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/ ( % $ M ii- W 8 e k ly - - 6 P i s e s . VOL LXXX1, f a n n e r . P r ic e , T h r e e G n l s . j JAMAICA, NEW YOKE CITY FRIDAY, JANUARY II, 1901 NO. m INSPIRED BY THE KAISER He Is Said to Have Caused Anti-American Utterances. 00H0EBT PMOTIOALLY AT AN END J&-W j ''I X I v -L ~ W i t h R u s s i a A l r e a d y O u t, t h e E x o d u s o f V T ilted S t a t e s a n d F r a n c e \W o u ld L e a v e O n ly t h e T r i p l e A l l i a n c e a n d E n g l a n d , London, Jan. 11.—Attention has been drawn to the suspicious similarity in the tendency existing between the official views emanating from Vienna and the dispatches cabled by English correspond ents in the United States. Another striking instance has occurred within the last couple of days. As usual the unanimity of views is manifested in a sentiment of hostility to the American government. This time the state department’s pro posal to refer certain points of the Chi nese negotiations to a commission which would meet at Washington or elsewhere furnishes the pretest for attack. The Times’ own New' York correspondent sneers at the proposal in the malevolent manner habitual with him. The Daily Telegraph’s Vienna correspondent tells how the suggestion has aroused the ire of Austrian diplomatists against the Unit ed States, and even the New York Her ald’s correspondent in Vienna repeats with an air of believing The Daily Tele graph’s statement that the United States may be asked to leave the concert of powers in China. K a i s e r P r o b a b l y I n s p i r e s O p p o s i t i o n . This touching unanimity is too pro nounced to pa*1- unnoticed and too un varyingly ant. nerican to be due to anything save O t ienee to a mot d’ordre. ’I f th e m a t t e r v.ere probed to th e bot tom, the issuer of that mot d’ordre would probably prove to be t h e k a iser, w h o as the bead of the triple alliance and the only raem b e . o f th e A n g lo-G e rm a n alli ance whose hands are unfettered, Eng land being kept busy in the Transvaal, ” is- ixT a position to dictate with a fair chance of being obeyed. His majesty is more concerned in shut ting the United States out of the concert than any one, for it is the United States that has thwarted his little scheme of wholesale slaughter, which was to leave C h ina im b u e d w ith t e r r o r o f t h e G e rm a n empire, while the other powers were to be thrust into the background as of no account. C o n c e r t P r a c t i c a l l y E n d e d A l r e a d y . As a matter of fact, however, there is no concert of the powers now'. Russia has virtually withdrawn from it of her own free will, preferring to make an in dependent treaty with China. According to The Daily Telegraph, the idea is being contemplated of leaving out the United States. And France, the for mal ally of Russia and united by the friendliest ties to America, will scarcely work very cordially with the stumps of a concert, namely the triple alliance and England. This simply means that the concert is breaking up into camp1-, of which the divisions are becoming more marked as time goes on. It remains to be seen whi«*h will win in the end. There is certainly a strong probability that Russia, France and the United States will be more successful in dealing with China if a definite split takes place than will the triple alliance and England. Justice aud humanity will prove more ” werful than oppression and indifference to the rights of nations. In that case the effort to shut out the United States will probably change to a scramble to come in. H a y '* P r o p o s a l W i t h d r a w n . Washington, Jan. 11.—The proposition submitted by the president to transfer the negotiation of the questions of indem nity and revision of commercial treaties to some other place than Peking was de signed to facilitate the. conclusion of the Chinese negotiations as a whole by sepa rating those still requiring considerable deliberation from those already determin ed. As some of the powers do not look with favor upon this separation, and oth ers hesitate to decide the question the president has deemed it advisable tc withdraw the proposition and has direct ed the diplomatic representatives of the United States so to inform the govern ments to which the proposition was ad dressed. At the same time, desiring above all else to avoid delay in the prog ress of the negotiations, the president has directed Mr. Conger to urge forward their completion at Peking. The othei governments also have been urgently re quested to avoid all unnecessary delay in completing the settlement of the Chinese question. C b t n e a e E n v o y * S ig n . Paris, Jan. 11.—As a result of inquiries in authoritative quarters the following statement is given in regard to the Chi nese situation: “The Chinese plenipoten tiaries signed the joint note Wednesday, thus concluding the preliminary stage oi the negotiations.” R e a r A d m i r a l P b e l p * D e a d . New' York, Jan. 11.—Rear Admiral Thomas F. Phelps, retired, of Washing ton died at the New York hospital a t fl o’clock last night from pneumonia. He wrs taken to- the hospital Wednesday from the Hotel Kensington at the cornet of Fifteenth street and Fifth avenue. He had come to this city with Miss N. R. Adams. Mr**. T. B. Mason, M. M ason and Mrs. J . A. Adams, relative.-, of his wife, to he with -Mrs. Phelps, who has been ill at the New York hospital fo1 three weeks. She is suffering from nerv ous prostration and a general break down in health. At the hospital last even ing it was said that Mrs. Phelps, had been informed of her husband’s death. WALTER HUBBEiL CONVICTED. G u i l t y ot r e i n g the M a i n f o r F r a u d ulent (*nrpo«e». Walter Hubbell, of Richmond Hill, who last October was Indicted by the U n ited States Grand Jury for using the mails for fraudulent purposes, was con victed in the United States Court on T u e s d a y , Ju d g e Thompson presiding. Hubbell advertised extensively as the H o m e M a n u f a c tu r in g C o m p a n y of Rich m o n d Hill. He agreed to give employ ment whereby persons could earn from $6 to $18 p e r w e e k o u tsid e of t h e i r re g u lar business. It appeared from the evidence produc ed on the trial that Hubbell’s scheme was to have his dupes send him $1, upon the receipt of which he would send them photographs of prominent actresses, (which cost him a penny each.) with in structions of an alleged secret process for coloring them, and upon their return to him if the work proved satisfactory, of which ho was the sole judge, he would pay them the sum of $1 each. The evidence showed that those who sent him rnonpy never had their work approved. It also appeared on the trial that he received a t one time as high as $700, aud from his own testimony the total cost of b is enterprise was $52. The large amount of mail he received and the many complaints received by the post office authorities from his dupes, led to an investigation which resulted In his arrest, trial and conviction. The maxi mum penalty for the offence is eighteen months ’imprisonment and $1,000 fine He will be sentenced on Friday. O u t Q u a y ’* C o m m iM io n , Harrisburg, Jan. 11.—M. S. Quay’s commission as United States senator from Pennsylvania is being engrossed at the state department by James C. Dein- inger, an artistic penman. It is being prepared with blanks for the dates and in the event of Quay’s election next Tuesday will he ready for transmission to the clerk of the senate at Washing fen*. Colonel Quay will be here tfkar ( i r r g y m a i l ’s V a i n E f f o r t . The Rev. William D. Chipp, of 164 Lex ington avenue, Manhattan, an agent of the An Li- Saloon League, on whose com plaint four Jamaica saloon keepers were a r r e s t e d , ch a r g e d w ith m a in tain in g gambling or slot machines in their plaoes, failed to produce sufficient evidence to convince Magistrate Smith to hold the prisoners, Wednesday morning. The men arrested were Charles Koehler of 274 Fulton street; Samuel Klinger, of 481 Fulton street; Albert Lucas, of Washington and Centre streets, and Charles Kammerer, of Twombly place. The Rev. Chipp, who is a young theolog ical graduate, has never had a charge, but came to New York and became an agent of the Anti-Saloon League to get evidence against places where Blot ma chines were maintained. On December 8, he in company with a friend named Wilson, visited Jamaica in search of vio lators of the law. They entered the premises of the above named and then later had them arrested. The machines were also taken in custody by the police. The Rev. Chipp identified all the ma chines which were In court, by a mark he had placed on them with a penknife. There was nothing in his testimony on which the prisoners could be held, and Magistrate Smith promptly discharged them. T w o N o w C o r p o r a l Io n * . Articles incorporating the Oyster Bay Engine Company, of Oyster Bay, have been filed with the Secretary of State Its objects are to manufacture and sell engines and machinery. The capital stock is $30,000, divided into shares of $100 each, and the directors for the first year a re: Daniel D. Smith, Townsend W. Burt and John Titus, of Oyster Bay. The Lynbrook Land Company, of the town of Hempstead, has filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. It is proposed to deal in real es tate and to erect buildings. The capital stock is $3,000, divided into shares of $100 each, and the directors for the first year a re: Sylvester Pearsall, Peter A. Blake, August D Kelsey and Joseph S. Simonson, of Lynbrook, and Edwin G. Wright and John Lyon, of Rockville Center. — - ■ - * L e a g u e E x p e l s G r i n y e r . At the meeting of the Richmond Hill Tax-pavers League on Monday evening, Arthur Sander's, Alrick Man, Isaac Hub bard, Henry Dawson and Henry Smith were appointed a committee on Legis lation A lengthy report was received from Captain Dawson in the matter of having a Magistrate hold court at Ja maica ; also compelling parties driving a t night to carry a red light on vehicles. Samuel Grinyer, when told that it was understood that he was about to sell one of his cottages a t Morris Park to a col ored man, told the members of the com mittee that it was “none of their {d— business”, and he was Immediately ex pelled. Interstate P a rk Handicap Postponed The Inter-State Park handicap, whioh was to have been shot on Wednesday, and In which a number of the best wing shots in the East were to compete, was called off oh account of the threatening condition of the weather. The event will be held next Wednesday. On Saturday an interesting event will be held under the auspices of the New Utrecht Rod and Gun Club, and almost all the crack wing shots in the club will compete In the event. Thief i a Mr, Gasper’s Hause. Thieves entered the house of Linus Cooper, on North First street, Jamaica, Monday afternoon, and secured about $15 in cash and a number of pieces of jewelry, LEGISLATURE AA WORK. Proposed Flew Law* T hai Affect L our Island. Assemblyman Bennett introduced a bill amending the code of civil procedure relative to referees in actions for divorce, which will prohibit the appointment of referees in cases for an absolute divorce. This bill really provides for n trial in open court. Another determined fight will bo made in th e le g isla tu r e to rep e a l th e a c t for bidding Brooklyn to enter Suffolk county for water supply purposes. Assembly man Morgan of Brooklyn will introduce a measure to repeal* tbe Burr law ao it is called, but he is forestalled by another water bill presented by Assemblyman Doughty of Nassau. This measure is a serious one for Brooklyn, and would cost the city thousands of dollars If it should pass. Under the present law Brooklyn Is compelled to dredge all navigable streams from which the water is diverted for supply purposes to the depth of three feet for its “ natural width” from a speci fied distance. The penalty is placed at $50 a day for any violation. Mr. Dough ty proposes to make the city dredge the creeks for their entire length to a depth of three feet and to a width of fifty feot. The penalty is changed to a lump sum of $25,000 for each violation, the sum to be paid to the town treasurer where the law is not lived up to. Senator Humphrey introduced a bill prohibiting building and loan associa tions from taking a second mortgage upon a piece of property unless it holds a fiist mortgage thereon, and then only for the purpose of further securing its original loan. .It also prohibits the of ficers of kan association from speculn- tively dealing in real estate. Senator Marshall introduced a bill in* c r e a s in g from $12,500 to $17,500 the sal aries of the Supreme Court Justices in the Second Judicial district, the In creased salary being that now paid Sup reme Court Justices in the first district. BONUS DEBTS IN COURT C red ito rs W a n t C a s tellan e A l low a n c e A g a in R e d u c e d . COUNT SOLD UNPAID FOR GOODS. Robinson— K e w l e r . Miss Wilhelmina Kessler, daughter of William Kessler of Church street, Rich mond Hill, and Frederick Clayton Robin son of Manhattan, were married in the Church of the Resurrection on Wednes day evening, by the Rev. Arthur Sloan of S ta te n I s la n d , noclotod b y - tb e r » « ▼ , Mr. Evans. The church was handsome ly decorated with palms and potted plants and was crowded with the friends of the contracting parties. The bride wore a gown of white peau de sole trim med with Duchess lace. The matron of honor was Mrs. Scovll, sister of the bride, who wore a gown of corn colored satin with chiffon trimmed with red velvet and carried a bouquet of red carnations. The bridesmaids were Miss Fowler and Miss Disbrow. They were gowned in green satin and chiffon and carried show er bouquets of white carnations tied with holly red ribbon. Tbe best man was Mr Olsen and the ushers were four members of the Seventh Regiment, N. Y. N. G. A reception and wedding supper followed the ceremony at the residence of the bride’s father. The gifts to the bride were many and costly, among them being a diamond crescent, a gift from the groom. \Among the many present were Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, mother of the groom; Dr. Scovil, Mr. Kessler, Mrs. Benton, Dr. and Mrs. Valentine, Dr. and Mrs. Matson, Cannon Bryan, Gorden City; Mr. and Mrs. Engs, Mr. and Mrs. Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. Seib, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Fowler, Flushing; Mr. and Mrs. A. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. G L. Fowler, Mr. Kimber, Mr. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. A. B Wells, Mr. Hoyt Sloan, Mr. Denton Mrs. Ida Strand, Miss Ruth Graves, Mr. William Jones, Jr., Mr. Derby and daughters, Mrs. O. B. Fowler, the Misses Fowler, Misses Elmsly, Mr. Disbrow and sisters, Miss Briggs, Miss M. T. Cain. W oodhnll B o m C o m p a n y Officer*. At the*annual meeting of Woodhull Hose Company, held on Tuesday evenlDg the following offioers were elected for a third term : Foreman, J . F. Farrell; as sistant! foreman, W. T. Brush; recording secretary, Thomas Loulen; -financial secretary, W. A. Shipley; treasurer, E. L. Conklin; steward, John Hemmer; governing committee, Alex. F. Beylis, George Stoddart, Hubert O. Baylis; del egates to firemen’s convention,\J. F. Far rell, J. Kammerer, G. Stoddart. A. F i r e b u x C h u e d . Wednesday night an unknown man was Been in the act of setting fire to the b a r n occupied b y Everett Clerk, on Smith street, Jamaica. The fellow was chased, but he managed to get away. The bam had been saturated with kerosene and he had lighted a handful of excelsior to start the fire with. B u rglary l a ftewtown. Thieves entered the Newtown depot of the Long Island railroad on Thursday morning, broke open a box plaoed near the ticket window by the Salvation Army and jtole the contents. This is the fourth time this depot has been entered, O l p h i h n t a C l**** s e h M l , The public school at Fast Meadow has been cloeed on account of diphtheria. So t h e P l a i n t i f f * ’ A f f id a v it A * * e rt*. H e T e l e g r a p h e d to \W e r th e im e r T h a t H e W a s G o in g to A m e ricA “ t o See Brother George.\ New York, Jan. 11.—Judge Bench of the supreme court is to decide whether any of the Countess Boni de Castellano’s surplus income from her share in the estate of her father, the late Jay Gould, which is held in trust by her brothers and sister, shall be devoted to the pay ment of the debts incurred by herself and her husband, which have for several months been the subject of litigation in this city and Paris. Judge Bench yes terday heard a lengthy discussion in the suit instituted by Anton Dittmnr, as as signee of Aseher Wertheimer, a London art dealer, on the motion to continue the injunction restraining George J., Edwin. Howard and Helen M. Gould, as trus tees, from paying to the countess any in come from the trust fund pending the proceedings to compel the payment of an indebtedness of about $399,000 said to be due for works of art. At the end of the session Judge Beach - gave permission to counsel to submit pa pers next week and reserved bis decision. Samuel Uutermyer appeared for the mo tion, which was opposed by Colonel Ed ward C. James, former Judge John F. Dillon and Charles A. Gardiner in behalf of the Gould heirs. While the amount directly involved is less than $400,000, creditors who hold claims aggregating $4,000,000 are await ing the decision of the action. It is argued by counsel for the Gould hens that these articles were sold to the count and that the separate estate of his wife cannot be hold liable for liis in debtedness. They contend also that Wertheimer induced the count to pur chase these works of art at exorbitant prices and by false representations in or der to defraud him and that the accept ances of the drafts upon which suit is brought were given by the countess in ignorance of the facts. v P l a i n t i f f P r o t e s t * G o o d F a i t h . Mr. Wertheimer* avers that the goods were .sold in good faith, that repeated prom ises to p a y fo r them w e re never fulfilled and that the count, instead oi returning the goods and receiving credit for them, sold some of them without the consent of the creditor. A voluminous affidavit of Mr. Wertheimer, just re ceived from London, embodying many new details, and several letters* written —by-~CWnt-®oi»i-d«.C!atttuollana in, .recard, to, the sale of the works of a rt and also an additional affidavit of Mr. Dittmar were produced by Mr. Untermyer. Mr. Wertheimer avers that all the articles are of undoubted authenticity and that there is no ground for the sug gestion that any of them are otherwise than absolutely genuine. Some of the articles came from the collection of the Duke of Sutherland, from Trentham and a portion from Stafford House. It was arranged that credit should be given for a certain period, with interest. “The count,” says Mr. Wertheimer, “always represented himself to be a man of enormous means, though he stated a difficulty was raised by Mr. Gould, his wife’s brother, as to immediate pro vision of funds to which his wife was en titled. I have always regarded him as a man who would not fail to fulfill his ob ligations.” Several letters from the count request ing time in which to make payments for articles he had purchased and express ing regret for his inability to supply the necessary cash were also introduced. In one letter the count wrote: “Rather surprised to hear your re-* fusal. I thought, owing to the friendly terms on which we have always been, that you would oblige me by stopping dis agreeable and costly proceedings, especial ly as I am going to America purposely for you. Have seen Stettiner and will do anything you decide, feeling sure that on return we will come to satis factory arrangement.” A telegram sent from Paris to Mr. Wertheimer by the count after his visit to this city to see George J. Gould with’ reference to finances and dated April 6, 1900, contained the following: ■ “Am keenly disappointed to he unable to satisfy you today. Have made an ar rangement with my brother-in-law to set tle with you before eight days, not only for amount promised, but for a considera ble surplus.” _______________ M r. B r y a n ’* P a p e r . Lincoln, Neb., Tan. 11.—-Mr. Bryan gays that The Commoner will probably be issued w.thin ten days. It will be a three column, eight page paper, the col umns to be 2% inches in width. The subscription list has now passed the 20,- 000 mark. Nine clerks are employed on tbe mails, and every mail brings hun dreds of letters, many of them containing checks. Mr. Bryan hopes to see the list reach 50,000 before the first issue goes to press. The demand for proof sheets of the title page has been so great thal several thousand proofs will be issued next Monday.______________ Gave T h o u s a n d * to C h a r i t y . Chicago, Jan. 11.—The will of Hunting ton W. Jackson, who died last week in Newark, N. J., has been filed for probate here and disposes of an estate valued at $-150,000, more than half of which goes to charity. To the Chicago Art institute, the Illinois eommandery of the Loyal Le gion of the United States, the American Sunday School union and the Field Co lumbian museum and 18 institutions and organizations covering a diversity of in terests $1,000 each is given. WILLIAMSON’S CONTRACT VOID C k n u t M Q M A s s e m b ly . * Cleveland, Jan. 11.—At the meeting of the board of trustees of the Chautauqua assembly the old officers were re-elected, and reports on the past year’s work were submitted. It was decided to make an effort to raise to $250,000 the endowment fund started by Miss Helen M. Gould with a gift of $25,000. I t wm also voted to erect a memorial at the assembly grounds to the bite Lewis Miller, one of the founders, C o u r t o t A p p e a l* D e c id e * A g a i n s t t h e S in b u r b u n E l e c t r i c L i g b t C o m p a n y . The Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed judgment in favor of John L. Lawrence against George W. Smith and others, copotltutlng the town board of Hempstead, and the City of New York, respondents, and the Suburban Electric Light Company of Valley Stream and John N. Williamson, respondents, and the Suburban Electric Light Company of Talley Stream and John N. W illiam s o n , appellants. The appeal was taken by the Suburban Electric Light Company and John N. Williamson from the judg ment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court affirming with costs a judgment of the special term, dated July 2,1898, declaring a certain lighting con tract null and void. The contract was entered into between the Town Board of Hempstead and the defendant, John N. Williamson, on Novembe. 6,1897, for the lighting of a certain district, the lamps to be placed where the board designated. The contract called for 150 or more arc lights of 1,200 candle power for ten years from January 1, 1898, a t $150 per light a year. The plaintiff, as a taxpayer, insti tuted this action in February, 1898, to set aside the contract on the ground that the lighting district comprised parts of the incorporated villages of Lawrence and Far Rockaway, and also on the ground that the Town Board of Hempstead had no authority to make such a contract. It was further alleged that the assign ment of the contrac t by the defendant, Williamson, to the Suburban Electric Light Company was illegal and void. This contention Is upheld by the Court of Appeals. Charged With Shooting a to l l William H Wray, Jr., 19 years old, of Bay Shore, was arrested Thursday on the charge of maliciously shooting at and maiming a thoroughbred colt owned by John Schenck, a horsemaD, while the colt was at pasture. Wray says that he became possessed of a desire to see the colt jump and fired, the charge taking effect in the animal’s flank. The colt may live. When arraigned before Jus tice Brewster the youug man asked for an adjournment which was granted His father then paid Mr. Schenck for the injury done his colt and when the ease W&3 called again the horseman announced th a t ’he w o u ld n o t p r e s s th e charge. H o r n T h i e v e * C a u g h t . Charles Bernstein, aged 26 years; Ab raham Goldberg, aged 18, and Harris Goldberg, aged 40, all of Manhattan, were arrested Wednesday on a warrant issued by Magistrate Smith for horse stealing. The horse, wagon and harness of Wyckoff Boerum of Aqueduct, recent ly stolen, was found at the stable of Henry Greenberg, of 264 Division street, Manhattan. Judge Smith held the pris oners for trial, During the past month at least twenty horses have been stolen in this precinct. H o r s e S l a u g h t e r e r * F i n e d . Jacob J. Memmesheimer, who has been engaged in shipping horsemeat, and Frederick Roeber were arraigned Wed nesday night before Justice Gitten at Hempstead charged with violating the rules of the Board of Health in keeping horse Blaughter houses. Memmesheimer admitted the charge and said that he had shipped large quantities of the horse meat to the sausage manufacturers of Switzerland. He was fined $30. Roeber was fined $10. Fosimlntrete Hutchinson Resigns. Miss Cynthia Hutchinson, postmis tress a t Middle Village, has resigned the office, after holding it continuously twenty-three years. She is the grand daughter of the first poBtmaster who was appointed when the office was establish ed, nearly a century ago. During all that time the office has been held in the Hutchinson family, with the exception of three years. Good Clothing a t Might Prices. One of the best places in Brooklyn to buy good clothing a t fair prices, is tbe store of E. Jaggard, at Broadway and Driggs avenue, Williamsburgh. Every car ou Broadway passps the door. Ja maica people can go right to the store for a five cent fare. Note the bargains advertised on the last page of this paper. Women T a lk About Birds. At the monthly meeting of the Jamaica Woman’s Club on Wednesday, Mrs. R W. Higbie occupied the chair. Miss Anna Belknap resigned as treasurer and Mrs. C. M. Kirby was elected to that of fice. Miss Mary Ann Miller of Brooklyn gave a talk on “ What We Owe to the Birds.” mmmmammmammaammaaammrnaaamam- OUUtfkMt JCsstss The annual meeting of the directors of the Suffolk Agricultural Society was held at Riverhead on Tuesday, when the dates for the fall fair were fixed as September 17, 18, 19, 20. The treasurer's report showed a deficit of $625.85, due to im< proyemeats made during the reason. Installation • ! Officers. There will be a public installation of the newly elected officers of Jamaica Lodge, 1 .0 .0 . F. No. 341, a t Fraternity Hail on Monday evening, at 7.30. AU [the friends and families of the members* ire Invited to attend. NEW DURVEA WILL SUIT. D a u g h t e r * o f T e * t a t o r * T a k e T h e i r F i g h t t o th e S u p r e m e C o u r t . Eva D. Thelberg, Grace E. Sprigg and M a rcia V. D. Cox, d a u g h te r s of t h e la te Edgar E. Duryea, the starch manufactur er of Glen Cove, have begun an action in the Supreme Court of Nassau county against their brother, Walter E. Duryea, their cousins, Louis T., Frank W., and Harry H. Duryea, and Edward T. Payne, one of the executors of the estate, to set asid e t h e w ill of E d g a r E . \Duryea a n d to have it declared that he died intestate. The plaintiffs allege that unnatural pro visions are made in the will for them, that Walter E. Duryea and Edward T. Payne unlawfully conspired to unduly influence Edgar E. Duryea for the pur pose of getting control of the bulk of his property, and that the daughters signed away to their father certain rights in their mother’s estate on the distinct un derstanding that they were to be liberal ly remembered In their father’s will. The allegation is made that for at least six years before his death, Edgar E, Dur yea had been so dissipated and had in dulged in \such vices and unlawful practices as to have become mentally in competent to make a will.” When objection was withdrawn to the probate of the will a few weeks ago, after several hearings before the Surrogate of Nassau county, it was stated by J. Camp bell Thompson for the contestants that they would withdraw from the Surro gate’s Court aud begin an action in the Supreme Court, which they would carry to the highest court iu the state, if necessary, to get what they considered their just dues. Under the will the daughters received but a small part of the estate, named by them at $2,500,000 and by the executors at $500,000. The bulk of the estate was willed to the testator’s son, Walter E. Duryea. MR. WOOD’S REPORT. W h a t t h e S h e l l f i s h C o m m i M i o n H a * D o n e D a r i n g th e T e a r . The report of Shellfish Commissioner B. Frank Wood of Jamaica, whicn will be included in the forthcoming report of the State Forest, Fish and Game Com mission, shows that 1,502 acres of land under water were leased and that fran chises were granted for 810 acres of land jander.water_for shellfish cultivation dur ing tbe past year. For the better pro tection of these oyster beds the State has established a system of coast sig nals, marking the boundaries of lots under water along 180 miles of coast line. Commissioner Wood reports that the year has been one of great prosperity among the oyster planters. The statis tics show that the wholesale market in New York handled 1,573,550 bushels of oysters and 318,450 bushels of clams dur ing the season. The shellfish cultivation in this State is conducted on land under water in Long Island Sound and Jamaica and Raritan bays, and fifty-nine appli cations for grants were received during the year. Tbe State Fish Culturist has superin tended the hatching and planting of 2,- 400.000 lobsters during\ the year, which were distributed in the waters of Long Island Sound, which is an increase of 375.000 over the number planted last year. m i n i s t e r S u e d t o r R e n t Suit for $51 has been brought against the Rev. J. A. Fisher of Riverhead, by Bernard McGuinness, of Brooklyn, who says that while Mr. Fisher was pastor of the East Congregational church In Brooklyn he rented a house of plaintiff and still owes three months’ rent at $17 per month. H e l d t o r H o m i c i d e . Joseph Flanagan, of Manhattan, is locked up in the Queens County Jail on the charge of being responsible for the death of Joseph Mahacek, of Dutch Kills. Mahacek died in St. John’s Hos pital as the result of an assault alleged to have been committed by Flanagan on Dec. 22 in a Manhattan saloon. E d i t o r H o m a n R e t i r e * . Former Supervisor I. Wilson Ritch of Port Jefferson, who for the past year has been associate editor of the Fort Jefferson Times, has purchased the paper, Editor L. Beecher Homan retiring after many years of service. R o s e d a l e ’* P o s t O ffice. A petition is in circulation at Foster’s Meadows and Rosedale, asking the Post master General to have the post office removed from Foster’s Meadow to tbe railroad station a t Rosedale, and to ap. point Charles E. Frye as postmaster. H r * . L a R o t a ’s L o r n . Mrs. La Beta, a widow of Amityville, lost a satchel containing $400 in cash, legal papers, a bank book and other val uables while riding in her carriage from Amityville to Hempstead on Wednesday afternoon. s a l d k B c p a b i i c M * O r g o n f n e . At the meeting of the Suffolk County Republican committee on Monday, Theo dore D. Dimon of Easth&mpton was re elected chairman and George M. Vail of Riverhead secretary. Conklin** Cough Balm e u n s soils. LONDONERS ARE BLUE. Situation In South Africa Seems to Grow W orse. IIT0EENER REPOSTS ATTACKS. S a y * D o ss o n B o t h S id e s W * « B le a r y . Several British Garrisons Supposed t o H a r e B f e e n C a p t u r e d —B o e r n T r e k West From Vrylmrg\. London, .Tan. 11.— The situation in S o u th A f r ica grow s w o rse ra t h e r than better. Lord Kitchener’s dispatches are m o re laconic th a n those of L o rd R o b e rts, and little else of importance is allowed to come through. The Times, in an editorial today, finds comfort in the thought that the “process of attrition is doing its work anci. must shortly lead to the inevitable resul t.” In other quarters, how*ever, there is less sat isfaction with the position of affaire which has practically necessitated the fortification of Cape Town. No steps have been taken to comply .with Lord Kitchener’s demands for re enforcements. Lord Coleridge, in lit letter excusing his nonattendance at a political meeting, says: .“I loathe and detest this war and the policy which brought it about, the mode in which it is conducted and the undigni fied excitement over the defeat of a hand ful of peasants defending their country at the hands of ten times their number of trained 3oldiers, backed by the wealth of England.” This morning’s dispatches report that a small party of B opvs carried off: cattle close to the east fort at Pretoria. Nine hundred Boers, under Command ant Fritzinger, are 15 miles from, Rich mond in the direction of Murraysbarg. R u m o rs a r e spreading a t P o rterville that the rebels have joined the Boers in th e C a lvinia district. The military c- ^.missioner of police at Johannesbu r g h a s w a r n e d th e puiblie to beware of the dangerous dynamite mines laid in th e R a n d to p r o tect t h e m ines, as the authorities cannot hold themselves responsible fo r in juries resu ltin g th e r e from. R o b e r t s ’ f c a te s t D i n p a t d i . Following is the text of the latest dis patch from General Kitchener, dated in Pretoria on Wednesday, Jan. 9: “On th e n ig h t of Ja n . 7 th e B o e rs made simultaneous and determined at tack s upon all of our posts a t B e lfast, Wonderfontein, Nooitgedacht and Wild- fontein. Intense fog prevailed, and, tak ing advantage of the cover it afforded, the Boers v, ere able to creep up close to our positions. A heavy fire continued un til 3:40 a. m., when the Boersi were driven off. One officer was killed and three wounded, while 20 men were killed and 59 wounded. The loss to the Boers was heavy, 24 dead being counted. “A convoy taking supplies to Gordon’s brigade north of Krugersdorp was at tacked by Beyer’s commando yesterday. The Boera were driven off, Ieaviiag 14,. dead on the field. Our casualties w»a four slightly wounded.\ A “Five thousand Boers, supposed tc^v**** trekking west from Yryburg,” says' . Cape Town correspondent of The D a ir y * ’ Mail, “are now making their way into the heart of Cape Colony. The sup position is that they have eaptunisd seT- j eral small garrisons on the way.” { U n w i l l i n g H u s b a n d S h o t. Kansas City, Jan. 11.—Philip H. Ken nedy, agent i v the Merchants’ Dispatch Transportation company, was shot four times and killed by his wife, Lulu. K. Kennedy, at his office in the New Ridge building, in the heart of the city, last evening. Mrs. Kennedy appeared at the entrance of the office of the Merchants’ Dispatch and seeing her husband inside requested him to step info the hall. He had barely passed through the door when his wife opened fire on him with a re volver, killing him instantly. Mrs. KeatF nedy, who was formerly Lulu K. Prince, married Kennedy Dec. 4, 1900, and the groom’s action during the ceremony in dicated that he was not a willing party to the contract. Kennedy brought suit last Tuesday to annul his marriage with Miss Prince. He alleged in his petition that he was forced into the marriage by threats against his life if he refused and that the threats were made not only by the father and brother of the young wo man, but by her also. The petition er said he had never lived with her as her hus band. a ffiace Trouble* i n I n d i u i t . New Albany, Ind., Jan. 11.—A race war is threatened in Warwick county as the result of the recent hanging of three negroes for the murder of a white barber. Messages from Newburg, in that county, a noted river town which has m large colored population, are such as to cause concern. This trouble is caused by an at tempt made by vigilantes to drive from Newburg a negro whose wife is alleged to be a white woman. The negro recent ly moved there. As soon as the report that his wife was white became general he was ordered to leave. He refused to go and a mob of 40 men went to his house to compel him to leave. Their re quest that the negro come out of hi* house only resulted in a fusillade of shots from him, and the shooting became gen eral. Although about 60 shots were no one was hurt. The mob finally re tired. ________ _______ Fourth Clns* Po*tm*ster*. Washington, Jan. 11.—The following fourth class postmasters have hi pointed: Connecticut — Shailerville, Flavius W. Bailey. New York—Westport, Dana Erasted; White Church, Norman C. Pew; ViBcey, T. J. Campbell. Pennsylvania—Academia, Samuel G, Beaver; Deibertsvilie, Frank N, Peter: Long Valley, G. A. Duggan; Nw Pines, Daniel E. Newell; Somer i 'WiHis F, Beep; Yirtus, J . E. W« Vancouver, x>. u., Jan. 11.— ton-detective signing himself C. J , Do* tea, New York, is In Vancouver In filing for P a t Crowe, the alleg'd ahdieter «t yqtu^i Cudahy. Daltoa belie* m that Qrowo will nuke hi* way m tin F k tM s k i f x w * ” * -
