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THE NEW YORE: TT2IE5. i SNTTTRDAY. Z.IAECH Z. .0 liEW PARTY TAKES UP EQUITABLE DISCUSSION Bacon Speaks for Policy Holders Opposed to.Crimmins. PROPOSED BILL CONSIDERED Vote for Every Share and Every Policy Holder John E.

Parsons Jolne List of Counsel Retained. The commute of Equitable Wfe As- unnci Society poller holders, -or wmcn John D. Crlmmins fs Chairman, held an other meetlnc rrterday afternoon and selected John E. Parsons aa counsel, in addition to the firm of Boardman, Piatt ft Holer, who had en already retained. The committee discussed different phases ih nrnnol tuutuallsatlon bill to be Introduced at Albany, a rough draft of which has already been prepared.

This bill will, it Is understood, as now mapped out. provide that each stockholder In the election of directors shall have one vote for every share of stock held and that each policy holder shall have one vote. It is to be provided that five shares of stock shall qualify any stockholder who may be elected to the Board of Directors, and that any policy bolder may be chosen a director, provided lie shall have held a policy In the Equitable for a specified number of years. The Object of this provision, as explained. Is to make It sure that very director chosen from among- the policy holders has sufficient familiarity with the affairs of the company.

i Is Chairman opened headquarters In the Mills Building- yesterday, where a mass of letters havs been received. Mr. Crlmmins aid: "There are a hundred men who have omnvjntcated with us whose names might as well be on our committee as any that now appear there. Some of these men will be added to our number later on. The committee does not propose to con fine itself to the Equitable Life Assurance Society In trying to get legislation, al though the particular bill that we are considering now has to do particularly with the, Equitable mutualisatlon.

We have not received a reply from the tetter sent to the Equitable asking for a list of policy holders. I presume that the letter will be referred to their executive committee. ZJbar from sources connected with the society that it has been nronosed to the society's mutualtsatlon committee that the policy holders shall elect- two-thirds of the Board of Directors and the stockholders the other third. This proposition, I understand, has been met by one la which the proportions are exactly reversed." CoL Alexander S. Bacon of 37 Liberty Btreet announced yesterday that he had been retained by policy holders of the Idqnltable who were disturbed by the movement started by the Crlmmins committee.

Mr. Bacon said: I believe that the Equitable has about 400.0U0 policy holders. They are scattered all over the earth. For these policy holders to be represented on the board, very policy holder should have his vote for the directors who represent him. It Is self evident that this Is an Impossibility.

We soon see that a representation becomes the result of an active agency force soliciting sufficient proxies to elect men unknown to policy holders. "The recent meeting of the Directors, taken in connection with their, past conduct. Indicates very clearly that, they do represent the policy holders. The annual statements, the many reports and special leaf lo.ts issued by the. society and dls-tributed by agents, keep policy holders well Informed as to the workings of the society.

What more could a board do If it were wholly elected by the policy holders? I know of companies that claim to be policy holders' companies, where tbe officers are elected by policy holders, and! I during the course of many years, observed with some surprise, that a notice! to attend a policy holders' meeting nasi never appeared in the newspapers of this city, and I have never eeen a new tern to the effect that such a meeting had; been held by policy There has; generally been a short paragraph to the effect that such and such Directors had; been re-elected, and that such and such' gentlemen had been elected executive of-! fleers. I have known many policy holder in the companies to which I refer, and IJ nave never Known 01 meir receiving aj notice or invitation to attend a meetin of the policy holders. Is It this kind of policy holders' company that Mr. Crlra mine's committee desires to bring about? Policy holders throughout the count are insured In more companies than It the Equitable, and some of these com panics make a great talk about being mutual company and run by policy hold' ere. Let each policy holder In companies other than the Equitable answer for him self the question whether he has ever bee: Invited to attend a meeting of policy hold ers, or If his proxy has been solicited.

I so, has It not always been through i member of the agency force of the company, with ono object In view, the ref election of existing officials? My clients are not interested In Uf Insurance management beyond the protec tlon of their rights. Their policies represent an annual expense, a burden to some X. may say. cheerfully and courageously borne by them for the benefit of theft families. They do know how the socletjr has been managed for forty-five year, and they see no reason to ask for a change In the method of electing the Directors.

If Mr. Crlmmins can show that the Directors of the Equitable are not worthy of the trust Imposed In them by the stockholders, then his cry of alarm should, toe listened to; but what safeguard does he premise that new board elected by the policy holders will be composed of mn more honorable, more experienced, and more able to conduct the business of the society?" BILL HITS TRACTION LINES. Require Signs In Space Now Leased to Advertisers. SPteiai Tkt Srm York Timtt ALBANY. March 8.

An attempt to keep from the traction companies of New York City the revenues they now derive by leasing space for advertising cards la jto be seen In the bill Introduced to-day by John J. 8 amnion, member of Assembly from the Eleventh "New York District. William Paltoa Is the Democratic bqss of that district. The provisions of the bill are to the effect that such companies shall equip fell cars with signs eighteen Inches wde and six feet n. length." on which shall appear directions or cautions with reference to alighting from the car, such ias getting off backwards leaving the Oar while in motion, and sundry other Observances.

The. bill provides that these signs must be so placed as not to Interfere with the light. or ventilation of the car. and also be where' they can be plainly seen a tin sinn a-dav for each car woeld Imposed for non-compliance' with' (he SAKE, WHAT IS IT? i .4 i i Japanese Tipple a Stumbling Block for United States Court Judge. several days the Judges of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals hSve been trying to decide -whether the popular Japanese tipple, sake.

Iwas a still wine, and entitled to admission; as such at 0 cents a gallon, or whether It was really a rice beer and dutiable at 3 cents a gallon. After wrestling with the i problem, aided by numerous tests, they handed dwn an opinion yesterday that It was neither. i i blnce the beginning of the Russian-Japanese war America has taken Jto drinking sake as a polite after-dinner tipple, Prior tq that time only a few casks the llciuor were imported for the? use of the faithful native Japanese In this country. Iow the Importation has become sufficiently large to be something jof an item. T.he Board of Appraisers has always In te past appraised It as a stQl wine and assessed duty upon It at 40 cents a gallon.

Te firm W. Niahimiya ft to. appealed from the board's decision, and contended that it was entitled to entry! as a malt liquor. I I 1 jThe evidence In the Federal Court showed that the liquor was made of rice, and by a process similar to that employed i the manufacture of beer, rice being substituted for barley. An analysis also showed It to contain IT per cent, of alcohol.

It Is sweet In taste, but. 'unlike beer, I heated before served for drinking. jThe court decides that it will have to be assessed under Section 6 of ithe revenue which is popularly kniwn as the '1 catch all section, and which cuts the duty down to assessment on the valuation principle and necessitates ai reappraisal by the board. BURGLARS SMOKED AT WORK. I v.

East Eighty-first Street Near Mrs. Mumford'a, i it The police of; the. East Eighty-eighth Street Station were notified early yesterday morning' of the robbery of the bouse of Louis H. Kirscher.j at 162 East Eighty-first Street, which Is a block from the residence of Mrs. Cleorge Mum-ford, which was robbed of $10,000 worth pf Jewels on Thursday.

The thieves got fcsOO worth of stuff. The traces left by the burglars lit both the Mumford and Klrscher robberies led the police to be- leve that both were the work of the gang. i the Klrscher robbery the thieves not been In such a hwfry. however. for there were cigar ashes over the parpet, and Mr.1 Klrscher sajd that, from the contents of.

his cigar brtx. he Judged it hey had been I making themselves quite jnt home. The burglars badj taken away jsome costly gowns belonging to Mrs. iKlrscber. and.

Ibesldes some bric-a-brac, heavy gramophone was mlsplng. Mr. Klrscher told the police that he and hH wife had been to the theatre and had not returned until 1 o'clock (In the mora- ing. They noticed nothing peculiar then, jalthough it waia thought that the bur- 'glars might have been In jthe house at (that time and kept qulft until; the Kirschers retired, "he burglary was not aiscoverea unm ciock yesterday morning, when a relative of the Kirschers found the front 4r open. Mr.

Klrscher aid yesterday that In the past year several attempts had been made to enter his house, the last time a month ago, when, after he alarm of the burglar box. he found two 'men crouching In the doorway of the hall. He then had other burglar alarms placed through the house and engaged a watchman, because, ha said, the police did not seem able to cope with thef situation. STEAL! Ollft TRADd MARKS. i Attention Called to Condition In Cuba Injurious ito American The International Advertising Assocla- tion, in its campaign against the piracy of American trade marks, lnds a serious state of affairs! In Cuba, where it appears that there Is danger of American goods being driven from that market through the use there of stolen ftrade marks.

Elmer J. Bliss, In descrlblm the situation. 8 Id: j. "Under the force In Cuba old Spanish law, still In and many other Spanish- American countries, the niere use of a trade mark fof any length Jof time, however long, gives no proprietary rights to the trade mark. This right is only acquired through actual registration In Cuba.

This has made it possible for unscrupulous persons to procure the registration of valuable American trade marks In Cuba for their own right, and to exclude the 1 American ownerf of the trade mark. "There appears to be an organized effort, or conspiracy In Cuba toj register; most of the valuable American trade marks as soon as they see that the jgoods. bearing the trade mark are beginning to find a market. They control thi situation to blackmail thes American owner, i Steps should be taken! to bring this state of affairs to the attention of the State- Department at Washington, so that some arrangement may be made by which the rinhts of bona fide manufacturers may be protected against piracy." i 30-YEAR-OLD INJURY FATAL i if. Blood Poisoning Result of a Wounded Toe, Family Says, i i Special is Tkt XtVf Yrh Timts.

BELLEVILLE. K. ilarch 3.r-John Hughes, a resident of this jtown for sixty-seven years, idled at his home last night of blood poisoning, which resulted, his family believes, from an injury to one of his toes, recejved about thirty years ago. The injured toe had bothered Mr. Hughes more or less, bulj it was only a few weeks ago that symptoms of blood poisoning were apparent Mr.

Hughes was born In Manchester England, seventy-two years ago, ancj came to this country at the age of three. He was for many vears In the employ of the De Witt Wire Company. A widow and; three daughters survive him. 1 SHE! WAS ONLY 95.1 1 But She Knew How toj Pity a Really Old Person. They had an old women's reception last night up at the East Ilfty-flrst Police Station.

Patrolman McDonald early In the evening round a Dent, gray, old woman, who said she was fnot less than a hundred years old. wandering about the streets near 'the corner of Second 'Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street. She was hardly seated in the back room of the station before Patrolman Beron brought In another old romen whom he naa lounu on oecona Avenue ana arty seventh Street. The frst old woman could not tell her name, let alone her address. The second knew that she was Anne McCarty.

and that was all. Mrs. McCarty Is close on to years. rd bate; to be old and childish like her," she said, pityingly pointing to the irt-t old woman, who was shaking her head and crowing like a infant. The two old women were held for Idea-tlfication by relatives.

1 i -r. Lung Hospital to Move. The New York Throat! Nose, and Lung Hospital, now at 244 feast Fifty ninth Street, will be ihe Rear future to 228 and 231 East Fifty-seventh Btreet two buildings. On a frontage of Mi feet, which have Just been bought by the Institution. Negotiations were conducted by Broker William, jsieutbeix.

AMERICA IMPERIALISTIC SAYS ITALIAN SENATOR Tariff Prohibits Better Relations) Declares Baron Fava. 1 NEW OFFICIAL COMING HERE Immigration Agent, Though, Will Not Be Sent Until Italy la Assured of Hla Cordial Reception. ROME. March 8. -The whole sitting of the Senate this afternoon was taken up with the discussion of an Interpellation of Senator Prince OdescalchI on the subject of tho relations between Italy and the United States.

The Senator spoke lengthily about Immigration conditions in America, which he described as thoroughly "imperialistic." adding that this Imperialism does not mean conquest, but emergence from political i isolation. which Is only possible by from economic Isolation. emerging Let Italy. he added. profit by this situation.

Senator Baron Fava, who as Ambassa dor at Washington concluded the present commercial treaty between Italy and the United States, said It was Impossible to hope for better economic conditions with the United States until the present almost prohibitive tariff was Foreign Minister Tlttonl said he thought It was an exaggeration to say that Italian Immigration was not desired In the United StAtes, quoting the opinions of prominent Americans to the contrary. The Minister praised the American Government for protecting Immigrants after landing, and said that while I Illiteracy was being combatted here by (means of 20.000 new schools recently opened, the Government intended to send a special official to New Tork to attend to Immigration matters as soon as he could ascertain how such an official would be received. I The Italian Government, he added, would soon submit to Parliament a new Emigration bill. He did not think It was possible to Improve the economlo and commercial relation between Italy and the United States in view of the increase of the support of the protection policy following the Presidential election." i I OCEAN TICKETS HIGHER. Transatlantic Lines, Including Cunard, Agree Upon Increase.

LONDON. March S. A conference of the Directors of the transatlantic steamship lines to-day agreed to Increase the cabin rates. The details have not been made public The Cunard Line, which Is represented by Lord Inverclyde. the Chairman of the company, is participating In the conference, which la still in session.

I CHAMBERLAIN'S NEW POLICY. i i Urges Upon Tariff Reformers the Necessity for Aggressiveness. LONDON, March S. At a private meeting of the Tariff Reform League to-day Joseph Chamberlain made aj speech in the course of which he referred to the differences of opinion in the Unionist Party on the fiscal question which, have been shown more In Parliament than in the country and have considerably delayed the movement for tariff reform. He said he wished i he could convince those friends who had urged the necessity of moving gradually, and In other ways had shown a certain fear of I the results they proclaimed their views openly.

that they were nice a man iignung vim bin hands tied behind him. i The experience of the by-elections had convinced the friends of fiscal reform that the bold policy was the best. A certain stiffening of the backs of tariff reformers was emphatically needed. He admitted they could not expect to suceed immediately, but his conviction of ultimate success was, if possible, stronger than ever. ULSTER UNIONISTS' REVOLT.

Threat to Fight the Government at All Points. LONDON. March 3 The revolt of the Ulster Unionists against the Government is Increasing in intensity. At a meeting of the pewly formed Ulster Unionist Council at Belfast to-day. angry denunciations at the continued retention ef Sir Antony P.

MacdonnelU Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Mr. Wyndham. the Chief Secretary for Ireland, were heard, coupled with threats to fight the Government at. all points. The speakers asserted that the Mac-donnell intrigue had done more to force home rule to the front as' a living issue than Mr.

Redmond's party had done in the last decade. I The Ulstermen and Nationalists profess to be convinced that Premier Balfour does not dare cut Sir Antony Macdonnell adrift, because be would then be free publish compromising correspondence with prominent members of the Government. i Some of Mr. Balfour's sturdiest adher ents are getting alarmed, and are urging; the rremier to iaxe me parry into ms confidence by calling a meeting or by other means, to consult as i to the beat means of meeting the serious situation. i NEW CUBAN CABINET.

Only One Member of the Old Ministry Retained in HAVANA, March S. The formation of a Cabinet representative of the Moderate Party, to which President Pal ma recently declared his allegiance, was completed today by. the acceptance of portfolios by the following: Roeretarv of State and Justice JUAN FRAN CISCO OTARRILJ peretary of the Treasury Oen. RITJS RIVERA, Secretary of the Interior Gen. FRETE AND-RADO.

i Secretary of PubBo Works 6n, RAFAEL MONTALVO. Secretary ef Public Instruction EDUARDO TEJtO. Secretary of Aurrieulrure, Industry, and Commerce ERNESTO CASTRO. I The foregoing which will shortly be officially announced. Is characterised by the Opposition as a politicians Cabinet, It was President Palma's desire to reappoint: Secretaries Dlas and Ortls.

bat he yielded to tho urging of the Moderate leaders and will not reappoint any of the recently resigned Cabinet officers. i Sefior Tero Is the only member of the old Cabinet In the new Government. He Is transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Public Instruction. King and Queen Honor Marlborough. LONDON.

March S. King Edward and Queen Alexandra dined with the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough In their new home. Sunderland House, In Curson Street, to-nlsrht. It was i house warming. The- Queen wore beauti ful jewels, xnere were a score or guests, including Count Mensdorff and Prince and Princess Henry of Pless.

Nation Gets Back Big Trees. SACRAMENTO. CaL. March 3. The fins 1 steps In the recession to the Federal Government of the Tosemite Valley and the Mariposa big trees so far as California is concerned was taken to-day by Gov.

Pardee when he signed the blu providing lot tfxm regTaar. Was Dining Room Cold This Morning? A -GARWOOD STEAM nsmg-fis for fueL win fit In your fireplace, or a portable Garwood will set anywhere in a room either of them will five you a warm room for breakfast, and at a cost of lc As easily lighted as a gas jet no odor, soot or dirt i no Hue required absolutely guaranteed. Come and see them in operation. THE FRANK C. McLAIN 24 KoartbJ Sew York.

Phase B2 Gramerey. YOUNG'S SUIT REOPENS SHIPBUILDING TANGLE Promoter Wants Accounting from Mercantile Trust. i ACTION WILL LIFT THE LID Believed Company's Transaction Will Now Be Made Public May Halt Plans fori Reorganization. Notwithstanding the many rumors of settlement. It is evident from a suit filed late yesterday afternoon In the United States Circuit Court that the affairs of tho United States Shipbuilding Company are stiU In a tangle, and that the many ramifications of Its transactions are to be made public, notwithstanding the very sudden termination of the suits brought against Charles M.

Schwab and others by ex-Senator James Smith, the receiver. 1 The suit filed yesterday by Dittenhoefer. Gerber Sc James, in behalf, of John W. Young, the principal promoter of the company, asks for an accounting of of the securities of the corporation from the Mercantile Trust Company, its trustee. This suit will, according to 8ne of the former officials of the Shipbuilding Company, lift the and through the agency of the Federal courts bring tho company's transactions before the public.

Ex-Judge plttehhoefer yesterday declined to discuss the case further than to say his client had asked lor an accounting from the trustee of the company's first mortgage bonds. When asked If the rult ot the ac counting would be to lay bare the transactions of the! Shipbuilding Company, Judge Dittenhoefer replied: You have read the bill of complaint, I presume. It Is on filo in the clerl office cf the United States Circuit Court. ano It tells the story, I do not know that I have, at tlas time, anything to add to the facts as set forth in the complaint," The complaint recites the fact that on or about the 24th day of June, 1902. the Mercantile Trust Company accepted the offer of the plaintiff oung) to convey.

set over, and assign to it of the preferred and f24.988.500 of the common, non-asHessable stock of the United States Shipbuilding Company, and of Its first mortgage 5 per cent, sinking fund thirty-year gold bonds. (Series secured by a firt mortgage on the plants of the defendant company. That for a valuable consideration, the complaint the: defendant agreed and did undertake the duties of trustee and depository jof the securities, to hold, deliver, and distribute them as directed by the plaintiff; YoungL "That the said defendant received and accepted the said, trust obligation and entered upon the discharge ot its duties as said trustee," reads the complaint, but did not deliver and distribute the said securities as directed, authorized, or permitted by said trust obligation or by the plaintiff. And tho said plaintiff never rendered an accounting to the plaintiff In respect of said securities or the disposi tion made of them by it, although demand therefor has been made. That the defendant refused to per mit him to examine the books of the de fendant containing the! entries relating to said property, and refused and still refuses to give your orator proper facilities of ascertaining the facts in relation In conclusion.

Judge Dittenhoefer al leges In the complaint, that, as his client can get no satisfaction under the common law, and that a court of equity alone has Jurisdiction, the defendant be directed to pay over to the; plaintiff "what, if anything shall jappear to be due him, and such other relief as the court may decide Just and According to complaints, answers, and cross-bills filed In previous actions, it appears that Young was. with Le Roy Dresser, one of the two principal promoters In the Shipbuilding Trust, and that It was Young who endeavored unsuccessfully to float the bonds and stock of the company in France, and also to organise a syndicate jof French capitalists which was to underwrite a large block of the Shipbuilding Company's stock. Because of the refusal. It Is alleged, of J. Pj Morgan Sc.

Co. to Indorse the proposed merger at the psychological moment the French; underwriting fell through. I I Since the settlement out of court of the many actions brought by minor stockholders and bondholders of the company It has been generally thought that the corporation would be organized upon a new basis and resume business. That other difficulties existed has never before been made public, and it was generally supposed that Young was working In harmony with certain: promoters who had undertaken the task of straightening out the tangled affairs of the company and putting 1 if possible, upon a solvent basis. I j.

W. Young, tho complainant Is a son of Brigham Young, the Morman prophet, and orlngs the action in the Federal court as a citizen of Utah. SWEETSER-PEMBROKE CASE. i I Firm Overstated Its Profits, Expert Accountant Testifies. Further evidence as to the affairs of the old dry goods Jobbing house of Sweetser.

Pembroke noW in bankruptcy, was heard yesterday when John C. Almour, an expert accountant, testified at a hearing before Peter iB. Olney, a referee In bank, ruptcy. Mr. Almour was employed to examine the books of the concern by W.

II. Lucke? of cosnsel for several of the stock holders who are trying to rescind their purchases ofi stock and come in as cred itors. on the ground that they were In duced to purchase the stock by fraudulent representations, when the business was changed from a partnership to a corpora tion la 1901. Mr. Almoufs testimony was devoted to showing tha( false statements were made In a circular; Issued offering the stock of the corporation for sale and signed by the members of the old partnership.

In this circular It was stated that the average iiuiii "i in iirrn i or me reurteea fTJS yT ecd 1 the Incorporation was 1131,000. Mr. Almour testified that la reality represented Ue profits. 1T" Efl estasibko max vhikcarvn well. nen you con sider tLe diss of tnor-ougkly tested materials tKeyVe made of.

tie class of workmanship that males ttem. and tte fifty years of ruc- isful experience benind ces them, it would le if they didn't wear; welL Almost light weight crrer- I. coat tune now. Sabway Station lost at deer. ASTOR PLACE AND FOWnHAVENUE' SAYS FUNK IS BACKING OUT.

I i Davis, 'ex-Medium, Names Hla Com mittee for Spiritualistic Test. VT. Davis, printer; and ex-medlum. says he has put the powers of Spiritualism, as championed by Mrs. May Pepper, whose real name is Mary Ann Scan-nell, to rout.

I have selected myi end of the com mittee fo referee a test of prowess be tween myself and Mrs. Pepper, said Mr. Davis, "and have notified Dr. Funk of the fact. Dr.

Funki according to the best Information I car) get, is now anx ious toj back down, file Is willing to pay for a hall In which; I may attempt to duplicate feats performed In the past by the! woman who calls herself Mrs, Pepper, but he does hot offer to bring her Into actual competition. "It would be folly for' me to give an exhibition of legerdemain for test pur poses unless Mrs. Pepper was present. and followed my performance with one of her own. For me to go up against something she says she has done In the past would be a mere jwaste of time, and would rive her adherents a chance to charge I that I was faking what she had actually done.

I ana firmly convinced that Dr. Funk realizes now that he has been imposed upon, and Is seeking the easiest! way out. I As my committee have named David Goldberger. the man who called Mrs. Pepper down last Sunday night; Josepa Rimm.l a broker, and H.

W. Jonas, who has an office under TOlne. I am more hiin willina to meet Mrs. Pepper at any time and do anything she does better than she can do It." Dr. Funk sent out a written statement vesterdav.

the substance of which made public some days ago. and. through his secretary, announced that he had had enough of the whole eontroversy. I ir Punk." announced the secretarr. ls not appointing committees, and doesn't Intend to.

All he will do will be to payi the expenses of the tett. if one Is finally arranged oevween warn ana un. Pepper. I NEW ALTMAN STORE PLANS. i i Eight-Story Structure In Fifth Avenue to Cost $2,500,000.

Plans for the new Altman store, on the east side of Fifth Avenue, between Thirty fourth! and Thirty-fifth Streets, were Ued yesterday at the Building Department by Architects. Trowbrldg A Livingston. The building will cover 863 to 371 Fifth Avenue. 1 to East Thirty-fourth street and 2 ko 16 East Thlry-flfth Street. This r.itans that the structure will not.

as has ben iBrenerallv anticipated. Include the Madison Avenue front of tho block, nor will it; for the present at least, take In the 'ot at the Immediate corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street. The builders will be Marc LEidllts Son. The new store will be eight stores high, with a facade of stone. It will have frontages of 275 feet on Thirty-fourth Street and 325 feet oni Thirty-fifth Street.

Its cost is estimated at S2.5u0.0OO. SAUT WATER MAIN SYSTEM. I i To be Installed Under Oakley Plans Despite Croker's Protest. Chief Croker of tbje Fire Department objects to the plans prepared for the sys tem of high pressure salt water mains as a paeans of more! adequate fire pro tection in mat pan mo cny sou in of Twenty-third Street. Under the plans prepared by Commissioner Oakley it Is proposed to install pumping stations In three sections of the; downtown district with a system of independent water mains for fire only, and which may be used for either; fresh or salt water.

Chief Croker sent to the Mayor a protest against these plins, saying- that the engineers bad madej mistakes in their estimates of the efficiency ot the sys tem. He pointed out a ioi oi mecnamcai faults, and protested against Its adoption as a whole at the estimated expense of about S.500.000. Commissioner Oakley, in discussing the matter, said: Mr. Croker is a good fire fighter but he Is I not a hydraulic engineer. Perhaps he is la trifle Je.usj because he was not consulted In the matter, but his opinion was Invited, and I even made several appointments with him to talk the matter over, i none or which ihe kept-Mayor McClellan said he was satisfied with) the plans, and that the system would be installed, 2,131 i TELEPHONES wer; gained during: February irtj Manhattan and the Bronx.

157,065 TELEPHONES were in and under contract on Marcli 1, 1005. Elllclerit Service Reasonable Rates i New York Te'epnone Co. 15 Dcy St. MIT Mo I SUPERIOR IN either care nor expense is spared to maintain the reputation ach eved by the TjValdorf-Astoria Sugars of being the finest. Unique in shapes and sizes perfect in manufacture quality, unequalled.

Seasoned in our immense Humidors in the Waldorf-Astoria iPsw Wain Office and Humidors UNION MAD S3.50 shoes whv thev better, wear i iii- a it ar rreater Intrinsic value than ny other $3.50 shoe on the market Douglas guarantees their value by name and price on the bottom. Look nosubsUtute. Sold by shoe dealers Douglas Shoos Wear Asm arem W. I Dourlas S3.SO eer are ymrm mmm. m4 mlthmmt mmy eftciie year pmrt cmn atm.t that thy thm nmi fmrtabl mud, bmmt tiring mhmt woe prera, oncf If a mlth grmttt plmuaur I rKomJMi thm Ae anybody dmmlrtng mm Aeaes at wnbl0 price." J.

CLMKBMCS DJtOfCS. ttmml Xtat. 149th St. mmd Set Jm. Boy woarY.U Douglas S2M shoes because they nt notion, nosm their mhane and wear longer titan other ntatcesm W.LkDouglaansea Corona Colts kin In his i shoes.

Corona Colt is conceded to be the finest Patent Leather produced Send for JTew Illustrated Catalog of Spring Styles. Shoes by mall. 2.V. extra. W.

I DOUGLAS, Muss. W. L.Douelas $3.50 Shoe 433 Broadway, corner Howard Street. 733 corner ma Direct. 853 Broadwsy.

oorner 14th Street. 1349 Brosdway, oorner 36th Street. 1447-1449 Brosdwmy, oorner 41st St. 05 Nsssaa 8treet. 2SO West 126th Btreofc.

74 Third Avenue. 2202 Third Avenne. cor. 120th St. 8778 ThiM bet.

146th St 147th Sts. lft(C i Tickets on sale daily, and personally conducted tourist sleeping cars from Chicago Los Angeles without change. trains, choice of routes. Meals rue us xor iniormaiion as to tne wonaerrui climate ana kinaiy sou cago to an rancisco, las iangeles. l-'ortlaiid, Seattle.

Victoria and Vancouver. Correspondingly low rates Ifrom other points. Daily get mere, cow ion? it tases ana what tt costs via the Chicago, Union Pacific and North-Western Line. Booklets and folders sent postpaid ud receipt ox 4 At! stents The 'Best CHIEF rous w.r "LION BRAND" COLLARS f) Cuffs 25c Pais. SIZES see Z9e.

OUARTKR Burglary with Explosives a Crime. I fecial to Tkt Xtw Ytrk Timtt. ALBANT, March S. A new crime Is recoirnlsed by the bill introduced to-dsy by Smith ot Dutchess. The measure provides that any person who enters at nlsht a building- wherein there to a human being, and commits burglary by the us ot nitro glycerine, dynauute.

sundowner, or other high explosive would be ru.lt of burglary wltb explosives. For this I crime a penalty of Imprisonment lor not less tbsa twenty-five nor more than forty years Is propose (3 AH srestiseU tickets via this lias. iTTKfffliy The Vest ef Everything. zirX FltOWT -Zr BACK SEGARS FOR. MEN, mora Men's $3GO shoe than any other manutao- turer In tho world sin nnnfeMJ0" The reason W.

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