The evening world. Newspaper, January 30, 1905, Page 3

‘TAMMANY PAINED “AT GROWING RICHES OF MR. MURPHY _ Two Million Dollars the Figure at Which the Leader’s Wealth Is Placed by Political Observers, and ‘‘the Boys” Are Grieved. NOTHIN’ DOIN’ FOR DISTRICT LEADERS OR CONTRACTORS. Croker’s Coming Cal's Up Visions of the Time When the Chief Looked After the Braves, tow the Rank and File Get Only the Crumbs, = (Illustrated by Tom- Powers.) “Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany chief,” said a politician to-day who knows whereof he speaks, “is worth $2,000,000. His wealth is in- creasing rapidly, and that fact alone is causing trouble among the Tam- many rank and file, who are getting little or nothing these days.” It was found by inquiry among other politicians that this opinion of | + Murphy’s wealth generally obtained, It was pointed out that he was not flamboyant in the display of his newly acquired affluence, as Croker was, and that his money was more securely invested than Croker's. “It is a Safe prediction,” said the informant of The Evening World, “that when the Surrogate’s Court comes to pass upon the estates of Murphy and Cro- ker, Murphy’s will be found to be much the larger.” The coming of Cro- ker has revived comparisons between the ex-chief and his successor, and the commeni is Croker always looked after the “boys.” So astonishing seemed the estimate of Murphy's wealth, and so great an example does it appear to be of the opportunities which await energy in local politics that The Evening World man sought further information concerning the rise of Murphy to the dizzy heights of chief of Tammany and custodian of the thoughts of hundreds of otfice-holders, After much questioning in various quarters, he compiled this review of a useful and busy life, which will be no less interesting to the rank and file of Tam. { many than to the thousands of eager reformers in all kinds of civic bodies who are already with both feet and hands in the scramble of a Mayoralty campaign, i The Rise of Mr. Murphy. Just as the location of the sugar re- When Mr, Murphy left the Depart-| "eres In Senator McCarren's district ment of Docks he was reputed to be|!” Willamsburg brought about a nat- qworth three or four hundred thousand | Fal alliance between Senator McCar- Wollars, The most of this money had| én and the owners of the refineries, Deen accumulated while he was In office, | where several thousand of his constitu- put the foundation of his fortune had| “nts were employed, been laid before that in his Hquor busl- Senator Hagan had speculated from nesses on Second avenue. time to time in Wall street and rather | Beginning life as a bartender, Mr. | successfully, although his outside spec- Murphy saved his wages and soon was | ulations and occasional ventures on able to buy a saloon of his own. He was one of the election district cap- tains when Eddie Hagan was leadey, supplanting Gen. Spinola, who had for many years hoaded the Tammany or- ganization in the Gas House District, As much of Hagan's time was taken ‘wp with this legislative and extra legis- ative duties in Albany, where he was for several years Assemblyman and then Senator, the routsye work of the istrict organization fell upon Mr, Mure phy. who waa excellently adapted to It, He was sober, abstemious, qulet, re- speotable and saving, He took an In+ terest In local sports and got together @ baseball nine which was one of the best semi-professional nines in New York, The savings from his first sa- Toon he Invested In other saloons and had the Tammany district club—the Anawanda—take quarters over one of 4 his saloons, which kept him tn close touch with the district workers and Qlso added to his revenues, Had Wall Street Connections, Early on assuming the district leader- whip Mr, Murphy made desirable Wall 4 the race track offset his Wall street profits, Mr, Murphy profited by the example |Senator Hagan had set, both in what to do and what to avold, He stuck to his Wall street frionds and left out- vide speculation and gambling and race ‘yack matters alone. | While he was In the Dock Board opportunities naturally came to him to extend his corporate acquaintance to the large railroads and other trans. portation ¢ompanies which had inter ests vitally affected by his department, The Pennsylvania Railroad, the New York Central and the coal roads all have much business with the Depart- ment of Docks, and a Commissioner who desires to muke friends rather than to get cash grafy shows a sa- gaclous cegord for his own financial future, ' It was in the Dock Board that Mr, Murphy first came in intimate relations with J, Sergeant Cram, at present his closest political adviser, friend and counsellor, Socially, J. Sergeant Cram @nd Mr, Murphy are opposites, Cram 4s descended on both sides from old Philadelphia families of Quaker stock and high social standing. Hs pocial lines in New York lay with the Knickerbocker Club on Fifth avenue, while Mr. Murphy's were on Second avenue with the Anawandas, It Mr. Murphy can be sald to have a genius good or evil it Is J. Sergeant Cram. Popular opinion among tho practical workers In Tammany {¥ that Cram's advice Is not gvod—bui, good or bad, It Is the advice which Mr, Murphy asks for first and depends upon most, It was not until Mr. Murphy was sole | leader Instead of & member of the tri- umyirate which will be Known more for | Devery's characterization of them as “athe Best BARTENDER NEW YORK EVER HAD® Re treet connections, He had been as- pisted to do this by Senator Hagan nd the fact that the location of the large gashou in his district threw film Into natural friendly relations with the corporations which owned them, DOUBLE UP... tere Is a double way of doing it, WAY ONE— {s to make a judicial real estate {nvestment which will double in [Bnet ‘Two-Spot and uy than by value within a year or two—then} | Qnything that was done during tier you can afford to get married, irevtorate, that he really began’ to wet When the Pennsylva : WAY TWO— covded Wt last. in oy 7 liepous obstacies which th: Get married and purchase your Aldelmen und gene © lo M fuithoritlos wd thrown ba the way of 14 contems| house and lot in a location that} | hinted Improvements, It, was. promptly {s bound to Increase in value, Jannounced that the contract for the ex- | cavation and foundation of Its colossal $26 properties with futures were} | Rew Station had been awarded to the INew York Contracting and Trucking Company, of which Murohy's brother] ind Alderman Gaffney are the ostensl> Ie heads, offered yesterday in the Sunday World's Want Directory. — GET IT — {Plans inom: ahir ith When the Consolidated Gas Company i ef succeeded ‘in sllayiag the opposition Be) ea a! “MONTAY. BVP: b WHERE THE TROVBLE / 4 COMES IN A crisis in the Wigwam {s where the big chiet gets the turkey and the fol- lowere get the crumbs that fall from the rich man's table, Artist Powers has carefully pictured his idea of the crisis, ——— the local municipal authorities to the Remsen bill and its proposed extensive was works in Astoria the announcement was promptly made that this contract work, too, would be done by the New York Contracting and Trucking Com- pany, Already bullders and exoavation men in general had learned that If they em- ployed ithe New York et and F racking Company there would be no hindrance or delay in their operations by the police, the Building Department or any of the other of the numerous local authorities who might cause trouble tf they desired to be overly strenuous in thelr tnapections and en- forcement of the law. ‘This thing of taking the contracts by a company in which the real parties’ names do not prominently appear is a recent development of the district lead- ers’ perquiaite or “honest graft,” as it is called by George Washington Plunk. itt, Almost every Tammany district leader of the new regime is the man Meher up In some contracting company, and instead of making money In small retall sums by the gross methods of criminal graft the leaders now more sagaclously use thelr influence for the promotion and the profits of incorpor- ated enterprises, Where the Trouble Comes. Here 1s where the trouble comes with @ rank and file, They are getting no flices and no favors. The little jobs which were formerly apportioned with some degree of fairness in distribution between the election district cantains and ‘the workers @t the polls are now elther In the hands of clyil-service se- lections or used to discharge personal favors or to give salaries to relatives and personal friends, The dig Tammany contracti, com- antes monopolize the work which the ivtle comtractors used to have @ share of, and the man with a few horses and carts or a Iittle business of his own which might be helped on to prosperity by small city contracts or bt getting the work of some of the large pues: seryloe corporations now finds that he {s shut out by the district leaders’ com- panies saeinn {t all, and that hie only opportunity to get work Is as a hired man for them, Here {s where another great difference comes Jn, When the district leaders had no personal {Interest in the con- tract work they would occasionally help hold wp the public-service conpor- ations ‘to get profitable jobs for the smaller contractors, Now that they are doing the contract work for tham- selves, they conduct everything on bus- Iness principles, and any man who ‘or them ‘has to earn ‘his money, {netead of being allowed to make a Notle ty overcharge And increased | rate of pay which was formerly toler- The Bast Docn COMMISSIONER NEW, YoRW VER HAD. RRS He ated by the public-service corporations fas a matter of necessary poltical trib- ute, Mr, Murphy has been apprised of the causes of this disaffection by some of his associates. although naturally they do not emphasize |gs extent and the possible dangers which may result from such a feeling at the polls, Any student of eleotion district re- turns, and cspecially any one who Is {ntimately acauainted with the lower grades of the Tammany district work- ers, knows that Mr, Low's election in 191 was in reality due more to th sulkiness of the rank and file of Tam: many than to the organizations of dis- tingulshed citizens who took the public THe BEST DUST DIPPER NEW YORK A EVER HAD = RocK$ Yoo oredit, There was soreness then among the men who were hustling for their dally bread and to pay the nent when they realized that Mr, Croker’s affluence came from the power which their votes wave him, And as the knowledge of Mr, Murphy's affluence is becoming spread the dis- trict leaders who keep in touch with their rank and file are beginning to be apprehensive about the result, SUMMER FINERY AT MID-WINTER EXHIBIT. the Advance Fashions Are Shown at John Forsythe'a Opening. The Wwky woman who can escape from snowkpund New York to one of the winter resorts of the South will be able (o supply all her wardrobe's needs for the trio at the spring opening of John Fopsytpe, at No, 865 Broadway, Advance styles in summer sults, gowns and waists qr¢ shown In novel materials and designs of great attractiveness, There are linen sults In white, tan and ovlors, made with skirts elabor- ately or simply plaited, and coats vary- dng from the long, closely fitting model ‘to the platted ton affair, All ‘Me Liege nnd of velvet or braid with these linen sultings fs a distinetly new ides, A Deny white linen tailor-made has brack velyet collars and cuffs; a tan Hnen crash has collar and cuffs of wrown velvet ‘Nhe Jackot of a costume of witlte linen crash, made with Eton back and) loused frat, has a design worked In K siK In materials mottled and ho lat heavy Hi the burlap Weave, will tike the plitee Me pongee has held iy seasons past Wilst olpevees show abared cuffs, ornamented with a litle fund embrol tory ve linerle Maen, tn rish p take ‘every. wast xe dainty > dered with fabrics, br Bt i) Work, in endless variety of designs, Linen waists, with, openwore, han embroidery, are haudsorely enéetly Thene are thin wulste ovulyolderedt mpllolty, and Ince Insertings, fan the most WAS NOT INSTRUCTED TO EXAMINE LIFE BELTS. John A, Dumont, Former Inapec- tor-General, Tentifies at the Lundberg Trial, The trial of Henry Lundberg, former Assistant Inspector of Hulls, on an In- diotment charging him with neglect of duty in fafiing to make a proper In- spection of life preservers, which led to the great loss of life on the steamboat General Slocum, was continued to-day before Judge Thomas and jury in the criminal of the ‘Jnited States Ciroutt Court, Former Supervising Inepector-General of United States Steam Vessels John A. Dumont testiffed that he directed Flem- ing amd Lundberg to Inspect the Slooum on May 6 and 6 last. He said further | that there are 0 local inspectors of United States steain vessels at this port, “Did you ever Instruct Lundbeng as to |the examination of life preservers?" asked Lawyer A, 8, Gilbert, “Tdld not,” answered Gen, Dumont, Q. Ware ail the life presorvers welghee env & ined? A, ‘Dhey were nat, ame wore picked cut and exwnined, and then the whole lot was pacsed, | Q, Was there any rule for ithe ine fpoctons to examine life preservens? A There was not, Q, Doos the fact that a Ife-preserver {s five or ton years old make It unfit for use? A. The fact that tt ts old) indi. cated nothing, Cornell. Wi Smith, an aselstant In spector, oxplaine? his’ manner of exam: ) ination of the Ife-preservers and sald that exper nee alded him in making sil examination. Orutin't resist the preseure, ‘The 1905 Worlt Almanac {s eo ocomplate and conpretonsive that the many new abd> Joris Pl pelvic tl demanded an math fo for indexing purposes, This Geta due’ fa ibe ioe elon. ‘advertised to-day In accordance with | the request of Mayor McClellan, the Williamsburg Bridge and geyen pub- ‘He sehoola in the distriet Bridge Commisioner Best ts going to lend a hand In the project, too. He will supply the dynamos, and Briige Depart- ment employees will see that the dyna- mos are kept running, The Inctnerator will burn a portion of the city's waste and develop heat for the boilers, which will supply the steam to operate the ST, PETERSBURG RESUMES WORK Strikers Flocking Back to the Factories and Some Em- ployers Consider Paying for Time They Were Out. PRAYERS TO OFFSET FATHER GOPON’S DOINGS. Metropolitan Asked to Officiate at Service “To Remove Effect of the Presence of Unfrocked Priest.” ST. PETERSBURG, Jan, %—After- noon.—Most of the factories and milla of Bt, Petersburg are in operation to- day, and the etrike to all intents and purposes is ended, A few hatge estab: lishments have not yet fully resumed operations owing to the official for malities necessary in regleteting their thousands of employees. Some of the workmen at the Putlloff Works, where the strike orginated, have asked for the celebration of a religious service by the Metropolitan of St, Petersburg before resuming work ‘go as to remove the effect of the presence of the unfrocked priest and excommunicated leader,” Father Gopon. Some Goclal Democrats are protesting against the arrests of Mriday and Sat- urdey on the ground that the action taken was a violaitlon of the amplied promiee contained in the proclamation of the authorities, ‘The Manufacturers’ Association will meet this week ito decide the question of paying the wages of the strikers for the time the latter were ot at work, but as @ number’ of the works have already paid their unskitled laborers, whowe pay-day was 707, 4, half or full the rest ot the employens will probeibl ‘workme) Pre feet oe tel? wages forthe time they were out on trike, —_——— 160 KILLED IN WARSAW RIOTS. WARSAW, Russian Poland, Jan. %.— The number of killed or wounded dur- ing the rioting here ts estimated at 160, Out-of-door life in the clty is at & complete standstill, All the restaurants, cafes and shops are closed, . More troops will be sent here as extra protective measures are necessary, ee ITALIANS PLEAD FOR MAXIM GORRKY. OMB, Jan, 80—A number of Depu- ties signed a memorial in the Chamber of Deputies to-day asking the Govern- ment to use tts good offices with the Ruesian Government to eave the life of Maxim Gorky and his companions. —_-—— SWEDES ATTACKED IN THE NORTH SEA, —_—_— i Firing on Them Led to tWe Raking of the Fleet of British ‘Travwiers, PARIS, Jan, %.—The International Commission inquinng {nto the North Gea incident at its eession to-day heard two Swedish witnesses, Capt. Johnson and Mate Stromberg, of the cargo-boat Aldebaran, They both testified that a tew ‘hours preceding the firing on the British crawlers by the Russian squad- ron their boat was attacked In the North Sea by a strange warship, which fired many shots at the Aldebaran, but did not do her serlous damage, The stranger then disappeared, nsel for Ri protested that this testimony was not directly connected ‘with the North Sea tnoldent, but Ad- miral Fournier (France), President of the Commission, ruled that the testl- mony was admissible, Hugh O'Belrne, the British agent, sald the strange vessel was the Rus- stan transport Kamtchatka, which mis- took the Swedish craft for a torpedo- boat. Mr, O'Belrne further declared that the Kamtchatka thereafter sent a wireless message to Vice-Admiral Ro- jestvensky notifying him that she had nm attacked by a torpedo-boat and Rojestvensky thereuvon onered his squadron to be on the lookout for torpedo-boats which, Mr, O'Belrne as- serted, caused the North Sea inoldent, ICE HINDERS BOATS FROM RAPID DOCKING iners Seriously Incon: by Floating Masses—Lo Money Is Considerable, So filled {s the bay with te that in. coming liners are having diMculty in docking, The tugs that tow the Mners up the rivers are unable to break through the great floating inasses, and every inooming ship is delayed in dock- ing. Ferry-boats are having the same dim- culty, The Staten Island boats are all being delayed, They can break through the seas of ice until they get to their docks, and then they have trouble, Because of the Ice there Is little shift. ing of freight from the steamships to the docks, ‘The ligtfers, which usually work by the job, are now working by | the hour, and this ¢s proving costly to the steamship companies, ————— ADVERTISING BIDS FOR CITY LIGHTING PLANT. Bids for the municlpal lighting plant, which the city proposes to bulld, were 1 fenced Street-Cleaning Commissioner Wood- bury has taken the matter up and will build an incinerator to be run tn con- junction with his department, the power generated by It to be employed to worl dynamos which will supply lights for engine, whieh in turn will run the dyna- mos, | The bids will continue $9 be ndyer- tised ntl! Wednesday, Feb, 1. The Bun" of the bids la restricted to nh a) dec ‘ oy, . WITH BT. PITERSBURG, Jan, 0-650 P. M. —The Russian advance . movement and Qripenberg has notified the Em- peror the has discontinued the offensive, The \Var Office gives no entimate of the Russian losses, but they are be- leved to bo heavy. Gen, Grippenberg hae a'so reported that Gena, Mistchenko and Kondrateu- itch were wounded, ously hurt but have been forced to give up thier commands, The same dispatoh contains the in- formation that the Russians had taken Sautatits! Saimatexe). TOKIO, Jan, 9~8 P, M.—The casual- ties during the fighting of Chenchieh- pao and Helkoutal are Imated at 10,000 on the Russian aide, Russian activity on the Shakhe River emed to have ‘ceased after the fighte the Japanese were victorious, The ob- Ject of the operations is not clearly understood here, but it is suggested that the Russ! elther intended to turn the Japanese left and move a heavy force down west of the Liao River, or were seeking ¢o divert atten: tlon from #ome’ pnojected ' operation against the Japanese right, It is reported that the weather ts warmer sinco Jan. 2; but it is atill extremely cold, 0 that It js impossible to expose the troops at night. GN. OKU'S HEADQUARTERS, Jen. 2,7 P. M,, via Fusan—(Delayed in trang- migston).—Diyisions of Japanese troops attacked Pehowsk! and drove four divi- @one of the Russians across the Hun River, Six hundred Russlans were oap- The Russians ere making a stand goross the river, ‘One Russlan diviston made several at- tacks on Santanpu to the east, but was Patan bore? with a loss of over 4,000, 1680 led the entire Rusestan line, ‘The lane replied fee- by showing little raee RUSSIAN HHADQUARTORS, HUAN MOUNTAIN, Sunday, Jan, 29 (dele; in tranamission),- object of Gen, SUPEMR et ete ey capture the impo position at Sandepas, on the left ‘of the Hun River, du Hi ot the Sahil 5 and thereby outflank ihe vepeite trom ‘the Shakhe River and le the Rus- sian army to undertake @ general ads vance, At Bandepas the aJpanese oocupted a strongly fortified position commanding, the triangle formed by the confluence of the Hun River and Shakhe River, The aJpanese had erected there a fotr of permanent type, with triple earth- s and trenches extending in @ southwesterly direction, Several villages to the northeast were also fortified strongly, The positions were held by twelve Dattallons of Japanese, partly drawn 's army and ly re- ussians carried the first from Cnt) ‘el 6 tine ot Sa lroncriaettt, pit pare ten intain ir posi mon - shart of Bandepea in the face of flerce cannoneding, The agit was transferred weat- ward, The aJpanese counter-attacked with a brigade of infantry endeavoring to envelop Russlans, but the cav- alry inser the aJpanese ‘A counter-attack on the vil tured by the Russians at the outeet of the fight wae also beaten off, but at the oost to the Russians of several 18+ and killed or wounded, Snoluding Gen, Mistchenko, who was wounded in the knee, The heaviest sufferers were the newly brigade of riflemen, ‘The official report of the casualities In the fighting at Hounlitadzy and Hu- gondl, Jan, % and Jan. 26, says there were 45 officers and 1,000 men, A hundred Japanese prisoners have arrived here. They belonged to the Ninth Division before Port Arthur, The wounded are suffering from the cold, which !s Increasing, —— BRITISH DEMAND _AN INVESTIGATION. 8T, PETERSBURG, Jan. 90, after. noon,—New complications between Great Britain and Russia are feared on ac- count of the attack on the British Consul and Vice-Consul at Warsaw, Saturday night. Coming on the heals of the placards posted by assistant Po- Nee Chief Roudneff, at Moscow, charg- ing Great Britain with inelting the re- volution in Russia the Warsaw Incident {s likely to arouse an outburst in Great Britain which may again strain rela- thons between the two countries. Beyond the fact of the attack at Warsaw resting In the wounding of the British Vice-Consul, who is now in a hospital, the British Embassy here has no details of the affalr, but Sir Charles Hardinge, the British Ambas nador, has already delivered a note to Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, asking for ian Immediate Investigation and explan- ation, reserving any claims which may be hereafter made and at the same (Ime asking for the proteation of Brit- {sh Consuls throughout the empire, By the first train he also despatched Major Napler, the British military at- tache, to Warsaw to secure a full re- pont of the circumstances, Count Lamadorft replied to Ambassa- dor Hardinge's second note on the sub- ject of the Moscow placards by saving that Ingtructions have been sent to removo all traces of the placards from the streets, It is now learned, however, that similar notices had been posted at 1bau and Reval, which led to a renewal of representations on this soore, In this connection the appearance of the proclamation of the Hi Synod tn- (eee, Makes Red Blood and plenty of It to keep one rosy and healthy. POSTUM In place of coffee and tea, 10 days’ trial proves, RUSSIANS GIVE t Gen. Gripenberg Admits Defeat to the Czar, and Says Offensive Has Been Abandoned — Wounded Suffer- ing Badly from the Cold, against the Japanese left hae falled |) ‘They are not serl- | i 6,000 on the side of the Jabanese and | # at Chenohlehpao and Helkoutal, where | ,.7 ‘| Printed Oriental Dress Silks, 10,000 LOS ie onest ttructing the Orthotiox fe their parishioners io firther kab, taken ne or tl » ry ae the attne| by the a as ine! ter fect at "eenbesronate ) fee Get ecaeas Geeta the ‘Belt, believe that che Ainbameedor of 01 th vate advices horities over charge o! ght and” gas ths ee i et that ‘himeett’ a Kain were ol ‘nave heen the datter ALL THE POWERS AGAINST RUSSIA, BHRLIN, Jan, %.—The Russian Go ernment’s reply to Cifine’s declarations that she has not tfiinged neutrality for permitted Japan to do wo is a re. assertion that she ‘has done eo, ‘The Russtan note, which was com- snuntoated to the Powers Sagurday, gives specifications of whet is affirmed to be violations of neutrality, but the tone of the Sealy te kis it te inferred thee er, ; Russa to carry To'ia learned herp that cra found is rine ere all the ularly Ger- ren ay Pea those Btates on jimi zone of war and ceotng China ui ote HIGH ARMY OFFICERS TO OPEN THE CHARITY BALL ‘The Charity Bail, at. the... Waldort., Astomi'on Feb, 2 will heive on tth pers sonal side a pronounced military flayor, Gen, /Frederick D. Grant and staf, Gen, t UR line of Spring and Summer Walsts, srom the medium ¢o the and select novelites, are now displayed on main floor. While the Walate are well known ¢o be tle best in upper New York, the: son's productions are more chio and elaborate in style than the attention ami care taken in. thelr selvetions, * SPECIALS FOR MONDAY AND TURSDA\ $3:00, WOMEN’S WAISTS for 1 bmg erate, onnt aii, doe a a Good value for $3.00, for 35c, ORGANDIES for 19c. yard,” is Our own dmportations of fine Frenchy printed organdios, newest Apring, ‘and exclusive designs. ) Good value at 35c., WEST 125Tii STREET, 7TH AND 8TH \ TUESDA Y, JANUARY 81ST, Women’s Coats. BLACK BROADCLOTH COATS, three-quarter lengtho, black or white satin lined...+.,++.+++ seseee seen EVENING WRAPS of Fine Broadcloth, various weaves, slightly soiled in handling, 2.50, 3,75, 5,00" Proadwvay 1916 Street —— —— ry (x. I) The Unusual Store. Special Sale on Second Floor of | Among this lot will be found a large variety of medium designs and a good assortment of colors—22 to 27 inch width, ¥ A500 yards at 50C, a yard. i 00 and $1.25 Values, it Special Sale in Basement ‘of Chinaware at 2S¢, A. A, Vantine & Co.,