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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
NEED FOR MORE CITY COURT JUSTICES
PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF CITY CHARTER TO
RELIEVE CROWDED CALENDARS

Albany. Jan. 2 (speciaD.-Assemblyrnan weekes
within a day two expects TO introduce a bill
adding four justices to the New-York City
Court When asked to-day for particulars of the
proposed measure he said:
Ever since the adoption Of the new charter and
the abolition OF the Superior Court and the Court
Of Common Pleas, the calendars of the Supreme
and City courts have been growing larger and
larger. It now requires about two years elapse
after case is at issue before it has reached trial
a lawyer having q case involving a small amount
which he does not wish to bring in a Municipal
Court, or which might be removed therefron has
his option TO bring II either in the Supreme Court
or the City Court. The fact that in either it
VIII take about the same time to reach trial will
lead him almost invariably to bring II in the higher
court. This has deluged the Supreme Court with
vast quantity OF actions involving small sums,
which ought never 10 have been brought there.
If the City Court is provided with four additional
justices, the present large calendar of that
would be quickly cut down, and actions would be
reached in q few months after they were at issue.
Also, actions involving small amounts would be
brought in the City Court for the prime object of
a plaintiff is 10 have a speedy trial Thus the
Supreme Court would also be relieved.
If the bill should pass, the four justices could be
appointed by the Governor TO hold Office until jan
uary l. 1901 and at the next election they could be
elected by the people II is matter which should
await the deliberations Of the Charter Com
mission TO be appointed. In my opinion, II is
OF the amendments OF the charter which should be
made Immediately.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
4LLEN-sT. CHURCH CELEBRATES.
EIGHTT-NINTH ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED WITH
SPECIAL SERVICES


The eghty-ninth anniversary OF the Allen Strses
Methodist Episcopal Church. in RivingtOn-st. near
Ludlow. was celebrated yesterday. The services
began with general class meeting 80 g. m led
by Joseph Dunton- At II a m Bishop Edward @.
Andrews preached the anniversary sermon. which
dOctrinal discourse on the text. What must
I do TO be sayed?'
At O'Clock a hot luncheon served 10 those
friends OF the church and old members who had
come from distance by the Ladies' Aid Society.
and at O'Clock the Sunday school services were
held. at which many OF the former superfntendents
were present. There a reunion service at 40
o'clock. conducted by the Rev. Dr. F. Mason North
OF the New-York City Missionary and Church Ex-
tors OF the church took part and told OF the work
OF the church in earlier years At $50 o'clock Tiers
4 revival OF the "Old Allen Street o'clock
prayer meeting" led by ". P. SANFORD and tho
services Of the day were brought to a close az
o'clock with church service. al which the Rev.
York District OF the New-YOrk East Conferences.
preached sermon
The Allen-st- church was dedicated IN January
1911. and IN later years known the Old
Stone Church Under the auspices OF the Church
Extension and Missionary Society the present edi-
fee in Rivington-st which was originally built By
the Presbyrerians and subsequently used as 4
Jewish synagogue. was purchased and redtted. and
the Auen-s1- and Atto-ney-St- churches we're
merged in the new society The membership o.
the church al present numbers about one hundred
and nifty. and the pastor the Rev 3. F. Saxon, IS
serving his second year The Rev. J. r Henry h
associate pastor The Sunday school numbers
about two hundred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
WILL OF FATHER CRINLoEr.

Kankakee Ill Jan. 21-The Will OF Father
Chiniquy. the famous communicated priest. who
died in Montreal last year. filed in the Kan
Eakee County Court yesterday In the viii Father
C,hiuiquy said he died in the faith OF the Presby-
tertan Church. He renounced more than ever he
said the Church OF Rome and called upon his
cornpa triots to do the same His property he left
n his wife and daughters, except his library.
worth $1,000. which he bequeathed 10 his son-in-
law. the Rev. Joseph Morin, who is carrying on
fher Chiniquys missionary work in Canada ac-
cording TO the dead priests directions Father
C,hiniCgy also asked that his coffin cost
man SI6 To each OF the three poorest women In
LIS parish was given 500.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
THE NATIONAL GUARD CONTENTION.
SESSIONS OF THE NETWORK ASSOCIATION AT
ALBANY NEXT MONTH

Albany Jan. q (SpeciaD.-The twenty-second an
nual convention Of the National Guard Association
Of the State Of Nev-York will be he'd at Albany
February s. The National Guard Association
includes in its membership all the prominent Off
GERS OF the National Guard Of the State OF New
York Inasmuch deep interest at this particular
time is taken in the military affairs of the State
OF former Adjutant-General Avery D. Andrews 1t
is safe to assume that the next annual convention
of the National Guard Association will surpass all
previous ones in point of interest The National
Guard was never stronger or in better shape than
at the present time.
The morning session OF the convention will be
held at the armory Of the 10Th Battalion, Albany
at 10 q. n. February s. A large number Of dele
gates have signihed their intention being pres
ent At this session general business will be trans
acted. An innovation. and one that promises to
give great satisfaction. will be an afternoon ses-
sion, which will take place at p. m. Odd Eel
lows Hall. An address will be delivered by the
commander-in-chief, Governor Roosevelt. Then
viii follow these papers: The Military Code" by
Colonel Samuel II. WEIGH, jr chairman of the
Code Committee; Camp sanitaticn-the Health
and Care of Men" by Major William H Briggs,
late sanitary inspector, Second Army Corps; The
Army Lyceum-Its Application TO the National
Guard" by Captain Jasper Ewing Brady u S A
fined by Lieutenant-Col0reI Edmund P. Cottfe
late provost marshal of the Second Army Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel w. H. Chaplin, president OF
the National Guard Association who was recently
appointed Inspector of Small Arms the staff of
the commander-in-chief, has been indefatigable in
his efforts 10 make the convention that will be
Is expected that his annual address will contain
many interesting features.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
COMPLAINS OF G4RDNERs OFFICE.
FAILURE TO PROSECUTE ALLEGED PER
JURERs-AIR- UNGER's REPLY

CHARGES FAILURE TO PROSECUTE ALLEGED PER
JURERs-MR- UNGER's REPLY.
Theodore Won Bremsen, a lawyer has Just Sc
cured the pardon by Governor Roosevelt OF two
men, Max Hustedt and John Sullivan who were
convicted before Judge Newburger, in General SEES
sons. IN June 1897. for burglary. and were sen
fenced TO serve four years and six months each In
Sing Sing
Nine months ago Mr. Won Bremsen took IN TIA
case, and says he At discovered thar the con-
victiou was secured perjured evidence he than
applied TO the District-Attorney. thinking that Mr
Gardiner would be glad 70 prosecuts the pertursrs
This Official however took no steps in that direc-
ton On the contrary. Mr.. Won Bremsen charges
the report made by the District-Attorneys ONCE ID
the convicted men was grossly at variance with
the evidence as actually given. When Mr. Won
BrenSen showed these discrepancies 70 the Gov
erncF the latter said according 10 Nr. Won BreIn-
sen, What shall do with such Dissatisfaction
neyF and signed the pardons-
MIR. Gardiner and Judge NeTburger were both
our or the city yesterday but Assistant District
Attorney Henry ". Cnger explained the alleged
discrepancies In the report OF the evidence sent
from the Dlstrfcr-AttOrney ONCE 70 the Governor
with the real evidence BY saying that in felony
cases In General Sessions the practice is for the
sSenographer not 70 file complete copy OF his
notes but 70 file only abstract thereof. Mr.
Won Brensen procured a full copy OF these notes
from the StenograPhsr. and when he that thsy
differed somewhat from the court abstract for
Warued 70 the Governor. he jumped AT the con-
clUSton that the evidence dOCt0red in the Dis
trfct-Attorney's Office. Mr. Unger further asserts
Of per1ured evidence. but the technical plea that
improper evidence was admitted at the trial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
ForR SrFF0cArED AT NEW-ORLEANs FIRE.

New-orleans. Jan. IA fire which started in
barroom IN the old St. Mary Market neighborhood
soon after midnight obtained considerable headway
before the frewen reached the scene, and half a
dozen persons in the adjoining building were suffo-
Gated before help reached the ava ify were sell
hardly live The family Is named Giordano The
ing is an immense brick structure occupied ten
ements BY poor persons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
ACCIDENT DESTROYS PROOF OF MURDER

Lexington KY, Jan. A.-Amos Kendall wanted
here on the charge Of killing Eugene Casseu two
weeks ago was dowu-at Bowling Green XIV
by freight train. and both legs so badly mangIed
that they were amputated last night One OF the
singular circumstances OF the case is the fact that
the officers depended for evidence the belief that
Kendall had been shot IN the legs by CasseII re
fore the latter killed. The accident removed
all possibility OF that evidence Kendall NAV dfe
lie VIII not talk or the charge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22

Sooason which otherwise would be entitled 70
s-Sss 1lluer the statute shall forfeit that rioht
ro-e ~ man Burnett Is said 10 have the sun
" most OF the prominent agricuturfsts Of the
ana OF the officials of the State ArricuturaI
isg snd IA ms efforts 70 pass this anti-gambIing
alIu IS ne is known as one of the A0h+fne
neInbers OF the House and Is re-nar his e1,c
LS IN getting his legislation through II s nrob
aDie that the bin viii become a law 90 - - -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
VICTORY OVER TA0UIs MAY END WAR.

Nogales. Ariz-. Jan 1.-THE news was couarrasd
tnls morning that General Lorenzo Torres haa
engaged the yaquis at Macoyata on Thursday. kin
ing over hundred and taking five hundred
prisoners Father Beltran and several Sisters OF
BY the Yaqufs the six months vvsrs rasT,s5
by the victorious Mexicans and are now Win cen
eFal Torres IL is expected that this last nnDortarr
victory OF General Torres viii have the eject 81
scattering the Yaquis and will result IN ending 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22

do you think your sister likes me- Freddis?'
Yes: she stood up for you dinner"
Stood up for me? Was anybody saying anything
against me-
No; nothing much. Father said he thought you
We're rather donkey but she got up and said you
weren' Z. and told father he ought 10 know better
than judge man By his looks. it-Bits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
DON'T LET

the children cough, 1t racks them
all to pieces; SCOTS Emulsion
VIII stop the cough and prevent
further trouble.
- druggists. SOC and sioo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
REPORT ON CIVIL SERVICE.
ITS INTRODUCTION IN THE COLONIES
RECOMMENDED.

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE sixteenth annual
port of the United States Civil Service CoInEssls
has been submitted 70 the President
The Commission asks Congress for power Is
minister oaths and 70 compel the nresence ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03
WHY SOME MEN GROW TAI.
Length OF Limb and Body Are Indication
Of Unnatural Growth.


The biggest living man is Lewis Will
kins. who is now arousing great inter-
est in the scientific circles of Europe.
Wilkins was born on a farm near st.
Paul, Mimi, in 1874. When he was
but ten years old he measured six feet
in height. and now has grown TO the
tremendous height of 1914 inches
just three-quarters of an inch less than
nine feet-and weighs 1854 pounds.
There have been other tall men and
women before wilkins, and scientists
have striven in vain to account for
these freaks of nature. Only lately
plausible story has been put forward
by French physician, DIR. Marie, who
says that giantism is nothing more or
less than a disease. This disease gen
orally occurs in patients between the
ages of eighteen and thirty-five. and is
first called acromegaly from two
Greek words meaning enlargement
of the extremities'D. If the patient is
not attacked until after he is eighteen
the ends of the bones in the arms and
legs are enlarged and prolonged slight
ly, but If this disease has attacked
child at or soon after birth giantism
is the result. The bones are prolonged
all along their length, grow unnatur-
ally, and the result is giant.
When you see a big man it is, there
fore. a question whether he is unusu-
ally strong or whether he is sufferer
from acromegaly All giants have not
been acromagalic, according to DIR.
Marie. He mentions two giants in the
French army who did not belong to
this class. One was Charles Freut,
cavalry soldier, who was six feet
eleven inches, and another was Mar
nat, a drum major in the Nineteenth
Regiment of infantry, who measured
six feet nine inches.
Perhaps the greatest giant who ever
lived before wilkins was Charles
Byrne, an Irishman. He measured
nine feet two inches. His skeleton is
still preserved, proving beyond ques-
ton his enormous size. He was prob
ably acromegalic.
Other giants were Constantine. born
at Zurich, Switzerland, eight feet one
inch; Herold, born at Leipsic. seven
feet five inches, and Lady Emma,
eight feet one inch.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03

How a State University Professor Dodged
an INDUCTION.

HOW - otutt bhAftAott5 AACeCs1ct 1>f~-o~-
an INDUCTION.
Kansas is famous for it's oddities.
Now it is furnishing time calculated
from the stars to the farmers who live
within a radius of twenty miles Of the
town Of Lawrence, first made famous
by the Quantrell raid in war times.
Lawrence is the seat of the State
university. 1t is a dignified and learned
town, and almost the entire population
claims kinship with the people of New
England, and even the streets have
been named after the thirteen original
States. The university buildings are
situated on the top of one of the high
rest hills in Kansas, rising a veritable
mountain on the plains. From the
campus can be seen n checkerboard Of
fertile farms stretching away in every
direction.
Professor Lucien l. Blake, himself
a Massachusetts man, is the head Of
the department of physics and electri-
cal engineering of the university. Last
December he began to furnish the
farmers for twenty miles around the
university with the correct time. He
put a large foghorn whistle operated
by steam on the roof of the physics
department shops. and at IL o'clock
every morning, when the standard
time was received from Washington
over the wires of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, he caused the
whistle to be blown. When the farm
ers heard the whistle they hastened to
correct the time given by their
watches and clocks.
AS soon as the telegraph company
learned the meaning of the whistle
and that Its time news was leaking
out over the town and adjoining coun-
try without compensation to itself, 1t
secured a writ Of Injunction which
silenced the whistle Then Professor
Blake began to study astronomy and
determined to furnish his farmer
friends with sidereal time If he was
not permitted TO serve them with the
solar brand from Washington. Side
real time is that obtained from obser-
vations of the movements of the stars.
To obtain these observations In the
daytime he bored small hole through
the roof Of the building and down
through every floor to the cellar
Through this hole. and with the aid
OF instruments for the purpose. he was
able to calculate time to the thou
sandth fraction of a second.
AS soon as he was able to do this
he started up the whistle at IL O'Clock
every day, and once more the farm
ers got the correct time. while the in
genious professor laughed the tele-
graph company's injunction 10 scorn.
Since then the farmers thereabouts
have been living by star time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03
AT The CIRCUS.

Ny Pa, he goes to the circus
Jes' so us kids can go;
For he's too old-but, graciouss
Us kids enjoy it sol
Pa says that he's mighty busy
With lots of things to do,
But he must take us. l think he's
A dandy Pa, don't you?
And he pats the el'phunt's trunk, sir,
And he amt bit afraid
And he gets us kids some popcorn
And colored lemonade;
And he buys himself some peanuts
To keep us 'ny-Geel
He doesn't 'spesh'ly like 'em,
But he's polite, you seel
He shows the 'nag'rie to us
And 'splains each bird and beast;
For, NV | guess he's seen 'em
A million times, at least.
And we climb over the benches
('Look out" he says; don't fall"
Until he calls Il reckon
From here you'll see it ALL"
Pa laughs at the clown like sixty,
And cries. "WelI, / declared"
And onect he said: "Now. Willy,
/ think that's pretty fair!"
But heard him tell our preacher
1t was MT to see the show
He went; he felt he ought to-
Us kids enjoyed it so.
Edwin l.. Sabin, in Puck
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03
PlTH AND POINT.

The One-"Yes, sir; he died owing
nobody" The Other-"What an unfOr-
tunate time to expire. The King.
'Bunks is dreadfully narrow-mind-
ed" "He is. eh?" "Yes; when he
lends you money he never forgets it."
Chicago Tribune.
Mamma-"Oh, Ethel, you never saw
me behave like that" Ethel (aged
four)-"Wen, / haven't knowed you
so very long g''-Tit-Bits.
Blobbs = "Harduppe says you are
half cracked" Slobbs-"Thats bet
ter than being completely broke, which
is his chronic condition"
Miss Withers-'I believe Arthur is
afraid to propose to me- Bella-"Of
course he is. and there are thousands
of others just like him. Smart Set.
There was crowd, and they were three
The Lamp. and the Maid, and He;
But "two is company no doubt
That's why the knowing Lamp went out.
London Modern Society.
"Huhr' snorted the victim in the
chair; you've been eating onions"
"Gee whizzl how did you know that?"
replied the barber; you must be one
o. them mind readers. philadelphia
Record.
"Can you trust me she whispered.
even V ith my life" he responded,
fervently. "Then eat these mush-
rooms that | have picked and trust in
me that they are not toadstools." -
Chicago News.
Great Author-"Waiter, this steak
is as tough as leather" Waiter-"Tve
always heard you was an original
character, sir. but I'm hanged If you
don't jist say the same as all of 'em
dor'-Harlem Life.
Kind Stranger-"My little man, do
you not get dreadfully tanned in the
summer Little Johnny-"Naw.
Paw licks me in summer, but de teach
er tans me every day in de winter"-
Baltimore American.
Foreman-"Yes, the Lew man is a
very good compositor but there's
something crooked about him." AS
sistant-"Why do you think soY'
Foreman-"He never asks for any Of
his money in advance"
'1'm broke" exclaimed the worn-out
shoe,
"Aye, worse than that. All, me! ~
I'm on my uppers, for I've lost
My sole support, you see
Philadelphia Press.
"Policel Policer' yelled a man on
the street. Here. what's the mat
ter?" exclaimed a policeman, rushing
around the corner. Nothing, of
course" explained the man. If there
had been, you wouldn't have been
anywhere within mile" - Detroit
Free Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03

An analysis of the composition Of the
new House of Commons presents the
following interesting results: In col
ors there are Black. Grey, Green.
Brown, White, and Reddy; ornitholO-
gy is represented by a Schwann, =
Finch, and a Martin; Of mammals
there are a Bull. Hogg, Hare, and
Wolf: poetry is represented by n
Burns, Milton, and a Scott; litera-
ture by a Whitaker and a J. Penn,
and trade generally by a Cook, a
Butcher, Taylor, and Tanner. The
sea is represented by a Beach, a
Lough. a Pierpont, and Shipman;
rural life has its Hill. Mount Hay,
Reed, Dyke, Field, Groves, Flower,
Health, Parkes. Firbank, and Big
wood; the legal profession its Law.
Wills. Bond, Bill, and Perks, and
ichthyology its Roche, together with a
Fisher, Weir, and a Walton, while
among the really safe men Is, Of
course, a Milner.-London Chronicle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03
The Boy Webster.

Daniel Webster as a lad is thus de-
scribed by John Bach McMaster. the
historian. in the first of his illustrated
papers on the statesman, published in
the Century:
As the boy grew in years and stat.
ure his life was powerfully affected
by the fact that he was the youngest
son and ninth child In a family of ten:
that his health was far from good;
that he showed tastes and mental
traits that stood out in marked con-
trast with those of his brothers and
sisters; and that he was, from infancy.
the pet of the family. Such daily work
as a farmers lad was then made to
do was not for him. Yet he was ex-
pected TO do something. and might
have been seen barefooted. in frock
and trousers. astride of the horse that
dragged the plow between the rows Of
corn, or ralSing hay. or binding the
wheat the reapers cut. or following the
cows to pasture in. the morning and
home again at night. or tending logs
In his fathers sawmill. When such
work was done it was his custom to
take book along, set the log, hoist
the gates. and while the saw passed
slowly through the tree-trunk. an op-
Grafton which, in those days, con-
sumed some twenty minutes, he would
settle himself comfortably and read
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03

The eating Of "high" game is un.
doubtedly attended with risks. aud the
poisonous effects are probably due to
the toxins produced in the earlier
stages of putrefactive process. The
advantage. of course. Of hanging game
Is that the flesh becomes tender and
decidedly more digestible than when
1t is quite fresh. The ripening pro-
cess, however, may mean the elabor-
alton Of toxins. 1t is a curious fact
that game can be made to look ripe"
and green by injecting into the fresh
flesh potassium sulphije.-Iancet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03

Ballooning across Europe is not an
unexciting sport, aside from the dan
gers which naturally attend upon such
ventures. Ont of the balloons in the
recent race from Paris to Russia was
the st. Louis. which lost because it was
filled with ordinary gas instead of with
hydro-gas. like the winning Centaure.
When they crossed the German-Rus-
sian frontier the guards on both sides
Of the line took pot shots at them, and
they could hear the bullets whizzing
about their heads in most annoying
fashion. When they alighted in Russia
they were promptly arrested for being
in the country without passports. and
they had considerable trouble in con-
vincing their csptors that they were
not spies. but simply enthusiastic fol-
lowers Of lie sport They finally got
back to France. with their ballons. in
safety.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03
Corsica.

In the main, Corsica. where it has
no French officials to leayen its poll
ties, is still Corsican rather than
French; and in the mountains the old
spirit of independence is far from
dead For these and other obvious
reasons. France is bound to keep ac-
tive garrisons in the island, though she
would do better by much with the
more acceptable chains of a maternal
administration. More railways. drained
marshes. increased education, and a
daily steamboat service would bind the
island to the continent in self interest
and gratitude. As it is. it is scarcely
too much to say that Corsica is only
kept from open revolt by the element
of prosperity brought to her by the
tourists Of winter.-Chambers' Jour
nal.