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The sun., 1900-09-03
MR.. JACKSON REFUSED A CHEW.
And when Mrs. miller Put Her Hand In His
Pocket the Row Began.

All OF them were negroes. They were Philip
Thompson OF ol Downing street. his friend
Andy jackson, Annie Miller OF 2i2 West Sixty
second street and Annie's mother. who bears
'he same name They enjoyed themselves
at an exclusive party in fat at Mnetta street
from early Saturday evening until o'clock
yesterday morning. and then Thompson got "A
stap wound In his arm. He said the younger
Annie did II. and Policeman BlrDeck locked
her up.
"Jedge.- said Annie. when she was arraigned
in the jefferson Market police court. we was
gon' home peaceful az lambs when my
inothah made a plite request TO Mistah jackson
foh a chaw Of turbaccer. Says she, Nonchu
obeege me- Mstah JaCkson, VIII little blte
Of youah fruit CakeY Jes like dat, Judge
an he turns around an says. Ladies have no
business usin' de filthy weed jes like dat,
ledge. Nachully she thought he was ndulgln'
In pleasantrashun at her expense. an she put
her han In his pocket.
90 way, woman. says this heah Mlstah
Thompson an he pushes my nah way Jes
like dat Jedge. All couldn't stan no such
slight 10 a lady an All immejutly mixed In.
This heah Mistah Thompson he got cut In dc
ahm All dom know how itgot done.
Thompson vigorously denied that he had
"hh wouldn't tech this heah Missus Millah. :
he said "Dat's ridic'ms Why she married
nah wifes nephew twict removed, Jedge.
All couldn't maltreat nah relations Ike dat
could All. Jedge%"
The younger Annie was held for eIamina-
tiOn.
The sun., 1900-09-03
MORE regions NEEDED.
Many Posts In Philippines without a Doctor
-GailantrS Of Gen. WhseIer's son.

SAN Francisco, sept Am official In the
medical service In the Philippines, writing to
friend here, calls attention to the great need
Of surgeons Many posts in that tropical eli
mate are now without doctors The number Of
military stations has been increased from i25
10 375 since last January. The letter is in part
as follows
Although the sick report is phcnomcnay
small being less than y per cent. of the eflec-
tive force. the large number of stations occu-
pied and the Increased amount Of executive
and administrative work that must be done
one doctor Tor every post oi am HppreCiahlc
size IN addition To those required for the ad-
mnistration personnel. A. present We have
but sG8 medical officers for the entire work
including those with the Relief and those ON
duty in China The result l. that there il "A
large number Of posts without any medical
attendAnc" except such a. Is furnished 10y
members Of the hospital corps. while a Consid-
erahle number Of stations have no medical
attendance Of anV kind
Gen. Wheeer's sun. Major Wheeler, L. =.
Volunteers. has shown himself to be- a true
son Of his father. In n light the other day he
led his rOop~ against force Of insurgents
who were strongly mtrpuChed on top Of a hin
and successfully defeated them, having one
man killed ana an officer and three men wounded
The hui was so steep the men had TO climb m
BY the aid of their hands, white the wounded
rolled to the foot of the hill when hit The
Americans got within thirty wards ~ the in
sTfent before the Fnipinos retrcaed Al
OF the men acted bravelV Gen Macarthur
hght- " WV
The sun., 1900-09-03
MACRUH RAILS AT JOHN HAY.
Hasn't Said lie wouid speak for Bryan Might
He Regarded as q Sorehead.

CHICAGO, Sept 2 Il think the United States
IA right in following the policy Of coopera ting
with Russia in preserving the Chinese Empire.
but do not think that policy can be followed
while John Hay is Secretary OF state" said
Charles r. Macrum, for or onsul to Pretoria,
i'm an interview at the Palmer House last night.
Mr. Macrum did not make this declaration
until he had first declared that he considered
himself only a drop in the bucket and that his
opinion vas Of no political importance. lie
made the DECLARATION when pressed for his
opinion on the diplOmgtic situation.
If Mckinley take- II into his head 10 tOl-
low that policy, he will do 80 either over Mr.
HAYS head or sitter Mr.. Hay has retired.
he continued MIR Hay has always been
pro-Engli-h and ii i said that he Is much
piaued by Secretary Roots tendency 10 favor
hC policy Of Russia instead of the policy OF
England In hinA. He showed his pro-EnRlish
tendencies while was Consul at Pretoria,
did not have a fair show TO prove my charges
before the committee, ! could not expect
When asked II II i true that he intends to
take the stump against Mckinley and in favor
Of BRYAN in the present campaign Mr.. Macrlm
would not give direct answer.
4 have not .aid anything about that 10 any
one" he said. and any such statements cred
rect ! am not eRoti.tical enough 20 think that
il would make any difference what did po-
Htically Anything ] might say would only
be- considered as the complaint OF a sorehead
] think il better taste under the ciTCumst anCes
10 say nothing | will say nothing about my
the stump and have never said ] would am In
the glass business again l have been In that
business since ! was "A boy and am In Chicago
as a representative OF - concern in Pttsburg r"
The sun., 1900-09-03
WILL FORM A NEW POST.
Men who Served on the Gloucester DevisinEa
New Organization.

Ten veterans OF the Spanish-Amerlcan War,
who served on the Gloucester. and who are
now up in arms because Clinton II. Smith.
former Major Of the Seventy-hrst Regiment,
was admitted TO membership in Gloucester
Command No. II. Spanish War Veterans
held a meeting on Saturday night at the home
Of Peter Keller. 23s8 First avenue and decided
that as long a. Mr.. Smith is in any way con
nected with the spanish War Veterans they
will have nothing 10 do with that body. ne
first steps were also taken toward the formation
of an independent organization of veterans
To be known "a Gloucester Post, similar To
the post bearing hat name. which was formed
shortly after the war. and which was absorbed
by the Spanish War Veterans. The intention
is To have the small organization consist OF
former bluciaCkets only,
II was decided that the present Officers OF the
Gloucester Command will not be recognized
by the Gloucester men, and in explaining this
Mr. Keller said last night:
In an article describing the meeting OF the
command, published about July 81. they aused
things to I've said. in the name Of the command.
derogatory to Gov Roosevelt. Now. the
tfoucester's men have only admiration for
Gov Roosevelt. and after the article was pub
lshed We wrote andtold him so and he wrote
back thanking us.
The sun., 1900-09-03
ALLIANCE CONVENTION.
Number OF visitors smaller Than Last Tear
DIR. simpsons Opening sermon.

NYACK, Sept 2-The three soore Of tents
which have dotted Nyack Heights on the oc-
casion Of each annual convention OF the Chris
fourth annual convention which opened this
morning, showing that the number OF visitors
is smaller than last year But DR. b Simp-
son says he expects a larger and highly profit
able convention before the week closes He
said this morning that they would take up a
very quick collection at each service during
the convention. Just to pay the travelling e1-
penses Of the brethren who came
10 aid in the services. and he
hoped TO raise several hundred dollars
for that purpose DR.. Simpson said nothing
to-day about the big collection which he eS-
pected TO take at the meetings next Sunday.
hut will refer to that later IN the week. when
more alliance people from the city get here.
He preached the opening sermon OF the con
yputon this morning from the text Plant
NV Feet on Higher Ground. and the discourse
was deeply religious all through. In the latter
part he told Of his own oNpe-
rience when he withdrew from regi-
lar church work and started out in the movement
which resulted In the formation OF he Christian
Alliance.
4 remember when" said he twenty-five
years ago | stood in the streets OF New York
where the pavements of the city were more
friendly than the people had left. did not
then know a soul in that city of sin, and IL
seemed as II the pavements would lift them
selves up TO greet me.
There was divine healing service at Berachah
Home at 5 o'clock this afternoon, and number
OF wonderful tales Of healing by faith were
Christian Science as IL IL taught and practised
az d say II il a iallHcy.
The sun., 1900-09-03
WHITE RATS FIRST SHOW.
Performance at the New York Theatre Last
Night Brought In 81, 900.

Itwa. long after midnight when the curtain
dropped on tho performance given In the New
York Theatre last night for the benefit OF the
White Rats. a new vaudeville association. To
end the show even as late as II did many acts
that were announced and ready had 10 be
omitted The entertainment was opened by a
speech by the President OF the society. George
Fuller Golden. II was closed by burlesque
boxing bout between James j. Corbett and
Fred Stone Of Montgomery Stone. This
was in a so-called "clamhake," a lot Of ensemble
singing and dancing by many oi the performers
who had appeared earlier in single acts. There
were ffty-fOur volunteers. Of whom a
little more than two-thirds appeared Among
them were Marie DresSler, Leon Morris, Joseph
Natus Hines and Remington, Charles Il Ward
Williams and Tucker, James Richmond Glen
roy, Edna Leigh and Sylvia Thorne, Bernard
Dyllon, Dolan and l6nbar. Joe Welch. Edna
Aug Fillmore Sisters, Reno and Richards 4 O.
Duncan, sam, Kitty and Clara Morton. Lizzie
B Raymond. Tom Lewis and sam j Ryan, Ed
IAtell. hayes and lytton. Little Elsie. McAvOy
and MAY William Denny, Grapewn and Chance
Mark Sullivan, Ganero and Bailey, MIR and
Mrs Robyno. Emma CHrlls, Tim tronin. Carrie
Graham. George Fuller Golden, James j Cor
batt James j Morton Hayes and healey, Mark
Murphy, Charles tldrlch, James Cook Jim
harrcan. Nat Wills Dillon Brothers, Frank
u Bryan. Bert Howard. Frank lalor and
Craig Montgomery,
for the association. This included many dona-
lions and $50 made by actresses who sole
flowers and programmes. Tod Sloan. who
was q conspicuous figure in box. spent so
AT exorbitant prices. The Water Rats a
similar English society paid $500 for one: Paul
inc Hall s25 Michael Shea, $50 Tony Pastor.
as Harry clifford Of clifford 4 Iluth, s25
Weber h Fields paid 1900 for a hox De Wolf
Hopper. $50 and james j. torbett. 500.
The sun., 1900-09-03
HUSBAND CAUGHT SLIPPING AWAY.
Was Bound for Scotland. bat His wife Had
Been Through His Pockets.


Jane Hin Of $50 East Seventeenth street
went through her husbands pockets last Thurs
day night She did It thoroughly. and when
she saw a sealed envelope, with the Anchor
Line Steamship Companys crest and title
printed on il among the papers, q train n
suspicious circumstances bobbed up In her
mind Her husband had been flssing about
his clothes recently. although a. a rIls he
spurned all care Of them as an occupation
suited only 10 the feminine mind Then she
had heard that he was going TO California
giving up his job In the soda water mandatory
in which he worked but hadn't believed =
Now putting two and two together she replaced
the envelope In the pocket and went TO tho
Norkville police court, where she conhded 10
Magistrate Meade certain suspicious she bad
The Magistrate issued a warrant for huIs
arrest, and 1t was given TO Policeman Schroeder
to serve, m
shin list and IN o'clock on Saturday morning
found both at the Anchor Line pier no
FurncSsia was about 10 sail for Glasgow ond
in the crowd on the pier was Hill, evidently un-
20 aud speak to him." Schroeder suggested
10 the wife,
MIR. Hill stepped suddenly before her bus
Hello. Johnl- she remarked. won't you TAX.
hin almost collapsed. but he murmued
something about his willingness 10 take His
wife with him. Then Schroeder interfered
loud better Iake ahouier excursion ~ ~
policeman advised. There's boat called the
Tommy Brennan which makes daily trips 20 ~
island near here. That's trip better suited 10
amau like YOU"
i'm hadn't anything to say In court YES
terdav. however, he pleaded that he had not
left his wife entirely destitute. Mrs. Hi o.
plained that the money she Ind found IN tie
house was barely enough for her in her coming
Illness and that she would have been In very
sad plight had she not nippPd her hushnrd-
abandonment scheme In the bud, The MAG
istrata ordered him 10 give a bond 20 pay be
wife s. a week. In default he was sent 20 ne
IL
The sun., 1900-09-03
CHICAGO MUST SAVE MONEY.
Necessary to Drop at least 500 Names From
the City Payrolis.

CHICAGO. Sept. 2.-The official axeis swing
ing In the City Hall and 500 employees will
be laid of for at least three months TO reduce
municipal expenditures. This number does
not include hundreds who would have been
employed II the pulic improvements. now
dropped because Of lack Of funds. had been
carried out. Comptroller Kerfoot declares
that he does not want TO carry an enormous
deficit over 10 the next year. and he demands
a cut of nearly $4,000 900 in the budget adopted
by the Council last March improvements
scheduled in the budget have been dropped
and there is no hope for political hceers To
gct their protAg6s on the payroll In this dire
tion. This demand for reduction has caused
many heartburnngs in the City Hall. because
II l. likely that many of the oId-tlmers will be
dropped. Mayor Harrison II in favor Of a
reduction Of the number OF city employees
rather than the cutting Of salaries. The FL
nunce Committee has notified the heads of de-
partments 10 send In the list Of the reductions
they think possible and a meeting will he held
on next Wednesday TO decide on what can be
done. The blow is likely TO fall heaviest on
men drawing 500 a month and less down to
the laborer az $3.50 n day, Some OF the bar
naCles will stay on, but Commissioner McCiann
says these are not numerous. BY looping OF
500 employees the city would save s94. $50 for
the hast three months Of the year.
The sun., 1900-09-03
PATERSON TO RAISE the MONEY.
Citizens and Employee, TO Put Up the Capital
TO Keep the Rogers works.

PATERSON, y j. Sept 2.--The proerect n,
retaining the Rogers Locomotive Works ne
an active concern In this city Ia growing b1 gbte,.
Subscriptions for stock by citizens are rapdIy
growing and officers and EMPLOYEES Of the com.
rany intend 10 take stock In the new coroer,
A cursory canvass shows that 10000 can he
subscribed by the employees The cItizsrs,
movement will easily realize another ,lnno,o
and outside capital Is expected 10 he brought
In TO fll out what is lacking A meeting vii
be held on Wednesday evening TO formula.
plans
George n TonRbottom. President of N.
company. who is taking an active interes, IN
the plan TO keep the works, Ia busy on state
ment to be submitted to the meeting showing
what improvements are necessary and the cost,
His scheme contemplates an expenditure NJ
s26S, 900 in order 70 make the plant first clsss
one. lie claims that there would be no troubla
IN clearing s25, 600 a year. which would nav tho
interest on the mortgage debt and Invested
capital The company at present can count
on $4,000 every year for extra parts of IL
engines which break or wear out and must la
ordered from the Rogers works
The man on whom the project depends Il
Jacob y. Rogers. who owns a maj jority Of the
stock and controls nearly all the renainder
lie is determined 10 pull all his interests ont ot
the concern, but he is willing to he liberal 20
the city, Although between 10000 and
eH''"' % Ia> ,''rh runh hl Sile plhlt, ne hCKnoNl-
edges that that IL no criterion Of its present
value For the first time since he made the
announcement about the closing down OF The
plant he spoke to-day as 10 what terms he
would make with citizens corporation
do not want a single dollar In cash, h.
said. II am willing TO part with the works M
any valuation which two appraisers will make
on the part Of the buyers all | want IL bond
and mortgage for the gross sum arrived at and
a guarantee that the works viii not go 10 smash
the dav after the sale. ] want the buyers ~
have a working capital of say $500 900 To be plt
In bank. OF this | do not want a cent. but
desire il as n guarantee that will not be both
cred 10y having the works on my hands again
| want 10 get rid Of them and the first man who
gets the works ! do not think could make a
fairer proposition than 10 sell at an apprRise-
ment and ask for no money"
Mr. Rogers said he would not consider any
other kind Of a proposition for a minute. Re
would not lease the plant nor would be take
any stock In a new company
The sun., 1900-09-03
PFPPERFD BY THE JANITRRSS.
Waiter Who Intruded Was Seasoned Instead OF
the supper.

Mrs Abbey Kammerer. jantress Of the
building al 2l7 East Fortieth street. was n pris-
oner in the Iorkvle police court yesterday
charged with peppering a tenant in that house.
Az TO whether the pepper was used as means
Of attack or defence prisoner and complain
ant differed. He was William Campbell. n
waiter Campbell told Magistrate Meade that
the iantress and his wife had trouble about
n baby carriage on Saturday night. an1 that
when he went 10 Mrs KRmmcrer's door 10
ask her 10 explain some things she had said
he was met with cloud Of pepper. which left
him blind for "A time. Mrs. kammerer had a
different version Of the affair. She said that
she was frying chops Tor supper an had pepnSr
in her hand when Campbell entered. lie
slapped her face and was about to hit her again,
when she threw the pepper in his face
The Magistrate decided that It was necessary
10 hear witnesses 10 clear away the discre p
ancies in the two stories He therefore paroled
Mrs Kammerer until O'Clock this morning.
The sun., 1900-09-03
NEWARK LAWYER CRITICIsED.
vice Chancellor Pitney Says That He Fraud.
uientiy Charged for Services.

NEWARK, \. j., Sept :. Samuel j, Mac
donald. lawyer OF this city. has lust been
severely criticised by Vice Ch ancellor Pitney
I'm an opinion rendered on petition for an
accounting filed by jerome d. Gedney. an
Fast Orange lawyer. on behalf OF Joseph Tate
Of Staten Island a former client Of Mr. Mao
donald's. According TO Mr.. Gedney's petition
Mr.. Macdonald received from Frank S. Field
and others in Mr.. Tate's suit against them.
s5O5 40. exclusive OF costs. and from Mr.. Tate
as fees, 500. making in all S8054 40 from which
MIR. Macdonald deducted the smount OF MS
Among other things the vice-Chancellor
says:
the whole case, that the bill rendered by tho
respondent (Mr. Macdonald is not only untrue
but fraudulenty untrue, in that II not only
charges for services not rendered. but inflated
the charges throughout quite beyond what
the services were worth even had me amount
from repeating that in all these cases solicitors
and counsel are always expected TO regulate
their charges somewhat by the amount involved
and that here was only $50; as found by both
courts.
There was At the start no room TO suppose
that n largo sum could be recovered, ana ma
II quite impossible 10 avoid the conclusion that
the respondent deliberately framed his bill
for services In such manner as to absorb the
whole product OF the suit The respondent IN
his answer 10 the compliments position en-
larges upon the large amount. OF study that
he gave 10 the case and the elaborhteness ~
his written arguments which he presented
TO the court
There was nothing extraordinary In the rs
sistance given BY him TO the court in solving
the questions involved | think that the case
shows a fraudulent intent on the part Of the
solicitor | think the behavior Of the respond
ent has been dishonest and oppressive
and further that the case presents no doubt
ful questions Of law or fact TO be settled
The decision Of the Nice-C CHANCELLOR. SAYS
NJ ia IA a
The decision contains some statements that
are not only unfair but deliberately and abso-
lntely untrue | have taken an appeal to the
court OF Errors and Appeals and I am certain
the Vice -Chancellors opinion will be reversed. I"
The sun., 1900-09-03
CtTBOAT DUCKS FOUR.
Two women and Two Men who Took Marine
Disaster Calmly.

The tugboat James A. Garfield. owned by
McCaldin Brothers. and in command Of Capt
Patrick Howe, was coming up from Quarantine
shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
when about opposite Owls Head Capt. Howe
snN the small cat boat Buzz cepsize without
apparent cause near the Bro oklyn shore. He
went over to her and found two young wome n
hanging on the side ut the boat while two men
were irving 10 right II
give MS hand, captain, we're getting wet,
cried one of the young women merrllv
The crew Of the tug threw n rope Ia the women
and one of them was dragged to the tug and
holsted aboard. The rope was then thrown
10 the other woman and the crew began TO
haul Just rs she reached the side Of the tug
boat she dropped the rope and went down. A.
She came 10 the surface she was caught by one
of the crew and taken on board. The two
young men were easily taken from the cap
sized boat The -four persons were John BEN
nett, Terence Kcegau. May Ficket and Pearl
Swanton. They all live near Ovington and
Third avenues. Bay Ridge. All were in blithe
spirits Cant. Howe towed the catboat 10 the
shore near the summer house Of the Crescent
Athletic Club and landed the rescued party
there.
The sun., 1900-09-03
ARTILLERY orr FOR MANILA.
Two Batteries to SAIL To-day on the Rosecrans
Preside Camp Dwindes.

SAN Francisco Sept. 2.-The transport
Rosecrans will sail tomorrow for Nagasaki
and probably thence TO Manila with two light
batteries. The guns are now on the wharf
and the men aud horses to be taken out by the
Rosccrans and the Frederica will leave the
Prcsidio early in the morning The transport
Iawton is due tonight from Seattle. The
transport Thomas will be placed in the Hunt
er's Point dry dock for general cleaning
Light Batteries c and NJ, Seventh Artillery
that remain Of the large number Of troop.
that have been in camp AT the Preside for two
weeks ne illh ,lhtahIiy VII san ior Ma
under orders for Manila are battalion OF the
Eighth Infantry. a battalion Of the Twenty
fourth Infantry aud three companies Of the
Twenty-nfth Infantry. The colored soldiers
will sail Oct. l.
The sun., 1900-09-03
AL PARTIES TO VOTE IN cUBA.
The Coming Election for Delegates TO the
Constitutional Convention.

SpSCfdl Cabie DfgpdICH 70 cN"
HAVANA, Sept. After some talk OF abstain
Ing from the elections for delegates to the Con-
stitutona Convention all the political parties
have decided to vote They have named eight
cand or are about 10 do 40. Ihe Deiho-
cratic Union and Republicans have nominated
a Joint ticket IN Havana province consisting
Of Manuel SanguIlIy. Prof Berriel' PRESIDENT
OF the University Of Havana. Prof Iado' Senor
Pierra, a rich lawyer. and the Marquis de Este
ban. The Democratic party has nominated
senior Giberga In Matanzas. which Will elect
four delegates. the minority having one The
election law provides for a substitute for each
delegste, TO serve II the delegate Is unable TO
attend. In this way some good men VIII DO
able TO attend the sessions OF the convention
which they would not otherwise have been
as<eto do. taking the places OF delegates who
wy elected because Of wealth or revolutionary
prestige, but who will practically retire In their
favor
The second registration In Havana shows
q total OF a42o. The parties are showing
bsttsr organization than in the previous cleo
tion. and party feeling is more developed.
Tho coming election Ia more important than
the previous one. when the cry Of independ-
ence was paramount The fact that the Ma
tionals hold many ofices gives them moro
innuenoe than they would otherwise have.
This party has nominated Gen. Lacret. an
utra-revohIt1onist and cI-Secretary Of jus
toe Estevez as candidates in place OF Maxine
Gomez and Senior Iacoste. The Inter will
stand a. candidate in Santiago.
Governor General Wood and his party who
have been making a tour OF the island. have
returned 70 Havana.