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New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
NEW SCHEME.
Wants to Raise $50, 100000 for
Municipal Oscnership.
IRy Telegraph 20 The Tribunal

IBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Cleveland Dec. 30.-It became known to-day
that Mayor Tom L. Johnson, In order to gain
money for his municipal ownership programme
including electric lighting, the taking over Of all
gas companies except the East Ohio and event.
ua1 city ownership of street railway lines will
seek means to raisc $4,000 900 in the I.egislat-
ure this winter.
Two plans are suggested. aud members of the
Cuyahoga County delegation declare they have
hope of carrying through one or the other By
the first the Longworth act would be amended
to permit issuing bonds without vote of the
people on more than / per cent of the tax dupIi-
Gates, the present limit, while a joint amend
ment would give to the Mayor power to name
the real estate valuation board. which could
raise taxes.
The other contemplates authorizing the issue
of industrial bonds. the mortgage being on the
property of the city rather than on the taxa bic
property of the citizens.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
CALLS EXTRA SESSION.
Coo. Sparks Summons Legislature
to Act on GoldfeId Trouble.

Carson, New. Dec. Ex-Governor Sparks this
afternoon called extra session of the Legis
lature TO meet on January a. 1908, to consider
the labor troubles at GoldfelG. The call is in
part follows:
believing that an extraordinary occasion now
exists and one which the Legislature, being
co-ordlnate branch of the state government, is
best prepared to solve it became my duty by
proclamation to convene the Legislature at Car
son City, New. the fourteenth day of jan
uary, A d, 1908. This request has been made
by many citizens. The object is adjust by
legislation, IL possible, the controversy existing
between the miners and the mine owners at
GoIdneld, this state. Such legislation should be
general in character and impartially applicable
Tor the restoration and preservation of law and
order When time arrives | will
deaVor TO outline 10 you the necessary legisld
ton required and will give hearty cooperation
IN the attempt to secure to every citizen of Ne
Vada his just rights, freely to be exercised
under the ldv-
tIoldfield New. Dec. 30.-ACting on the sug
geStion of prominent citizens, Captain Cox. who
is representing Governor Sparks here, advised
the Governor to-day that two companies of
federal troops would be ample and that he
the remainder of those now here from fur
ther service in Nevada.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
DRUCE BODY In COFFIN.
CASE BELIEVED At END.
Rumors of Ne5o Proceedings for
Perjury Not Confirmed.
Especial by French Gable to The Tribune.I
It,uI,zrigt1t 1897. by The Tribune Association ]


London, Dec. 30--The bottom has dropped
Druce's name when opened at Highgate Gem
eterv to-day, was found to contain the remains
Of an old man with side whiskers and not
lead from a house roof makeweight of
any kind. About a dozen men, Professor Pep
Der and representatives of the Home Office and
~ arious others interested in the legal proceed
ings discovered full corroborative proof of the
testimony of the aged nurse who witnessed t
G Druces death and helped in preparing the
body for burial 1t now seems probable that
v hen their evidence Is submitted to the court
10y Horace Avory the prosecution of Herbert
Druce for perjury will he abandoned and that
Magistrate Plowden will dismiss the charge
without hearing argument.
The proceedings at the cemetery were man
aged as decently as possible. and systematic
arrangements were made for keeping half
penny journalism under restraint. The claim
ant made futile protest against his ex
clusion The discovery OF human remains in
The coffin disposes of the invention that there
Was mock burial in 1864 and that T. c.
Druce was the fifth Duke Of Portland. 1t may
leave the paternity of Druce and the source
from which he received his capital for start
ing his bazaar in Baker street in mystery but
1t puts an end TO the penny dreadful which
was started by an unfortunate woman now in
insane asylum There are many rumors
respecting. fresh proceedings for perjury, with
indictments behind them, but there IS trust
worthy or official information. l. n F.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
THREATFROM g. Il. r. HEAD
SAYS Veterans VIII Seek Revenge If
Barter Is Defeated.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Albany, Dec. 30.-Charging that the contest
TO defeat Colonel Archie E. Baxter, Of Elmira,
for reelection as Clerk of the Assembly was
due only to Chairman Woodruff and Speaker
Wadsworth, Harlan j. Swift state commander
of the Grand Army Of the Republic, to-night
threatened the leaders Of the Republican party
with the vengeance of the veterans IL Colonel
Baxter be defeated. The veterans have opened
headquarters here. There will be meeting of
delegates from the GIG posts in the state at the
Capitol tomorrow, and the leaders have ex-
acted from Colonel Baxter pledge that he
will go into the Republican caucus to-m morrow
night and force lineup on the Smith Baxter
contest Not only are the Grand Army men
I'D in arms for Colonel Baxter, but the Spanish
Continued on second
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
[. r. 4. LET'S GO 800 MEN.
Retrenches IN Repair Department.
No Permanent Inn prOuements.

The Interborough Rapid Transit Company
operating the elevated and subway roads, has
discharged about three hundred men employed
in its repair department. 1t became known yes
terday.
The reason for cutting down the force is
understood to he that the company is under
increasing expense In its operating department
through being obliged by the Public Service
Commission TO engage moro mOtOrmen and
trainmen, and has decided that extra outlay in
one direction must be balanced by retrenchment
in another.
The company retains in it's repair shops
enough men TO make all ordinary repairs, but IL
is said that for the present it will suspend all
work In the nature of permanent improvements
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
"PAY-As-YoU-ENTER" UNPOPULAR.
Enforcement of New Plan Leads to Endless
Delays on Pittsburg Street Railroads.
tBy Telegraph IT. The Tribune

tBy Telegraph The Tribune
Pittsburg Dec S0.-TAe Pittsburg Railways Com
pany, operating the surface lines In this city, rig
Idly enforced the 'Pay-as-you-enter' plan to-day
result that the service badly impeded
Passengers did take kindly the innovation
and many rendered bills to the conductors, holding
up all the persons behind them and delaying the
cars. Women with bundles refused TO pay their
until they were seated and had laid the bun
dies aside. and in instances passengers
stornned the and refused to pay when inside
A number of conductors resigned to-day but the
officers of the company say they will continue to
enforce the rule.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
PREPARATIONS FOR BRYAN DINNER.
Fifteen Hundred Guests Expected to Hear
Platform Proclaimed at Lincoln.
TBy Teiesraph to Tho Tribun-.

fBy Telegraph 10 Tho Tribune
Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 3o.-Final arrangements for
the Democratic dinner tc be held in this city
January Is, at which William Jennings Bryan is
expected to outline the platform have been COM
pleted. Preparations have been made for fifteen
hundred plates and the dinner is expected to draw
many prominent Democrats from other states.
The following are the speakers who have prom
ised to appear this occasion:
Governor Charles N Haskell of Oklahoma; Jerry
r. Sullivan Des Moines: Henry Warrum, Ind
ianapoIis; Governor n. b. Broward of Florida:
Former Senator Thomas NJ. Patterson, Of Colorado,
and NJ F. Harrington, OF Nebraska.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
JEALOUSY ENDS IN DEATH OF TWO.
Paterson Man Kills His Sweetheart and
Then Shoots Himself
IBy Telegraph to Ths Tribune. ]

Paterson, N. j., Dec. 30.-Charles Bennett
twenty-four years old, shot and killed Miss
Jennie Mozelli, of No. SO Hamburg avenue.
shortly after o'clock tonight Bennett then
fired a bullet into his own brain.
Miss Mozeln lived long enough TO say Good
by" to Mrs Blanchfield. the woman with whom
she had boarded for the last twelve years. She
was twenty nine years old. Bennett had heard
that his sweetheart had become infatuated with
young man in another part of the city. They
ouarrelled and the tragedy resulted this even
ing.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
ZiMRI DWiGGiNS DEAD.
TBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

Lincoln, Neb. Dec. 9o-Zimri Dwiggins, one Of
the early leaders Of frenzed finance. is dead here
where he has lived since the failure of the CO.
lumbia National Bank of Chicago, of which he
was the founder in 1898. The Columbia National
the head OF chain Of smaller banks extend
ing through several Indiana towns most Of which
suspended when the Chicago concern went down
at the first hint OF the panic.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
MAY NOT FINISH PETTIB0NE TRIAL
Boise Defendant Said To Be Suffering from
an Incurable Disease.

Boise, Idaho, Dec. 30.-The illness of George
A Pettibone to-day caused an adjournment or
his trial for alleged completely in the Steunen-
berg assassination until tomorrow Last night
Pettibone became i'll and taken to a hos
pitaI. For time his condition was extremely
critical but to-day much improvement was
reported
1t is thought that Pettibone's malady is in
cura BILE and it is doubtful whether the trial
srill run its full course.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
p. S. C. NIGHTMARE STALLS ALL FULL.
Soon as One Is Empty There Is New Ap-
plicant for It.

when you have finally provided for this
road. it will remove nightmare from your pill
low" said a member of delegation from The
Bronx which called Public Service Commits
sioner Eustis yesterday to urge the extension
of the subway-eievated line from West Farms
along White Plains Road to the city line
NO doubt you are right" commented the
Commissioner. agirnly- But when that one is
gone there will be many others looking for the
same stall-at least one for each of the five
hornughs."
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
NEGROES TRIUMPH IN RACE RIOT.
Five White Men Shot in North Carolina
Dozen AssaiIants Arrested
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Ashevillc, N c., Dec. 30.-Five white men
have been shot in a race riot at Bryson City
n c. and a number of others have been in
iured by iron spikes and rocks The negroes
triur1phed, but dozen of them have been put
in Jail.
The fight occurred at the Southern Railway
station when a large number of passengers
were in the waiting room. The cause the
throwing of railroad spikes and stones at white
men by negroes in the night time.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
ONLY TWO VOTES FOR TAFT.
Plans of Fairbanks Men in Indiana
Hughes Might Be Second Choice.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

fBy ItISBIdpH
indianapolis. Dec. 30.-Under the belief that Sec
,etary Taft tould be the leading opposition candi-
date in the national convention the Fairbanks man
ayers have made the list of delegates that Taft
will have only friends on the delegation and in
the event that Mr.. Fairbanks should drop out Of the
race, II is believed that the other twentyeght votes
would go to Governor Hughes. The two men who
would vote for Taft under such circumstances are
Senator Beveridee and State Senator Guthrie.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
Mr.. cAeeLl REFUSES COMMENT

Newport r. l.. Dec. 3.-walter G. Cabell New
York lawyer who is counsel for Robert c. Cald-
well in the proceedings pending in New York
for his extradition 20 England charge of per-
Jury in the p-szce mystery, IN Newport to-day
and was advised of the news from London regard
ing the opening of the nruce grave. Mr.. CabeII
refused TO comment on the He said he had
taken UP the only short time ago and had
not fully acquainted himself with the details
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
NINETEEN WOMEN TRAMPs IN ONE CAR.

IBy telegraph to The Tribune
hlilIard, Neb, Dec 30.-Nineteen female trampe
were discovered last night In single box car on
Union Pacific freight train at this station. The
women were routed out and forced to walk back to
Omaha sixteen miles away. They asserted that
they had been run out of Omaha by the blue laws
and, having no money, were beating their way 10
Denver
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
DEwEY's WINES FOR NEW YEARS.

Special Assorted Cases. s40o $500 and s675
III. T. Dewey e. Sons Co, 13S Fulton St. New York
--AdVt-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31

NO NEW YEARS TABLE complete without An
aosfflTa Bitfers. world renowned appetizer of
ouisite aavo.- DR. Siegerts the only senuine.-Advf
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
MIR. TAFT UPH0LDS
PRESIDENTS COURSE.
NISTRATION DID NOT
CAUSE PANIC, HE SAYS.
Secretary of Var Tolhs to Bosto"
Merchants and Is Hailed as
the Nert President.

Boston Dec. S0.-Greeted with cheers as the
next President of the United States-a topic
which he carefully avoided in his own remarks,
Misunderstanding Taft delivered his first pub
lie speech since his worId-circling tour at the
annual dinner of the Boston Merchants Asso-
citation at the Hotel Somerset tonight
The dinner closed long and strenuous day
for the Secretary of War, during which he de
livered brief address before four hundred min
listers in the morning and attended reception
and spoke before large gathering of the Jews
of the CITY at the Eiysium Club in the after
noon During his visit to Boston, which ends
Tomorrow morning, he is the guest OF Samues
Carr. a Boston banker and relative of Mrs
Taft.
A more notable gathering of prominent ana
representative Boston business men has seldom
been seen in Boston than that which greeted
the Secretary tonight Previous TO the dinner
a brief reception held in the parlors Of the
hotel Secretary Taft meeting the speakers and
principal guests of the evening. In the dining
hall beautiful decorations adorned the tables
which provided for the seating of more than
five hundred guests, while behind the speakers
table were many American flags.
President Jerome Jones of the Boston Mer-
chants Association presided at the dinner
Seated on each side of him were the speakers
Taft Congressman Sherley of kentucky Lieu
tenant Governor Draper of Massachusetts. Mayor
John F. Fitzgerald and the Right Rev. William
Lawrence Bishop of Massachusetts Lieutenant
Governor Draper extended the welcome of the
Commonwealth to Secretary Taft and Congress
man SherIey and was followed by Mayor f1tz-
gerald who extended the welcome of the city
Introducing Mr.. Taft President Jones said
We are favored this evening by the presence
of a man from the Middle West, who has I'M
pressed us all with his fitness for the most I'M
portant position a great and powerful nation
can bestow, and in brief. an official OF great
strength and wisdom He has recently put
girdIe around the earth as an ambassador or
peace and good will visiting the great rulers
of mighty nations and We want TO hear him
talk TO
Immediately a great cheer from the as
sembIy and as Mr.. Taft rose 10 begin-hfs speech
all the guests stood up with him and filed the
air with long continued cheers Calls from many
parts of the room for Three cheers for Secre-
tary Taft, the next President of the United
States were met with more tun1ultuous cheer
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
FIoetoa,s FAMOUS TRAINS

e.25 A NJ snd e.25 z. NJ Unexcelled service via
Penn. & Atlantic Coast Line r. II Florida Infor-
nation Bureau, E'wsy. cor Both St-Adgt.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31

AFTER ALL. UsHER's THE SCOTCH
that made the highball famous.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31

oewsY's OLD PORT FOR THE GRIPPE.
1t prevents any bad after effects.
II T. Dewey Sons Co.. 138 Fulton St, New York
-Advt-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31

Continued on second mage.
, 1907-05-27
WILL PUSH
THE MAIN
RAILROAD COMPANY GATHERING
MEN AND MATERIAL FOR RE-
PLACING WATER PIPE.
City Attorney MeMurray Informed by
Railroad Officials That Work Will
Be Commenced and Pushed as Ear
Iy az Notwithstanding Outfit 10
Sent to the Borie Cutoff.

City attorney Will McMurray Of this
city has been informed by officials OF
the Union Pacific that they are now
gathering men and materials and that
work will be started on the Grand av.
enue main as early in the summer as
is convenient. There is a great scare.
ity Of laborers at this time and the
manufacturers are behind with their
orders for material to be used in the
line, and the officials could not fix a
date for the beginning of operations
on Grand avenue. They assured Mr..
McMurray that they are anxious to see
the pipe laid, and will not waste any
time. The preliminary surveys have
been made, the amount Of material
determined almost to the pound, and
the laying of the pipe will be carried
on vigorously. once the work has
started.
, 1907-05-27
SOME BIC ONES
SHOULD Be JAILED
INTERSTATE COMMISSIONER J. c.
CLEMENTS SAID IT WOULD
HAVE WHOLESOME EFFECT.
Few Prominent in Railroad Circles Be-
hind Bars Would Do More Than
Anything Else to Bring About Bet
ter Conditions - Bigger Merger
Schemes Than Those Of Hartman.

Chicago, H., May ga special to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Judson C. Clements, who has had if
teen years service, said yesterday, in
an interview regarding the violations
of law by corporations:
Should Go to Jail.
zone of the most wholesome things
that could happen would be the put
ting in jail of some men of prominence
in the railroad world. 1t would do
more than anything else to bring about
better conditions"
Hopes Will Not Be Necessary.
Questions Of criminal prosecution by
the commission have been delegated
to Commissioner Franklin X. Lane.
When asked if he was going to send
someone in the railroad world to JAIL"
he answered, Il hope it will not be
necessary. If the railroads comply
with the law, w will get on most
tremendously; but if the law is bro
ken, then there will be trouble"
, 1907-05-27
HOLDING Ties at Saratoga.

a Word has reached the city that, ow'
ing to the high water in the Platte
river the large tie drive has not start,
ed from Saratoga, Manager Olson be-
ing afraid to turn the ties loose In the
stream for fear of losing many of them.
They are held at Saratoga and will
not be turned adrift until the situation
changes for the better a little. In
spite of tie cold weather, and the stop
ping of the melting of much of the
snow in the mountains, the stream Is
still quite high and the waters unruly
The change in the plans Of the Carbon
Timber company has changed the plans
of the railroad company to a certain
extent. 1t is not now known when the
handling Of ties at Fort Steele will be
DIN
, 1907-05-27
All Miners in Union.

James Morgan of this city, an or
ganizer for the United Mine Workers
has received word that almost every
miner in the Rock Springs camp has
toined one of the five local unions just
formed in that city and that the only
Adherence between the mel and the
company is that the company will moi
employ union men in those mines. MT
Morgan says the wage question has
not entered into the discussions al
Rock Springs. He could not foretel
The outcome Of the lockout, Is 1t seems
, 1907-05-27
viii Arrange Funeral.

Canton, o., May 27.-To Justice
William R. Day. the lifelong neighbor
and intimate friend of President Nc
Kinley, and Secretary Cortelyou have
been left the details of the arrange
ments for the funeral of Mrs. McKin-
ley. The wishes Of Mrs. NJ. G. Barber,
the only surviving sister Of Mrs. Nc
Kinley, will be carefully observed.
Business to Suspend.
Steps are being taken to Suspend
business during the funeral Wednes-
day afternoon. The public schools
will probably be dismissed.
President and Cabinet at Funeral.
The president, cabinet members and
Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
will attend the funeral and will be
cared for during their stay by Justice
Day.
, 1907-05-27
Bigger Than Hartman Scheme.

Chicago, ILL.,, May ga dispatch to
the Inter Ocean from Washington
says: While the eyes of the whole
country have been centered OF E. H.
Hartman as the master manipulatcr
of the railroad world, a greater and
more extensive combination of rail
road interests has been in process Of
perfection until now the plans are
matured for a public declaration.
An Enormous Capital.
More than a thousand million dol
lars capital are involved. This colos-
sal merger, when perfected, will be
known as the Greater Pennsylvania
system. 1t will embrace practically
all the railroad mileage in New Eng
land, together with the present Penn
sylvania lines, with through connec-
ton to New Orleans and Mobile. The
keystone of the new system will be the
Panama caLal.
, 1907-05-27
Three Under Suspicion.
Harais Trial Begins.

Sandy Hook, KY, May 27.-Today
marks the beginning of the trial of
Judge James Hargis, charged with
assisting in the murder Of DR.. W. D.
Cox, at Jackson, in April, 1902 Judge
Hargis, accompanied by his brothers
and his attorneys, arrived yesterday.
First of Series of Murders.
The killing of DR.. Cox occurred Sum
day night, April 10, 1902, and was the
first of aseries of murders in Breathitt
county that resulted in the Hargises
and the alleged henchmen being &C
cused and arrested.
, 1907-05-27
Grading Outfit to RorIe.

Five carloads Of grading outfit be-
longing to Fitzpatrick Bros. & Collins
passed through here yesterday, en-
route to Borie, where the great con-
tracing firm will concentrate its ener'
gies on the building Of the cutoff from
Carr to Borie around Athol hill. 1t is
expected to have the work in readi.
ness for the steel gangs by the middle
of summer and have trains running
over the new line before autumn.
, 1907-05-27
May Go to Ranch.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles George have
returned from a visit to their home
stead on Horse creek, and Mr.. George.
who Is a machinist at the shops, is sc
delighted at the prospect on the ranch
that he may decide to leave his posi-
ton in the shops and go to farming
They have added several hundred
yards of %irrigating ditch this season
and the hay crop is quite promising.
Mrs. George will spend the summer on
the ranch, her father, Charles Brown,
living close by.
, 1907-05-27
to be at this time. The union miners
are enthusiastic and prepared for a
long fight, he says.
Gone to the Southern Pacific.

Gohe 20 inc SoUtnerh PACIFIC.
Harry Griest, until recently a check
clerk at the t~rainmaster's Office, left
yesterday afternoon for Reno, New,
where he will accept a position with
the Southern Pacific. He will spend a
day or two at Rock Springs en- route.
Myron Wall takes his place at the Of
fee here, Earl Cady taking Wallis posi-
ton and Charles A. Olson, formerly
clerk at the Union Pacific, will take a
night job in the checking Office.
, 1907-05-27
Manitou Hote. Burned.

Colorado Springs, Colo, May 81
The famous Iron Springs hotel at Man
itou, valued at $4,000, was totally de-
stroyed by fire this morning. AS the
season had not opened, no one occu-
pied the hotel except John A. Ray, the
proprietor, his wife and daughter, Ada,
aged II, and Miss Ray had a narrow
escape. The fire is supposed to have
beer caused by defective wiring.
, 1907-05-27
Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha, Neb.. May 27-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 1000 head. Market steady to
stronger. Western steers, s3.25@5.25;
Texas steers, $3.OO@4.3O; cows and
heifers, $2.5O@4.25; Gamers, $4,000
1926; stockers and feeders, $3.00@4.75;
calves, $3.00@5.75; bulls and stays,
$3.25@4.75.
Sheep-Receipts, $500 head. Market
steady. Yearlings, $5.75@675; weth'
ers, $5.50@6.25; ewes, $4.S5@5.S5;
lambs, $7.50@s.60.
, 1907-05-27
HEARD OF DEATH OF
HIS ELDER BROTHER

Father Hugh Cummiskey of st. Law
rence's church was notified this morn
ing, by telegraph, of the death Of his
brother, Michael Cummiskey, at Prov
idence hospital, Buffalo, N. Y, from
an abscess of the stomach, after a
long illness, leaving six daughters. He
was about So years of age and resided
at Dushore, Pa. Mr.. Cummiskey had
gone to Buffalo to be operated upon at
a large hospital there.
, 1907-05-27
MILITARY GRADUATES

CAN GET POSITIONS.
Captain John w. Heavey, military
commandant at the University of Wyo.
ming, has been notified that positions
as lieutenants of constabulary await
two graduates of the military depart.
ment of the university. The splendid
training accorded these lieutenants
and the rapid rise of those showing
capability make that service among
the best in the foreign service of the
United States. Captain Heavey will
furnish all desired information. The
salary is $1,1O0 a year.