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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
OLIVER BY NO MEANS
 SURE OF THE CONTRACT
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM WHITE HOUSE ON PANAMA
 CANAL BIDS

Wrong Impressions Set Right-NOt
 True That Oliver Has Been Condition
 ally Awarded the WOrIk-No Decision
 Even That the Contract Will be
 Awarded to Any of the Bidders-GOv-
 ernmcnt May Yet Decide to Do the
 We-k.
 Washington, Jan. SO.-The following statement was made public at the White House tonight by Secretary Loeb:
 Reports in the papers seem to indi- cate a belief that the canal contract has been conditionally awarded to MT. Oliver. This is not so. No decision has been made even that the contract will be awarded to any of the bidders. Mr. Oliver's bid was so hopelessly de- fective that it could not even be con- sidered, and time was given him to cofplete it in shape that will enable 1t to have consideration. If it is put into such shape 1t will be considered to- gether with the bid already made by
 
 which may itself be altered and then which ever bid after the most careful consideration seems most advantageous may be taken, or both bids rejected and the canal be constructed under the direct supervision of the government. In such case the government would, wherever it chose, use contractors sim ply as agents. The real object In as- sembling the work is to have assem- bled a large number of the best spe- cialists in each class of work, and the prime consideration will be the ability and fitness shown in variety of direc- tlons by the men taking the bid. The president and the commission would not even consider bid of one of two men. The work is already going well. Over half million cubic yards were taken out of the Culebra cut in Janu- ary, and the amount being taken out is steadily increasing"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
FAVORS TRACT IN TOWNS
coy WOODRUFF WOULD HAVI
 MORE FOREST PRESERVES.

Addresses Connecticut Forestry Associ- tion-President HadIey Says Forests Are the Basis of Our National Pros- pcrity-Many Splendid Papers Read at the Meeting-Nfany Hard Prob- Iems Discussed.
 A meeting of the Connecticut Fores- try association was held in Steinert atheneum beginning yesterday after noon at 2 o'clock. A number of ex- cellent papers were read by men who are high in the profession, and discus sions followed the reading of the pa pers. A large number of students who attend the Yale Forestry school were present at the meetings. An evening session was held also and Governor R. g. Woodruff and President A. T. Had ley of Yale were the principal speakers. The afternoon session was opened With a paper on Some Practical Re- suits lof Forestry in Connecticut" by Theodore l.. Bristol of Ansonia. State Forester Hawes then read "A Review of the Forestry Situation in Connecti- cut" He said in part that Connecti- cut led Massachusetts and Rhode Is- land in securing the services of a train ed forester, and that Connecticut was the first state to establish a state for est reserve. Yet Connecticut is not a timber producing state. Railroad ties and poles are the principal products of | lour forests. A large part of the trees | of the state are small and worthless underbrush covers large part, The aim is to convert this land into profita- ble timber land.
 Professor Herbert. E. Gregory gave an address on How Geology Deter mines Forest Types" He distinguished four classes of soils, and said that the types of trees were distinguished by the soil in which they grew. Lime has been thought to be highly important component of forest bearing lands. German experiments, however, show that lime causes death among chestnut trees, Pure lime is not good thing
 Tn the discussion which followed this paper, Professor Brewer said that he thought that some of the differences of type that had been attributed to the soil were in reality due to the species and seed from which they grew
 The question of forest taxation in Massachusetts was discussed by Ralph c. Hawley, formerly state forester of that state. He said that the forests
 
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
MILLIONS FOR AGED POOR.
William Whiteley Leaves $5,OOO, ,OOO-
 Requests to Hospitals.

London, Jan. 30.-The funeral of Will liam Whitely, the well known mer- chant who was shot and killed in his store on January "A was held to-day. The public interest in the tragedy was shown by the great crowd of peo- pie who gathered around the residence of the dead man and lined the streets leading to the church where the ser vices were held.
 Mir Whiteley's will makes a number of generous charitable peduests, the chief being the setting aside of $5,0OO,- 900 to provide and maintain aims houses to be known as the "Whitely Homes f1r the Aged Poor" He leaves S25O,O0O to each of his two sons and his sister and her two daughters are given annuities of $5,0O0 each. His wife, from whom he had been sepa- rated, was provided for during life. D In addition to several other family and household bequests the dead million afro leaves sums varying from S2,5O0 to S10,000 to number of hospitals. while two sums of $25,00O each are left in trust, one to be applied to the giving annually through certain clergyman of ''Whiteley's Christmas gifts," while the income of the sec ond sum is to be devoted to the pro motion of cricket, football, rowing and swimming Any residue is to be divid- ed between Mr. Whiteley's two sons.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
ONE TORE JUROR TO COMPLETE THAW JURY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IxPEoTs TO MAKE HIS OPENING AD-
 DRESS TODAY.

Deiendant, His Wife and Family Must
 Now Listen to Dramatic Story of
 Roof Garden Tragedy--New Panel of
 100 Men Ordered From Which to
 Choose the Twelfth Man--The Two
 Men Accepted Yesterday.
 New York, Jan. 30.-There was but a single vacant chair in the Thaw jury box when court adjourned to-day and it is expected that tomorrow after noon at the latest District Attorney Jerome will begin his opening address to @ completed jury. Then the de- fendant, his youthful wife and all the members of his family who are able to be in court must listen to the story of the roof garden tragedy, told in all its dramatic detail and as impress sively as lies within the power of the prosecutying officer to portray 1t. The length and breadth of the ground the district attorney will cover has not been disclosed. Just how far back he will delve into the history of the principals in the famous case, no one but Mr Jerome knows. He has not related the plan of his opening address to any one, though it has been fnti- mated authoritatively that the direct evidence of the prosecution will be of the briefest possible character dealing only with the incidents leading up to the killing and the story of the trag- edy itself as seen by eye witnesses. One or two witnesses may be heard as to the alleged motive for the crime. It remains for the defense to open the way to testimony which has to do with any relations which may have existed between Stanford White and Evelyn Nesbit prior to the staying of the arch- itect. Thaw's attorneys probably will not reply to MT Jerome tomorrow re- serving their opening until the state has finished it's case.
 Two jurors were added to the trial panel to-day, making eleven in all. Tn an effort to complete the jury the at torneys exhausted the second special panel of talesmen summoned for the trial IA new panel of 100 was orderr ed and will be in court tomorrow morning. The twelfth juror will be chosen from the new list and should be in the box before the 1 o'clock luncheon recess is ordered. Sixty-five talesmen were examined to-day, breaking all records of the trial. The, highest number onSany previous day was fifty-one. Following the prece- dent of the last four days one juror was secured during the morning ses- sion and one near the close of the aft ernoon sitting of the court.
 Harry c, Bradley, an advertising agent, thirty-five years of age, and married, was the first talesman to qualify. He took his place as juror No. 6, the chair made vacant by the dropping of Harold R. Faire from the jul rypanel yesterday afternoon. Mir. Brearly told the attorneys for the de- fense that he had no prejudice what soever against plea of insanity and that in judging such a plea he would
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
COLONEL SIMEON J. FOX
Appointed Member of Soldiers Hos
 pital Board.

Governor Woodruff yesterday ap- pointed Colonel Simeon J. Fox of this city a member of the Soldiers hos pital board which manages the affairs of the Fitch Home for Soldiers at Mo- rotor. Colonel Fox succeeds Captain Gustavus D. Bates of Putnam, whose term expires February 6. The other members of the board are Captain Robert Kerr of Stamford and George w. Couch of Meriden.
 Appointment is made on this board on nomination by the department com mander of the Connecticut G. IA, R. Virgil F. McNeil of this city Is the present department commander. The appointment is for two years.
 Colonel Fox is an ex-member of the New Haven Grays, and was for years assistant adjutant general of the state. He is president of the National Pipe Bending company of this city, the factory of which is at Grapevine Point, Fair Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
RUSSIAN ELECTIONS
Presence of Strong Conservative Wing
 Assured-Next Parliament.

St. Petersburg, Jan, 30,-The primary elections for members to the lower house of parliament came to an end to-day in thirty-eight provinces, com prising one-half of the total electorate of Russia. According to administra- tion figures, the electors are divided approximately as follows: Conserva- tive monarchists, S5 per cent; moderate progressives, 40 per cent. and consti- tutional democrats and other extrem- ists, 25 per cent. These returns, how ever, are admittedly untrustWorthy as a guide to the final result, but they assure the presence of a strong con servative wing in the next house. Any more definite prediction is impossible until the proportion of oppositionals among the so-called moderates has been established.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
DR. SINPso ,,s TRIAL.
Accused Expressed Little Regret Over
 Death of Father-in-law.

Riverhead, L. l., Jan. SO.-At to- nights session of the court before whom Dr. James w. Simpson, the New York dentist, is being tried for the murder of his father-in-law, Bartley T. Horner, the prosecutor attempted to put in evidence testimony concerning quarrels between Horner and the den tist. To this the defense promptly ob- jected, and the court ruled that such testimony would be accepted only If a threat on the part of either man was involved. One story was told in court in which threat on the part of the defendant was implied but this was ordered stricken from the records. At two earlier sessions to-day witnesses told of incidents following the shooting, and how the prisoner had said that his father-in-law was shot when a gun in the hands of the defendant was acci- dentally discharged.
 Two witnesses told of conYersations in which Mir Simpson expressed little regret over the death of Horner.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
$e, ooo HIlL srRhAr FIRE.
Block Owned by Antonio MeIici Badly
 Damaged.

About 9:3O o'clock last evening fire broke out in the block at 90, 92 and 94 Hill street, corner of Prince street, which is owned by Antonio Melici, and after lasting for about two hours caused damage to the extent of about $2,0O0. The fire started in the barber shop at 94 Hill street, and on the arrival of the apparatus had crept up the two floors, and the flames broke out from the en- tire front of the building as one mass. The quick work of the firemen probably saved the block on each side of the burning building, for, as it was, the block on Prince street received slight effects from the fire. The blinds were burned and the windows were broken. It was the same case with the flat above the grocery store at 90 Hill street. A sudden explosion, followed by large plate glass window on the Prince street side of the grocery store being blown out, gave the firemen the impression that the fire had spread and was at tempting to show itself in this store. This explosion was learned to have been caused by the pressure of the hot gas and air within the building. The three floors of the building at 94 were gutted by water, and the first and sec ond floors were literally wrecked by the fire
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
saza .nnG.4z for Education,

New York. Jan. 9O.-'It is estimated that the total expenditure for all forms of education in this country, public and private, in the year 1905, reached the truly colossal sum of $375, ,996,472. This amount equals 26 per cent. of the ex- penditures for governmental purposes in this country-national, state and io- cal" This statement was made by El- ner D. Brown, United States commits sioner ce education, in an address at Cooper Union tonight.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
NOTABLE ADDRlS> IF sHAW IT.
Would Give Manufacturers Free Raw Material Under Certain Conditions.

Concord, N H., Jan. S0.-Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw made a notable address tonight before the New Hampshire board of trade. In addition to making a plea for a merchant ma- rine, he advocated plan whereby manufacturers might, under certain conditions, import raw material for their factories without the payment of duty. Secretary Shaw said that it would be well to do away with the bonded factory and to substitute for it a bonded zone of large area, within which large number of factories would be built. In this zone, in which articles for export only would be man. ufactured he would allow free coal and every other element of manufacture, except labor, to be entered free. Should, however, the product of these zone fac tories be removed for the purpose of domestic consumption, Secretary Shaw said that it would pay the same duty as If imported from abroad, He said that there should be such a zone on the North Atlantic coast, one at Norfolk, Va, and another at the gulf.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
WEED DIVORCE CASE.
Decree Handed Down After Ten Years
 of Litigation.

Bridgeport, Jan. 30. = In handing down decree of divorce to Samuel A Weed from Daisy G. Weed Judge Ralph Wheeler of the superior court brought to a close to-day case which has been in the courts for ten years. The couple were married August 28, 1889. In 1896 Mrs. Weed secured a divorce in Dakota and married again
 The husband then brought action in this state. The case was complicated by the refusal of the courts in this state to recognize a Dakota divorce.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
Bill for a "paul Jones Day.

Washington, Jan. 3O.-senator Burn ham to-day introduced a bill providing that September 2S shall be set aside as Paul Jones Day." and that on that day all United States vessels in port shall dress ship" It is said the bill is approved by Admiral Dewey, General Horace Porter, Rear-Admiral Baird and other distinguished men.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
POLICEMEN'S PROMENADE
FIFTH CONCERT AND BALL AT
 HYPERION BIG SUCOESS.

House Prettily and LavishIy Decorated
 for the Occaslon--Surpassed Yale
 Junior Promenade in Point of At
 tendance and sociabiIity--Ladics
 Wear Beautiful Gowns--Chief Wrinn
 and Mayor Studley Present-The Box
 Occupants.
 Indispensable is the term to be ap- piled to the concert and ball given by I'the New Haven Police Mutual Aid as sociation at the Hyperion theater last night. The house was lavishly decorat- ed for the occasion with bunting and flags, and at the farther end of the building hung large picture of the blue-coated watchman of the city. The prevailing colors were pink and yellow. A floor was laid over the seats of the parquet from the stage to the parquet circle,and both were covered with crash. But even this did not furnish sufficient room for tho dancers,
 It was, indeed a pretty sight to see sedate officers put aside their dignity and trip the light fantastic toe with as pretty partners as ever attend a Yale junior promenade. Some beauti- full gowns were notice1 Tn point of attendance, and perhaps soclability, the junior prom. was far eclipsed. The presence of Chief Wrinn and Mayor Studley, and number of the police commissioners seemed tt place upon the affair the stamp of official ap- proval.
 ! Music was furnished by the Second Regiment band under the leadership of Frank Fichtl, and by Weirs orchestra, Louis Veil conducting, They alternat- ed in furnishing music for the dancers A concert of four numbers preceded the grand march, which started to the strains of the N. H. P. M. A. A. march Dancing then followed until late hour this morning, with the exception of an intermission for lunch at 10 o'clock Lunch was served at the Tontine and the Hotel Oneco.
 The programme was very prettily gotten up by Cunningham Bros in the form of book On the front outside cover was print'a q splendid half tone of Chief James Wrinn, below which was printed 1907" and above 1887, " the date of the chiefs entrance into the service.
 Besides the regular rheater boxes there were sixteen other boxes, which were placed about the walls on the stage. They were lettered from A tx z. The rSmes of the occupants of tht boxes were:
 Box 1--Judge A. McC. Mathewson, Judge Richard H. Tyner, Ernest C. Simpson, S. E. Hoyt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dunlap Beecher, Mrs. George White.
 Box Miss Fergusin, Miss McDer- mott, Mrs. Warrington, H. M. Sedg. wick, MT. and Mrs. Sullivan.
 Box 9-7Mr. and Mrs Frank Homan Mir and Mrs Fred Lehr MT. and Mrs William Frohlich, Mir, and Mrs. Smith Senator Frank s. Butterworth, Attor- ney Alexander Cumming.
 1 Box 4--Mrs. Ross, Mrs McGill, Ms Wrinn, Miss Roach, MT. and Mrs Dil
 Continued on Sixth Page)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
SUMMONED ID CONFER
 WITH THE PRESIDENT
SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OI- FICIALS AAKED 10 COME
 ONAT ONCE.


 the White House Between the Cali
 fornia Delegation in Congress, Presi-
 dent Roosevelt and Members of His
 Cabinet on Questions Relating to the
 Japanese on the Pacific Coast-COn- fidcnce That Solution of Problem Will
 be Reached.
 Washington, Jan. 9O After two hours conference at the White house tonight regarding the Japanese ques- tion on the Pacific coast, the Califor- nia delegation in congress authorized the following statement:
 "The California delegation has had a very full and harmonious discussion with the president, the secretary of state and the secretary of the navy on the serious questions relating to the Japanese on the Pacific coast. The character of the discussion leads us to feel confident that a solution will be reached satisfactory to all concerned
 "The result of the meeting is that the delegation has tonight telegraphed to the president of the San Francisco board of education and the superin- tendent of schools to come to Wash ington at once for a conference with the president and secretary of state
 The existing treaty between the United States and Japan will expire March 12, this year. President Roose- welt has therefore assured the mem bers of congress from California that he would endeavor to form a new treaty with the Japanese empire which would meet with their entire approval and at the same time prove satisfactory to the local government. The Californians have in the past in- sisted on an exclusion act to bar Jap anese coolies out of the United States, but it is hinted tonight that as re- suit of the conference at the White house Senators Perkins and Flint and the members of the house of represen- tatives from that state have practical ly agreed to waive this demand and leave it with President Roosevelt to negotiate new convention which will keep Japanese coolies labor out of this country. Japan has made it clear that she will only consider a treaty that is. mutual and what concessions this government has been asked to make have not been made public.
 It is admitted at the Japanese Iem- bassy tonight that Viscount Aoki the Japanese ambassador, has discuss ed the proposed treaty with the pres ident and that they are in perfect ac- cord. The second secretary of the em- bassy, MT Hanihara, refused to say what concessions had been promised by this government or as to what would be satisfactory to the Tokio government. He state, however. that Japan does not encourage her labor CTS to come to this country.
 Members of the California delegation who participated in to-night's confer ence, have been pledged to secrecy and refuse to talk of the matters discussed with the president further than what | is contained in the statement of the California delegation.
 The statement was given out by Representative Hays and was prepar- ed in the presidents office and approy- ed by MT Roosevelt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31

New York, Jan, SO.-Acting upon a pardon signed by President Roosevelt, United States Marshal Henkel to-day ordered the release from BlackwelTs Island of Captain George B. Boynton, sentenced to serve six months impris- onment for oomplicity in a plan to counterfeit the silver dollars of Ven ezuela. Captain Boynton has served half of his sentence.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
Conflict at Sacred Grotto.

Rome, Jan. 30-The Jerusalem corre- spondent of the Corriere D'Italia says in a dispatch that the sacred Grotto at Bethlehem has been the scene of a con- flict between F'ranciscans, Armenian and Greek monks, in which two of the first mentioned were wounded. The To- cal authorities and the French and Italian consuls are Investigating the matter
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
Hammerateln summoned Into Court.

New York, Jan. SO.-A court order was served on Oscar Hammerstein, manager of the Victoria theater, to-day to show why the theaters license should not be revoked because of the giving of vaudeville performances on Sunday. The order was issued at the request of Corporation Counsel Ellison.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
HUGHES CAUSES SENSATION.
Orders Acceptance of Captain wendclrs
 Resignation Revoked.

Albany, Jan. Ex-Governor Hughes created a military sensation tonight which is said to be without exact prec- edent, in recent years at least. by re- quiring Adjutant-G General Nelson H. Henry to revoke the special orders is- sued last night which would have per- mitted Captain Louis Wendell, of the First battery, New York National Guard, to leave the military service of the state by the acceptance of his res ignation without further investigation of the discussed charges against him of irregularities in the management of the armory under his charge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
Dead Placed at Sixty.

Charleston, W. Va, Jan. 30.-Late advices received from the scene of the mine disaster at the Stuart Galleries oompany's mine at Stuart Galleries county, is that the numbe. of victims will be about sixty, instead of seventy or eighty, as was first estimated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
Demand Five-Hour Day.

Toronto, Ont, Jan SO.-At meet ing attended by 300 of the 500 telephone operators of the city held to-day it was decided that unless the company grant a five-hour day instead of an eight hour day as at present, the entire force will strike at noon Friday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
ISSUING OF sI ocK.
Inquiries as to Whether Railroads Cnn-
 not be stopped.

Washington, Jan. 30. President Roosevelt has received letters from persons making inquiries as to whether there was any federal legisla tion which might be invoked to stop the issues of additional stock which have been in contemplation by vari- ous northwestern and western rail- roads. President Roosevelt has refer red these letters to the department of justice with a view to obtaining an opinion of the subject.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-31
Dropped Dead Addressing Women.

Charleston, S. C., Jan. SO.-While de- hvering an address before the City Federation of Woman's Clubs to-day, Major Julian Mitchell, chairman of the school board, and the leading criminal lawyer of the Charleston bar, dropped dead from stroke of appoplexy.