| Show at hard labor in a federal prison milwaukee june 10 united states district attorney butterfield announced today former banker frank G alge low would appear la the united states district court this afternoon plead guilty to a violation of the national banking laws and receive his sentence bigelow was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary at hard labor at fort leavenworth kansas EQUI TABLES NEW heap paul morton will not go to the metropolitan ro subway new york june 10 A letter has been sent to thomas F ryan by georgo of pittsburg accepting membership in the board ot trustees of the equitable life assurance society mr westinghouse Is now in this city he and paul morton being guests of the same hotel in fifth avenue after the directors had finished their work by selecting mr morton as chairman roger financial manager of the society tendered his resignation it was explained that he did this as a courtesy to mr morton that the new chairman might not be embarrassed barr assed in any way in the plans that he had tor the reorganization of the society while the result of the directors meeting was widely discussed ln the evening wherever men of finance gathered few of those directly interested cared to say much for publication in the evening mr morton attended tho pilgrims clubs dinner to former ambassador joseph choate and was the recipient of many congratulations over his new position when will you take charge of equitable affairs he was asked As soon ai I 1 can be relieved of my duties in washington my resignation goes into effect on july 1 but I 1 expect from this time on to pay more or less attention to equitable matters I 1 was here to look after the other office for which I 1 had been chosen by the metropolitan ro subway syndicate but any connection with that Is now out of the question I 1 do not know ft ho will be put in that place charles stewart smith an anti hyde director of the equitable who also attended the dinner denied that he opposed in any way the election of mr morton as had been stated 1 I am perfectly satisfied with the result of the meeting said he we have done everything that the public required of ua and more wa have compiled with everything that public opinion has demanded and rightly demanded this action means it matters not who has control of the stock must come and the board la pledged to see that it Is carried out unless the court interferes and I 1 do not imagine that anything of the kind will occur 1 I have had a talk with mr morton conc concert erg the resignations that have been placed in his hands 1 I have advised him strongly apt to accept them all when a man starts out to run an establishment ho cannot afford to throw out all the old servant who know how the place ought to be run mr morton will be compelled to surround himself with men who are conversant with the details and I 1 believe ho will keep at least somo of those who have resigned in the service of the society STORMS ARE SEVERE peoria ills june 10 the precipitation in this vicinity for tho past twelve hours was four inches the heaviest for years nearly all of the railroads suffered from washouts wa shouts and much damage has been donean the lowlands burlington iowa june 10 A terrific rainstorm has flooded almost he entire country surrounding this city the downpour was continuous all night A number of washouts wa shouts are reported on the railroads KING GETS THE ADDRESS christiana june 10 the address of the stor thing to tho king announcing the dissolution of the union between norway and sweden which the klaff had previously refused to accept was to him yes afternoon at stockholm by a representative ol 01 the president of the stor thing C |
