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?NEWS OF THE COLLEGES.
BRYX MAWR.
BfTfi Mawr, Perm.. Dec. 28 <Bpeeial).-MHny in
quirte* have com* to Bryn Mawr College regarding
th« new standard entrance examinations. • Bryn
M*wr College will continue to give Its own entrance
examinations a, In the past, without the slightest
lowering of It« rtandAdft. In addition. It will accept
the new standard examinations In common with
Johns napkin* Cotimbia. Princeton and the TJni
verity of Pennsylvania. If these examinations
do net rarer fully the Bryn Mawr requirements
ther will sliU be accepted as far as they go. If the
examination* prove to be easier than those of
Bryn Mawr or less rigidly marked. Bryn Mawr will
f imrlv demand a higher passing mark for entrance.
As only 10 per cent of Bryn Mawr* students come
fro« the public schools, the Brj-n Mawr examlna
tkras will be given early as usual. instead of in the
third week in Jane when the standard examlna
tlons conic,
A rateable addition to the illustrative material
of the Bryn Mawr College department in art and
archaeology ha.- Just been received in the shape, of
• coin collection. This Is made up of about four
hundred and fifty electrotype copies of typical
coins, chosen by Dr. Joseph Clarke Hopptn. the
head of the department, from the British Museum
collection. Dr. Hoppin ha* also placed i» the col
,, C ge coin cabinet some twenty orlgical coins. Al
together the Greek and Roman coinage down to me
Christian erst Is capitally represented. Besides the
coin collection. „£» Mawr has at its disposal
through the generosity of Dr. Hoppin. a small rase
collection Including fifteen moulds of the Aretlne
rases in the Boston Museum, and vase fragments
from the excavations conducted by Dr. Hoppin at
the Ueraum of Arg m. Dr. Hoppin has also placed
twenty-five or thirty terra cotta figurines in the
college cases. A set of electrotype copies of the
Mycenaean gold ornaments in the Athenian Museum
has h+*n crrfT«*i. As Dr. Hoppln's department has
acquired about a thousand new photographs ana
one hundred and fifty cuts of perns this year, he is
able to illustrate his lectures very fuliv.
Pr£s!Jent Thomas made a?, interesting speech to
the an»d»-!.-> on the morning of December 20, the
last lay of- oolleeo work before the holiday. Mis*
ThonSis announced that a new scholarship would
'd« offered to the trustees in January. The sum of
gX«00 has been collected by the graduates and
Srmer students of Brooke Hall. Media, to found
• scholarship in memory of the woman who made
that school a power in th« community. The money
mm collected for the most part In sums of less
than $10 It Is to he offered to found the Mary
Eastman Brrmke Hall Memorial Scholarship, and
If to be. awarded for collegiate work, irrespective
«f financial need
BROWN.
Providence, R. 1.. Dec 18 Special) -Th* cata
logue of Brown University for the academic year
l!*»- # 0I b/n faat appeared. Several notable addi
tions have been made to the usual statistics. Among
the** is • roraplete but compact history of the uni
versity by librarian Koopman. After the com
mencement of the university last June there were
«&roll*d > the name* of 5,267 graduate*— men
and 172 women. Of this number 4.56T- had received
th* college or university flrnt decree; 4€ exclu
afv* «f the foregoing h»> j received advanced d*
gree*; • not previously reckoned had received the
degree of Doctor of Medicine while LS7 others had
T-ctArea honorary decrees. Of the entire number
r.CTJ, or 51 p*r nt. are living.
In the requirements for flagnaa special men
tion !s made of the additional requirements after
tm for the lUjr>ir< In civil engineering and me
chanical eiisineerijie.
In the Pembroke Hall section mention is made
ml the new dormitory for the student* of the Wom
«n'» College. This residence, which is a gift to th'
. university from Mrs. lioratio X. Slater, and Is
called the Slat<r Memorial, will accommodate about
twenty students.
This year considerably more Information than
««ual Ik given I'oncr-ruliig the scholarships, uni
versity aid and loan funds for deserving students.
7h>>re are about a hundred scholarships and loan
I funds, amounting to iils9.D.Vj.
The Reneral summary of the students registered
for the present college year is: Graduates. 94: sen-
I'irs. 109: Juniors. 1»>; Bophomorei*, 139; freshmen.
IS4; specials. C 2; Women's College, IM; total, 872.
COLUMBIA.
<"olumb!a and Cornell will meet in their i-econd
annual debate in the Madison Square Garden Con
cert Hall on March 7, the subject being, "Resolved.
That the BMMi section of the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of. the United States
•hould be retained as an Integral part of the Con-
KtUution and should l>e rigorously enforced." Cor
ju-11 has chosen to argue the negative $itle of the
question. The trials to select Columbia's repre
sentatives will he held on January ML
Columbia hag been repre>io?it^d this woek at the
m**tlng of th.- Modern Language Association, at
>'hiia<l< ipnia. by Brand, r Matthews, who read a
jmper on -Th. Folk Tti"Mr»<'
Mr. Smith, librarian of thmllkvtry Architectural
lAl'Tury. has d«?cld«l to liav«< a seri •.« of illustrated
art l<i-tures. given by prominent artists, in the
library in the course of the winter.
The class day ofliixr^ of th.- senior class in col
l*«e have !>«-!' ejected as follows: Poet, Knowlton
J'urham. of Manhattan, salutatorian. • Joseph 8.
Buhle**, nf Columbus. <;,i.: >•:.'¦. i.,rfni-,. Henry
]>uncan Hulkley. of Manhattan: yfw •.].•• orator
yy.waTd RhJiiiis't MitrnHl. of r.ri..iklyn; prophet.
Kflward Brisht liruc. . or Yonkei>: itresenLation or
• •¦•r. John Boyce Smith, of Manhattan; hUtorlan
AUlnon Mitchell l>-.1-r.-r. of Ridjr^wood. X J.. and
m- ary. Knrl Kuini:ii-r I»ren«, of Dayton, Ohio.
BAHXADD COLLEGE NOTES.
Dr. Margaret Maltbj. Instructor ir chemistry at
Hoi-nerd, announce*, that the ppecial examination
j for those juniors who will try for honors In physics
j«nd c&emlatry will this year be on vapor density
¦ 'KTf-mi!::.. ,; : - u»l that final honors will consist
,«'f particular research into the electro-magnetic ro
tation of the plane of polarization In organic coni
¦ J»oun<ls In addition to tin three other cusses un- i
<«r her direction. In. Maltby ha* opened an'aJ
j danced course in phyFicU chemißtry. This Involves
')*¦ treatajtnt of the Mates of aggregation of matter.
, molecular weight -*niination<>. the theory of
'?olutlons, thermo ami electro chemistry.
S Barnard College for the first time is to have a
, newspaper of it* own. Miss Klsa AUberg, '02; Miss
Franrts Belcher. •«. and Miss Carlta Spencer.
i"it fi » }" ! ; -" c!a Jt of ' m - naTe undertaken the
publication of a weekly sheft on the lines of i he
?olumbia "Spectator." It will be principally for
the convenience of th« undergraduates, to com-
TOunicate with thoroughness and intelligence their
FenUtnpnts. complaint* and opinion?, en coli-e,.
SJiiHI 1 "*-, Th fJ?*" ea "¦ * ucti "" ««•«*«« has lieei, oon
ftantly frtt this year, ''" " the increasing rise of
the «naerrrH<lua(e body renders it Impossible for
g* * '" ' .' > r* pre " th*mw»iv«w in the monthly
Mating* of . tlu I'r.dcrgraduate AKSocwtion. A
»wper is much needed, also, to pubilrb the meet
inps. notice. r,i,<i reports nt committee!!, and to
pnni thosA many Int-idenu. necessary- for he »tu
\il k«ii ! rh 1i )r ' ls< * nt ™ ea »« ot communication,
the bulWin boards, are both uncertain and inade
ouaie. All the " tll<s , ent|l **** grateful to the three
t??!./*.^ a JTJi° rlvr . r2r 2 TOUCh timp an<l trouble
•• an undertaking wh.ch. without doubt, will at
m« havemany dUßculUea to contend with. The
-.r»t number of the paper is to appear on January 7.
.AWARD FOR THE IMS* OF AX EYE.
John O«rnand. of No. IK Subm-x-m.. Jersey City
.'recovered a verdict In the Supreme Court yesterday
for.WW In a suit against his former employers
Theodore Smith & Son*, boilermakers. Gernand
ri*c!arftd that while forging a wedge In the machine
'boD,o» January a. im. a flaw In the hammer
liandle caus«J a piece of It to .trlke hi" rlghT eye
nnd almost destroy it* sight. He had been in The
employ of the firm for thirty years and u*fnt»»n
year, ago the *Irht of his left eye i™ destroyed
\'^% Sl^ l^ r.r .t cci h nt - DrH - "2°™ and Murray «£
tiflefl that tb.e Injury was of a permanent char-
BCt*r. and thct It was only a question of time
•when Gernand will become totally blind
PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL
to $th Avenue and jyth Street,
Davis Collamore & C?
Jf ILL REDUCE THE PRICE OF EVERT ARTICLE
IN THEIR MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF
FINE TABLE CHINA AND GLASSWARE, •
ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL ARTICLES.
BARGAIN IN El'Eßr DEPARTMENT. SALE BEGAN
•j THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27TH.
BROADWAY AND TWENTY-FIRST ST
COT. LAXGDOy AGAIN MARRIED.
• SAID TO HAVE STARTED FOR SPAIN
WITH HIS YOUNG BRIDE, WHO
•
¦ WAS A mm—.
?'•&*; ¦* -\ :>¦-. _J2ri« of
Colonel Lopmi* I* J,angdcm. retired* former yor
the Ist TTnllpd States Artillery, married «*rly n
the present Ihonth Mis. Grace Bar™ rd a cornel*
. you D nurse of at. John's Hospital There ha*
be^n some secrecy In regard to the marriage, whicn
took place, it Is said, in Ottawa. Canada, on De
cember 6. The Colonel made Miss Barnard a ae
qualntanee while visiting the hospital, and since
hi* retirement about six years ago he has taken
considerable interest in hospital work.
The Colonels first wife died nearly two years
» so . They lived at No. 30 Sydney Place. Brook
jjm, where they gave many entertainments. One
of his sons, Almond, seventeen years old. Is at
school In Connecticut, and his eldest son, Russell,
Is. with the army In the Philippines. After leav
ing the Sydney Place house tha Colonel went to
live at the Hotel St. George. He is thought to have
sailed with his bride for Spain.
Colonel Langdon is about seventy years old. and
was graduated from the Military Academy at West
Point in 1854. He was made a captain on August
9. 1861. served in the Civil War In the operations
around Charleston. S. C.. Bnd , comn } a £^ri« tl l*land
Hp wafi % n , ef of artn^ ry# T *> n ,i, Army Corps. In the
operations on the James River in 18W. and tooK
part in the capture of Richmond. Va.. oh April 3,
Sj»r%£^jX«3&&g ftj »
on j anuary 25, IR?9. and was stationed at
Fort 'Hamilton in May. 1880. He remained in com
mand there up to the time of his retirement on
OctoDer -•• ism.
A FLAMING HUMAN TORCH.
GIRL KNVELOPED IN FIRK RESCUED BY
THREE MEN AT VERONA.
Verona. Dec. 38 (Special).— Bessie Sofleld, a do
mestic in the employ of John Hyer, a dairyman. In
this place, was seriously and perhaps fatally
burned at her employer's home last night. She had
lighted a lamp, which was accidentally upset and
fell to the kitch«>n floor. Sic was about to throw
the lamp out of the window when some of the
burning oil scattered on her clothes, and In an in
stant she was enveloped in flames. She ran Into
tiie street lust as a trolley car was passing. On the
car were Charles Williams. Robert Reef and Will
iam Davenport They saw the flaming human
torch, and running to the rescue of the girl, wrapped
their overcoats around her and smothered the
flames
BILL POSTERS BREAK IXTO BIILDISGS.
IF CAfGHT THEY WILL BE CHARGED WITH
BURGLARY.
Rill posters of two of the theatres In the Eastern
DistrW. Brooklyn, must stop putting lithographs
In the windows of vacant stores along Broadway
and Bedford-aye.. otherwise they may be arraigned
in the police court on charges of burglary. The
police of the Bedford-aye. and Clymer-st. stations
have received many complaints against the, bill
posters, who. In spite of signs of warning posted In
the vacant stores, enter the places, sometimes by
force, and post the bills at times in tb.^ night when
only few people are on the street.
Some real estate dealers have placed signs in the
windows offering $5 reward for information re
garding persons who have thus placed bill?.
irSTICE LECTURES A CLERK.
TEIXS HIM THE INDEFINITE COMMITMENT OF A
MAN FOR DEBT WAS AN OUTRAGE.
rhief Clerk Carpenter, of the I lid District Mu
nicipal Court, who made out what was practically
a life commitment to Jail for Jacob Petruscheleky.
making necessary habeas corpus proceedings to
procure the prisoner's release, received a severe
lecture yesterday afternoon from Justice Maddox.
in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn. On Thursday the
Justice had granted a writ of habeas corpus for
lvtruschelsky.
"Did you read the section of the cofle under
which you Issued the attachment?" asked Justice
lladdox.
"No. sir." replied the clerk. "I was simply told
to issue a body execution."
"How long have you been clerk?*" was the next
question.
"A year next January."
"Be«n a cl«-rk a year and never read the section
of the code under which you Issued the attach
ment?"
The clerk said that was right, and the Justice
continued:
•When an innocent man is kept in jail through
the ignorance of a ol»*rk. I say it is an outrage. The
ma« who Issued that attachment is liable. In this
free country, let a man's condition be what It
may, I say it i* an outrage to keep a man In jail
linger than he should he, throush the ignorance of
a cleric of a court. I would go further U I could."
< 'arpt- liter had nothing to say. and, looking much
> rest fallen, l*>ft the courtroom.
ASSAULTED bT A MOTORMAS.
HOSPITAL 6IRGBOK ROUGHLY TREATED ON A
TROLLET CAU-A FINE FOR HIS ASSAILANT.
On a charge of assaulting Dr. Peter Hughes, sur
¦aoO-in-CBtaf at St. Catharine's Hospital. Richard
Allen, a motorman In the employ of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, was fined
116 yesterday in the Lee-aye. court. Dr. Hughes
boarded car Xo. 145 of the Nostrand-ave. line at
Li"--ay«. and Clymer-et. on the night of December
18. He had hardly got on the car when the con
ductor. Philip Snyder. pulled the bell cord, starting
the car with a jerk. The doctor was thrown on
the ground and dragged thirty feet before the car
was stopped. On reaching the terminus at the
Broadway ferries he told the conductor he would
report him to the company's officials. Dr. Hughes
alleges that Snyder then struck him In the face
and that when he defended himself he was set
upon by Allen, the motorman, and beaten with a
pwitch rod. An attempt was made through several
witnesses to show that Dr. Hughes was the cfii««
of the trouble, but Magistrate Kramer said ,he
switch Tod n ° Bht tO lnterfprc by using a
SALARIES BEGIN TO GO UP ixiJTASSAJD.
Mlneola, Long Island. Dec. 28.— The Hoard of Su
pervisors has voted an increase in salary for many
of the county employes. Some of those who get a
m iTiiS^J w - Sklniler ' md * r Rh * rtff - f ™
MM to $1,300; Henry Starr. Deputy County Clerk
from $i.floo to J1.30O; BUwood Valentine n-uwtv
county Treasurer, from S*)o to *l iSS md Inhn
crease In salary of the District? AUorne?! ln "
XKW PASTOR FOR SIXTH AVEXVE BAPTIST
The Rev. Dr. E. K. Chlvers has accepts the call
to the pastorate of the Sixth Avenue Banjul
Church. Brooklyn. L?"sJ^rVS£
early | n , hP new year. After receiving , h e ran £r
which ha* its office in Sago. of A ™^ca,
XEW-YOITC D^ILY TBIBUXE. .SATUBD^ DECEMBER: 29; 1900.
FOUR MEN SHOT IN 8 A LOON.
| ONE DIES. ANOTHER IN A HoSriTAL
AND TWO CAXNOT BE FOUND
Miles McDonnell, fifty-one years old. of City Isl
and wax held yesterday without bail by Mapl-trnto
Maw* In the Harlem Police Court to bwj.H th.' re
mit of the shooting of Edward Courtney, twenty
eight years old. of No. 693 Ea«t One-hundred-and
twenty-fourth-st.. in the Onawa cafe, at Park-aye.
and One-hundred-and-twenty-flfth-M.. early yo-i.-i •-
day morning. Courtney is now in the 111 MM Hos
pital with a bullet wound in the abdomen, an.l will
probably die. Coroner Hart has been asked to take
his ante-mortem statement. The police also accuse
McDonnell of shooting Oeoi-go Price, thirty year.
old. of No. 21R East One-hundred-and-twenty-sec
ond-st.. who received « bull** wound below the
heart, from which he died at his home yesterday
afternoon, and Thomas Kennedy, forty-rtvo years
old. of No. 213 East One-hundred-ftnd-twenty-flfth
st., who was wounded In the right leg. A fourth
man, Edward McOinnls. alias Kdward McMullen.
twenty-sevrn years old. of No. 128 East One-hun
dred-and-twenty-seventh-st.. is said to have re
ceived a bullet through the light arm and ft flesh
wound in the right side McGlnnis and Kennedy
cannot "be found.
According to the stories given out, the shooting
originated in a fight between McDonnell and Ken
nedy, in which the friends of each took part. It is
said that McDonnell was drinking with two or
three friends at the rear end of the hnr. when
Kennedy came In with several of his friends. There
hart been bad blood between the two men for some
time, and the friends of each were much surprised
to see them sit down together at a table to one
side and talk together in apparent amity.
They soon became angry, however, and Kennedy,
although smaller than McDonnell, suddenly took
him by the collar and threw him to the floor. The
friends of the men then rushed forward, with
drawn revolvers, and some excited man fired a
shot, and the fight was on.
It Is said that more than fifty shots were fired.
Price, shot fatally in the left side, was helped by
his friends to a hiding place, and later was taken
to his home.
Policeman Maher, of the East Ono-hundred-and
twenty-slxth-st. station, who was on duty at the
New-York Central Station across the street, heard
the shooting, and, drawing his revolver, rushed
Into the saloon. He found Courtney on the floor
and McDonnell In the back crouching In a corner
with his revolver drawn. Maher ordered McDon
nell t'o-glve up his revolver and took him into the
front room, where some men had propped Courtney
up in a chair. Courtney recognized McDonnell and
In reply to a question from Maher said: 'Tes. Miles
McDonnell shot me." An ambulance was called
and Courtney was taken to the Harlem Hospital.
It wa« not until after the hearing In court yester
day that the police learned that any one except
Courtney had been shot. The pyhsicians who were
called in to attend Price yesterday told his wife
that she must Inform the police of th* shooting,
and it was thus they learned of the other men.
The police got an order from Magistrate Meade
and rook McDonnell to Price's house. Price's
brother Harry and Price's mother opened tht> floor.
Harry Price looked at McDonnell and said: •You
did It at last." They went up to the room ot the
dying man. Price ha.l a thermometer in his mouth,
but The doctor took it out. He nodded when he
was asked If this was the man who had shot him.
Prico died at 3:30 p. m.. when the doctors were
preparing to perform an operation on him.
McDonnell is a man who bears a bad reputation
with the police, and Is «al<l to have, figured In other
shooting affairs. In his own account he says that
lie was first fired on. and then drew his own re
volver and fired in self-defence. He alleges that he
was thrown down by Kennedy, and that when he
got up and ran toward the door Kennedy flrod on
him. He says that he then drew his own revolver
and got behind the luncheon counter and fired in
his own defence.
ARM EM AX 8 ORGAXIZF A CHVRCH.
PASTOR. WHO WAS IN HARPOOT MASSACHK, TO
BB INSTALLED TO-MORROW.
A new Congregational church, to be known as
the Armenian Evangelical Church, was organized
at a Congregational counsel, held at the Adams
Memorial Presbyterian Church, Thlrty-flrst-st.
near Third ra vc. . yesterday. An examination of the
new pastor, the Rev. Halgag H. Khazoyam,
brought out some curious facts concerning the
theology of Armenians.
To-morrow at 3 p. m., at the Adams Presbyterian
Church, the installation of the new pastor will
take place. The sermon will be preached by the
Rev. M. A Malcom, formerly a professor In the
college at Harpoot, at whi.'h the Rev. Mr. Khaz
oyam attended as a student. Others who will take
part nrr atari Prr Dr. C. E. Jefferson, the Rev. Dr.
C. C. UJHWJbthe Rev. Dr. Washington Choate and
the r3v|Jl'h. A. Stlnson. This Is the first Ar
menian church *n New-York. Its pastor was a
pupil at Harpoot when that college was burned,
and the massacres occurred.
ASKB TO GO TO JAIL WITH HIS FATHER.
UTTU BOT TELT.S THE COURT HOW HIS PARENT
SOLD A HORSE FOR RTM
"Dad. I'll stick to you until you are sent away.
I am going to ask de Judge to commit me to some
institution."
Magistrate Brenner, in the Adams-at. court.
Brooklyn, yesterday morning was surprised to
hear this remark in a piping little voice when John
Forman was called to the bar on the charge of
stealing a horse. The boy, whose name is Alex
ander, Is scarcely twelve years old. but is a
manly little fellow. Magistrate Brenner at once
became Interested In him.
"Judge," said Forman. "this is a good boy. I
have a loving wife, but she had to leave me on ac
count of my intemperate habits. I cannot keep
sober, and want you to send me away to some In
stitution."
Magistrate Brenner then asked about the charge
of horse stealing.
"Hold on. Dad," said the boy. "I'll tell the Judge
all about it. Judge. I've been with dad since he
left mother. He's took care of me the best he
could, and I'm not going to desert him now."
The boy then went on to relate how they had
once had a happy home at No. 72 Richmond-st.. In
East New -York, and how it was broken up through
his father's thirst for rum. Then Forman obtained
a place as driver for Mrs. Wright, of No. 103 Tll
lary-st.. who had a milk route. The boy followed
his father, and in order to look out for him slept
In the stable. Forman'u craving for drink re
turned, and he took one of the horses and sold it
for $1 in order to buy rum.
Foreman admitted that the story as told by his
teit*'. i Uon rU<> ' nnd aSk d to be sent away " some
« "I won't leave dad when he Is in trouble," broke
too" " ' Want tO be S * m to an inst * lutlor >.
Tears rime into the eyes of many of those in
the courtroom as the boy snuggled oloseiv up to
hi* father, who gently patted his head "
of D T ft n^i!?tri" Mes "' superintendent of the Homo
01 Industry, was much Interested In the boy «hn
dr a 0 n o 7?i r aU or ro^f £' hiß temptauo^ touched' 1 *
take ?L H r -. *?r? r Meserolfs "aid he would like to
to grow un and try to see that he cot a « ha nce
Magistrate Rrennfr ho "««. *elf-supportlng man.
promAal Bren "*r p»W he would consider the
VERDICT AGAINST TRACTION COUP AMY,
Somervllle, Dec. 28 <Bpeetal).-john Komank was
awarded $1,400 damages In the Somerset Circuit
Court to-day in a suit brought against the Middle
sex and Somerset Traction Company. This is the
first damage suit brought against the company
since It began running its cars through this county
two years ago.
Komarak was driving through the subway urder
the Central Railroad tracks between this place and
£?m i an> wh * a he wafl "> n Into h>' « car hi.
tit; °L e 2", d » ma S«d and he was injured"; badly
L b « he declared he had been unable to work sine-
The trolley company endeavored to show that k,'
msrak was drunk and asleep, but JumTc* r£r™t"
son charged the jury that, even were this ?«,»
old not excuse the motorman. who shauMh^J.
made every reasonable effort to .tip his car" Fve
If the vehicle was standing mill on th« front,* ?£
Judge Bald, the motorman had no "right to M* I ,^
It If h« could avoid doing so The .liiiJSiJ? n . nto
for $5,000 damages. " c P lall «'ff asked
A DIXXER FOR SFXATOR FORD
The term of Senator John Ford as a nubile of
Hot* Savoy. The committee In charge of tSI ar !
Mai* Tu-m Ot Llncoln A ' Stuart, jtuu.
AmonTth^ ' <T • Berwln and Phli * Blocb.
Woodruff. Assemblymen Austin. Andrews and Bon
net Senators Malby, Klaberger und^Quj, Con-
SreV«ii«n John I"- Witt Warner. Abraham Gruber
r'.nri J. ii. Reynolds. Senator Spootier will preside.
POUR BOYS \VBUE£TAR\'IN<;
THEIR DItUNKEN FATHER, THEY SAID,
HAP REFUSED TO FEED THEM—
MOTHER DYING.
Their mother dying in St. Catharine's Hospital.
Brooklyn, and their father a drunkard, four small
children were found last night starving In scantily
furnished apartments In a rear house at No. 203
Montrose-ave,, Brooklyn. They were made com
fortable nt the Children's Shelter. The little ones
are Frank, Joseph. Charles and Henry Adams,
eight, six. four and two years old, respectively.
The mother was removed to the hospital two weeks
ago. Previous to that time she had worked hard
to support her drunken husband and their off-
After Mrs. Adams was taken to the hospital the
husband began to neglect the little ones alto
gether. Poor neighbors did their best for the
children. At night there was neither fire nor food
in the rooms, and there the hungry boys were left
alone In the darkness. Occasionally the father
would visit the house. He kept the children in
fear by threatening to thrash them. Whenever he
loft th-? house he took some household articles
which he sold or pawned, until only a few . ar^ c . le^
Of furniture or garments remained. I*"* ec «
Adams earned $9. Saturday night he returned to
his miserable abode, and. In the presence of His
starving little ones, untied a package of food and
ate it himself, his neighbors »ay. To the children
he gave the crumbs. On Christmas Eve he again
returned and did the same thing. These little ones
celebrated Christmas huddled together In a dark
ened room with nothing to eat ov drink. This con
dition of affairs aroused the indignation of the
neighbors. the police of the Stagg-st. station were
Thursday the police of the Stagg-st. station were
called in. The emaciated appearance of the bo>s
betrayed the suffering they had undergone One
of them was so weak from lack of nourishment that
he was unable to move. After providing them wltn
some soup, which they ate ravenously, an agent el
the Children's Society ask^d the neighbors to
lend some wearing apparel. The eldest boy told
of how his father had often come homo and eaten
food in their presence, and had refused it to them,
notwithstanding they were starving.
An application will be made to-day for a war
rant for the father's arrest.
A SHEARMAN MEMORIAL MEETING.
DR. N. D. HIM.IB OOKB WKST TO VISIT HIS
MOTHER.
The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillts. pastor of
Plymouth Church, has gone West to visit his
mother, who lives about forty miles from Omaha.
Dr. Hillts takes this vacation, as he was under
considerable strain during the fall en account of
the Illness of the Rev. Horace Porter, the as
sistant pastor. Mr. Porter is now daily Improving.
T>r. Hillis was vaccinated -before he left town, and
it was reported that he was suffering severely from
it. At his homo, however,. lt was said yesterday
that he had experienced only the usual effects of
vaccination.
There will ho a memorial meeting for Thomas U.
Shearman to-morrow evening in Plymouth Church.
In the absence of Dr. HIJMs the Rev. Dr. Lindsay
Parker will preside. Addres.-es will he made by
William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Oorge. jr., Tom L.
Johnson and John S. Crosby.
TELLS TOT ye; SMITH XOT TO BF. "CWESTT*
Frank Smith, the messenger boy who went to
South Africa with a message to Paul Krilger from
the school children of Philadelphia, received a
fatherly lecture from Magistrate Brenner in the
A<lamp-st. court, Brooklyn, yesterday. He had been
arrested on the charge of malicious mischief? made
by the proprietor of a billiard room at Atlantlc
ave. and Clinton-st.. who said that Smith had the
"big head" ever since his return from Pretoria.
"Smith." said Magistrate Brenner. "I want to tell
you that you have a very good future. You should
not try to undo the record that you have made for
yourself lam told that you are too 'chenty.' If
that is so atop right now. Try to behave yourself
so as to avoid trouble in the future." As the boy
said he was willing to pay for all the damage he
had hone in the store he was discharged.
XEW-JERSEY POLITICAL NOTES.
When the New-Jersey Legislature convenes, on
January S, it will be the beginning of the eighth
consecutive session under Republican control. No
political party in the State has ever had such a
continuous lease of power, and, as has been well
said, this manifestation of public confidence is due
to the conservative legislation which has prevailed
under a Republican legislative administration. The
most important matter for the Incoming legislators
to bear In mind is the fact that a continuation of
the same conservatism will mean a repetition of
the same political confidence.
A return to the old method of electing members
of the New-Jersey Assembly, by districts, has been
desired by the larger cities of that State ever since
the Bupreme Court decided that »he custom was
unconstitutional. This was in 1894, and since then
the Assemblymen have been chosen by counties,
voting as a whole. The reasons why a return to
the district ayntem of choosing the Assemblymen
would be fair and just are now being presented by
the mipporters of the former method. It Is re
called that the decision of the Supreme Court in
this matter was never carried to the Court of Kr
rors and Appeals, and, after careful Investigation.
it is believed by many Republicans and Democrats
that It would be set aside. If this opinion shall
prevail with sufficient force to warrant -the intro
duction of a bill In the next Kerfslature which shall
restore the old method of electing Assemblymen,
such a bill will be introduced and passed. The
reasons why the district system should be restored,
briefly summarized, are: There are thirty thou
sand Republican voters In Hudson, yet for several
years they have not had direct voice in Trenton
legislation, because of the present system of elect
ing Assemblymen. In E.ssex the thousands of
Democrats who are in a. minority in the county
have not had a single Democratic representative
in the Assembly since 18m. If Assemblymen were
elected by Assembly districts it is believed the mi
nority party in ench county would be able to secure
some" representation. What is true of Hudson and
Essex counties applies, if not with equal force, tv
several other counties of the State.
At the dinner siven by Robert Davtr. the Hudson
County Democratic leader, on Wednesday night. In
Jersey Gttjr. Mr. Davis, between the cheers and
the chestnuts, said: "If we ever get the Legis
lature and Hudson sends twelve or thirteen rep
resentatives to Trenton, we will send a I'nltei
States Senator to Washington that will make
Hudson's worth known throughout the length and
breadth of the land."' A moment after Mr. Davl«
had spoken Congressman Allan I* MoDermott was
introduced, and in part: "We recognize and
follow one leader. . . My experience in Stat*
politics when we were usually successful leads me
to say that nowhere in the Nation or the State can
such harmony and excellent leadership be found as
in Hudson. There had been no such example until
Mr. Davis took hold " It ought not to be difficult.
after the proximity of the this and the that and the
harmony of both, as exemplified in the foregoing
extracts, to name the Democrat whom Mr. Davis
would pelect to make "Hudson's worth known
throughout the length and breadth of the l;ind"
from the forum of the I'nitetl States Senate. Tf
there i# a Democrat in Hudson County who could
not put his liiiK^r on the choice of Hudson for
T'nited States Senator, he is what Mr. Davis would,
in the vernacular of the unteriifted, call a "chump,"
and the remark would be followed by applause.
HUDSON COUNTY NEWS ITEMS.
Clerk Egan. of the Hudson County Board of Free
holder!", has prepared a statement showing that
the county has expended $2,342,517 48 on the Boule
vard and branches as follows: Main Boulevard.
$2,036.279 32; Weehawken loop, $112,003 22: Hoboken
extension. $34,23:2 94.
The counties of Hudson and Essex have been
sued for $22,000 by the Merchant?" Express and
Transportation Company for damages done to one
of its vessels, which ran into the draw of a
bridge over the Passalc River Jointly owned by the
two counties. It is alleged that the accident oc
curred through the carelessness of the bridge tend
ers.
Joseph Punzi, eight yearn old. who is alleged to
have caused the death of # Maggie Floria, five yearn
old, by pushing her into a bonfire In Henderson-st.,
Jersey City, last Saturday, was arraigned before
Judge Blair In Jersey City yesterday 01 a charge
of manslaughter. He was admitted to $3X> bail
until the case Is investigated by the Grand Jury.
Patrolman Robinson, of the Fifth Precinct, Jer
sey City, distinguished himself yesterday by stop
ping a runaway team of horses In Ocean-aye. The
team belonged to Holmes & Coutts. and was at
tached to a wagon, which was struck by a trolley
car, and the animals, frightened by the pole break
ing, dashed away at top speed. Alonzo Lathrop.
the driver, tumbled backward in the wagon, and
the lines fell to the ground. Robinson saw the
runaways a block away, and, as the horses dashed
by him he managed to grasp a bridlo and hung on
for a short time, when he foil. He regained his
feet, chased the horses and stopped them after
being dragged fifty feet.
The Rev. Arthur M. Thompson, pastor of the
"Westminster Presbyterian Church. Jersey City,
who has been confined to his home with an at
tack of the grip, aggravated by a recent vaccina
tion, was able to attend the Christmas exercises
Thursday evening.
BUMtBME roVRT RESTRAINS.
w f.stern VmOH OBTADII WRTTI AGAINST
SALE FOR TAXES.
Trenton Dec. 2S (Special).— The tax collector of
:ho mwii m UaftM, Haim County, was to-day re
¦llafl hf three, writs issued br th« Supreme
Court from selling on account of unpaid taxes th«
telegraph poles, wira*. instruments at otn«r per
sonal property of tee Western Union Tel««raph
Company within that municipality. Th« writs were
allowed by Justice GarreUson. The company has
not paid taxes on the property In question for
ihr.. years, contending that It was Improperly
assessed as personal property Instead of real es
tate, with. a view of preventing any appeal from
the alleged "unreasonable assessment
A. B. Brewer, of New- York, secretary of the
Western Union company, avers In an affidavit that
the citizens of the town of Union had banded
themselves together to purchase the property, and
'rnm^'Hately cut down the Doles and wires, some of
which are main lines. The sale was to have taken
place to-day.
The amount Involved is small, but the company
is fighting to establish a precedent that poles and
wires should be taxed as real estate while most
of the local authorities In the State insist that they
should be classed as personal property. T
sessment of the property in question for IW7 waa
$1,600 and J3.000 for 1898 and 1*99. The company de
clares that It should only have been $334 M for I*WT
and $348 R0 for »ach of the two succeeding years.
RROKF TT THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL.
M LITTLE BLACK DOLL CUTS A LARGE FIOCRE
IN A PATERBCK CELEBRATION.
Paterson. Dec. 28 (Special).— Lulu Wortham. .1
colored girl, appeared In the. police court this af
ternoon to make a complaint against Hannah
Chappel, also colorad. and a rival for the atten
tions of a young man named Brown. They were
all at the Christmas festival of the Colored Bap
tist Church last night, the principal feature of
which was a monster Christmas tree laden with
gifts for every one in the congregation.
When Hannah was called up by the pastor she
smiled as she took the package, but when she
undid the wrapping and found a little black doll
lying on spotless white cotton, she flew into a
rage. She threw the doll at Lulu Wortham. de
claring that it was she who had put it on the
tree. Hannah fel! upon Lulu and tore the trimming
from her hat. Lulu told the Judge that two dea
cons held her, or she would have given a good ac
count of herself when she was attacked by Hannah.
The fracas broke up the Christmas festival.
"JS THAT YOU. PAPir
BUROUR SAID HE WAS. AND CHII..D WENT TO
SLEEP AGAIN.
A burglar who evidently has had experience with
children broke into the apartments of Harry
Babchin, a Jeweler, of No. 34 Newark-aye., Jersey
City, early yesterday morning. In making a search
for valuables in one of the bedrooms he saw that
two children, Lilian, eight years old, and Sylvia,
five years old, who were asleep in bed. were in
his way. He carefully took the youngest child
in his arms and removed her to another room.
The child awoke and asked: "Is that you, papa?"
"Yes, it's papa." replied the burglar. "Go to sleep
now, like a good dear."
The child fell asleep again. The intruder then
removed the other child, and placed her in bed
with the servant without awakening her. He then
gathered a quantity of clothes In a blundle and
took $5 in cash, including 50 cents from the trousers
rocket of a boy. One of the children awoke and
her cries awakened Mrs. Babchin. The burglar
then left without taking the bundle of clothes. He
was »een by Mrs. Babchin. who screamed, but the
man escaped. The police have no trace of him.
LA Holiday Clean-up of '<
TH7* • «> -w w wj- try. g
Fine SILKS
Some of the most elegant silks in stock are affected, as well as many of the
more popular kinds. Every piece that has suffered from the holiday hurry, or ;
shown itself to be slow of sale at its right price is brought out for a hurry-up mark
today. Such reasons as these: Pieces that are shopworn, finger-marked, - colors
that sell slowly, mussed, short ends, sorts that have stayed in stock too long. Now
they must go in a jiffy. The new prices will make amends for all other failings ; for
truly sumptuous silks can now be bought for a trifling cost, while these very limited
lots last.
At $1.50, originally $9— N At $1.50, originally $4 -
Fancy French Silks — white brocades with warp- Royal French Armure Silks; gray, lavender, corn
pointed flowers in colors. flower, del, pink, castor, old rose, reseda and
At $1.50, originally $8— da r k gray.
I^ich White Moire Antique, with wide satin stripes ; At $1.50, originally $4—4 —
pink ombre to white, with bunches of roses on All-silk Liberty Satins, with printings of tiny
Canalae ribbon dividing the tint flowers on gray, on lavender, on yellow.
At $1.50, originally $7.50- At SI, from $2—
Rich White Faille, with violets in bunches and Printed Satin Liberty ; navy bine on white, black
scrolls of violet satin ribbon. on white, black-and-white on gray and on laven-
At $1.50, originally $6— • d «-
Rich French Turquoise Satin, with stripes, bro- At $1, from $3 and $3.50 —
caded with white and blossoms, and bads in Rich soft Satins, brocaded and corded into rich
color on white. designs.
At $1.50, originally $5.50— At 65c, from $1.25 and $1.50—
Rich Side Band Silks ; pink roses and foliage on A lot of last season's Printed India Silks; laven
one side, and diminishing- satin stripes make up der, gray, lilac and cieL
the novelty. At $1 to $6.50, from $3.50 to $14—
At $1.50, originally $5— ( A lot of French and German fancy Velvets;
Rich Pekin Satin ; stripes of satin and silk are Panne Figure Satins, Chameleon Panne Velvets,
divided by clusters of narrow satin stripes of Panne Velvets with silver, Fancy Panne Velvet.
black, with shadow of flowers peeping between, At $I , from $5
in old rose. lain Silk Velvets, in off shades.
At $1.50, originally $5— At $1, from $3.25—
Satin-back French Peau de Soie; gray, yellow. p lain co i ored Velvets, in off colors,
green; brocaded with garlands of white and I **. *• «_ *->-> =
birds in flight; white on thise colors. t>, • ,!J„ ," J"- • .
v*ien ji nll v u?n Plain colored Velvets, m cense, garnet, lavender,
At $1.50, originally $4.50— rose, yeUow, violet
Rich Jacquard Satins ; old rose, gray, cadet; bro- A# *. ___ ci en *_ Cc
caded with reeds and stems of white satin. A^* l \ f . fOm $ '"? °to ii 5 "
Velvets m these colors— old rose, gray, blue, cerist
, " ' and magenta.
[ Elegant DRESSES ']
I _ "Under -price Ng n^ !
¦lAI Ml "'
This announces some very radical price-concessions on a number of handsome Costumes suitable for
street wear. Most of the group aie imported, and all are most artistic in style and superbly tailored; th—
are handsomely trimmed.
Values range up to $135 — today all arc marked at
SeHJenty-jfinJe Dollars a Suit
Pecon.i floor. Broadway.
1 7 BRIC-A-BRAC 1
I \/nder-price J* J
The Art Room has a collection of pretty things that were passed by in the holiday hurry. It's impossibla
to give everything a fair show— in fact, part of the Teplitz goods was detained on the ocean on an anfortunatt
vessel, and did not arrive until Christmas was over. In this lot the variety is at its best, still unpicked-froi
and is a rare group of pieces at the low prices marked, which are about a third below their worth The lot
includes heads, busts and figures in an entirely new finish. Prices, $5, $7.50, $10, and up to $27.50 each.
From the holiday stocks come these : ~
About two hundred pieces of •— Figures, Groups and Busts. A few are slightly chipped with the
holiday handling, but the greater number are perfect All are reduced a third : "**
40c, from 60c. $2.50, from $3.75. I A few fine pieces of Italian Fauna at half prices.
55c, from Sac $2.75, from $4.25. 90c, from $1.85. $6 from Sl^
* Girls' COATS \ n*
This is a most favorable time to buy a really elegant coat tor a girl or ytmn<» lady at a tm liK.«i .».;„»
from its real value. The two particular lots offered today come fresh and new f a maCS.r wtf
kept his stock full for all demands up to Christmas day. Now he sends them to » VS^reduSS SS Tof
They are as smart and handsome as any garments shown. This word of them -
At $10.50, worth $15 to $18— Box coats of handsome Mack and Oxfnd — -" ,k— .)
beautifully tailored and tilk lined. w ~ P»M» etanot. al
Second floor, Nlntti itr«*i.
JOHN WANAMAKER
Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co.. Broadway, Fourth Avenue, Ninth and Teath Street*
\DDITIO\ TO RUTGERS FACULTY.
FRorcwom CAIATN.S. brown is THE NEW us
STRUCTOn IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH.
New-Brun»wlck. Dec. £> <Spe-ial>.— An addition
has been made to the Rutgers College faculty.
Professor Calvin 9. Brown. Ph. D., who was grad
uated from Var.lerbllt University In 1888. having
been secured to teach German and English, be
ginning with the opening of college on January 3.
In addition to his course at Vanderbilt. Dr. Brown
studied at Lelpsic and other European universities
He holds tho decrees of doctor of science and doctor
of philosophy. For the last two years he has been
an Instructor in the University of Colorado at
Denver. His home in In Tennessee.
The new Instructor has a reputation as an
author, he having written a book entitled "Th«
Later English Drama." He also edited Heath *
Co.'s edition of Tennyson's works. " " w
TEACHERS COMPLIMENT JERSEY LAW.
RETIREMENT FUND STATUTE BROADEST AXE
MOST EQUITABLE IN UNITED STATES.
At the second day's session of th« New-Jersey
State Teachers' Association In the auditorium of
th*> Newark High School yesterday the Commu
te* on Revision of the Constitution reported. The
points of the report were sharply discussed. Mrs.
Georgia' B. Crater read a report of the Teachers'
Retirement Fund Committee. The- report said that
th« New-Jersey law was the broadest and no.'
equitable teachers' retirement law in th© United
Addresses were made and discussions followed at
the afternoon meeting. In the evening President
Patton of Princeton and L. B. R. Briggs. dean of
Harvard, made addresses to the teachers In the
First Presbyterian Church.
SEVEN EMPLOYES DISMISSED.
That confidence in th« Hudson County Board of
Chosen Freeholders ha* Increased is manifest, as
seventy-rlve bids for supplies were received. Under
preceding boards there were few bidders, as It was
known that favorites would get the contracts. Th"
Board has reduced expenses by dismissing seven
employes, ami saved 16.200 a year. It is said that
other unnecessary employes will be dropped
DEATH OF MISS J. A. MARL ATT.
Mis* Jeannette A. Marlatt. daughter of James
Marlatt. a former Assemblyman, died yesterday a'
her parents' house. No. SO Pacinc-st.. Newark. age<i
twenty-eight. Miss Mariatt was superintendent of
the Junior Christian Endeavor Society a teacher
In the Hamburg PL cc Public School, in Newark
and a member of the choir of the New-York Ave
nue Reformed Church. She was well known In
educational and church work.
VTIIJ, ACCEPT THE PLACE.
City Superintendent Charles B. Gilbert of th»
Newark public schools, who was yesterday chosen
by the School Board of Rochester. N. V .. aa Su
perintendent of Schools of that city, wiil accept
the place. Mr. Gilbert Is M ?et I2.')00 more than
the annual salary of the former Superintendent at
Rochester, the new salary being J5.00©. Mr. Gilbert
achieved success in building up the public school
system at Minneapolis, and went to Newark about
three years ago. He has been successful in the
Newark field, making many improvements In the
organization aatd the teaching force.
ASSISTAXT PROSECUTOR FOR BVDSOX.
George T. Vickers was yesterday appointed As
sistant Prosecutor of the Pleas for Hudson County
by Prosecutor Erwln. to succeed Marshall Van
Winkle, who resigned. Mr. Vlcker* will qualify on
January 2. His appointment has provoked com
ment because It was expected that some lawyer
who had taken a' more active interest in politics
would be chosen. The salary is $3,500 a year.