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New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
THE PARK 4 IRREGULAR JONAH" ."
SO SAYS MAYOR DILLON OF HIS VOTE GET
TING SCHEME IN NEW ROCHELLE

SO SAYS MAYOR DILLON OF HIS VOTE GET
TING SCHEME IN NEW-ROCHEILE
Mayor Dillon of New Rochelle has decided 70 dis
pose Of his park and public playground which he
laid out just beyond the Larchmont boundary line
ting votes. The park covers about acres and
contains baseball diamond dancing pavilions
grandstands and other buildings all Illuminated
with lights. The lodges. fire companies vet
erans-eveu the kindergarten pupils. colored people
and ltalians-had free use Of the park for their
pcnics all last summer. and In several instances
when they failed to clear expenses. Mayor Dillon.
10 help them out. bought the refreshments that
left and distributed them among the
crowd On Sundays the crack baseball teams Of
Westchester County competed In the pa rk and th.
games were witnessed by thousands from New
Rochelle. Yonkers, Mount Vernon and the adjon-
ing towns OF Mamaroneck. White Plains and Port
Chester,
The Mayor and his friends expected that the
park would bring him about thousand in
the municipal election this year, and politicians III
the State watching the experiment with
the intention OF establishing parks and public play
grounds in the New Rochelle experiment was
a success The Mayor was defeated the election
by Henry s. Clarke. his Republican opponent by n
plurality of 365 votes. and he declares that the
park the cause of his downfall.
THE park anything but a vote getter" said
the Mayor yesterday. 1T a regular Jonah
The church people fought because l allowed
Sunday baseball be played there. and the saloon
everybody of town Sunday and left nobody
to sit around their places and buy beer. l got it
On rhere be are several bidders for the park among
hem OF brnns ns rm he re nd
dents get the park they will probably do away with
In ne orde o he of snday bas
ball. The brewing company. 1t is said, wants to
buy the property and turn it into large summer
resort.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
TO BUILD A NEW HOSPITAL
ST JOHNS GUILD WILL PUT UP ONE
FOR CONvALEsCENTS ON
STATEN ISLAND.

New-York is TO have a new hospital for con-
syalescents according the plans OF st Johh 5
Guild The announcement was made at the thlrtS-
fifth annual meeting of the guild last evening III
the Berkeley Lyceum by President William Sherer
that the trustees of the guild had decided, after
careful consideration covering a period OF nearly
two wears to establish such a hospital on the
guild property at New-Dorp. Staten Island IL Will
be open the year round for the care OF women anu
children during convalescence. The president sald
that investigation had demonstrated that the need
of a hospital where women and children, after
discharge from the large general and maternity
HOSPITALS could go to be built up to normal strength
and vgor by proper food, fresh air and good hurs
ing, great L.,
an architect and these exhibited at the meet
ing by means of lantern slides. The buildings VIII
be reproof taking the place of the fraHe oIildlns
now being used a summer hospital SuHlcieht
funds have yet been obtained. but the trustees
are confident OF the of the plan.
The report of John 2. Faure. chairman or the
Floating Hospital committee, showed that last
for ocean trips. The report of DR.. McAlpn. chair
man of the Seaside Hospital. showed that 2o5J
patients received and treated last summer
The report of the treasurer Isaac n Seigrnaf
showed a total of receipts from all sources OF
sll9374 49, increase of $3l.1@ 81 over 1900. ana
disbursements Of sssll 81 leaving balance at 'he
end of the Of $3l. .S39 33
Five trustees were elected, TO serve Tor HNe
years-Charles 4. Moore. Jesse ID. Eddy, James A
blanchard, Edward Jacoby and Franklin Burde;
Mrs Donald Mclean made appeal Tor ala III
the work Of the guild.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
WANT CITY TO OWN TENENENTS
BILL AUTHORIZING NEW-YORK TO BUILD
MODEL. HOUSES BEING DRAWN.

A meeting OF the Church Association for the Ad-
vaucement the Interests OF Labor was held in
the Parish House OF St Chrysostom Chapel, Thirty
ninth-st. and Seventh-ave. last night. The Rev
Jose ph Reynolds. vicecharman OF the organization
and pastor OF St Mary's Church. Mott Haven pre-
sided
Z. +. Ransford. chairman OF the organized labor
committee read report In which he said that there
comparatively few labor disturbances at the
present time.
The accession OF President Roosevelt" said Nj
Ransford. gives the laboring brighter
future to look forward to- \ few days ago We
elected a scholar. hon est and Christian the
confidence OF the capitalist end laboring alike
From Mayor Low we have nothing to fear. He Will
drive the Tiger out OF the city administration"
Thers Il discussion Of Tenement House Re
form" led by Mr.. Ransford.
Alexander Law, chairman Of the sweatshop com
mttre. said that bill In OF prepara-
tlon, which would be introduced at the coming
session OF the legislature advocating the buying
OF a plot OF ground on the lower East Side by the
Nr. Law also advocated trying the scheme
What has been successfully done In London
Liverpool and Glasgow said Mr.. Law. can be
done here. The city Will vast sums of money
yearly IN the matter OF iires. police salaries and
hospital service under such system OF municipal
ownership
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
GIRLS STRANGE ILLNESS.
A WEEK UNCONSCIOUS FROM sARDINEs
EATEN LAST SUMMER.

After lying in a comatose state for seven days
despite the efforts of physicians TO arouse her. Miss
Mamie Berger, a well known young woman Oh
Mount Vernon, became conscious long enough last
night drink glass of water. and lapsed INTO
partly coma tose condition again. Her case has at
tracted widespread attention among the physicians
of the city. they say it is remarkable that she
should have lived long, the only nourlshment
she got was that administered through a stomach
tube.
The unusual condition of Miss Berger. it is be-
Iieved by the doctors. brought on by eating
poisoned sardnes August 23 On that day the
entire Berger family poisoned by eating sar-
dimes. Miss Berger especially was made violently
ILL., and until November she suffered with nervous
troubles On the evening of that day she became
unconscious, and remained until yesterday. At
times she appears be dead. but the physicians
could discern feeble beating of the heart
Electricity applied to the girls body and
other remedies used arouse her, but they
all proved Intellectual. Yesterday when Miss Berger
became conscious she could hardly speak above
whisper. and she weak she could not move.
After drinking heartily she again fell asleep The
doctors say II is doubtful If she RECEIVERS Miss
Berger is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs John
Berger. who reside at No. 10 Pearl-St. They are
heartbroken over their daughters strange Illness
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
4GRICTLTTRAL DEPRESSION.
cAUSES FOR IT ASSIGNED BY THE IN
DUSTRIAL COMMISSION.

Washington. Nov. 12-The Industrial commission
to-day made public its review Of evidence taken Oh
the subjects of agriculture and agricutural iapoi
Among other subjects discussed is that OF asfi-
cultural depression of which the commission
speaks follows:
The cause most often assigned for the depression
of agriculture in the Eastern States Is the III III,
creased production due 10 the opening of Western n
lands in advance of the natural demand. especially!
through the agency OF liberal land laws aTt en-,
of land in aid of railroad construction die Nv,
petition of the West has been rendered
severe by the policy of the raiIrGans s IA a,stances
The old staple products having thus ~pecoiie ~ 90 tnr
farmers TO change their methods and vary the
character Of their crops taxing up ti,F tyane
ported long distances Thus truck farming has
largely superseded cereal growing aGrg me fanttc
States complain of the severe compe.1lIIh pI +b m
Same ma he said of fruit growing. Even so per
ishable modify milk Is transport l LIoi IA
longer distances than formerly since the introduc-
stion of refrigerator cars - s,,,, for
Another which several witnesses assign SIS ] LOT
the unsatisfactory condition OF asrlcu,Gls III me
parts country is the conservatism OF me e
farmers-their lack of quick adjustment 10 If q
conditions and lack OF effective puslIess pi p, bT noe
and mana ger.lent. The farmers as class nave nol
kept up with the times but nave ard to changes in
supply and demand. This undue conserra anu
cially emphasized with reference TO the Southern n
States and is given an explanation ol .,; tle ;o
exclusive attention 10 cotton Prouuo'i' p
Another assigned for agricultural deprHS tIs
sion In the South is the scarcity or money ile
difFcultv of borrowing real estate security anu
the consequent high rates OF Interest III ne
be possihle however. to borrow money III tle
South at somewhat lower rates or interest," tllilt
formeriv The decline In the price of cotton is OF
course an important element in the depression oI
agriculture in the South. The ineficlecN OF hesio
labor is assigned as another cause. On the otheI
hand II is affirmed that there IS too much s"oc t
and cheap labor in The south An aoulGdi0s m h ,o oI
cheap labor is said be unfaVorable 10 tne sue
cess of agriculture. because II results IN pihl
TOO large an acreage and in neglect OF personal at
tention by the planter IL, ~
Against the charge that farmers are uh1uly CON toa-
cerTatvs is mn the countercharge that they turn
from one crop another without suI1clenl re-
gard the suita by OF the climate anu SUI Va ~
The conditions of the market.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
NEW NAP or NEW-YORK STATE.

Washington, Nov l2.-The United States Geo
logical Survey has recently issued several ne"
sheets OF the Topographic map of New-l ork state
and, in addition reprints Of a number OF others
the earlier editions of which were exhausted. The
reprints the following sheets: The Cohoes IN
Guiding Cohoes. Lansiugburg. MechanicsE!lle ana
the valley Of the Hudson for twenty miles above
Cohoes to Bemis Heights; the Lake Placid sheets.
including Lake Placid and the mountainous coun-
try to the northeast: the Rochester sheet. OF the
city Rochester and vicinity: the Thirteenth Lake
quadrangle. sheets showing the mountain sec
tlon OF the southeastern AdirondackS about the
lake of that name. The new maps are the West
Point quadrangle. embra cling the Highlands OF the
Hudson about West Point and the country TO the
north Of Peekskill. and the Cambridge quadrangle.
OF the section IN Washington County TO the north
of Cambridge along the Vermont line.
The relief of the country Is shown by the use OF
contour lines The maps may be had for cents
each on application 10 the Director OF the Geo
logical Survey. Washington.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.
Washington. Nov. l2.-The fol
N Wy orders have been issued:
ARMY.

board of officers to consider report the loca
prop 99 ana aeommoaaPon instruction and ,Tanns Of the
army under the Of February 2. 1901
board: Lieutenant General NELSON NILES MAJ Major
Sao OTIS 5S4 Ma0r AETHrR snf II RsaSsr
GEORGE N. RANDALL and Brisadier General
officers appointed San Antonio for the
Tae Of fT 9 for sss 61F ss3 4e
general Lieutenant Colonel ALMON L. VAR
artillery corps: Major JOHN F. GiIILrOYLE i2th
Cavalry: Captain CHARLES F. MASON. assis'an,
TR6XEI 1,d 1sh GaTairy. ir reeoTder a''' =
First Lieutenant CHARLES D ROBERTS. I'm Infantry
examination for promotion.
Lieutenant Colonel DANIEL. d WHEELER deputy quar-
BOURNE, Surgeon detailed as members Of the
Vice coohel JAMES NJ mARsiAL1 assistant Ta"qt5sP su@f
JAMIN F. POPE. deputy surgeon general hereby re-
lieyed
nromerion: Major HERRERT E TOT FOR
ssanlna,ion: ca1a'n fRAScIs Afif MARsHA iISisL
10Th Cavalry (prdmoted ron First Iieu,enanf Or
Cavalry, subject examination; Captain JULIIrs T
% 6ayar subtec esana0n 0n 'Ia' Majo g''s9s9t %M
SaNd aAH s. q ma omotsd from
1ieu.enant.coone JosErH 3. GIRARD. deputy sur
eurgeon the Columbia and n w ai Gnef pre
ceed to Honolulu to relieve Major Blair d. Taylor
relieve Captain Alfred f. BRADLEY assistan, sur
poratlon Philippines Where he win 'or Tr trans fs
assignment to duty N0'' 'o
Second Lieutenant WILLIAM P. KITS. 2ls, Infantry
will report at Fort slocum for assignment to duty
from post via the snez canal IS tst h maX be
cApts a pfddeed Green r. Bs aP9 18th
OF absence !" status OF
Captain WALTER s MBRooM 7th Infantry will nro
coed Columbus Barracks duty to accomnanv %
first detachment Of recruits be sent to San R Frsn %
to 6e fnppSa: SEn m
Captain JAMES S KENNEDY. asslstan, surgeon, viii,
poGeea 10 oah francesca Tor transportation the
duty. " '''siiheht TO
Lieutenant-colonel ROBERT M o'RE1IL.Y. deputy en-,
as chief surgeon Of the Department OF California
The honorable discharge of GEORGE K WILSON -,
Is appointed second lieutenant OF infantry. 4. 5 A.
Lieutenant,coi9 DAVID P. HEAP Corps of Enx,-
Department California "e'eef o'h'er of the
Captain WILLIAM p sCHOFIELD nay,,,s,.- ,,
ceed 10 San Francisco about December 10 FOR ter
Major WILLIAM P DITvaIL artu,.r, oos T..
from duty Fort Howard and viii reparS f rs reev
Inent 10 duty at Fort Columbus " e'sh-
NAVY
Lieutenant Commander H. MoRRELI. detached -, A.,
missioned "heh COM
Lieutenant Commander c. w. JUNGEN. aetacbs, ,,o
missioned " 'a''sa'or when COM
Lieutenant c P. PIUNKETT. detached the Amphi,rt,.
when commissioned. '''heht
Lieutenant H: W JONES. Lieutenant F. B. RAssErr
GELM: Lieutenant X NJ BENNETT' smrrso, e + +
SMITH Passed Assistant Paymaster W T r;Pa ~ y
oetachea the Arnphitrite to the Co..
mseiond. ' "ifei COM
comWsn.er J, N. HAwLEY. detached command III.
Hartford; TO home and wait orders '''s
Commander ". H. REEDER. to command N. x,.,
soa: Aisisa sprrs01 &c h, sLAKEMAN
Assistant Surgeon r. G. PARKER detash.s ,,. 1,..
iofc' 70 home snd wait orders. ~ ''-
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
NEW FEDERAL JUDGE SELECTED.
HENRY CLAY MCDOWELL CHOSEN FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

Washington, Nov 2-At the close OF the CAP
met meeting to-day IL was announced that Henry
Clay Mcdowell. of Big Stone Gap, Va, had been
selected fer appointment United States Judge
<or the Western District Of Virginia succeed
Judge John Paul. The formal appointment is ex-
.ected in a day two The selection was made
sf,er The claims Of several candidates had been
considered carefully and the President had re-
ceived full information concerning them from their
friends An hour before the Cabinet meeting ex-
Representative Bowden, and PARK Agnew' CHAIR
man of The Republican State Committee OF kir-
rinIa saw the President about the vacant Judge
snfp They did present a candidate, but urged
the President select a resident OF the Western
District They inclined TO the belief, after
their interview with the President, that lie would
appoint Judge Lewis although they thought that
Judge Mcdowell. who is resident OF the Western
District had a good chance.
Judge Mcdowell is Republican, and among his
warm supporters for the appointment Mr..
Yerkes. the Commissioner OF internal Revenue.
Judge Mcdowell is a great-srandsons OF Henry
CLAW and is connected with some OF the Oldest
families Of Virginia and Kentucky. He is a law
0f aitainments. and il is believed that his
appointment VIII meet cordial approval.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
THE CHARGES AGAINST WAKEMAN-
REPORT To BOARD OF TRADE AND TRANS
PORTATION ASKS FOR MORE GEN
ERAL APPRAISERS

The New-Tork Board Of Trade and Transportation
at its monthly meeting this afternoon WliI con-
slider a report from its committee customs ana
administrative act upon the charges heretofore
made against Wilbur r Wakeman, the Appraiser
of the Port. one of the charges referred 10 the
transfer of competent examiners from the DIVISIONS
in which they had become expert 10 the lnsEoecllo
of baggage the piers. and the report says tna'
in August the committee received from the treas
ury Department letter stating that the App aiSe-
had been instructed TO send the examiners back 10
their former divisions. OF that action the report
says:
This rigid compliance with the law as ,iftiTc Ien
eeonfirration Of the view entertained by the pro
testing merchants and aoraS % inIaress of
irnnorters equally with those Of the government
Chants Who recognize our tariff laws as measures
OF revenue rather than as statutes infenqeo % ; 10
7enalze fullest possible extent d very iii'-
portant branch of American commerce
The report desls with the statement of MI
Wakernan that one Of the conplainants against
him had been engaged in practices whlch shoHiu
render the signature of this house OF no standing
with the departrnent'' 1t says that his statement
Was based upon the fact that the house referred
TO failed in 1885, through error. TO make certain
additions 10 invoice entered at newport news
the exact amount OF which represented III uI''e'
TN5a. -.
Recently the committee has submitted TO the
President a memorial regarding some defects IN
the Customs Administrative act, and IN connec'ioh
with that the report says:
In view OF the fact that TWO members OF me
BOARD of General Appraisers practically inca
pactated for duty, and that one or TWO others are
almost constantly absent special duty, e&peIi-
,snce has shown that board OF Line members Is
insufficient properly conduct the Work utEoltr,S
1Ir1o1 members OF be board at this port. lhe
committee, therefore, has recommended al! IN
Cressa OF the board thirteen members, ana mas
also renewed its previous suggestion that the
members Of the board should be protected against
erh;trary removal by the Executive by provision
oE the statute iCh would insure 10 them d hear
ing before reInoAal-
The committee recommends legislation oy Con-
sress for the appointment OF an additional United
States Circuit Judge IN district. and !egisla-
tion 10 relieve general appraisers from the leCss
sity sitting referees IN cases OF appears oii
classification
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
CAR SNA SHE'S AMBULANCE.
SURGEON, DRIVER AND HORSE INJURED
THE LATTER MAY BE SHOT

One of the ambuanCes attached to St Vim
cents Hospital met in collision sOuthbound
Sixth-ave yesterday afternoon in Sixth-ave-
near Eeventh-st 1t resulted in the serious In
jury of the driver and the physician.
The ambulance was in charge of Timothy
MaIoney and DR.. Cabaniss. 1t had just turned
into Sixth-ave. when it caught between
the dashboard of the and elevated rail
road pillar Maloney aDd the doctor were thrown
out. and Maloney was dragged some distance
along the street by the horse he holding tightly
to the reins
Policeman Holt called another ambulance from
St. Vincents. and Maloney and DR.. Cabaniss
removed hither Dr. Cabaniss was found
to be suffering from severe scalp wound and
from injuries to his legs. which may result in
paralysis. Maloney suffered from ContusiOns of
the face. and body.
The ambulance was wreck, its four wheels
being off. and its top and sides crushed in.
The horse, who is known John l.. and who
has been in the ambulance service for long
time is suffering from internal injuries, and II
may be necessary to shoot him
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
POSTAL REFORMS URGED.
MR.. BRIsTow's ANNUAL REPoRT-iMFi'oN L
MENT IN CUBAN SERVICE.

| Washington. Nov. 12.-Posta conditions IN oupa
- -aa5ad reforms in bonding postoffice officials
and employees generally are discussed IN aouI'o''
"a routine matters in the annual report OF }. l.
Bristov, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Inc
-enort gives the following comparative statement
of receipts and expenditures OF CUBA:
Revenues-1soo s246s2 1901. s3s763 increase. si2o-
Expendtures-lSoo, s59S 4s7; 1901 SiSliS'' decrease
sl47 .059. 24.5I per cent coo
Deficit-le00. S352,5S5; 1901, Ss3so3
MANY expendtures were necessitated" the re-
mort saws. because Of unwse contracts that had
been entered into by those in charge of the postal
service of the island during the preceding fiscal
year and which could not be abrogated The in
crease in revenues due to an increase In the
postal business but to proper accounting for
moneys received" The expenses Of the Havana
office have been reduced from slS020O year to less
than sloooO despite great improvements effected
The aggregate amount OF the penalties 'of all
postmasters bonds in force is about $i1l969712
Of which s29 .246 approved in the year The
report recommends repeal OF the act or June 80.
1ses on this subject as productive OF numerous
legal questions, and recommends a law requiring
assistant postmasters, cashiers and other employees
to give bonds to postmasters direct. and holding
postmasters reponsible under their own bond FOR
any and all acts and defaults occurring at their
respective Offices. Other recommendations for
the payment OF Incidental expenses incurred by
local authorities for prisoners charged with viola
tons postal laws. pending transfer OF their
postoffice inspectors take out search warrants
whenever necessary; an appropriation for con-
structing lookouts Gor of inspectors watching
/ employees postofcesD whenever deemed necessary
| by the Postmaster General: amendment OF the
| Interstate Commerce law prohibit telegraph and
| express companies their employees from aiding
and abetting in greengoods lottery swindles or
/ any other scheme carried partly by mail and
partly by carrier IN violation of the postal
i laws.
At the close OF the fiscal year there 1886
postofffces in the United States divided follows
First class aD6: second class $40: third class 33iS
fourth class .2479. There were 1861 appointments
in the year. There 329i postoffices establish
and 3.o31 discontinued. The latter item is an in
of .l25 the preceding year due in DOG
| cases where the postmasters salaries aggregated
S7s3S, to establishment of rural delivery sta
tions in place of fourth class postoffices
sion of city delivery service include postofices
adjacent TO large Presidential offices and to the
| improvement Of public highways. Many private
| postofices' have been suppressed. There were
forty-eight designations OF postmasters at Pres-
dental offices and hfty-two deaths An increa So
| In the number Of inspectors is asked Numerous
! irregularities discovered in remote country
postofices which the inspectors have been una bic
to reach IN former years. There were l6ll arrest
| for postal offences.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
BISHOP SBIRRETTI ARRIVES.
SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HIS
DUTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES WILL. BE

SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HIS
DUTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES WILL. BE.
Bishop Sbarretti. who recently appointed
Apostolic Delegate Extraordinary to the Philippine
Islands by the Pope. arrived here yesterday from
Havana. where he has been stationed for some
time. the steamer Mexico. He accompanied
by Father Juan r. Nivo. and the pier
by his secretary, the Rev Dr. BroderCk; the Rev
J. n Connolly. Archbishop Corrigan's secretary.
and W. E. Mantius. formerly United States Consul
ut Turin. Some of Bishop SbarrettEs baggage
sent in bond to Manila and the remainder he will
take with him to Rome. II expected that
Bishop Sbarrett would go Manila by way Of San
Francisco. but pr Broderick said that the original
plans had been changed and that the Bishop was
going to Rome before proceeding to the Philippines
The Bishop while in this city will be the guest of
Archbishop CorriEap his house, in MadisOn-aVe.
Bishop Sbarretti said that ne had been in charge
OF the Havana diocese for time. and. having
transacted the business that had called him there
he had been ordered Il post in the Philip
pines.
Il going Rome TO get instructions my
post said, and until then will not, Of
course know what my duties be. OF course
l have read in the newspapers that the Vatican Is
sending the Philippines to endeavor
range an agreement between the Filipinos and the
American Government. Other papers speak about
the settlement OF the frar question whatever that
IN