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NEW, XORfc THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. PAGES, UNili', LUiJN i aas Jeraey City. JTW ill a. 'i i i m. i i 1 TIMES COMPANY.

1 1 1 -1 1 I 1 'i -J I THE SEWS OOJTDEB'SID. i Ptovks rctlnry. Cut wbut. No. 2 m4 75V4c; rgh corn, NO 2 mixed.

4tfLc; caah cotton. 7c I KEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Both hou rsaaiUnr n4 fltenlnf to the Oov-mor'i tnMMR they adjourned until WfrdnMdar nlnht nt- In the Aiwmbl tb raenfed rule limtttnr debate to flj-tea minute for each member were adope-d-Pace fi. CONOR Eas In tha Senate a number of amendment were offered yesterday to the Currency bill, which to be called up for i consideration to-day. Representative BuS-er cffetd a resolution In the House ak Ins; Secretary Oaite tp furnish any letters or agreements that may have pawed between the National City and Hanover Panks relative to deposits of public money.

Senator Pettlrrew offered a resolution in the Senate asking for certain information concerning the esrly fighting near Manila. 'When It waa objected to. Senator Hoar expressed his disapproval and Intimated a belief that there was a tendency to sun-press desired information. Pag 10. i FOREIGN.

Qen. French, who expected to occupy Colesberg. has met with such stubborn resistance that be has asked for reinforcements. An unconfirmed report has been received that the Boers yesterday attacked Qen. Gatacre's forces near Vlolteno.

Ird Methuen la expected to attack the Boers soon at Modder Choat presented a protest to Lord Salisbury on the flour seizures yesterday, i No definite reply was received, but the British Premier intimated that Dreat Britain would act equitably. No reply to the German protest against the tetxur of the- Bundesrath has been sent to Berlin. The French Royalist conspin-Acy trials have ended, with the conviction cf three men. MM. Deroulede.

Buffet, and Suerln. Seventy-two prisoners were aa-ultted. Sentence haa not yet been passed on the convicted men. The British royal yacht Vlctoriaf-and Albert was yesterday partially wrecked at the Pembroke dock. Ir.

Choate yesterday opened the free Ibrary at Acton. The bubonic plague has JXwn discovered In Manila. It has also reappeared In Honolulu and broken out in a hitherto uninfected district In Braeit. The earthquakes In Russia Tuesday killed 600 persons. Marocsy won first prie in the Vienna chess tournament.

It Is stated that Austria contemplates the Immediate expenditure of 20.000.000 In ln-creaxtng the army and navy. Pagea 1, Z. and 7. Pace 1. fhe committee which Is to hear the Goebel contest In the Kentucky Legislature will be named to-day.

Direct issue with the Controller in his demand for a new form of pay roll was taken by the School Board of Manhattan and the Bronx yesterday, the board forcibly declaring that It wait the duty of the Controller to do that whic he asked the board's officers to do. rft was stated positively at -Albany last jplght that Gov. Roosevelt had decided to nominate Cuthbert W. Pound as Superintendent of Insurance, to sucoeed Louis F. Payn.

Pace 2. Another tunnel company was Incorporated yesterday at Albany to build to Brooklyn and Jersey City. The alumni of St. Paul's School held a union at the Academy of Medicine last night Controller Coler, upon Investigation finds, he says, that the Department of Education is paying higher prices for supplies than are. quoted in the open market for uch supplies.

I Pace 3. waa Am Jvf am oil Atl1a In thai Moii- nsux trial yesterday. Twenty thousan bmn of coffee, part oflne: cargo of the steamship J. W. Taylor, wefe landed In Brooklyn yesterday.

President Gawtry of the Consolidated Gas Company said yesterday that his company had acquired control of the New York Gas and Electric Light, Heat and Power Company. The congregations of St. Luke's and St. John's, Trinity Parish, last night presented a loving cup to the Rev. P.

A. H. Brown. I Pace 8. rbe searchlight fire engine constructed at eKlmlra for use by the local Fire Department ha been brought to this city.

The State Prison Commission adopted a rp-port that the woman's ptiBon of the Raymond Street Jail. Brooklyn, is in a most disgraceful condition." The General Society of Mechanics ad Tradesmen celebrated its one hundred and fourteenth annual meeting, and formally opened its new home last night. j- Further examination of the injuries sustained by District Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner in a fall from a chair in his office recently shows that he will be unable to be out, for some time. Page 10. Representative Sulxer yesterday offered resolution in the House calling on Store tary Gage for the agreements or correspondence relative to public moneys pn deposit In the National City and Hanover uanaa, i Ppge 11.

Jen. Corbln says the Lawton fund Is well above $30,000. Mayor Bohannon of South NorwalY says. the Connecticut Blue iaws are lngly right." and will enforced by hirt. The three-masted schooner "8.

P. Hitch cock went ashore yesterday off East Moriches, L. I. Her crew was rescued sy the breeches buoy. tJegotlatlona under official sanction are now going on by wmcn it is prooaoie inai ine nlted States will acquire the Danish isl ands of St.

Thomas and tst. jonn. George Standing, the American racquet and tennis Champion, defeated reter latnam, the Ena-lish world's champion, at exhlbl- v- tion racquet yesterday at the court of the nnrl Oitih The Republican County Committee met last night to arrange for an unofficial pri mary to select delegates to a convention to nam a candidate for the Assembly from the Thirty-first District. Tammany Hall, according to Corporation Counsel wnaien, took similar action. Pave 10.

The red ball went up in Central Park yes terday, and In consequence the lakes were inrongea with skaters. i At a naeetlnr of the American Knit Under- Association yesterday the price; of ui (ooai.vu raised ana anoiner ao vsnoe is predicted by manufacturers, Vigorous protest has been made by com muters on the Susquehanna Division; of in, iioad against tne recent advance 1tx rate, the claim beina: made that is illegal. 'Amnseminta. Par t. Arrivals at Hotel and Out-ot-Town Buy er.

nr av i Business xrouoiea. rage li. Court Calendars. Page 14 Insurance Notea. Pag 10.

Legal Notes. Pare 11. Lnsse bv Fir. Pace Slarin Intelugenoe and Foreign Mails. rg iu.

Markets. Page. 15. i New Corporations. Para li.

Real Estate. Pag 14. Society. Page 9. Weather Report.

Page 2. yesterday's Fires. Pegs 2. JJ. CAB.

Am TOTJKSBT DIVIDEND. I Earalas Kearly S.OOO.OOO la JSlae Math Reported. SHtial Tk Ntw Ymk Tinut. LOUISVILLE, Ky- Jan. S.

The directors the American Car and Foundry meeting held In St. Louis yesterday de-' Oaryd the usual quarterly' -dividend of 1 per cent, on the preferred stock, pay Able 7 Febv Books close Jan. 10. One of the directors is authority for the statement that the figures produced at the meeting showed" that the earnings for the f.rsfentn month were g2.717.4J2. HO.

The net" earnings for the quarter ended Nov. So Wer l.lao.ooO against S4WU.000 for the quarter enMed Aug. SL Furthermore, be says, it is the policy, or the company to make no distribution among the holder of the common stpek. but to continue the accretions to the war-plus until from M.OUO.OOQ to U.0u0.0u have been accumulated. A a further stepi to.

ward this, the company at the meeting to- day canceled SWis.ow or pwc npmenna bv cesn In the treasury, leaving but 2l. WO.OUU of tne preferred insieau iam ouojouo auUiorixed. MB; CHOATE ACTS QUICKLY rotests to Lord Salisbury Against Flour Seizures, NO DEFINITE REPLY RECEIVED BritiBh Premier Does Wot Relish This Country's Attitude on xne Question, bul Is Courteous. INDON, Jar 3. The United States Am bassador, Joseph H.

Choate, visited the British Premier. Lord Salisbury, at the Foreign Office this evening, for the purpose of making fhe first official representations on the subject af the De'sgoa Bay flour seiz ures. Mr. Choate received no definite reply, as the Premier Informed him that the British Government had not yet arrived anv decision as to whether or not food stuffs were contraband of war. But Lord Salisbury assured Mr.

Choate thai the commercial rlgois of the United States would be equitably considered, and that a decision in this Important matter would be reached as soon as possible. The! interview waa brief. i It la learned that Lord Salisbury has not nly got the Attorney General, Sir Richard Webster, working hard on the question of the Delagoa Bay seizures, but that he is consulting with the ablest lawyer In Great Britain. To quote a high England is between Scylla and Cha-rybdls. If wc declare foodstuffs contraband we put ourselves In a most awkward position should we be a neutral power In some future war.

We are most anxious to conserve the Interest of the United States, yet self-preservation must necessarily come It waa further learned that Great Britain may lay down new regulatlona regarding contraband, making a distinction between food evidently Intended for domestic purpose, and food palpably intended for field rations. Under the latter head might come certain classes of canned goods. The British Government runy realises max the representations of Mr. Choate will compel It to decide this far-reaching matter, and while his request has been and t-ocefvoA in tho mnt friendly spirit, the Quandary it net relished by Lord Salisbury. though It is not regaraea as unciy international friction.

One thing As certain, the question will not be settled Wirrtediy, though it is even for the Cabinet Ministers to forecast the date when Mr. Choate win; receive a definite answer, which must settle Great Britain's stand upon the question of contraband. A correspondent has been Informed on good authority that Great Britain will not take Delagoa The British Government, it is added, does not contemplate any such step, in spite of tne ciamor oi iue press and public opinion upon the advisa bility of so doing. AMtsnntrh in Th Pull Mall Gaxette from Berne says the award In the Delagoa Bay question Is being drawn up, and that It Is positively stated that it will bei published toward the end (f the month, LOSSES BY FLOUR SEIZURES. Oaly a Parilea of the Aaioaat Huh tli Skipper la Thl Coaatry.

It new appear that-a portttm of the cargo which was shipped fromt this port on the steamship Masbona to Delagoa Bay and seized by the British was not paid' for when it left New York, and that In consequence the shippers are at present under financial loss. After the varioiis seizures were made It became known that a number of-exporters In this city had goods on one 6r more of the vessels. While considerable iannoyance was expressed about the sehtures, and Great Britain was accused of acting In an unjustifiably high-handed manner, none of the exporters complained that fhey would lose anything, as they said that they had demanded cash advance for shipments to South Africa In consideration of the present unsettled condition of that country. The firm of Flint. Eddy however.

it is learned, did not receive payment In advance for all their shipments. As soon as they learned of the seizure they communi cated wltn tneir counsel, b. U. HopKlns or Hopkins A Hopkins, who laid the mattor before the Secretary of State. latter communicated w.lth the United States Ambassador In London and with the United States Consul at Lorenzo Marques, and notified Flint, Eddy Co.

that he had done so. As stated in the mew York, times of yesterday. Instructions have now been cabled to Mr. Choate to the effefct that the United States cannot admit the right of seizure in sucn cases. A member of the firm of Fliht.

Eddv tc Co. Said yesterday that If cargoes shipped to neutral ports were to be negarded as contraband or war because they; were likely to be resold by the consignees to the belligerents, American exporters wanted to know It. These shipments." It was added, were made before the outbreak of the. war. We sent our goods to our regular (correspondents, lust as we have done for Jvears 'oast.

There is of course little doubt that pari of the cargoes seized would have gone to the South Republic, since Delagoa Bay is the natural port of entry for: the Transvaal. But that result would t'have been reached by a reselling on rthe part of our correspondents. ur inteiest in tne ois posal of the goods would haver ceased en tirely." Interviews with other exporters make it probable hat Flint. Eddy A Co are the only In this country which has avdirsct financial interest In the seized i goods. All the other roods shlTed by Americans on the vessels whose cargoes were; seized 'were paid for before they were placed on board.

The floor in the steamships Beatrice. Ma shona. and Maria was made by a milling company In West Reading, Penn. There were 50.000 sacks, and each tack contained ninety-eight pounds, or a half barrel. The value or tne wnole lot seised Is placed at S12.VOO0.

The Reading: company, it ia an Id has 10.000 additional sacks ready for shipment, but It will not be sent for the present. GERMANY AWAITS AN ANSWER. Government I Cool, bat Threat las Tone Is Dlsreraable la Soate Officio! Barters' BERLIN. Jan. The German Foreign Office Informed a correspondent this after noon that Great Britain had not then an swered Germany's note of protest regarding the seizure by the British jprulser Magi', clenne of the German Imperial faat steam-r Bundesratn on Deiagoa nay.

it appear that the British Foreign Office desires first to communicate with Durban jon the' subV Ject. I This desire is not regarded as indfr-eating any deposition on the part of Great Britain to delay the final adjustment of the matter. Thi re has been a lively Interchange of notes between London and bt the German Foreign Office Is apparently keening cool. On the other hand, a violent and 'threatening tone toward Great Britain Is observable in other official quarters. i The! Berliner TageblatL remarking tk.t the ahtl-BrltUh rectlment is stronger than ever.

and reca.llng Joseph Ctaamoerlaln's leiceswr Bywnrn, Myn lull tlus is the way -in which England hope gain wltn 'Germany, she to i making- the veriest mistake." Thi Neueste Nachrirbten sriya ft learns that Foreigr Office la Aresaing the el standpoint, but hopes lor an adjustment without interruption of correct official re- latton." A correspondent hn received Information! woing to show that Bundesrath was possibly guilty oT carrying Heavy hlp- menu -of. arm and -ammtfoition wer i shipped In December to Macao sad Bong jkont, consigned to orler. It Is surmised that their ultimate destination was. either the Philippines -jor -the TVansvaaL In' any event the Bufadesrath incident is oeing worked to create sentiment in ravor of naval increase, and the passage of. the Nary bill is now con lidered assured in spite of Centrist oppoeit on.

No serious conflict between Emperor William and the Reichstag la- expected. On the' contrary, popular sentiment for a larger navy is pon-Stantly growing. The semi-official Bert! ler Post ay: i expect to see tie Reichstag equal to a great national tasi. Otherwise an appeal, to the voters will ndoubtedly secure a favorable majority." i 1 The effldal Berliner C( rrespondens quoted, in a double-leaded the declaration of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce that Germany's navy must not remain behind Other navies, and pi on unces this a most significant demonstrate a in favor of aa in crease of the fleet and! a world-policy, forJ Germany. The pronouncement of the Hamburg Chamber was very emphatic: Germanv must cast ber eyes tow ard the future make her power felt If ihe wishes to maintain: her rank among ti e.

nations. We; can congratulate ourselves upon having a ruler Impressed with. this historical necessity:" An inquiry is- progres sing among exporters concerning the tradi possibilities of the Transvaal. This Is cons Idered to mean that the Boers after the ir will divert their trade from England to i Germany. SQt'ADROJf FOR DELAGOA BAY 1 rV Great Brltala nVIII I Order Wanblpi Brltala hvill I Order from Gibraltar.

LONDON, Jan. 3. It Is reported tha the Particular Service Squidron. now at jGib- raltar, will be ordered to South Africk as soon as the Channel Squadron return to Gibraltar. It Is added tat this iquadron of.

cruisers is just suited to watch pelagoa Bay. Contraband Found ofei tke Ilnndearuth. LONDON, Jan. a It lis reported at pur-ban; that the captures German steamer Bundesrath had on blard live bit 4uns, 00 tons of shells, and 180 trained a. iery- mcn.

WILL OF GEORGE A. POWERS. His Estate Valued at About $2,000,000 I A Large Portion Left to His Son George. The will of Georre Powers, who; was one of the best-known real estate operators In Brooklyn, was filed yesterday In thei Sur rogate's office. The ealtate.

which consists mabily of real property, is roughly to be worth Mr. Powers Is survived hv Ave philJren. Georite Potvers, Mrs. Murv L. Mrs.

Ceorglana Keep of Brooklyn; Thf4nas Powers of Man- hatUn. and William Pbwers of Tottertvllle. b. i The testator leaves ho his son George, who Is named as thd sole executor; the greater share of the property, wmcn includes many valuable ieees of real estate In Fulton, Pacific. Pi rrepont.

and Navy Streets and Washington and Fourth Avenues, Brooklyn. The property at IAS Fulton mreet, Manhattan, is auso a pari oi ine estate. The testator nUo leases all of the house hold furniture, wines, tnusical instruments, In the family residence, at ashltigton and Greene Avenues; all of his carriages and horses, and a bond and mortgage for to his son George. The family residence Is also left to him. i The properties at 200 1 on Street, ft and S57'FUit0tt Street.

150 and 1SS Pierre-pont Street, and BUI Filton Street arS left to George in trust for the benefit of William Powers fof life. iThe testator leaves Ihe properties at 159 Pierrepont StUeef. 351 570. and 500 Fulton Street to George In trust for the benefit of Thomas: Powers and bis heirs. r-arceis or real estate in uiton.

racuic. and Navy Streets, in Fourth Avenue and In St. James Place are left to George, the son In trust for the beieflt -f the testator's daughters. Mrs. Keep nd Mrs.

CrFlynn. The legatees are forttidden to content the wll on pain of being disinherited. lAUNDRY THTJET FOBMED Company Iacorpornlted la Illinois to I Absorb Smaller Sprcial to Th York Timti. CHICAGO. Jan.

3. Articles of incorpora tion of the Sanitary I aundry Company of Chicago were issued at Springfield td-day. The capital stock was placed at The object of 'the company Is set forth as being laundering, dyeing and repairing, and the manufacture of toilet articles." The Incorporators are S. D. Ellis.

President of the Eureka Jaundrj Company; Abraham F. Doremus, "propriet of a laundry at 458m West Madison Street, ami Peter D. Amble. The corporation is backed by A. J.

Graham, a banker.l Several other! capitalists are said to be Interested in It; For some weeks the sromoters of the con cern have been visiting the laundries Of the city trying to secure their co-operation in tne scheme, and it Is understood that a number of them have entered the combine. Officials In the new concern were reticent about the matter this afternoon, and refused to give out any definite information. WLL PUSH GOEBEL'S CONTEST. Committee Which 7111 Hear the. Evidence Is to be Formed To-c ay.

FRANKFORT, Ky. Jan. Joint committee which will hear evidence In the Goebel-Taylor; and Be contests for Governor i nd Lieutenant; Governor will be formed to-morrow. The law provides that 'the mei ibera of the committee shall be drawn )' lot. three In tr.e Senate and eight in tie House.

Theioolicy of i the Goebel leaders be to push the contests to a final lssi le as speedily as possible. Col. Whallen was irralgned on the attempted bribery charge before Magistrate Thompson to-day, and held oer io the Franklin County Grand Jury, his bond being fixed at $10,0110. In the Circuit Court President Hector V. Loving of the Trust Company i ras before Judge Can-trill.

chanted1 with cjntempt for disobey ing the order of the dourt to turn oyer the vault box alleged to Hold the 4.ftiu fwhich. It lis claimed was to be paid to Har.rell In the event he voted gainst Goebel In the contest. Loving stated that he merely desired to protect the dustomers of his com pany, and his attornek- moved to quh the summons against ntmi mis tne court overruled. I Thereupon a response was filed to the rule for and in this It Is Htatel that Whalle.T Harrell, and Charles! Ryan rented box in question and deposited something In It. the I box being sealed up and covered over wtth white pa pen.

The trust company officials were notified inot to aUow the box to belopened except 'in the prerence of and by trie consent of all three parties. Judge Cantrill adjudged the re spense Insufficient, ai id ordered the ibox to be produced In court at 11 o'clock Co-morrow. It is ttndersto sd the order bf the court will be compile with, a motion for an appeal to the of Appeals having been overruled. I Papers In seventeen contested election cases affecting seats of House members have been filed with House Clerk Leigh. Ten of the contestants ane Dtcnocrats and seven Republicans.

Thei result of the-? cases will have an: Important effect on the con tests over the Governjor and the Lieutenant Governor. I "i.UCKY'MBAI.IJfWIN'S VENTTTBE Special to The York Tunes. 4 AN FRANCISCO, Jan. Lucky- Baldwin, to whom rdjnains only a rrmnant of a once large rortune. propose in the spring to go .10 -wine.

iut new mining camp under the Arctic circle, arid start a (dance house, wneiner ne win adi games of chance' that appeal 10 miners la yet un certain. I. Mr. Baldwin has cnartereu a vefcsel to carry his troupe, aca is probable the theatre will be so afranged that it i can be put un in a few 00 lis. Out of thi venture Baldwinhooe to rednup the fortune be has lost in Ahe last, ten rear.

Lake) Skoira. LhailtetU I dav tvava Ne York 5 JO P. MJ, irrlm Cleveland nest rnorninf tor breakfast, and Cht- csae at r. at. xm.

ew im tnnu and i Lk I A THANKSGiriNG At GOAII Proclamation Issued by Leary; the Governor. Capt Celebrations of Feasts ox Patron Saints Forbidden No Export of Food Allowed. Special lo The Ntw Yerk Timti. BALTIMORE. Jan.

3-CapC Peter Leair. United States Army, stationed at Fort Mc" Henry, received a letter to-day from bis brother, Capt. Richard P. Leary. Governor; of Guam, In the Ladrone Islands, which contained a number of interesting documents pertaining to the affairs of the new possessions of the United States.

The first Thanksgiving proclamation ever seen by the inhabitants of Guam was Issued by Gov. Leary, and follows: Whereas, It hath pleased Almighty God in His divine providence to grant to us during the past year a continuance of His goodwill and unbounded love, a exemplified In His bestowal of the countless blessings of health, happiness, peace, prosperity, protection, and freedom of religious worship, exemption from devastating scourges iof epidemic diseases and storms, release from the arrogant and tyrannical domination unworthy preceptors, and In the enjoyment of other unceasing blessings. It Is proper that a' special day be set aside as a day: of thanksgiving and prayer to our Supreme Benefactor for all these gifts; Therefore, In conformity with the time-honored custom of the United States Government, I. Rlchara P. Captain, United States Navy.

Governor of the Island of Guam, do hereby appoint and set aside I I Thursday. Nov. 30. lfiK. as a day of thanksp 'ng ana prayer, and all persons in this are recommended to abstain from unnecessary work on that day and to assemble in their respective places of worship at such times as may be convenient to give thanks and praise.

to Almighty God for His merciful goodness and loving kindness tc us and all men." Gov. Leary has already caused slavery to be abolished in the islands, compelling a number of friars to leave the place, and has amended the marriage laws in rerard ho polygamy. One of his recent orders states that it Is prohibited to import or spll Intoxicating liqirors in the Island except by a special license issued by the Government, and that violation of the order will be punished by a fine of loo or Imprisonment for thirty days, or by both. For a second all of the offender's goods may be confiscated. Drunkenness," says the order, is the chief source of all crime and trouble in this island, and must and shall tease." A second order says: For the protection of Government Interests, and as a safeguard against the machinations, devices, and schemes of speculators and adventurers, i it is hereby ordered that all persons who claim ownership of land in this island or its dependencies, are prohibited from selling tor transferring any portion of such property without first obtaining the consent of the Government: Violation of this, order may be punished by fine or -imprisonment or both." Capt.

Leary states that he is malt Ing every effort to teach the. natives to bs self-supporting An order Issued to further this idea follow: i "Until otherwise ordered, the exportation of hogs, cattle, fowl, rice, corn, and sweet potatoes from this island is hereby forbidden. Articles of food may be delivered to vessels in sufficient quantities foj the subsistence of those on board during their Btay in port, and their passage to the next port or destination. The delivery of such articles of food to ships is prohibited without a Government license. In consequence of the liability of riots.

the following order was Issued. Public celebrations of the feast da vs. of the patron saints of villages will not be per mitted. 1 he- Church and its members may celebrate their feast days within the walls of the church, chapel, or private residences in accordance with the regulations for the maintenance of public peace, and unless otherwise ordered; tne only puonc noildays recognized will be Sunday, and the holi days authorized by the United States statute laws, and by proclamations or his Excel lency, the President of the United States. FEARS FOR A TRANSPORT.

The Victoria May Have Been Lost in a Typhoon on the' Way to Manila. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. The big trans port Victoria is now seventy-eight days out of this port for Manila, and shipping men are fearful that the vessel has gone to the bottom.

Twenty per cent, reinsurance Was made on the Victoria to-day. She was spoken by the transrort Tartar'on Nov. 14, between this port and Honolulu, with a broken shaft. The Victoria refused tow, expecting to have the broken shaft repaired in a week at most. A few days later terrible typhoon raged -In the track of the Victoria, the same storm that nearly sent the Manuenuse to the bottom.

Nothing has been heard of the transport since spoken: by the Tartar. The vessel Is owned by J. Ness or and left here fot Manila loaded with forage and supplies for the forces 'n the Phllr- Fln'es. C.pt. Bhikely was in com-nnnd.

ail carried a crew of fifty-two Europeans. The ship Is of tons net, and valued, at DR. McGLYNN VERY ILL. He I Tiot Strong; Emonarli to ladergo Neeeaanry Operatio. Special to The New York Times.

N. Yl. Jan a The Rev. pr Edward McGlynn. pastor of St.

Mary's Roman Catholic Church in this city, is still confined to his room by illness, and his condition Is such as to cause alarm among his large circle of acquaintances. Six weeks ago he was taken 111, but there waa every sign of an early recovery, and the physicians said he would be himself in ten days, but he continued to lose flesh and strength daiiy. His once tall and robust frame is now emaciated and he Is now scarcely recoEnlzable even by close friends. It has Just become public that he has a mysterious growth on tne rignt ana us appearance has baffled his physicians. It is eating Its way In his system and robbing him of his vitality and strength.

The doctors say he is not in a candltlori to undergo an operation, as the strain on his Dtesent weak, system would undoubtedly prove fatal, Dr. McGlynn Is sixty-eight years of age, and has always been active and en loved tht tMMt of health until hla present Illness. Only clerical friends are allowed to se; him. Every day the parson, age is besieged by members of the congregation Inquiring as ro the condition of their pastor. Dr McGlynn.

although weak physically. Is strong Ir mind and spirit. He Jokes caiirrs and converse with hla usual Keenness and Intelligence. He says he hopes for the best; but must bow to tne Will oi mm wno is ail-wise. i Mm al Wife Sixty Tears.

.1 BURUNGTON. Jan. S. John T. Severn and wife celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of tbelr wedding at tneir home last evening.

Three children, eight grandchildren, and On a-reat-grandehild of the couple were present. 1 Two witnesses -of the wedding only survive, one of them. Cornelia Goalin, of Washington. D. C.

being present atltb celebration. Jtrsey Central Atlaatle CJtr gpeeUU. A ilrwi 3 1-4 Hear Eipreu. January Stb and thereafter will leave foot 'Liberty Street at "Mt P. Bout Ftrry at P.

arriving at Atlantic City at Pi M. RetarnTti. kwwes Atlantic City at 2:10 P. M4 arriving at New Tork. at kS P-j M.

Botj via POUND TO SUCCEED PAYN in come I Professor Is Selected for Superintendent, of Insurance. FORMERLY A STATE SENATOR Payn's Friends Say It Will Be Impossible to Secure Enough Votes to Displace Present Incumbent. Spt-ial to Th Scat York Times. ALBANY. Jan.

3. It Is stated positively and on good authority that Gov. Roosevelt has determined to nominate Cuthbert W. Pound of Lockport for the position, of State Superintendent of Insurance, to succeed Louis F. Payn, whose term will expire next The report is accepted without reservation by the legislators who are still here, aid there is much speculation as to Mr.

Pound's chances for confirmation by the Senate. The friends of Superintendent Payn. and they are prominent-In all the groups In the hotel corridors, are boasting to-night that the Governor will find it impossible to secure the twenty-six votes 'needed to confirm the nomination. Some.of the Payn men are making offers to wager odds that their chief will hold oer until tlfe end or the Governor's term. There is no mistaking the feeling of the followers of Mr.

Payn. Led by him. they are ready to make a contest against the Governor, and openly declare that they Will carry the fight into the State Convention next Fall and attempt to prevent the re-nomlnatlon of Gov. Roosevelt. It is Impossible to learn here what answer Mr.

Pound made to the Governor when the latter made a tender of Ihe nomination. It is said that the Governor offered the place to six different ormnlxatinn RrnuhHrnns. who each refused to accept it. Mr. Pound was a member of the State Senate for one term, which ended In 1SSKV He was a member of the Lcxow committee which tnvestlsated the workings Of the New York City Police Department In ISiH.

and during the two years In which he was In Albany he was quite prominent in legislative affairs. He was a candidate for re-nomination In 1WKS. but was defeated by Timothy E. Ellsworth, the present Senator from the Forty-fifth District. Since that time Mr.

Pound hno. not en- gagt-d In politics. accepted a chair in University, which he now holds. CHICAGO MULCTS A RAILWAY. i Agrees to Give the Northwestern Ele vated Boad an, Extension of Time for 100,000.

Special to The A'rsc York Times. CHICAGO. Jan. 3 After a short and bit ter conflict the municipal authorities and the officials of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company agreed to-night to bury hatchet. The chief stipulation is that the company pay Into the City Treasury $100, 006 in consideration of an extension of time, for the completion of Its track and sub-structure to May 1.

luoo, and for the building of its stations to Jan. 1. The sum named is- an equivalent for loo, forfait provided In case It failed tq finish the huge framework by the first day of this year Tbe cltv- iurrees dron the nrosecution of Its case against the train crew arrested -f Tuesday while attemotino- to run a train in defiance of the The arrangement teas effected at con ference held late thi afternoon between thf Mayor and-the Council Committee on' Finance, acting on the part of the city and representatives of the road. After; a brief session a modus satisfactory to both sides was established. Its provisions were drawn up in the form of an ordinance, which will be presented Monday evening.

in view of the iiewly made agreemwit all effort on the part of the city to use the Northwestern as club to th? pay ment of compensation alleged to be due the city from the Union Loop Company Is expected to cease. FAVOBS AMEBIC AN LABOR. Mrs Andersoa of Greenwich Orders that Italian Be Ulacharxed. fe Special to Mere York 7 iwri. GREENWICH.

Jan. 3. Mrs. Elisa- betn Anderson, the daughter of the late lercmlah Milbank of New York, has decided In favor or home labor in preference to Italian labor from out of town, although it will cost her many thousand dollars to do so. She owns the large estate where "Boss Tweed once lived, and recently added to it by purchasing 100 acres of the Lyman Mead The last acquisition she proposes to make into a large park, to which the towns people will have free access.

She has en-gaged a Superintendent to carry out her Ideas, and for several weeks past Hx laborers have been employed there, laying out and building five miles of roads, an artificial lake, and' doing grading. It will take at least a year to complete the work, and then Mrs. Anderson will admit the public to it. although It Is understood she will not deed it to the town Until her death. On Saturday night last.

In looking over the pay roll, Mrs. Anderson discovered that there were many foreign names thereon. She Inquired and found that the Superintendent had thirty Italians from nearby towns working at $1.15 per day. The other men were getting Jl.i.Y She was displeased and. ordered that hereafter none but resident laborers be employed, and that the wages be uniformly 1.7o per day.

TWO-MINUTE MILES ON ICE. Boat oa the Shrevrabury Cover Sli Miles aller Twele Mlautea. Special tc 1 he Sew York Times. RED BANK, N. Jan.

3 The small yachts of the North Shrewsbury Ice Yacht Club fleet tried conclusions in a -six-mile race this afternoon. The little feltows did some fast sailing, the winner covering the distance In a trifle less than twelve mln Utes. The starter and the order Ip which thev finished follow: Commodore Samuel Morford's Flaw, Jo seph L. Bursowe's Rensselaer Hendrickson's Nip, and Charles Foxwell's Flirt, i Several more yacnts weae nut on the ice to-day and in a race which will be sailed to-morrow there will probably be a large entry list. INSURANCE COMPANIES BARRED.

Bight to Do Baalaeaa la Maaaaehasetts Take a froaa Two Coaeeraa Special to Tke New York Times. BOSTON, Jan. 3. Insurance Commission er Cutting yesterday peremptorily revoked (he authority to do business in this State of the Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Company and the Insurance Company of the State of New York for violation Of the law of the Commonwealth. Both companies have recently reinsured their business, Including their Massachusetts risk, in the Manhattan of New; York, which ha no au- KnHiv to do business In this State.

The law violated by these companies is Chapter 637 of the Acts iQiw. I Thei risks of the Globe and Rutgers Fire tnaurAnee Company and tha. of the Insur ance Company of the State of New York were relnaurd la the Manhattan Fire OmDany lust before the cloae of 1HU0, and was then announced that the former company would continue to operate In a limited manner, and that the Utter company wouia oe lucm id Tuiunimry liqui dation, i Efesisg H. Tk Trip, After January teat for Lackawanna and- mane train to fcraston. Btnaiiamtoa.

By metal a. Elralra, Cnicaaw, leavaa Barclay Street 11:3 sP. Christopher- 8uai 11:40 P.j M. Sltepsr opca r. av av.

FITCHBURG RAILROAD LEASED. The Boston and Maine Will Assam dontrol Under an Agreement on 5 Per Cent. Basis. Special td Tht Sew York Times. BOSTON.

Jan. 3. The Street thl afternoon learned the fact that the Fitchburg Railroad Is to become In th Immediate future a part of the Boston and Maine system, and tne price of Fitchburg preferred advanced to 123. The Ftichbt.rr IMrectors. as Is well known; recently rejected the New York Central's offer of a nlnety-nlne-year lease at 4 per and Fitchburg Railroad Interests have planned to vigorously oppose the ratification of the Boston and Aihany-New York Central lease by the Massachusetts Legislature.

It la declared that the Vanderbllts could better afford to lease the Fitchburg on a 5 per cent, basis, and thus stifle opposition, than to court the possibility of a defeat at the hands of the Legislature. But the Van-derbilts have not raised their bid. Meanwhile the Fitchburg Directors- have been In consultation with the Boston and Maine people regarding the lease, and the announcement of completed negotiations will not be long delayed. BQth President Tuttle of the- Boston and Maine and President Codman of the Fitchburg refused to-night to either affirm or deny a report that lease agreement on. a 5 per cent, basis bad been mad by the two Boards of Directors, nod" several of the Directors of both companies who were interrogated were likewise dumb.

Nevertheless, there Is the best of authority for stating tbnt the deal was consummated to-day. The Boston and Maine and the are competitors for Canadian business, the former being the ally of the Canadian Pacific and the latter having a traffic arrangement with the Grand Trunk. They are also In a lead Ironortant fashion In competition for Chicago business. This alliance, while it gives the Boston and Maine Central control of all Northern New England, will be in the nature of a coup, and will not be at all palatable to the Vanderbllts. who thus lose their onlv hope monopolizing New England traffic with the, West.

THE SOLDIERS' HOME 1HQUIRY. Witnesses Before the Charity Commis sioners at Bath Testify Against Col. Shepard. Special to The York Times. BATH.

X. Jan. 3. Commissioners Eu gene A. PhllMn.

Peter Walrath. ani Harvey W. Putnam of the State Board cf Deputy Attorney General John H. Ctyne. represent'rjr Gov.

and the Attorney General's or3.ee. and Deputy State Controller Theodore P. Gilman. -eprerient-Ing the Controller, to-day. behind closed doors, resumed the Investigation of Charles O.

Shepard's administration of the So'dlers' Home at this place. The committee held three sessions, con vening promptly at tf o'clock this morning. The first witness was former Assistant Si.rwnn l)r C. Plxlev. who testified mat in bis opinion Col.

Shepard was addicted to tho excessive use or intoxicants. was at times irritable and harsh in his tientment of the inmates while under the influence of liquor. The next witness was Walter Stewart, ft former servant at Commandant Shepard houte. 'lis ttstlraony was In reference to certain vouchers-which were -aliened to have been to oy Shepard and upon i which Shep trd drew Stewart's Salary. 1D per month, for two months, while the latter wa away end not In the employ of the State.

Gen. John M. Palmer rf Albany, a lrustee of the horne. was the -OMt ntnejs. He gave a history or the nome irom na in-fAtw-v helnr.

ono of the. or'einnl Trus'ees. Gen. Palrrr said tht In his opinion Cim-n-rdant Shepard was unfit for the position. The committee adjourned to-night until 10 Clock to-morrow morning.

DIES IN A LODGE ROOM. Rnlph Fhllllpaon of Chios pro Expires After Mnklnn a Speet-h. Special lo The York Times. CHICAGO. Jan.

3. After delivering a short address to the members of District Grand Lodge No. Independent Order of B'nal Brith. Ralph Phillipson. sixty-seven years old.

a wealthy retired clothing dealer. died suddenly of heart disease in the lodge room of the society. In the American Ex- pros Building, shortly before midnight. Arter being caned upon several times to speak. Mr.

Phillipson reluctantly agreed, and spoke for fifteen minutes, during which time he became very mucn wrougnt up. The hall was still reverberating with ap plause when he made for a chair on the sine of the stage, ne speaKer suaaeniy ren race downward on the floor, and was in an unconscious condition when picked up by his fellow-members. A doctor was called, but the man died before the arrival or the phy sician. WASHINGTON GANG IN COURT. Boy Who Initiated Another with Yellow Palat Ia Fined.

Special to The New Ypr.k Times. WASHINGTON. Jan. The four small boys who painted young Edward McFar-land yellow on Christmas Day, were tried for assault to-day. The testimony was novel and diverting.

They produced, as witnesses, their entire gang of about a dozen boys. All swore that It had been the custom ever since they could remember to initiate new boys Into the gang." and the oldest boy In the lot could remember that whtn he was a toddler in skirts the custom had been In full blast among boys who are now grown up. Generally fhe new hoys are divested of their clothing, painted, and turned loose in the street, as was Mc-Farland. Boys t)ave been painted crimson, black, and navy blue, so that McFariand was considered by iris peers to have gotten off easy. John Griags, who wielded the paint brush, was fined and the personal bonds of the otbti boys were taken.

JACK THE CUTTER IDENTIFIED Washington Prlsoaer Haa Operated Here aad la Philadelphia. SK-r-jl to The Nnv York Tames. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. The mysterious "Jack the Cutter" Washington Is Max Krebs, a ne Is the same man who was caught when beginning operations In New York in 1S08.

There ia evidence that he is the' same cutter who slashed so many women's dresses In Philadelphia during th Grand Army encampment there. He has operated, therefore. In at least three cities. He is a mystery to the police, who cannot account for hi crimes. There is nothing about Krebs to suggest an unbalanced or nervous person.

He Is placld-faced. meek, and guileless looking, a more boy -In aprearanc. He 'has many reputable friends here. who. in spite of hi positive Identification, still declare that It is impossible that such a well-behaved and quiet youth could commit such crimes.

has confessed that he was arrested In New York for dress slashing, but will snv nothing to shed any light pn his mysterious mania. 'I DENTED BY SENATOR HANNA. CLEVELAND. Oh'o, Jan. 3.

Senator Hanna declared to-day that, although he had been urged to stand for the permanent Chairmanship of the next Republican National Convention, he would not do so. There are other men." he said, who are more ambitious than snd whdWaJue that honor more than I do. I wilfglv way to them." i He' also declared 'that he will not be on of the delegates at larg from Ohio in th convention. "I greatly desire that Gen. Dick ahall have an uncontested place in the Ohio delegation at large." be explained.

and I am glad to step out In bis favor. If I was to be considered a on of th delegate at large, precedent tiring the plao to me as Senator, there would be a contest between Gen. Groavencr and Geo. Dick. I being out of It, there will be room for both of them, a her should be, and friction will bo DEFIES THE CONTROLLER School Board Refuses to.

Alter the December Ay Rolls. CHARGES AGAINST MR. COLER i President Little 2AkM a Speech -viewing the Tear's Work and" Upholding Official The School Board for Manhattan and the Bronx, at Its meeting yesterday afternoon, the first held this year, took: Issue with Controller Coler In regard to the making out of its pay rolls and adopted a resolution, offered by George Hoesen, which, unless he Controller recedes from the position be has assumed, will compel another resort to the courts to decide the question in dispute. Ali except three of the twenty-one Commissioners were -present. The absent -were Morris E.

Sterne, who is til: Vernon M. Davis, and Thomas W. Tlmpson, appointed yesterday. Commissioner Edward' F. Farrell.

who had been til. was present for the first time In Th three Commissioners. John G. O'Keerfe. Patrick McGowan, and Alfred Hennen Morris, who were appointed and took the oath of office yesterday, took narf In fha lngs.

Acting Clerk Bussey at 4 "o'clock m. called the meeting to order. Sixteen members were then present. He announced that the first thing to be done was the se- ifftlon of a Chairman. Commissioner.

Rr'cn named Joseph J. little, who received a unanimous vote. Then, on motion of ex-Judge Van Hoesen. wh nominated Commissioner Little, the board balloted for a President to be in office until the rror-Ranlzit'on of the board next mo-h. Fifteen votes were cast, th" rsult beigr For Joseph J.

Little, 1.1; M. Van Hoesen. ne-essary to a choice, 11. PRESIDENT LITTLE'S SPEECH. President Little said: I desire to thar.k the members of the board for this renewed expression of tbelr confidence, and.

notwithstanding the fset that the newspapers are at -this time running over with statements, most dT them largely exaggerated, nt least so far as the of the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx are concerned, as to the deplorable state of the schools. 1 desire to congratulate you upon the present prosperity of the schools within th.se boroughs. Tl VOH hoiorerl ft trr. selecting me as temponarv President of the board I made two or three which, had they ai: been would have greatly relieved the preent not only in these boroughs mil on m- illigHB. "The lrst was rNtlng to tJWS of the charter, which provides for in apportionment bv the Board of E.ljcf!on of the funds set apart hv the B-n-d of PstW mate and Apportionment.

This as you know, has oubsed very seribu embarrassment to the ft-hoolB from fhe Vei-r-begrnrfng. In fact -to such an extof was-thl ction an evit that it caused ntirs-tlon between the two largest borough of the city, the ouestlon fl-p 'v going to th Court of Appeals. Notwlthstandiriehat the eeilbn board and the Board of EdUeat km. regarding tho necessity of a change In this particular, the Legislature failed ntak any change, yet we find certain member of the Legislature at thi time vying With each other with statements as ti tho no-cessity of new legislation in thei Interests of our schools. A simple act of the Legislature -Tart year, which was asked for by u.

correcting this one section of the have prevented the confusion as ti teachers salaries now existing in the Borough of Richmond, anu. r.t least as far as that' borough Is concerned, would have relieved the complications of the present day. It i no fault of this board, it Is no faslt of th other School Boards. It is no fault of th Board of Education, that this peculiar eon-' union exist owing to mis untortubat tion of the charter. SEATS FOR 8.000 CHILDREN.

"Another matter to which I called attention and which was promptly acted upbn was the desirability of accommodating every child, so far as possible, with th facilities to obtain a common school educa- tion, and to this end a suggestion was mad that we add a few seats to the minimum number In classrooms where space and air would permit, and I am pleased to say that this action resulted In accommodating mor than 8.000 children who would otherwise have been kept upon the streets and without the benefit of education. The only expense Involved tr the city in this was th providing of seats and supplies, and yet the accommodations furnished were equal to several new, large buildings, which would have cost from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 to erect and taken not leu than two years to complete. Notwithstanding the additional supplle required for this large number of scholar and also for the natural growth of th schools, so economical has been th administration of the Supply Department that we were able to report to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment a surplus of although the appropriation allowed for supplies for the year 1309 was only S.12.M1..V) In excess of that allowed for "It is largely due t- your action In promptly providing tbete additional sitting that so few complr.lnts have been made during the past yeai of lack of school sittings within the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. I regret that we must start the year with a reduction In salaries of some of the teachers, but notwithstanding this, must remember that rot less than S) per cent, of our teachers will receive for the present year larger salariet. than they were receiving at the beginning of the year 1899, and that for the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx there it an average Increase I salaries for the year 19oO of about per cent, over those paid In 189.

A YEAR OF ANXIETY The year Just closed ha undoubtedly been one of greater anxiety to the member of the School Board than that of any pre- ceding year, because, through new laws that have been passed, and the complications arising from the cenaoUdatloa of tb various cities and town into th greater city, it has been uncertain what some of these laws meant, but I am pleased to say that the only question which was of sufficient importance to be carried to th court was decided on line fully approving the ln-, terpretatlon that this board gave It and fully indorsing the action taken thereunder. I thank you for the cordial support that you have given me In the past and ask that It may be continued, and I renew my pledge of a year ago to endeavor to dis- charge the duties of the office Impartially and to the best of mv ability." On motion of ex-Judge Van Hoesen tb election of Secretary of- the Board wh farther postponed until next month. Presi I I a dent Little announces tnat, owing to the expiration -of the term of Commissioner Richard H. Adams, ther was a vacancy in the Central Board. Mr.

Adams, who waa reappointed to the School Board on Monday, was renominated as dalegat to the Central Board, and the balloting resulted his receiving the vote of very ona of the Commissioners present. Including tho three minority member. Messrs. Barllng-ham. Lee.

and THE CONTROLLER'S DEMAND. -President Iitti then caused to be read a letter from Auditor Cook of the Board of Education to Acting- Secretary Busaey. saying that Controller Coler insisted upon thl pay roll being mad out on a new basis, local hchdul charges being mad against local soony and Aheera items solely against Aheam money. In Justice to himself and to thl board, said Commissioner 0Brtea. I thin, taat i -(- mm.