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2 hen already hud the expcrlpnco of a Simi- In Brooklyn." he continued, "and the manner It, w-h't-h hp has administered the duties of posftasM n.i think that under him the Police Department will bo admlnisbasasf wisely and bpblL When Pollco Commissioner Murphy was tola of the formal announcement of Coloim! Partridge successor, he said; "Partridge, eh Well, sir. a better man could not be appointed. His recorO In the National Guard and as Police Commissioner of Hrooklyn Is most excellent. His fairness while at the head of tSe police of the city of Brooklyn caused him to be loved by every patrolman and roundsman. I have never met him personally, but all I have heard of him is to his credit.

Whenever he wanln to come down and look around ha will be most oorclally welcome." Colonel Partridsw spent yesterday In attending to his personal affairs. He will remain in Brooklyn until to-morrow, when he will go to Albany. INTEREST AT ALBANY. TALK OF COLONEL, PARTRIDOE'S SUCCESSOR IN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. TO THE Albany, Nov.

telegraphic dispatches from to-day telling of Mayor-elect Low's proffer of the post of Police Commissioner to Colonel John N. Partridge. Superintendent of Public Works, and the latter's acceptance of tbe position, were naturally the chief theme of telk among the State officials In Albany this afternoon. A proportion of the State officers. Including Governor Udell, were absent from the city, owing to the occurrence yesterday of Thanksgiving Day.

General regret was expressed that Colonel Partridge will soon leave Albany, and especially so by his own subordinates in the Department of Works and by those of. the State Engineer's Department, who have frequently been -x. ruling state work in his company. It is felt that the staie canal system under his direction has been brought up to a high state of efficiency, and that Governor Cdell will be fortunate if he secures as competent a man for the office of Superintendent of Public Works. It was reported here to-night that Governor might appoint a Mr.

Boyd. a civil engineer a resident of New-York City, Superintendent of Public Works, to succeed Colonel Partridge. The statement was also made that Mr. Boyd was a college friend of Governor at Columbia. The Governor being in New burs, no verification of this report about his alleged selection of Colonel Partridge's successor could be obtained.

The fact is known that Governor Odell has the purpose of improving the condition of the State canals. He made a two weeks' tour over them last summer with Colonel Partridge, and obtained much information regarding their traffic and needs. Lately, also, the Governor has had conferences with the representatives of commercial bodies desirous of Steps being taken to enlarge and deepen the canals It is said that the Governor will seek to appoint as Superintendent of Public Works and Controller men who will civ business tr.Mions of the affairs of their Partridge such a man. and the Governor, it Is said, will him with a man or the paaae type For the fiscal year ending the Superintendent of Public Works dispensed in behali of the State the sum of $1 in the ma "tenance and or, the oruinary of the There was also paid out the sum of lor new canal work and for canad In all the canals cost the State for that fiscal It is r-carded as clear from these figures that it will be good Poster the State to have a business man appointed as State Superintendent of Public orks. G.

Graham, privates secretary of Governor said last night, that he had not hoard Mr. Boyd mentioned for the place now heH Colonel Partridge He did not know a Svil eSgtaeer rf that A canvass of leading civil of the Ctty also fUM to find any nx -h- member of their profession bearing that name. COLONEL IWKTUIIHJE'S CAREER. 8 "colonel Partridge, as told in a recent sketch in Th. Tribune, is sixty-two years old.

although In much younger. He has had an torted military training, both in the regular army and in National Guard, and had the benefit of lour years' experience it: municipal department work, first as Fire Commissioner and then as Police Commissioner, when Mr. Low Mayor I of Brooklyn. As head of the rolice Department he carried out several reforms. Among other things he established the Civil Service system, established a river patrol system, and stamped out to a extent river piracy.

Colonel Partridge says that as head of police of the greater city he will reduce blackmail to a minimum, abolish wardmen, an separate the department as far as possible from politics As State Superintendent of Works, Colonel Partridge cut down the expenditurc-s of the department and remodelled It to a great extent on a practical business basis. ALDERMEN TO CAUCUS. THIS WILL BE DONE TO PREVENT ANY TAMMANY SCHEME FOR CONTROLLING THE BOARD. Charles V. Fornes, the presidentelect of the Beard of Aldermen, has decided to call a caucus of the fusion members of the board soon.

The official count has resulted in no lots to the fusionists, and may In the course or the next three or four days decide that Joseph Krullsh. the fusion candidate for Alderman in the XXVIIIth District, has been elected, instead of Patrick Chambers, the Tammany candidate. As the board stands now, the fusionists have a majority of 3, and with the addition of Mr. KruLsh their majority will be increased to I. Because of the small fusion majority.

It has been thought advisable to caucus the majority members and to obtain some pledge that all of those who have been elected on the fusion ticket, irrespective of party, v.iii now work together. There have been several dark rumors that Tammany has been working to obtain the co-optratlon of two or more Democrats from among the fusionlsts, so as to able to control the board. Ex-Senator Jacob A. Ct.ntor, president-elect of the borough, said yesterduy that he was certain that every Democrat elected on the fusion ticket would vote solidly with the anti-Tammany members. In order, however, to prevent the hatching of any plot, a caucus will be held soon, and the loyalty of every member will be pledged.

It is understood that Alderman Goodman Is to be the leader of the majority. "Tom" Coakley, the is making a fight to retain hie place, and it is believed that because of his strong backing by both Republicans and Democrats he may win. The whole clerical force will be name.i City Clerk Scully, who has said he will reappoint the present force. Sych a Cbanfe Not only in feelings bet in looks. The is clear, the eyes are bright, the checks are plump.

No more pain ana misery, no more sick headache, no more jaundice. What -worked the change? Dr. Golden Medical Discovery, which cured the disease of stomach that preventer -nroper nutrition, and also cleansed the doggeu and sluggish liver. Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery diseases cf the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition.

It diseases of lungs, heart, liver, and other organs which seem remote from the stomach because of these diseases have their cause in a diseased condition of the stomach involving the allied organs of digestion and nutrition. I sent tou letter m. ago J. EUls of Ma: on Co West Va "I etated rase as plainly as I could, hod received a letter from yon in lew days, telliag roe Pierces Goid'n Medical Discovery and Prescrintion bottle of each. I three of each, ami feel like new woman.

lionet suffer any pain or misery more Before using I alt the time -had taundice. caused from food not disesting properly. Iwo lid have headache three and four a week. Could not do the work I commenced using vonr medicines rec.it:r.-.r-t for lirer complaint and tfcir.k. I am cured now.

I esked our doctor if he couldn't cure me. and he said he could rive me medicine to help but the trouble might re-turn ear lime. I doctored three years without any relief Haven't hearfachr since I took the first bottle of your medicine." I'icrcc's Pleasant Pellets cure coaslipatiou. DEAF EARS TO CHOKER'S PLEA NO lIAItMONV WITH THE WANTAGE BOSS IN CUNTKOL-HE MAY STAY HE UK Richard appeal for harmony Is viewed with distrust by most of the Democrats of State. They are asking, 'Who started the fight." It was Croker's arrogant assumption of dictatorship In the affairs of the party in the State that split the party wide open and brought one defeat after another.

Had Croker won, the up-State Democrats declare he won have been the last man In the world to seek harmony. They say he would have driven out of the party every Democrat who did not subservient to him. Now that defeats have followed his leadership they say he wants to quit and get the party back in power, so that he can then once more wrest control from up- State Democrats and grab all the fruits of victory. They say pugnaciously that there can be no harmony until Croker -retires absolutely. There are abundant indications that Croker now realizes the deplorable pass to which leadership has brought the party.

It was announced yesterday that be would not go abroad this winter. In fact, he may never again go abroad for any extended stay. It Is those in Croker's confidence that the Tammany leader realizes that much of the" loss of Tammany votes was due to the popular slil st his system of absentee landlordism. Moreover. CroWer begins to see that vel much in and the gambling "combine" are also much In disfavor and have alienated many volt said to be Croker's plan to remain here anfla tend strictly to business.

He will, I spend the next two years setting shape for the next municipal the try to eliminate or keep in the rono 1 lie Devery- Van Wyck clique In the tl m. Moat House. Wantage, and fehnsihraf tracks will see him little, if at all. In the next two years. tp i.

As for the affairs of the party In is said to be Croker-H earnest desire to have we up-State Democrats take a hand name: the ticket next year. They, however think that sassa Ha tirement of Croker from the at the party tlrement Sf Croker from the affairs of the party In the State. FILLING THE OFFICES. MR. WILL SEE ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF THE APPLICANTS.

The hundreds of office seekers who have written to Mr. Low requesting personal interviews, for the purpose of pressing their will "perlencs considerable disappointment to hear that Mr Low has decided to see only an exceedingly small part of the total number of applicants. From a close Mead of the Mayor-elect it was learned yesterday thai Mr Low had found that so much of his time was consumed by the canvass of the hosts of applicants who crowded his headquarters in the weeks following his return from Oreat Harrington that he had decided to devote the greater part of the time between now and January 1 in studying in detail the condition of the various departments. This work Witt be done with all possihk f-isn-itch in order to put the right man at the head Sen to have to the future working heads of departments as to the I working of their particular branch.s of municipal te understood that the has already of nigh landing for nearly all the acceptance and the wholV time to that partleulai servloe tor is chosen. Thus, according to good office of has been offered to James Sheffield that of Tenement House Commissioner to Robert De Forest or appointmtnt of Colonel John N.

lice Commissioner, that hereafter, unk-sn some eireumstanoa dictated intended to wait until some time In Decemblsr, and then announce all his appointments at once. The name of Herbert A. Weeks a contractor. was brought forward yesterday by his friends for Street Cleaning Commissioner. Mr.

weeksw eeks is a graduate of Columbia, end in his work as a contractor has been engaged in several lar railroad construction enterprises Ex-Senator Ford Is being actively urged for Tax Commissioner, and Mr. Low ha" arranged to hear on Monday a delegation of labor who will present to him their reason for supporting Mr, Ford's candidacy. MR. DADY A WAND. HE iniXi ACCEPT THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE KINGS COUNTY GENEUAI.

COMMITTEK. IF IT IS OFFERED TO HIM. Michael Dady arrived In Brooklyn yesterday from Havana Speaking of his business interests the Island, he said: I came up on the boat with General My bid council work in Havana la now him that the The council awarded and it him that with contract be awarded to me. and it remains with him to decide. Mr Dady will find plenty of work cut out for him in the political line.

He settled down at it with an air of confidence, and surprised the Republican leaders by announcing that he was a candidate for the place of chsirman of the Kl.iks County General Committee, to succeed Walter B. Cuden In the afternoon Mr. Guden conferred with lalf Mr "Mr. Guden will personal appointments, but he will eonbU of the Republican organization In V.l.Jtnin» that he Mr. Dady had nothing mavalfout the "other appointments In Brooklyn night Mr Dady was In consultation with leaders.

To-day be will sea some of the Coffev ites and this afternoon there will be a of the Republican Executive Committee, when officers to be chosen for that committee and the County Committee at the annual meeting next Tuesday will be decided on. The local patronage will also be discussed. LOVELY DRY PLATE PLANT SOLD. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES DISPOSE OF IT UNDER EXECUTION. The plant and equipment of the Lovell Dry Plate Company, manufacturers of photographic plates, which has been for several years one of New- Rochtlle-s principal concerns, was sold under execution yesterday by deputies from the Westchester County Sheriffs office The company has just failed for about and a number of in that city who indorsed notes and helped It in other ways to float its paper are heavy losers The assets of the concern are said to be about the same as the liabilities.

At the sale yesterda the property, not including the real estate and building, brought only $610 75. It was bid in by an Amon the larger creditors are Louis WertheimeV $26000: Wheeler BtenseL Boston, $4009: Ames Glens Falls. $1,000: R. S. Morris.

Hewyork 600. and the City Bank of the other creditors there are about thirty employes who claim six weeks' wages SL9M They have rlaced their claims in the hands 'of Lincoln G. Backus. Mr. Eackus that he would begin bankrupt proceedings against the company to protect his clients.

He added that the officers of the concern sanguine that the business could be reorganized and resumed In a short time. IDAHO WILL yOT.AID VAX SANT. Boise. Idaho. Nov.

1t Is understood that Governor Hunt will Inform Governor Van Sant that Idaho Is not in a position to give aid In the proposed move agalr.s: the Northwestern railway consolidation. He finds there is no law under which can take action, and that he wojld not be justified in calling the legislature together for the purpose of enacting; the needed legislation. OTHER RESIGNATIONS MAY FOLLOW. The resignation of Jacob H. Schiff from the directory of the Great Northern Railway Company, which was announced in Thursday's Tribune, excited little comment and b-sp surprise in Wall Street yesterday.

It Is believed thai resignations of other directors of parallel and competing reads in the Northwest will follow the retirement of Mr. Schlff. who. addition to having beer, on the Great Northern board, is a director of the Union Pacific. It is reported from the West that Attorney General Douglas, of Minnesota.

Is now contemplating the bringing of an action In the United States courts against the Northern Securities Company, In co-operation, with the Federal authorities a-t Washington. NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1901.

PHILBIX AFTER BIG GAME. HE FEELS CERTAIN HE CAN INDICT A PROMINENT TAMMANY MAN. District Attorney Philbin yesterday announced that he intended to secure the indictment of one of five well known Tammany loaders. He made the announcement by accident, apparently, when he was speaking of plans for work in the month he is to remain in office. He said he was thinking of dropping some criminal prosecutions for the remainder of his term, and pushing the cases of indicted police officials and the case of Fire Commissioner Scannell.

Then he added that he had cases against five prominent Tammany men under consideration. am almost certain that I have evidence to warrant the indictment of one of those men." he declared. "Whether I can secure the Indictment before the first of the year I do not know, but I will leave to my successor evidence upon which the indictment can be obtained." Mr Philbin was asked if the man to be indicted was one of the five said by Justice Jerome to comprise the "gambling combine." These men, according to Jerome, are Van Wyck Carroll, Fan-ell. Sexton and Devery. Mr.

Philbin replied that the man was not one of these. "But there are other prominent Tammany men than those on this list." he added. "Senator Tim' Sullivan, for Instance." was suggested. ltl "That Is true." answered Mr. Philbin.

Sullivan's name Is not on the list. But then neither are the names of Fromme and Croker on the "Site Senator Timothy D. Sullivan is familiarly known to his friends as Big Tim "Dry Dollar" Sullivan. He js a 0 I many district leader and a close friend of Denutv Police Commissioner Devery. He con-3 the Dewey Theatre and some other sir and has been spoken of as the head of tne was asked whether the indictment would be for neglect of duty or some similar "It will be for a violation of law." was his answer.

"A specific violation?" a specific violation. Mr Philbin could not be induced to say more Shells and Wardman OtennM out of the Leant Shells and Wardman Glennon out of the way before the end of the year. SPECULATION ABOUT DIAMOND. DIVISION OF OPINION REGARDING MURPHY'S COURSE-THE COMMISSIONER PRAISES COLONEL PARTRIDGE. There was an apparent division of opinion at Police Headquarters yesterday regarding action to be taken by Murphy in the case of Captain Diamond, convicted of wilful neglect of duty Commissioner Murphy -aW he would arrive at no decision in the case until he hud received the official transcript of Diamond's conviction and had taken advice of some lawyer.

When be was reminded that Justice Herrick hud said, In passing sentence upon Captain Diamond, that he only Imposed lint- because the conviction would carry with it loss of place in the police force, Commissioner Uurphv said: "That matter probably will be stated In one of the papers In the Several persons at Police Headquarters said yesterday that they though! Commissioner Murphy would place Captain Diamond on trial and tine him on charges of Deflect of duty, thus leaving him In the department as a captain and preventing the new administration from removing him. Others thought the Commissioner would either dismiss Diamond on charges or leave his case to be determined by Commissioner Partridge. Laic in the afternoon a dose friend of CommtaalonsT Murphysaid: Murphy will do what the public has the right to expect him to do. He will dismiss Diamond from the force." Commissioner Murphy will not have the opportunity to appoint nine police captains to nil vacancies. Mr.

Ireland, the chief examiner La the Municipal Civil Service Commission, said yesterday that Die eligible list could not pa made ready before January 1. More thun two hundred candldatM have been examined, and each candidate submitted five papers. The labor of examining moM than thousand papers and making ratings required for the eligible list will require several it Is CHURCHILL'S ACTIVITY UNABATED. HE MAKES A RAID AND FINDS GAMBLING IN AN OSTENSIBLE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. Fifteen men were made prisoners Just before 1 a.

m. yesterday in a raid made by Acting Captain Churchill, or the Flfth-st. station, on the Argentic Benevolent Association room on the second floor of No. Becond-ave. The.

association has a charter dated October 19, 1901, signed by Register Sohmer and Justice Andrews of the Supreme Court. The ostensible object of the soi'lety is to relieve distress among the needy. Some days ago several anonymous were to Acting Captain Churchill regarding the association. Churchill took thirty policemen with him on the raid. They went to two at a time.

Ten were sent into the yard and climbed the rear fireescape to the second floor, while their comrades arid rtie acting captain entered the building through the front door. The door to the association rooms was broken In and Instantly there was a scene of excitement among these in the place. Some one turned out the gas. and in the darkness an attempt was made to escape. Those who fled were met on the fire escape by the policemen who had hidden there and the door was locked hv other officers.

When the gas was turned on $1 in money was found on the floor and the table showed that stuss, a gambling came, had been in progress. A fully equipped bar was also found. No license could be discovered. The respectable people who lived In other parts of the house and did not know of the raid until the police smashed In the door were terrified by the uproar, thinking that the house was on fire, and went to the win! dows and shouted for help. They were qulrkeiy reassured.

The prisoners were arraigned In the Vorkvllle police court later and were represented by former Assistant District Attorney Daniel O'Reilly, who declared that the raid was Illegal. He told Magistrate Mott that the place was a regularly chartered concern and that the members hud a right to play cards if they wished to. Acting captain Churchill said that while the prisoners appeared to be respectable men. he had Information that they were nothing more nor less than procurers. Samuel Felix, the reputed proprietor, was held in Jl.O«> bail for examination next Tuesday afternoon Then O'Reilly charge is against the other sixteen men? They are all charged with disorderly conduct.

Will Acting Captain Churchill specify what act of disorderly conduct each one committed?" For answer the acting captain picked out eight men whom he said he saw playing stuns. He admitted he did not know them by name, but said be eras sure of the men. They were lined $10 each. The remaining eight were discharged. SUSPICIOUS OF M'CJURK'S "SALE." A report that John McGurk had sold his interest in "Suicide Hall," In the Bowety, was received by police officials with evidence of suspicion yesterj day.

It was said that McGurk might be Intending to run his place in violation of the law and In defiance of the police for a time and wished to arrange it so that he could not be arrested as the proprietor. There have been caee3 of that kind be- I fore, and the police nave had much difficulty in finding the "dummy" proprietors. For several I nights "Suicide Hall" has been watched closely by the police under Acting Captain Churchill and has been so quietly and decently that many of Its former customers deserted it for the time Mej Gurk has declared that the place had ceased to pay and he thought of retiring from business. Congrreae in half-tone See 1 rib ii in ATTEXDAXI AT CORNELL. Ithaca.

N. Nov. The complete figures of the attendance at Cornell University have been given out by President Schurman. Excluding the summer session, which was attended by 601 students, there at present 2.792 regularly enrolled student? at Cornell, as against 2.45S last year. This gain of 334 students in one year is straining to the utmost the capacity of the university classrooms and laboratorirs.

The crowding is tht greatest in the academic deiiartment, there has been an Increase of 73 stude nts, and in the engineer- Ing department, where the increase amounts to IG3 There has been an Increase of 21 In law. 79 in medu cine. 10 In vetlncrary medicine end 16 in forestry The students come from forty-two Stat-n and Territories, and from Canada. Mexico, Cuba Porto Rico. South America, Europe, Asia aiid Australia.

Over one hundred students come from each of the States of New-Jersey. Ohio and iiiiiioiK tin 1 over two hu-idrtd from Pei.nKylvarda. Nt-w-York Vtate furnlbhea 1.679 etuueoU, COPPER'S RECORD DROP. AMALGAMATED CONTINUES ITS DOWNWARD COURSE-AXSOX R. FLOWER DECLARED GUILTY OF CONTEMPT.

Amalgamated Copper continued on Its downward course yesterday, establishing another new low record. 75. and closing at a net loss for the day of Points. It sold in June at 130. The day a transactions aggregated more than The break in the stock followed the news of the decline of £5 a ton in the price of copper in London in two days, and was accompanied by persistent reports that the price of the metal in this country had been reduced a little and would soon suffer a much larger cut.

The uncertainly over the possibility of detriment to the company position as an outcome of the pending proceedings in the courts of this State and New-Jersey to compel certain directors to submit to examination on the subject of the acquisition of the Boston and Montana and the Butte and Boston also had its part in accelerating the decline. Anaconda lost points, and the whole list, with few exceptions, sold off in sympathy with the copper stocks. Lacombe in the United States Circuit court yesterday handed down an order declaring Ansdn R. Flower, a director of the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company, guilty of contempt of court The court ordered that Mr. Flower be turned over to the custody of United States Marshal Henkel ojtir be Fhould answer before the commissioner in the suit brought by John MacGtnnlSS against the company.

On the motion of John A. Garver, or counsel for the defendants, a stay of commitment was granieq pending an appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday next. The hearing yesterday was on a motion compelling Mr. Flower and other directors of Boston and Montana company to show cause why should not be punished for contempt of court In refusing to obey the order signed by Judge' l.a-eombe last Saturday, on the application of the plaintiff in an action brought against the mpany in the Montana courts. The defendants were required to appear before a commissioner appointed to take testimony here.

Mr. Flower, who was the only one to appear, refused to testify. His case was made a test one. The other defendants were William G. Rockefeller, Henry H.

Rogers. J. P. Mclntosh, Frederick Olcott, James tinman and Leonard Lewisohn. Franklin Hit counsel for the complainant, yesterday declared it to be his conviction that the order' of Judge Lacombe would be sustained on appeal, and that Mr.

Flower and his associates could not escape an examination. Mr. Flower declined yesterday to say anything concerning the order. DELAWARE SURETY CASE IN' COURT. In the.

Harlem police court yesterday Magistrate Olmsted rendered his decision on the motion to dismiss the proceedings against Robert L. Martin and Harry Velthusen for perjury in swearing that capital stock of the Delaware Surety Company had been paid in. These proeeedtngai have been pending for almost two months. The testimony tended to show thai the Delaware Surety Company was a corporation organized by P. Augustus Heinze for the purpose of going on his bond in the proceedings pending In the Montana In which tht title to various mines whs at issue between the Heinze Interests and the Amalgamated Copper Company.

The officers of the company ware employes of Mr. Heinae, and under the laws of Delaware were compelled to swear to a certificate that the ci tire capital this eotupanj had been paid in. This certificate was signed and sworn to by Mr. Martin and Mr. Velthusen, the president and secretary of th-- company.

On the examination of the proceedings of tho Delaware Surety Company the District Attorney brought charges tor perjury against these two After the testimony of the People had been Offered motions were mad' to dismiss the proceedings. This Magistrate Olmated declined to do. It Is expected thai the case will Immediately be presented to the grand Jury. HEAVY SALES IX BOSTON. Boston, Nov.

lt is said here that 00,000,000 pounds copper have sold In the last week by Amalgamated interests, at prices ranging between 16 and 17 cent-, and that consumers are guaranteed against any further decline. it Is also stated authoritatively that an understanding has been reached among all Urge produe rs Including Calumet and Hecla, Quincv. Dodge Amalgamated and the W. A. Clark Interests, and thai the price of copper will not be ahaded, materially, at least, for the next sixty days by any of interests.

Leading financial here believe the price of copper will not break during tne l.nv\ niiiUrrn" plcluren. Tribune. BRIDGE CABLE ILDINO BEGINS. ETCHING THE COMPONENT WIRES ON THE NEW MAST RIVER STRUCTURE. The work of stretching wires for the cables of the New East River Bridge was begun last Wednesday.

Fully ten months will required In which to finish the big cables. One by one. over four large wheels, the wires are being pulled across over the two steel pillars, the bights being passed about a gigantic casting at each end, called a shoe, imbedded one hundred feet in solid masonry Each of these wires in guaranteed to suntain a weight of six thousand pounds- still, two hundred and eight are required to make a single strand, and the cables will each be made of thirtyseven strands. From the four cables, each three thousand feel long, will be suspended eaWes twenty feet apart to support the beams below, upon which the bridge Itself will be built. This method of cable building has been employed only a few times, the majority of suspension bridges having their cables stretched across already Experience has proved that where the cables have been spun in position they could not only be pulled tauter, but be more solidly Inid, thus Riving them additional strength.

The Brooklyn Bridge was also built in manner. Mr. Hild.nrnn.l. under whose supervision the present work la carried on, was then an assistant engineer. UK; OFFICE BUILDING SOLD.

SAID TO havk BEEN PURCHABBP THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. The Queen Insurance company baa sold the seventeen story business building wblcb it erected, on the northeast corner of Cedar and William about six years ago The buyer is understood to be Dutaonl ciarke, the president of the American Exchange National Hank. The price was not disclosed. It is believed that Mr. Clarke was acting for the Mutual Life insurur.d- Company which owns nearly the entire block, mid apparently has the Intention of getting the control of the buildings there It does nol yet bold.

Mr Clarke would say nothing about the purchase yesterday and Mr. Richards, who has charge of the real estate business of the Mutual Lift- Insurance Company, would suy nothing on the sub u-ct last evening. Th- Insurance company has been buying other property in the lately and is completing ap addition to the real ol main building, 'i was said yesterday tl.at with the exception of the Queen building and the buildings on both sides of it. which are a part of the Stokes estate, the Mutual company owned the whole block" and to the report of the sale of the Queen building was added a report of the sab- of tne other two to the Mutual Life Insurance At th. office of Anson Phelpa stokes it waa absolutely denied that the Stokes property had been sold One of the conditions of the sale of the Queen building was a lease to the Queen l.isurnur* Comuanv of the three floors occupied by It for a term of ten years.

The and two old buildings on It in cost the Queen Insurance Company $300,000. ALLEGED SMUGGLERS HELD. The five stewards of the North German Lloyd steamship Bremen who were arrested on Thursday night on a charge of utu-mpted smuggling were arruigned before United Statts Commissioner in Hoboken yesterday. The prisoners are L. twenty-five years old; C.

Lubrs. thirtyr 7 Schmidt, forty-one; John Seihold, and Saumanz. twenty-two. It is alleged thi-'t When they were arrested their clothing was round to be lined with Sumatra tobacco Wai. which is said to be worth $4 a pound.

The men were held $100 bail each for a hearing next Monday afternoon. FORGED DRAFTS REFUSED. The following forged and fraudulent drafts, purporting to have been drawn by the Old National Bank of Grand Rapids, upon the National Park Bank, of New-York, were presented to the latter bank through the exchanges and payment upon them was refused: August 26. $300; August 30. $300; September 6.

$300; October 11. $500; October 11 November 12, $450. and November 23. $650. These drafts bore the forged Indorsements of Otis Watson and O.

N. Watson, and were passed upon unsuspecting persons In Pennsylvania and New- York' The National Park Bank has met with no loss but. nevertheless, soys that It will make matters' Interesting for the skilful forger and plausible talker who them, should he be detected. PHILIPPINE Cl RRESCY REFORM. MR.

CONANT'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE 'Iff' SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS. Washington. Nov. Accompanying the annual report of Secretary Root is a report made by Charles A. Cor.ant.

who was sent to the Philippines to investigate the currency situation. His recommendations are submitted to Ccngress for action. The most important are as follows: That there should be a distinctive Philippine coin of silver, which shall be legal tender for oO In gold, to be called the peso, and to contain twenty-five grammes of silver. The coin is to be issued in such quantities as the trade and sustained at a parity with gold by Urn the amount coin .1. The Mexican silver dollar and other shall cease to be lesal tender after a certain date.

recommended that national banks In It also is recommen-b-d that national banks both the Philippines and the United States should have authority to establish branches throughout the islands and in the United States. Power to issue notes should not be extended to any mm having a capital of less than banks with a capital' of not less than are recommended to make loans on 'State It is recommended that the Treasurer of the inltert States be authorized to receive deposits from th. government of the Philippine Islands, and that the 'treasury of the Philippine Islands may be designated by the Secretary of War as a legal depository of money. INSURGENTS ACTIVE IN BATANGAS. Manila.

Nov. insurgents are active in Batangas Province. Brigadier General Bell, with a battalion of the sth Infantry, left here to-day to assume command of the troops in Hatangas. Recently the insurgents killed a merchant in town of Batangas, intimidated the people living in the outskirts of the town and escaped after a running fight with a small detachment of the Nth Infantry. THREE LIEUTENANTS WOUNDED.

Washington, Nov. Adjutant General Corbin to-day received the following cable dispatch from General Chaffee, dated Manila, November 28: Fceter and Wetberiil. 19th Regiment United States Infantry, badly wounded by bamboo spikes in a pitfall pear Carmen. Dohol. wounded in loot; WetheriH In thigh operation necessary to extract Lieutenant Smith slightly hurt.

First Lieutenant George I. Feeter is a native Now- York. He entered the army us a second lieutenant In May, ISM. Second Lieutenants Richard Wethertll and Ira A. Smith were appointed from the ranks in February last.

WRECK Till: TUANSrUKT WUKJIIT. Washington. Nov. War Department today the followtoMi caMa dispatch from ChaffM at Manila, dated yesterday: Transport Wright struck on uncharted rock near south cad Daram Island, entrance to ban Juanieo. Badly resting quietly on port side; fifteen feel in hold, which rises and falls with tide.

Smith thinks she may ba raised with wrecking vessel, but I fear sufficient power cannot be obtained in these waters Large part of tile cargo will ba in ucimagt'd condition. No lives lost. KILLED WBILE BUNTING. THREE COMPANIONS WERE WALKING IN SINGLE FILE AND TWIG CAUGHT HAMMER "I' GUN OF ONE. Sag Harbor, Long Island.

Nov. Frederic Perry Bell, an engraver, employed by the Fahya Watch Case Company, as waccldentally shot and killed while hunting yesterday. He and two companions. John Schulte and George Ashmore, were gunning near Long Pond. They were pass- Ing through a piece of woods In single file, with Willis cocked, when the hummer of S.

gun was caught by a twig and discharged. Bell was walking ahead of Rchulte and the full charge of hirdshot struck him beneath the lobe of the right ear, tearing away the jugular vein and crushing base of the skull. He died almost Instantly. His companions summoned assistance, and the body was taken to an undertaking establishme Coroner Nugent will hold an inquest. Bell leaves a widow and two children.

I HER I' 1 88ENGER WBSUfG. OFFICERS THINK THAT UK JUMPED OVERBOARD ON TRIP FROM SAVANNAH- Captain H. C. Lewis, of the Savannah Line steamer Chattuhoochee, which arrived here early yesterday morning from Savannah, reported that one of his F. E.

Kellbach, said to oe of Savannah, was missing, and that he believed he had Jumped overboard. The steamer left Savannah on November -ti. Kellbach occupied a room with a window open- Ing on th- deck. On Thursday morning one of the waiters went to call him to breakfast. This was at 835 a.

m. As he could gel no response be went away an.l returned lit This time, there was no answer to bis repeated knocking he went around on deck and looked in the window. The window was open, and the room was empty. The key was In the lock of the door Captain Lewis was at once informed, and door of the room was opened. In the room were found the man effects ana a letter addressed to bis parents The ship was searched, but no trace of the missing man was found It Ii believed that he Jumped overboard some time Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.

Kcllbuch is said to have been employed In the Controller's office in Savannah, and to have been recently defeated for reappointment. The purser of the steamer has a valise wen stocked with clothes and $300 in money which Keilbaeb gave him for safe keeping. BERR WOLF RESIGXSj HIS SEAT. Vienna Nov. HerT Wolf.

German Nationalist member 'of the Lower House of the Austrian Reichsratb who has been so prominent in riotous scenes in House, has resigned his seat. IRCHIST CELEBRATION SUPPRESSED. London. Nov. The aoarchists of London have again failed openly to celebrate the aaatversary of execution of the Chicago anarchists, whu-h occurred on November U.

18W. They bad arranged to hold a to-night, but the police asain Intervened, as they did on November 12. and the proprietora to cancel the irril "K' Iments for the of the hall where the anarchists intended to assemble. MQR. SCALABRUtI REPORTS TO THE I'Ol'E.

Rome. Nov. Thf P9pe tQ-day received in audlenca Monslgnor Bcftlabrtel, Archhtohof of Ptaeensa. who recently returned here from a visit to the United Suit: The Archbishop reported ut length t.i the l'oiuiff on the work of the Church In America. RIAL OF COUNT YON SATZFSLDT.

NOV. The body of Count yon Hatsfeldt-Wlldenburg, late Ambassador of Germany to the Court of St. James, was buried today in the family vault Fraufiislrin, near here, in the presence of the widow, representatlvea of Emperor William, Ktog Edward and ChaaceHoc yon Bulow, and many dlstinguislied people. BBRMANVB HILL IX CIIIS'A. Berlin.

Nov. The estimates for Germany's expenditure in China for the year are 39,500.000 marks, as against marks expended in China in The pensions for widows and orphans resulting from the China expedition amount to marks annually. PRESS CIUB SMOKER. The annual Thanksgiving smoker of the Press was held last evening at its rooms in the Morton Building, Nassau-st. The programme consisted of a musical comedy sketch by Dale's comedians, soprano solos by Miss Florence Wolcott, a humorous sketch by Minnie Dorlon.

a contralto solo liy Martha Dorlon Lowe, character sketches by "Louis MacEvoy, songs by Walter M.llroy. songs by Miss Marie J. Adulson. a soprano solo by Mile Alma Robert, sketches by E. J.

Hanton. a recitation by John Jack, selections by the Lira Colombiana. a string quintet from Colombia; a monologue by Warren Richards, a violin solo by Jay Watson. The evening closed with an exhibition of moving pictures. TO DBTBRMfNB COURT OF LAST RESORT.

On December I th- national commission and the local governing board of the St. Louis World's Fair will meet nt the Hotel Manhattan for a discussion of the differences which have arisen between them as to which body shall be the court of last resort to which appeals may be presented in case of trouble arising among exhibitors, especially those from foreign countries. The troubles have been submitted to a board of arbitration, as provided for in the law enacted by Congress governing the national commission. The local board will be headed by David R. Francis, president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company.

NEW TREASURER REACHES SAX BOND OF Tllf; UCCRBMED HT iy San Juan. Porto Kico, Nov. Wiliia Franklin the newly appoint Treasurer of the island of Porto Rico, succeed ing Jacob Ho'lande'-, resign arrived here today. He will take hi 3 oath of office to-mor. row.

The Executive Council of Porto Hiro. at a social session, raised thp bond of the of the island from to action was taken bec-ause of the increased funds handled by the Treasurer. JUDGMENT Hi: Dl VED. CUT OF SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CLAIMS AGAINST CITY. According to a judgment handed down yesterday by ex-Judge James Troy, as referee, Mrs Eliza A Saffen, widow of Henry C.

SafTen, formerly County Clerk of Kings County, and administrator of his estate, is entitled to $57,740 3S from th city for services rendered by her husband in recopying and retndexing the old records. The judgments are rendered In two suits which Mr. Saffen brought against the city, one ta faeaver for reindexln? and reoopying records, the compensation for which, with Interest, amounts to For this work Mr SarTen in his lifetime received J19.355 The second claim was for rriridexinjj and copying records of special proceedings between June 1. and February It was for $95,908. but the judgment rendered is for only J47.139 33.

special act authorizing thp County Clerk to do the work said thnt reason. compensation should be given. A former In the rendered judgments for Mrs. Saffen aggregating JStj-000. The report of this was set a by th'a court.

Assistant Conns I'hittenden said that, though the amount at first allowed to Mrs. Saffen had been cut down materially, he would take the cast to the Appellate Division for final settlement. WILCOX JV.IAT.S' Victoria. B. C.

Nov. Honolulu papers received here by the steamer Mlowera contain extended accounts of the purpose of the vtsit of Congressman AVilcox to Washington. He will ask for a appropriation for Improvements in the islands. Lepers in Hawaii have written to the papers charging the Board of Health wilb neglect and misdemeanors in connection with supply of food and water. They rrk for a State commission, to investigate.

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