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New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
THE FIRE RECORD YESTERDAY

Il: 90 mNo. 1s2 One-hundred aud-twentv +o,.h
St; Dominick o Reilly; Sloo ~
leo a nn.-No. 60 Walker-st. H Marks: 81 600
20 a. nn.-No. Forsyth-st.: r. Z. Rubin; 500
II 40 m.-No. 555 East Sixty-hrst-s Charles Ben,rs.
$25 'i'As'
1;l5 P. m-No. SIS Monroe-st.: Funk Brothers; Sc
2:45 p. m-No. 23i East Tenth-st: Josenb Do,,r-,os
slight. ''o'u'
ESQ p nl-No. i5i East Nnety-sixth-st: [. Garan.r
slight. - ne' .
$40 ,. m.--No. rs sherih-s; Samuel Goldzon; S.
S;iA n MA q AllAn-Aa.i David EdsI.taiu $50
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
a. CLOSE sHArE," SAYS THE MAGISTRATE.

oNF; OF Two MEN WHO FOUGHT WITH RAzoRs
HAS FIFTY-EIGHT STITCHES IN HIS WOUNDS
Walter Reid, OF No. 2i0 West Sixty-frst-st, and
Frank Jennings, Of No. 2N East One-hundred-and-
twentv-seventh-st.. who fought with razors on
Monday night in hallway, were arraigned before
MAGISTRATE Brann, covered with bandages. in ths
West Side court yesterday F1fty-elght sutches
were taken IN Reds wounds.
You had a pretty close shave, Magistrate
Rrann said, he looked at the prisoners L guess
you've beth been punished enough. You can 60"
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
GIFT OF A LIBRARY TO PAssAIC.

Passaic. Nov 19.-Great was the surprise Of the
citizens of Passaic last night when Mayor How.
announced that Peter Reid had offered erect
free public library at a cost OF less than 500
site owned by him in Third-st. The library
is to be known the Jane Watson Reid Memorial
Library. The gift was accepted ar the meeting Of
the council last night. and to-day Mr. Reid and
Mayor Howe visited Madison. y. J.. TO look over
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
ENGLIsHTOWy PosTOFFIcE RoBBED

Freehold. Nov. 19.-About 2 o'clock this morn
ing burglars robbed the postoff1ce in Englishtown
drilling the safe and blowing the door TO pieces
The crime bears all the earnnarks Of having been
performed by the same hands that looted ths
Spring Lake Bank last Friday morning. For their
pains the burglars got only stamps worth s45 and
about s25 in cash.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PARKER fho'
NOTED.

Because of the belief that Colonel faf 'iiae. -. -
he -,ada po1;ca Commissioner many men have been
mentioned for the office of Superintendent OF Pupc
Works. Among the names mentioned most prom
nently yesterday at the headquarters OF fhe hepup
ucan State Committee was that Of John n Tarh, nt
~ Srbenectady. MI. Parker Is at present DePu.s
Sornmissfoner of Public Works, having oeen aP-
pointed by George w. Aldricse
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
WILD RIDE IN A TROLLEY CAR
THE BRAKES FAIL TO WORK. AND IT pAsHrs
LIKE THE WIND DOWN HILL

Montcair, Nov 1e-Thirty passengers an
Caldwell trolley car had a narrow escape from
death on the mountain in this town this morning
caused by the brakes refusing to work The cav
had just begun TO descend the hill, and the motor
man In attempting TO turn off the power found his
hands tied the brake failing to work. The moor
man then tried to use the hand brake, and TO his
horror this too refused TO work '
The by this time whirling down th.
steep incline at awful speed At Mountain-aya
where there is sharp turn, the car nearly toupeS
over. but rghted itself, to the relief of the pas
sengers, who had become panic stricken Several
made attempts to jump off the car but were nra
vented by the conductor. who pleaded with them
to remain quiet The not stopped unrI
the centre of the town reached. a distance NJ
a mile.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
BUTCHERS HALED TO COURT.

Charles Lau. Henry Doscher and Charles Koiin-
skie retail butchers. were arraigned before Police
Judge Hoos in Jersey City. yesterday for violating
the Vice and immortality act. better known ''the
Blue Law The butchers have agreed 10 close
10 o'clock Sunday morning, but the accused IL
alleged. disregarded the agreement, and were hailed
before the court complaint of the Benchmen's s
Association. They admonished and paroed.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
TO CELEBRATE CfTY'S EVACUATION.

a meeting cf the Sons Of the American Revolu-
ton viii be held at Delmonico's Monday even
ing celebrate the 18th anniversary of evacu-
alton OF this city by the British. The Rev. Charles
Edward Brugler will deliver an address on the
Clergy in the Revolution" The annual meeting
of the society will be held at Delmonico's on
Tuesday evening December 3. Refreshments will
be served at both meetings.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
VOTING MACHINE RETURNs CONTESTED

Buffalo, Nov 1s--Justice Chiids has granted an
order allowing referee take testimony as 10 the
alleged defective work of the voting machine q,
the First District of the Eleventh Ward on account
of which the election of Supervisor is contested IN
the course OF the hearing the justice remarked
that II the vote in the district should thrown out
the election in the whole ward would be Illegal
that Supervisor could not be elected without
vote being cast in all of the districts comnoSng
the ward as all the voters entitled to a voice
IN the selection of their representative. 1t Is al
legged by the defeated candidate that the macbin.
would not record split vote i'iiie
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
CHARGED WITH MURDERING THREE

Dover, Ne. Nov. 19-To answer for the alleged
murder of ]. Wesley Allen. his wife and daughter
Henry Lambert OF Shirley. was placed on trial
to-day In the supreme judicial Court. The crime
was most shocking. The murders were committed
at the Allen homestead. and the murderer at
tempted to destroy traces Of the crime bv burning
the buildings in which his victims Law Inns
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
CHEF JUSTICE TAKES THE OATH.

Trenton. Nov. 1e-Wlam S. Gummere. who last
winter appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court sworn in as a member Of the Court Of
Errors and Appeals to-day. The oath of office was
administered by Chancellor Magic and the Chief
Justice once took his on the bench as to-
day is the opening day of the November term OF
bo
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
DEMENTED WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN.

Amsterdam. n. Y, Nov 19.-Mrs. Henry c. Miller
killed this morning at Tribes Hill by being run
by New-York Central train. Her husband
is I'll with typhoid fever and Mrs. Miller while
temporarily deranged from grief and watching
wandered the railroad tracks and killed
Mrs. Miller the daughter of Henry Hurst of
Tribes Hill, a well known citizen of Montgomery
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
BEGINNING ON 4 NEW CHURCH

Perth Arnboy. Nov. Inappropriate exercises
marked the beginning of work the new Presby-
terian Church. to be erected in this city, to-day
The Rev. DR.. II. @. MendenhalI was in charge and
turned the first spadeful of earth. He followed
by Caleb c.. Pierson. a member OF the church
for more than half century and for forty-sight
years elder. The new building will cost $500
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
EXTENDING THE BERTTLLOy svsrr,,

SEVERAL ADDITIONAL STATES TO coNTgrsr-,
TO THE RECORDS AT ALBANY.
Albany, Nov. 10 tSpeciaD.-CharIes K e,-1
Chief Clerk OF the Prison Department. said TO-DAY
that while I'm attendance recently ar the co,-a-
of prison authorities at Kansas City. Mo. ba h.s
made an effort to extend the Bert,llon svs,sr, -
identifying criminals employed in this stats 80
fifteen States acting with it, to all the States .rs
was confident that after January / several az
tional States would maze contributions 70 auoi-
tral bureau here in Albany. Contributions - ~
of Canada. s'"FiheeS
The political divisions which have contrihu..s
70 the records here are Ohio. Indiana Connso+S.su
South Dakota, Illinois Pennsylvania CaIiso---aas'
North Dakota. Idaho, MinnesotG. Massachn.a.tas
onto. Canada - ior-
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
BP4KEM4N KILLED on HIS CAR.

Elizabeth Nov. 70 (SpeciaD-EarI c. Pixley. OF
Portsmouth Ohio. killed last night on Jer-
sey Central freight train between Jersey City and
Bound Brook. He twenty-five years old and
lett his home to come East TO look for work. He
obtained employment 5 a brakeman When the
train reached Bound Brook he missed. and on
a search being made his dead body. with the skull
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
NEW PREACHER TO BE. RECEITED.

Orange. Nov. 10 (Specia).-A meeting of the Pres
bytery of Morris and Orange will be held in the
Hillside Church, Orange. Saturday receive
the Rev. Robert G. McGregor from the Presbytery
of Utica. Mr.. McGresor is the new pastor OF the
ST. Cloud Presbyterian Church. West Orange At
the meeting of the Presbytery arrangements for
his installation will be made
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
RIG BL4ZE ~ Jersey CITY.

Two frame buildings each five stories high and
by 100 feet IN dimensions and owned by the National
Docks and Storage Railroad Company. at "Blacs
Tom Island near the GreenviIle shore Of jersey
City took fire last night and were conpletsly
destroyed. They filed with hemp. hay and
jute and burned rapidly The loss is estimated al
N00Oo0
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
PATERSON SHORT OF MILK.
A sTRINGEycY IN THE SUPPLY BECAUSE STATE
INSPECTORS FOUND MUCH OF IT IMPURE.

Paterson Nov. 1e.-Under the new and strict
pure food law of New-Jersey. which went into ef-
feet November 1, large force of State inspectors
swooped down on the milk dealers of this place to-
day. with disastrous consequences to the dealers
Supplies of the fluid which in on trains were
tested. as well is that which local darymen and
neighboring farmers peddling in wagons.
Hundreds of gallons which the inspectors said had
been watered poured into the cutters The
result was that many families without milk
In each case samples taken from the cans to
be tested with a view prosecutions. The police
force of the city gave all the aid possible TO the
inspectors.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
TRAINED NURSES GRADUATED.

Orange. Nov. 19.-The annual commencement
ercises of the Orange Training School for Nurses
were held tonight in Union Hall when a class OF
twenty-four received diplomas. presented by Miss
Margaret Hillyer Pierson president of the school.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
SMALLPOX IN LOCKPORT.

I.ockport n. Y. Nov. 19-Samuel Burgeois- who
was taken Ill about week ago with smallpox Is
dead No other cases have been reported, but there
Is a general uneasness. Burgeos Is said TO nave
contracted the disease while hunting trip near
Montreal.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
WILL ATTEND THE INAUGURATION

The Franklin Murphy Association which
organized in Hudson County two years ago. Will
attend the inauguration of the next Governor in
body. The executive committee will meet tonight
in jersey City at the Dickinson Club house to make
the preliminary arrangements.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20

HE ATTEMPTS TO ROB A NEwsBoY OF HIS
PENNIES A LONELY ROAD

PENNIEs IN A LONELY ROAD.
Hackensack, Nov. 10 (SpeciaD.-A week ago TO-
night Charles Schaefer, a little newsboy was
"held up in lonely part of First-st by a man
who demanded his money. While the lad was gath
ering his money together two men approached and
the highwayman disappeared across the meadows
Police Sergeant Schrieber to-day arrested Winfield
5 Reed, well educated man. but who has of late
been acting strangely. The officer charges Reed
with being the highwayman who held up" The
schaeffer boy the latter identifying him positively
Reed claims to be a Mason of high standing and
says the blood of the Scotch Argyles flows through
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20

South Orange. Nov. 19.-The South Orange VII
lsge Board of Trustees has decided to take action
against the North Jersey Street Railway Company
for failing heat it's The ordinance
mittee of the board has the matter in charge
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20

crushed. was found on top Of a box car 7.
posed his head struck Overhead h-iaSs.s sup.
which there are several the line OF the raf,,o o.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20

Dinner Knives, pearl handles, silver ferrules steel
blades, silver plated, $S, So. IS, $1O.5O, $11. so,
$13 so doz.
Dessert Knives, pearl handles, silver ferrues, steel
blades, silver plated, S4.75, S5.25, $3.50 and
$50 dozen.
Ivory Handled Dinner Knives, silver plated blades,
81 doz
Ivory Handled Dessert Knives silver plated blades
$3.25 Dozen
Celulod Handled Dessert Knives, steel blades, So
dozen.
Black Rubber Handled Dessert Knives, steel blades,
SITS dozen
Stag Handled Beef Carver and Fork, 7sc pair.
Stag Handled Beef Carver and Fork, silver plated
ferrulcs, $l.2S pair.
Stag Handled Beef Carver and Fork, sterling silver
ferrules, 81. so and So pair
Stag Handled Game Carvers and Forks, 75c and ST
pair.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20

COLONEL DICKINSON NOT SEEKING OFFICE
Colonel Samuel D. Dickinson, OF Jersey City who
has been mentioned a candidate for Secretary of
State. IS not seeking any State appointment HE
close friends aver IA"
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
NAN NINETY YEARS OLD KILLED BIZ cans

Waterloo. n. Y. Nov. 19.-The mangled BODY or
George Raynor, was found on the New-York Cen
tral tracks west of here yesterday. He was ninetv
years old He was walking along the track dI,ripg
driving snowstorm. As
New-York tribune., 1901-11-20
An Important Purchase Of Cutlery

The Entire Stocks of the American SaleSroOm
of Harrison Brothers & HOWSOn =.
by Appointm o
disposed
tin
and w
na no
ntroduc o hou
present the
Dinner Knives
Knives. today
Less Than Half Regular Value
handles could desired
Dc
Of at cost.
These hints pieces
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-22
AT THE HOTELS.

The following visitors from neighbor-
ing towns are registered at the local
hotels:
Park-H. w. Snedger, Grafton.
Rhodes-Charles Huffmen, Woods
field.
Brunswick-D. R. Higgins, Pine
Grove.
The Oxford Musical Club is register
ed at the Mcclure
"The Game Keeper" company is reg
istered at the Park.
Windsor. Burke, Grafton; Chas.
Runyon and wife, C~larksburg.
Grand Central-Jacob Kuntz, New
Martinsville; R E Reynolds, Clarks-
burg
Stamm-T. C. Hornbrook, Parkers-
burg: w. A. Moorhead. Fairmont; 9.
R. Snodgrass, Warrington: M. l.. Ben
edum, Cameron; Cyrus Benedum,
Sistersville; ]. H. Bierns and wife,
Amos.
McLure-A. L. Prichard, Manning
on: C. R. Spring and z. t. Perry, Q
gantown: E. NJ. Marquis, Parkersburg:
Ernet Newhart, Huntington; Thomas
f. Avis, Grafton; William kenney,
Belmont; INV. Puff, Steubenville: v
K Cummings, Wellsburg, and Jonn
Morefield. St Clairsville
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THE MARYLAND FRANCHISE LAW.

In discussing the recently. passed
Maryland franchise law. the usually
fair, well-informed and impartial Pitts
bur Dispatch, under the editorial cap
ton of Maryland Disfranchisement,"
says:
The effect will be to disfranchise
about 16, 900 white and twice as many
colored men. 1t is supposed that half
of the illiterate whites and practically
all of the colored men have been in
the habit of voting the Republican
ticket, Sc the change may cost that
party 10000 votes, while the Demo-
Gratis will lose but 5000. OF course, the
loss should be counted off the Congress
sional apportionment."
The last sentence of this extract calls
for remark. Why should the loss be
Counted off" the Congressional appor-
tionment? Congressman are not appor-
toned upon the basis of the vote cast,
but upon population as as~certained by
the government census. The vote cast
1t any given election has no more to
DO with the number Of Congressman a
etate may have than the number Of
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BEARING ANoTHER's BURDEN.

is soft and rots quickly, and has now
been abandoned as supports of the
steel rails.
Who ever thinks of the ties of a
road as he speeds along at the rate of
sixty miles an hour with scarcely a
tremor of the coach in which he Is
riding? No one; but railroad men give
the closest attention to these wooden
ribs.
Ties are placed at varying distances
apart, but the average distance adopt
ed by most trunk lines is one and a
half feet from center to center. Give
me your pencil. There are approx.-
mately about $500 ties to the mile.
These ties are worth delivered TO the
road from so cents to $1.10 each, de-
pending upon the point of delivery.
In the prairie sections of the west, Tor
instance, ties, owing to distance from
the base OF supplies, are most expen-
slve than in a region Astounding in
forests. Placing their value at 81 each
on a double track from New York to
Washington, a distance of POI miles,
the ties alone are worth S773, 500. while
along the sides of the track are piles
- tlCo SSdSOliliS, Vastly NOllH ldlI luko
sum. Therefore, in a road operating
1000 miles of track its ties alone rep
resent an expenditure of $1,000, 900.
Each tie is carefully inspected by
men who make that their business.
They look for splits, decayed places.
worm-eaten spots, and other imperfec-
tons. Each piece of wood selected
must be up to the standard size in
length, width and thickness. II the
inspector passes a tie he daubs a
round splash of red paint on the end.
which shows plainly on the freshly
hewn or sawed wood, and that's what
all those little red eyes meant or that
pile of new ties we just passed and Of
which you asked the meaning.
1.-THE average life of a tie is about
five years, depending Upon climatic In
fiuences and the character OF the road
bed. Ties set in a soft, moist soil will.
OF course, rot quicker than those placed
in rock ballast, which is now the ac-
cepted roadbed of all the great lines.
The various species of wood are main
ly used. though chestnut and n or
two other varieties of wood which are
tough and of firm, solid grain are
used.
I'VE don't hear so much about
spreading rails and ensuing accidents
as a decade or two ago. One reason
of this is the closer inspection now
given to ties and their renewing, and
the great improvements made recently
in roadbeds and their care and main
tenance.
Iron ties have been used on some
of the roads in Europe, but il they have
proved a success there they have not
peer adopted in this country, and some
doubt if they ever will be. Down In
Central America, in the tropical for
ests, they use ties Of solid mahogany
and it is about the only wood which
will withstand the climate and ravages
of tropical insects. Up here we are
glad to have a veneer of mahogany for
our tables"
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WEL1sBURG.

WELNSBURG, w. Va, March 21.-
Attorney j. b. Sommerville, of Wheel
ing, was here Tuesday on legal bust
ness.
y. G. Russell of ~Steubenville, was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Misses Mary and Bertha Gasmire
were Pittsburg visitors yesterday.
Mrs. w. c. Jones and daughter, Miss
Bertha, of Wheeling Island, have re-
turned home after a few days visit
with Mayor and Mrs. NJ. A. Jones.
w. S. Carmichael is the guest of rel
atives at Steubenville.
The Senior Christian Endeavor So
ciety will give a social at the Chris
tan church Friday evening.
The funeral of Mrs. Julia Ray took
place yesterday morning from tine
Christian church and was largely at
tended. Interment was in Brooke Gem
etery.
After the regular meeting of the W..
e. G. Club, Tuesday evening, which
was held in the parlors of Stork Bros,
the gentlemen members entertained
the ladies to a sumptuous banquet.
held in the dining parlors of Mrs. Ed.
Hall.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany appeared before City Council
Tuesday night with a petition asking
the privilege to lay a double track
through the city. The matter has been
referred to the city property commit
tee for consideration.
The entire personal property of the
w. . Miller estate will be offered at
public sale OF April 4th, at the home
farm. All the household furniture and
dairy equipments will be sold.
George A. Barth Joined the delega-
ton of Knights of Columbus at Bril-
liant last evening and went tx Steub-
enville, where a new order Of the
knights was installed.
w. I. McCreary was a business Wis
itor at Wheeling to-day.
Mrs. William McElvaine, of Pitts
burg, has returned home after a brief
visit with relatives here.
DR.. w. K. Cummings was a Wheel
ing visitor to-day in the interest Of
the Home Telephone Company.
Mrs. William Mooney, of Charleroi,
Pa, is the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Nichols.
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rtnssters would be called upon 10 an
swer for when the present middle
finally gets into the courts.
PEACE APPEARS ASSURED.

Forty-eight hours ago the world was
perilously near the greatest war of
modern times, through the Russo
English dispute at Tien-Tsin. Yester-
days advices indicated that both sides
to the controversy over a few acres
of practically worthless land, to which
neither really had any title save that
Of might over right, had agreed to
withdraw and leave the matter open
for future and peaceful adjudication.
That was wise; but the escape was a
narrow one, and well illustrates the
opportunities for international m
broilment afforded by the past and
present complications in the Orient.
Armed men representing the two
greatest nations on earth confronted
each other, re~inforcements were hur-
ried to the scene, there was a display
o. i'll temper, and but a spark was
needed to start a fame that would not
only have involved Russia and France
upon the one side, but England and
Germany upon the other, with Japan
the unknown quantity, but perhaps
siding against Russia, against which
country the fighting men of the Pacific
islands hold a grudge dating from the
Chinese-Japanese war, of the legitimate
fruits Of which Japan was robbed by
Russian interference.
At present the danger appears to
have been removed, but for how long?
There is international enmity but thin
ly yelled under an assumption of
friendship, and sooner or later there
must be an outbreak terrible in it's
cost Of treasure and blood. Modern
humanity is so constituted that there
must apparently be a little blood-let-
ting every quarter of a century or so,
and the time is up, for there has really
been no serious fighting since the
Franco-Prussian war of 1871 and the
Russo-Turkish war of 1877.
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dogs, cats OF Engi1Bn spafr0N9 N1tnan
the confines OF q State.
And again. the right Of franchise Is
exclusively a matter for the States.
They may enact such laws as may suit
them, and, as a matter of fact, they
have done so since the foundation of
the government. In New England,
Rhode Island and Massachusetts dis
franchise certain classes of citizens.
So does Oregon, In which State a col
ored man cannot vote, we believe, un-
der any circumstances. Even Pennsyl-
vania denies the right to vote to some
of her citizens, and we hear of no OBJ
lection from the Republican press as
to those things, but, when a Southern
or Democratic State makes a little re-
striction as to the eligibility of voters,
there is a howl and a protest, and a
demand for a restricted Confessional
representation by way of retalia-
ton.
The States alone have the right and
power to regulate this matter. There
are no voters of the United States.
A State residence. under State re-
strictions and regulations, is absolute
ly essential to an approach to the bal
lot box, and this has been so from the
beginning of the government.