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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
DISCUSS PROPOSED CANAL BILL.

The proposed canal bill prepared by A. z. Black
mar of No. Nassau-st, and Major 7. w. Symons,
OF the United States Engineer Corps, stationed at
Buffalo. discussed in executive session yester-
day at the meeting OF the subcommittee of the
Executive Committee OF the Canal Association of
Greater New-York at the Produce Exchange.
The meeting discussed how the plan proposed
could best be carried out. 1t was decided to make
arrangements for a conference with Governor Odell
the bill Copies of the bill We're ordered printed
and it will be reported at meeting of the full
executive committee, to be held next Friday.
Major Synons said that the bill followed out in
its main details the recommendations of the Canal
Advisory Committee appointed by President Roose-
Welt when Governor OF the State. He continued
1T provides for o canal by the Mohaw k. Seneca
and Oneida rivers to be of standard size or in
other words. thousand-ton barge canal Mr..
BIackmar and myself Governor Odeli last
Monday, and then ne not decided upon the
subject; he was still looking for light Now, after
the conference with the Governor a bin will be
made public for which the support of the cities up
the State will be asked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
DROPS DEAD At STATION.
WOMAN sUCCUMBs TO HEART DISEASE on
CROWDED PLATFORM AT THIRD
AVE. AND FIFTY-NINTH-ST

In the rush hours last evening, and when the
station platforms OF the elevated railroad we're
crowded, Mrs Minnie r Hilker. sixty years old,
Of No $50 East Observation-Disclosures rst-st,
dropped dead on the platform of the uptown sta
ton at Fifty-nnth-St- and TEIrd-ave. Mrs. Hilker
had been shopping. and shortly before O'Clock
started 10 go home. She walked up th- steps lead
ing TO the station with a firm step and bought
ticket. Joking with the ticket agent about having
TO give him five pennies. Then she passed the
ticket chopper and looked down the track for her
train. She had STOOD there minute, when she
exclaimed:
Il wonder what the matter is
The words were hardly out of her mouth when
she threw up her hands and fell to the platform,
dead An ambulance summoned from Flower
Hospital and DIR. Richardson prOnoU need the
woman dead. assigning heart disease the cause
The body removed to the East Sixty-seventh-
st station where it identified oy a letter IN
the woman'S p0cketbook and later by a relative.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
TEN YEARS FOR .SI7LLMAN.
JITDGE DENOrNCES EMBEZZLING SEC
RETARY OF GOVERNOR MURPH1S
COMPANY FOR RIOTOUS LIVING.

Claude L. Stillman until recently assistant sec
rotary of the Murphy Varnish Company OF
which Governor Franklin Murphy is the head.
who pleaded guilty to charges of forgery, en-
bezzling and larceny, yesterday afternoon
sentenced by Judge Skinner in the Court of Quar-
fer Sessions in Newark to a term of ten years i'm
prsonment in the State prison. Stfllman received
his sentence calmly. His wife was not In the
courtroom.
Judge Skinner in passing sentence. said:
Stillman, you are man of education rehneine ld
and apparent good character. You mad Gooo
home a devoted wife and children You left them
and gave yourself up to riotous living, ana 10 90
that YOU committed the crimes of forgery. larceny
and ernbezzlement. taking in all about Ss5Vn that
had been intrusted you by your employers
On the forgery Indictment the sentence is mat
you be confined In State prison at hard LABOR Tor
passed for larceny, but they are to run concur
rently. On the indictment for embezzlement, now
ever further sentence of three years Is passed
to begin at the expiration of the seven years SEN
tence, making ten years in all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
ELECTION OF VESTRYMEN.

Christ Church Broadway and Seventy-frst-st..
yesterday elected the following officers Wardens,
W Bayard Cutting, Richard VI. Hoe: vestrymen.
Iucius L. Wilmerdng. Robert R. Dana, William
H Burr Amidee Spadone. Alexander e. Morgan.
Joseph w Hartman. Charles l.. Hadley. Lea Mel.
Luauer.
At the annual meeting OF the Church of the
Ascension at Fifth-ave. and feminist. the Rev
Percy S Grant rector, held yesterday. the
following officers were elected: Churchwarden.
Henry E. Rowland: vestrymen, August Belmont
Charles D. Fuller. Edward r. Riddle and William
C Sheldon The other members OF the vestry are
William Bunker. John p Haines Jefferson Clark,
Joseph S. Auerbach. Edward N. Taller and Har-
rison e. Cavity
St Matthew's Church. No rs West Eighty fourth
st: Warden, James II Falconer; vestrymen, AL
bert A. Barnes, Robert H. Lockwood William c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
IN THE SUPREME COURT.
MARYLAND's RAILROAD TAX LAW SUS-
TANNED.

Washington Dec 1.-Justice White, Of the Unlted
States Supreme Court to-day delivered the opinion
Of that court in the OF the Northern CentFai
Railroad Company against the State OF Maryiaho'
Involving the right to exemption by that road from
taxation under old charters The opinion of the
MARYLAND Court Of Appeals. which was favorable
TO the State. affirmed
In 1886 George r. Gather. for the State OF mar
land sued the railway company for payment OF d
State tax OF per cent on its gross recelpts I"r
1885 and after prolonged litigation the Court OF Ap-
peaIs of Maryland upheld the right OF the state 10
collect the tax the railway company thereupon ap-
pealing TO the United States Supreme Court. Wfch
to-day affirmed the decision of Marylands highest
judicial tribunal Since the litigation began the
State by a new law has increased the tax 10
per cent Of the companys gross receipts senator
McComas who with Mr. Gather represented the
State .to-cay said that the effect Of the decision
will he that State viii receive about S29eV" III
cash. and at the present rate Of earnings IL VIII
not be many years before the tax the state VIII re-
ceve from this source will aggregate SleV'VD an
nualiy
Justice White said that where tax is claimed
TO arise from State law, and it is held by the
State court that a subsequent statute has repealeu
the alleged contract and effect is thereby given to
subsequent law. the mere question whether the al
legged contract has been repealed ny the
law is State and not federal question, ana me
decision of the highest State court VIII coRtro re
also held that where the const'5utoH "a d q
reserves the power TO repeal after OF aInSLtu d
charter. such provision is appncaDe 10 e raeIt
Of consolidated corporation NheTe ds .ng -
of the consolidation a new corporation taxes pc
cn5ferr@d and new oflcers appointed Where
legislature : inhibited by the State constitution
ate q new charter and bring into being new
corporation and yet by the charter OF such Sol, Cor
70rfiop give rise 20 the irTepealable contract ch
the constitution absolutely prohibits; The MARY
land. Court of Appeals, he said had consequently
held thai the new corporation the Northern Cen
traI Rsfiway Company. a consolidation of other
corporations has no irrepeslable contract exempt
arg I. F~0Y7o tax
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
VERDICT IN TUNNEL SUIT TO-DAY.
COUNSEL. FOR NETWORK CENTRAL SUED FOR
$4,000 ASKS WIDOW ABOUT HUSBANDS
MODE OF LIVING.

The trial of another suit against the New-York
Central Railroad arising out OF the collision In the
Grand Central tunnel January last be-
gan in the Supreme Court yesterday before Jus
tice Dugro and jury. 1t was the suit of Mrs.
Jennie NJ Legs. the widow and executor of Will
lam Legs, and of James A. Frame, her co-executor.
to recover $4,000 damages for the loss Of her hus
band.
The New-York. New-Haven and Hartford Rail
road also defendant. but counsel for the
plaintiffs consented a dismissal OF the action
against that corporation the New-York Central
assuming all the responsibility for what occurred
in the tunnel
Mr.. Legs. who hfty-one years old man
ager for a department store. a salary OF sg5.
eco year. He instantly killed in the collision.
He left a widow and four children
Counsel for the railroad in cross-examining Mrs.
Legs. asked questions concerning her husband s
mode OF living which made her cry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
BOLT CAUSES CAR PANIC.
1T DROPS INTO SLOT IN sIXTH-AVE--wIN-
DOWS SMASHED AND woMAN'S
FACE CUT.

A bolt that dropped from the sGpersiructure OF a
sixtt-are trolley last evening down into the
trolley slot brought the car to standstlli win
serl at Twenty-third-st., and threw half a dozen
women messengers TO the floor of the car, smashed
a dozen panes of glass in the car windows and
created an incipient panic for time
William Kemp the motorman in charge of
the car He was damned up against the motor box
and bruised. There was an instant rush for the
door Of the car, which crowded, and nearly ali
the passengers were women They climbed over
zach other in their haste TO get out, and woman
about forty years ola. well dressed and OF refined
appearance, severely cut about the head and
Use by the falling glass from the windows.
In the excitement. however. the woman got away
before Policeman Sullivan secured her name or
learned how badly she was injured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
JUSTICE OF PEACE GUILTY.
HE AND MANUFACTURERS CONVICTED
OF RECEIVING STOLEN SILK.
[RY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE

Paterson Dec Jacob L. Simon. a justice OF the
peace and Frederick l.. Kreyer. a silk manufactur-
er, who were put trial in the Court OF quarter
Sessions this morning on indictment charging
them with receiving $500 worth of stolen SILK, We're
this evening found guilty as charged by the jury
which out less than two hours.
1t was'alleged by the State and number of SILK
manufacturers that these two men had hired a
band of robbers to break into number of SIX
mills and steal large quantity of silk, which they
then had put upon the market. 1t was estimated
that they had obtained about S, 600 worth of silk
before they finally caught with SIX stolen
from the Ryerwaner tapestry mill at Haledon on
May %. The thieves were convicted last week
great deal of interest was shown In the case De
cause of the prominence of the men,
The surprise of the trial was the appearance OF
Frederick Wilson, one of the robbers. on the wit
stand. No expected that he would turn
States evidence. because he had refused all in
ducements to do before his trial. He swore
to-day that Simon gave him $50 for stealing the
goods and then instructed him to ship them to
Jules Levy, relative of Simon at Stanhope. N j.
which done
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
TUBE COMPANY RECORDS MORTGAGE

Bridgeport. Conn, Nov. 80 (SpeciaD-The Annert-
can Tube and Stamping Company recorded yester-
day with the Town Clerk a $1.500,6J0 mortgage to
cover an issue OF bonds increase its capital The
company is erecting an open hearth steel and billet
plant for the purpose Of supplying to its customers
uho are mostly in New-Euglald. the ma teriai
necessary 10 their various lines of work.
At a special meeting held month ago. in which
seven-eighths of entire capital stock was repre-
sented il was unanimously voted to issue first
nlOrtgage per cent thirty year gold bonds the
authorized amount covered by the mortgage being
81 $4,000 of which 81 coo go has been authorized as
for sale the balance being held under certain con-
ditions pending further plant and other develop
ments The larger portion of these bonds has al
ready been subscribed for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
WINTER STUDIES B. r. 7.
EX-PREsIDENT OF NORTHERN PACIFIC AD-
vIsEs BOARD OF BROOKLYN SYSTEM

VISES BOARD OF BROOKLYN SYSTEM
1t has only recently become generally known
that L. w. Winter. the predecessor of Charles s.
Mellen as president of the Northern Pacific, is
actively identified with the affairs of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company. His relation to that cor
poraton is thus defined by member of the execu-
tlve committee.
Mr.. Winter has during all his business life been
associated with successful railroad enterprises. and
al one time was president of the Northern racine
Railroad When the control of that road passed
TO the Great Northern Railway he resigned his
office. He has been associated with II: H. Porter
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit executive commit
tee, for many years in railway enterprises He Is
acknowledged expert in railroad and transpor-
Mr.. Winter has for some months been acting in
advisory capacity to the board and making
careful study of the company and the road in all
departments.
As expert he reports to the directors from
time to time. and makes such suggestions as he
thinks proper for the better operation of the prop
erty. The directors realize that they have an inn
menSe and complicated property to care for and
that the supervision of such an authority is OF
great benefit to them. especially as most OF them
not practical railroad men, and those who are
have many other interests to care for that they
require who give his undivided at
long Mr.. Winter may continue occupy his
official but responsible position neither he nor the
directors know In the very nature Of the situa ton
1t will be only temporary. The possibility of
future official position has not even been considered
by him the board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
TO AB4TE SOFT COAL NUISANCE
DIR. LEDERLE HAS HAD NOTICE SERVED ON
THE ELEVATED ROAD OFFICIALS

President Lederle of the Board Of Health .,
talk with Tribune reporter yesterday regards.
the soft coal nuisance, said the department. w.
making orders all the time to diminish it as nucb
as possible. There great conflict of oplnio1
however as to the amount of hard coal availshla
1t was said by some that there was plenty Of stea,
sizes of anthracite to be had while others decIaraI
they could not get the proper sizes.
Dr. LederIe went ON to say:
The Metropolitan Street Railway Company hs.
been using soft coal for years. without causing
because it claims it is Impossible to get e1o3s ma
soft coal here The elevated roads have the Sal ma
we are making every individual who uses soft coal
show cause why he should not be prosecuted
think the situation to smoke is improving dsilx
but il is not by any means what it should be Tfe
elevated roads have been running from fifty to orr
hundred tons OF hard coal daily, and can get along
with go day. They making attempts
daily to increase the supply OF hard coal
We are sending throughout the city pickiny
out the worst offenders: and investigating all ex,
coal to see If they are true. It is claimed thar
some middlemen are pushing soft coal account
coal as fast as they should. The situation is rst
acute. the weather is getting colder and win
dows are closed more. the nuisance is not 81
great hardship as it has been.
President Lederle declared that the officials os
the elevated road had been served with five DAYS,
notice that they must appear before the Board a.
Health and show cause why they should not abate
the use of soft coal on the Sixth and Ninth avenue
lines. The ORDER calls Tor an appearance and
PLANTATION next Wednesday If a satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION is not given the city can sue the Man
haitian Railway Company.
A prominent coal dealer told a Tribune reporter
yesterday that coal ever. and he
did not think there would be relief all winter
This dealer was selling coal at 81 ton regular
customers only, and not more than three -four
tons to each at a time. He had coal to sell to
the general public.
The dealer said that the country had been prac-
ticaIIy without coal EOr months. and great par,
Of that mined recently had been sent to the West
and the Northwest. Nobody likely to suffer
for coal New-York this winter. but it doubt
full if it went below 81 a ton, while for quick de-
livery 81 to 81 50 additional would be charged as
freight rates had gone away up The demand was
so great that the dealer could not see how the
supply could catch up with it before next spring.
when the demand dropped eff.
At the offices of the Delaware and Hudson Com
pany, in GOrtlandt-st., il was said there no
there to give out regarding the coal situation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
BOY CHARGED WITH ABANDONMENT.
HE is SIXTEEN YEARS OLD AND WENT HOME TO
HIS PARENTs-wIFE IS EIGHTEEN.

HE is SIXTEEN YEARS OLD AND WENT HOME TO
HIS PARENTs-wIFE IS EIGHTEEN.
James c. Gordon Of No 262 Fifteenth-st., Brook
lvn who was married two months ago, when he
lacked three days Of being sixteen years Old ana
was earning the munificent salary of 50 80 week,
will be arraigned in the Myrtle-ave court to-
morrow on a charge of abandonment. The charge
is made by his wife, who is two years his senior.
She is the daughter of Louis Mich. an inventor.
who lives at No 547 Warren-st. Gordon's father
will try to have the marriage annulled. He has
complained TO the Children's Society and asked IL
they cannot take some action TO prevent ministers
from marrying minors.
Young Gordon said that he met his wife in an ice
cream saloon in July. and, after brief acquaint-
auce married her without the knowledge OF his
parents. Gordon explained TO them that he was
going to take a nearer his work, and went to
live with his wife her fathers house. Two weeks
ago he went back to mis- parents, because, as he
SAYS, he out of work.
WEen Court officer Wyse went to the Gordon
home on Saturday night with a warrant ne was
dumfounded at being confronted by a most youth
fuI how who looked younger than he was
Officer Wysa says that by possibility could any
minister have supposed that the boy was of age
Magistrate Eurlong paroled the boy husband until
to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
TRAINING FOR SIX DAY BICYCLE RACE.

The foreign riders who training at Manhat-
tan Beach for the international championship six
day bicycle race. which begins in Madison Square
Garden at midnight Sunday had their first
days work on the beach track yesterday.
arrival is Jean Ciougoltz. He with Carl Kaser the
German champion. is considered especially dan
gerous. The preliminary races. which are to be
held in the Garden Saturday night. will give
excellent line the condition of the men
the majority of them are entered in the six day
race An attraction Saturday night will be the
twenty mile motor paced race between Jimmy
Michael and Harry Fixes. and a three-cornered
match race between Eddie Bald, Frank Kramer
and liver Lawson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
WANTS TO SELL "MoRNING TELEGRAPH"

The creditors OF THE Morning Telegraph, which
is struggling with indebtedness OF s2oSoco.
argued for an hour yesterday TO whether the
newspaper should be sold. Arthur II. Masten, the
receiver applied to Judge Lacombe. in the United
States Circuit Court, for permission to accept the
best bid obtainable. Several propositions offering
10 liquidate the Indebtedness by bond issues were
read TO the creditors. but the favored by Mr.
Masten was an offer of 100000 cash for the paper.
free from debt
Charles W Gould. representing the receiver, said
that The Telegraph" losing about 500 a day,
and could not last a week. The large creditors
wished to sell. but the smaller ones. after much
discussion. blocked the motion. The receiver will
accept additional bids, and the will again APP
pear before Judge Lacombe next Thursday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
SPINE FRAcTURED; LIFE NAY BE SAVED

a LABoRER FALLS THIRTY FEET AND HIS
TWELFTH DoRsAL vERrEBRA Is BROKEN.
With his twelfth dorsal vertebra shattered Pas
quale CorDica, forty-nine years old. OF No. 10
Morton-st.. yesterday taken from the
building being erected Forteth-st., near Sixth
ave, TO the New-York Hospital There Il was said
that he was alive and that the shattered vertebra
might be repaired so that his life might be saved
Cornica trundling a wheelbarrow load OF
cement down inclined skidway on the second
story structure OF the building when his foot
slipped and he fell thirty feet into the basement
DIR. Hitzroth of the New-York Hospital ambulance
staff was summoned and said the mans dorsa
vertebra fractured. He was hurried to the
hospital where it was said he only seni-con-
scious but that his life might be saved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
COLORADO QUARANTINE UPHELD.
A STATE MAY PROTECT ITS CITIZENS
AGAINST CoNTAGIoN-

Washington Dec. 1.-The United States Supreme
Court to-day sustained the Constitutionaty OF the
stock quarantine law OF Colorado. The decision was
s,ro,,nce7 nv Justice Harlan. and based on
,fle case Of s H Reed against the People Of Colo
rado. The law prohibits the importation Of cattle
or other live stock into the State from points
south OF the thirty-sixth parallel of latitude De-
tween April and November unless they bear 6iils
Of health. The law attacked as unconstltu-
4ional anita gonistc to the Interstate commerce
law and the Animal Industry law. but the court
held the law to be in accord with the right OF me
State To protect Its own citizens The court sara
that state may protect its people against infec-
-ion and contagion, taking care always thaI the
means employed to that end do not go beyond the
necessities of the unreasona bly, burden me
exercise of privileges secured by the CONSTITUTION
OF United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
C0NSfGNEES PAY LIGHTERAGE.

Ease OF A SHIP THAT COULD NOT PASS
BROOKLYN BRIDGE DECIDED.
washington Dec 1.-Justice Shiras of the United
States Supreme Court to-day delivered me opinion
of the court in the case of Anton Mencke against
James y Iarvie and others. consignees Of a cargo
Of sugar shipped from Java to New-1ork. The
point at Issue whether the ship or the con-
signee should pay the cost of lighterage at New.
York the ulaSts of the ship being so hgh tnat
Che vessel could pass under the Brooklyn brgge
and deliver the cargo at JarTies rehnefE- 4 ne
District Court for The Eastern District OF New
York sustained Menckes claim. but us Ferelct
was reversed BIZ the Court Of Appeals for the Sec
md t~irclit The Supreme Court reversed the Court
of Appeals and affirmed the District Court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
COMMANDER HANUS GOES TO ST MARY'S.

Commander Gustayus C Hanus, L. s. n. ire
tired assumed command Of the nautical training
ship St Mary's yesterday II was not until yes
terday morning that A. Emerson Palmer received
telegram from Secretary Moody OF the Navy De-
partment. ordering Commander Hanus to this duty.
As yet no executive officer and senior instructor
have been chosen to succeed Lieutenant William
A Moffatt and Lieutenant Thomas I. Craven. who
were relieved from duty the st. MaTy's some
time ago. 1t is understood that Commander Hanus
will select subordinates before the beginning OF the
term, next Monday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-02
THE WEST WILL NOT SUFFER
SECRETARY WILSON WILL ASK FOR 900
,-o r,1cr4r uooT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

TO FIGHT FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
Chicago. Dec THE West is not 10 suffer be-
cause of the epidemic OF foot and mouth ulsta9e VI
cattle hogs and sheep in the New-Ensland states
ea,,s secretary Wilson of the Agricultural Depart
roent VINO arrived in Chicago last night TO attend
the International Live Stock Exposition
The indications are that will be successiui IN
stamping out the disease before II reaches TINS SEE
ton he said My latest report from the infected
district is that the disease is at standsttll The
next report will decide the number Of men VIII
send to New-England. But you may be sure
large number will go.
Before many days have passed there VIII be
several hundred veterinary sur icons in the New
England States, and they will be instructed to IN
spect every COW. sheep and hog 1 believe we shall
need three four weeks TO stamp out the disease
Congress will be asked for special approprlAt ion
10 get rid of the disease permanently. inteno 10
aeL Cor at least 81 Geo 000 for this purpose.
Secretary Wilson will leave here for Washington
Tonight.