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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-27
SILLY VOWS WELL KEPT.
Artist Whose Masterpiece Was Due ts
 an Oath He Took

The French artist, Gericau1d, was determined to allow no distraction to interfere with the painting of his great picture, The Wreck If the Medusa n He had his head shaved and vowed that he would never allow his hair td grow until his work was done This vow he religieusly kept, in spite Of strong temptation to break it, and the reward of his heroism was the most perfect painting of his life. A story is told of a young man in r gland, q great chess enthusiast, who was so annoyed at his failure to solve an ap- parently simple problem that he vowed he would neither sleep nor eat until the solution was found. He shut him. self up in a disused room and was found four days later by his relatives terribly emaciate6 and out of his mind. He spent year in the lunatic asyium as the result of his rash VOW; and the problem remains unsolved. 1t was for very curious reason that an old lady, who died few years ago. condemned herself to more than thirty years confinement to her house. She had married widower, as miserly as he was unromantic, and he insisted that his second wife should wear the clothes left behind her by his first wife. The wife was as mutinous as the husband was resolute, and she de- termined that until she could have her own clothes she would never leave ths house-a VOW she kept until her death. Woman appears to be at the root of many eccentric vows, for it was ha- tired of the sex that once impelled well-known lawyer to swear that he would never speak to woman agaln as long as he lived. Nothing would induce him to see a lady client, and he would never conduct case in which woman appeared s~s witness. lie never employed female servant, and deliberately "cut" all his lady acquain- tances. The inevitable result was that the men deserted him, his practice dwindled and he died, less than year ago, alone in a saualid room.-Pitts- burg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-27

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-27
A rh,ef.s clev.fness.

We do not remember to have seen for a long time more curious case of a thief's cleverness than that which was recorded at ClerkenWell. Solomon Buffer, who, with a companion. was convicted of burglary III a jewellers shop. managed to conceal two diamond rings in spite of the most thorough search by the police, and coDtrived to mass one of them away to his wife when he was in the cells, putting 1t into her mouth by means of his tongue when kissing her." The other he kept under his tongue all the time he was ander arrest. and It would probably never have been found at all if his companion had not exposed him in ronrt and so induced the judge to order a careful Inspection of his mouth.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
NETWORK CITY.

The eighty-ninth anniversary of the Allen street
Church. Rivngton-st. near Orchard-st.. will be
celebrated Sunday. At p. m the Rev. Dr.
Joseph Pullman will preach. Luncheon will be
served at and $50 p. m. Plate collection only.
The Rev. Dr. J. H Rylance, rector emeritus Of
st. Marks Church, has taken up his home In Pei
ham. He will preach at ST. Marks Church on
Sunday morning at IL o'clock.
special meeting of the Social Reform Club No.
As University Place, will be held Sunday evening.
Professor George D. Heron will speak Re
ligio1 and Socialism,
Nine. L. Won Ffnkelsten Mountford will speak
on Life in the Holy Land Tuesday at p. M, in
the chantry of All Souls Church, Sixty-sixth-st
and Madson-ave. She lived in Jerusalem until she
was twenty-five years old.
A meeting in the interest of the George Junior
Republic will be held at $50 p. m. to-day at the
home Of Mrs Levi P Morton. No. 673 Fifth-ave
William r. George and several boys, members OF
the Republic will speak.
Oscar F. Williams. ex-Consul to Manila, viii
speak at the Packard Commercial School at II a. m.
to-day in the series of Friday morning talks. He
was the Olympia when Dewey bombarded Ma
nila His subject will be Mercantile Problems in
the Philippines"
A service in memory Of Dorman B. Eaton Will be
held at All Souls Church CUnitarian). Fourth-ave
and Twentieth-st, on Sunday at p. Addresses
on Mr. Eaton's life and work will be delivered by
Carl Schurz. Dr. Stephen Smith ]. Harsen Rhoades
and the pastor Of the church. the Rev. Thomas R.
Slicer.
The conference arranged for yesterday between
the delegates representing the commercial interests
of Puerto Rico and the Merchants Association was
not held. The Puerto Rican were called to
Washington by their representative there and tele-
graphed the Merchants Association to postpone the
conference
Al a meeting of the Board OF City Record in the
Mayors office yesterday bids opened for sta
tionery supplies for the various city departments
a-1 county Offices. The supplies will amount to
about SS5 900 year. The bidders were the L. w.
Ahrens Stationery Company the Jordan Stationery
Company and ]. w. Pratt The bids were referred
TO the supervisor to be canvassed.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
ARRESTS IN An ALLEGED BUCKET SHOP

Captain Kiea and four of his wardmen, armed
with warrant issued by Magistrate Crane. entered
an alleged bucket shop known the Public Stock
and Grain Exchange, the first floor of No. 81
Newest, yesterday, and arrested Charles Mason
the proprietor and cashier who says he lives at
No. 4@ West Thirty -second-st; John Wilson, book
keeper, Of No West Eighty-frst-st.; George Hol-
land telegraph operator, of No. 3S4 Eighth-ave
and Carrie Jones, the typewriter. of No 164 West
Nineteenth-st who, the police say is Carrie Phil
lips, who has been arrested several times before.
The evidence was secured by Wardman Hart
who two days ago entered the place and bought a
privilege for two shares of Brooklyn Rapid Transit
quoted at 6SA share. They failed to deliver and
on this evidence they were arrested
The prisoners were each held in $500 bail in the
Centre Street Court for examination this morning
the bonds being furnished by John Moonan of No
90 West -hundred-and-f d-fourth-st
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
BOARD OF EDUCATION MOVING.

The Board Of Education is moving from its old
home Elm and Grand SITS, to its fine new build
ing Fifty -nnth-st and Park-ave which has al
ready been described in detail in The Tribune 1t
cost 100000, and has been two years in building
1t is eight stories high and will be wholly occupied
for city educational purposes and coordinate uses
The process of moving is slow but 1t will wholly
in the building by February l President Jo-
seph ]. Little the secretary the superintendent of
supplies, the deputy superintendent of supplies
and various clerks will occupy the first floor The
main assembly room, the borough assembly rooms
and committee rooms will be on the second and
third floors. City Superintendent Maxwell and bis
assistants will be on the fourth floor The Borough
Board OF Manhattan and The Bronx will be on the
fifth floor Borough Superintendent Jasper and his
assistants will be on the sixth floor the Superin-
tendent of School Buildings on the seventh and
the eighth floor will be given up to miscellaneous
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
AID FOR THE SAILORS Y. n. @. A.
ADMIRAL PHILIP PREsIDEs AT A MEETING IN
THE ROOMS OF THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.

There a meeting in the rooms OF the Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday for the purpose OF help
ing the Naval Branch of the Young Mems CHRIS
tian Association, at which Rear Admiral John w.
Philip. chairman OF the Naval General Commit
tee of the association, presided Among the speak
were ex-Assistant Secretary OF the Navy VIII
lam McAdoo. Rear Admiral Francis ]. Higginson'
Captain French E. Chadwick, Captain Merrill Miller
Captain A. T. Mahan (retred). Colonel j. j.. Nc
Cook Lieutenant A Hearne U. S. A.: William
Miller secretary Of the International Committee Of
the Young Mems Christian Association. and r. G.
Morse and F. L. Smith. of the Young Mems Christian
Association. The enlisted in the Navy were rep
resented by Richard Keating chief gunner's mate
of the Indiana; Randolph Clausen. who was one Of
the Merrimac's crew; Lee Dickinson, of the Mas
sachusetts; Bernard Donnelly, chief gunner the
vermont; James Casey, representing the stoke
hole; Chief Master-at-Arms Tall, of the Texas and
Fred Humphrey, first-class apprentice
Mr.. McAdoo said that the port of New-York
got more protection from the Navy than any port
IN the United States, and the commercial interests
OF the city ought to respond handsomely behalf
OF the Naval Branch of the Young Mems Christian
Association.
Secretary Miller said that Admiral Higginson had
IoIu MIN that when the came ashore after
santiago they had among them aggregate Of
S'oUVo MT Miller Ventured to say that the greater
1bI3 part on that sum went to the saloonkeeper To
estaDiish a suitable place for the sailor ashore
would take about 100000. One-half of that amount
had been secured and the remainder had nearly all
peen promised. Subscription blanks distrib-
uleu among the audience, that those desiring to
heip the good work could do
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
BooKKEEPER COMMITS SUICIDE.
FEARING REFUSAL SWALLOWS CAR
BOI.IC ACID,

Leaving his wife and three little children in their
home at No. 40 Westinghouse, Hoboken. yes
terday with promise that he would not come
home without money employment, Oscar Comen-
seu thirty-five years old took the ferry for New
York find work a bookkeeper
After tramping about all day he found nothing
to do, and last night when Mount Sinai Lodge, a
Hebrew benevolent society to which Comenseu be-
longed, met in Atlantic Hall, at No. 8 Delaney
St. the disheartened bookkeeper decided to use
his last resource When the proper order of bust
ness came, he took the floor and told of his plight.
Il would not ask for help. but and my children
starving" he told the members of the lodge.
Comenseu was asked to step into the ante-room till
his application could be considered, several of
formalities to be complied with. In the midst Of
the discussion the sound Of body falling in the
ante-room and a groan were heard. Several at
rushed to the place. Lying on the floor dying
his face and mouth burned they saw Comenseu
Believing his application about to be refused he had
swallowed three of carbolic acid He died IN
few minutes. The president of the lodge said
1t was only Comenseu's fevered imagination he
just ready ask for the vote and the appi-
cation would have been granted unanimously.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
WOMAN FOUND DEAD. MAN MISSING.

An unknown was found dead in bed in a
room in Littlebucks Hotel. No. 1863 Bowery, last
evening. She had been asphyxated by gas. The
woman. accompanied by a man, entered the hotel
yesterday morning and asked to be shown a ROOM
The was told to register and wrote the name
Mr. and Mrs. Conroy.' They We're shown a rear
the second floor. Nothing was seen
of the couple during the day.
In the pocket of the woman's dress was found a
card bearing the of a living in Thir-
teenth-si. 1t is said he denied knowing the woman
but said that a friend of his named Fossie knew
her and that he believed her was Florence.
The woman was twenty-five years old, five feet
tall, Of fair complexion, dark hair and wore a
wig Her clothing was of good material The bar
tender at the hotel said he had seen her in the
Bowery several times. The man was also a stran-
ger. He good looking and well dressed.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
SALE OF MOsLER's PAINTINGS.

There a good attendance last evening in the
American Art Galleries, Madison Square South. at
the sale of Henry Mosler's paintings. There were
ninety-eght paintings sold. The highest figure
reached 81 500 at which the painting "Invok-
ing Gods Blessing" which started at $500
knocked down The purchaser was Henry
Selgman. THE Chest Story was bought by I. D.
Eichenhausen for $500 and THE Last Moments
purchased by A. Hoender for $3.50. THE
Milking Hour" also bought by Mr.. Hollender
for S265. The Rainy Day" a study for picture
purchased by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, brought $l05, and bought by j. Maurer
who also got the painting Helping Grandpa for
6I5. This picture won the Thomas B. Clarke prize
at ato the National Academy of Design exhibition in
1896 Other prices obtained were: The Broken
Sabot," $31O; Thoughts of the Absent One $500;
The The women men and the Secret" $270; Tea ching the
mandy Milkmaid" S107 80, and the Normandy
Garden, Grandcamp," 1915, purchased by S. r.
Rohlfs, jr.
This afternoon there will be sale of Mr.. Mosler's
studio furniture decorations costumes, curosties,
relics and paintings and drawings by various art
ISIS and this evening the rest of Mr. Moser s paint
ings viii be disposed of
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
NEW-YORK YACHT CLrB NOMLNEEs

The Nominating Committee Of the New-YorE
Yacht Club made public last night Its list Of can
didates for election officers of the club for this
year The election will be held on February g. The
list of candidates is as follows:
Commodore, Lewis Cass Ledyard; vice-commo-
dore. August Belmont; Rear commodore c. 1. F.
Robinson; secretary, j. v s. Oddie; treasurer F.
w. J. Hurst, measurer. John Hysop; feet surgeon.
Morris J. Asch: regatta committee s. Nicholson
Kane, Chester Griswold and William Butler Dun
can, Jr.
Committee on Admission c. oliver Iselin, James
A. Wright Henry c; Ward Frederic Gallatin and
Moore. Thomas A. Bronson and Francis II. Davies:
Library Committee, Theodore C. Zerega. Arthur II.
staonss f i AegustHs RIsdinf seaermerhorn Sands
Lane Poor, William H Thomas I Vaughn Clark
Harrison b. Moore. Anal l. Barber and John P.
Duncan
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
IRISH-AMERICANS AT DINNER.
SENATOR CARTER SAYS "THIs NATION CANNOT
TRACE ITS ORIGIN SOLELY TO THE PUNY
ANGL.o-sAXoN RACE"

The annual meeting and dinner of the American
Irish Historical Society which has a membership
of more than one thousand in the United States
was held last night at Sherry's. President-General
Thomas J. Gargan, Of Boston. called the meeting
to order and introduced Secretary-General Thomas
Hamilton Murray who read his annual report, re-
cording several gifts 10 the society including one
of $500 from John D. Crmmins-
President Gargan opened the speechmaking.
United States Senator Thomas H. Carter. Of Mon
tana followed. He said among other things
It has been the fashion not alone confined to the
historian and his studies, but the newspaper as
well, to claim that this is an Anglo Saxon country.
This claim is the most Stupendous conhscatton ever
made. This nation cannot trace its origin solely
to the puny Anglo-S Saxon race. has
sprung up this virgin soil more worthy than
Saxon, Teuton Celt.
G. w Van Sicen, of the Holland Society; ex-Gov-
ernor Waller of Connecticut, and General James R.
O'Beirne also spoke. Governor Roosevelt, Mayor
Van Wyck, Patrick A Collins and others sent their
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
WORKING WoMENs PRoTEcrIEE UNIoN.

The annual report OF the Working women's Pro-
tective Union has been issued showing that
between November l. 1898 and November l. 1888,
A765 70 in small claims for wages Of working
women had been collected and paid over to the
plaintiffs The headquarters of the union are at
NO % clinton Place, and Mrs. NJ. ]. Kemp is the
superintendent. She said yesterday that the union
mau nae also been the means of finding employment for
iZZ women in the last year
The union takes claims for wages for all working
women except domestic servants, paying all legal
expenses for collecting the same. 1t was organized
70 protect working women against unscrupulous
employers. and it is supported by private contri-
tons. In many the union has paid as mnch
as as ~ or $50 70 enforce the collection OF claims
amounting TO 81 or g.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
TWO MEN KILLED IN AN ELEVATOR
THREE OTHERS PROBABLY FATALLY HURT
BY THE SWAPPING OF A CABLE.

BY the breaking of a cable of an elevator in the
warehouse OF OReiy Brothers. at One-hundred-
and-twenty-third-st. and ST Nicholas-ave. yester-
day morning two men were killed and three prob
ably fatally injured The elevator was at the ninth
floor when the cable snapped On the elevator were
Ave wheelbarrows loaded with brick and the five
men 1t fell to the bottom of the shaft, distance
of l4O feet. AS II descended II tore away the
partitions which held the counter-balance weights
in place. The weights crashed down upon two OF
the and killed them.
The killed were:
LEDDY, Patrick. twenty-seyen years old, Of NO. 3lS
-sxth-st.
NFLEAN Michael years old. OF No 800 West
hundred -and-twenty- y-fourth-st.
The injured:
BURNS Richard forty years old. Of No 22S Eghth-ave
CAHIL Bernard thirtyAve old OF No S6S second
RILEY James thirty-hve years old No. 227 East For
ty-third-st.
The injured men were unconscious when removed
from the building to the j. Hood Wright Hospital.
Their condition is said to be precarous:
Thomas Berry, the superintendent OF the building,
arrested arraigned before Magistrate
Mayo, in the Harlem Police Court, who held MN
await the action of the Coroner.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
PORT OF NEw-YoRK-THURsDAY, JAN. IS. 1900
ARRIVED

PORT OF INSTRUMENTATION. JAN. 1s 1900
ARRIVED.
Steamer Cevic (Br) Ncol, Liverpool January Z. with
mdse to the White star Line Southeast OF Fire Island
Steamer Lahn Ger. Pohe, Bremen January and
passengs cR5 IH 9s @ Te M SaPa at aPe b 1 a9 al 1875
g. m r-,.-,--, l,-,-, - .-.-.- -
with d5e Saa s da6 % aa m ss An5Hs PSs92es % the
International Navigation Company. Arrived at the Bar
Steamer British Empire Antwerp. on Fire Island
,6s s5samsT Dora @ SHAY s5 aqeya Rsesm9ss g with
sci to Simpson. Spence Young Arrived at the Bar at
Steamer March cBr). Bell. Messlna December % and
Agiers 27 with mdse to the Cuneo Fruit Co Arrived
stsams6 KaqT Prince eBp. oldtch Rio IapsIEo De
Arrived at the Bar at 6 m.
steamer As Adler Tl Sutherland Cape Hayti January
10 10 and Inagna y with mdse and cabin passengers to
ii 80 p m. January Il.
Grenada O. with mdse and cabin pSssengers TO @ the
Trinidad Shipping and Trading Company vessel to L
West. with to c Mallory Passed in sandy Hook
Nes %b 3 sHg TaBsy n Hf9 S sH6 NP9
Steamer San Juan Gnew). Lloyd. Wilmington. Del to
United States revenue cutter Gresham and L Luck
SANDY Hook. n J, Jan Is. $50 m-wind northeast,
SAILED.
IA A1a:es aessne a & % aeene sS
Naples etc; Aragonia Ger Antwerp; Wiehad CGsr}
Bremen: Hamilton. Norfolk Newport News; 81 Mar
etc; kentigern (Br), Valparaiso, etc
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS.
London, Jan 1S1Arrived. Delaware CBr),
Liverpool. 1s-Arrived steamer Lackawanna CBr,.
Whyte, New-York
Queenstown. Jan IS. 11:IO a m-saned steamer Teu-
tonic CBr). McIinstry, from Liverpool for Nev-York
Sunderland Jan 17-Saled. Mariposa CBr) for
New-York
Dunnet Head. Jan 1s-Passed steamer Argyll CBr).
Thompson, New-York for Leith.
Lizard. Jan I7-Passed steamer PhGnicia Ger.
Leithauser NewYork for Hamburg (has been reported
passed Prawle Point 18th; 10th. 1920 a m. passed.
Havre.
Barry. 1s-safed. Barton CBrl. Underwood
New-York.
scIy. Jan 17-Passed. steamer Helios Ger, JANSEN
New-York for Flushing
Hamburg Jan 1s-Sailed steamer Nordby DAM. Lar
sen, New York arrived, steamer PhPncia Ger, Lett
hauser New-York
Bremen Jan 1s-Arrived steamers Haslngden CBr,
Higgins. Wilmington n c: H H Ger steencken
New-York.
Rotterdam Jan 49, p m-sailed. Maasdam
Havre Jan 1S-Arrived. steamer Dunbane C8r) Farou-
har New-York,
Cape spartel. Jan 17-Passed steamers Picqua Osr,
Brown. New-Hork for Venice, ETC. Pocasset CBr) owen
New-York for Palermo.
CALCUTTA. Jan 1O-ArriTed, ship Kistna CBr). Smith
Hong Kong. 1s-sared steamer Empress of China
st Lucia Jan 16-Sailed steamers (r) Russell
Grom River Plate. etcl NewYork: Hevelus (Beg) Sta
pledon from Rio Janerio, etc), New-YOrk
Victoria, Jan l5-Saled. Flaxman (8r) Salter
from Rio Janeiro). New-York.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
PoPE'S DECREE on TEACHING LATIN

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS NOT AGITATING THEM
SELVES ABOUT IT, ONE SAYS.
The report arose yesterday that the decree of the
Vatican in regard to the teaching of Latin in this
country by the Christian Brothers, which has been
the subject of controversy between the members
Of the order in the United States and the superior
officers in France had been decided adversely to
the American members. and that in consequence
the brotherhood in this country would Withdraw
its connection with the French branch. The off,
GERS of Manhattan College. institution con-
Quoted by the order In this city absent when
Tribune reporter called yesterday afternoon, but
a member of the faculty who seen said it
was known that the Vatican had issued a decree
but as it was sealed decree its contents
known. and would not be known for months
yet Meanwhile" he continued, I'VE not
crossing rivers until come them. We have
enough TO do without agitating ourselves as to
what we shall do If the decree is adverse He
thought 1t improbable that the teaching of Latin
would be abolished for fifteen or twenty years,
even II the decision were unfavorable, and by the
end of that period there might be objection to
continuing the teaching of it by the Brothers in
this country "
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
A BUSY CBEmIC41 14BoR4roRy

The laboratory Of the Appraiser at the Port of
New-York not only deals with importations at
New-York but is practically the consulting Iabora-
The chemical samples analyzed in 1899 reached the
total of 1894 an increase OF % per cent over 1898
They are of the most varied nature possible some
of them requiring weeks of chemical work 1t Is
however in the testing OF sugar that the largest
number of samples is reached In 1899 a total of
1882 samples was tested in the laboratory. AS
each sample receives at least two separate and in
dependent tests the total number of tests would
nearly approach 1000. This is an Increase of IS
per cent 1885
New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
SHEPARD ON THE STAND.
DENOUNCEs CHARACTER OF NETWORKS
ENLISTED MEN.


Elmira. N. Y, Jan. 1s-Frederick Mcconnell. the
quartermasters clerk at the Bath Soldiers Home
was recalled by the investigation committee this
morning and produced the vouchers approved by
Commandant Shepard. in which many of his per-
sonal bills were by his direction charged to the
State as Mr.. Mcconnell testified at yesterdays $
session.
The second witness Edwin S. Underhil
Editor of THE Bath Advocate He testified con-
cerning the interview with Shepard published in
"The Advocate" in November 1898, it having been
stated that Shepard, under oath, at the previous
investigation testified that he did not know that
the interview was for publication. Mr. UnderhilIs
evidence souareIy contradcted this. He swore that
Shepard dictated the interview to the stenographer
in "The Advocate office, with the understanding
that it was to be published. In the interview
Shepard stated that he thought 1t would be good
idea to 'have a chaplain tap at the Home,
and that he (Shepard was not even Christian,
but a Deist
The Rev. Charles N. Frost, pastor of the Bath
Presbyterian Church. testified that he had many
times seen Shepard under the influence of liquor
r. r. Flynn, a grocer of Bath, swore that at
the request of Shepard. he paid Moses Davison's
drygoods bill against Shepard and charged it to the
State in their Flynn & Co.'S grocery bill.
Colonel S. II. Morgan, who for the last two years
has been inspector of the Home corroborated the
evidence of many previous witnesses concerning
the intemperate habits and violent temper of
Shepard.
An evening session was held with Commandant
Shepard the stand. Questioned concerning his
personal telephone and telegraph bills, alleged
have been paid by the State, Shepard said:
It is time that the State paid them; considered
it OF the perqusites of the office to have them
paid by the State.
When pressed for a reply to the alleged pay
of his personal freight and express bills. he
said
It must have been merely careless oversight
of mine. / had ii stopped and the bills charged to
he s
of It.
Asked whether he considered his discipline at the
Home unusually severe. he replied:
1t is a well known fact that while the State of
New-York furnished more soldiers for the Union
Army than any other State, the forces were large
ly made up of hardened in crime, rebellious in
spirit and lax in morals and 1t necessary, for
the sake of peace treat the men with more or
less severity.
The commandaut will be recalled to the stand
tomorrow morning.