The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-17
TOPICS I'm NEW YORK
COURT OF APPEALS OPPOSED TO
FISHING on SUNDAY.
An Important Question settlcd--Vhe
ship san joaquin in Collision
with stupsnaous foobcra.
nroois,sn bridge Loss,


Now york. December ib--oute nprro-
nrIately on the eve or the meeting OF the
fish conference. the court OF appeals OF
this State has handed down q decision on
tho important question. May man so
iiahlng on S9ndnyg Some wealthy New
workers. associated In tho Anglers club
leased cinrks pond or lake. ~ Orange
county. and made II private preserve.
The rural fishermen Kicked against tho
reservation and still kept on casting their
lines there AZ last several arrests or
such persons were made. causing much
feeling against the club, AZ result Of
this feeling President Moses was arrested
in July. 1901, charged with violating the
law against nshipe on Sunday He Ind a
hearing before Justice wisner. In War
wick, and It was proved that ne had
fished IN Clarlt'a pond, as charged. lie
WINS flnad 81.
ON the advice OF his counsel, Mr. Moses
appealed the case Go the court OF sessions,
where Judge 1Senttio affirmed the Judg-
ment Il was carried 10 the general term
aiM there affirmed. MIR. MoAca took the
case TO the court OF appeals. which has
concurred In the dcclsnn of the general
term. This case has coat President Moses
o large sum OF money, hut II has fixed
for the first time the legal Htatus OF SIM
day angling, which had been established
on an entirely different bauiH by u for-
mer decialon by Judge Barnard, WHO held.
IN case similar TO tlits one, that Il WAS
not Illegal TO nah on sunday unless It WAS
attended by noise or conduct calculated
20 disturb the quiet and sanc,ity OF the
day, and II Is under that decision that
anglers have fclt snfe In induging In
their sport ON sunday
COLLISION WITH "a HUGE ICEBERG.
rho ship san Joaquin or Portland ass.,i
Captain LarrAbcp. which lest Yokohama
May 4, arrived IN port this noon She bore
ocular evidence OF having been badly bat
tered, Her foremost WAS gone ten feet
from the deck, also her maiutopmaAt.
Observation-Disclosures and bowspritwlth
all attached. and her bows were patched
with canvas. Captain 1.arrahee reports
that at . p, m. September y. latitude 1910
south and lpngitudd $50 west. the ship
was Ia collision with a huge ieebHrg. The
ship was sailing ~ fair speed and
struck the berg head ON. The night was
dark and not u thing could be diAcernad
No fionting fec had been encountered pre-
yioue TO the collision and none was OBJ
served afterwhrdi a careful observation
proved the berg 10 be ono Of the most
a bnlf miles long and Thousand feet
high, All hands vert immediately put 20
wcsss to citHr away the wfucisstgr, after
which the vessel proceeded under Jury RIG
@ uarbedoa, Captain Iariah.e snsigated
his vessel around Cape Horn aud oyer
siN thousand miles under Jury rig and
came INTO this port IN the crippled con-.
dition described with all hands we'll
JitlGifNE ffaIi.Y no RETIRE.
Tho famous banking house Of Eugene
Kelly & 60. Ii about to dissolve, owing 10
the axe and lncrerei@g infirmities of the
senior member. MIR, Kelly is 50 yenrH old
md has been Ia tho banding bnsIneas
more than half century His Arm has
held II prominent place In the iinanclAl
world. md II has fnaiiy branches IN lnii-
rope nnd III South America THE mefnhnrs
OF thn arm besides Mr.. Kelly are Joseph
A. Donahue Of ean Franuihcp with whom
he mas been associated for forty-threu
years, and his sons Engene Kelly, Jrs
and Edward lseliy
Mr. Krliy. sr win retire altogether
His private fortune e estimated an tho
way from ten 70 twenty millions He wan
born Ia county Tyrone, Ireland, Of poor
pAreuta, and cana 10 this country when
4 very young man, He ana his brother
began their great fortune az peddiera
about tho mining camps Of California.
nItooISLYN BRIDGE: BUSINESS.
The annual report concerning tho AZ
fairs OF the Hrookiyn brtlgo was fiiad this
by President James Howell NJ thu
meeting pf tho trustees, This receipts
from tolls during the year aiupunted 70
4 ,s5z,pas "a T'hia 10 s24 1893 ID sKcese Of
tho twelve months ended Deehmber 4 1899. !
rho receipts from oil sources. including |
rental. etc, were u.bDo, lio.W
Passengers garfield by railroads nsiiUhFr.
q a2selbilo5 The expenditures for The
year arsoiinted "a Il Ggs Doh III reducing