YEW-YORK DATIT TRTBIXE. TIESDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1900.

MRS. BELMONT LEASES HOUSE.Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont has leased the

three-story dwelling house No. ii East114 th strerr. near Fourth avenue. 1!^ Will

One Taken Out Barely Alive: the OtharDead.

Rochester. De<\ £7.—Albert She-han »n«*a -"••man narred Tondo> were buried by a. av«-iu this afternoon n»ar Wintnn Road.She«>han assa ssßMssjssi and hurrise) ts> •hospital, barely alive. Lar* this aftentaaaathe body of Albert Yondo »-as tak»n fromthe aaasl bank, after tons of sjusd bad. beearemoved..

be u*ed as a *»tr:ernetit houa* in tinhalfef th^ woman suffrage in«>vettn*nt. &ltic»-tional work will be oarri-d on. an«l y*uwpwomen will b«» instructed in woman suf-frag" do<-trin<». 3STSSS

TWO BURIED BY CAVE

Fire Destroys House of Rcv-olulionari/ Patriot.

IByTelrjcraph tn Th« Trtbun* !

Worcester. >;«.•«.• Dm '-'—The home-stead «>f John Hancock near Barre wasdestroyed early this morning; by flr*tvhieh star*><i in the dining room of thebuilding and burned the old dwelling tothe ground. The flre was discovered bya hired man and an alarm was amiawticifrom the Barre telephone exchange. Pewpersons responded, ho««»v«»r. owlnir tothe heavy fiorfti.,In face of th* furiouswind «nd snow storm it was Impossiblefor the Imal firemen to reach the «<enein -timt» t<> be si any servi>-e. and theydevoted their attention to lie^pinjf thebarns and oathotisos from being; d<»-stroyed als«>. Th*> damape to the oldhomestead is estimated at from X) -•

to $3.o<X>.

FIVE TRAINMEN KILLED.

Two Fatally Hurt ia Hsad-On B. & 0Sonth^xestern Crash.

Seymour. fi-d. Det-. ZT.-Five trainmenvers kilred and tw<. were fatally hurt to-day in a head-on freirht collision on theBaltimore *. OMs Southwestern Railroadnear Fort Ritner. The dead are LawrenceAmlck. engineer: J. 1.. Ro«itt and JacobKmly. firemen, and Flnley Lee and FrankHattabaugh. braketnen.

The trains met on a sharp curve, appar-ently because of a misunderstanding oforders. Locomotives and cars were smashedand their wreckage piled high. Th« injure*!suffered terribly in the cold before helprea'h«-d th"m. ,

HASCOCK HOME GONE

MAYOR M'CLELLAN LAYING CORXERSTON'E (.>E NEW MTJNICIPAL BUILDING

BUM X IOR TAMMANY.

GAYNUK SEEKS JOBS

Old Chinese PorcelainsEXHIBITION of RARE and FINE SPECIMENS ot OLD CHINESE PORCELAINS.JADE, and other HARD STONES

Will Open Friday, December 31. at

THE PUZA HOTEL, FIFTH AYE., MEW YORKGO RE R r

170 New Bond Street, London, England

For admission kindly present your peisonai card

The abandonment of the attempt to haveEppointe,j nine o'ldemnation commission-er* at Js>» a day to asse«s consequentialdamages will be n-.ore of a disappointmentto William .1 Conners and Thomas Has-6»tt. aecretar) of the Board of Water Sup-ply, and in a sens* campaign manager forMayor McClellan. than to any one else.To Mr. Conners the carrying out of theplan mrant more political "fences" and aFire.ngTheningr of his intrenchments aschairman of the Democratic State Commit-tee. Secretary flaaawtt. who beiievep thatMayor McClellan stands a good chance ofb*-ing the n^xt Democratic candidate forGovernor, despite the opposition of Tam-many Hall,doubtless will feel disappointedover the Eafhare of Justice Betts imme-diately to appoint the commissioner^.

Th<? failure of the plan will cause morecr less joy to the Gaynor-Murphy machine:n Manhattan. There is little doubt, thatBSMMasitkM to the appointment of the com-missioners was inspired by Judge Gaynorhimself. if the case goes over until nexty»ar. as -p«.in«! likely. Judge Gaynor, asMayor, arfll direct his Corporation Coun-sel to recommend to the court the appoint-ment of commissioners who wiil not beConnexs men, or McClellan men, but prob-t.r Gaynor men.

State • hairman Conners has used thepatronage thus far obtained from' MayorMc-leilan's office in connection with theCatski'l aqueduct work with telling effectasainpt Charles F. Murphy's control of theDemocratic State i\u25a0\u25a0nitnitfe While Mr.Murphy was busy below tha Harlem Riverwith the mayoralty campaign ChairmanConners sent his lieutenants all over th»

state mending- his political fences. He isfo veil sfied with them now that hedefies Murphy to oppose him for re-electionrs a aaan of the . ta'^ committee. As« matter of fact, the Murphy men seemlo have had all the fight taken out of them.Conners is having his own way.

The opposition which developed at Al-bany to tha appointment of the nine com-missioners probably means that JudgeGaynor is fOing to handle the patronage ofhis own office, when it reaches beyond theconfines of this city, for thr purpose Ofluiping Gaynor. rather than Conners.

Frederick Cyrus Leubus<-her. who afi-pearsd In Albs yesterday in ipposttioato ;he . \u25a0 ii!tm«-ri: of the commissioners,\u25a0Hris one of the organizers of the Munic-ipal Denocraey, which was first of allir the tield for Gaynor .*> Mayor.

The fa .-t that the city will have t.. payccnse^uenlial damages on aocoant of theVa>«i. aqueduct la not n<»w it was onefat th* points most bitterly fought overwhen the law was passed creating theboard. The -•""\u25a0 legislators would notIermit the bill

••• become a law until a\u25a0ectjon was inserted providing for con-eequential damages. Under the law acountry storekeeper whose place oC. busi-ness stands in the area needed by the cityfor etorage reservoirs can collect not only

for the loss of ris land and buildings, butsl.-n for probable profits ifleft undisturbedii. -he possession of his property. ItIs thesame way with \u25a0 mill owner, or with theLister «£-- Delaware Railroad, which willl-*f deprived of business hitherto receivedfr«>m various villages which will be blottedofT the map as soon as tht- water is turnedinto the Ashokan ar:d Kensico reservoirs.

Fight (her CommissioncrshipsPat/ing $50 \u25a0 Daii. .[ByT'ieeraph io Ti,# Triliunr

",Albany, Dee, -KYieiidfs of Mayor-elect

«iayiior of New York were behind the o"o-j«-,cti<.iiB n.t.iJc before Supreme Court .iu>=-i... Bett*. in sne. ia! Term. here to-day tothe jpp.intment of th.-cc additional c'om-\u25a0BWasßSba .if :tu(.- BMcnbera each to pass onconsequential teaaacea to property in theCatsklils hi connection with the AshokanMSMBJ reservoir construction work. Tt isundcrptnud that th \u25a0 request f..r the ap-pointment at the nine c'inimiFsinneri". at$.Vt a dny, came from Mayor MrfirlhWßoffice, although the r»tjueKt was made bythe Corporat&u Ossosasra office v>f New\u25a0} .'lk < ,'\u25a0

Recently Supreme Court Justice Howard,

of Troy, refue-?-] to audit a Mil presentedc. oi.e. of the Asbokan- . ooioaisafaae onthe grounJ that tha conasmssao*! had not

v.-*>rked elgi houts a day. and BhW thatit? Ftatem^ni of expenfl *s was not itemized.Justin- Heward n»i*i th.it if the coinmis-Fijners expected f> get J3<> a day theyn.us=t show tiiat they were ewgsajed at

least •eight h«?urs fur each cay charged upto the city of New York.

The sSKSttosi <if the appointment of thene". ootnwitsioners < anie before JustiiI'ctts «n ati order to show Cu'lFO bBMMIby the late lajgtioi George H. Fttts, sfCohoes, which was made returnable to-day. Th«- objections wer- maio by WilliamLustgarten. of New York, one of the man-asjesa Sf the Gaynor campaign, represent-

bac Basmtal Green, an Ulster County prop-«t owner, on ii# ground that the pro-teidint had not l»een properly advertised.According •\u0084 Mr. Lut-t.rartfn. th*r proceed-liii:sh-ii.i.';ha^e been advertised six weeks;wiiereas. In accordance tvlth the order ofJustice Kitts. it Ha-i '.i/ii advertised onlythree arcoka. Mr Lustgarten says thatJustice Fitts had no Pig it to make such anord*-r. AiSnclatad with Mr. uustgartenv.f r Ilonry \V. Bridges and FrederickCyras L«eubusch"r.

Mr. I'owell. of Kingston, representing the.New York Corporation Ooonscd'a office, of-Bsr c to withdraw ••-' for the ap-

I'Cintmen: of the cummissioners. hatArthur A. Rro*n. Harris T. Slawsoii and\V. D. Brinnier. EepreseDtißg Lister oun-ty ... owners, ii-sitted on the sd-pnhitiuent .-• the . nnnisaMHiers being

i.ade. Jest ice Betts reserved decision andUok the parKrs.

CITY OFFICIALS TO RESIGN.

In the afternoon the academic principals

heard an address hy Professor Adum LeRoy Jones, of Columbia, explaining the

new pluh for the admiasioa of students to

Columbia -•"t.'tilversity. The elementaryprincipals devoted the afternoon chieflyto a discussion of the revision of theNew York State Elementary syllabus a*

presemed t>y Thomas K. nnansii thirdassistant commissioner of education.

The Science Teachers in the a'ternoonRUH'Usaed the high school ayltabua

The sessions were held separately, butthis evening a joint meeting of three or-ganlzationa was addressed by PresidentC A Richmond of Union College on tliesubject. Tlii- Background of Education."The speaker made s Strong plea for prac-

tical idealism The science teachers heldan evening session to listen to an aeMreasby Professor Otis W. Caldwell, of. Chicago

University.

our AssociatKms Assemble for TheirAnnual Conventions in Syracuse.

Syracuse, Dtc. 27.—

Four organizations

ol public -chooi teachers' in New York

.\u25a0\u25a0'tate opened their annual conventions inthis city to-day. They are the AssociatedAcademic Principals, the Science Teachers,the Teachers of Mathematics and the New-York State Council of Klementary SchoolPrincipals.

Randall J. Le Boeuf Succeeds the LateGeorge H. Fitts.

Albany, Dae 27.— Governor Hughes to-flayappointed Randall J. I-e Boeuf. of Albany.

a Republican, as Supreme Court justice ofthe 3d Judicial District, to succeed the lateJustice George U. Fitts, of Conors.

Mr. Ue Boeuf was born in Cohoes in]&70. He was graduated from « 'ort>ell Uni-versity In 159.. He later practised law

wlth Carter. Hughes & Kellogg, of New-Tors;, ef which tirm Governor Hughes was.i member Mr. Le Boeuf removed to Al-bany in 1595 and has resMsd -here since.

GOVERNOR WILL GIVE HEARING.Albany, Dec. 27.—Governor Hughes will

jfti\•- a heartng on January 3 on an orderto show cause why he should not revokethe notaries public certificates granted to

Abraham H. l'lncus and John J. Quinn, of

New York. United States l>i>-trict Attor-ney Wise, of New York, recently charged

these men with taking acknowledgmentswithout pers.nally knowhlg the personswho were making the affidavits.*

MANY TEACHERS MEET.

GOVERNOR APPOINTS JUSTICE.

Colonel James Gordon NewSenator from Mississippi.

Jackson, Miss., Dec..27.—

Governor Noelannounced the appointment of ColonelJames < Jordon. of Okolona. to-day as ,Urtited Stato-- Senator from Mississippi,to -•'!• ceed A. J. McLaurin.

The appointment Is only until the Legis-lature can ef»"ct a Senator for the unex-ph-ed term, and is majde with the under-standing that Seriator Gordon v/ill not i>e acandidate for this term. ~.» :

While Senator Gordon may not servemore than two or thre*; weeks, there is astrong probability of >a l>gluklll» dead-lock, owing to the large number of candi-dates. It is. therefore, not improbablethat Mr. Gordon may serve a year or more.He is seventy-six ye.-irs old. a native ofMississippi and served with distinction inthe Confederate Army. Governor Noel an-nounced that one of bis principal motivesin appointing i"olunei Gordon was as acompliment to the soldiers of the Confed-eracy. 6K7BK

SUCCEEDS M'LAUBIN.

[By Tcii»Kraph to The Tribune. !anai'daigua. X. V., Dee. 27.—Royal R.

Scott, chief i. nun—l to the State ExciseDepartment, said to-nisht:

\u25a0"! have consented to have my name go

before the convention as a nominee forSenator In the 4^d District to aoecsed thelate Senator John Raines, as stated In TheTribune to-day. I will support GovernorHughes throughout and will advance thebills he thinks most appropriate on theprimary Question."

ELECTION ORDERED-•T<> FillRaines's Scat l\ H.

Flamlin Favored.IBy nricscapa m r a Trihtine.1

Albany, r<e<\ 27.— <*rnor Hughes to-day -r^rrn,\ a special election on January

Z'< in the 42d Senate I>istri't to till the va-cancy caused l.v ihe death •! SenatorRaines, o* Canandalgua. The district com-prises the counties ot Ontario, \Va> andYat«s.

The name of Frank H. anilin. of Can-andnlgua, is being put f--rward here asa Republican candidate to sareeejd Sen-ator Itaines. II hi belti

—d that should

Mr. Hamlin be seKeted he-wooM beceaasa candidate on a platform pledged to sup-port the polkiej of Governor Hughe?, in-ciuding his recommendation for a system

of direct n<jniinati<"ns.

Mr. Hamlin'* name has l>ern suggestedby certain friends of Senator Raines who

are holding ofR.••» in th:.s city. They de-clare that if he will \u25a0 'rispnt to run hecan have the nomination.. Mr. Hamlin.they say. would unite the various Repub-

lican forces in the 10 I f>i-trict. particu-larly i,i Ontario County, where a DWBJO-crat was elected to the Assembly in thelast election.

Mr. Hamlin b \u25a0 lawyer and president ofthp Genesee Valley Trust I'esjrpaay, ofRochester. He was* a candidate aKalnst

Senator Kain- -\u25a0 for the nomination forCongressman and Senator, a' number ofyears a.?o.

rt sterns aJasMM certain that the Repub-

lican not:ii::ec In the 42d District will he

pledged to support the Governor. This is

considered • significant in view of the fact

that Senator Raines led the'light in the

upper house against the Hinman-Greenbill, embodying the Governor's views ondirect nominations. Yates County is al-ready pledged to direct nominations TheAssemblyman from Ontario County is alsopledged to direct nominations, while Wayne

ounty'H Assemblyman favors primary re-form. Just wliat effect the election of aso-called Hughes Senator to sßCcead Sena-tor Raines would have on the Governor'srecommendation for direct nominationsand other rei-omrnendalions at the coming

aessloa of tiie Legislature remains to beseen.

Not an, Milk TrustThe Original and Genuine

Report That Hebberd and Polk Do Not

i Want Eeappointmsnt.It in undersold .-it the City Hall that

Commissioner Hehberd, of the CharitiesT>;*artmerit, and president Polk, of theMunicipal Civil rice i'mnmltshm. willturn in their readgsuEtfens to Mayor Me-CJelian, to t-ike . ff«-i Jhe last day of thisye^r. lad that tlw*y will n"t a-'-ppt rcap-poi.stn.- from Mayor

'SaynoiJt is >-aid that I'oiiiniiwsUwn'i Hebberd is

off<*»»«je«| iMv-a.use Judge Gaynor has devoteda great deal of attention Is the stories ofmalcontents in the Department of Chari-ties, I>r. Stewart among others, and thath« jv satisfied that even ifhe stayed in the.department he would b«; unable, to enforcejx>litjcs which he dc-t-rns necessary for thewelfare of th<- city.

Judge Gaynor shows ii" Indication ofmaking public his list of aspuinUßents be-f^sre Friday, and It in tllid.lM<M,d tnat .>llSaturday, when he will Bucceed >lay<ir Mc-'"l'lian. de w'jj not announce more tlianhalf tit* Mm.

Start the Mew Year Right

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rhe New Ycrk Tribunr. N>w Vorlt i''t: \u25a0

Oear sir: U> ha»e uw.| your nlumos'ni our a<l. fer ap«-nl» I>> «<"M our rvrf^rt<»n<l Vsraum <*l<>an»Tti ..; C."..<»0ati'i st<>.'»».»nh rranlta mu«h b+JOIUi our rxi»-«iatlon«.riie .-nilt.s have- iiiir^aned from \u25a0!»> ioJay an<i from th»~ resuli!" »lrr-a.: ••t.t.un.ilrm plan to r.riT!::ue our ail. In your col-imnii p<rinan<-Qt!y.

Knrlow<i herewith and copy for ad. forhe coming -'..k We wfll semi you n«>» r

»pv .-afji \u25a0wsfc1 "•«!-.» a'uiaiins' you \u25a0\u25a0 the rtrawlng: ef-

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Per kteao b\ Haßkell. Tr««,

tm York, lnv. 23, 1990.

Mr. Dougherty weui •\u25a0\u25a0 lo say that tlieppeciflcations proyi'lAl for the . in-iit

eff .eji.ii"|.« r-.« nt.i^-

toe mat n.,i. deliv-rr. on th'J ground, v.hicli, he assertedwa« Hi) •! BcaiJes, li" uaid, Ihe suia

to be pal i Ear the matirials amounted to,-„ i-r cent oi their ebat, area* the high-

est \u25a0mmnH allowed to be p.ii<i by the cityto a contractor, pending th« cutnpteilon of

bta contract, was 7» Per cent of Lhe workcii ue bj him from time. Cotinucl uid therewere on., sevoal bidd-ru wh«*n ihert; jihuulj

lia.v« bet" %X lesjrt ill - hundre-J., ",._ ;Mr, Martir »i»>ke .i 'eiiulf of the mu-

j:.ci^a'll pffcaentlng an argument jai fm\»r

Mr. Dougherty argued for th^ continu-ance of the Injunction on the ground thatthe Board of Estimate and Apportionmenthad, under the *.erms of the contract, em-jiioy.-d a rtrm <»f architects to supervise thework, altlMUgh under the statute author-izing the erection vi the new building:and•under t!ie provisioaa of the charter such su-pervision wsji in tlie jurisdiction either ofthe Bridge teomfni3sioner or :h- Bureausf Public Builmni! Counsel contended thatthe Board <>f Estimate Jiiid no right to em-ploy architects lo vuperviue :',,- contract,

;«»* they were not cil; offici The latter*remuneration. lid Mr. Dougherty, was es-timate,! at J4SO.OOQ.

Justice'

Dueling Hears Argu-

ments on Injunction.Justice Dowling, of the Supreme Court,

listened- to a. three sided argument yester-day on •ne application of William J.

Sehieffelin to inakf permanent, a tenmo-rary injunction that he obtained restraining

the cjty .-:>i<! Bridge Commissioner Bt«»v«n-son from accepting the bid uf the Tli-iuip-

6on-Starre.tt Company for tiie erection ofthe superstructur< of the proposed munici-pal baildlna;. J- Hampden Dougherty ap-peared for Mr. pchieffelin. who suet as ataxpayer: Morgan .t OBi represented

the Thompsou-SstarreU Company. andssrs. Bterling and Martin represented

the city.

FIGHT DELAY WORK.

The caisson work and the laying of thefoundation, fur which the Foundation Com-psuiy will be paid $1,44:;.! »7, will be complet-

ed in four months, the engineers said.The company has been a 1 work eight

months. When its contract Is completedonly the possible legal difficulties will beIn the way of beginni] - the superstructure.

The entire building will be completed in

two years, the engineera • icpei I Besideshousing ill the city departments^ eight

Boors will be left to b<-- rented as privateoffices, the rental from which is expected

to save the city SjOO.CWO yearly over the

presenl expense, of maintaining the cityde-

partments in different buildings around the

city. The building will haw- thirty-four

btories, including the tow« and. with a050-foot stretch from sid-walk to tower

lop, wUI rank next to the M< ipolltan

and the Sfiiger structures ? in the city's

bJslii >' ai.d most Imposing buildings.-

Simple Ceremony for Home ofMunicipal Department*.

• Iti tlie ? name s»f the people of NewYork Ideclare thir stone- well and trulylaid." said Mayor McClellan yesterdayafternoon as he reste ! a silver trowel onthe four-ton pranite block that will serveas ihe cornerstone of t!<r. new MunielpalBuilding With this the ceremony wasover. It >va= probabi] the fiir.plest everconducted in this country for buildingseven approaching in importance the city's110.0W.00Q skyscraper Only ten minutes'time wat taken for tiiis nio.-t important of-fi.-ia! act of the closing days of Mr. Mc-CleMan's admlnist

A few minutes after 2 o'clock the Mayorwalked from the City Hal! across Cityliall Paik in eoii'pany with Bridge Com-nslsakmer Stevenson, Chief Engineer Martinand Police Lieutenant William T\enn«jIItothe wooden platform at the southwest cor-ner of the site at Chambers street and'Tryon Row. It was at this point that ascrap of foundation vull had been pushedup to the str.-et level after a month'sspecial • Ifori by the contractors.

I-aborers had been worldng all morningto cet the big prranitc block in a positionso that it would take only a few secondsto drop it into place tor the cerenHinjf.

But hit'^ics had occurred, makinc the ten-minute wait necessary. In the mean time

the Mayor and everybody else put theircoat collars up a^ain-i the wind, stamped

their r»«t an] pazfd off into the vast hole.Finally, the copper box containing city

•\u25a0ecords. rr.orning newEiiapers an«i clippings

alMtut the building', «a:- in place, and thestone was lowered into position, a battery

of photographers' ameras clicked as theMayor, with bared head, uttered the for-mal sentence Then, after a faint cheerwas given, everybody departed.

The only inscription on th«- stum is thatof the year in the Latin numerals on thesoutherly side. One of the interesting rec-cords preserved in the Ix-x within theHone was a set of twelve pictures of tliecity. They were taken from the towers<>f the Sineer and Metropolitan buildings

and from the highest point ot the newManhattan Bridge

NEW CITY HI ILDIMi.

MAYOR SETS STONE

Mrs. Ford's attorneys also Bled a d<--murrer to the indictment a>» -rt thatthe alleged blackmail levied on Warrlnerwas, if committed, a nUsdemeanor und nota felony. Thia demurrer was overruled.

\Varrin»r wIU b«- ti' Id In jullus tht- prin-

ii>ai witness in the case. When the Fordtrtul \* concluded he will j;u io ColumbusU. >>erve hla sentence ut sl\ >»nr» it) tliuetutti penitentiary.

Cincinnati. Dec :T.-Mrs. Jeannette si »art Ford, who Is charged with blackmail inconnection with the embezzlement ofliir:.«j<t fnnii tiie local offleta of tt;<- Bt^Four Railroad bj C. i-. Warriner, will notbe bri>iiKljtto Iriiiluntil January 10,

The case was milled to-daj in the Crim-inal i.'ourt, hut Mr« Ford'a attorneys askedfor i( continuuu("> on tiie ground that tKejr

<-!lent iiad sustained a severe, fall on therrosen pavement iu>l was unable to bepreWent.^;^

Hurt by Fall. Is Unable to Appear in

Court.

MRS. FORD'S TRIAL POSTPONED.

Edmund I>. Fisher is secretary of ther'aiii.'-n Tru3t Company He will i>e thepractical banker of thi Controller's ofllce,and will hav< charge of the Issue and saleof i-orporate stocks and bonds.

Major Ebst ein was Deputy pi.iicp Com-missianer of Brooklyn un<i«?r CommissionerMcAdnu. in tl,e first McClellan administra-tion He was the Republican candidate furBorough President against Coler four y«anago

Edmund D Fluber. secretart of the Flat-bush Tr;i?: Company, probably suc-ceed \. Taylor Phillips as second deputy,with ;i salary of $7,500. If this place does

g to Mr. Fish.:, v k likelj to go tord P Schenck. <( t;,. Jjong Island

Uan a.vi Tv-ist Company, in ii:<>T>nip:p BarBuilding, Brooklyn. The head of a linnn-• iai Institution In Queens Borough also i>imder consideration by Mr. Prendergaal

Major P*. E Ff. Cbsteln. former Deput]misKioner of Police, Is likeiy t.> be

City Paymaster, to succeed John li Tlra-niiTinan. it tii<^ < i\ il Service law- do notprotect Mr Timmerman. If ihr\ ,\.X thenMajor Ehstein will take another big office,probably :'mi of *lef auditor of accounts,

a piaco now filled by Sheriff-elect P. H.Vuuri. of Brooklyn.

Doucias Mathewson is a l< iding Repub-lican of Tlie Bronx. \if was an assistantforporation counsel under George l>. lines.Mr Mathewson Is president of the BronxBar Association and president of the I'jirk

Republlcazi < "lul>

Douglas Mathcw9on on Con-troller-Elect's list.

Contr ller-eleci Prendergast yesterday

irporatlon Counsel his bond\u25a0 sum nf $200,000. with tho f,

Buret: Company, of So. 1* William street,irety. Mr. Prendergast is nearIj wen

.icain. but In order t.i be tit for the hardwork "f the next few months he went T'>Litkewood yesterday, t.. \<t> gone for the

\u25a0 par ot the week.Controller Prendergast's first deput; will

\u25a0ouglaa Mathewson, of The Bronx, at analar: of $7,500. !!'• wilj succeed John 11.M.i.,,

PRESDERd. iST'S AIDS.

At 7 o'clock yesterday morning lie start-o<! for Brooklyn. At Hickaville the train«;is stalled by the snow, and Mr. Gaynorto.ik a sleigh to Mtneota. six miir-s away.From Mineoia the Mayor-elect took a carto Brooklyn. Tlip trip ordinarily tak^s

about tv<o and a half hours instead ofnine. Mr. 'la: por did not seem to be muchthe worse for the experience. He had §av-

engagementa yesterday, but his familycancelled them for him M \u25a0 Gaynor saidlasi niphi that he had do appointments toannounce, and that all reports of appoint-ments tliHi have so tar appeared werewithout his sanction.

Snowbound Manor-Elect Suc-ceeds in Reaching Brooklyn.Mayor-elect Gaynor returned to Brooklyn

rday afternoon aft<>r a nine-hour trip

from his country piace at St. James, Long

Island. Il» siart.--l ror St .lani^^ > \u25a0hrist-inas afternoon, promising to return to tiisfamil> by •supper time on. Sunday. Soonafter his arrival at St. .lumps <)\r WadingRiver branch of thr I^mtr Island Railroadnas blocked by the snow. The telephoneand telegraph wires went down and Mr.Gaynor was isolated.

3/7^. GA VNOR EMERGES.

Ex-Justice Qlßrien, tor the TlTompson-Starrett Company, said It was to be re-BTetted that in recent years the city's bet-termsnt contracts began, and ended withlawsuits brought by outsiders. So bad l.adit become, h< said, that responsible con-tractors hesitattd before putting 'n a l>idon municipal work, fearing a protracted

and expensive litigation.Justice. Dowling "will probably rtnder a

dtcltion to-day.

of the immediate construction of the liuii.i-iii^ <;r*\it damage woulJ accrue to thecity, he declared, unless the structure wcr»

ommenced, citing the amount- of rentspaid by the city to hones tka many depart-ments, ail of which wouM cease upon Its

iletion. Th.» sum of 3S.OM s day wastlius sp)ent, he said.

MAY DELAY SMUGGLING TRIALS:The. trial of BlMMroui fashionable dress-

makaTi on chut gas or aniuggitng may neti>. bald January 3 an scheduled, for on«of the principal nwmmw witui-«»»t«.s,John \V. i.'oi-<uteds:e. received nnrmisswiiiyesierday to remain In Paris until Feb-ruary 1. Cocksedge left fot France on July29 la.-t, after putting up a bond of $;,uttotv return to this .-lty when wanted. nwas oriitr^l tv return in time for Ihe triul.but tiupei-M grunting un «*teiu.u ptcffllfctl itrdttrUay.

HORLICK'SJHALTEE3 MILK*

Tht Food-drink fcr AllIgas.More healthful than Tea or Coffer.Agrees with the weakest digestion.Delicious, invigorating and nutritious.Rich milk. mait-<i crun. powder form.

A quick lunch prepared in a minute.Take no substitute. Ask forHORLICK'S.

Others are imitations.

ance Department' from pubUshlag the re.-port on .i reeenl examination of the PostalLife Insuranei Company of New York.justice Dowling holds that the company*!application i.s without merit.

••it la thought." s-iiil 1) -iiii,Miii'rtliot<'hki^s. "that thii decision settles anyquestion which may bavi existed aa to therighi of the Insurance Department te givefull publicity to the reporta of its examin-ers after tlie name have ssea rt!ed."

Application for Order to Prevent Pub-

lication Denied.Albany, Dec "7 -The Superintendent or

insurance, Mr. UotehUsa, was notified today thai SuprenM Court Justice Dowling,of New York, had dented iiie awMliallusfor an order restraining the State Insur-

FULL PUBLICITY FOR REPORTS.

W J BRY.\N IN HAVANA-

Entertained at a Large Breakfast by

the American Minister. Mr. Morgan.Havana, Dc< S William Jennings Bryan,

who Is on his w*j \u25a0> Jamaica. arri\»f)

this morning. He \.i.s entertained at

breakfast in the American Minister, fcldwlnV Morgan.

Th"1 y:i*-.sts. » ho numbered more tit;t:ion«hundred. Included the vi-j-j-l>re^--id>-nt \u0084f<'ii'ii. Alfredo Kayas; Brtgxutter GeneralAstu r*. Governor of Uuvana Provlace;Colonel Orestes Ferrura, president of i!i>*

Hius* of Repn sentativi -. and other <'ul;anoflciala, as well as tiip most prominentm<=Tnrt<»rs of the Imerican colony.

Mr. Bryan i.ia»ie ;i briel acUreaa, e*-prcsstve of tiir cordial good wishes of thepeople of the 1 nlted States toward Cuba.Afterward be was presented bj MinisterMorgan to E*realdenl kmes. Mr. Bryanleft to-night for Santiago

Tells Civil Service Prohers He"

Was Xot Serious."John F. Skelly. assistant secretary of tli«*

Municipal Civil Service Commission, wasput on the rack yesterday by the StateCivil Service ComislhMkm, whose memberswanti'ii to know what Skelly meant bywriting to Senator Jnnms J. Frawley Ht

Mount Clemens that Frank A. Spencer, sec-retary of the local commission, oughi to bspromoted, because he had gone the "limit"for various friends of Senator Frawley.The letter was one of those which passedsurreptitiously into th<? immiiisiilini of Will-iam R. Hearst, and thus got into publicprint.

The investigation of Skelly was under-taken at th<-- refiu^M . ir President Frank T..Pnlk of the municipal oommlssloß. Com-

missioner Bfflliken presided, ml ommis-sioner Brown ex&mined the witnesses for

the state commission. Elliot M. Goodwin,represent) the Civil Service Reform As-sociation, also examined the witnesses.

The deeper the Incident w is probed themore certain it became that Skelly. inwriting to Senator FYawley, tried to carryoiit a political "bluff" and make himself"solid" wtth the Senator, without havingmuch, if anything; as basis for the "bluff."

Thp examination of Skelly was direct anilpointed.

"Mr Spencer's conduct haa always beenbeyond reproach," said Bkelly, replying 'o

questions about "alleged Influence' regard-ing favorable action for Civil Beiftia appli-cants, "i never spoke to him about Mc-Carthy." McCarth] was the policemanwho sought promotion.

"\\as \u25a0 our auppori of Mr. Spencer foradvancement serious?" asked Commis-sioner Brown.

•Yes." replied Mr. Sk^i!>"In writing to Senator Frawley <li<l you

rp«'iz<- that you were presenting a picture\u25a0 f Mr. Spencer as being ready to •!•> ilia-

honorable things for liis friends, and thatyou nrgrd that as a quaitscation foi pro-

motion ".Mr. Bkeii said piat he had "not been

serious" in such representation."Then." commented Commissioner Brown,

•\u25a0you were serious in urging Mr. Speneer*apromotion, but humorous In your allega-tions thai Mr. Spencer was willingto for-ward s Mind man's candidacy?"

"That is right. Far be it from me Ianything that would reflect upon Mr. Spen-

er*a absolute intcgritj and his desire to -1"iiis whole duty all the lime as a publicBervant."

Police Sergeant Dennis McCarthy tookthe stand and proved when ashed to readprinted matter and script, that he had goodeyesight. H< plso pressnted records toprove that lie l«id passed the physical ex-amtnatiqn as to eyesight with the usualpassing mark.

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Sunday, Dec 26was

Telephone bay.

THE telephone service of New York Citywas a real '"friend in need" during therecent blizzard.

With all other methods of communicationseriously hampered by the severe storm, theburden of the city 's communication fell on thetelephone system.

This unexpected flood of telephone trafficwas handled smc thlv and on « no-delay basis.

The Street Cleaning Department organ-ized its work of snow removal by telephone."Big Bill" Edwards, the Department Chief,himself made over three hundred telephone

calls.Everybody used the telephone Delays

were explained, engagements postponed ;holiday greetings that were intended to be con-veyed in person were sent over the wire."

What wculi Ihave don* without 2telephone ?" was the predominating thoughtin the minds of thousands of people.

By the way, have you a telephone ?

ht NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO.Every

Sell TeUphon*% is the center

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wdffwwte\y\^±arc many quaint bits of oriental life, [r^yNa On the way is that world-wonder, the I'/

Grand Canyonof Arizona

—

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Th« California Limitedbetween Chicago- Kansas C tv and I.osAngeles, San Diego and San Francisco.You willenjoy rhe Fred Harvey dining-car service. This is the only SouthernCalifornia train. \ia any line, exchisfor first-class travel. Allothers carry

tourist sleepersand second-classpassengers.

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