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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
THREE THOUSAND WORDS a MINUTE.
P. B. Delany Says He Has Perfected His
Rapid Working Telegraph

Orange. y J.. Dec. 20 (SpeciaU.-Patrick B. De-
lany an electrical inventor OF South Orange. has
perfected telegraph system which he asserts is
capable Of sending messages at "a rate of three
thousand words a minute. With this system IL is
said. q stenographer in any business mans office
may punch out the letter on a tape. on a machine
resembling a typewriter. II will be sent from a
telegraph office and received the other end OF
the line on a chemically prepared tape to be trans
lated by another stenograpEer
Mr. Delany has been working on his "a Did tele-
graph system for ten years and he has made ex-
ausuNe experiments the lines Of the Pennsvl-
v6nia Railroad IN the neghborhood of Altoona
Penn. The hardest problem TO overcome has been
10 couateract the effects OF the static" as the
the sending OF a message. AR Delany at last made
that ''statc" do the work for him. cutting il of
by wave OF opposite polarity when he got through
with it,
There is q transmitting instrument which sends
the message punched out the tape 10 a distant
station, where IL is received a machine which
prints II on chemically prepared tape in the regu-
Jar Morse characters. which can be readily trans
lated. The electric current deCOmposes the chem
zeal solution, and Il tracer bearing on the tame
leaves indelible blue mark. which forms The
Letter. Delany declares that with his system at
least forty times The amount OF matter now sent
can be transmitted IN given dine on a given
number Of wires. and that ii viii prove o lie of
great value in taking care q the news sent daily
10 the IfWsplprIs
Ultimately il is AIR. Lelauy's idea to make his
: ystem take The place OF the mails for business
correspondence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
WILL NAME FOUR TO-DAY.
Colonel Mcclellan to announce Il
Part of His Slate.

Mayor-elect Mcclellan, after spending part
Of the day in conference with Charles F. Murphy
yesterday. announced last right that he would
appointments that he has 10 make. He would
not by word or sign indicate the offices 10 be
filled the men he had selected for the places
He confined himself TO this simple statement
The understanding, however. was that the name
Of the Police Commissioner would be one Of
those made public
Following these four announcements. from
time 10 time Colonel Mcclellan, as fast as his
programme is made UP, will make known his
selections. The belief last night seemed to be
general that William McAdoo, ex-Assistant Sec
rotary Of the Navy, would be named as Police
Commissioner, He has been on the slate for
some time. and it is generally accepted that he
Will succeed General Greene on the first OF the
year
Patrick keenan,. it is said will be named Tor
CIV Chamberlain John ]. Delanys selection as
Corporation Counsel has already been known
John 7. Oakley is talked of for Fire Commits
sioner. Ex-senator Michael j. Coffey's chances
TO be named as Bridge Commissioner Tam
manyites think good. Charles H. Knox is said
to be on the slate for president of the Civil Ser
vice Commission. and II. F. Donohue is talked
of for Tenement House Commissioner.
All Tammany Hall is on tiptGe to learn
what appointments are made, but the Mayor
elect and Mr. Murphy keep sealed lips. 1t is
believed that by the end of the week the
Mayor will have announced all his more I'M
portant appointments and that the deputies and
assistants viii be known by the early part of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
ARRIVAL OF BUYERS.

Bennett, Morgan & Co. Binghamton y. Y; c. E.
nett drygoods furs upholsterng goods and carpets ST.
Denis
Bennett. Morgan & Co Blnghamtou. y Y; Frederick
Nelson, representative St Denis.
Chamberlain, Johnson n Du Bose Co, Atlanta. Ga :;
H. +. Macon. millinery No. 800 Broadway: Victoria
Clarke Brothers Penn; G. w. Clarke. dry
goods and house furnishing goods Herald Square
l. e Green x Son. St Louis; NJ E Green. millinery,
Hoffman
Hart. schanner Marx. Chicago. H. Hart woolen
Heller. Baehman 4 Co. san Francisco NJ ]. Heller
white goods. wash goods and linens, No IS Leonardst
Manhattan
; r. Lipss Kansas city, millinery. ST. Denis.
% WASHINGTON NJ. : dTygONds
notions and furnishing goods: Herald Square.
Porteous < Mitchell, Norwich Conn; John Porteous
drysoods No 81 White-st
Reed Bros. & CO. Cleveland: c. T. Reed millinery No
82l Broadway: Herald Square.
Rosenthal- Sloan Millinery Company, St Louis; A
Tucker. flowers. No. 62t broadway; Herald Square.
NJ. Sael Petersburg Va. drygoOds notions. clothing
and furnishing goods Imperial
Sanger Brothers Dallas. Tex: NJ, :. Levy.
goods and underwear. No Walker-st. Herald Square
Sherman & Eterle. Albany; F. a. Sherman. drygoods
Navarro: F W. Eberle, notions. Navarro
Smith Springfield. Mass Alexander Ieith
clCaks suits. No. IS White-st.
Albert l. & Co. ST Louis; S. Kononski wooIlen
piece goods. Hoffman.
Thompson Beden Company. Omaha: Robert NIcou
coaks. suits and shawls. Navarro
Cllman Cloak and suit Company. Baltimore: L IN
man. woolen piece goods: Herald Square
Naldman Brothers Albany; l. I. Waldman.
notions. furnishing goods Imperial
Clark Brothers, Scranton Penn; G w. Clarke hat
Herald square.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
HURLED FROM Il" TRACKS.
Watchman KiHed-FdH FOlJO5cS
Explosion of Fuse ON Train.

AS Patrolman Scanlon. of the East One-hundred-
and-fourth-st station. standing at Secoud-ave
and red-and-twelfth-st., last evening. he
a Second-ave. elevated train. which had just
left the station. Observation-Disclosures eventh-st.
northbound stop suddenly between One-hundred-
and-twefth and Observation-Disclosures SITS
According the policeman. he watched it, its
lights went out. and a second later there a
loud explosion. which shook the windows of nearby
houses
moment later a ball of fire. it seemed 20 him.
fell to the street, and smoke poured from the rear
of the last car. AS the paIrolman TO the spot
he saw another object, apparently bundle, fail TO
the street and this, when he reached it.. proved
to be the dead body OF a man, supposed be
Michael Crosby. forty-five years old. Waterman
the elevated structure who lives No. 800 East
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES His skull was bat
tered In, and DR.. Lawrence, Of the Harlem Hos
pttal said that death caused by a fracture
Of the skull
The police unaEle to say how Crosby re-
Ceived his injuries. but it is believed that he was
standing on the foOtrail on the east side of the
structure, and struck by of the cars OF
the passing train and knocked off. The detectives
of the East nehundred -fourth-st. station are
trying to find the mOtorman of the train in hopes
that he may know more about the accident. The
train, one of the cars OF which burned a fuse.
kept on uptown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
EXPLOSION NEAR HOTEL.
Guests of the Regent and Tenants OF
the NeU0da alarmed.

Guests of the Hotel Regent and tenants Oh the
Nevada apartments at seventieth-st- ana Am
sterdam-ave were startled last night py an
explosion in the conduit of the Empire CITY
Subway Company at the southwest corner Vi
Seventieth-st and Amsterdam-ave. The man
hole casting was torn out of the street ana
lifted into the air several feet The pavement
for a space twenty feet square was ripped up
and dirt. stones and gravel were sent nying III
all directions No one was injured. but William
C. Eller a saloonkeeper at No. $50 Amsterdam
ave- who was passing, was struck Dy hyIhs
gravel, and big paving stone fell so close 10
him that it scraped the heel of his right shoe'
Just what caused the explosion the ponce
could not learn but they think it was gas &C
cumulating in the subway. The explosion could
be heard for many blocks. and many persons
thought il might be an explosion similar 10
those in the Broadway Tabernacle ana the
building in Forty third-st.. supposed 10 nave
been caused by strike sympathizers. -.
Mr. Eller said last night: HAD II ho1 pee
for a certain fear / have always hau uI man
holes | might have been. seriously injured
was crossing the street. and seeing the manhote
walked around il as / always do. was per
haps about thirty feet away from II When
heard a rumble and then a terrlnc eXplosloh'
Nv ears are ringing yet from IT,
At the Hotel Regent and at the NeNddd
Apartments it denied that there was any
panic among the guests or tenants, puI the Pc
lice say that a number of men ana women VINO
had retired early rushed out INTO me corrluoIS
and Railways in alarm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
READY FOR J4NU4RY 1ST.
TenderJoin DisorderIy Resorts Pre-
Daring to Run Vide Open.

Great preparations are being made in the Tender
loin by gamblers and the keepers of disordery
houses do a wde-Open business. and within
couple of blocks of Broadway and Forty-secOnd-st
there will be least twenty gambling houses open
after Few Years. OF this number, ten are grouped
within block Of each other. Further up. in the
new" TenderIon. operations contemplated on
the same extensive scale In the majority of cases
leases were taken during October. the condition
that if the fusion ticket won. the leases were to
be void
Nearly all Of the old places will open up. Cap
tain O'Connor and Captain Burfeind last summer
and fall made il too hot for gambling TO be a
profitable business, and all the are counting
the days that remain in 1903 They all firmly be-
lieve that when the Tammany administration be-
gins Captain Burfeinds captaincy in the Tenderloin
that is willing stand for anything. At present
there are said to be only two places in Captain
bling than poker carried Both of these places,
one in Thrty-t hrdst. and the other in Forteth-st.
are regular chartered clubs which are almost
Impossible for the police to reach.
The diSOrderly houses which made the white
unless the plans OF the proprletors mlscarry. I'M,
mediately after election, one woman. who had
ninth-st. that closed and kept closed by Cap
tain O'COHnor took leases on four houses in that
West Forty-hfth-st. was raided several times, has
rented three adjoining houses stones throw from
broadway These are only two instances, aithoush
dozen or more might be cited In addition to
these. many of the most notorious East Side char
acters have rented houses in the side streets from
enty-Seventh-st. 10 Ihlrty-nfth-st.. between
Broadway and SiXth-ave.
Across Seventh ave there already great
number of houses In which there are several col
Ones Of women who have been brought from
the East Side in anticipation of wide-open
policy. In Seventh-ave. near Fortieth-st. there
have been for some time two opium dens. A patrol
man in the West Thirty seventh-st. station said
few DAYS that it was common talk that at least
would be opened
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
INSPECT MR.. DE FORESTS WORK.
Methods of the Tenement House Commits
sion Praised By Guests

At a demonstration Of the system and method
employed by the Tenement House Department
which took place the departmental Offices No. 81
Irving Place, Saturday, Tenement House Commits
sioner De Forest the recipient of numerous
congratulations on the methods employed and the
results achieved in his administration
About hundred Invitations were issued for
the inspection. those present including Jacob A.
Schiff Miss Pratt. OF the Pratt Institute Mrs
Josephine Charles Lowell. Professor Brown, of the
Union Theological Seminary, and State Commits
soner Allen. Of New Jersey. In charge of women
inspectors, each wearing the gold medal disk of the
department. the much interested guests, who were
each received by the Commissioner in person. were
shown about the old and Building Bureaus
and the Bureau of Records. the special province
and system OF each department being explained in
detail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
Mr.. HANNA GOING TO CLEVELAND.
Able To Be About Yesterday-Mr. Payne
Looking Into Chicago Hotel Rates.

Some dissatisfaction is being expressed by those
who will attend The Republican National Conven-
ZION in Chicago next year a result % the rate
certain hotels are making Cor rooms as announced
yesterday IN The Tribune. one man who wrote
20 have rooms reserved received a reply that rooms
would be 50 day. This looked upon as al
imposition and the reply referred 10 the ma
Donal committee.
Senator Hama, chairman % the Republican Ma
uonal Committee, at the Waldorf-Astoila yes
terday. Asked about the reported plan OF the
hole me-. 10 increase he said: = have heard
q ms, out have no particulars. / don't believe
that an! one should be gOused, and IL Chicago is
TOO hlsh ptlreG ID isn't the only place in the couu-
Uy Nnerc a convention De held Payne mas
the natter IL hand and / guess he Will SIT me
Il4a tier CoEEn and get =; adjusted all right
senator hanna WCuluGt talk politics He said
he was sick and tired OF having Questions uIIn3eJ
a. nm dEc ne clcnt intend to answer any He
expects 10 60 10 Cleveland to-day TO spend the
Holidays he seemed IL better health vester5sE,
He has been under the weather Tor q day on 81
and Saturday night did not feel well enough 10
attend the Civic Federation dinner II is Enown
thai within the last few days he has done gIeat
deal az work looking toward lie preliminary or
gsnizaton FOR the campaign Of next year He
would not say whether Re wCulG remain as chair
man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
BARON ROGNIATS SUIT.
RumOr Of Settlement Underzcriter
Seeks to Recover $27 900.

Since the difficulty of obtaining the French I'M
derwritng for the bonds of the United States Ship
building Company explained by Charles B.
Alexander at the hearing Lefore the special ex-
amner last week, :: has become known in this city
that Baron Calvet- Rngniat one of the most prom
inent Of the French underwriters. had begun a suit
against the Mercantile Trust Company for the re-
covery of about $2 600. which is said to have been
the only money sent from Paris to New-York in
actual payment Of the underwriting. amounting to
SC00e'O. There has been intimation that the
suit would come up before the Supreme Court this
week but ii said yesterday that the date was
uncertain. A report that there had been a settle
ment OF the suit could not be verified.
CCudert Brothers counsel for Baron Rogniat
in the suit, and Mr. Semple. Of that firm, who has
charge Of the case in this city declined yesterday
10 give any information about it, beyond saving
there was such suit One of the counsel for the
Mercantile Trust Company equally reticent
Rogniat was an underwater for $500 900 of the
bonds and also underworld for a group in the
amount Of 100000 more making the underwriting
for which he responsible 81 600 In JULY 1902
French underwriting was made. R6gnist declared red
that he had been made ridiculous in the eyes of his
John W. Young, the promoter of the Shipbuding
Company that the underwriting in New-York had
thought they needed only to collect their COMMITS
slons on the undertakings without taking or pay
When told by counsel that he was bound by his
agreement. and that the Mercantile Trust Company
against the underwriters, he made promises to pay
He was told by counsel that II would be financial
and personal ruin for him # he failed to keep his
pledged word. II came out I'm the inquiry made in
Paris to the delay in payment that Rogniat had
signed the papers for the other underwriters and
had made agreements with them for a division
the stock bonuses but he failed mention the
terms OF division in the French bulletins of sub
scrption. The underwriters received notice OF the
call for 25 per cent Of the subscription direct from
the Mercantile Trust Company. and the result was
that they tried to get from Rogn1aI larger stock
bonuses So all the underwriters held back, while
Young appealed by counsel TO a
served block of the stock to appease them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
MASONIC SECRECY RIGHT.
AnaIogy in Al Great Historic Mo0e-
ments. Says DR.. StrObridge.

A strong vindication of Masonic secrecy, which
he declared had its analogy in the manifestations
OF Gods command in the Bible. in all great MS
toric movements and in nature. the first great
Mason" was made by the Rev. DR.. G. h Stro-
bridge pastor of the Trinity Methodist EplscopaI
Church. in One hundred d-eightdPnth-st- at the
annual service of Harlem Lodge, No. 451; Gavel
Lodge. No 7Os and Bunting Lodge, No. Goo. Free
and Accepted Masons. which took place at the
church last night The Masons had as their escort
Constantine Commandery. No. As. Knights Tenn
plars under command OF Captain General ]. H.
Hyde.
The notices of the day read by William
Barker DR.. StrObridge, who is a member or Irl-
une Lodge, No 7s2, took as his text Kings l.
Chapter vi :. And the house when II was IN
building built of stone, made ready peloIe II
was brought thither, so that was neither hantreI
axe. nor any tool of iron heard IN the mouse
The preacher declared the building of the temple
of Solomon under secrecy made II Masonic Mas M.
event Secrecy in Masonry, he said; was not LOT
any evil purpose of COnCeament, as had peeh Md,
IcioUsly asserted. but for the tndlspensaoe Qolst
and tranquility Nature, he said, Dy her SecIe.E
of movement. ever revealing great secrets 10
The idea of the carpenters plane had been fur
nished by a study of the beetle; the water SPIDER
the originator of the diving bell; the p9rcH-
pines Quill showed ships architects how deep
ribbed iron masts should be constructed and a
straw of corn the advantage of the column hollow
the column solid g
history" said DR. Strobridge, must study the
people who work silently and quietly and not the
when the noisy pomp and panoply and flare OF
trumpets not present. Only when this pageant
ry is absent is God moving and all the earth Keeps
According to the Bible the Mason's 'indesCrib-
ness and quietness, is Of pre-eminent importance
We should not light ritual candies at any blazing
altar of Mount Carmel Dr. Strobrldge was Iislel1eu
with close attention by large congregation de
spite the nClement weather.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
Art Wares

that SAGE many dollars to BUYERS
of fine gifts. And fine collection is in
Guided Here are French Bronzes-hand-
some pieces that have been selling at sls
to SIS; today at 80 each.
$3.50 pieces at S14.
80 pieces at SIS
$50 pieces at $3.50.
$3.50 pieces at $3.50.
Then here are Marble BustS
and FiSureS superb gifts, that save
enough for another nice present.
S27.5O pieces at $40
$40 pieces at $3.50.
And SIS pieces a Z SD.
$50 pieces at S35.
$40 pieces at $50
One very fine Royal Bonn Vase, stand
ing SO inches high, with exquisite head
decoration, surrounded with flowers and
gold. Imported to sell for $500, which
price it is well worth. Now marked at
$500.
Art Wares Salon. Basement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
GEORGIA FEUD BREAKS OUT.
Two Likely to Die; Others Wounded at
Party.
IBT TELEGRAPH To THE rRIEuxE.I

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 20.-The home Of John
Brooks. in Paulding County. was the scene Of
a lively shooting ARRAY last night. The room
was crowded with guests. when a clash be
tween the Ship brothers and the Cantrell broth
ers assumed almost the aspect OF a Kentucky
feud. Clarence Cantrell shot William Ship and
in turn shot by William CantreII, who was
then shot by George Ship. who also received a
bullet during the firing. George Grogan. a by
stander was also shot.
Clarence Cantrell and William Shipp will die
The others slightly wounded. a bitter feel
ing had long existed between the Ship and
Cantrell families, and a generous supply Of
mountain corn was all that necessary to
start the shooting. Sixteen shots were fired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
ARCHBISHOP DELEGATES CHURCH

The Catholic Church of our Lady OF Lourdes
in hundreds -second-st, just east Of
Amsterdam was dedicated yesterday at II
m. Archbishop Farley officiating The church
Is not finished and the affairs were only temporarily
pla ced.
Bishop Gabriel of Osdensburg, said the pontifcaI
mass. The Rev Joseph II. Mcmahon the pastor OF
the church announced that cable dispatch had
been received from Rome Saturday conveying
the blessing of the Holy Father. through Arch
bishop Farley
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
A Pre-ChriStmdS Sale Of
FINE UMBRELLAS
For Men and Women

vi Az 70 ara ~ ONtCW
The manufacturer decided that
has Christmas trade was over Just in time
for us to catch the last few days of ours;
and to enable you to give a splendid gift
for much less than You could have posi-
bly, hoped For these Umbrellas have the
fine and beautiful handles that make the
very choicest gifts. These two groups:
Mems and Wonlsn's $3.50 to SO
Umbrellas at So.
Best pure silk covers. and most elabOr-
ate variety OF new and beautiful handles.
Mems and Women s 50 Umbrellas at 50 80
Another collection that would be counted
most beautiful. except only for its finer
neighbor told OF above.
Shown today on special counters on Sec
ond floor, east OF ROtunda.
AT the regular Umbrella Counter. Of
course, are all sorts of Umbrellas for men.
women and children, from 81 up-yes,
Up to S75 each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
Superb Fur Coats

Sepenty-fre to TwO Hundred Dollars
BeIO'v Their Former Prices
Here are seven rich and beautl-
full Fur Coats, that, so far as we know,
have no duplicates in this country. They
are the productions of several of the most
famous foreign furriers-selected skins,
made up in the most expert manner, and
full of style and elegance. We are de-
termined that they shall haye new owners
on Christmas day, as they so well deserve.
So we have cut from seventy-fve to two
hundred dollars from the prices-pre-
ferring to take the loss when it will mean
most to the purchasers. Here are brief
individual descriptions:
sleeves: eiaboratefy eonSised WITH errnine. and
ermine belt Was $500; now $3.50.
hns %s anc9 braid Tiho Wa. $3.50 n6S
Handsome Noleskin Blouse: fancy vest. elaborate
" trimmed with passementeris. Was 1925; now
Extra long full Coat Of French Seal; extra large
sleeves combined with squirrel and ermine Was
short loose Chinchnla Coat. deliberately trimmed
with lace Was $500: $3.50.
Short Box Coat Of white CaracuI. trimmed with
green velvet and fancy braid Was $500: now $500.
Long white Caracul Coat collar and cuffs Of Rus
sian sable Was $500; now $500
Here are two other beautiful pieces:
Moleskin Pelerine with long tabs Was 500. now
Handsome long Chinchnla Stole with large pill
low muf to match Was $3.50; now s4o0.
Second floor. Broadway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
STILL AT WORK ON THE BOOKS
No News of Employe of Laighton & Foulke
Who Disappeared

The members OF the firm Of Laighton & Foulke,
Of No. William-st-, which suspended business on
Saturday the Cotton Exchange, at their
Office all day yesterday, working the books. At
a late hour last night they had not discovered the
amount OF the alleged defalcatiOn.
The missing clerk. John n. Laing, had not been
heard from yesterday. though every effort is being
made to get OF him. At Mr. Laing's home
No. ga East One-hundred- and thirty-ffth-st., it
was said that he had not returned since his de-
parture on Friday morning.