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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
JrSTICE PATTERSOY'S ADnPFSS

Henry W. Jessup. president OF the Phi Delta Phi
Club. yesterday prepared the following statement
regarding Justice Pattersons talk to the Phi Delta
Phi Club. at It's dinner on Monday night Justice
Patterson's talk the Phi Delta Phi Club on
Monday evening was In no respect OF the char
meter described In the morning papers; II was
neither sensational nor was It pessnistic. On the
contrary, Judge Patterson gave to the members OF
the club (a Of whom young mem n talk full
OF "Reminiscences. and delightful with witty anec-
dotes OF the generation OF leaders OF the bar at the
time he began practising. before the war He gave
n most humorous description OF the conditions OF
practice In those days OF the encourage Of the
practising lawyers Of the personnel OF the work
ing law Office OF the high professional character
and ability of such men Hoffman. HILL Wood
OConor and Webster, and incidentally merely. and
nv way OF enabling his hearers to appreciate the
character OF these men, he compared them not
only in their general professional standing but In
their movers OF ntutively sizing up witness In
the trial Of a case in their mastery power Of dis
cr,n,lnation in specific cases. OF Judging when and
h., not a witness should be cross-examned 10
such men as the acknowledged leaders OF the New
York bar OF to.day-the past masters In the art OF
cross-exa mir alton ,,-,.-. ,,
on his hearers Of any sensational or pessimlst!c
character. The comparison necessarily drawn,
bowever-and which Is an acknowledged fact-was
that the practice OF the law to-day has become
business. and is in danger OF desenerating into a
= rcan of affairs and not merely an advocate The
Irsfice regretted that development which made the
great advocate longer such n necessity as IN
those Says ne was and reduced the practice of the
law 10 a matter OF skilled negotiation and busi-
She main part OF the Justices address. follow
ing this reminiscent strain Was by way OF friendly
yers in regard to the methods OF conducting trials
and OF preparing briefs. Nothihg comid nave been
s,m ~ rare humor and OF kindly counsel. which
was thoroughly appreciated BY those present"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
,ocu BUSINESS COMPLICATIONS.

cnarles T. Hooper. dealer in pictures at No IS
ya,nu-st and one OF the Oldest dealers In this
une in the city, made an assignment yesterday to
Nathaniel Shiverck without preference Mr. Hooper
ha. heen In business over forty years. He opened
branch stores In Broadway several times out as
oo,,,nred them after a few years trial. He had
an excellent reputation in the trade, and hereto
fore has always paid his obligations in full. In
March 1885, he sold his last piece OF real estate TO
rsIss money to pay OF some pressing claims in the
.hans Of notes amounting to about 5000. The as
s,xnment Is ascribed to dull business He carried
about one hundred pictures In stock
Jus,ice Truax OF the Supreme Court yesterday
denied an application for rece'yer for the Enter
prize Cold Storage Company Oh NOS 10 i u Mafii
denutysher!n has been in charge OF the place
tIp"a December 8, and Mr.. Power few days ago
ohtained temporary injunction restraining ne
SSerIfY from selling out the concern me Sherlrt
snnounced yesterday that the right ttIe ana IN
terest In the plant and leases wOuu oy p cy
tain poles at No A. Crosbyst. who failed IN Octo,
bar lisa with Liabilities OF 10000 and assets OF
IS Zoo, has completed settlement WITH his Greai,
tors The company offered 70 sstue last sunnae'
~ osuts on the dollar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
MONEY ORDER RUSH AT THE POSIOff10D'
LOON opnrps ISSUED FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES
LAST SATURDAY THAN ON ANY OTHER
DAY IN THE HISTORY OF
THE OFFICE

This Is the rush season for the money oIue ,a
aenartment OF the General Postoffce' Az TINS
,,ns every year large sums of money are sem
~ .h ,ha oHce from this country to foreign
nuntTIes from sons and brothers to fathers moth-
srs sisters and sweethearts in the ola country.
Mo-. money orders go TO the British Isles than 10
- tora,pn country from the United states
hut the individual money orders TO Germany are
larger than those TO the British ISLANDS vi 'iie
latter the orders sent TO Ireland arc %
course most numerous The Postoihce ooe' no'
ssnd all OF the money. Some Of 1t goes by chech
and some BY express. The Postofiice money-oruer
department however. handles most OF the casm
Thai goes across the to The old folks al nome
Ne,t 70 New-York Chicago sends more money
across the ocean at this time OF the year IMAM
any other city in the country 49,. uoro mazda
Last Saturday more money ORDERS were , Po.i'
out FOR foreign countries in the New-forK f Qs'.
once money-order department than on any Vi b
az In the history OF the office NO Tess lhdh
go oonev orders were Issued for foreign coun
tries This increase speaks well for the condiuoh
~ the country and especially OF the poorer cIass
es II is said that the American Line steamer SL
fouis will carry 80 900 money orders when she sais
to-day or about S7OO,Vp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
MRS. RATCLIFFE TELLS HER STORY.
TESTIMONY AGAINST HER HUSBAND. THE ACTOR
JUDGE NEwBURdER ORDERS HIM
LOCKED UP.

TIL. trial Of Edward ]. Ratclre. the actor. who
. baroed with aseaulting his wife, the daughter OF
Der DE Lacey was begun In earnest yesterday be-
,ore Iudge Newburger in Part Of General Ses-
sIons Assistant Dlstrict-Attorney Lloyd opened
~. ease for the prosecution, and then Mrs. Rat
Nv. the complainant, was called TO the stand
rn. couple were married on August q. 1894 The
assault complained OF was committed IN June last
- ,hs counle's fat at No 1853 West Eightieth-st
"He smashed me in the head with MS hst' sald
NJ. Ra,clne in reply to Mr. Lloyd, and knocked
wv haad against the bronze candelabra, which bent
,hsr, He called me a lot OF dirty names. and when
= told him he ought to be ashamed OF himself and
that would tell my people he said threateningy:
.vybat 40 I care about a whole lot OF - ter
r,srs' He told little Virginia not 10 come near me.
ard afteru,ard threw me the floor. holding me
Aou,n nv my hair and struck me three times in the
face.
.sThen when was about TO leave the dining-room
table he told me to go TO my room. saying ne would
finish me there I was again thrown TO the floor,
and / screamed Murder" My cries attracted the
attention Of the jantor whom Ratcne abused for
interfering"
Mrs Ratclne then told Of numerous assaults be-
fore the complained OF. which she charged
against her husband She also testified TO institute
Ing divorce proceedings. which were amicably set
tied. and about her reconciliation with her husband
much to the disgust OF her father, who was strong
~ opposed TO her marriage
Radcliffe has been out on 800 bail, but when
Court adjourned yesterday Judge Newburger or
dered that he be locked up, and he was placed in
a cell In the Tombs The trial will 90 on to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
FORTUNE OUT OF MIsFIT CLOTHING
u,,, ,nr. or UTILIZING THE MISTAKES OF
FASHIONABLE TAILoRs ORIGINATED
BY DENIS SHEA.

renis Shea. who died on Monday at his home on
,,oshington Heights, was widely known as the orig
,ator Of the misnt- clo hing idea. He came 20
this country from Ireland. where he was born and
,or come time was employed in the shop of first
- ,o,Ior I'm Broadway While there he noticed
~ loss sustained by his employer by the amount
o, clothing left uncal.ed for or refused on the
oround that It did not nt. He went West and
accumulated little money but he never forgot tbs
idea that all those h'shclass goods thar were SOTO
=, oreat loss II they were sold at all. could be
turned to profit When he came back to this city
he went TO his old employer and offered TO take al!
snch goods off his hands at better prices tnah ne
conia get elsewhere. He set up little snop IN
Rroome-st and before long he became known 10
men who fixed first-class clothing but VINO could
nn arford TO pay the prices Of fashionable taiors
These men would often find clothes at Sheas sh3p
thnt with a little alteration, would mt tnein IN
time the business became large and prohtaoie. 80
large thai the tailors OF NewYork could not supply
enough insists and Mr.. Shea went 10 Boston. phil
adelphia and other large cities for his stock, with
such good results that ne leaves cohs'oerao's
fortune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
Trains de Luxe from London
TO THE RIVIERA, ITALY AND SPAIN.

Calais Mediterranean Express, Mondays, tues
DAYS and Fridays Four daily services to
Riviera CALAIS ROME EXPRESS, TO AK
lex Bains. Turin, Genoa and Rome. in SO hours,
every Monday. SUD EXPRESS. every Mon
day. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, TO
Spain. Portugal and Gibraltar Full particulars
and all tickets from The International Sleeping
Car Co.. IA, Cockspur ST.. London. ). W. om
clal Guide post tree on application
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
THE CoNTROLLER-ELECT TAKES THE OATH

Bird S. Cole-. the Controller-eect, appeared be-
fore Justice Truax In the latters private chamber
yesterday afternoon and took the oath OF Office
Mr. Coler was accompanied by the Brooklyn Demo-
cratic leader. Bernard ]. York, who witnessed the
ceremony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
PROPOSED DEMONSTRATIONS ABANDONED
THE COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED NOT TO CEi'h
BRArE THE PASSING OF OLD
NETWORK.

Mayor Strong yesterday sent out the following
signed statement:
Alta meeting OF the committee appointed at De,
monlco's 10 formulate plans for the carrying on,
OF a suitable celebration upon the merging OF Old
New-York into Greater NewYork, II was decided
that as the character OF the celebration would be
purely historical there would not be sufficient Time
for the gpen kers 10 pare themselves upon the
subjects designated. and II was resolved 10 Hoahuo
the undertaking entirely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
PELHAM PARK FRANCHISE VETOED.
THE ALDERMEN RESTRAINED FROM oVERRlD-
ING THE VETO.

Tho Board of Aldermen yesterday received from
,,o,,or Strong his veto Of the Pelham PARK Raj
road franchise. in which he says that the ieeai
combinations in which the matter Is involved in"ue
=, ,oss,hla for him to sanction the granting OF
s,ch a FRANCHISE The Aldermen received inc 'e'o
and laid il over. - A.. .,darr,en NJ a per-
Uen, iniunction signed by Justice 1Tuax on tne
snnTcation OF j. c. Cody, to prevent tne n0 s,o
from passing the franchises over TIC -"e'0' ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15

OF the Board to install a general lighting system
n Tes[s there no ,ss sos
to light their streets with electric lights.
Aldermen-elect P. T Sherman, Homer Folkes
Joseph Oatman and Bernard Click were sworn Into
office by Mayor Strong yesterday afternoon
The oath book in the Mayors ONCE. In which
officials who were sworn into office subscribed their
names IN the time OF Mayor John T. Hoffman thir-
then, and Is nearly full OF signatures MAYOR an
Wyck Will have to get new book II ne Keeps up
the practice OF making officials sign their names
when they take the oath from him.
The Board OF Aldermen yesterday passed the ordl-
nance in regard truckmens badges recommend
ed by the committee OF truckmen and truck owners.
The new ordinance provides for badges. Independent
Of the truck number. to be worn and owned , by
drivers. and 10 cost Is cents each Inc BOAR ni O
passed ordinance forbiddng peders 10 ' on o
from Park Row to Am and on Sen' re keep
Park Row TO Chambers. This Is lntehdeu " Aeep
the Brooklyn Bridge entrance cIear'
resolution was introduced In the Board OF Aider-
men yesterday to spend $500 In decorating the Ci'y
Hall January /. and providing an orchestra u
celebrate the advent of the greater city. Inc coii'
mttee County Affairs was 10 confer WIN May 90
Strong and Maycr-elect Van WICK with feIe' Iii
to inviting all officials In the terrSry rnsaution
was laid over for a week In accordance win Tue
rules OF the Board
The Board Of Aldermen met az Board OF county
Canvassers at l p. IN. yesterday after having oee"
Informed that Justice Andrews had vacated the III
junction secured by the Citizens Union candidates III
the XIXtt Assembly District. H. r Dixie for Al1er-
man and Perez VI. Stewart for Assembly, man, Iis,
Board met declare the vote IN that disti',o Iou
as they were about to do this an oIder 20 sg !"
cause. obtained from Justice Pryor sr al n
served upon them, thus restraints Ine ,adav
This order Is returnable before the our tu.uay
The Board adjourned until o'clock TINS ai'efhoo''
pros,don,.elect Gurcenheimer Of the Municipal
Council was nresent At the meeting OF the Board OF
Aldermen Yesterday and was INTRODUCED 20 ine
I Board Councilman-elcct Stewart M briCo ai''
was q visitor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
CITY HALL NOTES.

The Gas Commission yesterday decided to ask the
Corporation Counsel's opinion to tho legal right
OF the Board to Install a general lighting system
in streets where there are no electrical suoways
Residents OF City Island have been urging the board
TO light their streets with electric lights
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
Tiffany s. Co.
Christmas SilUerWare.

A very large stock Of
sterling silver fancy arti-
cles, ranging in price from
$3.50 to $500 and $1,000.
Our assortment within this
range includes many
smokers articles, accessories
for the desk and toilet.
vases, letter scales, bonbon-
nieres, jewel boxes and other
objects.
Our products are not sold to other deal
ers and can be purchased only from U.s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15

Adermen-eect P. T Sherman. Homer FOXES
Joseph Oatman and Bernard Click were sworn Int
office by Mayor Strong yesterday afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
NnrfoIk Hotel. Rrighton, England

Fli,a Famuv Uot. Oyerlooks sea-wsll promenade AUG
lawns Fin public rooms Perfect sanitation enaneo
electric lights. Lift. Delicate cuisine Cno'ee "''
Jules A. Creighton. Mgr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15

Queens Hotel, i S1S. ss1in. view Facing
Isle OF wight. Lovely old gardens. Tennis etc ~ 10
oins ROYAL Yacht Club. Frequent boats 70 Co~es Nyue
and Southampton "RoyaI Pier HOteF unoeF same
direction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
Unner Norwood, Queens Hot

Near Crystal Palace, sydenham. Healthies situauon
England Lovely gardens. Boarding terms lol -
per day. Special terms for large parties Coh'en'e'
train service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15

Telegraphic transfers OF currency through u
Sub Treasury yesterday were No"o The none
went 10 the South.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15

The stocks Of the anthracite coal carrying rail-
roads were strong yesterday on report that new
agreement had practically been perfected for an
increase in prices and rearrangement OF tonnage
percentages Net advances In the coal STOCKS com
naring the closing prices with those OF Monday.
were: Delaware and Hudson, ]; Lackawanna' {.
New Jersey Central. III; Reading common =
Reading first preferred. y: Reading second pre-
ferrpd X
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-21
EilfsOn's First Check.

Thomas Edison, the Wizard, tells this
story Of his first bank check, back in
the seventies: II had just sold my pat
ent ON the gold and stock indicator to
the Western Union Telegraph company
for $40, 900 and had come over to New
York to get my money. went into the
company's general offices to close up the
sale of my patent. was Immediately
recognized by clerk, who ushered me
into the presence Of the president, who
after few preliminaries handed me q
check for $40, 900. Well, I started out
after carefully folding up the check and
went toward Wall street. So uncertain
was that thought on the way that if
any man should come up to me and
offer me two crisp thousand dollar bills
for the piece of paper should give him
up the check willingly. When got to
the bank, the teller wouldn't honor the
check for me. As quick as my legs
would carry me l rushed back to the
Western Union Office, and they sent one
of their clerks to identify me. Ireceived
$4,000 in large bills. divided the roll
into two wads of $4,000 each and
stuffed one into each trousers pocket,
and after bidding the cashier and the
telegraph clerk good day made break
to get out of Wall street as quickly as
could. The next day began work on
my first laboratory ut Newark"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-21
Mysterious Glass Balls.

The small island of Billion, between
Sumatra and Borneo. has losg been ia
nous for its rich tin mines, which are
controlled by the Dutch government. In
describing the geology Of Billion be-
fore the Royal Academy of Sciences in
Amsterdam recently Mr.. Verbeek gave
an account Of the mysterious "glass
balls of Billion" which are found
among some of the tin ore deposits.
They are refund, with grooved surfaces.
Similar balls. are occasionally found in
Borneo and Java, as we'll as in Aus
tralia. Mr.. Verbeek thinks they cannot
be artificial, and there are no volcanoes
near enough to support the theory that
they are volcanic bombs. Besides, he
says, the CLASSY rocks produced by the
nearest volcanoes are quite different in
their nature from the material Of the
balls. He suspected that the mysterious
objects were elected ages ago from the
volcanoes Of the moon and afterward
fell upon the earth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-21
How He Found the Pin.

At an entertainment in Dublin Q
thought reader boosted that no could
lind marked pin hidden by ono of the
audience. Several Of them came for.
ward, among whom was confederate.
Tho pin was hidden by Trinity stu
dent in an adjoining room in the pres.
ence Of tho committee, among whom
was the confederate. The student, sus-
pecting the man from his looks, slyly
took away the pin from its hiding place.
On his return to the platform the
thought reader gazed into the hider's
face. and, putting his hand to his brow,
was blindfolded and led the student to
the hiding place; but. Of course, could
find no pin. He returned, acknowledge
ing his defeat and looking daggers at
his confederate.
Now, gentlemen, said tho student,
II undertake to say that IL this diviner
Of tho human mind will do as / tell
him half the audience, without single
hint. will know where the pin is" and,
turning to the thought reader, he said,
"Sit down"
Ho did so. There was q yell, and,
jumping MP. the thought reader hastily
pulled from his coattails the marked
pin. Scottish Nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-21

This Is from The Academy:
"Mr. CUTLER COUGHS competition in
The Pail Mall Magazine has closed. He
offered q guinea to the person who
should state correctly tho name of the
man Cor woman) who is Cor has been
during the past ten years) master (or
mistress) Of the best style in English
prose-, and at the same time he wrote
his own selection on q piece of paper
and Enclosed it in an envelope. In the
result 81 votes were given to Mr.. Pater,
ID to Mr.. Hardy, IL to Mr.. Stevenson,
IL to Mr.. Ruskin, to Mr. Lang, each
to Mr.. Froude and Mr.. Barrie, each
to Mr.. Meredith and Mr.. Kipling, 4 to
Mr.. Henry James and each to Mat
thew Arnold, Sir Walter Besant, Mr..
Conan Doyle and Miss Marie Corelli. A
great number of writers received Q and
L."
If Mr.. Henry James has any hair left.
he must be pulling it when he reads
that he scored only 4. And the idea of
mating Matthew Arnold and Marie
Corelli! As well say that good, honest
bread and fancy macaroons are one and
the same thing. We think that the
printed results show incapacity ON the
part Of readers. A guessing performance
would have been preferable. New York
Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-21
An Inevitable Paradux,

Tuere's no use Of expecting any
thing else," said the misanthrope who
bad been persuaded to 60 on a picnic
with his family. Human nature 10
going to be inconsistent, and that's all
there is to it. You'll merely waste your
time trying to mako it any different.
whats the matter now?' asked his
wife. Hasn't the weather been good?
And didn't people let you alone, SO as
to give you nothing to grumble about?''
"Oh, yes. but did you notice the
singing as we got back?"
''Ycs. And it was very nice, appro-
pirate music"
"Appropriater' he repeated, with in.
finite scorn. Il don't pretend to be any
critic. As far as quality was concerned
the music may have been as good as
any opera you'd pay IS a seat to go to
sleep at. But when it comes to ques-
tions Of propriety. all it did was to re-
mind me of the downright and unalter.
able perverseness of the human race.
When people get back from trip to
Europe, they don't do anything but
hustle around to get their luggage
through the custom house and pro-
cure carriage to take them to a hotel,
where they can rest. But when they
come home from an excursion mile
and half out Of town they can't be
satisfied unless they wake mp the whole
country singing Home Again, Home
Again From Foreign Shorei''-Wash-
ington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-21

cit lie q very curious fact" said q
celebrated r. asylum doctor recently,
"that, taken ms q general rule, all luna.
tics laugh about twice as much as sane
people.
''One Of NJ worst patients at the
present moment exhibited the first signs
Of insanity by laughing continuously
and without stopping for over q week.
1T was just after q severe illness,
which had been accompanied by much
mental depression, and his friends were
30 delighted with the apparent improve
ment in his spirits that they had no
idea of the real state of affairs until q
doctor was called in and pronounced
the man completely mad. Laughter
after surgical operation is a symptom
always greatly dreaded by doctors and
nurses.
THAT queer impulse to laugh which
some people experience in the first mo-
ment of a sudden calamity is in reality
one of the sharpest warnings Of insan.
ity that any one could receive.
''Some people fall into. habit OF
laughing at their own thoughts when
alone. This should be always strictly
checked, as il is an unhealthy sign and
may lead to brain trouble later ON. -
London Answers.