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New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
COAL TRADE AGAIN OPENED.

Philadelphia. March 2S.-"The Ledger" in its coal
article tomorrow will say
The anthracite coal trade has become very active
IN the last week as the colieries have again been
placed in working condition. One after another is
recovering from the disabilities imposed by the
recent storms and floods. Coal is being moved TO
market as rapidly the transportation facilities
allow. and in localities there are consequently
better deliveries. The steam sizes OF the smaller
Goals are, however, short. while the demand for the
domestic sizes can be better supplied. slight dis
on the part Of some fthe dealers awaiting the
announcement Of the usual spring discounts and
in expectation that the warmer spring weather
now coming will shorten the demand. The coast
wise shipments impeded by the exten sive
wreckage Of coal carriers and particularly barges
in the successive severe storms.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
WILCOX VERDICT 4 SURPRISE.


EVEN DISTRICT ATTORNEY DID NOT EX-
PECT IT-AN APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN.
Elizabeth city, y C.. March 23.-The verdict that
young Wilcox guilty Of the murder OF Miss
Nellie Cropsey seems TO have met popular ap-
proval, though IT not considered probable early
yesterday that the jury would report District
Attorney Ward said yesterday that no did not ex-
pect verdict other than Of murder in the second
degree.
appeal behalf Of the prisoner He will seek 10
set aside the verdict the ground that II was
not consistent with the evidence brought out IN
the trial. There is little prospect that the pris-
oner viii pay the death penalty on the date set by
Judge Jones. As the Supreme Court Will meet
until next September 1t is more than probable that
It will be twelve months before the is disposed
Of finally
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
SOUTHERN MEN MAY COME IN.
DEALERS DO NOT FEEL GER
TAIN THE PLAN WILL SUCCEED.
LEY rFLFGRAPH 10 TIE rR1Rr-,r- !

IBT TELEGRAPH TO TIE TBIBUNE-l
Birmingham Ala. March 23.-The local hardware
men who have been questioned relative 10 the
project for consolidating the hardware firms Of the
country into the organization contemplated by the
law firm of which ex-Speaker Reed IS the head ad-
NIT that the deal is still under consideration and
that options quasi-optons several Birmlng-
ham establishments were obtained some time ago
and about to expire. but they claim that It is
very doubtful n the consolidation will through.
A Leading dealer says he does not believe the
scheme is practicable. but he is inclined TO think
me Southern will go into IL II they get suf1-
Client for their holdings None OF the local dealers
believe that the project will be consummated, II
all, az early date.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
BTCTCLE POLICEMEN BUSY.
THEY ARREST BICYCLE RIDERS. AUToMO-
BILIsTs AND DRIVERS OF RoADsTERs.

BILIsTs AND DRIVERS OF ROADsTERs
With fits touch Of spring atmosphere yesterday
g busy day for the members OF the police bi-
cycle squad. Twenty-seyen arrests were made by
them in the day for alleged scorchng bicycles.
and number OF automobsts were taken in for
alleged infra ction Of the laws.
James Blair. ffry-1ve years old, OF No. 923 West
End-ave., was driving motor cycle at Riverside
Drive and One hundred and-twelfth-st. at speed
which Policeman Fitzgerald declared twenty
miles an hour. He gave cash bail in the West
One-hundredth-st. police station.
Albert Wentworth, automobile dealer, Of
Tonkers was speeding his vehicle 1t is alleged. in
gerome-ave.. near Woodawn Cemetery. Police
man Lehnguel is the complainant against him.
Arthur Nash, Of No. 1877 Cnon-ave.. The Bronx.
IS alleged 70 have been speeding a fast horse at
F1fth-aTe and One-hundrcd "a md twenty tl1-st
He was taken 20 the West -hundred-and-tw
ty-ffth-st. police station by Policeman Shea where
he gave cash bail for his appearance In court this
morning.
A giving his and address Daniel E.
Levy, broker, OF No. 1H West Fifty-eighth-st..
was speeding his fast roadster. il is alleged
Ezghty-hfth-st. and Central Park West. Police
man Haggerty stopped him and took him to the
West Sixty y-eighth-st. station.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
MR.. LOWS PLACE IN WEsTCHESTER.

The country place of the late William H Star
buck. Milton Point, 1t was announced yesterday.
has been leased by Mayor Low for the
The property includes large house. stables and a
lodge and boathouse. The lawn extends to the
waters edge. Mayor Low will have a large dock
built and will travel daily to Manhattan his
steam yacht. He will entertain much and will go
In for yachting crosscountry riding and golf play
ing II is said that he intends TO join several yacht
and golf clubs in the neghborhood.
Among the Mayors neighpors will be Stuyvesant t
Simeon Ford, George S. Dearborn, w. H. Catlin
and J. H Hammond, a ason-in-law OF w. D. Sloane.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
WOMAN ARRESTED AT WALDORF.
SHE HAD DEMANDED ADMISSION TO ROOM
OF GUEST SHE SAID OWED HER MONEY


well dressed woman who said she was Anne
Green twenty-one years old, Of No. 10 West One
hundredth-st., was locked up in the West Thlr-
tieth-st. station last night a charge Of dis
orderly conduct. She was arrested by Policeman
95yman as she emerged from the waldorf-Astoria.
There, it is alleged by the management, she acted
IN disorderly
House Detective Kennedy said that the woman
entered the hotel and sent her card TO the room
OF guest the thirteenth floor The card came
back marked Not in room" She then disappeared.
but later word was received at the office that a
woman creating disturbance by demanding
admission 10 a guests room. Kennedy went the
thirteenth floor. where he says he met the woman
he had seen before.
Kennedy asked her TO leave the floor, whereupon
she replied, he alleges. that the man whom she
was IN quest Of owed her money, and that she
would not leave the hoor for a week If need be-
untn she had collected the amount her
Kennedy finally prevailed upon her go 10 the
ground moor and steered her to the street.
1 ne woman then created disturbance outside
the hotel, Policeman Hyman said
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
CHARLES C. sowER.

Philadelphia. March 23.-Charles G. Sower presi-
dent Of the Christopher Sower Company publish
ers of school books. died to-day from angina pecto-
ris. aged eiShty-one years Mr.. Sower was a mem
Der OF a famous family of publishers the first Of
whom. christopher Sower had the fame OF having
issued the hrst Bible 10 be published in America
in the German language.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
TO ERECT $4,000 CLUBHOUSE.

Long Branch. -. J., March zs.-The Hollywood
Golf Club yesterday awarded the contract for the
erection Of $1,000 clubhouse on the Jeffrey farm,
Eorwood-eys. This season the club will OCCUPY
new links, having leased four adjoining farms lead
ing from Norwood Park 20 Eatontown stone road
The links at Hollywood were abandoned last sea-
soa, the owners Of the land having decided lay
aas a neU nntteRa colony the SFognds,
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
ATTEMPTS AT BRIBERY CHARGED.
CONGRESSMAN HANBURY WILL MAKE NO RE
PLY YET


PLY YET
Inat there is some opposition 10 Congressman
HRnhurys representing the IVth Congress District
and the Republican leader Of the With Assembly
District OF Kings County is shown by the fact that
his enemies have for time been circulating
stories regarding alleged attempts 10 bribe him 10
secure for them the nomination for city magistrate
in his district i IS said that one man offered 10
give Congressman Hanbury six pronissory notes
for 81 900 each payable In successive years II Mr.
Hanbury would promise the nomination TO him
Another story the effect that still another
man had offered 5000 10 Mr.. Hanbury and SO 900
for the campaign committee for the much sought
after nomination.
When Mr. Hanbury was asked about these stories
yesterday he said that he had nothing TO say al
present, but might have something say in a week
or ten days a South Brooklyn weekly two weeks
ago printed a story IN which II said that Con-
gresham Eanbury. az 9 meeting Of g number OF
stories concerning the attempts that had been made
70 secure the nomination Hanbury ie quoted as
saying that two offers Of money ware made 20 him
hut that he had Indignantly refused them.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
A CONFERENCE ON CUBA.
ADMINISTRATION READY TO MAKE IMPOR-
TANT CHANGES.

tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.1
Washington March 23.-Secretary Root and
Postmaster General Payne were in conference
with the President until nearly II o'clock to-
night It was learned that they discussed mat
ters pertaining to the establishment of an indie
pendent government for the island Of Cuba. The
President informed his advisers of the views
held by Governor General Wood in regard to
this matter. and it is expected that a definite
conclusion will be reached within a few days
about the date for making the change in the
administration Of Cuba the islands affairs in
general, the withdrawal Of troops and other
subjects
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
r. r. SWFPSON

Knoxville, Tenn. March 23-R. R Swepson, one
Of Knoxville's richest citizens died to-day at the
age of seventy-seven. He was a Virginian by
birth, and owned the Richmond Va) streetcar
system during the Civil War. He removed to
Knoxville in 1866. Since coming here he had been
banker and business man. and president of
the Knoxville Gas Company since 1876. Mr. Swep-
son was never married and his estate worth prob-
ably 81 000 will be divided among his relatives
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
PROFESSOR SETH ]. AxrEL1.

Kalamazoo. Mich. March 2S.-Seth ]. Axtell pro-
fessor Of Greek in Kalamazoo College for the last
twelve years, died here to-day from grip. He was
sixty years old. Professor Axtell who was a
graduate of Brown University was president OF
Leland University, at New-Orleans from 1878 to
Iowa, in 1889 and 1890
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
WIFE SHOOTS HUSBAND DEAD.
QUARRELLED AT THE SUPPER TABLE AND
HE CHOKED HER.

Washington. Ind, March 23.-In quarrel at the
supper table this evening Liberty Kempf we'll
known business man. choked his wife The woman
managed TO get revolver and fired five shots at
her husband. one bullet penetrating the brain. He
died In few moments.
The wife told her story 10 the police and has not
yet been arrested.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24

Cambridge. Mass, March 23-Professor z. c..
Pickering of the Harvard Observatory has ac-
cepted appointment to the Carnegie Institute at
Washington He will retain his positicn at the
Harvard Observatory, his duties in connection
with the Carnegie Institute will not necessitate
living in Washington
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
sHIPWREcKED PASSENGERS ARRIVE

Philadelphia March 2S.-The passengers who
were rescued from the steamer Waesland which
sank OF Hollyhead, England March s. arrived
here late tonight the Belgian steamer Noord-
land. TO which vessel they transferred at
Liverpool
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
SIX BAPTIZED IN THE HUDSON
CROWDS WATCH COLORED Converts
WALK INTO THE WATER.

Six converts TO the Colored Shiloh Bapt,z,
Church, OF Mount Vernon, were baptized In the
Hudson yesterday before fifteen hundred par
sons. The Rev. W. H Taylor. pastor Of The
church officiated. assisted by the Rev q w
Bailey. of this city. There were four vron,a
and two men, All wore white gowns and A.
spite the cold water, each walked brayeI,v Into
the river. Carriages were in waiting. and the
men and women FASTENED to their homes
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
DYNAMITE KILLS TWO MEN.

WAS SIUfttU ftINIANNT HVLpTI
THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE.
milwaukee, March GA special from Hough-
ton. Mich. says:
A terrible explosion Of dynamite occurred near
Oskar. eight miles north of Houghton. to-day
resulting in the death Of two men and serious
injury to another.
The scene of the explosion in the house
Of John BoUard. The building caught fire
while the family at church and two boxes
Of dynamite. which We're stored away for blow
ing up stumps exploded. The men killed were
struck by flying timbers They were neighbors
of the Boullards. and met death while fighting
the flames.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24

- NOVEL PERFORMANCE BY THE ACTORS
CLUB GIVEN AT THE GARRICK
THEATRE LAST EVENING.

The Palm Sunday 'gambor' Of The Lambs last
serious thing yet attempted by the club. Four
chapters OF Clay NJ. Greene's sacred drama
Nazareth were presented In the Garrck Theatre
Nazareth is in nine chapters and was pre-
sented last year the Jesuit College of Califor-
MA, but, the entire production lasts nearly six
hours las1 night the third. fourth sixth and sew
enth chapters only selected. An overture and
intermezzi were written especially for the pro-
duction last night by Henry K. Hadley, who con-
Quoted tne orchestra Of forty pieces The music
began with each fall Of the curtain continuing till
drama. The audience which composed entire
y Of members and their guests was requested not
10 speak or leave the theatre from the beginning
OF the overture TO the final curtain.
The cast Of characters was as follows:
,7or,iys E1us-e ,t-
Csiaphes High Priests Nathaniel FIartvig
Nathanael Of Jerusalem l-.----- H omer Granville
Annon ernissary Of Caiaphss Charles Wells
Dathan the RYDER
Joshua captain in the house of Csiaphas
Frederick Truesdel
lsron. ..... Louis Payne
Abiron Merchants or the Temple John F Cooke
s5oaz .--s'-J l..-- Percy Brooke
Servus --.- Roman Judges C a. Stadleman
o1alchus.-b OF the Law (-.----.-.-- Stewart Brice
ed6tthe8 Henry WOOdruI
Peter. Henry r. Roberts
Judas Iscar1oI-....-..-. i.Jos r Crisuner
sohn -...ETnest Hastings
Thonas-- Morgan E Conan
AnoFeN.. CLAY u. Greene
SsTnes son Of zebedee Apostles George Leslie lsi
elrnon. .... Earle
Inaooeus. Stuart Robertson
w A Blake
bartholcrne"- l....Jsmes Morrison
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13

over the fillet on the widest end, creScent-like;
place the tiletS in buttered pan sprinkle over
little salt, pour over some clarified butter,
cover with a buttered paper. A half hour be-
fore serving, place the border form in a pan
with little water and set the pan in the bot
tom of a moderate hot oven and bake till firm
to the touch. Ten minutes before serving,
place the fillets in the oven and bake till Just
about done. Care should be taken not to over
cook them, as that would spoil them.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13
FlLLET OF BEEF 4 LA PRINCESS.

Take four pounds of fillet of beef, remove the
skin which covers the top, and lard it closely
with strips of larding pork, season with one
even tablespoonful salt, one even teaSpOOnfu
pepper. Lay in the bottom of a roasting pan a
little larger than the meat three slices of lard
ing pork, one onion cut into slices, four slices
of carrot and a few
parsley roots; lay
the fiet on top of
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13
ROAST CHICKEN WITH OYSTER
EORCEMEAT.

Procure nice plump chicken weighing from
three to four pounds, SINCE, draw. and wash il
in cold water, wipe it dry with a towel. cut off
the feet from the first Joint OF the leg, make an
inciSion just under the thigh and put the legs
inside the chicken. Detach the skin as much
as possible from the breast, and put layer of
oyster fOrcemeat over the breast under the
l0OSened Skin; fill the body with the same
fOrcemeat. Sew the chicken up, truss IT nicely,
rub over il one even tablespoonful salt
spread over it one tablespoonful butter, and
lay few thin slices of arding pork over the
breast; place the chicken in a roasting pan in a
medium hot oven; roast until it has obtained a
fine brown color all over turning and baStngit
frequently; then add half cuptul broth previ-
OuSly prepared from the gibletS, continue to
roast and haste till done. Shortly before Serv-
ing, lay the chicken on hot dish, take out the
threads and SkeWer, remove the fat from the
gravy, mix hat tablespoonful cornstarch with
one gill OF cold water, add it to the gravy, stir
and cook three minutes, add sufficient broth
from the gbetS to make a creamy sauce, brOll
three minutes, then strain and serve.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13
VEAL OYSTERS WITH BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Cut from slices of veal small round pieces. in
the shape o. an oyster, season with Depper and
salt, dip the meat first in flour, then IN beaten
egg, and last IN bread crumbS. Fry them i'm deep
tat to a hne golden colOr. Place one quart Of
bIuSHelS sprouts IN a saucepan, cover with
boiling water add one tablespoonful salt ana
COOK t,ll tender, taking care not 20 overlook
them, drain, add one tablespoonful butter. toss
them tor few minutes over the ire, dress the
sprouts on hot dish and place the veal in a cir
cie around II. Atomato sauce may be served with
TINS DISH or II may be served without A sauce.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13
FILLET OF SHAD 4 LA ROMAlNE.

Procure a fine fresh shad, weighing about
four pounds, split it down the entire back, cut
in halt, remove all the bones, cut the meat into
six square pieces; cut each piece bias through
nerS nicely, season with one tablespoonful
seasoning salt evenly distributed over both
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13
LAMB CHOPS, MODERN STYLE,

Broil eight lamb chops. Mix two ounces
butter with one teaSpoOntul salt and halt tea
spoonful pepper, spread a little OF this season.
ing butter over both sides OF chops and trim
them with paper fnlls. Free one quart of tender
string beans from strings and cut them slant
Aingly in slices. Place the beans in a saucepan,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13

a medium-Sized sieve into
another saucepan; mix the
yOlkS OF two eggs with two
tableSpOonfuls cream, add
it to the sauce, stir for a
few minutes and set aside.
Peel six white onions OF
even size, scoop them out
with a vegetable cutter, place
them in boiling water over
he fire, cook till nearly done,
ain and set the onions in a
an. Put some stale soft hrend
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13

this, place the pan in a hot oven and roast
forty minutes. When done, transfer the meat
to hot dish, place six stuffed baked tomatoes
around the meat and shaved horSeradiSh
between the tomatoes. and serve with the
following sauce: Put in a saucepan one table
spoonful butter, one tablespoonful tine-chOpped
onion, one tablespoonful tine minced ham,
one bay leaf, one Glove, halt blade of mace,
small sprig of thyme. two parsley roots !;
place over the fire, stir for ten minutes, add
one tablespoonful flour, cook for two minutes,
add one and a half cupfulS chicken or veal
broth, halt teaSpoOnfui beet extract two table
spOonfuls chopped mushroomS, half cupful
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13
CHICKEN FlLLET SUPREME.

Remove the breast from one large chicken,
pass the meat through a meat machine and
press it through a sieve then weigh it-there
should be half pound; put the meat in large
bowl, add in small pieces five ounces butter
while stirring constantly with wooden potato
masher, then add the whites of four eggs, one
at time; season with one teaSpOUnfu salt a
pinch OF nutmeg ana cayenne
pepper; when this IS we'll
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13

IWITnOut Tie TInd) IN a t0WeT, add a
little flour fold the towel together and rub the
bread fine, then slit il, put halt pint Of these
crumbs in a bowl, add one tablespoonful fine
chopped parsley and one cupful grated Swiss
cheese, mix altogether When the tongues are
done, tree them from skin ami cut each one
lengthwiSe IN two, cut six thin slices of bread
the same size as the tongue. brush over a little
melted butter and brown it slightly in the oven.
lay the bread IN a shallow pan, lay halt. a
tongue on each piece, cover the tongue with the
white sauce previously made, sprinkle over
some Of the prepared crumbs and place for a few
minutes in a hot oven. Fill the onions with the
same white sauce, sprinkle over a few crumbs
and place tor ten minutes in the oven, or the
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13

sides of the fish, sprinkle over the juice OF one
lemon, lay the fish in a bowl with one-quarter
bunch of fresh parsley and a Sprig OF thyme
cover and let stand thirty minutes, then re-
move, wipe the ietS dry and dust lightly with
flour. Beat up two eggs in soup plate, take
each fillet separately on larding needle. dip
first in the egg, then roll in treShly-grated
bread crumbs. When all are prepared in this
way, place frying pan over the fire with one
tablespoonful lard, one tablespoonful butter
when hot, put in as many Shad pieces as will
conveniently go in the pan, and fry light brown
on both sides, or fry in deep fat. In the mean
time, break half pound spaghetti into pieces,
put it in a saucepan over the fire, cover r..
with boiling water, add half table
spoonful salt and boil till tender
Place a saucepan with one 4
tablespoonful butter or olive
oil over the fire, add one Ia
tablespoonful e-chOpped ..sesr
onion, halt Glove OF bruised $4E
garlic, cook five minutes ~
without browning, then
add one tablespoonful flour, .s >&z--
stir and cook two minutes; AA
add half cupful hne-ChOpped SNAa.
mushrooms and one can OF Hs7T
tomatoes, one teaSpOOntul salt, one
even teaSpoontul pepper, one table
spoonful sugar; cook twenty minutes;
rub the tomatoes through a sieve, drain the
spaghetti on a sieve, put into clean sauce
pan, add the tomatoes, set tor few min
uteS over the fire, then arrange the spaghetti
on a warm dish high in the center. lay the Shad
tllletS around it and serve. 1t mushrooms are
not at hand they may be omitted.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13
CHICKEN TiMBALES.

Rub the iine-chOpped breast Of a g0oI-sizeJ
chicken through a sieve, then weigh it; there
should be hall pound put the meat in a howl
add five ounces butter in small portions. stirring
continually with a wooden potato maSher: when
this is well mixed add, by degrees, the whites
OF tour eggs, season with one JeaSpO0niu salt.
pinch OF cayenne pepper ana nutmeg Place
the iOrcemeat for one hour on ice then a Id one
pint OF whipped cream. Butter eight 81 ten
tmbae mOdS and decorate them with trutIeS.
NIL IN the tOTcemeat, place the mods i'm a nan
with little water, cover with buttered paper
and place them in the bottom OF a medium hot
oven, bake t firm to the touch.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1902-03-13
CALF'S TONGUE A LA SOUBlssE.

CALF'S TONGUE A LA SOUBlSSE.
Boil three fresh calves tongues in sailed
water with one onion, some parsley tied into a
bunch with one bay leaf, three cloves, two
Sprigs of thyme, and six whole peppers cook
until the tongues are tender. In the meantime,
place six MEDIUMS sized white peeled onions
with boiling water over the fire, cook ten min
uteS, drain and chop them very fine; return the
onions TO the fire with one tablespoonful butter,
stir and cook five minutes, add one heapng
tablespoonful flour, stir a few minutes, add one
and half cuptulS milk, season with a small
teaSpOonful salt and little white pep
per, stir and cook till thick and