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A UNIOK-ST. "XO!" njjROOKLYX'3 KIKST CITIZEN" OPPt.SKS THE PROPOSED TROLLET T.INE. oggAT interebt ixcitid IN un: LETTEB KROM i a T. BTRANAHAM?OTHBB TEBTIMOJCt AP nfCED TO BHOW THAT an BUfiCTRIC D IN THK POPVIjAB PKIYEWAY XO PROaTBCT PARK WOULD QREATL.T DEPRBciaTB RBAL KSTATK VAIAJSa. An adjourned h-aring >f the Suprerne Court Commlsai n appolnted to near the application <.f the Xaasau Blectrlc Rallway to run a line ir. f Unl n-Bt W la h M last night ln the County Court , li .--. Joaeph A. Burr. the rt-cently appointed { .-. . ,aii ;i Counsel, was chairmau of the Com- j mlssion, and Conimissloners Joaeph C. Hendrlx I rge H. Boutbard heard the Ustimony. , j. A. All 'i repn aented the railroad company, and j .-,}, \ M uioti th- dtlaena of Hrooklyn who fh, ..) ih. grantlng of the appllcatton. je?B9 Johnaon, repreaentlng the opposltlon, , | th Burprlae ol the evenlng. Thls was i tini of au affldavit from J. ?. T. ,,!-, "Brooklya'a Brat citiz.-n.'' glvlng a . and deacrlptlon of th- park, and potent | , -aaona for hia objectioni to the- graniing of tlu j,. - ;; nlon ?'f tha Xassau Railroad Company. As '.his was the flrst public utl.-ian ? whi h hi^ in- from Mr. Stranaaao for more than a j. ;t was haiied as a sign of returnlng y gth and a COOaequanl interest once more ,!i ra affoctlng the welfara of the clty. Tr.e a:: i.i\it in full is aa f illowa; ng .. Ivisid that you have been appolnted by ., Court n< Commlaaloner* un.br the tutlon to h-ar the partles lnter**ted and re , th- Court wh-ther a double-track railroad, ;. ted by electrlclty, shouid be con*truct*d and i i- L'nlon-at.. between Hamllton-av*. and ?ave., 1 re*pectflllly state and present objeo to auch a railroad. 1 make these pbjectlona il a r.-sid.nt and I'roperty-owr.er .n l ? ilon ?? where 1 have lived. at L nior. and Ci.nton ata. rty-afii ywm. and as a cltiaen of Brooklyn :,',! m Proepect Park, for the conatruction a, t maintenance of which I was a commlaaloner S6(l the date of the origlnal aet for na con down to l? The beneflta of Proapect v nnd dtlaena of Hrooklyn w -, '/,,?>? karge and hav- uiriveraal.recognltlon. n . one, 1 belleve. queatlona the neceaBltv of Bjaln . that paik at Ita beai. i r< .... maintenance of proper approachea^to^h* .- eaaentlal to th.- malntenanc* of the J ark i, , to iis contlnued uacfulneaa Tb* F'aik waa . | and conatructed M as to be attractise . who c.si. it in carrlag** and tboa* il . vlall it wMhoui carrlagea lt was latended ..,-?.,-.,.-, ?r retaln ln Brooklyn tho** who dealred ? -t in elther of theae way*. A large portkm . -ark la manlfeatly for th* enjoyment of ,;; ? Kl v-lsll M aa pede*trlan*-the waUu, th. pally for the uae of pedeatrlana i t the: car drrve* are-alao an eaaentlal featur* of tn* Park The niain entrance for carriages is at tn* at Flatbu*hand.XInth ayea That entrance ?proacb has been largely ornamented bj : "? ,n th, ,?;,,.,,., monumentand ?"***& : I* the entrance neare*! the Clty Maii ana - o New-York Clty. ln th,- Park at tha en - .. arl iwo maln drlvVone followlnj,ijg?g?& V;tk,to1"h-hVightina-d0 hVhVhe n'e.r'-or" ln Ihe ? '..'"' ?XSS r^an^wV5^ by Kort Hamllton-ave. and I *ean l arouay. i. a Hamllton-ave wUI *?&?,**?, WVmJSS S-v.. .. ?,,rbpi. or drive wavs in tne tars ai, ny* lUSii .??-, tlv* aoproache* to it tor ^4,1,"ar SL.ta.? .iT?- *pia\u waa conatructed ihe Baaiern taia 1 '/-a ;?'. _.- |aM OUl by the parkway. Ocean f?,*?yar^urpoiVe*, and haa r* Park .'onumiwun for mh ->y ? commlwlonor*; as . under the ?;;'!,.' K?,, Hamllton-ave. and .^rT.r,\e!ar-'boM. under the COOtrol of the ' ;?JSSl!!.llr*Ban wa, oaaaed an art by whlch a ;"(! ,Sa on ?as-? .pomt^.to wlden IJon the width of e.ghty feet,,bJ ?a2n,Rl" \?.Am acroaa canal to Columbta-at and lt wai ? h M h(k oarrlage-w-ay on tha t-orUon of l ??? ,,tut,n||. both made thl-ty f**? w,a'vW, ", f(,r re,iavlng Vnlon-et. ,uch Commlaalon* PJ*T*^^nSv?*nt, Nloh Wlth improved t.avemcn BelM n ta wooden st.. as I reconeci, iroi. .^"' ; ;,j pavemenl was Park or Nli.th-Hxe. and a W70 n 1 ^^ ssvfJr^&SS^srui sussst nnd abuttln* property. a r . . EgSMBRtTiSasBSa-JSS Uberty-at has ""? ,, ??? of ntnton-at. from tl.at it isin efT- a ?nn .^ (f U|>. N, w. Fulton-*! to tb;- Brockt>n of r(..utllnK york and Brooklyn Briag* ".. to Pou-las-st. j s T BJTRANAHAN. mtrodi : ll vsl,nxi ,. ,V(. alnce the In "?^".^Tn tha.' tboroughfare. ,. ttoB ,lf th(> trolley that - li:. mtroductlon *f the tr r ? ? -"' "'.T^iaTkT Thomaa W. Klrk.v.n. ti ' . v expert: J"hn ( laik. i n- m^ ^Y W. K-t.y -n. an 1 "th;r^ to a controversy Tbe dtocuaalon ^^?Sa?to the rele Wtween the .fPf^.1^*-^ baarrng wlH b* ?. Bulldlng. , <m\TY DETBCrm 9CBBMM. p.d.n-1. flANB iR? WATCHWO TWJBI1X Hf. TBODUCED 11V MR. ACI'KTT. The lUpubll B* polltlciansof Hrooklyn ?J??JtJh; ln. anxloualy ?he ooodttkm. bearbxi ooao ? > > tatrodueed ln tbe A?b.y on **??2"%l Audett ralattog ta tb* oaao. of tba ^ r" .,.r torney provldlm for th* riectleo of that offl er Tl ^ of four r*ara and tha^-P^tm*-* of cb-rks. *t*maxvapfc*r* aad eoaatty ?"~**fm '" '" 0,T;:: MB Prwrtda- Ibal ther-'.ha.l Ni atBoarB know., aa couirtl dataotivaa In the oounty ofJtinga ?h* .hall b* attached to the offlce of tb. Dhtgrtet Attorney. and empowered under his dlrection to preaerve ...d.-r. UHl all P*P*f* and piOB**aea l**UM from the offlce, to examlt.e all bench warrants and aaaari of arraata la crirninai eaaaa, and ta parform other dnti-s rcejUVcd of them. The bill proM-b that theae oaacora >-haii a* appohttad by the Dta trlct-Altorti-y, and may be authorlsed to aet aa deputy BkarUfa; tbal Ib* number of such detectlv.-s ahall not b* aa** than B*V*fl or more than twelv.-, and that th* I Ustt i.t-Attorn<-y ahall flx and deter mlne thelr compensatlon, which, however. ahall not exceed tbe sum of ll.'JK) a year: thrse detectlvea to hold aaaoe dtuing tb<- rjlaaaara of th?- Dlatrbt Attorney. nutrict-Attoinev Backua latcnda to appomt three d.tectlves of the number allowed by law, who wlll paaOy be stenograi.hers and do stenographlcal work, nlthougti they wlll nouiinally b* county de tectlvea, and nc paid as county detectlv**. Then lt la known that one man who Is a personal frlorid ff Jtr. Backua will apply for a jilac,- as deter-tlve, and wlll probably g< t lt. As the number of county fleteetlvea may he as small as seven or as large as tweive. taklng into eonsideratlon the four men wno will probably lie appolnted, there wlll be only trom thrte to elght place* left for the appllcanta who want to he appolnted to the poMttOM. And as Ihere ure 260 applkanta for ofticcs whlch wlll not exceed elght in number. It wlll be Been how amall a chance each placa-aeeker has of gettlng an ai> polntment. The n.-w Dl.strlct-Attorney haa an Ubcomfoi tabl legacy from , >a predeceesora of about .",7u old caaea undlapoaed of dock.-t.-d ln hls pigeonholea. When tb<- large volurm- of routlnc bualneaa ln the Dlatrlct Attorney'a offlce is conaldered, lt wiil be aeen that it wiil tak.- hard work to catch up wlth the unfln lahed bualneaa. 80 bad has been the oondltlon of things in this reapect that many lawyera hav- been moving for diamlaaal ..f caaea becauae they have been "hun up" ln thr- Dlstrlct-Attorney'a offlce and have not been prosecuted. Mr Baokns, how ever. Intenda to improve tha preaent condltlon of thinga. -? EX-JUDGE ELLIOTT DEAD. HE v7A8 PAIIOU8 A8 A BUILDER OF. RACING BHELL8. A I/.VEK OF AQtJATIC BPORTB, AN oU) F1KE DE PARTMENT MAN. AND AT OMfl TIME PO LICE JfSTH'E IN rsP.ooKLYN. Ex-Judgo rharles B Klllott dled at 7 o'cbck yes? terday mornlng al tbe Qraveeend racetrack, wbeie he was siaying Wlth hls aon, J. B Klllott, a tralner. r>eath was <lu> to hettit rullure. nfter a few houra" lllness. His body was ret.ioved to his home, No. M."> l.exington-av.-. A WtdOW BUrvivea hlm. Mr. Elliott was born In New Vork Clty in 1K2!>, and his par.-nis dled when he was fo.nteen yeara old, bavlng little to him in tha way Of materUU 1 ? souroep. out of this biiuation he peraeveiiiigly he-wed bls way to BUCCeea While he was n young man he was a member of Amerlcua Englne No 8, .-f New York Clty. and, after his removal t-. Brooklyn, became aaalatant englneer of the Brooklyn Flre ne partment, holdlng ihe place for four yeara During the rebelflon be was a Captala of th.- Plre Bouavea in Si.-kl.-s's bi-lgiide. He served wlth honor and .1 - tlnction for two yeara and a half, Mr. ElUott was best known, however, for hli nection wlth aojuatlca, and eapeclally ln the bulld? lng of raclng shells. He began to bulld shells about thirty-flve yeara ago. Hls boats were made from hla own mndfls and drawlngs. and aoon becama known for Ughtneaa and perfect Itnea, He becama the most popular bullder In the country. Harvard. Vale and oth.-r leadlag eoUagea glving hlm th.ir preference. Profeaatonal oaramen, too, ahowed lual appredatlon of his skill ln tbla llne. He began tha mannfactur- of his boats in Qreenpotnt, to whoae boat and ship yards he w.-nt as a me. han:c. one eecret of hla aucceaa lay ln bis deperture from tbe EngUah model; he bullt on orlglnal Itnea. His BWtvel rowlocka and pat.nt ateerlng gear alao preved popular. and were unlveraally adopted h.-ro and abroad. He waa known als.. as a promoteT and patron of rowing. In tbe <.ld daya, when the Harlem regattaa attracted conalderab'.e Intereat, he organlaed aome of the beet-kaown erewa ln thi ?? watera, among them being the "tfkylark.'' "Amerlcua," "Hop Cp and the "Oeorge J. Browa." When the Harvard crew wenl to Englan 1 to race against OxfOrd, Mr. Elllotl w-nt wlth them. In ad dltion to his ahaU, wbleh tii- Harvard men I k with them, h..- "llned out" a boat, look the dr.ift and frame over ln a truhk and bullt and launched it on tha oth.-r ilde withtn fourteen daya. Thia work and th- auperlor nuallty of the boal exclted much English admlratton Tne famoui raca waa rowed on August 27, iw, in four-oared ahella, over tbe Putney-Mortlake courae Aftei oa. race Ox ford won by a length la & mlnutea l>^4 aeconda The Harvard crew was compoocd of Joaeph s K.iy, Fraada ". i.yman, w. H. Blmmona and A P i/?r ing, Btroke. In the Oxford crew wera E. Wllan, A C Garborough, J. C Kinno and S. D. Uart.lalilre, atroke. Artbur Hurnham was llarvard'a COXBWaln. J. II. Hall was eoxaaraln of the Oxford crew Mr. Klllott alfo bad eonalderabla skill in model Ipk and bulldlng yachte, hla cllnker-bulil Bloop Mls tak'- belng among tli<- faateat of b.-r claai Anoiher excellenl boat of hls was the sl<.,,|i Charlea A. Cor aeJL He ?lao mad- a model <>f ? ?teamboal for o.ean navigation, dealgned "to croaa the oraan In a:x daya" Among the rowing u.-n t.. whom Mr. l-.lliott furnlahed hin aheHa were Hanlan, Plalat. 1. the War-i brothera an.l Courtney. il. alao s.-nt boats all ov-r the world. ln I8B Mr. Blll .tl waa elected an Alderman of tha Beventeenth Ward, ar, 1 was reelected ai thei ndofthe two-year term. In WI h<- was made Pollce lu 1 ? of the Eourth Dlatrlcl "t Brooklyn i :..-.:? n, i-s trict, and at-rve.i for about aeven yeara and a ha.f, ?w-b.-n h?- realgiied to become County Clerk of Kingo County In lw. After he rellnquianed thla poaltlon bia life waa larg.-ly a retir.-<i one. He dled po?.r. AHHAM B. I'.AYLIS. Abram B. Baylla, on- of the most promlnenl of Brooklya'a cltlxena and well known lu New-Tork, dled suddenly last evening at I o'clock at hls home, No. 82 Boiaoen at His death waa a gre.u ahoch to the frteada who recelved word lasi nig.it Bora in 1815. he was gradualad from the I'olyt-chnlc Inatltute aad from Pliaeaton College, belng . in<-m b-r of the class of fj of the latter InatttUtJon. His father was a promin.-nt bank.-r. aad UpOB hla gradaatloo yaang BayUa was placed in hls offl. e. At ihe d.-ath of bis father, who wu prealdent of th. New-York Stock Exohaaga In 1M2, Abram 11. Baylla eucceeded him in his buKlneaa and becani aenlor member of the flrm at No. 44 Exchange Place. Mr. Baylla waa vlce-presldeni Of th Brooklyn Mechanles' and the Brooklyn Bavlnga hanks, ar.l waw al*. a member of the Hamilton, Creacent Athletlc, Brooklyn and the Rldlng and Drivtng i-lubs, having been elected governor of the laat named club ln ihhd. n<- uaderwenl nn opera tion on Prlday for water on the knee, but compli cationa set in. r.-aultlng In hls death. He ls aur vlved by a wldow, a aon and a daughter. He w..a one of the Ik-h: ki.own of Hrooklyn's cltltena and llved in a haiidaome house 011 the Helghta. OATBERED ABOUT THK TOWX. A meetlng of the Brooklyn 1'oilee Offlcera' Bn dowment Aaaodatlon was h-11 yeaterday, and the followlng offlcera a re elected: Prealdent. !:. P. Conklin; vi <-jir. sii. ni, Captaln K. B, Clayton; lieaaiiter. Captaln, Thaodore Cullen; aecretary, Ber ajannl BTank nruiaana. The treaanrer'a report ahowed rt-ceipta of HjatM; expeadltarea, n/mn. Or. Rodkin and Profeaaor Bherwell yeaterday j.. rformed a succe-sful op-ralion on ex-H-nator john McCarty, who has beea Bufferlng at hla boine. No. 2?.7 Berkeley Place, for the laat six weeka wlth aathmatie brotichliis. Mr. McCarly, lt is expected, w-;il recovt-r at.on. The contest over the wlfl of I.etia Brunor rame up beforo Surrogatt- Abbott yeaterday mornlng, but owlng to the audden dlsappearance of one of the counael. an adjournment waa taken. The wiil In queatlon leavea the catate to Martln Brunor, of No. 402 Viin Brunt-at.. tbe wtdower. Juatiee Tiahe, In the Butb-r Stteet I'ollee Court yesterday. held Cbriniian Cbrtatlanaatt, tiilny-two yeara Old, to awail the r.-sult of the Injury whlch he is charged with Infllctlag upon Juiius Jobnaon, at N. aff Vaa Btnnt-at. The mea beld an aal mated dlacuaalon over the Veneaaelan queatlon, Xhe .oinpiaiit made by the Brookl/n BleVated 1:, iroad .liubor.ti.s againal certaln membera of tbe 13th Reglment, lo tbe affeel lhal Ihey acted In .1 diaorderiy manner m one of the ooaapaay'a .-ara, lias nol as yet recelved the attention of Colon-1 Wataon. Many "t th? mp:i we,(' "' ,"liform- "'"' *? r-i>"-'. whlch U madi by tbe eoaapany'a ag.nt. la eredlti I by many peaple. owhtft N la aald, ... lha facl thal ,,;. kl?-w many of the milltlam.-ii peraonally. ',? ,,,,i,r t- caxaply wlth th- law, eeCeo waa pub " t:..r,.1>11f,he..nn..almeet...goftheBrook ";, ,-;,, liospuai called for laei nlghi. but. aa ia k -s- everv vear. th. re was no meetlng. The in?..'.Vmee.in? trtU ba neid at tha baapttaJ an Jan. 8 -o wh-n otaeara and alghl trnataaa wttl be Uar" i Kra.kl.v"--- "<'..ry .' N v. :, J.i?. I II. *?-"' , ,'; . r a^aaea, Oeorge H. Preotlaa aad V*$la??jo* nlB ?-'-"'>? >"? rc-l.'t..!. and wo otnerrwil, be ChOM. la 10 vacancKs. UnAianaT, a contractor. haa brought an ac BryaaMcA ney. ^ ^ guprine t,our, ?on before *uoa (_k & rm)|ler the con. against ??^"'"^Vjicgimetit Armory. for tba re ,r"'"" Jllmm "which he aftagaa b daa Mm .... the cov.-ry of ?\?1 ?"? * .t tfca bulldlng. Th. coniract for the ?_-? ^M<.Ul , ,,. -iy.., ,|?- work ****** "Z ^nii'ill.-.! to glve thecontract M .0 tba. ihey -r;;;nH',? Sva ?t*c4acad a conaur ano,h<-r gaan- J?JJ ^ lU>. gaJ- lho pa.d the elalai for ?*??" plalntlff i? aaaaan CBlftsTCHURCH CELEBRATE8 THE PARISH HAS COMPLETED PIFTT TEARJ OF BXIBTENCE BEhU-CEKTENNIAL A.\.vivr.liS\",v BXERCIBEfl AT \\H1? II A UARGE NITMBER OF Ol'EBTB WERE PRBBENT Tha fifti-th annlverearj of Chrlai Prol EplBcopal Church, In Bedford-*ve., n ir Clym*r-*t, of whlch the Rev. Dr. Jamea II. Darlbigl ?n la rec tor. was c.li-britel last night wlth B receptlon al the Knapp manalon, Bedford-av*. ai ; Nearly 2,000 Invitatlona had been aenl out, and the gathering In luJed a il hun Ired ;.? . them b< lni ra inj clergyn .. from tbe THK REV JAMRfl H. DARL1XGTOX nomlnatlon!:. The deeoratlona ?f I butldlng were rnoet elaborale, and ron*lat< '? ot the Nallonal col in bt nl . p itted planl ai rl In the latherln* were Path>i Hyli ater M rcctor of St , P* ? and Paul'a Church; Ihi Rev. John l>. Well*, , ? loi ol the Bot -;'r"'1 Praabyterlan Church, and tb* Rcv. Dr. --?? JI Ha** CI1UI: < III kins. pastor ?' Bl Mark'fl Church, al B*dford-*v*. and Bouth Plfth bi. Chrlal Church li an offahool of Dr. Haakln**! church. Tb* ihrei n tora ir* th* oldeal paatora now Uvlna la Brooklyn, aad hava for a balf century been In charge ol thelr reap. church** it was expected thai Blahop Uttlejobn, of Ih* Long laland Dtocc**, would bi pn eat, bul ln< Mead h<> waa repreaented by the R< ?. Dr. <-ox. daan of the catbatfral In Oard*a Clty, Long laland, who read a lettcr <?f congratulatloa Irom th* Blabop. Father Malnna. Dr. Hasklns and I >r. YVells al** made ahort adrtt***** of congratulatlon. The guesta ln-gan to urrlve srortly aftar 7 o'cl.v-k, and lh*ll nanie.s W*r* i. iiiioun.ed aa they enler. d by Meaara. Baldwln, Na-h and Parker. Th<- raccp tion eommUte* in luded th* Rev Dr and Mra Dar. lingtot:. Mr. anl Mra k I'? PartHdg*. of Bcdford, N Y ; Mr. and Mra Edward lt. Parton, of Engle wood, N. J.; Pranda Taylor and Mlaa Taylor, B J. Sterllrik' and Mlss BtCllIng, Mr and Mra Kdwln A. Clark, Mr and Mra. .lames Rodwell, Mr. anl Mr^. RodW*ll W. K..ne, Mr and Mrs I. V. Baoford, Mr. and Mrs. LOUll BcOOtt, Mr anl Mrs Loula H. V?g*l, Mr. and Mrs. .lames S. S'.int son, Mr. and Mrs Thomaa P. Row land, Jr., Mr. and Mra, Harloa lt. Brown, tn- R*v. Charlea W Ivt*. Mr. and Mra Frank Balley, Mr. aad Mra Charlea P. Lalghton, Mrs. Hoyt, Dr. and Mrs. Da Long, Mra M- A. Matthawfe, Mr. and Mr? B, i-' Mclatoab, Mr, and Mra. c. A, Carr, Mr, aad Mra. Mlllard P. Bmlth, Mr. and Mra. C. B. D* i-a Yergne, Mr. and Mrs. <'. i). gpencer Mi and Mr* h. h HeaMdea, Mrs. Llt tell, Mr and Mra. A, lleiler, Jamea B, Kearns and Mrs. C. C. Egan. Mr. and Mrs P. \V. Wurster, Dr, and Mrs. .1. O. (lullck. Mr. and Mrs. .lohn S. Klng. Mr. and Mrs. K. B. RoyC*, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Bcholea, tb* Mlaae* Bartlett, Mrs. s. A. Bonar, Mr. and Mrs W. J- Harron, Mrs. C. \V Weeka. Mr. and Mra. C. Ilaldwin. Mra Kmlly Egan and the Mlsses Chase Hrown, Vati Valkenburg. Day, Smlth. Grey, I'bert, Jamts, Taylor, Story. Wtlaon, Thurs by and Kins At 8 e/clock Dr. Darllngton mounted a litlle plat form in tli<- larg*>r*ceptton room, and after caUlna th<- awiiihly to order Introduced D*aa Cox, who al aaoa prooeeded iu raad th.- latter from Blabop Llttlejohn. The B*V. Dr. Haakini was n.-xt Ihtro duced, an-i was followed ay ihe h,*. Dr. wci Art.-r bTlef addi.---.esby the rectors, Dr. Darllngton r. ad lettera of r*gr*l from th- Rev. Oeorge WltJIam* ?an Bmlth, pr*dd*at ol TrtnRj Collag*, and a buov ber .if blahop*, rlergym*n and laymea. The young people then took p***a**l0B <>f Ihe r<-e, r.tlon ro-ai, and aaaclag waa aojoyed aatll n o'eloek, which hour broagfet th<- calebratlon to a cioae. STKADY OROWTH OP THK PAKI8H. j-'lfty years at;o. on January I!', M*f, aeven nam-a were iKn.-d on pai?-r to form th- n.-w parlsh of Chrlal church in tb* Klelds The pr, lliii'tiary me.-t Ing had been h.-id iu Daecmbat, Ba* Tha Sunday aebool was stiirt- d aboui a aaontk lab ?. la i-vi.ruary. Whlle th- parlsh was fortnlng, the Rev. I'i-rr- lr vlng. of N.w-York. was iu charge. and w.,s called reetor: but the brst rectc* n-aily called nnd aattled BVCr the parlsh was tbe Kcv. J***ph It.ynolds. who remain.d abOUl **V*a yeara. and wh . ..: hl* d.-ath some ten years airo. was reetor of ihe Ch.in-b of tb* Covenant. Jun.tlon Clty, Kau. aad h.-a.l of th* Btandma Commltta* of ,Mal ?b....-,-. Th>- B*v, Alfred II. I'artrldge was ncxt < al'-d frOBJ St Mat thew's Church. I'.edfoid. N. Y , ate! had a BUCci ful ractotahip bf ov*r tw*nt! -? n r? ?"?'. durlng whleh tim<- the chur.ii ..n Bcdford-ava waa eraol. and also the ehap. 1 ln Dlvisuu.-.r- .- . ROO called th- Par ll.dge Mi.norlal iu Bi* BOOOT. Th- pr- -. ut t- CtOT has be.-n with th* paiiati r*urtc*o r?ara The communlcanl* now number >">. whlli tn* iunday-ecbool baa a memb*rsh|p ot BM Cooaactco with theehur. b is an Induatrlal BChOOJ f.r glrls, with ten teachera ind 175 puplla; ? chuft'h aid aoclety. j mlaaionary aoclety, fourcin lea of Klng'a Daughtera, at. Andrew'a Brotherhood, Bletera of Bethany, No Name Clrcle, boya' ten-mlnute aoclety. Thera ara :?"" alttlnga In the church, 100 of whlch are free. ln May II i- expected by the rongregatlon to have a jubllee aervlce In the church, with an approprlate and ai the aame tlme have the Blahos con accrat. the nea chancel, Ita decoratlona and me morlal glfta. The ladlea of the church aid alao ln tend to Ii me a I.k ol aboui 100 pagea, wrltten bjf membera >>t the parlah. and llluatrated with half tone plcturea, whlch may a. rvi aa a convenleni and . nt Riemorial ol ompletlon of a half cen I t .i> a - ? oarlah. A^ Dr. Darllngton is called away often during the j wlntei aa irchd..i to pn a. ih and ralae money for I clty mlaaion work in other churchea of Brooklyn, ' Chrlai Church eongregai on gi Ined bj the exchange I a chance to hear om. famoua clty clergymen. The ! followlng da-s are alreadj aettled upon: January 11. m th. K< v William T. l-lt.h. of St. Mlchael'a, Hlgh-at., Brooklyn: Pe .ruarj 9, iwp. m., ' the Itev, Jamea II Nl. b, i.- t.,r of the church of the Kplphany, Tompklna-ave.; Bunday, February 16, . ni . tho R >v. Dr. Bacchua, rector ol thg Church of the Incamation, Oatea-ave.; ? .:v< t>. m., ame day, the Bev, Dr. Bunn, rector of tha Church Ch rtty !?'..'. d itlon. DR DARLINOTON'B CAREER. The Rev. Jamea Henrj Dar'.lngton, rector of Chrlai Church, waa born In Brooklyn on Jui IM, Hla colleglate educatlon waa obtained al the I nlveralt) .u the Clty ol Kew-York. and he ?is graduated by that inatltutlon In Igff. He entered I'rin -.I. a Th ?.!,.-;..- .i Remlnary. when he waa grad? uated In IRB. During ihlaperlod the numeroua pcft greduate couraea noa :n operatlon In Prlnceton .-. ii.- ? wen atarted by ibe prealdent, Dr. McCoah, ?nd N': Darllngton, In addltkm ta Ma theo'.oglcal avaii.i g l ? the opportuhlty thua offered, look a full courae In phlloaopby. for whlch .v*d th* .i ign.f I'h. D. H* la ao far thi only atudenl conn cted with lhal Inatltutlon wh.. haH puraucd both the aemlnary and roll. the -.in.- tlm . Dr. Darllngton in IMI b' .nn- .n aaalalanl to th. Rev. Mr. Partrldge, tor of Chrlai Church, preparatory to taklng holy ordrra, < ?-i January 25, 1882, he waa ordalned deacon bj the lllahop : :' tfu Dior.eae In Chrlai Church, and ? ?n N .vember :? of tb aaim year ha waa admlttol ln the i ri- -i:> >?.?' In the Churcl of thi Redeetner, Brooklyn. I'pon ihe tleath ol Ih* Rev. Alfred H. i ?;?.:;.- he waa elected to the vacani rectorahip .. i'h Ial Church. The n lor*a aaalatant is the Rev. .' iari. IV. Ivie. ,,- of the . iiir-.l. are: vlardena, i- rancla ,? : Ki . i Ki. rllng; > ? atrj men, Bdwln A. Clark RoewKI VV, Keene. Jam a Rodwell, Loda v. .-? ,.,i ,,,| i.,,i;. s l la S fl .-1|?- n, Louia II. ind Tl'.iia- V. Rowland. Jr.; treaaurer. Har |o? ll Uro ?? elerk, i-od. \ Hanford; church cbolrmaater, Eua ne J Uranl Bunday-achool cholr r, McCaul 1 Bkr*w*bury; aacrlatgn, l-'r.mk J. \rnoiig tho - preaenl baal *venlag wer- Oeneral and Mra .1 V Mea.role. Mr and Mr.- J. O. Jenklna, Ui and Mr- J. Henry Dlck. Colonel and Mrs A |. lialrd. Mi Bernard Peler*. .Mr and Mra. T. B. Petera the Mayor and Mrs Wurater. Mr. and Mrs fi A How.II Colonel and Mra Loomla i. Langaon. ? Kei J D Welle* and th- Mise.-s Wellea, Mr. and Mrs Joliu I- Oodwln, Mr and Mrs^ S A. Oodwln Mr and Mra Alonso Oaubert, Mr. and M: H \Y Kenyon, Mr anl Mrs Jam-s 8, Sp-rrv, Mr and Mrn W C Hi % out. Mr and Mrs John Loughran, Mr and Mra Bernard 'lalla^her, Dean and Mra. COX, th- Ret and Mrs C 1. 'I wytig. the Re and Mrs. Charlea R Hak-r. Judg* and Mrs Hurd. Colonel and Mrs John <! Eddy. Mr and Mra. o p Darllngton, Mr. and Mra. .ieorge B. Klt rhlng. th- Mlaaea Kttchlng, Mlaa Henrtetta Bearna. Dr and Mra W I* M Plak*. Vr and Mr*. K A. Whecler, Dr and Mr.-- Oeorge E Harr-tt. Rabbt and Miss Wlntner. Dr and Mrs BlmmoiM, Mr and Mrs Mortlmer ii Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. l-.. J. Orant. Mr and Mrs II C. Cralg, Captaln and Mrs Cooper. Mr and Mrs. ll J Taylor, Jamea Taylor nnd the Miss.-s Taylor, Mrs K Ifollen hauer, the Rev. and Mrs. .1 Coleman Adama, tha Rev. Dr and Mrs j. Wesley Johnaton. the Kcv. and Mrs J Ersklne Adam*, Mr and Mr* P. C. Young. th* It. v nnd Mrs Rlvlngton D uora, Mr a.nil Mra N \v llnnt. Mr and Mra Oeorge W. Brown, Mr und Mrs I. K Blackwell, Mr. and Mra A. <J Brown. th- Bev Ployd O. Weal the Rev and Mrs R h. Bnowden. the Rev. and Mrs II < Bwentsel the Rev are. Mrs J Rrltton Clark Father Klley. the K-v Dr, and Mra. H Y Batterlse, Mr. and Mlf ha B Bambergrr, Mr and Mrs J C. Bloom, ihe Mlaae* Blebert, th- R*V Dr and Mrs. Eddy, Mr and Mr*. Douarlaaa Dr and Mrs Murd. Marvln Croaa Mr and Mrs YVlls.m c, Smlth. Mr nnd Mra. II' (i Randolph, th.- MNs.-x Cory, Mr. and Mrs .; \v Pelter, Archdeacon Cooper, the Rev. nnd Mrs. W II Harn< s and Mr. and Mrs. R II. HowelL CAUQHT LOADED WITH PI.tTNDEK TWO MK.N BO* A BALOOM KKKI'KH ON THF! STIIKKT AM> THEN nn THROUQH HIS I'l-ACE? BTOCaHBO WITH WHIHKKY ANI> ciOAns. Thomaa O'Connor. a aalQOBk**p*f at No. 134 Du pont-st , fell a vlctlm to two hlghwaymen early yeaterday morning whlle. irolng t* hla home In Eagle. n?ar < ukland-st., after clOBtag hls place. O'Connor was near hls home when he was set u|.on from tehtnd by two men. who. after knocktaa hlaa down, robbed hlm of his ajoM watcb and a r.dl of bill* ar d tbe kaya of his bome and Btor*. Th- hlgh waymen th*a left th.-.r vi.-tlm. and a? aoon as ..' 'onnor r*oov*r*d h.- went to the Ore?npolnt-ava pollc* atatlon and report.-d th* robbery, glvtng a desciiption of hla aaaaHanta captaln Rbodaa de talled aavaral polleemen on the ,-ase. and arblki they wer* kanttaa for the blghwayawn the raea were rldlng the aaloon, whlch they had entered by means of the k. vs taken from o Connor. . P.dlceman l.enn-n aaw the two rm n comln* OUt nf the pia-e lader. wlth b .t l. - of whlakey an l b-x.-s of clgara and aeeoated them. The men atarted to run. and when overtakc sh,?*e.i Bght. l.eniion rapped for asaiatar.ee. an.l the two hlghwaymen and burglara w-re qulckl) aubdued and tak*n to the ata tion Th.-v -nid they w-r- Wllllam Manlon. of No, BBJ Oakland-at.. and Thomaa McOrath. of No 111 Eagle-st. O'Connor later IdenUfled them a- hls a*a>auanta o'Connor's mone) and keyi wer* found upon them, but the wit.-h and chaln w*re mlaalng Juatlre Lalmbaer r-r i.md.-.i the men for trial. ? ili-: DRAXK ACfD POR MOLABBE8. Thomas Caaatdy. flva yoara old. whllfl aloni al hla ' h imi on the aecend floor of th t*nemenl Xo. 33 n iv*. laal *vealna "w^11 " ? '? ?'"'? tentj or a half-ouncc bottl* of carboUc add. H< was ramovad to Bt. Catherm*'a Hoapltal, what* hla . indltlofl la bbM to b crltlcat Tb* boy was tho . -: ,.| Ul.lildian. H" ? M aloin . while bli rnothei wenl to a groc r> st.ue. The two otlwr chlldren w.i- pUylna in th- itreel Thi chl.d ?lrank th. a.-id. bellevlng it to be paola**aa. The 1,1-lgbb 1 . heard h io..uii:ik ii d eill.-d iu a pollc man. who a al ? cail I* th* hpapiml for an ambu? lance. Tb* motha waa rtUJ abwil wh?n th* UtLe 1,1.ow waa taken away. The fath. r, a laborer, bad uot r*turn*d from 1 f f*$*$A4}$>9J*BM9>$L*)*$)y$*H^^ TheGloryof Man. Strenglh, Vitalify, Manhood. OnlySI/ THE SCIENCE of LIFE, or SELF PRESERVATIOM. A Great Medical Treatlse on Lo?t Man hnod;ThelauseandCureofExhaii?tc<I V!talUy,Xcrvonsjind Pny.slcal Deblltly, Atrophj and Varlcocle, also on the l'n told lllsorios ariMBs from tbe Frrora of KNOW THYSELF. *<>??t? or the Exeesses of Mature Yeara. 315 pages. Royal 8TO. Tho very flnest engrarlngs. III invaluable Prrecriptions, for all acute and chrop> dlseaaes. Hound ln beautiful I-'ren-h Muslin, embossed, full gllt. PriC* onlj $1 by mall. (Hew edltton, 100,000 copies.) Proapectaa with endorncments of tha press and lilgh testlmonlals Ynrx. Bend now and KVOW TiirsKi.r Consiiltatlon in peraon or by letter. Addresa Wm. H. l'arkcr, M. I)., Author, l'ublisher and Chicf Consultlng Physician to the old, reliable and bcnellcent Peabody Medical Iustitute, No. 4 Bultinch St, Boaton, Maaa., aatabUahad la isco, to whoaa was awafial tbe (ioid Medal by tbe Natlonal Medical Association for the Pkize BMATi " The Sciknck of Lint, or Sei.f-PitKsr.it vation." I>r. i'arker'a -vorkaare tlie best.on th<? iubjeets tre.-.t<v:, ever p.lfclithed, and have afl enormooa aalo thr-jimhf it il.'a co-intry ..nd Baataaa. Ilcarf them iiow aad learn l? be atrong, vlgoroaa and m.?iil v. Heal Thj?<-ir. ? il-diral lltci'W. The Peabody Mrdi al Imtltut* liaa irnitalora, but no equala.? Botton fftrald. W. H. PARKER, M. D., No. 4 Bulfinch St., Boston, Maaa. The Most Emincnr Specialist in Amcrica, who Cures where Other* Fail. /a>?^^??^?^^^^^?^^^?^^^^^##^a>aVaV?V?'aV#^1t LAWYEBS ARE PUZZLED. CONFUSION CAU8ED F'.Y ANNEXATION OF COI'N'TY TOWN8. COKTRACTOR8, BafPLOTU AKD OPFICIAUI ATX IN A Ml l.l-l.K BALARin OVEBDCB, A*D THK CORTORATI -N COlTfBaX'a OPTH K iii.i. ..r RVBIKggg. A number of new and latereatlng Queatlone re aultlng fr..m the annexatlon of the county u?wna to the clty of Brooklyn have beea ralaed reoantly and are puxallng the lawyera, an-i eapactally tbe men In ihe Corporatlon Coui lel'e onl e, One queatlon that came up yeaterday mornlng waa ralaed by jame.-i C. Church, counael for Ulcbael J. Dady, th* con tractor. Mr. Chur b appiled, on behalf of Mr. Dady, for an order to ahow cauae why a meademni ahall not laane to eompel the Bupervlaoni of Oraveaand Io iasue bond- for the gradlng of Septuue-ave. Dady came Into poaaeaaion of the contracl before Orave ?end becama a ward of Brooklyn by nn ina of in aaalgnmeni from the orlglnal tontractor, and ha now allegea thal ila co ict la not at all affei -l b> the annexatlon of Oraveaend, but Ii itll effectlve, even ao far ..> the manner in whK-h money Ik to he ralaed for payment la concerned. He coatenda thal thal power la atlll veel -i ln tbe gupereleoea. to wiioni lt w..s orlgtnall) glven. ln . ther waya annexatl >n haa produced lon fualon, partlcularly aB to the payment of employea ui former count) offlces, wh.. are now amploj - ?? the clty. The peraoi -" ted have been worblng .- | ., ? :? . ,,-? tlme, among thi m belng tha Coroners, I - latodlana ln the County Clerk*a of? flce an i Ihe ual ? '? !: gl*ter,a offl ? A number of offlclala undi r ihe old Board of I | v:.--r-. are alao affi l d by th- comptlcatlon whlch haa arlsen. The mbje. I la noa b ln| handled la -, . office of i i? - .rporatlon C lur.ael, and Mr. Mu.la. ..: ? ?' Ihe aaaldtanta In thal offlce. aald 1-eater.a) thai II waa a ---' perplexlng one. and he ,,.i n0| . ? how the i.iu.i..- could be BtnUghteaed oul wlthoul an ? nabling act. inother Intereatlng q tlon, but one whlch la - Hom* troubl >. la thal c ncerning the fact thal under the annexatlon leglalatloo ( iunty con ? r,,.. a.101 i"! wlthln th* control ol the ? u> \\!?;i- Dtpartnwi i Phej wll hav. to be Uken ,.i- of and illapoaed of by U ? Boai I of Udertnen. - .me frtctlon between tho Aldermen and th- CommUaloner of Clty worna, aa dermeh alll . m l i rigbl todlepoeeol theae contracta, whlch the Commtaaloner thinks ahould ;,, im l-r ina .-onir il. ... ,... ao far as th* paying ? f the county employea now puDDoaed to b* worklng for the clty bj concerned, Mr Mu-la* admitted yeaterday that annoylng com ;,';.,? na had an an He aald tho matter wa? be ,,, ...,.? :,...v exarotni I In the rorporaUon Coun n hut !i* eoul In't aay for a week <>r bo whai ihe reeult would be. or ?'aat attltuda the clty aould lakeon the queatlon, wh h evldeatly I.ra ,-.. tVrporatlon Coun?l and hla aaetatanta coaald. -r.it I. T08UCCEBD THE REV. DR. HALL \ BOSTON PA8TOR CALLBD IO HOLY TltlMTY. m: HK\ :??: UEU1HTON PABJfJ Of BOgTOK, :i.v,s thk orrm rMnaai coNamg i yiOJH !?!'. OKLTN vi:.-h:vmkn PBa> BBnVE Ml.KN- E. t:.- gnnouneement made yeaterdaj thal lha Rev. Dr Lelghton Parka rector of Bmmanuel Church in Bo.,0 ,,i been ealled l i Holy Trtnfty Church In thla dty to auec.i tbe late Rev. Dr. < hartaa H. Hall, la generaUy raga led to ba ci rrect, altbougb no poalUva cntirmatiou of tba atory could be ob Ulned laal evenlag. Th- B .-??.<. dli pat. h eontalnlng tn- announeemeal ??< abown le Lymaa R, Oreaws lunior warden ef the church and chalraaan of the CommltU.i lUeioratalp, and ha waa aaked .f tbe story ?ere true. ??Now." said he, "do not aek ma lhal qaaaden, i sh..ii neUker ..m.m nor deny it al preaent. Dr. Parka waa here lant Prldey. i aaw hla for a few mluu.ea ln tbe evenlng. bul 1 eanBOt *ay what wa talked ibont Tba tlme haa nol ? ome yet I i aay anj - lhmi Dr. Parka ha, beeh .elor of Bttinianui-I Church f..r eighte-n yeara He haa grown up ta lt i,.Iterad the mtalatry from ?< deeconehlp, and iy bU afforta haa buUl up a large aa I .ntK.ent.al cengn - Kation. by wbom ha la much betoved. Il would na turaiiy be dfafleuli to x-1 hlm from a ptaea whera ba la ao emlnently at home, would lt ..ot .' j,,hn DHmaa,Jr..oae of tba reatrymenof Trlnlt>. wben aaked aa to the truth of tba report. aald, ng nilleHiitly: ??I cat.not tell you aaythlng about that now. -no one ls authorlzed to apeah axeepl Mr. 0'?*??; ? mtght llhe to apeak. but. ln conjuactlon wltb mj frilow-ilaliiaaan, l am bouad to Becrecy. ilthough both Mr. Oraene ;?-. : Mr. Dllmaa falled verbally to oonfirm the report, Ihelr manner ptataly IrapUed tbat tne offer had been made to Dr. Parka, ,n.i th-it be would probably accepl Ihe call ?" uTaald aeuon w..s taken regardlng?the call to i>r Parka al a epeclal meetlng ol ihe ofnclal Boarq ,,r ii. ri.urch of the HoU TrTnlty. whlch waa held ih we-l The aalar) pald the rector of ihe tTiurch o f the H.ivTrmity la ff!soJ .. I he haa the rectory, adjoinlag tha eburch, In M - igui at., renl free, u.-t,,,-h makea the compenaat on aboui $t"Wi. "I "i'I : "iai a wklower artth two daughter.. hla wlfe navuix been a Mlaa Haven. of thla dty. He h, iald toTaslong t.. wha I known aa tbe Low Church of the Proteatanl Eplacopal denomlnatlon. Boaton. Jan. PA-Dr. Lelgbton Parka, who haa Ju-t entered upon hla eiittiie. nth year aa reci ir of Bmman uel church. th.s clty. ha* beea called to the rector ?btp of Holy Trlalty Church. of Brooklyn. S. T.. aad has tbe Baatter under conBlderatton. Such . t?r Parkafa popularltj here tbat. for tbe laal few rearaVlt haa been almoai Impoaable to bu: . hi'pr iiews ln his church. U\- recenl Idea. I-.mmanuei hler pews in his church. Hla recenl idea. I'.mtnan u.,.,.P havlna claaaea of women ai l chlldrcn Houae, ha ln fll>UBt", il^ ????as - ???? - ? -- cooktan dreaamaklng, wood-carvmg, ete. is proy ipir a kre.i aucceas, Promineni membera of hls Dreeent congregntlon feel eure thal tha wlBh la gea ara! here tbat ha ahould remaln, HtUCK OF VOl \'Q IRTIH I \'8. ?llli: EXHIBITIOX OP Tlli: MANI'AL TRAIMNO BCHOOL ITTHACW MAXl vi.-ir.>lts. The aecond annual eabibitJon of tbe work of the Manual Tralnlng Hlgh Bcbool began yeati afternoon and evenlng al thi acbool bulldlng, C urt and Uvlngaton ata., aad waa att-ivled by fully two thouaaad rlaltora. There are nearly two hundred i?i>s ui tb* achool, who haea wroagbl waadara wlth tbe tooJa and matertala prertded them. Th- achool occuplea f...n- Boora and tha baaemeal of tba baUd lag aad lha .-xhiblts ladude meehaaleal arawbaga, Uluatrattona, daalgns, Intald work. wood eanrlag and ...; metal work, repeaiaei work. madala v.-i.-iiaii ironwork. oaWnrt-naaWag, atoetrle wiring .,?;, naeblae ahop praetle* The yoang arUaaaa -.? ., work laai nlghi, aad ahowed aanaliaraMa , S1? rtneaa ... maalpulatlag .he teeaa The caTarde . . w f0r ,.,?? eaaaya are aartkmlartj aMrttortoua ,, , ? m, dlaolag of the Oelaeler tubea la V tB.- young wUl..aaacaaBjr. aad la wertl ?cetag. ,...,,,.., ,lf .he achool ladadea Ua aeua| , currlcalum,<* w w=m oerman. l,U" P'''1. i h'enT.itlcB. chemlstry Unciudlng lab y,;.n *.hlghl r n a n tr'-?^ .? an] ?^.hMlW j oratory prai -ii;;-? ana* ien ?^ rMnx lin<1 Pr?. eaglneerlnx. m ? ? , p,^,,.,,^!, aaelated !"'"' 'rtleirP. -.rn of t.n in-trii-.. ra! tbe Trib b) "'.'.^ri v aave UluetratlonB ??f tbe VeoetUn !""' \'1SJ*r2a forae work of tha Inatltutlon. The xblU , n "arks the ...os- of tbe t.-rm's work. a,,1 . i!. cintit-.u. 1 to-day anl to-morrow irom 1 to ?Li ,^m OniWadaeaday evenlng the pupila wlll i... at work and the i.ubllc may a.>o ubat thia practlcal scbool la Uoinj. i A BA XK'S IIOLEIX THE QRO UND THE REFEREE? REPORT OX THE COM MERCTAL AND ITS IflNINO FIZZLE. A BCATHIKO AflR.'iii.VMHXT Id* THF. niP.K.TORB A.\!? AN OP1.MON THAT THK KK''KIVRR SII'.I I.P BEOtM AN' A" TION IN KQl ITT avjaj AN ACCrjUKTUBfJ OP THEIR MANAOKMKNT. Herb?rt T. Keteham. rofor** ln the auit of th* people agalnst the cmmerclal Bank. whlch went Into iiquidatlon on Aagust r.\ 1893, tlled hia report >..-: -nlay in tiie Supreme Courr. The referee. It wlll be iem*aiu*r*.l. b-nan his Inveatlgatlon Into the BBJuVa affalrs on the appllcatlon of W. N. Dykmaa ,b r-celver, who aajfaaad for instructions as to th* Ikibtllty of the Bharohoklara and dlraetora of the bank. # Th* report makes B BCathtOg arraignment cf th* . asecraand <h-.ils exhaaaHvely with the affalra of th? Bt KferVtn Mlr.itig Company. ar?K*M offl.ers were loaned barg* sunis of money by the bank wlthout adeqaat* ? ? arBtj Ti-- rti Wt abowi thai sinee the i>anl: was formally dlaaolved, oa Qctobar 2\. IM tb* r*c*t* r^r.-alized from its aaaeta taaT.tTff It; that a* has aald or holds as ilrtdenda to Ita erodhora tBk\fWa\ that on April 17. lSS.'.. Bh>.7*1 Bl had b-en exp-nded In a Imlnlstra tien of tbe tru-t and ln the pavment of the proceede Of notes heid t ,r colleetion Bl the time of ?OBaaaatBBj, leaving a balantc of W.'i? Bl I'NPAID CDAIMS. PJ3.967 :.">. j Tne report further alle-p-es that tbere is left unpald ..;? ihe claims of all credltors Jffi.'Jti" 5.'. .ludgmcnta agalnat Wlllium .1. Northrldge and John J. V.ill. aaaouaaag lo yitwiOS, have been re.'overod. There airt also BCOdlBg BCtk OX, BO the report states, dlrcetora of Ua* *?ank Car dlvtaaaaaa alleged to hav* neen wrongfuliy paid in H0- or 189;:. amouni ir.K to Ji-'.iw. Th* refera* go-K on to say that the bank ad\aneed to the St. Kevin MlOfOg Company 1 arlcus :-ums wlth? out aec irtty, amoutuing at the time of the suspen Kioti ot" the company to $;<J.1W 32. After these ad raocaa by the bank. Daraetata Keeney. Olll and .-'.. d. k-r ma le a Ivaacaa to the mlning -ompany on thelr own personal account to un amount vurloualy atated to be from $6<'.i*W to tMB,***, wlth tbe under Btandlng that on th- tlrst returns from the mine. If lt wer* aucceaaful, they w*r* t<> b* flral r-paid thelr advances, and that the bank shouid thereafter ba paM for its auvaiu e?. and that they were to r*0*hr* a il ar* of tne company'a stock ln tha e\cnt of such aucoea*. A EIXAL IJV8H. The hlsto.-y of the company showa H to have been liaaaiii < aaaflll. and much space Is devotc-J to a atate meiit of tiie direetots' expert jugglery of flsures. Th* r-f-te. c nttnoe*: "i'pon thls evidenc-e it haa l>. .-oiiie my oplnion that tho rocelver ehould com menoe au ai tio.i ar aotaaoa in aajotty ior an aaeaaaat* as to tiie piatt-rs her-lnafter referred lo and for r appropriate r*lkf against all dlre.tors of the .mtnercisl Hank who have held such ofhVe durln*r BBy part of t*n year* befor* the eommen.-ement of r a iioti. and who do not afflrmatively appear to l.?v. been fre* from fault touchlna; such raattere. 'And that ln such a.-tlon or actions the wrlvc shouid allejre aatlnst each def? ndant for the time of hls offlclal tenure was;-. negligen ?? ar.d such other nduet aa thla Inqulry or further investigation may dtacloae with referaoc* to the loar.s to Afessrs. Knowlton and Haaaell: the loana t., tb* St. Kcvin Minnu; Company; the pcraonal deallnga of some of ? rectora of that .ompany and its prop*rtj : the t ..i. ng of loans oi dlacount,* by which the whoin amounl of loans and dlacounta of the i.ank was mad. to exeeed tl.r,-, time* Ita oapttaj atoak: the ln cl . iir k i:i the calculation ot' thi profita of tb* banlc of int.res. nt th* time unpaid tliough due or R( - crued; the excludit.g from the coraputatton of Its loaaea of u.-bts whlch then remalned due lo the bank wlthout pr (..-> eafion and on whlch no lnt*r*at had been paid for mc.< than one year: the payment of dlvldenda upon any BUCh calculat:on of profita or loaa s. th.- overdrafta of d*po*ltor*; the r,-newai of < redlt as to th* prlncipal or Intaria*! ?>f loans on whlch accrued IntereMt was not paid; tb* fall.ire to enforce any obligation to the ;>a::k on which inter ??M, tlioiiKh dui or accrued, was not paid, and auch other occurrence* as a general aeoountlna may na* . ?? * ? ,,s the basi* of llablllty. No groui .1 wbatavor for any actlon agalnst John 11. Rowland appeara." i.ltf a Glllt I THK1K WA0B8 TO BE IXCBEA8ED. cLERKa am> omcE BMPurraa or r'!K bbbmnjd* UTS BLBVATBTJ BAIUbOAD TO QBV A 1<> PER CEKT ADVaJfCB Il - a;,.- lunccd thai Ih* Hoir.1 of Dlrector* of the Brooklyn BI*vot*d Coaipani will raise th* wages of tiie clerks and offlce employes at a meet? lng to-aa rrow afternooo, ao that ther- wlll bo aa Increaa* o:' it? per cent. Prtatdanl t'nlman aaya tlut the ,onipan\ ia run tdng '?') per cent more 'ralns than lt did two years ago, whlch bring* about mor?- waefc Ir. the offlce. Th- company, hi aaya, beflavca iu paytag the mm tha beat Baaoap la tb* asaraat. He aeolaa that th,? brakaoBM of tb* oampaoy ar- dl*aatl*o*d aith the wages they ar* gettlng, and aaya they recetv* tb* sani- wage< as tipis.- on o*i,-r roads tl o" a day. ln apeaklng of Ih* i implatnl aboul th* smoklng cara taken off betwean the hour* of b) and 2, Mr. I'hlman says: "The amokers w&nl them and the wom -n don't. Durlng the h- nn> m. ntloned aiathteen out of twenty pa.ssen?;er? are w**a**i and chlldren, aad aorae r*epi i and atm.ntloa must *??? miu-vii to them I hav- s,-en ;t tiinoking-. ar full of paaaengera, only two of whont wer* amoking.*' fV HEMOBY OF TIIF1R TRIlltPFT. MEN WHO WATCRED TRB ORAVBgEXD K'l.I.s IS is<..-, i-Ki! .\n AflBJOCIATlOa Hlne of !ie twanty-two watchw who went from Hrooklyn to Qrave**nd on Tforamhar ", aa*\ to w ii. 1 the polls. m*t t-ccntly at the house of Praak R. Mkchell, Mo. SM Monro.-si. jjr tb* pur poa* of foraalag a peraaanaaU orsaui*aiion. Those praaant w*r* Praak B Mlteball, Henry P Schmidt, Dr. foOOph 11 Marshall, Peter Hosenbeck. Charles <; A. Oraybura, Colon I a. s Baeoa, Claiaooa ?/. Hughea H*rberl B. Wortkkty and Mtckaal M. M. or,- Dr ItoiabaU araa ***et*i t***awrary ebaJr> m in Aii orgjniaation was th.n f.rni-d wlth Dr. Marshall as pr**M?t. Colonel A. S. Haeon vlce prcsih-iit, H*rb*fi S. Wortbley secretary and Henry P S.-hml'.li llUBBOiaf It w*s da-lded M hold th* ??,l?..| meellng f?r the .?lection of offtc-rs M th* ^ b f K-bruary. Preald ?l Marshall and Meiara Mltcbell and Wortbley w.-re ..arn.-d as a . uiimitt.-e to tram. a B(Wt COMtltUtlMI and bylaws. I, '' :U ,' ?, ;? urose as to a title for the aa* n-.atlon. nd Cte- a number of suggestions h?J been made. uw*?d?c4ded to a.topt as the rorrtalr Ulfo Th* a .ei-. ? . . Of <irave.;,nd Clcctlon Walcbcrs ot 3VM3- ltwas also vote.1 to huve thelr tirat dlnnc DhWedaeaday P*bruary 5 Meaara Moore. StoltK-r and Mltcbell wer- appolnt. d a commlttee to make the neceaaary arrangemCOta Judge Gaynor was elect*.! an honorary member of the association. and the meetin* then'adjourned. if iHt: BBOOtljYX 77/17177U>. ?The Shop ilirl ' was prasented ?' to* Coluoibla Theatre last nlght. wlu-i. II wlll be seen duilna tb* v.-ek Th- nlay was writtM by Harry J. Uam. apd tiie muslc ls by Ivan Caryl. The company and scen ery ? th* present productlon are the unma that w*re aeen durlng tbe long run of th- pleee at Pahner-s Theatre (Ieorge <lros.-mith. Jr.. sana "Beautiful. Hountlful Rertle" Violet l.lo.vd made a yivaclous "A Mllk Whlte Elag" is the attractlon at the Am pluoti Tbaatr* thia week. belng presented by th* company recently seen at the Montauk The,aire. gov ?.-ul wcll-known actors ar* ln th* east *??