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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
WANT CHEAPER FARES.
Jersey City Men Ask the strset Car Companies
Tor Rush Hour Reductions.

Jersey City Men Ask the street Car Companies
Tor Hush Hour Reductions.
Good Government Association No. l Of Jersey
City resolved at q meeting on Friday night to
ask the Consolidated Traction Company for
cheaper fares during the rush hours. that is.
from 6 to 8 A. NJ. and from 5 to NJ. copy of
the preamble and resolutions was received by
President Z. +. C. Young yesterday. They are
as follows:
"JPhereds, Tho electric street railways of
many prominent cities, including Chicago, De-
troit, Cleveland. Toronto. and particularly
cheaper rates OF fare than the electric railways
Of this city; and
"Whcrcas, BY the consolidation of the several
suburban municipalities of Greater New York
every effort will be made by the authorities to
populate these suburbs to the detriment of our
city by improving their transportation facilities
and cheapening the rates of fare. and the run
ming of cars direct from New York to Brooklyn
and adjacent townships OF Queens borough for n
fare of 5 cents: therefore be it
RESOLVED. That our Secretary be instructed
to communicate these facts and any informa-
ton bearing on this subject to our worthy. in
%iuential. and public spirited citizen, E. F. c.
Company. and urge him to use his influence in
the interest of our city, to have the fares re-
duced during two periods. from q to 8 A. M.
and from 5 to 7 p. NJ. by selling seven tickets
for 25 cents. valid during these hours, thereby at
tracing residents to our city and offsetting the
the interests OF the undeveloped suburbs"
The matter will he laid before the directors OF
tho Consolidated Traction Company at their
next meeting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
sAD sEQUzI 20 4 oAr surrHn.
Manager Scott Arrested Tor Retaiainr the
RinE OF Ons or His PaIr Guests,

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Charles J. Scott, manager Of the Cincinnati
branch of the Incandoscont Light Company Of
147 Centre street, was charged in the Centre
Street Court yesterday with grand larceny.
Margaret Tlghe OF Hoboken and Mamie Rooney
Of Brooklyn, two Of tho employees of tho local
office of tho company, were the complainants.
Miss Tigho was the posscssor of two solitaire
diamond rings when sho and Miss Rooney
made Scott's acquaintance about two months
ago and accepted his invitation to dine. She
loaned ono Of tho rings to Miss Rooney for tho
evening. 1t was valued at $3.50.
At tho dinner Scott told the two girls that he
was q member Of the firm, that he had taken u
great liking to them. and intended to raise
their salary on tho first of the new year. Ho
then asked Miss Rooney to lot him wear tho
ring until the following day. promising to rc-
turn u when no saw her at tho Office. Sho gave
hin the ring, but tho next day Scott fnilcd to
had gonG to Cincinnati. She swore cut a war.
rant for his arrest.
Detectives Monahan and Lang Of tho Central
Office went to Cincinnati after Scott. They
found him still wearing the ring, but Us no
gavc 1t back to them the courts In Ohio refused
to honor the requisition papers. Scott, acted In
such II lordly way that he aroused the iro Of
Lang, who brought tho warrant back TO this
city and lodged 10 at tho Centre Street Court.
Yesterday Scott returned to this city and
went to tho office of tho company. The two
girls saw him and notified Lang by telephone.
Lang hurried to tho office and grinned as he
arrested Scott. In the Centre Street Court Scott
committed him to the Tombs in default OF
$1,000 bail for trial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
FREE MUSEUM FOR THE PEOPLE.
Tho Movement TO Secure tho bulldog or the
Old Hall or Records .,

Tho Movement to Secure tho BuildiaE or the
Old Hall or Records ,
Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins and others. including
John d. Crimmins. Supreme Court Justice In
graham. and Col. Joel Is. Erhardt, are interested
In securing a free museum for the people. In
the closing days of Mayor Strong's administra-
ton the Board of Aldermen passed a resolution
turning over In fee the Hall OF Records, which
is on a historical site in City Hall Park. to Mrs.
Hopkins and her friends. to be used as an every
day museum. With tho advent OF Mayor Van
wyck the Council revoked the Board Of Alder
mems action. and said that tho Hall of Records
could only be leased by the city to Mrs. Hopkins
and her friends. Mayor Van Wyck Is favorable
to such q scheme.
Mrs. Hopkins has the promise Of war me-
mentoes from Governors Island. Washington.
and West Point, and many other. valuable
things. Sho wants to train tho people In patriot,
ism. She insists that tho Hall OF Records should
DO maintained and not torn down; and she goes
those OF Boston, should be protected. Mrs.
Hopkins and the incorporators of the now mu-
osition to lease tho Hall of Records.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
BRIDGE MAIL CoNDUIrS BLOCKED.
Commissioner Shea stops the work OF John Z.
MIihOlland's Company.

CommlnDiOn0F SneH stops the WORK OF John Z.
AIIihOiland's Company.
John L.. Shea. the Commissioners of Bridges,
ordered the Tubular Despatch Company yester-
day to stop the work Of laying conduits across
the Brooklyn Bridge. pending an Investigation
as to the terms of its franchise. The conduits
were being laid to connect the Post Offices In
the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Commissioner Shea said he was not aware that
the company. had a franchise to lay conduits
across the Bridge until yesterday morning. when
he saw two men tearing up the asphalt sidewalk
Immediately beneath the central staircase lead
ing to Tyron row. On questioning the foreman
ofthe laborers. who were working away for dear
life with pickaxes, he learned that the work was
being, done for the Tubular Company; After
ried to the office OF the Corporation Counsel.
where he learned that the Bridge Trustees
shortly before their term of Office expired had
made a contract with the Tubular Despatch
Company. of which John f. Milholland IL the
President, allowing it to use the Bridge for its
~conduits for thirty years for $1,000 "A year; also
that the Tubular Company had a contract with
the Federal Government to shoot the mails
through tubes across the bridge for $14 900.
MIR. Shea said that he would break the contract
made by the Bridge Trustees If he found that he
had the power.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE.
Passengers Hit by Flying Pieces OF Glass and
Travel Delayed In Harlem.

Passengers Hit by Flying Pieces OF Glass and
Travel DELAYED In Harlem.
Lcnox avenue trolley car SOC. bound north.
came in collision ut 135th street at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning with trolley car 1913 of the
Union Railway Company. going east through
135th street. The front dashboard of the Lenox
avenue car struck the rear platform of the
lighter cross town car, lifted the car of the
track. and. turning it almost north and south.
left 1t blocking the south track on Lenox ave.
nue.. There were ton passengers aboard tho
Union Railway car and twenty-five on the
LenoX avenue car, and all tried to get out ut
once.
Tho back platform of the l35th street car was
smashed. Broken glass was showered on the
passengers. and tho heavy wheels cut great
grooves in the asphalt pavement. The railroad
men spent considerable time arguing as to who
was to blame. Then another Union Railway
car camo along. The gripman borrowed a trace
chain from an accommodating brewery wagon
driver, and used it to hitch on to the derailed
car. Then he started ahead and dragged tho
derailed car back on the tracks, and cut the
asphalt pavement up some moro In SO doing.
No one had been hurt, and traffic was resumed
after twenty-five minutes delay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16

The storm which had moved northeast from Texas
was central in tho Ohio Valley Yesterday and passing
into the lower lake region. twas steadily increasing
in force. and was attended by heavy rain over all the
Central and Southern states. except Florida; light
rain In the Middle Atlantic States and snow in Mis-.
souri,. Iowa, Illinois. Indiana. Michigan. northern New
York, the New England States. and Canada.
Dense fog envelouod the coast. where the winds be.
came brisk and high at night. The storm is moving
rapidly, and will be followed to-day by clearing and
much colder weather.
In this city the day was rainy and foggy; humidity
stood at 100 per cent. nearly all day; wind southeast
to south, average velocity 10 miles an hour; highest
ofncial temperature Az, lowest 34'; aromete cor.
rected to read to sea Lowell. at y A. N. 30. OF, 8 p.
n. 2D.74.
The thermometer at the United States Weather Blu.
rnnn reRlsternh the tamnaratura Yasterdnx na fnlloua.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
CLIFFORD MUST DE HANG ED.
The jersey Court or Pardons Refuses Clemency
to the Murderer or Watson.

to tho Murderer or Watson.
The New Jersey Court Of Pardons. at o epe.
cial session held in Jersey City yesterday after
noon, decided not to Interfere in tho case of
Edward Clifford, who is under sentence to DO
hanged in the county Jail in Jersey City on
Wednesday,, Feb. 16, for the murder of VII.
liam G.. Watson. Clifford had been employed
He received q reward for capturing Oliver II.
Perry, tho train robber, who escaped from tho
State asylum for insane criminals at Mattea.
wan, n. ". and after that took to drinking.
Mr.. Watson. who was Division Superintend-
ent, discharged him. On the afternoon Of March
influence of liquor went to Mr.. Wattson's of.
flee in the railroad station ut W~eehawken, and
after exchanging n few words with him. shot
him as he sat in II chair in front of his desk.
The wound proved fatal. Strenuous efforts
have been made TO have Clifford's sentence COM
muted to imprisonment for life. A petition
with moro than 5000 signatures was presented
to the court. 1t was signed by ministers. law.
yers, professional men, citizcns. and politi.
clans. The Rev. A. Kennedy Duff, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church OF West Ho-
boken, made q personal appeal to Gov. Griggs
yesterday. When the news of tho courts re-.
fusal to Interfere was broken to Clifford he
broke down.
An application was made to Chancellor Nc
Gill yesterday for n writ of error in the case Of
Andreas Malinak, the Newark murderer. who
IS to be hanged on the 9th inst. unless some
thing intervenes. The Chancellor listened to
the application and reserved decision until
rors. OF which the Chancellor is q member, re-
fused to interfere in tho case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
DON'T WANT TO ACT ON SUNDAY.
Actors Protest Against tho Bill LeEaIizluE
Sabbath


The Actors Society of America Inns sent a
communication to Gov. Black and to the Legis-
lature protesting against the bill recently in
troduced by Assemblyman Hamburger of this
city leRalizing Sunday theatrical performances.
The communication states that the Actors So
cieJy. of America wishes 1t .~unequivocally re.
corded that players are opposed to Sabbath per-
formances, believing n day OF rest to be as essen
tial to their we'll being as it is to that Of any
other class Of workers. Tho communication
further states that the society must decline to
acouiesce in a proposition lending color to tho
unfounded impression that the people of the
stage are indifferent to the amenities of life and
to the moral sentiments of Christian people,"
In conclusion the communication reads:
I'VE, rs actors. arc compelled, perforce. to
submit to many impositions, and we are sub
jected to indignities that. inasmuch as they are
offered alike to the women of our calling as to
the men, are already unbearable as they are
humiliating. The single measure of protection
specifically extended to the actor under the
statutes Of the State of New York is the pro-
hibition of Sunday performances. Therefore do
we appeal to the sense of justice that should
animate the legislator to insure to us at least q
continuance Of the one law now operating in
our favor"
The communications states that the society
numbers 1.052, and it is signed by the President,
joseph Wheelock. Albert G. Deltwyn, and p.
j. Reynolds. the Secretary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16

Troy. Jan. 15.-Unlcss severe cold weather
sets in again there will be no ice harvesting In
the upper Hudson. The continued warm weather
and rains of tho past two or three days caused
tho leo to break up and move down the river.
At this point the river is now entirely free from
ice. Last Monday the ice was fully eight inches
thick. and dealers made preparations to harvest
half a million tons. To-day they arc much dis.
couraged over the outlook. OF Rensselaer, all
the ice fields have been destroyed, except Mont
gomery's, which is undisturbed. There were
several narrow escapes at Rensselaer, yesterday
when the leo began to break up and move.
Mayor II. X. Lansing, with a force of men and
horses, was on tho river when the leo broke.
All were rescued.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16

Jerseys Acknowledgements 20 Leok 1nto ~,
Operation sr Lear Companies.

OHgEbNNuN y hfNAu .
The attention of Attorney. General Samuel II.
Grey Of New Jersey has boon drawn to tho
u~surious rates Of interest squeezed out Of the
poor by loan companies in the larger cities Of
that State. A number OF tho leading cities OF
tho State have very strict city ordinances which
restrict pawnshops to such an extent that It
amounts almost to prohibition. MIR. Arthur X.
Bishop, tho President Of tho Passaic County
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren, while investigating q case Of restitution
in Paterson last Monday, found a case In which
$l2 was charged for the loan OF $40 for two
months. A littlo girl had been begging in tho
streets. Mr.. Bishop found her parents starving
and not a bit.of fuol. in the house. The father,
in bed with pneumonia, told Mr.. Bishop that
he had borrowed $50 on their scanty furni-
tnre two months ago, and that II tho interest Of
ture was to DO cartel away,
Mr.. Bishop would not believe such oxtortion
possible. but examination OF the receipts for tho
$3o, which had boon paid in full, and tho terms
OF contract for the loan, showed him that such
was tho rate charged, and he Immediately went
TO the office OF the company. There all knowl.
edge of the matter was denied. as well as the
possibility Of making such terms.
Bishop arranged that the little girl go to pay the
interest. tho money for which was supplied by
the he soGisty whil Tn he y was d present 4. at Nth the J office en Of
confronted with the positive evidence, the loan
concern tore up tho contract and called, the &C.
vestigation. and found that 8 per cent. per
month. or 60. percent. per year. was no UNI
companies. although the law in New Jersey Is
very strict in regard TO exacting more than q
per cent. Members Of tho s. z: c. c. became
Interested, and the Newark society was COM
municated with. There tho evil Is almost as
prevalent as in Paterson, mitigated slightly by
the, presence Of pawnshops, a decidedly lesser
evil.
There being no organized commission. of
charity In the state. or any department that
would be especially Interested In these cases,
the S. p. G. c. societies of Passaic and Essex
counties have made q direct appeal to the At
torney-General. The latter has promised to
look into the matter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
CROWD SMASHED THE ALTAR.
A Peculiar Incident at the Pauiists' Mission
for Women.

Ono of the handsome side affairs in the Church
of the Paulist Fathers at Columbus avenue and
Sixtieth street was badly damaged one night
last week by the crowd that had gathered to
attend tho mission services now being held
there. The damaged altar stands on the north
side of the church, near the pulpit, and is dedi-
Gated to st. Anne, it having been recently
erected in memory of the late Mrs, Adams,
q liberal patron OF the church.
The mission last week was given for married
women, and the church was crowded nightly.
filled with people who were not able 10 secure
seats. About the pulpit the throng was the
most dense. and while the listeners were push
ing forward to get closer to the preacher they
were forced against the altar railing, which
succumbed to the pressure and went down
with a crash.
with that obstruction out of the way. tho
women made their way into the Enclosure and
broke the slab of marble at the foot of the altar
with their weight. 1t will require more than
$500 to repair the damage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
BRADY GELS HIS TELEPHONE BILL.
To .,loo Messages. ~S8lO-Thieves M We'll o.
Phone Fiends Pester Him.

To c,1oo Messages, M We'll 40
Phone Fiends Poster Him.
The woes of Contractor John T. Brady. who
has the job of remodelling tho interior of the
City Hall, increase from day to day. THE Sun
told last week about Mr.. Brady's telephone in
the City Hall. and how 1t was.freely used by the
reporters from the borough Of Queens and 9TH
er outlying districts to carry news to their
offices at MIR. Brady's expense. THE sun also
predicted that Mr.. Brady would probably show
signs Of strong emotion when he got his bill for
telephone messages. The guess was not q bad
one. Mr.. Brady got the bill yesterday. Tho
emotion spoken of followed Immediately. Mr..
Brady's fine iron gray hair was observed to rise
on end. Mr.. Brady's jaw was likewise seen to
fall several inches. MIR. Brady was also heard
to say things not for publication. The bill was
only for two months. 1t read something like
this:
To 2. 100 telephone messages. $40.
. When Mr.. Brady contracted for tho telephone
tho agent told him he could have it at the rate
of 800 a year, which allowed him 600 messages,
or he could have unlimited service for $40, o
:,Grcatcr New York reporters, Mr.. Brady do.
sided that the 800 rate was just what he wanted
Now he secs that il wasn't.
While Mr.. Brady. was gazing fixedly at tho
telephone bill one Of his men rushed up to him
and said: Sneak thieves have been doin' us
Mr.. Brady. groaned. 1t seems that sneak
thieves have been playing havoc with the cloth.
ing and tools OF his men for several weeks, and
the total loss up to last evening was twenty-five
overcoats, two umbrellas, two pairs of shoes.
one silver watch, and several sets of carpenters
tools. Last Thursday n man was arrested for
purloining a basket Of tools, but he was subse-
quently discharged in the Centre Street Police
Court, and the thicving went on. Yesterday
the painters employed on the job were ut work
in a small committee room on the first floor.
When they got through they moved to the Sec
ond floor. but they neglected to take their street
clothes with them. Shortly after 2 O'Clock in
painters, went into the committee room to get
his overcoat. The peg on which 1t had hung
was there. but no coat. investigation dis.
closed that anothc overcoat was missing, as
well as two pairs OF shoes, two umbrellas, and
a watch. Flynn went down to the police sta
ton in the basement and reported the robbery.
When he came back a few minutes later no
was very angry. He said the Sergeant be;
point out the thief. we'll be glad to arrest him"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, SWORN IN.
NothluE n Year Is 10 10 tho First Salary He
Earns In Public Life.

Harry Payne Whitney, who was appointed a
member OF the Municipal Statistical Commits.
sion. was sworn in yesterday by Mayor Van
Wyck. The new Commissioner was accom-.
panied to the City Hall by his father. William
@. Whitney. who had IA short talk with tho
Mayor. After signing the oath book young
Mr.. Whitney said he had wanted to get into
politics ever since he left college.
II do not exactly train with Tammany," he
continued. f" although / did as much as / could
for the success Of It's ticket last November"
II. T. Wilson, Jr.. son OF X, T. Wilson, tho
banker, is also q member of the Municipal
statistical Commlssien. He was sworn In sew
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
BOROUGH OF IN.
Six Tax Department EmploJees Discharged
Park Commission Wants $500. $50.


These employees in the Tax Department in
the borough of Brooklyn were notified yester.
day OF their removal, the places which they held
having been abolished: John =. Hurley. son OF
Congressman Hurley, surveyor. salary VI. 800;
Edwin W. Coburn, personal property clerk.
81 800; George Hartman. clerk, 81 1900; James
II. Mason. clerk, 81 300; Alfred w. Jacobs,
clerk, 81 900; Thomas f. Ryan. clerk. $3.50.
Assistant Civil Engineer William X. Tenny Of
the old City orks Department has been trans
ferred TO the Board OF Public improvements In
Manhattan.
Park Commissioner Brewer for the boroughs
of Brooklyn and Queens has asked for an app
propriation OF $500, 4sO for the care and main.
%tenance of his department thiS year, The
tSs% for the Brooklyn Parks ALONE si'"eu Pf'o''
The new Court OF Special Sessions for the
boroughs Of Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond
will probably be In the old Common Council
chamber in brooklyn. Al application for the
use OF tho chamber for that purpose will be pre-
sented at the meeting of the Municipal Assem-
bly, tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
driven Mad By Speculation.

Robert r. SHELTON. a broker, OF 90 West Ninety.
eighth street, was taken TO Bellevue Hospital
by his physician, DIR. Pettengill. yesterday after.
noon and placed in tho insane pavilion for ex.
animation. SHELTON was at one time a success
full dry goods merchant and lived at the Hotel
Imperial. Two years ago no began u series of
speculations in Wall street. So successful were
became a stool broker. Tho tide of luck changed
and he began 10 suffer losses. Worry weakened
will undergo a special course OF treatment In
HplIpyup
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
Another rs.. once Robbed.

HEwBURG, Jan. l5.-Tho Post Office ut War
wick, Orange county, was robbed last night.
The thieves blew open the safe and carried Off
money and stamps. Before doing the Job they
placed two hand cars ON the rails of thSSLehigh
and Hudson Railroad, one at each ena1of the
One OF fhe cars was tounu to-day neaF Nay
brook, overturned beside the track
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
Entertainment to AID BrooLIyn Charities.

Beginning tomorrow night. tho spectacular
drama Tho Battles OF Our Nation will DO
presented for ono week in the Thirteenth Regi.
ment Armory, in Brooklyn, for tho benefit of
the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum, the Brooklyn
Nursery and Infants Hospital, tho Methodist
for Women and Children. There will be four
matinees. beginning on Tuesday, and arrange
ments have been made whereby tho public
schools may be closed one afternoon in order
that the children may attend. The music OF the
piece has been arranged by g. e. Conterno. tho
charge OF the production.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
May Use parase HALL. OLD WALLS.

EAsToN, Pa, Jan. 15.-The trustees of Lafay-
cite College met here to-day. and. after consid.
ering plans for the reconstruction of Pardee
cided to cap the old walls until March. when tho
work OF reconstruction will be begun. 1t is very
probable that the old walls will BIO used in the
reconstruction of the building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
F~IushinG Town Hall No Longer an '.0pere
House.o

The Town Hall at Flushing. borough Of
Queens. which was locally known as the Opera
House" will not be rented for Entertainment
by the Now York authorities as 1t was under
the town Government. Organizations which
engaged the hall prior to Jan. l will DO permit
ted to use 1t for the nights engaged free Of
rental. The town officials used to charge $50 o
night for tho use of the building.