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I 1 i In tT I I Po 1 1 Y
THE SU TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 V1887
LOOK OUT AT HELL GATE
A TIMBER RAFT niOOKll THAN THE
GIfT VASTER ox ITS fAr 11ErJ
I It l l rOO Feet JLonc uud will Try to c emn
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I In Throne IIell Onte Alt xperlucnt
I IrnpnrtnMCe to the Limber Trade
What la probably tho largest craft that
lias over ot afloat Is now rounding the con t
> 1 Massachusetts on Its way lo this harbor I
Is l considerably longer and wldr than tho
j Great Eastern and two and 1 half times 8R
heavy but I has foyer boon christened Ills 1
I a huge compact raft of logs built and launched
In ono of Ilio arms of tho Hay of Funds on tho
collet of XIV Scotia at 1 lilnco called Ilnge
bvnnl nenr 1oit Joggls so named long ago ir
Itio British Invaders who fastened an Indox on
a pole to direct their friends to their camp I
1 n lUetrlcl abotindlnp In oxtonelvo forests ot
ipritcc l > liio and birch und the crrat riM and
lull ol tho tido which la sixtyfive fret ovary
Hvoholiours vendors unsurpassed Ibi facilities
launching big ships and othorwatorcraft
Tho crcnt rat Is slmpod like a cigar some
what tlnttoncd on two sides and having tho
two ends cut off bluntly I l leo foot long G5
fret ldo US foot high und had a draught of 1
feet G Indies when launched I contains
20 clicks vhrylnc from 35 to 05 feet In
length An Iron chnllm Inchon lu j diameter
rims lonetbwlfli through tho contra and Is tho
rib to which the numerous pieces nrn fattened
by smaller chains Thq soculled rait thnt was
lowed to this port from tho Canadian pro Incea
In 1863 WIll lny a ytcl of lockings twelve
In nunibor linked togethei Each of tho lock
lug crib shaped wax 05 foot lone nnd con
tulneil O spurs each nttd ftltosother tho bulk
iras much smaller thnn tho present single
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eompnct raft which is bolug towed to this port I
ty tho crow propeller Miranda which was
chartered by llowrlng fc Archibald bhlp brok
er for tho purpose In thu picture hero given
Iho view U I from I point near the upper end of
the raft which by reason of the perspective ip
pfats l larger I than at the middle whurn In fact
tliedlaraetorls 1 tour tlniesas uicnt hurolil lower
end appears to be very much inuller by reason
of f the uru it length of the raft It Is I In fact of
tin sun diameter us the end shown In tho
foreground
It I was Hugh H L nub rtfol who in 1SS1 con
ceived tao hl or building u ruft Bomcwhat In
tko form or aship composed 1 of hgs out In full
lengths arid firmly secured by withes and
rlulns Mr Kobertson diw plans of the same
und pntentid them In the United ritatesCanada
Urlt Britain Norwn Mud Sweden Ho built a
rut somewhat MiKitler than tho present one
but similar at lort ucls l a year alI In last July
but tho ways vreru improperly constructed and
broke down under tho grunt Mriiu IIH It was
bclni launched Alluffoits lo got the monster
iniotho water failed and it lay there all last
vvlmer until it ticcamo n wreck from the beat
nu of the wuvuti It was cleared I iiuuy bit
etring and Mr James U 1 envy of this city
whoso fou Daniel J JOlt purvhuscd tho
ptvtit rights I mm Mr Itobnitfoii b gan 1
iow and much larger raft in May James V >
Le try is a wellknown ship builder of thl city
und the timber is diisfcno for f hilown uslnoM
The launch was made under tho tuiorvlsiou
of Mr Uobertson and Martin Hopkins of this
city The ways were mndo of stronger mate
rial than that used for tIm frs nut There
were four each 1200 feet long and the timbers
used were 20 Indian I I p square There was a do
dine in the substructure oi Inch to the foot
the lower ends being about i2 feet above the
water lit low tide and tho upper ends 40 foot
above tie ground
The ways completed I cradle was next con
structed resting upon them somewhat similar
t tho cradle for a ship the ribs being made of
duTernnt sizes to correspond to the desired
cigar hape being 02 feet across at tho middle
und tApering to 15 feet at the ends The In
terior of lbs basinshaped crib was then lined
with n flooring of trees the larger ends being
laced generally toward tho middle inter
E ippod so as to give the whole greater firmness
and prevent Its breaking In two These were
knitted together with birch withes Juch In
diameter tho ends being tied around tit out
side polos to keep them from pulling apart
Over this flooring was placed a similar la > er of
trees joined together by withes which when
the cradle was filled up were strong enough
to hold the big bundle together but a network
of chains put In place eiuiultanaously with the
tilling of the cradle hound i moro firmly
The 2 > > lnch chain lormlng the core which Is
1000 feet long one sod serving for the tow line
and tho other for the 10000pound anchor has
chains at intervals of seven feet running to the
outeldo of the such making nearly 100 chains i
In nil Other chains belt tho surface tightened I
by hydraulic pressure Tho whole is so Inter
I woven that tho harder the propeller tugs nt the
core chain the moro tightly the network of
chains clutches the big cigar
The are sixty layers in th raft nnd the
37000 trees contain half n million linear feet
When the great oruft weighing 11000 tons was
ready on Nov 15 seventeen barrels of tallow
were spread over the surface of tho ways to H
depth of half an Inch 8 that the raft would
clip down easily when released Mr Lenry
perched ulmxelf on top with an American flag
in his right band and when the stays went
fevered and tho props were removed at high
tide ho piloted the monster as it took Its first
vlunge Into tho depths It required but thirty
two seconds to mako the rn Thw raft wns
anchored some distance from the shore and
tlio tug Neptune watched It until tho arrival of
tUI
the Miranda from New York
Tber was I wait for several days until tho
htnvy northwest winds subsided Tho llrst In
telligence that Mr Leery received after the I I
raft started was on last bnturduy night when
a telegram Informed him that thoy got away on
Thursday A vessel that arrived a Amherst
N t reported that she met them and that the
Miranda was towing the rut easily at the rate
of six miles an hour Mr Lury thinks they
1 ho l here by Wednesday or Thursday If the
weather Is favorable The taft will be towed
around by I the Bound and down through Hell
late t Mr Learys basin in Nwtown Cre k
As the raft when water soaked has a draught
of f nearly il feat it may have to ho partly un
loaded to get through UH > Oato The timber is
fventyflve per cent spruce for piling and
spars and other timber are birch beach
maple and white pltio
Th total cost nf the raft Including timber
building and transporting will be 1M where
In the neighborhood of 30000 Thu cost of
construction was probably nit more than
110000 and the towing charges mor 5000
The raft has tho capacity of seventy large
Fohooners and to brine thu largo amount of
lumber here IK tho usual fashion would cost
t2A000 for freight charges lly tho raft system
much largertlmbors can brought 1 to Eastern
ports than In schooners I the present veir
fortB proves successful I may effect radical
change In the lumber trodo Lumber for
buildlne purposes may bo brought cheaply
from tb rot forostN of Nova troll as well
aa piling and sparring material Mr Leary
has two more rafts or the same size well tinder
way and he says that ha has timber enough in
onoulh
the same district to build a hundred more
The patantable points about tho raft Uu In the
method luterlaclng adjusting withes the chain work rud the I
Died of heart Ulienee In tbe Seiiool Iloom
Mary Gallagher 1 years old while nt her
dusk In room 3 In fit Teresas Female Parochial
School at 8 Bulgers street yesterday after
noon fell Into the ulslo between tho doks and
dlod almost Instantly Him hud just finished
pencilling a problem in nrlthmetlo on her slate
Them worD twentyseven scholars in tho room
In charge of Bister Ursula Tho luster sup I
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pOsed that the girl hud fainted und to prevent
excitement who conducted the chlldien Into uu
adjoining room und dismissed them lr Win
A Conway was summoned Ho snld tIm girl
bar died of heart disease The girls widowed
mother liven at JilHthcrryhtiect I wns known
that Mary guttered from heart dUsaso the
was much beloved by her companions
ale orbits Charter Onk Property
The property ot the Charter Oak Life In
commits Company was sold at the loll 1ntnto
Exchange ychtoiday by Auctioneers L J and
I 1liIIIIpb under tho direction of Louis Fitz
gerald receiver ot tiltS company Property
valued by the owners at 500000 sold for tii >
boo Thefie tales wero made 452 Broadway
to Uutmun Brothers for 202000 441 Broad
way to J Jrothersi for 170000 84 Howard
f lIre to Max Uunzlger for 150500 and 2 W
Howard treat to J Kuhn tor UOO
Another Jxamlnatloo Kbt
A competitive examInation for police Ben
gejjitb and Captains will be hold Wednesday
by t tho Civil Service Board One Captaincy to
b flllwl There are already four Democrats on
t110 promotion list Hergoant Iorler heading It
heldlnl I
6itli 08 plus nor cent
fe 4
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4 xiir XlVXIC BXll8T
I I li tn lie Opened for Rallroiltfa tka
Hnror Ve < Know
Tho Board of Street Openings ycstcrdfty
took up the subjects of opening and extending
Elm street from Ninth street to Chambers
ntroM and also the proponed new street soy
entyfive feet wide from Paik row near tho
bridge to Maiden lane through tho middle ot
tim blocks between Nassau and William streets
Reports woro submitted by committees of tho
Mechanical Engineers and the American Soci
ety of Civil Engineers For the former society
Engineers Charles 1 Emery Charles T Por
ter nod Btophon W Baldwin reported In favor
of opening Elm street 100 feet wide and con
necting I with Vllllnm street by a tunnel from
Centre street near Dunne to William street
near Frankfort This tunnel they said A
advisable both on account of the grade and I
tilt great braille near the bridge The commit
If alto ggested that It would bo a relief to
Uio vyist nldo to open I now street from the
JUIH tlon of Hudson street and est Broadway
south to Orienw Ich street They also suggest
that especially In narrow streets the loading
mid I I milling of trucks must Le done Inside
the bulldlngft leaving the roadways free for
moving trafllc
For the Hoelnty of Civil Engineers On
Oeoreo B Oroono Stevenson Towle and W O
Hamilton advised the opening of Kim street
100 feet wide from Fourth avenue and Ninth
street to Chambers street unit connecting it
with llllam street which thoy prooose to
widen to 100 feet AB nn nltornutlv they favor
the new street parallel to Nassau street They
also propose to cut oil twentylive felt from the
iiist silo of City Hall Park from Chambers to
Mull street timid that but two railroad tracks
bo allowed lu Park row with 11 connecting
CIT at Brondwiiy ttud the Post Olllce They
vail aituntlon to the bad pavemnnts und rail
road tracks nt piotctit existing obstructions
Jlo oxlstll 11 lon
anti ndvlhB tnat new stroats be nrotucud from
Klevitcil trucks They also favor the opening
from Hudson toOroonwIeli street t
Maps of the propned 1 new streets were sub
mitted antI tho Hoard discussed thnm t Mayor 1
Hewitt eprossod hlIH1 as decidedly opposed
to opening new streets at II cost to tho city of
millions of dollars without an express under
I standing as to bother railroads should be al
lowed In the tnltlc mid what proportion tho
cost t tho railroad companion proposu to bear
Ilo was not > ut convinced of till necessity for
tin iim street whlollll1U mund said ho was try
fag to gut at the fuel Ho suggested that If any
rnllrund company wanted the now street It
might atiply for condemnation of tho property
Alter 1 tnUlni the plans over for u while the
Bonid decided to wait a white All time reports
of the engineers are to bo published In full in
tho Vila Ittconl
lTJ OF TilL orn nizo SUITS
Unlel tn Opt tin thine For the City IVnm
Connolly Uurvey Nwceny imd tile Reel
Moifffin J OBrien counwl to the Corpora
tion hut written to tho Mayor and to tho
Comptroller that It Is his Intention to take
HHPJ to dlspobK of number of tho old Tweed
fling ills either by a tlpulutlon to dUcon
tluul ur III some other way which may benp
proprlnte unless within ten days good reason
phnll be shown for continuing tho notions Mr
Olirlen writes that his predecessor Judge
I Lncombe was on the point of disposing of
I these old suits at tho time when ho went upon
j
t the bench feeling satisllcd that thoro was
nothing in them for the city md that to wind
thtin up would bo by far tho wiser I course
Mr OBtlen bus recently conferred with Judge
Lncoiubo upon the subject and has written let
ters to Messrs Francis C Barlow Wheeler II
Pcckhnm James C Carter Thomas Allison
nnd George Ticknor Curtis In whoso charge as
counw1 these old ciscs seem to bo and
Mildnd chiIll y lJy the t opinion of JudgoLacombt
und the lecommendatlons of foitntl he has
now concluded to try to dltpose of them all
The principal roa on for finally winding
them up is that some of the defendants inn
deal others Imvo openly failed or gono Into
bankruptcy oo that In no case could anything
MibHtMiitlul bo recovered even If n judgment
should be obtained Moreover the expense of
preparing thu cn = os for trial nnd trying them
would bo I very great so that it Is I not probnblo
that a prosecution of the cases would result In
tbo recovery 01 a sum at all adaquuto to par
tho expenses of continuing tho litigation All
of thoto actions involve fraud and to show
such fraud and tlmt each defendant was u
party to the Iraud two polntH which would bo
uMentlnl tu the right of tho city to recover any
judgment would bo difficult and would in
volve complicated I details und a large nxpendi
1J laif
turn of time uI labor I and money Under these
circumstances Mr OBrien says that ho thinks
it will be a wnito of the publlo money to con
tinue those litigations any longer
The following is ri list ol tho cases referred to
If any citizen knows any nelson why any ono
of them should bo i now preyed to trial let him
now speak or cUu forever uflur hold his piace
IheMiiyur me nft I Andrew J Uarvey ai A Oakey
n lo tIY Arhlbuld ft Jr 4 J Jane ll Inirertoll
and Oilier InKPrpoll A 10 tJ Charltf II larobim b I
John II Kertcr anl othere Keyrer t Lo 1 T teorne H
i rlJi 7n nloJ f W W
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miller I I sOiirreit II chuyler and other ll II Mhuy
lertCn J t III KIMrt A Wooilw rd 101 John McBride
Davidson 11lamei I I W fimlthU I Tunrail Hollar and
other KollariLo 111 Uanlellierrl n 1411 H Miller
13 James A Minxzlun III John OUonnell 17
Alexander Ilrandon IO Archibald Halt I IU I William
r I Kiank Cli rhomai rolemon Jl I JolinJ Melnh irj
CummlnKi tHr Tucker t3 i > John OHonnell 41 Mar
irarel VVnUno adralnlilratrit 2r > It B Ionnollr d I
teoriro K Miller JT > > larurHt Wauon t2s Jamce II
Inirerfoll l I VVIlllam Mall K A Moore and Korhtl
Holland tJJ Margaret Watson Ul Teier H Sweeny
HILLY UIICH3IAX AGAIN A JlIS01tElt
ilie exSpeaker joe tn n Police Station
nnd Say lie U n Vncrnnt
AVlllIum HltchrannexSpcnker of tho As
sombly Is iigala to be examined by the city
physicians as to his sanity Mr Hltcbman
walked Into the East 12Cth street police station
at 1 oclock on Sunday afternoon and told tho
Captain that ho wanted to be locked up
I Iiavo no homo and I am a vagrant
The Captain tried to get him to go away
knowing that his friends were providing for
him but Mr Hitch man said he would bit tho
Captain or break n window necessary to be
detained Ho Raid further that he had been
persecuted and his family had been brokon up
by the Church mind thit if ho could only bo
locked up It would make everybody feel
sorry nnd things would be BtralehtcBtdout
Capt Hooker sent him to the Harlem Police
Court yohterduy J J Whltoway a Fulton
street printer Hltohmans soninlaw and law
yer Butterly a friend of tho family woro noti
fled and at their request Hltcbman was com
mitted for oMimlnatlon as to his sanity
Mr Hitchtnan was sent to Bellevue on Oct
23 last for a like purpose About two years ago
he had two Btiokesof apoplexy and when he
got up from the last ho was subject to what his
family believed to bo ills of madness and was
nt times violent His political friends refused
to believe him Insane and procured his release
Mr Charles halley of East lOdd street u
wealthy Harloiuite took Hltchman home with
him but alter about two weeks he drove Mrs
Bnlley out of the house one dayand Mr lluiluy
reluctantly admitted that his old friend bad
lost Ills mind
Hlneo thou Hllchmnn has lived at a lodging
house uptown his relatlvQs l providing for his
support Ho met n brother on the street one
dav two weeks rgo and beat him with n cane
A Nineyearold with 87SUO n Year
Courtlandt II Smith cxSIayor of Aluxan
dna has a nlnoycurold son who bears his
name He Is an only child nnd Inherited his
mothers Interest In the estate of her grand
father Eleazor Family That share Is worth
15710201 aol brings in 9400 annually In
18S2 at tho rciiuest of Mr Kmlth the Supreme
Conrt hero appointed the Central Trust Coin
ptuy guardian of tho child and ordened that
tJUUOu year be aliened for his Buppoit ami
education This has been clone and titers is I
now an income Imlanco of tJrifiU7SS
Mr hinith petitioned tho court to Increase
thii allowance to 7600 twyliig that his ton
wns In very delicate health and had to be kept
In mild climate Uu needs constant profes
sional care and a governess Horses and
proper MirMinlH must Iw had and u European
trip maylo necessary
Judge Donohtie has granted an order In ac
cordance with thu petition
Aruiiltl LonetHble t Co I
Tho largo crowds of customers at Arnold
Constable aud Iut tl Uroadvay are drawn there br
a Chrntmai dUpJay of more than ordinary Interest and
variety The ixual itiuitantial Hack In dry nooJ 01
veiL tultf aud earpetlnfe baa been enlarged and la
name department many decided noveltlei have been
Introduced tun alnayxell largely forChrlttmaipret
euta and In I till department mull cud boat of blue lynx
rur iniiir and nft aud liars durable lieu eUvr tux are
prnrlnr very opular at itt and maiet After them
ilue foe at M and gray tea al ft r are the vreateii Il
Irai liiNi i tIer niil bearer are lot to popular inliyear
at aol There li a rood builnetn lu I tiaudardi lucn ue
call black Ice and black hex and a J iaie aiionment
torcblldr < u f irintue and chinchilla continue in be aid
largely The ehawl deparlratBt le aliraye I SiltS with I
cu iuuifr India rhudda ju brlxht cater at N 10
if tnuare aud lour hare flue call I for holiday title A
fctobuIII dtl brlt
i1 u the pita h ncarf with f aud wllkout liooda tn bril
liant tint A tery Ire atiortmeut of tbete U ou eilil
litton Many eiqulilte lain are to be seen naar the
Jlroadway entrance TtiU department baa been lacked
to the toi with all colts at uorclllei at all nrlcea and
atiMctiimuh I I niirndun olr m ihpvperi Antique Ve
netian and Heiulub aid bridal Telfi and ihawli are In
rnindderable demand A nurelly In fcandkerchlefi ti I a
trench lieinitltch embroidered with real VaUucUnnm
lace A circular illk embroidered I Krench baudkerrhUf
Seryfln tot Ueed eTiherai lurh or for nluciublnu
coter li really admired Ibe throngs ut ehvniiert la
all departmtiiu f tUU lIOn axtcit the apfreclaUoa it
t
tbe baths
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run FL1O11T OfltRKKST ADjUS
Matthew I > rr a1ThMne Bd rato
000 B Ta He le Beady lo Forgive Him
Matthew HJTTICS nnd his son real estate
dealers at 203 Lexington avenue who returned
on Oct 31 from a four months tour In Europe
to find that Ernest Adams their confidential
clerk whom thoy bad left In charge of the
business had skipped with about 12000 do
not cherish any very hard feelings toward tho
wayward young man Mr Byrnes who Isro
mnrknbly vigorous for a man of 79 Enid yes
tordny to a reporter of THE BUN
Adams came to me well recommended Ills
father was connected with Moses Taylor in the
sugar trndo and was n highly respectable
man I IIIe hIm full charge of the business
with power to collect rents and make deposits
III tho bank Shortly after wo left for Europe I
received a letter from Adams stating that he
was going to change his residence to the
Cayiign Oats because his wife preferred small
er quarters and less work Ho disappeared
just two days before my return from Europe
on Oct 29
In looking over the accounts I found the
books all right for July and August lie bad
forced the August accounts 800 and took I
from the Bepumber collections enough to
make It tin Thn accounts thereafter wore all I
awry Uf tho 12000 NOOOO was from collec
tions from UOOot my tenants nUll the remain
lug 2000 wa from collections mad for my
eon from his tenants I have since found out
thnt Adams did similar collecting while we
were away for n client of Hnblno A Moroyt
and heft him poorer by MUOO
I received A letter from Adams Indirectly
several days after ho left In which he said hn
was very sorry he had wronged me It was alt
tho result of btttlng on the races he said and
gambling The ilrst tIm h bot t5 and won
tJtiti I but ns ho kept l on luck turned and he
iisnd tho ready money ho bad thoughtlessly
lIe snld nothing bout restitution and there
was no post murk on tho letter which came to
tno through his wife
I dont think ho would really Rteal or rob I
anybody purposely nor do I regard him na dig
honest I think t he lost the money at the races I
or speculating lu Wall ttreot If ho were to I
come back I think I would forgive him I
would not prosecute blml think too much of
him fur that
The detectives who nrft working up the ca o
think that Adams wits not married legally to
t 10 woman with whom he lived at the lJarUln
flats The woman had a boy of 12 aud a small
child with her and left two weeks after Ad
ams went away the boy said for Canada
Nothing Is known at thn Cnyuga about the wo
mans Identity or her whereabouts
GOODDr rUle FAJJOU3 DVD
Miilherrr Park to Take the Plnee of the
Svvarmlac Tcnvmente
Tho Board of Street Openings made de
cided progress yesterday In tho matter of pro
vldlng thi now mllll purks authorized by tho
last IegiHlaturc
President Beokmnn reported that the com
mittee consisting of himself this Mayor and
Commissioner Borden hud exurnlntd various
sites Thoy agreed that one of tho parks should
bo In lie Hlxth ward and unanimously advised
that the block bounded by Mulberry Park
Bayard nnd Baxter streets comprising a terri
tory about 600x200 feet should bo taken for
one of the parks Mayor Hewitt observed that
Oramorey Park Is I onlv 400x200 nnd that tho
block proposed to bo taken U one of the worst
In tho city Tho Board decided unanimously
to tnko the proposed block for a park and that
lie President of the JJornrtment of Parks bo
authorized to cause the nece ary maps to be
made preparatory to proceedings to condemn
the hind Ilion tie Board dlscus 8d the name
of the proposed park and Mayor Hewitt laugh
ingly Micsefited lie latin name for Mulberry
1oinii Mulliraiilisu natal which has an Aiuoil
cm fame of Its own But a name was not
abroad upon
The hind thus doslgnnted for the flrst of the
new small parks is I what is known as The
Bend and N i largely occupied br Italians and
Chinese It Is notorious for thickly populated
tenement houses opium dens Male beer dives
nnd low resorts ot all sorts The locality bus
supplied more material for police Interference
than any equal extent of territory In the city
It will of course be a long process to condemn
the lurid and award damages to the property
owners It will be many moons before the
Sixth ward boys play In Mulberry Park
Jrcsldunt Bei > kman announced that the city
has acquired title to tho Hast lIler lark con
sisting of seven acres extending from Eighty
fourth to Eightyninth streets on the East
Itivor that there are now many tine trees In
the park und that there Is no reason why tho
nark should not bo thrown open to the public
The Park Department was directed to prepare
a map of it
STARIX ISrADES rlllLADKLlSIA
lie Get Ferry anil Incidentally Takes In
lilllr Thomp ona
John H Starln has credit in Philadelphia
characteristic oparatloB just successfully
completed Tho Gloucester anti Philadelphia
Ferry Company was an old aad conservative
corporation that grew rich fast by charging ten
cents for taking people back and forth across
tho Delaware between Philadelphia and
Gloucester city The corporation didnt care
to sell to a Now York syndicate last spring and
soon afterward an opposition ferry was started
for tho summer excursion business it WKH an
nounced The summerended and tho old ferry
company still refused to sell Tim announce
ment was then made that the excursion ferry
would be a permanent Institution The Plum
delphlans came down William L Bowman of
this city represented tho syndicate which has
just completed the purchase of th old lino
paylneit Is said between 200000 and 300000
The syndicate has III No purchased a hotel and
considerable surrounding property alone the
Jersey river front and will also lake 11 It Is
said Hilly Thompsons ancient hotel the ono
plac In all tho world wberu tho genuine I
planked shad blooms In perennial delicious
ness That kind of shad originated at Billy
Thompsons and the place bus been the Mecca
of Xe w Jersey and Philadelphia epicures ovary
shad season for maul years The new com
pany will run the whole placo as a little
Conoy Island to their ferry
1033 LOST HALLS Of OPIUM
le Tola a Sample nftke RIIIe e of Cmtom
Ilonie ManiBlea r
Collector Mapones investigation of the
methods of Government samplers unearthed
another abuse yesterday Chief Holnhnn of
the Special Treasury Agents discovered In an
outoftheway nook In the publlo stores 1032
balls of opium of which no record had been
kept and of which the whereabouts wero known
to only u I few Individuals Each of the bulls
weighs 2f ounces As opium Is quoted at 4 n
pound by Importers the opium perquisite must
have been valuable to somebody fun 1031
balls represent the samples taken from Im
portations lu the lust few niontliH It Is said
that halfounce snmploH lire all that In I necuu
nary U > satisfy the Government appraisers
Tbo opium will be sold for thebtnefU of hut
Goveinment but hereafter the size of tho
samples will he cut down
Mr Holahan said that the sals would rue thn
first or tIm kind In many yuars that tho sam
ples of Into yeiiru buys mysteriously disap
peared that uo rocnldR had been kept of tho
amount of opium taken for samples nnd thnt
the opium plum must have been huge and rich
rue Yoanr HarTnrd Suicide
Tho body of Henry J Powell the young
Harvard freshman who committed suicide at
his rooms In Holworthy Hull on Saturday
night lay Inth parlor of his fathers rouldenoo
at 824 Went Kiltyeighth street yesterday morn
ing The young man was the son of Wilson M
Powell a lawyer at 29 Wall street He com
mitted fiulcide while bis mother and ulster
waiting lor him ut YouugH Hotel I U I Boston
where thoy bad gone to visit him The
only reason known for bis suicide was hls
failure to keep up with the cluss of 00 with
which he hud entered the university The news
of his fullldo was brought to bin mother and
sister at their hotel They came on with tha
body Services will be conducted at tin house
undT I P M on Wednesday by the Society of
1dondn nml the interment will be In the fam
ily plot at the Irlends Cemetery In Brooklyn
One Andereen heir Bllll IlUiatUOed
Tho litigation over till will of the Into
John Anderson the millionaire tobacconist
still continues On Saturday last nt White
1lnlns Judge Dykman granted nil Injunction
at the suit of John Charles Anderson the prin
cipal heir under the will restraining Mrs
Laura W Appleton another heir from con
tinuing In her unit to have the will declared in
valid and for a partition of property bIte la
the only dissatisfied heir with whom a settle
ment has not been made by the rislduary
legate John Charles Mrs Apploton will Unlit
the Injunction
A Hey highwaymen
Tenyearold John Silk of GOO Greenwich
street waylaid and robbed William Mooney
years old of 239 Newark street Uoboken at
West and Morton streets on Buuday afternoon
Ho took Moonys gold watch and CUll JIvlllullI
at 135 Bilk wus urrtotoO
142arlt 41 I t
DEFENDING MISS MORRIS
A DOT ATTACK JUDE OX THE HOARD
Of tiDUCATKIX
Ibe Trouble In Rekool no Declared t be
Not mn lermelra Prlnetpul but Ha In
Heltnt Craraltt A Cwiirdl Job
Lawyer FosterL Uaokus one of tho rising
young Bepubllcan statesmen of Brooklyn has
returned to the attack on tho Hoard of Kducn
Ion In that city Ho started It during tho latu
political canvass In a speech In tho Academy
of Music In which ho denounced the move
ment to oust Miss Ilnrrlet N Morris principal
of public school 39 as an outrage nnd Inspired
by political motives and also Intimated that
many teachers had boon compelled to hand
over a portion of tholr salaries each month to
members of the Board of Education In pay
ment for their appointments When Mr
Backus was sharply called to account by the
Board of Education after tho election ho font n
communication to President Joseph C Heudrl
reiterating his charges and promising to prove
them If a committee was appointed to mako
an investigation under circumstances which
would shield the teachers who wero willing to
testify from discovery At the meeting of tho
Board of Education last Tuesday ono resolution
was adopted dispensing with Miss Morriss
services on Jan 01 and another directing
PrcHldnnt Hondrlx to nppolnt a committee to
Investigate and report on tho subject matter
of Mr Backuss communications For tho
purpost of going to tho fullest possible extent
In satisfying Mr Backus that no attempt
would bo made to shield the Democratic ma
chine to which Miss Morriss removal and all
thin other offenoHS of tho Board of Induration
woro credited Mr Hendrix appointed Messrs
dates Hnrkness and Northrup the throe moil
active Republican members ot thu Board to
make tho Investigation
Mr Bnckui however not 1I0tlRrtoo1 and yes
terday he nitaln sent n communication to Mr
Hendrix reiterating the charges These are
torn of the things he Brtjs
Your Board passed a resolution asking mo
to lay before It the proof of tho chares made
by mu I had charged that Miss Morris was to
be made the victim of a political lob that tho
Board was to t be mndo II political I Ftroncholil
where employees could be assessed for oolltl
cal purposes as they ore In other detmrtmtnts
of tho city and that I bad u statement of a
teacher that n member ofa local committee
bad offered promotion for money You have
named a commute without consulting me I
your Board hm not only failed and refused to
pass the resolution of protection to tell hers
but by Its arbitrary dismissal of Miss Morris
without hearing her defence bus given warn
ing and threat to any who may dare oflofld
local committees or members by statements
mndn to your committee
Do you really expect that teachers will come
forward and testify without a resolution guar
anteeing protection IB it not apparent that
Ihe refusal of your Board to liati such a rru 1
Iiillon was Intended at u warning totcuclicis
that any statement which they make aeulnst
members local committees will cost thnm
tlwlr positions If that was its object it has
succeeded for my Informants protest acaliist
making statements to that committee under
circumstances
I am Informed that a member of tho Board
and n certain prominent Democrat were told
that I had tho positive proof of the charges
made by me Had that any effect In prevent
Inc a resolution of protection to teachers In tho
propoi dlnestimation V Does not your Board
dare piss such a resolution and remove all
obstacles to a full and fair Investigation 1 I
hone It will be done for unworthy members
should bo exposed even though Its rules of
courtesy be infringed by your Itoaid Puss a
resolution of protection to teachers mind submit
my uhargts to n committee according to my
proposition In publlo session unit 1 will prove
tho charges made by me that tho plan to re
move Miss MotTit was M most cowardly political
lob and to accomplish It Mr Klion Miller
Chairman of the local committee pncri
Hced the Interests and destroyed the discipline
anti harmony of No 39 that the oniitn of
trouble and failure In the school Is nn inef
ficient local committee Instead of an in
efllelent principal that some of thn charges
mad against Ml ° s Morris by Mr Millers re
port are untrue and that Miss Morris Is most
efllclent but has beaa harrasseil and hindered
In her work by members of her local com
mlttAe men appointed without civil service
or other examination unqualified and unfit
for the positions which they hold
I sot Informed that application was made
to Mr McLaiiglln to Interfere and save MUs
Morris but that he said he could do nothing
nowIt had gone too far It was now a poUt
ical Issue l
At tho next meeting of the Board some meas
ures will be taken it IB fluid to arrange for nn
InvoBtigatlon which will be acceptable to Mr
Backus
Meanwhile Miss Morris has made no move
ment toward relalnlngher pine There hne
been rumors In Brooklyn for the past few days
that she would make a reply charges prnfnrr
ed against herbr Chairman Miller Miss Morris
was taken ill while Attending to her school du
ties on Friday and had to go home On batur
day her physician said it was Imperative thHt
oho should remain in entire quiet iiunlng thin
next fortyeight hours thin had not slept for
several nights and was prostrated
Letters of sympathy have come to her from
very many citizens It Is said that sho will
go out of the school as poor as when she en
tered It thirteen years ago and that on this
cchool she haq spent hundreds upon hundreds
of dollars buylnz materials for tho pupils and
keplne up a loan library for tho entrtRhl I
mant and instruction of tho children The re
port In circulation that n number of citizens of
both political parties Intended to hold n public
meeting for tho purpose of dNcuMng this cnh
could not be verified yostonUy Miss Morris It
wits said had disapproved It and thu mutter
had been dropped
BAD FOIl KIEKXANS IARTKKIt
Judge nanfit KnMki Out Partner Salll
yuni Ifjnnctlon Hull
Judgo Barrett has denied the Injunction
asked for by William P Sullivan to restrain his
senior partner John J Kiernan ot John J
Klernan A Co from signing the firm or doing
anything detrimental to his Sullivans In
lereots therein Judge Barrett says
The difficulty with tho application is that
tbo plaintiff doos not desire a dissolution of
the firm He has tnndo a plain ease for disso
lution All facts tend in that direction hut
he Insists l upon keeping the firm nllvo until tho
partnership l term IIIIH nxplred What then
does ho want To enjoin the defendant from
certain acts prohibited by tho articles and
which he deems injurious to tho prosperity of
the business
Thn most prominent act complained of Is
the assignment to Uloasnn This however Is I
not chanced In the complaint nor Is relief
against it there sought upeclllcully To have
obtained such relief if proper tho plaintiff
would have had to mak Ulea ° on a party de
fendant Again he would have been face to
face with the problem of dissolution Certainly
he can do nothing against nn accomplished
mini completed fact like this except to attack It
directly ithlch he has not done or to seek a
Ionol
dissolution In consequence of U which main
he has not done
There really are no grounds for ftn Injunc
tion hare proceeding upon a recognition and
conllniuuce of the existing copnrtnerflhlpwlth
the exception of the Chili 08 its to introducing
n iiiiin attempting to ouxt tIme plaintiff mind es
tablishing an opposition business
These charges Judge Bnrrutt flnda to bo
lusulUcleut
Routine C pper Up
Tho copper boomers continued their work
on the llctiil Excbauge yesterday and when
the London cublu showed n rise of 2 n ton It
was easy enough for the Exchange plungers to
boost tlio price hero up lit 10 80 cents the 100
pounds There wero sans of 500001 poiindi
Lake Bupnrlnr at < S1745coiits for Decem
ber 17 > 4017 > cents for January and 17fi5
cents fo February deliveries The trading In
Baltimore coppor was revived by n smile of
60000 pounds at IS cents There wan continued
activity In tIle eopperstocku with sales of noo
shares Htarr 600 ubareH Dana and COO sliiiuH
llunovurut 75 and 700 shares Washington at
70 75
Tin was held flrmh at 151 crate for Btralts
on the spot but them was less doing
Lead however continued to prune upward
the spot price now lie IIII fi corns with vales of
4U30UO pounds for Dec mbrund February de
llvorlos ut 4603110 cants
Overcoat tsr CnrletMaa
No more useful present can be made on
ChrIstmas that a lull ot elothei liax Slidler t Co
Dave reallreil tbli and marked title elect dog to
prices far the holiday itaion that will lulteierytmily
the tile specially Ihe reuon at bolt eotabbult
sun Jlroadway And CIO hUhth ureaiu In I a latin llueit
overcoat heretofore lellloir at S0 for 119 I Other at 1
Iractloui InOTtrooali are in keriey bearer and chin
cbllla The standard price II I Ho but for Ibis ieson of
flit and rood will lily Kill go at Hi Tlie ban who ito
tliere fur erioal > er wlioie parecu weal la turprtte I
Iliera uu Cbrlilwu unseeing can net Illteil cut II H
with toed that at otber IaaOfla have brought at taint
lflbIOo
lflbIOI Idl
ra mo i ournJ
ft heX Slather < Uu are firing the young laillei a
chaure leg ir they want lo nuke preeuuus lo their
rl JI 101 i
eweetliearli thai will be eminently acoepialie Hinok
ia larkcli worlli tldiro guIse for the lime being alb
just J mutur Iliat price They are ifolnif like bet eaSeL lou
Kubraldered Oust uaw coil rd nllb every purcbaie
tittle al will ai bf1III Mriu throw lu a preient vf a
handsome uoret The aulhori Include ficotk Black
Cooper Julti Vine Dlckini and Th lueheM Thin
Lain atiortuieulor cblliiem UwLa Iou and tie pur
kaaer cia Bart all Wok
i
1
c
fllr1l LlU YIrN won xn1 JfllT
Otqneite ret Publlo nnil Kdu i > tlonal Par
poses that Mny Never he ItmllKed
BTBACU8BIoe12 There Is general publIc
Indignation in Syracuse today over tho discov
ery of tho fact Mint tho will left by Gen E W
Lcavcnworth Is inorolr nn empty boast of post
mortem munificence Tho testament was Died
for brobnto on Saturday tin ostensible pur
pose Is to leave to tho city for park Improve
ments public fountains monuments nnd n
seminary for young women not to speak of be
quests to Yale Hamilton and Syracuse Col
leges and to a number dependents nil the
wealth amounting to 1500000 which lea
Loavomvorth had accumulated In his long life
but the property Is so entailed as to innko the
beiijioBtA practically delusive nail of no avail
Under the will ai published his widow his
nephew tho nephews wife and 1 RrnlJcJnleeo
lire the Immediate helra and lire provided for
After their deaths which In the tmturnl
course of events will not follow for thirty
or forty yours till nleco boltuc only about JO t
years of ace the property Is to co to public nnd
educational purposes I ho details for carry
jng out tho bequests for these purposes am left
In thohnndsof citizens who IllIflUAUS some Of
tliitra 100 yearn old and over by tho limo thoy
me likely to be eallod upon i > to fulfil their
trusts Altogether the will Is utterly ludicrous
nnd wore It not too WAil known that Gen Ltv
enworth wiu > sane at death It would bo tho
more kindly thing to say that his will was made
under circumstances mnntnl derangement
Ion lea nWOrUIIII luavlntt hU llrollnrty In
thin way has vlnlalcd many Htcrcd plvilgns
which ho bad publicly made 1arks aol eve
nuoH hud beennamtil In hit hnnot with the I un
tlerHtandlng that he was to contribute liberally
to their beautlllcntlon Ho hail frequently
written to tho proni to Hay what ho pioiio ed
doing In hut I way of monumental recoid of hl Is
curio ftature of the tit Olid of hit prom
l i > rtwn to elect u maknlucent 111111 over tho
entlancq to Onkwood Ceimteiy This promlpo
wIts ma the It n tlmowluti I he I vvn under nubile
eritlolmn ai tho re iiluary legate of Mrs Uen
Granger whose iiffulrn ho mauacid and who
disinherited all her relations to give IIIt ol4llh
to him NOI that it lnnmmront that tho pro
I vIslonBof 1 the will are not worth the paper they
are written on nubile Indignation runs high
8EQVKL TO A SKCIIKT MAlt 1JACK
A Curia Cans Ilciird In lie Connly Court
In llnrrltburj
llAimisiiunn Dec 12A curious case was
beard In the court ot this county this after
noon Thin papers lu till cumsu allege that In
1835 H B Saxtou n wealthy Iron inn of Hav
ton Ill nnd Miss Mary Sherlock of Hunting
don wero married Philadelphiaaftoracourt
ship of two years Thin marriage was never
made public and Baxton did not live with his
wife Soon after the marriage Baxton told his
wife to give him the certificate Ho said that
hls wealthy sinter 1 I nt her death would bequeath
her property to him II be uvere not a married
man and ho desIred to use thn utmost precau
tion to keep her from knowing of the marriage
Mrs Saton bellovod him and placed the cer
tificate In lilt popsosilon A year nw a
child was born to her at the residence
of Mrs Ir bloc In HarrlBburg Siixuin
when informed of its birth declared
that hn was not the father of the child and had
nv rheen mnrrlod to tbo t vvoinan The caMi
came bcforo Judge Himonton mvernl months
asm Baxton swore that ho WHS not the womans
husband nmi ihe swore that he was Ibo
Judgi adjouined the ciie until today that
additional evidence might bo procured Mrs
Kaxton says that slits llrst met hdxtou nt
her brothers lioiiso lu Houtsdnle Saxton de
clarer that they first mot hi a boarding humus
and that ho had illicit rclntioushln with her
for which she was paid Tho healing will
prolmblv establish the truth HS to wheru tho
couple did meet und the Judgn will decide ac
cordingly In other nords If Mrs SaxtouUld
pot meet her husband whcro Site balms she
did the Court will take It for granted hint the
story of luuur mnrrUgn Is I also n lie In I support
of her statement that ihe Is iiinriied MrB
Haxton tollt a startling story Klio says that
Kaxton gave her medicine which when ana
lyzed was found to contain strychnine
j7f7srwr rontis MIRtfIi GI
He tWda n Vfiuntr l < Hrtv whom he Met Ac
cidentally on Ihe Upper Ueluitme
POUT JERVIS Deel2A wedding occurred
hero lait week that greatly surprised the
friends of the contracting parties The groom
was Henry C Ford President of the State
Fisheries Commission of Pennsylvania u ceii
thomas npprOHChing threescore years md of
distinguished appearance high social tnnd lug
and Inrrn wcilth Ho is a wldowsr with four
grown children His city residence Is In Phila
delphia tutu ho has n summer house uud
othorvalunble property in Atlantic City Tho
bride wns Mitt Susannah Van Qordcn of Kg lit
Mills Pi who Is quIli youni and Is it luinil
some brunette of churmlnc muniurs 8hu is
imo orphan and bus nn fortune
lro lileiit 1ord first inr > l the young lady by
cliHnce while attending t to his onirlil duties
Hlotiff tutu upper viators of the Dehiwate Itlvor
when the secluded hamlet of Egypt Mills is
situated Tho celebration of the nuptials was
the llrt Intimation given to his friends that
his constant visits to butt quarter during the
Feuson jiiHt closed wore not wholly prompted
by ofilcial obligations Presumably also fur
the purpose of avoiding the publicity attend
inc tutu eolebratlon of the ninrriiigii under the
IVnnsvlvanla liosnio Inws President Ford und
his betrothed entered u carriage nnd diovo
across tho Di hiTrir bridge to his town and
to t th parvonngeol lie Biiiti it rinireh where
they were united by tutu Itev C A Hare In the
rponeo of thus neciFSry witnesses only
The hupiiy pair have gone Westward on a
long wcddlnc tour
nit uuxtoitn ASSAULTED
Tbe Eillnrar < lie Kanme flljr Time ncntea
by Id Clirrlfun the llurecmitn
KANSAS Cm Dec 12ir Morrison Jlun
ford editor of tho Kansas City Timft was as
saulted hero this afternoon by Ud Corrigan
tIme horseman The dlfllculty occurred about
2X oclock the stairway of the building at
Missouri nvuntio and Main street Dr Man
ford was walking up this stairs when Corrlgnn
nnpronched him from the reqr and seizing
his right arm dealt him a powerful blow In the
5 vo Ho then knocked him down and struck
him hovernl tunes morn Beforo he releaod
his within Corrlgan took Ur Munfords pistol
from his pocket and walked away with It
Dr Munlords Injuries constit of two scalp
wounds Bnil textual bruises tint cuts on Out
face He was conveyed lo hU homo In a car
riage The cnuito of the assault Is suppofiid to
be an editorial published in hun Time on Nov
5 In which Corrlgm was unmercifully scored
for bibs attack tho previous day on Thomas
Nosier a Tines reporter Matter has just ro
eovuuuei from the btoii tug lie lecolvod Ihin t and
civil action IH new wmllne aiialnst Corrluan
SCot Whllj nclrnrtlni her Daughter
BOSTON lice IS Thomas P Hoar was
arrehtad this morning at a liouso on flaltey
street Dorchester whom he hud just shot
Mrs Mary Wllllamb U Is alleged that the
trouble originated oji account of a youn
daughter of Sirs WIIIImnn vvho rhuo feartd
would be ansiultei by Hour Mr Williams In
In III hnnpltal She and her daughter live
with Mm Wllwui nssnrvlints but tliv Incidents
of this morning show that all are ou very fa
miliar torms The woman und a few frinndc
among whom was Hoar I i insult riunduy night in
u drunken fnillu Then uvas no trouble until
4i Vlook this innnilnc vvhun It is l snld Hoar
tried to foue It bit way Into I Ito I room neon plod
by Mitt AVIIIIatiibfi ilaimhtei MM Ullllanui
opnoied lilt slit ru mien nnd 1 Honrdrtiw I t 1 u rnvol
vor and Html two hhotH buth taking I olfel
Mrs Vu llllumrt hud bren at the bousoa week
only The doctorpays iho umnot lit a
Nu lucllluB Ialllornlnnt
SAN JOIK Dee 12 Harry L Vnmletbllt
who wild he wait the advance Mirtnt for Kulll
vuns Wild West Show wait arrested hero yes
terday for obtaining mommy on filsa pietonieit
Hoebiltned lo buempowered to make contracts j
for t lie MI bfht emucum of the troupe I vrhiih htmald I
niimbeiod W0 people I akd olfund to I give cull
tractM for supplies to Hjvorjl p ii > nnH allowing
them to charge In rxcvMof regular prices KII
ndvamu to him of cent lila 5th IllS tf IIIOIIDV lmuurt
don u and the balance to bo paid when ills for
supplies fell due It has b en found that Van
derbllt has Hcrvet a tirin In the Mtate prbon
for burglary and It Is belIeved HNC his leleuio
bn hits been deluding pouplo In various parts ot
the Htute
The lliubnnd flmrrnl with IllgHiuy Stir
Wile ivllli Anon
WATKKTOWN N yIeo 12fmu tho Circuit
Court here on Saturday suit WAS brought by
Mrs Mcslbah llnnkln for libel agahist the Car
thago Jifiiiiljliran for the publication of sus
picious clreiunstanctiH connected with the
burnlnc of hur huUhu In Cartiuiue On Jan 1
1B87 ibis suit was decided adu > r nlyto tho
plaintiff In the courrw of the triil testimony
to ludlciite the guilt of this plaliilill I i In connec
tion with the Hie and of thu nlulnlliru husband
In having two wives was adduced On an or
der ot Justice Viiuu lUnkln baa been urnstud
for bigamy and Mrs Uankln on a charge of ar
son llnnklns father h tuiyualtiiyfmurmeriiy i
lux near Little Falls N X
i
SIMlLl Axzt nunatasr RVHIAI
A Few Cat Dmvrre n Plain Ilmref and
Only lie Family nt tie Grove
The Burial Rotorm Acsoclatlon was for
mally organized yesterday In Orate Chapel
Bishop Potter being absent the llov Dr
Thomas H Peters was called to the chair Tho
Boy Dr Do Costa road lie report of the com
mittee on tho phm of organization which was
adopted section by section
The motto of tho organization Is to bo ot
to be sorry ns men without hope for them that
sleep In Him The object of the association in
stated to bo to inillo all who profess nnd call
themselves Christians for n threefold object
I To tncoarxe burial In perIshable coffin In the itm
ile sariS
J lo ilmpllfy and cheapen funeral anti raonrnlnj
ccromnaltii
3 To caters liege stud ample tracli ot suitable
irrounds for burial purpose
Thin officers are to be a President VIceProst
dents Treasurer litcrotaiy anti n Council all
to be chosen nt the annual meeting Honor
ary local Secretaries Mill bo fcppolntcd wher
ever possible to form Jocal brancnos hold pub
lic meetings and mako known the inventions
und appliances that tend to advance thin socle
tyn alms It was decided that whim no pledges
shall bo exacted from members thin gunoral
principles of the orgnnlutton must bo ac
cepted by them
The following specific reforms wore adopted
as the fcentlmeiits of tho association
I Tim Mercian or ecnnnmy and simplicity la every
Itlnir rerulnlnr to Hie funeral
1 Ihe me of plain heitm
i The dutuM nt crape eeortn ttMcr Telrtt trap
plurv anti the like
4 Thn avoiding of nil uucnrlMtftn ant heathen em
Stems anil of the tie of an llorul deiuralloni bcjonJ a
tea rut llowvrn
6 Tlie oouranlnt of all eating and drlnklnff In con
nvcllon with funvruiti
u Die dUtotirairemrnt of any tint Immediate fluent
br nf the faintly kLcompanylnv the body tout RMre
T lie iuereuiiuug rut the flca iluvtill the club or iocln
sty money miiht be ppent on the runeral
H rite catty Interment ut the lixly In roll tufflclrnt
and ruluble cur Iti re solution Into It utUnmle elnuf nte
o I The use if stunS inaterlati tor the coftln as win rap
Idly dnav after burial
10 rhe rntiMltulloit of burial plots fnr family Tmiltn
11 I The encoiiratff rnent on Cuutttly irruunili of the re
moTat In crowded dlstrlcte of the boUjr to A mortuary
Ijifttfad of retaining It til ttle rooina occuiled blr the
living
r ruts ImrrcnfIne upon officers of publIc charities ant l
correction or the claIm or the poorest to proper and
reverent burial
The following officers were elected Bloiop
II O Potter President tho hut Wm a Board
man Secretary K II Young Treasurer A
largo number of clergymen and laymen were
chosen VicePresidents This llav Ur Kraus
siild that the luau of crap was Inherited hoot
heathen natlctts and ought to ho abolished
Quite a sharp division arose on this ciuestlon
porno coutendlng that thuuso of ernpo was per
fectly proper and sanctioned by the Chinch A
clo ° e vote finally decided again the Its ure
1he society is to bo entirely undenominational
In Its work and any Christian can join ou pay
ment of 1
TllK coir FAMIXK LV KAXSAS
Great lllilrcea Am nr Former JlTloc on
the Priilrlee
LEAVI TWOIITH Dec 12 Deputy United
Status Marshal Charles Cornier who has
travelled much about the western part of tlo
Slate during the last two weeks says that tho
condition of the people so far as fuel Is con
corned Is pltiablu Coal Is not to bo obtained
at any price and many cases of actual suffer
ing ore reported The last cold wave exhaust
ed what little oitpply thoy had and should an
other lollovv Kinn Ito one can eBtimalo the
misery that will ensue Tho trouble is partly
thin fault of the railroad companies and the
dialers Tho latter did not older coal until
Ut In the full Then lIla mines wero not of
Hiifllcleiit capacity to supply the orders The
railroad corporations paw that thoy would bo
cult short II nil the dealers vvoio supplied and
by one pretext und unothor failed to deliver
coal to the d a1orx but put such restrictions
and rules upon It I butt the I mines wero cuni
toiled to furnish fitin in advance Their sup
lily Is not limited but they liuve hoarded it up
to the detriment and suffering of thousands of
people who hava oltlod ou the prairies of
wsiitorn and southern Kansas
A Hunker NhouU nn Kdltor
New IBERIA La Dec 12ThIs town was
thoEcenoof excitement yesterday over a dlfll
eulty between W B Merchant President of
tha Merchants Exchange Bank and J B Law
ton editor of tho New Iberia Jinterjiriff A
abort time after the Patttrttonvlllo riot Mer
chant wrote an article for a Chicago newspaper
giving his view of the trouble and of the condi
tion of laborers in this suction This article
LawSon ruproiluced in the JMnpHse and a
nuwspitp controversy of connlderablo bitter
ness followed The Iiibt article from Merchant
appealed on b urduy etterduymornlngas
Lawton was Bianding In mu store doorway with
tcveral othorx Merchant passed by Luttton
advanced toward him for the purpose of ex
planation Before he Bpoko Merchant find at
him I the t ball striking i him in the cheat and In I
fluting a ulighit wound Lnwton had no weapon
After lining Merchant ran down the street and
meeting the hheiilT surrendered Merchant
glues us nn excuse for the shooting that he
thought Lawtoti intended to strike him with u
cane which ho carried
Untried IKitcket Shop Aculn Open
PHILADELPHIA Dec 12 Business was In
full blast In thin alleged bucket shop of Throck
morton Chandler A Co hor today In spite
of the fact that the proprietors tire on ball to
answer the charge of conducting on Illegiti
mate business they are so conlldent that they
me In the right nnd thai authorities are In the
wrong that they today opened their doors
again liters was flue usual throng of specula
tor present occupyiai the chairs in front of
tIm blackboard whereon a young man was
putting down the usual figures rending them
olT from a Morse pounder placed near by
L H Waller Jr > v Co another of the firms
raided I nlno opened their S establishment to
day but announced that they iron opened
mainly for thu sotllement of claims against
them and that no stmkn rould be bought or
cold by them No biislnos nhatcter was done
at any of the other bhops
Wnr on lute Oyster flrrdra
ANNAPOLIS Dec 12TIme rosistnnco of
fered by oyster dredgers ngalnfat capture by
the police authorities has caused nn extra pup
ply of ammunition to be placed on the ttate
vessels ns a means of protection to tho crows
Hevornl exciting encounters have taken place
recently In otuxao a Captain of one of tho
police vessels cube near being shot He was at
tIme helm and a bucket which was within a
foot of him was cnrrUd uwuy with a bullet from
ono of u flout of drodcers In tutu rhor dipt
floorge roluined Site lire but uVula finally driven
oil and the dredgers took charge the bars
Between 700 nnd HOO dredgers are Bald to bo
at work this S season nnd uotwIthRtandltig tho
vlcllanco of tilt steumers and Hailing vessels
comprising thin Htntfl blent thoiisnnds of bush
elsof ojHters an1 said to ho stolen nightly the
determined drodgem go well armed and show
bIght In eltuse iiuarturs knowing tutu arrest and
conviction mean Imiirisonmont for them
Jury < om Ueloneie IVnnlcd
TIIENTOM Dee 12 Lawyers representing
the Khtex county and other Bar Associations
are going to mako an effort to have the LerfU
lutmo piun a bill jirovldlngfor JuryCoiniiila r
ilonorn At present thud Sheriffs seltet this
jurora A bill has beau framed Its object Is
lo I obtain jurors free from political or pcnonal
influences Under the provisions of ibm lull
tint t Judco 1 of f tho t Circuit Court In cuih county
Is to appoint two utrill I utile persons retlduntrt
and fresh attic rut who Khali I not bo of S llm iiuno
political arty i Tlrlr terms art to ho three I
venrs und ihnlr conipenxiitlon Is not to I xucid I
tlOUO 1 raur year each Tlnlr duty will be to i
miilo oulllBtHiir all ihu porons In hue county
Iliibln to jury duty and tumak thrirsuloctloiii I
for fiiund und petit juroih I theirfrom I rcigird
being hud In maklnu i u thu S shoeu loll to the iiiiall
llcitldiu of personn to Kluclfd on account of
talents knowledge ludipuuduutd uad la
tourliy
f < trru Tlioe llnruar
A t suit to New York would bo very Inconi
lute > riUllyrt tilt lime of ihi Mr llliout a l < hl
of out of Hie lid dry itfule smut < l futnlvtilnir oiiB f Ju
the cureuf Such on mtaljUlutciit an that ot 1 Merit
lIre > U hull iMenly third MrMt It wl i > e like
uiKth rliuliy trip lu look at all the pretty uitbags ou
eihltmlon Ono of the moi innpilnii countered that
In the brick brao depirlinvnt where Koyul Worcester
mill Iriuii l tart > r rliint nllrriinlv wkh Vleunrie nj
lltrKir4Ti I I w a rr dklniy uif iiH tixurn dfitirathe
lniu and liru < ana Aimijclit u Iruii fHndltir letup
Manyuf hits bronrt rlturri rmif iirat mUtic Czech
trove lly the ide ul fhr e re tlellcdtr inarlIr4
i nr woiiun C hut uuij l ve the art rintrultlerr < le >
putlinrtit Htthout ti5in t u lfrt u purl r It uah liar
Mould bo more I tat ltttuutu Ii lioriiiiin iiubrbUerlf
quite new In nurtM iiitniel iMiithnqmnt and tail
corerv uperu lurlih enitnilerl N pdliuvU mrMvr
limning raei tuM tickleS tcaru emit portiere Jm >
dais embroidml cover In all tolftrM hil belie
lalitiiil Veoure coverM anI hilly atln wal pocltru tee
eshlbl ed In UvUh iirotuH n lie Umbrella cuunier
ronulni errinlnrn u In list llur A novel mica
I ilit I uiiedut nr UaniaHui > teel iDld silver uut l liory
haiitl In various enuuiniut louis and nil the farhlin
I utilg furni rc al Saul in greet andy There are
mo cues and Kectleu rlalnv while andirope lu
heohsta style
Ihc lIthe nuts are ly I nunieil nrplectei There are
Ittli from three Jnrhei la hrtcht up lu the kiie of u
child a reari M icrlix from critic to j Beny l
were dreued In aria In ruiuy rnieuuir Ihe IcIest
style then It a litbeJuaie drasead In brocaded
Kiln with bead ornament suit Valenclennei Uce
slam lure < keep doll only al mitt KIUUU cad < l arc thin
Lure cluiux out ibelr stick rsvbUu
it
THE NUDE AND LEWD IN ART
COMSTOCK AXD TUB ItAFTlBT KZH
ISIERH DISCUSS Ttllt SVDJKCT
TheAsentofthe Vice SocIety Ottnt Him
self end teSs n Irlll n4frt Ean I
mentoillea Cherub Condense
Anthony Cometoak spoke yesterday oa
Art and Morals before tlio Baptist lifli
liters Conference at 9 Murray street Aftir
ComBtocks address tho President o tbs So
ciety for the Suppression of Vice Mr Samuel
Colgate an ardent Baptist layman spoke
biletly Then thu subject was thrown open for
KCiiurul discussion by flue ministers and reso
lution were proposed by tim llev Frank B
Morse ot the Tnbornnclo Church In Brooklra
endorsing the general work of the Society for
the Suppression of Vice which Comstoek wp
roscntB mid stating the belief of the ministers 1
In Anthony Comstock and In the work he am
umes to be doing for Christianity and for the
community An amendment to there resolu
tions was proposed by thin Bov W P Taylor
of East Orange N J who was formerly
picture dealer us follows
littolivii That we also heartily enitorte the efforttby
the Society for tlio Supprenlon ot Vice In lupprtwlaC
lenil picture ut
DiscussIon arose ns to tho wisdom of passing
tho nmemliiient and sortie of the brethren
heartily opposed It because they said It would
look very much like trying the pending Knoed
her case before It had reached thin proper trl
bunil Tho amendment was withdrawn Thea
Ilio Hov Dr Stewart Walsh opposed the rose
lutlons thornelves on the ground that Mr
Iomstock 11ml delivered nn ux partS statement
In the matter of the public charge against bin
of liiMlnoprliy and Ignorance
le wonderpU why ConiBtocks life was not
taken long ago the Itflv Dr Walsh said Ha
hut become heave by contact with criminals
who Itnu > cowards at heart I nm Ignorant of
this uutuhujuct I confess even after Mr Comstook
linn spoken HU position ns he assumes it III r
InvtilnoraDI He works with caution with J
sincerity nnd under the palo of the law But W
inure lira one or two points which 1 should Uk
to have cleared up Whydoesnt ourExeou
time Commtttcoln the New York Baptist Mln
istsra I Society go out utnd ask artIsts whoyepr
Bont the highest tonml societies of urtlflts In l
this country to defend the position which tha
artists have taken Wo hav heard ono side of
tho question and It would not bo right and
proper for us to call on the Baptist churches to
endorse one side of a subject for there Is nn
other sMo to the subject Wouldnt It be aa
well while we are about It to endorse Inspector
liyiiies and Mayor Hewitt imtlall flue Aldermen
who Imvn not gone to Canada the Governor of
New York President Cleveland and I say II 1
not irreverently the heavenly beings
A Voleo Yns If Its u question betwooa
morality nnd Immorality
Tim hiv lr Wnlsh Dont understand ma
to defend nude obscene art I simply call for
n hetrlng on the other aide of this case MIora
we nmnounee our endorsement
Tile llev Dr Yerkos of Pltiinfleld said In rs
ply to the 11ev Dr Walsh Wedont have to
ant artliitN to come hero and toll UR what tha
law Iswhether lie law should bo endorsed
Wo do not need to know thin opinion of nrtlsts
nn the Influence of art any more than we need
tn summon a convention ot physicians In tha
time of u great nmnllpox pestilence whether
tiai itntuthhpox but harmful or not I have seen
tnuHtof the great paintings In the galleries of
Europe They were elevating to me but for
young minis some might not have been so I
take Anthony Comstocka band and glory la i
his hem uletuhiitu
Finally Mr Comstock asked permission to
say that he didnt want to have anything doris
orsuld to prejudice the case In court
Tho Ites O O 3 loio Boeretary of the Baptlsfe
Homo Mission Society than moved to amend
tint second resolution by omitting the words
cnellcne In Anthony Comstoek so that It
would read we lieliete Anthony Comstoo Is
doIng a great service Ac
The desired amendment was made unani
mously and without any debate and the con
liuremuco adjourned Suddenly the Itev Mr
Hartley jumped to his feet and desired the
brethren to be reconvened
Its very Important ho pleaded Mr >
Comtock says the striking out of tlio resolu
tion the nliraco about believing him was tt
criifl stab Si
It watt not Intended to be a cruel stab
multi the Kev Mr Pope who moved the amend
m < iit The brethren did not reassemble
lime Itev Dr W F Taylor of East Oranga
Raid that he was not opposed to the nude In a
In Itself and bo believed It could be BO puns
that it would appeal to something farabova
tho passions
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art Id Gen
truth Park h said tin nlcturacalled Susan
nn and the Kldere which U worse than Titian
Vniiun and Mark Twain you know said that
Titian B Venus H tht worst picture morally
that he over saw I wish that picture of Hu
Bitnnn could lie taken down And I see ex
poeed In shop windows very bad pictures A
bared arm of an actress and a grimace on her
bad foci are an lewd as a nude picture and the
picture is bought for that reason
Those dancing pictures on the title page of
the publication called lAtr are lewd pictures A
and they Rugcexl lewd thoughts and they ara
commonly undarstood to suggest lewd
thoughlM Whore the body Is only partly
clothed Is the danger
Thn pictures In Lift am two ot Mr L At
Mitchells graceful little cherubs
Tiro WIDOWS OF ONE JIROKER
The Comolldntpd Izchautgs npelUd t a
Ou In Law with Them
Horace II HarlhiR was a member of tha
New York Consolidated Stock and Petroleum
Exchange and of the gratuity fund of that con
porntlon and by Its provisions at his death1
his widow and beirut were entitled to 8000
IHiidos these advantages Mr Marling bad two
wives This fact has only developed recently
and as a consequence the money Is still with
the Exchange ofllcluls They are In aquan
dary By the rules of thin fund if only the
widow survives she receives the whole amount
but If there bo iamio they receive onehalf Oa I
Aug 101885 Kmlly B Darling made a claim la
writing for the money asserting that site was
the widow and that there ware no children
On Oct 10 of tho same year Mrs Maria T
Hiirllng presented a claim In writing In this
f lio Bull I that she was Barlings widow and
that Horace 1 Darling aged 21 years and
Maria L Darling ngid 14 years were their
lawful children
The ofllclils looked Into the matter and
leurmxl that Mrs Maria Marling waeimarrled
to Darling In California twentytwo years ago
Tiiuy iilno afcirtuinod that he had got n dU
vents Thu lady says the divorce was unlawful
liarllni eame to Now York and married agiiln
Jlmrlch U Wilson ns President of the Ux
chant has begun sulllu the Bupr me Court
making both claimants and the children de
fendants lliiitLB that they compelled to
interpiond Judco Lawrence has granted
teninorury injunction restraining all of theda
lundautu from suing against lie Exchange
tlrrtey Clllx < n > who Ilko Pnsiittf Water
A great many of Jerso Citys prominent
men attended the mooting yesterday of the
Board of Public Works of that city It had
been gIven out that the Board Intended to act
definitely ou the question as to whether tha
city ought or ought not to have a better supply
of drinking water Many of the men who made
up tho lobby were interested ono way or an
other In thin matter The Board was about to
mljourn without touching the subject when
Chairman tivorgo W CUrlhowof this subcom
mltteo of the Commlttno of One Hundred of
tho CitizensAssociation told tIme members that
his committee bad a report to which he wanted
them ID liHlnn The members consented to
bine It road Tho report was against any
tchcmu to change tho water tupply The pres
ent Miiiply It nH nrtiil wait good enough Tile
report contained extracts rrom a report mad
by Prof Leeds two years ago whleh declares
that thti Pntsalo water was almost as good as
Cotton water
Flue com mil tne advised the Board not to put
the Water Department In time hands of a nrl
atn corporation particularly ot the Bartlett
Compmy If the prr > posltoi of this company
toHiipptr tie city at the rule of IM50 nor mil
lion gallons wero accented It would Increase
thu tia iemtttit u I Cit of lie Water Department
full 4SIt per liiiuum Thu Boaid took no vottj
mi the nominlltius tapirs
AD Uulmntd rough
James Dace 31 years old of GOB Water
street who bit a ploc out of the upper lip ot
James Went hate on Biitunlay night was ar >
imted on Knnilar and arraigned lit the Esise
Miulitt Court jestnrday imd heldin 13 100 ball
tortiiul I i Uacoy ban jubt j lln hed a term Iq I
prison lie rvcentli Blalibeil bin mother and
IK a iiirrnr I to the chill reit In I lie lthlxjrhooil
ol Wmerand bcumnml streets He lit thought
til bolnblllli
WORMS
Dennis Improvod Worm Loionre ptrer
falm i A mire cure No Itiflf oil trqulrcil Ooo
boa will euro the must stubborn cue Children
cry for them as they appear and Stile like Cindy
ivcry mother whohtj used Ibeie Uozroret recoa
wen J them Sold by dniRgliU or teat by until oa
receipt of price U ernie
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