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, TnEOS'oi'HlSTS ALL AWRY.
, ' ' CLAUDE FAILS WtliailT BECOMES
ONE OF THE LOT it ISTHMUS.
,, H Oaiikt a Itltlle Tlnatey Chela 'fllaTataliy.
t In la Initln, Land Perilous In Occidental
M, JTalilr. llo lie qnll The Kclshllrya flestan
8 ' "-Annie Ueaanl'a faction Klaklna Intend.
tS There Is, In tho words of one of tho "ad
, 4 vanced" enthusiasts of Iho Theosophlcal Bc
). clety, a "violent row" In tho organization, nianl-
-; l,y testing Itself both hero and abroad. It !
4f Mid to bo due to dissatisfaction with Mrs. Klttlo
Tingley, tbo head of the esotcrlo body hero.
Thiro aro peoplo who do not wholly npprovo of
.' Mrs. Tingley's high placo In tho society, and
, J according to Ui story, tholr number Is growing
u so fast that already two esoterlo Presidents
," ' haro resigned and tho resignation of a third is
expectod. Ernest Hargrove's resignation .from
tho Presidency of tho society In this oouutry was
ohronlclcd not long since, when ho was suc
ceeded by K. August Noreshelmor. Yester
day nows came from England that Dr. Arcbl
' bald ICelghtley of London, the Incident of tho
society In Oreat Urltnln, had resigned, and
that his wlfo, Mrs. Verplanck ICelghtley, had
i followed him out of thA rocloty. Dr. Kclght-
ley has boon reckoned sb pretty far "ad-
"' Tanced" In the mysteries of tho order, and ho
V has given money frooly for carrying on the
117 work. Ho visited this country and was duly
Jj honored on tho occasion of tho society's last
B ; convention, Mrs. Ktlghtlcy Is nn American,
W '' and Is crodltcd with "tromendous occult
F power," and with working magnificently In
1 astral realms.
Ij, The Information received yesterday from
jjy London Includod a strong Intimation of tho In-
'I tentlon of ono of the other European Presl-
J dents to resign shortly. Complaints aro mado
that the society In this city no longer studios
s thoosophy, and that It has been convertod Into n
ohorltablo organization, tho work of which Is
1 carried on In tho name of "Tbo International
Brotherhood League." Tho name of tho so
ciety's papor here, Theotophv, has beon changed
to Univertal Brotherhood, and the Thcosophi
a( Nticn of Boston has been rechrlstoned the
h'ew Era. Mrs. Tingley's pet projoct. tho
"School for the Revival of the First Mysteries
t Of Antiquity," It Is said, has so far fallen Into
desuetude that tho building which was only
begun at Point Loma, near ban Diego, Co., is
to do completed and turned into a sanitarium
rtiy Dr. Loren A. ood. formerly of Westerly,
It. L, to whom it haB been turned over. Dr.
Wood was on tho recent crusade of tho ling
ley thcosophists. Mrs. Annio Ucsant's prose
lytizing tiere last spring has begun to tell.
Branches of the society In different cttioshavo
' deserted tho body whoso esoteric head Mrs.
Tingley Is, and hava Joined themselves to that
fostered by Airs. Itesant. Tho branch at Lynn,
xaass., Mrs. Tingley's former homo, has gone
over to tho Besant enemy.
One of the Tingloy lost mysteries. It might bo
Mid, Is the once ubiquitous and devoted Claudo
Falls Wright, man of the magenta aureole, who
cot long ago was remarried to hlB aflinity after
a D.OUU-year separation, slnco tho da) a they
trod the streets of 1 holies and Memphis and
I bowed to the ibis and tho crocodile. Ho has, it
is sold, disappeared utterly, and even tho
adopts working along tho astral planes have
failed to get into communication with him or I
' to bear of nlm or feel his whereabouts any mora
' dettnltelythan "In MixBOurt." There is some
- f conjecture as to whothor tbo mahatmas havo
II made a winter homo out there. It was a
I spurious chela In India that filled Mr. Wright's I
1 I soul with pangs and impelled him to rotnovo
and occlude himself, lie told a friend of his
1 awful experience when ho returned from tho
i treat crusodo which Mrs. Tingley led around
' the world. It was at a scanco given for tho
fc benefit of anxious novices in the top r-tnrv of a
'j hotel at Madras. Mrs. Tingley, hating pulled
t hard on tho ethereal wires over tho Himalayas,
, had announced that a message would bore-
eclved from ono of tho mahatmas. A door
opened and there materialised a chela (dlsclplo
or xncsscngor of a m&bntmn) and he, or It, ten
dered a note to Mrs. Tingley. Unfortunately
for his pcuco of mind, which Iiu has ever
guarded carefully, Mr. Wright recognized in
the chela a scisoors grinder ho had even turning
i bis wheel on the street In tho Afternoon. When
r Mrs. Tingloy asked Sir. Wright to reud tho
mahatmas rocssngo which tho chela had
Drought, he declined to do so. Mr. Hargrove
offered to read it and Mrs. Tingley handed It to
' him. Mr. Wright thin, ho told his friend,
I looked over Mr. Hargrove's nhouldcr and rerog-
i. nized in the messngo the hiindvvrltliip of Mr.
Hargrove. This was too niuUi for 0. F. .,
veteran as ho was and faithful Clanynitdo as ho
had been to Itlavatsky nnd Judge. Ho dotor-
!-, mined to quit, although hu had been devoted in
f tho beginning to Hargrove.
( "Tliut kind of work wasn't artistic enough
?" for him," said Mr. W right's friend.
i'
', T. E. WAItD A CO. FtIL TO APPEAR.
.1
'r Comrartliisr Slntrinent That Creditor Will lie
i I'ulcl Kveulitalll.
5 The corridors leading to tbo ofilccs of T. E.
'I Ward & Co.. 31 Broadway, seizod on Friday by
J the Sheriff on an attachment for $5,570.90 in
S favor of II. Seymour Squycr of Auburn, were
thronged with formor customers and unpaid
employees of the firm from 0 o'clock jesterday
' morning until lata jester day afternoon. The
customers wore there to learn. If possible, what
chance thcro was of gcttlnc any ot the money
' which tho corpomtlon owed thim. Tho cm-
! v plojocs wore looking for their last week's wages.
Neither customers nor emplo) ees got any Bat
Kir Isfactory Information. Neither Mr. Word nor
H nnytody known to bo connvtted with tho cor-
mm porHtioti nprcared at tho olllcesi.
YW Among the custonurs wero two women. One
if of ihtsu said thnt the defunct cornoralion owed
m ' ber ncarl) frD.OOO. Tho olhor woman said she
B whs out about hb miicli more, lloth women
-K lore their alleged losses stoically. Deputy
aB. cherlir Ievy said that huhad an nttachnient in
PEf"! favor of Uronard W. Harrows, an out-of-town
M customer of tho corporation, for 91.U5U. Ho
said I Im the thought the ansots ho had attached
H would t o HUfilclent to s itlsfy both claims. Lovy
H added that sroonif the securillis found were a
H number of sbuies of tho United Stales Itubbor
UB Coiupnnt's stock.
91 One of thocaslilers of the corporation stated
am to a reporter of TlIK HON veslerdny thatT. E.
ff Ward si Co. gave cmoloymont to tncnt)-cight
f men and boys and twonomen. He snld tnat
he bad been Instructed to say that ulldobtsdue
& to either customers orcmployccs would bo paid
1 In full.
TniED TO PASS A FUltOUD CHECK.
Arrest of a, awrde llho l nupioaed to lie m
vm Frori ulonnl Crook.
I Charles Molllne, a Swodo.who describes himself
1 as a cigar manufacturer, ot 412 West Ibirty
vWjt soventh streot, presented yesterday to Paying
m Teller Alfred II. Curtis of tho Hank of tbe State
WW of Now York ucheck for $120.25, drawn lu favor
V of Henry Billings, and boirlngwbat purported
II to be tho signature of Henry C. Mortlmor, a
)' broker living at 54 West Twenty-eighth street.
jft Curtis suspected that something was wrnn
ji' and had Melline detained whllo Mr. Mortimer
, was sent for. As soon as Mr. Mortimers iw tho
; check be pronouncoii it n forgery. Special 0111-
cer Drown of the bank arrested Melllnoiiftcr a
M short struggle and took him to Centro Street
Court.
" Where did you get that check I ' asked Mug-
(strata Kuillich.
"A man gavo It to meat the Brooklyn Hoard
JL- ofTradc," replied Melline, "and asked mo to
im , come to New York an1 got it euHhed for liltn.
jY. Ho Bnid ho vvastuo busy tocoinn over. The man's
4VB1 name is lloiiry. and we cull him Jnmes."
M M glitmto Kudllch hold Melline In $3,000
AbB.'; bull for trial, Ho Is thought to be a professional
MA! crook.
1Sff FIHEHEX'S PE.V8IOX EUXU.
vafB
BV Its Large Increase line to Receipts Arlatnsr
JBHa from th lliilues Lsn,
pk The Secretary of tho Firemen's Pension Fund
Jffl reported tu the Flro Commissioners jeatcrdsy
Hf that tho amount of tho fund on tbo first of tho
Ifl present month was $007,4112, in addition to
fAV (11,181 In tho Life Insurance Fund, making a
ff total of 91.011,(113.
On March 1,1U05, when the present Commls-
BB sioncrs took (hnrtiuof tbe Flro Department,
there was $Udl,547 In Ihe 1'eiiblon Vunil and
-jm f:i,(J'J0 In tbe liibiiranco Fund. Of the total lu
B Ihe combined fumis at pnscnt $130,037 Is In
cash and $H72,007 is Invested In bonds.
J The largo lucrvase In the Pension Fund Is said
totoduo to retolpts from theopernlion of the
Haines Liquor Tax law. The reiclpts for tho
W Pension Fund during tho j ear 180(1 were $212,-
J I27 and tbe dlshurstmcntu were $J24,U74.
JL Heroic Policemen Commended.
iU;-i Police Captain Cox of tbo Montgomery street
III station In Jersey City sent a communication to
.!' Chief of Police Murphy jesterduy recommend-
$1 lng "mt lollcerac" Thomas Dltksnn and
'It Thomas Wllllums of his command and William
I,' Bracken of the Communlpaw avenue station be
' honorably mentioned for pliant and inert-
m torlousuiinduct at tho explosion and tiro last
m Frld") nl tho aietyleno g.is norks. Ihe com-
iiiunication su)Bthul these otllccrs, at tho risk
Is of their lives, entered Henrj Jljrnps s flats anil
.A. rescued a number of women unit children. Olilei
JWfrx. Miiiuh) will submit tbe coiiiinunliuiioii to the
m -' t-ollce Couiuiisslouers ul (heir next weotlug.
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zxAnrxzzx editor Axttzaxmn.
Indleied Her r.r T.oCI In Oetllns ll4,ait
by mise RsarrseBtallens.
At tho District Attorney's office yesterday
news was recotved to the effect that William
lit Orinith, proprietor of thoLeadvllloitrnW
Democrat, had been arrested In De Ivor, Cot,
by Detcctlvo Sergeant John Cuff of this city.
Cuff started for tho West & few days ago. He
was armed with extradition papers nnd a war
rant for Griffith's arrest. Tho warrant charged
arlfllth with obtaining by false representations
$14,010 from Itlchord J. Bolles.
In October last Griffith was Indicted by the
Orand Jury hero for larceny in tbo first degroo.
The Indictment was filed after Bolles bod testi
fied before tho Orand Jury.
Bolles Is now living in Colorado, whero he Is
President of tho Mining Exchange of Colorado
Springs. Bomo years ago ho was a mnmbor of
tho Now York Stock Exchange He had a
brokorage nfllco In this city In November,
1802, and at that time. It Is alleged, W Uliam
II. Griffith called upon him and stated that ho
had visited Now York for tho purpose of rais
ing ready cash for the Colorado Itlver Irriga
tion Company. Ho produced thrco promissory
notes nf the company signed by Earl U. Coo,
proprietor of tbe Denver Ttmti, who was
treasurer of tbo irrigation company. Ho also
prod ucod a check for $4,012,t0,suld tu bavoboen
Issued br tho company. Bolles says that ho
cashed the chock nnd discounted the notes,
giving Griffith $14,(110. Ho did this, accord
ing to tbo indictment papors, on a statement
mado by Griffith that Coe would be roauonstblo
for tbo payment of the notos and also tho check.
The lndlotiuent further alleges that Qrlfilth
Btated to Bolles that Coo was a man worth
$500,000 above his debts, and that tho Irriga
tion company had a twolvo-mllo canal In opera
tion, when this was not truo. AIto that the
company own. d' over 400 acres of land In
Yuma county, Ariz , and hod spent over 9129,
000 In Improving the land.
All this. Holies says. Is untrue, and ho adds
thnt ha would not have advanced the money on
the irrigation company's paper but for tho fact
that Qrlfilth mado tho representations that Coo
was a wealthy man and that the Irrigation com
pany was In a prosperous condition and sol
vent. Assistant District Attorney Perkins, who
has charge ot the case, said yestctday that Coe
vnild come on hero to testify as a witness
ngnlnst Griffith. Mr. Perkins added that Coo
had not received any o' the money ostensibly
ralsod for tho irrigation company.
JERSEY C1TX IIAJt SCANDAL.
Lanjera Noiinan and Rlmnaon Arraigned oa
.unrs;ea of Conspiracy.
Former ABslBtant Prosecutor Joseph M.
Noon an and Lawyer Alexandor Simpson were
arraigned In tho Court of Oyer and Terminer
in Jersey City yesterday afternoon to plead to
an indictment for conspiracy to obstruct jus
tice Ihoy wero attended by ex-Judgo Thorcas
F. Noonan, who Is not related to tbo ox-Assist-out
Proaocutor, but who, with cx-Attorncy-Gonorol
Stockton and cx-Jndgo William T. Hoff
man, will conduct tho defence. Justice Llppln
cott and Judore Hudspetn wero on the boncb,
and a number of lawycrswcro in tho court room.
When called upon to plead the defendants an
swered "Not guilty I" in a strong, firm voice.
Bail was fixed at $1,500 in each cane and was
promptly furnished. Abram l'03t beenmo se
curity for Mr. Noonan and William OrmBby for
I Mr. Simpson. Kx-Judgo Noonan requestod tho
I court to fix nn early dalo for trial. Counsel also
wished to deny a. statement mudo in some of ths
newspapers that tho defendants had been before
the Grand Jury and made a. statement, and be
I further wished to correct tho Impression some
I people bavo that the Grand Jury hears both
sides ot a case. Tho defondantB, ho said, are
extremely desirous of presenting tbelr sldo of
tho case to tho court and to tbo pub io with as
llttlo delay as possible.
Justice Llppincott said that It was tho prov
ince of tho Prosecutor to fix a date for trial, and
tho court had no authority to interfere until
two terms had elapsed ufter tho finding of the
indictment. Then lr the case had rot boun
moved the court could fix a dato for trial
ProKccutur Wlnfield, be continued, felt that his
health would not permit him to undertako the
ordeal of prosecuting tho caso in person, nnd
ho liud therefore assigned cx-Judgo A. Q. Gar
rcttson to take his place.
'Iho indictment against Noonan and Simp
son charges them with having agreed to un
lawfully releaso a man from the county Jail for
a consideration of ifJOO.
AXOTUElt MUJWEtt JiV FOOTPADS.
VlorUn Landeo rajs the Penaltj or UeiUllna-
Wide Open" Cnlcavo Tbleres.
Chicaoo, Dec. 27. Florlan Lsndcs, a saloon
keeper, died at bis home, 302 West Chicago
a venue, late last night from injuries received In
an encounter with bold-uo robbers at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning. Landcs and a friend named
Hartzelman at 1 o'clock on Sunday morning
went to a restaurant at West Ohio street and
Milwaukee avenue for supper. The meal lasted
about tn hour. Aftor tho two had left tbe res
taurant ihoy started west on Milwaukee avenue
and had gono a short distanco when three
men snrang up from a basement stairway lead
ing to the sidewalk and demanded tbelr money.
Hartzelman lied. Landes struck at one of
tbo men. Tbe thief dodged, but ono of
tho other men hit Landes over the bead with a
billy or sandbag, knocking him down. Tho
thugs kicked him. hut he maimged to got to his
foot, uud sbnutod for help. His assailants hit
him n second time over the btck ot tbe bead and
rendered him unconscious. Then they rah with
out searching bis pocka's. He was fount un
conscious by some young men who carried Mm
home. He talked luclaly with bis wife, but
could give no definite description of his assail
ants. Landes Is tho third citizen of Chicago
killed reicntly by highvv.ijmen.
Five other hold-up robberies were reported
yesterda) ; Joseph Ulack, Omaha; W. J. Ken
nedy, clerk of tho Saratov i Hotel; J. Malonoy,
177 North Peoria street J Ivan Shay and Samuel
Town, 0258 Emerald avenue, noroall robbed of
small sums of money. Kennedy was beaten
brutally, and Ulnck lost a valuable gold watch.
Mrs. E. It. KIcschc, wlfoof a dealer In brew
ers' supplies, was assaulted by burglars In hor
homo, 1420 Montana strcit. and beaten so so
vorclv that she may die. She heard a nolso In
ihe hallway on the third floor and went upstairs
to see whnt it wns. She struck a match, and
two men struck her on the head with butts of
revolvers. She fell headlong down two flights
of stairs. The burglars escnped with Jewelry
and small articles vulued at $000.
XAitnoir ESCAPES AT a fire.
A rireman, a Well as Tenants, lu Danger
Uverjuody Rescued Finally.
There was a good deal of excitement In the
tenement at 341 East Forty-first street yester
day morning when It caught fire and soveral
persons had narrow escapes. The fire started
In tbe basement, 'where tbe Janltress, Mrs.
Ticsdalo, lives with her two children. She
called a policeman and ran down for them. She
found ono and brought It out, but groped vainly
about In the smoke for the other. The child had
run to tbe street on his own account, but she
did not find it out until she hed lost her way
altogether. Alfred Vorney. who lives on tho
floor abov e, heurd her cries and carried her out
in the nick of time. Ho was singed and pros
truted by the smoke himself in the effort.
A Mrs. Currj. with ber baby and another
woman, got out through a rear window, tbo
mother dropping the baby Into ber friend's
arms. Fireman William Cullen was cauubt in
n narrow space betwei n the burning house and
tho next, and was In danger of being smothered
when his comrades came to bis relief and
dragged him out. Mary Clancy.an aged woman,
was carried out. bowilaered. 'Ihe firemen found
horrrouthlngln her room, unable from terror
to help herself.
lteturnlng to quarters one of tho three horses
drawing water tower 3 toll Into a trench ton
feet deep at Second avenue aud Forty-second
street. Block nnd tackle were made fust to tbe
elevated railroad structure, nnd with a crowd
of a hundnd sightseers pulling on, it was
hauled out uninjured.
11, MAlTLAfiD JiEKSBY RES JOSS.
The While Slr I.lne Aieot to ttmuark In a
Klondike Brtieme on a Larce Scale.
J. Bruce Ismay of tbo White Star line an
nounced vesterday that II, Maltland Kersey,
tho American agent of tbe lino, decided two
months ugo to resign and would ceaso to repre-,
sent the company on Friday. The appointment
or Mr. Kersey's successor Is under consldera-
Mr. Ismay said that the report that Mr. Kor
tej 's resignation was due to his ronncc Hon with
Ixird Dunrav en during the contest for the Amer
ica's Cup Is not true. Mr. Kersoy will be iisso
tlutcU with n syndicate of Ann rlcan and British
capitalists in a Klondiko scbcuiu on an unprece
dented scale.
fieorge roller's runeral.
The funeral of George Crokrr, tbo brother ot
Itlcbard Croker, who died at the home of Dr.
William T.Jenkins at ItosebanU, S, L, on Thurs
day morning, was held yesterday morning from
Dr. Jenkins's house. The body was taken tu
Quarantine, where It was placed on a lug end
tlitncet ken bj special train to New York unci
to Woodlawn, where the Interment was made.
Hicburd Croker, his fumlly una that of Dr. Jen-
I kins, und a few friends, made up the funeral
1 party.
NEW CITY 'PARKS IfAJlED.
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A STATESVKh'B 8EBIKB ADOPTED
JJV TUB PARK tlOAltD.
The Rraaett to nra a Park far the Late
William. A. Stllra Uenleil Tbe Matter Site'
roe the Osen-AIr djmnxsliim In Kast River
Park Adopted Bias far New Work Opened.
Tho last regular meeting of the Park Board
was held yesterday, and the Commissioners ,
marked tho event by rejocttng the project nd.
vocAtod by the Social Reform Club, tho Ama
teur Athletic Union, and several other organiza
tion! of giving up the finest part ot tho East
Itlver Park for tho purpose of establishing an
open-air gymnasium. Tho Board of Estlmato
mado an appropriation several months ago for
tho Improvement of this park, and It was de
I cldod then todovotopartof the money to estab
I Ushlng n small open-air gymnasium at the
southern end. This plan did not satisfy the
advocates ot tho Idea, and they made a re
quest for the most beautiful spot In ths park,
a plateau at the northern end, which commands
n sweeping vlow of tho East River. The mat
ter was referred to Commissioners Mitchell and
Crogcr, nnd they, acting upon the advice ot
Superintendent Parsons, reported adversely on
tbo request, Thcjr said tha the establishment
ot such a gymnasium as was suggoited would
Interfere very materially with the plans for
the park, and they advised that tho smaller
gymnasium be established at the southern end
as an exnorlmcnt before the projoct was tried on
tha largo scalo proposed. The report waa
adopted.
Tho board then proceeded to namo the small
parka rcoently laid out In the city. Tho peti
tion asking that ono of them bo named after tho
late William A. Stiles was not com; lied with.
Commissioner Mitchell offered a resolution
that tho park bounded by Twonty-soventh and
Twenty-eight streets and Ninth and Tenth ave
nues bo culled tho Alexander Hamilton Park,
that the one between Seventy-fourth aud Seventy-sixth
streets and Pleasant avenue and
Avenue A bo named the John Jay Park, that
the one established on the old Siryker property,
between Fifty-second nnd Fifty-fourth urects
and Eleventh ' enue and the Hudson Itlver, to
called tho De Witt Clinton Park; that the par.t
laid out between Hester, Suffolk, and Division
streets and East Broadway be named the Wil
liam 11. Seward P rk, and that the ono bound
sd by Houston, Stanton, Pitt, and Sheriff streots
be named tho Hamilton Fish Park.
Commissioner Ely objected to the length of
the names. "There is only one Hamilton in
history," ho said, and the 'Alexandor' is en
tirely unnecessary. Tho lengthening ot theso
park names will causa tbo waste of barrels of
ink In tho writing of official documents In which
they are mentioned."
Commissioner Cruger was lnclinod to agreo
with Mr. Ely, nnd ho asked Mr. Mitchell to ex-
Slain why the full namos had been used. Mr.
lttchell replied that It was done bo that there
could bo no doubt as to tho persons for whom
tho honor was Intended.
President McMillan said he thought that the
small park between Fifty-second and Fifty
fourth streets should bo called the Stryker
Park, and Commissioner Ely said he would like
to see tho memory of his late colleague In tho
1'ark Board, Mr. Stiles, honored in a similar
manner,
"The principle underlying this resolution,"
said Mr. Mitchell, "is to name these parks after
distinguished men of this city. Mr. Stllas was
a resident of New Jersey and ho rendered no
great publlo sorvico that would entitle hint to
tho honor nsked for."
Iho resolution offered by him was then
adopted.
'Ihe board Is rushing all matters Involving
the expenditure of money which it now has
under consideration. Bids were opened yester
day for tho construction of tde brldgo across
tho Harlom Itlver from 145th to 140ih etrcot,
the estimated cost of which is $1,250,000. and
of the now brldgo to Citr Island, for which tho
Legislature has appropriated $200,000. Bids
were also opened for lmprov lng tho low grounds
around tho Van Cortland t mansion in Van
Cortlandt Park: for tho improvement of the
small park at 153d street and Seventh nvenue;
for constructing a road in Pelham Bay Park:
for the Improvement uf Hancock Park as well
as for tho granite and bronze railing for tho
nark: for tho Improvement of Paradise Park:
for tho improvement of St. John's Park; for
building a road from tho Harlem Hlvor Speed
way to the madhouse opposite 175lh street; for
tho (onstructlon of tho Spus ten Duyvll Pork
way and for the Improvement of tho small park
bounded by Houston, bhcrlff, Stanton and Pitt
streets. The board will meet again on Friday
to award thn contracts.
THE SUITS AQAIXST AR3IOVR C CO.
Defendant's onr to Settle Ontsldo or Court
MT De Arcepleil kx Ihe Stale,
Auuirr. Dec. 27.-Tho suit against Armour
&Co. of Chicago for violations of tbe Oleomar
garine law, involving the payment of pennltles
In tbo neighborhood ot $500,000, has not et
been compromised by tbo State authorities.
Four months ago Armour offered toscttlotho
case out of court by tbo payment of 620.000.
Theru 1 a disposition on the part of thd Gover
nor, Agricultural Commissioner Welting, and
Attorney-General Hancock to cffe"t a settle
ment of some kind and thus avoid an endless
litigation. The suit was commenced over three
years ago, tho venue being laid In Jefferson
county. Tbe complaint In tbo suit has not yet
been made, for as soon as tbe Agricultural Com-
imlssloncr determined to bring tho action he
wus met by an orderfrdm a United Stutes court
preventing him from Interfering with Armour's
bu-incss. This order was finally vacated, and
the State has won on every point so far raised
by Armour.
Tho defence contend that tho action began
against Armour in this State is of no force, as
tho venue was laid In Jefferson county. The
law provides that the venue shall lio in the
county In which tho violations occur. Five dif
ferent suits should, it is argued, hare been
brought against Armour, with tbe venue lying
In etch of the counties In which the violations
occcurred. Owln,- to tho two-year statuto of
limitations the present suit cannot be with
drawn and five now suits Instituted, and it Is
declared that tho courts cannot separate tho
present suit into five separate actions. This Is
tha reason why somo of the State officials Inter
ested think It would be well to nccept Mr. Ar
mours proposition to end all litigation on the
payment of the $20,000. asothcrwlse It Is anti
cipated that the salt would hang In tho courts
for several) ears, and that In tbe end the blate
would bo beaten.
CUUJtCH SERVICER BY TELEPHONE.
Sermon. Prayer, and Sluile Transmitted to
Patients at a Morrlatown Uogpltal.
MonnisTOWK, N, J., Dec. 27. By way of a
special Christmas treat to tbo patients of All
Souls' Hojpltal In this city, arrangements wero
mado for them to hear tho Christmas Day ser
vices at the Church of tho Assumption, which
Is about a mile distant from the hospital. As
it was obviously Impossible for tbe bedridden
patients to go to tho service, the service was
brought to them by means of the telephone.
Each patient hod a receiver, and In this way
not only the sermon of Dean Flynn, but also tho
muslo and tbe prayers, were heard at tho hos
pital with practically the same distinctness as
In the church. Iho sermon was from the text:
"Fear not, for behold, I bring you tidings of
great Joy, which will be to nil tho peoplo, for
this day is born to vou in tho city of linvid a
Saviour, who is Christ tho Lord." Luke, il
10-11.1
Ibis Is said to be tbe first tlmo a Roman Cath
olic service has been thus transmitted. Tho pa
tients at tbo hospital were delighted with tho
welcome break In the monotony of their life,
and tho experiment may be repeated shortly.
FELL THROUGH A (iLAfiS HATOUWAY
Used to Amur, lllinaeir by lluunlns; I'p and
Down I lie Illstlna.
Louis Hendol, a sailor on tbo North German
Lloyd stvamor Kaiser Wilbolm der Orusse,
lying at Hoboken, fell from the ship's rigging
yesterday and crushed through one of the glass
hatchways Into tbe hold. Ho was picked up In
an unconscious condition, suffering from sovero
Injuries, una w'us removed to St. Mury's Hospi
tal. Hisrecovary is uoubtful.
Hciidcl onco served as a marine In t e German
Navy and used to nmusu himself by tunning up
one sideof tbu rigging and down the olhcr.
Mrs. Robert Hoe' Dauee.
Mrs. Robert Hoe of 11 East Thirty-sixth street
gave a dance last night lor her boh und daugh
ter, Robert Hoe and Miss Ruth Hoe. Carl Gould
led the cotillon and danced with Miss Hoe.
Gurrelt Pier was bis assistant. A number ot
pretty favors, Including fancy basket filled
with flowers, sashes, boutonnlbres, rosettes,
and silver trinkets, were distributed. An elab
orate supper was served ufter the cotillon.
Among the 150 dancers were Miss Mariuu
McKeiver. Miss Augusta Do Poster, Miss
Caroline M, Phelps Stokes. Miss Susan Valen
I lino, Jllss Juliet llenedlct. Mils Adams, tha
I Misses Atterhury, MUs Honors, Miss Angelica
1 Hcbii)ler Church, Mls Josephine Drexel, Miss
1 Mildred Mlnlurn, tbeMessrs. AtUrbury, Spotts
wood Bow rs, Morris Gillespie, Klunlcutt,
Percy Rockeieller, Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr.,
Killaeu Van Rensselasr, and tbe Messrs. Barney,
xxrJH xopxcb about xowr.
i
Loulj O, Wemyi. the doorneeper of Wal
lack's Theatre, who " kept ftwnr fro his
work by rheumatlim Ust week. Is tho veteran
of his profession In New York. For nearly
thirty years he has been connected with Wal
t laek't, beginning his service at thebutldlntr
I which stood on the corner ot Thirteenth street
and Broadway. In all tbo time that ho bos
boen connected with tho theatre ho has never
, once toen a performance through, and It rarely
happens that ho has even taken the trouble to (
watch any part of a performance. That ha
not happened In many years, and be is per
fectly coulont to Judge of tho merits of a play
from the aspect of the audiences as they leavo
the theatro. Mr. Wcrayss, who is now a
white halrod man of large and poworful phy
slque, Ik full of lemlnlsccnccs of the earlier I
days of tho Wallack Theatro which was situ- i
nted whero tho Star stands now. It was there
twenty-five rears ago that he became ac
quainted with the mon who wero notabloln
first night audiences, when those gatherings
wero sotaowhat different In make-up from what
they aro to-day. Ho know all tho conspicuous
men of that tlmo who wero regular members of
tho group that gathered at tho first perform
ances of tho old Wallack company. It Is no
apprehension of a decline In tha present state
of the drama that bade Mr. Wcmv ss to keep
ontildo ot tho theatro. Ha was no more in the
habit ot watching tbo plays thirty years ago
than bo Is now.
Tho young women of tho Gaiety Company
are shortly to return to London, and It is very
frankly admitted by all of tbem that they are
perfectly willing to let many, many seasons
pats before they ever return to this country
again. Tbelr visit has boon nttendod with dis
couraging circumstances which no other In
vasion of the London beauties has ever en
countered. They aro carrying back with them,
however, a great deal of good advice for their
associates. Its nnturo is confined chlofly to
methods ot condnct on shipboard. To that
beven days Bpent on tho water those young wo
men uttrlbute tha lack of excitement of tho
right kind of excitement which attended their
Btay tu the United State-). Thoy mado a num
ber of acquaintances among their fellow pas
sengers and by tho tlmo thty arrived In Now
York they had ulread) accumulated a sot of
friends that soemed perfectly satisfactory. It
was to this Incident ot their v oyngo that they
attributed tholr first failure, and the fact that
a number ot them took supper In nn all-night
oyster house on their urrlval h to maua an im
pression on tho persons who saw mem if not
un tho young women tbenibclvcs. But they
soon learned ot tholr mlstako. The Knicker
bocker, tho Calumet and tho ltaiuuct clubs
positively refused to grow enthusiastic over
them, there was llttlo or no excitement In
Dclmonlcu's and tho Waliorf. and only tho
all-night restaurants welcomed their prasenco
with anything like cordlullty. It was all tbo
dreadful nitatako of those sUamsbip acquaint
ances, nnd although all New Yorkers might
look alike to tho young women of tbu Gaiety,
there wus a distinct difference In Mio appear
ance of tho steamship frl nds nnd tho mon who
had been previously In tbo vvako of the im
ported beauties. Ihey discovered this, but
too lato. Ono or two Imported friends from
England. Others preferred associates in their
own profession. One went homo in disgust.
Now tho rest uro about to go back to London,
and they have no end nf good ndvlco to give to
their professional associates as to tho kind of
friends thoy should uinko on shipboard. Lack
of knowledgo on this point ruined a lotot fun
tor tho collection from tho Gaiety.
The snow of Sunday, wnlch mado slolghlng
in tills city possible, though not altogether satis
factory, brought outn few sleighs which em
phasized very clearly tho fact that fowprlvoto.
or publlo stables aro now equipped with new
sleighs. A few bnndsomo ones made tholr ap
pcaranco In tha Park, but, for tho most part,
tho sleighs In evidence looked ns if thoy might
havo been stow cd aw ay in a hay loft for many
years. The upper part of Now York, whero Iho
streets onco afforded good sleighing after such
a snowfall as that of Sunday, has been so built
up and undermined by Btcam pipes that tho
snow melts almost as soon as it foils. Few pco-
rlo care to go to tho exponso of keeping up with
ho times In sleighs for tho posslblo chance of
using them onco or twice during tho winter,
nnd In consequence tbe display in tho Park
after a snowfall Is very modest. Many of tho
lLvcry stables aro unable to furnish sleighs on
demand. The proprietors say that thero arc so
few occasions on which they can bo used In this
city now that they do not pay for storing.
One of the sights of down'own just now Is tho
gTrnt new Emplro building that Is rising sky
ward just south of Trinity Church. Its steel
frame, twenty-one stories up id tho air, stretches
along Rector streot from Broadway to Trinity
place. Strangers used to be taken downtown
to seo tho Btceplo of Trinity Church, tho highest
point In town, but that was beforo the days of
nkyscrapcrs. Already tho wholo mighty hulk of
tbo Empire building towers above Trinity
Church steeple. From a point north of tho
church on Broadway tbo building, with Its
comparatively small width and great depth,
looks like a glgnnilo wall ot Iron nnd stone that
a stiff breoze from the bay might topple-over to
cru h the church. It Is not tbo only big build
ing near by that is higher than the steonle. Tho
American Surety building at 100 Broadway Is
higher, and so is tho Weather Bureau tower on
tho roof of the Manhattan Llfo building.
Pcoolo who bavo been scowled out of coun
tenance by conductors to whom they have of
fered their fare In cents may get consolation for
tlicte affronts If thev will tako tholr cents to
the department stores. No problom during the
holiday rush is more annoying to tho manager
of a big department store than that of tho supoly
of 1 and 5 cent pieces to raako change. Tho 1
cent pieces command the creator premium bc
causo most of tho big stores mark tbelr goods
In odd numbers. A shopper In one of these
stores watted throo-quarters of an hour yester
day for her change, and when she complained
to tho floorwalker be explained that tbo delay
was due to a lack of cents.
"Wo got all tho cents that wo can collect
from tha Manhattan Elevated Railroad Com-
finny." he said, "and ono of tho members of our
Inn has exerted all bis political pull at the Sub
Treasury so that wo start tho day with a good
supply of 1-cent ploccs. hut they are nearly all
paid out on a rubb day like this before tho
middle of the afternoon."
During the week tbe demand for small chango
at all tho big Mores has been so groat that In
somo casos the managers hav o bought cents in
large quantities at a premium.
. ir. PItOOTOR KNOTT'S ALI3IONT.
Us Is Cauabt on Cbrtslmao lllt fo Ken
York and Put Under llonds tn Par.
George W. Proctor Knott, who Is In tbe sta
tionery manufacturing business, was arrested
on Christmas Eve on an order, made by Justice
Beekmsn of the Supreme Court last April ad
judging him In contempt of court for falling to
pay bis wife, Eleanor, alimony. He owed $1,075
Inst April when ho was adjudged in contempt,
but the order could not be served, as bo went to
Holyoke, Mass., to live and do business. When
he has come here it has been on Sundays, accord
ing to Burr & Delacy, attornej a for tbe wife, and
boalwBVswont away on Sunday nl lit, so that
tho order could not be ervod. He hail come
down to spend the holidays when apprehended.
Un gave a bond to secure tbe $1,075 and was re
leased. As considerable alimony bns accumulated since
hewasadludgert to lie In contempt. Law vcr Wil
liam P. Ilurr moved Iwfore Justice Ileekmnn of
th Supremo Court yesterday to Increase tlio
bond to $2,500. Decision was reserved on tho
motion.
WOULDN'T LEAVE PRISON,
Wtnlersslll Had lleen Pardoned, but Pre.
rerrrd Ilia Jail Lire la Freedom,
CoLCXincs, 0 Dec. 27. The State Is keeping
among tbe 2.500 prisoners In the Ohio penlten
tlury Ralph Wlntereglll, who was pardonod on
Christmas day, but refuses to leavo the Institu
tion. He was received In October, 1H78, for
life, for the murder of bis wlfo. He Is 75 years
of age, and with winter staring him In tbo face,
he declined to leave the prison. He has rela
tives somewhere In Now York State willing to
receive blm, and will bo kept until ready to go
to them.
Motes or Music Krents.
lime. Emma Jueb will be the soloist it ths organ
roiltal to be given this afternoon by AJexaudtr dull
mant at tbo Me ideluotan Hall, bus will slog an srla
by M. Qullratnt and a collection of soDgs by Scliu
in ana. SI. Oullmant, irho will be heard In publlo for
th last time, will 1 lsy numbers by Hsendel, Hot b,
U'Wor, and Du lloli, and will Improvise oa a theme
tlrea by Walter Dsmroach
Xaver Bckarwrnka wilt be tbe soloist at the oon
cert this afternoon tn Cblcktrlng Hall. Its will play
one of bis own compositions as ns 1 at a number by
Mitt. Anton Heidi Tt 111 couduct bis orchrstra In
selections by Dvorak, Pacb, Mozart, Bltec, Volkiuauu
and Wsgaer,
To-morrow night Eugene Vitro will be beard at the
Academy of Jluilo In Brooklyn, at a concert glreu
under tuo auspices of the Ilrooklyn Institute of Arts
aud Sciences. Carlo Sobrlno will aulat him. Scbu-
Iraann, Vleuitcmps, Cbopln, llaendel. Lint, Ecu and
Oulranii are tba composers ripreteutsd oa tb programme.
TESTiXOAiONSTEUWGHt
' i' '
TUB NINE-FOOT BIVALVE LENS MAX
DE USED AS A LlQHTIWVtS.
Koch Lent Tarawa a Beans or tba estimates:
Intensity or inly Million Caadlrs-Hlaut
Baleen a Hundred Miles Away Tbe DO.Ton
ApaaralBS May lie Hevolroit wllta Oa tloscr
The "Lightning Light," ths huge bivalve
lens which was exhibited at the World's Fair
by Henry Lcpauto of Paris, France, and was
purchased for $10,000 by the Lighthouse Board
and has slnco been on exhibition at tho expost- '
tlonj at Atlanta and Nashville, Is now under
going a ten days' test at tho general depot ot the
Lighthouse establishment at Touipklnsv llle,
8. I, If this exhaustive test is successful, the ,
light will probably bo Installed at somo point
along tho coast, though Its exact location has
not yot bean decided upon.
The lenses ot this light are nine feet in diam
eter. Each is composed of a central dtao, two
prlsmatlo rims, and 100 prlsmatto segments ot
rims, all of carefully ground optical, gloss. The i
pi Isms of each lens are mounted In a brass
framework mado In nlnotoen sections. The
light Is furnished by a specially designed cloo
trlo aro, nnd there are threo lamps. Two ot
them aro Interchangeable by simply turning a
hand wheol, and the third can easily bo substi
tuted for either.
The lamps have Interchangeable carbons ot
different sizes, so that the light can be varied
In Intensity according to tho condition of tho at
mosphere With carbons one inch tn diameter.
Ilia light Is equal to from 8,000 to 10.000 stand
ard candles. Each Icus gathers nearly n bait
ot this light and projects it in a beam nlno foot
in diameter, which has an estimated intensity
of 00,000,(100 candles. Such a light on a light
house high enough could bo seen a hundred
miles away, and In notual uso It can be located
at a still orcater distance by its reflection on tho
clouds. Tho light und lenses revolvoslx times
almlnuto 'so that a beam from ono of tho lenses
Is flashed In a given direction onco every live
seconds. Tho lamp, the lenses. nnd:tbo sup
porting framework weigh twenty tons. Thoy
aro supported by a hol.ow steel cylinder float
ing In mercury nnd so slight Is tho friction
that one may revolve the wholo inaxB by pushing
with a linger. Tho regular revolving mechan
ism Is a clockwork driven by a falling weight
ot 100 pounds.
Ihe tempi have an automatic feed, which
keeps tho aro In the focal centro of tbe two
lensos. Iho current to run ono Is of 55 volts,
nnd Its amperage varies from 20 to 100, ac
cording as carbons of onc-balf or ono and one
half Inches in diameter aro UBCd. Iho French
generator and engine made for tho outfit wero
not pure nted, uh domestic machines were
thought to be as well lifted for tho work. Two
General Electrlo nlternnt ng gen rators, driven
by u 25 borso power Ideal engine nnd Fltzgib
hons boilers will constitute tho plant. Every
thing is in dupllcnto in caso of a possible acci
dent. Access to tbe space between thd lenses is by
iron steps at one sldo of tho hoavy pedestal of
tho light. At the bead of these slops Is a grat
ing which, when opened to allow ouo to ascend,
automatically stops tho revolution ot the light.
Tho lenses aro over four feet apart at tho cen
tre nnd one standing in the spaco between
them, which, from Inside, has Ihe appearance ot
being completely surrounded by solid glass. Is
darzlcd by tbo brilliance of the light thev trans
mit from tho outside. t night, and with tbo
light burning, the effect Is far moro bewilder
ing. Fiom without ono cannot look at tho Hash
ot Die lensos at short range. It hurts the eyes,
oven when closed. A Captain tn tho lighthouse
service says ho can read a newspaper at Ridge
wood by the lleht from Stnten Island.
Tho tests aro being conduc-tod under tho su
pervision of Lleut.-Col. B. P. Heap, Corps of
Engineers, U. S. A., engineer of tbo 1 hird Lisrht
hnuse district, and C. A. Lamy. superintendent
of tha depot. One criticism so far mado Is on
tha uso of mercury for tho bearing. Thero aro
on the floor abov e the big light two smaller ones
one mountod In mercury, and tha other on a ball
bearing designed by Lieut. -Col. HeaD, and whllo
tho ono In mercury, though It weighs onlv 300
pounds, movoj no moro easily than tho tw enty
ton one below, n ucro breath will revolve the
one on ball bearings.
LLANTUONY ABItEY'S STORMY TRIP.
Only Tnree Ton or Cool Left Artec Dntlllnr
wltb Gales For Thirty Dm.
Tbe tramp steamship Llantbony Abbey, which
arrived yesterday, spent thirty days, nearly
ev ery one of which was stormy, on her voyage
from Dunkirk. She carried 800 tons of general
cargo and 450 tons of ballast, and was not
loaded deep enough tn keen the blnrts and sens
from turning her into tho trough, where Bho
wallowed asonly a high sided freighter can, and
shipped cataracts ot frigid sea crests that froze
as they fell.
She had 380 tons ot coal when she loft Dun
kirk, and when eho was in tho neighborhood of
the Banks, live days ago, she had only forty
tons. Capt. Townsend thought then thnt he
would put Into Halifax for a fresh supply, but
j tho weather modented a bit and be decided to
i Nk going ahead. He ran into a tierce storm on
' Chrlstmis ovo. In vvbleh the shin pitched and
rolled so violently nnd tba decks becamo so
thickly coated with ice that nobody ventured
out of shnlter.
Cook Charles Silz was thrown from his berth
In th' galley, whero be was sleeping. He woke
up with his head sticking out through a panel
of the galley door. He thought he was tho vic
tim of a nightmare at first. After be tad felt
himself all over and found that there was noth
ing missing be decided that a lurch ot tho ship
w responslhlo for bis mishap.
The ship had just three tons ot coal in her
bunkers when she docked yesterday in Brooklyn.
DUNKIRK POST OFFICE ItOBBED.
Elableen neglatered Packnce Tnkan from tba
DlalrlbullBR- Table.
Dunkirk, Dec 27. Dunkirk Post Office was
robbed Inst nigh t of eighteen outgoing registered
packages, which had arrived from various points
for redlstrlbut'on. Thlrtoen of tbo packages
were addressed to Fredonla. Tho theft was com
mitted between 1 and 10:40 P. M. yesterday.
Tho discovery was made by the clerk who sleeps
in tbe Post Ofllce, when ho arrived thero for tho
night. Nothing else has been missed by the
Post Ofllce ofilclals, although other registered
packages lay untouched on the distribution
table beside the packages taken. Tho packages
weie left on the table because tho safo was al
ready crowded with valuables from the Christ
mas mall.
At Ilrst It was thought that the thief had
entered by forcing a collar door connecting with
a passageway runnlnir the length of the Opera
House block. In which tbe Post Olllce is located,
and then forcing a heavy trapdoor In tho Post
Ofllce. Hut later this theory wns disproved by
tbe fact that tho snow, which In two places
covered the floor of tbe long passage had no
footprints In It. and tbo opinion is thnt the thief
entered und departoil by unlocking the front
door, nnd then, to elude pursuit, forced the cel
lar I'oor and trapdoor from the inside Instead
of outside.
PASTOR Jt AADOLP II S UOLY CALLER,
A necs-ar Caea Violence and Is Ejected from
a Jery Illy Parsonaffe.
Tho doorbell of the parsonage connected with
the Trinity M. E. Church in Y'ork street, Jersey
City, was rung about 0 A, M. on Suturday, and
when tbo Rov. 1), 11. F. Randolph, tbe pastor,
opened tho door, he found a tall, well built man
standing there. The man politely asked the
minister to give him an overcoat. Mr. Ran
dolph sold be was sorry, but ho had none to
spare. The caller's demeanor changed In
stantly. He became violent and forced bis way
through tho vestibule door. In trying to stop
him Mr. Randolph was knocked down. Mrs.
Randolph, two daughters, and tbe servant girl
went to bis usslstuncc. liy a united effort thoy
forced the intruder out into the vestibule ana
closed tbo inner door. Then the women called
"Policel'' and tho fellow hurried dnwn tho
street and disappeared around the corner of
Wellington street. Mr. Randolph did not re
cover from Ihe effects of the struggle for four
or five hours. Ho Is convinced that tho man
Intended toTrob the house. The caso was not
reported to ihe police until yesterday.
Died In a Uarbrr Chair.
AtDANV. Dec. 27. William T. Rockerfeller,
aged 64, expired suddenly In a barber's choir
this morning. Ho loft' his home at 8 o'clock for
his usual walk and to get shaved, and ap
parently was In good health. As he sat In the
chair Mr. Rockerfeller chattod plousantly with
tho barber, who, having completed his work,
noticed that the old man wus unusually pule.
It was soon discovered that be was dead. Apo
plexy was the cause, Hu is survived by a widow
and grown up children.
Indictment ror Manalanahier Dismissed,
Judge McMahon yesterday dismissed tbe In
dictments for manslaughter against George K.
McCoy, ticket chopper at the Ninth stteet sta
tion of the Third avenuo elevated railroad, and
Charles E. Foley, tbe ticket agent, who wero
charged with having caused the death of
Charles Weber whllo ejecting hi i from the
station on Feu. 4 last. The men said .but Weber
1 fell downstairs wblte drunk, and no witnesses
I against them could bo found.
DOCIC BOARD MONUMENT VXfBir.JSD.
Plaa or tbe Water Proat laaeraveratnt Which
tl I Meant la Commemorate.
The Dock Commissioners yes'cnlay gath
ered a party of guest's, Including reprcscntntlv es
ot tho shipping Interests ot tho city, tome Al
dermen, and Mayor Strong, nnd took them on
tho excursion steamer Favorite ft) the foot ot
Bolhuno street on tho North River. Thcro tho
board unveiled the monumont to ltsolf nnd to
Mayor Strong, which was shown in Trie Son
on Dec 1.
Tho ceremonies began at 8o'clo;k, when the
boat tied up at what will bo tho central pier ot
Qv u for which appropriations havo olroody been
mado. Tho monument stands on a granlto
foundation, now partly surrounded by wator.
When tho pier Is finished, tho monpment will
bo ut Us entrance. Tho monumont Is of Qulncy
granite, about Ovo feet high, and looks very
much Uko a respectable tombstone It has
been npproved by tbo Municipal Art Commis
sion, on its landward sido is tho inscription,
stating that It commemorates the lmprov ement
of tho water front from Charles t-trccl to Twenty-third
streot, begun during tho administra
tion of Mayor Strong. The namos of tho Dock
Commissioners apponr In largo letters, with
that of tbelr ongltiecr-ln chief, ucorgo P.arceno.
Tbo monument was drapod In tarpaulins when
tho pnrty arrlvod. They wero removed, and
the party filed ncrotB tho gangplank and Inspected-
It. Then the guests returned to the
cabin of the Favorllo. Henry F. Dlmock, a
formor Dock Commissioner, mado n speech de
scribing tha dock improvements which tho
monument commemorates.. Tbo plan provides
for ten plcra 800 tcct long and tlve varying
from 700 to 765 feet in length and troui 70 to
125 feet in width. Nearly tho tulles of wharf
age room will bu made. Tho wholo oxpouso la
about $7,500,000. Ihe rental will bo about
f 20 per cent. City bonds which pay for It can
ho placed at 3 per cent. "Thus, said Mr.
Dlmock, "a sinking fund will be created which
within tho thirty years the losses will havo to
run will pay thcBo bonds nnd thus practically
glvo this magnlllcaut property to tho otty frco
of cost,"
Tha Mayor and each Commissioner made a
short spcocb. nnd the steamer Favorite re
turned to Pier A, where the guests disem
barked. "It isn't often you hava a chance to seo your
name on a monument before you aro dead,' ono
of tho Commissioners remarked.
L. X. LETTER PRAISES HIS SON.
Bays the Ironna SXnna Wheat Deal lias Deen
or tireat Uenent to the Farmer.
CmoAoo, Dec. 27. "Tho wheat deal of my
son has brought to tho farmeis of the United
States 10 or 15 rents n bnsbol moro for wheat
than if he had not gono Into it," said L. Z. Letter
in talking of the great battle betwoen Joseph
Letter on tho ono side and tho elovator compa
nies, headed by P. D. Armour, on tbo other.
"My son has been tho benefactor of tha agricul
tural Industries of tho country to that extent.
The seller Is now dictating tho price of his prod
uct, not tba purchasor. Chicago makes tbo
market price of wheat, not Liverpool, nnd tho
local Influences, which have beon bo long for
constantly lower prices, havo ceased to control
Chicago markets."
Ihe first purchases of wheat by Josoph Letter
were made In July last at &1 cents. The price
for actual wheat, such as the farmer sells, has
been between 00 cents and $1 for several da s.
This makes a total advance since July of about
35 cents. Leltor, Sr., gives to the ordlnnrv
course of the markots credit for botween 20
and 25 cents of the rlso. Tho remainder bo
nttrlhntcsto tho substantial support given to
prices by Letter, Jr.. In tbe Inst six months.
Joseph Letter has determined to Qght out tho
"mixing" of dltlcreiit grades ot grain to tbe
limit of tho Board of Trado Judiciary. Tho test
will come with tho cargo or wheat which was
tendered for the steamer Iron King un last
Thursday, but which w as rejected by tbo cllaue's
shipping agent. Iho whole sjstem of mixrnga
lower grade of grain into a higher grade. In or
der to bring up tbe standard of the whole, will
bo attacked vigorously. It has been maintained
that somo houses huvo tho svstctu of mixing
grain dou n to bo fine u point that they can turn
out a mixture that will just get Into the con
tract grado without a shado to spare.
AQUEDUCT CLAIMS SETTLED.
City Allow Judctnenl ror 8700.000 to tbe
Cbler Contracting Firm.
Corporation Counsol Scott, acting upon tho
recommendation ot the Aqueduct Board and
of Lawyers Root, Carter and Fox, special coun
sel for tho city, mado an offer yosterdny to
O'Brien & Clark and Brown, Howard & Co. of
about $700,000 as a settlement In full of all
their claims against the city arising outlet tbe
construction of tho first nlno soctlons otthe
now Croton Aqueduct, The offer was accepted
and Mr. Scott allowed Judgments to bo entered
against tbo city In favor of Walston H. Brown,
rcooivcr for Brown, Howard &. Co., for $133,
070.10, $131,114, $87,529 and $70,090.10, and
I in favor of O'Brien & Clark for $204,000..
I Afterward tbo Corporation Counsel Issued an
elaborate btatoment giving his reasons for nl
I lowing tbo Judgments to be entered after tho
I contractors had lost their cases In tho different
I courts. Ho Bald thnt many of the witnesses
i.pon whom thocit) would be obliged to rely. If
It over becamo necessary to go Into tho merits
of tho caso, bad either died or bad left the vicin
ity. It was Inevitable, he says, that sooner or
later thd contractors would obtain, ut least, tho
appointment of a commls'-lon to look into tbelr
claims and to award thorn such umounts ns
might be deemed to bo cquitablo to them, and
if Buch a commission should ho appointed it
was clear to all thoBo cognizant of tho facts
that tho awurds to bo made must greatly ex
ceed the amount for which settlement has boon
made.
In return for allowing tho judgments to bo
entered, Mr. Scott said, tha. city received com
plete releases of all claims which have arisen
or may arise In connection with the construc
tion of tbo sections named. Tho total amount
of tbe claims Involved In tho litigation upon
theso sections is, according to Mr. Srott,over
$10,000,000. The claims arising from the con
struction of sections 10, 11 and 10 hare not
been settled.
JUDGE Til IS KB HIS UltOTnER MAD.
Kdiwyer Dlacborr, on tbe Contrary, Inalals
Tbat He Is nne Km,
An Inquiry was had beforo tbe Sheriff's Jury
yesterday In regard to the mental condition of
Franklin J. Blsthoff. a lawyer nnd brother of
Justice Henry Dlschoff of tho Supreme Court.
Tho bearing was had on petition of Justice
Dlschoff, who arerrod that he bolteved his
brother to be insane. Lawyer Blachoff was ar
rested In soveral actions brought by peonle who
eald be had defrauded them of money, and was
In Ludlow Street Jail on tbeso processes until
ho was removed to Uloomlngdaleasjlum.
Lawyer Blschof! was examined at length
yesterday. He said that bis wlfo and children
have not visited blm at tbo asylum and that
they are maintained by bis hru'hor. Ho said
that ha would prefer to surfer imprisonment
for any wrongs ho bnd done his clients rather
than be kept wltb Inn itlcs all bis life. Whllo
he might have been troubled mentally when
be went to tbo institution, tho treatment
there had so Improved him tbut he Is
now sensible. At tbe asylum ho said
they had treated him wltb much consider
ation and have permitted him to go awnv bicy
cling for a day or two un his parole tbat he
would return, and he foils improved mentally
and phvslcallv. Husiid he did not know how
h stood with his clients because he did not
have his books wltb blm, but if he could get frco
bo would earn money to pay nnj thing hoowod.
Ho denied that ho bad twice threatened to com
mit suicide.
The hearing was adjourned until to-day with
Lawyer Ulschoff still on the stand.
LEVI P. MOMOS'S XEIV OFFICE.
Tbe Ex-Governor to lie President or Iho Sew
firth Avenue Trust Company,
Ex-Gov. Levi P. Morton, who Is tbe head of the
banking bouse ot Morton, Bliss & Co., Is to bo
President of the lately Incorporated Fifth Avo
nue Trust Company, The company has a capital
of $500,000, anil will do business at Forty-thlrd
street and fifth avenue. Its Incorporators In
clude Sunuc! D. Bibiock. August Ilclinnnt,
Chauni ey M. Depow. Elbrlilge T. Gerry, Joseph
O. Hendilx, Adrian Isclln. Jr. William O. Whit
ney, Frank 1 llford, James II. Hyde, Daniel Lord,
and A, D. Jullltard.
tubbed ror lleruslua to Pay ror a Meal.
Titor, Dec, 27. Donnls Lynns of Liberty
street went into the "Walk In" restaurant
this morning with a companion, and after eat
ing a meal refused to pay for it. Stougbton
Jackson, who was in charge of tnu place, got
Intoaruw with Lynns, In which Lyons recoiled
a deep stab wound in tbu left side. He may die.
Jucktou is under arrest.
The Murder or tncelo De Luro,
Antonio Denlso and Joseph Mnstromavfca
have been held for examination fortbokllllngof
Angclo Do Lueo of 502 President street, Ilrook
l)n, on Chrlhtm is night. According to tbe
I story told hj ouo of tbo wit csscaof Ibenasault
penlse stabbed DuLucoln the neck, face, and
head wltb a stiletto while tho other prisouor
i hold him fait,
iSjhjyre- rr , t -;g,y " FgpKl-ir"-r -
mfmwMgmmmmJmmmBttmWKBMmretmi
CIT COMBS FOR BIS JOB, 'Hflr!
netted Oat One la the Dlatrlet Atlorasy'a aft JvM
flee at T,BOO a Tear. JM
He was a llttlo fat man with a lone black $M$
beard, nnd he had left his collar nnd tlonthoroa, Uflj
He got to the District Attorney's ofllce at noon AM J
yostorday nnd was stopped In tho hall by Johm JM ji
Redmond, tho hall man. Mat t
" Who you want to seol" asked Redmond, ' -juE A
"I vlsh to spoken a llttlo ratt dor Dlatrlet im 5
'Tornoy's office" said tho stranger. "It standi w9vj
In der Cberman newspapordot der Assistant wjHI
District 'Torneys nil leavodor ofllcoon Chnnuar fjlNI
1st und dot yet more now ones vlll bo nocded. aaaD
It stands In dorpapor dot doy can't find no mend 'fil
at toll for dor chobs, und not It pays 7,500 dollar Iran!
a year tor a salary. I come for one, causo I ain't H
vorklng " IB
"Youromofor onel" said Redmond. "On U
what t" WaI
"Onechob; I don't noednny for my aon, 'cauM Jl
ve all could llvo easy on dot. I told ray vlfe tea rW
day dot it vould make us rich In six months." , 'E-ai'
"Aroyoiialnvvycrf'askodRcdniond. 9,mi
"No, said tho stranger. "I don't neod na "SSH'
lawyer to ask for a choh for mo. I alvaya gel SWl
my ownchobst I am u tailor." , a-ar
"Uut a linn must bo a lawjer to bo appointed KaVj
Assistant District Attornov, argued R dmond. M
"Dun I can biro ono to do del vork," replied (Wi
tho llttlo man, "Dtr salary is let big enough, 'JCw
for two Vhatt" " Kl,
"Y'os, said Redmond, " but only lawj era need 3SS .,
apply. Mr. Oleott has no vacancies hero, any ?ffl i
way. All his places aro tilled." Si
"Don't der p per tell v hat's true vhen It ftfl j
St inds dot der Assistants get out on Friday I" ' wffi V
" Yes." en Id the hall man, "but thon Mr. Oar &d .
diner, tho new District Attorney, will fill tho Ml 1
Vacant jobf." Tjfa,
" Veil, I see Mr. Gardiner, don," remarked tha iSfij
tailor. JJ J
"You had bettor call at Tammany Hall," JiiF
shoutod ono of tho clovntor men. ?reY
"Never I" declare I tho applicant; "I voted
agilustdot machlno und dor HcpubHoanlsch vlsSli
innchlno und I specched for dor Citizens' Union. &,
Doy told tuolvuuld get a chob, und I vant 11 afdf
now." Sit&K
" You hotter go homo," said Redmond, "or tha b ;
Board of Health may get )ou. Quick I Catch , yRs j
that elevator car." . jt, -
And the little tailor ran and caught it, N iS j
FOUR SWEDES U1TU SKIS. M '
They Aro dolus to tbe Klondiko and Gettlasy ' jii "
laed tu Cold siealher un tbo Way. i'J ,
Four Swedes, bound for tbe Klondike and ?
equipped wltb skis, or snowshoes, were second SJ
cabin passengers on tho Cunnrd stoamshtp 3
Etrurta, which arrived on Sunday night front is ;
Liverpool and Uueenstovvn and cumo up to her M
pier yestcrduv morning. The adventurers aro TO!
E. a. Krikson, John llcingrcn, G, It. lCnrlstrom, vS 1
nn A, W. Modco of Stockholm. Thoy were oa 56 f
dock nearly all tho voyage, and woro on tbo 2i ?
fourth day out, when there wasa biting north 'tl
wester Intermingled With squalls of stlnglna; S ;
hill and snow, tbe furs thoy nro going to put on, - s
when they roach tho Northwest. They said, ii .
they wero preparing themselves to stand ths m
rigors of tho Klondike. Thoy will go to Soattlo if, j
nnd complete their outfit, und will sail tbenoo 5 ',
for the gold regions. " ..JE -
A Dance nt the aletopiilltan Club Annex. f
Mrs. Ogden Mills and Mrs. Henry Slonno had ,& -
a conference yesterday In regard to a proposod a ;
serlos of dances. Tho first will bo glvon oa 1"
, Tucsaay night, Jan. 4. In tho annex of tha M
Metropolitan Club. Tho other organlzors of tho Si W
dances besides Mrs. Mills und Mrs. Sloane nra i W S
Mrs. John Jatob Astor, Mrs. Frank Key Pen M 3
dloton, and Mrs. Sltiv csaut Fish. 'M ,V
MARINE INTELL1OES0B. JS 3
SUKUTTOE ALM V14C IBIS DJLV. 3f ,
Sunrises. .. T 23 I Sunsets.. 4 41 Moon lets. .10 84 JS
IIIUH VVATEn THIS OAT. J
Sandyllook.10 371 aoT.IilM.ll 20 I Hell date,. IM 'X ''
M j
Arrived Mokdav, Pee- 27. ' H
3?
Ss Llantbony Abbey. Townsend, Dunkirk. j;i
ha Caracas, VVooJrlok:. La Uusyra Jgrc
Sa DonaMarla. Ltul, Para. rt
Sr ( arlbbee, Scott, llarnudocs. t3N
Es Colorado, Ittsk. Drunnwiek. &
Be LI Norte, Hum tborne, Sevr Orleans. ?jffi;
Rs Oneida, btaplra, Wilmington. -Stf
bm Guvandotte, IMv!, Norfolk. &U,
Bhlp H. D. Rice, Carver. Yokohama. 3fei.
For later arrivals see I Irst Pag jy
ARRIVED OUT. Si
6s La Oasoogne, from New York, at navr. Jtj
SlILEt) FROM DOMESTIO TORTS. W
Ss Nacoochee, from Savannah for New York. 3g,
8a Comanche, Irani Jacksonville for New York. "3rT
bsEl Paho. from NewOrleani for New York. S
Ei Comal, from Clalveatou fur New York. m
OCTOOIXQ STEAHSBirS. Jg J
tall To-Vall. jj& 1
HailtClote. Vttitl Sa(l T 1
Excelsior, New Orloans u 00 P bt JJS 1
Pretoria. Windward In'ds.. IS SO P M B OU P It (, A
Georgian Prince. La I'latu. 1 00 l' JI 3 00 P JJ M J
Navahoe, liaytl 1 00 P JI 3 00 P If jti I
.Viiil To-JIorroic. iHM
St. Paul, Southampton 7 00 A St 10 00 AH Wal
I Majestic. Liverpool V 00 A M 1200 M a I
Kensington, Antweri R 00 A M 10 ou A JI 1J
baratoga, Havana 100 PM 3 00 1' it I
Alamo, (ialvi nun U OU J' It s-!
Algonquin. Charleitnn a 00 P tt 3 1
.W! Thursday, fire. SO. jfj 1
Kaiser Wllhclmir.Ocnoa. 8 00 A St 10 00 AM "M ;
Obdam, Rotterdam 8 ou A JI 10 00 AM M
, Finance, Colon lOOOASt 12 00 JI M
I Panama, Havana. 1100 AM 1 00 P It a
Santiago. Namau 1 00 P 31 H Oil P t 3
Antllla, Naiiaic. 1 00 P JI 8 00 P l 5JJ
Ardanroae, Juirlab-a 11 00 AM 1 00 P U ft
El Dorado, hew Orleans tl Ou P tl '?'
IVCOKTVO BTKAMsnm. 't
but To'Dau. -t
Stratbesk Havre Deo 1 '
Croft Dundee Deo 7 'E i
KtoIIuk bhteuls Deo 0 S
Macuurr Gibraltar Deo 10 4a 1
Jeriey City Swaruea line 11 3&W
Hindoo Hull Dealt j$l
Charlton Olbrultar Deo 11 TBI
RalAby Autwerp Deo 11 iU
Brl!th Queen Antwerp Deo 1 fm
Kanir Prince St. Lucia Deo SB ff
Alexandra London DeolIV v
Oeorglo Liverpool Dee IS X
Vulran shield. DeoHl JK
Hudson Now Orleans DeoU3 ru&
Obdam Itottenlum Dee 10 cf
Etellla Havre Deo It 2t(
AUatla Gibraltar Deo 14 f 1
Sardinian niagiw Dec 10 stf
Peconlo nibraltar , Dec IS X9
Alene 1'nrt I.linoa DooZl If!
Nueces aalveitnn Deo St j9
FlMid Sow Orleans Deo SS tig
Prlns Wlllem IV Port- iu Prince Dec 2 Jf
Naroochee Savannah DeoSO ?
Due llrdn'i'tiiw. Dec SO.
Werra Gibraltar Dec JO j9
Vrgn lUbnti Peo 14
Yiimurl Il&vsua Deo V5 m
Weattneah Hamburg Deo t4 at
Stratbatrly f-hMla Deo M 3 8
Klin Santa Jfartlm Deo S3 SI
Comaache Jacksonville Dec Sd JI
Hue Thursday, Leo. SO. !n
Unrmaulo Liverpool Dec SB J&PI
Thlugvalla Chrlitlnnkind Deo IS 3V
1 l'aau NewOricani Dec 25
Hue I rfrt.il, Dre. 31.
Jftinclion, ,. . . llreiiHii Deo 10 A
PruiKlan Hamburg Deals '3
Alllanoa Colin D S4 Ji
Comal Ilalvciioii Dee SS
Due haturtlay, Jan. 1. 9
bt. Louts Southampton Dec IS ,4
Due .Suwfal. Jun '!. V,
La Mretajrne Ilavrn Deo 19 $
33it9tucaj3 Jlotltfs. J
Maintain Matcuc. 3
Tbe beat la exIstenoK. right millions tn use, all a
keeping correct tlmo. Prices much tuwer, but quality M
higher than ever, best assortment lu tn countryi M
lniLwrtlou luvltod. v
HOWARD ft CO.. 804 Fifth Avenue, Now York. J
Mr. Wliilo' Southing Sj nip for children M
toethln-, aofiena the giuns, mlnies liirlammatl n at ryi
lays piliLiuria wind eolio, dlarrlaea 2&o, a bottle y
DXOEJXD. m
111 I.I.. At his reUcuci HUH Dergen St., Drooklyo, a
Chalks Dull, Inula iMUjiar ''
Funeral services Wodues lay, Deo, SO, at 8 r. M. a
Ilnrlal convenience of ibe family. Orange county if
papers pliae eopy.
COWVtl. On Saturday, Pec 23, at H05 West S
TOtlift, hew York i-ll, 1 lion Dana, wlfo of Jloa- 9
cure D Conway, In tbo tilth year of hor age ft
Funeral private, Cincinnati ami London papers Jt,
pltiMe wfif, fi
cno.l,IUM'lll'l)OT. Qa Sunday evening, Dsa, V
2D, Jaue I'roudfoot, widow of Peter Cron, In her rm
88d year K
Fuural servlies at her late revUence, 117 South
4lh av , Slount Veruou, ,S. , , Tutaday, 2Sth Inst,, .
at TiiS P M j
UKI.I.V (HIFI.IlK).-On Monday, Dec, 27, 1H07, j
at bcrrraldeuce, 121 Wcit tlllliBt, Katie Hi J
gratb, widow of J. W. Kelly (Shields), aged S 3
yian, 3
Notice i f funeral hcuafter
MAIimlAI I.-On Dei. .0, at St. I ouli, 3Io , Mloulo M
.nlfoufl'l n II. Jlauballof Sen 'Vurl. 4
MllllTlir.V At l'OAialc, N j, Dee. '..), Jlossa Ed 9
sun Wnrtw-n, lu the Ulit year of bu age M
Puuerat from bl late nldt me, 1'askUli V J , on V
Tueday, luc 21, atiulu k P JI Kin II) omit
flower. Train haves I rlu It It , Chuuibera it, "
ferry, 1 o'clock, and Writ 2Jd it ferry at Mitto &
o'clock P. Ji, bo. ton papers plvtuo cijiy, f