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ay Cireu ON PAGE PRICE ONE CENT. ation Books O NIG EDITION NEW YORK. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1903. PRICE ONE CENT, “BASS LAWS PUTTING. GURB ON GAS TRUST. \:Aldermen Ask Corporation Counsel to | Define Their Powers for Passing Or- dinance Putting an End to the High Handed Extortions of the Combine. Bill Framed to Be Introduced in the Legislature Giving the City Power to Erect Its Own Lighting Plant on Blackwell's’ Island. Two significant moves were made to-day in the fight. which the City jovernment,aroused by the complaints of extortion made by readers of The Evening World, tas begun against the Gas Trust. One was the adoption of a resolution by the Board of Aldermen request- ‘ing Corporation Counsel Rives to furnish an opinion as to what power the Board has to put an end to the abuses, and the other was the framing of a Dill to be introduced in the Legislature at Alhany giving the city power to erect and maintain ite own electric lighting plant on Blackwell’s Island. ALDERMEN ASSAIL TRUST. resolution: ‘Whereas, Many complaints are made by citizens as to the quality of furnished by the several corporations supplying Plainguts allegi: ‘a . _gus/are double and treble those of the preceding month under mil unesy and that ‘protests ninde » in regard thereto are met By Giate necessities as lighting, cooking and heating facilities; therefore be it egolved, That the Corporation Counsel be and is hereby to furnish an opinion to this board at the possible date as to what powers,are vent to investigate the alleged abuses, and as to the = board may possess to remedy this matter by legislation. ‘@pplauded. the resolution. Board voted in the negative, BILL,_GOES TO ALBANY, finishing touches were put on it to-day. ipo time may be lost\in crushing the power of the lighting combine. is was explained to-day by Commissioner Robert Grier Monroe, | ible delay from that quarter can be set up as an excuse. Of Estimate sea legislati' id Apportionment was unanimous in the opinion that imme- \Mr. Hutchinson, who has been employed to draw the plans. / QUICK ACTION IS EXPECTED. ‘and electric combine. “With the rejection of the gas bids by the city the combine is given to understand that the ‘city is prepared for. business, I am no ithrough with this question by any means. Iry there must be a combine. weighed before letting. ‘OULD FEAR THE COURTS. “In 4 (| 2 then we would if | the city would be required to pay. “While the present plan for munici plant.” work after he gets the legal power. He has selected Blackwell's as ‘the site for the municipal lighting, plant. whom he has engaged to compute the probable cost of the plant, Mr. over the site, ‘ went to Blackwell's Island, and after looking the ground over was than Blackwell's Island,” Mr. Monroe said to-day. front and our “Wexpert will report on the cost of the plant within a week,’ As soon as the Board of Aldermen met, President Fornes, who has taken mp the fight against the combine withgreat vigor, introduced the following : ‘As the clerk began reading the resolution spectators in the gallery Alderman “Tim” Sullivan promptly moved the immediate adoption of When the yeas and nays were called not a member of the Tho bfil-giving the Board of Estimate power to build a municipal elec- Ario light plant will be introduced in the Legislature on Wednesday. The All the influence of the city administration will be exerted to have the {bill become a law before the present sessiop of the Legislature closes so that “We feel,” he said, “that it is absolutely necessary to at once secure sanction Of the Legislature to our proposd municipal plant, so that no The Board power be invoked so that the olty would be in a position to go ahead with the work on-the municipal plant following the report of “Our position is not as hopeless as it appeared at one time. I may say within a very few months the city can be absolutely independent of the I want another important thing lone, and that is power to demand competitive bids. Where there is no 1 want bids from different gas companies ithout combination. These bids shall be received privately, but will be ‘publicly @iscussed and finally decided upon by the Board of Estimate and it. Any contract thus entered into will be carefully analysed mean time the gas companies will not daré to turn off the gas, in a position to go into the courte and dema: | Bes @ eufficient supply of gas or electricity bat & ruling by the court a to price pal ae only contemplates ‘building of e plant to supply our streets, avenues and public buildings light, it is only a question of time when the publi¢ willbe demanding ~ gs cheap light for themeeclves as the city is obtaining. -Then the Legislature may empower the city to supply private confumers with Nght from a * While waiting for the Legislature to act Col. Munroe is preparing for Accompanied by an » “There could not be a more perfect site for the municipal lighting plant “It is right om the water can be carried by the new bridge to Manhattan. The WAIGHT 15 ARRAIGNED, NIECE WAITS Miss Browne Had Merely Changed Hotels to Es- cape Interviewers andj Comes to Court Wheni Uncle Is Brought to Bar. HE TELLS HIS OWN STORY. Is Willing to Waive Extradition Proceedings and Return, He Declares, Confident in His In- nocence and the Support of Influential Friends. Whitaker Wright, the English promot- er who was arrested yesterday when he arrived here on La Lorraine, charged with having swindled English investors out of $$111,000,000 through the crash of the Globe anco Corporation two years ago, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Alexander in the Federal Building to-day. Miss Browne, his niece, who came over with him and who disappeared from the Hotel Albemarle after being there a few hours, was present at the hearing. She came to the Federal Building with Mau- tice Untermeyer, ‘er counsel, a half hour before Wright was expected. She had made no effort to hide herself, as had been intimated. When she left the Albemarle she went to the Hotel Ken- sington, at Fifteenth street and Fifth avenue, to get away from reporters. Coansel Aske Delay. ‘When the hearing began, Mr. Unter- myer in behalf of Wright, asked that ‘a few days be allowed his client to as- certain the exact character of the charges made against him. eeWeight ia’ willing.” \said the wyer, “to stay these proceedings and return to-morrow, because he is confi- dent that he can establish his 1 but on advice of counsel he asks for a Tittle time to look into the character of the complaint against him. The charges were made while he high seas and he ts in e} ance of them.” Charles A. Fox, counsel for the Brit- ish Consul, wanted an adjournment for two weeks to allow the papers to come from the other side. It was finally f@greed to let the case go over until Wednesday, when Wright will decide whether he will walye further proceed- ings. Otherwise the case will go over until the papers arrive from England. Wright was recommitted to Ludjow Gtreet Jail with the Injunction from his counsel not to talk. Previous to this, however, he had talked freely. Mr. Wright was not depressed by his predicament. He had all the genial manner of @ good, promoter. He denied wrongdoing *and expressed his willingness to return to England at his own expense in the custody of a United Btates oMfcer without waiting for ex- tradition formalities if the authorities @o permitted. Indignant for Niece’s Sake. His only show of anger came at the mention of Miss Browne. He was fu- rious at the’ suggestion in some of the morning papers that Misa Browne ‘was not his niece, He solemnly said that she was his alster'» daughter, and @hat sho had come over here to visit relatives in Philadelphia, Mr, Wright was brought down from Ludiow Street Jail to the Federal Building by United States Deputy Mar- shal Blake. They walked most of the way, and the Englishman seemed to enjoy looking about. When he got to the Federal Building he talked freely with a reporter for The Evening World. Say» He Is an American. “1 am an Amerioan citizen,” he said, “although I am English born. 1 be- came an American when I married my wite In Philadelphia. My mother and | # two of my children ae Ourled in Phil- were anything wrong in my cou0 \als matter I would cer- tainly make a fight against going back; but as it is I shall all extradi- tion formatities and get pack there aw quickly as I can, at my own expense, if they will permit me, “I Rave been greatly shocked by the sensational way my arrest has been treated by the mewspapers—especially with reference to Miss Browne, It is a crime and a shame that the suggestion a@hould have been made that she Je not my niece, She is my niece. She ls aly sister's child. She is coming tv thie eountry to visit relatives in Philadel phia. “My ownfooming a this time was occasioned by @ cablegram trom British Columbia asking me to there ana look at some mining properties, I had been in Paris and was going (o Engiang when the cable came. Miss Browne and I were yooked under the wrong names because the Uckels were taken in the name of the steamehip agent in Paris, I corrected this as avon av 1 learned a PRESIDENT JOHN M. HALL, OF THE N. Y., N. H. & H. RR., WHO OPPOSES THE DEMANDS OF THE. TRAINMEN, . LIQUOR WEN APPEAL T0 LOW) They tenets Him to Announce His Stand on the Proposed Increase .in the Excise Tax Which Alarms Them. WILL NOT RAISE BIG FUND. At a meeting of the executive com- mittees of all the district organjzatio: of the Wine, IAquor and Beer Deale: Associations of Manhattan and Brook- lyn Boroughs, held this afternoon in Fraunce’s Tavern, it was decided to ake an appeal to Mayor Low to use his influence against the ‘proposed in- in the excise tax, The object is to get the Mayor to announce and regarding the proposed legis- lation. The meeting was called secretly and every effort was made to keep the pro- ceedings from the public. Enough. is known, however, to warrant the stace- ment that it was decided not to raise a big fund to take to Albany for the purpose of smothering the measure, but to fight it on its own merits, ‘A suggestion was made, but not acted upon, that the Hquor dealers of Greater New York organize an independent politteal party dor self protection, ‘This party, if formed, would also include butchers, ice dealers, brewers, mineral water manufacturers and al] others having dealings with Mquor stores, Al- though the project was not seriously coneldered. It is, likely tobe started if the proposed making the saloun tax 200 in Manhattan aud. $900 in Brook: a ie YR Committee was appointed to go to Albany on Wadnestay when there will be a tee wif on the measure. Thi commiites will argue ainat the loonkeepers med heckine the impression is round that the Republican machine by ne dfsponed to Increase the tax 60 per cent, and drive scores of New York waloons out of the business, BANKER’S SON DIED } FROM BEATING German Tutor, Accused of Causing Boy's Death by Punishment, Is Under Arrest, BERLIN, March 16,—A son of Director Kool, of the Dewesche Bank, was re- cently @0 Beverely beaten by his tutor that the lad, who fifteen years of e, died from the effects of the castiga- ion. ‘The vutor has been arrest WEATHER FORECAST. Foreesst fer the thirty-six hours ending at $ P.M, Te for New York City ana ‘BURDICK'S DAUGHTER TELLS OF MURDER, Binessuee un en Marion Calmly De- scribes Learned of His Death, and Says Mother at the Inquest How She Was Not Wholly to Blame in Quarrel with Father. (Specia} to The BUFFALO, Mars: win L. Burdick, at ternoon, told in a how she had learned of her father's! @ Didn't you ask to see papa? A. murder, She is a frali, beautiful girl, | ~° Q. Didn't you go into th very like her mother in features. Her No, bate ro Speepntis as eyes are largo and dark, her skin dark | Didn't Go Into Den, end clear. Gowned in a simple school- Q. Did you ask to be allowed to go girl's frock of sombre black, with a plain bat of black straw, figure. Her manner was wonderfully} Q. Where did. you got A. Down composed. | otairs. Not a trace of confusion, was evident; (). Was the den door open? A. Yes, as she took the oa! ble. stuck to monosyllables wherever possi-| Q. Who'was there at the time? 4, |prepared to go out ata moment's notlie, They say that this end of the There was a plaintive ving in her | Grandma irpan; volce,- but) her tones were even. Q. Where did you go? . A. Grandma mri Be opmapletesy: Wed up: Althoual the ya: Dt DOO ae “Now, Marian, began the Djstrict-At-|and | went into the conservatory and torney, sh 16.—Marion * Bur- dick, the fifteen-yearold daughter of Ea- | “tell us hgw you first came to hear of your father's death,” | “Grandma told me," | Q. What did she say? .A.She said he} Evening World.) was dead Q. Where was that? A. Upstairs. the inquest this af-+ crowded court-room|to see papa? A. No. she made a pathetic! A, I did. not. th. Her answers at. sir 4 |, Where did you go on coming down- taire? A. Into the dining-room | watered the plants, she said. (Continued on Second Page.) HALL TAKES TO MR, MORGAN'S PLAN TO AVERT BIG STRIKE, President Hall, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford (Railroad, returned to Hartford this evening, after concludin: his conference lay before the with J. Pierpont Morgan. It is believed he wit mena proposition suggested by Mr. Morgan ,. LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. Third Race—Velasquez 1, Aratoma 2, Dutch Carter 9, Fourth Race—The Bronze Demon 1, Zirl 2, Zack Ford ». Fifth Race—Georgia Gardner 1, Latson 2, Accolade 3, eirreeetenentenete dh itrane INTERBOROUGH COMPANY GETS BRONX FRANCHISE. The Board fa Bat f Aldermen to-day granted the New York City In h ie any! a sieanehie, covering,.thirty-si pie TE 2 Abel My the Bronx with ipl 4 jaducts in the Bronx re Q. Did you ask her. how ‘he died?} . No. . Did you tell grandma you wanted jie the den when Mr, Murey come? Q. All this time you made no attempt MORGAN STEPS IN TO PREVENT REAT. STRIK He Calls President Hall, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad to Go fer with Him in This City, and a Proposition Looking to Settlement. Drawn Up. MEANWHILE THE MEN ARE READY promising fay to Meeting Joint: Com. mittees of the Trainmen and Conductors: ---Other Points in Controversy May” Easily Smoothed Over. The influence of J. Pierpont Morgan may at the last moment: vent a disastrous strike on the New York, New Haven and Hartford’ toad. Mr. Morgan, whose sway in the directorate of the road is powerful, held a conference with President Hall at the Grand Central station to Immediately after this conference a new proposition was wired the railroad officials from this city to the Grievance Committee of satisfied employees, who were in session at New Haven. What the: 6f this proposition is could not be learned, either here or-frsNew | a but from the demeanor of the members of the committee when they: journed for lunch it was evidently of a favorable character. 5 Valentine Fitapatrick and C. W. Wilkins, the national officers of two organizations of employees, gave out the following statement at New Haven this afternoon: 2 “The votes of the employees of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rallroad Company on the questfon of a strike is now in the hands of com- mittecs being canvassed. These will not be made public, until it is first communicated to President Hall. This morning the committee received communication from President Hall. The contents we do not care to make public. We do not care to say more upon the situation at this The general impression ts that the President of the railroad har to meet the men half way. Whether they will be content with s less than a fulfilment of their demand that President Hall confer with Joint committee of conductors and trainmen depends largely upon national officers of the Brotherhoods, who are in charge of the at New Haven. HALL HURRIES TO MEET MORGAN. Mr, Hall expected to remain in New Hayen to-day in order to hand when the report of the Grievance Committee was ready, but he i suddenly for this city and two hours later met MY. Morgan. The ence was not long, At its conclusion Mr. Morgan entered his cabs started for Wall street, while President Hall went on a mysterious’ | sion. Although President Hall was placed at the head of the New road by the New England stockholders, he went in under a p the Morgan-Rockefeller interests that their influence should not be. ridden. The desire of Mr. Morgan for peace between his railroad H their employees 1s well known, and the men are encouraged,to believe he will advise yielding to their demands rather than precipitate a this time, The men in the five yards of the New Haven road in this city & i protection, the preparations have been made to have the reserves inthe: up-town precincts go out to protect the property of the company. — MEN ARE IN FAVOR OF A STRIKE. The Grievance Committee, representing the members of the onder ot Railways Conductors and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, at their ing in New Haven to-day canvassed the ballot taken during the past on the strike question. It was found that the resolution to strike demands of the .men are granted is almost unanimous. So serious has the situation become that a citizens’ commit) bee appointed in New Haven to seek to bring about a meeting President John M. Hall, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford. 4 the leaders of the dissatisfied employees. The Grievance Committee has prepared a schedule of the semana the men. This includes a ten-hour day with undiminished wages, pay. overtime, the placing of freight conductors in line for promotion to senger trains, abolition of the rule requiring freight brakemen to | up trains in yards and @ genera! readjustment of runs so as to prety men to sleep at home. Accompanying this schedule, which will be presented for the first’ there wilt be sent to President Hall a recapitulation of the vote of the brothernoods and a demand that President Hall confer with @ joint mittee from the organizations of the trainmen and conductors. President Hal! has repeatedly announced that such @ conferenne of th: question He will not allow the firemen to participate in @ supcerping the wages of conductors, nor will he allow the to bave anything to say about wages (hat shall be paid to trainmen. Although but two classes of employees are represented in the” negotiations, the other men are in sympathy with the movement. provisions of their respective brotherhoods the engineers and not be allowed to draw trains manned by non-union crews The! patchers apd telegraph operators are in hearty sympathy with: movenrent, and can be depended upon to go out if necessary, ‘Third Grand Master Valentine Fitapatrick, of the Second Senior Grand Conductor C,. a Conductors, are in supreme trek aad i