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New-York tribune., 1905-12-27

1t obtained a long lease, without competition,
for dumping board on the West 96th-st. pier
and similar the West 12d-st. pier, and
while the subway was being built the company
made enormous profits. Alderman James E.
Gaffney waJ indicted on charge Of misde-
meanor in having, as an officer of the company,
obtained lease of city property while still
member Of the Board of Aldermen The indict-
ment was finally dismissed after hard fight. AT
about the same time Essie Irene Gaffney be-
came an officer Of the company and has so re
mained to the present. Essie Irene Gaffney is
Alderman Gaffneys wife.
The Murphy company obtained large con-
tract from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for excavating rock and earth for the CEN
tral terminal in this city, and another big con-
tract from the New-York. New-Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company on the work OF
putting in new tracks between New-York and
the Connecticut line.
1t now is plain that Charles f. Murphy is
financial hacker of the Murphy -Gaffney COM
pany, and that he. has no trouble in raising
necessary funds application to local banks,
nearly all Of which hold city deposits.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
NABBED Il ROCKEFELLER.
Process SerUer Gives Christmas
Subpoena an Oil Suit.

William G. Rockefeller. of William Rookie
feller. the young whom Wall Street re-
CARDS the probable future head of the Standard
Oil system, was the recipient Of a rather unwel-
come Christmas present, part of it being cash,
which was handed to him as he leaving his
home, at No. &2 Madison-av, Monday night. Mr..
Rockefeller got subpoena TO appear at the taking
OF testimony in the case of the State Of Missouri
against the Standard Oil Company, at the offices
Of Henry Wollnan, No. u Broadway, on January
5, and in addition the required service fee of g so
NJ E. Palmedo. a professional process server, of
the Temple Court Building was the man who
caught Mr. Rockefeller Most holidays are not
proper service time for subpenas but Christmas
is q legal service day. Palmedo had been waiting
outside Mr.. RockefeIIer's door when at 7:30
o'clock in the evening" the young financier stepped
outside. accompanied by his wife, and started
down the stone steps to get into an automobile
Both were in evening dress, and Mr.. Rockefeller
mad in his arms a number of packages. nicely
wrapped and tied with ribbons He is a TALL ath-
letic young man
LAS he came down the steps," said Mr. Palmedo
yesterday, Il stepped up to him and asked him if
he Mr. Rockefeller.
He replied that he was not in rather gruff
tone. 1 was not in his way. but he gave me a
push as he went toward the automobile. His wife
stepped into the vehicle ahead of him. he got in
touched him with the subpoena and then dropped
out so that he could see it the original order
of the Supreme Court justice directing him to ap
Edward T. Bedford also Of the Standard Oil Com
pany, was served with a subpoena last Friday at
his home, No. 1s1 Clinton-ave Brooklyn. He was
going to his home from his stables when the
process server stepped up to him and asked If he
not Mr.. Bedford.
Il don't know he replied.
We'll. I'll take chance and serve you with this
subpoena" said the young man who had it.
sr3 sad Mr. Of Bed e reuSany Ga9 ag
the paper, however. and without any hesitation ac
john D. Rockefeller is now in the South but he
is expected in New-York within few days unless
has changed his plans about attending the open
ing Of the hospital for babies which he has
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
HORSES DIE By SCORES.
Worst Outbreak of A2oturia an Fif-
teen Years Al OUer City.

Scores of horses in all parts of the CITY, and espe-
cially in the downtown districts. were seized : 9
terday with peculiar spinal disease which
pleteIy parayzed the animals and In the majo (
of cases caused almost instant death In aim j.
every case the animals big we'll cared FOR
horses, many OF them being attached to beer
trucks.
According to veterinary surgeons. the dlsease Is
what is known as azoturia, and results from the
weather conditions. This is the first time in fifteen
wears that the disease has appeared in so violent
form in New-York. So far as is known there Is no
cure % per cent of the cases proving fatal
Early Yesterday morning veterinary surgeons be-
gan to receive calls to attend to horses that had
fallen in the street. The horses had all begun 10
Derspfre excessively. and within few minutes
their hind legs became paraIyzed- Many Of the
horses died within a few minutes after falling to
the pavement. A large number died In the veter-
mary .ospitals many animals fell in the streets
that the ambulances from the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty Animals and the hospitals
could not take them away
One veterinarian, who has large hospital in Mon
trose-ave WILLIAMSBURG had eighteen horses in his
place before noon. OF these thirteen died before
night and the others were all in a serious condf-
ton At the offices of the Society for the Proven
tion Of Cruelty to Animals it was said last night
that the attacks due TO the unusual rest and
extra feeding permitted az Christmas and that tbs
cItv was not threatened by any epidemic
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
MURDER NOW CHEAP.
Regular Scale for Ordinary and
Brutal Assault and Killing.

1t developed in the Harlem police court yester-
day, before Magistrate Mayo. that mans life may
be bought for 500. The evidence told now Arsenic
Magicio and Arsenic Pignato, who have coal and
wood business at No 242S 1st-ave., became jealous
of their brother-in-law, John Disterfano who has
q similar business No 224 East L1st-st. They
made a proposition, it is alleged, to two other
men that if they would give Dlsterfano severe
thrashing they would give them s.; If they injured
him so that he was confined to the hospital for two
weeks they to receive 50, and If they killed
him their reward to be 500 each.
Tony Franc OF No. 2S9 Pleasant-ave. and Ptetro
Pagano. of No 450 East 115th-st who were hired to
kill Disterfano. told of the compact in court. The
agreed to the proposition, they say, but weak
ened when they learned that Distertano al
quaintance. They disclosed the plot to Disterfano
and it arranged that Disterfano to bandage
his head and play the injured part. while the
supposed braves were to collect the money.
The plan worked and they got So each. they
testified. They were to continue their work later.
hut DisterfanO lost his nerve, fearing that his enc
mics might hire other men less consderate. He
seized with nervous pTostration. and doctors
were called. He is still confined to his bed and
physicians believe that his chances Of recovery
slim.
animation to-day.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
LEAVE VICTIM TO BURN.
ThieUes Beat and Rob Mdn-Set
Fire to House.

Pennington. N J., Dec. 26.-First beaten into
insensibility and then robbed of his cash and
valuables. Gervas Smith. of Erwinna, near
Frenchtown, was left to burn to death last night
by gang of outlaws who broke into his house.
When he refused to tell where his money was
he was beaten until he unconscious.
Leaving their victim in a helpless condition,
the thieves ransacked the house. which they set
fire when they departed. When Smith re-
gained his senses the flames had gained great
headway, and in few minutes all avenues of
escape would have been cut off. With much
effort he succeeded in crawling from the house
He lives alone and when neighbors, who
the building burning, hastened to the place, they
found Smith lying near his home in a semi
conscious condition DIR. Nash. of Frenchtown.
was hastily summoned and dressed his injuries
which consisted of cuts and bruises inflicted
with club. Smith can give no description of
the outlaws. His condition is serious.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
ELEVATOR BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Body Wedged Between Floor of Car and
Wall of Shaft.

James Ryan, a siIteen-year-o elevator boy
employed at the store of Cowperthwait & Co.
at No 104 West 14th-st, and living at No. 121
PoweIl-st.. Long Island City, was killed in the
store Yesterday afternoon in unknown man
ner Mrs. a. Combes. Of No 240 West 14th-st,
wished to use the elevator after making pur-
chases. Getting no response to repeated rings
she walked downstairs and complained OF the
poor service.
Charles Brechtel, salesman, went to investi-
gate and looking up, saw one of the boys legs
dangling below the Further investi-
cation showed that the boy, while the was
on the third floor had got caught, in some un-
known manner, between the floor of the car and
the shaft, and had been crushed to death.
Clerks endeavored 10 get the body out, but
could not move the elevator either way. Patrol
man Carroll was also unable to do anything. and
finally the of Hook and Ladder No. II,
stationed near by, called IN. They chopped
away sufficient OF the floor to get the body out
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
J. D. ROCKEFELLER TO HOLD STOCK
Will Subscribe $4,000 Toward New Brook
lyn Academy of Music.

It was announced yesterday that. in response
to an appeal from Frank L. Babbott. of the
directors of the new Academy of Music in
Brooklyn John D. Rockefeller had promised to
subscribe for $4,000 of stock in the enterprise.
This subscription is the first to be received from
a non resident of Brooklyn, and its announce
ment is the first intimation that the directors
had found it necessary TO appeal for outside as
sistance in their efforts to raise the $1,000 900
required TO build the proposed structure.
Mr. Rockefeller's subscription is the largest
made by any single individual so far George
Foster Peabody, who subscribed $4,000, recently
made an offer, however. to double his Subscrip-
ton if some sort of a plan could be agreed
upon whereby all the subscribers should give
their stock to the city and place the manage
raent of the Academy of Music n the hands of
the trustees of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences. with the understanding that 1t
should be conducted for the best interests of the
public. No action. as yet. has been taken on this
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
CHANGES HIS MIND ABOUT DYING.
Bow Inhales Gas, Then Turns It Offs Pris-
oner in Bellevue.

Adolph Klippel jr., seventeen years old. a
wagon boy for John Daniel Sons Sons.
Broadway and Sth-st., attempted suicide yester-
dav afternoon in the furnished room house No.
36i East 10th-st. He is a prisoner in Bellevue
Hospital, and will recover.
Klippel went home about noon and told Mrs.
Simon who keeps the house, that he was i'll.
Later the woman smelled gas, and, tracing II 10
KlippeTs room. found him lying on the bed.
Near his mouth was one end Of rubber tube,
the other being attached to a gas jet but the
gas was turned off. Klippel was in semi
conscious condition. 1t is thought the boy. be
coming nauseated by the gas changed his mind
about dying and turned off the gas.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
PACKERS MAY UNITE.
Srcifts Thought To Be MoOing To-
zgard Taking armour Property.
[By Telegraph o The Tribune-I

Kansas City, Mo-. Dec. 2--SeveraI recent Ahc'-
dents indicate that some large move IS about TO be
made in the direction of uniting the packing inter-
ests of the country. A rumor was current to-day
that the Armour properties are to be taken over by
Swift & Co. The annual meeting Of Swift & Co
is to be held in Chicago next week. and the Stock
holders will have before them proposition 70 is-
sua s95 OOoGO OF new capital stock. Secrecy has
been maintained as to the purposes Of this new
apital. Swift & Co. already have SS5.OOoOO in
stocks outstanding and also $5,o0oOo0 In bonds
while the corporation of Armour & co. Is capitaI-
lied for only $OOO0O. though the business Is rec
ognfzed as worth considerably more than that SUM-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
COLONEL KLINE TO RESIGN.

1t was stated yesterday that Colonel Ardolph
L. Kline would relinQuish the command of the
l4th Regiment N q. N y Brooklyn, soon after
the first OF the year. He has been a member of
the organization for nearly thirty years, and has
been its commander for the last five years. The
condition of the regiment has not been alto
gether satisfactory to the commanding officers
of the National Guard for some time. ana
Colonel Kline has been criticised for this. About
a year ago because Of the poor showing of the
regiment. General McLeer, in command of the
Second Brigade, n. G.. n. Y, recommended that
Colonel Kline be placed on the retired list, but
no action was taken. The retirement of
Colonel Kline will leave Lieutenant Colonel John
H Foote in command.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
ACTORS, HOME BENEFIT PLANS.

The annual benefit for the Actors Home which
Daniel Frohman is arranging. will have sew
eral new features 1t will take place on January
q at the Broadway Theatre. Miss Blanch Bates
and Frank keenan, viii appear in a act play.
and Miss Julie Opp and William Faversham will be-
Hobbes). other stars and many additional novel
ties are being arranged The Mouse Trap by
William Dean Howells. will also be feature, with
six well known actresses in the cast.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
NO NEW PRINCETON CLUB HOUSE.

A report was printed yesterday that Nos. "a and
% West 44th-st- had been sold. according
uptown real estate broker. architect repre-
senting the Princeton Club 1t also said that
"a announcement would probably be made in few
Gays by the ciu5 Of its intention to build a new
nome for itself the 44th-st. parcel.
Ife Princeton Club occupies the premises No 2
Last S4thst Several officers Of the club said last
stt that the club had neither bought the property
n 4stn-st- nor had 1t any plans for new home.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
FINAL ELECTION FIGURES.
Official CanUass Shoes Plurality
of 3,468 for Mcclellan.

The official canvass of the votes cast in the
municipal election, long delayed by the fight Of
William R. Hearst for recount, was completed
yesterday afternoon. when the New-York
County Board of Canvassers was able to send to
the Board of Elections the final figures as cor
rected by orders of the courts. Following are
the official figures for Mayor and Controller.
leaving out the vote for unimportant candi-
dates in the four counties of the city:
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
OLD SLAVE DIES AT MASTERS HOME
[By Telegraph to The Tribune

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Louisville. Dec. 26.-Sarah c. Rutcher. probably
the oldest woman in the South IL not in the entire
country died at the home Of her former master
Henry Harris. Mount Pleasant Ridge to-day.
She often told stories OF the war OF 1872. much OF
which she Witnessed The old woman died near
the place where shs was born
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
DROPS DEAD WAITING FOR DOCTOR.

lBy Telegraph to Tne Tribune.l
Hoosick Falls. y. Y, Dec. 26-Wiiam Kelyer,
director and vice-president OF the First National
Bank of dooscH Fails, while waiting for doctor
in the doctors Office to-day. dropped to the 1oor
dead from organic heart trouble. He was seventy
five years old and prominent here in business and
banking circles. He left a widow and brother.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
UNITED COPPER COMPANY DIVIDENDS.

At the cffice OF ]. S. Bache & Co, No. 42 Broad
way, II was announced yesterday that the United
Topper Company had aside the sum Of 100000
% pay 4 per cent dividend declared yesterday
rs preferred stock. 1t will be payable January
=. e. ls6. quarterly dividend the common stock,
- -lA per cent, and u per cent extra was also
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
MISS ELLlorrs HOME FOR SALE.

Miss Maxine Elliott, the actress. and wife of
Nat Goodwin, yesterday offered her dwelling house
No. 326 West End-aVe., for sale. The house is on
a lot II by 70 feet II is three story and base
ment brownstone structure. She and her husband
have occupied the house for some months.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
"sc oTTYn NOT BADLY WOUNDED.

Los Angeles Dec. 26.-A letter from Walter Scott.
the cowboy miner who reported murdered in
Death Valley some days ago. received by a
friend in this city yesterday, stating that Scott had
been shot. but not seriously hurt
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27

The complete vote IN New OrK county, m
cluding the boroughs of Manhattan and The
Bronx, for President of the Board Of Aldermen
was announced follows:
Wells, 68O42; MCGOWAN 1864; Braun, 1868;
Lindsay 1884, Ebert, 1881: J. G. Phelps Stokes,
5000; blank 4,S36; defective, 60; protested,
2,422, and void, 3139. ~.
AS soon as the New-York Board of County
Canvassers finished its task yesterday after
noon two certified copies of the canvass were
sent to the Board of Elections, which will act
as the Board of City Canvassers and authorize
the issue of certificates of election to Mayor Nc
CIelan Mr. Metz and Mr.. MCGOWAN Three
other copies of the canvass were sent to the
Secretary of State at Albany. The New-York
County Clerk authorized by resolution
publish the statement of the canvass for New
York County in two evening papers.
With the issue of certificates of election to the
Mayor and the other successful candidates on the
CITY ticket in time to enable them to be
into office next Monday, there will be paid over
to the winners about S3,500.000 in election bets.
The money has been tied up by the Hearst con-
test ever since the election. The larger part of
the money goes winners of bets Mayor
McClellan'S election
Clarence ]. Shearn, personal counsel for Mr..
Hearst, said yesterday afternoon that efforts
would be made to have the legislature pass early
in its coming session a bill for an investigation
of the municipal election by committee of the
legislature and also a bill ordering recount
to determine the extent of the frauds in the
election. II the legislature orders such
count and the recount shows that Mayor Nc
Clellan's election made possible the face
Mr.. Hearst will begin quo Warranto proceedings
in the courts to unSeat Mayor Mcclellan
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27

The complete vote in New-York County, in
cluding the boroughs of Manhattan and The
Bronx, for President of the Board Of Aldermen
was announced as follows:
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27

Wells, S,O42; MCGOWAN. 1864; Braun 1858;
Lindsay 334; Ebert, 1881: J. G. Phelps Stokes,
119, ,6O3; blank, 4.SS6; defective, 50; protested,
422 and void. 3.139. -
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
FOR CONTROLLER

IOIalS 40 oSd
McClellan's plurality. 3,46S.
Arizona republican., 1905-10-02

says, and the results showed that every one of them carried gold. Numerous samples We're obtained by me from a quartz cropping above the surface that is fully ten feet in width. and they gave the remarkable average of $5460 per ton in gold.
 'In no other place along the great GOldfield zone can such prominent croppings be found paralleIing each other and standing out in bold relief above the surface of the ground. Such indications of permanency and rich ness are seldom found in a mining country"
 ! Mining Engineer J. r. Mitchell said: 'I obtained an assay of S2SSO from a sample I took from a ledge that pro- jccts on Blizzard ground. This is Of equal or greater richness than hun dreds of samples obtained from the sur face ores Of the Jumbo Combination. Florence, or any Of the other great mines of the camp that have produced millions. The shaft now being put down on this vein of gold bearing quartz should certainly encounter an ore body of great magnitude and richness that will give the Blizzard property stand ing with any of the heavy producers of the district. In making q careful test of all the Assures that show so clearly on the property, failed to find one that did not give assay results in gold. From these results l am thoroughly cOnvinc- cd every Assure of quartz on the pro perty is heavily mineralized with gold and possesses tremendous possibilities. In fact. it is well within the pale of possibilities that every one Of the nine claim of the Blizzard group may de- velop into a big mine"
 
 shipping high grade ore to the smelt- CTS is twenty three. The camps din ner-bucllet brigade numbers HOO men. By Nov 1 it is estimated eighty to 10p properties will be under active develop ment. Shafts are now going down on over sixty. GoIdfieId'S greatest era of progress is just in the commencement.
Arizona republican., 1905-10-02
10 LADIES OAIN

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Arizona republican., 1905-10-02
TEMPE
THE HUMAN WHALE"
The Term Applied to Chester Haigler
 In Los Angeles.

! The Los Angeles Times has the fol- lowing to say regarding -he arrival of ! Charles Haigler and Clarence Westover on the football field of the University of Southern California last week: "A few rays of light broke through | the gloom at '. .. C. yesterday when the burly form of Charles Haigler, brother of the human whale, lOomed up on the campus, accompanied by Clarence Westover. a former teammate who will undoubtedly make the first squad.
 'HaigIer II is even bigger than Cnes- ter which is needless. Experts com puted his weight at 22O pounds. He is not as tall as the first arrival but is more beefy. and seems to understand the game quite we'll Westover is a big fellow too. and the Arizona Triplets" bid fair to prove a tower of strength 10 the Methodist team. They fill a long felt want, and increase the L. :. C. prospects just 100 per cent. Three sIashing fellows who know the game and nave the righl sort of stuff in them are enough to make the difference be tween a poor team and a first class one.
 A letter was recently received from Eugene Shute, another of the Tempe boys who is attending the school, in which he says he likes the school very much and is enjoying his work. Through the Republican he wishes a statement recently made in the EX- aminer corrected. In an account of Mir. Haigler's and MT. Shute's past record on the foot ball field it was said that
Arizona republican., 1905-10-02

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 FOR RENT-Furnished and unfur- nished houses; all sizes, kinds and prices; also, houses, lots and ranches for sale. w. K. James, 37 North Center St