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New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
MIR. sLICER ON HOME sANCTITY.
He Thinks Divorce Court Preferable to Some
Marriages.

Th& Rev. Thomas r. Slicer, In addressing The
League for Political Education. az NO q West
Forty-fourth-st., yesterday on the subject OF Ins
Sanctties Of the Home cited the scandal IN the
Saxon court as an example OF natures protest
against marriage which IS not founded upon moral
reasons. He said:
When you get marriage OF ruling powers. with
considering the primary instincts OF Hfe. you
get relation that Is threatening 70 the sanctiJles
of the home. Under such conditions either the
persons shall discover each other and estaoEsl
protest against union So of all artificial bases
for marriage upon anything but moral reasons
1t is as important that the laws OF mind should
be observed that the physical laws should De
The inconSidered marriage. the mere drifting To-
gether of notes in the sunshine, IS as IRE
sponsible the crossing of two insects In the air
Yet IL Is supposed that this holy relation can b.
constituted by frivolous women for their daugh-
ters and by ambitious men for their sons In com
parison with that kind OF frivolous marriage thers
are many unlicensed relations thar more holy.
though they not therefore to be approved. for
they violations Of the law and of the SanctisS
of society. But the sanctitfes Of the home as an
ideal require that there should be end OF thS
relation in such frivolous marriages.
If you ask me II they should run into the divorce
court. 1 would say that there IS nothing more dan
gerous the social ethics than the divorce court
except perhaps. this ungodly relation The rem
make 1t her mission 70 that the sanctitfes sp-
pear in it. It ought to be made more difficult for
young and young women to enter into the
marriage state and then it should be made more
difficult for the bonds to be severed There should
be uniform laws divorce in the different States
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
Ex-wARDMAN B1ssERT sURRENDERs.
Has Been in Germany-May Be Difficulty in
Convicting Him Again.

George Bissert the eX-police wardman at the
Fifth-st. station, who was convicted Of bribery
and served several months in Sing Sing before the
Court of Appeals granted him & new trial. who
disappeared and whose bail was forfeited on two
indictments in his absence surrendered yesterday
in the Court of General Sessions. His appearance
there was a great surprise the District Attorney
who thought Bissert never would return to this
country.
Bissert said he had been in Germany and had not
keen informed OF the intention of the District At
torney to move for trial on the second indictment
while his appeal from conviction the first indict-
mont was pending, He gave bail in 5000 his
father and brother-iIl-law becoming his bondsmen
and then was released by order of Recorder Golf
Some OF the witnesses against BIssert his first
trial have disappeared. and Lena Schmidt, the CHEZ
witness, is serving term on Blackwelrs ISL
and There may be difficulty in convicting Bissert
another trial
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
MAIL DRIVER ACCUSED OF THEFT.
Checks Aggregating $1,o31 Found in His
Clothing.

Arthur Brown, driver of a mail wagon,
was arrested late yesterday afternoon with nine
checks for sums aggregatng $1o3i in his possession
which il is alleged he stole from mail bags
Brown who is said TO live at No. 25l East One
bundred-and twenty -ffth-st.. in company with a
man who said he was John Nuttal. of No. ll2 East
One-fundred Observation-Disclosures. went TO the
clothing store Of Samuel Black at No. u9 Park
Row late yesterday afternoon and picked out two
suits of clothes. In payment Brown offered a
check for ss0 payable TO J. z. Pollock, of Chicago,
and drawn by Seggermann Bros. of No. l65
uusne-st Black suspicious of the check and
sent Mrs. Black, without Brown and Nuftan know
ing about it, TO the Seggermann Office TO ask II II
Was good. Mr. seggermann expressed surprise at
the check being in the city and explained that 1t
ebo,,ld be on its way to Chicago, he had mailed
81 10 that city. Mrs. Black returned 20 her hus-
hands store and informed him of the conversation
she had had with Mr.. Seggermann. Black then
called in Detectives Murphy and Bannon. Of the
Oak-st station, whom he found near by, and Brown
and NuttaI were arrested
Brown WAS searched at the station house and the
ro,,ce say several checks found in his pockets
srd more hidden in his shoes. Most Of the checks
we're drawn by Hills Bros & Co. fruit exporters
~ Beach and washington SITS They were all made
navsble 10 firms IN Chicago. The largest check
vas for sas4, which made payable 70 j. X
ouirnby & Co, Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
SISTER. LIKE BROTHER, SUICIDE.
MARGARET Dale and Charles G. Dale, Bank
Cashier, Were Much Attached to
Each Other.

Miss Margaret Dale, sister of Charles u. baie'
the cashier Of the New-YOrk County Bank VINO
committed suicide about three months ago o"
Staten Island, was found dead at her hol'ie' ~
"a Ratheate-aye Yesterday. She had taken car
boIfc acid Ever since her brothers death MISS
Dale had been despondent. The two had neeh
greatly attached to each other. Miss Dale olteh
declared: II shall go the same way that CnarHe
did
Miss Dale lived with her mother Mrs Cornelia
Dale Yesterday morning Mrs. Dale went out 10
do some shopping and returned about two hours
afterward She went to the front door and rang
the bell, but received no answer She tnen en- en-
into the dining room she found the door 5pfHga
She grew alarmed and summoned Two nslSIl =,
and finally the lock forced Miss Dale pouy
was then found lying settee. Her mouth 11I rSu
been severely burned by the caroohc acld: nc
glass was lying on the grass outside the Wlnu0"
Coroner OGorman gave permit L3r DLIs U4I ,1
that he had committed suicide because or snort
age in his accounts. These were Iouhu 10 oe ldlss-
The cause was probably overwork
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09

ing the sugar tariff would be ratified and the 70
per cent differential in favor of Cuba would still
further reduce the tariff the Cuban product
The beet sugar men are not particular as to
The form in which the guarantee shall come.
hut they are urgent in their demands that ii be
made in some form.
Mr.. Carey's presentation Of the condition or
the industry, and his statement that without
some such guarantee as he had outlined it would
he impossible to interest capital further, made a
strong impression on the committee, but his
view Of the danger which would attend the
amendment OF a reciprocity treaty is regarded
as unwarrante6 by the facts. The committee
viii hold its next regular meeting on Monday,
when the treaty VIII receive final consideration
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
BUTT CAN'T REVIEW 18TH
CoL Dyer Wanted Him to. B"t
Gen. Smith Refused Permission.

Surprise and indig lation were expresseo Se
terday In the 18th Regiment wnen II OeO
known that General George Moore smith, C'i
manding the First Brigade OF the Sd'iOi1
Guard had refused Colonel Dyers aPpL0"e'O
for a review of the 18th in honor Of General
McCoskry Butt former colonel of the regiment
General Butt is supernunerary ohlcer III So
standing and Is one Of the best known oilosi'
in the National Guard. He Is a prominent lheiiI-
her of the Union New-YorI1 Yacht, New-forh
Athletic and other clubs. Nearly Two Sedi' "s
the First Brigade, which he comnanueu' ~
the Fifth Brigade of General smith, were N
solidated into the present First Brlsdue, ~
General Smith in command Inis cohsOliudIoi''
n has been assumed. was intended as puiiish-
nent to General Butt for his outspoheh cii
cisno of headquarters and his contention tha'
brigade commanders were Ne"'0N ~
heads. -,
1rrdar orders now governing reviews, no bri-
eade organization can be reviewed by any per
SON without the approval of the brigade COM
roander General Butt, in order TO stiiiulA'
enthusiasm In rife shooting, has for many -
offered cash prizes for shooting 4hiS Se"i'
Give hin, an occasion to present prizes per
ssnally as the regiments guest Coioiel ~
arranged for review by General Butt on NO.
Thursday night Colonel Dyer 1or"aiueu on
.nn,,cation for the review TO General SMITH
-, ,to+io, bas.haen returned marked Dis
approved" by General Smith, who gives no ie'-
,. -..,io
officers are not permitted by military reguia-
tions to express opinions of others IN 'he ser
vice in public print, and for this reason iio
officer in the Guard would permit MS hanIe "
be used yesterday for or against c'eheIal DN''
oe5cers friendIv to General Butt said that Cen
oral Smith. in fear of offending General Roe or
some one at Albany headquarters, had retused
Colonel Dyer's application
General Smith said yesterday: Whatever
course pursue in the discharge of my duties l
try to act for what 1 consider the best interests
of the service
General Butt said the action was almost 100
small to notice: but coming from the source 1t
did II will cause no surprise.
Colonel Thomas F. Lynch. who proposed zen zen
eraI Smith for colodeI of the 69th some years
ago. said: General Butt was the best brigade
commander we ever had He believed III run
ming his brigade according to law, and not from
Albany"
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
TITUS TRIES TO BELITTLE 0'REILLY.
Says He Hears De Lacy's Poolroom Was
Never Closed.

captain George F Titus, who was transferred
from the Detective Bureau to the station IN Oak-
St. took command at that station yesterday ana
told the patrolmen he wanted them to 90 their
best in enforcing all laws impartfally When news
paper men asked him how he liked the change
from detective work to precinct duty he SAID ne
thought he could get accustomed to precinct "orh
again. He made an irritable reply when ne was
asked If he had heard of report that Peter De
Lacy's poolroom, in Park Row. was to be opened
again.
II didn't know that De Lacy's place had been
closed" he said sneeringly. MY information Is
that it never has been closed. guess there are
some other places here that have not been closed.
'Will you follow Captain OReillys plan IN oeal-
ing with the poolrooms? was asked.
'I don't know anything about O'Reilly's plan'
he replied testify Then he said that If there were
violations of law in the way Of gambling or poor
selling in the precinct he would get evidence anu
have the offenders punished
Captain Miles O'Reilly was at Police Headquar-
ters later in the day and heard what Titus haa
said. AS O'Reilly sent from the station IN
Oak-st to the Tenderloin lately. with the reputa-
ton of having closed De Lacy's place and other
poolrooms he was interested in Titus's speech
That's nice" he said. Il know De Lacys place
was not running when I left the precinct
Speaking of the case of the Haymarket, Captain
O'Reilly said the place closed earlier than usual
yesterday morning. The selling of liquor stopped
there at 1 o'clock" he said. land the place was
closed before o'clock 1 suppose the people got
tired of sitting around and buying soft drinks
with policemen watching them. The law viii nave
to be obeyed there or it Will be closed under
orders ,,-.,, 49,.
There was report that Captain O'Retily had
been called before General Greene on account OF
complaints that he had nterfered with neWsdeaI.
ers He said his talk with General Greene did not
relate to newsdealers. but he had received com
plant from A E Smith that several neWsdeaierS 1iS 5
violating the city ordinances at G B5oa6way at
Thirty fourth-st and at Broadway ana 3 boTry Ie
second-st by having their tables on the curD ilne
He sent policemen, he said. to warn the neWsoeal-
ers that they must keep their tables within the
stoop line.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST ARRESTED.
Woman with Money Caught shoplifting
Says She Can't Help 1t.

A tall neatly dressed woman Of evident renne-
ment and with a sweet face, in appearance ABOUT
fortv wears or,i but giving her age as ffty-four
was arresteo in a drygoods store in SiXth-ave
Yesterday afternoon on a charge Of shoplifttng
A detective of the store force. who arrested her.
saws she told him she a Christian SclentlSt
and a member of a Christian Science church in
this city and that she could not help stealing She
described herself in the West Thirtieth-st station
as Mrs ]. NJ. Brown, of No Us west One-hunorea-
d-thirty-ffth-st. The woman said she would
commit suicide If her children knew what had hap
pened 20 her.
The detective noticed the in the store
Yesterday and saws he watched her. and that he
sa " her take two silk waists. valued at so from
a counter and hide them under her clothing. she
almost tainted when he touched her on the arm
and asked her to step into the office The detective
escorted the woman to the station house. He says
she confessed to him on the way that she had
taken two other WAISTS Wednesday, valued at
sos and $50 as well some underwear and table
embroidery. all left at home.
The woman at the station had SS3 in her pos
session. showing she could have bought the waists
if she had wished. She sent a message to the
Gardner apartment house, at No. 12S West Forty
third-st.
a middle aged man of good appearance called
at the station later and asked for Mrs. Brown.
which he said. the Woman'S real name
She was sent for and he and she talked in Cap
and began weeping. The man said:
The woman is one of respectabIIty and good
outside, and has a fine circle OF acqualhtahceS.
The only way | account for her action is
that she is mentally unbalanced: cannot say say
whether she is a kleptomanlac or not as don
know enough about her case But her son said
She has bee: acting queerly of late 1 am simply
a friend. heard up at the house she was IN
trouble and ] came down TO help her If possible
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
NOT TO BUY IMMUNITY.
Fund Is for Certain Wronged
Creditors of Mmrquond & Co.

The sensational failure Of the Stock Exchange
house of Henry Marquand & Co. in June. 1901
which carried down the Seventh National Bank
was recalled Yesterday by the publication OF a
story that George ". Wickersham. OF NO. ~
Wall-st was about to distribute among certain
creditors Of the frm whose securities had been
hypothecated, $4,000. this fund being, however
entirely distinct from the assets. estimated at
about 10 cents on the dollar. which are to be ol
vided generally among the creditors by the as
signee Mr. Wickersham, when asked IN regard 10
the report. said:
There is a certain amount OF truth III IL 1hele
s a fund II is not for buying immunity from
prosecution 1t is paying off certain creditors
They may prosecute much as they ike can
saw nothing further about it, as 1 am only the
trustee
o,1and and his legal representative said that the
fund was furnished by Mr.. Marquand and the fam
ilv Of Mr. Poor to pay off certain creditors VINO
had been wronged by the firm This fund. which
had been furnished by the two parties in equal
amounts. he said had been put in the hands or
Mr.. Wickersham little over a year ago.
.eAu who believed that they had been wronged
were to present their claims to him and at the
close of a year Mr.. Wickersham was TO decide on
the merits of each and distribute the fund pro rata
It was thought that the fund would go around but
7 do not think it will. A year was decided on as
the length Of time for the claims to be presented
in order to give an opportunity for their exanina-
ton A list of them so far as 1t was possible to
make one up was given to Mr.. Wickersham at the
beginning of the year There was no condition at
tached to this fund, and any one can sue the next
da yafter receiving his share If he desires to do
So It was d pure gratuity on the part of the
members of the firm for the penenI OF those VIM
had been wronged.' ,... 4.
General n /. Burnett. United States District AT,
torrey denied yesterday that he had eXpresSTsed
any intention of beginning Pfoceeul'eS III 'iie N
qu2nd-POOT case
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
VAN wYcK's CAPTAINS APPLY AGAIN.
Counsel Saws Commissioner Greene's hp-
pointment of Walsh Implies Their
Good Standing.

The sixteen appointed police captains ny 'he
Old police board of Mayor Van Wyck, who, 1t mas
been alleged were appointed Illegally and contrary
to the Civil Service rules. yesterday made another
attempt to get their salary captains. which mas
been held up since May I, 1902 William l. lie
Witt, as counsel for these men, applied 10 Iustice
C,av,nor in the Brooklyn Supreme Court, for writs
Of mandamus 10 compel the Municipal Civil service
Commission to certify to payrolls containing their
names as captains Mr.. De Witt referred to the fact
that the Appellate Division had decided against j.
Warren Greene taxpayer. in his suit TO have the
annointments set aside. He also declared that
Commissioner Greene had recognized the LEGALITY
of the appointments by designating one Of Them
Walsh, as an inspector.
Brewster the Assistant Corporation Counsel. de-
cIared that nothing settled in the J; warren
Greene case except that his remedy was the wrong
one and that quo warranto proceedings would have
been proper thing. The validity OF the appoint
eral
Decision was reserved.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
BISHOP POTTER ON CHILD LABOR.
Holds Public Not Responsible for It, When
ulegal-Woman Disagrees.

An unexpected speaker. Miss a. {. Patterson, de-
1ivered a warm appeal Tor trade unions last night
at the Tuxedo, where the Church Association for
the Advancement Of the Interests Of Labor net to
discuss Child Labor.
Il don't agree with Bishop Potter when he says
ere not responsible for parents putting Young
children to work" she said. We are responsible
Each one Of US is employer OF labor II We
r1y only articles bearing the union labels we shall
he assured that unfair labor conditions proouced
The articles 1t IS tho policy Of every labor union
10 exclude children for their good but chiefly Tor
our own. Demand labelled goods
Miss Patterson Is member or the omen 5
Federation of Brooklyn, . body affiliated with the
Typographical Union.
Bishop Potter spoke briefly Illustrating by stories
: he value Of continued effort BY continued et-
+1-f he said we must abolish this child iaoor.
Get laws then see that they are enforced; he 4d-
used but consider all sides of the question lie
held thar the community was not Responsible II
--9-enrs Illegally forced their children TO work
T)r Anna s Daniel. an East Sice worker. told Of
sid labor iu the 5e-rs nents Gf how inspectors
,rr-c fricked. and of the GiseaseS-blindness and
cors1rnption-whlch were contracted.
Robert Hunter head yorker Of the University
Settlement said that the chd's wages never sup
l-oTfe6 him. lie advised legislation which, en-
foTced. would Aeep the child in school until four-
1ae wears OF
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
TO MAKE BRONX KILLS NAv1GABLE.
A Delegation Will Have Hearing at Wash.
ington To-day on the Plan.

Through the efforts Of Charles stoughton and
Congressman-elect Joseph \ Ciouden. a hearing
will be given before the House Committee on
Rivers and Harbors. Washington to-day at
p. m, to a delegation from the North Side Board
of Trade on the necessity OF rendering the Bronx
Kills navigabIe,
The Bronx Kills is n turbulent body OF water.
about five hundred feet wide and half mile long
separating RandalTs Island from the Borough Of
The Bronx II is obstrUcted by submerged rocks
that it is unsafe at certain tides for even a row
boat If made naviEable it would shorten the
water route for the brick. lumber, grain ice and
other merchandise of the Hudson TO the New
England coast some three and one-half miles.
The delegation from the North Side Board Of
Trade Will consist of its president Albert E Davis
Matthew Anderson. Charles w Stoughton. Seward
Baker and Charles D. Steurer.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
FAREWELL TO ARCHBISHOP.

rarishoners at St Gabriels last night was likened
In the parting of a father from his family. St
Cabrel's Hall the meeting room of the parish. was
crowded with the people who have known Mon
sienor Farley in the 3ast eighteen years as priest
rho Archbishop sat in the middle of the stage.
with the chairman OF the evening, Peter Seery. at
his right ana the Rev. DR. Dennis j. McIahon at
his left Behind him were Daniel F. Martin. justice
~ +ba Nuncipal Court: ex-Correction Commissioner
r1-onc,s Tautrv Joseph Wade principal OF Public
school No %, and Fathers Conley. Cotton. South
yyan sipnott Kenny. McHugh and Vicar General
Mooney and many others .
The parishioners gave the Archbishop a crozier
OF gold deeply !ncrusted with Jewels The pTesenra-
tioS was made by Matthew ?. Ryan.
Al the close of the exercises the ,Archhlshop re-
cafved the clergy and OF the laity in the re
cention room OF the rectory. The pastor OF st.
Gshriel's has not yet been appointed The selec-
ton rests with the Archbishop.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
DEFENDS CROP REPORTS
Secretary Wilson asserts the Accu-
rdcy of HIS Departments Figures.
[nr rELEGRApH no rHE rRInuNE. !

lB1 TELEGHAPH The 1fibDHbJ
Washington. Jan. s-Secretary Wilson is not at
all disturbed by the sweeping comment attributed
to THE Pail Mall Gazette" on the latest cotton
crop report. of which that paper according to
brief cable dispatch says: THE figures given are
not believed and are regarded worthless" fur
her declaring that the statistical reports OF crops
issued By the American Government scandal.
However. in official communication to Congress
Tuesday which is printed as pubic oocu-
ment to-day. Secretary Wilson makes an exhaus-
tive defence of the accuracy of the statistics of his
department. compared with those Of the census
and refers specifically to the cotton figures as fol-
lows:
The immense superiority for all pTsesdGa al toss BoE
erff atter IS appiied az WitE proper modcations to
hing. cannot be better Illustrated than by com
parison of this departments preliminary estirnates
with the subsequently published figures OF tine
Ser m @ the 2n
the year 1S9900 at S900ooO bales: on March o. lsd,
census reported the exact amount ginned at s3ss.-
2t2 bales difference Of So per cent On e @ l
at 1o10o0oo bales: on September 2S 1901 or nine Inc
po2Ped it no as baes sys oonntng Found BALES
half bales in conformity with the practices of the
of4 of two one-hSndredts G of per cent on December
g. 1901 the department estimated the CROP OF ! ~ u
twenty-one days later. the Census Office p reported
h hunrsths nd of Tp per cent The mean difference Of
the figures issued by the two offices for the three
years only IA per cent and those of the ,. Pc
partment of Agriculture were issued ten nonthS
and eleven days on average earlier than those
Of the census.
Secretary Wilson did not to add TO this Of
fetal statement
Senator Proctor. chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture. said this evening:
Secretary Wilson is one of the most careful and
painstaking men, and any work performed under
his supervision or any reports published with ms
approval may be regarded accurate and reliable.
I regard this report as absolutely without founda-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
B.R 7. TO GIVE BETTER SERVICE.
So Says Greatsinger, but mot Because of
Hearing"

President Greatsnger of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company believes that there will be less
cause for complaint against the service of his cars
from now on He sald yesterday:
Wa are going to have a better service not be-
cause OF the hearing. but because will be able
to give it. The people who ride the them
selves have made it possible The months of jan
nary and February have always been the lighrest
months of travel on all the lines. Then will
soon have more power Everything that stated
by us before the commission said in good faith
We will get our power plant in operation
and our power will gradually increase until we
have a surplus.
President Greasinger is not enthusiastic over the
bill introduced by Senator Wagner at Albany on
Wednesday, which provides for fine OF $50 for
avery messenger carried in excess of five more than
the actual seating capacity of the car Said he:
If such a bill were to become a law. many people
who started out with a view to getting somewhere
would not reach their destina tions until possibly
the next day What would the conductor be ex-
nected to do If two persons got board while
four already standing Would he kick
them off and let the other ride?