Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 3, 1904, Page 1

-~ guow, followed by a cold wave. he &, Bemidji ily MINRESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 2. NUMBER 193. g, - Yoy Y oy BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURQ&Y, DECEMBER 3, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK | SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSS RUSSIANS ATTEMPT TO RETAKE 203-METRE HILL AT PORT ARTHUR BUT FAIL. DEFENDERS IN DESPERATE STRAITS BAILORS FROM THE FLEET FOUND AMONG THE DEAD AFTER i THE ENGAGEMENT. Tokio, Dec. 3.—It is reported here that the Russians have attempted to| retake 203-Metre hill at Port Arthur They assembled a strong foice and as- saulted the position, but were repulsed ‘with heavy loss. The Japanese, finding sailors amony | the Rugsian dead, believe that if men from the fleet are being employed in making sorties the complement of the force must be falling short. The tact that the Russians arc fort fying the positions available between Liaoti and Mantai mountains increases the belief that they will make their last stand there. PLACE NOT MENTIONED. Japanese Announce Loss of a Number of Officers. Tokio, Dec. 3.—Imperial headquar- ters makes the announcement that 1i officers have been killed and 64 wound- ed in the field, but does not mention the place. it is presumed that it was at Port Arthur. 1 The details of the attack of the swordsmen at Port Aruiar aie uw known here and a differeace oi opinion exists as Lo whether any of the attack: ing parties were armed exclusively with swords. Possibly of the many soldiers carried sworus in adwicn Lo ¢ retain their bayonets, for the Japan much ancient respect lur and continue training with i(, despii¢ the opposition of the oiticers ol the mewer school. The results of this sword attack were evidently negative. The wounded leg of General Naka- mura has been amputated. MOVEMENT OF WARSHIPS. Russian Baltic Fleet at Perim and Tangier. Island of Perim, Dec. 3.—Four Ri gian warships passed Perim at 2 a. m,, goiug southward. At $ o'clock in the alternoon twenty Russian- warships- were sighted ap proaching the island. They probably picked up a pilot trom a smali IFrench steamer. At b p. m. the ships passed Perim and proceeded in the direction of Jibuul, French Somaliland. Tangier, Morocco, Dec. 3.—The Rus- slan auxiliary cruiser Rion, formerly the Smolensk, and two torpedo boat destroyers have arrived here and arve coaling. MANY JAPANESE Fifteen Thousand Said Have rFailen in One Day’s London, Dee. 50 D Chetco says thac the atta: KILLED. £ on zs Meter il resulted in heavy iosses o the iirst division of the Japanese storme: Simultaneously witn Liis assault men of the Ninth and tueventh divisions advanced and menaced the Rihlung and Keekwan forts. It is stated that within the last twenty-four hours the Japanese casuai- tles have totaled 15,000 and it is as serted that the attacks have been lanned to continue until Dec. 10 when, t is hoped, the capture of Port Ar- thur will be completed. JAPS LOSE FIFTY KILLED. Russiang Defeat Mikado’s Men South of Tsinkhetchen. 8t. Petersburg, Dec. 3.—Dispatche from Mukden say that General Rer menkampfi’s force Nov. su drove ihe Japanese out of a new position south- ward of Tsinkhetchen. The fighting was short and sharp. The Japanese¢ burned their supply depots in three villages and retreated, pursued by Cos- gacks, as far as the Taitse river. The Japanese losses were about 50 Kkilled and 100 wounded. The Cossacks de: ptroyed a Japanese telegraph line aud occupied the village of Suidun, about seven and one-half miles southeast oi Tsinkhetchen. PURSUED TO SHAKHE RIVER. Russians Defeat a Small Force ol Japanese. St. Petersburg, Dec. 3.—General Sakharoff reports that a Russian re- connoitering force attacked the Japa: nese who were entrenched at Lama- tung at nightfall Nov. 30 and drove them out at the point of the bayonet, pursuing them as far as the Shakhe river. About twenty-five Japanese were bayoneted. ‘The Russians se- cured many rifles and equipment. The Russians obtained a similar success on the right wing. Their losses in both affairs were insignificant. MOVE ABOUT UNSEEN. Russians Have Extensive Undciground Works Near Mukden. Mukden, Dec. 3—Continuous under- ground works have been coustructed in the vicinity of Sinchinpu, two miles jwest ot the Shakhe railroad station, /enabling the Russian soldiers to pass from point to point unseen and in safety. At the village of Tsele the lines are 80 close that the voices of the Japanese can be heard in the Russian trenches. General Rennenkampff's troops are fighting with slightly increased activ- ity. Rain in Portion of Kentucky. Louisville, Dec. 3—Rain is report- ed from one or two places throughout the state, breaking the drought which has prevailed since July 3. There was no precipitation in Louisville, but the weather bureau predicts either rain or 1 BNCE WEALTHY MINNESOT, DN William R. Dorr Found Dead in Chi- cago Hotel. Chicago, Dec. &.—There was no mark of violence on the body of William R. Dorr, tound im a North Clark street hotel Thursday, and apparently noth ing to support the first opinion of the police that he had committed suicide. For three weeks Dorr’s whereabouts had been unknown to his friends and old business associates in Chicago. Fou a week earlier he had been staying at the University club, of which he waa & non-resident member. A telegram found in the dead man's pocket was from his brother-in-law, William P. Steele of New York, William P. Steele of New York, Nov. 17. “Your letter received,” it read. “Am wiring you $40. Absolutely no more until Deec. 17, the monthly due date.” Dorr formerly was secretary and treasurer of the Horne-Danz Cur com- pany oi St. Paul, but had sold hi terest in the concern to the American Can company. Three years ago Dorr is said to have been worth $300,000. It is believed he lost his fortune on the stock market. A postmortem examination revealed that Do death was due to pneu- monia. The coroner’s physician d it was possible that heart disease may have been a contributing cause. OLDEST AMERICAN ACTRESS MRS. GILBERT DIES SUDDENLY AT CHICAGO AS RESULT 6F APOPLECTIC STROKE. Chicago, Dec. 3.—Mrs. George Henry Gilbert, the oldest actress on the American stage, died in her rooms at the Sherman House during the day, shortly after she had suffered a stroke of apoplexy. - The apoplectic stroke came while Mrs. Gilbert was alone with her maid. The maid first sought to lift her onta & couch but, realizing that Mrs. Gil- bert’s attack was a grave one, the maid left her where she had fallen MRS. G. H. GILBERT. and summoned the house physician, Dr. J. T. Owen, who respcaced imme- diately to the c i condition of M: . Gilbert died ccrebral apo- She lived but an hour and a after being ‘The attack is said by the a = physicians to have been due di tly Lo the shock of a cold water bath. The end came without a struggle. There was a smile upon the aged wo- man’s face as she breathed her last. Three hours before her death the noted actress had risen and declared she intended to devote the day to shop- ping. Mrs. Gilbert’s Chicago engagement in Clyde Fitch's play, “Granny,” be- gan at Powers’ theater last Monday and until stricken the venerable ac- tress had appeared to be in her usual health. birs. Gilbert was born in England eighty-three years ago and came to this country with her husband, who was a dancer, in 1849. She was a mem- ber of Augustin Daly’s company from 1869 until Mr. Daly's death. Since then she has appeared under the man- agement of Charles Frohman. TALKS ON CAPITAL AND LABOR. Carroll D. Wright Suggests Remedies for Industrial Confiicts. Brookline, Mass., Dec. 3.—Carroll D. ‘Wright, president of Clark university and former commissioner of labor, has addressed a large and fashionable au- dience in Whitney hall, his subject be- ing “Capital and Labor.” DMr. Wright discussed the relations of employers and employes and sug- gested remedies to alleviate the bitter- ness of the conflict between the two factions. Legislation, he said, would make the struggle less violent, but it wouid not end it. He said, in conclu- sion, that the prime factor of indus- irial discord is lack of confidence. Confidence must be established Lefore any practical result can be obtained. Two Charred Bodies Found. Westchester, Pa., Dec. 3.—The charred bodies of two Italians were discovered during the day in the ashes of the building burned last Monday at Norih Bend, this county. This is a total of scven deaths and there are still two men missing. The building was a four-story brick structure. In the two upper stories nearly 100 Ital- ians, all trolley road laborers, were quartered. Al = Aged Couple Burned to Death. Rumford Falls, Me., Dec. 3.—By the explosion of a gas plant in the cellar of their home Matthias Haines and his wife of Mexico, Me., were burned to death. Several other persons had narrow escapes. The house and other buildings adiacent were destroyed. Haines and his wife were each about eighty years of age, Congressmen Back From Panama. New Orleans, Dec. 3.—The United States transport Sumner entered the river during the day, bearing Con- gressman Hepburn and members of his congressional party which went to the isthmus of Panama to make a survey of the conditions there, “IS IDENTITY HIDDEN ATTORNEYS REFUSE TO DIVULGE NAME OF MAN WHO IS AID- ING MRS. CHADWICK. HER PERSONAL STATEMENT DELAYED WILL EXPLAIN WHO SHE 1S AND DENY BEING A RELATIVE OF ANDREW CARNEGIE. New York, Dec. 3.—Edmund Powers, attorney for Mrs. Chadwick, the Cleve- land woman who is said to owe over $1,000,000 to various banks and finan- olers, said in an interview: “Mrs. Chadwick does not expect to leave the city for two or three days unless suddenly called by telephone to Cleveland. Everything will be set- tled amicably out of court. Mrs. Chad- wick will pay every dollar that she owes, notwithstanding the gratuitous alleged statement of a Cleveland banker that she is ‘broke.’ There will be no conferences here during the day that I know of. We are merely awail- ing certain developments in Cleveland and elsewhere. “We have decided that it is best for Mrs. Chadwick to postpone her per- sonal statement until after all the present suits against her have been settled and dismissed,” said Mr. Pow- ers. In due time, he added, she would explain who she is and would deny that she is & relative of Andrew Car- negie. Attorney George Ryall, for Banker Newton of Boston, said: “Statements that Mrs. Cassie Chadwick is to pay only $78,000 of 3 Newton’s claim at this time are w true. The person who came to Mre. Chadwick's relief will pay to me in a few hours the full amount of the claim of $190,000, with a reasonable amount of interest besides. 1 will give that money to Mr. Newton and He wil never know who paid it to me. I can- not reveal the identity of Mrs. Chad- wick’s friend.” INTEREST STIL_L_ INTENSE. Chadwick Case as Much a Mystery as Ever. New York, Dec. 3.—While it has been officially announced that tha claim of one of her largest creditors—- the one whose suit brought about ali the publicity given her atfairs—would be. satistactorily settled, theie is no diminution of interest in the case of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, the Cleveland womah whose financial affairs hava furnished a series of sensations ‘al- most_unparalleled. The claim of Her- bert B. Newton, the Brookline (Mass.) man, for nearly $200,000, which ap- parently has been removed from fux- ther consideration, according to a statement of Mrs. Chadwick’s attor- neys, was only an incident. Other claims still pending are known to ag- gregate four times that amount, they say, and for all they know may total one nundred times the sum named by Newton. Many of the claims against her, her attorneys say, have no basis in fact and at the proper time the claims will be shown to be fraudulent, That all the just debts will be met they still maintain and at the same time make the announcement that Mrs. Chadwick will have millions left when all her creditors have been satis- fied. Mrs. Chadwick is still in her suite of rooms at the Holland House, but she has notified the management that she will give up her rooms shortly. Aid From Wealthy Man. “Powerful aid has saved the day for her.” This statement was made by George Ryall, of local counsel for Herbert B, Newton, in discussing tlie settlement of his client’s claim against Mrs. Chadwick. Where Mrs. Chadwick obtained the aid Mr. Ryall did not state, but it is known that she spent considerable time in the Wall street financial dis- trict and was for several hours in the offices of a firm of attorneys which frequently has acted as legal represen- tative for one of the country’s richest men. It was soon after the visit that Mr. Newton’s lawyers announced that they were satisfied that their claim would be settled. Considerable interest "has been aroused by a statement credited to a Cleveland attorney to the effect that Mrs. Chadwick lost large sums of money through bucketshops. Another statement made in connec- tion with the case was that a number of years ago Mrs. Chadwick borrowed from Mrs. Schenley, the Englishwoman who died several years ago possessed of many million dollars’ worth of prop- erty in Pittsburg. It is said that notes for various sums made by Mrs. Chad- wick were found among Mrs. Schen- ley’s papers after her death. CARNEGIE PAYING THE CLAIMS. Rumor at Oberlin, O., Anent the Chad- wick Case. Oberlin, 0., Dec. 3.—Reports from New York that Mrs. Chadwick held a long conference with the attorneys of Andrew Carnegie have inspired the directors of the closed Citizens’ Na- tional bank here with a renewed hope that their claim will be liquidated. The directors express the belief that if the Newton case is settled it means that all the claims against Mrs. Chad- wick will be paid. L. L. Miller, who was at first named receiver for the closed Citizens’ National bank, has been recalled to Washington and Rob- ert Lyons has succeeded him in charge of the bank's affairs. The doors of the bank were opened during the day for the first time since the suspension and people who have had papers and valuables in the private safety vaults were allowed to secure them. Eleven Workmen Injured. Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 8.—Thir- Cabin creek, with a can of powder, + which exploded, and eleven were hurt, llix seriously and one perhaps fatally. 7 NIGHT AND DAY BANK. el New York Financiers Qrginize Novel lnshtuki?fi New York, Dec. the need for an institution where money may be obtained at any hour prominent New York financiers and commercial men have, it is announced by the Herald, organized the First Night and Day Bank and Safe Deposit company. The names of men promi- ment in the business and social world appear in the organization committee and the capital stock of $250,000 al- ready has been subscribed. The con- cern alsg will have a ‘weorking surplus of $250,000. The plight in which many travelefd of wealth often find themselves be- cause they are unable to draw cash in cases of emergency snggested the or- anization of this bank.. It is likely at Oakleigh Thorne w©f the North American Trust company will be presi- dent of the new institution. W. C. T. U. ELECTION. ‘Present General Officers Chosen for Another Year. . Philadelphia, Dec. 3.—The National Women’s Christian Temperance union has re-elected the general officers for another year. The officers are; Mrs. Lillan M. N. Stevens, Portland, Me., president; Mrs. Anna A: Gordon, Ev- anston, Ill, vice president at large; Mrs. Susanna M. D. Fry, Evanston, IIl., corresponding secretary; Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman, St. Louis, recording secre- tary; Mrs. Francis H. Beauchamp, Lex- ingion, Ky., assistant recording secre- tary; Mrs. Helen Morton Barker, Ev- anston, Ill, treasurer. TO BREAK RAIL R-ECQRD. Estimated Needs of Railroads Mean Great Run for Miils. New_York, Dec. 3.—Steel men esti- mate that the railroads will need, in the coming year, Bessemer steel rails costing $80,000,000 and - cars worth $40,000,000 gross, with new steel and iron bridges worth at Teast $80,000,000 more. If these estimates are reason- ably accuraie they mean a new high record in the production of Bessemer steel rails, an increase in the number of car ordeis and a revival of many of the bridge piojects which were laid aside when (he period of depression got under way. DAMAGED BY DROUGHT. Wheat Outlook in Ohio the Most Dis- couraging for Years. Columbus, 0., Dec. 3.—Reports from all over the state show that the young wheat is badly damaged by the drought. It has been stunted in its growth and with winter at hand the farmers and grain dealers say the out- look is the most -discouraging for years. In Licking county #armere are.com: pelled to drive‘stock miles to streams of running water, as hundreds of wells have gone dry. ST. PAUL. MAN PRESIDENT. E. A. Webb Heads National Agricul- tural Press League. Chicago, Dec. 3.—At a meeting of the National Agricultural Press leazue a resolution was passed opposing the distribution of seeds by the govern- ment on the ground that it is a great expense with no corresponding benefit. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, E. A. ‘Webb, St. Paul; vice president, Solon Goode, Indianapolis; secretary, J. Lewis Draper, New York city, HERRING HARVEST IS GREAT. Lake Superior Waters Are Teeming With Fish. Ashland, Wis., Dec. 3.—The annual herring fishery on the south shore of Lake Superior is approaching its close and extraordinary catches are report- ed. Tugs and fishing steamers come In at night loaded to the water’s edge with herring and as the fish still are running the fishermen hope to continue their work until prevented by ice. About twenty vessels have been pressed into servic ATTEMPT AT KIDNAPPING. Moroccan Tribesmen Attack Home of English Resident. Tangier, Morocco, Dec. 3.—The Beni M’Snar tribesmen made a determined attack on the residence of Walter B. Harris, the English writer, with ths avowed intention of capturing him. The mountaineers surrounded the house, stabbed a guard who attempted to raise an alarm and secured others, but finally, after some looting, the tribesmen left without -finding Mr. Harrls, GOVERNN;ENT HOLDS CAPITAL. Paraguayan Rebels in Possession of Most of the Country. New York, Dec. 3.—It is reported that the Paraguayan revolutionists have captured Villa Encarnacion, the second largest city in the country, says a Herald dispatch from Buenos Ayres, Argentina. If this report is true the government is now in possession of only Asuncion and the surround- ings. Exonerated by Coroner’s Jury. New York, Dec. 3.—Stewart A. Fel- ton, the gambler who shot Guy Roche, another gambler, in a crowded sec- tion of Broadway Thanksgiving even- ing, has been exonerated by a coroner’s Jury, which decided that he acted in self-defense. He was remanded back to the Tombs, however, as he is un- der indictment on a charge of murder in the first degree. Strike Cripples Business, Boston, Dec. 3.—The business of the Merchants and Miners’ Transporta- tion company at this port is being crip- pled by the strike of about 200 long- shoremen who are out because of the discharge of several of their number. The steamer Kershaw. arrived from Baltimore and Philadelphia, but was ot unloaded because'of the strike. Prominent During Civil War. Camden, N. J, Dec, 3—James M. Scovel, a lawyer and former president - of the New Jersey state senate, was teen men entered the Acme mine, on | M found dead in bed at his home in Cape ay. During the Civil € one of President Lincol 2} Impressed by | I O D O I We Can Supply Every In Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, -lill-!_ and Men’s Furnishing Goods. UNDERWE AR Iadies White Silk and Wooi Combinations Suits; $6.00 per suti. cent. = . FURS as we do. - the city merchants ask for . Wooden Soled Shoes. B SEWING MAC There is not another store in Minnesota that sells Reliable Furs as low Just pick up a Duluth or Twin City paper and see what ¢ char their cheapest Astrakan Jackets; from $27.50 up, is their ._ price; our price is $25, and our garment is lined with skinner satin. Our stock of Shoes is the finest in the city; Leather Shoés, Rubber S HOE S Shoes, Felt Shoes, Felt Boots, Moccasins, Sheep Skin Socks and HoleRY Black Cat Hose for men, women and children; from 25 cents to 50 cents per pair &3 sideis $40; see - as well as a large one and costs only $6.00. n...0’Leary & Bowser... Bemidji, Minnesota. you'll not see them in another Bemidji store; 1 lot Children’s Shirts, Pants and Drawers at a discount of 10 per Men’s Heavy White Knii All-Wool Underwear (Northfield make) $3.50 a suit HINES ’New Home Machines, at from $30 to at the little machine, it sews U O W P U P NO GROUND FOR AGTION PRESIDENT WILL NOT INTERFERF IN STRIKE OF EMPLOYES OF STEEL TRUST. AMALGAMATED LEADERS - VISIT HIM MATTER DISCUSSED AT LENGTH' BUT NO MEANS OF ADJUST- MENT SUGGESTED. ‘Washington, Dec. 3. — President Roosevelt has informed a delegation representing the Amalgamated Asso- clation of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers that he saw no way by which he properly or legally could interfere to bring about a settlement of the strike of the union employes of the Carnegie Steel company of Youngs- town and Girard, O. The company is one of the constituent corporations of the United States Steel company. The strike of the Amalgamated employes of the company has been in progress since early last summer and has been accompanied by considerable violence al times, It involves directly about 700 men at Youngstown and 200 at Girard. Several hundred others have been thrown out of employment by the strike of the union men. President Shaffer of the Amalga- mated association was requested by the striking men to lay the matter be- fore the president in the hope that he might be able to suggest a means of adjustment. Mr. Shaffer was present- ed to President Roosevelt by Repre- sentative-clect 'Aubrey Thomas of Ohio, who also introduced to the presi- dent David Hvans, organizer of the Amalgamated association at Youngs- town. = - 7 . The situation was discussed in de- tail, the president expressing his re- gret that the differences between the men and the employing company ap- parently were not susceptible of am- icable adjustment. He said, however, that he had no authority which would ‘warrant him to interfere in the trou- ble, glad as he would be to see a set: tlement of the strike. | eretted ‘that he was unabie to assist them practically. They said they un- derstood the president’s position and :l!illd no way to suggest to him to help em, OF NIGHTLY OCCURRENCE. More Firing in Vicinity of Leiter Mines at Zeigler, III. Zeigler, ill, Dec. 3.—Exchange of shots, seemingly in connection with Joseph Leiter's attempt to install non- union workmen in his ¢oal mines here, continue to be of nightly occurrence. There was more firing during the night. The first shot was heard near the company’s pumping plant. The searchlight was flashed and rapidfire guns responded. Soldiers were imme- diately sent out. As in previous cases no person appeared to have been ‘wounded. Guards at the Dyle blockhouse, hali way between the town of Ziegler and the pumping station, which are over two miles apart, were driven to cover shortly after midnight by an attack from the woods in which about fifteen shots were fired. An attack was also made on the pumping station, which ‘was promptly answered by the guards and deputy marshals guarding the plant. St. Louis, Dec. 3.—A long distance telephone message from a Post Dis- l:tch staff correspondent at Duquoin, ., says: The witnesses who appeared before the Perry county grand jury and se- cured the indictment against Joseph Leiter and Attorney Platt for bringing armed guards into the state for service at the mining town of Zeigler have been examined by the Franklin coun- ty grand jury. Zeigler is in Franklin county. - While witnesses and officers will not talk it is understood that all the testimony was on the emplayment by Leiter of forces of armed men. KILLED BY POLICEMEN. Insane Armenian Cause of Lively Scene In New York. £ New York, Dec. 3.—After driving his employer and others from a candy shop in Brooklyn Carabad Krikorian, an Armenian, barricaded himself in the place and resisted arrest until he had been shot to death by a detail of policemen who had been summoned to the scene. Krigorian fired “several shots, but none of the policemen was wounded, o The Armenian had been acting _strangely for some time. He demand- ed money, which his employer says ‘was-not due him, and when it was re- fused he threatened to kill every one in the shop.. With drawn revolver and found lying & huge cutlass which - near at hand the ©scaping 1o LilC sireet anc & iow li- | utes later several policemen from a nearby station appeared on the scene. ! Krikorian barricaded himsclf and a demand that he open the ¢oor was answered by a shot. When the door was forced the madman rushed at the policemen, wielding the cutlass and firing at every step. Fearing that one of their number would be hit by the flying bullets the policemen opened fire and a moment later the Armenian went to the floor with a bullet in his side. He lived only a few minutes. Naval Recruits in Demand. Chicago, Dec. 3.—Instructiors have been received from Washington by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Luby, in charge of the United States naval re- cruiting station here, to enlist an un- limited number of apprentices, lands- men, carpenters, firemen, blacksmiths, shipwrights, painters, machinists and every other class of recruits. Sensation In Land Fraud Case. Portland, Ore., Dec. 3.—In the land fraud trial here during the day J. W. Heidricks of Detroit, Mich., told a story of how he was induced to coun- tenance crime by the acceptance of a bribe which he said was paid him by S. A. D. Puter, one of the defendants in the case. Frederick of Hohenzollern Dead. Munich, Bayaria, Dec, 3.—Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern, a member of the mnon-reigning Sigmaringen branch of the family and a younger brother of King Charles of Roumania, is dead. He was born in 1843 and was a general in the Prussian cavalry, Heavy Snowfall in lowa. Des Moines, Dec. 3.—Snow began falling hore at 9 a. m. and continued intermittizgiy during the greater por uoq of the day. The thermometer registered 21 above. It was the first fall of snow for the season. NEW YORKERS SEE PRESIDENT. Political Situation in That State Is - Discussed. ‘Washington, Dec. 3. — President Roosevelt deyoted much time during the day to the consideration of New York political affairs. The president has made it clear to all of the New York men to whom he has talked about the matter that he will not inter- fere in the senatorial contest. This ‘was one of the subjects which Repre- sentative Littauer of the Twenty-fifth New York district took up with the presiderit during the day. It is likely that Senator Platt, who also was a caller, discussed with the president the appointment of a post- master for New Y:rt.ll: city, in addil a | to some other i