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THE CURSE OF JETTATURA.
EVIL Eye Invoked by Victor Osborne Against
His Nife's Guardian.

Supreme Court Justice Marean In Brook
lyn yesterday denied the application Of
Victor NJ Osborne TO set aside a summons
in an action brought against him by Alfred
Cooley and relatives of Mrs. Penelope
Deuel. Osborne, his wife. to recover $50, 900.
alleged to be the property Of Mrs. Osborne,
who il "A pavanoic.
Mrs Osborne il inlt he care Of Alfred Cooley.
who was appointed a committee of her
person and property. on application Of her
husband, on June Il, 1901. She has an
estate valued at $4,000, Mrs. Osborne
is a cousin Of Silas |. DEUEL. and Mrs, Cor
ncia A. Cory, well-known Brooklyn
Clubwoman.
In his petition to set aside the summons
in the suit Osborne alleged that he pro-
posed to have the appointment Of Cooley
a. a committee of the person and property v
of his wife set aside. He said both he and
his wife We're greatly surprised and shocked
when Cooley was appointed His purpose
in asking for committee was that as her
husband he might be appointed merely
to restrict her expenditures Of money al
times when her malady became troublesome
sidney Il. Lowell, counsel for Cooley,
teS ified in opposition to the motion to dis
miss the summons. that he had met Mrs
Osborne recently and had asked her why
she wanted To live with her husband She
replied she said. that her name of Deul
suggested things "kingly," and the COM
mon people were preiudiced against kings.
Therefore. her life was in danger unless
she remarked under the protection Of the
name and person Of Osborne.
The following letter was put in evidence
to show the incapacity of the petitioner
to care for his wife or her property
ST GEORGE HorEL. June |. 1907.
= V IOwFII.- SW' Yesterday You took
II upon yourself to grossly insult me with
out the slightest provoCation. II We wcro
living IN community Of gentlemen instead
OF Guttersrip ipes like yourself, | would Ger
tninlv call YOU out and try to I'LL your carcass
with Lead but as trat pleasure will be de-
MED ne. ! still have another pleasant little
method of dispostng of my enemies Now
! invoke on your head 10000 curses of jetta-
tura. on YOU and yours. ] shall try and
s"nd the three principle scoundrcls Ia Mrs
Osborne case to keep you company IN he'll
Yours sincerely. V. VI. UsBOENE.
Jettatura is the evil eve
Justice Marean. while denying the petit
tion. suggested that Mrs. Cory be added TO
the committee of the person and property
If Mrs. Osborne,
The sun., 1902-12-04
DEMIJOHN IN 4 WILL CASE
Produced to show the Testatrixs Habits
she Left All to Her Lawyer.

The contest over tho will of Mrs Mary
Wilson. who died last April at the age of "a
leaving her property to Rollin NJ Morgan.
her attorney. was begun yesterday before
Surrogate Fitzgerald. Charles Steckler.
who appears for the contestants. Michael
Dwyer and Margaret Lyon. said he would
prove that Mrs Wilson left $4,000 instead
Of 5000. as Mr.. Morgan contended. The
contestants allege that undue influence
was exerted by Morgan on the testatriX
Isaac Smith. one of the subscribing wit
nesses TO the will. testified that Mrs Wilson
said she wanted Morgan to get her money
because he had always been a good friend
to her Two women witnesses testified
that Mrs. Wilson was in the bit of drink
ing whiskey from demij john The demi-
john was produced in court and put in
evidence. They said she had often spoken
TO them Of her intention Of providing for
her brother and sister in her will,
The sun., 1902-12-04
ELEVATED TIED Up 3 HOURS.
SMASH UPTOWN BLOCKS SIXTH
AND NINTH AVENUE LINES.
Theatre Crowds Jam the Platforms In
the TenderlOin and Are Forced Back
TO the street Cars-TwO Cars Smashed
In the Accident, hut No One. Hurt.

The train services on the Sixth avenue
and Ninth avenue lines Of the elevated
railroad was almost completely tied up for
about three hours last night by an accident
which occurred at $50 p. NJ. at Eighth av-
enue and l35th street. When the theatre
crowds started to go home they had 10
take to the surface cars If they wanted 10
get anywhere on the West Side Of the town.
The accident didn't appear to he Of much
consequence at first. Five dead" or empty
cars were started out from the yards at
li5th street andEighih avenue to be switched
to the centre or express track. The NTH
car was a new motor car.
All but two of these cars were on the
centre track when an upbound Ninth
avenue train, drawn by an engine. came
along and smashed up against the sides
of the two rear cars of the motor train
Both rear cars of the motor train were
wrecked and were thrown across the switch
in such a way as 10 block the uptown track
The engine wasn't damaged much and
nobody was hurt.
Trails were leaving the Battery on three
minute headway and the uptown track was
soon blocked AZ far "a Seventy-second street
To relieve this block. the trains on the up
town track were switched to the west track
al l30th street and back again to the east
track al tn street
IL took a long time for even one train to
get around H. this way and there were scores
wai'i z,
Meanwhile. in order to let the workmen
clear away the smashed cars. the electric
power in the Nanhattan's big power house
was shut off for while, and this made
all the electric trains dead wood" on the
instant. Efforts TO switch electric trains
from the east to the west tracks at l04th
street and other points went for nothing.
From O clock 10 1880 Z. NJ. there weren't
very many passengers or would-be pas
scugers, but the minute the theatres closed
crowds headed as usual for the Sixth avenue
stations from Fourteenth TO Forty-second
street.
The station platforms we're jammed with
folks who had bought tickets before the
ticket agents found out how seriously
tho train service was affected. At that
time trains were running twenty or twenty
five minutes apart and they took so few
persons away from the stations that the
platforms began TO bc dangerously
Gro wdcd.
Then the ticket agents issued checks
of the rainy-day baseball variety to all
who had bought tickets, and in the theatre
district put up signs which said hat the
trains were not running on schedule time
That kept the crowds from climbing the
station stairs.
Then the West Side crowds went for the
trolley cars and soon crowded them. Car
ragcs We're also soon at a premium.
Meanwhile those who were in Harlem on
the West Side and wanted to get down
town didn't have any trains at all, or very
few from O'Clock until nearly IL.
After 4. NJ the trains were running on
schedule time, which calls for Roadway of
only fifteen minutes at that hour.
The sun., 1902-12-04
REVISION OF ASSESSMENTS.
Chief Clerk Of the Board Says Work IL Not
Behindhand.

A letter sent to THE Sun said that the
Board for the Revision Of Assessments
has not held meeting for five months
and that in consequence there are now
ending lists amounting to more than
81, $50 600 and that because Of the dlatori-
ness Of the board the city is losing interest
at the rate of s.. 600 a month.
Henry j. Storrs, chief clerk Of the board,
said yesterday:
"The board is not behind in it's work
Meetings we're held constantly throughout
June, July and August, and all business
was cleared up During the budget hear
ings We could not meet The meetings will
be resumed next week. I here are only
thirty-two lists pending and twenty-five Of
these have come in since Oct l."
The sun., 1902-12-04
WEST 1OlTH STREET STATION
Public Hearing To-day on Proposed Aban.
dOnme

The Rapid Transit Commission will
hold public hearing to-day on the proposal
to abandon the suggested station on the
Manhattan subway at Central Park West
and l0ith street
A real estate operator who had bought
proparty in the neighhorhood sent a vigor-
ous protest TO the Mayor and intimat ed
that speculation in land might account
for the change
The sun., 1902-12-04
COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN.
MEETING or THE NATIONAL
COUNCIL HELD Nv BALTIMORE.
Increase In Membership and the Number ~
Sections Observation-Disclosures Of ~ .OOO
In the Treasury-The Delegates Fin.
tcrtained at the Country Club.

In the Treasury-The Delegates I'm.
tcrtsined at the Country Club.
BALTIMORE, Dec 3-The delegates and
alternates in attendance upon the Third
Triennial Convention of the National Coun-
Gil Of Jewish Women held their first business
session this morning in Oheb Shalom Tenn
pie. Mrs. Hannah q. Solomon presided.
On the platform with her were Miss Sadie
American, national corresponding secre-
tary. and president Of the New York section,
and Miss Gertrude Berg recording secretary.
The reports OF the Credential Committee
showed eleven officers. thirty-seven dele
gates, seven alternates and one junior
delegate, Bernie h. Fleischhacker Of ST.
Louis, present. The most important busi-
ness was the reading OF the reports OF the
treasurer, Mrs. Bertha A. Seiz OF Chicago.
and the report Of the recording secretary.
Miss Gertrude. Berg Of Philadelphia. The
former gave an account of the disburse-
ments and receipts Of the past three years
and Miss Berg report outlined the present
state Of the work of the council. 1t was Of
considerable length.
The report Of the treasurer showed
Total receipts, Ss.5o5.7i; total disburse-
ments, s6.is3 70; balance, s2,02l.95.
The report of Miss Berg showed that in
the last three years thirty new sections had
come into existence, OF which six had since
been dissolved. The six that disso lved
were all in Texas. The number Of sections
now in the council shows gain Of nineteen
In the past theree years, exclusive Of the
sixteen junior sections that have been
organized The membership in 1899 was
4,1s5, whereas thu membership at present.
V,s... al. o. IONS IN
A feature of tie work of the council in
the last three years was the undertaking
To raise funds for famine sufferers in India :.
Part Of the money was diverted to the relief
of Bessarabia. The sum Of $o84.2l was
subscribed.
These committees we're appointed:
Resolutions-Mrs Pauline Steinem, To-
ledo, Ohio, Miss NJ. c. Vorsanger, San Fran
cisco; Mrs. Martin Barbe. Chicago; Mrs. &.
Wiener, Cleveland; Mrs. n. f. Harris. Brad
ford, Pa.
Teller and Inspection Committee-Miss
Stone, New York; M-. Fleischaber, Louis
vile; Miss NJ, A. Afclder. Allegheny; Mrs.
B. LLowenstein. Cincinnati; Mrs. Samuel
Latz. Kansas City.
lie Wi. mating COMMITTEES was ap-
pointed shorty Uefore the session ad-
jourued and vii report to-moii"", II
consists of one member from each State.
These are: Mrs. Aarons, California NJ =.
Pappe. Iowa Miss Oppenheimer. District
lucky; Mrs. Charles Cans. Mary and; Mrs.
f. NJ. Andrews, Massachusetts,: Mrs. Rose
Stolz, New York; Mrs. Samuel Latz Mis-
souri,; Mrs. j. / Felsenthal, Illinois: Mrs.
NJ Schwab, Ohio: Miss j. Goldberg, Texas;
Mr. l. LTbpm8W1 TpT &e9LSs MSsi 4Ts ~ psfs
ReJrts from these delegates showed
the condition of the work in the different
sections Mrs. F.. NJ. Andrews, Boston;
Mrs. n. E. Harris, Bra, f,rd, Pa; Mrs.
The sun., 1902-12-04
Arrested for Attempting to Burn Ills House

GLENs FALLS y. Y, Dec. g. -Everi,t
Harrison was arrested to-day, on COM
plant of NJ. b. Little, agent Of the HON,
Insurance Company of New York, for an
a,t'n pt, on Oct 20, to burn his own house.
The lousc was insured for $1,000, which
was considerably more than hc paid tor il
HIS examination NGs stt for Dec. 10 and
he was released on $1,000 bail He SAYS
that the fire was set by the trolley road
strikers or their sympathiaers. whom he
had angcred by riding on the cars Harri-
son il a prominent manuiact urer, about
IS years Of age, and has a wife and three
children.
The sun., 1902-12-04
Miss ROOme. Probation Onicer.

Miss Anna Roome was appointed Proba-
ton Officer for the eastern district Of Brook
lyn yesterday at a meeting of Brooklyn
club women at the Young Women's Christ
ian Association Building, She will have
charge Of the Gates avenue, Metropolitan
avenue, Even street, Lee avenue and the
Grand street courts and will receive a
salary Of $4O0. The womens clubs, aided
by the Prison Association, have guaranteed
~. ali
The sun., 1902-12-04
Louisiana Rice Crop short,

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3.-The rice crop
is now declared to be only 2 200 900 bags
as against the 5000 600 originally expected
The difference is due to the unfavorable
weather that prevailed during the season,
both drought and food having done CON
siderable harm. Great damage was also
inflicted by the invasion of salt water, which
assembled the bayous
The sun., 1902-12-04
Dr. Lorenz In Warrington

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-Dr. Adolph Lorenz
the distinguished Vienna surgeon, whose
operations In cases Of congenital disocation
OF the hip have made him world famous,
accompanied by DR.. Frederick Miller, his
operating assistant. arrived in Washington
late this afternoon. So far the local associa-
ton Of physicians has been unable TO dis
cover case OF hip dislocation In Washington
that would be susceptible Of operation bv
Prof. Lorenz's method. and The prospects
for a clinic at which the distinguished sur
geon could show his skill are not BRIGHT
The sun., 1902-12-04
Precaution Against Foot and Month
Disease,

ALBANY. Dec. s.-State Agricultural Com
missioner Wieting has conferred with Gov.
Odell and every precaution will be taken
to ward OF an attack Of the dreaded foot
and mouth disease upon the cattle Of this
State. The disease, the Commissioner
says. has obtained no foothold here as yet
and he will endeavor to have picketed
every possible avenue through which af-
fected animals or their product might be
brought here
The sun., 1902-12-04
MARRIED.

HOLLfSTER-FORREST.- 81. Barthoiomew's
on Wednesday. Dec. 3. by the Rev. DR.. Greer
assisted by Rev. r. l.. Bridges Louise Hol-
lister. daug Inter OF II. II. Holllster. to Richard
+. E.Forresl of Philadelphia
WILSoN-HARRfNoToN. wednesday, Dec. l.
iep2. At the residence OF the brides parentsI 7c2s
7th ave, New York. william c. Wilson 10 Miss
Adelaide Thompson Harrington, By the Rev.
George W. Lincoln. Of Newark ". j., the BRIDE
godfather.
The sun., 1902-12-04
Alien Land Owners I'm Cuba.

WASHINGTON. Dec. Sin RESPONSE to an
inquiry the War Department to-day trans
mitted to the House "A statement showing
the amount of land in Cuba under culti-
walton by aliens. 1t shows that Americans
own 81 $40 acres, Spaniards 48,03i acres,
English 1880 acres, French 800, and Chinese
100 acres.
The sun., 1902-12-04

ALBANY, Dec, 3-The New York Tunnel
Company Of New York city has been in
corporated to build the East River tunnel
from Battery Park, New York, to Clinton
street Brooklyn. The company has
capital of $3.50 600, and the directors are
Herbert s. Brown, Sherry Ouderdonk
Harold Nathan and Clarence s. Brown
of New York city, and John d. MacLen-
nan of Cleveland
The sun., 1902-12-04
R.lIWARD GIRL DRINKS ACID.
Had . Letter to Her Mother Telling OF the
Life Shed Led-Win Recover.

Margaret Mcdonald, is years Old, drank
carbolic acid last night in the side door Of
a saloon at 3ls West Fourth street. John
Colby the bartender. knocked the bottle
from her mouth and his hand was burned
by the acid.
The girl had a letter in her hand ad-
dressed to her mother, Mrs. j. F. McDon-
aid. Of Ballston Spa. The girl said that she
was going TO kill herself because she had
not lived good life,
She was taken TO Bellevue Hospital and
will probably recover.
The sun., 1902-12-04
FISH STEALS HrNTERS PRIZE.
Rabbit. Shot. Tumbles Into q River and IL
Gobbled Up by . Carp.

CALDWELL. y. j.. Dec. &C. f. Genung
and James Becher went hunting along the
Whippany River yesterday. Genung shot
a rabbit but il fell into the river and was
seized and carried of by a carp
Earlier in the day Belcher mistook
Genungs hat for rabbit and shot Of the
Ton, ~ II -
The sun., 1902-12-04
Bridge Cars Stuck for Forty Minutes.

The wheel Of heavily laden express
wagon stuck in slip joint on the Brooklyn
side of the Bridge at y. 80 last night and az a
result all trolley cars bound from this side
were blocked for forty minutes.
The sun., 1902-12-04
Court OF Appeals Adjourns Out Of Respect
to the Memory Of JndEe Earl.

ALBANY, Dec. 3.-The Court of Appeals
tonight adjourned until Friday out of
respect to the memory Of the late Judge
Robert Earl, and in order to afford the
Judges an opportunity to attend his fu-
neral in Herkmer tomorrow. Chief Judge
Parker, in announcing the recess. paid a
jurist.
The sun., 1902-12-04
Making a Hospital OF the Dixie.

The supply Dixie has been ordered on
the ways at the Brooklyn navy yard for
overhauling, She will be fitted up es a
modern hospital ship at a cost Of $3.50 600.
Medicines and Instruments. with plenty OF
beds bedding and all the necessities VI a
hospital. will be put aboard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-29
STOCKS.
QUOTATIONS. OF corToN YARNS.

New York. Aug. 2S.-No. 1851 and 12s-1
warps at 1919; No. 14s-1 warps at IA; No.
1851 warps at 14@14A; No. 20s-1 warps
at 141z No. 22s1 warps at Is; No. 26s-1
warps at 15015h; No. 6s to los yarn at
10; No. 12s-1 at 1919; No. 14s-1 at
131s014; No. f6s-1 at IA; No. 2os-1 at
AN; No 22s-1 at Is; No. 26s-1 at l5h;
No Ss-2 ply soft yarn at 1914: No. 1852
ply soft yarn at IA; No. $50 ply hard at
10; No. 1882 ply hard at 1871; No 12s-2
ply hard at 1917; No. 14s-2 ply at 1871;
No. 1882 ply at 14@14K; No. 2Os-2 ply
at IA; No. 24s-2 ply at 10; No. 26s-2 ply
at 150151a; No. 30s-2 ply yarn at 16W1612;
No 40s-2 ply at 21@21h; No. Ss-S. and
5 ply at 10; No. 2Os-2 ply chain warps at
Is; No. 24s-2 ply chain warps at loA ];
No. 26s-2 ply chain warps at 10; NO. 5Os-2
ply chain warps at 16hm17; No. 1888 ply
hard twist at 14@14h; No 20s-3 ply
hard twist at 141A; No. 2Os-S ply hard
twist at 15@15h.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-29
THE NEW AND OBSERVER FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 80 1902

revival of enthusiasm with which stocks
nave recently been bought The improved
feeling was partly due to the renorts
current of measures in contemplation for
The relief of the financial situation. A
report was formulated that the large
banks were concerning measures to Sc
cure by purchase or borrowing a sufficient
increase in holdings of government bonds
to enable them to expand their note cir
culation to a large degree. The deposits
at the Sub-Treasury for transmission 10
the interior today were $500 900, of which
100000 was for New Orleans and 5000. =
600 for San Francisco. Without counting
today';s operations the Sub-Treasury has
absorbed from the market since last Fri
day $2,752 900. The movement of cur
rency through the regular EXPRESS chan
nels is believed to have been heavily
against New York Also 1T is evident
therefore that speedy exhaustion of
The margin of surplus reserves of the
clearing house banks is threatened.
The bond market was less active today
and irregular. Total sales (par value)
81, $50 900.
United States old As advanced u per
cent on the last call.
We're 674800 shares, including the follow
ing: Atchison 1900; Atchison preferred
$500: Baltimore and Ohio 40 900; Cana
dian Pacific 81 300; Erie Is, 100; Louisville
and Nashville $500; Missouri Pacific g.
coo; Norfolk and Western 5000; Ontario
and Western 5,400: Pennsylvania Rail-
road 10,06S; Philadelphia and Reading 3d.
100; Philadelphia and Reading second
preferred 1900; Southern Pacific $4,000;
Southern Railway 5000: Southern Rail
way preferred 800; Texas and Pacific T.
800: Toledo, st. Louis and Western 49,
100; Toledo, st. Louis and Western pre-
ferred 101O0; Union Pacific 80, 700; Wis
consin Central 1900; Wisconsin Central
preferred 5000; Colorado Fuel and Iron
&c. 500; Consolidated Gas $500; American
Sugar Refining $500; Tennessee Coal and
Iron $500; United States Steel Corpora
ton $500 American Locomotive G,4OO.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-29

New Orleans, La, Aug. 28.-With Au-
gust contracts selling at 8.25 and factors
asking S.62h for spot cotton there was
small inducement for buyers to operate
freely. Quotations unchanged.
In the market for contracts there was
decidedly less activity than yesterday,
however, trading was quite brisk in Sep
TENDER, October, December and January.
The action was unremitting and large,
composing in great part the execution
of orders from the Southern interior. but
embodying also a fair shade of trading
for New York account and no little floor
work on quick turns for small profits.
The bears had all the best of the argu-
ment today. however, and kept the bulls
pretty well on the run. AT one time,
shortly after the opening the local bulls
materially assisted by their New York
brethren managed to effect recovery of
a few points. but they soon lost their
/ vantage ground and thereafter, while
numerous slight upward fluctuations were
noted, the trend was toward distinctly
j lower level. On the opening call August
dropped eleven points, September six and
eight points on the other positions.
After the call August was forced down
ten points additional, while the other
months after recovering and moving up
five to ten points on Wall Streets pre-
diction of 20 as the bureaus probable
estimate of the August condition fell
away ten to twelve points. Thereafter
prices fuctuated rapidly, and at the
close showed net losses of &c points on
August and 10 to IA points on the other
months.
Nsw oRrvANs, La., Aug 2s. Cotton futures
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-29
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Aug. 2S.-There was con-
siderable further contraction of activity
in the stock market today and the anima-
ton which has been shown on the pre-
vious days of this week was lacking.
The speculative disappointment caused
by yesterdays reduction of the dividend
on Reading first preferred and the anx-
iety over continued depletion of banking
reserves through the interior demand for
currency were responsible for the pause
in the speculative activity. 1t was ap-
parent that some sharp losses were in
Cured by the plunging in Reading yes
terday before the dividend reduction was
announced and in Atchison on the sday
before, previous to the report of the
shrinkage in July net earnings There
was some further selling in these stocks
today and Illinois Central reacted sharply
from yesterdays show of strength After
the pressure to sell by disguised holders
on margin had relaxed, prices were
pushed up here and there with rather
sustaining effect on the rest of the mar
ket. No stocks of the first grade were
concerned in this movement, which was
confined to minor railroad stocks and to
some rarely active specialties, notably
the gas stocks and the express stocks.
Talk of consolidation accompanied the
rise in both cases. Sloss- Sheffield Steel s
strong rise was unexplained. The up
ward movement in Canadian Paeifc
seemed to be due to reports Of redemp-
ton of the company's land grant bonds.
The Toledo, st. Louis and Western stocks,
the Wisconsin Central stocks and the st.
Joseph and Grand Island stocks enjoyed
the benefit of the revival of old rumors
Of absorption by stronger interests. Col
orado Fuel and Irons early break on the
| proclamation of renewed hostilities he
tween the contending interests In the
property was followed by a violent re-
covery and again by reaction. The I'M
dertone of the market was decidedly i'm
proved after the early pressure relaxed
but there was no disposition toward q