;_? At ''I'* i?? I i 4_ 1 r\\ .> * ?. ? Vou l*VJ....N? 18,31)0. NEW-TORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 90, 1897.-TWELVE PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTO CHARTER TAKEN TO ALBANY ?SIGNED BY ALL THK COMMISSIONERS EX? CEPT ANDREW H. GREEN. I rftt RETOUT THAT ACCOMPANCM THE ntARTER 18 SAID RT MR. GILROY TO BF, I'XAXIMOrs ?COMMISSION* TIMK t'P TO-PAY. Alhany, B9-9*. 1!?.?The Greater New-Tork charter reached Ail-any late this afternoon. It B'S* brought here by Secretary Oeorge M. Pin oaja and ex-Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy, both mem b*rs of the Commission. They arrived on the 4:l*i train from New-York, having: previously telegraphed tho clerks of the Senate and As? sembly. a.*?kin.r them to be on hanil to reeetve the Ca.ar.or. The charter messengers found at the Caplt"! Assistant Clerk Charles A. Rall cf the Srna'e. Only two copies of the charter and the report of the Greater New-York Commission were brought to Albany, and Secretary Pinney landed them over to Mr. Hall, one to be de? liver**! to the Senate and ono to the Assembly. All of tho members of the Commission had lifjr.. i tho charter and the report exoopt State Enc ? r Ada ai.*, and Andrew H. Green. The lit;- haa not taken a prominent part In the separation of the charter owing to Illness, but Mr. A lams was on hand when the committee arrlv- .1 and affixed his signature ti the report _#...n* !t was turned over to Mr. Hall. Mi. Pin. ney and Mr. Gilroy returned to New-York on the 5 o'cl.-ek train this af tomoo n, after requesting Mr. Ball not to make the report public until lt ts pres- nted to the Legislature cn Monday night. This Mr. B_H agreed to. Mr. Rall delivered one of the two copies to the assistant clerk of the Assen, ly. The n ??mtiers of the Commission, with the ex c-pti^n if Mr. Green, signed the report In this order: General Benjamin F. Tracy, president; Mav - Str.ai? of New-York. Mayor YVurster of Recklyn, Mayor Qlcason of Long island ("itv, Jenn F Dillon, William C. Dewitt. Thomas V. Gilroy, Silas R. Dut.her. Seth Low. Harrison E. Moore. Stewart L. Woodford. Campbell W. Adams, Slate Kngii.e?r; Theodore E. Hancock, Attorney-General, aim Becretary George M. Pim..;.. *?? ri tarjr Penney said ihat a copy of the char? ter would i.e seat to each member of the Legis* latur** bj Wi du s.lay next, and that the report of tl," i "ommlssinn would be given to the press in V Y.a-k ..n Monday ni^ht. Mr. Gilroy said that the Commission presented a unanimous re* ?jolt upon the Charter. The tim<* In Which the report should ba presented to the Legislature. uni'r the recent extension of twenty .lays, ex phea to-morrow. Mr Austin, chairman Of the Assembly Cities Oammlttee, said to-night thal thei-.. would be two hearirics a week for three weelu on the Charter bill. Thoab who say they know the intentions of Ihe advocates of Greater New-Tork, assert that at thes- bearings re. speakers will be heard who oppose consolidation. They say that only those who wish to recommend changes in thc charter ?fl] ?? heard, as the question of consolidation **>-as settled by the Mil which \*as passed last year. THE MAYOR AND.MK. LOW GO ON RECORD IHET JOIN IN AN EXPLANATION OK THEIR j VIEWS ON THK CHARTER AND th Kin votes roH it Mayor Slr 1 aad Prealdenl Beth Low, of coiam bia University, h.? neembere of the Greater New-Tork esl rda] 1 ia 1 hi a letter addressed to :?, Jr., :hi secretary <>f ihe com " wvi.-h they say tllat although they have von forth. Greatei New-Toek charter ae a whole lsd their signatures :.> tho report to e Leglslai ..-,? to i.e submitted la connection tbere ri.t.;. iv.-, iesire a. a mat;, j- ot" ravord to prcurnt -*???*?? -a?ai,,-. tn tYxf, ihr-a. tna*__rL?_?' ???***"* I lions In regard to which their vlTwir *rnTa*r rrom [ * -j,,, majority cf the Coannlss-O-. They he Eve that as a wh'.:. tye merits of the charter sot* x ita d.-f.-r:?. and they iherefore propose to rap* r,,c- ita eaaetflaent, and believe thal nuder lt conaoll ,.ir. safely be brought ai.oui. Tin- arrltera art - favor ol. Fi -? a muni '.pal sssennbiy wirh ,-i single chamber. c. 1 a vinci,- Police Commissioner and an In ...;,. ni Board of Elections. (.ranting to ii... Mayor the power to rem..*? v ? charges, in the public Interest, throuirhout tbi s I, .f his term. Instead of limiting this power, ? : ti . Iocs, to ihe first six month* ... his t rm (I REASONS FOR A BINGLE CHAMBER. In thi- ?.?.?.temana appended Mayer Strong and Mr. I a e:v. their rBUBOna a.* follows. i lit- Bsderalgacd believe that in th.* majority of cia** lr, the united States, ai areli as elsewhere, the Itel*'?tlv< body consists of one chamini. The city cf Nesr-York Itself lias had two chambers In Its Rfltl Uve audy. The two chambers did nol prove so rah . le aa to make the city desirous to beep :Vm Thi analogy sometimes drawn between the kalila tl' ?? .Iv or a cay and Congress or the Legis . Inn ? :, -*:a:... In the opinion of ihe undersigned, ;* m.- ? ling. A city legislature does not deal, in a larc.* sense wah political questions, hut only with a il**.:-, ri ? r : sp< 'Ifled subjects. Neither the States nor an* State ol the I'nlon keeps e kettla 1 siih two houses In continual session, Ail f th. 81 ites of the 1'nion. except six. restrict the .? .' their Legislature :o a biennial session. Thu - noi mean thal the Bovrnmeni of a city ls ly snv means all business: and yet it is tru?. in the Mini n of the undersigned, that lt ls much more besinei rt lt i> Bovernmenl In the larger sens.-. THE CITY MKRKI.v AN AGENT. Th.-- ;?? pie of t-6 City look to :he St.,te, and not to the ci;>. for ih-- protectloa of life and property, Tbe City .< I Baply the agent ot' the .State, 60 far as it has to 4v alth the poi.ee tarca arith schools, with the paMic hi ah, and. generally speaking, as to "ll ths mat:; w.n. v. and tv the of it, the city is not so much the anent c. tba Buts ..8 lt is tia- agent ol tbe people of the City What is to i>e especially sought, therefore, as lt ?pp.-.i.s ? . the undersijrnasd. in the organisation of leny go\ mm.-iit in relation to all such mattera, is ? ?y*t. ti thal will tirst of all prevent the abuses Sjruialnc; from rc-ki.-astii'S? or dishonesty, and then will (end lt?e.. to the efficient conduct of thc city's h-tin. >. Thc undersigned believe that the charter m_.e> ???;.? provision, so fal ai any charter can, ?about ?-,.'(. to the fact that the municipal as ?WtV.y |> livided Into two houses, against Loth reek ???*?*,?(,? ai 1 dishonesty on the part of th.' officials of 'a* cit-., va* ha lever mer ts may appertain io th.- ays la) of a municipal assembly with two chambers, it _S hardly he contended th.it lt lends itself to ifil ***?*'V It ls n.U>*h more l!k. ly !<> land Its. if to vi-xh gpen . 1 stly delay. For the res:, the undersigned ? *_*'* ' al the con entratlon of responsibility for ?**?<_t! : ihat is proper t<. .. city In a elngle eham JP'Ullk. ly to avrit mischief more successfully than V** dirts' ?, of power between two chambers They sj Mm, -ver, believe in a large legislative hodv for ?"?rm- .1 r-;ty. KLEtTIONf AND POLICE CONTROL Tb* i>>xow rommrtee, hy its Investigation of sh) Police Department of New-York, made eleni lr 6verybod|r whal was L< fore only dimly ans* i**0''^. namely, the vast opportunity there is foi Dhus* of tj,j. powers that the Poll, e Depanmeii: jiust hs v< irater these clrcumatancee lt sppean J* thu undehitgncd to be the dictate of politics ?Ibdoni ??., yiM- to tbe Police Department no mon Njrr than lt must have. I'or this reason th< aaarsifned would not give to the Police Depart' Tra the f-niiir control of elections, They wouW '?tiver preserve an Independent Board of Blectloni 9 do tor Qreater New-Yorh what an independen Roi.r.1 of KU-, tions has done f..r the etty of Brook '?ai. lr. ihe .nun satlsfai torlly. for twenty-flvi ^?rs if p i?. Brgued that the Police Board mus kav? a,,, a-ntire , ontrol of eleetlona because th. ' ? force nae to be bo largely used on Klee tlon Day and in connection arith elections th. I***' Mnswr in that iii Hrooklyn for a ouarrer of ; cer.tury u... contrary aystem has prevailed, to th. K?r,.rai sattsfactlon of the people if tbe eteettot husiness i% no, confided to the Police Department th<- prlniipsl urifiiment. In the opinion of Hie un ttf-rsiK'ned in f.,w,rof a lo*ir-head*d Pollci Hoard the m.-n,', pf vlUcl) uri- io l? selected so tim the politics ol nm more than two at Un- Uni of tl.fir ai pointment shall he th.* same, appear to fd il to .li** fjroutid. ."NIjJYITjKI. HKSl'ONSIBIl.ITY DKRIRAHI.l H ls admltti-cl that In a city with a poller- for. ?o lurpo as that of the 'tJreater New-York, th p.rKr>r,la.ation of the Department with a single .'on ?i-nteaer at its bend wuui.i, require apoclnl ni '"Keru, nrs for til;,ls anl for Hi- discharge < **vina- ?af the other luneiinns td tbe Departmen H is auo admitted tint the Bhapter on the Polb P1 ??irnii-ni in the pt-opoaed charter ls a arei mproci-ment, as the undersigned think, upon Hi ?rtsert law relating lo the Police Department I he div of N.w-York: hut for the BfOBSr hus of the poll--. Hie und.islKnr.l aouid rathi st to the safety lo he had hy holdliiK one ma si>or.MU,i for tha aOxnlnlstratlon of the Dcpar IIZ^Z" ?U t^ aalft!Sr&?Vs4rattt THE POIVKR OP RKMOVAT.. Tile underalsmeal believe ihit ii,. .. , eourse th* ?. ta , ? l,h 1(* M ft mntier Of mihll'in,, n:,,h0r,,y to ??*? removals in the o w words ?b,,,0"t ?harKPS' * "? "?* ,n ^.e^rA^'^/^rton.ipoin, on so barn , with lt a .-orr s.,?n!l an; I'1"""'* oa.ght to cafry the power lr ?,' x.,UnK ^Ponslblllty BtUched tl, responsible st mi ,.?'"" ?know? ,h-" ??? munt bs appolnt-a becau-11 h? * for ,hp con,:,,<'? <'f '*?*? "> sive sa lsf? ,,L . a.' r,*?nove him If hr fails th* opinion io' u?'?, V'P ,,,uh1!1'* lh? ^syor, it, likely to 1? ,*?;?,./, i, '".''lf'r-'fe6* r" muf,>* more if. after fl ta rn?? 1 ,n lnt .*****. of hta ??? '?':,n eonsenuonees o? .?,hB ,h" ,s to W frf0 fr"'" H?e ??-eqoeoces of any mistakes thal he ?iuy m.,k,.. MW^WWBlLm WILT. MARK FOR VNITV I A-rain. responsibility to tho Mayor on the part W .he administrative depnrtmenin ls the chief ? ement that makes for unity in the admlnlstra nsa of tho etty, ami that len.i* itself unceasingly o efficiency. Ona SSVS to choose at mat.v point, a"1,?rtvn'fin,,f? '"y/?vernment betwaen efnckmt-y powers T^TlV^;^' a? V* hn?l ??? ? 'llvislor, of vuinn rt* . "nde??saad believe thai much di .I ni?.?.!, in,amlnis,r,'.,,iVf> 'u,WPr no, w?lp make., i, ? w.vLi J*S a.<:rom,,|"!'' positive gool, bal is itself sc?!? , .???'??V,VK 8,>ro"s ,,:,rm '?? snaking postttvS J ".lon .litlK-iHt or impossible. Th-v also believe Loon. ', ,lfv' 1,inn L1!? Principle of locating ra sponsiiainty uponi public officers so clearly thai Ht'v ?^"n"0t ?V:,,.U> "? Kv,r> d..puttme,,| of th' City government ls conducted from necessity upan ihis ,.,s,s. end i, is poi sppareni why the alf Terent department--, in their relation to the prin? cipal administrator of the ci;v. u,e Mayor should rot ba carried on in ths Interesi of the city upon alie same theory. TIIK MA.IOUITV SHOULD nt'l.E. The undersigned re'oKniz>* that. In a work like tha: of preparing a Charter for Greater X. w-York. tha. views of thc majority of thw to whom th. duly of framing a charter ia commuted most pre? vail. P'ronsly as they believe that In the points Indicated the charter ls at fault, tbsp are never On less prepared to support, it, for IRS reasons already given; hut. in doing so, they wish it to be known that they think the charter is con? structed In these particulars upon B wrong theory Thai charter, at those points, tapes!* for safety to a division of power The undermined, ai these points, would seek safety, on Hie other hand liv locatlrt: responsibility so clearly thal there |a ,,,, possibility of evading lt. Respectfully, W. I, RTRONO. ?BTH l.ow. A NEW ASSISTANT DISTRICT-ATTORNEY. PHILIP CA*RPF.N*TKR CU08JBN TO SITCKKD ItAR toyv BJ, WRRRS, Pistrlot-Attorney Olcott yesterday afternoon an? nounced the appointment ol" Philip I arpenter as an Assistant Dlstrlc:-AttoriH y. at a salary of "7.".i>* a year, ta succeed Barlow s. Weeks, who resigned some time ago. Mr Carpenter lias e. law offlce St No. 3S Park How He will laka Offlcs on March 1. A 7.IXC TRUST FORMED. COMPAMIRBj COMBIMR with a capitam/at-ox nr lin.un.ooo. Bethlehem, Penn., Fa-b. 19.?It wns announce.i here to-night that the Lehigh Zinc and Iron Com? pany, ivhose mammoth plant ls in Sou!)-. Bethle? hem!, and the Florence /.inc Works, al FrccBIBIIB burt;, three miles from hare, are In thc zinc "com? bine," the capita' of which la ttSsflsMW, H. ft, Palmer, formerly president of th- New-.let si y Zinc and iron i'nn"pany. will bs presldenl of the new cosspany; August (lochaber vain in venera! manager, and J. Pries Wetherill, of the local plant. consulting engineer THE PASSENGERS BADLY SCARED. AN" ArPAHKNTI.Y MAP r>OG"r* Wll.n CARKRR Anorxn Tim WAiTiNr.-iionM at twkntv THIUD-ST. AND TKB KAST nivi;n. rx iv"** ten.^.. -.. . ?--*" lot of people late jester lay afternnon In the Green point fern-house, at Fast Twcntv-third-st., and hi! a boy on tl-e hand. The lad. WllttaBB O'Rrlen. of Ko. Bl Fast Tw o'cloct* when the dog WSS Hrs! St en in the waitlas room jf IBM ferry ti...:s?. A boat had Ju?t arrived, and the doors were sbOOt to ba op. ii-r Strong had dOportad Bal nskc bis BsOthSt what ticltets he li.ul liought. On lo.'k Ing tha-m ov.-r he found that two of lhasa bore Hu same number, and that all three were badly hlurr.-i and Imperfect looking, and, suspecting they wt t fogged, i'lirrougha ran into Drosdwsy IO hunt fo the swindler. H.m. t Strong coming ou! of snottier ticket-scalp offlce, ai No. Ht Broadway. He grabbed his 111..- Tliei et urned th ST'S oftV'-. .a: No. U I,> Die collar ati-l took bim into his he mad.* Strong ?"Ve op thc Jo nt..l tickets to him. By llllh lin"* Cagney Hrol liefs, of Xii. '.'fi\ lal on Way, and a balf-dossa other brokers, who had hear of iii.- swindle, .ame, rushing with brea thiess hs I Into Burroughs's OSes, lohn Cagney had bougr two of the tickets, paying dV, tor both, and li tried to make Strong give up the money. Hot won! were uae brokers follow, d snd Bturrstigha snd Cagnaj mm tho charge. The tick.'ta w.re sent to thc Pennsylvania Hal road ticket office, at the foot of < orllandl-*t.. I Sergeant Porter. There they werai onamintd by ti ticket agent and others connected with tbs rna. wlto pronounced them forgeries, excepting lb* or bought In Jersey City yssttarda-. HONORS rAID TO MR. HERBERT A DAY* OF FEASTING AND FE8TIVITT IN CHARLESTON. the ncat-TAmr axd the oFnrER.s of the FLEET Kt'MPTFOl'PI.Y ENTERTAINED AS THK OU__ll OF THE IITT. Charleston, K. c., Feb. 19.-The festivities In honor of Secretary Herbert nnd the Navy were .. minuet! this morning, lasted throughout the ?lay. and are still in progress late to-night. In the shape of a naval and military ball tendered l>.v the city to Its guests. The committee of citl s-ens. headed l,v Major Smith and made up of the leading men and oftloials nf Charleston, called nn Secretary Herbert, his party and Ad mnal Bunoa at the Charleston Hotel at 10:.",0 o'clock this morning. The vlsltr.rs were then taken out fur an exterded drive. In which most Ot tho historic points in and about the city wen visited. Afi.r this sight-seeing expedition the guests of Um city wara ontertalred at luncheon at the house of Major Oeorge H. Edwards, Where they met a distinguished party of citi? zens. The liineheon was scarcely over before Mayor ?myth .aile., officially on the Secretary at the ? 'hm i.-st..;,. 'Carriugea wera provided, and Mr. Herbert, his friends. Admiral Hun.-e and his P-rsonal staff wert driven to the city Hall. Where a public reception was held In the Coun? cil Chamber. Secretary Herbert was presented to John i.rimhall. chairman of IBM Reception Committee, by Mayor Smyth, nnd Mr Orimbnll welcomed him to Charleston In a short and ap proprlnte address Mr. Orimbnll is a graduate of the Naval Academy, being Admiral Dunce's Junior I.y ..ne year. The> were at Annapolis together, but Mr. Orimbnll Joined the Confederate cause and waa an officer of the cruiser Alabama. Thc reception eon tin Jed for an hour, and was Attended bv the otllcers of the Beet and hun? dreds ,.f th.* most prominent m. :*. and women of the city. With a rest of three hours Secretary Herbert, Admiral Bonce and the officers appeared once more lr. public. This time they were the spe? cially honor.,i guests at a ball given in th*ir honor by the people of charleston. This function was brilliant nnd imposing. The invitation were limited t.. soo, and every parson who re celvefl ..rn- attended. Not since ante-bellum daya has an entertainment of <-.|uai magnificence 1? en given in Charleston. Th-' Puritan lias arrived in port and will prob? ably remain here for several weeks. The Terror, tbe Amphitrtte, and possibly the Vesuvius, will do likewise. The Dolphin returns to Florida Braters, and the big cruisers and battle-ships will sail (or Norfolk to-morrow evening. Tn-m..rr..v.- the fistivities in ihe forenoon will he th. entertainment by the officera <>f citizens on th. ir ships, and many private luncheons and breakfasts will be given on shore. ?~m TOLEDO ELEVATORS IX FLAMES. FIRE ItACi.NO OX TIIE RIVER FRONT AND IPRKADINO. Toledo. Ohio. Keb. 10.?At midnight the Lake Shot.' elevator on the river front ls in flames and will he destroyed, and the fire ls spreading t.. Klevator H. which will probably go. too. Each bas a capacity ot 128,000 bushels and is said to be fully slocked. They are owned by Pad? dock. Hodge & Co. The loss will approximate 1300,000. The surrounding property ls in gnat i;,i ger. A heavy winn blowing in ott the river is hampering the work of the firemen. -e? SPAIN WINS IX THE PBILIPPINES. A ?_....- .....ila..!.-. nra PORTED. Madrid, Feb 19.?A dispatch from Manila, the capitol <>f the Philippine Islands, says that the Spaniards have won a brilliant victory over the insurgents, and inflicted a crushing blow ?.n the rebellion The troops attacked the rebel stronghold at Wilangi which was desperately defended by a large foi..' of insurgents. The fighting was without material advantage to either side until th.- troops were ordered to storm the rebel posl tlon. The command WSJ obeyed with alacrity. The r.-:,els mad.* a brief Btund against the onrush of th.- troops, and then those who w.re able to do :.,, Bed precipitate!;, in the direction of Ymus. which is now th.- last rallying point of th.* ln aurgents. Th- Unas <>f the troops ls not stated, but the number of rebels killed is placed at Bim. spains ORGAN ATTACKS CLEVELAND. HIS Agni 'T'.'NS OF "'.'..il) FAITH HKl'I-AHE.) TO lit: K.ll'lY aUJEOBO ANAU' HISTS AKI'I.STr't>. ihiv.ii.a, rob. m.-The "Luella" ridlenlea the praise that bsa leen bestowed i.i..m President Cleve? land for saying thal be is opposed to the sailing of filibustering esr?edltlons from ihe United Stat..-, it ._.?? i, would i?- prefer..!.le foi- him to mahe prac? tical and effective opposition lo the sailing of m.. li expedition*, iiist.-a.i of mahlng repeated protesta? tions of fcoo.1 fall li io Spain, i I- said ti-' "a- police have discovered an V.iirchlaa nlot here, an.l hiv- arrested Alfonso No! !-.i Jos* OonuSea and Jose Ban Martin, all of "ti!!- V.titi*'i'<1'onMil here denies an Interview ihat ?? .li to have been had with him i.y the eerre* ?pond/nt ot .. New-York newspaper. OEM. ROLOFF SAM) T<) HAVE QONI TO CUBA. General Rbi .ff. Ihe Cuban against whom indictment mta ,.,.,',.?,... *., and for ni** alleged connection with filibustering i m editions and whose bail bond of CW was for;, ii.-.i i.y h,.-. iwn-appearsnce wa.m ia* trial w',_ called ii Baltimore tins week, is believed te lei ve "one to Cuba, ll is nor known whether be went on the filibuetertna steamer Bermuda, or went by way of Kev West. At ali events, he packed up lit--* belong in.. ... U),. j, niue In which he was living in Brooklyn on Monday nt '.iii*1 ween" ?n** w"ur ?way, ostensibly to soesr for trial in Baltimore. Knee then be ).a* not been seen bul Cubans in thia city do not deny ? '. ,i he may now be In Cuba. lt la said that several other Indictments were likely to be obtained against lum. and that i! was simp er for lam to forfeit the Hist baU bond lhan to walt for other obligations to pile up against him PRESENTED IE THE NAME OP texas. k sil.vi-.i. siavp'i: PBOJI THI UMI_ KAI KATI Tu rr.H i:\rri-K-sitii' OP HEH NAME. Qalveatou, Ten., iv,> ,!> Tao thousand peopk witnessed the preBentntlon of the silver service tc ?he battle-ship Texas on the plaza in front of thc Beach Hotel this evening. Captain Class, a..om panted by b'a otneers, arrived al the wharf abort!] nfi.r 1:10 o'clock this afternoon. Thev wats fol lowed by the bluejuehete and marines af the Texas and all wera- paeetved and escorted by the loea military to tha Tremont Hotel, where they wen met hy (lovel nor CulbsrSOU and staff. After i V,i i. if riTcoiion ai tin- hotel the line of march wa resumed fo ihe Beach Hotel the state officials officers of tl*.- Texas. Silver Service and Receptloi ij.niminr.* i..-iii- In rsrriMM and sscjorted b. m irll is bluejackets and the Stale nillllla. After the band had play.-d "My Country. 'Tis r. Thee" "Dixie" me' "Yankee Doodle." liov.-ino I'ulbetson wss Introduced, and In a brlel and elo aueni speech he eapressed the sincere sppreclatloi of the |..-..|.|.. it the lilith compliment which ha, l,,,ll DBid lha State I.y Ihe S.creti.ry of the Nav*. ,' ,, ii ? slight token of thal feeling commission? him to present a silver service through CsptSll Ulasa io the battle-ship named after the State o Wheo Ihe Oovernor intoned, presentations wer ?,,,,,. embracing * Lone Slur Hag. portraits c Austin and Houston, a collection of Texas historic ',i.i works l.v Tessa authors, and B small servir n. silver bv various chapters of ihe Daughters < ? ha Remit.II. Captain -lase ..-.ponded in a ha pp ve.. H. 'poke euloglstically of tl,.- bsttle-shl ?Vexi- and described her aa nm- of th.- best an mi.nelii-st ships In the American Navy. Captal ?|.M WBB enOTuslBStlCslly applauded. At the cot elusion Of hi* r.-in.. i ks a guard pf bluejacket ?_! f, rm.-.i around the "liver service, which cot Sms offourteen pieces of sterling silver, welghlr, 1 JMi ounces and costin! ?0*. After Ihe public lin Iriiipected th* gift the btue-Jachets eenveyed "'To-Vi.pht' lh'.X".a!,. ? r Of the Texas were BUM laded Bl 'I Knoll bull. ? - FLORIDA JA.'KS.iNVM.I.K. ST. AUGUSTINE New-Torh and nerida Umltod-Pennsylvanl nJiithein and F. C. * P. will operate extra Pullm. fceoer New*Vork IO 8-. Allgusltae, 12:10 noon. we,. Monday 22; ?aturday, 2.. t" a.-.-.jmmo.lat.- Ineraasi ffBVeT W. V Offices. 271 and Ki Brosdwe>.-Adv AUTONOMY FOR CRETE. LORD SALISBURY'S PROPOSAL. SUGGESTING A GOVERNMENT SIMILAR TO THAT OF SAMOS. nissiA 18 POR rsis-o FOrcb with the pe FIANT UTT!,E KINGDOM -FRANCK IROES THE HELLENIC OnVRRNMRNT TO RE RKASONAHI.E. Constantinople, Feb. 1J??A report that Lord Salisbury, the Rritish Prime Minister, had sent a circular note to the Powers favoring the grant? ing of autonomy to Crete, with a prince of ('reece to ntlmlnister the affairs of the Island, is con? firmed. It is reported 'hat Lord Salisbury and the Marquis di Itudlnl, the Rritlsh and Italian Prime Ministers, have recommended that the Towers agree to grant autonomy to Crete upon lines similar to those upon which autonomy was given to the Island of Samoa, the affairs of the Island to tie ad? ministered under the rule of a Greek Prince. Hemline tho completion of the arrangements In? volved In this plan the British and Italian Pre? miss' agreement permits tho coitlt nation of the status SOO In Crete. It is reported hep., that Photlides Pacha, the I-ovlsional successor to Corgi Rorovitih Pacha as christian CaOraraoT of Crate, has declined to ct.tlnue to discharge tl,.* duties of that office and that Karath-odorl Pacha will be appointed to the Governorship of the Island. The Turkish squadron In Cretan waters will o-nsist nominally of nine Ironclads and twenty five torpedo boats. St. Petersburg. Feb. lrt.-Russla, it is said, Is prepared to dring about the forcible expulsion of the Greek torpedo flotilla from Cretan waters, the disarmament of the Greek troops In Crete and a blockade of the Greek coast If the Hel? lenic Government persists in Its imprudent atti? tude. If ("reece goes to war with Turkey she will tte left to fight her battles alone. Paris. Fib. 1!?.-The 'Temps" says that the Powers are resolvid to sreak firmly to the Gov? ernment of Athens, sol -ly from fidelity to the tradition that Frtnce and Gr. at Rritain wish to exhaust all means of conciliation before consent? ing to the other measures so urgently demanded by the courts allied to the Greek dynasty. FRUITING GOES ON IN THE ISLAND. MoSI.KMR m-TRKATI.Vr* AND f-TRIlorNIlED?AC OS SaRUfS AfTION OP THE OREKKr". Canea, fab. Ifl.?Thc Moslems have abandoned Voucoulis and have retreated to Allkianos, where they are new surrounded. Fighting is BOW going on there. A crowd of Moslems marched to-day to the mlltary headquarters here and demanded that the;- bo furnished with arma In order to relieve their c-mrades. Martini rifles nnd ammunition were given to them, and they marched out of the city. Later fighting occurred on the hills near ti o city, with no decisiv? results on either side. The Austrian Viee-Cfansul at Herakllnn con? firms thc report of the massacre nf "_'.IK)0 Mos lems by the Cretan Christians at Sltla, on the eastern extremity of the Island. Colonel Vassos, commanding the Greek forces in Crete, has given orders to his troops to refrain ll Ult I 11 !??11 iflt ?"SlaL I ll.*, tail's I*-.**' ps ??? a . ?**???. ~ -*E.JW.J- ***--.**? men under his command will show equal respect and observe equal treatment to all peacefully diap is d persons. The C.r'eK Consulate h.^re is now being guard? ed by Russian marines, who will be successive? ly relieved by marines from the other foreign warships. Tt," Creek Consul withdrew the Greek guard from the Consolata in obedience to r.rders from the Admirals of the foreign squad rr ns. The Consul, in complying with the or? der, protested that the Admirals were exceed? ing their functions In taking su-h action against 1.1m. ('.lionel \'as?n" had mounted guns on the heights of AkrViii and made preparations to capture the Turkish fort at Voucoulis. which avas saboeqoently abandoned by the Moslems, The Rritlsh and Russian Consuls went to Balloo to endeavor to put a stop to tba hostilities. -a stoppkd hy imrrisn warships. r,R.-; :k VTSSBTfif ROT Ai,t*iWKti TO I.AM, MEN ult sri'i'i.iifl IS CRRTR, Paris. Feb. RV?A dispatch from Canea says that tbs Krltish warships In Cretan waters have prevented the landirg of a force of Greek troops which arrived there on board the Greek warship Alphios. Athens, Feb. RV?A Rritish ironclad has pre? vented the steamer Junon from debarking pro? visions intended for Ih>* use of the Qrssh troops in Crete. , , The Greek steamer Pan Hellenic, conveying munitions of war to the insurgents in Crete, has ben stopped and turned hack by a Rritish cruis? er. The action <>f th<* Rritish vessel has created the fiercest Indignation bars. RKINFORCING THF, FRENCH FU'.ET. STKKNl'TIIKNlN'. TIIK CRSWS 0? TIIK STARSHIP! IN CllKTAN WATERS. Rrest. Feb. Rt.?All of the officers and men of the French Navy who are absent on leave from this stetion have been ordered to rejoin their viss.-ls without delay. A detachment <>f men will leave the naval sta? tion at Toulon lu-morrow to reinforce the crews Of tlv* ships firming tbs .Mediterranean Seat. LITTI.K RAI.KAN STATES A^Tin. BREYIa to roriusr brr troops mortrrroro ??KKl'ARKr" KOR TROCRLR, London. Feb. 19.?A dispatch from Vienna to it news agency says that the Oovernment of Servia datcMed to. mobilize the Servian troops and that Prince Nicholas of Matmtenagro has re ? all.-d all ..tlbers of the Montenegrin Army who nre now absent <>n leave. ADVICR <>F THK POWER! To TOMKI Till* OTT..MAN COYKItNMKNT AI'VU-KP TO AU KTAIN PROR 1'KKl 1T1TATK AN rerdtnand Mav. a wealthy whalebone merchant, o' ??e?sburg, Oermnny, was arrested yesterday by - .utr-Bberi- Wallering at the imperial Hotel on _n order atoned by Justice Pryor, In the supreme i'ourt in a sub brought by the Allgemetne Klsi.es. itsche Bsnk Oeaellschsft, of strasburg, against him and his psrtnera ha buetoese, Julina Well and Jan.* w.-il Arbach, to recover 6222.nn> :>??>. Messrs St.ltih.ir.lt and O.il.lm.ui, of No. ll Pine* st represent the plaintiff in this city, and Karl Woelffle. an Imperial bank Inspector of Germany, ls In N.w York to prosecute the suit. lb' h.is made BB affidavit BCCUS-lg May and his partners of seeur lui? Iff*~"*M trmm fae bank on hills of eZOhnngl drawn by th- 'lim on K. D. Marqu.ild, of No. Ill Krauklin'-si . ibis city. The bills, lt ls alleged, wen dishonored by Harguald, and an lnves^iiKatior showed that the r< pr. sent at lons made by May tc the bank were false. Inspector Woelffle avers that between Deeemlier IVS., and September, I**".;. May represented to th. bank that his timi had consigned to Mir.pial. 133,f?Xi pounds of Whalebone, valued at over |500,COi] snd thal lt was stand In warehouses In New-York one being at Ko. IM :""l 1;'3 W ishlngtan-st Ralf lng on th" truth of these statements, the bank pei mltted May tO draw Bgal-Bl these supposed ship ments of whalebone to the amount of $222,310.19. Upsn presentation, the bills of exchange w. n di* honored, but May explain-.i that there had been mistake of some kind between his firm and Mar qiiald, which would have to tn- straightened out b fore tin- bills would be honored. The bank the sent the Inspector to this city, and an Investlgatlo was set going, which resulted in the discovery tha JdarausM dented receiving tbe alleged shipment t whalebone. The inspector failed to lind any whab bone In the warehouses as represented by May. an could nut find some of the warehouses named. Ma came to the city on January 21, and lt ls allege that when Inspector Woelffle demanded an ej planutlon from bim admitted that his firm wa insolvent, alni that no whalebone had been ?hlpp?i His arrest followed. Ha was lodged In l.ui.lir Street Jail In default of H06.000 ball. fl again pursuing a separate policy In opposition to the common Interests of the Powers. Whether KnRlanrl thrown ofT her ols-ruiaao and openly -ides with Oreece. or pursues her underhand Policy, (he Towers In either case ought to follow their own course, opposing with united front any attempt to embroil Europe." Paris, Feb. 10.-The -Matin," In an article on the Cretan situation, says that Russia and Ger? many alone favor the proposal to blockade the Piraeus. * STUDENTS AND GENDARMES FIGHT. K DKMONSTRATION OF GREKK SYMPATHIZERS IN PARIS ENDS IN DISORDER. Paris, Keb. lfl?FiftPon hundred students took part :o-nlght In a phllo-Oreek procession, which ended In a conflict with the gendarmes. The procession, which was h<*1d at a bte hour, was a disorderly one, ind when the gendarmes attempted to make the 'tudents behave themselves a fight occurred In which IWO Ct the gendarmes were wounded. Eighty of the "tudents were arrested. GREEKS IN A FIERCE .MOOD. r-opti.Au DRMARDg that their government RESIST THE POW RM AT ANV TOST. Athens. Feb. 10.?The proposals of some of the European Powers to take coercive measures Sgalnut Greece to enforce their prohibition of ('.nek action in Crete have aroused fierce pub? lic resentment throughout the Kingdom, and popular .bmands that the Government resist the action of the Powers at any cost are being ma.le In nil Quarter*, The Government, barked by the unanimous sentiment of th* people, still Insists that the Oreek flotilla In Cretan waters shall be allowed to act in a.a. rdance with the purposes for which the vessels were sent. If the European squadrons should prevent Greece from geting against the Turks by sea, a revolu llon In. Macedonia and Epirus ls certain to fol? low. Th.* attitude ass*im.*d by the Liberals In the Hi-it ish Parliament In regal d to Crete ls hailed with great enthusiasm here. Greece has relied, and still relies, upon an upheaval of the free peoples everywhere in her behalf, and this feeling of confidence in the sympathy of Europe rrenerally go.-s far toward explaining the de? fiant course she has taken. In the course of a debate in the Chamber of I'eputies last evening Premier Delyannls said that the Government was seeking to discover the reason for the action of the Powers In oppos? ing the operations of Greece In Crete. As a re? sult of the Investigations, he said, the Cabinet had arrived at certain conclusions, which, how? ever, he was not yet able to communicate to the Clumber further than to declare that Greece would persist In her policy and course of action In Crete. The military preparations on the part of Greece continue. Two more classes of the re? serves have b.-en called out. The King openly favors resistance to the demands of the Powers. The Greek cruiser Bpesln, with full steam up, n lying In the Piraeus awaiting orders to pro? ceed to Cretan waters, and advices from Mace? donia say that all of th" principal bridges and roads in that territory are mined in readiness to destroy them in order to prevent the advance of the Turks. A dispatch from Canea says that three of the great Poefers are tn favor of a union between Crete and Oreece. It ls reported that King George will appeal to the Hellenic race for a great national loan to meet the expenses of the military and naval preparations. LOCKED HIM IX TIIE ICEBOX. IN HIS STORE. Three men walked Into the butcher shop of Demeaotno Russo, -it No. 261 Fourth-ave., Brook? lyn late yesterday afternoon and asked for a leg Of mutton. The butcher stepped to the Ice chest to get lt and tho m-n locked him In. They then rilled his cash box and made off with l-'-V About half an hour afterward Mrs. Russo came downstairs and looked around for her husband. After looking everywhere else, ns a last resort she tried th.- iceboa and found him there, speechless and nearly fro-r.-n. The police are now looking for the robbers. ________ BIG EIRE IX WILMINGTON, X. C. FLAMES BREAK OCT tN THE BU HM Ml SECTION ano sri.kai) raimpi.v BRRORR a Hb'.H WINI). Wilmington. N. C., Pcb. 10.-Fire started at 11:10 o'clock to-nlKht at Front and Grace sts.. in the clothing store of H. Marks, and is sweeping the northern section of the block. The seaboard Air Line officeJs now on tin*. The buildings burned so far were wooden ones. A strong wini is blowing and the fire I? spread? ing _______?_ .4 HOTEL CASHIER MISSING. THE SEW RRAI. ESTATE LAW (>K NEW-TOR! took effect Oct ls;, |Nt Analytical Index and Qutde l > Burera and .*t_ier.* ol Real Relats by UKO. Wt. VAN SH'I.KN N-.-ded by i way heir, monga*.??-. hayer, owner, crei Itor, corporation, assignee, receiver, executor; ever; body. Bend fl to HE.'OUI) _ GUIDE. 14 Vesey-St N. Y.-Advt. THE TREATY WILL GO OVER FILIBUSTERS IN CONTROL. ALL HOPE OF ACTION AT THIS 8E88IOW DISAPPEARS. THE SENATE SPENDS SEVEN HOI'Rfl AND A HAtf IN DEBATE. WITH THE RESULT ONLY. OP FORCING THE OPPONENTS OF THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT TO SHOW THEIR HANDS. Washington. Feb. RV?When the Senate ad? journed at 8 o'clock to-night, after a secret ses? sion of seven and a half hourn. It waa apparent to the most sanguine friends of the general treaty of arbitration with Great Rritain that no vote could be secured at this session of Congress. The fact that a motion to postpone until March Tt had been defeated by a vote of .10 to 20 af? forded no aatlsfaotlon. On the contrary, lt em? phasized the fact that those fighting the treaty intended there should be affirmative action of no kind. The debate proceeded In regular order until fl o'clock, when Senators, tire.j of the discussion and weary In body, left the chaml.er and re? turned to their homes. For two hours longer there was a dreary succession of yea and nay calls, and calls of the Senate for purpose of se. curing a <|uorum. which was no sooner found to be present than it would disappear. Fillbuster inK was Indulged In with old-time vigor, and when, after two hours of this sort of thing, the call of the Senate failed to establish the presence of a quorum, a motion to adjourn prevailed, and the treaty was left hanging in the air. At the close of ."esterday's session Mr. Sher? man sra ve notice that he would ask the Senate to "sit it out" to-day. The contest began as soon as the doors were closed with considerable en? ergy on the part of th* friends of the treaty, but they soon wearied In the struggle with the inevitable. Messrs. Rodge and Frye spoke brief? ly, but with great spirit, urging that the vote be taken this afternoon. Mr. Laid-fe said there could be no doubt that evvy Senator had made up his mind how he would vote ard any fur? ther delay would be a wa>te of time and an ex? hibition of a desire to prevnt aa tion of any sort. OPPOSITION DRIVEN FROM COVER. The speech of Senator Lodge was an effort to "shell the hushes." and if was successful In driving into the open thc enemies of the treaty. He was at once confronted with a retort from Senator Teller and Senator Stewart to the ef? fect that no vote could be bad. Mr. Teller then took the floor and spoke for an hour -.gainst the treaty and against present action. In the course of his argument Mr. Teller said that he was not prepared to say he would not vote for the treaty. He favored the principle of arhitratlon, but the treaty had been bungled and badly drawn, anl he believed there should be ample time for its consideration. The more the treaty was discussed the more prominent became; the objections which had been made to lt. Tha, Bengt*, Mr. Teller said, ought not to he asked to vite on so Important a question at thia late day In the session The State Department had been four years in framing a treaty which lt be? lieved to he perfect, but which the majority of the Senate knew did not protect the Interests of the American people.. if *?>? ?*-- - iener asKert, should the Administration and the country be so insistent that the Senate should deal finally with the suhject in a few BfSSlBBl MR. DANIEL ATTACKS THE TREATY. Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, made ono of those speeches, finished In oratory and rhetoric, for which he ls noted. He addressed the Senate for upward of two hours, and made a powerful Im? pression. He was against tne treaty, and ad? vanced some of the strongest arKuments which have yet been heard. War was not a bad thing. Mr. Daniel said, when the nation that went to war had the right on its side and was uphold? ing the honor and Integrity of Its people. Tha I'nited States was the only country Great Brit? ain feared, and if she could put this country under bonds to keep the peace, she would go ahead with her policy of aggression and ag? grandizement, and laugh at any protest the CnRed States might make, or defy any position it might assume against h?*r oppression of the peoples of the Western BeSBSSJ here. The Ameri? can people were a people of peace; the policy of the country for 130 years had been one of pea^e. It had arbitrated its differences time and again, and was pledged to that principle; but when lt went Into a solemn compact for that purpose with C.reat Rritain, there should l?e an equality of terms. The I'nlted .""tates had everything to lose by the treaty, and Great Rritain everything to gain. The C. ngress of the I'nlted States had never declared war unless war was Justifiable; Ihe I'nited States had never acquired any territory by war unless as the re? sult of a war that was for defence or necessary for the perpetuation of the Republic. "I love the blood of the Revolution." Mr. Daniel said In one of his impassioned outbursts. '"It ls full of all that is great and noble in the history of this country." Mr. Daniel then proceeded to show that the lessons of the Revolution ought not to be forgotten, and that the people of the Cnlted States should be wary of any overtures made to them by her traditional enemy. C.reat Rritain. although, speaking the -g-jssj tongue. Of all the Powers. Lngland was the one the United States should refuse to folloav blindly. It would | be a sorry day. he said, for this Nation, when Its hands were tied by an agreement that gave to Great Rritain all she asked, and compelled the Cnited States to keep quiet In the face of the policy that Nation will continue to follow, re? gardless of any solemn pledge ahe might give. Jl STICKS AS ARRITRATORS. In the course of an analytical criticism of tho provisions of the treaty. Mr. Daniel said that ths members of the Supreme Court ought not to be designated as members of the arbitration tribu? nal. He favored the Insertion of an amendment leaving the appointment of the members of that tribunal to the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Mr. Hoar suggested that the members of the Supreme Court had already been confirmed by the Senate, and .ach member of that body was well known. ?That may be true," replied Mr. Daniel. "We know the present members of that court, and we know them all to BS honorable gentlemen; but this treatv is for the future. We do not know who may b* the members of this tribunal in the fut? ure. All our Presidents have tuen g->od men and have appointed good men; but we do not know that all our coming Presidents will be good men or that thev will be actuated by the same mo? tives that have aatuated those who have gong before." Th.* third and last act speech of the day waa made bv Senator Lindsay of Kentucky, who rani the ratification of the convention and ?cil.>n to-day. Mr. Lindsay stoke for almost sn hour, devoting the most of hla Um* to ? refuta tl.m of the legal argumentn advanced by Senator Daniel and others, who have taken the gram nd hat th,. Senate waa aske.l to yield up Its pre? rogative as a part of the treaty-making power. A Ql'ORl'M VAN1SHKS. At the close of Mr. Lindsay's remarks the mo* Ron to postpone was voted down. Another ef? fort was then mads to securs a Ansi vote, but v