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AFFAIRS AT THE NAVY YARD
THE NORTH ATLANTIC 8QUADRON
NEARLY READY POR SEA.
ai MORE POWKRFTL FLEET TO BK ASSEMBLED
THAN WAS AT FIRST PI.AXXED-a.iI.li
MONITORS MAT HE REFITTED?COM?
PLETION OF DRY VtCtt *K NO. S
HASTENED.
Work on the vessels of the North Atlantic
Squadron st the Navy Yard la nearly completed,
and the expectations are that all, with the ex*
ceptlon of the Texas, will be ready for sea within
the next two weeks. The Montgomery has been
floated from the drydock. her place having been
taken bf the Marblehead. which will come out on
Thursday and the Massachusetts or Columbia be
Hosted in. In addition to the vessels which have
tieen under repair at the yard, the chances now
aro that the fleet when Anally assembled under
Bear-Admiral Bunee will lie more powerful than
was at first expected. The Vesuvius*, which has
been tied up at I., ague Island, is slated for com?
mission on January 12. under command of Lieu?
tenant-Commander John K. Pillsbury, who ls
now at ihe War College at Newport. She will
carry some thro-e-pounder guns and 1,000 rounds
.f ammunition, and will Ik* assigned to duty as a
torpedo dostroycv. The monitor Mlantonomoh.
the torpedo boat Ericsson, and possibly the
training-ship Essex, which has left the yard for
Newport, where she will receive her torpedo out
tit, are also likely to be added to the fleet..bring?
ing the force up to twenty vessels. If the Texas
can be made ready. Tbe list will include those
named, the first-class battle-ships Massachusetts
and Indiana, the second-class battle-ship Texas,
the five cruisers Columbia. Newark, Raleigh.
Montgomery and Marblehead. tho armored
cruisers New-York nnd Brooklyn, the monitors
l*urltan. Terror and Amphitrite. the harbor de?
fence ram Katahdin. and the dispatch boat Fern.
There ls a chance that the dishing will ulso be
added to the fleet to serve as a torpedo boat. Of |
these, the Newark will probably remain on her
present duty off the Florida coast, and the Texas
ls likely to remain at the yard for some time.
The others, however, will ass.-nit.la* at Hampton
Roads as soon as possible. All talk of war in
connection with the assembling of the fleet ls still
frowned upon, and it ls announced that the con?
centration of so large a part of the naval power
of the Nation is simply with the idea of giving
an object lesson of what could be accomsillshed
lp time of need.
TALK OF RKKITTINO OLD MONITORS.
Talk nf brushing up the old monitors and fit?
ting them with modern 8-inch guns for pur?
poses of harbor defence, has been reviewed, and
i the fact that they would form a powerful weapon
ls not to be overlooked. Some of them are al?
ready in use under assignment to the Naval Re?
serves of various States, and others are slowly
rusting away In Idleness. The Ajax. Canonicus,
Mahopae. Manhattan and Wyandotte are each
of 2,100 tons displacement, and the Comanche,
Catskill, Lehigh. Jason. Montauk. Nahant. Nan?
tucket and Passaic 1,87!? tons. They are all bin
gle-screw vessels, of small horse-power, and each
carries two guns. They have .Vinch side armor,
with 11 Inches on the turrets of all except five,
which have 10 Inches. It ls now proposed to re?
move the turrets and substitute for the smooth?
bore guns two S-lnch rifles, mounted on disap
? pearlng platforms, worked by air pressure. The
project meets the approval of naval officers, as
the vessels, while of no use for offensive work,
could d<> a lot of damage to an opposing fleet,
and as they are of light draught would have little
t/ouble in going Into rivers and shallow bays
where the heavier craft could not reach them.
COMPLETION OF DOCK NO. 3 NF.AR.
The cruiser Brooklyn ls expected to go to the
k torpedo station at Newport about the middle of
"v this month to receive her outfit, and she is ex?
pected -il the yard on February 1. when sh? will
receive the sliver service which has been mad"
for the ship. In connection with the arrival of
the Brooklyn at the yard there is a srelcotni
..ieee of news for those who haye watched the
delays and chafed over them, attending the com?
pletion of the big new drydock officially known
as No. ... The visit of Commodore Matthews,
the head of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, to
thia station has had the effect of straightening
out the tangle relative to the work on the dock.
and the dredgers who quit work a short time
ago will resume operations to-morrow morning
on the approach -o the dock. In addition to
this, another flrm has undertaken a lot of work
for the contractors who have the dock Job, and
as their plant ls one of the most extensive on
the Atlantic coast, it ls now announced that the
I big hole In the ground will be ready for business
on February 1, and that the Brooklyn will be
the first vessel to be floated into the dock. This
will make the first day of the month an Inter?
esting one for the yard, as an extensive pro?
gramme has been arranged for the formal open?
ing of the dock. All the high officials of the De?
partment, Including Secretary Herbert and As?
sistant Secretary McAdoo. will be present, and
there will be a big time generally. It would
seem that the occasion would warrant more fuss
than usual, for the dock has become a National
matter since the first contractor gave up the
Job. and as lt ls the largest thing of the sort on
the Atlantic coast, and will provide for the
North Atlantic Squadron a rdace where its
heaviest vessels will he Independent of tides and
winds, there ls good cause for Jubilation over its
completion.
Enlistments are going on on board the recelv
lng-8hlp Vermont [OT the crews of the ram Ka?
tahdin, the monitor Puritan and the torpedo
boat Vesuvlvs.
ORDNANCE BL'REAl* CHANOES.
The announcement is mad * that the President
will reappoint Captain William T. Sampson to
his present place at the head of the Ordnance
Bureau, on the expiration of hir, term late this
month. Captain Sampson will not stay In the
office long, howevei as he h* slated for the com?
mand of the battle-ship Iowa, which is to go
into commission early In th** summer. He will
be succeeded In the Ordnance Bureau by Com?
mander O'Neill, now on duty ?t the Washington
gun factory.
Work on the new roof for the construction
smithery has been delayed by the storms, but
the contractors are making a good effort to make
up for lost time, and the task wftl be completed
r.ot far behind the original date. Work on the
wails of the Whitney Basin and fbe seawall at
the coal wharf is going ahead aa fast aa could be
expected under the weather conditions, delays,
under the eire umstances. being unavvidabl-.
THREE SVI'REME COFRT JUSTICES.
NEWLY Al'POINTKD JIDOES TO TAKE THEIR
SEATS OM THE UENTII TO-DAY.
Three Supreme Court Justices will b.irin ths trial
of cases fer tho first time In this Judicial district
lo-mr-rrow morning. One of them will hold SOurl
In the County Courthouse, in this city, and th?
others hsve been as.-lgned to out-of-town work Th*
?SSI Justice who will sit for the Hrst tim* In fb?
County Courthouse of Kings Count\ will be s imus
T. Maddox, the young lawyer from tlie Bsstsrn f *
trlct Of the city. Although Justice M.iilclox wii' ?<
cn the bench for the firs? time tomorrow, hi*, tli-B
Official act has already been perform*-.1. On Nev
Year's night ht- adminlt-tei, ,1 the oath o' ottos t
Jacob Worth as county Ct***k, nuclei- th,- appalol
anent from Oovernor Black, giving the ctfl t la .Mr
Worth for the remainder of th'* term io whit h -h
late Henry C. gutten was elected. Justi..- .Mellor
has been assigned to try Jury cases, and to-nor
row he will take his Mal lu Part IV of tnt* Jur;
terms.
Justice Garret J. Garrctson, who lives in New
town, Long Islnnd, has been assigned io "- ? .. i
In Long Island City, arni to-morrow h- aril] opei
court tksca -fastles Michael Hlrscbbsrg. of Now
burg, tfcS Other newly ,-|. eic J .Mien. e. will I,,-!*:;
the trial of a-ases to-morrow in Oosbsa, orang
County.
The change In tho arrangement of the courts I
Kings f-ounty will be the fact that, Instead of foti
trial terms, ther** will bc. five- rooms In which Jur
cases will be tried. For a part of lasi month liv
Jury terms were in opera rion, one mt the room
occupied being in the new extension ii tbe Co-nrl
house. Previous to that. Kings County had nev,
had mora than four parts tn operation al lbs Mn*
time. Now thers are to lie five parts, and the Jus
tlcea ..ave been assigned aa follows: Justice Va
W/eh In Part I. Justice Osborne In Part II, Justic
Keogh in Part III, Justice Maddox In Pail IV an
JasJcs Wilmot M. Bmlth lo Part V.
THE BOOM FOR FITCH.
DEMOCRATS TALKING OF HIM FOB
GREATER NEW-YORK'S MAYOR.
THK PRIMARY cjfFsSTION {-TILL IN A SNARL AND
THK PARTY ALL AT SEA-LOCH-* WORTH
MAY 1*11.1. IJARIUMAN'H PLACE.
The .arly boom for Axiibel P. Pitch. Controller of
New-York City, for the Mayoralty of Greater New
York has reached Hrooklyn. Some of thc old-time
ring Democrats, an.l among them ls said to be
Warden Hayes, .ire Indut-trlousl^ eulogiiing him In
this connection. The *alh>r wing of the organiza?
tion does not take kindly io Pitch, however, and
ls protesting against him for the reason that he
was a gold man during the late campaign.
Th* matter of the regular Democratic primaries
is still lu a -marl, although there now appears to bo
some possibility that lt will be unravelled. James
D. Bell, chairman of the General Committee, whose
call seems to be necessary for the holding of an?
other meeting of the committee, said yesterday that
he stood ready at any time to call a meeting of the
committee when the desire for such meeting was
made known to him In the proper manner. With
the knowledge that Mr. Bell ls willing to do his
duty In the premises, there ls no doubt thal Ed?
ward M. Grout and T. fe Callahan will have no
trouble in getting the requisite number of signers to
a call, lt ls a matter of speculation whether the
committee, if brought tSgStbST again, will meekly
obey tho bshesU from No. S? Wllloughby-st. and
adjourn to any indellnlte time in the future, or
whether lt will at once order the annual prlmarleis,
which should have br.-n held, according to the con?
stitution. In Dectinhcr. At the Dr-remhcr meeting,
at which the primaries were postponed indefinitely,
the attendance was small, moist of th<- abseniees 1k
Ing Democrats of the more independent type who
wen anxious to maintain the election district sys?
tem and not to return to the old, crooked ward
primaries. There were some at that meeting who
voted for the adjournment under the Impression
that the arguments of the ringsters were sincere.
H. J. Itork. the Wllloughhy-st. whip, maintained
that the primaries uhoul.i not ba- halli until after
the annual redistricting of the citv by tba Hoard of
Lice lions.
.-.,? i""''.1 ,Sttwar', on* of the leaders of the inde?
pendent element, is of the opinion that the adjourn?
ment taken In December could not extend bevon,!
next .Monday night, which is the regu.ar night f?r
tin- january meeting. Hut BO such meeting will be
n.-id, ss no provisions have laen made for ii
Hugo llir.ih, who has resumed the mantle of Worth
leader in the Third Ward, is proclaiming confidently
mat he will De elected executive member of the ward,
lt may he remembered that when tile Vasa people
were defeated Yass maintained an independent or?
ganisation in the Thirteenth District. When Da.lv
went over to Willis tha* Dady delegates did not go
with him from thu district, so in the organisation of
the ward committee he turned down his former ad?
herents and recognised the Yass delegates, pro?
claiming eloquently: A great wrong has now been
rlgnted. Hlrsh asserts ihat the lour Va s's dele?
gates thus admitted will be unsealed bv the organi?
zation committee, and that this will give him (Ilirsh)
a majority of onaa in the ward committee.
1; se..nm to be the universal opinion among poli?
ticians that Louis Worth, son ot Jacob Worth, will
ie appointed to succeed the Ute Daniel G. llarrlman
as Justice of thc Gales Av.-mic- Police Court. Mr.
Ilarriman's term would have expired Mav i, I****/,
and Mr. Worth has already been appointed to serve
the hill term which begins at that date. It is be?
lieved that the .Mayor, thc Controller and the Auditor,
upon whom the duty devolves of appointing a tem?
porary successor, all favor the selection of voung
Mr. Worth, who is now Cnder Sheriff.
-?-_
HE BIBBED THE BINBEE,
IWKOltTr.VATE EXPERIENCE OP AN OFFICIAL
WHO WAS HURRYING I10MI3 TO DRESS.
A certain Brooklvn official, who Bhall not be
"given nwny" nnd ls therefore called Mr. X for
the time being, had nn adventure the other after?
noon which he does not look back upon with feel?
ings akin to satisfaction, for, in addition to the
trouble he experienced, he had to pat the loss
of a dinner at a popular hostlery in New-Ycrk
on tho debit side of tho account. He left his office In
that part of the city where officeholders are wont
to congregato fairly late one afternoon, being In a
hurry to go home, dress and keep his appointment
on tho other side of the river. Accordingly be ran
to catch the first cir on his lino going up Kulton
st., and scrambled aboard with more than usual
haute. Just as ho got on the platform the unex?
pected happened. What lt was an.l what followed
may as well bs told In his own language.
"Suddenly," he says, "I felt something strike my
hat with considerable fore?, and instantly there fell
on the car platform a lump of black grease. Tak?
ing off my hat 1 found It badly dented In, and In
straightening it out I soon discovered that it was
soiled with the grease. As lt was a black hat .t
was not seriously hurt, but my banda presented
anything but a pleasing appearances by the time I
had got lt in shape again. What it was that struck
me ls still a mystery, but I fancy lt must have been
a bolt or a block from the elevated railroad. If I
had boen wearing a soft hat, instead of a derby, I
should probably have been somewhat hurl. So far
as the conductor could aaa ns lie removed tho black
substance frons* _\.0 pialform, lt contained nothing
but grease.
"Well. I got hom3 all right, changed my clothes
and started for New-York. Everything went well
until I reached the Bridge. After boarding a train
I found the car rather warm and opened my over?
coat. My surprise and disgust on seeing a big
black smouch all the way across my shirtfront can
easily be Imagined. Some of the Infernal grease
had got on my overcoat, and, as lt was black, had
escaped my notice until my attention was called to
lt on the Bridge. In the next few seconds I did a
powerful lot of thinking. If I went home and put
on another shirt, I should lie too late for the din?
ner. The alternative was the purchase of a new
shirt nt tho nearest shop; but if I did that I had
not the slightest guarantee that the soiled overcoat
would not play the samo trick with lt, and there
was not time to get the overcoat cleaned. Besides,
1 did not know at what moment I might discover
that some other portion of my linen had come Into
contact with tho remnant of the droppings of the
elevated rood. Tho result waB that I went home a
Badder and wiser man than when 1 started, and
spent the evening In other pursuits."
At last accounts. Mr. X was still considering
whether or not to bring an action for damages
against the Kings County Elevated road, or rather
against Its receiver. It was said yesterday that he
was considering the question of consulting a lawyer
us to the prospect of recovery, but, as the damage
was more to his feelings than his clothing, lt was
thought doubtful that a verdict could be secured,
especially as there was no direct evidence that
tlie mysterious cause of the trouble actually fell
from the elevated structure.
ELECTIONS UNDER THE CHARTER.
OPPOSITION TO HAV1NO THEM CONDUCTED
UNDER CONTROL OF TUB POLICE BOARD.
The Board of Election Commissioners ls strongly
opposed to the provisions In Hie Greater New-York
charter covering the election bureaus and the police
force. The charter sets forth that the General
Bureau of Elections, which is to control the bureaus
In the various boroughs, is to be under the control
of the PoHet Board. There is to be a General Super?
intendent of Elections, who ls to be appointed by
tho Police Commissioners, and he will have charge
of the Deputy Superintendents In charge of tho
borough election bureaus.
Th.- Election Commissioners aro deeldely opposed
t, having the election bureaus connected with tho
Police Hoard, and they think that tho elections
should be under the supervision of a separate
Hoard of Election Commissioners. They point to
the record which t*Of toss made, and contrast lt
with tho record mi-de by the Police Board of New
York The cost per capita for each registered
elector Bl th.* last election In New-York wis BIB,
while the cost In Hnoklyn was only M cents. The
Police Boan, In N?*w-Vork rsslly takes no par ii
OoncbKtlng elections, and tbs matter is placed bl
thTho"Ho!',rd ^?SUCntfn.seUng decided to ask
for a .caring .fore .he I barter Commission, and
Pnow walting for a reply stating whin tba hear
lng will 1?- ?.ranted.
TBE BET. BB. CLARK GOES ROUTE.
Th* Kev. John Brittan Clark, pastor of the Lee
.r,snv? congregational Church, who was badly hurt
I, i BU-mmc-r while riding his wheel In New-Jersey,
I i rscelved from his congregation a three months'
. 49 ot steanes, and is now on his way to NVw
O* %\0. From lhere he will go to Los Angeles,
pa t*n?, lan Diego. Riverside. Santa Balbara
.,',. -vher resorts In Southern California. flnall>
"' ?*? San Francisco, where h.- will visit some
Ll,,.,. . Mr.'<"*rk has taken n camera with him.
uni * \ prap-ir* himself to give Illustrated lecture*
',,,,. i kngraga rion upon his return.
?
/vi yoFED'E's BUSIEST BOETB.
Th* bi. *?'*?*? ot the Postofles for December wa?
il e 'rf rg'- i' ,u Maiory. Postmaster Sullivan say
!h t ths ii waM |H du** ,0 tnf *'????,n*,,l"? of ?'',' M**r'
i? nd i ? .'fransell facilities for buying stamps
The receipt 'rs* the sal.* of pos.age stamps
_a ..ai.f-a.es, etc., for December, amounted tc
r ' ll?,Vt- whA '? ?n ^-crease of Sll.SM W over De
e | tf'2*'*'*^ A'treas* of $14,419Wi over Dccemb**r
? l'_VU Vant* tit or D' member. ISM, and of SM.lon h
n Mf. ot ^^!:\ijt. Thea gross revenue for lha
ov,r -^i;.*m^Vbsr 31. ibm. waa gM.llg.g71 M. si
1837.
1897.
MATTHEWS.
USUAL JANUARY SALE IN ALL DE?
PARTMENTS
WILL MAKE IT PROFITABLE TO COI1E FROH A DISTANCE.
??KEEP A-PUSHIN- AND A-SM0VIN'."
LINENS.
1 large lot Pattern Table Cloths and Napkins
IO match.
Table Damask, In cream and full bleached, st
prices ihat cannot be found elsewhere.
1 lot Table Damask Remnants, that have ac?
cumulated during the holiday trade, r
1 case .VU Napkins. German make, very heavy,
$1.00 and 81.26 per dozen. ?
1 case .VS .Napkins. Scotch make, $1.00 and
91.25 per dozen. '
Hemstitched Tray Cloths, value Ste., at UV.
White and Colored Border Lunch Hots, 8-4,
*1.Tr.; H-ltl. $2,011; S-12. 92.25 per set.
100 dozen Fancy Crepe Towels. ;V. each.
Heavy Huck Towels. 10c.. IS-fce, lue. 10c.
each.
All Linen Toweling, ."c., r.e., 8c., Hie , 12'ic per
yard.
Glass Toweling. fie. 8c, 10c. I2\.c. per yard.
IN-lnch Cotton Diaper, per piece of 10 yards,
tAo.
WHITE GOODS.
1 case each Nainsook Checks, fie., fi'dic.. 7'-*c
pei* yard.
2B pieces Figured Swiss, regular price 20c. at
12**c per yard.
40-lnch Satin Stripe Apron Lawns. 10c.. 12'ic,
14c, lite, p,-r yard and upward.
QUILTS.
Crochet Pel Quilts, full size hemmed, ready for
use, 48c, 78c, M.V., HXc. |1.28 each.
Marseilles Quilt!-., hemnu-d. $1.40, $1.7*V $1.0.S,
12.50, $2. wi.
2d floor.
Ulsters and Reefers.
A Manufacturer's Reliable Stock
of Clothing.
Boys' 1'lsters and Reefers?We. have taken ad?
vantage eif the extreme low prices at which tH#i
were offered, and secured .*.?H? which we'will
place cm sale Monday at about half ths original
prices.
1?M> R\vs* Melton and Shetland ULSTERS,
extra long, fancy lined sad deep storm collars,
sizes 8 to I ft vears, value 95.60, at $2.08.
100 Hoys* Heavy l'lut* Chinchilla and Irish
Frieze ULSTERS, full length, good, strong lin?
ing, value 97.60, at $4.08.
[00 Young Men's Heavy Shetland ULSTERS,
plaid linings, full lengths storm collar, sizes 14
to l!i vears. regular |10.00 quality, at $.".0K.
lou Hoys' Heavy Chinchilla REEFERS,
small sizes with bound sailor collar, large sizes
with velvet collar, sizes .! to 13 years, value
$2.50; while they last. $1.4.".
180 Boys' Extra Heavy Chinchilla REEF?
ERS, velvet or ulster collar, well lined, good
dark navy blue, sizes 8 to 15, value STt.titl, at
92.06.
CARPETS.
Fir the flrat week in January we offer unusual
inducements to Intending purchasers of Carpeta,
prior to our annual Inventory. As Carpets are
advancing In price, we advise an early selection.
Smith's Best Axmlnsters, at M.V. per yard, are
a fair sample of what we are doing.
REMNANTH nf Carpeta, Linoleums and OH
cloths at less than cost.
CURTAINS.
ANNUAL CURTAIN SALE.
Our entire stock of IRISH POINT.
TAMBOUR and NOTTINGHAM LACE
CURTAINS at greatly reduced prices.
Nottingham Lace Curtains, In ecru and
white,
."Oe; usuallv Sile.
70c; usually 91.00.
He.; usuallv 91.20.
91.10* usuallv $1.4"..
?125; usuallv 91.611.
51.4."; usuallv $1.85.
91.08; usuallv 12.50.
92.00; usually 98.25.
Irish Point Curtains, .">-,?* yards long,
92.50; usuallv *s:i.'_'.".
KIM; usually S4.2.".
94.43; usually .<."....I.
95.85; usually I0.5O.
$5.08; usuallv 87.35
/ WM*; usually 98.W).
WlJBOi usually .<lo.i?().
Tambonr Curtains, .''li yards long,
83.00; usually $4.."?0.
84.08; usuallv skTimi.
95.08; usually 97.08.
98.60* usually 90.00.
Tapestry Portieres and Door Draperies, In all
the newest colorings and effects, |2.T.">, $2.08,
98.08, 94.08, $.".*.S nnd upward.
Tapestry Table Corm, latest designs and
colors.
4-4 size, 80c, 08c.. 91.96.
c-4 Bise. 91.10, 91.50, 91*80. 93.15.
8-4 size. 91.35, 91.75, 92.33, 92.50, PUSS.
10-4 size, IVS, .S2.0S.
Annual Embroidery Sale.
Sample of our .---niall Profit System, lc, "c, ."ic,
7'?c., 10c, I.V., lilt-.. 22c. 2."?c*. and upward.
Cambric and Nainsook Match Sets and All?
over Embroidery at lower prices than usual.
1,000 Dozen Ladies' Collars and Cuffs. In the
latest styles; Collars at ."ic; Cuffs at 10c. per
pair. Less than half usual prices.
A. D. MATTHEWS & SONS,
FULTON STREET* 0ALLAT1N PLACE & LIVINGSTON STREET
BROOKLYN.
KILLED RY A FALL.
WII.IslAM FARRELL'S FATAL PLUNGE DOWN
THE SHAFT OF THE MEI MANICS'
HANK BTJILDINO,
William Farrell plunged to his death down the
shaft of the tall building of the Mechanics' Bank,
a*. Court and Montague sts., yesterday afternoon.
Farrell was twenty years old, and a helper to tho
masons who are at work on tin* roof of the eleven
story structure. It was a little after 1 o'clock
when he slipped und fell five floors to the sixth
story. There he landed on tho floor, although lt
was a surprise to every one that bs did not fall tire
entire distance to the cellar.
A human elevator had lo I"- constructed before
the suffering man could ba lowered to thc- stresl
and receive medical attention. A narrow brick ele?
vator ls the only one the building has at present,
so a man had to bs strapped to that, and tho In?
jured man Strapped to him before lie could l?*
lowered.
The Rev. James Kelly, of St. .Umcia's pro-i 'athe
drnl. was summoned and administered the last rites
of the Catholic Church. Farrell was taken to St.
Peter's Hospital, and there died a few hours later,
his skull and left log being fractured. His home
was at No. 22 Puinskl-st.
IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT.
ELOPERS FIND REFPGE IN WILLIAM8B17BO.
It was only yesterday that the elopement of Lillian
Maud Wileman and William Hawson Taylor, both
of New-York, carno to light In Williamsburg.
The happy couple are installed In the home of Mrs.
William Beatty, at No. M South F.lghth-st., Will?
iamsburg. They were married by the Rar. W. T.
McElveen, pastor of the New-England Congrega?
tional Church, at the pastor's bouse, No. 177 South
Nlnth-St. Mrs. Taylor ls a handsome lu linette,
nineteen years old, and ls an accomplished amateur
artist, while her husband, who is twenty-two years
old, ls employed by a New-York publishing house.
The bride ls the daughter of Mrs. Isabella Wileman,
who keeps a fashionable boarding-house St No. 218
East 8eventeent h-st., New-York City.
A year ago Taylor became a boarder at the
house and. lt is sa Iel, fell In love with the girl at
first sight. Mrs. Wileman noticed the affair and
strongly objected. It was the mother's Intention
to have her daughter wed a wealthy Texan, who
ls on the way to New-York to claim the girl.
CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A POLICEMAN.
Justice Goettlng. in the Lee Avenue Court, yester?
day remanded John Hackett, a wood-carver, living
at No. 963 He Knlb-ave., for a healing on
a chargo of assaulting Policeman Walsh, of
the Vernon-ave. station. Walsh arrested Hackett
while the latter was attempting to break down the
front door of s Chinese li mn, iry, Tlie policeman
called up the station for a patrol wagon. It was
while walling for the vehicle to arrive that Hackett
committed tbs assault al Sumner and De Kalb aves.
Hacket! kno. ked tbs Ofllcsr down and kicked him
about the lindy, Slid then ran away. When the
patrol wagon ame along Walsh was found hardly
able lo walk. When examine! at the station it
was found by the surgeon that Walsh was Injured
Internally. Hackett was arrested |at?-r at his home.
Hs said h.- had no recollection of assaulting the
officer. Walsh is confined to his home In I'ltmars
st. _
OBITUABY.
THE REV. C. S. BRIGGS.
The Rev. Christopher S. Briggs, who was con?
nected with the Junes Methodist Episcopal Church,
of which tbs Rev. Or. J. E. Adams ls pastor, died
on Friday morning at his home. No. 916 (iat.-s-.-ive.
Mr. Briggs was one of tlie best-known local preach?
ers In thc- Methodist denomination In Brooklyn. He
was eighty y,ms old, ami until recently was active
In all thc- affairs of the Church. Thu funeral ar?
rangements have not been completed.
BEBNARD DCLLB.
Bernard Dalle, -eventy-four rears old, who lived
willi a married daughter a! No. 404 C'rovc-st., died
suddenly early yesterday morning. .Mr. belle- was
apparently In good health Just before he died. Ho
had passed New Year's night In Ihe company of his
children and grHn.lchlldr?*n, who had gathered at
Die- house. At midnight he badu them good nigh!
mid went to his room. Heath was from heart dlB
.??,-.? Mr O- Ile came lo this rcnuifry when a boy,
und for ma nv >-.,rs was -ngag.,! lu the dgur busl
,,, *. He was well known lu tbs I. Ofl of the city
where he lived.
BUENINQ colts INSTEAD OW COAL.
From The .Mliineapolis Tribune.
For ihe firs! lime In their history Minnesota and
South DskOtS will consume corn for fuel ihe
con lm winier. Farmers all through Iowa and
States south of lt will do the same, but the use of
lt iiu for fuel ls not new to them. The high prices
nf coal averaging at least $2 a ton more than a
rsar ago srs rsspssialbla for this action.
A medium grade ol soft coal now cotats In country
towns unvwh.rc from t-4 "t to $.", 2o, while -anthra?
cite ls hebl from ta**, to ju, according to Ihe
frelshis and the distance of Ihe buyer from com?
pel lng coal dealers, the latter fem being B very
important one. il ls claimed that corn, selling st
not more than ll cuts a bushel, ls much cheaper
than ?liher satiety ol coal, besides being handler
and cleaner.
Neither .Minnesota nor South Dakola has been
n corn-growing Stale for more than a few years,
and Hie -announcement that they will this year
hav,- lt to burn win be a surprise to many who still
think they are too far north for succ.-ssful produc
Hon The fact ls an evidence of changed climatic
conditions and an adaptation ly conditions by lha
farmer. ...
SMOKY
FIREPLACES
MADE TO DRAW OR XO ('IIAnOC.
Kxamlnatiuns and Kstln.ates Tree.
References?W. D. Hlo.ire. Col. Wm Jay. Union Club,
ami many <>th?r prominent people.
J. WHIT1.KY. 'ililmnev Kxpert.**
193 Fulton St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. Tel. IBIS.
WITH QUEENS AXD ROOKS.
LARKER WINS HIS NINTH GAME FROM
STEINITZ.
HR IS PRAt-TIfALT.T St'ItF. OF RETAIN'IN'O
THR i-IfAMPK-NPHtP - HARVARIVS THIRD
YKAIl OF IIIMIgg HIM lg FROM
rilFSS FIELDS.
MOSCOW, Jan. 2 (Special).?Lasker and Stelnlts*
jil iv, 1 trie sixteenth game of the chesr championship
match of ten games up In this city yesterday even?
ing, when the former opened with a Ruy Lopez, the
variation selected being the following: 3 . . . P?Q R 3:
4. B-R 4. I'-Q 3: il. P-Q 4. B-Q 2; 6. P-R 3. Kt -
B 3; 7. Q Kt-Q 2, B?K 2; Castles, Castles. The
veteran played the game freely until he made a
blunder, which enabled Lasker to win the game
after forty moves. The score of the match now
rends: Lasker. 9: Stelnltj*. 2; drawn, 5. The seven?
teenth game ls scheduled for Monday evening.
This dispatch tells a good story. We know now
that Lasker ls near the winning post, and he will re
main champion of the world after securing one more
game.
In metropolitan chess circles the students had
their battle In the week Just ended. Harvard may
fairly be proud of having won the championship
three years In succession. At the time of writing,
Columbia, Yale nnd Princeton were neck and neck
for frond place. The readers of The Tribune will
find a . eport of the final round elsewhere In the
pap-r.
A tournament, In which nineteen non-members of
clubs were competing, was pl.iyrd under the auspices
of tlie Metropolitan Chess Club on New Year's Oay.
The final bouts were scheduled f.^r last night.
Mrs. Henrietta Worrell, Brooklyn, is under train?
ing for the women's International tournament to be
played ne-xt March In London.
sShowalter left Georgetown. Ky., for the East on
Friday. He ls scheduled to begin operations with
Pillsbury on* January 18.
The following leiter from Sielnilz, In Moscow,
dated December 17, was received yesterday:
Why am I so badly beaten? In the first place, be?
cause Lasker is tlie greatest player I ever met, per?
haps the greatest that ever lived; to say so posi?
tively would bs like making excuses for myself ansi
disparaging other rivals ut a time when I mysell
am Incapable to compete In Ihe first rank. "A
chess master has no more right to be 111 than a gen?
eral on the battle-field," or words to that effect, I
once wrote In "The International Chess Magazine,'
Slid I adhero lo that. Yet. with the hope of becom?
ing stronger and better, I may state ihat my fearfu
breakdown ls chiefly due, as usual, to sleeplessness
and nervous exhaustion, this time aggravated h)
curious causes, which may Interest the Knelpp So?
ciety In New-York.
When I left We.rlshofen 1 felt nearly well and sun
to beat mv opponent, but "1 bael reckoned without
my host. Strange lo say, om* cannot get cold
water and fresh air in Russia ?at least the hosts In
hotels do not provide for such commodities. Th*
windows are hermetic rally closed all day. and there
ls only a small opening at each for letting In som*
air for a few minutes st a time, for ihe drafi kl
otherwise Intolerable, since the rooms are over?
heated, and a little air ls worse than none. Th*
water pipes are situated close to the heating appa?
ratus, or ovens, and you cannot get cold water t,
bathe In or to drink. There has not been very cold
weather vet. and w hen I asked for Ice 1 was lola]
ihat they wanted the little they had. and no fresh
Ice has been gathered this season by Ice deniers.
The consequence was a reaction, such as I hav.
never before experienced. One day I fainted, and ll
a friend had nol arrived In time I might have gone
off.
As regards the effe, I on my play, Iel others Judge
My belief ls that 1 had the best In the majority ol
games, or at least even games, and points where I
commltle.l gross blunders; bul afier a few hours'
pluy I broke up. Lasker would help himself by
walking exercises from the effects of close slr, whllr
1 had to slop In a room, owing tn a bad knee-joint,
which got worse.
The score of the eleventh game;
Ki.KVKNTH OAME-gl'KKNH I'.AMIllT DECLINED.
WHITE BLACK. WHITE. HI.ACK.
Stelnlit. I*??k*r. Htelnlti. Itoak.r
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If K3 t-a.lle*. !*!Q~ga B--Kl I
eq Kin i* ii- IS*-" . Kt?
7Hxl* F-B4 -tsil-Kli B l Q
s?* xi* uki gi iJnKti-0 K-bj,
SF- BU Pi I* SOKt(l?. -Q3 Kt Kt
10 Kt HS Kt gi I SI K KU K-Kil
i Ht h gin 95 g-s k us
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Ki g B-Kta IM1---QKI4 1^ KI4
ft I* IC KR g MKl-RI II K
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BROOKLYN. Fulton, Livingston ft Hoyt Sts, and Bsdford Av ft Fulton *m* BROOKLYN.
Gigantic Fur Deal.
Spot Cash Once More Triumphant!
75,000 Dollars Worth
TO BE SOLD AT
Exactly One-Third Regular Prices.
This is the largest purchase of Fur Garments ever made by a Retail
House in this Country.
A leading manufacturer of most reliable Furs sold to us his entirq^
stock of Fur Garments, amounting to $75,000, at so great a sacrifice thai
we now offer thc newest, most fashionable and absolutely trustworthy Fur
Garments at exactly ONE-THIRD of regular retail prices and in many
instances as low as ordinary Cloth Garments are usually sold for.
The Assortment is complete, from the finest Fur Garments down tc
the most economical and the prices we are enabled to quote will quickly
spread the fame of this extraordinary sale as the
Fur Chance of a Lifetime.
Real Alaska Seal Jackets, reg. price
$875.00; ko at.ifi
Real Alaska Seal Jackets, reg. price
1900.00; ko at.1
Real Alaska Seal Jackets, reg. price
92*1*40; go at.
Real Alaska Seal Jacketa, reg. price
$225.00; go at.
Rea* Alaska Seal Capes, Ii.', In., reg.
price $250.00; go at.
Real Alaska. Seal Capes, 17 In.xl4.". In.;
reg. $180.00; at.
Real Mink Capes, 30 in.xl25 In.; reg.
price $250.00; at.
Real Mink Capes, 30 In.xl25 In., reg.
price $225.00; at.
Real Mink Capes. 30x120 In., reg. price
$'J00.00; go at.
Real Mink CapeB, 30x120 in., reg, price
$157.50; go at.
Real Mink Capes, 30x105 In., reg. price
.$00.00; ko at.
Real Alaska Sable Capes, .30x110 in..
reg. $125.00, at.
Real Alaska Sable Capes, 24 In., reg.
price $82.50. at.
Real Alaska Sable Capes, 10x130 In.,
reg. $41.25, at.
Real Natural Heaver Capes, 27x100 In.,
reg. $05.00, at.
Real Monkey Capes, 30 In., reg. price
$41.25. go at.
Real Monkey Capes, 30 In., reg. price
#'J4.7*">, go at.
Wool Seal Capes, 80x100 In., skunk col?
lar, reg. $50.00.
Wool Seal Capes. 30 in.xlOO In., reg.
price 180.00; go at.
FINEST MIFFS.
Real Mink Muffs, rcRtilar price. 816.00;
go at.
Real Mink Muffs, regular price, $14.00:
go at.
Real Natural Heaver Muffs. reKular
price $14.00; ko at.
Real Natural Reuver Muffs, reKular
price, $12.00; go at.
Real Natural Heaver Muffs, regular
price. $10.00; ko at.
Real Natural Heaver Muffs, regular
price, $0.00; go at.
Real Natural Reaver Muffs, roKulnr
price $8.00; go at.
Real Nutria Heaver Muffs, regular
price, $0.00; go at.
Real Nutria Heaver Muffs, regular
price, $5.00; go at.
25.00
OO.OO
01.07
75.00
83.34
60.00
83.34
75.00
eo.?o
52.50
30.00
41.00
27.50
13.75
31.00
13.75
8.23
111.00
10.00
$5.33
4.07
4.07
4.00
3.34
3.00
2.07
2.00
l.?7
Real Astrakhan Capes, 36x120 In., reg.
$35.00, go at.811.00
Real Astrakhan Capes, 33x110 In., reg.
$33.00. go at. 11.00
Real Astrakhan Capes, 30 In. xlOO in.,
reg. $24.73. at. 8.25
Real Astrakhan Capes. 30 In. xlOO in..
reg. $10.50. at. 5.50
Real Astrakhan Jackets, 30 In., reg.
price, $37.50, at. 12.50
Real Astrakhan Jackets, 30 in., reg.
price $50.00, at. 16.06
Electric Seal Capes, finest made, 30x
125 In.. $90,00, at. 30.00
Electric Seal Cspes. skunk collar, 30x
120 In.. 881*88, at. 22.50
Electric Seal Capes, 30x120 in., reg.
price $,*?0.00, at. 10.66
Canada Seal Capes, skunk collar, .'Mix
120 In., $4.5.00. at. 15.00
Canada Seal Capes, skunk collar, 33x
110 In.. $41.2.5. at. 13.76
Canada Seal Capes. 30 In., reg. pries
$.13.00. go at. 11.00
Canada Seal Capes. 20x13." in., reg.
price $30.00, go at. 10.00
Canada Seal Capes, 11x120 In.. reg.
price $24.7.5. go at. . 8.25
Japanese .Seal Capes, thihet ed?-e. ?,u*t
108 in., $14.2."., at. 4.75
China Seal Cape*. 30x100 in., reg. pries
$12.75. go at. 4.15
China .Seal Capes. .'iOxloO in., reg. price
$10.r,0. go at., 3.60
Hlaek Coney Capes. .".Ox KW) m.. reg.
price 87*88, ko at. 2.50
| French Coney Collaret tea, reg. price
$3.75. go at. 1.25
LONG FUR BOAS.
Natural .skunk Roas, 3 yds. long, reg.
price $~M.OO, ko at. 8.00
Hlack Lynx Boas. 3 yds. long, reg. price
$19.50. go at. O.OO
Mouflon Hms, 3 yds. lonK, reg. price
$18.00. ko at. 0.00
Black Raccoon Roas, 3 yds. long, reg.
price $12.00, at. 4.00
Natural Raccoon Roas, 3 yds. long. reg.
price. $7.50. at. 2.50
Natural oppossum Roas. .3 yds. long,
reg. price $4.50. at. 1.50
Pmall Collarettes, Collars, Chil?
dren's Muffs and Sets, also Muffs and
Boas to match, at same reductions
from regular prices.
LOUIS AND HERMAN LIEBMANN, MANAGERS.
POSITION AFTER, BLACK'S
Black ll,i*k,'n K.sKi ptSBSS,
roBTT ki hst move.
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PROBLEM NO. 172?BT ft E.
LYN. ^^^^^^^^
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|-? un K Kt 4 nnd KUI
BLACK --MX IMECER
Kt H I* Q R 4
c, 7 ,h K K.
Bl Kt li 2
Itl K-KS
ll .". , h K cj 4
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Kt
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BROOK
white-nine piece*
.Whit* ie play moa toola ls ttuoo bmvb**.
K on K B. Q on K Kt 2. Ki* on Q Kt 3 ani Q- B __\
i ll 3; T. on Q B R. ti 4. K | md K Kt 3.
CORRKPI'ciNtiKNCE.
Solution to No. |7|: k -Q 7
Correct: solution, received from c e. Llndmark, Brcyafc.
?'nL J' ?. ,,row'*r. Yonkers. N. V.; th* Rev L>,uli h.
Haker. *A**t Hurley. N. T.: Amnt-ir New-York I>
?.. H. Baldwin. Norwalk. Cnn.; E. W Enth/rg, EbstE
lyn; Edwin ll. Ballw'n. H-.shroii.-k HelicM* N J J
.'an Zandt WyokofT. Bayonne, N. J . and William Tomp*
lin*. New-York.
Th* !a?t-n.-im.-l correspondent. J "is*.,ra* Schaefer
JVapplna-er* Kail*. N Y.. ani Pr. Il Fannlnar Harket*.
?.rk., forward**! additional correct s.dnti ns I , No. ITO.
J. I., Jacksonville. Fla. - You will hear of u* hy an*.
>r
F. C. B., N*w-llav-n, Conn.?Kt-K Kt .". waa mewn*.
CLABBBEIXO OVER BEOWBBAPE.
ritlAlJI WHICH THE HROOKLYN HFI'lHTft RAIt*.
ROAl> INFLICT*! ON* PAHSKNOKRS BY COM
Pl~1.LIN<* THKM TO l?E THE REAR POOR
Since the reca-nt inowstorms there have bests
many complaints from people riding on the. csrs
of the Hrooklyn M.-lKhts line* running up ansi
down town because clurltis- the greater part of ths
diiy the gHteB on the front platform are closed ant
entrance to and exit from the cara at that cn*)
;ir?* luirrod. Conductors who are questioned rs*
Barding the matter fall back on the tlme-honorsi
sic-ti's ihat "lt ls the rule*.'' but enc In s whits
otu* la found suffl.-U fitly obliging lo atty that sc*
<-or,lIn* tn orders from headquarters the front door
has to be closed, except during certain hours In ths
afternoon when the rush ls greatest.
Inquiry at ihe offices of the company yesterday
Ir.wed that orders were issued a month or mon*
ugo to the men on the principal lines of ths com*
pony not to allow patraengere to enter or depart
by the front door, save between 4 and < o'clock ls
the afternoon. The order ha* not been at rielly
obeyed uti all th* linea affected, and soma people
who travel about town a good deal have only
learned of Its existence within the last day or two.
Women have been especially annoyed when, after
expecting to get on af the front platform as u ?**.'.
they have had to make their war over miniature
mountain* of snow or through shoals of mud IS
reach the other end of s esr, snd the conductors
hav** heeii , .unpolled to listen to numerous nsf**
muru, and, oeeaalonally. lo expressions not to bs
.le*. iiis.-.l hy lhal mild term, lt ls felt on all hands
that If this rule ls to prevail the coiapin* *houl4
have Ihe snow shovelled away snd s closr walk
to ihs rear pKlform provided
The existing arrangement haa Increased Ihs ??*
airs for the carrying Into effect of the new oral*
nant** which the Board of Aldermen adopted last
week. As B4**?n as this beennvea operative ears will
no longer slop at the near crossing and en I rs new
and e?lt at Ihs rssr simI will be moro essy amt
comfortable, provided, sf course, ihat Ihs motor*
men are dexterous enough to slop so thai tbs ?resr
slep ls flush tsllh Ihe ei*4*-?BWBlk. Tho principal oh*
lection to a return to Ihe old system ls thsl arnott
lng la now permitted only on Ihe rear plst****--*. as4
thai passenger** who obhor tohactj will ha vs ts
pas* close to the mon who uss lt whs* sstsrltsf
hr leaving a cir By ths esJMIriff ordinance mm og
ts allowed to ride on thc front pUtfsrss. s*4 BB
ihsnss ib inst toommt mtrn mom sFipsHi.