment IS
the bond which. IN a word is to assure the
state that the law will be faithfully complied
with. Such bond involves a moral hazard, and
upon the integrity and reliability OF the bond
rests. to a considerable extent, the care and
fidelity with which the holder Of the liquor tax
certificate win comply with the law. and my
view is that the Legislature never intended 10
prohibit any arrangement which. by requiring
adequate compensation. might assure the writing
Of bonds Of a character which in turn would
assure caution and obedience 10 the statutes re-
lating to the traffic in liquor on the part Of those
who were indemnifed. Therefore. 7 base my
opinion upon the proposition that Section OF
the stock corporation law is not applicable.
1t may further be added that the agreement
which is attacked is. as I understand. TO expire
on January l. 1907. 1t Is matter Of knOwledg ge
that little business is transacted in the
writing OF excise bonds during the months OF
November and December. If an agreement
similar TO that in question be entered into after
January I. 1907. the petitioner may take such
steps he may be advised
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
CRATEN FINDS GRAFT.
Calprft Got $40 for Transfer and
Then Fled He Saus.

Street Cleaning Commissioner Craven has found
some petty grating in his department, but the
single instance of which he has evidence Will
probably not result in conviction, as the cuprit
has fed from tho state. Commissioner Craven said
yesterday that the in a position of some
responsibility ana obtained SO from q driver with
the understanding that the latter was BE- trans
ferred from the uight 10 the day star. The man
sent 81 to the stable foreman, John T. Lying. with
. note asking for the transfer.
He not only got the money himself" said Com
missioner Craven. but practically compelled sub
ordinate to share in the miserable graft"
i.ynS ~ once showed the note and money to a
clerk and reported the whole matter TO headquar-
tefS ne man was summoned by the commits
sloner, but resigned. The resignation not ac-
cepted, and he WS7 ordered up for trial, where
upon ne fed, according 10 the commissioner
Mr- craven said nc was trying to have the rec
ords OF the Street Cleaning Department perfected.
30 that the condition of every block in the CITY
might easily be known He wants them 10 show
who is in charge and had charge of the work
Another question the commissioner is inyestiEa
ing is the advtsa bity OF keeping street sWeapings
under cover from the time OF their collection until
they reach the dumps. He SAYS the rubbish and
ashes VIII then he handled not only more Cleaulv.
but more eConC niCally. Mr. Craven fayors the
plan of Mayor Mcclellan TO have investigation
of street conditions. for which the Mayor has named
FIVE comnissi ouers-
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
TUBE PLANS APPROVED.
Estimate Boards Committee for All
Routes Sanctioned.

The select committee of the Board of Estimate
yesterday approved all of the Rapid Transit COM
missions subway routes. The commtlees re-
port will come before the Board OF Estimate ana
Apportionment Friday.
Chief Engineer Rice will have the plans ana specl-
icatious ready by the first OF the year and 1t IS
understood that the advertising for BIDS VIII % De-
gun some time in January.
Wall street people are pretty generally or the
opinion that the Interborough people VIII olo Ior
new subways on several of the routes and furIlsh
their own money for the work. but that the %
year franchise will have be heightened 70 1oT'S
or hfty. II that is not done. the Ieehhs III 'ne
financial district is that with money nara 20 get
as II Is at present there viii not be any bids Tor
the new subways.
mission are in favor, in there are no nlds
for a 2O-year franchise OF applying to the LSsiS-
lature for an amendment to the Elsoers la" giving
the Rapid Transit Commission permission 20 inaAe
the best terms It An attempt TO amend tne ELS
berg law in this respect probably would faiI OF
passage
That would leave the question OF municipal con-
struction squarely up to the Mcclellan adminstra-
ton The city has debt-incurrng margin OF between
Ss0.OOOOOO and SOOO00OOo. with a growing demand
for funds for various phases of munelpa construG rue
ton. such water supply, piers. schools ana new
streets. If all of the main new routes are begun 4t
once, IL would require the authorization OF an tA-
penditure OF 125,00O.OOO The city could pToDably
begin one or two of the subways and SUI! SUI. nave nave
money for all legitimate purposes The last urle
that Mayor Mcclellan said anything about mlnlci-
pal construction he of the opinion that Ile
city could go ahead If necessary, with the build
ing of its own subwayB
At the meeting of the select committee of the
Board OF Estimate yesterday. 1t was decided 10
have a resolution framed by Albert b BoardTntn'
the commissions counsel, 70 be passed by the
Board of Estimate approving the routes ana max
The seIest co COMMITTEES mites of the Board q Estimate
which acted the routes consists OF the Con-
troller. the President Of the Board of Aldermen
and the presidents Of the boroughs affected The
latter would include President Ahearn OF Manhat-
IA PrpSi dn0f
Haffen of The Bronx
The routes considered and which the committee
VIII send the Board of Estimate are those IN
Seventh and Eighth avenues. Third avenue, Lex
ington avenue Fourth avenue in Brooklyn and
the so-caIed Coler route. running in Third avenue
in The Bronx and Manhattan. over the new Man
haitian Bridge and down Fourth avenue The lat
route would over the Fourth avenue route.
which will probably be advertised as separate
route the committee thought IL better 70 ad-
vertise for the Fourth avenue route separately as
well as to include II In the Coler route The Lex
irgton avenue route is really an extension Of the
p1 esent subway system.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
NEW MEXICAN scandal?
GoUernor Yisits Washington to Com
bat Alleged Charges.

Santa Fe, y. NJ, Dec. 3--Governor H. J. Ha-
german Of New Mexico is on his way TO Wash
ington, and it is reported here that the object
of his visit is TO combat charges said 10 have
been made against his administration
A bitter fight upon Governor Hagerman was
begun after he removed H. o. Bursum. chairman
Of the Republican Territorial Committee, from
the supertntendency Of the territorial peniten-
tiary alleging an apparent shortage Of $4,000
In his accounts. BursUm's removal was followed
by the ousttng Of several other territorial off,
Ctals, and these are said 10 have Joined a move
ment for the removal Of the Governor.
Delegate W. H. Andrews and Major ". II. n.
L1ewelyn a former officer Of the Rough Riders,
have it is said been selected to manage the
campaign in Washington. while Chairman Bur
sum viii get signatures on a petition for the
removal of the Governor.
The principal charge said 10 have been made
against the Governor is that he has disOrgan-
iZed the Republican party in the Southwest.
There are several other charges Of minor nat
ure in the bill Of particulars said 70 have been
filed at Washington
Governor HaSernan's friends say he makes
counter charges 70 the effect that the terri
torial government has been systematically looted
for years by former officials.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
SNOW TURNS TO SLUSH.
Sudden Drop Follosos Midday THasc
-W0rBaer To-m0TT0Jc.

Winter r,ada a fr,Iitless effort yesterday 10
co1ar +ba ci+v with its customary holiday coat
ne ,,.ti+eness few snow flurries made them
selves manifest before daybreak. but left no
trace Of their presence in the streets on
housatons except as slush. About o'clock the
flakes fell in goodIy quantity, but by noon a few
minutes of sunshine and rise in the tempera-
ture turned IA white covering into a dirty
slush
The knight of the brush and shovel sat up
and took notice when the first fakes of early
morning came in spasrnodic f1urries but he was
doomed to disappointment by the second false
alarm of winter The shopping districts were in
a dirty condition in the early afternoon. but the
great Monday throng that surges by and into
the department stores was not diminished.
Traffic about the harbor was somewhat i'm
pedes while the snowfall lasted. but no accl-
dents were reported.
While the wind blew mainly from the north
west biting gusts came from every direction,
and many wrecked umbrellas hugged the curb
stone In Broad street where the curb brokers,
who defy all sorts of weather. were assembled,
the wind played particular havoc. Those who
were fortunate enough to wear caps proceeded
of derbies spent much time chasing them. Late
in the afternoon the wind broke two large plate
glass windows in Lofts candy store in Spruce
street, between Nassau street and Park Row.
The highest temperature of the day st (
o'clock in the afternoon. when the thermometer
reached 40 degrees. From that time it dropped
steadily until at 10 O'Clock il reached Is degrees.
For to-day clear cold weather is predicted.
and Tomorrow fair and warmer weather, with
diminishing winds. is promised.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
FIGHT FOR FRANCHISE.
Mayer Grants duplication for Pro
ceedingS TnuOIUng amsterdam AUe.

Albany Dec 3-Attorney General Mayer tonight
announced that he had granted the application OF
Charles De Hart Brewer. who asked that proceed
ings be instituted on behalf OF the state to forfeit
the franchise Of the Forty-second Street, Manhat-
tanville & st. Nicholas Avenue Railway Company.
so far as Amsterdam avenue IS concerned, on the
ground of the non-use OF tracks in that avenue.
In the course of his opinion discussing the mat
ter the Attorney General says;
It is conceded that the tracks in question are
Of time and IL is urged by the railroad company
that this nOn-Use is caused by legal impedtments.
The franchise is sought 10 be kept alive by the
running of an occasional hOrsecar over the tracks
referred q.
cussed by the learned Appellate Division of tho
First Department or the five judges who sat in
while the learned president. Justice Van B-unt,
concurred in the result upon the ground that the
not have the power TO determine whether or not
there had been an aosndonIgnsnt @ BY the raroa;d ;
that this question Of abandonment rests between
the state and the PLAINTIFF
Where in this case, the tracks not used,
and thus cucumber the street, and where the de-
cision is by divided court and where the Judicial
am Of the opinion thar the door should moi he
closed against opportunity TO try out the ques-
Although the facts are not similar vet the views
franchises public thOroughfares in the Roches-
the rochester City Railway case the questions Of
law intricate and interesting, the actions
begun by the people have resulted favorabIy TO
them ana the franchises in question have been
decreed 10 be forfeited
Charles De Hart Brewer explained last night
that this was renewal of the old fight 70 have
the unused tracks I'm Amsterdam avenue torn up.
The case has been in the courts for three years
get at the company would be 70 compel It to for
felt IT'S franchises for the unused tracks The
company Is now running hoTseCar daily over
this unused portion OF its lines.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
MARIOEETTEs FOR CHARITY.

Great pre2arsti0ns are being made that the
holiday 1ete To be given the Waldorf on Thurs
day December 6. from 70 O'Clock. under the
auspices OF The managers OF the Darrach Home
Tor crippled Children. at No IFS West 114ra street
shall be the most Interesting entertainment Of It's
kind tIis winter. Arrangements have been made
for three different performances by the famous
marlonetles from the italian theatre on The
East Side This viii be the lnarionerfes $.
first performance in the Auglo-Saxou tongue but.
AS ALWAYS. these wonderful little people promise
TO entertain both Tie children ana grown-ups.
These Inarlouettos have many old admirers who
have promised them a hearty welcome al the Wal
cor iltA VIII appear as usual. ID their gorgeous
ana effective costumes
The mari0nettes are OILY on= Of the features or this
holiday fet'- TIE East Room pr rhe Waldorf VIII
ne 1rausfoTTn9a into IEiniature Hague. where all
ltie nations y t laltl Japan or course, viii be
f1fre ana under bower of WisraTia little Japs1l-
viii devote themselves TO selling ever.-rfsirp =
harfletcr could need or want. Tire rag Of Austria
"a M ne uufuTIed table containing many works
land 1,-irl ~ -4~r=sr--el7 ~ ----r ,-.+ - -.
.5'if 9s"'- -t Fahie llilg oeHea"les 70 tempt
fFe-r friends with a -esueu6nu- corner VII hold
l''t 0i-i-7E Do'ia. Where amid gorgeous draqeries
-'1A f~s'l 'ii.-1 ~ fancy articles VIlI 9e found
Italian 3.asant girls 'rn6cT canopy of their rs-
'i1aL HaI- 1flH devote t.le-nSelyH appropriately
% mowers -f-eTlfa VII be well represented hrst
lf leE Puritan ula-rous who VIII follow tnef~ ra-
I."na- .lsf mt and preside the urItv table
Young women st The dars Of 1Sss wiz have r-o-+
Hs danes VIII Sec that afte-1oou tea is served 10
Vi a@ tnEn1 wonderful fishing pond ana an
rTar@@ --e= that rro fairies VIII e-rd
5S.ae 7 -ese things santa Claus has prom
~ - -I- CURING = afternoon To an little
.'E IS --I e-si.z1ca ~ good time an6 70 an
rested tE The aorh for the helpless GRIP
piled -rIdre- is extended r cordial Invitation IN
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
People Should attend Church at
Least Once Sunday, Says Preacher.

Sermons on flle stricter observance Of Sunday
viii be preached simultaneously In All the
churches az this country on the last Sunday IN
February 1907 II the Woman's National sabbath
Alliance has its way AT the annua! meeting Of
that body yesterday tho chapel Of the Broad
way Ta5ernacle Miss Mary White, the secretary,
told how in Great Britain the last Sunday in July
had been set apart Tor this purpose when twenty
thousand sermons on Sabbath keeping had been
simultaneously preached. Another activity IN
which the alliance IS interested is the circulation
or printed appeals 10 immigrants they arrive
10 observe Sunday as & DAY of worship and rest
These appeals are printed in Italian. Polish and
Magyar.
TOO far. perhaps in insisting making Sunday
worship CAY and leaving out the rest idea. ad-
mitted Dr.. William carter. OF the Madison Avenue
Reformed Church. IN making the address Of the
afternoon. "Ir man or woman gets up NJ 6
O'clock SIX GAYS of the week. he or she has
right DE IN bed a little longer Sunday than
other mornings This Is not heterodox- People say
fhey are coopod up in Office and shop all The week
and need 90 spend Sunday in Gods oUt-of-doors
Men and women who work from S 10 . o'clock
six dsys . week are cooped up and II IS right
Tor rhcm 10 out Sundays and iii their lungs
with ozone.
''But it isn't right 70 spend all Sunday in bed or
ct SunuaH m the woods. They should attend one
religious service. That people need more rest than
they get is showa by their way Of going TO sleep
IN church. say Us su right sleep IN church II
tho minister can't keep you awake
Dr. Carter beSEeI his hearers 10 set their faces
like hint against the Introduction Of business de-
tails ana social entertaining into the Sabbath.
There are StJ0.eep persons definitely employed in
rhs country oa sunday" he told them. "One
family every is kept from church by secular
employment Tlsirty-iVe hundred families are
einrleyeo I'D the postal service alone by orr gov
in concluding Dr. Carter ridculed the idea OF the
Continental SUNDAY benefit 10 the WorkinEEnan.
n would mean pleasure for the classes, work for
NE masses. he said. y We seen il in Germany.
u france and IL Switzerland II the Continental
sunday should prevail here the workingrnan would
nna he Was working seven days q week for SIX
DAYS pay.
The same officers were reelected. The treasurer
reported an expenditure FOR the year of Sl47s
and q balance on hand Of SIS So The alliance has
"a membership Of about I'VE hundred.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
FOUND BOMB LYING IN STREET.

What was pronounced to be a dangerous bomb
found yesterday morning by Patrolrnan
John L. Sullivan, of the East IO4th street sta
tion, in from # No 210f Second avenue. Ths
bomb about six inches long and four inches
IN diameter. Chief Wolf. of the bureau OF com
bustibles. declared that 1t would have done
much damage had IT been exploded The bomb
was made of about half pound OF black powder
tncased In Portland cement and placed in
quart tin can
This is the second time within three days
that explosives have been found BY the police
in the same locality. Last Saturday morning
twenty-six electric fuse caps were found In
front Of No. 2lI1 Second avenue on the same
block As IN yesterdays instance. the police have
clew as TO who placed them there
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
SCHOOLGIRL LEADS RENT REVOLT
Tenants in Avenues 3 and Aroused Over
Increase Of 81 a Month.

Unless some satisfactory settlement can be
made within day or two between the nuusr-
Gus landlords and the multitude OF tenants in
the neighbOrhood Of I'd street and Avenues
and c as 70 the rent charged there is likely
to be trouble. In this neighborhood. one OF the
most thickly populated in the city. where chill
dren swarm about the streets Ike bees the
tenants are angry over a 81 monthly increase.
No reason has been given for the increase. II is
said. except that Of added expense.
There would probably not have been any par
ticular outbreak against the higher rent Il
Bertha Landau. a schoolgirl. who attends Public
School 1SS in East Houston street had not
taken the Initiative. Her family was among the
sufferers in Cd street. and she went among the
hundreds of tenants and aroused them 20 thu
lighting point To-day, it is said. 4 concerted
effort viii be made TO induce the landlords 20
leave the rentals where they We're
The tenants hold that there is no reasonable
excuse for the increase The rooms, almost al
ways three in number, they say, are dark and
poorly kept. The average rent for three rooms
is $12 a month
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
NEW ZION IN DEVILS KINGDOM. -
voliva Will Lead Ten Chosen Families in
a Chicago Settlement

Chicago. Dec. 8.-"The Chronicle" to-day says
that Zion city Is to be abandoned The "Resto-
fation Host which was built up by Dow1e after
years of strenuous effort VIII shortly be left TO
its creditors by Overseer Noliva, who like new
Moses, will lead his people forth from the dis
credited gates 10 found another Zion.
The nucleus of the new Zion is 10 consist Of
ten chosen families. which will be selected by
Voliva. These families Will be chosen for their
implicit faith in the guidance of the new prophet
and their preparedness 10 sacrifice all at his
bidding.
AS TO the location of the new Zion, Voliva
was silent. In preparation however for the
crusade which he purposes 10 start in Chicago
he stated that to a certain extent headquarters
would be in the Great Devils Kingdom" as he
termed this city.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
FERRY MORTGAGE FoREcLosED.

Justice Kelly. in the Supreme Court Brooklyn.
yesterday. the report of John Quinn. as referee
directed final judgment Of foreclosure and sale
against the Brooklyn Ferry Company. of New
York, for &,5Oo 900 principal with interest amount
ing to $22t653. making total OF $6,72465S. The
judgment was entered in n suit in which the
knickerboc<er Trust Company, as trustee was
plaintiff The mortgage foreclosed was known as
the First Consolidated Mortgage OF the Brooklyn
Ferry Company, 10 secure an authorized issue OF
@4SJ30Oj of bonds. OF which S65oo.0dJ We've issued
ana are outstanding. The Brooklyn Ferry Com
pany owns and operates the I'D street, 4zd street
Roosevelt street. Grand street and Creenpoiut fer
riss In the East River
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
BENEFIT FOR sIpEA-wEE.

-e1rHr '1 aid ~ -ne Ridc-a-TTee -Eon7e FOR
AH'ma-s ~" De given ~ Carnegie Lyceurn. s-th
rrreet ann Seventh avenue. next SATURDAY. ~ a.7o
O'Clock 6g Mrs. william Rowland Ano-v. Evert
d. n-'7 teTaf. Jacob Wendell, 5~. and others.
WIG ".t @Tne7' In three plays-"A Game of
F7r6s Nance o'lae'd" and Colonel Csrtsret.
betTe-0 lie acts there VIII he songs by
--lIH' AoFfr- Mack. tenor. Hnd Miss Helen
htehUI-T. c0Ur~a'ra.
ht ""-t - l''ae-a-VEe- & increasing daily due
3" te ." -' 'ia ro-orerati0n with the Sorfe-x FOR
ll' 4iI.H OF rsie-t- II Animals from which
y obtains some dogs which would otherwise be
IfTt no dee T.. -~ @
~ .cif for Tie heHcGt may Be obtained from The
r-te1afF. No ~ West 6stn street Qr the Carnecie
"a ec-ll p0E Once There VIII af-h be q .7Ie ~
oTrr7 fnc homemade CANDY ~ "a
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04

silks Of appropriate shades. The thermometer can
joe purchased ut any notion store ana attached
above the dotted line. The material may he fitted
over cardboard 10 make it stiff
THE WHIsKBROOM HOLDER-FIGIRE T.
This may be worked on linen or felt with suitable
shades OF silk IT is in two parts back and fronu
These are sewed together. with cardboard between
each ms interliuinE it finished with a ribbon AT
the top by which II may he hung
THE HEART SHAPED PICTURE FRAME
FIGURES A AND 3.
This design may he worked on linen SILK felt or
other materio' with suitable shades OF silk il is
th"n fitted -ardboard and may either be hung
as shown iu ro p or stand with a supporter at
looks when finished
THE CARDCAsE- FIGURE G.
This represents the exact SIZE Of tic outer part
and therefore can be used a pattern The pock-
cts may be cut separate. a trihe smaller than the
out SIDE IN order 20 leave space for inserting the
cards. These two parts (the outside and pocket
pAfp are then seWed together at the edge with
cardboard as interAning between. This design
may be carried out In ecyu linen colored silks or
ch amois ana embroidered with shaded silks az TEL
ar1 green. II desired. a narrow silk cord Of CON
biailnS color OF cord piping may be used as q
hhish around the outer edge The small sprs vs.
ana merry CHRISTMAS may be used for extra
decoration. II desired.
Keep these directions and order bv number
wien you have received the full sized working
pattern noted above. follow these oire,ri,,,,s.
Lay the material on which tbe trs,sf., - - -,
made hard. smooth surface as,.,o,,a a.
With a damp cloth The materiai sbouid he
,'ii-ii. l't 10 80 Ley he pattern face down on
ltf, ii''tt.4. -iiN press hTmly. rubbing from YOU
VIII q cFhmpl'd haudker lief r the hand
se ,ds 10 not ir sairlehiy 1,isl, plain IN fey
tern Is good ioE eral transfers.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
PRAISE FOR "MIDDIES." i"
admiral Sands Speaks Of Conduct.
Scholarship and athletics.
[Ry Talegraph to The rribune.l

Annapolis Dec. S.-At noon formation to-day an
order was read to the brigade of nidshpmen
which taken TO be apropos of the Navy foot
ball victory on Saturday. though not specifically
mentioning it. Rear Admiral Sands. superintend-
ent Of The Academy, expressed his general salts
faction at the conduct of the ridshipmen- The
order is as follows:
The superintendent has on several public occa-
Sious announced his satisfaction the standard Of
discipline maintained by the brigade He has also
communicated to higher authority his belief that
tie standard of study has been raised and that
there will be fewer failures the serni-annuaI
aE1inatiOus in consequence.
The superintendent is pleased to add to the above
good record his congratulations upon the standard
attained in athletics. Every officer and man in
the navy is proud of The Naval Academy to-day.