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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
". O. l.. WITH TAMMANY.
United Forces Shoe Strength at
1ldermcn's Mccting.

The Tammauy and Hearst mon In tho Board of
Aldermen demonstrated yesterday their control Of
The board by vote or Al 10 IS. although no at
tempt was made 20 put through resolution look
ing TO a reorganization Of tho board and the ap-
pointlueut Of committees
Aldermen Henry Clay Peters and John J. Cronin.
both uudcr arrest on the charge or perjury grow
ing out Of tho Alderman Clifford case. wcre pres
cnt when quorum announced. on tho ques-
ton ~ giving the Corporation Counsel additional
assistants the Republican members OF tho board
were opposed. Alderman Meyers moving that tho
matter be referred to tho Committee Salaries
and Offices. OF which he is N" chairman. Alder
man sullivan. I'm speaking IA favor Of giving the
Corporation Counsel more assistants said II
essential 20 avoid tho necessity Of the cltys being
obliged hire outside counsel conduct its many
cases Alderman Meyers's amendment TO refer to
his Committee Salaries and Offices was lost by
a vot" ~ - 20 81. The motion " Alderman SuIli-
van prevailed av vote of - 20 81, and the rcsolu
ton was adopted.
4 rather feeble attempt 70 make a start at tho
reorganization ~ the board WAS made by Alderman
kUutZc who moved TO appoint Robert Page OF No
10 East lf6h street assistant sergeant at-aTs OF
ia" board iu place Of Andrew GivaU. The appoint
Wcut was put To- "a TpIlCal some OF the Republicans
voted for ami some against the motion. The vote
stood 10 20 70. and tile motion was. therefore lost
on Alderman Goodman $ motion the matter was
referred TO the Committee Salaries and Offices
report back mt the meeting
Alderman Sullivau'S motion 10 adjourn for two
members TO be free 10 enjoy T.ncolns BIRTHDAY
passed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
CAR TIES UP WILLIAMSBURG LINE
Jumps Tracks on Bridge and Passengers Are
Delayed Hours in Morning Rush

a car jumped the tracks the williamsburg
Bridge and tied up traffic the metropolitan
Railway system FOR nearly three hours yesterday
morning Tho accident occurred during the rush
hours and resulted in what IS believed to be the
worst block that the company has experienced
Thousands Of passengers We're stalled In the cars
and others swamed around tho Brooklyn plaza
The car which left the rails was jammcl 10 the
doors. There was a big drift about one hundred
yards TO the east Of the Brooklyn anchorage. The
inotorIndn Ialnmcd his into il. but nstcad OF
plouEhinE through the drift the car Jumped mo
tracks The turned diaEonaliy across tho tracks
II was three hours before II pushed back 10
the rails and traffic had resumed its normal condi-
don. 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
FOUND DEAD IN sNoWDRIFT
Telephone Inspector Had Bullet in Brain
When Snow Shovel Uncovered Him.

Walter Phillips, an inspector for the New
York Telephone Company was found dead un-
der a snowdrift with a bullet in his brain on the
sidewalk between 10Th and 10th streets in Fifth
avenue yesterday morning by a park laborer.
who was clearing off the snow. A revolver lay
beside him with one chamber empty The bodv
was removed to the East 9th street poIice
station.
In theF pockets the police found an undated
note addressed to Walter Phillips and signed
Sally" asking him TO meet the writer at ;45
blocks from where the body was found A
bunch of keys five cents and a telephone in
spectors pass were also found on the body AT
the address given, No. 2iS West 4th street a
young man who opened the door said that the
suicide was Walter Phillips and that he had
lived there with his father. and was not mar
ried.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
WEALTHY HERMIT DIES IN STORM.
Body Found Frozen in Hut Near Winsted-
Money Hidden in Cabin
n, Tolcsrarh - Tho TrIbunc-l

Winsted. Conn. Feb. 5.--Charles Church. sew
enty-six years old. n well-to-do hermit who
was crossed in love when young. was found dead
and frozen IN his home in Blaudford. Mass.
near here Yesterday afternoon by his nephew.
who had gone 10 see how the old man was get
ting along. Death Is supposed TO have resulted
from paralysis on Sunday. He did not believe iu
banks. and boarded his money I'm his home
His only companion was cat, which was found
half starved, lying his back.
Willis Church, Of ColebroOk River. brother
Of the dead man. and Or. Horace Ward. Of New
Boston remained at his home nearly all night
They found between 500 and $500 of the her
mt's money secreted I'm different parts Of the
building and expect to find more to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
RYAN CONGO REPREsENTArIvEs.

A. Chester Beatty of the engineers op tho
Guggenheim Exploration Company; James b. whit
ley, Consul General of the Congo Free State 10 the
United States. and William H. Page. counsel os
the Continental Rubber Company. It was announced
yesterday are to be the American syndicate's rep
resentatives the board Of directors of the com,
pany recently chartered in Belgium 10 onerata T.,
the Congo under the rubber, mineral and otbar
concessions granted TO Thomas r. Rvap snJ IL
associates. The technical staff OF the new COM
pany Is to be composed OF Mr.. Beatty and tW,o Tai
gian engineers, who now ARRANGING ,,I.,1s g.
a thorough exploitation of the mnsrsIizai sra 80
covered bY tbs concessions S~Oe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
HEAVY STORM IN CHICAGO.
Kansas and the Southwest Also Experience
Storms and Low Temperature.

Chicago. Feb. THE heaviest snowstorm Of
the winter began last night, and continued to-
day. The Western railroads We're badly de-
layed the through trains from California ar
irving five and six hours behind time, and on
the shorter runs trains were from one to four
hours late. Little drifting has been reported so
far, and serious interruption TO traffic is not ex-
pected.
Kansas City. Feb During tho night de-
grees below zero was recorded here and . de-
grees below at Topeka. the lowest temperature
IN this part Of the Southwest during the winter.
There was rapid rise in the temperature to-
day, with only little snow falling. Trains We're
still delayed to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
MORE FAVORABLE TO MINING STOCKS
Stock Exchange Lists CRANKY Securities
Utah Copper Application.

Evidence of the more favorable attitude Of tho
Stock Exchange authorities toward mining com
panes OF sound reputation was afforded i'm tbc. al
mission few weeks ago to the trading list Of ~,
securities OF the CRANKY Consolidated Mining
Smelling and Power Company Application has nov.
been made to list the securities of the Utah Con
per Company, and il IS understood that other con
of the same class are preparing 10 TAX,
similar STEP among them the Greene 'anonc" 10,
per Company and other Cole RYAN Droncrf,"s ~
some Of the principal Boston companies
The directors or the ttah Copper Company have
stock. for which the stockholders are to he ojIovI
and the stock is selling at about Ss5 q share " w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
BLIZZARD ON SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST.
Delaware and Chesapeake Shipping Suffers
Worst Storm in Eight Years.

PHILADELPHIA Feb. 1.-The snowstorm in this
neighborhood has developed into genuine bIlz-
gard the worst since February, 1899. More than
twelve inches OF snow have fallen. and the high
wind has drifted it IN places TO a depth Of three
and four feet. The storm has interfered serious
~ with transportion Through trains from the
North. South and West are as much as three
hours late. and suburban schedules badly
disarranged. In many parts of the surrounding
country the snow has drifted so badly that no
attemDt has been made to run trains sched-
ule. and consequently many have been aban-
doned combined with other trains.
Because Of the heavy weather navigation on
the Delaware River, with the exception OF ferry
boats. is practically at a staDdstl. A number
of vessels are storrnbound In the river The
steamer Noordand. from Liverpool. which
passed in the Delaware Capes at a NJ yester-
day is anchored at Reedy Island Del fifty
miles south Of this city.
Norfolk, Va, Feb. 5.-The coast storm con-
tinues to-dag. but not with the intensity of yes
terday. The wind at Cape Henry this morning
blew thirtyfour miles hour from the north
west, with velocity Of twentysix miles an hour
at Hatteras. the Carolina coast
Many coasting vessels are still stormbound
here and at Hampton Roads. The wrecking
steamer William Coley. which went to the as
slstance Of the Sheppy Allison, which has ar
rived safely is stormbound in Hatteras Inlet.
The tug Asher J. Hudson is trying to float the
three-masted schooner Tena A. Cotton stranded
near Ocean City, Nd. The Hudson which nut
into Delaware Brea6water with the ocean bargcs
Julia r. Dempsey and Alexander Gibson. from
Norfolk TO New York, left the barges to go to
the Cotton's assistance. IT is believed she can
be hoated.
Baltimore, Feb 5.-The Norwegian steamer
Joseph di Giorgio, from Port Antonio. Jamaica
for Baltimore. with a cargo of bananas, went
ashore at Smiths Point, Chesapeake Bay. dur
ing the snow storm last night.
Nashville. Tenn. Feb 5.-Advices from Middle
Tennessee report deep snow, followed by Bit
ter cold weather.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
scHwAe BUYS MORE MEXICAN MINES.

tBy Telegraph TO The TrlbuneI
FL PasO. Tex, Feb. 6.--Charlcs NJ SchU,ab's
San Toy Mining Company has purchased tn,
Septentrion formerly the ChribeD, Oulen SabA
and Pernana mines, ali in sta. Eulalie csnp
Chihuahua. The price is admitted to he oyor
100000. This purchase proves that Schwab ana
other steel men who are with him i'm the san
Toy company are increasing their holdings I'm
the famous eilver-lead camp. IT was only a
few weeks ago that they took over the Ju9raz
and Central mines at price in the neighbor-
hood of 500, 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
BARRY REFUSES INSURANCE oree.

Lansing. Mich, Feb. 5.-James v Barry state
Insurance Commissioner, this afternoon teIo
graDhed to Paul Morton his declInation OF the
secretaryshtp of tho Association of Life Insur-
ance Presidents. Of which ex-President C,ro,,or
Cleveland will be chairman lie saIa .b+ ;,
yielded to the personal appeal OF Goyerno,,
Warner TO remain and to his sense of dutv IN
posed insurance legislation. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06

fuses To give an inkling as 20 its characte-
owing " Is said. to the fear that 10 do might
defeat the purpose of the Investigation
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16
PATHETIC STORIES CONNECTED WITH
THE ORIGIN OF FAMOUS HYMNS

Strange and pathetic are many
of the stories connected with the
origin OF famous hymns. In some
cases, however. fictitious romances
have been built around the beau
tlful words sung in our chapels
and churches. For many years It
was believed that Cowper's "God
Moves In Mysterious Way'' was
written as an outpouring of the
poets soul in gratitude for the
Illustration of his attempted suicide
IN October 1173. proves that 1t was
written before Cowper's attempt
on his life says London Tit Bits.
y Then, again 1t is n popular be-
lief that Augustus Toplady wrote
,HRock of Ages'' while sheltering
from a storm between two lime
stone rocks In the Mendips. No
proof OF the story is forthcoming,
however. and consequently 1t must
be accepted with caution. But
there Is no doubt that the author
of ~Christians, Awake". John
Byron. composed that magnificent
hymn as Christmas gift to his
fayorite daughter, Dorothy. for he
inscribed upon the MS. "Christ-
mas Day for Dolly"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16

1T was characteristic of the late
Bishop Bickersteth. who wrote
''Peace. Perfect Peace'' that he
always found 1t easiest to express
in verse whatever subject was up
permost in his mind. One day he
heard sermon delivered by Canon
Gibbon, vicar of Hepgate, on the
text, "Thou wilt keep him in per-
feet peace whose mind is stayed
on Thee'', and shortly afterward
went to visit an aged and dying
relative, Archdeacon Hill of Liver
pool Bishop Bickersteth found
the archdeacon somewhat troubled
in mind, and, 1t being natural to
him to express In verse the spirit
ual comfort which he desired to
convey. the bishop took up sheet
OF paper and then and there
wrote down the hymn just exactly
as 1t stands. and read It to his
dying friend.
IAN example of hymn being writ,
ten to suit certain tune is fur
nished by the grand old favorite
81 Think When ! Read that Sweet
Story of DID,"
Mrs. Luke, the author. was
very much impressed one day b.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16
Special correspondence. ]


Washington, ID. &, November
ia The result Of the election
shows the general trend towards
Democracy. and in great meas
ure indicates Democratic VIC
tory next year New York ana
New Jersey will be the great battle
ground with the result depending
upon the independent ~-vete in
both States. The question of an
attractive presidential candidate
to appeal to those independent
voters will be paramount when
both the conventions of the great
PARTIES meet. At the same time the
feelings of the rank and Tile
of both parties must ne considered
! by the political managers. for
neither party can afford to have
any serious schism to cause a
loss of votes. so the nominee and
the platform must be generally
approved by the regular party fol-
lowers. Such conditions will put
| tne party IhuiluScio W thN''
trumps, and should result In both
conventions nominating their mos
available men, instead of the sue
lcessful faction riding roughshot
over the other faction. The defea
of Congressman Burton by Ton
Johnson will help TO eliminate
Taft and aid the Foraker factiol
in Ohio. II will also bring Ton
Johnson to the front as a possible
candidate for President upon whom
the Democrats can unite. How
the party leaders in New York
New Jersey and other doubtful
States would view Tom Johnson a
the candidate it Is too early I
decide. He may be thought to
radical in some of his view:
but there Is not much doubt tina
the great mass of Democrats every
where would rally to his STANDARD
II they arrive at the conclusio
, lhe can best unite the party. Tol
Johnson is friendly With Nj
Bryan, although he does not Ell
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16

Hannah Seize, before she had
learned of her soldiers death. The
letter is now in the hands of Chris
tian Seize, nephew of the soldier.
The nephew now resides in Kan
sas and is employed as a mail
clerk on the Rock Island railroad.
He is carefully treasuring the
letter and expects to pass it down
to the following generation.
The letter is enclosed in the en-
velope an affair of unique design,
which carried it to Mrs. Seize.
The envelope is printed in red and
blue and closely represents an
! American flag. The upper left
hand corner is in dark blue and in
the center is a doorway in
white, enclosing the inscription.
"The Union and the Constitu-
tion. - II is surrounded by "a
stars The letter was written AZ
years ago on the seventh day OF
November.
On the paper containing the
Ii''''i NtS hNduiuS tHt SlIuUit
word. "'Union.' with an eagle
holding in his beak shield OF
stars. from which ran streamer
bearing the words ''Love One An
other. - The stamp bears
picture OF Washington, is print
ed in brown and is three-cent
denomination,
FoX's annals OF the war relate
; that the send Ohio of which Mr..
Seize was member was under the
command of General Buell. at the
, time of the battle of shiloh. The
= battle started November and
was fought all day until the
Union troops We're driven
to the river and under the
2 protection OF the gun-boats. In
= the meantime General Buell. had
4 marched to the relief of Grant and
r all that night his forces were
e crossing the Tennessee river, ad
!. vancIng to the lines established un
{ der the cover of darkness. IL 1!
{ supposed that this letter was writ
a ten while Seize was waiting fol
e battle to commence.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16
WEEKLY LETTER FROM
THE NATIONS CAPITAL
The Result of the Election Shows the General Irend
Towards Democracy and in Great measure IN
dicates Democratic Victory Next ear.

dorse Mr.. Bryan's view OF the ne
cessity of government ownership OF
railroads, but is an ardent advocate
of municipal ownership of public
utilities. He is single taxer and
free trader in theory, but uses his
efforts for equal taxation of all
alike. Tom johnson believes faith
fully in that good old Democratic
doctrine OF .sequal rights to all
and special privileges to none"
Congress will meet in less than
month: and we may expect ev-
cry member to be loaded with
one or more speeches on the
financial issue. All will have a
panacea for panics and few will
agree on details for further
initiation of the currency. whether
of the ..asset', or secured va
riety. The coming session OF
! Congress will be more devoted ia
oratory than to the passage OF
remedial legislation for the Ills
/ tlul hcpuDllOuu pOliIltS hd'N iSiN
/ ed on the country.
| The panic has had such a sob
ering effect on President Roosevelt
that he is rewriting that portion
OF his message, which relates tt
the finances ana corporations
He has conferred with the Stee
Trust magnates about those mat
ters and it is currently reported
he will tone down mis- recommen
dations to the tune of the times
as the corporation magnates thinl
advisable. Thus the message t.
Congress will reveal that th'
Roosevelt of today Is not tn
Roosevelt that has so freely de
nounced the bad trusts, and tn
criminal rich. and the malelactor
of great wealth.
"'Oh. what a fall was there m
countrymen;
Then you, and l. and all of us fel
down.
| And bloody treason. flourished owe
ROBERT MILLER.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16
Especial correspondence !


Chicago. Nov. l6.-Even last
week some OF the strongest Chicago
banks. to say nothing of deposi-
tors, and correspondents, had be-
gun to chafe at the Chicago Clear
ing House rule which tied up prac-
tically all deposits in the banks
The first banker to publicly ex-
press himself, however, was John
y. Mitchell, of the Illinois Trust
& Savings Bank, In which institu-
tlon there are 147,000 depositors.
He was quoted as having gone
straight to the point. declaring
" Several bankers who have done
business in this city for many years
were not In favor of the clearing
house certificate plan at the out
set. However, as a member of the
clearing house, this bank was
bound by its rule. We are now
ready to get back to a cash basis
--the quicker the better 1t will
PLEASE us. Fewer people are asking
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16

-.
uJust As AM. The proofs
however, seem to point to the
FIRST story, which is given In d.
1,,,an,s "Dictionary of Hymnoio-
gy.,, being the correct one.
This dictionary, by the way,
which was first published Is years
ago and a new edition OF whic'.
has lately appeared, is the most
v,ouderful work of its kind Inc
author has been In communica-
tion with 1000 correspondents III
al, narts of the world, and spent
considerable money in postage
alone. The volume contains 5000
nm words and figures, two-thirds
of which have been written origl'
nally or in revision by DR.. Jul
ian himself Altogether the work
has occupied him for 40 years.
DR. Julian, by the way, tells us
that the total number of Christian
HYMNS in the 200 or more langu
ages and dialects in which they
have been written is not less thar
10000 and England next. Th'
400 600. Germany coming mrs
with 100000 and England next
The most popular hymns, according
to census which he has takei
are. uWhen Survey the Won
drous Cross "Awake, My Soul
and with the SUM- "Hark, tn
Herald Angels Sing" and 'Rocl
of Ages, Cleft for Me-"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16

an old Greek tune which she had
seen the children of the Normal
Infant School, Gray's Inn Road,
marching to, and while going
home on the stage coach she wrote
the words to suit the music on the
back of an old envelope. ;,
There are two accounts of how
"'Just As /, Ann came to be writ
ten. One authority asserts that 1t
was while she lay in great physical
weakness on SOFA. the other
members OF the family being pres
ent at bazar in which all but
the invalid were taking part, that
Charlotte Elliott. the author of the
hymn. wrote the words which have
stirred the hearts of thousands.
On the other hand the story is
that young girl was going to
the town to choose a new dress for
a ball. On her way she met a
priest who said she ought not to
CO. However. she went, but did
not enjoy the evening at all
and returned home miserable Char
lotte Elliott. for that was the
young girls name went to confess
to her priest all about it. and
| asked what she should do. He
advised her to go home and tell
, Jesus about 1t. "Just as 7 ann
she said. eyes. just as you are. >
She returned home. and on hel
knees composed that lovely hymn
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16

these interesting shipments were
attended to with no especial care,
but as they were lugged in the
bank officials eyed the procession
of boxes with keen interest al
though at that moment there we're
over sixteen tons of gold. about
IS. 100000, in the subtreasury. To
see the masses of currency in the
vaults of the big banks. bales of
it. sacks of 1t and boxfuls of it,
one had to wonder that any un-
easiness had been felt. The addi-
ton of S6.050,0O0 new currency
which Chicago banks will issue
will soon be stacked up in those
vaults. making a most convincing
exhibit. At the last statement the
cash resources of the Chicago banks
was $12S,552,1j5, sum which
was not dreamed of in the days
OF Croesus. Chicago has become
the center of currency supply for
great territory, however, the
shipments to out-of-town banks in
November 1906 having exceeded the
receipts by about $4,000 900
During the seven months to Sep.
tember the shipments exceeded
the receipts by $10.676,5S0. The
uneasiness, following the Wal
Street smashes is fast subsidins
and local bankers now draw sew
eral long breaths in succession ant
sleep well o'nlghts.