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New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
BIDS FOR NEW PUMPING STATION.
JOHN b MDONAID PRESENTS THE Low
EST-PRESSURE IN THE BRONN
INCREASING

Bids were opened in the Department Of Wafer
Supply yesterday for a new pumping station on
the Gun Hill Road in the Borough OF The Bronx
for which the Municipal Assembly recently voted
TO appropriate $4,000. John r. Mcdonald. the
contractor for the Rapid Transit Railroad and for
the Jerome Park Reservoir was the lowest bldder'
Offering 20 construct the station and lay the neces
sary pipes for s2J.S20 Kelly Kelley put IN old
at over S6i 100000, but the enormous amount was
supposed to be clerical error. The bld lot pump
ing water for the city was 81 a million gallons
William Dalton, the Commissioner OF water oup
ply has been i'll In MS home several days SulieI
ing with cold and the bids viii be taken 10 MS MS
house for his approval. Later the lowest plu WI"
be referred to the Controller for approval OF the
sureties George w Birdsali the chief engineer
of the Department Of Water Supply, SAID Eester-
day that the new pumping station would ehaois
the department pump several million gllIo"s -
water daily the houses on hign Sr"uhu III '"e
Borough OF The Bronx which have peeh "l'lio"'
water during the famine.
Many complaints about the muddy condiuoh ol
the Croton water have been sent to the Department
of Water Supply since Monday ana MT, orusdu
said Yesterday that most of the complaints came
parts of the city in which water was sTtpl NJ x
directly from the aqueduct. 1t WAS ~ pe u
necte5 tllat The water would be muddy aiter me
regent rainstornl" Mr.. Birdsall said becanse ne ne
freshets washed a great deal OF inuH mo ~ ~,
C'rotou Lake There is nothing the matter WIN
the water except that il contains some nlau @
il is getting clearer rapidly. There VIII pe no ''"S
for complaint in daN or tWo. :; .,.o r-a+er
Mr. Brdsal said that the pressure III u. Iur 1o,-
mains in The Bronx was increasing %Nt,LS 1E
while the rising at the rate oi a'loul ~,
teen inches daily the WiiljamShIidSe r.Strn" ~.
II will be several days yet before the pressure IN
Tho mains is sufficient to carry water t3 the upper
stories of houses on high ground i'll The Bronx
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
DIS4PPROTES PENDING BILLS.
Law COMMITTEE OF CTrT CLUE SEES STRIKE,
IN MEASURE FOR DISPOSAL. OF
CITY GARBAGE

Nearly one hundred and fifty bills relating ts
legislation in and about this city now pending
in the legislature. We're discussed al the regular
meeting of the Law Committee OF the City Club
held at the clubhouse in West Thrty-fourth-st
last night. The status of many more bills was
reported.
The bill principally considered and upon which
the club placed the stamp Of its disapproval
the one which provides for Board of Elections
for this city \ brief in opposition the bill has
been sent 10 the Governor by the clubs special
messenger Governor OdeI however. has signed
the bill.
The bill provides for the appointment Of a Board
OF Elections by the Mayor. There are TO be four
members of the board, each TO receive 5000 year
The club contends that the proposed bill VIII 5s
Ircoustitutfonat in its provisions
Tha majority of the bills taken up related %
sreciai legislation and special claims TIE cluo Is
ANXIOUS that bills which VIII further Ourosn TAX
nayers shall not pass the Assembly
In the proposed bill relating 10 the dlsposluon OF
the cfty's garbage the Law Committee OF the cluo
thinks il has run against a strike Dill By tne
terms OF the bill according TO the COMMITTEES, the
citv will be forced TO compensate the owners OF
rendering works on Barren Island for doing away
with their business The club thinks ina. tAs
viii mean an outlay from the taxpayers or seT-
eral million dollars.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
FOUND DEAD IN SIGNAL TOWER.
WAS NIGHT OPERATOR, AND NEAR HIM WAS
A REVOLVER WITH ONE CHAMBER
DISCHARGED.

freight train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad
held up at a. N. yesterday by the danger
signals set the switch tower. at Park View Just
outside of Newark. at it's southern boundary Con-
ductor Albert J. Hoey, who was in charge OF the
train finding that the signal remained unchanged,
ran TO the tower and was unable 10 open the door
1t was forced and the body of man was found
lying, face down. the floor The man was dead
Near him lay revolver with one chamber dis
charged.
The dead recognized as Wesley W.
Blackford. forty-one years old the night signal
man at the tower. The bullet had entered near
the right collar bone. and ranged downward. pierc-
ing the lung. Blackford vas seen working the
levers less than half hour before his body was
found.
The conductor called in police officers and
tine day signal man for. County physician
Washington examined the body. and was OF the
opinion that the shooting was accidental Backiofu
expert with the pistol. and always carried
it in the tower. vicious tramps inest the hels-
borhood It is supposed that he stumbled Shlle
descending the stairs. and that his pistol droppeo
and exploded. He lived at No. SO Watson-2ve.'
Newark and leaves a wife and a young daueh'e4-
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
SU4LLPOY IN DELAWARE.

Laurel Del March II (specian.-Sussex County
is in a ferment OF excitement over the spread of
smallpox The disease In a light form made its
appearance in Seaford FIVE weeks ago, a negco
woman bringing it from Baltimore. The local ply
siclans diagnosed the case measles in malignant
form. The woman recovered, but inoculated dozens
of other negroes. The contagion spread with rapid
itv and to-day Seaford has ifty-sX cases of vari-
Olod and twelve of genuine smallpox. Besides
Seaford four other towns affected. William F.
King the betrothed of Miss Ella Baker, OF Sea-
ford, spent Sunday last with her. While he was at
the house Mrs Baker taken violently i'll and
was put to bed The next day, Miss Baker was
attacked. Mr.. King is now sick and t>e great
est excitement prevails here. for II the disease
gets foothod here the whole county and PER
haps the peninsula will become infected Dr.
Jacob Knowles. of Seaford. who attended the first
cases. was married 70 Miss Lola ouillen Of Bethel;
three weeks ago. He Immediately taken Ill
with the disease. This is the first time the disease
was epidemic in the lower peninsula. and the
excitement is intense The State Board of Health
has quarantned Seaford, and action will be taken
the other towns In effort to check the spread
of the disease.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
BOUT HIS TEACHER
AFTER INQUEST CORONER WILL INVEST
GATE CAUSE OF LADS DEATH

William Tone nine years old, son OF John Zone
> coachrnan Of No. g Lee-aye, Brooklyn oled
,esterday morning cerebro-spinal menIns Us
J5e was a pupil in Public School No l6 IN Nlson-
>; near Lee-sve.. Brooklyn. and came nome slcA
from school On Monday morning. When he had
beer put 10 bed by his mother he became delrlous'
and IN his rawlings told how his teacher. MISS
Loretta Powers. becoming angry at his falinre 10
answer her questions. had seized him by the coat
and slapped him the head and face.
Dr. r I. Graham. of No 243 Marcy-aTe' BROOK
lyn Was called in and later heard the boys story
from tenant Yesterday morning he not'hed Inc
police Of the ClymeT-st. station shortly before
fhe bov's death regarding what he had heard OF
the alleged punishment Of the boy.
rsptain Toole called Mrs. Tone, and theh
saw Miss Powers at the schoolhouse. She nearly
tainted on being Informed that the boy was dead
bu1 denied emphatically that she had nsed uh-
necessary violence She acknowledged however
,hat she had frequently shaken the boy because
he was inattentive 10 his studies Captain looie
notified the Coroners office. and an inquest VIII De
held pending which no arrest viii be made
Later Miss Powers visited Mrs. Tone and ex-
pressed her sorrow hearing of her pupils death
Mrs Tone told her it was not her fault that Miss
Powers had been accused OF injuring her SON.
When she Was taken to the room where the body
Iay Miss Powers burst into tears.
Mrs. Tone told the police she would not say any
thing which would in the least suggest that her
sons injuries had been sed by the beating ne
said his teacher gave him. All she knew about II
what she had caught from the boys mutter-
oerebro-spinal meningitis had been caused by over
study
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
FUNERAL OF MAJOR j. c. ABRAMS.
SERVICE MILITARY IN cHARACTER-ATTENDED
BY THE SEVENTH REGIMENT, OF WHICH
HE WAS AN OFFICER

Military honors attended the funeral yesterday
afternoon OF Major James c. Abrams. senior major
Of the 9TH Regiment who died in Schenectady
Sunday. He had been member of the regiment
for forty years.
Seven hundred members Of the regiment. under
the command of Colonel David Appleton and one
hundred and fifty members of the veteran asso-
citation accompanied the body from his late home,
No. 1l6 West -hundred-and-Jh -Jhirtieth-st., TO
the Church OF the Puritans e-hundred-and-th thir-
tieth-st., Fifth-ave. where the funeral SER
vices We're held. The Rev. Charles j. Young, the
pastor. officiating.
At the conclusion of the service the regiment and
veterans escorted the body the One-hundred- and
twenty -hfth-st. station of the NewYork and Har-
lem Railroad. where the coffin placed a spe-
cial train and taken Kensico Cemetery.
Among those who present were Brigadler-
General George Moore Smith and stan. full uni
form; II. c Du Val and many other ex-officers OF
the regiment.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
A NEW ETTR4DITION RULING.
MAGISTRATE oIMsTED THINKS HE HAS NO RIGHT
TO DISCHARGE PRISONERS WHEN TRANS
FER WARRANTS ARRIVE.

Magistrate OImsted has made departure in III.
extradition Of prisoners 1t has been customary
when a prisoner mad been committed to await tho
arrival Of exradtion papers for the magistrate 10
dlscharee him as soon as the warrant Of extradi-
uoh arrived from Albany Magistrate Olmsted
thinks that the magistrates have been acting
Illegally for years and has decided to discontinue
The practice
Benjamin f. Davi; was arrested in this citv a
week ago charged with stealing 5000 from Hip-
polyte Didisheim Bro. jewellers Of No 81
Maiden Lane. for whom he had acted as agent at
Chicago. Davis pleaded guilty. and said he was
willing TO return to Chicago. Magistrate Olmsted
committed him TO the Tombs
warrant for Davis's eXtTadition was obtained
out warden HaSan of the Tombs refused to give
MIN up unless he had discharge from the mapis-
TATE Magistrate 0lmsted refused sign dis
charge, On the ground that he had legal author
lily to do So Warden Hagan yesterday reIea sed
Davis, and he will start for Chicago this morning
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
4 WEIRD TALE FROM BOSTON.
STORY OF = PLOT To BEAR THE SUGAR MAR
KET HERE

Not every man who crosses the deserted street.
car tracks Of Tremont-st.. Boston, IS in sympathy
with the conservatism Of the master minds Of
Massachusetts. Here and there may be encountered
the hngereT OF blacksided tones readers Of the
great Emerson-who solemnly count their steps
= the white library Of Copley Square. Others
there are, however, who gorge themselves with
high strung romsnces Of the latter day kind which
deal IN mystery, in daring escapades. and which
tend 10 bring neurotic affections. From what
source oio the inventor OF the following newspaper
dispatch derive his Inspiration?
Boston, March l3-A daring plot TO cause fuctua-
mons n the New-1 ork stock market and bring
ABOUT drop in sugar has come to light. An
o. Hayemeyer had died suddenly on Staten ISL
and This report was 20 have been sent out when
MI EaNemeyer was out OF town for the day The
wires connecting Staten Island with Manhattan
were then 10 be cut that Yerification or denial
o. MS death could not be Immediately obtained.
The slump OF sugar which would be sure o fol-
low would be taken advantage Of Large blocks
OF stocks would be bought up, prices would rise
subsequently. and Via, profits would be realized
80 spoke the professional swimmer. John w
Gienlster, OF Boston, 10 the dreamer who wrote as
he dreamed.
Ny part in the plot" said the professional
Of coachman's livery. rush into a Staten Island
telegraph Office, and wire to New York and else
where that Mr.. Havemeyer had suddenly died
The conspirators promised should get sal felv on;
OF the scrape. They promised 10 pay mo Uberallv
for the risk ! incurred"
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
OFFERS STOCK TO EupLoyES.

The National Biscuit Company through A W
Green Chairman Of the Board ~ Directors has
made offer 10 assist it's employees in investing
their earnings in the company's preferred stock
Any ernploye who wishes TO buy one share Of pre-
ferreG stock can do so by instalment payments of
s.. naultiples Of that amount per cent interest
being allowed 70 him by the company on each
partial payment As soon the empoye shall
have fully paid for the share of stock il will he
transferred 70 his name. end the stock certifcate
VIII oe delivered 70 him without any additional ex-
pense Dividends declared on such stock viii he
paid 70 the employe' who then viii have vote at
ne meetings OF stockholders OF the company The
szSs25ieo Of preferred stock now outsian anding il
owned by ? ss2 persons. more than 1000 of whom
are women II is paying dividends Of per cent a
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
SAYS CITY MUST HAVE PURE NAIhh'

NJ e Bannin chairman Of the Merchants AsSo-
ciation's Committee on Water supply. received
CONGRATULATIONS from W. F. King, the president OF
the association. soon as it became apparent '"'
The arti-Ramapo bills would get fair treatment
,p the 1eeislature Mr. Bannin has called a special
meeting Of his committee for Tuesday, at p H.
10 urge the city officials to begin work Tor d
proper and systematic extension OF the cl'y "a'eI
supply. Mr.. Kings suggestion Tor 1urHe' WI" u
the committee contained the following
The experience and knowledge which your com
mttea has gained during the last eighteen mon uS
will be simply Invaluable to the city ana WILL pc @pe
the means o. saving; thousands of dollars WnHh
contracts are entered into in the future Tor m
creased wate- supply. would also suggest 10
YOUR committee that il draft bill 10 he presented
10 The legislature having for its purpose the com
pulsory filtration OF all waters used in our CITY;
In muss not he forgotten that water IS ifF, ana
, that as city becomes more and more thcky
nopulated the necessity OF absolutely pure wate
becomes more and more paramount
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
CHOKED BY LAWYER, LOCKED up
DIVORCED WIFE SAYS PRISONER AssAr-rr-
ED HER

Theodore Conkling. said to be rich voou.u
manufacturer. giving No. go Amsterdar,.sr.
as his address. was locked UP in the West Sfr-,
eighth-st. station last night on a charge OF ar
tempted felonious assault. made by his forr,a-
Wife. Ella s. Conkling. who lives at No 60 WAS.
Seventieth-st. Mrs. Conkling SAYS she spscu-
lates in real estate Policeman NcKenna u-,,
at Seventieth-st. and Columbus-ave when =.
heard cries for help. He was hailed fror, ,,s
stoop of No 81 West Seventieth-st Edra-a
Schlessinger, OF No 1,O01 Madison-ave.. caun~
him.
There's a man in here with gun. and he's
liable TO shoot it, he said
In the house the policeman found Mark y,
Scklessinser. a lawyer, living with his brothar
Edward. and having his Office at No 20 Broad
st The lawyer was sitting on a man uuch
larger than he. and bobbed up and down ro,
sereneIy, despite his firm and bulldoglike grin an
the big mans throat. Mark SchIessinger said .bs
big man-who later proved to be ConklIng-sad
threatened 10 annihiIate the tenants of tho
house. He threatened to do it with his revolver
At this point Mrs. COnkling appeared Her
waist was rent and several bruises on her ,arJ,
were visible. Conkling had a cut on his r;eb.
hand. Edward Schlessinger's lip was tyTica r..
normal size. He said Conkhng had landed tbars
At the West SiXtieth-st. station charges ans
countercharges were made, the net result being
the locking UP of Conkling.
Mrs COnklinS said that when she answered.
the bell her husband confronted her She tried
to slam the door He was too quick for her srS
got in He finally grabbed her by the throat
She struggled Then it was. she said +5at
the revolver was used. He said he would kin
her. The Schlessingers, whom she expected
heard her Shrieking, and fell upon her assaiIan-
Conkiing declined to talk save TO say that his
call had been purely social and thar she had
knocked him down and assaulted him Tha
Schlessingers and Mrs. COnkling went from ms
police station 10 the home OF S3astUs s Ransom
at No. 33S West Seventy-s -second-st, her attor
ney. The prisoner married Mrs. Conklins seven
years ago. They soon separated. A reconcila-
tion and second separation followed. They
We're then divorced.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
REASON FOR INcL0sIyG PASSENGERS.
sr-RyryoR CROFT SAYS THE ADMISSION OF
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WAS ABUSED.

FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WAS ARCSEp
Surveyor : c. Croft yesterday informed Lawson
Sanford secretary of the American Steamship Con-
ference No 10 Broadway. that the countersiSnature
of cards of admission to the baggage lnclosure OF
the various steamship wharves had been dlSCoh-
tinued The following statement was given out ny
Mr.. Croft:
On August /. 1895 The steamship companies De
gan to issue cards admission 10 friends or pas
sencers arriving on their respective lines. NIleil
presented at the Surveyors Once suCn CaiuS Melr
countersigned. which permitted those holulls t!S
IA mass within the incosure where the examination
OF baggage was conducted. This prlVileSe WI
used or abused to such extent thAt IL ntCaIue @
almost Impossible for the inspectors 10 p
their work property For this reason anu nSsduSc
the proper collection revenue was mace dlilcul.
the counterSisning of these cards was dlScon'hueu
This decision in no way affected !he run W. I
by the steamship companies granting cdIns ol
mission the piers 10 any one they WlSiltp az"
companies. however were requested by this Of
to limit permission to thoS" hdNiiE l'S'''
mate business upon their picrs- = ~
No change has been made in the Hlethou OF IN,
examination of baggage. nor in the arrangement
Of tho piers during the examination. Visitors are
only excluded from the incloSure Whefe the 'N'i'
ination is being held.
1t was reported yesterday that passengers on thc
ST Louis which arrived recently. complained Wig
orously against the customs officials who kept
them waiting so long while their baggage was
the ST. Louis ot her trips carried ABOUT SIX
hundred and fifty passengers, VINO pald Hullcs
amounting to about 500. on her last trip the 81
Louis carried only half this number of passengers.
the story goes. vet the duties collected or, AZ
least assessed on goods put in bond, amounted TO
al
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
cOOG4N BUYS 4 FIFTH-ATE. HOME.
MAY ALSO START A DAILY PAPER TO
PROVE THAT HE Is a NEW-YORkER

James j. Coogan. president of the Borough OF
Manhattan evidently Is preparing TO make de-
r1onstration 10 convince his friends that he Is net
q resident of Southampton. where he has voted Tor
two wears but really and truly Manhattanlte
Controller Coler withheld the salary OF Fresioe''
,-oogan when he officially Informed or MI
Coogan,s residence in Southampton. and since tneh
Mr. Coogan's friends have been wondering Whetner
he is the legally qualified borough president or not
Mr. Coogan so the real estate men saiu iaS'
night bought the six story American +s
ho,en No 9s- Fiftb-ave Yesterday paying therefor
sos5 oo0 TIie friends also announced that ne ha'
bought an interest in The Tammany iiihes' :"
weekly newspaper moved the plant TO MS oUno- Lu-
ing at sixth-ave and Twenty -siXth-st'' ana lh''e
arrangements turn it into oalS iio"Spp 1 -:
carried our the newspaper will not leius zion
age from Tammany Hall Any way lie ,,snt; men
was viewed Yesterday, it struck Iaml1al;S mn. ~ " 70
that Mr. Coogan was trying with all ms nilsi'' ~
prove that he is not Suffok Couhty IaIl.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
PREFERS Suicide TO ARREST.
ACCUSED OF FORGERY. SALESMAN TAKES
CREosoTE IN FRONT OF POLICEMAN

ACCUSED OF FORGERY. SALESMAN TAXES
CREOsOTE IN FRONT OF POLICEMAN
Knowing he was be arrested on a charge OF
forgery Jacob g Morrison. twenty-three years old
a salesman living with his wife at No. 72o Trinity
ave attempted suicide last night in the home or
Mrs Lowery 4 relative. living at No. 53' East
Observation-Disclosures y-second-st., by taking ere
osote Morrison was be arrested on warrant
issued by Magistrate Hogan, charging him with
forgery.
According 10 Charles +. Christie. an electrical
contractor at No Il Nassau-st.. and living In one
hundred-an l-twenty- y-frst-st., between Lexington
and Madison avrs. he met Morrison some time
ago and kept him at his hcme for a number OF
weeks lie finally secured Morrison a place with
the international Credit Bureau a. No o-l Broad
way 4 few days Inter, he alleges. Morrison pre-
sonted q check FOR SO signed IN Christies name. az
the Office Of the Credit Bureau saying that
Christie had become a subscriber. Christie says
the check a forgery: - o.,.
IL was learned that the man was at the one
-SeCOnd-St. house. ana last nSh
Christie went there. He asked for Morrison anu
the latter came the door. Christie theh Went
for A policeman and returned 10 the house. rms
time Mrs Morrison answered the door bell When
asked II hoy husband in the house sne repled:
You shall not take my husband unless II Is
Morrison appeared about this time and standing
in front Of Christie and the policeman drank the
CreoSOte 80. -, - ~
Bivings took the man 10 the Harlem Hospital he
vii
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
SEWER GAS IN SUB-TRE4SUPy

Escaping sewer gas is menacing the health of
Assistant Treasurer Conrad " Jordan and the
hundred clerks who work in the Sub
Treasury. The leak is said to come from pipes
situated the Wall-st. side of the building The
superintendent of the Sub-Treasury is of the opn-
ion that the escaping is the result Of cavern
under the Wall-st. roadway Yesterday and
Wednesday the odor Of gas in the building was so
strong that II was found necessary open all the
doors and windows, and the clerks worked with
their overcoats and hats on. It said that com
plant had been made to Commissioner Keating
hut that mp to late hour nothing had been done
to StoD leak
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
r. NORTON GODDARD As 4 LAWYER
AFTER HIS Defence OF PRISONER JUDGE RI
MITs FINE ALREADY IMPOSED.

AFTER HIS Defence OF PRISONER JUDGE Rt--
NITs FINE ALREADY IMPOSED.
Thomas Mack. OF No. 1H East Twenty-fourth-st
horse dealer. was a prisoner I'm the Yorkville
police court yesterday morning, charged by John
p. Doerr. Of the Horse Exchange firm Of Fiss.
Doerr & Carroll. with assault. Doerr testified that
Mack came into his place on Wednesday afternoon
and demanded $50 which he said DoerT owed him.
Dc6rr said that on his refusal to pay Mack seized
him by the throat. Then be had Mack arrested
Mack said that he demanded the $50 Doerr re-
fused to pay him and ordered him ont Of the place
He refused 10 20 until he got his money; and
was arrested Magistrate Brann thereupon fined
Mack $
Captain F. Norton Goddard the Republican
leader Of the XXth Assembly District, asked per-
mission to say few words. 1t was granted, and
he said:
4 have been listening the evidence in this
case ano I think an injustice has been done This
Is one OF the many instances of persecution of in
,iiyddual horse dealers by the combination of horse
dealers. ] would like TO examine these Witnesses
He was allowed do and first questioned the
roliceman. who testified that he did not see any
assault. but merely arrested Mack at the instance
Of DoeTr. Then he called Doerr back Doerr ad-
hered 10 bis story Captain Goddard asked hlnl II
he had ever been arrested before. Doerr admitted
that he was arrested Tor passing spurious coin
when he was fourteen years old.
Magistrate Brann then said: This seems 10 pe
merely a question of VeTacity between TWO men.
will remit the fine" Mack was then discharged.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
CAR CRASHES INTO RIVER.

Ogdensburg, y. Y, March 14-While heavily laden
Of copper on the way from Canada 70 New
York being taken from the transfer steamer
Armstrong at the New-York Central slip to-day A
coupling broke as the last running on to the
apron. Before IL could be blocked the car ran back
the steamer. crashing through the boat rail
The car broke in two and one-half of 1t dropped
into the ST. Lawrence with its entire contents
valued at about $4,000.