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THE NEW YORK TIMES. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900.

THOMAS F. NOLAN IS DEAD

"The Irish Barrister" Expires, a Victim of Paralysis.

Had Been a Well-Known Figure in New York for Years – Eccentric but Kindly.

Counselor Thomas F. Nolah, known as "the Irish Barrister" of Tammany Hall, died yesterday at the St. Francis Hospital. The funeral services will be held in the Church of the Holy Redeemer, in Third Street, this morning. Five weeks ago Mr. Nolan was stricken with paralysis. He was taken to the hospital, where his nephew, Father Lynch, gave him every care. Counselor Nolan had been an imposing figure at Democratic conventions for many years. He had startled the politicians by his quaint, droll humor, and with the knack of a Celtic wit he had abused Judge and jury without punishment for contempt. Counselor Nolan had insulted Richard Croker in public. At the famous ten-dollar dinner in the Metropolitan Opera House "the Irish Barrister" defied Mr. Croker's power, and before an audience of 1,000 persons made grimaces at the Tammany chieftain, and he did not lose his political job.

In his law practice and in private life Counselor Nolan was known as a scrupulously honest man. He was always listened to by Judges and jurymen, for, although his eccentricities were plain, through all his acts showed that rugged simplicity and honesty of character which made his name a by-word among Tammanyites as a man who never took advantage of a poor client.

Counselor Nolan was born and educated In Cork, Ireland. He studied law there, and twenty-five years ago he came to New York with a stock of Irish wit, a brogue which he never lost, and a determination to succeed.

He had for years been a friend of Mr. Croker, who was always ready to listen to Nolan's wit. In the early days of his practice Counselor Nolan earned a good income in the criminal courts. The Judges were always ready to listen to his witty stories, and gave his clients the benefit of the doubt in close cases, so that he was able to build up a fair clientele.

One day Counselor Nolan was trying a case, with another Irish lawyer as his opponent, before Justice Barrett. During the recess hour the two lawyers dined and wined to their hearts' content. They appeared in court, and Justice Barrett sternly said:

"This case is adjourned until to-morrow morning, as the counsel, are not in condition to go on."

Counselor Nolan braced himself and his voice rose to a roar. He said:

"Your Honor, I have known you for twenty years, and this is the first time that I have ever known your decision to be right." Justice Barrett took no offense at this sally.

When Counselor Nolan was about to be appointed to the position of Assistant Corporation Counsel he called on Corporation Counsel Whalen. Here is the talk:

"Now, Counselor, I have been advised to appoint you to this position. The salary will be $1,500 a year. What do you say?"

Counselor Nolan assumed as pompous an air as he could and said:

"Mr. Whalen, I have been talking to my powerful political friends, and they advise me against taking the position at so small a salary."

"Well, I am sorry, Counselor, that you won't take the appointment."

"I didn't say so. My friends advise me not to take it, but I won't take their advice. I will take the job."

Counselor Nolan's official duties were not onerous. He thought at first that there was much work attached to the place. His duty was supposed to be to prosecute all violators of city ordinances. Corporation Counsel Whalen finally showed Counselor Nolan that he was not expected to prosecute too many people. At last Corporation Counsel Whalen was forced to criticise Counselor Nolan harshly for some reason. Nolan listened intently all the time keeping his small eyes blinking. Then he said:

"Do you knew, Mr. Whalen, that I knew your late lamented father when you were a very young man? And do you know they say he was a good man?"

This was too much for Corporation Counsel Whalen. He just laughed.

Counselor Nolan was approached by a friend, who said:

"Well, Tom, I see you have got a good job at a big salary."

"Salary," said Nolan, contemptuously; "I don't get pay enough to buy cigarettes for a dude."

In an argument before Justice Barrett Counselor Nolan was making an eloquent plea, but he tried to try the case in the same manner as he would a similar proceeding in Ireland.

"Your argument is not worth the paper It is written on," said Justice Barrett, with a merry twinkle.

"Your Honor. I want to commend to your distinguished consideration my able effusion, and, incidentally, to say that I have two others equally as good in my pocket."

At the Democratic Convention at Kansas City Counselor Nolan was found sitting on a stoop in a side street. A friend said:

"How are you getting along, Tom?"

"I have been bunkoed. I come out here and spend a pile of money, when I could have twice the fun for less money at Coney Island."

At the Democratic Convention at Saratoga Counselor Nolan startled the staid visitors at the Springs, and even his Tammany friends, by appearing daily in white duck trousers, tan shoes, a long black frock coat, and a high silk hat. He would walk with great dignity up and down the hotel corridors, the admired of all the throng. Counselor Nolan's broad expanse of shirt front was emblazoned with jewels. He wore a gray scarf around his collar, attached to which was the emblem of the United States, a jeweled harp from Ireland, and the flag of the Boer Republic.

PLEAD GUILTY TO ARSON.

The Hoffmans, Husband and Wife, Exposed by Their Cousin's Confession.

Adolph Hoffman and his wife, Florence, pleaded guilty to arson before Recorder Goff in General Sessions yesterday, having been implicated in the burning of the premises 687 East One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street on Nov. 2 last by the confession of their sixteen-year-old cousin, Mary Hofmeyer. The maximum punishment for this crime is forty years' imprisonment.

Recorder Goff remanded the Hoffmans for sentence and discharged Mary Hofmeyer, whose mother was in court and testified that her daughter had been induced to come to New York from Baltimore by Hoffman.

MOTHERS' HOSPITAL BAZAAR.

A Collection of Animals and Fortune-tellers the Favorite Features.

There was a race between a motor vehicle and a gray donkey at the Mothers and Babies Hospital Bazaar at the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday. It was a race on chances, and the motor vehicle won, if selling all its chances first gave it the blue ribbon. The donkey was the most popular, however, and his pen in the conservatory, just off the ballroom, was surrounded with admiring visitors all the afternoon and evening. He received this admiration with disdain, manifesting it by scornful shakes of the head. Other animals made their feelings manifest in a more impressive manner.

A little monkey, which occupied a cage opposite the donkey, showed his disapproval of feathers on hats by grabbing a cluster of them, hat and all, from the head of a woman who was attempting to make his acquaintance. The hat was rescued, but the monkey chewed up one feather with an expression of rapture on his face. The animal exhibit was the feature of the bazaar. It contained half a dozen or more fine dogs, some beautiful Persian cats, birds, rabbits, a Java squirrel, and a marmoset. Next to this collection, the fortune-telling booth was the most popular.

"I'm keen on fortunes." one girl entering the gipsy encampment said to her companion.

"Yes," said girl No. 2. that's the only reason I come to bazaars."

Wife-Slayer Gets Nineteen Years.

Otto Wolff, who killed his wife on Sept. 20 last in the billiard room of the residence of Milton Knapp, a grain broker, at 113 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, where she was employed, was yesterday sentenced to Sing Sing Prison for nineteen years at hard labor by Justice Hurd in the Kings County Court. Wolff had been found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.

WEDS BARON VON STERNBURG.

Miss Lillian May Langham Married to ex-Secretary of German Embassy at Washington.

LONDON, Dec. 5. – Baron Herman Speck von Sternburg, formerly Secretary of the German Embassy at Washington, and re- cently appointed Consul General for Ger- many at Calcutta, was married quietly this afternoon at St. George's Church, Han- over Square, to Miss Lillian May Lang- ham.

The mother and two sisters of the bride were present United States Ambassador Choate supported the bridegroom.

Miss Langham and Baron von Sternburg met for the first time on a transatlantic steamer about a year ago. It was a case of love at first sight. In three months they were engaged.

Miss Langham is the daughter of Charles Langham, a wealthy mine owner of Idaho, and a niece of Arthur Langham of Louis- ville, Ky. She spent much of her girlhood with her uncle at Louisville. About two years ago, Miss Langham had a severe fall from her horse while hunting in the Ken- tucky bluegrass region. Her health be- came bad, and she determined to visit Eu- rope in the hope of recuperating. On the way over she met Baron von Sternburg.

Baron von Sternburg is a members' of a distinguished German family. When the Samoan conference was held a year ago he was one of the German Commissioners. He was conspicuous in the negotiations following the outbreak of trouble in China, and was recalled from Washington to Ber- lin for conference. His appointment to Calcutta was a recognition of his services. The newly wedded couple will sail for India on Dec. 25.

THE CZAR'S CONVALESCENCE.

He Is So Much Better that the Court is Discussing Probable Date of Its Return to the Capital.

LIVADIA, Dec. 5. – The following bulletin regarding the condition of Emperor Nicholas was issued to-day:

"The Czar has passed the last twenty-four hours very well. His convalescence is following generally a favorable course. Last evening his temperature was 98.3 and his pulse 78. This morning the former was 97.4 and the latter 68."

His Majesty experiences no ill effects from sitting up in his arm chair at mealtimes, and is so much better that the Court is discussing the probable time of its return to St. Petersburg, which, however, is still undecided.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 5. – In all the churches to-day special services of thanksgiving were held for the convalescence of the Czar and in connection with the birthday of the Czarevitch, Grand Duke Michael, who was born in 1878.

EARL OF DONOUGHMORE DEAD.

He Was at One Time Assistant Commissioner in Eastern Roumelia.

LONDON, Dec. 5. – The Earl of Donoughmore died from paralysis in London this morning.

John Luke Hely-Hutchinson, fifth Earl of Donoughmore, was born on March 2, 1848, and succeeded his father in the peerage when he was eighteen years old and a student at Balliol College, Oxford. The earldom is a wealthy one, including the ownership of about 12,000 acres, and estates in County Tipperary and County Waterford.

In 1878 Lord Donoughmore was appointed Assistant Commissioner in Eastern Roumelia, holding the position for a few months. This was the only Government office he ever held. He was a Conservative, and a member of the Carlton Club. In 1874 he married Miss Stephens, daughter of the late Lieut. Gen. Stephens. Their son, Viscount Suirdale, succeeds to the title and estates.

GERMAN TOLERATION BILL.

Government Declares It Interferes with States' Rights.

BERLIN, Dec. 5. – In the Reichstag to-day, the Imperial Chancellor, Count von Bülow, informed the Centrists that their bill in regard to the free exercise of religion was not acceptable to the Federal Governments, who, while respecting the convictions whereon it was based, saw in the proposal an intention to restrict the constitutional independence of the States in matters reserved for their individual legislation.

Count von Bülow, speaking subsequently from a personal standpoint, said he hoped the disparities existing in the laws of the different States would be removed. But, as Chancellor, his first duty was not to allow the Federal character of the empire and the autonomy of the members of the Federation to be prejudiced without the consent of the individual States.

M. SCHNAEBELE IS DEAD.

His Arrest in 1887 Nearly Led to War Between France and Germany.

PARIS, Dec. 5. – M. Schnaebele, whose imprisonment by the Germans at Metz in 1887 well nigh led to war between France and Germany, died at Nancy this afternoon from apoplexy.

The Schnaebele incident occurred in April, 1887. A German official decoyed M. Schnaebele, a French Police Commissary, to the frontier and had him arrested and imprisoned. This occurred at a time when popular feeling against Germany ran high in France.

The Russian-American Arbitration.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 5. – Herbert H. D. Peirce, Secretary of the United States Legation, has secured thirty days' extension of the period within which evidence may be submitted in the Russian-American seal arbitration case before Arbitrator Asser, at The Hague, to permit the arrival of evidence from San Francisco. Mr. Peirce expects to submit the American case before Jan. 8.

Mr. Gage's Report "Magnificent."

BERLIN. Dec. 5. – Secretary Gage's re-port has made an excellent impression in financial circles here. A financier to whom the figures were shown, exclaimed: "It is magnificent, and confirms the condition of the American, money market, as indicated by the various loans to Europe during the year."

Russian Mobilization in Turkestan?

LONDON, Dec. 6. – "The State Railways Administration," says the Odessa correspondent of The Standard, "has ordered a thousand wagons of a Russian firm for the Transcaspian Line. As this line was already amply provided with rolling stock it is supposed that the order is connected with a new mobilization scheme for Turkestan."

The Castellanes May Live in London.

LONDON, Dec. 5. – Vanity Fair says: "Count and Countess Boniface de Castellane are negotiating for a house in London, where in future they will spend at least a portion of the year, as Count Boni is deeply hurt at the want of sympathy shown him by his friends and compatriots in his recent financial troubles."

Seeking Sons of Mrs. M. A. Nathalie

PARIS, Dec. 5. – The United States Consulate here is seeking the two sons of an American woman, Mrs. Mary Antoinette Nathalie, who was run over by a carriage on Nov. 30 and later died in the Beaujon Hospital. It is believed they formerly lived in Richmond, Va., and New York.

PATROLMAN SURPRISES BURGLAR.

Thomas Murray Charged with Attempted Arson and Burglary.

A man who described himself as Thomas Murray, nineteen years old, of 85 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, was locked up in the Westchester Police Station last night charged with attempted arson and burglary. Patrolman Dillon saw a flickering light in the residence of Edward Levy. Knowing that the family was at the theatre, Dilon entered a basement window and went to the first floor. Entering the parlor, he found Murray about starting a bonfire on the parlor floor. In a heap in a corner of the room was about $800 worth of silverware and clothing.

Dillon was immediately covered with a revolver by Murray. The policeman threw his nightstick at the burglar, knocking him down, and then easily overpowered him.

HOLLAND AND THE BOERS.

Premier Refuses to Give Date for Arbitration Proposal – Krueger Starts for Holland To-day.

THE HAGUE, Dec. 5. – In the debate on the Budget in the Second Chamber here to-day, the Premier, Dr. N. G. Pierson, declared that he could not at present foresee the psychological moment when the Netherlands would be able to propose arbitration between Great Britain and the Transvaal.

COLOGNE, Dec. 5. – Mr. Krüger walked to-day in the rain from his hotel to the cathedral. He was cheered enthusiastically by an assemblage of people who had long waited to see him. Mr. Krüger repeatedly raised his hat in acknowledgment of the cheering.

He departs at 10 A. M. to-morrow on a special train connecting with the Dutch express at Zevenaar.

BERLIN, Dec. 5. – Dr. Leyds has informed a correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger that there is no truth in the report that Mr. Krüger will again endeavor to see the Kaiser.

The National Zeitung says that members of the Reichstag assume that Count von Bülow will soon announce in the Reichstag the reasons for the Emperor's refusal to receive the Boer statesman.

The Deutsche Tages Zeitung sharply attacks the Government for not receiving Mr. Krüger, and says:

"The Government is afraid of some danger from England, thus awakening a suspicion that Germany no longer feels independent of England, but, like Portugal, abandons all independent policy."

A serenade by a military band was a feature of the pro-Krüger demonstration in Cologne to-day.

ANOTHER FIGHT WITH DE WET. His Troops Again Driven from Their Positions by Gen. Knox's Force.

LONDON, Dec. 5. – The War, Office has received the following from Lord Kitchener, dated Bloemfontein, Dec. 5:

"Gen. Knox re-engaged De Wet near Bethulie, on the Smithfield Road, yesterday. He drove the enemy from all their positions before dark, when they retreated northward. Col. Pilcher assisted, by a turning movement on Knox's left."

Lord Kitchener also reports several minor affairs.

A SHORT QUEEN'S SPEECH.

It Will Be Read To-day and Will Consist of a Single Sentence.

LONDON, Dec. 6. – The Queen's speech to-day will be the shortest on record. It will consist of a single sentence announcing that Parliament has been summoned to provide supplies for the army.

Foreign relations, which are not touched on in this laconic message, will be fully dealt with in the speech opening the February session.

SAYS DUTCH ARE ALIENATED.

LONDON, Dec. 6. – J. M. Robertson, who has just returned from South Africa, in a speech at a meeting of the League of Liberals, said the people here know little or nothing of what is going on in South Africa. He further asserted that he himself saw an order of Lord Roberts in July for the burning of forty farms.

The Dutch, Mr. Robertson added, are now absolutely alienated.

DURBAN WELCOMES ROBERTS.

DURBAN, Dec. 5. – To Lord Roberts, who has arrived here, was accorded a tumultuous reception.

Members of the Irish Association dragged Lord Roberts's carriage to the Town Hall. The streets were profusely decorated and crowded to, suffocation. Numerous addresses were presented to the Field Marshal.

CHAMBERLAIN LIBEL SUIT.

Action Said to Have Been Begun Regarding Contract Allegations.

LONDON, Dec. 6. – It is reported that a member of the Chamberlain family has begun legal proceedings in connection with the published allegations that the concerns in which the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, his son, Austen Chamberlain, and others of the family are financially represented have had pecuniary interests in Government contracts.

BOERS SAID TO BE SURROUNDED.

LONDON, Dec. 6. – A London news agency publishes a dispatch from Pretoria saying that fighting has been going on for four days at Bronkhorst Spruit, east of Pretoria; that Commandants Viljoen and Erasmus, with 2,500 Boers, are now surrounded, and that eighty Boers have been killed.

At the War Office this dispatch is characterized as belated information regarding events covered in the official dispatches from Lord Kitchener, dated Bloemfontein, Nov. 30, although the statement that the Boers were surrounded is not supported officially.

Afrikander Editor Arrested.

WORCESTER, Cape Colony, Dec. 5. – J. E. De Jong, proprietor of The Worcester Advertiser, has been imprisoned on a charge of sedition, the specific offense being his publication of allegations of filthy atrocities by British soldiers.

Worcester is rapidly filling with people who will attend the Afrikander Congress. The British troops are not allowed within the town limits for fear of a collision.

Bill to Aid Boer Immigrants.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. – In the House to-day Mr. Fitzgerald (Dem., Mass.,) introduced a resolution providing for a Government ship to bring Boers to the United States to take advantage of the homestead laws.

No More Infantry for South Africa.

LONDON, Dec. 6. – According to The Daily Express, no more infantry drafts will be sent to South Africa. The only troops to go to the front hereafter will be mounted men.

LONDON ELECTRIC CONTRACTS.

American Companies Will Bid for the Work of Equipping the Metropoli- tan District Railway.

LONDON, Dec. 5.-Plans for the elec trical equipment of the Metropolitan Dis- trict Railway are now rapidly nearing com- pletion. They are attracting much atten- tion on the part of electrical companies all over the world, and particularly in the United States. Lemuel Bannister, who is a Director in both the British and American Westinghouse Companies, said this even- ing:

"There is no doubt that the contracts for the Metropolitan work will produce active bidding from all the, leading manufactur- ers. The Westinghouse people, the Thom- son-Houston Electric Company, and other American and British companies are al- ready active competitors, but these compa- nies are bidding in the names of British rather than American corporations. It is expected that work will be begun early in the new year, and, as the tunnels and tracks are already done, there ought to be an early completion of the system." There is considerable interest in London as to who will succeed D. H. Louderback of Chicago as the special representative of Charles T. Yerkes here. Mr. Louderback is still actively engaged in Mr. Yerkes's in- terests, and is confident of closing up suc- cessful contracts before leaving England.

"I am naturally disinclined to talk about the plans," he said this evening. "as the matter must now be left to my successor, whose name will undoubtedly be announced in the United States in the course of a few days. It is a source of great regret to me that my wife's illness compels me to leave work which offers so many interesting feat- ures. London, no doubt, will prove a great field for electrical enterprise in the next few years, and the Americans are sure to figure prominently in it."

Lord Halifax Not to Join Roman Church

LONDON, Dec. 5.-Viscount Halifax, President of the English Church Union, who was reported by The Dublin Evening Herald to be about to join the Church of Rome, declares that the assertion is with- out foundation.

Bulgarian Cabinet Resigns.

SOFIA Bulgaria, Dec. 5.-The Cabinet has resigned, owing to Ministerial differ- ences.

For HURRY-UP COOKING is there anything to equal LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF BEEF. CHORUS OF HOUSEWIVES ANSWERS "NO"

ONE NEW SMALLPOX CASE

James Doyle, Kindergarten Pupil, Stricken at His Home.

Dr. Blauvelt Blames Parents for Not Having Him Vaccinated – Only One Death.

One new case of smallpox was reported yesterday, making forty-five that have so far appeared in the Borough of Manhat- tan. No new cases were reported from Brooklyn or the Bronx up to last evening. The victim of yesterday is a four-year-old boy, James Doyle, of 317 West Sixty-sev- enth Street. The boy was taken to North Brother Island and the apartment where he lived disinfected.

Speaking of the Doyle case, Dr. Blauvelt spoke in tones of indignation of the actions of citizens, especially those in the infected district where the disease first broke out, in either refusing to attend to vaccination or refusing altogether to have it done. Dr. Blauvelt said that the Doyle boy was one of thirteen or fourteen children who had attended the kindergarten at 259-261 West Fifty-ninth Street. All these children are under surveillance, and have been since Nov. 29, Thanksgiving Day. Dr. Blauvelt on that day sent his men to the several addresses to either vaccinate those exposed or to see that it was done.

In the case of the house in which young Doyle lived, and in other houses as well, the parents said they and their children would be vaccinated by their own physi- cian. They refused to let the Health De- partment perform the simple operation. A Health Department physician went again Doyles live, but was met by the same re- on Saturday to the apartment where the fusal and the statement that the family. physicians would attend to the matter. "If these people had had vaccination done last Thursday," said Dr. Blauvelt yesterday, "when I sent there, or had had their own doctor attend to it, the Doyle boy probably would not have been taken with the disease. This case is a fair sam- ple of the difficulties with which we have to contend. People either in many in- stances refuse or evade, so that in the end disease breaks out which might have been avoided."

Dr. Blauvelt said that he believes the de- partment has the disease well in hand, but added that undoubtedly many have been exposed, and no one should be astonished. to hear of other cases. He holds that there is no fear of an epidemic, but that people cannot be too careful in taking precaution. "Vaccination," said he, "is of course the greatest safeguard, and our warnings are being liberally heeded. At the same time, ignorance and obstinacy hinder a great deal. Health Department officials who have been sent out to different parts of the city have vaccinated over 1,000 per- sons, and we are receiving many requests from the owners, proprietors, and man- agers of factories and other business places where large numbers of persons are em- ploved to have physicians sent there. These requests we are complying with. Over 300 people called here to-day for vac- cination."

At the rooms at 68 Elm Street several hundred called yesterday to be inoculated. A steady stream has kept up for several days and bids fair to continue for many days to come, the idea having apparently gone forth that the greatest safety lies in vaccination. The fact stands out, how- ever, that Dr. Dillingham's corps of as- sistants are not having an easy time in their visits to the infected districts in their efforts to combat ignorance, and even, in many instances, superstition. The failure of the law to compel vaccination has com- peiled the physicians to more or less subt terfuge in persuading people to submit to inoculation. As a rule. however, they have been compelled to defer the good- nature and good sense of those whom they approach.

An encouraging sign of the freedom of the city from this disease in the future lies in the large number of orders sent in by druggists and physicians for vaccine virus. The majority of the orders are for tubes holding enough for only one inocu- lation. The health authorities on the con- trary prefer to put up the virus in bottles holding enough for ten vaccinations, and in consequence are working overtime and are behind in their orders.

The only death so far is that of Mary Holmes, the servant who was removed from 235 West Seventy-sixth Street to North Brother Island. The other patients are reported to be doing well. Notwith- standing the apparent let-up yesterday, Dr. Blauvelt said last evening that the de- partment is prepared and fully equipped for a long fight, Enough virus has al-. ready been put up to vaccinate 20,000 or 30,000 persons, and the supply is unlimited.

A NAME DELAYS MARRIAGE.

Prospective Bridegroom, in a Dilemma Upon Finding His True Parentage, Goes, to Court.

A man badly puzzled as to the name un- der which he could be legally married called upon Justice Aspinall in the Kings County. Court late yesterday, afternoon to request the Judge to get him out of his dilemma. The man has always been known as Peter Schroeder. He resides at 789 Madison Street.

According to the story he told Justice Aspinall, he was about to get married, and upon imparting this fact to his mother she astonished him by telling him that Schroeder was not his name, and he could not be legally married under it. She ex- plained that he was the son of her first husband, and that his name was Peter Kleinhaus, which was his father's name also. Peter's father died while the son was an infant. Having married again, the moth- er allowed Peter to be called by the name of her second husband, Schroeder, and the boy grew to manhood in ignorance of his real name.

Justice Aspinall told the man that the necessary legal steps would be taken so that he could retain the name by which he is now known.

WOMAN SUFFRAGE BAZAAR.

The West Gives a Carload of Hogs – Doings at the Fair.

Woman suffrage stock was at par it was announced at the National Bazaar in the Madison Square Garden Concert Hall yes- terday afternoon. The association will get 100 cents on the dollar for all its stock-a big carload of hogs donated in the far West and shipped to Chicago, where they lave been sold at the stock yards. One handsome specimen in the hog line was raised from infancy to a comfortable condi- tion of 340 pounds weight by Miss Laura Clay, a daughter of Cassius Clay of Lex- ington, Ky. Miss Clay has sold her hog for $15, and the bazaar will be enriched by that amount. All this would fill the hearts of the suffragists with joy if it was not for the donkey. A fine little Mexican don- key was promised to them some weeks be- fore the bazaar opened. Not a word has been heard from the little animal since, and there is a fear that he has balked somewhere along the road on his way north.

"Miss McKinley," the finely clad little. doll donated by Mrs. McKinley, is to be sold to the highest bidder. Twenty dollars was the largest bid received yesterday afternoon. There is a fine collection of dolls at the bazaar. They are of all classes- and conditions. Some one has discovered a miniature Buffalo Bill in the collection, and Utah's Governor's doll was out with a new head yesterday. The under lip to her first one had disappeared. Some one said the lady had bitten it herself in her chag- rin at coming to a suffrage bazaar, fearing that it would injure her matrimonial chances.

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WOULD RETIRE J.W. GATES

Proxies Sought to Vote Against Him at Steel Trust Meeting.

Directors Said to be Dissatisfied with the Management of the Company – Purchase of Steamers Causes Trouble.

The financial district was much interest- ed yesterday in the published advertise- ment of Welles, Herrick & Hicks, bank- ers and brokers, at 15 Wall Street, stating that the firm, at the request of the holders of a large amount of the preferred. and common stocks of the American Steel and Wire Company was prepared to receive proxies carrying the right to vote at the annual meeting of the company, on Feb. 21, 1900. The advertisement explained that the object of the call was to acquire enough stock to secure "the election of an efficient Board of Directors."

In Wall Street the project is regarded as the beginning of a movement, the chief ob- ject of which is the ousting of John W. Gates from the Steel and Wire Board. Some months ago opposition to Mr. Gates and his methods appeared, and the house of J. & W. Seligman was understood to be act- ive in the opposition. The upshot of the matter then was the withdrawal from the Board of Directors of Henry Seligman and Frederick Strauss, and the election in their stead of Directors commonly supposed to be of Mr. Gates's choosing. Later, pre- vious to his European trip, Mr. Gates re- signed as Chairman of the board, but re- mained a Director of the company. Since his return he has been an active factor in the affairs of the company-is popularly supposed, indeed, to have the controlling in- terest.

Of late there have been many stories of dissatisfaction among the Directors, and in connection with the stories it was said that a number of the Directors were op- posed to the reported transfer to the Steel Company of a number of steamships, in which certain other of the Directors were Interested, the transfer being made, it is current gossip, at a much higher figure than the original cost to the individual Directors.

However this be, the upshot of all the controversy is the movement, now under way. Welles, Herrick & Hicks refuse to divulge for whom they are acting, though they say it is certainly not for Mr. Gates or his friends. E. Hicks Herrick, a mem- ber of the firm, says:

"The advertisement explains itself. We are acting for interests who desire to see an honest management and who are anxious to have more particulars about some certain transactions in which the company is interested."

In some parts of Wall Street the belief is that the Philadelphia Directors – Messrs. Widener, Elkins, and Dolan – are back of the movement.

FILMS AND NEGATIVES SEIZED.

John J. Alexandra Arrested for Dealing in Improper Pictures.

While a big Broadway crowd watched the proceedings early last evening a patrol wagon carted away 10,000 films and nega- tives of the American Electroscope Com- pany, doing business on the seventeenth floor of the St. James Building, as well as the proprietor, John J. Alexandra. It was the second time he had been arrested dur- ing the day. He was taken into custody last night by Detective Benning at the in- stance of Anthony Comstock.

Comstock, his special agent, Ditman, and Benning went to the establishment last night. They found Alexandra and a girl about seventeen in the place. Alexandra was arrested on a charge of selling inde- cent pictures, and the detective took charge. of every film he could find.

The Federal authorities arrested Alexan- dra yesterday on a charge of sending in- decent matter through the mails. He was taken before Commissioner Shields, where he waived examination, and he was held in $1,000 bail, which he immediately fur- nished.

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ANTI-POLYGAMY MEETING.

Congress Urged to Submit Constitutional Amendment at Once.

A meeting under the auspices of the In- terdenominational Council of Women for Christian and Patriotic Service was held yesterday afternoon at the United Charities Building, to further the agitation for the adoption of an amend- ment to the Constitution forbidding polyg- amy. Darwin R. James, who acted as Chairman during the meeting, spoke of the agitation for the exclusion of Brigham H. Roberts from Congress, and read a letter from ex-Senator Edmunds to his wife, fav- oring the present agitation.

After the reading of this letter, a set of resolutions were read and adopted. They advised Congress to take prompt action in submitting to the several States an amend- ment prohibiting polygamy, and urged the Judiciary Committee of the House of Rep- resentatives to give such measures imme- diate attention. Gen. John Eaton of Wash- ington, who was the first regular speaker, said that the Mormons have increased by not less than 43,000 a year recently. "One of their doctrines is that a man may become a god through a polyg- amous marriage. They control Utah, and in some of the neighboring States they hold the balance of power."

Dr. Sarah J. Elliot, a Deaconess of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Moab, Utah, who spoke next, referred to the vis- ible degradation of the Mormon women. The Rev. Dr. David Burrell of the Marble Collegiate Church came next, and said that Utah could change its political coat with wonderful facility.

"There is a report spreading." he said, that it would not be wise for Congress to give any justification to. It is to the effect that a bargain has been made between the National Republican leaders and the Mor- mon Church to secure the vote of Utah to the Mormon Republican Party."

SCHOLARSHIPS AT COLUMBIA.

Dean Van Amringe Thinks Present System an Improvement.

The annual report of Dean J. H. Van Amringe of Columbia College came from the press yesterday. Dean Van Amringe makes the following report in regard to the system of awarding scholarships at Columbia:

A year ago, the mode of giving pecuniary aid to students was changed by substituting a sys- tem of scholarships for free or reduced tuition. So far as a year's experience justifies an opin- lon, I think the substituted scheme works more favorably than that which it replaced. A rem- edy at once practical and wise is difficult to de- vise. That referred to and applied here is an at- tempt which promises to amend at least some of the infelicities of the former method.

The scholarships awarded for the year are as follows: Alumni competitive scholarship, Oscar Rempel Houston. from the Brooklyn Pelytechnic Institute; Harper scholarship, J. C. Sweeney of the Boy's High School of, Brooklyn; three Brooklyn scholarships, Maxwell F. Lawton of Adel- phi Academy, P. G. Gravenhorst of Brook- Isenberger of the Boy's High School of Brooklyn.

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PRIVATE PATIENTS' BUILDING.

New York Hospital's Addition Opened – Board of Governors' Reception.

A new private patients' building, an addi- tion to New York Hospital, was thrown open last night. A reception was held by. the Board of Governors, which was attend- ed by several hundred people. The guests were received by the Board of Governors- Superintendent Ludlam, Assistant Superin- tendent Robertson, and Secretary Crane- and shown about the structure.

The new building is ten stories in height and is equipped with modern elevators. The first floor is used for executive pur- poses, the second for the doctors, while the upper floors are fitted up for the patients. There are a number of suites of two rooms and bath. The upper floor contains two operating rooms, each with its separate etherizing room, wash rooms, sterilizing rooms, nurses' room, &c., and each pro- vided with its own ventilating plant.

At the rear of the building. separated from its and reached by special elevators from the yard, is an isolating department, with toilet, baths, pantries, and disinfect- ing apparatus. It has its own heating and ventilating system independent of the rest of the bui ding. The building is situated at 10 West Sixteenth Street.

Two other buildings, one for employes and the other to be known as Governors' Building, are in course of erection. The Superintendent's house is nearly completed.

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