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THUR5DAY,
DECEMBER 12, 1895.
I IKTKICIPAL PARUAMENT.
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(jOXTKABT- AXP ANALOGTES BETWEEN
MwrnorouTAM london and
GREATER NEW-YORK
London, November 27.
A third letter on the- BBMMpf- Parliament of
London. so far from belng- auperfluous. Ib really
j?j?r.tial ln order that Qm appearanoe of the
pr?vio-s letter* may be Just'.fled. 1 have already
a>?or.bed the functlons and characterisUcs of thi?
unMue munlelpal assembly, and have explalned
tiie poMtloal deadlock whl-h has paralyzed Ihe
taergiss of reformers and is now blocklng thv
reorganltatlon of local government and retardlng
the unlflcation of London. What I nhall now at
terr.pt to do ls to potat out s->me of the COatraBta
and analogiee between metropolitan London and
Its unsolved questlon of unlft:atlon. and QBItW
New-York. with Its complex proh'.ema. Only ln
thla way oan the raison d'etre of thla eeries of
letters on a purely local questlon be establieheri.
There la llttle in the natlonal polltlcs of Great
Brliain at present with whlch Amerieans are
df.-ply oonoemed. A large- and elast'.c Llberal
p.-ogratnme has been voted down and repudiated
hv the popular electorate A traneltion pertod
-if small measures and artiflclal comnromises has j
ipened. The rrrost important questlon that ls j
loomlng up before the approachlng Parliament is ;
the dual eduoatlonal ?IBtBBt wi:h Its sectarian :
_Dd ?!__ Mnllrtl-I schools. That queetion has l
btW Mttlad in the Unlted Statei ln the only ra- j
?ijrial way. and Amerieans wlll have nothing to ;
>arn from anv artiflclai readjustment of the j
?rlginal ?o_ipromlse. which may be effected in j
:-;r.p!and.
OF INTEREST TO AMERIOAN8.
What ought to intwest Amerirans of enllght- j
?rted mlnds and progressive tenden-ies is tho de
b-vlopment of munldpul and local government ln
th* Onlted KlngdOBB. It !s their weakest point.
I m- Bryce, wltb unerring judtrm^nt. haa de*
?-ared in "Tbe Amerlcan Ooaaaaonwealth," and
?s they themaolvee well know. It is the strong
M , Bo?t _ paful feuture of EngUih dvlttaa
, that W -1 betBB usei ln Gulzots s"ns" of
UM art of government. Bo, also. th*
rcctrodvetaB ir Greater London the
rnunlcipal system of government by
JH,p. ?? ?? a* Of an a-lminiFtrative ?? oundl
whlch - li i i seaaful on^ration In other English
? I dir?et bearing upon the question of
Qreaier New-Tork.
What must be obvlous to the most superftoial
observr !s that the difflrulty of reorganizing and
unifvin- the government of London has been
VMtly Ineraaaed bv protractcd inaction and do
iay Th*> matropolts was excluded from the opera
tion of UM Aot of 1S35. whlch marked the openlng
' , ?-?... tr? of municipal lnstltutions :n Great
Brltaln. Kraiywbain ab* th? exelusive prlvl
aja : tba trade guilds and merchants' com
I were abolished: but In London these
?val condltions have been retained ln the
andenl dty urto this day. In other cities great
fidministratlve cour.cils were created and the gov?
ernment was conduc:ed by Qm representatlvcs of
the democratlc body of electors: but in London
'here was a lack of organic unity and centralized
agencies. and there was an anomalous jumble of
llvaried mummery. I?Uj> rule. corporation priv
ilege and Imperlal administration.
Whte oth?r municlpalities were takiug up and
workMg out new requirements of overcrowded
urban and industrlal ermmunitt?s. London was
iagglntr behir.l Aa time went on. spt-cial B !tB
of Parliarp^nt were passed; the Metrop -!ita:i
'l.ard of Works was organized in 1S55 and armt .1
with central authorlty ln regulating thc COO
structlon of sewers and the paven.. nt and light
ing of the streets; the Bcb tol B >8_ - WM CTMtcd;
and. lesB than e?-veii years ago, th rirst C unty
Coancfl was elected; but nothlng iike a bomo
-? :s systf-m of local government y.-t exlBta
ln the m'tropolis. QuaatlOBfl <tr.i p HcleB '
were complex and lntricaie Blxty and forty
\ears ago have bc-en rendered vastly more dlffl
I MBtoel to take them up ln fo id tlm* be?
fora they b?oanie unmarageable and almosi in
l 'rx-iabie.
AMTIQUATBO PP.IvrLEGES RETAINED.
Pof cnmpte, in l>*5">. when tbe MetropollUn
Board of Works was constituted. the populatlon
of Lor.don was tMO.MB lt is bow 4.S0O.0N for
tha metropo.itar. area adaalnlsterad by the
County Council. and Mtt.Mt fbr the Oraater
".. lt the County C;uncll had h-.-en created
nstead of in 1S?9. it might have BU ?
.- MgO in abolishing the antdquated piivHegei
of the dty guilds. !n secunng an BdaqiMte
Mipply under publlc control, ln Introdudcg
nunldpaU-BtlOB of marketa, burtal grou-ds and
gas. electric and trarnway corpptatlans, and la
r dvlag from a congerii-s of pansh-govern^-d
elttal a unique metropollfl wi'.h a unlform tax
ia:*- and system of admii.lstrati-jii. The same
Coundl with the help of Parliament may yet
worh out ali these cnmpkx probtasM; bul
inboreat diflicuities have baaa moltlplled by ihe
vast additions made to the populatlon, araa,
.ested interest^ and iBBterlal raaoBKCf of Lon?
don.
That is a phase of Oraater London whlch
OUffht not to be neglei ted whVn tba BBbJact of
r.reater New-Yurk ls und?r pubtlo OOnBldera
?ion. The dlflicultK-s of these municipal con
?olldatioa BOMtlaaai Ineraaaa as time passes. and
populatlon bOOOmea more and more congested.
Entirely apart from the contrasts of popula
ttou the'un.tHation of London ls a mon- COOB
;,)ex pioblem than tbe cn-ation of a Oraater
N'ew-Yorfc can ever be H'-re local government
? to be complptely raorganisad and ordar evolved
froa a Cbaoa of BMdlaaval traditlons. corporation
nonopottaa, special Par'iam. ntaiy leglslatloii
d pMlab and vestry rule There it is maluiy
d consolidation questlon-the amalgamation of
iirbaa communities wblcb are already Bov?raad
:Jministered on tht same g^ne.al Unea
The establishmert of a uniform tax-rate and
perty raluatloa la th< Oraatar Naw-Torb
?;ght not io bc i ?ertouB undertablng. ?apo
Uly when the d_?a aa i dlatrleti la be am
MVltably proflt by the reductlon; but la
London .very ve,uy has not only Ita own rat
og bul alao u? cbaractbrlatJc system of
rr.. c nnd b?ra ?ui have to be ?
.n every directi m aa I *iwwholda of ?????!;'
. ivttaca and vesud nghts wili have 10 be jev
?-ll*d before the unifled LoadOB of the Prograa
liva programme cin baaOBM a raaUty. Tbara ls
a multlplicity ol Bd8Bl_latraOve ayataina aad
?Mtkoda here. wharaM tfcaia M ainady uni
formlty of ?ovwraias Ida* a8al paooaaaoa n
what would be intcgral pas-i of Oraatei Naw
L0MDO1TS MARKED AOVAN
London ha... however. a mark-d advani .
r.aving Its munuipa! parl.air.e.n alroady la aBlBt
?aaa mthounh aai exerdzlng -11 Hie funcd ru
. towa council. as it is known ln othei
Knglish citieB. This op? *? wajr far a taBte
Bl BuaaOoa. ?Mab can only be barely BUtad
witbtn the iibiib of n ateBl. lettar. r&n .he
munidpal .ystem Of ****<* JJ" "- ^T
.dminl^rattve .ouncii governlng through s.an -
Inc commlttaa* and with the Mayor a n-mm . 1
flgurehcad without appolntlng and veto pairara,
?, mMy intr,duc?d into Amerlcan itttaaT Oar^
?ain!> not. unles3 th. ,ounol!s there can b. r -
cru.ted from the same otaM od WMlt^. "" .
en-tal and B^'^^.f^^^l'Sl
direct local goverumeni ln i-?f,an?' wn'ing to
leadins men in ever> comrnunltf **????* of
the existing evils of government by aaJoo_?a08> j
era and Jobhing polltlotaaa
But ataart from thi* bc_tal qaootloa al tho ;
oi'.ustitutlon and powera of th- Oouactl it srould i
be p.afe to aaanme th.it some marked a.ivantages j
would be fiTivfd froan tne eatabllahmeni ot a
repreoentatlve munlcipal aarllatnonl ln Qreater j
Near-York. Whatever mlglit b<- the predae func
it auch a leatalatlve body, lt would inevl- ]
tabty atir.i. i a hlghi i olaw of rnon .linn tli> or
(linar.v comtnon c lunella, an.l tbal of Itaelf w .uid
be b great gain atoreover, publlclty would be
a<vur.?d for a large maan ol admlniatratlve de
tail arblch now paaaea \vith"it obeervaHon and
erltlelsm. Nobody know anything about th-'
governraea! ol Lond in untii tbe C"unty Counctl
was eatabliahed. Rew the weekly meetlnga are j
vlgttantly watched. fully reported by the preea j
bi -l conatantly flloruBord One oommittpe after
another reporta >n <>ne bran.-h or another of
munlcipal Bervtee and poltoy, and publle opinlon
Ii ?; ougrbi taaar apoi avery department of
admlnlatratlon. Tho people of Laondon how take
ini actlve int?ro-st in locaJ govornmont, becauao l
they ItUOW what ls colng on. This Is much bei- ;
ter than th.- prevloua .-ondition of unlnquloltlve
Ignorance. Equally beneflclal ivaulta mlght foi- [
! >w th<- rreatlon >.f a l*-sr1sWitIvo aas^mbly for
Greater New-York, the seeoad clty of tbe m rld
Memberahlp in it w.mld h< Inveated with Buparlor !
dlgnlty. Publle Intereat la Ita aaaalona and com- .
Tilttee work would 00 largely in.reaaed.
A LIMIT To a>ARTIBARBHIP.
Th? reply may be that the London County
Counril. even with Its high claas of munlcipal
lealolatnra. and with the markod daajree of publle .
attenti.->n whlcb its proceedlngs eommand. la a i
hotbed of poUtlcal faetlon nnd i* now hopeleaal)
dead oeked between the afoderatea and tho Pro
pr.-s.-iv. s This is tnie. aa I have explalned ir.
detall In a prevloua letter. But paralyalng as \p j
the effeel of the present struggle between rlval
parties* nearly evenly dlvided ln votlng strength,
parttaanablp haa it = lhr-itartor.s This was il- j
liistrnted yeaterday when th? report of the Com- |
mlttee on Publl W' >rka was dlscuooed. II has ,
he,en one ..f the policloa of the ProgTeootvOB that
contraetors ahould be dlapenaed v.'-;t h so far aa ,
e and that publle worka sbould be con
lucted dlrectly by tho CoundL Tho Moderates ;
bave Btranuoualy opposed this plan of dlrecl em- ,
ployrnenl of laborera and rneohanics and hi..-?
condemned it as a Radlcal crotchel and Bociallst
vagary. Bul there was a marked change in thelr i
tone aa aoon ;;s it wa> dernonatrated bj the com
mittee's repon that the aystem was operatlng j
< inomlcally an l succea ??fully. anl that the toat
ui worka was bei >u the eatlmate. Fore- ;
caating the '?"? < of publle oplnl m In a pra
matter of this kind, they relaxed theli
Tn the aame way many of the aafeat propoaala ol (
the Progreaalvea will graduaily be adopted by j
thelr opponents, who cannol raaaonably take a i
partlaan vlew of thelr functlona and btock all ;
. -n in the dlreetton of Improved tocal ad- l
mlnlatratlon.
Perhaps th- atrongtst argumeni agalna! the ?
unlflcation of London may be baaed upon the ap- ,
parer.t Impracticablllty <>f governlng a r.atk.n of ;
iO. to aay n.ithing of the greater natlon of ?
"-. by meana of a centraliaed admlniatra- \
tlon, Many pubHc men ln England hold thla |
Vlew, Mr. Chamberlain among them. They aasert ,
that a populatlon of a mlllioa may be managed
by a mffn coun-il with its star.iing committeea, (
but that the svstem wiil break down under its
own weight if app.letl to so large and an populous |
an area as ftletropolltan London,. Indeed, it ia I
evident that the County Councll Is now over- (
wlvlmed with more w..rk than It can adequately
perform. and the neceaslty for relleving it by
means of large tocal eouneua is g?nerally r?cog
This i? a matter which has an lmportant bear
ing upon the practlcablllty of establlshlrg an
efflr-ient centrallxod admlnlatratlon for Greater
New-York. It ia perhaoa the most difficult of thi"
many intricate pr ?? "-: ? >onnectod aitb the gov
ernnient of the great citles of the world.
I. X. F.
-?
OSE JEllOR QUIT8 EIS TLACV.
THR r-APF CONTINfFP WITH THF, ELKVKN WIIO
ARB IBfT.
The contest over the will of Ellaa Lee has been
gomg on for two daya before Judge Barrett and a
jury in Part III. of ihe BuprcnM Court. As lt waa
thougbt thai tbe triai would be oonetoded yeater?
day laU on Tuesday the .lurore on the panel were
| ]refterday*a aesalon. Rftaf the
jurors ln tbe wUI eaae hud taken thelr seata rao
terday morning Judgo Barrett was told by counael
| that thi oaai would oe on trlal all day. and he dl
i r,cted -;i.- ill the lurora nol in trrt Lee caae would
be x - "^k
iht. When th,- room had be n cleared. lerk
Oeoree F. Lyon calle I thi namea of the Jury
rial, and ot ? - ?? ored o their
namea. J. lothlng dealer at >.o. ,j
Canal-at. ????. mli , ,
muat hav,- gon. away when I .-xouaed tlie ,
aaid Judge BarreU. |
ilaappearance Bhowa what ..n amount ol ln- .
. ? ?<- .... ? oui lurora have. 1 wouW na\e |
. ... | ? wh - had llBtened to the te-- ,
for two daya, and who had nu. (
upon u rend - rdlct, would have |
had - iffl. lent aenae to know thal the r.iae hi
. had not vome io ar. end. It aeema, bowever,
ia ; am wrorj
Court OfBcer Thomas Hr.-nnan wa-t then sent to
So :.< Canal-at. to flnd Ralbe, but falled. By oon
aent of counael th i contlnued with elavan
Jurora _^_
TO TEsT IHE BAPJD TBAX8IT l.Jir.
ITfl . ONrfT'.TfTiONAl.I . V DBNIED?PAPEftB BERVED
OM THB 0ONTROl_BR IS A E
AOAIK8T THK ?
Preparatlona bava been n i opponents j
? plana o,' tbe Bapld Tranaii Commlaalonera to
eat the oonatltuttonaJlty -.f the wbole questlon in
the oourta Controllei I h aai lal esterday i
at't'.-rnoon ser\ed with the aununoi - and oomplalnt !
ingTeaamaa Franklin Bartlett aa truatei o
"Tbe Bun" Piinnnv and Publlshlng < '
r tbe will of Henry W ??- ,!
and Baaon Carnei again the Mayor, Alderm.
and Commona ty the clty of New-York ai
Huard of Eatlmate and .\- .
: X'--' 5 j.s and - a :. ??- i ?- hereof, to reawra
?:..- Board trora appioprlatlng, and the Conti
from paying, any more mone] i thi Bapld Trun.-r
('ommiaaionerg or their employea The legal papera
,,-. wen slgned by .iuJ;i? Andrewa, ot tha '
Bupreme Court, an.i art i.iaa- rttumabie un De- i
. 18 in the 8pe lu. T< -m of tu>- Bupreme
where the partiea defen lani ar.- requlred to appear
and ahov. cau.?r why un tnjunctlon
The aetlon na.-. been begun under Chapter t>k of
tbe l_wi . IBB2, known aa ai aet foi orotec
tlon o: taxpa.\ ara and the purfJ ac ol tl plaini .'
ta io tes; tne Kapl.i Tranaii \>.\\. whicti they declan
t . '... onoonatltutlonal jdu vuki.
The eomijiuint ?' ts forin, among other tulngs. tnat
the old Board o* Rapld Tranalt <' -i:n:i".-ion'iri1 ap
: undei Chaptei t >: the l-jv.f of lawi. --\
pended o; the publle money ihe aum o; tlTl.H.^. \\. ,
tha; the preaent Boari ?.: }i^t,.) Tranalt Commla
rfioner.-. craated under Chapter 782 of the Laws of
liw. has alrea-i; expended 146,159B and that on
Kovember '??< the Boai I ol luthoriaed the
? ? ,Ili- io pay to tbe Kap.i Tranatt Cdttunla
aionera and their eanployea tbe addltlonal sum of
?-. 227. The <ity. lt ia i erte haa derlved no
i), neti*. from theae expenditurea
A tOBYBXlB OF TMB DIBXBM FOR MATOBA
An Intereating soavenlr of the Boyors' dinner to |
..-. by Herben Rootb Kii.s at ihe sjga
o.. Tuoodai evenlng neat ls betag prepauad in th.
ip oa whlch ai" ahowb ln oolora I
? portralta ol Rayora Btro -. B ??. ? ren a.nl Cur
UB. The table .-ards Upon WhiCfa wld up.i.-ur the
namea ol lha gueata arltl dlagram of ihe tal.i<
will be engravi oll. allver.
V1FMTBBB1A IKt va LBX l
There ar.- SOW in ihe rit;- 'IKJ diphthi i ?
whlch la probably the greateat aiunber thr-re haa
baoa al an> on.- tlme. Sotwitbatanding ih s.
..:h rau :?? i 'rta la n.->r at?.o
average, the a.s. - belng In tnoat ii.Htan.-ea of a
mild i>i" ? Thi i. >...'? oi m , ? la thal thi
antltoxin treatmi i ?? much toward nsak
Ing ihe number of d-atha lew.
jit.WY 8EXTXXCM FOB IMBVBB HJI.h.
ia 'he COUTt o.' Bpi U -'?? Btoni yr-sterday Hearj
Meyer, a m:ik dealer .it No. ?) 7 \\,-<i Forty-eecond
: al waa BOSrtoncod IO pay ? hne of RM und apend
???n days m tbe dty priaon for ?eiling adultorated
i :ji!lk. BeOSe time ago ihe Lioard of Health IB
. ? ira foand aome beavBy waterfi m:ik ln the
1 i?staurant kept by Hugh Cieinei.a. at Ra. IB Weal
, Twentleth-et, He s-u-i ha pro ured Lhe niilk from
:', ler to cat. h eitber or hoih or 'a.
? ii k oii the mornlng of November 13
liiHpec-T'.r Ht-iman B<-tz to- k a Bampia from one ot'
thi caaa whlch wan belng carrted fron, Beyer*a
ind to eontaun
.)?? aaa canvloted an.l bob
lencao b) Juatica Hlnadale Meyer n.ea.ied not ;>
. -?? ui io prlaon. aaylng tbal he luo been thr-.u^i.
, tha war and bad been Ln the r-bai prlaona of ua
mvilla Ha aald he haii been ln
the mlik bualneaa for thiiti yeara and for the last
iwenty-eigbt ar h;s praasat addraaa
TO IBOBBABB THK CATttAt BtOOE
Tlie New-York an-1 West, iirater Water Company
ptc kholdorB will meel on fie-.-ember i'l to vote on
a BSOUQglliOa 10 ln<rea??- tha .apita) atock from
Boo.Oai io $l'f.uOo,'?u. A apecial me-ttliig ot the atock
n |d ?-, will be beld on January 29 for rhe purpose
of gugrgntoatng '''' bonds laauea by tne Cpper
; sew-Yark l y Wai . compauj
A REACTWX IX COTTOB.
THK girOTATfOXS PAIX PIPTBRM FOlBTB-iAymkV
fOOL TOO W_AB POB THK BCIAJ
"cattoa io.?t li polata yaniardny. tbe March option
closiiiK at S.32. r_ainst 8.47 the nluht befor'-. Th ?
was conaiderabip real'zlna: t-j tak- Bl ''''" Ml
lat? nre. ?? we;; aa agsn ssiv? abort adUna by '
Oernwn bear eontlnsant Bul thc chlef areabneaa
araic from a dedlaa in th^ Uverpod coatraet
k-t That market ope-i<>d -"-Md. ur. bOt practlcal.y
laal It a'.i before tbe c\cvf. Tiii!- was eanddered ?
poor rospona* to ;he Boreau report 'v'1* P"Tt '
wlpta are keeptng up ratber foD, but totedM toww
show no ln-*reaee.
The fixures of the ?emi-weekiv ln:?rlnr report
ahawad: Rereipta, si.'*>7 balea, aanlnsi UW" u*{
year, and 112.27.1 in 1*33. Sr,':;>m<-n:.?. *?.?29 balea
agalnst injJ.ou laal year and BJE ln 1*>1 BtodU,
OUB bales. a*ains' MJH laal : ear and MMM ln
IM.
PUrl rrcelpts for Mie day wero 41.4T*4 ha'ps, aciln*!
.ss.w last v,.ar. an-1 *?? In 1JTO R>w Orleana pstl
mates fo?- to--lay wer* 7,188 to r'.im^ hal?e. agsinst
11.075 lad y^ar and 12.1? in H8S.
Southern epot m.-irket* were up 1-11 ta '? ?"'h
bn=incfi<? aornewbat restricted at ibe advance. Han
chester spinners ngain bongh: I1BM balaa in Uv*
erpool at 1-33*1. advance. This actlve -l"mand from |
Ltverpod Is one of the brightes' stars in the buil
Bmuunant rfew-Ortaani soi.i t,868 balaa ye?t<
Mcmphls 2.S00 an-I Moblle l.r.A Exporta w? rt _!.?"
yeaterday.
Ltverpool and esportora aold here apalnst apot
nurchases ln the South. A Xew-Orleana dlspoteh
said:
Party Jnet arrlved from. bia plantation a- ihep
ardstown. Taaoo i>*ita. aaya: "Full 78 ?"'- ent haa
ieft farms anl plantatlotis.'' Munroe, >-> wirev
"Steamboat Clty of Camden. from Ca
I Munroe without a alngle baleof cott in, aome
thtng nnhear-1 of before."
II la pdnted out that the Indicated De-?-mber crop
n.ovement is th* tmallael ln eleverj year?. On this
topie the following coonneata are pevtlnent:
Melll Brothera i.atham. Alexander A Co. and the
Agrtcultural Departmeni ban eaeh announ i
estlmate un l--r 6,500,000, whlch i* our maximum eatl
rnate. In isyj the Deeember movement, I.308.4S1, was
the amalleat of an) year nince 188a, wh-m thi
wm ".7i4.?i".2. ani yel th? movement o;' ihe preaenl
Deeember crop doea doi promlae 1.3WU''". and p<-r
hap? oc.iico less Thn r ip neareat ln alsa to whal
preaenl promlsea to be la that of 1SS2-93, - i
The amonnl ln signt of thi- crop on Satui :-?
waa 3.860,000 bales, agi kbout 3,884.000 thia 1 m<
ln 1883. an ! S.722.O00 Ir ;fc^;. There was r ?
tii.<< tlnie in 1.^.! :il^)iii 8.788^00 bales, and li I88<
2.79L080. If. therefore, there comes Into ^^.' after
tne ?th inat. as much cotton aa came int sighr ln
thoae \.s<o years after aame date. the rrop would
:> ini to B,8M,00i ? - tlvely.
lt la all rery well to make crop .? ? tm H hand,
bul it set>ni8 to bi gh It were bettei to com
par.- with movementi of eertaln aeaaona, where
condltlona faTorlng ihe pickin? an ; marketing of the
crop were pimllar to thoae w<- i-.ave been ai
bou experlenclng. Our Imprei - therefore, ar.- in
favor of a ' ? - than 8,500.0 gh the
aniount ln Fieh'. oi ? . . ? . ? ? .: iv ba
4.17O.000 ha!' i, leavlni to sii?ht
after the l.tii ins:. untll September 1. 1886, ln order to
r?a'.;z^ n crop of ?-.'''.'?". Bul then,
amount in si^ht at the m;'ldic of Deeember, 1992
waa about *.2-*o.w hr-.ies. showlng that there ;ame
into sleht a':cr that tim>, In that aeason, -in'.y
2,4CO,00fl haic.-, or 1/"' "(nt mcr^ th'an re ite a/U
come Into ?;pht afrer next iaturday to
000, lt aeema to ua tl U r ?? the imaflest ;n nine
yeara ns thla one promlaea to Le. l- entitled to bet
.., _ , Atwooo Vlolett ^- C
_ LE880B IX BT1QUBTTE FOH POL/CEEEX
Tiir.r MfST \^T OCCUPr. HEATS I.V STnF:f:T CAM
WHEN VrOMSJf ARE BTABDIXO.
Chlef Conlln h?.-1 ail the actinj; tnapectOTB, r.ip
tains and predact comman '.ers b^for? hlm at Head
quarters 'at^ yesterday afternoon. There were tw -
important matters which he broupht to tht-lr atten
tlon. One was thc anfaraanMBt of the exdaa law
after houra durir:(r week days. Ke said a r.unJ-'r
of compialnts had been recelved about aaloona
belng open after 1 a. m. He wanted the com
manderB to be more strict ln compeliing saloan.
kefpers to ohey th- \ifx af'er hours, week Aaya aa
vell as on the rtaht-,ith.
The other Impovfart matter was in reiaMnn to
compialnts recelved thal pollcemen ln unlfonn are
ln thc hablt <j( occupyjng teata ln elavated r_!
c_rs whlle women are stan-TInK- Tbe Chlef tol.'i the
commandera that ofhcer> in unlfonn muet not oc?
cupy seats whlle women are standlng.
HfO FBBAB8 IX F0WL8
A THBEE-LKG-ED COCK AXD A r_ATH_RL_88
BKN
In a atore near \".-s- -. ,-.?] ita are ? ?
saen ?traage treaka Ib fowldom There l? ?
a erosj belwewB a legfoorn aa I ? ;
th_t hai a tblrd ? lt la .?. well I irmed llmb, ex
eept that _i not fully develop* :.
? . be fad I wl hai really bo aaa :
and wouid. n-> doubt, giadly be arltbout lt. The
tiiird leg bspedaa the blrd ln his movementi 1 I
gives him i | ilt.
SharlnB thi ?? b thc three-legged bli
hc-n of n mdei rij)!. bre?^l tha'. waa born ln S
ern M )ruatia. i: Is absoluti
a wanner eoattas than li glven to
? t'i:i< --'1 by b thick *= 1111 of
down, nol iinlibe thal whleb oni.
... . - I muat
be a much wai i i % tbe or llnai y
sr plumaci The fowl wai certalnly oot ln
ii to Northern Montana, and, no doubt, .\i
ture ni i.<: klndneaa .?. i th.dneea '>: thi
vlronroenti have brought ibout a - In thi
feathery ciDak of tbe barn-dooi 'o\\: t.i^ new
ch.niKe .?-. plumage makee tbe bli I noi mestlc
thar. e\---r. for the hon .! i? llttle
flytag, a ? ? :,,w l of Noi .. ihe
. .ii. wiU iave to depend for safetj
her lega Foi years ornlthologists ha
towl Som . ? to t
that all coma from ibi lungie Wwl ol
i In .i ; a - kt the
I'ocbln, Shanghal i- ' Brahma kra ot i I
, ? i: Northern Montana farmi . - ?
Rrla auch _- the ben now on exhlh
, mi lualvi l) ; ? iva that the barn-doo
ls uiid-iubtediv' a deacendan I tl
can from envlronmenia turn . ? ? ?'
DBA8B CABBOLIC A< ll> 1\ TBB 8TBBBT.
Viiiie Albertson or Blanche Ed* krt
waifi ol the TenderkBn, ob Tneadaj nigb drank
a phlal of carbolic add aad dted on me aldewalk
ln Nlnth-ave. Bhe waa otoeteen
Itved al No. 884 BTeai Twentj Bhe bad
growa desponiient over tbe wretched llfe ?he had
been leadtng r.nd determlned to kili beraelf. Bhe
drank carbou add at Blxth-Bve. and Twenty-nlnth
a poUceman aaw bar faJl to the pavem
talled an ambulance from the "New-iork Uospltal,
be dled before it arrtvedj
POLJCBBBB TO HR 09 WBXA.I.A l"-l)A\
I'utrolmdii John J. OIBIa, Denla Oloaaon, John
Lake an-i Henry Neggeomlth, who bave i?.ii de
tallod by Chlel Conlln to dot) on bl yclea wi
ai Pollee H>-a l.-ju.i??? yesterday afternoon
cdva t'n.-ir Inatru tiona They wlll I
on Mcyclea to-day providlng they i -t thelr ????
iu iim<-. Commiaslonei \ rwa I naa
rangementi with a Wcj le concern to supph them
Tw# speclal posts have been eetabllafted. (>ue
is in Elghth^v. . from Pourteenth-at to PBty
i .-, ,-s:.. and th- otber ia Bo .:? .....
tnth-al to aboul One-hundred-?nd-ae\ i
-; Th. r?- wlll be an otii-.-i or . ? .vi poel daj aad
nisbl_
BA1LFVMMIBH8D FOM ll.l.iHUlCn OMMBB
r>aderlch l> r*rl ka 8 prope ?? owner, of Ko,
io: We?1 Tbb :>- it tbe .1- ir.-r- n
ktarket Pollee Court yeatei ' ib and quall
bondaman foi Predi - k Orei who waa
held in defaull of BM ball In tha: court Tu
? -? i :?- ?? ? ? ? found
.ui Bonda) last ia i ? at the
Church of BL Marj thi Vlrgtn and ?- ka placed
- arrest. When no Dall was ib< d
. i.niiiiK an order for Greei ? comralttal to ihe
Wurkh i?.;?? wai atgned. He v. ,
ball waa glven
TOAtTA 41 A WOBAX'A BIMBBB
The Natlonal Bodei] of Sew-Eaglaad \\ men
wlll flve Ita Brat annual dtanei on Perambor M at
loeh it 1 Wlndaoi Hotci The d?-<-ora
tlona wlll be In whrte and i "l. tbe eolora of the
ao -'.. and aomi damtj aouvontn >?? betag pi
jiar.-u. The IO?ob Bg loaau wlll b.- roopoodod i
"ln llono. of tbe Natlonal Bodotj of Naw-Ea
TTnuian Iih Objnd and Alm," the Rev Phoalia L
Han:ifor.i. "Th. Bnorgj at i Qravorj of tba Barty
New-England Women," t>r. Oaorpe H Hapworth;
"The Celebratlon of the lioston Teo 1'artj." Joaeph
Howar.l, ir.; "W( ba and Their Inflnen -e
upon CIvQisatlon, Mra. Blla Dieta Clymer; "The
Evolutl -n of Ki w-Eaglaad Ideai Cubab>atlag !n
the Revolutlon." Jaoob Bbradyj "The Pr.igreas ot
Culture among NeW'England Women," Mra. Mlrl
am llaaon Qr?ley. and "College Bdueatlon for
Womei, tn NVw-Enaland and uaou Tht-lr De
aeendanta." Dr, Charlea P. Baton There wlll be
re<d selectlons f: im a ni- of 'The Boaion Post"
ii aaa it;o io 1774. l?-nt to the Bodety by H ?
Banger, of Concord, N. Ii . and * pooai of Naw
i...K an-I (originali. by Mrs E M Kidder.
MILCH'8 FIFTH DAY OF IT.
HIS KXAMINATION IN THK OORDON ARSON
TRIAL.
AX ABVatWa I.vit.KNT IV WHICH F.X-MTWIF.
TRTIS AOCVBBD THB WtTWEBB Of" TRYINO
TO ABROOATB TO BTBBELP THB IH'TIFIS
OP TBB DUrrBMrT-ATTORRRY,
Tootsaday araa Basnuel Hlleh'a Bfth day on ths
1 md in the 0 rdoa arsoa trlal la Jodge PltaBerakTB
nar: of Oeneral Bcaatons Hla imtnatlon by
?;- irg* R. Curtta araa eompteted, and Mr.
i began 'he redii i queatlonlng.
Br DaVta aaked wh i paM for the ctmmpagn* the
eonapiratora Irank Bl 'he meetlng la the wlneroom |
near the Harlen Brldgi Hlleh aald h? paM for
somip of tt Bnd Hyman .''her pald for saore. Bl
naaa genled thar tbere wero three ha4lctaBonta
agatnai him.
Bi Davls a?ka?i tbe mtnasa how long he know
tbe RooenthalU, atber Bre adjuotera Wltaeos said
Baveral yeara Re aald tbe rtosenthalia were at the
Oordon Bre. Ther" were three of them. Joaeph, -
ud laaae Tbej hetped to adjuol the Qor- j
lon flre loea
Mr. Davli lahad the wltneaa tt the agreement made ,
with Oloeekman aa to tha dlvtoion of the flre tn
Buranoe money on Oordon'a factory araa. afterward
rednced to arrltlng. The wltaaaa anawered "jraar"
Rr. . urtta could get in his objectton. The
arrltten agreemenl a_ offered bi te leaee, bul a
it bore only the Bignature of RUcM it was ruled out
a- Ineorhpetent. Adoiph W. Baobetmer, Oordon'a |
clerk, who has i.n trylng to aid Br. Curtta during
the rritl. kepi turaplng up and auggeetlng thlngs td
Mr. Curtia, who waa maklng objectlona to Rllch a
teatlmony, Ex-Judge CurUa waved him aald
? rnes. bul Joei aa often would the Bttle .derk
bob up with aoma more adi
"Wiii yoo arlt down, airT" flnally exelalmed Br
Cartls, loalng patlence, as a amile went about the
court.
Mr. i ? ii uuted tha wltneaa about the value of
Oor lon'a atock.
"We wouhi only gei n per eent of th' Itvauranee,"
the wltneaa aaid. "Wi wanted (62,000, and muat,
tberefore, ralua tha atoc* .M? w- thoughl 11
we aaid thal Bgure II would lo k auaplcloua, so we
tn,: le |t B4.91I." Ths Bhlsh 1 thi r- ll
ina tlon
Ex-Judge Curtls then ask' l Hlleh II it had becomi
ki iwn i- t ire the present trlal tha: he had been tbe
arch-conaplrator In Cohen'a Br , Tbe srltneaa said
be ll i noi - ?
? imlse to reveal all your or:m?s to
the Dtstrti i- Utornej '"'
I can l i .
"Ho* ? i have you commltted that you
h ,\ ?? nol r-???. eal 11
"I have told all ib i it tl Oordon Bre, the wltneaa
aald. , ,,..
"But how many crlmea have you not reveal"!.
? i bavi n i llat of thi m." Mllch aaid,
"II m msnj Brea have you ael todwelllnga where
a ind chlldren were bui
"Sot any, and you can'l prove -me agalnat me,
said Ml'.eh, gettlng ;?? i the flret tlme in
the cour.f tha trlai.
"You dldn't appli rhaps, but you were
the bralna," aald ex-Judg
"How manj Incendlary lirea h.ive you atartedi
"1 can'i _y," answered Mllch, "but if you wish I
w.li wrlte our a lun for :
\- - | ceea when rouir. reconver:ed. ex-.iudge
mor< queal ma I ut the
Bctltloua Inventorlea made after the flre The Irre
preaaible anl dapper clerk, Manhelmer, contlnued
his undeelred auggeationa to Mr. Curtia Th" lal
iwn and remaln qutot were
need' i only for an Instant.
Ex-Ju. -?? Curtia a ki l Htlch to piint out. on page
;.. rrittei Inventory or.- Item that was
The wltneaa rustled the bo k for a moment and
sai 1: ?
? tO page ?l-"
"1 Lhink not, my Incendlary frier.d. We will re
main ?t page i untll i g-t ready to leave lt. Have
you go; the aublime as- . i -:.:.k \ -i can take
on youraelf the dutiea of Aaalatant Dlatrlct-Attorney
DavLaT' , ,
Judge Fltzgerall anl the lawyera imlli I at the
rooi pffrontery of -.he wltneaa, an Ih"
though tn.- lohe waa on Mr Curtia
i ?? itlon waa hei l ro \ as ? L
?miled, tOO, aa
'ouri here adjourned until 11 o clock to-day.
BA8 BEX80X FEIBXD8. TOOt
ARTHOJ4Y COBBTOCR 8AY8 RB ilvs- TAKEN BTBPg
? O DIBOl l*K HIMSKI.;- BtRCB HB WKXT
into LCDLOW BTKEBT JALL.
There wai a llvelj aeena '.:: Comrntai
Shlelda*a Court yeaterdr.y at tbe heartng ofOeorga
- : -on. who la charg d w ng an.rlb
magaatn -. Afier
., bad bei n adj ? u ned to Decemb. r ::?. s
n tbe . ad Rei bob if he bad iot
j,.. | hla mu ita a he h.id been in Lu I
? jgii Benaon aprang ar him, hia .
..:.!??
thlef, youi" he aja ? ; tor two plna
rd"?
deputy-marahala
to reatraln Benso '??* tbe Inqulaltlve
?t irm< d and tumed untll he was
luitroom.
iter: "^t.. he has un
Bxli
m ,-; , ? rcaptlbly blacksi
. ?r ComBtock'a agents, and
F: ini- ? tnesi In the caae, < xpreaa - .
fhe " me oplnion, an i all a m lere?l how Benaon na 1
onuto? the opi - alleged. ff chMghg
hla ippearance whlle Incarcerated ln LudlowBtreei
_.
BTUIEBB8 EETCBX 7" THEIR WOBE.
;-,[.-: HOr8E8HITH8 BAt THBT DO IT BECA1 BB
RETEIVB BO RORB BERBFTT PL-RIB
OTHER LABOB NRWB
...., men with unlon earda were pul to
yeaterda) bj Mllllken Rrotbero on thi Blegel-C
Slnetei nth-al and Bbxth-ava The
.. Be tW thal theae men were put
... aorh - thi Iroi - ? ?rtar tbe al Ke
bul tbe) were perauaded by the atrlkera
D,t.ke . . -. and Bt the end of the
h from ihe atrike ?
,., i... tbe fotl iwlng week they re
^ . . lerted th nnlon
eman R'elmer, ... the Blegel-Cooper Bu I
i bad IM men at work. and
hat IW ol them were bouaeamltba. th- Btrutei-i
? .. .. w.-'- nol a doaen bouaeamltha ln thi
tot Tha brichlayera who were arorkliig un the
bulldlni have goni ui on a aympatnetio atrik .
The eleotncal workera are on a strlke u^a.nst the
W--.I.-I! Eli ti ' "??'? -,:"1 ad tha unlon me
uhanlea on ih.- ani t to tha Betropolltan Lire In
L'ompany'a Buildlng ln Ka-i Twenty*
neai Madlaon-ave., went oul "i. a aym
pathi i 'i.i me of the m inagi
. .:? . , i thai ll wa-- bo dla. lurajred b)
.i. Btlon of devotini
entlre attention to Ita work In Chicago waa belng
conalderi
Trouble haa been brewlng between the Btonema
iona' ? L'nlon and thi boaaea for s.mi ?
Ume, and 1.000 of tha maaona wenl on Btrtke feo
:i..ii. i the anforcement of the an
..... the workmen w ;re to n -
.y. A romn tl.malstlng ..f Blchael
Mulllgan and E. Baaao has been ippolnted b) the
to inform Buperintendeni Conatable of the
Buildlng Departmeni of th- employment of Incom
peteni atonemaaona on aome <>-' the bulldinga aow
Hen audltor ol the I n led (lar
gera rday that a g neral Btrtke
?? thla clty, Br oklyn and other near-by
ma; be iverted Thi ten Brooklyn contract
,.-k.-.i oui theli employea have nol r^
ed thi auppon thej expected from the ninety
? , rora of thai . ity.
RTATB BCILDBBA OBOAXJZE.
Tnu i from aeven citlea ln this
i Btate met ; iBdlng 1 radi ? Ctab,
; No. lll Baal Ta aty-tbird-at., and perf. tted tne
organlaaUoa ol a New-York Btal iaeacia oi
1 Rulldera Th- followlng >th era w. ted: laaa
ll. Hopper of thla clty, praaldent; .1. HerbertGrant,
? ilaent, and .1 C. Almenduger,
oi Buffalo, -? re .-? and ti saaurer.
THR MW'IMIM OF IMFCDBKC1
f The La lv t'ardnn m", alr, you are alttlng on my
gown
Fouag ntpoa_| \ aa, Baadaaa, 1 know I am. Bo
| are you, arer. t jou?-(Truth.
yoT WHAT IIE HEl'ltl SBSTED. TBEY SAT. ]
IATWU M i.am: BATUMB CMAJBHBD with BB_Ub_BS |
HtS MISINKHS THItnt k_fl PA-BB STATKMKNTS.
Lewta UcLaaa BayleBB, slxty-nlne yeara old. llv
Int Bt th- I'nlon rfquare Hotet, was accused In j
TaaTaiBon Marke; Coorl yaatorday of fraud. The ;
CbatVe waa preferred by Tliomas F. Mlnor. sixty 1
yean old. of NO M 1 irk-ave. Braoblyn. where 1
he i* iiving with Ua aon-tn law. phartea H. Habba j
Baylaaa ?vas arrested at the hotel la?t night by
f'olleeman I.leher. of th* court an.uad. on a warrant j
issue.i by MaBbUrate Simm*.
r-ling ti> |ha c^mpialnant, he recently de- i
termine<t t- leava his home in Rlchmon 1. Va., and j
hOCOOM rngagcd |n >.n<iin..s*< In tiils city. To ;hi*
>n-i he employod thc servb-es of his aon-tat-law.
Mi Hobb?. ro look around for hlm and flnd so ne
bualaeea that woald pay falrly wdl on a mod.r
ate capltal Hnhl-s met the de-fendsnt. who is
the h?nd of the Lewia afcLaae Mannfaeturtng <"om
pany at MO. 2*U <;re.-ne-?t. The apeciaity of this I
COBCera I" the nianufacturlng of Pulz mlneral paste
aad UquW, use.J for poilahlng meta'.s and glass
Hobba RWeara that Bayleas told hlm that the bual- |
BOaa hid nnld hlm 13.000 rlear pcoflr iast year. and
that the cnrreal year w.is doing rven hettcr. He
d?clar< I Ibal be Mtpplied tba I'nlted BUtBB Navv.
an-i ehOWOd a eertt-CBta from the h?-ad chemlst of
the Brooklyn Navy Yarl ?etting forth the fact
thit thi compeoad waa ap to thc oovernment stan
dard. He kla leclarctf, it ls alleged, that he sup
plled th ? iBternatlonal 011 Coenpaay. ?ha 8faahat*
tan Bupply Coaapany, the t'onsumers' Brewtng
Company, and other large flrms
H bba SBV.< that he paid Bayiaoa 17'-" for a half
iBteres! Ib ihe buatnesa on November l* Bfben
Mlnor came on to take hla niace at thc buslnes*.
h.- found ihat there irere oaly IH worth of ordora :
on band, ani when these were fi'.icd one of th3
<*UH-omcr? refused to accept t:.? guoda II'* BBBJ j
loarned he illeges, that the fixtures an-i stock that |
had been repreaeated as irortk %"<*$ were nol ,
?v irth mor< than IISO to BBO. Further investlgi
tlon, hi aaya, showed tnm that th* crttricate from i
the Brooklvn Navy Y.ri waa bogua nnd that there <
waa no such flrm as the internition.il 011 ? cm- i
pany. He found thal the Conaumere' tirewing .
f'ompany and the Manhattan Supply rompaxjy di-i |
Ti-c know Bayleaa or his preparatlon. And tn.il- .
dttlon they found out. nc aaya, that the preclotis
formula had b?-.-n dlvulgtd by Bay.ess lo
? ?- ei il other peraons '
Magletrate KudUch set the saee for a hearing on
i ?r 18 and lix-d t.all at $1,500.
DFLAY O.V THE BBOAUWAl CABLE ROAD
INCONTONIENCE TO PAgg_N08BB_ OOIHO DOWH
TOUTN IN THB MOBJCDTO
The Broadway oable goi oat of ordfr for a while
yeaterday mornlng, and the result waa a vcxatious
delay for paasengera on the cars who were in a hur
rj to gel downtown. Car No. 40stopped on Ita way
[ownl iwn Bt Thtrtleth-st., and all the other north ,
ith hound can ln sight halte.l at the aame i
moment, Th.- cable .-mployes dropped out of slght
ln half a iosen manholes. and after much hurry
Ing and tcurrylng around car No. 4ji move-i ,
alowly along. lt plcki I up two cars that were
Btalled ahead of it and pushe.l them along. The i
passage of :he cars wa? marke.I every now and
then by audden atopa whlle- the cable ,.niplo\e?
dld more energetlc scrambllng around. At Twenty
the cable repalr wagon came to thc rescue
and th- cars were th?r. made to go along separatc
Iy The sang of workmen dld not forsake them. ,
: untll t'nlon Bquare was reached. After I
that the eara arent alon* satisfactorily.
A FATAL FALL OF SEVEX 9T0RTES.
DBATH OF A PAINTKR CATJgBD BT THE BREAKINO
<>K A BCAJTOLO.
Ry th* fall of a scaffold on tho new offlce build- !
Ing No. H Great Jooea-et yOBterday afternoon, one I
man na.i k:'.>d and anotber was injured. The dead
man i? Henry Sass. a patnter, twenty-olgbt years
Old. He llved at No. U<i Weat Thirty-sevtnth-st.,
and was ln the employ oi Nicho'.as Burgart. a boss
patnter, of No. 324 Weai Plfty-Booond-Ot
\ ii 2 o'clock Sass and Fr-.derick Haisilslnger.
Of No. 441 Wc.it Ptfty-eecood-Ot, another painter. j
ralaed a - atTobi to ihe aoveatb atory of the buikl
ing to paint tiie cornlce. The foreman went up on
... |.?.- | ... .:.. the faatenlnga nhich held the
acaffold, whUe Saaa tasteaad the pulloy ropes on the
acaffold He hai aacured ona end and went to thi
,,iher ei ' of th scaffold to faaten the rope there
He mlsaed a bltch ln th.- rope, and u s!ipp*.l
.j i hla flngere, caualng the acaffold to fall. He
at-l to tbe atdawalk and instantly
the icaffold fel! the guardrail broke, and
.. of It ?truck Joaeph Bayder. Udrty-tworeara
old a framer, of No. z'A Eaat .Seventy-sixth-st..
who uua on the aldewalk. I- -aused a trinlng
around. Saee'a body *a^ tak.-n to the Mer
eer-al statlon Thc pollee held Halallalnger to i
awalt thc a-t:on of the Coroner.
FOB THE VETBBASIf FABADE,
MEBTINO OP THK roMMlTTLii: OS OBOANI-ATION
BATISPACTOBT PBOOB-W OP THK
ABBAMOEM-MTB.
A meeflnp Of the Rpedal .'ommtf.ee of Ihe Kx
ecutlve Commlttee havlng ln charge the prop.ise.1
parade and revlew cf Cnion aad Confederate vet
. thla clty on iniy ? next me; yeaterday la
the rooma of the New-York Board of Trade and
Tranaportatlon.
(Vlltiam P. 8t. lohn. pretlden: of tbe Uercantlle
Sational Banb, prealded. Al the cloae ot tba m-t
folloa rag atatement waa glvi n out:
Thla Bpeclal Commlttee on Organlaatlon, Plaa
? ni Bcope have met, recelved accumulated evl?
denee ? ? tbe enthualaatlc publlc rec ptlon awalt Ing
this reunlon and parade. aad hav. requeeted ihe
chalrman o; the commktr-c Mr. Dana, to a<n ?
the c.?inmand^r-ln-chi. f of the Qrand Army
ReDubllc of the I'nlted States ot the puins and
purposi?s of ihe commlttee. and that the -a:ue d.c
held In abeyance awaitln^' hla reply; aiBO, tha a
letter be eddreased subaequently to the
Commander-ln-Chlef of the L'nlted Confederate
Veterana.
The commlttee announced thal the arrangemenu
for ihe parade and revte* were advanclng moel
aatlstactorlly, and that promiaea of auppon were
. i '?u\ all quartera
?,IA/> F"R TBE 18ABELLA BE1MATM.
The elxth annual rep rl of tbe isabeUa Hdmath,
at Amaterdam-ave. and one-hundrediindiiinetidh
h, hai been _oued by tbe Boai l of Managara, Tbe
ln_UtuUon waa fogwded for Ihe -are o: aged and to
ilgant peraooM and as a boepttal tor cbronlc ln
vallda. ln tbe year Z8 peraona were recelved and
eared for in tbe convaleeceiit Brarda, and the aver
aga Bumbor of Inmates wa- 180 and 31 **re dta
I carod. The present iiumoer of laawtaa la
bB There is a racancy for a marrted couple aad
room for a male ebronlc iiuahl. The department
for married couplea haa proved a mos; satisfac
tory branch of the liome. Some of the gifts made
home ln the ye?r were aa followa: A baauaat
| . - bj .I'hn MuUer, a glfi ?"? ?.m by Mr. and
Mr- Jobn Btemme on the day ot their siiver wed
,,,,.- a rtfi 0f ?:'?' from WlllUm Btelnway, one 0(
HO) from Mrs. Bauchle, In memory <>f her ra >-,h> ?.
BMO from the Oerman Charlty Rali. J1..21 from t.-ie
Ho trltal Saturday ai i Sundaj Awociatlon: R.U5
f'om the Oerman ?odety. and drygooda, clothing
and other suppUea from Mrs. Anna, UoertBhoffer
There la a t>alanee on hand of Hi?? ? to tbocradit
ol i be mai itenance account.
LlEBLl XO FUBi HASt: TBE UBLBA w CBABTBB
The Ka.-?; Btver Bridge CommlBBlon tn.-t yeater?
day after_ooo m thc Knngrant Bank BuBdlng.
Mayors BtTOOfl BBd Schiei.n and COBtroUer Pltch
were preaent. tba oaly abaentee bdag -oatratler
Palmer, o( Brooklyn. and his abaance, no doubt.
.. raaaon foi tbe Wtcb m the procoedlnga for
waa espeotad that the rh'.mann ebarter aroald be
nurchaaed by tbe Cowmlaalon. After the meeting
hecretary Thurber aald that the Commladoa waa
,?,., | i |j commltted to the purebaae of the ebar?
ter but ic dld not thlnk It adviaable to state the
rlgures untll the n.atter ?ai flnally c inctied.
\\- Thurber -aid. "Tbe Mayors and c?ntrollers
have'an abeoluta veto power ln this maiter. and
Mr Palmer- abeence has compelled us to lay the
matt.-r over untll th* latter part of the week, WbM
Mr Palmer*i preoenoa can be securen.
rHF KtS'QSTtty PABBABt BBPBATBtX
Klngsmn. N. V. DOC. 11 (SpeclalV-The elght
?eanea of the htstortcal pageant whtch were glven
h.-r.- oa M n lay nlght were repeated to-nlght ln the
preaonon of a iarger auaaaaoe than before. and tbe
programme passed off more smoothly Among the
BBOOt effectlve of the e.enen were the l>uich w.-'l
dtng and th" spmning bee. The weddlng costumes
of those old da>a are rarefully copted and are at
traotlvo, and the oeremony was faithfully foilowe<t.
The bridegroom w.is Abraham Hasbroocq, ihe
Pranch Huguenot, and the brtde was M?ry Duyon.
wtih whom he became a ijuainted in the Palal Itata
The gplnnlng- .' cne showa the blushlng splnsters
deftiy Boaalag the thread from the crinkled wool.
whlch ia followed by a rollicktng dance ln this
acene Uttle Kathrvn Shultt, aa Dorothy Van Gae
beek, sltiga the 0|,1 Dufh Juvenlle song. "Trip-a
trop a Troontjea." eiicittng much applauae. The nlght
plcaei acene on the rebel front waa aiso effectlve.
Mrc Morton. wlfe of dovernor Morion. wltnesaed the
pageant this evenlng, belng the guest of Mra J. O.
? Van fllyba.
CLINCHY HAS KESIGNED.
VACANCV IN THK OFTICK Or STATE XV
SPECTOR OF OA8 METERS.
TF.BTIMOXT IX THK HAXI>* OF THE OOvBBjajBBj
HKKMED TO BfBTAIN 8ERIOt*g CHARCIBB
bihibri ciawcarr, vnw i? said to
HAVE ACKPTFin RRfHK MO!fBT
BBOB MKTKR OOaBYABflBB
Albany. Dec ll -Anthony Cllnchy. of New*
York. haa r?aigned aa State Inspertor of Oaa Mo?
tere. Mr ninohv waa appointed in la92. and bfei
term would have expired nn B_tBfj $n. 18?7. Ha
raaatvad a aalan r,f $3,000 a year and had the ap
pointment of three deputy Inspeetors a' a ealary
of 11.500. one each in Brooklyn. Albanv and
BufTalo I/Bt? thia afternorm Oovernor Movtoo
racatvad the followlng te>gram fr.m Mr.
Cllnchy.
New-York, December R.
Hon Levi P. Morton. OoverrK-r _
I her"bv tender my r>signatlon a* State fnspergaw
of Gaa Meters, to ak- ett-rt imm??iiHteiy
ANTHONY CORC_T.
Mr. Cllnchy ia a DoBBBCral Hever.il rrt.mtha
ago chargee againat him were fil^d with Oov?
ernor Morton. and the Oovernor appointed S B.
Sharpe. of Klngston. aa comniisaloner to take
the teatlmony in the caae. His report waa made
LO the Oovernor BOVergl Sfeeka ago. and it seemed
to show that Mr. <'lin-hy had recelved n.oneya
Improperlv from rr.e'.ei -manuf.ioturtng compa
nlea. thath* dlC not Inapect probably mor*? than
16 ; ?'? eent Of the rnotera manufa<tured and aold
ir the State. and that h-- all isrod B COmpSuO*
whir-h manufactur.-d tbe bntra taga attaefcod BO
a meter to Bhota that it h.id been Inspected, to
aeU these tag.? dlroct to gaa-met.r-manufactur
Ing companiea, who would pal them on the
metera tbemoalvi -
[l waa ezpected that Oocern .r Morton would
issue an order to-day removtng Mr. Cllnchy
from offlee on the groundfl shown in Commls
siop.-r Bharpa'B rep rt, ani th.- un-xi-"-ot?-l turn
whhh the altuatlo i took I ite thB aftem - on was
a Burprlae to every one bul rh?- Oovernor him
aelf, who had tnf-.rmed Mr I'Mnehv of his proba,
i.i- action. Mr. Cllnchy prompOy avalled him
self of the onportunity to resign. an.l thln coutbi
appaswed to be blgilly satisfjetoiy to Oovernoi
Morton.
There ar? about thirty applioar.ts for tho
appointuvnt t.. the posltion made vacant by
Mr Clinchv's. reslgn-uion. The most persistent
one, however, Samn-1 Morris. ,.f Troy, is ..ut Of
the rac? aa a reault of tho app-rtntment of
V D. Bolan.l. of Troy. last w ,-k. as a Port
Warden of the Fort of New-York.
DARTMOUTH STIDEXTS ACCCSED.
OXE ARREKTEP ANr> TWO "TIIKRS SI?PErTED Dt
A BOOT-aBAdrCRDta CABB
Hanover. B. H.. De.-. 11.-State Attornev J. C.
Rnnght. of Wlndaor. Vt . with Sheriff Spaftord, O
Sprmgfleld. went to Norwteh yeaterday to mak
Inveatlgations coneerning ths rohbery of the grave,
of Joaeph Murdock. who commltt?d auicide aboul
two weeka ago. J. P. Otfford. of Eaat Randolph
Vt.. a atudent at Dartmouth Medical Oollepe. ha.
been arreated, and is in euatodv. Mr Krirtgty
found the stolen hody of Murdock fh Hanover. Olf
fcrd denies that he ia guilty. The reward of $1.00'
may go t.> l>r Howles. proprietor of the Newton
Inn. If ther*- i* a ,-onvlctlon.
John CDonnea. another mer Ir-al stuuent wh.
htred the team whlch la sunposed to have been used
in brlnglng MurdoeTa body to H"J^ij3JJE_
appeared, but his friends deny that he U lmpl.eatedl
Tr the crlmo. Hla brother i xpialns his diaapp?*r
aiice by saving that he has slmpiy gone on a vaca,
tion whlch he had intended for .?,m^u"?e'^i,ak*:
oDonneirs home ih in Rutland, \t. b. D. Sno?. oi
Wuahington. another ?tudent who is "'i-^^'L^
partlelpation In the afTair. keep? on the .New-Hamp
shire stde of the rlVOT. asB he has not been ar
restefl. He sava he is not g :ilty. -
on the evenlng before ihe rohbery the Alpha Delta,
Phl fraternl-v M|d a h.i.tquet at Newton Inn;^.*
O iord"flnow an 1 OConnell acted M a^BteiraJ^oB;
, ompanlona started for Hanover at Uf ?c^W
team?but they -:ar?e-l OR. tOOA. . At-ia. .Bl. O Dor
nell returned fo the hotel an 1 aake,i for a i^mtt
tlie his companions home. A long buck expreaa
wago" was gjven to him. He w?? gOJM atout aa
*fu*r. and on his return the horse *"?'?'?'?.???
The taflboard of the wagon whs _*?? ??
blanker had been used for something. The tra 1
;^aks theneid. where tbe dead bo^waoiIraaaad.
reveala the ftu-t tnat three men took part ,n tna
iriUni.-t tlie eidest dauKh:er of Murdock. about
tw'ntv vaarl old, cn being told of the theft of ber
&herVho4y on atonday. went into a sarooa, and
at Uat a.cotims she was still uiuunaaBaai
?-?
Blll fAfOEA JVSTICB FAXX.
MORE TAUC AROOT MBCKHABra gtRXBHBBaVaal
dixxek T.? BR OIVBB.
WaabingtOO. Dec. ll.-The confirmatlon of Judga
P.'tkham for the Supreme Court of the Unlted
^;d--s reaaovoa another D-mocra: from the Court.
of \i-pea1a of New-York and leave* the polltlcal
romplealon of that court flve Repuhllcana and two
Democrata Senator Hlll aaid ihia mornlng that he.
thought Governor Morton could ttnd no b,tt. r man,
to appolnt to the va.-ancy than Judge Vann, of Syra
. itse a BBBBBber of tho Supreme <'ourt ot the Bkato.
- .r Hill looka upon Judge Vann aa one of the
^t.ies- iurlsts in the State. H? wae dealgnateo o>
Mr Hlfl When Oovernor. as one of the membera ot
a ,n,j Dlvlalon of the rourt of Appeals
\lhaVnv l>-- 11 -The jiidges of the Courr of Ap
?,ea s w ll g ve a dlnner nexl Thuraday nlght at the
Fort OrangS Club to thelr retlrlag aaaoclatea. Jadgea
??'.-!. and Perkham. The Oovernor haa recelved
and ?ceoted an Invltatlon to attend. Juhf* f'"^*
>oureVn-vear term explrea on Uecember 31. ani tha
Judge will leave tbe bench to become dean of tor
neii Law BcnooL__^__,
WABD TBPJOTBB OS lUlRTYHVE OOWWtt
Waaaphaa, To_u. Doa lL-_ K. Ward. the forgen
arho was eapturod and brought back to Memphia
gfter B sojourn in Honduraa. waa indlcted on thlrty
tlve counta to-dav for forglng a> many notea. Tha?
miount Of forged notes Is over $80,000. Twer.tv
."evl.-tni.-nts wiU b- returned ihls evenlng or
ni-morrow. V\ard has employed la?V" *"^ ?**?
.nak? a fight on th-? line of a general denlal.
8>-???
BUtlLLEBA TO BEMAtB TBLE.
Tarre Haute. Ind.. Dev. ll.-The BTb?BO? Tru*t
Bsaaagara have aant srord here that the Wabasa,
Dunlllery will not be operatad before next faJl. The
Arnertcan PBtrtbUtlng .'ompany owna tho Indtan*
DtaUUery, *hi h is now grln.llng 6.000 buahela a da>>
and has aboul tosaplated the NfaJeaUo. whloh ls ta
br th,- largesr. iti the worli. Theae two dUUIU-rlee
were planned when the Diatributlng Company waa
"OUt" with the trust. and w-r.- to have been oper
a-ed to auppiy the ,-cnipany with splrlte for Ita tradej
ln the East Siive then the company and truat hay*?
:ome to terma bv whleh the company ia to lianul->
all the truat g.wd's ln tht- East. and lt is underatood
U e trust h,s agr-ed not to <:ar: the dlati lery oaraad
tn it berause it would Increaae the demand for
.orn an.l eaufle an advaa 8 ln tbe price at the Ind
lana Diatlllery. Fo* the Bansa roaoan the Majeatia
will remaln Idle untll nexl falL
BBUBIOBA tBBTiCBB IX PrBLIC scnooi.8.
St. Paiil. Mlnn . Dec ll.-The State Supertntend*
! ent of Piih'.lc Inatrti ;ion recently recelved an In
i rpiiiy whether or not the law prohibited the open
| Ing of public schools with a recltal of the Ix>rda
Prayei when oae Baraaa in the diatrict objeeted to
j the Bsailiia la oae apaatoa laaiaarod reaaaaiag At
I r..rnev-<leneral ChU?> t>> w-iom thr matt-r waa r^
' ferred ho.ds that the aervtco ls in vlolation of Sec
tlofl 18, of th? State Conatltutlon, which providea
that no peraon ^hall Ih> compellea to attend, erect or
j auppor' ,?n\. plaee ol arorehlp. Aa the ( iHistitutlon
I re^ulres tlie people <>f the Sta'.e te aupport Ita
l schoois a religtoua aenrlce al the opwitng <>f achoo,
la unoonatltutlonal and .-annot he maintainM whero
ti.ere is an objectlon.
utatf OAtBTMBB IB sissiox.
tyracagS. K, Y., DOO, IL?Tha aeaaion of the New
York Btate Daltynien a Conventlon ln the Burna
Horel thu* mornlng waa asaaaaSaRfll intereating and
well atter.ded. Three valuabl- papei; were read. and
th>- rommtttee o;i Nominatlons rep?>rted the follow?
lng namea, whlch will i>* voted upon later: iTetu
dent. A. t'haae Thompson. OarOga; se.-retary. B. D.
Ollbrrt. C'layville; treaaurer. QsjOtRS T Powelt,
Uhent; dlrectors, Fvank I Shiv.. S OordOO, C W.
I.amoni. 11. H \A liig. J.ir.-l Yan W'a^ener and
K-. lerlck T Born
I'rofessor i i* Roberta. of Coraell I'niversity, read
a papt-r upon "The Invlaible Krlen.la of the Dah-v
mmi.' J s Waodward, of Lockport, apoke upon
-.)jr Fostei Mother, tne CoST." I?r L. L vaa
Sl\ke, .hemiat ot the New-York State Agrl.ultural
Kxperimental Statlon at (i.-neva. <pcke ,.n "Heaulta
Of Ron.e Reeeal Dalry InveatlgatlonN. '
WA\T A.V JHFORT Dl'TY OX |H| A\t> SILYBB
I.analng. Mlch , Dec. ll.-The report of the Ex
aeastVO Commlitee of the State Orange, whlch waa
aubmtued to that body to-day. calla for the paa>
aage of the blll by ? 'cngreae providlng for the free
an.l unlimlted colnage of Amerlcan gold and allver.
and placing an lmport duty on foreign gold aaai
allver.