The evening world. Newspaper, December 8, 1905, Page 2

! ° CTION WITH 72 ANCIAL’ BN-| panios—of coufme It would not be tn ' veatigation by a committee of the Legis. | you had for making that purchase of | ree pf, the Bauitte- HAERGBs® ye IMAGING | pReie® lature of either hellae of any tususanos | tose addiional shares? A. The reaeoh dite nats une 2 To Perpetuate Trust oniitions or insurance companies if | 1 pad dor snaking that additional purs th db toe and the (OW, IN MAKING YOUR B R- you dit not peraut him to share in the |chare was I wanted to quality directors, HN of ine souapany’ ahouta te | CE ABE YOURSELF Q. Of course you appreciate the fii jownership? jand I did not want to red the | Reeany should be STAND YOU. Wi that this trvat would terminate tn five | he Mais ‘Altes amount below a majority, whioh T de- At (tho frightful losses that HIBERATIONS!. 4 N: | ts, a ia ie event bf youy death * sired 4o put in trust, or bag put in ar rom the rah braaking “oly wontinua Inatructed of te. | Mtr Copwath= The same advice, MQ. What wae the plice you paid. for Fale, iy A rake 3 “3 quested Mr. Chivath, my counsel, to) ‘The Witness—He did not say that. a e seven or eighty-vight shates? aes cate i q @ dollar work out a olan by’ whlch the trust) Mr Cravath<The same advice, | 1ibink t peld ee thinks Ie wow $2000 wm a ny ea et wey auly securities to the Baul- | will be verpetunted, How far he has | The Witness What? shah in ee ecaiieutiok! ap Ought ty | tabie life? A. No, elr, got in it 1 do not know. We have | dir, Cravath—My eoree S you are not)” Mr, Oravath—Three or four dollars atari ot ming) oF the vitsttion | ert, Bat a it not » fact, Me. Ryan, | thought of that. {Wil vou exouse my | required to anawer any of thone Ques: | undor $2,500, hy oer: i: Yon, ain fee Te coone t Rat ing to gorehare the on ws momant? | Py lotention ta etl or Prat he Gid vot say?) A: No, bir et te whom did you pay the ogee Ad 5 | ever exerol voting ; i ot know wha that oo Mop the trouble! that might | hit ee ‘ wa httty fot MAUS | OF Oat Mtock mor nay hele t mine, | | O: Now. dhe Say that any ‘weton | 16 ppt nee ak ae | A ut, however o your Intention jon the part of the Legislature or any ir, Cravath—Mhe rg was ‘able feEtlermen Rete inad Pah ho | ome he Inducnoed by et maybe, you, of course, ze the dim. |omotal, any, officer af the goverament, |to MAH. M. Alexand id py hy : didnot jy,’ ment a iin, ee suas culty of Imposing your Individual will | would’be uken in the event you refus Q. And be delivered the. a aN te hi Dealt poaltion. 4 Brita i; th tees vu pron those Who may succeed you? A | to accede to his request? stock was delivered through him? A, People downtown, an Des ne. L recognize | Mr, Ctayath—I advise you not to an- pik the stock was delivered to my wi i Ny oP r wnt ith Po i nah aan 4 policy: Ns tht, » tree Payr3 theory about wscctey in America @ man is not Jur 7 HA UE a N ‘When nia ‘ou give instructions to counsel to epare a trust arrange- ment We trust deed—how soon after or bumber of pn holders would | take this company out tho the stook? Within a few hourg. mds tn, who fap ft AR RoIhe to desttug Fixing the Trust Term. 4 tie Sean Nh es ement and efficient, and restore it#; Q. Now, when you formulated the for tho benedt of all honest | trust agreement, you provided fr & t I soon ws Mh that the) trust term of five years, or as is ae wounta that could | (otained 130 in Ue grep 9 of the agreement, whi interested pie if pople who ha fecord, for the Cull peri to l-would be very small; ‘Sine by ¢ you hed P, the matter of Routing J x aa Seat! Conehided-py do it myself. On suyine Rick Leet theme oF x ‘ou fix upon the i or he voting power for the purpose | ry, wae Fee Giceotora of the. company of five years because you were advised & ed for a longer period? A. Yt t trustees of such high char- | vee thelr metho4s could not be feod-—I think I agreed in some nach to Maw a deal for transfer TP Om Heried Of five years, iat power as strone as it could be! vamurer Under the Law,” miook I determined never to exer. 33) Ot the Btate of Der, purpose, and that Y ou could not legally create a ned And T accordingly Instructed at I would continue as long as under the present law, Parnes ¥ phon of purpose was set forth in bree otters written about that time, ‘ou A. Under the 1a One to Mr, Cleveland, one to Mr.—! "0. ‘ou regarded it as improper that Any one else that would remain in the tingnelal gnterprice should have any i Property ownership of the stock, and counsel |'you dd not wish yoursglt’ to- retain yy, such—is that a fact? A. That is he exaot fact, better than I could state it myself. Do you meet with the trustees, o} they advise with you. A. I have in¢t Mt. Cleveland; T met him the other day when he wae in town. advise wit that woul yout A. "Ne suthe iret renee those two, T thin $ Seve bean T think: they made. public, recom, T think my futied. thom over to you some time ‘ early *,) the sension, The third lotter | fol ton, the Pros: | ag the company, which, T think, has |". gq. + never been mate ‘and T would] do ‘Mike to have them tread and ‘eprend upon the minutes, if you think prope: {The letters were put in evidenc Letter to Cleveland. Tom ae te hn, wn be aatia~ New York, June 9, ‘. To go upon the board? A, No, | Dear Mr. Age orgy ay Save You. given my Fou are aware that bitter ocontes- Bag mea be | thong a to the person | weleoted’? A, No, sir, Q. They are to select certain persons Seating the stock Interests? A. Q. To the extent of twenty-four out of the total number ?A, Yes, vetsy exists regarding the manageenent of the Pgultable Life Assuran ay se 4 aod that pitilc confidence has ‘bee @haken in bve safety of the ges mae der the control yt a mings block of wptock leit by Hyde. This loms of confidence ¥ RS & great public) trust of more than four hundred m! iitons | Made No Recommendations. representing the earnings of six hun- (housand polloy-holders, |, @. The minority of twenty-four the hope of putting an énd to this |be selected, Mr. Cravath points ou ton T have, together with other the-sole discretion of the 408, , Durctiased this block of you made, in fact, any Fecommuendas stock, end propose to put it in the |.tlong as to the persons who should be hands of > board of trustees, ering no selected a9 the minority directons? A, wiection with Wall Street, with power | No, alr. vols for the selection of directors a8 | Q. OF within the quota of twenty- oven. elght of the fifty-two direc~| four? A. No, sir, in accordance with the instruc- | Q, Is it your understanding tbat the ia 3 on Dag (eer of the Ree trustees are obliged to select those who , sre nominated by the poltoy-holders ac- conding to the judgment of te trus- | cording to the majority of votes or that ihews, | they may choose among those that are Jo “accordance wyih the plan already | nominated by the pollcy-holders? A. peeced rh the Superintendent of In. beg you to act as one of | MY. eae is that they wore not ieuard S10 othas gentlemen who | Oliwed to do It. Will be in character entirely watisfac-| Mr, Ryan admitted that the trustees Py", to you could reject men selected by the polloy- should not venture to ask this of holders, a, 00 auy personal grounds. The ser- Q. You regard that as a safer method! Joe will bo & groat public service, the | of selecting directors then to allow th Mities of the Trust will be yery election to be controlled by the chane: vougs of a majority of policy-hoWers at do given time Q. Have you any inierest in this stock! Fy od as gubject to this trust deed? ve not, dy Can Fou vote wi took. bay Pata ay hy bi Q. You ae Naot whe title to HP A. That is my understanding. Would Sell fo Society, * Check but No Title. 28, 1906, Q. Are the trustees tn receipt af ¢am- bid haul Morton, 120 eaneey; New | Pree A. (addressing Mr. Cravath) a you oan answer that, Mr. | what I have | Crava) a condit once constituted anges, and all clerical 1 be done by the office force | @f, the compan ny n a similar letter to Jus- foe Morgan J. O'Brien ‘and to Mr. George Westinghouse of Pittsburg, two ft the largest polloy poidere the | Heelety. Yours very tral THOMAS F. RYAN. Doak Bir: Confirming The agreement, was filed with already said to Mr, Cleveland and his | the company. Hesochite trustees, I have to ay Wat Q, Now, the scheme of this agreement Ay. whew 3 in the Equitable Life is that the stock shall be put in trust iM y res, pot Rouen, Wie wt for the thme stated, ant that the trus- Bot be voteada tall, Ang Sor | wow geotoite ie Coavanre il be entitied to the divi- Be apatanbes dends. Now, as a matter of fact, what sell it except tety or under * some plan ea Very truly youre 4nd Mr. Westtughou: juring the term this agreement, h THOMAS FRAN, | Cf thle sae i v \ In th rrahger is stock? A. Absolutely, ; Sate Wet, Arranger that ” were ind a8 to, he of the legal ; ch, pou. paid i of the majority of the stock. they r Bera ciyon wve the sole right to elect the Board mi flock wiven. to of Directors? A. Absolutely ‘ Hon? AL Not wh 4 \.Q. Hane vou reculved any nartiog t A Public Service sonsiderition back from. Mr. Hyde orl 12,1 rrish yun would explain a Ute from any, onc elae? No. sir, | Ue more fully wi that you were *@, Hive you,any agreement, directly witing to £2,500, for stook which or indirecd th any nemon whereby| YOU put hands of trustees You will receive any part ofvthe con-| With full v where you cau ideration back? A. No, sir igo over A whatever re atl at the utmost, 7 Young Hyde Out of It, |p per dent, annua 4 ‘dividends upon the Q, Have any arrangement under! par value? A, Well, I did it to ac- Wiich you © bolding this stock, in| complish the purpose, Air. Hughes, Whole or In part, for the benefit of Mr,| that, m my somewhat lengthy answer i A. Na, abr, ji referred 40 ow, when was # firat contem-| Q. In other words, it was a ocan- d by vou that this stock should be tribution for peace and prosperity? A. w? A. he moment L began I thought 1 was doing & great public s purchase me: Yes. We are to understand then wnat were actuated simply by the motive of renderine @ public service? A And to prevent what I considered—what mit} who eared would be the moet tremendous panio tat this country has ever seen, If| gard that there were the Kquitable Life Assurance Society all “street, who bad ina gone into the hands of a receiver, to Mr, Hyde for the “OG Einve you ever reflected upon the cok? A. There had | auestion af whether Or not you caa get such mamorg; but I know voor money back? A, Never, out them, ott all Influenced tn your purobase the stock by ere were such rumors y the terms of the trust deed the tRideea ate eaipowered to select twenty-eight out of the. fifty-two di- tors {np accordance with the crocs r ° wishes of ey-holders, Does t | Willingen Poxecute thai geod Indie You were fully appreelative of the | cate that t Islation should be had Mpportimiiios that migiy ist if per- | you would be willing to ‘“ the provis~ pans de 18 Of furthers their own | lon sade for the election by the policy~ phase ured control Or chat stock? | holders agpordin, J 9 F $0 law the major. a that it might have | {ty of the Board? tam, : ie ta the Institution, You are rho to go on record y ). OU UNDERSTAND, OF | absolutely to thar eflect? A. Yes, sir. TIAT THE CONTROL OF! .Q, Do trustees reostve any com- ae Ane ACOUMULAT! @ 3| pensation? A, So far, no, ag {AT BUCH INSTITUTION Q, Has any provision teen made for ‘ THE Pou TABLE HAS MIGHT Bf | helr oom Jon? A. Not up % the " AD t IN CON. | present time. T think all three of the ED ADVANTAGE aime trustees felt thet they were perform- ing a public duty. Hyde Asked for More. t Bie How $2,500,000 arrived at; Mar site had asker for 93,5 | aan there must have ion some measure ene 2 ee Mr, Hyde tried to get more, sliy $2,000,000 was ‘eottled upon, | Q But you didn't consider whether or not the . was intrinsically: worth to | was announ ie benesit ‘of the Societ have you, a8 a stopkholder, done siace | Wolley-holders.” x, however, you find tt | the execution of these papers? A. 1| Goxitabhle in “carrying out ‘your plgne | have done very little. py for. the beet of the Society, to felire| Q. Have you done anything? A. 1 Pat stock or to ecquite it for the | should say nothing. Be ae Sate of the polley-holders, tt will | Q. Twant to know whether this if At yous disposal precisely what | ment is carried out in actual practice, f th on me. with 4 © cent. Interest; | whether we fact corresponds to the | 1 ne et Phen < " fy Olvidend’ each Mt eas |. ‘Then Mr. ‘Cleves nd, Judge O'Brien the sole right | THE WORT la EVENT rth AN BOUGHT THE EQUITABLE LIFE T0 PREVENT PA DECEMBER 9 | Q. And the fact that stook ownership of it controls the destinies of an Insur- ance Company moy be pregnant with the evils that were Mustrated under the pe ig conditions? A, Well, that is 30 in all corporations, of course. cent, Interest, A. No, I have not | other basis. Of course some basis } to be gtated ina matter of that ki Q. But if the Legislature should think [DS > oe retirement ha ME a Pt ave your persona) jon? \. |thave Pot ooneldored hae Re are not in @ position. to state? Q. rived you tes oe ¢ was there any pi lon ownership with you? A, Am to answer that question? . I think you ought to, Mr, A. Mr. B, red to # the purchase with and T refused permit that Said “No” to Harriman. Q. When wag that? A. It at the time of the purchase or just about the ime of the purchase, the next day I think it waa, ed, I was {foing tb ask ‘yon you whether Harrim: made al & propo. aition a: stated the press that he had, and ask yot iH beer allow tim to share in the riek which you! took in buying up this som? A. I fad made up ipy mind that T did not want any persons tn it beside mygelf; ¥ did not want to be | hampered in my plans in regani to | trustees, and another reason was I did not think that anybody who had deen connected as a dit w with any of the large companies should have an Interest in. this. Q. How long was it after you bought Mr. Hyde's stock that this matter came up wit Mr, Harriman? A. think it was the day I bought it. Q. Immediately after its announce- ment? A. | ¢ be ore voeme was immediately after its an ment. T rather think it was before it Publicly? A :Yes, yes; i was be- oF yg A announced. Q, b Bit of rae gy purchese was np Ye 5 Hla you state to Mt Harriman the ground upon which you ore to han- die the matter alone, A. I did. Q. Did you at that time bore In ton- t lation this plan of trusteeing the stock? AT id. A Private Conversation, Q. What did Mr. Herriman to you to influence you to make the @ale? Influence me to make the sale? . To dlvide with him, yes? A. What influence? What did he to you ey the stock, | share the I obliged 9 fore > was tir Hagbes calleg‘upo ir. ug! nm to ‘answ iquestion ke that- 9 gharacterize or state @ conversation I |had privately with Mr. Harriman, { Well, you can state the substance | of it, If you'will? A. 1. C do not think state, Mr, Chairman, shat I ee, to say to my cient, Mr, that do, he cannot, ue he chooses to do so voluntarily, he required to attempt to state conversations which Mr. Har- riman or other man had with him— pasty unofficial conversations. Mr. ae is entitled to that advice from ir, Hughes: I would aay that T deem jthe matter Important in two jIn the first place, that the committee }may understand the motive which may | actuate those whordestre to obtain con- | trol of the stock of the insurance com- ;Pany and the proceedings which may be taken to acquire {t; and, secondly, that we may know whether there is any, truth fn the report that there was any \sugrestion that lfe insurance cp d™tions | in this State would be investigated tt | Mr. Ryan did not accede to Mr, Harri. | man’s request. have full light upon the trahsaction, and I hope that Mr. Ryan will feel that he can do another public service by advising the committees fully. A Broad Statement, Senator Tully—Do you mean by that that the witness shi ‘for any question which will call for the conversation he might have had with any personality in hia purchase of the Equitable stock, for, instance, with Mr, Hyde? | broad statement and there are certain |Oenversations reganiing w j hess would have no possible otion to testifying, but my feeling is where another gentleman had a conversation with Mr. Ryan romanding that stock pr any other /similar sujeat, fs that | Mr. Ryan ought not to be called upon | Abd cannot be compelled to testify here |or. elsewhere where a direct issue of that Gonversation is to statements made tot im by aeene z attempt eee, Substance of 8 conversa and to Fopeat the Cofversa tion rained Ir. ughes bbs 6! rues goatarred with bers of committee and th a dered ‘the gestion A ioe ee The Chalrman-—Mr, Ryan, the gom- mittee directs you to answer that? ve Witness—T will answer it so far {os to atate that, J ret to hase with Mr. Harriman, What did Mr. Harriman say to you in connection with the matter? Mr. Cravath—My advice ts that you are not required answer that ques- ton, Hg Spasms Oe you refuse? e Vitness—I refs the advice of counael. ehBeriding Q. Did Mr. Harriman ea; hen A that there! ous to your Would be any result nies the owmerehise ) ie ‘or- interest in case hits to share in | vice, Mr. Ryen, that you Tea Ye answer that quate, ¢ Witness~Same answer. ‘The Ohatrman—I think ¢he commtttes had hetter ag fs inane questions af we proceed, Mr. Read the former neg about what! reference to Mr, Harriman sat this transaction. Official sten: ‘aay ent Ae Aid Mr. Harriman say 40 Fou ection with the Imatter? The Chairman: fuse to answer? Eis? Seneca 796 Fe on? witness: “D do on advies of coun- Ignores the Committee, The Chairman: The committee di- answer. hg © ye ne the ocuand whether as the bene- Aeial owner of th® majority of the | stock of the Equitable Life you i have iy tmterent tn the ot the Sovlety? A. I eonsidered the question, Q. Your idea t# that stock in- vestment would provide some security ot Conservative managemenit? A. Not much it the responelbiiity of that stock when tru: | very eteat, a Sam T thin! of the play you considered at all reets you th ally, irice is you are Mr, brine of not ¢"Ghaliman hatrman Do you sti) refuse to pa Ol awor the question. The Witness—I refuse the same you to answer, M: |. The Witness—I ratuse to @newer on | Q. You have spokea of stock petite. | the advice of cow ment {n your letter to Mr, Morten, on | | the basis of reimbursement with 4’ per | fat mi You dive mot eoekts | a ered the question on any Other basis? | considered it on sat | oe ont er Fe it \. Tea you tell him pry trust deed in m; “Beet vou toll him hat a, ho say to th—I advise |" at toque to answer, Witness—Th: ‘The Witness—T know that he required to answer. Mots you to answer which ts asked in regard Harriman sald to you: of eounsel. By P You object of embarrass you. Hughes: rs am 8 what was sald to you ask the question if will ask and that Had Did you state to Mr, wots or substance that is thie: on Rie) A eve ite strained, wad juite fake rend be > to remember everything I Well, in substance, it it be W ae 4 or any one ¢ matter? A. Think Md Did you tere mare & great many. Q. Lasting several days, over what Mr, Cravath (interrupting) will just. hough? bound | day night, T think that we should! ue date of the purchase f the exeoution of the Well date. perhaps I ought, to thts under certain whe to pay whan certa oan h tock ? while he should testify mont fully to| were complied with and T think ft was ah A | yhat he did and whet he plannes to oc the next day te ‘ey was that I Raya Ya. The Chairman—It ‘anc formed a* great public service, only oie to get you to complete | 5 Ryan, these questions ts not sation jot. this gort, and T if wore not that I deemed tt of public importance’ that M4 matter of that sort should be, bro} T) out, tf there Ia anything at, al’ tow al cur repor' a om an *,daitional question, Q. that him, that You proposed to carry | at ro original plans, pa aniiess of | terview with Mr, Harriman? stock on Thursday, or perhaps to answer on grounds: | The Che Chatman fy Reape directs an. navel, Mr, Ryan, 1 sed you will | Q. Now tigely free to sa; You said | v. Harriman? A, i told Mr, man I wanted to treo and did the trans- wert A M Wanted to sour that you are Mr, Ryan. @ same answer, Mr, Te asin-an ai o_o ° mittee does not want you to think that ? > we ee to be officious in the mat- er and te |. The Witness—t still feel I shoukd not The Chairman—The | committee dl-} the question | to t Mr. Do yon etl refuse? The Witnese—I etill refuse on onvigg the to ure the com- mitteo—I_ know I feel the delleacy of your position In being aaked to stato ip & conver. would not Now, I low with Harriman, Harriman you did not care What he or any one else might do, to carry out your I fon't remember, Ft Fi tnghea for Several da days the rela- iman and I were T would not under- retty hard for me— sald, did you say might do tn it is likely T more than one fn- A. T had period? A. ‘That was several daya between and the date trustee deed? it was several dayp from tne | explain it: I ‘Thurs. conditions. I in conditions rriday, ape on Satumiay, and from that ime on miman and J and conversations. After All He Cou! wis! T guess he would ee ta of M he could ge do not reme Q. Was he willing to the same price that you A. Yes, sir, rr. to that question. testimony a to Mr. mente tn, required fo ¢ | The Witre | question, Mr, Chairman, Id not be asked Mr, Crayath—That might be a rather | ch the wit- | Who that Mr. Cravath—I give you the mame ed. | grounds for perhaps a week had various Interviews Q. What part of the stock did he sequire or ask to take? A. Well, Mr. Har- Id Get. ken any part by Mr, Alexander, Q. Did you have anytht to do the settlement of ‘one we Nonerdek of Dog Fund. Q. Did you have anything to do with | the arrangement made by Mr, iyde and Mr. Alexander or othe! oan hae ‘he acoount of the Meroan! Ma WNeining il this Aloxan: furthh there you made the n Mr, Craya' conducted. Engh by . What I am Interested in F out bow "you could fix « of etock in a ity shares with Hinited divendn, sev on the ducted the faitno and got Uhe stock a8 cheap es we coukh ete COTTON BUYING KEEPS THE MARKET STEADY. Wire picked up enough'of cot- ton at the ing of the market to-day to absorb the offerings of professionals, but put out In expectation of a bearish statement by the Census Bureau this afternoon on the amount of cotton ginned to Dec. 1, and the market hi a Cy tone {n’ consequence ‘The opening prices were: December, u.0 A i January, 11.98 to 11.99; Febru- ary, 12.1 to 12.0; March, 1227 to 12.28; ia vit ytd 12.8 offered to ; tember, is in And value on Hi May, 12.4 to 12.45; July, Sep- » 120 offered. ‘he of the Census Burea) phowias 64,42 bales of cotton sinned Dee, 1, was followed by a sRurp rath in prices at the Cotton Exchangt There was active liquidation, Mai selling down from 12.32 to 13.10 and M: from 12.47 t 12.% inside of a few utes, gressive buyers, and the market recov. ered 4 or § points of the loss and ruled very feverfgh and unsettled. The closii prices were: y 1.5 to 1.67; January, 1176 to 11.77; eb+ ruary, 12.8 to 11.90; March, 1205 to 12,06; April, 12.11 to 12; May, 1218 to 12; June, 12.8 to 32%; July, 12.8 to 12.27. pont “Seren GOVERNMENT’S COTTON REPORT 8,684,842 BALES. 9, 106. nh bhai be ree oe Trust Sekai te the tr xande! | Hee AN ee bal nothing to do) Ni iy ‘amsbung, HANGED HIMSELF IN CELL: iins the at noon, although he rt ott had ribed It, ani tom It was eral ft contains | ally taken oid are rem At the deoline bull interests were ag- eS WASHING TC Dec. $—A bulletin Franklin Boswe medictni i" ojements of its Fs thening arkadle, tints are deltehted with ite setion, Many wonderful cures right ere in been effected of our customers to t sigrg: to paras * mal cor. Clinton iat! } Putnam Grain on Him, MAN SiOTHERED 10 DEATH IN BIN OF BARLEY || |Thomas/ Neoli (Overwhelmed as Poured Thomas Neali, @ workman in the ty at Franklin and dpe avenues, Brooklyn, was #moth- to dewth in a bin of cue ‘uhls MMe grain swept into] the:vat froin bin so rapidly that he was overwhelmed, entered the vat with otrioute it, “His cries tor Sj ‘TAB OLD WAT ANDTHE NBW. ass tiaiamy scat — akg lbegaatint 96 | Nel ety yenp by 4 ol yrvaed 8 ood ae Shane forage “eeuth ate aad it had abe a by ‘et when’ cooush ould, uw ken a ie the greatest of all koe baliders fa * ual Teconstructors, kav ve know that Mito fe win new r teres juable remedy, in & concentrated form ail the cod fiver oil, aeku- rom fresh cods’ livers, by witbout oi] oF to the taste own 2 snedictt " jo stéThach like cad iy ite Use, aloe, Ed nk properties re and Ww and Columbia st, 200 and 206 Broad) sath ot i017 Amaateedam ave. '* Dru “i 5 reece. 6 Eighth ave,; ave, 4 be mann. 1080 Mhird ave.; 428 Colum. 1B, 424 at @. Did Ne want cnechalt of itt A. miber, pay you at) had to pay’ Dit he say whether or not he was willing to put ft in trust? Cravath—There is the same abjec- | Tt calle for vour Harriman's state- » which you are not ‘ofuse to answer thot on same | The Chatrman—The Committes directs |yan to anewer the question, Mr. Ryan The Witnéss—I refuse, By Mr. Hushes: Q. Subsequently—that purchase of additional shares, a you not? “d—87 or 88 shares. Q. purchase? A. T think t stock came from; The tion@] shares was-— ing to ask you, Mr. ba drug is persisted in. trom Oregon: “T have been a coffee all my life ang |very much in {ments which J, directly due to the erage, such ag p! \gestion, which in t dition and at last mother 1 ebay we oda ba oS aes tion, bpp my complexion has on advice of fs, after the the %™ shares—you bought Aft From whom did you make that do not know it was some connected with the Equitable, feason of my getting those addl- , To Quafify Dirgotors. Q. (internupting)/ Well T was just @o- » What reason ——_ ae THE “COFFEE HEART.” It Is as Dangerous as the Tebaceo or iskey Heart, , “Coffee heart” is common to many coffee users and is liable to send the owner to his or her long home if the You can run 30 the oF 40 yards an@ find out 1s troubled, A lady who was once a victim of the “coffee heart” | if your heart ual user of suffered” ale | \Bomnastnes Up sxe HimG oo ok high \as 137 beats to the minute, My fam- ily were greatly alarmed at my con-| }¥,,’ jaded um Food the old céffee entirely ee and heey, Postum my » was the indj- ve liver ri eart action, have peal gr clear ee mittee Investig: ougaenag®, San oh Alt arectaL orres TO sv q, 2 pay ® BON AN! KOLA CORON ¥ qT 1 cet lat th git ashioms It Candy Prices are ever the subject ol lion, Lott would tage bulk of the New York candy business. what's the Hughes, the wise ones already know that the un, Feasonable Broadway prices don’t buy better candy than Loft sells ata PENNY A POUND PROFIT. SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY, rounn l0e “Kir Cirocotates:” ounn Ie SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY. srounn 106 AGRIEOEAHIS? AN? Poon 16 NE SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. vounn 100, *YhaiMse tt A DINNER CHOCO. TE MINTS.,,,,.,..,. POUND EE au) © ia the bullt up by: Resing ng vapors an hy nh mare tor bee yt went. AY-8CHOOLS, ONURCHES, INSTITUTIONS, ret ap ca Pound pall of Mixed Candy avd Go half-pound Se eta 5 ts Fa geen Park Row Store Oven Evenings Unit! 11 oClock. fone Can Now Be Cured b P tinal ata In the eqn . spourn 19¢ eal Ee Tbveisimen’ ree. | 1) dae tn | Maton ak ~ Established Manufacturing + Jeweler, Article Until ‘Jewelry firms a great deal more 5 jcarty one-half as ‘mach stock as we do, ea elsewhei itw wid a Sener * Gold Watches trom ee Wathen ‘“ti.od ita oe A lt 1a — of pol hove oon thers upto ¢ B15. Au Breraving | dice free of charge, Soom foams ies hand, a meet ‘Orders AN Cara Tran) THE, BIG THREE, er Shoes For Men $5.50 oa Warman er Forty Yea ; N.S. 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