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fHE BROXX SUMMARY. President Haffen Tclh What Has Accomplished There. Has Been Accomplished There. norougH President Louis F. Haffen of The Bronx, bis annual summary of the important operai ns of tfcs various departments under his Jurls- Vi-tloa for" the year Just drawing to a close, gives me data r.s to the large amount of public nveni which the home rule features of the 1 charter enable the Borough Presidents to put nrcctlcal operation.

President Haffen's statistics refer to such work the regulating, grading a vinK of streets and avenues, the constructs of sewers, the laying out of street lines and I the acnuls'Uou of land for public purposes. the first six months of this year there no action upon the public improvements calendar Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in cc of lhe accumulation of other business, lay reduces the amount of assessable imvexnents but now that the new ewtem is in proper Working order next year's results will surpass those of this year. No' withstanding, however. President Haffen has from the Board of Estimate authorizations irpregating a total of nearly and resolulions for other important improvements recommended by the various local boards under his control are now pending which will make the total estimated cost of the operations for the first year for assessable work alone, in the neighborhood of 00 1.000. If the same ratio is maintained In the coming year it will bhow a record of nearly double that amount.

The following summary, showing the contracts actually let. the -work now being under way. Illustrates the celerity with which public Improvements axe begun and executed under the amended charter: forty-three con- Irsrtt-. estimated cost $1.59.668 and laying macadam. com 100.34j 10 PaVins twenty-six contracts.

esUn-au-d cost granite, fourteen contracts, estimated co v- of sewers, twenty-fix cost ba-Jtns. two contracts (a total or basins In both contracts) stlaaated cost 4.275 00 Total $2,681.776 71 AmonK the more important achievements of the first year of President Haffen's present administration were the following not included in the assessable list of improvements: for the Grand Boulevard and Cor.couro*: amount authorized by the Board rf 1.052,000 for the construction of a new courthouse at One-hJndrid-ead-tlxty-firet-st. and Ir.lro.- amount allowed 0 i) For but'dlng bridge 000 For building Two-hundred-ead-thlrty-thirci-et. fcrldire at Woodlawn Station; amount allowed. 75.000 For bridge; amount 30,000 For One-hucdred-and-elghty-nlnth-st.

bridge; allowed For purchase of site for a new public bath 35.U00 equipping boroujrh with modem street amount allowed 12.000 Work on the long delayed Boulevard and Concourse is now being rapidly pushed, and this beautiful driveway, destined to be a connecting link between the park system of Tho Bronx and Manhattan, will be entirely finished within the next three A site for the public bath has been obtained at One-h'jndred-and-fifty-sixth-st. and The construction of the new courthouse will begin as soon as the plans are accepted, and the chief engineer of the borough is getting ready to equip the borough with modern signs. Within the last few weeks positive assurances have been given to President Haffen, by both Mayor Low and the Rapid Transit Commissioners, that among the first improvements to be authorized In the next year will be the East Side route of the subway to The Bronx, and also the Jerome-aye. extension. These will all connect with a great union station which the New-York Central proposes to build In The Bronx in the neighborhood of One-hunflred-and-forty-nlnth-st.

Efforts are also being made by the borough authorities to induce the new management of the elevated railroad to extend its branches, and to utilize some of Its old franchises for building route? and extensions on the eastern side of the borough. When all these rapid transit facilities are given President Haffen predicts an unprecedented era of growth for the upper section of the city. L' The report of Martin Geiszicr. Superintendent of Highways, shows 275,000 square feet of re- and 62.000 square feet of sidewalks repaired. other show similar gratifying results.

which are- taken by the advocates of the borough system of eoverrimeut as an evidence of its fu- over the old charter. co far as the push- Ing of public improvements is concerned. LAY HIS INSANITY TO OVEESTUDY. Brothers of Man Who Attacked Waldorf Guests Take Him to Sanatorium. The man who was arrested because of his peculiar actions in the Waldcrf-Astorta and near the home of Cornelius Vanderbilt early last week, and Identity had remained a mystery since then, was yesterday identified at the Bellevue insane pavilion, where he had.

been confined, by two men who raid they were his brothers, an Alexander Adookhalil. They said they were going to take him to the River, rest Sanatorium, at Astoria, Long and they were allowed to take him away. The patient not take kindly to leaving Bellerae, but he was at length persuaded to dp so withsat making a scone, ills brothers took Him to the Long Island Berry on way to the sanatorium. Adookhalil quoted Shakespeare to the last. The authorities at Bellevue were unable to ret the addresses of their patient or his brothers.

The latter admitted that they lived In this city, and. it Is said, assigned overstudy in preparing for a post graduate course at Harvard as the cause of their brother's condition. After the pa.lent had been taken to the Rivercrest sanatorium, one of the brothers returned to BMlevu'- and asked for some articles left behind by the patient In a short conversation with one Of the physicians, he said that the unfortunate younp man had been a protege of a wealthy man formerly associated with John Wanamaker. He hsd been preparing to enter a course in literature st Harvard, with a view to finally going on the rtage. This patron, whose name the brother said he could not recollect, had supported the young man ar.d paid 'or his education.

SENATOR TRAINOR'S FUNERAL. Requiem high mass was celebrated in the Church rf the Holy Crops, in West yesterday for Senator Patrick F. Trainer, who died in Albany on Thursday. The train from Albany was delayed, and the body did not roach the church vritli after 11 a. m.

The services sen announced for I o'clock. During the two hours of waiting the sidewalk in front of the church crowded. AH the Democratic aldermen wore there, and there were few if any absentees among the district leaders. Charles F. Murphy and Secretary Thomas F.

Smith represented the Tammany organization. Congressman "Big Tim" Sullivan and Alderman "Little Tim" Sullivan lod a delegation of about fifty of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and an even larKer body from Reglr.a Coeli Council, Knights of Columbus, followed WiSllarn F. Clark and Patrick F. Norton. The Assembly and the Senate, as well the local bar were also well represented.

Ex- Fire Chief Crokor. with his counseL J. J. Delany, 2nd ex-Police Chief William B. Devarjr.

arrived late, tut la time to hear Father McCready make a brief address of culogv of th- dead man. The body was retjetved at the Grand Central Station by the honorary pallbearers. Senators T. F. (fensdy.

B. Martin. N. A. Bhsbers, George W.

I'lunkitt. Samuel Slater and Victor J. The mass celebrated by the pastor of the church, the Rev Charles MoCready. assisted by Fathers Rupert Smith and Joseph Foley as deacon and sab deacon, with Father Jp.me? F. Ferris if muster of ceremonies Prothor Jerome, from Manhattan was in of the music.

After the service the coffin was carried back to the waiting hoarse and. escorted by the different organizations driven to Long Island City The burial was In Calvary Cemetery. STAGE CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL. The annual stage children's festival will be given at Pastor's Theatre to-night. This festival was originated In 1677 by Mrs.

E. L. Fernandez. The committee for the present ar Mrs. E.

Ferbanfiez. president: Antonio Pastor, Mrs. E. Rosenbaum. Lowery.

Miss Kenyon Bishop. Miss Nellie Thome. Mrs. Edward Abeles, Hiss Marguerite St. John.

Miss Ad'le Ritchie. Miss 1 Maud Miss Florence Lloyd. Marion Glroux Pest and Mrs. M. Scott Paine.

The intention of tbe affair is to make a merry Christmas for the little folks of stage and for the children of those in the profession who are untble to have a home Christmas. Clothlr.s is distributed in generous quantities. Special gifts. selected by the children as far as practicable, are Where the desires of the children can be ascertained special gifts are purchased. The funds for the affair are raised by the comalttee.

and the contributors include many well citizens. Among them are J. Pierpont Morran. Commodore Gerry, J. O'Brien.

Hay- James Hyde of Hyde conutdians; Percy G. Williams. Cord ilever. Eugene Tompklns. Dr.

Robert W. Taj'lor, William Harris. E. M. Knox, man Mr.

Edward D. Starr. Dr. Boston; John D. Crimmins.

Mr. F. F. JProctor. George H.

Primrose. Mrs. Felton and of the professional people. SAYS WIFE COMMITTED SUICIDE. Police Find Husband of Mrs.

Twelvetree at His Home. The husband of Mrs. Anna Twelvetrec. nf West the woman who (lied from mercurial poisoning, bs revealed by an autopsy yesterday, was found by a detective at hist home last night, Mr. Twelvetree said he had remained at the hospital until his died.

Ho then went to call on a Mrs. Eargent. From her he went to an undertaker's establishment to arrange for the of his He eald he had been in and out of his apartments frequently since the occurrence of tho tragedy. Telling his version of the death of hta wife, he said: "We had a little company on night, consisting; of Mies Charlotte Marshall and her brother Frank. Vhey live in West Eleventh-st.

We spent a Jolly evening. Miss Marshall bocam-s suddenly sick, and while we were working over her Mrs. Twelvetree left the room, and took, as I afterward discovered, a swallow of which Is used for photographic work. When she came out, she said: 'Well, I have taken that stuff at Taken I asked. 'That poison," she said.

were still working over. Miss Marshall and did not pay any attention to my wife, supposing that she was fooling. Later Miss Marshall felt better, and then Mrs. Twelvetree became elck. "Suddenly she left the parlor, and I heard her going downstairs.

She had no shoes on, and I followed her. Before she got very far she was stopped by three men who brought her back, saying to me: 'You'd better get a doctor: she is THINKS BITTER WILL RESIGN. Mr, Ruckstuhl Says Successor Will Find Difficulties He Did. Frederick Wellington Ruckstuhl, who resigned his position as chief of sculpture for the St. Louis World's Fair in consequence of a disagreement with Isaac S.

Taylor, director of works of the exposition, will go to Baltimore next month, where his new monument, Spirit of the Confederacy," is to be unveiled. Early is the new year he will sail for Paris for a stay of several years. WhUe in city he wilr design four monuments for the Southern States. Mr. RuckPtuhl said last night: There is absolutely no foundation for the stories that have been circulated as to any friction between the fair offlcia's and myself, nor that I complained that insufficient funds were allotted me to carry on the work of my department as I should like.

The disagreement was solely a matter between Mr. Taylor and myself. Speaking of his successor as chief of sculpture at the World's Fair. Mr. Ruekstuhl said he believe.l Karl Bitter to be a capable man.

"I fear, however," added Mr. Ruckstuhl, "that as In my case it will be a question either of resigning "or of being content to play the mere key to Mr. Taylor." SAYS HE WAS ROBBED OF $1,000 RINGS. Travelling Man Complains to Police, Who Arrest Four. Fred H.

Hall, a travelling man. staying at the Cadillac Hotel, complained to the West police yesterday that on Friday night he had gone to apartments at No. 309 West Fortysixth-st. and had been robbed of two diamond rings valued at fI.COO. Detective I logins went to the house yesterday and arrested Misses Lillian Green' and Maggie Snow, who said they lived in the house, and two men, who described themselves as William Donlon, of No.

314 West Forty-ninth-st. and Patrick Butler, of No. 511 West The prisoners were to the West Forty-seventh-Pt. station, whore all denied the robbery, excepting the woman who said name: "was Green. Later a mnn who said ho.

was J. W. Miller, an automobile demonstrator, called at the station house and said the woman was his wife: that he gaye her enough money to live on every week, and could not understand why she was found at the boose, The woman refused to say anything, but said fche misht have something to say later on. The four prisoners were locked up. THE OLD GUARD BALL.

With its customary splendor of brilliant uniforms and martial music, the prnusl Old Guard ball will take at the Metropolitan Opera House on the night of January 8. Officers of the array, navy and the National Guard, as well as ihe commanding officers of many military organizations, will take part in the midnight march. Elaborate preparations have been made for the comfort of the guests. Moat of the boxes have been disposed of The remaining boxes may be obtained, by those holdir.K invitations, from Captain Wenman. at No.

'1 Old Slip, or at the armory. Broadw.iy. THE GERMAN CHARITY BALL. The elaborate preparations which the managers of the German Charity Ball are making are attracting much attention. The ball takes place at the Waldorf-Astoria on the evening of January 21 and the managers expect it to eclipse all its predecessors of the last thirteen years in brilliancy of decoration.

In distinguished guests and in musical novelties. The concert, which will begin at 9 o'clock in the evening, will be given by an orchestra of one hundred under the direction of Walter Damrosch. and by choruses from the Aricn and Llederkranz societies. Following the concert, there will be a cotillon. The ball itself will be opeiied about midnight by Frelfrau Anna yon Zeldlitz- Lelpe (nee Ehret) and Oscar B.

Weber, chairman of the committee of arrangements. POULTRY. PET STOCK AND CAT SHOW. The New-York Poultry. Pigeon and Pet Stock Association will, from all indications, score another in this year's exhibition, to be given in Madison Square Garden for five days, beginning January 6.

All the special features which have made the show important and attractive will be seen in the coming one. Entries in the poultry and pigeon departments are la excess of those of last year. There is a greater demand for space for the and the cat show department, to be boused In the central hall, will have an sceptlonallv pood display. The Atlantic Cat Club will have charge of This part of exhibition Over two hundred cats have, been entered, and Mrs. W.

Koftha. president of the club, will have a large number of prize winners from abroad, as well as from this country. NEW GRADE OF BEEF SELLS WELL. I of beef was received in this city yesterday that sold at from two to three cents a pound ss than the best It was in great demand, and dealers reported large sales of it. At Washington and Fulton markets it was said that most of this beef had bean shipped from Chicago, where it is reported that lower prices prevail on all grades of beef The high prices on the best grades in this city have not been reduced.

Sirloin steaks so'ii yesterday for Zf cents a pound. Pork hns dropped two cents a pound. Hams were selling yesterday at 14 cents a pound. The increase in the sur.plv of cattle and lings, it thought will bring a reduction in prices on all meat? 'Dealers In this city, however, liuve received no "intimation of the best grades becoming any cheaper. YOUNG MOYNIHAN LOCKED UP.

Kdwarri E. Moyafaaa, twenty-five year" old. of No. 40 West a son of ex-I'olice Captain Moynlhan. ha'l his case called la the Harlem rry.irt yesterday, before Magistrate Zeller.

on which he has been out on ball. Moynlhan Is charged with collecting an undertaker's hill t' twice. When the case was called at Sum Moynlhan was not present, and bail was ordered Moynlhan came into court at o'clock, and Magistrate Zeller gave him a severe scolding for being late. He was then lock-d up and held for examination to-day. In all probability the order of the court having the ball forfeited will be rescinded.

ARTS AND SCIENCE CONGRESSES. H. J. Rogers, director of the Department of Education of the St. Louis Exposition, met at the Hotel Manhattan yesterday a group of educators, among whom were President Butler of Columbia University.

President Harper of Chicago. President Pritchett of Boston and Herbert Putnam, of the Congressional Library. These constitute advlsory board of the International Congresses of Arts and Sciences which are to form a notable feature of the coming exposition and are to bring to St Louie the leading authorities in these lines, ill a was done yesterday was to determine the necessity for developing the congresses along some c-ntral "idea which would bring them into correlation and prove of the most value in advancing art "nd science A tentative plan was drawn up. and will he further considered before the next meeting ir. January.

DEATH OF FREMONT'S WIDOW, Dec. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of General Fremont, died from pneumonia, at her home in this city, at the age of seventy-nine NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1902.

EXPECT MORE WEEDING. Policemen Think Gen. Greene Shake Up Detectives. The retention in office of Deputy Police Commissioners Piper nnd Ebstein. and the declaration of General Greene that he will work with District Attorney Jerome cordially as Police Commissioner have convinced many members of the police force the work of weeding out Devery's friends and putting a stop to police extortion methods is to be carried on vigorously.

It is believed by some at headquarters that a reorganization of the Detective Bureau is coming soon. Mr. criticisms that the Detective Bureau under Captain Titus has failed to give aid in the war against vice and gambling, that many of the detectives are useless to the force, and that, in particular, the detectives under Titus never have been able to get evidence against gambling houses, have been taken to mean that the District Attorney strongly favors a reorganization of the bureau from top to bottom. Captain Piper is believed to share Mr. Jerome's opinions.

Some of the officials have said that Titus, while he has hau a good record as a detective, as a sergeant and as a captain in charge of a precinct, has not been able to get the best work out of the men in the Detective Bureau. His honesty and sincerity have not been questioned, but there have been many failures In detective cases since he ha 3 been at the head of the force at headquarters. Too many of the detectives spend their time lounging about hotel lobbies and posing on Broadway corners. Too many are believed to be on friendly terms with the gamblers and poolsellers. It is expected that before General Greene has been long in office there will be such a stirring up of the detectives that some of them will be eager to get evidence against a gambling house.

Captain ntus may be displaced by some Inspector or captain no has ability to make the men under him do effective work. General Greene went into the trial room at police Headquarters yesterday, expecting to see something of the trial of Inspector Donald Grant and Captain John T. Stephenson. who are charged wit failure to suppress dens of vice in the district between the Bowery and Broadway south of Houston-st. Ex-Judge Olcott.

their counsel, procured another adjournment to next Wednesday, however, and General Greene went to Commissioner Partridge's private office and was closeted wltn mm for about ten minutes. ARGUMENTS IN JACOBS'S CASE. Counsel for Detective Contends Magistrate Cannot Hold Him. Jacobs, the detective of many disguises, who was arrested on the charge of perjury because he swore he gambled in the house No. 33 West before the" District Attorney and police made a raid on it.

was before Justice Scott yesterday on an application for a writ and a review of the action of Magistrate Brann in holding, him. Austen G. Fox was his while Assistant District Attorney Gans was present to watch the proceedings. Abraham Gruber appeared for the corrplainant. Mr.

Fox declared that, under the method of procedure in the case, Jacobs and Samuel G. who makes the charge of perjury, might go on forever making charges against each other. He contended that under, the. law a committing magistrate was compelled to make an investigation into the sufficiency of the evidence against a man against whom a charge was made. He saW that the only witness against Jacous was magistrate could not hold, according to the decisions." declared Mr.

Kox. "that the uncorroborated word of Hltchings in the charges against him, was legal proof against Jacobs. VVe sirnpij have one man's word against another. I contend that there must be corroooraiive evidence. Mr.

Gruber urged that Magistrate Brann position was legally proper. He contended that It did not require corroborative evidence for magistrate to hold a prisoner. Justice Scott said that it would be imposs.ole for him to announce a decision before Tuesday, and paroled Jacobs in the custody of Mr. Fox. Mr Fox had not anticipated responsibility for his client's appearance, anil as be left courtroom said: Jacobs? I want him, and I don know him.

1 am going on a little trip to the South over Sunday, and 1 certainly can't take him 'with me. Jacobs was found, and promised not to disappear while Mr. Fox was away. ATHLETES TO BECOME POLICEMEN. Flanagan, the Champion Hammer Thrower and Shot Putter, One of Them.

Nearly one hundred policemen will appointed on probation by Commissioner Partridge to-morrow, and among them will be tv.o athletes. Or.c of them is John Flanagan, the world's champion hammer thrower, and the other is Matthew McGrath, also a hammer thrower, who ha 3 been friend and companion since they were babies. They are men of magnificent physical proportions, and will be regarded as giants in the police force. McGrath is the bigger of the two. standing six feet one Inch and weighing 21S while Flanagan is under six feet and weighs 215 pounds Their tremendous strength and perfect physical proportions won the a-imlratlon of the ponce surgeons, accustomed to seeing men of fine physique.

Out of fiftec thousand men who took the physical examinations for positions on the police force Flanagan came out No. 1 and McGrath No. 2. In the mental examination of the twelve hundred who had passed the physical test, McGrath stood eighteenth on the list, and Flanagan fortyfirst. The performances of Flanagan with the hammer and fifty-six pound shot are well known in athletic circles He holds the world's record of 171 feet 9 inches for hammer throwing.

McGrath also has a high record. Flanagan holds the fifty-six pound shot, put record of feet inches, and McGrath is not far behind him. Both are men of exemplary habits. Neither drinks nor smokes, and they devote all their spare time to working in a gymnasium. They were born on adjoining farms in Ir i- a nephew of Police Captain Michael Smith long In charge of the school of instruction at PoMce Headquarters, and now in command of the East One-hGndred-and-fourth-st station.

Commissioner Partridge yesterday promoted twenty-one patrolmen to the rank of roundsman as a reward for good service in the deoaVtment Among the policemen who appeared at Police Headquarters to receive promotion was William Davis, of the Wakefield station, who December 10 stopped a runaway team in The Bronl and was severely injured. His chest was crushed, and right arm broken, and he had been in Policemen exposure to the cold a week ago. and an attack of pneumonia followed. OLD HALL OF RECORDS CLOSED. The Register's Office Will Be on Two Floors of the Morton Building.

The old Hall of Records, was closed yesterday noon and from Monday morning at 9 o'clock until the new Hall of Records has been completed and is open for business purposes Register John H. Ronner and his staff of over one hundred and forty employes will have their quarters on the fourth floor of the Morton Building. No. 117 Nassau st. The removal of the records from the old building has been steadily carried on since Justice Lews.

tritfs order for its demolition, but Deputy Register Cornell said yesterday that it would take at least a week to clear out the Register's office thoroughly. In the Morton Building, the occupation of. the new premises will begin -immediately. The lease of the new premises will continue nearly through IfM at least The records will be stored on the third while the Register and his staff will have offices on the fourth floor. American Scenic It has been asserted that the American Beante ond Historic Preservation" Society will try to obfain the materials of which the old Hall of Records is composed, and have the building restored; on some other site.

WOMAN DROPS DEAD IN BROADWAY. Mrs Sarah Schwab. forty-Mx years old. the wife of Officer Schwab, of Special Sersions. dropped dead at Broadway and Forty-thlrd-s; yesterday afternoon.

She" had left her home, at No. iV, West Fifty- in company with her son. Julius, to purchase tickets for the mat! ic at a theatre. As they approached their destination Mrs Schwab suddenly became faint, and fell in the arms of her son. She was carried into the nearest doorway, and Policeman Keller summoned in ambulance.

The Roosevelt was crip- ed and unable to respond, so Dr. Zuick came from Flower Hospital. He pronounced Mrs. Schwab's death due to heart disease. ITS BAD TO READ TOO FAST, yon nmy overlook Uttle tt rt Int be narrow The little In the narrow lolamn.

look iinall. but the, reprenent lire, ID MMlMltneei, TO ABOLISH CORONERS' OFFICE. Bill Prepared by County Medical Association To Apply to New-York Only. The bill to be introduced early in the legislative session at Albany abolishing the office of coroner in New-York was carefully prepared by the committee of the New-York County Medical Association at its November meeting, and it will bo referred to Dr. Harris, the chairman of the legislative committee of the State organization, and after careful scrutiny by that committee it will be sent to some member of the Senate for introduction.

A reporter of The Tribune called yesterday at the office of James Taylor Lewis, legal representative of the State Medical Association, and was informed that the bill is now completed, and provides not for a bill is now completed, and Is not a general State bill, but refers only to New-York City. Mr. Lewis said: "The City Record shows tlmt the expenses of the coroners' office are as follows: In the Borough of Manhattan, in the Borough of The Bronx, $29,000: in the Borough of Brooklyn, 929.060: in the Borough of Queens. $18,000, and in the Borough of Richmond, $10,000, making in all a total of about As against this, the proposed bill will possibly require the expenditure of $40,000. The plan of the new law is largely based on the law in force in the State of Massachusetts, and in a measure on Chapter 577, of the laws of 1902, which was a bill abolishing the office of coroner in the city of Buffalo." Mr.

Lewis contended that there is to-day no reason for a coroner. "All that is needed." he added, "Is a medical examiner, who will furnish to the public an accurate, complete end immediate certification of the cause of every suspicious death, purely from a medical point of view. There is no occasion for the doctor making the examination to deal with the criminal side of the case, but the examination should be made in the presence of a representative- of the Jronce Department, and of the District Attorney orflce. who shall have full power to determine whether or not there is the suspicion of a crime in connection with the death. If the District Attorney believes that a further inquiry should be had.

or if any person who is accused of a crime in connection with a suspicious deatn desires to have inquiry made into all the facts surrounding the case, such an investigation may be held by a magistrate. the physicians who are appointed under this act, and styled medical examiners, should be under the Civil Service rules, and should be. as far as possible, pathological experts. Tne appointment of these medical examiners will be in the hands of the Board of Health. There is a for the bill to be presented, in the abolition of the Police Board, and I believe that there can be no possible question as to the conotltutionallty of the act.

There is no occasion for publishing the bill until it is introduced, as practically all of its provisions are outlined, and there are some details which will probably be modified by the legislative committee of the State Medical Association. The matter has absolutely nothing to do with politics, and is originated by the great medical organization of the State solely upon the grounds of progress, economy and expediency." DR. MUELLER OPERATES ON CHILDREN. Professor Lorenz's Assistant Successful Before Two Hundred Surgeons. Two hundred surgeons saw Dr.

Frederick Mueller Dr Lorenz's assistant, perform two operations yesterday, at the Beth Israel Hospital, for congenital dislocation of the hip. Dr. Mueller occupied four minutes in the first operation and three minutes in the second, and his methods were keenly scrutinised by the surgeons present, who applauded the Viennese surgeon when his work waa completed. Bessie six years old, of No. Bast the first little patient to be treated.

It was p. m. when Dr. Mueller began his operation and 11.49 with a plainly audible snap, tl.e head of th- femur leaped into the socket and the thing was done. Sit-year-oltl Abraham Levine.

of No. 119 Kast was the second and last patient and in three minutes Dr. Mueller had reduced the dislocation. The surgeon declared that this case was the most favorable he nad sten in and that the child would recover, pvpri In case he had no additional treatment. Dr.

Muel- Ict's methods were thp same as those employed so successfully by Dr. Lort-nz. BUNGLING WORK AT CITY HALL. Stone Cutters Scar the Fine Old Marble Stairs. Visitors at the City Hall these days are startled at some features of the "restoring" work that is going on.

and particularly at the manner in which the beautiful old marble stairs have been gouged and scarred by the stonecutters. In order to do away with the old iron treads surmounting the marble steps. William Martin Aiken, the supervising architect of the borough, made plans for mortising in now marble treads. In order to accomplish this, the tops of the old steps to within short distances of the ends, have been chiseled off to the depth of about one and one-half inches. In doing this mortising work the contractor's stonecutters have broken off end of one step, leaving it fire or six inches short.

The shoulders against which the new marble treads are to butt have been gouged and scarred so thnt not more than twothirds of them present clean corners. When the attention of the foreman in charere was called to the bungling work yesterday, he said: "We are doing everything according to specifications. The cutting on the marble steps is something that could not be helped. The old iron tops were laid in cement, and in prying them off the steps were chipped. They can be restored so that the joints will hardly be noticeable.

The ends of two of steps were broken several years These are to be restored, and if we can restore the steps broker, years ago. can th-ipe broken now." The stairs In the City Hal! are regarded by many architects as among the finest in this country. They wind from a platform on the north central side of the building under the dome and are unsupported, except on the wall side. The designer one against another in so peculiar a fashion that the entire double stairway has remained rigid and plumb for nearly a hundred years. The stairs have iron balustrades of an antiquated pattern which somewhat detract from their appearance, and these are to remain, but Mr.

Aiken says that alter they are painted white the general effect will be pleasing, and in this he is supported by the Art Commission, which has approved his plans. Another detail that raises a good deal of doubt in the minds of visitors is the use of soft woods In the general scheme of restoration. The old yellow pine walnscotlngs were dented and scarred from innumerable thumps and bangs received by ohalr backs and moving desks in days gone by. All of the new woodwork is in whltewood. and.

while it bids fair to look well after being painted, there is a well grounded suspicion that the woodwork is more fragile than the old pine, and that it will be only a year or two before more repairing will have to be done. It is expected that the alterations will be completed by February 1. Patching up the plastered walls has been going on for some time, and the vails are nearly ready for the kalsomineKS. The strikes of the plain ornamental plasterers have hindered the work, but Borough President Cantor that the labor difficulty will be adjusted tomorrow at 11 o'clock, and that everything ought to be finished by February 1. F.

J. MATTHEWS "AUTO" SOLD. The automobile in which the late Frank J. Matthews, of Jersey City, met his death was sold yesterday to Alfred H. Morris, one of the owners of Morris Park, for J6.750.

The original cost was SSfOOO. The machine can travel fifty miles an hour. This is the machine in which Mr. Matthews was riding with friends at Elberor on August 26. when he lost control of the machine while crossing the railway bridge.

It ploughed through the guards of the bridge, and Mr. Matthews and one of his guests, Mrs. Cobb. were killed. NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.

Colonel Dyer of the 12th Regiment has appointed Captain Monson Morris, of Company assistant inspector of small arms practice. Captain Morris prefers to devote time to this work rather thsn to the increasing responsibilities of a company commandant. Colonel Dyer has appointed Sergeant H. DardinkilUr. the well known rifle shot, first sergeant of Company E.

Kes-imental drills haVe been suspended for the holidays. Commander Franklin of the Ist Naval Battalion has arranged an Interesting exhibition drill, to be held on board the New-Hampshire on the evening of January 15. The first division will drill In the bayonet exercise: the second will drill as artillery; the third will vq through a physical drill, the fourth will parade as Infantry, and the Fifth will give an exhibition with singlesticks. There will be a reception and dance afterward. Lieutenants T.

F. Schmidt and S. Klkan. of the Ist Battery recently elected, have passed the examining board. s.3Ufman&€o.

Are showing advance selections of Printed Foulards and Summer Silks in reserve designs, consisting of none other than this season's productions." An Important sale.will.be held on TUESDAY, Dec. 30th, and WEDNESDAY. Dec. 31st, of 15,000 yards of WHITE SILKS, comprising Imported Louisines, Per yard, 38c Crepe de Chine. Satin Liberty 68c and Imported Taffetas, also 000 yds.

Imported White Satin Brocades, $1.00 Yard. (Rear of Rotunda.) Store will be opened at 8:30 A. M. and closed at 5 P. M.

until further notice. eighteenth Street, nineteenth Street, Sixth Jtoinn. new York. STATEN ISLAKP FERP.Y QUESTION. A Mass Meeting To Ba Held in West Brighton on Tuesday.

A mass meeting for the purpose of urging action or. the part of public officials on the offer for the establishment of a ferry from the Battery to West New-Brighton Is to be held at lbs Union Opera House, in Broadway. West Brighton, on Tuesday, at Sp. m. The offer to" the Commissioner of Docks and Ferries, in the Interests of which this meeting is held, is one made by H.

H. Rogers. It provides for establishment of a ferry making the trip In thirty-five minutes at a commutation rate of three cents. The Staten Island Rapid Transit. Company has also made offers for the improvement of Its present service to the Island.

The people of Staten Island are taking a deep interest in the question of the improved facilities. and a mass meeting to consider the relative merits of the two propositions submitted was held in the German Club at Stapleton. on December IS. As the result of this meeting a committee of 101. including many prominent business men and citizens of the island, called last Wednesday on Mr.

Cromwell. president of the borough, to urjee him to take immediate action favorable to the Rogers offer. In the remarks made to the president the alleged present poor facilities are said "jl I rofprrpd to as the cause of a lack of improvement fn the borough and the need of quick action in- "report -Kat and Wheeler as severely condemning the ft iiThc fe e.ln whole affair been referred to Mr. Cromwell by Commissioner Hawkea iV a question of official courtesy, and that the decfsionTow resU with him but he has refused to commit himself on the subject. NEW BROOKLYN THEATRE.

Plan? for the new theatre, to be known as the Broadway Theatre, which is to be built in the angle between Broadway and Brookivn. have just been filed. In general the idea Is to construct a place of amusement which shall have features similar to thore of the Orpheurn. a. iSliillliil! a seating capacity of 2.200.

BUY BIG ALABAMA LUMBER TRACT. Dec. thousand MM of timber lands in Northwest Alabama, near the Mississippi line, have been sold to a syndicate of New-York Massachusetts and Wisconsin men. beaded by F. R.

Webber, of Boston. The price naH was In excess of $100,000. The purchasers are large manufacturers of lumber, and it Is bHieve.l Iney wTi? develop their newly acquired holdings. AWARDS CONTRACT FOR 1.000 CARS. Raltimcre 27.

-The Seaboard Air Line Railway awarded a contract to the South Baltimore Car Works for the building of one thousand freight cars of mjM pounds capacity each Dc- Sri The contract represents an outlay of JTOO.OuO. HAS NO RECOLLECTION OF MARRIAGE. William. J. of No.

12 Newark was arrested yesterday afternoon and taken to the First Precinct police station. Newark, on a charge of non-support preferred by the Overseer of Poor on behalf of Mrs. Heaton secretly married on December 3 to Miss May No. 103 Orrhard-st Newark, by Justice of the Peace Beaman. and after five days left vri.u taking up his residence at his mother's ft wfs aeclare-i by Heaton that he had no r'ecouection of fhe marriage, and he saM that his lP a blank all the time he was away.

Miss Fl3e Leslie of New- York, announced that arrangements had been made for her marriage to Heaton. HAS A LONG AND STORMY VOYAGE. The ship CMI S. Whitney. Captain Atkins, arrived here yesterday after a long and stormy from Hoilo.

Philippine Islands, with a ca-go of ar. The voyage, required days. Twice in the course cf her voyage was obliged to into port for nailing While la the Indian Ocean, on May ZX she suffered the loss of her fbretopcsUant mast and was otherwise damaged, in a heavy gale. She put Into Ateoa Bay for repairs. On September IS she recurried her voyage, touching at St Helena, which she left on October 24.

On December 5. when 230 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras. she ran Into a hurricane. In the course of which she shipped tremendous seas. She sprang aleak, and was obliged to put into Bermuda on December 9.

Her bottom was so clogged with barnacles and other aea growths owing to her long voyage, that It was decided to have the vessel towed from Bermuda to New- York. This was done by the tug Walter A. Luckenbach. She arrived in tow. HORNER'SFI'RMTIRE Tho-e who prefer giving NEW YEAR PRESENTS instead of Christmas Gifts together with those who wish to reciprocate for unexpected Christmas favors 'Will find in our immense stock a right royal choice of articles combining utility with beauty, the useful with theorr-ament-l.

whether wanted as gifts, for men or tor women, and priced to meet every desired outlay. No such collect-on and variety of Fine Fur niture as that shown continually in otir warerooms can be seen in America. Prices surprisingly low fcr goods of art'stic merit and high quality- R. J. HORNER riaituw.

asasaci aaJI 61, 63, 65 West 23d Street. I Men's Overcoats. lined and trimmed with genu: me $ioo, $125. $150. $200.

5250. $300. I $400, $500 up to $1,300 for genuine Hudson Bay Sable lining. Chest measures from 36 to 54 I inches. Sleigh robes, loot muffs, outf fits at lowest possible prices for reliable good 3.

I C. SHAYNE, Manufacturer. 120 West St. and 124-1-6 West -M'! bet. and nth Carriage entrance 4191 St, bet.

B'way and 6th OBITUARY. CHARLES W. SCHLUCHTNER. Charier. W.

Schluchtner. partner of ex-Mayer Frederick W. Wurster in the manufacture afsMiai In the Eastern District, dM yesterday at his home. No. iZI Brooklyn, at the age of fortyseven, years.

He was born In the old town of New- Lots attended the public school there, and later attended school at Po'nt. He was then employed in his father's hardware store as a clerk, where he remained until IS3, when he entered employ of Mr. Wurster a. an outside salesman, and soon became a member of the flrm. When Mr.

Wurster a candidate for the nomination fop Mayor, hi Mr. Schluchtr.er was a delegate to cltv convention. a member of the Hanover Mr Schluehtner was a member of the Hanov-sr Club and was one of corporators. He had been a member of the old Windsor Club, and in 189, wm elected president cf the Parkway Dm ng Club. He leaves a widow, two sons and three daughters.

JAMES DICKSON. ana Dickson. was had been dealer In and granite monuments. In- Jersey City for fortyflve years, died there yesterday. He was born near Belfast.

Ireland, sixty-seven ago. He to this country when a small boy and establl3hM business In ISST. and h.TI BSdM aa an extensive plant. He sna a Republican, and organized- S. Grant Association ir.

Jersey City. He was a Past Master of Hiram F. and A. and was a Xnlght Templar and a member of the Royal Arcanum ami Workman Six children survive him. POLICE SAY IT WAS NOT MURDER.

Elizabeth. N. Dee. The lnvestlsation Into the death of John JlcTammany. whose body was found in the Elizabeth River last night, has satisfled the police that the man was neither murdered nor committed suicide.

The police say that the man had been drinking and that he had wandered aimlessly around and eventually walked into river near the bridge In South-st. They that he attempted to cross the bridge but walked off dM bank into the river Instead. A keeper named F.ifran told the police that he saw McTammany take off his overcoat, coat and vest and throw them into the street and then stagger away. The saloonkeeper says he sent two men after Tammany to help him. but that before they could reach him the man had walked off the bank into the river.

immany was employed as a fireman In the factory at Tremley. N. J. He was twenty-four years old and boarded at No. 411 Slizabcth-ave.

MAJOR A. C. TATE CRITICALLY ILL. Major Augustus C. Water Register of Brooklyn.

Is critically 111 at his home. No. 404 Madisonst Brooklyn, from heart disease. He commander of U. S.

Grant Post. G. A. K. Major has been ill for several days.

Jisr One matter not to forsvt Is over thane -Little Ada. of the.