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New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
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I making his mark until at the end of dec
| ade his party conceded that he would be
! Sneaker Of the next COngress-that TO con-
vene in 1881.
But fate has now TO serve him the same
trick that she has only lately served John
Sharp Williams, Of Mississippi This Con-
gress Of which Frye hoped to be Speaker
came into being on Garfeld's Inauguration
day March 4, 1881 on the same date
Fryes old friend from Maine, Hale. began
his first term in the Senate. where Blaine
was wearing the other Maine toga. But
on that inaugural date Garfield chose Blaine
to head his Cabinet.
The Maine Legislature was convened at
once and on March 10 Frye was Blaine s
successor. Thus did he lose the Speaker
ship and thus did he become Hale's Junior
in the Senate by eleven days.
Two years after entering the House Of
our elder statesmen Frye became chairman
/ Of the Committee on Rules. and the code
which now governs the debates of that body
Is largely the work OF his hands. When
the Republicans reganed control OF the up
per house. in the middle Of the last Cleve-
| land administration, the little giant was
| elected president pro tempore Of the Senate,
the highest office and highest honor which
that BODY can confer-one which Frye
has held now, for sixteen years. much
LONGER period than 1t was enjoyed by any
| Of his predecessors Within which time he
has actively presided over the Senate dur
ing the six years that the NicePresidency
was vacant, due to the death Of Hobart and
to McKinleys assassination when Roosevelt
| succeede TO the Presidency.
/ When John Sherman left the Senate to
become McKinley's premier. William Pierce
Frye had an opportunity TO occupy the thus
vacated chairmanship of the Appropriations
| Committee but because shipping legisla-
ton was his hobby. he preferred to retain
| the craftsmanship Of the Committee on Com
| merce and Hale afterward got the more
powerful berth which his Maine colleague
had thus laid aside.
| Similarly in tho Senate reorganization OF
week before last. that august body's new
| father might have become chairman OF the
| Committee on Committees, had he desired.
But inasmuch as he Is preparing to cele-
brate his eightieth birthday on the Cd OF
next September. he il not hankering for
added responsibilities.
| so there you have the Senate's new dad.
who might now rise In his chair and grace
| q speech with this reminiscent prefix
"Mr. President. as / remarked In Con-
gress forty years ago.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
COnsecratiOn of
Cathedral at Hand
Continued from first page.

weight of the proposed tower-'SW'
,ons-which is to rise above the crossing
70 a height of 425 feet, it was necessary
to do down to firm rock. This required
excavating to a depth of seventy-two
feet In 1892 the cornerstone was laid'
Ten wears later all that showed above
the shoulder of the heights was one arch
Of the crossing and the beginnings OF
tho belmont Chapel Then money began
to flow in and work went forward more
rapidly.
The gifts have been almost innumera-
ble. ranging from 81, or even less iron'
those who could afford no more UP u
more than S6500eo from Mr.. ana Mrs.
Morton. Among them were S'op'Vo
from ]. Pierpont Morgan, 100000 rom
John and William Astor. $je'ooo rom
D. Willis James, n Presbyterian VINO
believed that the Episcopal church vas
hest adapted To preserve monumeht
70 the Apostles Greed: 100000 legacy
from Mr. James; 100000 from CorneIius
Vanderbilt at the time Of laying the cor
rerstone. 100000 from Trinity 'hureh'
$40 600 from William c. Schermerhorn'
500 GOO from Mrs. +. j. Holland as
memorial To the life and services ol her
brother. Bishop Brownel. $l2O,OoO rom
the estate of Charles p. Huntington
s75. 900 from George Bowdoin. $5o."o
from II. c. Fahnestock $4,000 rom
the Cathedral League. in subscriptionSo OF
not above 500 each; S350,oo0 and twelve
Barberini tapestries from Elizabeth "
Coles. $4,000 from the estate OF MIS-
Mary 4. Edison and $4,000 from ihe
estate of Georgia +. Morris.
The giant columns around the choir
are memorials To John Devine Jones
Colonel Richard Tylden Auchmuty' Jo-
siah NJ. Fiske, Bishop Alonzo Potter. OF
PENNSYLVANIA. a brother of Bishop no.
ratio Potter: the Rev. DR.. Eugene A.
Hoffman, dean of the General Theologi-
cal Seminary: Harry Manigault Morris
and Joseph Lawrence and family. John
Jacob Astor gave the funds for the
eighth. The windows which are 10 pc;
placed will be in memory Of Gabrielie
ludlow the Right Rev. John Henry
Hobart. John c. Hamilton. Julia Living
sion. James Muhlenberg Bailey ana !"
commemoration OF ST. Monica.
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A MISSIONARY TREE.

A missionary. during a Lenten te''
said, pcintedly:
II have established missionary uee'
all over the country. But perhaps !o.
don't know what missionary Tree %.
4 missionary tree is one whose prom
goes entirely to missions. 1o.
"A Roxboroush farmer has III ms aPps
orchard golden pippn tree that he's
to support the Chinese missions
Florida woman has an orange tree u-.
helps to uplift the cannibals OF w.
Guinea. A California nut farmer ae,o.
a walnut tree to the spread OF 'he i'''
in Zanzibar. =.
Missionary trees" the speaker e". :.
ARE very good things, but the pri"'~
that underlies them need not DC W
fined to farms and farmers.
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of guilty. EdmIston was sentenced 70 'he
nor,,entiarv for two years. While out on
bond he fed the country. lie mas he'e,
returned to Washington. nave "ea'"
that he is In Egypt.
"The case. fought as IL was on po'h
sides, gave me a great deal OF pupiici'S
and widely extended my acquaintance hc-
novinp TO Spokane soon after and becom-
ing Assistant Prosecuting Attorney there'
appeared in court very frequently. Inc
bar was not altogether respectable IN those
days. 1t is much better now; indeed IL Is
as free from reproach as any par III inc
country I told man the other day tii"'
va had no more rascals--some died, some
were sent to the penitentiary and some
moved to Alaska.
"soon after taking up my work in Spo-
kane a woman complained to me that W.
A. Lewis, a lawyer with large practice
and many influential friends, had coiiecteo
81 400 for her and kept II. Another woman,
q Swede came and said that Lewis setoieu
n boarding house partnership Tor her anu
refused TO give her the proceeds, some s'VV'
I had Lewis indicted for both crimes. nc
eunloved the best criminal lawyer in East
ern Washington. l was harshiy cehsuieu
for disgracing professional pro'hei'
Lewis was found guilty and received seh-
tence of seven years in the penitentiary.
The law had been indicated, ana toid
tho court I was willing to drop the case
of the Swedish complainant. Lewis anu
his lawyer hammered the table III ahsrS
protest. They wouldn't tolerate such III
Justice They thought, you see' that
wasn't sure Of my evidence. If cleared at
the second trial. Lewis meant to attack MS
| conviction in the other case.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
Senator Miles Podexter Began His ngen Career Early Lit
Charges Washington Judge with Submitting His Decision
in Advance, to Railway Men for Editing and Revision.

were my opponents. Large sums Of monev
were spent. am poor and had to depend
on argument by word Of mouth. The editor
withdrew finally. polled 10000 more votes
than the other three candidates. Ny term
in the Senate began last March"
what is an insurgent Republican, 7
asked
"Since November last all original stand.
patters,' I might say, have become insur.
gents and all insurgents have become reg.
ulars The rebel who succeeds Is a citizen
In good standing under the new govern
mont. At the beginning an insurgent wss
a Republican who declined TO obey the
machine or let the machine do his think
ing The machine was everywhere, but
it's headquarters were at Washington. In
the Senate the machine was Nelson W.
Aldrich: in the House II was Joseph @.
Cannon If a Republican Senator refused
to permit Aldrich TO do his thinking and
voting he was an insurgent; IL Republican
Representative refused to permit Cannon
t. do his thinking and voting, he also was
ar irsurgent. Aldrich and Cannon, operat.
ing together. thought they constituted the
Republican party in Congress and the rest
of fhe country
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
WILLIAM PIERCE FRYE.

Go TO bed children. and hush your cryin',
You've got another Papa on the old Maine lii
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

VVIHEN Miles Poindexter. aged TWEEN wen
NJ ty-three. six feet in stature. lean
w as bone, dark eyed, big jawed
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

GUS he organized tho Walla Walla Savings
Bank and was elected president or the
company. Afterward he started bank IN
Seattle When the bank at Wala Walla
failed II was discovered that Edmiston had
used the money of his depositors with
which to speculate in land and to help
other Of his own enterprises. Hundreds
of poor people lost all their savings.
complaints came to me as Prosecuting
Attorney. But Edmiston still retained the
countenance and support of important IN
terests Persons who were unhurt by his
failure still regarded him as a man OF
genius and a public benefactor. one day
somebody took shot at him rather SUD-
denly. After that he rode around under
guard in a closed carriage. l had him in
dicted for embezzlement, and was urbraid-
ed for attacking one OF the shining lights
in the community. He had made II a prac-
tice to borrow large sums OF money from
the Wala Wala Bank and leave his checks
in the cash drawer for security. He had
no funds on deposit, the bank owed him
nothing, and / held that he was common
thief, although / was polit" in my language
and called him a name that was longer and
not SO vulgar.
Feeling was so bitter in the town that
Edmiston's lawyers obtained change of
venue, and the trial took place at Pomeroy.
in Garfield County. | didn't know the peo-
pie OF that region. and so | hired local
attorney simply to help me select jury.
wanted farmers. hard.heade1 men, who
were naturally prejudiced against horse
thieves and bank lootcrs. got eleven
farmers. but a banker was accepted before
/ realized the nature of his business Ed
miston had employed three OF the best Grim
IL a. lawyers i'm Washington. The Superior
judge OF Walla Wala County came as "A
witness. but he sat among the counsel FOR
the defendant and assisted them, at least
by his presence II not by his suggestions.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

Go TO bed, children. and hush your cryin',
You've got another Papa on the old Maine line.
~ HESE WORDS of the immortal Mrs.
Casey Jones might have brought
Il some balm TO that bereaved family,
the Senate of the United States, when,
the other week. it sat smiling over the loss
OF its long -honored dad For the Senate,
like the Jones family, knows no paternal
interregnums. With dear Father it is al
ways a case OF "adieu ct bon jour-" all in
one breath-of "the Old Mans dead, long
live the Old Man"
'"The funeral bak'd meat" doth furnish
forth the marriage tables"
Indeed. not q moment was lost between
the dofiing of the Senates paternal mantle
by Eugene Hale, of Maine, and its donning
by William Pierce Frye. of the same state.
IL would be like carrying Goals TO New
castle to deliver at the threshold Of your
memory the fact that the member of long
est continuous service in the Senate is al
WAYS honored by the title Of Father OF
that body: so we will hurry on, as space
is precious
Hale enjoyed the hallowed title for years
during all of which time Frye has been
only eleven days behind him in the run
ming, as we shall see.
In the French and Indian war a young
American colonel was captured. and an
Indian was made his jailer. But the spunky
colonel promptly killed his red keeper and
lived 10 become one OF Washington's major
generals in the Revolution. This intrepid
warrior. Joseph Frye, was the great-great-
grandsire of the Senates new dad. AS a
reward for his services he received grant
of Maine land, over against the New Hamp-
shire border, and here grew up the Fryes,
of Fryeburg, which is still on the map.
our Frye was not pupil that Teacher
could point her finger TO as shining ex-
ample for the remainder of the class, but
he managed TO get into Bowdoin and TO
earn his sheepskin there, at the age OF
eighteen, despite the fact that his animal
spirits often caused his professors some
pretty anxious moments.
But the young rascal was now to find
master who would take all OF the superhu-
GUS mischief out OF him. He was appren-
,iced 10 william Pitt Fessenden, the great
anti-slavery Whig. who saw 10 IL that he
kent his nose close 10 his Blackstone ana
that he got good foundation for t9e
nractice of law. What was more Fesseh-
den's fiery eloquence kindled in the stocAy
youths heart the first flame OF an amf
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
BANKER JURYMAN WINS.

ladies from Walla Walla walked the
streets. calling me an adventurer and de-
stroyer OF character | was a very young
man, YOU understand, and had no one OF
prominence to advise me or give me moral
support The first ballot of the jury stood
ele,e for conviction and one for acquittai.
Inside Of four hours all Of the farmers were
talked over by the banker. Edmiston, OF
course. was declared to be innocent and
turned loose.
But had other things up my sleeve
Immediately had Edmiston indicted for ac-
cepting deposits at time when. In his
own knowledge, the Walla Walla Savings
Bank was insolvent. That case was tried
at Yakima. Six Scotcamen got on the jury
all OF my challenges having been used
previously. They stood by Edmiston thus
hanging the jury. On the third trial OF the
case. also at Yakima. there was verdict
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
WILL JOIN INSURGENTS.

This year Miles Poindexter became a
Senator IN Congress from the State of
Washington He will be forty-three years
old next Saturday. Meanwhile, he is still
big jawed and lean, also poor and eager.
In the Senate he will cooperate and CO.
agitate with Clapp Cummns, Brstow.
Borah and La Toilette. Last summer he
was one of the first men to visit and COM
poune with Colonel Roosevelt
N,y appraisal Of the Senate hereafter
rJst include Miles Poindexter. He is
yIe,ther a Pericles nor a Daniel Webster
% far But his blood is healthy and Wig
crous. if not violent, and statesmen, judges
and warriors have been his progenitors.
old George Poindexter killed a rich mer-
chant in a duel prosecuted Aaron Burr Tor
treason and frightened General Jackson
into the belief that he was an assassin.
George was a United States Senator and
the Governor of Mississippi, although the
Poindexters, Jumping Miles with the rest,
were Virginians, living in the valleys
among the Blue Ridge Mountains in baro-
NAL ease and rude opulence, while Afrl-
cans sang in their fields and gathered their
crops.
And now comes Miles, a refined PoindeX-
ter, with unchanged primal eleiileIltS' dp-
plying energy and pertinacity TO the prob
lens of life and outstanding in his vindica-
ton Of what he thinks are the rights and
liberties of the common people. Yet he is
honest enough TO confess that he is no en-
envy of wealth. Rockefeller, however, who,
he AYERS with mathematical precision. owns
property valued at S1.O0o,000.0OO, endangers
the Republic and should be made innox-
ious through the instrumentality of the tax
ing power of the government.
The character of the Senate is changing,
il is said. Principles long established are
being modified. one is told Traditions and
precedents have ceased TO be dominant, so
il is stated. PoindeXter is described as
being a type Of the men who are revolu-
tionizing, month by month, by voice alone,
the national purposes and processes of leg
islation. He asserts that money, naturally
tv-ough. now rules the country. He would
humaniZe the government. PrOspectively.
he is of more than common interest and
Importance. What has he done? And what
are his methods? He seems to be a ready,
intelligent, tenacious and successful fighter.
Accidentally, almost, he was born in
Memphis. His father had fought as an Of
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
BY JAMES B. MORROW.

Wv yHEN Miles Poindexter. aged twen-
nv ty-three. six feet in stature, lean
w as a bone, dark eyed big jawed
and eager, arrived in Walla Walla he had
$40. no more and probably a few cents less.
He did not know a man or a woman In the
place.
In eight months Miles PoindeXter was
married. In thirteen months he was pros
ecuting attorney of the county. He was
Democrat in those primitive days of his
fast accommodating conquests. Renouncing
Bryanism-never accepting it, in fact-he
turned Republican Then he was elected
Judge of the Superior Court. Two years
ago he came TO the House of Representa-
tives Sworn in on March Is. he immedi-
ately began discussing the rules. Cannon,
he thought, had developed into tyrant. 1t
was not an original discovery, but 1t had
not been proclaimed overmuch.
On April i, two weeks in Congress, Miles
Poindexter addressed himself to the tariff.
He opposed a tax on tea or coffee. "A rea-
sonable tax on incomes, however, was deA
fensible from any and all the aspects OF
Justice. The following day. in eulogy of
Francis w. Cushman. deceased the home
liest, the kindliest and the wittiest man in
Washington. he said:
I'VE learned as children. and we believe
as men. that there is a great and ever
present God. that lie is in this chamber
that He is outside in the glorious brilliancy
Of this spring day. that he rides upon the
storm and exists in the blooming flowers.
Thus. by some analogy difficult to follow.
''the soul and spirit Of Frank Cushman
will be with us forever
Before he had been I'm the House Of Rep
resentatives a year, Miles Poindexter be-
came a candidate for United States Sena-
tor Four other men, all Of them rich and
one OF them millionaire. were also am
bilious in the same connection. Miles Poin-
dexter stumped the state on both sides OF
the Cascade Mountains. The returns, hon
estly counted and grudgingly announced in
some quarters. showed that he had re-
ceived twenty thousand more votes than
all Of the other candidates put together.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Iiebler d co. Yesterday engaged W n.
Turner for the role OF BIZ Avery, in Alias
Jimmy Valentine" in which he viii sup
port II. b. Warner.
sam Bernard's engagement in He Came
from Milwaukee," which opens at the
Casino Theatre on Monday night. will be
limited to two weeks. after which he will
start on a transcontinental tour with his
company.
BY the terms OF a contract signed yes
terday by John W Consldlne and Marcus
Loew, a hooking consolidation was effected
by the Sullivan and Consldine interests and
the Ioew enterprises. This agreement
affects one hundred and seventy eight
theatres in cities from here 10 San Fran
cisco.
Werba & Luescher yesterday signed CON
tracts with Lulu Chaser whereby that
actress will star under their management
for a period Of years Her first play VIII
be the Viennese opera, Miss Dudlesack, "
a success last year in Europe. Miss Chaser
will create the title role. appearing az a
Scotch girl. The first performance will be-
given in October
Eileen C1anford, OF George Edwardes' :
London company. was engaged yesterday
10 originate the ingenue part In Blanche
Rings company in the new musical
comedy, THE Wall Street Girl" She last
played IN The Dollar Princess"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
OBITUARY NOTES.

WILLIAM MELVILLE HARLAN. Of NO
81 East 18th street. died on Sunday at his
summer home. AT Mamaroneck. from pneu-
monia, at the age Of sixty years He was
associated with the firm Of Whitney a
Kennerer. of No 1i3 Liberty street. and mad
engaged in the wholesale coal trade FOR
many years He was member Of the Vet
eran Association, Company G, 7th Regi-
n1ent. and Of the Pennsylvania Society.
COLONEL ALEXANDER KRUMBHAAR
died at his home. near Philadelphia, on
Monday from heart disease. He was
prominent in the fire insurance business
and vice-president Of two companies. He
was a member Of the exclusive clubs or
PHILADELPHIA and OF the Sons Of the Revo-
luton. Colonel Krumhhaar was sixty-nine
years old and unmarried.
MRS. CHARLES a. WHITE, wife or the
late Charles A White. Of New Haven. and
daughter of the late General Amos y.
Eaton. died on Monday at West Haven.
Conn She was seventy-fve years old. She
is survived BY four daughters-Mrs Henry
T. stimson. wife OF the Secretary Of War;
Nre Robert g. Gamble. 81 Haverford
Penn. Mrs. John Rogers, ir. and Mrs. W
n r, Edwards. OF New York City. The
funeral VIII be held at the White home,
M. 81 Trumbull street, tomorrow after
noon at clock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
DURYEA WILL CONTEST ON
Sister Comes from Sweden and
Starts Suit at Mineola.

Montclair, y. j., Aug. Is Especial. Mrs.
Eva Thelberg. of Sweden. sister Of the
late Walter Duryea, of this town, who died
last May after living a number OF years
with a broken neck, has arrived IN this
country and begun legal steps TO break
the will Of her brother, VINO left the bulk
of his estate to Miss Eleanor Peregrin, who
had been his nurse for a long time.
Mrs Thelberg was one Of three sisters
mentioned in the Duryea will. She got a
bequest Of $1,000. Another sister, Mrs.
Marcia Y. Cox, of Perryville, Va, received
$4,000. while $4,000 was left TO Mrs. Grace
f. Sprigg. OF Essex Fells, y. ]. For two
OF Mrs. Sprigg's children trust fund OF
$4,000 each was created while two OF Mrs.
Cox's children received 5000 each.
The suit has been started at Mineola,
Long Island and the parties thereto were
TO appear in the Surrogate's Court there
last Saturday, but the case was ADJOURNED,
according 70 a statement made to-day by
former Judge Edwin A Adams, Of New
ark counsel for Miss Peregrin.
Mrs Thelberg 1t is said, will endeavor
10 have the will broken on the grounds
that # was not signed by Walter Duryea.
The signature of the will was witnessed by
two Nlontclair men. Francis NJ Crawley
and Theodore Ames, IF. The other wit
ness was William c. Woolsey, of Brooklyn.
The contention Of Mrs. Thelberg is that
Duryea was not physically able to attach
his signature TO the document that be-
queathed the greater portion of bis estate
TO Miss Peregrin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
ZAPATA WILL SURRENDER
To Confer with Madero Today
About Disarming Troops.

TFronn Special Correspondent Of The Tribune
Mexico City, Aug. 15.-Francisco ].
Madero conferred with General Zapata
at Cuauta this afternoon relative to a
settlement Of the Morelos situation and
the disarmament OF Zapata's troops.
The result % the talk was not made
known tonight. but Zapata afterward
said that another conference with Ma
dero at II o'clock tomorrow morning
will adjust everything This will avert
q conflict which seemed certain.
In a mass meeting OF Cuautla resi-
dents this afternoon there was drafted
a message TO the President urging him
not to send federal troops 10 Cuautla
because In a council of war General
Zapata's officers this morning decided
to resist the federals, first by laying the
city Of Cuautla in ruins.
Every town near Cuautla contains en-
campmentJ OF Zapata's soldiers await
ing the advance of the federals. The
President at once answered the petit
ton by saying he would send the troops
10 Cuautla when IL was necessary, and
that Zapata must surrender uncondi-
tionally Zapata's statement tonight
however, indicates his readiness to sur
render, thus ending possibilities OF
actual conflict.