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The sun., 1900-10-18
SUES BLUECoAT YOR ASSAULT.
Prisoner Say. Sergeant Kicked Him IN the
Pace at the Police Court.

David Bryant. car driver. had an action on
trinl before Justice Conan In the city Court
yesterday 10 recover s2.OO damages from
Police Sergeant Francis McCarton for an nl-
legged assault committed In the Jefferson Mar
ket Police court In June. 1898 There was
blockade at Fourteenth street and Ninth avenue
In which the car Bryant was driving was con-
Ccrncd McCart IN. In plain clothes, sought
- dsentanglo tho vehicles ~" put Bryant
under arrest on n charge Of assaultng him
A. court next day Justice Noorhs held bryant
fDr examination. shortly after the prisoner
and McCarton went out 10 the prison room
.brieking vas heard In the court and me Judge
directed that Bryant be- brought IN agalh.
His incc was bruised and bleeding wheh ne
appeared Bryant asserted thatMcCaItOn hnd
kicked him in the face. Bryant was then dlb-
charged McCarton was fined AZ pon'e
trial he was further fined five days pay.
AS,lstAut CORPORATION (OunSCI hdHWhN hp-
pearcl for MCCarton yesterday. Lucian At
kins "A newspaper reporter testified ne saw
McCartOn strike the plaintiff ana then KICK
him In the ince. Thomas J. Gibbons, ,awSer'
Ravc similar evidence. saying also that McIu-
ton seemed 10 be under the influence OF LIQUOR
at the time When this witness was asked
II he had had trouble with the police he snd
Il hnocked a policeman down for Insulting
my wife and was rested for H.. nave no
respect for the police collectively, and when
man has been associated with them ior iorty
years he cannot have any respect Tor theih
McCarton denied that he struck Bryant In
the court house. The case was not concluded
The sun., 1900-10-18
FRANCES NEW NOTE TO THE POWERS.
II Propose. That Negotiations with II Hung
Chang Begin Immediately.

WARRINGTON, oct IA most important
move toward bringing about a satisfactory
agreement between the Powers for final set
tlement Of the Chinese troubles was made to-day
by the French Government. which, through
NJ Thiebaut its Charge d'AlTaireS here, pre-
santed ~ the Secretary Of State a memoran-
DUN suggesting that negotiations for peace
that all the Powers had accepted with certain
reservations the proposals presented 70 this
Government by France on oct 4 and that as no
reason now existed for further delay the Powers
u roCeed 20 enter Immediately upon negctIa-
tons with IT. Hung Chang and Prince Ching
the accredited enVCys OF the Chinese Govern
mc1t
This step on IA" part Of France is particu-
larlI pleasing tO the United States. In the
opinion 81 this Government the negotiation.
Is believed that such course will do much TO
stop the agitation in the southern provinces
OF the Empire. France, In her note Of Oct l.
submitted six propositions While only one
or these was wholly accepted by this Govern
meut, there wl- u general 1CqulesCence IN the
munlCation aud the American answer concluded
thus:
4 hc President believes the Government ~
France and the OF her Powers will see in the
reserves We have here made no obstacle to the
initiation Of NEGOTIATIONS on the lines suggested.
and he hopes will be- found praC iCable to begin
such negotiations n an early day" and in the
beginning oi the American answer tho statement
Is made by Secretary Hay thai the President
would be pleased to soc the negotiations begin
Immediately upon the usual veriflcaion Of
credentials.
The sun., 1900-10-18
KWANG.SU 10 THE PRESIDENT.
Chinese Emperor sends Note Of Appreciate on
for This Governments Course.

WARRINGTON Oct l7--Wu 1ing-fang tho
Chinese Minister paid a personal visit 70 the
White iiouse this morning 90 present 10 Presi-
dent Nick nley communication received
BY telegraph from the Emperor OF China and
addressed TO the President OF the [ nited States
Mr.. WI had previously called at the State
Department. where he told Secretary Hay
of the Imperial Communication. The arrival
OF Mr. wa al the White House attracted con-
siderable attention there. as much from the
fact that It is unusual for member Of the
Diplomatic corps under the rank Of Ambas-
sador 70 personally call on the President. as
because the Chinese enipotentia-y. attired
in Oriental dress, was in horseess carriage.
Mir Nu was with the President about twenty
inutes After his departure the Pres!d ant
sent for Secretary Hay and discussed with him
the Chinese Emperor communication and the
nature Of the answer to be returned. The
letter from Kwang-su contains merely m eH-
PRECISION Of his appreciation Of the attitude dis
played by the President IN the Chinese trouble
II thanks th" President for Ids cpuctlatOry
policy and shows that the Emperor is convinced
thnf this Government has selfish motives in
it, dealings with China and the Powers. 1t
has not Yet been determined whether the c)m-
muuiCatiun shall be- made public.
The EmprrDr's letter is dated oct, Il, at Tung-
Kuau. place on the border o. Shans! and on
tho road 70 Sngan-fu. where he Is TO establish
The state Department this morning, through
the Chinese legation, learned that the En-
peror and Empress Dowager OF China. with
their suit, arrived on Oct IL at Tung- -Kuan,
place on the border OF Shanst province. on their
way 20 Singan-fu. where II IS reported they will
establish their capital
4 rumor in circulation In diplomatic quarters
is thnt the Chinese Emperor wOul d raise Minister
WI 70 the rank of Ambassador In order TO show
his appreciation OF tho policy OF the United
States and Mr. Wu's services, and to permit
the establishment OF closer relations between
the Emperor. and President Mckinley Mr.
Wu's personal visit 20 the President this morn
some sembance Of truth To the rumor. but
II has not been officially confirmed Under
the law of Congress tho President has tho
authority to raise TO the rank OF Ambassador
the Minister OF the United States accredited 20
Government which raises - mission in Wash
ington 10 the rank Of an Embassy
The sun., 1900-10-18
ARREST or A PUBLISHER.
Mex emile and HIS Custom House Book-Pa-
rolled for Examination.

A. Fl. Mckenzie. book publisher in Duane
treet. was arrested and arraigned before
Magistrate Brann in the Centre street court
yesterday on the complaint Of Solomon Lind
enb0rn, jeweer at Il Maiden Lane The
complainant alleges that Mckenzie has been
publishing and dIsposing of book entitled
The Customs Service of the Port Of New York,
giving description Of the workings Of tho
Custom House end containing photographs
Of the officials Of he Custom House. The book
1t Is alleged is supposed TO be got up for the
benefit of an org 1nzatiun Of the employees of
the Custom House and IL sold for IS q volume.
Col dudley /. Phelps, who has charge Of The
Law Division Of the Custom House said last
nicm that there was no such organization
OF tho employees ~ the Custom House
Mckenzie" said Mr. Phelps, has been
selling this book and getting advertisements
for il on the plea that the money was 10 hN used
by the Custom House EMPLOYEES TO influence
legislation for their benefit or for benevolent
purposes. man was sent out hv Mckenzie
10 get subscriptions and Advertisements and
another man 20 collect the money for them
] understand that Mckenzie has sold over
two hundred Of the books and collected thous-
ands Of dollars
Mckenzie was paroled for examination on
Friday.
The sun., 1900-10-18
NAVY NEEDS ENGINEERS.
ADMIRAL MELVILLE UR0ES rms ~
ms Annual REPORT,
lie says Fortune Alone Has Postponed Cas-
uslty on Our ships Disagree. with secre-
tary Longs Recommendation That the
Bursau, lie Consolidated Under One Head.


WAsHfS0IoN, Oct i7.-Considernble Hpacc u
deyoted in the annual report OF Roar Admiral
Ga,ryo "a ucIyilIe Envi,eor.in-CbIe, Of the
'''So W, 'i'N''''' '''k'"'o' .'''-' NV "
Navy, made pubilc to-day, 10 the wofklnRH "I
the Personnel law which Admiral Melville
and. nm tho whole very unsatisfactory. The
"uN "" Wv ""''' 'e'' "''Ho'''"'''' -.
fersonnel law provides Tor the consohun''oh
Of the Engineer Corps with the line, abOlishing
tho sa,,o,,I s,,ados %, o,ginaars
wv H'au'' W o''e @ ,-.i ,,oi-
10 any close observer. says Admlra Me'-
Vile 1T Il convincinsly apparent that either
.no ScneIne Ntu' u .,'s'uno VI .,a' .Tu ,,,nn,
course mas ho' oeeh 'aheh' carry ou' 'lS '''e"'
In his opinion the trouble lies no, IN .,,r tn"
~ e. -, - "a. -, t,.,,,',r, ~ IN,
on 'ne p",' o' 'he navy peio''ni'.' y, '"o ,o
providing the fullest opportunity for the ac-
n,,,,a,ran, ,y rr,c,,ci ,,,,i,oorina knowl-
~ ''' ., ''... So, .,
edge on the part OF the younger Officers Oh
the former line but In compelling them by
orders In embrace the nnnortunity 10 uoauire
it. Admiral Melville says there is an imlnedi-
more eInert enpinscr nricsrs with which to
protect The interest. Of the Government ef-
hcientIy and he hnld. thut the demand can
be mel only by assigning at once. both ashore
and atloai and In "A. great number. a. posi-
Bile, the younger line Officers us understudies
and ASSISTANTS To the e1perirnced engineers
now in charge of engineering work
Owiag 10 the assignment Of SO many foreign
engineers to line duty, the officers assigned 70
purely engineering duty have been overworked
he points ont on some Of the smaller vessels
thoS,t has "a cen no officer familiar with engin-
eerilg work, thus comuelling the line officers
nominally in charge Of The machinery Of those
vessels 10 depend entirely on warrant maChinists
for expert directions Admiral Melville says
i'm ef,ect that II is renarkable that this condition
has NOT resIlted In treItIe,t mishaps and break
downs Insta1d OF 6nilding up a personnel for
the dly Of ne,i stronger than necessary for the
Tine of pegce the engineer officers and meu he
assnrts are Kent at the point OF elastic limit,
and a new war to-day could not fail to develop
n large II.t OF phvsicnl incapables In the en-
glneeriog branch
After 1sseTting that the present engineering
forCn is insf, cent md that in this lies boss BILE
disostsr or ~ naval yesseIs Admiral Melville
snvs that "forttlne alone has postponel cas-
nsitv and Conch,dea yyitb the remark Il
h"id nm thc warning finger and sound the noto
&c ,Iarr,
The sun., 1900-10-18

Police Think Young Politicians Death Wa,
Due to Accident.

John Harvey. 81 years old. who was found
unconscious and suffering from a fracture OF
the skull early on Friday morning on the side
walk In front Of his home at 200 Pacific street,
Brooklyn. died yesterday without recover
ing consciousness lie was employed in the
Department Of Highways and active In Demo
cratic politics In the Third ward lie had
been drinking on Thursday night and was
assisted 10 his home by two friends. who left
lin at the door He is supposed TO have re-
celved hi, Injuries by falling down the stooD
Of bills no was supposed 70 have had In his
possession was missing when he was discovered
excited the suspicion that he had been assaulted
and robbed by highwaymen hut Police Captain
Miles O'Re,lly, who has carefully investigated
the case. believes that he received his Injuries
accidentally Or. l.. j Ryrne. the attendan nj
rhysican says they could have been caused
either 10y a fall or q blow
The sun., 1900-10-18

Demands That They Tie Forced to Sanction
High school Bonds They've Held Up.

The Manhattan School Board az IA meeting
last night passed n resolution requesting
the Board Of Education 20 institute legal pro-
ceedng4 at once 10 compel the municipal au-
thorties Ia isSie bonds for the erection Of
the new girls high shool. the contract for
which was awarded by the board Inst year
THIS particular pond issue hns been held M
IN the Board Of Aldermen since last summer.
The school IL one Of four high schools for the
erection OF which the city authorized by
the Legislature to issue bonds. This was IN
1897 and not one Of the schools has been started
yet because of the difficulty in gcrtiug the
bond issue for the first approved
The contract for the girls school was approved
by the Board of Estimate in July,and the CounCI
after some delay approved il The Aldcru en-
however, have dor" moth - vrh J. -. ..'
and the CommitteG on a. BnIidlngi reported 10
Withholding their consent without any apparent
reason, thus preventing the erection Of build
ings which on account OF the overCrOwded con-
dtion Of the present temporary high school
could not be- completed soon cr uugh
The entire bond issue for the four schools
decided last night not TO award the contract
f9T anotheF % {he n Sce2Glf unt 1I the Rrop0ied
Wf TTobaby be SH the s aasro g Of fna
proceedings President o'Brien said in regard
10 the matter:
we stand to-day In bad need Of funds.
Board OF Aldermen ! believe the people
should know that the responsibility lies with
them
The Committee on Teachers, which has
been Investigating the case OF Julia Rchman,
a principal Of School II, brought In a report
roComme ending her censlre Miss Richma an
while on slck leave entered the employ OF a
commercial house TO edit questions for prize
puzzle contest for school children She re-
,eved, L /, said, $500 for her services, but re-
turned this when her participation In tho judg-
ing was brought to lght In recommending
TINT she be censured the committee also pro-
posed some amendments 10 tho bylaws which
should expressly forbid a teacher doing such
work No action was taken on the report Ia
niCht
SuIt Jasper reported 20 the board that now
SCHOOLS would soon he required in certain dis
trlcts 70 seat In the aggregate 10 80 children
The sun., 1900-10-18
THE AMERICAN HABIT.
One In Every Thre. Affected.

or the 100000 people In America u ts cttI-
mated that 100000. or one In every three
are partially disabled from a broken down
nervous system. America Ia tho create {
consumer Of coffee ia the world Can you
draw the correct inference from these two
facts7
Many person will e1claim. "Nonsensel-
II Is easy for any thoughteSs person 10 jump
at conclusion that a philosopher would study
carefully over before reaching Think OF
the members OF your own family: how many
Of them are perfectly and completely well In
every respectf low many Of your friends
are perfectly healthy? Inquire Of them and
you will hc surprised 10 learn that the average
Of one In every three who are sick In the main.
stand true Health depends. primarily, upon
a perfectly poised nervous organization. and
the greatest know enemy to the nervous syz-
TEN s coffee It, active principle il caffein.
which Is pronounced nerve destroyer The
action is frat, TO attack the stomach then
the pneumosa-tric nerve which lies behind
the stomach and which Is directly connected
with tho brain
The disordercd condition passes thence from
the brain 10 all part. Of the hody and I'm soma IN
will show iu trrIidatiou twrIl-knov,n ncrvo,,s
condition. in othcr- this l. hidden. brlt the WORK
goes on from dly To dgy, until some day tie
accumulation Of forces cliUaNc In some organic
disease. i may bee th" kidney become affected
and BriGAt- d'~"l>" set, mp, it may he weak
:. - M, - iNI 'h N'lNh,n u trouble, IHlIita-
uon ana h"lrl idllnr", (which j. becoming more
and more noticeable among AmoruaurI
SumrN where, YOU may depend upon IT, this
work viii show forth in tho form of di,.4ss IL
may hccUm" 80 fixed gud chronic that Ii on n not
br thrown on. II T. hard tu Induce n man or a
woman - Elyr up optI"" w..on the. have become
add'ci"i ln H. use, hu' u such rcorle can hs
given Postum Food Iofor th'r viii quickly
change Tor tll" better, for Jhr food drink when
PROPERLY iutd", hU- oven more beautiful color
than the ordinary coffee, and Il, thc delicious
toothsum" flavor of old Government Java OF tho
miid"r and higher priced grade.
IN" WORK oi r'ursanlI1'iuu begins nt once,
Tor ~" tearing down clement 0f C0freo has been
eliminated and init place 10" strong rrbuildir.
Effects Oi IN" clement contained H. the food
coffee. 40 directly Co Uurn 20 r,huid the broken
down d".lctc gray muttor IN the nervc certro4
and hrlh his l. Ju.t Ul1'u, old-faehiOE.d
make ~" Of in fact, hundreds 81 Thousands ~
brain workers in America have already dl..
covered tho fact and are using Postum Food
Coffee. To their very great benefit and rsAisf. Aar
The sun., 1900-10-18
SWINDLER GOES FREE.
JudEe and Jury Couldn't Withstand the Piea
Of His wife and Babies.

John Fernier OF New Brighton. Staten Island.
was a solicitor for the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ancc Company at Christmas last year. The com
pany offered money prizes 10 the solicitors
who brought in the largest amount OF business.
Fernier forged nn application for $1,000 in
surancc, using Il fictitious nam" He got a
friend TO impcrsonate the applicant This
man underwent a medical examination and
Fernier then drew his premium. Tho COM
pany discovered tho fraud later and had Fernicr
arrested and indicted for forgery In the third
degree.
Ferner was convicted In the General Sessi ons
and Yesterday was up for sentence before
Judge Foster Fernier's wife and four small
children wore in court when Lawyer Abraham
Levy asked Judge Foster 10 allow the man TO
40 free. The scene was pathetic enough to
move the Jurors who had found the verdi ct
u second the appeal Then the treasurer OF
the company joiuNd in the request and Judge
Foster suspended sentence.
The sun., 1900-10-18
PARIS TAKES OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
D.ica.ses Note Expected to he the b"si' OF
Peace Negotiations.

special tdole DeipdiehVo IHE 7''
PARIS. o." II An optimistic view II taken
here u the Chinese situation and u i believed
that the note Of VI Dccas-" 10 the Powers
will become the final basis for the peace n"gota-
tions Already three stages have been attained
The frat was when Foreign Minister Delcass6
issued hl4 note. the second whom IN" Powers
unanimously accepted the provisions OF the
same with some unimportant reservations
and the third when NJ Piohon, the French Min
lister az pckin, submitted the note TO his coll
leagues there, who approved tho contents
and suggested a number Of additions based on
their local knowledge Of the requirements
Of the case. which In no way affected tho main
features Of the note
The only logical conclusion TINT can be reached
from all this Is that the Powers viii proceed
TO instruct their representatives at Pckln to
begin the pence negotiations on the basis OF
the Delcass6 note The correspondent OF The
SUN has reason 90 believe that steps have al
ready been taken - secure such action; In fact
that somo Powers have already sent Instructions
10 their Ministers TO take this action
The sun., 1900-10-18
CRUISER SUCHET JOINS CECILLE.
Two warships OF the French Atlantic Division
In the North River.

The French cruiser Suchet Commander L.
Ie Brs. arrived yesterday from Martinique
after a voyage Of Ave days. She steamed up
the North River and anchored near the flag
ship Of the French Atlantic division. the Cecille.
The Suchet Is steel cruiser Of the second class
measures s.44O tons Is BIS feet 3 inches long.
4s feet inches beam and Of II feet 0 inches
draught. She was built al ToulOn In 1898
Her armament consists of four e.4-inch rapid
fring guns. four 39-mCh. four is-inCh and
eight 4-inch guns. She IL equipped with
seven torpedo tubes. She has twin screws
driven BY engines Of 1900 horse power ard
has made speed Of 20 knots She will remain
here with the CeCiile until oct %, when both
cruisers will so 20 Chesapeake Bay and return
thence TO the West indies.
Several thousand people roamed at Will
Yesterday over the big new French liner la
Lorraine on the invitation Of the Compagnie
Generate Transatlantique Unlike the German
ships, the Frenchman has no orchestra. and
the band Of the CeCille furnished music on the
promenade deck.
The sun., 1900-10-18

wAsHISoroN. oct. i7.-The training ship
Topeka has arrived az Ponta Deeado and the
tank ship Are'husa at Singapore on her way 20
China The submarine torpedo boat Holland
ware City, Del. Yesterday on their way from
Newport to Annapolis
The Pennsyivanla state school ship Saratoga
has refurned to PhiladelphIa and will sat thence
for a winter cruise In January.
The gunboat Durothea a converted yacht
recently ordered to be made ready for service
on the AsiatiC station. has been ordered out
OF commission. 1t having been usccrtained that
she cannot carry enough cCal 10 mako the long
voyage TO the Far Fast The gunboat Frollc
another yacht purchased for use in the Span
ish-American War. has been ordered into com
mission and will 60 10 the AsiatiC station. The
gunboat vixen will not 60 10 the Philippines
but will spend the winter In surveying the
Cuban coast
The sun., 1900-10-18
BOSTON PRE-EMISENT ~ LETTERS.
Her Postal Receipts Found to lie Proportion.
ately Double New Yorkb.

WASHINGTON, oct l7-Auditor Castle Of
the Post once Department has compiled a
table giving the rank Of the fifty largest cities
Of the United States according &c the census
Of 1900 together with their relative positions
as TO their postal receipts for the year ending
June 80 1900. II shows that number Of cities
rank higher In postal receipts than in popula-
ton while Others are higher in population than
In receipts.
Cambridge, Mass, which Is forty-flrst in
population. drops of the other list, its place
not appear on the population list, The fact
that comparatively large cities are really
suburbs. Of the adj oinine large cities Is amply
demonstrated by the proportionately small
pietal receipts OF such cities rs Jersey city
Nevark. Alleeheny and Cambridge. which are
substantially suburbs Of New YORK. Pttsburg
and Boston respectively.
OF the three largest cities Chicago makes the
most credItabie saoTns I "a syeratseS vera about
only about 50 and Philadelphia less than t9
Boston makes the remarkable average Of q
triAe less than s. to each inhabltant. showing
that either vast amount OF business Il done
in Boston by mail or else the social CorrespOn-
dence IS much heavier than elsewhere. In
deed Boston with IUO, ,OOO less than half a. many
Inhabitants as Philadelphia shows postal re-
ceipts only s2ll 600 less than the latter. Bus
toms receipts are $1,000 900 more than st Louis
although the latter city i the larger by is 900
The largest jump is that Of Han t'ord. which
Is forty ninth IN population and thlrty-frst
In receiI Is, a gain ~ eighteen numbers, due
doubtless 10 the life Insurance ComIanies of
Hartford Paterson and Fall River fan seven
teen places, the former from thirty second
To- iorty-ninth and the latter from thirty third
10 nfteth Atlanta makes a very favorable
showing, gaining fifteen Vlaces and stand
ing fortv-third In regulation and twenty
eighth in receli Is. Richmond, Va. gains
twelve places from forty-siNh in population
10 thirty fourth n receipts.
II is noticeable thatmanufactrinRt towns
such IA Lowell, Fau River and Paterson are
higher in population than In receiuts. while
business centres have greater proportion
ate receipts In Fall Rive" for instance, the
recetrts are slightly in excess OF 81 20 for each
inhabitant
The table shows eight cities with receipts
OF more than 81, ,OOOOO