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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
BODY on ERE VICTIM IpENT1FIEp

The body Of the woman, about forty years old.
who persisted in the fire at No. 26 Rutgers-st on
Friday night, in which nine persons were slightly
injured. has yet been identified. The body is
blackened and charred and almost unacceptable.
No is missing in the house or the neighbor-
hood. Acting Captain Hammond Of the Madison
st. station, sent out a number of men. who made
inquiries among the tenants of the house and In
the neighbOrhoOd No knew the woman and
woman OF her size and age was misslr
The body Of the girl victim was identtheD that
Of Ida Alpert. seventeen years Old Russian opera
tor. of No. 2S GOuverneur-st She lived In Wilkes
barre, Penn. but here a visit and was at
the Rutgers-st house visiting the family OF Charles
Horster when the fire started. She and another
girl upstairs, but her companion ran down
again to the street and escaped, while the Alpert
girl tried reach the roof. She was not seen
again till her body taken out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
TWO REGIMENTS OFF FOR CAMP.
THE EIGHTH AND THE sEvENTY-FIRsT SET OUT
FOR PEEKSKILL
FOR PEEKSKILL.

The Sth Regiment seven hundred strong. left its
armory. at Ninety-fourth-st. and Park-ave., at
O'Clock yesterday morning, and headed by its band
marched down Park-aVe. 10 the Grand central sta
ton where it embarked a special train for the
State camp. at PeekskiH. Five hundred of the
men left the station train of twelve coaches
and two baggage cars and the remainder pulled
out shortly afterward a second section OF six
coaches. This second section also carried detail
of the I'd Battery and members of the Second
Signal Corps.
big crowd gathered at the armory before the
regiment started and cheered it as it marched
away. The men were in heavy marching order
The regiment was in command of Colonel James
Morgan Jarvis. Lieutenant-Co Ridabock, Major
John Kirby ana Major Robert Edwards
At noon the list Reglmsnt left It's Es agm0ry at
Thirty fourth-st and Park-aye. Ihere was "a
formed in line great cheer greeted 1t; Headed
f6urth-st, TO Madison ave, down Madison-aye. 10
Thirty-third-st. and thence west to Eleventh-ave
All along the route the regiment cheered. AS
it passed Broadway the band played The Blue and
the Gray" and tremendous cheers were given The
Captain Willis headed one battalion and Captain
At Thirty-third-st. and Eleventh-ave. a special
train Of fourteen coaches and two baggage cars
Members q the 18TH Regiment, . under command
West sixty-second;st;, at $50 o'clock; They left
the camp at Peeb2k a on the IL IRAN ana ana
city, shortly after O'Clock They were delayed
took them to the old station Of The Csn
trail Railroad. They marched through Thrtieth-st.
TO Eighth-ave., up that street to the Circle, and
then into Broadway to sixty-second-st, whence
ed that the men had been much benefited by the
The 9Th Regiment. Colonel William F. Morris
commanding returned from Peekskill late yester-
day afternoon The men. in heavy marching order
brown and tanned from the weeks encamp-
ment at Peekskill. but all appeared TO be in good
spirits. Major Lorigan said that the weeks outing
had benefited the men greatly, physically and from
a military point Of view
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
NEW-JERsEE BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE STATES JUDI
CIAL SYSTEM DISCUSSED.

Atlantic City, N J., June 1.-THE second days
session of the State Bar Association was held here
to-day. The report of the Committee to Suggest
Amendments to the Constitution was taken up.
Acting Governor Johnson moved that the propo-
sition TO amend the executive power so that the
Governor or person administering the government,
the Chancellor the Acknowledgement. may remit
fines or forfeitures and grant pardons after
victions in all cases except impeachment, be
ferred back the committee for further consider
alton. This power. said Mr.. Johnson, not
properly part of the judicial system of the State
The motion prevailed.
The section proposing that the Court of Errors
and Appeals shall consist of a chief judge and four
associates or any four of them; that in the
judge of said court shall be disqualified TO sit in
any cause unable for the time being to dis
charge the duties of his office and where the whole
number of judges sitting shall be reduced below
four, that the Governor shall designate justice
to fill the vacancy. and that the Secretary of State
shall be the clerk of the court" dis
cussed. Communications from c. l.. COrbin and
w. w. Williams were read asking that action on
meeting. Cortlandt Parker also argued against the
change, and the consideration of the report was
deferred
Former Chief Justice PaxOn of the Supreme
Court Of Pennsylvania. addressed the meeting con-
Guiding with the remark that ne believed dis
honest judge is to-day an impossibility the
bench.
The next meeting of the association will take
place in Trenton in November, when the Supreme
Court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
c. P. HUNTINGTON AND S. P.


Dispatches from San Francisco were published
yesterday confrmatory of The Tribune's an
nouncement of the election of II. z. Huntington.
nephew OF President c. P. Huntington. as first
vfce-president Of the Southern Pacific Company,
succeeding General Thomas H Hubbard who had
held that office the representative of the
Searles-Hopkins interest. 1t added in the
dispatches that c. P. Huntington. with the aid OF
Speyer g. Co, had obtained control of
100000 shares Of Southern Pacific stock. having
added to the Crocker and Stanford holdings pre-
viously acquired by him the 100000 shares owned
by Edward F. Searles and the 10000 shares held
by General Hubbard The total authorized capital
stock of the company IS 100000 shares (par value
500. of which more than 10000 shares are out
standing; that Mr. Huntington now fully con-
trolls the great railway system OF which he is
the executive head.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
F0R NATIONAL PARK AT rALLEY FoRGE

Valley Forge, Penn. June 16-The first step in
the movement that 1t is expected will eliminate in
the requirement of the Washington Cavalry ground
at this place by the Government for a National
Park taken to-day in the form of a field day.
Governor Stone reviewed the First Brigade Penn
sylvania National Guard. On the stand with him
were some of the descendants of men foremost in
the Revolutionary annals. Among them were Cen
eral Lafayette Washington, granddaughter of
General Washington, and William Wayne. a
descendant of Mad Anthony Wayne. Many patri-
otto organizations represented. The orator of
the day was Congressman Watson. OF Indiana.
Letters favoring the park read from Presi-
dent Mckinley and Senators Beveridge. of Indiana
and Daniel. OF Virginia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
TO ENFORCE FEDERAL ORDER.
AAF INC OF QUARANTINE LEADS TO RENEWED
ACTION TO KEEP PERSONS IN CALIFORNIA.

Washington June 16.-The action of the Health
Aothorltles II making renewed efforts 10 prevent
persons VINO may have been exposed 10 the pIague
from leaVing San Francisco and California Is eY
plalheo py The following dispatch from SURGEON
hlnsoun, al San Francisco which was received b,,
me surgeoD-General OF the Marine HOSPITAL Ser
vice June Il:
II the Federal Court orders abandonment of The
..iLcaISH LSoaTq : GORDON around Chinese
lLcreby permitting persons from the infectaS a.
tFtct 10 travel from the cty vii i liected dls-
wise clfected enforce the regulations az NJ %
against persons leaving San Francisco for =.
slates Will instruct common carriers ~ reF,isa
IaHsI5ofthuon 10 all persons desiring 10 leo,s G.,
EIanelsco ano 60 10 other States unless 6a,,j,o| -
ceItncate OF Marine Hospital officer 7 VII Is ra
241aios q surrounding States of TIE actual cordi
slcTs existing here. '' SOi4uI-
The order OF May z was based upon repor, sen.
by the surgeon-General 10 the Secretary ~ The
Treasury. In which he enclosed nennora MI,
showing the existence Of the bubonic plagne g.
Chinatown, In San Francisco. He then requested
The PRONUNCIATION OF such regulations as nnfebt ho
necessary 10 prevent the spread OF the disease
from one State OF Territory into another. Tbssa
regulations provided that:
No common carrier shall accent for ire 1sror,.
tion any person suffering with plague or ann avn
Gle injected herewith; shall common Carriers
ACCEPT Tor transportation any class of persons WI
gay be Designated by the Surgeon-Cienerai Of rhe
Marine Hospital Service being likely 10 convev
sss risk Of plague contagion 70 other conaunities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
CHARGES AGAINST CONTRACTORS.

Paterson. N J.. June l6-Street Commissioner
Brett was at the City Hall to-day TO make charges
against two local contractors on evidence of
Alderman John Boylan, of the Eighth Ward The
trouble was begun at the meeting of the Com
mittee Streets and Sewers last night at which
Alderman Boylan is alleged to have said that
Contractors AgneW and Forbes two of the best
known c, liens OF Paterson, robbing the city
by taking up old curbstones and, after redressing
them. putting them back other streets and
charging for them stone. 1t is under
stood that both Agnew and Forbes will bring legal
action against Boylan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
LAWYERS WIFE ACTS STRANGELY

While in Broadway between Fortv-ninth and
Flrtieth SITS yesterday Detective Plummer of the
west Forty-seventh-st. station. noticed we'll
dressed woman acting in peculiar manner She
was gesticuatng wildly and exclai1nng:
IF my husband wants divorce I'll give him
oner'
The detective took her 10 the station house where
she said she was Elizabeth A. Walsh of No PA
vest Forty-thtrd-st, the wife of William Walsh n
lawyer, with an Office at Nos ~ and 81 Chambers-
ST; She was sent to Bellevue Hospital
II was said at the Hotel NOrmandie that the
Washes had been at the hotel for some time up TO
last week. when they left. ~ ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
MOTHER AND cHILD SrRrcK BY cAp

Mrs Annie Reiser. thirty years old OF No 1ss2
Bathgate-ave.. was crossing Third-ave yesterday
afternoon at the intersection OF Fifty-ninth-st
carrying a child in her arms. A southbound car
was coming along and 1t stopped. but the motor
man on the Fifty -ninth-st crosstown car was
looking at some painters at work on a department
store. and did not see the and her child
The car struck the woman. sending her SPRAYING
on the Third-ave, tracks. The woman clung 10 the
child. and II escaped injury The woman had her
right ankle fractured. An ambulance was sum
moned from the Flower Hospital and mother and
babe were taken there. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
KNOCKED DOWN BY An ELECTRIC CAR.

Josephine Mgiora, thirty-two years old of No.
IL Jackson-st., Brooklyn. while taking a three
months-old child TO the New-York Founding
Asylum, at Sixty-eghth-st. and Third-ave yes
terday alighted from northbound Third-ave car
at SiXty-eighth-st. and walked directly in front
Of a southbound car. in charge Of John FITZGERALD
of No. 1I2 East Ninetieth-st
The car struck the before the rnotorman
could bring II 10 a stop. The woman, holding the
child in her arms was knocked down but the
motorman stopping his she was not dragged
any distance. The child unhurt. The woman
sustained an inCised wound of the elbow a sprained
ankle and several Commissions of the body
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
TO TRY TO RESTORE RATES

The general freight agents Of the Kansas City
lines eastbound, are to meet here within a few
days. on the call of the special committee which
appointed recently by the presidents Of the
Western roads. TO consider the situation in
Kansas City territory 1t is said that shipments Of
freight are being made to and from Kansas City
at from 40 to 50 cents under tariff rates, and the
general freight agents 10 undertake the task
OF bringing about restoration of rates speedily
as possible It is estimated that the railroads
have lost between So 100000 and s. 600 the last
year through rate cutting in Kansas City terri
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
THE ITHACA PUBLISHING COup41y

Ithaca, n, Y. June 1.-THE Ithaca Publishing
Company. which filed a certificate of incorporation
at Albany yesterday. has elected officers as fol-
lows: President, Professor d. c. Lee of Cornell
University vice-presdent, ]. S. Kirkendan; secre-
tary, w. H Smith, and treasurer, s. L Johnson
The directors named in the certificate are Profess
sor G. P. Bristol. of Cornell; ]. S. Kirkendan D.
ltal Of the corporation will be $4,000 The com
Pany expects to do general publishing business
in connection with The Ithaca News" which is
now largely controlled by Professor Lee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
CRUISE OF scH00LsHIp ST u4Rrs

The annual cruise OF the schoolship St. Mary's
which is under the Jurisdiction OF the Board of
Education, began Friday. when the vessel sailed
for Fayal. in the Azores where she is due on June
80. She will remain there TIL July g. and then sail
for Lisbon at which port she s expected to arrive
July TO- on July rs she Is 10 go 10 Gibraltar
arriving on the Both. Sailing for Tanger on Au-
gust II, she will arrive the same day and remain
till August IA.
II the winds favorable she will then go to
Madeira, reaching there on August 10. She will sail
September 5 for Glen Cove where she will nrob-
ably anchor October Il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
AWARDS AGAINST NICARAGUA.
DECISION OF THE ARBITRATOR ON CLAIMS
FOR DAMAGES.

Washington June 16.-The State Department has
Just received the award OF the arbitrator. General
E P Alexander, OF Savannah. In the case OF the
Post-Glover Company. of Cincinnati. and Orr &
Laubenheimer of New-Orleans, against the Mica
raguan Government for damages sustained by them
at Bluehelds in the revolution Of 1894 Orr &
Laubenheimer claimed $4,000 damages because the
Nicaraguan Government took possession of some Of
their launches and lighters loaded with
bananas The arbitrator awards damages to the
extent of 81. 600
The Post-Glover Company claimed damages 10
the amount of 81, 402 account of the seiSure by
the Nicaraguan Government Of electric constFuc-
ton material belonging to the company. The aroi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17

and said common carriers shall be subject to in
spection.
This order was originally directed against
Asiatics, but since II has been found that no dis
elimination be allowed all persons are subject
to the regulations. The inspection service has been
in operation since Nav p. the date Of the order,
but as Chinatown was surrounded by heaIth COT
con II unnecessary to carry out It's provisions
in their entirely. Since the Gordon has peen re-
moved. however, stricter precautions are 20 .be
taken by the Federal authorities, who VIII allow
one who has been exposed to the plague 10 leaye
San Francisco California for other states; The
Federal authorities fowever. have no control over
the movements OF persons within the state
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
ARBITRATION WITH RUSSIA.

AN AGREEMENT TO SETTLE CLAIMS OF
AMERICAN SEALERs REACHED
Washington. June 16-Ambassador Tower. at
st. Petersburg, has informed the State Depart
ment that he has succeeded in arranging with
the Russian Government the basis of the arbi-
tration which will adjust the claims Of the
United States sealers against the Russian Gov
eminent for illegal seizure of the Siberian coast
These claims aggregate about $2OO,0OO, and DR..
Asser, a well known Dutch publicist, has been
selected the arbitrator The next step in
order is the reduction of the agreement reached
by Mr.. Tower to the form Of protocol after
which the case will be submitted to the arbi-
traitor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
WANTS HER HUSBAND DECLARED DEAD

Mrs Bertha Neuman, through her attorney
Emanuel l. Sllberstein. has applied to Surrogate
Fitzgerald 10 issue her letters of administrs-
ton on the estate OF her husband Henry Neunan
who disappeared in November 1892
Mrs. Neuman does not know whether her hus-
band is alive not but she has been unable
TO End out anything about him she thinks II would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
THE DUBUQUE ARcHBISHOPRIC.
OPPOSITION TO DIR. KEANE SAID TO ARISE FROM
THE SCHROEDER CASE.

Washington. June 16.-Advices have been re-
ceived at the Papal Legation from Rome indicat-
ing the early appointment of Archbishop Keane as
Archbishop Of Dubuque. The appointment. it is
said, would have been made before this time but
for the antagonism Of the German priests in that
see who favor the appointment Of Father Carroll
a professor at the Dubuque Seminary. II is Under
stood that their opposition to DIR. Keane arises
from his attitude the Schroeder case. when that
professor removed from the Catholic Uni
Yersity in this city some time ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
STUDENTS TAKE BAR EXAMINATIONS.

An examination for admission 70 the bar was he'd
yesterday IN the examination hall OF the Appellap9
Division Courthouse. MadisOn-ave. and Twenty
hfth-st. 27S students being IN the class, Franklin
NJ Danaher. Of the State Board OF Law examiners
VINO conducted the eXamina ton. said the class W.
the largest that had been examined II the St+-~.
IN the class were two women. Sarah Dro~"o
Belcher and Agnes Him
The president OF the Board. William p GOcdeiIS.
presided over an examination m Brooklyn yess~s-
day, where the class numbered ninety-sey@a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
KILLED BT FALLING CAKE 81 ICE.

Moses Arnold seventy-two years old. was assist
ing IN unloading ice yesterday from barge 70
freight car at the foot Of Nineteenth-st-. Jersey
City. when cake Of ice slipped from the tongs
ana fell on Arnold knocking him overheard ne
was rescued by Henry Bahrenberg a son OF
Arnold's employer. but died while being taken 8!
St Francis's Hospital Arnold lived at No 10
DelaWlre-aNe. Jersey CITY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
ANOTHER SEA TRIAL OF THE KENTUCKY.

Newport News, Va, June 16 (SpeciaD.-The
batteship Kentucky returned 10 Hampton Roads
this morning after another preliminary trial at
sea, in which her guns engines and machinery
were subjected successfully TO further test. The
Kentucky Is now preparing to sail for Newport.
X l., there to receive her torpedo outfit. The
understanding aboard ship is that she Will then
join Rear Admiral Farquhar's squadron
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17

dead.
Neuman's estate is small and its amount Is not
such as to cause any anxiety Mrs NeUnans
part as 20 its possession, but she alleges that inc
fact that she has been appointed the administrator
or her husband. whom she describes in her moyins
papers as deceased, will constitute her a widow
and restore 10 her freedom a far matriulony -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
NEW NAVAL CO4LING STATION.
TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT
AT SAN DIEGO. CAL.

AT SAN DIEGO. CAL.
Washington. June 16-The Navy Department has
decided establish coaling station of the second
class at San Diego. Cal This decision has been
reached on a report from Captain Field. of the
Ranger, announcing the results OF a survey Of the
harbor at that place recently made by him The
report says that the minimum depth of water over
the bar at low tide is q feet. and the tidal rise
amounts about feet there is sufficient water
for naval vessels of the smaller type. The report
also states that it is possible TO coal the largest
naval ships in the bay to the east of the harbor
entrance the water there being sheltered from the
prevailing winds by a big kelp bed, that lighters
could safely lie alongside the warships
The War Department, which owns the large tract
Of land to the westward of the harbor entrance,
also has agreed to give the Navy sufficient ground
for the station just above Ballast Point. and
soon Captain Field has more definitely located
the tract desired the reservation will be announced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17

Fifteen must be made in the first range to shoot
the fifty and seventy-hye yard ranges. ana on
the latter the scores be 30 to qualify.
Major-General McCoskry Butt. who has been IN
camp the last weeks with regiments OF ms
brigade returned to the city with the 12th this
morning He sails July to visit the Paris Elk
nGuYres
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
HEALTH CERTIFICATES FOR CHINESE.
NOT TO BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE cALIFoRx1.
WITHOUT THEM.

WITHOUT THEM.
san FRANCISCO, June 16-Au railroad and steam
sHp companies have been Informed by the Federal
authorities at Washington that Asiatics will nor
-,o"ed 70 ieaYe California unless provided with
i-eaI'h certiilcate issued by the United States
ne hospital officials. White persons Will be
allowed to leave without certificates. bur II VIII ba
.ecUiiifaended that they provide themselves voin-
~" Iei'Iilcates to avoid possible delay.
At first the order from WASHINGTON s.t5 ...
m .es as wei as Asiatics must have health certi6
C3ucasans o- i"'ei' eAeIIlptlLg
ms actlon has been taken to assure peoDIe IN
= 80 tes llIat every precaUtiOn being taken
20 paeVft me spread Of plague, if it should EXIST
Keno New, June l6.-Orders have been received
by Federal Health Officer McQuestin in This ct,y
from Quarantine Officer Kinyoun. at San F.
cisco 70 search all eastbound trains for passengers
rom San francisco at the State line -Sucb nae
sshgeIs are TO be required 10 show certificafss
signed by the United States marine officer In ~
event OF their failure 10 produce this document
they are 10 be turned back OuiileliI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
ann AT 80 GLRT ZOE RIFLE pRlcrLcE.

Trenton n. j.. June l6.-An order issued by
Acknowledgement Stryker made public to-day
for camp Of instruction in rife practice The
camp VIII be established at Sea Girt from July
TO September l. under command Of General BIRD
v. Spencer inspector or rifle practice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
POSTAL COMMISSION APPOINTED.

TO REPORT ON THE NEEDS OF THE FREE DE-
LIVERY SERVICE IN GREAT CITIES.
Washington, June 16.-The Postmaster-GeneraI
has appointed c. T. Mccoy. William G Edens and
Charles Hedges, assistant superintendent of the
free delivery system. a committee investigate
report the OF the free delivery service
in Philadelphia, Baltimore. New-York and Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
J4CKSON-ST. FIRE NOT INCENDI4RY.
ACCIDENTAL. FIRE MARSHAL sEERY SAYS
FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS.

Fire Marshal Seery said yesterday that from the
reports of the sent out by him TO investigate
the disastrous fire at No "a Jackson-st. on Friday
morning, he forced to the conclusion that the
fire was not incendiary He thinks now. as
ne did on Friday. that some one careIessly threw
a match or lighted cigar in the hallway.
Deputy Chief Duane, Acting Chief in the absence
Of Chief Croker. is of the same opinion. He said
that there was nothing at all to indicate incen-
darism.
The seven members of the Cotter family burned
TO death in the fire in which eleven persons lost
their lives, will be buried from the undertaking
rooms at No. J09 Hudson-st.. this afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
DELAY IN IRISH ET-cOyTICrs' CASE.

DECISION POSTPONED TO HEAR AN APPEAL
FROM BOSTON
Washington, June 16.-Assistant Secretary Taylor
has received request from Boston for permission
to file brief in the of Ftzharris and MuIIet
the Irish ex-convicts who detained by the
immigration auth critics in New-YOrk under orders
for their deportation. The request has been grant
ed, and in consequence the final determine ton OF
the matter will be postponed for a week longer.