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NOVEMBER 29, ONE CENT. eme Captfaf fpkhm of (Btrfe Wtff Appear (tte Iwnbag'o $eauf tfuffg Jfftwfrafeb Sfctfton of 0e tmee DRANK RAT POISON 'VARSITY, 46 GORdEIiIi; 2 ness by Making It more attractive to their patrons. The president of the Union Traction Company bears a name that certainly Is not unknown In this and if for no other than traditional reasons he must live up to a very high standing of fair business dealings and phllantbrophy. I speak advisedly when I say that it Is the determination of the management to leave nothing undone to give the very best satisfaction to. -the public.

It can't Irve otherwise, but It must not be asked to give something for nothing. It could not continue iu existence by doing so. "It Is due to the public and to the com tlon to that we are to keep these highways In repair at to cost to. the city and at what will bo an annual expenditure to our storkiiotfers of about $450,000. Those two f.um alone net about 12 per crut.

on the gross receipts of the corporation, which amounts to about $10,000,000. All that Is expended for the benefit of the city and in the performance of a duty which belongs to the city. But what the city gets from the Traction Company does not end even there. It pays a State tax, from which the city obtains a benefit, which this year through the three companies amounted to about a city tax of about $00,000 on, dividends; a tax on cars RICE STILL MISSING Ho Cine to the Whereabouts of ttw Hew Brunswick Physician. Special Telegram to The Times.

New Brunswick, November 28. Interest In tbe case of Dr. 3. Warren Rice and bis wife has not yet abated. It was learned to-day from good authority that the report that the erratic physician had taken his daughter Helen and fled to Europe was Incorrect.

He is said to be in this country, and will be at the bearing before tbe Chancellor on Saturday. Mrs. Rice ia staying with her mother, Mrs. Woodhridge. Since the tllght of the doctor and his daughter Judge Cowenhoven, who was appointed guardian by the Chancellor pending the settlement of the case, has done hi utmost to locate the young woman.

The matter will come before the Chancellor on Saturday. A' PHILADELPHIA IN TROUBLE 1 -i After feaylng the Deadly Liquid John Laagaa 6at Down in the Drag Store and Swallowed It. Entering the drug store at the southeast corner of Eleventh street and Hidge avenue last night. John Langan. 31 years old, of 1129 Ridge avenue, asked for a bottle of rat poison.

He waited patiently until the package was fixed up, and after paying the clerk and receiving change, walked slowly toward the door. The clerk returned to the rear of the store and did not notice that Langan did not go out. Langan, meanwhile, had sat down upon a chair opposite the counter and untied the carefully done up bottle. Taking out the cork, he took a drink of the deadly compound, arid an Instant later, overcame by I sharp pain Inflicted by the rat killing drug, i he groaned. The clerk suddenly remember-! ing that be had not beard the door open and close, ran from the rear of the store and found him sitting with the bottle tightly clasped In bis right hand.

Seeing the clerk approaching and feeling that despite the great pain he had not insured success In his attempt to end bis life, the desperate man took two more swallows of the poison, and just as the clerk caught hold of him he threw the empty bottle the floor. He was taken unconscious to the Hahnemann Hospital, where he came to himself an 'hour afterward, but refused to give any further explanation of his conduct than to say that he was tired of life. It is thought that he will recover. He Is an enamel worker, and Is unmarried. KEEPERS HELD FOR MURDER Preliminary Hearing of the Men Charged With Killing Lewis.

Officials of the Hospital at Farahurst Scont the Charge That One of Their Patients Was Beaten to Death. Special Teleeram to The Times. Wilmington, November 28. Michael Lynch, David Brown and John J. Swan, the Keepers employed In the Insane department of Farnhurst Hospital, who were arrested late last night charged with the murder of Leon Lewis, a patient, were given a preliminary hearing before Squire Sasse to-night and were bound over without ball for a further hearing next Monday night.

Arrangements have been made for the exhumation of Lewis' body. It Is alleged that Lewis was murdered by being thrown repeatedly Into a bath tub and choked and kicked until he became unconscious. The newspaper man who collected the evidence against the keepers by gaining admission as a patient to the insane department, alleges that during bis three days' confinement he witnessed many scenes of brutality on the part of the keepers to the patients. LEWIS' HEART PRESERVED. When Lewis died a certificate of death from chilis was signed by the physician of the hospital.

Assistant Physician Hammond, who made a post-mortem examination, has preserved Lewis' heart, which, he says, shows that the man died of heart disease. In an interview to-night, Dr. W. H. Hancker, superintendent of the Insane protested against tne theory of murder.

The man's death, Dr. Hancker believes, was due to heart disease. Lewis had been at the hospital nearly a year, and was known to Dr. Hanckei and his assistant, Dr. Hammond, as having aggravated heart trouble.

In the report of the circumstances attending the death of Lewis It appears that the man refused to accompany the attendant to the bath rooms. The rule of the hospital Is that all patients must bathe regularly. These rules are enforced by the attendants In charge of the wards, and at times it Is necessary to use force to compel patients to observe the requirements. This appears to have been the case with Lewis. Dr.

Hancker said he did not know bow violent the struggle was between Lewis and the attendant, but gives as his opinion that it might have been followed by fatal results without having been either violent or cruel. Lewis, he said, refused to eat or to take medicine, as his mental disease was chronic dementia. Dr Hancker, Dr. J.J. Block and Dr.

Howard Ogle held a conference to-day at the hospital. Dr. Hammond, assistant to Dr. Hancker, who was in charge of the hospital on the day of Lewis' death, and who, with Dr. H.

L. Clayton, made the post mortem examination, gave a history of the case to the other doctors, and in proof of his assertion that Lewis died of heart disease produced the dead man heart, which he bad preserved because of Its extraordinary condition. Dr. Hancker declined to disclose the result of the consultation of the physicians, except to say that his own conviction was that Lewis died of heart disease as confirmed by his examination of the man's heart. Dr.

Ham mond also declares that he Is positive Lewis died of heart disease, and that the condition of the man's heart will prove it. THINK THEY SAW A GHOST The Washington Crossing Apparition Still Playing Pranks. Special Telegram to The Times. Lambertville, November 28. The Washington Crossing ghost that has frightened the people of that neighborhood ever since the dedication of the Washington memorial tablet there, is again at the same tricks, with the same whiskers and Continental uniform.

This time he was seen straddle of a boatman's towline, and the captain was almost frightened out of his wits. He went forward, as he thought, to shake a branch of a tree off his line, nut to his surprise it turned out to be this mysterious being, who refused to be dislodged. The captain called down the cabin to his comrade, and they both beheld the strange being. A brakeman on a coal tralu reached out his hand the other evening to take an envelope from a man, hut the man had half disappeared under the train. The brakeman declares It was the same apparition.

CARRIAGE AND CAR COLLIDE The Coachman Killed and a Baltimore Broker and His Wife Seriously Hart. Baltimore, November 28. A trolley car on the City and Suburban Llue collided today with the carriage of J. Cottman, a prominent merchandise broker, kilting John Kerry, the colored coachman, and severely Injuring Mr. and Mrs.

Cottman. The accident occurred on the bridge at Maryland avenue and was caused by the trolley car striking the forward portion of the carriage. Berry was thrown under the wheels of the car aud his death was almost Instantaneous. CITY NOTES The gun socket factory of Thomas Barry, 1023 Mellon street, was damaged by tire of unknown origin to the extent of several hundred dollars early yesterday morning. Charged with assault and battery on Conductor E.

W. Hudson, of the Spruce and I'lue streets line, late Wednesday ulglit, Owen Magulre, of Gray's Ferry road and Dickinson street, was held in $000 bail by Magistrate Henderson yesterday. Sixteen-year-old Jacob Rosenberg, of 37 Federal street, New York, who was arrested by Detectives Hiunni nud Eckstein Wednesday afternoon for picking pockets at Eighth and Market streets, arid who acknowledged being no novice at the business, was committed to prison In default of $1,000 ball by Magistrate Jeruion yesterday. Pennsylvania Ends the Season With a Grand Victory. REPLETE WITH BRILLIANT PLAYS It Was by Far the Finest Game Ever Seen in This City.

CORNELL WAS GAME TO THE LAST At No State of It, While Being Outplayed at Every Point, Did the Plucky Ithacana Weaken In Spite of the One-Sidedness of the Score the Contest Was Sncb as to Hold the Interest of the Spectators Until the Last The Crowd, Numbering: Close Upon 30,000, Simply Went Wild as the Bed and Blue Piled Up the Points; But the Visitors Were Not Forgotten, and the Good Work of All Was Applauded Without Stint, Pennsylvania, 46; Cornell, 2. Such were the figures shown upon the score board at the end of the mucb-talked-of and long-looked-onvard-to game between Pennsylvania and Cornell, which was played on Franklin Field yesterday. That such a result was a complete surprise to all goes without saying, but it is a fitting capstone to the monument of grand work done during the past season by the sturdy sons of old Penn, and a proper climax to the second season of uninterrupted victories attained by the wearers of the red and blue. Little wonder is it then that at the conclusion of a game that had so undeniably stamped Pennsylvania's superiority on the gridiron that the spectators swarmed over the field and bore the players off triumphantly on their shoulders. Such a scene beggars description, and its equal has never before been duplicated on any foot-ball field.

Pennsylvania's team entered the game resolved to redeem the showing they had made nt Cambridge against Harvard. They placed their goal at 24 points. This they thought would be sufficient to demonstrate to the foot-ball world that they were capable of playing the game for which they were given credit prior to the match with Harvard. That they scored double this number is due not to Cornell's weakness by any means, but gained only by the finest exhibition of foot-ball playing, without exception, that has ever been given in this city. Xo one outside of Pennsylvania's own players should have known the comparative strength of Cornell and Pennsylvania better than Marshall Xewell, yet this sturdy coach predicted nt the start of the game that Cornell would win by six points to nothing.

Pennsylvania made one mistake. This gave Cornell the two points which tbey scored. With this single exception never did the Pennsylvania team fnij to execute the plays which they planned. Their strategy was always successful. They gained ground almost at will.

They ploughed through the Cornell's centre, through her tackles and encircled her ends. They took advantage of every fumble and every moment's hesitation. The great Brooke kicked as he had never kicked before and his ends never failed to prevent even the slightest gain from resulting. They, one aud all tackled like fiends. An aggregate of Cornell's gains would not amount to 100 yards.

These all occurred at the start of the game, but when Pennsylvania's defense struck its gait not an inch could be gained. Time after time runners were thrown for a loss and Cornell was frequently compelled to kick. The gnme was a beautiful one to look at. It was not marred by many delays, though slight injuries were frequent. The plays followed each other in rapid successions, though well executed and mostly open, while decisions by the officials were very infrequent and occupied but little time.

Kicking played an important part of the gnme and a good portion of She time the ball was in the air. The beauties of the offensive and defensive play of both teams were readily discernible to even those who knew nothing of the technique of the game, while to the lovers of scientific foot-ball it presented a beautiful opportunity for study. In spite of the fact that Pennsylvania manifested her supremacy from the start and it became only a question of how large a score they would make, the interest did not flag in the slightest particular and it was being' watched as eagerly by every one at the moment when the referee's whistle sounded for the cessation of play as at the start. Long runs with excellent interferences were frequent. Of these Brooke's was by far the prettier of the game.

He caught a punt on his own thirty-yard line and starting forward dodged successively every tackier who aproached him, aided by admirable interference by each and every member of his team. Running thus he covered seventy yards of territory and was finally thrown by Ritchie six yards from Cornell's goal. Cornell's full-back had one opportunity to stop him and failed, but overtook him in a stern chase by the hardest kind of sprinting just in the nick of time. Gelbert made two pretty runs of thirty ynrds each on a new play which Pennsylvania tried for the first time. The formation was similar to that which they usually used and differed only in that Wagenhurst assumed centreand the other players moved one position to the right.

In this way the end rush and half-back on the right side of Cornell's line were completely shut off andtUelbert given a clear field. Minds made a run of thirty yards and several runs of lesser distance, breaking through the line by the nse of excellent judgment with the aid of the guard interference. In fact, it may be said that these runs were as prettv as those of any man upon the team. Blair made a pretty ten-yard run on a 'pretended pass to Brooke for kick, he receiving the ball and plunging straight Continued on Third Page. pany to have it known that at the present time there are various committees at work engaged in investigating every petty detail of the Traction Company's operations, with the sole view of discovering how the best service can be given to the people.

Reading some newspapers, one might Imagine that it Is the object of the company to maim and kill. Does that suggestion need any answer? Apart from all question of humanity, on the basis alone of self-protection, It Is manifestly to the interest of the corporation to adopt every means In Its power to prevent accidents, because that inevitable feature of street car travel Is" an enormous item of expense. Care of the Employes. "The further suggestion has been made that the company has no regard for the care of its employes and consequently the aid of humanitarians has been Invoked to protect them from the wrongs of a soulless corporation. This is on, a par with other statements concerning the Traction Company and equally untrue.

To my personal knowledge, the persona comfort of motor-men In sever weather has been and is now under the active consideration of a special committee, and- I unhesitatingly declase that the management, whenever a method can be presnted that Is feasible for the protection of the motormen against the storms of winter, will adopt it. At first sight, and without due consideration, this may seem a very simple proposition. But give It thought. Who will question the statement that at least some portion of the motor man's body must be exposed to the conditions of the atmosphere whatever they may be. Even the most Idle thinker will assent to the statement that the mot or man cannot be stationed in a glass enclosure without placing many humau lives in great jeopardy; frost would gather on the panes; snow would beat upon them; rain would trickle down and interrupt the view.

If acicdents are to be brought to a minimum, the motorman must have a clear aspect. He who can solve this problem will find his method cordially adopted by the Traction Company. Why should we not look after our employes? They are' an integral part of our system. There Is scarcely a man In the management of the Traction corporation who has not for years been an employer of a large number of workmen, either as a manufacturer or as a builder or in va- rlous other Interests. There Is scarcely one of the officers who has not sprung from the people and who knows what they need; able to judge of their requirements aud Is in sympathy with their wants.

As a manufacturer, employing a large number of people, from most of whom skilled labor is required, I wish to declare with all possible emphasis that with the same amount of tnl ent and the same amount of sen-Ice rendered there is no class of employes In this city better paid than those of the Union Traction Company. And that is a fact of which we are proud." The Councils' Attitude. "But, Mr. Dolan," was an Interrupting query, "It Is said that Councils have acted towards your corporation regardless of the interests of the city, and that the Traction Company has not made equitable return for the valuable franchises they have received and now enjoy." "That," said the 'famous manufacturer, with an emphatic gesture of his right fist Into his open left hand, "brings up two very important questions which I am only too glad to speak about. First, as to the Councils.

I know that what I say regarding the members of that body will be misjudged. That Is to be expected. It will be said that I am one who has profited by their acts, but there never was a. time in my life that I was afraid to tell what I believed to be the truth. I wish to put myself upon record as saying that the Councils of to-day are a representative body of men.

Walk into their chamber and look them over and any fair-minded man will say that they thoroughly represent their constituencies. They are of the people. You can't send Daniel Websters to the Councils and If you did the people would uot be represented, for the people are not Daniel Websters. I don't join in the hue and cry against the representation that the various wards have in our municipal legislature. As regards the Traction Company I declare that these men have placed upon It every obligation that the law permits, and further they cannot go.

They have loaded railway corporations up to the gunwales. I have seen it stated that they have granted us rights of suburban extension without obtatnlug a proper return for the city. There never have been extensions of that character granted that have not been at the solicitation of property-owners and that have not been a poor enterprise for the corporation to engage in. If the rights had not been given there would have been a howl from the property-holders aud when the rights are given the newspapers complain. The enhanced valuation of suburban property which these ex tensions have produced is beyond calculation and from it the city has received material return in the form of added taxation." Vast Benefits to the City.

"Now as to the city. What has it re ceived? That Is a business proposition to be calmly and deliberately considered. Let us view it that way. Three or four years ago Philadelphia bad the reputation of being the worst paved city the world over. It was.

To-day It can be pointed to with pride as having the best conditioned highways of any city on this side of the Atlantic. By whom has this been done? Not by the municipal-1 ity, but by the street railway companies, and In many instances without the slightest obligation upon their part under tbelr chartered) rights. This has forced other Improvements by private enterprise, for a man cannot walk the streets with a fine pair of patent leather boots and a hayseed hat and baggy trousers and be very consistent In ap-1 pea ranee. The three corporations which now compose the Union Traction Company and which conduct a trackage system of four hundred miles, have spent upon the streets of this city since the inauguration of the trolley system the enormous sum of That represents a permanent Investment of that amount, the annual Interest on which at 5 per cent. Is $700,000.

In whlcn footed 00 about tax 0D real estate of about $45,000, and besides all this carried free on every portion of its system and on every day of the year the members of the police force, over twenty-one hnndred in number, and the nearly seven hundred men who compose the Fire Department. These are facts and figures. These speak for themselves and need, no further argument. In other words, the city and State receive about 18 per cent, of the gross receipts of this corporation; a greater tax than any railway system in America is subjected to. The Hew Transfer System.

"What Is the justification for the practical abolition of the old transfer system and the present eight cent exchange arrangement?" Mr. Dolan was asked. "It is a simple business proposition" was the calm response. "You can't do something for nothing. The Union Traction Company Is a public machine established for the use and benefit of the public Wnenever that Is varied from, It will be run against the Interests of the public and of fts stockholders, who are a large part of the public.

The old transfer system was carried to an extreme by the rivalry of corporations. It was a reckless system, and abused In many ways. But it must be borne in mind that the Philadelphia, People's and Electric Traction Companies did not exchange one with the other, and to expect them to do so now would be to invite a suicidal business proposition. It would mean commercial ruin. Hence, the eight cent exchange system has been devised, and by it the largest number of our patrons are benefited.

For instance: A person riding, say, on Chestnut, Walnut or Market streets, and wishing to travel north or south on Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth Eleventh streets formerly expended ten cents. The cost for the same Journey now is two cents less, and the same can be said of many other railway connections throughout the city. I declare, and I defy contradiction of the statement, that the Union Traction Company's rate of transportation to-day per passenger and per mile 1b less than In any city in this country. New York and Washington may be cited In contradiction, but the first Is a narrow peninsula, and the second a small town. It should be borne in mind that Philadelphia is a city of magnificent distances, aud there is In all this broad laud no place where the.

people can do as much riding on the street cars for the same amount of money. I see It stated although I have no personal knowledge of the fact tr-at storekeepers ore complaining because tlielr employes do not receive sufficient money to pay eight cents for a ride where, In some caRes, they previously naid five. I do not understand why, if they do not give those whom they employ sufficient compensation, the Traction Company should be blamed. Men Who Hold the City Back. "I have seen a call for a public meeting In which the Traction Is to be abused.

I do not wish to indulge In any personalities regarding the promoters of this movement. Those whose names publicly appear as being behind such action are rarely the active agents, the fomenters as a rule being men who haven't added one iota to the glory of Philadelphia or one dollar to the value of its interests. They, are people who always come forward when there is an opportunity to engage In sensationalism; who are fault-fluders; men who have brought upon this town the reputation of lacking pro-gresslveness, of being laggard in the race of cities; men who are always willing to tear down, but who never build up; men who have brought the epithet of 'slow upon one of the best appointed cities of America. They attempt to create a spirit of antagonism on the grouud that this corporation is owned by a few of what are termed rich men, and they seem to have made that title odious. The facts of the case are exactly opposite.

There are many thousands of frugal and comparatively poor people who have tbelr savings Invested in the shares of these corporations. Our critics have engaged the Academy of Music aud wish to call an assemblage of people opposed to street railways as now managed. It wouid take eight Academies of Music to hold the stockholders of the Union Traction Company, whose interests to-day are being assailed by wanton attacks upon the most commendable business enterprise that I know of in this country. Do you ever think of that? There are about twenty-five thousand of them. "In conclusion, let me say that I am not convinced that the people as a whole are desirous of taking an unfair view of this mueh-dlscusssed subject.

Their Interests are our Interests. Tlrey will discover that, and then I am prepared to abide their verdict." A SUICIDE'S BODY FOUND The Schuylkill Gives Up That of a Man Who Had Made Sure of Death. Early yesterday morning the body of a man, nbmit 40 years old, poorly dressed, was found in the water' Just below the east river drive In Falrmount Park, near Sweet Briar. Around the neck was a rope, to which were tied a couple of heavy stones. From the appearance of the rope, which Is old, It Is believed that the man first attempted to hang himself and then tried drowning.

The face was drawn with pain and black In consequence of the strangulation. It was evident that the body bad been in the water for several days. There was nothing upon the clotbes to lead to Identification, and the body was taken to the Morgue, where up to a late hour last night It had not been claimed. The man wore a black cheviot suit, a brown Alpine hat and a white shirt. His hair and moustache were light brown.

A PATROLMAN SHOT Ha Attempted to Stop Two Men From Fighting, When Some One Fired at Him From Behind. Detroit, November 28. Patrolman Burt Walker was shot by an unknown person shortly after midnight and Is believed to be fatally Injured. Walker found two men fighting at the corner of Lamed and An-totne streets. He pushed through the crowd to arrest them, when someone shot him In the back.

Walker fell, fainting from loss of blood. He was taken to Harper H'-spital, but has not been able to tell anything about the shooting. The crowd, scattered before other officers arrived. CAPTAIN WIBORG. HORSJI'S OFFICERS UNDER ARREST CHARGED WITH STARTING A MILITARY EXPEDITION AGAINST SPAIN.

MORE AEEESTS TO FOLLOW Warrants Have Been Issued for tbe Apprehension of tbe Leon's Officers and Bent to Wilmington to be erved When Captain Wiborg Was Placed Under Arrest He Protested and Hoisted the Danish Flag The Hearing to be To-Day When Captain Wiborg, of the Danish fruit steamer Horsa, for which Collector of the Tort Read had refused to issue clearance papers on the ground that the neutrality laws had been violated, at the Custom House yeaterdny morning he was somewhat pleased when the Collector informed him that TJnited States District Attorney Ingham had decided that the circumstances in the case did not warrant the holding of his vessel. The Collector ordered that the papers be made out and Customs Inspector Peoples was instructed to hand them to the captain when the steamer was ready to sail. Then Captain Wiborg started for Race street wharf, where his vessel is docked, little expecting the surprise that was in store for him. As he stepped off the gang plank to the deck of the Horsa he was confronted by United States Deputy Marshal Myers, who exhibited a warrant for nis arrest along with his first olhcer, G. P.

Peterson, aud his second mate, H. Johansen. The warrant, which was sworn out before United States Commissioner Bell by the Spanish Consul, Dr. Jose Congosta, charged that the officers of the Danish steamer Horsa, "did on i November, 1805, in the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, unlawfully set on foot the means for a military expedition or enterprise to he carried on from thence against the territory or dominion of the King of Spain, with whom the United States is at peace. Contrary to the form of the act of Congress made and provided." Eoisted the Danish Flag.

When he became aware of the contents of the warrant Captain Wiborg demanded to know whether or not it had been indorsed by the Danish Consul. When he was informed in the negative he at once responded that it was an injustice to arrest him, as he was on Danish property, over which the flag of that nation floated. "I will take yon regardless of that." said the plucky little marshal, "dead or alive." Springing to the door of his cabin, Captain Wiborg shouted an order to his men to hoist high the flag of the Danes, and a minute later it was floating, in the breeze at the top of the masthead. "Now we will go with you," he said, "but under protest," and the quartette set out for the office of the Commissioner. Captain J.

D. Hart, the ngeut of the Horsa, was notified, and, with his attorney, W. N. George Lodge, who was prepared to enter security for the men, repaired to the Commissioner's. Captain Wiborg was willing that the' hearing should take place at once, but District Attorney Ingham wanted it fixed for two weeks hence to afford time to arrange the evidence.

Finally it was decided to hold it at 11 o'clock this morning and bail iu the sum of $1,500 was entered for each of the prisoners. The Islormer Missing. Late in the day Captain Wiborg, with, several of his crew, appeared, at the re- quest of the Danish Consul, J. N. Wallim, before Dr.

Congosta, at the Spanish Consulate and answered a series of questions put to them regarding the course taker! by the Horsa after leaving tin's port. All the men examined told corroborative stories, but two of the crew. Emil Fred- ericksen, a fireman, and A. Eutson, a sailor, were missing and could not be fouud, although warrants were issued for their arrest Fredericksen is the man who lodged the complaint against the vessel at San Antonio, and the services of the police department were enlisted last night to effect his capture. He returned here on the Horsa and on the voyage confessed to the captain that he was drunk when he told the story.

Three of the firm's vessels are now tied up. In addition to the Horsa there is one lying at Charleston and the Leon, which is laid up for repairs at Wilmington, Del. For the captain and chief officers of the latter vessel warrants were issued last night, and sent to the marshal at Wilmington for service. It was reported that the matter of the detention of the vessels would be brought in the form of a resolution on Monday next and an investigation asked for. The Kreil Piano is one of the relehrntod makes among the 14 factories we represent.

We Kent Pianoa and apply the rent toward purchase. HEPPE SON Ramsdell, llil Chestnut St. WEBER PIANOS. 1 IVKK8 I'OND PIANOS, Roosevelt-Earraud Votey Pipe and Reed Organs Charlsi H. Rever ArreiteA in Baltimore for Horse Stealing.

Special Telegram to The Times. Baltimore. November 28. Charles H. Rever, a well-dressed young man of Philadelphia, was arrested here today on the charge of stealing a horse and buggy from Joseph Shapley, of that city, on November 11.

When arrested he was iu the company of Emily Stern, a comely, girl who came from Philadelphia with him. The glri said that Rever had induced her to drive with him to Wilmington to see a sick relative. On their arrival at the latter place Rever sold the horse and vehicle for $50 and then they came to Baltimore. Rever had only a dollar left, having spent all his money showing his companion the sights. He is held for the Philadelphia authorities.

TIRED OF AN UNHAPPY LIFE Mrs. Gordon Took a Large Dose of Laudanum, But Physicians Saved Her. As a result of a quarrel with her husband, Mrs. Annie Gordon, 28 years old, took a large dose of laudanum yesterday morning at the house of Charles Riley, 2008 Sansom street, where she has been living for several weeks. Mr.

Riley found her unconscious in the kitchen when he came down stairs, and had her tnken as soon as possible to the Polyclinic Hospital. When she recovered consciousness several hours later she expressed no sorrow for her act and declared that she wanted io die. Although she bad taken enough of tbe drug to kill her had she been left without medical aid much longer, prompt action of the Polyclinic Hospital jmyslcians soon placed her out of daneer. She will be sent to the Phila delphia Hospital. POTTERY STRIKE ENDED The Trenton Employes Decide to Give in After an Eight Weeks' Struggle.

Trenton, November 28. The sanitary pottery employes will return to work on Monday. They have been on strike for eight weeks, the chief differences with the bosses being over an alleged excessive hiring of apprentices. The men In meeting this morning decided to surrender, but were in ftvor of any potteries outside of Trenton continula the strike if deemed advisable. NAHONB'S SUCCESSOR Colonel Lamb Chosen at Leader of the Repub- beans in Virginia.

Petersburg, Va. November 28. The Vir ginia Republicans to-day resumed their con ference, and Colonel Lamb, of lSorfolk, was chosen Mahone's successor as lender of the Republicans of Virginia, being made chair man or tiie mate comumiee, ana hiho ir-Elnla's representative on the Republican national com ml tee. MURDERER'S VICTIMS BURIED The Killing of Three Hen and a Boy ia Texas Baffling the Authorities. Paris, Texas, November 28.

United States Marshal Williams returned from Arthur City last night, where he went to bury the three men and the boy found murdered there in a boat. Marshal Williams Inst night offered a reward of $500 for the arrest aud conviction of the murderers. He says that it Is the most mysterious case he ever dealt with iu all his long experience. PERU'S POLITICAL CRISIS The Senate Declares the Cabinet is Hot Obliged To Resign. Lima, Peru, via Galveston, November 28.

The Seuate- has declared that a vote of censure by one chamber of Congress ia insufficient to necessitate the resignation of a Cabinet, and that only tbe censure of Congress itself obliges the Cabinet to resign. Various arrests have been made here on suspicion of being concerned iu a Cauerist plot against the l'ierola Government. Forecast for Friday. For Eastern New York.Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, fair and warmer, with southerly winds; threatening weather by Saturday morning yesterday's temperature. 8 A.

35 I Highest 49 MP. 11 43 I Lowest- 33 EVENTS OF TO-DAY Lecture by Clarence Griffin Child, "Mediaeval Story-Telling," at Association Hall, evening. Public reception and opening rtt the pathological laboratory of the Union Mission Hospital, evening. Mass meeting of the Citizens' Organization at tbe hall, northeast corner Susnue- hunna avenue and Uber place, at 8 P. M.

Meeting of the Association of Colleeres ana secondary schools ror tne Middle Ktntes and Maryland, at batnyctte college, at Houston. Twenty-first annual meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held at AV. C. T. U.

building, Arch street, morning and afternoon. Theodore G. Knauff will give an Illustrated lecture on the "Silver Question" un der the auspices of the Sound Money League of Pennsylvania, at the Women's Christian Association, Eighteenth and Arch streets, at 8 P. 11. HIGH ART IN OVERCOATS Overcoats for the Happy and the Miserable, for the gay Youtb and the sedate Elder; Overcoats for the Amiable and the Disagreeable, the Good Natural Man and tbe Sour; Overcoats for the Light-Hearted and the Sor rowful, for the Lively and tbe Austere, the Stem and the Frivolous; Overcoats for the Philanthropist aad the Misanthrope, for tbe Spendthrift and the Miserly In clined; Overcoats for tbe Athlete and the Invalid, for robust ipen and those ia feeble health; Overcoats for the Promenade or the Ball Ground; to wear to Church or the Opera: on the Street or a Journey; Overcoats to gladden, tbe heart of a favored Suitor; Overcoats to lighten the woe of a rejected lover! Overcoats for every occasion, glad or sorrowful, festive or mournful a column Ad.

wouldn't be sufficient to describe onr stock of Overcoats! Overcoat prices' that meet tbe Approval of the most careful buyer! PERKY 1 Chestnut Street Note In Annex, 131G, people wbo prefer Made to Measure are sure to nod what they want, at reasonable prices. THOMAS DOLAN. DOLflfl TALKS FOR TRACTION A VIGOROUS STATEMENT BY GREAT MANUFACTURER. THE WHAT IS DONE FOR THE CITY An Active Member of the Executive Committee of the Union Traction Company Presents That Corporation's Side of Matters Now Under Discussion He Declares That Philadelphia Has the Best Railway System fn the World, That Its People Can Ride a Greater Distance and With More Comfort for the Same Amount of Money Than Those of Any Other City in the World, and That the Company Pays a Higher Tax on Its Gross Receipts Than Any Railway Corporation In the World The Transfer System Discussed Care of the Motormen. Eighteen Per Cent, on Gross Receipt! Paid to City and State.

There arc two sides to every story. The Union Traction Company Is just bow the subject of considerable public criticism and the newspapers contain regarding it suggestions of strikes, of mass meetings In condemnation of the present trnnsfer system, of an enforced reduction of fares and even the advocacy of the city taking possession and becoming the owner of the entire system of tramway which gridirons the town. Thus far the officers of the Traction Company have remained silent under a storm of criticism and now that it has tioaiewhat abated, one of them, a typfcaJ Philadelphia business man, identified with Its best interest, feeling restive under the wurds of disapproval which have fallen upon the ears of himself and his fellows, opens his lips In reply. I This Is Thomas Dolan. Small of stature, of apparently fragile frame, he is the liveliest hustler and one of the biggest men in the business life of Philadelphia.

His has btfen an active life and one whereby his fellow-townsmen and his native city have profited, and he, 'too, naturally and properly. At the recent meeting in Cincinnati of (he National Association of Manufacturers, a body representing every kind of human handiwork, he was made its president. He is the vice president of the National Association of Wonlen Manufacturers and himself the head of a human beehive in this city which has no equal of Its kind in the world. He was the organizer of the Manufacturers' Club and was its first president. His interests are the interests of the city and Its citizens.

He is one of the Bord of Directors of the Unkin Traction Company, the largest corporation of Its kind iu existence, and is a member of its executive committee. As such, he talks: The Public Mini Inflamed. "I am much amnze'd," said Mr. Dolah. when the question as to what answer, if any, the Traction Company has to make In reply to the public criticism io which it Is being subjected, "at the antagonistic position taken by the newspaper press against the new corporation known as the Union Traction Company.

While I feel assured that our public journals are not disposed to mislead or inflame thepublic mind, It must lie admitted that the course they are now pursuing, or that most of them is pursuing, Is calculated to have that effect. Fom diligent inquiry which I have made I unhesitatingly state that the service -rendered by the Union Traction Company is in the main satisfactory. To make that satisfaction entire Is of course an utter Impossibility, not only because there always have been and always will be people in this world who are never without a cause for complaint, but there are periods in the day, in the early morning and the early evening, when people whi most need comfort from street car traffic cannot obtain it. It is an obvious fact that It is impossible at certain hours to furnish proper and comfortable facilities to travelp era. Enough cars could not be put on some of our streets to render such accommodation, Vet, if we declared that no one could enter a car after every seat was taken, there would be a public revolt against our attii tnde.

Thousands and many thousands of people who wish to get to their places of em. ploy men or who wish to reach their homes prefer a standing position in a car to the! fatigue of a long walk. They never grumble They know that to pnt on sufficient cars to give every person a seat Is not practical ble. i The Company's Policy. I "The interest of the people of this town and the interest of our employes are the In' terosta of the company.

Running streetj cars is simply a business proposition. It Is' manifest to me It must certainly appear so to any fair-minded man that it 1b the disposition of the Philadelphia newspapers, i or a majority of them, to instill Into thc public mind that the management of the Union Traction Company is narrow and illiberal, and I might even go so far as to say, inhuman. Apart from th facts of the case, the character of the men who are In official control of the company should be sufficient contradiction of this Idea. They are all fairly representative, Intelligent business men, and therefore their own best Interests would induce them to give to their customers the most possible for their money, and In that way Increase their busi i.