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MAY LET DOWN THE BARS.
OONOEssION 10 TIE OPPONENTS or
TEE OIVLE sERVICE LAW.

The President Entiraate. that ne viii Give
Erect - the Statement In Hls Inaugural
Address, That Certain Omces shenIa No
tempt from the Operation or the Law.
wAsHINaToN, Jan. 3.-Prssident Mckinley
has caused IL to DO made known that he intends
to give effect to tho statement contained In his
inaugural address that certain positions in the
civil service now protected by the Civil Service
law should be exempted from its operations.
An intimation of the Presidents intention
has been conveyed to tho members Of
the committee appointed at the confer
ence Of Republican Representatives. held
several weeks ago. who arc charged with
the duty of examining into the administration
Of the Civil Service law and report what modin.
cations are desirable. Members Of the commit
toe entered with apparent hoartiness upon their
work, and 1t was said that they would be ready
to report after the recess. But moro recently
an apathy has been noticed on their part, and
now IT. is said that, by reason Of the intimation
given by the President, nothing will be done, at
This committee comprised in Its membership
q seven no less thsn four Of tho majority of the
Kentucky, Steele, and TawneyI, and the por-
sonnel Of the movement for Q modification of
counted on at first. 1t had to be considorod. and
with sincerity and respect. So II is said that
WIT With t the Sitasti srs0r roi Relns %f Sis i aaensInse Of
excepting q number of places under the
law and thus relieving tho stress upon
tho dissatisfied members. But no didn't
feel that he could act while tho
subject was under consideration in Con-
members OF the committee named. without for
NAL action they dropped the subject. What
effect this will have upon the continuation of
Legislative. Executive, and Judicial Appropri-
alton bill, which 10 tho first thing on the House
programme whom Congress meets on Wednes-
day, cannot DO told. 1t 10 probable. however,
that " will. 20 on. and that the dissatisfied
members will have an opportunity to express
thor,aolvaa
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Allegations Made AEainat Him and His Divorced
Wife-yOke by the Court.

Lawyer Addison Ely made an application to
Chancellor NEG in Jersey City yesterday to
award to Thomas p. War IN Of Orange the
custody of his two children Watson secured a
divorce some time ago. but the custody of the
children was left for future consideration. Tho
children are Charlotte and Thomas p, Jr., Is
and IL years old respectively. They were in
court with their mother, who is a rather hand
some woman. In making his application Law
yer Ely said:
"You know. your Honor. Solomon divided tho
child"
Eyes. 1 KNOW" replied the Chancellor, quick.
", but we don t believe in doing justice here
by halves"
The lawyer declared that Mrs. Watson was
not a 1T person to have custody of the children.
Since the divorce she had been keeping a con-
fectionery store in Belleville, and Watson al
leges that DIR. Gibson and G. r. Stewart of
Brooklyn, who were the co. respondents in the
divorce suit, are regular visitors there.
Judge McCarter, who appeared for Mrs. Wat
son, denied the allegations made by Watson.
He said that when the divorce proceedings
were in progress Mrs. Watson could not get
either alimony or counsel fee. and being with
out funds. she WAS obliged to allow the case to
go by default. The lawyer charged Watson
fatuated with a woman whom he had installed
in a house in Orange and was about to marry.
Chancellor McGill referred the case to Vice.
Chancellor Emery 10 take testimony, and al
lowed Mrs. Watson $40 limony and $40 counsel
fee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-04
rnn 1Arn Q. \. aoBEnn
sen sr the Christopher Rhinelasder neseI
Tor wheu, Robert CetleRe was Named.

- ~1NA
Christopher R%hinelandor Robert. the mill
lionaire who shot himself dead on Sunday In La
Rochelle apartment house. 81 West Seventy
fifth street. was born in this city in 1920. His
father. OF the same name. was a man OF wealth.
n philanthropist and n largo benefactor OF
Robert College, Constantinople, which was
named In his honor. He was also founder OF the
firm Of Robert & Williams. old-fashioned mer-
chants, dealers in sugar and East Indian
products. When q young man Christopher
r. Robert, Jr., entered his fathers
firm, and no soon became q partner.
He married Miss McHae. whose sister married
Robert L. Stuart, tho great sugar reiner. Mrs.
Robert died not many years after her marriage.
Mr.. Robert married again, the willow Of MI.
Morgan. whose maiden namo was Julia Rem.
minEton. She had three children by her first
husband, and the children now 1.-Two In Paris at
present. Mr.. Robert had no children.
of fhEiofn "thor, Ne {sf RoS SsG, P resi hSaf S frd% taS fSsss
and he had since spent much of his time In
Paris. He was very fond Of horses, and made
hand. He owned a great deal Of property
in this city, and returned from time to time to
self a fine house at. Oakdnle, L. l., next to Mr.
william X. yenderbilt's house. Idle Hour; On
time there and at tho adjoining south side
Sportsmen's Club. of which he was n member
His place at Oakdale he had sold within the
year. and he was building himself q house at
Newport.
Mr.. Robert was a man Of many aquaintances
but no intimates. He was well educated and an
agreeable talker whom he chose, but ~reticent
and fond Of solitude. He was an extremely
handsome man. tall and commanding In figure
and with clear.cut features. He was considered
a very able business man. and increased the
wealth which came to him from his father and
with both his wives.
There will be no autopsy. There will DO a pri-
yato funeral tomorrow. Mr.. @. H.. Merriman,
Mr.. Roberts private secretary, said yesterday
that Mr.. Robert had been afflicted with melan-
cholia for some time. Nothing is yet known
about Mr.. Roberts will.
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washington Notes.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-On account of illness,
L'eut-Col. John w. Clous. Deputy Judge Advo-
cateNGeneral, has been relieved from duty as
Judge Advocate of the court-martial which will
begin the trial of Capt. Carter of the Engineer
Corps at Savannah. Ca. on Jan. IL. and Col.
Thomas F. Bair, Assistant Judge Advocate
General and Judge Advocate of the Department
OF the East. has been assigned In his place.
Mailed orders were sent out by the Navy De-.
partment to-day for the final trial of the torpedo
poat Dupont at Key West. Fla, on Monday,
Jan. 10. Capt: Charles s, Sigsbee of the battle.
shig Maine will be President of the Trial Board.
waiter Newbern, Jr.. of Sackett's HarbOr, N.
H. was Today appointed a junior hospital stew
arn In the Uniten States Marine Hospital service,
ne sentence in the case OF William X. Hall, q
e3lored letter carrier In New York, convicted OF
soslracung from the mail a letter containing
money was affirmed to-day by the Supreme
W.l- Morrison, formerly Chairman of the
Mn'ITstate mme Commission, and Henry
~; moyt OF Pennsylvania, a new Assistant At
IN .teneral, were to-day admitted TO prac.
soiici teIore the supreme Court on motion OF
rohahdler Hale. Secretary Of the United States
sinuassy AT Rome, has been advised by his phy.
setah 70 leave Rome on account OF his health.
HIhu WIN De Obliged to resign his Commission.
nufsa son OF Senator Eugene Hale OF Maine.
tenu was appointed to the Socretaryship lereeiy
'A'oush MS tathsrs influence.
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NoRNAyDIE CASHIERS SUICIDE.
MIas Potter Said to Have Been Suffering from
Nervous Prostitution.

RIIas Potter said to Have Been Suffering from
Nervous Prostration.
Why Ida Elizabeth Potter. cashier of the Ho-
tel Normandie, committed suicide ut the Wind.
sor Hotel on Sunday night can be only surmised.
There was every evidence of generalization in
the act, but the girls sister Minnie. who is en-
ployed at the Ashland House. and her most in
innate friend, Mary Flynn. who Is employed In
the Normandie and shared her room. both deny
knowledge Of any unhappy incidents In Miss
Potter's life.
A Mrs. Clyde of 2O3 West Eightieth street,
who knew the dead girl we'll. says that not long
ago Miss Potter told her that some one in whom
she was very much Interested was addicted to
the use OF morphine or opium. She seemed very
much distressed over the matter. and once said
that II her friend came to the Normandie under
the influence of drugs again she would kill her.
self.
Miss Catherine Flood. a friend of the dead
girl. said yesterday that she believed Miss Pot
ter had been suffering from nervous prostration
for months. She used to go bicycle riding with
Miss Flood, but two weeks ago sold her wheel,
saying she wasn't strong enough to keep on
riding.
Bank. n. j., where Miss Potter's mother lives.
for interment.
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MINNIE KERR's FIGHT WITH FIRE.
In Vain Attempt 20 save Her Life She Sets the
House African Infants Marrow Escape.

In Vain Attempt TO Save Her Life She Sets the
House African Hnfant's Marrow Escape.
ORANGE, n. j., Jan. 3.-while working In the
laundry Of Albert Rothschild's house In East
Orange this afternoon Minnie Kerr, a servant,
brushed close to a big stove. Her clothing
caught fire and in: an instant she was a blaze
from head to foot. With the exception Of Mar
garet Spittzner. a nurse. who was on the Sec
ond floor attending an infant. Miss Kerr was
alone in the house. She ran. upstairs to the
dining room, where heavy, p~ortieres were hang
ing between the doors. Wrapping one Of these
around her she tried to stiflo the flames, but
only set fire to the woodwork.
The nurse.heard Miss Kerr's screams. and
leaving the infant alone rushed downstairs.
The suffering girl was then on the front stoop.
Elisha Stretch, who was passing, rushed in the
woman in It's folds, sitting the flames. But she
sank unconscious to the floor.
Meanwhile the flames had burned through
the second story. The nurse ran upstairs and
saved the baby, although the house was filled
with smoke and the fire was raging in tho room
adjoining that in which the baby lay cooing In
It's cradle.
Miss Kerr was removed to tho Memorial
Hospital in an ambulance. She regained con-
sciousness, but the physicians say she will not
recover.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-04
TALUlr1ox or 1rPonrrD eooDA
RE suprsuus Usurs peesaes Tsst the Rre,,s
nuty n1sht ne unetuasa - Custsu.s OMcera.

RE suprssss UsuFs psesaes Thst the Rre,se
Betty n1sht Ne unetuaed ~ cuytsn-s oMcera
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-The Supreme Court
to-day. speaking through Chief Justice Fuller,
decided that the excise duty assessed upon
products OF q foreign country, when sold In that
country. but remitted when tho products were
exported, must be included by United States
customs officers In their assessment of tho
valuation of the articles when imported into
this country. tn case came up on c~ertifca-
tion from the Court Of Appeals for tho Second
circuit, and arose on the importation of an In
voice Of cotton velvets by Passavant q Co.
Tho Chief Justice said:'
"Wha was to DO ascertained was the actual
value or Wholesale price of the merchandise, as
bought ard sold in usual Wholesale quantities
at the time OF expectation In the principal mar
kets Of the country whence exported. This
market price or value was the price in Germany,
and not tho price after leaving that country.
and the law does not contemplate two prices
or two market values. It 10 found In respect
OF these goods, whom purchased IN bono or con-
e sEn0 country. that Z" this duty is remitted By tho
ton Of tax as distinguished from being ro-
Tho use of the word bonincation docs not
change the character OF this remission. 1t is q
afect as q bonus or drawback. To use one OF
the definitions Of drawback. II 4 a device re-
sorted to for enabling a c9mpedity affected by
market on tho same terms as II it had not been
taxed at all But the laws of this country In
the assessment of duties proceed upon the mar
ket value in the exporting country. and not
upon tho market value less such remission or
amelioration as that country chooses TO allow
in accordance with Its own views Of public
policy. The fact that the German duty was
not actually paid on such goods whom exported
10 immaterial. h appraiser found, as . mat
ter of fact, that the market value In Germany
was equal to the invoice price. plus the homo
duty, properly recognising that that duty formed
part OF tho purchase price In the markets Of
that country"
From this opinion and Judgment Justices
Brown and Peckham dissent. The German
duty. said Justice, Brown, was never paid on
as an element Of cost in their production. He
did not see why the; Government should not
reecognize hat two prices or values existed for
should DO charged with an element Of value
which mover entered into the cost. The do
cision IL in tone with that reached by Assistant
Secretary Howell of the Treasury Department
regarding the excise tax assessed by the Bel
CLAN Government, on the production of refined
sugar, and overrules the Board Of General APP
praisers upon both propositions.
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MEXICAN TELEGRAPH CHANG Es.
An Arrangement for Connections with the
Western Union Lines Exciusively.

An Arrangement for Connections with tho
Western Union Lines Exclusively.
An arrangement has been made between the
Mexican Government and the Western Union
Telegraph Company by which all telegraph bust.
ness between Mexico and the rest Of the world
shall BIO handled by the Mexican federal telc-
graph lines and those of the Western Union
Company. to the exclusion of all other lines. By
the terms Of this arrangement all dispatches
are TO be transmitted by the Western Union at
Laredo and E. Paso, Tex, and from the Mexican
federal lines to the cable at Galveston. Tho
Postal Telegraph Company is, by this arrange
mont, of course, prevented from doing business
in Mexico.
The reason that led the Mexican Govern.
ment to make such an arrangement with the
Western Union was because the telegraph lines
owned by the Mexican railroad companies have
been for some time violating their concessions.
1t seems that each railroad company in Mexico
terms of the concessions from the Mexican Gov
ernmcnt these lines are permitted. to transmit
r panies. it I IS sand, ha Se' Fepe aztec Fa violated t6eir
agreement with the Government. Some of
these lines have connections with. the Postal
Telegraph Company and others with the West
When General Manager Chandler of the Pos
porter Of TmE Sun yesterday afternoon what
he knew about this arrangement. he said:
Il know that some time ago an Arrangement
was made between the Western Union Tele-
graph Company and the Mexican Telegraph
Company. which is controlled by the Mexi-
can Government, for an exchange of bust
ness. l have not heard that the result OF this
arrangement would exclude all other telegraph
companies from doing, business in Mexico. II
ouch were the case / think l should have heard
Of 1t. / know that there has been some con-
troversy between the Mexican Government and
the railway telegraph lines over the interpreta-
ton, Of the language Of the, concessions made
by the Government to these lines. l know also
that some legal on the question have
been made. l have read the articles Of conces-
sion and, II the English language means any
thing, 1t seems, to me that the articles Of con.
right to handle commercial business. How.
ever, this Is n question that must be settled be.
tween the Mexican Government and the rail-
road companies and one in which tho Postal
Telegraph Company is not particularly inter-
ested."
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GOLD and sroCK TICKERs sroR.
The Breakdown Was Duo to Trouble with the
Dynamo Engines.

The Breakdown Was Duo to Trouble with the
Dynamo Engines.
All the 400 stock tickers of the Gold and Stock
Telegraph Company stopped ticking at 1865
o'clock yesterday afternoon. and for the rest of
the day banks and financial institutions, and
the private banking and brokerage and other
concerns that receive over the company's tick.
ers their Stock Exchange quotations. had to do
without them. 1t was a cause Of serious incon-
venience in numberless instances. The only
concerns not affected were Stock Exchange
houses, which get their quotations over the
tickers of the New York Quotation Company.
the service of that company being exclusively
for members of the Exchange.
Tho trouble was due to the disablement OF
both the. regular and the spare. engine in the
cellar of 10 Broad street. which furnish power
to run tho dynamo for the tickers. On Friday
afternoon. after tho close of business. the regu-
lar engine was found to be out of order. It's
valve was sent away to be repaired. and yester-
day morning the spare engine was set at work.
The strap. made of gun metal. on the connect
ing rod Of the engine, broke. Both engines will
be in repair to-day.
The tickers which were stopped are distributed
all over the city and also in Jersey City and
Newark. There is one as far away as Morris
town. DO
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VETS ON PENSION FRAUDS.
REVOLUTIONS BY THE VETERAN
LEaION OF PEHNsYLVhNIA.
They Declare Their Opposition TO the IndiEent
Pension Biii OF 1890. which Opposed the
Doors to Fraud and PeEiury, ana TO
the Par-nro or All sncc,,, Pensiou Hills.

They Declare Their Opposition TO the IndiEent
Pension BIiI OF 1890. which opened the
Doors to Fraud ana PERJURY, ana TO
the Passage or All Special Pension bills.
~PIrTsBuRG, Jan. 3.-Encampment No. 1,
Union Veteran Legion OF Pennsylvania, passed
these resolutions tonight:
Whereas. The appropriation for pensions has
reached the enormous sum OF ei47,o0 900. and is
the cause OF much adverse criticism detrimental to
the soldiers who. early in the struggle. volunteered
for tho war, and were stlll In the ranks at the glori.
ous end and at the restoration of peace and Of the
Union; and
Whereas, Encampment No. 1, Union veteran Legion
of Pennsylvania, in encampmert, composed of moro
than 1000 veterans, whose average term of service
is moro than three years md two months, yet OF
whose membership not 90 per cent. is on the pension
roll. and Of this percentage four-nfths are on the
rolls Of wounds received In line of duty, views with
regret tho alarming Increase Of pensions. many OF
which, we greatly fear, have been granted to un.
deserving men and are utterly at variance in many
cases with the services rendered the Government,
but believing and insisting that liberal pensions
should be granted for wounds received and disabili.
ties contracted in the service of the Government. and
that the granting Of a Just pension f. not an act q
should be q roll of honor; therefore be IL
of A 1880, sno Isn' as ss tho are ind Gse1i1ss Pension So anS Si RIiSn as %ps sS.
1 psns shs sp TO s to saG%as sn and Pe ,So.c WHO 10 ' ssr srs rendsTs Cd
but little II any service to the Government, that we
are also opposed to the granting OF all special pen
sons.
Resolved further. That IL pensions are to be granted
to others than those wounded or disabled in the ser
vice OF the Government, this e~ncampment urges
the. adoption Of the per diem pension bill.
which would allow every month one cent for
each day OF service by the comrade. The passage of
this bill would make tho pension roll one OF which
every patriotic citizen might be proud and ono OF
Justice ana pride to the real soldier; It would do
away with the office Of claim agents and all possible
chances OF fraud and Inducements for perjury, and
would save the Government vast sums Of money.
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PREFERRED POISON TO THE KNIFE.
Frank Devine, DreadinE the Result OF an
Operations, Attempts Suicide.

Prank Devlne, DreadinR tho Result OF an
Operations, Attempts Suicide.
Frank Devine. who prior to last February
was an inspector of motors for the Brooklyn.
Queens County and Suburban Railway Com
pany, attempted suicide last evening rather
than submit to an operation which he feared
would be fatal. He will probably die. In
February he suffered what his wife describes as
paralysis OF the brain, and in June ho was
brought to the Presbyterian Hospital. The doc
tors finally decided to perform an operation on
next Wednesday.
Devine was permitted to go home to spend
New Years. and was to return to the hospital
to-day. Yesterday he asked his wife to take
him around among their friends. as he believed
he should never sec them again. In the evening
he asked her to remain ut his bedside until mid
night, as no had a foreboding Of something i'll
about to happen to him. At IL o'clock Mrs.
Oevine stepped to the room Of her young son to
see II he was all right. and when she returned
her husband was vomiting.
II won't trouble you any moro after mid
1 got it this afternoon. I'd rather die this way
than under tho knife. Good-by."
He was taken to the Eastern District Hos
pital. but the doctors have no hope of his re-
covery. He was 40 years old.
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YslIsw Fever DlsAppsar,nE In Cuba.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Reports from DR.. Fl. 8
Caminero. tho Sanitary Inspector Of tho United
States Marine Hospital Service. stationed at
Santiago do Cuba. indicate that tho number of
deaths from yellow fever 10 diminishing. Under
date of Dec. 10. he writes:
For the frat time in many months no deaths
from yellow fever have boon reported. and thoro
are but few cases at the hospitals, and these Of
mild character. Dysentery 10 again increasing
among the poorer classes owing to the lack of
proper no~urlshment. Tuberculosis, anemia. and
many victims.
THE greater number In the mortality Is found
among the concentrados.' who have no means
of earning their daily bread. and have to rely
on the charitable feelings Of q. poverty.stricken
community for the means OF keeping body and
soul together"
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A HIDoHER KILLS HIMSELF.
Hts Furniture Not Good Enough for the wo
man Ho Wanted ms n second wife.

AAN' ~ N1eSNA NaNtbe W. hhS Wv
man Ho Wanted ms q second wire.
Bernard Herman, a brewer. 40 years old, Of
$50 Greenwich street. killed himself yesterday
afternoon with carbolic acid. Herman's wife
died last September. and since then he had
been paying attention to q woman who lives in
East Seventy. first street. On New:Year's Eve
he asked his two sons. Henry and Felix, and his
daughter Emma, to stay at home the next day,
as he intended to bring his friend down to see
them. and he wanted to get their opinion Of her.
Henry refused, as ho did not approve of his
fathers marrying again. especially as he had
not worked for a year. When she came next
day the woman complained in Felix's hearing
about the poor quality of the furniture in tho
fiat. Herman told her ho would buy better as
soon rs he got work. Then she told her suitor
that her brother in Germany did not want her
to marry q man without me- n y. Herman took
her home that night, and sunday he was very
Respondent. In the evening he asked HIS
daughter for a piece of black ribbon.
II want to make a black bow and send It to
Emily he said.
Yesterday afternoon he went out and bought
two bottles of carbolic acid. On reaching homo
he took the weights Off the long clock in tho cor
ner. stopping 1t ut 4:05 o'clock. Then he drank
all the contents of one bottle, and most of the
contents of the other. Mrs. Frazier, a neighbor
had him sent to st. Vincent's Hospital, where
he died shortly after.