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New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
A PACIFIC CABLE HEARING.

ARGUMENTS FOR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP BEFORE
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE..
Washington, Jan. 9-The House Committee on
Commerce gave a hearing to-day to Messrs
Scrymser and Bayes, president and vice-presi-
dent of the Pacific Gable Company of NewYork
relative to the laying of a transpacfc cable. Mr.
Baylies contrasted the opposing ideas of Gov
ernment cable and under private control main
tanning that private ownership would prove more
advantageous to the Government. The plan OF his
cable as outlined for a line to Honolulu. Mid
way Island. Guam and Luzon, with branch line
from Guam to Japan. a total of S.2S5 miles.
Admiral John Irwin retired, and Francis B.
Thurber, president of the American Export Asso-
citation. spoke in favor of private ownership Of
cable routes.
The committee fixed January % for hearing Of
Government officers relative to the cable, and also
adopted resolutions asking the Secretaries of War
and the Navy for full information.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
.. ", sCOFIELD A BANKRUpT.

Charles w Scoheld. living at No Isl West Twen-
ty-third-st. at time a well known Wall Street
operator has filed a petition In bankruptcy. with
liabilities OF $OS.64O and assets. All but $34
of the liabilities in judgments, fourteen in
number which were obtained against him from
1880 to 1885, Among the creditors are the Tredegar
Iron Company of Richmond, Va. $4,000; F. F.
Thomson S8493; Houland & AspinwaI, s11 2O6;
Adrian S. Iselin $9.74S; S NJ Giddings. S5SS; G. w.
Nidal SS662 and R. II. Wams. 1886. Mr. SEQ
field made an assignment on June To- 1880 but Moth
ing was realized from the assets. The schedules
of that assignment showed liabilities of $500 900.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among those who sail for southampton to-day on
the American liner St Louis Hayden Bailey.
DR. and Mrs Percy n. Barnesby, Mrs. F. Van den
Brock and child Mr.. and Mrs. A. Cass Garfield
and the Misses Laura and Mary Garfield. Guy Wet
more Carryl Mr. and Mrs Richard Harding Davis.
professor C W Mally. Henry A. Miles Sir Cecil
Moon Bart and Lady Moon. Colonel Proskey, S.
NJ Roosevelt and H. r. ThaW.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
ACTRESS ASKS FOR AL1uONY.

Mrs. Mary A. Wood. who is known the stage
as Marie Ven Tasse applied to Justice Fitzgerald.
in the Supreme Court. yesterday for $15 week
alimony and $500 counsel fee pending the deter
mination of the action for absolute divorce
which her husband, Thomas Wood, a singer, has
brought against her. Wood alleges that between
December and December y last his wife lived
No 256 West Twenty -fifth-st. with John r. Wright
as the latter's wife. Justice Fitzgerald reserved
decision.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
ONE or THE COFFEE STEAMERS SOLD

The IasseT one of the coffee steamers which
was run into by the steamer Friesland while lying
at anchor at Quarantine on December and was
so badly damaged that she had 20 be beached, was
sold yesterday private sale TO McCaldin brothers
She Is living at Erie Basin, where she was taken
after being foated on December 19, and will go
from there to-day to the Ross Iron Works for re-
rnP
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
VALUATION OF cUsroM HOUSE.
BUILDING AND LAND ASSESSED AGAINST THE
NATIONAL CITY BANK AT 81 10000
WHAT THE TAX BOOKS SHOW

WHAT THE TAX BOOKS SHOW.
The tax books which were opened on Monday
show that the old Custom House in Wall-st. and
the land which II stands have been assessed
against the National City Bank at S. OOo Pres-
dent Fetner of the Tax Department said yesterday
that the tax would be collected. because the build
ing had been sold by the United States Govern
ment and tnen had been leased to the Govern
ment. 1t not necessary. he said that any deed
should be recorded TO prove that the building was
subject taxation.
II is shown by the tax books that few changes
have been made from last year in the valuations
of the large office buildings, hotels. clubs and
theatres in the city. Ten of the club buildings IN
the city are assessed as follows; LotGs, Sl6oS0; ~
University $500 O0O NewYork Athletic $4,000; Bar
Association $500 COO; Metropolitan $3.50 0Oo Progress.
si75000: Union, $425.000; Union League. S625VOO;
Colonial. $4,000; Mendessohn Glee, $4,000. There
have been announcements that the Progress Club
in Fifth-ave., was trying to sell it's house for
$1.200,OG0 but the property has been assessed ior
two years at Sf75,O ,O00
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
NOT SUBJECT TO BROKERS TAI.

RULING AS TO BANK OFFICERS WHO ARE MEM
BERs OF STOCK EXCHANGES
Washington Jan. 9.-Commissioner Wilson. OF the
Internal Revenue Bureau. has directed that where
an officer of a bank holds a membership in Stock
Exchange as agent for his bank. and the business
done by him the exchange is the banks bust
ness neither he nor his bank is required TO pay
special tax therefor a broker the bank beng
exempt by the express provision Of the statute de-
fining brokers
THE MANNING BOUND FOR PUGET SOUND.
The United States revenue cutter Manning passed
our Sandy Hook yesterday afternoon bound for
Puget Sound. She is TO be used in the Revenue
Service there.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
ANXIETY SHOWN FOR GENERAL GREELY

THE MAN WHO ASSAULTED HIM HELD WITHOUT
BAIL.
Washington Jan. 9.-The condition of General A.
W. Greedy Chief Signal officer of the Army, il
said at his home to-day is still cause for anxiety
The superficial wound is healing well, but the
symptoms of shock and concusson of the brain
have not disappeared.
Joseph Furnace the assaiant Of General Greely.
appeared in court to-day and held without
hat
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

Justice Andrews, of the Supreme Court, has ap-
pointed Charles A. Grant temporary receiver the
Aquila Rich Company manufacturers of paints at
No. 100 William-st.. with a factory in Brooklyn
on the application of Aqua Rich. Adolph E. Bay
reuther and Samuel Marsh, directors. in proceed
tngs for the voluntary dissolution of the corpora
ton The liabilities are S32 1s5 and the assets are
Slo'5 80 ne company was incorporated on Decem-
Der II lS9i with capital stock OF S1OO.00O Aquila
Rich was president and Adolph f. Bayreuther
treasurer The affairs of the company have been
IN liquidation Tor some time past and offer OF
month ago. -
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
ANOTHER PARK AUTOMOBILE PERMIT.

The eighteenth permit issued by the president of
the Park Board, George c. Clausen. for the of
an automobile in Central Park was issued yester-
day morning to Charles T. Yerkes. of No. S64
Fifth-aVe.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
FRESH TRADE DEVELOPMENTS.

Consul Kennedy writes from Para about the pos
sibiities of investment for outside capital in north
ern Brazil. Among these the construction Of
one hundred miles of railway 10 get around the
falls in the Madeira River; storage warehouses in
Para to take merchandise that now waits on board
ships for a week or ten days at time; a drydock
at Para, an artificial port and dock at Manaos
steam sawmills the upper Amazon, where i'm
forests exist, which could supply South
American cities with lumber without drawing on
the United States. and a railroad up to British
Guiana, with branches to Venezuela and Colombia.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
LOCAL BUSINESS COMPLICATIONS.

James Morrison and James Phinster. composing
the firm Of Morrison Phlnster. manufacturers
Of hardwood doors and trimmings. at Nos. CAT and
GAO West Fiftieth-st made an assignment yesterday
to Robert Gibson without preference. except for
wages of employees. The firm formed in June
1898. and Mr.. Morrison had been In the same line
for several years previous. One of their con-
tracts was for a large part Of the work on the
syndicate building at Nassau and Liberty sts a
few years ago
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

THE MAYOR TETOES TWO RESOLUTIONS.
Mayor Van Wyck yesterday vetoed the resolution
of the Municipal Assembly which appropriated
S125 600 for filterng plant in Brooklyn. and also
that changing the name of Mail-st. TO Van Colt
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

AS soon as this result was announced Major
Smith and Captain Wells again filed protests in
each case and appealed from the decision Of Colo
mel Bates in the first instance. These protests
Colonel Bates said made under the military
code and will be decided by the Governor, beCore
whom the matter will be PLACED for hnal decision,
the papers going through the usual military chan
nels to Adjutant General Hoffman.
After the announcement of the vote the annual
meeting Of the officers was held, and was presided
over By Colonel Bates. When the meeting ad-
iourned ii was announced that Adjutant Bowling
was elected secretary and Major Clinton H. Smith
treasurer for the year The election of Major Smith
to this office seemed to afford a good deal OF salts
faction to his friends
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

A grain elevator at Amsterdam has Just been
completed that will discharge about 100000 pounds
an hour and deliver two kinds of grain at once
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

A large part of the merchandise sent from this
country to China goes by mail Many of the pack
ages broken in inftransportation, owing 10 the
hard usage that the bags receive. The American
Consul General at Shanghai urges that shippers
be careful about packing articles. When
parcel arrives at Shanghai from abroad in bad
condition the Chinese Government will not carry
It any further. The person to whom It is ad-
dressed receives notice, and Is expected to call or
send for it, even though he may live hundreds or
thousands of miles in the interior.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

On the extensive port works which Paraguay is
about to construct at Montevdeo, something like
$5,O00OOO is to be expended. The United States
Consul there, Mr. Swain, supply details to con-
tractors.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
CANNOT HAVE A NEW TRIAL.
WILLIAM DwYER. ALTHOUGH DECLARED INNo
CENT BY ACCUSING WITNESSES HAS
SERVED HIS TERM AND MUST APl
PEAL TO THE GOVERNOR.

Judge Mcmahon handed down a decision yester-
day. denying the application for a new trial for
ex-Policeman William Dwyer, of the Old Slip sta
ton
Dwyer was convicted March 16 1894, Of op-
pressing saloonkeeper in Nassau-st and was SEN
fenced by Judge MARITIME to two months imprison-
ment. He served the term, and year ago last fall
witnesses interested in the made afidavis that
they had committed perjury and motion was
made before Judge Mcmahon recently for a new
trial. The object was to have Dwyer acquitted and
to secure his reinstatement on the police force.
1t is the opinion of Judge Mcmahon that he can
not relieve the punishment meted out to the
man, since he has served his term, and he says
that the effect desired could be had through par
don by the Governor. He denies the application for
a new trial, but without prejudice he states
against any proceedings before the Governor.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
UPHOLDS lists ELECTION.
COLONEL BATES OvERRULEs PROTESTS
AND AN APPEAL WILL BE MADE.

COLONEL BATES OVERRULES PROTESTS,
AND AN APPEAL WILL BE MADE.
Colonel William G. Bates of the list Regiment.
last night in the armory at Thirty-fourth-st- and
Park-ave overrued the protest filed on Friday
night against the election for lieutenant colonel
and junior major. This protest was filed by Captain
William r. Hill. of Company c, who is said TO be
stanch supporter OF Major Clinton III. Smith,
one of the two candidates for the lieutenant col
onelcy.
The decision was announced by Colonel Bates at
gathering of the officers in the Board room, and
Immediately afterward the Colonel went 10 the
safe from which he removed the sealed envelope
containing the ballots cast Friday night.
Promptly o'clock the Colonel broke the seal
and proceeded count the votes in the presence of
the officers and behind closed doors.
Fifteen minutes later the Colonel announced the
result as follows:
FOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Captain William L. Hazen, Of Company B--..---. -
Blank
FOR JUNIOR MAJOR.
Captain William r. Linson. of Company D-------- Il
Captain J. Hollis Wells Of Company F-....-......--
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

The Interstate Commerce Commission has ex-
tended the time in which the railroads of this
country must comply with the law about safety
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

Two telephone exchanges in Ohio at Gallon and
Shelby. provided with aluminium wires instead
OF copper. 1t is believed that this is the first ap-
plicauon Of aluminium 10 telephone service.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

The Silver Spring Bleaching and Printing Com
pany, Of Providence r. l.. has adopted new proc
ess for printing calcoes The color is applied at
enc operation and partially removed at another
by printing resist or discharge" In a pattern
Ike that used for the color but shifting the pattern
a trihe 10 one side so 10 overlap but not com
pletely cover the color impression The process
has two or three variations and In some cases the
resist" is put on before the color.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

THE Paper Mill picks up rumor that a COM
bination of Philadelphia Jobbers is trying con-
troll the market for book paper in a way pre'udclaI
20 NA~'-York concerns
New-York tribune., 1900-01-10

What will be next 10 the largest wood turning
mill in America is to be established In the newly
organized town of Stratton, Me. 1t will be owned
by the Estes & McLain Wood Turning Company
Five tanneries up in Maine have been picked up
by the United States Leather and Tanning Com
pany, Of Boston At the steel shipbuildng yard
OF Arthur Sewa Co., at Bath. 1t is believed that
a steel ship bigger than any in the Sewall
feet will be laid down next spring.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-14

ship company. which works in con-
junction with the Pacific Mail and the
o. & o. They fly the Of Japan, but
were built in Americs. yards. Nippon
is the name Of the largest island In
the group and Maru is the Japanese
word for steamship.
Sampans are the special beauty spots
Of the harbor. They are the odd little
boats that take the place Of rowboats
used In other ports. They are long,
low, narrow boats, partly housed over,
and are propelled in a most peculiar
manner. Instead Of oars or paddles, a
single long wooden blade IS employed
at the stern to push the fiat vessel
along at a lively gait. BY a swinging
wrist and swaying body motion the
boatman produces an action in the
water like that of the tail Of a fish
or the blades Of a propeller. It was
not necessary for the Sumner to drop
her launch into the water during the
three days we we're In Nagasaki.
swarms Of the little sampans sur
rounded the ship at all hours. all anx-
ious to carry the visitors ashore at Ave
cents a head. The peculiar propulsion
gives the boat a jerky motion, not at
all unpleasant, that reminds Of a
ride in Coney Island in a whirligig. A
good illustration is shown in the Nip
pom Maru picture Of the japanese sam
pan.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-14

B. G. 55O-Time of Confucius.
b. Q. 211-Chinese great wall COM
pleted.
The important events in Chinese his
tory in the Christian era were:
7O-Buddhism enters the empire.
126O-Pekin became the capital.
1575-Jesuits admitted to the country.
166O-First shipments Of tea to Eng
land.
1s94-Crusade against opium com
1S4O-Eng!and fights China for opium
trade.
1S51-First TAPPING rebellion against
Manchu dynasty.
18TO-Distinct revolt against presence
Of foreigners.
1S76-First railroad opened.
1S91-Renewed %anti-foreign riots.
Here are some of the things not gen.
orally known of China:
The surface area of the Chinese EN-
pire is eighteen lines greater than that
Of Great Britg& It's
The coast line of the empire exceeds
$500 miles, and the land frontier 4,4OO
miles.
The total area Of China is 4,218,401
square miles.
The two great mountain ranges are
the Thsinling, or Blue mountains, and
the Nanling chain.
The area drained by the great Yang
tse-kiang river is 10000 square miles
The city Of Pekin consumes nearly
$4,000 tons Of rice annually.
Printing was invented by the Chinese
about the beginning of the tenth cen.
fury.
The penal code of the empire is a
least 1000 years old, and under its pro
visions about 1900 persons are annu
ally executed.
The edible dog Of China is a small
one of greyhoundlike form. The Skin
Is almost destitute of hair.
The purest Chinese is spoken at Nan
king and is called 1.-THE language Of the
mandarins."
There is no distinction of parts o.
speech In the Chinese language, and nj
recognition Of the principle of iniec
ton.
The relation Of words are ascertaine(
by their position In a sentence. Hence
Chinese grammar is wholly syntax.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-14
AN EXTENSIVE AllIT!ON
Being Made to the Indiana Mineral
Springs (lndlana) Hotel
At AN OUTLAY oT $4,000
Growth Of Enterprise Representing Er-
pondlturo Of saBO.OOO-sucoeas-
ful Management Of
IN. l. Krnmen

Ten years ago the ground where the
magnificent hotel property Of the Indi-
ana Mineral Springs Company Is looat-
ted at Indiana Mineral Springs. In
diana was wholly unimproved and al
most a wilderness. Now, owing to the
discovery OF the valuable medicinal
qualities Of the springs and the heal
ing virtue Of the soil itself. together
with the enterprise Of Major H. l.
Kramer. there is located there n OF
the finest sanitariums In the United
States. The natural picturesque sur
roundings have been made more at
tractiVe and the hotel is a model Of
comfort and elegance.
For the greater accommodation Of
guests who come in constantly i%ncreas-
ing numbers from every section Of the
United States, arrangements have now
been made for the enlargement Of the
hotel buildings. The contract was let
yesterday by Major Kramer for add
lions that will cause an outlay Of over
$50, 900. The improvements will consist
Of a new bath house and an addition
to the hotel. The addition will be two
stories in height and will occupy a
ground space SOx16O feet. It provides
forty additional guest chambers. The
entire addition will be handsomely
and elegantly furnished. The bath
house, when completed, will be the
finest in the United States.
Besides the bath house and the
guest chambers there will be on the
first floor a dining hall, a music room,
a billiard hall, physicians Offices and
a barber shop. In connection with the
bath house there will be ladies and
g~entlemen's dressing rooms and cool
ing rooms. The dressing and cooling
rooms will be deliberately decorated
and the floors will be laid In white
tile. In both cooling rooms will be
built large ornamental FIRE places
which will be used Tor heating pur-
poses in addition to the regular steam
heating. The work will be entirely
completed in 80 days.
The improvement and the entire ar
rangements of the hotel and grounds
are made, keeping in view the artistic
effect OF the whole. and when the inn
provements arranged for are cOmplet-
ed the hotel and surroundings will be
much more attractive than before.
Major Kramer states that a still fur
Their addition to the hotel is contem-
plated, cad that plans are now being
prepared for an additional structure
to contain $50 rooms for guests.
Already a quarter Of a million dol
lars has been expended on the In
diana Mineral Springs enterprise and
under the present management greater
growth and development in the future
is assured.-Attica Daily Ledger.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-14

The Dueber watch Works, at Canton, o.
form the finest n most complete watch
plant In the world. The twin factories
producing both watch movements and
the manufacture Of h~igh-Rrade watch
movements and watch cases. Every re-
source and every effort Is concentrated
in the single direction Of making watch
movements and watch cases as nearly
perfect as lies within human power. All
common watches are pendant set, ana
consequently dangerous and unreliable.
The Hampden II jewel watch IL Lever
most reliable and accurate watch on
the market. In buying a watch, get the
very best you can AFFORD. II Will be the
cheapest In the end and give the great
est satisfaction. Railroad men, In the
nature OF their employment. are neces-
sartly good judges of a timekeeper. They
Will tell you that no watch made equals
the Special Railway q Jewel' manu-
featured by the Hampden Watch Co.
Canton, Ohio. Thousands Of these
watches are the M In train SER
vice, and their accuracy of movement
and reliability under all conditions nave
earned for them the enviable reputation
Of surprising all others in the world.
The latest production OF the Duebor-
Hampton factories Is the smallest ladies,
watch a In America. The name OF
this unique production lie The Four
Hundred" Any lady who is the proud
preseason OF one Of these gems has a
thing OF utility and beauty not exceeded
by anything that money can purchase.
The mechanical equipment Of the Due
b~er-Hampden Watch factories Is OF the
finest quality, and It's experienced work
men stand without peers In the watch
industry. To-day the Dueber-Hampden
watch Is supremei and the Du~eber-Hamp-
den Works the greatest watch plant In
the world. All hrst-class jewellers keep
den watches and accept no substitute
Irish World, July 1th, 1900.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-14
Be6ins Lore of RonSr.

The Secretary of the Treasury has
begun sending out the new 2 per cent
bonds due in 1880, which are to take
the place Of such Of the old IS, As and
5s a have been offered for extension
at the new rate under the currency
act Of March IA, 1900. The amount
of the old bonds outstanding when the
offer to extend them was issued was
a little less than $40, 600, 900, and Of
this amount 1920, CSC, 900 has been sur
rendered and a corresponding amount
Of the new 2 per cents will have been
sent to the owners before the end OF
August.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-14
- IA q - Ii u 80

Exposition visitors were startled the
other day by the sensational announce
ment that an attempt had been made
on the life Of the shah Of Persia. It
came close on the heels Of the news
that King Humbert had been assassin
ated. The shah. who is visiting the
exposition, was driving through the
grounds, accompanied by his retinue,
when a guard observed a man in the
crowd who seemed TO be trying to force
his way into the presence OF the shah.
He elbowed his way through the
throng and got 90 near as to attract
the attention OF the Persian ruler. He
was seen TO make a sudden lungo to-
ward the carriage and was thought 10