OVER NIGHT TO CHICAGOPENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL.

The tighteen-hour train. Leaves New York 3..">P M arrives Chicago 8.65 A. M.; leaves Chicas.j2 45*1*' M.. arrives New York a.**. A. 41.. vi* Penn-sylvania ItaHroad.—A.ivt.

A PERSONAL TRIUMPH.

BIRMIXGHAMVOTE SOLID.

Talk of Iffetc Umomti Leader—

—Liberal Gains Continue.

London. Jan. 17.—

The most prominent featur*of to-day's election returns Is the whollyun-expected stand made by Birmingham. Not only

Wtn all of Joseph Chamberlain's seven camli-

dates returned, but Mr. Chamberlain Mrrseifobtained a majority of T..00A. while the majority

of the others averaged 3,00ft.Even allowing that the Liberal candidate

were not very strong, as the seats were practi-

cally uncontented at the last general election,

and that the Liberal organization was not sogood as Inother parts of the country, the resultsat Birmingham are <>f the highest importance.

They «eem to prove the groundlessness q| theLiberal contention that this general election haskilled the fiscal agitation for a generation to come.Besides showing the unabated confidence of Bir-mingham in Mr. Chamberlain, the results therego also to confirm what already has been noticedIn isolated contests

—that the candidates who

openly professed protection leanings had goodsupport, and in some cases were victorious.

The outcome at Birmingham affords a striking;contrast. While Mr. Balfour stands discreditedas a leader, with his supporters all swallowedup and himself angrily criticised from his ownside, Mr. Chamberlain issues from the contestwith flying colors. His courage to a large extentjustifies him to persevere in his agitation, andhe Is tn a position to argue that It waa Mr.Balfour's timidity which lost the campaign.

A considerable section of the Unionists on theprotectionist side had predicted some such re-sult, and it is now hinted that the party mustin future look toward Birmingham for hops andguidance.ItIs too late for the results at Birmingham to

have any gTeat effect on the campaign as awhole. Many of to-day's polls willnot be de-clared until to-morrow, but those published to-night show that the Liberal tide still runastrong. London has gone distinctly Liberal, 'nofewer than twelve seats being Liberal gains.

While the total gains of the Liberals for to-daynumber twenty-two, the Unionists have madeonly one solitary gain. Viscount Castlereaghhaving -wrested the seat from the Liberals at

Maidstone. Portsmouth, which had previously-been represented by two Unionists, to-dayelected two Liberals, and this despite the factthat a fifth candidate, a Laborita, threatenedto split the Liberal vote. The labor candidate,however, came third with a very largo vote, theUnionists being at the bottom of the list. Themembers already elected are distributed as fol-lows:

Liberal 167 1 Laborltes 31Unionists 73

<Nationalists 50

Of the twenty-three London seats polled to-day sixteen were won by the Liberals, twelve of

them being net gains.

The present indications are that former

Premier Balfour will not seek another seat in

Parliament until after the elections, when one ofthe newly elected members willprobably retireIn his favor, so as to allow Mr.Balfour to try to

enter the House by means of a bye-election.

To-day's unopposed returns included the Hon.Edward Blake. Irish Nationalist. South Divisionof Longford, and James Gordon Swift MaoN'eiiIrish Nationalist. South Donegal.

The Unionist papers are referring to the

recommendation of Chief Engineer Stevens oi

the Panama Canal favoring the employment ofChinese on the c?nal as an Indorsement of theUnionist action in permitting the shipping of

Chinese coolies to the Transvaal.Among the striking personalities in to-day's

elections were Sydney C. Buxton, Postrrmst-rGeneral, and Dr. Thomas James Macnamara. the

well known writer on educational subjects, who

were elected by enormous majorities for thePopular Division of the Tower-Hamlets and

the North Division of Camberwell. respectively;

and John Hennlker-Heaton (Canterbury), EarlPercy (South Division of Kensington), Sir Will-

lam Evans-Gordon (Stepney Division of tha

Tower Hamlets). Evelyn Cecil (Aston Manor),

Jesse Collingrs (Bordeeley Division of Birming-

ham), Viscount Morpeth (South Division of Bir-mingham). Bit W. S. Robson (South Shields)

and the H->n. Ivor Churchill Guest (Plymouth),

who retained their seats.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who ran In the

Unionist interest for Hawick, Roxburghshire,

Scotland, has heon defeated.

CHAMBERLAIN VICTOR.

DEWEYS CLARETS and OLD BURGUNDIESArt- n"t eaualled in America.

H T. Dewey & Sons Co.. 138 Pulton St.. NVw York.—A.tvt.

UNION BARS FOOTBALL FOR A YEAR.Bcheneetady, M. V.. Jan. 17. -The faculty ad-

visory board of Union College this evening decided

to prohibit the playing of football at the college

for one year. This Includes, tnterclaM as well asIntercollegiate gnmes. The action follows that of

the student body in abolishing the game "a* at

present played."

President Talks with Representatives Payne.

Grosvenor and Dalzell.Washington. Jan 17.

—Representatives Payne,

Grosvenor and Dalzell were In conference with the

President at th<- White House to-night. Thry left

the White House t>y a side door, avoiding reporters

who wfre watting to see them. Ttu> subject of th*conference irai no! disclosed,

A WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE.

Treaty Made on Board the Yankee—Tranquillity Assured.

Santo Domingo. Jan. 17.—A treaty of peace

between the Insurgent generals at Monte Cristi

and tho government was signed to-day on boa£dthe American cruiser Yankee. This assurestranquillity throughout the republic. Monte

Crist! Is now In the hands of the constitutionalgovernment forces. Emiliano Tejera, Minister ofForeign Affairs, said to-day:

Iattribute the prompt collapse of the insur-rection to the vigor of the government's militaryoperations, to the financial modus vlvendl whichrestrained the revolutionists from seizing thecustom houses and to the fact that the govern-

ment is s constitutional one. Tho twenty days'operations wore expensive, but not enough so toembarrass seriously the future civil administra-tion.

President Caceres will leave here to-morrow,

for Puerto Plata.

Want $3 a Week for HandlingElectric Arcs.

Twelve schoolboys who are employed by the

Edison Electric Company of New-York to light

the electric arcs from Bth-st. to the Battery went

on strike last night Trimmers, who are paid

from $2 50 to $3. were put in their places. The

boys followed in the wake of the men and as

fast as they turned on the lights the boys turnedthem off.

These boys have been working for $250 a

week. They were required to turn the lights on

at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and at the same

time in the morning they had to turn them off.

Led by Jack Healy. the -bos?." the boys called

on Superintendent MeWßllamS and demanded

that their wajes be Increased to $3 a week.

They argued that 3:30 a. m. was too early to roll

out of bed on winter mornings for $2 50, but

Superintendent McWilliams said "Back to the

job or get out."romplalnv? soon poured into the Edison com-

pany atout the darkness of the streets. Thepolicemen of the Oak-st. station were sent out

to corrall the boys, but none of them were

found. At a late hour It looked as If the boys

had lost their fight.

DOMINGANS SIGN PEACE

LIGHT BOYS ON STRIKE

General Manager Knocks Him fmmHis Car After Dispute.

[ByTelegraph to The Tribune]

Trenton, N. J.f Jan. 17.—John H. Backes, one

of the best known lawyers of Trenton, was

thrown from a trolley car to-day by Peter E.

Hurley, general maanger of the Trenton Street

Railway Company. Mr. Backes swore out a

warrant to-night for the arrest of Mr. Hurley

and threatens civil proceedings against both

the manager and the company.

Mr. Backes was trying a damage suit against

the company. In the recess he had a hot con-troversy with Mr. Hurley over a witness, in

which the lawyer called the other a liar.

Shortly afterward Mr. Backes boarded a caron which were Mr. Hurley and the company's

counsel. Mr. Hurley promptly ordered Mr.

Backes off the car. and a scuffle ensued In which

the manager was shoved through a window andbadly cut. Mr. Backes was finally landed in

the street

THROWS LAWYER OFF.

Falls After Short Flight Over

Beach in Florida.[By Telegraph to The Tnbum.]

Hotel Ormond, Fla., Jan. 17.—After a drop ofnearly two hundred feet Charles E. Hamilton,

the New-York aeronaut, this afternoon, landed

on the Ormond-Daytona beach without seriousinjury, after the first trial of an aeroplane Inthe Peninsular State. Hamilton had Journeyed

hardly three hundred feet before several bamboo

sticks broke, causing the aeroplane to careen

oceanward. Then the airship began to fall,

slowly at first. Hamilton braced himself on hiarope seat.

When the plane struck, one corner of itcame

down on the motorcycle of T. K. Hastings, ofNew-York. Mrs. Hastings escaped by scram-bling out.

Hamilton had been pulled heavenward byHenry W. Fletcher In the big racing car ofGeorge W. Young, the New-York banker. Therope tow was nearly one thousand feet long.

Slocum Disaster Didn't Produce One,

Say Fund Agents.[By TflegTaph to The Tribune.1

PlttsTmrg, Jan. 17.— The Car»egle Hero FundCommission held Its second annual meeting hereto-day, and decided that of the twenty-seven

cases investigated since the last award, not oneof them Is "found to be withki the scope of the

fund." Inconsequence, no awards were made.One of the cases which were found not wor-

thy of commendation from the commission wasthat of the rescuers of the Slocum disaster in

the North River in the summer of 1904. For

several months the special agents of the com-mission investigated the act 3of alleged heroismIn connection with tho disaster, but deemedthem unworthy.

The only action taken by the commission was

hi the case of Miss Maud Titun, of Newark. N.

J., wbo received tha award of a silver medal at

the last meeting. The commission voted her$2,500 in cash to complete her education.

John P. Cowan, a Plttsburg newspaper man,

wan appointed an additional special agent.

COLLAPSE OF AIRSHIP.

The cases of Captain McT>onald, of NortheastPennsylvania, and six men of the steamer Se-Vona, which went down on Sand Island Reef,

Lake Superior, on September 2, IW6, were alsoturned down.

COULDN'T FIND A HERO.

This was the ninth Presidential election since

lie establishment of the Third Republic Jules»r*vr. who completed hie first term of seven•earn at the Eflysee Palace, and President Emiletsoftet arc the only Chief Magistrates of re-Msßcao France to have finished their allottede'w*- of power. In the eleven years of the

Hot Republic the leaders of the various groups,

tdadlng Bobeßpierre, president of the conven-lon, were successively guillotined before the ex-Uration of their terms of office. The Second Re-wbllc had only one President, Louis Napoleon,fected in December. ]M\ by the plebiscite«Erage of more than five, million votes, but heHfisform<vi the Second Republic into the Sec-•d Empire by th« coup d'etat of December 2,

Si. Thfers. the first President of th«» Third Re-nblic, resigned before the expiration of his\u25a0a. so did Marshal IfacMahon, so did JulesSrtvjr in hi? second tenure, and so did Caslmir:'':" Prf-=jdent Caxnot was aHsassinated, and\u25a0'resident Felix Faure died at the Elysee Palace.Th»striking feature of the election was that It

*me at a time when no great question of do-

\u25a0\u25a0fle importance influenced the choice of a?rt«!<ient. The separation of church and state&*been pra- ticaJly disposed of. the nationallza-*Eof the army has been carried out, the sub-*n2toatK.;i of the military to the civilauthority

la bees enforced and, perhaps for the first timenee the Revolution, there Is no group of politi-cs inside or outside of parliament that aims\u25a0 overturning the existing form of govern-a*nt. The v. ar scare of last June hap been a\u25a0fafcaome blessing to the French nation. UntilI*sodden' warning from the German Emperor**

tr.asws of the French people had been slum-'\u25a0Jsjta a eort of Utopian dreamland.

*- Falli^res is sixty-four years old. He was:'--:'--- near Agen, in old 'Jasoonv. His grand-J«h»r was a blacksmith of extraordinaryAMct] Strength, and his father was a peasant

\u25a0Itfller of the soil. Armand Fallieres came to

at an early age, and after considerablettetfty passed his examination for th© bar a.nd

to Agen. where he. became the leading

•si lawyer. After serving as Mayor of Ag«n**aselecte<] Deputy and came to Paris, -where.|*c Kfterward he was chosen by Jules Perry to•

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. M.

"Qtrea has Bln« o-^cupled most Important

tfciotc-r!a: posts, and be succeeded M. Louher"fteeldent of the Senate. M. Failures Is an\u25a0Batta friend of M. Loubet. and ha« been a

T^KBt companion of the President at theJ^ing pzrr'.f* at Marly and RambOUUlet. M.*•**being a splendid shot at pheasants, while'•

\u25a0 faiii*r»s is wonderfully adept at killingrab-bares.

Fall-errs ; is a large, round face. IV-s hair*RMto. profuse and inclined to curl. He has

\u25a0 thirty ytars worn a cravat at the same pat-*n> namely, dark blue with white spots. HefcfeltUy carries an umbrella.— even during line*^er. jj is an early riser, getting up

*"ally before 7 o'clock, and generally goes to

? ft-

10 He Is for.i of domestic life, and**«<* the evening* at his fireside with his wife

\u25a0• (hnthtcr renting or liatenJng to music.

fcaie. Taliierea Is a pleasant, kind hearted7**« sound eodunon sense. She has saoossd-rly dark hair and eyes. They have two chll-n-

young Mile. Anne, and a son, Andre, who**\u25a0 talented lawyer, thirty years of age, andg«a Jill the same r«et at the Eiyaee Palace/•'-' Pfcul Loubet rills—secretary to his fath-*\u25a0 Hae. Fallierca d»c-8 not disdain to actom-

Citizens Comittee. Heavily Armed, MarchStrikers Aboard Havana Ship.

,v West. Fin.. Jan. ».-The crisis came in the

ctearmakers- strike to-day when a second com-

rnufee of the Torcedore* Union refused to consider"n" proposition to settle the strike. On a signa

the citizens" committee. seventy-five strong and

heavily armed, surrounded the Torcedore.s Hall

captured the committee of twenty-five and escortedthem to the steamer Mascotte, which sailed to-

Th. -TUicism "h.*- men made concerrln ?\u25a0 Amer:

ti m The vagrant law. it 1b stated, will be strlctlvenforced unless the men go to work. Four mewho arrived from Tampa by the Mascotte to-night

were arrested and sent to Havana.

PRAIRIE FIRE THREATENS TOWNS.1 By TWCSrapfa to The Tribune I

Sidney, Neb.. Jan. 17.—The worst prairie fire

In years burned to-day over three hundredsquare miles of ranch and crazinc lands inChey-

enne County and destroyed many ranches and

much livestock, besides threatening a number

of towns. Citizens of Lodgepole and Marlowewere compelled to plough great furrows aroundthe towns to ward off the Ore. At I<> clockto-night the lire is under control, but still burn-ing. A hl^'h wind in blowing.

FROST EFFECTS AT NIAGARAFALLS

are grand and bountiful. Th« New York Centrallias twenty trains a day. A mileage ticket at -'cent* a mile l>ays i""1

—AilvL

Zion Citizens Assure Creditors He Is

Out of the Business.[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]

Chicago, Jan. 17.—John Alexander Dowie has

been permanently removed from financial con-

trol ofZion City 1*Industries, according to assur-ances given to creditors of the community by its

financial agent.The people of Zion, itIs said, awoke almost too

lato to find that Dowle was a veritable "white

elephant, 1'

and that he squandered money In the

most profligate manner. His trip around the

world alone cost $1,000,000. The trip to New-York with his "Restoration Hosts cost half that

much. To-day there is due $R.O«0 interest onmortgages on Zion City lands and as yet no

provision has been made to pay it.

TURBULENT CIGABMAKERS DEPORTED

SAY DOWIE IS DEPOSED

Found in Room at Home with Re-volver Beside Her.

According to the police of the Fort Hamiltonstation. Mrs. Clara Bothfeld. of No. 45<> Oving-

ton-ave.. Bay Ridge, the wife of Otto Bothfeld,

a commission merchant, with an office at No.

116 Broad-st.. was found in her room early

Wednesday morning shot, and a revolver lyingby her side. Dr. R. O. Blaskmer nnd Pr. W. S.Hubbard. Jr.. attended her.

One of the physicians saJd last night that Mrs.Bothfeld had been suffering from melancholiafor about five months. He said her condition iscritical, and that it is doubtful whether shewill live.

MERCHANTS WIFE SHOT.

Singleton Van Schaick PurchasesHuntington Fair Grounds.

Singleton Van Schaick. the well known cross-country rider, has bought nearly seventy acresof land at Huntington, Long Island, comprisingthe Long Island Stock and Fair Association, andhas offered It to the United Hunts and Steeple-

chase Association as a place to hold Its springmeeting. At th^ annual meeting of the UnitedHunts and Steeplechase Association Itwas de-cided that if the Morris Park track was not

available this year the association would obtainland and build a course of its own.

Although Mr. Van Schaick has not yet re-ceived a reply from the United Hunts and Stee-plechase Association, he will begin in a fewweeks to get the course in shape for a meeting.

He said last nig-ht that he had been assured by

the Long Island Railroad Company that ifItwasdecided to hold the spring meeting at Hunting-

ton the company would build a spur running di-rectly to the racecourse and run special trains at

the time of the races. ItIs the finest mile trackon Long Island, he said, and he hopes to have atleast two meetings there this year.

Trte track is about half a mile south of theHumington railroad station. It was sold onMonday at the office of William N. Baylls, In

this city, to Mr. Van Schaick for $22,000. Formany years the property has been used as afair ground. It has a mile track, clubhouse,

grandstand, exhibition hall, barns, stables and

neveral other buildings. The buildings alonecost over $40,000. The racetrack is one of theoldest In the State, and many noted horses havebeen driven over it in various speed contests.

Mr. Van Schaick is a son of the late JenkinsVan Schaick, the Wall Street banker, at one timepresident of the Board of Aldermen. He Is amember of the Meadow Brook colony, but Is nowlivingat White Plains.

SITE FOR HUNT CLUB

CALIFORNIA TOURS.

g&e Colora.fi" Bering S9 days, \u25a0gfrjgwgjgSte^iSMßapwsiwa^i

Man Arrested Near Hoosick Falls Says He

Comes from This City.

'}.: Telegraph to Th« Tribune.]

Hoo«ick Palla N. V . Jan. 17.-Chief of Police Blc-Hanaway went to Wallomsack to-night and took

from a poolroom a man believed to answer to the

description of the wrecker of the Montreal fix-

ir^ss He save the name of Michael Murphy and

said his home was in New-York. When McMan-

away approached Murphy to make the arrest the

\u0084,,.;.. made a vicious •whig si the chiefs heaa'\u0084v „ Mitiard cue. Murphy was taken to Hoosick

with a bMliHii«W '"• *«\u25a0 ;'";'" »" brake fitter a dFalls jail. H;- \u0084,.,,,.,, char« of being a suspi-"}*,*I."rson wis n,,.r,.,i against him.°

Murphy refuses to make any statement, except

that he can prove an alibi.

SUSPECTED OF TRAIN WRECKING.

Paris, Jan. 17—Inquiries at the Foreign Officethis afternoon elicited the statement that noth-ing is known officially relative to the departureof M.Taigny from Venezuela owing to the action

of the Venezuelan authorities in prohibiting his

relandiuer from the steamer. Tho officials hero

decline to discuss France's probable action.

GERMANY DENIES A REPORT.

Berlin, Jan. 17.—

Foreign Office calls the

attention of The Associated Press to a Londondispatch which asserts upon an ostensibly ex-cellent Pari.s authority that President Castro'sattitude toward France is due to German In-trigues. The Foreign Office says this Is abso-lutely false. Germany has not interfered by asingle word in France* controversy with

Venezuela.

Caracas, Jan. 15 (via Port of Hpain, Jan. 17).—M. Taigny. the former French Charge d'Affalres,having gone on board the. French Line steamerMartinique at La Guayra yesterday withoutlegal permission, the Venezuelan authorities

have prohibited his landing agfiin in Venezuela.

M. Taigny fxpressed his gr^at gratitude forthe kind asslstar.ee rendered him by Mr.*Rus-sell and other Americans.

Knowing that the captain of the Martiniquehad important dispatches for him. and beingwithout advices for five days, owing to the clos-ingof the cable, M. Taigny went to La Guayraon Saturday last, accompanied by the Frenchvice-consul. He was accustomed to board theFrench steamers without a permit, but on thisoccasion he was not allowed to do so. Thinking

It his duty under the circumstances he decidedto go aboard the Martinique without permission.

On Saturday the vice-consul ami th«* cable di-rector accompanied M.Taigny to the wharf, bntdid not persist in going on board the Martinique

with him. The Venezuelans, however, it wasnoticed, went on board th" vessel and returnedwithout being inany way hindered.

While conversing with the captain of the Mar-tinique, a policeman ordered M. Taigny to leavethe vessel, tMit he refused to do so. Whilebreakfasting an order came to the captain ofthe vessel to put out twenty metres from theBhore, which was done, and nobody was allowedto leave the ship.

M. Taigny asked pet mission of the customsofficer to go ashore with him, but this was de-nied, and when he Insisted on going ashore forcewas used t<» prevent him.

At 5 o'clock M. Taigny was officially notifiedthat ifhe went ashore he would be Imprisoned.

Sunday evening passed with a Venezuelanguard watching for any movement M. Taignymight make.

Meanwhile the French vice-consul went toCaracas and informed Mr. Russell of the condi-tion of affairs. Mr. Russell, though ill,at oncetook up the matte* and used every influencewith President Castro, but without avail. Thevioe-consul brought to M. Taigny a letter fromMr. Russell to that effect. M. Taigny then sentproteFtg to Mr. Russell and to the dean of thediplomatic corps.

At 11 o'clock the French steamer agont, withthe authority of President Castro, informed M.Taigny that a French naval vessel would takehim off at 4 oVloek In the morning. No suchvessel came, however, and one day wag lost inwaiting.

The Martinique- then left for Porto Cabello,where all communication with the shore wasforbidden to M. Taigny. He then required thecaptain of the Martinique to touch at Wlllem-stad. which was not otj his schedule, and to

leave him here.

The following details were given by M.Taigny:

M.Taigny Says Force Was Used to

Keep Him on Steamer."vnilemstad. Curacao. Jan. 17.—JM. Taigny, the

retiring French Chargr6 d"Affaires, who laft LaGuayra on January 15 on the French steamerMartinique for Curacao, via Porto Cabello, Vene-zuela, where he was not allowed to land, ar-rived here to-day, and is waiting for a Frenchcruiser to convey him to Martinique.

The heads of the French cable offices at Ca-racas and La Guayra, MM. Jaccoux and Bour-gpt, have been expelled from Venezuela, and areexpected here by the first steamer.

Cable communication with Venezuela continuesinterruDted.

VENEZUELA HITS BACK.

MISSISSIPPI WILL NOT PAY DETECTIVE.

[By T«l«*ra.ph to The Tribune.]

New-Orleans, Jan. 17.—Th« Mississippi Legis-

lature has turned down th« bill contracted by

Governor Yardman In employing a Pinksrton

detective to hunt "white.aps.' The State Board

of Control has done the earn* thing, and the de-

tective who did the work will lose his money

unless it is paid by the Governor himself.

AUTOMOBILE RACES AT ORMOND.The Seaboard Florida J^ dJ^V^ftni./"

,(, 1,.' Office 11*2 Brou'.!«:.j'.-i>-'vt-

If rowing Is to continue. Yale's old boathousomust be replaced. This will cover from $30.u00 to$4tt<X)o If football Is to be played, a provision must

Boon be made to rebuild the old stands, whicheven In their present simple form will COS* $61.u<i*i.

A baseball cage comparable to those used by Otherorganizations and an extension of field room shouldaluo bo considered. .

When the managers began the fund it was real-

ized by all that the general failure in the post to

make any such provision against future needs wasd'ifi to the fact that demands were at once ina^ie

for any left-over savings to be used for purposesrot by any means necessary. Th«ir policy of a re-\u25a0crve together with the judicious advice of theinvestment committee, has resulted In the accumu-lation ot the present reserve fund. This upon th«occasion of last years audit amounted to the sumSfSttJKKK th detail of which will appear In thisyin

rwhat

aorter shall those Improvements bo taken

Un? What is a fair adjustment .of various inter-

What balance should still be held as anefn^f^ncv fund, that Yale mipht meet a deficit in

SS.!-."n"..trtr^. \u25a0'"-(\u25a0\u25a0.v^'r.js;?;' 1problem.

Camp Issues Statement of Savings

from Athletics.[By Telegraph to The Tribune.!

New-Haven, Conn.. Jan. 17.—Walter Camp to-night made his first public statement in tenyears regarding the size and purpose of the

athletic reserve fund, information on which hasrecently been demanded by critics of Tale's ath-

letic policy. He states that In ten years he has

saved from the Tale athletic Income a total off96,325, and that this reserve had been kept up

to meet possible deficits, build a new boathouseand better football stands and provide for ex-pansion of the athletio fields of the university.

It was not known until to-night that this

fund had grown to nearly $.100,000. It had beensupposed to be much less. Mr. Camp refers tothe value of such, a fund, in case the Yale-Har-vard game should be dropped by Harvard nextyear. rfe also requests that a committee ofgraduates and students be appointed to decideas to the disposition of the fund in new Yale

equipment. He says:

VALES FUND $96,325.

Sumner found an overcoat in the sea as hefloated. It had been wrapped about ono of thewomen In the boat. He believes the boat wasswamped in the heavy sea and that its occu-pants were drowned.

There were thirteen persons aboard the Ste-venson, which was commanded by Captain Hig-bee. Among those aboard werv Captain Hig'bee'swife, two women relatives and a colored maid.

The first mate and two seamen w<=r« drowned

In launching the lifeboat. The captain, anotherseaman and the four women took the smallerboat, which was successfully launched, leaving

four seamen, including Stunner, with the ship.

Sumner and two of the others agreed to leave

the ship as best they could, Sumner taking thegangplank and the others a raft. One man re-mained with the ship.

Sailor Picked Up OfHatteras Tells

of Loss of the Stevenson,

IBy Telegraph to The Trlbuna.]

Savannah. Ga., Jan. 17.—

Karl Sumr.er, a sea-man, discovered afloat on a gangplank off CapeHatteras, was picked up by the steamer Europeon Monday morning. He reported that theschooner Robert L>. Stevenson, to which he be-longed, struck a rock off Diamond Shoals lastSaturday.

REPORTS MANYDROWNED.

A neighbor says that about 9 a. m. to-day he

saw a team drive out of the yard with a singleoccupant. He thought that the driver was Ayer.Shortly after the team left the premises smokewas seen to issue from the farmhouse.

Ayer manifested some agitation, but made nostatement as to what he would do. Instead he

drew a revolver, and, pointing it at his right

temple, fired and fell unconscious. As soon asthe members of the household recovered from

the shock they sent for a physician, but noth-ing could be done to save the man's life and

ho expired to-night.

The theory of the county authorities Is thatAyer was the murderer, but up to a late hourthey had been unable to find any evidence toindicate the methods employed to wipe out thefamily. Whether the victims were shot orkilled by other means cannot be told until themedical referee has made an examination of the

remains of the victims. Those supposed to haveperished were Mrs. Addie Ayer, Mrs. IsaacLakeman. Ayer's mother-in-law; Flossie Ayer»aged twelve; Alfred Ayer, aged ten; BerniceAyer, agred six; Andrew Ayer, aged four, and agirl baby, all children of the Ayers.

County Solicitor Clifford, after investigatingthe fire as far as was possible to-night, statedthat Ayer had undoubtedly murdered the entirefamily and later set flre to the house.

Before the flames were noticed by the nearest

neighbors, who lived some distance from thefarm. Ayer drove to the home of his sister. Mrs.George Bailey, who lives on the NorthwoodTurnpike, in the town of Chichester, about sixmiles northeast of his home. Ayer arrived at

his sister's house Just after 10 o'clock and haddinner. He remained at Mrs. Bailey's place dur-ing the afternoon. At 4 o'clock "William Fowler,one of Ayer's nearest neighbors, went to theBailey place ajid informed Ayer that his build-Ings had been burned.

Tragedy*Near Pembroke, N. H.,

Thought to Conceal Crime.Pembroke. N. H., Jan. 17.—What the authori-

ties consider the most appalling- tragedy everrecorded In New-Hampshire was enacted InNorth Pembroke to-day. Following: the de-

struction of the farm buildings of Charles F.Ayer and the disappearance of seven membersof Ayer'B household this forenoon, and the snil-clde of Ayer late this afternoon at the homoof his sister In the town of Chlchester, six milesdistant, the annonncement was made to-night

by Thomas F. Clifford. County Solicitor of Mer-rimac County, that there was little doubt butthat the seven persons had been murdered andthe farmhouse set on flre.

FATHER A SUICIDE.

SEVEN LOST IIBLAZE.

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:AI,L[£BES PRESIDENT.

CLEMENT ARMA.ND FALDIERES.Elected President of Franco yesterday to succeed M. Lo-üb«t

The new President seemed to be in exuberant

jeaith arid spirits, and looked fully strong

cough to accomplish the Irksome gymnastic

actions of inaugural visits, dinners and recep-

Jons adherent to the Presidency of the Frenchlep'iblic. During the sitting of the congress at

feraEl'les he presided with dignity and firmness,

ai. according to the French custom, wore plain

iveningdress. With his characteristic simplicity

if wore no rings or Jewerly. and his shirt but-

cas were of plain mother of pearl.

Prominent In the diplomatic tribunes were Sir

Francis Bertie, the British Ambassador; Herrron Flotow, of the German Embassy: the am-

tassadors Of Russia and Austro-Hungary and

>. Motono. the Japanese Minister. The galleries

*ere thronged with women in elaborate gowns

tnd beautiful feathered hats, notwithstanding

idownpour of rain. It was a strange Bight tolee the famous Cour d'Honneur. with the eques-

riar. statue of Louis XIV,filled with more than

•even hundred automobiles. The only Americanjreseni at the congress, besides half a dozen:«»Erep»r correspondents, was James H. Hyde,

ifNew-York.

iam hearti'y glad of the result, and IfIcouldlive selected a successor my choice would be-

Jcod all doubt have been for Fallieres.

To-night Paris Is quiet, and with the excep-

jon of a few noisy reactionary and Nationalist

foufts the Parisians accept the election withyapathy. There were a few hisses and groans.

Kit many more cheers.

ftotirwatioa of M.Lcmbet's PolicyAssured to France.

,-1 m ywaeh OaM« to Th« Nww-Tork TVllratJO.]

rfMWt*'I*' "*\u25a0"**• tor Th« Triton* Association.)

j_ Jan_

17.—M. Falileres. President of the

t,^tP was elected President of the French. Mio by th»> National Assembly to-day at

-'failles on the first ballot. Eight hundred and

It-v-'ilfce voters were present. The figures

SB*„ F«lli*r«* 449 | M. Doumer. 371

There were 2S scattering votes, and one repre-

BEtatlve did not deposit his ballot.

« Fallleres returned to Paris from Versailles

cccrted by a military guard of honor. He will

live over his n«"\c duties on February 18.

th"election of M. Fallleres means the absolute

Hnuation of the administration of M.Loubet.

r4new President wa* acclaimed on his arrival"Paris by crowds that, although unable to

I^opnise his features owing to the darkness.

touted friendly greetings as his closed landau

"oceed^d from the Gare dcs Invalides to the

MMPaJaoe. where he arrived at 5:20 o'clock.

rfce president-elect was me^by President Loubet-the Urge entrance hall, and the old friends

calked arm in arm to the private library, where

3,ev remained alone together for twelve mln-

President Fallier^s then asked ifhe might pay

\u0084« inspects to Mme. Loubet, who received the

Issape in fc*r small salon upstairs, and with a

U««ar.t smile said: "Ten the new President*i&. lam going downstairs at once to salute,'m-. but meanwhile Prudent Fallieres hadB^ialy ascended the stairway and. entering

toe *Loubefs reception room, gallantly kissed,rband. The two Presidents and Mme. Loubet

*en chatted for a few moments, and M.

r-'EJres drove to his residence at the Luxem-

xnrg Palace, which as President of the Senate

j. has occupied for eight years. President

/mbet after President Fallleres's departure.

Bdalmed emphatically to his friend Comba-

Jra:

Chamberlain's Popularity SweepsBirmingham.

Birmingham. Jan. 17 —Birmingham tc-day re-

mained true to Joseph Chamberlain, electing ailof his candidates in the seven divisions, and. ei-

rept in the rase of Sir John Stone, giving largo

majorities, Sir John Stone's defeat In the East

Division was expected by the Unionists them-selves, and hence his retention of the seat by a

majority of only a few hundred votes Is re-

garded as satisfactory.

The Liberals had been optimistically expect-

ing that the results throughout the country

would affect Birmingham, but even the Liberalsweep was not able to oven-omo Mr. Chamber-lain's great personal popularity.

Immense crowds stood for hours in City HallSquare awaiting the results When the figured

were presented there was tremendous cheering,

particularly when it was announced that SirJohn Stone had been re-elected. The enthusiasm

indicated the anxiety of Birmingham to seal

Mr. Chamberlain back to Parliament with asolid Unionist contingent.

Mr. Chamberlain himself dfd not go to theCity Hall to-night, but received th.-- returns Ot

his home. His majority was ."..<•••«'•. He issue 1

the following message to the electors:

Well done. Birmingham. Myown people baVQJustified my confidence. Iam deeply grateful toall who have assisted in winning this great vic-tory. "We are seven."

Enthusiastic crowds are parading the stroet3.In the early part of the day Mi Chamberlain,

accompanied by his wife, drove through th^streets of his constituency. The workingxnen,who form the great bulk of the voters in theconstituency, lined the streets and cheered tho

candidate. The business community at the Ten -i

Hall, where Mr. Chamberlain stopped to cast h<j

vote for the Unionist candidate for CentralBirmingham, gave him a rousing reception.

There was some rowdyism^ in the West I". .-

sion, where mudslinging was indulged in at thj

expense of the Liberals . Mrs. K.L. Outhwalte,

wife of Mr. Chamberlain's Liberal opponent, « .aout) of the victims.