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8 CARDINAL GIBBONS < PLf-A A PRAYER THAT AMERICA MAY N V OT BE COME AN ARMED CAMP LIKE EUROPE. Baltimore. Jan. 6— Cardinal Olbbons to-day de livered a sermon at high mass in the Cathedral, in which he reviewed briefly the events of the century Just closed, with special reference to the wars which have 1-een waged during that period as a preface to an urgent plea for universal peace. He incidentally touched upon the subject of the pro posed increase of the standing Army in this coun try, pointing out the evil results arising from the :naintcnance of large bodies of ar.-ned men in Ku rope. and expressed the hope that similar condi tions may never obtain in this country. The ser mon was in part as follows: Before the advent of Christ war was the rule. peac« the exception, throughout the world, bo regular, incessant and habitual was war before the coming of our Saviour, that the sacred writer In the Book of Kings speak* of a certain season of the year as the usual period for the reopening of hostilities. In pagan Rome the temple of Janus was cloeed in time of peace and kept open »n time of war. From the reign of Tullus Hos tilius. the third King of Rome, to Augustus Csßsar. a period covering six hundred and flity years, the temple was closed only for six years. Bo that Rome enjoyed only six years of tran quillity against six hundred and forty-four of warfare. although wars are lets frequent and less inhuman in the Christian dispensation than in pagan times it must bf- confessed that we are. as yet. far removed from the millennium of universal pcaoe. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill to men," was tne of the angels in the night of our Saviour's Dlrth in Bethlehem. Although these words have lieen re sounding throughout the world for nearly two thousand years, and though Christianity is the prevailing religion in Kurope. it is a melancholy reflection that it had not yet succeeded In ar resting war and establishing the permanent reign of peace on that Continent. In fact, the nine teenth century, from its dawn to its sunset, has witnessed an almost continuous- scene of san guinary struggles between the nations of Christian Europe. And at this moment, after an enormous ex penditure of m<»n and money. England is en deavoring to bring to a successful close her war with the South African republics. It is stated that this campaign will cost England 1600.000.000. And how does our own country stand on the subject of war? Although the cornerstone of the Constitution is peace with all nations and en tangling alliances with none, we have had on our hands four wars In the century just brought to a dot>e. In 1812 we wore engaged in the wax with Great Britain, which was justifiable on our part because it was a war of defence. In 1846 the. Mexi can War occurred. Our terrible Civil War l.e^an In 1861, lasting four years: and we have recently closed the war with Spain, which resulted in ihe losg to her. and in the acquisition by us, of nearly all her foreign possessions. When we read of a groat military campaign our Imagination revels in the contemplation of the heroic achievements of famous generals. We listen with rapture to the clash of arms, the shouts of the victors and the sound of martial music. We seem to catch the spirit of enthusiasm by which the combatants were animated. But we take no note of the shrieks and agonies of the soldiers weltering in their blood on the bßttlerield. We have no thought of the sick and wounded lying in hos pitals and prisons. We are unmindful of sorrow fag wives and mothers at home, weeping and sigh tag for the loved ones far ..way. We do not pict ure to ourselves the bosses made desolate, the "Rachels bewailing their children and would not be comforted, because they are not." During the Civil War I served as a volunteer cnaplaln at Fort McHenry and Fort Marshall, and I had many occasions to contemplate the frightful calamities occasioned by war. Genera! Sherman remarked In Ids blunt and expressive language that "War Is hel!." Happening to converse with General Sheri dan. I questioned him about his Virginia campaign. Hie face assumed an expression of sadness, and with a mournful voice he said he hoped never to witness another war. Is it not a mockery of justice and a scandal to the pagan world to s-ee two Christian nations cut ting each other's throa* In the name of Christian civilization? Is It not an outrage to contemplate one nation forcing by the sword her laws, her government and political Institutions on another nation in the interests of trade and commerce, as If merchandise and dollars and cents were of more value than human lives? Is it not monstrous to see a strong Power invading a weak one. and seising her territories on the hypocritical plea of rectifying her boundaries? This rectification of boundaries is a very old practice and is a polite name for robbery on a large ecale. It is a subject of great concern to the friends of the gospel of peace that Christian Europe pre sents to-day the spectacle of a huge military camp. AH the nations of the Continent, as well as England. are armed to the teeth, and are living in mutual dread and distrust of one another. They are devoured by an insatiable ajnbition of conquest and dominion or by a fear of Invasion. When you see heavy clouds surcharged with the electricity of war hanging over thes» nations, you may ex pect the thunder clap of battle to resound at any moment. Armed nations. .-*e,,armed individuals. are a conFtant menace to one another, and are easily provoked to fight. Alid these -military forces, instead of diminishing, are unhappily in creasing every year. May God so guide our legislators and statesmen that they may never be betrayed into imitating Kuronean Governments by the establishment of formidable standing armies! God forbid that we ourselves, flushed with recent victories, should ever become intoxicated with the wine of Imperialism or militarism, but may we always follow the tra ditions of the Fathers of the Republic! Hitherto we have presented to th« world a beau tiful spectacle. Europeans, accustomed at home to meet a soldier or gendarme at every street cor ner, on arriving in this country have been filled with surprise and admiration that a nation of so vast an extent, and with such an immense popu lation, contains an army of only 23,000 men. They h«tve been forcibly impressed with the fact that they can travel from Maine to California without meeting a single soldier. They see that every cltl sen of the United States is a soldier without uni form, engaged in the active pursuits of life, and ready at a moment's notice to defend his country. They would feel that we are a strong nation be cause we cheerfully bow to the ma j-sty of the. law. and are not confronted and intimidated by military aatraps. May this fair picture never be defaced! DR. MACARTHUR OX CONFUCIUS. The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Mac Arthur, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, in West Flfty-seventh-st., last night delivered the first of a series of sermons on the general subject, "The Ethnic Masters and the Divine Master." The special subject of last night's discourse was "Christ and Confucius." He spoke In part as follows: No man except the writers in the Bible has ever influenced so many of bit fellow men as has Con fucius. He stands alone in this regard among all great writers and thinkers of the human race. He sways a sceptre over nearly one-third of the human family. He is crowned by them as king in the vast realms of politics, ethnics and religion. His life and work are well worthy of the most careful study of all Christian teachers. He did not claim to be divine. Ke was a man of lefty attain ments, but JeFus Christ was the Son of God. Con fucius recognized the existence of sin in himself and in others. J<-fus Christ whs Einlees. Confucius died, and was burled. Christ died and was burled. " but rose again, and right here, let me say, is the Impassable gulf between the great ethnic master and the Divine Master. The religion of Christ is that which makes saints out of sinners and heaven out of earth. COST OP CHRISTIANITY. THE BARGAIN COUNTER ORDER TOO CHEAP. DR. PARKHURBT SATS. The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst preached again yesterday morning at the Madison Square Presbyterian Church on "Faith." his sermon being a continuation of the discourse of the preceding Sunday, addressed especially to young people. He said In part; Of course, there are cheap styles of Christianity. Just as there are cheap houses and cheap clothes. In every *ort of market In this world the value of the goods put into your hands will maintain a pretty steady ratio with the value of what you lay down on the counter. A bargain Is a word with which wily shopkeepers delude silly women Into thinking they are going to get more than tfeeir moneys worth. I bought a four-shilling book awhile ago for one and nlnepence. It was a four ¦fcllHng binding, but when I came to read it the most important part of the book wasn't there. What bargain there was was not with me, but with the man who sold «t to me— and Incidentally avM me also. The only kind of Christianity that I am Inter ested In Is the most expensive that Is tn the mar ket. If you could be constituted a follower of Christ by a simple deposit of $100 there are not ¦cany In this congregation that would not make the deposit. But becoming a Christian in the com plete, thorough, out-and-out sense of the word in volves the paying over of whatever we by nature hold dearest to ourselves. And money Is not the thing we bold dearest— at least, not often. A man In order to be a Christian of a perfect type would be willing probably to give up everything but the thing that he likes best. With some there Is some particular ambition cherished, of such a kind that either Christianity would have to spoil it or ft would spoil Christianity. It is probably animal ism a good deal more than scepticism that is mak ing godless so many of the young men of our day. They are willing to give up what they like pretty well, but cot what they tike best NEW CHUBCH DEDICATED. • The Evangelical Zlon Church, belonging to the German Lutheran faith, on the north side of One . hundre*-end-tortleth-«t.. east of Beventh-ave., was - formally dedicate yesterday morning, the pastor '" of the church, the Rev. Henry Noehren, assisted . b7 the Her. C. Mueller, of St. Paul's Church, Buf j '. falo, o22clatlng. '. ffjt church was organised as a mission by the ¦ ; TKt-.v. Mr. Noebren on November 1. UK. and ser- Ea were held In a store In Efebtb-ave. between " Olj(.O lj( . hundred-and-thlrty-nlnth and One-hundred "x" x - ar'<3- fortieth eta. On October 6. IMB. the construe '"' rio:. of the chorch was begun, and the basement. which will eventually be used as the .Sunday I-V-hool,I -V-hool, hah been ilntched. at • cost of $7,500. The «•'• '•hurch itself will be started at once, and will be * 'li • imri— - proportions and of Gothic architecture. *i Yr- property belonm to the Evangelical Synod of No-'h America, with bead«uar(ers at St. Louis. In the basement which was dedicated yesterday is a beautiful marble baptismal font, which was given by Philip Ausperehl, a member of the con gregation. TWEXTIETH CEXTURY PROMISES. RELIGION NOT TO BE AN ARBITRARY CREED. BUT A SPIRITUAL INTELLI GENCE. DR. SAVAGE SATS. •The Twentieth Century: A Prophecy," was the theme chosen by the Rev. Dr. Mlnot J. Savage at the morning service yesterday in the Church of the Messiah. Me said in part: I do not believe that at the end of thU century the rich people are going to be envied as they are now. The man who is worth $10,000,000 or H5.000.000 or $100,000,000 must use that money for the public good, or he cannot get returns for it. He cannot help himself. He doesn't bury it In a hole in the ground; he can't put it away and lock it up. In order to get lite returns he must use it for the pub lic good, and a man who has $100,000,000 to look aft«r cannot possibly get time to do much else ex cept to serve the public, and I do not want t.. be tied to that business. The religion of the twentieth century, the re ligion of the coming civilization of the world, is not to be an arbitrary thing of creeds, of rituals, of nulled lons, of prayers and vestments. It is to be a spiritual intelligence that studies to find the laws of God. The humble and loving heart will seek to obey them, and 'ncorporate these obediences into the life of a hopeful and advancing humanity. We have ransacked the earth. We shall leave no more mysteries or secrets on its surface. But there is one more wonderful world still which remains a dark continent. I refer to the mind of man. The old Greek said. "Know thyself." The realm of man is to he explored; we are to find out the capabilities and capacities of this mind of ours, and then we are to solve the problem as to whether the age de pends on this physical husk to such an extent that when that falls off he ceases to be. I believe that we are souls, that we wear bodies, that within these bodies there is being developed year by year another body, as real as this, which death simply releases, so that we go not out unclothed, but clothed— real brings as much, infinitely more, than we are to-day. RELIGION AND BUBIKEBB. The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Eaton, pastor of the Church of the Divine Paternity, Central Park West and Srventy-sixth-st.. chose as his subject yester day morning "Religion and Business." He said in part: In the realm of morality nnd religion there is a duty for every business ma.i and woman. 1 do not wish it to be understood that all business men who are not church members are In the shadow. All morality and religion is not contined to the Church. There are Innumerable men who are seldom found in a church who are among the most true and honorable. I do not confine moral ity and religion to the direct influences of moral and religious life, but It Is a pity that there are not more business men in the (."hureh than there are. Matthew Arnold opened a way clear to deep thinkers in his criticism on a tract on the smoking evil. The tract stated that smoking Involves a pleasurable sensation, and that all pleasurable sen sations should be avoided. Earnest men, it said, should give up smoking. No wonder Matthew- Arnold made fun of It. It Is as false as the falsest thing to say that a man should avoid all pleasur able sensations. It Is a He In the face of God, and tends to make religion an object of scorn. Should I give up the pleasurable sensation of being in the open air that God has given to me? Should I re nounce the pleasures of eatinc and drinking ati<l sleeping — and smoking. If you will— just because they involve a pleasurable nen.satlon? No; for when a man ceases to find pleasurable sensations in life it is time that he asked God to take away his life. Even to-day in the schools of New-York our chil dren sing. "I Want to Be an Angel." I should be ashamed of any bright boy. with his whole life before him, who wanted to be an angel; It's foolish. NEW ICE CROP TROrBLES WHEN ONE THING DOESN'T SPOIL THB ICE HARVEST. ANOTHER DOES. The ice crop is spoiled again. It is as delicate as the Delaware peach crop. If there should ever be a year when everything about it was entirely right, the whole ice business would probably come to an end, just because the condition would bf so unusual that nobody would know how to deal with it. There are two serious troubles now. One is that far up on the Hudson large quantities of grass and weeds blew Into the water while the Ice was forming, froze In and ruined the quality of the ice. The other difficulty Is that there has been no snow, so that the wind gets a good sweep over the dry ground and blows sand into the water. This freezes into the ice also, and spoils It in a different style. Last season ice was high because of a short crop — and for other reasons. There Is some special cause of high prices every year. The short crop is the simplest of reasons, and that was thought to be good enough for last year. If the winter la warm the ice does not form well, and that makes prices high the following summer. If the win ter is cold the ice forms so thick that it is an extra expense to cut It, and that makes the prices high the following summer. If there is .snow, it covers the ice and its weight presses the Ice down; the water rushes up through some hole and wets the snow over large areas; this wet snow freezes and makes a poor and porous ice; good ice then has to be brought from a long dis tance, and prices are high. If there is no snow, the result is, as has Just been explained, that of the present time. There was a year once when It seemed for a while as if there was going to be nothing wrong with the ice crop. There was plenty of cold weather, and there was enough enow to lay the dust, but not enough to make much porous ice. There was an enormous crop of the finest pos sible Ice. People thought that for once they were going to get their ice in the summer at a normal rate. Then the truth came out. The crop was so much larger than usual that the expense of harvesting it had been proportionately greater, nnd consequently prices were high. After all the different things that happened in the Ice business last summer, some story a little different from the usual ones seemed to be needed to explain the high prices next summer, and so the grass and the weeds blew into the water and the sand drifted into it. But consumers of Ice might as well make up their minds that the price of It is always going to be high, and that the condition of the business would not be normal unless It were, abnormal in some respect. THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE. KEW-YORK STATE ELECTORS TO MEET IN AL BANY NEXT MONDAY. Albany. Jan. 6.— The Presidential electors of New- York State will meet In this city on Monday of next week. They will assemble In the Senate Chamber, where they will organize by electing a president and secretary. John T. McDonough, Sec retary of State, will make the necessary arrange ments. He will furnish the electors with a state ment of the official vote in this State at the late election for each elector. Three of these state ments will be delivered to the president of the Electoral College. Each statement will be signed by Governor Odell and countersigned by the Sec retary of State, and to each will be affixed the seal of the State. After organizing the electors will at once ballot for President and Vice-President of the United States. Three statements setting forth the result of the two ballots will be prepared, and the college will designate one of its members to deliver - one of the statements on the third Monday of January to the President of the United States Senate, and if there shall be no President of the Senate, to the Secretary of State at Washington. The two addi tional lists will be sent by mail— one to the Presi dent of the United States Senate and the other to the Judge of the United States District Court of Northern New-York. BATS BE WILL TREAT POLICEMAN. Among the prisoners in the Jefferson Market court yesterday was a deaf mute, who was charged with Intoxication. When be was arraigned he handed Magistrate Fiammer the following: Judge: I am more than hurt at being in court as a prisoner. I was taking hot punches because I was ill with colds. If I am sent to prison I will be no better than a well dressed thief, if I am out I will help the upbuilding of New- York's safe ty. A man Is valuable to the city for the upbuild ing. I feel sorry for what I have done. I never hurt a man. I was very tired, C ed by three sJeeplf£3 nights. N, 13.— will treat the policeman as often as I can If I am allowed to go He was discharged. EARXIXGH OF AMERICAN RAILROADS. From The Railroad Oasette. The preliminary report on the income account of railroads In the Unltod States for the year ending June to. 1«». prepared by the statistician tothe Interstate Commerce Commission, contains returns of operating companies representing 190.406 miles of line. The gross earnings of the roads Included n this report were «.<¦»%«<. or t7.7W a mlto of line. Of these earnings $396,860.7*) were pmcnitpr and 0,018.268.875 freight. The gross eaniings^&own In the final report for the preceding year were $1,313,610,118. Operating expenses for the last fiscal year aggregated $956,814,142. or $6,025 a mile of Une. The net earnings of the roads embraced In this ad vance report were $523,868,912. or $73,110,747 more than they were for 1899. Income from Investments, etc.. amounted to $60C73.7U0: total income. $554,a»J,612. NEW-YOKK DAILY TKIBI'XE. MONDAY JANUARY 7. 1901. IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS. HOW THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE ENGINEER FAVOR CONTINUANCE OF THE WORK. Albany, Jan. 6 (Special).— State Engineer Bond hopes there will be a large attendance at the con vention of those Interested In the good roads move ment which is to be held here the latter part of January. A large proportion of the Boards of Super visors. It is believed, will appoint delegates to this convention. Governor Odell apparently favors the issuing of bonds If necessary to continue the work Of road Improvement In t:i»> State, for In speaking on the subject of good reeds in his message to the Legis lature he says; "An amendment to the law which would provide that the State should pay the entire expense of construction by the issuance of bonds, levying upon the counties their proportion for the benefits received, would expedite and reduce the cost and extend th<- time for payment over a longer period and at a lower rate of Interest.*,* He points out that surveys of roads have already been made which if adopted would call for an appro priation by the State of $1,220,000. Then he adds: •It would be inexpedient for the Legislature to appropriate this tun in any one year, but it is evident thai if the building of roads Is to continue a much larger appropriation will lie necessary this year." The sum of |SO,AM was appropriated last year. State Engineer Bond favors an appropriation of fSOO.OOO this year. Possibly Governor Odell's bond- Ing scheme may aid him to get this amount. Mr. Bond submitted some Interesting figures to Gov ernor Odell showing the cost of the roads already constructed and those for which surveys have been made The State Engineer has just made these tables public! The one. below shows the counties which have State roads fully completed and their cost : Number' Number Count > «f roads, of niil«-n. Total coot. Columbia 1 1.28 «M»O2 82 firhenectady 1 2.00 18.517 51 Onondaga 2 I.TS -jo.tint 40 Onelda 1 •--'•'• HWSSiSI Krie 2 7 .!«• i-\.-i7'.» -'1 • •hemung ... 1 - •"•" 211,890 40 Krr-5.1.-i.r 2 2.03 IS.OMIOI Monroe -1 '•' i; 1 Hl.ir.s 2B Ulster 1 ¦•'"• .10.O40 (K» Totals 14 ••C..17 »26rt.21»04 The following counties now have roads In process of construction which will cost the amounts stated: Number Number Eotlmated County. of roads, of mil**. cost. Albany 2 I.."B $4.1. 37 Herkimer 1 1.11 *,231 «7 West Chester 4 10 2.1 5f.,213 7". Onelda 1 l.«<> 10.K52 «2 Erie- 1 1.1". 14.537 20 Totals '•' 18.41 IMWSZM Twelve counties have petitioned the State Engi neer to improve specified roads. Me has surveyed these roads and Bade estimates as to the cost of improving them, the counties ha •€ appropriated money for thr- purpose, ?n<i .ill that Is needed to bring about the Improvement of these roads Is the appropriation by the State of its share of the cost. The counties in which the Boards of Supervisors have thus approved the State Engineer's plans are given below: Number Number Estimated County. of roads, of mile*. cost. Saratoga 1 1.40 ?11.J»7Ortrt 1i.1uu.,1.. 1 1.57 »J.l«V»0o Montgomery 1 SJHI 17,510 00 Fulton 1 4.<V4 33.72000 Onoiilaga 2 S.OO iCI.OOOOO Albany 1 2.74 22.497 On Portland 1 «».47 8,81000 '"heir ling 3 r..4!> 5f1.330 <"> H-ti«'-b.T 2 Y»U 44.003 on Cloter ." 14.02 «4.23««0 We t -Chester 7 22.JT. 1t2.45«0 Rroonie 1 5.00 1 l,.1i«» Orans« f> M.CI 71.ft.T800 Totals •-".» MS.SS |Ms,oll <-. When all the roads thus far surveyed, some of which are already Improved, have been taken In hand by the State Knglneer and converted Into good roads, they will number fifty-two In all. being 157.41 miles in length all told: and the total cost of this Improvement will he $,VO7,.tM r.4 for the State and an equal amount for the counties which have had their roads Improved. COMMITTEES AT ALBAXY. PROBABLE CHAIRMEN OF THE VARIOUS LEGISLATIVE BODIES. Albany, Jan. 6.— The selection of members of the various Sonata and Assembly committees Is about completed, but, of course until they are read nt the session of the Legislature on Wednesday night they will be subject to changes at the solicitation of party leaders In the State and country. Jot ham P. A lids is to be the leader of the major ity In the Assembly and Senator T. E. Ellsworth In the Senate. Senator Thomas F. Grady will lead the majority in the Senate and Assemblyman Fria ble in the Assembly. Mr. Allds is a legislator of experience. He said to-night of the proposed re forms In State offices and the probable abolition of several offices, as suggested In the Governor's mes sage: 1 presume our Democratic friends will assist us in making the necesuury reductions in officials and consequent saving in expense, for they have made alleged extravagance in office their war cry while the Republican party is in power. The fact Is that most of the ofllces It is Intended to curtail were under Democratic administrations, or under the orderlngs of a Constitutional Convention. I don't anticipate any trouble with the minority In carry ing out these reforms. Following are said to be. the selected chairmen in the two houses: EENATK. Finance— Mr. IIIGGIN9, of ChanUueiia. Cities Mr. STItANAHAN. of o»wi>K" Judiciary— BRACKKTT. of Harato»a Taxation— ilr. KUUM, of Kchoharle. Railroads- Mr. HAINKH, of Ontario. Revision — Mr. FULLER, of King*. Printing— Mr. AUDKTTK. of Kind* Codes— Mr. KLSBERO. of New-JTork. Miscellaneous Corporations — Mr. MALBT, of St. I.aw rence. Commerce and Navigation — O. A. PA VIS. at Erie. Canals— IIIL.L. of Brie Insurance — Mr. PARSONS, of Monroe. Banks-Mr. HUMPHREY, of Wyoming. Penal Institutions— Mr. WILCOX. of CayuKa. Fish. F*ore*t and (lame-Mr. BROWN. of Jeffenon. Internal Affairs— Mr. FEETER. of lierktmer. Public Education — Mr. WHITE, of Onondsga. Agriculture — AMBI.KK. of Columbia. Public Health— Mr. SHERWOOD, of Steuben. Military Affairs— Mr. WIL.KT. of Catsklll. Printed and Engrosser! Kills— Mr. GREENE, of Broom*. Villages — Mr. UOODSELL, of Orange- Privileges and Election— Mr. THORNTON, of Sullivan. Indian Affairs— Mr. WILLIS, of Bchuyler. Roads and Bridges— Mr. ARMSTRONO. of Monroe. Trades and Manufacture— Mr. CHAHOON, of E*Re*. Rules— Messrs. ELLSWORTH. RAINES and CRADY. ASSEMBLY. Ways and Means — Mr. ALLDS. of Chennngo Judiciary— FISH, of Madison. General Laws — BURNETT, of Ontario. Revision— HATCH, of Steuben. Codes— Mr. WEEKES. of New-York. Taxation— Mr. DE CRAW, of Kings. Canals — PARIUHON. of Niagara, or Mr REI'TIL of Erie. Railroads— Mr. BEDELL, of Orange. Cities— Mr. KBLSKY. of Livingston. Commerce and Navigation — Mr. MOROAN. of Kings Insurance Mr. COIIGHLEY. of Albany. Banks — TREAT, of Cayuga. Electricity, Gas and Water— Mr. ROGERS, of rtroome Internal Affairs— Mr. T»AL'(»HLKY. of Queens. Labor and Industries — Mr. COSTELLO. of O.swego Excise — Mr. ELLIS, of Denes**. Villages— Mr. BRYAN, of Jefferson. ¦ Fish and Game — Mr. AXTELL, of Delaware. Printing— Mr. FORDYCE. of Cayuga. Public Health— HENRY, of New-York. Public Education Mr. LEWIS, of Monroe. Public LAnds and Forestry — Mr. GARDINER, of Mon roe. Public Institutions— Mr. PHIPPS. of Orleans. Military Affair*— Mr. COTTON, of Kingston. Soldiers' Home— Mr. PLATT, of Steuben. Claims— RODENBEOK. of Monroe. Federal Relations— Mr. PATTON. of Erie. Charitable and Religious Societies — Mr. PRICE of Kings. State Prisons— Mr. FOWLER, of Chautauqua. Privileges and Elections — Mr. DAVIS, of New- Trades and Manufactures— Mr. LEWIS, of Oswego. Agriculture Mr. RAUCOCK. of St. Lawrence. Indian Affairs — Mr. FANOHEK, of Cattaraugus Engrossed Bills— Mr. SNYDER. of Ulster. Rules— Speaker; Mr. BEDELL, of Orange- Mr ALLDS. of Chenanco: Mr. KKLSEV. of Livingston- Mr' FRISBIE. of Schoharie. and Mr. KELLY, of Albany. AUTOPSY MADE OS KAFFKA'B BOO] CORONER'S PHYSICIAN WBBTON DEOI.ARKS THE CAUSK OK DEATH INFLAMMATION. Coroner** Physician Weston performed an autopsy yesterday afternoon on the body of Ignatz Kaffka. forty-six years old. whose death on Saturday night was reported by the officials of the Monteflore Home for Incurables, at One-hundred-and-thlrty elghth-st. and Broadway. The report of Dr. Weston does not settle absolutely the cause of death The autopsy disclosed that the man was suffering from adhesive pericarditis, an inflammation of the pera cldlum. To what extent death was superinduced by the dose of strychnine which he had taken the report does not state. ¦ .¦ Kaffka had been an Inmate of the institution for six years, suffering from locomotor ataxia He recently contracted Influenza, and on Saturday afternoon, in order to allay his fever, a dose of antt-pyrlne and anti-febrlne was administered. To counteract their effect on the heart the dose of one thirtieth of a grain of sulphate of strychnine was given. . The dose of one-thirtieth of a grain is the normal dose of strychnine, and It in alleged that It hud been previously given to the patient with no ill erf-"*- ..... . ; SHORTS «%PoßTsri€N 5 THE SPEEDWAY. ALICE BARNES BEATS BfOTB MtLLER AND WINS FIVE BRUSHES. On a frozen road as hard as flint the Speedway trotters and pacers had many lively brushes yes terday. Several thousand admirers of the light harness flyers stood shoulder to shoulder along the sidewalks north of Washington Bridge and watr-hed the sport with great enthusiasm for two hours or more. Alice Barnes. 2:11^, the brilliant and beautiful little trotter that was once sold for $57 under the auctioneer's hammer, and that is now- the queen of the Speedway, won new and un expected laurels by defeating the great pacer Mo»h Mill. r. 2:07. in one of thn best contests of the sea son. Keeping her within easy striking distance of her rival from the tlrst turn of the wheels, E. X Smathers. her owner, waited until he was within one hundred yards of the point where the brushes end before making his real drive. Then calling on her for one of her electric rushes, tapping her sharply with the whip and shifting the bit with a delicate touch on the reins, he sent h»r to the front with a thrilling show of speed nnd won by a neck. Four other victories were placed to the credit of Mr. Smathers's dainty little trotter before the day was over. Perhaps the mo=t remarkable of all was the one in which she defeated Mr. Wright's paring sprinter. Smith. 2:13. This horse was an open length ahead of Alice Barnes fifty yards from the pout whore the brushes end by common con sent, yvt Alice Barnes's marvellous speed In finish ing carried her Into the lead fast as that point was reached. Smitn was pacing very fast, nut Alice Barnes was fairly flying. In another brush she op me from the rear and went right through a bunch of pacers which included David I«»mar'H speedy young horse. Red Uvn, |:W4; Moth Miller, 2:07, end some others. R«d I,awn ar-d I). N Wilbur's chestnut paring mare. Maud 1... ;:15'«. wore the stnrtfrs against Alice Barnes In another brush. The /little mare won In a Jog. rushing Red T.nwn oJtsUis feet in a double break S1 the stnrt and-^rrylng Maud I-. into the air at the end. Red Lawn's show of speed after he settled down to work ps the feature of this contest. Park Secret, a brown trotter with a terord no faster than 2:27. gave Alice Barnes one of her hardest contests for the lead. The two mares were neck and neck nil the way down the road. Seeing ¦ chance to beat the quern of the Speedway, Mr. Lynch drove Dark Secret with great determination. lifting her along on her tiptoes toward the eiiil until sh<* seemed about to break into a run After making such a close race with Alice Barnes. Dark Secret met defeat in a brush with Frederick Dtets*a little bay trotting mare. Miss Overton. U.2OV Mr. Lynch pulled out to pass the speedy daughter of Wilton, but could not gain an inch. Miss Overton won every brush in which she started, and her owner was very proud of her as he Jogged her back to town. Dr. H. I>. Oil] wrought out a new paring team yesterday, driving Jack. 2:12 V». and Anheuser. 2:24-V In double hSIIMISS Jack has lately taken to pulling on one rein and bearing off to the side of the road, so thnt It H difficult to drive him fast •i 'on-*. After warming them up In two or three trial spins Dr. Gill turned them for a brush with Tneodore Maxlleld's black and chestnut pacers. Amokln. 2:14' 4 . and Monopole. 2.08»i. from Morris town. N. .1. Yh. finish of this brush evoked cheers fr"m the crowd. The four horses were all abreast. nn>! It was anybody's race to the very end. Young Maxneld raised his arms high above his head and drove »i* If his life were at stake, snatching the victory by 'i short h»-ad In the last stride. Brayton Ives, driving htn beautiful trotting mare Margaret Worth. 2U£. was prominent In several brushes. 11" had to take the dost, however, when he started up with rtenjamln Zahn. driving the slashing liny trotter Oscar. 2:204- Henry Zahn drove his big galted bay mare Dunde.su. and took part In two brushes with W. C. Floyd-Jon*s"s handsome hl.irk trot tins' mare Pepplna. 2:lß*^. The bitter mare was a newcomer on the Speedway, and sh»- proved to *"> a goed one. In the flrat brush she carried Dundesa to a break and won cleverly at tli'- linl-tli. Dnndess had her well beaten, how ever, on tlif next trip down the road, until the big mare suddenly made a scrambling break in the last furlong. Robert J.. 2.l>lHt. and Alves. 2:WU. of Nathan Strauss string, figured In the sport. Mr. Straus went up the road early, behind little Robert, but met w*th a mishap in bin first brush. Moth Miller was his competitor. Juat after the two horses had rounded the bend near the sturt Mr. Strauss fa mous pacer suddenly threw a shoe and came- near falling down. This ended Robert's speeding for the day. Alves tttarted in H nrush with David Lamar'H fust young pacer Red Uiwii, 2:16 l i. and beat him two lengths. Alves looked fit and fine, and there wer« many expressions of regret that he had not arrived nt the speeding ground in time to TTfOl Alll-e ltarne* Charles Wetland drove the chestnut trotting nan- LotTM McGregor, having recently taken her from A. B. OwathmPV In exchange for Salient. She started In a brush with Henry PbilUps's Kthel EL, 2:1««. and J C. It. Eckerson's Dana Wilkes. 2:2s 1 ;. hut r»n unknown horse came on and beat them all nt the finish. U. A. Burkes black trotter West Wllkes. 1:13%. came out in winning form and twice defeated Drex, 2:lfi« 4 . Chnrle* C. Lloyd's hand some chestnut trotter Richard 8., 2:214. won a number of good brushes, defeating, among others, tho chestnut mare I,h Belle Rosa, driven by W. K. Parsons. Jr.. and I. 1... Mcdlehan's burly bay stal lion Klvol. in separate brushes. MEETING FOR PLEASURE DRIVERS. Th«» Pleasure Drivers' Association will hold its regular annual meetlnp to-morrow nijiht at Oil man's Hall. Bedford-aye., Brooklyn. The election of '»(flcers of the association for the ensuing year will tike place. Reports will bo made by special committees appointed to secure an Increase In the number of mounted police on tho Speedway, and to sei-ur* the exclusion of automobiles from that drive, and Improvements on the Ocean Parkway. aroRfUA \ir\ ix nisn rr oyfr uoxey. ONE.' AHRrSTrn AND PISCHAIUSKP. RETURNS TO i-orilT AND IS HELD. f Magistrate) Rammer had a complicated rase be fore him yesterday In th* Jefferson Market court. The prisoner was William G. TlKpen. who lives at th« Victoria Annex, Broadway and Twenty-slxth st. He was charged with stealing a $•_•») gold cer tificate from John Grutcher. a furniture dealer of Atlanta. Ga., at the Marlborough Hotel on Satur day. Tigpen said he was not guilty, He said that he belonged In Maeon. G.v. where he formerly managed a hotel. James J. Corbett, who was In court on another case,- told the Magistrate that he knew the. ac cused man, that he was highly respectable, and that he (Corbet did not think he would ¦teal. Ah the complainant had not appeared. Tigpen was discharged, and he left court to go to the West Thlrtleth-st. police station to recover the $30 cer tificate. Two hours later Crutcher entered the court hur riedly. He said he had lost his way In coming to court. He said that he wanted to prosecute Tlgpen, as he was sure he had stolen the money. Just then Tigpen came into court again, lie told the Court that the police sergeant at the West Thirtleth-st. station had refused to give him ¦ the $20 certificate, and he wanted an order from the Magistrate. "You are Just in time." said the Magistrate "The complainant Is here now, and I will reopen the case." Crutcher then told his story. He said that he was stopping at the Bartholdi Hotel, and that Sat urday morning he went to the Hotel Marlborough to call on a friend, Georgo Lewis, of Atlanta, who Is connected with the Southern* Krult Growers' As sociation. He went to the room where Tigpen was with Lewis. Lewis went away after a time and Tlgpen remained. Crutcher said that he fell asleep on the bed. and when he woke up a $20 gold certificate which ho had in his vest pocket wad missing. Tlgpen was still In the room. The two men remained together all day Saturday and at night went to a Turkish bath together in West Twenty-elghth-st.. where Tlgpen. Crutcher said, changed a $20 gold certificate. He then caused Tlgpen's arrest. He declared that he had never met Tigpen before. Tlgpen denied the charge. He said that he could prove his innocence. Magistrate Klammer paroled him until to-day. BUFFALO PRODUCE MARKET. Buffalo. Jan. 5. — Flour dull and firm; beat patent •print. »4 7SOSS: bakers- straight »prinit. $4 ;¦><•; 7,v bakers' clear eprttiE. *3 73$$1 25: low Rraflen. winter and spring. $3 7SO*HS.V best family winter, ft S3vS4 SO patent winter. $4 7..«(?. V Wheat — Spring wrong; No 1 hard, carload*. Me; No I Northern. old do, M!';f do new, S.IHo; winter. No 2 red, "8r: mixed, TTc bid: white. 7rt't«' kid- Corn higher: No 2 yellow. u%c: No 3 do. ,4lVio; No 3 corn. -tlUc; So a do. -lie, through, billed. lints — inquiry: No - white. 30 l ir; No 3 do. 2D%*« r.Or. No 2 nilN'tl. 2Sc; No 3 do. 27c, through billed.- Barley Fair Inqur** extra. tsHja4c: fair to good, 56«30c. Rye, • No 1 In'Klom. 07e abk'd GOLF. ANDREW CARNEGIE MAY BE NEXT PRESIDENT OF U. S. G. A.—IIO BART CHATFIELD-TAYLOR THE WESTERN CANDIDATE. Some highly ornate reports have been making their way Eastward in the last few days. If what they say are true Western golfers have taken the Initiative in conceding that this year's champion ships should all be held in the East This frank confession is rather surprising, when in other years Western players have bet'n among the most in sistent and strenuous in pressing their demands. That they should so generously abandon all idea of securing even ore of the coveted contests seems in comprehensible. But the same report brings the Interesting intelligence that Fiobart Chatfleld-Tay lor is retarded as the logical choice for president of the United States Golf Association. It may not be that tne Western politicians are sacrificing the championships for the sake of the presidency, but it is not unlikely that when they withdraw all claim for the former they will create enough senti ment in their favor among the delegates .it the an nual meeting to put Chatfleld-Taylor into the ex ecutive chair. Politics, however, seems distinctly out of place in the conservative methods being employe! to secure Mr. Thomas's successor. Thus far the only names mentioned in connection with the office are those of Ohr»ineld-Taylor and Andrew Carnegie. The former Is admitted to be the logical Western candi date, while Mr. Carnegie Is presumably the Eastern one, though his connection with golf has been so broad a * 10 render any reference to sectional lines almost impossible. Neither of these men has let fall a word since their candidacy was first men tioned. At the recent St. Andrews tournament, however, Mr. Carnegie was asked as to his ac ceptance should the office be tendered to him. and though his only answer was a deprecatory smile he did not deny that he would consent to serve should the association elect him. Chatneld-Taylor would have the solid vote of Western clubs, but it is no reflection to say that his rhtnrrs would be slim should Mr. Carnegie be the opposing candidate. Among local players it is felt that his election would continue that tone and dig nity which the association has maintained ever since Its original organization under Theodore Havemeyer. and that In Mr. Carnegie it would have not only a capable executive, but a man thoroughly familiar with the game and alive to Its possibilities in this country. Mr. Carnegie maintains a private links in Scot land, and while In this country usually Identifies himself wltu the St. Andrews links, in Weatchester County. Among the members of that organisation it l.s reported that he has lately acquired several acres of land near the links and will shortly erect a commodious country house The significance of this is apparent, for it undoubtedly means a closer reAtlon between the millionaire steel manufacturer and one or two of the St. Andrews players whose influence in shaping the association's policy has always hern keenly felt. John Reid is one of the founders of the St. An drews Club, ami at the sain-.- time vice-president of the association. It is said that in the absence of President Thomas abroad Mr. Reid will preside at the annual meeting. Moreover. R. B. Kerr. the present secretary, has left l-ak-wood this winter and is living; not far from the St. Andrews links. another indication of how the presidential pot Is boiling. Golfing legislation will as usual open the year. The second nnnual meeting of the Women's Metro politan OoU Association will take place in this city on January ".V Th«- annual meeting of the Metro politan liolf Association is due the nrst week In February at the Metropolitan Club, and the similar convention of the I'nlted States Golf Association Is arranged for the last week el the month at Oel montco's. probably on Fehruary -7. At this meeting delegate* will b» present from both thy allied and associate clubs, but only the latter will b«» entitled to vote, ouch Ix-lnK allowed to cast two ballots. It Is the duty of the secretary to communicate with all Hubs and ascertain which aro willing to hold the championship tournaments, sending out a list of (hone which accept at least thirty days prior tn the meeting- I' will not be long, therefore, before the most Important features of the coming season will be known by players at large. A remarkable record of TJ has been established for «h-' links at Sandwich. Kngiand. by "Tom" V.ird.in, who has jusl beco—S a professional there. To understand the merit of this achievement it should In- noted that when J. H. Taylor, the present open champion of Kn^land. won his title there in !*!*> he did no better than 7S. The late "Kreddie" Talt. England's amateur champion, who was re cently killed In South Africa, won the championship tournament of IBOS there with the same score. and In 1S» Marry Vardon won his championship with the same 76. S. K. Buchanan was the winner of the Saturday competition at the Nassau Country Club for the cup presented by H. V. Kennedy. This cup Is to by played for on Saturdays in January nnd Febru ary, and Is open to Class C members only. Second place went to K. H. Say re and third place to J. W. Cammark, POOL A\n BILLIARDS. The pool tournament at the Crescent Athletic Club. In CMnton-st.. Brooklyn, closed on Saturday Bight, when J. C. Powers and H. O. Packard met In Mi" deciding game, and, as the men were tied, a number of friends were present to witness the con test Powers proved* the winner, by the score of 100 to »:>. Kuth were tn good form, and their clever playing elicited frequent applause. The scoring was even from the start, and neither could sain what mislit be considered a safe lead. The finish was exceedingly Interesting, but Powers had the most in n-serve, and won out by a close margin. There will lie six contestants In the Amateur Billiard Championship Tournament which will be held at the Hanover Club. Brooklyn, under the auspices of the National Association of Amateur Billiard Players of America. The tournament will begin next Monday night. Among the entries are Frank C. Gardner, the new champion of the Cres cent Athletic Club; J. Byron Stark. Frank C. Keeney. Ferdinand Pogjcenburg, Edward Gardner, of the Aquaquanork Club, of Paterson. and Arthur Townsend. of the home club. Keeney. who was the former champion of the Crescent Athletic Club, will represent the Oxford Club. On the opening night Keeney and Stark will cross cues. Poggen burg and Frank Gardner will meet in the second night's piny. A WWW BASEBALL LEAGUE FORMING. A meeting for the purpose of organising a central baseball league has been held In Brooklyn, and delegates from Newburg. Poughkeepsle. Amster dam and Port Jervts we.re present. It Is expected that the league will be composed of clubs from Kingston, Poughlreerwte. New burg. Port Jervis. Amsterdam and Johnstown, this State: and North Adams and Pitt afield. Mass. Managers of the clubs in the cities n*med nave been asked to make applications to Thomas McGulrk.'; of So. 63 Law rence-st.. Brooklyn, at once for franchises. A committee will Visit these cities to get delegates to attend the n.-xt m.-Utr; which will 1., held at the Aator llonsu on January 13. t FIFTY OS F. Foot RnrnFLLB. INTERESTING EXPERIMENT TO TF=T tRb ABILITIES OF THE SCOW TTPB OF YACHT. Edward Kelly, of the New- York Yacht CMI in tends to make another experiment In testing the relative abilities of the Huntington scow tya* against the more refined looking nodel of th* regn. tar yacht. Mr. Kelly tried this last summer, when I he brought out the RochHle. She was to* p..w>~f.,: i for the iVfo.it class she ho>V to sail in. and not of I the right measurement to go into the class higher. i among the ao-footer? The Roehelle was tried | against the special thirties, and did pretty well I with them In fresh winds. She also had an later. ; estlng tussle on a day of hard wind with the Sr < foot waterline raceahout Sis. With this Hernebotf ¦ rrack shs seemed on that day to be beaten, though the yachts wt-re in different clauses, and the Its. chelle. which was a long way ahead in her own class, mny not have been doing her best, but ft mused a good deal of Interest, involving a paint j which is debated in the best informed circles. In spite »f the successes of the Cartoon aat ! others of this type, which have always been ciasasd ! in the freak fraternity. there is a doubt aa to i whether the true ynchi cannot beat them oat j When tho Roehelle sailed near the Sis It was as> j Heed that, as she lay down in the gusts, she ralsad ¦ up a huge, tl.it bottomed body high into thi air . of coarse, sh«- could not upset, owing to he- |s5 i ily ballasted tin. but she presented such a great i area of flat hull for the wind to have a fair Xl— j at that it se. ni-d to do her harm. She was resS :>.n.| the Sis was lugging hei full sail, but theS ; lay down in a clean, yacht y way and ate un to j windward without r*>ing partly stopped in tho gusts. Mr. Kelly »s therefore about to elucidate a j very Interesting point. He has good reason to be j !leve in thin type of boat, and its presence In the ; snappy :.l-;'.>ot class will be .»ne of the chief potato j of the i-omins season. The dimensions of the new craft, which Is new '•••me hnllt by L. P. Huntinston at Xew-Roebelle shuw her to be a powerful racer. They are: Length aver all. 71 feet: waterline. 44 teet: beam. 13 fWt I and draught. a feet. Her tin keel will be of brow I plate, weighted with a leaf' casting. She will J spread UN square feet of sail, and will compete against the Altair. the Shark, the Syce, the Kestrel. the Hussar II and the new yacht of this das* which J. R. Maxwell has ordered from the Tinas holt yards at Bristol. THE SYRARIT.V THE TRIAL YACHT FOR THE SHAMROCK Tt. The picture here given of the Sybarita affords a good Idea of t-ie handsome 90-fonter finished Hit y*\ir for Whitaker Wright, of London. The os» signer. Cieorge L. Watson, had already mad* a*» THB SYBARITA rangements with Sir Thomas Upton la regard to the building of the challenger Shamrock II when this new craft was turned out. and she was In tended as a preliminary test craft which would be thoroughly tried before the Upton craft was sketched. The chief desideratum In the Sybarita at the time she was designed was to test the re liability of wooden planking which was reduced In thickness and weight to what was considered the limit of safety. Since her launch the Sybarita has been sent out into heavy weather in the North Sea. especially for test purposes, and as she showed no sign of strain the experiment in thin planking is considered fully successful. _V- V The boat will be used as a trial hone for the Upton challenger. Her owner has been hard hit in the recent financial tumble in London, and other boats, the Valkyrie 111 and the first Shamrock, are now mentioned as the intended speed companions of the challenger, but as a fact. the Sybarita and first Shamrock are the only boats in England which are required or competent to engage in this work. Even If Mr Wright's name does not appear In the matter the Sybarlta will certainly be used by Sir Thomas Llpton to prepare his new boat. With the Emperor's Meteor the Wright host has only had six races, and in the first she broke her topmast, in the second the C-foot Kommodore saved her time in a reaching race, and in the next four contests the Sybarita clearly proved her so perlorlty over the German Imperial yacht. Ike carries ninety tons of lead on her keel. In over all length the Sybarita Is 155 feet, the first Shamrock being 1:3 feet * inches. Her water line length is 89 feet and her beam 23 feet, the Columbia's beam being one foot greater and the Shamrock's one foot seven inches greater. The new boat's bow i.-» Ions: and fine, though her after over hang is much shorter than the Columbia's. The cutting away from the point of greatest beam at the chain plates leaves an ugly bulge, but this has nothing to do with the underbody. where the lines run beautifully, and not at all in accordance \rttii the harsh deck view. \f~ . T FEXCIXG BOVTS ARRANGED. A NUMBER OP CONTESTS TO BE MADS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP. The Amateur Fencers* League of America will hold its National championship bouts. In connection with the Amateur Athletic Union, at the Fencers* Club on April 26 and Zt. Th-? intercollegiate cham pionships are to be held at the New-York Athletic Club in March. Other dates announced are Junior foils at the New-York Athletic Club on January 15; open competition at the Boston Athletic Associa tion. January "6 competition for the Fencers' Club Cup. teams of three men, each man to fence with foils, sabres and duelling swords, at the Fencers' Club, on February 12: Interclub trophy comoetitlon with foils, at the Boston Athletic Association, on February 23. and the junior team competition with foils for the Morris medals, to be held at the Fencers' Club on March S. .- . : PROFITS OF MfSIXG. "The Kngineerlng and Mining Journal." of »'*- Tork, in Its Issue of January x reports the total amount of dividends paid by 219 companies allied with the mineral industry of the United States m 1900 at Siao.Ml.tMO. This large disbursement place* mining among the most profitable of the country** 1 Industries. The metal mines paid $61.5uC,0i». or SM per cent of the total, and the industrial compaalM $7».tt9.00». or •50.7 per cent. Among the leadmaj payers were the copper mines, with SS.4n.6t* t» their credit; the gold and sliver mines. SXUmJB. and the petroleum companies, with <49.8NL*Ml There) were nlso many metallurgical companies that d»» hursed large dividend premi!»>* H increase materially in lwi. EAST PUFFALO CATTLE' MARKET. Eact Buffalo.. Jan. 3.— n«*lpt*-^Oittl*. ' Sf • ear* : ahem and lambs. 17 can; hogs. % •¦am. Shipment*— IB ears: »heej» ami lamb*. - A rare: ho**. Ml cars.' Cattle steady, with moderate supply and fair demand. C«!vr« lower: choice to r*tn». $st»&** 25: good to choice. ST3OCSS- Shr.j' and , t»mbK— Tntat offering* -."5 tn«d»: active as* ."**¦• higher for choice l;»mtw»: Inmtw. <-ho»c-» '•» e*tra. HII9 **"&. *.»••<• In ehuir*. *l'.fl>tl I.', fair to trood.. #.srsO€?*: ¦ ¦"'.mi to. i'*ir.-> S4 •JW«sr»r»): ml»>d *he*r>,. *-» * ' 2*; yearling. *4 ;i»il#.S4 7.-.: ,w«. .53:.v8i:4 10; Caaasa lamb*. %*. Hap* *ctlv* and higher. 30 loads on S V'"Tf. *.-» !GiU<r. :*\ with mm* Bales at ?.>.Vgps:s;: mixed and VoTket*. $8 30: pis*. *Rs*o«ia6-. tmkV.i* •..-,? ?u«»v ft -'30? l 00. Cleat firm at top prices. ¦;¦ —(The Tachtsmaaw