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New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
FUTURE OF THE FIFTH AVENUE.
MR.. HITCHCoCK's DEATH REEVES RUMORs
ABOUT THE HOTEL-MR. VILASS
STATEMENT.

The Fifth Avenue Hotel. of which Mr.. Hitch
cock was the chief protector, and with which he
had been so closely associated since It's
ton was built in the years of 55-59 The site
was originally occupied by a hostelry, for here in
1885, two story wooden house, with sloping roof
and broad caves, was erected. which for twenty
years was famous as the Madison Cottage" The
old road house was torn down in 1853. and the
site was built a great tent shaped building known
as the Hippodrome. 1t was considered far and
away from the business part of the city and
devoted In crcuses and similar entertainments. In
1856 the property was bought by Amos r. Emo and
the construction of the hotel was Immediately be-
gun 1t was opened under the management OF
Mr. Hitchcock Mr. Darling and Paran Stevens.
August !. 1853.
Built OF white marble OF Corinthian architecture
and with accommodations for one thousand guests
it became the fashionable centre for states
The Republican leaders began 10 make Il their
headquarters early in the days of the Civil War,
evenings of Wall Street brokers and spectators,
who carried on a business in stocks and bonds, as
much as the curb brokers do business at the pres
ent time in unlisted securities.
The hotel has always been leased by practically
the same management. The present lease expires
on August /. 1868. The annual rental is $4,000.
The property sold on April q last by the
ecutors OF the Emo estate TO William p. Emo for
81 225.0O0 II has been frequently rumored that
soon as the present lease expires Mr. Emo will tear
down the hotel and erect a high office building
the site. This report again revived and ctTcu-
lated last night. Some credence seemed TO be given
It also. because Mr. Emo has had plans for such
TO this rumor Mr.. Villas. one of the lessees. said
last night:
There is no more reason to think that the hotel
is going 10 be superseded by skyscraper now than
a year ago. Nevertheless, one can tell what
will ensue; tell what the morrow viii
bring forth. as in the case Of the death Of our
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
THE WEATHER REPORT.

YESTERDAYS RECORD AND To-DAY's FORECAST
Washington. Dec. S0-Low pressure with unsettled
weather prevails the southeastern Of the coun
tonight and rain been general over practically
this entire except New-Engand, somewhat
higher temperatures Over the northwestern reverse
conditions obtain high with cover
ing that district with the Middle North
slopes and the Central Rocky Mountain region There
been the Middle and Northern plateaus; else
where west Of the Rocky Mountains the been
fair Temperatures much lower the and
portions district were frosts
Sunday morning in California.
The cold will steadily by
Tuesday morning through States
Ohio Valley region. Il will Tues
day this district be much colder the
States. In the Northwest the temperatures will
slowly after Monday morning There will be Monday
the South Atlantic States. in Middle
Atlantic NewEngland rain. turning
the lower lake region and upper Ohio Valley, and
in the upper lake region. the middle Mississippi
Valley Eastern Colorado the northern portion
Southwestern States On Tuesday generally fair weather
will prevail. except that light local probable
over portions region On the Atlantic Coast
the winds Will become fresh westerly.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
HIRAM HITCHCOCK DEAD.
PROPRIETOR OF FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL,
AND WIDELY KNOWN IN SCIEN-
TIFIC AND BUSINESS CIRCLES.

Hiram Hitchcock, the senior member OF the
firm of Hitchcock, Darling & Co, of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, died yesterday morning at
quarter before 10 o'clock in his apartments at
the hotel. Death resulted from pneumonia,
which had developed from severe cold. MI.
Hitchcock had been i'll only nine days he hao
caught the cold at the New-England dinner
which was held at the Waldorf the Saturday
before Christmas He had nevertheless. been
around the hotel until last wednesday, when ne
complained of pains in his lungs. DR.. Charles
z. Ouimby, of No A West Thirty-sixth-st' the
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
DIED.

yINGsToYon Sunday Dsesser 90 o. 800 500: ssssn
storrow Livirgston younger son OF 'hs 'A's
Funeral services st h late rssas1ee No rs %
' Pm f'4'0''n' i''00A'''' --''-''
LYoN-At PeekskiI. December 81 Thomas Smith Lyon
Enera ssrvisss viii. the Essidfass q his
wsdnesaa$ January 2 at II a m
Interment family plot near Katonah
MARcY-pr Erastus E. Marcy. Thursday evening. De-
Funeral xsvisr,s csgrch % -, West idh-''
Relatives and friends invited
a1IIS-After lingering illness his residence snts-
William He Henry Mills, u the San year q his age
fq9s5s1 PsGember ssrysfe' sf at a. 1I;so @ @ O'clock
caIagss " VIII & Ss c0 in w%ng , at 1 Ps PafT aad sa'e % y
returning smthtown station at 2oS oeiocs
Long island papers please copy.
osBoRNE-At Boston. December 80. Abby Jane OSBORNE
FuEsra irom St Peters church. Auburn. wsdnss-
day at p
1900 Mary asugnIon Pond. in sTth OF her
Funeral services VIII ee neiS at .e sae East
Orange. Orange on Monday december 81. at $50 p
s E,. e s lat: q percy e 'a9 &
ington Pyne. II the 6sth year OF her age. .,.. =. -
Monday morning. December 81. at 10 O'Clock
Friday psssm4ss & Is at gss bis 5ssdsnss 1s e.
E5nsnai on Monday December 81 at O'Clock ST.
Pauis Place.
sKAATS-OE Saturday December 20 1900 at nsr resi-
dence Murray Hill Hotel. Catherine Harsen. Wldow q
Schuyler skaats and daughter Of the late Abraham A
Prall
Funeral service at Barthoonew's Church Mad son
ave and 44th-st. Wednesday morning. January z a
10 o'clock
II is kiadly:reauested that flowers be sent
sxEL-At Columbus o4so e,o,a Sasursay December g.
Interment in Greenwood Tuesday morning.
VAN wINKLEAt BloOmhsl5 j. Sunday cy; oessTss5 %sT
Winkie and granddaughter Of the late Edmund H.
DaVev
Wednesday January . at 315 ?. m
Carriages will the arrival OF the zlO taln L.onl
New-York the Delaware. Lackawanna ana western
Erie Railroad.
UALSH-On Sunday nor7i-g. December go OF pneu-
rnonia. residence. No. 81 West S9th-st. Ella
c. Williams. wife OF the late Samuel A Walsh u tns
SD year of her
Funeral private
IS requested that flowers be sent
wILLIS-On Saturday. December 90 1900 John Il
Willis. in the Tist year of his age -
services will be held his late residence No 50
East 29th-st-. Tuesday. January J. az II cIocA-
Greenwood Cenietery.-Handson1e Lot for ssIe;
beautifully located Entrance Fenced Z EDHOND
MARKS. 229 Broadway
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
RIO HURT IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH.

Henry W Kaufman, a liquor dealer. of No rs
West Twenty -second-st., and Edward Schmidt,
forty-six years old a broker of No. 226 West
Forty -ffth-st.. slightly injured yesterday
afternoon in One-hundred- and -sixteenth-st..
Riverside Drive They were riding in automo-
bile. operated by James Lyons, of No. 22s East
Twenty -eighth-st. When near Riverside Drive.
Lyons, in attempting to turn out OF the way OF an
approaching vehicle, into pile of building
material The dashboard Of the vehicle
broken and Kaufman and Schmidt sustained cuts
and bruises of the hands and arms The men were
taken to ST. Luke's Hospital in the vehicle, where
they were attended by DR.. Reynolds. They then
went to their homes.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

Navy TO minister to the religious instruction of the
Hebrews in those branches of the public service.
a resolution providing for special services for the
instruction of the young brought forth storm of
opposition, and the resolution was finally referred
the Executive Committee.
The following officers were elected for two years:
The Rev Dr. H. Pereira Mendes, president; the
Rev. NJ De Sola, of Montreal; L. n. Denbtz, Of
Louisville; Dr. A Friedenwald, of Baltimore, and
DR.. K. H. Sarasohn, OF New-York, vce-presidents;
Jacob Hecht of NewYork. treasurer; Albert Lu-
cas-, Max Cohen. Isadore Hirschfeld and J. Buch-
halter, all of New-York, secretaries.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY AND TUESDAY.

For New-England rain snow to-day. TUESDAY
colder generally fair except probably in
treme northern portion; fresh westerly winds.
For Eastern New-York rain or snow to-day. Tuesday,
colder with southern and probably IN north
ern portion, fresh westerly winds.
For District Columbia, Eastern Pennsylvania, New
Jersey. Delaware and Maryland, rain or snow to-day
Tuesday colder and fair; variable winds, becoming
northwesterly tonight.
For Virginia rain and colder in southeast
rain in northern portions to-day. Tuesday
fair; colder winds becoming fresh northwesterly
NeW-York, and colder to-day cold
wave tonight Tuesday. fair and cold. except snow
aurries near the lakes fresh brisk westerly winds
For Western Pennsylvania rain to-day probably
ing into snow: colder: cold tonight. Tuesday
winds becoming fresh to brisk northwest
erly.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
TWO NEW CASES OF SMALLPOX

Two cases of smallpox discovered at No
1l6 Middleton-st., in the Eastern District. Brook
lyn, yesterday afternoon. They were Bernadotte
de Nar, forty years old, and Amelia de Nair
seven years old. Both patients removed 70
North Brother Island and the house was thorough
~ fumigated. Vaccinators from the Health Board
viii to-day inoculate everybody in the neighbor-
hood. Thus far only eight cases have been re-
ported in Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
Religious NoIires.

ST. GEORGES CHURCH New-YOrk stuyvesant
Square Rev. W. S. RAINSFORD 70. D. Rector
Watch service New Years Eve II O'Clock soi-
lowed by Holy Communion al II All free Doors
win be closed 1880 p m.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY UNION WATCH
NIGHT SERVICE will be held Madison Avenue Metho-
dist Episcopal Church 6Oth-st. Monday
December 81 1900. 10 m. Churches uniting
the Madison Avenue Pbesbyteran Church Epiphany
Episcopal Church. First Reformed Episcopal
and Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal churches
Addresses will be made BY the pastors Of uniting
churches. All are cordially invited 70 attend.
WEST END PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Amsterdam
and l05th-st-Wateh night service $50 Il D. m
Addresses by Rev. Drs- J. Wilbur Chapman David @
Wye Philip NJ. Waters and Richard Hartley West End
Choral Unon. led by Professor Tall Morgan, viii
sing soloist Mr.. W n. Searles. IT,, viii sing.
WATCH NIGHT SERVICES in Hanson Place Bspsist
Church. Brooklyn. tonight from TO II John Hump
stone. c. J.. khoades A. B. Sears. Hartweu II
Baker. H Wood and A. c. Dixon win speak.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA HOUSE,

SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
A considerable holiday outpouring attended the
ss,ons oY the Sunday concerts at the Metropolitan
Opera House last night and usual went In for
the whole show. Encores were as much matter
Of course as the numbers the original pro
grsnnne A varied offering was given, including
songs by Herr Dippel, Signor Scott, ". Plancon,
Mr,e Oii-zks and Frsulefn Ternina Cwho sang the
'Liebstod' music from Tristan and lso!oe)
violin solo by Ar Franko and the necessary Or
ehestral selections. Mr. Damrosch was the con-
6uctor.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
TO SELL CHAMBERLIN HOTEL AT AUCTION.

Newport News, Va. Dec 30 (SpeciaD.-Th- Cham
berlin Hotel at Old Point Comfort. which has
been closed for several months pending a suit
against the owners reopened to-day. newly
painted and decorated throughout. The receivers
will sell * at public auction February 2. The
hotel cost s., 900.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

Tribune once Dec. 81. a m.--The weather yester-
day was cloudy with rain in the evening. The tenn
rature ranged % and 40 degrees the average
fs5 being 81 higher that OF Saturday and 22l4
higher OF corresponding date OF last year
The weather to-day Will be rainy.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL. AMERICA. WEST
INDIES. ETC.

INDIES ETC.
MONDAY-At IL a. m. for St Kits and Barbados. per
Jad al $50 p m M for 5F Js@aes DGisrn per ADMIRAL
Sampson from Boston; at II p m. for Nassau. per
wEDNEsDAY,A $50 osugD:mep1ta.y 1880 @ m2
Pacific ports Per Alliance. via Colon mail FOR
at 1880 ?. for Cuba. campsehs Yueatan. rsbase9
Progreso mail for other parts Of Mexico must Be d
GSief sHd PTne Of ssnas cuba II Per S @ sasmsr o
TTTTR TRsDaY@At $50 a m for 1nsgua and Haiti pers
III tnai for Curacao Trinidad venezuea British and
Dutch Guiana must be directed per Prins VIM.
uI'0: at II m for Argentine ReP15le Uruguay and
Tnentary D. M Nassau Guantanamo and Santiago.
for Nassau 2er AntIia mail must be directed per
12S s must M for b ssHs2 a4se!s per Ma
sATTR9Av-At tqr Bermuda; per , sn T5i2d.d:
SorSheTn Brazil Argentine Republic Uruguay and
P3so Reo per S1G San Juan .5s via San San 5gaa:
mentary $40 a no for Curacao and d ysnezGela ger
be directed sS r n : ,e Fortune a. TaG 0 a Jaa nm aPP
vanilla. Ca5thagena and GEsySoSn: per $ A1sns Enaa
fS fSr costa M Ri'1 for Cuba per MORO Castle Via
Havana: at I'll p. m, for Nassau, steamer fron
Malls for Newfoundland. BY North Sydney. and
thence BY steamer, close this Oaee daily az $50
an na Mais for Miqueon by rain 70 Boson
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ana thence close this office daily &c
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mis- offce daily 1870 M. and II D. m Mails
Costa Rica Belize Cortsz and Guatemala. rail
to New-Oreans and thence by steamer, close at this
5avs for Belize Puerto Cortez
DAYS Riea)- Regstered mail closes at
TRANSPAcIFIC MAILS
Mails Tor Australia Except AusraIia) New-zeaand
Hawaii Fiji Islands. via Francisco.
mn TO December t29. inclusive day arrival OF
s Etrura. due New-York December f2e. for
patc- per Nails for China. Japan and
Philippine Islands via Tacoma. close here daily A
per s $ Genturret Mails for Papeiti via Fran
cisco close daily $50 p m up January n.
Inclusive for dispatch per 3. .. Australia.
China Japan Philippine Islands via Seattle.
daily $50 2. m. Up 10 January II. Inclusive.
for dispatch per Riejun Naru Registered mail
be directed via Sea.tle'0 Nails Hawaii China.
Japan Philippine Islands via san Francisco. close
>here daily $50 up 70 January II. inclusive.
dispatch Peking. Mails for
cept West Australia. which goes via Europe. and New
Islands via Vancouver. close daily $50 D m.
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supplementary mails via Seattle close
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$50 m. up January I'll inclusive for dispatch
par Gaelic. Mails for China and Japan via Van
ccuver close daily $50 p up January
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(regstered mail be directed via VanccuveF''l
Transpachc mails forwarded port sailing daily
sumption OF their uninterrupted overland transit.
1Registered closes .. n. previous day.
CORNELIUS VAN COTr. Postmaster.
Postofiee. New-Yor's y. Y. December Is 1900
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
MARRIED..

HoFFMAN-PRESToN-At ST. Mary's. In Tuxedo on
December 20 1900 by the Right Rev. Henry Potter
D. D. Bishop Of NewYork assisted by the Rev. George
Grenville Merrill and the Very Rev Eugene Hoffman
d. D.. Zelia Krumbhaar. daughter Mrs. George
Rutledge Preston to Charles Frederick Hoffman. OF
New-York City.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
DIED.

Notices of marriages and deaths must be in
dorsed with full name and address.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

These four companies were foated on the
London market, and the stock of lie Roi
No went to f26 LIE Ro itself to f9 and the others
to a premium. The marke. value of British Am
erica Corporation and its four adjunct corporatons
three weeks ago amounted to $40. 10000. and thaI
represented an investment of less than S9,O0tOO all
made within three years. This was imitation and
ma nipulatio with a vengeance. and II could not
last. Collapse was inevitable. see too. that the
accounts of the LIE Roi atrociousy cooked:
The mine and srnelter have earned about S2,5OOOO
during the two years. but Wright held out the
smelter in the transfer of the property from the
old owner to the new. The snelter has made about
81 100000 and the mine 100000. The s500,0O0 goes
to the stockholders of the lie Roi while the profts
of the smelter go wherever Whitaker Wright
chooses The LIE Roi and smelter cost less
than 81 100000 They worth S90,O00,000 for LIE
Roi is a most wonderful mine but by divorcing
the smeter from the mine Whitaker Wright hit
upon a plan of absorbing for himself the major
part of the profits of this great mine. am almost
glad that this collapse has come. for il will
cover an endless chain of really dishonest finance
I have been expecting this collapse for year,
forF1 'Nright's methods in the British Columia
field had revealed to daring and reckless
and unscrupulous operator as l have ever
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
T HE PASSING THRONG.

P. A. O'Farreil Of Spokane. Wash, VINO was
of the negotators for the sale OF the LIE Kol
Mine to the London and Globe
LONDON Finance Corporation. spoke freely
AND GLOBE yesterday at the Waldorf-Astoria
FINANCIER- as to the methods OF whitaker
ING Wright. the promoter Of the con-
Germ MIR wright's fnancierfng.
he said was of the pyrotechnic order. he Is an
American and. having failed dismallv on TINS slde
of the Atlantic. to London. where within
decade he has achieved most meteoric career.
He hoated into prominence and fortune IN the noou
tide of the boom in West Australian goid mines
The London and Globe Finance Corporation "as
a promoting concern for MANUFACTURING seGuTiSeSf % -
II is safe 10 say that not one OF the save W
the Board Of DIRECTORY Of taas Of tS affairs
or had the remotest conception OF Us rd
docb and Lord william Beresford were used by
Wright dazzle the bourgeois ana not 20 ,sI sniIv
rich rich mine in Lake View in West Australia II
turning out soOcG month n,sTcan "a gGa ami mining
engineer was in charse at the mnei o4 ana that W the
bonanza ore shoot which was producing most OF
the 100000 month was Crowns srfs, rsisnce am in
this American mining engineer & and tbTown as gSon
shares at top prices he was informed Inat t uae
geer hsS fooed him though he stou denies that
he in collusion with W1ltaker WTlSnt m e ~
sS the engineer r refer to- though he IS think at a,
present guest Wrgb a s9e lost couple Of million
pounds in Lake Views.
Before the Lake View collapse Whitaker Nrlsh'
had advanced sl0OOOOOO to the Baker Street Rail-
road scheme. Two years ago ne
OPERATIONS bought out the British America
IN BRITISH Corporation with capital Of 81
COLUMBIA. 100000. 1t oversubscribed ana
the stock went to a premium.
That corporation bought UP the lie Roi lie KOi
No. 2 Kootenay, and the Great Western mines
in the Rossland district. The purchase price Oh
everything the British America Corporation bought
in Canada less than s5,00O,OOO. and this IN
cluded a smelter Northport for treating the
ores of the mines they bought. Since the date OF
| purchase the LIE Roi mine alone has made S5oooVO
| profit. The other mines have been in process OF
| development, and have earned no dividends But
| the British America Corporation was but another
tail 10 Whitaker Wright's kite. Instead of owning
| and operating the Rossland mines through the
| British America Corporation Wright manufact-
ured four different corpora tions:
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
HOURS: Morning.

In this diagram the continuous white line shows the
changes pressure indicated by The Trbunes self
recording Barometer. the temperA
ture as recorded Perry's Pharmacy.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

PRINTED NATTER 4srCir-Ehis steamer takes Printed
Matter. Commercial PapkFs and Samples for Germany
only cfasS f Sna matter for other parts OF
Europe will be sent by this ship unless specially d.
rected by her.
After Of the Supplementary Transatlantic
Mails named above additional supplementary mails are
opened the piers OF the American English. French
and German steamers. and remain open until within
Ten Minutes OF the Of sailing Of steamer
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
PostOhce Notice.


CShoud ready DAILY by all interested. as changes
uay timel
Foreign mails for the ending January s. 1901 will
close (pomp,ly in General Postorhce as
follows Parcels Mails close hour earlier tnan
closing time below Parcels Post Mails for Ger
many close at D. m. January , per > 5 KAISER Nm-
der Crosse and January 4. per $ s Pretoria
Regular Supplementary mails close al ForeiSn
Branch later than closing lne shown below
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
WEDNESDAY-At $50 a m. for Europe per $. New
York via SOUTHAMPTON Cnail for Germany and Ireland
be $ s. Nsw-YOrk') y at $50 a. m
(suppIsmentary 10 Europe. per ; Teutonic
via Queenstown mail for Germany must be directed
per s. Teutonic'D-
THURsDAY-At 80 m for Azores Islands. per s
Peninsular: at $50 a m for France, switzerland
Italy. Spain Portugal Turkey. Egypt GREECE. Brit
India and Lorenzo Marquee, per $ s La Gaseosne
Havre (mail for other parts Of Europe must De d.
rected per s. La Gascogne'D, at $50 a n tor
Europe. per 5. $ Kaiser VIM: der Crosse via south
ampton Bremen (mail for France. Switzerland
Italy. Spain. Portugal Turkey. Egypt Greece British
and Lorenzo 1hdrTtreE CherbOurg. must %
directed per s0KaSs1r Wim. Grosse')-
SATURDAY-At 2:3e a. for Europe. per 5 Etrurfa
via Queenstown; It's for Netherlands olreet
per s 5 Staa.endam mail be directed per g
Staatendam'): a. m. for Italy. 5 Z. BIS
narck via NAMES (mau be directed per .. > =
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Astoria mail be directed per 5 Astoria J.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-31

Last night, at o'clock. n serious
street car accident occurred on the
wheeling Bellaire branch OF the Wheel
ing Railway company's lines. just oppo-
site the Crystal glass works. below
Bridgeport, and the wonder is that sew
eraI persons were not killed.
An up-bound car from Bellaire had
approached ahe Cleveland & 'Pittsburgh
crossing. As usual. the car stopped,
and the conductor ran ahead to see that
the track was clear. The conductor
failed to see an approaching switching
engine, and motioned his car to come
al1ead. Just us the car reached The
crossing. the switching engine crashed
into Il, throwing the street car to one
side. Fortunately the speed of the To-
comotive was not high, else the collision
would have been more serious AS 1t
was, the passengers in the street car
were thrown about, and one, jerome
Boyle, Of shadyslde,nea Bellaire, had
his back badly twisted The other
passengers, 80 far as could be learned,
escaped unlnjured or with bruises of no
consequence
Mr.. Boyle, who Is an old man, was
taken to his home in a carriage. The
street car was taken to the West Wheel
Ing barns for repairs.
Many exaggerated rumors were in cir
c,ilation in Bridgeport, one being to the
effect that several persons had been
killed, but happily they were without
foundation.