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New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
CoRoNERs WANT MORE MONEY.
They Also Ask for Chemical and Bacteria
logical Laboratory.

,.1 rsnort of the coroners of Manhattan
to Navor Low will be submitted 10 him to-day
1t follows in part:
There were reported 1854 cases and there Iae gs-
rnsxine total of 6,346 cases or TINS Iuiiosi Ges
there w were eodan@ veence 1865 BY suicide 40
homicides, 2Sl and 154 ante-mortem s'a'e'iien'S
From these figures it will be that there ere We're
$3.50 deaths that under the law and an inquiry
for the purpose of finding whether these per T M
e fbed result e ife Of Criminal negligence the result of
this inquiry SAB persons were b helq 10 dqsnosition
aGd of this number 2$l were Of varions @ de-
grees of homicide 50 diTecC bTonsb which lives
were lost as the result Of accidental violence;
and pansakng nquistdisons 10 Of W when wbere it
examination by the coroner's physieians II was
fopd bs SeeF hss 70 been
number Of appalling disasters in Whieh lst M npneTs nes
9ence ef ees ana hdV some purely from accidental cause
a. Agng f1e nTTav fnTSs eali ai Hotel explosion
Central Tunnel disaster the Park Avenug ;it; siGes
fire and the Madison Square hre"orhs eAh''i'ioA
It grateat99 Il that 4seSs we cats aeties fbss ss
there been greater aeyity shown WI iere IN scc
Ing ses d wbes Gls aere ha e de efea @
q number ef lives The te w0Tf 5frins Gr the af
forts Of the building Department and the energy
of your honor and the committee appontefq ef o 20
New-YorIx Central Railroad, to seem to be the
means Of avoiding such horrible catastropnes as
We have just called your attention TO- ~ 49,.
II further appears to this board that, though the
work during the last year has been very great
and was conducted as expeditiousIy as crcum- cum
to be room for Improvement. both from scientific
and an expeditions standpoint In the frst
niace it might be timely and wise to call your
attention to the necessity Of attaching to this
Office chemical and meteorological laboratory, an
addition that not only would be of scientific value
and service to the city, but would be the means OF
ar. economy that is hard to estimate.
Secondly, from expeditions standpoint, a
larger appropriation would be necessary to add to
the clerical force and the necessary conveniences
for the conducting of this office properly.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
WITH MUSIC OF OTHER DAYS.
Arnold Dolmetsch Brings His Old Musical
Instrument to this City.

Arnold Dolmetsch. his wife. Nine. Elodie Dol
metsch and Miss Mabel Johnston, his pupil arrived
here yesterday on the Umbria Mr.. Doimetsch
brought with him collection of old musical instru-
ments with which he and his wife and Miss John
ston are to give series of concerts, with explana
tory talks, in this country.
Among his instruments which he took with him
to No. As Irving Place, where he will stay while in
New-York are the lutte. which for centuries as
popular as the pianoforte to-day; the viola da
gambia, viola d'anore, harpischord virginia. CLAW
fchord a six strnged violin, a treble viol and
cittern with ten strings. The clavichord was made
in I7a0 His treble vio made by Nicholas
Amati and the viola danore is Of Trestoro's.
Mr. Dolmetsch is to begin his American engage
rnents tomorrow at Daly's Theatre, with pro-
gramme OF sixteenth and seventeenth century
music. On Thursday and the Tuesday following he
will lecture and play at the Manhattan Theatre
later he is to appear in other American cities
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
HERMANN DEFINES POSITION.

Cincinnati Jan. 4-Mr. Hermann chairman OF
the National Baseball League peace committee.
to-day made the positive statement that his COM
mittee had full power TO act in negotiating for
peace with the American League. When asked for
a statement he said:
Our committee has been given full power by the
large majority of clubs, and I so notified Mr..
Johnson in my letter last Friday. The committee,
however, prefers not fully and finally to exercise
that power without reservng the right their
part to confer with their colleagues business
sent themselves during the conference. with the
understanding. however. that they will take such
steps as will enable them at any time during the
conferences TO reach their colleagues without
moments delay.
This action on part has been taken FOR the
reason that the club owners in league have
not been in consultation with reference to any OF
the important matters that undoubtedly would
present themselves during the conferences, and we
therefore believe tnat IL Is only fair and reason
able that should reserve the right to confer
with those whose financial interests at stake
before coming to any final conclusion important
press their Views. Notwithstanding the fact that
we have been given full power TO act. BY taking
this action there Will be question that our find
ings will not be conctlrred in.
If a reasonable reservation OF this kind on our
part is to be barrier to peace negotiations then
cannot comprehend that the other side Is anxious
to secure IT. The National League wants peace
In obtaining IL there Will be objection on our
part to have a fair, a frank and open discussion
of all OF the points about which there may be a
difference OF opinion.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
sC0LDED GIRL SEEKS DEATH.
Leaps Out of Third Story Window-Ambu-
lance Runs Into Car.

Emma Finger. fifteen years old. living with
her parents at No. 800 East Seventy second st.
jumped out of third story window at her home
last night. injuring herself internally and hruis-
ing her body. The ambulance that was taking
her TO the Presbyterian Hospital ran into
Lexington-a car at Seventy-first-st. The
driver was thrown out and injured. but the girl
was not hurt more.
The girls father is tailor He said there had
been family quarrel. and that the girl had
gone TO her room and then been found on the
Sidewalk unconscious The police say she
jumped because she was scolded by her father
and mother.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
CHARGED WITH SELLING POSITION.
Probationary Officer Explains that He Ran
a Civil Service School

Max Charles Benisch twenty-five years old. of
No AIS East Ftfty-hrst-st., who was appointed a
probationary officer two DAYS ago, was arraigned
before Magistrate Flammer in the Tombs Court
yesterday, charged with attempting TO extort
money from Thomas 3. Gavin. of No. 9S Bedford
st. on the promise that he would see that Gavin
was appointed fireman Gavin in affidavit
charged that on July 2s 1902. Benisch told him he
would see that he appointed a fireman for
s4Oo Gavin took to court Joseph NJ o'Neil. spe-
cial officer of No. 163 East one-hundredth-st. who
corroborated Gavin's statements.
Gavin testified that he had refused TO give Ben
isch the money until he appointed. II was
then agreed Gavin alleges, that the S400 was to be
nut in a bank under his and Benisch's name, and
that neither Of them was 10 touch the money until
November l. when Benisch promised that he would
receive the appointment.
Gavin appointed fireman short time ago,
and alleges that Benisch wants him to pay him the
$500 Bensch. in his defence, says that the charge
brought against him Is spite work He conducted
a civil service school, and says he only promised
Gavin that he would prepare him so that he would
pass the examination for fireman Beniscb was
held In $500 bail.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
YOUNG RoCKEFELLER's CLASS.
A Member Gives an Account of the Sunday
School Organization.

John D. Rockefeller jr present yesterday at
the first meeting of the ney year of the Young
Mems Bible Glass of the Fifth Avenue BAPTIST
Church, of which he is leader. He spoke for half
an hour on Peters Denial of Christ" The follow
ing account of the meeting was furnished by a
member of the class:
The spectacle of the of the richest man In the
world explaining the words of the poor Nazarene
M mas oyea 1b men n % 3bs s sensational press
Nothing could be further from sensational than the
terday stood before several hundred others for half
an hours talk on Peters denial of Christ ..,
class the orga nization is not of Mr. Rockefellers
creating but was formed by Mr. Forbush Whlle tns
to the eIoquenT 8 Speeches. Of Charles E. Hughes
often heard on The law than on the Gospels
three years ago he found we'll manageo orsdful "a
ton holding Sunday services Tor te sruoS o. and
monthly social gatherings with an attendance @ @ OF
about two hundred On the latter oecaSes te ceto
always followed of eIecting them honorary members a
ld to the had FeRGne oned 'fhe the Bbe class ~
The object of the organization IS not urltIke lnGe
Of YoSng e Mems de ve|H an who and
many from curiosity one Sunnay u riieie
erect grayhaired man, who had been fighting the
leaders father in law courts for quaIier
business chiefly of Importance to themselves az te
end OF the hour. but not many are SO Diilu & 70 Il
men Who reaiv care to know about how the teach
ing of Jesus Christ will sound when interpreted os 1
there is continuing welcome; growing frienoship up
with all good and true en osen every ~ evening
with books papers and games, ana frequeie
tanments occasional country ontngs @ RESIDENT or Of
an old mems farm for retired mem mpefs' sou+ber,er
The president Who + M Game arfoe to NeWYork as boy
and succeeded, after hard struggle, hae @ MAJ g and
other; Sus %nyYorK looks to a country boy. and his
heart warns to all VINO nave recently ie ~
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
RIFLES STOP ESCAPE.
Guards Couer Murderer WhO Had
Reached Root.

Trenton Jan. 4 (SpeciaD.--Thomas Doyle
Union County murderer, made an unsuccessful
attempt early this morning 70 execute care
fully laid plan to escape from State prison he
has served less than a year of a twenty years
sentence which he has often boasted would
never be completed
About o'clock this morning Doyle, who Is
employed in the prison. succeeded in eludlns
the keeper. He sneaked to the engine room
where he crawIed through coal hole, by wnicn
he gained access to the prison yard BY means
of doors and water pipe he succeeded IN
climbing to the roof of the main building MS
movements being concealed by heavy fog orl
gaining the roof Doyle became 100 eager ana III
cautiously ran from end 10 the other. the
patter of his footsteps being heard by one OF tne
guards on the prison walls.
In instant the searchlights were turned - oI u
the roofs and general alarm rang through the
prison, calling the entire force OF avalaDie ueP
uties into the yard. Doyle was croucnlng ioM
behind a skyght. and it was some time pelors
he was discovered. He was promptly covered
by the rifles of two of the guards ~,
Take down those guns or III jump ana MI
myselfI'' shouted Doyle. at the same time max
ing for the edge of the roof The deputies
obeyed. and Doyle made no further e1ort 20
get away. Ladders were hoisted and ne was
taken back and placed In the dungeon. ,o
The murderer was well equipped for escape
With the canvas used in the prison 1or tne
manufacture of mailbags he had made tor MN
self shirt, while with cloth srnuggled from tns
shops by fellow prisoners he had made SUIT OF
clothes which he wore under the prison stripes
He had but to throw off the prison blouse ana
trousers to make his Identification by Stranger
difficult Wound about his waist was rope.
with which he had planned to lower himself
over the high outer wall of the prison
DoyIe was convicted of murder in the second
degree He killed an old farmer for whom ne
worked as the result of a. quarrel over the
farmers daughter.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
LINCOLN MEMORIAL SABBATH.

The American Missionary Association is about
TO issue an invitation and appeal to the Congrega-
tional churches, Sabbath schools and Endeavor So
ciees of the country requesting the observance of
Sunday. February is, Lincoln Memorial Sab
bath The officials of the association say: "It is
not generally realized that there nearly eigh-
teen million of brown skinned races under the flag
of the United States, forming large portion of
our body polite. Problems that face the coming
Generations in the assimilation redemption and
elevation of these profound. 1t is simply
a question whether the generation upon whom the
larger burden Of responsibility must fall shall be
prepared for this responsibility when 1t comes
TJncoln Memorial Sabbath will furnish an oppor-
tunity to impress these problems. and show that
the Christian solution is the only possible one
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
DEATH OF H. L. TOWNSEND.
The Philadelphia Financier Expires in Cam
den, S. C.

Philadelphia, Jan. A private dispatch re-
ceived here to-day from Camden, s. c., an
nounces the death in that city of Henry Lester
Townsend, senior member of the banking firm
Of De Haven & Townsend, of this city. Mr..
Townsend had been in i'll health for two years,
and went South the advice of his physician.
He was born in Wilmington, Del, in 1S4I. When
seventeen years old he enlisted in the 9TH Della
ware Regiment, and won promotion on the bat
tlefeld.
the house of De Haven & Bro, and in 1874 was
admitted TO partnership when the firm name
was changed TO De Haven & Townsend. The
house has branches in New-York Boston and
London Fer more than twenty years Mr..
Townsend was a governor of the Philadelphia
Stock Exchange and served two terms as presi-
dent of the orga anization-
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
HAS FATAL FALL IN THE TEUT0NIC.
Man Found in the Steamers Fireroom with
Fractured Skull Said He Was English.

An unidentified man, about tNenry-four years
old was found unconscious in the hreroom on me
steamship Teutonic of the White Star Line, at }
o'clock yesterday morning His skuH was lFae-
,,red ard fo,,r front teeth broken off He wes
taken to St vincents Hospital. where he died at
O'Clock last night without regaining consciousness
The man was about five feet SIX inches IN neight
and weighed about one hundred and htty pounos.
ETridav tha. dav after the steamship arrived. the
man was seen wandering about the pier. ana z
detective asked him about his purpose he rSpilssd
Tnat he was fireman and wished 20 worh MS
uassage to England, where he lived Nothing more
Jras seen of him by the men employed at tne pier
,,n+iI y-estArdav morning when the night Waterman
naaI<in9 his tour the vessel found him ~ lg Las
doTrnuSar Ri on the floor of the f1reroom. a natch
lust above was open, and IL Is tnouSnl Lndt ~
Rendering around the ship at that hour, Vnen tne
TeIts were dim he accidentally fell down the
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
BURSTS MAKING $500 REVOLUTIONS
Electric Machine Scatters Huge Fragments
Through Yale & Towne's Shop.
TRv TELEGRAPH TO THE TR

TRT TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE
Stamford Conn. jan An electric machine
which had just been put in place at the Yale
& Towne Works here. burst while being tested
yesterday afternoon. The dynamo was making
$500 revolutions minute at the time. 1t had
been running at top speed for ten minutes when
the accident occurred There were six or eight
men in the room. and huge fragments of the
machine, some of them weighing from zoo to
300 pounds were scattered among them, but
save for a rent in the trousers of one they were
untouched
The windows and woodwork Of the room were
badly damaged The machine was to supply
the works with power. and until 1t is replaced
operations will be practically at a Standstill
The accident means loss of many thousands
of dollars to the concern.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
DR.. LoRlMER ANNOUNCES HE WILL STAY,

ing paper to his congregation in the Madison Ave-
nue. Baptist Church yesterday morning:
You have doubtless heard that an effort has been
MADE to induce to return TO my former charge
in Boston The call 1 have treated with the
thoughtfuness and courtesy due to so important
an oyerture and due to those with whom / so
long and pleasantly lived and labored But after
giving it all the consideration it was entitled to-
have concluded that it is my duty to remain In
New-York and in connection with this church.
am happy in the knowledge that this decision meets
the hearty approval of my people here and that
we are mutually hopeful that out of the existing
relation which has thus far been honored by God,
there may develop a work Of such proportions as
may prove of permanent value TO the cause of
Christianity in New-York
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
DESERTED BABY AT TRENTON.
Couple Told Boy to Deliver 1t at Wrong
Address.

Trenton N J.. Jan. 4-Peter Vitello. BOY ilVlhs
In Whittaker-ave was at the Clinton-st. station
of the Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday ~hen d
we'll dressed man accompa MED by equally well
attired Young woman, aIighted from an express
from, Nsv,Yhrls The woman carried baby about
t,yo weeks old The man called Niteilo and gave
him quarter. telling him to take the ehlid 10 w.
The lad accepted the task and the couplss. re-
boarded the 1rain which started once for tnila-
deiphia ViteIlo carried the baby to the addIess
feiI,an hin, but No one there knew anything aoouI
fhe child. It is now in the care of the matron OF
the Second District police station The couple mus
Newark as il made no other stops.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
A ROMANCE OF THE UMBRIA.
Ships Surgeon to Marry Young Woman He
Met on a Voyage.

DR.. Charles Burland, ships surgeon of the I'm
bria. and Miss Margaret Mackesseck are 10 De
married next month DR. Burand, known aboard
ship as the big fellow" by virtue of his height of
feet inches and corresponding girth refused 10
say anything yesterday about his coming marriage
but the affair given away by the other ofhcers.
Miss Mackesseck is the only daughter of the iate
Charles Grant Mackesseck, of Glove, Scotland
There is romance connected with the engage
ment. The doctor and Miss Mackesseck first met on
the UmbTia and the couple were engaged pefore the
trip ended.
They are to be married in London In the frst
week of February by Canon Duckworth, chaplain
to the King assisted by the doctors brother. the
rector of Langridge. near Bath.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
THIEVES DELAY a BREAKFAST.
They Took All of School Principals KNIVES
and Forks.

The home of Charles c. Holden, school prin-
cipal, at Beach-ave., Mamaroneck-on-Souno' d.
was robbed early Saturday. The ROBBERY
was discovered yesterday, when the ianliiS
gathered for breakfast and discovered that they
had no knives. forks and other table ware Inc
thieves gained entrance to the vestoule' anu
then bored a hole through the big OAK oooIi
Then they slipped back the bolt and went INTO .
the dining room where they gathered up silVer
and Christmas gifts worth about 5000, ~ wnlcn
tbev vrapned in a tablecloth. Before leaving
the bouse thew visited the pantry and ate tur-
KEY. cranberry sauce and celery
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
BRITISH STEAMER AGROUND.

Fire Island n Y. Jan. 4.-The British steamship
Afyrtledene Captain Yule, is ashore on the bar OF
Joness Inlet She came onto the sands at o'clock
this morning in a dense fog. The Myrtledene is
bound for New York. and halls from Fernandina-
She is in ballast The ship is in danger at
present and will probably be 1oated at the next
high tide The Merrtt-Chapm wrecking tug
C,fapman will begin hauling on her soon as the
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
JUDGE VISITS A POLICE COURT.

Justice Chester 3. Mclaughlin. of the Appellate
Division of the Supreme Court sat with Maglstrate
Cornell in Essex Market police court yesterday
morning Justice Mclaughlin who comes from
Port Henry N Y. had expressed desire TO see the
workings Of city police court and some East Side
types and Magistrate Cornell invited him to sit
with him. Justice Mclaughlin looked with apparent
interest the line of bedraggled "drunks and the
many bewhiskered East Side pushcart merchants
the latter having arrested early in the morning
for violating the Sunday law or after sundown on
Saturday for selling without license or remaining
too long Ia place
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
CLAUS poScHER DEAD.

Claus Doscher died at his home. No. 16s South
Ninth-st.. Brooklyn. yesterday. He was seventy
five years old Mr.. Doscher was born In Germany
and came to this country forty years ago. He
started working poor IN the sugar re-
fneries in Williamsburg He invented many proc
Of refining sugar, and built refinery at
this company TO the National Sugar Refinery
Company. He owned the Brooklyn Sugar Refinery
Company, Of Williamsburg until 1856 when he sold
that company to the Sugar Trust. Several years
ago he retired from active business. Three sons
and daughter survive him.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
THIS JULIUS CESAR HIS OWN BRUTUs
A Manufacturer Who Smoked Cigarettes Ex.
cessively Cut His Own Throat.

julius Caesar. thirty-six years old, German manu-
facurer of enareed letters took his life yesterday
by cutting his throat with knife at his home, No.
S14 East Ninetieth-st. His wife found him dead in
the bathroom.
Cesar was an nveterate cigarette smoker, aver
aging about seventy-five cigarettes daily He was
warned by a physician to stop, but ne would not
give them up. He recently complained Of stomach
trouble.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
OFFER FOR ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
John Crosby Brown viii Give $1,000 II
Oranges Change Proposed Site.

Orange. Jan lSpeciaD-The West Orange Iown
Council is endeayoring to withdraw rom tns
scheme for the establishment Of a joint isolation
bosni+aI for the Oranges because the commission
bsS seIected a site in west Orange. John CROSBY
Brown the New-York banker who nvss near i tEs
site has offered to contribute SOUP II Ihe
sion will buy site the side of tne sIIeeII
opposite the spot chosen at Mount Ple35anL an. anI
This site contains thirteen acres ana VIII .i e1Ss
$4,000 The site which Mr.. Brown faVorS contains
ffffv acres and would cost $1,000 II IS oelievsd
that west Oranges objections will be witndraNh-
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
OILS ALLEN.

Lowell Mass Jan. i.-Otis Allen. father of
Charles T. Allen. Ex-Governor of Porto Rico. died
to-day. He ninety-tour years old. He was one
Of Lowelrs Oldest residents
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
CALL FOR cuRATE TO ST. GEORGES.

The Rev P. A. sturges. senior curate OF ST.
Georges Episcopal Church. Manhattan. OF which
the Rev DR. w S. Ransford is the rector. has
been called be rector OF St PeterS ChuTeh. Nor
dStnWn- N. I
New-York tribune., 1903-01-05

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New-York tribune., 1903-01-05

Mr. KEburn ends his report with some recon-
,,,ensatione for changes in the banking laws.
among 49, is regarding The organization
-,< r-sssf cornfeanses. He suggests that the min
,y,,,,1 -s pitaT which trust company is required
- t.-,e ehoy1ld he ircrease 10 at least SJDO0OO.
and that every company capitalized az less thah
s5ea O0G should be S-od TO Keep legal re-
ceTve equal 10 that required Of banks.