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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
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soIa be read daily by all interested as changes may
vii, elose promptly in all cases. at the General P'.tocs
as follows: Parcels post mans ciose one ho'e ea'
than closing 'T T'ssASsArIA.STIc MAILS 4s,. r,,.
sA sr,,s pdr,uss TURKEY Egypt India
., rr Ls n,uss be directed per roui.in.
SshsTana ., d &. s-i per S Ms.ss.n y.
,2 GVc' per m ,5f Ems .o st'sr s @'' p ?:
directed per city Of Romeo at Y m supplementary
10 p nj for Europe. per s. 'Erura' via ouee"'-
PRfxrEp MATER ,,,. ''s s,9 ,.ss
and an spsciay addressed Printed Matter Tor Other
Medn.sday: on gsurss.y. and eynara
French and German steamers on sstarsa ys axe prssa
ossa 70 sn closing OF the Supplementary Transatlantic
Mails named aoovs. additional supplementary mails are
opened on n. piers Of ne So Enf;s , r1rs s
Minutes Of the hour Of sailing Of steamer
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. WEST
INDIES ETC.
Ff. .R!lo ssa o. "a
% .ss:Ss ss.s kc. .aa ssas p.ss;
be dres,d APE, y a, II a, NJ 70,
sEnn e,psrs mus, be directed per Axasn
S aa Tndd an4 s.,
direct Hc Sef k,r % rfa J9Ss,f::
nor g Ardanrose detters for Belize. Puerto Cortcs
saaTTr.pDAY"At 10 a. m FOR Trinidad. Tobaso ana
c ,9Ss;.u. nai aS fsf Fortune 70 .as
aa .ayaD u, c and fRa ica mn,; Per
A per Acne at 10 :. m tsupp,emen,.ry 1870 nj
N.-tSa n.r Kitty: at 10 30 a. for Canipechs
% . %as ;. a:
Tscd ps' Hail. ST. Marc Gonaves Pet o, psr, 1 =:
Turn. Island per = Tharinsia; at p tor New
per s. Por,ia
Mail. Tor Newfoundland. BY rail H.lita. and thence
1,,.T Tor Nliauel \. by rail Boston and thence bv
s'aan,er close az this Office daily at $50 D. m. Mails
%, cub. closs this Office daily At a. m FOR for
usrtiay by steamers sailing Mondays and Thursdays)
rom Por, TaE.pa Fla. Malls for Mexico City. over
land unless specially addressed for dispatch BY steamer
REGISTERED mail closes at g p. n. previous day.
TRANSPAcrFIC MAILS.
Mails Tor China and Japan especially addressed only)
per Empress s. .. China =, irsis vancoayer
Tor Austraa texcsDt those FOR West Australia which
are forwarded via Europe. New Zealand. Hawaii Fiji
,,scol close daily Up September no at 7 y,
a NJ IL m. and $50 .. m. cor arrival al New.
Mails Tor Australia excep, west Australia,. New-zsa
vansouys here say af.r september io and aI "
Sspss sns Il a.ss $50 per Calf. ts cs
san rrsn:.eo', CLOS. here daily 10 70 G ssSs
i.ps Ssf per- 70 81 c s.a: AL: :Hs
UP september 10 $50 p Mails for the SOCIETY
ands ~ shD rSpG Bird r,m san
Hawaii Australia from San Franc.sce, s,a 5ss
1ranspacnc mails forwarded to port Of sailing daily
and the schedule Q, losing Is ARRANGED on IN. pr.ump
''ea "'" coRSErTs e VAN co T.r po.tma,.
f0stornce New-Yorii. y. Y. September 4. 1897.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
SOME TARIFF DECISIONS.

RULINGS on SEVERAL POINTS MADE BY SEC
RErARY GAGE.
Washington. Sept s-The Secretary OF the Treas
ury has issued a circular to customs officers in
structing them pending the promulgaton OF gen.
eral regulations governing the sampling and classi-
hca alton OF imported sugars. 70 cause all refined
sugars to be subjected TO expert examination and
TO report 10 the Collector whether the same. after
being refined have been tinctured coored or In any
way adulterlted Al ports where the Government
has no facilities for making this examination sam
pies are to be sent to the appraiser at New-York
Under the tariff tinctured or coored refined
sugars are dutable at 1 cents pound and Is per
cent ad valorem. which il believed 10 be pro-
hbitory
The attention OF officers OF the customs has been
called the fact that under the Tariff act
the term statuary includes only such statuary as
is cut. carved or otherwise wrought by hand from
a solid block mass OF marble stone or alabaster
from metal. and is the professional production
OF sculptor only Under this provision bronze stat
uary Is duinbIe at a per cent ad valorem under
the section relating to manufactures OF metal mas
much they cannot be wrought by hand from
solid blocks or masses.
Marble statuary is dutable at the rate o, 20 per
cent al valorem except when intended ;or in
religious secular schools. libraries. etc, when
Il IL free OF duty.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has decided that
been advanced from a strictly crude or natural
condition by refining, grinding cleansing or purify
ing process. are liable 10 duty without undergoing
such conversion would bring them under the
term manufacture" Drugs in perfectly crude
SECRETARY cage has given instructions that the
materials used in the CONSTRUCTION OF the inter
tween Cornwall Canada. and Hogansburs. y =.
in course OF erection. may be admitted free
the American end Materials used on the America
shore however must pay the regular duty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
SUCCESSFUL N HER SECOND ATTEMPT
\ DRUGGISTS WIFE READS NOVEL. rNTIi. Fl MES
OF GAS OVERCOME HER.

\ DRUGGISTS WIFE READS \ NOVEL UNTIL p Ms
OF GAS OVERCOME HER.
Mrs Anna sfoItzerburg wife Of George : Stol'z-
erburg druggist OF No ess Eas' Flf'y-second-Si.
committed suicide Yesterday by Inhaling gas Last
March she tried 10 XII herself tn N" sam" way
but was discovered IN time and promised never 10
Try 20 harm herself again She mad been dependent
since the death Of her only child, som" months ago
s,otzenburg returned AZ about p N. from a
nshing excursion. lie tried 20 enter hi' VIZ"
room bu. found /, locked Then he tried his pass
KEY but discovered that there vas another KEY IN
the lock He m.date.y burst the door open.
When hr entered me room an ovcrpc wer.nE odo' o.
escaping gas was manifest He saw h!s Vile seated
In a rocker IN tho middle ~ m" room uni"r me
chandelier and 4 rubber tube was fastened on one
Of the Jet. with tn oihe- end IN her mouth. she
appeared "a though she was asleep on h"r zap
va an open novel she had been reading nntl
overcome BY the fImet ~ She gas. Siolir"nburg
hurriedly examined his y f~. body ma discern
ing some sign. o, lie ran TO Easi Ftty-ihlrd--t
and summoned Dr. Monenhauer ard Bohnfalk
When the physician arrived they found mat ne
woman was dead
s,olzenburg then wen, 70 Coroner 'Ioehers house
and totI b. m what had occurred. lie did not want
any publicity o, his vfe'- suicide. and the coroner
gave him a permit have the body prepared Tor
burial The police % the East Fifiy-nr"t-s' ia
ton only learned OF the suicide from privrf"
source az IT ClO hrt IlgHls am Dftfth'- Nv -
and Phillips were sent 20 inv~-tigt ate the report.
Short; afterward Coroner Iioeber entered the sta
lion and asked Sergeant Thompson II he mad told a
reporter tina; h~ tthe Coroner WAS trying 20 hush
the matter up At that moment Captain stain
kamp entered, and. without waiting 10 receive n
rep4y from Sergeant Thompson. Coroner iIoeber
turn-d to s'ainkamp and made the same query 20
him.
Ask Sergeant Thompson" snid captain stain
knmU. ne the desk
What about ,his report SIR again hercely de-
mandad the Coroner Of Sergeant Thompson.
Il have told no reporter. sir. that you tried 20
hush up the matter" remarked the sergeant J
merely told them that the matter was not reported
the police"
Then the Coroner turned 10 Captain Stainkamp
and said with great show Of authority. "Sir
the Criminal code does not compel me or any
other Coroner 20 report OF suicide 10 The
police when the suicide Is OF ordinary charac-
ter. The may be either reported TO the police
or the Coroner. II the case ~ reported 10 the
Coroner In the hrst instance II Is sufficient. and
II for him TO Judge whether 10 should be reported
TO the police not. In Ike this there IL
occasion for the public to know anything about
II"
Captain StaInkamp took issue with the Coroner
on this point and the Coroner and the Captain
argued FOR an hour before the former went out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10

COE-At Newark ~ j. september 2. 1897 Charlotte A.
wife OF Theodore daughter OF the laie Stepnee
H. and Margaret Nontieth Plum a.. =. -
Funeral services her late residence NO. o5 Wash'nW
ton-st.. Newark. Saturday llth INST al Al =. M
FAY-At his residence. in Newport. r. t. on septemoS
Funeral from Trinity Church Saturday. September H. e
~
HEGEMAN-suddeny in Detroit. Mich. on Tuesday.
September his 40th year. George stewart hese-
man. Of Joseph and Aietta Ayerigg Hesemah ~.
Funeral services residence, Passaic broge ~ - r
day september 10, $50 2. m ..,
Carriages will BE- in waiting the Passac brdge Satou
arrival of 40 D. m. train from chinpers-st' new
York.
Ht'NTER-A, Mornt Vernon. y. Y, Wednesday. septer-
Der Hannah E. Hunter widow of Robert j. hun.er =.
her late residence No 1872 Coage-aye Mount Vernon
Train al 1906 over ~ Y. and y. H. r. X.
Interment Englewood. y. j.
REDMAN-suddeny. Wednesday. September g. 1877.
Joseph z. Redmsn. -.
Funeral services Friday evening $50 at his late resi-
tence No i13l Park-ave.
spELMAN-At the residence Of her son-ln-law John D
Rnrksfeller Forest Hll. Cleveland. Ohio Tuesday sep
TENDER = 1897 Lucy Henry Spelman widow OF Harvey
Y Spelman the ssth year OF her age
Funeral az Forest Hill. Thursday September g.
TorTs-At sonervils Y J.. September 8 Jonas stoita
Relatives and friends respectfully invited 70 attend me
S"osraI service at his ate residence, No. ii5 West
i2fst-st on Friday. at p. M A., 49,,
Inerrent WOoilawn az the convenience OF the fanny
VAN WYCK-On september s. at Christ Hospital Jersey
CITY Abram Van Wyck, son Of the late Heny ana Ann
b. Van Wyck.
Funeral SATURDAY September IL at 23o p NJ from tho
chanel OF the Fishkil Rural Cemetery. -.
psaes and friends invited without further notice
Ctriaxes will u O4 train north. and l25o SOUTH
az Fshk.ll Landing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
DIR. MEINHARD ALSBERG.

Or. Meinhard Alsberg died suddenly on Wednes-
day at his home No 1853 East One-hundred- and
sixteenth-st He was the senior member OF the
frm OF Asberg & Pfeifer. manufacturers OF COL
ors az No l76 Fulton-st.
DR.. Alsberg born in Arolsen. Germany, In
1913. He studied at G0ttngen, and was graduated
from the University Of Jena He came 10 this
country about 1868, and for time assist
ant OF Professor Chandler al Columbia University.
He was also connected with the Board OF Health
early In the seventies Later he took place with
the firm OF A. e. Ansbacher e. Co. and afterward
went into business for himself and founded the
firm OF Sondheim, Alsberg & Co DR.. Alsberg was
a member OF the Lederkranz Society. the American
Chemical Society and the New-York section OF the
Society Of Chemical Industry. He was one Of the
founders OF the last two bodies. He was also a
member OF the German Chemical Society and a
correspondent OF numerous other societies and sci
entifc bodies both in this country and In Europe.
He leaves a widow and four children The funeral
will be held az his home on Sunday morning at
o'clock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
A ROMANTIC INDIAN WEDDING.

Record
r., 'Gmsniic wedding TOOK place to-day al Buffalo
VII, axe superior. in which Ave hundred Indians
ans, .ae union OF TWO distinct branches or The
sron,' LhippeHd tribe. Young Buffalo. the bride
Cas- GRANDSON Of old Chief Buffalo Of the
a. Ysse"ias of Northern Wisconsin who was buried
ialo ~ IA lS51 ana ne is a son or Antoine Buf-
jesnn.s..p present chief Of the Red-CliT Chppcwas.
tanops NsVieux, the bride. Is descendant CI thc
tie rro.kssse e Sn-ef. WanbcJig Ohe White Fisher.
Wntse o. scnoolcraf;. the author Her father
drurrs.mn Neyienx. OF Lapointe. Neyieux n
The Rssxn,oy " the Union Army during TIE War OF
~ Cnior Z. a About thirty Lapo nte Indians were il,
eAa a Arrmy Wanbetig was the head Of ere
o. the otS.e hppeNas and Buffalo was a. the head
9: The cr ss;t An episode between Wanbe1ig chic
River assd !; took place on the 81 Croix
~, the tSte sioux had crossed the river 20 wipe
eaief o. H4vSSwas, when Wanbejg challenged the
ssnds II Vs,, s!onx 20 mortal combat The thou
~ tie tvn 1--WE on either side were astounded 10
70 embracss ''e,s suddenly throw down their arrns
vas owing :. This remarkable ending OF the war
sere hals-bfothne discovery that these Two chiefs
Soltn by the 'sners. Wanbejigs mother having been
"subesha Wa ~soux. one OF whom she married and
20 to-morro-H history will be gone over at Bnf-
xrsied accord,,l Today Buffalo and Jeanne:,e were
- Indian ea-.s 70 the customs OF white people
and ia.f ,n.nohy and festivities begin to-mor-
~ one hunA,sxo days The Plow Rov carried
mn tom u ,Vocanah Indians to-day and large
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
ASSESSORS AND HEARINGS.
TARRYTOwN PROPERTY-OwNERS MAKE
THEIR FINAL COMPLAINTS
AMzt Z. BARBER AND J. y. DE r. wHITEHoUsE
BEARD-oUEsTIoNs OF NoS-REsTDENcE AND

AMzr Z. BARBER AND J. y. DE r. wHTEHoCsE
Neutrality-suspicious. OF NON RESIDENCE AND
DECENTRALIZATION BEING CONSIDERED.
The Greenburg town assessors. who for the last
month have been hearing the testimony OF people
feeling themselves aggrieved AZ their assessments
held their last session yesterday in the Town
Clerks once. W. z. Townsend did the question
ing. and enabled to get nearly all the informa-
ton desired out OF the complainants.
J. Norman de r. whitehouse one Of the trustees
OF the OF Mary A. Domett. was assessed Tor
$4,000 personal property; no real estate He swore
he lived In bachelors apartments at No. East
Seventeenth-st. New-York. He asked TO have the
assessment stricken of on the ground OF non-resi-
dence.
The next witness was AMI /. Barber the
asphalt manufacturer and president OF the Lorena
Company He was assessed for 100000 personal
estate and the company for N.04sOoo real estate
This took in the Cotteret place, s"50"o; Broadway
property Edward Fields place Ardsley Towers)
$3.50 900: stable and two acres OF land $4,000: the
late Cyrus W. Fields cottages and 1903 acres SS"'-
co., property Ashford-ave. Ghe sGhmitt farm farm
or Laura r. Fields place.. $4,000 Dobos Ferry
Lang La DaSa 81, @ lie then told the
sors that he paid for the property niue more
than 100000. and left it in their hands 10 make
Drcc Barber son Of AMI L. BarsTFd Was hs
James Benedict appeared FOR himself and nlod his
bur Ills mother Mary A. Benedict. was assessed
for $4,000 on twenty-five acres In the Niasee ..
Tarrytown. which he asked 10 nave reduceu ~
10000 .,, .
Frank V Mlard appeared with Charlesu n
Wood secretary OF the Westchester county say
inss Bank, and asked to have its personal az,
ses.ment OF ss0D0 cancelled Mr.. Wood producea
the daily balance book OF the bank. and said that
on July the total assets were 81 1888 6 81 ana tnst
the amount due depositors on that date was sli's
0ls e. leaving a surplus OF S62.J3 y. Mr.; Mlaru
claimed that the bank was entitled 10 me sainr
onsideration as individual taxpayers ana that l'S
assets less debts due depostors. were non aNable
As TO the real-estate assessment no ooJecuon VS.
made As counsel FOR Benson Ferris, me preSl
dent OF the bank who Is assessed kl"'" for rea
estate in Widey-st. Mr. Willard asked for re-
duction OF 1900 -, /, -.-.1
for * on real estate. he asked that u ne re-
duced 1850. Mr.. Terry had offered 20 sen IL
that figure =, 49,. "
As the representative 81 George y Newton, nlI
Y,srt on tho Weber property. IN tho village or
Irvington from 81 600 10 S7.J0 the purchase price
The Board adjourned. 10 meet n"N' lnesdaF'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
OBITUARY.
FRANZ AURELIUs PULsZKY.
Budapest, Sept a-Franz Aurelus Pulszky. the
archeoogist and pubIicist. died here to-day.

Franz Aurelius Pulszky was born at Eperies on
september H. 1874 He belorz ed to a famous family
OF Polish extraction. and was educated by one Of
his uncles. He travelled extensively young
man In Italy Germany and other countries. In
1885. when only twenty-five years DID, he was NOM
mated to be a member Of the Archaeological In
stitute OF Rome. He soon allied himself with
kossuth and the chiefs OF the Liberal party. In
1910 he was elected Deputy to the Hungarian
Diet and distinguished himself among the speak
ers OF the Opposition. In s4s he was appointed
Under Secretary Of State for the Finance Depart
ment In the administration Of Prince Batthyanyi
Soon afterward the Hungarian Prince Esterhazy.
Minister ~ Foreign Affairs in Vienna, appointed
him an under secretary. Being threatened by the
police Of Prince Windlschgratz. he made his way
10 England. TO which country Kossuth had been
appointed Ambassador After the catastrophe OF
villages he accompanied the ex- Dictator to this
country. In collaboration with his wife he wrote
an account OF his adventures under the title Of
White, Red and Black" He condemned to
death. IN contumacy for high treason. and re-
tired to Italy. and there. a Hungarian refugee.
took part with the Garbaldians. In 1856 he
pardoned. and again elected a Deputy. In 1869 he
made director Of the National Hungarian
Museum, and. in 1872 Inspector General Of Muse
ums and Public Libraries He the author Of
PHILOSOPHY OF Hungarian History" My Life and
Times and THE Jacobins in Hungary"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
GOVERNOR HASTINGS ANGRY
TROUBLE OVER PENNSYLVANIA NEW
STATE CAPITOL.
ARCHITECTS PLANS REJECTED AGAINST THE
GOVERNORS PRoTEsT-HE LEAVES THE
MEETING AND WILL. PROBABLY RESIGN

ARCHITECTS PLANS REJECTED AGAINST THE
GOVERNORS PRoTEsT-HE LEAVES THE
MEETING AND WILL PROBABLY RESIGN
FROM THE COMMISSION
Harrisburg Sept 9-The commission which
has in charge the erection OF a new State Capitol
at a cost OF $4,000 came into conflict with
Governor Hastings this afternoon. when. against
his vigorous protest. they rejected all the plans
recommended b. the board Of experts and de-
cided TO ask the architects for new ones. The
Governor was so dlspeased that he withdrew
from the meeting and declined to take further
part in the commissions proceedings II Is ex-
pected that he will resign from that body.
The trouble began when Senator McCarrell or
fered resolution disappearing the action or the
board OF experts in excluding from the competi-
ton of architects the designs OF Harding &
Gooch. of New-York. and Furness. Evans & Co..
OF Philadelphia The resolution also provided
that the envelopes containing the names OF the
thirty competitors be requested Of Judge Simon
ton and opened. and that II the names OF 'he
authors Of the two plans thrown out be founo
among them all designs be sent back 10 the
competing architects.
Senator McCarrell and Auditor-General Myhn
smoke against the recommendation Of the board
OF experts ana urged tTt hu'pt'H VI
ton. Governor Hastings was empnatcahy OPP
posed to the resolution. and made formal pro-
test. which he requested should be placed on the
minutes of the commission. John NJ. Carrere' OF
New-York, speaking for the board OF experts.
said that they had acted in what couid De
termed a judicial capacity. that their report
should be accepted final. and that they de-
cIined 70 make another examination OF the re-
jected drawings. %
The resolution was adopted by vote OF = 70
/ Governor Hastings voting In the hesa.Ve'
Those favorng the resolution were Auai'or
General Mylin Senator McCarrell. state Ireas-
urer HAYWOOD and Speaker Boyer. Inc gov
ernor retired from the room with A'totne.
General Mccormick. who acted as legai ADVISER
~ the commission ..o.
\ second resolution was offered by senator
McCarreu and adopted. after which the COM
mission adjourned TO meet next MONDAY NoV-
arnor Hastings sent word by Private secretary
Beitler that he would not attend the meeting
The second resolution annuls and canceis all tue
provisions Of he competition. except those 9e
scribing he buildings to be covered by ths ue
signs and the grounds 10 be occupied ana tHe
mandatory provisions limiting the cost
TIL. Governor in his formal protest accused
the members ~ the combination who uphelo
the resolution ~ violating the faith and credIt
Of the commission and the honor OF the |olH-
mOnwealth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
THE DUTY OF THE HOUR.
REPI' BLICANs SHOULD BE COUNTED IN MP
Lows FAVOR IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.

REPUB LICANs SHOULD BE COUNTED IN Mp
LOWS FAVOR IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir There IL immediate occasion for every Re-
publican in the city TO stand up and be counted In
every way possible in favor Of Mr. Lows nomna-
ton as Mayor. II is needed 20 prove the correct
ness OF the position strongly taken In your edi-
torisl OF this morning. and to reply 20 gentlemen
Ike Messrs. Quigg and Gibbs. who. with more or
less proprety, claim 10 speak for the RepnD-
lican party say we will not accept him
There Is but opinion az 10 Mr.. Lows eminent
fitness for the office. To Imply hesitation or to
seek to create hesitation IN pledgin2 70 him Repub
can support on The ground CT principles. not
men" H. 10 make the word ridiculous II recalls
Artemus Wards remark a similar occasion
about being lin the show business
The duty OF the hour IL TO secure Mr. Low
acceptance by assuring him Of the widest popular
support. and then. as citizens q the Greater New
York. dOing everything In our power 70 elect him
For any man group Of men, however prominent
politically. assume to array the Republicans or
New-York against him IL both suicidal and base
The more promptly the various local republican
ORGANIZATIONS take up the nomination and make ~
their own. the stronger will be their leadership
and the clearer their patriotism -
HENRY a STIMSON.
New-York Sept. .. 1897.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
CAPTAIN SAMUEL MCONIHE.

Captain Samuel McConihe OF the 1ith Infantry.
died at 81. Luke's Hospital on Wednesday night OF
cancer OF the bladder. He had brilliant career in
the Civil War. and brevetted six times for gal
liant and meritOrious service the last brevet being
that OF brgadier- general OF volunteers for con-
spcuous gallantry at the battles OF the Wilderness
and Spottsylvana. Captain McConhe was sixty
one years old. and was born in New-Hampshre
He came from his home In the West and entered
St Luke's Hospital for treatment on August Is
Hts hopeless. however. and all that the
surgeons could DO mitigate MS suNerings
His brother A d. McConihe. OF Troy and several
friends with him when he died. having been
informed OF his approaching end by the hospital
authorities
The funeral will be held to-day.