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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07
40 DAMAGES EOR A THUMB.
Butcher who Says He Lost 1t Through
Drug Clerks Treatment Sues In Vain.

Butcher who Says He Lost 1t Through u
Drug Clerks Treatment Sues In Vain.
Ferdinand Roth, butcher cut his left
thumb some time ago and went to the drug
store OF Armenian d Behrens. at $40
Eighth Avenue. TO have the injury treated, A
clerk put rag soaked in u solution OF carbollc
acid on the cut and gave him another bottle OF
stuff hat dozen drops 81 which We're 70 bo
lniiamei ana had 20 be amputated. and Roth
sued the drug iirm for, 1900 damages, Law
thu Supreme Court yesterday on the ground
that Oily licensed physicians can practise
msdicne ana shs' sEasS, ;no are no! y,s $40 H.
the case and dismissed it without writing an
opinion
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07

At the meeting OF the Sinking Fund Com
mission yesterday President GuGgonheimer
called attention TO tho fact that tho Central
Railroad OF New Jersey was still operating a
ferry from Communipaw TO the foot OF White
hall street without a franchise and without
pOyin. anything to the city. The ferry has
been In operation ever since consolidation
went into, effect. and carly In his term Comp
Counsel Whalon with the request that steps
be- Ia ken to force the company TO pay Nothing
has been ACCOMPLISHED. On motion OF the
Mayor. tho Commission voted To request the
Corporation Counsel to take the matter into
the courts and secure an Injunction restraining
the company from operating tho ferry without
n franchise,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07
RossITER MAKES CONCESSIONS.
Results Of an Inspection of tho Brooklyn
Rapid Transit system.

The entire system Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company was inspected by Chairman
Ashley W. Cole and Commissioner Baker OF
the State Railroad Board yesterday morning
With the Com m lssioners we're President Ros-
sitter and Acting General Superintendent
Wheatley OF the Rapid Transit Company
and Harry A. Hamburg and James T.
Farrell OF the citizens Committee Of
South Brooklyn. Tho first place OF inspec-
ton was the Third avenue and sIS,y-ilfth
street terminal Of tho elevated railroad.
Col. Cole for three-auarters OF an hour
watched the cars and the passengers He anil the
others spent half an hour IN front Of the wait
Fam rom watchins p the cars ar s unI denart'
the electrical expert of the commission. went
down Third avenue ard boarded trolley ear
o. its way to the terminal from Fort Hamilton.
They injured Of the passengers as to whether
they liked the new system or not. Twelve were
question MAS asked on a Bensonhurst car and
fifteen expressed their satisfaction with tho
change and Jour were against i.
Col. Cole after watching people climb no tho
long flights OF elevated stairs said that while he
was fairly active man he was. sure the lnur-
bury suggested that II the company did not
want 10 give an optional transfer at the termi-
the Fort Hamilton car: to the .Thr.l avenue
surinc" cars from " A. until T. NJ. rressi-
dent Rossitsr said that T. seemed reasonable
II appeared that the people OF South Brook
lyn had to my ten cents In order to reach
Prospect ParG. President Rossiter said this
was a fair ground for COMPLAINT and he did
not see Why transfers should not be given TO
Fifteenth street north from Fifth avenue.
After remaining ct he terminal for over an
hour and taking with Passengers the Com
missioners went on the elevated road to tho
Union station at 1hrty.sixth street and Fifth
avenue. whore another INSPECTION OF the trans
ferring system was made, The terminal Mt
Fighty-slIth street and Fifth avenue was also
visited Tho Commissioners at once declared
that there should be n shelter for transfer pas
senGers. This will be provided. Ridcewood.
Corona and Flushing were afterward visited
Col Coe said the commissions report
would h" ready within a week. He declined TO
state what IL would be.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07
VIEW EAST RIVER WHARF PLANS.
Ten Piers, $50 Feet Long, to Replace Thir-
teen Old Ones downtown.

Ten Piers, $50 Feet Long, to Replace Thir-
teen Old Ones downtown.
The Dock Com missioners submitted their
plan for the Improvement OF tho East River
water front from Whitehall 10 Water streets to
the Com missioners OF the Sinking Fund yes
terday. and II was adopted. The plan IA q part
OF the whole scheme OF dock and wharf i'm
provement which has been in progress for
several years. II provides Tor the destruction
OF thirteen old piers in the East River and the
building OF ten new ones In their place. The
new ones nre to be $50 feet long In improv-
Ing the piers II IL intended to widen south
sl,ee'; rom w mhioe.ai. TO va, streets; from
glnRl street. The Dock Department estimates
that the total cost Of the improvement will be
SlOOO.OOO. and that the net proceeds to the
city from rentals Of the docks will be about .
per cent a year. There t. an ever increasing
demand FOR docking facilities in Manhattan
borough. and the new piers on the North River
have been rented before their completion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07

been enthroned superior 10 tho Church OF
Christ. which formed the canon OF Scripture
~ class OF moie.eyed mSn may fail TO see
whss Is taking place but Il s nov .Nc
twas once thou hi would be fatal to her IRoms
are now. In way which constitutes one Of the
great surprises Of history 80 sro9png them m
the other. hand. with Pro:estants. y is coming
70 this. that every source, OF authority and
The tSS d @
a arr less history than the ,o siege h o. Troy;
critic himself cannot tell. Ills oyn end never
fhsi tn y esrian and It r"matins; tnfrsfore.
earlng that all the books OF the Old aud New
orm RI II rR a5 fHS
saa, ,in; e isly ssrpiSss; She Offer, The s
The Ca,hol &c Church holds the. key to tho
mental, moral and spiritual problems q the
ic'n people. thc Church will be found capable
OF meeting all its varied requirements. Who
m S GaSoo GSTTeh must sI
wrong In their belief. then there is no Catholic
Church anywhere. sInCunriy, the same, Is
since they deny that the Roman is the catholic
church, and do not themselves pretend to 10
oc,y Of Rome they sign tho hr own own
death warrant: even az the man prove,
there Is no visible Church the only body being
q mystic9l body IN the air. On this theory
mmphed over the Roman Umpire has persisted.
This Is simply pesaimlsin run mad Eetorma-
men a .hers,9re eo osts no 9sa or
aud leaves the world forced at last to choose
between retionalsm and the Catholic Church.
everlasting"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07

Ridpath's History of the
World, which John Wanamaker
is selling at half price, is an ideal
Christmas present.
If a book is appropriate at all,
Ridpath is a safe choice.
Only one dollar need be paid
now. Balance may be paid
$500 a month after the Christ
mas buying is over.
a grand set-9 massive volumes,
nearly 1000 pages, 1000 illustrations,
over 100 maps and charts, A COM
pelc historical library all by itself.
Call or write for particulars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07
we.,ches,er Water Company. Insolvency.

Tho nnal hearing before Judge Brown In
United States District Court as TO whether or
not the New York and Wcstchcster Water
Company has committed nm act OF bankruptcy
occurred yesterday afternoon. Judge Brown
said that the answer OF the company to tho
petition in involuntary bankruptcy. made by
DAYS II. Morris, was an admission Of insOl-
vency which the evidence submitted in the
hearing had borne out He gave tho attorneys
until Dec. 10 TO hand IN their briefs, COPY OF
company was accepted upon tho report 10 the
court that diiiRcnt scnrch had been made for
the original in the Comptrollers office and In
the Croton Water Department without avail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07
NO MORE CITY MONEY! FOE THE zoo.
Tho Hon. Levi r. Morton Calls to See tho
Mayer AboutIt.

The Hon. Levi p. Morton. President OF the
New York Geological Society and the society's
Secretary. Madison Grant. called on Mayor
Van Wyck yesterday to ask for an extra
appropriation for the expenses OF the Bronx
Park Zoo for this year The society had a
request for 81 800 pending before the Board
OF Estimate when the budget was made IN,
but 1t was not allowed. The Mayor told Mr.
Morton that the budget could not be
opened and the society must get along a. best
II cOuit until its next APPROPRIATION Is avail
able. Mr. Morton said that the society would
probably make good the deficiency.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07

once year and mustered at least twice year {;
such inspections an musters TO be conducted.
wherever practicable. by officers OF the regular
army. to be selected bv the Secretary of Whr.
though retired officers may he detailed in con-
nectiOn with tho muster. INSPECTION, payment
and equipment of tho reserve forces. aud they
shall receive the active pay and allowances OF
their respective grades In the army.
By way OF compensation Tor necessary eN-
penses. each officer and enlisted man Of the
reserve forces shall receive quarterly from the
gan Izntion ~ tho reserve forces shall Tor. a
period Of ninety days. contain less than tn.
minimum ot 20 ter cent OF its authorized
strength: or snail be found to be below "a
DO entitled 10 the benefits conferred by this
Act. and II the defect IL mo- remedcd within
specified time, the organization Is 10 be dis
banded.
The Secretary OF War Ia 10 have prepared an
annual register OF the reserve forces In times
~ pence no other service shall he required OF
the reserve troops at the cafnps than the In
strictlon in mobilization AMI tactics: but the
Presidential call upon any part OF the reserve
for any escort service or other duty OF honor
or ceremony. and when 80 en- gagged the reserve
acting under the orders OF their respective
States, or while performing escort duty, an or
ganiZaton Of the reserve force may wear such
distinctive uniforms as may be allowed In their
Az reward for long, mertorlous or disting-
uished services the President Is authorized TO
appoint any member OF the reserve force 10
such honorary rank in the reserves. without
pny. command or allowances. "a he may deem
appropriate in Wow OF the merit displayed or
the services rendered.
The Secretary Of War is authorized to con.
vene board. to be composed Of officers OF
the army and members OF the militia OF the
several states. to prepare a code OF regulations
Tor the eoyernment and adm inistrntlon q the
tablished in camps u instruction or while per-
forming escort duty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07
Trolley Car Killed Him.

Charles Alexander. who was employed by
the New York Portrait Company OF 40 Great
Jones street. was killed yesterday afternoon
by peKalb avenue trolley Cur near stuy-
vesant avenue. BrooElyp; He had left his
lac was dclyering a portrait In a house on the
opposite side Of the street and was hurrying
fender OF the car. "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07
moor GARDEN FOR 4 CHURCH.

Hanson Place Bnptists Are Going to Build
an Up-to-DRto Structure.
The new Hanson Place Baptist Church in
Brooklyn. which is to cost $l25.O0 will have
o roof garden. 1t will also have four elevators
The main auditorium will have a seating ca
pacity OF 1000. but by opening the folding
doors leadng into the adjoining rooms IL can
be doubled The Rev. DR.. Dixon. the pastor
expects that the plans will he ubni,ted by the
that the construction will be IN progress early
in the spring "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07
JERSEY BRIDGE RETIVED.
President Cinrkson Asks for . Hearing on
Terminal Facilities.

President James S. Clarkson OF the New York
and New jersey Bridge Company sent letter
to thu Sinking Fund Comm ission yesterday.
notifying is members that his company had
been rcorgaEized. and requesting that a date
for II franchise 10 build aud operate q union
railway station on the West Side. Mr.. Clarkson
Ea,d N his letter that his company wns pre-
pared TO 80 ahend with the construction o. tho
bridge rs soon as terminal facilities could be
Obtained in this city. No date was set BY the
commission.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07
stan Appointment. In the 1l.t.

Col. William c. Bates OF III" S.v-nty-frst
Regiment announced his frst auro II ments az
commandant OF the regiment Yesterday.
William II. Whittal and John Il Reatty have
heen made battalion uuartermasters and Drs,
Van Wagonen and Lewald have been appointed
asSstant surReons, with the rank Of captaln.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07

Francis Farley. IN employee OF the DEPART
ment OF Parks. in the Borough OF Brooklyn. re.
ceved ll'e-saver's medal from the New York
Volunteer Life-Savinc Corps yesterday. Tho
presentation was made at the Litchhed Man.
zion IN Prospect Park. Farley saved Peter
puny from drowning in the park lake last
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07

Corporation Counsel Whalen has appointed
Alexander Mckinney an assistant on the
BROOKLYN stan at a salary OF $4,000 year. He
Counsel Je!ope W, Coombs OF Brooklyn from
5000 to $500 '
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07

Ridpath's History Of. the
World, which John Wanamaker
is selling at half price, is All ideal
Christmas present.
If a book is appropriate at AL,
Ridpath is a safe choice.
Only one dollar need be paid
now. Balance may be paid
$500 a month after the Christ
mas buying is over.
A grand set-9 massive volumes,
nearly 1000 pages, 1000 illustrations,
over 100 maps and charts. A com.
plete historical library all by itself.
Call or write for particulars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-07

Court OF Appeals Calendar.
AIB.sY Dec 6,-Court OF Appeals calsnda mr. for 10
morrow Nos. sSi. 70. ltl. lot. AGA. Io5. ie7 and
la -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21

and il will be on top in January. The de-
tails II he ma hine are "a iy given in the
specifications Of The patent but are too
technical to re of popular interest.
TIE possibilities of a machine that viii
successfully utilize the rays Of the sun,
translO! ming heat TO power, are almost
beyond the ina gina ton. Instead Of gas
u is ard electric lsaht bills 10 worry the
householder, al he would have to do
S,Jts1 De 20 see that he sunshine machine
had taken advantage of the rays that
warmed The days of June. From the store
OF sunshine thus accumulated he could
supply his ktchea range and his parlor
stove with heat he could apply the pow
er derived from the stored rays TO running
a moor that would accomplish wonders in
household duties. He could illuminate his
mousse as brilliantly as he pleased every
night in the week without the dread
thought that the never-tiring meter in the
cellar was eating up his income
Appled 70 transportation, the sunshine
machine Oilers too Wondrous horde OF
advantages. Heretofore the great prob
lem Of the aerial navigator-all inventors
are potentially aerial navigators-has been
to find a moor the weight of which VIII
not Keep his snip from sailing on the
breezes. Electric motors and the light
ness of aluminium have held out glowing
promises, but how much more could be
ACCOMPLISHED with stored sunshine.
Railroads. with no coal TO buy, could
declare larger dividends. Farmers, able
TO dispense with horses, could drive their
ploWs and thrashing machines with stored
sunshine. and could so TO market on week
days and 70 church on Sundays with old
Sol safely hitched TO the farm convey
ances.
IL The invention of Mr.. Calver proves 10
do all ne claims for il, the art of war
may well be reVolutionized No longer
wii it be necessary for the maritime ma
tons 10 have coaling stations, and nc
longer will wars be fought over the pos
session of small islands valuable only for
such purposes. When each man-of-wa1
carries its own machine for condens,ne
the SUMS rays vessel can remain away
from port l00 days, 200 days, or a year
Tor that matter, as long as provisions last
cruising about the enemy's shores If nee
eSsary, no longer troubled with the pres
ent great drawback to foreign naval war
fare, the difficulty OF obtaining a supply
of COal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21
THRESHERS.
An Experiment Among Farmers.

am farmer, and have plenty of hard
work to do, but when l am real tired. a
cup OF Postum Cereal Food Coffee Is more
benefit to me than any drink / can get
Wife and the whole family use Postum
now, and you couldn't get them to go back
to the old-fashioned coffee. Our family
doctor recommends it to his patients and
uses it himself in his own FAMILY.
one time we sent to town for Postum.
but the store sent us out a package OF
-, an imitation of Postum We dis
covered II as soon as 1t was cooked. and
had to throw IL away, for once accustom-
ed to what we believe is the only genu-
Inc cereal coffee, we can't drink the inita-
lions
When the threshers were at our house
last fall, we served them with Postum
Food Coffee, and when we explained what
1t was. they all said they liked 1t. and
some drank as much as three cupsfull
Two Of my nearest neighbors use II regu-
larry. one Of our neighbors used II for a
little while, but gave il up, and we found
out It was because they didn't boil ID long
enough. That Is the only way to get n
good taste out of Postum We attribute
our present good health to leaving OF the
old-fashioned coffee and using Postum.
John Pieht. Colo. Iowa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21
WILL BOTTLE UP SUNSHINE.
solar Rays to BE Kept on Tap for
Lighting and Heating.

From the Boston Herald.
A machine for utilizing the light of the
sun for relocating and lighting this earth
during cold or night, has been invented by
a resident of Washington. William Cal
ver whose claims are that the machines
will do away with the use of all present
illuminants or the necessity for heating by
artificial means.
Mr.. Calver's machine utilities the heat
and light of the sun in such way that
the portion of the solar rays which is pour
ed down on a given space during cloudless
weather may RESTORED up for the future
and taken advantage of Oh dark or cold
days. He declares that he can turn out
power In such quantities that machinery,
which must now be run with steam gem
Grated by. a fire, can be used by the adop-
tion of this stored heat, which will ac-
complish every purpose 10 which the fire
under a boiler is now put.
The light of the sun is the strongest
known in degrees of brightness. Though
IS 600 miles away, its radiance is far
above anything ever accomplished In the
way of artificial light, and is more than
equal TO l5,O75,0O0 600 of billions of candle
power-candle power measure being the
degree of light furnished by a sperm can
die one-sixteenth Of n pound in weight
That the vast energy of the sun is sim
ply being wasted. as far as any utiliza-
ton of IL in mechanics is concerned is a
fact that has been long acknowledged, and
though many have sought for ages to con-
struct some machine whicht could be prac-
tical--some invention which would use this
heat in doing the work of the world-no
advance has ever been made in that di-
rection which led 10 any useful result.
Aug. 3, 1882, there was an experiment made
In France BY which Abel Pffre success
fully printed paper by machine which
was run by solar heat but the work seems
TO have been dropped al that stage.
His machine consisted OF a large, horn
like disk nearly twelve feet in diameter,
this throwing the rays down into mirror,
by which they were concentrated beneath
a boiler In which enough water was heated
TO generate good steam. This boiler was
connected with a Marconi press. which ran
by this means all the afternoon, printing
SEQ copies of paper which was called the
Journal OF the sun.
Mir. CalVer, who has taken out many
patents for his invention, says his ma
chine will store up the radiant energy from
the sun, which ~ delivered in such vast
quantities IN bright wea her and release Il
in any desired quantities on dark nights
and cold days. This bottled sunshine which
is caught by the meshes OF science in the
summer, can be put away IN the store
room, just as canned goods are now kept,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21
MEDICINE NOT REMUNERATIvE.
Few Practicins Physicians Acquire
Great Wealth.

I rom the Lancet.
The large fortune left by Sir William
Jenner has led to much writing in the lay
press, but owing TO imperfect informs ton
as to the source of some Of Sir W.lNam
Jenners wealth, much excellent moraliz-
ing has been made upon unsound deduc-
tiens. Sir William Jenner was for mary
years al the top of the medical profession
having risen there by his genius and hay-
ing been maintained there by scientific
reclamation every whit as much as T..
popular favor. During these years he
undoubtedly made very large income,
but not an income that would have en-
abled him to save such a sum as f275, 909
and, as a matteC of fact, a certain portion
OF his fortune was derived from trad
But undoubtedly Sir William Jenner earn
ed a great sum of money by the
practice of his profession, and the fac
may legidmately act as a stimulus 10
young medical men 10 observe keenly and
work hard.
That a few medical men have mad
large fortunes is well known. For in
stance, Sir Andrew Clark left f203,970 ST.
Oscar Clayton left f146 746, Dr. Rhodes
ArmiIage left EFT APO, DR. L. T. Cumher-
batch left fl@,000 Sir Richard Guam left
tll6,92O Henry Horsfall left f1G5, ESQ, DIT
G. D. Longstaff left 10000, DR.. Henry
left f100052.
But all these fortunes, several of which
professional practice, are thrown into the
shade by the estate of Sir William Cult
whose personality was valued at f344 Ol3
Sir William Gull, like Sir William len
ner, made an enormous professional in
come, though fortunate investments per-
maps, played the part in swelling the to
tai OF his fortune that family beouests
played in the case of Sir William len
ner. The above names have been taken
from lists compiled by the Daily Telegraph
ana the Westminster Gazette and cover a
period extending over the last ten wears
on the strength of them the medical Dro-
1esslon cannot be said to abound in Declr-
mary prizes Only eleven persons. whether
SHINING IN the front rank of the medica,
profession or engaged i'm one of its nofot
rlously lucrative branches or blessed bv
accident with pecuniary advantages have
dled during ten years in possession of more
man 100000, while a first-class brewers
fortune would be expected to amount To
more tnan the aggregate total of the eleven
medleai fortunes or the brewer would he
accounted comparative failure we ARK
not setung up a wall that medical men Ia
not make more money, but the fortune Of
Sir William Jenner or Sir William Gnli
0ught not to lead the public to mistake
me facts as to the average earnings Of
tne medical profession. The profession in
Great Britain numbers some 2s 600 mar
sons and, although now and again opa
wise. Wv O'ler-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21
FEATS OF A TIRELESs MAN.
OF Such Wonderful strength and En-
durance That He Is Called the Fyu-
man Engine.
From the Morning Oregonian

From the Morning oregonian.
McMinnviile-There is little doubt that
if Eugene Leoper, a characteristic but nm
assuming wood sawyer and man-of-olI-
work of this city would proclaim himself
a world-beater as long-distance nedas-
trian against time, as well as a chamnion
at almost any class of manual labor lil,a
wood-sawing. grubbing. spading and sucb
work. his fortune would be made as con
as the wagers could be secured and the
tests applied.
Eugene Leoper is spare-built man =
feet inches high, 81 years old ana
weighs ~ pounds. For many years he
has been I'm this city. and The stories ~
bis records OF walking. wood-sawing. gar
den-spading, etc. have been told ana re-
told, few doubling and many rnaryeitbs.
yet, strange to say, they have sc9reaT,
ever been published, even in the local na.
pers This is owing as much as anvfhing
70 the trivial significance given Them lie
Mr.. Leoper himself, who Is in n, sense y
sporting man, but who viii walk. saw
hour. 81"
The remarkable records he has made