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THE LONG ISLAND FAKMEW7/AMAICA. MAY I t, 1901 v - 1 3Lt- ~ • V L o n g I s l a n d F a r m e r , JA M A ICA . H. T . C A R E T A K E R S O F T H E P O O R . 1 T k e ' L ittle Sluters to Build an Im m e n s e C o n v e n t n t Q u e en*. Contractor Murphy i s laying the foun dations for the novitiate school, priests’ house a n d stable for the Little Sisters o f th e Poor, to be erected in the southerly part of Queens, on the Springfield road. In about two weeks a force of 300 m e chanics w ill be engaged on the buildings and work w ill be pushed rapidly on them th a t they m ay be com p leted in Decem ber. The sisters own a tract o f eleven acres o f land and th e new buildings will occupy the centre of the tract, facing the Springfield road. The convent building w ill stand a b o u t 350 feet back from the Springfield road. T h e c o st of the ’buildings is estim ated at $200,000. The convent building, an irregular shaped four-story and basement brick structure, w ith lim estone trim m ings, 200x200 feet, Is to be fireproof throughout. The order o f the L ittle Sisters of the Poor i s of French origin. I t w a s found ed in 1840. Its object is the support of aged poor persons, their resources being obtained by begging from door to door. A t p resent the s is ters n u m b e r 4,500, a n d they m aintain over 30,000 of th e aged poor. T h e y maintain more than 250 houses in th e largest cities in this c o u n try, and o n the continent. Permit* Cor New Buildings. During th e week ending May 11, fifteen perm its for new buildings to c o st $45,800, and eleven perm its for alterations to cost $5,560, w ere issued by the building de partm ent o f the borough of Queens. For th e Fourth W a rd: Fulton street, Jamaica, three-story frame building, 25x65, for store and dw elling, cost $5,500, Sam u el Cohen, owner. John street, Jamaiea, two-story frame building, 20x25, c o st $500, Samuel Cohen, owner. Jamaica avenue, Richmond H ill, three three-story frame buildings, each 19x79, for stores and dwellings, cost $9,000, Marie Jansen, owner. Briggs a venue, Richmond H ill, three- story frame building, 19x79, for store and dwelling, cost $3,500, Nina C. Fow ler, owner. R a y s t r e e t Jamaica, two-story frame dw elling, 32x49, c o s t $3,500, E. Stenson, owner. Three Mile Mill road, Jamaica, one and one-half story dwelling house, cost $1,300, Clarence Brown, owner. Alterations. Corner o f Grafton avenue and Bigelow placa, W oodhaven, tw o -story frame dwel ling, alterations to cost $300, Charles Schnabile, owner. Comer o f the Roekaway road and Long Island railroad, Jamaica, two-story frame dw elling, alterations cost $100, Charles E and Louise Thomas, owners. No. 99 Clinton avenue, Jamaica, two- story frame dwelling, alterations to cost $700, H elen H . Baker, owner, C o u ll’ut Stop Beer in club. George W. Bulger has tendered his resignation a s President of the Babylon Athletic Association because a certain number o f the sporting members of the association insisted on having midnight lunches a t the club. At these spreads the President learned that beer was a feature. T h e by-laws prohibited drinks of this kind and especially prohibits beer b eing brought to the room. Finding two dozen beer bottles in in the club’s locker a few days ago the President concluded that he had enough evidence to expel the mem bers who were guilty and called a m e eting for that purpose. The beer- drinkiog members present,however, out numbered th e others, and nothing came of th e m a tter then. Later President B u lger a ttem p ted to hold another m eet ing for th e sam e purpose, but failed again. H e has n ow resigned anu h is res ignation w a s promptly accepted. The m em b ers declare that their new Resident w ill be more liberal in his ideas. S a a r Harbor I n D a r l e n e s * . T h e electric light in Sag Harbor has been s h u t down and the em p loyes have struck for $300 unpaid wages. Early la s t w e e k th e village trustees notified th e company t h a t u n less the ser vice could be m ore satisfactory the con tract for lighting the streets would be declared off. An agent of tbe company promised everything and told the opera tives that their w a g es would be paid be fore h e left tow n . Instead of that the agent departed b y an early morning train. Then th e engineer, tho electrician, the linem an and the helper turned off the current, put o u t the fires, locked the doors a n d departed, leaving tbe village in darkness. j B A r i m ’i G r o w th. Postm a ster Fletcher, o f Babylon, has been form a lly' notified by th e P o s t Office authorities a t W ashington, tbat July 1 th e Babylon office w ill be made a second-class office, with a salary o f $2,- 000 p er annum . Deputy Postm a ster Bul ger Lowerre, who has heretofore been paid a salary b y P o stm a ster Fletcher, w ill be reim b u rsed for b is services by the Federal Goverm ent a t $900 per annum. The on ly other second-class offices in Suffolk connty are N o tthport aud Pateh- ogue. You can g e t Conklin’s Favorite Ltal- it a t jdl d rug stores. 35 rente* . O— m . , C « * b B J m r t «U O r a o M e . A M O N G T H E S H U R C H E S . Dalaga or the Vmrluu* Rullgtusue B o t i h Throughuut the lalaai. The convention of the Episcopal Church o f the D iocese of Long Island w ill be held a t the Cathedral a t Garden City on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21 and 22. At a m eeting of the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Hunting ton on Wednesday, the Rev. Samuel Thompson Carter tendered his resigna tion as pastor of the ohuroh, to take ef fect next fall. Mr. Carter resigned tw o years ago, but w a s so earnestly pressed that he reconsidered it and remained In charge. H is present determination, he s a y s , is final. H e has been in charge of the church since 1863— thirty-three years—and is the thirteenth pastor. The c h u r c h h a s been in existence since 1665. JA M A I C A R E A L E S T A T E . These Conveyance* are Reported In “ The Farmer” Only. Myles Johnson to Annie W eiss, Jamai ca turnpike, corner o f Park street, 158.6x 155, Jamaica, $6,400. John Herbold to Emily M. Herbold, lot 1,380, block 56, map of lo t s belonging to William Ziegler at Morris Park, $150. Eugene V. Daly, referee, to John E. Roberts, lots 352, 354, 356, map of Clar- enceville, 75x100, foreclosure, $750; John E. Roberts to Cyrus B. Lawrence, same property, $2,300. George E . B ennett to Ella R. Harron, Seymour street, 100x110, Queens, $800.^ Catharine Gunther to Julius H inck, lots 1,003 to 1,011, map of S ilas Butler a t Jamaica, nominal; same to sam e, Ward street, 100x100, nom inal; same to same, lots 7, 8, map No. 1 of H illside Park, nom inal; same to sam e, Ward street, Ja maiea, nom inal; sam e to sam e, parcel at Jamaica, adjoining land of S ilas Butler, 1 acre, nominal. M iu Snediker Wins. Justice M cLaughlin, of the Municipal C o u r t , has rendered a decision in favor of the plaintiff in the action of Miss Mar tha E. Snediker against Frank Lusk. M iss S nediker testified on the trial of the case that she went to an Institution conducted by defendant for tuition in stenography and paid $75 for a four m onths’ course, the sum being $15 off for cash. She further testified that Mr. Lusk agreed, if she discontinued before the completion of the term, to refund her a proportionate amount o f the fee, a statem ent that defendant d enied, defend ant declaring that to refund m o n ey was agaiDst the rules o f the school. The p lain tiff claimed $45, h aving discontinued after one month’s attendance. The judgm ent is for the full amount with costs. For Beating Drum, * 10 Fine. ' Capt, Tom Williamson, head of the Islip branch of the Salvation Army, was fined $10 by Justice Crum for creating d is turbance In the public street. Near the place where the Army congregates is the home of Mrs. A. Smith, who is critically ill. Justice Smith Wright asked Capt. W illiamson to stop beating his drum near the house. The Army captain dis regarded the request and a complaint w a s made o u t by the sick woman’s son. Justice Crum imposed a fiine o f $10,. but suspended sentence pending the future conduct o f W illiim son. The prisoner de clared after b eing released that he would hold another drum m eetlag. The author- ties say that if he does he will either pay the $10 fine or go to jail. A New Trolley Line. The trustees o f Hempstead have grant ed a franchise to the Mineola, Hemp stead and Freeport Traction Company to build a trolley road through the village to connect with the proposed line to Queens. The construction o f the Queens route w a s made obligatory upon the pe titioners, the board declining to grant a franchise unless both routes were built; the Queens line to be built a fter the com pletion of the line from Mineola through Hempstead to Freeport. Republican* Indorsed for Place*. The Queens County Republican Com m ittee m e t Thursday afternoon in Hunt* er’sjPoint and adopted the bylaws in use Iast year. The com m ittee indorsed the application of Edwin H. Huiiman of W h itestone for a position as copyist in the County Clerk’s office, and also that of Theodore F. G iese of W h itestone fur a position as keeper in the County Jail. Tw o Burglar* Sentenced. Thomas Shaw of Amaganaett was con victed o f burglary In the third degree in the Country Court at Riverhead, and was sentenced to Sing Siug for three years. John Kareeiliak pleaded guilty to burglary a tPatchogue and stealing $100 H e was a lso sentenced to Sing Sing for three years. Banch Convicted of Manslaughter* Fritz Rauch of College Point, driver for a farmer, w a s convicted in the county court on Thursday, of manslaughter. H e ran o v e r Augusta Orth, 6 years old, in Coliege Point, on February 25, and the child, died of her injuries. Plundered a College Point Saloon. The saloon of Charles Zwirleln, in Col lege Point, was entered by burglars be tween the hours of 2 and 6 o ’clock Sunday morning, and articles valued -at $300 were stolen. - Bellntore dchool* Clotwd. B y order o ! th e trustees o f School D ist ricts Nob. 4 and 7, o f Bellmore, the schools have b een closed for tw o weeks on account?*.** prevalence of scarlet fever. ^ ' / z e Ocrtkiin’ — — ..... O ‘“IS Balm eurea cold*. MRS. M’KINLEY VERYLL I Taken to San Francisco to Be Treated. HAS A FELON OH HER FINGER. That and Fatigue of Traveling Have Worn Her Out-Stntemeut by Hr, R iser-P lsiu of Trip Are Seriously Interfered With. Shn Francisco, M ay 13.—T h e sudden illness of Mrs. M cK inley has caused an unexpected change in the itinerary of President M eKinley, H e arrived in this city quietly yesterday afternoon several hours ahead of the tim e sched uled. T h e state of Mrs. McKinley’s h e a l t h w a s s u c h S u n d a y m o r n i n g t h a t the president decided to leave Del Monte and bring his w ife to th is city lmmeaiai.»'ly to the hom e of H e n r y T. Scott, where she eould have complete rest for a fe w days and w h ere a spe cialist eould b e consulted i f necessary. A special train o f tw o ears and a lo com otive w a s m ade up from th e presi dent’s special, and a t 12:30 o’clock th e president,, Mrs. M eKinley, M iss Bar ber, th e president’s niece; Secretary and Mrs. Cortelyou, Dr. R ixey and Mr. and Mrs. H . T. Scott le f t D e l Monte for San Francisco, leaving th e remainder of the presidential party at D e l M o n te . Only a few hundred people greeted the president upon his arrival In this city. H is com ing w a s not generally known, and only those who chanced to s e e th e bulletins posted by the new s papers announcing th a t th e president would reach th e city at 4 p. m. aw a ited his train. The president, in order to avoid th e crowd that w a s expected to assem b le at the Southern Pacific depot at Third and Tow n send streets, left the train w ith his little party a t Valen cia street, a station in th e southern part of th e city. W h en the train, consisting o f a bag gage car and the president’s special car, stopped a t V a lencia street, Mrs. M eKinley w a s carried in a steam er chair by tw o colored porters from the private car to a closed carriage in waiting. She w a s heavily veiled, and the president and Dr. R ixey follow e d close behind. Mrs. M cK inley w a s gen tly placed in the carriage, and th e presi dent and Dr. R ixey took seats in the same vehicle. The president w a s quite pale and looked serious. The r e st of the party follow ed in carriages. Mr. and Mrs. Scott had arrived a t their resi dence ahead of th e president and w e re w a iting to receive their distinguished guests. Mrs. M cK inley w a s again lift ed out o f t h e carriage ana placed in an invalid chair and carried into th e house. Change of Programme Likely. Secretary Cortelyou, w h en question ed concerning Mrs. M cK inley’s condi tion, stated th a t there w a s nothing alarming in her present indisposition and th a t perfect quiet and rest for a few days w o u ld restore her to her usual health. It w a s the im p ression, however, o f those who saw Mrs. Me K inley th a t s h e is very ill and th a t her present state m a y result in an entire change of the president’s programme. Should his w ife’s health im p rove the president w ill carry out his intention to attend th e celebration at San Jose today. If, however, her condition shall be no better, the president w ill not leave h is w ife’s side, b u t ® ill allow tb e cabinet officers and others of his party to represent him a t San Jose. Dr. R ixey m ade the follow ing state ment: “Mrs. M eK inley stood th e trip from Del M onte much better than I expect ed. H er condition i s n o t serious. She w ill stay here a t lea s t a w e e k and have perfect rest. I think by th a t tim e she w ill be able to continue tb e jour ney. She has been gaining strength.” A t 9:30 o’clock la s t n igh t Secretary Cortelyou gave tbe follow ing bulletin to the press: “Mrs. M cK inley stood th e trip from M onterey extrem ely w e ll and is rest ing com fortably a t Mr. Scott’s resi dence. H er attack of indigestion, i t is believed, w ill yield prom p tly to rest and rem edies, w h ile the felon on her hand is healing nicely. Dr. H irsch- felder of San Francisco is in con s u lta tion w ith Dr. R ixey.” I t has not been determined w h e ther President M cK inley w ill go to San Jose or rem ain in th is city. H is pro gramme w ill be contingent on th e con dition of Mrs. M cKinley. Accidentally Killed Hi* Wife. Barre, Yt., M ay 13.—C. S. George* a stone mason, accidentally shot his w ife, killing her a lm o st instantly. H e took a sm a ll Flobert rifle w ith the intention of practicing shooting, placed the target on the w a ll In the kitchen and w e n t in to the dining room to shoot. H is w ife had gone down stairs, but soon after cam e back into the kitchen, Mr. George not hearing her. Just as he pulled the trigger she stepped im m ediately in range o f the shot. The ball struck her in the le f t side o f the neck above the collar bone, and she soon expired, George w a s arrested, but after a n in quiry he w a s released. May Threaten the Saltan. Vienna, M ay 13.—T h e trouble w ith the porte regarding th e foreign post- offices has not yet been settled. I t is reported here th a t Great Britain, France, G erm any a n d A u stria are con ferring as to the advisability of m ak ing a naval dem o n stration a t Constan tinople, but the report i s n o t confirmed. Saltan Concocted Plague Score. London, M ay 1 3 .— “The sultanr I learn,” gays th e Constantinople corre spondent o f T h e D a lly Chronicle, “con cocted the plague scare in order to en force i quarantine that w o u ld exclude a band o f auarchlJts who, he Rad been inform ed J jy Austria, w e re coiflii asWMiDAM him.” ----------------- C U T W IFE 1 t i n C E S . >3* ....................... . .. . ....... ~ Horrible Crime C om ultted by aa Il linois Man. Bloom ington, Ills., M ay 13.—M erritt Chism killed his w ife in a m o st brutal manner at his farm near Carter, in this county. A quarrel arose a s Mrs. Chism w a s starting for church in a buggy w ith her tw o little stepdaugh ters. Chism jum p ed Into th e buggy and w ith a knife cut his w ife’s face and neck to pieces. H e then threw her to th e ground, jum p ed on her pros trate body and stabbed her repeated ly. H e r son, Harvey, 12 years old, struck a t Chism w ith a baseball bat, but the m an w rested i t from him and renewed his attack upon his w ife, beat ing out her b r a i n s . H e again tried to stab the-w o m a n , w h en H a rvey caught th e hand w h ich,held th e knife. This w a s drawn through h is fingers, alm o st severing them . Chism stabbed th e boy in th e arm and then fled across the fields. {Te tried ineffectually to drown him self in a shallow w e ll. N e x t he w e n t to the house of a son, w h ere he tried to end his life w ith a revolver, but this the son prevented. H e w a s overpowered and brought to Bloom ington, where he surrendered to the sheriff. Chism is one o f th e w e a lthiest farm ers of the county, having inherit ed a large farm and §200,000. H e is a man o f quick temper, but has never be fore b e e n g u i l t y o f crime. H e is 49 years of age. BLOCKADE AGAINST AMERICA E u r o p e a n T a l k o f a C o m m e r c ia l U n io n to M e e t O n r C o m p e t itio n . Vienna, May 13.—The W iener Allge- m eine Zeitung, w h ieh is som etim es in spired by th e foreign office, prints an article under the caption of “The N e w Continental Blockade,” in w h ich the dangers of American industrial compe tition are discussed. It declares that the Am ericans are preparing a bold extension o f the Monroe doctrine, w h ich “no longer m eans Am erica for the Americans, hut Am erica and E u rope for the Am ericans.” It recalls the w a rning of Count Golu- chow ski, the m inister of foreign a f fairs, given three years ago, th a t the European countries would be com pel led to unite in a blockade of American imports, and adds th a t various offi cial circles in Germ any ard Austria are opening com m u n ications w ith ag ricultural and industrial firms w ith the view to discussing how European com-, meree can be best protected against Am erican com petition. Stuck His Head Through a Window. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., M ay 13.—Louis Iglesias, a brother of R a fael Iglesias, president o f the Costa Rican republic, and w h o is a student at E a stm a n col lege in this city, put bis head through a w indow a t his boarding house and received severe cuts on the forehead and neck w h ich required a number, o f stitches and w ill probably leave his face disfigured. H e had been sick w ith fever and w a s convalescent. H e thought the w indow w a s open and w e n t to look out to speak to som e one in the yard. H e is very nearsighted and failed to notice th a t the w indow w a s closed. Repairs on Shamrock II Completed. W e y m o u t h , May 13.—The repairs on th e challenger have been completed, and the Erin towed the tw o Sham rocks here in readiness for tlie open w a ter trials on the channel, w h ich w ill com m ence today and continue daily until Captain Sycamore, Mr. W atson and Mr. Jam eson are satisfied that the chal lenger is in perfect trim. Sir Thom as Lipton is the recipient of m a n y pres ents from all sections o f the country, but he is proudest o f a photograph from President M cKinley w h ich arriv ed Saturday bearing a cordial greeting and the president’s autograph. Tied His Hone to a Train. Danbury, Conn., May 13.—W illiam Frisble, a W oodbury farm er, tied his horse and wagon to a freight train, and the train m oved aw a y w ith the turnout attached to the tail end o f a box car. The trainm en failed to see th e horse and wagon. The farm er reached the station platform ju s t as his horse, run ning at top speed to keep up w ith the train, took a cattle guard a t a leap and left the w a g o n behind. A fter a few hundred yards had been covered by the horse he fell, and the hitch line broke. The horse w a s caught near the station practically unharmed. n j to ^ dk T r o l l e y C a r R a n * A w a y . N e w York, M ay 13.—A n open trolley car on w h ich w e re packed 115 persons got aw a y from the motorman yesterday afternoon near Fort Lee, N. J., and dashed down Leonia hill. N o t one per son on the car but w h a t w a s bruised, but to the wonderm ent o f all only three w e re seriously hurt, and only one of them is likely to die. Frank Sunstruck, the conductor, is the one whom it is feared m a y lose his life on account of possible internal injuries, and J. E . Robinson and his w ife o f this city are the tw o others w h o w e re seriously hurt. _______________ Harvard Student Mlaning. Andover, Mass., M ay 13.—C. E. Star- buck, the Harvard student, living here, is still m issing. One hundred Pliillips- Andover academ y students searched the ponds, rivers and woods about here yesterday wi.'a no satisfactory results. Chief of Police Frye w e n t to Cam bridge, but w a s unable t o get any clew o f the w h ereabouts of the young man. Weitervelt Fiends Guilty. N e w York, M ay 13.—Charles R. W estervelti the defaulting cashier of the D im e Savings bank e f N.w&ri:, N. J., w ill likely be sentenced tc l : y . lb has elected to rettact Id* ! T-*; ^ t-i ?.> . guilty to crobezsloin^it » • *Tf guilty. H e rdeaded'iitdi.y i i t >» diet meats for forgery # • ' « « ! dais t. GREAT STRIKE ORDERED To Begin May 20 Unless Em ployers Crive In. MACHINISTS WANT MORE PAY. 4l*o Shorter Hoar*—One Hundred and Fifty- Thousand Directed to Stop Work nt Time Mentioned—May Eventually Take Out 500,000 Men. W ashington, May 13.—A general strike involving directly 150,000 m a chinists and indirectly 500,000 m en in m etal w o rking trades is expected to take place on M ay 20 unless som e ar rangem ent is effected in the meantim e. This is th e s t a t e m e n t made la s t night by President Jam es O’Connell o f the International A ssociation o f M achin ists, who has h is headquarters in this city. T h e demands o f the men, th e re fusal of which threatens to precipitate the strike, Mr. O’Connell said, are for a working day o f nine hours and an in crease o f 12% p er cent in wages. Some titoe ago, through th e efforts of the International association, th e men secured from the N a tional M etal Trades association, the em p loyers of about 25 per cent o f the m en who would be affected by the strike, conces sions by which a general workday o f nine hours w a s to become operative on May 20 o f this year. The question o f a n in c r e a s e o f w a g e s , h o w e v e r , o r i t s equivalent, the granting of ten hours’ pay for nine hours’ work, rem ained un settled. Yesterday the representatives o f the M etal Trades association and the International A ssociation of M achin ists held a conference in N e w York at w h ich an attem p t w a s m ade to reach an agreem ent on the w a g e m a tter so th a t the strike proposed for M ay 20 could be avoided. Employer* Refuse to Arbitrate. Mr. O’Connell, however, s a y s that the employers refused to arbitrate tbe question of w a g e s nationally, but that they expressed a w illingness that this m atter should be settled by em ployers locally, each individual case to be treated as sueh. This m ethod is un satisfactory to the representatives o f the M achinists’ association, who ex press the opinion that this would pro long indefinitely the settlem e n t of the question. Upon his return to the city Mr. O’Connell promptly prepared the order for the strike, and i t w a s sent out by m a il today. Mr. O’Connell says that 200 firms w h o se em p loyees represent probably 20 per cent o f the 500,000 men who w ill be affected by the proposed strike have signed agreem ents for the reduction in hours o f labor and the increase o f pay, so that the agitation on the subject al ready has benefited them m a terially. For prudential reasons the executive com m ittee has determ ined not at this tim e to apply the strike order to the railroads. W h ether it w ill be done in th e future w ill depend altogether on developm ents. Cardinal Martinelli Celebrate* Mas*. W a shington, May 13.—Cardinal Mar- tinelli celebrated pontifical high m a ss a t St. A loysius’ church. T h e edifice w a s thronged, m a n y Catholic clergy men attending to hear his em inence a t his first m a ss since his elevation to the cardinalate. T h e cardinal w a s robed in black, w ith an alm o st invisi b le red border. H e wore th e red bleret- ta. Count Colacicehi, th e papal m es senger, stood throughout th e services, arrayed in his brilliant uniform, al w a y s close to the cardinal. More than 1,000 electric lights beam ed in tb e church, m a k ing the scene one o f great beauty. T h e sermon w a s delivered by R e v . W illiam O’Brien Pardow, form er ly provincial of t h e Society o f Jesus. Deserter Give* Himself Up. Orville, O., M ay 13.—Louis Dem a n , a member o f Company D , U n ited States Second infantry, has surrendered him self to M arshal D rushall of this city. D em a n said he assaulted a comrade, D a n iel Ferris, w ith a bayonet w h ile the latter w a s asleep in the barracks at Columbus, O., last Friday, and he fear ed he had killed Ferris. He\ said he had started to run aw a y , but concluded it would be best to return and take the consequences. H e w a s held aw a iting Orders from tbe com m andant o f tbe post a t Columbus. Harry Hamlin a Policeman. Buffalo, M ay 13.—H a rry Ham lin, m il lionaire, clubman, one of the principal stockholders in the Pan-Am erican ex position and a prominent horseman, is on the rolls o f the Buffalo police de: partm ent as a special patrolman. It is not know n w h a t prompted Mr. H a m lin to take the remarkable step. H e ap peared before the police com m issioners and asked that they engage him in that capacity, and his nam e w a s placed on th e department’s list o f special patrol men. ___________________ New* of tbe Klondike. Port Townshend, W a sh., M ay 13.— T h e steam er Victorian h a s arrived from Skaguay, bringing 100 passen gers. R eturning passengers report that th e m iners o f th e K londike are having th e greatest harvest in th e history of the country ow ing to the a b u n d ant sup ply o f surface w a ter w h ich is being utilized in sluicing dirt taken out dur ing the w inter months, and th e y ield o f the yellow m e tal exceeds the best ex pectations of the m ine owners. ^ Earthquake Yokohama. Victoria, B. C., M ay 13.—N e w s w a s brought by the steam er Gienogle, w h ich arrived yesterday, th a t a severe earthquake occurred a t Yokohama on April 24, lasting fu lly tw o m inutes. N o dam a g e w a s reported, )) \ ' — ■ ----------------- — - Tried , to Blow Cp Arehbl*bo». London^xMay 13.-TUC D a ily Mail publishes follow ing from M alta: “A bomb exploded a t m idnight against th e ret^dence o f tlie archbish op, bat no *orl<Vfi dam a g e w a * d o u c .” LAWS OF If E W YORK.—B y A u thority. {Every law, unless a different time ehall be pre scribed therein, shall not take effect until the twentieth day after it shall have become * Uw. Section 43, article II, chapter S, General Laws.) CHAP, 2 OS. AN ACT to amend the election law relative to duties of county board of canvassers. Became a law, March 27,1901, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being pres ent. The People of the State of New York, repre- lented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol- ows: Section 1. Section one hundred and thirty of chapter nine hundred and nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six entitled “ An act in relation to the elections, constituting chapter six of the general laws,” as amended by section twenty-one of chapter three hundred and seventy- nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety- seven is hereby furthe, amended so as to read aa follow*: § 130. Organization of county board of canvass ers.—The board of supervisors, of each county shall be the county board of canvassers of sueh county. The county board of canvassers of the counties wholly or partly within the city of New York shall b e th e city board of canvassers of th e city of New York within their respective counties. The eounty board of canvassers of a. eounty con taining a city o! the second class shall be the city board of canvassers of sueh city. The eounty board oi canvassers of the respective counties shall meet at the office of the county clerk thereof on the Tuesday next after each election of public of ficers held in such county other than an election of town, city, village or district- school officers held at a different time from a general election. Upon sueh meeting they shall choose one of their number chairman of such board. Such county clerk, or if he be absent or unable to aet, the deputy county clerk of sueh county, shall be the secretary of such board. The secretary of the board shall thereupon administer the constitu tional oath of office to the chairman of the board, who shall then administer such oath to each member, and to the secretary of the board A majority of the members of any hoard of canvass ers shall constitute a quorum thereof. If, on the day fixed for such meeting, a majority of any such board shall not attend, the members of the board then present shall elect the chairman of the board and adjourn to some convenient hour of the next day. If such board, or a majority (here of, shall fail or neglect to meet within two days after tbe time fixed for organizing such board, the supreme court, or any justice thereof, or coun ty judge within such county, may compel the members thereof by writ of mandamus to meet and organize forthwith. I 2. All acts or parts-of acts in so far as incon sistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. § 3. This aet shall take effect im m e d iately. State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, ss.: I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. JOHN T. McDONOUGH, Secretary of State. L A W S O F N E W Y O R K .—B y A u t h o r ity . [Every law, unless a different time shall be pre scribed therein, shall not take effect until the twentieth day after i t shall have become a Jaw. Section 43, article n, chapter 8 , General Laws;] CHAP. 232. AN ACT to amend the election law, relative to notices of election by the secretary of state and the county clerk. Became a law, April 2 , 1991, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being pres ent. The People of the State of New York, repre sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol lows: Section 1. -Section five of chapter nine hundred and nine c t tlie laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitle! “ An aet in relation to elec tions, constituting chapter six of the general laws,” as amended by chapter three hundred and seventy-seven if the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and by chapter ninety-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and one. Is hereby amended to read as follows: i 5. Notices of elections by secretary of .state and county clerk.—Toe secretary of the state shall, at least three months before each general election, make and transmit to the county clerk of each county, and the board of elections of the city of New York, a notice unier his hand and official seal, stating the day upon which such election shall be held, and stating tach officer, except city, village and town officers, who may be lawfully voted for at such election by the electors of such county or any part theieof. If any such offi cer is to be elected to fill, a vacancy, the notice shall so state. The secretary of state shall forth with, upon the filing in his of ice of the governor’s proclamation ordering a special election, make and transmit to each county clerk and to the board of elections of the city of New York, a like notice of the officers to be voted for at such spe cial election in such county or city or any part thereof, and cause such proclamation to be pub lished in the newspapers published in sueh eounty having large circulation therein, at least once a week until such election shall be held. Each county clerk shall forthwith, upon the receipt of either sueh notice, file and record i t in his office, and shall cause a copy of such notice to be pub lished once in. each week until the election therein specified in the newspapers designated to publish election notices. He shall also publish as a part of such notice, each city, village and town officer who may lawfully be voted for a t such election by the electors of such county or any part thereof; and the city, village and town clerks of each county shall at least three months before each general election make and transmit to the county clerk of the eounty, a notice under their re spective hands and official seals, stating each city, village or town officer to be voted for at such election. § 2. This a c t shall take effect immediately. State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, ss.: I have compar d the preceding with the original law on file in * J f v office, and do hereby certify that the same k-S 1'correct transcript therefrom and of the wholuJi said original law. JOHN T. McDONOUGH, Secretary of State. U W S OF NEW YORK.—By Authority. [Every law, unless a different time shall be' pre scribed therein, shall not take effect until the twentieth day after i t shall have become a Jaw. Section 43, article H, chapter 8 , General Laws.] CHAP. 261. AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to sales for unpaid taxes in Rockland county. - Became a law, April 4, 1901, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being pres ent. The People of the State of New York, repre sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol lows: Section 1. Section one hundred and fifty of chap ter nine hundred and eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled “An act in rela tion to Duration, constituting chapter twenty-foMr of the general laws,” as amended by chapter three hundred and sixty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, is hereby amended to read as follow*: 1 150. When lands to be sold for unpaid taxes.— Whenever any ta r charged on nonresident real estate, in the counties of Saint Lawrence, Lewis and Oneida or in a county not including a portion of the forest preserve, is returned to the county treasurer, he shall not return the same to the comptroller, but if sueh tax, with interest thereon at the rate of ten. per centum per annum, com puted from the first day ot February, after the same is levied, shall remain unpaid for six months from that date, such county treasurer shall adver tise and sell sueh real estate as herein provided for the payment ot such tax and interest and the expense of such sale. The expense of publication of the notice of sale and the list of lands to be ■old and the expense Of conducting the sale shall be * charge on the land liable to be sold and ■hall be added to the tax and interest. The county treasurer ol the county of Rocklcnd may defer the sale c f any parcel of nonresident r jal es tate in such county for unpaid taxes, until the un paid taxes thereon with accrued interest shall amount in the aggregate to the sunt of two dol lars. 1 2. This a c t shall take effect Immediately. State ol New York, CHBce ol the Secretary ot State, set: I have compared the preceding with the original law an flit in thia office, and At h**ehy that tha mm* is a correct traiueript thcMframt aad a* the wfcals «t eettoricim l law. # qbv ft M M tm m a , a w a y •i s m * LAWS o f NEW YOttKL—By Authority. {Every law, unless a ditftrent time shall be pre scribed therein, ehall pot take effect until the twentieth day after It ihall have become * law. Section 43, article n, chapter 8, General Laws.] CHAP. 239. AN ACT to amend the highway law, relative to the appointment of county engineers. Became a law, April 2 , 1901, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being pres ent. The People of the State of New York, repre sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol lows: Section 1. Section fifty-five of article two of chapter five hundred and sixty-eight of the law* of eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act in relation to highways, constituting chapter nine teen of the general laws,” as added by chapter three hundred and thirty-three of the law* of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is hereby amended to read as follows: % 55. The board of supervisors of every sock county may. appoint a county engineer who ahall be removable at its pleasure. The term of offioe of each county engineer so appointed shall be three years, unless sooner removed, and his salary shall be fixed by the board of supervisors and be a county- charge. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, ss.: I have compared the preceding with the ori] law on £*■ in this office, and do hereby that the same is a correct transcript thereffj and of the whole of said original law. JOHN T. McDONOUGH, Secretary of S tJ«- LAWS OF NEW YORK.—By AuthofttX- [Every law, unless a different tim e shall Jre pre scribed therein, Ehall n o t take effect p f ttil th e -twentieth day after i t shall have become * law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.] CHAP. 243. AS ACT to amend section eleven hundred and eighty of tbe code of civil procedure, relating to grounds for challenge. /, Became a law, April 2, 1901, with the approval^ of the Governor. Passed, a majority being jpri-Sr ent. The People of the State of New York, repre sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol lows: t Section 1. Section eleven hundred and eighty of the code of civil procedure is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 1159. An objection to the qualifications of x juror is available only upon a challenge. A chal- \ Jenge of a juror, or a challenge to the panel or array of jurors, must be tried ar.d determined by the court only. Either party may zxcept to the determination, and it may be reviewed, upon * question of fact, or a questior of law, or both, as whc-re >n issue of fact presented by the plead ings is tr, d by the court; except that where one or more exception® are taken, to the rulings of the court, made after the jury is empanelle a exception to the determination of a cV „e must be heard at the same tim e; a n d f . esse must contain the matters necessary to present it, upon the facts, or the lav/, or both. . The fact that a juror is in the employ of a party to the action; or, if a party to the action is a corpora tion, that he is an employe thereof or a sharehold er or a stockholder therein, shall constitute * good ground for a challenge to the favor as to sueh jurer. § 2. This act shall takq, effect September first, nineteen hundred and onf State ot New York, Os Ihe Secretary of State, ss.: I I have compared t h e j r rith I t - criginal law on file in this ofil, „ do JujT $ify that the same is a correct transed®U -**U» aud of the whole of said original law. \v' JOHN T. McDONOUGH, Secretary of State. X L A W S O F N E W Y O R K — B y Authority. [Every law, unless a different time shall be pre scribed therein, shall not take effect until the twentieth day after i t shall have become * law. Section 43, article n , chapter 8, General Lax/*.] CHAP. 252. AN ACT to amend the forest, fish and game law in relation to the close season for wild fowl in Jefferson county. Became a law, April 4, 1901, with the approval of tbe Governor. Passed, three-fifths being pres ent. The People of the State of New York, repre sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol lows: Section 1. Chapter twenty of the laws of nine teen hundred, known as >,he forest, fish and game law, is hereby amended by adding a new section to be known as section twenty-a as follows: § 20 a. Web-footed wild fowl shall not be taken in the county of Jefferson from Ftbruary first to August thirty-first, brih inclusive; or tafeen Jx the night from sunset until sunrise. I 2. This act shall take effect immediately. State of New York, Office of the Secretary ot State, ss.: I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby oertify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. JOHN T. McDONOUGH, Secretary of S tab . LAWS O F NEW Y O R K — B y Aatfcority, [Every law, unless a different time shall be pre scribed therein, shall not take effect until tlx twentieth day after i t shall have become a law;> Section 43, article H, chapter 8 . General Laws.] CHAP. 293. AN ACT to amend section twenty-seven and twenty-nine of the code of civil relative to the payment cf funeral expenses ot decedent by executors and administrators. Became a law, April 5, 1991, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being pres ent. The People of the State of New York, repre sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol lows: Section 1. Section twenty-seven hundred and twenty-nine of the code of civil procedure is here by amended by adding thereto a new subdivision, as follows: 3. Every executor or administrator shall pay, out of the first moneys received, the reasonable funeral expenses of decedent, and the same shaU be preferred to all debts and claims against the deceased. If the same he not paid within uxty days after the grant of letters testamentary or ot administration, the person having a claim for such funeral expenses may present to the *uotk gate’s court a duly verified petition praying t t n t the executor or administrator may ba c-Natto * show cause why he should not be rcqnt make such payment and a citation (hall In accordingly, n upon the return of mk* a „ it shall appear that the executor or admininfctntaf- has received moneys belonging to the estate ■ are applicable to the payment of the funeral expenses, the surrogate ;shalt, validity of the claim and the reaoonablenada «f its amount are admitted by such executor ar •*- xninirtrator, take proof cs to such facts, and ft satisfied that such claim is valid ehall fix and de termine the amount due thereon and shsll sank* an order directing the payment within ten day* after the servic* of such order with notice of try thereof, upon such executor or of sueh claim or such proportion thereof a* th* money in the hands of the executor or iihniid* trator applicable thereto, may be sufficient to sat isfy. If it shall appear th a t no money has own* into the hands of the executor or admlnisfcntsr the proceeding shall be dismissed without mats and without prejudice to a further appifcatiM *r applications showing that since such dbm teal th* ^ executor or administrator has received money $*• - longing to the estate. Such application Si r il L* made upon a duly verified petition stating facts upon which the belief of the peHttou* there are money* in the hands of *uch uiaiulrip \ or administrator applicable to the paymwat «i M i claim, is ba*td. Upon such further the issuance of the citation shall be In th* * tion of the surrogate and no abu’l be mad* lea* than three month* granting or denial of any previous If upon any accounting It *h«H *PP- •xacutor or administmtor ha* triM M aiaha for funural expenms, the amount mt ufiMfc? haa been fixed and determined by th* ammMOtf as above set forth or upon sueh aceoert** ig-a shall not b e allowed for tbe payment of an* or claim against Hie decedent untS m t eh been discharged ip fall; but be paid before expeaeee of admintwtlim > f t. This act shall take effect ~ nineteen hundred and one. Stat* of New York, Office of th* State, ss.: I have compered the preceding with th* 4 law en file la tUa offica. and d* that the asm* Is a ■ad a t «h* ufcsi* «f affid < Ai ■ ■ .Nffifcjgg-\ ....... *•- Mi N l
