V°1'LXI X°

HIS SON MICH BETTER.

NIXON'S HARD BLOW AT CROKERSCORES HURT OX THE ELEVATED

PRICE THRKK CENTO

ONE EXPRESS TRAIX GOING AT FULL SPEED RUNSINTO ANOTHER BACKING UP.

CHANGES IN MAKEUP OF TAMMANY'S EXECUTIVE COM-MITTEE MAY PREVENT HIS RETURN To POWER.

REPORTED PLAN TO MERGE WIGWAM AND G. N. Y. L>.PASSENGERS TRY TO ESCAPE— STAMPEDE AND PANIC.

Later in the day "Dr. Warren said. In answerto inquiries, that thA patient's temperature,

respiration nnd pulse were normal—

a decided

contrast to his condition In the last few days.

Tat boy rested well all day. although his pulse

ires somewhat accelerated for a short time thisafternoon by the departure of his father.

The President rasped a quiet day. Aftervisiting his Fon this morning he spent most of

time at the Gardner house, transacting offl-

ci»! business. tare luncheon he called on theother patients, the Gammell and Potter boys,

and cheered them up v ith his kindlygreetings.

Then he proceeded to the Powell cottage and

held a brief reception for the newspaper menwho had mad'? that place their headquarters.

The President thanked them for a gift of flow-

ers to Mrs. Roosevelt and their courtesy to him

and his family In the trying days that have sohappl'y endeci. The remainder of his stay was•vrith Mrs. Roosevelt and his son. At 4:15 p. m..accompanied by Mr. Cortelyou, Mr. Barnes, the

executive clerk; Dr. Peabody, the principal of

the school, and two Secret Service officers, thePresident took a carriage for Groton village sta-tion. a special tram was ready there to takethe party to Worcester. Many people gathered

at the station, and in response to their cheersthe President doffed bis hat. He also bade fare-veil to the newspaper men grouped at his plat-form. The train started at 4:30.

Mrs. Roosevelt kept indoors nearly all day,only taste of the cool, bracing air being

curirg her walk from the Gardner house tothe Infirmary- She has borne up well under thestrain to her nervous system. She will be re-lieved tomewnat in the next few days by MissAlice Roosevelt, ho, the President said, wouldleave Washington to-morrow for Groton to beTitiher mother. He also Lid that Mrs. Roose-velt toped to remove Theodore, jr.. to the WhiteHouse within ten days, also adding that thebey weald return to Gr ton to complete his

coarse soon as his health would permit.So visitors called at the school to-day. This

ereaag Professor Jntkton, of the faculty, calledit the Powell cottage and assured the news-piper men that the putient was holding his own,ec&Srsing earlier reports by saying that hispnlae, respiration and temperature were nor-EiL. The indications also were for a goodtigtt

The day was full of happiness for the Presi-

dent an<J Mrs. Roosevelt, and. In fact, for alljrjjn v:<-re at the infirmary or near the schoolpjound*- The first report from the bedside of

young Roosevelt showed that he had passed a

good night, and that after the morning exami-

nation by IMs. Lambert and Warren, It was

announced that the boy's condition was making

favorable progress. The report said that the\u25a0.ri wvr" clearing well, although the patient

wes sti'l In the fcond stage of pleuro-pneu-

ponla, known t.> medical men a; the stage of

exudation-

!•"•\u25a0\u25a0 13 Ihe '],\u25a0 c v entful\u25a0» 1 all the time Tbao-

• 1 with the\u25a0 for Washlng-

Before That the Presl-"Ted lv.s Improved

1 Iam sure he is out

. lifted from

IfJ, THE r.iT- SYMPTOMS FAVORABLE

T,, B IDVERY MX ROOSEVELT

I.].a\ ES GROTON IN A HAPPY

FRAME OF MINI*.

TUE PRESIDENT STARTS FOR

WASHINGTON,

TITE PRESIDENT'S JOURNEY.ENTHUSIASTICALLY CHEERED BY CROWDS

AT EVERY BTOrPING PLACE.

\u25a0Worcester, Mass., Feb. 13.—President Roose-velt reached Worcester from Groton at 5:15Itm. or, a special train on the Boston and Maine,

road. His car was then turned over to theProtidence division of the New-York, New-Haven and Hartford and started at (3:10 forProvici* :;< The run from Groton was made in•hat li considered excellent time, consideringthe nature of the road, which has many curves»nd (.• n,i- heavy grades Two full stops wereBade, one at Ayer and the other at Clinton. De-ducting the time lost by these delays, the run ofthirty-two miles was made In fifty minutes. AtAyer \u25a0 crowd has assembled .'it the station tosee the Pr^sidr-nt and cheer him. The train onarrival at. Worcester was run into the Boston\u25a0si Main^ yards near Exchange-st. The en-tfne and passenger coach were detached fromthe Presiuent's private car and an engine and\u25a0oath if the New-York, New-Haven and Hart-ford Railroad took their places. The train thenmoved to Green-st.. and backed into the UnionStation. In the station there was scarcelystanding room about the President's car as itbaited to be attached to the regular train. While*£iting tie came out on the rear platform and8a:<l: "Iam very pleased to see you all here; Ithank you for coming out; the boy is all right."'-* the train started for Providence the* Presi-dent rparr".ired and lifted his hat.

•ftwMence, R. 1., Feb. 13. A crowd thatMocked the platform in he Union Stationawaited the arival of President Roosevelt.\u25a0Rber the train arrived the cheering broughtthe Pre*idf-nt to the rear platform, He thankedthe people fr,r the interest they had shown inhim, and announced that his son was on the"ad to rr-r-overy. With his closing word a\u25a0•\u25a0ts of f-hr-crn ante from the crowd. The•""I from Worcester was uneventful, only twotoon stops being made at crossings until Woon-*°cket was reached. Her"1 a crowd had assem-™*

snd in answer to enthusiastic rails for a•peeoh. the President came to the rear platform

Kpcke a word of greeting. At Pawtucketl"*l"*

President bowed in acknowledgment of the?TT!auv>. as

-the- train made only a short stop.

*revideiirp was reached at 7:27. and the privatei*r »as shiftf.,] to a spur track In the Union£<*Uon. where it remained until the arrival at

f<»" '•' • Federa Express from Boston, bound*>Washington. While the car was set off on•~* elding a crowd congregated about It. fre-

•jJj-uUy calling for th<* President, who did notfp«-ii!. however. A number of persons sue-J*QM- in getting through the lines of officers to

J?* car. and ..-. admitted to the President's"awing room. At 8:21. the car being attached,

in,triln *«"*•* out - Again th. President came* th« rear platform, and bade goodby to the'tiron* Hf. was ,heered while the train passedlhr°ujrh the station.

•088 ROOSEVELT GOING TO GROTON.Washington. Feb. 13.—Miss Alice Roosevelt,

of the president, will etart to-mor-w •Iternoon f<»r Groton, Mass.. hen- h«--r"*her is. in. The details of the trip will not

f*r'ir:<i

"'1 unUl afUr the President's arrival

howl.*1.<• .Vt o>l..<k to-morrow. It Ik thought,*}\u25a0!-- ?r"?r" tli:it *ht'%vi

"take tht! through Penn-

itfi'-t!2'•'\u25a0>\u25a0 train to Boston. She will be accotn-** by a maid.

Hardl) had Croker started before certainpowerful leader.; in the organisation, whorealized the triok played by Crake* to leave an•open door" behind him, began to lay plans to

circumvent it. The executive committee Is allpowerful, and the fight had to be made to get

cm troi of that. With forty-five members, .aci°an majority, subje* t tv appointment by George

If.Van Hoeseu, ao chance to get control of thiscommittee appeared. The plan of cutting down

The Tammanj Hall executive committi

a meeting lv-iil the firs) week In January ooadeplans for reorganization for tit.- year. Crokerprepared all they.- plans hims-!f. At that tiny

he suggested thai the executive committeebe enlarged He advised thai the committee

..n law. composed of twenty-one members, beadded to the executive committee, with thepower to vote This would add twenty-one

more to the committee of sixty-eight already

cited, giving n Committee of eighty-nine. Cut-ting out from this committee the thirty-seven

district leaden and the seven chairmen of com-. ttees, 01 forty-four hi all, there are still

left forty-five members of the committee with

power to vote, or a .lean majority. These forty-

fivemembers are all appointed iv George M. VanHa sen, one of Croker*a right hand men. and

no man has been ciiKii)i«> to appointment uniteshe is ready to stand by Croker In whatever he

may say. George M. Van Hoeson and Crokerarranged the makeup of the executive and law,ommitteea at the Democratic Club before Cro-ker went to Europe. It was arranged at the

same tlma that the executive « ommittee should

be enlarged to comprise ihe m.-mbers of the

law committee, as already referred to. Croker

vent before the executive committee and made

h!s plnns known It was understood^ the timethey would be adopted, and Croker sailed away.

leaving Nixon In charge, but comfortable in thebelief that the executive committee, which

makes and breaks leaders and dominates Ihe

policy of the organization, was safely in hl.sbands.

It is no secret In Ttmmai thi Ia majority of

the district leaders are disgusted with Crokerrule ami read) to break away from him. By

comhiring the twenty-four votes of the munici-pal affairs , ommlttee aad the seven cbali men oftn remittees, and the handful of leaders at his

back, Croker haa bees able to dominate the

executive committee, and right here it ma: ;

state,] that tins executive commute- is all pow-

erful in it' • organization, and its e<sl Ila neverquestioned,

The thh t; s« en dlsti \> 1 leadei s are i

bj the districti and <.we nothing to CrokeiThe seven chairmen of committees lit1

absolutely dominated bj Croker, because he con-trolled theli appointment: and the twenty-foui

members of the conamitu n municipal affair.-"

are also retainers of Croker, because they were

appointed by his dose friend, George M Van

Hoesen* chairman of the general • ommltteeIs also \u25a0 member of the exe< utlve 1 ommlttee bj

virtus of his place as head of the general m\u25a0Illltt-e

Lewis Nixnn suggested and rushed through

the meeting of the Tammany tieneral Commit-tee last night a resolution which appears Inno-cent In itself, but which strikes vitally at Cr«>-ker*s 1 ontrol of the executive • ommlttee. The re-.

olution explicitly disobeys orders left in the handsof friends by Croker before he sailed away, vir-tually cuts in half Ihe number of the execu-tive committee, centralizes tn an even greaterextent control of the organization In that com-mittee, and wipes out from any v..i- in the

affairs of the organisationwhat promised to be a majority of Croker menon th» nmitter

The •.:•••! or tr^ executive ussn

mittee ••tmi ;liun ilw treasurer and chairmanor the general committee and th<> chairman ofHi-- finance commit! ihall be entitled to h voteIn the •

xci ut iv»• commit tee.!n order lo explain the \u25a0 raiflcance of this

ution It is n< to out line to \u25a0extent the organisation and direction of Tarn-man: Hall The executive committee In •years haa been made up of district leaders, Ihechairmen of the various committees of theorganization and members of the ommitlmunicipal affairs There are thlrtj seven dis-trict leaders sev< n • hairmen of committees andtwentj four members of the committee on im:

nlcipal aff.iiis. That made sixty-eight In all. andeai h mi mbei of Ihe committee «as entitled to a

While the One hundred and-stxth-st train wasbacking slowly, trying to catch th- switch,

Casweii's train crashed Into the rear carHuh trams were crowded. Men and women

stood in the aisles clinging to straps. The im-pact of the tains was terrific. The engine ofthe rear train crashed through the rear plat-form of the rear car on the liackiny train. Theplatform was splintered, the gates torn off, thedoor wrenched from Its binges, and every win-dow and pane <>f glass in the .a. wa smashed.

SWITCH NOT THROWN OPEN.

For some reason the switch waa not open.1 It, \u25a0 short distance, is the switchman'shouse. What happened, or what was wrong,seems to be » mystery. The police of the KastOne-hufidred-and-fourth Bt. station were unableto find anybody la^t night who could or wouldt jll them. The express train ran by the switchup the centre track. It was running slowly.

Clifton at once stopped his tiniii,and tried toback up ami make another try for the switch.• inly two minutes behind came the other ex-presa tiajn. Prom about Elghtleth-st there isa down grade to the north. With no Intentionofstopping until he drew near the One-hundred-and-twenty-nlnth-st. station. Caswell came in

withhis train running at express speed. He sawthe signals of the tram ahead of him. the policesay. but declares he could not bring bis train toa stO9.

The a< 1 Idenl '\u25a0• vi \u25a0• l Just before •'. o'and waa directly due, the police say, to thecarelessness of s switchman, who failed to opena switch when he should. The Ewltcbman ismissing. 'Ph.- police were unable to find himup to s late hour last night, 1 I fnolalsof the Manhattan Railwas Companj would notgive out ills name or make anj statemeicarding the accident.

At 5:19 o'clock an express train for the One-hundred-and-slxth-st. station, WlthOU< \u25a0 Stopabove Forty-second st . left the Citj Hall sta-tion. It was pulled by Engine No. ;':',>;, inof H. ciifton, engineer Pollowlng II was aPelham-ave. local, and directly behind thistrain was another express, which made no stopsbetween Ninth and One-hundred-and-thirty-third st it was due to leave the tertnli5:21 i' 11.. two minutes after the One-hundred-and-sixth-st. train. John Caswell, of No 111KlKhtri-a\•- . and John Duane, of No. 'J.'.i; KastFifty-fourth-st., engineer and fireman, re-spectively, were In charge of Engine No. L'l.".,v.hlch pulled the last expi

•1

Everything went smoothly until th" One-hundred-and-slxth-st. express reached Ninety-

ninth-st. There it slowed down \<t take ihe

switch at One-hundred-and-nrst-st. tlmt wouldcarry it from the centre track to the uptown

tniik It could then stop at the One-hundred-and-slxth-sL station and let the passengei

get fiff.

COOLJEY R

DUXAK, John, fln Vo •_• >i.!•: \u25a0\u0084 Il Hi

KARRI . 1 ank!-.

Ml F-i: \ 1 H M So. 171KEWMAN, Wi Ham I!. N'n. 78' \u25a0

PETEHBON, V l: \u25a0.

ROBERTS, Ml

BTATION a TEMPORARY HOSPITALThese wei ed 1 !>rs Smith ai d

Oriel, of the Harlem Hosjof the station at Third aye and < \u25a0 ndredand-twenty-ninth-st., whental was set up by the ambulance Burgeons

That li'it less than fifty persons were injuredby flying glass when the two trains rame to-gether Is the Btai le by thi ambulance-

and the polli •\u25a0 That moreJur ••! or that some oni was not killed n Ithey declare, was due to luck more than any-thing

Nearly a thousand persons were thrown Ir. ta panic, and half a hund'.ed moie or less s«

-verely Injured, last evening when two ex-rrepp ir.iin.- of the Thir : • .ater] roadmet in a rear end collision just abovi One-hundred-and-first-st Both trains were Jammedalmost \u25a0 |ty, having left theCity Hail terminal soon after 5fiv» minutes of each other. That none wensInjured fatally or kiUr-d outriKht is dsome of tin-- who were in the wreck to bemiraculous. Some of the more seriousljWere

BHOULDKRgD KOUOHU BY AN IMPATIENTCBOWO OF JERSBV nuiMLTERS.

While yesterday's receptions of an officialcharacter were perf«r»nsjd with dignity and acertain d*glSt of solemnity, the unofficial in-cidt nts were also interesting and ai times amus-ing Late in the afternoon, wh-n Admiral yonP.audissin went ashore ;n Hoboken and startedfor '.he ferry, he was instantly surrounded by aeri wd of reporters. Cameras snapped, andthere «n< a rush for the street. The admiral,who seesaed obtrvtous. to the excitement he was

rig. started down the street, swinging hissilver tipped .-ane and keenly ohservkag every-thing about him. He was under the charge of

eacart, who was explaining the -of

ll.'.oken. and ;he edjmJral . ..r.g In-tently.

Just as they arrived at th- fiujhotass one ofthe boats came in and dtucharged its swarm ofmadly impatient commuters. Bent on ci

- <their trains, and filled with commuters' genuUa*

ADMIRALCAUGHT l\ FERRY Rf *H.

SOME OF THE OFFICERS ON THIJHOHEXZOLLERN FEAR PRINCE

HENRYS DISAPPROVAL.Official visits were »he order of the day for the)

officers of the Hohensol!ern yesterday. It was)a little before 1 p. m. when Admiral yon Baud: -sin, accompanied by ais aid. Lieutenant Rebens-bi'rg; Consul General Karl Buenz and CaptainClifford 11. West, entered the City Hall. Thevisitors were met at the door by Sergeant Ken-nel and escorted into it Mayor's office, whereMr. Low and James B. Reynolds, hi.-« secretary.wire walttosj. As the party nt red the officewas lighted up by iho brilliancy ..f the uni-forms. The Germans were in full dress uniform,.•1 d th- coats were adorned with a number ofdecorations of the various orders which haveIxen conf-.-rred upon thf-r;.

Admiral yon Baudissin was presented toMayor Low by Secretary Reynolds, and ex-pressed his pleasure at meeting him, speakingsIn English. Grasping his hand, the Mayor re-plied, cordially:

"1 am very glad *o wlcpm? you. admiral:anything Ican \u25a0!• to make your visit 1 happyone will be done. Ihope that you willhave apleasant tint.."

Chairs were then brought, and the visitorssat and chatted with the Mayor for a short

, time, the a Imiral and Mr. Low doing most ofth« talking. Presently the admiral rose. and.again shaking the Mayor's hand, departed. Asthe party went through the corridors of theCity Hall and across the park to Broadway Itwas followed '•> a crowd of curious observers.

THK CALL AT THE NAVY YARD.Morning visits were raid to the navy yard

and the headquarters of the army. Department

of the East, on Governor's Island, by Admiralyon Baudissin and Lieutenant Rebensburg. Thatwo left Hoboken about 10 o'clock on the navyyard tug Narkeeta. They were accompanied by

Captain Clifford H. West, Rear Admiral Bark-er's aid. The party arrived at the navy yardabout 11 o'clock. Captain T. P. Kane, of the

marine corps, with fifty men and the band, hadbeen turned out to receive the visitors. Thecruiser Columbia, which was lyingnear by. ranup the German naval flag as the admiral cam*

ashore. At the same time the band played andthe marines presented arms. Rear AdmiralBarker and Captain Coghlan received the visi-tors, their plain service uniforms making a

marked contrast to the brilliant full dress of theGermans.

The visitors were conducted over the grounds,

and spent half an hour inspecting the various

parts of the yard. They were then escortedback to the Narkeeta. The hand played "The

Star Spangled Banner." and as the German ad-miral once more went on board the tug theGet man flag was hauled down from the Colum-bia and a salute of thirteen guns was fired.

The party then proceeded to Governor's Isl-and. It was met at the wharf by Major Gen-eral John R. Brooke and an aid. A salute o»thirteen guns was flred as the Admiral landedand a detail of soldiers escorted the Generaland his visitors to the General's headquarters.

General Brooke and Admiral yon Baudlssmchatted for a few moments. Then the latter re-turned to the wharf and took the launch forManhattan. ."

". ,• After the official visits were over the Admiral

returned to the Ho'nenzollern. All the morn-Ing great crowds had been trying to board thaKaiser's yacht, but orders had been issued notto permit any visitors in the absence of th*Admiral. It was not until late In the afternoonthat a few photographers were admitted onboard. All day long the crew was busy paint-ing the ship and storing away coal. The railswere sandpapered and the work of preparing

the\ yacht was well under way before night.The amount of attention that was shown the

yacht and its crew has aroused a good deal ofanxiety among the visitors, who are afraid thatthey will be reprimanded by Prince Henrywhen he arrives. Ore of the petty officers ex-pressed this fear to a reporter on the pier.

FEAR PRINCE WILL. DISAPPROVE."We are afraid." said he. "that the news-

papers are making too much ado about our ar-rival and that Prince Henry may call us down

when he arrives. But how can we help it? YouAmerican people are so friendly that we hateto refuse you. As the Prince's visit is to estab-

lish better feeling \u25a0 ess the people of the

two countries, the courtesies which we haveextended to the members of the press may be

overlooked. Iguess these willbe a grand timewhen the Prince gets here. We except to re-main at Hoboken until February 21, getting"things shipshape; then we will go to the pier

at which Prince Henry willland from the Kron-prtns Wllhelm

"

About 4:311 p. m. Admiral yon Baudlsau cameashore again. He was dressed in civilianclothes and wore a silk hat. He walked to theferry slip and boarded the ferryboat Hopat-\u25a0 "tig. At the Chrlstopher-st slip he took a caband drove to No. -A\ Lexlngtoß-ave.. where hemet his brother-in-law.

Some time later Lieutenant Rehcnsiburg and!thiee other officer* went ashore from the Hoh-enzollern and started for the ferry. LieutenantRebensburg stopped and chatted with the re-porters.

"We are just making our fir«t visit to thecity." said be. "Of course, this is whollyinfor-mal. We are only going to look around. Therewill be absolutely no formal entertainment ofthe officers <>f the Hohensollern until after thePrince comes We should not like to accept anyinvitations before that. We ar*» through withthe official visits now. Iunderstand that RearAdmiral Evans is coming from Washington onSaturday."

It was reported in Hoboken yesterday thatthe Mayor of hat city would visit the Hohen-zoiiern Officially to-morrow.

Rear Admiral Barker willreturn Admiral yon

Baudissin's call to-day.In the early evening hundreds of topis s;ot

passes to rro on the North German Lloyd pier,expecting thM they would be allowed on boar*!the Hohenxolleni. But the> were not permitted topass the guard at th» gangway. While the boatremains v-it Honoken only visitors with creden-tials will receive peimis.-ion to walk her decks.This -igid ml--, it was explained by one of the.'hip's officers last nicht. is the result of thefa< t that m *.-• excitement of the arrival ofMayor Low's committee on the yacht a numberof strangers slipped on board. They went intoforbidden parts of the yacht. They first wentthrough the Emperor's quarters, and then in-vaded the boudoir of the Empress.

CALLS ON MAYOR, ADMIRAL.BARKER AND GEX. BROOKE.

BAUDISSIN PAYS VISITS.

I>ll> SOT WANT HIM AS CANDIDATE FORMAYOR—MURE INSIDE HISTORY OF

THE BOSS'S TRICK IN IM»7.

John C. Sheehan, leader of the Greater New-York Democracy, said yesterday that there hadbeen so much talk bout the break between him-self and Richard Croker In W.>7 that he haddetermined to write an account of it. so thathi could have it for handy reference.

In connection with this, '>ne of Mr, Sheehan'sclosest friends said yesterday: "It may be ofinterest to Mr Nixon and his friends, who, toquote Mr. Nixon, seem to think that Mr. CrokerIs the embodiment of truthfulness, to know j'.ist

.what lit' did as a political thimble rigger whenthe selection of a candidate for Mayer was dis-cussed. Ex-Mayor Grant's name came up, andCroker said to Mr. Sheehan:

"'Don't mer.t len him for Mayor. He's got theswelled head. Keep him in the background.We don't want him.'

"Tlien, .is soon as Van- Wycfe was selected,and before Grant was chosen as Van Wyck'scampaign manager. Croker went to Grant" andyi.il "1 wanted to nominate you for Mayor, butSheehan would not have it. He was againstyou, and Insisted on Van Wyck.' Mr. Grant be-lieved this, and for a long time would not speakto Mr.Hheehan. it was not until after the cam-paign that Mr. Grant learned the real facts.

"There is still another incident thai no onehas ever ail much about, which shows withgrvst clearness that Richard Croker was capableof unblushing duplicity. Croker went to Shee-han and asked what he (Sheehan) thoughtnii"ut Van Wyck having a separate campaignhfadquarters. Sheehan said that that certainlywa« the, right thing to do. Mr. Croker then.•aid:

"'Have you thought about who would be agood manager?"

'• 'No." replied Mr. Sheehan.""Well, how" would Maurice F. Hoi.than do formanager? ask d Mr. Crcker.

"'First rate.' was Mr. Sheehan's answer, 'butIthink that Hugh J. Grant would do better. 1

\u25a0 'We don't want Grant,' said Croker; 'we'dbetter keep him Just as tar in the backgroundas possible.'

'That was the last that Mr. Sheehan heard ofthe matter that afternoon." continued Mr. Bhee-han'a friend yesterday, "but Mr. Sheehaa dis-covered that Croker went from his office to Mr.Grant's office and told him that he (Croker)\u25a0wanted him to manage Van Wyck's campaign.Croker Rot in his fine work before Mr. Sheehanhad a chance to speak to Mr. Grant."

TO THE SOUTHWEST VIA ATLANTA ANDMONTGOMERY.

One day in Atlanta, using Seaboard AirLine Ry'atrain 27, known as "Seaboard Fast Mail." leavingW. l'3d Street Ferry, P R. R.. 12:10 A. M. Sleeperopen 10 P. M. Otnce. 1.183 Broadway.— Advt.

CROKER OPPOSED TO GRANT.

the size of the committee was taken up. Thiscaused alarm among the Croker men. Theywere eitner bribed, blurted or cajoled into anagreement, and last night the resolution wasrushed through. As itstands, the executive com-mittee is now composed of the thirty-seven dis-trict leaders, Lewis Nixon, as chairman of thefinance committee; George M. Van Hoesen andJohn McQuade. respectively chairman and treas-urer of the general committee, or forty in all.It was freely predicted at Tammany Hall las*

night that this shrewd move on the part ofNixon and his allies had closed the door againstCroker' \u25a0 possible return to power. With a com-pact committee of this kind. It is said there areenough leaders opposed to Croker to make hisregaining the leadership an Impossibility. Itwas asserted that the enemies of Croker in theorganization and John C. Sheehan •!>• workingtogether; that the jjLuiunder way contemplatedthe election of Sheehan In the IXth and otherGreater New-York Democracy leaders fromother districts as regular Democratic districtleaders. This m, of course, [••tinithem toTammany Ball, and entitle them to .i place onthe executive committee. Once on "he execu-tive committee of Tammany, it la said to be theplan of Sheehan and his followers to form acoalition and continue Nixon In the leadership,make Sheehan leader or name some other per-son agreeable, and prevent any possibility ofCroker ever returning to direct the affairs ofTammany, and it the same time by this strokemerge the Greater New-York Democracy withTammany Hall.

Mr Nixon was asked after the meeting of theTammany general committee last night whatthe change iri the rules and the cutting down ofthe executive committee meant, He said.gravely: 'If you are wise you will begin tolearn things about Tammany Hall." That is allhe would say.

At :i meeting of the executive committee priorto the meeting of th" general committee Juliusliarburger had a little controversy with James•i Martin. Harburger denounced those whowere attacking Croker. Martin said If thecriticism was mean! for him. he had made noattack on Croker, and no one who had heardwhat was said it the meeting In his districtcould >•\u25a0 construe his words. Harburger wascontent with this.

Congressman Sulxer made a long speech, andaddresses were also delivered by Mr. VanHoesen and Senator Grady. in which support•\u25a0• is promised to Mr Nixon. Mr. Grady alsointroduced resolutions calling for harmony andnew recruits for Tammany.

Mr. Nixon announced to the executive com-mittee that be would leave the city to-morrowfor a thru weeks" trip to Florida He said thatall business should be transacted through Sec-retary Thomas F. Smith, who would be in con-stant communication withhim.

INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS DISCUSSMEANS TO OVERTHROW PRES-

ENT LEADERS.

Amid much secrecy, a number of indepen-

dent Republicans of Brooklyn, disgusted at the

revelations of the Guden incident, met last night

in the rooms of the Brooklyn Young RepublicanClub to lay plans to light j,iie regular Re-publican leaders of Kings County In all theassembly districts. Every possible precaution

was taken to guard the fact that such a meet-

ing was being held, and when it was finally

discovered some of those in the conference evenwent so far as to deny that there was anymeeting at all it was learned, however, thatthose present were unanimous in the beliefthat the only way to purify the Republicanparty in Kings County was to have an entirely

new leadership. Plans i.> fight the organiza-

tion on that basts were seriously discussedAmi those present were F. M. Brooks, presi-

dent of the Voting Republican Club, who was inthe chair; J. A. Heckman, who acted as secre-tary; Assistant Corporation Counsel McKeen;ex-Mayor Charles A. Schieren, Ludwig Nlssen,George S. Richards. Benjamin F. Blair, ColonelWillis 1... Ogden, Hiram i:. Bteele and HenryBatterman. Many of these men were chosenas member* of the committee of fourteen, ap-pointed by Jacob Brenner, chairman of the

King? County Republican Executive Committee,to Investigate the Guden scandal. They refutedto serve on that committee on the ground thatit would be practically a whitewashing board.

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The SIHK.-"r and SAFi:3T of Cold" Cures*

JATNE'S EXPECTORANT.— Advt.

PLANNING REVOLTINKINGS.

The One-hundred and-thlrty third Bt, trainwiis hacked up Into the yards at Nlnety-nlnth-st.. where ;i new train took its place Trafficv.is delayed for about three-quarters of anhour.

FAINTING WOMEN TAKEN OUT.Those who were suffering from laceration*

j.tid li.:1- were first treated S s of women

v.ii.- taken from the train n ;i half-fainting rrlcal condition These were soon revived

i\ restorative . When the hysterical womenhad been quieted sufficiently to allow them toz\ home, and the injured cared for, i> wasfound that but on« man, Duane, was Injuredbadly <-:i<>u*i!« to need hospital treatment. Hiwas taken to the Harlem Hospital, but lat i

removed to his homo.

who stood In the aisles were thrown head-long t-> the floor where thej were trampled onbj others In the car, who, panicstricken, sought

.; • fi<-iin Ihe w if,k<-'i car.The engine driven by Caswell 'ii<i not fare

much bettei Phi pilol was wrecked, th>- head-light smashed the \u25a0 splintered and

\u25a0 the tra- k.The froni pla4

form of the car lust be) -.v.^

splintered Into kindling \\ond

PASSEKOEItfI IN ,\ STAMPEDE.\u25a0 i: \u25a0\u25a0-! oi

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ihe forward trail I ere wain

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\u25a0 n •'\u25a0 nd pin\u25a0

Iover thiu.i^ .in Instant stampede for the forward door.

d win-

The scene i:i the other cars was not muchi,. 11. \u25a0\u25a0 There the passengers were jolted upand thrown from their pent*, but none werehurt. The windows were broken, however, in

almost every car In tin- train.In (he forward cai of the One-hundred-and-

thlrty-thlrd-»t. express passengers were thrownto the floor, but in none of the cars was th»r-rnsh felt ><> heavily us In the rear one of theforward train. <;!.iss In the cars of Hi reartrain was also shivered Inio bits.

Whin the two trains crashed both engine. rsopened the steam whistles \\ !il>-. The whistlingattracted the attention of tti*» police, who at

once knew something was wrong. Hurry railswere .•-.•in to tin' Harlem Hospital for ambu-lances, and two ••rived In charge of Dra. i;'i"i

and Smith <*!iftoti. as Boon as he saw thatnone of the tars of his train were derailed, ranIt rapidly to the One-hundred-and-twenty-ninth-bL station. It was in the rear car of his trainthat all the injured passengers were. Passen-gers of the other train got out and walked alonethe tracks to the One hundred-and

station, where they left the road and took sur-face cars.

The ambulance Burgeon a were senl to One-hundred-and-twenty-nlnth-st. There the wait-Ing room of the station was turned Into a tem-porary hospital, and all the Injured who neededor desired treatment sot 11

*\u25a0©«£ DRILL* OFF COBAX COAST.CJ th*

1*?0' '"uij..-JV1'- 12.—The officers and men

rit^*vatted State battleships Kearsarge, Ma«sa-

•»&<'' t*'

A!afcama a»<* Jntllana, under the com-•*,!,',' R«M Admiral Krai-cis J. Eflgglnson, are•Waci-fti *'?"\u25a0' 8t tliore drill ut Guantunamo. 'ihenl?ht* »i

:"' "l!"'' having target practice day anddrill iu.'i,,H h* llßht and heavy guns. The shoreiib*«sb*«5 c/«- 1la llnr with Held gun*, dragging

"^Sic? .the S!our.t»tn» *ud practice In rapid••\u2666 intreneuir.er.u.

NO EXTRA FARE TO ST. LOUIS.The" Pennsylvania limited gives unexcelled -•

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vice from the Atlantic to th« Mlimisßippl ever} dayin the year. Palatial kct-oai:nudutiona a« ordinaryrates.— Advt.

; SOLID AS ROCK CAN' MAKE IT.• The Pennsylvania Rnllro 11*8 line to the West Islfdd Jn..a..jf.Q,iin.da.tto.n. of.stone ballast. ,A safe and«m:ooth Journey Insured by the latest switch amiflcnal devices.— Advt.

XKW-YORK, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY H. 1902.-FOURTEEN PAGES.-^"fcßS'iSWADMIRAL YON BAUDISSIN AND HIS STAFF LFAVINC, THE CITY HALL.

MAYOR T.OTV.(CVpj right. HM, F'at-h P.rn«.. X. V)