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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-21
SOMERSET REPORTER,
Weekly Republican Newspaper,
SKowHEGAN, MAINE.
DIRECTORY
COUNTY OFFICERS

Clerk of Courts:
Wr+laN 7 SEfKNs,. ......'...'.'......'. Pittsheld
County Attorney;
c,os.f " COVER l........."... Skowhegan
Judge of Probate:
gna,Fp r. DAsFoRTH,. .Skowhegan
Register of Probate:
N.-,,.S Fowler. .....Skowhegan
Register OF Deeds:
Llrasttfs GOODWIN. ................. .Skowhegan
Treasurer:
2 T. rsfrES...... .skowheean
Sheriff and Jaer:
~. PEHSHLL. ;........... Skowhe an
ts,,,ggg4fsS:-C. E Duren, Fairfield; F. L. Harding,
u,5,.,n4 s. W. Herrek, Harmony c. b. Haskell,
G.6eH= r. 5. Parsons, No. Anson; X. S.
W5l.us. Hartland; Hiram NJ. Waugh, Starks;
Tb.Ies r. Ham, bingham; +. F Caswell New
pnri,n5. sidney r Baker, Scion; Calvin II.
lone, Athens; Chas w. Farrand, So. Norridgewock;
v .uy psnnell, skowhegan.
County Commissioners:
1ts.go SMITH, Cornvie, Post Office, Revere.)
IONS MErcALF. New Portland.
MILTON L. MERRILL, St. Adams.
Terms of Courts.
f,,l;r,al Tho third Tuesdau m March
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-21

Supreme Judicial The third Tuesday m March
s.ntenbsr and December. Civil and Criminal.
p,obaie:-1he second Tuesday of each month.
conpty Commissioners The first Tuesday in
March and August and the second Tuesday in Deem
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-21
Terms of Courts.

a,o.lo SMITH, Cornville, Post Office, Revere)
ions METcAlF. New Portland.
MuToN l.. MERRILL ST. Adams
The sun., 1901-02-17
DEHtNDED s2.OOO. .OOO " ItSH


w.rtRBuRY. Conn. Fob "a. --Grorse Bar
tu.y an insane Lithuanian. entered tn"
Waterbury savings Bank y",tertay afternoon
and acco-tins Frederick n N"rrimnn. an
officer In the bank. demanded s? 900 ooo ,r
cash at the same time handing Mr M.Trlnan
a lctter The letter said that unless he money
wa paid at once ssriuu. trouble would re-
eut The bank officer asked Birtusy, who
had assumed mcnaclns attitude. what
denominations In bills we're referred Muus
parleyIng with the insane man the police
were communicated with aud Bartusy was
arrested
Bntusy. who has lived here twelve wears.
had a small account In the bank lie eI-
planned that he wanted the millions 10 liquIdnte
the bonded Indebtedness OF all the countries
In Christendom. II this Indebtedness was
paid on. he said. the enormous amount ~
interes, saved would hs used for tho benefit
OF the poor peopl. Of tho world. Tho carry
Ing out OF his plan. he added. would eliminate
poverty throughout the world
Bprtusy was arr aig nod before judge CoweN
who committed him to the Almshouse for
tvs days lie said hs hoped tho Selectmen
would look after the man aud II lie proved
dangerous advised that hs be sent to an In
sane asylum.
The sun., 1901-02-17
Mss SHELDON NAY 60 ABROAD.
Talk Of sending the fo,burgh Ga. witness
south BEFORE She sails.

PRovIpt &cR. Fob 10 II was reported to-
iay that Miss Bertha sheldon. who fur tho
Last few weeks has been one ~ IA" central
figures In tho Foshurgh murder ny.tery
would go to Florida very soon wIth her ar
euts. and rumor has II that she would
go TO Italy before returning to Providence.
remaining abroad until after the fosbursh
trial Miss sheldon went to Boston with
her father and mother this morning 4
mcmh er 81 the family who wHs seen al tie
home a. Harvard avenue. sad thIt the,
would 90 South very soon. but he did not
know iust what place they " ould 80 TO.
A lropositiun ia now hefors the Rhode
Island LEGISLATURE 10 max. u compulsory
On the IRrt oi a person wanted as a witness
ia another state TO answer TIC summons
The matter has not yet passed the lesi>la-
tar. IL is known that Mr. sheldon il much
nNcrse To- ha,iu4 his daughter attend the
io-hurlh trial and hc has said that tho best
tang FOR hun TO do w ould lie to 10 10 Eurole
with his family.
Miss sheldon has made an anldsNit 70
.uIaiug her know ledge ~ tie "details Of tie
iOShuTgh tragedy aNd her father huIes that
IIht will Oc Sufficient
The sun., 1901-02-17
COAL RARGE AND FIVE hEN IOSr.
The Alabama rars Tow With the steamship
Arsgon on Hog I,iand.

Providence. n. |. Fob. o.-Ihe steam
ship Aragon. now In port with coal for the
Interstate Coal Company, reports the loss
on Hog Island Va .of the from hars" Alanlm q
with i've men on board Four OF thr crow
we're from Providence Last Wednesday night
tho Aragon. which Is n large steam collier.
built on tho Great Lakes was on Hog Island,
with the Alabama in tow, bound for New
port New. to this port, She encountered
a northwest gale and a terrific sea The
cold was intense and both vessels soon became
badly iced up
The yiolrnc. 81 the cale WAS such that
the tow could make little progress shortly
before midnight the Alabama showed two
red lights In her rigging signalling that al"
was in distress shortly altrrwgrd her
hsv ser parted AS soon a. th.1 "a@ dl-c1N-
cred the Aragon turned about To- stand "
the craft. 10 of rr what htu. aS~lstdirr sHv
could m the terrible weather conditions
Ru, the doomed bars" had disappeared
from sicht
Cap,. Il ! Reeve cf the barge lived IN
Uruoklyn lie leaves widow and three
eroVn-up children He wns 'sLor,to in
this pcrt He was 90 vetrs cid and Tor iurtN
wears he crulsed all over tn' world
The sun., 1901-02-17
Watching FOR CHr'iCO TROOHs.
Iitu. snd Nc, ia.Ly Roth Have Their rJe'
Peeled for Them.

u" police ~ this city are ke"r ing sharp
look out for chicago CROOKS large number
of whom are expected here before long ss n
result - tho police agitation In that city
,ollowir. tho attempts to burn hotois there
The Chicago police have not made SO active q
campaign AGAINST tho crooks In wears as they
are now On account OF the incrndisrv hotel
frc-, and IL 10 only tessouab,s to expect q
number ~ unde-irHhl. arrivals within tho
newt few davs capt Tltuss plan isto corral
all tho crooks that come h"rr. lock them up
q, suspicious pe-sons and keep annoy tnc
them IA 'l'- fashion unit thav are g.ad 20
.rt 0vt uf town AGAIN Detectives ar- sta
toned at all Of the railroad stations and At
al TIE terres, but as yet they have not re-
ported any arrivals
tUpt TITUS does mot think that tho arrival
of thiCago crooks necessarily means that
Nsv York hotels will be IN danger At tho
same time he ad sea sreful pAtroillng of the
corridors of hotels during the night. and one
or two hotels which have not any regular
police service Of their own have been advised
~ employ few men a. special officers for y
time cant Nc, husky ~ the Grand Central
station. ~ho used TO command tho Detective
Bur-au and knows nearly evcry crook IN tha
country hv sight, Is rersonallv watching at
the Grand central station. and n any crook =
come Fast on that road they are apt to hs
tls en- before they Csn do any harm
The sun., 1901-02-17
BARKER TO PLEAD INSANITY
Prosecutor Erwin Sends Ph,sicians to Examine
Him Money for Keiierp Defence.

Prosecutor Jane, : Erwin Of Hudson
county cot tp Yesterday afternoon that
the defence al tho trial Of Thoms, G ka'ket
FOR shooting the Rev Johu Keller would be
TEMPORARY emotional n~anity he imme-
diately sent for Dr John u McGnl. president
~ the Jersey CITY Police Board. and DR. VIII
Lam K Fisher OF IlOo0kep and directed thsm
to go 10 tie county jail and examine tho
lrlsoner Mr. Irwin went with them The
doctors saw Barker In the oonsultaton room
adj dining tho Jail onlCe and for about ten
minute, made note Of his actions for the pur-
rose Of ,estiIy Ing later regarding his mental
condition The phv siciSrs refused To SAY
what conclusions they had reached a. tho
result ~ the examirauon. .
There was no change IN the Rev NI fel,
lers condition yesterday. To-day test OF
In. eve, W.ll he made 10 deterIuins whether
the vision 1. or viii 10 destroyed: O.,,
hnU-a. where Nr keller lives. were admitted
10 the sex room Yesterday. Mr h"iitf "e7
T. have spchrn at the MONDAY siNlce lI
'r.nlty CLurrh. New loTh. on March sS
The engagement has OF course oeen cum
Nj Keaer's brother clcrgymen throushout
the Episcopal diocese OF Newark as wei ~
in Other parts OF the state md In other tstas
are pr.rariuS To show their sympathy In
suh.t lut!al form Numerous Offers OF nnan
cid aid 10th Tor rchtins the case sgain't
Barker in ti- ,ourts and Tor procI,.das prndsp p,"rsr %
aSo he stTa fdcc,"sd "Sp y etter from Dean Hoffman
of tie General TGe9!SsiGs !, y ssnnnny, nm, ,, IN
srd H. save both his l.fe and his eyesieht;
Dean Hon man Is the weslthiest kpiscopei
c.sry' men IN Tie | nited SGtes, lns oe,t
defend Mr.. Keller IN case The Bsrker prhs
n charge Of assault against him.
The sun., 1901-02-17
JTTIE HI0HW,TWOByN
ctri rhiIdr.a seb worss ~ Usr rp'.. IN the
~s- ~Ss's'iIErs 49, -

NhlsU vssstl l.sh' ON fh" streets vss'sf
fsv Mt' N,rv Nsrhars u 100 W.s' twenty
- lrd st~eet wts r1hnsi l0 seventh afeuue.
lust bslop Twenty" fth street nt tv1 rrsr1
slrl-. he oldest ~ vhum NJ, N..'nrE
says wrs not more thar o. gears Of 1-o VI.
As~h,rs held her purse IN hor rIsht hand
and carried also tvo small parcel.
Ihs two li'tis s.r's ran ont ~ dHorw1v
ard toward her 1tirkIns ih"y R'r" sk
larbins. Mr. Als.tbus ts.p.d ont ~ tnr.r
way The larger ~ the two sr.s wrslrhei
far right wrist. causing her 10 drop t-r ,.f. -
and her bundles
Oct Il. Mamie said the larger gIr. tn
her companion. and ~" smaller cf fIi !. kel
NJ n. purs. and dtrt"t around the CORNER
into Twsntv-nfth street 10 larger g.ri
ran down the svenls and disappeared into
TVenty-siIth street
Mrs AsChaug vas 40 surprised ard Uorr
fused that she didn't even scream. ~'s
told her story to tho Terd-rioin polio. ar.i
Detective Helmks vas set out o. and the
two girls
lie found colored woman who rad VII
messed the robbery and who described 40
smaller thief a. being 7 years old. Nr-
Al-chans's purse contained O. 50 IN money.
\ pair Of diamond earrings valued a. So
and several old CONS
The sun., 1901-02-17
sor "aofsI Sissm q" ~ R.sr
Nsss" wHs as rsssss ssa ~ ~.'sh~- 'ssss'
80 . as~s - ,ss r-ps.si

richari LYrrh. o.. ~ ne nisht vs,eh-
mon a. the ffo'sl impsfd. 'aT stpohur
hut' negro crouchins pp ths siss = 'hs
rtim Saffsn root shout ioB o'clpHE lss'
oishf and r~efins through the sindor ~
r,ou 80 Lynch him-~lf rsrt " rindos
hat comm apded thst rindpv and So
~ ths town intp Thish the negro SO ious
ins man ard somsn. guests ~ ths h"t~i
st~ w~rs tsesins uh-if heiougNgs INTO
'ffnk The n.aro -as sst,h0g them
end Al ths stm. tns 49, trrins .p sest
rut ~ tho stream ofiisht shioh shons through
th- -ird-- II loosed - II h~ .. rstihs
fot thstn ~ vsests the room
tvnch .cutrI~d dp-nst.iss md tNii Joseph
We Mullen. the hotsl det"rtiv" MoNulisn
.rnsi hIfn.rif 9th two revolver. snd
s.thsfed sr'und bm 'rsnty nve ~ the
tu-ki.-, portsfs aud ssi,sr. hs could nnd
Then hs vent upsisrIrs sith his army be-
h,od h.r when thsv srt ~ m. thifd foor
'h.y srtsrel tha unpogIpled room the vin
to. ~ uh.cn open 90 tho palm sudcn
.oct--1~' 'pepirs tNa-sN4sy ~ ySAs
len Jumped ouL pulled be tsvolv~f sni
shouted
Hold up vour hands snd .,a nj still
Tl- negro ump~i At the sound = 'hs
r.'er r'iv-'s ,'io. and started fpr the nssrsst
vindo- MrMullsn threatened to shoot nd
ha sto!H
NcNullsn .ni rsrt - u- .rnv 'oot 'hs
negro around to tho v"st Ih'r'ieth strs"t
polio. station. where the prisoner aid ts
vas Robert rsvlor IS Years Old -th no
Hom. lie refused g. say ANYTHING els"
about himself 20 tie police sr spt that hs
,,us wa n 1T Louis When he vas
.earched the police found hi. pocket. liter
al'y packed nm u matches, -ou. ~ which
-sre - the nsy er-so-out Nar"iv
This at once attracted ths attention ~
Acuug Capital Burns. who had chaIss % the
precinct during The Illness Of Capt 1homS
and be called out all Of the sleuths In IN
house To look the nesro over Tho seutL.
said they had never seen the prisoner before
and they came to the conCius sion that he was
y Wa~'"rnrr recently arrived IN 'his city
lie was pat in = cell and VI Mullen went back
to look for more
The sun., 1901-02-17
New Crop Candidates, with tho Mayor saving
Nothing, as Usual.

The usual new crop Of candidates for oon-
missioner OF To,ics sprans up yesterday.
The most promising OF tho dly was Francis
! Lautry, Commissioner OF correction and
leader Of tho Twvnty-socOnd Assembly dis
lrict. In which Mayor Van Wyck lives Mr.
lantry succeeded the Hon. John I, Carroll
rs the leader " tho Twenty second, and
since he has been IN charge Of y the Tam
many vote has grown steadily. lie has the
rauutgtion OF being a hnrd-hesded business
man IL was declared Yesterday that II Mr..
lautry had charge OF the Police Depart
mrut he could be depended upon to see that
none OF It's Influence WAS used to benent Cor
Ioration Counsel John Nhalcn, and that
II IL raina to u contest between Mr., Whalsn
and Mavor Van Wyck for the nominstion
Tot supreme Court Justioeship MIR. Lantry
". 'o hc inclined 10 be very friendly to MIR.
Va " tx.
Another new crop candidate 4. President
York Of the Police Board. Mr. YORK 10 the
representative Of the Hon. Hugh Mel sush-
I'm in the present board, and he has not been
On good terms with Commissioner sex ton
and his friends II he should receive tbs
ar"ointncnt IL would ts considered a great
victory for torporauon Counsel Whalen.
at evening Mr. York refused TO gay any
thing ats,ut the matter, .
While all the talk I. going on about candl-
oates Commissioner Sexton and his friends
remain confident ard screne Ny, Sexton
IL convinced that he IL going to set the Job.
So are his friends. The mayor says nothing
The sun., 1901-02-17

Gives Up ESQ. where for Nearly Twenty Tears
lie Planned Ills battles Gov Odeu CATH,

Senator Plstt cha ngcd his rooms at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. For nearly
twenty years the Mecca of plau Rcpu blicans
In the State has been room $50 in tho Flith
Avenue Hotel This was the number Of a
very fine suito which has been the homo Of
Mr. and Mrs Plat almost from tho hour that
Mr. Iatt resigned with Roscoe Conalns
from tho I nited States senate. II was from
those rooms that Mr P.at and bis frisn ds
outlined the plans and policies which eventu-
ally led to the overthrow Of Warner Miller
and the complete rrha utilization Of MIR Plat.
Mr.. Platt has conducted his best battles from
those rooms. From them lie saw the begin
nnx OF the great stalwart and Halt-Bteei
sht which stung the Republican party
IN the stat. of New York Tor thirteen YEAR
IL was not until Warner Miller was turned
out OF tho Republican State Convention at
SaiatoGa in isVS that Mr Platt's victory
WAS ABSOLUTE. The following year Ar flatt
Was e!ected 10 tho United States Senate
Now MrS Plsu Ia dead and senator platt
decided yesterday that h" did not care To
remain In 2s0 His new rooms are number
isa aud thcy will be Ia. home winter and
GUNNER Gov. Ndell had a short tllk with
senator Platt in 'hH'e rooms Yesterday after
noon MIR P.Itt will return 20 Nahing' On
to-day. Gov Odell will return To Albany
at O'clock this afternoon he two gentle
men did not talk politics N""tc'dav after
noon. senator p!att will be back on Friday
and is likely then to have talk with Gov
said last night that he could not begin to
express the gratitude he f.lt for all NJ tho
klndne-. that had been shown to him during
the last few days
The sun., 1901-02-17
ERIE ENGINEERS. WAGES ATTACHED.
They Refused to lake . Book for which Ihsy
Had subscgibed About Two Year AGO.

poRr JfKvIs. Y. Feb 10 Last niEht
when the Erie Railroad engineers whose
homes ore at Port Jervis. entered the car of
Inymaster campbell, they we're Informed
that their January pay was Withheld because
IL had been alta ched by Chicago book pub
hshing 0rm ABOUT two years ago. man
clsiming To- repre.-nt the Crawford Adsit
YIblishipg Company of Chicago called on
Jri. engineers aLi secured euOscrii IONS 10
n hook To- - Know q r, the Erie edition OF
tl. -Amer ca F. eeTs The price OF the
hook Wa, to JeSIa, ana Tor sketc hes and por-
I ATS OF engineers 81 in addition was TO be
,harped The book, were To be delivered
Ne 70 llowins Summer. They wers not pub
I,h.d at the time agreed and the matter
t1d been 70 gotten by the engineers until a
hort tine ago, when they received letters
from tlo publishing hol." SAVING that the
hooks wul y bo delivered and requesting
"a. men to have the money rea tv
The books trI ,yed an 4 the engineers con-
tended TINT thc CuilNrnv had failed In their
o,reruI"nt ana H." book MAS not a. repre-
s.nt.d hy tho a.eut. aud they therefore re-
fused 10 pay some Of them even denied
,Iat thov had signed any agreement Then
cqme threat. Of legal acton hN tn. chicago
nuhIi.her., follow ed by garnishesing the
enyireers warcs a,ony the whole Enc -vs-
tenn from Ncw York ~ Chicago The matter
Was referred to Supt } Naguire of the
New York division. " no turned u ovsr to the
r e'S attorney
The sun., 1901-02-17
HORK CHICAGO HOIFL FIRES.
-Four Additional Attempts at Incsudisrism In
the Hotel Majestic.

CHic,oo. Feb o-four frss. supposed
- h~ of inccndiarv orIgtn. Nore discover"d
IN the upper floor. NJ the Hotel Majestic
between midnight and daylight this morn
ing In each Instance a. VAS the case IN
tho several my Nerious fires OF yesterday
In the same building. ths Games were dis
covered IN closets. where shavings and rub
hisA had been Carefully arranged These
additional four fires make total ~ eleven
In the Maj since Friday morning In
each cas-" tho tre was "NunguIshed with
email loss.
Dstectves are scattered all through the
downtown hotels and the halls and corridors
aTC particularly carefully guarded Capt
iolleran does not believe that tho men Who
st,rtra the drss in the hotels on Thursday
nlsht have lett the city.
III those frrs were the work OF lnoen-
diaries. said Capt COl-,an, the men are
here vet. and ws are confident that We vii!
get them sooner or later
The sun., 1901-02-17
Something New. Read This,

Commencing Fec - the SeADOafd ar Line Han
way vill lutugu- = through sleeping car from
,snlngtuu ~ rtuch IfSt y. e., Via Richmond and
Nash.ugtnn MEDIA, ,sdhy' and Fridays IN their flui.
ida and Metropolitan llmipd. lcANing s3d 81 Penn ,
penn ". R. New York u S. noon, wash ngtnn.
y 81 >. VI. arrive Al So4ihrin ZINES, \ { IS \. N
Tn,hursL y, e., s6A. " Returning theS. sl,rrefs
viii leave PnrhgfSt Oh Iu"sdaNs aud lhufsdAys
uf zach weck ~ p. NJ, AUNlAs Ia Washington
The nett morning At IS New York Is Z.
psS,snrsrs ftoIn Nv Nolk and Other Eastern cl'les
using M SearArd Air Line Kalasy 10 these noted
r,snrls In North Caruna will change al NAshing
I'm frm one car 10 Anuh-f on the same train. vlrtu
sy Offering through service New York " lrneh urS,
For ali iniormAuon col on or address Sesboard Air
lins Railway, lso6 broadway ADJ
The sun., 1901-02-17
.As rap r,.ias u.s,uv
a..'s- us- . >sw tsssf' 20 ssss."t '"' ne
ss- '.~ps.s ou' ~ fsrt thsfs

nosfpv Tsb isa.tt l- no~ believed 'hN
nstso mon eho have iivci IN . t"rt 1r iiH.'
inston avenue th~ lsa' tsp T~"as. ani F'.H.
NV stsfious sc'i1ps have c1ussd uH.n ....
mo1f. sf. ,ssrt. n fe'ia Wien = i'I .....
sttv feet bi4b sts DIt 40 q V.'s SEQ srl t
number ~ vises ~sfs attached ~ o F.raa
bottle ~hIeh se- fastened ~ The '.r. f rt=
believed uat Ns men s1uid srirtt.r ~
roat siecifieitr from 'N- clouds 'p hHlt DO
tent To dsv more r,fe- v"r" 'lr'.."i
o. The polls snd ne men s"r~ sursIUs 'u
somsthius On tbs Inside vhirh 1r.sprs fH
- huss batter
ms slya. f..a a. tho tbeor. fHHt .f vH
~ 0ns ~ tasla' falafIns s'H'Ir.H f.r Die
vtfrl-s. tsle.rruhv Orr - mo rrr. r.r
1scIplc. tho tert vac asked 'H.r sUf Of Ia
-as an ssent of Tesla. hut hr refI-'i '. 0'...
me himself SAVING I may r. rH| upv
not be
The sun., 1901-02-17
ENTOGBED MINERS GIIEN IP.
Second Explosion at the Cumberland Mine
stops Rescue WORK

VANCOUVER n. G.. Feb. ia second
-Aplns,on of nredamp has occurred at the
cumberland mine OF the mon ColAery COM
pAnN. where siAty miners have been cntombrd
s.nvc yerterdsy morning The second eN-
plo~ton occurred In tho No. 8 shait through
which repeated eiorts had been mad during
the day to reach tho cntombed men, who arc
In No shaft
Ihore w.re no fatalities from the second
cSplnSion ~ the danger Of that part Of tho
mine gong pC,ams so apparent that the men
were OI,irrcl Out of II a haIi-huur before.
ENerNtulng within a radius ut hall mile
from the hat heads IT, covered with a de-
post of hlacN dust 10 a depth IT several tuchc, s..
k- a u1l FOR the d-sulets village. Tho
r-.trIa party winch hbstru,d te the utae
from her. Yesterday are at work, but there
l, No hope now that any OF the miners are
ztlu aliyv
The sun., 1901-02-17
DEvERY PUzzLE Is NOT SOLVED.
Now said That the Chief WIN Not he Recirs1
by tho Hoard Tomorrow.

1t was said yesterday that Chief Devery
will not he retired at the meeting Of the Police
Hoard to-morrov. Tho man who made this
~ st,t.rueut you'd not allow his name to be
used hut no IL IN a position To know what he
t. talking ahnut This ipNn said
You can state rositveN that Ihlef Devery
mi not Ia retired Tomorrow l don't know
~ an attsmlt viii be IN Ade 70 retire him. but
/, IL is IL. move " 81 be blocked
Roard before the slngle-headcd commission
soes into o'tcos"
That | can't say don't know whether
or not The Navor, a. every body knows has
Al d'saIproV ed of the rolce bill ia its present
form but tho tlu has not been returned to
GOV Odeil l. i still IN the Ma, or's hands
chief Dovcry had nothins to say about the
yo-slhl'tv ~ tho Police Board retiring him
1ho only commissioner az Police HeadQuar-
tera esterdav was MIR YORK He said he
didn't care 70 dScuss ths situation at all
He remarked that lie didnt IKE To predict
What would haII on AZ THO meeting Of the
commissioners tomorrow
The sun., 1901-02-17
sURIfENDFR TO GOWNS.
After March Z Al the Justices Of Appellate
Courts WIZ Wear Them.

Black silk gown, are TO he worn by the
Justices OF the Appetite Division of tho
Supreme Court OF the Second Judicial Depart
renI beginning Mach THIS innovation
WA ,.ggestel some time ago. but Justice
D. ear NJ cullen, now of tfe tourt OF AprpHI~.
ouposed the thcme effectively. prc.Iding
lust.ce GoodncE said that after March al
the iust,ces of the appellate courts IN ,he
State " ~ wear gowns
The sun., 1901-02-17
Hotels Robbed; we.teru Crooks Suspected.

several small robberie. hav" recently
taken place In soma of the large hotels In the
city. aud II Ia thought they were the work
OF Western crooks who had lett chicago
until things quiet down ther. u luLs Tho
managers OF the Savoy and tho New Amst'l-
dam, W here rohOcrlrs were reported 10 have
occurred, said last nigh' that IT," thciis were
small and that tncy suspected no one IN t1r-
The sun., 1901-02-17
Polic. spoil Anar,his' Mcc,ins.

Circular. were distributed In Jersey CITY
yesterday advertising an entertainment and
dance IN hall IN the rear Of Paul Cr"tnonosls's
saloon NJ 3l7 Central avenue Ch,"f ~ Police
Murphy got a tip that the entertainment was
- lr,lld, an Anarchists meeting A. which
sn,rcl,es were - be made hy BlrI,to Gcuniico
mad Others who were rcccitll prevented
from nddres sirg n gather ~ Au1t,h,,t>
in this city J. 'spnctor Ar,hlbuld aud squad
~ men took po-~"ssiuN " III" Ian and de-
rlar,d the whole thing ~
The sun., 1901-02-17
BI0 LEATHER PLANT.
Cincinnhu Expects Soon to Have the Largest
TAnnery In the Country In Operation.

CtSci>N,ti. Fob ia 1t Ia announCed here
to-day that the United states Leather Com
panv has occurred tho ,lant ~ the Cincinnati
harbed Wire Company at farmount In which
TO erect a mammoth leather plant, Tho plant
now consists Of ono fUur-story building
"A ,~ o-.tory structure and number Of smaller
ones. including AN ONCE building. the plant
prutrr having aOuuV square feet Of noor
spacc When In fun oIerStion the tanuery
viii have m OUTPUT requiring ,OoO hides
daily. ns largest in America. and will give
r,umnymcnt u upward 81 500 men II is
-.Id that leather Tor harness and finer mater
iIl than l. ncsd 81 for shoes VIII have special
attention NJ tins point
The sun., 1901-02-17

Thirty Fer Cent. Increase ON Al Tools and Ma
chincr, From the I nit.d states.
Sftcig! CGi!s Lss@1ies 70 liiE Sun.

NftIIl. Vahs IfF'7lith % IHh AJN.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. ld.-lt Ii ofi,oially
announced that the custom duties will be
raised 20 per cent Rnd the duties on iron
castings 30 per cent A special clause which
enaCts a 80 pcr cent Increase on all tools
and machinery imported from the United
States will 80 into effect on Feb. g II 10
understood that tins sctiun WAS taken be-
,a.isr the nitrd States com posed a counter
Nallng duty on susar