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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-02
CH0A7E EUI1HDRAWs.
Closes Connection With Firm After
 Nearly Fifty Years' Membership.

New York, Jan. 1.-After a continu- ous service of nearly half century in the law firm of Evarts. Choate X Bea- man, Joseph H. Choate has withdrawn and temporarily at least will discon- tnue the practice of law.
 MT. Choate communicated his inten- ton to his associates some time ago, giving as his reason that his duties of state as ambassador from the United States to England have prevented his active participation in the affairs of the partnership for the last two years and that these duties would consume so much of his time for several years to come that 1t would be impossible for him to pursue his law practice Anoth CT reason recited was that the recent deaths of William M Evarts, Charles c. Beaman and Prescott Hall Butler would necessitate q change of the firm name. and he urged that such should be done.
 It was agreed that the business of the old firm should come to an end on the last day of 1901, but in order that the affairs of the partnership might not in any way be interfered with it was tacitly understood that the remain ing members of the partnership, con- sisting of J. Evarts Tracy, Allen w. Evarts, Thomas T. Sherman, and Her bert J Bickford should continue the firm commencing to-day. An announce ment to this effect was made to-day,
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TRAGEDY AT 4 "WI1CH PIRTY.t t
A Quarrel Leads to Three Deaths Two
 Others Also shot

Augusta, Ga, Jan. 1.--Three people were killed and two wounded last night at Robbins, N. C.. in fight which oc- cured during party given at the res- idence of Jesse Griffin. The partici- pants in the fight were white people and we'll known In this part of the country. The dead are. George Dun- bar, Harry Dunbar, Fletcher Bennett.
 The wounded: Mrs. George Dunbar Arthur Dunbar.
 A watch party was given at the residence of Jesse Griffin and during the evening William Cobb became in- volved in a dispute. Cobb later left the house After his departure the quarrel was taken up by Fletcher Ben nett and Dunbar drew his pistol. Grif- fin, the host, interfered, taking Dun bars pistol from him. Fletcher Ben- nett suddenly seized the weapon and shot George Dunbar, killing him in- stantly. The latter's son, Harry, came to the defence but was also killed by Bennett Arthur Dunbar. another son, also joined in the fight and shot Ben- nett The shooting became general and Bennett received second shot which killed him and Arthur Dunbar received wound which will prove fatal. Mrs Dunbar was also shot, but 1t is believed she will recover.
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CUB4,s FIRST PRESIDENT.
Paima's Election Assured Light Vote
 Throughout tho Island

Havana, Jan, 1.-The indications are that the entire Palma ticket will be elected and that Thomas Estrada Pal ma, the national candidate for the presidency of Cuba, will receive the unanimous vote of the electoral col lege.
 The adherents of General Bartolome Maso (the democratic candidate who recently withdrew from the campaign) not only withdrew their candidates but refused to go to the polls.
 A remarkably light vote was boiled throughout the island. La Discussion describes this indifference to the cer- tainty on the part of the Palmaists of being victorious and that in conse- quence the majority of them remained at home and did not vote. La Luclia says that this light vote can be taken as protest from the Cuban people against the imposition of official can didates The Diario de La Marina says that the result is an indication that the Cuban democracy may look upon American policy as inevitable.
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B0xYNG IN WATERBURY. Young Jackson Easily Whips Handler -Halleclr Goes to a Draw.

Waterbury, Jan 1.--Before 2,000 peo- pie at the boxing exhibition of the Ma tional Athletic club at Jacques audi torium this afternoon Young Peter Jackson of Baltimore and California de- feated Jimmy Handler, the Newark welter weight in three rounds Hand Ter was gross with fat and plainly in no condition to enter the ring. He act ed like a novice in the first round and it was apparent that Jackson could have put him to sleep in short order had he been so disposed. In the pre- liminary Kid Lee of Waterbury quit in the ninth round of his bout with Kid Westman of Bridgeport. Westman had him beaten, Frank Ha1lett of New Haven went ten fairly interesting rounds with Jimmy Haywood of New York, Referee White declaring the event a draw. Danny Maher, the jockey, and Mayor Edward G. Kilduff were at the ring side.
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BAD 4CCTDENT ON B, & 0.
Through Passenger Train Jumps Track
 Two Killed, Many 1niureds

! Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. l.--As a. result or through passenger train on the Bal timore and Ohio railroad jumping the I track to-day two men are dead and
 seventeen injured, five of whom are considered seriously hurt. General Su-
 perintendent w. R. Woodford Of the Pittsburg division has given out the 1 following official list of dead and in- l jured:
 Dead: John Collins, Connellsville, Pa, engineer; ------ McCune, Councils ville fireman.
 Injured: D. J. Partella, mail clerk, Washington, D. C., seriously; William Avery. a Baltimore and Ohio engineer,
 seriously; G. W. Ryan. Baltimore, se-
 riously; c. A. Young, mail clerk. flag
 erstown, seriously R. R. Seucer, Ma
 pier, Pa, seriously; Charles Henry,
 Philadelphia; c. B. Smith, Allegheny,
 Pa; J. $. Mathews. Cheyenne, Wyo.;
 J. R. Walters, Huttonsville, w, Va;
 M. R. Mckinley, Rock Island, H.; H.
 A Hall, Gainesville, W. Va; F. J Lazy,
 Chicago; Frank w Brenner. ----; $.
 J. Jones, Summit, Md; E. J. Lebman,
 Washington, D. G.; J. A. Barton, Chi
 cago; I. N. Hay, Meyersdale, Pa.
 The injured were all taken to Meyers dale for treatment as quickly as the relief train from Cumberland could get them there.
 The train which was ditched was the through passenger which left here at $40 this morning, bound for New York. It was full vestibuled train, composed of engine baggage car, postal car, two coaches, sleeper and Pullman chair car. In going down the steep grade one and a half miles west of Glencoe, the en- zine from cause as yet unexplained, jumped the track at the curve and the entire train piled on top of it. Proba- ply the only thing that prevented a wholesale death list was the fact that the heavy vestbule cars did not break up in going over the embankment.
 The work to rescue the injured had to be done quickly because the gas tanks in the cars were Exploded and set fire to the wreclSage In short time the entire train was burned. The engine was completely demolished Col lins was one of the oldest engineers on the road.
 As soon after the accident as possi- | bic relief train with physicians and nurses was sent to the scene from Cum oerland and the injured were soon af- | ter taken to Meyersdale, Pa,
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APPEAL TO BE MADE snoRrIY.
The Fight Against the Northern Pac ic
 Road

Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 1.-The at- torneys of Peter Power declare that their client will appeal from the de- cision of Judge Lochren yesterday. dis solving the injunction against the re- tirement of Northern Pacific preferred in the United States court of appeals at St. Louis. George A. Lamb, Powers principal attorney, says this can be done in a very short time, not more than six or seven days. MT. Power de- clares that he has just begun to fight and denies with great emphasis that he brought the suit in collision with the merger interests. ....
 Jackson, Miss, Jan. 1.-Attorney Gen. eral McClung is contemplating the in- stitution of proceedings to break the of the Southern and Mobile and Ohio railroads. It is understood the will be begun within ten days
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RETIRING N. P. PREFERRED.
S60, ,0OO, ,OOO of Stock Received, Paid for
 and Cancelled Yesterday.

New York, Jan. 1.--The office of the Northern Pacific Railroad company was kept open to-day for the receipt and re- demption of the preferred stock of that company Upwards of s600O0000 of the entire $75, 1000, ,0o0 of that issue of stock were received, paid for and cancelled.
 Under the terms of the eompany's mo- tice all out standing shares of the whole issue of preferred stock became actual ly retired at midnight tonight and cease to exist as stock, and all holders of certificates for preferred stock have been notified that on presentation of the same at the companys office, 49 Wall street, they will receive payment in cash to the par amount of each cer- tifieate. The stock redeemed abroad is not included in the s60,000,0o0 cancelled at the New York office, and consider ing that to-day was holiday. with banks and banking offices closed, it IS thought the balance of the funds pro- vided for this payment will not long re- main unclaimed in the company's vaults.
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Foreign Notes.

Rome. Jan. 1.-The French ambassador, Nj. Camille Bartere, speaking at d leeep- tion of the French colony here to-day. took occasion to allude in the most friendly terms to the relations between France and Italy He declared that there was no longer any Mediterranean problem between the two countries and added that all other vital questions had liewise been settled on q lasting and satisfactory basis.
 Berlin. Jan. 1.-The exports to the United States from the Berlin consular district during 1901 reached higher figures than ever before. totalling 30,723.00S marks, against 2S044 ,s91 last year. The increase was al most entirely in the last quarter which to- tailed 7.9dS3o0 marks, against 5,93G, 263 marks in 1900
 Berlin, Jan. 1.-President Koch, of the Reichtstagbank. is of the opinion that the business situation in Germany has really taken turn for the better and believes the new year opens with somewhat better prospects.
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,FAILUEs FOB 10Ol.
Placed at u,002 With Liabilities of
 SII3,o9a,37G,

New York, Jan. 1.--Reports to R. G.
 year 1901 were 11002 in number and
 $113092,376 in amount of liabilities,
 while of banking and other flduciary
 institutions there were seventy-four
 insolveneies involving S18,01S,774; a to-
 tai of ,076 defaults and $131, Ill, ,150 lia-
 bilities. Thase figures compare very favorably with the 10,S33 failures in 1900,
 with liabilities of STA, 113236, of which fifty-nine were banks for $35, ,617 ,563
 Manufacturing disasters in 1901 num- bered 2,441, with an indebtedness of $44,960, ,983, compared with 2,409 in the previous year, owing $51,702, 142, while there were 7,965 suspensions of traders for $52, ,060. GAO, against 7,S44 in 1900, with liabilities of $59,415,59 The defaulted liabilities were 96 cents to each $1.000 of bank exchanges. A ratio to the num- Der of firms in business shows that the entire amount of defaulted indebted ness averaged s94.33 for each concern. This amount compares with $119.6S in 1900 while going back to 1893 the aver age was S290.65,
 III uldHy WdyS liic Pi io1PCl Cdo SohNi~ tions in the United States were shared across the northern border for com mercial failures in the Dominion of Canada were fewer in number and smaller in amount of liabilities than in five of the preceding seven years. As to banking insolvencies, the statement was even more favorable, no one of the earlier years making as good an eX- hibit All commercial defaults number ed 1,341, with liabilities of S10,Sl1,6I, which compares with 1,355 in 1900, ow- ing $11, ,613 POS. In manufacturing there were 2s9 failures for $3,595, ,695, against sos in the previous ysar, with liabilities of sS,201, ,665. Trading failures number l ed 1929. with a total indebtedness Of | ss, ,S45S29, compared with 1,010 in the [ previous year for $7,252,340
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THE FORA K ER- HANNA FIGHT.
Congressman Dick Starts for Colu m bus
 to Help tho Hanna Foroes.

Columbus, O., Jan. 1.-The chief de-
 velopment in the legislative contest to-
 night was the announcement that Con-
 gressman Charles Dick was on his way 1 to Columbus to assist the Hanna
 forces. General Dick left Akron to-
 night and will arrive here at a. m.
 It had not been generally expected that
 he would take any active part in the 1 contest. Rumor had 1t that he desired
 to keep entirely aloof from the present factional contention on account of his
 gubernatorial aspirations.
 If the Foraker men were in the least disconnected by the coming of General Dick there was no outward
 manifestation of it. There were all sorts of rumors flying however. One
 of them was that if the Foraker men
 won they woula re-district the state in such a manner as to make it impossi-
 ble for General Dick to be returned to congress. Another was that the For aker forces would oppose General Dick in his aspirations to secure the nomi- nation for governor two years hence The Hanna forces gave no attention to the rumors however. They asserted there was no doubt that McKinnon would be elected speaker of the house, and that their entire slate would go through. It was intimated that what the Hanna forces hoped to gain most through the advise and counsel of Gen eral Dick was the election of MT. Uhl as clerk of the senate. MT. Uhl is the Cleveland man whom Senator Hanna insisted should be made clerk of the senate in order that he might look af- ter the interests of the republican par ty of Cuyahoga, the entire delegation from which is democratic. Certain as- surances were received by the Hanna men to-day, it is claimed that there is chance for Uhl and General Dicks assistance was promptly importuned
 There were no developments during the day to give a decisive turn to the contest. A large number of members of both the house and the senate are here tonight and it is expected that all will be here tomorrow. George B. Cox of Cincinnati is ex- pected to join the Foraker forces here tomorrow. It was also announced that Mayor Johnson would come down from cleveland with the Cuyahoga county delegation.
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Syx-DAY BICYCLE RACE.
Moderate Pace Gives soms Of tho
 Riders a Chance to Recover.


 Boston, Jan. 1.--McLean of Chelsea was the fortunate sprinter to cross the tape first at the end of to-day's sprint in the six days bicycle race at the Park Square Garden. It was a dull day. The score of the six leaders is 607 miles T laps for the thirty hours. One team withdrew through injuries to Carni, the Worcester man, who is hardly yet al seasoned professional
 That the hard riding of the last two days has had it's effect upon the men was shown by the moderate pace of the men this evening. They made spas modic sprints, but no great lighting was witnessed. About o'clock Jaak lost lap to the field. The moderate pace was of value to Rutz, King and Butler, for it gave them an opportunity to recover from the effects of battles of the two previous days. During the evening Michael rode two miles IT 316 4-5. and Stinson rode the same dis tance in ten seconds slower time. In the last hour Krebs and Keegan gained a lap from the field. Mclean won the finishing sprint The score at the end of the days work, the thirtieth hours was.
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Photographic Briefs.

New York, Jan. 1.--Although the offices of the international committee of the Y. NJ. C. A. Ill this city were kept open all of to-day no contributions to the million dollar juble , endowment fund were received. The total
 amount remained at Tuesday nights figure,
 aio9,1oo. Rev. Richard c. Morse, of the
 international committee. said tonight thar
 lie had hopes that tomorrow mornings mail might bring subscriptions which would con plete the fund. Of the amount subscribed 1ully S30O,000 Is conditional on q million be- Ing raised by January 1.
 Des Moines. Ia., Jan. 1.-Governor Leslie M. Shaw, who is to succeed MT. Gage as secretary of the United States treasury, left morrow in Chicago and will arrive at Wash lngton on Friday night. He will remain in
 Washington two days, expecting to return 10 Des Molnes in time for the Grant club banquet January g.
 Newburgh, N. I., Jan. 1.-The ice yacht racing season opened at Orange Lake to- day with contest for the challenge cup of 1888. The race was sailed oyer the regular ten-mile course, and only two boats, R0bert hernahans lrouber and H. C. Hisginson's Cold Wave, were ready to enter. Troubler won in thirty minutes beating Cold Wave half minute.
 san Juan Porto Rico, Jan. 1.-The Porto Rican legislature was convened and organ. lzed at noon to-day. Governor Hunt gave a grand reception and bali at the palace to msht III Honor or the legislators. Governor Hunt will personally read his message tu the legislature tomorrow.
 Lewsburg. Pa. Jan. 1.-.Tohn D, Rocke- feler has pledged $25,00o of S1000 to be raised for increasing the endowment of Bucknell university. The friends of the tn- stitution have commenced raising the re- with good prospects of their sue cess.
 Washington, Jan. LA new code of laws for the District of Columbia went into ef- feet to-day.
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R0SI ERJ MAKES fl BID.
May Yet Resume Leadership of tho
 Liberal Party.

London, Jan. 1.--Lord Rosebery pre- facing the authorized edition of the Chesterfield speech which has just been published inserts significant remark which is here considered as quite cap- able of Interpretation as direct bid for the leadership of the liberal party. Lord Rosebery says:
 The policy have endeavored to out line appears to have received a large need of popular approval, but political opinion to be effective must be organiz- ed and political energy must work and entrench. 1 want some of this spade work in behalf of this policy else the wave of popular adhesion will be lost in space"
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PASSING BAD MONEY.
Charge Against n Man Arrested by P"-
 froIman Cook Last Night.

A man who IS evidently a Russian and who gives the name of William Pugam was arrested on Oak street last night by Patrolman Cook on the charge of passing counterfeit money It seems that some time ago PuSam entered the store of Antone Miller on Silver street and asked to have $2 bill changed MT. Miller according to his story, gave the change and then picked up the bill which he at once saw was counterfeit He says that he told Pugam that the bill was spurious and that Pugan then grabbed the bill and ran out taking the chance also. Last night Miller saw Pugam on Oak street and pointed him out to Patrolman Cook. The accused man says that he lives in Meriden.
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{ 0ilege Chess

New York, Jan 1.-Play in the third round of the match between Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania was re- sumed at the Manhattan Chess club to- day. The record of the tournament fol- lows: Cornell won l 7 and lost 1 l-2, Pennsylvania won 1 l-2 and lost l-2. The final round will be played in the following order tomorrow; Pardee. Pennsylvania, vs. Hauser Cornell, and Addleman, Pennsylvania, vs. Riedel, Cornell.
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Yale Teatn Wins.

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 1.-The Yale basketball team defeated the Wiscon- sin university contingent tonight by a score of B to 20 points. In the first half each team scored 14 points. Yale had an easy victory in the second half, pilng up 21 points to Wisconsin's six. The score in detail follows: Yale ' goals from field and IA free goals; Wis eonsin from field and free goals.
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NO M ERG FIR OF ELEcTRfC cos.
Denial That the Westin \ h ouse and Con
 eral Are to Combine

New York, Jan. Lone of the officials of the Westinghouse Electric and Man. ufacturing company to-day said that the published report that George Wes- tinghouse and J. F. Morgan are arrang- ing a plan by which tue Westinghouse company and the General Electric conn 1pany are to be merged with a capltali- zation of $5o0oo,00b has no foundation, so far as he is aware. He adds: "Such reports are easily originated and read fly believed because the majority of the financial people and others interested in industrial matters look upon such an arrangement as almost inevitable. The chief obstacles in the way of such an arrangement are probably the conserv- ative views of those in control or the Westinghouse company as to the capi- talization, management and other de- tails.''
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5,0oO, ,0OO Wesleyan Fund Raised.

London, Jan. By a special colec- tion taken up last Sunday. which is said to have realized G65,000 and by prom ises from other quarters, the Wesleyan Methodists have practically completed the collection of the Wesleyan Metho- dist Twentieth Century fund of a mill lion guineas, which was started three years ago This fund was collected for evangelstic education and philanthropy ic work
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Woman Doctor Commits Suicide.

Providence, Jan. 1.-Dr. Elizabeth Darby committed suicide hv shooting at the Narragansett hotel tonight She left note reading: Despair led me co do this. Send my body to Bordentown N. J." A woman companion of the physician stated that Miss Darby had been Respondent for some little time. She had been here since December 15. Dr. Darby was about thirty-two years of age.
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YALE FRESRM4N BADLY HURT.
Thrown Forty-eteht Feet While To-
 boggantDg.

Lenox Mass, Jan. ID. Raymond Moves, a freshman at Yale, was severe ly hurt while toboggan coasting here to- day He turned the toboggan adrift while riding at great rapidity and was thrown forty eight feet. He was pick ed up unconscious and remained in that condition three hours. The physicians say there is no concussion of the brain, but they fear other complications. Moves home is in St. Paul.
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Official Returns Place Them at I4,ss1
 for 1901.

London, Jan. 1.---Official returns show that the Boer losses by killed, wounded and surrendered during 1901 totaled IA SS7 men.
 Pretoria, Jan. 1.-Two officers of the intelligence department who were sent to barley with Boers who desired to surrender near Warm Baths were treacherously shot by concealed Boers.
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InGneuse for PennsY!YaMia Men.

Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-The Press to- morrow will say: An increase of from to 12 per cent. in the wages of about 5000 trainmen will be made soon by the Pennsvlvania Railroad company.
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NIarcont Royalty Entertained

Ottawa Ont, Jan. 1.--Signor Marconi is being royalty entertained ;n this city He was among the callers on the governor general. Lord Minto, this morning This afternoon he was the guest of Mgr. talconl, the papal dele gate, and this evening Dr. Borden, minister of militia, was the host at a dinner given in his honor.
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Senator Cochran's House Robbed.

Williamsport, Pa, Jan. 1.-While the family of Senator J. Henry Cochran were at dinner this evening burglars entered the house and stole diamonds and jewelry valued at $6,000. The po- lice are at work upon a. clue.
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Michigan Wins Easily.

Pasadena, Cal, Jan. By the de- eisive score of 49 to 0 the Michigan uni versity football team to-day defeated Stanford university.
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The yacht, which is to be schooner rigged, is being constructed by the Townsend & Downey Shpbuilding conl- pany of Staten Island. The craft is to be completed in time for next years racing season. Special specifications made by the emperor are being carried out in the building of the vessel.