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The sun., 1897-04-27
FEES MOUNT TOO HIGH
An Appellate Division Decisioa Scoring Law
yers. Referees. and stenoErapheEs-

DGCl1iOu bC0FluR
yers. Referees. ana stenosraphers-
George Halbert sued Albert B. Gibbs to recover
$4,000 for material and labor on house in this
city. The defendant denied the liability and set
up counter claim for $40, $50. The trial began
in 1893 before Levi A. Fuller as referee. There
were 144 hearings. and from time to time the
defendant paid referee fees, stcnographers' fees
and at last his counsel declined to go on with
the case unless he got more money The defen-
dant then applied to the Appellate Division of
the Supreme Court in Brooklyn for q substitu.
tion OF counsel, and yesterday his motion was
granted In the decision Justice Hatch says:
The fees already paid amount to %. 600
more than the plaintiffs original claim. Tho
item now demanded by the defendants attorney
is $3,410. making the claims paid and those de-
mapded Of which we now know. $1,000, and
the end is not yet For long time the fees of
amounted to more than the sums paid counsel
But established order cannot always maintain
itself. Stenographers looked with jealous eye
on the fainess of fees. Modestly, but with
aid, they crept up, desire ever keep
brought them to the top with appetites
whctted and keen scent for more. The defendant
when honor and renown were the motives which
brought men to devotion TO the law. has passed
away. He seems 10 have met only the hardest
kind of hard. practical facts. and iS at the
The plaintiffs active efforts and the lower mill
stone OF his attorneys refusal TO act or permit
any one else to do so II Is these things which
bring the administration of justice into disre-
OF with an iron hand, setting their stern disap-
proval on such methods.
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GRIEVANCE AGAINST A JUDGE.
Wicheiman, WHO wns His Own Lawyer.
Wants U. 9. Judge Wheeler Overhaaled.


Wants u. 4. Judge wheeler Overhauled.
Frederick A. Wichelman got up in the room Of
the United States Circuit Court OF Appeals yester-
day and announced to Judges Lacombe and Ship
man that he desired to make charges against
United States Circuit Court Judge Wheeler.
Il como before this honorable court" said
Wichelman. for advice and protection. want
to prefer charges against Judge II. III. Wheeler
for oppression and error or fraud, and wish
this court to tell me whether there is any way
by which can obtain redress here or whether
must appeal to Congress. I wish TO know II I
can obtain from this honorable court q writ Of
mandamus to direct compel Judge Wheeler
to grant me a rehearing, the application for
which was made to him, but has not been dis
posed OF by him.
What is the exact nature Of this applica-
tion, Judge Lacombe inquired.
Il have been defrauded, your Honor; that 10
the plain English Of it 1t is a case Of fraud"
was The reply.
why do you not appeal ."
have no money TO carry on an appeal
Very well; prepare papers showing the
sdered." said Judge Lacombe.
Il will do SO without delay" replied Wichel-
man.
tried his own case before Judge Wheeler, and
lost it; and that Judge Wheeler had denied
my motion for a rehearing which I made upon
Mr.. Wicheman would not tell what the alleged
fraud was Judge Wheeler was considerably
amused when spoken to upon the subject
"Oh, it's Wichelman. is It r. he said. I" Well,
I guess have nothing much to say about 1t. He
was his own lawyer. and he lost his case upon
its merits. and probably he has been dissatisfied
about 1t eyer since. I don't believe there was
any fraud about it at ALL" he concluded smil-
inRly.
The sun., 1897-04-27
4 HOLE IN THE POLICE DRAexEE.
Magistrate wentworth Refuses 70 Hola an
O'Brien Grant Day Prisoner.

Magistrate wentworth Refuses 70 RoIa an
O'Brien Grant Day Prisoner.
Magistrate Wentworth refused yesterday In
the Jefferson Market Police Court to hold until
tomorrow Sidney Moldam, an alleged crook,
who had been arrested in Eighth avenue by Do
tective Mcconnell Of the Central Once Tho
detective arraigned his prisoner as . suspicious
person and requested that he be held until to-
morrow.
What reason had you for placing this man
under arrest q the Magistrate asked.
"Well, we know he is q pickpocket," replied
Mcconnell. "and I saw him around crowds on
Eighth avenue"
TYes. but what did you soc him doing that
warranted an arrestt What specific overt act
did you see him commit or think he had been
guilty Of that warranted an arrest g. persisted
the Magistrate.
II saw him about the crowds" said McCon.
nell.
did any one complain of being robbedf'
"No'
well, thcn. will discharge him. won't
hold a man without something definite against
him" said Magistrate Wentworth.
Detective Mcconnell said later that he made
the arrest in pursuance OF the order of Capt.
O'Brien OF the Detective Bureau. who instructed
his men to pick up all well-known professional
crooks they found in the city and have them
remandod until Wednesday,. This was done to
protect tho many visitors to the city during the
Grant parade.
All tho other Magistrates held the crooks ar
raigncd before them until tomorrow, as re-
Qucstod.
The sun., 1897-04-27
APPALLING FIGURES.
which Provo tho Great Care That shesia we
Exercised by Thoso vyho Love lire.

WHICH H-FuNo tHo NhFeah INV hhss oAS-SN- -
Exercised by Those vyho Love lire.
The average number Of deaths In New York
city for Ave years has been 800 each week. OF
this number 2ss. or nearly onehalf, have been
from pneumonia, consumption, or some pull
monary trouble. This is Is not theory. but actual
figures made by tho Board Of Health. Nearly
eighty thousand people in hvo years In New
York city alone have died from throat and lung
troublcsi When we think OF the thousands who
had throat and lung diseases and who have re-
covered, how terrible array Of facts does this
present.
Doctors have said in the past that most Of
these troubles were incurable; they are now
finding such is not the case. The best physi-
clans declare that man or woman, even In an
advanced stage Of consumption. can live for
years and even to old age, by careful and
constant use OF pure whiskey. but IL should DO
remembered that the word pure 10 always used
by physicians. There Is but one absolutely pure
whiskey, and that is Duffy's malt. In Its purity
rests its great power, although II has other
qualities possessed by no other whskcy.
child can take IL without any evil effects, and
for partially consumed lungs, building waste
tissue. and giving health and strength in the
place OF disease and weakness, IL stands abso-
secure only the genuine. Do not trust any dealer
who tries to substitute something in the place OF
Dufry's, but insist on having what you call for
5Hr.
The sun., 1897-04-27
New Building for Manhattan Hospital.

ALBANY, April 26.-State Architect Perry to-
day submitted to the State Lunacy Commission
plans for new building for the Manhattan
State Hospital to provide accommodations for
323 additional female patients. The building,
which Is to be built on Wards Island, will be OF
brick and TWO stories In height II will have u
frontage Of $50 !cet and will be 225 feet deep.
single occupants. Three dining rooms and
kitchens and twelve large day sitting rooms
will be provided.
The managers OF tho Manhattan Hospital have
reported to tho State Lunacy Commission that
OF the hospital have been opened, and tho lowest
is that OF Attiiio Pasquini, an Albany con
tractor. now doing work In New York, who pro.
awarded to him. Thomas Dwyer OF New York
bid 900. and Price & Carl of New York $751;
600
The sun., 1897-04-27
CLUBS ARE SAFE ENOUGH.
they'll Pay Their Liquor Taz-IT They Can-
And RoEfeit Ho RiEhts TherebI.

Some club men have raised the legal question
that the charter Of club may be vacated IL IL
pays the liquor tax and posts a tax certificate
under the amended Liquor Tax law. They con
tend that club has no right TO engage in any
business or to do anything the right to do which
is not expressly granted by the law under which
clubs are incorporated. and that when a club
takes liquor tax certificate it admits that it
traffics in liquor. business which II may noe
engage in.
A wellknown lawyer. a member OF many cluha.
said yesterday of this claim:
There is nothing in the point made. The
possession OF liquor tax certificate bv a club 10
not an admission that the club Is engaged in tho
liquor business. The law merely declares that
the distribution Of liquor to the members Of a
club is to be considered q trafficking in liquors
for the purposes Of the act. What are the pur-
poses Of the act : Merely the police regulation
revenue. The distribution OF liquor by clubs TO
its members Is not 'traff1ckinR' for any other
purpose 1t Is not such trafficking that il
would be considered violation Of the clubs
charter right
The Union League is the first club in Brooklyn
to apply for a Hquortax certificate under the
Raines law amendments. Deputy Excise Com.
missioner Michel announced yesterday that
any place from which liquor Is sold will be con-
strued as bar and taxed as such
The sun., 1897-04-27
DESERTED HIM At THE ALTAR.

Kate GeraEhty Mas Not Lived with Alr. WILL
helm since Their Marriage In 1894.
A suit of B. F. Wilhelm of 32s Ninth street.
Jersey City. against his wife Kate for divorce
was tried before Vice-Chancellor Pitney yester-
day. Wilhelm was married to Kate Geraghty
on June II. 1894, by the Rev. Father Mooney Of
st. Marys Church. On leaving the church the
bride refused to 60 with her husband and re-
turned to her brothers house at 2l9 Fourth
street, where she still lives. She did not give
helm has made frequent and persistent efforts
to induce her to live with him. but she would
not consent. Finally Wilhelm instituted divorce
proceedings on the ground OF desertion. Tho
respondent declares in her answer the. she
could not live with her husband because he
never provided a home for her. Tho Vice
Chancellor reserved decision.
The sun., 1897-04-27
BOSTUN'S HEAVY IMPORTS.
Those or Last Week valued at es.7nO. BOo.
More Than Twice the Normal Amount.

BOSTON. April 26.-According to Gust ON House
figures the value OF the imports AT Boston for the
week ending on last Saturday was $4.7l0.593.
between two and three times the normal sum.
No such amount has been received here in one
week for many years. perhaps never before. So
far this year goods valued at 35.2O4. .039 have
been received. against see, ,OO2, 800 during tho
same period last year.
Ordinarily the exports exceed the imports by
a substantial margin but last week the value Of
the merchandise sent out from Boston was only
g., ,lO3,ls2. During tho sixteenth week OF 1896
$262l 1886 worth Of goods was exported. That
was about the normal figure at this season of
the year. Tho great import totals are due TO
the receipt OF extraordinary quantities OF wool
and sugar, and the week beginning to-day is ex-
pected to show just about rs big a record:
On Sunday ten steamers arrived at Boston
the largest fleet of ocean-goinR trade vessels
that has entered this harbor in years.
The sun., 1897-04-27
FRANK LENz's MURDERERs.
Turkeys Foreign ssinister Promises an Appeal
from Their AcquittaI.

WASHINGTON. April 26-Minister Terrell. ut
Constantinople, has informed the State Depart
ment that the Turkish Minister Of Foreign
Affairs has promised an appeal in the case of the
men acquitted Of killing Frank LEM. the Amer
lean bicyclist. and that steps were being taken
TO perfect it. Notice Of the acquittal of the
alleged murderers by magistrate at Erzeroum.
Armenia, was received by the department few
The accused men had been released on ball.
although the charge was murder. and had left
the country. They were not present at the trial.
Under the Turkish law. the prosecuting au.
thority has the right to appeal. According to all
accounts, the young bicycist was wantony muir
dered. and Mr.. Terrell has been active in at
tempting to secure punishment for his assassins.
His efforts have been hampered by the fact that
the % onited stases C1nsn az h arTsrGnm has been
ment and anything he does has no official force.
The sun., 1897-04-27
THE WITHDRAWAL OF GOLD.
Treasury Omcials Believe That the Geld 10
Going to Japan AuAtria.

Going to Japan AuAtria.
WASHINGTON, april 26.-No information in
addition to the notice Of Saturday from AS
sistant Treasurer Jordan has been received at
tho Treasury Department about the heavy
withdrawal of gold from the Sub Treasury
at New York. Tho department presumes that
tho gold was withdrawn to-day In order that it
lleved ~ the department that tho gold ls going
to JaDan or to Austria. Part OF the Chinese
Indemnify fund was placed to the credit OF tho
been drawing heavily on this for several
weeks. Last Saturday japan withdrew $780,
0OO.in gold from the Bank OF England.
1t 10 said at the Treasury that the movement
OF gold toward Vienna indicates that Austria
will soon on n geld basis This has prAc.
Largs a.ipmente OF gold have been made from
London To Vienna. and London 10 probably
The sun., 1897-04-27

Eew Workers Asked to Help HeIlas Caro- for
Her Sick and Her Wounded.

Eew Workers Asked to Help Helins Caro- Tor
Her Sick and Her Wounded.
Greece, already burdened by the support OF
the Cretan refugees, now has the added care oi
the sick and wounded, and it becomes impera-
tive that every means should be used to
come to her assistance. The ladies OF the Greek
community have formed an auxiliary commit.
tee. with twofold object, to care for the Cretan
refugees and to help the work Of the Red Cross
Society in the hospitals and on the battlefield.
The first appeal has already been made, the
Chamber of Commerce OF New York having
opened subscription, but the number OF refu.
gees Is increasing daily, and more help must bo
forthcoming.
Greece did not seek this war; it was forced
upon her. We cannot believe that there is an
American, a Christian, free man or woman,
who does not think that Greece has nobly done
her duty. War with all its horrors has come.
Where are the means to come from to relieve
the sufferings of the wounded and the dying
Al m9neE ION .any sum vii s Pc received' can be
East Fifty.fourth street, New York city. II each
donation is marked with the object it is to be
used for 1t will be at once forwarded.
The money for Cretan refugees will be sent to
James T. Woodward. Treasurer. Chamber of
The money for tho hospital and Red Cross
work will be sent to the Knickerbocker Trt.s:
Company. WHICH has. through its President,
Ladies' Committee banker and guarantees that
the money deposited with it will be forward.
by her Majesty Queen Olga.
The Knickerbocker Trust Company will also
receive contributions for the LadieS' Commit
tee at its main office, 23i Fifth avenue. or at
the branch Office, SO Broadway.
The committee will also be grateful for piece
goods, bandaRes, and cast:off clothing. which
Mrs Theodore p. Ralli will receive at @ East
Fifty-fourth street until June1.
1t is requested that the clothing be In good
condition. as there is no time for mending.
After June l contributions may be sent to
Mrs p. Y. Fachiri, the Buckingham Hotel.
Mrs. p. Y. Fachiri. President; Mrs. A. p.
Ralli, Mrs. p: s. Galatti, Mr.. Thomas Ziznia,
Mrs. p. c. Rali, Mrs. Nicholas Catrevas; Mrs.
Theodore P. Ra1li, Treasurer.
The sun., 1897-04-27
NEW YORK coL1EGIAXs IN COURT

The Case Against Them Thrown Out OF Court
In New Haven. but tho Transfer Persists
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. April 26.-Seven men,
bers Of the junior scrub crew were In the City
Court this morning. charged with assaulting
Thomas Hyland. an expressman, throwing him
into the bushes and taking his team for drive.
The students denied the charge. Prosecuting
Attorney Mathewman stated that the case WAS
outside the jurisdiction Of the court. as the
alleged assault occurred near Lake Whitney. in
the town of Hamden. The case was thrown out
OF court. Hylands said tonight that he would
prosecute 1t in Hamden. The young men are
Bertram Cadwalader, George +. Marsh. j. C.
McLauchlen, Lawrence Hitchcock, David J.
Burwell, Augustus C. Ledyard. and Hervert
Wilcox, all OF New York.
Dean Wright OF Yale said this evening that
the matter had not yet come before the Yale
faculty.
The sun., 1897-04-27
soUALL LOADED WITH DUsE
A sDiterul IAttie LEGAL Rain-spit with rumble
In Temperature.

u SDAteAul AAttto LEGAL Ika1n-SpiG Win Q GUlDb1o
In Temperature.
Strollers on the Battery wall saw q vast leadeq
cloud arise. like the smoke OF a hidden volcano.
behind the statue Of Liberty just before o'clocS
last evening. 1t quickly obscured the sun and
prompted weatherwise shippers Of sailing craft
in the harbor to douse their canvas in q hurryA
From gray the aspect of the sky turned almost
black, and out of the obscuration there came d
blast that set Farmer Dunn's thermometer spin$
ming around at &smile rate and sent all tho
dust in Jersey flying up Manhattan island
The temperature was then at So. The blast
blew only about two minutes from the south.
west and then shifted to northwest, sucking
down from that quarter atmosphere in which
there was q suggestion OF frost In less than
two hours the temperature dropped 16'. or down
70 ~. Tho colored troops from Washington
found their overcoats comfortable. and the
white milidamen from other places shivered in
their light attire. Before the chilling rain came
tho gust made the air at windy corners almost
opaque with dust.
Tho prophets ON the Manhattan Life tower said
tho disturbance was purely local. and that 10
would purify the air and make the weather to-
day all tho most ardent patriot could desire.
The sun., 1897-04-27
FOUND DIR. DIX'S BIBLE.
Testimony ON which tho Alleged THIEF was
Discharged In Centre Street Court.

Thomas OBren Of s5 Madison street, who was
arrested Friday on suspicion Of having robbed
st. Pauls Churchyard last October and stolen
Dr. Dix Bible from the office OF the Trinity
corporation, was discharged in Centre Street
Court yesterday afternoon by Magistrate Brann
George Brady, the man who O'Brien said had
left the Bible at the saloon at 25 Bowery and
from tho workhouse. .where he is serving a
sentence OF six mont ths'for abandonment.
Brady testified that no found the Bible at
Chambers street and Park Row and that he left
II with OBren. He was drunk ut the time. On
this testimony Magistrate Brann discharged
O'Brien.
The sun., 1897-04-27
nulrarln Exclude. Iaxs.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-oficial information
reached the Navy Department to-day that the
Government Of Bulgaria had issued an edict
prohibiting Jews from entering the country.
Tho reasons for this action are not known at tho
department, but II is supposed there that 1t In Q
consequence of the Russian prescription.
The sun., 1897-04-27
A Psansylvaala Fugitive Captured In London

WASHINGTON. April 2G-Ambassador Hay
cabled the State Department to-day that Charles
Still. who is wanted In York. Pa, ON charge Of
receiving stolen money, has teen captured In
London. Tho department telegraphed the Gov
would send an officer 10 London with the papers
necessary TO secure Stills extraditiOn. Still was
addicted to morphine, and telegram sont to tho
Unilod States Embassy in London last month by
the State department requesting his npprehen.
sion. said he might he identified BY the marks Of
injections In his arm.
The sun., 1897-04-27
KENTUCKY,s SUNDAY.
SIX Murders Reported Yesterdsy-Two Brothers
shot head ON the Highway.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 26-At Glasgow Al.
Maddox cut Bob Locke's head from his shoulders
with an old scythe. At Lexington Bud Harris
shot and killed Henry Mack. At Danville barry
Graves shot and killed Louis Ray. At Russell
Creek Charles Hines killed Adrex Besten
with slungshot in quarrel over cards. From
Cumberland Gap comes the news OF double
murder In the mountains. The two Formasth
boys are reported to have been shot dead on
the highway by an unidentified man with whom
they had quarrelled. This Is Kentucky Sunday
record az Tar as heard from. 'aII
The sun., 1897-04-27
Admiral Benham,. staten I.lana Home nurnea.

The homo OF Admiral A. e. X. Benham. L. s.
N. retired. on the Fresh XIII road between
Richmond and Green Ridge. s. l., was burned
yesterday morning with q large part OF its
collected by Admiral Bcnham and his father, the
late Lieutenant. Commander Timothy Green
Benham, Y. $. ~. were destroyed. The house
was large square stone structure. II was
built by the late Commander Benham fifty-fve
and were nearly three feet thick. They remain
standing. Admiral Benham Is at Washington
The sun., 1897-04-27
HORsEWHLPPED THE PARsoN.
women whose Husbands He HAD DiaciRllAea
Get Revenge In the street.

TOPEKA. Kan. April 28.-Three women of
Douglass. Kan. met the Rev. George Meredith.
pastor OF the Methodist church, on the public
street Of that town on Saturday and admin
istered severe horsewhippinR. For some time
the young men Of the town engaged in selling
and drinking liquor had been denounced se-
verely by Mr.. Meredith in his pulpit
On ,ast Sunday night several OF them ap.
peared in his church under the influence of
liquor. On the following day he caused their
arrest for disturbing religious worship. This
greatly angered the wivos OF three of the prin-
relatOl.
The sun., 1897-04-27
Ex-MAY0R HICKS DIVoRoED.
His vSiTe Wins Her suit and . Thira or Mis
Estate or 81 90, 900.

Kstate OF Ol 90, 600.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. April 26-Ratclife
Hicks, the Toland county politician. who has
been Mayor of Meriden. and two years ago was
a candidate for Governor on the Democratic
ticket. was married to q dashing blonde In Chi
cago year ago after only few days court
ship. The couple took trip to Europe, and re-
turned and separated.
Mrs. Hicks quickly brought q suit for divorce
Judge Shumway this afternoon handed down
the decision. which gives her an absolute sep
aration and q third of her husbands estate. Mr..
Hcks's property is estimated as worth about
$l50,0OO. The grounds named In the suit were
"intolerable cruelty" Mrs. Hicks has permis-
Wormer.
The sun., 1897-04-27
Cou,ar,on In tho Pusllo soho.,..

Tho past weeks report of the medical school
inspectors made public by the Health Depart
ined 4,59D children in the grammer and primary
schools, finding among them these contagious
diseases: Measles, 10 cases; diphtheria, 4; scar
let fever, /; Group, 2; mumps, 13; contagious
l3; PARASITIC diseases OF head, l53. OF the mum
ber found all but one child were excluded from
attending school
The sun., 1897-04-27
Money Wanted to sond Creeks Homo to Fight.

Tho Greek committee of New York appeals to
American sympathizers with Greece in her
present struggle for money to enable the Greeks
In this country belonging to the reserves who
want to return to fight for their fatherland, to
carry out their patriotic purpose. Contribu-
tions may be sent to Father Agathadoros A. Paps-
georgopoulos, 73 West Eighty-third street, pas
tor Of the Greek Orthodox Chapel.
The sun., 1897-04-27
AFTER LUCKY BALDWIN.

h1iss Ashley. Who Sued Him, and Her sister
Go In DiaGuise TO tho Baldwin Hotel.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20.-Miss Lillian Ash.
ley, who last year sued E. ]. lucky Baldwin
for large sum of money, and her sister. Emma
Ashley, who during the trial shot at Baldwin
with a revolver. brought tho baby. that was a
feature of the famous trial, TO the baldwin Hotel
on last Thursday. They were disguised with
wigs and spectacles and registered as Mrs. Lay
and child and Miss Lay OF Chicago. They pro-
port. They were recognized and elected from
the hotel last night.
The sun., 1897-04-27
FOUR DROWNED UNDER THE FAILS.
The Young Men Thought They would Scare
the GirIs by Rowing Near the Dan.

CUMBERLAND FALLS, Ky- April 26.-Newg
comes from Parks Mill, ten miles above here, Of
the drowning OF four young persons. who wero
taking pleasure ride in a skin. Mat. Mckee,
John Davis, and Misses Maggie and Minty Shep-
herd rowed too near the mill dam and were
drawn under the falls. 1t is said the boys had
rowed the skin within few feet of the dam to
frighten the girls
The sun., 1897-04-27
Circasala nreLe IIer Thrust boz.

Tho Anchor Line steamship Circassia, now
nineteen days out from Glasgow, was spoken on
Thursday about 100 miles east OF Sandy Hook
by the Warren line steamship Ottoman, which
arrived at Boston yesterday from Liverpool.
The Circassia signalled that she had broken her
thrust box. She was proceeding slowly. and
needed no assistance. She will probably bo
hero on Thursday.