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New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
FIVE NEW SMALLPOX CASES.
ONE FOUND IN WEST SEVENTY SECOND
ST.-PRESIDENT MURPHY NOT
UNEASY

Five new cases of smallpox were reported in
this borough yesterday. ORE al no. 392 West
Sixty-nlnth-si. one az No l.Sil Third ave. one
st No 305 West Sixty-ninth-st and one at No
222 West Sixty-fourth-st. The other case was
that Of young man who. according to the
statement Of DIR. Dillingham;. is son Of pTomi-
nent family living in West Seventy-second-st-
The name Of the young man and the number Of
the house could not be learned Dr Dillingham;
said Of a.:
This is a private house and occupied by 4
prominent and swell family. The son. young
man, was stricken with smallpox. The case was
reported TO the Board Of Health yesterday, and
the patient was at once removed 10 North Brother
Island just the same as the poorest patient
would be. II would do good TO make public
the name of the patient or the number Of the
house in which he lived, and We cannot do so.
Although the Health Board authorities
fused to give the name Of the patient ar the ad
dress OF the case In West Seventy -seeOnd-st,,
apparently by order cf President Murphy. il
was reported that the disease was in the home
90 f. S Nash, at No. ODD West Seventy-second-
St A man was seen at that address last night.
He said ne did not wish 10 grant interview
regarding the question. He gave his name
f. S. Nash. but he would not answer any ques-
tions relative to the smallpox except TO say that
his home was in healthy condition.
Theodore F. Smith, theatrical man. who has
been staying for some time with his wife al the
Hotel MnOt One-hundred- and twenty-siNth-st
and Eighth-ave complained of being i'll on Sun
day night. DR.. HarwOod. the hotel physician,
thought Mr.. Smith suffering from small
pox ard gave notice TO the Health Board au-
thoTities. Mr. Smith taken away immediate
ly. and twenty-eight employees. the hotel pro-
prietor and large number Of the guests were
Vaccinated. The hotel was fumigated by the
Board OF Health authorities.
It was understood last night that the pupils
OF Public School No. 81. at Amsterdam-ave. and
Sixty-eighth-st.. would be vaccinated to-day.
There are fifteen hundred children in the school,
which has a boys grammar grade and primary
grade for boys and girls Unless certificates are
produced each child will have TO submit to vac
cination by the Board of Health physicians.
President Murphy of the Board Of Health said
regarding the situation:
There is absolutely no danger OF contag giOn.
We have IL under control, and, while there are
apt 10 be a few cases break out here and there,
we have overcome all danger OF spread Of the
disease. We have every facility 10 combat IL
and there has been a great increase in vaccina-
ton.
The Board Of Health reported last night that
no new cases had been discovered in the evening.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
TWO HEN SPILLED IN RUNAWAY
JACOB HOFFMAN. THE BREWER, DRAGGED
AGAINST a LAMPPOsT-INJURIEs
SERIOUS.

Jacob Hoffman, sixty years old. the brewer OF
No a9 East Firty-hfth-st.. and his coachman,
Thomas Martin forty years old. OF 40. PIP East
Fifty-fourth-st- were thrown from carriage az
one -hundred-and-tWenty-f -fourth-st. and Riverside
Drive yesterday. Mr.. Hoffman received bad cut
across the forehead and possible fracture of the
skull. The coachman had both legs and his right
hip injured Both men were taken to the J. Hood
Wright Hospital by Dr. Campbell Mr.. Hoffman
was later removed 10 his home. Martins condition
Is not serious.
Mr. HOFFMAN was GTiviag team OF spirited
horses. Al One-hundred- and twenty second-st and
Riverside Drive the animals frightened by
passing automobile and became unma ma gea bic.
~ ne-hundred-a nd -tN enty y-fOuffh-st. she team
sHerNed 10 one side throwing both 10 the
pavement. The reins became tangled about Mr.
Honman's legs. and ne dragged across the
street ana against lamppost There PatrOman
murray caught the horses by their heads.
Mr.. HOFFMAN has been invalid for some time
Is serious
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
ARGUMENT IN B. r. T. CASE.
CONTENTION OVER THE AMOUNT OF STATE
TAX TO BE IMPOSED.

CONTENTION OVER THE AMOUNT OF STATE
TAX TO BE IMPOSED.
Albany Dec. SIN the Appellate Division this
morning arguments were heard reviewing on a
writ OF eertiOrari the action OF the Controller of
the State in assessing the property OF the Brock
lyn Rapid Transit Company. The question is on
the proper amount which should be used as basis
Tor computing the amount Of the tax TO be imposed
The brief submitted by the attorneys for the
company says:
The controverted question OF law arises by reason
o te facts that the total authorized capital stock
o. the company was increased February 10 lSas
iEom ss9 $1,000 TO S450ooooo ana ali but s5G0OO0 OF
tne aodltonal amount issued from time 10
ilme during the year 1899 so that the total amount
IN the early part OF the year was SG OOD 600 and I'm
the latter part Sia010.00 and therefore the total
amount during The year ending October n 1904
Was SeOol,Oo The relator has never paid auv
dividends. f my
Upon these facts as base they claim that the
Controller should have based MS computation OF
the tax upon s2OOOOODO which the tax al q Csg5
would be S2ssl0 a. A second claim made i'm cass
the first should not hold good. is 20 the eject that
the Controller should have based his commute .ion
on the average vsue OF the stock employed during
TAX would be So Ses 50 ~
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
CITIZENS UNION MEETINGS.
JOSEPH MORRIS PRICE DEFEATS GEORGE
HAVEN PUTNAM IN THE XIXTH


The district organization OF the Citizens Union
in the XIXth Assembly District mustered forty-six
members al a room in the Sherman Square Hotel
last evening and held meeting TO elect a chair
man. q delegate TO the Central City Committee and
a District Committee. There was a close con
test for the chairmanship Of the organization one
of the closest in the history of the organization
Joseph Morris Price has been the district chairman
three years. and he the leader OF the Citizens
Union in the union with Tammany for the defeat
of Robert Mazet for the Assembly In the district
last year. In spite of the III feeling that was Gre
ated by the MaZet incident, the organization in the
XIXth was the only district organization Of the
Citizens Union that held together In the city
Last evening Mr.. Price was renominated for
district chairman. but George Haven Putnam was
put in nomination a rival 1didate II was
said by Mr.. Putnam's friends at the meeting that
Mr. Prices action in helping Tammany Hall 10 de-
feat Mr.. Mazet might weaken his influence among
the independent voters OF the district. Mr. Price
won I'm the ballOting. however. receiving q
votes. whiie Mr.. Putnam received only %
Mr.. Price refrained from voting. Dr. r. r. l.,
Gould was elected delegate 10 the Central CITY
Committee OF the Citizens Union without opposI-
tion. Among the men AT the meeting last evening
were John &. Clark. Calvin Tomkns. Z. T. De-
vine George TOmbleson. Henry w. Hardin A. II
Ely. Alfred B. Robinson Perez NJ. Stewart, Lionel
sutro and Professor GiddTgs new District
elected treasurer and William Scott secretary.
meeting OF Citizens Union men of the XXIXth
District az Tuxedo Hall. in Ffty-ninth-st. elected
organization and c. II. Strong delegate 10 the
Central City Committee.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
ENJOYS GET FRESH INSTRUCTIONS.
MEETING OF PEACE COMMISSIONERS TO BE
HELD IN PEKING TO-DAY.

Peking, Dec. 3-AIl the foreign ENJOYS have
now heard from their governments regarding
the ioint note 10 the Chinese Plenipotentiaries.
and a meeting viii be held tomorrow. The en-
vows are not communicative, but enough is
known with reference to the objections of
different governments to make II seem doubt
ful that the meeting will have satisfactory
conclusion.
Prince Ching and Lii Hung Chang both say
that they are anxiously awaiting the demands
of the Powers They declare that China de-
sires peace at any price commensurate with the
dignity OF an independent nation; but they
point out that. long a large foreign army
occupies the Province of Pe-Chi-I4i, the problem
will be harder to solve.
The missionaries and others who went through
the Siege protest bitterly against any suggestion
OF Ienency. They urge particularly that those
who are high In Office and who really
sponsihle for the outrages TO foreigners should
be executed. and they insist also that a sufficient
force should be kept in China 10 guarantee order
and 10 keep foreigners independent of the Chi
nese, declaring that If this is not done repeti-
tion of the troubles is inevitable.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR
MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN DIsPOsING OF
CASES UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM

MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN DISPOSING OF
CASES UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM.
Albany. Dec. 3 CspeciaD.-The Court Of APP
peals. it is now believed. under the system
OF having that court practically in session all
she time, except in the summer season, through
the assignment TO it of three Supreme Court
Justices will be able to dispose yearly of each
one of its calendars. and thus dispose every
year OF the cases before IT,.
The calendar 9f the court which will go
into operation at the January term of the court.
is cow being prepared. The period when attor-
neys might file cases for place on the calendar
expired on Saturday last, and il was learned to-
Z day that there will be $40 cases on the calendar
OF which $50 cases will be preferred and 43O
general causes. From time 10 time murder cases
and appeals from orde-s and motions which are
preferred for consideration will be added TO
this list
Under the old conditions. when there were
only seven justices available. IL took the Court
OF Appeals nearly two years 10 dispose OF a
calendar of eight hundred cases. The last year.
with Justice Cullen, Of Kings County; Justice
LandOn OF Schenectady. and Justice Werner. OF
Rochester, of the Supreme Court on the Court OF
Appeals bench in addition TO the other justices,
the cases have been disposed Of with rapidity.
Ihe present calendar was adopted in March,
1898, 10 take effect at the term Of the court
which opened on April Il of that year. IL con-
tained $50 cases, and there have also been hun
dreds OF appeals. and yet the calendar is nearly
exhausted. Thus in eighteen months business
has been transacted that would formerly have
consumed thirty months
il was the opinion Of the judges of the Court
OF Appeals that such an improvement In the
rapidity Of the transaction of law business be-
fore the court would follow the adoption of the
new system OF having three more justices. and
their opinion has been justified. II is thought
that the new calendar which will go into effect
In January viii be disposed Of the coming year.
ana thus the Court OF Appeals Will consider and
pass upon cases before il every year as fast as
they come up
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
scldea % close the Cooper Union Labor Bureau

decided 20 close the Cooper Union Labor Bureau
on September 80.
The Settlement work al Hartley House covers
fifty different classes and clubs with 1880 young
men and women and children attending. R. Fulton
Cutting. president of the Board OF Managers says
in his report:
OF some 5.600 cases investigated cared for passed
upon and close during the year the cause of dis
tTess in 1911 instances is down lack OF
work; IN lbs instances illness. The other
causes operating were shiftessness In 245 cases
intempeTanee in SI2; old age in 3OT. and desertiOn
IN s1
The expenditures for general purposes exceeded
the income by about 5000 and the association has
issued urgent appeal its contributors and the
public Tor support Sixty thousand dollars Is asked
this
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
BILLIARDS.
PLAY BEGINS IN THE Class CHAMPION
SHIP TOURNAMENT.

Play began last night at the Knickerbocker Afh-
Iet!c Club Theatre Forty-hfth-st and Madtson-ave,
in the 14inch baIk line billiard tournament for the
Glass r championship of the Amateur Athletic
Union-practicaIly the junior amateur champion
ship OF the country. The players drawn for the
opening game were Charles G. Schmitt Of Chicago
and Isaac A. Names. of New-York. and the former
by 800 to 224
AT first il promised to be a one-sided game for
Names could not seem to master the speed Of the
"a BILE and Schmitt rapidly drew ahead OF him. AT
the end of the twenty-frst inning the Westerner
led by I49 to 20 Then his New-York opponent be-
gan to settle down 20 work, and began an uphill
fight which al one time promised sensational de-
velopments. though he finally failed 10 oVer'aAs
Schmitt.
In the thirty-hfth inning Names gathered in
fine run OF thirty-etght carrOmS, and nVe INNINGS
later he exceeded this with break OF forty, BON 9I
which were much higher than the best runs made
by the ChicagOan in the evening. SChmltt Seemed
lose his accuracy when his opponents speed DE-
velOped rapidly. but he pulled himself together
after few bad misses and finally ran out the
game in his forty-nfth inning with well PLAYED
run OF tWenty-One buttons. His average was con-
sidered Unexpectedly good for the first game. go
This afternoon A. D. Ferguson, OF NeW-A ork. viii
play l.. A. SerVatius. also Of New-NOTk. while ths
evening game will be between Frank Bitter OF
Minneapolis and Samuel c. Estabrook. of New
York
Last nights follows:
sehmitt-O :. $, 10. /. O. .. O. Il. Q. g. 10 l. H. y
5. $ q. I6. ;. s. 7. p H. n, o. IL :. - = $.
highest runs. %. 2i. 10. IS and Is.
Mannes-O 0. l. o. o. 2 .. l. 5. l. 0. T. s. 2. a. O. y
-. o. O. . l. is 3. O. 3. 5 IS o. 8. H. l. Ss, l. y.
>. 40. o. 10. o. r. Total 22i average. 4ii0 nigh
runs. 30. IS. II. Is and H.
Heferee-W. r. BraCken.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
MORE MAssACREs REPORTED.
CATHOLIC BISHOP AND OTHERS SLAIN IN
SHAN-SE PROVINCE.

Berlin. Dec. IA dispatch from China to the
Cologne "VOlks Zeitung" reports fearful mis-
sion slaughter In the Province of Shan-Se. The
first victims. the dispatch says. Were a Catholic
Bishop and his coadjutOr. and four European
priests. Franciscans. Italian and French
The Governor invited them 10 his house, pre-
tending to give them better protection but
when they arrived their hands were tied. Then
the Governor himself poniarded them all Next
the Governor went 10 the Bishops residence
with a number OF soldiers and seized six Mar
settles Sisters. He promised them money and
distinguished husbands IL they rerounced Chris
tianity. which they unanimously rejected.
Thereupon the Governor pOniarded them. and
also 81 number OF Chinese priests. thirty Chinese
Sisters and two hundred orphans. from three to
sixteen years old.
Fifteen Seminarists who had hidden them
selves in a ciSteTn were. the dispatch adds. tied
10 stakes and forced 10 drink the blood of the
FIRST victims. They then killed
A Chinese priest and two Christians who at
tempted 10 escape were caught and put in
small hut. where they were burned
The massacres IN the Province Of Shan-Se began
IN June last and seem 10 have continued at in
teFFals ever since
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
GIDEON FOUNT4IH'S WILL FILED.

MRS FOUNTAIN To HAVE HOUSE IN EAST s1xrv
FoURTH-sT AND TRUST FUND OF s2sOOoo
The viii of Gideon Fountain who died At h,
home i'm this city recently. filed for probate
i'm the Surrogates Office yesterday. Tho value of
the real property is placed al $4,000 The vat,s
OF the personal property Is unknown Eliza Jana
Fountain. the testators widow; hts son, Gideon =
Fountain. ard Frederick S. Winston are nansd
as executors of the estats. 'Aeu
To his widow Nj: Fountain bequeaths his house
at No. 81 East Sixty -fourth-st. and all n coa
tans. For her beneht Is also created n t rUs,
fund of $4,000. She is to enjoy both for lie Ar
her death the estate Is to be divided amonP a.
children OF the testatoT. Three sons and ,e,
daughters survive Mr. Fountain ''ui
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
The DECISION OF THE PUBLIC.

The convention was over. The judges nas
studied closely into the merits OF the fine to,ls'
soaps. and had unanimously agreed The speaN-
arose and announced their decision.
Ladies and Gentlemen After having exam
ined with care each of the many tine tols.
soaps now on the market, we find that none ca.
compete with those made by I'D. Pinauo' y
Paris They are pure dainty, fragrant an.
lasting. thus possessing every quality tn @
makes perfection in toilet article neeesSae.y
for comfort. Pinaud's soaps delisnL- -
luxury aud we take pleasure in telling you ina
the best judges in the world have decided "a. ~
there none found which can equal PihaStea.
ViOlette de ParIne. Royal Daisy. Royai Ls tn,
French Carnation Pink. IxOra and NobiessT-. -, ~
best dealers in every Country. State and 80
as we'll as ourselves. have rendered TINS w.
sion.'
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
A DELICATE CHILD

Let a delicate child take little
SCOTS emulsion Of oodliver oil after
breakfast or dinner-not too much
too much will upset the stomach.
Better too little than too much.
The effect will be slow; ii ought to
be slow. In a week, you viii see it
began the first day. Don't be in a
hurry.
Wei send you lais n.y. Il you ike
SCOTT BOVINE 90 Pearl street, New yo,.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
.THE GREArER POPrLtR sHop

To afford space for the proper exhibition OF the
artistic furniture gathered abroad by Mr. McHugh
the galleries adjoining the Popular Shop IN West
Forty-second-st.. at Fifth-agt., have been opened
holiday annex.
Joseph p. Meiiugh Co. offer there an al
tractive collection OF single pieces-London made
examples in mahogany and satinwaod upholstered
seats OF English design. Dutch furniture OF carved
PACK oak, and remarkable selection OF antique
FsIslan rugs and carpets.
Ihe quaint Mission furniture OF native ash
eho the comfortable wicker chairs are shown as
usuai, With the very notable collecton OF decora-
i've accessories such Flemish and Hungarian
Gated and not 10 be had elsewhere
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
FAVORs CATHOLIC FEDERATION.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF TOTAL ABSTINENCE
UNION IMPOSES CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
HOWEVER.

Al a meeting OF the Executive Council OF the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union OF America. held
81 No. lD West SiKtieth-st.. yesterday, the ques-
son OF uniting the organization with the proposed
federation Of all Roman Catholic societies In the
United States was taken up for discussion The
union comprises a membership OF sighty-one thou
sand
All the members of the Council agreed that the
sniiation OF the society with the proposed fedora
ton would be for the best interests OF the organ
lxhtfon, provided certain conditions were Committed
vic oy the adoption OF platform which should
su1oface ne following principles: The Independence
of the Holy See, the advancement OF religious ai,
cation and the maintenance OF the apostolste ~
the press for the dissemination of sound ideas "a
Catholic doctrine. 9 VI
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
OWEN MURPHY DEAD.
HE WAS AGENT OF THE LORD ESTATE
WHEN THE n5OOOOO ROBBERY OCCURRED.

HE WAS AGENT OF THE LORD ESTATE
WHEN THE H.5OOOO0 ROBBERY OCCURRED.
owen Murphy. who for more than half century
agent for the Lord estate. and who figured
I'm a great robbery mystery IN 1866 when about
N.50009 in securities taken from Rufus Lords
safe died yesterday az his home No. 3sl First-st.,
Brooklyn. Mr. Murphy born in Ireland eighty
three yelrs ago and came 20 America at the age
of twenty. After short service in the drygoods
business he became agent for the Lord estate.
Then the property occupied all the land bounded
by Broad-st., Exchange Place. wniam-st and
Beaver-st.
in ls65. while Mr.. Murphy out. thieves looted
the safe in the Office OF the estate carrying away
securities valued at $4,000 Mr.. Lord and Mr..
Murphy the only who knew the com
bination TO the safe and the police wanted 10 put
Mr.. Murpny through the third degree" Mr. Lord
objected, saying that Mr.. Murphy could. IL he de-
sired. have stolen much more, many years before
II afterWard learned that the robbery had
been committed By Dutch HeinFichs and Dan
Noble. Some Of the unnegOtiabe securities
afterward recovered in a mysterious way from
EUROPE.
Trouble growing out OF this caused a reor-
ganiZatOn Of the Detective Bureau. John Young
captain of the detective squad, removed on
charges preferred by his immediate subordinate
James Irving The latter succeeded him. and was
in turn removed The entire bureau was reor-
ganiZed.
Mr. Murphy retired a pension four years ago
He leaves two The funeral will be held iri
the Church OF ST. Francis Xavier. Sixth-ave. and
Pres!dent-st., at $3.50 a. m. tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
TWO MORE BROOKLYN SMALLPOX CASES

CHILDREN TAKEN FROM THE FLATBUsH
NURSERY TO NORTH BROTHER ISLAND.
months old. respectively, were taken from the
County Nursery at Fiatbush Sunday night, suf-
fering from smallpox. 10 North Brother Island. AS
Mrs Benefits husband is out Of work and penni-
less. the woman and her three children were sent
temporarily from their home in the Eastern Dis
trict 10 the Nursery. On November y young
colored woman named Sallie Taylor removed
from the same Institution TO North Brother Island
suffering from a well developed attack OF small
poK. The third Bennett child is still at the County
Nursery, II has not developed any signs Of
illness.
DR. F. A. Jewett, chief Of the Bureau OF Con-
tag1Ous Diseases, said last evening there were no
additional cases of smallpox in the institution yes
teTday, and that there would probably be no more
II none developed in two three days Exactly
how smallpox developed in the Nursery was a
mystery TO the doctor who thought il must have
been brought in by outsider
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
HORSE SALE NEARING END.
LAST OF THE TROTTERs AND PAGERS
LIKELY TO GO TO-DAY OR TOMORROW

LAST OF THE TROTTERS AND PAGERS
LIKELY To GO TO-DAY OR TOMORROW.
A good many Of the faces which were all
last week in Madison Square GARDEN missing
yesterday when the note OF the cornet called the
buyers together for a continuation of the auction
sale Of trOtting and pacing horses by the Fasig-
Upton Company. In the sale Of The Abbot on
Friday the climax OF the auction was reached The
sale win probably close to-day tomorrow.
The wagon in which The Abbot made his record
of 2O5I. at Hartford. presented by the Haml;ns to
f. D. Upton. has been given by the latter to T. W.
Lawson OF Boston. who put IN the only opposition
bid against Fire Commissioner Scannell for the
champion trotter.
more:
svra b. m 1891. by Nutwood-So So Mike
FoWerman Lexington. Sgas
Hartford. jr. b. g.. lsS3, by Hartford-Gypsy
Spra gue F. Powers. Brooklyn, y. Y.......... COS
carrie p b'k. T.. 1895. by Lynne BeI-CarrIe b.;
clark Whit5eck Schenectady. n, Y............ SIS
Rand ch e.. 1889. by Oyerstreet Wilkes. jr.-Od
rsv: r. Isong. Ieechburg. Penn.
Daisy Bell ch. NJ, 1892. by Red Bei-Witch Hazel:
e Snyder. Worcester. Mass. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 500
C;agnaunt. 70. T., 1894, by Jay Brd-May Bloom:
NJ Martin. NswYOrk. .................... COO
Ward e., 1894 by Eagle Bird: r. Roberts.
Brooklyn LOCO
New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
THE NOVICE TOURNEY AT pALYs

The Povice touru ament at Daly's Academy was
continued yesterday. two games being played II
the afternoon and evening In the first game Albert
Cans beat Frank Tobias by 800 to 163. averaging
42-79 with a high run Of IS. Tobias made q run
ment. In the evening J. r. Lewis beat Harry
Graham by 200 TO l6e. his average being ? 56-2 anu