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i i THE BROOKLYN CITIZEN, SATURDAY', AUGUST 31, 1901. 10 BOTCHER SHOPS WILL BE CLOSED. VICTOR NEWCOMB DECLARED SANE. YOU luST NOT MISS about this time wrote a oook entitled A California Conspiracy with New York Episodes, in which he accused certain Judge of the 8upreme Court of conspiracy, etc. At the March term of the Appellate Division in this city Sullivan: was disbarred.

In hi complaint, consisting of sixty typewritten pages of matter, Snllivan declares that he ha been disgraced, dishonored, disbarred and boycotted by th defen 1-ants, who, he says, have wrought hia financial ruin. He alleges a conspiracy between Supreme Court Justices and other to work hiiu a great Injury. The defendants named in the complaint are as follow; Abner T. Hopkins, District Attorney of Niagara GountyJ John E. Pond, United States rommissiouer; S.

YY. Dempsey, Assistant United States District Attorney; Abram Goodman, elothier, of North Tonawanda; William B. Sunpsou, attorney at Tonawanda; Newt Publishing Company of'-North Tonawanda; Henry H. Seymour, referee appointed by the Appellate Division to take evidence in disbarment proceedings; Carlton E. Ladd, attorney, Buffalo; John R.

Hazel, Judge of the United States Dlstri. Court; Charles W. Brown, United 'States District Attorney; William H. Adams, Peter B. McLcnuan, Pardon C.

Williams. Frederick W. Kruse, Henry A. Childs, Daniel J. Keuefick, John S.

Lambert, Alfred Spring and Frank C. Laughlin, Justices nt the Supreme Court, and Joseph W. Taylor, referee in the first proceedings foy disbarment. SYRACUSE FAIR PROMISES WELL. The New York department headquarters train is scheduled to arrive, via Nickel Plate, at 6 a.

Tuesday, Sept. 10. The New York Womans Relief Corps headquarters will also be at the Hollenden. This department baa a candidate for national treasurer in the person of Mrs. Rarah E.

Phillips, of Root Corps, Syracuse. Mra. Phillips is the present incumbent and seeks re-election, more than one term being often extended by the Womans Relief Corps in the case of treasurer. Among the acceptances of the special invitations sent to distinguished people to attend the National Encampment of the Grand Army is one from Colonel Robert B. Beath, of Philadelphia, a past coin-inauder-in-chief of the Grand Army and the author of a complete and accurate history of the organization.

In a postscript to the acceptance Colonel Beath says that this will be his thirty-second consecutive attendance at the National Enciunpment of hia organization. Other recent acceptances arc as follows: Colonel E. B. Ravage, Cleveland; Rear Admiral R. B.

Bradford, Washington, IX General I. N. Walker, past conimander-in-ebief, Indianapolis; Commodore Commander Frederic E. Ilaskius, of the National Association of Naval Veterans, Brooklyn, N. General John S.

Kountz, past cmnmander-in-cbicf, Toledo; General Thomas J. Henderson, Princeton, Mrs. Lena E. llyland, past department president Ladies of the G. A.

Elyria, Ohio. TENEMENT LAW DECLARED VOID. SEPTEMBER 1901. 1 y. REPLETE WITH SPECIAL FEATURES.

AMUSING, INSTRUCTIVE, READABLE A Brooklyn Paper for Brooklyn People. MYLES OHARAS RAMBLINGS. Yachts sad rnelng machine Pretty girls and pretty host compared Virtue of being fast The pace thnt win How to neqnir it The man nt the atiek Short life of rsoe. TWO PAGES FOR WOMEN. Nothing too good for them.

BOOK. REVIEWS. Tho cream of tbo magasise. A CORNER FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS. Thing that will interest the children.

TALES OF THE TOWN. Fanny stories by a humorist of national reputation. -rnr SAM LOYDS PUZZLES. A chance for old and young to make $5. IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Local happening a viewed by a discerning critic. AWAY UP THE STATE Among tho famous hop vinos of fair Otsego County Scenery that ia refreshing-A liberty and freshness about tbe green bill tbat cannot fonad in tbe CataklUa or Adirondack! Farmer picnie and connty fair. STORIES OF THE COPS. The experience of Inspector P. H.

McLaughlin nt a Florida retort. FRATERNAL NEWS. This is the" greatest town forj auch associations, and The Citl. sen carries the news. Sale by All Newsdealers.

THREE CENTS. New Law' Closing Them in To-Mopfow. GET YOUR MEAT TO-DAY. Under the Law No Meat Can Be Sold or Even Delivered After 12 o'Clock, Midnight Tho Butcher Themselves Will Watch to Report Violations of tho Law. Those who desire meat for their Sunday dinner would do well to purchase it to-day, and what is equally important, they want to see that their bnteher delivers tbe same before midnight.

With midnight to-night the new law against tho opeuinz of butcher shops on Sunday goes into effect. This law not only prohibits tho sale of meat on Sunday, but it also prohibits tbe delivery of that which wSs purchased on Saturday. Ip to this time it has been the common practice for butchers to keep open tbeir shops until 10 o'clock Sunday morning for the benefit of belated purchasers of Sunday supplies. The butchers, with their admirable cold storage systems, were also accustomed to keep meat purchased on Saturday and deliver it on Sunday morning. The new law, which prevents this, is known as chapter 392 of the Laws of 1901, and is an amendment to section 2G7 of the Penal Code.

As now amended this section roads: All manner of public selling or offering for sale of any property on Sunday is prohibited. except that articles of food may be sold and supplied at any ti'ue before 10 oclock in the morning, and except also that meals may be sold to be eaten on tbo premises where sold or served elsewhere by caterers; and prepared tobacco, milk, ice and 'soda water in places other than where spirituous liquors or wines are kept or offered for sale, and fruit, flowers, confectionery, newspapers, drugs, medicines, and surgical appliances may be sold in a quiet and orderly manner at any time of the day. "The provisions of the section, however, shall not be eonstrued to allow or permit the public sale or exposing for sale or delivery of uncooked flesh food, or meats, fresh or salt, at any hour or time of day. It is this last paragraph of the section hich is tbe amendment that will close up tlie butcher shops. The amendment was prepared and presented to the Legislature by the Journeymen Butchers' Association.

Tho members of this organization claimed that they were entitled te at least one day of rest in seven and that tbe only way to attain tbat desired object was to close up the butcher shops tight on Sunday. They presented such a strong case that the bill was passed, and signed by Governor Odeli on April 17 last. While the law does not actually go into effect until to-morrow, some butchers hare been observing its provisions ever since it was signed. The penalties for the violation of this section of the Penal Code are tbe same as this provided for other misdemeanors under the head of. the Sabhath breaking; For the first offense the guilty person is to be fined not less than $5 nor more than $10 or to be imprisoned for ten days, or he may be both fined and imprisoned.

For the second and other violations tbe fine is from $10 to $20 and the imprisonment from five to twenty day or both. A an additional penalty the entire stock of the offender may be seized and sold on one day' notice, and the proceeds nsed for the poor of the city. That the new law if strictly enforced is bound to create considerable inconvenience at first is admitted by nearly all the butchers, but they claim that conditions will goon adjust themselves to its workings. Its worst effect will be in the summer months, where many poor families, unable to afford the luxury of ice, will find it hard to keep meat over Sunday. In the past they have 'made their purchases either Sunday morning or on Saturday night with instructions to deliver on Sunday.

This is absolutely forbidden by the amended law. Among the Jewish population the new act has been looked upon ''as anything but 1 mptilar. The strict Jew closes his butcher shop from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, and as a result he will have to take in his stock Friday afternoon and dispose of it between sundown and midnight Saturday. Many of the Jewish butchers claim that it will be impossible to supply the large trade in these few hours. They contend that as they observe Saturday as their Sabbath they should be allowed to keep open at least part of the day on Sunday.

One test case has already been framed with the view to getting this interpretation of the law. It has been decided adversely in the tower courts, but will eventually go to the Court of Appeal Meanwhile the Journeymen Butchers are rejoicing over the prospect of one whole day free frpm toil each week. George Pfaehler, president of the Benchmens Association of Retail Butchers, said yesterday that the organization would have 2,700 of its members out on Sunday to see that the Sunday closing law is enforced. He added that the work wonld be continued for some time, and that from 800 to 1,000 men wonld be in the various district every Sunday for the purpose. ACCUSES JUDGES OF CONSPIRACY.

Disbarred Lawyer Brings a Beaa tional Action for $20,000 Damages. ROCHESTER, N. Aug. M. Sullivan of North Tonawanda, a disbarred lawyer, has brought a aensational action against twenty defendants, including four Supreme Court Justice of Erie County, five Appellate Division Justice of this city, and a United State District Judge anu a number of attorneys to recover $20,000 damages.

Sullivan at one time was one of the lest-known attorney of Niagara Couuty, He was retained two year ago by a young woman to bring an action again a mmi-fcei of young men for damages for an assault alleged to have been omnutt-id open btr, Sullivan is alleged to nave rorapio mixed the with tbe defendants, kop-fns the money. As a disbarment wer brought him by Di-tru- Aiiorn.j lli'ikmi, of Ning.ua Count v. Sullivan Justice Giegcrleh Discharged Him From Custody Yesterday. i i COURT- SUSTAINED REFEREE. Oa Complaint of Hi Wife and of Hi Soa He Had Beea Confined in a Sanitarium for Year The Unit.

igation a to Hi Sanity Had Ei- tended Over the Period of a Year He Had Beea Once Prominent in Wall Street. H. Victor Newcomb, at one time a well-known figure in Wall street, was yesterday discharged from a sanitarium where he hud been for two years, by Justice Giegerich, in the Supreme Court, the justice signing the report made a few days agq.hy Referee Peter B. Olney, who adjudged, after' lengthy investigation extending over a period of nearly a year, that the plaintiff was comptetent and aldo to manage hi own affairs. The case has 'been fought bitterly and determinedly by both sides.

The referee heard the testimony of nearly 200 wit-' nesses. The transcript of this testimony covers 2,000 or more typewritten pages, and review the family history of the Newcomb for fifteen years. The opposing lawyer were Gignoux Gignoux, with Do Laneey Nicoll as counsel, for Mr. Now-comb; Harrison, Reasongood Edwards, with Burton N. Harrison as counsel, for Hr.

Newcomb and Herman D. Newcomb, her son, and Swayne, Swayne, Morris Kay for J. Anderson Hawes, appointed committee for Mr. NeWcotnb at the time of hi commitment on Aug. 5, 1899.

Victor Neweotnb was born in Louisville in 1844. His father was president of the Lonisviile and Nashville Railroad. He was elected to the same position after father's death. In 1881. after rcsign-.

inf the presidency on account of ill health, he cme to New York and established the T'nited States National Bank at No. 35 Nassau street, and became its president. Associated with him in the management of the bank were General Grant, Morris K. Jessup, William R. Travers and Henry B.

Hyde. In 1891 his health again began to fail, and with his son, Herman, he went to Europe. They returned in November of that year on the steamship Teutonic, and it was deposed by his son that on the voyage over Mr. Newcomb became possessed of the idea that Menry M. Stanley, the African explorer, who was aboard the ship, bad designs on his life.

It was set forth by his wife and son that he was dieted to the use of chloral. He was confined for a time in a sanitarium at Falkirk, Central Valley, N. but after undergoing treatment there for a time was pronounced cured and discharged. Mr. Newcomb owns a city residence at No.

683 Fifth avenue, Manhattan, where his wife ha lived. He also owns a country home at Elberon, N. J. In July, 1889, his wife petitioned that he again be examined as to his sanity, declaring her husband was not cored of the chloral habit. Dr.

Cyrus Edson, Mff Newcomb's physician, also testified that his patjeut was using chloral to excess, and that bis eccentricities were pronounced. On Aug. 6 of that year he was taken before a Sheriffs Jury and adjudged insane, and waa again 'confined in the sanitarium at Central Valley, at which place he remained until the following December. An appeal was made to the Supreme Court; and he was allowed to leave the sanitarium on parole, hi son-in-law, Reginald H. Ward, bringing him to this city, where he atayed at the Hotel Grenoble.

On May 1 following hi attorneys petitioned the Supreme Court to have his committee, J. Anderson Hawes, discharged, on the ground that Mr. 'comb was able to manage his oWn affairs. motion was contested by his wife and son, and also by Mr. Hawes, through his counsel, General Swayne.

On May 16 following Justice Fitzgerald handed down hil decision denying the suit of Mr. Newcomb, but ordered that testimony should be taken on the case relative to the mental condition of Mr. Newcomb, and appointed Feter B. Olney, of No, 31 Nassau street, a referee. The investigation began in November of last year, and has been carried on intermittently.

up to July 1, when it was Referee Olney, after giving the testimony a months consideration, decided in his judgment Mr. Newcomb was competent and returned his decision to the Supreme Court, Justice Giegerich signing the order which released the committee from any further responsibility and Newcomb the executor of his own affairs. During the progress of the investigation Mr. Newcomb testified in his own behalf and made an excellent impression. He said that his relations with hia son for the last ten years were not pleasant He declared that his son on one occasion at a dinner he was giving to ex-President Harrison had refused to come to the dinner table, much to his embarrassment He also stated tbat when he went to see General Grant while the latter was ill and shortly before bis death, his sons be-.

havior was not as it should have been, Herman Newcomb, the son. also testified as to the coolness which had existed for a long time between him and his father. He was asked by Mr. Nicoll as to his father's statement tbat he carried a pistol, but that be had a permit to do so fiom Mayor Strong. He stated in reply to Mr.

NicoHs questioning on the subject that he had several different kinds of weapons in the house on Fifth avenue. Mr. Nicoll asked him if he didnt have a mall arsenal there and for what reason he required it. He replied that his father had taught him that every good Kentuckian carried a revolver. THE G.

A. R. ENCAMPMENT. CLEVELAND, Aug. 31.

Department Commander Charles A. Orr, of the Grand Army organization in New York, and Mra. Uir viere in the city at the Hollenden, which will lie New York headquarters during encampment week, on Thursday. Gen. Orr was accompanied by Colonel Charles H.

Bisn, his chief senior aid-de-camp. Arrangements for the transaction of the bns-lncsa of fhe department while its head-cnirters ara here eacsmpment week were peifeeted. BUSINESS AT THE DISTRICT COURTS. The vacation season now completed Court held throe day In the week A great majority with passion for Justice Information for the other half on the ontaide. A STORY OF THE TEARS.

The wedding of yonng couple and the strange idea It evoked. ONE NIGHT AS A SUPER. A reporter enlists in the army of the allies In mimic war In Chinn Plenty of excitement, hut not an ideal existence. AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD There is mnoh to Interest the average landsman. THE MAKERS OF BROOKLYN.

The Betti family haa a notable record in eobolarsbip nnd intellectual achievements. 24 PAGES. BRAVE GENERAL LUDLOW DEAD. fie Bad long Served His Country with Distinction. VEJEpAN OF CIVIL WAR.

Wa with Sherman on tho March to the Sea Wa the Expert Who Reported on the FealhlUty of th Nicaragua Canal Rendered Good Service in Cnbn Daring the Bpan-lh War. Brigadier General YYilliatu Ludlow, United State Array, died at the home of bis son-in-law, C. A- Griscom, Convent, N. yesterday, bf consumption. General Ludlow wa 58 year of ge.

and had been ill with the disease which killed him only a few months, the discovery of it existence having been mRde lit Manila last spring, on General JLndlowa arrival there, to begin active service in th archipelago. He returned home immediately, arriving in May at San Francisco, where he wa met by his family. He started immediately for Convent, X. where be wa placed 6n waiting order in the hope that the climate and the medical attention wonld result iq the disease being checked in it early stages. General Lndlow was born at Islip, L.

I in 1843. He entered West Point Just before the outbreak of the Civil War, In I860, at the age of 17 years. On June 13, 1864, he was graduated from the Academy, commissioned a first lieutenant, made a chief engineer, and assigned to duty with the Twentieth Corps, under General Hooker, which was then engaged in the campaign around Atlanta. The day after he joined the corps the battle of Teach Tree Creek occurred, and for meritorious behavior in thnt engagement Lien-tenant Ludlow wa breveted a captain, which was likewise a recognition of his gallsnt conduct in the defense of Alla-toona Pas. After the war, in 1S67, Lieutenant Ludlow received his commission a a captain in th Engineer Corps of th regular Army.

Ia 1872 he was appointed chief engineer of th Department of Dakota, a position he retained until 1876. when he was reliered and assigned to doty In connection with the river and harbor improvement work in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. In 1886 he became Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, which postion he held for two years. From March 1 to Dec. 14.

1888, Major Ludlow was in'charge of the surveys and river snd harbor Improvements on the great akes, In 1893 President Cleveland ap-oolnted him Military Attache of the American Embassy to the Court of St, James, in London. REPORT ON THE NICARAGUA CANAL. In London, it intermix In the pcrfoim-ancf of his dimes, he tilled vsrious teeh m.l appointments, ene of uhiih. and the most was to inpct ami For Expected to Be the Most Successful Ever Held in the State. WILL BEGIN SEPTEMBER 9.

The Grenada Rave Been Put in First Class Shape, and There Hare Been All Provisions Made for the Careful Housing of Live Stock and Exhibit List of Some of the Attractions. Aug. 31. -The State Fair, which will open in this city Sept. 9 aud continue until Sept.

16. promises to be the most successful fair that has been held since the institution was founded, in cooperation with tbe State, more than a century ago. Under the direction of Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff and the other members of tile State Fair Commission, assisted by Senator Horace YVliite, the pieparations for this year' fair have been carried on unceasingly since early spring, with the result thnt the State owns to-dny the finest fair grounds in the United States. Mauy uew buildings have been erected, and in accordance with modern scientific ideas, so that the stables and shells from sanitary standpoint are perfect, and every farmer, every Mock dealer and every horseman who has visited the fair grounds recently has declared the arrangements for the care of the animal sent to the fair this year are perfect and could not be surpassed anywhere. The new cattle, shed, erected near the race track is, from an architectural standpoint, a parrel of beauty.

The center is in tb form of a gateway designed after the manner of a triumphal arch, which the stall, tfora. stretching away hundreds of feet, to right and left. Tb? Stables, just completed for the use ef racing stock and show horses, provide bof tnls fpr the horses and are declared by such prominent horsemen as Mr. Perrin fo be tbe finest in the world and beyond tbe possibility of improvement. Thp carriage shed, 208 feet long, provided for the care of vehicles brought to the fair, is complete in every respect.

Tbe new steel grand stand to be nsed in connection with the race-track will be completed in time for the fair. Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff offered a prize to the contractor as tn inducement tq hurry the wrk along. All of tbe old buildings to be used for the exhibition of agricultural products and machinery have been renovated and several of them have been altered so as to improve the ventilation. The new clubhouse to provide a room for exhibitors, an office for the Fair Commissioners, accommodations for the press nd a reception and dining-room for the distinguished guests ha been completed. It 1 a mode) building in every respect.

The benches, a thousand in number, to be placed about fhe grounds for the free use of visitor to the fair, have been completed. They will be a great convenience for the public. Special attention has been given to the policing of the fair grounds. A number of detectives, in addition to patrolmen and mounted men, have been employed for the protection of the people. A special feature of the fair this year is the floral decoration of the ground.

A large section of the gronnds facing the main entrance has been filled with many brilliant floral under the direction of Superintendent Smith, adding to tbe attractiveness of the grounds. A It is expected that many thonsands of visitor will attend the fair. How John Yell From Grace. Chinese servant stories ar epidemic. Here' one.

and it's true: A West side woman a few days ago was boasting to a caller of the virtues of her Mongolian cook, snd she emphasized tbe latter systematic method as hi special strong point. "John finishes hi work at precisely the same minute every evening, said she proudly. 'I always know exactly where be ie and what i doing at any time of the day." Well, "what is he doing now? was asked. Let me see. It i 7 oclock.

Weil, he ha just finished patting the dishes sway and at this moment is sweeping the kitchen. Come, let's go out and see if I'm not right. They started through the dining room and found everything in its place, a prophesied. In the pantry the dishes were neatly arranged in their eustomaryy place. Then they opened the kitchen door.

There in the center of the room was John, snd he was Complacently wa-hing himself in the dishpani The embarrassed mi-lrexs and her convulsed guest retired in haste, nnd the servant piuMcui' was dio pr-d. MilanW Sentinel. Justice O'Gorman Says Certain Conditions Cannot Bo Enforced. AN ACT OF SPOLIATION. The Justice Gives Strong Reasons for His Belief That the Clause Which Requires That the First Tier of Beams of Building, the Erection of Which Was Begun in Good Faith Before June 1, Shall Be Set by the First of Angnst, Is Invalid.

Justice OGorman, of the Supreme Court, Mauliuttau, yesterday rendered a decision passing upon the provisions of the new tenement house law. lie bolds that the clause which requires that the first tier of beams of a building, the erection of which was begun in good faith before Jnne 1 last, shall bo set by the 1st of Angnst, is invalid. The matter was before him on a motion by John V. Signell and others to continue an injunction against Janies U. Wallace, the Commissioner of Buildings.

The tenement house act heeanip a law on April 12, 1901, and declared that tenement houses upon which work had been actually begun after approval of the plans by the Department of Buildings, should be subject only to the provisions affecting existing tenement houses. As no protection was offered to persons wlbJsd already filed plans, which were awaiting examination and approval on the day the new law went into effect the Legislature, on April 27, amended the law so as to provide that if thp excavation for a tenement house should have been begun before June 1, and the first tier of beams set by Aug, 1, such house should be subject only to the provisions affecting existing tenement bouses, provided hat the plans were filed before April 10. In the five esses before the court, work wag commenced before June 1, but in no case was the first tier of beams set by Aug. This situation wa due to strike and other causes beyond the control of the builder. Justice OGorman, in his opinion, after saying that If the provision requiring the setting of beams by Aug.

1 is to be upheld, it must be done by declaring it to have been an exercise of the police powers of the State, continues; It wa certainly as unreasonable as It was an unnecessary means of attaining the main object of the act. It had no direct tendency toward the accomplishment of the main purpose of the legislation. If the work was begun in good faith by June 1, 1001, and that it was is conceded, the public welfare was sufficiently safeguarded, and there is no reason for the imposition of penalties for not progressing with the work by arbitrary stages. It is claimed, and not disputed, that these plaintiffs will lose large sums of money if they should now be required to make the changes necessary to conform to the laws now enforced. "The new Tenement House act makes radical change in the nature, method, style and class of materials, and in the Sig-nell Building it is averred, and not denied, that if compelled to change the building to conform to the lawa now in force upward of $70,000 worth of work actually done and materials furnished will be rendered absolutely useless, to say nothing of the liability incurred by the owner in other contracts.

The same is substantially true of all the plaintiffs. If Legislature had the right to impose such a restriction upon the builders it might, with equal propriety, declare that the second or third tier shonld he completed by specified date. Signell case offers a good illustration of the unreasonable features of this provision. plans were actually approved and permit granted under the old. law on April 8, 1991, four days before the new act became A law.

He is building a row of houses on Central Park West, from Ninetieth to Ninety-first street. The first tier of beams has been laid to the extent of about one-half of tho block, but owing to the non-delivery of iron material the setting of the other half of the first tier waa not completed by Ang. 1, 1901. Although delayed in this respect, he has made other progress in the work, so that the walls were up to almost the second tier, and the entire job mnch further advanced than if the first tier had been completely set. To enforce snch a law, nnder such circumstances, with snch disastrous consequence to the citizens, wonld be in act of spoliation under judicial English Speaking in City of Mexico.

The constant growth of a knowledge of English here ia made evident by the-new demand on tbe part of Mexican youth for book and periodical in thi language. One dealer in books and periodicals in English says that half hi customers are Mexicans. They have learned the language with such a degree of thoroughness tbat they demand Engll-h reading. How many people to whom English Is a mother tongue buy Spani-h books aud periodicals? The natue hookrUor say they are vorv few. Mexican lieiald.

on the feasibility of the Nicaragua CauaU schemes, which report was submitted it November, 1895, and added considerably to his already enviable reputation as apt engineer. His last duty prior to tha outbreak of the war with Spain was In city, where had charge of the river and harbor improvement and fortifications in Jhe harbor. When war with Spain was declared Major Ludlow was one of six enrineer officer who were mad brigadier generals pf volunteers. He was assigned to the command of a brigade in General Shatter army of invasion, hi command beipjuw part of Lawtons division. In the attack on Santiago Lndlowg brigade, which was the firat under Lawton, played a prominent part in the operations.

After the battle of El Caney General Lawton in his report of the engagement, called attention to the splendid work of Ludlow command. At the conclusion of his duties in connection with the War College, Genera! Ludlow wa ordered to thW Philippines to succeed General R. Hughes, in command of the southern islands. This was hi last official appointment. 1 In personal appearance General Ludlow was a magnificent looking man, and was considered by many of his brother officers to be the handsomest man in the army.

Many interesting anecdotes are accredited to him, one of which to the effect that when stationed at Detroit in charge of the river and harbor work, a contractor wished to get a Government job approached him, asked for the work, and then quietly laid on thp table beside him a fifty-dollar hill. General Lndlow looked at the money for a moment, then drew oat of hie pocket two cigar and offered one to the contractor. Then quietly picking np the bill he set it on fire from the flame in the grate, lighted his cigar, and then handed the remnant of the bill to tbe contractor to do likewise. The contractor did not get the Job. General Ludlow waf married in 1860 to Genevieve Almira Sprigg, of St.

Louis, a cousin of Mrs. Winfield S. Hancock. They have one daughter, who is the wife of Clement Acton Griscom, Of this THEREir A HITCH. Proposed Trolley Station at Bedford Avenue May Not Materialise.

Owing to the absence of Cumniissiuners Smith E. Lane and John YV. the new East River Bridge Commission, at the regular meeting yesterday did uotbing in the matter of the proposed trolley station at Bedford avenue. Engineer Buck waa ou band with the detailed plaus called for at tbe last melting, hut when the matter wa brought up for discussion it was decided to layjt over until the nett meeting, when, it is hoped, ail the Commissioners will present. It is presumed that the reasoa for this actioa is flint there is not unanimity of opinion as to the advisability of building a station at th point proposed, and the Commissioners do not want to take any definite action until all the members are present.

The request for a station at Bedford avenue was made by those whose interests lie between the river and the proposed entrance at Havemeycr street and Broadway. These persons feel that unless there Is some outlet lielow that point the business will run to seed, as was the ease in lower Fnlton street when the Bridge completed. On the other hand it is contended thnt a station at Bedford avenue wonld ennse a serious delnv to traffic on the bridge, and so Ihe mutter held in ahf'ume tinld it be tliieried out Wore the shuts ANOTHER CURE FOR Blackwells. Island -Snrgoon Bounces a Great Discovery. A i DESTROYS DISEASE GERMS.

Bat lacrosses th Desirable Proper tie of the Blood No Longer Qneitlon.of Tnbercnloiis, bnt of tho Quantity of Lnng Tissue Which Remains No Similarity to Kooks Lymph. i Dr. Wilfred G. Fraliek. visiting surgeon at the Metropolitan Hospital, Blackwell's Island and consulting surgeon at the MM mortal Hospital, Brooklyn, claim to have discovered a fluid which will arrest tha progress of tuberculosis.

The discovery, he asserts, is the result of ovet seven year of experiment in trying to find a destroyer pf all known bacteria. According to Dr, Fraliek, it is no longer a question of tuberculosis, but of the quantity of lung tissue which remain." That is to say, he explains, if he can get the patient before most of bis lungs are gone, he can save him. The word cure he object to on the ground that it is unprofessional. No doctor cures, he declares; he merely assists nature. Dr.

Fraliek injected his fluid into the blood of two men, one in the advanced stages of tuberculosis in the Blackwell Island Hospital, yesterday; tha occasion for making his discovery known to the world. Among the physicians present were: Alfred S. Mattson, of Morristown, George C. Connett, ofMorrlstnurt, N. Frank Hinckly, oMsau Francisco; G.

T. Stewart, of Bellevue; R. R. Trotter, of onkers, and James T. Harding, of Hempstead, L.

I. The actual injection of the fluid was done by Dr. W. C. McKuight and V.

A. H. Cornell. )t had been heated to a temperature of 106 degrees. In each case Dr.

Fraliek said, from fifteen to twenty ounces were used. The immediate effot upon the two men wa apparently good Dr. Fraliek said it the conclusion of th operation: "This fluid contains compounds wbhh destroy all know disease germs almost instantly, and while its action is antagonistic to objectionable organisms, at th same time it will Intensify and increase the desirable propertiea of the Ulood. This ia the first time in the history of medicine that a material has been infused Into the blood which contains compound which antagonize the germs of disease my' their poisonous emanations. During his ineumheuoy ns visiting geon at the Metropolitan Hospital, an ia bis private practice, Ir.

Fraliik elms' Jo have tried the fluid on mnuv i U'd patients with satisfactory result' states that it has no similarity at ,0 lymph discovered by Dr. Kisli. Dr. Fmli(X id he was perfee willing thnt his remedy shonld he tost- ni''u roinictcnt to, judge at some lllni'. lie wonld In-ixt, however, 11 vcv of the patient no tin-' f'rr scat to )nt KbniJ JUn.

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