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AWw*jjoTff CSl<T%J3ttlTJ£* V OI LXT"--*°' 20.184. WOODBURY'S BIG START. GOOD RESULTS LX SNOW RE MOVAL. i:\nT.T BEGINNING MAKES THE WORK EASIER— THE CENTRAL CLEAN ING IHT'SONST. Commissioner TVoodbury of the Street Clean ire Depart men I is tvrll pleased with the result of hi? id"» n f starting the removal of the snow or jfnriday before the ptorm had ceased. "Th° result shows for itself.'" he said yester £,. "We have a lower temperature to-day. and the enow is net melting much, so that the york p did yesterday has put us just so many thousands of cubic yards abend of the game, yesterday I railed up the New-York Central ftailrosd. and they ;■ greed to use ■ tins of eight fiat cars each in removing i he snow from jjudpen Ft. n np r>f these cars J carries thirty tons. n r fifty cubic yards of snow. They worked e !l last night, and arc .... As a re«rj:t all the streets about Ft. .ichn'F Park are cleared." The three snow melting machines on the jrjgii'h-st. fid*» of Cooper I'nion attracted a good (jpal ef attrniion all day yesterday. hey melt fpventy-five ruhic yards of s=no\v each every jjour. or about. on« hundred truck loads. The jjjon- uras brought near the machine? by about a dczen trucks and FhovHled into them by a gang Of men. Large stream? if water spurted from the machines Into the gutters. The ma thine? could be drawn by horse? through the jrreftp and there loaded, but the difficulty in ttif way of this is the absence of water connec tions. Xt f» o'clock last eve&ing th^ snow contract or's r«cord was C'.°.,741 loads of snow dumped in the riv«r. The firs' hing th» department did was to di xect the contractor to get his men to work on the priricipil thoroughfares Futton-st., Cort lar.dt-ft. and one nr two other streets in the hGfin^FS district leading from Broadway to some of the ferries were undertaken, and men were ft work shovelling snow into •he carts before the snow had ceased to fall on Monday night. Fo well and so ouickly was the work done that by morning tlandt and Fulton Bt*. on the vest Fide were clean. So attempt has yet ;ioAn made to clear up the fide streets, but that will be attended to when the main streets running up and down town Jiave been cleared. At a la** hour last night Broadway was fSn lfh^d a? far north at Forty-second-st.. with the fiception of fh.ort stretches hereh e re and there. In ftcaor Clark said last night that this important thoroughfare would bo entirely cleaned from Ftaty-seeond-st. down by the time people we,-e going to business this morning Third and Fifth ares, are now partly cleaned and work is beiner poshed with the utmost rapidity on these thor ocshf-ires. Up in Harlem the vrrk was .... .. _ tak^n cp«ith any great speed, as most of the depart ment's attention ln being devoted to getting ih» ftmntown districts ready for business, Some mrk has been done In One-n.undred-and-twenty ffth-&t . but there is still a great d<=al to be taken | GETTIXG OVER THE STORM. •,T rOVDTTIOXS RESUMED IN LXT> BUSINESS KEEXE'B ur. to tuf. rooß. With bright Funshin» and bracing air In th- City yesterday. N«v-Yorkers w»r#» inclined to think more lightly of the troubles they »>n rtuntcreo 1 in the big enowstorm at Monday. Ttemln^rs of th» Ftorm v.-er«« plentiful enough. Every Ftreet car" line ran through a lane hemmed in narrowly by hears of snow. Every cross Street had its drifts through which teams draw ing vehicles floundered with difficulty. At every rro?=!ns there v.is a rint; of dirty snow, rpidy to turn into slush, with ■ ri««e in the tem peratiire. All over the rity belated work in tearing sidewalks and gutters was going on. Fortunately for th» comfort of the people vim had to walk abroad, the temperature kept Mow the freezing point. The thermometer re mained at shout 30 flf-grees nearly all day. It •pas not cold enough to cause suffering in the stiff wind that prevailed all day. and yet it was r.ot warm enough to permit the snow to melt. except In places on which the sun beat down in- Kssaotly. The boys of the city found the snow almost too dry for sport m snowbmllliis;. Many people were on the streets. Business in the Ehr.r.T.'.ng districts was resumed briskly. Chil dren v.er.t to the schools in as large numbers as usual. Trsfßc in • the city was resumed in its ac cusTomei volume, but it was accompanied, with icuch vexatious delay. Th<; electric roads ran cars as nearly as possible on schedule time. Thf.re were many blockades on every line, how ever, caused by vehicles crowding on the car tracks, and all the cars v. ■ v- behind time all cay The most frequent blockades were in the downtown districts, and were particularly pro longed near the streets leading to the ferries. In the upper end of Manhattan and in Th» Brr.nx the cars were comparatively unob structed. The obstructions to traffic, on the sur face, lines caused an unusual diversion to the elevated roads. The Brooklyn Bridge traffic re hum its ordinary features, including th.- crush ;• the rush hour. No unusual amount of suffering wan reported by officials at the city's hospitals and di ? ■ T*Ti?aries:, and at lodging bouses there was no remarks Me crowding. Tli» wintry aspect of the city eerved to remind many persons of means that there were poor people needing coal for fire?. Agents of charitable societies were busy. It was announced yesterday that James R- Ket-r,* had given $22,500 for the relief of poor P*CT'! p since the ptorm began on Monday. He f*nt one check for $10,000 to the Charity Or- KUlzation Society, and another check for the Came amount to the United Hebrew Charities. Accompanying his check was th« order: "This is* to be used to relieve the suffering fiurir.g the present inclement weather." PEA POOD BUPPLT SHORT. DIFFICULTY IN SHIPPING MAY CAUSE THE LOSS OF A BIG STOCK OF OYSTERS. As a result nf the heavy snowstorm there is a Vtf-f.x scarcity of oysters and fish. Within the last two u-f-^ks an oypter famine has been threatened. All ihe oysters that have come to market have keen touched with frost in consequence of which their quality has not re<- n jrocd. Oysters have lone, up 10 per cer.t in price, and the marketmen " 6re urmble to nil all orders because of the (Tippled •-r»ri«riortatlon facilities. There has been an ad "■■«n*e of 300 per cent in the prices of some kinds of *fh. Nearly all the fishing penooners at Fulton I'irket remain tied to the wharves, because of the •iTk of cisrn baft, J<hn Keeley. jr. r,f E <'. Strong & Co., oyster Ct»lf r8 at Pulton Market, said to a Tribune re- Tortcr yest PT<is y : "The fc-torm has had I bnd effect on the oyster The market -was in a ftate bordering on tUßliu previous to the ptorm. It was possible to ?H only a. few oysters because of the Ice covering ;•£* bed*. Th<i few Blue Points, Bockaws and Conf inn<*<l un ■••r-on.l p>c. THRorCH SUNDAY TRAIN TO ATLANTIC CITY. •^aPennjylvania. Railroad, beginning Sunday, Feb l^iry 22. leave West 23rd Street. Sundays. I'JSS A. ■* # . arrive Atlantic city ii ci A. M. Returning leave City f, y> V M . arrive New York «:V. P. M. DttßUUi Parlor car?. Pullman parlor smoking car, J'Mbj rar. and ivide vestibule coaches. Btopi will ""lat^t et Newark. Elizabeth atid Trenton Advt. A * Marly as can be a sure Cough Cure Is JAYNES iti.IuRANT.-A dvt. ' NEW-YORK. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1002.-FOURTEEN PAGES.-,, ™.«SEah2S«-. . .»•'. J.. •»!_»— . X V/Ullli^Li^ X X-<(O. by The Tribune Associst'nn. nEAPS OP SNOW <>\ THE FORMER STTE OF THE DfWE? ARr:i. BRITISH CABINET WEAKER. MR. BALFOUR'S MANAGEMENT SHARPLY rßTTi«is?:n. NO AID FOR TVF.L?H TN T SOUTH AMERICA— SEWMAN HALL'S DEATH—MIN ING SHARKS LOWER. (Connichi 1002: By Th« Trlbun* Association.} [HT CAPI.E T~> TITE TIMBrXF.I London. Feb lf». 1 a., m— Mr. Balfour> man agement of th» procedure of debate la sharply criticised by his own followers. The majority was heavily reduced yesterday, and signs of dissatisfaction have multiplied on the Unionist aide. His leadership is characterized by flexi bility, rather than n strong grip. The Com mons would have been more ductile if the amended rules had been a stronger form of procedure. As It Is. even the Ifcst disciplined Tories are Irritated by the waste of time in volved in a protracted debate over a flimsy and unsatisfactory makeshift. Irish affairs are nl«o causing to the ministers a good deal of uneasiness. Not only his th* settlement of the Dillon estate by purchase un settled the relations between landlords and ten ants on many other estates where the Land arts are inoperative through the absence of the compulsory principle, but a belated effort has r"^n made to keep the agents of the United Irish League under restraint, and the number of prosecutions under th» Crimes act has been considerably increased. remount question has not been taVcn ur uith energy by th* War f'lYir*. and evidence nf slackness and Inertia tends to confirm Lord Rosebery*e general indictment, of ln*»flVi«»n< p \v. The Welsh delegation on visiting th» Colonial Office yesterday In behalf of the Chubut. Colony in Patagonia found that Mr. Chamberlain had not understood the object of the mission. He had supposed that the Welsh colonists who have been carrying on a struggle against nature for thirty-five years in Patagonia were anxious to c ,-v to South Africa. When he learned that the Canadian Government had offered to them an immense tract of land in the North Ter ritory, and was willing to help them in building new homes, his face fell. He frankly confessed that he could not promise lmperiad aid If the settlers were expecting to emigrate from South America to Canada, which was a self-governing confederation, whereas he might have helped them if they had wished to go to South Africa, where there were Crown colonies. He advised the legation either to wait upon the Prime Minister and to ask him for a grant for the transportation of the colonists, or to raise the money by private .subscription. The delegation preferred the latter course, for it was an nounced at Sir John Llewelyn's luncheon that £1,400 already had been subscribed, the Colonial Secretary himself contributing £20. About fif teen hundred of these colonists need to be trans ported from Patagonia, where the irrigation works have been swept away and the crops destroyed In successive years. There was evidence of disappointment amonK Canadians thai the Imperial government could do nothinp. wneri the Dominion authorities were pr< pared to do so much. Ite'a testimony In rejrar<l to the lylvrpool Park forgeries astonished a crowded court. The free hand with which he wa» financing bet ting operations of extraordinary magnitude by ■ and manipulation of the ledgers con onlookers that legislation of some kind against turf gambling and in favor of a reform s; stem in bank bookkeeping are equally urgent The retirement of th^ Rev Dr. Newman Hall from active work had forced him into the back ground In recent years, hut his death Is foi- I . h hearty recognition of his position as a rival to gpurgeon as a preacher and a cham pion of nonconformity. Americans lopp in him a stanch friend, who was true to them In time. of storm and stress. Bouth African mining shares are exp*>rlen«-inif a bad time Jusl now The market was apain very weak yesterday, mainly on heavy and r.er- Bistent peiiinc from r.iris. I. N. F. 777/: VOTE OF APRIL /.}. tB9B. "WASHINGTON POST" HEARS A RUMOR THAT IT WAG DRAWN UP BY JUDGE DAY. Washington, Feb. 18-'— "The Post" to-morrow will say that because of ■ report in circulation here thai Lord Paun< efote did not draft the note of April 14, IBQ6, submitted by him to the for eign ambassadors as ■ final effort to avert war between the United States and Spain, and that the note had been framed at. the State Depart ment and forwarded thence to Lord Pauncefote for submission to the diplomatic, corps In Wash ington, it telegraphed to Judge Pay. who then was Assistant Secretary of State, to learn what he might have to say on the subject. The tele gram to Judge Day was as follows Statement Is made here that Pauncefote not« of April 14. 18Q8. was drawn by you In State De partment. Is this correct? The following reply was received: Canton, Ohio. February 18. "Post,"' Washington, D. C : Impossible to reply to Indefinite statement of your telegram W. R. DAY. THE IST DIRECT ROUTE To Ptnebursi Southern Pines. unden, ■''■■ L - Isl and. Brunswick. Florida points Nassau and Cuba Is via Seaboard Air Line Ry. Two limited trains daily, leaving West 23rd Btr*et Ferry, F. B. P . at 1^:10 ft. m. and 15.55 m. Reservation* »t Hi; » *way. -AdvL FLAX FOR TUBA'S RKLIEF RECIPROCITY BILL TO BE RE PORTED SOON. REPUBLICAN WATS AND MEANS COM MITTEE MEMBERS WILL BEGIN THE WORK TO-DAY. [BT TKj,F<;nArn to the tjurujck.l Washington, Feb is.— The Republican mem bers of the House Ways and Means Committee, will hold a conference to-morrow morning to consider the subject of tariff concessions to , Cuba under a reciprocal trad° arrangement. 1 While various propositions, some of them obvi ov.sly design to defeat the movement for re lief to Cuba, have been presented to th» House, it is safe to assert that the Ways and Means Committee. ■•, the initiative of Chairman Pavne. will shortly report a bill favoring the most liberal concessions to Cuba that ran ,„. obtained at th" d resent spssion. I» Is intimated from a trustworthy source that th« confort-n-e to-morrow will devoi itself mainly to the ronsideratlon of * somewhat novel proposition formulated by Mr. Russell, of Connecticut. This. In effect. Is that n law b» eracted granting 25 p^-r cent reduction on Cuban sugar and tobacco, based on n "gradu ated scale." The term "graduated scale" means In this sei that the 'J.'t per cent reduction shall be effective only for the first year, afff-r which the reduction will b* lowered to 2i> per cent, and thereafter ."> per cent taken off every year until tho full tariff rates ar* restored on all Cuban products. As there is no reciprocity in this, it l« not thought likely that the measure could get thrones th* Scn-lt*-. evr».i llvumh-'fhO beet root magnates mtßht be strong enough to force it thr<'UKh th* llmi« H»nrt it is confi dently predicted Th ■• If chairman Payne and other Republican leaders on th«» Ways and Means Committee permit the Ku««e|| Idea to prevail In the bill that win be reported to the House, the Sf-nHt» can be depended on to elimi nate thai feat tire from the measure. «md compel the House to accept a straight reciprocity hill. This statement is based on the knowledge tn.it none of the real leaders of the Senate approve the Russell "graduated scale. 1 ' and on the fur ther knowledge that th" beet i<>nt lobby does n"t wield the Influence In the s. -n.it-' that it wields in the House. The Senate leaders hopn, of course, that the Ways and Means Committee will reject Mr. Rus sell's plan, but if it does not they will not hesi tate to amend the bill when it readies th< Ir chamber. In other words, the Senate has de termined to afford relief to Cuba^-and the great est measure of relief practicable — on a reciproc ity basis, and thus In the first legislation on th« subject lay a permanent foundation for the clos est possible commercial relations between the United States and Cuba. When this Is done it Is believed thai every "problem" connected with Cuba*? unique relations to the United States will be solved except as to unimportant details, and that with the Plati amendment binding the Cuban Republic to the United States In indissoluble bonds, there will bo neither danger of annexation nor <>f separation. TRIES TO JUMP INTO HARLEM. WELL DRKSSKH V\"< 'M \N AI I IMP I S TWICK TO SPRI S'«i FROM \v:i. I, IS AYE BKIIMiF. \ •> oman twU • tried to thi ttif Harlem River from the Willls-ave bridge lasi night Bhe told th# < 'larend< n. flftj ■ ,n-r The woman wore ex] eluding a s< alskln Jacket. John J. Leddy. bridge tender of th» Willis ave. bridge, saw th» woman first at 6 p. m. She was pacing to and fro and seemed to be in great distress She was weeping and wringing her hands. Several times she walked up to the rail guarding the footpath of the bridge and gazed down at the Ice and black water. I>ddy quietly approached her. and when he saw her place a fool on "i" of the iron railings, evi dently to climb over, he made a dash and grabbed her. The woman was much startled, but In answer to Leddy's question as to what Hhe was trying to do she said, "I wanted to look at the water." The woman started away. Leddy followed her. She had gone only a short distance when she rushed to the rail and began to climb to the top. Again Leddy caught her. He escorted her to the Manhattan end of the bridge and turned her fiver to Policeman Hawkins, of th« Kar,t One-hundred-and-t wenty-sixth-st.. station. The woman walked with the policeman In per fect silence. 1' was quite by chance thai he saw her place her hand In a pocket. With i quick move she raised to her lips a small bottle that is raid to have contained chloroform. The po liceman knocked the bottle from her hand, but was not quick enough to prevent her from swallowing a small part of the drug Dr Qreil was summoned from the Harlem Hospital. He said the woman nad drunk a small quantity of chloroform. He took h«r to Bellevuo Hospital, - 1 prisoner. A HEAL FRENCH DUEL. Paris, Feb. li 5 — M. Cavalgnae (Radical Republi can), the former War Minister, and M. R^noult, formerly secretary of Senator Floquet, the former President of the Council of Ministers, fought a duel this morning in consequence of an insulting letter written by M. Renoult Two. shots were exchanged without any result. IN THE SPACE OF FIFTY-FIVE FEET You tan buy your parsng* and sleeping-car ticket?, cend a telegram or cable message, Check your bag gage and step on to out train, H the New York Central's Grand Central Station.-* Advt. — » Finest ire bridge and frost effect? ever seen at .viagnra Fall?. Nine hours from Xew-lork by ins New York Central.— Advt. JONES GOES ON THK STAND. 1F.1.1.S OF HIS FIRST MEETINGS WITH PATRICK. DEFENDANT. HE SAYS. OFFERED HIM $250 TO SWEAR TO A FORGED SIGNATURE. . Charles F. Jones, the valet of William Marsh Rice, was put on the witness stand yesterday Afternoon, to testify in the trial of Albert T. Patrick, who is charged with the murder of lice Jonep gave his name, age and birthplace In a 'tear voice. He told of his meeting with Mr. Bice at the Capitol Hotel in Houston, Tex.: of his employment by Mr. Rice, and of coming with Mr. Rice to the apartment ■•' No. 500 Na-llson-ave. on May 10, 1897. The examina t ..ti was then continued by Mr. Osborne as f»ll »v - Q. — What work did you do for Mr. Rice? A.— Clerical work; attended to his correspondence. Q.— How did you write? A.— l used a type writer Q.— Write his cheers? A.— Tes. I.i —Do you know the defendant? — Tei i' 11 called at the house in October. Ifi99 and said his name was Smith. H«> wanted to se» Mr. Rice. I told him Mr. Rice was in bed. He went Jinny, and sain he would call again some other <lay." lj _How long did he Ftay? A— About an hour Q.— What <lid he ta'k about? A.— Oh, the news of Texas. Q.~ When did you f=e P him again? A —At the Madison-a\e. house, about a week Inter. Some time in November. !•*»!•'.». Q.— What did he say then" What time was It? a. — About S o"rlo,"k In the evening. I saw him in the parlor. Mr. Ric» was in the back room. H«» spoke of Texas news. Either at that visit or one h» p>aid n week later, Patrick talked about fh" trial of th» claim against Mr. Rice under the will of Mrs. Ricf. fj P seemed much Interested, and asked if the ca«:» had been set tled. He f»M th» evidence «a.« very strong In i.iv *** ill Holt. ..On. ,liU second vim, l iMf-V. he to;. I rin ••»" '.vis M-. TTolt'p lawyer. We told m»> the terms r>f a settlement had been nrranged. and said if 1 would write It out on the typewriter he would cet v sltrned. |{<. pave me a sher-1 <>f paper with the writing In pencil that h» wanted copied. HAD A STATEMENT nr TAXES. The witness said that Patrick hnrl shown him n .«tateni*"nt of th" taxes raid by Mr. Rice, qni had said it was obtained from the Tax Pe partment, Q.~ Pi.l Mr. Rice sen Patrick? A- He np-n"1 the door \\hil»- Patrick was fWking to me, I don't think he recognized him. Q.— TMd Patrick say he wanted to get to Mr. Rice that he might talk about a compromise of the suit ? A— Hi* thought it would be a good thing to have some oiri friend write a letter to Mr. nice suggesting a compromise. !!*> ppoke of Colonel \>'l,r- ■ but 1 told him Judge Hill was the only man who had any Influence with Mr. Rico. (J.— Hi<l not Patrick say he was sure he ■• uM effect n compromise if he could get an Inter view with Mr. Rice? A.— Yes. He said he ua* quite sure, hut I told him Mr. Rir»> would not see him If ho knew he wanted to t.-.ik about th.» suit. Jones told of the taking of testimony by n ref eree In Mr. Hlce's house, ,-in.l sal.l Patrick bragged of giving the witnesses a rough deal. He also described Patrick's ... having asked one of the witnesses ;it the hear ing, h Mrs. Adams, some embarrassing ques tions. The witness pnid he had t'>i<l rick that Mr. Rlre was much nnnoyed by Pal rick's <iufst|ons. Jones ''escribed the letter Patrick wanted rthn to write. The letter wns to « a y thai Mr. Rice had lost rpnfldence in his Texas law yer, '-nit tli ' t he lover] T<"xas, and wanted to return them and wanted the litigation settled. Q — What did you do with the letter? A.—Pat rick ■ •!•- to give me N"_'.'><> fot It, but he would not give me the money unless i would go on th« witness stand and swear that Rice signed it. I refused to give him the letter. i) —What did Patrick say he wanted the letter for? A. -Patrick told me Mr. Hc-lt had given him S.ViO md had promised him .'?1O,IM"X"» «vh>>ii a settlement of the litigation 'as effected. Q. -Why did you not agree to earn that ?25*>? A. — I was afraid to swear falsely. THOUGHT RICES SIGNATURE GENUINE. .lone? laid he examined the tax department statement Patrick shower] him. ■nd he believed the signature of w M Rice on it to be genuine. That was why he asked where Patrick got it. Mr. Osborne called upon the defence to pro duce that paper, and a lonu wrangle between counsel followed. A lawyer for the defence said the r^'iuest of Mr. Osborne was improper, and the Recorder agreed with him. The Recorder ,', ,i he would henr Mr. Osborne in opposition to (us ruling when the session opens to-day. When court opened yesterday John F. Tyrell, an expert, went on the stand again. He Mid that it was impossible for any man to make four signatures so exactly alike as those on the will of"lft<K>, unless he traced them from a mn.lel. He declared that the different shadlngs in the various signatures, admitted In evidence as. genuine, were due to the qualities of the pens us"d. Dr. I.yman Abbott, whose son Is a member of the jury, was In the courtroom in the afternoon. Pr Abbott had called on District Attorney Jerome earlier in the day The District Attor ney said thai the doctor was much Interested In the Patrick case, and that he had asked to be Informed when Jones was to take the stand, so that he could be present BAIL OF CHARLES BRIGHT REDUCED. London, Feb. IS.— The case of Charles Pright. an American engineer, who i- alleged to have con cealed 1100.000 of his assets in connection with bankruptcy proceedings, was continued in the Guildhall Police Court to-day. Counsel for J. F. Moreno, formerly attached to the United State* legations at Psrli and Madrid, who, with R. O. Fudge, is charged with being an accessory of Bright In conspiring to defraud the latter* credi tors argued that Moreno was not connected with any 'such conspiracy. The only practical result of the day's hcarine was the reduction of Bright bat! from 14.000 !■-> £2.000. ii - ■-' SPRINGS OF ARKAK i i mtroiled by V B GoTernment The Itti md pleai urs rasort Splendid win ■ ■• Paytman md Park f"i Informatl I -" ' < P A. M 1 I •: Br.jadwaj . New-York.— Adrt. BOARDS OF MANAGERS TO GO. GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL PROVIDING FOR TBEIR REPLACE* ME XT BY BOARDS OF VISITATIOX. CHARGES XKGLECT AND EXCESSIVE EXPENDITUK any. Feb. IS. Governor Odeli signal ' ate this afternoon the bill abot ishtns: the Boards of Managers of the State Hospitals for the Insane. These hospitals are the Manhattan Hospital and the Long Island Hospital, in New- York; the Hudson River Hospital, at Poughkeepsie; the Homoeopathic Hospital, .it Middletown; the Matteawan Hospital. Tt Matteawan; the L T tica Hospitat at Utica; the Willard Hospital, at Ovid; the St. Lawrence Hospital. » en* burg; the Buffalo Hospital, ai Buffalo; the Rochester Hospital, at Rochester, and iMc i iowanda Hospital, ai Gowanda. The boards of managers of these institutions will lose their offices ' m i Npt'l 1. and the State < ommission in I. unary will then assnme charge ol the liospitais. Phe Governor will appoint boards of visitatiofi for each of the hospitals. In tjiving his reasons for signing the l>ill about which there has l>etM\ much discussion, and not a little acrimony displayed, Governor < ><lell dismisses with a paragraph the question of the legality of the act, relying on the opinion of \t torney General Davies that it did not conflict with the State constitution. He 5 attention to the fact thai the measure proposes to retain all the officials ti'-w in office, except in one instance, an<l to miar«l then from removal except for cause. He reviews the results of the investigation made last summer into the working of thr present plan, quotes Governors Cleveland, Rower, Hill and Black as favoring a change to the new plan of consolidation, and shows where exorbi tant sums have been expended for the maintenance of certain institutions, and also that frauds were practised and money spent that could not he accounted for. Hoard- of managers, he s.-n-,. have been regaled with most elaborate fare, and have audited a bill off 1,000 for wine, strawberries at $1 a quart, and brook r at f] a pound, all Jot their entertainment. The < rovernor make- a direct accusation of failure rvn the part of some niem bers of the boards of managers to fulfil the duties ol visitation with which they are charged under the statute. At the hospital in LTtica, he |66d,ftW was i xpended between I*Kt; and ISW) for improvements, betterment- and addition*, with an v> capacity of only sixty beds in other words, a t'i bed. Phe present bill, the Governor urge-, proposes to correct this conditioi placing absolute and entire control into 'he hanTls ol one management. He 15 convin< ed that the bill, for the best interests of f hf State. GOVERNOR ODELL ARRAIGNS BOARDS «>F MANAGERS, The following I? the full text of the Governor's mi morandum: t'nd'r the exlstlr.s law the board ■•* managers hive the power of genera supervision over ihefr recpo.-tive hospitals, the establishment . f by-laws anil regulirlon--; neces^ry and expedient for r»2'i- In'ln:; th" appointment and duties of officers and maintaining nn effective Inspection, t' n r which pur pose they are called iimn to visit the hospitals at least once in every three months. They also pos sess the sole power of appointment and removal of trie superlntf nier. r ;inf j treasurer, and through tb> former of nil the officer* and employes. This bill peeks to frr>n:'fer these powers to th" St;»re <'<>nimrssion in Lunacy, to abolish »h« hoax'!* «>f managers and to substitute th"ref«r board? of visitation residing In th" respective hospital <]i- trict«. thn<> completing the centralization in th» Sta'e «"ommlssion In Lunacy of all of the powers and responsibilities incident to the management and care of the dependent Insane of the State. Ir rmy be well to state that under thi.< proposed law the superintendent must po««ess all of th« qunlincationa exacted tinder exi;--tin«. statutes sub ject to the civil Servi.-e regulations, and that a provision Is m;>de for the superintendence of hom'PopTtl.ic hospitals hy homirr-pnthtc physicians po that there shall be no interr'jptton or interfer »ticp with this pciiool of medicine the treatment of the insane It Is also a fact, and this should he clearly understood, that the bill under considera tion proposes u> retain all Of the officials now in office except In ore Instance and to guard them in the performance if their dutie.« against removal. except for cause, after charges have been preferred, the decision to be subject to review i>y the courts; It will l>e thus seen that every provision that In necessary for a businesslike and humanitarian ad ministration o' this department seems tt> be prop-; erly provided for. There remain for consideration only these points --whether this change is for the best Interest of iti» Stat». and whether or not the proposed law Is constitutional. CONSTITUTIONAL FEATURE? As to the constitutional features of the bill. Sec tion 15 of Article Vili of the constitution -=r>e- sn i-iilly states: "That th<» legislature may confer upon th'« commission and upon th»- hoard "mentioned In the foregoing section any additional powers that are not Inconsistent with other provisions of th^ constitution." in nr. opinion ... Attorney General 1 am Informed t h.it there is nothing Incon sistent with th* 1 constitution in the duties souirht to !■<• Imposed upon the Commission in Lunacy by th.- 1 i>ill under consideration. Relying upon this advice, I dismiss this objection from further consideration. Th»" bill is not an attack upon Individuals but rathf-r upon th" system, ami has resulted from a "i.yire f> prevent in the future what has occurred in the past, and to permit intelliprnt. i>n.o>nt and careful oversight by n commission hal can lie held absolutely responsible, that can enforce Its man • I tes without Interference or hindrance, which is solely responsible and actuated by a desire to ik« • «ir Insane hospitals ail thai they should he. Thfti th*r«» rfmaiiis under existing law something <>f the old system, something of a focalized charac i.r in the administration <>f th»-s<- Institutions, is Hppareni to any one who may Investigate them. Friction exists between the State Commission in Lunacy and some of the. local hoards. Suggestions mailf by the commission may be favorably re i-. Ived in one hospital and totally disregarded in another. Th* 1 twine tendency toward extravagance in leiiMincs is as manifest to-day as under the old system, and constant demands for what seem to ho totally unnecessary adjuncts to the?* 1 institution-. entailing large ••xpetniitures. seem to meet with the approval of the boards of manager*. Buildings for nurses ar« provided for at a cost ef less than $.?!"*> per capita; while the expenditure of the maxi mum limit ol $3011 per capita ailowed by law is use-1 up In nearly every Instance in the construction of builillngf f>r the Iruane patients. Buildings have bfpn erected in connection with tlie Manhattan and Lone Island hospitals at h cost whi<-h id but a «mnll percentage of the present construction .it other Institutions, ami which aro fully as comfortable and suitable for the purpose as those of a more expensive design. This fact. I am > onstralned to believe, has caused th» proposed n» auction In the limit of co^t of construction from $,"..V> to Jt.V> per capita, which will effect in annual paving of about $70,000. RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION. S'ltne of th»» results of th» Investigation made last summer are as follows: Hospitals ar>' equipped with expensive labor raving machinery, such as expensive laundry ma rhine*. to perform work In th« most expeditions rnanr'T. Manufacturing machinery Is used to prtduce the liest operative res\ilts. but this de prives The patients of manual employment to a laree extent, thus necessitating, while saving In 'he direction of labor, the construction of expen sive building for amusement halls, some of which would riv^l the handsomest structures found in many of our cities of t.i? second and third class Refriireratina- plants to produce ice at a cost of from SI -'• to •' ill i ton. with an outlay for ma chinery of many thousands of dollars, are la be found In many of th°«» institutions, when th» natural ice m«M be harvested and store.l at an expense of from 1: to -■'> cents i ton. giving em ployment also to many of the patients, which would it least occupy part of their time md keep their minds diverted from their own condition Expensive foundation', with elaborate roofs for covering one and two story buildings, are found in many places, and when the suggestion was made that an extra story would result in economy In const ruction and in maintenance It was vigor ously and energetically combated, not because the construction of nn» and two stories was any better, hit because it would be out of harmony with the cneral plan tn-tt ha<l been adopted In recent years. Against this opposition it was finally decided to build the additional wines two stories instead of one and two. which resulted in a saving of about tl.Vt.fnin In the two institutions affectM. namely. Gswanda and Rcehester. All of the economies that have resulted In recent years have been th( result of investigations, of in sistence by th* Lunacy Commission and by th legislature, which ha* gradually taken away from the hoards of managers the functions tt.ey thereto fore possessed, and scarcely one of them has ever emanate^ from such a board. 1 am Informed that there la nothing more im r-irtnnt thrn the regulation and adjustment of the population In the hospitals Tel within three or four months the Commission in Lunacy, in accord ance with the stntute. requested the attendance of a board of managers to Ilscuss this very Im •LENTEN SUNDAY. SPECIAL." NEW YORK ANP ATLANTIC CITY. Beginning February 3, via Pennsylvania Railroad. Through vestibule train leaves West Owl Street Station Sundays at 7:55 A. M.. arrives Atlantic City 1100 a. M. Returning leaves Atlantic City Sunday's at S3O P. M . arrives New York 5.45 P. M. Pullman parlor cr»r=. Pullman parlor smoking car. dinins car and coaches. Steps .it Newark, Elizabeth and Trenton.— Advt. TRICE THREE TEXTS. portent feature and but on» m»mb?r of that b«ari nppoar<-d INSANE WILL BE FULLY PROTECTED. What fea»ur<? if a'lministr^tt.->n i* thre3ten?»l by i hi? act^* Ar» tho Insinr to be any le=s cert^tn of inspection, and is the protection of their rishts en d:»nseied under thi^ proposed law? Will th» in- T o .i«ed pov»-rr lodgpd in the Lunacy Commission ..prr-jt» to the disadvantage <>f the system? I be- Heve th;it th« answer to th°s-" qqeriea should be In th*> n»K^tive for fho following reasons, and my con < bi.-icns hivp b»<>n arrived i' only after v careful study of conditions, of the recommenda tions' of n-v pr»'l' i c«-ss<>r>. of what has occurr*Kl In ntVr States, an.l of the results mpHshed in our own commonwealth, by depriving the local h'virfi? of minagors of Th- power? they form»rlv pocse? 9 Pd. Uhil* It I? 'rue that a more efnetent minis (ration has prevailed during. the last few yrarr. there is no guiirante* theso conditiort* Will always continue. No department of govern ment should have mor.-. carne«i con?ideratlcn th*n this which control* r» population of over twen«~y ibr»»> thousand. It is vitally important that noth ing «houl<i be don- to mar in any way th» efnct»n»-r of administration, and I shou!<l not hest»a»- "» withhold my pignat'ir* from this* bill were I rrw vincprl that such ■ resnll wrniM follow. But It I* a fact ... all of tn* pc a nd»ls and all of the rx invasanr* which tMT« marktd the adminii!tra?i«n o' this branch of the Star- sov^rninon* have rn pnlted from th»> afimir.istr-ition by local iward 3 . while, on the contrary, no iiivfrnor, no tni»t» or what his ("Mitical afnlt.itl«ns nuy havi= t^en. h,^^ soijgtit to build up .it the expense of the f»Mt«» ch^rirabt^ institutions a personal or poi.tical fof lowing. Therefore. 1 would rathe? trust a system th:it has n^v«>r b^*>n found wantins than on» wbieb has been almost constantly under suspicion. SUBJECT IS NOT NEW. That this subject is not a new one 5? shown by a few excerpts from the messages of. some of tho»^ •■•ho have preceded m* 1 in the goberoatortel office. ijowrimr <'lev»land. sp«»,ikin? of th*> local board-? ef trust.^s. says: "Th* local boards of tru^t^s pr 'ituitously i>erforme>i the duties they have •-- Kumed, and while not unfaithful cirt hardly r»e mx~ pected to devote im« v«rv cons'anflv to the details of maracement. Thry very r.aturally gain much o: th>»ir information from th" statement of trt« sup»»rir.ten>lent in charge. ... I cannot but be lieve that much that Is defeetlTe and expensive in the present management of thc*e institutions l« at tributable to the divided responsibility and conse quently loose anil unbusinesslike m^thoi!*.*" Con trastinz with th. centralized control in she 3tat» prison ileiiartment he says: ""There seems to be no good reason why similarly favorable, results can not b^ obt.ti'iod by the application of a like system to th« rontrol » m ) manasr-Trcnt of the business iiffairs of our charitable institutions. It accords with the plan adopted wh«>re large private interest* are involved: it ha th* adTantage of concentrated icsponsibility." governor Flower says: 'The trouble with the oH system has been that th« local manae^rs have beort inclined i- leave respoiurtbiUtlea of tht* sort to th« om.-ers oj the institutions, and by reason of thi* nexlect Krave abuses arM scandals h«ve oocurre.l There Is no guarantee thai this misrht not o,vur i n risk o' 4""% Uti^ r maladmit • «a diffused, th" n>k or neclect-oi maladmlnlstration-bi greater ofrhlriHl-"HL2W "Peking of the State Board , ! fin r- This ta an a ?: irf> PrUte tim^ for th* "aoption of a , now system. The expense.* of nor !i« r ,',nJ r t SUSi2? M are «n*n»ny Increasing wTth ;^ony,o h ,hrs/a i tr- ai ' 1 v " nta can *• prcetic i;.Mernor Flick says: \ pauper is not her,,,,, EXTRAVAGANT COST SHOWN anTh T ^ r Mr^V^r. WffW £%%%£ : ss sfe'ssa MtBiSS We? folly of rhp expenditure ... „_ V«» k &&&•**"*• woui<i Th« claim was mad« then a? now thir the «!t»t« couM afford ,o expend A greater sum ani ih« effect sp^dy cures, but the fallacy of h ,. l«« teflon is shown by a referent ma,, br Air* : ill Institutions rould also have been cured a? one \' n smaller cost. Speaklne of boards «f man"e«?-; he says rthal they ar- actuated for good l »nd V'Z anxlcns to pridure the best results buV ?h*v hay* only to ;' on; : ; the ore institution under their •'are. and this Is apt to prqduce a liberal scile of expenditure which more direct supe?vw"n ?- U ne«ded to counteract and re^tiain " rvKl " n » This same investigation showed that superinten dents W( * r - receiving snUries from lift down" rr» $..9.". with substantially everything provide ci taPn rlothtag, while th« lenure of office was east II was at this time Ibai th« Binghamton ■■■■* tal authorities were cited before the Senate and came within one vote of impeachment. In IW4 th« superintendent of the Mlddletown asvlutn „ "" called before Governor Flow-r and his resignation demanded, but he was protected by his board of managers, who prevailed upon the Governor to withdraw his request for his resignation r - An Investigation at th- Hudson River HosHUl showed, among other things, a decrepit superin tendent who was anxious to resign, but was pre vented from doing so by the board of manager* and that during this term a contract was made f^p meat at an expense of two and a half cents per pound more than the market rate, at a loss to th* TO THE SOUTHWEST VIA ATLANTA AND MONTGOMERY. One day in Atlanta, using Seaboard Air Lbs* Ry'a U? t 2,J'fe know 2. as "Seaboard Fast Mail." leivtn? W. :3d Street terry. P R. R.. ma A. M. Sle«p-r open 10 P. M. Office. l.iSi Br-sadway.-Advt.