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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
Curling.

Curriers' gathered In large numbers yesterday
at the big inclosed rink of tho New York Thistle
Association. Hoboken. and many interesting
games took place among them.
In the afternoon IN interesting match was de-
cidcd in two Kinks between the experts OF tho
New York Thistlcs and Empires. In Rink 1
Skip Andrew Gillies of the Empires and Skip
Alexander Fraser Of the Thistles tied with II
shots each. Skip Joseph Conley of the Empires
defeated Skip John Gray of the Thistles by .
score of is to IA shots, which gave tho victory
to the Empires by two shots. tho total score
being % to % shots.
Last niSht the veteran players of tho New
York Thistlcs held forth in Rink l.. 1t was o
close contest. in which Skip Alexander Fraser
and his cohorts beat skip Thomas Watts's trio
Thy Il score of IL to 10 shots. The contest DO.
tween the noted Archibald brothers team Of
the New York Caledonian Club ana u quartet of
cracks from the Empire City Bowling Club,
which took place In Rink .. created plenty of
excitement. 1t proved to be the best match Of
tho evening. and tho defeat OF the Archibald
four was a big surprise.
The annual match among the officers Of the
st. Andrews Curling Club was also played, with
President John Leslie and Secretary John Mo.
MILAN as skips. The latter team won by IL to
8 points.
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THE NOISE OF THH VIADUor.
Rnorts 20 Deaden the Wow York Central's steel
Roadbed In Fourth Avenue.

Rnorts 20 Deaden the View York Central's steel
Roadbed In Fourth Avenue.
In tho carly years of the elevated railroads
the engineers were obliged to give q great deal
of attention to tho question Of how to lessen the
noise Of passing trains. Tho same problem has
come up in o new and moro complex form In tho
viaduct built by the New York Central and
Now Haven railroads in Fourth avenue, be-
tween 111th and 135th streets.
From the mouth of the tunnel to 111th street
there 10 o viaduct Of stone masonry, but north
of that point the structure Is Of steel. Tho
roadbed 10 o continuous steel one, in this differ
ing from that Of the elevated road, which
has wooden ties laid on stringers. On tho
viaduct tho track is laid directly on the steel
bed. which is so constructed with Q series Of
troughs az to have. the same effect as II ties
are made practically Of one long sheet of steel.
The troughs or pockets are fifteen inches
wide and seventeen inches deep and about
trains. rushing over tho four tracks Of the via.
duct at a speed of anywhere from fifteen to
fifty miles an hour. would make. considerable
caused by the train strikes tho sides Of the steel
pockets and the structure acts as a good sound
ing board. a disturbance Is created which has
neighborhood. Various compositions for dead
Been tried. csment and sawdust. charcoal and
concrete. and wood chips and concrete. Tests
have been made at various points on the via
duct, particularly between. 10th and 117th
result that it has been agreed to ali in the
metallic troughs of the structure with compo-
sition Of wood chips and cement. Tho use Of this
objections Of the Hariemites based on the noise
made by tho passing trains.
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THE GoBBLEDY aUDGEoN.
A oueer Creature or which C~annnaaiGua LAX
Seems TO Have . Monopoly.

A 0ueor Creature or which CannndaiGua Lake
Seems TO Have . Monopoly.
I'm my boyhood days. said Col. Fl. g. Steb-
bins, manager of the Bath and Hammondsport
Railroad, up in Steuben county. II lived on the
shores of CanandaiRua Lake, and nowhere else
have I found the gobbledy gudKeon. Why the
gobbledy gudgeon should be especially quar-
tered in tho waters Of Canandaigua Lake I am
not prepared to say, but he iR. Whether he
came in with tho uncanny and hair.raisiug In
dian legends which havo made Canandaigua
Lake and its environments their homo for the
past century or 30 Is for the antiquarian to find
out, but he Is there, and among other things
does duty in the nursery there and thereabout
as tho bogie man does elsewhere. The fond
Canandaigua Lake mother never soothes her
babe to silence by referring to the possible COM
ing of the bogie man. UP on Canandaigua
Lake. when the hope Of tho family bowls for the
frosting on tho cake or q piece OF tho moon, his
mother simply calls out:
"'Here. g~obbledy gudgeonl Come get Bubby!'
"And Bubby crawls back into himself 30 for
that they have to hold a looking glass to his
mouth to find whether he Is breathing.
There is somewhat of reason for this potency
Of the g~obbledy gudgeon in the nursery. The
~gobbledy gudgeon is a study. He is not hand
some. In spite of a countenance as open as a
four-quart milk pan. and q smile as expansive
as a turnover Pnie.df the .,dGs oo n b Enag &c h; Is not ior
years. and he and I p%erforce mingled much to.
s. : substitute for the boyle man. But for al
make him a fsh. They gothic head finished.
what the world would think Of a fish constructed
in harmony with that head. and wee seized
with remorse. They tried to do the best they
structure down SO that 1t looked somewhat like
a snake and somewhat like Q pollywog. but
wasn't much Of either. So being neither fish
nor snake nor tadpole, all they could do was to
"If the gobbledy gudgoon bore out the prom
| ise of his head. before he was n month old he
would be as big as a 10.ycar.old. boy. but he
| drops away from his shoulders down. like q
mouth you could wear for an oyershoe; He has
only one I'm. That is his back fin. 1t begins
half way up his back and never quits until it
runs down to his tail and all around 1t, and then
and Is cool and plastic. like wot glue. The COB
bledy gudgeon has no horns, like a catfish. but
he has u long mustache and a goatee. made of
the same material as his fin; You are apt to
daigua Lake almost any time while fishing in
that water. and when you haul him up and he
| gets his head above tho surface he has a
pleasant and invariably habit of putting
Of which puff is as a breeze waited on
q summer day from Barren Island. We usu-
ally tow him ashore when thus brought
into contact with him and chuck him up, on land
Of the strong points ofthe %gobbledy gudgeon. and
when he Is thus tossed ashore, IL there are no
crows at hand just to dispose OF him and you
YOU viii find him lying there asleep and breath
ing away as ,contentedly as a pig along the barn
yard fence"
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COOS Hls =. =. KnnsBr AnnnsrnD
ne the vys~raersAststta ninrer aua esys ahe
waists %. 100 Fsr hs-.uft.

As the vynlaerfsAstefta Bihner ana esya ehe
waists $1,000 rsr hs--uft.
II. Maitland Kcrsey, who Yves Lord DUN
ravens representative in this country when
that yaohtsman Yves trying TO win the Ameri-
cas- Cup, was arrested in a civil action while he
was at tho dinner given to the Manufacturers
Association at the waldorf.Astoria on Thurs.
day evening. Mr.. Jersey had Just taken his
scat when Deputy Sheriff Roberts pulled him
by tho sleeve and said to him: you are my
prisoner"
How dare you lay your hand on mot said
Mr.. Kcrsey, half rising. Roberts showed him
tho order of arrest and then went with him to
his room In the hotel. The order of arrest fxod
tho bail ut $500. MIR. Kersey offered n check.
but this was refused. Then he sent to the hotel
office and had the check cashed and paid over
tho money and was released in time TO attend
tho dinner.
The arrest grows out of certain alleged hap
house at leo West Fifty ninth street, whioh was
occupied as bachelor apartments In 1857 by
line i'm; He steSm nna Whsn ME- MqnRfe ersey W was the New
York agent of tho White Star line.
SThcscomplainant is Julia Gleason, who was
employed in the FIAT as housekeeper and cook.
ployed. Julia Gleason says the butler, Frank
complained to Mr.. Kersey, saying that Il Thomp-
son remained she would not. Shortly after
ssns; she feo Say Els K oiIIssy . sent isite to a hs5 ey q n Ssr
and inciosing her wages to that date and q
months wages in advance. This was last July.
Then she brought q suit against Thompson
for assault and got an order OF arrest against
him, but. this was. not served because the
Deputy Sheriff who had 1t got to the steamship
pier Just too lato to catch Thompson, who was
going to Europe with Mr.. Kersey.
MI. Kersey has been in Europe until recently,
When no returned he announced that he was on
his way to British Columbia. Julia Gleason
sued him while no was away for $5, 1000 dam
ages, and, upon o representation that Mr.. Ker
soy was to leave this city last night for British
Columbia, Greenthal q Greenthal. the woman
lawyers, got Justice Freedman OF the superior
Court to Issue the order of arrest.
It appears from the papers in the. case thai
tempted to take improper liberties with her or
or about April. 25., 1897. She has no witnesses
At their office It was said yesterday that Mr.
Kersey denied positively tho woman's alleGa
| lions and would fight tho case in the courts
without compromise.
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HARBoR IMPROVEMENT SCANDAL.
Five Snen Accused or ConspirinE with CAPT.
Cnrter 60 Derrnud tho government.

Five Men Accused or ConnpirlnE with Capt.
Cartor TO Derraud the Government.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-The legal officers Of
the War Department Nre preparing evidence to
be submitted to the Federal Grand Jury at Sa-
vannah. Ca, by which they hope to secure the
indictment OF several persons connected with
the improvements of Savannah Hnrbor and
other places in Georgia. for conspiracy to de-
fraud. The allegations against these men are
the outcome OF the charges on which Capt. Ober-
lin NJ. Carter of the Army Engineer Corps is now
being tried by court.martial. Those against
whom indictments will be asked are b. d. Greene,
John F. Gaynor, w. 4. Gaynor. e. H. Gaynor.
and Arson NJ. Bangs. all of Now York, who arc
connected with the Atlantic Contracting Com
pany. the corporation which secured the work
Of making the improvements in charge OF Capt.
Carter. b. ID. Greene has not appeared promi-
nently In connection with tho Carter case, butt
is asserted at the War Department that he is at
tho head of the Atlantic Contracting Company,
specifications on which Capt. Carter 10 being
tried, but 1t was alleged in these charges that
the three Gaynor brothers and Bangs had con-
spired with Capt. Carter to defraud the Govern
ment.
When the case comes before the Grand Jury
the Wal Department will produce correspond
ence between. Capt. Carter and Mr.. Greene
which shows. 1t Ia alleged. that the latter was
Mr.. Greene was formerly a Captain in the En-
Rineer Corps of the army. but resigned. More
testimony has been secured for the information
of the Carter that Capt. Carter not
only visited Toronto under an assumed name, as
commended by the Government, but that he also
acted business there as the person whose name
he had taken.
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Special Prizes for the wesiminster Konne
Club SHOW,

In addition to the special and regular classes
for the Westminster Kennel Club bench show.
beginning on Feb. 81 Mt Madison Square Gar
den, a number of new specials were announced
yesterday. under conditions that will greatly
enhance the scope of the exhibit. w. Gould
Brokaw heads the list of donors by offering four
challenge cups each worth 500, to be known
as the rrokaw Challenge Cups, ore for the best
heavyweight and best lightweight pointers of
each sex. owned by n member OF the Pointer
Club OF America. the cups to be won by the
same exhibitor twice, not necessarily by the
same dog. before becoming his personal prop
erty. The American Pet Dog Club offers a sill
yer cup for the best sporting dog or bitch. a
silver cup for tho best non'sporting Cog or bitch,
and n trophy for the best greyhound, only open
TO exhibitors who arc members of the cluh.
Tho Bull Terrier Club OF America offers n
500 challenge cup for The hest exhibit OF four
hull terriers entered and owned by II member.
The trophy to he connected for yearly nj the
Westminster show. aud 10 he won three Times
before becoming, the absolute property OF the
winner. A number of specials for poodles are
offered by Mrs. j. b. NJ. Grosvcnor. Mrs. c. +.
Stead, AMI ny tho Poodle Club OF America. while
+. q. Goodriiyc offers new prizes for the best
American-brcd Irish setter bitch and puppy.
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FRIENDS OF CIVIL SERVICE.
New York Rerormers Argue Against tho n q
publican Conference HilI.

NOW OEA hEkuo "BAhHbS ~ hse-
publican Conference BilI.
WASHINGTON, Jan. FISHERMAN 8. Rogers.
President of the Buffalo Civil Service Reform
League: George McAneny of New York. Secre-
tary OF tho National Civil Service Reform
League, and William G. Low Of Brooklyn argued
before the House Civil Service Committee to-
day against the so-called Evans bill, which was
prepared by the conference Of Republicans OPP
posed to the present workings of the law.
Mr.. Low spoke particularly Of the dire effect
the proposed notifications would have upon
work in the navy yards. declaring that greater
efficiency was obtained under the merit than
under the spoils system.
Mr.. Rogers said the Evans bill was a vital
blow at the merit system and would simply de-
stroy it. Its object was to take $4,000 en-
ployees out of the classified service. and II 1t
were passed the committee might as well resign.
as 1t would not be needed thereafter. Regarding
the differences OF opinion as to the scope of the
civil service law. he said it was never intended
to be q small affair, taking In a few small offices,
but to reform the whole system Of the Govern.
ment service. The civil service infant, he said,
was all right; the only trouble was that it had
had u bad lot of nurses.
Mr.. McAneny spoke on the subject Of classif.
cation and the extension of the system by Presi-
dent ClcYelnnd.
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IN TEE oRNTRE STREET OAR.
one Teueh or nature That Demonstrated the
Kinship or the World.

one Touch or nature That Demonstrated the
Kinship or the Worla.
The Centre street car stopped and o woman
got on. She took . scat near tho door, and tho
other passengers looked at her with interest.
Her dress was tawdry and she wore a coquettish
black dotted veil, which, instead of hiding. only
rendered moro grotesque q speaking black eye.
A few blocks below the car stopped again and
another woman boarded-a woman Of the Same
type. Her dress was. II possible. moro tawdry
and soiled than that of tho first. and her hair
was gold.plated and much frizzled. She seated
herself beside the first bird Of her feather. and.
catching O glance out of the blackened eye. full
of scorn and hauteur. returned 1t with a toss of
head which plainly indicated her opinion of per
sons so greatly out of repair.
A small, ragged boy got on. carrying with
great care, but skilfully, q baby-the. thinnest,
whitest baby that ever was; Eut that baby
loved its brother, and tho brother loved the
baby. It looked up in his face, and weakly
grabbed at his nose and %Rurgled. He ducked
and boobed his head. and replied to the baby In
its own language, and the baby's thin, blue lips
widely stretched with smiles.
There was something human and touching in
the picture that reached the two women. and,
when tho boy left tho car, the golden-haired one
said to her Of the black eye, as they exchanged
my, amt It cute, thought But didn't 1t look
weRkfyl I won'er If he's bringin' it to the
hospital Z"
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IN THE 4.
Bill Passed TO Fay tho war Claims or the
Haethodist Church South.

Bill Passed TO Fay tho war Claims or tho
Haethodist Church South.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.-By q vote OF 1873 to
81 the House to-day passed the bill appropriate
ing 2ss. 900 to pay the Methodist Church South
for the damages sustained by the seizure of it's
publishing house in Nashville by the Union
army in 1868. without referring the claim to
tho Court of Claims. The bill had been before
the House on two previous Fridays, on which
days the private calendar is the order Of bust
ness under the rules. An attempt to head 1t Off
by interposing the District of Columbi Appro.
~priation bill failed by a large majority early
in the session, and the bill was discussed
under an agreement to vote at 4 o'clock.
1t was antagonized by Mcssrs. Dalzell of Penn
sylvania, Dinglcy of Maine. Hepburn OF Iowa,
and Connolly of Illinois. and advocated by
Messre. Dolliver of Iowa and Grosvcnor of
Ohio. The speeches of the latter two aroused
much enthusiasm. recognizing, as they did. the
existence of q new condition of things, when
the American Congress- could dispose Of this
class of claims In the dawning light OF fraternal
unity and not in the darkness Of the old bitter.
ness of antagonism and strife. =.
At 4:30 the House took O recess until 9
o'clock, tho evening session to be devoted to
private pension bills.
Only about fifty members were present at the
morning session, and in two and q half hours
twenty.slx pension bills were acted upon favor,
ably. This exhausted tho list ready for consid.
| Grafton. Ono of the bills took q pensioners
| name of the roll. 1t having been proved that 1t
was improperly placed there.
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.h-l.:55. 2027 Third avenu'. Carl s'h'eb, dam
age 800; 400, claremont avenue and ICED street,
Mr. Dean. damage $50; l'l3. tughoat Thomas Short
land, foot Twenty.sscold street. North River, damage
500; 7:a5. Pa stanton street. Lewis Ja"ObwitZ.
damage slight; DilO. 400 West li6th street. David
SchuldnIler, damage 69Dn.
+. M.-i:.5, sol Firth avenue. Park Avenue I'm.
proveInent Company, damage slight lao, AlH Wet
Fprfy.hr-I street. Nathan hrinptnsr, damage 125'
0:iO, ~ Hester street. JA,ob Mar'u.. damage trims;
$3.50. 1858 Madison avenue. stephen Richardson,
damage 500; G'30, lac u ,st BruAdwhy, samuel
Herman. damage $500; 6;40. 6s.lO FIRST street:
Blum. TOch & Co, damage 500; 700, LOB second
Eleventh avenue. Robert Wick, damage $4,000; $3.50,
foot of Eighty.Second street and East River. damage
SlOi y:8o. $50 Hudson street, Louis ID. brSnStein.
DAMAGE 925.
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FIGHTING,
NAV Mernrsl..a n-.Le. .po ont.

NIAGARA FALLS. Jan. 2s.-Ono Of tho wicked
est fights ever seen in this city took place to-
night before the Power City A. G. between
kid Mcfarland and Harry Lemon, colored.
Of this city.
Mcfarland received the decision at the call
Of the tenth round, Lemon refusing to con-
tinue the fight. Both men fought from tho start,
and tho confusion was great. When Referee
Lysachgt of Buffalo gave his decision the
police were forced to clear the hall. A
free fight was imminent. and onions
friends came near ~precipitating 1t. The lat
ter was bewildered in the ninth round. and
his seconds had to lead him to his seat. He
called for a doctor. but wanted to continue the
fight after the decision had been announced.
He would not leave the ring.
-WaRers were offered at odds Of BIO to % on
Mcfarland. and as the fight progressed the
odds grew greater in his favor. 1t was MOZART
lands fight, and tho crowd was with him.
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HUNG UP.

Charges Against II. II. Bemus. Named fer
Postmaster mt JnmostOwn. n. Y.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.-Emmett H. Bemus's
nomination to be Postmaster at jamestown. n.
Y, has been hung up by the Committee on Post
Ol1 ces and Post Roads. pending an investiga.
ton of the alleged charges against him. The
nomination was sent to the Senate on Jan. 10
and reported favorably to the Senate the next
day. Before 1t could be confirmed. however. it
was recommitted to the committee, on motion
of Senator Chandler. who has since been APP
pointed u subcommittee TO investigate the case.
The only charge yet made against Mr.. Bonus is
that he paid several hundred dollars to Il rival
candidate for the office to leave the field. About
a dozen letters have been received by the com,
mitteo from citizens OF jamestown, referring to
other charges. which charges, however, have
not been received and about which the com.
mittee has no Information.
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TALKS ANNEXATION.
IN CONFERENCE WITH SENATOR
DAVIS AND CHlIRMAN HIT.

ATterward Atteuaed n Special Cavalry Drill nc
Fort RIyer-Deciines an Escert and re-
guests That No salute ne Flroa In puIs IHsrsr.
y WARRINGTON. Jan. 2s.-The question Of an
nexation was informally discussed at n confer
enco today between President Dole OF Hawaii
and Senator Davis. Chairman OF the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations, and Reprcsen-
tative Hit, Chairman of tho House Committee
on Foreign Affairs. Mr.. Dolo will hnvo n fur
thor talk with Senator Davis to express views
which may be of use In the discussion OF tho an
nexation treaty In the executive sessions Of tho
Senate.
President Dole attended a special cavalry drill
by the Sixth Regiment at Fort Myer this after
noon. He was accompanied by Mrs. Dole, Min.
ister and Mrs. Hatch. former Minister Thurston,
Major Iankcn, his secretary; DIR. F. II. Day,
Major Hoistand, and Lieutenant.Co Commander
Phelps. The Hawaiian President expressed sur.
prise and admiration when he saw tho fine
exhibition Of Cossack riding given by
the cavalry regiment; Col. Sumner. the
the party ut luncheon after the drill. President
Dole again demonstrated his democratic taste
SIsI EeS % Fort M that n no f' tSst e even the n,% fr I'm n of
q salute be dispensed with. He also, on hear
ing that some Senators and REPRESENTATIVE
had proposed that Congress- invite him to visit
its sessions. rogue, tod that this expression of
pairing matter to be sent to Honolulu .by mail.
After o'clock no received q number OF visitors,
among whom were Senators Allison, Platt of
Connecticut, Chandler. and Lodge and Repre-
sentatives Grant and Clark.
"A person who is intimately acquainted with
ment OF Liiiuokaiani in an interview, to the ef-
feet that she presumed President Dole would
call on her during his stay in Washington, but
that she should wait for this visit to be made
before extending u similar courtesy to him.
Mr.. Dole's face expressed some amusement and
he ramarkad with pmphasi9 that Mrs. DOminiS
would find 1t necessary to wait a very long time
for him to call.
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Increase or Internal Revenue Receipts.

WASHINGTON, Jan. ST Treasury receipts
from internal revenue sources were larger by
ST.. 1O7, $50 in December last than in tie same
month a year ago. Tho total receipts were $14.-
373, $50. of which So, 144.517 was from spirits.
the increase being $775.976 over the amount. of
December. 1896; 81. 6l5. lOl from tobacco. in
crease $l93. 226; fermented liquors $2.43l. 3l9.
increase $1O3, 1913; oleomargarine $l32,634, in
crease $3O,955;. filled cheese VI 500. increase
$3,O22. The receipts for the first half of the
current fiscal year were $3.50. 1872 lab. an in
crease OF SO. 124,5 SIG over those OF the CORES.
bonding period last year.