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In Curing Torturfrig Disfiguring Skin Diseases (yticura Works Wonders Sold throuehont Oie world. Price,Ccttcrn*.U. W : BoAr, la.: Kssoiaent. -'?. Bet V. Mewaeai fc s>..ss, l.King Ksward 1-.lCsw***s St, London, E. C. tg- "How MOSM Kvery Pkln Disease," poet-free. CUAT ABOUT PROMINENT MKN Mayor PtngTce, of Detroit, was in the elty for a eliort time yesterday He lOOS th.- Inmt for Provi? dente, where be goes to m.ik.- an address at the dinner ..f the Business Men's Association. Mayor Bbjfls?| in hjg addreflo-la ?^-oviOtaiae, wall deaj with. tmfhMipii prhbtems, and especially the streeicar question, which is now of intercut to Providence peopi... Then- Is'ftoVna hi th.- countrv, fjerhep*, ?ahn bas fought -lie street railway systems, m ire persistently than Mayor Plngree. Only a few weeks agi. be was ejected /run a.-iir In ?hliowa-oltp for trying to compel the conductor to sell hl.at six ticket* /..r .'"> i-?-iite. There was a dispute betwe-?ri Hi? M?> r a.ti-1 tbt- .-oiiduy.lur about the la^' relat Ing to the nutter, and It now look* as if thA"else ?would be takin into the courts. Mayor Plngree nets deliberately, but he usually attains his end, 3B- T-lll return to New-York nnct Monday or Tues daya ? Mayer Pin^reo says, he sees in.my things here In the way of streetcar transit that might be gofosessd, A tall man, wearing a heavy cape overcoat, using -a cane, and feeling before him as If his .dght were affected, entered an uptown hotel one evening r> costly. He was Captain Phllo N. M'Otffeu, of the Cbtiead Navy. wJio Mas seen as much reu.1 iightin?, perhaps, as any European or American Since the Clos- of the Fran. o-Pius-.an war. Captain M'Glf f.ti was in commend of s Chinese Ironclad at the battu- of the Yaiu River, and received injuries there from which he will never recover, in the curse of j the battle all the hair was burned off ills bead and ?face, and ids eyes were tunnel. He has never re? gain. I tils eyesight fully, although hi* hair has i grown oui again, lb- said. In speaking of the condi? tion of aft.m.- In the Far Ba*t: "When China went to wai she ba I > navy and an army inat were iwkine with corruption. The Chinese as fighters are coward*. Sun- of the lower grade ol Chin?se I fight with atiimal-ltVe int. His.-tic-, but when our Ship Went Into BCtlon at Port Arthur 1 was sur prisi l to find that my brave lieutenants had tl> l I from the gun de ks, an 1 were down below the water line. Only one 01 I vo of the entire list ol offl era remain. 1 at their post*. Kv.ryth ng was ? from Star! t. finish In that battle, and 1 cannot speak IntelllgW " hwut U. as I lost mj ghi so A after th.- vessels had clos-.i in. 1 will never fo?gH th.- look of Joy on the face of the Admiral of our tie, : who rtoi l on the bridge with i glass, when the Japan M He** slowly swung around an ! turn? 1 tall. H- .'?."I in ObJnese. again ani Sgali Thej ?le..' the) flee.'? Ha saw (be chance ol -- aping g -,bat:!?; lau lb?-lapa .-. iarp. They merelj swung Into brtter position, and then carne down riard. His look ol anguish when he saw '.hat ht must rhjtht whs sisaos! pathetic?.' ? .. .. Mr Depew's int. rpretati .n *..f the Monroe Doc trine In bis speech !.. fore (be p, ir Assoeiation at Albany has met approval and disapproval in Une ?with? the personal opinion* of those who read II Bom?- have written him saying that the speech was Insplrt i. and others, havi.ndemned Mm bitterly. 3le is dally in receipt of many letters referring to the speech. He got s clipping yesterday with s letter Which Dr. si?ndonos, Brazilian Minister at AVaahinf.tot), w.-o-.,- ;.. i lo-al ?>api r. dealing with to- SW -o :i.-?.U by Mr. Depew. I?r Men ion..a uj> uti exacto cJ?ip.lment*rj>. Mr. Depewi nm It ..-no comment upon the J eter's letter, in which the latter -all. "Mr 1 lopev. fears that Y.-rozu.-la or ji-.izil will sell a portloi if iheli territory, ai l it f.. ins. to him thai a protectorate of the l :... d States over Its Uatln i. Ighbow l- Indispensable. Th ? principal area:::.:.: of Mr. Depew** theory is merely an absurdity." Mr. Depew says that he la going t.. wait nial hear from ill helare he tries to answ.r any one. 8oma-Tammany politicians nr- ?erloiisly fifc?ssl/ig ?Amo? J. Cummins*, member of Congress, us a feasible i mdldate for Mayor when Mayor Strong's term expires two year* from now. it has been an opee ?-? r> t ,n polltl .1 cli le? : ? some years thai Mr. CummbWi ambition in political lit- was to he at the h-a i ..: the municipal government. It 1- .-i i that John i'. Sbeehai) ?'"'? other Tammany leaders ire united In thinking that Congressman Cummlngs would make the ?trongeai candidate ti.it 'i in many could put op. Ttai wh. le plan la said tp have is-en dlsousoed .it a llnner recently, at which ??were present Mr. Camming*. Mr. Bheehan, John }'..; ? i- 1 other members of Tammany. Kz-Congressmah Timothy J. Campbell is a famil? iar flaire about the Fifth Avenu. Hotel I :t se days, Mr. Campbell s much aggrieved at tix- way he !.av been treated by some character writers. Recently several papers have printed alleged Interviews with "Tammany Tim " which did not please the Bast b? p..,itician at all. Things have bol been run ning to gull Campbell lately. H,- has sppeared as cheery a.- usual since Congress decided that H ' i'luy Miner was ??: -itled to the s.-ut will' h Mr Campeen aBesjed had i.e^n aaucped by the tn man. Mr. Campbell hold* a grudge againsi those ?who, he says, wer.- against him m that fight, and he I* qtrietry waiting a chance "to gel even," which I he declares confldeatly will come in due time PLENTY OF WE IX Till: HUDSON. F..T.SI-: RBBOftTg THAI THE I.i:\WNi; CQMPAKIK8 WILL BE 8PPPLIED il;. M maim;. An effort has bfen made to create it.. Impression i?r the mir, 1 of trie public that the'lr.- crop In the Hudson H ver district has be.ri g failure thus far this aeJaso.n, that there Is no prospect'of a crop In the district, and that the leading ice companies have bees m?kln? arrangement* to (ret supplies of ice from Maine. There ?s no truth In the reports which have been cint?late.?, and It Is known that many saos bave t-e.-n employed fa harvesting Ice In ti:? llu is,.n Rivet district for several dais. Robert Maciay, the eras! leal of the Knickerbocker let Company, said yesterday: 1 think we'ar? ,,nlv'a wee* laier this year In the barvestlns of Ire than we w.-r.- ??st year, and the prospects for a good harvest In February are prom? it ? g The storm here In the city to-day is no Indi? cation of th.- w.-ith.-r near Kingston They may have sao? up there. There I* a fair thtskneai of ice at Kingston now, and the ice Is fast in the river. or ?nurse, if a rainstorm extended up the river and tested long enough to dislodge tin- Ice there would nave to be seven coldwesthei to make ne? :.r rner* would be a scarcity of ice In the district but , i- ong as the ir.- is not dislodged, a little more COM weather wi.l make it thicker. MRS. WQRMAN'S II Y ERAL. ? The fanerai of Mrs. j h. Worms*, who com? mute l sttlotdc at No. 2i8 Flfth-ave.. Thursday nlfrht, - was held last evening at tin- apartments of the family Ir. the Hotel Kgjestlc. The services were conducted by the it, v. H. C. Parrar.of Albaay, a I.ersonal friend of the Wot mans. The \xx\y 'will ,<- taken to Norwich, n. Jr., to-day, and win be ,, l>ur?( 1 t..-morrow. , . lVestl4^S?, ?^sX^ *** rRAOe MABK -s JJ\. (^reliable: <% CARPETS : "MONEY SAVED IS MONEY EARNED." ? When yob cmmMrr thai the Oovcrnntent intends raislr.j $;s.niii?.n(iu on wool ati.l wool lea* ai .no, it means that ? ?or all wool carpets ?re ?rr.lnt; to co?t much rrr.re, y-> what you buy new ?111 t* woaey ?a\e.l In the ne?.r future. We *rr ?till ?rliUiS at the late low rai*s-j-l*f?.re the recent ?-h an.-.-- tait many nrr down to ri-tnnant lengths i>lr efl..rrn..us daily sales ..-.? exhnuiitlnir the supply. Srlr?'lli>n? stioiilil In- inatlr nt once. Al the same tirar Inspect our Furniture. . l*Hit? gjreally reduced. CASH or CREDIT JT @VPERTHWAIT *^a m. 106 and 108 West 14*91. NEAR 6?AV. jrooklyn Sloteb: FlatbushAv.nearFuKonSl ? FREE AND EA8Y PRISON. CONVICTS HOAMINC, ABOUT AT WILL IN DAKXEVORA?MOW OXB MAN WAS KILLED. Alt.my. .Inn. 24.-The Investigation Of Clinton Prison continued to he thi- subject of attention In the hssiing before Commissioner Eton R. Brown to-day on the chsrgea against Austin Lsthrop, Bu l?erinteiiilent of Btste Prisons O. alalooeuff, of Plattsburg;, non of a hotel-keeper at that pis e, t> stilled that he had seen a convict come to his father's house In a carriage with two women, who went away without him. The convict stayed about three hours and ask?-'l the witness to Ret him some whiskey, but bis fstber told the convict he could not have It 11. ? Hej worth, who has <harge of State IsndS about Dsnnetnors, testlned thsl bs was in Allen ft Cunnlnghnm's store when a negro came in and asked for u. mouth-organ. He was in cttlsen'i clothes, but the witness saw him later In prison ?art?. <?n cross-examination. Hey worth sal?l his wife was a daughter of ex-Sheriff White, of Clinton County, one of the complainants In the case against Superintendent Lathrop He had been told the negro's name wns Jackson and that he was the Warden's servant. Every time he went to Panne mora, Heyworth said, he saw convicts In and out qf the. prison grounds. He once saw a convict three or four miles from the prison driving In an open boggy. He knew of a convict play Ina; ft piano in a new hosehouse In I?annemora village. Commissioner Hrown wanted to know If It was the custom in other prisons to give the convicts su muuh freedom, or if It was peculiar to Clinton Prison. Mr. Wheeler, of counsel for the prosecu? tion, declared that It ?n.? don? only st Clinton. 8ssiator Brackett ?aid he could show It was cus? tomary all over the country to permit certain men who could be trusted to go on errsndi for the w T. Clay said he remembered the es?.ape of Raf fhrtv and ;n!?>t,her convict. H? ssw bun ? short time before he esoaped near hi? bouse. He had seen convicts sliding down hill on three or four OCCS? .?Ions. Alexan Ur Manlev, a pOket guard, said he knew a convict named Ullis ?'ho died while In pris.m as ,i result of a wound Inflicted by S ]>r!?on official. He was n..?r the macs cell when Deputy McK-nna went for TJIlls to take him out. The convict refuse?! to come out, and IfcKsnns went in the cell with a "hilly." He heanl blows and. looking In. saw Llllls on the cell floor, covered with blood Mills ?lied on the next day from his wounds. A Coroner's Jury brought In a verdict of Justifiable homicide. H. B. KlnSSley, who has been keeper nt the front ei,trance of the prison since 1*<W, testified that three or f?ur convicts went out of the prison one night :fhl sttvnded ji show given across the way from ihe prison l>y a travelling company of players. On cross-examination he ?all he always used the utmost care in allowing convicts to pass out. It had I been the custom ?luring the whole time he was at the prison to send convicts out on errands. In selecting men t<> do outside work the prison officials always chose convicts whose terms would soon ex? pire, and who would gain almost nothing if tbey ran away. .4Y AOED lMVS REMARKABLE TALE. SAYS HE WAP TIIK FIRST L'"''>M? ?T1VF1 F.NGINEF.R IN AMERICA NOW HE <",(>KS To THE WORKHOUSE. At the request of Warden Lawrence Dunphy, c?f the Workhouse, Magistrate Kudllch, in EssstS Mar? ket Police Court, jresterdsy recommitted t?> thst Irstir.itlon Wooil Benson, eighty-nine years oil. i vagi.iut. According to Benson's story, be has n?-ver tasted tobacco, mall or spirituous liquor in any form. This statement is to g great degree cor? roborated by the old man's appearance. He is hale snd hearty, stands perfectly erect, losing not an Inch Ol till sit'f?-?-: i" height, Writes a wonderfully leg? ible hatiJ. anl has never In his life, he says, used gl urter HsYiSon has already serve! one t- rm of three months in the Workhouse, where he is librarla) At Ihe end of a similar period in- expects to he cared fir by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Benson m.ikrs th? remarkable statement that he la not only the oldest living locomotlvi engineer, but that he w,is the tlrst In America to pull the throttle on a moving steam engine operated upon a track or railway. According to statements mide by him In Essex .Mark, t Police Court h>- was horn on a farm In this city in lsvT, th?- location !?? lug "Amity st ." or. as it 1? known now. West Thlrd-st. He wotk-- i as a young man on machiner), he says, and when the first locomotive was constructed he assisted I;, the work. Although the Inventor was th? nominal engineer, he leclares thit upon the Initial trip over the Hudson River Railway he was the man actually i:. 'hart;, of the throttle. During the tire of the Herklmer bridge Benson say? that he was the engi? neer who ran upon it, not ki.owing ?t t<> be In flames ??Tags fact he disc ivertd too late to retreat, so OJ I n Ing wide th.- throttle h,- .lashed over the biasing structure, burning the hair from his head, bul s;?\ Ing the train. On the train Wets .i party of Na? tional Republican delegates en route for Bjaratoga and upon learning "f th.-'r almost miraculous es? a] ? from a horrible death a purse of M,000 wss pr. - sented to the engineer. This is Benson's storj Having ?n is:?? gol together considerable money, he says he left the engine cab t< speculate In Wall Street, where be ?'?on lost all. Por nearly ten *? in hi says b? wa* a guest of the Fifth Avenu- Hotel, FILING CLAIMS iQAINHT THE CITY. ASSESSMENTS POH MUNICIPAL WORK THAT WAS KOT EXECUTED. i in the last week mors than a dosen claims have been lodged against lb? rity, among th?m being .i number based upon the action taken by the city to open Twelfth-ave. fn.m Plfty-nlnth-st, t., Wesi i ine-bundn d-snd-flfty-thlrd-st. Property-holders ail along t:i?. line were a ?.??.?'s.d. the assessments were paid and the property token, but the Im? provements were never msde, though for the prop > r ! ?. * indemne, i awards were paid at the time, two years ago. Afterward the property thai bad been condemned was given bach to Ihe original owners ?but th? owners could nol be made to return the money received in the awards. Ever since the project of opening the avenu.- w,,,. ai/.iiidoti'-d, property-holders who sere sssessi : : n the projected Improvement hove been filing clslma th.it thvlr assessments should be returned. The assessments cannot be refunded until ther? 1? a Rp'-lnl act passed by th?- Legislature empowering the city to pay bsck the money. The same conditions exist in the matter of the as sessments ?for the proposed outlet sewer through One-hundred-snd-tenth-st. from flfth-svs to the Harlem River, as that Improvement ?as never SO? compllshed. Through btjth the transa? lions ttie City will lose thousands of dollars W?.latn H. Ti ni;? has til Hamas .. i la'rn for 8,000 - . against the city for personal Injuries BUI talned through falling Into sn excavation made bj the city. police Justice Joseph Wadlck, of the village of Wakefleid. has ill? d a claim for S37C with Ihe Con? troller against the city, which b? alleges is due him for salary from th.- city from April i of last year to January i of th<- present rear. He main rains' that the a<t of annexation ?lid not legislut? him out "f office. The Controller lias referred the ? -?aim to th? i'oil.oration Counael. LOCAL BUSINESS COMPLICATIONB. Joseph Ryan, a plumber, at n >. ??so Boulevard, Is reported t.? have ??-ft the city owing a considerable amount to his creditors, and Deputy Sheriff Henning has taken possession of his place of business in which th?-re i? still a considerable stock ?if plumber's Supplies Creditors who Inquired for him at his store and dwelling wer? informed that he had gone to lir.-at Harrington, Mass., with his Wife, and that the furniture In his home had been park?-.l up ready for removal. He has 1-en ;n business six years, was for several years of the llrni of Ryan ft Holmes, whom he succeeded In March, 1SS?T,. and did consid? erable contract work on large buildings. It Is said that he promis?-?! to pay some of his Creditors out of money to be received for work on the Murray, Hill Hotel and other buildings, but creditors have just learned that he received $12.000 In August, Novem? ber and 1>.???ember, which he did not pay their claims With. .Sey.-ral workmen called at his store yesterday looking for their wage?. Deputy sheriff Butler yesterday recetv?d an execu tlon for $f,0,3tit> against William Poster, Jr., of No. 14*1 Broadwsy, who made an assignment on Thurs? day with liabilities of M00.000, in fsvor of James m Constabas, Th.- claim Is OU three demain! notes made by Mr. Foster Jn 1KI1 and 18112, uggreg.tting J+'.ono, on which the interest amounts to S1U.340 and the COSH to $2ii Mr Constable liegan suit against Mr. Poster on Dacembw U lost, and judgment srsa tak? n yesterdaj by default. Edmond K. Wise, assignee ?.f H. ft B. .Strauss, corset manufacturers, or No 4i>; Broadway, an?l al Newark, N. J., who tsusd on January 4, obtained lesv? yesterday to Sie a provisional bond of $60,000, sa the tirm had negl.-cted to prepare the necessary schedules. As near as he can learn the liabilities ar.- nm.'njo, the nominal assets $l?.1,0uu and the actual assets $86,003. Deputy Sheriff Lipsky has received an attachment for $!i,4.>i against Alesander Johnston an?l Thomas Noble, brokers, of No. IE Broadway, in favor of A. A. Housraan ft Co., si.e-k brokers. f..r commis? sions due on purchases an?l sales of stocks. Mrs. i'lara w. Lefferts yesterday confessed Ju?lg ment for Slft.l 10 In favor Ol Slgourney \V. Fay for money lent to her at various times from i*W7 to I ?lite, for use In liar business, and execution wa? is- I Sued to the Sheriff The business has been carried ' on for her under the style of Marshall Lefferts ft i Co., agents, galvanisera St No, K?0 Heckman ami ! No. 4? Cherry-StS., since June, IXS7, when the firm of Marshall Leffert? ft Co. mide in assignment. \t:\v WANDEN LIKELY TO-DAY. A new Wanlen of the Tombs prison will in all probability he appointed to-day to gUCCSCd John J. Fall?n. Commissioner Wright sal?l yesterday morn? ing that he ha.l thre?- men under consideration, and they are t.? appear ??'fore him this morning, when he wlh decide which to appoint. I I ?11)1) l'Oit IIODV. IIIIM) AM) It It \ I N. A. B. C. S Oatmeal Or AI.I. lim-: IKFABT rotins THF. HF.XT. CITY COLL?GE ALUM \7 TO DINE. MAYOR STRONG WILL ADDRESS THE GRAD? UATES AT THE BAVOT TOXIOHT. Extensive preparations have been made for the annual reunion and dinner of the Alumni Associa? tion of the fol?ese of the City of New-York t.. be held to-r.iKht at the Hotel Savoy. Charles K. I.y decker Will pre-1 k Mayor Strong bas promised to be present and DR. THOMAS HUNTER make one of the speeches. Thomas Hunter, presi? dent of the N'.rmal College; Robert Maclay, it- -i deal of the Hoard of Trustees of the fit> soliese, and several ??! th< m mbers of the Board will siso be present. President Alexander & Webb has prom? lsed to address the association. Several toasts have been arranged for by the d i rmai ol .mmlttee. Tho.->- who will sp, ,k *n : Pi fess i John ton, "Thu Hlstorl OENERAL ALEXANDER s WEBB. cal Ai ? f th* Ves Site"; William .1. O'Shea, '?:. -The Young Idea' Ferdinand Shack. '74. "'J'b. Traditions >.f Our Alms Mater"; Louis Hicks. '>'.. ' 1 ?ur Plsi e Ami 1 1 Hanford Crawford. 'T.. ' Demand and Supply ' Jul us M. Mayer, 'M. "Ichthyosaurus A. iden Muralls." The . '.? um Itte. f Ai ? made up folio wins sentlemen William .1 ' nderwood, '74. ch ilrman and ti 1 ? 1 I t 1 trict-Atl Bartow S. Weeks "7J Pi - .1 A lolph Werner, '.'.7; P i'. KTlng>land, '61; William II Keny n, '76; Bernard Loth, '77. 1 .. ray, 'si; Pi n \ s Hlllreth, '85, on! Samuel Whitnej bunscomb, Jr.. m OVER 1 7//o? S.4.V/1 PRESENT. NINTH ANNt'AI. RSTRRTAINMRXT ANfl Rl "RPTIOS ?.?' TIIK MA? '1 ,-" TI AI. MU. The many bundn I empl if ?< II. Ms ?? t Co., with th.-ir friends, r..w!< 1 t:,? Leaos Lyceum, Fifty-ninth it, ind Madlson-av? . lasi evenlns. Il was the nlntb a and reception of the Mi v M r uni II the, wet ma' I ci . \ 1 of 1 I to excellent ville, I to the popular music -.i the da) Th.- Mary Mutual Aid was organised bj * ber of the emi : 1 ?? si 1 nee thai t.n.. IW.OOO has been listrlbul .1:.. i|. k, or paid !?> iu- f uni_ of dead 1 ml?ri Bevi of the employes are men >*-re, and pa) 1 noi fee ..t stated period in-1 it. .? ? 1 ? , and the i . and buslnesn ol the Aid 1- lefi entlrel) w,-h th. mi n.i ? 1 -. who havi pa s t I he bu operative one, and a ? ; or .reed I ' taste* of lie Ins ?? membi r In ease of sic* 1 lhai 1,. h |) evei 1 1. n ... thi ? 1. , o) ..t 1 he tarai ? -? ,i llsbmi nl i. ? ?:??? - afllll il : ?rith Ihi Mutual Aid. 1 re m a 1 11\. ral isa nil persons * ? I I ? t.. Lenox L) im ? ? nmltte* 1 . ai h > n 1 ;??-. .. I.. ? ? ? ? 1 the ti il , and t.- f ira the enteri ?ppoi lui I) a-a given for thi renewal ol Frlendsnlp? throughout th. large asuemblage Tin .... ista gflrl form. 1 se Impui t.it.t a pai 1 ol the gathering is thi manag of a department, and every 1 ? eemed to know his ..1 bei neighbor. Por tw . hours the m tnh 1 \\ I I lughed at, enj red ind applauded . uu the 1 fforti ..1 the 01 '? ?n vaudet II1? enti : 1 . Im r The reel ..f the .-\ nil . nt In d*ni Ins. *n I the i.iii-. dancing hall .\ 1- cro,w<led with waltsers ?h.i kepi .!?;. to Ihi . : the 7in Kegiment Band. The oftic*ri of the Msey Mutual Aid are An is McDonald, president; It Korde, ?ice president; F. I', Douglas, treasurer; Alexander Maclean, secretar) The directors are Mrs. K M H'*.k.-. Mrs M H .1 . Mis. M. A Russell, Mis H Walsh, Miss L. l-sngson, W .1 Burden, .1. tin M< Mahon, Ji.s 'l . 1 1 Thomas > ? u ' P. A. C. mer ford. C, H Baker, John i: Henry, I. It Price, .inn. s Wood . and .1 .1 Pa len; physician, It. A. Flnkleslone The Committee .f Arrangements for last evening's em rtalnmeni wer?- in.uni.-. Heynes, chairman; John K Henry and William Maclean. The Iteceptlon Committee comprised W. It. Pitt, .1. L Webster |r., W. .1 B?rdett, \\ II Jeffery, W, Hall. A. T. Prentice. .1 1: s.-ha.-fY-r, !.. Straus, .1. Bell. .1 Uranberg, W. I Onderdonk ?; Paulmlner, 11. Chase, J. Kelly, T J. Kevins, .1 II Th rfnpson, K \< Hall igh< ? 1 R, Price .1. Woods, it. I. .1 fhumlnsky, U W. Fit* llunh. \\ Hera and .1 J l >uff\ Mi and Mr- c. it Weh ter, Mr .I Mrs. Isldor Str.in-- and Nathan Straus wen presen I during the evenlns FORM OF THE UARBA1IE COXTRACT. STRINGENT RKQllHRMKNTfl AS TO TUB MRTHODH OF I INAI. DISPOSITIOM Corporation Oounsel Bcott yesterday received the j.rit..te.i f..rm of contrae) proposed to be submitted to ail bidders for the contract for the Una: dlapoet tlos of garbage it is in pamphlet form, ami covers twenty-four page* In all. Th.- ternis are thai no garbage shall be .lump. ? h, the ocean or the waters adjacent to the city, bul that such disposition shsll be made of it as will not <?( nfiirt with existing laws. Ths garbage will be delivered by the Btreel Cleaning Deportment, frc from ashes, at the Department damps, and it |* estimated thai sboul MO tons will i?- bandied dally. The btddlns price must be per ton >.f MM pounds. There must sccompany each bid s Cull and accurate ; description of the proposed mode of disposition, and tin- bidders must guarantee to build and put In operation s plant of capacity ample enough to dis P >.- ..f :?m tons p. 1 day, and such p.ant must be begun within ?blrtj dayi sfter the ex?cution of the contra? t. Th.- .its may pur. base tin plant, If It see* in. and the w.rk of building ?t shall t..- super- ' vised by the commissioner of Btreel Cleaning. The contra.-lor most furnish the SCOWS, and ,n sutil, eut numb. r. o 'hat there shall be i, ., cumulation of garbage, and bs shall not be allow.,1 to us.- say piers or docks without the consent of the Departmenl >.f i?..-ks. The number of scow* shall be determined b) the Commissioner, and the entire work shall be superintended by Mm. Is ease of failure to comply with any of the regulations r< sordina the number ..f *????,-. the Commissioner m iv hire anybody h. sees lit in d.? the work and charge th>- expense to the contractor. No separation of the garbage w.i be allowed along th.- v\.it.o from or at th.- dumps, and all gar? bage must be removed within twenty-four boars \ny employ) deemed Incompetent by the Comm ?loner must be discharged, and such ,1 person may aoi i., employed by the contractor without the Com? missloni-r's consent. The ...titra, tor shall us.- such appliances and em? ploy as nan} men as th Commissioner directs nd in case Of .iispute th- Hoard of Estimate ?hali hear tioth sides and determine the question, Its i,-,- don being final Th.- contractor must lib- .1 bund for llll.fli?) with he Controller f-r the faithful performance of his ?ork. if the contractor abandons hi* work his .Uni shell reven to the city, and the ?..rk shall ontinut- at the .-. Director's expense Ths advertisement for bids will be published fur ' da>d, beginning to la). | ' MIGHT HUNT THE PENSION ft SI). IT Wutl.D Uin HEAVILY SHOt'Ll") TIIK RAINKS HILL IN ITS PRESENT PQBM PAs? Treasurer Andrews, of the Police Department, Is considering what the effect on the I'olloe pension Fund will be should the Raines Bxetee bill become a i.-iw. At peasant Uss pension fund of ths PoUcs Department receives its main support from the ex ? Ise moneys The sum of gsttttOO s year of the ex< Is? money is palil Into the fund. Ho far as Is known, no provision Is ma?le In tin- Raines measure for the police pensioners. I'nder it all the sxeiss I moneys g?? to the State, if the present revenue i which the fun?l receives from the excise money Should be cut ?ff. the ftitnl WOUld be in ?langer of collapse. In addition to the excise moneys the fund I? made up of a i per ?ent d?duction from the sala? ries of all members of the force, si?k ami leave time fines, unexpended salarte? and ths receipts of the sale Of lost and unclaimed properly. Mr. Andrews sal?l vestenlay: "With the loss of this money the fun?l would be bankrupt unl< ?? money was raised some other way. I presume the city would have to raise the money by general taxation. The matter will be brought to the attention of the Legislature In some proper way, probably through the city's representative from the Corporation Counsel's office." A ROUND-UP OP VAOEANTS. MAGISTRATE DBUEL SENDS A match TO THK WORKHOUSE. Th.? police yesterday round?"?! up another bitch of Vagrants, who were taken from the BelleVUC }lr* jilt-il l.xlglng-house. at the foot of Hast Twenty Stxth-St. Slxty-thr.e in all were made prisoners. Chi.f Conlln decided upon a r.ew order of things. The vagT?intS have been arrested ?lay after day. only to be discharged at the Bases Market Court, yesterday the Chief gave orders to have the men taken t" Jefferson Market Court before Magistrate i i.-i.-!. This was don?', and Magistrate Deuel held ,,:: bul tWenty-slx, who were let g". Th? rest were committed to the workhouse, ROBBED H) HIB NEW SERVANT^ MR. DAVIS" I.KIT HIM IM CHAROB OP Rig h?"?ms AND ms COMPIOBRCE was BETRsvki?. John D?voila, nineteen years old, of No 'i'1-' Bowery, who shI?1 he was a brass llnlsh.-r; Joseph Dorrity, twenty-nine years old, a machinist, of No. 14.1 Bowery, and Krank Daniels, twenty-two years old. I profes?loi:al nurse, of No. M BOWery, w. H arraigned in Jefferson Msrket Court yosterdsy by Detectives Pepperted and Taylor, of th? W?et Thir? ty seventh It station. OS th? ?barge of burglary. Th.- complainant was Benjamin O. Davis, s re? tired business mar., who lives in his bachelor epsrt menta al So MO West Twenty-elghth-st. He m-t I,. ... m ..n the itreete several weeks ago, and Deve? nu told him such a pitiful tale of hard luck that Mr. Davis hired him .is a servant Mr I ?avis went to Philadelphia on January !.. Biil lefl DeveRn In ?-harge of the rooms. When ? returned th- following afternoon, he found that over $23u w?.rth ??f clothing ha l been taken, snd Dcveltn had disappeared, Th- detectives found on the premises tw.. old suits of clothing thsl the thieve? h.nl exchsnged for the new clothes In the pocket? of th.- cast-off clothes was found ? l.i.i?.;> ti -k-t, with the address So, Tl Fourth-ave. n was from thi? clew that l>.-inie;s wa.? arrested on We?lnesdsy night He wa? wearing one of the stolen -hi? when h.- was arrested. Ha confessed thai he w.i.? guilty, and Implicated the other two ! , . rs, who w-re arrested Thursday night M.tglstrate Deuel held the two for trial. PRICES IN THE If IRKETS. Till: STORM INTERFERES WITH TRADE PISH, VEGETABLES AN1? PRLTT. Testerday'a provision markets were affected by th,. cold and rainy weather, which k'p. people st home. Th- price of fi?h was rather high, but there ?ras i large supply <.f vegetables and fr?iits ta select from. Table apples > ents s peck un l cooking apple* .-'?'i ?. its a peck. String bum? m Id for 2.* cents B "iii" ?.?. IS centi s bunch; Brussels ents a quart. w hit? csbbag1 , 0 to 10 red i ibb ige, 10 to 16 cents a hi a !. Ravo) I to 14 ? o has i. carr its, ' ??> 10 i bunch; cauliflower, IE to :.nts i head; to i E i bunch; h vi ?, IS centi i ? !?? i ri> ?. IS .?' nts a qjuarl ers, 28 . ? ? ? en11 ? ' iu ? - ?. . g. ; ? ? nts i pi I centi h rse? ? ? : ? nts kale, x. cents a peck; ? ? mint 10 ' ? tu ? i I Is a poun I; oki IS Cents ? ?i'.i.irt ; red ons, I cents a uuart. whll . 10 cents n quart; oystei pont, i? cuts ., bunch; parsnip?, to nts i quart; pi ppi rs, 50 new potatoes, IS I quart : peck; rs - . iti .;? irb. || i ente i bunch; . ; ; .? . thouee tomatoes, 40 c? ; '????; ? cents s p?-'-k. w hite tur i pi ck, snd ? nts s i ' i i i ? il ? I wll for II B each, aril bucks f .r - ? : ? in I. white i ge. II < ents; white perch, am? irge, ? ? ?. I.?.. enti ikate, < . . iit?. large v,. tkflsh, It ?enl -? i ;..iis. 25 ? . .i ??. 1'. to II cents; blu< . ? . rt .,<,, live ?? ? er?, im ?>- s, i.?'-.? cents; fn -ii ms k. rel, large, :: i h ha Id- k. I to i" ? ?? nti i po ind ? k ? i >n? i?. ind kliigllsh, ?" ? en) r, 16 o-nts, pomp in i. iu ? ? ht-, picken I, i?? red snappers, 20 cents; Western salmon, K Rpanish ii? i ents, i melts, IS . ? ? its; crab m st, i" . ? nts a po nidi Ou cents a pound hai I crabs, " 'ents ,i <l"/. n . ?.j ?NT crabs, 13 . .m ? an ou m ?? Ths meal market waa al ii? usual figure? Prime rib of beef coal 3 cents ? pound; itorterhotise roast, :? ''Hi?, porterhouse ?:.'.,k. 2t cents sirloin ?t..ik| 22 cents; Delmonlru steak, 22 cent?, round-bone steak, Is cents; Dal bone ?ti ,ik, 22 ? ents; fresh rump cent? he p-roasl beef, H cents leg :???? -, ? cent?; lllel of beef, 60 cents; navel r irn beef. ? -i beef, 1" ????nt?. i iimp cot n beef I* cents ostalls, 12 cents each; beef liver, 10 cents s pound: i.r kidney, 16 rents each; veal chops, :?.'. rents a pound, loin or veal, 20 cents; le? of veal, t? . ? :r . breas) ol leal, 14 cents; ihouldei ol veal, 14 centi veal cutlet, 26 cents; filet of vesl, 25 cents; calf's head, So cents each; calf's liver, "? cents; calf's f.-et. 1" cents each, iweetbi Ills, $1 25a pall Malaga grapes ?.-li for 20 cents a pound; new pru nells, la cents a pound; fancy table prunes, is rents a pound. Jamaica oisngM, So cents H dosen; laika K' it? grapes, IS cents ? pound. California nsvol oral es, SO cent? s dosen new raisins, IS to 22 cents a pound. Plorida oranges, SO cents a ?i ?s? n; almonds l* cents a pound; mixed nuts, 20 centi n pound, lady apples, 2S cents ? quart; California p. si ? -, SO cents a dozen, Smyrna figs, IS cents a pound The besl butter 1? from M to M ci .it? a pound, and flesh eggs are I" cent? a di Sen. l < Illl.H WCIDENTALLY SHOT. Vlncenso Oautalupo, ? barber, employed In Oab bla'a barb.-rshop. al No w-. Bl Mark's Place, was arrested yosterdsy morning f?u- shooting his em? ployer's two-and-one-hatf-year-otd son, victor. The shooting wa.? accidental, Cautalupo was cleaning his revolver. He h?Id ?t In his left hand, and m th- other he bad i towel. The pistol exploded m some m.muer, which the barber .?ays ha cannoi ex? plain, but think? ihal th- towel cauchl the trigger I'he liibbia child w,i.? playing on the n. or al ihe lime, The bullet struck him in the lefl arm, and took an upward curse, lodging In the Ihouldei The wound inflict-?! !?s a serious one. The child w,i tak-n to Bellevue Hospital. Policeman Ackorson wa? called into the barber? shop and placed i'. utalupo under arresi Ha ? is arraigned in th? Kssex Market police Court lat?r and heiii in $."^w ball. Cautalupo lives in Brooklyn. YOUNG THIEVES HELD FOE TRIAL. Tiie two boys, John Csisidy and Peter Short, who were arrested by Special Detectives Alken and Arm? strong, of the W?S| S xty-elghth-st. police station. on Wednesdaj night, sftei Ihej were seen to enter twentj dlffsrenl hsllway?, snd tr> a number of ar a gstes ?m Columbus-ave., were arraigned m Voikviii" Police Courl yeaterday moraine. William Hoffman Jeweber, of No. ur. West Plfty. slxth-st., wa? m court, He Identified the medals coins, watch esses, etc., thai were round in th-j boys' possession as his property, thai hid been stoi n fr?>m his apartments in the family's absence On Wednesday afternoon. The pawn tickets found on th- rada for sa erar coal and ,i mandolin were taken la Pullln'i pawn? shop, at No, OM Tenth-avi The goods were pro? duced and Identified by Monroe Stem, of No 107 West Slxtv-fourrh-.il as having ben taken from his p?a. e, also on Wednesdai ?m the affidavit ..f Mr stern, corroborated by Mis Hoffman, the young defendants wer? com? mitted by Magistrat.- Slnims Cissilv, who Is only fourteen years "id. will be looked sfter by the (icrry people, [leading trial. I SPECIAL AGENCY INCORPORATED. Papers were nied at Albany, January 21, Incorpor? ating the s c. Beckwlth Special Agency, which sucee.ls S. C. Iteckwlth rs the sp.-cl.il advertising agent for S birg?' list of Important SOWpspsrs Th. ns? compsaj win be compose.i of s. c. Beckwlth R, W, H.ckwi'i and j. T. Bockwltb, with offlce? in The Tribune lltilld'-g and !n The Rookery, I'hl eago, Th.- i-a . latter sre brothers of th?? Aral named, wha have been associated with him in business for Lie ln.it fifteen years, and who now nc(|uir. ?n Interest there's The step taken h looked ii> ?n with favor l.v the ?pe.iai papers represented bv Mr. Beckwlth Mr. Beckwlth Is recognised as one ?f th.- hardest workers In his special l.nt Although comparatively young man. h? rinks as the second .Id.s: "spectsl agi nt" In New-York City to-day in I luring the eighteen years that ha has rVprsssnt?] ils speclsl papers the business has trown tu ons of r^c iiroportici? i Ivory Soap It Floats A luxury is "Anything which pleases the senses and is also costly or difficult to obtain." .... 4l mm u Ivory Soap pleases the senses, but is neither costly nor difficult to obtain. Your grocer keeps it. TH" Pnom? S OAMSI.I CO . OlM-TI _ THE BEKTILLON SYSTEM. ICBASURElfBNT INFALLIBLE AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION. AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE IN PENAI. JURISDIC? TION oBJaxnoNft to Tin-: ironm PNPOCKDKO. The I'rlson Association of New-York has under? taken to Introduce to the authorities of the State and of Its cities the Bertinon system of identifying Crim?nala At a meetlnsr Of the State I'rlson COSB* mlaslon in Albany on December il the association presented a practical demonstration of the method. With the aid of l>r. Brown, surgeon of the Army in New-York Harbor, and of Major sfeCmofarsy, of Illinois, who have made It a special study; and the Immediate Introduction of It Into the police practice of New-Tort and other large cltb-s Is promised as the result, while the legislature !s likely to be asked to legalise It throughout the State, and to provide for working It In harmony with other States, such us Illinois, ItaMSChUSettS and Minnesota, which have already passed laws requiring its use. Tie- subject Is one of great scientific Interest as a brooch of anthropology, apart from Its Immediate application to criminals. I'.nal Jurisprudence pays more attention every foar to the distribution between habitu?t and oc caalonal .-rlminals. After a third conviction for felony, for example, Ohio permit? the offender to be Imprisoned for life, unless his reformation Is proved. Everywhere sentences ar.- property lengthened, if the convict is recognised as g member of the crim? inal close. Bat this recognition Is far from MSjr, th.- worst enemies ol society being the most ek'lful In disguise. Th.- crude method of photographing ths face snd forming "a rogues' gallery" breaks down in practice, not only by the skill of the sub Jects In .hanging their appearance, but by natural change* of f> ature and expression, and by the Im? possibility of cbisslti Htlon when 1RS numbers are great Under the scientific teaching of M. Bottillon the police of France have gbendoned all rellane upon snen superficial means, and have adopted a form of registration of svery convict, such as they no? bavs la Paris S bureau of criminal re .."I-, containing more than .W.nrjO personal descriptions and histories, BO classified that when a prisoner Is examined a clerk can determine in two inlnut'S whether he has been convicted before, and, If so, con produce .'it once the history of his criminal career. Till: Ft NI'A.MKNTAT, PRINCIPIA The principle of this system Is the truth, learned by observation, that after the human frame nach?s maturity ths skeleton is practically unchangeable In dimensions. But Its parts are not dependent on on- another, varying within certain limits, by no tlxed law. Two nun may have heads or arms or I o I* or finders of precisely the same length; but no two m.n ever have been found to have all these parts Identic?! In measurement. It Is cufy to take the measure of the permanent structure of the body. In from five t.. seven minutes a practised hand can r< ord thirteen Independent dimensions of .1 given figure, n.. one of which can l>e disguised or varie 1 by any Ingenuity, with at least accuracy enough <e bring the limits of error within one twentleth part of the or Unary limite Of variation. Lei the same man return one. five, ten or fifty years later, ind M t.-...- i .-petition of the measure? ments bis IdenUty stands revealed, with a certainty 1 ejrond all thai is attainable by any memory or rom. of ippeerances. In fact, the poaslbtltty of mistake In lucfa an Identification may be ?aid to be represented by s fraction whose numerator Is one. end whose denomination Is the thirteenth part of twenty. That la to my, mistake is impossible; sln.-e ' It would occur but .>:;??>-. on the average. In the ap? plication of the system to th>- entire population of ?? nu ol a irlds Ilk? our own, The I'M deal difficulties In making this prln-lt-le unlvi ir* two. First, that of classifying the i- .i i- I measurements, so that each of tnem may be found at one* among Immense number?; and, sec riii>. that of combining the Information ? i by different lurlsdlctlon*. Th<- tirst prob bm has been completely solved by M li.-r:ill.>n m l'art?, and i of classification has been . ? ; bj the States which have Introduced ths measurement. A card, little larger than a postal ? i: ?? can es the complete lata of Identlfi a: 1 finds it" place In a cabinet, whl h may . mtain a mill.on ..r more of inch cards, so that the whole forma Its own Index, and th? Individual record want? I in be found, when Its duplicate Is pr?s H-. I. a- quickly as a given name In a directory. Little ti. >??? been done In making the measure? ments Mk.?:. in one jurisdiction uaeful In others, a criminal wh ??? bod) Is Inevitabl) fixed In the I'mu? registr) ma) itlll cl?!m In Chicago .>r New-York to ?? , tii.-t jffender." i*hrl*tendom will one day unite.ln iw i ires foi thi suppression of crime; and mosi Important agencies ?/III be a sys t.m ??: ? : ?-; ..-. i-o ??. b) which each bureau of Ilentlficatlon will receive from even other duplicate cardi In .-us.* m whlcb a criminal history Is sought, and send :i return whatever information It bolls. In this way the criminal class, that cosmopolitan arm) ol enemies of mankind, will become Known and distinguished from ths mass of m.-n on whom the) prey, snd eftVlenc) of law, In all efforts for their suppression snUi elimination, will be vastly reinforced INI'? >IN1'KI> i IBJOCTIONB, The objection* which bavs been made to the Her t lion aystem are founded almost wholly on ignor? an.- ..f its real nature, it is not cumbrous, it Is not expensive, ?t does nol supersede practical sagacity in the police. True, It does sol aid thief-takers in making arrests This is another pcovtqce of work ?ritM which it has nothing to do. It degrades no man Th* besl cltlsen might without fear, permit ins measurements t.. be riled In the bureau, with perfect assurance thai his record can never be disturbed, unless he is brought In as a criminal and measured again to determine whether he has a .inn nal nit i> Finally, M is true that other meth .. i> of Identification have been devised by anthro? pologists, some of which for example, the compari? son >r the impressions o? the finger-tips- art just as trustworthy ss the measurements of the bones. Hut ail these are more difficult of application and Lu less eaall) classified for reference. They do not .in.i Into practical competlUon with the system of H.-rt Hon. Th.- onl) application of this principle hitherto made on a large scale la thai for the detection of recldl visti among convicta Hut a recent visit to Hertii l.m's wonderful bui.-iu in Parla suggested to the writer the possibility of other Important uses for it. Every aludenl of anthropology win understand thai the collection of a body of statistics, upon the comparative development of parts of ths bony skele. ton. accompanied by Information u? to race, place ..f birth, early life, family connections, and many classe* ol personal characterlstli s, may prepare the wa) for important studies In fields hardly yel Opened, Apart, however, from Its theoretical value, here is a simple and easy method by which the identification of a person can be made absolutely certain for all purpose?; und It Is obvious that Its general adoption would make passports trustworthy, and far more useful than they have been to govern? ments and to military commanders; while even In commercial and family life Instances are not want Ing In which It would save vast trouble and annoy? ance Ha I tbere been In existence at the time of th? Tlchborne tniis a Bertll'.on card, either of tin true b.-lr or of Arthur Orton, the cost and wast? of the most expensive litigation ever known would have been saved, and a Question which agitated the public ..f two comments for n year woull have been s. tiled forever In two minutes. eiaOSIN'd PRICKS OF SAN PRAXCISCO STOCKS. San Pi un. Is.-.., Junutry 24. 1MH?. r*st*rda) To day. Taatsrday.To-day, Alta .l.i ? lo1 Mexican.gf .?" Bel. i.-r .an an Mono .06 ii.-i S Belcher. Mi nt opinr .I 40 ira Bodls Coned.42 -o . l'iiiosi .ftT .ST Hulwer .Hi .lssnwitc* .3H .30 ilmllar .?.1 .021 Hierra Kevtda.4T .">4 Coa 1 il \ Va...180 2.05 t'nlon <~Y.ns?l.41 .44 I'm?n Point .24 ,94 Xtan .07 .07 Hould X- r.u jr.. X, DO Yellow Jacket.4T .40 lUle a Soreros*.LS9 I.SO BOSTON STOOL MAliK?T. BOStoa, J.in. .'4. "The "...?ton Commercial Bulletin" win say to morn.w of ih.- ?.?.| marital : "The Mies of the wees are i.S92,ono n> domestic an.i 1010.100 tb tor? sion, against I.SMt.OOO 11. ftomeatk and i.070.wn ib for eisn last week, and 1*44,000 n. doaaeatle and l.otfT.OOQ rt> r.i.inii for He- same ?--k last >e?r. The ?ales 10 dale snow .m Incr**** ol s.saa.OOO n. domestic and 2.240 hini II. f.-remn fn.in the sales t.. Hie Mtue .lute in lr-'Uft. Th? receipt! to data ?how mi lacreaaa ..f t,aaa balea itomeai <? and il.:?' bales r .leisn. only ,-i? per ecoi ol tola week-? sales are Americas Austnillnn 1? t.ein* ?old i? htB Wn 1.?. und -h a slowly advancing, market. Most of th? Australia* ...id is f 7<i's ?oaltty, und on s bam? of 1ST clean. riie competition of Americans ntrsln?t asefc ether ,,? forced U|) th, pr|oe ,(f ?j, flne Auilrn||im ."-L , K-'' ' ":"v" P.",,'*,r TUXn ln ?be London market. Foreign scoured ... ""..' ire". V, net let u,H \mr\i( ,? ,,- I ier?VVsA^ "? tc"u""> ??? ?aS!. .Va.? I FOR CHARITY-S HAKE. WORK OF THK STATE ASSOCIATION AMONO DRPENDFNT AND CRIMINAL CLASSES. The twenty-third annual report of the State Chart. ties Aid Association gives an Interesting summary of the results of the year's work in the improvement of the condition of the public charitable Institutions of the city snd State. This organlxatt-.-n works through a large central association In this elty, and through Its local committees in the various count!?? of the State. The reforms brought about by the association tho last year are of unusual Importance. a them Is a cumulative sentences law. known as Wilds act, which went Into effect April 4. \K<>. law provides for a system of commitments for dru enness, vagrancy ami disorderly conduct, which crease In length acconllng to the number of prevloi commitments: Five days for the first offence, twei for the second, forty for the third, eighty for fourth and so on up to six months, whl-h Is maximum term provided for. With regard to grants the law provides that they may be h-ld. ?vi upen first or second convictions, for a maximum tei of six months. Another abuse was the discharge of prisoners fore the expiration of their sentences. This rust? Is entirely done away with by the new law. In nature of the case the effects of the now .aw will more marked after It has been In effect some utti?, time than could be the case at first. The deterrent effects of the law are, however, h-ginnlng to show themselves, although It has been in operation only nine months. Between April 4, IM, and January L 1K98, 13,515 different persons were ? ommitted to th? workhouse for one of the three offences Included Is the new law. Only 2.300 returned for the twenty. day sentence, and only |,MS for forty days < >f these 822 returned for eighty and ?.'45 for one hundred and sixty days. The association has also done much for depend children. Through three of the county Visit I ig mlttees It Is providing; homes In families for such children. In Newburg an agency has been estab? lished which has succeeded In reducing th.- averag? population of the overcrowded Children's Horn? front forty-eight to thirty, and now has fifty-nine i til!.Iren under Its supervision outside the Home. In ;hls city the association maintains an agen.-y to provide situa? tions In the country for homeless mothers with Infants. 8ince the date of the annual report, a bill pre. pared and presented by the association providing for the transfer to the State of the ?"..uno dependent tnsan? of this county has passed t>oth branches of ths Legislature. The association Is supported entirely by the con? tributions of those wh i arc Interested In it? work. It requires an annual Income of at least $10.|"s"?>, and Is at present hampere?] by lack of funds. An at? tempt Is being made to raise an endowment fund of $."?),U?ji), til,000 of which has already !.. g gtvss. Donations to this fund ami annual subscriptions are asked for. Contributions should be sent to i"ha-!e? 8. Palrchlld, treasurer, office of New-York Security and Trust Company. No. 46 WsH-at. or I'nited Chart? ties Building. No. 106 East Twenty-secon?l-el. ?nd no fOR A CRUISE IS THE WEST INDIES. MANV NEW-YORKERS AMONO THE I IBwII.OsMgS TRANKATI^NTI?' THAVKI.I.K?S Among the passengers who will sail on the French Linn steamship La Bretagne to-day will be the to?> lowing: Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Ander- Mr and Mrs Metcalf, ?.m, Miss Catherin? Posxaarg, f E Andr*. ' ?. I.. Sypl-.er. Mr. and Mrs. A. Chsndon, Miss A. T Stan* ?d, Mrs. Natille Oautler, Mr and Mrs. Il-nrl Texla?, Mrs. Ell Kummer. Mrs. Emma Volmet. Mrs. O, I. Lincoln, On the Servia, of the Cunard Line, will go: O. A. Hell. M. B, make. J "seph K. Ratzer. Dr, i'rmrles Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur >1? Mr. and Mrs. H. Konol?t, E C Lamed, Themas t> Routinier, A. I?. Moore. W. A. K. Mills. S. S Marling. Mist A. C. Qulnlsn, ? II. Rlchir.l*?,n, W. ,-ttark. Mvr.'agu William Cobh, A l,ra m Jnf. James Kenny, Among the passengers who will sail to-day SO the Hamburg-American liner Columbia for a cruWs to the West Indies and the Spanish Main will bo Mr. and Mm. lie -rae E. An-?'. LSStSS dersoa, William J I^ndner, Contend F. Bishop. Poster itiilllcen. Mr .in I Mr?. l>elnplalneni.trle? W. Miller. liromn. The R.-v. Juarph F. M"oe*& Mr. und Mrs. R. W. Bur- Colon?! snd Mrs. ?Jeorje at, ton. M 'Ult.-in. Mr nnd M^s William Rey-J L. Og,t,>n. nol?lt Brown. Dr. Arthur Bassster, Bud.'lph ?'nuemaiin, ,loa.|iiln K?rro, Mist Rural. J?hn B. Hubbetl. j Carnpbsll Harris CotoMt William Hester, E J Mall. iJr and Mrt. Fred Humphreys, Edward Hartley. ? jeorfe M. I^uighlln, Irwin B Lvigr-iln, John W. Ioxe. ''.-.?-. Hi: and Mrs. E. M? Pack The H?v. M. J. Ptielan. Rittmeister Orof v. n RoUs? er.b.jrg, '.nlfln v .n Rnthenbur?, \V. il res H. Smith. Freden, k fgheM .n. Mr and Mrs. F. W Stas? . ley. The Rev. C. S. Smith, The Rev. E. F .?lattery, Newton W. Tsjrl r. William M. Wir..! i I. Isaa?- H. Wlr.g. AEBE8TED As SUSPICIOUS PENSONS. Detectives J. J McCarthy ami O'DOBOkoO, of th? Central Office, Thursday night arrested la SOVl nty MCOOd-St, near Flfth-ave.. two nsgrOM who wer? trying basement doors on the block an.I acting sus? piciously. At Headquarters the prisoners described themselves as Robert Stevens anl IssUM Kalrfield. The former said he worktnl in a bllllard-room and lived at No. 2??) West Thirty-sec.nJ-st. The latter said that he sas an elevator boy. and that his horn? was at No. 420 West Forty-nlnth-st. Ka?h had in hi? possession a pawn ticket for an overc at. Th? detectives believe the two negroes may have had something to do with the recent robberies uptown. J.U'OH DOE [.(?Elf s FUNERAL. The funeral of Ja<-ob Poelger, the wealthy ! rower, who die.l on Tueslsy last, was he.d yesterday morn? ing at Ills home. No. 130 Kast Fifty-fourth-*;. Th? burial was In Calvary Cemetery. Delegations from the Arlon. the German Lieder krani. the Beethoven, the Klchciikranz. the New York Brewers' an?l Malsters' Ass cmtion. th? I'nited States Brewers' Ass ?elation and fr >m many other social organizations were In a't.n'lance. Among those present were George Ehret, William Forster, .Jacob Huppert, .lohn O. Olllig. F A, ltlng ler. W. Ulngler, Henry Hachenmotster and Hi-hard Kutxenmeyer. The pall-bearers, chosen from th? brewers' Hoard of Trade, were Frederick AhtOS, M. H Haar, Joseph Lippe, Antjn C. G. Huepfei and 81m.?n Hernhelmer. IMPItOTED WELSBACH LIGHT shines alone?the most efficient?most econom? ical method of artificial lighting known to science. Even if gas was free, it would pay you to use this grand light. Gives three time? the light?saves half the gas. See the exhibit at the retail department. , TIE WIUI1CI MMEirilL Cv. Lssasitlas lataa??m?at IM it Cs., I Hr.isHw,, IrlHCk.. Ill W IUlk SirMl. INiN.