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VOL-LXIV. N° 21.HS. To-morrow, fair; rtaln« temperature; frreh •outh wind* NEW-YORK. MONDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1904. -TWELVE PAGES.-., n.% PRICE THREE CENTS.

ii!i;i:.\rni impeachment ILECIORAL VOTE OUTLOOKRUSSIANS MOVE ON LIAO-YANG.KUROPATKIN OPENS AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN WITH

CAPTURE OF BENTSIAPVDZA.

HERRICK CHANGED MIND. ROOSEVELT'S LEAD, 158.

'Adrari.r Begun oti October +—&hMe Station Reoccu pied- JapaneseReported Retiring Touard the Tai-Tse.

The Japanese imperial headquarters issued a report on the operationsnear Port Arthur from the end of May to the close of July. The garrisonmade several attacks, and was not forced within the inner lines of the de-fences until July 28. General Xogi's casualties were not made public, butwere said to lx- fewer tlian reported innews dispatches

The Ruttiflli army under General Kuropjitkin kgan an offensivemovcimnt oa OcAober 4. Shakhe Station was r.-oocupieel and Russiancavalry pressed on as far south as the Ventai Mines. The Japanese right,at BcntwapldMl, was outflanked, Russian advices say, and forced toabandon the position withheavy loss.

JAPANESE FLANKING COLUMNS THREATEN ADVANCE

GENERAL KUROPATKIN. THE RUSSIAN LEADER. WHO HAS TAKEN TTTK OF-PEXSIVE AGAINST THE JAPANESE

The Russian southern advance began cm Oc-

tober 4 with the occupation of Shakhe. a rail-uay station. The r.ext day the station, which

l-.ad been dismantled by the Japanese, was re-ptored by the Railway Brigade following im-

P— fftfr— V"-hind the fighting line, and the same,

brigade also fHfliHI the bridge across the

Fhakhe River! On October 6 General Mistchen-

ko advanced almost to the Yental mln<s. driving

In The Sapaawoa outposts with heavy lons at theexpense of only one killed and five injured.

She Russian forward movement is Ijejng madeIn th. heaviest marching order. Every man car-ries a isrpe knapsack on his Lack, a rifle on hw

Fhouldtr and a large kettle or teapot slung to

l.is vatst, while hanging from the belt Is the

-\u25a0rtrio'ge case in front and a big wooden water

bottle., and an axe. pi.kaxe or spade on either

bMcl Altogether, with overcoats, the equipmentTioijrh? i«*» pound?. The soldiers move steadily

arid cht-erfully. Though the < r.lumn looks moreBkß a pack train than an army.

First aid stations of the Red Crops aie being

organized, and the nurses are working untiring-ly lllljsilma. Doctor* and Sisters of «"narltyare going to the front in Chinese carts at the.rate of two BaOea an hour over heavy roads, butare ebearfM .'mil d*>\otf-<i ;ls ever.

Chines r<-iM.rts of the Japan«-jße movementsetM.' that Lieutenant General Fushlmi. with

two dl\*!rions, is moving to fla-sk the Russians.J'.la (arse is already on the L,|ao River within

The Russians also turned the Japanese right,

end. the fortified positions thus becoming un-

taaafete. the Japanese were forced to withdrawhurriedly from Bentsiapudza, fighting a rearpuard action, in which they suffered heavily.

The Russian losses throughout were small, al-though severe opposition had been expected.

General Mistchenko'e Cossacks had been har-

rying th<"- Japanese outposts for several di.ys

and were entirely successful in a number of en-

gagements.

MoukiV-r.. Oct. 9—The Russian forward move-

ment has begun, and Bentsiapudra has been

captured with a snail loss.

Inorder to get \u25a0 clear understanding of the

situation it may be stated that two days ago

th* Japanese had ten divisions confronting the

Russians north of the Tai-T*** River. Their

left flank, consist injjof two divisions, was on

the railway at Sandiapu. thirty miles southwestof Moukden and close to the Hun River. Their

centre of four divisions occupied the railway

between Liao-Yang and Char.diapuo.za. twelve

miles north. Two more divisions occupied the

extreme Japanese right along the road between

Jser:t*iapudza and Pensihu. Their front ex-

tended about fifty-twomiles.

The position at Ber.tsiapudza was strongly

fortified and Intended to withstand attack. It

Is reported that General Kuroki was there in

person. The Japanese had omitted to fortify onehill, which was the key to the position. The

Russians, aware of this omission, made a widet.rnlng movement eastward, and seized the hillmith little opposition. The hill once occupied

exposed the whole Japanese position to a heavy

flanking fire.

General Addresses His Troops inStirring Language.

St. Petersburg. Oct. lv.—General Kuropatkin'sorder of the day announcing his determinationto take the offensive is supplemented this morn-ing by the news that an offensive movement hasalready begun, and that the Japanese line hasbeen broken at Bentsiapudza

While it is understood that Moukden is notheavily fortified. General Kuropatkin has apowerful force, behind him. strongly posted at

Tie Pass; and if. as he asserts, the Russiansare now powerful enough to assume the offen-sive, it is possible his advance movement willforce the Japanese flanking column to withdrawin order to protect the Japanese base. On the.

other hand, there seems to be. a possibility of oneor both the Japanese columns threatening therailway behind the Russians and forcing a sus-pension of their aggressive movement.

Following is the text of the order of the dayIssued by General Kuropatkin. and dated Mouk-de.i. October 2:

More, than seven months ago the *»nemy treach-erously fell upon us at Port Arthur before warhad been declared. Since then, by land and sea,Russian troops have performed many heroicdeeds of which the Fatherland may Justly b«proud. The enemy, however. Is not only notoverthrown, but in his arrogance continues to

dream of complete victory.Th* troops of the Manchurian army. In un-

varying good spirits, hitherto have not beennumerically strong enough to defeat the Jap-anese army. Much time Is necessary for over-coming all the difficulties of strengthening theactive army, so ap to enable It to accomplishwith complete success the arduous but honor-able task Imposed upon it It is for this reasonthat. in spite of The repeated repulse of Japaneseattacks upon our positions at Ta?hi-Chlao,I-ian-Dlan-Plan and Llao-Yang. Idid not con-sider that tht time had arrived to take ad-vantage of these successes and to begin a for-ward movement, and Itherefore gave the orderto retreat.

You left the positions you had so heroicallydefended covered with piles of the enemy's deadand without allowing yourselves to be disturbedby the foe and In full preparedness for a freshfight. After a five days' battle at Llao-Tangyou retired on new positions which had beenprepared previously.

After successfully defending all advanced andmain positions you withdrew to Moukden undermost difficult conditions. Attacked by GeneralKuroki's army, you marched through almostimpassable mud. fighting throughout the day,extricating guns and carts with your hands atnight, and returned to Moukden without aban-doning a sing!*-'- gun. prisoner or wounded man.and with the baggage train entirely Intact.Iordered the retreat with a sorrowful heart.

V>ut with unshaken confidence, that It was neces-sary in order to gain complete and decisive vic-tory over the enemy when the. tim> came.

The Emperor has assigned for th« conflict withJapan forces sufficient to assure us victory.

All difficulties in transporting these forces overa distance of ten thousand versts are beingovercome In a spirit of self-sacrifice and withindomitable energy and skill by Russian menof every branch and rank of the service andevery social position, to whom has been In-trusted thie work, which for difficulty Is un-precedented in the history of warfare

In the coonas of seven months hundreds ofthousands of men. tens of thousands of horses

roattaued on arcond pace-

KUROPATKIX'S ORDER.

twenty-two miles of HMn-Mln-Tun. A simul-taneous movement, it is understood, is beingcarried out by General Kuroki to the eastward,with the object of striking the railway andflanking the Russian? out of Moukcien, as wasdone at Uao-Tang, but the conditions now aredifferent.

BLAMES BAD WHISKEY.

Coroner Investigating Deaths ofFifteen Persons in Eight Days.

Fifteen deaths in eight days In the districtcalled Stryk«r fs Farms, «.n the West Side, ha*caused an investigation by Coroner Scnoler. Herays all ih«- deaths were caused by Impureliquor, and he is hunting for the seller. Allthevictims knew one another, and attended theirfriends* funerals till all were dead. The list ofdeaths Uas follows:

September 28. Kate MrGovern. No. 519 WentF"rty^ighth-.t.; Michael Murphy. No BBS WestFiftieth-st . and Joseph Whalen. No 501 WentForty-^venth-st. September 30. Agnes Mona-han. Me. 800 West Forty-eighth-st. October 1John J. Carey. No. 422 West Forty-.eventh-*t.'and Jo:.n p. curr*n. No. 507 West Forty-sixth-at. October 2. Jacob Schroeder. No 523 WestF!ftieth-«i. October I.Kate Bchrooier No BSIW«t Fiftieth-st.. and Mary BlaokenlVrg NoIS West Fiftieth-st. Octeber 4. Mary Gun'shon. No. .11IS gfeot Forty-nlnth-at. October 7\u25a0rttttna Drain. No 800 Vest Forty-ninth-st'October I, Madia* IMcAullffe. No #j<>S Tenthaye., and Nora M»Ouire, No. r,J«, West Forty«-igijth-.t. October 0. Charles Mi-I^avy No 698Tenth-aye.. and A«i..lph I^man, No 539 WestForty-ninto-st.

S;ryker-« Farms runs from Forty-thlrd-st torift>-r.lnth-«t.. end from Tenth- to theriver.

oM«Mr*> Physician Weaton performed an au-«opey \u0084n the body of I^hman yesterday andmid that alcoholism had caused death He tookthe stomach and willhave the contents' analyzed.7i? 7****?the d ath" ° the9t men withany kind of whiskey and njl(| ou, wh<.r«. th4.ybought this cheap .tuff. 31. take to,.radiate ac-Us. a**lnst the man." fiald th- coroner. Cap-tain ilu^ey. of the Weat Forty- vent at*-Con, t«| detectfves liiveetift-atiQc.

Heavy Storm and Cloudburst Re-ported from Puerto Cortez.

£BT TELECJRAPH TO THE TRIBIXK.|Mobile. Ala., Oct. 9—Cable dispatches received

here, to-day from Puerto Cortez. Honduras, tell of adisastrous storm, followed by a cloudburst, whichvisited the Puerto Cortez han.in district on Monda-last, damaging banana plantations to a great ex-tent. Advices to banana Importers hero were thatthe banana crop Is damaged to such an extent thatthere is no possibility of obtaining fruit for monthsThe details of the storm and flood are not RivenThe estimated loss is large.

Th* Puerto Cortez field is completely Inundatedand the Honduras Railroad from Puerto Cortes toSan Pedro has been damaged to a greater extentthan by the cloudburst there several months ntoSeveral steamers are at Puerto Cortes, and advtcssfrom representatives there say that they will faunablo to eecure cargoes.

BANANA CROP DAMAGED.

Exhausted While Suirtnning, RescueComes Too Late.

[nV TEI.ROBAI'H TO THK TIJIB'VK. ]

Norfolk. Va.. Oct. '•> Miss Pettie Wilson, aniece of tho late Poet master Genera] Wilson,was drowned while bathing it Virginia Beachto-day. The body was recovered. I'nited Stateslife savers from Sea Tack Station, half a milefrom, the scene, res. ued the four women com-panions of Miss Wilson. Among them \ver«

Miss Maty Wilson, a fcister of the young womandrowned.

Miss Wilson, of Indian Rock. Va.: her sister.Miss Mary M. Simpson, of Buchanan. Va. ; MissEliza Bdllou, of Indian Rock, and Miss Louiselvattimer. of Washington, accompanied by Kd-ward Stormont. of Virginia Beach, went bathingnem the Princess Anne Hotel All of the wom-en became exhausted in the heavy surf, andStormont swam ashore and secured a boat. Hereturned to the scene and had assisted two ofthe women into the boat when it capsized. Stor-mont again swam unhore ami summoned the lifesavers. In the mean time the five women wer*struggling for their lives.

The life savers rescued four, and started forMiss Bettle Wilson, who had drifted seawardBefore the surfmen could reach her she sankThe body was shortly afterward recovered Thefour women saved were prostrated, and medicalattendance had to be summoned.

"Fifty dOUan is the first." said the Rev. Mr.Wilson, reading the amount of the gifts. "Thenhere is Tt<X). $l<"0. S1& •<-..\u25a0"•« hi and 934301 Foran hour ushers took car-is to th* platform.Those accompanied by card or check were laidon one side of the pulr.lt. and those promisinga contribution were handed to the Rev. Mr.Wilson. who read the amounts. The major por-tion were In sums <>f from $1 to .<."••»<>, with afew ranging from £1" to $"•"> There was oneof 15,000 There was no giving of Jewelry orwatches or precious stones as heretofore.

"Last year we got $:.'< iO,o«t)>. counting .ill oursubscriptions." said the Rev. Mr. Simpson. "Weget about $60,000 each year at this meeting

"At the afternoon meeting, which was ad-

dressed by missionaries \u25a0 ask and Pledges werereceived which increased the sum to $68,700. ofthe $13,100 subscribed In the afternoon, about$3.00(1 was in cash. The Rev V W Troy, ofBrooklyn, preached at the evening service,which was crowded The collection yielded$'_\oon. making the total amount received for theday 170.400. /

WILSON'S NIECE DROWNED

For ye.irß It has been the prid* of "Sophie"

•:velti that she has contributed the firstdollar to the annual subscription. Yesterdayshe prcasrd forward a.s usual, but found to herdisappointment, that another woman had con-trtbuted th- first dolfau This woman. It waastated, was ;t i«>:>y working woman, who hadcontributed the "widow'a mite." which she hadkh>-'i penny by penny

Fwry seat in the Tabernacle was filled at themorning service. On the pulpit with the RevMr Simpson sat the Rev. Henry Wilson, hisassistant; the Rev. Henry Kenning, the Rev.P. i: Marsh and the Rev. F. W. Troy onanother part of the platform sat a number offoreign missionaries.

Gifts at Three Meetings of Christianand Missionary Alliance.

Seventy thousand four hundred dollars wansubscribed arid paid, in cash at three meetingsyesterday at th* Gospel Tabernacle, No. f<o2E!ghth-ave . where In the morning tne Rev. A.B Simpson preached his annual missionary ser-mon. The meetings were a part of the twenty-third annual convention of the Christian andMissionary Alliance, which began on SeptemberMi and will end to-day.

Fifty-ftv* thousand six hundred dollar*were subscribed at the end of the morningservice, ?S.«<rt»> or 510.000 evidently beingIn cash.Th«» gifts ranged from 2* cents to 9&00& Oneof th- largest. 95»000t was said to have bOMpaid in five Sl.ttM bills Th* religious* enthusl-asn. whl has hitherto accompanied the meet-

ings mi absent, and from then- manner of giv-ing It was evident that, an th* Rev. Dr. Simp»son afterward explained, those who gave went

with that In view, and contributed exactly therum originally decided on.

RAISE NEARLY / $75,000.

There is a Flight curve at this point, and ap-

parently he did not see that the train was near

him until It was too late. Griffon whistled and

threw on the emergency brake. The train htt

Kupac and knocked him directly under the

wheels. His one scream threw the passengers

into excitement, and as soon as the train stopped

they clambered out.

The excitement attracted the attention of Po-

liceman Stull, of the West One-hundred-and-twenty-flfth-st. station. He went to the station,

and pasnengers say he asked bystanders ques-tions while several of them, with the assistanceof the train crew and employes at work on theroad drew the body of the electrician from underthe trucks. Ithad been cut in two. Stull reported

to the station that he could get no informationas to how the accident had occurred, and handedin a slip to the sergeant saying a man had beenkilled at the station by train No. 8.059.

He said that by threatening to make arrestshe had got the name of James CVBrlen, of No.1.741 Paciflc-st.. Newark, as a witness.

When Stull made his report the sergeant de-tailed Detectives Hawthorne and Hayes to getmore details and to arrest the motorman. They

had been unable to find Grlffen when he walkedinto the station and said he wished to surren-der on the advice of his chief. SuperintendentMerrltt He declared that the accident had beenunavoidable. He waa released on bail and willbt arraigned to-day before the coroner.

Employe First Victim Guests ofOfficials Passengers.

M|cha«! Kupac, an electrician, forty ynrs old.living at No. \u2666«f>2 Slxth-ft , wsis run down andalmost Instantly killed by a subway train atOne-hundred-and-thlrty-seventh-st and Broad,

way yesterday afternoon. This Is the flrs«t fatal-ity In the subway caused by the operation of atrain. The motorman of the train ran hUtrain to the terminal at One-hundred-anil-flfty-flfth-st. and brick and surrendered himself at

the West One-hundred-and-t\venty-flfth-3t. pta-

lion before the police had even learned his* name.The train was one of the regular service ones

of six cars, run by Walter Grlffen, of No. 2,M0Elghth-ave. On the train were fifty men and

women who had been enjoying a trip through

the pubway at the Invitation of the officials.According to Grlffen's story, he waa going slowly

into the etatlon at One-hundred-and-thii ty-

neventh-Ft. when Kupac. who was working onsome of the electrical flxturea. stepped from the

platform of the ntation right in front of the

trnln.

KILLEDBYSIrBWAV TRAIX

BKr.r, A Ir-rt Bui-

wf >ten4»i»l of terminal*.OOTiBtAW. John. fng!n*<-.-. Port HuiFILLIP.D A . hrakema-1. ?ar-'.«, nntntX'ORATH. Thomas. \>rak»irnr.. BSTCJa. <">nt.BIMTtOM, JR. conductor. Panilx. OutTISMMt, d T conductor. Strata Obi

The train, which entered from th* Americanend of the tunnel, was made op of seventeencoal <~ar» When It broke Coleman realised thatthe accident had happened, 'inn with th*» threecar» that were •fill attached to the erutln*\u25a0trained out of tho tui'•- »1 into the Barnla \u25a0rard*.He hastily detached his engine nn<: weal bai kln»o th«» ttjbe for the stalled care. When hisengine reached them he attempted tc push themback through the tunnel and oat of th- Amerl-car. porta! The grad> proved too iteep, how-ever. Th* enKir.e and car.« rolled back Into th*>tunne' and the «»nt{ln*-*rrl!<-.i at hi? post in th«»pn^ine .Mb His fireman. Fred Forester, jumpedinto the partly filled water tank of the engine,wher«> there was enough air to preserve hi? life.although he is in a serious condition to-night.

When n»ws of the broker trnl;. reached theAmerican «ld* of the tunne! Begg, accompanleJby two \u25a0>th.-.- employes, started In on foot, hoping that rh- train was near <:.<->iiKh to the en-trance no thai they might rescue and carry outsorn» <>f the crew They had gone only a shortdistant when th*» coal gas became stHUns andBegg fell. The oth»-r two rescuers succeeded incrawling to Th*> portal of the tunnel on theirhands and knees.

Meanwhile preparations were beinsr made atth-> Elarnla end of th>- tunnel to rescue the Im-prisoned train crew. An engine with a partyof rescuers *n«*red the tube, and had proceeds!a short list mi" when they found John Haley,a trn<k walker, lying unconscious <->n the tra^k.He was taken out. and again th* engine plungedinto the scons atmosphere. The rescuers wereovercome, however, by the sns before the tialnwas reached, and a brakeman, IfcGrath, died.Blake, who was a member of the party, after «time made another attempt to penetrate thegas. And this time succeeded In reaching theStalled engine coupled ft to the cars and ranthe train out Into the daylight Blmpsot) Tins-ley and Oillls were found dead In the boose.

Three Killed Trying to Save Com-rades from Gas.

Port Huron. Mich . Oct. 9i—Btx employes ofthe Grand Trunk Railway were suffocated bycoal gas to-day in the St. Clair Tunnel, whichruns under the St. Clair River from Port Huronto Sarnia^ On.. A coal train broke In two whilepassing through the tunnel, -md three of thetrain crew died while part of the train layMailed in the tunnel. The f-ngineer lost his lifewhen he returned and endeavored to push thestalled cars back to safety, and two other r»s-CUers perished, in vain attempts to penetratethe gaMoun atmosphere of th»- grea' tube. Thedead:

SIX DIE IX TIXNEL

Prince-Bishop of Aseoli Urge* Pontiff to

Obtain Cope's Return.Rotno. Ort. S.—The Prince-Bishop of Aseoli. who

has wrltt«n to J. Hrrpont Morgan askinp fcr thereturn of lhe cope •tol«n from the Cathedral at

Art-oil, in IW2. »nd subsequently purchased by Mr.Morgan, has requested Pope Pius to use bis In-

fluence to wbtsia Che return of the cope.

MAY PI "AD WITH MR MORGAN

In lf*>o, wh«-n the DeutKchland made her rec-ord, she passed the Scilly Inlands Just 6 days,

4 hours and 30 minutes after she left New-

York. The Kaiser Wllhelm 11. which sailedfrom New-York last Tuesday, for Plymouth,Cherbourg and Bremen, passed the Sandy HookLightship at about 1:31! p. m. Her time of pas-sage to the BrlllyIslands Is approximately 5days, 4 hours and !?3 minute*. From these fig-

ures it appears that the Kaiser Wllhelm IIisseven minutes ahead of the record of theDeutsc bland. Until the time of her arrival offthe Kddystone Lighthouse is known. It cannot

be correctly ascertained whether she ha« broken

or equalled the transatlantic record.

Kauer Wilhclm Ahead of Deutsch-land't Time at Scilly Islands.

When the North German IJoyd liner KaiserWllhelm IIreaches Plymouth. England, to-day.

It Is possible that she will have broken all rec-ords for the passage between New-Yr>rk andPlymouth. This much coveted record, sinceSeptemb»r. 1000. has been held by the Ham-burg-American liner Deutschland. which crossedIn T» days, 7 hours and 38 minutes. This timewill probably be loweied by some minutes, ac-cording to figures on the time of both passagesfrom New-York to the Scilly Islands, which the

Kaiser Wllhelm IIpanned at lOfiflo'clock lastnight.

MAY WIN OCEAN RECORD.

Ex-Secretary Tells ofHisrgiw**FineRecord, and Urges His Election.Many Republicans in this city yesterday wero

talking In earnest praise of the speech whichElthu Root made at the Republican Club onSaturday night In advocacy of the candidacy ofMr. Hiffsin*. the Republican candidate for Gov-ernor. Mr. Root's speech created tremendousenthusiasm at the club, calling forth the heart-iest and loudest cheers of the evening. Tho C*9 \u25a0

eral sentiment there waa that the speech shooKSb« re*4 by every Republican and Independent

IfParker Loses Colorado He 'illDrop Behind Bryan's Vote.

The electoral vote for rrvafcfco* as It leaked hatnight to Impartial Jadaea:

STATES TOOBABUT ISTATES PROBABLY UN-DEMOCRATIC. PVBI.ICAS.

Electoral vet*,I Elector*; rots.Alabama 11l ~>lirwjw 10Arkansas » O>en«ctlcut .. 7Cnlora4o .V Delaware 9Kloruu S Idaho •*.Of«r«ia 13 Illinois •?Kentucky 13 Indiana ISLouisiana

•lowa 13

MtaM*«lpp| lO' Kansas t»Missouri IS Maine c.Nevada 3 Manland »North Carolina 12 Massachusetts .. . MSout* Carolina » Montana 3Trr.neMee 12 Michigan 14Texas 1* Minnesota 11Virgin!* 12 Nebraska

•!N«v-Hampshire 4

Total Democratic V>9 New-Janey 12>. N»w -Yorfc mNorth Dakota «Ohio 23Orison 4Pennsylvania 94Rhode Islam* 4ISouth Dakota 4IUtah 9V«rsiont a

(Washington B\v«wt Virginia. 7W!»con«tn ISWyoming; a

Total Republlcsa. .«TN'CMWry •\u25a0 a choice M

With Election Day only a month away, itlooked yesterday to candid Democrats and Re-

publicans as if Roosevelt and Fairbanks wontdhave 317 electoral votes and Parker and Davisl*.n. The latter figure Is four votes mow thanwent to Bryan in 1900.It is probable that the Democrats will loos

Maryland. Montana and Idaho. This would ho %net loss of two States. The advices from Idahoani Montana continue tr> be favorable to thoRepublicans, and the same ran be said of Colo-rado. Colorado is kept in the Democratic column

onaiderahls)percentage four years ago.

Maryland bids fair to give the managers onboth sides a surprise. Chairman Cortelyou has)

kept It In the Democratic column. Indoing sohe followed the judgment of Senator Hanan tax1«W and again in 19»*V Each time Maryland;

went Republican— in 1886 by more than 2S.OMand in 190ft by about 14.<*V>. It was not untilthe last week of the campaign four yeara ago

that Chairman Hanna took Maryland out of t*«Democratic column and put it into the doubtfulcolumn, with the probability that It would goRepublican. History is repeating itself. W>»»iam F. Stone. Collector of the Port of Baltimore.told Chairman Cortelyou last week that he would]

guarantee that Maryland would give her elec-toral vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks If thonational committee would co-operate with thoRepublicans there to the same extent as fourand »ight years ago.

PERSONALITY ISSUE A FAILURE.

The reports from Maryland show that SenatorGorman's campaign against Roosevelt on thopersonality Issue Is losing its power with th»voters. In the last eight years the Republicans

have carried the State five times. Two years

ago, with Gorman in the Democratic saddle, th»Republicans carried the State on the Congress

tickets by about five thousand. Baltimore labecoming more and more Republican. In, thelast Mayoralty election KcLane. who committedsuicide this year, was the only Democrat elected.to \u25a0 large office on the city ticket His suc-cessor under the charter. Mayor Timanus. is a

Mtcam and is giving s<?n* satisfaction.

•.* chief executive of the city. The businessinterests of the city lean tovard Republicanism.

v Ithe efforts of the Democratic managers to

us* Brvan to carry Indiana and at »he samntirre keep him out of New-York, where h*»

would do the ticket more harm than good, have

convinced sound money Democrats in Baltimore

that their party is not yet entirely safe on th*money, issue.

The attempt of the Gorman men to dlafran-chi?e colored voters has' turned them into %

compact Bghttng machine for the Republicans.

Formerly the Democrats, by the use of money,

coald at times get some of the more illiterate

colored voters la support the Democratic ticket.The Gorman men constructed a ballot whichimda H necessary for a voter to mark opposite

the name of every candidate A!', the- namesof candidate! were on a single sheet. ThoAttorney General has decided that one pencil

mirk Ifit is opposite the name which heads aparty ti.ket. is sufficient to indicate the voter*

Intention. This simplifies the voting, and thonegro \>tir.g schools have familiarized the col-

ored .ren with th? new way. Fearful of losing

their franchise, they are this year to a man for

ITooatTslt and Fairbanks.Parkers refusal to make speeches in the 'West

has made It practically certain that all th«States west of the Mississippi. w'th the excep-tion of Missouri. Arkansas. Texas. Louisiana.an.i possibly Colorado and Nevada, willgo Re-publican The prospect of losing Colorado.Idaho, Montana ami Nevada has caused glooraat Democratic national headquarters, and Mr.Taggart privately admits that the party's aa-tr»^'>.'.isim to the Bryan men in the WesternStates has brought about this condition.

BRYAN IS UNDER SUSPICION.Bryan, by the way. is under suspicion toy

Sheehan. Belmont and Gorman. They do notbelieve he is playing the game fair, and his tripthrough Indiana Is watched with the liveliestapprehension. In his speech in Montana las*week he said that Nebraska would go Republi-can, and he added that he was not coins totake l>i.-k anything he had said about the menmanaging Parker's canvass.

Mr Sheehan has told his Intimate friends thatBryan. Watson and Hearst are working in prac-tical harmony, and that their aim 5s to encom-pass the defeat of Parker, and ifpossible pre-vent him from obtaining as Inrge an electoralvote as Bryan got In 1900. This would facili-tate the rehabilitation of Bryan, who would, aConce begin a new crusade, assisted by Hearstand Watson. In the Electoral College fouryear* ago were 447 votes. Of this numberPryan go? 15.\ and the remainder, 21*2. went toMcKlnley and Roosevelt In the Electoral Col-lege this year are 470 votes, with 2*.> necessaryto a choice. IfIssaawoN receive 317 vote* thisyear, as now seems probable, it would leave)Parker 1.10. and IfColorado should go Republi-can, as seems entirely possible. Roosevelt wouldhave 322. while Parker would have only 1.14. orf>n» less than Bryan received in 1900. This lawhat the Bryan men particularly desire. IfParker fails to get his share of the increasedvote in the Electoral College as compared wit*four years ago. or if. M they hope, he fallsactually short of Bryan's vote, the Bryan menwill demand the retirement mi Sheehan. !'•»!-moat. Smith. Hill <\nd others, and fight for th*reinstatement of Bryan as the leader of th«»National Democracy. Thts they willdo whetherBryan captures the Nebraska legislature or not

ROOTS CALL TO VOTERS.

The fact that Justice Herrick v.as an Albanypolitical boss during the incumbency of his officeIs generally known to the \oters cf the State.That he was threatened with impeachment pro-ceedings by counsel for a liiigentin his c;>u:t is

New Disclosure as to Fight for Con-trol of "The Albany Argus."

The abuse of his office by D. Cady Herrick asa justire of the Supreme Court to secure ad-vantages in politics i? to be thoroughly exposedin the next four weeks.

In the hallway counsel for Mr. Spear metHale, Parmenter and Stedman. who had not en-tered the courtroom, related to them what hadoccurred, and further stated that if Justice Her-rick rlared to grant an unconditional stay ofproceedings, charges of impeachment would bepresented within twentw-feur hours.

Counsel for Mr. Speer thereupon returned toNew -York irrivingabout 7 o'clock In the even-ing. In less than an hour afterward there wasa call by telephone from Albany. The personat the other end stated that he was a friend ofMr. Speer and bis counsel, and of Justice Her-rl<k. that he had heard the argument In TheArgus" case in the morning, and that hethought !hAt if the papers filed should be wtth-drawn, a decision would be rendered in accord-ance with the suggestion of Mr. Speer's counsel.The request to withdraw the papers was per-emptorily refused.

Within a day or two Justice Herrick handeddown a decision granting the stay on the con-ditions suggested by Mr. Speer's counsel. There-upon, the formal affirmance was obtained fromthe General Term, the case went to the Court ofAppeals ?-nd Chief Justice Andrews decided hifavor oX tht Speer due hVg,

Thereupon the affidavits of Mr.Ppeer and oth-ers were handed up to the court, who read themfrom end to end. and then, without the altsh'.es;change of expression, announced that he sawnothing in the papers which rendered It im-proper for him to sit in the case. Thereupon.counsel for Mr. Speer requested that the affida-vit*be filed, bundled up his papers and left thecourtroom.

Fifth—Counsel for Mr Speer then stated thathe was compelled to take the most painful posi-tion he had ever been called upon in his pro-fessional career to assume. It was so painfulthat he would not give expression to It by wordof mouth, but would submit affidavits for th»private perusal of the judge, lad then ;\sk himto determine whether the caaas could properlybe heard by him.

In the fight for control of "The Argus'" th»Manning interests were represented by JudgeCountryman, the Ca-sidy interests by Messrs.

Hale. Parmenter and Stedman. and the Speer

interests by William X. Cohen. A referee de-

cided in favor of Speer. and Judge Parker con-firmed th*» referee's report. This was aboutApril 2& IMB, Within a few days thereafterJustice Herrick granted a stay of all proceedings

under Judge Parkers order, until the appeil

therefrom should be determined As Judge Her-rl'-k him?"!? was personally Interested In pre-venting Speer from getting control, his action

in granting a stay, practically in his own inter-est, sc-indallzed Albany. On the return of this

.order Mr Cohen appeared before Justice Her-

rick Every one by that time knew of JusticeHerrick's personal Interest in the disposition of

"The Ar*us" caae. Mr Cohen pointed out to

him his peculiar attitude Before the argument

five distinct propositions were suggested to Jus-

tic.. Herri, k. in order that an Impartial judge

mife-h: he secured to determine the question

They were intended to make !t perfectly clearto Jostle* Herrick that he was handling edged

toots." and that the Speer interests would go to

the limit in demanding their rights under thereferee's report. The propositions And the Jus-tice's replies were as NNom:

First—lt was suggested that Judge Parkerhappened to be sitting in the Albany courthouseacross the hall from w|KTO Just!. H^rrtck washoi ling court, and that as Judge Parker bjadbeen all through the testimony ;;nd was familiarwith the entire litigation, the Question of thestay might save labor to Justice Herrlck IfItwere, referred to Judgce Parker

Justice Herrick stated that he was the Spe-cial Terra Judge, and the matter was properly(\u25a0••fore him. and that he would not shirk hisduty and place it upon other shoulders.

Serond— The suggestion was then made toJustice Herrlck that The Argus' newspaper,being wilt»!y read, the question involved hadcreated considerable local feeling, and that inorder to avoid that it might be in the interestof justice if the motion was sent to some otherJudge in another county.

To this Justice Herrick replied that the localfueling Wai exaggerated, and an entirely fairbearing could be giver, in Albany County.

Thlrd--It was then m"st politely awJ def«»ren-ttnlly suggested that sine* Justice Berrtcli had.before going on the bench, been the counsel forthe Mannings, and that even after his accessionto the bench, though with all propriety, he hadbeen the adviser of the -stnte, it might relievehtm of embarrassment if the matter were sentto another Judge

To this suggestion Justice Herrick replied thatIfhe failed t'> act in « ases in which he had beencounsel for one side 01 the other in the past, hewould be practically functus ofltcto

Fourth—Counsel for Mr. Speer stated thnt th«»real contest was •toot the control ->f "The Ar-gus" newspaper for the ensuing autumn elec-tion, and In «r«ler that the matter might be de-termined before that time, If the Manning fae-tlon would consent to a formal affirmance or re-versal of Judge Parker's order at the GeneralTerm that met in the month of May in AlbanyCounty, and would agree to argue the appeal inthe Court of Appeals at the June term, so thatthe matter might be determined before the sum-mer vacation, the proposed way of proceedingswould he consent ?d to

Justice Ht-rrick turned upon Mr. Countrymannnd asked him Ifhe would consent, to whichMr. Countryman replied "No", whereupon, thepresiding Judge stated that of course he waspowerless to compel th*» consent, to which thecounsel for Mr f^peer responded that that wasquite true, but if the .judge Intimated that thestay would not otherwise be granted, the con-sent would be forthcoming:.

not so generally known.Justice Herrlck. before leaving town on Fri-

day, told State Chairman Cord M^ver and Will-lam S. Rodie. chairman of the bureau of organ-

ization connected *»iih the Democratic StateCommittee that gr«-a\_care should be exercisedby the more prominent campaign speakers inmaking sensational statements, as a quick

refutation by their opponent? would hurt thenational and State tickets He advised that noattacks bo made either on Governor Odell orLieutenant Governor Hlggrins. Justice HerrlckIs afraid that his record .on the bench in the cele-brated "Albany Argu3" ease Is going to be usedagainst him Inevery township in the State.

The sworn statement that Justice Herrlcktried to coerce William McM. Speer. publisherof "The Albany Argus.

"to support the Herrlck

faction in politic* is well known by recson of therecent publication in The Tribune of Mr. Speer's

affidavit. Itwill be remembered that Mr Speerswore that Justice Herrick had him come to his<Herrick'3> kmiM at night, arid that Justice Her-rick then ttiod by arguments and thinly veiledthreats to for.c Speei- to promise that 'TheArgu?." under Speer's control, would support

th* Herrtck-afanntag faction In Albany politics.

Justice Herri' k lias tried to make light of thisby saying that his action in "The Are .is" casemas merely formal and usual, and that Judge

Alton B. Parker finally decided the main Issue.

That Justice Herrick v as brought face to facewith impeachment proceedings before he securedto th* Sp^er Interest* rights accorded them bya referee and confirmed by Judge Parker, is afact that bad not publicly appeared at the timeof Justice Herrick's nomination for Governor onthe Democratic ticket.

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