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TRIAL or THE BIG THONAS.
Experimental Trip of the Dredge That Il to
Make a 3O-Foot Channel Here.

The new dredse. Thomas. which arrived
from Baltimore on Wednesday. steamed down
the Swash channel and thence into Gedney' $
Channel yesterday. Then she turned and
headed for the East Channel. which she will
deepen and widen 50 as 10 accommodate tho
deepest ocean craft anoat or under construc-
iion. She was accompanied by the steam
pilot boat New York part Of the way She
il eaui ped with 4N-nch hydraulic
pumps which will suck up the channel bot
tom until there is thirty feet Of water above
it She began operations At the entrance
to the East Channel and will continue NJ ork
In favora bile weather for thr". years. She
will be assisted 10y IN" dredgc Mills. a sister
ship which was launched on Dec. 20 at the
works OF the MARYLAND steel COMPANY.
Tn. drcdsrs are 400 feet long i2i, feet in
beam and 25 feet deep Zach has a carry
ing CAPACITY uf - OOu cubic feet
The trial of the Thomas under the direction
o! officers of the Metropolitan Dredging
Company " II success. Andrew Onder-
douk Vice President uf the company. who
WAS on board said last evening
she is a great machine. She Is not fin-
ishcd yet but the. company that butt her
i to finish her here In tho harbor. The
work will take several weeks. Her work
to-day was satisfactory to me and to my
engineers and experts
The sun., 1900-12-28
MORE vACCINATORS ASKED FOR.
Health Board wants $50 -vaccinators to he
Sent Through Department stores.

The Health Board yesterday sent an ap-
plication to the Board OF Estimate and Ap-
portionment for $50 special vacclnators to
serve ninety days al a salary Of 800 q month
each. The application was referred to tho
Comptroller for report Monday. This ac-
tion on the part OF the Health Board was due
to very strong report TO the board by DR.
Alonzo Bauvelt OF tho Bureau Of Contagio
Diseases. after he had consulted with As
sistant Sanitary Superintendent Dillingham;
DR. Blauvclt said yesterday that he was
convinced that his department. needed more
vaccinators right away. IL the department
was to d o its work properly
AT present" Dr. Blsuvelt said. we have
only seventeen vsccinators in Manhattan
Three OF these are required constantly at
our offlce in the Department building One
ia stationed at the Elm street bureau and
two are assigned To watch houses where
smallpox cases have been discovered. We
eral work We are beginning 10 receive
calls for our vaccinators to visit large es-
thbishments
we vaccinated every employee In one
big slauVhterhouse on the West Side and In
one on the Fast Side and We have been send
Ing men every dav TO stores and other places
where AZ least fftv persons are employed
We are going To start in now on several Of
the big department stores on Sixth avenue
Practically all the big stores have applied
T. us The heads OF those places were wise
In their action.
In order to do this work Alright We need
AT least sixty more vaccnntors In this borough
alone for about two months. II we get those
men we shall immediately map out the city
into districts and assign man 10 each dis
trict with instructions to go through the
Job a with a fine-tooth comb
The number OF people who applied at the
Health Department YESTERDAY FOR vaccina-
ton was about 100. which Is above the record
number. over 1900 were vaccinated there
on Wednes day
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MRS. HUNTOON DECLARED INSANE.
Woman who offered . Stranger e8 TO Shoe,
Her Husband Sent TO an Asylum.

CONCORD. y. H.. Dec 27.-Mrs. Carrie
Huntoon, who was arrested last night on a
charge Of conspiring TO murder Walter c.
Huntoon. from whom she was divorced at the
october term OF the Supreme Court, has been
pronounced insane BY Dr. {. r Bancroft.
superintendent of the New Hampshire Asylum
for the Insane. Mrs lIuntoon passed the
during the night she burst into tears She
admitted that II had been her intention sew
eral months ago to Kill herself.
Early this forenoon the authorities sum
moned Or. Bancroft. who after investigation
reported that the woman was undoubtedly
insane. Upon this statement N was agreed
10 commit her to the count jail and a little
later 10 the New Hampshire Asylum for the
Insane.
II Is alleged that on Monday last Mrs Hun
toon went To Boston. and In the Union station
there accosted young man. stranger.
asking him II he was looking Tor work The
spoke was William Henry Dutton of Dor
chester Mass II Ia allie ged that the woman
said she wanted man put out OF the way.
The young man made no definite answer.
and after some further conversation he gave
her his address and left.
Dutton went home and told his father OF
the conversation His father sent him
10 the police author in P9s,op and thss.'
The police say that Mrs. Huntoon came back
to this city on Tuesday. and wrote a letter to
the Young man Dutton, telling him to come
here at once button met Mrs Hnntoon at
the post offlce at o'clock last night, accord
ing to prearranged plans. and took her 70
the rear Of the State House for conversation.
handed hma loaded revolver and an envelope.
which she said contained - bill. IA part pny
men' for the lob Another letter, TO be used
as d@coy,. was to be given 10 buntoon. her
and into favorable place for the carrying
out Oi the crime.
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TiKING NEGROES TO hawaii.
Two Of Twenty Who Were Hired TO work
on Plantations Escape at san Francisco.

SAN Francisco. Dec. 2'.-Just before the
steamer Zeaandia sailed for Honolulu yestcr-
day afternoon two OF the twenty-five ne
vroes who were being sent 10 the isla nds
TO work on the sugar plantations made n
dash for liberty and succeeded IN escaping.
Notwithstanding that police and others pur-
sued them. The negroes came here from
Nashville Tenn. in charge of r. q. Bean,
travelling agent OF the southern Pacific.
Mr. Bean said that owing 10 the great demand
for cheap labor in the Hawaiian Islands the
planters have concluded To- engage negroes
They were To receive better wages than
in the South. said Bean, and all professed a
Willingness 10 80 TO Honolulu. or course.
they were guarded bit owing TO the fear
willingness TO 40 with the idea that they
could desert AZ San francisco thus securing
free passage across the continent"
intend 10 take thousands of negroes from
this country
The sun., 1900-12-28
Mr.. Du Val on the Pan American Exposition.

Horace G. Du Val has just returned with q
party Of friends from trip to Buffalo and
10 the buildings of the Pan-American Expo
sition Mr. Du Val and his friends INSPECTED
the grounds of the exposition. Mr. buNaI
lsaid yesterday: Il believe that few people
l. going to be. IL will compare favorably
with the great fairs at Paris and Chicago.
Everything l. shipshape. and the fair will open
on time. The buildings are architecturally
and artistcally of great beauty, the exhibits
will be wide and varied, and the grounds
are laid out in the most attractive manner
There IL a wealth Of space. and no effort has
been spared to make everything attractive
] visited the old log hut which stands upon
MIR rban's grounds, II was in this hut that
the plan Of holding the Pan-American Expo-
sition wns conceived Grover Cleveland used
frequently TO visit this old LOG house, and many
The sun., 1900-12-28
nm 4 w0WAS moor MN,
William n. smvthe ~ iWa,sss p~,'s w"wwHeN
IN 1sts OTRse

| iNpiANsroits Dec u William " a'nythc
I Grand Secretary ~ tho GRAND Lodv- 81 frn'
| aud Accepted Nasons ~ Indiana. was th'
| victim ~ n mysterious shooting In his ONO
In IN" Masonic Temple about noon to-day
A. that hour ho was found In the rear room
~ hi- orice lyins upon the roor With bullet
wound IN the head lust back of the right "af
and his hair and coat covered with blood
lie was conscious only NJ intervals. but ire
diently mad" but partly coherent utterancr-
about n woman having shot him
Three hours before Mr Snrthc was found
In his of1lcc he stcptod into the Office ~ Dr
jo~:nh Rabb. in the Na.onic Tcmrl,". aud
said that woman had called several times
phone that dc had addressed him familiarly
az "nd he s wnS .lrcd Of = Mh"n found N IT..
wa. tail and Of n blonde cornrlexion. and
that he had refused to permit her to ~" the
telethon" and she shot him
Dr Hodges was early on the scene and
after probing for the bullet. found II I'M
beddcd in the skull just back Of the right
ear ~ -oon as the az Grafton wa. performed.
Mr. Smythe asked to he left alone With hts
sou, Elmer and the two were together a
hnlf an hour When the police sought 70
learn what had ss-ed between them the
son refused TO tell and nothing IL known OF
the import OF the conversation.
The 9lce hold to the theory q attempted
suicide. but this appears to be disproved by
the fact that there were no r,owder burns on
Smy ythc'- head No powder had been driven
into his flesh. conditions that would have re-
suited had he pistol been held by his own
hand when the shot was fired
II was learned this afternoon from en-
ployees In an implement store Immediately
east Of Mr.. Smvthc', Office. that blonde
woman had frequently uIed the telephone
in the store within the last week She had
called several different times, II was. said.
and had used the telephone. hut the employees
did NOT k0ow what number oh" called
They describe her a. Of medium size, who
always wore dark clothes. They said also
that they had seen thi- same woman many
times within the last month pass Ing the Ma
sonic Building. They were under the I'M
precision, all hough they did not know why.
that -he had rooms In the Lorraine Hotel
Cant Kinney OF tho detective force 1nid
late this afternoon that the suicide theory
had been advanced and that until he had
made further invc~tigations he was not WILL
ing, either TO accept or reject II
IT. a strange case, Spi1 h". Up 70
this hour We haven't the slightest trace of
tho woman, hut We are working on the theory
that woman may have fired the shot"
William " Smythe came from Green
Castl" to this city twenty-five years ago
10 take the place of Secretary Of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of Indiana, which hc has held
ever since He Is tho best known Mason
IN Indiana. He has long been in frail health.
aud last summer received n sunstroke which
ilcapacitated him for work. for several
months and from which he has never re-
covered
The sun., 1900-12-28

,u,,,.,. a, night, cant Uofman was 'en,
,o Hfont paft Capt l'eo'ey I? hwhmnnd
.'a,i rrt.v ~ Nsst thirty acvonth s'tne',
S"p, TnnIy ~ iie ,ity llnlL can't k"r
..e,yInhs.,n to-. ',.,,",, Iap, Ian're t"inHr'
IN command IN Iaat finy-nt'' e'f''', ,hl
Mars f.mnin. ~ fulton street Nf""s. @.
,si, MI. Sr.,.,,c cnp, ,o,e1n ic,naI No ! H.
.pty ey.niio. (api Murphy feinslns ~ lI"r-
oyc,us and t,ut t,ttis ~ HAMBURG nt'ny"
Tb..c cLn"res made heoss4arv tho rau,atd-
ing oi scN'tal 't,,,,tf,1nT %ho In. bao',
80 pno,t,,na,T A. ,b. Itty Hall. wA- sent 10
We., "Icstcr. Hpd Serg's Hammond.
,,,, mayas ~" .1. ,.,nanGSd /" regular duir
again
Ths Chef had all of the men assigned hy
y. tnoL on H.. contention thnt promotions
nouId not he legally made without his written
Observation-Disclosures IIe sad iLpt 10 was
syblect that hs didn't care 70 discus, with
'nS9odI,bi 'SP Ib.Il va. ..sea why +, wa. ,A., h.
had only %.c F oSa 10 srs,dn BAD WIN. IL.
70! ;oT. ,tlms Gna ,hGn ,epIisd, ,"d,. 70, -.
vel ! Iyu,dn ,bn n1srd @ any nS,.. n', the nams
sh: 'tSans i n'1'Sa Gon, '"a wan; Ri% ).
ia. 'cI or Hcus san s.
d.,,ons" bs was asked
don't care 10 say. A great many names
beside those cnosrm ~erw .estnra ,,r.n,y'sight va
onard ! .l ih!hN 'ne'e wore twenty -e'S"'
Are YOU satisfied with the men that were
chosen"
Z think that could have done much better
The man that recommended II good man.
let me tell v9i. ,-, "
President iotK was nenahteu. ha eain
that altho.Rh VIZ O"aru nan rrn ~, ~ baoH
eligible list Tor eighteen pfomotiohs ~ hau
only mad" sixteen IL tirhed OUT thdt the'e
were all that we're wanted o,.
The board has now some nitv serseants 10
make. IL sent 70 the tivll service lofninis-
eton YESTERDAY Tor list OF roundsmen. Nj
York was not ready 70 say now inauy screams
would be made AZ the meetns to.dsN, OF
to-morrow. He said ne was IN iaVof OF giving
each station house lts iuli 4lota OF i2ur
Late, Yesterday aiternp0n HcSrelaty lee
Phulips OF the Muniolpai 'iNlI NtrIE. NoIl-
The sun., 1900-12-28
WORK or THE FIFTEEN.
Downtown Headquarters Chosen Tho Sub
Committee on Investigation.

The Committee of Fifteen Yesterday en-
gagged downtown headquarters In the Park
Row Building and named George W. Morgan.
Young man who has done similar work for
Prof Felix Adler'S Committee on Public
Morality. as assistant secretary in charge.
The committee will retain it uptown rooms
In the nited Charities Building for its Wednes-
dav afternoon meetings. The downtown
rooms will be used by the sub-committce
named Mt the meeting on Wednesday last.
william n Baldwin .lr., hn~ been elected
chairman of the subcommittee on investi-
CATION. Speaking of the work before this
subcommittee Nr Baldwin laid
1t will collect evidence and give state
monts IA the daily press from time to time
concerning such matters a. it Is deemed
proper 70 give to the public II is possible
also that tie subcommittee NAV Eina 1t
well to pubi.h some Of ~ matter in the
form Of bulletins In fact We -hall take such
means to give publicity to things a We
think most effective, changing our method
a. things develop think | am safe IN
saving that We hall not issue IA journal after
the fashion OF the 'ty liGIdut
9TH" -ub-, ,oumittr" - trt- T. work with
large fund of evidence collected bv the Com
mittee on Public Morality. which has been
laboring on Nj very problem for "y"r a
Al present We are going over tli~ material
and getting it into ~hir" for Elective u-".
We must have more evidence than this
however Tn" whole l.eld mu-t be covered
and covered thOrouEhly. W" hall 90 that
through 4 highly compet",t corp Of Invest
gators. They will not he detectives but mc1
Of much h shrr grade. They VIII hC well
Compensate for their services aud We shall
employ Just "a many such men u, W" think
We need
The Indictment and prosecution ~ public
oft1cialS and uther- are among n" means of
bettermcnt which II may hr desirable for Us
to employ and consequently such action
may be said to bc IN C'Ntomp4tipu. OF
course. though, that l. Thns" f the work
before u that cannot 90 into d tiI!~ about
at the present time. \ q matter Of fact
we hope 80 to dcmonStrat" ih" u-"fulue-- To-
the community Of such a hriy ~ our. that
this city Will never be without on" 80 long
as affairs need such an organ I8tion and 4
remains itself worthy the confidence of the
people,
Charles Stewart Smith, Chairman, Of the
Sub-C Committee on Finance, said Yesterday
that the COmnIttc" was gong u have all uf
the money that II needed to carry on its work
Three men have stopped him on the street
within the past few days, ha said, and told
him to call on them when 10 was ready TO
spend money. Twenty others nj least have
pledged themselV.- tn give Tho oirnmitt.r
financial aid. So that il will not he necessary
10 pass around the hat. he i'd
The sun., 1900-12-28
EX-MOTHER-IN.IAW AFTER HIN.
Mrs. OConnor Wants Her Grandson and Says
Things About the Boys Father, Dr. Nulry.

Supreme Court Justice Maddox In Brooklyn
has granted q writ of habeas corpus on tho
application Of Mrs Kate O'Connor of 1871
East Thrty-thrd street, Manhattan, direct
ing DR.. Lawrence V. Mulry TO produce his
sixteen -year-old son In court on Jan B. Mrs
OConnor Is the boys grandmother. Sho
alleges that her daughter. Celia vas married
to DR.. Mulry i'll July. 1883. and that they
lived together until Oct. 2l 1890, and that
DR.. Mulry committed biRamy without the
knowledge Of his wife She also alleges
that Dr. Mulry entered into conspiracy
with Nathan Wagner in 1890. and that Was-
ner was to visi, Catskill. y. V. where Celia
Mulry was boardinS. and was to. try to lead
her astray in order that DR.. Mury might
UConnor declares that Wagner did 60 10
Catskil and assumed the name of Wilson
and asnd. tha, pr. MgIry supplied Wagner, with
which she AYERS passed between DR.. Mulrv
and Wagner. showing the existence Of the
by NaSnsr tbs m %%s o"cufs re- we ''''''S' s'Sn'a
"Wednesday had her out riding. talked
write and let me know II YOU intend to leave
is wearing It Whether She intends Keeping ing
l. do not know. told her that she could
Mrs. o'ConHor alleges that on, the, return
of her daughter from ,Catsklll. that DR.,
MnTy nd he and va sRo d2ns @nJ Of Tmnnl
with the necessary evidence 10 get a divorce,
he would try 10 get divorce from his second
wife and then r"m1rry Celia and provide
for her Celia agreed 20 thi plan and on the
night OF Oct. 3. 1890, went 10 the Occidental
Hotel Manhattan, with Wagner. aud oc-
cupied room. About midnight. Or. Mulry
and several of his friends visited the hotel
went TO the room, broke open, tho door. and
saw the couple in the room Then Or. Mulry
began the proceedings and obtained decree
of absolute divorce about oct. 81, 1880
Mr.. O'Connor alleges that Dr. Mulry testl-
fed that the acts complained Of were com
mitted without his consent. privity or pro-
curempnt She also alleges that he VS.
remarked to his second wife on Nov. I, 1890
and lived with hey until April last when they
separated. and. on oct %, this year, the
second wife secured n separation from him
in the supreme Court in Brooklyn for cruel
and inhuman treatment. The petitioner
declares that Or. Mulry has large income
that he owns summer residence with a
private racetrack attached at Calverton,
care for the boy.
The sun., 1900-12-28
The weather.

The AREA OF high pressure covered the Middle and
South Atlantic States yesterday keeping the weather
fair and cool Elsewhere throughout the country the
weather was unsettled. with a storm central over
oklahoma and general depression extending north.
ward over The Central States TO the Lake regions.
Rain was falling in the central ana lower Mississippi
valleys and cloudy weather and snow in the Lake
regions, northern New York. Wisconsin. Minnesota.
the Dakotas. southern Montana Wyoming and
Colorado. The disturbance was moving eastw ard.
forcing the clear. cool weather on the coast,
Il was warmer In all the interior and colder in the
Atlantic States and the Northwest cold wave
was moving down over Montana.
In this city the day was clear and cool; average
humidity 50 per cent; wind. fresh and brisk NORTH.
west barometer. corrected to read 10 seaievei al
a. NJ, 80 q: sP. NJ. so rs.
The Temperature as recorded by tn. otnciai ther.
moneier and also by THE SUNS thermometer at the
street level, Is shown In the annexed table
The sun., 1900-12-28
HS.sAsrSR ssafuss roRr.
me sV" sircs the ovss rsasrn, end Wsr
Captain is~r Ashins An, Odds.

| The nrst ss -mast~d vessel that hA. heen
! IN tho port II New York since tho colossal
| nsfins failure, IN. Great Eastern. steamed
past tho Iiooh. arrived ye.ietdav with all
! h"r cleaning muslin furlrd IN tow ~ the
tux John Nichols She Ia tho George "
Wells, and her skipper. Capt John g crow
lcv, who il also her chief owner. = immensely
proud ~ hor performance. she i- a clipper
without doubt. and Capt crowley thinks
that what shc has done 10 merely - .hadovy
indication Of what she may de- when 'he
weather is 'a-nttin' and a-.ui'in' sho
sailed from Philadelphia for Havana on Nov
IL. taking u tow TO the Delaware Broakwnter
She got into the open next day and six dnys
later, almost steamship time. she landed
IN Havana the biage.' cargo OF coal ever
disSharerd from single crnf ofany ric
worth while bringing. to the Ststcs, 40 she
called IN let.urel, fashion, getting beo,imed
:Sc found % cargo 90 Of ts, COO yellow zine ar"ss- @
ties awaiting shipment to Woehnwkon. for
the Erie Railroad. which paid s?S 600 for them
ooai-carry ing project and he made some
more bringing the Ties here The sea WAS
Kind to him apd the brecses were mostly
out. Of Brunswick When he sighted The
Nichols, or when the Nicho. sighted him
twenty three hours ont That is pretty
near TO the sailing record from Brunswick
and II less than day slower than the winter
run oflthe Mallory steamers from Georgia
Capt Crowley didn't hesitate to say that
his latest voyages had been profitable as
well rs wonderfully swift A fleet of tugs
was looking for the six master. the pilots
knowing that she would be a Irize The
Nichols got her after some hagelng as to
the price Of the tow The Nichols couldn't
afford TO ha9glc long, Ms there were other
little giants in sight waiting for a chance to
bid The Wells Is consigned to James Cox
4 Co, and her cargo to William ?. Cook
4 Co Of this city She created II sensation.
even with her canvas invisible. as she was
towed up the. North River Tugs uproali-
ously screeched Greetln to her and the ferry
boat passengers crowded to the rails TO see
her pass
Somebody asked the skirrer what he called
her masts and he said that he didn't know
what the rule was but that he had decided
arbitrarily, as becomes real Yankee skiu-
pcr that the GTst. mast would be On I'D tho
fore. tho second The main. the third the n2-
zen the fourth the spnnker, the fifth tho
Tiger and the sixth the driver and tLat II
other fellows with six-mssted fore and alters
didn't like the designations they might cal
'em what thew pleased or go further
The sun., 1900-12-28
Collections for the Associated Hospitals Ne,t
SUNDAY.

on next Sunday. the last Sunday in the year.
collections will be taken up in the churches
for the Hospital saturday and sunday Asso-
citation. an organization representing thirty
nine associated hospitals Of New York The
association aims to interest the whole people
in hospital work, and in II Christians, Jews
and agnostics labor together. Collections
Other collections are made among the eN-
changes and in various trades The assoc
patients this wear. of whom 2S, AL were free
patients and 300 ga5 patients were aided at the
dispenSlrie- The cost Of this work was
~ .6j3 O3S a.. OF which sum the resources OF the
institutions yielded less than half. the sum
remaining to be raised among the benevolent
public being 81 80. .44s 81
The sun., 1900-12-28
Morris wynkOop.

The marriage Of Miss Elizabeth Hilles
wvncoop aud Stuyvesant Fish Morris. Jr
took place yesterday afternoon in Calvary
Protestant Episcopal Church. The Rev. Dr.
j Lewis Park the rector. performed the
gwen away BY her father. Dr. Geradus II
Wynkoop There were no bridesm aids
Richard Lewis Morris attended his brother
a. best man James Nicholson Gallatin,
Thomas Wilkinson Satterthwsit: James Du' ne
Pell, John Hill Prentice, James Ripley Bar
thoomew and Daniel Woodbury. Wynkoop.
n brother OF the bride, were the ushers DR. h.
Wynkoop gave reception at his home, No
i?S Madison avenue for the relatives Of the
bride and bridegroom and a few intim ate
friends The bridegroom IL a son of Mr..
and Mrs. Stiyvesant Fish Morris. OF 10 East
Thirtieth street.
The sun., 1900-12-28
A YEARS RAILROAD BUILDING.
Nearly 5000 Miles OF Track Completed Durtn I
1900 In the United states.

There were 4.Sol Il miles Of new railroad
completed In the United States the past
year. according to the preliminary estimates
Of the Roiiro1d Gossnc The returns cover
2SG companies in a. States and Territories
The comparison with the returns of 1890
l. favorable. pa companies having built
4.5lqi, miles last votr, that having been the
arg"st row building sine" 1891 and lSg?
Among Ia" CON! an"- building. the Chicago,
Ia four States and Territories The Chicago,
Milwaukee" and - Paul built I73 miles. the
~" Northern Pacific, lai miles. the Chicago
and Northwestern, 80 miles. the Burlington
Cedar Rapids aud Northern. leo miles: the ~
Louis and san Francisco, III miles tn. Sen
hoard Air Line. H5 m.lo-. the Illinois Central
o. and the Gull and ship Island. 20 miles