.- \u25a0'. Th:» r can reasonably he

from this-

That, in spite of allBtrary, Lord Poaebetj in-

\u25a0 Mow up the advantage that he. at Chesterfield. It is noteworthy that

:fa is published not as a Liberal policy,cy.

J.C.RD MARCUS BF.PHSFORD-S APPOINTMENT—A BCSH FOR THE NEW POST-

AGE STAMPS.

(Copyright: MS By The !Ecw-T«rk Tribune.)IBT CAIII.E TO THE THIBTNE.I

London. Jan. '1. 1 a. m.—Lord Rosebery'sfamous Chesterfield speech has been issued inbook form, with the following interesting prefa-tory note by the author:

Ipublish this with much reluctance, for it Issot a Fpeerh, but a skeleton. The ordinarylimits of such an salon. even though in thisInstance shamelessly exceeded, allowed no timeto expand or to clothe, so that it is only a barecclloiuial statement. Such as it is. however. Imost issue it myself or it would be printed byothers without even the mild supervision that Ican afford. Let me say another word of thepolicy of the speech as apart from its form.That mlrnlir>' appears to have received a largemeed of general approval, but political opinionto be effective must be organized. Political en-ergry must work and Intrench. Iwant some ofthis spadework on behalf of this policy, or elsethe wave of popular adhesion will be lost inspace.

The appointment of Lord Marcus B*rest to

care for the King's thoroughbreds is extremely

popular. The royal racing stables, after aperiod of enforced rest, will, it is expected, nowresume their old activity. The King takes the

keenest interest in racing:, and the recent sale of

his hackneys at Wolferton was probably ar-ranj^d to make room for breeding thorough-

breds. Lord Marcus Beresford will have themanagement of the Wolferton stud farm asveil as the Newmarket training stables.

Th^re was a tremendous rush yesterday toobtain specimens of the new itace stamps.

Never before have English stamps had thepicture o* a man's head on them, and everybodyec-emed interested in the new design, showing

the profile and head of the King within awreath of laurel and oak surmounted by the im-perial crown. The artist is an Austrian. EmilFuchs, and his work has given general satis-faction.

.arte.-s which are concerned in

uUbi a great deal of in-ker, in the American scheme f.->r theof bank.- "cc in the Far

salt the Hone-Kong and Shang-

inking Corporation enjoys a monopoly of

X banking husir.-—

Some who watched the progress of the Princeand Princess professed astonishment at thequietness of their reception. After much ex-perience Inmany lands Iconfess what surprisedme was the eagerness of the people.

Brst V.«ir.k of Ophlr skerrhes Is published,v \u25a0 -.1. who was the special corre-'

'The BtaadaroT with the royal tour-

in his "W:th the Ophir Round the

Emr'.re" a r'i^turesque record of impreesions

and incidents of the toor. Writing of Canada

he says:

Canada ie congratulated on the progress whichehe exhibited last year. The fact that public

deposits in Canadian banks amount to $400,-

000.000 is considered remarkable, and "TheMorning Post" looks to the time when thefertile acres of the Dominion will solve the

\u25a0whole question of the British food supply, whichIs the nig-htmare of so many zealous politicians. in England. "Here surely." says "The Post,"

"Is room for British capital and energy to solvea problem not merely of the greatest impor-

tance to the Internal development of the Do-minion, but also to the welfare of the empire.

As a whole, its solution would be facilitated by

the conspicuous loyalty of Canada, whereof somany examples have recently been afforded."

Last night Mr. Frohman presented at theDuke of York's Theatre "The Twin Sisters,"

Louis N. Parker's translation of a popular Ger-man play by Ludwi? Fulda. The productionwas enthusiastically received. To Miss LilyBrayton, who interpreted the principal char-acter with much charm and ability, was ac-corded a demonstration of approval rarely wit-nessed in a London theatre. As the neglectedwife, having to win back her husband's love, herpathos was tender and true, and when masquer-ading as the twin sister her comedy was de-lightful. The piece itself do** not carry convic-tion. It rests entirely upon the resemblancebetween two women; but Itis interesting, andMr. Frohman has given the work a beautifulItalian setting.

January—

Ten thousand of our cus-tomers are looking for this important date.It is the commencement of our RemnantSale.

Allremnants, regardless of their formervalues, reduced; suits to order, $14; coatsand vest. $10. so; trousers, $4. Over-coats. $20. The same care is exercise asif full price was charged, with the privil-ege of money back for the asking.

ARNHEIM,Broadway & 9th Street.

WISSNERPIANOS

Used by Eminent Artists.BROOKLYN COI«. FULTON «T. *FLATBUSH AT.

YEW TOPS: 25 T.Afn 147H ST.URGE STUCK OF LSiCO CIA.XUIU.I ,1 Hi.

BOER LOSSES IX 1901.

NEARLY FIFTEEN THOUSAND KILLED.WOUNDED OR MADE PRISONERS.

London, Jan. L—

Official returns show that theBoer !ossee by killed, wounded and surrenderedduring 1901 totaled 14.557 men.

>ERg ACCUSED OF TREACHERY.

Jan. L—Two ofloers of the lntelii-\u25a0i-part men t who were sent to parley

'.- sired to surrender, n«'arWarm Baths, were treacherously shot by con-

rs.

HEARSE KILLS AGED MAN.

APPELLATE DIVISION DECIDES THAT RE-

MOVAL OF COMMISSIONER IS UN-

CONSTITUTIONAL.\u25a0

Albany. Jan. I.-Senator Elsberg's bill les-islating out of office William E. Melody. Com-missioner of Jurors in Kings County, passed at

the last session of the legislature, received ablow to-day at the hands of the Judges of tha

UFl.niiY WILL REU\I\ I\ OFi

ITRUNS OVER HIMAS HE IS CROSSING THESTREET.

Patrick Hart, seventy-three years old, of No.">\u25a0>' Washington St.. died in St. Vincent's Hos-pital last r.lght from injuries he received bybeing run over by a hearse yesterday after-coon.

He was crossing Washington-Ft. at TTestTenth-st., when he was run over by the vehicledriven by Edward RUey. of No. 72 Hfrood st.Hoboken. RHey *ays he does not know how th»accident happened. He says that the first•»*nng he got of it was feeling a lurch of the*agon. He looked around, and saw the old manlying in the (street. Riley was arrested andlocked op in the Charles-st. station on a chargeci homlclfle.

Appellate Division, Thir'i | :cpart men t.who unanimously declared that the measure vio-

lates a constitutional provision This forWdathe cutting short by legislative enactment o*anofficial term. The order of the lower courts or-dering the transfer of all books and papers to

Jacob Hrern-- Is reversed ar.d a stay of pro-ceedings is granted.

As the court :s unanimous :n its opinion, it is

unlikely that the matter -an be carried to theCourt of Appeals, and Meio.iv will remain inoffice. The proceedings were friendly, and wereInstituted in order to determine th>» legality ifthe law.

St. John's. N. K. Jan. I.—This government has)

not considered the renewal of the modus Vivendi,and hopes there willbe no occasion to consider thaire-enactment Si Imeasure so detrimental to the.interests of the empire and the colony. The gov-ernment has not received any advice from theImperial government as to what has been donere the negotiations with France, since theNewfoundland delegates '.eft London last May. Allthe colony's representations to the Colonial Of-fice have been unanswered, and no reply has beanreceived regarding reciprocity with America, al-though the imperial government's desire respectinga discussion of that qu~«t .v between Sir WilfridLaurier and Sir Robert !:..N.i (respectively thePremiers of Canada and Newfoundland) has ->\u25ba-.fully complied with, an.l the result has been re-ported to the Colonial Office The successful man-agement of the colony's aff&ira by the present ad-ministration is manifested by a metal conditionunparalleled in its history. We only require Jus-tice at the hands of the imperial government lathe removal of the re^trict'on as to the TreatyShore and trade relations with America, to assureus a position of permanent prosperity. •

The Anglo-French modus Vivendi covering thelobster question on the French shore of Newfound-land expired yesterday and ann«r>m;« bo >-.x»a««mexLi •\u25a0"to Franc* mi*al*a-.

' -^

TREATY SHORE ESTln\ OPES AGAIJ.London. Jan. I.—"The Dally Express"* to-morrow

will publish a cable dispatch from one of the high-est officials of the Newfoundland Cabinet, as fol-lows:

EXGUSH EXPLORER IS BELLEYUE.Frederick W. Christian, thirty-five years old. an

explorer and writer, who arrived here from Eng-land on the St. Paul three day* ago, was trans-

ferred from St. Vincent* Hospital last night toBellevue. where he was put Jn the alcoholic ward.The police say he had been drinkingheavily for thelast few days. He gave as his nearest friend MrFlake, of the St. Denis Hotel, Broadway andNinth-it.

TOUJCG MAN WHO DRANK ACETIC ACID SAID TO

BE RELATED TO THOMAS WATSON.

THE DESIGNER.

.Cards found on Edward Watson, the young Eng-lishman who drank acetic acid on a BrightonBeach train on Tuesday, led some people to be-lieve that he vat Sir Edwin A. Watson. No onecould be found last night who was able to confirmthis Watson had a letter which Indicated that hewas at one time an actor. It was written on theletter head, of a dramatic agency by a womanand addressed to "Dear Clark." The writer apolo-gized for not addrejinlnj: him by his right name,and congratulated him on his good fortune In find-ing employment. It was signed only by initials

Mr. Watson, who Is convalescing at the SeneyHospital. Brooklyn, said that he was related toThomas Watson, the designer of the Shamrock,and the son of an Irish clergyman of the EnglishChurch. He also said that he was distantly relatedto Miles Bronson. superintendent of the HarlemDivision of the New-York Central and HudsonRiver Railroad.

The Rev. Dr. David H. Greer took considerableInterest In Watson, who is twenty-three years oldand has a degree of B. A. from Trinity College.Dublin. Thomas W. Hotchklss. superintendent ofSt. Bartholomew's Employment Bureau, to whomhe STBS sent by Dr. Oreer. said last night thatWatson could not have attempted suicide becauneof lack of employment, as he was working forGiinn & Richards, of No 25 Plne-st., accountants,and receiving a salary of $18 \u25a0 week. He had re-ceived a letter from him. he said, dated Decem-ber 30. in which he said he was busy and expectedto be In Philadelphia toward the end of this week.Watson, he added, had every appearance of in-tegrity, and had no bad habits, nor was there aBUK-Ke<ition of any Irregularity of life about him.His prospects were good.

Watson will probably be discharged from thehospital in two or three days.

WOTI.I'B-HE £r HIDE WILL LIVE.

MISSION OF PROFESSOR MABILLEAU. WHO WILL.

SHORTLY SAIL FOR AMERICA.

Paris, Jan. I.—Professor Leopold Mabilleau, ofthe College of France, will sail for New-York onthe French Line steamer La Savole, January 11,to deliver a series of lectures at American uni-versities, under the auspices of 1/Alliance Fran-qaise, on French society and social questions.Professor Mabilleau Is also Intrusted with mis-sions In behalf of the Ministries of Pul.llc In-

struction and Commerce. He will Investigateand draw up a report on the social aide of Amer-ican education, and will also report on the bestsite for and m"»ans to be taken to organize theproposed French Industrial College In theUnited States. The professor will put himselfIn communication with various American tech-nical institutions. He will Stay three months Inthe United States.

FREXrfj TyTESTIGATOR COMIXG OVER,

HOPEFUL STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENTOF THE REICHSBANK.

Berlin. Jan L—President Koch of tke Relrhs-bank. is of the opinion that the business situationin Germany has really taken a turn for th» hett»r,and believes the now year opens with somewhatbetter prospects. In an Interview he says:

The worst appears to be past. This la not merelymy personal impression. The statement Is basedon reports Ihave received from the various partsof Germany where an improvement of the situationhas begun. Imust admit that coal and Iron do notshow Improvement. In Silesia, the Rhtnoland andWestphalia it appears that hi;--!- \u25a0 cannot Im-prove. The overproduction has been doubtless toogreat. When the times promised so much theworks hastened to secure mnterlal and went toofar. Ihave read of some failures, but these do notcompare in numbers or Importance with those oflast summer.

WITH TWO ORDERLIES HE ROUTB TWENTT[NBURGENTB NKaH MAMU.

Manila, Jan. I.—Lieutenant Charles D. Rhodes,•>th Cavalry, accompanied by two order-

lies, when within six miles of Manila Icame across twenty armed Insurgents in acuartei. or- barracks The Insurgents a]

"Americanos f and Lieutenant Rhodes ( \u25a0

a retreat, but ir reality h<- took the cuartei Inflank and drove out the Insurgents, capturingtwo rifles, three revolvers and some ammunition.Rhod- -«\u25a0 Then burned the barracks down andproceeded to Manila.

'^n-ral Wheaton's report from the slai I (Pamar Indicates that little has l.^n accom-plished there The B.ttltUmore unfriendly than ever before >'<\u25a0 neral Chaf-f*-*1 wi HI the island la order per-sonaHy to Investigate Urn state of affa!--vaillnK th»re

On the other hand, in Batancas Proviaorganized campaign asjmlnsi the msurgemaking favorable progres. and -; •are expected.

THE WORST OVER I\ GERUAXY.

LIEUTEXAXT RHODES'S EXPLOIT,

IT IS SAID THAT THE GATES WERELOWERED WHILE THEIR CAR-

RIAGE WAS ON THE TRACK.

Mnrrlstnwn. N. J.. Jan. I.—Two men were killedthis afternoon just beyond the depot at Chathamby a westbound special train on the LackawannaRailroad. They were Jacob Eden, sixty years old,and his son, thirty years old. They started todrive across the tracks as the special, which con-sisted of an engine and caboose, was approaching.Before they could dear the tracks their carriagewas run into.

The carriage was demolished and the horse killed.Both men were hurled out, and were dead whenpicked up. They were taken tO Madison, and Coro-ner Leonard look charge of the bodies. It Is re-ported that the gates were lowered while the car-riage was on the tracks, and this caused the horseto stop, and before he could be urge<} forward thecrash came.

SPECIAL TRAIN KILLS TWO;

RICHARD C. MORSE THINKS GIVERS OFY. M C. A. CONDITIONAL FIND

MAY LET THEIR SUBSCRIP-

TIONS STAND.

Richard C. Morse, general secretary of the in-ternational committee of the Young Men's Chris-tian Association, refuses to believe himself beat-en In the effort to round out the $1,000,000 forthe Jubilee endowment fund. He wa? seen by aTribune reporter last evening: at his home. No.

13 West One-hundred-and-t wenty-nintb-st."This is the last day for subscriptions, and

neither calls nor letters have brought us in acent. The fund sti.l hangs at $~*\>.7."< >, but WS

ar" hopeful for two reasons. To-morrow raorn-irsrs mail ma? nrinp us subscriptions, andthese we have a ripht to include jn our list,

since they wen- on their way before the timewas up Then, of the money already raised$354)000 is conditional, but Ithink there is achance of the fivers throwing off the conditions,though Ihave absolutely r.o information to thateffect. But. after all. a time limit is designed asa stimulus, and not as a penalty, and perhapsour friends will reward our efforts, even if theywere only four-fifths successful. Kven if srelose the conditional gifts, the canvas hasbeen ;i frreat success Ir has invigorated

every department of our work and throw asearch Itglit on what the as«>oriation is trying todo The money that has been raised has notcome from the public spirit of the whole move-ment and from the common treasury, hut. Is theresult of effort m the part of the leaders of them. rement. Our work is becoming recognizedthrough all North America us never before. Wehave inc hundred gymnasiums, and there aretwenty-seven thousand young men in educa-tional classes. Our branches are strong in thearmy and navy and in the railroads. We enterthe second half-century of our history with

\u25a0 encouragement."

SO MOXEY, YET HOPEFUL.

1, with the president, wish you a happy NewYear, and all pleased to greet you as the futureFirst Magistrate of the Cuban republic.

Adispatch from Dr. D M Sabalos, at Havana.*veteran of, the Tea. Years' 'War.ln.Cuba. sent a

CONGRATULATING GENERAL TALMA.

NEIGHBORS CALL<5.*1 HIM.AND FROM CUBACAME MANY CORDIAL MESSAGES.

[bt rKI.K'.RAI'H to the thibink. JCentral Valley, N. V.. Jan L—This has been

a great day for General Tomas Estrada Pnlma,

the successful Presidential candidate in Cuba. Ifhas also been a great day tor Central Valley Thevillagers are almost as proud of the selection ofGeneral Palma to be President of the Cuban re-public as If one of their number was chosenChief Executive of this country. The entirevillage, it appears, culled on their old neighbor

to convey congratulations and wishes for ahappy New Year, in fact, his home was thecentre of attraction to-day, and from earlymorning, when the thermometer registered zero,

until late in the night, the villagers came silent-lyin twos and in groups of three and four. For

each one General Palma had \u25a0 pleasant wordand a hearty handshake. He was in excellentspirits, although he displayed no exuberanceover the success of his electors at the polls. Hewas even inclined to evade talkingof the honorthat had come to him entirely unsought.

The telegraph operator of Central Valley alsohad a busy day of it. for something like twenty

\u25a0 able dispatches and telegrams of felicitation

were received from various parts of Cuba andthis country. Senor Emlllo Bacardi. Mayor ofSantiago, gabled in the name of the Municipal

Council:

The prosperity of Cuba dej ends upon finding

a n.arket for her principal products at a reason-able profit. I'ndt existing conditions, or any

ci ndltion which Is to be anticipated, shecan find a market for her sugar and to a greatdegree for her tobacco only In the United States.Under the existing provisions of the UnitedStates tariff law the prices which can l»e re-alized for Cuban sugar and .1 large part ofCuban tobacco In this market are not sufficientto pay the duties, cost of transportation andproduction, and yield, a living profit to theproducer. The Cuban fUgar planters, incitedby our precept and trusting In our friendship,have struggled to retrieve the disasters underwhich their country had suffered. All the capi-

tal they had or could borrow has 1,.-. InvestedIn the rebuilding of their mills and the replant-ing of their land. More than half of the peopleof the Island are depending directly or indi-rectly upon the success of that Industry.If it succeeds we may expect peace, plenty,

domestic order and the happiness of .i free andcontented people to reward the sacrifice ofAmerican lives and treasure through whichCuba was set free. If it fails we may expectthat the fields will again become waste, themills will again be dismantled, the great bodyof laborers will be thrown out of employment,and that poverty and starvation, disorder andanarchy «ill ensue; th.it the charities and th<»schools which we have been building up willfind no money for their support and will bediscontinued; that the sanitary precautionswhich have made Cuba no longer a dreadedsource of pestilence, but one of the most healthyislands in the world, will of necessity be aban-doned, and our Atlantic seaboard must againsuffer from the injury to commerce and themaintenance of quarantines at ati annual costof millions.

Aside from the moral obligation to which wecommitted ourselves when we drove Spain outof Cuba, and aside from the ordinary considera-tions of commercial advantage Involved in areciprocity treaty, there are the weightiest rea-sons for American public policy pointing in thesame direction; for the peace of Cuba is neces-sary to the peace of the United States; thehealth of Cuba is necessary to the health ofthe United States; the independence of Cuha Isnecessary to the safety of the United States.The same considerations which led to the warwith Spain now require that a commercial ar-rangement be made under which Cuba can live.

THE PEOPLE NOT TO BE ABANDONEDTO STARVATION AND RUIN.

[TIT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.]Washington, Jnn. I.—Yesterday's popular bal-

lot in Cuba was preliminary to the real elec-tion to be held on February 24. so tar as thePresident, Vice-President and Senators are con-cerned. Members of the House of Representa-tives. Governors of provinces and members ofthe provincial councils were elected yesterday,and nt the same time electors were chosen totake part In the final formalities for choosingthe higher general officials next month. ThePresidential and Senatorial electors are to meetIn the various provinces on February IS andelect and announce their Senators six days later.Certificates of the action of the electors willthen he forwarded to General Wood, who, underthe law, must then "announce the dates for theassembling of Congress and for the proclama-tion of the President and Vice-President, andfor the formal transfer of th» government of theIsland to the government to be established."

SUPPORT NOT TO BE WITHDRAWN.Nothing definite as to these dates has yet

been determined, nor Is any decision likelyuntilthe United States Congress reaches some agree-

ment in regard to the future commercial rela-tions between this country and the island.With an enactment at Washington which willpermit a full measure of reciprocity makingsubstantial tariff reductions on Cuban productsin return for like reductions by the new re-public on United States products which Cubansare now buying In Europe, the establishment ofthe island government will be prompt. But In'he absence of such legislation the Washington

administration has no idea of setting th<* Cubansadrift with the reasonable certainty of a state

of anarchy following the impoverishment thatcannot be avoided in a few months when theCuban sugar and todacco cropß must find amarket. Those crops having been planted andmatured with borrowed money. It is recognizedthat they must be sold at prices which willmeet

the most pressing Indebtedness of th« planters,or ruin will follow. It is also evident that thecrops must be \u25a0Old in the United States,, andthat after meeting he shipping charges and theexisting customs schedule at United Statesports, nothing willremain to meet the expensesof labor, there will be no profit to encouragethe planting of another crop, and the Ipla idemwill be worse off than ever, with destitution anddespair throughout the country. It Is not pro-posed to withdraw the American military sup-port which has accomplished such remarkableimprovement in Cuba's condition and leave anew government, unable to collect tax--s In itsown support, to practically unavoidable failure.

Secretary Hoot sums up the grave problem inthese words:

SELF RULE FOR CUBA.

NATIONALIST CANDIDATE CHOSENFIRST PRESIDENT OF THE ISL-

AND REPUBLIC.

Havana, Jan. I.—The Indications are that theentire Palma ticket will be elected and thatTomas Estrada Palms. the Nationalist candi-date for the Presidency of Cuba, will receive theunanimous vote of the Electoral College.

The adherents of General Bartolome Maso'the Democratic candidate, who recently with-drew from th» campaign), not only withdrewtheir candidates, but refused to go to the polls.

A remarkably light vote wag polled through-out the island. "La Dlscuslon" describes thisIndifference to the certainty on the part of thePalma voters of being victorious, and that con-sequently the majority of them remained athome and did not vote. "La Lucha" says thatthis light vote can be taken as a protest fromthe Cuban people against the imposition of of-ficial candidates. The "Diario de la Marina-Bays that the result is an indication that theCuban Democracy may look upon the Americanpolicy as inevitable.

PALMA ELECTED IN CUBA.

GOVERNOR HUNT GIVES A RECEPTION AND FALL

TO THE MEMBERS.

San Juan. P. R., Jan. I.—The Porto Rican legis-lature was convened 'and organized at noon to-day.

Governor Hunt gave a grand reception and ballat the palace to-night in honor of the legislators.It was a brilliant affair. Governor Hunt willper-sonally read his message to the legislature to-marrow.

PORTO RICO'S LEGISLATURE ASSEMBLES.

CONDITION Of AFFAIRS IN THE FAN-

AMF.Ri.wN ccMmcici cwticai*

M"x!<'"I'ity.Jan. 1.-The situation in the Pan-Am«rlian Conference continues rritlcal. andprobably not until the day after to-morrow will

the fate of the Rath-ring be known. The

Thilian delegation conferred to-day, and when:>\u25a0, lined to give any intimation as to their

ultimate action. If they remain firm and refuseto allow the plan of compulsory arbitration to

be HfWtsd to the conference, then either they

or several of the other South American dele-fcatf-s must withdraw. The hurden «»f peacemaking falls on the Mexicans, as the UnitedStates dele*at~s remain neutral. Though theiatter will not sign a plan of compulsory arbi-tration, they have no objection to allowing suchv plan to be signed by some of the SouthAmericans, to be reported to the conference aslong as the I'nlted States goes on r#rord ashaving nothing to do with It.

MAY BREAK OVER ARBTTR \TTO\.

Associated with Mrs. Gardner as directors sithe "Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in theFenway" are John Chipman Gray, who Is desig-

nated as president of the corporation; Henry

Walton Swift,secretary. Harold Jefferson Cool-IdaTe, Willard Thomas Sears and William Amory

Gardner are directors. The capital stock isplaced at $50,000. in shares of $10 each. Thecertificate of organization I-1 dated December It),l<Xii^_more than year ago.

John C Gray, president of the corporation, in-tlmatea that Mrs. Gardner's present plans areto give to the Boston public the privilege of en-joying the rare collection of foreign works ofart which she has collected for her museum-palace.

Mrs. Gardner to-day visited Police Headquar-ters, and the prevailing supposition is thatshe went to complain of a local paper that con-tained an alleged description of the interior ofthe palace.

MRS. 'MACK" GARDNER TREASURER OF

CORPORATION WHICH BUILT HER

VENETIAN MANSION.

[lit tIUKUnTO "HE TRIBVXE.JBoston. Jan. I.—lt has Just become known

that Mrs. "Jack" Gardners famous Venetianpalace, in the Back Bay, is under the control ofan incorporated syndicate. In her official re-lation to the enterprise Mrs. Gardner is merely

the treasurer of the corporation, although it isgenerally understood that she is the principal

financier.

SYNDICATE OWNS PALACE

Charles Wltiel, of No. £3 East Fifty-n!nth-st..saw smok>- coming from tne cellar of the house,

anil rushing In aroused the tenants with his cries.

Peter Graham lived on the second floor with hiswife, daughter and several boarders, one of whomwas Cummings. Frank Hi-;K!r.*. his wife, fourchildren, and th-1 Nolan woman, with EstherDaniels, a young girl, live on the fourth floor. Allof th--se people m«nl.- \u25a0 rush for the stairway, andcot as far as the first floor when the flames sweptfrom the door leading from the cellar and licked thestairway. Witzel shouted to the people to run Mth.- roof, and aided them in getting there. Cum-mings and the two women were -caught by thedames.

All <>f the people went to the roof of the adjoln-Ir.g h'»use. ami Witzel hurried to the street through;hat house and wen: in search of a policeman.The policeman sent out a rtre call and called anambulance. Acting Battalion Chief Friel orderedCaptain BtKßlns. \u25a0>( Hook and Ladder No. 2. to putladders up the front of the house, but all the

people hail escaped before this could be lone.

FLAMES CAUGHT TENEMENT HOUSE

DWELLERS AS THEY TRIED

TO ESCAPE,

Thr>-f people were severely burned at a lire whichhr.ike out in the cellar of the rtve story tenementhouse at No. I.OV Second-aye. ut 4a. m. yesterday.They art- Thomas Cummings. fifty years old: MaryNolan, thirty-five years 'old. and Nellie Hlgglns.

twenty-three years old. Allare in the Flower Hos-

I'it.ii. burned a'oout the face, head and hands.

Cumminga will probably die.

MAY DIX FI.OM BURNS.

Old CoughsNew Coughs are bad enough ,

old coughs are worse. Theymake you think of bronchitis orconsumption. Ayer's CherryPectoral cures consumption.Not all cases, but very many.Your doctor willexplain this toyou. Talk with him about it.

f mother had consumption for miny years*»•given up to die. Then she tried Ayer's

r°«n"y Pectoral «nd was completely cured."—

D.r.Jo!]yj Avoc*,N. Y.•*\u25a0• »«-.. 0.00. i.C. ..YEB CO.. Low.il. Masa.

WEBLETAS FT'\n <(t\II'LETEIK

» London, Jan. I.—By a special collection taken uplast Sunday, which is said to have realized £RT>,OOo,

and by promises from other quarters, the Wesleyan

Methodists have practically completed the collec-tion of the Wesleyan Methodist Twentieth CenturyFund of 1onn.ono guineas, which was started threeyears ago. This fund was collected fur evangelisticeducation and abiUaxiircala work.

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At an informal meeting of the directors of the

Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society yesterday

the following contributions to the building fund

were announced by President Samuel D. Levy:

Gustave Eckstein. ?."><X>; Isidor Straus, $I,o**>;

T. B. Henry. $500; Nathaniel Myers, 9290 MGoldman, 158©; Albert Lewlsohn. -*\u25a0_'-"»<•; SamuelSachs, 1300 and Adolph Lewlsohn, $5,000. To

date a total of ?.'.\u2666-." has been contributed

toward the building fund. An effort to raise afund of 1250,000 is being made. The amount

will be used to enlarge the now Inadequate ac-commodations of the home

in addition to contributing to the buildingfund. Leonard Lewisohn save an extra .•*.">,<»>;>to establish a special fund for the benefit ofchildren discharged from the institution. They

and their parents willbe aided until the childrenobtain employment and become self-supporting.Contracts were let yesterday for the improve-ments to the institution buildings at One-hun-dred-and-nftieth-st. and Broadway and to thereception house at One-hundred-and-forty-ttfth-st. and Broadway.

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BMLDISG FUND INCREASED.

SANTIAGO DI CUBA CELEBRATES.A CUBAN FLAG RAISED OVER THE PALACE

AND A BALLAT THE SAX CARLOS] CLUB.

S.tr.tl.isu tie Cuba, Jan. I.—The municipal govern-

ment »t this city celebrated the victory of theNationalist party at the polls yesterday and theInauguration of the new year by raising a mag-

nificent silk Cuban Has forty feet long over the

city's end of the palace at midnight last nlKht.Colored tire. Roman candles and rockets\et off fromthe ronf of the palace made a One display is thegreat (law was slowly raised aloft upon the stroke

of twelve. A band played the national hymn.and the plaza In front of the palace was crowded.

a brilliant ball was also given at the San CarlosClub. Here the festivities were suspended duringthe ceremony of raising the Cuban flag, and theguests .if the club, including many Americanofficers, witnessed the spectacle.

At the baseball game played this afternoon be-

fore •\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0• thousand spectators the Cubans beat theAmericans by 14 to 2 runs.

Ihave not had th" U-ast ambition to till anypublic office: In fact, Iall alor.g r*-l"us»-d to allowmy name to be put forward as .1 Presidentialcandidate. Ian disappointed that th»-re shouldhaw h»-»!i any dissatisfaction over the el^.-tion.Iconsented to the use of my name only at thelast minute, when it was too late to tbdawHut Ithough! that absolute harmony prevailedand that General Maw had consented to acceptthe Vice-Presidency, Ireally would have pre-ferred to have been allowed to stay out of poll-tics and attend to my private affairs.It was easily seen that General Palma was

sincerely sorry that any 111 feeling should havebeen engendered Letween the political parties ofCuba by the election of yesterday. He wouldevidently have prevented it. ifhe could, even at

the sacrifice of the highest office in the gift ofhis people.

Hun f«>r th.- honorable President <>furf <>urcountry, in whom hands its prosperity anil hap-piness will be sate!

The Cuban President-elect was as reticent aayesterday regarding the policy triar his adminis-tration willpursue He said to your correspond-ent to-night:

AmMlo Acraiimr.'. te !»»srai>h-<l this sentimentfrom New-York:

oriental patriots salute you as the tlrst Pres-ident of C"ul>J>.

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strongholdIng dispatch:

"BTROMCMT IN THI WORLD"

The Equitable .Life Assurance Society

Of the United States.

Preliminary Statement, Jan. ist, 1902.

Outstanding Assurance, Jjji,i75,000,000Income, 63,000,000New Assurance issued, 240,000,000Assets, 330,000,000Assurance Fund and

all other liabilities, 260,000,000Surplus, 70,000,000

A Substantial Increase over the previous year is shown in ALLof the foregoing items.

James W. Alexander, President.

James H Hyde, Vice-President.

NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. JANUARY 2. 1902.

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[C ATTENTION AGAIN ATTRACTEDT<» THE XX PREMIER.

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