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New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
THE THIRD AVENUES DEBT
FURTHER DENIAL OF STORIES OF A
REORGANIZATION

The floating debt OF the Third Avenue Railroad
Company. said in The Tribune yesterday. -
about T7,o0OO0O- The erection OF the new power
house, IT is understood. VIII add about So 900 900
20 this sum. and The acquisition OF the G-and-st-
line an additional 100000 which would bring ths
floating debt fully up the limit OF the new stock
authorized last year but not yet issued S24 O00 900
II Is learned that the plan OF the syndicate which
Is being formed % provide for the compauyfs hoat-
ing debt contennplaIes the issuance OF short term
low interest bearing obligation the total anOunr
oI which cannot YET be stated
representatives OF the company denied again ysA-
Ieroay mat there was to be a reorganization Ed
Waro Lauterbach. counsel for the compauy de-
clareo that satisfactory progress was making N
me mater or readjGs-ng the coupauy's finances
ILao company IS extremely valuable said hs sTf
aL5lHLs u IS more valuable than il ever was Ths
company, Is n no difficulties. and viii have no
tlouot3 IN getting all the rnouev il needs ~
9cle1 Lhal a great mistake had been made by -he
IasC June, when they issued cuIy 81 000-
o., ao ot O1e new stock instead OF the whole SIS
VVuutU, IS money conditions lasr s-1,1-7ar 49,.
such tnaI the entire issue OF stock coTlId Tays 49,
hoated without trouble. ia 019-
1t "4s SAID yesterday upon excellent authority
InaC t-s runlOr neard some time ag0 rhar -.
1h1Id-aVe system rad been offered 10 the NTa-r0-
PC-t-an street railway Company. but rhar rha
metropolitan company had reused "a 1rrr~Lass ~
..5iy Sas qLle-leiy correct There also q vel au-
IIlenLlcated report thar the Manhattan RailvTa-
COlnp4 any winch has passenger transfer arranae-
sS slsSlL with me Ihlrd-aVe, not long ago loaned
SSOO,OOO 10 that c0rnparv.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LAW
PUBLICATION OF THE LISTS OF ENROLLED
VOTERS DELAYED

1ODA4AOA44ON OF TIE LISTS OF ENROLLED
VOTERS DELAYED
of7cials al the City Hall and at Police Hsadquar-
ters have been disturbed by the discovery thar
there has been serious failure &c comply with ths
law regarding the publication OF the lists o. en-
rolled voters The Primary Election Law IN Section
), subdivision 10 requires the publication between
December Is and January Of the lists of The voters
no enrolled for the primaries on the DAYS OF
tratton in October The publication ii this civ =
70 De made in The City Record The lists which
should have been published before January have
not been published yet There are 70 Be primary
elections in March
TIE officials az the City Hail yesterday said that
the fault for failure 70 comply with the law lay
entirely with the Police Commissioners VINO had
failed 10 furnish the lists Il was said that
the Police Commissioners were authorized under
the law 70 appoint many clerks as might Be
.Lsl -OT p4Dtl-a-on me Commissioners applied
70 the Civil Service Board ICr eligible 1is-s f-0-7
Nnlcn the ap2o-ntrnents were 10 0e made. but The
t-lVl4 service Board could supply The COPY
lists needed for work The C0rlrlissionars r6sr,
tract but the frn FAILED 10 Tsr r5 5-s -s-71 - 80 -
tine. The hrs- OF the copy for the uubIfearfOn ~
S1e ISIS alq not get 70 the Office n The City
1ts-1-- until @L-eF January l. and so Ear only the
!lsts Irom q few OF the Assembly Districts have
ssen @ printed TIE Ciry Record IS issuing special
-li-1Vts ~ Assembly sJr1cJs and getting the
ass as fast as copy can be supplied
ne oolecl OF the publication OF the enrolment
the enrolment OF a voter with more mar are roIf-f
Cai party 1he publication also enables the pOlt-
L-Lt-ls % sehd cam pslgI appeals Of any
party at small expense An attempt vas n7a5s
-aSL winter 20 nave the provisions OF the law re-
pealed, but Governor Roosevelt bIocked ne a.
i.!p .ns saIe Of the copies of The City Rec
o. conS-95alng tie enrolment lists in ISsS t1rusd
ABOUT %ut into the ciry's treasury about sixrT
thousand copies being sold az I've cents each This
} sar there IS reason expeCr thar r,7~h
NUMBER OF copies VIII be sold
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
NEW PUERTO R1CAN LINER.

The new steamer San Juan Of the New-York and
Puerto Rico Steamship Company, in command of
Captain Lloyd. arrived here yesterday her
maiden trip from Wilmington. Del. where she has
been in course Of construction for the last year
at the yards Of Harlan Hoingsworth- She IS
sister ship TO the Ponce which was placed IN
commission last fall, and is built a freight
carrier of 1900 tons gross, with accommodations
for about fifty passengers. The vessel is
single screw, steel spar deck steamer S35 feet long
~ feet beam and 361a feet depth Of hold, with an
estimated speed of I3 knots. She has six water
tight compartments and is built modern lines.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
GREAT GROWTH OF THE NAVY.
AN APPROPRIATION OF *5oOooo A MONTH
NOW NECESSARY FOR REPAIRS.

Washington. Jan IS (speciaD.-An item Of 81 800
600 for repairs TO ships in the Urgent Deficiency
bill passed by the House OF Representatives shows
the great strides made in the Navy in the last few
years. and especially since the with Spain
forced q large number Of auxiliary vessels into the
service Six years ago the annual appropriation for
repairs to warships had never exceeded 100000
Three years ago 1t reached round million AT the
last session of Congress the appropriation rose 10
So 600 OOO yet there is deficiency Of 81 500 600 and
the estimates for next year already submitted
amount 70 S6000 600. This expenditure Of $4,000
a month, which has been unavoidable for the last
year is confined 10 the huls OF the ships. and
nearly much more IS required 10 maintain the
machinery, ordnance and equipment in fighting
trim.
The naval appropriations for 1879 were s145o2,-
go 81 for 1889 they were S1292S 624 IS; for 1899
they were $40 05 069 s. and for 1901 the approved
estimates are ST4. .230 800 15.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
DOCTORS THINK THE GIRL VAS DRUGGED

Mary Murphy, fourteen years old, OF No. 324 West
Fortieth-st caused some excitement on a Third
ave electric car at Fiftleth-st. noon yesterday
by acting strangely. She ran 10 the rear platform
as the car nearing Fftieth-st.. and before the
car could be stopped she jumped of and fell
on her side When she picked up by some
OF the passengers she was in semI-conscious
condition She was taken in an ambulance TO
Bellevue Hospital. where she became violent Some
OF the physicians thought she bad been drugged.
while another physician said she had been drinking
1t was said that she sustained concussIon OF the
brain She was 70 the alcoholic ward The
address given
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
RECKLESS RIDING IN LOCoN0BILE.

,,,ss 49, "a ,v the West Side Court by Magistrate
Cornell yesterday for driving iocomobie at a
reckless speed Bicycle Policeman Richard OCon-
nor saw him travelling up Broadway al Fifty-sev-
enth-st and Immediately staFleu @i.eI hli caiIlie
,,ron hiv, - stoo McDufee laughed. and made
his machine 20 stm faster. The chase was up
Broadway TO Fffty-ninth-st-, across TO Eighth-ave
and up Eighth-ave 10 sixty-fourth-st- The police
man overlook the locomobiie IN Sixty -io'iTth-st'
says that were IL not for the traIIs Inat MeDuhee
encountered and the corner 81 70 LI lso
Is twenty-seven Years old. and lives at No 50 West
NtnefY-fourth-Et-
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
MEDAL FOR 4 BRAVE SAILOR.

Washington Jan. IS CspeciaD.-The Secretary Of
the Navy in general orders to-day commended the
courageous conduct Of Seamon Nullin. Of the Texas
and awarded a medal Of honor 70 him in compli-
ance with the recommendation Of Captain Sigsbee.
On November II. while the Texas was coaIing at
Norfolk from a lighter Alfred Kosminsk an
apprentice, fell overheard. Mullin jumped
board and supported kOsminski until he hauled
out OF the water.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
WORKING FOR Mr.. SLATER

The Republican Campaign Committee in the
xXXIst Assembly District IS making a hustIinp
canvass Of the district in the hope OF getting out
the fun Republican vote at the special election t
the district Tuesday next and re-electtn sa,rat
s. Slater the Assembly. There have been reno-+s
that the Tammauy organization might atter,1- .,
aeteat Mr. slater oy frauds s1ch as were committed
Campaign Committee has offered a reward of saaaa
10 be paid any one giving information thai v-iII
lead to the detection and conviction OF anv n-so,
guilty OF violating the provisions OF the Eiectio-
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
TO CEDE PART OF THE COB DOCK.

Washington Jan. IS acknowledgements
Wilson introduced a bill in the House to-day which
proposes that the United States shall cede 10 the
State Of New-York q portion Of the Cob Dock op-
posite the NAVY Yard, in the East River, the pUr-
pose being TO improve navigation The subject IS
one that has long interested merchants and others.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19

The foregoing list. of course, does include the
names OF great number Of articles which have
been assigned TO the respective classes by virtue Of
administrative decisions. sample Of which, how
ever, IS given under the head Of machine tools"
Where only one rate is specified above the maxi
and minimum are the same.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
Reform IN CONSULAR SERVICE.
BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Washington, Jan. 1s.-The House Committee on
Foreign Affairs to-day began consideration of the
bill for reform in the consular service, providing
for promotions and continuous service Of consular
officers. Of which Mr. Adams OF Pennsylvania. is
the author. It is Identical with the bill favoraby
reported by the Foreign Affairs Committee in the
last Congress Next Thursday the committee will
hear represent tatives OF the Business Mems League
OF Chicago, the Merchants Association of New
York and other commercial bodies.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
GIRL PREVENTS 4 sERI0Us ZEE

Considerable damage might have been caused by
IRE IN the handsome four story 5rownstoue house
OF William Hepburn Russell Nc. AS West Niusry-
seventh-st. last night except for the coolness dis
played BY M RusseIrs ten-year-oId daughrs-
agnes She struck match light the gas and
then threw the burning stem 70 the floor Il f=il
al the bottom OF a lace curtain and instantly
there was a blaze The child pulled the BURNING,
curtain from its tasJe11Dgs and then called:
Mamma, mamma. there's 4 ire Bring sonne
water
IN the time citizen had seen the bIasa
from the sidewalk and had called Rounzsrlau Nfa-
sons attention TO The FIRE An alarm was rl1rued
in. and Battalion Chief Castle, with the members
OF Hook ard Ladder Company No. p. responded.
Chief Castle found the little girl directing rhs
work OF putting the flames out Castle and hts
hreueu applied a few more buckets OF water ana
extiuguished the fire, with a loss os SIS.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
LIGHT SENTENCE FOR FoRGgRr

Pittsneld Mass. Jan. 1s-Albert Learned. for
merly acting City Auditor OF PittsaeId was SEN
fenced this afternoon 20 serve year In tar
having been found guilty on a charge OF forEery
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
CENSUS BILL PASSED BY HOUSE
THE REPORTS TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE
PUBLIC PRINTER.

Washington, Jan 1s-The House to-day passed
the Senate bin TO extend the powers Of the Director
of the Census after striking out the committee
amendment 70 authorize the Director TO make con
tracts for extra printing with private individuals
The whole fight that amendment The in
fuence Of the Public Printer and the labor organ
izaSions Of the country was employed against IL,
and after lively debate of several hours il
Overwhelmingly defeated. The publication Of the
reports OF the XIIth Census therefore. will be
made by the Public Printer, as in the past.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
COFFIN WOULD NOT GO THROUGH DOoR.

Edward DonneIly. OF No III South Egeventh-st.
an eunplOye OF the Lowell NJ Palmer CooperaSs
Company. died from apoplexy on sunday A. the
funeral zhich was held "Wednesday IL was dis
covered that II would be impossible 10 get the cof-
IN through the door. Donnslly. while not OF more
than average height. weighed IL Is SAID. more than
four hundred pounds. and the great breadth OF rhs
cofin would not pern1ir the passage from the par
Tor 10 the hall Il was found necessary 10 lower
The conn from the front window.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
ARTICLES EXEMPTED.

me exceptions mentioned in the treaty refer 70
r- --y t"eniy-three sections paragraphs Of the
1iIA general tariff, but, as viii appear from the
appended 10 only single paragraph. they
t- ---rl-ss great number and variety OF articles
mo me several sections BY administrative
decisions affecting classification THE rorTo1rt,,o
= 80 SHOWS the names CT the articles and classes
q 3Ie4es 10 De excepted from the operation of the
+1------s treaty together with the maximum and
IN I@te q DUTY on each article or class of
i'-e-es expressed in United States currency:
Article. -.
Horse mares ard geld 9aaxiTuuu Minimum.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
NEW-YORK. CITY.

Carroll D. Wright, of Washington. is announced
the principal speaker NJ the annual meeting or
the State Savings Banks Association on Friday at
the Chamber of Commerce. His subject vii! be
Savings institutions Social Force.
Tomorrow brings to close the exhibition OF
paintings by ]. J. Tssot illustrating the Life OF
Christ. This collection is now on view at the
Academy OF Design. Twenty-third-st. and Fourth
The 22d Regiment Colonel Bartlett. will go to
Creednoor for rife practice Tuesday morning.
S c. Bennett will give instruction in voice culture
during the summer his studio in Carnegie Hall.
Mr.. Bennett has had thirty years of experience
R.V D-The holder of the franchise for the
derground railway 20 be constructed In Manhattan
is the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Com
pany. Its officers and directors are: August Bel
mont president: Walter G. Oakman. vice-president
W. c. Emnet treasurer; Frederick Evans. secre-
tary: z. Mora Dawson John Pierce, George w
Young James Jourdan. William A. Read Charles
T. Barney. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Gardiner NJ. Lane
Andrew Freedman and George Cappell
The annual meeting of the Church Association
for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor will
be held in the parish house of the Church of the
Holy Communion. Twenteth-st.. near Sixth-ave
on Tuesday at D. m officers will be elected
c. A l. L. supper. Thursday at p. at the
Tuxedo. Madison-ave. and Fifty-ninth-st.
The fourth historical excursion of the Peoples
Institute will start to-day at 2:l5 from the
Peoples Institute Club, No. 10 East Tenth-st
under the guidance of DR.. F. B. Kelley, to visit
old New-York of English days. At s p. m. at
Cooper Union the address will be by DR.. NJ. H.
-iarrs.
Postmaster Van Cott announces that the mails
from Australia ew-Zealand. China. Japan and
Hawaii of the following dates: Hong Kong, April
s. Shanghai. April g. Yokohama, April II; Honolulu.
April 81; Melbourne, April 1o Sydney, April II. and
Auckland. April 16, which arrived at San Fran
cisco by the steamers Coptic and Alameda,
due in New-York Wednesday morning Mails for
Australia, New-Zeaand. China, Japan and Hawaii
will close at the General Postofice advertised.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
STATE NORMAL ALUMNI MEET.

The third semi-annual meeting of the New-York
Association of the New-York State Normal Alumni
Association was held last evening at the Hotel
Marlborough. About fifty persons were present.
George B. Germann, of Columbia University. pre-
sided. Short addresses made by Mr.. Germann
Joseph Movie George II. Chatfeld, president of the
Male Teachers Association of Manhattan, and
Myron T. Scudder principal of the New-York State
Normal School. The Davis bill was referred to in
the speeches only in the most casual manner. The
meeting was informal, and followed by a lunch
con. The following officers for the year were
elected: President, George B. Germann; first vice
president, Miss Kate Berringer; second vice-pres-
dent, Miss Elizabeth Carson: secretary, Solomon
Dubois: treasurer, j. B. Payne.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
LAWN TENNIS.
CUTLER SCHOOL FIRST IN COLUMBIA IN
TERSCHOLASTIC CHAMPION
SHIP DOUBLES

rba eecond half of the Columbia interscholastic
championship lawn tennis tournament was played
Yesterday on the courts OF the Lenox Tennis Club,
one -hundred-and- -twenty-third-st and St. Nicho-
las-ave. The championship singles We're finished
last week. The doubles were played off yester-
day in a few hours despite the fact that there
were nine teams entered and the final match re-
ouired the full five
Yylie Grant whose father offered the prizes for
the doubles, which were not on the original pro-
gramme issued by the college committee but were
afterward Incorporated. played with Douglas Glib
bons and this team was the strongest from Drisier
School although two other pairs were entered from
,hat school. The champion and his partner were
strong favorites for first honors, and they won
Nleir first matches without much opposition.
In the finals however. they met Robert lie Roy.
who won second in the singles last week. and John
Hawkesworth, Of the Cutler School, and were
beaten after a long drawn out struggle
In the first two the Drisier team had the
better of the play. and both In the third.
TOO they held their UP 5-all. but Gibbons
was then showing signs OF fatigue, and the Cutler
boys centred all their attacks on him. He gave
rather badly In the last two SETS and the Cut
Ter boys finally pulled out three sets in succession
Young lie Roy again distinguished himself by his
careful steady play, and he scored many clever
aces by driving the ball into open corner OF
his antagonists court.
The final results OF the tournament give first place
in singles Drisler and first in doubles to Cutler
with second in singles to Cutler and second in
doubles Drisler
The full scores of yesterdays play follow:
Championship doubles, preliminary round
Hughes and Smith Berkeley School, beat Cough
try and Rae, Cutler School 6-3, %, G..
First rOund-CiIant and Gibbons. Drisler School
Fosdick and Buck Cutler school beat Marsshal
ard q Brien. Drisler School c., -; Hughes and
smith Berkeley School. beat Lee and Tyler
Horace Mann School by default, and lie Roy and
Hawkeswcrth Cutler School. beat Wilcox and
Bishop Driser School. Go, co.
Semi-final round-Grant and Gibbons, Drislel
School beat Fosdick and Buck. Cutler School. 60
60 and lie Roy and Hawkesworth Cutler School
bea; Hughes and Smith Berkeley School. 60. Go
Final round-Ie Roy and Hawkesworth Cutler
School beat Grant and Gibbons Drsler School
&c. a-G. Il. G. CO.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
SING SING.

Miss Bertha NJ Berbert, the School Commissioner
appeared before a meeting of School District No. 4
IN Sing Sing Oh Friday evening which called
for the purpose Of voting upon the proposal 20 con-
solidate districts No and No. l. and made vlsoTe
Gus aDpeaI for new school buildings. She said: II
I had a mig Wouldn't use one of these buildings
10 keep him in. If you do not build new school
lnrfl5ines I VIII condemn them Ire NEE, IIe .e
cided 10 build a new schoolhouse. School District
Na ! includes the property OF William Rockefe!ler
Mrs. Elliott F Shepard u. Everit Macy, William
NJ Xingslard and other wealthy people Most o OF
these neople aD2roved the consolidation PROJECT,
which was carried by a majority of fifteen votes
Miss Berbert's position in insisting upon new
school building has won her many friends in the
district where the wealthy taxpayers nave peen
reluctan. 10 favor such a building The hght Tor
rf1soIidatiou is the result Of petition from Dis
trirt No asking to have certain property in Dis
trfcr No. added its roll.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
PEEKSKILL.

Edward a. Hodgkins. of Denver, Col has
sold his house and lot in Nelson-ave. to Edward
c. Nation, superintendent of the Highland Chemi-
cal Works.
" Gedney Beatty, of New-York, will probably
design the proposed monument to be erected at
Yorktown to the memory Of Revolutionary heroes
Last week he visited the proposed site.
The Union Rescue Mission will open again this
afternoon in the rooms in Main-st., formerly occu-
pied by IT.
Frank Manser. appraiser of the estate OF William
ID Southard OF Peeksiill, filed his report in the
westchester County Surrogate's once yesterdaf r.
The estate Is valued $500 The testatof lelt
$500 TO the Cortlandt Cemetery and a lie interest,"
IN the estate his u-idow. There were beqilests
also 10 Mrs Amelia Byrd and Mrs. Emily Notion.
his daughters, which go TO their issue upon thelr
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
DIED on BOAT TO CITY HOSPITAL

Mrs Maria Monohan, fifty years old. of No lle
East One-hundred nd-twenty- -sxth-st walked
into Harlem Hospital yesterday afternoon to be
treated for asthma. The doctors diagnosed her
partly due to alcoholism and moved to
have her transferred to the City Hospital on
Blackwefls Island. On the steamer Thomas s.
Brennan several children on their way to
Randaifs Island. Mrs. Monahan wanted TO go
with them, but was Informed that she too
old.
As the children started TO land at Randnlls ISL
and. Mrs Monahan started up in the boat and ex-
claimed, My God. must go with thenii' She at
tempted to step OFF the boat, but fell back dead.
Inc physicians DECIDED that she had died from
Morgues
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
BILTMORE, THE MODEL VILLAGE.
From Ainslee's Magazine.

From AInSeeS Magazine.
Just outside the entrance lodge the Biltmore
village OF Biltmore in which are the Of
of the estate. the railway station and postof
fee. and also the church and rectory. The village
made for its extension. Streets have been laid out
sewers have been put in, and the pavementS are
without doubt superior to any in North Carolina
The proprietor does sell of the houses. but
rents them and he has the intention of making IT
a model home village, where comfort shall be gen.
eral and virtue gets its abundant reward.
Model villages have not been remarkably success
full in this country, where the Oest of us have a
and fruit tree under which live. That dspo-
sition has hitherto interfered with the model vii
lage lust as il will hinder the growth of the single
tax propaganda. But Mr.. Vanderbilt may succeed
in Fillmore the houses of which supplied
with modern nveniences of the most recent and i'm
proved sort They only have their houses lighted
with electricity Biltmore village, but the cooking
is also by it. The tithe TO the church is not
hlrdensorne to Biltmore villagers, Mr.. Wander
bilt pays all the charges, nclulng the lectors SAL
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
ALLEGED INCENDIARY CAUGHT.
HE is HELD on CHARGE OF SETTING FIRE
TO AN OLD HOTEL AT NEW-BRIGHTON.

An attempt was made a little before midnight
Friday 20 burn the old Belmont Hotel at New
Brighton Staten Island. The alleged incendiary
was discovered his work and captured,
while the fire. owing 10 its prompt discovery, was
extinguishcd with few pals Of water
The hotel Is a long frame building in Richmond
Terrace. Il formerly popular resort, but has
been untenanted for three years and in
charge Of Mrs. Mary Rogers caretaker. Several
attempts set fire to II have been made in the
past few months. but each time the fire has been
discovered before the flames got under headway.
Friday night Mrs Richard Reddy, who lives in
an adjoining house. at the Of the
hotel. Her husband investigated and found that
a pie of rubbish against door had been
surnkled with kerosene and ignted. He ex-
,.nenished the fire. and then, aided by three young
women VINO had man come out Of the hotel
-ard found the alleged incendary lettering at
Richmond Terrace and Jersey-st., only half a
block from the hotel The James j.
Rogers twenty-nine years Old. of No - Castleton-
ave. New Brighton. Rogers was arrested. He has
heretofore borne good reputation He is not re-
lated the caretaker of the hotel.
II Is alleged that Rogers confessed to Fire Mar
shal James II. Lestrange Before Magistrate Croak
yesterday morning plea Of not guilty was entered
tar him. Examination waived and he was held
>ssc,p BAH 10 await the action Of the Grand Jury