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3BgHJAggg??|g> 860 Broadway, Union Sq. and 18th St. Headquarters Open Fireplaces F'lXTLRES&TlLES Elegant storK. ?e?t Servlce, MaUer'e Prlce*, aajbt -? ? mantle, furnlahi - a pow< rf tl and unwavi i lt . : - "?>'?'? ;i1"'" l. atrei t lampa wiih ..-. an I yi iterdaj ihe poata ln Slxth-av h twet n ! itbuan ai -!.. wei.lulpped wlth the new burnera. n accordanct a Ith the pen inti i b> tn< < orn ml-aloner ? I Public W. ka If offlclal api i ival b ..,,,...r,i,l ,,, the ' ihe Brooklyn I nloi Company iiin make the new Ughl the baels of Ita b.l for ihe public llghtlng eontract. The ofnclala ol impan) ? I ilm thal the nea llghi wlll be rully a? good as th.it now furnlahed bj eiecirlcity, and ...,, ihi roal ly wlll I mueh l< aa. - - - ?*> ??? VILL8BURV8 BAD TENTURE. AN" EXPLAXATION OP KKi'KNT POOR PLA1 BT BROOKLTN'B CHE89 CHAMPION. A S BBMfl WITH BTEIXITZ ? BICTB ' 01 Lt> NOT BB t ARBIED OUT. AND \ tUSAVT I ISAS .1 u. U >BB The laal flve daya' play In the International chec? lournament In Bt, Peteraburg haa aorely dla ^ppolnti i the thouaanda of cheaa-playera ln Amerl ca. "ii" )u.|"i that Mi. Plllabury would <? tor there, aa ?? waa In the Haatlnga tournament, and have watched rigretfully the cable dlBpatchea whlch told tbe tale of an almoal unaccountabla faiiing ofi' ln the young Brooklynlte'a plaj and boa TI. X. PILLSBl'RT, ?? haa been aurpBBBed by Laaker and Btelnlla. II >*rever, thal there la ;tn explanatlon, and one that wlll cauee addltlonal regrel to all of H.irry NV-l.-on Plllabury'a admlrera and frlenda, *i , are found all over the Cnlted Btatea. .! irkeon W. Bho* ? ?,j";i "' '?' ' Unlted Btatea, a few day? aax> ea !- rather vague ly. that it waa a mystery to I Im tl ai Plllabury dld i ? wln certala gamea from Btelrdta He added that he haa been told thal Btelnlta Ind bury to go "Into aome wlld Bcheme ol partnership, by whlch Plllabury waa led Into puttlni up a large aum of money for the copyrlght ol gamei -.: 1 not be copyrlgl l Thla aaaertlon aounded rather atrang* lo Bome ol Plllabury'a Brooklyn frlenda. and yeaterday after : .. Trlbuni reporter aaked Joalah T. Marean, the pr- .:?:.? >?' the Brooklyn Cbeaa Club, what 11 mi ant. He Bai I: ? l know that Buch bb aaaertloa haa been made, and i waa rather Borry to Bee II ln ihe form In whlch ll appeared, becauac aome of Mr. Plllabury'a acquaintan ea may drmw a wrong Inference from It The .-'."iv eame orlglnally, i happen to know, from one of Mr. l'lllsbury s frtenda. Who would be extremely Borrjr to have people draw wrong con , lualona " from the Indednlte He nevi r mi ant to Intlmate thal there wa thlng wrong or iliaagreeable in the- bualnt-i of Mr. Plllabury an l Me, Btelnlts VN n to aai - tnla: 'Steinltz ha.- no nea?i t"i nd .'?iilsh.nv la .i young man who ean - ? ifford lo lose mueh money. V: Btelnitz per i puisbury to enter Into an arran whlcl and foollah on Ita face, and Ihe ..:-??? i dlaai dlaheartened Plllabury lhal It aeema hla re cenl ui - lo it.' , ?The acheme." aald Mr Marean. "waa oi whlch Pillsbur) waa to i ly from :'.-? St. Pet< , ? . - p, ti raburg, '' r??'^ ' nl ,\ : ib li waa ihe pla I me naturally f. ll throut li, bi ...ii-.- ln a - lub I ?? ?-' !'? t--t . . ??? the gamea are - ml-p |bi c. It ia imi ki inda ol ... ,- . ro illan one, ? i l' , . , ? m.?? to put hi, m ? II,- loat, i i" i- ratan I, ab mt *'?""? Now, Plllabury'a clrcumatanci permit ninri ,..-. MX I . .-.-..-.:! ? :. m, and I aup ; the loaa i r it worrled btm i irmlae, from what 1 know, that hla reeent fallure lo win gamea la duo, tn p.it; al least, to I ?te -"'{i "" b lalneaallke v< nture." . newa makea asd readlng :? - Mr. Pillaburj a a qualntancea, who wlll ragret thal an unfortunate d>al i , ind and nervea. Gn il thlnga v. re ? \;- cii . ? thi Bi >okl ? n boy in St. ?burg by Ihe Brooklyn CheBa Club, whlch gave j, wel or hlm after bla r< turn from \ ry at HaeitingJ \l- Marean aald ye tei thal Mr Plllabury la "atandlng on hla own feef1 In 8t. Peteraburg, ao far as moi ey la con ? rm I He a ild th il l ? . '?'' . If I. lakei . I - . iub eho ild make a f< b i.i'.-- movea Tl reaulta of thi laal fi w day havi llaapp ii ted th< Brooklyn experta, who analyae the gamea .. ? ported by ? ible. and b. ? thal Plllab ir) - form haa myeterloualy deterlorated. Mr. Marean aal :. in reply lo a queatlon. thal he could i ? . whether or nol there would be a public n eptjon f. r Plllabury when he returni I fi im ibr iad, n ase | ?..,-? d. THi: MAYOR'8 SLATE \l\T WEEK. Hlfl riXAL UST OF APPOIXTJIEXTS EXPECTEB IN .. ' 1. \V 1 ' \ V - Mayor "W ct and flnal batch of appolnt menta of heada of departraenta a II loubtleaa be I out early ni xt a eek. The Mayi ? call yeat< rday from Pr< - i:. ? ? Howell and Truatee Keeney, of the New-York and Brookl n Brldge. They ehowed to hlm a n im b. :? of draa nga ol tl ? plaaa oa whlch four Iln. - of trackfl for the accommodaUon of trolley-cara ol th?- Brooklyn Heighta Rallroad were portrayed. Mayor Wurater -ni'l that, if iracka were lald aa ahown <>n the plana aubmltted, II would make i i t? tr.-tn<-l\ dangeroua for people cn tracka. Ite aald thal he bell?veq there waa a way of over , imlng all thi obJectlonB to Ihe propoaed plana. < >ii. tning he wanted waa ??> have the tracka re moved from 8aoda-at. ln fronl of the Brldge en H< aald that he ahould make u ; ? eb on Monday and go over the ground fully. LOXYE8T BIDDEB8 FOB REPAT1XQ. Propoa ila have been opened at the Clty Worka De p;tr:,,, ? - parta of cerUIn aireeta and avenuea wlth granlte blocka. Th , and the p,u. n bW ??? eai ii w? re aa folloa Thlrd-ave., from Platbuah-ave. I i ("nloi " i;... runi Pla' i . from l.lving ' m-f to v ' Thom .- Moi ohan. $10,221 55; VVIIioughby-si . ti -n. Adama-at. to Brldge-at.. William Kelley. *7.107)?; |4ovt-*l ft '" Vvarn ? A ,; Pmar, (fi ??'"?-. Con. -. lalai d-ave.. from Ih. old ,.,.y une to the clrcle at Franklln-avi.. Mr. 11 < . <a The'loweal prlce for a equare yai l of granlte pave in.-ir thal haa been reachi I foi i mber of yeara waBproduced ln the blddlng In Hoyt- ?.. belna I ' ? ?--<ea> -?? PR. WIS8R1F8 EDVCATIOXAL LECTURE. nr. A. E. Wlnahlp, of "Thi Boaton Journal of Educatlon," di llvered a lectui Brooklyn TeacheVa Aaaoclatlon In tbe Boya" Hlgh gchool, Marcy and Putnam avea., on thi aubject, ??The Sol rla! Li uter an i Acoompanial In Kducatlon." Chai nlng Btebblna, pi ? aaaoclatlon. In troduced the lecturei I)r Wlnahlp aald thal he had nothlng lo aay ln favor of the barroom or ihe <-m - of rum bul ll waa a fatal error lo lay the i bllltv for th- <-..- ' ? ?' ? Intemperance, he aald, waa not reaponalbl. I i ciime._.^________________^_^___ NEW-YORK TRIBUNE is printed with OUR B. B. NEWS IM. J. HARPER BONNELL CO., Clucago. New-York. THE ONE HUNDRED MEET MINIBTER8 DI8CUBB PURTHER PLAN9 POR BUNDAT CLOBINO. A atOVE TO ENLABQB THB COMMITTKE THB HEW BtEMBRRB WILL NOT ALL BB CLBROTatBN - ONB BUOOESTI 'V THAT A COBTINfOffi BEQUEBT BB MADE OP MATOB WL'BBTEB Ti) LBABN WHAT AC * 'iiuN lii-: WOULD TAKE. Aboul one hundred mlnietera, reprei nearly every rellgloua denomlnatlon in Brooklyn, mel in Plymouth Church yeeterday afternoon t" ,:i. uai ? irther plana of actlon in regard t-> ae the enforcement of the Hunday exdae law. Th.- Rev. Dr Rob rl .1 Kenl preslded and tho Rev. Dr. f 1 nll offered prayer. Dr. Kent, as halrmnn f th.- commltt.f flv appolnted laal November, reportedwhal had been accompllahed. He aald, among other thlnga: "This movement having for Ita object the honeal Interpretatlon and efflclenl enforcemenl of the Uiw forblddlng the llquor trafli ? on Bunday, is not a apurt or apaam. it haa come to Btay untll th.- fair name of our lieiove.l city ahall be abaolul ly dlvorced from a p.M y of dupllclty, evaslon and Ineffl clencj. ??Th-- '?.-suits are extremelj encouraging and atlmulatlng. Flfteen denomlnatlona Bre repre aented, upward of one bundred and Bfty churchea, Includlng the moal Influentlal In tre clty, Bre .-tili!<te(l in the movement. We have 1 aaaumed that the btgheet offlclal In the public 1 aervlce Intenda to perform honeatly and falth fuiiy his aworn duty. We have told hlm thal ln ao dolng he will have the agenclea that prornote uaneaa aa hla cordlal Bupportei 1. DEPEKD1NG ON thi-: M U'OR. "We trual thal when a delegatlon of Brook lyn'a paatora and laymen walt upon the Mayor they will have a declaratl >n In favor of enforc? lng the law algned by many thouaanda of cltl rena We trual tiiai by lhal tlme the Maj ?r will i"- ready t" aaaure the Cbrlatlan com munlty thal he may be depended upon to exe cute the law to the full meaaure of his abillty. "My request is that you glvi me power t" en large the commlttee, by the addltlon of paatora an.l laymen thoroughly ln earneat In the move? ment, ao thal the commlttee may bc more iruly repreaentallve of the many churchca and de nornlnatlona Intereoted." The Rev. I'f. Lyman Abbotl made the motion to enlargc the commlttee, but wlBhed it un derstood thal this waa not to be a new or ganlaatlon. The Rev. Dr. Charlea Cuthberl Hali, paator of the First Presbyterlan Chun h, waa Invited to addreaa ih'- meetlng. He aald l should nol f- '1 it to be a duty to crltlclae p.ist or preaeni admlnlstratlona. The preaent has no hlstory behlnd it. and is nol open t" ciitlciem. We wanl to gtv.- ..ur hearty Bupporl to a gentleman who is ln a poaltton of great dellcacy, to our Mayor. !!?? is entltled 10 the auppori "f all fair-thlnklng men. it la far t"" early to name any atepa thal mlghl be neceB aary to take In caae of unpleaeant outcome, I feel it is a Btep whlch we are bound t.> tak< not only for th.- malntenance of law, but aa a duty we owe t" .-. large number "f cltlaena ln this communlty. We are pledged t" the g.| ..f our fellow-men by virtue of our poaltlon, There is ;i tn mendoua temptatlon forced on them flfty tlmea a year -free man. money In pockel and eaay drlnk. They are taken al a dlsadvantage whlch Bhould ii"t be. 1 cannol stop untll l hav.- done whal one man may to enable them t" protect themaelvea. ' \ M-:u BPAPEB ?-' IRED. T).e Rev. It R. B. Hnll aald tha: the mlnlatera ..f the ?lty muat jif"t*-st when a local evenlng newapaper advocatea a abameful evaal m "f Ihe law. Darwln .J. Meaerole said that of thoae cltl z.-ns requeated to sinn th.- pc-titluns. fully three fourtha of them lid ao. The Rev. Albert P. New -,..n argued ln fav r ><? calllng on the Mayor every two w.-eks for two yeara and askiiiK what he was Roini? to d. about the exclae law, Other apeakera advo ated aupp<>rtlnK Mayor Wurater and expreaaed thelr ronfldence that the en .-?? law would be enforced. The Rev. l rr. Camer n . illed attentlon to th.- fact thal ihe barr uiru were manufa tuting aentlment In thelr fa> >r. II was ai?.> urged that tli" Mayor be asaured thal this was n..t an ephemeral movement, but that he would recelve th.- eupp ut <?? votera in an elec ? The motion enlarglng th.mmlttee waa tion carrled without a dlsaent'.ng \ >lce. Dr. Kent aald that a meetlng would probabl) !"? called a' an date when a maas-mee ing, If thought ad viaable, would be arranged and the ti? j.: pre aentlng the petltlona t ? the Mayor consldered. Among thone preaeni a*ere the Rev. Dr, I. K Funk. th.- Rev. P. O'Hare, th.- Rev. C. K. Wj k off, ihe Rev. <" B. Wllllama and Darwln .1. .\1- Bei ? de. After the meetlng, Dr. Kenl said t 1 a Tribune reporter thal he would probably appolnt twenty flve new membera of the commlttee who would nol ail be clergymen; he wlll announce the namea in a day or 1 >. ll- PxpreaBed hlmaelf aa eatlBfled wlth the Bplril manlfi st. .1 a: the meetlng and the ;.i ogi eaa t l he n ork. TBE ./' /O DI8AQREED. SO VEBDICT BEACHEO IN PETER BrRGGRAfH IS.ODO Bl I :' AGA1NST 11:. EMERY. Ti-,. Jury in tbe ault of Peter Burggraf agalnat Health Commiasloner Emery and Dr, Boyden, vac clne phyalclan, to recover J."..","i foi Ihe deal 1 "? Mr. Burggraf'a llttle daughter, dlaagreed on the ii:..siii>n cf a verdlct, and yeaterday mornlng waa dlacharged by Judge V'an l\"yck. The Jurymen were almoal unanlmounly iu favoi cf the plalntlff, only one of them '..?? orlng the defendanta ln tl..- irlal th.- plalntIR alleged lhal Dr. Boyden 1k,.1 ),..!. careleaa ln vacclnatlng the little glrl, and thal lockjaw, from whlch ahe dled, reaulted from the vacclnatlcn. Th.- defendanta alleged thal the child'i parenta had been careleaa, and that the lock? jaw germ aaa transmltted to i-.-i blood becauae <>t' lack ..t proper .are ln proiectlng the abraaion made by Dr. Boyden. LOYES IIIU UORE IH 1 '. BBR BU8BAXD, MRB, PBET BATlfl r:i. WITB BCHMIO .Wl- WIU, IMI To BURR2NDER BER CH1U5REN. \ . itui C. Frey, p.;:y ofBcer cf the I Btatea crulaer Columbla, arrlved from Waahlngton yeaterday mornlng, and wenl dlrectly to theAdama ? itatlon, where be held ?? ahorl 1 msultatlon B/ith !'??? tive-8ergeant Coleman, Accompanled by ? ! ..;, F*rey wenl to/be baaemenl at No. 20 Adama-at., mh< r.< )e- formall) demanded from hia B/ifc the return of hla two chlldren, Beaaie, s:x yeara old, and Annle, Bfteeen montha old. i. queat waa complled wlth Immedlately, and laal ; | Frey and both chlldren retumed to the - ipt ? ii. hlnd :.- I ihere la a ;. m im . !... a decldi 1 elemenl oi pathoa aboul it. it wlll ba remembered that ihortly before Chrlatmaa Mra. Annie Frey wenl away from her bome In Wa 1 be Brook!) n pol red a tek gram aak Ing them t? ??> ertaJn th.- whereabouta of tn- mlaa Ing w .man. who waa auppoaed to bi in tbla clly, ]..-. tivi C leman learned that ehe waa livlni 1 .. houae ln Brldge-at. wlth a man nam< 1 Henry li. Bchmlg, wlth whom sh<- had eloped. The coupie moved from the Brldge-at. apartmenta :. the ,. I ln Adama-at. ln the mean tlme Bchmlg wenl - fath.-r. who :?- -l '- a .'? aponalble po II 11,. poBtoffloe, and told hlm thal ha wanted ; . work. The parenl queatloned hia aon cloaeiy, and ' then wrote to Mr. Prey aeklng hun if hla wlfe wen mlaalng. Frey declded to come on ;it once, He araa anxloua about the welfare of hia chlldren, and med the p llce lhal be had no desln to aak ;,,. wif.. ? , return wlth hlm. \Vh<-n Uo- coupie eame together, there wai no demonatratlon, To ji.ti tivi Coleman Mra. Frey aald iii.n ahe loved 81 hmlg betu 1 than her h laband, and thal ah< n< i'ei propoaed lo return t" Waahlngton. Hn. Frej la ,, > (thi 1 pl< aaant lo klng ? n. ui a h 1 doea n i? ahoa .< algn of having undergone an) remoi her deed, Tracea ..f former beauty .n>- clearly out lined upon her featurea. Her apartmenta, whlch are ln th- baaemenl of the bulldlng al the addreaa II 1. idy mentl med, are de< Idedly humbli DE \'l H OF l>. M 8TIS I I )/.!>/.'. 11. Auatin Taylor, one >.' tii.leal realdenta of Brooklyn, dled al hli home, No. ?'.7'i Hancock-at., . ? | I,, afternoon, He had been lll for ovei .. 1 ing tr im .1 Btroke if pa ilj Ha waa born on November II. 1*17, in Pulton-at., New-Tork 11,. eame 1 > Brooklyn when he waa ai>..ut ten yeara old, ..:ii llved here ever Blnce. In IMS ha married llannah Langdon, and for twenty yeara they llved ,-i Waahlnaton-ave., near (Jatea-ave He waa ??? membei of the Bwletj of Old Hrooklynltea. and ror ?' long tiin.- w.is an actlve member ..f th- \ ..l unteer Flre Department. He ua* connected wnti lnKin.? No hl When a young man hi engaged ln the hardware bualneaa, bul aoon lefl that t.. enter the- ira.li- ln lallors1 I ritiiiiiliig" He WBI Oni ' 11,.. foundera of Ihe Central Congregatlonal ' niirch Hr- remalned a member of tbli church untll his death. ii- waa a generoua man, and dld mu n ?rood in fl modeai and unaaauming way. rni ru n.-ral wlll be held to-morrow afternooo, frum Bla home. He wlll be burled m Oreenwoo* POLAND Alldreadedeg.f 8CABLET lad itbei rBVBBl ara iMU-:\ i:vri-:n I ?? fra* aaa -r Potaad Water. I, neutraltaaa 1 BIO \< "? Pu* l water la lha wortd. ntar. gold by Part a Ttttori. Ackar, M-r ,aii * Coadlt, Dnggetl >v Baaiedell, Mto tve. aad 13d *t., . . n,..,m K.-ker ,v s. r.-, Vr-y . Part Place. x. v. CLOSED AS APOOLROOM. A RA1D MADB ON TIIK BECOND PLOOB OF NO. 14 MYRTLE-AVE. FORT1 UBS WERE iRREBTED vn BLBtTRICAL DBvii-K tND BETTINfl BOOKB BBIZED BI THB ,,,,.,,-,. OXE MAN II1D i Nl'l-t: * MANO Tha. th< Br ..'i.iy.i poll ,. i,. comlng more at'erdaj afternoon bj a raW made by the Central Offlce quad on an alleged pool roomon ihe aecond Boor of Ihe bullding al Noa lt and l? Myrtle-ave Porty men were arreated. An electrical devlce. whlch. the pollce aay, la uaed only by bookmakere. waa eetaed. wlth a Quantlty of wlre. two poker t iblea and leveral bettlng booke. Inapector Ma. Kellar, wlth ten men. Btarted rrom Headquarte. il M Ta i of th, detectlvea went l?to the ..ii. v ln the reai of the bullding and two moi ? auarded ihe exll near the roof. whlch leada t? Hyde & Behman'a Theatn The other offleera ruehed Into Duffy'a aaloon. whlch la on the ground ,.,?? ,nd m .. twlnkllng galned ihe atalrw.j through .i alde paaaage, The alleged vlobtti ra of the law aubmltted quletiy to arreet. Patrol wagona were aummoned, and an hour waa conaumed ... removlng the prlaonera One man. durlng thla perlod, remalned In bldlng under the plano John Duffy.proprletor if the barroom. waa ? of having glven a tip lo the men upatalra by meana ?f ;1? , lectrlc butti n behlnd the bar. He waa ,,,.?..,i Under arrest. he eaya, but waa nol laken to ihe autlon-h iua? Hi th ?wed a Trlbune n porti i itton, but denled lhal he had pn I rented the rooma, contlnued Duffy, "aboul a month .,::? to u man wh i aal I hl* name waa John Bmlth. H, , ,i to pay me 120 a month for the uae of the houra or IS and B ... the afti rnoon. H. ,?i the memb. ra of a lo al aocbil organlaatlon propoaed to oc upy It. No one waa more aurp than myai If whi n thi |.ame, and ll la Idlotlc leve thal I warned the peopl ? above." Th.- detectlvea aay thal a number of well-known New-York aportlng men of the lower claaa were among thoae arreated The namea of the men, aa well ;.< th. Ir addreaaea, whlch are belleved to bc flctlctloua, are aa followa: B. Fenton, So. 481 Pul lon-at . rarpet layer: Thoma* Rlley. No. M Marlon Bt? brlck-layer; Jamea Penl. No. S32 Bteuben-at., preaaman; Davld Petera, No. tttt Flfth-ave., clerk; Edward Bmlth, aaleaman, No, '.'i Bleventh-at.; Wlll? iam Hearn, No S87 Flfth-ave., Baleaman; Thomaa .M,,,-k. No. 280 Duffleld-at., clerk; John Bmlth, No. tU Pearl-at.. bartender; Bernard O'Keefe, No. Mi LTnlon-at.. clerk; J ihn McGovern, clerk, No. ::;:? Elghteenth-at.; Charlea Thorn, No. Ti Bond-at., clerk: Jamea Oallagher, carpenter, No. m Warren el ; Danlel Carroll, carpenter, No. 800 Myrtle-ave.; Thomaa i >. Woode, So. 1.218 Fulton-at.. aaleaman; Danlel Hackett, No. 247 Noatrand-ave., blackamllh; Jamea ii. Pranklln, No. 232 Baal Nlneteenth-Bt., aaleaman; Alberl T. Emereon, No. 22 Park Place, clerk; Charlea Pli rc >, carpi nti r, No. 901 Myrtle-avi . ? ... poater, Pluah ng, - arpentei. Bui I Mtmax. No. 27H Atlantlo-ave.. clerk; Henr) Kead. ?i0 '.., claaaon-ave.; John Carroll, aaleaman, No. 1 107 Vanderbllt-ave.: Edward Burke No. 1.815 Gatea ,-.. clerk; John W. Koblnaon. 1- rk. No. 120 Madl Charlea Harbi rt, No 893 Brl Ige-ai , Jamea ,.,, n , i:i |>ark-ave., gaa litter; John - imp , i?.||. So. 89 ??,?:. "i.i--. . drlver; John l . i anty, .n?. UM Bchenck-et., merchandlBe. luatlce Walah held a eonBultatlon Wlth AaBlBtant ' niBtrlet-Attornej Myle* laal nlght. aa a reeult ol , nhich all the prlaonera were releaBed on ball. Ai.ui-m.ii McOarry and Heaney and a well-known Pulton-at. barroom keeper furnlahed the .,.-. l?,i..is. whi ii in each caae amounted to 8300. The Womei - t'hristian Temperanee i nion hei.i meetlng* neal dooi lo ihe pia.-o In whlch tha ratfl v\.^ i.i.. le. .1 B/G ELECTRIC If [ILWAY DE IL. THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRAN81T COMPANY TO BCCCEED THE LONO IBLAND COMPANY. Idyn rallroad men were yeaterday talklng ? i ., r. porl lhal a -orp .rji . I the Brook I) i, Rapld Trana i , wlll bi I ?? aucceaaor of the L ng laland Tra '? m i' mpany, an l thal the . ? the .? organlaatlon haa b, en fullj ,,,? i |t H be ,-.. t thi om| any, whi * aill the old one In Ihe ? mtrol of the <\ ? ?. ...-, tve the Plower ln ? promlnenl In Ita man igement. \ i..,. Island Tractlon Btock waa eatensively ,,,,-. . , ? rumored it the re >rg u !/- i i wlll make a < mceaalon to publle oplnlon by keeplng .:?? rapltalliatlon ... thi new company helow $20,.n\ lt !-> n a known whether ".- nol thoae who .- I .... r the ne* k will be ,,.. H.. i ... aaaume ;, ,.,-., rata sharo of the bonda The Btoekholderi ? ho pald thi on Ijong lalarul Tra tlon Btock wlll i"- admltted, II ia sald, lo ihe prlvileKea ,,-? the new ? impany, whlle othera mual be content la of the *.' t ii Trae lon (' im pany'a aaaeta lo John <i Perklna for J-',..""'. wdilch aill ylel i aboul ?s a ihare. WATER 7.1 A LOXQ OYERDVE. TIIK DEPARTMENT OF CITY WORK9 DI8 '"\ - ERS A HE-AVY DEBTOR, John Weiaenborn, the proprletor of a hardware Btore al No. 116 t'ourt-Bt., Brooklyn, h..s recelved a notlce from the Departmenl of Clty Work.-- to ?tep up to the i aptain'a offl e an l aettle. The blll whlch the citj haa agalnai Mr. VVelaenborn amoui fj'.'~, and la for unpald ivater taxea on four flat hou . bullt by hlm ..,:?? :?? ar? ..?o ln Thli betwi ..i Bmlth an 1 Hoyi ata Mr. VVelai nborn i tplaini d ihe altuatlon to ., un< reporier laal evening In thla way: "When I Btarti i to i'liiid theBi. fiata, l goi a loan from the Naaaaii Land Improvemenl fompany. I Inti 10 make them cold-water flata, and Bled plana im tbem ln that way In th-- w.i'-.- Bureau. Afterward thi Naeaau i....'.-i Improvemenl Companj wanted ihelr money, and l got .i loan from the People'a ,-, ..- ..j. ? | through ihe Tltle i luarantec and Loan AaBOclation. The Title Ouarantee peopie aug lested to me thal I pul In Improvementa, Includ Ing bathtuba and tollet-rooma l dld ao, bul Hled no altered plana a ih Ihe Water Bureau, i have pel | n righl along aa tbe) have been preaented, and L-ertalnl] had no Idea thal anythtng was i\i,,,_ "Laal June l caneelljd ihe mortgage on two of ihk- housi i, aii.i . \.-. :i...i a mortgage on them wlth anothi r |..,i' ?? al a k?wi i ...??? ln i ictobi r laal I ? !:,| the aame .l.n.n >n th thi other two. When theae ? ? i -. ? ..- nortaaaes were made, there waa noth ? .. ? md ?,.- , ..- pioperl). i am -.-? Illin . .,, pay thla addltlonal i..\. In faet, tln mone; ,- noa ln the handa ol .,.> counael, \li Willlamaon, and I have agreed lo meel hlm al the Waler Bureau .o morron and aettle up the matter, There waa no |n tentlon to defia 11 on mj part. I re. e!\...| no thal ai'. water tax was due untll l goi ih noiiee thal tlns money was due for three ireai - p tat. 11 ihe la* was not pal.l, why .IH they nol ^tiul off the water? l !,.->w- ihought of turnlng over th. property i" the clty. Mani .,f ti.< roomi are \a and from many ?.: ihi tenanla l canno n?nt becauae ,.: ihi hard tlmea There la nol much cncouragemeni :..i a man t" Inveel money ln land or li ill llnn ln Brookl] n " Th.. Water Hui :,:.'--?? thal Mr. \\'.-is . nborn la gulltj ol .. - i loua offi n e. "COIES'S" \ I 1//-' 18 41 LEX. Tltr ILLEGRn BROOKLYN Bl'ROLAR IS A i...., HER OP "THE 'ALLEN OV XKW V..|;k Tha examlnation of "John B. Colea," eharged arith attemptl -; I irgur) al ihe houae of Mlaa Mattheraon, No 176 81 Jame* Place, ,,ri December 81, i\>~. wa - ntlnui I yeaterdai In ihe Myrtle ave. Pollce Court. l. h..* been Buapected tiiai tln prisoner waa .. brother "t "The" and "Wi Allen, of New-York. Fr m whai waa learned yea? terday. H i,lls auapli i oi w a-, correct. admltted Ibal I.i-* real nama la Martln V'an Uuren Allen, and aald he lived al No. is, Hir. Allen' irled lo prove i hai Allen, dui ng Ihe laal alx ? > aeven ye u - had tried to maki a i honeai llvlng, and had Invented an Improved rar fender ..,,1 a movable boot-bla K mu..i Allen , | - hi h ia ." en i ndea. iring to ka l a llfe .,' p tat thli teen i ? , i ?latrl ?; rectltud Attorm that n. <h H ickua, prlaonei had i > aminatlon, )? -.. ? n d on. ? ;? I. in 1883, ,,f mal me prwonei n?u .n , i.u-.i, i.-.i. m i>>; ,,r robblng Ihe houae ... John l? Crimngju, In New fork, Bnd h . I bi en lenten ? I lo Blng Blng foi - \ yeara thal In l?*7:?. Allen had been convlcled of | b'urglary and grand lareeny, and had i .?.-.--, \.-. i a I neniei,,.t Beven yeara and a hall In boih crlmea. Allen admltted thal he had been arreated In Pon neclleui ln i- H, aa .,n a. . aoi y In ai ... tempi ." rob an Adam'a Rxpre* car, and waa convleted for lha ci .ne- and m nl to Wi thi i Ileld pi laon He ded, however. ... Ihe Connectlcul Leglalatun-, ii. i hla dla haii ? Mr. Backua aaked Allen wheiher u.i- -i icharae ,ii,l nol pro ??? I ti'iiu an arratiaemenl between h.a brothera, "The" and "Wt-e" Allen, and the I-.-kis l.uure All ,, ald he dldn'l know Justlca lla^ _.-i.y held All n foi m< Orand Jury'a actloa, STIR OVER THE ALM8HODSE. THE TKIIU-NK'S ACCJOUNT OF TRAMPi BUPPORTEDIN IDLENEflfl AROUBE8 COMMENT. PROflPECT Of A WOBKHOfBB BBINO BBTABUBHBD IN THB FLATB1 BH INSTITI'TK-N THB IN I-I.t KN? f. OP COMMIBBIOKEB BL'BTM IH ??> ,?: ims.i IBPBOVEatEBTB WHAT THB PPBCHASE Of \ FABM IXVOLVEA T;,,. tacl thal tha tlm h niae ln Fhttbuah haa no department for work. and conaequently that hun dredi ol Bble-bedled and healthy men are BUpported ii,.., . ii, absolute Idleneee, aa puWhrhed In The Tribune haa created conBlderable commei Brooklyn. erpecuilly among thoae Bitereati I la , i, irii 1,1,. and loclologfcal eubji l - Uayor B/urater aakl of the wlnter rcsort for trampa al Flatbuah: "Th.- Departmenl of Chai I .,.,,, correctlona, sa i bureau of the County Oov ',.,-??,. ,,t had i ontrol of Ita own affalre, buW courae to tli.- control of the Board ot Bupervtaora i gnow llttle "f the worklnga of thal department, but propoae to learn more, and wlll have a con rerence wlth Corporatlon r-.un-.-l McDonald thla afternoon relatlve t-i th.ntrol thal the elty ad mlnlatratlon baa over It. ?There u this mueh to be aald, h iwever: me trampa who roara about the country m the buib mer, gather In the blg cltlea ln the wlnter. where a large number manage to aet ire entrance to the almshousea, and thua gel food and ahelter durlng the mclemem weather. Bi >oklyn undoubtedly r<> reivefl lie ehare of tbui claiui of vagranta. Whether or nol we recelve more than our ahare becausi theae fellowa know they wlll have a 'aoft thlng" al Flatbuah, l do nol know. ??This mucb is certaln there ihould be a b rk houae there where the Idlera ahould be made to i irn aomethlng toward paylng for thelr aupport, or. lf there is not a workhouae there. theae men ahould be ael al worb breaklng etone, or carrylng Btonea rrom one i nd of the yard to the other." SO CONTRACT OOODB. William Murray, the auperintendenl of the baa foi i ?rte tlme -? en the aba ilute ni for provkllng worb for the men In the InBt'tution Any one who Beea the male inmatea of the alme houae gather In the two long Blttlng-rooma of the Inetttutlon durlng ihe day muat agree wlth the Buperlnl nd. m In thla reflpect. ln theae alttlng rooma hundredaof Idle men gather dally from morn? lng till nlght. Th- rooma are ao overcrowded uau illy tna, the atmoaphere la ba I. and the vltlated alr la undoubtedly detrimental to health. They are a otate and useleea lol of idlera, thesi men ln the Blttlng-rooma and halla, '"'"I ;?>'"'?' ""' ",lly .. they gel durlng the day la taken when they go to and from thelr meale, or ahuffle alm and alowly around the crowded ilttlng-rooma, oi wander along thi - orrtdora. There doean'i aeem l - be any vall I ? ,|ture to provlde a workahop in the pa t. ia .. ..., of one would i- U "",1, with tli. benefll thal w luld r< ill from It, an.l n '-mi the labor ... ia. ?"fj?c?,0u11 could !"? furnlahed by the Inmatea themaelvea. Bu nerintendent Murray aaya thal a workl nTobably bebullt for $10,.or 112.000. and bi made nearly all ol the artlcle* ne. tl. .1 :.. the almahousi, and whl h now are ???: ?M::';,ir ".?-?!.??.-.?".?.?:.. .?=; ?ntof the men nreable to do worh whlch would really he benetlclal to , .,- health and would l/rolong thelr IIvea.He lleveathal there ehouhl be a farm ln co tion wlth the almal.ae, where all the *'f V.-'J.';,; ,, . r|, rl In the almnhouee and hosnltal i I ,. . m could 1.. raiaed. The work aboul i farm he aaya, would keeu a large number ol he nmatefl buay al healtl ? P " u acreaonly are devoted to the - iltlvatlon ol po - , ea and cabbagea. COMMI88IOXER BURTtS'S 1XPLUBXCE To Commlaaloner John If. B irtla, the Repu member of thi Board of Charltlea an i rorn li due mueh of the cr lll f r progreai In the Depari .;,.,-.. he haa hel I offlce. He hai orlglnator of many of thoae reforma whlch made the ipei itlona of the Department m< i nclent lately. H< aald yealerda) : "I read ln Th.- Tribune wlth .t great deal ol Interest and every word thal was prli ted there I ??? th mv heartj conllrmatlon and approval. rhe conditlon o iffalra plctured in thal article exlata and haa ex lBt< 1 for .. long tlme. .... I II la a ahame and dia ...... .. that it la ao. I wani t i have ;: remedled as "','?, ,,. poBBlble We aaked th- old lioird of Buper vliora ror IZuo.ooO ror the Immcdlate needa of our Ix I artmeni. and we dldn'l gel it. But I viBora gave ua permlaalon to uae all money that ?hall not be neceaaary for the malntenance ol th. iK-partment, and we have aboul 175.000, of ?ii,- s ni. rvlaora probably, know nothtng. rhla bal ',,, .. vv.i- i ro Iu ?- i bj ? ? tion of a number ,,.- old bllla by Im reaaed i ima glven ua by the 31 .'? for the aupporl ol State paupere, aml b; mj throughout the l'- partment. A VVORKHOL'SE COMIXO. ? \\.. me y be able to I dld a workhoui?< oul of -,: mey, an 1 If wa ean we ahall v .. Among the other I ??? ?????? ... ni admlnlatrati m bulldlng at the almahouae, whlch wlll relleve the overcrowded con of thal Inatltution; the c inatruction ..,,??:;.. Ughl I'lant In the penltentl iry groun Is, and ,.,.latruction of a buildlng for Idioti and Im so thal th.inl irtunate peoj le ean be : ..n a Imitl ' ? j ..-.,,, the call for ?? workhouae nt the alma? houae wlth all m> heart; II would be benetl - every ";>\ it ia due to the taxpayera of the clty and the Industrloua paupera themaelvea thal \\->tk be glven to the male inmatea, ao that, Inatead of bein* Idle, they wlll be -? II aupportlng. ??The Idlera oul at Flatbuah, of whlch The Tribune spi-aka could !"? employed ao thal they could make the artlelea they uae. lf there were a workhouae perhapa there would n'ol i"- ao many Idlera to t.. faken care of, I.auae the deterreni Influence on th. old roundera and trampa would be great. A workhouae could be bulll without great expenae, probably for about $10,000, . ??\\.. oughl to h.'- ? ? a f irm, too, although it nhould be near the almahouae. That matter haa .,,,. ,i\- been thoughl "f. bul It la ln abeyance. Our exoerlence al St. Johnland taughl ua thal it would i?. nuicldal t" buy an --li- r r-um where ll would nol he under dlrect aupervlBlon Wi could gel land near the almahouae al W.OUO an acre, bul It la a ipi.Htlon aa to whether or nol the purchai i be adt _ _ FUXER 17. OF GEXER \L FOWLER. THg BODT TO BE L'XDEB Ql'ARD IX THE CITV 1IAI.I. I'XTIL THE Bl'RIAL TO-MORRi >\V. tl angementa for the fun.nl o? the late General r.iiu.i: i B. Fowler wlll be completi i thla mornlng by tha commlttee aelected by tne famlly. At I | o'clock the body wlll be laken to the Clty Hali, where il wlll be guarded a'.ternately throughoul the ,!,iv and nlghl by membera of the 14th lieglment \\a:- Veterana' Aaaoclatlon. The latter organlza ? I.. of whlcji thi Qeneral waa for many yeara prealdent, lai nlghl adopted the fol'.owlng r. ^.a tlon: The newa of thi leath of our beloved omrade anl commander, General K B. Fowlcr, whlch occurred v.-ster.lay haa iii:.-l the hearta .<( all our com radea with grlef for our luaa and Bympathy with hin famlly and fi enda In their ?,-. u aorrow. \\. wlah lo expreaa our ?ateem for hlm .i-1 a aoldler the wai for the i nl n an i a.~ .. comman ler an l i.-a.l.-r "ii the Beld of i.itt >?. il ? * ta iht pi I l ? of hia reglment, i ti ie -? H?-r, a aincere patrjot, a iover ..r his countrj and flag. To thla may be truthfully added lhal he waa a lovlng huaband, a tender father, falthful friend and i good cltiten Ke# ? v. d. Th .t the foregolng mlnute be entered li, fuij upon the recorda of the .. aoctatlon, and coplea thereof aultably engroBaed to he tranamltted to the famlly. The commlttee whlch drew up thla reaolutlon conalated of Comradea Brown, Woodhead, Uferibel, Baldwln and McLaar. Before th.- meetlng ad - l. it waa -leeii.-d to aend a larga wreath to the home <>f the Qeneral, Promptly al l e/clock to-morrow afternoon, the membera >'f the War Veterana' Aeatodatlon will . aaemble In unlform .it Ihe in.i and accompany the hearre c ntalnlng the bodj to tha Blmpaon M. i: , hun . ..t ''.>?::..'..: and Willoughby ;t\-*. .\ lere il ? |] I.,. place In poattlon before ihe chancel rall. i The Rev J. t>. Wlleon, who is chaplain ot the 14th Iteglment, a*iab?te?l by the Rev. Hr Lyman Abbott, .: plymouth Church, will condiicl Ihe Bervlcea. It waa -i.iitnt.lv .t.it'i lail nlghl thal th-- laakei vs ,ul i nol i" re ipened iti the chui e i The Boa i of Aldermei thi Mayor and other rlt) ofH .. . . ?..:. aa membera ?.:' the Loyal Leglon and ito- Ma mnlc Ixidge t.. whlch Cleneral Fow'.er belonged, and delegatlona from many other organlxatloiia, both in itary and clvll, wlll form a portlon ?( the nin.rai pr..lon lii Greenwood Cemetery the iith Reglmenl War Veterana' Aaa clatlon, the Ran i'. it, <;. A. R., wlll (Ire -? -v.;.?i volleya over the new i made grave. The Memorial Commlttee <>r | , . | \. B wlll adopt auli ible n - o utlona to ? - ??> ? lll l /// IU l I !//> I oil 1 \. Jamet i.iwati. a well-known veteran of the rebell* lon, dled on Thuradaj al hla home, No 241 Navy vi . ol aryalpeuu, reaultlng from a gunahol wound rer-elved .inriiik; the war ll. was born aboul tlftv foui yeara an... and wenl Into aervlce wltb thi- 18th Reglment, New V.uk State Volunteera. M ? Cowan waa In Bherman'a corpa durlng the faraoua iniiiiii in the s.-i. and aeveral timea won hpnorabli mention foi herolam on Ihe Held He wjis ais.. ln actlve aervlce al Bhlloh, Vkkahurg, Mlaaionor\ Rldge and Bull Run, nnd waa dlacharged with th. ranE of corporal He had llved In Brookr). fort) yeara, and had bualneaa connecttona wlth n Brooklyn manufaetorj He waa a raemhei ..t p#ri PoBt, litatid Army of Ihe Republlc, whlch ?iii con .iu. t ihe funeral aervicefl The burfal wlll !"? nt M..h Croaa Cemeter) Mr Cowan la aurvtved bj a wldow and fiva chlldren Highest Authorities REV. A. C. KENDRICK, D. D., LL. D., I'ROFF.SSOR OT r-.Kl.MC, IWIVKRSITY OF ROCMBg | F.K, Is known througuout the length and breadth of the land as one of the revisersof the New Testa ment. In writing for the pubhc he is alwaya sincere, direct and forcible, ond here is what b*j says: " Having received from the use of Warr.er'g Safc Cure very markcd beuelits, I ean cordiallf recotnmend it to others." BISHOP EDWARD WILSON, D. D., LL.D., Says: " I have talccn Warner'sSafeCure with grcat advanta/e and denved much benefit from its use, and unhesitatingly recommend it to my friends. The fact that a man o<cupies the high postttou of bishop and rel.giotis teacher in the Churrh ge> titles him to tinquestioned respect and gives nt* words and endorsement a special power. REV. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., PREMDKKT OF HOWARD CMVF.RSITY OF WA?i!I.V,TOW? In a most outspoken manner, says: " I have knowra of sevcral personr, who have been permanent.y ctired of diseaaes of the kidney and unnary orgaua, bv the use of Warners Safe l ure. I have known, too of its being used in similar cases by phystnang of the htghe?t standing. This treatmer.t I waal ia the interests of humanity to recommend. THE LATE DR. J. O. 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IX THE EASTERX DIBTRICT, A BROKEN BCADB AB EVIDEXCE AGAIN3T A PRISONER. thi: KNIFE POINT WAi rOL'K'D IM A WTNDOW WHICH HAD BEEN BROKEN BY A BITROUAR. Jamea McSherry, twenty-one yeara old, who llvea al Xo. 70 Bouth Flrat-al . waa arratgned ln tha Lee Avenue Pollce Court yeaterday on a charge of burglary, an,l he'.d In default of U.500 ball for i xam i: atlon ? .i Monday. Al G o'clock yeaterday morning Tonv Manachlo, an Itallan ahoemaker, at No. l.'T Thlrd-Bt., waa awakened by the craeh uf glaea, and, waklng hla brother bealde hlm, the two Btarted 10 aacertaln the cauae. The men found the ahow-window broken and a man helplng hlm* Bhoe la,-,-- The thlef, on Beelng the men, Jumped i, i< and hld In a doorway. Tony and his brother called Pollcemen McConegh> and 0*Malley, of the Bedford-at. atatlon, who wora In cttlaena1 clothlng. They aaa McSherry hurrylng away and they ar? reated hlm. but he denled tbe charge. A pocket v.ith one blade broken waa found on hlm. A i.i... of a gnlfeblade waa found In the wlndow ol the cobbler ehop. McSherry was arreated aeveral weeka ago .... a charge of breaklng a ahow-window ln a atore ai North Ftrst-at. and Wythe-ave., .... . when arraigned before .luattce Clementa. he waa re leaae.l on the pleadlng of hla mother and a promlee to reform. MeSherry waa to report once a week to r..t,t-i!n Bhort. of ti.* Flfth Preclnct, and he told the pollce that he had lefl his home on Thuradav nlght for thal puri. when he became Intoxlcated. He declared that he had no re ol.tlon of breaklng the wlndow, ? ? ? A BPECIAL POLICEMAN ACCUBED. Bpecml Pollceman Olaaay, who is employed at the Gayety Theatre, was arreated yeaterday on a war ranl laaued by Justlce Goettlng charglng him with aa i iltlng llttle Eddlo S hoenkerr, of No. tl Weet One-hundred-and-twenty-flrat-al . New-York. The boy waa viattlng hla uncle, Edward Bchoenkerr, at \.. 384 Wallabout-al . a week ago, when he waa aa saulted. He is now In the New-York Hoapttal. At the tlme of the aaaaull young B. hoenkerr wae?>lay Ing wlth aeveral othera ln fronl of the theatre, at Throop-ave. and Mlddleton-at. Bpeclal Pollceman Ulaaay ordered them away puahed hlm. He aald thal young BchoenKarr, wltn other boya, waa throwlng atonea at htm when he rhaaed them. The prlaoner furnlahed ISOO t'.u! for examlnatlon. 1NVESTED HIS WH-'KS MONEY AND WAS BfABBED Jamea W, Cooperi of No. ?'.-'?' Marcy-ave., aome tlme ago Inveated aome of his wtfe'a money in the tlerman Benevolenl Boclety for the Deaervlng i'n employed, of whlch Adam Van iiart. Cooper'a fati.e.-in-inw. la tbe proprli tor. when Cooper >a? no dlvldenda In view he demanded the return >.: hla money, i".t it waa nol forthcomlng. ? >n Thura day nlght, whlle Cooper and Van Hart were quar relllng over tiie matter, Maa Wegeman, whq llvea nt No. L'4." Kast Tenth-ai . New-York. entered the ... . Wegeman lg dlatantly related t<> Van Hart. and, heaiing the quarrel, drew a <hrk and etabbed Cooper ln the l.'-,- Avenue Pollce Courl yeaterday juatlce Goettlng held Wegeman ln 11,000 ball foi trlal. ? - AN BLECTRIC LINEMAN'B IWl.I.. John Lawaon, a llneman, f,.r.y yeara old, em? ployed by the Naaaau Baectrlc Itatlroad, whlte Btrlngtng a heavy feed-wlre al Marcy-ave and Si.utii N'lnth-at., yeaterday, loat hla balance and fell from a pole to the atreet. He was unconacloufl when plcked ni> and waa removed t,> the Baatern Dlatrlot HoaplUl. BNDEAVORERfl TO MEET TO-NIOHT. The monthly meetlng <>f the Brooklyn Chriatian Endeavor Cnlon wlll i-- held to-nlght In the New Bngland Congregatlonal Church In Bouth Nlnth-at., near Drlgga-ave The meetlng wlll be addreaaed i.\ the l:\ John P I'araon. vlee-prealdeni of the N.-w York st.ue Chriatian Endeavor l'nlon, and iV Rev. Rlvlngton l>. Lord wlll conduct tbe de \ >i nal > kerclaea. ? e> ? DEATH OF JAMEfl l UOROAN. Jamea Joaeph aforgan dled ".i Thuraday ar hla home, n.i 616 Manhattan-ave., from hearl fallure, augmented bj a complleatlon ..f troublea He waa born In New-York ?'11> fonj six yeara an... mii.i realded ln (Ireenpolnl for more than fifteen yeara II aaa .. member of Ihe Boelet) ,,t S. Vlncenl ,le I'.iui, >,f st Anthony'a parlah, of whleh thg Rev. Pather O'Hare la paator A wlfa and alx chlldren bui vlve hlm ? CHIIIBT CHURCH ANNIVRR8ARY The Fiftleth annlveraary of the organUatloa of Chriai Church Boclety, ?>r whlch the Rev Dr, lamea li Darllngton la paator, wlll !"? ceJebrated ,,u Moaday ln the Knapp manalon, Bedford-ave, and K.'s-. -ii Th.- \.-., \ it. \ Deaa r.?x, of th.. Cathedral <>f tbe Incarnation, Qarden t'ltv, Long lalaiul, wlll raad a letter from Ml.ihoii l.lttle.iohn. Xbe Rev. Dr. ii..?? k ?. aill gaaka au aadroaa. Ovac TAMAR A laxatu*. refreahlag fnili u: ? t-?ke COSBTIPATIOft, hli* IM n IF M I I B II I L ll ttnai ireubiea . ? ulaeba aria.r.g GRILLON from tl em. F. ORIL.LOH, Bg 1: m dea an hlrea, Parta. S :1 by all '." iggtata two thousanl Invttatlono have i""*"1 braued A ceptton wlll be held from * unUl 11 e/do * p. A OIRL IM FLAMEf. v,??-. .. Bessle s harmann, thlrteen yeara oM a-1 empl iyed ln the famlly of Joeeph Relw 264 Humboldt-Bt , to cara for tha baby, ? the Itltchen al??? ? yeaterday, berclothtni - i ighl flre. Mr. Retnecke wrapped a blankel about her. Th* li tmea were i xtlngulahi I. bul >l untl the I had i.n fal illy burned. Mr. Reln. were alao badlj h irned. The ih;ld was r.k- n to BL Catherlne'a Hoapltal. FUXERAL OP CHARLEfl H. LOCTKWOOD. The funeral of Charlea H. I*ockwoodl wlll ho h<-M al > o'clock thla evenlng in hla late home, N ? ! I Rutledge-sl . the R ?. R i gton J- rd, of the First Freo Baptlat Church, offl latlng Charlea H. Lock w.m.i was born ftfty-aeven >- ai ? In Troy, and ln the war was engaged aa one ol the paymaatere in the Xavv. For many yeara he llved In Brooklyn, F i) where a wlfe and one i I - hlm. l na l.uria'l will be ln Rlverhead, Long laland. ? t'DOX'T /./"/' HIM TAKE TBE COUPE." BHB WOULD PAT THB DEBT. BLT COULD NOT PABT FROM HER TBEABUBE A touchlng Bcena was enacted in the iuprema court room yeaterday befora Juatlce Oaynor. Mra. Burke, a wldow, who keepa a llvery-etable. wl i haa nol been overcrowded wlth ordera, waa thera under a ludgment for hay and feed. The Idea of teiiine; the tmth aeemed to impresa her. aad ?ha tl-.e Judge, iti anawer to her qui itloB of what ahe ahould say. klndly told h.-r thal ahe ahould merely toll the whole tnith, the fad that | ? rhajMJ the whole truth mlght be ataagreeable to aoaao one ae< med to have large welght wlth her Her teetlmony a ia glven al i table in the rear of the room, where thi lawyer aaked her all ? ( queatlona. Wh.-n ahe eame back to the bar to ? gn h.-r teatlmony, the Judge, wlth a auepicloua molet ure In hla eye, aaked her in a lo* an i klndly tone what property ahe had. "A coup* > oui H was the reply, "and It'a worth aboul Mi?. rhe lawyer aaked her for .\n order on th.- Sh.rlfY to -? l II At thla demand the wldow'a couragi rollap* .. and ahe sai-l. "I'm B poor lone wldow. and I ra been lightin' the world alone theae :??'? i ? -? ,:~ III pay tlie debt, Ivery clnt of it. bul don'l lei hlm llke the COUP*. Slr. It'a all I'V- IfOt. l>e. huu take ihe coupe." The Judge was vlatbl) i fected by the plea of the i.r woman, and, In a faltering volce, remarked thai he would lft the matter stand over. ?-?? TBE BEIB8 TO TBE BREYOORT FORTl \E. Th? will of Ellaabeth D. Brevoort. who dled oa January 12, iv-*''. al her home, No. M i>. t Place, was filed for probate in th.- Burroga ? otttVo yeaterday. Mra Brevoort was t member of the well-known Brevoort famlly, for whlch Brevo rl Place was aamed. Her wlll, dated October I - ? wa-. Blgned by John Lefferta, ir . of No. M Cariton ave., and William C. Xeefua, of Xo IW Caml ? Place, aa wltneaaea; and Jamea Kdward : l w is made aole >\> 'Utor. v large amounl of prop? erty la dlai .l of by the wlll, although th ? ? ' i ? attached :?> il allegea thal m. tea ( poaaeaaed peraonal propert> iralued at onl) K ? and that th.- ralue o her i.a nnkn*?w" It ia underatood tl-.ar th.? value of th s <M*t.? ta large. iu her wlll, ibe leatati \ i- ...... i . .. of her eatate s!-. iil I ?? dlvlded between her nexl kin as if ahe had lled liites:.it,. under the it*-1 ??' S'ew-York, wltb the exceptlon thal the ei ?' " sh.tll hold thelr portlona In trual for theae le< hree grandaona of Ihe teatatrix - ira i Brevoort, John Lefferta Brevoort and n Renwleat Brevoort llve al N>> y, Brevoort P ? ? - ^ -? l TAILOB'H /.'//./. RECALL8 I >/ \>t>/"V. lt.uij uinn S. Donohue'a ault for - Ba [joulaa \\h\te Chapman, for a "iu aUi . ? r,.r clotht i furnlahed to Hawley Chaprr.an, ti ? I he. for.- iu.!.:' Osborne, of the Buprenae Court, yeetef* day, re alled i aenaatlonal atorj Cnapma v ? dlaeoluta young man. wboee fathei : m plent) of mon jr, the uae ol whl ii waa i reatricted In the wiu Chapman, th aoa hoa r? contlnued In iu> wi\s. aad nnall) marrled an acir??a Bhortly after ward. belng atrtck i ? paralya -. he empl iyed a young hwedi aa i i Ona mornlng the valel wenl t> Mra Chapmana room and ahoi her, Infllcttng Aangeroua wounl*. from whlch ahe nnall) reeovered rhe Bwede waa eent to piisoii. and Chapman waa aenl lo a | aaylum, attei he h 11 tranaferred to hle mothei defendanl In the raaa tn. i yeaterda.) >'? hta <?'???" .itv A general deaUtl was aaade to Ihe pla a titt's allegatlona Tha oaaa waa .| '-' '_ PCI IAQI C ? Ihe be>t place for nt*-"lol-t , Carpets and Rugs, at aaaai wa?BB*?ak I Cowperthwait's, 104 CARPETS.! wes? H.h su