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New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
GOLFER ON THE DEBT LIMIT.
worI.D HAVE A BUREAU TO PREVENT
DoCTORING OF REPORTS AND Al
TACKs ON CITY's CREDIT.

Controller Ceer declared yesterday that some oi
the recent newspaper reports about the city oeot
limit were exaggerated. He expressed oispieas-
ure with recent reports that there "euio oe iio
money for improvements after Mr. Lo" TOOK oiiice
as Mayor. Then he saidi
II seems altogether out of the question 70 gsI
fair statement the debt limit oeIcre tile ~ e
Every man seems to handle the subJecI IIoli hs -
own point of view. suit his own TQrpossei II -
an elastic subject and be dlStoTleu ps az az
oIarmst so as TO scare or pan ao! ~
car he considered from the truthful ana pidCtl|ol
standpoint as it should be out Is not not 80 snao1,a
So long as the question Is left open 10 ;T, ia
ton don't care who is Controller thet WI al. al
Uays be MISREPRESENTATION or TlslHIoI -
the matter. l would suggest reIneqH w b,raa,, y
have the Chamber of Commerce est ollSil a -,
f inforn,ation on the condition of the city Hsot
o. @ III birh bnletipe might be issued every month
like the weekly bank tatenent as 20 -rben +here
condition Of the city's financial aIalrs. - +ha Us
could no longer be any doctored reports a. oe P
siI1la I'M iIry of the City's financial sIanalliS.
The credit of city is better Io-uaH - ios+ -
before in -s history but how long can II lasI II
Continually assaiIed and right at home, 200 ~
will he remembered that one o. MtSo -hob
Commissioners Of Accounts maze a ItpoIss anI
showed that the city on the Nefse VI ~
rIptcv Controller Fitch took II ", isro i+s
falsitv and the commissioner was IoIcsu 70 IF
sign The new administration Will pe ptCoei @ ~ IL
tt1n rho r,resent administrati ton " hen we too>
ITe We could not even sell bond for SIX Inontns,
70 str,dT tbe lnestion of the debt limit When ne
vas sSkei If he thought his administration wouia
he hampered by lack of funds he answered. ~
saw for | do not believe in boTroWiI!S uetnl.' ~.
There is no constitutional limit TO TINS kll ol DUR
rowing but I'm not going TO begin 1t yet
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
RICE WILL CONTEST BEG CN-
WITNESSES TESTIFY TO SIGNING DocC-
MENT IN 1896.

~, a- testimony In the Rice will case, IN
- +he n-obare Of the wills Of William
,,ash Rics * opposed by attorneys representing
a-.-a, airfe-Ant interests taken tefore Surro-
go E,+zrArald Yesterday Albert I. Patrick, ~nh
s~o. tho second will in 1850, is now in the Ionos
charged with the murcer OF Mr. klce- he was
-sDresented bv Cantwen & Moore. William r
Hornblower represented the executor OF the VIII
6atad IN 1896 which has been in the CUSTODY OF
Cantafn James A Baker. Mr.. Rices Houston. TEX
.t,ornav John NJ Bowers represented the Rice
institute of Texas 10 which the bulk Of MI Rice
nronertv was Left by the will of 1886 De Lancey
Nicou and others represented other heirs-dt-Ia"
and minor benefciaries under ooth Wills
W F. Harmon the first witness. called oy
3 SONS OF No 10 Wall-st He said that he had
known Mr. Rice in a business way for eight years.
Shown the 1886 will Mr.. Harmon said that he had
seen IL in the autumn of 1886 Mr. Rice was at the
ONCE and Mr. Wetherbee haG called Harmon to
witness Mr. Rice's will Mr.. Rice signed the paper
The witness recalled that Mr.. Rice laid a piece OF
blotting paper over will, that he did not
its contents He said that the date, September 20.
was in Mr.. Rice's handwriting
Walter O Wetherbee was called next He is con-
ddenfial clerk for s. NJ Swenson & Sons He said
that he had known Nr. Rice for fifteen years be-
fore 1896 as a depositor with the firm, and hav-
ing other business relations with them He said
he had seen the will the day it was signed The
witness told the same story OF signing the viii as
neared in his usual health and condition of mind
Mr. Bowers said he was ready TO go on with the
case but Mr.. Moore said he understood the case
was to go no further pending the result Of the
was taken until December 9, with the understand
ing that no witnesses would be called then
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
PAyuOID-ST. FUGITIVE CAUGHT.
,,4.r crroED ESCAPED WOMAN PRISONER
FROM THE BROOKLYN JAIL
NABBED IN NEWARK.

Nellie Morrison. who escaped from Raymond
Street Jail last September with another "ohisii
was arrested tonight at NO. % Nlcholsoi o'-'
Newark by two detectives. she mas peeh i'iis
vitb a uulatto at that address. When the de-
+ac+ives who had found her presented them
selves with warrant she remarked that she
knew Nellie Morrison well, and that Nellie was
q brunette whereas she was a blonde one OF
the detectives responded with a laugh that
brunette could become blonde for 5o cents
worth of hair dye He exhibited a photograph
of Nellie and she acknowledged her ldentlly.
She was locked up to await requlsluoh.
The escape from Raymond Street JAN was
made in company with another woman. VINO
was recaptured The pair made a rope OF gar
ments and lowered themselves from "lhuo"-
Nellie was accused Of running a badger game
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
DORIS DIDN'T KNOW HOW He LIVED
III, SAID HIS LIST OF DEBTS WOULD REACH
FROM CITY HALL TO FORTY-SECONp-
sT-THOCGHT HE JUST EXISTED.

Examined in supplementary proceedings before
Justice Conlan in the City Court yesterday, John
p Doris the Snowman and museum man. displayed
q lack of memory as 10 his business affairs. He de-
clared that he had a memorandum Of debts as long
as from the City Court Bui.1nE TO Forty-second-
St" and he was entirely without money The ex-
animation was the result OF judgment obtained
against Nj Doris by Francis V Dunn for sie2 81 on
a prornissory note and was conducted BY Leon
Laski.
MT. Doris said that he lived at No. 2lS West
Forty-thrd-st Asked what his business was, MI
Doris replied: Various things among which are
the show business and political business ! am in
politics now; been tor the last three months;
AIr Doris said that he had been connected with
the production of old Orchard He saic that the
Did YOU produce In Paradise and Orange
Blossoms" he asked.
Yes
How much did you make out OF these com
panies?"
the Doris Amusement Company II was owned, he
said by Ella 8. Doris and William ]. Seaman. He
admitted that the ruling spirit OF this com
Does this company you money!
~ don't know whether II Goes or not.
Has receiver ever been appointed for your
i don't know
do you support yourself?'
I don't know. I guess l simply exist
DO you anybody
Il should guess l have list as long as from
here Forty-seCond-st.
AZ this point the examination was adjourned until
November
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
CHARGED WITH DEATH OF WOMAN

Chicago, Nov. 25-Annie Won Broth of No. "a
South Sangamon-st.. died 8 the County Hospital
last night from burns said to have been inflicted
by Andrew Boland who lived in the same house
with her. According to the ante-mortem statement
made to the police by Miss Van Broth the couple
had been quarreIling. She declared BoIand
came so angry that he removed the globe and the
chimney from the lamp in the house and then
tempted burn her face with the flame She
cried out for help and struggled to herself
Her dress caught fire, and in instant she was
a OF flames. Alarmed E: the result of his
action. the woman said. Boland attempted TO ex-
tinguish the fire, and was severely burned himself
Broth's cries and informed the police An am
bulance removed Miss Van Broth and Boand to
the County Hospital After arriving he hos
pital the woman regained consciousness and made
the statement accusing Boland. He was then re-
moved to the jail hospital. where he informed the
police that the affair had been meant Joke
Later he said 1t accident. The police do
not believe either of his statements. will hold
him pending the result OF the coroner's inquest
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
WAS CONVICT IN BRITISH PENAL coLoNT
MARTIN HOGAN. WHO WAS WITH JOHN BOYLE
oREILLY IN VAN DI9MEN's LAND. DT-
ING IN CHICAGO

Chicago Nov 25.-Martin Hogan, an Irish patriot.
who rescued from Van Diemens Land, Aus
tralasia, in 1853, by a ship out for that pur
pose, is dying the County Hospital He IS one
of the seven men convicted, with John Boyle
Boyle O'Reilly, in 1866. Of against the
British Government and sentenced 10 be shot. The
sentence commuted life Imprisonment, and
afterWard reduced to twenty years of penal
vitude. With O'Reilly he confined in various
English prisons until 1857. when he, with his com
panion was banished TO Van Diemen's Land, the
English penal colony off Western Australia. In
the spring Of 1863 the whaling ship Catalpa
fitted for q voyage Australia TO rescue
O'Reilly and the others convicted with him, but
before its arrival O'Reilly had escaped night
an open boat and picked up q sea by the
Gazelle, American whaler- a few weeks later
the Catalpa arrived of Van Dienen's Land and
rescued Hogan and FIVE companions. Hogan, who
has lived in Chicago for more than quarter of a
century, has been in straiteneG circumstances for
long time, and November l6 he taken TO
the County Hospital
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
SCHUYLER HAMILTON CHILDREN AGAIN.
THE FATHER SAYS HIS DIVORCED WIFE HAS vIo
LATED AGREEMENT REGARDING THEM

THE FATHER SAYS HIS DIVORCED WIFE HAS vIo-
LATED AGREEMENT REGARDING THEM
Schuyler Hamilton tr., yesterday obtained writ
of habeas corpus from Justice Clarke, in the Su-
preme Court. directing his former wife Gertrude
V. c. II. Schuyler to produce in court their three
children. Schuyler V. c. H. Hamilton, Gertrude Raw
Hamilton and Violet Lorng Hamilton Mrs. Ham
ilton obtained divorce in Rhode Island Septem-
and non-support
Mr. Hamilton says she has since been married
the Baron Raoul de Grafenried, and generally
lived in Paris, but that she is temporarily staying
Ossning the Hudson and has the three chill
dren with her.
MI Hamilton says that an agreement was en-
vorce by which the children were 10 be allowed to
stay with each parent for certain periods and that
each parent be permitted TO visit them when
staying with the other. They both were restrained
the United States further west than the Missis-
sippi River, unless both of them consented TO such
removal
Hamilton says his wife and her second husband
the children living with thern chiefly in Paris
and asks that the court decide what is done
with them and the child under fourteen years
OF age, Violet Loring, be asked to determine with
which OF them she desires to live.
The education OF my children is matter of
considerable moment to me- Hamilton says. land
and educated in foreign lands and under foreign
influences. 1 desirous that my Schuyler
shall prepare for college in this country he is
now about the age at which the question of his
utmost Importance. and 1 desire that he should be
educated here
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
SHE CAME NEAR GOING BACK.
FELL ASLEEP ON AN OUTGOING STEAMER AND
WAS FOUND OFF SANDY HOOK

FELL ASLEEP ON AN OUTGOING STEAMER AND
WAS FOUND OFF SANDY HOOK.
Mrs. W. A. Lippold Of Garfield n j. who ar
rived from Hamburg the Graf Waldersee on Sat
urday, came near going back. Mrs. Lppold was a
second cabin passenger. and when the ship arrived
in Hoboken she waited the pier for half an hour
expecting her son-in-law would meet her. he
had promised The son-n-aw delayed by a
train from Garfield being hour late Mrs. Lip
pold. who Is sixty-two years old, decided TO go
back the Graf Waldersee and wait in the sa-
loon until her relative arrived.
The Patricia the opposite side of the pier,
ready sail at o'clock The woman, supposing
she was walking up the gangplank of the Graf
Waldersee, got on the Patricia. She sat down in
easy chair in the saloon TO wait and fell asleep.
The Patricia sailed, and IT not until Sandy
Hook reached that the presence of Mrs. Lip
pold was discovered She taken off the steam
ship and put board the pilot boat Newly ork,
where she had stay until yesterday afternoon.
The son-i-law arrived just after the Patricia left
Hoboken and instituted search for the woman.
While he the lookout word reached the Ho-
boken office of the Hamburg-American Company
that Mrs. Lippold had been put off the pilot
boat. The pilot boat did not reach New-Yor until
yesterday. when Mrs. Lippold landed and sent
m
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
DELAY FOR CAPTAIN CANNON.

When Captain Cannon formerly Of the East
Twenty-second-st. station. indicted for the second
time for neglect OF duty. called yesterday 10
plead 10 the Indictment in Part of General Ses-
fons. where Judge Nevburger is presiding. Carlyle
j. Gleason. of the firm of James. Schell & Ekus
fled a demurrer to the indictment Argument on
the demurrer was set for tomorrow
Mr. Gleason tried 70 get longer delay, saving
that after yesterday his firm would represent
the captain, hut judge NeWburser said that he
would hold court Friday. and that as
Wednesday would he the last day of the term. he
would set the argument for that day. He also gave
Captain Cannon notice that whoever his counsel
might be. he would have TO be ready on
with the argument.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
nR RLGELoK ON GERuAN ARuY SYSTEM

Portney Bigelow opened the course at the Twen-
teth Century Club in Brooklyn last night by a
lecture on The German Military System and It's
Relation to American Institutions" At the end of
the week he will address the West Point cadets
German military training in its relation to army
reform. On December Mr. Bigelow will be the
guest of the Military Historical Society of Boston
where he will read a paper Personal Notes
from German Army Life From Boston Mr. Bige-
low will travel westward : far as Minneapolis
addressing several universities among others being
Chicago, Cornell Wisconsin and Minnesota The
burden of Mr. Bigelows talks will be the military
responsibility of the American citizen as against
the military preparations of European nations
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
NEARLY READY FOR ELECTRIC TRAINS

THE FIRST MOTOR WILL. BE RUN On SECOND
AVE ELEVATED LINE N a WEEK.
beginning will be made. it is announced. in the
operation OF the elevated railway system by cleo
tricty week, when the first electric motor will
be the Second-aye. line. Before the END OF
December. it is expected by the Manhattan Rail-
road management, electric trains will be running
the Second-ave. road, but it is early yet say
just how the service Will be in complete
operation on that line. which VIII be the first 10
be operated by electricity
The Manhattan Railway Company is constructing
at Third-ave. and Sixty-seventh-st a large frame
structure in which is be established school for
the training Of employees who will the cleo
trio motors.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
WHEN SAUSAGE IS NOT SAUSAGE.

The General Board of Appraisers has decided
when sausage is not sausage, and the distinction
is set forth in opinion written by General Ap-
praiser Fischer. in the OF H. Hackfeld & Co.
who protested against the decision of the Collector
of Customs Honolulu. Sausage is not sausage
he holds unless is nclosed in castings. but when
hacked in cans II is prepared meat, and, instead
Of enjoying the privilege of sausage and being al
lowed free entry 1t must pay duty of rs per
cont ad yaorem. The fact that the goods in ques-
ton were labelled '1eberwurst did not deter the
General Appraiser from setting II down as prepared
meat and imposing a 25 per cent duty.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
THE MAJOR VAS APPARENTLY SOBER.
WITNESSES From BOSTON TESTIFY IN THE
MEADE COURT MARTIAL.

Colonel Frank L Denny. Z. S. n. C. was the
principal witness yesterday at the martial Of
Colonel Frank L. Meade. the comrnandant Of the
marine barracks at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Colonel Denny testified concerning the counter
charges that he and Major Lauchheimer had been
in colusion with the contractors in the remodeing
of the barracks. He characterized ridiculous
harrack gossip story that the workmen on the
lob had been instructed 10 supply nothing except
The poorest work pain OF dismissal Testimony
was taken 10 show that q board OF survey reported
that 2 number Of changes in the work were sbso-
-utely necessary
In the morning two members OF the Puritan Club
Of Boston testified regarding the condition OF Major
l.auchheimer a certain night when, II said
he was disgracefully intoxicated The witnesses
were L. NJ. Beales and George ". Hastings Both
testified that Major LauchheEner's conduct on the
night in question AL right and that he Ws
sober TO all appearances.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
TryHFL TERMINAL SITE BOUGHT.
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD ACQUIRES TWO
BUILDINGS IN WEST THIRTY-THIRD-sr

believing that the Rapid Transit Commission IN
tends 10 grant its application for a franchise 10
run a tunnel from its station in Long Island Cl'y
under the East River and part Of Manhattan. 'le
Long Island Railroad has bought tne TWO , tou
. tt14t,ss Nos % and 81 West Thrty-third-
., for railroad station purposes This Is 10 De
the terminus OF It's underground road The lots on
which the houses stand are 236x9ss and A-ZNSS ,
feet respectively and adjoin the Alpine aPar 'ihe
housa on the northeast corner of Broadway and
Thirty-third-st. 49,.
As the railroad will need only the ground moor i's
station being underground. 1t is probable tnat
DIS viii be built above the station. II is
jaI,oG maj tyyo and one-half years VIII oe re-
"I;Ted for the construction of the tunnel
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
THE PAN-AMERTC4N CONGRESS.
VENEZUELAN DELEGATES THINK THEY
HAVE BEEN SIGHTED.

Mexico City. Nov 25-This mornings ses
sion of the Pan-An1erican Congress was chiefly
taken up with the report Of the work done by
the several committees. Mr.. Macedo, one of
the secretaries Of the conference. made up
list Of the chairmen of the several committees
who had been appointed thus far. Thereupon
Jose G. Fortoul. a delegate Of Venezuela, arose
and said that he considered il a slight upon his
country that neither of its delegates had been
appointed TO the craftsmanship Of committee
President Raigosa explained that the COM
rnittees chose their chairnaen- Manuel Sanchez
Marmol one Of the Mexican delegates offered
TO resign the Craftsmanship of the Committee on
Agriculture and Industries in favor Of either
OF the delegates of Venezuela. but President
Raigosa said that he was not empowered to ac
cept it, and Mr.. Fortoul said that he did not
know whether at present he would be prepared
TO accept the Craftsmanship Of a committee.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26

Elwood Ind. Nov. 25.-Opposition to the accept
of the proposed gift of Andrew Carnegie of
$4,000 for the erection of public library building
in this city has developed in unexpected quarter
1t is said that Mckinley Lodge of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Tin Workers has entered q
vigorous protest against the acceptance of this or
any other sum from Mr.. Carnegie. and threa TO
boycott the library in any of the iron man 8
money shall be used in connection with 1t Other
labor unions In the city have expressed themselves
as favortng the plan
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26

The writ of habeas corpus sued out by David NJ.
Neuberger on behalf of Isidore Helm and Joseph
Bower who convicted and fined 81 each by
Magistrate Mayo for selling tickets for the open
ing performance OF Miranda of the Balcony at
the Manhattan Theatre September "a dis
missed by Justice Clarke in the Supreme Court yes
terday. The was brought test to try the
validity of the city ordinance preventing licensed
spectators from selling tickets the sidewalk In
front Of the entrance to any place of amusement
Justice Clarke holds the ordinance be constitu-
tional: MAGISTRATE Mayo, Justice Clarke holds had
jurisdiction in the tried the and found
them guilty. and in his opinion the writ must be
dismissed and the prisoners remanded.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
SUICIDE NOT BLONDIT.

Halifax, N s, Nov 25.-The body of the man
who shot himself at Tufts Cove On Friday or Sat
urday has not yet been identified. The letters II
y are tattooed on and a report spread
that he was Blondin. the Massachusetts murder
suspect The corpse however, does not agree with
the police. ' VI
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
DELEGATES SEE A BULLFIGHT.

City Of Mexico Nov. 25-The bullhghting season
in Mexico opened Sunday with Mazzantini. the
Spanish natador, IN the arena Many prominent
people In the social and political world Of Mexico
were present Two boxes were occupied by some
Of the members Of the United States delegation and
other delegations to the Pan-American Conference.
The performance itself did not come up 10 eX-
pectationS.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
LINEMAN BURNED TO 4 CRISP.
HE COMES IN CONTACT WITH AN ELECTRIC
WIRE AND Is INSTANTLY KILLED

WIRE AND Is INSTANTLY KILLED
Thomas Tobn. twenty-five years Old OF 1ohhers'
uneman for the New-York Telephone Company
met fearful death yesterday afternoon at fier-
wont NV coming In contact with live wire or the
pockIand Light and Wire Company. while on
high pole The telephone and electric nght com
panes use the same poles. Tobin had to go to the
ton of a pole near the drawbridge. in a thickly
settled part of the village. and thoushtiessN went
up without rubber gloves Near the top or the pole
he stepped on a transformer, and this brought him
in contact with electric light wire. strong
current of electricity passed through rooms pooy,
probably causing instant death.
The man was caught in the wires and was sus-
nendsd for fifteen minutes before he could be re-
leased The current burnt him almost to a crisp.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
LEWIS AND CLARK CENTENNIAL.

Portland Ore Nov. 25.-Canvassers for subscrip-
tions to the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposi-
tion which it is proposed to hold in this city In
1865 began their work to-day. It understood to-
night that practically the entire capital of
the corporation. sSoooo is assured the result of
he DAVIS work
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

At the Madison Square Theatre on the evening
o> December 80 Basil Hoods Sweet and Twenty
will be seen for the first time in this country 1t
ran all last season in London at the Vaudeville
and is still there. The Liberty Bellies
will remain at the Madison Square until Decem-
her
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26

Otto Ernst's comedy, "F'lachsmann ais Erzieher.
will have its first performance in this country to
night at the Irving Place Theatre.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26

Mrs. C. H. Gilbert last night resumed her p:
of the queen dowager. in "A Royal Family" wi
Miss Annie Russelrs company at the Lyce'
Theatre.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-26
The Supreme KeCOmpenSe
The Cross Of the Lesion OF Honor

hcne
Chicago,
creative mus
howooms IN the world
4
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-02-28

utes she went down, while others say
she stayed afioat for half an hour after
she struck. The confusion occasioned
by such an incident is intense, and IT
is not surprising to find that there is
A Lack OF Unanimity
as to the length of time the vessel
remained above water.
v The wreck lies about three-fourths of
a mile south of Fort Point and about
a thousand yards off the rocky shore.
The smokestack and portion of the
upper works of the iii fated steamer
are visible. There are several con-
flicting stories concerning the fate OF
Capt. Ward. The steward of the Rio
says that he stood beside the captain
wnen the yesseI went down. Two oth-
er survivors say they also saw the
captain to the last, but Frederick Lind
strom, the quartermaster officer OF the
Rio, emphatically declared that Capt.
Ward emulated Admiral Trion, of Her
Majestys Ship Victoria. In going down
to s cabin, where he met his doom
beh locked door.
C Frederick W. Jordan. the pilot
of Rio, was rescued by an Italian
fishing boat.
The cargo Of the Rio de Janeiro was
valued at over $50o,oO0. There was be-
sides 100000 in treasure in the specie
tank. The steamer itself was valued
at from $3.50, 900 to S700, 900.