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Hi' BTJRGESS ) BTJBCKESS > JiTEWAEK,- NEW YOBK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, ' 1907. f VOIUMB 20 [FORGERY, THIRD DEGREE ,/ George W. Perkins and Charles \* * S. Fairchild Indicted. 9 iJDeath of President Cassatt—Japanese £* In Hawaii—-Massacre by Yaqui In- f* J^'dntis—Burnham and Eldrldge Re J* - Elected — Colonel Mann Acquitted. £ Hicks In Freak Show. , t Tl grand jury of New York county, ^ 'irh for a month has been investigat- *• 1n« he affairs of the New York Life-- Insui ,nce , Bti I foil i Toi ~«l 1 company, returned indict- charging forgery in the third s-against George W. Perkins, r vice president* of the New Life and a member of the firm P. Morgan -&'Co., and Charles B tairchild, a former secretary of 1»th§ treasury, president of the New t Ttbrk Security and Trust company '(now out o f existence) and a member •of the finance committee of the insur- ance company: Six indictments..,, jwera., returned f a;ainst each of the two defendants, •but all are based, on the one transac- tion known as the \Rrussian loan.,\ the specification under the charge of f irgery being the falsification of book- «• keeping entries. It is alleged that c irtain railway stocks were trans- f rred by the insurance company to the Security and Trust company, to «\ >mply with the Prussian law, but tUat the transfer was not bona fide. The grand jury accompanied the in- dictments with a presentment to the effect \that the jurors were convinced tliat in doing the acts charged against iiiem Messrs. Perkins and • Fairchild •were \influenced by a-desire to bene- Jit the policy holders.\ The grand J iry says further that indictments were returned only under a strict in- t Tpretation of the law as' laid down 1 y District Attorney Jerome. • j The indictment o£ Mr. Fairchild was | a.. complete surprise, for he had not b sen publicly connected with the pres- lt-Investigation. v Hon Is \serious yer. Tor laeverai weeEfi restlessness has been observed amona the..rndians, but an outbreak is hardly expected. No unusual preparations have been made for an attack. NEW ADMINISTRATION. ACCEPT8 NEW YORK PASTORATE 1 . 1 Burnham and Eldridge Re-Elscted. After a session in Ne w York last inf two hours the directors of tht Mutual Reserve Life Insurance com pany re-elected Frederick A. Burn- ham president and George D. El- dridge vice president of the company Nine of the 12^ directors were presen' and the vote on the election o£ Burn-, ham and Eldridge is said to hav« Situation XnTHewlTorlc State Is Mixed In a Political Sense. Complete) Change of Personnel For First Time In Many Years—Almost as Radical is the Change In the Leg- islature, Although It Remains In Republican Control. -, Dr. Aked Will- Not Leave Liverpool. Before March. . ~ \~ J Liverpool, Dec. 31.—At'a meeting of Pehiprqke chapel last night, a 'Writ' NEW YORK LEGISLATURE ten communication from Rev..Charles P. Aked ; the pastor, was .read to, the effect that he had decided to accept the call to the Fifth Avenue Baptist church of New York and he therefore placed his resignation in their hands I Albany, Dec, 31. — Inauguration of been close: None of the director! e 0Vernor HugneB and a new atate ad . th« L^T'l M 6 » eetln *K™| ministration, and the opening of the the directors decided to accept Burn , -. , ,, ' ...„„ °. * ,. bam and Eldridge in their old post ! le Si slatlve ' ses3ioi » of 1907 are the feat- tions, notwithstanding they are undei ures of the coming week in Albany, indictment on criminal charges con nected with their administration ol the company's affairs, the ' director!. The Old-Time Bosses Are Con- spicuous by Their Absence. grand circuit trotting meeting ne wTll probably proceed\ to make it. -But It is not unlikely that' Mr. ehanler, not- ing the splendid manner in which thia- EASY DOOR- FASTENERS. Dr. Aked said he did this with mora r.eal regret than he was able'to de scribe. Since his illness four years ago the work at Pembroke chapel, Dr •fAked said, had been too heavy for him! and be was satisfied that he could do { reeling of satisfaction that a majority better work for God and for man than' 0 f the electors of the state of Ne w Executive and Other State Officers • Looking to the People for Approval. Workinginen In Office — Increased Appropriation Needed — A Direct Primaries Law Desired. (Special Correspondence.) Albany, Jan. 2.—It is with no slight refused to re-elect George W. Harper, son of a former president of the com pany, to the treasureship. Remnants of Pontifical Army. The pope on Thursday recelve( the survivors of the disbanded Pontifi- j cal army, in all 517 men, for the ex< j change of Christmas greetings. Hi j thanked them warmly for their pasl j cers of the two houses respectively, services to the church, and regretted : Wednesday, noon—Legislature con- that the condition of the church todaj venes, each house organizes, and re- The program: Monday evening—Inaugural ball in Tenth Regiment armory under au- spices of Sgua.dron A of New York. Tuesday, ll a. m.—Military parade preceding inaugural ceremonies. Tuesday noon—Inaugural ceremon- ies in the assembly chamber, Tuesday, evening — Republican and Democratic caucuses of senate and as- sembly, to select candidates for offl- dld not permit him to aid the defend- ers of the v papacy \as he would like Subsequently the survivors were re celved by Cardinal Merry del Val, th«J papal secretary of\ state, who said: j \You fought with gun and capnon; to- > day I am fighting one of the most im-1 portant battles of the church without. guns and without men, and even with- [ out money. But I a do not despair ol victory; I trust in divine mercy and I the loyalty of the French Catholics.\ ' oeives the first annual message of Governor Hughes. Probable adjourn- I ment of legislature until Wednesday ' evening; Jan. 9. Complete Change of Personnel. When Governor Charles Evans Hughes, Republican, and his Demo- cratic colleagues in the new adminis- tration take the rein's of the.state gov- ernment a complete change of person- nel in the heads of the principal state — I departments will take place'for the Mayer Recommends Pension. ' first time in many years. All the re- Atto'rney General Mayer anhounoed' eenfstate elections, at least since the that* he would report in favor 611 Present constitution has been in force, he had yet done, in a different climate! v 0 rk \have followed the inauguration j and amidst jpore favorable surround- ings. • The Fifth.Avenue church of $ew York had beer* described in England, ... , , , as a' church of millionaires,. Dr. Aked Passion prevails that the new admin- continued, and the people had begun Istration will look to'the people rather to ask' how any man with his record than to party bosses for approval of of Governor Hughes and the induction into office of the various minor offi- cials chosen last November. The im- of democratic sympathies and strug- j Us acts, gles could accept such a pastorate .Inaugural '. Reading the governor's without'a betrayal of his convictions, address and his .first annual message j These fears, he declared, were ground- \ , im p re ssed with the sincerity of ! ed upon a total misapprehension or. the \ ftU ^ he ^ clean . out , earnest , j nature of the church and of the char- \ 7. . . . ' t . „ . acter of its' individual membership. honest in every statement «\» ln th f When they knew the facts as to the Interest of a,ll the people are his varl- church, he said*, they would not regret ous recommendations. No sglf-coh- what he had; done. stituted boss dared suggest a change Dr. Aked. said that he would not | In line or sentence, leave Liverpool before next March, i Without attempting to dictate to the During the l>ast week Dr. Aked re-, legislature the new executive h^s celved several cablegrams from prom- made obviously clear what he believes lnent members of the Fifth avenue, will be for the best interests of the church urging his acceptance of the! commonwealth regarddess of the call. John'D. Rockefeller, it is said/claims of organization or party. The cabled Dr. Aked assuring him a \free' first week of his administration brings hand\ ln his 'work. i to the executive the congratulations of — jthe people regardless of past or pres- RUNAWAY- ELECTRIC CAR. . But political affiliations. - •7^-* [ Bos»es conspicuous by Absence. j Struck a Telegraph Pole and Turned it i 3 a matter of congratulation that Over—30 Injured. ' all the new'state officials from gover- Cinclnnati, Dec. 31.—At least 30 per-, institution has been managed of late, will think a little' differently from those worrying over a possible change. He is as much interested In the suc- cess of the fair, in the breeding of trotting stock, m the profitable and upward progress of ,the institution a s j was his predecessor. No backward movement of what has become of in- terest and .profit to the people will be tolerated by the ne w president. Increased Appropriations Needed. While the rapid and enormous In- crease in state appropriations of late years has been regarded by many citi- zens a s simply scandalous- there Is at least one state department wheiie an increase is imperatively demanded. Every farmer arid dairyman believes the department of agriculture to be, as it really Is, of Incalculable benefit. Since its creation as_ a dairy depart- ment, 22 years ago, the department of agriculture has developed Into one ol the mos,t important branches of tha, state government. The appropriation last year for its work of supervision ] was $257,638. Tnls Is insufficient foj j a department originally created to raise the standard of dairy products but now dealing with various food adulterations, diseases of domestic an. finals, agricultural labor and many other subjects of Interest to the farm. Lack of sufficient funds has greatly hampered the department In its work along certain lines and the needed in- crease should be granted without de- mur. A-Direct Primaries Law, The Utlca Chamber of Commerce is unanimously In favor of the passage of a bill which it has had . prepared providing-for the- seleettea of candid dates by direct vote. Enactment of such a measure would mean, the ahrrft- Only One Kind o* hack, the Expert Burglar Can't Picte; nor to state engineer have made ap- granting a state pension of ?72 per' &»e retained in office one or more of ^\^\SluMd •one rt wfioo. WU1.' Potatiaonfa which may be said to-re-1 month to GeSrge W. Herniman of Buf-1 tne members of the preceding state ad- «°™ o curnayTe a Das ™r- has' ^ct their own ideas as (o fitness and falo. Herniman was a second listen- ministration Of the men in these offl- Xe dledTtto^'wrec^Sunday of a 'capability. That there are many dis^ ' „„* i„ **.„ or«, t * J i_ T I oes durine thn nast two vears. the ex-1 Jilul ' e U1HU . > a tB °; wreojt sunaay oi a, _»._.?. „ ta fni . „. IH< ,., i T Japanese In Hawaii. -A. report on the Japanese in the Ha- waiian islands was,made to the presi- dent by Frank P Sargent, commisslon- '. er of immigration, as a result, of his recent visit to the.islands. Commissioner Sargent expressed the -opinion that there are fewer Japanese in the Hawaiian Islands now than there were two years ago, a greater number having come to. America in that period than arrived In Hawaii. Miki Saito, the Japanese consul gen- eral at Honolulu, intimated to Mr. Sar- gent that the Japanese government. . discouraged Its people from coming to the United States because of its knowl- edge of the conditions existing In this country, especially on. the Pacific -coast. The commissioner found that the •owners of plantations in the Islands are in. serious need of labor and many Japanese are coming to the islands to •iWork on them. He says that It i s the r«ffort of the Hawaiian planters to di- versify their labor so far as may be : possible, not confining it to any one race, but getting people from all quar- ters of the world. -' ant in the 65th regiment and In Juner 1 oes durin S the past two years, the ex 1893, was doing duty at the railroad traordinary election of 1906 left'not yards in Buffalo during a strike. As the result' of injuries' he alleges he sustained at that time, he has since been paralyzed. He applied for a pension, and if his application is ap- proved he will get a back: pension of about $12,000. Ajleged Fdrged Notes Discovered. Following the recent disclosures of alleged forged; paper amounting \to $45,000 among the assets of the collapsed Farmers and Drovers' Na tioh'al \bank at Waynesburg, Pa., it was\ reported that the names oi eight of the directors of the bank were on several of the notes. These di- rectors, it is said, had a conference with Receiver Cunningham; and de- clared that the signatures were for- geries. Mr. Cunningham refused to discuss the matter. Death of President Cassatt, _ Alexander Johnston Cassatt, presl- It ,vdent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Eand one of .the foremost railroad men If. and-financiers in the country, died sud- pidenly at his residence in Philadelphia pr Friday. Mr. Cassatt;* who was j. little 5rmore than 67 years old, was.eitricken | with heart disease and died before is- |S|, Bistance could be given him. He was giwji victim of an acute heart attack. ISifknown professionally as \the Stokes-. ^1 Adams syndrome.\ W\ Pending the election of a successor, M First Vice President Greene will as- |f same charge of the affairs Df the rail- road company. Pf Aside from .being the head of the Vpeansylvaala railroad be was presi- jHteatepfssbfrsotirer companies and a- di- .ji rector\ in 23 concerns, principally fjl** transportation companies^ banks and list companies. His wealth is esti- |gl,_rhated at between $50,000,000 and p \$75 . , \~\ Double Tragedy In a Jail. The Cfiemung county jail at Elmira Ivwas the scene of a tragedy Wednes- Wj'iay night. A woman named Bessie U Wells occupied a cell in the. woman's ^dormitory awaiting sentence on Jan. ffs for abducting a young girl and har- fLhoring her tor immoral purposes. A it man named Frank Delaney, possessing fea .power of attorney from the woman Ji.and who is said to have been lier Elover, called at the jail and, stating TIPteat-ke wished to obtain the woman's. ^Signature to some papers, was shown Into her cell by a guard, who stood §| close by while he conversed with her. p'Suddenly Eelahey passed a bottle of H'Carbblic acid through the bars and ^fcre'ssed a second oae to his own lips. B tTh,elguard sprang upon (she-man but iNvas ito't quick enough, $oth die* be \ II fore a physician could be^called. De- fl lariey was 29 years old arid was a rail- road man. H e opines-•from a respect- j^-ed.&riljy. Murders by Vaqul Indians. Retails of Yaqui Indians' outbreak in Saturday at Lancho, Mex., on the CaHanea, Yaqui River & Pacific rail- road, in which eight Mexicans were killed and several tent houses burned, nay that no AnUBrlcans were killed hut tiSst only the timely arrival of the \ wbrto train trtth a larg^t crew of la- ' borers BttVed Foreman Thompson and 'MB wife from being Wiled. Reports .from the same Ticinlty tell of raur- *M» and outrages perjietrated hy the *»««!•: Thursday and Friday mints *h* *iotlm5 are all Mfflttoana, win . ..mttm taken hy aurprtoe In -tt*W. -;!*»%•». 'It la reported that the jltu* o Whalen's-Appointments. Secretary of State-elect John Wha- len announced his appointments on Thursday night as follows: First deputy, James L. Whalen of Roches- ter; second deputy,\ M. A. Fitzgerald, Brooklyn; cashier, Charles Lowy, New York; stenographer to secretary, James J. Neville, Syracuse; assist- ant fo first deputy, E. H. Bates, Utica; f assistant cashier, O. A. Brower, Am- sterdam; confidential clerk, Hugh Hackett. Hicks Star of \Freak\ Show. Miner Hieks whose sudden rise to notoriety through his entombment of 15 days made him the object of many show offerst'-has been engaged by N. J. Schmidt 1 , of Berkeley at a salary of $500 pe\r week for one year. The first exhibition will be given in Bakers- field, Cal., this week. Harry Llnyllle> prominent\ in the rescue work, has been engaged to act as lecturer, and two of the miners also will be taken along. • . Consolidation of FactorUi. Papers were signed In NewYork for the purchase by the International Time Recording Co. df Binghamton Mership, to which was last elected Ot of the $5.00j000 of stock of the Day Re- corder company of Syracuse. It was Stated that the factory in Syracuse will be closed, and the plant will.be moved to Endicott, a suburb of Bing- hamton, where a large factory building will he erected at once to accommo- date the combined business. - on Warsaw appointed applicants for positions in ' the various counties of the state, and Moreover, savteg oplyiire -governor- ship itself, the administration under- goes a complete change of party poli- I tics. Every other one of the new ad- ministration, including the lieutenant governor, was elected on the tickets of the Democratic party and 'the Inde- pendence League. During the 12 years since 1894 these I officers have invariably been Repub-! lican, with the single exception of at- torney general, which office was occu- pied for one term beginning JauT 1, 1903, by John Cunneen of Buffalo, fiemoerat, whose election wa s attrib- uted to the fact that his name was also on the Prohibition ticket. * Almost as radieal is the change in the legislature, although it .remains in Republican control. The majority of that party in each house is materially reduced and more than a majority of the members of each house win *5e new men best-known and veteran members of both houses failed either of nomina- tion or of election in the political de- velopmepts of last fall. The following .table shows the political complexion of the new legislature as compared with that of the two preceding: Complexion of Legislature. Senate. Party, ' , 1907. 1906, who-is sjxnsSu be triad for the murder of Stanford - White, Dr. Hamilton, \who some time ago examined Thaw, said: j 'Thaw 4s in a dangerous predicament. | It is the first time in the history of our | A large proportion of the-j-country'that a lunatic wants to try his i own case. In my opinion Thaw Is worse than Czolgosz. I think that Dls-1 trlct Attorney Jerome would accept a; plea of insanity.\ Dr. Hamilton said he met Thaw's half brother in London '. m * ny *.' 36 14 107 36 7 1905. 36 14 104\ 46 Republicans 31 Democrats 19 Independent Rep, ... 1 ' Assembly. Republicans 98 DeWcrats 50 Independents 2 Geographically, the governorship shifts from Olean, Cattaraugus coun- ty, In the southwestern corner of the state, to New York city; the . lieuten- ant governorship moves up the Hud' son from New York city to Red Hook,. Dutehess county; the secretaryship of state, held since 1893 By men from this edge of the state, passes from Clinton county back to Rochester, whence caiae Frederick Cook, who held the offiee^om--188& to 1889. The comptrol- to Kelsey of Livingston, will go to \an Albany \man; The ,new treasurer and engineer' are both from 'Long Island, succeeding respectively .men from Ni- agara in the west arM Columbia in the east. runaway electric car Avenue hill. , , , , - , _ __. . Theimotormandiseevered-afcthetop' some few disgruntled local bosses • of the hilj that he had lost control ot, Boes without saying. A party out of ( the car and tried to use the emergency .Power for 12 years obligates itself to.; brakes but they failed. The car ran,^any aspiring individuals in every as- away for five blocks, struck a tele- •embly district. To care for them all graph pole and .turned over. fiP°n sudden a °d unexpected e eva- The passengers were thrown out. A'\on t o flower Is >»P°«»We. Besides passenger by| operating the brake. 6n , each newly-inducted official feels that the rear platform reduced the speed ,ae i s called upon to bear not only the of the car materially before it left the. responsibilities of his office but the ( track. Several of the injured may, burden of showing to the opposlUoa ( dle • that his party is capable of discharging ' '• , with fidelity and honor the duties de- -.. ... -u /. • • volving upon It through its successful Thaw Worse Than Czolfloaz. • JJ^,\ Patronage occasionally New York* Dec. 31.—Dr. A. MoI<ane' makeg me^jjut it more frequently un- Hamilton, th* alienist, returned from mall . eg part y organizations, a trip .to London on the steamship Garonia. Speaking of Harry K J . Thaw, No Shadows at the Capitol. There are no'Iurking shadows at tha state Capitol these days.- No ambi- tious boss occupies the room of the lieutenant governor to? direct' each move of the majority of the senate, in- sisting upon legislation for selfish ends. No Interference with the assem- bly as to its choice of a presiding offi- cer.. The aTmosphere and the lobby are clearer than they have been in and he understood that all of the pris-1 oner's brothers and sisters were In j favor of his- being taken care of but! that Thaw won over his mother to his . Most of those who forgot, their con-_ stltuencies in a questionable struggle\ for self are this year absent from the senate. There Is a realization that it eoine to trial I ls best to acoede t0 tne demaniis ot 6 -- 6 _^ the people and inaugurate much-need- » j n^.i LU . » „ J e3 reforms. Members of the two Aaed. Philanthropist Dead. L^ nQ mger . VTamg , lty msMbatB London. Dec. 31.—Baroness 'Burdett-1 to party hee i erg railway transports- Coutts, who has been_ ill at her Lon- ' tlon The who i e po ntical situation ap- -don residence since Dec. 24, died last pear3 to frg-eSangrffg tor the bettor, nl Sht. \• muo ii to tbe satisfaction of those who The death of the baroness at the ar6 attra cted to politics more as a ripe age of 92 years besides depriving matter of principle than as a means the country of one of its greatest and ! 0 j p ro m. most famous philanthropists, removes from London a unique .personality and an interesting social figure. Her life Worklngmen In Office Secretary of State Whalen has se— *»„ h1*7 «?«TfXr • • ;- £ looted .a union labor staff to aid hi m was a link with the past, for she was <, .. _ u „ _,„„ t .„. j„ t ,„„ „. ,,,,, „«,„„ »>«-„ j,„t„~ *K„ .„i»™^ „« -ci~ »T„ I In discharging the duties of hjs office. born during the reign of Emperor Na-1... VJ __f .r J„I-~ i„ •„ ^„«„„ _i T J .1. it J J . ,t i His object in so doing is to demon- poleon I and she lived during the \„„ . ;,,„ „,,„,*„ „, •?„ „,,_„„ ,„ _„i~_ _* o - TI iti-i- < - r i strate the. ability of the workman in reigns. of five British sovereigns. In-1 - - - v — - — beriting an immense fortune sh e so public office. He proposes t o exert all' m* « a s to die beloved by thewnole T«! - 'f^^fT^^^J^ nation Two Trainmasters Killed. Troy, Dec. 31. — F. T. Carstensen man of today is a s capable of assuming the responsibilities of state govern- ment, as any other citizen. Mr. Wha- len states that his plan 13 t o so con- duct the affairs of the office that the and Michael Manning, assistant man-j W i s hes of-.the people shall be carried agers of the New York. Central rail- |. ou t and the office be made a place, of road, were killed at the Livingston , business instead of the home of graft, i Avenue crossing in Albany Saturday j During the past year the business of i The new governor, lieutenant gov- night, being struck by an engine while . the office of the secretary of state has 'ernbr and attorney general are law- standing on the track conversing., materially increased, necessitating In fyers; the comptroller is a newspaper Apparently they were discussing their . future a much larger clerical force. lorlithr, th» Mu.roK.r* .of *>.*» 6 '\>>«>•• duties and did not notice locomotive Th e receipts of the office are more President's Turkey Hunting Trip, 'editor th e secretary of state a tobac : President Roosevelt's^ hunt across, »•> manufacturer and trades uniofti3t, Hardware river, a half dozen miles the treasurer a baker and the engi- from\ the, * Roosevelt hunting lodge, neer and surveyor^ as the law requires, near Charlottesville, Va., was fruitless Df results so far as wild, lurkey were concerned. The only trophies were a few birds encountered on the return trip. The, president's hunting party in- cluded Surgeon ^Jerieral Sixey s Joseph Wilmer, Keimit Roosevelt and Lieu- tenant Hanmer. Great Storm In Europe. It is many y^ars since Central Eu- rope has suffered, so severely f from snow, cold and_storms as it did Christ- mas week. \From France;,- Selgiuaf, Switzerland, Germany and Austria-Hun-- gary the same tale, is repeated of in- terruptibn of all communication, loss oi life and general jUscontfort in towns •as well as cour^y*-aBtrIcts. Colonel Mann Acquitted. hTe jury in the case of Colonel WH1- the jury in the case of dotonel 'Win- charged with perjury, Friday night re* turned a verdict of acquittal. The •|nry wag oat four hour*. TtxKMVonHwiiwinBuili a civil engineer. With reference to experience in pub- lic office, the heiw governor, Mn Hughes; and the secretary of state, Mr. Whalen, have no records In that respect. Mr, G-lynn, comptroller, terved one term in cohgriess (1898-99); Mr. Ghanier, lieutenaiit governor, has been su'pervlsdr in Dutchess county; Mr* Jacksonj attorney general, is a former assistant district attorney of Brie epuhty; Mr. Skene was engineer of Queen's borough and Mr. Ilauser has been town clefTTaiia' supervispr in his home town of \tsflp. Famine Relief Freight Free .Washington, Deo. '31.-^-A dispatch \ ^ther. addressed to the president was rei celved at the White House from B H. Harrlman stating that he would trans- port free of Charge all supplies for Chinese famine sufferers. The tree transportation is to begin at San Fran- cisco and end at Wu Sung; which is the port for Shanghai and Hong Kong. This iaformatlSn was sent to the »tate department and the American Red Crosa. ' ... . '. -Tou can't bond your cqok-^DUt jpcf can insure! good meals by buying her a tied Cross Range. So easy to under, stand and alwayi^ reliable. ' At your tealer'a, . „• -'. •-.—• -'..\• No. 38 backing down the track.. Man | than $26,000 In excess of those of. nlrig met instant death, the wheels of |\i906. In view of this one fact alohe the engine passing over the trunk of .. th-a new secretary wilt probably be his bddy. Mr. Carstensen besides be- given a larger appropriation for the tng cut and bruised about the b.odyhad , conduct of the office. both legs and one arni ^severed. He died on the way to the, hospital In an anAalanca \ ' Girl Suicide Is identified* Ackley, la., Dec. Sl.-HCbe body of the young woman who hanged herself Bee, g6 from a railway bridge over Beaver^ Creek, nras identified as. that of Daisy Booker, 27 years old, daugh- ter of Henry Booker, a retired farmer of Greenfield, ia. The girl was em- ployed In Chicago a year Agojtii a State street dry goods store. The body was taken to Greenfield by her Blackmail Drives to Crime. Madison, Wis,, Dec. 31.—J. Ogden Morse, former piano* dealer and prom- inent here, pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to Waupun prison tortwo years, it haa developed that Moiwj*as the victim ota hiackmalier, and was drlren to forgery. H e was arrested in Montana, where he was publishing a weekly paper. Brooklyn Legislators For Brooklyn. • It is expected that members of sen- ate and assembly from Brooklyn, ir- respective of party affiliations; will work together harmoniously during the present session for the needs of that \growing borough. A united pol- t Willi it i s expected, be* nassnett in effort to secure real rapid transit. At a recent conference of these repre- sentatives it wa s decided to have iramedL such a legislative bin las would meet the desires of the people, commend it t o the two houses: of the legislature and t o the favor of Govef- npi\ Hughes. Any person who has ever tried to reach. Brooklyn during a rush hour concedes the-necessity for an Im- provement in the matter ofjiot only 'rapid but comfortable transportation for thousands of citizens ln the me- tropolis. '., Breeders Need Not Worry. No citizen interested In the New York State Fair need have any appre- hension'as to the future, of that pros- <&rnnfl institution because Lieutenant Wfernor Chattier beoomes presiaein by virtue of his office. If he deems a change In management will inure to the beat interests of the fair »nd Its tion of city and coufity conventions Candidates would be selected at but. one caucus and that big enough to take- in every man entitled to cast a vote on election day,' no matter what his politics may be, All nominations for public office in county, city, town and village, excepting only state senators and assemblymen, would be made by direct vote at the primaries. A law like the one proposed would mean two entire days, from 6:30 in the morning to 7:30 in the evening* devoted to reg- istration, and Immediately after the act of registration, the citizen, no matter what his polities, can then and there cast a secret ballot, the same as oa election day, for all or any of .the candidates he wants nominated. Many Automobile Measures. There are in course of preparation quite -a number of measures designed to affect the operation of automobiles on the highways. Owners, organiza- tions and interests affected hope that these bills may be combined into one fair and equitable-law which will set- tle the matter for a few years at least Efforts have been made during the last two sessions to provide some sort of tax on automobiles, giving' the pro- ceeds for the maintenance of the high- ways. Last winter considerable pro- gress wa s made but the measure was opposed by those who believe that to o much advantage would be given to the owners of machines. This year it Is proposed to insert in- ohe-of the auto- mobile bills a plan for the payment of an annual registration fee of from $3 to $5 for each car. This; would glye the state from $75,000 to $100,000 a year as an automobile tax. Other propositions are a better means of ' Identification of owners and speed reg- ulation. . • i • .\ Savings Bank Government. The many savings bank depositor\! throughout the state will be interested In a bill to be introduced this session conferring upon them tlie right to elect the trustees of the Institutions. It Is said that the bill is obviously a dose Imitation of the Armstrong in- surance-legislation, by which it was endeavored to give the policy holdera of mutual insurance companies the control of their officers. It has been sugestedj however r that-the- apparent failure of policy holders at the recent insurance election to use their fran- chise may .act as a deterrent to the framing of any more legislation based, on the idea of effective activity either of policy holders or depositors. Taxation of Branch Houses. Members of the legislature are to be asked to favor the passage of a-1 biil providing for the taxation ofJ branch i houses or stores of business ' concerns. The proposed measure Is' advocated by many who believe that 'branch: stores dr ether btaneh busP\ Hess enterprises which are competing with local business interests, having equal rights for fire protection, police protection and other interests,, should hot be exempt from taxation by tBe city or town in which they exist and Only pay taxes whore the headquarters: are. located. Th e bill will have the ac- tive support of many members la both branches of the legislature; Probable Committee Chairmanships. It is predicted that Edwin A. Mor- ritt of St. Lawrence will get the' chairmanship' of the assembly com- mittee on railroads. Assemblyman Yale of Putnam will be made chair- man of gas, electricity and water supV ply. Jean Li Burnett of Ontario may ; be chairman of the^cities committee, although there is a strong .effort mak- ing to have a New York city matt; namea for the position. Assembly- man Prentice of New York will prob- ably be chairman of the ruleB com- mittee. Jesse Phillips of Allegany and Gfiarles W. Mead of Albany both, want to head, tha judiciary committee. \Tb.*ro'a only one lock in, the world that I can't ope.n if you!ll gh e me a few minutes at it, and a s for ordinary door and drawer locks, Fll. open them as easily as If there was no lock there. Any expert burglar can d o the same.\- The 'foregoing statement was mad»\ by an experienced locksmith of Kan- sas City. \Few persons know' how\ insecuw their homes are,\ he continued \Fewl persons, realize that the average lock te absolutely worthless for keeping out an experienced burglar. Th e ordinary door lock Is good for nothing but re- minding casual business or social call- ers that they must ring to be admitted. None of tlese ordinary 'door fasten- ers,' ana that's the best you can call_ lliepj, will defer a burglar two whole minutes. If there's no key in the lock, he soon fits one to it. If there is a key in the lock, he inserts a pair of pinch- ers and in ten seconds has it opened. Understand me, X am speakiiig pf th» experienced burglar. The clumsy bur- glar is the one who gets ia trouble. He'll fumble around with a lock until somebody hears him; 'There ls only one unpickable look made. That's tH» six pin lock useti by the government. It will defy any expert. There are six- little steel pins in the lock, whichc have to be, raised just a certain dis- tance to open it. ^Some of the pins ar e one-fourth'of an inc°h long* and somer of them a half inch. If one o f the pins lacks even' a hairbreadth of being raised the'proper distance, the lock will not open. It baffles all, the ex- perts.\ *Thls locksmith is so expert he can open the majority of safes by putting his ear -to the ooiahtnnttoa^nd-ltsteTp— lng to' how the \tumblers -click Into ~ plaoo as he turns it I Intended nt one time to be a bur- gla\r locksmith declares,' \I had It all planned out—even had a set of burglar's tools \made Then I decided thut honesty was the best.policy, and I stuck, to my \rade.\-^Kansas City Star. THE SHREW MOUSE,, Some QuQcr Supcratttlona About » , Harmleiia Xiittle Animal, The shrew, dr shrew mouse,, as It la commonly called, is found in nearly all parts of the world. It Is distinguished by an elongated, pointed muzzle, small cy.es , plantigrade, six toed feet and glands that secrete a musky fluid At- \ together it closely resembles a mouse, but it i s really not related to the mouse- family. » When at home it 1B either under: a pile of rubbish or ln a hole which It has burrowed in the earth It Is nocturnal In its habits, but perfectly harmless, yet at one time it was much disliked and persecuted because it was thought to be a dangerous, miBChlevotw* animal. Among the Italians the notion was prevalent tha* the bite\ of a shrew was extremely poisonous. The French and the English believed that if a shrew ran over nn animal's foot the animal felt great pain and eventually became paralyzed; hence if a. horse, a cow or a goat became a little stiff In its limbs the foolish people at once declar- ed it \shrew struck;\ and the poor shrews had to suffer in consequence. Of course the \shrew struck\ animal had to have something to cure It, s o an ash tree was selected, and a deep- ___ hole was bored into Its trunk; Theni a ~ shrew was, orptured, put alive Into tbw hole-, 'the hole was securely plugged, and the-lnnocent Jittle anlroftl was, left ( to die of starvation. ? The ighorant believed that after such' an act the ash tree had power to cure \shrew struck\ animals, and whenever an animal beeaTHe inactive or a little humb In its limbs, its owner hurried to the \shrew ash,\.€ut a switch from It and switched the vghrew struck\ beast. The smarting caused- by the switching naturally made the helpfesg animal move\~abo&t as mucn as it possibly - could, and i n a short time it was pro- nounced cured, . ... • «rut the Oae for SUM, . HoweH—I proposed to a girl.last night and -was rejected. Powell—Yon ought to try'her agaln^ A girl as sensi- ble as that would make you a good wlfe.-'New York Press. A Gallant .Highwayman. A highwayman recently held up a gasoline runabout on the outskirts of Rome. The litghwnyraaH Stopped the runabout with a shot In the air Then he ran forth from the tomb that bad concealed him—the holdup happened on the Appian Way—and found to his sur- prise only a woman in th'e little car \Where madam, Ps Jour, husband?\ he demanded sternly and suspiciously. \He's under the seat,\' sh e answered, flushing, *' \Then the highwayman, ''t- will take nothing. '.'It's bad enough \to have a \husband like'that without betog_ robbed into the bai\g\ato.'\ Evolution of Chemistry. The first chemists, were; the alchem- ists, wh o for hundreds of years -vainly Wed-to tnake gold, by compounding va- rious chemicals. Chemistry wa s intro-\^ duced into Spain by the Moors iu 1160, and the Chinese and Egypti'ans o clalmed an. early neiprointsnce with ft, \Howev- er, chemistry was not a science until the .seventeenth century\. r fitwihaave was thfe first? to- combine the study of chemistry with inedioine-, and since then its evolution has beeri rapid. -?• '..,'• ' - -/*. i A Bad Cm*. \Whatrs the matter,-TdjentT'-asked the doctor's wife.., \Are you worried about Mt. ¥d6rley.'s case.r* » \Yes.\ replied the doctor. \And is there no hopei 0 '•Very little, He^sayslie doesn't ex* pect !to leave enongh.to pay morejtbjtt, one-third of \my fitBi-Attiwera. _' / The consciousness, of \clean linen ia of itseT|^sonr*e^^mor*t-stii»ngth »«*» ond. <ply to thai, of a,,cleatt;c«n«;l»Bic* •—Phelps. .--••>'• Distrust l« the mother o> jtewiftb- UFottUln*. .*_.'.;; T •\. • / : \ * ? : «v;^;\5.*fc »£ *^9 • • .•; i r l \-' , ,-«---*-;;-''f.'. & • -• •• V*ii:'-)-i'.!,;\fiV.v-'
