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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-30
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHINGTON, Friua.

WASHINGTON, Erluay. Dec. -, 1907
The Navy Department informed OF tie arrival o. lAe
Pensacola at Panama from Valparaiso.
Charles Kelly has appointed keeper OF the ne"
life saving station at Cape Cod known as the High Head
station $50 80
In the Senate today the bill appropria ing $4,000
Tor Tie erect on Of Il monument to Baron DE haD III
Annapolis Was lasseu
The secret Service agent in West Virginia telcgraphs
from Park r,bugn the arrest of JACOB stul ana JACOB
Hdshmau, cOuuterieliers'
The Controller Of the Currency has authorized the
National Bank o. CAIisanI Penn, to begin Duelness
NltL a capital o. 10000
In the Dickson today several Witnesses testified
Tor the defence, and conuadicted ale-atlons OF VII
uesses for The prosecution respecting occurrtnc,s id
DIlVer'e place August IN Wnch Dlchsph look part
The total exchanges Of so per cent bonds
nto 3 per cents since November amount to
s3o47OG5O The total exchanges since August l. "neh
me exchanges bean am unit 10 SZo9S4l'lOV
The Jeanette Board adjourned ycste Gay ulll tues
day Lieutenant Ddnenhower will appear before tne
Eoar IA soon as he "a abe and viii DC examined In be-
lal o. Jerome j. Collins Al present he Is suffering from
attack OF hronculU5
The BE eia- Minister and the Postmaster General to-
day formally ged Publications Of the convention
recently concluded between the United states and Bel
GUM Tor tie exchange Of money orders 70 take effect
January l.
York and Baltimore have ben Instructed to receive pro
possls for the construction OF suitable sheds ioI the
slcIter OF imported cattle at the quarantine sduOns'
which are 10 be cslablisl. at those ports
Tie Treasury Department pure ased no silver tHs
week. because the monthly quota oiS2OOOUOO mad been
previously exhausted. The Director OF the Min has
prepared statement showing that in the year ending
December 81, 1882, the coinage OF silver amounted to
$4,000 OOU and that prior 10 the year 1893 the total
coinage was nearly $G00UO0OO OF full weight legal ten
der com ~ &c W len the total coinage ui subsidiary
coin was S97, S2529I
In the stI Route case to-day after hearing arguments,
Judge Wyie decided in the affirmative the question OF
the adnissabity o. the petition offered by the prosecu
ton asking for increase o. service on the keaney Kent
route and alleged 10 have been forged The pc lCn was
admitted az tcnsug prove the conspiracy bnt MOI ne
constituting az overt act Charles ii. French WAS then
recalled ana gave additional testimony.
memorial signed oy a largo number OF Chicago mer
chants and other business men, demonstrating against
the reenactment of bankrupt law laid before the
Senate to-day by Senator DAVIS The grounds OF oppos
ton 10 tie pending bankruptcy measure are practically
the same ia memorial OF the New YORK business
| mon urrh.ntCu u lle aenaLe YereIuay.
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wCHEN w THINK, We MOVE"

Stuart Cumberland gave private exhibition of
the power he Possesses in muscular perception at
the house OF Or. George NJ. Board, No. 81 West
lhITty -iOurth-st. yesterday afternoon There were
present. beside Dr.. Beard, DTs. j. l.. Little, VIII
lam f. Mittendorf, H. IL. Derby, Lewis tlsner l..
J. c. Peter. aud Beverly Livingston; Mr.. Sim
mons pItmer o. SHADE. the slate-wrlter;
Marshall T. Wilder who performed experiments
similar to Nir Cumberland's, and reporter OF HE
tribune. Mt CUMBERLAND, after PERFORMING one
or two experiment, VITA other persons offered 10
try one VITA me repDr er, who was an avOwed scep-
tie. the reporter thought OF mantel ornament.
nd Ar. Cumbo Land, taxing his hand, led hlm 10 u
Immediately. Inc reporter was pTOnOuhceu Boou
subject ana Nh Wi der. taking his hand, led nm
wltn hardly a particle OF hesitation TO STOOL OF
which he had thought. The manners OF Mr. Gum
be.laud and Mr. Wilder were entirely dli-
iereut when PERFORMING these experiments MT
Wuucr would grind hlo t.etn draw MS breath III
gasps and rush wildly about, While Mr.. stuart was
{ lu ana deliberate. On he table lay a twO-lOOt
rule, every inch of which was divided INTO SIX
e.nths. Two tuimbcs Nere PLACED, one on the
IOrehugrr OF DR.. Boards lett haud and one on Tue
forchuger of sr. Nnders right hand, lhey were
iulueu by a wire. to which was attached small
wire pointer. DIR. Beard thought OF one OF the
siNteentns OF men on the rule and 9lr W ilder
guided the pointer to 1t. The experiment hdd never
been seen bctOre by Mr. tunDerdhd, DuJ Ae
readily toupu one of the divisions through 1t.
Mr. Cumberland thea asked one O the gentlemen
present TO thluk Of an ODlcCt, ana he would then
take il and place d. Wneic tBe reporter wished Inc
gentleman tIuugA Of nIudkerchici III me report
c'S Poclo., ana Mr. CumoerldnQ W:lKlnE aero the
room, TOOK &c reporter llihlc IdiflS l'lt0
lDai il DE- put back. ihis seemed to puzzle Mr..
Cumberland. lie walked around the room
several tunes before he cOAprohended the
WISH; iiuauy, however lie " GOT his ucdIlhg1
ana paced the handkerchief IN the pocket again.
Ar Cumberland was taken ont of the room and n
PIN was stuck IN the woodwork of tine door. Mr.
Cumberland hen took the hand OF the man wao
haa hidden tue pm and red to find 1t, but after
trying for about TN muut : was oOhg' 10 give II
40. Another of those present was tn"n shown the
| pm ana Mr.. Cumberland ahlug 5 hand led nun to
It, HeatcOuutcd for first failure b, saving that
tue inst man did not COncenuate ms mind
upon the PIN. nandkercnet was tieh pidceu
| taking hold OF cI.n.r end, ne went, after making
one on two CIRCUITS Of th room, to cane standing
| IN The corner OF when neg had .hOu-hL Some eX-
perIiu, MT, were then performed wtua BOY whO pro-
ies,rd a. be ia a trdu,e stare. They were mouer-
| atriv success, I'll. Dr Beard said to HE TRIBUNE
reporter: " The wnO.o thing Is contained III the
| ,Anld,-Nhcn Mn th.ni. mOYe.V
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REGBTERS OFfIcE NOTES.

II has been rumored that the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company proposed
10 cSta dish an independent depot IN the "enty-
third Ward. by several deeds recorded III the 10 e.
lsrrs Once yesterday th3 company mas acquired
thcrelu1ut two blOcHs OF land bounded ny MOTIFS
ave. One-nundTcd- aud-tnlrtlcth ana One-huudIed-
aud-hiity ur5t-stS., " I,-aYe. the Mlli Brook and
tUo Harlem Kills AMI RIVER Ghe sale was made
ny the MS, executors and trustees OF ihc late
James Brown. for the aggregate SUN OF $500, 600
Professor r.lic harllef sold George W Hdmll-
ton seven lois. 100 feet by 10, al Nlnth-aFe ana
Seventy -iir5t-st., for 800, 600.
AT cost OF $4,000, Celia Bennett has &C
qured piece OF improved pr pcrty, 100 feet ny
100 at the northwest corner of 5iadlSOn-ayc. and
Seventy-sxth-st from Robert l.. Dletz.
In the Registers Ouice yesterday deed was re-
corded by winch William Noble conveyed the iYe
pieces Of properly on the southwest corner OF
Seventh-aYe. and FitLy-seYeuth-st. TO john NODie,
who, after mOrtgagug the property TO the New-1 Ork
Life Insurance Company tor 100000 payable
in three years rccOnveyod II TO William Noble.
The expressed consideration In each case was
$500, 900.
dwelling house and lot, % feet 10y 100, on the
south side o. Fltty-srventh St. aLout Tour lots east
OF Xlh-aYc., has been sold ~ lillian H. uONeli
TO lsluOre Cohnir.d for $4,000.
The Lincoln Safe Deposit Company has mort
gagged property in Forty -second-st, near Madison.
ave to the Bank for savings, for loan OF
S275, 900, To be paid IN three years.
The trustees of the Peoples Baptist Church, the
Bible Workers College and the Morgan Library
have secured title to property situated on the n0rtl
side of Filty-third-st, 100 teet east OF seventh
ave. and having "A frontage of 40 feet. ne price
al which II WAS disposed of by Mr.. and Mrs. John
w Stevens was F4J,OOJ.
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NOMINATIONS AND COMBINATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The President sent
the following nominations TO the senate to-day:
ArBv-Captain Nicholas Nolan. ION CaTalTy, 10 DC
Major Sd Cavalry; First Lieutenant JOhh l. hoII'eom
ION Cavalry TO be Captain; Captain George b. hOuneI
4tb Ar cry, to he Captain, &c.-d pro JOT"H ho'hi'
nation TO settle a question Of seniority. .. -,
Te1ay{neHf OF Justice -AnGreW ". Bfaye AtoinrS "a
he iJpited states Ds .rct OF COlOradO hutItu&e VIZ
son Justice OF the Peace, Ia the District OF CO!uoi"
TIE senate in executive session to-day confirmed the
following nominations: Robert G. Campbell o1 LOUIS
lana 10 be United states Consul at Monterey James n
Evans to DC Register OF the Land once al LdAe View
Reccirers NJ Public NOncyS.Fyancs g. ward al susan
viilr cali Henry H. Osborn, at boule Csl alu
District OF oregon. w., r,r y
POstHustTS.--Frankin Taylor ut toWieI' lnl , 10
TceI at Au,tla iowa; John = Sitman at Oaueh, IOWA
Emerson IL. Kinball, al Audubon Iowa; Byron H.
uaIkness at humboldt, Iowa.
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that Officer Rowe was a friend of the family .u,
that Mr.. Lyness was under the influence of nonos"
His injuries were due to fall. Mrs. Dunn cor.
robOrated this testimony and said afterward tha,
IL gross injustice to Rowe to charge HIM WITH
having struck Lyness, as the two men were likaa
brothers," having known each other tor years Tas
officers act IN taking him home was that of a friend
Dr. Wallace said that Lyness was suffering from.
confused scalp wound on the back ~
the head. and that death was dgs
TO intercranial hemorrhags Deputy-Coronass
DOnlin made the autopsy and ascribed death as dna
to the same cause. Officer Rowe stated that he
found Lyness IN charge of two janitors who were
gong 70 take him to the police station. At his re-
quest the two men aided him in getting Lyness
home. Frederick TAYLOR and DR.. William Hass'
lock- of No. 220 East FOrty-ninth-st., stated that
Lyness fell ownthe area in front of their house and
then fell into the gutter on being assisted TO the
street. The policeman then came along and took
charge OF him. The inquest will be held to-day
Coroner Knox asserted that the whole trouble arose
from an attempt to conceal the fact that Air. Ly.
ness was intoxicated when no tell
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Articles for the incorporation Of the Exchange
TELEGRAPH Company were filed with the secretary
of state at Albany Yesterday. Tho purpose of the
&C mpauy TO furnish quotations from TIE floor of
thc stock Exchange. a service that has been per
formed exclusively Icy the Gold and stock Iee-
graph Company. Permission to enjoy tie same
privileges allowed to that company was granted Dc
n recent meeting OF the Governing Committee Of
the stock Exchange. The capital OF the new com
pany is TO be 300 900, IN shares OF 800 each, but 1t
may bo increased 10 9j.O0O.OO0. The cUrporatOrs
named are Frederick :. Huntington, John +. Alex
Hnder and Ado phus 4. KnudsOn, OF New Ork. The
last-named is the inventor OF the ticker which
the company VIII use. The names OF other persons
interested IN the enterprise have not been made
public but II is understood that the Baltimore and
OHIO Telegraph Company will have large part IN
it, sufficient nun Der OF instruments has not
been manufactured to enable the company to begin
business at once, but 1t is expected that the delay
will not attend beyond few weeks. The company
will collect quotations on the floor Of the Exchange
I'm the same way that The Gold and Stock Company
now collects them. The new ticker has clock at
tachment by which correct time is constantly fur
nished, and messenger call. The inventor asserts
that the instrument IS more nearly perfect than tho
one now IN use.
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r4rHER and son ARRLSTED FOR THEFrs

member of the firm of Aiken, Sons & Co., deal
ers in ribbons laccs and dry goods called on ln-
spector Byrnes yesterday and sand that he suspect
ed Adam Koch, a clerk OF stealing goods. Koch is
ONLY nineteen wears old and has been IN the employ
of the firm tor six years The clerk was ares ed
and confessed his guilt He said that he delivered
the goods to his father Adam ii. Koch who keep a
little store at No. llS East Seyenthst. The
rather SAID that his son represented to
him that he could buy certain articles at
wholesale prices from the firm. At different times
be would take home ribbons feathers aud other ar
tlclrs and at the end of the month would present
bill amounting to $50, $50 or 800. This money
the boy kept. The house was searched by det"c-
800 a watch and chain and $50 III money, wyn
found winch were the proceeds of the thelts. The
boy SAID that he dId not know how much he had
taken but admitted that he had been stealing for
year The prices which the father nal pad Tor the
goods was about one I'll rd of the wholesale prce.
The father, who is III, y-tWo years Old and the son
were locked up in Police Headquarters.
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not n common-law power and the Attorney General
does pretend that there ia any statutory authority
for such proceeding We think this matter OF much
Importance and that no subsequent raunGaOn a oan
validate it, for II the petition itself might De rauneu,
there cannot be any nrusting the conscience Oh .ho
Attorney to the keeping OF any private couse
and there be any swearing to petition Dy proxy
How. then. could this ver1ca0n be ratlhed swearing
to to-day would not ratfy the act or yesterday we
are therefore OF the opinion that the motion must Tor
this reason be granted without regard 10 the merits Vi
tue motion. ,,.A
Assuming that the petition regularly before the
Court with panying papers, was the leave 10
properly granIedi Applications to the Court Tor tne
ing private judiciary capacity and the courts nave
by practice regulated these matters Inc
court never demands 'he he e'iue successfully
maintained, does II rule require more than the
most general statement OF the right 70 maintain aa ao
ton. 1t es require the certainty, OF
complaint. II the Attorney General had elgneu
petition presented, ana that had omitted all refer
ence to other papers aud the leave had been granted eR
parte according to the practice this action would have
been REGULARLY instituted. But the papers presented
assuming nat the conclusions OF the Attorney General
correct demonstrated that that Ohoer WOud nave
been exceedingly derehct in duty II ne had refused
TO bring this action. II the acts charged " MN were
corporation cannot extend the FRANCHISE granted
10 it wltAout authority OF law or the consent
the Senate and this alone would nave warranted tue
interference Of the AtorneyGcnera Andlf TINS acuoh
be maintained and the iacts therein set tOrtn Do
established, the action OF the Attorney General VIII Dc
Justified It Is not the duty Ot the Court 10 determine
either OF these questions In advance The Court may
rely upon th judgment Of the Acknowledgement III OOtn
respects II lie brought action that mas no legal
merit, the Ccfeudant can have tnat determined ny a
demurrer II the action has merit, as matter OF
TACT that can be determined by trial.
In has been said this Court does not presume OF
intend understood passing upon these questions
Because OF the fundamental irreguary aDOVe SET lOtn
motion aside the order complained or must DC
gran, ed. leave to the AttOrncyGeuerdl 10 take
urtler action IN respect thereto as ne may Dc au
yised ON payment OF costs OF the motion ana IN IN
of the contention had before me suggest tnat inc
defendant nave notice OF such action
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-30
COLLECTING FOR HOSPITA Is

Yellow flags will be displayed on all the stages To-
day, reminding chaTtably disposed persons that il
is Hospital Saturday. In all the stations OF tie Gle.
waited railroads. IN ferries, drugstore. and other
public places boxes have been placed to receive
contributions. They will be taken down ON Wednes.
day of next week. Collections will be taken in
all the synagogues to-day for the fund OF the Asso
clatiOn. In the three years tnat the collections
have been taken for the hospitals the Hebrews have
never designated to what institution they wished
their contributions given but have allowed the
Distributing Committee To place II where II was
most Leeded.
The managers of the Mount Sinai Hospital have
always requested their patrons to give their money
in that way. Protostan, churches will take their
collections Tomorrow and many designate all their
contributions for certain hospitals. The Rev Dr.
Booth OF the University Place Presbyterian Church
said last sunday that collection for the hospital
fund would be taKeu tomorrow, and unless other
Wise specified the entire collection would be given
10 the Presby terlan Hospital. The Roman Catholic
churches have refused to contribute TO the fund,
every hospital receiving share OF the money !. OBJ
lged to submit for publication detailed report or
all the money received, the number of patients
treated, etc THIS statement the hospitals under
the care of the Roman Catholic Church refuse TO
make
Twelve denominations last year contributed
S23.St3 73. and OF that AMOUNT $l7,7G0 % came
from Protestant Episcopal Churches The Presby-
terians stood second on the list. BY comparing the
gilt OF each denomination with the numbers of its
members, the Protestant Episcopal denOmIn nation
gave 20 cents member the Hebrews. i6l2 cents /;
the CnltaTlans, &c cent?; the Presbyteraus, II p
cents the BlptlSts, l.. and the Methodist EpiscO
paiaus, l Ii. The whole amount contributed by
this last denOmIr alton was Sl57 H.
The following are the trades which have formed
auxiliary associations and will take collections
day: Cigar ana TOBACCO manufacturers. dry goods,
books, drug, paint and oil, lead pencil produce,
the New-lOrk stock Exchange The chinaware
trade, the Maritime Exchange, the Bnai Birth, the
Free Sons of Israel and the Printers Assoc iations
will also take collections although they have not
yet formed auxiliary associations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-30
MRS HAULEY THROWY FROM 4 CIRRIlGE

Mrs Hawley, the wife of the chief clerk Of the
PoIcc Department, who lives IN Ono hundred-ahd-
hfty-hth-st. opposite Firmly Cemetery, was ~
jurtd Yesterday Oy a runaway, Mrs Hawley was
udmg in her carriage about 1880 a. III. at Tenth
ave aud One hundred and-fity-s when the
horses took fright at man who was
crossing the avenue. Daniel O'Rourke. e coach
man. lost control them, and they ran Willy Tor
short distance. The carriage was overturned ana
along the ground while he continued 10 cling 70
the Iens. lie received a severe scalp wonnd ana
his left elbow was injured. Mrs. hawley was ken
home and attended 6y DE- Frofhiugham, the family
phy,Ic ~, who SAID that she had not received any
serious Jury.
Tne horses which ran away were purchased by
Mr.. Hawl Y recently from farmer IN Orange
County. \. \. They were young, aud had not been
trained thoroughly, While IN TIA, farmers keeping
they had been treated with much harsiines' that
they had habit ot shylng at tho approach OF
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THE CITpS FINANCIAL BURDEN.

TIE AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION
92S 593, $50 10
The Board of Estimate and AppOrtiOnmcnt
finished Yesterday their consideration OF the final esti
mates Tor the maintenance OF the various departments
OF the city government for 1888 There Is an increase
in the total amounts over 1882 of Sl,lS0,7O4 %
The Board have been engaged at inter
walls Tor a month in considering these estimates.
They reduced the amounts asked by the
various departments, u, G03761 81 The total amount
called for III the provisional estimates was
$50 49,. 297 - The amount actually appropriated
is S3O5g3 535 70 Deducling from this 81 100000 the
amount OF from the General Fund,
1913 SO 70 left the amount to be raised by
taxation The following is comparative statement Of
the amounts appropriated for 1858, compared with
those for 1882:
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SorCLUBBED. UrF4LLWG WHEN DRUNK

A report was published yesterday that the death
of Tobias I.yuess, the engineer of Central PARK,
who died at p. III. on Wednesday at his home. No.
l54 East Forty ninth-st was due to his beng ing
family and Cornelius Is. Sullivan, the JAM,
tor of tho building No. 154, were sald
to have made statements bearing out the charge
Lyness was taken home Oh "Wednesday alc ,,
of the FIfty-frst Street Police and two jamtors
living in Forty-eighth-st., between second ana
wound on the back the head, and he said that no
had been struck with stick. DR.. William
b. Wallace, OF No. lao East Forty,
Tie wound and went away. After his
departure Lyness complained OF headache. AT u
n m he was found insensible in bed by Mrs. Dunn
his mo ,her-in-law, aud an hour later he was dead
Deputy Coroner Donlin took yesterday the teSti-
mony of Alice Dunn and Mrs. Rosanna Dunn. the
and of DE-. Wallace. Alice Dunn testified
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STRIPPING 4 ROUSE OF ITS SILVER.

Word WAS sent to the FOrty-seventh-st. Ponce
Station Yesterday afternoon that woman was trl
ing to pawn a large quantity OF silver ware !"
IIestner FoI's shop at No. o=s Nlntha'S oHoe JIM
III an, Farev ware sent TO the place aud returned
with Celia WizL servant, and about 1913 pieces oi
CANT silverware much OF when wac Orhabeh,eu w ~
Snid On a naper m which few OF the pieces were en-
e,nsed inc name Agnes Schroeder OF No. IL Eas
one hundred and twenty-htth ST." was found "ott
,yas sent 10 Mrs. Schroeder, from whom "
sas learned that the WitZel woman was German She
haJ only been IN country about six months ana 9s
Schroe,er had hired her from the Almsbouse reccnn
In the temporary absence OF the family yesterday sig
was leu charge OF the house and she took tho opPo
tupity thus offered to steal all the silver"are
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INTRUSIVE WHITE HUNTERS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-lndian Agent Porter
at Fort Peck, Montana under date OF December %
telegraphs the Indian Office that the MIX RIVER
is overrun by white hunters, who are slaushorlne %
falo by the thousand The AssinebOne ana hanAto'
mai, Sioux are becoming restless in consequence VI
destruction OF their game and the agent ieas UuDo
unless the white hunters are driven of the reselI
Tie Indian police he says are without arms anu s,d
fore u,eess ana ne asks that the military De requst
Ia erpel the wlie.hunttrs Indian Commissioner t
this afternoon sent the following teleSram ~ I5ian
reservation Secretary OF War Will be asSeu 'o"'! "
have them removed"
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LONGEVITY PAY IN THE NAVY.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The Second Con-
troer OF he Treasury has decided interesting point
in relation TO what is called longevity pay in the Navy
The case IN question is In which the claimant had
seryed from March 80 1852 TO September Z, 1894
civil engineer ~ the Navy under an order or appoint
inent made by t5s Secretary OF the Navy He was sub
seouenty appointea civil engineer by the President
under the act of March 2, 1867 aud now claims that
under the get OF August 1882 because of his previous
scyces Ae should be paid lie had been an officer IA