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New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
NEW ICE CROP TROUBLES
WHEN ONE THING DOESN'T SPOIL THE
ICE HARVEST. ANOTHER DOES.

The ice crop is spoiled again. It is as delicate
the Delaware peach crop. If there should ever
be a year when everything about it was entirely
right, the whole ice business would probably come
TO an end just because the condition would he so
unusual that nobody would know how TO deal with
IL. There are two serious troubles One is
that far up on the Hudson large quantities of
grass and weeds blew into the while the ice
was forming, froze in and ruined the quality Of
the The other difficulty Is that there has been
snow. that the wind gets a good sweep over
the dry ground and blows sand into the water
This freezes into the ice also and spoils II in
different style.
Last season ice was high because of short
crop-and for other reasons There IS special
cause of high prices every year. The short crop
is the simplest of reasons, and that was thought
to be good enough for last year. If the winter is
warm the ice does not form well, and that makes
prices high the following summer If the win
ter is cold the ice forms thick that it is
extra expense to cut It. and that makes the prices
high the following summer. II there is snow, it
covers the ice and it's weight presses the ice
down; the water rushes up through hole
and vets the snow large areas; this wet
freezes and makes poor and porous ice;
good ice then has to be brought from long dis
tance and prices high If there is no snow.
the result IS, has Just been explained, that of
the present time.
There was a year once when il seemed for a
while If there was going 10 be nothing wrong
with the ice crop. There plenty of cold
weather and there was enough snow TO lay the
dust. but not enough to make much porous ice.
There enormous crop of the finest pos
sible ice. People thought that for they
going to get their ice in the summer at normal
rate. Then the truth came out. The crop was
so much larger than usual that the expense Of
harvesting It had been proportonately greater Ond
consequently prices were high.
After all the different things that happened in
the ice business last summer. story little
different from the usual ones seemed TO be needed
to explain the high prices next summer. and the
grass and the weeds blew into the water and the
sand drifted into it. But consumers OF ice might
well make up their minds that the price of It is
always going 10 be high. and that the condition OF
the business would not be normal unless it were
abnormal in some respect.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07

thoroughly familiar with the game and alive 70 its
possibilities in this country
Mr.. Carnegie maintains private links in Scot
land. and while IN this country usually Identifies
himself WITH. the ST. Andrews links in Westchester
County. Among the members OF that organization
IL Is reported that he has lately acquired several
of land near the links and will shortly erect
a commodiOus country house: The significance Of
TestiOn between the millionaire steel manufacturer
anu one or TWO or the 81 Andrews players whose
influence In shaping the associations policy has
always been keenly felt
John Reid is one of the founders of the St. An
drews Club. and at the same time vice-president
of the association II is said that in the absence
of President Thomas abroad MIR. Reid will preside
at the annual meeting. Moreover, r, B. Kerr. the
present secretary mas lett lakewood TINS winter
another indication of how the presidential pot is
Goldng legislation will as usual open the year
The second annual meeting of the WOmens Metro
Dolitsm S;oIf Assocaton is due tbe first % We'll IN
convention Of the United States Golf Association
Is STranseI dSp b tne iasf week OF the month at Del
delegates will he present from both the allied and
vote, each being allowed 20 east two ballots. II
T m 'ne nbs Guty r OF s Gb TO n S Td d
the championship tournaments. sending list
Of those which accept at least thirty days prior tO
the meetng. 1t will not be long, therefore. before
the most important features Of the coming season
4 remarksble record of = has been established
for the links at Sandwich, England, by Tom
To understand the merit of this achievement 1t
should be noted that when J. H. Taylor the present
open champion of England. won his title there in
1894 he did no better than 76 The late Freddie
TAFT. England's amateur champion, who
Gently killed In South Africa. won the championship
tournament of 1896 there with the same score.
and I'm 1889 Harry NardOn his championship
with the same 16
:. F. Buchanan was the winner of the Saturday
competition at the Nassau Country Club for the
cup presented by II. v. Kennedy. This cup is to
be played for Saturdays i'm January and Febru-
ary and is open to Glass members only. Second
place went 10 f. H. Sayre and third place To j. W.
CammaCk
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
GOLF.
ANDREW CARNEGIE MAY BE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF u. s. G. A.-HO-
BART CHATFIEID-TAYLORT THE
WESTERN CANDIDATE.
WESTERN CANDIDATE.

Some highly ornate reports have been making
their way Eastward IN the last few days IL what
they say are true Western golfers have taken the
initiative in conceding that this years champion
ships should all be held in the East. This frank
confession rather surprising when in other years
Western players have bedn among the most in
sistent and strenuous in pressing their demands.
That they should generously abandon all idea of
securing of the coveted contests seems in
comprehensive. But the same report brings the
interesting intelligence that hobart ChatfeId-Tay-
Tor Is regarded the logical choice for president
of the United States Golf Association. 1t may not
be that the Western politicians sacrificing the
championships for the sake of the presidency. but
it is not unlikely that when they withdraw all
claim for the former they will create enough senti
ment In their favor among the delegates At the
nual meeting to put Chatfeld-TaylOr into the
ecutive chair
Politics. however. seems distinctly out of place in
the conservative methods being employed to secure
Mr. Thomass successor Thus far the only names
mentioned In connection with the Office are those
of Chatfeld-TaylOr and Andrew Carnegie The
former is admitted be the logical Western candi-
date, while Mr.. Carnegie is presumably the Eastern
one, though his connection with golf has been so
broad az 10 render any reference to sectional lines
almost impossible. Neither of these has let
fall Il word since their candidacy first men
toned. At the recent ST. Andrews tournament.
however, Mr.. Carnegie asked his ac-
ceptance should the office be rendered to him. and
though his only a deprecatory smile
he did not deny that he would consent to
should the association elect him.
Chatfeld-TaylOr would have the solid vote OF
Western cuhs but it is reflection say that his
chances would be slim should Mr.. Carnegie be the
opposing candidate. Among local players IL is felt
that his election would continue that and dig
nifty which the association has maintained
since it's original organization under Theodore
Havemeyer and that In MIR. Carnegie IL would
have not only capable executive. but man
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07

rangements with Sir Thomas Upton In regard 70
the building OF the challenger Shamrock II when
this craft turned out. and she was IN
tended preliminary test craft which would be
thoroughly tried before the Upton craft
sketched. The chief desideratum In the Sybarita
az the time she was designed was to test the re-
liability Of wooden planking which was reduced
in thickness and weight TO what considered
the limit of safety Since her launch the Sybarita
has been sent out into heavy weather in the North
Sea- especially for test purposes and she showed
no sign of strain the experiment in thin planlins
is considered fully successful.
The boat will be used a trial horse for the
Upton challenger. Her owner has been hard hit
in the recent financial tumble in London and other
boats. the Valkyrie III and the first Shamrock are
now mentioned the intended speed companions
Of the challenger. but a fact. the Sybarita and
first Shamrock the only boats in England
which are required or competent 70 engage IN this
work Even II Mr. Wright's name does not appear
in the matter the Sybarita will certainly be used
by Sir Thomas Upton 10 prepare his new boat.
With the EmperOr's Meteor the Wright boat has
only had six races. and in the first she broke her
tOpmast. in the second the 65-foOt KOmmodors
four contests the Sybarita clearly proved her su-
periority over the German Imperial yacht She
carries ninety tons OF lead on her keel
IN over all length the Sybarita Is rs feet the
first Shamrock being 10 feet inches. Her water
nne length Is 80 feet and her beam 3 feet. the
columbia : beam being one foot greater and the
ShalnrOckS one foot seven inches greater. The
Doat'S bow Is long and fine. though her after
cutting away from the point Of greatest beam at
tne chaln plates leaves an ugly bulge. but this has
run beautifully, and not at all in accOrdance with
the harsh deck view.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
GEORGIA MEN IN DISPUTE OVER MONEY
ONE. ARRESTED AND DISCHARGED, RETURNS TO
COURT AND is HELD.

ONE. ARRESTED AND DISCHARGED, RETURNS TO
COURT AND Is HELD
MAGISTRATE Flammer had a complicated he
fore him yesterday in the jefferson Market court.
The prisoner was William G. Tigpen. who lives at
the Victoria Annex. Broadway and Twenty sixth
ST. He was charged with stealing $50 gold GER
thcate from John Crutcher. furniture dealer of
Atlanta, Ga at the Marlborough Hotel Satur-
day. Tigpen said he was not guilty. He said that
he belonged In Macon, Ga. whore he formerly
managed hotel.
James j. Corbett who in court another
case. told the Magistrate that he knew the
cused man, that he highly respectable. and
that he (Corbett) did not think he would steal AS
the complainant had not appeared Tigpen was
discharged, and he left go the West
Thrtieth-st. police station to the SO
tifcate.
Two hours later Crutcher entered the court hur-
riedly. He said he had lost his way in coming TO
court. He said that he wanted to prosecute Tigpen
he he had stolen the money
Just then Tigpen came into court again. He told
the Court that the police sergeant at the West
Thirtieth-st. station had refused to give him the
500 certificate, and he wanted order from the
you are just in time" said the Magistrate ",rhe
complainant is here now, and l will reopen the
case"
Crutcher then told his story. He said that he
stopping at the Bartholdi Hotel and that SAT-
urday morning he went to the Hotel Marlborough
TO call friend George Lewis of Atlanta who
sOciation. He went to the where Tigpen was
with Lewis: Lewis went away after time. and
asleep the bed. and when he woke up a 500
gold certificate, Which he had in his vest pocket
two men remained together all day Saturday, and
twenty -eghth-st., where Tigpen, Crutcher said
changed a $40 goId certificate He then caused
Tigpen denied the charge. He said that he could
prove his innocence Magistrate Flammer paroled
him until to-day.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
DIR. MACARTHUR on CoNFUCIUs.

The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Macarthur pastor Of
Calvary Baptist Church, in West Fifty-seventh-st,
last night delivered the frst of series OF
on the general subject 1.-The Ethnic Masters and
the Divine Master" The special subject of last
nights discourse was Christ and Confucius" He
spoke in part follows:
10 man except the writers in the Bible has ever
influenced so many of his fellow has Con-
fucius. He stands alone in this regard among all
great writers and thinkers of the human race He
sways sceptre over nearly one-third of the
human family He is crowned by them as king in
we Iffe and work are veil xyor1n of fe Tnorf
careful study Of all Christian teachers He did not
claim TO be divine. He was man Of lefty attain
rnenfs, but Jesus Christ was the Son OF God. Con-
tucius recognized the existence Of sin in himself
and in others. Jesus Christ sinless. Confucius
died, and was buried. Christ died and was buried
but again. and right here, let say, Is the
tml,assable gulf between the great ethnic master
and the Divine Master. The religion of Christ is
that which makes saints out OF sinners and heaven
out Of earth.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
NEW cHuRcH DEDICATED.

The Evangelical Zion Church, belonging TO the
German Lutheran faith, the north side OF One
hundred and-fortieth-st, east of seventh-ave. was
formally dedicated yesterday morning, the pastor
of the church the Rev. Henry Noehren, assisted
f,y the Rev. c. Mueller. OF 81. Paurs Church. Buff
falo, officiating
The church was organized mission by the
pev Mr. Noehren on November ], 1896, and SER
woes ~cre held IN store IN Etghth-aVe between
One-hund dred-and-thi thirty-nlnfh and One-hundred-
snd-forffefh sts on October s. 1900. the construe-
rior a The church begun and the basement.
uy1fc1 viii eventually be used the Sunday
sehool las been finished, at a cost OF $500 The
~hurcE ifsef Will be started az once, and will be
III Imposing proportions and OF Gothic architecture.
-Tbe 1Toperfv belongs 10 the Evangelical Synod OF
Nor,f America with headquarters AZ 81 Louis.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS.
HOW THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE
ENGINEER FAVOR CONTINUANCE
OF THE WORK

Albany, Jan. (speciaD-State Engineer Bond
hopes there will be large attendance at the con-
vention of those interested in the good roads move
which is to he held here the latter part OF
January large proportion of the Boards of Super
visors. it is believed. will appoint delegates to this
convention.
Governor Odell apparently favors the issuing or
bonds If necessary to continue the work Of road
improvement in tie State, for in speaking on the
subject of good roads in his message to the Legls-
lature he says: An amendment to the law which
would provide that the state should pay the entire
expense of construction by the issuance of bonds.
levying upon the counties their proportion for the
benefits received would expedite and reduce the
cost and extend the time for payment over
longer period and at a lower rate of interest. He
points out that surveys of roads have already been
made which if adopted would call for appro-
praton by the State of 81 22O.OG0 Then he adds:
1T would he inexpedient for the Legislature 10
appropriate this sum in any year, but il is
evident that if the building of roads is TO continue
a much larger appropriation will he necessary this
year" The Of $4,000 appropriated last
year
State Engineer Bond favors appropriation of
100000 this year. Possibly Governor Odells bond
ing scheme may aid him get this amount. Mr.
Bond submitted some interesting figures to Gov
Odell showing the cost of the roads already
constructed and those for which surveys have been
made The State Engineer has just made these
tables public The below shows the counties
which have State roads fully completed and their
cost:
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
TWENTIETH CENTURY PROMISES.
RELIGION NOT TO BE AN ARBITRARY
CREED BUT A SPIRITUAL INTELLI-
GENCE DIR. SAVAGE SAYS.

The Twentieth Century: A Prophecy was the
theme chosen by the Rev. DR.. Minot J. Savage at
the morning service yesterday in the Church of the
Messiah. He said in part
do not believe that at the end of this century
the rich people are going to be enVied as they are
now. The man who is worth $lOO0O,OO or $l5.O0,WO
or $lOO,O0O,0OO must use that money for the public
good, or he cannot get returns for it. He cannot
help himself. He doesn't bury il in hole in the
ground; he can't put it away and lock IT up In
order to get his returns he must use II for the pub
lie good, and a man who has Sl0oOOOoO0 to look
after cannot possibly get time to do much else eX-
tied TO that business.
The religion of the twentieth century, the re-
ligion of the coming civilization of the world, is
be arbitrary thing of creeds, of rituals OF
genuectiOns. of prayers and VestmentS 1t IS to be
spiritual intelligence that studies TO hnd the laws
OF God. The humble and loving heart will seek TO
obey them, and incorporate these obedtenceS INTO
the life of a hopeful and advancing humanity.
We have ransacked the earth. We shall leave no
more mysteries secrets on its surface But there
is more wonderful world still which remains
dark continent. refer to the mind OF man. Ihe
old Greek said, Know thyself." The realm OF man
is TO be explored; find out the capa billties
and capacities of this mind of ours. and then we
are to solve the problem to whether the age de-
pends this physical husk to such an extent
that souls. that we wear bodies, that within
these bodies there is being developed year by
another body, as real as this which death simply
releases. that go not out unclothed, but
clothed-real beings as much, infinitely more, than
we TODAY
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
COST OF CHRISTIANITY.
THE BARGAIN COUNTER ORDER TOO
CHEAP. DIR. PARKHURsT SAYS.

The Rev. DR.. Charles n Parkhurst preached
again yesterday morning at the Madison Square
Presbyterian Church on Faith his sermon being
2 continuation Of the discourse OF the preceding
Sunday, addressed especially 20 young people. He
said IN part;
OF course. there cheap styles OF Christianity
just as there are cheap houses and cheap clothes
In every sort OF market in this world the value OF
the goods put into your hands will maintain a
pretty steady ratio with the value OF what you
lay down the counter. A bargain IS a word
with which willy shOpkeepers delude silly women
into thinking they are going 10 get more than
awhile ago for and ninepence. II was a four
shilling binding. but when I came TO read Il the
most important part OF the book wasn't there.
What bargain there was not with me- but
with the man who sold II 70 me-and incidentally
sold me also
The only kind OF Christianity that am inter
ested In IS the most expensive that Is IN the
ket- IL you could be constituted a follower Of
Christ by simple deposit OF 500 there are not
the deposit. But becoming Christian in the COM
plefe, thorough. OEt-and-Out OF the word in
wolves the paying over OF whatever we by nature
hold dearest TO ourselves. And money IS not the
thing we hold 6earest-at least, not often. A man
in order 10 be Christian Of perfect type would
be willing probably 10 give up everything but
the thing that he likes best With some there is
that either Christianity would have 10 spoil if or
81 would spoil Christianity It Is probably animal
ism a good deal more than scepticism that is maxi
ing goddess so many OF the young men OF day.
They are willing 10 give up what they like pretty
well, but not what they like best
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
A FTFTY-ONE FOOT ROCHELLE
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT To TEST THE
ABILITIES OF THE sCow TYPE
or YACHT

Edward Kelly of the New-Yorx Yacht Club IN
tends TO make another experiment in testing fhs
relative abilities of the Huntington scow fvns
against the more refined looking model OF the reg,,
lar yacht. Mr.. Kelly tried this last summer when
he brought out the Rochelle. She was too poNe-,,I
for the 25-foOt class she had sail in and not ~
the right measurement TO go into the class higher
among the sO-fOOters The Rochelle was tried
against the special thirties. and did pretty vel
with them in fresh winds. She also had an inter
esting tussle on day Of hard wind with the D.
foot wateTIine raceahOut Sis With this Herresbo~
crack she seemed on that day to be beaten though
the yachts in different classes. and the R,-
chelle, which a long way ahead in her own
class. may not have heen doing her best bur 4,
caused good deal Of interest involving a point
which is debated in the best informed circles
In spite of the successes OF the Cartoon s,s
others of this type. which have always been casSs
in the freak fraternity. there is a doubt "a -
whether the true yacht cannot beat them orr
When the Rochelle sailed near the Sis IL was mo-
tced that. as she lay down in the gusts she rsFssa
up huge. fiat bOttOmed body high into ire air
Hy DalldSted TN. but she presented such a sraa.
of fiat hull for the wind TO have a fsir 4-i,-.
at that il seemed TO do her harm. She was rsefsd
anu the Sis was Iusslng nel run SAIL but the SIS
lay down in a clean yachty way and ate uo 10
wtndward without being partly stopped in the
gusts. MI Kelly IS therefore about to eluCidafe
very interesting point He has good reason Ia bs-
leve in this type of boat and it's presence IN fba
snappy 5fOot class will be one Of the chief points
of the coming season.
The dimensions Of the new craft which Is rou.
being built by L. d. Huntington at NeW-ROchaI1s
show her to be a powerful racer They are: length
over all, "a feet wateTline, a teet beam. Is rsef
and draught. feet. Her fE keel viii be Of bronze
spread $500 square feet Of SAIL and will cOrao@-s
against the Affair the Shark the Syce the KesfrsI
which J. r. Maxwell has ordered from the Here's
hOd yards at Bristol.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-07
AUTOPSY MADE ON KAFFKA's BODY

coRoNER's PHYSICIAN WESTON DECLARES THE
CAUSE OF DEATH INFLAMMATION.
Coroners Physician Weston performed an autopsy
yesterday afternoon the body OF Ignatz Kafrixa
forty-six years old, whose death on Saturday night
was reported by the officials of the Montehore
Home for Incurables, One-hundred- and -thirty-
eighth-st. and Broadway. The report OF Dr. Weston
does not settle absolutely the cause of death The
autopsy disclosed that the man suffering from
adhesive pericarditis. Inflammation of the pera-
cidum. To what extent death was superinduced
by the dose OF strychnine which he had taken the
report does not state. -
kaffka had been inmate OF the institution for
six years, suffering from locomotor ataxia He
recently contracted influenza, and on SATURDAY.
afternoon, in order 20 allay his fever. a dose nf
anti-pyrine and anti-febrine administered To
counteract their effect the heart the dose OF ONE
thirtieth OF grain of sulphate OF strychnine was
given. The dose of one-thirtieth of a grain is the
normal dose OF strychnine, and Il Is alleged that t
had been previously given TO the patient with no