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New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
ELECT c. T.. BARNEY'S SON.
Geological Society Managers Choose
Him to Succeed Father.

The board OF managers of the New York Zoolog-
ical Society elected James W. Barney member
of the executive committee yesterday to fill the
vacancy caused by the death November IA last
of his father, Charles T. Barney, who was presi-
dent of the Knickerbocker Trust Company. The
board also passed resolutions OF regret for the
death of Mr.. Barney. The board met at the Down
Town Club, No so Pine street. Levi P. Morton pre-
siding
W. T Hornsdav, the curator of the society,
which controls the Geological Gardens in The
Bronx reported that last year the expenses for
animals were SS.s5I bs ST. 30 had been raised by
the sale of animals and s125S2 35 had been received
for park privileges. The number Of animals was
4oiS, gain of 300 1906. The curator said the
park seven-eighth3 finished. and ranked sec
ond the geological gardens in the world.
The largest is at Berlin
The financial report showed a balance in the anil
NAL fund of 81 325 the general fund s14975 05.
The amount expended the grounds last year
was s266S7 o.
The following officers were elected President.
Levi ?. Morton: first vice-president Henry Fair
field Osborn; second vice-president, John L. Cad
waiader; secretary. Madison Grant; treasurer,
Percy r. Pyne; executive committee, chairman Il.
f. Osborn: John S. Barnes Madison Grant, Will
lam ". Niles. Samuel Thorne. Percy r. Pyne and
James ". Barney; auditing committee, Hugh J..
Chisholm, chairman; c. Ledyard Blair ard Cleve-
land H. Dodge
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
LsMpoRT's NURSE GIVES TESTIMONY.
Denies That H. E. Rogers Refused to Draw
Tn Will for Insurance Co. President.

The examination of Miss Mary Clementine Smed-
Law the nurse to whom Hiram H. Lamport. ex-
president of the Continental Fire Insurance Com
pany left the bulk of his fortune OF 100000 IN a
will made eighteen months before his death, was
continued Yesterday before Surrogate Beckett, in
whose court relatives contesting the WILL
Miss SmedIey testified that Hubert E. Rogers, a
LAWYER. who said that he refused to draw Mr..
Ianport's will because he did not consider him of
sound mind had never been asked to draw the
will and that the subject had never been men
toned him.
Miss smedley said that she had known Mr. Lam
port for thirteen years and that she had been
with him since 1901. She testified that he had al
lowed ss5 a week 10 Mrs Andrews. his half sister.
and left her $1,000 In his will. and that he
took care OF niece in Troy who also was pro-
vided for in the WILL He also occasionally sent 30
10 Il Mrs Kaufman. another niece. She said that
he contributed $500 TO the Emmanuel Baptist
Church, OF Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
COSMOPOLITAN LIBERALITY NEEDED
Edward Howard Griggs Urges Application
of Judge Not, That Ye Be Not Judged"

For the sake OF altogether novel experience.
practise little Of the all but lost art OF thinking
Edward Howard Griggs urged yesterday afternoon
in the first of a series of ten lectures he Is TO
deliver on Tuesday afternoons in the Hudson Tne-
atre on Great Autobiographies: Types and PROB
lens Of Manhood and Womanhood." Mr.. Griggs
was formerly head of the combined departments Of
ethics and education at Leland Stanford, Junior,
University and has been a public lecturer since
leaving there in 1889.
of autobiography in the study of personal life He
declared that it furnished the best opportunity to
classify the main problems of personal develop
rneut. and brought a clarified knowledge and deep
ened insight into life The American people as
d whole need such study, he said.
We Americans possess the enthusiasm OF youth.
with youths lack of wisdom With a splendld
grasp Of ethical principles we join dogmatlc as
surance and persistent tendency to err in apply
fns Them TO concrete cases. What Americans need
is that cosmopolitan liberaty which comes from
long experience and will help them to apply the
maxim Judge not that We be not judged
The subjects Of the lectures the coming nlne
TUESDAYS will be John Stuart Mil; An Admirable
Fducation and the Recovery from 1t pierre
ott The Sensitive Dreamer as Child and Man >
"Beuvenuto CeIni: The Artist in the Florentine
Renaissance; George John Romanes: The Re
Iietous Problem; Eugene de Guerin: The Woman
of +ba Old Regime: Marie Bashkirtseff: The IN
fulfilled Life Of Woman Genius; "Sonya koVa-
Isvskv. The Conflict Between Love and Ambition ;
"AroiaI. A Modern Hamlet in Personal Life ana
Goethe: The Great Aspects Of Personal Life IN
Ralanced Relation and Large FuIflment."
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
MAY PUZZLE HITCHCOCK
Questions about the Pensacola
(FIa.) POstmastership.
From The Tribune Burean.I

Washington Jan. I-The President may address
some rather embarrassing questions TO First AS
sfstant Postmaster General Hitchcock within the
next few days the result of resolution passed
bv the Senate in executive session This resolution
which was offered by Senator Taliaferro, inquiries
of the President why William c. Nortnup con-
tinues to hold the office of Postmaster at Pensa-
cola Fla although ne was formally rejected ny
the Senate March q 1907.
Some preliminary investigation of the question re-
veaIs peculiar legal mix-up, and the statutes
seem TO be somewhat conflicting. Mr.. Nortnups
nomination was sent to the Senate on January 2
1907 befng named to succeed himself his current
term expiring February 19. On March the
Senate rejected the nomination. but Mr.. Northup
is still drawing his salary as postmaster at Pensa-
cola.
"avery nostuaser and his sureties shall be respon
sible under their bond for the safe keeping Of the
public property Of the Postofice and the due per-
fornnance of the duties thereof, until the expira-
tion Of the commission, until successor has
been duly appointed and qualified and mas taken
possession of the office
The statutes further provide, however. (Sec. LI6)
that no money shall be paid from the Treasury
as salary to any person appointed during the re-
cess of the Senate, to fill a vacancy in any existing
office if the vacancy existed while the Senate was
in session and was by law required TO De nIIed
bv and with the advice and consent OF the sen
ate until such appointee has been confirmed oy
the Senate"
In view of the fact that the President has not
appointed any one else to the office, MI Northup
is probably the legal postmaster OF Pensacola uii-
der the first statute quoted Dut under the pro
vision quoted last he clearly is not entitled 10 MS
salary Inquiry at the Postoftice Department now
ever reveals the fact that Mr. Northup has been
drawing his salary right along AT LEASE ne dld so
m to September 30 and presumably UP TO the END
Of the year although the reports for the last quar-
Ter have not vet been tabuIated- Had Ar Nortnup
failed OF confirmation the President would nave
been empowered to reappoint him as recess ap-
pointuent but in view Of the fact that ne was re-
iected BIZ the Senate, the Executive would hor
knowingly have pursued such course, and the
office of the First Assistant Postmaster Genera!
will doubtless be called upon to explain why the
attention of the President was not called 10 the
facts while the Controller Of the Treasury may
find that he is liable the salary Illegally paid
As George B Cortelyou Postmaster GeneraI
--bar the nomination of Mr.. Northup rejected,
the INQUIRY of the White House will probably De
directed to Mr. Hitchcock, instead Of 10 the pres
e,t Postmaster General Mr.. Meyer. who could
have known nothing of an incident occurring prior
to his ircumbency.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
T. W. FITZGERALD DEAD
IN NEW4RK 4S"J. r. CARY"
Wife Identifies Body Of Former Jus
tice of Special Sessions.

u F. Cary, Of Bayonne. n. j." who died at
a Newark hotel on Sunday, was dentined yes
terday as ex-Justice Thomas w. Fitzgerald OF
the Court of Special Sessions. I'd District, VINO
removed from the bench and disbarred by
the Appellate Division of the I'd District in l9o'.
The body was identified by Mrs. Fitzgerald, VINO
had not been with her husband since he took
UP quarters in Newark January 40.
The former justice had been in poor health
during his stay at the Hotel Kensington, in
Newark. and suffered relapse on Sunday. Or.
F. c. Thornley,, OF Harrison. was called in py
the hotel management to attend Fitzgerald. but
was unable to save his life.
Ex-Justice Fitzgerald was much in the public
eye during the last two years He faced many
unpaid judgments. was twice held in contempt
of court, absented himself for long periods from
his duties on the bench and was indicted for
grand larceny on October 81, 1907, after his
removal.
His troubles were first aired in November.
1905. He had been trustee for Mrs. Margaret
Slavin, of Yonkers, and was ordered to appear
before referee in Yonkers. He failed to do
so, and also failed to appear at his place in
Special Sessions. Finally his salary was held
UP, and after much comment he took his seat
in February, 1906, saying that he had been
trying to recuperate in New Jersey.
After that his troubles We're many. Judg-
ments were obtained against him by publishers
of law books and by tailor, and in two cases
he was adjudged in contempt Of court for failure
to appear for examination in supplementary pro-
ceedings. He able to extricate himself
from these difficulties but later was ordered TO
make restitution to Mrs Slavin, his Yonkers
cients
The publicity attending Mr.. Fitzgerald's ffnan-
Cial difficulties. together with his continued alb
sence from the bench and a severe criticism by
Justice Gaynor, Of the Appellate Division, in
reversing a sentence of fifty days in Jail in de-
fault of $50 fine imposed on d small boy for
shooting craps, aroused the Brooklyn Bar Asso
citation. Charges were presented to the Appel
late Division in April, 1907. and referee was
appointed to take testimony in the matter.
Fitzgerald failed to appear to answer these
charges and made no defence before the referee,
Henry Bacon, of Goshen, n. Y. He re-
moved on October 4, 1907 The indictment for
grand larceny was found against Fitzgerald by
the Richmond County Grand Jury in connection
with the case of Mrs, Slavin. IT is said that
his affairs in Richmond were much involved
and that his record as trustee of several estates
would show many irregularities.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
MINISTER IN Nan CHASE.
The Rel. Dir. SRcer Thinks He Has
I'm p0sed On. and Causes Arrest

After an exciting chase IN Park avenue yes
terdav. the Rev. Thomas r. Slicer. pastor Of All
Souls Unitarian Church. brought about the
Cartu-e Of q man he accuses Of attempting 10
casl bogus checks. The minister met the man
several weeks ago and loaned him dollar He
saw hin yesterday a. the Edmund c Stedman
funeral ard gave chase from the church down
Park avenue.
Nj Slice- told the police that the man, who
described himself as John Coffin. writer, Of
Mills Hotel No. 5. called at his home No 156
East 3Sth street. on January and tried to cash
check for $3.50 which he said he received from
Ilough-o1!. 8Iif7in & Co. Ar. Slicer could not
cash TIE check and the man borrowed dollar
after talking for nearly an hour. When Mr.
Slicer saw the same man yesterday he started
toward him and Coffin ran When near 32d
street he ran into the arms of Patrolnan John
Moran and was taken 10 the Tenderloin station
A search Of his clothing showed a check for
s45 drawn On the Lincoln National Bank and
signed &C p. u. Harvey" and note addressed
70 General Thomas L James. the president Of
the bank. requesting an interview for Coffin
Houghton Niflin & Co. denied that they had
ever employed Coffin. and declared that he did
receive the check from them. According
- the police Coffin has been imposing upon
clergymen and others for some time and has
managed 70 cash several worthless checks.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
METZ HOLDS UP BILL.
Chairman W'Hlcor Replies to Criti-
cisms on Engaging Outside did.

Controller Metz has held up a bill of $500 Of
George G. Hall, lawyer, of No. A Broadway,
for five weeks work in getting into shape the re-
port of the Public Service Commission for the
first six months which presented to the Leg
isIature on Monday night. In reply TO the criti-
Cism that the commission with its large staff
should not have been obliged to go outside for
assistance in preparing this report, Chairman
Wilcox said yesterday:
This office has been in the process Of organi-
zation during the last six months. Every one Of
US has had his hands than full. Our seere-
tary has clerks, and both he and his two as
sistants have had more than they could do in at
tending to the mass of details that has come up.
Then. too. many department heads. such as the
statistcian and Others were not appointed until
late in the period 1t, therefore. became neces-
sary TO go outside to get man with experience
in preparing reports who knew what 10 get and
had the time to get it. We engaged Mr.. Hall
temporarily with the consent Of the State Civil
Service Commission. which had no regular list
from which we could draw. He had had experience
both in the office the State Controller and State
Superintendent Of Banks
It appears that Mr.. Hall worked for eight weeks.
and that the Controllers office has passed his bill
for $500 for the first three weeks
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
TO PROBE CENTRAL ISSUE.
Permission Not Obtained from Up
state =. S. Commission.
IBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune. !

Albany, Jan. 21.-Inquiry is being made by
the upstate Public Service Commission into the
right Of the New York Central to issue $4,000
been put out through J. P Morgan & Co. No
permission was sought from the commission,
but that body is somewhat in doubt if permis-
sion necessary.
The railroad maintains that IT has perfect
right to issue these certificates without seeking
permission as they are not specified in the evil
dences of Indebtedness as to which the pubic
service law provides permission for issuance
must be obtained. This view was announced
by Albert NJ. Harris. general counsel When
Chairman Stevens inquired into the issue of the
certificates as soon as he learned OF it.
There was some question whether the law
covers this case" said Mr. Stevens tonight so
submitted the question TO our counsel ana 1t
now is under consideration. believe the ran
road acted in perfect good faith nave no
right to assume otherwise.
But meantime the certificates are issued
What remedy would the commission nave IL
counsel held the railroads action 10 be Illegal!
was asked.
.rTbat is 2 question l cannot answer directly
,,ov, bacarsa of the weight which might be at
+acbe5 n nv answer If that case arises, re-
course certainly will be had to every remedy
,,t,icI, the law provides. 1 say again 1 have no
.,r N believe the railroad acted in bad
foitb f2ut especial attention is being given to
+,,;. ,,,astion The commission intends to see
+,a+ absolute Justice is done and the law OBJ
zo,-ad and I think the result will show that
every r,oi,r in the case has been handled ade-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
FEAR FELT FOR MORRIS K. JEsUP.
Does Not Rally from Attack Of Acute Heart
Disease.

Chronic heart disease which has developed into
an acute condition is causing considerable appre-
hensiou for the life of Morris K Jesup who hss
been confined to his bed az his home. No 1Sf Madl-
son avenue. for the last Two weeks Dr- francis
. Lr,nnirt++ said after he left Mr. Jesup yesterday
afternoon that hts patient did not show any i'm
movement and he could not say ar what nlomens
his illness might terminate fatally. The disease
first appeared two years ago. and Ar. Jesup has
been under treatment since then He is seventy
eight years old
Mr. Jesup retired from more active business
year ago when he resigned as president OF the
Chamber OF Commerce. and when the Rapid
Transit Commission was abolished further Oppor-
t1Iitv was given him get relief from the strain
attending his connection with directorates OF BANKS
and trust companies and the public Institutions
with which he was connected Since his retirement
from the Chamber Of Commerce Mr. Jesup has had
his Office adjoining his home. and from there d.
rected his Affairs until ne became too i'll
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
SECRET ORCHARD" IN BANKRUPTCY

\ petition i'll voluntary bankruptcy was filed yes
terday in the United States District Court by Rob-
ert Hunter. Walter Bradford and L. G. Reid, in
dfvidually and q members of the firm of Hunter
bradford & Reid OF No. 14l6 Broadway, the owners
of the recent unsuccessful production The Secret
Orchard" of which 80 much was expected and for
which so many elaborate preparations were made
in authorization OF a seasons The firms debts
are scheduled at sI1Z70, with assets of s7,075.
The principal creditors scheduled are Adelaide
Prince 500: Edward r. Mawson $50; Josephine
Victor. $780, William Courtenay, $700 all for ser
vices as actors In addition. 595 is due TO other
members who played untmportant parts To Chan
ming Pollock the author, $500 is due for royalties
The largest creditor mentioned Is John Z. Ince.
y,lcse claim of $1,000 is litigation in the
City Court. The other debts are Incidental to the
production The assets consist OF the rights, seen
erv and properties of The Secret Orchard" val
ned at 81 CO., and office fixtures said to be worth So
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
CONNECTICUT ANNUAL BANK REPORT.
Submitted by Commissioners to Governor for
Year Ended October /.

Hartford Conn jan 21.-The annual report TO
the Governor of the Bank Commissioners, Charles
y. Noble and Norris S. Lippitt, for the year ended
October Z, 1907 made public to-day. shows that
the total and Liabilities Of the savings banks
II the state On October / 1907, amounted 70 S27e-
s35.3Is Sc. against s2sG,22s,S51 7e IN 1906, and
thai tss DEPOSITS have increased s1o107.e7s 81,
making total Of s25s 37z 81 Sc The number OF
dsposito-s now stands at 53e.s73. an increase for
tie year q Z25-2.
The Commissioners report that the banks paid to
deIostors in divtdends So 45z,2sg 81. In the year
there were s. sos new accounts opened, or an in
crease of E,2es over the preceding year and $3.50
accounts were closed. The deposits, including in
ierest amounted for the year TO s68.463479 as as
against SIS 2ss 81 for the year previous, in
crease ef Ss.550O52 81
Ths assets and liabilities Of state banks amount
81 20 sl227s.04s 81, and Of trust companies S27,-
1s5E05rg
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
SALE OF BRoNzEs AND CERAMICS.
Collection of the Late Mrs. A. G. Hunt Dis
posed of at Auction,

At a sale of Orienta. and European ceramics,
bronzes and enarels collected by the late Mrs. A
G.. Hunt of Washington, at the American Art
Galleries YESTERDAY afternoon. s2349 5 realized
for about three hundred objects. The sale was
conducted by Thomas E Kirby.
The highest price paid $40. for pair OF
large royal Vienna which originally cost
$1,000 They are of amphora shape. and on them
are painted decorations Of the 'Triumphal Process
sion Of Bacchus,' Psyche and Aurora" 5. s.
Carvalho paid sl25 for large triple gourd shaped
vase which is also said to have cost Sl0Q0- 1t is
an antique Chinese porcelain of the K'ang-hsi Pc
rioI OF clear white teture. with decorations of
peonies foliated scrolls. drag and medallions.
1t IS 2S1a inches high
There will be a sale tonight of water colors,
etchines and color prints collected by Mrs Hunt.
and at the same time sale of works in oil by the
late Albert Bierstadt.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
FIRST EMPIRE COLLECTION SALE.
Furniture and Paintings Taken from Palaces
Following the Commune.

sale of many collections of the First Empire
furnishings will take place at the Fifth Avenue
Art Galleries tomorrow. Friday and Saturday.
One thousand lots included in the assortment
of parlor suites, paintings etchings and Candida
bra which wrested from palaces following
the French Commune and were later disposed of
by the government
The furnishings will be placed sale in the
morning and afternoon of the three days, while
the paintings and etchings Will be sold on Thurs
day and Friday evenings. One of the most popu-
lar collections paintings in the exhibit is four
Dutch portraits which held by Long Island
family for a hundred and fifty years. Besides
these paintings are portraits by American, Ger
man, Italian and Dtstch artists which have been
in private collections for many years.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
HUNT FOR ESCAPED BRIDEGROOM.
Had Been Compelled To Marry Virginia Girl
Whom, It Is Alleged, he Wronged.
[By Telegraph % The Tribune

Strasburg Va, jan IA state of feud exists IN
the towns of Strasburg, Linden and Woodstock over
a case similar to the StTother-Bywaters tragedy
at CuIpeppeI The relatives and friends OF Beulah
Brill, young girl armed and searching for
Lowell Hefin. prominent young man, who left the
girl within an hour after he had been forced TO
marry her.
The girl told the story OF her shame TO her father
and brothers HehIn in the mean time had fed to
woodstock where he was found and forced TO re-
turn and marry the girl. At the wedding supper
which followed, cordial relations were re-estab-
lished After the supper Hefiin escaped from his
wife's chamber through window. Helms friends
cav thar he is innocent and will defend him, but
I'm the mean time he is to be found.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
REORGANIZATION OF CONSOLIDATED
Report That Holding Company Would Be
DISRUPTED Called Hot Air" Talk.

The published report that the reorganization
committee Of the Consolidated Steamship Lines
was considering plan which would result in the
disruption of the holding company. which has out
standing $500 900 in stocks and bonds, char
acterized yesterday by a man closely identified
with the Consolidated Company, who instru-
mental in organizing the protective committee of
bondholders, hot air. and as having been in
spfred by New York. New Haven & Hartford in
1erests desirous of getting control Of Of the
Steamship fnes-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
COLONEL SMELL, MODERN sATYR."
Frotomania To Be Asserted in Effort to
Break Millicnaire's VIII.

Clinton III JAN IA formidable array OF medl-
caI exuerts will appear in Judge Cochran's court
here next Monday to back up with scientific facts
a plea which is said never before TO have been
made in court These experts, it is learned viii
swear that Colonel Smell was victim OF eroto-
mania. To substantiate this allegation the experts
will swear that the last five years of the aged mil
lionaire's life prove him to been nothing more
nor less than a modern satyr.
Attorneys for Richard Smell. the son who is con-
testing the will declare the plea sufficient grounds
for breaking the Smell wi-that no man with such
an arotic mind would be capable Of distributing
81 00ooo0 estate.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
NOT HELD FOR GIRLS DEATH.

William McElhenny treasurer of the Orpheurn
Theatre in Brooklyn, and Myron Appegate. the
eor1panions of the two Wilson sisters when one be-
came sick and died Monday morning in fur
nished room house at No 107 Montague street were
liberated yesterday after being held as witnesses
pending an investigation into the girls death.
Dr. Hartung. coroner's physician, announced tina :
Edna Wilson's death due to acute gastrits.
A coroner's inquest will be held In few days.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
MOVING PICTURES WIN IN COURT
Two Decisions Uphold the Legality OF Shows
on Sunday.

The standing which moving picture shows. slor
-,,,,i,as and EXHIBITS of statuary 70 have in
their efforts to keep open on Sundays was DETER
mined yesterday by Justices Davis and Greenbaurn
in the Supreme Court. both Of whom handed down
decisions favorable the owners OF the exFnof-
tions In continuing the temporary Injunction oo-
tainAd b, Keith & Proctor restraining the Polfcs
Commissioner from attempting 20 close the l25th
street theatre on Sunday. Justice Davis said that
il was important TO appellate tribunal pass
on the questions involved because of the conflict
ing views that had been expressed.