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New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
W4TER RENT WON'T WAIT.
.Streftcar Receirers Learn Lesson
Fifth 4Uenue Hotel Held Up.

Co,onei Mi,hael Clarence Padden. Water reg
ister. probably would not recognize a hhaiioi'
depression if he saw one coming down the sti001
His office a few weeks ago sent the New hoIh
City Railway. in the hands OF recelNei'' "
bill for 81 600 for water for the last flscdi yea
Owing to the financial depression ana 'fie
fact that we are In the hands Of receivers We
cannot pay this bill at present. saio 'iIo
10 Colonel Padden.
Financial depressions don't cut any ice WIN
me- said Colonel Padden. and I'm betting tha'
vour receivers have a baGful OF money 10y
this bill of SO 600 or 1 shut off the water.
The con7pany sent a check for the full amount
yesterday. ..,
The water register has locked horns also with
the Fifth Avenue Hotel over water nli'' "'i'''
he saws will amount to az least S-t'"op-
I'VE discovered unmetered pipe iea'''9
from, 9th street TO the basement OF the hotei
and connected with the pumps in the basement
said ,~olo3el Padden Yesterday. THE hotel mas
baeo having US about $1,000 year Tor us
wafer The Knickerbocker Hotel pays Us dpou'
$4,000 a year. The water paid for by the L M
Avenue was so comparatively insignlflcaht 'iif'
7 bad my men tear up the pavement ana lhe
concrete in the cellar. We found the unmeterea
Dipe They hotel people say that 'heE hho"
nothing a bout the unmetered pipe ahd tha' may
be so 7 proved by the pitometer test that iiie
water was going into the hotel at the rate ol
more than 5000 gallons a day and asked pay
fer water arrear;ses accordingly assume
that more than 5000 worth of water year
has been running into that hotel for the laS'
fortv-seven years without pay We can coile't
for only six years, but the people 'here are
strictly honest / counting on setthg oach
pay to the extent Of about S23aeoo' FROM "ii1'
I can learn the lessees want the owners u 'ie
hotel. the Emo estate, TO pay the hilI'
Controller Metz says that the bill against the
hotel will probably be compromised
John J. Delany ex-Corporation Counsel mas
been retained by the hotel company to oppose
the claim.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
-fHE4RN FIGHTING H4RD.
If Remoued Murphy Viii Order His
Reelection by aldermen.

Marlin ". LittletoE, counsel for Borough Pres
dent Ahearn said last night that if Justice Truax
refused tomorrow 10 make permanent the tenn
rorary Injunction restraining the Mayor and County
Clerk from carrying cut the Governors order for
she removal Mr. AhearB he had tive more shots
:n the bag
What theyz'
Friday will soon be here" said Mr.. Littleton-
II is understood thai If the temporary injunction
is dismissed q order restraining the Manhat-
tan Aldermen from electing 6 new Borough Presi-
dent will be sought If Air. Ahearn Is removed it
S the intention of the Murphy machine to reelect
him president of the borough. The move would
iend TO put z still stronger light the deTravity
of Tammany organization, and the plan
would not have the support of fair minded Demo
Gratis. 1t would however, suit the machine. Big
Tim Sullivan has made it clear TO Murphy that
the Aldermen have stand by Ahearn and they
viH obey orders
Corporation Counsel Pendleton said that there
WAS possibility of two borough presidents being
claimants for the Office. lie said this would be
the case If the injunc ion obtained by Mr. Little
ton Ahearn disallowed and the Mayor
called a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen
and they elected another mar
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
AGAINST COL. MARSHALL'S REMOVAL.
Board of Trade and Transportation Passes
Resolutions.

II develoned at a meeting of the Board of
Trade and Transportation yesterday that Lieu
tenant Colonel w l. Marshall. who has charge
of the New York Harbor Improvement work. in
Guiding the widening of the Ambrose Channel
had been proposed for retirement by the War
Denartmcnt because Of his failure TO stand the
recent riding test for officers. Gustav H.
Schwab of the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company. sent a communication to the board
saving that this was the case, although the
removal would not take place until after Secre-
tary Taft returned
Mr. Schwab discussed the good work that had
been done by Colonel Marshall. After Lewis
Nixon had spoken resolution was adopted by
the board protesting against the removal of the
colonel. a resolution was also adopted urging
Congress to take steps to improve the merchant
marine and providing for the sending of dele
gates to the annual convention of the Merchant
Marine League of the United States, to be held
in Cleveland December 81.
The proposed revision of the building code
also came up for discussion. Philip S Tilden
chairman of the committee Insurance. intro,
tuced a resolution approving of the findings of
the commission appointed by the Beard of AL
dermen and urging the adoption of the revised
building code now In the hands of the aldermen
which passed.
c. w Smith, of the committee the height
of buildings protested that the continued erec-
ton OF high buildings without adequate provi-
sion for light and air in the streets and without
provision for additional fire protection was 4
menace to the development of the city.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
MURPHY CAPTURES 9TH DISTRICT.
Successor as Leader to City Chamberlain
Will Be Retired on Tuesday.

Murphy has captured control of the -th Assem-
hlv District. where James j. Martn 'i'F OIia'
berIain has been a power for twenty-four years
Thomas McDevltt. the anti-Murphy leader OF the
district probably viii abdicate at meeting or the
district committee at the clubhouse, NO. Ie4 west
l7th street tomorrow night A canvass OF the
district committee gives the Murphy men oS' OF
two more than majority. The reorganization
meeting will take place on Tuesday night, when
tho ,,azy leader will he elected. When City Cham
berlain Martin was asked about the retirement OF
McDevitt yesterday he said:
Il am not in the fight. have enough to 90 IN
this office without taking part in district fight
When retired Mr. McDevitt was elected as my
successor. 1t his fight against Murphy not mime
I apprehend that the Murphy will control the
district and put in a man"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
HELD FOR ABDUCTION.
Val Street Broker arrested an HIS
Office and Locked Up.

Frank 4. Prendergast. broker, who is accused
Of abductng Miss Mary A. Dunn. seventeen years
old of No I5n f6th street. Brooklyn, was arrested
late Yesterday afternoon his office, No - Broad
street and taken the Oak street police station.
Prendergast said he twenty-seven years old,
married and that he lived near 18th street and
Fourth avnue, Brooklyn. He was arrested by
James J. Farrell a plain clothes policeman of the
10Th Inspection District assigned to the Park
Vile police station
As he refused 10 go to Brooklyn without due
process OF law Prendergast was locked up I'm the
Oak street station. The police had heen looking
for him since the girl abducted, about
December T. She is said to be now in the Of
her foster parents. in Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
BEEF PRICES HAVE COME DOWN.
The Quality Has Followed the Cost, Accord
ing to Dealers.

Beef prices have come down. but with the re-
ducton inferior qualities of the product have
come into the market in this city Persons VINO
are able this week to buy steaks, roaSts ana
chops for from two 10 four cents pound less
than week ago are receiving an inferior quaI-
ity of meat. There is the usual scarcity Of tho
better grades. and the prices for these. II vas
said yesterday. are unchanged. The market tor
the hest. II was said, is always in excess OF tns
supply.
The general opinion among wholesalers yestsF-
day was that record prices would be attained
before the end OF the holiday season Soms
wholesalers said yesterday that the present hign
price of fodder is forcing shipments OF the cont
mon grades of beef eastward. Wholesalers said
Yesterday that they had not noticed any un-
usual falling off in the demand from the retail
ers
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS.
Ci1Ic Bodies Want AttractiCe Places
Chosen for Their Sittings.

The reannortionment OF the Borough Of Manhat-
tan into municipal court districts, the number 10
be diminished from fourteen to nine. with conse-
quent increase of the area of jurisdiction and OF
the number of justices assigned TO each court,
brings I'D the question of making proper plans for
housing the courts. IL was learned yesterday that
the Citizens Union. the Municipal Art Society and
other civic bodies will the Sinking Fund COM
mission to take such action John j. Murphy Sec
rstary of the Citizens Union. said yesterday:
Few of the buildings in which the courts now
sit-to be accurate. four out of fourteen-were de-
signed for courthouses- All kinds OF places were
pressed into the service. very often with made
nuate provision for light. ventilation or con-
venence-
..Iyber, IL Is considered that these the only
courts that majority of citizens ever enter II
Is important that they should be invested with a
certain dignity OF surroundings Ihe CITY II pfo-
yiding places for the administration OF Jus1fs
should follow the example Of the Board OF Educa-
ton in the erection of schools which contrloUts
so largely the architectural beauties OF the CITY
1T may be interesting here to note that the new
locations of courthouses are a distinct advance
upon the old a good many OF the most oojection-
able places being eliminated The 1st District Mu-
nicipai Court in the Merchants Association
Building in Elm The I'd will be at Nos 6t and
2ss Madison street. which is a city building tart
which possibly explains its remoteness from tn9
centre of the district The Sd will be at 54tb street
and Eighth avenue where the present 10th District
Municipal Court IS situated The ith will have its
courthouse No. Isl East 57th street. the court
house of the present eth Municipal Court District
The 5th will be at 9sth street and Broadway, the
courthouse Of the present 18th District This IS
leased property, and additional accommodations
are being secured to provide increased facilities
The 9Th District Municipal Court house Will be at
SD street and Third avenue. This is leased prop
erty
The 7.h will be at No 20 Manhattan street now
the courthouse of the i1th Municipal Court Dis
trict. The sth will be AT Sylvan Place and 12lSr
street. which is a city building The 9Th Will be at
59th street and Madison avenue. row the court
house OF the present 18th Municipal Court District
lit will be seen. therefore. that OF the nine
municipal courts only four sitting in buildings
constructed and owned by the city. 1t is impOs-
sible overrate the influence OF proper environ
ment among judges. clerks. juries and litigants
alike. Such buildings. in addition. might furnish
rooms suitable for civic assembages. OF course. ths
Sinking Fund Commission has the power. within
certain limits. OF making the provision suggested.
and the Citizens Union, the Municipal Art Society
and other civic bodies will urge such action upon it,
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
KELSEY GIVES HEARING
LISTENS TO COUNSEL.
Thinks Mutual ReserUc Places Lease
holds at TSo High Figure.

SUPERINTENDENT Kelsey OF the State insurance
pepartment gave counsel for the MUTUAL i'esei i''
Life Insurance Company another hearing yesteI
dav on the report on the Mutual Reserve mace
Nv the examiners Of the Insurance Department II
Sc understood that this report does not credit as
assets liens on policies in the form OF special as
sessments of which the policyholders had no nouce
which are counted as assets 10y the company, ana
places a much smaller value on the company
ieaschold properties than the Mutual Reserve :
books show.
John b. Stanchfeld and ex-Judge Edward Hatch
counsel for the company. it is understood IN yes
terday's proceedings argued that the company ;
method of counting these liens as assets ana the
Cornpany's valuation Of its leasehold properties
right ard followed the established custom OF
all insurance companies. The officials OF the Mu-
Iual Reserve are especially anxious that the liens
levied policies by special assessments should be
5ccounted assets, for if the Insurance Depart
luent 50 holds they VIII be able. if the policy
holders consent 10 the proposed amendment TO the
bylaws. 10 levy assessments, which, acting as Mems
viii wipe ont whatever deficiency there may be.
SuperintcUG"rt Kelsey viii hear the arguments
Of the Mutual I.cserve counsel again next Mon
day. Inasnuch a." meeting of the policvhold-
ers on Tuesday was adjourned until next Tuesday.
the meeting viii be held before Superintendent
Kelsey's decision TO the sglvency Of the COM
psuy Is made public. Tomorrow Judge ioit viii
hear arguments in the United States Circuit CouTs
the injunction obtained by Stephen Hepburn
Russell which prevented the voting Of proxies held
by officials Of the company at the potcyho!oeTs
meeting on Tuesday.
IN the time the officers Of the company ana
the representatives, Of the policyholders who are
opposed 10 the proposed amendment 10 the bylaws
getting ali the proxies they can. Mr. Stanch-
held at Tuesdays meeting said he had two thou
sand proxies and Nr. Russell has a few hundred
There 1900 policyholders-
The only polieyhoiders who officially know that
Tuesdays meeting came 10 naught, so far as any
action the bylaws was concerned, are those
who were at the meeting, for no action was taken
looking the notification Of policyholders.
Superintendent Kelsey said that the meeting Of
the policyholders Of the Mutual Reserve was not
considered in any way and in no respect affected
his consideration of the companys affairs His re
port will submitted 10 the Attorney General.
it is understood, until the company has completely
presented side Of the
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
BARK ABANDONED AT SEA.

Queenstown. Dec. 1.-THE Norwegian bark
Alert. of Mandal. Norway, s91 tons. which
sailed from New York on November - for
Gothenburg. Sweden, was abandoned at sea on
December =. Her crew was rescued by the
American Line steamer Friesland, from Phila-
delphia, November 30, for Liverpool. and ar
rived here to-day
The Alert dismasted in a storm and soon
became waterlogged. Her signals of distress
were seen by the Friesand, and the rescue was
promptly made. Before the Alert was aban-
doned she was set afire in order TO prevent her
becoming dangerous to other vessels.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
LOST LIFE IN COLLISION.
BODY Of Mss Pritckdrd Identified
Was on Baltic, HomeTard Bound.

The report that a woman had lost her life In the
collision between the Fall River Line steamboat
Providence and the Wall street ferryboat Baltic,
Tuesday evening, was confirmed yesterday when
the body of Miss May A. Pritcbard was picked up
off 5oth street Brooklyn. in the 7rbor. The body
was identified By Edward Pearsa who lived IN
the same boarding house with her. at No. 50 State
street. Brooklyn.
Pearsal the yourg woman on the boat before
the collision She was on her way home at the
time from the Office of Sanderson & Porter No o.
William street Manhattan, wnere she en-
poyed a stenegrspher. She was twenty-five
years of age. Six months ago she left her family
in Boston to come to New York City.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
TIE VOTE ON LICENSE QUESTION.
[By Telegraph to The Trlbune.l

IIy Telegraph % TIC IfIUuft.I
Taunton Mass. Dec. 1l.--Whether this city
is TO be wet dry for the next year rests on
the decision of the Supreme Court as how
one defective ballot is TO be counted. There
are / 567 votes registered against license and
exactly the same number for license. One de-
fective ballot is not counted. Instead OF a cross
a circle was made after NO" The 'wets' and
"drys' both claim this ballot.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
NEW POST FOR o. w. STEVENS

Toxic, Dec. lit is stated that D. w. Stevens
probably Will go to Washington the adviser
of the japanese Ambassador Mr.. Stevens
Japan thirty years ago junior attache of the
American Legation. Later he entered the service
of tie Japanese government lie adviser TO
Prince Ito in the corean undertakings MIR. Stew
Gus is we'll known al Washington and has thor
oush knowledge of the people and affairs of both
countries.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
THREE sTRoNeHoLDs REcApTuREp.

Canton. Dec 1.-THE three strongholds between
Lung Chow and Langson. in the province of
Kwang Se which taken recently by insur-
gents from Yum Chow, have been recaptured by
the imperial troops after sanguinary engagements
lasting two days and nights. There We're heavy
on sides
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12

Mr. Sousa brought to his home, No. 81
Madison avenue, last night. His physician has
ordered him to take a complete rest for several
weeks. but he will probably be able 10 fill most
of his enga agenents for the latter part of the
season Two weeks ago he taken i'll with
ptomaine poisoning in Chicago and later de-
veloped bronchitis lie was not in a dangerous
condition last night
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
CONFERENCE ON GOLD CRISIS.

Rome. Dec. iI-1-uigi Luzzatt, former Minister
OF Finance, who has been advocating the sum
nloning of international conference on the gold
crisis. will go 10 Paris within a few days to urge
the French government to take the initiative.
Through this he hopes to secure the cooperation
of the United States
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
SOUsA ILL, RETURNS HOME.

Buffalo, Dec. 11.-John Philip Sousa. the
bandmaster too i'll TO fill engagements here
to-day. He was taken to New York under or
ders of his physicians.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

preference rights to lessees. Our
children must be kept out Of factories,
mines and sweat shops and kept in
our schools.
A public road system can be main
tanned at nominal cost to the peo-
pie by utilizing the labor Of those
misdemeanors and short time felons,
in the county where convicted, at
work upon our bridges and highways.
The negroes should be given sep
rate coaches and waiting rooms from
those provided for the whites; the
constitution keeps him out of the
white schools. The negro must "go
away back and sit down."
The initiative and referendum is
the great safety valve Of our pro-
posed state government.
Lobbying should be made a crime.
Many other important propositions
might be discussed, but for the sake
Of brevity, l will close with the state
ment that / expect my life to be
spent in your midst. am forty years
Of age and would deserve to be spurn-
VA by the people hereafter as migrate
full and unworthy should / fail to
faithfully represent them. If elect
ed, it will be my ambition to return
to my constituents their commission
unsullied, and to have them say, "Well
done, thou good and faithful servant.
Respectfully soliciting your sup
port I am,
Yours truly,
L. K. TAYLOR.
chickasha, l. T., May 27, 1907.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30
[. K. TAYLOR
ON ISSUES
A Candidate for State Senator States
HIS Views

AS a candidate for the democratic
nomination for state senator, ! in
sist that ours is peculiarly an agri-
cultural state. The merchant and
professional men are as much derend-
ent upon the farm production Of our
community as the farmers can possi-
bly, be; for this reason / stand for
the enactment of explicit statutory
laws which give every legitimate
advantage to the great agricultural
and laboring interest. Our systems
have been 50 distorted that the men
who actually create the wealth Of
our land enjoy less Of the benefits
Of that wealth than do the men who
speculate in it and the corporations
which transport it from the producer
to the consumer.
There is an irrepressible conflict
on in this country between the cor
porations and the people and it will
remain a living, burning issut Until
the people are recognized as being the
master and the corporations the SER
wants. The issue has been forced by
the corporate interests with their
studied system Of extortion upon the
one hand and tax lodging on the 9th
er. Our constitution paves the way
for the supremacy Of the people and
it only remains for the legislature to
give force and vitality to its provis-
ions by the enactment Of detailed leg
islation. It is my ambition to have
hand in this very important work.
Having been the attorney for the
back tax collector for the state Of
Kentucky, a few years ago, learn
ed much more than I thought was to
be learned of the many fraudulent
methods corporations employ to av-
old paying their just portion Of tax
alton. Such an experience well quail
ifies me to serve the people in shap-
ing the tax laws for our new state.
The property of corporations should
be taxed, not solely upon the value Of
their tangible property but upon
their franchises or intangible prop
erty as well. When a plant produces
more than six pei cent On the tang
ible property employed to make it pro
duce 1t is earning, to the extent Of ths
excess, a profit upon its intangible
value-its franchise or right to d
business; this franchise, therefor
becomes as much a profit produce
as does the machinery Of the plan
and is as much a legitimate subject o
taxation as the machinery. | vii
also favor a graduated income and in
heritance. tax and win strive in ever
way to make the wealth Of our stat
bear its portion of the taxes,
One Of the most vicious monopolie
Of the day is the school-book trust.
pledge eternal enmity to its ques
tionabie methods Of pilfering on
I school patrons. We must make ou
! public school system the pride Of Oh
state. The school lands should
converted into homes. Let them
sold under proper safeguards at a Ri
sonable rate Of interest, giving Il
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

For sale-cabbage, sweet poia-
toes and tomatoe plants, Also
vegetables at The farm Washita
Valley Garden, north east of
town 2S-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

the first time us usrbine and you
will get instant ws.sf. The greatest
liver regulator n 5Ositive cure for
Constipation, nvssspsia, Malaria,
Chills and all r. complaints. Mr..
c.. Of Embry, '..--ls, writes: any
wife has been using Herbine for her
self and children for five years. 1t is
sure cure for constipaticn and ma
iaria fever, which is substantiated by
what II has done for my family" Sold
BY James Pettyjohn.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

chautauqua Season tickets now On
sale at
Brownson's Drug Store.
Owl Drug Store.
0wsley's Jewelry Store.
Chautauqua Headquarters at the
Commercial club roms, Price only
ss-
5-2s St
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

Fer Sale The incest matched
team in town for sale, standard
bred; years old past; weight 1000
lbs. well broke and gentle Call
at 424 Choctaw Avenue, ]. Fl.
Freeman 90 I2f
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

Ex-Democratic National Commit
teeman; Vice Chairman Constitution
al Campaign, 1906.
A trained diplomat-A distinguish
ed lawyer, with twenty-five years ex-
perience in Washington City.
He has already rendered great SER
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

A 6ue LOT Of bedding plants for
yard and cemetary. Cut flowers
funeral designs. Chickasha Green
House, Phone as 5-I-Iln
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

Chautauqua Headquarters, Com
mercial cub rooms. Telephone 287.
For full information call up Prof.
Edgar Cowan, Manager. 5-28 St
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

vices to the New State, and has led
the fight for "The Removal of Re
strictions."
The incoming State needs man
especially trained and fitted to serve
as we want many things done in
Washington, and Mr.. Owen has prov
ed his ability to do things there.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

Wanted good clean cotton
rags at this office at once. Will
pay good price. Daily Express.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-30

A fifty cent box Of writing paper
for 25 cents Saturday at the Owl
Drug Store. 5-29 st