Newark Silversmith Left Note Say-ing He Feared Insanity.

Under peculiar circumstances, Frank Mauser,rixty-three years old, formerly head of the

r Silverware Company, of Newark, diedeuddf-nly last nlsrht in the Frank E. Campbellundertaking establishment, at No. 241 West 23dEtreet. As he fell unconscious to the floor,a note* dropped from his hand, in which the man said ho«raa afraid h» was going crazy and ask<-rj thati-evr-raJ matters !>*• attended to when he died.

Coroner Khrady was unable to Rt;iw- whether

ft not the man had committed sulcid*. An au-t«p*y* will b*5 performed t"-'iay.

The superintendent of the establishment sawthe man walking up and down in front of theplarp. Finally, the man started through thed»or, and then went out again to the side-

walk. The Pnperintond'-nt asked him what li»

wanted and followed him into the nfn<-e. TheS'jp'rint^nd-nt took off his coat and th« mandid th«> fame. A moment lat»r lie fen forwardUnconscious. Th«" superintendent lifted him to

\u25a0 table, and th»n hurriedly summoned Dr. J. H.Patrick, of No 33 n>st 'J3d street, and Dr. W.

J.• -

•<•\u25a0 of.No. 227 Weft 234 street. They

forked ovr the man for more than an hour,

hut »ere unable to rerive him.The note which dropped from his hand read:"My nerves are in a terrible condition. Iam

\u25a0frsid 111 get crazy."

His Ankle Sprained, He WillNot Be Able

to Play Against Giants.[ByT>l»*niph to The Tribunal

New Haven. April Captain "Tad" Jonas oftke Tale baseball nine Is crippled. He sprained hisaa«M sliding to first in th«; game against Tuftsyesterday and willbe unable to play in New York"\u25a0morrow, when Yale opens the Hew York season.ll" Bill be laid up a fortnight.

As MeOraw offered Jones a big salary to siKn\u25a0m the Slants, his absence will be regretted by"\u25a0• National leaguers. Sweeney will take bis*••*• Uhiud the bat.

CAPTAIN TAB 1 JONES HURT.

TWO FATALLY HURT IN RUNAWAY.(By Telegraph to The Tilbune.)

Oiarlottcsville, Va. April Mrs. Allan R.Kauckel, wife of Judge Nauckel, of Norfolk, andher mother. Mrs. Robertson, were fatally injured in• runuway accident to-day, Mm. NauckiTs dress'J'-Slii on the step of the vehicle. and

*she was**r«C««4 some dUtanee, fracturing; her ukull. It Is"'

t ii>-.'i<i\Kl that either of the women will live.

MEETING LAST XIGHT\ .1

State Chairman Woodruff presided at the iioj«-

sion of the committee last night at th» statsheadquarters. No. 12 East 20th street. The firstthing up for discussion was th« contest in th»Ist District of Niagara, where the Merritt-Wadsworth men fought a drawn battle with th»Porter- Stevens men. John A.Merritt, of Lock-port, la the state committeeman from the dis-trict, and on his request tfie Merritt-Wadsworthdelegates were placed on the temporary roll.The contest will be further thrashed out to-daybefore the committee on credentials.

The greater part of the time last night wasgiven to the Halpln-Page contest in the 13thAssembly District of this city. Mr. Page justsqueezed through with a victory over WilliamHahn in the 13th Assembly District, Mr.Ha.i iand Mr. Page were thus thrown into the lltixCongress District.

Last night Mr. Hatpin said that the county

committee had not credited him with the num-ber of votes In the district convention he wasentitled to. He said that, according to the re-turns, his district had polled 4,529 voted, whii*the county committee people credited him with,

only 4.441. This difference meant a loss of on^df'egate in tho district and gave the control toth • Parsons men. Ex-Governor Odell. ho at-tended the meeting last night, argued the jusi.-, •

of Mr.Hatpin's cause, and said that he was en- :titled to his seat in the state committee. Th*state committee decided the other way. aiv! ,Commissioner Pago will therefore succeed Mr.Halpin in the state committee.

President Parsons and Henry E. O*Bri»n werv-brought into the debate last night as defenders r-

,of the apportionment, Mr. Parsons assuring tin

THE RESOLUTIONS.

The resolutions to be presented to-day willIn-

dorse the administrations of President Rooseveltand Governor Hughes, but, following the usualcustom, there will be no reference to specific

state or local issues.Representative J. Sloat Fassftt brought wit!».

him from Washington a draft of these resolu-tions. They have been looked over by those.actively engaged in the interests of GovernorHughes and pronounced satisfactory.

Mr. Fass.'tt said regarding them: "I havabeen considering the resolutions in Washing-

ton and they •will be found satisfactory to all. Ithink. The administrations of Governor Hughes

and President Roosevelt are strongly indorsedand the indorsement for Governor Hughes forPresident is as strong as the indorsement ofGovernor Morton made by the Republican con-vention some years ago and for Roosevelt in

Is*>4, if not stronger. Ido not believe ther«will be any well defined opposition to the pro-gramme' of the convention, though among somany delegates some opposition may developduring the proceedings."

State Senator Horace White, of Onnniajru

has been stated for chairman of {he commltt?*on resolutions, which willdraw up th« platform*containing thA indorsement for th» Presidentialcandidate. Th« platform will declare for %revision of the tariff la row existing i«-nnnmis

condition?. This platform will in * sUrhtmeasure forecast th» larger platform that willbe adopted at tbe Republican Stat* Conventionheld in th» fall to nominate candidates for the>state, ticket.

Commit tec tit Re-elect WoodruffsTrouble Over Big Four

Settled.Surface indications at the meeting; of the

Republican State Committee last night pointed

to the indorsement of Governor Hughes as the

choice of thl3 state for the Presidency, withonly a few opposing votes, when the state con-vention meets to-day at Carnegie Hall.

That there would be some opposition to the)

Hughes instruction was foreshadowed last nightby State Chairman Woodruff, when, in answerto a question he said:

"There may be a few who will oppose In-structions for Hughes."

The phraseology of the Instructions will b«'

practically like those in IMOtS for Governor Mor-ton, when the New York delegates favored, himfor President. They will instruct the delegates

-to "present the name of Governor Hughes at th«national convention and use all honorable)

means to bring about his nomination."'Trouble is looked for from the delegates from,

the 10th Congress District, controlled by Will-lain L. Ward, the New York member of thenational committee. The l!KhDistrict conven-tion practically Instructed Mr. Ward and JohnK. Andrua to vote for Taft. "When Mr. Wardwas asked last night about the intentions ofthe Westchester delegates he said:

'I cannot tell what they will do. "We shallhold a caucus at the Hotel Manhattan at 1Oo'clock to-morrow morning, and Iwill notundertake to say what the delegates will de-cide to do."'

-.*'\u25a0*

TO RE-ELECT WOODRUFF.State Chairman Woodruff will be re-elected

at a meeting of the new state- committee, which p

will assemble fallowing; the adjournment of thestate convention this afternoon. The voteprobably will be unanimous.

A rupture over the make-up of th« list ofdelegates-at-large was narrowly averted yester-day. The list is as follows: General Stewart L.

*

Woodfonl. president of the Hughes NationalLeague; Mayor Seth Low. Frederick H. Hal-

zard. of Syracuse, \u25a0 college mate of th« Gov- Ternor, and Colonel K. H. Butler, of Buffalo.

This plate did not suit Edward F. Cragin. :chairman of the executive committee of theHughes State League. John E. Mltholland andA. B. Humphreys, who have been active in th«Hughes league. Mr. Cragin t Id Mr. "Woodruffth.it the league would not accept the slate andwould show its resentment by opposing It Inopen convention to-day.

State Chairman Woodruff virtually told Mr.Cragin that if the Hughes league people at-tempted anything of the sort the conventionwould drop the four men mentioned and namefour other men. and that the friends of Gov-ernor Hughes would have to tak« their chanceson th«» convention sending four Taft delegates.

TMa threat settled the Insurrection.The state committee decided against William

Halpin and in favor of Charles B. Page In th»loth District contest. This will give Halpin fiv^delegates instead of sis and it willdeprive him

of control of the district delegation. H<» will b«dropped from the state committee.

The state committee decided to put the namesof the Wadsworth-Merritt delegates from Nia-gara County on the temporary roll. This willcompel the iVrter \u25a0tews delegates to fight for

their seats before the committee on credentials.

mi:\ i!. tin:n however.

orrosnios from ward

WILL XAME IIKHIESAS STATE'S CHOICE

ANNAPOLIS GRADUATION. JUNE 5.Washington. April 10.—June » has been fixed

as graduation 'lay for the midshipmen at th*Ma\ al Academy.

Ohio Interests Object to Acquisition ofRight of Way from Wabash.

[HyTelegraph to Th*TrlVuv..-1

IMttdburg. April10.—Itbecume known horo to-tlavthat the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Imsclosed a deal with B. A. Worthington. vice-presi-dent of the Wubush Railroad, for the entire rightof way from Steubenville. Ohio, to Midland? Perm,embracing thirty-live miles on the north bank oftho Ohio River. This right of way in strictlyPennsylvania Railroad territory was obtained someyears ago by Joseph Ramsey, president of thaWabash. who had arranged to spend 52.800.000 on aline to parallel the Pennsylvania lines and com-pete for the business of the potteries* and plp»plants of the upper Ohio Valley.

Committees of angry citizens have been sent toColumbus and Harrisburg to ask that the newdeal be set aside, it being alleged that possible• Is now killed.

P. R. R. GETS VALUABLE LINK.

The case was formally ea'led. and after Hmnames of the plaintiffs had been called it was ex-plained that they were dead and that the legalsteps were being taken to extinguish a ground rentcreated in 1713. The original deed was in the nameof Ann Tell and remained as an incumbrance onthe property.

Although Dead 150 Years, She AppearsTechnically inPhiladelphia Suit.

Philadelphia. April 10.- Though they have beendead for oca hundred and fifty years. WilliamAubrey and I.^titia Aubrey, daughter and son-in-law of William Fenn. wore plaintiffs in a ea*w be-fore Judse Ferguson here to-day. Th» defendantwere Ann Tell and the Philadelphia Trust, SafeDeposit and Insurance Company, \u25a0 trustees of anestate.

PENN'S DAUGHTER PLAINTIFF.

At the Hotel Bataonl it was said that Mr.Hunt lived there with his wife. , v

The undertaker. S. M. Hook, of No. TM Kighthavenue, gavo Mr.Hunt's address as "unknown

"

At the sanatorium It was said the man's deathbad been hastened by the fact that on March 21he had been hit by a trolley car.

On this date, whtle crossing Eighth avenue, at53d street, shortly before 3 o'clock in the morn-ing Mr. Hunt waa knocked down by a car. Ho•was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where he re-fused to remain, and he went to the Hotel Rol-mont. He became worse, and Dr. C. H. Rich-ardson, of No. 33»> Lexington avenue, and F^.B. Farrjuhar Curtis, of No. 'J7 East \u2666xid street,

were called in. They advised bis removal to

Dr. Bull's sanatorium. Mr. Hunt gradually

Tilled while in the sanatorium and died shortlyafter noon yesterday.

Manufacturer Lives Several Dajis

After Car Accident.Immediately following th<* repor 1

death of Kdgar A. Hunt, ftfty-three j

retail glove manufacturer, livingat the HotelBelmont. at the coroner's office, yesterday after-

noon. Coroner AcritelH and the police of theWest 30th street station started an Investiga-tion, which they had not flni*#ied late last night.

The man died InOr. W. T.Bull's private san <-

torium. No 33 East 33d street, and the caaa was

reported by an undertaker to the eotOSM r soffice.

DIES IX SAXATORIUM.

The ruling defines the language in Section 91of th« present tenement house law as meaning

that the ceilings of basements must bo four feetsix inches above the level of the street, and not.the level of the courtyard In the rear, as many

builders have Interpreted in erecting flathouses.apartment houses and tenement houses comlnewithin the provisions of the tenement house law.

Mr.O'Brien said that not only did the decisionapply to buildings erected since- 1901. when thenew law went into effect, but to all other tene-

ment bouses), and by that was meant apartmenthouses and flat houses erected prior to IMIwould have to have their basement apartment*at lenst nine feet Inheight from floor to ceiling,and the latter must bo at least two feet abovethe- level of the street.

Court Holds Theji Can't Live in

Basements zcith Lore Ceiling*.

In sustaining the Tenement Uonae Commis-sioner, who refused to approve plans for the in-

stallllngof Janitors' apartments in the taSMMSttaof fifteen tenement booses in 140th street, be-tween Seventh and Ktghth avenues, th" Appel-

late Division handed down a ruling yesterday

which willmeiOi the ousting .if thousands of jan-

itors from their basement dwellings all over thucity. It willmean, said John P. o'Bri. n, Asstet-ant Corporation Counsel, counsel to th* Tene-ment IIWISS Department, that tenement BOOMowners, and flat and many .so-called apartment

hrnis* landlords as well, will have to provide

quarters for their Janitors m apartments otherthan in the basement, where th<» ceiling ol th«l>aaement i.s not at least four and a half feetabove the level of the street.

JANITORS MUST MOVE UP.

Deutsch was a real estate operator. He livedat No. 19 East 105th street. The letter, whichcame from San Francisco, is supposed to havecontained news of the failure of a Western busi-ness deal. He received itabout four days ago.and after reading it tore It up. He refused to

tell the contents to his wife. Since then he

had been despondent.

Mysterwmt Missive Makes RealEstate Man Despondent.

Simon Detrtseh, .-»oon after receiving a myste-

rious letter, walked Into his bedroom yesterdayioid blew his brains out.

SUICIDE AFTER LETTER.

The. condition of Sir Henry has underirone aserious change in the last twenty-four hours.

Serious Change for Worse inFormer

Premier's Condition.Tjnndon. April10.

—Sir Thomas Barlow, physi-

cian to King Edward's household, and Dr. Ber-trand Dawson, physician extraordinary to hi?najesty, were called Into consultation with SirHenry Campbell-Bannermans regular physician *this afternoon. The gravity of the former Pre-mier's condition was shown by the issue of abulletin this evening. It Bald:

Sir Henry had a quiet day, but there is noimprovement Inhis symptoms. Although he ha*had comparatively little sufferingr, he Is veryweak.

SIR HENRY FAILING.

SENSATIONAL TIMES PREDICTED.

Legislators and politicians here predict thatthe special election, Ifthe racing forces do notprevent It by their threatened appeal to thecourts, will produce conditions many times asspectacular as those attending the nominationof Senator Franchot. with Its deadlocked con-vention for days, and the special train whichconveyed hi« certificate of nomination to Albany

just at the last moment when it could be re-ceived. There is a bitter factional fight In thatCongress district between the Stevens-Porterand Merritt-Wadsyvorth forces.' Senator Fran-ehot wos elected by a small majority. Assem-blyman Kzgleston. of Orleans County, last au-

Cont Luuccl on second pax*. ,

«;nv»rnor Hughes had th* entire subject underconsideration with his legal adviser before heissued th« call for the special election. Tits

friend* believe that aJI thes« vl«ws must hay»

been considered by him before he determined tocall this election. They know that be realizesthe importance of being right in every detail ofthis procedure, on which may depend th« successof his Important legislation. They know, too,

how important the Governor deems the electionof the right kind of man, from the fact that hipractically has decided to make a few speechesin Niagara and Orleans counties preceding andduring the campaign. It is interesting to noto

that the Senate Committee on Privileges andElections stands 4 to 3 in the Governor's favor.

Assemblyman Charles F. Foley, Democrat, ofLockport, and W. Levell Draper. Republican, ofWilson, Niagara County, are considerably exer-

cised over another legal problem. Each is a pos-sible candidate for the nomination as Senator,providing they llnd that they under the lawmay resign from the Assembly to try for anotheroffice in the Legislature.

"We needn't tak» that up now, though." liesaid. "We can wait until this election is heldand then seat the son of a gun If we want to.

All the preliminary discussion would better beleft to the, Court of Appeals."

Still another view of the situation was pre-

sented by Assemblyman Merritt. majority leaderof the lower house, who declared that, as he readthe decision of the Court of Appeals, an electionto choose, a successor to Senator Franchot mustbe a general utate. election, not held, solely in th<*district which elected Mr. FVanrhot.

"Under th*t decision Ihold that th* Senatorsd« facto represented not on» district, but the en-tire state," said h».

RAINES BELJEVBB GOVERNOR RIGHT.

Senator John Kaines, majority leader, heldthat the Governor waa probably right in hisviews of the constitutionality of electing a suc-cessor to Senator Franchot, as indicated by hlacall for tho special election.

1 i>!' course, the Senate itself at last I*the judg«

of the fiuahtlcattoiis of Itsmembers, and can seat

or unseat any member. Hut Ido not think ther*

will be any SUCeaaaor to Senator Franchot. and Ii.ase my opinion on the derision of the Court ofAppeals in the reapportionment case,- said< irady.

Whereas, a vacancy exists in the office, ofSenator for the 47th Senate District of the StateOf New York, composed of the counties of Ni-agara and Orleans, caused by the death onthe i:4th day of March. 1908. of the Hon. Stanis-laus P. Franc-hot, Senator from said district;

Now, therefore), i. Charles B. Hughe,*. Gov-ernor of the State of New York. In put>uiuic«

of the provisions of Section 4 of Chapter 903of the Ijftws of 1806, known as the election law.no hereby order and proclaim that an electionfor State Senator In the place of said StanislausP. Franchot be held in the 47th Senate. District,composed of the counties of Niagara and Or-leans, on Tuesday, the 12th day of May. 19091such election to b« conducted In the mode pre-scribed by law for the election of State Senators.

Immediately on hearing that th»» Governor hadajauod this ••»11 - Senator Oradv, floor leader for

tlie racing forces. Jumped Into the arena withthe flat declaration that no election would beheld. or. Ifan election were held, the man de-

dared elected never would be permitted to takehis neat. He based his assertions on the decision

of th«> Court of Appeals In the case questioning

the reapportlonment of IV*hj. That decision, hemaintained, held that every member of the Pen-At- elected under that unconstitutional appor-

tionment was a Senator only de facto. As such.- had no right to hold th« office except that

conferred by the Senate Itself: consequently,

when Senator F*ra.nchot died.- he left no titleto hi* oAce as he. did to his real estate, holdings,

and no particular "heir" could be chosen for hisSenate neat.

All the flghf now will centre around the spe-

cial election in th« Niagara-Orleans district.

Governor Hughes to-day issued a proclamation

for this election, to be held on May 12. At thattime, without question, a sp«?clal session <>f th<»Legislature will have convened, and the newly

elected Senator will be prepared to take hla scat.

TIIIO GOVERNOR'B PROCI.AMATION,

The ten of the Governor's proclamation fol-low s.

Tho general situation here is assuming atenseness and bitterness which serve betterthan anything else to illustrate the absolutedesperation of the racing Interests. GovernorHughes's refusal to consider himself beaten andhis prompt and vigorous measures to continuetha fight have convinced them that now it willbe a battle to the death, and that they, instead

Of the Governor, willbe on the defensive. Sony

indication of this is given by the flood "f letter*pouring in on those Senators who voted against

the ant(-gambling legislation, but mote particu-larly those Republicans who deserted th» ma-jority of their party, denouncing them in un-measured terms for standing with the gambling

Interests.

Apparently the racing forces intend first ofall to try to prevent a special election for asuccess! ir to Senator Franchot. Ifworsted, they

nave declared that they will fight to prevent hisbeing seated, and that fight will reopen all thequestion over the powers and rights of the defacto Senate or any one of its members. Intosuch a battle the entire Senate, must be drawn,

and in that case the attitude of the Republicanorganization, or even of individual Republicanleaders, several of whom have showed their an-tagonism toward the. Governor; must prove ofthe utmost Importance.

Stumping Campaign Planned in Ni-agara-Orleans District.

[Fir T«>l»Rrarh to The Tribune. 1Albany, April 10.

—Developments here to-d.iy

Indicate that Governor Hughes'a fight to havepassed the anti-racetrack gambling legislationmay broaden in scope until it includes a stump-ing campaign in the Niagara-Orleans districton the gambling issue, a direct battle with thoSenate on the question whether a successor tothe late Senator Franchot may be seated or not,

nnd perhaps appeals to the courts, which mayreopen most of the points in controversy in theright over the constitutionality of the reap-portionment act of 1906. thrown out by the Courtof Appeals last year.

RACING SITUATION TENSE

IIUGHESCALLS ELECTION"

CENTRAL R. R. OF N. J. AND BALTO. A OHIOROYAL BLUE LINE ROUTE

will on April I3*h inaugurate through Parlor Car•iervire between Xnv York and Richmond, A'i..l"H\inr \:,| St. 9 * a, hi and Liberty Si 1" B. m.•Ihllv except Sunday^ Apply -ii Ticket fMiles, m &1300 Broadway, and 23d Street Station.— A^t.

The ministers of Bchenectady t"<.k sissilar action

to-day, protesting against the course of Senator\\ Illlpl''

Criticise Grattan and Barnes forRacing Attitude.

[Ky latograpli to Xlm TWI one. IAlbany. April 10.— At a largely attended meeting

of the Albany Ministerial association ben to-dayto take action on the d«-f<-at of the Governor's anti-

racetrack gambling legislation resolutions wereadopted vigorously protesting against the vote ofSenator Grattan, calling on him to reconsider thucase, and denouncing William Barnes. Jr., for tlic-

tuting Grattan'a vote against the bills.Thero will be a union meeting of the Protestant

churches of CollOSS. GraUun'B home town, in tho

First Mothodlst Church then* on Sunday night to

.take up the antl-gambllng matter, with speejaj ref-erence to bis vote. It la probable that a massmeeting here willgrow out of the meeting of theMiiiistfrial Awsociation to-rhiv.

ALBANY MINISTERS ACT.

THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.Governor Hughes prefaced his remarks with a

eulogy of tho local representatives at Albany.He then spoke on business conditions, and de-nounced racetrack gambling, saying in part:

Tho depression is only temporary. There isnothing intrinsically at fault. The time is sureto come when the demands of the people mustfind expression. Ihave no forebodings of thefuture. Shameful it is when men try to use thegovernment as a means to'accoraplish their end.*,especially in a democratic government, In a re-publican form of government, the perversion ofadministration to the interest of the few is thoI>o!son In the system. Itmust be eradicated).

Wo have had a question betoro us recentlywhich ibelieve is fundamental. lam opposedto racetrack gambling. (Applause.) lam op-posed to racetrack gambling because it do-moralizes and promotes vice and constitutes asource of unnecessary temptation. Why, yougo through the- offices in the city of New Yorkand you will find what racetrack gambling hasdone. lam opposed to Itbecause it docs notcome from the gentlemen of wealth who canspend their money without loss, but clerks,fathers of families dependent on them, are theones who participate in this. They become notonly waifs of fortune, but a very ready materialout of which the criminals of the state arcmade. , •

Rut there is a far more fundamental questionbefore us. The question is one that goes to thevery root of the government. This question Iswhether this state is a state of law and whetherthe constitution is to be respected or not.

We have the constitution, and it in clear thatthere are many questions which admit honestdebate. There are many matters which comebefore thi Legislature, where there art- two sidesto the question. Bui there Is not a man in thisBtato who can read the constitution, which ex-plicitly forbids gambling, who does not knowthat i' Is the duty of the Legislature to abolishth« privileges of the Percy-Gray law. There hasbeen a pretence of debate on the. question, butno real debate. Poolaelltng and bookmaking m*prohibited by the constitution. Bookmaking andpoo(sellIng actually furnish no pretence of act-ual business, and this in flourishing because)there is no adequate law to prevent Its flour-ishing.

The constitution la clear, and this will boabolished when the proper laws are passed.

My friends, we have got something more ntMake here than the matter of a moral question.We are face lo fac« with th*1 |«sn<; «* to whetheritw» rnnßtltutlon is the law <•' thl» state or not.Would any Legislature say that it had the right

to pass a law legalising Monte Carlos in Water-town and m New York and In Syracuse andRochester and Buffalo-

Go to the racetrack read the constitution ai !draw your own conclusions. The t!m« has • •:•when we are to have a test to determine whetherlaw is to prevail or whether it la not. Ifthereare. any of you who do not like the \u25a0 •ititut longo to work to get it amended. ItIs this law by

which a man is made a felon when he bets out-

side the racetrack and not when he bets within.Ifyou want laws that ran be enforced they mustbe impartial. Make them fair

Americana resent any discrimination In theapplication of the criminal law. There is noneed when there Is .i plain case and this ii aplain cane.

Sometimes you hear that it ii the intentionof some people to humiliate me. There is onlyone person in the United States who can hu-miliate me, and that is myself.I believe in a free country and in a free

party, Ibelieve in an honest administration ofgovernment and In an honest administration ofparty affair"-' It is amazing to ('.ear some mentalk of loyalty to party when the only thingthey are loyal to la themselves. Iam anxiousthat means be provided by the Legislature sothat candidates for office can be nominated di-rectly by the. people.Ibelieve in party organization, but not in th«

dictation of petty satraps What a Horn,' time itis when a man can bully a Senator of this stateInto voting against his conscience. Let it bemade possible that no man who has taken th*-oath of office must feel that ha la the servitorof some man ami that he must do some man'sbidding out of a pure sense of gratitude Thatis un-American and Is the vice of Americanlife, i want leadership that does not have tobuy votes and that does not have to cater topetty patronage. Iwant leadership that willsacrifice, j( m,| not that which seeks for gain or

private power, and that Is the reason that I

want to see a bill passed permitting directnominations There Is only one right way Inwhich the government can give the people whatthey deserve, and now that we are under thatform of government we p<> hlghVy prize, thereis only on« way that it can be done,, and thatIs to send men to Congress Who will representthe people, and not any especial interest 1 Inthat we re</>gnlz* th« American Idea.

To-morrow morning the Governor is scheduledto l«av«» here for Buffalo. He in to attend a re-ception of the University Club in that city inthe afternoon, to be followed by a dinner of th«Lawyers' Club. I^ater In the evening he Is to

review the 74th Hegimoiu. At 11 o'clock he Isto attend a supper given by the officers of thi»regiment and the University Club.

Mrs. Hughes left Albany to-day for Buffalo.To-morrow a reception is to be given in her

honor by the Twentieth Century Club. Laterofficers and women interested in the University

Club willgive a luncheon in her honor.

Denunciation of Racetrack Gamb-ling Cheered by Great Audience.Watertown, X. T.. April 19.—Governor Hughes*as tllP sTUaat of honor at the annual dinner of

thr. Watertown Chamber of Commerce, held atthe Woodruff House to-night. The afTair wanthe most elaborate of the kind held In this cityin years end was attended by over two hun-dred members of the organisation. The Gov-ernor and bis party, consisting of Colonel Tread-well. Senator George H. <'obh and IX \Y. Cahill.superintendent of public buildings, were met at

Utica by a reception committee, and on theirarrival bore late this afternoon were escortedby Company < '. x (;. x. y, t<> the hotel, whena public reception was h.-id. Governor Hugheswas enthusiastically greeted by thousands ofcitizens and business men. The 24th Infantryband, nenrro.?. from Madison Barracks, fur-Dished music HurhiK the reception and the din-ner. County Judge George \\" Reeves acted astoastmastt r.

Mayor Prancis M. Hu«;o was the first speaker

and welcomed the Governor In the name of thecity.

HUGHES AT WATERTOWN.

APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE

RAILROAD MEN DECRY RATE REDUCTION.Missouri ITalley, lowa. April h Plva hundred

railroad m^i from ail branches \u25a0>> wie service a!a. sjuess nn"tti'n h*re to-nighl adopted resolution*protestiug a»{aiiisi further reduction in Railroadrates The resolutions say i'»- low nuM sventualiyf.ili on tiif railroad emi»Joy»s, The rcsalution* araddressed particularl) i" tli« Nc*btdnka Railwa]'•\u25a0iinni. .

EQUAL RIGHTS—NO SOAP NOR TOWELS.Nashville, Term.. April Ml—Tha Nashville. Chat-

tanooga <fc Louis Railway is complying withtha recent order frym Washington lo furnish the

fiaine accommodations to white and negro pas-sengers, resulUng from a suit brought by a negro

to whom eoap and towels weri not furnished. THerailwai baa taken all soap and t<iw<-is from thatoflet rooma, so thai both white ami bluck pas-

H,-Dg.-rs bava only driiikitin water.

Pcnsacola Strikers Object to the Importation

of Non-Union Men.P0pe,..,, pit . April 10.—The bringing of a car-

lo.nd of strike breakers from St. Louis this after-

noon by the Peniacola Electric Company was th«

Sicnal for rioting and disorder, which resulted in

th«- Injury of fifteen of the Imported menSo «...:.i had the s»tr!k» breaker" arrived and

*turt#>d for the rar sheds thru a fight occurredV,Atw<>»»n them and th» sympathisers of the unionmen. and from the corner of Palafox and Wrightstreets, where the first trouble occurred, there was* continual riot, in which bricks, bottles and slielUnor<» hurled st the s«f1k»» breakers, the l;itt»r,

in turn, firing r*v«»lvprs and using heavy sti.-k->

and bricks. For over an hour tin riot continued,

and when near the car barns so fierce was the on-slaught on the body of Imported men that theyseparated and fled, thirty running into a negro

house, while the remainder reached the ear barnand barricaded the doors. The thirty men whogained the negro house barricaded the doors, and

it took the police over an hour to disperse the moband remove the men to places of safety.

MORE EARTH SHOCKS IN MEXICO.San Antonio, Tex.1, April 10.— A special dispatch

from Monterey, Mexico, says that telegraphic dis-

patches from Mier and Noriega say that severaldistinct earthquakes were felt Wednesday andagain yesterday. Owing to the severe nuture ofthe shocks great alarm was felt, many personsfleeing to other towns.

FIFTEEN HURT IN STREETCAR RIOTS.

Asks Thaf Publication of Gossip About HisDaughter's Engagement Cease.Ington. April W Benat< r Btepl en B. Blkins,

\u25a0 of the rtjiorts from Rome that the engage-ment of Miss [Catherine Bikini to the Duke of theAbruzxl had li<fiioonflrmed there ami that theroyal family had placed orders for the weddingK'lti^,sent inThe Associated Press to-night h state-ment deprecating current leports, as follows:

If you .-an consistently, will you kindly ceasethe publication ol dispatches and rumors ot thereported engagement of my daughter? The matter

\u25a0 upied tti. attention ot the press so I«>nk ajidto such an extent tti»t Ifeel called upon to muk.?tiii.-- request.

While making It, Iwish to state that Iappreci-ate the kindly expressions that have apeared con-c<rniiiK my daughter in connection with her re-ported engagement. Whenever there shall t><- anyreason lo ni«ke nn announcement about this matter1 u:ii i.'- glad to give II to the press In an au-theni

ME. ELKINS DEPRECATES REPORTS

•At this mention of Mr. Bryan's name there

wan scattering but vigorous applause SecretaryTaft smilingly said:

"1 am glad to note that there appears to be anumber of Democrats disguised as followers ofMr. l-.iynn in the house, i hope they will stay

and hear a little sound doctrine."Amid laughter rd<j cheers Mr. Taft then

launched Into a discussion of the policies of th<*McKinley and the Roosevelt administrations asexpressed In his Omaha speech recently.

Applause Greets His Mention ofMr.Bryan's Name.

Louisville, April 10.—Secretary Taft ended abusy five hours In Louisville to-night by aspeech at the Hopkins Theatre. Mr. T;ifthe'da public reception this afternoon a the GaitHouse. After dinner at the home of MarshallBullltt he addressed an overflow meeting infront of the theatre.

Inopening his address Secretary Taft referredto his sen \u25a0 as judge of the United States Cir-cuit Court, having Jurisdiction over Kentucky,and recalled a number of personal memories ofLouisville Naders in the legal profession.

"We have before us." he said, "a campaignpresenting many serious issues. Some <*hersare not so Important, but are kept alive by thegentleman who, Ipresume, will head the Demo-cratic. coluinjL .Mr. Bryan, Ipresume, speaks forthe Democratic party."

MR. TAET IX LOUISVILLE.

Mr. Heas siiid that at times his wife sufferedgreatly and that slie probably shot herself in

\u25a0 'ii<- of t!i« >•• attacks

When her husband, who was at dinner andend not hear the shot, found her she was lyingon the floor of her bedroom. As he lifted herhead she moaned, "Save me, Save me!"

For the i.tst week .Mrs. Heas, who is twenty-

Bye years old, has been confined to her roomand attended daily by Dr. John Aspell, of No.'-:* West 77th street The physician was theroin the afternoon yesterday, and when ho de-

I the patient was apparently in poodspirits. When Mr. Hess returned at 7 o'clockli-1 talked with his wife for several minutes andthen he went to the diniiiß room, which is inthe r< ar of the apartment.

While Mr. Hess was eating1, hip wife pot upfrom her bed and went to a drawer In a dresser,where she pot a revolver. Then, standing, ap-parently, looking Into the mirror, she Bred ashot Into her left temple. The shot was notheard by any one but h«r maid, who thoughtthat it was an automobile tire exploding. It

\u25a0 i- about an hour later that Mr.Hess returned'•• pie bedroom.

Mrs. \. ,1. Hess Shoots Herself—Illness the Cause. \u25a0

By shooting herself in the right temple. Mrs.Uyra T. Ueaa, wife of Nathaniel J. Hesa, a real•st;n.- broker, »f N"n. '.Mil Broadway, attempted

FUlcide last night In her apartments, at N<>.4\l?> West End avenue. Ulneaa la given as thecause of her act. Mrs. Hess was taken toRoosevelt Hospital, where it is said that shewillnot live.

WOMAN TRIES SUICIDE.

She and Prince de Sagan HeportedWedded in Jersey.

Mine. Anna Gould left the St. Regis last r.ight,accompanied by Prince Helta de Sagan. it wasreported that they were married in New Jerseyand were to sail for Europe on the Frederickdor Groem to-day. Officials of the North Ger-man Lloyd Line, however, said that neither thePrince nor Mine. Gould had engaged passage.

MME. GOULD MARRIED?

THE EASTER NEW YORK HERALD.Anatole France, T. Hupklnson Smith, Paul IJour-

*'\u25a0'. Mary K. wiikiii!"Kr»*eman. Max Pemberton•nd JoiiTr KTdriek Hmiw are a f«»w of the writer*wiion*! works iliappear In this year** Easier Kdl»»;-.n of .ttib.Vrw. v<'ik .UcraM,. Issued to-morrow.Jr. «<j'lllio:i '•.»!<• wit! be -a dozen |ihr<

-is-, color

••n«l a wnjri nt srt|rl*> appropriate to Ihe p< i->.

•'*»ld<*« in* ifxvjvanfluriii one oth.'l- --V..1'

.•^..•r*«wl. ,f course, ill'he news, lie Mire (.o order yourf*p«r to-day. A<l.t.

Vm LXVIfT .. \° 22t427,nhw,t,N, NEW-YORK. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1908. —FOURTEEN PAGES.—^TSO^SZSL, IMJKK TIIHKK CENTS.

LAST BAY AT TRENTON

FORT ROUTS y. ./. BOSSES.

Senile in Panic a* Falling NewelPost Ift Mistaken for Bomb.

{ByT<el-fT*ph to The Tribune. 1Trenton. April 11.—The 132 d session of the New

,>rce; legislature ended its labors at an early+ \u0084„• this morning, with the bosses routed amirsni'-J'trlckon. and Governor Fort. Senator Colby,Senator Arkerman and Assemblyman Martin jubi-W.A.

Tlie passage of th« Ackerman Civil Service meas-ure vuls marked by a contest that will long beteniombered.

Trader Martin had had the lobby cleared, butwhen the bosses heard that the measure was up(gain they gathered in the corridor, awaiting news<\u25a0>? the vote. After the vote was announced DanielYoorhers immediately sent a telegram to Robertt>avii». the Democratic boss of Hudson, urging himto come to the State House and get the Democratswho voted for the measure to reconsider the vote.Put when the Hudson boss arrived the bill hadalready been signed by the Governor. Every trickknown to a boss was unsuccessfully tried to pre-vent the billgetting to the Governor.

The members of the Senate received a severefright to-night when a newel ,post of the mainstairway in the Senate wing fell with a crash. Thenoise was so great that the Senators Jumped fromtheir stats and rushed paaieatrleken into the cor-ridors, many of them believing that a bomb hadbrriset oft.

The annual appropriation bills passed by theLegislature Ball for the expenditure of $1.:.-v.T' 30and the supplemental bill for 5792,060 S2.In th* s>?-.a!e Mr. Hlnchllffe presented a state-

nrr.t **"~Iforth that th.- State Water Supply

Oor-.mssvri had requested him to withdraw SenatetillNY>. .-\u25a0\u25a0 because of the attacks that have beenmade <:"\u25a0" it and the stories afloat that sinisterinfluences have been at work in the measure's be-half. The statement pointed out that the matter hiworthy of further consideration and that a new billcovering •' *> subject should be drawn.

Among the House measures passed by the Sen-t.••\u25a0 wrre Mr. Martin's open primary and recounthill: Mr. Colgate's concurrent resolution, increas-lag the salaries of Senators and Assemblymen to

Jl/»». and Mr. Clark's bill, annexing Belleville toNewark, with a referendum clause.

The House passed Senator Hinchllffe's bill,al-lowing J'atersor. to raise money %•• pay its Schoolteachers; the Avis bill,extending the direct nomina-tion law to freeholders, and the Fielder Mil, abol-ishing the Martin act adjustment and commissions.

Th« House by an overwhelming vote defeated thabi'l passed by the Senate Increasing the. tax onmain stem railroad property to l>e devoted to statouses from one-half to quarters of 1 per centon each dollar of assessed valuation.

CIVIL SERVICE BILL PASSES.

House Approves Ackerinan Measure by a. Vote of 32 to 28.

Trenton. Jf. .V. April 10.—New Jersey will hare a<'nil Service Commis.sion. Assemblyman Pierce this>-\«»ning secured a reconsideration of the vein by

\u0084!-.\u25a0 }, the Ackorman Civil Bervie* ill was lost aday ac.o, anil on getting it before the House againit was passed by a. vote of 32 to

-•The bill was at on. •» tak^n to t:-." S<ri..te for.on''u>T«"r.< >» iii some Assembly amendment*, which

was quickly done, and the measure was immedi-ately printea and *ig-.ie<i by the Governor.

BIG LOG KILLS TWO.

Accident in Portah]c Sawmill at En-field, Moss.

{Pj-Te>jrrat)h to The Trihun*. jEnfield. Mas*«. Apiil Mi—George H. Bishop.

mc of the best known lumbermen in Maf-saohu-(\u25a0'•is. and Miss Wilhelmina Weston, nineteen

>earF old, wore instantly killed in an accidentst a portable t>awmill in the Greenwich Roadthis afternoon. Mr. Bishop's wife chaperoned*>. party of young women friends to witness theyawmill in operation. Mr. Bishop was explain-ing the process when a huge birch log moving

dowa a slide at terrific speed jumped the chute,

Mruek Miss Weston, bounde<l over the head<\u25a0' Mrs. Bishop and crashed into Bishop. TheVnijjcs were taken to Greenwich to-night.

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