M KEE—On Wednesday. April 14. 1809. Davtd XcKaa.the. beloved husband of Marie McKee. In his 79Ut y«ar.Relatives and friends are respectfully firTlt«d to attendthe funeral service* at his late residence. No. 382 Flasa-lzg aye.. Brooklyn, on Sunday. AprilIS. 190*. at 2 p. m.

NESBITT—On Thursday April 15. 13«J©. at Ms MB» resi-dence. No. 32 Rochester aye.. Brook !ys. Jamas A. >•'*»-tilt.13 the 65th year of hi*aa*.

NOSTRAND—On Wednesday. Apr.: 14. IOCS, at Ms horaayNo. &> Stewart aye.. Arlington. N. J.. Jota HowardNostrand. aged '23 years, son of John W

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Funeral services Sat lay at 230 p. m Relative, andfriends Invited.

OAKMAN—At BjBBBSJi Park. N. J. April 13. 190*. Kber-tlne A. Oakman, wire of Iks laaa Josrpa W. O»krs.in. otBrooklyn, aged 73 years.

OLCOTT—On Thursday. April U,I90» at Beraarlavll!*,N. J.. Fre >.-:<• P. Oleott. in the a»th y«4r of, bis agsvFuneral private.

AT a MSETING cf •-•• B^ard of Directors at The Ba=lcof America, held April16. \u25a0> " the death of '\u25a0•- FVedeTle P.o:,-ot:. Vlce-Pr«*!d«nt of th* Bank, wu aoßouaosd.»hereupon, on motion, it *v

:\u25a0 •* vad. That It la with profouad aadness that «•learn of the death of our frieni co-Director aad Vlce-Presiaect. Mr. Frederic P. Oleott. oa Thursday. April15.lfr#.

Mr Oleott win -.»-•*•. a Director of Th« Bank ofAmerica In \u25a0-- was President pro tan. for a brief periodfollowing May it :v.». and \u25a0 nilil—lmore Uiaianineteen y«ars. His rreat »m:::h were at all tlm— mc-tl%cly enllste.; In the Ban* » service, and mill*oßatlat-lrglyon Its b*half. He wu a mar. of commmtHlias force,

of rugged Inflexibilityof purpose, and possessed «jwal!ttaathat made him a conspicuous figure arsons; th» rota atafTaln of h:s day. If« character was high. he scornedallaffectation*, expressed himself *a he felt, and tanngniand spoke the truth without Tarlabicnee* or shadow ofturning. Hta personal qua Iksa were moet engaging. Bewas generous »r.t kind to those in#i»r..Uy relatloos «••\u25a0»htm. an 1 Ma benefactions, nutetly beetowed. w*r» many.A wide circle were attached to him by ttee at str<ong*4<frtenJshlp. and willfeel In his death the !*epe«t p*r«os.&laffliction. We shall long mise hla wise counsels and ever-welcome presence. His death la a grievous blow to v*.ar.d his memory wt:i long, be cherished.

We ext»nd to the bereaved widow cf Mr. Oleott and t9bis son and daughter ai.-l their famines our Itwaxtfvltsympathy. W. H. P&RXXN3. Preeldent.

A true copy.W. M BENNET. Cashler-

PETK—Oa Friday. April IH. 1&"«. afrer a short BsaaSßLWalter J. Peck, at his residence, N"> 1:3 MaAaaa»ye. Funeral notice hereafter.

SSNK—On April14. 19C9. Philip Jacob Senk. BJ his <Bt&year. ».1«r a week's l;:nees. Funeral aervtcee willbeheJd at his !ate res^lence. No. S3 Central «*•. ax Ip. m.. Saturday. April 17. 190»

STEEL—On Wednesday. April 14. 190«. Frands WHttaaßSteel, er.. !nhis 70th year, a native of Banff. ScotlandFuneral sen-Ices willbe held at his late residence. No;*« Windsor r:»r» Brooklyn, on Friday »v*nr&g. at

•o'clock Interment Greenwood Cemetery.

STEWART -On Thursday. April 13. 190». Jcoa Stewart.Funeral services at his late residence. No. Ml Adetpatst. Brooklyn, on Saturday evening. April 1?. a* io'clock.

TUFTS—

Eatered Into reet Thursday. April I*. T iTsasusFrank Leo Tufts, of Columbia fnlveraUy. Interment atspringe!!!. Mass Sunday. April 19.

TTTLER—Dr. George E*wln Tvt:»r. tn bis «)th year.suddenly, on April U. Funeral services at his lateresidence. No. 113 West lCßth St.. Sunday, at 4 o'clock.Interment Monday.

Died.Death notices appe«rlss; la THE TRXBOTE will b*

repnblieh«d In the Trl-Weektr Trtbtm* wlthoot extracharge.

-Aldridg.-. Bessie, I* Nostrand. John K.Burr Louis H. Oakmavn. Elb«rtlna A.Butler. Matthew C. Oleott. Frederic P.Clarkson. Fr«<lertc«. Peck. Walter J.Closson. James T. Sen*. PhilipJ.Harbeck. He'en T. Steel. Francis W.. ax.MeCartkT. Daniel. Stewart. John.McKee. David. Tufts. Frank L.»sbitt, James A. Tytler. Geora^ E.

ALDRIDGE—

On April 18. 190». at her late- residencyNo. 471 Clinton tva, Brooklyn. Bessie Lowrey Aldrlds*

\u25a0wife, of Frederics: T. AMrMa* Funeral service* willbe held at the Church of Urn Holy Trlmlty, oorrwrClinton and Montague, srs., Brooklyn, on Monday mor>ing. April 19. IS*"©, at 10 o'clock. Interment at F*tr>-field. Conn. Kindly omit flowers.

BURR— Loots H. Burr. In his Bgth year, suddenly., athis home. In Englewood. N. J. Notice of funeral later.

BUTLER On Wednesday night. April 14. at ColamWa.S. C . ex-United States Senator General Matthew Cal-fcralth Butler. In the 74th year of his age. Funerals»rvlce Friday morning. April 13. at St. Peter aChurch. Columbia. S. C. Burial Saturday mornln* atEdgeSeld. \u25a0 C.

CLARKSON—At her residency Th» Homestead. Pot*,dam. If T. on Wednesday. April 14 Frederjca daric-son. daughter of th« late TVma* 3. Claxicaoa. Fu-neral service* at Trinity Church. Potsdam, ocj Satur-day morning, at 11 o'*clock.

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CLOS3ON— At his home. No 427 Bast Front St.. Plato-field. It J. on "Wednesday. April 14. 190©. James T.Clo«»on. aged 72 years. Funeral private

HARBSCK—On February 15. 1909. to Xic«. Franca.Helen Frances, »if« of the law William H. Harbeck.Funeral sen-Ices win be held a- th» Church of tSar Trass—figuration. No 3 East 29th st. on Saturday awralag.

April17. at 13 o'clock. :--

M'CARTHT—

On April 14. 1900. at No. 1906 Vooritea tv«.,Brooklyn. Daniel, beloved husband of Cather&e andfather of the Rev. Daniel J. McCarthy. Requiem isa*son Saturday. Ar>n: 17. at IS 30 a, m. at St. Mark'sChurch. Srieep«rt«-ad Bay. \u25a0

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Xatlres of marrlar<-» sad deaths must b*> mdorw«with fall name and address.

ROBERTS— BfSHNELL—On Thursday. April 15. at tk*Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Plalr.!latd. X.J..the Rev. Dr. William R. Rlcharda oCclattng. assistedby the Rev. Dr. John Sheridan Zelle. Helen FrancesBushne'.l. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John BrtrhaeU. toDavid Allen Roberts, of Moorestonrn. Burlington County.

New Jersey-

CHAHLE»—GLOVER—On Monday. April 12. 1909. atth« Cath««Jr«l. by the Most Rev John M. Farley,Archbishop of New Tork. Susanna Livingston. dau?ht#rof James A. Glover, to Captain Oscar Jerr>m« Charles.17th Infantry. United States Army.

'WILCOX—

On April 15. 1909. at Montclatr.V J by ON Rev. A.H. Bradford. D. IX.Allca Churei

Wilcox. "daughter of G«org« W. Wllcoi. to Dr. Fraa*.Howard L*hey. of Boston. M*»s.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELSM CKMARI.K-N. Marri. • States

nsA-sJ architect. Paiadelphia. BROADWAY CEN-5-RALr-K. Van KoOlbergen. Holland. GOTHAM-Mr and Mra Frank B. Soyea. rhlcago. BEI.-\t/-in^—General B. B. Bnmner. I". S. A., and Mrs.Sumner- Major w. G. Tracy. U B a and sjrsTac HOIUXD-Ue Randolph. Virginia [M-

Eugene. Ames. U. B. N. ItARTINIQUE-IiMte"Mt H G Davids. C S. A. BT DENIB-Gener^C TL Bravton. Providence. ST REGIS-Mr and Mrs. C. Dolan. Philadelphia. WOLrCOTT-Sl A. Gaxrett, Norfolk. Va.

WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.t-.». «iimia»lor. to «\u25a0•«• Metropolitan Mueeum of Art.F' th* American Museum of Natural Hiitory mi th«

Zoological Garden.HT.g-Unir Brothers" Circus, Ma<Ji*nn Square Garden.

r..t«r (V.-Ival of the Little Mothers' Aid Association.Murray Hill Lyceum. 34th street and Third ave-

goesja^Metrng of th« Woman. Press Club. Walaorf-Antorta. afternoon.

Annual dinner of tb« Independence. League. HotelKnickerbocker, evening.

Annu«: dinner of th- Bronme County Association.Hotel St. Reid.', evening.

Annual dlnn-r of the WeMchester County Bar km*.ciation. Uelmonlco's, evening.

Annual dinner of the D»Wltt Clinton Hl«h SchoolAlumni Asi-oclation. K->-r.«el-.^r «=. evening.

Annual dinner of the Court Scribe*. Hotel Astor.evening.

—TMnner of the Phi Delta Thets. fraternity. Hotel Man-

hattan. 7 r m.Reception for Jan Pocren. under the auspices of the

Pouren Defence Conference. Grand Central Palace,S p. m

Meeting of the Cooper fnion Alumni Association.Cooper Union, 4 p. m -.

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Meeting of the Woman's National Progressive League..nand School. No. 112 East 18th street. S a. m-

MR. FAIRBANKS SAILS FOR JAPAN.Pa:. BXMictBCO. A] «irtent

Cbarksa W Fairbanks, accompanied bj Mn

banks and others, sailed for the Orienl to-daj oathe Japanese liner Chiyo. He «-U1 stop at Hono-

lulu, leavirm there oa May it for Yokohama Ha

arts bji to Peking later.

B. F. KEITH GETS BOSTON THEATRE.Boston, April 10.— The corporation known as> the

Proprietors of Boston Theatre has been dissolved,

and B. F. Keith becomes the owner <>f the prop-

arty. according to announeemeni made here to-day.

Mr Keith obtained control of the Boston Theatreproperty some years ago in older. It Is asserted^toprotect his other theatrical Interests In tlii.« city.

Mr Keith ha.« leased the Boston Theatre to Klaw

& isrlanser. .-.:i-i will confine his activities to th<-

Keith and Biiou theatre*.

The bill was an extraordinary one, an.l enlistedth» service's of such well known players as WiltonLackaye, Edwin At'<!:. Edmund Brr-^s^. CbaunceyOleott, Frank Worthing. William Courtleigi Vir-ginia Harned. E. M. Holland. Robert Warwick,

Nellie Thome. Frances Starr. Lawrai d'Or-say. Mrs. Dorothy Tennant, Ida Waterman,

Jefferson 1 \u25a0\u25a0• A:gel \u25a0 and Sheldon Lewis. I \u25a0•.\u25a0\u25a0

of the best features of the programme was thesecond act of "Lady Wmdermere's Fan," in which

Miss Starr acted Lady Windermere, Virginia Har-ned Mrs. Erlynne end Edwin Ani-n Lord Darlinp-

too. Mi!0* George and Frank Worthing appeared

In a Beet-

from "Divorgons." Cbauncey Oleott rf-

c*lved an enthusiastic welcome when he entered.He first sang two fanciful songs arranjr^ilby ErnestR. Ball, and then, in respoafte to tremendous ap-

plause, gave a dfll^htful Irish ballad. Miss Morriswas the last actor to appear. She revived a genu-

ine ovation both before and after her performance.

She Appears as Lady Macbeth in Testimonial

Arranged by Twelfth Night ClubClara Morris was overcome with emotion yester-

day afternoon at the close of a benefit performancegiven for her at the New York Theatre, and inwhich f>,«> herself participated. appearing in th^sleep walkingscene from "Macbeth." Surrounded by

member? of the Twelfth Night Club, which had ar-ranged the testimonial, ar.d the players who gavetheir services, sne spoke for nearly t«'n minutes, fit-ting In an armchair. She told the audience thatsh»- was not of tl:oft» who believed the Americanpublic was unappreclattve of the artist, and h<rcase gave •'• "• to the perennial statement thatwoman's greatest enemy Is her fiJt. Daniel Proh-man. treasurer of the fund organized to bring r*li"fto Mlsa Morris In her declining days, announcedthat the rf-ceipts were $3,200. He had lK>r,<-<! toraise $4,000. Grace George added $100 to the fundby bidding that sum for a souvenir proKrarnm*-

containing the autograph) of all the actors whotook part in the performs nc.

The Forum voted to empower the legislative com-mittee to "hold up Mr Opdycke's hands."

Last year's officers were unanimously re-elected,with the exception of two or three who were unableto pen-e again. Mrs. Ida Powell Piles! was chosenrecording secretary in place of Mrs. u^ien Clark,

who declined to run again, on the plea that ehe isnow a commuter and has to ran for the trains.

BENEFIT FOR CLARA MORRIS.

Another Forum member thought the jobless menmight be utilized as street cleaners "A good manyof them." she said, "are mechanics, clerks, etc. tem-porarily out of employment . they wouldn't wantto go to the country, perhaps: work at street clean-Ing would tide them over till they could get Jobs attheir old trades."

Mrs. Gabrlelle Stewart ICulltner asked the. cluhto empower their legislative committee to co-operatewith Leonard E. Opdycke, chairman of the NationalVagrancy Commission, in the oommlssion'a effort tosolve the unemployment question

"The men in the bread line," She said, "are vic-tims of the present state of civilization. There issomething wrong wli^n men who want work, asmany of these men do, can't get it.

"Italked yesterday with a man. formerly a shortstory writer, now. through a serif* of accidents,penniless and almost blind. He ha* stood In thebread line again and again. A down and out«rhimself, he has studied the other down and outersthoroughly. He told me it was dire necessity thatdrove many of them !nto the bread line.

"I asked this man," Mrs. Mulliner went on,•\u25a0 'What can club women do to shorten or abolishthe bread line?" He said :"Send those men into thecountry; give them work there.' That's what theNational Vagrancy Commission want? to do. Thecity should give men work am! pay them wages,not offer them charity."

Woman's Forum Will Help SolveUnemployment Problem.

The Woman's Forum, at it? regular meeting atX'<. 23 West 44th street yesterday, elected a pet of

officers for the coming year, planned a tea party,discussed the bread line and the problem of theunemployed, and whs abojt to tackle immigrationwhen Miss Helen Vartck Bos well, the prc-sident.brought the gave* down and said thai if they wan-dered into that (hey were lost.

TO AID BREAD LINERS."

French Telegraphers Adopt PostalEmployes' Demand.

Paris. April16.—

The French telegraphers helda meeting here to-day, and joined the postalemployes and the teachers in demanding theprivilege of forming unions under the law of!M. which* includes the right to strike.

THE RIGHT TO STRIKE.

It thould be noted that Citizen Yvetot de-clared that, "had war broken out during thepostal strike France would not have been ableto mobilize Use army for the defence of thecountry. So much the Iattar' We want to

leave war altogether out of account." He con-tinued: "We workmen will have none of theseInsignificant fatherlands. Our country Is theInternational world, nnd Ican assure the post-'.'fflc» strikers that their English comrades wereprepared, ifnecessary, to destroy the incomingFrench mails. Our socialism is international*nd practice!. We have comrades in Germanyand in every country in Europe. Capitalismis now fittacked on a!l sides. Our influence isalready felt In the army; we are confident that

One of these groups Is represented by the"Comite d'Etudes." recruited from th»» moreconservative civil servants, including profes-sors, schoolmasters, law court employes, clerksand officials of the Ministry of Public Works,

Cf the railroads and canals. This class claims

the right of association for their mutual eco-nomic welfare, but renounces the right toetrike. The other, and far more powerful.£roup, under the title of the "Central Commit-tee for the Defence of the Syndical Rights of"^"ag*- Earners of the State," has now proclaimedIts union with the General Confederation ofLabor, and forms a section of the "Union ofRevolutionary Committees." At the meeting onEunfia. incendiary speeches were made by rev-olutionary leaders, including the famous dti-z*-n Pataud, chief of the Syndicate of Electri-cians; Citizen Tvetct, the revolutionary propa-ganfiist; Citizen .Grangrier, one of the organiz-

ers of the recent postal strike, and other an-archists of various stripes. The programmeset forth by Citizen Yvetot was adopted with

Irer.ziefi enthusiasm.

These object lessons have had a wholesomeeffect both in France and in Russia, and the

httffiHiatJon inflicted upon them each In turn by

the chancery of the Wi'.helmstrasse. can withdifficulty be smoothed over. The situation is

further complicated by the revolutionary trendof events in France,

-hich cannot fail to bay«

a most serious effect on the fighting value ofthe French army. The social revolution whichbegan with the strike of the postal and tele-graph officials, and which threatens to bring the

state functionaries and civil servants under thecentral domination of the General Confederationof Lalior, La !>eing closely watched In Ber!:n.where the General Staff is preparing for theErnj>eror »-labora.te . ports ui>on the new con-ditions imposed upon the morale and discipline

of the French army by the present socialistmovement, which is wider and deeper than any-thing of the kind observed in France since the

Commune of IS7I. The mass meeting: held onSunday at the Hippodrome, where employes ofthe government, dismissed officials of the de-partments of the postoffice. of the Ministry of

Education and of the «tat« railroads mixedVith discontented electricians, metallurgists.baJirrF, bouse masons, carpenters, navvies andother workmen. Fhowed that at present there

are two separate groups among the Frencn

functionaries.

Much more, however, remains to be accom-Fiih^l. In June. i!*i». General Riidiger ob-

tained a crant of.150^000.000 to renew the ma-terial, and especially the guna for the field ar-tillery. This sum nTust be expended, not at

once, but during a term of four years. The&cw War Minister. General Soukhomlinoff. has

a tremendous task before him. According to

thf reports of the most oomi»etent foreign mil-

itary observers the Russian army is even nowiilsupplied with field artillery and ammunition.Thero is a disastrous lack of supplies and ma-terial, and nearly \u25a0 month would be required to

mobilize an effective force on the German orAustro-Hur.garian frontier, and even then the

Ennlea ?o put in the fi^ld would scarcely be fit

to undertake offensive operations. German

diplomacy profited by the military unreadinessof Russia, just as four years ago it seized thecr-porturiity of puttingpressure on France at atime \u25a0nh^n the organization of the French de-

fence on the eastern .frontier had been sadly

neglected.

France, England mid Russia NoteCloser Together than Ever.

Paris. April6.The true nature of the recent intervention and

pressure exercised at St. Petersburg by Ger-Jjj£ny. which compelled Russia to concede, out

of deference to Germany, what six months be-

*ore Bhe had refused to Austria-Hungary, and

•n-hich forced M. lswolsky. without consultation.^j, t>.e callings of Paris and London, to aban-

don the position that th«- Czar had hithertomaintained in conjunction with France andEngland, is now known in diplomatic circles in

peris and 1? appreciated at its real value. Thecomrnunk-etion ma<i*> by Count >\u25a0!>\u25a0. the

German Ambassador at St. Petersburg, to M.IfWOiSky. i» substance, although not in form,

amounted to an ultimatum. It was \u25a0 categori-

cal notification to Rust-ia that the Austro-Hun-_j.r srmv would cross the Servian frontier

\u25a0within ten days unless the Servian government

chould give a satisfactory reply to the demands

made by Count Forgach. the Austrian Ministerat Belgrade. Count Pourtales further stated in

\u2666he most categorical language that Germany

trould give Austria-Hungary all the active mili-tary support lemmry to prevent any interfer-

ence with the operations about tobe undertaken

by the <3ußl monarchy in Scrvia.Germany thus placed M. Iswolsky in a posi-

tion similar to that in which she had already

placed M. DelcassS during th*» Moroccan diffi-culty that resulted in the Algeciras conference

four years aeo. Itwas the reappearance in Eu-ropean diplomacy of the "mailed fist." and it

secured an overwhelming victory for the plans

0? Baron yon -:TUal French statesmentre fullyaware that it was the military help-

lessness of Russia that thus enabled Germany

on f»o Important occas one to enforce her will

la the settlement of European affairs without

ti>e preliminary assent of France. England or

Russia. The energetic intervention of Germany

and the apprehension that a still more energetic

action may be exerted in the near future havefcw-ght these three powers into closer relations

ttaa ever. M. Pichon. the French Minister of

foreign Affairs, fully appreciates the fact that

pjg, as hitherto, it is the relative fighting

etr^crth of the various powers upon which de-peads the peaoe of Europe. The preoccupation

tsst n^w- is to hasten the reorganization of the

BnFsian army. No one at the French Foreign

OSce for a moment believes that the German

Chancellor would have used, such \u25a0•me press-

ure at--

Petersburg had the Russian army

been in an efficient condition.General Rudiger. who since 1905 had been the

Russian 'Minister of War. has now been re-

placed by the former chief of staff. General

Soukhocilinoff. who has been selected by th?Emperor as th3man best fitted to continue thereforms begun by his predecessor and carry

them as rapidly as possible to a' satisfactory

development- The military situation in Russiacertainly is Improving. General Riidlger ac-

complished several reforms, the most important

of which was the reduction of military serviceJrorn five to three years. This increased theBirrrasl contingent and made the reserves much

more effective by placing younger men in theirranks. The sanitary and moral conditions o*

tie em were greatly improved by means ofsupplementary rations and obligatory Instruc-tion, which enhanced the qualities of the non-commissioned ofHcers. The position of th-

subaltern officers was benefited by Increasedpar. The general staff has been thoroughly re-organized, and a much more drastic selectioncl army corps and divisional commanders hasbeen introduced.

official Record owl Forecast. Washington, April l*—With the exception \u25a0! showers in the upper MississippiValley and light local rains and snows from th;« upperlake r-'gii-n westward into ths DaJsotas, (air weather hasprevailed since 1hurhrtay night. There lias bton a con-siderable rice in temperature to above r.cnn3l cocOitloas., -, ept on the Atlantic \u25a0\u25a0..-.-t and In m. ...,-i iake re-gion. There willbe rain or snow Saturday in th Mich-igan peninsula and showers In the remainder >>f the lakeregiOtl and possibly In the northern portion ot th, mid-dle Atlantic states, and showers Saturday i.lynt cr Sun-day in New England; elsewhere the wenthcr wtll iegenerally fair to-day an.l Sunday. It will t>~ warmer

1 to-day In the Atlantic states and cooler D) 10-r.ight intn* lower lake region: elsewhere the teinperaturej willchange but little, except in the northern anJ weittrnupper lake region. wbw« they will riso soratwhal.

Fore« for Sperlal Localities.—

For Eastern Penn-

sylvania, partly cloudy and warmer to-day; possibly

\u25a0bowers in northern portion; tali s-unday; slightly cooler

in northern and western portions; Mght to rr.oderaiesoutherly winds, becoming varlaUf.

For Eastern New York, partly cloud) and warmer to-da\ \u25a0 possibly local showers; partly cloudy and slightlycooler Sunday: light to moderate, variable winds.

For Western New York, local showers to-riay; some-what cooler: fair Sunday; light, variable winds.

I.«cal OfHctsl Record.- following official record

from the weather bureau shows the changes In the tem-perature for the last twenty-four hours. in comparisin

with the corresponding date of last year:

1008. HK'U.t 1008. mm3 a. m «3 47 « P- m 4.s 54«• m 87 42 0P m 43 4*p a m 3« OH p. m \u25a0«- 47

12 m \u25a0»» 54112 P. M 41—

4 p. m 40 6<*iHighest temperature yesterday, «t» degrees (at 4:20

p. m); lowest. 42; average, 50; average for correspond-ing date of last year, IS; ayeragft for corresponding dareof last thirty-three years, 4*.

1.0.-al forecast: Partly cloudy and warmer to-day: posri-b!y local showers: partly cloudy and slightly cooler Sun-44}'; ilKht to mcierata ,-arlable winds.

THE WEATHER REPORT.

VIRGINIA RESORT HOTEL BURNS.Richmond, Va., April 16 The Mecklenburg

and sanatorium «' Chase City, valued .it \u25a0

was destroyed by ftre early to-day. There were nocasualties

TOTAL FOR ANTIQUES. $10,713.

There war \u25a0 c<«»\ .•\u25a0 \u25a0 . \u25a0 the * \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 sea\u25a0ion of t!u sale in the Fifth Avenm Art Galleriesj• sti rday sftei noon ol Ibe \u25a0\u25a0!.• ctii a of oldMsh and Colonial < i \u25a0 frorti ' • estate of V./.r.y.

j \n,, \u25a0;, ,,r ( ilouc< ;. \i : nnil additionthe Bpaulding • it«?, of Nashua, x^ii.. the LordKimba.ll house, Ipfcwich, M.!.-s. and other oM NewEngland mansiona The r- \u25a0 i;-'« for the afternoonwere 16,002 50, s;!\liik » total up to dateTh' aa le willbe

Wilton Cackaye opened the programme with aBhori

-! there waa ifull house. The

patrons and patronesses -ill of whom werepresent, were Mr. and Mrs. Josephp. r. ' MacKaye Charles Kami Kennedy, Mi^.

Prank H PUttt, Mr and Mr?. .1

cc ilfrf..:.!. Mrs. Thcmaa Hick* Harold K.Gorst, l-'i-.'inklin H. Sargent, Mr. •\u25a0 I Mra \u25a0

Villard, General !•••! Mri S( Will-lam Cummlng Story and Bishop and Mmil i;ic>-:.

Written by Graduates and Produced for

Scholarship Fund.Iff*' "ollegi

if not .-•' -\u25a0 1 \u25a0•\u25a0• are several <~i them \u25a0

j.rof.Ml ahe benelRadcUffe i \u25a0 "\u25a0• \u25a0 '\u25a0 \u25a0

.a were allIcllffe actress, Miss

woodcllffe musician, Mi

-Mai*! W. Da

the music— a s<'nat« for vioiir. andIKing, violin, and the con

[iwhich we;. - RobertCraig i \u25a0;., bell, the tenor of i Tj irch

Arouri'i the Cornt

THREE RADCLIITE ?

"A friendly separation by mutual agreement wasarranged last year between Mrs MacMonnles andmyself. We remain the best of friends."

MISS GARWOOD TO WED COUNT.Paris, April16.—The engagement is announced of

>!;-.- Isabella Garwood, second daughter of the lateHamilton C. Sara od, of New Vcrk, to Count Bet-Uno di Moise F»<laa_

A STATEMENT BY MR. MACMONNIES.April l';

—Frederick MacMonnies. the

caii sculptor, whoee divorce became known- id to-4 i)

"SONG OF HIAWATHA" IN LIFE.Perhaps It Is an unusual thing In New York for

an audience no* to start for home before a per-

formance la over, Last night the persona who sawaiid heard "T!ie Sons of Hiawatha" produced in

lif<\ with real Indians, tepees and other stage ac-cesso-ries.

'" Wanamaker's auditorium Hat .-till fortwo minutes after the conclusion of the uerform-

.•>:...> before they discover*^! thai It was over. Dr.Joseph K. D'.X'jn lectured on Hiawatha's life. MissGrace Hornby, In the costume of ;t:i Indian girl,

personated Mlnnehaha and sang "Far off 1 near alover's lute," by Cadmun, and other songa Inci-dental '•• the story. Royal >•'. Dadmun, as Hia-watha

'fcang several Indian songs. Arthur i>ei>»-w.

at th.- organ, surrounded the whole performancewith an atmosphere of traditional Indian music.

The exhibition is the result of an expedition Bentby John Wanamaker among the Indiana to collectmaterial for the purpose of educating those who

nre still Ignorant of the '.vays of American Indiansand their fast approaching extinction.

WILL NOT MOVE J. R. DRAKES GRAVE.Since the American Scenic and Historic Preserva-

tion Society has shown a disposition to take underits care the neglected graveyard near Hunt's Point,

The Bronx, where the bedy of Joseph RodmanDrake is buried, many letters have been receivedcommending the action of the society.

At different times it had been suggested that thebody be removed to boom place where they

would be frte from vandals, but each time resi-

dents of The Bronx have protested that th* body

of the author of "The American Flag" and "TheCulprit Fay." who died in 1820 at the age oftwenty-five years, should remain in its present

resting place It has been suggested that a park

be laid out in the Hunt's Point section, to include

the knell where the burying ground is situated,

and be called Drake Park.

This \u25a0 •.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 roar from the crowd, whichseemed to enjoy Mr. Choate's sallies Immensely

Colonel Barton, of Brooklyn, said he intendedto ask Mayor Mi-<"!*-!lan to name three LancastertPenn • men as members of the citizens' commit-tee He said •:«\u25a0 hoped th* Mayor would aco,u!e.«rf,as Lancaster gave Robert Fulton to this nation.and the house in which he was born Is stfll stand-ing in that place.

MUSICAL NOTES.Dr. Ludwig Wullner will not give his farewell

recital this afternoon in Carnegie Hall. Afterseveral postponements on account of the conditionOf li.

- throat and a final promise to return fromAtlantic City for this afternoon's concert. Dr.Wullner now knows that singing will be out ofthe question for several months, and that his rotmust hove a long rest. Th« result ot the extralax upon Ua vocal chords will mean the cuttinguliort of Dr. \Vullner'« American tour by twenty-

four concerts nnJ a loss of about JSO.ujO. Tho«owho have bought tickets for this afternoon's con-cert will g»-t their money back, while Dr. Willlnerwill have to content himself with a goodby toAmerica from the tICLk of an ocean steamer.

Heinrich Meyn. barytone, will give a recital r.<xtTuesday evening In Mendelssohn Hall. His pro-gramme will include fhpsc songs: "IVr K.nabe mlt

dem underhoi Schumann; "Ich liebe dlcii.""Murroelndea Ltlftchen." Ji-nsen; "1>.-r

FreunJ." Wolf; •'Soldaten Itoi •:• a, ' Halle; "•Tomtier Holme," Loewe; "Ablosung." Hollander; "Ver-sur.ktn." Beings. "Treue LlebP.'" Kaun; \u25a0 !teber••in Stflnfileln." "Motten." "Uebesfeler," "Schu-mache/Jied." "IM-<\ vom Bchuft," WVlngannT;"Thy Voice Is Heard" and "-;'" iMan's Song," bySidney Homer; "And Ko My Ships," Ix>uik Schmidt ;"To a I'rier.d." Chester B. Searle; "In the MerryMonth of May," Bruno S. Huhn; "Young Dietrich,"Georjr Ilt-nschel.

The special performance of "The Bartered Bride".it the Metropolitan Opera House on April19, after

the singera and th« orchestra return from Chicago,

promises to be resting Besides being a benefitfor the Legal Aid Society, a deserving institutionwhich last year assisted -more than thirty thousandpersons, there will b.» scenes not thought of by

'Smetana when be wrote th«> Bohemian opera.Mine. Gadski will sing the Austrian national hymn

bf-iw^f-n two of the gifts, and during the tavern

scene some of Bohemia's native tonga willbe sung by a quartet of Bohemian singers. Gov-ernor Hughes, who is \u25a0 member of the society,

will occupy a box. with Mrs. Hughes

Miss L>illl< Lawlor, m> zzo-sopnno. and FrancisRogers, will give a concert next Friday afternoonat \u25a0I:is o'clock in 'he assembly room of the Colony

club. So 1..2 Madison avenue. The programme willir.chi'l<- •I.;i Balli'de <1u DSsespfirfc" In which Missl.:iwlor willbe assisted by David Hochstein. violin-ist; Adolph Weissman, violoncellist; H.L Brainard,accompanist, nn<l Ernest I'errln, reader, of theO<)6on Theatre In Paris.

When the r-->ars of laughter, in which President\u25a0 m loine-i. had subsided. Mr Choate turned

M Gowan, pm!!<"1 and explained:been affiliated so closely with Senator

McCarran In Albany, and worked so hard withhim last right, that 1 feel on good terms withhim and all his frlei

Thinks Celebration Will Dispel

Fancied Reasons for Hostilities.Joseph H. Choate. former Ambassador to Great

Britain, said yesterday at the City Hall that Eng-

land and Germany, after sending Dreadnoughts to

the Hudson-Kultoft celebration next fall, would en-counter here an atmosphere that would dispel alltheir fancied reasons for hostilities, none of which,

he paid,. really existed.Mr. Choate was elected chairman of the Commit-

tee of Two Thousand Citizens appointed by Mayor

McClellan to co-operate with the Hudson-FultonCelebration Commission, and on taking the chairmade a felicitous speech, serious and grave by

turns. Not in a lons time has euch a large gath-

ering of prominent men assembled in the old Coun-

cil Chamber a.« was present yesterday afternoon.

Elliott Tuckerman. on motion of Colonel Henry

W. Sackett. was chosen secretary of the committee.Mr. Choate was empowered to name the necessary

committees. '\u25a0'\u25a0'Mayor- McCleUan. in opening the meeting, said

tha»» he had named the committee to co-operate

with the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Committee.He then introduced Herman Ridder, who la act-ing chairman of the Hudson-Fulton committee.Mr. Ridder told of the plans for the celebration

.and paid that 1500,000 more would be needed fromth" gitizens. John E. Parsons and Francis Lynde

St?t.sqn also spoke of the celebration.After Mr. Choate had been elected chairman of

the "committee of citizens he said he had listened

attentively to what Mr Stetson and Mr. Ridderand Mr. Parsons had told of the celebration, and jsaid that if anything more were added In that

lino the Hudson River would be set on fire five

months before the proper time

TSien he made the announcement that forty-four

nation? had been invited to send representatives.

Allof these nations maintain diplomatic relations

with the '• ted States, and every race, nationand creed, lie said, would be represented at thecelebration in September and October. "There will;

be a greater display of warships in the harbor of

New York during the coming celebration than jever were seen anywhere in the world." Mr..Choate added.

"I do not know how many Dreadnoughts wecan induce Germany. Great Britain and some Other

nations to send to us for the celebration," Mr.

Choate continued, "but these nations will be en-aolod to get an idea of cne another's strength.

",

.He light this might set them all thinking

about war and its cost in human life and money,and perhaps might bring them together in apeace conference greater than that at The Hague.

Mr Choate caused a laugh when be referred to !

President McGowan of the Board Of Aldermen as"Mr. McCarren." President McGowan had nomi-"nated Mr. Choate for chairman of the comntittee |of citizens Mr. Choate referred to it and said:

'Mv friend, Mr. McCarren. has himself done a

'great deal in the work Of making up this cele-bration."

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New York Salesman Saw Picture of Young

Woman in Chicago Newspaper.[By Telegraph "> Th« Tribune.]

Beloit. Wls , April IS.—Miss Florence Southack.of Chicago, and C C Taylor, of New York, weremarried here this afternoon. Miss Southack wonfirst prize in a beauty contest conducted by a Chi-cago newspaper, and her picture attracted the at-

tention of Mr. Taylor, who is a piano salesman.

He sought the young woman's acquaintance, andwas introduced by her brother, who is In the piano

business in Chicago. Their mutual love of musicstrengthened their friendship, which soon developed

into ... engagement. The couple will make theirhome ;" New Tork.

BARON TAKAHIRAON A SUBMARINE.

Japanese Ambassador Makes a Trip on a LakeBoat Off Bridgeport.

[Hy Telncraph tnTh<» Tribune]

Bridget ort. Conn., April 16.—Baron Takahira. theJapanese Ambassador to this country, and K. Mld-zuno, Cor.sul a»-nera! at New York, made a triponthe Lake submarine torpedo boat here to-day asguests of the local Board of Trade.

Mayor Henry Lee and other prominent citizensaccompanied the party. Captain Simon Lake, in-ventor of the craft, was in command. Owing to the

fact that there as not a full crew on board, the

WEDS VICTOR IN BEAUTY CONTEST.

Sir: What is probably the most determined ef-fort that has ever been attempted to control and

confine the legitimate trade incocaine to medicinalpurposes only and to suppress the illegitimate useof this drug is now being promulgated by the very

manufacturers themselves of the drug In thiscountry, and in this effort they are having the ablesupport of various organizations throughout the

country which have been waging a war against

those who furnish the drug to the unfortunate*who have become victims to the cocaine habit.

Within the last sixty days these same drug man-ufacturers and importers, including .Schleffelln &Co. and Merck & Co.. both of New York; Malllnck-rodt & Co., of St. Louis, and the Shaefer Com-pany, of New Jersey, ably assisted by many char-itable women and people who have lent their sup-

port to the crushing out cf the drug habit, havesucceeded in getting the importation of opium ab-solutely under federal control. Due to their ef-forts. Congress on February 9 enacted a law abso-lutely prohibiting the importation into the UnitedStates of opium in any form or preparation orderivative thereof, except for medicinal purposesonly, and In such cases only under regulationsformulated by the Secretary of the Treasury-

Under this law the Treasury officials on March 27issued certain regulations which restricted the im-portation,of opium ana morphine, even for medic-inal purposes, to certain ports of the United States,

and provided for the minutest examination by

the collectors of customs of all parties Import-ing the drug, compelling the Importer to make a

sworn declaration before the collectors of customsrespectine each importation, In which the importermust state the name of his firm or corporation.the place of business, the amount of the importa-tion and that the same is intended to be used onlyin the preparation of a medicine, and finally com-pelling every importer to keep separately from allother records a record of every sale of importedopium or any preparation of opium which that Im-

porter makes; this record to show the name of theparty to whom any opium or medicine containingopium is sold, his place of business and the amount jof opium or medicine containing opium sold by himand the date of each sale. This record is to be reg-

ularly filed with the Treasury Department and is ;open to the Inspection of both Internal revenue offl- :

cers and state officers and enables the latterwherever any state has laws governing the sale ofopium, as many states have, to trace to the con-sumer every bit of opium legally imported and soldunder the new law and regulations.

It is the belief ot customs officials of long experi-ence with the illicit traffic which has been carriedon for years in opivm, that the. new law and reg-ulations will do away with 75 per cent of the illegaltraffic which has up to this time existed.

Police officials, many government officials and all jothers who have had to do with societies for theaid of drug fiends know that within recent yearscocaine has been steadily superseding opium in ille-gitimate use It la more easily obtained than isopium, without any trouble with the customs of-ficers. Cocaine is derived from coca leaves. Theseleaves, which come from Peru, are imported at thepresent time free of duty, and consequently freeof any government control. These coca leaves canbe purchased by anybody as easily as tea can bebought. They cost from 14 to 20 cents a pound, ac-cording to grade. No particular science Is requiredin extracting cocaine from the leaves. It is aknown fact that a great number of persons ouy

these leaves in quantities of from ten to fifty

pounds, and in their back rooms, without any ex- |pensive apparatus, proceed to extract cocaine In aform which, while not sufficiently pure for medi-cinal purposes, is satisfactory for the victims ofthe drug-, and this cocaine is sold to such victimsat large profit.

Police and government officials say that it is ab-solutely impossible to break up this form of manu-facturing cocaine or to stop the sale and distribu-tion of cocaine from such private sources. Ailoffl-tfals, government, state and municipal, agree thatthe one \u25a0way to prevent the present free manu-facture and distribution of cocaine is to put theimportation of the raw material, namely the coca,

leaves, under federal control, and this Is what thebit; manufacturers of cocaine and various societies

Tihich are endeavoring to stamp out the use of the

drug are now trying to do.The attention of Congress has been called to the

subject, and both the House and the Senate haveheen asked to put coca leaves under federal con-trol by imposing a small duty upon the coca leavesj:::i placing the importation of these coca leaves

•.:::<!. r exactly the same law and Treasury regula-

;.^--as now apply to opium and morphine.

i1.. Treasury officials are heartily in favor of

this fcffinc t'.r-.ne, an : appeals are to be shortly

made to the by various organizations that!u ,!i- pr«vn« tarirf bill now un.ler consideration by

the S*n.*te a provision should be incorporated put-

ting a duty upon coca leaves, and placing thesame in exactly the position, in which the Senate a

few weeks ago placed opium and morphine. Theprincipal drug manufacturers are ail against theIllegitimate use of any of these drugs; those named

above have from time to lime contributed money

to aid *he unfortunate victims or me drug habit,(

and have frequently supported efforts to have en-

acted state laws to control the sale of these drugs;

but all have come to the conclusion that all state

an.l municipal legislation is ineffective without fed-

eral control over the first entry of such drugs into

the United States, an 1 it is because of this convic-

tion that they are now lending their efforts to have

enacted the legislation above referred to for thecontrol of cocaine.

They assert that there Is n-t to-day a manufact- juring chemist In this country who does not earnest- ,ly desire the suppression of the illegitimate use and !unit) of cocaine, morphine and opium, and they can- |not confcelve of any honest importer or honest jmanufacturer of the drugs objecting to the placing Jof the importation of coca leaves and the sale of ;

cocaine under the same restrictions as now apply to ,

opium or morphine. E. B. SPOFFORD.Xew York, April16, I"-'

SUGGESTION TO PRIMARY LEAGUE.

To the Editor of The Tribune.Sir' A,, a bus!iH-s=s man who has followed the j

direct nominations issue with much interest. Ishould like to ask why Manhattan lacs behind I

Brooklyn In the matter of holding .imass meeting j.it' which the Oovernor can explain his case to the

people.Some da: as" i»u announced that there had

been formed a Citteen*1 Direct Primary League.

and that a committee; beaded by ex-Justice Will-iam H. Wadhams, had been appointed to carry on

the work. It may be presumptuous in me to sug-

gest I, but Ibelieve that th. most Important thing

to d• at first is to arrange a lan public meeting

in Carnegie Kail or Cooper Union, at which theGovernor, shall speak- GILBbKT SCHULANG.

New York. April16. 19tf>.

Move to Suppress Illegitimate Use

of Drug—Duty on Cocoa Leaves.To the'Editor of The Tribune.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

CONTROL COCAINE TRADE.

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUTE, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1909.

GERMAN INTERVENTION

MR. CHOATE OPTIMISTIC.

Married.Marriage notice* appearing la THE TBIBOI wia

be repnblUbed in th* Tri-T\>»kly Tribune withoutextra charge.

Board of Estimate Provides for One*

NewWing in Elaborate Plan.

The Board of Estimate and Apportionment yes-terday appropriated JSOO.coo for the building of aaextension of one wing to the present college build-ings of the Normal College at 68th street and Parkavenue. •

This move has been anticipated for some months.Agitation in favor of rebuilding the present struct-ure was launched more than, a year ago. Tfcapresent appropriation of 1500.000 is only the first in-stallment of a total of J2.0C0.C00 which win be event-ually granted to Normal College, the next install-ment being expected as soon as the first appropria-

tion has been exhausted. The money wilt be usedto replace the present buildings withmodern struct-ures.

craft was not eubrr.erKed. Its mechanism was ex-plained to the baron, and he was given the w&mlwhile the boat spec led up and down the Sound.

HALF MILLIONFOR NORMAL COLLEGE.

the army willbe -with us. and form part of theGeneral Confederation of Labor; and when thathappens every single bourgeoisie institutionwill be swept away! You, the state officials.by your noble adhesion to the proletariat, havemarked the entrance of the Socialist wedge intothe army:"

Among: the numerous resolutions adopted bythe mass meeting was one by which "all work-men in private employment pledge themselvesto support their comrades in the service of thestate in their efforts to compel the governmentand Parliament to respect the liberty of asso-ciation and the right to strike,- which they have\u25a0won by themselves." Upward of fifteen thou-sand men took part in the Hippodrome meeting,which is merely one of a series, and which is auseful forecast of the problem that must besolved by M. <_'lemenceau and his Cabinet ifFrance is to maintain her present fightingstrength and efficiency, which alone can assureimmunity from a renewal of "diplomat!) press-ure" at such time as may be deemed oppor-tune by the chancery of the WHhelmstrasse.

C I.B.

ARTHUR 8. TEMPLE; a buslatss asan of Salem,

Mass, ami for several >C-ii:- ;;• \u25a0\u25a0-'\u25a0 ..>-

"." \u25a0'• tIMUnison Store Service Company. <:; d i i:.- hosi*in Salem yesterday .is the result of an opera:! o '. \u25a0>.

appendicitis. He v. it fifty years <>;.i.

OBITUARY NOTES.DAVID ROBERTS, agc-.i sixty J-three years, for-

trier vlce-pi'-f-l'lvnt vf the Tennessee Coal. Iron &

Railroad Company and n ie tired capitalist, diedfrom pneumonia in Birmingham, Ala., yesterday.He wns born in Wa.'es.

FREDERIC R. COMEE.Boston, April 16.—Frederic R. Comee, assistant

manager of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for

twenty-three years and well known and of wideInfluence in musical circles throughout the coun-try, died suddenly this morning at his home, No.13;V> Bc-acon street. \u25a0 rookline Mr. i"omee was

taken illon Sunday with an advanced form oftyphoid fever, and grew gradually worse until yes-terday, when his condition became critical. Whenit was thought thai he could not possibly survivehe suddenly seemed to revive, and the physicians

held out hopes for his recovery- He suffered a re-lapse, however, and died.

Mr Comee was born in Fltchburg. Mass., in 1831At the age of twenty-one be was graduated fromHarvard, an-] at once t,um.ed his attention to music.

In 18S1, when the Boston Symphony Orchestra wasformed, he becasn \u25a0 member of that organization.

Four yean later h? became assistant manager. Hehad also been connected with the management of

maiy noted musicians. A wife, who was Miss

Clara Galloup. of Boston, survives him.

LOUIS HEMAN BURR.Louis Hunan Burr d!-d last night at his borne.

In Enslewood, N. J. H» was born In PhiladelphiaIn 1*52. He came to New York In I**"with his

father and was educated at the City College Me

then entered his father'! firm. Heman Burr ,-. Son.advertising events. On the death of his father, intm, he retired from bu»:ne*s. and since th.»n had

spent a gooQ deal of time \u25a0- tra\el a:. in tlie ex-

ercise of hla talent as an amateur painter. Forthe last few years he had lived in Ensle\*OOd.

EDWARD H. BARNARD.[By Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Boston, April IK.—Edward H. Barnard, fifty-three

years old, a landscape painter, died to-day at theMdMn Hospital, in Waverly. from heart disease.He had been ill only a short time.

Mr. Barnard was born In Watertown, and waseducated in a private school and the MaInstitute of Technology. He studied in Paris forthree year? under Julian. During his stay he hada picture on exhibition at the Salon. He lived forthe last few years at Belmont, where he had hisFtudio.

CHARLES M. PRESTON.Kingston. K. V.. April 16.—Charles M. Presto;:.

former Superint>ndera of Bank* of New York state,

died at his home here to-day. His health had beenfailing for some time. On that account hr hadrecently been compelled to resign the receivership

of the New York Building-Loan Banking Company,

which he had held since IMS. He was appointed

Superintendent of Banks by Governor Hilland re-appointed by Governor Flower.It was In connection with the Building-Loan re-

ceivership that Mr. Preston figured most promi-

nently In recent years. The New York Building-

Loan Banking Company failed in 1903 under some-what sensational circumstances, owing twelve thou-

sand depositors. Mr. Preston was at once placed incharge of tlv? tangled affairs of the company. Since

that time he had succeeded In paying one dividend

of 15 cents on the dollar. The legal department

caused the shareholders much perplexity. Whenthe late Attorney General Cunneen forced the con-cern into bankruptcy he recommended the reten-

tion of a competent lawyer, on a salary of about$12,000 a year, to direct the inevitable litigation.Early this present month the affairs of the com-pany came to public notice again, when Charles W.Dayton. jr.. put In a claim for JI2.S2S 48 for legal

services. That matter is still in the courts.

A few years ago, with A. B. Hepburn, of theChase National Bank, and Charles S. Fairchild,

Secretary of the Treasury under President Cleve-land, he took hold of the fragments out of whichgrew the present Equitable Security Company. Atthat time it was insolvent and had failed for$7,000,000. This obligation was paid off and thepresent company formed. When the company hadbeen put on its feet Mr Preston resigned and went

back to hi? law practice at No. 15 Wall street.Mr. Preston was born in Roxbury, Delaware

County, in 1852. He studied law at Albany and wasgraduated from the Albany Law School. He thentook up the practice of law in Kingston, where heremained until 1889. when he became Banking Su-perintendent.

OBITUARY.

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