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The sun., 1902-12-04
OBITUARY..

George Lindsay OF ,s2 jefferson avenue,
Brooklyn, died suddenly yesterday mornin g
in the type foundry at II Fulton street. Man
haitian, which he and his two brothers estab-
lished fifty years ago and or which he had
been manager since the purchase of the
apparently in good health when he left his
home yesterday morning, but a few minutes
s, hi % ' his of he
SUPPOSED to be the cause Mr Lindsay
was born in scotland seventy-three years
ago and came to this country over nifty years
ago. lio leaves a widow, son and three
daughters.
Col Harry II Bcadle, a Civil War veteran,
died su idenly. yesterday morning at his
home. 32o Union street, Brooklyn. in his
seveniy-fourth. year He had long been
clerk in The Water vat Reggis,rs5s DseEartmen,
in the Civil War with tho Thirteenth Reg.
ment and was president OF the Veteran
Association Of the regiment at the time OF
master in the South ConsreeationaI church
for more than twenty years. lie was n
member Of I Grant Post. G.. A X. He
leaves widow, two sons and a daughter
William Allan Wide, a w,l-Spown publisher
OF Boston. died suddenly Yesterday at his home
IN Maiden. Mass, of apopl.Ny He wac born
in Acton, Mass. on Jrly II. 1897. and bepa n
Scnns wSsn Ss IS d Sr Ss Nss ss
business OF lvison Brakeman Taylor a 90,
having ofticr- in Boston and Chica 90. and
agencies in London and NJ bourne
ALdrSn Johnson. aged O., an old-timc actor.
Mass. yesterday Ha was one OF the first to
appear in 81 nce Toms Cabin" He had
appeared all over the country In ShakesDear-
Lieut.. James y, Tyler died at the CoDfed-
crate Soldiers Home in Richmond. Va, yes.
terday where he had been an inmate for seven
years. He was grandson OF President Tylor.
The sun., 1902-12-04
CONDITION or STATE PRISONS.
Lispenard stewart Criticises the states
"TPmpOrary Economy"

ALBANY, Dec. 3.-Lispenard Stewart,
president of he State Commission of Prisons,
in a report on the condition Of the State
Reformatory al Elmira severely CRITICS -
the economy which the State has practised
in dealing with this inst tuition.
The buildings are sadly out Of repair,
says Mr. Stewart. Pointing up and paint
ing of almost the entir" plant If necessary,
Especially l. this true of the roof of the
drill hall, or arrnory, the tin Of which IA fast
rusting away, and unless it IL speedily
paint ed a new roof will become necessary.
The State should be willing 10 keep valu-
able plant like the Elmira Reformatory in
good repair, for it is a 'pennywise and
pound foolish policy which allows the
building of the Institution. for the sake of
"A temporary economy, virtually TO fall TO
pieces.
President Stewart recommends an ap-
preparation of Sll5O 900 for a new mess hall
and $4,000 for the trade school building,
The Refurmatory was found to be greatly
oyercrowdcd. II contains but ,215 cells,
and ,5i2 inmates were in the institution.
In hi. report on the condition Of Auburn
Prison, President Stewart severely cri,icises
the method in vogue in transferring prisoner
from other State Institutions TO Auburn
Prison. saving:
on the dny of Inspection thirty men were
received a. a drat from the Elmira Reforuna-
tory Thcs" men were in a car on the rear OF
the train Before the passengers from the
other coaches had left the station the convicts ;
were brought out
They were handcuNed together, and
shaCkled together. and chains passed through
the handouts 81 that perhaps ten or twelve
men were fastened together. With much
difficulty they were got out of the car and on
their feet and quite long distance. block
and half, was traverNcd IN order for them
to reach the prison gate. quite a crowd Of
the young and old cit items of Auburn wat he'd
this ghR silly performance, which took one baC X
about two hundred years and was sight
disTaceful to twentieth century civilization
II i recommended that hereafter a car
with transferred prisoners be run up to the
prison gate on q siding and the men removed
after the crowd diSperse-
The cells for condemned men az Auburn
President stewart SAYS. are horrible. badl y
lighted ill-vent lated and untidy. and that no
man about to die should be required to oc-
cupv such Quarters during the few remaining
days of his life.
The sun., 1902-12-04
REVOLUTIONS SONS TO BUILD.
Site in West SSth Street Bought by the
SOciety-aRy 4 81 In Hand for . Home.

Precedent Samuel Tallmadge and all but
three Of the other officers Of the Sons Of
the Revolution were reelected at the annual
meeting at Delmonicos last evening. The
places Of the three members of the board
of managers whose terms have expired
were filed by naming Henry Applegate
Wilson, Joseph Tompkins Low and Philip
Livingston.
Since the last meeting the society, through
it's building committee. has purchased
two lots in West Fifty-ffth street, near
Seventh avenue, for a new home at a cost
Of S62, 600. In the report of the board Of
managers it was stated that there is now
available for building purposes 187.
The society is to widen the field Of it's
essay competition, which has heretofore
included only the high schools and the
College Of the City of New York. Instead
of the single medal offered TO the latter
college, three medals will be offered, the
competition 10 be open also to the junior
and senior classes of Cornell, Columbia
and the other, smaller, colleges and uni
versities of the State. The subjects an
nounced for this year are The Importance
Of the Hudson River and West Point in the
Revolution for the high schools, and The
Principles Fought for In the Revolution y
for the colleges.
The sun., 1902-12-04
TO SET UP CATTLE QUARANTINE.
New Hampshire Animals to he Kept Ex.
clusiS ely In That State.

BosToN. Dec. "A United States cattle
quarantine against New Hampshire was
recommended to-day by Dr. Daniel f..
Salmon in a telegram sent to Secretary
Wilson in Washington. The official order
IL expected at oncs pr ohibi ing tran POI IA
tion Of cattle from New Hampshire to any
other State
The action was taken because of the
discovery OF an outbreak Of the foot and
mouth disease In Salem, n. H.. which IL
Just across the line from Methuen. Maine
is now the only State in New England
which can send ruminating animals out
over It's boundary lines, but none will be
received in Ctnada after having passed
through and the English embargo covers
all OF the New England States A disin-
fecting corps OF department veternar ians
Dr. Salmon, and when the work begins in
earnest the quarantine regulations will be
enforced with extreme rightly.
WASHINGTON. Dec. "a telegram was
received at the Agricultural Department
to-day from DR.. Salmon. Chief Of the
Bureau Of Animal Industry, announcing
more extensive outbreak Of foot and
mouth disease among live stock in1Ver-
mont. DR.. Salmon went to Boston on last
Monday: His telegram of to-day is the
first information that the Department
has had from him. DR.. Salmon believes
the disease can be eradicated by disinfect-
ants and the slaughter Of the infected
cattle. The telegram says that about 5000
England district are suffering from
the disease. All infected cattle will be
killed and all pens. cars and stookades
disinfected
The sun., 1902-12-04
"rurrY" AND var HACK AGAIN?
New Tale About the Bradlee StrOngs
They're Not Unexpected Here.

A report was circulated yesterday that
May Yohe and Putnam Bradee Strong
who werc believed TO be in Buenos Ayres
had come To this country and were at the
home Of the former actresses mother at
Hastings -on-t the-Hudson. A Cabnan who
told of driving couple to the house started
the tale. A variation of il was that the
Strongs are now on their way here.
Reporters couldn't learn az the house
who was and who was not there. Lawyer
Emanuel Friend. who was May Yohc's
counsel, said he didn't know anything about
her recent movements
so far as know" said Mr. Friend. "the
Strongs are still in Buenos Ayres. If
they were here now | think | would know
of it and If they were on their way here
and had told any one, i think that they would
have told me.
A short time after I received the
cable despatch which they sent me an
nouncing their marriage in Buenos Ayres
the day that Lord Francis Hopes divorce
from Miss Yohe became operative, | re-
ceived letter from her telling Of the mar
quietly in South America She did not sav
one word about their ever coming here and
that was but little over "a month ago.
recently cabled to London and had Lord
Francis Hopes bankruptcy proceedings
ad diourned there so that / might forward
affidavif- of Miss fohe in support Of her
claim against him for various sums loaned :"
May Yohe got $1,000 from the Strong
family last spring ~ n settlement after
she had charge sPutty" as the former
actr, 81 call, d Capt strong with rohbing her
of her jewels. 1t has often been predicted
bv those who knew the couple that when
this money was gone they would probably
return here
The sun., 1902-12-04
WILLIAM r. CHRYSTIE DEAD.
A Man OF Distinguished Ancestry and
Large Property.

William Few Chrystie died yesterday
at his home. Posthvern. at Hastings
on-the-Hudson. Mr.. Chrystie will be re-
membered chiefly, by old residents Of
New York city. He was an alumnus Of
Columbia and OF the Harvard law school,
but never practised law. His attention
was directed chiefly to the care Of his private
estate. He lived the greater part OF the
time in his Hastings home.
Mr.. Chrystie was in his eightieth year.
He was born in hkill-on-, he Hudson
On the maternal side his gr,at-
grandfather was James Nicholson. an
offio,r in the Am'rioan Navy, whose
house in this city WAS the meeting
place OF leading Republicans. His grand
father was William Few. the first United
States Senator from Georgia, a signer Of
Of the Constitution and alter the Revolu-
tionary War leading New York banker
On the paternal side he was grandson
Major James Chrystie. one Of the conf
dental officers OF Washington. who WAS
with Benedict Arnold at the storming at
Quebec and With Wayne AT Stony Point.
Mr.. Chrystie leaves a widow. two sons
William and Francis, and two daughters,
Mrs. Mattoon Curtis and Mrs. A. Dewitt
Cochrane. His two gran dsons are Nicho!-
son Few Curtis and Fra ncis Curtis. The
funeral will take place on Friday morning
at 1890 o'clock AZ the Chr ystie house.
The sun., 1902-12-04
SLAPS THE METRIC SYSTEM.
=. A. Haisey says Its 4 Advantases Don
COmpare With the Cost Of Adopting II.

Frederick A. Halsey, NJ. E., assooiite
editor Of the Americon Mdchinist, presented
a paper to the convention of the Society
of Mechanical Engineers yesterday morn
ing on THE Metric System He took a
firm stand against its adoption. The
testimony before the House Committee
on Coinage, Weights and Measures, how
ever, WAS overwhelmingly one-sided, he
said, and the committee could not do other
wise than recommend the passage of the
Metric System bill
In his arguments against the system Mr..
Halsey said in part;
The metric advocates adopt the methods
OF the old philosophers, who laboriously
sought TO prove what ought to be. In their
efor to si ow hoy easily the metric systeln @
may be adopted by this country It's adNo-
Gates endenvor to create the impression
that 1t has already made considerable
The testimony before the. House Com
mittee is sprnkled with opinions that this
great change can he made in from three
to five years. Germany uses both inches
and millimetres during the transition period
Just will be compelled to do. and in
Germany that period has now tweniy,sishit .o, b,
sight. In German speaking Europe there
are still in use nine different ellis in addition
decimal system has swept all before 1t III
France
snail We carry our heads IN the ClOnds
or shall We consult the experience OF others?
Shall We join in this chase OF the will-o' '-the
wisp. which no nation has ever caught? That
and that only, is the metric question OF III"
hour Arguments based Oh the beautiful
nt"rrelation and correlation OF the units
have little more application than pho-
sophica speculation regarding the appear
ance of the back of the moon.
The whole matter Is a bagatelle and the
| trifing advantages, If there are any. TO be
| obtained by the adoption of the metric
system. are not for moment to be COM
| pared with the cost for making the change
Other papers were highly technical
| Prof. j. X. Hutton argued that when soft
coal is used. mechanically fired boilers
| cause less smoke than those fired by hand.
| W. j. Wilcox told of the experience Of the
| South California division of the Sante Fe
| railroad, where all the locomotives burn
| crude oil having an asphaltum base and
costing 81 a barrel. The heat given by the
| oil he said, is very insense and there is
| little trouble in keeping up steam. making
the tireman's job easier than that Of the
| engineer
Freight engines average about thirty
| miles and the Passenger engines III y hve
miles to one ton Of oil. ne said, some
! having made more than 100 miles and some
| less than twenty-five miles in different
service. A ton Of oil costs 81.
The sun., 1902-12-04
PLANS ~ THE CROkER CASE
Mr.. SturEis Win Ask to Have the Stay OF
Execution Vacated.

II was announced yesterday that Fire
Commissioner Sturgis will shortly apply to
the Supreme Court to vacate the stay Of exc
oution Of Chief Crokers sentence This will
probably be done in day ortwo. The appl.
cation will be made on the ground of mis-
repre- sentatlon in the ahidavits of Chief
Croker and his counsel upon which Justice
Fitzgerald granted the stay at the same
time that he issued the writ OF certiorari.
The answer to the writ which will be
argued in the Appellate Division is not
likely TO be ready Tor several days.
Both the Corporation Counsel and Chief
Crokers lawyer are waiting for the de-
cision of the Appellate Division on the
appeal made by Iroker from Justice Bis
chuffs action III dissolying the mandamus
granted last Jun" when COMMISSIONS
Sturgis suspended him This decision, it
isexpected, will be handed down ON Friday
Croker's counsel said yesterday that il il
was In favor of the Fire Chief. papers in
fui, for 5000 damages against the Com
missioner for illegally suspending Croker
would be filed Immediately. These pro-
'eedings will not effect the certiorari pro-
&c dings.
The sun., 1902-12-04
SOCIALISTS Just MALCONTENTS.
Few know Anything About True Socialis.
tic Notions, says VI. Hurct.

Mr.. jules Huret of the Paris Figaro
lectured yesterday on -Thc Social Question
in Europe" before the members of the
Alliance FrarcIise. He told Of visits to
Germany, Italy, Russia, England and Aus
tria to study socialism and talks with the
leading Socialists in each. The conclusion
he had come To he said is that apart from
very small number Of workngmen the
laboring classes In Europe are practically
ignorant Of true socialistic notions and that
everywhere in Europe the socialist parties
consist Of men who are merely opposed to
the actual state of things. The intcrna-
tiona sympathies, moreover. between
socialists he said. are'in a great measure
superficial The patriotic sense is keener In
every European country
The sun., 1902-12-04
CAN'T FIND POOL ROOMS.
Fort Hamilton Citizens Hunted for Them
Q Whole Hour.

The charges that poolrooms have been
running in Capt. Devaneys precinct in
Brooklyn were discussed last night at
meeting of the Citizens Association Of Bay
Ridge and Fort Hamilton Newspaper
stories of Saturdays raid at Foresters'
Hall and of other alleged rooms in the
district were roundly denounced and a
committee reported that IT had hunted
poolrooms in saloons for an hour and failed
TO find any.
After this interesting revelation acting
Captain Evans Of the Fort Hamilton station
said that when he took command last week
he knew Of no poolrooms Saturdays
raid was great surprise 10 him
Tho acting captain announced that Com
missioner Ebstein had told him yesterday
to order Martin White and Thomas Nc
Gauley plain clothes men, back int uniform
to-day and also to send TO the Commiss ioner
the names Of two trustworthy men who
could be appointed to their places
When acting Captain Evans finished, Fred
=. Cocheu jumped up and made an appeal
TO the association to stand by Martin White,
who, he said, was "A we'll known citizen of the
district and had good record of many
years standing.
committee was appointed to wait on
Commissioner Ebstein to-day and demand
that White be continued on plain clothes
duty
The sun., 1902-12-04
lOI ED.

BALDWIN Suddenly on Tuesday, Dec, O. In the
18th year of his age. John wing neld. son OF
Arthur p, and Caroline G. Baldwin.
Funeral from his late residence, Ssl West i,l,h
ST.. on Friday evening, Dec. S. nsP. II. Private
CHRYSrIE William Few Chrystle. at hi, residence
Hastings on Hudson, In the sOth year OF his
age,
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
CouTrS.-On Wednesday. Dec. g. 1909. a. her
home, Perth Amboy, n. j.. Frances H.. widow
OF the late George II. Coutts, in her SD year.
Funeral services from her late residence IS
High St. on Friday Dec. S, at PM Trains
leave y. J. Central, Liberty ST.. II 30; Staten
Island Whitehall ST., II 4. NJ. Carriages
upon arrival OF trains
FRAME-Mars Frame. beloved wife Of James A.
Frame. entered into res, Dec. l.
Funeral service at her late residence los East
7oth street, on Thursday. Dec. L. at If
O'Clock. In,crment at convenience Of family
GEARoN.--o Tuesday evening. Dec ?. An.
toine'te Ford, beloved wife OF Edmund A
Gearon, and daughter ot Joseph and Mary d.
foros, ireland. aged 20 years.
Funeral services a, her late residence. 700 wes,
ltSth st, at O'Clock Sa,u rday. Dec g. Burial
private Cleveland and Albany. y. y, pspers
please copy.
MADDoCR, On Monday. after a long illness A,
her residence. B Lafayette pl., Alice Capes
Maddox, widow of Thomas Maddox, ESQ
Funeral on Thursday at 10 4. M, from Church
OF the Heavenly Rest. 9Th av. and 45,h 81
lntcrmcnt IA Greenwood
WALES. On Tuesday, Dec. ? 1902 at his residence
In the city OF New York. Salem Howe WAl.s
In the 18th year OF his age
Funeral services at st, Thomas's Church. Friday
Dec. 5, 1870 \. NJ lntcrment at Southampto, +
l. /. Please omit flowers.
WESTERN. ON Tuesday morning. Dec. , n,
late residence, 3l9 Prospect ST.. Crang
~ j., Henry Memhery Western in thrI
year OF his age,
services at II \. NJ, saturday, Dec. O. IerI A
tcrment at convenience OF FANNY
leave foo, OF Liberty ST., Central 4 = IN
Ae 4. u. and 10 A. n,
The sun., 1902-12-04
Favorable Report on Justice Holiness
Nomination.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The nomination
of Oliver Wendell Holmes Of Massachusetts :
TO be an Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States was to-day
ordered favorably reported by the Senate
ably be confirmed by the Senate to-mor-
row, and Justice Holmes be installed on
Monday, This will make full bench
for the Supreme Court, and the argument
of important cases which have been post
poned for that reason will begin.
The sun., 1902-12-04
ADMIT WHITECAP ASSAULT.
PARTY OF INDIANA MEN PLEAD
JUSTIFICATION.
They Attacked One Editor In Salem, IND.
and He Says He Was Forced to Leave
TOwn-N0w He Wants 5000 900
Damages for the Treatment He Cot


INDIANAPoLIs. Dec. s.-Twenty citizen
Of Salem. Washington county, including
merchants, former county officers and real
estate dealers, are defendants in a white
Gaping case that went TO trial In the Fed
eral Court to-day. the plaintiff being Editor
David Jennings, who has sued them for
S2OO 600
Jennings charges that he was assaulted
on the streets OF Salem. beaten into in
sensibility and compelled to deliver certain
private papers to the mob: that they cir
culated slanderous reports about him and
induced his wife to leave him and secreted
her at Louisville; that they injured his
credit and finally drove him away and
caused the sacrifice Of HIS property, he being
afraid of his life.
The defendants replied by justifyine all
their acts toward Jennings and made
counter charges Of libel. abuse, threats and
other means adopted by Jennings In his
paper. The first witne "a to-day was former
County Auditor Reed who said that he and
the defendants held a meeting and agreed
to make Jennings surrender some scurrilols
pamphlets which he had printed.
They met him on the street at night and
forced him to give an order for the papers
which were at his house, and which one of
the party took. He said Jennings was
present when Jenningss wounds were
dressed. said that he had been terribly
beaten.
E. W. Menaugh. a merchant, admitted
that he was member of the mob, and said
that was the only means that the people
nings's attacks. 1t also was testified 70
that the defer dants had discussed the call
ing Of a lunacy commission TO examine
Jennings, but tie Plan was abandoned.
The sun., 1902-12-04
m RGLtR DNkT\ on HELD.
The Thief and Merchant OF Philadelphia
Writes Out a Conf cssiOn.

PHILADELPHIA Dec at is the inten-
tion Of the police authorities to make justice
move quickly in the case Of George Dick
inson, alias WestCott, who has been lead
ing the dual life Of a business man during
the day and burglar at night. He was
arraigned to-day at the Central police
court, where twenty-five robherieS were
recorded against him. He was committed
10 prison,
Tomorrow District Attorney Weaver
will review the evidence in the case and the
prisoner will probably be indicted and
placed on trial AT once.
Dickinson has been leading double life
for possibly ten years. He merely engaged
in business n order to evade the suspicion
Of being a burglar, Prior to his hearing
to-day he dictated a confession to Dctec-
tives Bond and Gallagher For years he
has been robbing houses, but always car
rled on a business as cloak.
Dickinson was engaged to be married
to young woman of excellent family in
German town. The dark side Of his life
was unkr own TO her, and a. a result of
his arrest and exposure she is prostr rated
She was quest ior ed closely about Dickinson
before the latter'S arrest was made known
to her. and from Information which she
gave concerning the dates of nights on
which he visited her home it was discovered
that the prisoner, after leaving the youu
woman. had robbed houses In German.
town before returning to his home at 100.
Spring street.
While the detectives have succeeded In
recovering great part of the plumber Sc.
cured by the Prisoner they have as vet failed
TO find single article of iowelrv taken
from any of the hou,es, and as Dickinson
will not tell how he di posed of this property
the detect ives are puzzled N,it bpr 80 m,