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Long Valley advocate., 1905-06-29

1. The cement veneer would cost
about $500 more than if built Of frame.
2. Eastwood does very well II 1t Is
well seasoned before it is put up. But
ternut is very nice for an inside finish.
Beech would not be as nice, and it
would be hard to work. 3. 1t should
be stored in an open shed for year
or two and then kiln dried.
Long Valley advocate., 1905-06-29

Pian of Building and What Should
Be Approxjnate Cost

Please publish a plan and bill of
lumber for building to have two box
stalls, space for vehicles, harness, etc.
and loft for hay and straw.
Long Valley advocate., 1905-06-29
Cost of Cement Veneer.

What would be the cost Of frame
dwelling to cost $4,000, if built of six
inch cement veneer 2. Are Eastwood,
butternut or beech suitable woods for
inside finish of a house? 3. Should
they be cut green and kiln dried, or
would they do better if cut for two or
three years and stored in an open
shed?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
M'CLELLAN'S APPOINTMENTS
NEW YORK'S MAYOR NAMES t. NUMBER OF NEW MEN.

Theodore A. Bingham to be Police
 Commissioner, Succeeding McAdoo-
 Connecticut Man and Graduate of
 west point--Had Bean Very Active
 Engineer officer Until m Accident
 Caused Amputation of Leg.
 New York, Dec. 29.--Mayor Mcclellan tonight announced the following city appointments to take place at the be- ginning of his rev term, January 1:
 City Chamberlain Patrick H. Kee- nan, re-appointed.
 Commissioner of Licepses-John M. Bogert. 2& n~- ..-<~ aT@s.~- >. 7
 Corporation Tohn J.. Della ney, re-appointed. & >@'
 Commissioner of Accounts c. Hertle, re-appointed, and Joseph Haag, Police Commissioner-Th A. Bingham. .55 Z. r
 Commissioner of Bridges-James W. Stevenson. :...-. f.as%
 ,COIllIilSSIUllCE Ol w cNtEL pMpPiSs 0eh9 and Electricity William B. Ellison.
 Fire Commissioner-John H, O'Brien.
 Commissioner of Correction-Fr Francis J. Lantry, re-appointed.
 Commissioner of Street Cleaning John McGaw Woodbury, re-appointed.
 Tenement House Commissioner-Ed- mund J. Butler, re-appointed,
 Commissioner of Docks and Ferries John A. Bensel
 Commissioner of HeaIth-Thomas Darlington, re-appointed.
 Commissioner of Parks-Moses Her man for Manhattan and Richmond; Mi ohael J. Kennedy re-appointed for Brooklyn and Queens. Commissioners of Taxes and Assess ments-Frank A. O'Donnell, president; John J. Brady, Frank Raymond Nich- olas J. Muller, James H. Fully, Charles A. Put2eI.
 Municipal Civil Service Commission ers-iWilliam F. Baker, R. Ross Apple ton, Alfred J. Tally, all re-appointed. Board of Assessors--Antonio Zucca. Paul Wieman, James H. Kennedy.
 Commissioner of Public Charities Robert w. Hebberd. @~r~ ,. Justice of Court of Special Sessions George J. o'Keefe Gin place of John Courtney, deceasedl; John Fleming, re- appointed. @ TT
 City Magistrate, Borough of Queens M. J. Smith, re-appointed. | City Magistrate, Borough of Rioh- mond-Nathaniel J. March, re-appoint- ed. ly r. s~@ ,. ~,
 Art Commission-John J. Boyle, (sculptor) in place of A. F. Proctor; H. Mansfield dayman.)
 Secretary to the Mayor--Frank M. O'Brien. @ ~,Fs
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
RAISE FOR NEW FEARS GrFT.
Interborough Rapid Transit Company Makes Announcement.

Interborough Rapid Transit Company '&~7 Makes Announcement.
 New York, Dec. 29.-The Interborough Rapid Transit company, which operates the subway and elevated railroads of New York city, announced to-day an increase in the pay of employees to take effect January l. The pay of all first year guards will be raised from $1.55 to $1.70 per day of ten hours. After the second year of service guards will re- ceive $1.SO a day, and after the third year $1.95. .srs ,'s ,
 All first-year hand sWitchmen will be raised from $2 to $2.25 day of ten hours. Second-year. hand switchmen are raised from $2.35 to $2.4O a day. 5.
 General Manager Hedley, in announc- ing the new scale of wages, said he was carrying the policy, adopted by Presi- dent August Belmont, of increasing the wages of employees whenever possible. Train clerks starters and ticket chop pers, who work twelve hours a day, will, after January 1, be given two days off, with pay, each month.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
MRS. YERKES PRESENT
 AT HIISDAND'S DEATH
FIFE OF NOTED FINANCIER RE- LEVIED WHEN TOLD HE
 VAS DYING.

Called by Telephone ut the Last Mo-
 ment When She Entered the Sick
 Chamber for the First Time and
 witnessed the Peaceful Passing
 Away of the Great Man from Whom
 She Had Been Estranged for Some
 Tlme-statement by Speyer & Co.
 New York, Dec. 29.-Charles T. Yerkes, the noted railway financier or Chicago and London, died to-day in his apartments at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. where he had been ill for more fhan six weeks. Mir. Yerkes suffered from complication of diseases, grow ing out of a severe cold which he con- tracted in London early in the fall' His condition had been critical for ten days past, and the attending physl- clans gave up all hope several days ago. although members of the family clung tenaciously to the belief that MT. Yerkes' remarkable vitality would eventually pull him through. Since last night the patient had been kept alive by strong stimulants.
 lJGSDlLe SI1l6l1ClAlS SeSA0 LS AAeSFN SSAANS earlier in the day Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes, wife of the capitalist, that she would not go to the Waldorf Astoria, the following official statement was made by Dr. Loonnis, who had attend ed MT. Yerkes throughout his illness:
 aAt the death bed were Mrs Charles IT. Yerkes, his wife; Charles Edward Yerkes, a son. and his wife; Mrs. Charles Rondamiller, daughter, and myself, ..< ...- ly.. a.
 "At 1 o'clock Mrs. Yerkes was tele- phoned to that her husband was dy- ing and she relented, and went to the hotel, and was present when he died. This was the first time Mrs. Yerkes had been at the hotel during her husbands illness. The death was peaceful, but unexpected at the time."
 Speyer & Co.,. the New York banking firm, which had much to do with the local financing of MT. Yerkes' affairs, to-day made the following statement:
 tThe death of Mr. Yerkes is partic- uIarly sad, coming at 8 time when his great work in connection with the Lon- don underground line was rapidly ap- preaching completion, and important portions of it were being put in opera ton. .sa%
 aMr. Yerkes failing health had warm ed the bankers associated with his enterprise that arrangements should be made for relieving him of a portion of his work, or for completing and carry ing it on in case of his death. The arr rangements have been perfected and will be announced at the proper time"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
SEVERE ELECTRICAL
 STORM IN BRIDGEPORT
VIVID LIGHTNING FOLLOWED BY TREMENDOUS CLAPS
 OF THUNDER.

City Considerably Alarmed for Time
 -Heavy DOwnpOur of Rain and
 Fierce Wind-Fire Bell Rings for
 Ten Minutes Adding to the Excite ment-PrincipaI Damage to Tele-
 phone and Telegraph Wires-Summer
 ThunderstOrms in the AdErOndacIks.
 Bridgeport, Dec. 29.-This city was visited by an electrical storm of mid summer proportions tonight, which caused considerable alarm for some time. Soon after nine o'clock vivid flashes of lightning were followed by tremendous claps of thunder which shook the entire city, many buildings trembling on their foundations To add to the excitement the heavy down-pour of rain and the fierce wind which ac- companied it caused many crossed cleo tric wires and in the height of the storm the fire bell started and rang for ten minutes without a stop, This caused considerable fear among the residents of the city, who feared that some big explosion had taken place near by.
 In about half an hour the wind and rain ceased and the city was quiet again. The principal damage caused by this remarkable storm was to tele- phone and telegraph wires, and for half an hour all communication with places west and southwest of here was cut off.
 This afternoon the atmosphere here was sultry and resembled that of a damp day in midsummer. Tn one of the theatres electric fans used in the summer time were set going. to the great comfort of those in the audience. The storm came from the west and passed out over Long Island Sound.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
BOSTON BROKERS FAIL.
Recent Rise in Copper Stocks Forces
 Fl. u. Leighton s Co. to Wall

H. R. Leighton & Co. to Wall
 Boston, Dec. 29.-The recent rise in Copper stocks on the Boston stock ex- change was an important contributing cause to the suspension to-day of the stock brokerage firm of R. R. Leighton 6 Co, which assigned for the. benefit of it's creditors. Although the firm is not a member of any stock exchange, theassignment was adjudged of consid- erable importance from the fact that the has some forty branch offices, all but three of them in New England cities and towns. The outside offices are at Montreal, Halifax, N. S.. and St. Johns, N. F. The assighee is Charles E. Allen, a lawyer of this city. The firm stated that the suspension was due to the failure of a member of the Boston stock exchange to meet his obligation to the company, and to outstanding investments in coppers to a greater or less extent, upon which necessary money could not be realized. No financial statement was issued, but 1t is thought the liabilities may reach $500, ,000. -s''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
FIREMAN SIBERIAN REDUCED
MADE FIRST GRADE HOSEMAN
 FOR SIX MONTHS.

UncalcuIated Developments fin Hearing
 Before Fire Board on Charge of In-
 decent Language to Trolley Con-
 ductOr--Notorman Denies Signature
 and All Knowledge of Affair He Was
 Expected to COrroborate--Fireman
 Declares He Was Warned That Three
 Members os Hoard Desired to De-
 grade Him. 9,.
 { Unexpected developments devolved at the hearing of the charges against Engineer Thomas F. sheehan, of En- zine Go. 10, before the board of fire. commissioners last evening, and the testimony. given by Conductor Mahon. and especially Motorrnan Callahan was not according to calculation. sheehan was complained of by the conductor, who alleged that on ttle night of De- cernber 8, or the early morning of De- cenber g, the accused fireman boarded his car at, Grand avenue and State street, and rode to the car barns, when he asked for 8 transfer. The conduct or claimed that She asked Sheehan which, way he wanted to- go, and the latter told him 1t was none of his busi- ness, whereupon the conductor decid- ed that the fireman was not entitled to the transfer, and refused 1t. Then 1t was alleged, Sheehan called Mahon vile and indecent names, of which the lat ter complained to the road, and on &C., count of which Sheehan was charged by Chief Fancher of using indecent and immoral language, and of conduct pre- judicial to the good name of the de- pertinent.
 The hearing was continuation of the adjourned hearing of last Tuesday evening when the conductor and motor- men were not present. When the charges had been read Sheehan again entered plea of not guilty as on Tues- day evening. s.. '
 Mahon was the first witness called. He testified to his signature on the re- port of the disturbance to the trolley company. The report was on an acci- dent sheet, and gave the story of the trouble in detail. It was supposed to bear the signatures of both motorman and conductor, as the latter claimed the. former was a witness to the fracas. Mal1on further testified that he was ex- cited at the time, and said he did not like to swear to anything against man unless he was sure of 1t, so that he
 
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
Shipping News.

New York, Dec 29.---The steamer st. Louis, Southampton and Cherbourg for in communication by wireless teIegranl1 with the station at Cape Race, N. F at 10:30 a. In,. when the vessel was 140 miles southwest of that station. and will probably dock about S:3O a. m. on Sunday. rs+ ss5 \
 The steamer Campania, from Liver- pool and Queenstown for New Yorly sir Communication by wireless telerranh, with the station at Cape Race af ssA' 4 4 miles southeast of that station arg will probably dock about 4 o'clock sTp. ,,1u day. 7slN, Genoa, Dec. 26. Arrived: sst ~ !, M, Brooklyn, New York via Fayal and 1r' Na,. NJ !. ples. HI N
 Havre, Dec. Arrived. stean, a,. ", Bretagne, New York, | N's''AAA N N M
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
 HAS THE UPPER HAND
COLLAPSE OF THE FIRST AT- TEMPT TO OVERTHROW
 : IT.

Suppression of the Insurreetlon at
 Moscow and the Certainty of Crush
 ing Uprisings Elsewhere Marks the
 End of the Effort of the 'sReds1 and
 is Severe Defeat-Utter HopeIess-
 ness of the struggle Now Seems App
 parent.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 2s.-The suppress sion of the insurrection at Moscow and the certainty that similar upTis- ings elsewhere will be crushed, mark the collapse of the first attempt of the reds" to overthrow the government and administers a defeat, from which, it is not believed in government circles, the revolutionaries can quickly recover.
 Now that the smoke of battle is clear ing away, the utter hoplesness of the conflict seems to be apparent. The pop ulace held aloof, and not single mili- tary unit actually joined the revolu- tionaries. Even the general strike crumbled under their feet by their challenging and precipitating q con- flict before the proletariat organiza- tions were prepared. The goYerpment secured a comparatively easy. though ruthless, victory, and It is believed in high official circles that the organtza tions have been so dsnnoralized and dis rupted by the blow, and by the arrest of their most able leaders that it will be impossible for them to attempt the coup planned for the anniversary ol Bloody Sunday Tn desperation, un- doubtedly, the reyolutionaries will again have recourse to acts of terror, which they will spring at the most tri- 5 expected moment.
 The country has quieted down, and the cabinet now hopes ttas the elec- tions to the douma are assured. and that the government can devote its time to the suppression of the revolt in the Baltic provinces. and more es- pecially to the solutions of the agrari- an problem If means cannot be found to appease the land hunger before the spring, the universal opinion is that the peasants everywhere will rise The landed proprietors seem to be con- vinced of this to such an extent that the landlords iii the neighborhood Of Minsk are calling their tenants togeth- CT and are voluntarily arranging the distribution of a portion of their pri-s vate holdings upon terms satisfactory to the peasants.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
END OF AN ELOPEMENT.
Brewer's Daughter Will be Married at
 Fathers Home.

St. Louis, Dec. 29.-Announcement was made to-day that Lieutenant Ed ward scharrer, of Stuttgart, Germany, and Miss Wilhelnina Busch, daughter of Adolphus Busch, the brewer, will be quietly married on New Years day at the Busch mansion here. This an- nouncement came as 8 sequel to the elopement of Lieutenant Scharrer and Miss Busch Wednesday night to Belle lville,> H., which was frustrated by the fact that they were unable to secure a marriage license at the late hour.
 When the couple found they could not secure the license Miss Busch then tele- phoned to her father.
 If you intend to be married come back to St. Louis and be married at home. have no objections to MT. Scharrer as a son-in-law," replied MT. Busch. Thereupon Miss Busch and the lieutenant returned to MT. Busch's home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
FOR CARE OTHER PET ANIMALS.
Former Vaudeville Actress Leaves
 s15,OOO for This Purpose.

New York, Dec. 29.-The fact that Cecilia A. WOlsey, who was formerly a performer on the vaudeville stage un- der the name of Lillian Western, be- queathed s15,0O0 for the care of her dog. parrot and cage of love birds became known to-day, when her win was filed. Miss Wolsey died a week ago. Harriet E. Gates, friend of the dead woman. is charged with the care of the animals, and Miss Wolsey's will provided that she shall have the use of the S15, 900 for that purpose. After the death of Mrs. Gates the will stipulated that the re- mainder of the money shall go to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to care for Miss Wolsey's pets, if they outlive Mrs, Gates, and, if not, to care for other homeless animals.
 Miss Wolsey was a musical special. ist'' of the vaudeville stage. and retired from it year ago. having only her pets as companions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
BANKS TO MERGE.
National Shoe and Leather and Metro
 poIItan of New York.

New York, Dec. 29.-The National Shoe and Leather bank and the Metro politan bank within a few months will be merged, the former losing its iden- tity and becoming a branch of the lat ter. Formal announcement of this fact was made to-day in a statement issued by President Henry 0llesheimer, first president ,of the National Shoe and Leather bank. This. statement says that the directors of both institutions consider it advantageous to stockhOld- CTS and depositors alike to unite under one head the combined resources of both institutions. Under the new arr engagement the Metropolitan bank will have capital and surplus of about g, ,750, 900. The statement adds that practically no changes will be made among the officers and clerical force of the National Shoe and Leather bank,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
YIsOHEL BOUND OYER.

Man Who Killed BTother-tn-iaw in
 quarrel over Bag of Apples.
 Westbrook, Dec. 29.-MichaeI Fischel was to-day bound over to the superior court on the charge of murder In the first degree. He was removed to the jail in Haddam to await trial on the first Tuesday in April. Fischsl is a farmer who gave himself up to the au- thorities last Friday following mur- derous assault with an axe on his ibrother-fn-law, Hans Treibel, who lived with him. Treibel, who had two wounds which fractured the skull, liv- edslast Monday afternoon. He was six ty-four years old, while Fischel is sev- enty-six. A quarrel over a bag of ap- pies, which Fischel thought Treibel had stolen from him, is alleged to have led to the assault,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
DECIDE THEY HAVE NO
 POWER TO AMALGAMATE
ACTION OF THE INTERC0LLEGI- ATE FOOTBALL RULES
 CoMMITTEE.

Must First Consult Their Respective
 Institutions Before Joining With the
 Committee Appointed at the New
 York University Conference to Re-
 form FoOtbaII-Former VIII Obtain
 Definite Instructions as Soon as POs-
 siBIe-I.atter Submit Proposition.
 Philadelphia, Dec. 29.-The Intercolle- giate Football Rules committee, after a prolonged discussion here tonight, de- cided that it's members had no power to amalgamate with the committee of seven appointed by the New York uni- versity conference without first consult- ing their respective universities. The old committee will communicate with the new committee as soon as possible. This decision was reached after a con- ference with the New York conference committee, at which the latter proposed for the amalgamation of the commit tees to be known as the National Rules
 r rk. "a committee Subsequent to making it's decision the old committee invited the members of the new committee to join them in an informal discussion of sug- gested changes in rules, which they ac- cepted. The joint meeting continued until long after midnight. II. ..
 Prior to the meeting witlt the original committee the new committee met at the University club for organization and discussion of plans. pr. H. l.. Will Hams, of Minnesota university, was elected chairman and Dr, G, A. Rabbit, of Haverford college, was chosen secre- tary. While the committee was in ses- sion an invitation was received from the original committee to hold an irl- formal conference at the Bellevue Stratford hotel. This was accepted and the members of the committee immedi- ately went to the Bellevue-Stratford. Those present at the joint conference were:
 Original committee J. Dashiel, Annapolis, chairman; w. T. Reid, jr., Harvard; Walter Camp, Yale; Profes- sor J. B. Fine. Princeton; District At torney J. c. Bell, Pennsylvania; l.. M. Dennis, Cornell. ss e~ 4..@. New York university conference com smittee--Dr. H. b. Williams, Minnesota university. chairman; Lieutenant c. D, Daly, West Point; Dr. G. A. Rabbit, Haverford college; Professor C. w. Savage, 0berlin; Professor John l.. Lees, Nebraska university; F. K. Cur ] tiss, of Texas. ~ tst @ 7 A*f~ -' '& 1 pr. A. A. stagg, of Chicago univer- sity, member of the original commit 1 tee, and E. K. Hull. of Dartmouth member of the new committee, were not present. + s,,. .,,., .t.g~a
 | After showing their credentials the New York committee submitted the fol- lowing proposition to the original com mittee: i 1--That the two committees be anal- gamated into a national rules commit tee to meet annually.
 l 2-4Thah the individual members of the national committee present and dis cuss changes and qualifications of ex- isting rules at each annual meeting.
 l 3-That an executive committee of five be chosen from the national com mittee for the purpose of drawing up definite rules embodying the recom- nendations of. the national committed 4-That the five members of the ex- ecutive committee be made up of three
 Continued from Third Page.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
Carnegie Promises sSO,oOo.

Auburn, Me-, Dec. 29.-Presldent George c. Chase, of Bates college, an- nounced to-day that Andrew Carnegie has promised to contribute $5O,OOO to- ward the endowment fund of Bates col- lege when $1OO,0OO shall have been rais- ed for the same purpose by friends of the college. Subscriptions already have been received from number of sources.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
MORE REBATE INDICTMENTS
One Against the Chicago, Burlington
 and Quincy,

Chicago, Dec. 2s.--The federal grand jury to-day returned an indictment against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, Darius Miller, first vice. president, and c. G. Burnham, foreign freight agent, on the charge of granting railroad rebates, :,, F.
 The indictment charges that the re- bates were all granted to the United States Steel Products company of New York, a subsidiary company to the United States Steel corporation. All of the shipments on which, the indict- ment alleges, rebates were paid were made from Elwood, Ind; Martins Fer ry, O.; Pittsburg, Pa; Newcastle, Pa.; Cleveland, O., and Joliet, ILL, to Van- couver, B. c. :
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
JEALoUsT LEADS TO SHOOTING.
One Boarder Arortally wounds Another in Waterbury

Waterbury, Dec. 29. Phillip PaQuette, 3 railroad brakeman, and boarder ifi the household of Edgar w. Chip1nan, a hostler, returned to the house in a fit of insane jealousy tonight at 9:80 and shot six times at Isidore Monnier, twenty-two years old, with whom Mr. Chipman was playing checkers
 The three shots which took effect were all inflicted from behind. one entered the shoulder, another the back near the spine, and the other over the left hip In dangerous proximity to Che vital parts. This last may prove a fatal injury, Paquette is glad he shot 3AIonnier, and says he meant to do it. "FIe stole Mrs Chipman away from me, and I am glad shot him. he saidi after he was taken in custody, and lodged in the police station, await ing the result of Monnier's injuries.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30
POOL ROOMS WIDE OPEN
Jerome Makes Charge That Employees
 Receive Political Patronage.

New York, Dc. 29.-That gambling houses and poolrooms in this city are as wide open to-day as ever, and that many of the employees in these places are given positions by political leaders as a part of the patronage of their dis trict, was charged by District Attorney Jerome in the court of general sessions to-day. There were a, large number of poolroom and gambling-house cases on the calendar and MT. Jerome appeared in person as the prosecutor. It was when three men who had been indicted for bookmaking in an Eighth avenue resort pleaded guilty that the district attorney addressed the court.