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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
A UNIVERSAL ACCENT.
THIS CHICAGO GIRLS WAY OF SPEAKING ENGLISH
MUST BE A PUZZLE

MUST BE A PUZZLE.
From The Chicago Tribune.
People who are under the impression that &C.
cent betrays not only the nationality but pro.
vinciaism as well will perhaps be somewhat
disusioned by reading the following incident:
The experience Is that Of a Chicago woman
who made trip 10 New-Iork a short while
ago Up to the time Of her visit 70 the Eastern
metropolis she supposed that she spoke fairy
good English. She read none but the best
thors and as her friends were all numbered
among the cultured people there seemed no
reason why. she should not couch her sentiments
in pure. substantial Anglo-Saxon. Neither did
she affect an accent. At least. she was not aware
that she lid After arriving in New ork. how.
ever she learned that she not only had an ac-
cent but that ii was many-sided aHar thas
was truly perplexlng.
She attended a reception one evening where
literary and aesthetic people predominated The
first person she talked 10 was man with
bushy red beard and gold eyeglasses
II am so glad madam" he said in the course
OF the conversation. TO know that you arg
from my town. That Boston accent Is pound
70 hetray the speaker wherever II may be
heard" -, 49,,
glance then, seeing that he was In earnest
she said: 49,.
II fear you have made mistake; am from
Chicago" ,.
You are from Georgia, Of course" said the
other woman II can always tell Georgian
anvwhere There Is nobody on earth who pro.
nounces as and us like a person born and ored
in that State" .
And again was the Chicago woman forced
TO proclaim the city Of her nativity.
Later a young man commented on ner accent
From Nova Scotia. Of course he SAID pleas
antly. IT hail from there myself and It's pleas,
ure to see some one who speaks as they DO az
home The minute you pronounced my namo ,
knew you were from my part Of the ceuntry:'
Nobody else could cay II with just that accent
Agan she gasped out something about Chicago.
i've been lonesome and not OF place tonight.
he said Nobody here from my section OF the
globe You're the first person I've met all even"
ing that halls from west Of the Rocky Nouns
tairs The minute heard you speak l saidt
Here's woman from the Far West we never
lose our accent II seems wherever we may 90. y
lust before the reception ended the suavei
young man who stood at her side leaned FORWARD
and said:
don't mind"
You'll do what"
Drive over to see you. TIL wager We DOM
live more than ten miles apart My homo 10 IN
Robinson, ". Va. and you cannot live far away.
An accent such as yours and mlne Is never
heard outside our immediate vicinity
They were their way home at last
you'll be apt to have q caller Tomorrow
said her cousin THAT young doctor from Nom
treal is anxious to know you better. He feels
confident that you belong TO his city. He says
he was attracted by your accent from the very
first He's homesick and would like to talk to
some one from his native town. didn't tell him
any different YOU
But the young woman gasped Chicago" and
tainted
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mo USE But TO LOOK At"
From The Detroit Free Press.

From The Detroit Free Press
Glad am through with IT," laughed the travelling
man who has for years been selling diamonds oy
sample or directly from the stock which he carried
about his person. Great nervous strain, he con.
tinued Impossible to get over the dread OF penS
robbed" $3.50.
I've been followed for hundreds OF miles and kept
on the alert for twenty-fo four hours day. but me
biggest scare | ever had was IN that lower part OF
Illinois known Egypt. In hurrying 70 eaten
train | had placed a book OF the sparkers IN my
overcoat pocket and forgot all about them until
reached the hotel at my next stopping place. Iney
were gone. and felt worse than any man VINO mas
lost his all through speculation for was the VIC
tim of my own carelessness. ! recalled taxing on
my overcoa and sitting in the same seat ior SONS
time with a man who looked and talked Ike
countryman. But you can never tell / nave
Ia bit Of drawing such people out. more Tor my o"a
entertainment than anything else. ana / recaneeo
his having told where he lived. but ne might
have been foOling ne. ,, a.,
was and then went in search 81 the old farmer
was surprised 10 ind him. and still more surprised
10 have him hand me the book OF diamonds az soon
as ! had been made welcome. ~,
+" 'Din' ever cackalate 70 see you gin ne taid
heartily: but reckon you was takin them theIe
shiney stones home fur the kids, or they mign'e.
been some kind OF keepsake vas jest goin %
kcrp 'em a few months and then siriblte en-
round 'mong the neghbor children Il you haih
showed up They air purity but they haint no u''
when / slipped a 800 bill into his hand on parS'
ing he looked as though he thought | was crazy.
and said If I ever needed the money TO let MN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
AFTER TWO MORE JUSTICES.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER PROPOSED
BY Mr. BRENNAN.

AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER PROPOSED
BY MR. BRENNAN
Albany Jan l2-Assemblyman Brennan. Of Brook
Iyn has prepared amendment TO tho Greater
New-York charter providing two moro additional
Justices Of the Municipal Court Tho present char
ter provides for the appointment OF seven add
tiona Justices before January TO- 1885, two OF whom
shall be residents Of the Fourth and Fifth districts
Of the Borough OF Brooklyn, three residents OF the
Second Third districts OF the Borough OF Queens
and two residents OF the First and Second districts
OF the Borough OF Richmond. BY Mr.. Brennans
amendment the two additional justices are 10 be
appointed By the Mayor before March /. 1898 They
shall be residents OF the Sixth and Seventh dis
tricts OF the Borough OF Brooklyn. but shall not
belong 10 the political party.
The charter IS further amended TO provide for
seven. instead OF five. districts In the Borough Of
Brooklyn The salary of these justices. except In
the boroughs OF Queens and Richmond, is Increased
from IS 800 to 81 800 In the boroughs OF Queens and
Richmond the salary Is increased from 5000 81 900
year
In the Borough of The Bronx two assistant clerks,
instead Of one, are provided. and In each OF the
other districts there Is to be one assistant clerk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
: CHANGES IN SENATE COMMITTEES.
EFFECTS OF THE DEATH OF SENATOR MULLIN
AND OF SEVERAL RESERVATIONS

EFFECTS OF THE DEATH OF SENATOR MULLIN
AND OF SEVERAL RESERVATIONS
Albany Jan. 12-Conspicuous in the Senate cham
Der at tho opening Of the session this evening was
a floral device o. unusual proportions which rest
ed on the desk OF the Senator from the Alth Dis
trict 1t was in the form OF wheel OF fortune
in yellow carnations suspended between pair OF
pink wings OF the same flower Above horn or
plenty poured a food OF yellow roses over the wheel
The inscription in embossed letters OF gold on white
silk read: Hon. Timothy D. Sullivan. OF New-York;
Compliments Of William b. Calvert. Walter g.
Keech George I. Kraus, NJ. Gnhgan.
Floral remembrances were also upon the desks or
Senators Cantor. Bracket and Nussbaum
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff announced several
changes in committees. The changes were IN con-
sequence of the death of the Sepator from the
XXXVth District Mr.. Muin. and the reslgnations
OF committee places OF several Senator'S. Inc com
mittees named Will hereafter consist Of the following
Senators. in the order named: c. r,,.
Finance-Higgins, Ranes, Malby, Stewart walter
l. Brown Higbie, Harrison. Elon r. Brown. Cantor.
GUY Koehler and Ellsworth 800
Taxation and Retrenchment-Krum. Higgins
stranahan, Humphrey Daley Johnson. Coggeshall.
Coffee and Foley. -
Observation-Disclosures, Parsons Chahoon. Wilcox,
Brackett Coggeshall, Page. Grant. Elon II. Brown.
Nunzinger and Featherson.
Forest Fish and Game Laws-Hgbie Chahoon.
Grant c. Davis. Maby. Gallagher and Sullivan
The Senate adjourned until II a. m. Thursday
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PROHIBITING DOUBLE TAXATION.

AN IMPORTANT BILL INTRODUCED BY MR. IVES
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
Albany. Jan. l2-On OF the most important bills
of the session was introduced in the Assembly to-
night by NJ. V. r. Ives, OF st Lawrence county,
The bill provides for changing the present system
OF taxation so that mortgages will only be taxed
once. and that upon the holder. and is supposed
to prohibit double taxation.
Mr. Ivess bill Nothing In this act shall be
construed TO permit double taxation. nor shall any
person or association be assessed for more real
or personal property. for any greater interest
therein. than he or II actually owns" The Dill
then exempts from taxation, in addition TO the
things that are now exempted. all the farming I'M
Elements in actual use of every farmer or person
carving on a farm the tools OF every mechanic,
not exceeding In value 800; all wearing apparel.
household furniture in actual use not exceeding
81 500 and the library Of every professional man not
exceeding In value $500 The details OF the proposed
law are given in other sections.
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BERMUDA HOG MONEY"
HOW TIE ISLAND HAPPENED TO GET HER Pc
CULIAR CURRENCY.

HOW TIE ISLAND HAPPENED TO GET HER Pc
CULrAR CURRENCY.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Hog money is rather queer name for cur
rency. is II not? Yet that is the name by which
the brass money which began to be struck in
Bermuda in 1913 came to be known. On one
face OF it was hog. on the other a ship OF that
period. They are very and highly priced
by collectors
The history Of this device is curious and inter-
esting. Spanish vessel. commanded by Juan
BermudeZ. and on its way to Cuba with a cargo
of hogs wrecked there This was in 1913
Later in the same century. when the English
discovered this land, they found a country in
habited by hogs.
1t is also interesting to note that the English
discovered II in the same way the Spaniards
An English ship was wrecked there Is it any
wonder that the treacherous coast got from
the Spanish and English alike the name of
Devils Land? Yet it is one OF the most beau
tiful coasts In the world, and ii has been
claimed that in brllliancy Mediterranean effects
are not at all equal to those of Bermuda. Bcr-
muda is said to be the island of Shakespeare's
Tempest The strange hoises which mariners
heard coming from this island and which they
did not know were produced by hogs. caused
them to say that 1t was haunted and to report
weird things OF 1t.
While we are talking about Bermuda we
might as we'll tell Of the queer way in which
the people there get their building material
The houses are all built Of coranc rock. When
a man wants to build house. he cuts his plank
a plank for anything he goes 10 the side of his
yard and cuts out slab He seems to think
very little about how the hole left is going TO
look There arc big and little quarries all about
In Hamilton which is the capital.
Another thing about Bermuda. which is not
written in our histories and which you might
care to know, is the way she helped us In the
Revolution. one hundred barrels of good Brit
lsh gunpowder went from Bermuda 10 Boston
in 1116 II you go to Bermuda you will have
pointed out to you the quaint old town OF St
George the exact spot from which that very
useful powder taken by the cOlonists with
the connivance OF the local government at Ber-
muda The powder was supplied In response TO
n letter from General Washington. who empha-
sized the advantages which might accrue from
commercial relations between Bermuda and tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
JUDGES FOR THE DOG SHOW.

Tho Westminster Kennel Clubs twenty-second
annual dog show will be held In Madison Square
Garden from February q to a. The Judges so
far appointed Miss A. II. Whitney, Lancaster
Mass; St Demands. Newfoundland dogs and pugs
J. Blackburn Miller. New-York City; Great Danes
Dr. A. c. Hefnger. Portsmouth. n. H.. American
foxhounds. Charles Heath. Newark: pointers
William Tallman. Greensboro. n. G; English
settlers George Jarvis. NewYork City; Irish and
Gordon settlers. Andrew Laidlaw. Gait. Ont; sport
ing spanies: Robert McEwen. Byron, Ont: coes
r. D. Faulkner. NewYork City; French bulldogs
Arthur Mulvcy, Cohasset Mass Boston terriers.
Wincobank; YorkshTss, England; bloodhounds,
hounds English foxhounds. old English sheep
dogs. Dalmatans dachshunde, all terriers lex
cept terriers) whippets Italian greyhounds.
coll nenNS class
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LOOKING TO A THIRTEENTH JUROR.
A BILL MAKING PROVISION AGAINST A POSSIBLE
VACANCY IN THE JURY BOX

A
VACANCY IN THE JURY BOX.
Albany Jan 12-Assemblyman Cornelius +. Col
Inns Of the XXth New-York District. introduced In
the Assembly tonight bill to amend the Code of
Criminal Procedure by providing that thirteen
Jurors shall be drawn in cases where the crime Is
punishable by death, is deemed by the Court 10
he Of extraordinary importance. and increasing the
number Of peremptory challenges IN certain cases
Mr. Collins says that he is not certain that his
amendment would be held to be constitutional, but
that he has introduced the bill that the matter
may be thoroughly discussed.
The principal features of the bill are that when
trial fury IS formed in where the crime Is
punishable by death. in any case which In the
judgment of the Court Is deemed extraordinary,
and an order is made and entered accordingly. the
number Of trial jurors drawn shall be thirteen and
the whole number shall sit throughout the trial In
the same manner II but twelve had been selected.
but the thirteenth juror selected shall take no part
in the deberation determination OF the jury. I'M
less one OF the twelve previously selected becomes
physically Incapacitated during the trial or dciber-
tinuance in the In that case the thirteenth
Juror shall take the vacant place . 80,
With reference TO peremptory challenges, inc Dill
provides that they shall be In number, as follows;
If the crime charged IL punishable with death.
thrty-two; II punishable with life Imprisonment. or
for term Of ten or more years twenty. ana III an
other cases five. In all cases where thirteen jurors
are TO be selected additional challenge shaH be
allowed 70 the number provided for In ordinary
trials Of the nature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
UNIFORMED ENGINEERS AND fIhbMhN'
MR. BRENNAN's BILL ADDING TO THE MA
CuINrRY OF GREATER NETWORK.

Albany Jan. l2.-Mr Brennan, OF Kings mas pre-
pared a bill providing for uniformed iorce Oh
steam engineers, machinsts oilers ana hreIneh IN
tho Department OF Water supply in the city OF
New-York and securing for them a tenure OF ONCE
In the Borough Of Manhattan there Is 10 10
chief engineer at salary OF $1,000, and an assist
ant engineer 5000 The engineer In charge IN
Brooklyn shall receive salary of $500. and In
Queens $3.50 These engineers In Brooklyn ana
Queens arc TO be classed under Grade Z. new
grade to be known as Grade d, will Include engi-
neers in charge where there are four or more
engineers employed. The salaries for this grade
will be 81 800 the first year. 5000 the second year
and for the third year and thereafter $500. Grade
will include engineers in charge of stations where
there less than four assistants employed, ana
assistant engineers in stations where Grade ID en-
Sineers in charge. The salaries for this grade
will be 81 200 for the first year 1880 the second
year and s., 800 thereafter Grade B will include
assistant steam engineers where Grade engineers
in charge Their salaries will be sl.020 the first
year 81. 100 the second and 1870 thereafter.
In Grade viii be included the machinists. oilers
and fremep The machinists will receive NlOo tho
first year, Sl.lO the second and $500 thereafter.
The salaries Of the oilers will be 1920 the first year.
$3.50 the second and ST. 900 thereafter The firemen
VIII receive $500 the first year, $3.50 the second and
$500 thereafter No empoye designated in the bill
is he removed except written charges, and
he may be represented by counsel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
THE BERTILLON SYSTEM.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION TO BE HELD AT
ALBANY on JANUARY Is.

A SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION TO BE HELD AT
ALBANY on JANUARY Is
Albany Jan. IA school OF instruction In the
Bertillon system OF measuring criminals will be
held in this city January 49, and will be at
tended by all persons In the various prisons and po
lice departments OF the cities OF the State who
are engaged In the Bertillon measurement work.
Prison Superintendent Lathrop to-day sent the fol-
the State:
The Bertillon system Of Identification OF criminals
has been in operation In the prisons. penitentares
and reformaores in this State since August. 1896.
and sixteen thousand cards each bearing the pho
tographs measurements and descriptions OF a
criminal. indexed and classified I'm this
Bureau. conference OF Bertillon operators and
school Of instruction in Bertillon. methods will De
he.d at this office on Tuesday January Is, AZ 10
o'clock a. m, under the direction of Dr. Paul r.
Brown, OF the United States Army. In order that
your Department may he more fully Informed
the working of the system In the State and
OF the aid It may be you In identifying criminals
you are respectfully invited to attend the confer
ence and school Of instruction in person or ny rep
reSentatiye
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THE estate OF MANHATTAN" BILL.

Albany Jan l2.-Assemblyman Trainor tonight
introduced his bill OF last year providing for the
new State Of Manhattan. The bill is amended TO
include all the Hudson River counties and the coun-
ties of Schoharie and Schenectady.
There are two measures, one merely providing for
the OF the people Of tho State that Congress
may create an independent state out Of the terri
tory OF the present State OF New-York and the
other providing for the submission OF the question
TO the voters OF the territory involved at tho next
general election The new State of Manhattan Is
10 comprise the counties of Schenectady. Schoharie
Albany, Greene Ulster. Sullivan. orange. Rockand.
Rensselaer, Columbia, Dutche~A. Putnam, West
chester New-York. Kings Queens Richmond and
Suffolk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13

4 FAITHFUL SHEPHERD.
Chamberlain. 5 D. correspondence Of The chic'

Chamberlain 5. n, correspondence OF Inc VH'c's0
Journal $1,000. NJ.
Eor, Pierre a few days ago. h id this misfortune
befau him through his hcroism md faitntuness 70
~. ya' ,r,nrests of his employer The case has az
,r.c,cd wide attention among sio,knen, VINO cor.
tr5hn,cd literally fund raised for me care ~
~ innate who Is about eighteen years 81
aye lie had been in the empoymc 81 Dan B'e1
WAGON n shcepman ana was S'm' - IN, SyhI,s
No" ronte he lost his way nd wande 81 on the open
en- rou'., TO- iva davs aud a night without food 9!
ptHi!l. 'Never for an instant G.d he abandon MS
herec and at last succeeded IN finding the lo own
rahrh' No, an animal WAS lost. N telching me
uar =, Das found tina, hofh his fc-t w,re ;roien
- hodlv that IL was imrossihe u hnoNe me ooo'S
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WArERvL1ET GETS ITS SCHOOL MONEY.

Albany Jan. l2-In consequence OF the break IN
the deadlock in the Board OF Education OF the Guy
OF Watervliet. the State Superintendent OF Public
Instruction Charles K. Skinner, to-day issued an
order vacating his order Withholding from that city
its share Of the public moneys OF the State dtstrb-
uted for school purposes. and directing the Treas
urer OF Albany County to pay to the chamberlain
OF Watervlict the moneys withheld, amounting TO
about Sc 600. This ends the Watervllet school case
which has engaged public attention for over year
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10000 $50 In villages Of less than looW pu. T Sne
SOS: in all other cases, $50 ,. hall 10
II Ia also provided that a pharmacist shaii ne
allowed 10 sell amount Of intoxicating nquors not
in OF onehaf pint on any day oeIWe bt tne
now restricted hours OF and a. m wlthout
prescription from physician. providng nowe.ti,
that record is kept OF the name ana aoaress 81 te
person 10 whom Il Is sold and the nature OF tne
sickness for which the same was procured ana aiso
the name OF the clerk selling the same the apoNe
record 10 be open for public inspection at any ume'
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TO INVESTIGATE THE HOUSE OF MERCY.

Albany Jan. l2-At meeting OF the State
Board OF Charities to-day President Stewart pre-
ed for consideration d communication from the
MANAGERS OF the House OF Mercy, reformatory
in tho city OF New-York under private manage
ment requesting investigation OF the manage
mcnt of the institution in view Of charges brought
against II In article published In a New-York
paper The Board unanimously adopted resolu-
lions authorizing the president to appoint special
committee Of three members Of the Board 10 In
vestigate the mana cement OF the House OF Mercy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
BABITUAL DRUNKARDS MIGHT BE SHUT Up

Albany. JAN 2--Attorney- General Hancock some
time ago received a communication from the At
torney- General of Massachusetts. asking II there
was any decision in the courts Of this State on the
consitutionay of statute providing that abitual
drunkards NAV be taken into custody against their
viii and confined in State institutions with view
IN eNecting their cure entirely apart from any idea
of furnishing them Mr. Hancock finds that such
a statute would be constitutional under decisions
OF the courts OF this State provided the persons
committed have been declared to be habitual drunk
ards by due process OF law.
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colonies. and suggested that these relations
could be further strengthened by timely assist.
ancc in the way OF ammunition. Great Britain
kept then, as now. large military stores at Der.
muda. II whispered at the time that Der.
muda thought Of casting her fortunes with tho
colonies. However that may have been, she
Is loyal enough now 10 tho British flag. Il is A
pretty thought that she now sends Us Easter
lilies where once she sent us gunpOwder. Rails.
ing Easter lilies for the Ncw-York market il A
favortc industry in Bermuda. and fields Of
Easter lilies there no uncommon sight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
LIQUOR LICENSE FOR PHARMACISTS.
MEASURE INTRODUCED IN THE ASSEMBLY BY
Mp Hill. OF ERIE
Mr.. HILL OF ERIE

Albany Jan. IL (SpeciaD.-One OF the measures
,skan from the bill-box to-day that OF Assem-
hlyman HILL OF Erie County. which proposes rad
ically to reduce the fee now exacted for phar-
macsts excise license Mr. Hill states that the bill
is not only Endorsed by the various pharmaceutical
associations throughout the State. but voices the
demand OF the people IN general that stimuants for
use in the case OF sickness may be procured at n
pharmacists without the necessity for physicians
prescription.
BY the terms OF the bill II is provided that no
licensed pharmacist shall traffic in liquors in guam
titles exceeding one quart and less than five gal
Ions unless holding liquor tax certificate. the fee
for which shall be as follows: In cities OF over 6o
900 population. 800; OF less than 10000 but more
than $1,000 SIS: Of less than %. 900 but than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
EyTERTA INTENT BY SCOTCHMEN.

The sixth annual ceilldh Of the New-York Scot
t,sh Celtic Society Will be held al Adclphi Hall.
rifty-second st. and Broadway. this evening After
an opening address by Archibald Campbell pro-
cramirne OF vocal ard instrumental music Will he
rendered. followed by dancing.
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the appeal in the controversy TO the election OF
member OF Assembly and Alderman In the xl6th
Assembly District. New-York City the arguments
will probably be made next tuesday. The case was
fled to-day with the court.