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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
"TEIEGRAPH'S" NEW OWNER.
Col. George Harvey Has Bought II and
the "NetropOlitan.'

Col George Harvey, president OF Harper
4 Bros. and proprietor of the North
American Rerisn. bought the Morning
Telegraph and the metropolitan Magazine
yesterday for 100000. The purchase was
made from the receiver. who has been run
ming both properties for come time under
an order issued by Judge Lacombe of the
United States Circuit Court. Col. Harvey
assumes a mortgage Of $500 on the news
paper press.
After he had entered into possession 81
his properties Col Harvey gave out the
following statement:
In purchasing the Metro oi,t1r | bought
simply name. have had il In mind for
some time that there ha- developed in this
chief mission should he 20 tell about New
York This has become the most wondeTfui
city in the world. and tn" people throughout
the country. no less than tho" who reside In
the city Itself feel the keenest interest in
the manifold phases of this urban life. This
interest viii ncrsa-" as ,hr city C9ntn .,,..
strong TO Justify the hope Of making success
OF rnagnzin" de ign"d to occupy this
| field can be demonstrated. OF course. only hy
| of the soundnes- OF the idea that am going
| to make the experiment. The nam" Metro
politan" exactly fits the purpose. hence the
The editor Of the new Metropolitan will
be Mr. John k"ndrick Bang, whose recog-
| nized literary capacity IL admirably supple
mcnted by his intimate knowledge OF every
| thing that zoe, to make life In New York
bright and pleasing.
| The great growth Of tho Harper periodicals
| In the last two years has demonstrated CON
1 clusively that the people AZ" quit" willing
l to pay good prices for good thinga 30 the
price OF the new magazine Will probably BE-
| raised 20 rs cents
| bought the Morning Telegraph primarily
| because could not get tho one without the
| NJ a heller
| in the minds Of those boSt qualified to iudg"
| that in view OF the great impetus that he's
| been given to racing by Mr.. Belmont and Mr
| Whitney. to polo nv MI Gould. and to other
| forms 81 recreation by various r"r-ons.
| thcr" i real need Of clean. Wholesome
| paper such as they have In England. devoted
| to the best interest OF sport. the opera and
| the drama. That, In a general way. Is ths
| kind Of PAPER the Telegraph whether under
| to be. Further than this I have made no
| plans
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
LABOR LEADER ARRESTED.
lie Tried to Pull Ncn Out OF Bunalo shop
where . strike Had Been Ordered.

BUFFALO, Dec. 5.-Martin F. Murphy
who is a saloonkeeper and president Of the
New York State Fedora, ion Of labor. went
TO the Snow Steam Pump Company's Works
az 30 this morning. One hundred moul-
iers had been ordered TO strike. but only
fifteen had quit work and Murphy wanted
10 pull the others out
IF you want TO get in here, said Fore
man Sipe. you must secure an order from
the office"
Murphy tried to shoulder his way through
the door, but Sipe showed him away. Muir
ply retreated. drew a revolver and fired tw o
shots at the ground. with the evident in :
tention Of frightening Sipe. The forema n
declined TO be scared 40 Murphy fired three
more shots and started to run away. A
crowd OF workmen. alarmed by the shots
chased Murphy. who fell or was knocked
down. His seal p was cut. When the
patrol wagon came Murphy was sent to the
Babcock street station and locked up on a
charge Of firing AT Sipe. Later he was re-
leased on 81 900 bail for trial on Monday
He had no permit to carry a revolver.
The Snow Steam Pump Company has
sturdily refused 10 recognize labor unions
although It employs many union men and
pays better wages than the union demands
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
BOYS ROB 4 CHURCH SAFE.
Cans OF Youngsters. the Oldest -. Ar.
vested In The Bronx.

Burglars entered the Church Of st Peter
and st Paul, at l59th street and ST AIMS
avenue. on Tuesday night and stole pair
Of gold opera glasses and &4.?O from the
vestry safe. The opera glasses were found
in a pawnshop at ii9th street and Third
avenue, and eshteen-y ar-old Edward
Weler Of 785 ST. AIMS avenue, who pawned
them, was arrested. He made confession
duplicating James Ryan. 10 years old. of
785 East l63d street; Alfred Weber, 70 years
old. 87i Fast l59th street, Christopher
Smith. II years Old s57 East l82d street
and Christian Zeigler. II years old. Of 783
East i82d street. Ryan said that the boys.
all Of whom attended the church, got into
the cellar through a coal hole. and that Ed
ward Weber. who knew the sexton and had
seen him open the safe. worked for an hour
before he got it open. knowing part of the
combination to start with,
All the boys were locked up,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06

paid the witness. exclusive Of Charge for
powder and for work on his tools. amounted
10 O., oSo 81. OF this amount oeoo went to
Ingoldsby and the balance to his laborer
Wayne Macveagh and George F. Brown
ell, who have appeared a. counsel for the
Pennsylvania and Hillside GOAL companies
before the Arbitration Commission. got
here from Scranton last night and went
to the Waldorf Astoria. They will 60 to
Washington this morning.
Mr.. Macveagh said that his trip had
nothing to do with the trouble between
the miners and their employers.
Our work In connection with the efforts
to settle the dispute" he said. lis now
finished and we Will not appear again before
the commission unless something turns
up affect ing the companies we represent.
Il will not talk with the President about
the coal mines when ] reach Washington.
or course. ] cannot say that will! not see
the President. but | do say that there Is
no immediate reason why should
AS TO the talk Of the big concerns buying
up the smaller mine owners. that il a sub
ject Of which / know nothing 1t If a
matter Of business with the operations and
can have no effect upon the outcome Of the
Investigation now being made by the COM
mission
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
EN-SLAIE WEAR 100. NE SAYS.
Police Find an Aged Negro Wandering
Helpless In the streets.

Policeman Book of the Charles street
station found an old negro wanderir &
around at Blocker aud Cornelia streets yes
tcrday morning and took him T. 40 police
station. The man appeared to 10 ~ roring
from illness and was unable 10 tell where
he lived
Eve got good home" he told acting
Sergeant Shea, but | cant remember
where II is lie said his name was Aaron
Williams and that he was few months
less than 100. He told the police he was
once slave owned by Col. Fau mount
who lived just outside Of Norfolk, Va He
said that he accompanied the Colonel when
he fought under Gen. Harrison in the Indian
wars and also took part in the Mexican
War.
He was with the Virginia Grays in the
civil War. he said, and was present at Lees
surrender.
The police sent him to St. vincent's
Hospital
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
SALE OF TAPESTRIES.
Incongruities Of Buying Seen In an Art
Gallery.

A larg" tapestry of the Louis XIV. period
with a representation of Venus and Adonis
at their ease in a park, was sold for $500
at the American Art Galleries yesterday
afternoon. A pair Of Italian portieres
in ruby velvet sold at 1910. A few minutes
later pair Of Medici portieres Of cut velvet
with garnet flowers on cream ground,
were picked up for $40.
Two panels of Flemish tapestry repre-
senting incidents Of the history of Philip
Of NaCedon, whom the catalogue curiously
twisted into "Imperator." sold at $50. A
piece Of Genoese velvet. ornamented with a
profusion Of brilliant flowers on cloth OF
gold. sold for $500
Curtains with scrolls OF gold applique in
Rocco style on red velvet went at $40
pair. and a single curtain bearing a medal
lion with a coat of arms and crown fet ched
S2s5 A pair of French embroidered pict-
ures in oval frames brought $500. and a
sixteenth century embroidered sanctuary
carpet brought $2l0.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06

Ex.Aiderman sued by His VIE for . Separa-
tion-Accused Of Diamond Stealing.

Fred F1eck. the former Alderman. and
until recently the owner Of two music
halls on the Bowery. il being sued by his
wife, Mabel, for a separation. OH the grounds
Of gross cruelty and neglect. They were
married in Jersey City in 1892
Mrs. Flecl swears that Fl.'ck has threat
ened her life a hundred times or more,
and that on many occasions he had beaten
h"r black and blue. lie has habit of
staying away for a week or more at a lime.
and refuses to- account for his absence.
She says he has repeatedly expressed his
anxiety to get rid Of her, and has offered
her a substantial weekly allowance IL she
would consent to a separation.
She says that Fleck recently disposed
Of his Bowcry music halls. the Manhattan
and the Empire. at heavy figures, and that
ne has also sold a music hall at Bat h Beach
His 5000 naphtha launch, his 400 auto
mobile. and his landau, runabouts and
surveys, he has also sold she says
She charges him with taking away her
diamonds and falling TO return them,
and says that he spends $50 a week on CABS
She vili ask for alimony and counsel fees
pending the trial Fleck denies all her
charges, and says he is not worth nearly
as much as she SAYS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
STUDENTS FIGHT FIRE
In Dickinson Hail ~ Princeton and keey
II Down Until Ftremen Arrive.

PRINCETON, n. j., Dec. about 10
O'Clock this morning, after the roll had
been called in Prof J. Mark Baldwlns
class il Psychology in the big lecture room
Oh the top floor Of Dickinson Hall, one Of
the students. a junior, discovered that the
building WAS atre.
The fire was in the north hallway on the
third floor and was blazing fercely in the
soft pine wainscoting when il was dis
covered. The students formed line from
the top floor to the basement and passed
up bucketfuls Of water. They mana Red
to keep the fire pretty we'll in control. SO
that when the firemen got two strea ms
playing II was quickly extineuished.
The Are was confined entirely TO the
hallway OH the top floor, but there war
considerable damage from water The
loss will not amount 10 more than 81 900
II is thought that the fire started from a
lighted cigarette.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
Park A, enue commission lpheld.

The Appellate Division has refused to
set aside tho appointment of the com
mission which il TO determine what part
Of the sum paid by the city for the eleva-
ton Of the tracks Of the New York Central
Railroad on Park avenue shall he assesse |
on the abutting property owners. The
appeal from the order appointing the COM
mission was taken by T. W. Sanders as the
representative Of $50 other property owners,
and the refusal Of the Appellate court to
on the technical point that no appeal can
lie until some specific assessment has been
made on the property ~ Tho complainant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
DR.. Loreny Performs Three Operations

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-Dr Adolph Lo-
REM. the distinguished Vienna surgeon,
performed three operations before a clinic
of three hundred Washington physicians
at Providence Hospital to-day, One of
the operations, and the one in which the
greatest interest was centred. was for
congenital hip dislocation, and the pate mt
was Ellen Callahan. six-year-old girl Of
this city.
As this was the only case OF congenital
hip dislo, alton Of the right age for operating
,ha' could be found IN Washington, DR.
Lorenz performed two other and even more
difficult operations for clubfoot,
All three operations were witnessed with
the greatest possible interest, particularly
that In the case Of hip dislocation, and DIR.
Lorenz's method was highly Praised
DR.. Lorenz will go from here 10 Balti-
more to- morrow where he will operate and
will 60 thence to New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
OBJECTS TO "CIVIL DEATH"
Butler. Democratic Boss OF ST. Louis
Cannot Get His Cheeks Cashed.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. Dec. 5.--Col." Edward
Butler said to-day that Judge Ryan's de-
cision, pronouncing him civilly dead be-
cause of his convict ion and sentence foI
bribery. though he is out on appeal, has
already cost him almost az much as it would
to die physically and incur undertakers'
bills
Recently he presented check for 81 500
at a bank in which he il heavy depositor.
When the cashier Informed him that he
could not get the money, as he was civilly
dead Butler Hared up, saying: do you
mean TO tell me that my check is not good
for q, 5Oo'"
That IL exactly what | mean,' replied
the cashier. and until Judge Ryan s,is-
ponds his sentence or you have been vim
Dictated by the law, I cannot cash your
check
In the future the Colonel will have TO
pay all his bills with cash.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
BOY + CND SHOT.
lie Had said He Was Going shooting and
Had q small Rine With Him.

Charles Young. ~ years Of age, was
found dead with bullet in his brain at the
corner Of jackson avenue and the Shell
road, Corona. l.. J.. on Thursday night. He
had left his home o. Grand and Sycamore
avenues, Corona. last evening. taking
with him a 22-calbre rife. He said he
was going to shoot birds.
Some time later his body was found
DR.. Powers found that the bullet had gone
through the roof Of the mouth and ent cred
the brain. The lips were unin jured. and il
appeared az il the hoy might have placed
the muzzle of the rih' IN his mouth. The
lads father says he knows no reason why
the boy should have wished TO end his life
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
EARNING 10 DRAWERS or WILLS.
n You Make Yourself Beneficiary. Get
Outside Advice Also.

The refusal of Surrogate Fitzgerald to
admit the will of W. Rintelen TO pro-
bate has been upheld by the Appellate
Division. Rntelen left the bulk of his
property TO Harry Overington. a lawyer
of 2OU8 Madison avenue. Overington drew
the will, was its executor and applied for
its probate. Tie Appellate Division says
" attorneys who prepare wills from
which they derive substantial benefit allow
them to be- executed without insis,inR uuon
the testator having indie endent advice 20
that proof Of his Intention il available they
must take the consequences II their motives
and acts are questioned and the Instrument .
which give them such advantage are re-
fused probate because the actual free and
untrsn melled intention Of the decedent T. not
proved
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
COrLD kEEP UNIONS Funds
Court shows the Value Of incorporation In
the case OF Murphy. Alleged Thief.

Lawyer James Nugent obtained yes
terday from Justice Fitzgerald a writ of
habeas corpus for Lawrence Murphy, the
treasurer OF the Stone Cutters Union, who
Is now in the Tombs on charge of having
embezled $4,000 Of the union funds, A
writ Of certorari for the RENEWAL OF the
action Of Magistrate Crane in holding him
was obtained al the same time on the ground
that Murphy, as treasurer Of the organiza.
ton, was entitled TO hold the O,OOO, If
he ever received it. until an accounting
should be had. The Court holds further
that the union, being an unincorpora'ed Us
ISOLATION, of which Murphy was n member,
he held the money as n trustee, and can
only he deprived Of it through an action at
law
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
PUGILIST READ NOVELS no HER.
That's One OF Da>idow's Replies to His
Nife's Separation Suit.

Mrs Frances Davidow has begun suit for
a separation from her husband, Edward
B. Davidow. a retail jeweler at l24th street
and Third avenue. The Davidows were
married in 1895, and have one child. The
wife says that he deserted her on Sept
"a last He says that she has refused
TO live with him any longer, though he in
willing TO forgive all and forget the past.
They came here from Scranton.
In his affidavit he says that her intimacy
with her sister. Mrs. Friedlander. has never
been to his liking, and that he was much
displeased at the rumors which reached
him when his wife and her sister went to
Paris last year. He says that on her re-
turn she told him OF having visited places
over there, with other men. which he
thought was not proper. He says also
that she told him of having met In London,
and on board ship noted pugilist. who
read novels to her, and told her Of the
history of his life
Mrs Davidow wants $50 a week aliInony
and declares that her husband is worth
more than SO 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
CORR Turns down DOWNES.
Finds That Van Wyck's Secretary Ought Not
to Have $500 for Job on the Side.

The Appellate Division has decided that
Alfred Downes. who was Mayor Van Wyck's
secretary, cannot recover from the city
for salary at the rate Of $3.50 a month for
services "a secretary for the commission
to acquire land for East River Bridge No. 4
When the commission was appointed the
Corporation Counsel gave the secretary
ship to clerk The members decided
they wanted Downes. and when the ex-
penses Of the commission we're taxed he
figured in them for $500. The Supreme
Court decided that Downes was entitled
to recover The higher court reverses
this, finding that there was no authority
for his appointment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
A Firth Avenue Picture Sale.

Mr. Silo sold forty-ive paintings AT the
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries last evening
at executors sale for 1920. A Dutch
interior by G. Metsu sold at 500; Cows in
Pasture by +, j. Merlot at $500; small
Ziem painting Of Venice at $500; moon
light marine by +. Muller At Se25; Tho
Shepherds, a Salon painting Of Picard's.
at S255, and painting OF the serpentine
poplars made familiar in Monet's work,
by B Hoechede. Monet's stepson. at $50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
TO STOP RETCHsTAG DEBATE.
Government Determined TO Force the
Tartn Bin Through.
sp.eia cab. Despatch 10 tn, SUN.

Special Cab. Dsspo,oh 10 THH SUN.
BERLIN. Dec. 5.-There was another
long sitting Of the Reichstag to-day. but
no progress was made on the Tariff bill,
which il the measure under discussion.
The House adjourned until Tuesday
next. when the majority il determ ID
to carry resolution empowering the
President to arbitrarily stop any debate
when he considers the subject to have
been sufficiently discussed. and limiting
speeches on points of order to five minutes
The Liberals and Socialists are indignant
They declare that such action as is proposed
by the ma jority will make the President
dictator of the Reichstag.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
SALOON ron CHIRCHILL WOW.
The Dismissed Sergeant Leases = Place
| From Corey OF Tia. market Fame.

James Churchill. the eX-police sergeant
who was dismissed from the force a month
ago for failing To close disorderly houses
and enforce the Excise law when he was
in charge of Rel Light precinct. /, gcing
into the saloon business while he waits for
the courts to reinstnte him in the depart
men,, as he fondy hopes they will.
Churchill has leased from Edward 4
Corey. the Haymarke, proprietor, the four
story building on the southeast corner Of
Seventh avenue and Forty-eighth street
for five years al a YEARLY rental of q, 500
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
(IiRt NORRIS Sues.
The Actress Wants 81 .SsA From the Man.
aver at Her Lecture Tour

Clara Morris, the actress. has brought
suit in tho supreme Court against r W.
Broadhurst for sl,57t for alleged breach
Of contract. The actress says that sic
entered into a contract with Broadhurst
to deliver twenty-five lectures for which
-he vas to receive 500 each She alleges
that after she had delivered ten Of them
BroadhuIst refused TO carry out the re-
mainder of the contract
Broadhurst says the actress broke the
contract and he wants IS 500 from her
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
Two Companies 10 Use Macombs Dam
Bridge.

The fight which has been so long in prog
ress between the Union Railway Com
pany and the marlborough Railway Com
pany for the privilege Ct running cars
over the Mac omb's Dam Bridge was settled
yesterday by the Board Of Estimate, which
decided that both companies should be
allowed to use the bridge by operating
cars jointly over one set OF tracks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
Mechanical Engineers Con, en,ion Ends.

The American Society OF Mechanical
Engineers held the closing session Of its
forty-.iXth annual meeting a, the society
house. /? West Thirty-frst street, yester-
day morning. Papers were read bv j T
wilkins, Henry n Lane, Bartholomew
Viola, Albert kingsbury and A. r. Magic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
Farming Company Incorporated.

The Redlands- Highland Orange Land
Company has been incorporated under
the laws Of New Jersey with a capital stock
Of n. 500 900 to deal In farm, ranch and plan
tation lands and carry on the business of
farming, dairying and seed raising The
incorporators are +. p. Fay. +. j. Harrigan,
j. NJ Elliott and ". j. Williams, all OF Is
Exchange place, Jersey City. the registered
Office Of the company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06

The Rev, Dr. Lyman Abbott, who has
been living at his summer home at Corn
wall, y y. has rented the private dwelling
at 1923 East Seventy-eighth street between
Park and Lexington avenues. The house
belongs tn Mrs. Susan Cahill. The lease
was Iade through Post L Reese.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
Death ~ Col. y. ID. Ncyenborg =.

Col John r. Meyenborg, n lawyer, Ion q
wei, known in political and oficial lie In Brook
lyn. died yesterday. Of heart failure, at his
home. t6s Eighth street lie WAS born In
u Is country with Ills PARENTS In l. boyhood
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06

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Pastor rendered Reception.

A reception was rendered Rev. George E.
Maydwell and his family last night at
Waugh M. E. Church, Sd and A streets
northeast, which was attended by large
number Of the members Of the church and
friends The reception room was beautifully
decorated with palms and flowers and an
orchestra furnished instrumental music
during the evening. Mr.. Samuel H. Walker
gave the address of welcome, which was
responded to by Rev. Mr.. Maydwell. Among
other musical numbers rendered during the
evening was a vocal solo by Mrs, Belle c.
Henney accompanied by Miss Dollie Houch-
en-, and a saxaphone solo by Mr.. Charles
H. Henney. Refreshments were served at
the conclusion Of the program.
Rev. Maydwell has recently been returned
to the church as pastor for the fourth
term, and the reception was in honor of
that event. Mrs. Maydwell was unable to
attend the function on account of illness,
but a large bouquet of La France roses
was sent her by the ladies Of the congre-
cation.