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New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
SWEEP FOR NILLSEN.
He Takes All Professional Races at National
Skating Meet.

Montreal Feb. Ideal weather conditions A
hig crowd superb ice and large fields in all the
events with exciting finishes, combined TO make
the speed skating championships OF America, neld
here to-day under the auspices OF the Amateur
Skating Association of Canada and the National
Skating Association of America. a great success
No records were broken, but In the 2ao-yard anna
teur and half-mile professional events both the
Canadian and American records were edualied
In the other events the time MADE was o'saP-
ponting under the conditions
The feature of the racing the great work
of Johnny Nillsen, of Minneapolis. He carried
off all the professional events on the card. but
not without a race in. every instance, the nhlsh
in the three mile event being particularly exciting
Nnlsen made the pace almost al .he eS Wy nd ou r.
looked as though he were beaten Sue ,a,t III Tue
NJ ,fe rai Udnd of the Verona Lake Skating Club.
Won the mile amateur event cleverly-
The summaries:
Two hundred and twenty yards tanateur.-Non 6y
NJ SiorTen IeJ Montreal third. Time. o:207s.
Half mile professlonawon oy son j. Sifen P snnrd
SI2 yorE third Time. INN Equals professional
fef4s 1; mile (arateur-won P St. Marie Montreal:
Morris Wood. New-York second; J. Forester toronto
t @ mile fnrofessional)-Won j. Nillsen Minneagos:
T. K McCulloch winnipeg, second; Norvai Bapte' BATH
gate y, T. ateurWon BY NJ Wood. New-York; G.
ReaYeniiie winnipeg second; ]. Boswell, winnipeg
thiTd 4fn bndred and eighty yards Cackwar-won by
Oscar Beaudoin. Montreal: 2 b Airu montreal eeeo
ii Two hundred and twenty Yards Gu1dles.W01 BY
Larry Piper. Toronto r ), 62Ss2n' n9ss2 iof0n'o
Ffree miles (professionaD-Won by J. Nillsen Mime
apoiis; Baptie Bathsa!eii Finn n "a see'hd > ~
rtree miles ,arnateur)-Won by G. Bellefsuine Win
nipeg; T. p Marie. Montreal second NJ "oou' New
hird inns
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
TECH" PLAYS NO OUTSIDE GAMES.
DR.. Pritchett Says Athletics There Is Sport,
Not Business

The eighth annual dinner of the archaeological
Club of NeW-York City held last night AT 'he
University Cl4b. Among the guests were Henry
S. Prtchett president of the Massachusetts insu-
of Technology. at Boston: President Alexander
at Hoboken; Edward H. Hartman. the Rev W. G
Alexander Rice Mckim Henry D. Hibbard ana
Robert Starr Allyn.
Dr. Pritchett turned his attention to college attn
letics. The Massachusetts Institute of Iechhotosy'
he said had abolished all forms of competitive attn
letics.
Il am not opposed to college athletics as a sport
he declared for I know that certain amount oi
exercise IL necessary for the men who are WORKING
in institution. But only sport, not as
business Our students cannot give two months
of the year to football and do the work we expect
in the recitation rooms. We have football team
still. but the games it plays are scrub games
The men play among themselves, and all 'he
students liberty to join. We have gym
nasium, too tor exercise and the students are
expected it often their Individual heeuS
require"
DR.. Pritchett also declared that at recent con-
vention OF "iech' institutions in Germany the
president of one of the leading German institutions
said that Germany did not have to compete win
England or France in engineering or in technology;
the only competitor, he said, was America, . a.,
Referring the growth of the institute IN me
years since he has been president ne sald 'n
it had one thousand students three years ago, but
to-day had seventeen hundred Already tne tTus-
tees were looking for site for a new oulldilg lne
land about the old institution had become SO vau .
able he asserted, that its sale would pay Ior the
erection and the site of new college puhdlnS III
the suburbs Of Boston.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
IL ON YALE SUSPENSION.

The suspension of the Yale basketball team
49,, Amateur Athletic Union defended yes
.ordav in a statement issued by Luther FL Guhck
L,-roan of the Basketball Committee OF the
..naateur Athletic Union. He says In part:
Tho Amateur Athletic Union assumes no juris-
5,ctton over college sports. Educa tional instltu-
az "a slch conduct their athletic sports
Wien college teams enter the larger competitions
~ tbs general athletic world they then come under
~ ~ t,,rtsdictfcn of the Amateur Athletic Union
FOR example when the colleges hold track ana
feId sports they hold them under their own rul-
in athletic games given by the New-fork or other
ahIec clubs they are under the jurisdiction or Ie
Amateur Athletic Union So with basketball Tne
Yale team plays a game against SUSPENDED team %
having on IL professional. The 1aIe, team -
therefore as far the Amateur AtnIetc mon
rules are concerned. professional cam cam IN, dtrS
NAV whom they please IL viii prevent any teaa am
p,Sc a,ishas 10 keep its amateur status with tne
xno AZ ,sur Athlstic Union from playing the xale
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
ATHLETICS.
Games of Mohawk A. C. and Company H,
Eighth Regiment.

No records broken at the annual moor
games of the Mohawk Athletic Club and Company
H OF the Eighth Regiment, at the latter's armorS'
at Ninety-fourth-st and Park-ave., last night but
there was some creditable work done by the COM
petitors in the various events.
r L. Sandford. who the mile and a haif
handicap ran & splendid race, defeating +. F. Carr
and T. Smith after hard battle There was some
fouling in the race and Smith was finally dis
qualified. In the mile handicap race young
H NJ Cohn of the Star Athletic Club. battled
bravely for first place and got it
The two milo bicycle race was exciting from
start to finish J. Fogler. of Company g: OF the
18th Regiment put up good hght against @ me
others entered f. Dorsey, T ] a dZIh Regiment i'fi
won: IL A. Vogel. College the City of New-York sec
ond; ". K. wodw.orth, third Time; o;o641 ;s .o,> o
A. WGbs Columbia, second; NJ J. Dean. Columbia third
Hsif mile runE D. oppenheiner Columbia go Yards
won; NJ MARKS New West Side A. G. second; l. Mark
he inn PastGs nd a E niles t saTGT9 n andord
Y. NJ. c. A. won; E P Carr Xavier A - secofid.
six-hundred-yard Cnovice)A Mcdonald. Columbia.
qndsS @ and sTeRg Sn yard r. run rea e. arSo6 6
new A G. second; j. ]. Fallon. third Time o2375'
specsi say Badey se company second Time 22I
Tvvo-mile bicycle race handicap)-J. Fogler N A {:
yards H F. Cranston Attn Regiment A A doo
ysidsl third. Time. 4:5s9 ,
n ". S. A e. % feen. won: W A Shaefeg St Bar
lholomew's A G. q2 feet, second with h it. 2 in
7G0ns1ia onsmiie run Shandeap, cohn star go
yardsl: won G. v Bophag Tastme A 600 ~ 600 yas' hi
Heavy marching order race joyce, hospital
fS4d. SRFPi won f25iey second sS''' q lD---, -
ToIr I Pastme A c.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
Sports / ! !!
G@-,A ~ D
DpIOR'SrfeN'
THE RACETRACK.
Doctors Say Redfern Will Be About in a
Week or Ten Days

New-oroans. Feb when Sheriff Bell gall
loped home an easy winner In the Cidnheose
Handicap to-day. he placed $.500 to the credit OF
MS owner. NJ. L. Hayman. Fuller picked The best
going for him. and when called on. he came away
without effort winning by four lengths Para
mount sold to-day for $500 To j. p. Hlohs
Carat up to $16o5 and bought IN CeSioh
up to SLIGO and sold to r. H. Clark. jerry
Hunt run up to $500 and bought IN
Redfern. who hurt yesterday in the iaii OH
Brief. shows little Improvement TODAY; HIS physi-
os or tsa say ays @ st sar mi and Garters tall was
crowding. Weather rainy: track sloppy.
The sumIs aries;
to l. Won oiiasen sS w Hicks, i >, second; The
LofteT Blue Blaze Pyrrho and Boundlee also ran
e S0na R f1Se 1S tPPf m 10 second Meiboune Eclipse
JOS CiunrO. 70 third Time ;dS7' BoqgSe afon also
star Garter fell after the start ar 1o7
auiierl to s. Won Harry New, obblns, to .,s
second: Bummer; a5 TreanQ1. to third Time l;le
Fourth race Ghe Clubhouse hsndicaR SoEs one pes "a
daso o sec9Td & DPsss Ph SSS 81 Me ~ ns1ss
na @ s9 san II. s &.s snq 10 7% 10
9na Bensgn @ Gadwe ; 5 tr5e lob e !6 ran to " 'hF'
Sixth rsoe sSei selling i e:e six fG
second: suaFi Young los G7v, Hicks. 10 to !. third
KWsa moTon tfs King af BareSeoT S5S ThGTes
Crutchfeld and Flora Levy also ran
The entries for Monday follows:
tsellirg: miel-Four Lear l"'
Dillon 1O7: DR.. Fannie l07 Ford. l09 Acc4iaae'
109 Bounteous 100: Kingston lU9 1Csndle beIie,
1i2 False 1I2; .Glenzen. l12; Denny Duffy liz; Inc
Black - ,-, T.,
Second race selling: six and one-half IurlGngs sIi
nortele. IocCchee 81: Breaker SI; senator Moti
95: 103: Plaster. 04 Katie GIBBONS lIsS'
Moron. 1o5: Jerry Hume, 106: White owl 100 FalaI'
l07: Arschue 10. -, ,,zo-
Third race selling: one one-eighh miles-Badger
81: John A Clark 1Ol: Pass Goldaga and IRONS
100; Radiant Heat Imelight, Right Bower Albert Lee
and Iznck. 104: Chopin and Campus lot =, =. -rr,
(handicap, one meluHedge. 81 - - 4ni
81; thiio and reiam0R 100; Harry New loi
FTftb race 1pGrse: three-year-olds; i've furlongs-
Princess Tulane Ample sweet, Lady Mistake silver
Fringe Iosette and Sweet Nell 1O5 Hemock and spec;
1OT: Frank Rice. Royal Decever. Right and True anu
CslenneVis. c,,oor
ga Gbanfere1Ie a6 cue johnson e7 Leeuja. es P.eao'
16i: Chickaiee 1O1. Polly Bixhy and Russn lef MOS
Leto los: The Wa, Erne. los; El Pey. IL
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
MANY YACHTS BEING BUILT.
Activity at the seabury Yards-Howard
Gould's New Vessel

,f.rked activttv in Yacht building is shown by the
extent of new work in the yards Of the diff
ferent shipbuilders in and around this city The
Gas Engine and Power Company and Charles l.
Seaburv & Co Consolidated. whose shipy ards and
works are at Morris Heights, on the Harlem River
opposIte Fort George, have several d1ferent types
of craft in construction from large deep water
cruising steam yachts down TO trim and service
able steam cutters for United States harbor and
departmentaf work. with number OF smaller
naphtha cruising boats adapted for service on IN
land waters. .t .--. -+.--
On the first stocks and rapidly approach
ing completion is the hull OF the 160 foot
steel steam yacht Aria III, ordered by Ed
ward II Blake of Bangor. The Body OF
this vessel shows fair and easy lines, Win
scantIng entirely Of steel, as are the deckhodses'
In which mahogany wood construction Is also en-
bodied The owners and guests quarters are AFT,
consisting of double staterooms for the owner ana
three sta+erooms for parties with large bathroom
and main saloon arranged with transom berths on
either side, and with winding stairway entrance
from upper deck Care has been taken 10 nave
these accommodations roomy and well venthateu-
The speed of the yacht is nineteen miles 0he VIII
he used for coastwfse and river cruising.
Next on the stocks is a composite steam yaehl
building for S. H Vandergrift. of Pittsours whose
summer home is among the Thousand lsianoS-
This is the Cherokee fitted with detachable DOW
and stern for canal transit she is 115 feet over an
of is foot beam and draught of feet wth speed Oh
fifteen miles.
The twin screw high speed yacht Niagara ~ Is
nearly completed for delivery to Howard GouIo' 10
be ready for him his return In April from
cruise in Mediterranean waters The plans snow
the Yacht to be of the low trunk type. double
smokestacks twin screw and triple expansion en-
gfnes. Niagara " Will be finished IN haFd"oou anu
+ba interior decorations will be handsome She
Is i'll feet ALL tO4 feet "aterAine' l. "
beam and feet draught
Another high speed boat soon 10 De reduy Ao1
launching is the velthra. also twin screw. for D
Parker Bremer of Boston, and modelled on the
lines Of the steam yacht Vixen. recently built 1or
J. D. Archbold of this city The Nelthra Is ~
Tset o1er all 10 feet beam. and with drdught OF D
feet. Speed about twenty miles. - =, .,
The high speed yacht LevdnteT iS now IN course
of erection for Alfred Marshall She is 80 feet over
all 10 feet beam beam obegt Iogt twenty miles
The steam yacht Inia. building for H s F. Davis.
is almost ready for launching. and is a schooner
rigged vessel with detachable bow: for canal work.
Tbs Iuia q 1O3 feet over ALL 10 feet beam, feet
denth and about feet inches draught. She Is
constructed of wood, and VIII used Tor genera
crrjsinp service The stateToom5 and saloon are IN
birdseye maple and mahogany.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
HOCKEY.
Surprise in Intercollegiate League-Yale
Beaten by Princeton to l.

One of the biggest surprises of the hockey season
happened last night at the St Nicholas Rink Where
the Yale seven met the Princeton team and lost Dy
of to l.
Yae's previous work made her look sure WIN
Princeton, and 1t is possible that most OF
the spectators who the struggle expected 10
the New-Haven boys win. 1t was through no
good luck that the Princeton men won-they SIM
ply outplayed the Yale representatives at every
stage OF the game. In their team work at pass
ing and blocking they far superior TO their
opponents
The game drew the largest number of spseta-
that has gathered the rink this season
Every seat and every spot where standing roe"
could be found occupied. The crowd was
good natured. and amused itself between tie
halves by whistling and singing to the rastme
music of the band.
1t not until minutes of play In the first
half that goal was made. The puck was kept
going from end of the rink to the other iii
lively fashion without success Then, after
few passes, Larned got the puck and shot the
first goal for Princeton. amid much enthusiasm
Five minutes later Larned. who playing ex-
tremey fast, made the second goal at the close
Of hot scrimmage The hale ended. TO v, IN
favor of Princeton
When the game was resumed 1t looked as though
the Yale boys determined TO even up matters
and after five minutes play Marcus shot the first
goal from the side for Yale Shortly after OBrien
made the third goal for Princeton on clever shot
from the centre of the rink. Two fast scrimrnages
followed In front of Prnceon's cage. but the Tigers
were able for the emergency ana Kept the New
Haven boys from scoring OBrien was hit on the
head with the puck and the game was stopped for
few minutes. He was able to continue in the
struggle
Larned shot the fourth goa for Princeton short
ly before the game ended. The shot was made
from the 20-yard line and the rubber looked as
If it could have been kept from going into the cage
mad Ward who had covered point for Yale. been on
his guard. His playing weak. Stern, the goal
tender for Yale also seemed out of form The
features of the contest the playing of Larned
end o. Brien.
The victory gives Harvard first place in the In,
terc Hockey League.
with the Crimson team for the position.
he
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
THEIR LIABILITIES S1,177,1ss.
Cummings & stockbridge File Schedules IN
BanHuptcy-Assets, $721,712.

Schedules in bankruptcy filed yesterday
bv Cummings & Stockbridge which firm made a
general assignment to Rufus w Sprague, as
assignee. for the benefit of its creditors on
July 2S last The firm was composed Of Robert
Cummings. Wales Stockbridge and Edward L.
Desvernine and had Offices at No. IL Broad
way in addition to Hamburg. London. Brussels
Havana and other foreign cities.
The gross liabilities are 81, ,117. .1SS 81, and as
sets Of S72I. .712 40. OF the liabilities Sl43,5ol
is secured and SS10204 unsecured. The firm is
also interested in brewing plant La Espe-
rama at Havana. Cuba. in which il invested
o,er 100000.
II is not thought. according to the schedules
that the property viii bring more than the
$4,000 mortgage upon it held by the Pabst
company, of Milwaukee, and it is thought that
the investment there is a total loss.
The actual assets are thought to be about
100000 As scheduled, the assets consist Of
real estate $4,000; cash. $3.50; bills receivable.
S1.i79: stock on hand So. .S75; machinery. S12SSS;
personal property. S52.S53: accounts due. So4o'-
Ta1: unliquidated claims. S4o.594- Among the
secured creditors is the Dresdau Bank, Of Ham
orrs. Germany, and the Pabst Brewing Com
rany. Milwaukee, $4,000. and a large number
of smaller creditors. most Of them foreign, who
are secured by hypothecation of merchandise
The unsecured creditors are headed by Robert
Cummings. Of Mount Prospective, Newark,
for moneys advanced to the firm, $lS'''6-;
julius Weiss & Son. New-Orleans, Sl1etl the
Bank Of Manhattan, No. 40 Wall-st, S6l,Vto;
Mrs Mary Cummings, Newark, Sl9tSp; Brown
Rros & Co. No. % Wall-St.. S45,ttt; Bank
% Montreal. S104. 600: Ladenburg. Thalmann q
CO ST. 600: Enrique Heilberg, Havana, SloOVp;
N4v-York Produce Exchange Bank, SI0to
cummings has individual liabilities OF So2,lSo.
of which $4,000 is secured. Wales StockDrldge
has Individual liabilities Of SI49S, and assets OF
S515: Edward i pesyerplne mas haplhues %
Sa01S and assets Of Slco
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
BRIGHTON BEACH TROTTING.
Programme and Stakes Announced-F1Ve
Purses with Total of $4,000.

g ucCully secretary of the New-York Trot-
ting Association made public to-day the programme
and list of stakes for the Grand Circuit meetlns
at Brighton Beach next August. There are hNe
amount ever offered at any one meeting TOT the
light harness horses 90
The highest prize is the Bonner Menoflai III 80
trotters, which has guaranteed value o. $-VTyu'
double the amount given for last year. ; lne
Brighton. for 2:lG PAGERS. is also raised 70 t"diSe
as much last year. and is now Wortn SlVVvo;;
Three other purses for 2:20 trOtters 2:2o pattIs %
2;25 GLASS; open four-year- tTotters. are nSed
5000 each.
Entries for these five contests close March . anu
there will be thirteen other classes aFraH6eu 49,
on, that will bring the total premium llst u 10 az
least $4,000. All these early closing races are on
the Brighton Reach plan of sending non %
VIII probably be two In three heats. that proved 80
popular along the Grand Circuit last season
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
pIIcHRaII at TWELFTH REGIMEN /.

The new game of pushban was introduced at the
,otb Regiment Arrnory last night between team
caIIed the Metropolitans and Company F. IL was
won by the Metroportans by score OF 10 d
A large number OF spectators salne.eu s7. ~ s
-. ,.btcb Uas exciting and amusing The
o.r,a vas pIayed with large ball. about five feet
=, o,rcun,fsrence and the rules were that pushing
Or showing the ball under the T-foot crosshar be-
tween the goal posts counted points: lifting or
throwing the ball over the par. points, anu L"
- +na hall is pushed across the op-
9a,ants. goal line. not between the goal posts l
point , 5os &, q tie of s-3 The ball
Inc M 81 Ssacond half after fifteen minutes of
onrst nd IN ' as the Metropotans had scored more
points p oT 6 70 : The halves were TO have been OF
minutes eacn
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
HUSBAND STOPS SHOW.
Hgpnotlst Uds to A7cdken Il Man,
bit He Feared .SohFs Gan.
ley TELEGRAPH TO tbs TRIBUNE. ]


Passaic N J., Feb. 7-Professor Lawson Her
mann hypnotist, on Thursday night put Sam
uel Powell 10 sleep in a coffin. and placed him
in the Empire Theatre. He to awaken
Powell last night.
Mrs Joseph Sohl disappeared again On Thurs
day morning. AS Sohl said that Hermann had
taken her away he purchased gun and went
the theatre. The latter grew frightened and
refused TO go on the stage. He fed from town
soh1 declares he never wants his wife back
Hermann came back to try TO prove that
sohrs statements about his exhibitions being
fake were untrue. big audience in the EN-
pire waited until midnight. Then the manager
got Tony Frylick a local hynotist and had
him awaken Powell after hard work Powell
was frightened when he learned of Her1nanns 5
flight and says he will never again become a
subject
Mrs. Sohl has declared all along that Her
mann hypnotized her. and that she tried TO get
away from him She took all her belongings
when she fed. and Hermann declared up TO
the time of leaving town that he did not know
her whereabouts.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
A. A. U. OisoUALIFIEs TEAM.

The registration committee OF the Metropolitan
Association of the Amateur Athletic Union yester-
dav disqualified the following basketball teams for
Dlo,+np unregistered games: Bastons, locals OF
saratoga Springs n. Y: National Guards. or
schenectady n. Y: Watertown Young Mems Chris
tian Association. of WatertOwn, n. Y: Fulton
High School and Hose Company NO 4. OF fulton
n Y: Athletes of Cortland. N Y; Utica Five
Wv. Mems Christian Association, Schenectady
N Y. Young Mems Christian Association or Troy
\, Y: 18th Separate Company. Century ana stand
arJ of Poughkeepsie, n. Y; Young Men chris.
tan Association. of oswego y; PasSimes Ioni Of
S t0rs of Syracuse n. Y; Stars, of kearny. n J.;
West Side Athletic Club. jr: Of Hoboken. n j.,
National ir. of Hoboken N j.; company l. OF
Prtnceton n j. and Aries. of Harrison. N j.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
TRAP SHOOTING AT CRESCENT a. C..

Twenty-three hundred clay pigeons were silasieu S
bv the trapshooters of the Crescent Athielic |iuo
On the grounds al Bay Ridge yesterday In the
g.. weekly shoot for the February Cup f1fteen
men shot in squads Of five men each ana aitei
some keen competition II. Nerleman won Win
f,Il score Of 30 Some good work was done III d
-. -. in which there were eight men on a
ide The teams tied with TOT of l67 h. Lott
ord p T Bedford shot off for their respecuN'
+aa,oe and Bedford with score OF IL 10
-, Dr q + Pool won two trophy matches
90 i, targets each He. with f. Lott f. J. BED
ford and H L. OBrien tied in the hrsL ana ana M, ne
- With a. BIjen in the second X J. W isHdIIi
ard W W Marshall tied with fun scofe f IN am p,
,ar 1target trophy match, the FORMER ,t ~
~ ehontoH O'Brien. Marshall and Lou utu VIE
SiI scores in q 15-target sweepstakes anu Ni8I
T7jpe new committee. composed of Alessrs Mcpei- &
- tIsiock stake Sykes and Nanderyeer, has
bg1ln a ru,nb.r of special matches on iin]colh ]
To;7,1lsv there viii be shoot for a cihp tIob.s
and for trophies offered by Mr Chapman hha ar. sr
Sa5arsbaf on Washington's Birthday trophies are
le5 u, H. club and by Mr. Hopkins. Matches
re beinc arranged with Yale Harvard Pf1noeLon;
the University OF PeilhSyiNaiin "''' '
Athletic Association
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
BILLIARDS.
Conklin and Stark Winners in Amateur
Tournament.

Conkln and Dr. AIial played in the evening game
of the 14.2 amateur billiard tournament at the
Hanover Club. Brooklyn, last night The former
won by score of 800 to 24S. The score:
Coukn-f. D. o. l. a. o %, II, L. 35 l. II, o. = ;, 2
30 g O. H. I. O.. . q. o. H. a. l6. 3. 2 2 O. s. IL b
s. O. 0. Total. 800 Average. 20 -: high runs
90 Dr. o Mal-o So S o. o l. o. 2, o. L. II; o O. 1s
is @ Is O. s. O. O.. g. 3, -. |. S. o. o, !. z. l. =
S3 O. O. l. l. Total. PAS. Average. Is 80; high runs
As. So
J. r. Stark won the afternoon game. defeatlns
Poggenburg by score OF 500 to 2S2. Stark started
off in poor form but in the second inning got into
better shape and made of 35 The score:
r,Ss , N .. II n o. O. O. T. IT, O. Q o
< O q Q s. G. "a H. o, q. I. o, o, s. H. - 2 j, D. .
/. IS. l. l. Total 2e2 Average 80 hish rIns' f0
-, "a ~ :. . y a 4
n q = 81 q q IL / O. 2 "a 2 AZ. 20. S. o. 6. Is. T.
II Total 800 Average 2O40 high runs. AZ, 30, .
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
COPY OF WILL NOT PR0BATED.
Was Made from stenographer's Notes When
Original Could Not Be Found.

Cincinnati Feb. Judge Nippert to-day refused
+ receive for probate the copy OF the will Of John
Mccormick Gibson a millionaire. In which he
made Miss Henrietta Cecilia Wolfe his heir. Miss
Wolfe married him on his deathbed, and he died
week later. The original Will could not be found,
md i COPY. made from stenographer's notes, was
presented. The court said the copy was shown TO
ne 2 r-7le one but the evidence did not show that
The ttstator had not revoked the will BY this
decision the estate Of Gibson is Inherited by his
mother and brothers. The case attracted much
attention on account Of the legal question IN
voIved. as well as because Of the romantic death
lnef rrarriaze.