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wr Sy araaes ee a nemniemaeen ee EIT TT LEP TEESE ITS rate “Wederans Prance tn Fancy § Konsolidated Exchange, 8 THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1901 SAYS. COL. GILON OBSTRUCTED. partment Retar ded His Inquiry. Col After a three days’ aesalon the Gilon hearing before came to an end att Coler took the m. ; and on Monday claton. It is. generally ex troller will dixmiss Co: ten charges of neglect which Mr. Coles Dimself preferred, Col. Gilon will th Get a writ of certiorari in the endeavor to hold his job. In his summing up. Gilon's lawyer, argued that charged against Col. jon the Comptroller's nex! Comptrolier, under the law, fically charged with the Gilon omitted to perform In other words, it is Col, Shaw's pos! tion that Comptrolier Coler is trying te eave himself by dismissing Col | Ghton. j Col. Gilon came into the hearing be- fore Comptroller Coler this morning de- jerome to rest his case. Col. Shaw, } Col. Gilon's lawyer, rose and said: “The {sespondent has nothing further.” Surprise for Comptroller. ment e his de w at Shaw, © the negh was re since | ‘This was a great surprise to Mr. Coler, |; who had expected a prolonged session an {t was reported that Col, Shaw had ten witnesses ready to work in relays, E. A. Slattery, who wan appointed dep- ‘uty tn Col. Gilon’s bureau by Mr. Coler, with instructions to take charge, was called as the fire: witness. “Tt has been testified here that Chipp was permitted to act as cashter after Jou were appointed. Is that so “Twas appointed In July, 180, but the collector of assessments prevented me from taking charge in November.” *DId Chipp make any entries In the evabier’s book after that; and if so, how manyT" “1 don't know how many, but it was tew."" “He ald not," “He Witness work sald obstruct reddy an ould.” Mr. Faris onde ry way he iske he as in the ory way of the office when isked © troller Color, “Only I tic * wills Shaw, lout thts « [winning ¢ |whow th dur }my term Otherk had charge « and did't find it Slattery discovered It in nix month Every Nenaon to 1 Col, Shaw argue every ream t Rarge « the off smentse—when ( lon “Who would you trum i oun trust this n old and honored Nan uneullied rep Ix bonded mar and hook keeping of so man: different’ baroughs, you nearly. hire down under strain? Col. Giton hi thin same trmuble,"* “But, said Comptroller Cole $2,000 of the defaleation was pri Hime. “I wish to say that I was not com- Polled te sit here and iaten to witne have done it to be courteous, Hut, for Pfit of the public, 1 wish to nay e head of the Bureau of Assess- the only head of a pargau whe r come to my oMce t® confer said Col. Shaw. “I A man of Col. Gilon's fence should go to cone ‘all but to that the be wi age and exp. sult a youn, “Did Col. Gilon permit you to do as you desired?” about the o! To this Mr. Coler made no reply ex- cept, “Very well." man who knew nothing |‘: BRISK TRADING, SLIGHT ADVANCES ‘Sugar and Copper, Stilt tures of Ja rood at Prices at ans Ires | st waa the exception [ keneral tendency, selling off to 1st 3-4 [Inet night's closing, after opening at We 14 rtal salen | The Closing Quo! Open. | une Copper ar & Fountiy viry pt Anaconda Mining At. Top & 8. Fe At. Top. @ 8. Fe pf. Malt & Onto. hte ene, Dal., emt Bel” £“ttuason Den. @ Rio a.. BULLS AND BEARS JOIN IN CAKEWALK. “HOTTEST EVER” HOLIDAY ‘ REVEL ON ’CHANGE. While the Younger Mem- bers Smash Hants. At theiconcluston of the session of the Consolidated Exchange this afternoon a band playing “A Hot Time’ marched out upon the floor, Behind the tand came @n army ef vaudeville performers. A stage that had been erected wan taken Possession of by these latter and in a few minutes there was a theatrical per- formance on. Interspersed with the acts on the stage | mere acts by uge! and youthful come- dans on the floor of the Exchange. | orate that has ever teen attempted. No axpense was spared in procuring fea- tures. The galleries were crowded with en- thustastic friends of the members and it was late in the afternoon when the festivities were over. ‘The wheat market opened to-day 3-8 cent higher. The advance was due to the strong Liverpool cables this morn- ing. The strength there waa due to small shipm Minneapolis reports the country offer- Ings at almost nothing, ng prices were: May + December, May corn, 88; July, offered. Chicago's opening prices wheat, 2 3-8 to @ July, 82 to Al corn, 06 3-4 to HT-8; July, 66 3-8. New York's closing prices were: De- =i 1 Rssrak wheat, 86 GB bid Bente corn, wheat, fe 34: corn, Venerndle brokers stepped cakewalke mith elephantine erace, while the young- er men Inaugurated a reign of hat @mashing that left most of the brokers bareheaded. It was the annual holiday revel of the the most elab- Hungarian Dall New ¥ he seventh Hungarian Peasant Ball be held at Lenox Lyceum on New Yer Eve. A notable feature will be the reproduction by the native dancers eadtn| Bes Heading 21 pe. Republic Btest .. Republic Steel pf Routhern Pacific Unlon Pacite pf... Vo 8. Leather Explained, (From the Phila: Joakley—Queer thing man over there. inthe fantastic costumes of Magyar land of all thetr natfonal and fiery dances, The proceeds will go to charity. call hin “Short Cosidey Just becaum Joakley—No, trials were both. Mf stocks to-day Iphia Pres) about ALL hie intimate friends ® so tall, the Fea-! were Charles A: Alden The Rey. Charles seeretary to John Wo Koller stoner of Public Charities A y hay funds from amount ost Mden om rt nmis ts short | hts accounts, so far as hax t ase yerty found upon persons dying in tained by the Commissioners of A natitutions without known helrs not been al at all, All Alden is missing, He went away last | tankbooks, 1 a valuables of Saturday, naying that he going to description left such persons Philadelphia and would return Monday turned over to Alden, He He was tn Philadelphia from Saturday mowed to turn them over to th UM Tuesday, and then left for parts un- | Administrator and to keep a very strict known on a Haltlmore and Ohio train.) qecount of what he received The police bh been looking for him experts who have been at work aince Wednesday, but have not suc-lon the books find that Alden hae kept ceeded tn catching him. unt Whateoever of these receipts The expertn who have been going over s early in WL For a whole year 8 books Me. eoshould uh recount of what h 1s missing and >t no this Alde! on sour ke are 21 of $3,907.63 yuld fied was a balance inl there is ne way to tind out how much Mace Bank of § and east |money and what Wound In the safe at th haritles | the books of the v ations ar Commissioner, ¥ examined and it ts Alden, The jnettutions from which he re. Alden's so meneys and valu; amount to a good mu hanrine Almahouns ithe Maternity figures they xive. He had P0CUN- | Gouverneur Hospital, the Metropol claimed moneys and valuables of de- | itospital, Harlem Hospital, sed patients and they aave not Hospital and Hellevue. Ina y yet to find out how thome matters i Wan turned o tow very | would am Oo Alder tree stn anit Hooks t Taniled Sh Keller In Angry, the of ra) report the Commission would not attempt to estimate the ch fs made to Mayor) amount,” said Commissioner Keller to- appears that | day It may be way up in the thou. notified Mr. sands, bur dt will Minced and? tind: ‘ash book written up, which latter | Mr. work had not been done since March, | he was vold by Taw. “During the week followihe Deo although frequently spoken to. by | vetaxe aminer of the ( ssloners of commilsatone | miaeonora of Acc Mr. Alden on Friday, Dec 2 f the fact that the C | atisfiretion Mf : light J from Mr . cullarly: sar and rather fy tall after he made of speaking when he returned to his. tly packed his valle ane went] omce | Commissioners of Accounts have Mt to eritielas the way eh? to say this at tim 'ALDEN’S BOOKS MAY STILL BIGGER SHORTAGE. Investigator Slattery Declares Head of De- THE STOCK MARKET DISPLAYS Experts Report that He Has Failed to Account for at Least $3,187 A BUOYANT TENDENCY. | —Wife Is Very Ill and Fears He Met Foul Play. v what was turned | night. wife Mrs, to-day we soon } time of foul pi Mrs Terrible her huetoand has met with an accident has made Mrs, Alden very ill with ner- vous prostration, and morning t celved from the 1 SHOW mo he tne | books posted for me suld that he would Hgive out a Maybe ‘4 condition would become erittcal. Alden's nume spoke to reporters : ae Es rom return Ald From Jan Mr. Alden: hat my when I took assistants, the junta sent a foree y my men how to} at great be done, s they outlined.” i} ler did not explain | that Alden did not keep his ths at a time, but nave a atatement to Democratle Club to- he will explain tt then. Alden I 1 the fear that with ment stock. dally patrons. t the expenses. M was said this at unless word was soon re- missing secretary his raflroads, ‘out sald, “it is just a y Since We have seen or} Mr. Alden, his, wite doce EO Ge no ins! he } inless he Sandy Hook Inian Hell Gate Ferry V's condition ts such that 10, 7 persoi ‘ommlastoner | P Was unable to furnish | \Financter Makes | to Thin Effect in Preadicting Prosperous New York. “The outlook | promising. Just | supplant steam js hard to It will not be long and will mean much In faciilating travel for the road’ $500,000 at least, be the probable decrease in In spite of the Ma about by the corner in | the volume of busine: | Stock Exchange for arly double tha 1 to De Russell Sage marke ye with a suleatanttal ris in A TREMENDOUS YEAR ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. The Volume of Business Almost Doubled that of the Preceding Year. NO AD T0 CENTRAL + —--AUSSELL SAGE MANHATTAN WILL NOT BE ARREST JAMES B. DUDLEY ANE. BE USED IN TUNNEL. way Is such ir will sof this department were ‘The rise In Mix- ‘the aot sourt Pacific, I belleve, will be a steady, eet ered I pstantial movement. - | “Ll have been interested in this road attention of the for twenty-five years, and am glad to note that it In now place as a non-speculative, safe invest- Manhattan when electricity “The electricians promise a saving of but nearer $1,000,000 will “As to the rumor that Vanderbilt in- terests may use Manhattan to help out the crowded tunnel trafMfc of New York Central, I can say positively that there ts nothing In it. “Manhattan is on good terms with all contemplates move as that suggested.” SHIPPING PING NEWS. ALMANAC FOI TO-DAY. panic, orthern Pacific, of the New York | present year Is of last year, “The general suming tts proper brought number {5 246,904.478, excluding to-day’s business, Last year's sales of Government bonds, $6,914,830, was nearly double th: of this Year, but the volume of th i Bit in State, railroad and ous bonds, aggregating $90%,- {3 $209,000,000' In” excess of last that we can be attended Is very will prediot, but $00,000 operating no suct: POLICE RAID NEW FIRM OF BROKERS: ' sitive Statemen¢ Charge Them with Runa’ Tae ange tne to sg tm. PORT OF NEW York, a clue to} ARRIVED. after Ne stonterey : P Mavana phia oe Pernamburs | neitisn Trader Bs LONDON MARKET STRONG. ' INCOMING STEAMSHIPS ad DUR TO-DAY. : — Louteiana, Copenhagen. Umb Rallway Shares Show princess, Romoe Ivanees on Heavy Trading. Antwerp. Comanc . longhips, Gibrattar. Plas, The fond market opened strong to-/ Ta Lueti Fring Wi day and <n tan advance all | Oy of Birvatoghemns| vorred rine’ through Hat. Americ; | rena, | shares N exeeptte vit the day and pri to 3-4 over ie at night. ader In the | he New | Tinto said at | Bamertan, esterday. | st uae. on 00d | Phitadelph | Strabo, “Argentina which ASA ELDRIDGE. Rich-Quick Coneern on Broadway, ‘ ‘Two men whom the police charge are fake stock brokera were arrested this morning and later arraigned in the Tombs Police Court, where they were held for exanmination. James B. Dudley, twenty-nine years old, of No, %1 Communtpaw avenue, Jer- sey City, and Asa Eldridge, thirty-six years old, No. 146 West Sixty-fourth street, are the prisoners. Several days ago Capt. Titus, of the Detective Bureau, rece¢ved information from Wall street that these men were running a fake brokerage business. De- tectlves McConzecl and Barry were sent to investigate. They found Dudley, who sald he was manager, and Eldridge, who claimed to be a financial writer, doing business under the name of M. A. Hatch, Investment spéctaliat, at No. 31 Broadway. They also had desk room at No. 2 Broadway. ‘The police say that the men have sent out thousands of circulars of an alluring style. So far as known "M. A. Hatch, Investment Spectallat,”’ only received one reply to the appeal for customers, That was from Isanc Relasnyder, of Driston, Pa, He sent a check for $100 to be uscd In_ speculation, Dudley was arrested by the detectives in the offlce of Charles hea 32, Broadway Eldridge at the: office of Wright & G aL fooltiN oy Broadway. THE BANK NK STATEMENT. ‘The statement of the Associated Banks | for the week ending to-day shows: Ine. 357,360,200 Surplus ‘The Cotton Market. The local cotton market opened steady jto-day with prices 3 to 6 points lower. The decline was due to weak Liverpool and blg port receipts. The mar- was irregular and there was littls bull eupport. Liquidation was active, also had a depreraing effect on the market. The 8.0 opening prices were: Jan., 8.02 to . 8.09 to 8.10; March, sik to S18 bid; May, 8.21" to a bie 8.4 to ito Gtterea Oct. Ti December, nttary, 8.1000 8lly Febe: arch, 8. HDs 818; fort, eas 8.26 S SUNDAY WORLD = Most Remarkable Case on Record of Transmitted Animal Magnetism. = “And Eugene Aram 5 between With gyves upon his A Modern |. Eugene _Aram. Remarkable Story of a Fatal Fascina- i} tion That Drew a Murderer Back to the | Scene of His Crime, for Which He Will tt Hi Die in the Chair. walked ||| | Which wrists.” New ef Dr. John D. Quackenbos. How a Hitherto Unheard-Of _Actress Charmed Her Audience by One Performance, While Under the Influence of Hypnotism, by | [= ead Strange Caverns in Up-to-Date orkers Dine at Wee Sma’ Hours. A 20th Case Told Century **Fauntleroy.”’ How Filial Devotion Made Arthur L. Carver Act the Woman for 30 Years, Till Love Made Him a Man. A Remarkable Story of a Remarkable by the Man Himself. The Most Famous Disciple of Hypnotism in America. SS ey] ee »” ork Whic Marcont’s Marveis. || The Young Wizard's Feats in Wireless Telegraphy Explained, and Their Future Commented Upon | By Prof. Michael Pupin, Inventor of Ocean Telegr: raphy and Head of the Electrical Depart: | ment of Columbia University. AN UNDERSTANDABLE ARTICLE BY A GREAT SCIENTIST. i Te A Weird Phase of Fashionable Life of Which the Average Person Newer Heard “A Girl for Every Month in the Year."” A Reminder of Time’s Changes. i) From Paris to New ork by Land. I | Crowning Exploit of the First Year of the 20th Century Just Undertaken, and of Which the Sunday World Will Give the Full and Only Authentic Account. An Undertaking Nearly as | Greatas the Search for the North Pole. Sunday Wortd. in Your Home or Office. *“* American Girl Calendar,’’ . By L. L. Roush. Special Supplement on Heavy Paper, in Four Colors, for Hanging By the Artist-Photographer, Whose Great Photo Scenes from Real Life Have Been a Feature of the eli | Jacob A. Cantor, | The Next President | of Manhattan Borough, Interviewed and Sketched by Kate Carew.