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New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
ElRL md BRIDE SAIL.
No Trouble About Yarmouth Deots
on Their Departure.

-, 90 Yarmouth and his bride, formerly
.,.ao - Tbav sailed for England yester-
- ,,,o,n,nrr on the steamship ST. Paul Inc
a. ri was on the outlook for trouoie Win Oieu
&c and not only was his attorney on manu- "
&C tho nair off but the earl had MS poche''
f,u of money to satisfy any one having q 'i"i'''
against him. ,s for +be
rbesa precautions were not needeo' Aoi .i0
.otIar,,an and his young wife had no troupie
.nd they were in a happy frame OF niiiio ~ ""ei'
.ha vessel pulled out from her oerth- Ahes
-, &C Mr. and Mrs. George Alexander Oh
r,..shrrg The earls full name Is 1eoIse
Alexander Seymour u,
In reply to a question just before the Vessei
sailed Yarmouth said that he was not running
o1vav from, creditors, and he added:
ct do not want it thought that L settled Win
my wife's money. She is or age ana c"h w
with her money as she desires
Sunh debts of the Earl Of Yarmouth as are
s,,u outstanding here will be settled by Colonei
c+arb.r H Olin. OF No. 30 Nassau-st. not SO
much in his capacity of lawyer as in the role OF
a friend of the earls father, the Marquis Vi
Hertford.
before the marquis left." said Colonel olih
Yesterday afternoon, "he authorized me TO pay
on1, of the earls obligations that might be out
standing against him. These amount in all, as
/ understand. TO less than SoOO
The Marquis and Marchioness or HertIoro' tne
parents of the earl. and Lady Jane Seyilogt nIs
sister who came over TO attend the WeodIns,
sailed for home Yesterday the White Star
Line steamship Celtic.
pJfidf Thar cmfwy cmfwy cmfwy cmtWy cVc
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
LINE At EXCISE OFFICE
Manhattan and Bronr Receipts Estl-
mated at s. ,47O 900.

There crowd at the excise office, at NO.
l Madison-ave all day yesterday until the ONCE
closed at 5 p. m, and all those who were then
in line were attended to. Up to b O'Clock the
total receipts tabulated for certificates of all
kinds for the year 1903-'04 amounted to S3,44o-
OOO but the receipts for yesterday were not all
tabulated until late hour last night.
There were about fifty men in line all the time
Yesterday, awaiting their chance to get their
liquor tax certificates To-day the office VIII De
kept open for business as long as there is con-
tinuous stream of applicants. which VIII prop
ably be until well along in the evening. Ihose
who do not get their new certificates to-day Will
not be able TO open their liquor stores Tor pusl-
ness tomorrow morning, as the old certificates
expire at midnight tonight
The total receipts for the current year aI NO;
Madison-ave., which covers Manhattan ana ana
The Bronx are in the neighborhood of So,4io.OCo.
Colonel Harry w. Michel, Deputy Excise CONS n1o
missioner for Brooklyn said YESTERDAY Inad at9 and
liquor tax certificates had so far been issued anu anu
81 900 taken in. The rush for licenses Is eXpecte
10 continue the of this week and the early part
OF next and 1t is thought the usual NUMBER OF GER
tif1cates about four thousand, will be Issued
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
HEARING ON MAGISTRATE BILL.
Mayor Does Not Take Kindly to Measure
That Would Elevate Clerks.

OF the several hearings legislature bills before
the Mayor yesterday the most important was that
amending the present charter that any clerk of
police court who has served consecutively in that
court for years shall be eligible for appoint
ment as police magistrate. The present law re-
quires that all men appointed as such magistrates
shall have been members Of the bar in good stand
ing for five years previous to their appointment
The bill is said to be in the interest OF Philip
Block, police court clerk.
John McLane Nash of the Bar Association. pro-
tested vehemently against the measure. He de-
clared that it moustrous piece of legis-
lation.
Ex-senator Ford spoke in favor of the bill. He
considered existing qualifications arbitrary. Re
form magistrates, in many instances. had shown
themselves not qualified for their positions. Men
who had served as long years in those
courts clerks, and because of the experience in
such courts. were better qualified to dispense JUS
tice in manner fair TO the people
Assemblyman Neville who Introduced the bill at
Albany. said 1t was practically passed in the inter
est OF several men and not any one individual.
1 snail receive discussions this matter hut l
90 not hesitate to say that from what I know of
the measure am very far from being impressed by
it said Mayor Low.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
FIREBUG CAUGHT; a CONFESSION.
Port Richmond Young Man Had Pole with
Kerosene Soaked Waste.

Rockwell Reynolds. nineteen years DID, was
caught early yesterday setting fire. it is charged to
the Masonic Temple at Port Richmond, Staten ISL
and He confessed. the police say, to starting the
fire that DESTROYED the Prohibition Auditorium at
Prohibition Park Tuesday.
Mfr. and Mrs. James Hennessy said they saw him
on ladder which rested against the building; that
he had long pole, at the end of which was some
blazing substance which he trying TO insert
under a cornce They summoned policeman who
was near. and he ordered Reynolds down. The lat
ter finally down. The building is mostly Of
wood It would have burned readily.
At the West Brighton police station II was
found that waste soaked in kerosene had been at
tached to the pole The police believe Reynolds is
weak minded. They think he may have started mys-
terious fires the north shore.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
ESCAPE THROUGH INDICTMENT.
According to Justice Cullen, Case Against
Poolsellers Was Defective in Form.
TBS TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE

Albany. April 29.-District Attorney Jerome OF
New-York and District Attorney Clarke, of Kings
County telegraphed hea to-day 10 obtain the opin-
ion written by Judge Cullen. of the Court OF AP-
peals or q decision made by that court, yester-
day declaring fatally defective the Indictment
of Leon StedeSer and Samuel Stedeker, OF New
York This Indictment accused them of keeping
and occupying a room for the purpose Of recording
and registering bets and wagers
The concluding words Of Judge Cullen's opinion
are: The Indictment is fatally defective In falling
10 aver that the rooms kept and occupied py me
defendants not race course authoTlzed Dy
the statute. The order Of the Appellate DIVISION
should be reversed, and that Of the Genera & ees-
sions affirmed and the appellants discharged from
CUSTODY" This opinion was concurred in by Chlef
Judge Parker and by Associate Judges o Brlen'
Martin, kann. Werner and Gray.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
GOOD ROADS RESOLUTIONS.
National Convention Recommends Commit
tee to Appear Before Congress.

81 Louis April 2s.-At the National and Inter
national Good Roads Convention to-day 7. G. Har-
per of Burlington. Iowa chairman of the committee
on resolutions presented the report Of the com
7nfttee which adopted The resolutions recon-
rnended the harmonious cooperation OF the town
shin county State and national governments in the
building OF good roads and said that while the asso-
ciation believed that the appropriations heretofore
made for the building of railroads and canals and
the Improvement Of the rivers and haroors had been
wise and beneficent appropriation for the i'm
movement of public highways had now become nee
essary to promote a higher order OF citizenship
among all classes and TO meet the ever growing
necessities Of the agricultural interests.
Increased appropriations for the road division OF
che Agricultural Department and the appointment
~ O r,t,tee of one from each State to appear
bfore Congress 70 urge national aid in road build
ing are favored.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
THBOUGH 4 FOREST FIRE.
Three Men ON Bicycles Haze Peril
Ous Ride.
rnr rr1.rGRapH TO TIE rRIsUNE.l ]

IIan,n7onton y. J. April 29--Three HaHnonton
wen Harry L. MonfOrt. G. F Lentz and John
urascb tr had wild ride for their lives through
blazing forest this afternoon The three men had
been on Jury duty at Mays Landing and there Is
No rail connection between the towns except by a
long. circuitous route. They had RIDDEN the ten
miles on their bicycles
They had covered perhaps half the distance on
their return to-day when they found that tne
sr,olxe from the burning woods was getting eS-
treneIv thick AS the fire did not seem orectiy II
their path however. they decided to press on VII"
all speed as the wind blowing strong from 'hs
northwest and the blaze might cut acrcSs tne roau
through the woods 49,,
Deeper and deeper into the burning NOO0S -
rode every minute seeming to increase tner perm
They could scarcely see each other thoush they
ant as close together as possible The smoke ha'I
b1iDded them and the heat was wel nign lnLot,eL-
obIa Every little while they felt ashes ana outilll
ar16sr- fau about them. but. bruShllS theil OF.
tbav- kent on Several times the men oe!leVe . -
thev would be overwhelmed Ihey had 70 tIu~ -
Snsfinct for the road. Once they feared tnal tIi5
r,Ibber tires of their wheels would burst o. ne
from the heat Finally they got out OF Iiie N10
heIt overcome by the race
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
EIGHT HOURS FOR FIREMEN.
Such Is the Contention of Thomas Sweeney
in Case Before the Court of Appeals.

Albany April z9.-The eight hour working day
question, passed upon yesterday by the Court Of
Appeals, came up before the court again
to-day in another form. This was in the argument
upon the case of the People rel Thomas Sweeney
VS. Fire Commissioner Sturgis, of NewYork City.
While local in its details. the affects every
paid fireman in the State and might lead indirectly
10 the establishment OF the mooted three platoon
system in both Fire and Police departments in all
cities of the State.
Sweeney who is driver in the Fire Department.
seeks a peremptory mandamus to compel the Fire
Commissioner to limit his working day TO eight
hours. claims that he has TO be on duty twenty
hours out of every twenty-four in violation OF
the Labor law, which limits hours OF city employees
TO eight. John ]. Myers his attorney. contended
before the court that the Fire Commissioner had
abundant power employ many drivers as
necessary: that the overworking of Sweeney was
cruel and denied his right to ordinary human
leisure besides being inimicaI to the public safety
Corporation Counsel Rives for Commissioner
Sturgis maintained that the eight hour provision
of the Labor law did not apply to tiremen; that
thew had, spite of their occasionally arduous
labor long periods of rest and special pensions and
other privileges. sweeney was defeated IN notn
the lower courts
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
HAVE COMPLETE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
Brother-in-Law of Murdered italian Brought
Here from Sing Sing.

Joseph De Priemo. the brother-in-law OF Bene-
detto Maduena the murdered Italian OF the barrel
mystery" who is serving a four years sentence
at Sing Sing for counterfetng, brought to this
city yesterday handcufed to a State detective, and
taken to the District Attorneys Office where. after
talking with him. Assistant District Attorney Gar
van said he thought the prosecuting department.
now had a complete chain OF evidence indicating
wbv Maduena was murdered What De Priemo said
was not made public He taken to the Iom0s
and may be questioned again to-day
District Attorney Jerome said that the man ar
rested for the murder is really not Tomasso Petto
and that the real Petto had not been arrested The
prisoner however, Is the one wanted he IS
Giovanni Peccararo. He carried revolver permit
made out in the name of Petto.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
THE EARL'S PART SMALL
Income from Most of the Countess of Var
months Estate Will Be Paid to Her.

Pittsburg April ?s-The following statement was
given out to-day by Mrs William Thaw' mother OF
the Countess of Yarmouth:
The settlement" in connection with the marriage
of the Earl of Yarmouth, follows:
Miss Thaw now the Countess of Yarmouth, at
tbe death of her father, left tas were each OF
his FIVE children by his second marriage) with
N independent fortune of nearly half million doI-
lars Half of tnis amount was Immediately put
into trust for each child, the income only TO pc
available during their lifetime Part Of the remain
ing half of the fortune of each of these cniI1ren
consists of one-tenth share each in the WlIlafn
Thaw Coke Trust which is tied up absolutely ana
frreyocabIy. to income
What is known the free estate or MISS 1naW,
amounting to about one-haf of the whole estate
has been BY consent of herself and Lord Yarmouth,
formed into third trust. to be managed by Inc
Fidelity Title and Trust Company or P1ttsourg'
together with one individual trustee -
The income from all three trusts Will De pald 10
the Countess of Yarmouth, except a small com
nlmentary fractional income (nothing ike WhaI'
al various times has been stated which she with
out suggestion from the other side, allotted TO the
earl himself . 49, -, J.,
come from about one-fifth of her total estate Will
he maid over to- invested for the beneflt or tne
title and estate of Hertford, to which, should he
outIfye his father. the earl Will succeed
At no time has there been any hitch Whatever pc
cause of financial questions; neither has there been
anv demand made by the earl or his family, the
whole being arranged by Miss Thaw and her I'M
mediate family, proper recoSnltlon or the
position the earl and his countess Will occupy
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
OBITUARY.
Ex-JusTIcE FREDERIC A. WARD.

Ex-Justice Frederic A. Ward, OF the Supreme
Court Brooklyn. died yesterday at his home. No.
80 Remsen-st- Brooklyn. from valvular disease of
the heart, after illness of three months. the
age OF sixty-two years. He was born in Farming
ton, Conn, and was graduated from Yale in the
class of '62 and from the Columbia Law School in
the class of '64 He admitted to the bar in
the latter year. He entered the office OF Emmett
Van Cott & jerks a clerk. and later the office
of GrenvilIe jerks. the father of Justice Almet F.
Jenks Of the Supreme Court. On the death of
Grenville jerks in 1870 he married his widow. He
formed a partnership with ex-Judge George G.
REYNOLDS, which dissolved in 1s7G and then
became a partner of Justice jerks. The partner
ship was dissolved in 1882. Mr.. Ward. then a
widower married I'm 1881 Miss Jessie r Thomp-
son, who survives him. Governor Black appointed
him TO fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Os
borne. and in the same year he and Jesse Johnson
were defeated the Republican ticket by Justices
Marean and jerks.
Ex-Justice Ward was president Of the Hamilton
Club. of Brooklyn. and of the Greenwood Gene
Association
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
CALLS COLLEGE MEN INELIGIBLE.
President Liginger Declares Questioned
Athletes Unfit for A. A. U. Meets.

Milwaukee. April 23.-President Walter H. Ii
ginger. of the Amateur Athletic Union issued a
s+atsn1ent this evening bearing on the aiIesed
Wholesale disqualification OF college atheleteS
to1z-iD- out of the recent Pennsylvania relay
carnival He said in part:
The men affected are all undergraduates ana as
long as they remain and are attending cot-ezt
L-rS mart IN college games. That IS II tle
Colleges desire that kind of coInPetitlo1 as ile
Ayoa1aTr Athletic Union does not claim JuriS'll'
for over school or college athletes. long as the
competftfon is confined 10 educational institutions
TSlIr inst as soon as they take part IN athletc
ro1nDetitiOu outside OF educational lISIiuutloIS
t5v come within the jurisdiction Of the Ar1AleUT
H+bIatfc Union As the matter stands now a.l
the men that competed against any athlete az tne
pannsvIvauia games who IS under suspension DV
the Amateur Athletic Union not eligible 70
take mart in any games held under the sanction
Of the Amateur Athletic Union until they nave
hesu raiuStated.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
ISOLATION FOR "AL" ADAMS.
Owing to His Consumption He Has Little
Association with Others.

DR.. Irvine. the prison physician at Sing Sing, has
brought the cases of tuberculosis there down to
extremely low point and the coming of AI'
Adams with a diseased throat and lung, not
pleasing to the doctor He would like to such
cases separated from the healthy convicts A
prison is one of the worst places in the world in
which TO fight the disease and the doctor has done
everything possible wipe it out In the hospital
those suffering with it have little chance to COM
nunicate it to others but the lack of sunlight in
the main prison is always handicap. DR.. Irvine
thinks that one of the larger islands in the East
River or some isolated spot in the mountains should
he utilized for consumptVe criminals.
'AI' Adams will not even be SO comfortable as
an ordinary criminal If he healthy he would
have work and association with other human be
ings even though the association be silent. Under
Or Jrvine's regulations. however. Adams will be
almost as much isolated if he was leper.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO o'coNNoR

Captain o'Connor, Of the West Thirtieth-st. sta
don with four Of his detectives visited an alleged
pooiroom in Thirty-seventh-st., near Sixth-ave'
Yesterday and found nearly twenty men in the
MACE CAPTAIN O'Connor says that Joe Fendig,
the we'll known sporting man. opened the place
about a week ago. Captain o'Connor ordered the
men from the place. and they went. When asked If
he had ANYTHING TO say about the Court OF Appeals
decision IN the Stedeker case, Captain OConnor
said
THAT decision doesn't interest me except as a
private citizen Officially Il has not come 10 my at
fention as vet Until / receive orders to the con-
trarv shall not let up the peolrooms, and none
OF them will run iu this precinct if prevent II
7 have beep ordered 10 keep ali poorooms closed.
and am going do il. even II have 10 reld the
70 nexf morning II they open again shall arrest
them again unless get orders the contrary.
am not governed by the Court Of Appeals take
nv orders direct from the Commissioner"
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
MAcoms,s DAM PARK BILL SIGNED.

Asseublvnan John T. DOoling has received from
James G.. Graham. secretary TO the Governor.
communication informing him that the Governor
has signed his Macornb's Dam Park bill This Dill
authorizes the Park Commissioner Of The Bronx
TO lease such portion of Macomb's Dam Park as
he may wish To any athletic boat club assoeia-
ton. for such period and under such terms a.
,5ftiors "a he NAV deem advisable for the es-
tablishment in the park of public recFeauoI
grounds for outdoor athletics and the erection OF
suitable buildings. lighthouses. dreSSllls iO'i'S'
IavatOries and public comfort stations.
President James + Sullivan has cd,.S1 a nli. ns.
ing of the board Of managers OF the MetIQpcil Ia
Asso~ia ton 10 held at the Astor House IGeSaY-
Nav ~ at 5 y m Al this meeting general ouSl-
ness will be transacted, well as the discussion
of the public athletic track at MacomoS Dam
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
B. H. CUTTERS GIFT TO DIOCESE.
Offers Bishop Burgess Old Queens Courthouse
for Home for Children and Invalids.

Bloodgood H. Cutter the Long Island Farmer
Poet" Of Little Neck. has rendered TO Bishop Bur
CESS. of the Episcopal Diocese Of Long Island the
old Queens County Courthouse. at jamaica. for the
establishment of country home where the children
invaids under the care of the Episcopal Church
In Brooklyn be taken Mr.. Cutter has owned
the Courthouse since 1884, when he bought IT, to-
gether with the surrounding park OF ten acres
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
GEORGE w. THOMAS.

East Orange, n. J.. April % (SpeciaD.-George W.
Thomas, who had been resident in the Oranges
for practically his entire life. died to-day at his
home. No. IS Washington Place, East Orange. aged
eighty years. Mr.. Thomas had been interested
long time in a device for raising Sunken vessels.
He had spent large sums of money under govern
ment contract looking for vessels which were sunk
IN various engagements In which this country was
engaged prior to the Spanish American War but
not wholly successful in finding the ships.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
a uIoeE TO HEAD sosToN POLICE

Boston. April 2s.-Judge w II. Fl. EmmOns. oc
this citv was unanimously confirmed as Police
Commissioner of Boston at the meeting OF the
Executive Council here to-day Considerable inter
I1,5Se F,uuous's nomination owing 10 charges or
JnpTOfessIonaI conduct made public this mornlng
Previous to tre Council meeting the judge Visiletl
he Governor and presented court records which
furnished Z. refutation of the charges
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
NELSON j. GATES.

Nelson ]. Gates. at time a Republican leader
In the Seventh Ward in Brooklyn. died at his home
No La Dean-st.. yesterday from heart trouble in
his seventy-second year. He member OF the
firm of Frederick A. Totts & Co. coal dealers in
Liberty-st., Manhattan. until five years ago. when
he retired He was born in Wayne County. Penn.
He member of the Brooklyn Board of Edu-
cation for twenty years. and was for long time
a member of the committee of the Girls High
School He a member OF the Union League
and oxford clubs of Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
PLAN CROSS COUNTRY TROLLEY.

Albany, April 29.-The Lake Keuka and East Side
Railroad Company filed certificate of incorpora-
ton with the Secretary OF State to-day. u plans
to run electric or horsepower road from Fem
yam Yates County. Keuka. SteUben County.
Capital $13O.O00 Directors: J. &. Harris. c. II.
Hanscomb and j. T. Harris OF New-YOrk City; NJ
F. Sheppsrd Hanford StrubIe. w II. Fox and C.
H. SissOn OF Penn Yam ID T. Hoover. or keukz.
and Fred Crosby. OF CToS0N.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
NO MANDAMUs FOR WEIDENFELD.
Justice Holds Stock Exchange Had Right To
Suspend Broker.

The application of Camille Wedenfeld, the broker
for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the
board of managers of the New-York Stock Ex-
change to reinstate him a member of the Ex-
change denied yesterday by Justice Davis in
the Supreme SQUIRT.
Justice Davis held that the Stock Exchange was
a purely voluntary association Of individuals and
that IL had no charter Every man who became a
member of the Exchange. the justice held was
therefore liable to all the rules and bylaws of the
Exchange. and 1t had right TO suspend any mem
ber on any cause they deemed proper
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
CROKER FIGHTS FOR REINSTATEMENT

Albany, April 29.-The case of Former Fire De
partment Chief Edward F. Croker. of New-York
City who relieved from duty last August by
Fire Commissioner Sturgis. argued before the
Court of Appeals to-day. Croker is appellant from
the reversal by the Appellate Division OF an order
of special term 10 compel his reinstatement. The
main contention OF his counsel, John j. Delany, is
that he practically suspended from the force
without hearing. Corporation Counsel Rives. Of
New-York City, appeared for Commissioner Sturgis
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
JAMES C. PERRY DIES.

James c. Perry. of No. "a Orange-st. Brooklyn.
died yesterday at his home. from general debility
the age OF forty-four. He was in the cigar bust
ness with John Blakeley from 1880 to 1889 -Four
years later gave UP his business and went South
for his health He leaves three brothers. one OF
whom is DR.. Charles ]. Perry. The funeral will be
tomorrow morning at the Church of ST. Charles
Borromeo. in Sidney Place. Brooklyn. The burial
Will be in Calvary.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
CAPTAIN DIAMOND FILES APPEAL.

Albany. April 2g.-Captain Thomas J. Diamond, OF
the New-York City Police Department, who was
fined 900 by Justice Herrck for neglect of duty In
failing 10 suppress dsorderly house. to-day filed
in the County CearkS office here notice of appeal
from the judgment Of conviction.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
THE REV. ZEPHARIAH NJ. LEWIS.

FishkiII Landing, n. Y. April 2.-The Rev.
Zephariah NJ. Lewis. who was eighty-seven years
old and a member of the New-YOrk Methodist
Conference died suddenly to-day. He had been in
the ministry for ffty-six years. His first charge
was in Wethersfeld in 1851. He leaves widow
and four children.