PRIVATE GARAGE.VT4 bare room in our pr!vat» earas 0.heate< aai ««l]

lighto'i. "or thrc-i or four trood car?: h«t of car- «!\»n.KASTERN MTO (0.,

•Phr>iv 47;: '-Qiumb'i". '"\u25a0• W. -V:,; 3t.

Sporting Goods.

Conditions Unfavorable at Both

Tracks— First Choices Lose.Ne*-erl,an S.Dec IT,-Thorc was little tc• recom-

mead the Mat either t.aek «-*'•\u25a0«»;was heavy and the weather dull and threatening.

spirited drive throurt the last furtonMJthJOUO

way The la^t named was probably best, bu. >lc

Donald took him the overland route »»«»«£goi:^ and lost by a neck. Augur, a cas -oft from

rbe Keene stable, took the last race, beatin »

poor field of selling platers. Jack Lory won a hol-

£w victory in the tiftb race by ten tag** »revelled in the going and made a show of his field.

Macbeth ,-a, at the good price of 5 to 1in the thirdrace, probably because Moreland was carded to

ride He made all the running and won ridden out

Z two lengths. Juugle Imp. the favorite Ihad no

«cus^ The Asbury Stable lost its good sprinter,

C^ar to-day. He died at the track early this

m2ft£ winners were well backed at City Park.

SSnty minute, allowed !««««» booK up forThere was not even *£*°;Vn^ners In molt cases

the rather poor card. The winners inOrblcui3ir

won as they pleased, m.jhe tourtn

j:asanodd fl-o^iavorite.but

ft was a friendly claim.

4iR GROUNDS SUMJIAMES. .First «c« S?-SS3?*^^ SSSwS). *4^?\u25a0MO. WMi, won: Holiov.*>

V /-1"

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to 1 tliird. Tim*.

r^; %£££ o&a: sis *****TTtwrd Kir.yan<J Topsail alsu ran , lOtt;jobacne-

\u25a0ot 1<) to 1, won; fanne, illtKe/nV',-y xim«l l-ivt-

FoSto »c. (handcar^ rix funonp -^. er.^s »c-

Md Mint L«af also ran. i,lr,,T 102

<<S^i 7 to 8. won; Fra Filippe. 69 lHay«) o to 1.

CITY PARK SUMMARIES.FM im (sir furlong-Rain Devita US iMcl**-

Un\ 7to 1. -Ron; Btev« Lane. 110 CTroxlen, .80 to 1, e_<>-

MtLCO-uvre. Esopus. Pluto and Thfl\Mn4 also ran.

toTra Modrri. 10S 9. Jones). S to S. ««««»:_ 7™

Hi<NicoU 2 to 1. won; Uo^claina. 104 <fierrea;. ou -"

Il«ionfi:Pre.-ioII

«ionfi:Pre.-iou£ Stone. 114 ,(Ttot er ). 5 to-l. thlrf.Time 1:14^. Race Btreat. Hard. Castle. E'.er N«ar. fair

«on°OrM^uar 106 CRom*ui«lU). 3 to r..(Pi^tt, 4 ? 1.

xcon° Orbicular. «M CKom«rflOJ| to .V jeooa d: G«c a™.

S3:CWlshardi. S to 1. third. Time. 1:49*.. Follow Th«F1|rj ra^ CS

(ooT na^ °on^i,t«nth ««e.,-Attilla. 104

(T LVe>. even, won: tmrltl, 102 CHcffernan) 4 tel1.

£»£?• Brown Vail. Great Ea«ern and Tet* Nolr aUo

™?iitb n.(» (six and one-half furlcncs)— Baron Esher.

Ester. Joy. Rsther Royal and MMIalso

ran. „ ,

THOROUGHBRED NEWS AND NOTES.

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Spalding's Catalogue of Athletic Good*contains numerous Christmas Sug-gestions: send your name—or tele-phone to either store

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Nassau Street. ; West 42d St.Telephone f6S« John. 1

Telephone 133 Bryant.

The Westchester Racing Association has decided

to abandon the turf course 'or flat racing at Bel-

mont Park. It willbe used instead for the newsteeplechase course now being built. Itis the pur-

pose of the Westchester Racing Association to havethe btst steeplechase course In the country. It willhe one mile and a quarter in circumference withwide sweeping turns.

Queen of Hearts, the full of Artful, which\u25a0was badly cut down during the running of the

Great TrialStakes at Sheershead Bay last June, hasbeen declared out of all her stake engagements nextyear. This means that she will probably never beseen' again with colors up, but will he sent to thertud.

Colonial Girl, which was kicked at the post * nd•withdrawn in her last appearance at Aqueduct, haecompletely recovered from the injury and will raceagain next year according to the present plans ofher owner, C. E. Rowe.

Registration of partnership has been tiled withthe Jockey Club by F. R. Hitchcock and J. E.Madden in th* horses- which willrun in Mr.Hitch-cock's name next season. The horses are the threeyear eld Dandelion, the two year olds Mandarin.Tangle, and Vendor, the yearling- Mitre, Farceur,\u25a0Fantastic, Pompadour. Kankakee and Lady Covsn-try and the weanling colt by Yankee— Smoke, as yet\u25a0unnamed.

Ite Montreal -Tockey Club has been organised"with the followingofficers: President. Sir H. Mon-tagu Asian; vice-presidents, the Hon. Justice Rodi-•loux. of Montreal, and William P. Riggs, of Balti-more: general manager, John F. Ryan. This track1* to be included in the minor circuit of the JockeyClub.

HANDY FAST IN SWIMMING TANK.Chicago, Dec, 15-—In the monthly handicap meet

•f «!.>« Central Young Men's Christian Associationrwlmiiiiag club, held in the association tanklast nieht, K. J. Handy bettered two Ameri-can record*, and made six new Y. M. C. A- rec-ords. The American records bettered were at 550yards, in which Handy lowered tha mark of Spen-cer, of the New-York Athletic Club, from 8:21 1-5

• to 7:31S-5, and at 660 yards, in which he lowered\u2666lie mark of Brewer, of the Olympic Club, of BanFrancisco, from 9:41 to 9:OJ 2-i. Neither of thesetrill etan<3 as records, as they were made in aclosed meet.

GAS EMPLOYES' SOCIETY GIVES DANCE-The Gas Companies* Employos' Mutual Aid So'

cioty of New-York gave an entertainment and n

ception at the Lexington Opera House, In E*«t 58tt-st ,last night. Two of the private box<*s were occu-pied by officials of the various aas t:orrw>anie«

*"this city. An excellent vaudeville P«-rfonnai«Jwas given us an introduction to an enjoyable n»n.of dancing. \u25a0

BAYNE DIVORCE CASE DISMISSED.The suit brought by Georgo Z. Bayne. * *Ia

dispatcher in the subway, against Emma R. Bayne

for an absolute divorce, on the ground of r.er in-

limacv with Joseph Bedell, a bicycle rider andbrother of the riders who finished second in tne

six-day bicycle race at Madison Square gj**?last week, was dismissed by Justin I"v

'11 1 .,"

the Supreme Court yesterday, on the insutncieu'.}

of the evidence submitted by the plaintlff-

Tenants in Trinity Building HelpExtinguish Blaze.

A fir-, in the Trinity office building, at Broadway

and Cedar-st.. caused considerable excitementshortly before noon yeslerday. Practically all th»telephone, telegraph and ticker wires were de-stroyed, but fortunately no one was injured.It was a spectacular sight from Broadway aa*

the surrounding skyscrapers, for at one time it

looked as if all the floors above the ninth iren»ablaze, and dense clouds of smoke issued fromthem. The lire was deceptive, as it was coanmito only one airshut't of 'he building.

When the fire broke out on the ninth floor t?.«l»was a general scramble by the clerks, stenog-raphers and the employes above th*» ninth floor.The elevators rapidly carried the frightened pas-sengers to the street. and in a short time ail tn1

upper floors were emptied. Meanwhile some of tne

cooler men commoted the hose, which is placed onthe different floors, with the standpipe, and beforethe firemen arrived a stream of water was pt*>ia*on the fire. With the help of the fin-men the i>«*»was quickly extinguished. Defective insulation 03

a telegraph wire caused tha fire.

FIRE INSKYSCRAPER.

Reliable Furs; up to date styles; large »•sortment; Muffs, Neckpieces. Coats. Wraps, 4°-;

lowest possible prices. C. C. Shayne, man«facturer, 41st and 42d sts..

Between Broadway and *th ava.

GREERS SCOTCH WHISKEY

Man Tramps Twenty Miles to Return CheckAccidentally Given to Him.

[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 3

Winsted. Conn., Dec. 15.— Rather than lose his

reputation for being honest, Edward E. Wilson,

of Monterey, Mass., walked twenty miles to re-

turn 140 to its owner. He had been in Great

Barringtpn transacting business, and at the ex-

press office a clerk. Ruben Chapman, acci-dentally slipped a check for $40 among Wilsonsletterß and papers which he was examining for

the purpose of identification.Wilson put the papers in his pocket, and did

not discover Mr. Chapman's mistake until he

reached home, ten miles distant. On discover-ing the check in his pocket he fainted fromfright. On being revived he Immediately startedon foot for Great Barrlngton, and returned themoney to Chapman, v.ho had not discovered hialose.

PATROLMAN M'LAUGHLIN ACQUITTED.

Frank McLaughlln, formerly a patrolman of

the West 68th-st. police station, who has been

under suspension for a year, was yesterday ac-

quitted by a jurybefore Judge Rosalsky in Gen-eral Sessions of the charge of assaulting J. B.Robbins, a reporter. The charge was that Rob-bins was waiting for a car. December 28, 1901.when McLaughlin came up behind him andstruck him with his night stick, injuring hisarm. The defence alleged that Robbins was in-toxicated and fell, so receiving his injuries.

Comments on New-York State Commission'sProbation Investigation.

•\u25a0Charities" the official organ of the New-YorkCharity Organization Society, in an editorial on

the work of the Newport State Co—on.

Which is investigating probation as it is con-

ducted in th» local courts, urges a sweeping change

in the present system. The editor of tne publi-

cation says that tho "fragmentary and -cons-ent legislation upon which tho New-York proba-

tion system is established is no less apparent than

he erratic, ineffective and wholly unsystematic

manner in which the law is applied in practice.

Among the changes the editorial urges are:

That as court omcers -^«^^.

require; that:;/'^L state authority, a separatel^'Tepartmenf gelded over by a commissionerto be appointed by the governor.

LONG WALI^TO PROVE HONESTY.

Footpads Ply Their Trade Without

Any Interference.There are some of the more prominent thor-

oughfares in the city where pedestrians are ac-

customed to think that tu*v should be safe from

attack by footpads. Those who live in outlying

districts and such suburbs as the Eighties and

Nineties, on the West Side, do not expect to see

a policeman, except when It is time for the reg-

ular New-Year contribution, but when they get

down to «th-ave. and 43<2-st.. they expect to find

a policeman reasonably near at hand, so that the

highwayman cannot ply his vocation openly on De-

lated wayfarers. . \u0084

Theodore B. Nisbet. of No. 400 West End-aye held

these views until a few days ago, but on Friday

night of last week, in 43d-st.. just west of »th-a^ e;;

he was sandbagged and robbed of J25 and left

unconscious for several minutes in the street.

Th.« was no one to help him. no policeman m

th- neighborhood-!!! the street at any rate-and

flitfpis

•'CHARITIES- CALLS FOE CHANGE.

PUZZLE TO FIND POLICE.

Freshmen ofN.Y.U.Get Five Cuts

for Attack on Sophomores.Chancellor MacCracken announced in chapel

at the New-York University yesterday morn-

ing that the entire freshman ciass would 'oe

punished for its action In absenting itself from

college exercises last Wednesday, -when tho

gophoinore dinner was held.-The freshmen were supposed to have attended

the regular exercise in calisthenics at the gym-

nasium, and, as not a man appeared, the entireclass v.-ill receive five cuts. The chancellor an-

nounced that these cuts might be made up by

attendance to-day. The freshmen felt that they

were being severely punished for acting as mostfieshman classes in other colleges do. but nonehave taken advantage of the offer made by the

chancellor to excuse all who are jvnling to sa>that they took no part in the attack upon thesophomores.

ENTIRE CLASS PUNISHED.

SPORTING FIXTURES TO-DAY.Dual athletic meet, 7th Regiment vs. 23d Regi-

ment, at 23d Rejrimenl Armory, Bp. a; open ath-letic games, at 22d Regiment, Manhattan. 8 p. m.

Hockey— Princeton vs. St. Nicholas, at St. >,'!cho-

la« Rink.Skatint'— at Clermort Avenue Rink, after-

noon and evening.Golf—Weekly competitions at Dyker Meadow

Marine and Field. Eastern Parkway, HighlandAthletic and Nassau Country club*.

Shooting— Monthly cup contest at Crescent Ath-letic Club traps.

Association Football—Caledonians vs. HollywoodInn, Favorites vs. Bronx. Paterson vs. New-YorkThistles. Brooklyn V6. Camerons, Brooklyn Thi3tlesv#. West Indians.

SUICIDE DECLARED A MURDERER.A coroner's jury held an inquest yesterday Into

th« death acme months ago of J. 11. Thompson,an editor on "The New-York Times." A verdict

of murder at thjs hanrta of R. H. Hamilton wasbrought (n. Hamilton was B negro elevator manIn the Bt. James Hotel, where Thompson lived.He committed sulcldo some timo ago.

FAIR GROUND ENTRIES TO-DAY.First race (puree; five and one-half furlongs)— ASrar.

110; Formaatc-r. 117; Nightmare, 110; Katharln* L., io«s;Oypzene 114; Deuitftnps, 103; Pweet Note 114; Sachem110- Coniir.an.3ant. 113: Paul Clifford, 113; Fruit, 110.Lady Lasca. 110; Holland 11, 106.

t*acond race celling; purs?; one mile and seventy yards)—Favonlus. 106; Raining Leaves, fcT: Wedßewood. 08;

Tempt 103; Jerry C, 110; Allan. 108; Fred Hornbeck.10O; Decoration. IC3; Van Hone. 108.

Third race < telling; puree; two miles)— Bobby. 98;

Fra Fllllpe 88; Pcnca. 9?; Auruma*ter. BS; Paul. .M;Ralph Delmore, SS: Cashier. 05; Har.d»plnner lw

fourth race (Preliminary Derby; six furlongs)— Hollow^ma? 84- Delmore, 95: Hcrs<ra<sish, Hi: Abjure, f'3: Rem-ington, 87; Excitement. 102; High Chance. 104: Stock-wood 85; Trieemcre. 86: Lena J.. U0; James Reddick.112; Water Wine, 111; Ben I£odder, 110, Rolla, 105;Guiding Star. 107.

Abjure and High Chance, Hlidreth entry. Lena J. and

\u25a0Water Win*. Haymau entry. .Fifth race (selling; one mile and fifty yards.)

—Colonel

White 103; Gamara. 104- J. P. Mayberry. 103; SincerityBelle 08: Bronzewinsr. 109: Lady Ellison. 102; Dan Mc-Kei.m, 111: Junirle Imp, 103.

Sixth racs fselllnc; one mile and seventy /ards)—

Athena. 103- AllBeaifet 07; Vf.rcos. 103; Georjre T.. 100;

Lisrht Note. 105; Safeguard. 106: Lady Avon, 103; Merry

Acrobat. 111; Lady Vcnso, 103: Pennant. 10S.

ENTRIES AT CITY PARK.First rae* <Rell!nsr: one mile and three-sixteenths)

Evaskill. 95; Town Moor, 00: Watermelon. I'M;Curate-.104; Ivanhoe »5- Tapiola. Mi:Little Boy, 104; Ethel Mark.85; Falernian. 102; Juba. 104.

Second race (selling- five furlontrsl— 105.Mint Boy. 108; Burnolettr. 110: Var.ffuard. 110: Mathia,100; Favorita. 110; MalU-aV.e. 113; Tlrhiminxo. 113; Tink-er. MB; Jurist. 110: Knickerbocker. 113.

Third race (handicap: six furlongs)— St. Resolute, 00;Clifton Forge. 107; Garnish. 120; Lucy Young, BS; Toican,113- Gub Hetdron, 105; Salvage, 117.

Fourth race (Cypress Handicap; one mile and an eighth)—Foreigner. 63; Harry et«-i.hen3. «9: Rocka-n-ay. 102;Lauraltehter «5- Estrada Palma. 100; Elliott, 112; York-•nlre Lad 98: Klelnwood 107.

Rocka-way and Elliott, Dalv entry.

Fifth race (selllnfir: seven f irlonirst—

Algonquin, Ui\, Fly-ing Charcoal 9«: Josette, SC: Woodlin. 101: Father Tal-lent 108; Woodshade. 96: Miss ehylock. 103; Knowledge.86; Jove. 96; Echodale. 107.

bisth race (selling: one mile and a sixteenth) Layson,94; Double. 97; Lampadrome, 105; Blsqua. 04; Bazil, »7;Sanction. 06; Economist. &7.

Everitt Colby, will be a competitor and other en-trants are Howard A. Colby, the club's champion;

Stewart Flagg, J. J. Boyd. H. B. Atha, T.R. Reyn-

olds Percy Ingalls, H. L. Holmes, R. B. Con-stantine, G«=orge Jcwett. C. A. Gould, George Biit-tin, I.ouis Hallock and Tonzo Sauvage.

SQUASH AT ESSEX COUNTY CLUB.

A handicap tournament willbegin on Wednesday

night In the squash courts of the Essex County

Country Club. P. J. Hoag, one of the club's bestplayers, will be the handicapper and the winner

and runner-up willreceive prizes, the gift of U. H.

McCarter.

'VARSITY LETTERS AT N. Y. U.

The executive committee of tho Athletic Asso-

ciation of New-York University announced yester-

day the award of 'varsity letters and class numer-als to a number of the numbers of the football and

baseball teams.

Infootball the following men received the varsltj

letters: Captain Cragin. '06; J. B. Connell. '06; *.

SMeffel, Law; I. C Jennings, '06; H. M. Wyhe.

•06- C J Wilson. \u25a0(«; H. Swart*. '06: W. Rabenold.W J Dcughertv, '07; C McKeefer, W; H. Tletjen,

'<»: H. Rust, '09; H. G. Schroeder. '09. and F. Hay-

den Law. Class numerals were awarded to R. M-

Halsart, '06; D. Rojrge. '06: :.I. L.Smith. '07; J. Van

Home. '07; H. E. Mowen. '«; R- Perry, 'OS; H. Oak-

leThe^''varsity letters were' also awarded to.thefollowing members of last year's basebaJ. warn.Captain Halpin. '05; G. V HaSser . 'to: E. DoUard.Vet.; C. J. Wilson. '08; D.Rogge. 06; B- C. teawjer.

•06; k. F. Van Valkenburg, 06; J. Lo^neft 0b ;E Llllis, '07- R. Jackson, 'OS, and J. MacDonald. OS.

DAUNTLESS ROWING CLUB ELECTION.At the annual meeting of the members of the

Dauntless Rowing Club on Wednesday at the boat-

house the following officers were elected for the

coming year: President, H. W. Waiter; vice-president. C. P. Rogers; secretary. G. S. Woolloy;

treasurer. E. H. Anderson; captain, A. Hurlock

Bvrd: first lieutenant. C. G. Baxter; second lieu-tenant Kenry McKee: trustees. C. A. H^pfensacK,Frank:St*

"A J. Voider. A. W. Johnston, James

Murray and Robert Levers.

DUNDAS RESIGNS AS SECRETARY.At a special meeting of the Columbia Oval Crick-

et Club, held at No. £68 West 60th St., A. A.Bourne,

of No 5 East ttttfc-et, was elected secretary oZ the

club to nil the vacancy caused by the resignation

of Robert Dundas. Mr.Dundas v.illalso resign his

ruary.

DONOVAN TO MANAGE SUPERBAS.P. Donovan willbe the successor of Edward Han-

lon as manager of the Brooklyn Ba«*a« Uub

Donovan's coaching, base running and placing abi

I-ies are well known, and ho expects to go intotaming immediately for the purpose of getung mto

manager.

Some of the Players Who WillBegin Prac-

tice at Bay Ridge To-day.

The Crescent Athletic Club is organizing an as-

sociation football team. Among those who havesignified their intention of trying for the team are

J. Cassidy, T. Napier. A. Beveridge, Nichols and

McNultv, the old Erasmus High School player?:

J. B. Kennedy. A. Ufflion. J. Shcrriff and JohnO'P.ourke, of hockey and lacrosse fame; J. «v».

Stuart Camp, the baseball player; Dr. Quinn.George Meeher, another ball player, and L.J. Doyi-.

manager of the lacrosse twelve.

has had sufficient practice gajne& ™-£De

hoVSSSISafeK. 1'B» &SW« among

the Crescent players.

CRESCENTS TO TAKE UP 'SOCKET.'

Annapolis Wants Army-Navy GamePlayed inThat Citii.[By Telegraph to The Tiibune. J

Annapolis, Md., Deo. 15.—The naval authoritiesare seriously considering making the attempt to

Obtain one of tht baseball grounds In Philadelphia

for the next Army-Navy football game. New-Yorkis favored by West Point, but Annapolis objects onthe ground that it would take at least seven hoursto set to New-York, ar.d this would make it im-possible for the local contingent to start at a rea-

sonable time and arrive In time for the g^e-The large majority of the naval officers are

strongly In favor of Philadelphia for the scene orfuture contests, and the securing of on-j of ..lie

ball grounds !s most likely.

FAVORS PHILADELPHIA.

The VERY BEST WHISKEY is

OLDC ROW

RYE

THE REAL THING TEN YEARS OLDClubs, Cafes, Hotels, and of

Imperial Hotel Herald Square Hotel Sherry"» RestaurantBartholdi Hotel Grand Union Hotei Hotel ContinentalMurray Hill Hotel St. Denis Hotel Hotel BelleclalreHoffman House St. Regis Hotel Cafe MartinVictoria Hotel Hotel Astor * Rector's RestaurantNetherlands Hotel Hotel Vendome Cafe SavarinPab3t Hotel Hofbrau Houso Proctor's CafeNew G'-and Hotel Hotel Cadillac Muachenheim's RestaurantAberdeen Hotel Crllsey House Cafe dcs AmbassadeursWaldorf-Astoria Shanley's Restaurant Beaux Arts RestaurantMarlborough Hotel Astor Housa Jack's RestaurantMarie Antoinette Hotel Hotel Cambridge Haan's RestaurantRossmore Hotel Hotel Navarre Cafe Healey

Fifth Avenue Hotel Hotel Manhattan Cafe BoulevardMetropole Hotel Hotel Lafayette-Brevoott West End CafeBrpsiin Hotel Hotel Savoy Stcclt Exchange R«wtaur*n*Broadway Central Hotel Hotel Empire S. W. Robins A Co.Holland House Delmonico'sPark Avenue Hotel Hotel Kensington

For the Trade—

Smith &. Darling, 573 Hudson St.Schleslnger A Son, 126 Liberty St. Becker Bros., 705 Columlus Aye,

A. G. Smith, 14 Fulton St. Park & Tilford, Broadway.Acker, Merrall &. Condit. 42d St, Luyties Bros., Wiliiam St.Eastern Btates Agsnts, Bywat«r Broe^ 127 Duane St., N«w York City-

PU RE-OLD—

MELLOWSOLD EVERYWHERE

H. B. KIRK & CO., Sole Bottlers, Distillery,NEW YORK FRANKFORT, Ky.

Record Broken With More Than Three

Thousand Students for the Year.Tho final figures of the registration at New-York

University were given out yesterday, and show thatthe students are In excess of three thousand, forthe first time in ft history of the university.

Three thousand and forty-two student* ar* In at-tendance, and are in the hand* of 330 officers of

instruction.The eleven departments of the university dlvlda

these students as follows: College of Arta and

Pure Science. 142; School of Applied Science IM.law School. 6SO; School of Commerce. 381; Medical57'03l «S- eVterlnary Collect 61; Graduate School,

262V School of Pedagogy. 801; Collegiate Division. 2£;Woman's Law Class. 52. and Summer School. 287.Of these student* <H3 are at University Hf!?hts.ism at Washington B<ju»r«, Hi at 86tn-at. and Ut»avi^ ax"l 6J at W*srt »7U>-«t.

Telephone Company's Collector IsFound with Leg Cut Of.

Frozen stiff, with the right leg off. the body

of a man. later identified as John K. Kenney.

forty-one years old, of No. 680 East 193d-st,a""notary public and a collector for the New-York Telephone Company, was found early yes-

terday morning on the tracks of the Sd-ave.elevated railroad at the south end of the Pel-rom-ave. station. He had been dead for more

than an hour, and It is believed that severaltrains passed over him after the first, whichprobably killed him. Whether his death wasaccidental or suicilal did not appear.

George Hughes, motorman on a northboundtrain approaching the station about 3 o'clock,

roticed the body lying on the rails in time to*top before his car reached it. He and the con-ductor Robert Michael3. lifted It to the plat-form and notified the police.

Kenney was formerly private secretary to J.IWaterbury, head of the Manhattan TrustCompany, and was employed in other capacitiesby the same company for fifteen years. Severalir.onths ago he ceased hia connection with thatcompany and became a collector for the tele-phone company. He was well known in his sec-tion of The Bronx, and was talked of as Repub-

lican candidate for alderman In his district be-fore election.

N. Y. UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION.

[By TeJ«graph to The Tribune.]

Milwaukee, Dec. 15.—

The acquittal of CharlesF. Pfister to-day is regarded as a severe blow

to Governor La Foilette, for the general opin-

ion here was that the larceny charge wa3 aneffort to bring La Foliette's leading opponent

into disrepute. The District Attorney lias had,

it Is said, constant counsel from the Governor'ssupporters in his prosecution of the case.

In a statement issued after the acquittal Mr.

Pfister practically charges that the indictmentand trial were meant as a personal attack uponhim by his political enemies. IfDistrict At-torney McGovern had won the fight !"#•-mighthave been made tho La Foilette candidate forGovernor.

A BARON A "PEDIGREED DOG."[ByTelegraph to The Tribune.]

Cleveland. Dec 15.—Baron Max Sigfrled Yon

Schwedler Schwartzenburg, Germany, who ishere to demand money for his support from hisfather-in-law, Phil Weidel, a Cleveland million-aire, wrote an article to-day on "Why HaveEuropean Titles a Value In American Money."

in which he said that "yellow dogs are thick inthe street, but the pedigree kind cost money."

MORTGAGE TAX LAW CONSTITUTIONALKingston. N. V., Dec. 15.—The mortgage tax law,

which went into effect in this State July 1 last,was declared constitutional to-day by SupremeCourt Justice Betta. who handed down a decisionIn the first proceedings. In which the constitution-ality of the law had been Questioned.

TO CENSURE SOLDIERS' SWEETHEARTS.fßy Telegraph to Th« Tribunal

Cincinnati, Dec. 15.— the result of the insultingremark made by a befuddled private, at FortThomas, to Major Tllson's daughter, last Saturday,Colonel Ray, the commandant, has established acensorship over tho soldiers' female acquaintancesand has posted a series of rules. Women of ailkinds are forbidden to walk past the barracks onthe same, side of the street, and ail flirtatious dam-sels are to be put off the grounds.

DAY FOR HOCH EXECUTION SET.Chicago. Dec. 15.—The State Supreme Court to-day

»..rm*d the verdict of the lower court, which con-demned Johann Hoch to death for the murder ofhis wile. Mrs. Marie Welcker Hoch. and the dat»or in* «xecuticc has been »ci toe February -i

Acquittal of Pfister Expected to DamagePolitical Plans.

BLOW FOR GOVERNOR LA FOLLETTE.

E. A. Price Gets Title to Property in 32dand 15th Sts.

Another deed recorded at the register's officeyesterday showed that Santa Claus \va3 stillbusy giving titles to choice parcels us Christmaspresents. Up to yesterday women were theonly recipients this year, but by a deed placedon file yesterday ISdw&rf A.Price received fromJoseph J. Price and other persons as a gift, titleto No. 6 East L'id-st., a four story brownstonedwellinghouse, on a lot 21.10x98.9 feet, and alsotitle to No. 155 West 15th-st., a dwelling house,on a lot 20x103.3 feet.

The 32d-st. house is within a s-'iort walk oftho Waldorf-Astoria. It is assessed at $60,000.It adjoins a pa,rcel owned by William F. Have-meyer. The 15th-st. property is assessed- at$16,000.

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MAJOR BYRNE.Memorial exercises were held last night at

the Catholic Club, at No. 120 Central ParkSouth, for Major John Byrne. Edward J. Mc-Guire presided. Short addresses were made by

Governor Higgins. Justice Morgan J. O'Brien,Bishop Conaty. of Lon Angeles. Cal.. FrederickSullivan Smith, Dr. Frederick J. Qulnlan, presi-dent of the Catholic Club; David M<-Clure andthe Rev. John Talbot Smith.

Include Eight Hours a Day andRecognition of Union.

Khamokln, Perm., Dec. 15.—At the anthraciteminors' convention to-day President Mitchellannounced that he was prepared to read thedraft of the proposed demands to be made upon

the operators. The early presentation of thereport of the wage scale committee indicates

that the convention will adjourn to-morrow.

The report of the wage scale committee wasunanimously adopted, a wave of enthusiasmsweeping over the convention as that body sup-

ported the measure.The report given to the press did not specify

the demands, but it is almost certain that theeight hour day and recognition of the union

were the principal.

The acceptance of the resolutions occupied thegreater part of the session. Every local offereda resolution demanding an eight hour workday

and recognition of the union; that the docking

of coal be abandoned, an increase of wages offrom ten to twenty per cant and many demandsof less importance. The convention invariablyadopted and referred each resolution to thespecial committee named to wait upon theoperators.

Mr. Mitchell in an interview said that afterthe final session of the convention the committeewhich is endeavoring to place the demands ofthe convention before the operators will as-semble and decide upon a plan of seeing a num-ber of.heads of the coal companies. Mr. Mitchellsaid he had no Intimation from the operators

that they would meet the committee.

KILLED BY "L" TRAIN.

MORE BJ&AL ESTATE HOLIDAY GIFTS.

MINERS3 DEMANDS READY.

Attorney Reticent —Son's Widow

Forfeits Portion if Remarried.[ByTelegraph to The Tribune !

Pittsburg, Dec. 15.—

Much interest was arousedin this city to-day by the announcement that allof the S. S. Brown will was not made publiclast night, but that only an extract furnishedby an attorney for the estate.

Miss Martha Lewis, of Pittsburg, willreceive530.000, valuable gold plate and half the Brownlibrary. This has not been made public. MissLewis was a childhood playmate of CaptainBrown's daughter, now dead, and has been afavorite of the family. For her Martie Lewis,Captain Brown's famous mare, was named. An-other feature, not made public, is that Orace M.Brown, widew of Captain Brown's son, mustnot remarry ifshe wishes to retain the incomeof $30,000 in brewery bonds, which is her por-tion. Mrs. Brown says she had been better pro-vided for in a will previous to the present one,which was made less than a month aeo. A con-test is not unlikelj".

BROWN WILLNOT PUBLIC.

F. B. Delehanty Charged icithCorruption and Favoritism.

Serious accusations have been made against

Justice Francis' B. Delehanty of the City Courtby Jacob Manheim, a lawyer of No. 302 Broad-way, which if proved may result in his dismis-sal from the bench, and if not substantiatedmay result in the disbarment or suspension of

the lawyer from the bar of the State. So far

Manheim has made no effort to prove hischarges, and the associates of Justice Delehanty

on the City Court bench will bring the case to

the attention of the Appellate Division of theSupreme Court.

Manheim, in a letter written to Justice Dele-hanty, accused him of wilfulcorruption and fa-

voritism in deciding a case against one of thelawyer's clients. The attorney whom Manheimdeclares the justice favored is Max D. Steuer, ofthe firm of Steuer &Hoffman, at Xo. 320 Broad-way. The course taken by the accusing lawyeris said to be unusual, and at a. meeting held bythe justices of the City Court was denouncedas decidedly unprofessional. A committee wasappointed at this meeting, of which Justice feea-bury was chosen chairman. Manheim wasserved with an order to show cause whyhis let-ter should not be certified to the Appellate Di-vision of the Supreme Court and have that bodytake such action with regard to Manheim's con-duct as it deems fit. .

The lawyer appeared yesterday in answer tothe summons, and eald that he would appear be-fore the higher tribunal. The necessary docu-ments are now being prepared for the AppellateDi\ision, and probably will be submitted nextMonday or Tuesday. Manheim will then havean opportunity of proving his charges or suf-fer the consequences of his action. He has en-gaged Austen G. Fox as counsel.

Justices of the City Court said yesterday thatManheim was guilty of a gross breach of pro-fessional conduct in writing to a justice a lettercriticising his decision, and that if he had anyground for his charges his recourse was thepresentment of his charges to Governor Higgins.

Neither Justice De'.ehanty nor Manheim woulddiscuss the case yesterday.

Orange Chauffeur Atones for Mis-deeds of Other Drivers.

Oraag-e. N. J.. Dec. 15 (Special).— The auto-mobile figured in a runaway in Orange thisafternoon, in a new and uselul capacity. Thehorae in the case belonged to Frederick W.Egner, a director and officer of the Fidelity

Trust Company, of Newark, and v.as driven by

his groom, James 'Magulre. Maguire was wait-ing outside a shop on Essex-aye., when a de-livery wagon, driven by Samuel Potter, and be-longing to the firm of Charles M.Decker &Bro.,of Orange; came along. Potter succeeded inrunning into the Egner rig. He and Maguire

had an argument, which wound up by Potterurging- his team on. The runabout was upset,Maguire thrown out, and tho Egner horse,

which is a blooded trotter with a record, flewdown the street, leaving in its wake fragmentsof the runabout.

John Mason, colored, chauffeur for Isaac N.Blanchard, was seated in Mr. Blanchard's auto-mo oile, opposite a nearby garage. He saw thorunaway horse, and at once put after him. AtHigh and "White sts. the puffing machine pulledahead of the fleeing horse. When he got farenough in the lead Mason shut off the power,leaped out of the machine and. when the run-away came up with him, grasped the bridle andbrought the animal to a stop.

Maguire ran after Potter, who is said to havebeen intoxicated, and stopped hia team. Police-men McManue and Marcell came up and placedPotter under arrest. He wriggled out of thepatrol wagon twice and gave the policemen somuch trouble that they had to sit on him alltho -way to the station house.

Loxcenberg Makes High Run, butLoses at Billiards.

IV. "White defeated A. I,owonberg In tho amateurclans B. billiard tournament, sit Daly's Academy

last night by ascore of 300 to 242."White gained an early lead and held it until

the fortieth inning-, when LowenberK. through excel-lent playing, made a run of 67. tho highest of thegame. In this Inninghis clever nursing and rouml-the-table shots won for him loud applause. A fewpood runs after this again gave White the lead,which he held to the finish. There, was no after-noon game. The score follows:

w. \u25a0white— 1«. ::, 0. 15. 23. 1. 1. 22, is. 4. 0. 0. 0. 0,I, 7, *. 2, 12. \u25a0. 15. 17. 14. 1. 0. 1, O. 0. 1, -"• "• 3. 0. 10-1. 6, 5. 8, 0, 3. 7. ]«. 1. 4 0, 1, 0. 0, 21. '-i, -. Total. ?,{).>:average. 540-SS; 14f?h run 27.

A. Lowenberg— V. 2. 7 7. 1. 0, 2. 5, 2. 3. 1. 6. 1, 8, I. I.0, 23, 10, IS, 0. 2. i, r> <>, 0, i,2. .-!. 10, i>. •",. 25, 3, 1. 1,8. 4. 7. 67, 1, 8. 0, .-.. 0, 4. 4. 1. 0. 2, 4, O. Total. 242;average. 4 42-02; high run. 57.

Albert Cutler easiiy defeated Thomas Gallagherlast night in an eighteen-inch halk line billiardtournament at the Knickerbocker Billiard Academy,Brooklyn, by a. score of 48ti to I*6. The summaryfollows:

Cutler—

Total. 400; average, 22 4-1*; liish runs. 04, S2and 82.

Gallagher—Total, ISO; average. 101<i-17; high runs, .'iC,80 and 31.

The standing follows:w. l.; vr. 1,.

Cutler 2. 1 Ga.;ia£h»r... .- 1 •*.MclAUscblln 2 lj

"AUTO" STOPS RUNAWAY.

Brooklt/n Public Library Building at

Prospect Entrance.Tlio committee on the Brooklyn Public

Library, Borough President Littleton. Mayor

McClellan and Park Commissioner Kennedy.

met in the Mayor's office yesterday afternoon

ond decided to take the triangular plaza infront of the reservoir tower at the Prospect

Park entrance as a kite for the proposed library

building. Mr. Littleton, who is chairman -of

the committee, in announcing the decision, gave

out this statement:The consideration of the site 00 the park

l>laza having been had by eminent and technicalexperts, their report" was substantially a rec-ommendation to the committee for the adoptionor this park plaza Bite. These experts wereProfessor Humlin, of Columbia University,

selected by the library trustees: Frederick LawOlmsted, jr.. employed by the Brooklyn League,

which la opposed to the site, and Messrs. Car-re ro & Hastings, employed by the committee,

and it is remarkable that all three should haveconcurred in the general result.

Iv addition to the unanimity of opinion thatexisted as to the selection of this particular site.the committee was impressed with the splendidopportunity whreh presented itself of committing1

the city to the policy of a general artistic anc.broad treatment of the entire perk plaza at the

entrance to Prospect Park, which, up to date.

has been whollyout of keeping with perhaps thebest p;<rk in this section of the country, andtherefore the committee had in mind and wereconstrained in the selection of this site by thesuggestion* made by Messrs. Carrero & Hast-ings and by the arguments which had been pre-sented by those in favor of the adoption of thissite Itwill be noted that the action this day

taken tends to carry out the suggestions madeby the landscape architects of Prospect Parkforty years a?ro and the recommendation of theRev Mr. Storrs and his committee in ISB9 forthe preservation of the plot known as InstitutePark.

LAWYER ACCUSES JUDGE.

WHITE WINS A GAME. PARK PLAZA FOR SITE.REW-YOBK DAILY TPvIT>TTNTE. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1005.

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