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New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
DEF4JLTs IN THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST
OF ATLANTIC COAST ELECTRIC RAIL
ROAD IT Is SAID

The Atlantic Coast Electric Railroad Company. il
was learned yesterday has defaulted on the pay
Inent Of the $4,000 interest due November l
its SSpo.olo outstanding per first mortgage
bonds An officer of the company said yesterday
that Il had been necessary to in the last year
q power mouse, a of SS660, and TO
make other improvements. all these expenses be
ing paid out Of earnings. The default. he contin-
ned. part OF plan for reoTganiZng the
finances of the company. but he admit ed that
there not fuTos enough hand meet
the interest due. lie added that he did think
the company would go into receivers hands.
The Atlantic Coast Electric Railroad is d
bnatfOn Of trolley lines along the New-Jersey
coast. extending from Asbury Park through Long
Rranch TO Pleasure Bay The company also
The entire stock Of the Atlantic Coast Electric
Light Company, which supplies the electric lights
Of Asbury Park and a half-dozen rleighboring
towns. The conlpan.- has sl.5o1Gyo .ital stock
end ia addition the first mortgage bonds
which default mas been made has outstanding
$4,000 general mortgage per cent bonds Its
earnings :or the year ended September 60 1900
were .9ls The president is William Evarts Ben
iarnin. and among the director, a recent date
were H. II. Rogers Daniel O'Day and Colonel
George B. N Harvey, who was once president of
company.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
NAY DRIVE BIG CONCERNS OUT.
THE EFFORT TO MAKE CHICAGO CoRPOfA-
TIONS PAY TAXES = LIVELY
FIGHT IMPENDING

Chicago Nov (speciaD.-There is considerable
anxiety felt in Chicago just now over the possible
exodus from Illinois of many of Chicagos largest
corporate companies. This uneasiness is not with
out cause as down az Springfield. where the State
Board of Equalization is in session. there Is pre-
vailing tendency the part of the equaizers 10
put TO the test the constitutionaty of the law
exempting manufacturing and mercantile COM
panes from taxation. Should it the point
where the big concerns would be called upon to
submit to taxation after many years of exemp-
ton. there would be trouble in camp. and, rather
than submit, many OF them would relIcorIorate
under the laws of New-Jersey some other state.
which started the fight against the dodgers for
the the good Of ChGago may have worked Its RUN: @
sprung upon the city this week by an apparently
Car Company. which has grown up with the city,
contemplated moving its headquarters TO New-Jer-
made effective But. whether not the Pullman
question but that such action on the part of the
equalizers will end of lawsuits and
board completes its work the corporal ations will be
en- the alert The cases which have ALREADY taken ken
board. it finishes its work in months
time it will accomplish than it barsained for.
The corporations which were affected by the de
cisiOn just rendered by the Supreme Court do not
court is evident from the of legal talent
Interests They regard tie decision as an act Of
persecution. and they claim that such exor@bitant @
%@uid mean t ~. rum ln; 20 any one Oh 'he companies
are those concerns exempted by the Manufacturers
ent revenue law. This would include big depart
ment stores. newspapers and everything where the
question of the value of capital stock is brought
The railroads will not escape either. Such
sweeping action the part of the equalizers would
not be quietly submitted to. ami the disturbing
effect the rumors from Springfield are creating has
tended to swing public sentiment 70 the side Of the
corporations. It is questioned whether It IS not
better for business in general permit matters to
remain they without the court interfering.
The CAPITALISTS argue that they must he assured
that their Investments secure. and the Cranks
by their actions will help the city but niure IT.
As capitalist said: I'm five years under such
disturbing influences every large corporation will
have removed from the State. Then there will he
not enough captai to to the funds for
building SchOoihouSeS-''
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

Loavenworth. Kan. Nov. L-Oberlin NJ Carter,
ex-captain of engineers In the regular army,
confined in the Federal pententary at Fort Leav-
enworth. has been Informed of the granting of
civil trial in the United States Circuit Court IN Chi
cago In connection with the suit instituted there
hy the government to take his property.
Colonel l.. D. Carter, his uncle; Stanton Carter.
his brother. and Horace Stone, Chicago attorney,
have been here consultation with the prisoner.
gathering informal tion for the approaching trial!
The purpose is TO seek at this trial to introduce
evidence that Captain Carter asserts was excluded
at the court-maitial and which. he says, would
have established his innocence. Just before he
started for Chicago Colonel Carter said: Captain
Carter and his friends much pleased over the
prospect of a hearing in court of justice at last.
Nv nephew has offered to turn over all his prop
erfv TO the government pending fair trial in
of Justice
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
LIFE SAVERS GALLANT WORK.
CREW OF WRECKED SCHOONER RESCUED
IN HOWLING GALE.

Orleans Mass. Nov. THE large British schooner
John s. Parker OF St John. y. b, bound from that
city for Il Sound port with cargo of lumber.
struck on the bar off here In a heavy northeast
gale this morning and was wrecked. Captain Ernst
and his crew Of five were rescued In the
breeches buoy by the Orleans lfe-savng crew after
a gallant struggle.
From o'clock n n. until after daylight the life
fought with a head wind and sea, and 1t was
O'Clock when Captain Ernst. the last man to leave
the vessel. drawn TO the shore The Ines
which cast over the schooner by means OF the
mortar more than mile long. All the yes
sells crew greatly exhausted from their eX-
posure to storm and cold and from the beating of
the which repeatedly had swept over the
sch To make the work of rescue more diff
cult the vessel shifted her position several times
once having hoated off the outer bar which She
first struck, only to hard and fast upon the
min h..
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
"DRTNKS" SEE REAL RATS
PRISONERS IN COURT PEN IN PANlC'
THINKING, THEY HAvE DELL
RIt-M TRENENs

Tie twenty or more prisoners who were ID lhe
,er, attached 20 the jefferson Market Court were
t,.towr Into q panic yesterday when an olo roper
s,1Aaer;, yeTcd il accents of tcrro-:
y pink rat"
The others looked commiseratinsly at the man
who was seeing things" In a moment another
who la6 ,rr'ibed too freely was also being viewed
with pity.
Il see 'e,, too he cried. There amt only one
hui there's whole parcel of them
.YcI guys wsrt TO go way back and sit down IN
the alcoholic ward at Bellevue, remarheo d
prisoner
He had nc sooner ended his CortemptuouS reiila h
than he also began @ pink rats scarnperins
about Socn almost every prisoner in the pen was
seeing them Jhctr cries of terror created pande-
-nonun Tha EeCIrer- exc!te6ly ran into the court
room and declared that all his prisoners had been
attacked by dc'iriuna tremeas
There's regular epidemic of it,! he exclaimed
and they are all seeing pink rats
..Aw that's my prisoner" said Policeman smith,
os the Nercer-st. station. who had arrested Johh
Donovan a waiter. living in the Mills Hotel. on
Wednesday. The man was intoxicated IN HUDSON
st He had several trained pink rats and was CIV
ing a performance large number OF school chii-
dren. When locked up he allowed to keep the
rats in his overcoat pockets. While he was await
ing his hearing took the rats out OF his pockets
ard let them sCamper about
Bring him out and do it quickly said Magis-
rtate Olmsted. -'or well have all the ambuances In
New-York here 10 attend 10 genuine cases OF de-
lrfum tremens' The man with the rats was sooef
and penitent.
You can go and go quickly" ordered the Magis-
trate. we don't those rats among these
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
RTNiW4Y on RAILROAD.
EXPRESS TRAIN DAsHEs BY AS MAN GETS
HORSE FROM TRACK

EXPRESS TRAIN DAsHEs BY AS MAN GETS
HORSE FROM TRACK.
frightened horse with man on MS pa'h
cd . swinging delivery wagon htched 10 him
yesterday dashed down the Hudson River Rali-
road tracks from Yonkers to Glenwood Stauoh'
The man and the horse were unhurt. put the
wagon was smashed.
The animal. which is owned by the Richard-
son Cleaning Company. Of fonkers' 'ook II iisi''
near Iocust-st., Yonkers- The driver, o"g
named Iohn Sharpe was unable to control the
horse which plunged along the uneven
surface OF the railroad track. Edward Chari-
TON an enploye in the signal service OF the raii-
road company, realizing the lads danger, Ieapeu
into the rear Of the vehicle as II passed BE
fore be gained the wagon seat the driver
Jumped 10 safety. throwing the relns 10 the
ground as he did Nothing daunted. Charl-
ton sprang upon the animals back and. after n
struggle succeeded in bringing him TO stop
Only a minute two after the animal was
taken from the track at Glenwood an express
train dashed by.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
REGISTRATION HEARING NEXT WEEK.

The election officers of the First and Second DIS
tricts of the Second Ward Of Bayonne We're ar
raIgned before Judge Blar. ir the Hudson County
Court yesterday for wiIful neglect in permitting
names to be Illegally registered. Counsel asked
that the complaints 0e dismissed for not setting
forth the alleged Illegal names Judge Blair
piled. The court will not lightly set the matter
aside a teChniCaltty- IN" nearing "SS iu-
iourned to next Thursday at the request OF As
sfstant Prosecutor Vickers. the registry BOOKS
were NOT in court. The defendants are Patrick
Monahan. Lawrence Loughlin. Samuel Harris and
German. Democrats. and H Nreeland. J0hn
A Warnock Sas Fuda and II. r Mahnken, Re
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
SijO,O0O SECURES 500 BOND.

FARMER HELD IN BAH. FOR ASSAULT r>-ro,,--
BY WEALTHY AND PROMINENT CITIZENS
Freehold. Nov (SpecaD.-A bond representt,,
over $4,000 for complaint of assault and ba,tar
upon Nelson Armstrong. rich farmer fs Mr..
Charles Sickles. Of this place. filed before Jus,t,
Hulse here yesterday. The justice held Sickes Nh
is a highly respected farmer. under 500 bail -
await the January grand iury's action upon ,ha
charge To show to the community and irc;
dentally to the next grand jury that he is upheld
by the best element. Mr. Sickes went around Frss
hold and obtained bOndsnen who represent uron
erty interests of more than si50.GG0 among Who's
are the most representative men in Freehold
Mr. Armstrong charges that Friday last NJ
SicklCS slapped him in the face in Main-st Frss
hold. Mr.. SCkles's excuse is that Mr.. Arnstr0ry
iuSulted and threatened him and called him la
while they discussing a bill due to Nr An
strong.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
KILLED WHILE DUCK HI AIIAG.
YOUNG PHYSICIAN HAS TOP OF HIS HEAD
BLOWN OFF-CORONER SAYS ACCIDENT

YOUNG PHYSICIAN HAS TOP OF HIS HEAD
BLOWN OFF-CORONER SAYS ACCIDENT
While out duck hunting yesterday afternoon III
a naphtha launch on Long Island Sound. Dr. G
n Spalter a physician of this city. was shot ana
instantly killed Dr. Spater was accompanied by
Or. r. r. Tu who has been held in Sl,N" Dali ny
Coroner Banning of New Rochelle. Dr. Tul lives
at No l19 West Eightieth-st.. and Is consulting
physician of the New-York Infant Asylum He
says that in handing a gun to DR. Spalter the
weapon was discharged and blew the top OF
Spalter's head off.
Dr. Spalter and DR.. TUll were close frlends- Inc
former was from Keene. y. H, and graduate or
ago and DR.. Tun who has been practising Twelve
wears met him az one of the clinical lectures Dr
Tul keeps a naphtha launch In New-Rocheiie anu
Yesterday afternoon DR. Spalter accepted MS IN
vitation to go duck hunting ne het,i a. III,
shot left the Hudson Park Pier at about . Cto'
Dr Tul says that when they were on the lolI1' oI
C Oliver Iselin Premium Point, ne saw a Il9Ch
~ ducks and in order to steer around them handed
his companion his gun to hold. Ihe gun, ne say
probably struck the balance wheel and exploded
Dr. Spalter standing at the time; As me
charge went off he Strengthened up and fell into
Or TuITs arms nearly capsfZing the Doat AS
soon as possible Dr. Tull threw a coat over the
dead man and returned the pier. His expert
ence made him faint, and he nearly collapsed dItr
getting off the boat. DR.. Tull reported the acci-
dent at to the police. ana the pouS WINS re-
moved 10 the morgue.
The Coroner says that there is no doubt that the
shooting was accidental. and that In holding Dr
Tull in bail he is merely observing the fornallties
of the law The bail bond signed ny Dr. A
II Campbell a physician OF Mount Vernon, who
has known Dr. TuH for several years
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
MISS NAY IRWIN LOSES 4 SUIT

An action brought by Pauline Escheverra
against Miss May Irwin. the actress to foreclose a
mortgage OF SIS 900 on the tenement house at No
IA West Twenty-second-st-, and for the appoint
Of a receiver the property, tried before
Justice Scott in the Supreme Court yesterday,
suited in judgment against Miss Irwin, with
and extra allowance of 5000. II bv
the plaintiff that the house was in wretched con-
dition, would require outlay Of $1,000 put II
in proper repair and would not sell for mere than
$1,000. which would leave deficit after the costs
and interest paid. Miss Irwin declared that
she had offered the interest due when the suit
brought. and had received extension of time
Justice Scott held that the answer the
tension Of time borne out by the testimony
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
NO INTENT TO VIOLATE LAW.

Police Judge Murphy, of Jersey CITY, disrnisseh
Yesterday nine of the ten complaints made in his
court for violating the election law. The nine He-
PENDANTS were w. B. Mason. who was a Republican
candidate for member of Assembly; Joseph w
Laughlin a Republican candidate for alderman
Walter Stewart and Robert Lutz. Republican work
ers and F. F. Mccarthy. AdOlph Muller. timothy
ConnOrs James J. Ready and John l-oVeland Dem
ocrats They charged with having 1hprop-
erIy registered names by affidavit The court heIi
that there was no intention to violate the laW
WiIIiau1 ONeiII who gave saloon his resi-
dence and in his vote. was held 1or the
grand jury.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
DIES AFTER TWENTY YEARS N BELLETUE.

Thomas H Robinson. who was the oldest patient
In length of time spent at Bellevue Hospital. died
there Yesterday. Robinson admitted to the
hogpital on February q. 1881. suffering from
curvature of the spine and had remained in Ward
No o6 from that time His home at the time
of his adnittance Bellevue at No 301
FIghth-ave. He forty-eight years old at the
time of his death On each St. Patrick's Day. which
vas his birthday, he in the habit of giving
little feast to his friends In the amphitheatre of
the hospital.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
PADDED P4YROLLSf
nEPT-Ty COMMISSIONER OF BROoKIYN's WATER
DEPARTMENT SAYS HE FOUND
FICTITIOUS NAMES.

James Moffett, Deputy Commissioner OF the
Water Department for the Borough of brooklyn,
has reported to District Attorney Clarke that he
has found three names the payroll Of the depart
rnen+ which he believes fictitious. He has removed
them and asks District Attorney to aid him in
making an investigation The names were carried
on the rolls OF the Brooklyn Department OF hleh-
wavs until last March which time resigned
was written after each. In every instance, he
says the address accompanying the name Is fcti-
tious and the addresses which followed the names
on the rolls OF the Department Of Highways DO
not correspond with addresses given for the same
mes on the rolls of the Water Department
Commission Farrell said yesterday that he had
of the whose names were formerly
on his payrols. II was not an uncommon thing. ne
added aborers be transferred from one de-
parment to another. District Attorney Clarke said
that he would not talk until he completed his in
Nesfigafion
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
GLorcEsTERs GREETING TO NAuESAKE.
THE ENGLISH CITY PAYS ITS RESPECTS TO THE
MASSACHUSETTS TOWN.

r.roncaeter Mass Nov In the Mayors room
at the City Hall to-day interesting ceremony
took place intended espe ,Illy TO establish union
OF the English city of GloIcester and her sister
city and namesake in America. The participants
we're Russell Rea Member of Parliament from the
district of Gloucester, Ensifni and Mrs Rea VINO
had come her. to pay ;heir respects to the city
ocials nd to present the city appropriate reso-
IItions The resolutions, beautifully eneroSsed on
r,a archment extended the greetings OF the t-ngISh
also referred 10 the death Of President Mckinley.
Mayor ". W. French entertained the guests at
his home and later Il reception rendered them
In the city hall. Mr.. Rea distributed photographs
o. the city of Gloucester England.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
RECEJVER'S REPORT 4PPROFED.

Referee Francis &. Cantine yesterday fled his re-
port in the Supreme Court approving of the
counts of the Morton Trust Company received
of the publishing firm of Harper e. Bros
The business Of the company bought by the
new firm of the September -, 1860
The receiver collected 81 663,3 II. and consented to
accept $4,000 his commission. Claims
sented bv forty-seven creditors. agEregatng $2.GD
2Q3 o. which were allowed The corporation
held 81 037 IS The balance in the hands OF the
receiver, which Is available for distribution, is
677
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

DR. Wilhelm Waldeyer. professor of anatomy in
the University of Berlin. who received the degree
of doctor of laws the bicentennia exercises OF
Yale University, sailed the Auguste Victoria
Germany yesterday. DR.. Waldeyer while in this
country received several honors in recognition OF
his services in medicine. Among them a din
given by DR.. Carl Beck at his home. No. 81
East Thirty -first-st.. Wednesday evening. Some
of those present Drs. Abraham Jacobi. George
Huntington, Frank 2. Foster. Leonard Weber I.ud-
wig Weiss, J. W. Gleitsmann c. A. Ramdohr
and S. Breitenfeld and A. b. de Frece. Among the
guests who had been pupils of Professor
Waldeyer Berlin
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
FRESHMAN PRESIDENT KIDNAPPED.
HE ELUDEs soPHoMoREs AND REACHES CLASS
DINNER AIDED BY THE POLICE.

Syracuse Nov. THE sophomores of Syracuse
University yesterday kidnapped Charles z. Morse
president of the freshman class, which was TO have
a dinner In the evening. The kidnappers caught
their captive in Sana-st.. hurried him into hack
and carried him nine miles to the Onondaga Indian
Reservation. intending to hold him till after the
dinner Morse escaped and three miles to n
farm house. followed by three sophomores. Morse
is record holder a sprilter. and he eluded his
pursuers. After dark he was driven TO town dis
suised in farmers ,othes. He changed clothes at
the police office. and escort ID by three policemen
he got to the dinnel time.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
E. s STOKES WILL PETITION DEFECTIVE.
AN UNKNOWN MAN PRESENTS DOCUMENT IN THE
NAME OF W E. d STOKES.

Probate Clerk Jacob Washburn was called on in
the Surrogate's office yesterday by an>unknoWn
man who presented a petition IN the nan of W.
E D. Stokes the probate OF the will of his
cousin. Edward S. Stokes, filed on Wednesday, In
which ne left all his property, except $500. in trust
for his brother Harris, and his sister. Mrs Mary
J. McNutt.
dayIt as 10 whether Edward s. Stokes had left a
widow or a widow and children, or no widow or
no children and consequently defective Mr.:
Washburn could not accept IL, and the man went
" F d Stokes. who appointed an executor
or the will, II f S Stokess brother and sister
should die, leaving children, would receive the
property.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

SAYS HE WILL KEEP LARCHMoNT FREE FROM
CROOKS AND CARRY PRISONERS TO
IAIL. IN HIS OWN HACK.

Harper, q negro hackman had done for them. the
citizens OF Larchmont elected him constable the
Republican ticket. Harper the ticket
with Frank Hardy. chairman Of the Larchmont
Yacht Club regatta committee, who elected
Supervisor of Mamaroneck Charles NJ Baxter
by IS votes When the official canvass made
yesterday. il found that Harper had ahead
Of Mr.. Hardy, who Is widely popular by 19 votes.
Harper has conducted a hacking business in
Larchmont for twenty years and has carried many
yaclitsmen the LarcfsmoDt Yacht Club. His
father a native of Virginia. and, like his son.
he drove hack in Larchrnont for many years
Harper says he intends 10 keep the township free
from crooks and will carry prisoners the lookup
in his oHn hack. He weighs nearly 200 pounds. He
IS the first colored elected office in
Mamaroneck.
KEEL OF CRUISER MARYLAND STARTED
Newport News, Va. Nov. (SpeciaD-The keel
for the United States arnored cruiser Maryland
has just been started at the shipyard
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
MAYOR-ELECT FAGAN WILL REST.

Mark NJ Pagan, the Republican Mayor-elect Oh
Jersey City. who made such remarkable per-
sonal campaign. drew so heavily upon his vitality
that he is almost on the verge of collapse by
advice of his rhyscian he left Jersey City yester
day for the country rest Mr.. Pagan worked
paig0.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
sl000 B4IL FOR M4NSL4UGHTER

Robert Becker. Lackawanna Railroad Watcn-
man who shot and killed Henry Miller, a boy, in
tIobo,a0 last sprfng was admitted to S.ooo bail
in rho Hudson County General Sessions Court in
Jersey Citv Yesterday He pleaded not guilty 70 al
indicfneuf for mansIaughter- Becker says thai
~ eEO+ he fred va. meant TO friGhteH Miller, and
that the bulIet struck a carwheel and. DETECTING.
entered NiIler's head.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
pHILBIN Not READY FOR MOLINEIX CASE

The argument of the motion to dismiss the in
dictment against Roland u Moiineux. which was
set down for 2:30 p. yesterday was adjourned
again at the request of the District Attorney for
a We elk, until next Thursday afternoon. Weeks,
Battle & Marshall. counsel for MoltneuX. objected
but consented in few minutes The arguments
were be heard before Judge Newhurger, but the
rio wa quite rcadX
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
POLICE cH4RGE SrICIDE.

George Hardy. twenty-nine years old. died yes
terday from the effects Of car5oHc acid at MS
home No g I.iberty-st-. East orange. The police
say he took the acid with suicidal intent HARDY :
friends say they know no reason why ne should
end his life.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
vAr4L RESFRTE or NEW-JERsET.

f C. B-The Naval Reserve of New-Jerscy has
$40 officers md Its official headquarters is at
Hoboken. There two battalions. the first under
the command of Washington Irving and The second
under the command of James BOYD Potter. ne
Naval Reserve is a part of the National Gu'Td,
and like other organizations in the state Is uhdeF
the command OF Major General SeweN.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
ROCKL4ND LAKE HOTEL BURNED.

Nyack Nov. THE st. Albans Hotel at Rock
land Lake was destroyed by fire last night. the
being s25 600. The building owned by Jacob
Leudemann of New-York, and was being fitted for
next season Mrs. I.eud dam and her two chill
drcn were in the burning building. but got
cafaI
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
worNT rERNON's MAYOR sw0Ry N

The certificate of election of Mayor Edwin w
Fiske, of Mount Vernon. and his oath of office
filed yesterday in the County Clerks office. This
viii be Mayor Fiskes fourth term The Common
Council canvasse6 the votes last night, and to-day
the Aldermen issued the certificate of election
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
CONTEST OVER BIG ESTATE N TROY.

Troy. Nov Mrs. Amelia Colwell daughter of
Mrs Amelia Morrison. who oed last summer is
contesting her mothers will. a legacy of $40 0oo
left Mrs Colwell Her mothers estate Is
valued at 100000, and the bulk of it left to two
other daughters. The will drawn by ex-Cov-
ernor Black, and he represents the other heirs II,
the litigation. "