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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12

ne lr1al OF the suit of Ludlow Valentine.
lcrh1eriy partner of the stock Exchange
nrfn OF John Muir & Co. for an accounting
Of prof'ts began in the Supreme Court yes
terday.
re testimony showed that the speoula-
'ioiiS OF George A. Muir. also member
O. the firm and son of the senior mem
ner, made It necessary TO wind up the
BUSINESS. John Muir owned the Stock TX
i.se seat The son, it appeared. speech
'0'eu through accounts carried with his
own frm under various fictitious initials.
sun as NJ and "P. w G." The elder
i"H' on the floor of the exchange, be
iieFeu these accounts to he those of Gus
"i'erS Of the firm. according to the testi-
mCny.
John Muir was the principal witness yes
lerdaY He said that Valentine. who is his
son-ln-law, was aware of the secret specu-
latons of young Muir. The lstters losses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12
BOY Il FALSE UITNESS
House Of Refuge Report ne
flutes CHARGES Of Cruelty.

The e'shty-ffth annual report i"r the
year ended September q. 1919. OF the SO
ciety for the Reformation of Juvenile De-
lnquents in the City of New YORK which
maintains the House of Refuge at Ran
dali $ Island. was made public yesterday
II includes the report of a special COM
mtttee which vas selected TO conduct an
investigation Of the several occurrences
examined into about year ago by a com
mittee Of the State Board Of Charities on
this point the report says:
The committee gave special attention 10
the charges OF cruelty or harshness which
had been the subject Of investigation Of
the State Board of Charities and endeav-
ored 10 examine all the witnesses that
were examined by that honorable BODY,
The testimony given before the committee
failed TO sustain the statements that were
made before the board which, OF course,
renders the committee unable TO ind that
the charges SO made were sustained or that
there was any OF the harshneSs described
In the report of the board The witnesses
testified falsely either before the board
or before the committee, and in either
event il would not be proper to take their
statements in derogation Of the ofclals
who are entitled to a favorable opinion
in the absence of evidence demanding
contrary view
The report cites the case Of a roy who
testified before both committees Before
the society's committee he testified that his
whole testimony before the boards com
mittee was pure fabrication. and that he
thought that he might obtain SOME favor
with the committee by making out bad
case against important persons connected
with the management
The report expresses the committees
idea Of the object IF the institution in these
words:
TIE spirit in which discipline is admins
tered is free from yindictiveness, and your
committee neither observed nor heard of
anything which appeared to them to war
rant the in1puJatieu Of cruelty or of ex-
cessfve harshneSs in the methods. employed.
The object kept in view IS the reformation
Of the boy. It is designed TO be, and in
general is carried out in a spirit Of SYM
pathy with the offenders, without passion
and with a sincere effort TO promote the
welfare Of the boy.
The members Of the special committee
were George Zahriskiz. Eugene A Philhtn
and William E Wyatt. justice Of the Court
Of Special Sessions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12

ganiZed more than year ago, with mead
quarters At RAILWAY. y J.. has been DOING
2 big business at No L,f Broadway II en-
pIoved ton clerks and advertised largely.
Offering 10 build homes for people OF mod
crate means. either bungalows. cottages or
elaborate dwellings. possessing particularly
attractive interior arrangements at price
said - be Joss than the cost Of the ma
teriaI
y WIS this generous offsr That caused ~
r Bernard. chief Of detectives Al Depart
mem store on sixth avenue. 70 ask the
postal authorities to investigate the bust
ness ratbnds If the Home Corporation.
Alexander Dallas. Of MoHfClair. y J. and
Air7ea r. Van Kirk. Of Paterson. y 7. are
among the conplairantS
C=goodbv lives ~ South orange. y. j.
Dean. VIM is fftv-Hvs lives In t53d street.
and virgins home is IN 9Th street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12
COURT DENIES ACCOUNTING.
Burnett Y Tiffany Dissatisfied with
MANAGEMENT of Fathers Estate.

The Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court denied Yesterday to Burnett =.
Tiffany. son IF the late Charles L. Tiffany.
permission to demand an accounting from
the executors Of his fathers estate The
executors are Louis c. Tiffany, another
son. and Alfred Mitchell. the dead Jewel
ler's son-in-lsw.
Burnett Tiffany. under the terms Of his
fathers UiIi, IS 10 receive the income for
life from trust fund Of s25onHH and hftv
shares Of the capital stock Of Tiffany &
Co at 1900 par each The executors as
serted that to render an accounting would
subject the estate and The trust funds 70
further and needless expense
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12

he said were never made up He said that
Na'entine had collected double commits
slonS on single transactions. but had re-
funded The part he was not entitled to-
Mrs. Mnir had also lost some money in
me business. Mr.. Muir said. but had got
- paek IN the last year from the assets of
'iit new hrru- The witness said that Val
Cattne had put coo into the OLD firm
e9Tse Mlnr 5000. and he subscribed origi-
tner asset Later he subscribed more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12
GET SNOW CONTRACTS
Brooklyn &c, Brona +5c and
Manhattan 75c Cubic Yard.

Commissioner Edwards Of the Street
Cleaning Department had a hurried con-
suItatioa late yesterday afternoon with
William Bradley, the contra ctor. of No
Madison avenue. and later with Mayor
Gaynor. The result was that the Commits
sfoner closed a contract with Bradley for
the removal OF snow from Manhattan At
the rate of - cents 4 cubic yard. Mr.. Ed
wards said it vas the usual three-day
contract.
The Commissioner seemed greatly pleased
over the contract He said the city had
never paid less than - cents. and had paid
as high as 81 10 cubic yard for snow
removal and he pointed out the advantages
of having the contractor take the work off
the citE's hands
The Commissioner received authorization
from the Board Of Estimate Yesterday 10
let contracts for snow removal in The
Bronx and brooklyn Newman & Holmes
we're the successful bidders in Brooklyn. At
81 cents cubic yard. while P. T. Kane
& Co viii remove snow in The Bronx for
* cents 4 cubic yard.
President NcAneny and President Mitchell
of the Board of Aldermen were appointed
4 committee TO investigates the entire sub
iect OF snow removal. with particular view
10 learning what economies could he estab-
Hshed by using sewers. melting machines
and other devices in the work.
Commissioner Edwards has started 70
root out the system Of grating on citizens
nv drivers in the department After
hearing one man was discharged yester-
day The complaint was made by a mer-
chant who said the driver had asked for
Christmas present and had since repeated
his demands Not receiving any money
he had been negligent in removing the
ashes from the store. About 40 sweepers
drivers. hostlers and assistant foremen have
sent in their designations. None of them
has been accepted. pending an investiga-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12
brings High Class Men.

z New York Trlb1n.
r-e1.-.-.-.--ei---l ceslre - express my ap-
=, --on q the results obtained i nah
49,. 7S-lso Advertising for men IN The
-f3bune brings ne only b5gb ereSa -
-, gl@cty vouch fer the CLASSIC q ooI-
ci.T. q -. e Erbune for prompt and en-
Yours very truly.
r s HTGHTLL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12
OLIVER BLOCKS LEGISLATION.
Refuses to Give Unanimous Consent
for Passage of Bills
by Telegraph to The Tribune.

A'hanE Feb. f1.-''Para dise Jimmy
Oliver TODAY refused to allow the Assembly
to pass three bills providing appropria-
tons FOR agricultural purposes. on the
EToun4 Inat the money desired should be
included in the general appror,ris+ion hill
on FRIDAYS. when there is generally not a
quorum present 1t is necessary to havs
bill. ="
Inc agricultural bills were PM over IN .
~ Monday night. when yhcy will undouht-
edly pass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12

Henry L. StimsoD. special federal
r7-,sa-r,;or 81 the sugar fraud cases
s--s~r = surprise on the counsel for
,-,,sr1es =. Heike. secretary Of the Amer
t-sr Sugar Refining Company. at the
hearing on thu larter's immunity plea
yesterday before Judge Martin and
49, n the Criminal Branch Of the
T--i-eF STATES Circuit Court be SAID
,pz- the rlea. based on Heikes appear
ana before federal grand juries last
Inc December end January. could not
Sand owing 70 the company repeated
o@<a~s 10 aid the government IN lis N
ves-irations. placing its RECORDS Al ''ie
service Of the prosecutor
IN this connection letter to mat =
&C. from the late H q EaVeneye''
r~eei5er- Of the company when 'lle
frauds we're discovered on the have
never & Es6e- docks ~ WiiaIT1souI
hv Richard Parr. the government
sxenr was offered in evidence M
Sfi7son said that the facts or which 1hs
Indictment against Heike for conspiracy
- de4-aud the customs was found WEI"
freely offered hv the company. ana
hence that me secretary t't-i- ~ IL
to7d anything before the grand jury
which could not have been learned with
cut his testimony
III. Havemever's letter vas written
soon after the discovery Of the steel
srrfne n the scale, OF November 20.
1aa7. and was addressed - George +
CorteI--a,,. who was then Secretary Of
she Treasury 7 follows
yesterday i came 70 the knowledge 81
tre officers q the American Sugar Re1ning
l---7-=-v that Il was claimed by officers
- ne government thai through the acIlon
~ EMPLOYEES Of The company there had
-ee1 failure ~ pay the fun duty on I'M
-r~-z-fors OF sugar To ascertain the truth
~ his regsr7. L puts is books and pa
1ers 81 Tire disposition Of the government
: will facilitate the investigation TO TIE
extent q rs power in cooperation with
the government OF otherwise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-04
MAY Eft CO.
4O9 4ll4l34 l5-4l7 Seventh 81.
Comfortable
Chri Stnas
Shopping.

:" In the rush and hurry or
Christmas shopping you find. a
visit to this store most agreeable.
There are plenty of statesmen to
serve YOU without the necessity
of waiting-salesmen that. are
thoroughly familiar With. the
goods they are selling, and can
be OF immense advantage in ad-
vising on your contemplated purl
chases. If you desire. to rest,
there are. plenty of good, .easy
chairs that you are welcome to
use.
At this season of the year
you'll most appreciate Our store
service-the courteous assistance
of Our statesmen in making your
selections. and the pains we will
take in showing you our stock,
even if1you are only looking" at
the time.
Make your gifts this year serv-
iceable ones. Give furniture.
It's useful, gives comfort to the
recipient, and; best of all. it. is. a
present that will give years Of
service. Let us show you our
stock. You'll not be. ilnportuned
to buy unless you care to.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
CUBAN. UPRISING DENIED.

Secretary Leiva Says Troops Were
Sent to Quiet Suppressed Excitement.
Havana. April 21.-During the night
a special train carrying battalion of
infantry and battery of machine guns
under command of General .Rivas, left
Camp Columbia for Santa Clara.
There was a rumor current that an
uprising has occurred in Santa Clara
province. but this the government de-
MED.
Secretary of the Interior Lopez
Leiva has issued statement positive
ly denying the existence of the least
disorder in Santa Clara or any other
part of the island. The secretary said
that troops were sent because reports
had reached the government that there
was a condition of suppressed excite
ment among the negroes of Santa
Clara and the eastern provinces of
Santa Clara in consequence of the in
cendiary utterances of the negro agi-
tator, General Evaristo Estenoz.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
INDIANA DEMOCRATS SCRAPPY
ATTEMPT TO ENDORSE A CANDl,
DATE CAUSES CONTEST.
Gov. Marshall and Tom Taggart Lead.
ers Of the Two Antaeonistic
Camps.

Indianapolis, April 25.-Open con,
troversy over whether or not the In
diana Democratic convention, to be
held in this city this week, shall In
dorse to next years legislature can
didate for the United States senate
broke out in the lobby of the Denison
hotel, where party leaders had assam
bled in great number.
John E. Lamb of Terre Haute, vice
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, a candidate for the nomina.
ton for United States senator and an
advocate of the plan that the state
convention shall indorse candidate,
accosted Stokes Jackson, state chair
man, and charged that the committee
on arrangements represented by the
state chairman is planning to block
the plan by having the report of the
committee on order of business omit
mention of it and having the report
submitted to the convention before
Governor Marshall, who is to be tenn
porary chairman, assumes the gavel.
Governor Marshall is the originator Of
luC lAuOI bOluCut P10uS Auu - " 6pCoh
in its favor.
This is an outrage" said Lamb,
his face flushed with anger. TT is .
violation Of all precedent and II an at
tempt is made to push 1t through
there will be riot in the convention"
'You cannot bluff me-" retorted
Jackson with equal heat, "and this is
no place to start row. II you had a
grievance why did you not come to me
privately"
Friends interceded and argument
was suspended.
Lamb, however. went to the state
headquarters and demanded that the
convention program be changed so
that the report on order of business
shall be received by Governor Mar
shall after he has assumed charge as
temporary chairman.
The leader of the opposition to the
governors plan is Thomas Taggart,
former Democratic national chairman.
He is a candidate for the nomination
to the United States senate and there
are several other contestants.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
FARMERS IN EXCITING CHASE
Fifty.Pound sheep.kiIIing Wolf Be-
comes Too Bold and 10 Killed
After Hard Run.

Hopkinsville. Ky.-After an excl
ting chase a party of is South Chris
tan farmers. ran down and killed a
large gray wolf which had been play
ing havoc among the sheep in that
region.
A pack of hounds started the wolf
on C. L. Dade's farm and after a long
run brought 1t to bay and the animal
was shot by Fred Tyler.
The wolf had appeared many times
during the last five years and few
days ago killed lamb on Mr.. Dade's
farm, dragged the carcass 200 yards
and devoured it before the men who
witnessed the attack could secure
weapons.
The wolf was pursued at that time,
but disappeared in the cliffs along
Sinking Fork river.
The dead wolf weighed so pounds
was two feet in height and measured
four feet from nose to tip Of tail.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
TWA|N'S KINDLY
HEART ST|LLED.
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS GOES TO
JOIN HIS FRIENDS, ROGERS,
LAFFEN AND GLIDER.
THE END COMES WITHOUT PAIN
Writer Never Recovered From Blow
Of His Daughters Death.-Pre-
dicted the End on Way From
Bermuda.

Redding, Conn. April 22.-Samuel
Langhorn Clemens, Mark TWAIN"
died painlessly of angina pectoris. He
lapsed into coma at o'clock in the
afternoon and never recovered con-
seriousness.
1t was the end of man outworn by
grief and acute agony of body.
Wednesday was a bad day for the.
little knot of anxious watchers at the
bedside. For long hours the grey.
aquiline features lay mounded in the
inertia of death, while the pulse sank
lower and lower, but late at night
Mark Twain passed from stupor into
the first natural sleep he had known
since he returned from Bermuda and
he woke refreshed, even family cheer
full, and in full possession Of all his
faculties.
He recognized his daughter. Clara
(Mrs. Ossip Gabrilovitch), spoke ra.
tional word or two and feeling himself
unequal to conversation wrote out in
pencil: "Give me my glasses"
They were his last words.
Laying them aside he sank first into
reverie and later into final uncon.
seriousness.
At the deathbed were only Mrs. Ga
brilovitch, her husband; DR.. Robert
Halsey, DR.. Quintard. Albert Bigelow
Paine, who will write Mark Twain's
biography and the two trained nurses.
Restoratives, digitilas, strychnine
and camphor-were administered but
the patient failed to respond.
Mark Twain did not die in anguish.
Sedatives soothed his pain but in his
moments of consciousness the mental
depression persisted. On the way up
from Bermuda he said to Albert Bfge.
low Paine, who had been his constant
companion in illness: This is a bad
Job; we'll never pull through with it."
Last summer his walks began to fal.
ter, last fall they ceased for good. The
death of H. H. Rogers was a severe
blow; the death of his daughter who
was seized with an attack of epilepsy
last fall while in her bath, was an add
ed blow from which he never recov.
cred. 1t was then that the stabbing
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
Tomas to Sian . pe,ce p.ct

New York. April pa proclama-
ton was posted in Chinatown to the
effect that a treaty of peace between
the See Sing tong or Four Brothers
company, and the On Leong tong
would be signed in the Chinese con.
sulate In the presence Of DIR. Gu Shou
Tchun, first secretary of the Chinese
legation at Washington, and the con.
sui, Yung Yu Yang. Before the proc.
lamation had been up Is minutes It
was partly torn down. apparently by
gun men" dissatisfied with the idea
Of having peace.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29

pains in the heart began.
Mark Twain died as truly as it can
be said of any man, Of a broken
heart.
When he heard of the successive
deaths Of his two friends, William M.
Laffen, of the Sun, and r. w. Glider,
editor of the Century, he said sadly;
How fortunate they are; no good for.
tune Of that kind ever comes to me-
Mark Twain was born Samuel Lang
horne Clemens in Florida, Mo-, on
November 30, 1885.
Educated only in the public schools,
he was aprenticed to printer at 10
and worked at his trade in ST. Louis,
Cincinnati, Philadelphia and New
York, until at 10 he could crafty a
boyish ambition to become cub to 4
Mississippi river pilot Both these
happenings reacted profoundly on his
later life.
His knowledge Of river life, acquired
when he was pilot, took form in
TON Sawyer" "Huckleberry Finn"
and Life on the Mississippi" re-
garded as his surest title to fame. It
even suggested his pseudomymn. for
Mark Twain" is a linesman cry to
the pilot in shallow stages.
In 1872 he had married Miss Olivia
l.. Langdon, Of Elmira, N. Y, who
brought him an independent fortune
At that time his writings were in grow.
ing demand, he had an assured income,
his own home and seemed fixture.
But in 1885 his popularity as an author
and his acquaintance with the me.
chanics of the publishing trade-be-
sides being a practical printer, he had
been part owner of the Buffalo Elk.
press before his marriage-drew him
into the firm Of c. L. Webster & Co.,
publishers.
The firm brought out the memoirs
of Gen. Grant and paid his widow $3.50.
900, but its prosperity was short lived,
and it failed with liabilities of $4,000.
Failure Takes Twain's Cash.
The failure had already sucked in
$4,000 of Mark Twain's cash, but he
determined also to shoulder the debts
and to pay them off, undertook in
1886 lecture trip around the world
Four children were born to Mark
Twain, of whom two, son and
daughter, died early. One other daugh.
ter, Jean, who had been an invalid for
life, was found dead in her bathtub last
fall in her home at Redding. Conn.
Her tragic death greatly saddened her
father who declined in health from
that moment. A third daughter, Clara,
is Mrs Ossip Gabrilovitch, wife of the
pianist, whom she married last year.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
500 REWARD, 500

The readers OF this paper will be pleased 10
earn that there is At least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure IN all It's
stages, ana that is Gniarrh. Halls t'atarrh
Cure lie the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being u con
stitution-l disease. requires II constitutional
treatment. Halls Catsrrh cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. thereby destroy
ing the foundation of The disease. ana giving
the patient strength by building up the consti.
tuition and assisting nature In doing It's work
The proprietors have 80 much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they Offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
or list of testimonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 71c.
Take Halls Family Piilafor Constipation
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
CHICAGO siahts Comet.

Chicago, April 21.-Halley's comet
was seen here for the first time with
the naked eye by laymen as well as
astronomers. Professor Fox, of the
Northwestern university, picked up
the celestial wanderer at $40 a. M,
with finder" 1t was SO plain
through telescope that the scientist
took look without artificial aid. To
the unaided vision the phenomenon
appeared like dim star with hairy
appendages.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
DAM At sRAINERp AsLAzE.
Panic Prevails for Time, But Danger
Of Break 10 Averted.

Brainerd, April 25.-Fire after de
stroying the city water plant, escaped
control and the main piers of the 81.
gantic Weyerhaeuser dam caught fire.
Citizens turned out in force when it
was seen that the fire was beyond con-
troll, and with pals and buckets fought
the flame. BY heroic efforts the fire
was put out, but not until after con-
siderable portion of the dam was de.
stroyed.
For a time it was feared that the
dam would give away and messengers
were sent down the river to warn the
residents of the danger.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
To Climb Mt. Mckinley.

Seattle, April 21.-When the rev
enue cutter Tohoma sails for Behring
Sea next week. she will carry an ex
petition organized by New York and
Portland people to climb Mount Nc
Kinley. The party is composed of C.
E. Rusk of the Chelan, Wash, Leader;
Professor OF Geology Liner, Rangers
Ridley and Cool and Photographer
Kiser
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
Steamer Iowa Still Aaro,,,d.

Racine, Wis. April G5.-'.'he Good.
rich Transit company's s'eamcr Iowa,
which went aground Friday night a
few miles south of Racine, has not
been released. Officials of the Good.
rich line say the vessel is resting easy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
instrumentation is CHARGED.

Chicago, April 25.-Stedman Thorn.
as, cashier of the Dairymen's National
bank, Sheboygan Falls, Wis, charged
with misappropriating $4,000 of the
banks money, was arrested here by
deputy naarshals.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
Senator Mccumber IMPROVING.

Washington, April 25.-Further i'm.
provement is noted in the condition of
Senator McCumber Of North Dakota,
who has been seriously i'll in the Gar.
field hospital here for the past ten
days. His temperature, which has
been considerably over 100, has fallen
to almost normal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
Rail 1eIeoraphers Favor Strike,

Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 21.-The an
nouncement is made that the refer
cndum vote OF the telegraphers of the
Delaware & Hudson railroad shows a
large majority for strike, unless the
demands Tor an increase of wages Is
granted.