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New-York tribune., 1901-06-17

AT the street corners near the flooded district
he had standing ambuances and police patrol
wagons loaded with provisions of all kinds and
also with coal in hundred pound bags. to
be delivered by boats TO those in need. All the
boats from the park lake had been brought
down to the flooded district, and We're impressed
into the service of relief and rescue Mayor
Blessing then issued proclamation inviting
contributions for relief fund. and this evoked
such generous response that after all the suf-
ferers by the flood had been aided the Mayor
able to return to the contributors 40 per
cent of their offering,
Mayor Blessing also stamped out a plague of
smallpox, involving hundred persons at an
expense of only $3.50, whereas Rome with
seventeen cases expended $4,000 and Water
town with thirty-three cases. expended $1,000
Statistics show that the death rate of Albany
for May, leOl. was about II per cent less than
III May, l3oD This indicates that the streets
have been kept Clean that the water supply is
good ana that the sewer system has been in-
proved.
The Republican party In the city and county
OF Aipany VIII be united i'm support of its ticket,
Whle the Democratic party is divided Mayor
blessing mas not announced that he is candi-
cate ior denomination, but, in view of the char
actef OF MS administration. he may be asked to
accept denomination. The Democratic party
is spit into two factions-the Herrick and the
MeCabe, one composed of the followers of Jus
uee d. Cady Herrick and the other Of those of
County Clerk McCabe, Hostilities between these
TWO FACTIONS are in progress at the present
time, and it seems unlikely that they will be
more harmonious on Election Day.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
ALBANY POLITICS.
MAYOR BLESSINGS CREDITABLE ADMINS
TRATION-DEMOCRAT DIVIDED

Albany, June III (SpeciaD.-James II. Bles-
sings term of office as Mayor of Albany expires
with the pTest MT year. and in consequence there
is considerable agitation In political circles as
to the selection of his successor. The Mayor is
a Republican, and, therefore, the Republican
party is responsible for his administration, and
must bear any just censure for its shortcomings
as we'll merit any praise for its successes
BY general acknowledgment Mayor Blessing has
most faithfully attended to his duties. The
charter for second class cities. by giving the
Mayor the power TO appoint and remove any
head OF any city department during his incum-
bency made him responsible for the character
of the whole administration. He interpreted this
responsibility to mean that he should attend to
the work of the city as faithfully he would
to any private business in his charge. There has
rarely been day when he has not given to the
city ten hours Of his time. He has practically
abandoned his private business for two years
and supervised that Of the city,
That Mayor Blessing has been successful in
direction is apparent in the fact that the
bonds of the city Wore recently sold 3la
per cent basis. the lowest in its recent history.
The last preceding Democratic administration
had taxrate Of 50 Pc thousand in 1S99-a
rate that included State and county taxes. In
1900 the taxrate of the Blessing administration
was 81 II thousand. This reduction in the
cost Of the city government has been accom-
plished despite the form of government just
esta bshed which more expensive than for
merly, more officers being required.
Mayor Blessing has also rendered some excep-
tional services to the city. \ food from the
Hudson River overwhelmed the southern and
eastern part Of Albany in the winter Of 1900
The Mayor at once notified the heads Of all
the city departments that they must come to
the relief of the sufferers. and by o'clock in
the morning he had thoroughly organized the
forces of the city in the work OF aid and rescue
New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
HISTORY OF THE. CASE
ONE CONVICTION AND TWO DIsAGREEMEyrs
THE RESULT OF THREE TRIALS


The crime of which DR.. Kennedy was once con-
victed and which still hangs over his head a h,rv
IN two successive trials falling TO agree ON his
guilt Innocence. was the murder of D,I;
reynolds, who was found dead in a room In ,ba
Grand Hotel on August 16 1898 Her neck had hsar
broken hy q blow from lead pipe bludgeon vhi,b
lay beside the body. on the floor were also a
smah hand satchel, cut Open and bits OF pa,ar
WINCH when pasted together. formed the word.
T. Maxwell and wife. Grand Hotel" The whole
paper had beer a prescription blank DR. Kep,sd,-
was arrested ON suspicion at his office No 80 was,
Iwenty-second-st. On the day and on Aupust
- was held for murder i'm a uarIstrat.,s -.
me coroners jury four days later decided thai tn
woman died at the hands OF some unknovn narss,
1T Kennedy was indicted for the murder o., s.
.enlber a. 1873. lie brought 10 trial h.,o
S"stce "lliams, In the Criminal Branch OF tn
supreme court on March o. 1899 and nine davs
s1miIty OF murder in the hrst degree 'u'ns hiin
ON .iic next uay the death sentence was n,sn,
house at Sing Sing. Cantweu e Moora ai the death
Noa eeSan 20 work for a new trial ann 81
rev meW trial from the Court OF Appeais lrh 1or
, 100, as prousht back To the Tombs on Dec r,,
itia IN February. 1901 this trial berar cue second
unable 70 'a.ru a Ior several weeks the jury wera
I Inc state decided to hold third trial am, ana.
90 has JUST ended In another disagreeman, h
sri"t & Ht, WseKs age For four weeks Assistant Ms
III attorney Osborne called Witnesses to ais LIS
si' prisoners guilt. while the latter's prove
tion brinr, % 20 @ ,ne most searching cross-examins
ro,n i ths prosecution and defence called hand1if
found on the body OF the m,iriered @ OF a check
me maxwell slip. which, the State held 1~a snd
woman was the motive adyancsS ,nr ,metS from the
Sion OF the crime. The defence took tu,o .oMmis-
an abi Tbe esmnny sn1y and endeavored es,aoIish
anu tue case was given to the jury on Saturdaro'' o''
New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
DIR. BURRELL ATTACKS YoNKERs JURY
SAYS THAT THEY FORswORE THEMSELVES
IN GOLF VERDICT-CRITICIsES
MARK TWAIN
MARK TWAIN.

The Rev Or. David J. Burrell. in the Marble
Collegiate Church, yesterday morning attacked
the recent verdict favorable to Sunday golf play
ing in Yonkers. lie said:
y week ago there trial In YonkerS If was
before a jury, and a man was charged with me
desecration Of the Sabbath. The man was properly
dII%lgheu The jury was properly selected. The
od1hS hS Were properly administered Those jurymen
Soulu DeleVe what they pleased outside of the
jury box, but when they entered N they svora 70
adlninlster the law upOn the evidence as they
round H. The law and evidence were plain The -
vas no alternative but To find a verdict of guilty
itt tue prisoner was set free, and verdict was
not guilty. There a man on that iIIry
VINO dld not forswear himself before men
In the evening DE-. Burrell attacked Mark Twain
lie was speaking of the things that help in this
world and make life pleasanter. Among those he
mentioned was apOOgizing for wrongs and in that
connection he spoke OF the recent article in The
North American Review in which Mark Twain
attacked DIR. Ament. BY that article" said DR.
Burreil Mr.; Clemens injured every missionary
IN emma and In the world and vet he has MOI
had the grace 20 apologize, To apologize for a
Wlons Is the part OF gentleman Not to apologize
shows VulSarity.'
New-York tribune., 1901-06-17

day lost through the week for recreation meant
a considerable monetary loss TO the boys who
play ball.
The sentiment of the people generally Is that
If baseball is to be stopped golf must also be
prohibited There is talk here tonight of an
Indignation meeting to demand that the police
enforce the law impartially if il is to be en-
forced at all At Van Cortandt Park this after
noon several teams gathered to play ball. but
they were warned not to play by mounted
policeman. While the police were stopping the
ball players about two hundred golfers were en-
ioying their sport on the public links in the
park unmolested by the police. They were, in
fact, protected as police officers warned pedes
trianS not to walk over the links Here also
much indignation expressed and the ball
players and their friends threatened to stop the
golf playing if their sport was prohibited
New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
A DISAGREEMENT AGAIN.
Continued from FIRST page.

Continued from arst page.
Of the evidence. Messrs Weed. Thompson and
Shafer contending that the expert testimony had
not only failed 10 connect DR. Kennedy with the
writing of the check and the Maxwell slip. but that
il had proved to their satisfaction that ne did not
write the disputed papers They argued also that
the Identification Of the defendant was Inadequate
and uncertain. and that the alibi had been com
pletely sustained.
When the first formal ballot was taken IT re-
suited:
For acquitta 6; for conviction, 6
In n long speech by one Of the jurors who IA
vored acquittal the whole ground was threshed
over. and another ballot stood
For acquittal, Z; for conviction. 8.
Thus the jury stood until the sixth ballot was
reached. when the result was:
For acquitta S; for conviction.
CHANGED To ACQCTTTAL
The two Jurors who had voted for conviction on
the first ballot. with some reservation. and who
went over to the other side. Proudmar and
Morris.
From this time 1t n deadlock and
Messrs. Weed. Thompson and srafer found that
they had three men 10 contend with who had
firmly made up their minds. and only who
seemed to be open TO conviction that the evidence
pointed to innocence This one Mr.. Mac
Donald, but he remained with the other three. and
after the sixth ballot had been taken the result still
eight to four in kennedy's favor. Then II
was that Judge Newburgcr sent for the jury and
accepted the report shat they unable to
agree
Earnest eloquent and spirited speeches marked
the prolonged discussion. Several of the Jurors
had copious notes of the case, Mr. Smith having
filed two large blank books with his memoranda
af the evidence
The last five ballots stood:
For acquittal-William Proudman. tr., BENJAMIN
]. Shafer, John NJ. Thompson. Theodore Weed
Louis Il. Searles Henry r Smith, William McA
Wiswali and Frederick W. Morris-S
For convtction--Joseph T. Aue (foreman), John
II. Macdonald, Baksee Barnes and William Il.
Pruden--i.
An attempt made by Of the jurors 10
pledge their colleagues TO secrecy to the pro-
ceedings I'm the jury room. but of the strong
est fighters for DIR. Kennedy declared ne would not
be muzzled. that the public paid for the trial and
was entitled TO full Information to what
done by the jury and that there law to
seal jurors lips.
While relations between the jurors remained
most cordial. there strong feeling the part
of several of them. and it culmrated at one time
in pretty vigorous declaration that II ought not
to take fifteen minutes to the conclusion
that the defendants guilt not proved and that
his innocence established. The point on
which the twelve men did agree that verdict
would not be reached i'm week.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
\ pvERr1sEMENrs ANA suhserlptIous tor Ths T-.sare

A ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions for The T7'a's
received at their Uptown once. No Let2 Broadway
north OF 3st-s,. until O'Clock D. m; adVe'''<
following branch Offices at res'
office rates until o'clock o. viz; c5t sh-ave
cad-st: I52 12thst.; Macys sh-sve
and 14thst.; 1ic Coumhus-ave West 66th-st; Vo
West a2dst sth-ave.; 90 East f4h-st; 90 Nes'
s2dst between eth 159 East f7thst Ls'
sd-ave. between 18th T7th SITS. ieco sdave, neai
6lstst: lies 1s-avs. T5S rremons-sss}
S2S Bleecker-st.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
Corntrn rrop-rIn for Sale.

INoR SAI.E-At auction. on the premises "eo''e
IL June &C. 1901. $50 p. m. 20 close the est&'
thu late t3aorye Burgess Scarsdale. Westminster
n s,rr, az 81 acres beautifully located one mile -
Scarsiae Depot Of Harlem Railroad els miles c
sgsc,r,I stsrion, ON White Plains Post Eoad ~.
,z.d with trolley line White Plains @ niissL4 : -
,rcnertv consists So Of cuittvated anu
sgratnaS fand and 90 acres OF fine woodland. al W.
wsterei /. springs and 3 wells: house m r9lnhs
rounded barns and farmer
nsigh hhnrhood unexeeptiona country residences .,rs
asaDts1 subfvisiOn- Sale positiveiy rall
car he seen by card from EUGENE LAMbLr-%S1- fSOr-
new Main St, New Rochelle y. Il yr ~ "
yy-TfT Aurftoneer Man-st.. NeW-kocheic " r.
OMDVF,II-S splendid Mansion 30 acres; stable; a.
q improvements: cost s75.COo sacrtnce S-oVV" i"N
graphs LA MONT. EOS broadway
NOR sALE..5 5000 acres OF excellent coal N ~,
4 p,,sb,Irr vein-in Gilmsr and Lewis Counties w va
borders tract owned by T. 5. Senator ElSns FOR PA
Ue"i'rs' "'''' F. DALE FIELD. Clinton. n j.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
NO LIGHT FROM MIR. PUIIRIx

oed hriSht' N j. June 16-District Attorney
Fhiloin OF New-fork refused this evening IN say
what ne would do relative to DR. KENNEDY, IN H.
OF the diSagreement of the jury. Il shall have D.,
SSossut win my assistants, especially Mr. Osborne
before | can say what will be done he said t-e'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-07-06
g MEETING;
FWERAGE WANTED
IL Letter, Published in Last Weeks
Ii Called Forth Much Comment.

tent engineer. Mr.. Workman said that
a Northern engineer had been tried
and now he believed that Southern
engineer should be given trial. He
believes that We have right here in
engineers who are fully
competent and in every way capable of
giving satisfactory service. His re-
marks were well received and warmly
applauded by every one present.
DIR. J. d. SMYTHE.
DR.. Smythe followed Mr. Workman S
speech, and told of the awful condition
of the city at present. Everything was
drained into the back alleys and gut
ters, creating foul stenches, which are
sickening to the passer-by; that these
cutters and alleys bred disease germs
by the millions, hourly; that these
germs are caught up by the winds and
scattered broadcast, entering the din
ing and sleeping rooms of our homes
carrying death and pestilence in every
germ. DR.. Smythe referred to the ty
phoid fever now in the city, and spoke
of the grave dangers of an epidemic
Something must be done at once. HI
said that ever since he has been living
| in this city the efforts toward perfec
sanitation had been spasmodic:.but tina
now the only difficulty seemed to be IL
the laying Of a half mile of pipe. H
told of many of the great engineering
feats of the world, and in view OF thes
great achievements, he did not belieV
the half-mile lacking, which is the OF
I ly defect in our sewerage system, TO b
| linsurmountable. DR.. Smythe state
that if the completion Of the systel
| were to cost S25, 900 more, it would B
cheap when considered from sanitar
standpoint.
HEALTH OFFICER JONES QUE
TONED.
i Captain w. A. Evefman asked .
. | Jones, the city health officer, II u
council had done anything to put Il
city in a sanitay condition, ~
stamp out contapio"s
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-07-06

The city council, at it's meeting
Tuesday night, had many Important
matters before it.
A committee from the citizens meet
ing held Monday night, was present TO
discuss and advise with the council on
the sewerage question; then there was
committee Of saloon men present to
make few kicks on some parts Of the
Sunday closing law again there was 4
few citizens present to kick on santa
tion. And then the men with accounts
and petitions were there, and altogethr
it was an interesting meeting.
A permit was given Mr.. Dennis
Shannahan to erect corrugated build
ing In the rear Of Roches market, op-
posite the city jail.
Council refused to put a license OF
s25 on plumbers.
Also refused to allow a smallpox i'm
spector fee for May on the ground that
at the April meeting council passed an
ordinance not to pay any more small
pox accounts.
SANITATION AND SEWERAGE
The committee from the citizens
meeting was then invited by the mayor
to state irs demands, and Hon. w. W.
Stone, who was selected by the com
mittee as spokesman, arose. Aftel
thanking council for the invitation
Capt.Stone stated the proceedingof tbs
mass meeting Monday night, spoke o.
the unsanitary condition OF the city
| told Of the dangers Of contagious fey
| ers, etc. He tried to impress on th'
council that some specific remed.
should be adopted if possible to mini
mize the danger. Capt. Stone said NJ
knew the city could not be put in
perfect condition, still he thought 10
!, city might be cleaner.
That the citizens don't want an
J more Of Mr.. Potter, Of New York, wa
: fully shown at the Park meeting. The
are utterly sick Of his promises and n
failures. Sewerage is what they wan
: and competent engineer to conplet
the work & what they want the coul
!. I'll u employ. This work should =
E ssarted az once 80 that the whole se'
e erage system may be completed befoi
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-07-06
,ood Speeches Made
,minent Citizens

. q a call made, . mass
,,aId at the Pythian Park
s,gbt to discuss the city
..;an and to devise means
sewerage system now
,,ction to a satisfactory
The mass meeting was
,srgest ever called by the
|r,eenyillc, which spoke
.ss determinatio1 on the
/ n nresent to put the city In
.,itary condition, no mat
4 cost may be. And there
IN, were unable to attend
|1ly IN accord with the good
|og was called to order Dy
Stone, who read the fol-
signed by a number q
nrominent citizens;
4 and appreciating fully,
y ,,nsanitary 1s condition o.
|nuusenville unsll and the neces-
correction OF sucn
4 Undersigned, agree z. e
Y |spvtbian Park at s o'clock
I lst day Of july to discuss !;
A * tbe same and to counci
'Ity n authorities relative ~ :,
Ky 4 .igorous treatment OF oul
|aairs, now SO long. past TN
missed completion"
ting then got down 70 regu
4 by electing, by acclama
4, n N. Thomas, chairman
m Smith, secretary, Mr
|ere made a few timely re
sluc that there were two 9
] q typhoid fever in the cl1
nless the most direct mean
\ al epidemic Of this area
|uld result. He urgently Z !,
IN the work 50 far begun :
\ Investigated and that n
be ascertained Oy
engineer.
W. W. STONE
Inv made a talk
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-05-02
FROM DEATHS DOOR.

Hillsdale, ILL.,, April 29th.-Much in
terest has been aroused here over the
case of William Marks, who has been
in a dying condition for several
months with an apparently incurable
Kidney Disease.
The leading physicians of this place
had pronounced his case hopeless
one, and others from Port Byron,
Geneseo, and Davenport, Ia, had at
tended him, and in a consultation de-
cided that he could not live
In desperation, his nephew inquired
of Mr.. L. F. Giles, local druggist, as
to a last resort. Mr.. Giles suggested
Dodd's Kidney Pills, remedy which
had just been introduced here.
The results were marvellous. Mr.
Marks Immediately began to improve,
and within a few weeks was able to
be up and about, completely cured.
His cure is the talk of the neigh
hood, and is considered nothing short
Of miracle.
There appears to be no doubt that
this new remedy, Dodds Kidney Pills,
win cure any case of Kidney Disease,
for the more malignant forms, such
as Bright's Disease, Diabetes, and
Dropsy, yield readily to its remark
able influence. These forms Of
Chronic Kidney Disease have hitherto
been considered incurable, and have
baifled all medical skill. and yet, this
new remedy has cured every single
case in which it has been used, in
this neighborhood. The doctors
themselves are amazed at the won
derful work Dodd's Kidney Pills are
accomplishing in Rock Island County.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-05-02
PITE AND POINT.

Never belittle your own acts. Peo.
pie arc very apt to take you at your
estimate.-Chicago Daily News.
When girl is forever discovering
that fellows tie is out of plumb and
volunteering to fix it for him. it is safe
to propose.-Los Angeles Herald.
'Poker! Why is it called poker, /
wonder?" swell, it seems to be de-
vice for playing with fire, for one
thing. "-Detroit Journal.
A woma mis- always urging the men
to be more truthful, and is always put
ting them in a position where they
have to tell stories or be brutal.-At
Gibson Globe.
Mr.. Park Slope - "Do you believe
that the doctors will agree that after
all salt is the elixir of life?" Mr.. Mid
wood-"Never! It's too cheapi"-
Brooklyn Eagle.
House Hunter-"But tell me, is this
a healthy neighborhood?" DIR. Brown
Tolerably. Only few of the fam
lilies have fallen into the chafng-dish
habit, believe. Boston Transcript.
81 couldn't make a fire in the heater
the whole winter" grumbled the ten
ant. "Then you must have saved lots
of money on coal. I'm afraid I'll have
to raise the rent" - Philadelphia
Times.
Gilpin-"I saw nice, kind lady give
a poor little boy a nickel this morn
ing" Mrs. Gilpin-"Dear. sweet crea-
ture." Mr.. Gilpin-"Yes, the poor kid
carried her three satchels mile in the
rain. Ohio State Journal.
Not Just as He Meant.-"I've prom
ised to go in to supper with some
one else, Mr.. Blanque; but I'll intro
duce you to very handsome and clev-
er girl" "But l don't want a hand
some and clever girl; 1 want you."-
American Agriculturist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-05-02
THE CURSE OF WEEDS.
NOxfous Plant Growth Does More
Than Anything Else to Lessen
the Profits of Farming.

How are weeds to be eradicated?
Know what kinds of weeds infest your
premises. Know their characteristics
and habits of growth. Learn how
they propagate themselves. Study
them from every standpoint. Then
apply the remedy which win suggest
itself. Concerted action among farm
ers determined to rid their farms of
all forms of Objectionable weed life
will attain the ends sought. Individ-
ual activity in this direction is high
ly desirable, but without harmonious
action among all interested it viii
require a much longer period. Indi-
vidual effort will beget larger inter-
est and purpose, and the result will
be that in a short time the entire
country win be inoculated with the
Notwithstanding fever. Then weeds
will go.
The destruction of annual weeds is
accomplished by preventing them
from producing seed, which involves
the cutting off of tops before seed is
produced. Biennials, which propa-
gate Ly root stalks and seeds, re-
quire more rigid methods of eradi-
cation. They yield only to persistent
cutting off of tops which prevents
seeds from forming and deprives
them of plant food from the air.
Perennials are still more stubborn
than either of the others. Most
weeds are perennials. Annals are
the most easily destroyed. All kinds
of weeds, whether ANIMALS, biennials
or perennials, may be destroyed if
their tops be kept cut off at the sur
face of the ground, no stems being
permitted to develop. This results
in the starvation of the roots, as it
were; the laboratory with which they
act in harmony being removed their
own functions are destroyed. Many
kinds of weeds may be smothered
out by sowing the infested land to
grass or other crops which are known
to possess hardness and thick-grow-
| ing habits.
Let every farmer consider himself
committee appointed by his best
interests to eradicate all the weeds
on his own farm. He thus may be-
gin the weed destruction movement
whose outcome will be the total
elimination of the thousands of va
rieties of weeds which so seriously
menace agriculture and so materially
lessen its returns,-Farmers' Voice.