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New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
LIFE POLICIES AID NEEDY
Insurance Companies Lending NIL
ions to Their Patrons.

The great harm which hoarders of currency
are working TO the business of the country is
daily shown by the difficulty which old estab-
lished houses. with gilt edged credit, are having
in obtaining from the banks the money needed
to accommodate good customers. but have not
the cash TO do so.
Under these conditions business men are call
ing upon the big life insurance companies for
loans on policies and never before in the history
of life insurance in this country have the de-
mands for loans been so heavy. Indeed, most
of the companies have stopped all other forms
Of investing money and are loaning every avail
able cent of cash to policyholders and some
companies are selling few high grade
bonds to enable them to meet the demands of
poIicyhoders for loans The Tribune is able.
however 10 deny the highest authority that
the life insurance companies are liquidating on
a heavy scale at the present time, has been
reported
1t was learned last night indisputable au-
thority that the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety is lending to poicyholders at the rate of
S3.Oo0,o00 month. and has lent far this
year more than SS.OO00O0 on its outstanding
policies. From the time the Equitable was or
ganized in 1859 up to January l. 1907 it's total
loans to policyhoders amounted to 1000
or a little less than average of $150.O00 a
year. The loans for this year bid fair TO pass
the S10O00O00 mark. which gives a fair idea
of the extraordinary demands the company.
It is also understood that the Mutual Life
Insurance Company and the New York Life In
surance Company are lending to policyholders
a similar scale
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
AWAIT COTTON REVISION REPORT.
Will Have Important Bearing Upon 1mme-
date Future of Market

Traders on the local Cotton Exchange are await
ing with interest the report of the revision com
mittee to be made to-day. The action of the com
mittee will have II is believed, important bear
ing upon the immediate future Of the market, as
we'll as upon the relationship of local contracts 10
other markets later in the season. because 1t will
do away with the uncertainty now existing to
the differences between grades The results of the
revision will he known in plenty of time 20 bring
cotton hore for delivery December contracts
should the shorts consider such action necessary.
report was circulated the Cotton Exchange
Yesterday that several of the big shorts" in the
December option had made a settlement with the
bull clique This rumor was however. denied in
well informed quarters, where It pointed ont
that the December option still maintained its
premium January. Trading dull in the
local cotton market yesterday
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
MRS. BRADLEY ON STAND
Tells Jurors Of Ex-senator Bro5cn' S
Promises to MdrrU Her.

Washington, Nov. 19-Mrs Annie NJ. Bradley
spent four hours the witness stand in Judge
Staffords court to-day relating the details of
her association with ex- Senator Arthur Brown.
of Utah Of whose murder she stands accused.
When court adjourned she had not reached the
events directly connected with the killing of Mr..
testimony Tomorrow
Todays story dealt with the first acquaint
ance Of Mrs. Bradley with Mr.. Brown and how
that acquaintance gradually rlpened into friend
ship and finally into love. II was a long and
pathetic narrative of Illicit affection. Of prom
ises of marriage which could at first be made
only on the condition of divorce on both sides,
and then of disappointment and grief when both
became free and could have been legally united
if Mr.. Brown had, been willing Mrs. Bradley
gave the particulars of many pledges made TO
her. told how Mr. Brown had introduced her as
his wife. and OF how he had given his name to
one of their children.
She related also many pleasant incidents Of
their life together She wore smile when she
spoke OF her pride in his intellectual attain
ments. and told of their reading together the
principal poets She said he told her and
over again that she was the only woman he had
ever loved. and averred that by his manner tow
ard her and his superior attainments he had
gained a complete mastery over her.
Tears were frequently shed. not only in the
audience but once twice by members of the
jury. Mrs Bradley was quite emotional and her
voice was scarcely audible at times. Her at
torneys, however, expressed confidence that she
would be able to proceed to the end without a
breakdown.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
CHARITY AND EDUCATION GET 100000

Boston. Nov IA division of 10000 among
charitable and educational institutions has been
made by Albert S. Hall and George w. Childs
executors of the estate of Lyman F. Rhoades
whose will, allowed January 10. 1895. gave the
executors the power apportion that amount
they tit
Some of the requests are as follows; Boston
University 900; Massachusetts Institute of Tech
noiogy, 5000; Kimball Union Academy. MeIiden
n. H.. $1,000: Mount HermOn School for Boys,
Northfeld. Mass. $4,000; Memorial Home for the
Blind worcester 500; state eSecutive eommitsee
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, S5Oo0 American
s5.0oO.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
RECEIVER FOR TRANSPORTATION LINE
Complaint Made That Enterprise Company
Cannot Meet Notes.

A bond of $4,000. given by the Federal Union
Surety Company. filed late yesterday by Hollis
r Bailey and George NJ. Clarke. anciary re-
ceivers of the business of the Enterprise Trans
portation Company. n corporation operating a pas
sencer and freight steamship line 9etween New
York Providence. Fall River. Jamestown r. l.
and Newport.s
The appointment of two receivers the result
of "A complaint filed in the federal courts by John
p Whalen. a creditor in behalf of himself and
such other creditors might fit to join him.
Mr. Whalen says there is due him notes the
sum of $780, and that in addition the Enterprise
company owes upward of $4,000 more than half
which is now due. The company has not the
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
BARNEY'S WILL FILED.
Leares Ererything to His Wife
Estate Nan Be So 5000

The will of Charles T Barney. ex-presidcnt or
the Knickerbocker Trust Company. filed for
probate yesterday. Mr.. Barney had this will pre-
pared and executed it after he had shot himself on
Thursday morning and while he was suffering
intense pain It was only short time after ne
signed the will that he died from the effects OF
the wound. George L. Nichols. counsel for MI
Barney. made the following statement yesterday IN
regard TO the will:
The will of Mr. Barney was filed in the surro
gates Office to-day for probate: II devses and
bequeathes all his estate real and personal to Mrs
Kind There We're fled With the viii waivers Of
service OF citation and consents to probate exc exc
daughters. Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Barnes. The
or in any way interested in them is the second
SON James He is nov in Europe 3ut nns rbo Det Ell
cannot be admitted to probate until his return
The will itself is necessarily brief. made, as it
was. when Mr. Barney suffering from mortal
wound. II follows:
I, Charles r. Barney, of the city OF New York
nv last will and testament hereby revolsing all
former wills and cOdcils thereto by me at any uihe
both personal and real Of whatever nature and
wheresoever situated, 10 my wife. Lilly W Barlley
tnte and appoint my said wife and my sons. Ashbel
II. and James w Barney, to be cxecutrix and eX-
In witness whereof l. Charles T. Barney have
10 this my last will and testament subscribed my
name and set my seal. CHARLES T. BARNEY.
Subscribed by the testator in presence OF us. and
the same time published. declared and acknowl-
edged by him to to be his last will and testa-
nent, and thereupon We. at the request Of the
said testator in his presence and IN the presence
of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
as witnesses this 18th day of November lTI.
Arthur II Masteu. residing at No. l0l East 10Th
street. Borough OF Manhattan. city OF New
York; George l.. Nichols. Katonah, Vest hester
County, y. Y: George a. Dixon. No. Il West
10th street. New York City.
It is thought that when the estate is fnaly set
tied Mrs Barncy will realize about g 10000 from H.
The will was written ordinary piece of note
paper which is headed simply with the address
81 Park avenue" Instead of the usual eel seal
used to validate such documents and placed op-
posite the name of the testator. piece of a two
cent stamn Is used.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
Proposals.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERs. STATE OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.
3Jth St and Tth Avenue.
New York City,


GENERAL HEAD@gAETERs STATE OF NEW YORK.
'''A Ssw St a49 York i'8 CITY Hy'Hus,
SEALED PROPOSALS will he received at the Adju-
tan5 Generals 0fse 5oth street ami 5th A'eHue New
23rh 1907 for furnishins the following Military Sup
goo Goats full full dress caysry r and field ida artillery
700 fuI signal corps. engineers and hos
900 coats olive drab. wooden service
t9o0 600 Gaps, olive on Sfa6 oy serTGe Tsb ooen sor
1000 Trousers full engineers artillery anI
700 Trousers dress cavalry. field artillery signal
900 Breeches. full dress riding
S,SSS S,SSS P2@ssoS B2aSst Cords
$500 1900 Cap Cap insignia insignia fdI5l 5rdnu.
500 pairs Collar Ornaments, bronze
1000 Hat Cords. service.
same to be delivered the State Arsenal within
within Tb @s mSy 9S 9s5s BE To the
of each or every article above mentioneI up to afy
abe %hn the speced time Of Sa moashs M
The state reserves the right to accept or reject
all proposals. any part thereof not deemed salts
Uniforms and caps to be made in graded sizes.
Proposals must state additional charge for clothing
OF special sizes made to order also additional charge
for special trimmings .,s.....
application at the State Arsenal 9Th Avenue and 3jth
S or each article and of cloth trimmings ana bu
tens from which each garment must be made be
will be made for full dress coats fulIdress
woolen service breeches. specifying
price in Is named in
In determining the award Of the the aggre-
bids the articles full
an service uniform will be considered aS may
be deemed the best interests of the
\ sample Of each article OF uniform bid upon must
accompany the proposals
All goods delivered free OF expense at the
New York state Arsenal properly packed and marked
where they will be inspected In accordance with the
provisions OF the Military Code and Regulations.
All bids be sealed and addressed "a The Adfu-
tant General OF New York. Arsenal. 7th
Avenue and 35th Street. New York city, plainly
marked BIDS FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES FOR THE
NATIONAL GUARD"
NELSON II. HENRY. AdJutant General. s N Y
II : ENGINEER OFFICE. NEWPORT, r. L OCT
U. 90. 19OT.-Sealed proposals for dredging
R /. will be received here until m
Nov % 1907 and then publicly opened Informal tion
furnished application. ]. II. WILLARD 1t. Col.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
-METROpOITTANg56ffIs2ss-

TONIGHT at s-MEFIsTOFEIE. Farrar. Rap
poId. Jacoby. Girerd debut; Chaliapine (dsbut).
Martin debut. Tecchi debut Cond-. FerrarL
Thurs Evg., Nov 2I, at S-AIDA- Gadsld.
Kirkby- -Lunn; Caruso. Scotti. Journet. MuhImaun.
TecchL Conductor, FerrarL
Fri. Eyg.. Nov 2s. at sIRIGoLETTo- sembrich.
Muhlmann. Begue, Dufrche. Conductor, FerrarL
sat Aft, Nov. 2S at 2-MEFISTOFELE- Farrar
Rappold. Jacoby Girerd: Chaliapine Martin.
TscchL Conductor Ferrari
- sat Eyg Now 2S at popular pricesl. az I:sO-
Van Rooy Goritz. Blass. Reiss. Muhlmann- Con-
Sun. EvG. NOV "a. PoP PRICES. at $50
GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT.
SolOistS-Mmes- Sembrtch Langendorff (debutl:
NM Lucas. StraCciari- Entire Netrop. Opers
House Orchestra Conductor, Mr.. : Bow
Mon Evg. Nov. %. S-AIDA. Gadski Kirkby-
Lunn, Carusc. ScotJt Jcurnet. Muhlmann. Tecchi
Conductor Ferrari
Wed Evg-. Nov. 2T. at s-LA BOHElIE Sem
hrtch. Dereyne debut. Bonci Stracciarf Jor1-net
Begue. Dufriche Barocchi. Tecchi- Conductor
Ferrarf
Thurs Evs., Nov. 2s. az S-MEFISTOFELE Far
RappOld. JacOby. Girerd. ChaliapIne, Martin
Fri Evg.. Nov. 20. at s-ADRIANA LECOU-
NREUR. Cavalieri. Jacoby. MattfeId: Caruso ScottL
Lucas. Gourmet Baroccht Conductor Ferrari
THE SALE OF SEATS for next weeks perform
ances begins TOMORROW (THURS.J at 8 A n
WEBER PIANO USED
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
GILMAN ESTATE NOW s1oo.ooo

The estate OF Anna r. Gilman, which has been es-
timated heretofore approaching S0J0OOO was
set at 10000 yesterday by E j. Collier. the referee
Miss Gilman. who is in insane asylum. is
member of old Brooklyn family. For many
years she wandered about the world unknown to
her relatives
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20

means he asserts. Hquidate the claims Tho
company is credited with the possession of large
and valuable assets. consisting of-steamers. docks
terminals etc and in the interest of all the cred
itors Mr.. Whalen asks for the appointment Of a
receiver to conserve such assets of the company
may be found in the Southern District of New
York
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
GOT ~pAILY NEWS EQUITY For coz

The equity in the name and goodwill Of .oTbe
Daily News was sold yesterday at public auction
IN the county courthouse for s25 The ntrcbsser
was Archibald r. Watson a lawyer of M d
Nassau street The sale subject 10 a mort
gage of 10000, held by Frank A. Munsev NJ
watson said yesterday that he did not purchase the
equity for himself but that he represented c,ient
The Daily News" went out of business Iast
August ~
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
AmusenentS.
AHANu OPERA HOUSE,
NAfAlNAA1 i HiN 34th St, sth Ave
l-I,A

MANHATTAN oREEA s1,b r. near HogsE: ssb Iys.
GRAND OPERA SEASON 19e7-S
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, Director a
TONIGHT AT (ffth appearance OF Nine. Nor
dlcs). Verdis AIDA. Mines. Nordica, De Csneros;
NM Zenatelo. Ancona. ArimondL Mus DR. Cam
panni.
FRIDAY AT s. list appearance MISS MARY
GARDEN. Massenet's THAT'S. produced for the
first time in America Mines. Garden. Trentin.
Giaconia; NM. Renaud. Dalmores. Mugnoz. Reschi-
SAT. MAT. AT 2 sixth appearance of Nine
Nordicsl. verdrs AIDA. Mines NordIcs. De Cis-
neros; NM Zenatello. Ancona. Arimondi Mus
SAT. EV'G. AT s. verdrs IL TRovAToRE
Mines. Jomelh. Bressler- Gisnoli NM. Albani Fos-
setta, Mugnoz Sond. NJ Pareih Use to so
sun. EV.. Sd Pop. Campanin Concert, Soc. S1.50-
NEXT WEEK
MOND., I'd appearance OF MISS MARY GARDEN.
Massenets THAT'S, Misses Garden, Trentipi. Ciia-
COMA: Messrs. Renaud. Dalmores. Reschglian
Mugnoz. Fossetta- Mus. Dir. Campanin
WE'D, Onenbach's THE TALES OF HOFFMAN,.
Miles Zeppilli. De Cisneros. Jomelli Trentini Ga
Daddi. GianolI- tiaIIetti. Mus Dir. CampaninI
THURS, Holiday Matinee. Verdi's H TRONA-
TORE. Miles JomelI. De Cisneros. Zaccaria; NM
Albani Fossetta, Mugnoz. Venturini Cond.. Parell
Pop prices (I5c TO S3).
THURS. NIGHT, list appearance Of NJ Zenatello
in popular priced performance, Gounod's FAUST
Miles Morichini. Zeppill. Severina; NM. Zenatello
D!dur Ancona- Mus. Dir. Campaniu Pop. prices
CT5c-s3).
FRIDAY verdPs ERNANI Mile Russ. NM
Albani Ancona. Arimondi, Venturin coni, Parelli.
DEN, Massenet's THAT'S. Misses Garden. Trentini.
Gaconia Messrs. Renaud. Dalmores. Reschiglian
Mugnoz, Fossetta- Mus. Dir. Campanini.
SAT NIGHT, list popular Saturday evg. appear
ance of NJ 2.euatello, Verdfs AIDA. Mines. Russ.
hfusnoz yenturin. Mus. DIR CampaninL
SEAT SALE FOR ALL ABOVE OPENS
TOMORROW (THURSDAY). AT A. VI.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
Public Notices.
Help wanted-Female.

Help Wdnted-FendIe-
WANTED MATTRESS. IN THE QUARTERS OF THE
w Assistant Superintendent Of Bellevue Hospital
Salary $50 per month and maintenance Also to make
herself generally useful Apply Superin-
tendent's ONCE. Bellevue Hospital First Avenue
New-York tribune., 1907-11-20

II 5 ENGINEER OFFICE NEWPORT. R I. OCT.
L. IQOT.-Sealed proposals for dredging New
port Harbor. l.. will be received here until II a m
Nov %. 1907 and then publicly opened Information
The Washington herald., 1907-05-11
General Officers of the Army.

-Four appointments Of general officers
/ in the army are yet TO be made
by the President during the year 1897.
The first Of these is a brigadier general
oH the 25th instant, upon the retirement
Of Brig. Gen. Constant Williams; then
there viii be the opportunity to appoint
a major general In the place of Maj. Gen.
w. C. McCaskey. who retires on October
?. and brigadier general in place Of the
officer Of that grade who is selected for
the major generalship; the final appoint
ment is possible on October 8, when Brig.
Gen. L. S. Godfrey retires. There has
been. an unusual number OF Presidential
appointments possible to the grades Of
brigadier and major general during the
present year The appointments so far
have been distinguished above other simi-
lar selections during the Roosevelt ad-
ministration for a return TO the system
which recognizes seniority. experience.
and individual record. OF course, IN the
appointments made with fragrant disre-
gard of the rights of senior officers. and
represented by such prodlgious jumps as
those of Wood, Bell. Carter. Bliss, Barry.
Mills. and Persting, there was a plausible
claim that the benehciaTies were able
officers, Of splendid record, and many Of
them had realized that qualification. But
they we're no less examples Of a per-
nicious principle, which had the effect.
in the end, Of producing encouragement
and dismay. while military discipline was
eorrespondingiy demoralized. The insati-
able desire for injecting youthfulness in
the personnel OF army general officers
was an allurlng proposition in theory.
and it found some advocates who imagin-
ed they might at such a time meet that
requirement while they commanded the
pull which would give them the place.
The older officer who served faithfully
and modestly, much, If not all. Of the time
distant from Washington, without the
possibility Of making friends, was for
gotten, ana it must be much to his graft
ficauon that those Of his class are going
10 be regarded as entitled TO executive
consideration in the selection OF brigadier
generals and major generals Of the army.
The jump Of the juniors introduced n
Devastating factor In military administra-
tion. II threatened 10 destroy the IN
tegrity Of the best traditions OF the mill
tary. personnel. and it is with satisfac-
ton that army officers turn TO the hope
which is now promoted by Mr. Roosevelt's s
recent appointments 10 the grade of briga-
der general that the senior colonels OF
infantry. cavalry. and artillery have come
to .heir right free OF the jeopardy Of alb
normal promotion.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-11
FederaI courts and Lynehine.

The Lynchburg Advance, a contempo-
rary that interests us at all times. doubts
the wisdom Of The Washington Hera1d's s
approval Of Federal Judge Jones. OF Ala
bama, and his ruling 10 the effect that a
lyneher is a violator OF the thirteenth and
fourteenth amendments to the Consutu-
ton Of the United States, and as such
may be properly taken in custody by the
Federal government and punished for his
crime.
Says the Advance;
we are not in favor Of iynching, but we doubt
the wisdom Of placing such cases entirely under
Federal jurisdiction II Il is done, and aside from
questions Of policy. why not recoustue the Consu-
tuition some more and grsdHslly bring all cases Of
murder. assault and the ike into Federal courts
broad and general gFoundsi"
Murderers are tried and convicted by
State courts. Assaults are legally atoned
for under State laws. Other criminals are
brought to bar and fttingly punished for
their crimes and misdemeanors. Can the
Advance point to a single lynchers ever
brought to trial and convicted under any
State law? II such cases have occurred
they have been so few as to escape our
observation altogether. Indeed, the truth
Is that every State in whicl Iynching
fouTishes has confessed itself utterly un-
able TO meet this one emergency and rem
edy the frightful state Of affairs in this
regard. Why. then, should papers that are
not in favor Of lynching'' object that the
Federal courts step in and do for the
State that which the State admits its own
inability to do for itself?
It is not so much a question Of the
methods and ways through which exact
and impartial justice shall be admins
tered throughout the land as II is that it
be administered surely, and with positive
regard to the rights Of both the accused
and society at large-the entire State. II
the time ever comes when States admit
their inability TO dttingly punish viola
tions of the law against murder. against
assault. or against any form OF lawless-
ness then The Washington Herald would
not hesitate 10 say that the Federal gov
ernment might, with propriety, interfere
and seek to restore that relation between
the law observer and the law breaker that
should exist IN all free lands.
We believe in State rights up 10 the
ultimate point 10 which States are able 20
maintain them with justice TO all-the
State as well as the criminal But when
it reaches a point where a State admits
its inability to cope with a grave situa-
ton, then it becomes a State wrong to
permit it to go without the assistance of
the Federal governments great and
strong right arm.
There is much 20 think about IN this
matter. Judge Jones has rendered an
epoch-making decision in Alabama. If it
be sustained by the supreme Court, We
shall be very glad. Fer It viii do much
70 right a grievous wrOng-and the right
ing OF grieVOus wrongs ever brings salts
faction 10 The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1907-05-11
our commerelaI FeudaIism

II seems more than likely that the
Reichstag will assent TO the proposed ap-
plication Of Germany's old tariff rates 10
American imports in return for the tenn
porary concessions on our part proposed
by Secretary Root, and that thus there
win be no particularly harmful Interrupt
ton OF present commercial relations be-
tween the two countries. AS was TO be
expected, the conservatives, or stand
patters, in the KaIser's legislative body
suggested objections to the arrangement,
their contention being that the American
concessions We're far from equivalent 10
those Of Germany. Developments proba-
bly, VIII show this TO be true But il is not
the fault of AR. Root. He has gone the
limit Of his power in offering a way out
Of the serious predicament in which the
stand-pat Congress Of his party has in
volved the country. Undoubtedly, he
would do more if he could Had Leslie NJ
Shaw. when Secretary of the Treasury.
been permitted to have his way, we would
have made no modifying concessions to
Germany in the matter of a more liberal
interpretation of our customs regulations.
The conservatives in the Reichstag, who
are the representatives, Of the old landed
aristocracy of Germany, typify in a sense
the spirit and essence Of high protection.
They would prevent the importation to
their country of all forms of foodstuffs
not produced there. and thus exercise over
the consuming masses a power Of taxation
and spoliation that means the enrichment
OF the few and the impoverishment of the
maay That IS what high protection does
everywhere. But Germany has been mod
ernized beyond the ken Of these old feUdal
lords. The ripping down Of the tariff
walls between the various States that fol-
lowed Bismarcks confederation was the
chief factor that has placed Germany in
the front rank of the worlds nations
Trade now is as free between all parts Of
the empire as it is between the States Of
our Union. Extending this vivifying prin-
ciple 10 international trade. Germany has
conceived the plan Of a maximum and
minimum tariff system under the ultimate
operations Of which continental Europe
VIII be freed Of hampering trade resric-
tions and viii be combined into COM
InercIaI confederacy against every high
protection nation.
In the face of so threatening a situation
as this, it is little short Of amazing that
there should be In the United States any
considerable body of intelligent citizens
unwilling 10 Hberalize our tariff system
at the earliest possible moment. Unless
something is done, and done within few
years, we shall find ourselves hemmed in
our stuPendous commercial energies afro
rhfad for lack of room in which 70 Dlav
our vast boards of capital idle. the ma
tional stock of labor unemployed, and our
great Industrial fabric. topheavy now and
rocking under the burdens of overprotec-
tion, falling into black ruin.
The way to revise is to revise! The time
10 revise is now.