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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-24
LAST RALLY.

jefferson County Wood club viii
last grand political rally Fri
sht. A number Of important
IS will be made.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-24
AN OPEN LETTER
lroad Commission er J. E. Hampte n
to Cotton Belt Attorney.

I Sam H. West, General Attorney
MS Southwestern Railway Co.
Sir: ! have unmistakable evi-
that you and some of the Iron
ain people are doing what you
defeat me in this, my second
Or railroad commissioner. | am
hat surprised at this While |
toked we'll to the interest of the
RS, | have endeavored to be lust
III to the railroads in all my ac-
In matters coming befor7 the
8ssion fer consideration.
8Burkett in a letter addressed TO
3linent railroad man says: You
bpreeiate that did not have
surance in advance of follow
lat is considered all powerful!
the personnel of same is taken
consideration, my name would
nave been known except lccally.
Hlost certainly not politically.
he says: 'It is useless to say
Or. Hampton was incompetent
is office. for certainly would I
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-24

NOT say it, and | do not say that |
would &C. in and at once reform the en-
tire board and reverse the condition of
affairs as has been heretofore: but |
do say that my actions in c.ffice would
be based upon business principles, and
to lock after the interests of those
placing me in Office, and to whom |
would consider under such obligations
that their interests would be para
mount TO all others. Permit me to
state that my information as regards
eur business is Of such an amount
a2d Kind that y>n would be we'll served
~ me-"
This with other information which
lave justifies NE in making taa state.
ment at the beginning CT this letter
The people Of Arkansas are net vey
ready for the railroads to. name the
personnel of the eommissica. and as
my duties have been performed faith
lGily, | feel sure they will give me
the endorsement usually accorded to
ia'hful servants fer second term. l
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-24
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the firm
of Mulliken and Green has been dis
solved by mutual consent. Clint C.
Green having purchased the interest OF
w. E. Mulliken in the Primrose barber
shop, and he assumes all responsible
ties and will pay all debts and Will col
lect all debts due old firm
G. C. GREEN,
w. E MULLIkEN.
March 30, 1904
In retiring from said firm we desire
to thank our patrons for their liberal
patronage nd bespeak a continuance
Of same for Mr. Clint c. Green. who
Will continue the business at the Old
stand. w. f. MULLIkEN.
March 80.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
HOME NEWS
NEw-YoRK CITY.

The Military Service Institution oe tna C-->-
States has awarded the Fry Prize OF $50 for the
best short papers on a military subject nos ctn>r-
wise provided for. Professor Charles ". LaEusd.
United States Military Academy. who wrote on
Military Cfraphics-' Colonel Edward E Britron.
y c. Y. Y. wrote on The Training of the Or
ganized Militia" and received SIS. the second priss
Architect Chapter No. 81. O. E 8. VIII hsvs a
minstrel show and reception AZ the Palm Gsrssn
November "A
The Society OF War Veterans Tth Regiment
have elected these officers: President, Major VIII
tam II. Wiley. frsr vics-prssidenr. General Henry
Z Treu1ain: second vice-presidsnt. Captain Richard
Alcoke, third vics-Dresident. Sergeant Mater
George \ Price: secretary. Captain Richard Henry
Greene. treasurer, Major Frank ksck- The dinnez
on Appomaruox Day VIII be held a. the HOtel Ascor
April 9.
The New-York Credit Mems Association win
meet at the Drug Club. No. 100 Wiiliam-st. tn1s
evening listen addresses BY J. Harry Tresos.
OF Baltimore. W A Givsen. OF PtsSsbUrz. zzd
William Whitman. OF Harding. Whitman a CO.
The Society Of Educational Research VIII give a
reception fer Or. Won Seeberg and Dr. Dunchsrs
German P-tvy CoUnseIlors and members OF Shs
Ministry Of Commerce. and to Dr. Kuypsra. Super
tutendsnt OF Schools az Dusseldorf at the hczus &C
DIT. Isaac l. Rice. Eighty-ninth-st and Rtys-st1s
Drive
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
MEXICAN LOAN PLACED.
The S4O,OOO,000 Government Issue
Azcarded to Speyer Syndicate.

The new S40OO0,OOO loan OF the Mexican s5vern-
ment, it was learned yesterday afternoon has been
awarded to an American syndicate OF which speyer
& Co are managers. and which has been compet-
ing for the loan with foreign syndicate composed
principally of the leading Paris banks Tie syudi-
cate which has taken the new loan includes the
Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Equitable
Life Assurance Society. the Guaranty. Union and
Central Trust companies. the National City Bank.
Harvey Fisk & Sons. Lazard Freres and some Of
the other leading financial institutions and private
banking houses OF New-York well the First
National Bank Of Chicago. the Gira-d Trust Com
pany of Philadelphia. and the Old Colony Trust
Company Of Boston. Speyer Brothers. OF London;
L. Speyer-Ellissen. OF Frankfort: the Deutsche
Bank Of Berlin, and Teixeira de MattOs Brothers,
Of Amsterdam. through whom the bonds Will be
placed in Europe are also interested.
The loan amounts to s40OOOOJ0. United States gold
The bonds for fifty years and carry interest at
per cent annually. They are in denominations
Of a0o0. principal and interest payable in New
York, and also payable in pounds sterling. relchs-
marks and francs. The sinking fund provides that
during the first five years certain proportion
must be drawn at par and interest After that
time the purchases must be made annually in the
open market until the bonds sell above par and
interest The loan is issued largely to refund ma
turing obligations Eighteen million I'VE hundred
tLousand dollars IS 10 0e used 70 pav or Jhe SANE
amount OF AZ cent Treasury notes Of the Aexl-
can government maturing In 1863 and 1900. previ-
About $G50O0OO is 10 be used 10 paw on the Vera
cruz and Pacific and Oaxaca railways subsidy
bonds leaving about $l4W6Gt0 TO pay for pu9hc
improvements. such as harbor WCrAs at odIlilt
fered by the successful bidders for the loan has not
yet been announced. but is reported 10 nave
The operation is noteworthy in that this is the
first loan placed in this country by any or the
Southern republics, all OF which have for many
years looked the United States for their prorec-
having been to make the bonds payable primarily
in pounds sterling.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
BEGIN PNEUMONIA FIGHT.
Commission to Study the Disease
Meets and Organizes

ne pneumonia investigating committed selected
- Ira 'inell OF Health from the leading
osArIer2oiogists and specialists IN acute resrir,+
--Se1Se9 10 maze a special study OF the disease
which closely follows tuberculosis in adding ~
->e"-4ork s death rate, AeId It's nrsr ,,eati,,-
Yesterday afternoon at the headquarrera OF r,a
eL~- 1--lehI tlrJy-ffth-st. and Slxth-ave Organi-
@atlon was effected, and after a brief 5fs,,,ss,,
the work OF the commission horn oyi-,i,I -
otherwise, was outlined and divided Tho ,,o-,-
CeFs We're entertained at dinner last night ar ma
CA4FeTs4Iy Club 5y Commissioner Darlington and
Dl' herman Hisss. the chief medical ofacer OF the
health Department -
The commission IS cornDosaa ~ n r. ,r,.,, -,
1I-oeA' OF the College OF Physicians ana surrsons
-,0"-h0FA' ". William OsIe-, OF Johns HoDktps
~ s-ls' Baltimore Or. Emmett Holt. New
-oIA' Dr. John Il. AIusssr. University of Penn
7SlF'------' Philadelphia; DR. TheobaId Svrfrb L4-
F@.G University. Dr. Frank BILLINGS f-htea,T,. T,-
Le"aF4 u JaneTay. New-YorA: Dr. william, II
p" "~-~--' Baltimore, ana Commissioner Darlington
and Dr. blgss. OF the department
r., No-'----As.oh yesterday selected DR.. Edward
~ S@--sHas a. president and Or. T. Mitchell Prl-
- a. secretary The work was then divided into
fo f~o general parts. The clinical being give, n
and tSe -aIer A11zae!, 1oIt and Billings.
&C Ar. tAe .ast mentioned acting ~ 0i4e' -
80 ltacteIlo-oslst CT the Nsw-Iork DeBart1le8I ~
so 1ae scope OF work adopted by the commission
Tribune. The STUDY ~ fr 'e5sseas-y G3yeA ~ The
made 10 oe-er-3 St oIa S-ty. Every ehort viii ba
EeIL-' t.e frequency and vlrulence 0r frs org,-r-
.74te aA4 the evidence OF It's coDl1liirl-s sfirr,
ICES VIZ oe made ot different methods ~ dis1-
--ll-oE and TIE most elective one determined on
l-otl7 lt ne seasons 10 the disease aud me
siioraa5c cases. well as those f1 hospitals ana
A---l - tloils VIII be taken mp -epararei,
On me wal 1f the Commissioner 6gee i9 which
,t4e pl.s-iloi-la commission met, hangs great
.--aIl Nil4ch SHOWS AZ a glance now tue death rafa
-e4 pLelIiioIa mas steadily climbed. ONLY in the
s-i.-e.-Z epleHlic d.c The death line approach the
lF-s.L -i-sl X reached last year. and when me
I-p4eie hslres Tor the present year arc ruade IN
l-e .!-s VIZ reach higher point taan II has az
any time n the last twenty years ~ ~
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
TAXES GAS 1T CLARENDON
Hotel Suicide LeaUcs Note That the
Worst Had Happened.

a who left a letter signed John ; -1.er
inhaled Illuminating gas with fatal effect in the
Clarendon Hotel Eighteenth-st, and Fourth-ave.
yesterday afternoon. he died soon afterward IN
tho New-York Hospital The Letter written on
Manila wrapping paper. spoke OF an incident hap
pening that was the worst that could happen"
but told little OF the man.
The man had registered as John S Lane, Al
oany.' de was Wei dressed. 4 chaynbermaid. in
passing the door TO his ROOM heard groans. She
told the clerk, who went TO the room. He smeled
gas, and with a duplicate KEY opened the door
Then he had the man taken in an ambulance TO
the New-York Hospital
The note that was found. read in part:
1t has been said that person IS a coward who
commits suicide. Well. It takes plenty of courage
ior me 10 do it. have tried 10 put IL of for two
years, bur the incident OF to-day is about the worst
that could happen Some people are born
TO live ana some are born to die. Those that are
on the inside will understand ALL Say goOdby TO
mother and Il" I have tried hard 10 think there
is God. II there one I know he would not
permit ne 10 do this l know there is no God so
6OOdDy ali.
want my body cremated and the ashes thrown
away.
On the body a Royal Arcanum badge, and
in the womans gold watch.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
MARSHALL TO SUE SAVAGE
idn,isaion 10 Theatre Denied Lazcger
Who Had Spectators Tickets.

Tie hEEt against the ticket Spectators. waged
,,, Nr Savage at The Garden Theatre develonea
,ssr night into musical comedy on the sidewalk
and with something more serious in the LOBBY
--her4 Louis Marshall. of No. Il East Seventy
.e,on6-st member of The law firm Of CiJgeer,-
7,eirler CnterIuyer q Marshall 10 whom had been
-afgsed admission on "A ucEet bought OF a specu-
,a+or announced To Colonel Braden. AIr. Savase-s
General manage. rast he should bring suit to-day
.gairst AIr Savage for $4,000. Colonel Braden said
"a he honed he would keep his word
The trouble Began early There We're six new
vnerulators ca hand. and they were armed for the
est time with meEaphcne Every time the
negro in te livery Of the theatre lifted his mega
phone 10 announce that Spectator tickets would
- refused at rae door a sDeculatar beloved in
louder tones thro-Eh his mogaphore: Our seats
are o. X Tickets bought Of as are as good as
rold" They quite drowned out the negro. Never
rbeless their tickets were refused AT the door
snd those Who had bought from them began 10
collect or tne sidewalk. talking excitedly
Colonel Eradcu. coming out. warned one man who
WIS ABOUT to buy, and the speeulator. not recog-
nz!ng ar Braden started in 10 smash his face
N quote the zpecula lator The police We're called and
high words followed on both sides, hut no arrest
was made though the specuLator threatened 10
complain of Colonel Braceu as public nuisance
because he said he talked so loud.
Their 2 man came along with another man and
two women. He bought s9ecuiator seats. which
were refused AZ the door. t5e called arSry for the
mansse-
10 you refuse rae admission" ne asked Colonel
Braden
Il 60. was the answer.
Then ! sue Nr. Savage tor $4,000 tomorrow" ="
said the man iEnpressvely, and adding rh- he was
Louis Marshall of Gu-geaheluer Unternver e-
Marshall. Of 10. 81 Broad-st
III. Bra5en replied r1at the theatre had beer. IN
viting d suit for some weeks.
With The rising OF The curtain the trouble nearly
ceased but nor before the spectators had threat
ened The negro who works the ulegaphone thar they
would beat l-1n insensiole on his way home Il he
entered the lobby 70 po-nt ouc any more men the
dOorkeepeT with sTecUlatoT seats The negro de-
sisted in terror.
An extra force ot police has been asked FOR by the
theatre tonight.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
BROOKLYN WATERSPOUT.
Nee HmR Bursts and Nearly
DrOlcnS PaSserSbg.

new 30-inch water main burst in Sullivan
st, between Richards and Van Brunt SITS,
Brooklyn, last night, about an hour after the
water had been turned on TO test it. a stream
shot up forty feet IN the air. bowling over
several passersby. nearly drowning one or two
Of them
The stream beat on the three story house at
No u Sullivan-st. until it seemed as II the
walls would faIL The occupants hastily got out
the back way, while the water broke window
panes and damaged the furnishings within 10 the
amount OF several thousand dollars The first
and second floors were occupied by Charles Les
lie and the third fOUT by Mrs. May Lafrey Be-
fore the water was shut Off. an hour later the
water was several feet deep in that block and
adjoining streets.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
POISONED IN YUCATAN.
W'idOrC of Brooklyn Man You'd
Investigate His Death.

Through an investigation. which is being made bT
lawyer retained by his wife the facts Of the
death OF William A. Whitney young Brooklyn
man. from mercurial poison last April. have tuzs
become known. Whitney had gone to Yucz1a1 %
Try 70 get concessions in the mahogany forssss e-
the Mexican government While pressing into the
interior wi1h a party under a guard Of Mexican
troops IN command OF Captain 7. GalEauo aGouteE
son OF one Of the hign officials in the Mexican gov
ern1lsnt- he was suddenly taken ILL., The party
turned back. and finally reached Mexico CITY.
FROM there Mr. Whitney started for New-ToTk
alone his condition became such. however that
he was obliged TO accept the assistance Of Fellow
passenger from Philacep phia- The latter had Mr.
Whitney taken or the train at san Antonio Tax
where he died Ave Gays later. on April Is. 1894
The body was brought for burial at Bins
hamton. y. Y. where his mother lives. Sincs then
Mrs. hitney has spent al her time trying to set
more details of her husbands illness and death and
regarding the land he supposed 10 have bos1Shr
IN Yucatan- As what she has learned so Tar has
not fully convinced her that her husband took the
poison accidentally. she has been informed shs
mas engaged Charles Harden5erE. a lawyer. OF No.
20 Aontgomery-st-, Jersey city. to make a thorough
investigation; also discover OF what proparxv
ne was possessed the time Of his death.
some months ago Mrs Whitney gave up their
home ar No = Brooklyn-ave-. Brooklyn. ana -
living IN Rutherford. y J.
Nj Whitney was for years a travelling sa-.--
man for ". R. Warner & Co. chemical nsanuSarr-
1rers OF philadelphia. who had been in Mexico en-
business II February OF this year. with waAE
money he could obtain. and an sngtnaar 1ArasA
Van BibbeT. he started for Yucatan.
After his death Captain GaIyano wross @ arN
Whitney. saying that her husband had two klacs
Of tablets. one for dyspepsia and the oth1rs bt-
chloride of mercury. for external lotion. Ca
VanO wrote that Whitney told him he had cAkeA
one OF the mercury tablets by mistake. FTor1 the
san Antonio hospital Information received GEas
Mr. Whirney's death was caused BY iudAzams-
uOn OF the maSCOlu bone Doctors say that this
could be brought on by meFcurlai poison
Jersey City. y. J.. Oct. IS (Speciag-Ch2rfss
Hardenbergh, the Jersey City lawyer. when sssu sc
his home. No. 254 Pacifc-ave.. last night s1i6 IA
knew very little OF Mr. Whttney's AFFAIRS excspE
that he had time lived IN Jersey CEtys
Whitney had very hcCle money. SO far as he knew,
bur what IJte he had all invested IL the iuuzs
Der and rubber company with which hs was con-
nected he did not know the name OF the company,
bur said he believed thar q capitalized at
100000 and that number OF British Capitalists
We're Interested IL il. Mr. Whitney. ne said,
ABOUT nrty-tVe sixty years old Hs LEFT
property beyond his interest IN the company, and
what that amounted 10 Mr.. Hardenbergh says he
does not know.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
HELP FOR SCHOOLSHIP.
| 0"m'ttee Has Plans to Make the
Pennsylvania Pan.

Soiio"isIllp Pennsylvania is now Ted M ~
7'--SeI Say and the company which, v,as n
' ara d crew Of cadets around the world
- - car IS IN The hands of a receiver A reorpan
,T--it ,'',..-''ee has been formed consisting OF
49, - iNi''s' l. c. Weir and s Il FELTON,. 20
basis 91liooA on a paying
7eHooi was organized some tine aro under
60, &c ci''1lef from the Rhode Island LEGISLATURE
' wen known persons became interested in
'i1e se-eiae and the twin screw srear7ar Fs,-s..1
- = chartered from the International Mer-
= -A-atlhe Company. The assets Of The nIa-7+f
e>4 Preparatory School are none, ,.f5 - -
"a a-4oos Company, which had the contract
- o1-'u lhe Young America another s-boo1e,f,.
V' 'N cash What may be realized from tbs
~ % stores books, launches and other +a-,,,,-,,,
l-tiiIeuI on the Pennsylvania and such ref,ara az
Oo-i2aAy may be entitled 10 on the x0Oao In
'14--'y oond given to the Interra tional 1rer,aof
l1- ''i1 company. The liabilities are $4,000 nIus
ne money paid By the patrons The nan of "a
~ '7@4-'t-on provides for the formation of a ravy
'''t'~-g' wlJh capital stock of s2OO000 The
'-iisA wanna mas been offered the cCr,nso, 80 ~
,-s-s-1oT S-=,vO In stock Of the new Gonna ~,
r,-,-----.Lti, nose whose sons Wera on board the
/, - Ri 1.1a We're w 5 ApDegate of BROOKLYN:
- ~ AAe-, assistant editor OF The Canf,IrJ'',
- -. ARISE James c. Ems Samuel FraeIra,
ara ~ -Iz11NE n ~ Guy G MAJOR. OF this ctv
oiicers Of the Nautical Preuarlfcr- Sr5-,i L. ne ne
s-''V. Lie tenant Commander T.. Fl Harlow r. :
.ei,a-ey ,-s,., y r. r. Oswald, vice-presdent and
e.. il Rowland secretary. e. anu
nose n2r,d as on The board OF directors were
4tea a,.-lllil ; D. Luce. T.. : y Neyv7ar- p 7
- y en-. president Adams Express Co,n1ary-
.I-""- rrh; , A. FELTON,. President Chicago ana
am + king ana the Rev Charles A DrIev r~ss p ..s
'19-iN -l---i-e pfla fresoyteTian Hospital
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
FEUDsMAN IN RUNAWAY MARRIAGE
Elias Hatfield, Ex-Convict, Elopes with a
Mine Owners Daughter
JBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Roanoke Va, oct 1S-Elias Hatfield a party 10
the Hatfield feud and son OF the famous Devil
Anse' Hatfield who recently obtained pardon
from the kentucky Penitentiary. eloped Friday
with Miss Helen Holland. daughter OF a coal opera
tor On being pardoned young Hatfield went to
Winona where Holland employed him detec-
tive around the mines. and the last year he became
infatuated with Miss Holland. Thursday Hatfield
approached Mr.. Holland and asked for his daugh-
ter's hand. The mine owner objected TO marriage
because of the extreme youth OF Als daughter. who
is sixteen years old.
The refusal Of the father caused the young people
70 plan n runaway marriage. and Friday evening.
while the father at the mines. young Hatfield
stole the girl and they were married.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
MORPHINE CASE MYSTERY
Uho Hotel Manhattan Guest Is No
One VIII San.

A man who said he John Johnson but
who is believed 70 be q wealthy merchant of Den
yer, was removed from the Hotel Manhattan the
from morphine poisoning. There was much secrecy
as 10 who the man was.
Dr. AIcDuIile answered the call Flower Hos
pitaI. He found the man unconscious. he said
Later he declared he found the patient suffer
ing from alcoholism and that he had received NOR
phine 10 quiet mis- nerves. Having a weak heart
DR.. McDuffie said, the morphine had acted TOO
strongly and the mans condition for a time was
serious
seveuth-st.. said last night that he knew the pa
Jieut and that he had been called 10 tho hotel
o attend him. but he too refused TO say who the
Later at the hospital 1t was said that his con-
to-day.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
FEARED FIRE OF HEAVY GUNS
False Report Of Artillery Practice Caused
Residents to Pad Bric-a-Brac.

Several hundred persons who occupied every
point c; vantage on the Brooklyn and Long ISL
land shores u witness the expected hring OF the
heavy coast artillery al Fort Hamilton yesterday
We're disappointed when toward evening the gun
crews who could be plainly seen at work with
range finders. withdrew TO the barracks. Nearly
every window IN the Bay Ridge, Bath Beach and
Fort Hamilton ne.shborhoOd had been opened by
those who feared the conclusion following a shot
from the new lG-inch guns. In some houses rare
bric-a-brac was wrapped in cloth. No test VIII
be made within the next few months. order
from the War Department has transferred the gun
practice % the corts in the vicinity Of Newton
don, Conn Colonel George g. Greenoush. who is
in command OF Forts Hamilton. Wadsworth and
Hancock said last night that the report OF gun
practice without foundation.
General Frederick Grant, who is in command OF
the Department Of the East and the Department
OF the Atlantic. viii review the battalion at Fort
Ham! Ton to-day. Mrs Grant VIII present the new
artillery CORDS colors TO the coast artillery com
Uan.es now stationed the reservation Ihe
coors Will be the first used since the artillery ser
vice was reorganized from regiments 20 COZ p5;
Colonei Cireenough VIII receive the commander ana
a number Of guests.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
C. F. MURPHY, LAND OWNER
Leader of Tamm0ny FollOccs Gro
ker,s Example and Bugs Estate.

When asked yesterday concerning report
that he had recently purchased an extensive es-
Murphy the leader of Tammany Hail. said it
was true Beginning next year. Mr. Murphy
said he intended 10 make this place his summer
home The estate was owned by John Layton
Of Manhattan. and is considered one Of the best
appointed and handsonest estates on Long Isl
and. It consists Of 10 acres. and has a water
front of three-fourths OF a mile. The house on
the property was built in 1881 and the grounds
were laid out by the landscape gardener who
had charge Of laying out Central Park.
Mr. Murphy's immediate neighbors in Good
Ground are James c. Carter. Justice Morgan J.
oBrlen Of the Supreme Court. and Mr. Banks
OF the law publishing firm OF Banks Brothers
MF- Murphy declined to say what he paid for
his new estate
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
RICH GIRL TO WE'D Ex-CONDUCTOR.
He Now Runs GrOcery-Must Make S125
a Month Before Marriage Takes Place.
lsT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE-l


Denver, Oct 1S-After long struggle with her
parents. Miss Enid Phelps daughter OF Judge A G.
Phelps. OF this city. has obtained permission TO
marry william H. Sslpp. late streetcar conductor
now proprietor Of a small suburban grocery. The
only condition exacted by the parents Is that the
grocery must show net earnings OF S125 a month
before the wedding can take place
Miss Phelps met tho conductor two years ago,
and straightway fell in love with him. He soon
proDosed and was accepted Tho girls pareats
tried bribe her to break or the match. but she
was obdurate. and when Setpp started tho grocery
with his savings they gave q conditional consent
Judge Phelps Ia OF the richest attorneys n t6@
stata Hs buys all his sEocsrlss f-oaa ssipn
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
Man, mon nf wsight and soundness Of tudgmer
CALLS DAMAGE ACT OF PROVIDENCE.
Jersey Judge Refuses to Make County Pay
for Injury from Flood

Paterson. N J.. Oct. 1s (speciaD.-AIrz. Anna
MaKutt OF Passaic brought suit against the county
for $4,000 damage done to her property by floods.
She held that the bridge and cuIverts erected over
Wesal Brook We're responsible for the water on her
property County Counsel Meyers contended that
the foods were the act Of God and that the county
could not be held responsible. Judge Heisley agresd
with him and granted a nonsutt-