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teen years ago he purchased q valuable mine
at San, salvador. II was not known that he had
day from the American Consul notifying his
bachelor
Patrick i Bulger, a eonspcllous res,grnt OF
born In ireland in 1913. and was brought TO
Utica 4 in 1909 and began the study Of law. and
SSS, :Sssr,S Sit y A. ASSssG 5isSst I b lS 81. . ne SSIS
was irSe..ClectSd IN lsa6, Ia 1888, when the
man CITY Judge ad interim. Atthe following
and when this term expired he was succeeded
by Samuel A.. Beardsley. Upon leaving the
bench Mr.. ,BulEer returned TO the practice Of
time Of his HfnnSSii Illness. ;" " '"'"' ~ "'
Capt. Charles z. Kahler, Y. s. ". Engineers.
died at, his homo IN Baltimore yesterday OF
which brought him from Porto Rico to New
York. Capt. kablor organized a company, q
Spain began. and his was one Of the first Of the
volunteer companies ordered to Poekskill.
N Sn@ +; w1 ae @ SiS SSS 6 E%pta sTGFv By P II RSTt1 R Ms.
Kinley, He was for a long time prominent In
Democratic politics, in Baltimore. He was a
skilfnl engineer. and fora humber OF years was
one Of the Assistant City commissioners He
was 81 years old.
Capt. Joel s. Davis. cashier of the Bank Of
army liits ~ W III. uiV w .hhD
home on Park avenue. in that village, yester-
day morning Of pneumonia, after q short i'll
ness. He was Us years. old, and leaves u widow,
one son, and one daughter, He was President
OF the Amityville Water Works and Electric
Power Company, Treasurer OF the school dis
trict. and q director in several other local
r%ations. For, many. years he'was, In the West
Indies and South American trade. His last
vessel was the brig John McDermott OF Port
Jefferson.
William Maxwell blackburn; President Of the
Presbyterian uniyersity at Pierre. ,; d.. died
He was II years old and a. graduate OF Lafay-
cite College. He preached at Erie, Pa, .Tren-
ton, n. j., and other Eastern cities, held the
chair OF ecclesiastical and church history at
the Chicago Theological Seminary, and was
President OF the North Dakota University be-
fore going to Pierre in 1886.
Mrs. Hattie Reed Conley, wife Of Elisha W.
Conley. manager Of the Standard, OIL Com
pany's Maine business. died last night In Port
land. Me. of grip after a ten days illness. She
was Congressman Thomas B. Reeds only
sister.
Samuel Overton. &c years old. astone dealer.
died yesterday at. his home.. 122l Garden
street. Hoboken. He was born in England aud
calne to this country many years ago.
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selves do state that at no time during the past
nor at present do we use chemicals Of any kind
whatsoever. and that. therefore. the refriRer.
ated. meat furnished your department could
not have been touched by any chemical OF any
description. Neither the meat furnished TO
your department by us nor that supplied by us
for consumption In almost every State In the
Union has at any time ever been treated by us
by any chemica process OF any kind whatso-
ever"
GEN. dABBETsou AGREES WITH GEN. MILNs.
CLEVELAND. Dec. 30.-Gen. George 4, Gar
retson ofthis city. who commanded n division
In Porto Rico. agrees with Gen. Miles that the
canned beef furnished the army was to a large
extent unfit for use. Gen. Garreteon said that
a large quantity Of the stun had to be thrown
away by the commissary officers OF his division.
He said:
The condition OF affairs was every bit as
bad as IL reported. Considerable canned beef
totally unit for the use of human beings was
discovered by the cQmmissary officers OF the
division ] commanded. When the matter was
reported TO me l ordered all meat unfit for use
70 be destroyed. Several other divisions OF the
Porto Rican expedition did not have fresh
meat. and had 10 depend entirelyo on the canned
stun. There is no doubt that this stun was the
cause Of a large part Of the sickness among the
men. In several instances whole lots OF the
stun had TO be destroyed"
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GEN. LEES COMMAND IN CUBA.

His Authority Does Not Extend to Havana
City, Where Gen. Ludlow Commands.
wAsHISIToN. Dec. 30.-The status OF Major
Gen. Htzhugh Lee as Military Governor and
commander Of the forces la the province OF
Havana was fixed to-day by the War Depart
ment in an order dividing the province into two
military departing Ever since Major-Gen.
William Ludlow was appointed Military Gov
ernor of the city Of Havana the authority OF
Gen. Lee In the city has been OF an am biguous
character. AS Military Governor Of Havana
province Gen. Lee was naturally supposed to
exercise jurisdiction In the city. The question
OF whether Gen. Ludlow should make his
reports to Gen. Leo and be Immediate
ly subject to his orders was disposed
OF. however. by an army order. issued
by direction Of the President. directing
that Gen. Ludlow should have command Of the
troops stationed in the city and should report
direct to MaJor-Gen. John r. Brooke, the Mill
tary Governor of the entire island of Cuba.
Still this left considerable uncertainty as to the
authority Of Gen. Lee in Havana city. He
was the Military Governor Of the province
within which the city is situated, and
there has been 20 separation Of the
city from the province in the definition of
Gen. Lees duties. One explanation OF Gen.
Lees position was that he would m all
the troops in the province except such as were
detailed for police duty In the city. and that his
authority there would be 10 that Of
Gen. Ludlow fit were necessary to concentrate
a large part Of Gen. Lees corps within the city
limits.
The order issued to-day definitely adjusts the
dubious points in the case. IL creates the MIL
itary Department OF the Province OF Havana
and the Military Department OF the City of Ha-
vana. These. departments are entirely sep
arate and distinct. Gen. Lee is assigned TO the
mma OF the province and Gen. Ludlow to
the command of the Department of the City OF
Havana. The authority of Gen. Ludlow will
extend to the Notifications OF the city and Gen.
Lee will have OF all the rest of the
province.
The creation of a new military department
by separating Havana city from the province
completes the division Of Cuba into districts
for the administration OF affairs. There are
now seven military departments in the island.
each in command Of a Governor. who is
u General of the army. The Governor will
have supreme military and civil Jurisdiction
there. His acts will be subject TO the approval
OF Malor-Gen. Brooke. who will In turn be re-
to the Secretary OF War and the
President. A Governor for each OF the seven
departments has been assigned. and the last of
them, Brig ten. Joseph p. Sanger. left
Charleston for Matanzas. his headquarters. to-
day. Gen. Sanger will remain in command Of
the Department of MatanZas temporarily only.
The seven military departments of the division
Cuba are Pinar del Rio. Havana province,
Havana city. Matanzas. Puerto Principe. Santa
Clara and Santiago.
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Obituary Notes.

The Hon. Frederiek Carroll brewster. a for
mer Judge Of the Philadelphla County Courts.
Of that city, died suddenly yesterday at Char
lotte. n. G., on his way to Florida. Judge
grin, but on Wednesday. while still Frustrated
BY the disease, he attended the Republican
lected to present the name OF John H. Kinsey
for the nomination of City Solicitor. He rallied
his strength and made a brilliant Grafton in
The effort proved too great n strain, and on
THURSDAY his vitality was 30 weakened that he
gggSdISsiB re eS eiu Was Born i In PshPiiRIad'e3lphRiha9 I Mny
10, 1879. His father, Francis Enoeh Brewster.
cation was received in a Friends school and
completed at the University of Pennsylvania.
T SaIi IN later years e. S conferred e upon him the
dent of the Alumni Society Of the university.
iHHees was "a ad MI t. the bar Sspst' e, 1871. He
ddlrard to overthrow The viii Of the phiIant
to the city in trust for charitable pur-
poses; Judge Brewster won a victory in
i ihs s"PaT oabs csn TT tS EHiS Shlid it, at a, rest SiSa% SGy
will. He was elected n Judge of the Courts In
lSI5 and IN 1879 no was aPpoi9Gted Attorney
Geary Since 1871 he had devoted hlmselttto
private practice during which he became pre-
since attained rank and prestige at the bar.
AS q an [hoo orator ne gained 2 great reputation and
He wrote two or three text books on law, and
".Moliere in outline" and tho Life and Novels
OF BENJAMIN Disraeli." He was a member OF
the Union League and the Art Club and one Of
the founders OF the Lawyers Club D in Philadel-
pIhia. As an. entertainer he was noted for his
elaborate dinners and the character Of the
guests that attended them. lie was a cousin
Of the late BENJAMIN Harris Brewster, one
time Attorney General OF the United States.
Word was received In Brooklyn Yesterday OF
the sudden death of James Cook Kingsley at
San Salvador, Central America, on dec. %, He
was the eldest son Of the late William q. Kings
ley. prominently identified with the constrnc-
lion OF the Brooklyn Bridge. He was horn in
graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute when 10 years old and then entered
the Troy, Polytechnic Institute, from which he
His father then sent him . broad andhe studied
for hve years in the School of Mines In Frei-
burg, Germany, and was graduated second In
his class, At that time he was the third Ameri-
can who had graduated from this school. Fi-
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NEW JERSEY TRoLLEYs MERGEDe
Rumor That the North Hudson County Co.
Has Been bought by North jersey Co.

Rumor That the North Hudson County Co.
Has Been bought by North jersey Co.
A report was circulated in Hoboken yester-
day that the controlling stock OF the North
Hudson County Railway had been purchased
by the North jersey Street Railway Company.
which operates lines in Hudson and Essex
counties. The capital stock OF the North Hud-
son County Railway Company is said to be
about S5,000.00O. held chiefly by President
Myles Tierney and Messrs. Ballantine and De
Forrest. According to the report the price
paid by the purchaser was about $165 per
share. 1t has been rumored for several months
two companies.
The North Jersey Street Railway Company.
OF which f. 7 [; Young OF Jersey City Is Presi-
dent. wants to obtain control. OF all the street
said that the company is also negotiating for
the purchase Of the Jersey City, Hoboken and
Rutherford Railway.
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PENNSYLVANIA SHORT OF MoNEf.
Recent Legislation, Owing TO Litigation,
Fails TO Produce Desired Revenue.

Recent Legislation, Owing TO Litigation,
Fails TO Produce Desired Revenue.
HARnIsBURo. Pa. Dec. 30.-state Treasurer
Beacon says in a report TO the Governor that
the hopes expressed by his predecessor that
the receipts Of the department would be large
ly increased under the revenue laws passed
by the last Legislature and improved business
and financial conditions have not been real
lied. The estimate of the Auditor-General
and State Treasurer for the year was SILL
501.0O0 The sreceipts we're about 81 100000
short OF this amount. due principally to pend
inc litigation over the construction 81 the act
OF Assembly ander which the capital stock OF
corporations is appraised for taxation. d.
A very large percentage Of this tax levied
for the year 1897 has not been paid. and the
receipts from this sorrce alone are almost
S500,000 below tho estimate. There should
also have been deducted from the estimate the
sum OF S369.371.5O 4. which il transferred an
nually to the sinking fund.
The Supreme Court and Town an opinion
in October. which practically revolutionizes
the method OF taxing the capital stock OF cor
porations and should result in largely In
cient time has not yet elapsed in which TO esti-
mate the effect q the new ruling. The account-
for the current year have placed this item az
$4.0O0,0O0. which is about $70O,OO0 more than
was received from this, source during the last
sNui anu IhsbiiOukHi " bt ~ lAlE tSllUlhIe unutT
the circumstances
The Direct Inheritance Tax law is still pend
ing In the Supreme Court. and the receipts
from this source are practically nothing.
Should the constitutionality OF this act be sus-
tanned IL will doubtless prove q good producer
OF revenue.
The new act providing for the payment OF
interest by banks in which the funds OF the
satisfactory. The interest received by the
state fpr the six months ended Nov. l. 1858.
amounted to S95. or this sum S14,-
0i5.lY. WAS paid into the sinking fund and
S3l .S2l.93 into the general fund. As the
stantlY increasing, the interest derived there
from will correspondinRly increase aud be
compounded semi annually.
The balance available for the payment OF
appropriations on Nov. 30. 1895. was S2.929.-
3l7.1O. and the obligations due on the same
date amounted TO about S5.500,0 900. The
total public debt amounts to S6.S15. 100, none
q which is payable until the year 1912. and
debt OF only 81, OPS. 1871 .D3.
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COL. DoWNS EXAMINED.
He Tells About the Movements of the list
in the Charge of San Juan Hill.

in the Charge of San Juan Hill.
Former Colonel Wallace A. Downs was the first
witness to he called yesterday at the second
days session OF the court Of inquiry appointed
to investigate the charges against Major Smith
and Capt. Whittle OF the Seventy-frs Regi-
ment. made by Capts. Meeks and Bleecker in a
letter to the newspapers. 1t was announced
upon the converting Of the court that Meeks
and Blocker would be admitted to all sessions
Of the court hereafter. This was decided at
the close Of the session on Monday. Major
Payne, who represents Capt. Whittle. protested
vigorously against the admittance of the two
Captains on the ground that 1t would be placing
them in the role of prosecutors. Major Payne's
objections were overruled and Capt. Blocker
was present in the trial room all day yesterday.
appearing as q witness In the afternoon.
Col. Downs testified in u general way con-
corning the movements of the regiment. He
was closely questioned as to the orders given.
as 1t is understood that Major Smith and Capt.
Whittle. contend that Col. Downs's orders re-
Charges charge : IN Of f"s eo SIagd@s'oH CSi' 1SeS lsd left sq t the
stand when the noon recess was taken. When
asked to make some statement in regard, to
to be-
beginning of the afternoon session. His tes-
timony was about his movements on the day
or the battle and a good deal of it was about
the charge up San Juan Hill. The nature Of ID
led one OF the counsel for the defence TO ask il
reply Blocker said that he was on top OF the
hill forty minutes before Major Keck and Capt.
rafferty,. When asked II Major smith was
there Bleecker replied that he might have been
there. but he didn't see him. N session
closed with Bleecker's testimony.
As he left the armory Major Payne declared
that 1t was wrong to admit Bleecker during the
mornings session in view Of the fact that he
evident Yesterday that those Interested in be.
half OF the defence believe that determinations
are being made against them and that more
protests will be made as the inuuiry prorpeda
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SWENTzEL JAILED AGAIN.
Makes n Break for Liberty, hut a Freight
Train Finally Traps Him.

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j.. Dec. 30.-George E.
Swentzel. who was horsewhiuped by his wife
on Wednesday because he hadn't stopped
drinking since Christmas, was put in Jail for
the second time within twenty-four hours late
last night by Constable Lucas. He was ar
rested and placed In jail on Wednesday night.
but was released later on a bail bond furnished
by H.. b. Cook, a lawyer. He went home at .
A. NJ. yesterday and drove his wife out Of the
house at the point OF a revolver. She borrowed
a horse from a neighbor and drove to this city.
only partially clad. to again seek the protection
OF the law.
Constable William Lucas, armed with Justice
Swentzel In a woodshed. He knocked on the
door and .Swentzel poked n Winchester rifle
out OF a window.
me- said the constable. WIN
And | want you to get out Of here replied
SweHtzel., Come in here and I'll blow your
The constable came back without his man.
He went after Lawyer Cook. SwentZel's bonds
man. and Mr., Cook. went back with him. Mr..
Cook persuaded Swentzel to come to New
1t was late last night when Ithe constable ar
rived at the Kirkpatrick street entrance Of the
county Jail. LUCAS jumped out and laid the
off his gloves whom Swentzcl suddenly picked
whip. dashed of toward Paterson Street Fl with
the constable In hot pursuit. Three blocks
sected by the tracks OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road. Along freight train was passing at the
time and SwentZel was caught In a tran. He
had 10 wait for the freight train TO pass and
hfrhat gave Lucas time 70 catch up with him.
ing swentzel that he would shoot him II he at
tempted, 10 escape again, drove back to the
laiI. This time he delivered his prisoner
safely inside.
,Swentgel is in a very nervous state and I'M
able, 70 tell a. straight story. Mrs. SwentZei's
mother was Mrs. Marian A. Cornell. principal
Of School 1875. in Wooster street. New York
city. ,Swentzel Is, said to have n brother. a DIR.
John swentzel, q dentist, with an Office in New
York and u residence in Elizabeth.
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Stole SO 900 Worth of .Jewe,rv.

Thomas j. Maloney. who lives at Twenty
sixth street and Sixth avenue. was arraigned
Mt the Centre Street Police Court yesterday on
n charge of grand larceny brought by his
former employers. Jenkins & Mattson. Jewell
lers. at 1907 Broadway. The complainants
allege that Maloney has been robbing them Tor
reached a total Of more than $1,000. Deten-
I'VE Gargan OF the Central ONCE squad saw
nue. on "Wednesday, and offer to pawn \ da.
mond ring worth 500, for $50, When arrested
aiteTward broke down and confessed that he
had been rohhing his employers tor more than
for trial. ~ "
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Aim to DO Away with Strikes.

An effort is TO be made next week to bring
about a conference OF the principal cloak man
ufacturers OF the city to form an employers
association as a preliminary to the proposed
plan OF making an agreement with the Cloak
makers Union by which strik es will be avoided
In future. A committee of the manufacturers
which has been holding a series OF conferences
forming an arbitration board OF employers and
employees, has obtained from the union a list
OF Al the frmS which have been concerned in
strikes; A call will be sent TO these to attend n
general meeting at which measures will be
hoard, whose functions will DO the settlement
OF all trade disputes.
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TOBACCO CONSOLIDATION.
The j. Wright Company of Norfolk, Va, ABB
sorbed by the Continental.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 3O.-It was said on the
Tobacco Exchange to-day that the J. Wright
Tobacco Company had been absorbed by the
Continental Tobacco Company. Fred W.. Scott.
President. and Thomas b. Scott. Vice Presi-
dent. with their counsel. left for New York to-
night. presumably to make the transfer. The
J. Wright Company is the second largest plug
Mayo Company. which was absorbed by the
Continental last week.
The Wright Company was the outcome Of 4
knights OF Labor movement when that order
was at its height. Mr.. John Wright was aflili-
ated with the organization, and gave names 10
his brands popular with its members. and the
sales were large. A Joint stock company was
formed. and five years ago. when the business
mad reached enormous proportions. the late
Fred Il. Scott. combined with Boston capital
lists, secretly, bought "A controlling block Of tho
Every person in the factory refused TO work
under the new management and walked ont.
Wright,
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NO DISEASE GERMS ADMITTED.

Australian Governments Decline to Take
Chances for the Sake of Science.
VANCOUVER. B. c., Dec. 30.-A bacteriologist
applied recently to the Australian Govern
ments for permission to open a college for ex-
perimenting on cats. rats. mice. birds and fowl
with germs OF small -pox. plague. typhoid fever.
CHAMBERS and rinderpest. The various Gov
ernments, have refused his request. and the
that any person importing disease germs into
the country will be fined and imprisoned. DIR.
Hayden, who introduced. the bubonic plague
virus into, Victoria. 10 being severity criticised
by the Victoria Government. In the mean
time. medical men and scientists express them
selves as being shocked by what they call gov
ernment childishness and an attempt to check
the advance OF modern science.
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Cen. wilson to Command Mt Matan.as.

WARRINGTON, Dec. 30.-An order was issued
by the War Department to-day changing the
headquarters of the First Army Corps In Cuba
from Cienfuegos to Matanzas. This means that
the corps, will be the military Governor OF the
Department Of Matanzas, instead OF the De-
partment OF Santa Clara, Gen. Wilson, with
Whence he will san Tor MatanEss with the
Eighth MASSACHUSETTS,. the l6Oth Indiana. and
the Third. Kentucky Regiments. Brig, Gen.
Joseph L; Sanger, who sailed from Charleston
to-day with the Twelfth New York. will be the
military Governor of Matanzas until Gen. VIII
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YOSEMITE TO GO TO MANILA.
Tho Auxiliary Cruiser to Take a Large Com.
pIement of Men to the Philippines.

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. 30.-The United States
auxiliary cruiser Yosemite. Commander Ide.
arrived at the Norfolk Navy Yard shortly be-
fore noon to-day. She has a complement OF
some 25O men aboard. and it was stated at the
yard will take on about 300 men. coal. stores
and ammunition and afterward sail for Manila
by the SueZ Canal. A draft OF sixty sailors ar
rived from New York to-day, oming overland.
A report was current that the Yosemite
would be ordered to proceed TO Cuba with a
large detachment Of marines from this yard,
but this was discredited at the yard. where II
was said that, the marine guard there numbers
yard that the Yosemite will not sail for Manila
for several, weeks, since much work must be
done upon her first.
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Navy Yard Notes.

The auxiliary cruiser Huntress was taken
from the navy yard in Brooklyn yesterday and
turned over to the officers OF the New Jersey
Naval Reserve at Camden. On Tuesday the
Pennsylvania Naval Reserves received the aux
Hilary cruiser S~hearwateT.
The work OF making repairs on the battleship
Massachusetts is progressing rapidly, The
longitudinal plates on the port side Of the yes
sci were removed yesterday.
Naval Constructor BoWles Is spending the
holidays at his home In Massachusetts, .
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Cabinet Discusses TAXATION In cuba.

WASHINGTON. Dec, 30.-The Cabinet dis
cussed for two hours and a half his morning
the subject OF taxation in the island Of Cuba.
No reference was made to the customs reve-
nues. the tariff schedule for Cuba having al
ready been promulgated; but the subject OF
Internal revenue taxes and the disposition OF
the proceeds was considered In great detail.
enee held yesterday between Secretary Alger
and ten Greene, when the peculiar conditions
sISaT needs oil svety part OF the island were con-
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Commodore Philip Passes Through sayan-
nah.

SAVANNAH. Ga, Dec. 3O.-Commodore J. W.
Philip spent half an hour to-day at the station
OF the Plant Railroad. He is on his way to
Brooklyn to take command OF the navy yard
there. He was not in uniform. but was reeog-
nized and chatted pleasantly with several men.
He Is glad to get shore duty for awhile, and
Just now particularly glad to absent himself
from the surroundings Of Havana harbor.
patriots will defer, any reJoieings calculated to
bring on a clash between themselves and the
SpanIards under process OF deportation,