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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
NEW YUKON REGULATIONS.
Doninion Cabinet Makes Important Changes
In the Mining Laws.

Dominion Cabinet Makes Important Changes
In the Mining Lava
OTTAWA. Ont. Jan. 4.-The special commit
tee Of the Dominion Cabinet on Yukon regula-
lions has made some important changes in the
existing mining laws Of that region.
The Governments original policy had a. its
main features tho reservation Of alternate
claims and the ~exaction Of royalty based upon Q
sliding scale in proportion to a miners output
Of gold.
Both these propositions elected vigorous pro-
tests from the mining interests, and 1t was de-
clared by experts that such o royalty would not
be collectable. Tho Government has modified
the regulations with O view to meeting to some
extent the objections.
For the coming year tho Government now
proposes to reserve alternate blocks Of ten
claims and dispose OF them at public auction to
tho highest bidder. Another feature of the now
regulations d. the abandonment OF the sliding
scale of royalties. :.
obtain o considerable revenue from the Yukon.
The police will cost half a million yearly, and
tho administration of justice and the civil ma
chinery must also DO provided for.
There are serious difficulties In the way of
collecting royalties in such a country, but tho
committee took the view that they would be
minimized by abandoning a sliding scale and
o~xacting an even royalty of 10 per cent. from
all miners, DO their profits great or SMALL Full
details will be promulgated in a few days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
ROCKEFELLER ON THE STAND.
vice-President or the standard OIL Tells OF
Methods In the Eighties.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. ID. yice-President
William Rockefeller OF the Standard Oil Com.
pany was q witness to-day in the suit brought
in the United States Circuit Court by Charles
NJ. Despeaux Of France against the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company in q matter involving
a dispute over rates for oil shipments in the
years 1881, 1882. and 1888. The suit belongs
to a class of litigations against corporations,
in which James w. M. Newlin of this city has
appeared frequently as counsel. Mr.. Rookie
Teller was questioned about an agreement be-
tween the Standard and the late Thomas A.
Scott while President Of the railroad company,
in the matter Of commissions paid on ship
ments of crude oil, where the freight exceeded
1000. 600 barrels annually. .
Mr.. Rockefeller admitted signing such an
agreement in 1877. In answer to a question
he admitted that a trunk line war was In prog
ress just before tho signing of the agreement,
adding that the railroads did the fighting and
the Standard Oil, Company got the worst of II.
When questioned as to rebates and drawbacks
Mr.. Rockefeller said there was no doubt that
the Standard Oil Company received the lowest
rates on the shipment of large quantities of
oil that 1t was possible to obtain. The object
of a drawback was naturally to make q lower
rate than tho open rate.
Mr.. Rockefeller was on tho stand several
hours.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
RECTOR SAID HE WOULD SHOOT.
Lively Church Row in Mystic. Conn.,, Over .
PASTORS Salary.

HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. 14.-For some time tho
Rev. Eugene Griggs, who has been rector Of St
Marks Episcopal Church in Mystic for about
two years. has had trouble with his parishioners
on money matters. The senior warden has made
three visits to Bishop Williams to urge tho re-
moval of the rector. who refused to resign be-
cause his salary had not been paid.
A COMMITTEES was appointed by the rector to
look into the financial condition of the parish,
and was to report last evening. Before the
meeting 1t was rumored that the report would
be unfavorable to Mr.. Griggs. and he refused to
examine 1t when presented. He addressed the
meeting and called the members of tho COM
mittce tramps and blacklegs.
This aroused the vestrymen and the talk be-
came harsh. A movement was made toward the
rector by some Of the members. and. he threat
ened to shoot any one who touched him. There
was disorder. and the meeting, broke up in con-
fusion. The parishioners will make efforts to
have Mr.. GrigRs transferred to some other place.
They admit that his salary has rot been all paid.
but say that he cannot have q life station at
Mystic,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
PURGE THE PENSION ROLL.
Resolution Adopted by the Association or
Fully Disabled Veterans.

Resolutien Adopted by the Association or
Fully Disabled Veterans.
At a meeting of the Association of Fully Dis.
abled Veterans. held at Its headquarters In the
City Hall. Brooklyn. on Thursday evening. the
followine resolution was adopted:
Resolred, That the members OF this associa-
ton place themselves on record as being In
hearty sympathy with any measure which has
for its object the purging OF the pension roll by
striking from 1t all names not legally entitled to
q place thereon.
We believe that the pension roll Is q roll of
honor, and that now, as In the dark days of tho
war, every loyal citizen honors and respects the
men who bear the mark of the battlefield; but
II, through tho liberality OF our Government,
suffer from neither wounds nor disability,
we, In common with all honest citizens, demand
their removal, and TO this end wo pledge our
earnest cooperation and assistance.
And we also protest against I'll special pen
sion legislation. believing that the present gen.
oral pension laws are suff Efficiently liberal to
cover all just and honest claims.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
BRIDGE TROLLEY LOOP.
RsFnission. without . stay. to Take the Case
to the Court or Appeals.

Permission. without . stay. to Take the Case
20 the Court or Appeals.
A motion for leave to go to the Court of APP
peAls from the decision Of the Appellate Di-
vision vacating the injunction which Justice
Andrews issued against the construction of the
trolley loops at this side of the Brooklyn Bridge
ct the surface has been granted by the Appel.
late Division of tho Supreme Court. 1t was
also asked ON the motion that q stay against
tho construction OF the loops DO granted pend
ing the appeal. but the court did not pass on
this matter, leaving II for tho final settlement
OF the order. One Of tho Justices subsequently,
said that the court did not intend to stay the
MIRA Herminie He'll. As Q taxpayer. moved be-
fore Justice DAILY Of the Supreme Court yester-
day. e. she had previously moved in Brooklyn,
TO sntoin the construction Of appliances for run.
ming the trolley cars over tho Brooklyn Bridge
On the ground that 1t 10 not determined that
the bridge will stand the strain. In opposition
IL was urged that 1t was the province of the
Commissioner 70 pass on this matter. Decision
was reserved.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
An ETEXING WITH THE MOUTH.
stomatoioEtsts ana Others Try Their Teeth ana
Their Voices Mt Delmouico's.

stomatoloEists nnd Others Try Their Teeth ana
Their Voices Mt Delmonico's.
With the teeth which Providence gave them
and they themselves have added 10 or sub
tracted from as occasion required. about 100
dentists. forming the New York Institute of
Stomatology, masticated q banquet at belmont
co.'s last night. After a prayer by DR.. E. Wal
pole Warren. the President of the Institute, DR..
E.. A. Bogue, made an address of welcome.
Stomatology. he told his hearers, was tho
science Of tho mouth. 1t was not In
any invidious sense. probably. that the two
leading names on the toast list were those OF
two eminent Gifts. Seth Low and Horace K.
Deming. Mr.. Low talked about the Broader
Education for Professional Men," and Mr..
Deming. spoke. on Professional Atmosphere
Henry F. Osborn. on The Physician and
the Biologist;" DR.. r. r. Andrews ON
The. Duty of Dentists to the Worthy
Poor L. b.. Merrill on Practical Plans
for the Foundation of Dental Charity" Pr. W.
IL Potter Of Boston and DR., George 8. Allen on
Independent Journalism in Dentistry" DR..
Horatio c. Merriam on Lessons of the Past and
Obligations Of the Future;" DR.. L. Morgan
Howe on Secrets and Patents, Preventives of
Professional Growth and DIR. G. A. Marvin on
THE Influence Of College Teaching upon Pro
fessional Conduct"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
THE CRAVING FOR ToBAooo.
Suffering Caused AmonE Canadian Convicts b.
the Deprivation OF the Weed.

OTTAWA, Jan. 1.-the recent outbreaks
among the convicts at the st. Vincent do Paul
Penitentiary. Quebec. were caused BY tho cutting
of of the use of tobacco. Referring to this Q
Kingston Pententiary official says:
"All through Quebec province you will find
tobacco growing in tho little patches of land
around tho homes of the hdbitdnts. much the
same as you will find a patch OF potatoes around
the home Of the average poor man in Ontario.
To these men, reared as they have been in the
use of the weed, tobacco is almost as dear as life
itself.
From my own observations of the convicts
in the Kington prison. / am convinced they
suffer untold agony when deprived of tobacco.
They would rather go without their dinners
every day and receive instead half q plug of
tobacco every two weeks. They are not account.
able for their actions in their frenZied condi-
tion. They cannot work. / have seen men lag
out on their benches all their tools, stare at them
In an absent. minded way. and then begin pac.
they would not hear or make reply. I have had
to shake them to bring them to their senses-all
for the want of tobacco. 1t is heartrending to
see them crave for IT..
II have seen them take old tobacco pipes,
break them up bit by bit, and chew the pieces In
an effort to satisfy their craving. They do not
get through one-half as much work now as
under the old system. when tobacco was allowed
them; neither do they perform their work as
well, and 1 think the Government has taken tho
wrong way to effect economy"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
ENe1xEERs' STRIFE MoR1BUND.
Rsports IN London, Manchester. ana GlnaEov
That II IL Near Collapse.
Special Gable Dispatches to TEE Bun.

That Il IL Near Collapse.
Special Gable Dispatches to TER SUE.
MANCHESTER, England. Jan. IA report
was circulated here to-day to the effect that the
striking engineers Of London had withdrawn
their demand for a working week Of forty-eight
hours.
LONDON, Jan. IA telegram received hero
this morning from Glasgow said that the en-
gineers and allied trades unionists now on
strike had decided to abandon the struggle and
that they gave notice Of this decision to the
Secretaries Of the Federated Employers last
evening. The employers hold n meeting at
Manchester to-day. and probably will allow tho
lockout notices which they have recently Is
sued to lapse.
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers issued
q statement, this afternoon declaring that tho
terms offered by the employers do not concede
they apparently do concede 1t. Apart from
this, tho leaders of the strikers say that the So
ciety will not seek to interfere with the man.
agement of workshops or the ALLEGATION Of labor.
The leaders express their Willingness to arbi-
trate the question Of hours and deny that they
have connived at a restriction OF the output OF
workshops.
The statement makes no allusion to the re-
ports Of the withdrawal of the demand for a
forty working week and the virtual
collapse of the strike which were received from
this evening. 1t is believed hero that the strike
has practically collapsed, but that the leaders
are still trying to save something from tho
wreck.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15

Hoods Sarsaparilla relieves dyspep-
sia, indigestion, torpid liver, and kid
neys, by its qualities as a true stomach
tonic, appetizer and aid to digestion.
1t cures nervousness, ervous dys-
pepsia, that tired feeling, WEAKNESS Of
mind and body, because 1t feeds the
nerves, muscles and tissues upon pure
blood, and thus gives them the tone
and strength they i~mperatively need.
No other medicine so firmly
Holds the Peoples Confidence.
1t prevents fevers, the grip, colds,
ETC., because 1t fortifes and strengthens
the system to resist these attacks and
the unfavorable effects OF changeable,
damp, stormy weather.
This is simply what Hoods Sarsa-
parilla has done for others, and what,
II you are in need, it will do for you.
In your necessity give Hoods Sarsa-
parilla the opportunity to do you good.
Fairly tried, II Is o faithful friend.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
WAITED FOR THIRTY YEARS.
Guthrie Couldn't Marry Mrs. Harmon. But
Left Her All His Estate.

Guthrie Couldn't Marry Mrs. Harmon, But
Left Her All His Estate.
PARIS. H., Jan. 14.-Proceedings were begun
here to-day in the County Court to set aside
the will OF Horatio Nelson Guthrie, an eccentric
bachelor. who died on Dec. 8 last at the age Of
81 years. He left a comfortable estate. Mrs.
Kate Harmon OF Marshall. ILL.,, shortly after
ward filed a will which bequeathed all the prop
erty to her md appointed her sole executrix
without bond. The will caused surprise among
the relatives. and they are endeavoring to
break 1t.
Thirty years ago Guthrie was q rival Of John
Harmon for tho beneficiary's hand. Harmon
won. but soon a~fterward deserted his bride. She
subsequently obtained n divorce. Guthrie then
renewed his attentions. and. though they were
not unwelcome, Mrs. Harmon's religious faith,
being a Catholic. would not permit her TO marry
him while her divorced husband lived. or HIS
death she never had satisfactory assurance. but
Guthrie cherished for nearly thirty years the
hope that this barrier would be removed.
Although he could not marry her, he assured
her that she should never know want. Tho will
bids fair to BIO the subject of q long contest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
WHAT WAS THE COP SHOOTING AT ?
ne Hit q hoy. but No Had Hardly Ever Before
Hit Anything on Purpose.

No hit q BOY. but NE Had Hardly Ever Before
Hit AnythinE on Purpose.
Acting Captain Petty was ono of the witnesses
for the prosecution yesterday in the General
Sessions, where Policeman John ]. Hannigan Is
on trial on a charge of shooting 17-year-old
Charles McNally, the boy whom he chased and
arrested for playing football in the street on
Thanksgiving Day.
Acting Captain Petty is the export pistol shot
of tho Police Department. He is the man who
teaches new policemen how to use a revolver.
He gave some expert testimony about pistol
bullets. and when 1t came to cross-eIamination
no said:
examination in pistol practice he was un-
able to hit o target ten feet square at q
distance of seventy feet. Once he did hit
the target when he got up near II. That
was at a distance Of twenty feet. In, converse
ton with him recently I learned that no did
not know there was such q thing In existence
as a self-cockinR revolver. Each time no used
his pistol in practice he would raise tho ham
mer with his thumb. Although 1t was q sell!
The prosecution maintains that Hanniean
shot McNally at q distance OF twenty feet by
pointing the revolver at the boy and taking do
1iberate aim. Hannigan. In his own defence.
says that he pointed the pistol toward tho sky
and shot II of while he was running. but trippod.
and then tho bullet struck McNally. Tho case
Is still on.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
III lPrElr roR og1A.
nssisf Cs-rsittss Rsssssts Pas,ors mere .
rake U Corsstieua.

nelisf Ceurstttss neauesas Paseers mere -
rake Up Coiisotieus.
The Central Cuban Relief Committee. which
was appointed by President Mckinley, has sent
TO the pastors OF all churches within the limits
Of the enlarged city an appeal to bring before
their congregations tomorrow the subject OF
tho suffering In Cuba, and to aid the work Of re-
lief in n practical way by having q collection
taken up to further It. The committees cir
cular letter TO the pastors says that Ii IL abso-
lutely necessary that the matter receive
prompt attention, and requests the clergymen to
communicate with tho committee a. early as
possible. The letter says:
THE committee desires TO lay this matter
specially to your heart, and would suggest that
you appoint q committee from tho membership
Of your congregation to take hold Of this noble
work"
Copies of the State Departments proclams-
ton. Of the committees general appeal. and of
q cable despatch from Consul-General Ice,
dated Jan. IL. are inclosed with the letter.
Gen. Lees despatch on umerates the following
articles as being urgently needed TO alleviate
the suffering in Cuba: Summer clothing, sec
ond hand or otherwise. principally for women
and children; medicines for fevers, including
o largo proportion of quinine; hard broad. flour,
cornmeal. bacon. rice. lard. potatoes, beans.
pChds bhitt - pTluCtphDI Ouubh uhI Ouhiou
goods, large quantities condensed milk, blen;
kets, and charcoal; money will also be useful
to secure nurses, medicines, and for many other
accessories"
In the general appeal the committee says:
Tho same authority (the Didrio Of Hayena)
cifcos tnon-combatants) have already died OF
hunger, and an equally largo number must
miserably perish from tho Same cause unless
relief Is speedily afforded.
THE, question is one Of humanity, alone.
perish miserabIy q want and hunger while we
have abuDdancel 1t Is not desired by this np-
peal to excite any feeling that may DO hostile
to the Spanish nation, but solely to invoke pub
lie sympathy for human suffering.
this laudsblo purpose, making the, gift in all
cases as generous as hearts touched with SYM.
pathy for human suffering may dictate. Re-
member that even q single dollar will save life
Cuban, house, while ten, q hundred. or q thou
sand dollars will rescue the starving and pro-
duce benefcent results In due proportion:
hy official receipt"
All contributions Of money. or material are
who is to oversee their distribution. Already
there has boon forwarded a shipment which
consisted Of moro than 10000 packages. 1t
comprised 100000 grains Of qujnine and other
fever medicines., ground meal and -four. hard
canned goods and salt fish. Moro condensed
milk is to go to-day. The committee says that
Inquiries and money are coming in from all
sections OF the country, and announces that
two shipments will be made next week.. Per
get 1t by addressing the committee at Temple
Court, this city. Checks and drafts should be
made tothe order Of tho Treasurer. Cuban Cen
trail Relief Committee, Charles A. Schieren.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
"1EWIs CARROLL" DEAD.
Tho Author or '.AIice In Wonderland Passes
Away at Guildrord, England.

Tho Author or '.AIice In Wonderland" Passes
Away at Guildrord. England.
Special Gable Despafch to THE Sun.
LONDON. Jan. 14.-The Rev. Charles Lutwidgc
Dodgson. better known by his pseudonym Of
Lewis Carroll, died to-day at Guildford.
Mr.. Dodgson was born about 1888 and took
his degree in 1854 from Christ Church, Oxford,
where he afterward became senior student and
tutor, giving lectures in mathematics. In 1865
he published "Alice's Adventures wonder
land" a humorous fairy story on the common
read wherever the English language is
spoken. This was succeeded in 1858 BY a
called "Phantasmagoria." and IN 1879
OF "Alice's Adventures in. Wonderland, :" and
equally popular. 'The Hunting of the Shark, the
longest Of his humorous poems, was published
in 1875, and was followed BY two further col.
~lections. "Doublets' and. "Rhymef and Rea-
soni" Mr.. Dodgso9n was also the author Of sey;
and His Modern Rivals" is the most amq.sing,
Among his serious mathematical works. which
are many. are a Syllabus Of Plane AlgebIaical
"Symboiic Logic"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-15
BAD 500 BILL SPOTTED.
CAME TO TEE sUB-TREAs RT
THROUGH TWO BANKS

Second Ysuna In This CIty-sent Back 60 the
WiiIisusburE Savings Nank-Se.O oO.O 900
or the Tninted Issue or silver Certificates
Already Get BACK by the Treasury.
The FIRST Of the counterfeit 800 silver certin-
Gates TO come into the sub-Treasury hero was
sent back yesterday to the Hanover Bank and
by that Institution torthe Williamsburg Saw
ings Bank, from which the Hanover Bank had
received It. Tho counterfeit was one Of 600
800 notes and certificates turned into the sub
Treasury two days ago. J. G. Agens, a counter.
who has been In tho business nearly twenty
years and has been eager to como across ono Of
the now commercials, spotted It easily as he
was running over the package.
Only one other OF these counterfeits has
passed through a New York bank so far as Is
known. On Jan. 10 one was found at Wash
ington among notes received from the New Am
sterdam Bank. Nearly a dozen have been dis
covered altogether. however, and extraordinary
measures have been taken to stop their issue.
The counterfeits arc Of the series Of 1891 and
are the cleverest limitations that have been
seen in a long time. Tho first one discovered
was presented at the Sub-Treasury in Philadel-
phia on Dec. 30 by he Merchants National
Bank. A few days later three moro were pre-.
sented by the Custom House and on Jan. 8
George Cremer took the four. to Washington TO
see whether they were genuine or counterfeit.
One moro was found there and the hve were de-
clared counterfeit, Three others were discov-
cred within two days, and the Treasury De-
partment issued a circular on Jan. z practi-
cally calling In the 500, 500, 900 current In the
800 silver certificates. This was in addition
TO the regular circular issued by the Secret Ser
vice Bureau.
issue has been turned in. Tho sub-Treasury
here has sent about two-thirds Of this amount
and is forwarding every day an average Of
100000. No such measures as this have been
taken with notes Of 80 large a denomination
since q 500 greenback was very successfully
counterfeited about thirty years ago. Not only
banks but also individuals are bringing into the
Sub-Treasuries 800 certificates, .some of which
have been tucked away in secure hiding places
for years. The certificates so brought are ex-
changed, IL good. for others Of different denomi-
nations. and all the 500 notes are being sent to
Washington. Many of the junior employees Of
the Sub-Treasury here are afraid TO count 100
notes now, for. II they pass counterfeits. they
must make them good out Of their own pockets.
Some of the older men, on the contrary, are sure
they can detect tho counterfeits and arc eager
to try. One Of them. after examining one of the
counterfeits, said: "Humph! i can spot that
with my eyes shut"-and that Is tho best way.
as the most noticeable difference between 1t
and the genuine note is In the heavy, rough
paper used.
A good 800 certificate was received at Wash
ington on Monday from a man in Michigan,
who wrote that he would surrender 1t as O coun-
terfeit. Two $50 notes were sent back TO him.
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IN CUBA.
The Death Rate Very LarGe. Notwithstanding
the Decrease OF Yellow Fever.

The Death Rate Very LarGe. Notwithstanding
the Decrease OF Yellow Fever.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-Although the number
Of deaths from yellow fever in Havana and
other parts of Cuba is decreasing, on account Of
the change of the season, yet the mortality re-
sulting from other diseases is very large, as
shown in official reports to Surgeon.General
Wyman. The latest information received from
Santiago de Cuba. through Sanitary Inspector
Caminero. under date Of Jan. 1, Is that malarial
fevers Of bad type are extremely common and
cause many deaths. Dysentery is also common.
and in many cases fatal. The deaths for the
week ending Jan. were 100. The sanitary con-
dition of Santiago. the inspector says, is bad.
The sanitary report from Havana Is not reas-
surfing. despite the fact, that cooler weather has
brought a decrease in the death rate resulting
indirectly from yellow fever. Sanitary In
spector Drummer writes, under date OF Jan. 8.
that the weather has been very cold. consider
Ing tho latitude. and that even at a temperature
of ga the suffering has been great. even among
Americans. Deaths from smallpox and from in
festival diseases show little decrease in number.