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New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
GoFF CoRRoBoRATEs PHILBIN.
Makes Statement About Peculiar Jury Draw
ing-No Favoritism Now, Says Allison.

Recorder Goff was asked yesterday about me
peculiar jury drawing =ntinred in Eugene A
philbn.s statement published IN The Tribune. He
replied in the following statement, which n dc
tated
desire to say that It GOES not need corTo6ora-
ti0n and this is particularly true. in view ~ the
statement appearing in to-day : papers attributed
to Mr. Welde, former Commissioner 01 Jurors, III
that statement there Is contained paruculaIlZeo
admission Of truth of the transaction itself as
related by Mr.. Philbin.
In order. however. that there shall be no miSun-
derstandng. II is proper. In nv opinion. that |
should state my knowledge Of the affair NY best
recollection is that time during the month or
april. 1901. | presiding at the drawing or Il
paneI of grand Jurors for the May te =.
Mr.. Phflbn then District Attorney. He was
present was also the Commissioner or Jurors
and I think the Under Sheriff and the Deputy
county Clerk IN examining the ballots as they
were drawn from the wheel they seemed 10 my
touch of different texture and hexibifty then
I inspected them and found that some or the hal
lots were Of thin flexible quality Of paper. Ehtle
others were Of thicker and much heavier quality
The difference between the two qualities was quite
marked and could easily he detected by either feel
ing or seeing them. Immediately | called attention
this difference and the Commissioner expressed
surprise and in substance. gave the same oxPlana-
ton that appears from him in to-day's papers. The
Commissioner stated that he would at once have
ballots Of uniform weight and thickness OF paper
placed in the wheel.
Ex-IudRe Allison. the present Commissioner ~
Jurors, says that the jury dra wings conducted
ritism impossible The dra wings are open 10 the
public and there present the Sheriff. the County
Clerk and usually several judges. who inspect the
names they drawn from the wheel.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
E. C. SWIFT IN COURT.
Answers Charges for Failure to Produce
Books of Provision Company.

Springfield. Mass. March 23-Contempt Of court
proceedings to-day instituted before Judge
Wait of the Superior Court against F. {. Swift.
Of Boston. member of the firm Of Swift & CO..
provision dealers Charges brought by A. l..
Green. of Holyoke. counsel for Justin c. Perkins.
of Joplin. Mo, for failure to comply with the re-
quest in subpoena issued by H. c. Bliss. auditor.
requiring Swift to be present at hearing the
morning OF March T. with the books and records of
the Springfield Provision Company. of which he is
treasurer. Swift did not put in appearance until
O'Clock in the afternoon. and declined to produce
the books.
The defendant alleges that the service of the
subpoena unlawful. bn sufficient money
was paid for travelling expenses. He also says
that the books not i'll his possession. and the
records are not material evident &c. He is repre-
sented by Freedom Hutchinson. of Boston.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
CUBA's END OF THE TREATY.
President Palma Working to Secure the
Convention.

Havana. March E3.-President Palma has
sent message to the Senate to the effect that
unless the amendments approved by the United
States Senate are adopted before March II It
will be impossible to conclude the Reciprocity
treaty. President Palma understands that the
United States House of Representatives Will be
convened in September and that the matter
will be carried through by October. The SEN
ators supporting the administration are con-
fdent that the amendments will be approved.
senor Sanguily, who has opposed the treaty
in the Senate from the first. says he hopes that
the amendments adopted by the United States
Senate will now kill the treaty.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24

the contents Of the Mayors reply refusing TO
grant an audience to the association until It had
purged itself Of blackmail charges. declared the
Mayor had evaded the question, and insisted on
calling the corruption charges mere 'rumor' y
despite the testimony of the saloonkeeper quoted
by the Mayor. Lindinger said:
The Mayors letter is not reply, and he evades
the question. He simply repeats what he SAID be
fore. He calls upon us TO disprove what mas no!
eyed Is IT std nR 70 ns no f m Wans fo The
committee will meet to consider the let
issue When We talk license he talks blackmai
We are perfectly willing to talk both issues with
him at any time
He disputed the Mayors assertion that the
high license bill would not affect the city fnan-
caly. saying:
The new law affects the city of New-York in the
proposition to take 50 per cent Of the moneys col
fected for the Excise taX and send d. IT TO Aoany any
only third goes to the State IRat certalniy
ton of much more Importance to the city than to
the rest of the State.
He then reverted to blackmail, saying:
As have said before. this association does not
nsfitton that the Mayor may name il
he will prove that any member OF tnls aSSoSlauoi
ciation or my personal knowledge as the president
of the association The Mayor must not tnlnG ns.
msiaformed a1 II the Mayor viii make two distinct
that the COMMITTEES was appointed for and, second
II he has any tangible proof that any member OF
the assocat ton is pa wing blackmai confer with the
oTicers of the association. we will do al in our
power TO punish the offender VIII cheertuy fuT-
nfsh to him a list of our Officers -
the license must be ra iGf US So hare h cv fRe
one-third TO the State.
Morris Tekulsky. ex-president Of the asso-
ciation declared that the letter was only a
reiteration and evasion" Il stopped blackmail
in my district years ago." he said. "As for the
Christensen case. they have made nothing out
Of It. The reason why the sessions of the
Ydouor Dealers Association are secret is be
cause we don't want affairs talked over
every bar by unauthorized persons. We do
nothing illegal"
George F. Gminder said that the letter was
no reply; that the Mayor might just as well
have sent a copy Of his first communicate
en- far as saving anything new was concerned
II will be noticed in the foregoing that none
of the liquor denied the story told by
Christensen in court.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
CHARGES AGAINST G. H. EDDs.

conamissary steward. whose court martial has been
set for Wednesday. with Lieutenant Commander
Knapp president Of the hoard is officially charged
with 'scandalous conduct tending to the destruction
Of good MORALS the specification heing that from
the firm of Aldrich ETiridge & Co, of Providence
through John T. Reagan. of Newport. he de-
manded and received cent pound commission
on coffee amounting to $1j2 26 in two wears; that
In the period he received from Reagan three
eases Of beer and other articles Of value without
reimhursnE Reagan the same Intending
do so. That in a like period he eXaCted and re-
ceived per cent commission from A W. Arthur
Of Newport for bakers stuff furnished the boys
mess amounting about $1,000. and that he ordered
from Simpson McIntre & Co. of Boston certain
tubs Of butter, without making or intending to
make compenSa ton therefor.
These charges are signed by Charles r. Darling
Acting Secretary of the Navy. and certified to by
Judge Advocate General Lemy.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
SAY HE SET FIRE TO HOUSE.
saloonkeeper Charged with Imperilling
Eighteen Lives in Tenement Building.

Charged with being responsible for an alleged in
cendfary fire that mperilled the lives of eighteen
persons in the three story frame tenement house
at No. ll9 Harrison ave. Brooklyn. at 3 o'clock
yesterday morning. Edward Martin. the proprietor
OF a saloon on the ground floor, was arrested and
held for hearing in the Lee-ave. court on Friday
Edward Brown. Martins bartender. was also ar
rested and held on technical charge of vagrancy.
Acting Fire Marshal Beers said that after the fire
which was put out after a damage of $1,000, balls
of paper soaked with kerosene were found under
the bar and in several closets. According to Mr.
beers no stock found in the saloon. although
he SAYS an insurance of $500 was carried on what
was supposed to be there.
There considerable excitement among the
tenants at the fire. but all got out II safety al
though several had narrow escapes.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY

Public Auction the most sumpu.
ousy David LinderbOn 45 West n
Collection of Original Paintings Marvel
Magnificent Furniture DraPere
sc. Marqueerie Suite of Fl pieces
Important Statuary BrOnzes 0ya
Porelain costly Table China Rich Cold aD
EectrOers Original
by Guardini, originally costing nearly 100000
altogether AUCTION SALE of the premiere
Extremely Elegant and Correct
Residence.
DAYS OF SALE MARCH 26TH, 9th. 2sTH AT II A. VI.
Evenings of March Both 8@ PM
To-day nd Tom Last Exhibition.
JAMES P SII.O and A. w. CLARKE,
AuctiOneers.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
GATES MAY REPLY TO MORGAN.
He Is to Appear as Witness Before Inter
state Commerce Commission.

John w Gates did not come to his office yester-
day. and It is not known how soon he may he able
to visit the Street. He is suffering from heavy
cold, and is confined his at the Waldorf
Astoria. The report that Mr. Morgan had lad a
conference With Mr.. Gates Sunday at TIE hotel
was discredited yesterday by one Of Mr.. Morgan s
business associates.
According to a Washington dispatch. Nj Gates
is among the witnesses summoned to appear before
the Interstate Commerce Commission in this city
on Friday. give testimony in the inquiry as to
the alleged plan for merging various railways in
the South and Wall Street is curious to know
whether not he will on that occasion rep.y to
the not entirely complimentary reference which
Mr.. Morgan made to him when witness before the
commission few weeks ago.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
DR.. S. J. KENNEDY WHOLLY FREED.
The Indictment for the Murder of Dolly
REYNOLDS Dismissed.

Judge Cowing. In Part ! Of General Sessions.
Yesterday dismissed the indictment of murder in
the first degree against DR.. Samuel j. Kennedy
DR.. Kennedy charged with the murder Of
Dolly Reynolds in the Grand Hotel on August
l6 1925 He was convicted and was In the death
house at Sing Sing for twenty-one months. until a
new trial was ordered. On the trial the jury
disagreed and he was released on So bail. which
was dismissed bout A month He has since
been at liberty on his recognizance. The appli
cation for the dismissal Of the indictment came
from the District Attorneys office
DR.. Kennedy IS living at New-DOrp. Staten 1Sla nd.
where dentist He recently fell heir to con-
sdera hIe money through the death of a relative.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
subject OF YALE-PRINcEToN DEBATE.

New-Haven. Conn. March g.-The question for
the YaIe-Princeton debate. to be held here on May
4 was to-day submitted by the managers Of the
Yale team to the Princeton men. It is as follows,
Resolved. That the United ststes senate shou,d IS
time when a bill. treaty or other measure is Is ugder
sfors present and acting. taken without debate.
adopt an order fixing the time when debate upon
eIcb !b treaty or measure shall cease. and when
a vote upon the same, and all amendments pending
or thai NAV then be offered, shall be taken with
ont T,rther debate; and IL the order fixing the
time for taking such vote IT may also limi: the the
fjrnA which q Senator may occupy IN oeGate De-
tv.een the operation OF such order and the hnai
vote urlon such bill treaty or measure.
This is similar to resolution offered in the Sen
80. IN, Senator PIatt of Connecticut. 1t is ex-
pected that on April Princeton will send word to
Yale OF her choice OF SIDES.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24

ing Iiouor on Sunday without the customary sand
u,ich He said that keeper Of hotel had right
~ sssuroe that guest did intend violate the
law. and that when he went into the hotel and
asked for drink the proprietor could assume that
the guest intended to order meal. As long as
tbs eUesf refused to eat there violation
Of the law in serving the guest with drink Mag, t
iStTata FIannler said that Justice Maddox. OF the
Euprenoe Court had recently given decision along
EJch lines ami then he smilingly added GREAT
,rinds Sometimes travel in the same channels. -
MAGISTRATE Crane. in diecharginE two hotel
I ,birt III ererv man who holds hotel license has
q right 10 serve drinks with meals. The fact that
1bsre Ga NOT enough space in the dining room as
reoured BIZ law is not, in my opinion. fact that
The NeU,-York police discriminate upon. II the
stste Hoard OF Excise grants a hotel license to
man they know just how much space he has
apd the noIice have no right 10 interfere with him.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
TO WATCH cARrINe OF REFUSE.

Commissioner Woodbury. yesterday afternoon.
after a conference with the Mayor. took the neces-
sary steps TO compel the men carting garbage and
ashes from large private ests bshments to sep
arate the garbage snd ashes according to instruc-
tions issued by his department time ago. The
Commissioner has had printed large cards giving
the number of the cart and its drivers name. and
tally will he Kept Of the dumpings mace by ihese
nrvat4 carts If they violate the rules and fail
to separate garbage and ashes their permits VIII
be revoked.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
WOOL TRADE At BOSTON NORMAL.

Boston. March $50 little wool now remains
under the ban of the recent embargo resulting
foot and mouth disease among cattle that business
Is normal again Wool Is moving as Usual except
that a permit from the United States inspector IN
charge Of the local Office If the Bureau Of Animal
Industry Is required for each shipment Such per
noi.s are secured without delay. The latest wool
to be released was the Vermont clip. Th" removal
las week of the embargo that placed about 100
OO0 pounds on the rket. All that remains quar-
antined in boston IS the Massachusetts, wool.
which amounts only 10 about 10000 pounds, and
that has been transferred to Isolated corners in
the
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
CONTEST OVER WENTWORTH WILL
Mrs. Stuart to Make Eight for an Estate
Valued at 100000.

Salem. Mass. March 23.-Two wills dispnsing
OF the estate Of Arioch Wentworth. of Boston.
were offered for probate here to-day. indicating
that Mrs. Susan V. Stuart daughter of MI
Wentworth, who the principal beneficiary
under will made in 1887. will contest a will
made in the present year cutting her off with
a n annuity of $12OCD The estate is estimated
at S70D0OO, Mrs. Stuart is the wife Of the
former British Vice Consul al New-York and
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
BOROUGH GETS COAL AT IS SO.

Borough President Cantor mas just placed an or
der for six thousand tons of coal for city buildings
at prices only fractionaly higher than they were
a year ago Eight hundred tens of egg. stove and
nut are to he p1t in 8 So and hfty-two hundred
hundred tons Of pea at g IS Tn" order will be
filled ny John J. Meier The borough buildings
were supplied throughout the fall and winter under
an old contract the dealer losing several thousand
dollars hv having to live up to his agreement.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
vAwNEp HERSELF TO DEATH.

Oshkosh. Wis. March 2S-Afier yawninS with
out interruption for three days despite every ef-
fort to relieve her Mrs. William Henry Jcnner Is
dead The physicians decided that she was suf-
fernR from obscure lesion "f the bra in. producing
Iarynxtal spasms Remedies and anRs'retiCs we:e
sdminfstered without effect Mrs Jenncr. unable
to sleep yawned until SIZE could do so no more
from lack Of strength. and died.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
RECEIVER FOR BOTTLE COMPANY.

AdoIphus NJ. AXE of Newark. was yesterday aP-
noin,ed receiver cf the Safety Bottle and Ink COM
many and will furnish q bond for 5000 The appli
cation was made by Frank MoDermott. OF JerseE'
CIV who represented August Belmont and Charles
D Flint Of New-York the principal stockholders.
whose affidavit set forth that the company owes
them So for money advanced. that its tndebted
nass Is 500 n0O and it's assets are less than $SWH.
n,,I Ses had been lest.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
GEORGE kIssAm INCOMPETENT.

George Kissam of the advertising hrm OF George
KIssam & Co. declared TO he an incompetent
hy nrv before Justice Rich IN the supreme
court in Brooklyn. Yesterday committee on ms
estate will be appointed by the court In few days
The Question Of Mr.. kissams mental condition
has cen before the court for some time on aPTica-
zion Of Frank T Jones, Fred G klssam, brother.
ard a nephew and niece. Tho allegations OF the
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
INSURANCE FRAUD MAN DYING.

Pittsburg. March 23-Cassimr Cceone the aged
Italian who arrested yesterday of the
principals in the New-York City insurance frauds.
is in dying condition. and may expire before the
attorneys representing the insurance companies
can reach here take his deposition To-day,
through an interpreter. he blamed his for get
ting him into the trouble and told how the fraud
worked
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24

Washington March 2s--Announcsme7t was made
to-day of the secret marriage n Rockville Md.
March Is Of ernest n Coolidge. Of " aShirGtoa.
and Miss Jean VI Thurston. daughter Of former
United States Senator Thurstcn of Nebraska. n
a statement made tonight by Nr- Thurston thr
brides father. IL said that the young people
had been engaged for tinlN. with the entire
approval Of their respective families Mrs CoOtdEs
Is seventeen years old
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
COLONEL MONROE TO TALK TO AcoRNs

The Order ~ Acorns Will hold a meeting tonight
NJ Suffers Harlem Casino. at which Colonel Robert
Cfrier Monroe Commissioner Of Water Supply. Gas
and Elect ctricitv will tell If lis plan for municipal
lghtinr pIant Commssio1Ar Woodbury. Of the
Street cleaning Department and Commissioner
Eawkes Of .he Dock department will also speak.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
CUBAN SUGAR FOR LIVERPOOL.

Havana. March 23.-A Cardenas company re
ports having made a contract to supply sever
thousand tons of sugar for Liverpool.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
EVADE MAYORS POINT.
Liquor Men Do Not Try TO Refute
Christensen.

Fritz Lfndinger. president Of the Liquor Deal
ers' Association when he learned yesterday OF
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
MISS THuRsToN wE0s SECRETLY.

applicants were de-ied by MIR Kisssm and by his
wife
The colored American., 1903-05-23

ditional surrender of those members
of the court to southern prejudices
and hatred of the Negro The signifk
canoe of the recent decisions by that
court Is heightened by the fact that
the first slave to answer TO roll call
is a son of the autOcrat of the break
fast table, a Massachusetts mana
product of the soil on which the slave
driver and slave dealer received the
hardest blows ever administered to his
Divine Institution" in the days when
Massachusetts women bred MEN who
weer not ashamed 10 look the devil in
the face and tell him he was devil.
What would Phillips and Garrison
and Lovejoy and LiVermOre and all
the great army of anti-slavery cham
pions say if they could revisit the
earth and read Mr.. Justice Holmes
companion piece to the Taney deliver
ance in the Dred Scott case?
1t is about time for the Negro to
wake up, for the American people are
certainly doing things to HIM, and
they will succeed in doing him if he
don't watch out.
BRUCE GRIT.
The colored American., 1903-05-23
THE COLOREO AMERICAN.

The issue of this paper for April
18th is surely the acme of colored
journalism.
Bruce Grits" article compares ia
yorably with the articles sent to the
Cincinnati Enquirer in past years by
Gath" Geo. Alfred Townsend. The
entire paper is history that stimulates
and copy should be placed in the
archives of every newspaper Office
The Columbian. Louisville, Ky.
The colored American., 1903-05-23
WOMAN'S DAY RALLY.

A Gala Day at the Nineteenth Street
Baptist Church-The Rally a Sue
cess.
Woman's Day Rally at the Nine
teenth Street Baptist Church was car
ried out to successful issue last Sun
day, May II. most interesting pro-
gram was rendered and $221.64 was
realized The success of this work is
due very largely to Mrs. Bertha Wat
son, who was the moving spirit in the
conception and in carrying out the
ideas to a successful issue. The serv-
ices were as follows: II a. m, p. M,
and 7:30 p. m. The following pro-
gram was rendered:
Morning service-Organ prelude,
Miss Lena Holmes; prayer, Rev. w.
H Brooks; hymn, the choir; lesson;
hymn, the choir; solo; chorus, the
choir; reading notices, Miss. Eva
Dean; sermon, Rev. w. H. Brooks;
prayer; selections, the choir; collec-
ton, Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, Mrs.
Ella Sewell.
Afternoon service-Organ prelude,
Mrs. E. V. Jarvis; hymn, Mrs. Martha
Freeman: lesson, Miss Louise Pee
bles; hymn, Mrs. c. ScOtot; solo, Re
demption," Miss Bessie Hamilton /;
L
choir; prayer, Mrs. Maria Bush; solo,
Three Visions Miss Bertie Mason;
chorus. female voices; sermon, Mis-
sionary Workers and Helpers" Rev.
J. T. Clark; prayer, Mrs. Ella Sim
mons; chorus and collection, Mrs Ro-
setta Lawson and Mrs. Ella SewelI;
doxolOgy. Music furnished by Asbury
choir, Prof. ]. Henry Lewis, director.
Evening service Mrs. Lizzie
Green; prayer, Miss Ida Boswell; !;
scripture lesson, Miss L. Toler; cho-
rus, the choir; solo, Miss Elma Brew
er; reading notices, Miss Eva Dean
duet, Character Building" Lottie Ste
vens and Katie Steptoe; sermon,
Mothers Duty to Children" Rev. F.
j. Grimke, Fifteenth Street Presbyte-
rian Church; collection, Mrs. Laura
Queen and Mrs. Ella Sewel; choruses
and closing hymn, the choir. Music
furnished by the church choir, Mr..
B. II. Baker, directors Miss Lena
Holmes, organ1st; Mrs. Bertha Wat
son, chairman.
The friends of teh church congratu-
late Mrs Watson for her unlring eff
forts in behalf of the rally, and extend
thanks TO the Asbury Church choir for
its kindly assistance.
The colored American., 1903-05-23
POSITION FOR A LADY.

l would like to secure the services
of a colored lady between 20 and 50
for special work in placing orcers.
She must be fairly educated, 1air
talker and able to go about to various
places in the city. a fair salary VIII
be paid to the right person address,
business care The Colored AmeTf
can, Washington, ID. c.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-08
Hit the Mule and Go.

II was in Fremont, Neb., recently"
said William e. Evenson of GAINESVILLE,
according to the Milwaukee Sentinel,
land had a most peculiar experience.
AS I a1ighted from the train I saw a
street car with a mule attachment
standing near by, and as it appeared
to be the only conveyance to take me
to the business district, boarded the
car and took a seat. No one appeared
upon the scene for fully half an hour
Then man in blue jeans and straw
hat of ancient aspect poked his head
in the door and inquired:
Want to go uptown, stranger?
That is my DESIRE 1 replied.
Z" We'll, take the whip and hit the old
mule crack and you'll get there all
right. The track ends right in the CEN
ter of the business parts and the crit
terll stop when he comes to the end
of the line
Don't they have any drivers on
this line?'
Nope. That is ter say. they don't
alters have a driver, when he gets
sick
:" How do they get their money out
Of itY
Most folks is honest enough to
drop a nickel in the box and them as
amt gets their ride fer nuthin'.'
II dropped nickel in the SLOT hit
the mule a crack with the whip and
arrived in the business district of the
city in due time without any further
difficulty"