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New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
OFFERINGS AT TIE STORES.

JAMES McREERY e. Co. Broadway and Elev-
--th-st., holding sale of this seasons stock
Z muslin underwear. including corset covers and
drawers trimmed with lace and embroidery, gowns
with yoke Of tucks or insertion hemstitched ruff
he or embroidery trimming. and skirts with tucked
Spanish rUfle.
their upholstery department offering brocaded
armure portieres. couch covers, fine Renaissance
lace curtains. Swiss made point de Paris, duchess
and Irish point lace curtains in a wide range Of
fering Swiss ribbed vests union suits and English
merino vests
JOHN FoRsYTHE. at the store popularity known
the Waist House. No s55 Broadway, between
tion ot the puohe to an ideal gift for Christmas.
JAMES wcUTcHEoN & CO. No "A west Tvyen-
ty-third-st.. display a particularly fine line Of
gift linens in Mosaic open work doylies. centre
pieces sesrts and Tea cloths combined with slavan
laces, as well as Fayal openWork beautiful speci-
mems Of fine needlework from the Azores.
THE WILLIAM Il JACKSON COMPANY,
Union Square North, No. % East seventeenth-st,
offers as useful Christmas gifts andirons. tenders
iron IN the newest patterns, at makers prices.
coWPERTHwAIT & CO.. Nos 1o4 1os ana los
West Fourteenth-st-, Sixth-ave., have
nTstmas tina &C, eonTsntion II fun swing Carpets and
long credit" are forceful speakers.
THE GEORGE c. FLINT COMPANY, Nos. 4s. IS
snd 81 West Twenty-third-sc- suggests a trip
through it's warerooms an answer 70 the question
What shall give?' ora wing room cabinet a
ueer sFln rug. or fine Oriental rug an afternoon
tea lanie tea tray o. ruftn stand, piles Of sofa
Pillows and easy chairs help the puzzled
AT o'NEILLs. sixth-aye, Twentieth 10 Twenty
| hrst-st, special December sale Of Eastern wool
ana California blankets is dra wing bargain hunters
lhey are IN single three and full bed sizes
ana incluoe CRIB blankets and comfortables.
1 W d j. SLOANE, Broadway and Nineteenth-st
oner Tor holiday gifts unique collection OF antique
onenisl rugs comprising many beautiful speci-
@ @rnths q NsIloGs Weayes. rare silk rugs, unsur-
P Psssee t3r eecorsuye purposes. and antique run
| heFs iof mans ano stairs in great variety.
| BENEDICT BROTHERS. jewellers Broadway
| ano Cortlandt-st. call attention 10 their several
| grades OF time keeping watches, diamonds ana ane
| sens ana The Benedict perfect collar ard cuff
| button - -
| oNEiI-Ls, sixth-ave. Twentieth TO Twenty
hrst-sL, Is making an unusual Offering of high
| grace sirer~are az exceptionally low prices also
| a reduction sale OF chenille portieres in golden
| ore"hI Empire green, terra Gotta old red rose
| THE WANAMAKER STORE Broadway
| fourth-ave-. Ninth and Tenth sts relieves many
| a perpexed gift hunter who has an eve for
furniture Flemish or Belgian black oak quaint
copies ot Old Flanders furniture Austrian oak arm
SHeaLs' hsil seats library and centre tables Roma
| chalrs. black tabourettes, Austrian osk tsbou-
| rsttes and woven rush furniture are a few of the
| al all times Pi@Ss iOF al
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
MADE A PARTY MEASURE.
WAR TAX REDUCTION BILL APPROVED
BY REPUBLICAN HOUSE CAUCUS.

Washington, Dec 10--The caucus OF Repuoh-
can members Of the House on the War Revenue
Reduction bill decided tonight by a large ma
jority to stand by the bill as drawn ana reported
by the Ways and Means Committee There
were about hundred members present ana the
vote 10 support the bill as now framed STOOD
SIS ayes 10 90 noes The resolution finally
adopted was offered by Representative Hep
burn of Iowa. and reads as follows;
Resolved That the recommendations made oy
the Committee on Ways and Means IN Rouse
bin No 1884 are judicious and merit the ap,
proval OF this conference, and we recommend
that all Republican members OF the House oe
urged to vote against all amendments and tor
the passage Of the bill
The other resolutions were put before the
caucus One was framed by Representative
Pearce. of Missouri. and provided for a redue-
ton of the tax on beer to 81 so barrel 1t was
lost by vote of 40 to IS Representative ROD
erts. Of Massachusetts,. moved that the present
tax on beer be reduced only 10 per cent and
that a reduction of the duty on tea oe rnaae
from 10 cents to 3 cents pound Ihis mouon
was lost almost unanimously.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
PLANS FOR POLAR EXPEDITIONS.
RUSSIANS HOPE TO BREAK THEIR WAY THROUGH
THE HEAVY ICE.

I.ondon. Dec 1O-Evelyn B. Baldwin. of the
United States Weather Bureau, who is preparing
an expedition in search Of the North Pole, has ar
rived here 10 consult with scientists and inspect
ships He will go TO the Continent at the end Of
the week Mr. Baldwin said that he had definitely
decided to adopt the Franz Josef Land route. the
Greenland route being well covered by Peary and
sverdr71p and that he hoped 10 get away next
summer The famous Russian ice-crusher Ermaek'
which Is 10 attempt reach the North Pole in 1901
unaer the command of Vice-Admiral Makaron, OF
the Imperial Russian navy, is now being htted out
al Newcastle for the expedition, ana captain ber-
nier the Canadian explorer, is busy IN Lonoon nt-
ting out the Scottish King. He VIII shortly appear
before the Royal Geographical Society and outline
his plans. So, , /. =. . a.,
terestine The sides Of the Ermack are fifteen
times as strong those OF the usual cornmerclal
steel ship and she astern as easily as she
can go ahead Her propellers can be brought snort
nm AGAINST the most formidable obstruction, with
engines going at full speed, and not be damaged
ice fourteen feet in thickness and through heaped-
up, or 'hummocky," ice of more than twice that
thickness She is 302 feet long, and has three pro-
pellers aft and one forward. The fore-propeler IS
an American invention which Admiral Makaroh
has adopted. It's purpose is TO reduce the resist
Admiral Makaroff will enter the region of perpetual
ice a little 10 the eastward of Franz Josef Land
He hopes take advantage of the current setting
toward the Pole. He thinks that the Pole is
neared progress will become less difficult, and the
Ermack may be able TO steam to the Pole. II not
she will get near as possible to the Pole and
then expedition in dog sleds will be pushed for
ward.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
WOMEN TRAP A BURGLAR
TELEPHONE WIRES sPLICED TO LET
SERVANT SUMMON HELP.

Charles Smith. a coIored barber. was locked N
in the East Sixty-sevsnth-st. station yssterdag
afternoon. charged with burglary Smith %,
into the home Of Simon FrankeI, a dfaroo,S
broker, Of No. 6S Nassau-st who lives an NJ
III East Seventy-hrst-st. Mrs Hattie :
Frankel. his wife. and two servants were 80
only persons at home yesterday afrernoo,
Mary Noonan. one OF the servants. to.a Mr.,
Frankel there was man upstairs. ana tts.,
went 70 the top floor. where they could saa
man in clothes closet. though he could nor a.
them- The girl went to the yard while Nrs
krankel watched to see the man did not a..
tempt to run away. The girl told some n,.,
working at the telephone wires IN the ward 49,
she wanted to telephone AIr. Frankel. and -
spliced the wires for temporary use. Tbs -
want got Mr. Frankel, told him and he took =,
the situation quickly He rang or and got D..
lice headquarters. They in turn got the noli.s
station. and in few minutes after tha br-gl..
had been discovered Detectives Bovla and NO..
surprised him in the clothes closet.
The man did not give up without a strnzv,.
The detectives soon got him down, and slipnss
handcuffs over his wrists. He gave his addr..,
as 80. o-f west 1nirty -seventh-st and his ass
as twenty years. A diamond and pearl Isfn p
small travelling clock. two pocketbookS vy,,s
some rare foreign coins: a gold Dencii a -
metal pencil, gold fob chain a pair AZ aots
white enamel cuff buttons a pair Of gold bfses
enamel cum buttons, gold breastpin ana a.
We're identified by the FrankeIs They eouId -
nnd out how the man got into the house g.
tain Brown cOmpiimented Mary Noonan an ~.
courage In telephoning A'R
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
cold HEArHER Up STATE

Plattsburg. n. Y, Dec. lO-The hrst zero weather
here this season was experienced this morning
the thermometer standing at degrees below zero
Al Ogdensburg, Saranac Lake. Rouse's Point
Dannemora. Lake Clear and other points in the
Adlrondacks the thermometer registered all the
way from 10 10 is degrees below zero
Oswego. y. Y, Dec. 1O.-To-day is the coldast of
the season. the temperature being at zero. There
drop OF 30 degrees in twenty-four hours The
wind velocity Is forty-five miles an hour
Utica, \. Y. Dec. lO.-zero weather came to Cen
trail and Northern New-York last night for the
FIRST time this winter. The records following are
below zero: Utica degrees; Malone 10. Turner
Lake, 10; Sehasne, TO- Fulton Chain, 70 ana Pe1
SEN 10 Yesterday morning IL rained here
Schenectady, N. Y. Dec. lO.-The zero point was
reached in this city to-day and residents OF this vi
entity are enjoying skating. ' -
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
TO RAISE JUDGES SALARIES
REPORTED THAT BILL MAKING p1v
s175OO IN lid DISTRICT IS TO
BE INTRODUCED.

II Is understood that a bill is to be introauc.s
as soon as possible in the State Legislature axr-
the salaries OF the Justices OF the I'D District ~ -
Supreme Court at s17.5OO. the same amount as thas
received In the Ist District. BROOKLYN Ias+ics.
get only S40oO now A similar bill introdueed fx,
years ago by Assemblyman Collier OF the xth
District. was defeated Although none Of tha Pa
publican leaders in Kings have anything tn IA
with the drawing Of the new bill a Tribune r.
porter talked to several OF them YESTERDAY .ns
learned that in all probability there would \. =.
opposition to such a measure from the Erooklv,
organization
Several Supreme Court Justices OF the ia ns..
trict were seen by Tribune reporter YESTERDAY
Justice William ". Goodrich, Presiding Jlstic. A
the Appellats Division OF the I'D Judicial Dsuar,-
ment. said:
I have not heard OF any movement to reintrodurs
the oiH until presented to now and decline 10
De interviewed on the general subject.
Justice John Woodward said:
do not reside in this district. and therssor.
nave little interest In the question: but am unable
70 see why the Justices OF the I'D District should
not receive compensation equal to those OF TIE Tsr
District. when their labor Is fdsntical and thew
are paid from taxes the city. know nofhfne
end. '-'-
II was also reported yesterday that another bilr
supported by the Brooklyn Justices would n
adopted. take from the Sheriff the right to sell
goods under foreclosure at public auction and give
II 70 the referAes appointed BY the Justcas TIs-
nee Jenks SAID ne had never heard OF such a bill
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
BRONX ANTI TAMluANY FIGHT
LARGE MEETING IN RESPONSE TO A
CALL BY HENRY D. PURRoY.

u rssnonsA "a the invitation OF ex-County Clerk
Henry D. Purroy 20 start IAN earnest enort to Sc
cure decent municipal government at the next cleo
tion 8" citizens of The Bronx overcrOwded the hail
=. NJ 5a1 Webster-ave Fordhann last night
Amos woodruff called the meeting to ORDER ana
moved the election of Mr.. Purroy as chairman anu
Of Joseph l. Berry and Otto Menger as temporary
secretaries On taking the chair Mr.. Purroy eN7
neined the objects of the meeting, dwelling on the
absolute necessity of solid union OF all the op-
nosition forces and hard work 20 overthrow ram
many Hall next fall In part he said;
have been absolutely free to support time Ine IsS Isg
when I was honored by being expelled from M t Ins
Democratic State Central Conlbees bcsnss for chief
rnagistrate OF this imperial metropolis dared 20
prefer the experienced president of Columbia Col
ieEe TO a mere typical jumping jack And l hatter
myself mat the shameful Of f Ne% fSs
York and the records Of the ice business LOT I the
last three years have Pr8HeG iee a mat time and
P95bo1 Peb %neh m here t4Sk ons5 ready to take up again
10 the best OF my poor ability And We snsn it no.
of action necessary to nominate and elect next next
Noyember some upright ana sstreamt RTsnns1 man
conditions which have recently dlsgraced some OF
the reckless extTava gance and commercialism now
prevalent; and who instead OF covering IKE a a
viii look for guidance solely to the people VINO
agent for honest and decent government Ihere Is
not the slightest doubt that the candidates or Tam
noralizing system of municipal rule. be abso-
lutely overwhelmed at the election OF next tall
Mr. PurToy reviewed the misrule of Tammany
and the increase Of expenditure, and pleaded for
movement in favor of good city government.
William B. Ellison among other things, said:
The welfare Of the city OF New-York is in the
hands of its own citizens If they prove alert and
aggressive in the exercise of their duties and OPP
poftunities extravagance and corruption can read
ily be banished from municipal affairs. Good
government is the invarlabe result of diigent and
fea arless citizenship The present conditions
were those of the time of Tweed simply the con-
sequences of inertness in the electorate.
A resolution was adopted that the meeting form
itself into an; organization 10 cooperate with all
other bodies opposed TO Tammany Hall at the cleo
tion in 1901. a Committee on Organization and By
laws appointed
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
LANTRY's GOLDEN DREAM.
ONLY TRACE OF THE METAL FOUND WITH
IRON PYRITEs on RIKER's ISLAND.

Commissioner I.antry was sitting in his once yes
terday afternoon. hrooding over the nitter ulssp
pointrnent Of having found that the nuggets "h'0n
he niekeS up on RIker's Island were not scanned "a
with gold out with iron pyrites. de had leaTheo
this little lesson IN mineralogy the day before 81
the hand- OF an old California friend as tOio III u
The Tribune yesterday Suddenly the door opens.
ard q messenger rushed in. The messenger had
heen sisnatched TO the Assay once TO bring back
the nugget which the Commissioner had sent there
FOR inspeotion;sn Saturday.
Got the nuzget?' asked the Commissioner.
No" was the answer they smashed it. Ana
there's gold in it, That's what they said-resuiaf
solid gold .,-,-...
''GOld.' echoed Lantry. as In trance "ha'
thatT'
That's what they told me. These fellows have
been 1oliying YOU an along. You were right. AFTER
ALI There's a regular gold mine over there al
Rfker's Island"
Inquiry at the Assay Office however son oe-
veloped the fact tnat all the gold there was IN the
quartz was a slight trace Of the metal. which is
usually found in combina uon with IRON Pyia'ss,
When BENJAMIN 7. Martin, the renner, was asheu
IN regard 10 the quartz he said ,,.
Why, yes, ] looked at chunk that was oIOus ~
TO me this morning. II is Ike lot OF stun that Is
cug up around here and along the North RIVER. ~
quartz that contains quantity OF iron soIphloS'
or iron pyrites OF bright gold solor some sul.
phide OF lead, and, as is usually the case, faint
trace of gold. ] should judge there was ABOUT .
cents worth OF gold in ton OF the ore.
''ff the Commissioner could get his work SANG
20 mine the ore for nothing ne might make perhaps
When the full details OF the examination were
made known 10 the Commissioner ne sald 10
..Thst ends the gold business for me. have been
fooled twice with this stun and twice is enough.
This ninerslogy is quite study, amt IL!
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
WoRKMEN FLEE FROM BUILDING
REPAIRS NECESSARY TO NEW EIGHT STORY
STRUCTURE IN CHATHAM SQUARE.

REPAIRS NECESSARY TO NEW EIGHT STORY
STRUCTURE IN CHATHAM SQUARE.
workmen fed in CONSERVATION yesterday from
the new eight story brick building at Nos and s
Chatham Square. sound like burst OF thun-
der preceded their exit and foot passengers and
storekeepers hurried to the after satisfying
themselves that by possibility could the noise
be occasioned by another chemical explosion Two
policemen from the Elizaoeth-st. station were soon
on the scene and. after forcing the crowd back to
safety, ordered the workmen 70 put up a temporary
barricade along the whole front Of the building.
Superintendent Murphy OF the Buildings Depart
ment called. and. after inspection. he or
dered a cessation Of all work until the front and
rear OF the structure were shored up with beams
Peter J. Herter, OF the frm, said that one Of the
iron beams the eighth floor had contracted
more than was usually allowed. owing somewhat
of the front had warped inward the top floor
He said that the assure did cause the building
settle any, and that the inspectors agreed with
him that the work Of completion could soon go
The firms superintendent said crack had been
noticeable for about two weeks. After the acci-
dent yesterday he had gone over the structure
and said IL was not an eighth of an inch out OF
plumb
night gave another theory Of the cause OF the ac-
cfdent He said the netghborhood OF Chatham
Square more or less swanpy, and that the
land was made
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
POTTER ESTATE WINS AGAINST CITY.
TRUSTEES NOT LIABLE FOR OLD VAULTS on
PROPERTY IN TRINITY PLACE.

Justice Nash. IN the Supreme Court yesterday
handed down a decision In which he gives judgment
against the city for s3.5lS 60 in suit brought by
Frederick Potter and Clarence II. Kelsey as trus-
tees OF the will OF Orlando B. Potter. When Mr..
Potter died Re owned property at the southwest
corner OF Broadway and Rector-st.' extending
around in Trinity Place At his death the property
passed into the hands Of the trustees.
In May, 1897. the trustees applied for permission
90 build vaults under the Broadway and Rector-st.
sides OF the building il discovered that for
forty wears the estate had maintained vaults in the
Trinity Place side of the building. The city agreed
10 give the desired permission Upon the payment or
50 a square foot, but demanded also s2 square
foot for the old vaults.
s392s 20 for vaults and the rest for old
vaults. This paid under protest and the trus-
tees az once began action to recover the amount
with interest dating from the time OF payment IN
May. 1897. Justice Nash decides that the trustees
are not liable 10 the city for the old vaults.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
OFFER TO SELL REPORT TAKEN UP.
SUPERINTENDENT KING THINKS FAKE f1G-
UREs WERE USED.

The name of the person who offered 10 sen
what purported to be an advance copy OF
the Government report to Frank B. Guest Is
known to President Hubbard and several other
officials of the Cotton Exchange. but they
decline to divulge it at this time IL Is un-
derstood that satisfactory progress was MADE IN
the investigation of this matter yesterday but that
it is not yet ready for publication All that Presi-
den Hubbard would say about the case was mat
the person who made the offer TO MI Guest was
neither New-Yorker nor Washington man
superintendent William V. King, Of the Cotton
Exchange said yesterday;
think the management Of the Statistical iS- Di-
vision of the Department OF Agriculture unoer the
present administration or John Hyde mas proFsG eS 80
efhcient as TO place ii beyond criticism Mr.. Hyde
has gwen 10 the cotton trade of the world reports
of the cotton crop and its growth so accurate ana
reliable as to make his administrator an excep-
tionalIy good one. 7 equally connGent tnat ne
would not permit any premature puoEcatlon or an
nouncemeut OF his report. In short, believe the
offer IA saI the Information nothing less than
an offer 10 sell fake report
Secretary Wilson Of the Department of Agri-
culture Is quoted in a dispatch from Washington
as saying that no could have known on satar.
day what the report would show, as II hao not
then been made up
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
HAVANA BAR ASSOCIATION REBUKED.

GovERNoR-GENERAL WOOD SEWERS ITS con-
NEcTIoN WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
Havana Dec l0.-Governor-G General Wood to-day
severed the connection of the Havana Bar Associa-
ton with the Government, IN consequence OF the
action of the association yesterday in eecting to
the Board OF Governors five deposed Judges who
had been removed for dishonesty. Hitherto the as
sociation has sustained semi-oicai relations with
the Government, and the Board OF Governors or
Executive Committee, has had power TO review
certain court proceedings
General Wood had notified the association that
there was ample cause for the removal of the Of
Tending Judges and that no protest had been made
and no appeal taken In laying his letter upon the
table and proceeding with the election. the asso-
ciation was guilty OF a gross discourtesy 10 the
Governor General. which he has promptly ana en-
phatically rebuked. The association numbers three
hundred members, sixty-hve Of whom were present
at the election.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
LATE REPORT FROM DOCK BOARD.

pEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HEARS OF REsoLu-
TIoNs PASSED. IT Is SAID. IN APRIL.
statement was published yesterday TO the effect
that the Finance Department OF the city had evil
oently heen holding up the engineers report on the
building OF new Piers Nos Is 20 and p East River
TO- the Mallory steamship Line since last April
AT that time il was said the Dock Department
passed resolutions condemnng The old piers in order
70 pave the way for new piers. The report had been
sent 10 the Finance Department and nothing heard
az il since
Colonel Mclean, chief engineer OF the Depart-
nent 81 Finance, said Yesterday that he had never
received any such report While he was talking
aboGt the affair Communication from the Dock
Department was recsived, saying that resolutions
had been PASSED concemning Piers No ls q and
q ano asking the chiSf engineer 10 examine them
and make his report for the benefit OF the sinking
tuno. Colonel Mclean said thar the coramunies-
uon vas the hrst he has received or the subject
- tsr as could be learned the Dock Department
passed Tie resolutions last April and where fbey
nave been since Is unexplained.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
DR.. EDWARD A. sMTTB DEaD

,, Dl. ho"sro a. smith died yesterday from heart
disease, AZ his home No ios Fast Fi9h,ae,tr-s,
ne was born in stonington. Conn. on September
:. lsS' and studied medicine at the University OF
& IStslsylssnia. s , During the Civil War he was a
80 5eo N i1e Government hospital In PhIladelphia
% Snsle ne ,aiterward Resumed generaI practice He
70 seN-aork In 1878, and devoted himself 10
st1 ~ 80 the practice Of his profess
s yntl ne became trustee and treasurer Of the
ats,. StA Orlhopeoic Hospital and Dspensary
~ ~ nse years ago From that time he devoted
h.r y, ,h rs nine to the hospital He was a mem
srs, 9,h ne caSn metropolitan, Racquet and Play
- .-.lDss aho OF the Society OF Colonial Wars
ne, ne leaves widoH and two children The funeral
vi vi % held AZ Trinity Chapel tomorrow rnornin
sq Snq,. me Douy VIII be taken to Philadelphia for
New-York tribune., 1900-12-11
CHEF CROKER BLAMEs POLICE.

Fire Chief Croker made a report to Comns
sioner Scanneu yesterday morning on tbs ALLEGED
assertion that the hremen were ten minutes latA
reaching the fire in the building OF the MaInSl
Rnbbar Company. at No. 241 Greenwich-st. hs
SATURDAY. night and also the declaration that -
FIRE boxes were out of order. The report Shows
that Hook and Ladder Company No 10 responas
70 a still alarm sent in at I-4O p m. that seconl
alarm was sent In from box No. 81 at about ~
same time, and that at $50 p. m a third alarm
was semi IN from the same box The report shows
that al the engines and other apparatus tna.
should answer these alarms did answer The Cnisi
saws the only re he give for the deal
was the failure OF the policemen . pull the hooAs
in the boxes after they had opened them. All tss
boxes were submitted to tests on the night or taa
FIRE and found TO be in good working order.