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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-05-03
HOLDS CONTRACTORS RESPONSIBLE.
SUBWAY WORKERS MUST PAY FOR DAMAGE
CAUSED BY BROKEN WATER MAIN.

CAUSED BY BROKEN WATER MAIN
Justices Freedman. Truax and Gildersleeve, in
the Appellate Term OF the Supreme Court yester-
day handed down a decision which settles the
vexed question as to whether the subway contract
ors are responsible Tor damages caused by broken
water mains The decision in a suit brought
by Ignatius l. Lorsner Of Ninety-sixth-st and
broadway against John y. Mcdonald William +
Norton and William Dalton. as a test case fifteen
more actions remaining in allegiance until an
authoritative decision had been rendered
Lersner sued for $50 25 declaring thar the con-
tractors in blasting broke inch high pressure
water main in front of his premises with the result
that his basement was flooded and his property in
1ured In the With District Municipal Court
judgment was rendered by Judge Fallon in favor Of
Lersner against the two sub-contractors The three
defendants appealed from this ruling holding tina
the city was primarily responsible for the damage
The justices OF the Appellate Term unanimously
upheld the decision Of the lower court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-05-03
MORO CHIEFTAINs,

A page of excellent photograpbs of Moro
chieftains, including the sultan of JoIo, al
natives. These the Inhabitants of the
Joio or sulu Islands They are Mnhometnns
ana slave owners. See to-morrow's Tribune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-05-03
ATLANTIC CITY.

An exceedingly small part of this famous
resort was destroyed I'm the recent fire. We
VIII present some interesting pictures show
ing the rebuilding under way I'm the
burned district article shovinp
that the capacity of the resort accommo-
date people In not apprecinbIy Diminished
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-05-03
$4,000. 900 FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

This will he spent the Rrent
additions and improV ements which the big
department stores making in SiXth-uVe.,
from Fourteenth to Thirty -hfth-st. See de-
scrIptiOn in to-morrOw's Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-05-03
HOTELS sWINDLED OUT or $4,000.
FoRGER USES FORGED CHECKS AND LETTERS
OF CREDIT.

Hotel propretors from Portland to Pittsbure. In
Guiding those Of this city. have requested the po-
lice TO arrest man who has passed forged checks
amounting TO about $4,000 them. The checks
purported TO bear the signature OF the Earl Fruit
Company. of San Jose. Cal, and were accom-
panied by letters Of credit similar 10 those issued
by the National Hotel Keepers Protective As
ISOLATION, Of which Edgar A. Waz, OF No. East
Forty-second-st.. this city. is the president. The
operator so far reports have been received from
the various cities in which ne has worked, has had
no less than seven aliases. They are l.. Q. Hoff-
man, {. A Cotterall, James Bailey A. Il. Webster,
w. g. Bissel, II. -. Gordon and l.. O. Stueoen.
At the Hotel BrOeZel Buffalo, where the forger
obtained $lS6, he presented letter Of credit pur-
porting to be indorsed by George G. Bodt pro-
prietor OF the Waldorf Astoria.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-05-03

DO Americans lack endurance because OF
wrong food habtSs Symposium ny HuthOri-
ties of many countries upon the diet OF the
people in The Tribune tomorrow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
The gn1trma1 and Gctrier

THREE MONTHS, 81. 50; ONE MONTH, 30 CENTS; ONE WEEK, 15 CENTS, SINGLE COPIES, 3CENrs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22

High water to-day, 10:13 a. m.
 MT. and Mrs Charles Northrop o West Haven have been visiting at D. F Smiths during the past week.
 The annual Yale Glee and Banjo clul concert for the benefit of the universit, b. at club will be given this year at tho Waldorf Astoria on April II.
 The Daughters of Rebekah state as sembly will be held in this city Wednes day, April 9. Delegates will attend from the local lodge.
 Mrs. F. l. Beach, Mrs George M Curtis, Mrs. W. S. Dudley, and Mrs Junius S Norton of Meriden have been spending few days at the shore cot tage of Mrs. George R. Curtis of Meri- den at Stony Creek.
 Miss Gertrude Upham of Meriden has not resigned from the Center Congrega~ tional church choir as was reported. Miss Upham will finish her engagement with the church there May Ii and then she will leave to accept position in the choir of church in this city
 On Tuesday evening, April l. the Har- monie club members will give a Fruh- lings Nacht Fest at Harmonic hall at S:3O D, m The notification asks that each member come in their best bib and tucker and each lady is requested to bring a box for two. A prize will be given for the best decorated box.
 Mrs. F. Moeller gave a whist party Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Jennie Hen mig won the first prize, and the same being very elegant Mrs. Parow won the second prize. Among those who took part in the game were Mrs. c. Frols'oN Mrs. M. Henze, Mrs. Bern bardt, Mrs. Esele, Mrs. M. Van Buren, Mrs. T. Kautz. The next whist party will take place at Mrs. Parlows on April g.
 It Is thought that many quail and partridge perished in the recent heavy SHOWS, but our shooters should not de spair for the woodchucks have survived the cold and the snow fhey always do) and will furnish some sport during the spring and summer. Some may con slider woodchuck hunting tame sport, but the initiated are of a different opin- ion.-Seymour Record.
 George w. Woodruff, the old Yale athlete and coach of Pennsylvania's football teams, is to locate in Chicago Woodruff will accept the position of secl etary in a manufacturing concern. For number of years he was ranked among the foremost football coaches of the world but latterly his efforts in turning out a winning team met with indifferent success. Woodruff is the second fotball coach announced within week as a coming resident of Chicago Sanford. formerly of Columbia, will also go into business there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
widespread disaster in the business

widespread disaster in the business community.
 On five different occasions the clear ing house bankers of New York have
 pooled their reserves" and have thus
 checked the prevailing panic. They
 h. ve put all their cash into one heap,
 and appointed a committee to parcel it
 out hy means of loan certificates among
 the banks, according to their ndispen-
 sable needs, taking as security for the
 loan the bills receivable of the banks
 which required such assistance. Vir-
 tually the clearing house loan commit
 tee discounts the paper of the weaker
 banks, This process can go on legally
 as long as the common heap of curren-
 cy lasts When it is exhausted, how ever, or is pretty near exhaustion, the
 banks. even the strong ones, will make difficulties about paying checks, will certify them as Coed through the clearing house, 2" and hand them back
 to the drawer. If the drawer is con- tent with this kind of payment well
 and good but if he is not, the bank must either pay or Ego to protest"
 Tn the panic of 1893 the most of the banks of the United States were in a state of virtual suspension for some weeks, Currency was bought and sold at a premium over certified bank checks in Wall street, while in many places it could not be obtained at all Numerous substitutes for currency were devised and used-some as small as 25 cents
 all of which were illegal and were liable to Federal tax of 10 per cent. Now Mir. Hepburn's thesis is that the country cannot depend upon an Illegal method of warding off the effects of a commercial crisis. A time will come may come any day-when the public will not accept checks stamped Good through the clearing house" in lieu of the cash which they have the right to demand. They may not agree to take these certified checks to brokers offices and pay from 1 to per cent for the currency which the checks call for The business community may be SO hard pressed at some future time as to make demands on the banks as was done in 1857, whereby all the banks in New York were closed except one. Moreover, the credit of New York as A financial center is impaired. both at home and abroad, by the frequent re- sort to clearing house loan certificates, which is another name for bank-sus- pension either general or partial.
 What then shall be done? Mir Hep burn points to the example of Germany where the law authorizes banks to issue an emergency circulation upon the pay nent of a tax of per cent on the notes issued over and above the normal amount This privilege was availed of oy the Imperial Bank of German in the crisis of last year to the amount of more than 100 0oo,ooo marks. and with he happiest results. The bank vir -ually said to the business community. Have no fear; we will discount all the good paper that you bring us" And so t did There was no chance for a panic
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22

Manila tell us that men would be sent 1 to jail there for saying what President Schufman of Cornell university said
 the other day at Boston. This. relates to Americans and as to Fillpinos, for
 them to speak of independence is to commit treason in the eye of the mar tial law. Within the purview of this boodshot orb it would be gross inciv- ism, punishable with Imprisonment or deportation, for Filipino to read to other Filipinos a Spanish or Tagalog translation of the Declaration of Inde pendence.
 So we see that there is no such thing as military liberty; the notion is a con- tradiction in terms. The private sol dier, whatever high motives he may have locked in his breast, is effective ly a mere fighting machine; and where he rules, however unwillingly, the pri- Vate citizen is what we should call slave, speaking after the manner of men. Of necessity the soldier destroys liberty; and that Is why free people have always been rather shy of him, at least in large numbers If there is no military liberty, is there some sort of midle species of liberty between that and civil liberty, which Gov. Taft is keeping to himself? If so, why not define it?-Harper's Weekly
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
FoREsTvILLE's OIL BOOM.

Forestville, March 21.-The discovery of oil in the springs on the land of E. A. Taylor has resulted in the calling of a meeting of the property owners in the vicinity by MT Taylor and M. H. Barnard
 A stock company was formed at the meeting which was held last night to make further investigation of the dis covery. An agreement has already been signed by the owners of the farms in the vicinity of the Taylor place not to sell their property unless all sell at once.
 Professor Wells of Yale is expected here to morrow to make examination of the oil Several experts about the country have pronounced the oil pure petroleum and say there is no geoogi- cal reason why oil should not be pro- cured here
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22

The cane tops, which look wonderfully like our fodder corn, are fed to the cat tie; the refuge of the cane, after being crushed goes for kindling wood, so far as needed, and the rest is spread on the fields as a kind of mulck, to be ploN ed in after rolling It takes fifteen months to mature a crop.
 After the juice has been evaporated in great pans, till of the consistency of thick molasse, it is put into barrels and allowed to settle. A few days later the surface-huid is drained off, and the residue barreled up to be shipped as the brown sugar of commerce; and the drained-of molasses is made into rum, The finer grades of sugar, such as granulated and loaf, are not made in these islands, the process involving much more complicated and costly ma chinery, Under present conditions, it is to do better here than to produce rum and the poorest kind of soft dark sugar
 The most profitable product of St, CroiX is bay oil from which bay rum is made. The oil is q highly concentrate ed essence from the leaf of the green bay tree, and one pint of it, diluted with warm water, will make a keG of the or dinaiy bay rum found in barber shops and bath houses the world over.
 FANNIE B. WARD.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
HARYARD'S GERMANlC.

Continued From Eleventh Pa9e) tic or photographic, of typical work il frustrating Germanic life and character
 from the earliest times to the presen | day, from the Viking boat and the An 1 glo-SaXon hall to the national monu-
 ment on the Niederwald, will naturally
 be the first acquisitions
 l From the very beginning, however l it is proposed to make an effort to se- ! cure originals also weapons and cos 1 tunes, implements and utensils: en- cravings to illustrate the art of the en- graVer O. to show the custom of a period; bolSs illustrating the history of printing paintings sculptures and carvings of real value artistically or historically In selecting objects there will be strict adherence to the princi- ple of avoiding that which is merely striking or curious and of securing only what is typical and characteristic.
 Professor Munsterberg at whose house the directors of the association
 received Prince Henry, has been second
 only to Professor FrauCke in the value of the assistance which he has rendered
 to the new Germanic museum Even
 more than Professor Francka indeed, he has been able to emphasize it's na-
 tonal character. not as a mere Har- vard Museum, but as one in which the interest of everybody in the country, whether or not of German descent, who cares for German culture, may centre The following statement recently made by Professor Munsterberg will be of special interest al the present time.
 In two ways, it seems to me, the meaning of the Germanic Museum As sociaton is often misunderstood. There are many who imagine that it is a local Harvard affair and yet a glimpse at the list of the vice presidents, who repre- sent all the leading universities of the country, ought to show quickly the na- tOnal character of the plans, Harvard took the initiative and for Harvard came the honor to have in her college yard the collection of the association, because no other seat of learning show ed such brilliant development of the departments for German art, language and literatur as the Harvard depart ments under the leadership of Professor Francke and Professor von Jagemann
 
 But in another direction the misun- derstanding seems to me still more re- grettable. It is not only too narrow a view to consider the Germanic Museum as local Harvard scheme. but also to consider it as a place for scholarly stu dies only.
 If it were so the experts in Ger manic studies would be the only ones to have interest in it. Outsiders like my self would remain untouched, as l am not at all a student of Germanic lam guage or art.
 "No, the museum is to us not collec- ton of scholarly material only, but, above all, a visible expression of the de- of the German nation, which by innumerable ties. is connected with the American That in the oldest Ameri- can university in the midst of New the treasures of Teutonic art and life are worthily represented, that means to us in first line symbol of that German American friendship in whose service Prince Henry of Prussia crossed the ocean. ."-F'rom the New York SuD
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
MIR. HEPBURN ON CURRENCY RE-
 FORM

MIR. HEPBURN ON CURRENCY RE- FORM
 At q meeting of the Academy of Po- litcal Science at Columbia University on Tuesday evening, Hon, A, B. Hep burn. ex- comptroller of the Currency, spoke on the monetary problems of the present day. We publish the chief part
 of this striking address elsewhere. The
 views presented are notable in two
 points, upon which MT. Hepburn holds
 views somewhat at variance with those
 of othr currency reformers He main
 tains that the system of clearing house
 loan certificates, by which the Conse-
 quences of monetary stringency are
 more or less nitigated by the banks in
 times of panic, cannot be depended up- on as a means of relief in such emer-
 gencies and hence must be replaced by some other system. He holds that the
 retirement of the greenbacts, however desirable as a step toward a reform of the currency is not necessary to such reform, and may well be post
 poned until better system of bank note issue shall have been devised: In the debate which followed MT Hep burns address Prof. Seligman con cured with the speaker in the opinion that the business community, in de- pending upon clearing-h house loan cer tificates in times of crisis, is leaning upon alb roken reed, and that some bet ter and more legal method of relief should he devised before the next tinan- Cial cyclone strikes the country.
 Banks are required by law and still more by the rules of business prudence, to keep on hand certain percentage of cash to meet the demands of depositors. This may consist of anything which passes current and which everybody &C., cepts without question. In times of se- were stringency some banks are likely to be caught short of currency and eX- posed to failure. In such cases, the failure of one bank will create public alarm and lead to extraordinary de- mands for currency upon all the banks The ingredients of q panic thus ac- cumulate with great rapidity and may within a short time close all the banks except the very strongest, and cause
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
IN AN EARTHLY PARADISE
DESERTED SUGAR PLANTATIONS
 OF ST. CROIY.

Business OpportU mites For The New Owners of the Islnnd-The Making Of Rum. Especial Correspondence of the Jour
 nal and Courier),
 Frederickstoed, St. Croix, D. w. l.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22

to gain headway In fact, there was no panic. Some few speculators were crowded to the wall because their se- curtes would not pass muster, but no solvent trader OF manufacturer was al- lowed to fail if he would pay the mod crate tax which was imposed upon the emergency circulation, Certainly trader who would grumble over tax of per cent. (which goes into the Inn perial Treasuiy) cannot be very hard pressed.
 The moral is that we ought to devise something akin to the German system which has now been in operation quarter of acentury and which has car rted that country safely through half dozen crises of greater or less severity since it was established.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
JUDGE WARMERS AUTOS.
Second Appearance Causes Wild Com

Second Appearance Causes Wild Com
 motion in Woodbury Street.
 Woodbury March 21,-One' of the au- tomobiles for the stage line appeared yesterday on the streets for the second time and was the cause of several acci- dents. MT. Baldwin's horses from Southbury became frightened and al- most cleared themselves from the was- on, damaging one wheel. A few mo- ments later Clifford F. Martins horse became frightened and threw Martin out in front of Judge A. D. Warmers home, and ran as far as Linsley's, where Leo Skelley succeeded in stop ping it. One wheel and a shaft were broken.
 Commotion was caused for quite a while up and down the street, Judge Warner is one of those financially inter- ested in the new line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
L"cai :" eather Report.
New Haven, March 21.
Brief Mention.

L. M. TARR, Observer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
AdIHER IeECOkD,

Washington, D. C., March 21, 1902, pm. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday
 For New England Fair Saturday; Sunday rain, except in north and eastern Maine; fresh north winds.
 For Eastern New York: Increasing clOudi- ness Saturday, probably rain at night and Sunday; fresh north to northeast winds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22

BURGLARS ACTIVE IN CRAWFORD
 Branford March 21-Branford had another visit from burglars last night. Attempts were made to enter the house owned by J. F. Brainard, of Meriden, a summer residence. on the Stony Creek road. Glass in the front door and in a sitting room window was smashed, but a wired key in the door and furniture standing against the window barred en- trance
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
Saturday. March P, 1902.
NAW ADvEk1IsEMGN1S 1o-DAY.

Pae Bakery Specials Boston Grocery Co. Castora-At Druggists. l Cleveland Baking Powder--At Grocers'. Easter -Gamble-Dosmond Co. Easter Gifts-Durant. Easter Photos-Beers' Photo Parlors. Frut--J. E. Judson. For Rent Flat-349 Crown Street. For Easter--Chas. Monson Co. For Sale-Peach Orchard-E. M Clark. Grape Nuts-At Grocers'. Cloves Howe X Stetson. Investments-Ives Investment Go. Leading Hotes-Atlantic City, N. J. Notice-Wilbur E. Beach. News-The Edw. Malley Co. Postum-At GrocerS'. Peruna-At Druggists. Rumford Baking Powder-Grocers'. To California-S. w. Manning. Toilet Powder-E. l.. Washburn Whiskey-City Hall Pharmacy. Wanted-Young Lady-60 George Street. Wanted-Boarders- This Office. Wanted-Situation-9 Church Street.
The Press., 1902-12-04
No Need For Hustle.

A gentleman who had business in a small town tout vest had ordered some important letters sent there, and inquire for them. No letters here for you." said the postmaster.
 ''They ought to have been here yes terday."
 Couldn't have got here yesterday. Old Brown, who carries the mail, was drunk and didn't go over to Iosco after it.
 \ And how about today"
 ''Well, he's sober enough today. but his old woman has cut her foot"
 "But there will be mail tomorrow
 '.Skassly, sir. We don't have any mail on Thursdays" "Then how about next dayT Friday Is sort of off day with the Iosco postmaster, and he generally goes fishing If he don't, he sends the boy over. never count on it, however"
 ..You seem to have slipshod way of running postal affairs out in this coun- try
 "Waal, dunno but we have," he ad- mitted, as he looked over the top of his spectacles, but as long as nobody but Uncle Bill Simpson ever gets any mail, and that's only a circular about how to kill cockroaches, we kinder take things easy and let the United States run along without busting her b'iier. ."-Bal timore Herald.
The Press., 1902-12-04
The First steam Cruiser.

1t is generally known that the first steam driven vessel to cross the Allan sie was. built in Canada. The informas ton Is not so general however, that this same craft was subsequently, con verted into cruiser and was the first steamship engaged in actual war;
 The facts in the case are stated in -"Johnson's Alphabet of First Things In Canada" The ship was the Royal Will liam. She was built at the Cove, Que bee, in the winter of 183O-31 and during the season of 1S32-33 piled between Que bee and Halifax. In the latter season she was sent to London and there char tered by the Portuguese government to transport troops intended for the serv- ice of the late Dom Pedro to Brazil. Re turning to London. she was sold to the Spanish government, by the latter con- verted into d cruiser and employed against Don Carlos in the civil war of 1886, thus being the first steamer to fire hostile shot.
The Press., 1902-12-04

tn the house that secured its passage through that chamber, 1t Is regarded as doubtful if the friends of the territories Will consent to discrimination.
 One cf the first measures to receive the consideration of both senate and house will be the anti anarchy bill which was left in conference when congress adjourn cd in July It is generally believed that Twill pass with little difficulty. There are q number of democrats who oppose the measure as passed, for the reason that they fear its provisions may be pervert cd from their purpose and used as a means of pers. cution, but as the republi- can majority is strong it Is not believed that the democratic fears will receive much. consideration.
 Representative. Fowler. cha'rms n of Inc house committee on banking and currency, said to-day that prompt an l tarnest effort would te made to secLr early consideration of the bill for the re- form of the currency which his committee framed last session but. which failed of Consideration in the house. Everything points to lively and active session, and 1t Is reasonable to assume that Washing ton will be center of interest through out the winter. Fa
The Press., 1902-12-04

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