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f_ « " hl 'li__^ — hi OMyWojwsfiME PERSIAN LAMB AXD CHINCHILLA COAT. WHERE TO GO TO-DAT. R*c«Ttion to the New- York WeUeslej Club by Hiss M<?r- T.A. Mrs. Van Laer and Miss Bushee. at "No. 34 Kast ££ ! vT B€Ve:^ hh ~ tt - 2:3 ° p - m " Informal sketches on ii;etona Comers of New-York," by nieir.bers. Eeor^tion to the National Society of Xew-Encland A. 'omen ry the president. Mrs. J. YToolsey pard at :nc £43 West Ninety ulnm-st. from 4 until 7 p. m DAUGHTERS OF 1812. AN AMICABLE ELECTION OF OFFICERS HELD YESTERDAY— BENEFIT FUND ESTABLISHED. Four years ago yesterday the Empire State So ciety of the Daughters of 1812 was organized by Mrs. William Gerry Slade with twenty-eight mem bers, and every year since the annual election has be^n held on the same date. The election of yes terday, following a luncheon at Delmonico's", car ried the straight ticket through, and Mrs. Slade —as unanimously re-elected president, to the evi dent delight of all present. The Nominating Committee, composed of Mrs. Edmund Luther Butts (chairman), Mrs. Homer Lee aid Mrs. Benjamin F. Quaekenbush. had prepared a ticket of first and second choice of each officer, but the first choice carried, with the following re- ' aaJla: President. Mrs. William Gerry Slade; corre- , spondi: I Eteretary. Mr.-. William F. Brearley; reg istrar, Mrs. Malcolm McLean; directors, Mrs. Jacob Hess. Mrs. Francis P. Furnald, Jr.. Mrs. Duncan B. Harrison and Mrs. George B. Woodward. After the reports of various officers had been disposed c? satisfactorily, Mrs. Slade presented her annual address, in which she gave a brief outline of the society's progress and an expression of the general feeling of love and unity which character izes it. "Not over three members have ever expressed dissatisfaction In the four years of our exlsu-r.ee," said Mrs-- Blade, "but there will always be found a few who feel they could do better than another in authority. I enjoin upon you all to study the best interests of the society, eve to keeping out your dearest frier-.ds from holding office; elect only those who will work for the good of the society, aad then trust them. Follow the great railway I.IAM GJSRRY SLADE. - - ed States Da ugh- •ystems. If each engineer were allowed to run Ms locomotive at his own sweet will, where would the passengers bo?" Mrs. Slad«» appoint.-d as tellers to collect the bal lots Mrs. Howard N»-smith, Miss M. Elizabeth Les ter arid Mrs. Charles Henry Brown. She then looked about for a scrap basket to collect ■ :,• m in, but th<ire being none in evidence she. donated her leather handbag and, holding it up to the audience, said: "Like all magicians, I want to prove to you taat it is empty— that we do not stuff our ballot boxes." . The society has t-stabliFhed a fund for the benefit o" members who may be ill or in trouble, the «aor«-y to b~ distributed as a loan, without interest. or as a gift, to be made at the discretion of the offlcers. Thta fund." explained Mrs. Slade, "is Jor special work, and not a churity, but just cart fig our bread upon the waters, and no one of us "■ *r> secure as to escape all possibility of the need °f financial ai<3." Mr«. Jacob Hose will be the society's delegate to we State »ieration In Albany next month, and «-c has also been selected to organize a bazaar for to be hi-ld at l>elmonico's in February »>cen a.»kfd by the Chair to present her plans, she •sP:l*<2 T.-ith candor: "I haven't any. The palmist •no r«ad my hand not long ago told me that I worked entirely from impulse-, and that Is the way {j*j n ,?H work for the bazaar for the Daughters of As ri fl na j p.nnounwmfnt Mrs. Slade rr-ad an U£?Ht tTr>rn ilrs Nathaniel Burroughs, of Nor '"*. \a., who is e-ndeavoring to preserve thr- only PJj*»enot church in America; which is .still stand ,^f in Virginia . Mre. Burroughs desires all de 2gw*Bta of «he Huguenots to interest them ■«ves and! communicate with her in regard to it. PUT ON YOUR SHOPPING LIST Colgate's Fine Soaps & Perfumes PARIS GRAND PRIX. VALUE OP PROPER FOOD. WHAT THE HOUSE MOTHER SHOULD KNOW— DISEASE LARGELY DUE TO ERRORS EN DIET— SUGAR AS A NUTRIENT. The opportunity and responsibility of the house mother occupied much of Mrs. John Kendall Dunn's recent address on "The Composition and Value- of Foods" before the domestic science department of the Brooklyn Institute. The housewife, she said, provides not simply meat, flour, vegetables, etc., but in reality supplies the personal fuel, energy and ability of each member of her family. Not withstanding Mrs. Ellen H. Richards's statement that "it is not nearly so difficult to acquire a working knowledge of food value as of whim, or golf," the speaker declared that the amount of knowledge required of the housekeeper of to-day was discouraging. She believed that the house wives two generations hence would have learned in their childhood the physiological values of foods as generally as the children of to-day acquire the principles of arithmetic. Mrs. Dunn further stated: The supply of food In the household is governed principally by the likes and dislikes of its mem bers, by the material which may for the moment attract the attention of the buyer, or by an estab lished family routine, which is adhered to because it is the least troublesome rather than because It is the best. Sir Henry Thompson declares that more than half the diseases which embitter the middle and latter part of life are due to avoidable errors In diet, and that more mischief in the form of avoidable disease, of Impaired vigor and short ened life accrues to civilized man from erroneous habits of eating than from the habitual use of alcoholic drinks. What foods will best secure health, happiness and finest energy? In the light of present knowledge, we may well feel that as housekeepers we have heretofore been attempting to pry up stones with cambric needles for levers, or trying to set stitches with crowbars, little have we realized how and with what material to do the work fitted to give sound minds in sound bodies. The speaker then considered the classifications of food in reference to Its use in forming the ma terials of the body and repairing its waste, and in the building, repairing and energizing prin ciples. "In an ordinarily healthy person," she said, "the demands of appetite seem to correspond close ly with the necessities of the system. A tawny, tropical child in the Philippines would scarcely consider a tallow candle a dietetic luxury, while the Arctic babe of Iceland would welcome it with avidity. A midwinter breakfast may comprise fat bacon, but a heat producing food of the kind in midsummer would be unpalatable. "A certain amount of fat in the daily dietary seems to be necessary to proper digestion, and it is asserted that the faulty nutrition which re sults in tuberculosis is caused by a deficiency of oily substances in the diet. For that reason cod liver oil and similar remedies are prescribed for the disease. In proof of this theory it is stated that although in Iceland every circumstance favors scrofulous conditions, the people are remarkably free from them. This is probably due to their fatty diet. "A physician reports that nine-tenths of the peo ple who die of consumption between the ages of fifteen and forty-five years have never used fat meats." Regarding the nutritive value of sugar, Mrs. Dunn thought that, since sugar is practically the same substance as that which results from the digestion of starch before it is utilized in the sys tem, its substitution for starch would lessen th« burden of the digestive organs. The speaker added: The value of sugar is evident in cold climates, where foods containing starch are not produced, and sugar is now given an important place in the outfit of polar expeditions. Sugar, however, becomes most important in warm countries, where very lltUe fat is used. In India, it is said, an employer must furnish food well sea soned with sugar or lose bis workmen. Certain rowing clubs in Holland us»: large amounts of sugar while training, with tie- result that they have superior endurance. Charles E. Courtney, trainer of the Cornel! University boat crew, states that the men in training seem to crave sugar, and are allowed ail that they want in tea or coffee or on cereals. The Swiss guide considers sugar and high ly sweetened chocolate an Indispensable part of his outfit. The amount of sugar to be given to children and the best form in which to provide it are im portant questions. Sugar seems to be a food es pecially adapted to them because of their great activity and proportionately greater need of heat and energy. Those who have studied the food habits of children agr that sugar from th.- first should be withheld from the staple food of the child in milk and on cereals, and should be fur nished In lumps or in homemade candies. We live not simply by what we eat, but upon what we digest. Many a family would be healthier, and consequently better mentally and morally, if this truth could be inscribed on its dining room wall, for Americans as a rule eat too much. The Ftaple articles of food are few, and their pro portions are easily learned. If we understand in general food values and food ratios it will serve to provide a well balanced diet; that is. one which has the right ratio of proteine to the fats and car bohydrates. In this country, where commerce brings so large a variety of food material to every market, the provider of the family has no excuse for giving an imperfect or unbalanced dietary. The scores upon thousands of patent medicines on the market bear witness to the eagerness with which we try to mend health, when we should rather preserve It. If the wise bouse mother will properly cater to the health of li« family she may. like Macbeth, "throw physic to the dogs." FOUSTAIS OF HEALTH /V BOHEMIA. The Richards-Quelle Springs, which are situated in the northwest of Bohemia, arising from the ground at an altitude of 728 metres above the sea level are termed by many travellers a pure foun tain of health. At the Hotel Bristol, of Vienna. tbi* water is served at the tables, making this hofltlery a popular one with many Americans, HRILLIAXT GLASS BEDSTEAD. It 1.- said that a bedstead of unique and remark ably brilliant design is ■• Ing made for one of Queeo Victoria's princely Indian subjects. The 1-e'id and foot rails and th. pillars of the bedstead ■re entirely of diamond cut glass, while the crim son velvet hangings are ornamented with crescents and Mara of cut class and bordered with a frinue of titc same material. NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1900. INTERESTING CLUB NOTES. NEW-JERSEY FEDERATION MEETING— PRIZES OFFERED BY COLO NIAL DAMES. The women's clubs of New-York and New-Jersey, though belonging to separate State federations, are more Intimately associated than would be supposed at a casual glance. In fact, there are few clubs in this city that are not reinforced by a considerable number of New-Jersey members, and the out of town clubs have usually a few members who have moved to the city without severing their club con nections. Sorosis and the Women's Press Club, among other metropolitan associations, have each an active trans-ferry contingent A New-Jersey Congress of Mothers Is to be held to-day at the Calvary Presbyterian Church, River ton. The call for the congress has been issued by Mrs. E. C. Grlce, the New-Jersey organizer of the National Congress of Mothers, and the section of the Porch Club known as the Mothers' Council. The president of the National Congress, Mrs. Theo dore W. Blrney, of Washington, and the vice-presi dent, Mrs. Frederick Bchoff. of Philadelphia, will be the principal speakers. A permanent State or ganization will be. effected at this congress. An invitation has been extended to every woman's club in New-Jersey to Bend its president and two delegates to the congress. The "Woman's Club of Orange, with its dignified record of twenty-eight prosperous years - and its long roll of able presidents, has never had a 'row." Rumors of disturbances there have been, of course; little flurries of feeling, quickly dying out In the prevailing atmosphere of unruffled calm. At Ha first meeting this year, held recently, a note Pi^/.t*rt nge Progress was sounded. The newly ?n^r tb l>r ™ }™ 1 - Mrs. George W. Blackwell, voic £ntl;? cie i sentll 77 I*?nt1 *?nt of many of the members, pre sented impartially the two problems now lying be fh«t cle ty- The first problem Is strictly local rinn »£♦»?■ house; the second is of expan r the club shal! enlarge its sphere of work 1 1UlJ $ S i« nd un<ie rtake some form of public to be'- thus fulfilling its motto, "The best is yet The New-Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs will hold three sessions at Its semi-annual meeting: in Newark on October 36. Officers, dele gates and nominees will be entertained at a re ception on the previous evening. The morning will rCCUPIed,r CCUPIed ,! >3 ; l ¥ electlon of new officers, the afternoon will be devoted to * literary programme mn C ii»i i he , eve ninjr there Will be an illustrated fervid rnHV re on Wa^ r - A luncheon will be hnM in \ " llate1 at . cs _ at noon - The meeting will be Court In and h Hlgh S sts Street P-sbyterian Church, at The Colonial Dames of the State of New-York have offered three prizes to students in the Normal College for the best three papers on Colonial sub jects outside their course of study. The organiza tion will continue its encouragement of Colonial study by again co-operating with the City History Club In offering prizes for essays on Colonial sub jects in the prison classes carried on by that club Cortlandt Manor, which for the last three years has cost the Colonial Dames $2,000 a year to seU-si^tafn^'* %£ eCen } report of the club states all other ve a ?K- £vn S£Uary of the caretaker and Bion^felof •*» LL n c » B P en^ s l . a f c met b >' tUo admis each week On nth Wh J Ch to , char^d on one day free llore thin fiflt » n ay 9 visitors are admitted house It lq said A P,ri y th ,?, usand People visited the Son of relfcl hf'thiJ S the *? st year " The collec tion or relics in the museum is steadily increasing. Mrs. Sarah Platt DeCker ' of Denver who retired ♦°£ t^,, Tlce -P residency of the General Federation at the Milwaukee biennial meeting last June is one ex-president of the Woman's Club of Denver an Delegates from the Rochester clubs affiliated with the State Federation met the other day and pre pared their ticket for the election to be held at the convention of the Federated Clubs at Albany next month. Mrs. Emil Kulchllng was named for the tr^ S -:urv Cy Th and , M - rP " Wi ,»\ a ™ Eastwood for Idea] candidate. The election wIU be warnfly con tested, it is thought, as New-York City clubs will make a vigorous struggle to elect their nominee At the meeting of the Brooklyn Suffrage Asso ciation recently Mrs. Mariana W. Chapman, one of the delegates to the State Federation of Wom en's Clubs, at Albany, in November, was in structed to vote for the admission of colored dele gates If the color question, should arise. The in struction was the result of Mrs. Chapman's re quest to know how the club would wish her to vote to such an emergency. Personally "he is in ™' ot , the admission of colored clubs, and wUhou^a^Jfsse^gTote^ 1 " 3 - dh *»™™'* opinion The General Federation of Women's Educational and Study Clubs in Germany is working success fully to bring about the abolition of th© restric tions against women in the universities. There are fifteen clubs in the Federation, with a membership of 1,743. One of the results of their labors is the recent establishment of a "gymnasium" for girls, at Karlsruhe, Baden. The want of such a prepara tory school has debarred women from most of the universities, as a course of five or six years at such a gymnasium is obligatory on those desiring to matriculate. Another triumph for the Federation is the open ing to girls through Its efforts of the gymnasium for boys at Pfortshetm, Baden The club women of Freiburg- established a com mercial and business school for girls, with little encouragement and money. It became a great suc cess, nd now the City Fathers have assumed the burden of its support. ffOiSOfjUSjfp TAU6 C. A.: To remove mildew from white cotton rub the stain with lemon juice and place In the sun ehine. It Is a simple and oldtime remedy that will not fail you. Miss J. J. F. : To make a creamy rice pudding, use one rjuart of milk, a Quarter of a cupful of rice, three-elirh-.hs of a cupful of sugar and a half cup ; raisins. Bakt- very slowly for four ami a half hours, or longer, if necessary, stirring inaily, to k>v;.. the ri"'. from settling to the bottom. Few Ann ri an cooks realize the value of caramel — burnt sugar, burn flour or burnt onions — for meat and vegetable sauces. Liaison au roux. which in plain Lngli.sh is fried tluur, i^ a useful adjunct In the store closet It la simply made. Melt a quarter of a cupful of butter to a saucepan, and stir into it a cupful of Hour. When the two have been thoroughly mixed, let it stand where it will cook slowly until it la the color of mahogany. A little butter added tr sut'ar aramel Improves it. There is bo vegetable that deserves better or meets with worse treatment than the useful potato. Yet the very cooks who send it to the table soggy, greenish and anything but white and mealy would gasp with amazement were so much as a hint given that they did not know how to cook a potato. Irish housewives, who are past grand masters of the art, always plunge the new or sound potato into boiling salted water, but the old or wilted tuber is soaked in cold water for an hour or more before boiling- Many people always place old potatoes over the tir. In cold water, letting them boil for fifteen minutes and then adding a tea- Bpoonful of suit to .i quart of water and leaving thorn to cook ten minutes longer. As soon a.s the boiled potatoes art- done, all of the water should I), drained from them, and the kettle in which they are should be shaken over the fire until all moisture i- evaporated. The kettle should then bo covered with a. towel and left until time to prepare them for the table. If baked potatoes are pricked with a fork a few minutes before they are done they will be more mealy. DRESSING DOLLS IS COSTUMES. A pleasant occupation, and withal a paying one, is carried on by a young woman of Chicago, who dresses bisque dolls in captivating costumes, and is building up a prosperous business thereby. Her greatest success has been with her character dolls. She faithfully reproduces the splendid robes of kings and o,ue<?ns, the sober garb of monks, nuns and Quacers. the gay garments of stage beauties and widows in their weeds, and, in fact, all sorts und conditions of people. Although the making of dolls' dresses may sound simple, it is rather a com plicated business, requiring patience and deft lingers when one covers the field thoroughly. DEDICATION OF TRISITY COLLEGE. As has bt-en previously announced, the opening of the classes at Trinity College. Washington, I' C. will take j place on November 0, but owing to unforeseen circumstances the dedicatory eere xaouies l_v« Ufccn i>ustjKJii«rd until October Zi. GOOD CHEER. Have you had a kindness shows T Put It on. "Twas not siren for yon atom Pats It on. Let It travel down the rears. Let It wipe another's tears. Till la heaven the deed appears. Paai It on. THE FIRST FIRE OF THE SEASON. The first fire of the seas, n warms my hearth: Like .1 bright moth that long ensheathed has lain. Shaking its wings of many an Orient stain. It leaves the prisoning oak log's sturdy girth. Fresh with the new old gladness of the earth. Renascent, it springs forth, and I am fain (Having beheld the summer droop and wane). To think that here she has her true rebirth. Ay— the sweet spirit of the summer flown! For. when beside tho fire I closo my eye 3, I hear ho many sounds that 1 have known. In summer shade, or under summer skies,— The whir of insects in the fields new mown. The call of blrda and happy leaf drawn sighs: —(Edith M. Thomas. PLEASANT FORM OF SUNSHINE. Miss Arohtr.lr^s. a n^w member of the T. S. S.. asks for the name of some "shut-in" city member to whom she can carry special cheer either by reading to or playing for the invalid, or by con tributing books. The address of one who has to pass her days in a wheel chair has been forwarded. Miss Laura Berry acknowledges the receipt of pretty ribbons and a dress yoke sent from the of fice; also a lot of crewels from Mrs. E. E. Young, of Connecticut. Margie Purgit says the jacket sent to her was too large, but her mother could use It it is hoped that the later articles sent to this Sunshine girl will be Just the fit. IN NEED OF CHEER. A. T. S. S. member in Bath, N. V.. has made a Sunshine call on Mrs. S. E. Vanscoter, and finds her an invalid who suffers agonies from spinal trou c'«,e '«, S w e ha^ blenb l en F eatlv troubled because unable to write and thank the society for sunshine re ceived. A warm shoulder shawl and some cherry reading la needed by this member. CONTRIBUTIONS. A box containing magazines, music, scrap pict ures, etc., has come from. Mrs. A. Shaler: a box of ribbons, silks, embroidery materials, leaflets and flannel pieces, from Mls_ C. Helen Craver; a box, which will delieht the heart of some little Sunshine girl, from Marjorie A. Mills. There were silk, lawn and cotton dresses for little dolls, ribbons laces and materials for new gowns: also a number of paper dolls, with costumes for every' occasion Mrs. S., of Orange, N. J., asked that her contribu tion should not be published tn the column as it was so little, but the box contained many Sunshine greetings for others. The five odd numbers of a magazine asked for by Miss Shay have been supplied. LETTER FROM AN INVALID. President of the T. S. S. : Many thanks for send ing me such nice Sunshine rays in the form of flannel pieces, ribbon and embroidery silks, to be used in the making of needle books, which are to be '■passed on" for Christmas ch^r to other shut-ins T desire to thank my good old friend, Mr Smith' who made my wants known to you. Such Sunshine Is very welcome to me. I love to look at the bright colors of the ribbons and silks. Again thankine you for the very acceptable Sunshine. I am yours In Sunshine. IDA MGONAGLE No. 440 West North-aye., Chicago. 111. MORE FLOWERS. The Junior T. S. S. branch of Merrlek. Long Isl and, sent, as a sunshine gift, two boxes of beauti ful blossoms. All the brilliant autumn flowers were represented, and the quantity was sufficient to give pleasure to many. One of the boxes was sent to cheer the Inmates of the public ward In St. Vincent's Hospital the others were distributed Individually. LuclUa Richter. In sending a collection of good reading matter, writes: I send you these magazines In the hope that you will be able to use them In some way, and while they are not of very recent date they con tain good reading matter, which Is often beyond the reach of many poor but refined people. I have been saving them for just such a purpose. I myself have found pleasure and benefit by read ing them, and hope others will, also. NEW MEMBERS. The names of the following new members have been added to tho roll book of the T. S. S. : Mrs. C. J. Farnsworth, of Rhode Island; Mrs. Mary C. Lurned, of New-Jersey; Mrs. O. M. Benedict, of Albany, N. V.; Mrs. William Q. Burrett. of Ka tonah. N. V.; Mrs. H. P. Manson. Miss Lucilla Richter. Miss Mary D. Auohincloss. Mi?s Evelyn C Dewey and W. H. Oliver, of Manhattan; Mrs. Louis Bossert and Miss E. L. Ditmaa, of Brooklyn. THE TRIBUXE PATTERN. A TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF WOMAN'S MORNING JACKET. NO. 3.657. FOR COUPON ANT> 10 CENTS. The tasteful model shown Is suited to flannel of various weights and qualities, from the fine French to the simple outing, and all washable stuffs. As illustrated, it is made of the Scotch sort that con- NO. 3.6.I7— WOMAN'S MORNING JACKET. tain? just enough cotton to allow of washing with out harm, in cream white, with stripes of blue, and is trimmed with fancy blue braid about the scal lops. Trie jacket is fitted loosely at the front, but is snug enough for neatness and style. The backs are cut in French style with a curved seam at the centre, and are joined to the fronts by broad under arm gores that are shaped to give a graceful out line to the figure. At the neck is a deep turnover collar that can be worn with a simple ribbon ti«». The sleeves are two seamed, enug without being tight, and flare l>eeomingly over the hands. To make this jacket for a woman of medium size three and five-eighths yards 27 inches wide or two and three-quarters yards 32 inches wide will be re quired. Tne pattern, No. 3.637, Is cut in sizes for a 32. 34. "6. 38. 40 and 42 inch bust measure « , _ ■_• ! THE TRIBUNE PATTERN COUPON EN- j TITLING TO ONE PATTERN. ANY SIZE. OF NO. 3,657. Cut this out. fill in with inches, name and ad- I draw. » -i ma tt to THE PATTERN DE PARTMENT OF THE TRIBUNB. ______ I ■c. \W7. Bust m Name I Addres. I ■"- ■. .V. '■' '..'-' ■ .' . ; ■* - ~ '.•' ' .'" ■'.' ,"■.' ~- .* . ;.""'"■• Inclose 10 cents to pay mailing and handling ■ expenses for each pattern wasted. IMPORTAXT TERDirj FOR VITY. HALF A MILLION DOLLARS BAYED TO IT BY STATKN ISLAND DRAINAGE TEST CAML The test case as to the validity of the old drain age claims on Staten Island has been before Jus tice Keogh and a Jury at Richmond. Staten Island, for a week. Justice Keogh directed & favorable ver dict yesterday. The city was involved In the case to the extent of 1500.000. The claims amounted to that sum. with Interest, and grew out of an at tempt to drain certain property which comprises a part of the old town of Southfleld. and Is prin cipally within the old village of Edgewater. The Corporation Carunsel forced these cases to trial after they had been hanging fire for thirty years. In 1569 George M. Root. Samuel Barton and Will iam McLean were appointed Commissioners of Drainage in the town of Southfleld. Subsequently Isaac M. Marsh. Daniel I. Clausen and Richard Christopher were Commissioners at various times. They proceeded to lay out a drainage district, and In 1»72 and 1J73 borrowed IHB.OOO and issued 7 per cent bonds to that amount, payable upon the com pletion of the work and the collection of the as sessment. The Commissioners laid the drains and disbursed the money without m-st obtaining the easements to the lands When they finally at tempted to acquire the easements the Court of Ap peals held their actions Invalid. No Interest was paid on the bonds after 1877 The drains were worthless and the bonds became discredited. The savings banks whtch held the bonds failed The bonds were sold at public auction at about three cents on the dollar. In the litigation that followed the city was finally made a party to the suit. The verdict holds the claims invaMd and relieves the city. WOMAX CUTS OFF HER FATHER. BROOKLYN LAWYER THE PRINCIPAL. BENEFI CIARY—WILL CONTE3TKP The trial of the contest over the will of Miss Ellen Hamilton, who died some months ago at No. 42 Stuyvesant-st.. was taken up yesterday by Sur rogate Fitzgerald. When Miss Hamilton executed her will, on November 2. 1889, she left Charles H. Bailey, a Brooklyn lawyer, everything, except a few trifling legacies. "And, as my father has neglected for many years to provide for or contribute to the support of my mother or me." she said. "I do not consider him entitled to any part or portion of my estate. My intention ie as shown and expressed, and In no event shall he derive any benefit from my estate." It was said that Miss Hamilton had a number of aunts and cousins, but that she had always repre sented herself as having no relatives, with the ex ception of her father. The will is contested by William Hamilton, a relative, who alleges that undue influence and fraud were exercised by Baiiey. or other unknown parties who were in conjunction with him. Miss Hamilton, besides Gov ernment bonds and other securities, owned the house in which she lived In this city and a cottage at Saratoga Springs, where she spent her sum mers. She possessed a large number of cats and dogs, on which she lavished much care and atten tion. William Hamilton, the contestant was men tioned among the list of relative? and next of kin specified tn the petition for probate presented by Balley. The case went over tc Monday next. ESCALATOR IX A DRYGOOnz STORE. SIMPSON, CRAWFORD & SIMPSON PT'T IN A SMVIMU STAIRWAY Shopgoers visiting the store of Simpson, Craw ford & Simpson yesterday found that It was as easy to get from the ground to the second floor as to stand still. The new Otis escalator, or moving stairway, with which the store has been equipped. was in operation for the first time, and an at tendant standing at the bottom was calling out to every one, "Step on— take a ride." Many took advantage of the mechanism who would otherwise have remained on a level with the street. The Otis escalator is constructed on the principle of an endless chain. It has the form of a moving platform at the bottom, but breaks Into stairs on reaching the incline. At the top the steps merge again into a moving platform. On either side rubber stair rails also ascend with the same ra pidity as the steps. Hence danger Is practically eliminated. It Is run by an electric motor This escalator is the first of its kind to be op erated In this city. A second Is now being built MOVING STAIRWAY AT SIMPSON, CRAWFORD & SIMPSON'S, STXTB-JCV& for the Twenty-thlrd-st. elevated station of the Manhattan Railroad. It is estimated that auch a stairway can lift ten thousand people an hour. SAYS ICE TRUST RULES DOCK BOARD. MANHATTAN ICE COMPANY'S PRESIDENT THREAT ENS MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS James Jackson, president of the Manhattan Ice Company, appeared before the Dock Board at the regular meeting yesterday afternoon and sub mitted the report of the consulting engineer of the company. R. D. Chase, who has made an examina tion of the docks which the Manhattan Ice Com pany desires to lease. Mr. Jackson was Indignant . yesterday at the ac tion of the Board in putting the matter back again. •"The docks are not In use now," be said, "and I can think of no reason why the Board should defer action on this matter unless the officials of the American Ice Company have used their influence, fearing strong competition. There are members of this Board, I believe, who are stockholders in the American Ice Company, and for no other reason can I account for the Board's action in not grant ing our company the leases of the docks. •'We will take prompt .steps if the Board does not grant us the leases. If the Commissioners don't come to time by next week we will Institute mandamus proceedings to have them show cause why the Manhattan Ice Company should not obtain the' leases of the docks. We will undoubtedly man damus the Board next week In the event of its de ferring action again." *7' L/- v . .. The secretary of the Board says that the docks desired by the Manhattan Ice Company are now being used for open wharfage. Mr. Jackson says that he will Immediately prepare papers In the mandamus proceedings. . SCHOOL SUPFRI\TE\~DEXTS DEPART The concluding session of the School Superin tendents of the State took place yeeterday in the Board of Education Building. Ther* was a discus sion for a short time on school questions pertaining to this State, and then the officers were elected for tn< » ensuing year, with the following result: President George Griffith, of Utica: vice-president, j ("' Norrls of Canandalgua: secretary and treas urer E S Harris, of Poughkeepsle. The meeting next year will be held In Auburn. DOCTOR ACQUITTED OF WOXAJTS CHARGE. The action brought by Mr*. Antonio FtUkow against Dr. Julius Hoffman, of No. 11l Second-aye... to recover $50.0U) damages for assault, which she alleged h« committed on February 1«. IMb, was continued yesterday before Justice Glldersleeve and a jury In the Supreme Court The jury after ji absence of five minutes returne* a verdict la favor of Dr. Hoffman. AM ERIC AX TRADE WITH CHINA. IN THE LAST POUR YEARS IT HAS GROW! WITH PHENOMENAL RAPIDITY. Washington. Oct. 19 (Special).— American trad, with China shows a more rapid growth than toss of any of the European countries. The offlcta -eports of the Chinese Government for IMS. th. details of which have just reached the Treason Bureau of Statistics, show that the Imports lnti China from the United States In that year neis—l ed to r,255.715 Halkwan taels (a Haikwan tael L equal to 72 cents), against 17.162X2 taels in 1333 IXesXM In 1537. 11.33.5 aln 13K and 5.032.132 taeli tn ISK. Thus in the four years from 1335 to 1330 th. imports into China from the United States havi more than quadrupled. In the same period the to Ports into China from Great Britain increase from 33.9*>.flfti Haikwan lasss in 1886 to 40 161 lift li 1899. and from the Continent of Europe (Kassla excepted. they increased from 7.5^059 Ilaiicwni taels in 1536 to kUZUH in IS*. Thus, while th. Imports from Great Britain show an increase o IS per cent from 1*56 to HM and those from Eu rope show an Increase of 35 p«r cent, those fro the I nlted States show an increase of 337 per cent Taking the imports from all parts of the- world the figures for 196 show a total of 171 5W.715 Jialk wan taels, and in 1S» 2W.715.C-;. or an increa«e lr the entire importation of 54 per cent, as comparec with an Increase of 337 per cent In the Import: from the United States. Reporting u;>on the foreign trade of Shanghai. th. Commissioner of Customs at that port says: Tht import trade in piece goods during the year -iewe« great vitality. Almost every item of iBSBJSSrtJBJJBI shows improvement, the must remarkable beta* found in white shirtings, ghe^ttaka of all de scrlptions. chintzes and twills handkerchiefs ■mi m«itlr< wnich <ire Petition as j upon more va?ue." n growing in importance ana value." ' 8 m ■■•oswsjea an« ■/•olloSr?™^ 011 " .° f CustoEls » « Canton report* cotton yarn, near aour gßgggs swrt&a Serbs The conspicuou- i ' * •«<<•«* la American sh«Ha S s fiu Tait^S ■ _ ■"'*•■ low tht- ;mp< they sh..» 3 for isal'and !^L" hh ° W an ta =«a*e over the ngum A SEW SASITART LAW WASTED. The Work Together, which I. an organizattaj tects. builders and inr. . ■* ::o a™ deavorlng to promote harmonious relations b» tween employers and employes by instituting re form, directly affecting the building trades ai> nounced some time ago that the organization wouM endeavor to bring about by agitation nec«M mcdlncations and alterations of the building coo! to Insure proper light, ventilation, bathrooms as. !hls^y ar u7*T h eiUs 'VV 4 he *«««»•« houses v ■nil THE SOLDIERS ASD SAILORS' MOWUMMMT The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday handed down a decision affirming th« order of the lower court In the action brought b . Elizabeth S. Clark to prevent the city from pro ceeding with the erection of the Soldiers and Sail ors , Monument, in Pa\erside Drive. The pUinU3 and another owner of tne property, near Eighty^ ninth-st.. applied for an injunction, saving tht, the site selected for the monument was 'a "public square or place." and is held by the city u pO n-h trust that the same shall be kept open as a publi* place forever. The- city contended that the onls easements acquired, i* owners of adjacent propertj were those of light, air and access, and that th« erection of the m<>nunaeat was a legitimate par* The lower court refused to grant an lnjunctloe pending the trial. That order th« Appellate Ctrl* slon now affirms. The Court did not hand <loss— — ss opinion. Ail OUST OF MAIL ROBBERY UKKSOWS . The Postofflce Inspectors are still working assMo ously on the theft of the five pouches of registered mail which mysteriously disappeared from the plat form of Station 11 last Monday evening, WMs) Chief Postofflce Inspector King says that there la nothing new that he can make public, It hi known that there is hope of an arrest la the case very soon. Superintendent EUlott_ojLjtb* Money Order Department did not thin* tnax YBe loss of the remittances would amount to more thaa JUMO. It is admitted by th* Postofflce authority* that there is no way of telllnsr at present the amount of money and value of articles contained In the missing pouches. A fall HrpulillFM vote In tills city esu» fee* bad only when thrrr la • fall reKistrmttosk Ileft-later to-day, any time between 7 a. SB. aid 1O p. ■*. POTATO CROP FOR 1900. Chicago. Oct. 19.— The potato crop of th© United States, according to "The Orange Judd Farmer's" final report in its issue of October 29. at the practi cal completion of harvest, approximates Z3.000.000 bushels, or nearly 5.000,000 'bushels less than last year and a fairly good yield compared with the average of the last ten years. Extremes In climatic conditions were responsible for holding the crop within bounds. Otherwise the liberal area seeded last spring and the favorable start given the crop would have brought a phenomenally heavy yield. The total area for this crop is placed at Z.S&T.OOO acres, an average yield of S3 bushels an acre, against 83 bushels in 1&9. 73 bushels In 1898 and only H bushel* in IST. when the crop was 171,eoo,0u) bushels. W^NJackson(o£2an>: UNION SQUARE (North). We iavHe ymr iasfectie* of «■> nw lapw tation of FRENCH ANDIRONS . FIRE-SCREENS. We also hive over two hundred different designs In MANTELS and FIREPLACES. OUR OWN FOUNDRIES AND SHOP*, 7