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The News of Brooklyn
AKOTHER HEARIXG LIKELY.
I.NTEREST IN THK CONSOLIPATION QUSB
TION NOT ARATED.
RORKRT n. BENEIK'T WRITES TO SENATOR I.EX
ow-a. w. K.'imiNs aaxa bomb pkrtinent
qawmom mr. BJB>rraagra btatbmbnt.
It ls llkely. aa fowahadowed In The Tribune of
last Bunday, that anothar hearlng on the Greater
New-York laaue wiil be held la this clty nexl
Batarday. Benator Lexow yeaterday mornlng.
before 1-avlng New-York for Albany. reiterated
a prevloua atateni.nt b. tbe effect that if a BUf
Bctant numb.-r of i.'*? m Brooklyn wanted a
further pubU! dlacuaalon they mlghl get lt.
-Aa I atated last Baturday." aald he. "that la a
matter whlch wlll be decided deflnltely by the
eommlttee when they meel ln executive aet il n
at Albany to-morrow. I am ln favor of the ut
moat fatrneaa i n thi. Queatlon, and I can say that
if tbe LoyaJ Leaguea oflcera want anotber hear
ln, |t wlll qnlte llk< ly be granted. II la probaMe
that the eommlttee wlll all in New-York thla
coming Prlday. and it wlll be an eaury matter to
reconvene aeroaa the rtver the followlng day.
Oaaandaalonar Leaoar said that be had nothegrd
of any oppoaltion to th- conaolldatlon bll ln
Vew-York. Ha refuaed to anawer any Queatlone
coneernlng hla oplnlon of the reapectlve merlts of
tha argumenta made at the hearlng last Frldaj
and Saturday. He addad that lt would be manl
fe?tly improper for hlm to do s-"
The followlng lettar, wrltten by Robert D.
Benedlct. one ,,f the antl-cnFolidatlonists. la now
ln the hands of Benator I-oxow and wiil bo dis
ouaaed. tOgether wlth other do uments, at thelr
exeoutlve sesslon:
Firooklvn, N Y . Januan' Is. 1"9?
t ,v,iAu vaii wiil reniemb.-r wh.-n 1 re.au u w juu
a^?sSwB&-s?-T
?^aaa?B3V5Q??S
would relnatate the County Boarda f 8u j. aor .n
W.Utrinr rWn'an-Y would* be not only Incom
^rXAVTfB'n'ofof ao much Impertanee that
^^r^^^'ie^o^it^onr^i^^^
w^MllVnWhe V glaUtur. ...make one munl
ci^r^rt:^ SS?i&?& the pcaltloa.
above exfjX ', ahoul 1 determlne no longer Io pro
e^rmo^.,yin^^t?^^
Selaled^t.Tr'e.chffi ^ansh^and not by
hr1;V?n'e?t?v1bePK1 vour tboughtful consideratlon of
THK QU1BTI01I Of HORAUTY.
. This tottet alao has been aent to Benator Lexow:
' Itrooklyn. Jan. Bt, IfM.
^eaasisMaz'tesasrvtSR
Itdoaa:not app^r that the moral phaae of the
?-boTc? con^hdaUon was; preaented at th re
Z&?#21\& USSJfSS .ubmlt for your ,-on
Jderatlon.the foiloa.'.ng QUaaUan* VttL.
!? noi the moral plase or tne qut. n?., ?.
^Slnt^^e^i^^^w^ork7 and Brookly
U^;?doXnrXftr.Vayof, New-Vork and Prooklyn
compare aa to monillt.v^ thp
Doea W'Bt.l'lgent peraon h QUMtion that
^K^^ofl? a?U and I.
^f^hat'w". tU nfeNefrVe<-t0uP<;n Brooklyn from^a
moraf atan P lnt should conaolldatlon take plac* .
Jjiatt be * ?^rciUco,nCioU?daa .HVtffi
gUWlowlh?'ifull and'falr dlacuaalon of this and
"ther pb.-?, Of the ?]>;^'Ii;-Hrof,klvn, th, r,ty of
^i SKS fh^r reputatlon morally througnout
(2i,lrC, ;.rv ?r.l tl villwd world than New
thia ooyntr> and tn w> , ,,... ,hjs
SSftitlonft" Sy' No:-emphat.?nv.. No^Reapect
fully y. ara,
A cltizen yesterday, who modeetly decllned to
have his name mentloned. made a atatement
to the effect that the Clty Councll poaaeaaed
therlght to order n apeclal electlon onthequea
tion of reanbmlaaion. He aald that ha waa not
? aaajanbei of elther of the leaguea. but he waa
?n?t h..-onphu Intereeted ln tha dlacuaalon.
Ste auaatton na to the correctneaa of the atate
ment ?' propounded later ln the day toiAttor
"Jf'w. V. Dykniar.. Ha dlapoaed Of lt very
^-Jhera la nothlng." sald ho, "elther in thaclty |
charter or tbe electlon lawa that wlll fit that
caVna? Tbe Clty Councll is utterly powerleaa to
do anytblng of tbe klnd."
gjajCBiJiajT ABBBRTIOKg ANDWILD STATE
MCXTB,
Presldent Redfleld. of the I.oyal T.faKue. waa
a*ked yesterday what he ir.emt when he stat"d
Bntnrday that the conaolldatlon people bad
made ptentlful mlarepreaentatlona <>f faet. and
that thelr aiguments w.uld be ezpoaed at a
later beaiing He replled: "I m< >n that in
many lf n>i most of th^ apeechea on th.- con
golfdatlon Blde there ran a broad atreah of
reckb-sa aeaertlon, "f wlld atatement, <>f haif
truth>! and of lngeni..ua mlarepreaentatlona
lt wlll be eagy to aet theae mattera right an.l
mak.- the truth perfectly clenr at a ^ubse'lu.?Ilt
hearlng, a'hlch we expect to have this week,
lf preaenl Intentlona are carrled out."
Piealdenl llattheara, of the C inaolldntlon
Leagu.-. yeaterday said:
?\\'e hnve no ei.mplalPt h > far lo make In re
gard to tbe bearlnga. We are gatlaned. Sh .ull
there be another ln this clty. I wlll l.avc plenty
of atronB ijainkeTa on hand."
INTERKST NOT DECREABBD.
the carr. rxa. cHARunt cuthwwt haix ravona
BUBJBJgdBJiaai W 0? THK QIKSTIOK.
The daaaartarc from Rrooklyn of the Jo'nt LegbH
THK RKV. CHAItl.KS CtTHBKRT BUIX.
latlve Commlttee doea not ln the leaat deereaae the
tntereat taktn In the queatlon of conaolldatlon.
Tho Rev. Dr. Charlea Cuthbert Hall, paetor of the
Firat Preabyterlan church, anid yeaterday to a Trib
ur..- roporter: "l bellev* in eonaoddatton, ai th.it i*
what mirar logtcally come, but I am utterly opposed
to oonao'.idatlon wlthout reanbmlaaion. Il Is too
vaat a matter to be determined ln ha*t*. As
Matthew Arnold aay* ln one of hls aonneta thl? la a
task 'too Kreit for haate.' Bul that conaolldatlon
must come I have n> doubt. When it wmw ll wl 1
bring into Brooklyn neo elementa of clvle great
neaa and power, I am certaln, My Ideal f >r the
future Oreater New-York la an Ameiioan London,
a raal munlclpallty governed by a metropolltan
eouncil. In whlch ahall be the repreBentatlvea ol .
highest Intelllgence ln the clty, and the clty eub
divlde.i Into (flatrlcta, endi with its lo.-al roun tli,
to whlch shall be aubmltted l?cal qucL'tions."
WILLIS GET8 THE PRIZE.
the ex-naval officer to be commis
BIOXER OP CITT WORKS.
AN OFTICIAt, AXXOl'XCEMENT EXFECTED THI8
MORNlKfJ OTHER APPOINTMEXTi
UX)KED FOR.
The appolntment of Commlaaloner of Clty Worka
to Bueceed Alfn I T. Whlte, the pn lenl Incumb nt,
was last evenlng offered to Theodore B. Wlllla, ex
Naval otllcer. Mayor Wurater decllned to aay
whether or not he had offered the appolntment to
Mr. Wlllla Mr. Wlllla, however, acknowlcdged that
th- offer hai been made; Ibal he would accepi
it. anl thai the ofllclal announcement of that facl
would be mad.- thls mornlni
It is therefo.-e delinlt.dy Bettled that Mr. Wlllla
will get the btggeBl plum that haiius on V.a\ r Wur
s'.er'a departmental tri-e. Th.- maklng of the up
THEODORE B. WILLIS.
polntment haa bothered Mayor Wurater n I ? little
althouarh moal of the Republlcan polltldana
oltv have foi Bome time belleved thai Mr. Wl
would flnally gcl thi ofllc*. It la underatood
th? Mayor has carefully conaldered every i
objectlor nrged agalnal Mr. tt I i, . i ' ih. reaall
of his de'lberatlona la Indlcated now. Blvalry be
tween frienda of Mr. Whlte anl thoae of Mr. W
has been keen, and tbe Wlllli i- ;?-? natura
be Jubllant ov< r Ihe new app
It la eap*cted that the heada of two other clty
lepartmenta wlll I ? n im. I tl Ib n
r. Wellea, it i-- aald, wlll remaln Bt the h
Pollce Department, and Dr. /. Tayl - Emery wlll
atlll coritrol the affalra of th* Health Department
D lubtlee* theae two appolntmenta wlll be annoui - l
to-day, and both Mr. Wellei and Di Emery were
last night belng congratulated bj tl Ir pei nal
frWnls upon th.- t<). rt*d certalnty thot they *
Bueceed th< m ? lv< i, i ; ? 'iv.-'.y. ai P
mlaeloner *nd ai Heall i isloner. Thei
been a great dettl of apeculatl. n . n th. K I ?'
anl about the P llc? O mmlM ncrshlp en\
Wllllam H. Frlday'a frienda havin/ had i i
ti ipea that he * ml i gel the offlce.
Mr Wlllla waa born ln Brooklyn In 1856, waa edu
cated at th- Polytechnlc Inatltute and at Bi i? '?
Bualnesa College. After he left achool h. \\- u
bualneaa wlth hia fath. r, who . ... t. I at
well-known hardware trade In a .-??-..? i irt t I
Bchermerhom ata, and he became the aenlor t >rt
n,-r of the tittii ln 1875. He became Intereat. l In
Republlcan polftjca when he waa a young man ai I
wa? aoon known as a hard w rk-r. eapeclalty
Qerfleld Hancock campalgn ol 18S0 when he waa al
the head of th. >;..rtl.-ll Leglon ot the Flral w.r'.
When he waa twenty-flve yeara old, .:. 1881, the Ite
publlc.wis of the Flral Wai i - nt h m lo the Uoarl
of Bupervlaora II- remalned in Ihe Hoard four
terma, at.d ln 1886 defeated John V. McKane n a
oonteat for ita i>re?i !--ncy. In th.- munlclpal cam
palan of 1887 Mr Wlllla waa chalrman '. the ! il
Campalgn Commlttee. He h n I
many Stat- and Nal i i ? mventl na and I
anl ls^2 repreaented tl,.- IVth Congreaa Dlatrl I of
Brooklyn at the conventtona of Chlcago and M
apolla. In 1888, durlna Ih* Harrlaon ramnalgn, he
waa chalrman i f the Republlcan Oeneral Can
commlttee when the n rmal Democratlc ma
ln Kings County waa dlmlnlahi I to a remarkable
extent. On October 1. 1889, Prealdenl Harrle .;. made
Mr. Wlllla the Naval Offlcer of the Porl of New
York?after th- Collectorahlp the m : Important
offloa ln th.- Cuatoma Department. H:s pri fi .----.:
was Colonel Bllaa W. Hurt. The new app Intee
a member of the Brooklyn, Hamllt m, I'nlon Ixugue
and sev-rai other local club*,
PUBLIC 8CHOOL 1/ FAIR8.
WIIV DIPHTUERIA CABEB INCREASED I.' rcOLX**.
BIRTHDAY NOt l.IKi.'.V TO BE M \ I: .
BT CLOUINO.
Buperlntendent Maxwell, of the Board of Rdura
tion, has nol as yel recelved o copy ..: Btate
Buperlntendent Bklnner'a deol lon, whlch, a. -
cordtng to rumor, contalna i clauae prohll
the readlng of the Blbie and the hol llnaj of j- Hj
aen Icea ln Ihe public i ch K>la ' i i.. Ili .. ,??
yeaterday, "thai Mr. Bklnner haa nol atat?-d ati)
thlng whlch, In tha future, wlll Interfere wli
I reaenl rtool method . 1 he allegi d ai ?
whlch have been prlnted appear to me to be mis
leadlng. Accordins to our bylawa,
the BIble ir.ust be re*d evi ry mon
or r-oniii.. nt In all ehoola On the othet hai
lik.lv thil Mr. Bklnner aaya nomethlnej about the
iis- of achool bulldlng* in country Ulatrld ?
1 are oftentlme* utllla. I aa chapeli by local woi
per*. There la eomi expenae attached to th .
as thai occaaloned bj conaumlng wood and eoal."
Work <.n the new bulldlnga, whlch nre under ihe
i aupervlalon of Mr Norton, I
1 in>.-s. is belng rnpldly puahed, and when Iheae are
| completed Ihe great demand for irhool roorn
now belng made by the rlalng generatlon wlll i*
Bomea nal leaa. n< I
Becretary Weat, of the Health Department, aald
yeaterday that the reopenlng of Me
tl..- hollday aeaaon acc-ounta foi the Im n
nuntber of dlphtheria rusea reported al Ihe Depai -
ment. "Many chlldren." he aald, "have the germa
of the diaeaae ln lh< Ir throal . and are nol ..-.-. . ? ?? .
lt ln thla way the diaeaae li communicated to
othcrs. Then, agaln, the ventllatlon ol the acho. '?
ls Imperfect."
Th- 12th of Fcbruary, Uncoln'a blrthday, whlch,
by an aet ol th<- Leglalature, was created a legnl
hollday, wlll not be obaerA'ed by the achool chlldren
of thla clty. An attemp wa recently made In the
Hoard of Educatlon to enler a pn vlaion in the i.v
lawa lhal the day ahould b. a achool hollday, but II
fail-d. Al the aame llme an all. mpi waa made to
have electlon day declared a achool hollday
From preaent Indlcatlona Llncoln'a blrthday ln the
achooli v.'i\ paaa the aame aa the other flve daya ui
the wet-k.
DEXIED BY THE 8CHOOL PRIXCIPAL
OKORGE W. EDWARDB BATB HE D1D NOT EXOAOE
A I.AWYKK ON DELICATE Bt.'SINRSS.
George w. Bdward*, prlnclpa] <.f Public Bchool
N '? To, appeared as d.-f.-nd..:i: ln Judic Neu'i Courl
yeaterday in an actlon to reeover 1100 aald to i.e
do* KfTinKt m L. Holywcll, ;.s aaalgn e, r..r legal
?ervlcea for th* prlncipal \>y Fenton Rockwell, 'i'i.,
plalntifT alleged thai Bdward* called <>n Mr. lio.-k
w*ll ati'l aaked hlm to tranaact bualneaa of a :
dellcat* natiir.- f..r him. Tho Janltor ol t!i.- achoo?
at that llme mad* rbargea agalnal the prlncipal
whlch that Indlvldual expected would become ihe
auhject of an InveMlgatlon by th- Bchool Commla
alonera.
Kdwards. who, ln the fall of 1M3, became protnl
ner.t through hls alleged fondneaa ror a younaj Riri
in hls achool. denl'-s tlnt Rockwell had been ,-n
gaged by him. JudRe Neu reserved hls dedaton.
- ?
1(1 Hl.i: 80CIETY ELECTIOX.
The flfty-fifth annual meetlng of th* Brooklyn
rity r.ibie Boeiety was heki laal evrama al the
Cttjf Miasion Bull '?'?..? Jay and Wllloughby ata
Theae rftlcera were r*-*lectod Wlthout oppoall
I'resldent, the R*v. Dr. All>< rt S. llunt; vlee-preal
denta, John Troalow and M. li Dorman; corre
?pondlng a*cr*tarjr, the R*v, Newell Woolscy W<
trea*ur*r, B. B. Wood; recordlng aecretary, .\n a
Fmma F Tellet. The* only ehangea made In tha
Board of M*nag?rr, whlch Includea one member
and th* '.astor ex-offlrlo of eflch church contrlbut
.nK lo th'.- funda of the aoolety. wer. th followlng:
I'llgrim Congregational Church, I'eter Md ..t
?fit.-.ri Avenu.- Congregat onal Church. Jamea H.
Voung: C*ntral ConaregaUpnal ' hui h, Otorgc i
Maoaon: Blmpaon Methodlal Eplacopa Church.
Oeorge F. Blllott. The Board :? flanaaera held Ita
monthly meetlng after the eoclety Bnlahed ha
anrnial rooUoa bu*lne*a and re-electcd the cora
mttteea. with the addltlon of the new mtmbtn.
Tbe Hev. Mr. Zlmmertnan wlll aoon begin a aya
tVrnatic canvaaa to DUI B D1W* v.llhiu th* Joors of
every home la this clty.
THIS 81,200 PLUM WAS SOUR.
REPUBLICAN ALDERMEW DIVIDE ON THE
XAMIXG OF A NEW OFFICE.
APPOiNTXBSrr ok f. ar. wf.kks as aaaiaTANT
BERaEANT-AT-ARMa Bt AN AIXIAXCB
WITH DEMOI BAT1 A I/iNHI.Y "BO"
IX THK VOTB to PLAtJfJ AN
EUECTRIC UOHT IN A
BTREET- A THBATRO
TROIXBT PAt>
ACE HII'K.
The meetlniT of th Bl tOklyn Hoard of Aldr-rmen
yeaterday aftemoon waa marked by n hrca"* ln th*
ranka "f the Republlcan membar*, who number
elxtt n, anl hav* a majoritjr ?f four ovc-r the vote
TiJPf&i
ADAM II. LEICH.
of th* Deraoerallc membera Th* dlvhrian ln the
Republlcan forcea was broughl about by the ln
troductlon of a reaolutlon by Aldarman Icnluaaer.
., Republlcan from the Eleventh Ward, provld
Ing for the appolntment of F. W. We*k* >a i
aistant Bergeant-*t-*rma and me*aeng*r to th*
Board, al a aalary of tl.l
Alderman Lelch moved to laj th* reaolutlon on
tbe tabl. li- aald lhal there waa n.. neecMlty for
th* app Intmenl of an addltlonal B*rg*ant-at-*rma,
lt waa un l< i too I, he aald, thai a comblnatlon had
been m*de betweei.rtaln RepubUean memtx
Ih* Board and Ihe Democratlc m*mb*ra to ru*h
thla appolntment. He gave warnlna to the promo
,..rs of tl ? i itlon lhal it would be v. loe 1 by
the Mayor, nn 1 he alao Informed the Rep .1
who had entered Inl ? thla alllance wlth thelr pollil
cai oi.ponenta that ihej would be called to accounl
,,v ,.,,:?; 11- wlahed 10 hav* II un ler
.;.1 th 11 ihere wen Republ >an* In th* Board
,.., iiat< 1 auch an alllane*. .
Alderman OullfoyU aakl that the need of an aa
ilatant aergeant-at-arma waa to ??-?t tinru Iy Re
nuhiicana To ih a \l I. rm in U Ich repl
: out of th.- AMermanl - chamber ln
, -.....-. rluring .. meetlng. ni I dl l nol thmk Ihe
ild ? ?- : be called upon t-.
,J' ' ' NOT TABLBD.
Tll,. ... 1 ,. ..:, the table waa loat, and a
.. .- . .... - .? t ,
Ihe Commlttee - a l-aw. Alderman Meaaenger aald
lhal it w il l I.- a .. ingi roua | I
auch a 1 lullot If al tlng of the 1
' ' ' "?.?'.
rlght h id voted for
. -
:. M.
would I ??'.,?
rri
.\ 1
?hang.
IT 0< 'i:s THR >UOH.
All, lenounced th* deal, aay
!u- that ' ' - 1;' ?
1 ,., ,i ,,.-. ... p< i. ling ui ?
ratl p| ' ' v ' ';: '
ticed the mei
'. rm. 1 .e waa aomethlnB
I have been brou
iu.-ua of t H : ter aa; ln|
?'?
,.- 1.-1 lh< mnl ?:.?.. II I
.-. : gi ?:? i - me '
The motlon 1 ' :-lV ''
loat Mderman S
th. .alsry $1.3 The am< 1 m. nt ar.i
-, BchlUB" .:..-:'.
amen led.ii "I by a voti
lo 10 81) tt-pul II ????:-,
? ? , rn Diairlct, ; b
lie- el. -.. -. 1 ? ???.??? rhey *
:.. ,. raft, Btewai . raj ? -. Ru* ? -.
and Meyer
A LONEI.Y "NO."
On a n ? ' ' ]-'-'"'
I wer In one ol the atreeta, Ald. rman M. -
tat the onl) nef ith 1 ?-- He aald that
the 1 entered the fleld aa a
; titor of thi ? . C mpai y ll waa a atlp
ulatlon In l that thi ?.- - abo il 1 be
N iw lhal Ih ? two r imp inlea
had p ? anv
of th-li ' a .r- * In I'ark
: ? . blg polea .11.-1 he IV)
hai been ei >. ? ? l< trlc llght* pla ? I there
laal m.- mt a. an I. la fore v.itJni foi . 1
or nol
? .
\ ? .,-.-., nd. ij i he adoptl .r.
?.';'.--.:.. -'..n ? f ll
ine?< d Thli 11 -? ? on 1 Wai .1.
form. ily I it "the
a
I propoaed tn paj the i ' woi..
Th ? Comml --:?. of f'ltj W rka a k. 1 r .r .. .
. . | .
11- mpiMi ad . ??.-...- r. .1 Inat polluti 11
t h< \ lllage ?.: ll. .-1. |ect wa
? immit:? - on '.'. atei and D tl
': . B|. I'. mmll '? ?? oi II f Order i>r< -
of *l
i-ommltlei ? la tion of the rli
. ? 1.? ?. , ? ei nm. nta. orovldlni it tl II 1
.:,. at 2 o m Instead r i p m . that ail
? ? *f. ek, and thai
rnenilx r |irea n! a nd refu?lng to vote 01.
lall be 1 -i-i.-.-t in
conti mpt .. 11 1 be ha moi 1 i.v ihe
? it-arm The 1 ... waa lald o\ er t...
one v. ?
THEATRE TROI.I.ET PAI.ACE RIDE.
The Board 1 r-reptetl .m Invltatlon irom Prealdent
Ihe Brookl) n llelghl 1 lt.. Iroad Com?
pany, to take .1 rlde thla afternoon In the new
? party trollej tra to Uei aonhura ind Fori
llamlll n H freal m. 111 arlll !.?? j 1 r?.-. Ided
A i" tltl aii n. d by Wllllam Bi rrl. Nela m .!.
.;..?? . M lam < \ Wallace. O. W. Ilarmon, Bn
I. W( ' -? W Bl : h and T. II. Wa|
aaklng lhal hedfurd-ave between I'aclllc and Her
. n her. th. c-qu. ti lan itai ue ..r . ;? ni ral
Grani 1- lo be plao I, lie named Oranl Bquare, vu<
r l and 1 ferred lo ihe 1 ommtttee on 1.1 v.
ll wai oi-.-,.| .1 to eaiabllah foui ambulancea, two
in the Kaatern Dlatrlei and two ln the Weatern I) -
atlona, whenca they may ba
immoned on polk.i call In ca** ol Injury to any
j ? . cn In l le- I n et,
1 :.? i ai i 1 h '1 adjo irned.
117/././11/ 8IMP80\ IX THE BOBPITAL.
U BE THE w 1:1.1. kniivvn M:\vy.niK PAWN
I1ROK1 u OF T1IAT .n.vmi: ?
A man who gavi b'.a nam* aa Wllllam Blmpaon
and aald he waa a pawnbroker dolng bualneaa at
No. M i'atit Row, x a Voik. was found bj an
offlcer lasi nlght lylng In ihe gutt.-r at Fulton-at.
and Vanderbllt i\.-. An ambulance aurgeon took
hlm to the Homoeopathlc Hoapltal. In CiunberlanU
at., wnere 11 waa diacovered ttial he waa auffering
irom alcohoilam aad a number of eontuaiona alioiu
the hi ad an 1 faee.
1 he pawnbroklng eatabllahmentfl (>f Willlam Blmp?
aon, al .No. :\ i'ark Row and No. M Bowery,
New-York. v\..loaed last eranlng wn*n ? re
portet ii I'he Trlbune called to ?.-: ohe o| hla cl. rks
10 v-riiy the atatement. lt waa impon?iblo al.<o to
i. 1 an) on? In tbe oelgaborhood or t.ther Btora who
. oula ..! h. r v >-i .1 i 01 uei 1 lt.
). If. V. A. JI \inirs DOiXOB.
ih.- Junlor department of Ihe Brooklyn rouag
Men'a Chrtatlan Aatoclatlon w,im atghl y,ar.s old
yeatet lay, and ih. annlt traary wai calcbrattd wlth
an enterUlnment In the lecture-room >>r th>- aaao
clatlon bulUUng, In Fulton-at. Tli ? room wkt
crowded wlth membcri of th* departmenl and thelr
Older frienda A v-iy p.i-aH.int nnd i;l. 1 : unm
, . . nma waa preatnted, cloalng wlth a d*bat* on
'?'"? pi ipoaltlon 'That -a- miiuide ,,f th. 1 ;,,- 1
Statea In th- Venexue.an queatlon I* JuatlBable." In
whlch thi afflrmative waa auatalned by 1 eco w
: and .1 a,., a. Shlelda, Jr.. whlle Roberl 1:'
Phlppaand Benjamln Cappe apoke on th* negatlve
' '? ? ,,:'- repori ior th- year waa preaented bv
Howard C. <i. Barnab} ll apaka of thi rally on
B 11 la) afternoonr, the gymniirium. Blbie claaa and
the general work of the leparimemt ln breaentin*
Chrtatlanlty ln auch a u,i>- as to make young men
cnjo) lt. ln tha >-ar IM there bad i.een 11:: 1
ligljua tatherlnga, wlth an averai* aitendan.f
1, and 119 almliar aatherlnaa. wlth an avi -
?'?:?? attendanci of nfteen 1 hi tutal numbar of rla
li. ln th r-1 !:.? ;;-iooin was r,.lf,;.. He.ently a c'a.sa
I" Irpn-workli tab.lib. 1, vblch ineets' on
MR. WAL*ES ON A NEW BRIDGE
WHY MR. I'HLMANN WAS ASKED TO EX
PRESS HIS VIEWS TO THE HOARD.
TilE TRAVEU.INO CAPACTTT OF THE PRESENT
BRIDOB CAH HE DOUBLBD OB THE NEW ONE
WITH ADBQUAT8 TKRMINAI. I-'ACIMTIES.
A numbe,- of artloles have been publlshed ln The
Tribune reeently ralatlva to tbe oonstructlon of the
new Eaal Rlver Brtdge. Koiiowlns up what others
of tbe Brtdge Conunleelonere have aald, a Tribune
reporter ealled upon .'ommissloner Salem H. Walea
at hla offlce, No. O Chambera-at., yesterday. Mr.
Walea aald:
Tb.- Tribune ln Ita dleCUBBton of the queatlon aa to
how many tracka ahould ba provlded for rallway
travel upon the propoaed new Eaal Rlver Mrtdge
i xi i??-.-j-s aurpta: ' just why Mr. I blmann sbould
he c. naulted on this polnt. and why certain m. m
l-.-is of the Commlaalon sbould be aollcltoua to ob
t,iin lus vlewa on thui polnt": whlch Impllea that
^,,m,. ,,f the Commlaalonera are more anxloua than
othera to g*1 Mr. Chlmann'n vlewa. Thla aeema to
mr aa nol atatlng the caae falrly. The recordai of
this oiii..- show that on October 24. Is:'-.. atr. t ni
tn.-iim was offlclally Invlted t<> be preaenl at the
meetlng h.-i.l o.-toi.er 3u. to expreaa bls vlewa in
reaard lo ihe travelllng capaclty and facllltlea that
ahould be provlded." This invliation aent to Mr.
I'hlmann was the acl of the whole Board. and untll
now I hav.- h.-anl no word of crltlclam that, ln a<
ceptlng ihe InvitaMon of tha Commlaalon, there could
be am thlng wrong. M . ...
The reaaon why Mr i'hlmann was InvKed with
othAra as i underatand lt, was becauae of bls aup
iioaed nractleal knowledge of tranaportatlon <iue?
tiona aa carrl. l on between the two citlea; therefpra
1 dn nol aee any reaaon why he sbould be Ignoredlf
the repreaenutlvea <>f the trolley ayatema were to nja
... ird th-- object of ihe Commlaalon belng to ?et all
th. informatlon poaalble on tbe aubject. ???,.,?
Mr I'hlmann appeared ln peraon before the Boara.
nii.l hls stat.-ni.-nts were courteoualy recelvedl ano
llatened to If, slm-.- thal tlme, any one of the . om
mlaalonera has conferred wlth Mr. I'hlmann <>n the
aubieci l am wholly Ignorant >.f the fa.-t. Mr. t iu
mann> flgurea were certalnly very Intereatlng. and
up t? this tlme no member of the < ommlaalon has
attempted to rontrovert them: "That the preaent
Brooklyn Rrtdg* iranaporta on Its rallway a rnaxl
mum ol HO.WM paaeengera p*r day. and ?.000 naaaen
Kera In Ihe bualeal houra of the mornlng and even?
lng." and thla in aplt* of th.- faet thal tha terminal
facllltlea of the preaent Brooklyn Brldge ar.- con- |
aldernl by many aa ahoul as bad as they can ne.
Mr I'hlmann aaya: "If taro tracka on the new
Hridge are aaatgned for the eaclunlve ua* of the ele
vated rallroada, provlded wlth adequate terminal
facllltlea. Ihey can tranaport 10.000 paaaengera per
hour. calrulated upon a i?<si* ?f only flve cara to a
traln " Thia would doubia tbe capaclty of the prea?
enl Hrookij n Hrldg*. . , , , ,_
Thal Ihe elevaled svstem ln Hr<>okl\n must t>*
,-..- lered an Impor'arl elemenl ln the ronaldera
? ,n uf tranall acroaa the new brldge la abown by
Mr I'hlmann, who Btatea thal it leaat ? per eeni
of Ih* travel wlll be dlni tly trlbutary to the exut
Ing elevated rallroad ayatem ?>f Brooklyn. I Wlll
not undertak* lo ent*r mi.. th* detalls of the stute
menl whlch he preeented, but I th.nk lt ls worthy
uf very careful ponalderatlon, and 1 hav ao aald,
and up to a certaln perlod II was tha m.*t Intell!
K. .,: ,.- i ntatlon ot th? altuatlon that bal baan
. ff, r. . ? ih* Commlaalonera
,,' coura* all Ih* rommlaalonere are m favor or
buiidinK . hrlig* ?f aufBcleni capaclty to mael the
leaand txlaenc'.ea of travel for a long perlod
tocnm* bul the N'ew-York Commlaalonera very nat
,ake a ronaervatlve i ew of Ihe * {uatfon ln
I, ? .., of ih- facl lhal they belleve that,
?oon*r oi later, other brtdgea wlll be requ red t o
meet th- r mdltl ma of travel between the two
ritira .... 1 Inaamuch as New-Tork ? to pay for ?
,,,i, h* eoal lhe> wlll he very aollcltoua ln r*gard
.,, n,.- rapendltur* of money whleh. accordlng t- th*
I*.: ...klvn is-. la Intend. '? lo '-? reaa* the tax-pay
.'.. h.w.i of New-Vorh an l ln ireaae that of Brook
yn'bj irrylng awai our realdentato the tatter
,...% i - :., .,. ? rondltl .na, the bildge w..l be .-\
. M.. :i- v, , -ni. tun We do nol know yel
how .- na II wlll ..-st. ..... untll he en
... i? r*porl on thla aubjeci ln detall. I
. ,- whal my u Igmenl wlll ultl
-..: th* beal I in ia ? ? m
?. . ui intruated to me, I am
judxn ' ? mait*r of expei I ir. f the clty a
bu, ,1I;1 alwaya open to a reaaonable con
, . .. r, . ,klyn Commlaalonera hava alrea ly
intlmal thal - yn haa very nearlj reache.1
natltiitlona Imll of Ii - " ' ?-/
. iui <h.?ul l t.ntemplat. I or a ?
,hP ;?', ? n to a ?mm hiat* ih* ^ntlre tranaporu
. ,,-.,.. the tw. citlea for tha neal
. , t rxartly clear to m\ tr.ln I. the
Brooklyn elrvated ayel*m, whlch app< ira lo be an
nt fartor In ti map rtatl -? *ma lo ???
.?ltl ?om* ?f the i'??nmlaalonf
; ihink la naturally Ihe reaull of the ra
Rlver Brlda* , ? '..rnpanv w... bv
.. ...... II has- from
- fran h-?. wh.-h no n? jegrela more
I Th- tr.-i:-:- .< api in n ly ln the i --
n ? ? .'\ >???: intereau. of c -use. muat h?
? - ? ... )a no reaaon. la my oplnlon. why
.-, ..i nol i- consldered equally favora
? ? ' th belng Important.
....... ,y.tam. and am wtl'lng
,. . , |,.;;. ?, ,1-,. ?o long ?? the publlC
, . ar. 1 for.
RORY HVED TROLLEY PLAN8.
MR. I'l.VNN WOULD Bll ?W PEOPLE ALONO
THE JAMA1CA AND HEMPBTEAD TURS
PIKEfl HOW TO TRAVEL.
Through .. repreaenUtlve, P H Plyna, of th.
Saaaau Bli trlc Rallroad. aaked th< Queena County
Hoard of Bupervlaora yeaterday for the rijrht to
operate a trolley road on tr..- Hempatead aad J-.
malca turnplke. Mr Halloch who repreaeatad Mr
Plynn told Ihe Bupervlaora thal tbe Naaaau com
, inj . . | to operata tha Naaaa i ayatem from
the Brooklyn clty llne :?> Jamalca, and tha- tha
compai . wanl i lo eitend Ita Byrtam further.
?i,?. repreaental ! a vocabulary intelllng
thegi al beneflta whlch th. realdenta of Hempati id
nnd J......'.. a vlllagea would r*cH% ? by Ibe exi ?alon
. r ? . n maau ayatem He aald lhal a cordlng to
Klynn'a Idea -. alngle al letra. k, wlth iwltchea,
w.,h io be lald along ihe propoaed i ite. In addl
? ? he argued thal the value of property
v- uld ?? ??- to th* .xi.-.it of 25 p*r irent.
II \i, FMin b* grant* l th* pnvll*g< whii . he
, ,; .... .-..(. i... rlll pul ihe llne In operat on In a
N .
llon w.is .. ???? pted
. ., k ,-.. ?,,- H. a*. reiarj of ln
; ,ny. ilrnled lhal anj i n* had 1
,. ..,, thal : laht) .i io i ha\* ajk
I... u l of Su|
to yueena
?i. "Many
.1. |. KUtloll
ncta road ..... Iher* Th* Itoanl of Bup-r
? I-i '?.Ivlaabilili ?' ma.'-. I.jm
. .I,m.,i. a an I llempatea.l turnplkea lt l
frXble thal aomebo.1) wenl before Ih* Boanl .
M . *n foawall Ih* advenl of th- ??????/":
..?, ,,, ..... h. ; ? lhal wa would pay for th. work or
t niacadam." Vraterday afternoon. Mr
.;.'.?.:, I An- i: l. .1 hnaon, the rhlef engineer
w?.?t , , Jamalca an.l look a vlea. of th* turnplk
on whlch, Ii. aii probablllty. the llna of th
,t, m wlll Boon be worklng.
Na.
ui
THE FLATBl Bfl COl RT iXD POLITICB.
XKST1 OP aBBATOB WIBMAN'a mi.l. BCOPP
\T THK 'l.M.K or KTOBOIIT.
B, ..,..,. wieman'a hlll provldlng for ihe abolltlon
1 ,,f Judge Bteera'a Pollce Court. In Flatbuah. whlch
waa i- p irted In yeaterday'fl Tribune. has arouaed
conalderable oppoaltlon ln aeveral quarters, Tha
people of Flatb?iah belleva thal tha alhnlnatlon .-f
uri would be i.nwise and unjuat, and Benator
Wleman ? reaaon for bls actlon- aconomy la aald to
be r tunded on polltl ' alone.
Benator Wray yeaterday sald to a Tribune reporter
. ) H as he could s. e there w-.-r.- good reasona
f.,r 11.*- court'a contlnued ealatence, and that lt ls a
ludlclal nercaalty. Ben-itor VVraj suys thal tha
couit la naturally ln tb. centre of a geographlcal
dlatrlcl of Brooklyn whoae people it now accommo
daiea Ihat, before the lerm of Judge Bteera explrea.
it ts llkely thal the bualneaa done ln the court wlll
be increaaed lo .- Ia*ge extent. Havlng thla oplnlon,
I,, ?,\s he wlll oppoae the paaaage of Benator Wie?
man'a meaaure wiil. all the reaourcea at hls com
iii.ii,d Benator Wray has aucceeded ln K-ttinK Wie?
man'a blll referred t.> tbe Judlclary Commltl.>f
th* Benate of n hlch Benator Wray ls a member. and
lt ls capected that the blll Wlll dle a natural death
ln the eommlttee.
LOCAL AFFAIR8 IX ALBANY
A BLOCK IN THK WAT OF THK OREATER
NEW-TORK BROOKLTN BILLI IN
THK ABBKMBLT.
All.any, .lan. 94.?Tha tlrat evldencea of a move
ment to incorporata Rlchmond County, or Htaten
i imi, aa a <it\-. notwlthetandlag the fa.-t that thla
t..iit..ry bt ln lha iimits of th.- propoaed Oreater
New-Tork, reached Albany to-day, when a promi
ii.nt lawyer hera recelved an apnlleation for aug
geatlona aa to a ebarter for Ihe BfOpOBBd Clty.
Th.- followlng w.-is introduced in ihe Benate:
By Benator Wleman Rxtendlag tbe terms of th*
Klnga County COronera to December tl, IW
Theae biiis w.-r.- advanced from aecoad ta thir.l
readlnga:
Mr. Maraball'a Prohlbttlng rallroada In Monroe-at.
in brooklyn wlthoul tha conaent <>f a majonty of
propert) uwnera
By Mr. Aul'ii Providltlf for the erc.-tlon of a
li"..|ilt.tl on f'rown-at, !n lirooklyn, for the use of
ihe !???(..iriment of L'narltlea and Oorrectlona, at u
eoal ol OSoaOQ
By Mr, Zurn Provldlng for th? paymant of
Thomaa Monahan by ib.- clty ..f Brooklyn for pav
ing a portli n of Putton-Bt., between Banda and
Wllloughby hi.s.
iinanimoua cor.a nl w..s obtalned by Mr. Aud.-tt,
v. I... aent t<> ibe deak .. petltlon atgaed by soond
Brooklynltea, aaking that barbar-ahopa In Brooklyn
l|- all wed t keep open on Bunday. It wua rec-lveJ
anl referred.
PARTY MAY TAKE A STAND.
TIIE QUESTION OF RESUBMISSION BE?
FORE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEES
TO-NIOHT.
THK STAnS IM THE POUTICAL FIRMAMENT PO NOT
6PEU. ??.IROfT" JI'ST AT PRBIKNT. ANP HIS
CHAircaa roa blbctkmi to thi hemo
CRATIC EXgCUTTVa roMMITTKE
APPBAB DOLBTUU
The Rrat meetlngs thls year of tho recontly
organlsed Rapoblteao word coramltteea wlll
takc piare to-nlght nt tho varloua oeadquortera.
Interaatlng and Importaol buslness wlll come
before them.
Some of tho best-known mrn In tho Repub?
Uean party In Brooklyn have been quotcd in
Th.- Trlbune as belng in favor of raaubmlaalon
as the rrmst Bdvtaabl* coura* t.> be pursu. .1 lo
tho preaent conaotldatlon agltntlon. T<>-night
the party may tak* b eoneerted atand for such
a measure. aa the followlng reaolutlon wlll b*
offered for adoptlon ut each oomoitttea moet
lng:
Whereaa A bill haa been Introduccd Into the Ben
at* Of the Htate ot New-York. by Senator' Oeorg. |?
Bruah, provldtn*. for the reeubmlaalon of th-- queaii ?n
,,f eonaolldatlon wltb N-w-York to our rot*ra,
1 Reao?ved, That ve. th? Republlcan Commltte* of
th- - Ward, of th- clty of Hrooklyn. heartlly
favor Ftieh a bill. We urge the member* Ol th*
Leaialature from KinK.< County to do thelr utmost
to K-eure |ta pasaage, and commend It to the ravor
able actlon of legtslators from other paris of the
Btat*
K.-oived That a ecpy of thla reaolutlon be sent
to each member of the Leglalatur* fr un Klrigs Coun?
ty th.- Bpeakar <>f the Aaeembly, th- Prealdenl pro
tem. of th- Benate. th- Hon. Clarence Lexow, chalr
man of th- Joint Leglalatlve C< mmlttee pn ? onaoll
dation; Ueutenant-uovarnor Baxton and Oovernor
Morton.
it la probabla that tho new ward eomm*t
tees wlll adopt th.- resolutloo.
ANTI-WORTH AFTBRMATH.
Th" recent vlctory <>f tha Willis. or Antl
Worth. men In the County Commlttee make*
ner-esHary the electb.n to-nlght of ex-eutivo
membera by the Sev.-nth and Tweotjr-aeodnd
Ward comml'.teoB, who will BOCCeed 'S-'W H.
Itob.-rtft, Jr.. and Robert W. Plelding, who re
slgn.-d ber-iiuse of th.-ir election to the .-halr
raanahlp and aecretaryahlp raapoctlvaljr <>t the
county Commlttee. Th.- vacanclea eauaerl will.
produce contcata, aa th- Roberta men In tha
Berenth Ward wlll aupporl A. P. Btougbt*n
berg. and lt is aald that Luther W. Emeraoo,
Mr. Roberta'a unaueceaaful rlval for the county
chalrmanahlp, wlll probably b* put up agalnat
Mr. Btoughtenberg. There wlll be a conteat In
th- Twenty-flacood Ward nls... Th- Plelding
men belleve that they ,-an oasily elect hls iuc
ccaaor.
A BCMEMB WITH PHILADBLPHIA EAR
MARkCB.
J..sepli Tlenjamin. the Clty Clerk. has a new,
interestinc; and radlcal Bcheme f ?r tli. reor
Kanlzatj.ii ..f the Republlcan party in Brook
lyn and th- county of Kinxs. il- Intenda t"
offer an amendmenl t - th- ronatltutlon of tho
County Commlttee abollahlng thai organiza
tlon and the ward commlttee*, and providirirt
that every ward shall have its Executlve <'??:"
mlttee, eompoaed of a delegate from each elec?
tion dlatrlct Then each of theae ward execti
t|ve commlttees, ll la intended by Ingenloua
\ir Benjamln. shall elect a delegate t" a central
organlaatlon known as th.- County Baecutlve
Commlttee.
Mr Benjamln'a idea ls drawn from the plan
that obtalna ln Phlladelphla, and he thlnks i:s
operatlon here would be to decreaee factlonal
(juarrelllng. lt ls sald that th- County Com?
mlttee membera ar.- not entbualaatlc over Mr.
Benjamln'a acheme,
CITY MALL ECHOEB.
The city H.iii is ?!:>? eeotre of attractlon for
a grat many polltlclana ..f th- party theae
bleak wlatar daya and th- Mayor eontlnuea to
hav- a pr. at many Republlcan \isitors. Y.-s
terday morning a number of Twenty-flfth Ward
Republlcana called upon Mr. Wurater. At thelr
head were Auemblyman Brennao and Al l r
inan Waaamuth. .
The , .ui-.- behlnd tbe vlalt was, lt la ?aia,
th- dealre f.r recognltlon In th- dlatributlon >-f
patmnage; alao, th- proteatlng agalnat the ap
polntmenl of Wllllam ll Prlday, th* ex-Aa
aemblyman, to a plac* under Mr. Wuni ra
admlnlatratlon. The Mayor aald thai he would
"hold the matter under advtBeopfDt," wbatever
that meana
Th-r>- was a rumor about the Clty Hall yea?
terday t.. th.- effect that Jamea Qaacolgne, the
prealdent of the People'a Bank, wlll be made
Prealdenl of th.- Board of Aasetaora, auccei ,i
Ing Harkneaa In th* muntclpal conventlon
Mr. Qaacolgne wanted the nomlnatlon for
Mayor, bul ot: rollcall hla backera aupported
Mr. Wurster.
AND TIIOBE DEM ' 'RAT8.
Th- Democrata atlll eontlnue to take an ln
t.-r.st In thtnga. To-nlghl th* WUli ughby Btrcet
Demoeratlc organlaatlon wlll hold meetliiga iti
the warda lo eleel membera of the Kx eutlve
Commlttee, two delegatea belng choa-n irom
.,,, h v ard Th? re wlll be a >me ?-: ind, old faah
loned i olltl al Bhlndlea as a r?on*?ini -nce m '
aboul hall ol Ihe ward-. In the Itj lt la aald
thai John Delmar la glvlng hla nupoort to
Edward M. Clroul for the rxerutlve member
ahlp of the Twentj ?econd Yard Therefore,
Mr llrout'a frienda Jump tn the eonclusi.m that
hi wlll be nomlnated for the vhalrmaiir.hl|i .f
tli.- Executlve Commlttee. If he be nomlnated
lt la probable m.it there wlll lie little aatlrfac
tion for hlm In the reault, f r Wllloughby-n.
has laaued i manlfeato lhal York Itarnard J.
muBl be i. I- :? l The "gang" wouldn't per
mit the election ? f Oroul to the ? hatrmfnahlp
of the larger body, and the Ex' ntlve Commlt?
tee ls the more Importanl of ihe two. There
fore, aay the wlaeacrea, what < han ?>? is there
for Oroul In the Executlve Commltt.n?? The
atara In the polltlcal flrmamenl do not spell
"Ort>ut" Just now, He has one consolatlon,
liow-.-v.-p. He has l.n aelected to prealdc at
the Twenty aacond Ward meetlng to nlght.
.1 $2,000,000 V11/1/.
OEORGE CHORPEXX1X0 BAYS THE 0OVERX
MEXT OWEB li' POR MAIL DELIVERY
a c'.atm for $:..DO, arhlch, accordlng to Ot irge
Chorpennlng, of Xo, M Clark- l . li due hla father,
Major Ocorga Chorpennlng, has be*n Inatltuti i
agalnal tha I'nlted Btatea Oovernment. 'n.. bod
.-la ms lhal itie malla were carrti i betwecn Ball
Lakc Clty and Sacramento for eleven yeara bj hla
r.itii.r. who dled Iwo yeara a^-. ln a Xew-York
hoapltal In poverty.
lt la sald that th* aentor Chon nnlng Inaittuted
th* flral mall aervlc* acroa* th* i ln na In ihe s|.r:.i>;
of iy-'.i Th- route ?a-< s.?> milea long and tra\
eraed an entirely iitiknown country, wnlch at that
time was Infeated by aeveral trlbea of noatlle Ind
i.iiis. Chorpennlng hlred men and coachea and
bmit way atationa *o .t I* *.\\'\, at h'.a own ex
penae. li la further aaaerted lhal In iv.x he bull:
th,- flral atage Un* acroaa the contlnent. Prealdi nt
Kuohanan'a mesaagc from Waahlngton t>> Rai ra
mento waa tranamltted over thla l a,> ln about
eigntren daya When the war broke out, Chorpen
n.ng organiaed a I'nlon reglment In Maryland, and
araa placed In command by Prealdenl Llncoln, It
la aald that be had agreementa wlth the Oovern?
menl for the trfnamlaalon of th.- mall, for whlch
h<- n- ver re.-e.ved a ..-nt.
.-I.Y APPOIXTUEXT TBE UAYOB Ulssr.lt.
Mayor Wurster had an appolntment yeaterday to
nir.-t Prealdenl Howell and Chlef Bnglneer Martln,
of tho New-York and Hrooklyn Blidg*, at the
Brldg* Plaaa, In order t.> make a paraonal laapec
tion of lhal lo.-aiity before vollng upon the oju**t!on
of graotlng to the Brooklyn Helght* Rallroad th*
right to im tra.ks acroaa th* Plaaa from Pulton
at. to th<- Brldg* atatlon. "Ye*," s.u i the Mayor,
??I expected t<> apen.l an hour or bo under the *h 11*
of th* tr.-es at the plaaa, dactdlng whether or not
car tracka could be lald oul between the ?iass plota
and flower-bada, bul I have b*en kepl a i buay here
thai I .'"uld nol get away. 1 shall make the In
Hpection to-morrow afternoon.
? ?
rmn aiiT 7<> //.I i /: KILLED HER CHILD,
i.ving on a ool In th.- Long Idand Colleg* Hoa?
pltal la a young woman whom tha potle* <>f th*
Hamllton ave. BtatlOB *XP*et to <oii\let of the
orlme <>f having klllad h.r ehlld Hrr naaa* la
J***t* iiiirkct. aad accordlng to the guardlaa* ol
the pilbllc pcac* she is only ilnliteeii j ,-ars old
and nnmartl.d Her father ls Osorgo Harker. ?-;v(.
taiii ..r a tuaboat. Th* gtrl aaya th* father <>f her
l.ahv ls dead. She has not ie\eal.d his nanie A
pollceman laai niKht guarded th* door leadlng u>
th- room in wbi.-h ui* glrl i.- eoonoad.
Th.- baby waa found on Bunday morning ln the
rear of the bulldlng al N?. 28 Pearl-Bl Upon >x
nmln.itlon It was found that tlic Httlu one l>ud dled
from a fra.turc of the skull. '
^?H-jACKSQy?cV(5
860 Broadway, Union Sq. & 18th St
ARTI5TIC
Wroughl^ ,NBRASS&IR0N,
lYIBId! For Interiors, Open
^Orl( FlREPLACES, ETC.
Oar ovrn Poandrlea and Sliopa.
SIIE GOT A SEAT ANYHOW.
THE STOIT WOMAN WITH A GUILTT
QIOGLB ITSET THE CAR.
WHEN THK WHATIIKI'I, MOTOP.M VN HHOT TH?
HALbBT st. BfOTOR rORWARO MAI'AMB
ORACBTUU.T BAILXD BACKWARD AND
CARRtBO EVERT OKR with HER.
INCLUDOfB Tili-: OORDVCTOR, 1
WHO VAJCI8HED THROCOH
THK OLAga DOOR
She was what Is aom-tlmre: called a "lumpy*
woman, of 200 piunds' weight, and she climb-H Into
a Halsey-st. .at at Klatbush-avc, on Siturday
nlght, at II ov;ock. All th- men In the car aur
v-y-l h-r round and he-ilthy countoranc-, and men
tally resolve.l that. although lt was a shame to s-a
a woman Btaadlng while so many men hid senM.
thla partlcular woman could llve through it all right.
By the tlme rutn.tm-ave. wag called. the short and
heavy woman was in the rrdd.lle of the ear, with
a llne of men between bai and the tear .loor.
The hnger ahe role the mor- tlrcd h-r arm b?
c-ime fr m BOadtag a strap. With great dlfAcalty
ahe rhanged handa once or twlce, and each tlm?
1 ok 1 wtatfully at the more favorcl occupants of
aeats. She evidenUy was not the rtght "build" *o
wln h-r way Into the heirts of BgmagetB, and, b?
?ldea, thera was a practical certataty t.-it she would
dispiace two paaaeagera wherever ahe sat. s. she
stoo-l.
Then th? motorman flarel up at the frequfnt atops
to i<-t off naaaengera, and he mrted hla car forwa.-l
after each a: >p aa lf he were runnlngaway from a
burnlng theatre. The itOUt woman's eyes bagaa to
irr >W large, and .very tlme she went back Bgatnet
th- llne of men a sort of giiilty glggle WOtt'.d aaeapa
h-r. Bhe aeemed :?> reallao that lf ahe were un
comfortabla s..m? ane elae was ln th- same boet ,
The car atopped at Marcy-ave., croaaed the tracki
of Patrlck H-nrv Flvnn's road. and stopped on tha
oppoalte alde, cootrary to the rules, to let off a pae
aenger. Th- motorman looked around Into the car'
P/lth < I iwl. "Tlng-tlng!" went th- startlng alg
nal. "Blaa-a-a-!" w-nt the motor, and the car
.-i .rte.i ;ik- a hundred-yard aprlnter.
Th< weary woman of weight was Just ehanglng
handa or the atrap, and the conduetor had just en
tered th* car ri .?in^ th- !-.r behlnd hlm, when
th- auri len start w,.s made. M llarn- graaped franti
cally at tbe atrap, fell heraelf golng doorward, and
ih-- wenl plump againal a thin man r.-ar by. Tne
half-doaen men wenl back like --domino-s-- against
th- conductor. who was shov-d completeiy through
th- rear x\ tai door.
The ' -ra.-h ...' glasa acared one of the men so that
h? promptly roae and off. r*d the stout woman a
aeat Int ? thla ahe -ank. and burat Into such a Rt
of lauxhter t tj.it every one iioke.i acandallaed. "I
.-?:??-, ' >-..M Ihe, to a woman. at her elbow. "that
fti l It'a ch. iper to give me u aeat n-xt
tlme than io lei rr- il .nd "
Krom the BtrnlAcaal glancea and r.oda exchangea
. . ? paa angera il la safe to say that the se:-,tU
m. nt was unanlmoualy uphekL
A FREE PORT \0% WANTED. '
THE MAXUFACTURERB' ABBOCIATIOM EX
PRE88E8 ITS OFPOBITION To At'STIN
CORBIN*fl MEAdURE.
More th.-in one hundred membera of the Manufact?
urera' Aaa. -lation of Klaga and Queena Couatlaa at
t. n l-i th. regular monthly meetlng of the aaaocla*
ri. ... whl !: was held 1.1*1 I v-ning at the Pouch Man
?lon. It waa generally anderatood that the aaatn aub?
ject for dlacuaalon would ba tbe currency bill re
rently drawn up for thi lea ilaUon by Edward M.
Bhepard, a brlef outllne of whicli gppeared ln the
.- ilumna of The Tribune aome daya ago. When tha
bill waa preeented for dlacuaalon the membera de
, |ed I ) poatpoaa lt untll some future meetlng.
The r.. xt aubject wbicb was praaeated was Auatla
.'.irt.'.n's blll t . eaubllah Poii P nd Bay aa a free
pori of < ntry. A commlttee waa app dnted by the as
. m at Ita laat meetlng to Inveatlgate the mat?
ter. The commlttee was compoaed ..f Charlea W.
Hand, Jamea Bherlock Davia and J Adolph MoOen
. , . Qulte a lengthy dlacuaalon enaued after the
? tatlon of the report of the eommlttee, whl h
n i- aa foUowa: "The commlttee on the blll to cstab
llsh Port Pond Bay as a rree port of -ntry beg kteve
l ? report: II) That they have made auch an examl
i .... n of the matter as tha rfrcumetancea of tha
permlt. (t) That the propoaed blll doea not go into
the detalla of the pecullar cbaracterlaUca of a free
? ' -ntry. (D That they are advtaed by the I re
tary >.f the Treaaury that there Is no oth.-r provlakMj
of law t r iu ii ;? irta (4) Tha: lf the Intentlon of :he
blll, ..-; y-':'r commlttee belleve, is to enabte raw ma
terlal to be Imported Into the L'alted Btal a, .ini at
the fn ? porl mad- up Into manufactured artl -? - ai l
? I,,.,.,. ? tofoi Ign countrlea wlthou
? ,f dutlea, the aame wlK reault In an unfali
rrlminatli n In favor of thi manufacturera wlthln aatd
free port, whlch wlll be greatly to the dlaadvantaga
of the manufacturera of Klnga and Queena eo i
. I if the clty of Brooklyn
, n commlttee therefore recommend that thla
,_. intlon entera formal proteai agalaat tha paa>
Sewral of the membera of tbe as-,,. lation i - :
v ii ?. taken at th* preatnt tlme ?
to. haati and lhal ..t l*aai anothei n
- . I, u, the cona! leratlon f tl aubj. 1 'a
m lorlty. how. vei were In favoi
made by ihe ccmmltti
r, i.oit waa r. ? Ivi 1 nn ' 1!> of th.
elatlon w..s inatructed to carrj ?? ?'
.lation "f the commlttee. Huch actlon on Ih.
of the Manufa. lurera' \- ?'?'??! ll" ?" :
be a aurprlae t<> Mr ?' rbln, an I have coni
wi lahi wlth t'ongreaa.
after thla malti r ha?l heen '. tho m. m
I r,, ?, the r ui -..- of bua.neaa and the
pl.-aaani featutea of 11 i rj B Halah, the prea I
. Ilaien I i Ihe lrr*| fun ot Preaa Ldrdge,
immandei ln
th- progr.tmmea pul
the Arm) of Pun.'
. >, ?: bi eun i to
llia fui y api ialt.-i
help "drlvo dull car* away. Hla tui y a eciau ea
a.. l toplcal aonga kep ? ?rlng wHh
laughter, anl for the tlme Mr i. and hly free
After Mr r.Mrldga
'...-..? jamea I, ula Kel
who aecured Mcaai S -
Mathlaon and J ?hnaon to
. . ?? Tl ? i '?? then m> -'
; r i aallattc ...
il- rrmann. -\'i
w11,- a. iv.? 1.
: v ould hav. done credll to
the ent : taii ment refi -J
DR.CHADWICK UAKE8 I PROTE8T.
THE BL'HNEn AVEKt'B HETItOOWT EPiaCOPAL
CHI I- lt BEOIKa THE KIOHT AOAIKST BAR
ROOHa UII'HIN' THB 890-POOT I.I.MIT.
Tbe paator anl niemberfl of the Bumner Avenue
MethodlBl Bplacopal Church. of whlch thi Rov. Dr.
jamea s. Chadwtck is paator, Bled a proteai yeater*
d u with ihe K\. ?? Commla lonera agalpat lha ra
THI-: REV. DR JAMKS a. CHADWICX.
newal of a Heenft for ih<> Bnlooa looated at N.1 ?"
iJi-.-.-ne-avc. Tbe atdg dOOT Of ihe salocn ls sald to
i.- wlthln MO t>-> t of tbe church The ? amar af the
place ia n Bondow. Tl o proti atanta dalm lhal >'"?
der the declalon of th. Court of Appeala n i*
llegal for the man to l.cl.l ? llcenae. The Commla?
alonera di.i noi take any teatlmony beyond tha ior
.nal proteai papera, nnd referr*d the caae t>> jaa
counael for the Exclae Board Tbe outcome of tho
inoye agalnae Bondow'a place wlll be awaltaa wwj
greal Intereal bs tba membera of chuivhea waj
are annoyed by ihe preaance of suloous. withtn ***
faol of thelr church buUauu?a>

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