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New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
COPPER INTERESTS STILL FIGHTING

The many elusive statements that have fire.
quently appeared of late to the amicable ad-
justment of all the copper differences between the
Henzes and the Amalgamated seem to have been
dissipated by the verifying of petitions by Frank
lin Bien counsel for John MacGnniss, -presi-
dent of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company. in
his action against the Boston and Montana Con-
solidated Copper and Silver Mining Company and
others reciting the institution of two actions in the
District Court of the Second Judicial District of
Montana, Silver Bow County In these actions
commissions directed to be issued to New
York and Boston The actions were begun for an
Injunction restraining the defendants from voting
on the stock transferred to the Amalgamated Cop
per Company and from paying dividends. and for
the removal OF the directors and appointment of a
receiver.
on these petitions, Judge Fitzgerald of the Su-
preme Court yesterday issued subpoenas directed to
Henry H Rogers, William G. Rockefeller and Per-
cvaI j. Mcintosh to appear before William Klain
as commissioner, No. 20 Broadway December
H. at p M, FOR exannation As soon as the
Boston be held
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
JAGUAR KILLS HIS INTENDED MATE.
Springs at Her When She Enters Cage and
Buries Teeth In Her Jugular Vein.

Lopez, a male jaguar in the mena gerie at the
New-York Geological Park, yesterday killed a
female jaguar intended for his mate. The female
had been in a cage adjoining his for several days
and he had shown no Ill temper Yesterday Director
Hornaday ordered that the female be admitted to
Lopez's cage He was kept little distance away
and, without any suspicion of danger, the female
walked out
The instant she fairly within the cage Lopez
gave low growl. spraug on her, seized her by
the right side of the neck and savagey held on
She was completely taken by surprise. and she
was at so great disadvantage that she was almost
paralyzed. and one of Lopezs teeth penetrated her
jugular vein. Keepers beat Lopez over the head
and prodded him with poles. To escape punish
ment he walked to the right side of the cage carry
ing the half dead female in his mouth as If she
weighed nothing Within about one minute from
the first instant of seizure Lopez released his vic
tim and walked off to side calmly as If moth
ing had happened. The female lay motionless. and
in two minutes more was dead Lopez
dernned to live the remainder of his life alone.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
NO PORT At MONI4UK.
Cassaft Emphaticaly Discfa'n's 4my
TntentiOn to Build One There.

President A 7 Cassatt of the Pennsylvania
| Railroad, in a letter to the Merchants associa-
ton of this city made public yesterday says
that his company has no intention of using the
proposed tunnel for which nanchlse is asked
from the CITY for freight transportation, and
that it would be folly to try TO puld up Mon
tauk Point at the expense of New-fork. W. r
King of the Merchants Association askeu
President Cassatt certain pertinent questions
about his intentions in connection with the pro-
posed tunnel and requested an early reply Inc
correspondence has been sent 10 the board OF
Aldermen.
Mr.. Cassatts answer follows
In reply to the inquiry contained in your favor
FrsTba on st the object of the Pennsyvania Rail
road Company in constructing the TUNER f9 an
its system It is expected that direct all rail h
with New York will not ony nj ybsfRe ENABLE iRe
travel. but that better facilities will largely Y, IN
travel we believe that quick and cheap trans s.
portation will result an the rapla pInca for
homes OF moderate cost the working people or
mer travel to ' the seashore resorts the island
Second-We have never contemplated using 1le
IL win be fully occupied by the passenger move Y
ment We RropSSe % sT oat to 10 piers on the two
rivers as at present. and Interchange with Long
tween the New-Jersey shore and Bay Ridge Inc
CONNECTION between tie Long 5sand Ian RarRaq and
viii be made by bridge across the East River and
Wards Island. -,
Third-.As to any purpose OF ours TO eStdDiiSn d
free port at Montauk Point. we presume that tlaI
question has already been 50 effectively ana luly
answered that there is hardly any necessity for my
again repeating that the construction OF the tunnel
has nothing whatever to do with Montauk POINT
The company has not and never had any intention
to build up Montauk Point rival to the CITY OF
New-York, and it does not see how it would either her
be practicable or profitable to transport frelght
through or around New-York to point 10 miles
beyond or where the compensation for moving the
freight this additional distance would come from
INV with the shipping business
knows that vessel rates from New-York would pe
as low or lower at all times than from Montalk
Point and the cost of moving this additional dis
tance would therefore fall upon the rail carriers
without any corresponding increase In compensa-
ton.
Fourth-We are now constructing at very heavy
expense at Greenville, the New-Jersey shore, a
large freight terminal. mainly TO accommodate the
traffic be delivered by lighter to piers and vessels
In New-York Harbor.
Fifth-We have doubt that the construction Of
the tunnel and the terminal facilities at Greenville
will generally increase business both passen-
ger and freight. and from the city of New-York.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
THIRTY THOUSAND CoNSUMPTIvES.
Dr.. Biggs Also Gives Other Startling Figures
About City.

''If the people of this city appreciated that 10
per cent OF the people living i'll these streets Were
reported to the Health Department in period of
three and half years tuberculous patients,
scarcely of the throngs that traverse these
streets daily could be brought within striking dis
tance of these streets Dr. Hermann M Biggs. of
the Department of Health thus referred last night
parts of Cherry Batavia Roosevelt and Mott sts
and other parts Of Chinatown. He was lecturng on
The Causation and Prevention of tuberculosis. >"
IN the Assembly Hall of the United Charities
Building, under the auspices of the committee on
the prevention of tuberculosis of the Charity Or
ganization Society. This the second of course
of eight lectures which free to the public. Dr.
Biggs illustrated his lecture with and statis-
tics from stereopticon slides. The cases were de-
noted by dots on maps. On one house in Cherry-st
were twenty-four dots. On one in Mott-st. twenty
Dr. Biggs declared that the death rate of a city
sanitary conditions. the occupations habitatons
food and water supply of the inhabitants. Ig
the people, or incompetence the part Of the au-
thorities were largely responsible for bad condi-
DR.. Biggs declared that in the medieval ages the
could be conservatively reckoned at more than so
per cent. From 1926 1913 the average duration of
fifteen years Now it was considerably more than
forty years; Formerly y IN this & city more ore than thar six
years of their lives. Now the mortality had been
steady decline but only in recent years
have the sanitary authorities and the medical pro-
great possibilities in the restriction of the disease
we still view with comparative Indifference" he
continued, the rayageS of disease which causes
from one-fourth to one-third of all the suffering
and death between the ages of fifteen to fifty-ive
about one-fourth of all the deaths occurring dur
ing adult life in all civilized countries is caused by
il and nearly one-half of the entire adult popua-
ton have il at some time
DR.. Biggs declared that there We're at least thirty
thousand cases of tuberculosis in this city to-day
He scoffed at hereditary disease, saying that it
seldom occurred. 1t not contagious disease
properly speaking but rather infectious disease
In his estimation the city might be saved at least
oh he afipnO OfJ he
q maintenance.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
CAPE BRETON RAILWAY RUMORS.
Story that It Is to Be Absorbed by the
Canadian Pacific Railway

Halifax, y. s.. Dec. (SpeciaD.-A report is cur
rent in Cape Breton to the effect that the Cana
dian Pacific Railway will gain control of the Cape
Breton Railway Company, which is now building
line from Port Hawkesbury. the Strait of
Canso to St. Peters c. 3. The story Is that the
Dominion Securities Company of New-York, which
controls the Cape Breton Railway. would COM
plete the road 10 St. Peters that il would then
pass into the hands of the big Canadian corpora
ton. which would continue the line through TO
Louisburg with the object. it is supposed. of max
ing that port the Atlantic terminus of their trans
continental road There would be still gap be-
tween the Strait of Canso and St John, n b, the
present terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
but IL is stated that charter for a railway be-
tween those two points will be sought from the
Provincial Parliament next winter. Some color is
lent 20 this report by the recent visit to Nova
Scotia of James S Cannon, president or the re-
organized Dominion Securities Company; Myron E.
Evans, president of the Cape Breton Railway and
other New-Yorlxer of the syndicate financing the
Cape Breton Railway. From Nova Scotia they went
to Montreal.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
STAY FOR PRUDENTIAL MERGER.
Vioe.Chancellor Stevenson Signs Temporary
Restraining Order.

The legal battle 10 prevent the consummafion OF
III, merger OF the Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany and the Fidelity Trust Con pany. or Ne"arh
will be transferred to New-JerseYs highest court
IL has been stopped temporarily by the court OF
Chancery as Vice-Chanceor Stevenson signed the
1emporarv restraining order at Chancery Chan1-
hers Jersey City yesterday. The case VIII no"
20 to the Court OF Errors and Appeals
The Prudential company was represented oy ex-
Tinted States Attorney General John w Griggs
John Ward and Charles l.. Corbin The complain
ants holders of n few shares Of the Prudentlal
stock were represented by Counsellor John R.
Harding who presented order prohibiting the
Prudential company from purchasing the stock of
the Fidelity company. Objection was raised to the
word purchase by Mr. Grggs. because 10 en-
Joined the compan from doing a legal act He
contended that Il was allowed under certain con-
ditions TO invest in the stock of another corpora
jectionable word was eliminated There long
discussion between counsel over the form of the
order and FINELY one satisfactory to both sides
was drawn and signed. 1t prevents the defendant
company from directly indirectly subscribing
for any of the proposed issue of the Fidelity
companys stock acquiring the same by funds
bring about tending to coEsummate the pro-
posed merger In explaining his action Vice Chan
Ceor Stevenson said:
ut is not my intention to prevent the Prudential
company from doing any particular act. so long
as 1t does attempt any which would affect
scheme which is the bone OF contention in this
litigation. 1 believe the order. as drawn. is cea-
and it will be impossible TO evade or mistake it,
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
HID PLTNDER IN TRUNK.
BufEcy Stole Sill, Undey7cear Of
Wealthy Mess-4Rother-
.SerUant Suspected.
SYDNEY PaeET ALSO A VICTIM.

Detectives Mclaughlin and McMullen, Of the
East Fifty-first-st- station, got yesterday from
q storage warehouse at No. 516 Third-ave. the
trunk sent there last Friday by Victor Bloom
the butler accused of robbing wealthy families
When it was opened it revealed silk underwear
silverware and jewelry worth over SS'VoV-
FIoar. who. according to the police, has con-
fessed TO the robberies. stood beside Detectives
Mclaughlin and McMullen and identified the
articles as they were taken from the trunk as
belonging to five men in whose service he had
been-Charles Blair Macdonald o. H P Bel
mont Payne Whitney and Sydney Paget, all OF
this city, and Charles j. Harrison of Locust-st,
Philadelphia
MIR. Macdonald and Mr.. Hayes, secretary to
o. H p Belmont. also present when the
trunk was opened, and identified some Of their
property.
OF Mr. Macdonald's property there were sew
eraI suits of silk underwear, five suits OF CLOTH
ing dress and business suits. and half a dozen
gold and silver medals which had beeh IaheH
from collection.
To Pavne Whitney belonged a handsome gold
watch Of Tiffany make several SUITS oI cI9lhT 10 q
and some silver knives and forks. u n L
Belmont had contributed to the stock OF the
trunk to the extent of seven suits Of SILK under-
wear. a small quantity of siIEerWare ana '"o
boxes Of white dress ties
sydney Paget is said TO have owned seNerai
diamond stici1pins. and the rest OF the properly
in the shape of tableware and linen WAS ae-
knowledged by Bloom, the police say 10 pe 'iie
property of Charles J. Harrison
The stuff was wrapped up III separate bunoles
and marked with the names OF the owners
Bloom will be arraigned this afternoon IN the
Yorkville Court for examination. and MT Mac
donald and Mr. Hayes promised TO ne IN coult Ip 1
The detectives said that although Bloom had
confessed the thefts they were working on the
theory that another butler was concerned III
recovered all of the stolen property 1hey eA-
Tect TO make another arrest Sooh-
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
DR.. LORENZ IN PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia Dec. S.-Professor Adolph Lorenz
arrived here fror, Baltimore tonight. accompanied
by his assistant, DR.. Mueller. Professor LoreHz
will remain here until Friday. He is the guest
of the jefferson Medical College. Tomorrow he
will treat a number Of charity cases, and on
Wednesday will treat private cases Thursday he
will conduct clinic at Jefferson College Twenty
patients will be submitted to him. and he will op-
crate on as mary of them time and his strength
will permit
Professor Lorenz said that since his arrival in
this country he has performed more than one hun
dred operations all OF which were successful The
case of Lolita Armour, daughter of J. Ogden Ar
mour, Professor Lorenz said. would not require
further attention until spring Then he would
either return this country or the child would
be taken to Vienna
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
TROOP e. SITE ACCEPTED.
Cty SaUed s12, 500 by Refusing P'7cc
4ppr0Ued by Democrats.

The difference between S56, 600 and S4oooo Is
the amount the city saved by refusing TO ac-
cept the recommendation of ex-Police Conlihis
sioner John Pyburn and Billy Mclaughlin. of
Brooklyn, for a site for an armory for Troop T.
The Armory Board yesterday passed resolu-
ton accepting a site for the troops arnory on
Redford-aye between President and Union sts.,
in Brooklyn.
The story of this singular raid on the part OF
two we'll known Brooklyn Democrats was told
in The Tribune two weeks ago. commission
consisting of Pyburn, Mclaughlin and Desnonu
Dunno made report recommending the sue
decided on yesterday. This report was signed
by all the commissioners. AT the last illlilu'e IL
was Withdrawn and a substitute report signed
by Pyburn and Mclaughlin, recommending 'hat
$4,000 be paid for the site, was turned IN 70
the Corporation Counsel. Mr.. Dunno refused 10
sign this substitute report. AS the srounu Sc
lected by the commission is assessed dt oiiiS
81, 800 the Law Department at once TOOK steps
to overturn the whole proceeding, ana sue
ceeded.
At yesterdays meeting of the AriAory hodru
letter was read from the owners OF the ploP
ertv. offering the site for 900, and agreeing
to include in this price the expenses lcuile" III
the condemnation proceedings, which were aoan-
doned This would bring the cost of the site
down to about S3S,000 A resolution was intro
duced and adopted, recommending the purchase
of the site Captain De Bevoise, of Troop -
told the board that the site was easy OF access
and could not be duplicated at the price Alter
the resolution was passed Mayor Low, who pre-
sided at the meeting, congratulated Captain lie
Bevoise on his troops securing the site
The question of the Sth Regiment moving 10
the Borough of The Bronx and sharing an ar
n1orv there with Squadron A came up Colonel
Jarvis told the board that the present armory
at Ninety-fourth-st. and Park-ave was 100
small and was also inaccessible for the nieiII-
bers of the regiment, the majority OF Wnol'l
lived in The Bronx. The regiment now mas
about $50 men A transfer Of its arn1ory 10 Inc
Bronx would result in doubling its membership
the colonel thought The proposition was re-
ferred to the committee on sites
Plans for the new arrnory of the tIst Regl-
n1ent were submitted to the board, and were
also referred to the committee on SITES. Inc
plans propose an elaborate and artlstic arhoIy,
in fact one that will not be equalled py any
other in the greater city One or ITS prlnclpa
features will be a tower 23S feet tall. that VIII
he of material benefit to the signal corps whlch
will have section of the proposed new arIno[y
assigned to it. This high tower VIII enaple
the corps to wigwag signals to almost any point
in Manhattan Borough.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
LORENZ HIS H4RD CfSE
Famous Surgeon Has Difficult Time
agah Baltimore Patient.
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Baltimore. Dee. S.-Dr- Adolf Lorenz at his
ed, he said, the worst case he has encoun-
tered in this country The patient was Marv
Lehman five and half years old CongenitaI
hip dislocation the trouble The operation
not satisfactory. Though the famous s,,r
geon, it could be seen, was exerting his greatest
strength and skill. the case was a very hard
one Many leading physicians and a large num-
Der of women, mostly students in nursing
breathIessly watched the operation
After pulling and strainins at the muscles o,
the right leg of the little patient until it seemed
I'VE will the femur as a probe and ascer-
tain the condition OF the socket"
sort of rotary motion was resorted to. DR.
Lorenz shook his head Conditions are very
unfayorable," he said. Instead of well formed
socket there are several rings, like the steps of
STAIR
The child was then laid on a cruel looking
block After stretching the muscles DR.. Lorenz
brought the limb downward toward natural
position. There slip, and the femur went
back into its old position.
1T is a bad case" he said The worst
have encountered in this country"
The block fulcrum brought into play and
the combined strength of DR.. Mueller and DR.
Lorenz was used to work the head of the femur
further into the hip socket The operation last
ed for three-quarters of an hour. DR.. LOrenz
said that while it was a bad case some good
might result
After operating more successfully on another
child he declined third case, declaring that he
was exhausted after his great effort. He then
started for Philadelphia
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
DENTIST DEAD IN MUD.
Friend Thinks He Net Foul Pidy-
Police San I4ccident

The body of Dr. Jacob A. Mayer surgeon
dentist who lived at No 10 East one-hundred-
and-sixteenth- and who had been missing
since December 3, found yesterday IN the
Harlem River, caught III the mud off One-hun-
dred-and- twenty -fourth-st-
Roundsman Klute and two patrolmen of the
Harbor Police. attached to the sub-station at
e-hundred-and- acknowledgements, were row.
ing up the river when they saw a body, face
downward, close to the Manhattan shore. The
body was caught by the and legs in the
mud On the forehead was jagged wound
which it is thought was caused by rocks. The
body was taken to the sub-station and the cloth
ing searched. On the hands were gloves, fast
ened A pocketbook found bearing the
name in gold letters. j. A. Mayer, and in 1t
were found business cards of the dead man.
81 40 in money and some keys. There was also
a transfer ticket from the elevated road to the
One hundred and -twenty-fifth-st. surface cars
This ticket was purchased at midnight on De-
cember ).
The police decided that death had been accl-
dental At One hundred and twenty fourth-st
is a fence intended to keep people from falling
into the river The earth embankment at thlS
point has crumbled away, and there is a space
large enough to allow man to faIl INTO the
water. It is thought that Mayer was standing
by this fence when the earth caVed in, throwing
him into the water.
At the Harlem Morgue the body was identified
by friends of the dead man. one OF tnese was
Dr. Edward Splitter, of No. 104 East One-hun-
dred-and- -siXteenth-st. DR.. Splitter did not take
the police view of accidental death. He tele-
phoned to the corOner'S office that he suspected
foul play He said that DR.. Mayer on December
left his home after dinner with set OF IaiSe
teeth to be delivered. At that time ne had De
tween $40 and $50 with him. He demanaea an
autopsy at once. The police are investigating.
Mayer leaves TWO sisters.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
R4ILRO4D INTERESTS.
IN HARTMAN TERRITORY.
Gould Interests to Build Line from Natchez
to Gulfport.

Gufport. Miss. Dec (SpeciaD.-The war IN
the Southwest between Gould and Hartman TOOK
on new phase to-day when it became known
George Gould had invaded the territory OF the
Illinois Central Railroad in Mississippi The HI
nois Central is Hartman property and to-day
DEVELOPMENTS show that Mr.. Gould has adopted
aggressive tactics and will force the hghtlnS All
along the line 1t officially stated that the
Natchez and Gulf Railway Company, which is IN
corporated under the laws of Mississippi, had
awarded the contract for the construction of a line
two hundred miles long, from Natchez to Gull
port, and that the New-York Construction Com
pany, which secured the contract, guarantees that
the road will be completed and in operation wlthin
fifteen months; The officers of the Natchez and
Gulf Railway Company A G. Campbell, presI-
dent the First National Bank. of Natchez, presi-
dent: J. II. Lowenburg, Natchez. treasurer, ana j.
w. Lambert. Natchez. secretary w. w. Hunger
ford Gulfport. is the chief engineer These offl-
caIs except Mr. Hungerford all officers and d1-
rectors in the New-Orleans and Northwestern
Railroad. Gould corporation
The Natchez and Gulf will connect with the New
Orleans and Northwestern at Natchez and give the
Goulds new outlet to the sea at Gulfport 1t Will
open up of the richest timber sections OF the
South and will be formidable competitor of the
Illinois Central for the Northwestern grain busi-
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
MARINES GO TO LEAGUE ISLAND
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Newport News, Va, Dec. S-The auxiliary cruiser
Panther sailed this evening at o'clock for the
League Island Navy Yard orders being received
from Washington this afternoon to proceed there
with the battalion Of marines under Colonel Ben
jan7in Il. Russell. which has just returned from
nearly two months service the Isthmus of
Panama. There 81 men in the battalion thirty
four malaria fever victims having been removed TO
the Naval Hospital yesterday the ships arrival
from Colon.
A number OF other men down with fever. but
they are recuperatng, and none are seriously i'll
II is understood that the men. after recovering
from the effects of the stay in the tropics will be
ordered 10 the Philippines To replace the marines
there whose time has expired.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
POWERS DIVORCE TRIAL BEGINS.
Father Testifies Against One Son Named as
Correspondent by Other

With two brothers arranged against each other,
one as plaintiff. the other as correspondent. Justice
Hall and Jury in the Supreme Court yesterday
began hearing testimony in the divorce proceed
ings brought by Harry L. Powers against his wife.
Jesse Powers, jr., is named correspondent
Mrs Powers denies that there anything
wrong in her relations with her husbands brother.
and brings a counter suit against her husband in
which she seeks limited divorce. She asserts that
her husband is cruelty jealous and that he has
abused her almost from the time of their
Tiage.
The plaintiffs father testified TO having seen his
other and his daughter-in-iaw under circum-
stances which tended to prove them guilty OF the
plaintiffs charges did other witnesses including
the defendants mother.