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MONDAY, NOVEMBER. 9, PAGES. ONE CENT I Crentey 7fee To. I ft jersey tity aa4 Krwsi X. WO I I DPERRTIOri PR KAISER A Polypus Was Removed from His Larynx on Saturday, NO TRACE OF CANCER FOUND Eipert 03 Tliat Disease Made 7 an Examination, of tht Gro-th 1 Doctors Expect the Emperor Will Soon Be OiCAgam.

i BERLIN. Kov. Emperor William yesterday underwent an operaUon for the re-tnoval of a polypus, from hla larynx. The' operation was 'performed by. Prof.

Morlts Schmidt. and was entirely success-fuL The otsjy Inconvenience Buffered by bis Majesty is that he has- been enjoined not to speak Until the wound caused by- the operation has been healed. Late to-night Emperor William was re-i ported as progressing favorably. -There -is no danger of complications resulting from the operation. The surgeons expect that the-Emperor will be out of doors In a weeki He has a hunting trip for The bulletins announcing the operation caused much astonishment.

even among Court officials, who had no -suspicion that his Majesty was suffering from any 'aXf ec-. tion of the throat. Emperor appears not to have known of the growth In his larynx until a days ago. and to pave suffered no discomfort from IV 'The following Is-an authorised account of the operation as given to TheNortn Oer nan Gazette: Potsdam. Nov.

7. His Majesty to-day underwent an operation for the rembvat'of a polypus from his larynx. The operation was performed by Prot Morits Schmidt and was most suc-, ceasfol. His Majesty Is, only enjoined hot to speak until the wound caused bv the operation is healed. VON LEXTHOLD, SCHMIDT.

I LB ERG. The North German Qazette also publish the of- Johannes Orth. the fsmsus cancer specialist, who succeeded the late Prof. Vlrchow In the -Chair of Pathological Anatomy at the University of Berlin. Prof.

Orth made a microscopical. ex9n-; ination, which shows that the polypus consisted Of a very olt connective -tissue containing very few eells. This tissue was -covered all over with a "scaly epithelium, sharply defined from the tissue. A portion ef the connective tissue cells contained fine brown pigmented granules, which ex'idently were the result of former light hemorrhages. -The polypus also contained a large number of thin-walled corpuscles.

It is, therefore," says Prot. Orth. only a question ef a benignant connective tissue poly- pus." Court Circular this morning made the fallowing announcement: "The Emperor yesterday went for a walk. No guests were invttd to luncheon or-dinner yesterday, but Connt von Billow, the Imperial Chan-cellsr. will be the Emperor guest at luncheon to-day." -Tfc lIowSng Jsulletin was Issued this i Inoming: r- "The Emperor spent yesterday quietly Jn hl room.

throughout the night without The appearance of the smell wnptii 1 attefactory. and there no pain er ethr discomfort In the throat. His rMajsr, temperature this morning a3dr4. centigrade;) pulse. 60." The Emperor received Count-von Billow at noon to-day, and afterward lunched with the Empress and'ihe Count in his bedroom- JJespHe the bulletins saying that the Kaiser -bed -been forbidden to Speak.

It wag said that Count von Billow found the Emperor as chatty amd animated as usual. The Emperor'wore a dressing gown Instead of a cost. He took only liquid foods. -His Majesty's general health has never been so good. He has net felt the ear af-.

fection which troubled him for years, and has quite outgrown nervous trouble that formerly impelled him te, incessant physical activity. It is stated that tbe ''-UP? r.C wm continue to rect-lve visitors on official business. The growth in the larynx at' once ug- that the Emperor might be suffering rota something worse than a simple poiv-pus, but -Pros. von Lenthold. Hberg, Rcnmldt.

and Orth -supplemented the bulletins, in eplying to Inquirers, by-the roost positive personal decorations that the affection was merely a good-atured polypus, which is not llkelw to return or to be followed by any evil effect. Crown Prince Frederick William, -accompanied by Court Marshal von Trotha. left Potsdam af noon to-day for Wernlgerode. CANCER IN KAISER'S fAMILY Hit Father and Mother Died from it-Growth in. Emperor Frederick's Throat Wat Long Thought Non-Malignant.

The anxiety created by the Kaiser's 111-tiets, as shown by the calling in of famous specialists. Is doubtless based chiefly on the fact that his Majesty's father, the Emperor Frederick, and his mother, both died from cancer. Dr. Charles the well-known surgeon of this city, when ssen last night. aW that In the absence of complete details hs 'could not express any opinion as to the case.

The growth, he said, might be quHte innocent. Some cases of cancer, he added, had been traced to a hereditary tendency, in these cases the cancer rarety developed in the same place, The disease that eventually proved fata! to the present Emperor's father was first noticed tn January. 1887, as an inflammatory affection of the throat, accompanied nd hoarseness. The Jj! rmptoms refused to yield to ordinary treatment and the appearance lne tnind of- the att-ndlng that the disease wis nut. Vhn th patient con-ana in May several German specialists in Ji cancer of the "I11 immediate operaUon lor Its extirpation: was imperative.

resorting to this measure, it was To Morell Mackenste, who had froif rSS11.1 was summoned ffi," for a consultation with Profs. ErTV0" Pf'rmann. and Tobold. and Ur von i Lauer. Wegner.

and Bchra.ler. MVfc.relra,J ei h' examination. Dr. although the srmtmf ih be cancerous, the noSu vM not a positive diag- a eonuenWy declined to give nature of the Portion of the growth had a nrtinn Way 21 removed 5m ue, which wa Tha r.W,,,rci10W t0T "amlnation. a reveal hny evldencHi TWth.

and Mackenzie nosrt radlc1 openttlon pro- Kt German surgeons, favoring than trtlaryngeal treatment. The case having been olaced rJNDEX TO DEPARTMENTS. Amusements' Page T. business jo. Arrivals and Buyers in Fg 10.

Wartna Nw, and Foreign liallroao-a-Pag, 9, Real HX Page 12. feather Report-Page entirely under his care. Dr. Mackenzie proceeded to remove the growth by means of forceps especially devined for the purpose. The portions cf the tumor removed at each operation were sent to Prof.

Vlrchow to be microscopically examined, but no evidences of cancer were found in any of them. In July Dr. Mackenzie reported that the srviwin nan ueen entirety removed rrom the left vocal cord. It soon reapreared. however, and, despite all treatment, gradually Increased in Me.

For several months after the Prince's return from Queen Victoria's Jubilee there was very little change in his condition, but while he was at San Uemo. in November, the disease suddenly assumed a more serious phase, and Dr. fackensle was summoned from London. The growths was found to be very much Increased in stRe. and other portions of the larynx had become involved, but hopes were entertained that the condition would again disappear under appropriate treatment.

Contrary to these expectations the tumor continued to Increase in size, and bv the beginning of the following February it had become so large as to encroach considerably the air passages ajtd seriously impede respiration. Tho imminent danger of suffocation rendered the operation of tracheotomy necessary. The operation was performed on Feb. 9. by Dr.

Bramman. For several weeks after the operation there was a slight improvement in the Prince's condition. On March 4 a portion of the necrosed tissue, which bad come away through the tracheotomy tube, was microscopically examined by Prof. Waldeyer, 'wiio fouird the first distinct evidences of the presence of cancer. Emperor William I.

died on March 0. and the Crbwn Prince succeeded to tho throne. A fortnight had, -hardly elapsed after his accession, when an unfavorable change took In the progress of his disease. About April 10 the Emperor's condition became critical and on June 13 he died. Hir Morrcll Mackenste subsequently wrote a book.

on the case. In which he attacked the German physicians. Prof, Bergmann and the others kept important facts in regard to the case from him. he said, when he was first called in consultation, and otherwise they tried to-create prejudice against him. CABLEGRAM FROM VON BUELOW.

WASHINGTON. Nov. von Dem-bt'sche Haddlb'-Hauscn." th German Charge, received from Chancellor von Bil-Iqwtfcls afternoon the following cablegram: Emperor operated on yesterday for polypus stlmmlippen. OperaUon successful itnd health of his Majesty satisfactory. Microscopic inspection showed polypus innocuous.

No reason for apprehension," SAYS HAZING KILLED HIS COLLEGE CHUM. Roommate's Explanation of Martin Loew's Strange Death in Baltimore. After an Initiation. BALTIMORE. Nov.S.

The police are investigating the cause ofthe death of Martin Loew, twenty-seven years old, a tu-dent in the Dental Department of the L'uilverslty of Maryland. whose lifeless body was found to-day In his room at boarding house. -HJs roommate, Ephraira Stone. twenty-three years of age, was lylrg unconscious beside, the bed. Loew is from Silesia.

'Germany, and Stone bails from Cape.Town. S.A. i An inquest and post mortem examinaticn will be held the authorities to-morrow. Stone has been removed to. the Maryland University HospitaL Stanley B.

Smith of St. John. N. President the fraternity, was arrested to-night ou ihe technical charge of assaultl Twenty-ffve members of the society have been -cited to appear before the Coroner's jury to testify. made a rdrhbllng statement late to-" night as to the experleace of himself and Xoew during last nigh'c, Neither was able to assist the otlV.

he although each thought tho other" Was dying in agony. He assertgv that the bruises on tho. bodies of himself and Loew are due to hazing by their but admits that he and loew ha been leeenUy Initiated Into the Phi Pal Chi Fraternity. Both- young men had been initiated recently into the -college branch of the fraternity, but students declare the Initiation-did not take place last -night. There nte apparently, slight bruises upon Loew's body, particularly on the chest, but physicians say they were not of a serious Only an autopsy can determine the real cause of death.

The initiation took place at the hall of the Junior et American Mechanics, in Paca Striet. Members of the soclctv say that there was horse play," but that the treatment to -which Loew and Stone were subjected could not have injured either of them seriously, as a number of students had gone through it unharmed. They admit that the candidates were sandbagged ard tossed tn blankets. A student states that Loew was at -Lie society meeting last night, but onlv to take the vows, he having previously go.ie through the physical initiatory exercises. Dr.

Hemmeter says he had been treating I-w for stomach and heart trouble, and had him not to take violent Members of the Faculty of the university are exercised over the mysterious aflalr and are making a rigid investigation. Loew was twenty-four years old. cagao from Germany, and has two brothers. M.ix and Henry, living in New York. Stones injuries- are not serious.

CHARGED CHEATING ON LINER. Smoking Room Card Game on the Deutschland Broke Up in a Row. I Passengers on the steamship Deutschland who frequented the smoking, room during the trep which was ended at this port yesterday told a story of a poker game which was started on the Tiay the ship left Cherbourg and which continued for three days, until one of the players was charged with cheating and fled from the 'room, fearing personal injury. Oii'-the third day out one man had lost all that he cared to put into the game and withdrew. He said later that he had suspected something wrong In 'the grme and that he thought two of the players were cheating.

Both men were heavy winners. The loser sat in a corner near by, pretending to read a paper, but all the time watching the players. Finally, he says, he saw one of the winners palm a card and drop it on the floor tinder his Chair. The observer waited until he felt sure that the player would not pick VP the card, and then picked it up put it on the table, and accused the man who d-opped It. AH of tne men about the table were in an uproar at once.

Other men In the room rushed over to sea what the trouble was. and it is said that their presence alone prevented the men who believed themselves duped from avenging themselves then and there. The losers demanded their money back at once, and one man who had had a check cashed for $10O just a moment before said that would stop payment on reaching New York. Cept. Barends was appealed to.

in the hope of having the man arrested, but the officer would take no part in the He showed the complainants the sign which warns passengers not to play with those whom they do not know, and tcld Ihcm they would have to stand their None of the men were again seen playing poker in the smoking room Vdurinir the voyage. the ship reached her pier yesterday two men. who-were later sail to be the supposed sharpers, crowded close to the place where the gangway would be put aboard, and as soon as possible left the pier. Woman Uses Axs on BTRATHROY. Ont.

Nov. Fannie McGarvev, who had been living with her uncle, Patrick Upton, for several years as housekeeper, during the last few weeks has shown signs of insanity. Upton called at the girl's home this evening and while the family was in the kitchen she entered with an axe- conceded under her cape. Advaiu ing toward hr uncle, iihe dealt I him three blows. There Is bo bops of his I recovery.

ILL FIGHT FOR CUBA" RECIPROCITY Mayor-Elect I Take a Strong 5 Congress. Position i Democrats Regard Him as a Favored LeaderNew Vork Matters Must Walt Till Dec. 1. Special la Tkt Perk Times. WASHINGTON.

Nov. S. Mayor-elect McClellan of New "i ork Is getting ready-to take a strong band In the Cuban reciprocity matters-There Is considerable divergence of opinion about hat the proper Democratic attitude on that subject shall be, and Col. McClellan, who was the chief figure In the fight i the Democratic side in 1902, ill endeav to commit the party to his His fr ends say that he is giving more time- and thought to this fight than he is to tho q' estion of appointments or any other local Cew York matter. McClellan was tl a fourth Democrat on the Ways and Mear Committee in the last House.

When the rreat fight over Cuban reciprocity began ii YM2. the Democrats were divided, but majority were understood to be oppos to the MIL On tha Ways and Means ommlttee, at the out- set, most of the Rp rmblicana were opposed? to the bill and Mc 11 an was oue of Its strongest and most aggressive friends. Tbe President In sted en affirmative ac tion, and Messrs. Pftyne, DalaelVand Gros-venor abandoned tielr opposition and the majority of the Republicans were finally gotten in line. Richardson of 1 ennessee.

the ranking Democrat, exhibit no convictions on cither side of the uestion, and Robertson of Louisiana, who ranked 'McCleJlan. was violently opposed the bill. Swanson of Virginia and McCl Han therefore led the fight on the Demo ratio side, but McClellan. owing to bis thorough study of the subject and his nthuslasm. took it In charge among the Democrats after It got out of as he had before, and fought hard for it.

The, same sltuati from a party standpoint. Niow confror ts tha Democrats, and their leaders are extremely anxious to make no tactical ilstake on the verge of a The strongest "men among them belleye that the Democrats should fight for an amem ment removing the differential duty on i efined and after that should vote lidly for the MIL Mr. Williams of Missis ipp, the lewder, is tan-pressing this view i pon his friends. Into this fight Mr. McClellin is now throwing himself all his it Is understood that he will notro on Ways and Means rommittee.

since he-has only a month to rve, but his exceptional familiarity with th subject and Ihe recollection of hhmcroniT leadership for the bill a year ago make 1 1m one of the principal figures in the situ. tion. His attitude-uow will be the same fl it was then, and he will conduct a straight out reciprocity fight. His Influence ui nn other Democrats la expected to be nslderable In view of his prominence as a National figure since his victory at the olls last Tuesday The leading Democrats are hopeful that Will-lams. McClellan.

nd the others who are on- that side will succeed, in getting the jJemncmts of the House to act with una nimitM on the bill, und thus take as strong position on the -e of the camnalan as Ibey-did In 19ui A steady. stream of Congressional callers wound its way int the Shoreham to-day, where McClellan i stopping. He stayed In nearly all day, hut In the afternoon he went out walking tith Mrs. McClellan. In he eveqing they went out again.

Many of his callers cami merely to congratulate him. but others cc me to get his views on party policies and New York politics. Democratic Con? -cssmen from New York say that the ques of appointments in New York will no be taken up unell Dec. 1. They state that hl9 decision was reached at a conference oi Tammany leaders held in New York the ilay after election.

For this reasop all rur lors about appointments are scouted. Mr. McClellan be a notable figure In this Congress if cares to be. -He. will be a privileged Chan cter on the iemocTatlo side, and can ve about anything-he wants.

Whether goes back on tbe Ways and Means Committee or not lie can have till the time he wa its on the floor and wiil In general be treat as a leader. Jn the Ways ar Means Committee Mr. Williams is to fil one of the Democratic vacancies, a nd by way of courtesy to a defeated opponent he will name- Champ iv iur uic miiei vacancy as soon as Mr, Htkiwaa mattes i THREW CHILDREN TO CROWD. After Mrs. Loeh Had Jumped with Her Bifey Her Hu i from Iband Boya rning House.

-In a fire ihatn arly destroyed the two. rtory frame dwell Ing at 428. and 431) West Fifty-fifth Street early yesterday morn-hr, a young woman liv- ing, Mrs. John Lr ing on the second floor, jumped out of the window with her baby: was unhurt baby her arms. The but Mrs.

Loehr's wrist hn Loehr. the husband. was fractured. saved his two littl boys, Jfchn. seven years old, and Maurice, four years, by dropping them down to th outstretched hands of the crowd in the Ireet.

Loehr then Jujnpd and was caught lunjurea. 'ew N. who John Earlo Of was visiting frien in 428, discovered the fire, though not fore it had gained con- He carried mil rr th siderable headwa building two chll err of Mrs. Lottie Ken- lived on the top floor. Mrs.

Ken- dall followed Ear: Tho fire Is belie out. ed to bave started in the iment occupied by John rear of. the apar Hunt and his wi t. Which is on tha first floor. Mrs.

Hun told the police that she had to drag her husband, who had been and then throw him out. feet. She herself jumped. i good work in saving en buildings. An estl- III.

to the window a fall of but a few The firemen d1 surroundings woo mate of the put as the damage by At the order of Sergt. O'Brien, Mr. and veil shelter a Vi. Mrs. Hunt were Forty-seventh St r-et Station, as they had little ctotmng.

an way at 1 West The police said trap, and had it snivering in a hall-'litleth StreetT iat the house was et been. for Earle'a dlscov-me of the tenants might death. Detectives Rice he West ery of the fire nave been burned and kelson of Street Station we the fire. 'e assigned to investigate MAKY.1IEW EX. LOUIS HOTELS.

It la Declared re Will Be noon for tbe W'orl. Fair Visitors. Km York Timrt. 8. According to statu.

ST. LOUIS. No tics prepared" by the Exposition manage. of World's Fair visitors the numbe mho can be accor modated Is now approxi- matety 50,000. ls estimate Is based on present known a ommodatlons for guesbi.

By the time th Exposition onens ft 1a thought that the will be facilities for a much larger num The-statistics sli r. nw that flftMn n. manent hotels a accommodation f- to be opened, "havlnr ir guests. Over fifty new hotel ent financed, there I the number to furnished free sit pnw" are now Delng -inn ricm inciuiiea la hlrh the exposition has and other 1 1 1 Am.n i unoer agreement-President Freric which regilate the rat en. letter weMing for nas written a circular these facts.

It is to ne sent to abou the tinted State in order that their testi- U'CLELUN mony may dispel the widespread doubts existing ea to the ability of tho city to take can fil its thousands of visitors during the EAGER TO PART WITH EAR. Hundreds Express Anxiety to Earn tha 5,000 Offered-Some. However, Ask a Higher Price. No fewer than 130 persons, many of theny women, called at the office of Dr. Andrew Linn Nelden.

at 13 East Twenty-ninth Street, yesterday. In response to his advertised "offer of f.000 for an ear, and expressed their willingness to part with that appendage. When evening came Dr. Nelden was so worn out with to hard-luck talea which those eager to earn the money had confided to hlra that he fled from the house and escaped by taking a carri-age Aside from the steady stream- of men and women who called he was deluged with telegrams, especially from Delaware and Pennsylvania, whence he received urgent requests not to make a decision until he had seen the senders. He also got a tele-grm from Riverside Hospital, where he had been when he made the round of the various institutions before advertising, announcing that since his visit there a man had been found who was willing to undergo, the operation.

Of the 150 visitors Dr. NeUlen has two who appear to answer the requirements, and one of these probably will be selected. Both are men. He raid last night that he would much prefer to get some healthy farmer to give up his ear than any one else, because with him he would feel less insecure about the possible transmission of some disease to tha western miner in whose behalf he advertised. I will decide upon a subject by Friday next.

continued the doctor, and the operation wty probably be performed by me on the Monday following. I do not wonder at he interest the publication of the pro--oosed operation has caused, for while there -have been parts-of an ear grafted, and por-. tlons of noses, the grafting of an entire ear la new to surgery. i The crowd began to pour In as soon as I opened the door in the morning. I learn from the servant that a -cluster stood outside as early as 7 o'clock.

Sad stories accompany many of the offers. Strangest to me was the haggling propensity. Several of the applicants thought STi.Oi) too littie for their cars, and wanted 8.00rt there were several of them who wanted that fi--J uro. un man insisten mat nis ear ought to be worth and It wasn't a nar-tlcularly good, ear from my standpoint at that. Among tny visitors was an inmate of a soldier's home in New Jersey.

I have forgotten tho name of the place. He said he came to tell me that there were many of the inmates In the institution who were willing to lose an ear. I declined his offer, because I do not want an old man as a subject Most interesting to me was the visit of sr good-looking young woman, a foreigner. I Judged her to be an Englishwoman by her accent She was well educated and refined. She related how she had suffered for ihe want of money since she had como here, and with tears In her eyes added: I have opnie here to tell you that I will undergo he operation will give up an ear for the price which has been named.

I refused, and to mysurprlse she pleaded to be accented. Ahother interesting case was that of a man who came with U.s wife. It was the man who volunteers to undergo the operation, and -his wife brought all the persuasion she could command to bear upon me, trying to get me to accept him. "There vrere cases like these Jn abundance. Some of th tales of suffering told were the most peculiar I have ever hearl.

This was Sunday, you must remember. I shudder to think of the duty which confronts me for to-morrow, if to-day is an Indication of what is to Unless some mirrr from the country comes to me it is mere than llkely-I-shalt accept one of tho two I have In mind. experienced more trouble than I exoected finding cars of the shape I -DANIEL: SCHOONMAkER HURT. Retired Broker Thrown from Is Sur-" rey with. Wife and Daughter In Riverside Drive "A surrey driven by Daniel Schoon maker, retired broker, eighty-one years old.

of 31 West One. Hundred and Twenty-first Stscetv going south on Riverside Drive at Ninety-seventh Street, yesterday afternoon was in collision with a buggy driven by Frank Henderson of 15 West Forty-sixth Street. The surrey overturned, and Mr. Schoonmaker, his wife, and his daughter, Maud, nineteen years oH, were thrown out. Mr.

Schoonmaker received a slight scalp wound, and taken home in a hla wife and daughter. The horse attached to the surrey ran away, and was cuught at Ninety-second Street by Mounted Policeman Gorman. In the butrgy with Henderson was a Miss White of Bayonne, N. J. At Ninety-seventh Street a passing frightened Henderson's horso and the animal bolted.

Before he could regain control of the horse the butrgy struck the surrey. In the excitement the automobile got awav. Policeman Farley ot the West One Hundredth Street Station went to the assistance of the Schoonmakers. He picked the aged man up and. assisted by several bystanders, carried him to the roadside.

He was badly shaken- up, but refused attendance by an nmbulance surgeon. The surrey was a wreck. DOUBLE SEAT FOR MR. DAAB. Hoboken's Stout Police Commissioner, by Special Arrangement, Can Enjoy Theatrical Performances.

It is two years since Police Commissioner Martin Daab of Hoboken has seen a theatrical performance. He will see one this evening, and Is to be a regular attendant sights a week hereafter. Commissioner Daab weighs more than 300 pounds, and Is not talL Js'o ordinary theatre seat will accommodate him. Even it the arms were off, it would probably collapse under his weight. Manager Soulier of the Lyric Theatre, in HJboken, has frcne to the Commltisloner's rescue by tak-ng out orchestra chairs I and 3 and' substituting for them a chair of double width and doubly strong in its underpinning.

Tbe Commissioner has the seat taken for two nights each week, as the theatre runs two showa a week. On other nights the seat can be sold to two persons. STUDENTS TORTURE A PIG. Freshmen's Mascot Beaten and Killed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8porta. Special it Tkt Nrm JV Tim it.

BOSTON, Nov. 8. An occurrence at Charles River Park yesterday afternoon, when tbe field day sporta-of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology students were held, has aroused a great deal of public indignation. A party of students tortured and then killed a little pig, the mascot of the freshman class. The Pig.

besmeared with yellow paint, with the figures on bis sides In green lettering, was led squealing on the field, making frantic struggles to get away Then he ran around the field. Five or six students grabbed him by the hind legs, yanked him over to the high board fence, and pitched him head first over the fence. The students climbed over after him. Some of them carried clubs, and they fell upon the little antmal, beating him until he was dead. New York'a Aid for, Kansas.

Special leTke New Fr Timet. TOPEKA. Nov. the great floods swept Kansas last June the people of New York were the first to respond with liberal That State, the Commercial Club finds in Us calculations, contributed more than any other, giving mure than SECRETARY ROOT HOME; TALKS OF PAHAIIA He Thinks the President Will Settle Affair Satisfactorily. CITY ELECTION NO SURPRISE Met by Gen.

Corbln on the Celtic, He Goes to Washington and Reports to' the White House as to Alas-V kan Decision. Secretary of War Ellhu Root, "the last American member of the Alaskan Boundary. Commission to return to this country, arrived yesterday on the steamship Celtio of the White Star Line. Major Oen. Corbln, the, new Commander of the Department of the East, went down the bay on a revenue cutter to meet the steamship.

As the Celtic passed Governors Island. the saluting battery boomed out a salute of nineteen guns to the returning Secretary. Mr. Root was accompanied by his wife, his daughter, and his personal aide. Capt T.

Bentley Mott The Secretary, had a long talk with Gen. Corbln before leaving the steamship. Vas the Celtic had no wireless telegraphic instruments, the first news from Panama to reach Mr. Root was contained In some newspapers taken on board yesterday. The steamship arrived off Sandy Hook late Saturday 'night and anchored outside until morning.

When asked his opinion ss to the Panama affair and Its possible significance- fer the War Mr. Root replied: "Yea, there Is a possibility- that troops may have to be sent to the Isthmus. There always la a possibility; that Is what the army Is for. but I hardly think It will be necessary In this caee." Beyond this he declined to quoted, pleading lack of Information about the but. ho read eagerly a numbef of dispatches which were shown him on the steamship, commenting on the statement cf Secretary Hay and the Instructions cabled to the Minister ot Bogota and the acting Consul at- Panama, that This la very Interesting, very." "Of course." he added.

-1 cannot tell whether the War Department will be drawn into the affair, since one can never see the outcome. But should we be called upon wo would be found ready. I do think that the President has the matter well in hand and will settle It to tho satisfaction of everybody." Mr. Root was asked whether the Alaskan Boundary Commission had ever considered the strip of land. 1 miles in length, lying between Kate's Needle and Devil Thumb, and which, according to report, had been overlooked in making the awards.

The strip of land you mention," he said, has boen under consideration, but because of the lack of data tbe boundary line was not determined, but a board of expert surveyors Is to be sent out by the Governments to make tbe necessary survey. The commission did not settle by compromise, but acted on the facts of the case. Every question was settled by the facts of the case, and there was no attempt mada to effect a compromise. The commission was most hospitably received, and if there was -any bad feeling on the part ot the Canadians over the decision they said nothing about it to me.V "We have had an election here in New York." Yea so I see. Of course, I did not know how it had gone until I got here." Was the result a surprise? No, the victory of Tammany was not a surprise to me.

I thlnkv on the whole, we were doing to cut down. -tho vote of last year. That looks well for Republican success, nest year." WASHINGTON. Nov. 8.

Secretary Root, who returned to New York to-day from his duties abroad in connection with the Alaskan Boundary Commission, reached Wash-ington to-night. He did not go to his hotel Immediately on arrival, but Instead went the White House, where he gave Preside nt Roosevelt a history of the Boundary Commission. The Secretary remained at the White House until a late hour. Secretary Moody and Capt. and Mrs.

Cowies also were at tbe White House during the time. Senator Aldrirh. Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate, was at the White House in conference with the President for about an hour early In the evening. TROLLEY- OFFICIALS TO GO. District Superintendents of the Public 8ervlce Corporation Have Been Asked to Resign.

NEWARK, N. Nov. 8. -The threatened changes In the ranks of tbe Public Service Corporation employes has come. All the district Superintendents In the trolley system controlled by tbe company have been asked to resign.

Many of them have held their positions for years. E00F OF A TTJinTZL T0SN OUT. Baltimore and X)hlo Trains Delayed Many Hoar by Accldeat. mmmm Special Tie Piew Tort Timet. CUMBERLAND.

Md-Nov. 8. The projecting arms of a Wabash steam shovel loaded on a freight car tore out about 200 feet of the timbered roof and sides of Sand Patch tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad last night. The shovel was too large to make a clear No one was hurt, but some passenger trains were delayed nearly eighteen hours. The tunnel is nearly a mile long, and vast quantities of debris came down.

ITLATTD ON LIQUOR DEALERS. Special Tkt A raw IV Times. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 8.

Detectives of East on. are investigating what they think was a bold fraud perpetrated upon liquor dealers of this State and New Jersey by two young men In Philadelphia. Several thousand dollars are said to bave been cleaned up by tke pair, who represented themselves ss sgents of the Union Chemical Company of Albany, with offices at 30 North Front Street, this city. They offered a good price for empty liquor barrels, and those who shipped barrels to them say they received no pay. Detectives say that several hundred barrels are now stored In railroad warehouses nere, consigned to the Union Chemical Company and uncalled-for, and that the two alleged agents of the company have skipped, evidently frightened off by the fear that their business rrethoda were being Investigated.

AUTOMOBILE XJJXS A DOCTOR. Norwleh PkysSX-laa It aa owa Wkta CbmoSTear Trie to 'Avoid Others. NORWICH, Nov. 8. S.

Lathrop, thlrty-nlre years old, was, Instantly killed In this city at o'clock this afternoon as the result ef a collision with an automobile driven by 1L Osgood. The accident occurred at the Junction of Central Avenue and Hickory Street, where an electric car stood. Dr. Lathrop was rid. ing his bicycle down Hickory Street as Mr.

Osgood, was trying to turn out to avoid passengers from the car, when they came together. Dr. Lathrop was thrown to the groundjmd hla head wss crushed. SHOT FROM STREET HIT BOY. While flve-yearold Charles Roddermaa was seated at the window of his home, VAX Osborn 8treet.

Brooklyn, last evening, he was struck by a bullet fired by Tony Amado, twelve years old, of 1 Dumont Av enue, who had been playing with a revolver In the street. Amado ran away after the shooting, but was captured by a policeman. He said he had found the revolver la tbe street and was playing with-it when it was discharged accldentsllr. He wss locked up in the Brownsville Police 8tatin. Tha Roddennan boy was taken to the Bradford Street Hospital, where it la said his wound is serious.

COLOMBIA PEACE- OFFER. Proposal Said to Have Been Made to Panama for a Conference. PANAMA. Nov. 8.

A cablegram has been received, here from Gen. Reyes containing the Information that he has been appointed by the Government Colombia as Teace Commissioner with the duty of making arrangements with the Government of the Republic tof Panama to the end that the national honor may be saved. Everything In Panama is quiet to-day. but the circulation of the news of the a polntment of Gen. Reyes resulted in enthusiastic celebrations, not only becauso the General has many friends but for the reason that his mission Is looked upon as assuring the Independence.

of tie Isthmian territory. The steamships Manavl and Quito bave been detained at Buenaventura' by the Colombian Government C. MURPHY: AT ANNAPOLIS. Tammany Leader Visit His Nephew and Leaves the City Without Tell-- Ing Hia Destination. 'Special lo Tkr Krm York Timet.

ANNAPOLIS. Mi, 8. Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader, was In Annapolis to-day. stopping at Carvel Ha.lL Ho was here to.

visit bis nephew and namesake. Midshipman Charles F. Murphy, a member of the second lie left Sew York on Saturday and was not anxious that his destination should be "known. Mr. Murphy left Annapolis to-nlxht.

but did not disclose where he was going. He did not care to state whether ho return directly to New York. FRANK P. SARGENT STRICKEN. Commissioner General of Immigration Attacked with Paralysis en SaturdayMuch Better Special Tke Krm York Timet.

WASHINGTON. Nov. g-Frank P. Sargent. Commissioner General of Immigration, was- stricken with paralysis last night at his home In this city.

The attack was believed to be severe, and several physicians were called. To-day Mr. 8argept began to Improve, and this evening be la much better. Surgeon Gen. Rixey of the navy was called In.

and is one of the attending physicians. It Is. believed that Mr. Bargent overexerted' himself In connection with la-work at the ImmlfrtUnn Conferettco. vhlih Md bwn In session In this city all the week.

He ts -one of President Roosevelt's ap- ErUntees from the ranks of organised labor, avtng succeeded T. V. Powderly. WAR ON MORMONCHURCH. Salt Lake Ministerial Alliance Will Present Evidence on Polygamy to Senate.

Special is Tkt New York SALT.LAKE. ub. Nov. 8. Polygamous conditions in Utah, win be thoroughly aired In connection with tbe effort to have Reed Smoot expelled from the United States 8-n-ate If tbe Ministerial Alliance of Salt Lae can accomplish It.

Ir. W. M. Paden, pastor of tbe First Presbyterian Church of Salt Lake, baa gnn to Washington as the representative of the alliance, and he is prepared to offer evidence of conditions which members ot the alliance declare' will be startling. The principal effort will bo directed toward showing that polygamy Is be tug taught by the church, that nej plural marriages are being entered Into, and that an this Is aided and abetted by Senator Itccd Smoot in bis capacity of apostle.

Fire will aIo be centred on President Joseph Smith of the Mormon Church. It la charred that he la living In open -polygamy. Voluminous evidence has been pro-pared to show that the church authorities are still taochlng polygamy. The most recent instance Is that of Apostle H4er J. Grant, who a few d-ys ago.

In addressing a body of student, boasted that he had two wives and would take a third If he dared under the laws of the country. Apostles, Presidents of stakes. Bishops, and elders are quoted tn statements upholding polygamy. Another charge Is that Smoot has taken an oath to cbey the head ot his Church tn preference to any temporal power. SMALL JIAU; President's Views Race Sol tide Wla Offir for Democrat.

Special fa Tka Sew Ysrk Timet. CANAJOHARIE. N. Nov. A-Offlclal figures show that at the recent election Frank-' E.

Hufnalt. Democrat, of Fort Plain, was- elected County Clerk by 81 majority. He was the only Democrat elect, ed In the county, which Is naturally Republican by 1.200 to 1,800. The Fort Plain Standard, a Democratic paper. In Its advocacy ot HufnaiL who Is small of stature and has seven children, hit upbn this: President Roosevelt discourages race suicide.

President Roosevelt Is a great and wise President. Therefore take ITesldent Roosevelt's advice, and vote for Hufnall fr County Clrk. the little man with the big family. This paragraph was widely quoted, and it Is believed that It secured Hufnall many Republican votes. MR: HARRUIAJTS BIG PLAIT, Will Make Staadard Eaea Foor Railroad Systems Owaed by Hla.

Special la Tkt Sew Ytrk Timet. OMAHA. Nov. H. Harrlman will Immediately begin the work of making standard all of the roads controlled by him tbe Southern Pacific.

Oregon Short Line. Union Pacific and Chicago and Alton. The work Is one of vast magnitude, and has been under contemplation the rallrnod President for several year. When completed tho parts ot rolling stock of either road Kill be Interchangeable with -that of similar rolling stock soy of the other lines. in this way much' time.

work, and expense will be saved In enakltig repiwra at tho different shops. W. V. 8. Thorne.

whom the achievement of this work has Wen given. Is the personal representative cf Ms Harrlman, and tha Director of purchases of his different railroads. Mr. Thorne la in Omaha now working with the Chief Engineer's Department on plana lor the changes to Union Pacific rolling stock, and will remain here until th plana nre completed, after which he will visit tne AHon. On month ago a meeting was hei.t In Chicago at which Mr, Harrlman and President llurt, together with engineers from the four roads, were Id attendance, and the rtcelali-m waa arrived at to begin the work immediately.

Owing to the immense amount of ark Involved several years will be required to completely carry out the plans of air. Harrlman alocf these lines. COLOLIOraOTESTS TO STATE OEPIiOTOEOT Objects; Interpretations of Clauses of TERMS- NOT MADE PUBLIC Official fAcmit ThatU Hzs Bseh.FJcJ -rTratTicofl the. Isthmus, Undls-. turbed Ruraor- in of Musacre- of: Amcri- cans; in 'WASHINGTON.

Nov; was Icaraed In "official circles to-ntgLt that the United States of -has lodged. a i protest with the State Department against tha tion of this country' In 'connection with the events which have occurred on the Isthmus of. Panama. The terms of the protest com 14 not bo ascertained, but It 1 known that strong objection la made to tho attitude cf the UnHed States In general, and against interpretations made by this Government of the treaty of between the United State of America and the. United States-of Colombia.

The State Department vhas protest under serious consideration, but tho nature of Us reply, if any. or tbe time when it will be not Other than admitting that such a document, had been filed in the State Department, the officials there will say nothing aboat the matter. It is stated that it. Philippe Bnnau-Va-rUla will be received by Secretary nay-tomorrow morning-, at tbe State Department and duly recognised as- tho Minuter Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary ettho Republic of Panama- to tho United Stater After tho- presentation a long conference will take at which plans 'for I tbe opening of Immediate negotiations tor a canal treaty between the two Governments Will be discussed. The Secretary- has invited tho new Jila-lster to luncheon to-morrow, and tha conference wEl bo resumed at that time.

The presentation to the President of XL Bunan-Vartlla baa. not been definitely arranged yet. but a date probably wi3 bv agreed on to morrow. ho cans' at tho Stat Department to-morrow th new Minister will take occasion to express through the Secretary cf Bute to. the Washington Government the profound sense of gratUndo ot th new Republic for all that this country has dono In promptly extendlnr to It recognition and tho of fer of protection.

The new Minister's first day in Washington waa a busy one. Ho had a "long 'Secretary Hay at the Utter' a residence. AttTr tlrao be presented bis credentials, m'Jt the formal recaption at tho Bute 'Department was arranged for. "Secretary Hay and' Minister' VarUla already bave gone over In detail' the ecexr- step -frwartf: th conclusion of a. new treaty whteh.

-whHo toll wing to some extent th HaykHerran treaty, la many ways will be simpler. As regards tho flsftoriaj lie Washington Government doea not deelro any chance, but tho provision of tho new treaty regarding sovereignty over th canal strip and tho extent of the United Statoa control will less oorepUcatod and tikoro positive in statement than Is true of the Hay-Herraa Colombian convention. MINISTER VARILLA'S PLANS. Minister YarCIa gavo an interview this evening, in tho course of which be said: "At to bj plans, it la perhaps a litti premature for me to speak. 1 shaH call at th Stat Department to-morrow.

and it will depend largely upon mj conference with officials there how rapidly csnal nego-. Uatioos can proceed. We wish. to go ahead, as soon as possible, and to show that ve. hall net tolerate the delay of procrastination with which the Colombia a canal nfv-t la tlons draaged along to thetr final figure.

It la my desire and that of the peoplo of Panama that unnecessary red tap and -formality, so far dignity will permit, shall be waived, and thst we conclude and sign a tretty with tbe Washington Government at th earliest day poritie, To the Isthmian HepuMic th eanal is th cornerton of It future existence. To th United States Its eonrtroctioa Is t.We great achievement on whfc-h tbe wboie world waits. Therefore for th general good, delay- In this matter cannot be permitted. I consider that the Repsbile of Panama to-day Is fulfilling all the duties ot a regular Government. I am ready to be-n negotiations to-morrow with tn Washington Government, which already has extenoed -us practical recognition.

I thou id say from the present outlook-th conclusion of a satisfactory treaty need be a matter of but a short time. We both want th canal. Why should wait? We are both ef good faith and can tak up the ubect In sincerity and with a common deair to arrtv at Immediate and practical results." The Minister at this point reiterated strongly his declaration of yetrdiy that was in no war eonnacted with tb Panama Canal Company. How soon do you expect to be reog. nixed by the otter powers?" the illnixier was atked.

"Very shortly." was the reply. "Frane has already Indicated unofficially her tain gr. ess to follow th lead of th State, thereby showing her appreciation ot th Washington Government's high motive which Inspired the recent action of th United States In promptly recognising my Government, and ottering bee pro lectio a against foreign foes "The two tri-color flags will be once more asnciated with this great rtrpr' which Franc has beaun and which th United Sir te will finish. In notifying hlra of my appolntrpent aa Minister. I expressed to Secretary Hay tb warm gratitud of th Government axd people of Panama.

"I not fear that th South Amerteaa repubHca will hurt- by recent vru. Though every man Is mors inclined to nip-port a man of bis rac aed tongue, krn too well th er.e of honor of th Spar'slt race' not to reaiise th-rcot oojec-tkmable attltud of Colombia and her absolute disregard of th right cf preperly In preventing tb ex ecu two of a vits! tb universe, that th rXKVl sns ot the tatln Americans them to heartily approve and indortw as erulr.er.t-Iv correct and proper, the entire courts cf th Washington Government. the events of th past VMt wi th. Uthai-iK. -Bo far from fcIng a land grabber tha Lnlted States wiil entirely rpe-t anl the of my Government." ISTHMIAN TRAFFIC UNDISTURBED.

Word reacted the Navy Department today, of the arriv! of the United Etstes cruiser Boston at Paeama yesterday. nuder Die hi. In reporting th arrival, announced the receipt of Instructions the iepartment which direct tte keeping epen of the transit of th ali' ald that at this tiro th trafite wae Undisturbed. Th Ir stent's yacht, rTfwe. lift the ravy yard her to-cy fr Aboard her ar F.r ACmlrai Jc-ra Coghlsn and Consul ueieral A.

IL CJ-rc-r. ihe Viiited 8te Consul Genrl at ianan-a. goes to that to SFur ccsrre ef tn American teulr affair. To Mayflower is xrcid to reita th.r detlr.aUon. in abo'jt elsht csva.

Oa his' arrival at, anaaa Mr. Guit.