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with fruit to Bartram Bros. at the Bar at
midnight, 18th - ~ ' -
& Steamer I l-agenburg lCubanl sperns Caps Haytien
ana FORT -de-faix January 8. Port Prince 4 Aux
oa{e1 cay o. Port Antonio Port Maria Port Antonio 9
cameron Ss Co Arrived the at 10 o m
mdse 10 J 7 Van Sickle - $500
steamer louisiana, Halsey. Nev-Oreans January s.
with Indse and passengers to Z 5 Allen.
steamer jamestown. Tapley. Newport News and Nor
Ioh WIN rdse and passengers Old Dominion SIS
Steamer Hyanthes (BrD. Sampson, Baltimore JANUARY
u with cargo in transit 10 Barber Co. Will finish
loading for River " ~
o II N' '- ''4'0
Steamer ASK DAM. Hansen Philadelphia January TO-
the Bar $3.50 m - -
ship Norwood ot Maitland ST. Roy Kong IO3
Wnney q - - -
Hook 5:20 p m. " -'
Sandy Hook. Jan IA. $50 D nl--wind southwest fresh
breeze; cloudy; setting thick of shore
SAILED
Steamers Princess Anne. Norfolk and Newport News:
Gulf Stream. Philadelphia.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
TWO LARGE INDUSTRIES MERGE.
THE NILES -BEMENT-POND COMPANY ABB
sORBs THE PRATT WHITNEY
COMPANY, OF HARTFORD.

After negotiations extending over period OF
about six months, the Pratt Whitney COMPANY
of Hartford Conn. yesterday passed into the hands
Of the Niles -Bement-Pond Company of New-fork,
which has plants in Ohio Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. The Pratt Whitney Company Will con-
finue as a distinct and separate organization That
company manufactures a line OF small machinery,
while the specially OF the Niles -BementPond Com
pany is heavy machinery. The old stockholders OF
the Pratt & Whitney Company retain the preferred
stock but the common stock has all passed into
the hands of the Niles -Bement-Pond interests The
Pratt & Whitney Company is capitalized at $3.50
OO OF which 81 900 is preferred stock and 525O0
common stock. The new Pratt & Whitney Com
pany organized yesterday by electng the following
directors: C. T Cornell. r. c. Mckinney c. {.
Cuyler and W. l. Clark, of New-York 7. 7. Gaff.
Of Cincnnati T. ". Gordon, of Philadelphia; Amos
Whitney and George W: NJ Reed. Of , Hartford, and
organized by electing Mr.. Mckinney president, Mr..
Clark vice-president and Mr.. Cornell treasurer.
The secretary of the company is Francis G.
Pratt. Mr.. Mckinney is also president OF the
-Bement-Pond Company.
The action of the Pratt & Whitney Company
stockholders in relinquishing the common stock
unanimous.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10.
SHIPPING NEWS.

PORT OF W-YoRK-MoNDAY. JANUARY IA. 1901
ARRIVED.
Steamer Canadian Cr Hill, Liverpool January g. with
ndse TO Leyland & Co. Ltd Arrived at the Bar at
3:45 p
Steamer Marquette CBr). Gates London January g. with
mdse passengers the Atlantic Transport Co. or
Fire Island 4:24 p m.
Steamer Elwick (Br). Clark, Hueva December % and
Madeira 27 with sulphur order vessel
Coal Co. Arrived at the Bar at noon.
Steamer TJomo CNor). Nisen. Cardenes January and
Matanzas 8. with sugar TO w Munson Arrived the
Bar at 3l5
Steamer Maracaibo. Terrn. Maracaibo January a and
Curacao Z, with and cabin passengers To Roltn,
Bliss & Dsllett Arrived at the Bar at 6:8o p m.
Steamer Fontabee (Br) Mckay. Demerara January .
Barbadoea Martinique and Dominica Antigua and ST
& Arrived q the a
Steamer Premier (Br,, Mcdonald. samana January s.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
HOWARD'S MOTION DENIED.
ALLEGED BIGAMIsT NOT ALLOWED TO
WITHDRAW PLEA OF NOT GUILTY TO EN-
TER DEMURRER-TRIAL POSTPONED.

st@phen c. Baldwin, counsel for George w. How
ard under Indictment for bigamy, appeared before
Judge AspinaU in the Kings County Court yester-
day afternoon 10 withdraw Howards plea Of not
guilty in order that he might enter a demurrer to
the Indictment He declared that the indictment
would not hold, because il did not state the time
or place of the alleged marriage to Miss Kay.
District Attorney Clarke then agreed to stipulate
that he would prove the marriage to Miss Annie
r. Kay. of Cambridge. by witnesses from Massa-
chusetts and New-YorS This satisfied Mr.. Bald
win and Judge Hurd then denied his motion.
The District Attorney said that he had postponed
Howards trial from January p to January S
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
SECURITIES GIVEN FOR FEES.
CAPTAIN cARTER's ATTORNEYS REPLY To AC-
cUsATIoNS BY THE GEORGIA UNITED
STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

The attorneys for ex-Captan Oberiin NJ. Carter.
classed the reported statement of Marion Erwin.
District Attorney OF the Southern District of
Georgia published as a dispatch from Savannah
yesterday morning, as effort 10 bolster up his
case by attempt vilify the attorneys for the
defendants. The dispatch said that Mr.. Erwin
had made public brief. which he had submitted
United States Commissioner Shields in this city
and that the brief was the statement that while
Kellogg & Rose accusing r. F. Westcott,
father-in-law OF Carter. OF being the holder of
valuable securities belonging 10 Carter, they were
holding these securities and drawing interest upon
them. Mir. Kellogg said yesterday:
! feel a great deal of delicacy in saying any
thing at all about the matter In fact the relation
OF my firm as attorney and counsel formerly for
Garter and now Tor the contractors, makes IL al
most impossible for TO say anything ] will say
this much: 1t looks TO me like effort the
part of Mr.. Erwin to bolster up a which is
without foundation by attempt TO yilify the at
torneys The evidence showed upon the Greene &
GaynOr hearing that the letting Of the contracts
lost a dollar. the work being entirely up to the
specifications. The intent of Mr. Erwin is evidently
put matters on an entirely false basis. 1t
part of his policy during the previous hearing 10
Vilify the Judge Of the District Court and the Com
missioner by a presentment of the Grand Jury
Savannah, and il is hardly 10 be expected that he
refrain from attacking the attorneys opposed
him.
The only semblance of truth in the article is
that some Of the securities which Westcott pur-
chased and held were turned over by my firm for
sale brokers, and portion Of the proceeds
paid to my firm for fees we also received for fees
due. This is the only
nection have had with these securities.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
LARCHMONT.

The attorneys for the village of Larchmont have
be-, successful in their appeal from Judge Keogh 8
decision in the case of William ". Bissell OF New
Rochelle who sued for damages for alleged change
NJ grade OF Addison-ave The Appellate Division
holds that Judge Keogh committed manifest error
in deciding that the village had changed me grace
OF Addjson-aVe and accordingly vacated his order
appointing Commissioners to award damages X IS
now decided that where the grade of travelled
roadway IS not materially changed, the bringing OF
the sidewalk portion of the street up 10 that grace
as was done in Addson-ave., is not a change OF
grade within the meaning of the statute.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
STATE WILL RECEIVE ONLY s6,SSs.
COLLATERAL INHERITANCE TAX on ESTATE
OF JAMES D. sARvEN OF TARRYTowN-
HIS FORTUNE sss4s

Surrogate Theodore H. Silkman OF Westchester
County yesterday signed the decree and order as
sessing the collateral inheritance tax Of the estate
OF James D. Sarven. OF Tarrytown. based upon the
report of the transfer tax appraiser. c. s. Davi-
son. The report shows that Mr.. Sarven left
fortune of $780,. .3s9 Of which about $127,OO0 was
bequeathed TO various nieces and nephews and
friends and the resduary estate TO four charitable
institutions OF New York City. The report shows
that the Presbyterian Hospital the American Bible
Society, St Lukes Hospital and the American
Tract Society each receive $50, ,14O 91. The Tarry
town Hospital gets 5000 John II. Sarven, George
w Sarven and Iona Nichols nephews and niece
were each left 10000; Harriet l. Burgess friend
$4,000, and Sarah NJ. Trowbridge, a niece the in
come for life from $4,000.
According TO the Laws of 1900 all charitable in
stitutons and other corporations, excepting re-
hgious corporations. taxed per cent upon be-
quests. The institutions named Just escape the
tax, which would have been over $4,000, as Mr.
Sarven died April ). six days before the tax
provision went into effect. The State, however
will receive tax of st. 1913.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
HONE NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.
ALBEMARLE-Chief Engineer c. r. Rocker
L. S N; r. G. Erwin, of Hartford. BUCKING-
HAM-Judge a. Z. Richards. of Louisville; Presi-
dent Francis L. Patton of Princeton University.
CAMBRIDGE-Dr. Robert Good, of Chicago
FIFTH AVENUE-Ulysses S. Grant, jr of San
Diego, Cal. HOFFMAN-Colonel A. B. Anderson,
of North Carolina. HOLLAND-The Rev Winthrop
Sargent. of Boston; Ex-Governor Frank S. Black
of Troy. IMPERIAI-S. Harrison Wagner of
New-Haven- MANHATTAN-G. NJ Diven, of Ell
mira. VICTORIA-Judge j. T Marchand. of
Washington. WALDORF - Elk Governor Frank
Brown, of Maryland; Philip w. Moen of Worces-
fer
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
TRAMPs IN RoCKLAyD COUNTY.

Nyack. y. Y. Jan. IA (SpeciaD.-The Board of
Supervisors OF Rockland County has adopted a
resolution instrucing every Justice of the Peace in
the county before whom a tramp is brought TO
send him at to the Kings County Penitentiary
and to the county Jail, heretofore. There
have been this winter as many seventy trarnps
in the jail at time, and the taxpayers In the
county have had 10 pay not only the expense of
their board, but also fees for their and com
uitment- A committee of taxpayers had urged
the Supervisors take effective action toward re-
lieving them of this unjust
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
BIDS FOR COAL HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR

Bids for supplying coal in 1901 to the institutions
under the control of the Department Of Charities
were received yesterday. The lowest bidder
Gardner Pattson, with a total of sSS,il9 for the
q l00 tons coal The bid is greatly in OF
the amount asked in 1900 and is $4,000 more than
the estimate made by the Department. The prices
a ton Cor the different sizes coal are: Crate,
S3 So; egg 81 49, chestnut 81 81; stove 81; buck
wheat 50 "a and bituminous, 81 So
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15

The contest for the possession of the estate left
by Anne Maria Winters was resumed yesterday be-
fore Justice Bischoff and jury in the Supreme
Court The witnesses examined. with one excep-
ton, testified that they considered Mrs. Winters
Irrational. Albert Elliott, a grocer. Of Sing Sing
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15

testified that occasion Mrs. Winters. then
the widow of Alderman Dooley. had said to him:
81 want somebody to take Dooley's place. He
a good man. II l find the right man II
give him 81 zoo, 900 and this house" The house
ferred to was Mrs. Winterss home. at Fifth-ave.
and Eighteenth-st.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
MINIATURE ALMANAC

Sunrise 723 251 Moons -
HIGH WATER.
A M.-sandy Hook 300 Gov Island 332 He'll Gate 5:21
PM-Sandy p Hook Gov Island 396 He'll Gate 5:25
New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
OUTGOING STEAMERS.
TO-DAY.

TO-DAY.
Vessel For Line. Malls close Vessel sails
CITY OF Washington, Colon " Y G. c. $3.50 100 n
Iroquois Charleston Clyde. $500 m
FN Mar New-Oreans. Morgan 300 m
Norfolk. Old dominion. 800 m
Trave Bremen. G. Lloyd. d............ 500 1900 m
Mae San Juan. 900 a m
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10.
Germanic Liverpool White $40 a m 1900 m
Noordland. Southampton. Red Star $50 200
Seneca Havana & Cuba. 1900 m 800 m
Trinidad Bermuda Quebec 500 n m 1000 a m
Ccrnal Galveston, Mallory. 300 m
THURSDAY. JANUARY II.
La Champagne Havre, French. 700 1000
Santiago, y Y & Cuba 12:OO 800 m
Ell Paso, New-Orleans. Morgan........ 300 m
Jererson Norfolk Old Dominion 300 m
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SPECIAL MENTION.

Advertisements admitted into these col
umns recommended to the readers OF
THE TRIBUNE thoroughly reliable. and
business can be done by mail with the ad-
vertfsers with perfect safety.
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Announ ceuients.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

Prince Albert No. 2.
Full Dress Shirts.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
Artificial butterflies.

Collectors of butterflies will be inter-
ested to know that there are persons
who are now making an excellent living
by selling artificial butterflies. This is
a new industry.
Pleasant work it is and especially
adapted for young girls, since it mainly
consists in spreading with a camefs
hair brush very thin gum or paste over
the wings of ordinary butterflies and
then sprinkling over this certain deli
cate metallic powders of various col
ors BY this deft manipulation a very
common butterfly can in a short time
be transformed into one that is eX-
tremely rare.
Recently one of these 'fakirs" sold at
a very high price an alleged specimen
of a red admiral, which is a superb but
terhy and widely noted for its brilliant
red and white hues. Sometimes the
white specks turn blue, and a specimen
in which this transformation has taken
place is regarded as a great rarity. The
"fakir'' knew this, and naturally his
red admiral had many blue specks. I'm
fortunately for him, the purchaser was
suspicious, and by the use of a magni-
flying glass and a damp brush he quick
ly discovered the fraud.
AS a result collectors are now re-
solved not TO purchase butterflies ex-
cept from those dealers whom they
know TO be thoroughly reliable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

so am l." grandfather assented.
And the ladies murmured pity for all
poor souls abroad that night.
Shall 1 put him in a cage, GRANDPA
ther?" the little girl questioned. Cages
are birds houses. are they not?'
We'll, 1 think this little fellow would
prefer his freedom. Suppose we let
him stay about the tree until the
weather moderates, which it will prob
ably do in a few days. Tomorrow 1
will build a little birdhouse for him and
put it out on the lawn. 1 will make it
snug and warm. and you can fill a lit
tie box with cotton for a bed. Every
day you can go. out and scatter crumbs
upon the ground. 1 think you should
give him plenty of canary seed, or he
will play havoc with the popcorn and
the fruit upon the tree"
Before they went to bed a dish of
seed and a pan of water were placed
near the little box. Speckle paid no at
tention to it. Tired and happy, he had
gone to sleep on the top branch of the
Christmas tree.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
Crancery Notice
George W. McCaskrin, Solicitor

George W. McCasSrin, Solicitor.
State of Illinois, q,
Rock island County, & -
In the circuit court to the January term,
A. d 1902. Divorce.
Blanche Con Complainant, VS.. Gilbert Cor,
defendant.
To the ABOVE named nonresident defend
ant, Gilbert Coz.
fidavit of your nou-residence having d zen
fled in the Office of the said circuit court, with
the circuit clerk, notice Is hereby given 10
you, that the above named complainant has
died in said circuit court her Di of com
plant against you, on the chancery side there
of of said circuit court, that summons In
chancery has been issued in said caus e against
you, returnable 10 the next term OF said cir
cult court to BE- begun and bOldeo at the court
house in the city of Rock Island in said county,
on the first Monday in January, A. d 1902, at
which time and place you will appear and
plead, answer or demur to said bill of CON-
plant II you see ii
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois this 5th day
of December, A. ID. 1901.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE,
Clerk OF the Circuit Court in and for Rock
Island county Illinois
GEORGE w. MCCASKRIN.
Compliments Solicitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

must draw on our minds for what we
need Now, just folIer my lead, an
we'll have the greatest Christmas that
ever any family ever had with only AZ
cents
I'D bought some stick candy an a
little cheap present for each one, an
then 1 brought OUT a package of old
letters my sister had writ to me from
home in Virginia.
Now. chillen.' I said, I want yod
30 understan' that all through this
Christmas I'm queen, an poppy he's
king, an you're all princes an prin-
cesses. an that we're to have every
thing to eat an drink an wear an
look at that the mind can think Of
They all sent up a whoop an SEEM
ed nightly tickled. an Roland, he
says: 'Mommer. you're to be Queen
Mary Ann, an poppy he's to be King
Peter-nO.' says he, 'poppy's to be Pc
ter the Great. I've just been readin'
about Peter the Great at school,
Then L takes up the bundle of let
tiers. an says. We must first read the
congratulations of the season from our
friends The first letter I read was
from Queen Victoria-that was before
the queen died. you know-to Queen
Mary Ann, calm me her dear cousin
an honored friend an tellin' me that
she had sent me a drmond necklace
worth 100000 as . testimonial of her
undyin' love an affection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

in my imagination don't have the
trouble that goes with really havin'
things. / build great big, splendid
houses. palaces an castles. an then
jes' let 'em go an don't bother about
repairln' 'em or payin' taxes. When i
wants another house, Jes' build IT out
OF my mind. That's a good deal easier
an cheaper than takin' care OF the old
ones"
And Mary Ann laughed as she mois-
tened her finger and tried the heat OF
the iron.
None of my horses ever has the col
&c nor goes lame" she continued, AN
nobody has any finer ones. You 1es'
ought to see me sailin' in my magma
ton through Fifth avenoo behind my
prancin' steeds. while people stop to
look at me an say. L wonder who that
gorgeous an lovely creachure is
AN then the travelin'i While I'm
washin' an ironin here in this ole
laundry 1 jes' soar OF to Saratogy an
Newport an England an Paris an
Asia an Afriky- Well. no. i don't go
much to Afriky. 1t amt stylish enough
for me. But i go TO the north pole not
days jes' to cool of. / don't find no
difficulty in reachin' the pole. I've
climbed that pole many a time in my
ma gination."
And Mary Ann again laughed merri-
~ over the pleasant pictures which she
had drawn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
THE SPARROW'S
CHRISTMAS TREE

Sparrow. the bully OF the flock. claimed
as his own. One by one the bther spar
rows OF the colony were involved in the
quarrel. until Speckle. who was not so
big or 50 popular as Round Eyes, found
himself whipped and driven out OF the
neighborhood OF the red brick house.
Terror lent swiftness to his wings. and,
darting into the air. he lost no time in
putting miles between himself and his
enemies.
1t was not until he reached the big
gray barn that Speckle. ready to drop
to the ground with fatigue. dared to
settle upon the ridgepole to rest. He
was a sorry looking bird. Some of his
tail feathers and some of his wing
feathers were gone. Fortunately the
primaries-ten stout quilts that formed
the basis of each wing and grew from
the portion of the joint corresponding
to the hand of 4 man-were quite Sc
cure. or else Speckle would have been
crippled bird. The shape of these
feathers shows how a bird flies. Spec
kle Sparrow. with his short, rounded
and concave wing quilts. was not in
tended by nature to fly very swiftly or
very far a a time. The long, fiat foun-
dalton feathers in the wings of eagles
or other birds OF prey enable them to
travel long distances with speed and
swiftness. Those birds which have
sharp pointed primaries, like the os-
trich, find their wings of no service ex-
cept to help them TO run. If the quilts
are large. concave and edged with a
fringe. as owls wings are finished, the
bird will be able to sail through the
air with noiseless beats of the pinions.
over these foundation quilts a second
set of feathers called secondaries are
arranged. These spring from the part
OF the wing corresponding to the wrist
and forearm of man. A third set spring
from the part of the wing correspond
ing to the upper arm and are called
tertiaries. The bird strikes the atmos-
phere with the fat part of the wings.
turning the keen. narrow edges UP to
cut the cir in swift ascent or descent.
OF course Master Speckle Sparrow
never bothered himself about the ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

hunger and cold and fell unconscious to
the ground 4 little girl. one of the
group upon the veranda, saw him.
"Oh. grandfather" she cried. "a
Christmas birdi Did you see it fall?
1t must have come to hear us sing"
One of the uncles waded out into the
snow in response to the child's en-
treaties, and poor Speckle, with his
tiny conical bill agape and his little
claws turned stiffly in the air, was
brought into the warm parlor. The
child speedily made him a warm bed
of cotton. and after awhile he revived
and gave a few feeble twitters.
BY this time SpeclJe was able to get
up. He perched on the edge of his little
box and rolled his eyes about in amaze
ment Was this the sort of nest hu-
man folks lived in? Why. there was a
tree in. one corner laden with all sorts
of nice things. Were they good to eat?
Speckle would soon find out. With
little flight from chair to chair. as
much as his weak wings would allow.
he finally reached the lower branches
There were strands of promising white
grains festooned from limb to limb.
Speckle pecked at one of them expert
mentally. JOY. oh, joy! 1t was deli
cious corn. Speckle recognized it, al
though it was drier than he had ever
tasted He made meal of the pop
corn, and then he noticed some nice red
apples. He dipped his bill into one of
these.
"Ah. you little rascal. At your sum-
mer tricks.'' one of the uncles exclaim-
ed. The entire family had followed
Speckle to the foot of the tree and were
watching him with intent interest.
What does he mean, grandfather"
the little girl asked of the tall old man
whose hand she held.
He means that in the summer the
little sparrow robs our orchards and
eats our grain instead of attending to
his business of Kidding the crops of in
furious insects" explained the old man.
Poor little bird. But perhaps he
gets tired of meat victuals all the time.
1 should the little girl sighed
Perhaps he does" her grandfather
assented. Il dare say he eats no more
than he earns. for all the hue and cry
that is made against him. He is the
inveterate enemy of spiders and grass
hoppers. Like many noisy, self asser-
tive persons, probably Mr.. Sparrow does
not get credit for the good he does
I'm glad he is out of that storm,
the little girl said as a gust Of wind
swept a swirl of snow against the WIN
dow panes-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

ever known. Hardy as he was, the
wind. with its relentless chill. penetrat-
ed his feather coat.
ut midnight the little bird was star
tied by the sound of music. The snow
had stopped falling, and in the clear
sky the moon had extinguished the
light of the stars. Where the gray
house rose Speckie could see the warm
glow of freight falling upon the snow
and hear the merry voices singing. 1t
was a Christmas carol If SpeckIe had
but known. There was something
about the light that attracted the half
frozen bird, and he fluttered toward the
open door. Before he reached it he saw
that the singers were standing outside
on the veranda- Instinct had taught
the little bird to fear human kind; he
associated them with guns and stones