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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17
CATHERINE CORR ESTATE.

The commissioners on the estate of the late Catherine Corr were in session yesterday morning considering claims. No decision was arrived at, and anoth- CT hearing will have to be held The chief claim against the estate was on a board bill for over $500.
 Lawyers Kliener and Spier, commis- sioners on the estate of the late Mary Shanley, heard a number of contested claims yesterday morning. James J. Buchanan the administrator of the es- tate, refuses to pay certain claims pre- sented by parties represented by At torneys FltzGerald and Walsh.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17
CITY COI1RT CASES

The case of violating the liquor law against Thomas Kiernan was continued until November 20
 Grace Pierson was fined $10 and costs for breach of the peace Henry Peterson and Maud Seymour were dis charged
 Henry Jacobs, laborer, living at 1S4 James steet in Fair Haven, was arrest ed by Detective Smith for theft. Ja- cobs was at work for the gas company on job in Temple street. He took about thrty-seven pounds of lead be- longing to the company and sold it. He was fined $S and costs
 Louis Cohen, a neWsboy, was fined s1 and costs of $6.36 for stealing a newspaper in the depot.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17
There is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re- gently there has been placed in all the gro cery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains that takes the place of eoffee The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell 1t from coffee. It does not cost over A as much. Children may drink 1t with great benefit 15 cents and 23 cents per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
SUIT OF M1TZ YS. ARICK HEARD
 BEFORE JUDGE ELMER.
Lawyers Appalled, at the Turn n Kmotty Suit Has Takem-WhitlOck Machine Company Sues Robertson Estate Me Carthy Divorce Case TO-day-city
Court Cases.

Court Cases.
 A dozen lawyers were seated at the trial table in front of Judge Elmer Tn the superior court yesterday morning. holding conferences making sugges- tions and objecting to evidence in the trial of Harry Matz and Hyman h., Brown against Maier Arick and dozen leinors in the person of lumber men, plumbers, carpenters, etc. This case presents to the court the most tangled mess of law and facts in their relation to real property that has come to the attention of a Connecticut judge for some time, if not for all time. The lawyers are simply appalled, at the sit uation as it presents itself, and all the latest text books and decisions, involv- ing building, mortgages, liens, etc., have been brought and are being read in the hope for light on the case at bar. So appalled, were the lawyers when the case was called on the calen- dar Wednesday that they asked Judge Elmer to grant them time to confer on the statements that overtures had been made looking toward a settlement The ldWytTS cOnLeIIeu loi tNo Ol 'iio " hours without result and the case was finally called at 3 o'clock and the talk ing of testimony begun The property involved in the case consists of apart ment houses on Dixwell avenue, near Bristol street which were built on mon- ey loaned by Matz and Brown on big bonus. Lawyers Arvine and Beers ap- pear for the plaintiff and Lawyers Good hart, Warehouse, Pigott. Clark, Penny and Newton and Futile represent de- fendantS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17

The Whitlock Machine company of Derby has brought suit in the common pleas court against Alexander c. Rob- ertson, ct al., of Montville, Helen A. Lindsey of New London, and Joan H. Daniels of Princeton doing business in Montville under the name of the c. M. Robertson estate. The suit is on com- mon counts and property is attached to the amount of $400
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17
MCCARTHY DIVORCE CASE.

To-day's short calendar session of the superior court contains thirty-five sep arate and distinct matters, some of which were continued from last week. and if all are heard it will be well on in the afternoon before Judge Elmer can dispose of all of them. One di
 vorce case is on the list, that of Mary J. Mccarthy against Michael J. Me-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17
To Cure La Grippe in Two Days

Take Laxative Promo Quinne Tablets All druggists refund the money If it fails to cure E. ". Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17
ROBERTSON ESTATE SUED.

Carthy, the well known tenor singer now of New York. e,e'. s'''-''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
LARGEST OF ALL POLICE PARADES'

ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND MEN TO BE IN LINE
TO-DAY.
The annual police parade to-day VIII be the iafs-
est ever witnessed in the city, and It is estmateo
that about five thousand men will be in the parade'
Chief Devery will ride at the head of the process
sion The route of the parade will be from the
Battery along Broadway, Twenty-thrd-st Madl-
son-ave. FNfty-seventh-st.. and Fifth-aye' to the
reyiewing-stand at the Worth Monument The
start from the Battery will be at l p. M ana the
review will be at 4 p. n. President Mckinley ana
Governor Roosevelt have declined invitations 10 re-
view the police. Mayor Van Wyck will be the re-
viewing officer and the commissioners will inspect
the lines AT the reviewing the Rhnelander
medal for valor will be presented TO Patrolman
John E Schellp. OF the Lee-ave. station, Borough
Of Brooklyn.
The bravery by which Schellp won the medal was
displayed at a fire No. 1873 Harrlson-ave.. Brook
lyn on April Il. last year. Schellp. ut the risk
Of his own life saved four children and also as
sisted in rescung Mrs Schwartz. a tenant Of the
building, and her SON Schelp will be the second
member OF the force 10 wear the Rhinelander
medal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
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Darwin imagined; shorter. perhaps than tha'
uhjcb brings the record down TO the present
time.
>,oyv ernhrvology. a comparatively modern SCI
.rce has thrown a great deal OF llght OH INC
eenealogy OF animals. The successive stase' "a
development In highly organized no's uu"-'
like a fish or man, repeats, TO "ohueiIui %
tent and with remarkable accuracy. the hi'''i'
~ the race In this way one 10 enaOieu ~ o.
evidence that the first forms OF lie louiu "
toa rocks were derived from others sun i"o'e
elementary. that existed at the surface OF tie
sea The place Of residence OF THESE eo- '0-
creatures explains the absence or pre-Naiii '''
FOSSILS But new era dates from the uisO0
cry by marine life. Of sea pottoh' wv '
..ro ~. rawlv found conditions such that re-
mains were preserved, but marKeo S'iNiu
NOS Unmarried TO development The formation
of protective shells and skeletons was iacii''a'
ed A fierce struggle for food ensued. Ana the
Augmentation of species and the extinction Oh
oo,rectine links went on rapidly. Although
tho Csmbrian rocks have depth or two miles,
the Johns Hopkins biologist is inclined 10 thlhA
that they were not covered by true oceans
Walcott says: "One Of the most important con-
clus,ons is that the fauna Of the Lower Gam
brian lived on the eastern and western snoi0
Of a continent that In It's general conns III '''0'
outlines the American continent or To-Day :
Strictly speaking. the fauna did not i've upon
the outer shore facing the ocean. put on inc
shores Of interior seas. straits or lagoohs 'lat
occupied the intervals between the severe"
ridges that ran from the central platform east
and west OF the main continental land surface
Of the time"
Professor Brooks is not disposed to regard the
lowest Cambrian fossils as the first forms OF me
that existed on the bottom. but believes 'ha'
there is a very close resemblance between thenN
Moreover. In his opinion. they represent tne
beginning of the modern fauna OF the ear'n
rather than the more ancient and simple 1auha
of the open ocean"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

San Francisco, May 31.-Robert Creighton. quar-
termasters clerk on the transport Sheridan has
committed suicide by shooting himself through the
temple with a revolver. He was native Of New
York aged fifty, and recently arrived here from
Manila Dependency caused by ill-health Is the
supposed cause OF his act.
Columbus. Ohio May BE. o. Ricketts, a we'll
known lawyer. was shot to-day by David r. Adams.
a real-estate agent. The shooting occurred in CAV
81. and was witnessed by a crowd OF shoppers.
The bullet penetrated Ricketts's abdomen infict-
Ricketts, was accompanied by his wife and sister
in-aw when he shot
Cambridge. Mass. May 3L-Shorty after noon
Cambrdgeport, owned by Bridget OHara and be.
fore II controlled fourteen buildings Including
several dwelling houses. destroyed GreaI
difficulty was experienced In procuring a SUFFICIENT
water supply. and brisk southwest wind carried
sparks and burning embers In all directions a
general alarm Of FIRE was rlng in. and all the Cam
bridge and Somerville apparatus responded. Thu
loss is estimated at $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
CAUSES OF NEGRO CRIME.
MAJORITY OF CRIMINALS UNDER TWENTY-FIVE
-DEMORALIzED BY SALOONS GAMBLING
AMI pOTrTrCc

Philadelphia, May 31.-The report Of the Board Of
Freedmens Missions discussed at to-day's ses-
sion Of the General Assembly Of the United Presby-
terrain Church. resolution was adopted com
mending the policy Of employing colored teachers
and in organizing colored congregations in the
South and recommending that the territory Of the
South be placed under the direction OF the Synod OF
New-YoTk
The debate upon this resolution brought out the
entire question Of the status Of the negro In the
South. with the feeling of the community therein.
the subject OF lynching and the solution Of the
race problem. The Rev. Jeb Work n professor in
Knoxville Tenn) University. said It was easier to
start colored church In South Carolina than in
Pennsylvania In the South, he said statistics
showed that 8 per cent Of all the crimes were COM
mtted by colored persons under the age OF twenty
five. This state Of affairs largely due TO the
fact that the younger generation was growing up
with free access to the saloon the gaming house
and politics The Southern white people. he said,
alive 10 this state of affairs and the recent
lynchings In Georgia caused them great anxiety.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
Gonnirp boaro.


RARp oPPoRTUNlTY.-A delightful home can %
n found in a private family In the highest ana -
mart OF Yonkerp 800 feet above tdewaer. table ana
vice the best $i2 SIS for each pers'
Addres. G. bT4 Palisade Avenue. Nonksrs. y. Y.
OooD COUNTRY BOARD reasonable rates, Sossss
N and delightful place the Connecticut RIVER Is.'
farm house. convenient 90 New-NOrk trains ana 49,
address SEI.DEN. HadNme. Conn
CUPERIoR ACCOMMODATIONS in modern eouss "a.
- three minutes walk from depot; ninety mlns'es NV
on Harlem r. X Mrs ]. A. KLINE PAVING y. -:
SPACIOUS FARM HOUSE: large. shady lava; un ,ou,
- passed scenery; high elevation: 10 minutes ''s' "
DEPOT. Mrs J. L. HAYNES. Pawiir~- ~ -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
BApTrsrs AND HOME MISSION WORK.
OF ANNIVERSARIES IN SAN FRAN
C1sCo-DETRoTT THE NEXT PLACE
MEFTINd

San Francisco, May 31.-The American Baptist
Home Mission Society. at Its sixtyseventh anniver-
sary last night, presided over by f. M.
Thresher Of Dayton. Ohio The report Of the
Board was read by the Rev. Dr. J. T. Morgan.
corresponding secretary. 1t showed that the year
began with a debt Of s14,0p and closed with SUI
plus in the treasury OF more than $4,000 The total
receipts for the year 1851 ss2 The total num-
Der OF missionaries employed by the society had
been 1Ol. Forty-one schools with an attendance
Of 800 students have been supported. DR.. II. l..
Morehouse field secretary, delivered an address on
"Our Western Work Of Fifty Years" showing what
had been accomplished in that time by the society.
At the second session Of the sixty seventh ami
yersary OF the Home Mission Society to-day. he
Rev c. A. Woody OF oregon. delivered an interest
ing address on Pioneer Workers" Oregon as
Mission Field" the subject Of a paper by the
Rev Gilman Parker. The Rev. f. B, Steelmani Of
Utah, spoke on The Aggressive Attitude or Nor.
monlsm." and X. +. Adams, OF California, told OF
his experience in gospel-wagon work. california
az a Mission Field" discussed by the Rev. Rob
ert Whitaker. OF Oakland, and the Rev. {. I.
Douglass. of Pasa dena. ,,, --,,,.,
Addresses on "Washington as a Mission Field
were made by the Rev W. Randall, or Tacoma
and the Rev. A NJ. Allyn. OF Spokane.
on motion OF DR. Jameson, Detroit was made the
next place OF meeting. in 1900 This being In con-
currence with the other societies the place OF meet
ing for the anniversaries ia fixed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
BISHOP CLOSES A CHURCH.

PEOPLE REFUSED THE PRIEST ASSIGNED TO
THEM
ST. Louis May 81 Specialist. Patricks Church.
in East ST. Louis. Ill. has been closed by Bishop
Jansen because the Irish Pensioners refused adj
mittance to the German priest who had been APP
pointed TO succeed Father Downey. The members
Of the congregation have church on their hands
and no pastor Bishop Jansen this morning car
ried ont his treat and ordered Father Downey
away from the church. From the present outlook
It is not likely that services will ever be resumed
there so far as the present congregation Is con
cerned unless Irish priest is appointed Shortly
after Father Downey left the church the congrega-
ton held a meeting. and placed Itself In open de-
Nonce against the Bishop. Resolutions were
adopted 10 accept none except an Irish American
priest The guard continues to surround the prop
ertv TO prevent Father Cluse from entering
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
VIEWS OF CONTROLLER DAWES.

PROSPEROUS BUSINESS CONDITION OF THE
COUNTRY.
Chicago. May 81 (speciaD Dawes. who
is here, says
THE general business condition Of the country.
far be judged by the national banking
situation, is exceedingly prosperous. There has
been some complaint to the scarcity Of small
bills throughout the country and a growing de-
mand for currency from the Treasury Depart
mont. Az the circulation Of paper money in the
country has increased in the last year TO the
extent Of about A5.OooooO through Increase in the
national bank circulation and Treasury disburse-
ments, It is evident that the demand for small
bills and paper money is marked indication Of
Increased activity IN retail business
AS to the prospects for currency reform In the
next Congress much depends upon the bill TO be
agreed upon by the House Caucus Committee and
the Senate Finance Committee 1t Is hoped and
generally believed that conservative and proper
bill Will be agreed upon, and In that event it Will
probably pass into law"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
SECOND DAY PHILADELPHIA HORSE Snow.

Philadelphia. May G.-The second day Of the
Horse Show brought out some fine tandem teams
and qualified hunters. The most important feat
IRE from the popular standpoint. in the afternoon
was the competition driving by the two sections OF
Battery D. whose won much applause yester
day. The cavalry exhibition not far behind in
interest for the troops were seen in musical
hurdle drill and then squads from both troops did
some rough riding. The days programme began
with exercise of mares, with ioas foot: Of
81 lions led in hand; OF horses In harness. and OF
horses under saddle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
THE TOWNSEND SPEAKERS AT YALE.

New-Haven. Conn. May S-The Yale faculty to-
day announced the six successful competitors OF
the senior class for the prize speaking for tina
Deforest prize June %. The number of ESSAYS
Submitted this year were nineteen. and the follow
ing were chosen: Horace Jewell Fenton, of Will
mantle Conn; George Dana Graves, OF Manches-
ter n H.. Arthur Sears Hamlin. OF Canandaigua
u Y; Richard Hooker Of NewHaven; Henry Rob-
inson Shpman OF Hartford, Conn. and Carroll
Fuller Sweet Of Grand Rapids Mich.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
LUNcHEoY FOR GENERAL WHEELER.

Boston. May 3L-General Joseph Wheeler
the guest OF honor to-day at an informal luncheon
at the Union Club given by Governor Wolcott
Among those present were John ID. Long. Secre-
tary Of the Navy: the Hon. Richard Olney. former
Secretary Of State: George H. Lyman Lieutenant
Governor ". Murray Crane, President George L.
Smith, OF the Massachusetts Senate; Speaker John
l. Bates. OF the Massachusetts House, and the
Hon Josiah Quincy, Mayor OF Boston. General
Wheeler left tonight for New-York and Washing
ton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01

Darwin imagined: shorter. perhaps, than 'ha'
which brings the record down to the presen'
ipoa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01

II cannot be TOO well UNDERSTOOD that Darwin
never undertook TO explain why in the order of
nature simple forms OF life followed by
more complex ones. nor why one kind of Great
ure became more distinctly differentiated from
another Evolution is the term that desgnates
that double process; but why how evolution
came about this great naturalist did not attempt
20 say His main contention was that the diff
ferentiation Of species once having taken place.
the wedding out accomplished on the prin-
cipe of adaptation TO prevailing conditions.
Nature selected the individuals and species she
would maintain. but did so without purpose.
She did not exercise intention. Although Oar
win established the fact that species are muta-
bic so fully that no one now pretends to doubt
IT, he left some things unexplained. He frankly
confessed that he could not understand why no
fossils representing more elementary forms OF
life were found below the ancient 6jnbriar
rock formation. The time which Darwin
thought necessary for the evolution o. the or
ganisms of the Cambrian period from the rudi-
mentary creatures that he regarded the parents
OF all animal life was extremely great-perhaps
greater than that which has elapsed since
the Cambrian rocks were laid down. He doubt
ed whether the earth-once an intensely heated
mass-had been in a habitabe condition long
enough for this earlier stage in the process 10
be carried on. Professor Brooks offers posi-
BILE explanation OF this discrepancy.
Although development, as shown by fossils.
has gone on slowly. It's progress has not been
uniform. The advance has been more rapid at
one time than another. The growth In the size
Of the brains OF mammals since the Middle Ter
tiary age Is cited by way OF illustration. Hence
Professor Brooks suspects that the period re-
CURED for the evolution Of life prior TO the Cam
brian deposits may have been much shorter than
New-York tribune., 1899-07-14
TIE SEASIDE PARK PROJECT.

Partly owing to the bond issue controversy
and the borough jealouses on which 1t thrives,
and partly also, we assume, TO honest doubts,
official consideration Of Controller Coer's inter
estng scheme for n seaside park NJ Coney ISL
and has been indefinitely postponed. Mr. Coler
asserts that it will be revived so soon as the cir
cumstances become more propltious and that he
has no doubt the plan will ultimately be carried
out, though perhaps not on the lines originally
proposed. We hope that influence will continue
to be exerted privately in support OF this project,
and that public opinion will thus gradually be
enlisted in its support, for it has many obvious
merits, and we confidently believe that 1t ought
TO be executed on a reasonable scale without
much delay. We are inclined to think that some
advocates OF a seaside park made the mistake or
planning unnecessary and extravagant eX-
pendture, and thus arousing apprehensions of
job under the guise of public improvement;
but It will he matter for lasting regret If, be-
fore it is too late the city does not largely in
crease its Coney Island holdings and lay out
there an attractive and respectable park. In
considering such enterprises every generation is
bound 10 take into account not merely its own
Indispensable requirements, but the welfare and
the inevitable demands of its successors.
harrow view would nave forbidden the creation
of Central Park, but 1t is dreadful TO think what
New-York would be without Central Park.
In the mean time as "The Brooklyn Eagle"
suggests the city can at small expense, and with
reasonable expectation of n substantial return
for its investment, convert the ocean frontage
which 1t now owns Mt Coney Island into a
comely, convenient and exceedingly useful place
of recreation. thus serving to a considerable de-
gree the main purposes which the Controllers
project contemplated. Such n utilization of
property which at present does nobody any good
would not interfere with more extensive opera
tions hereafter but would probably tend rather
to demonstrate and popuarize the proposition
now laid aside. 1t is certainly worthy Of con-
sideraton.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-14
ONE OF A kIND.

The persons In whose interest the Ahenrn bill
was pa ssed at the last session of the Legislature
are not so we'll pleased with the situation when
that enactment produced ms they expected to be-
They are filing their claims upon the city treas
urv for expenses incurred In defending them
selves from charges of misconduct In office with
rapidity and to n large amount, but they are
beginning with considerable reason to fear that
to collect will be n more difficult matter. The
Corporation Counsels office has secured an
order to show cause why the city should not he
relieved from lltigatng these claims, on the
ground that the net Is unconstitutional, and IN
some at least Of the six propositions denying IT'S
validity II would seem that the courts are likely
TO concur. At all events. there Is ample war
rant for a contest. and the Corporation Counsel
Is to be commended for his prompt and vigorous
action
OF course, the best time for n consideration OF
the constitutionality Of the Ahearn bill was
while 1t was In the hands OF the Legislature
but such an inquiry would not have suited the
purposes of those who had the bill in charge
Their design was TO procure its passage WIFI
out observation, and in that they were success
ful, in spite OF the regulations which have been
devised to prevent hasty needless and mlscnleV-
Gus legislation. IL the history OF this measure is
an excellent example OF the need OF such consti-
tutional and parliamentary provisions 1t Is Ike
wise an excellent example OF their inadequacy'
scheme was advocated last winter for the
establishment of additional safeguards against
careessness and trickery on the part OF law
makers which seemed to be meritorOus. but we
believe ii never got beyond committee nearing.
That il might. II adopted, produce good results IS
not improbable that it would cure the evils TO
which II Is addressed could scarcely be expected.
The fact is that human ingenuity at the ser
vice OF unworthy purposes cannot ne intallloiy
defeated by rules of procedure. There Will nj
ways remain necessity for incessant vigilance
on the part Of honest men whose intelligence
and experience fit them 10 cope with equal tai
ents devoted to base ends. Unhappily also there
is always likely TO be a deficiency in the means
of arresting such sinister activities. The mass
Of legislation Is great that il seems virtually
impossible to sft II all, and perhaps the most
important problem for public men who compre-
hend the facts TO solve Is that Of reducing 1t to
reasonable proportions. II. AS the experience or
all but six of the States Of the Union would
seem to show, biennial sessions are effectual in
diminishing the legislative output. it is n great
pity that political influences Mt Albany last win
ter were successfully invoked to defeat the fair
prospect of a constitutional amendment taking
New-York out of the company Of Georgia. Mas
sachusetts, New-Jersey Rhode Island and South
Carolina.