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New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Observation-Disclosures. Dec so.
The northern storm has passed into the Atlantic
bv way of Canadian Maritime Provinces. and the
weather has generally the North and Northeast
except in the and northern lake regions
The Southwestern disturbance noted Friday night as be-
tne central over extreme Western Texas has moved
YaTfdly eactward Southeastern Louisiana, with only
Moderate development been attended by rains in
NftesssipDi Louisiana, Eastern Texas Oklahoma and
ire and SHOWS in Arkansas Southern Kansas Local
nys also continued middle plateau and rains and
SHOWS in the Northern Pacific districts
emneratures are lower in the East the lake
raon the Southwest the Dakotas. and in the two
Later districts they from TO IS degrees below the
There viii be in the East Gulf States fol
,ed hy clearing weather and rain in the South Atlantic
states and Ohio Valley extending Sunday night and
Monday into the Middle Atlantic States and New-Eng
land In the upper lake region, the Mississippi and
N5issoui valleys and Gulf States the weather
viii he generally fair Sunday and Monday Rains and
+cts west of the Rocky Mountains extending by Sunday
irbt or Monday into Arizona NewMexico and Eastern
SIorado It will be colder Sunday in the Gulf States
"a -arnner in the Northwest. and colder Monday IN the
extreme Central and Southwest
The winds along The New-England Coast VIII be di-
rninshine westerly middle Atlantic Coast tresh
hecomng variable; the south Atlantic coast
Sresh south 10 southeast the east Gulf Coast fesn
IN brisk and shifting. becoming northwest on the west
northwest 10 north; on Lake Nilclsan
light 10 fresh southwest TO west becoming VARIABLE
Storm warnings displayed the California coast
from Hartford TO San Diego.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
OBITUARY.
ANDREW j. DoTGER.

by Telegraph to The Tribune
Orange, n. j., Dec. SA-Andrew J. Dotger died
tonight at his home in Moatrose-ave-, South Or
ange. Mr. Dotger retired from active business
about thirty years ago. Before that time he was
associated with Drexel & Co. in Philadelphia, and
was later member Of the New-York Stock Ex-
change He amassed fortune Black Friday
and retired from business.
He devoted the rest of his life his private char
tiles For several years he lived in Brooklyn. but
twenty years ago he moved to South Orange. Here
he was Interested in all the local charitable and
philanthropic agencies and in the Orange Congre-
rationaI Church. He was a member of the Essex
County Country Club, the New-Eugland Society, OF
Orange and was one Of the advisory board Of the
South Orange Village Improvement Society
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
CAPTAIN JAMES p. WHITE.

Police Captain James P. White, who was in com
rnand Of the Prospect Park station. died at his
home No So St. Johns Place Brooklyn, yesterday.
He was knocked down by a runaway steer in Flat
bush-ave. two years ago. Cancer developed a
result He was born in Brooklyn in 1851 and en-
tered the department in 1876. He became a captain
in lS9S and most OF his career as a commanding
officer was spent in the Bergen-St. station. He
leaves widow, three daughters and a SON
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
CHARLES BRAY SUCCEEDS Mr.. TOPPING

Charles Bray first vice president of the Amert-
can Sheet and Tin Plate Company. has been ap-
nointed president of that company in the place Of
John A. Topping who has resigned TO become the
active head of the Tennessee Coal and Iron and
T7epub1ic Iron and Steel properties. Mr. Bray will
assume his new duties January I. Eugene
pointed first vice-president. and Archibald Davis,
how in charge of the operating department, has
been appointed second vice-president
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Miss Millicent Johnson. daughter OF Mrs Oliver
L. johnson. was married yesterday to Edwin Wins
low Ames. of Wareham. Mass. at the home of
the brides mother. at Livingston. Staten Island.
by the Rev. Hobart Clark The bride was given
away by her brother w. Templeton Johnson. The
bridesmaids were the Misses Margaret Winthrop
Johnson and Louise Kimbal Ames The best
man was Azel AInes. jr. The ushers were o. I.
Johnson, Morton L. Feary. Ward c. Burton. Al
bert A. Boyden. Madison G. Gontermann and B.
Dukes Blyth.
The marriage was followed by a reception. The
couple will live in Santiago de Chilli. where the
bridegroom is attached to the United States Le'
cation.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
MRS. r. c. VANDERBILT AT NEWPORT.

IBy Telegraph
Newport r. L, Dec. 30.-After being confined in
. nrivate hospital in New-York for several weeks,
where she underwent operation, Mrs. Reginald
c. Vanderbilt. accompanied by Mr. Vanderbilt. ar
rived nj Newport this evening. They entered an
automobile and were driven at once TO their home.
a. SANDY Point Farm Mrs. Vanderbilt very
much nleased to get back TO Newport and expects
soon 10 regain her strength. Mr.. and Mrs Van
derbilt brought with them as their guests Mrs
CIan Collins and Harry Gray. Mrs Vanderbilt S
TnotbaT Mrs Frederick Nelson. had been in New
mort for several days. arranging for the homecom-
ne Of her daughter She returned TO New-York
$I,;s oFter
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
CITY TO FARE BETTER
Page to Lead Fight for Recognition
an Legislature.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.I ]

Albany. Dec. Ex-senator Alfred E, Page who
will be the standard bearer for New-York Coun-
ty this session. left here tonight after looking
the ground. Strong efforts will be mads
this year to obtain more recognition for New
York in the makeup of important committees
thar has been given before. and Senator Pags
will lead this fight Assemblyman Wadsworth
has promised that if he is elected Speaker ne
will see that New-YorlI is treated fairly. He
will not say whether or not the chairmanship OF
the Cities Committee viii go TO New-York. Ezra
P Prentice has been mentioned for the place,
and pressure will be brought 10 bear In his
favor.
SENATOR Page said to-day that he intended TO
reintroduce his bill for the repeal of the tax on
savings banks surplus. He thinks IL viii oe
passed There has been official announce
ment here as to the presentation of the insur-
ance committees report. II is believed that a
preliminary report will, oe made a few days
completed document presented in about month
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
Peekskin, Dec. 26. 1905.
SAVE THE ICE FOR SKATING.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I would be pleased to have you use your
influence toward persuading the Park Commission
er to clear the shores of the Central Park lake of
all rubbish and so prevent boys from spelling the
ice So long as the material is at hand II VIII De
used 70 find out how near the ice has reached the
noint OF sa fey until even thin as it is great
quantity Of rubbish has been strewn over IT, 10 the
great detrment of an unobstructed surface, not SO
say annoyance of A PAIN LON En-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
EDWARD A. RoRkE.

Edward a Rorke a landscape painter. died at his
home in the Mansion House. Brooklyn. yesterday.
He was in his usual health when he took cold
bath shortly after midnight. He was seized with
chill and died in less than two hours from con-
pestion Of the lungs Mr. Rorke was born in
Frooklvn in 1856. He had a studio in Montague-st,
that borough Many of his paintings represented
scenes in The Bronx and along the Harlem River.
IL rr-os mt Tnnarrfh6
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
HARMONIC CLUBS NEW BUILDING.

The Harmonic Club. which is composed of about
seven hundred of the leading Jews Of the city.
opened its new building at No. West 6oth-st last
night with a dinner. The structure cost about
n 90 mn II is the fourth occupied by the club since
il was organized in 1852 The last building was at
No AZ West 42d-st. The president OF the club IS
L
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
CHARLES WILLIAMS.

Orange. N J., Dec 30 CspeciaD-Charles Williams,
one of the Oldest residents of the Oranges. died
this morning at his home, in Eagle Rock-ave,,
West Orange, from pneumonia after an illness or
less than week He was eighty-seven years old.
He was one Of the early stockholders in the Orange
National Bank and a director for half q century
He was Of the first school trustees or the
town and served later on the Board Of Educatlon
and On the County Board Of EreehOlders.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
THE HOSPITAL COLLECTION.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial in to-day's issue on the Hos
ptal Saturday and Sunday Association is so ex-
cellent in spirit and form and so well adapted to
stimulate collections to-day and tomorrow that
cannot refrain as president of the association,
from cordially thanking you for it. Yours truly,
GEORGE MACCULLOCH MILLER.
New-York Dec. 90, 1865
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
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ESTATE OF JAMES c. CARTER.

James C. Carter who died last February. ac-
cording to the appraisal made by direction OF the
surrogate's Court left gross personal estate Of
81 ST 4S6 from which deductions for executor s
Commissions expenses of administration and other
disbursements amounting TO SALT. made. leaV-
ing the net personal estate sl,503259. The net per
so1al real property amounts to S1.5S6,f fO6 The
personal estate consists of railway and other Sc.
rnrities Lewis Cass Ledyard Is the executor OF
the will which left TO Harvard University 10000.
The rest OF the estate going TO relatives Of Mr.
Carter.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
TEA IN HONOR OF MRS. cRAIeIE.

Mrs. Arthur J. Trusser OF No. ~ Irving Place.
will give drawing room tea at p m. to-day to
meet Mrs. r. W. Craigie John Oliver Hobbes)
Miss Margaret AngIin, George and Mrs Dickson,
Of Toronto: +. +. Mackay. DIR. and Mrs. Wilcox.
s r. C;uggenheirn and Mrs. Guggenhein have been
invited 10 meet Mrs. Cr5.ige
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
WEDDINGS.

At the home of the brides parents. in ST. Charles
Mo, yesterday Abram ]. Rose. lawyer, of No.
l20 Broadway this city, married Miss Cornelia
Bruere She Is the daughter of DR.. ]. E. Bruere.
Mr.. Rose has been counsel in a number OF wei
known cases notably in the defence of Captain
Oberu NJ. Carter. of the engineer corps of the
army. who was convicted OF swindling the gov
ernment.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
y. w. DAVIS SUSPENDED.

H. W. Davis. of No. 60 Broadway. member Of
the Consolidated Exchange since $780, was unable to
make good his shortage to the Clearing House
fOlr hours
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Herbert Stern, who thus becomes the third Jewish
member of The House OF Lords, the two others
being Lord Wandsworth and Lord Rothschild and
baronetcy for Benjamin Cohen. NJ P. who is
allied by marriage to the Rothschilds and to the
Aontefores MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
DAMAGE SUIT BASED ON BURNT COLLAR

Freehold. N j. Dec. so (SpeciaD-samuel Dey,
of Freehold has sued William f. Curley for $500
damages Dey alleges that while he wearing
a ceuloid collar Curley touched match to it.
Dey was burned severely about the neck
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
NETWORK BROKER HELD UP.

IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Lima Ohio Dec 3O.-VaH Cleve Holmes New
York broker visiting his parents here was held up
and robbed in Ma-ket-st early this evening by
two unknown men who put revolver TO his head
and ordered his hanas Up
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

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Special Notices.

I. II. ID.
Received $4,000 On behalf Of Emma Booth Tneker
Colony Memorial Fund
- With grateful thanks
EVANGELINE BOOTH
Commanding the forces The Salvation Army IN U 3 A
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-, oasci.I Record-The following official record
-, -, weather Bureau shows the changes in the tenn
-. ,or the last twenty-four hours. In comparison
H1Itb the corresponding date OF last year son 1sO5

Highest temperature yesterday :. daf last Year SO
average 80; average for years go
csf FORECAST: Fair to-day: MONDAY incres
uess; diminishing wseteTay "iaos' 'SOs
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charge.
Bs,ss Bs;ss, waIss5 yag.s1 gnsEpa9 gas sus susan
Downing: Georgianna yan BoslNsres Gys.s Emma q
Kelly Horace y winans, Jose2hins Il
MacNaughton. James Woodbridge. Elsa
Bets at his residenoe no 155 East 1sd-st in BIS
eighty ninth year Funeral private
DoTGER-At Mountain Staten. South Orange. n J.. on
65th year. Notice Of funeral hereafter
DowNING-Georgtanna UnderhiIl. widow Of BENJAMIN
W. Downing Saturday, December 80 1905 Funeral az
ISsi9sHGS OF Boog January e6s At 2o "a
Internent convenience of family.
IN YsETo December 2s Be- e ysss gs
Funeral services from the Chapel the Steven Merritt
and MONDAY at Methodist EPiscoDal casTos q
Litchheld papers please copy.
KELLY-on Friday. December 2s Horace Dudley KsLy,
son OF John and Eleanor NJ Kelly IN me S a 90 yssF I
No 654 Mott-ave.. Sunday. December 81 at p m
a M s P on we. aa .ss Ts
Naugnton OF IahaWu n H.: 5GrsT% so. o. vii 81 ssa
@ es 6s,a sssF 5s 1Sn5 Rural sunday
1905 sS' at her late residence
yn @ s1ssh ayes W n ~ Ists OF Hon aIGo,a and susan
Hayes %ats?n Of u9sdill4 n EnsJsai ssryisss
Bond-s Brooklyn. at O'Clock sunday. D-ceHhsr
1905. Ann Palmer, widow OF James Wood Smith and
Palmer aged 81 years Services home. No. OH
East 7th-st. Plainfeld n. J.. Tuesday. January 2
at Interment White Plains, N Tuesday
VAN osKERCK-suddeuly. Of pneumonia Emma @
Van Boskerc December So 1895. daughter Of the ats
John Van Boskerck and Of Mrs Floyd CIarkson
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
wILLIAMs-At his home Eagle Roek3ave; West Or
his Sgth year Funeral services Monday. January l.
1906. a. 2 p N. at the house
wINANS-suddenly on Friday evening. December 20
1905 at Asbury Park ~. j.. Josephine NJ. widow OF
the late John Winans IN her SD year. Funeral ser
vices a.
morning upon train from NeVYorlS via
Central r. NeT-Jersey Interrnent at WoodlayTn,
Y Tuesday afternoon upon arrival Of train leaving
Grand Central Station at 3>33 D. m
wooDBRIDGEo Friday, December 90 In her fifteenth
Isar Elsa daughter Of Edith Foster and J. Lester
Woodbridge. Services Sunday at 2;sO p m. at her
late TEsdence No 329 Walnut Lane. Germantown
Philas selphia-
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ROsE-ERJ ERE-At st. Charles. No. December 30
1903 CorneIa. daughter OF DR.. John z Brleres ana
Abram J. Rose. of New-Yo-k city.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
,or.cast sor Special LocaIities-For New-Jersey.

Forecast Tor speclaI IutaIllllesF-toI
Eastern pennsylvania Delaware Maryland ana Dlstrct
OF columbia fair to-day; Monday increasing cloudness
o,ablv rain; light winds becoming north by
For Eastern NewYork. fair today Monday increas aa
winds. becoming
ing S.EnsIand fair today colder il north portion;
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cloudiness to-day, fo-
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For Western Pennsylvania partly cIou0! tO4sS' @4
dav rain OF snow: variable WINDS - a.. s.--. .,o,r
New-York partly cIouoy sLIoV
e be ia kes: Monday probably snow diminishing west
winds becoming variable
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CEMETERIES.

THE WOODLANDS CEMETERY.
Is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grana
Central Station Webster and Jerome avenue trolieys
and nv carriage. Lots s125 Telephone $500
GTrsrnercyS for Book Of Views representatives
once. 90 East 2Srd St. y. Y City
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UNDERTAkERS-

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g3d St Stephen Merritt Embg Inst Tel 1894 Chelsea
Rev Stephen Merritt, the worid-wide-k known % IN
dertaker only place Of Sthave and 18TH
St: largest In the world. Tel 124 and 125 Chelsea
CHAS. A. BENEDICT.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-11
Colored Church NTembership.

separately, mostly by canvassers of their
own race. The following shows the re-
Iigious distribution of the negroes;
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the rabbit and he must furnish the tar
get for every nimrod who spends a
day in the country.
The state board of control will be-
gin awarding contracts for the sup
plies for state institutions Tuesday.
The letting will continue all this week
Despite the fact that there is a law
to the contrary, the country near Tope-
ka was overrun with hunters Sunday
and the day was a decidedly poor one
for "brer rabbit"
The next meeting of the Kansas
Authors club will be on December 13,
at the home of D. c. Nellis, 314 West
Fifth street. An interesting pro-
gramme has been prepared.
A kind of a lonesome feeling prevails
at the court house this week, as the "A
men who have acted as jurymen for the
and the lobby and court room seem de-
serted.
Manager Hagan of the sovelty the
alter announces that the program for his
theater next week will be increased so
that the performance will last for an
hour and a half instead OF an houf as
it has in the past.
This is where the store clerk needs
any loose sympathy that happens to be
wing around Christmas shopping
during the day must be hard enough
F2llt when the stores are also kept open
in the evenings II AiiA4A5 eAC up
briTnful.
The attention of John G. Waters is
called to the fact that Miss Anna
Rose. who as Queen Rose Of Hilo
made such a tremendous hit at fall
festival held in this city in 1897, is
said to be clerking in an art store IN
her native land
Mable Brush, an incorrigible girl of
fifteen who has a police record, was
arrested late last evening on a com
plant of a relative and locked in the
county jail AS soon as arrangements
can be made the officers will take her
to the institution maintained at Be
lott for girls of this description.
A. result of the decision O. the
drainage law by the supreme court,
the officers of the Kansas City drain
age district win go ahead and issue
bonds to the amount of about $780,
600 for the purpose Of building dikes
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SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.
This is ladies' free night at the rink.

This is ladies free night at the rink.
Two weeks from today is Christmas
Judge Pollock is holding court in
Kansas City this week.
]. S. Dean, United States attorney,
spent Sunday at his home at Marion.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Sawyer, of St.
Louis, are spending the day in To-
peka.
w r. Stubs is in New York. A
dispatch states that he is registered at
the Breslin.
a case of diphtheria is reported
from the home of George Thayer,
1851 Garfield avenue.
E. D. McKeever, assistant United
States attorney, went to Holton on
business this morning.
None of the indictments returned by
the federal grand jury will be tried I'M
til probably in January.
The Salvation Army is making ar
engagements to feed two thousand of To-
peka's poor on Christmas day.
Dan Case, the son of FIib Case of this
city, is now county attorney of Maui
Island, in the Hawaiian Islands.
The federal grand jury which ad
journed Saturday night will reassemble
on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. D. Costello of 624 Van Buren, street
died Sunday. Mrs. Costello is also very
low.
The special schedule meeting of the
Western association will probably be
held in Kansas City the last week of
January.
It is two to one that the question
of capital punishment was the biggest
subject of table talk in Topeka homes
yesterday.
lust a few red birds, the advance
guard of the army of red coats which
VIII appear later are to be found IN
the hedges and orchards.
Mrs. Timothy Mccarthy, widow of a
former state auditor, was married No
vember Is to 2. n. Wood, wealthy
business man of Pfttsburg, Kas.
It seems like an unjust discrimina-
ton. About everything is protected
at this season OF the year excepting
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to keep the Kansas river from over
flowing Kansas City, Kas.
The fact that the jury has been dis
missed by Judge Dana of the district
court does not indicate that the court
is off on vacation or anything of that
kind. From now on until the end OF
the term the time of Judge Dana will
be given to hearing court cases. there
being an unusually large number of
these on the docket for the Septem-
Der term.
Capt. P. H. Coney. of Topeka, has
applied to the Benton county, Mis-
souri,. circuit court for writ of Ger
tiorari to require the county board to
explain why his taxes We're Increased
$1S5 last year without notice being
given to him. The board made a 80
per cent. increase in taxes, raising
thereby about $4,000 additional rev
enue.
The reports that turkeys are scarce
and that the price will be prohibjfive
during the holidays seems to have
been started by some member. of tho
turkey family with the view of havil7e
some other brand of fowl on the MEM
in the place of turkey. Commission
men claim that there are more f1,r
keys being offered than usual and fbat
the price will be no higher than it was
last year.
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on later efforts made to secure their
name, $50 of these were enabled to be
interview ed. This leaves $50 families
still to be reported upon and the report
is incomplete as far as these are con-
cerned.
Altogether S,6S7 families reported
church preference While 994 others
claimed not to have any leaning toward
any church. There are 1857 children
under Is years of age according to this
census in Topeka, and of this number,
4,55e attend Sunday school and S,211 do
no..
The report of the census in detail:
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