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New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
NEW-YORK CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS.

The New-York Club elected the following officers
at Its annual meeting last night; President Howeii
H. Barnes; vice president. Frederic Dame; treas
urer John Jurgensen: secretary. William a. Lane.
and directors. Nicholas W. Anthony. Willis J. Best.
W. A. Burrowes, II. p. Chiffon. Stevenson Consta-
bic j. l.. McBirney, Karl Meissner. John G. Perry
and Alfred Sktt.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
TIE COLBY 4LTHNT DINNER.

The New-York Colby Alumni Association Will hold
i-s annual meeting, with dinner, at the St Denis
Hotel. Broadway and Eleven;h-st.. this evening at
o'clock. II is hoped that a large number of the
graduates and former students of the old co.,
lego 1T weterville Ne. will he there. The retiring
president Of the college. DR. Nathaniel Butler, who
has accepted a chair Chicago University. will
he present well other members of the faculty
and board Of trustees. All former students or the
college 3fli he welcome. Clarence r. Meleney. as
socate superintendent If schools in Manhattan. is
president Of the New-Tork Association.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
BEARING IN EDISON RECEIVER CASE.
COUNSEL FOR J. f. sEARIEs AND HIS COMPANY
CAUSES SURPRISE.

CAUSES SURPRISE
The second hearing of the application Of the
Edison Phonograph Company for the appointment
of receiver for the Edison United Phonograph
Company. of which John z. SearIes was formerly
president. before Vice-ChanceIlor Emery in New
ark yesterday, developed genuine surprise
Howard Hayes. counsel for the complainant COM
pany. presented copy of a Judgment taken by the
Bank of North America of Newark. for SCI, $50 80
against Mr.. Searles and his company. Charles L.
Carrick OF Carrick & Wortendyke. of Jersey City,
produced order from the New-York Supreme
Court vacating the Judgment, and an affidavit from
officer OF the company, showing that the
had been taken up and a long time note negotiated
for the amount. c. n Morrison, secretary of
the defendant company, testified that his
pany had a cash balance on hand of S21S14 So. He
testified that his company held an interest in the
English company amounting to more than S250.00O
and 100000 in the German company. The Vice
Chancellor took the matter under advisement.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
sHEEDr WILL PAY $1,000 FOR WcoRM1cK

UNCLE OF MISSING BOY PLACES REWARD IN
HANDS OF WELL. KNOWN GAMBLER.
Pat Sheedy. the well known gambler. has s., 900
TO pay over to the kidnapr of Willie Mccormick
He will pay the money to any who will produce
the boy Shcedy received the money yesterday
from Michael Mccormick. the missing lads uncle.
Sheedy said that he and Michael Mccormick have
been fast friends for the last twenty five years
" Mike heard how 1 got the Gsinsborough back"
said Sheedy. and he thought l might do
thing toward finding the boy of his brother. So. of
course. consented TO do all possibly could for
him and his brother, and I've got 5000 in my
pocket to give 10 the who brings the boy 20
me ANY one who has kidnapped the hoy and will
bring him back will not only get the 81. 900.
but he may depend on II that l will give him
away TO the police. He can make any negotiations
he likcs with me. and he'll he safe"
Sheedy said he had whatever the
Whereabouts OF the hoy. He had received three
letters and telegram which had connection
with the case, but he would not say In what
manner
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
WOMAN'S BODY STILL UNIDENTIFIED

The police have failed to discover who the woman
who comn;,tted suicide from the Jersey CITY
ferryboat Hudson City early Wednesday morn
Ing. Mrs Lukeway called at Police Headquarters
Jersey City. yesterday and said that the umbrella
and gloves left the boat by the woman did not
belong her sister Kate Lawless. NJ Farrell of
No. 226 East Niuety-hfth-st.. New-York. also Wis
ited Police Headquarters and examined the face of
the envelope addressed to his wife. and said he
could not recognize the writing.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
LIFE SAVING CREW PUTS OFT A FIRE.

Point Pleasant April Is (SpeoiaD.-The Berwick
Hotel at Avon-by- -the-Sea, caught fire from fire
place early hour this morning. The Shark
River life saving crew responded 10 the alarm, and
after cutting away parts of the building, 10
expose the flames pISt them out and saved the
building from being destroyed. The damage
ry~h
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19

TWO BROOKLYN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO
DISCUSS THE PROPOSITION.

DISCUSS THE PROPOSITION.
II is probable that the Brooklyn Bureau of Chart
ties and the Brooklyn Union for Christian Work
will he consolidated in the near future a meeting
discuss the proposition will he held by both
societies Wednesday evening.
The Union for Christian Work, which organ
lied in 1866 is OF the oldest benevolent insttu-
tions in Brooklyn. II organized the first free cir
culating library in Brooklyn. and maintained 1t
until recently. when 1t was absorbed by the Brook
lyn Public Library. In recent years much of the
charitable work OF the union had been absorbed
by the Bureau of Charities that now, having
been relieved of the library, II finds itself without
any definite object to accomplish
The objects of the Bureau OF Charities include
the promotion OF cordial relations between benevo-
lent societies. churches and individuals. the main
tenence of a body of friendly visitors the poor
the announcement of thrift. self-dependence. the
provision of temporary employment the prevention
of imposition upon its members and the dimnution
of vagrancY and pauperism.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
COFFIN TOO LARGE FOR HOUSE DOORS

Irnon Depot Akron Ohio April II tspeciaD.-Mrs.
J. Thomas thirty-nine years old. wife Of a Barber
ton naachinist buried here to-day In the largest
coffin ever made in Ohio Her death occurred yes
,erdav- from excessive fat. Five years ago Mrs.
Thomas was of ordinary size: her death her
height was feet inches and her weight 5il
hounds Her coffin was nearly four feet wide and
seven feet long The doors had TO be cut wider to
permit of its being taken into the house
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
BELIETE HIS WOUND is MoRr4L

Gustave Oehlke. the seventeen-year-old boy who
shot in the Pennsylvania Railroad yard Jer-
sey City. by Philip Duffy. watchnan. was in
precarious condition last evening, and the ply
scianS believe his wound is mortal. Duffy. who is
compel them halt. and had no intention OF
wounding either. Tyrer held witness.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
SNEAK THIEF ARRESTED on SUSPICION.

THOUGHT TO BE AN ACCOMPLIcE OF MAN WHO
TRIED TO ROB DEPOsITOR IN BANK.
Charles Attention. the well known bank sneak
thief who has served many terms in prison and
who gives his residence Washington. d. c, was
arrested Wednesday night by Detective Ser
geants Devery and Kear. at Lexington-ave. and
hundred twenty -second-st., after fight.
Attention is thought be accompce of the
man who Tuesday. at the German Exchange
Bank at Bond-st. and the Bowery, attempted 10
steal $a0 from. Samuel Osserman, a real estate
dealer. and captured. His companion fed and
escaned.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
IRISH ANSWERS TO CENSUS QUESTIONS.

From The London News.
The Irish propaga has produced its effect upon
Irish census returns. many of the forms, much
O disgust OF the enumeratOrS. having been
filled up in Irish. IL Is confidently expected that.
Notwithstanding great decrease in the population
the result of the census will show considerable
increase in the number OF speakers of Irish. the
activity of the Gaelic League having produced
very remarkable effect in the country Another
feature of of the Irish census returns Is the
entry of '1dolator'' in the religious cOlumn-by way
of against the terms of the coronation OATH
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
REAL ESTATE AGENT KILLS HIMSELF.

Paterson. April IS (SpeciaD-Josiah P Doremus.
sixty years old. real estate and insurance agent
committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid
his home, in Pearlst. last night The only reason
given for the act is melancholia- II was said that
he brooded the death of his daughters,
his only children, some years ago.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19

TWO COMPANIES MAKING SURVEYS AND LINE
WILL. BE BUILT BY ONE

Troy n. y. April is (SpeciaD.-Engineers are at
work a survey for electric road from Albany
Pttsfeld. Mass. by way of Rensselaer, Sand
Lake East Nassau, Brainerd and Lebanon Springs
The route Is practically the that which
planned by the Troy and New England road
years ago. The latter company built a line
far Averill Park, and is now also engaged on
a survey Pittsfed. 1t is certain that one or the
other of the two companies engaged in the
surveys Will soon start building a road.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19

Rear-Admiral George w. Melville. Chief of the
Bureau of Steam Engineering of the Navy Depart
ment made his first official visit to the BROOKLYN
Navy Yard in two years yesterday. He made
thorough inspection Of the yard especially the new
machine shops which under the direction of
Commander j. A. B. Smith
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19

MoNTAUK CLUB WILL PRESENT THE SENATOR
WITH BIRTHDAY CAKE.

The Montauk Club Saturday evening will ceIe-
brate for the tcnth successive time the birthday
of Senat tor Chauncey M Depew. Senator Depew' 8
letter President Moore and tine directors of the
club is as follows
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
United States Senate

Washington, ID. c.. April & 1901
Charles A Moore, Esq, President. and Directors of
the Montauk Club
Gentlemen / in receipt of unique and
charming invitation celebrate for the tenth time
my birthday in the enjoyment of your hospia aity
These occasions have grown in interest with each
succeeding year. and the originality of your well
come, with the remarkable continuance of your
compliment, makes these gatherings distinct from
any other in the social celebra tions our country
| have had my full share of those tenders of
great places which crafty ones pride and enrich
his career. but gift of office or fortune has
touched me SO deeply made happy as the
terms in which convey to in the beautiful
memento before your personal and official
interest in my anniversary Faithfully yours
CHAUNCEY NJ DEPEW
On the same evening the annual meeting of the
club will be held, and directors will be elected to
fill the places of those whose terms expire this
month. The following ticket VIII be elected: To
serve the full term of three years. Charles A.
Moore Charles A. Schieren Clarence Kenyon 4. B.
Jordan ". G. Gilmore and W. D. Sargent: to serve
two years to fill vacancy. c. o. Gates. A feature
Of the evening will be the presentation Of the birth
dav
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
LOVERS DIE TOGETHER.
OBJECTIONS TO THEIR MARRIAGE LEAD TO MUIR
DER AND SUICIDE.

Elnira N Y. April lS-Because his parents OBJ
jected to his marriage to Anna Linberg. Frederick
l. Fisher shot his sweetheart and himself last
night. They found lying dead in the road
near the entrance to Rocks Glen Park. this morn
ing. In Fishers right hand revolver. two
chambers of which empty. The following
note. signed by Fisher and Miss Linberg. was
found: We go together and die happy"
Fisher twenty-six years old. member of a
Rochester family. and had been a guard at the
State RefOrmatory in this city since last fall. He
served with the naval militia in the Spanish war.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
JERSEY CITY NEWS NOTES.

Mayor Hoos. the Street and Water Commission
ers and the Finance Commissioners Of Jersey City
will have a conference to-day and discuss the
water question. Ex-Congressman McEwan called
on Mayor HOos yesterday and said that he and
others are keeping a close watcn on the water
works contract, and might be heard from.
The health officers OF Jersey City have started
a movement to have sunIen lots filed in. If the
owners refuse the officials can do the filing. and
the cost will he charged against the property. and
be lien. the same as taxes and assessments
Nonsisuor Robert Seton. pastor OF ST. Joseph's
Roman Catholic Church: the Rev. DR.. George S.
Bennett. rector of Grace Protestant Episcopal
Church; Henry Harrison, the portrait painter. DR.
John u. McGul president Of the Police Board, and
a score of prominent citizens of Jersey City have
been suboCenaed 10 the First Criminal Court to-
day to pass their opinion whether certain adver-
tising pictures displayed by variety company are
grossly scandaous and tend 10 dehauch the morals
of the community. The police are waging war on
suggestive and indecent posters, and have arrested
John Moore the advertising agent of a local
theatre, for publishing the pictures.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
IN FINE FEATHERS.
HOLIDAY EDITIONS OF POPULAR FIC-
TON

THE DOLLY DIALOGUES. By Anthony Hope
Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy Octave.
PIP. vii, POP. r. H. Russell
A CATHEDRAL COURTSHIP By Kate Douglas
Wiggin. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock
octave PIP. vii, l04. Houghton Miffiin & Co.
BOB. SON OF BATTLE. BY Alfred Ollivant
Photographically illustrated by a. Radcliffe
Dugmore. Octave, PIP viii, 35e. Doubleday &
Mcclure Company.
THE CRISIS. BY Winston Churchill. With Illus
frations by Howard Chandler Christy. Octave,
PIP tx 522. The Macmillan Company.
AMOS JUDD. BY ]. "A Mitchell. Illustrated by A.
1. Keller Octave PIP. 252. Charles Scribner's
Sons.
WHITE APRONS. A Romance of Bacon's Rebel
lion. Virginia, 1876. BY Maud Wilder Good win
Illustrated. Octave, PIP. tx, S5s Boston: Little
Brown & Co.
BARABRAS BY Marie Coreli With photo
graVure illustrations from original drawings by
Ludovico Marchetti Octave, PIP. $50. Philadel-
phia: J. B. Lppineott Company.
1t is a good thing that in preparing new edi-
tions Of familiar books for the holiday season
the publishers do not conhne themselves to
those works which may be called. in the strict
est sense, classic. Year by year II becomes
more matter of course that some of the holi-
day editions should be Of authors happily still
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

penditures. To her, then as throughout MS NE
was paid his weekly stipend-often depleted ov
the drafts for the usual W or the necessary
X which he was wont to draw IN advance from
the cashier almost every week Inc cIosile
clause of the last sentence is eloquent He was
chronically impecunious. for he spent as ne hVeu
heedlessly and his biography is rich in quaint
memorials of the ingenuity whereby he devel-
oped the art Of breaking into his envelope for
So or SO in advance" We may cite one OF his
communicable to Mr.. Collins Shackelroro, the
cashier of The Chicago Journal" with Whlch
he was so long identified:
A SONNET TO sHEKELsFoRD
Sweet shekesford the week is near its end
And as my custom is, come TO thee'
There is no other who has pelf to lend-
At least no pelf to lend to hapless me;
Nay, gentle Shekelsford, turn not away
I must have wealth, for this Is Saturday
All now thou srnilst a soft relenting smile
Thv previous frown was but passing joke,
knew thy heart would melt with pity while
Thou heardst me pleading was very orohe'
Nav ask me not If I've note from stone,
When approach thee, 0 thou best or men!
bring no notes. but boldly and alone,
WOO sweet hope and strike thee for a Ten
Upon occasion as it seems to the reader MS
inpecuniosity led to episodes which one would
like to forget The story told in the first of these
volumes about Fields happy-go-lucky accept
ance of the philanthropy of Kansas City cafe
keeper and the joke which he played upon his
benefactor does not leave an altogether pleas
ant impression It would be good to learn that
he really paid the debt that was forgiven him.
We shrink from this episode. as we shrink from
the taste disclosed in several OF the nominally
humorous passages recorded in these volumes
But it must be remembered that while Field
was apt to go beyond bounds in his fun maxi
ing he was at bottom kindly man. with just
that streak Of engaging idiosyncrasy which is
ar6n even
freakish pranks. He was after all, man OF
originality and talent; a man who wrote many
things innocently amusing, and who in his per-
sonality. even more than in his works, had the
faculty of attaching people to himself. Those
who knew him well seem never to have found
anything but pleasure in him: they made full
allowance for his whimsical ways. and valued
him none the less Be it said in praise Of Mr..
Thompson's portrait Of his old comrade, that 1t
wakes in the reader this spirit of good nature
and liking. And, besides. when all is said, we
have Fields books to open again after reading
his life If he is faulty but trresistibly beguiling
in the latter there is less to disturb
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

received instruction at more than one seat Of
learning he assirnilated as he went through life
most If not all of the intellectual experience and
discipline which went to make him a writer Of
ability. IT never in his nature to adapt
himself TO routine He took things they
came, worked hard, but amused himself with
quite as much energy; and these volumes leave
in the long an impression as of a man tunn-
bling through life rather than building up a
yeer step by step.
In 1872, being little more than Of age. he came
into possession of his patrimony- 1t not a
very large sum. however splendid it may have
seemed 30 bis youthful eyes: but he hid no hest
tetion in making the Of it that seemed to
him proper He invited friend to go to Europe
with him. at his expense. and by the time they
had reached the end of their six months holiday
in Great Britain and the South of Europe, they
had reached practically the end of Fields
sources This did not worry him. He wrote and
cabled home for money: when he arrived in
New-York he telegraphed for the funds
sary to carry him to ST. Lcuis and these being
provided in generous measure he promptly
bought not only his ticket, but French poodle
which he named McSweeny and brought in tri-
umph to Missouri "as memento of his sojourn
In Paris!" It is beyond question that the money
spent thus heedlessly in foreign travel was a
good investment. He drew interest on il ever
sfterward in the shape Of that stimulus which
only European travel can give to certain tenn
peraments. But the heedlessness was there
and has. indeed, to be reckoned with always in
the consideration of Fields character and career
At the very outset Of his working life with
the royal and reckless prodigality of genius" as
Mr. Thompson rather fiamboyantiy puts IT, he
took unto himself wife. AS the last inherited
rent gone" he then plunged into the work
Of a reporter on THE St Louis Evening Jour-
mai" His biographer says Of him in this period
that he had little or no business ability. had
no use for money except TO spend II. and there
fore early adopted the plan of leaving to Mrs.
Gi<SS the anaeernent of their household ex-
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
EUGENE FIELD.
HIS CHARACTERISTIC AS MAN AND
WRITER

EUGENE FIELD ! Study in Heredty and and Con Con
tradctions BY sason Thompson M1ln In
Two Volumes Octave, pp. xix, S4e Vih' 04s'
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Mr. Thompson has not attempted TO write a
formal biography Of his dead friend ana wisely
Eugene Field was formal man he was
indeed. essentially unconventional. and we can
imagine him being well satisfied with TINS tii"-
ute 10 him from fellow journalist with whom
he worked and frolicked through some Of the
most important years Of his life The reader
might be excused IL he were less pleased with
the book II is a great deal too long MT
Thompson has admitted into his text an aoun-
dance Of material which, if not wholly lrreleVahi
could at any rate have easily been spared Ihe
preliminary pages dealing with Fields ancestry
for example, should have been ruthlessly cut
down But on the other hand, there is, as we
have indicated. something in the rambling and
discursive style Of this biography which is IN
harmony with the character Of its subject, and
the large public which enjoyed Fields writings
and relshed the stories of his personality that
drifted East, will undoubtedly give warm wei
come TO this i'll proportoned but unmlstakaoIg
authoritative presentment of him
He came Of New England stock through
which there ran, in at least one generatlon
vein Of rebellion against puritanical austerlty-
He was born humorist, and although IN much
OF his publsned WorK MS oiOileis IL
by refined taste and delicate art the man hlnn-
self seems to have gravitated more naturally
toward the candid ebullience of broad farce than
inward the chastened sparkle of comedy; he
was ever a lover of practical jokes. The story
of his career represents everything but
thoughtful development along normal lines. he
reached celebrity through erratic channels Al
luding to his early years, and tc his period OF
study at Williams. Mr.. Thompson says:
.There is a shadowy tradition that he did
fairly well in his Latin themes when the sub
feet suited his fancy, but his fancy more often
lee him TO a sporting resort. kept by an eX-
pugilist named Petit, where he took hand IN
billiards and made awkward essays with the
boxing gloves" The passage is typical The
biographer shows us clearly that while Field
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
r. II. Russell.

regard for him in his writings Pages there are
among those writings, it is true, which so
purely ephemeral and even commonplace in
character that can well afford to neglect
them. But his prose often genuinely hu-
morous refined and graceful; in his he
captured again and again note Of gentle sweet
ness, of quaint fun and of true boohish enthusi-
asm, which should preserve for him an honor
able place in the minor poetry Of America; and
both in prose and verse he exhibited the indi-
viduality which is. perhaps. the first ingredient
in his modest fame. His Importance liter
ary figure has been exaggerated, but he will not
be forgotten
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

with US We are glad of 1t. This practice
gives US, for example, an edition OF Anthohy
Hope's Dolly Dialogues" which to the lnnu-
merable admirers of that book should prove
simply blessing. 1t is a most comely octave
Paper and press work are all that could be de-
sired and the binding is in good taste as II is
CAV Best of all. Mr. Howard Chandler Christy
who provides the Illustrations is in perfect sym
pathy with his author; in fact, his own talent is
exactly adapted to the Interpretation of that
atmosphere of frou-freu which in this work is
esrecially cultivated by Anthony Hope.
daintier gift book it would be hard to devise.
One which in its way, however, is equally
welcome is the new edition of "a Cathedral
Courtshfp," by Kate Douglas Wiggn, which
makes its appearance with half a dozen illus
trations drawn by Mr. Charles e. Brock. That
gentleman has not only responded to the touch
of hunnor in the authors graceful little com
nosition but puts into his work the very flavor
of that England in which the scene of the story
is laid "A Cathedral Courtship" is an old and
tried friend in latter day minor Notion rms
edition of it will please those who know the
book, and it will extend it's fortunes among
others.
Mr.. Ollivant's dog story, Bob, Son of Battle"
made its first appearance so recently as in 1898,
but it was plain from the start that it pos
sessed durable qualities and would certainly
meet with wider appreciation as time went
on. Already the publishers have thought it
worth while to print Christmas edition of the
book, ana their view of the matter is likely TO
be supported by the public. One can readily
forgive Mr.. Ollivant his dialect. he has used it
with such skill and with such spontaneity. This
is notably artless and sincere production,
in which true sympathy for animals is expressed
with unusual force and charm. The illustrations
to the new edition are reproduced from photo
graphs especially taken for it in Scotland by
Mr.. A. B. Dugmore, whose aptitude with the
camera has before this been amply demon
strated. He has produced some excellent plates
on this occasion, and they are printed in first
rate halftones.
Mr.. Churchls admirable novel of the Civil
War The Crisis" is more recent a book
than Mr.. Olivants, in fact the first edition came
out only last May. But this book. too has mer-
its which justify its appearance in a special form
for the holidays. In giving it that form the
publishers have treated it with a seriousness
BETTING the character of the time and the
events with which the author deals. The added
illustrations consist simply of portrait of Lin
coin and frontispiece portrait. in photogravure.