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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-13
$s5,sH &

Representing a total Of benefit of s., zoo, COO
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Receipts
Funds reported last an
nual meeting. ..... $35, 8N *
Received fees for new
members. A....... $50 90
Received for assess
ments. ........... T,375 So
Received for interest. 1,705 90
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-13

Of the aforementioned bonds, upon the terms
and conditions as below.
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81 pos would rcd 81
to say that no damage would be done to tho
property along the street. Above Eighty sixth
street the structure would be n little higher.
owing to the difference In ths grade Of The the
enough to be disagreeable to residents along
The bed OF the. New York Central now is 40
level rs It, can DO made, and the new road
could be run with absolute, safety as fast as
steam could move, them. Engineers say that
forty miles an hour. or from the Grand Central
to the Harlem In six or seven. minutes could
be made with safety; Five railrdads, meet at
the HARLEM ana reach out through
posed road could cross the Harlem BY a bri deo
roadR iii were thought advisable. the new
rond could be extended easily and cheaply,
north to the Yonkers line.
rapid transit be- low Forty .seeoni street. has
been the tremendous cost OF land. The pro.
posed plan would not waste an inch Of ground
and all the land purchased would pay for ITSELF
rendering the railroad bed Free Park avenue
a horizontal limo drawn fourteen or sixteon
feet above the level OF Park avenue would he
about forty, five feet above the level in tho GEN.
tre of the block between Second and Third
avenues. 1t would be necessary for the
Toad ar to nrG to at cut hOSt AZ osn
station There ,arel no buildings Of any i'm
portance from, Park avenue and Forty fifth
street over to the centre OF the block between
Second and Third avenues between Forty
oo 5s 60 ahsae a s
in tho grade Of Park and Third avenues would
carry the road high above the Third avenue
elevated. There would be no grade crossing
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THE v1ADucr AND WAREHOUSES.

would have to be arrested. They had no case
against any one for the robbery. SO they ar
rested the youthful drivers for having desert
ed their wagons. Both boys were found asleep
Shields office. TheComi ssioner fix ed thei rbal
at $3.50 each and offered to remain at his office
until midnight to accept bondsmen. The boys
bad no ono to 60 their bail. howover; and wore
evening 0'Keefe WIS released on bail.
When the boys again appeared before Com
missioner Shields yesterday morning tho Post
Qflce Inspectors were there with an Assistant
United States District Attorney. The boys
the mail despstchers and Post ONCE clerks
who had had handled the mails present to tes-
tify how the wagons left New York with a stat
ed number OF pouches and arrived in Ho-
boken seven pouches short.
eral Post Offlce. testified that he had put ten
pouches and twenty-one sacks Of mail matter
In the van driven BY young Walker. and one
pouch and one sack In the van driven by
Delaware. Lacknwanna. and Western Railroad
o etnlt!en' and ohs''''s Tor the h0'0f'n Post
Christian Clauson. the dispatcher at Hobo.
ken; said he had RECEIVED only one sack Of
Iackawanna and Western. station. testified
that Walkers wagon arrived with six pouches
missing.
Then Post Office Inspector Morris. upon
Tor having Voluntarily deserted and DELAYED tho
started from New. York. with seven more
pouches than they, had when they arrived In
they left their wagons and went into the cabin
when they drove onto the ferryboat Orange
Commissioner Shields finally adjourned the
proceedings until Monday. when Commits
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and no danger Of collision there. The con-
tinuation OF straight line through the
centre OF the block between Second and
little SeoW n Across sew sss
Bowery to the centre of the block between
Mulberry and Mott streets a straight line
would lead almost into Centre street and then.
flirting eens ssa%s the EoS@ rsa the city
Storage room has been growing need In the
city. All sorts ofunsuitable buildings are now
used for storage and hardly a week passes in
property BY fire in these buildings is not re-:
storehouses. and the road would run over the
roofs The grade from A., Forty-second street,
the road at Forty-second street would he
continued almost to the City Hail. and that
would make possible three story storage or
the line is mapped out is the cheapest land in
the city. real estate men say: Fifty feet would
be needed for q four-track road. Twenty
la Ssae ssss 2s sss
more for roadbed outside the tracks, for
@ saa ie ro snH 1f5s
In the whole line from Forty NTH street across
Third avenue and down to the City Hall there
Is not an expensive building to he touched;
and good many Of the buildings that would
down dow years ago The blocks between the
avenues are 100 feet wide. and there are few
rear houses. The so feet that would be
taken out Of the 200 feet is used now mostly
lot there would. be plenty OF back yard room
left. The only houses that would be disturbed
would be the two in the centre at each end Of
each block; The structure would not interfere
The plan is to begin the construction OF the
viaduct at Forty-ffth street. or thereabouts.
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IxcfDaxr or. 1nr cnInrAx now.
Capt. schley fut the Baitinore IN Order 70
Repel an Expected Attack.

Repel an Expected Attack.
WASHINGTON. Feb. Gan interesting Incl
don't In connection with the Chillan difficulty
has not before been made public. After the
attack on the Sailors OF the Baltimore excite
ment ran high In Valparaiso as will be re-
membered. and rumors were thick and frequent
that tho Chiians intended to attack tho Balti-
more. The naval. demonstrations on their
part were very threatening, and OF such q
character that Capt. Schley felt impelled to put
his ship in order for hot fight. II 1t was forced
upon him. According to the reports COM
bined attack was to be made upon the Balti-
more BY the Gillian cruisers. the Esmeralda
and the Almirante Cochran and tho torpedo
vessels. The idea OF the Chilians was that
with their force they could make q
complete wreck OF the Baltimore in q
very short time. Capt Schley did not think So
At any rate he was ready to give them warm
reception On either side OF the Baltimore.
and between the range OF her guns and the
Gillian cruisers. lay the German man -of-war
Leipzig and tho English man of-war Melo-
pomen. Capt Schley had determined. In case
Of attack. TO let the torpedo boats 60 in the be.
disabling the cruisers. but he wanted to have W
them in the line, OF his guns. Getting In his
gig, he first boarded the German man of-war
fnhnder. The German Captain prompt ly aaid he
would get out OF the way at once and give the
The o Her sG dS t mot s Ts%s
M rs s hi nos p ss SbT hs so
With the 81 CAPT az soSeS an %
III pe tie either 'hS MsS
It othsrwiss there would Doubtless have " &C.
gagements Of history.
sss snohee rio. IN vsars ago In
which o.sSrrss n s hs y ss;d IT, c,n.n
Mary MsSril t!sn Boston. a. s tie t% as s1lR
bound iore san Frenciseo. and they yS come come
tmo they %sSore + Finally shis fe siHly
q bsre s sfHw
one OF the Chilians on the mole the
GAfE he Or Mo aSSs and Sh fns THE the ss
harb6r. Commodore McCauley commanding.
ok navy H Yard hsn Was 81 sss
was complained to by the passengers Of the
thy o'fy Sns ors Fl Sp s Soeo
American newspaper where somebody. refer.
WHAT ss IN
Chill for the killing ofthe Gillian. Inever heard
ANYTHING more 4, about It: =. The masters Of all
eminent never interferod. Whatever became
that existed in Chill. at this time existed in
every spsnisi- American government, We
hated az the
individuality The Government failing to pro.
tcct Its citizens. they had to protect them
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RED S7REiKS IN THE BREAD.
Supposed TO be n Poisonous Vegetable
Growth in the Sponr-,


The chemists OF the Health Department are
examining with considerable interest loaf OF
bread submitted to them for analysis on Fri
day by Policeman Michael c. Yaeger. The
bread is marked with three streaks OF bright
red. and the object OF tho analysis Is to dis
cover what the streaks are and how they got
into the loaf.
Yaeger lives at $40 East Eighty-sixth street.
A faring advertisement tempted him. and on
Monday last he bought twenty-five pound
bag Of new brand of flour from q near by
grocery. Mrs. Yaeger baked the -four into
bread. A few. OF the red .streaks were notice.
results
markings. wero SO distinct that Yaeger de-
permitting his children to eat OF it. Dr. Mar.
tin of the Health Department looked grave
when he saw tho marked bread. and warned
Yaeger against using any OF the flour until 1t
Ind been examined. He thought tho red
stripes were due to fungus growth with the
poisonous properties OF ergot.
Yesterday Yaeger brought quart OF flour
with tho requisite proportion OF yeast to the
laboratory of the Health Department, and an
oven was rugged up to bake it into bread:
Microscopic tests were made of tho action OF
the -four and yeast. during the process OF
ing beyond doubt that the brilliant colorfn9 is
duo to a poisonous fungus.
Dr. Martin said that there were several In
stances on record Of poisoning by those same
red streaks. Won Boeck in his book on poisons.
cites case where three persons We're made
Of an adult and the illness Of child from the
| same cause.
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HAVEN'T cor THE RoBBERs,
1ut the Post Once Isspectors Have Cot the
Drivers, who Dtdnt Try 90 Get Away.

nat the Post Once Inspectors Have Cot the
Drivers. who Dsdn's Try 60 Set Away.
The examination Of John J. O'Keefe and
John Walker. tho drivers Of tho two mail
wagons from which seven pouches Of letters
were stolen on last Tuesday night was begun
before Commissioner Shields yesterday
O'Keefe is % years old. Walker is 18 Both
boys were arrested on Thursday afternoon on
q complaint made by Post ONCE Inspector
Morris charging them with having voluntarily
deserted and detained the United States mails
Their desertion consisted in climbing down
from the high seats on their wagons after they
had driven them on to the Hoboken ferryboat
Orange and going into the mems cabin to get
warm. Just how the detention comes In has
not been disclosed.
When the boys discovered. upon their arri-
val in Hoboken. that their wagons had been
unlock ed and the seven mail bags removed. they
hurried back to the general Post ONCE in this
city and reported tho loss. The next day they
were called before ti,, Post ONCE inspectors
and the local Post ONCE officials and aues-
toned. They told straightforward stories and
were told to return to work: Doth boys drove
their wagons from 81 p. M. Wednesday until
5H A. NJ Thursday. That morning the news
papers published accounts Of the robbery.
much to the surprise g the Post GSs In
Washington was instantly aroused. and in.
structed the inspectors here to do their utmost
to apprehend the robbers. -IE
So the inspectors concluded that some one
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NOT FOOLED BIZ. THE THEE
He HAD . Smooth Tongue, But Was Sus-
piciously Ignorant TO the Cupboard.

He HAD . Smooth Tongue, But Was Sus-
piciOusly Ignorant ~ 10 the Cupboard.
When Mrs. NJ. v. Perkins OF Bloomfield went
to Newark on Friday with hor sister and two
children she cautioned the servant girl not to
admit anybody to tho house and to keep
sharp watch for thieves. IA there have been
many robberies in tho township within q few
weeks. She had not been gone long when
well-dressed stranger rang the bell. and. put
ting his foot in the crack Of the partly opened
door, said
All. my dear / am Mrs. Perkins's cousin
Just met her on the way to the depot. She said
that she Ves sorry that she could not be home
and told ne to make myself at
to g to the butchers and get two sroin
Now.thc girl know that Mrs. Perkins was not
fond of onions and that there We're steaks in
instant. but reaching for a cane in the hat
rack, caught the intruder, by the neck and
hustled him out of the door and down the
steps. hitting him several. good cracks with
the cane He ran down the avenue and es.
caDa0 rraSf.
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SUES HETTY GREEN FOR $4,000
A Young Lawyer Who says Tie Work ed
f6r ana Didn't Get llis Pay.

A Young Lawyer Who says Tie Worked
f6r and Didn't Get lis Pay.
Lawyer Charles Haldane whose office ls In
the Pulitzer building. has sued Mrs. Hetty
Green Of New York and Chicago for $4,000 for
professional services. 1t appears. according
to his complaint. that the Grant Locomotive
Works secured tho conforming Of n large
tract Of land in Chicago owned by the Green
estate. After Mrs. Green had fought the con-
domination to the end. she brought a new suit
In the name OF her children. who had not been
mentioned in the first suit. 1t was at this
juncture that she called in young Mr.. Haldane.
He also had under consideration the means
whereby Mrs. Green might Gust the trustees Of
her fathers estate and devote her own talents
for tinanciering to its management.
When Mr. Hal dane found that Mrs, Green
was unwilling to pay the $1,000 he asked for
these services he brought suit. The usual
cost Of serving tho papers in such suits is 81;
Leubescher had the serving to do. and he
began on Dec. 80 last: He did not succeed
until Jan. % He says he had hard work find
Ing her because OF her way Of changing from
boarding house to boarding house. Boarding
house life suits Mrs Green very we'll in spite
Of her twenty or more millions. Mr.. Bennett.
Of Drummer h Bennett, is Mr. Hadane's at
tOrney in this suit
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A Crank Annoys Inspector Byrne..

Detective Sergeants Crowley and Evanhoe Of
Inspector Byrno's squad brought prisoner to
the Yorkville Police Court yesterday. and after
q whispered conversation with Justice Ryan
hurried the man away to. Bellevue Hospital to
be examined ms to his sanity. They refused to
talk about tho cnse. but it was subsequently
learned that the prisoner WAS q crank. who for
several days had been lettering about the front
Of the house occupied by INSPECTOR Byrnes. ut
II West Fifty eighth street He thinks he has
won n prize in the Louisiana lottery. and that
the Inspector has $500 Of it He says he is
Peter Leonard. 30 years old. OF New Cham
bers street. and TINT no once worked for the
Old Dominion Steamship line. He was ar
rested by the detectivca in front OF Inspector
Byrne's house after midnight yesterday.
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been preiudioed unalterably against the in
PRODUCTION Of anything Of the kind in New
York. The decision Of the Rapid Transit
Commissioners some time ago to allopt such q
system has met with condemnation. Not only
have the property owners In Madison avenue.
whose property would be almost ruined by the
road. made vigorous protest against tho
building Of it. but the citizens who arc en-
tltled to comfortable. healthful. and quick
means OF reaching their homes protested.
Letters which hnve been printed In THE Sun
from time to time have shown tho spirit OF the
people.
The New York Central has given the people
oupper New York rapid transit down as far
Is Forty-second street for years. but 1t has
been underground rapid transit, and the people
have not taken advantage OF it. The Central's
tunnel Is probably the best lighted and best
ventilated In the country. but the people do
pot like to travel in It Tho growth OF upper
New York has been retarded. and Brooklyn
and Long Island and New Jersey have bene-
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s sidewalk: From Fifty-sixth to Eiehty.sixth.
about three tracks is taken from the street
Retween these points there are three tunnels.
the centre or main tunnel containing two
tracks and one on each side containing one
track. These side tunnels are under the
street, and there are no air shafts except those
opening into the, main tunnel There are
intervals. and more than the space needed for
two tracks is fenced; 4 few inches more, In
ing Of three tracks: Only Ave Or six feet more
That would mean the cutting Of two feet and O
half or three feet OF the present roadway on
room could be spared. and there would remain
roadwa ay more ; than wide enough 70 accom-
street.
:, The plan for the open-air road is to tear out
the top OF the present tunnel except at street
crossings. and erect an elevated our-traok
road over the existing four tracks and at q
negh t. above the level q Peri syspgs sum
tunnel would AFFORD Hight and air to the pas
senSers below, and make travel on tho only
roads that enter New York city twofold safer
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sioner Of Accounts wahle will appear for the

Young Walkers sister was present at the
ons $nks saf ers
Wcst Twenty sixth street. She asked the
Commissioner to release her brother. as an.
Other tii brother ~ Xas dying q pnenmonia: and
erty. Assistant United States District attor-
ney Evarts accepted him. however. and the
Both Io'Kee}e and Walker told the Commits
sioner they had never been Instructed to re.
guilty they may DO fined $500 and imprisoned
One, OF the inspectors was asked yesterday
several weeks previously and the mail clerk
who was supposed to accompany him hah not
far as could bo learned, the inspectors had no
Postmaster General wanamaker arrived in
t3wn yestsrday. The mail ro6beries . bropSG Ugh
master Van Colt and made tour OF inspection
Aftor nis sisit to The Post ONCE Mr.. Wanna
I'VE cohsidsrea the feasibility of placing
electric gongs IN the vans. connectlng With the
rear doors. the bell to- ring automatically when
the doors are opened. and to he stopped only
We also considered the adyisabilIty 81 taking
the mail transmission service out Of the con-
tractors hands and putting 1t under the con,
troll o. the Government by doing SO we should S Ia
able TO- impose upon them y penalty tn cases
OF misdcmeanor or neglect OF duty. We pro-
pose to probe this matter to the very bottom.
division. Mitchell and Foster, are coming on.
so that we shall have half a dozen inspectors
doing pure detective work while, others are
working up the case from other points;
Mr. Wanamaker will not return to Washing
ton until Tuesduv.
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CAUGnT THE BURGLARS At WORK.
Ono Of Them Goes to Hospital After His
Encounter with Policeman Clark.

Ono Of Them Goes to Hospital After His
Encounter With Policeman Clark.
Policeman Clark OF the East Eighty eighth
street station heard a crash OF glass on Friday
night, and a moment later found three men
reaching for bottles OF wine and whiskey
through hole they had made with a brick in
the window Of Michael McGloin's saloon. at
2.O89 Third avenue. He covered the burglars
with his revolver and raped for help. One OF
the men started down the avenue on a run.
Another policeman came up and took charge
Of the other two men. and Clark caught up
with the fugitive after chase Of two blocks.
The man resisted arrest. and Clark Knocked
him down. He lay whore he had fallen until
an ambulance came to take him to the Prcsby-
terrain Hospital. He had severe seal wound.
The Injured prisoner is supposed to be Peter
McCau ley. He is about 80 years old. The
two others said they We're John Mccormack.
rs years old, OF 3O7. Fast 125th street. aud
William Delaney. 81. Of the same address.
in the Harlem Court yesterday.
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PEACEFUL DAYS FOR MR. TRIP
While Hia Wife Tries Her Mesnerizius
Powers In the Insane Pavilion.

While Hia Wife Tries Her Mesnerlziur
Powers In the Insane Pavilion.
Mrs. Matte Trip. whose hypnotic and spir-
itualistic performances have greatly interest
ed Miss Lodewick's Eleventh street boarding
house and the public in the last few days. and
who was forcibly taken to Bellevue Hospital on
Friday afternoon to be examined as to her sani-
ty. made herself interesting to the inmates Of
the insane pavilion yesterday. Hor first exploit
was an attempt to hypnotize an elderly woman
who considers herself the only really sane per-
son in the place. Mrs. Trip bounded toward
her and waved both hands in front OF her face.
Then she made passes back and forth with
her right hand. throwing her head to one
side to observe the effect. Tho elder
~ subject sat bolt upright and regard
ed 9 with Il Mr. rss
other side An expression Of mild pity spread
over the face Of the elderly subject, and she
'a nns HH Fp sss
and spent. most Of the rest oi thS, day ia
wHa fttrS snS e
tho hospital n which she asked him to ask
Bradsh a%. to send Certain art cies Of apparel
asSssd @ sha %s syS se
dSsiqs III ss s sIs She viii be examined By
Mrs. Trip had several visitors Yesterday.
One them w a sS5 who with
name I should not be made public '''"' "''
odadas So Ss 1s %s .hs ms
that Mr Trip was well. but would not leave
DOORS. and that in the, absence q, his
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and Park avenue. and to continue It across
Sqs !sos sps
Eeaured to ct into the centre OF the block be- e.
trains around them at high speed a. Il Is to
nm trains around curves on the ground.
shs Z, ' Tsas SesiS
not be WITH and 5ah the rG
srs see w sssRSs not BE-
in Berlin have proved that roadbed Of Loose
roadbed on this ,viaduct would prevent the
RRs ss sscas o9 hs would be at
ngs 6us,nes By the side q t5s st5Ss;
stations. From on platiorm between the traces
passengers would be able to take either way
Tic running time on this road from the City
@ to tine s Wau Ey Ss with tSn eaSS
tWentY.two mi nates for Way trains. '''' 'AAa
st his oas IN sstsr
q af 0Gs e sns saS Ps
been, cheaper than that The roads today
that. a, four-track elevated road aboye
Porty nth street s snsh az Il proposed Mr.
for $l.O0O00D a mile The yiaduct, hs. ssti-
sl200.OO0 a mile. The tracks and bed and
equipment would cost he es 81 sM n 100000
total OF about SIS. 500. 900 mile. This includes
arches over the streets and the stations. The
average cost per mile q the road aSs Ss to
mile. This is a saving Of $4,000 a mile on
the plan Of the Rapid Transit Commissioners.
who estimate the cost OF the tunnel Mt s3.OOO.-
The building of the road would involve no
great engineering difficulties. such as would
ground road. The people would have raid
transit with plenty Of light and plenty OF air.
their third track improvements the city would
have all the rapid transit facilities 1t needed
------
seathwsstsrn Limited via New York Central Fastest
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OPEN-A1R RAPID TRANSIT.
mon C1TY HALL TO TIE HARLEM IN
FIFTEEN MINUTES.

Anew Plan for . vhNinet fhow New Cham
nrrs to FOrty.secend street and - Struc-
tureOver the New York Centraps Tunnel
Srous Forty second street 10 the River.
Anew plan for open air rapid transit is sug-
.ssted as meeting all the requirements and as
sree from the principal objections urged
AGAINST other plans. especially against the un-
playground plan Of tho Rapid Transit Commits
sioncrs. 1t is to build u four-track rond over
the New York Central tunnel. from the Harlem
river to the Grand Central Station. and then to
.onstruct viaducd over private property down
70 the City Hall
There never has been any question about
the feeling OF thu people Of New York In regard
40 travel in tunnels under the streets. Those
rho have ridden through the London tunnels
tnow from experience the unhealthfulnesG
And disagreeableness Of travel there. Those
Who have not had this experience have read
Of the experience OF the others. and they have