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6 KITS TWO MORE BLOCKS. 'Grand Central Palace Included in N. T. C. Station Purchase.

The New-York Ontral Railroad lias bought ttro more with the exception of one for carrying out its plans for improving the tragic facilities of the Grand Central Station. One block ie the Grand Central Palace property, which is owned by the Goelet estate, and is bounded by Forty-third and Forty-fourth Depew Place and The other block is bounded by Forty-fourth and Fortyfifth Depew Place and Lexington-ave, John X. Goiding was the broker in the deal. Owing to the construction of a certain will it will be necessary for the railroad to acquire title to the property through a condemnation suit. With the purchase of the Grand Central Palace THE GRAND CENTRAL PALACE.

oootrpies the tomtet toy Forty-third and Forty-fourth Lexlngton-ave. and Pepew Place. Ono of the parcels sold yesterday by John N. Goldlng to the New-York Central Railroad. property and the block north of it, tho railroad has bought about six blocks as a elte for the new Grand Central Ptati.n.

Besides, It has owned for years the block bounded by Forty-seventh end Forty-eighth sts. and Park and Lexington which will fGrm part of that site. What the railroad paid for the blocks It bought yesterday could not be learned, but there wia a report that it Daid considerably more than ILOOO.OOO for the Grand Central palace, Mr. GoMinc declined either to affirm or deny the He said he had nothing to say for publication. The one parcel in the block bounded by Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Depew Place and Lexlneton-ave.

which the railroad has r.ot leer, able to Is No. 11G East on which Is a dwelling houee. Some of the tellers of oarcela In the blocks Just sold are Georjre J. L. Cornell, as executor; Dr.

Henry Doane-, J. Martin, Boehm Coon, J. Donnelly. H. Jaeger, Beverly Robinson and the O'Reilly estate.

The largest building in the block bounded by Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Depew Place and Lexington -a ye. Is the O'Reilly warehouse. No. 109 to 110 East Fortv-fourth-st- Another Vlg building In the same block Is the Gathouse Xos. 43G and was aiso owned by the O'Reilly estate.

The Grand Central Palaoo was built some years ago. It contains an amusement hall and a roof garden. Many of the biggest euchre parties ever held for the benefit of charitable institutions have been held there. Besides, many professional and amateur theatrical balls and Industrial sjid other exhibitions have been heiU within its walls. It is one of the best known buildings on Man- Jiattan Island.

A large part of it has been for years by the freight accounts department of the New-York Central Railroad by a sub-postoffice. The railroad now owns of Its track, with the exception of about orse parcel, the blocks bounded fry Forty-third and Fiftieth Iyx- Softon and Park avee. and Depew Place. Depev; runs from Forty-Fccnnd-st. to Fortyaever-th-Ft.

On January 10, 1902, the New-York Central Railroad bought the Woman's Hospital property, comprising the block bounded by Forty- Jllnth and Fiftieth Park and Lexington ayes. and the property of the Orphans' Home Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church In the block bounded by Forty-eighth and Fortyninth Park and Lexington ayes. At the aaxne time the railroad also bought a number of parcels on the west eide of Forty-ninth end Fifty-sixth bib. It is 'tmfleretood that parcels on the west side of Park-aye. may not be In carrying out the proposed rmlnal station plans.

On greater Grand Central Station site la to be a building. The government is to the building part of a building on the site suitable for postal use fora term of ninety-nine years. When the railroad's plans for a greater Grand Central Station were first made there was talk of having th- tracks of the railroad and the connected at Torty-fit-cond-st. and so that trains of the railroad could be run through the subway, It could not be leamtd last right if hi connection would be made. Of only the etoetrlo the Christmas Presents.

Etchings, Engravings, Water Color Drawings, Oil Paintings. Arthur Tooth Sons, 299 Fifth Avenue, Cor. Mm Street New-York Central might run through the subway between Forty-second-st. and the Battery, it was said at that time. The size of each block sold yesterday is 200.10 by 1275 feet.

HOOKER CHARGES AGAIN. Before State Grievance Committee A Report Soon. Albany Dec The prievar.ee committee of the State Bar Association In executive cession in the nf the Appellate Division in this city for nearly hours to-day considered the report of its sub-committee on tho accusations against Warren B. Hooker, oi Fredonia. a Justice ot the Supreme Court in 'ho Eighth Judicial District Assemblyman Arthur C.

Wade, of Jamestown, who has represented Justice Hooker hitherto before the sub-committee, and William B. Hoyt. of Buffalo, formerly United States District Attorney, for nearly three hours Hddressed the committee in Justice Hooker's behalf. At the close of the meeting, the only announcomect which was made was that the committee would make a report to the State Bar Association at Its meeting January. All further Information was withheld, and Ernest W.

Huffcut, the chairman, would not even Bay whether tho report would Include recommendations looking to any action by the Bar Association. It Is known, however, that a proposition to recommend the reference of the evidence In th case by th association to th legislature was discussed at great length and wth no little warmth. This vldence constitutes a printed book of several hundred pajres, taken by the at various hearings since Its appointment. The accusations considered by the committee grew out of the report made In the fall of 1903 by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow of his Investigation of the postoffices at Fredonla and Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, and the memorandum on that report by President Roosevelt. The accusations connected Justice Hooker's name with certain alleged Improprieties and violations of law in appointments In the two postofflces mentioned and in connection with the ownership and rental to the government of the postcfflce build- Ing at Dunkirk.

The Bar Association of Chatauqua County brought the matter to the attention of the State association at Its meeting here last January in a communication declaring that "these charges have assumed euch definiteness and form, In the public press and otherwise, as to create a public scandal," that if they were true Justice Hooker "was unfit to remain longer upon the bench." and that if they untrue "he should be supported by his brethren of the bar in every proper way." The State association referred the communication to its standing committee on grievances, which in turn referred it to a sub-committee, of which its chairman. Dean Ernest Huffcut, of the Cornell Law School, was made chairman, and Robert O. Bascom, of Fort Edward, secretary. The other members were S. C.

Huntlngton, of Pulaski; President John Desmond of the Rochester Bar Association, and Russell M. Johnston, of Albany. It was this mimittee which to-day reported to the full Only one of the twenty-three members of tho committee was absent. He was Frederick B. Crane, one of the county judges of Kings County, who, being himself on the bench, has withheld from taking part in these proceedings on the ground of propriety.

Colonel William J. Youngs, of Brooklyn, formerly Governor Roosevelt's secretary, resigned from the committee last March. His place has not yet been Oiled. With these two vacancies, the committee consisted to-day of three members from tach Judicial district. The papers, documents and evidence were referred to the custody of Secretary F.

B. Wad hams, secretary of the association, who acted to-day as secretary cf the committee. REPUBLICAN CLUB TO CELEBRATE. Will Observe Twenty-fifth Anniversary To- Night Well Known Speakers Expected. Club will celebrate its twentyirersary to-night with a banquet at Its No.

fl West Fort Louis Stern, Ident, will preside. The Rev. I Howard of the First Presbyterian Church, will say grana. Amons: those who are exnected to be motit of whom will speak, nro Ooven Oovernor-elect HUggl rnellua N. Bii.s-*.

Elihu x-s. cretary of War; Senator Chauncey w. Judges Edward T. ird. William dent-eli cl of the un County Committee; -rai Henry J-: Cephas BraJ Edward Wetinore Mortimer C.

Addome, Arthur L. Merriara and Hawes. HYDROPHOBIA ATTACKS BRIDEGROOM. New Brunswick, Dec The honey- Btoon trip of Mr. and Mrs.

George F. Retnhard. who were married at rwood, near here, on November 30. has b.e:, brought to an end In Chicago, where tho bridegroom Is in a hospital rufferiuc from hydrophobia. He is not expected to live.

The bride la Misa Minnie Elsie Wood worth ighter of Mr. nd Mrs. Orville WoodwortbJ Who live at Soptswood. Tii 0 day befora the wedl ding. Mr.

Reinhard was bitten by a dog. SKOWHEGAN HAS $140,000 FIRE. Bkowhegan. Me Dec Block, the largest business structure in town, an.l two small buildings were burned to-day, entailing loss of 1140,000. Insurance is $60,000.

Owing great headway gained by the flames, the business Hfctlon was threatened, and It necessary to on a ld hose iil -y from Waierpuie. luo are caueea by an overlibaUia stove NEW-YORK daily Saturday, DECEMBER it. 1904 31 A BE NO DEFENCE. Prosecution Rests in "Nan" Patterson Trial Tier Counsel Confident. It 18 morn than possiblr.

that Miss "Nan" Patterson's counsel will onter no defence in her trial for the murder of "Osssar" Young. If one is entered, the case will probably po to the Jury next Wednesday, an perhaps earlier, Immediately after the prosecution yesterday, the defence moved that the case be dismissed without going to the Jury, on the ground that the prosecution had failed to establish its case. The motion was denied by Justice Davis. Levy then asked for an adjournment, as ho so worn out from his work that he was in no condition, physical or mental, to open for the defence. He said that counsel had not determined whether they would enter any defence.

Mr. Rand declared the prosecution was entitled to know whether a defence would bo entered, as he had witnesses from out of town, and if they would not be called in rebuttal he was anxious to allow tnem to go home. Mr. Levy said in reply that If a defence was decided on he would waive his opening address to the Jury. Justice Davis acceded to Mr.

Levy's appeal for an adjournment, ordering the case to be resumed on Monday. Counsel for the defence are confident that Miss Patterson will be acquitted and will spend Christmas Day with her mother at home, as she has longed to do since her first trial began. The Jury was dismissed to allow counsel to argue concerning the admissibility of evidence concerning the Smiths. Justice Davis decided that as the case was circumstantial ho would permit evidence concernlns: the Smiths to go to Jury. Tho defence entered an exception to this ruling and asked that tho testimony of a newsboy who saw a man.

Identified as Smith, strike tho defendant and tell her she must do something, the witness knew not what, be stricken from the record. "This testimony," said Mr. Unger, "concerning the conversation in which Smith said, 'You must do and to which Miss I'utterson replied, 'I will not," was on a level with the discussion over the terms 'pork chops and tomato sauce' in the famous case of Bardolph vs. Pickwick." Counsel then moved that the District Attorney bring witnesses of character, credence r.nd veracity to testify concerning tho occurrences Immediately before and after the shooting. These witnesses, counsel said, were a Miss Blake, now in St.

Louis, who was the telephone girl at the tit. Faul on the morning of June 4. and who is uaid to know of three attempts made by Young to call up the defendant; the night telephone girl, a Miss Golden, who could give similar testimony; Algernon C. Meyer, an alleged eye witness, now In Jacksonville; Milton W. Hazleton, another alleged eye L'rossman, a stationer in and John Latour, a prisoner In the Tombs.

Meyer and Miss Blake are outside tho Jurisdiction of the court, but tho others, counsel said, are within call. Jjstk-e Davis denied the motion concerning tho newsboy, and said as the District Attorney did not ate tii to call the witnesses mentioned he saw no reason to direct the witnesses to appear, as the could call them if it so desired. Another exception was registered by the defence. Mr. Unger, In arguing for the dismissal of the case, called attention to the Irreconcilable contradiction In the testimony of the cabman, Michaels; Btemm, the truck driver, and Patrolman Junior.

Junior swore that Stemm did not ride on the step of the cab to the Hudson Street Hospital, while Is and Stemm swore he did THE WEARING OF PIGTAILS. Fashion Among Europeans that Dated from the Reign of Louis XIV. From Tho London Globe. Cws2 statement that the Grand Council of i- ii til th a abandonment of the pigtail soldiers and students is Bignincant lman wlth a tail to be nil led is rso of tlnie a raflre i i rmi( a opponent than In the past, though he has never been despicable But antiquated and absurd as the wearing of the pigtail now seems, its disappearance from England dates only from a time well within the memory of m.my men still Jiving. it is true that public opinion brought the pigtail into general disfavor in the early years of the nineteenth century but a contributor to "Notes ana for ISSS records that he "saw the other day descending from a small chariot In Cheapslde a venerable old gentleman with a small screw of his gray locks tied behind with a short riband." As this was less than fifty years ago it will be seen that we have less reason for contrasting ourselves favorably in this respect with the Chinese than many people remember or suspect In Europe the fashion of tying the natural hair In a queue seems to date from the reign of the when the officers of the French army tied their hair in summer, but wore it loose In winter and indoors.

Thence the custom spread to Austria and flourished exceedingly. Indeed so extravagant did the fashion become that in 'the eighteenth century me unfortunate Prussian troops wore the queue down to their heels while Frederick appeared on horseback with a'nlrtall reaching tbe crupper of his saddle, The French Revolution brought about the dlsan. of this, as of mnav other absurdities for the dlers of the republic had no time or money to pparo for such barber's work, having sterner business on hand, which demanded nil their energies In the British army the pigtail was abolished during or Just after the Napoleonic wars, thn Royal Welsh Fusiliers, as the "flash" still worn by officers suggests, being the last regiment to discontinue the fashion. In the navy the pigtail was worn until IMG Tlip fashion la still recalled by tho name of the fiuijou.s twist tobacco. Hood, In one of hiR punning ballads, the word in a double sense: Ills bead turned, an.l he chewed till he died.

Lovers of Marryatt too, uju remember his whimsical description the Ba hose magnificent pigtail, the pride of hia life, was cut off by his amiable consort, with disastrous to herself. Tne custom of wearing pigtail may be comparatively modem In EMrope, but its origin goes back to the dawn or history. pi talled Uittlten were among the opponents Ramt.aes 11, and from India comes a legendary account of tho reason for the grotesque fashion which Darwin might bava approved The. rajahs, we are told, of a retain city of the Guferat coast are 'i long tailed, boasting of their descent from the the monkeys, who heli i Ramftchundra to conquer India. This lends an air of respectubie.

antiquity 0 a fashion which has litUo reconuntad it. CHURCH AND KMICIOUS NEWS AND NOTES. OLDEST CONGREGATION A IX BMOQKUTN CELEBRATES SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY. Tho members of the Church of the Pilgrims, at Henry and Remsen Brooklyn, the oldest existing Congregational church in that borough, celebrate the sixtieth anniversary the founding of the society to-morrow. This is the parent of all the societies of the nomination in Brooklyn and Kiands to-day among the leading churches on the Heights.

In hi: address tomorrow morning the pastor, the Rev. Dr. 11. P. Dewey, will review its history.

A glance at the old building, with its picturesque will betray its New-England origin, with a few minor additions and interior made in 1868, it stands to-day as it did on December 84, lSu. the 234 th anniversary of landing of the Iii Krims, when the society rame into existence. The cornerstone was laid on the preceding July 2. In token of its New-ESngland parentage, a bit of stone from Plymouth Rock was placed In tho Henry-st. side of the tower's base, where It may be seen to-day.

Its architect was Richard Upjohn, tho woll known designer of tho Capitol Building at Hartford and of Trinity Church, this city. An unusual fact In the history of this church Is that In its of sixty years It has had only two pastors. Tho first was the Rev. Dr. Richard 9.

Storra, for fifty years well known as a pulpit orator. Ho was installed in November, 18-15. At his death, in ISOO, ho was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. Harry P.

Dewey, the present pastor. Of tho little company of seventy-one who founded socli ty only one remains an active member. She is Mrs. Lucy W. Allen.

Mrs. Walter T. Hatch, who died on Friday of last week, at her home. No 124 Remcen-st. Brooklyn, was a'so a founder.

Ar.ong othi original rr.pn.bera were. Henry C. Bowen Richard P. Buck, charlotte 15uck, Simeon B-, Jla.y H. and Anna Chlttenden, Walter T.

Hatch. Beth B. Hunt. Albert Woodruff, Jeremiah P. Tappan, Joseph A.

J' hn S'ade, Charles H. Parsons. Enoch C. Stanton and Chnrles J. Stedman.

Nine members of tha little rr gation withdrew in 1547 and established Plymouth Church. In Orange-st. Several handsome memorial windows been giver to the church, one of them presenting tho iwer" and the Reaper," dedicated to ihe memory of tho Rev. Dr. and Mrs.

S'orrs. At the iinnlversary ception to be given un January 10 there will shown ll'tlo exhibit of lelics from the ear!" days, 'ihe old church ha-s been from tho beginning distinctly a family panctuary. conservative In doctrine ni.d et progressive In Astdo from the cal address to-morrow a feature of the service will the presence seventy-flve Bingem from Mendelssohn Union of Orange, N. J. Arthur Merg, the nrganlst.

is also the leader of this chorus. regular quartet will also nnd Hale Rifer. a "cellist, from Manhattan, will assist Handel's "Messiah" will be sung in F. L. Seaiey, organist of the F.fth Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Manhattan, will assist in the evening.

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. St. Mary's Church, Brooklyn, Observes Its Seventieth with Old Home Festival. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, will hold a distinctly novel celebration to-morrow.

Old Homo Week idea, ro popular In New-England, i 9i 9 to be utilized, and all former parishioners of this famous old church -of whom there are many thousands scattered over the whole United have been especially invited to return and worship together to commemorate tha seventieth birthday of their first church home. Tho programme of exercises for the Old Home Sunday Includes a reunion service at 10:30 a. a meeting of the old and the new Sunday school scholars at 3 p. and a great praise and thanksgiving service at 7:30 p. m.

A large number of the clergy formerly connected with the church nave elgnltfed their intention, of being present, tho preachers of the morning and evening being the rector and his predecessor, the Rev. Dr. W. W. Bellinger, now of Utlca.

N. Y. At the Sunday school service a number of the clergy formerly connected with the parish will make short addresses. Following the evening service, a reunion of the former attendants and the present parishioners and clergy will bo held in the spacious Johnson Memorial Building. After outgrowing three buildings, the church In liiii wrttgttMl its vr on hrjia till.

at Classen and Willoughby ayes. Its first home was a email schnolhouse on Slushing Road, where In five families met and their congregation under the Rev. D. V. M.

Johnson, who twenty years later returned to it, and was Its rector for thirty-five years, until his death In 1890. Its second home, an old frame schoolhouse in Classon.ave., near Is still standing: the third it built for itself In near Myrtle-aye. When it outgrow this building, in the early 60's, and moved to Its present home, it established St. Matthew's parish, in Throop-ave. and gave to that congregation its former church building, which is still used by that successful and flourishing parish.

NEW SITE FOR BROOKLYN CHURCH. Deeds have been signed conveying to the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, of Brooklyn, for plot of land with a frontage of 115 feet In Schermerhorn-st. and 99'j feet In Btate-st After the buildings there have been torn down, the new Church of Our Lady of Mercy will be built on the property. At present tho church occupies ground in Debevoise Place, near In tho line of tha Flatbush-ave. extension.

Father Richard S. Foley, the rector, paid cash for the land. He placed a mortgage of $100,000 on the property in Debevolse Place, and the balance of $16,900 was paid from the funds of tho church. It Is proposed to erect, besides the church building, ai parochial school, a home for the Bisters of Si Joseph and a rectory. The church was org In 1857, and has a membership of th with a parochial school and Sunday school attendanco of tdx hundred MR.

KEIGWIN ACCEPTS CALL HERE. The Rev. Albert Edwin Kelgwin has accepted tho call of the West End Presbyterian Church to become its pastor. He leaves the Park Church. Newark, of which he has been pastor for the last six years, taking up his work In New-York on tho second Sunday of February.

His acceptance, read last Sunday morning, was received in a envelope. The contents were absolutely unknown to tho congregation until the seal was broken In the pulpit. Great enthusiasm greeted the announcement, and applauso broke out spontaneously, a most unusual occurrence In a New-York church. Mr. Kelgwin is a man of thirty-six years, well known In Presbyterian circles, a delegate to the General Assembly, chairman of numerous a preacher of great oratorical ability and a leader In the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip.

On the strength of his acceptance ihe congregation pledged in fifteen minutes some 1 to clear absolutely the ilnating indebtedness on the church, incurred about a year ago for redecorating the Ulterior. This resulted from an appeal to thi confregation by the acting pastor, the Rev. Dr. Henry I. Stebbins.

GENERAL ITEMS OF THE WEEK. The anniversary sermon before the New-ESngland Society of this city will be preached this evening at 8 o'clock in the Collegiate Church, Fifth-aye. and by the Rev. Dr. Mackay.

minister of the church. "Tho New-England Leaven" will be the subject of sermon. The Presbytery of New-York, at its meeting on December tooK action expressing It's Interest in the work of tho American Tract Society, especially In Its most opportune provision of books, tracts and periodicals In the languages of the Immigrants arriving or resident among us, our Spanish speaking population." it offerings to tho society by tho chur presbytery. There will bo unveiled In thft Church of the Holy communion to-morrow morning window ol rare beauty made by Clayton JL- Bell, England, and given by the friends of the late Rev William WUmerdlng Moir, as a tribute tholr appreciation of his work an assistant minister. A dozen of the Harlem pastors will pulpits to-morrow morning, in accordance arrangement at ministerial meeting just before Thanksgiving.

No announcements are be made with referei Individual ezobangea but each congregate ted will find a neig paator in Iti the morning service. Dr. Carter's recent letter his presbytery on the Westminster lon rivet point to Ma -Arthur subject to-morrow evening. Henry Frank, leadi of the Independent Libel Church, and his ngregatton will remove to-morrow from their accustomed place of meeting to the Berkeley Lyceum Theatre, No. 19 West Forty foi rth Mr Frank now heart of a aeries ol discourses on "The Bear- Ings of Modern Thought on World Problems." The topic for "The New Thought and the Pn.oiem of Immortality.

The Rev. Andrew QilUes, of St. Andrew's Church, West will begin a new aeries of sermons ta-morrotv night. The general subject or tho win bt "Tho Mysteries of Ufe." He will speaic to-morrow night on "Why Kvil Kxinf" The Atpbs Male Quartet will Sunday nigh) till January Active Church Alliance Assurlra will a st-rvico at All tonht Church, Twenl t( -morrow en o'eieck. Addresses will be '-'1 Potter and Rabbi Bchuhaan, Temple Beth-EL Mtich sympathy Is felt by Chrisusjas A nomijiations for the Rev.

James Chrtst's Mission, whose son, Qsorsjs Washington, twenty-flve years old. died on ll Illness of ir. tths. The funeral servl held in the of the mission, No. 112 West CTTrurn or tite pilotiims.

Henry Remsen sts. Its sixtieth anniversary will be I to-morrow afternoon, at 3:30 otiock, instead or trie recruinr preaching- A special service for Masons wiM "be held In Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, to-morrow evening A special Invitation has been sent to Reliance Lodge. No. 776. The will be escorted by St.

Elmo Commandery in full Templar uniform, and accompanied by the Greenpoint, Beawanka and Herder lodges. 'Hie sermon of the occasion will preached by the pastor of the Tabernacle. Lincoln Hollister Caswell, who will have for his thema "The Masonry an 1 Mastery of Man." The fourth Pun lay In Advent will be observed to-morrow among the Episcopal churches of the city. At All Souls' Church, Madison-aye, an I there will be a special musical programme and a i address by the rector, Rer. Dr.

B. D. MoConnelL The Rev. Percy Btickney Grant, rector of the Church of the Ascension. No.

12 West Eleventh will preach at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. At the 4 p.

in. musical service the Rev. "Walter K. Cliitor. Smith will preach.

Dr. Henry Lubeck. of Zlon and St. Timothy Episcopal Church, will adA the men's meeting- of the West Side Young Men's Christian Association, No. SIS West at 3:30 o'clock to-morrow.

Miss Louise Truax will whistle. Special topics for to-morrow In other will be: 'The Message of God of To-day: or, la the Bible Completed," in the morning, and "A Personal Question; To Be Answered Before Christmas Can Come to the Soul," by the Rev. Dr. John H. Wiley, of St.

Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church. Brooklyn; The Astonishment of Jesus" and "Only One," by the Rev. Dr. George P. Echman, at St.

Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Manhattan; "The One Huadreth Anniversary of the Birthday of Benjamin Disraeli," by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Bilverman, at "Salvation Through Christ." by tha Rev. F. O.

Hall, at the Church of the Divine Paternity; "A Call to Preach" and "A Preacher's Challenge," by Rev. Dr. Elmer A. Dent, at the People's Church; "One With God, a Majority," by the Rev. Robert 1-sagiicll.

at the Metropolitan Temple; "Incentives for Life." by the Key. Dr. J. K. Llcbtenberger, at the Harlem Branch of Young Christian Association; "The Message of the Snow" and "Youth and Ambition." by Dr.

Burrell, at the Marble Collegiate Church; Penetrating and Prophetic Christ." by the Rev. Charles H. Grubb, at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church; "The Power of the Old Testament In the Life of Oliver Cromwell." by Dr. J. L.

Elliott, at Carnegie Hall; "The Larger Interpretation of the Law" and "The Mission and the Message," by the Rev. Dr. K. P. Johnston, at the.

Fifth Avenue Baptist trch: Refining Process "Tar Effects of Unbelief." by the Rev. Dr. a. H. Evans, at West Presbyterian Church; "The Wonderful Name" and "A song of War ad of Victory." by Dr.

E. S. Tipple, at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church: "Speech as a Test of Character" and "The Salt of the Earth." by Dr. Stevenson, at the fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Dr.

Savage will preach In the morning at the Church of the Messiah. THE BLUE COLOR OF THE HEAVENS. From The The blue color of heavena la a subject which Professor Spring, the Liege University, recently treated in a conference before the swi-s Natural Science Societies during the late He classes the explanations which savana have up to the present as to the lor ol the heavens In two categories. The physical type is based mainly upon the experiments of Tyndall regarding the n.it of vapors. The chemical type la the more recent, and is based on the actual color of the atmospheric components.

The former experiments hie i led to the physical theories the blue color to been borne k-ut by the recent experiments of Raylelgh upon reflection of light by the particles of troubled medium, an these arc found reflect a number of raj of sbori wave Thia such medium to appear red by transparence and blue by reflected light the plane of polarization has the same direction as In TyndaH'a experiments. M. Spring, however, absorbs all the blue, -lit from the heavena by means or an appropriate at.si.;-bent medium, and observes that tho nolartxa ion of the ii ht in i beam la not a sufficient of optical origin of the blue since it la demonstrated itiat other tve length are polarized. The objections Rayleigb's theory which are made by Pernter of Vienna, strengthen his view; Rayleigh's theory would lead us to redid violet color, rather than a iiluf. for tho heavens, the dust particles of all kinds whlcl the atmosphere contains do rl.se to a height if over 3.000 to ti.noo feet and the action of gravity and also the electric stats of the atmosphere tend to precipitate them The question arises whether 1 1 la molecules of gas Itself which produce the solar reflection, Thia teems to denied by L.

experiments, prove thai tills hypothi Is does not bold som! for liquids or solids, and more recently the uuthor Bnda results In (he case nf gaseous particles. Hagenbsvch expla us the Illumination of the uimospher' by attributing It to a series of layers of different densities which cross and intermingle, thus causing reflection and refraction of light rays. The author considers thai such theory would be satisfactory to account for the illumination, hut cannot used by the partisans tho physical theory to explain the color of the heavens la fact, It actor 4a very well with the chemical theory of the blue color. author than imj series of original to troubled medium will only srem blue to an nhS! who is In it. In case the mMium 7.

possesses a blue coloration. In the lf atmosphere, the author th'ti-v th inherent blue color by hi th a oxygen contained in the tanrtna the ble effect of ozone, is to tM a deep enough color to explain Its lnx ance an.l the variations we find in th? directions of ht. Them ral-uiation, ar upon the Booid state of the gas. Th- di'w Sv' 1 cles. Instead of being tho of h1 only tew the effect of obstructing it to a ar le a a thUS CaUS? lhe art FOM HOSPITALS.

Frank Tucker a ljx fr Endow men Fn ml. Frank Tucker, vice-president of Urn Pi Loan Society, who a yar ago "Charities" the flr.ancl.Tl problems of Urn York hospitals, has brought his to THE REV. DR. AiUlf T. DEVYET.

present' time. Last year found that twenty private hospitals were running with as segregate annual deficit of nearly 600.G00. Sato that conditions the last year have not that the Kan year experienced by ail the hospitals is reflected In tha recently Issued annual report of the Presbyt-rian Hospital, which shows a deficit for that Institution of more than $7" The remedy. Mr. Tucker thinks, lies in the raising of a large endowment fund, to be In supplementing the incomes of the New- York hospitals.

In their annual report the trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital make this statement, which Mr. Tuck quotes: Unless the public conscience is qnlckenej asd larger means for current expenses are mi list the hospital system of New-Tors; must jt same date not long distant be changed, means that except for such provision, publi fa ur.der municipal management, supported by taxation, must in great part take our present which are private onlj in the they were founded and lurre I i support isj private benevolence, and are under the Erection of managers by natural selection from our best citizens, and not subject, ia too "ftea the case with municipal hospitals, to political or popular caprice. Commenting- on this statement, Mr. Tucker "No better summing up of hospital could mu'io than tiiu abore. The Scit for ISfttj after spending far m.uiuenar;>.^ Ei legacies received during the year, was Disregarding minor itfrns get at ro flgurei we find that the hospital ments the sum of K52.600.

Tb represi i it holds at the present -rrgegei and securitiea amountina against which there are loans payable In other words, out ol an endowment fund of CCtfiOO B3f 000 has been to carry acnual def.cii ia maintenance I the hospital ani only to annual deficits in the CANTAB IN fcv BRAND I QUARTER SIZES. ISC. EACH a FOR CLUETT, PEAtJOOY GRAPH CQJ 189 CJtAMrJERS A 0M The 1 rr Phonograph lO La victor -y Opera Vaudeville at talking hbodob rmjwffg 11001 100 000 Records A I ABC DFAIEif WIB WKJ) Art Exhibitions and Tomorrow, SUNDAY, Last Day. American Art Galleries, M)l VUt Mtt VOKK. 0 to 6.

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