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PART 11.
FOUR PAGES.
f V AND NAVY ORDERS.
Washington, Feb. The following Army and
JCavy orders nave been Issued:
ARMY.
(hi following assignment* to regiments of offi
cer* recently promoted are ordered:
Colonel WIL.LJA.M S. JTCASKBT. from lieutenant -colonel.
3H!i Infantry to the "th Infantry, vice ooa'.ei, r*
tlr«S.
- -n»nt-O^tTne! CHARLES R. PAUL* from major.
IStfc Infastrr. to the Sun Infantry vie* McCaakry.
;T.:Tr.--;««i- He will Join hl» regiment.
IjUJor HERBERT 8. FOSTER, from captain. ISth In
fantry, to the I2th Infantry, vie* Oerlach. retired
from active service. He win join his regiment.
jltlor J'*' C. DENT, from captain. 30th Infantry, to
th* 11th Infantry, vice I -mvi». promoted. He will — -
isals on duty with the 2Oth Irfantry.
Jjjtfcr OF3OKGE K. JTOCXKBGU:. from captain. 15th
Icfantry. ti th* 34 Infantry, vice Baldwin, promoted.
«•*-* E3XI4K B. ROBERTSON, from captain. 20th In
f»at.T. la the lSlh Infantry, vice Guthrle. deceased.
Maj" CHAIILES A. BOOTH, from captain. Tth Infantry
to tfc<> «h Infantry, vice Crowell. retired. He wilt
I - eai to San Francisco for further rwiers.
vfminr GHORGE B. WALKER, from captain. 11th In
iajitry. to the 16th Infantry, vtce Paul. promo«ed. He
will join his regiment.
C*t*a;n HARRT H. BAVT»HOL.TZ. from first lieutenant.
7th Infantry- to the pi Infantry. Company C. vice
TTarinc retired. He will proceed to Governor's
Ulard. New-York City, for further order*..
Capias IFENRT T. FERGUSON, from dm lieutenant.
|3di Infantry, to the IKth Infantry. Company E. vice
Foster, promoted. He will join his company.
CMpm'n HENRY G. LEARNARP. from first lieutenant.
14tn Infantry, to the -4th Infantry. Company M.- vice
Ho.iis. (leceaiwrd
Captaia JOHN H. \VH"LLKT from first lieutenant. 24th
ir-lastrj. to Ihe M Infantry. Company B. vie* Van
1/ew. dismissed from the service.
Captain FETER MURRAY, from first lieutenant. 21»t
Icfaniry. to the IMb Infantry. Compeny C. vice War
wick, killed m action. He will Join his company.
. « Capta:: 1 . PAUL A 'WOLF, from fir*t lieutenant. 4th In
' * fantry. to the 24: a Infantry. Company G. vice Brere—
ton, de«-a.ite<l. He «iH join hla company.
Cajca-a HEXRT G. LYON. from first lieutenant. 24th
Infar.iry. to the 231 Infantry, Company C, vice Kell.
■
Captain GEORGE D. MOORE, trom first lieutenant. 23.1
Infantry, to the 20lh Infantry, Company E, vice Dent.
fr^mcttni. He will Join his company.
Capt»:^ WILLIS ULINE. from first lieutenant 12th In
'«n.TT. to the 15th Infantry. Company F. vice M-
ounr.tple. promoted.
Capta'.n ERNEST B. GOSE, from first lieutenant. 13th
Ir.far.try. to the 24th Infantry. Company I vice Brett.
:elrrd. He will Join his company.
C»: >.... - CHARLES C CLARK, from flr« lieutenant. sth
Infantry, to the ah!: Infantry. Company D, vie*
-••on. promoted. He will remain on duty with
tte Rth Infantry.
Captain VERNON A. CAUDWELL* from first lieutenant,
25:h Infantry, to the 7th Infantry, Company F. vice
Bo<ith. promoted. He wUI remain on duty with the
2T.th Ir.fantry.
Ctp'-a^- EDSnrXD L. BTTTS. from first lieutenant. Bth
Irfantry, to the lftth Infantry. Company H. vice S-eele.
<s*ec£.s*-l He will report to the commanding general.
I>;^rtrnent of the East, until the departure of th«
trariFport - -ir.ner for the Philippine lelande. He will
I b* ass:ra*d with recruit- en that transport, and upon
his arrival at Manila will join his regiment.
•fee resls^ation by Captain ROBERT SEWELL, as«!ltant
quar.ermaiter. cf fcls coromisaioti di first lieutenant
of cavalry (Ist Regiment) only ha« been accepted.
Slaiar EX»3AR B. ROBERTSON. Quartermaster, having
i*»n f Cinwred to the rank of major at infantry, and
asr-r to '-he 13th Infartry. is honorably discharged
as (;aarerma«ter.
The >aye ■' absence on account of Knees granted
ciptt!- MARION M iI'MILLIN. assistant quarter
ira*t* December 12. is extended one month.
*-■-. Assistant ~ ;rpeon JESSE W. LAZEAR «■ pro
«ej :r, Havana. Cuba, for assl)ratnent to duty at Co
hsnit'.a Barracks.
l£a; I JAMES H. HV?~LJ^. surgeon, is relieved from
the I>»r«.rtment of Matanzas and Santa Clara, and
■HI prcreed to Santiago fcr duty it medical supply
efflc-^r. to r»li»ve Major Frederick 3. Combe, surgeon.
Ji*J^r Ccinb» will proceed to New- York City for fur
ther order*, v
An Army retiring: board is appointed to meet at
Chicago. Detail for the board
CcJonel THOMAS F. BARR. assistant Judge advocate
general: Colonel JAME? 1 G. C. LEE. assistant (juar
termatter-peaeral: Colonel RICHARD COMBA. Bth
I Infantry: Lieutenant -Colonel ALBERT HARTST'FF.
deputy sara^on-ireneral . Major GEORGE W. ADAIR.
surreoo: First Lieutenant .EDWARD SIGERFOOS. 6th
Infantrr. reconler.- i
Mi' • ALFRED 3. FROST, paymaster, -is hereby directed
,'.<t "eport to the retiring board at Chicago for ex
amination, < .
i. soaHl of officer* of th* Corps of Engineers and wot
architects, to ".ulst of Lieutenant-Colonel CHARLES
' J. ALLEN. Corps of Engineers: Major THOMAS W. 1
fTM'iXS. Corps of Engineers: Captain DAVID DU B.
GAILHARD. Corps of Engineers: SANDFORD
WHITE, architect, and JAMES G. HILL architect,
wtli aseembie In Wasbingtoti. to consider and repcrt
upon the relative merits of the plans submitted for
a bridjr" to be constructed over the Potomac River
- « t .aiiiiiliiii.'a* a Esemotia] to American patriotism.
L»ente=mnt-Ojlooef Charle* -J. Allen is designated as
c^ia)frr .- cf the Boar*.- - ~- — ' J - . •
Captain CHARLES M. O'CONNOR. Ml Cav2lrj-. is de
' tailed as a member at the Examining Board at Fort
Ki>y. vire tsapt«in Henry P. KkBASBJsay, «>th Cavalry.
First : HSMsM CAUL R. DARNALL. assistant e\ir
■ peon, is relieved from the Division of Cuba, and will
proceed to Governor's Island. New-York City, for as
eijrnrnent with recruits going to Manila on the trans
port funnier, and at Manila will report to th» com
rranfiinsr general. Department of the Pacific, for
aKFirnjnent.
Arting Assistant Surgeon BAT SMITH will proceed to
New-York City for temporary dmy. and thence to
Fantiago. Cuba, for assignment to duty,
Acting Assistant Furgeon EVAN P. HOWELL will pro
r»*d t« Fort Duchesne to relieve Acting Assistant
?urgeon Wililam O. r>avle«. who will proceed to San
Fr&fic'.FPO far assignment with troops going to th»
Philippines.
First Lieutenant JOSEPH L. BELL, assistant surgeon.
34th Infantry. ; having tendered his resignation. Is
h'.rii_-ri!b!y discharged.
Ciptain '■•:.;. 'p. ABERCROMBIE. 2d Infantry.
ar.l First Lieutenant WALTER C. BABCOCK. iOi
Cz\-E.iry. tr.il ;r —*-1 to Seattle, for the purpose of
erraniring for the continuance of the work of the
<■• rrrtruction of the military road from Port Valdes
to Ear;* City. Alaslca.
The following transfers are made:
Cclcr*! LOYT> ""HE.-.T'>N. from the 5 "th Infantry to the
7tfe Infantry.
Captain WILLIAM W. MXAMMON. from the 14th In
to the 20th Infantry.
Qtptain ' .MAM W. M'CAMMO... from the 14th In
r.-.r.try to the 4th Infantry. Company M.
Caftiir. HENRY G. LEARNARD. from the 4th Infantrj*
is the 14th Infantry, Company D.
Acting Affistant Surgeon JOHN P. KELLY will proceed
frsTo New- York City to Ban Francisco for assignment
er. a Government transport.
Battal'.cn Sergeant Major WILLIAM R. STAFF. 24th In
fantrr havir.g accepted a commission as captain in
the -ti*th Infantry, will be discharged from the service.
to <3a:* Feptemb^r 13. : -'.r,,
NAVY.
L;«u--aar.t F. H. CLARK is relieved as navigating o*S
r*r vf the Scorpion and ordered to duty in the en
r:r.*«>rin* department of that vessel.
-. Ainrj« Naval Constructor H. G. GIIJ-MOR is de
taxft»-<i 'rr-n connection with the Albany, upon com
r.jetion of work on that vessel, and ordered to hl»
fccrce in the United States and await orders.
Lie-jwasnt J. M. REEVES Is ordered to Una duty on
'fvi the '.- rssoKi February -".
Lieutenant D. F. SELLERS' S order of October IS is
tnyMftfA. Kf- is ,}rd*.-ed immediately to duty as
clerk to tbf cominander-ln-chief of the Pacific Sta
t'.'.-a instead cf flag secretary.
Lieutc^B-t R. "VEI-LES. jr.. Is ordered to duty as navl
«ra!:r of -.-..- addition •■ ••» present
■ <iutie« as ezceaxtw, 'V
Certain ASA WALKER is commissioned captain from
P*s-*^i Af»i*rant Surgt-oa M. S. ELLIOTT Is commissioned
pa**-*! ar-»iFrant surg«3n from ■••►-•, 1S*»».
Lieutenant K. M. WITZEL is detached from the lowa
end or^».re<s to duty Ui the cfSce of Naval Intelli
gence. Jiarrh B, MM.
Er-ip-r, W. v. FAIvCONER is detached from the Dol
phir.. Fe!-ruir> jo. tnd ordered to duty on the lowa
** W, aivl !>.. February I".
jra'a: Cs-!*". W. rj. ROPER is detached from th- "Dol
phia. February in. and is ordered to the Indiana,
F<*b-uary 32
l^ecterAnt L. a. KAISER Is commissioned tenant
from Marrh 3. 1*99 (SoUce.)
. UUOR BRACK ETT AXD OTHERS SAIL.
ltajor Frederick Krackett. secretary and disburs
ing a^fnt of the I'nited States Commission to the
Parts Expo«tSor., his family and several assistants
t *^ t - yesterday uiornlr.? on the American Line
■ gqiattblp St. Paul en route to Paris. Before sail
»•* 14- - Bracket .aid:
**• «re aclng over now so that we will b*- on the
pound when the exhibits arrive and in order to
**■* after the construction work. Most of the di-
STJ* 1 * are - r Parts, and two shiploads of ex
"•■Bß have pone over. We are more forward with
** Work than any other nation to be. represent
t? therp. Commissioner General Peck will sail on
**bruary 21. and by that time wo shall all have
**•; 'bis side except Wlllard A. Smith, director.
•=» ml] remain to keep th*- New- York office open
-"ta Jur.e. Th'-re is a great deal of work to be
I**. for the I'nlfed States will have, next to
•■*■'■' the best and greatest exhibit there.
THE UEUUAX WIXTER LIBELLED.
i The ■tnmeHfp Herman Winter, of the Metro-
P°' f an Ure. was ;ibel!ed yesterday in the United
fitatts Di«ri'.-t Court for having on January 23 last
ran dowii and f«ur.k In Vineyard Sound the British
fruiter Ardindhu. under charter of the Munson
lAz m f and running between Havana, New-London
«ad Ha'lfax. The amount of the libel Is 5154.105.
EBEECHAM'SI
**■ P l l I Q mske life +
Z ' ' « L. L. O worth hvinQ
T Curr B: .l;: and Nervous Diwrderj. ?
•>■ li. Frma cn<l Zf> rrntt. of drujt norri
. - - „, . i -** " ■»««j«*^
ZULU PRIKCE BAILS FOR AFRICA.
HE IS A MISSIONARY— DOES NOT THINK HIS PEO
PLE 'WILL FIGHT OX EITHER SIDE.
. Hoeana Coronto, a Zulu prince, said to be a son
I ot King Cetewayo. failed yesterday on the Ameri
j can liner St Paul. He is a missionary of the Pres
byterian Church. He has been in this country some
time studying- and travelling, and Is on his way to
Cape Town.
He wore a long coat of black cloth buttoned up
to the neck. About hla shoulders was thrown a
heavy blanket of brown and yellow. On hi 8 head
was a turban of black silk, the long tasselled end
breach hun^. dd ° Wn , almost to his waist. On hi?
breast there glistened a crescent of diamonds
' loir, V? on m way to c *P c "own." he eald, 'to
ft.*. People. Xo. I am not going to South
Arrica because I believe that my people will be
& % l P l se tt X 1 " between the Englißh and th«
-lde ;« J i e HZuIUB»H ZulUB » ar * not * om * to fight on either
heard thnftK nOt ** li * v * th * Stories that I hay»
heard that they are going to take part in the war "
FLOATING DERT' OF THIRD ATKKTB CO.
SYNDICATE'S PLAN* FOR TAKING IT I? AP
PROVED, BIT AGREEMENT HOT HO ICED.
While the Kuhn. Loeb & Co. syndicate's pro
poEaJ for taking up the floating debt of the Third
Avenue Railroad Company has been informally ap
proved by the Board of Directors of the company,
it Is learned that the agreement making the plan
operative has not yet been signed by the parties In
Interest. The rumor was a*ain denied yesterday
by Metropolitan Street Railway Interests that
th <?lr _ c 9c 9 m Pany was contemplating the leasing of
the ♦ Third Avenue, and on * of these men was
quoted as explaining again the reasons why the
Metropolitan did not regard such a lease as de
t 1 -T.HK leadin S reason being, as was printed in
Tne Tribune several days ago. that the present
physical condition of the Third Avenue system
was not satisfactory to the Metropolitan's man
agement. There was a report downtown yester
day that President Vreeland, of the Metropolitan
company, in company with the engineers of the
Third Avenue Company, had just completed a
careful Inspection of the Third Avenue property.
Mr \ reeland. however, said that this rumor was
without foundation.
WESTERX UXIOX BOXD ISSrE.
TO BE USED IX CONSTRUCTING NEW LINES, NOT
IN ACQUIRING TELEPHONE COMPANIES.
The Western Union Telegraph Company ha*
practically coicluded negotiations for the sale to
a syndicate of $10,000,000 of 4% per cent funding and
real estate bonds, part of the proceeds of which
will be applied to the refunding of $761,000 of 6 per
cent bonds due on March 1, and $4,830,000 of 7 per
cent bonds, due or. May 1. The rest will be used
In acquiring net? property, and constructing new
lines. Including the new cables to Cuba. The com
pany has recently been a large purchaser of ex
pensive copper wire, not lung ago placing an order
for twenty-two tons in one block.
A director said yesterday that none of the money
to be receiver from the sale of the new issue wouW
be used in a- •quiring telephone companies.
Western Union held firm yesterday, in the face
of tile announcement of the bond Issue, suffering a
net decline of only 14 per cent for the day.
FEEDS MORE ROOM FOR FILLIXG ORDERS
•WHY THE 'JACKSON ARCHITECTURAL, IRON COM
PANY WILL BUILD AT AL.DINE.
m
The rumor published in the papers of yesterday
that the Jackson Architectural Iron Company, of
No. US East Twenty-eighth-st., this city, would
move its plant to Aldlne. N. J.. was founded on the
fact that this concern has there bought land upon
which it intends to build branch works. The chief
business and the principal offices will remain in
this city.
The iron trade has become so thriving of late
that the company has been compelled to increase
Its facilities for keeping up with the demand. There
is not enoug-h room at its present plant in which to
-xbov« the extra smews* Iron- a*e^ss*ry -to nreet
orders. William H. Jackson, the president, owned
some land at Aldine, and for a long time the com
pany has been thinking of buying more to add to It.
The construction will bepln Immediately, and the
works will be built by midsummer. They will be
equipped with the best of iron machinery, which
will be run by electricity. The company intends to
make the plant the i sat of its kind In the world.
Over fifteen hundred men will be employed, and
the product will be wrought iron for structural pur
poses. The foundry and the artistic departments
will remain in New-York, but soon after the new
plant is started the Twenty-flrßt-st. branch will be
closed.
The report that a trust will be- formed which will
construct and run this proposed plant is denied.
The site for the buildings is only about twelve and
a half miles from New- York. and besides being on
the Lehigh Valley, is near the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. Ther* are some In Aldine and Cranford
who object to the plan of establishing a big manu
facturing plant in that neighborhood, but others
welcome it as a means of increasing the price of
real estate.
The Jackson Architectural Iron Company has a
capital of $325,000. Its officers are: President. Will
bun H. Jackson: secretary, David Pettigrew; treas
urer, John H. Hankinson; directors, w. H. Jack
son, D. Pettl«T»w: J. H. Hank;- Ebenezer C.
Jackson and Joseph W. Lantry.
RECEIVER FOR BLEI SYXDICATE.
Mortimer Stiefel has been appointed receiver for
the Robert Bl»-: syndicate by Justice Andrews, of
the Supreme Court, in the application of Milton J.
Fechh- who recovered a Judgment against
the concern on January 15 for $1,785. on which there
Is a balance due of $535. The concern was organized
to conduct theatrical enterprises at Koster &
Blal's. The plaintiff asserted on Information and
belief that the company had transferred the lease
of the premises without consideration, and the
business of tne company was being conducted nom
inally in the name of a third party but for the
interest and benefit of certain directors and stock
holders of the company.
• "r.kr to II B >;.::-rman. of the law firm
of Eln=teir. & Townseml. attorneys for Mr
hclmor :unient -if s receiver means that
• ■ charge of the lease of the company
and tta The syndicate succet-df-d
■ & toial in iht- management of the Thirty
fourth-s' mvi I ;iirl U P
to Fei.ruary 1. Mr. Gulterman under-
Mr. Blel sold out :
go, and thr i>resent m.'mrjers of the cor
poration art- Mo«e^ H. Levy, S:dney Cohen. SSmon
8. W Lyons The atl >mey .-ays he
ad out who is responsible for the debts
of Lhe syn licate.
SOT COXXECTEI) WITH THE TRIBUNE.
A man whose card describes him as "W. 8.
Holmes, Special Representative New-York Trib
une," has been collecting money ostensibly for the
Blue Pencil Press Club, No. > Spruce-st. He 1p a
swindling- impostor, and has no connection what
ever with The Tribune.. The public is warned to
give nothing to this person. •
BURR W. M'IXTOSH LOSES SUIT. .
The action brought by Burr W. Mclntosh against
ex-Congressman Henry C. Miner and Joseph
Brooks, theatrical managers to recover $25,000 for
alleged breach of contract, was yesterday dls
rals«ed by Justice O'Gorman in the Supreme Court.
Miner and Brooks alleged that Mclntoeh consented
to the cancellation of his agreement on receipt of
MM and that provision was complied with.
BIG DINNER FOR COM MI SSI OXER LAS TRY.
Plata will be laid for four thousand at the beef
steak dinner to be held by the Mohican Club, a
Tammany organization of the XX IN District, at
the Orand Central Palace on Wednesday evening.
February 14. The affair has been arranged In honor
of Commiaaioner Francis J. Lantry of the Depart
ment of Corrections. Dinner will be served con
•inuo.isiy from « until 10 o'clock. Miss Lillian Rus
sell will sing a eong composed for the occasion;
A-na Held and her company »iil present the last
act of "paca's Wife": Weber & Fields. Dav< War
fleld and Peter FDailey «1H appear, and Charles
Rom will recite "Tne Absent Minded Bepar." The
dlnrer^winbe' under the IV rr-i^"" p? the pr , 8 1
d.-nt of the club. John J. Harrington.
MRS. HEWITT AXD MRs BIRKK-ROCHE SAIL
Among those who sailed for Southampton yester
day on the American liner St. Paul w* re Mrs. P.
Cooper Hewitt and her sister. Mrs. Burke-Roche.
They are goin^ abroad to see their brother. George
P. Work, who si said to be seriously ill at Davos
P JS2rS rt P. l^?riM. well known in thi. .city, both In
.ocial and porting circle. He belong ■ to .everal
elut» here and is a son of rk^ r k -, ,*' 11 . kn< "
Si» patron of iports. Mr. Work went to Europ.
fcr ci» health some time «x»-
BROOKLYN NEWS.
WISHES HE HAD BEES' IXDICTED.
COMMISSIONER MORLE SAY 3 THAT THEN
HE COULD HAVE MET HIS AC
CUSERS JN COURT.
United States Commissioner Morle, who was ac
cused by the United Bta:es Grand Jury In Its pre
sentment on Tuesday of irregularities in connection
with the issuing of naturalisation papers, said yes
terday that he wished he had been indicted, so that
ur. opportunity would be afforded to him of going
before the Court and making his accusers prove
their charges. He added:
When the proper time eosaes, however, 1 shall be
heard from. Ihere is absolutely no truth in the
onarges made against me. and they all emanate
from spite on the part of the United "Slates I
Attorney. The presentment was procured by going
down tnto the mire ar;d bringing up filth to throw
at me. I know of certain witnesses who were
themselves Indicted by the Grand Jury havingb«en
called before that body to testify. It Is clear that
if th^y swore falsely In one instance they would
have no compunction "bout swearing falsely in a
second ca.se. I know that *om> j of these witnesses
were promised immunity if they would testify be
fore the Grand Jury. The truth nf the who!- mat
ter will all com*- our seme day The United States
District Attorney was beaten before when he tried
is Commissioner stopped, ani he
will be beaten again on this vindictive charge.
As to the charge against Hoffman, that I
In the business of securing applicants for naturali
zation. I do not believe that is any truer than the
other charges, but that is not my h-isines*. I
speak only for myself, and shall speak openly when
the proper moment comes.
United States District Attorney Petti: said the
presentment spoke for itself. It was the work of
the Grand Jury, and that body was responsi
it. As to Commissioner Morle's statement tnat the
presentment was the work of spite and of a vin
dictive spirit, tjie District Attorney replied:
I have nothing to say to that at all. I am not
the Grard Jury, but am elmply tts Instrument In
the work of helping to secure evidence to lay before
it. Mr. Morle. I suppose, is entitled to h!s opinion,
and I do jiot care to reply to tt.
It was stated yesterday that of the forty-nine in
dictments said to have been found by the Grand
Jury many of them were for naturalisation frauds
ar .Snst men living in Manhattan, and others wer-*
r various offence? against the laws of the United
States.
DETECTIVE DOYLES DEFENCE. .
HIS COUNSEL WILL. ENDEAVOR TO PROVE THAT
HE COULD NOT HAVE FIREP THE BHOT
THAT KILLED MARTIN CABKT.
The chief witness called yesterday morning in
the trial of Detective John Doyle for th.- murder of
Martin Carey, which Is being held in the County
re Judge Hurd. was Police Captain J.
n Corwfn, Doyle's superior officer. James
W. Bldgway. ex-District attorney who is counsel
for Doyle, cross-examined Corwin for two hours.
H- asked him if he had not made extraorriinary
efforts to convict Doyle, whether he had not said.
•'We have enough of them on the force." referring
to Doyle's nationality, and whether he had not
tried to change some of the evidence, in order to
make a better case against Doyle. To each ques
tion Corwin replied, "No."
Mr. Ridgway, in his opening speech for tne de
fence. In the afternoon, declared that he would
prove that Doyle on the night that he went to
Spohr's place did nor have a revolver with him.
that the bullet which was found could not have
lot from the revolver which was found in
the stove; tl-at it would be shown l,hat on the
night of the murder of Martin Carey there was
some one in the saloon other than Doyle who had
fired the fata! shot, and that Doyle could not have
fired the shot which killed Carey, as Miller, who
w.is also shot in the hand, had powder marks on
his hand, and Doyle, who had run upstairs, was
at too great a distance for the powder marks to
be visible.
Spohr. the keeper of the saloon in which
the murder occurred, testified that he did not hear
any shots, but that Miller came back into the
saloon, and. holding up his wounded hand, said:
"Spohr. you nave shot me." This statement cre
ated some stir. The case was continued.
DEMOCRATIC HARMOXY DIXXER.
NO WORD FROM GROVFTR CLEVELAND AND W.
J. PRTAN AS TO WHETHER THEY
WILL, ATTEND
Charles J Edwards, chairman of the Dinner
Committee of the harmony banquet which will be
given at the Pouch Gallery, in Ciinton-ave., on
Saturday night, said yesterday that all the ticket:'
for the dinner had been distributed. Most of those
who had been invited, he said had written that
they would be present. Among ■_>
men Bailey and Richardson. No word has be-n
■■■'. from Grover Cleveland or W. J. Bryan.
The machine Democracy wi^l be present in force.
Each district will send at least five men. The open
ing address will be mad- by Edward M. Shepard.
it of the club. Andrew McLean, Editor of
■The Brooklyn Citizen," will mak- a speech I -
organization.
SALARIES CUT AGAIX.
Flushing, Long Island, Feb. ".—The Queens Bor
ough School Board met here yesterday. Com
missioner Maure. of the Teachers' Committee,
reported that notwithstanding the cut In salaries
made by the Board in January, further retrench
ment was necessary in order not to exceed the ap
propriation for HMO. He recommended that the
salary of every high school teacher be cut $I"*'
more, also that all evening schools and free lect
ures be abandoned. This would cause a saving of
19,800. This recommendation was adopted.
IXJUSCTWS DISSOLVED.
The A ■ IJSSOlved the
injunction obtained by A. Emerson Palmer re
sttafning the \i>nr ( \ O f Education of the city of
New-York from discharging him from office ex
cept on charges and by a three-fourths vote. Jus
ti--r- Woodward, who writes the opinioi
equity cannoi be Invoked to prei
of a public official, but tli.n tin- offl lal must seek
iji.- remedy at law.
WILL OBTAIS His MOTHER'S BHARE.
William B. Pierson, by a decision n
day b> :.. will receive a targe
share of th< estate of his fathei
son, who had disinherited him. Mr. Pierson, who
..thy i -men' pipi n: r, died
rM. M 96 He if- ■ to his Wife,
thar, his grandfather and f^i- grandson, ail
of whom have died since then. The
■
• atator
Bartlett, ■■ n, sai l that
itator'a desire to eul off his son could not
effect Mrs !'.• rs Itepositton of the prop<
.1 CIVIL WAR YETERAX DEAD.
John Wesley Smith, who died on Tuesday at his
home. No. 1.610 Eighth-aye.. ami whose funeral was
held last night in the Memorial Baptist Church, in
Eighth-aye., was a prominent member of the Grand
Army of the Republic In March. 1862 he enlisted
in Company F. of tne nth New- York Cavalry, ant
was mustered out at the close of the war a- a
member of Company C, of the same regiment. -He
was a court otne-^r in the Ist District Municipal
Court during th* term of Judge Neu. Mr. Smith
was comma. ider of x :;.i;;..r i i lmjL, o. A. it., in iss*t
He was a member of the Executive Committee of
the G. A. R. of Kings County, and also of the Long
Island Tent of the Order of Maccabees A widow,
one son and three daughters survive him.
EASTERX DISTRICT HOSPITAL BALL.
The annual promenade concert and ball in aid of
the Eastern District Hospital and Dispensary was
held last night at the Pouch Gallery, In Clinton
aye. The dance was given under the auspices of
the Board of Trustees of the hospital. John 8. Mo
Keon waa. tne chairman of the Committee of Ar
rangements.
MAXL'FACTI hERS DIKE.
The Manufacturers' Association of New-York held
its seventh annual dinner at the Union («eague Club
house ■i Grant Square, last night. Ludwlg Nissen,
president of the association, presided, and made
the opening address Ex-Governor Wise, of West
Virginia delivered an add,-. Amorrg the other
speakers were J. C. Monahan, William K. Buch
anan. Dr. F. A. Cook and the Rev. Dr. S. D Mr-
Connell. . •'.£ ,
TRAl\l\'. SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS. '
Th.- commencement cf the Brooklyn . Training
School fo" Teachers was held last evening at the
Girls' High School building, In Wostrand-avs. There
were 113 graduates. Henry W. Maxwell made an
address. The valedictorian was Miss Grace Stoney.
After the presentation of the diplomas Jut.- Al
met F. Jenkr, of the Supreme Court, made an ad
*~e*s. \:-*-.:.\
MOTOR CARS TO BE EX AM I\ ED.
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER KIRWIX SERVES
NOTICE ON I'RKSIDKNT RtfSSITER.
On account of the number of accidents to th»
motor c;irs of th^ Til mill lj ii Rapid TtansM Coassaliy
James J. Kirwin. Deputy Ounmifsion'-r of Public
F.ulldings. Ua-htinaj and Dmigilrs. baa written to
President CUatoa 1^ Rossiter stating that th^ Da>
partment intend? io send in«pectors to examine all
the rollir|g stock >f the company that Is equipped
with electric mot
Commissioner Kirwin said yesterday that he
had d«?termm~il to find out if the company was
doing all it could to prevent accident? an i delays.
Mr. Rossiier Stated that every facility would be
Commissioner Ktrwln would not say what the at
titude of the Department was in reference to the
accident on Monday, by which Burnett was thrown
to the ground from the elevated structure at
At'ams-st. and fcfyrtle-ave, Bernett stepped on the
third rail while making his way .lion* The fiKJtpath
to the station .luring a blockade on
SILAS B. DITCHER SI RPRISED.
HE SAID HE HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS ANT
OPPOSITION TO DR. BACKUS.
Regarding the failure of Governor Roosevelt to
reappoint Dr. Truman J. Backus to the Long Isl
and State Hospital Commission, Silas B. Dutcher.
who. resigned from the Commission, it Is said, be
cause Dr. Backus was not reappointed. said yes
terday that he was much surprised to learn that
Dr. Backus was Dot to be reappointed. He had no
Idea that there was any opposition to him or .any
possibility of his not bt-ing appointed. Mr Dutcher
said:
Dr. Backus devoted a* great deal of time to his
office. He generally went down to the hospital on
Saturday and remained over till Sunday. A place
on the Board required that a man «hould have the
time to fulfil the duties of the office, because. If
there is any class of dependents mao need careful
and conscientious men to look after them, it Is cer
tainly the insane.
One of the reasons why I resigned was that It
was impossible for me to give the time that I
should give to the affairs of the Board. I know
nothing about th» Dr. Sylvester investigation to
which Senator Raines refers, as It occurred before
I had any connection with the Board.
Dr Truman J. Backus was In Manhattan last
evening when a Tribune reporter called at his
v° mf V . °- 5 " L |v lngston-9t. The doctor however,
had left word that he would make no statement
for publication last evening
POMPEO MARES FS KfT.L.
TERMS OF THE BEQUESTS TO HIS WIDOW AND
CHILDREN".
The will of Pompeo Maresi was filed for probate
on Monday. Blares! came to this country penniless
about forty years ago, and accumulated a fortune
which is estimated at about »>■ •■
Th» testator directs that his body shall be buried
in the parish of Pnlerjo. Italy, and that a monu
ment which shall cost not less than 12,000 shall be
erected over his grave.
To his widow. Glovanna P. Maresl. who Is named
as an executrix jointly with Henry L. Dohetta and
the United States Trust Company, the testator be
queaths for life all of his Jewelry, bric-a-brac and
other personal property. His widow Is authorized
to make her home at Cardonabbi, Lake Como, Italy.
and at No. 146 Columbia Heights, the family home
in Brooklyn. She is to receive from the estate $10,000
in cash and CM a fear in quarterly payments. If
she remarries she shall cease to be an executrix
and Is to give up her residence at the Columbia
Heights home and in the villa in Italy.
The testator gives to his daughters. Columba,
Eetella and Nina, SI a day each as spending money
until their marriage, when they are each to receive
$2,500 a year in quarterly payments. After being
married ten years each daughter's annuity is to be
incr?ased to $3,500.
Pompeo Maresi. the son of the testator, is to re-"
ceive $10 a month for pocket money until he Is
fifteen years old. after which he Is to receive $30 a
month until he la twenty-eight, and after that $100
a month. The testator des'res that the son shall go to
i ale University, his expenses to be paid out of th«
estate When he is twenty-eight years old he is
to receive $30,000. if he enters a profession he la to
receive $2,500 a year. If the family approves of his
jnarnagj the executors are directed to pay him
Adelaide Borltngha, a sister of the testator Is to
receive $2,000 a. year for life; Erancesso Mareai a
brother of the testator. $125 a day, and Hettista
Borlingna. a nephew $2,000. The village of Olsaaio
Italy, is to receive $1,000. the income of which la to
go to the Roman Catholic Church In the village to
furnish the annual dinner of wine, meat rice and
salt for the priests on July 21 of each year
DEATH OF RICHARD S. DAT EXPORT.
Richard S. Davenport lied on Monday at his
home, Nc. 522 Greer.e-ave. He was born in Bell
more. Long Island, eighty-four years ago. He
began life In the meat business, and afterward
went into the grain commission business. For
forty years he was connected with the firm of
Marsh. White & Co.. of New-York. He was a
Democrat and -ad voted for every Democratic
nominee for President since Martin Van Hi;- A
widow, three children and three grandchildren sur
vive mm.
EEI.I. A\D CRUSHED His BEULL.
John Schuli. forty y^ars old. of No. 100 Wytbe
-s'. was instantiy kfUod last even
ing by falling from a second story window as he
BC the hoisting of bales of hay
from a truck to the loft of a stable at No. 4S
Sumpter-st He struck the flagging on h!.
and his sku — i. Schuli was employed as
r for the hay and feed firm of Volkommer &
("■j.. Johnson and union ayes.
A FATAL HIST.
From The Youth's Companion.
Many sportsmen say that no other hunting can
compare in interest and exhilaration with the
stalking of the chamois or the ibex among the
peaks of the snow covered mountains. The danger
of the sport does not lie in the game, but in the
nature of the hunting grounds, and many a hunt-r
has sacrificed his life In the chase. Half a century
ago a gallant young Irishman armed Peyton met
with a terrible experience among the mountains
of India, which he thus describes:
"We arrived In Cashmere and lost no time in get
tir.R into the Wardwan Valley, famous for the
large horn«-d ibex. The country was all under
snow, and «s the snow continued to fall for several
days we were obliged to rem.iin indoors, and Sur
g<-on Wray, who was a splendid musician, amused
the villagers by playing his violin to them.
"At last the sun came out. and we heard several
avalanches slipph down the mountain. Our men
were much averse to going out. and I must say I
thought they were right. However, poor Wray
in a Jocular tone a Lid we 'funked.' This settled
the matter, and out we went.
"We proceeded up the valley about Y en miles
along the hanks of a small river, which divided
the mountains on both sides of It. '.V. saw a fine
h»-rd of m lie Ibex, but In consequence of the heavy
snow we were unable to creep round by a cir
cuitous route and stalk the herd from above.
"So we four spread a blanket in a ravine next
to where the Ibex were and sat down close to
gether upon it. keeping ourselves warm.
"Suddenly we heard a noise like distant thunder;
then spray and stones followed. Our men oaiiett
out. 'An avalanche Is falling!* Although I had
?een several fall*, this seemed to me quite different,
move like ,i landslip. It covered a breadth of at
least one hundred yards, three or four hundred
yards long and fifty or sixty feet In depth.
"This enormous nT'S!" like a small mountain tear-
Ing with Its rook and earth, moved toward us much
too quickly for. us to get out of its way by running
down before It The whole thing looked weird and
supernatural.
"Death stared us In the face. On OUT right side
there was a precipice, which cut off our escape in
that direction. On our left was a Very wide trench,
which separated us from a shoulder of a mountain
large enough to protect us from the approaching
avalanche if we could Jump the chasm and get
shelter under It. •
"I pointed out to my companions our only chance
of escape; by this time the avalanche had ap
proached within fifty or sixty paces of us
"I led the way. made a spring for my life, landed
safely on the side of the chasm and crouched under
ihe shelter of th*- hill, which was only three or four
paces from the side 1 lumped on.
"Looking around, to my horror I saw -my poor
friend Wniy and the other two men dashed for
ward by the avalanche and buried under a moun
tain of srffay. My dear old servant, Abel Khan,
who had all the nerve and uctivlty of an Ibex.. could
hiive jumped the chasm, but the others were in his
way and he had my heavy Lancaster rtn> on his
bark.
"The thought haunts me to this day. Hal he had
a fair run he would have waved his life by -irln"
the chasm as I had lone, although rt wast a big
jump. •
"By thl.s time Putto. Khan, brother of Abe 1 Khan
who had been left to watch tne Ibex atmut a uuar
t«-r of a mile to our left, came to the cave In which
I mid taken shelter. He had witnessed the whole
occurrence and had *een ins brother killed. H
crted most piteously. lamenting over the loss of his
brother and myself, who he thought was killed also
"I called out: Potto, fate has h**n hard upon us'
I am Haft-:'
"He seemed bewildered and cried out: No you
are only the, spirit come beck to tell me! Mv be
loved brother and our young sahib are gone." "
NEW-JERSEY NEWS.
If the oyster were almost anything else than
an oyster. It would bo proper to nay that 't was a
bone of contention in the Legislature before
some of the present members of that body were
born. In fart, a Legislature without oysters
would be more conspicuously a haunted House
than It Is now. It Is the aped and mossy True
penny, of South Jersey, and, despite its ace and
whiskers. It always bobs up serenely. When It
doesn't come from Cumberland County. It comes
from Barnegat Bay. and more than one mem
ber of the Assembly has sat up nights deliber
ating upon It as a stumbling block In his path
to the office of Governor or a seat In Congress.
As a nightmare to South Jersey statesmen, the
devilfish has never been In It with the oyster.
This year it Is the Cumberland County oyster
that is making the trouble, but it is safe to say
that the Barnegat Bay oyster is ready to re
sume business as soon as his Cumberland Coun
ty neighbor retires.
Those discriminating and farsighted politi
cians who know a sparrow from a catbird will
now renew with increased emphasis their pre
viously made assertion that Charles J. Fisk 13
staking out his claim as a candidate for Con
gress. Mr. Fisk has just given a dance in a
barn at his home in Plainfleld. If Mr. Fisk d ; d
not Intend to run for Congress, why should he
at a most auspicious moment give a 'lan in a
barn? Ilia political cleverness in selecting a
barn for a dance Is only exceeded by the astute
ness of the politicians in discovering his inten
tions before he has made them known. Here
after all Jerseymen who desire to run for Con
gress, and who expect their fellow Jerseymen to
rally round them, will not only give a dance, but
will give it in a barn.
It is not often that a defaulting bank cashier
ha? been able to carry his depredations to the
extent of compelling several townships in a
county to ask the Legislature to pass an act
which will enable them to issue bonds in order
again to obtain when they should be needed
the funds which had be^n deposited in a bank
for purposes of public improvement. And
yet this Is precisely what Valentine, the cashtwr
of Oh Middlesex CovJßty Bank. did. although he
had never been regularly elected a." a member
of the House of Assembly, in which the bill for
this purpose has Just be»n introduced. As a
man who was simultaneously a law breaker
and law maker in embryv Valentine is probably
up head.
JERSEY MBN ARE HE\RD.
PASSAIC RIVER IMPROVEMENT DIS
CUSSED BEFORE A HOUSE
COMMITTEE.
Washington. Feb. 7 (Special).— The Mayor and all
but two of the Board of Aldermen of Paterson, all
of the members of the Legislature from Passaic
County. N. J. ; the Secretary of State. ex-Congress
man Cadmus and representatives of all the leading
Industries of Paterson and Passaic. numbering
in all fifty-three, were Introduced to the River and
Harbor Committee of the House at 11 o'clock this
morning by Representative Stewart.
In his introductory remarks Mr. Stewart said fa
cetiously that two carloads of delegates had been
necessarily left in Baltimore. The engineer who
had made the survey in his report had said that
no more commanding project had ever come before
him. Mr. wart described the situation, history
and trade advantages of Peterson. His own Con
gress district had 25.000 people engaged in the silk
Industry alone. Large locomotive work 3 there sup
plied a great part of this country and many for
eign countries with engines and machinery. Be
sides there were large rolling mills and an im
portant linen factory. The maximum cost of the
proposed improvement was J&W.GOO. He explained
the removal of the Dundee Dam obstacle to the
improvement.
Mayor Hinchliffe. who followed, said Paterson
was the third cUy in size in the State. It needed
relief in the matter of freights. The Improvement
had been agitated for fifty years, but modestly.
and now '• was necessary to press the question
earnestly.
Engineer Balkeley pointed out the varying depths
of water on the map. The cost of the proposed
canal, depending on which side of the river it was
due. would be from MMM to $S0"- The dam was
worth SZSO.6M toward the project, and it was pro
posed to give the Government its use with the nec
essary land on which to construct the work. He
said the manufacturing interests of the two cit
ies amounted to $62,500,000. This comprehended
Xewark. The total trade was over a million tons
a year, about one-half of it with Xew-York. Pas
sale's tonnage by water was 400,0»X> a year.
Secretary Wurts and several others were also
heard.
RRYAX DEMOCRATS IGSORKD.
UXION COUNTY CLUB OF THE LAST CAM
PAIGN' NOT INVITED TO PLAIN'FIELD.
Elizabeth. Feb. 7 (Special).— None of the officers or
members of the Bryan and Sewall Democratic Club
of Union County in IS?6 received an invitation to
attend the reception to Colonel Bryan at Plainfleld
this afternoon, and as a consequence they are
highly indignant at being slighted. The club was
one of the first to be organized in 159«5 to support
the Nebraska candidate.
Now its members say that men who were traitors
to Bryan, free silver and th^ Chicag-o platform in
that year were honored with invitations to meet
him on his first public appearance in Union County,
while the old guard was ignored. They declare that
should Bryan ever become President these men
would be the first to push themselves forward for
offices.
The officers of the Bryan and S«-wall Club held a
secret meeting last night and decided to stay away
from the meeting at Plainri.il The club proposes
to Rive i two dollar dinner here next month, when
the members will retaliate on the Plainfleld men.
SAW THE FRENCH START FOR MOSCOW.
Wendelin Baudernsann. ninety-four years old,
who died at his home. No. "5" Wllllam-st.. Newark,
yesterday, came to America from Klppsau. Ger
many, fifty y?ars aeo. and started a tailoring
business. n ISSrj he celebrated his goMen weddlnjr.
Baudermann aistlnctly remembered when as a boy
he saw the trooos of Napoleon starting on the
Russian campaign, which ended In the Moscow
disaster. He leaves four children.
JERSEY CITY AFTER A SEW POSTOFFICE.
A committee of the Jersey City Board of Trade
will go to Washington next week and will appear
before the committees on postofflces of both -Houses
of Congress at .i joint meeting to be held next
Wednesday, and will make a strong appeal for
an appropriation for a new postofflce in Jersey
City.
GOLDKS WEDDIXG IS A TOWS HAL!..
Bridgeport. Feb. 7 (Special).— Fifty years ago
in Swedesboro Jacob V. Holdcraft and Miss
Mary A. F'-atherer were married and came to this
city. For sixty-two years Mr. Holdcraft has been
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
the official board deemed it a fitting testimonial to
celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary In a pub
lic way. The town ball was engaged, and from 11
o'clock this morning until late to-night the festivi
ties were continued. The couple sat in large arm
chairs it the front of the stage and received con
gratulations. At 1 o'clock two long table's were
spread and a hundred and fifty relatives and as
many near friends partook of a feast. At 4 o'clock
the couple were remarried, the Rev. Mr. Ohattin.
pastor of the Methodist church, perform- the
ceremony.
COLORED Hol/iY SHOOTS HER HISBASD.
Ross Butcher, colored, shot her husband. Joseph
Butcher, thrte times with a .revolver at Bridge
and Ogden sts.. in Newark, yesterday. AM the
bullets lodgrd In Butcher"* thighs. He was sent to
the City Hospital and the wife was urreated and
looked up The cause was Jealousy. Mr- Butcher
fired seven shots at her husband as he stood In the
doorway of the Newark Lime and Cement Com
pany's o!fie«\ where hr was employed. After tns
shooting Mrs. Butcher walked off and recharged
the revolver She was followed by witnesses of the
shooting. »'»° Pointed her but to a policeman. At
the station house she said she was twenty-one
years old and had come a year ago from Fred
fri.k.-"! Va She married Butcher about that
time . i n;i.l a child by him. "He's taken up with
another wonmn ■*h«« explained. "I knew he wa*
going to loav«* m»- arftl that why 1 shot him."
Butcher ha.* wen llvtns; at No. J« Brr>a«l-st., and
the wife* home la No »so South Eleventh-at.
Butcher Is twenty-six year» old and ha« # a food
character. He la expected to recover.
THURSDAY.
FEBRLARY t, 1900
A SEW HOPE FOR BULL'
WALSH'S REVOLVER FOUND ANI> A SMW.
TRIAL TO BE ASKED FOR.
Red Bank. Feb. 7 {Special.— A new aspect M
given to the case of WUllam Ballo-?*. colored, coo
vtcted of murder in the fir-t degree o* shootins
Jarn«s Walsh on Nov*rnb*r X 3 last by the finding of
a revolver nf ar th* scene of the encounter which 13
■opposed to have N»lorir to Walsh. Paul Turner.
th» iwin of a trrrber who res m Bullock's place,
made the discovery while raking up the /art Tha
weapon lay about forty f^et from where the men.
stood. Mrs. Bui. - arc* her broth.fr both declared
that the revolver belonged to Walsh. BuUocV*
counsel will row try to obt.iin a new trial on th«
ground of newly discovered evidence, and an appli
cation will b*» mid- to Jud«e Oilbert CoUlns at
Freehold to-day for an order granting It.
Bull-- - story t>* the shooting was not told uatn
th» trial on January 24. when he was em the atossm.
He then denied thai he had made the confession*,
testified to by the police. Bullock haa always as
serted that Walsh palled » revolver en "■.*»
threatened to taK*> him "to Freehold, dead or
alive." and rhr »taten>ent was part of his testi
mony. Negative evidence was relied on to refuta
th-> statement, and the lury apparently rejected
the whole story cf Bullock because the revolver
could not be fourd. Bnl!ock said that Walsh,
dropped his revoK-«>r and that he. BnHock. seized It
ard throw it away before Walsh ii\l dead, feartnj
Walsh rriTh: «hoot him with it.
The fueling against Bullock haa b»»n strong. Sev
eral other homicides preceded the Walsh munlar.
and had h» rem?»lne«l In Red Bank h» would ha.v»
been roughly han^leil. His lawyers fe^l now that
he may get a new trial and perhaps be acquitted.
He Is In the Freehold JalL.the date fixed for hisi
execution being M'irch 16.
CHE YPER TH OWX \ W\TER PI HT.
OPPOSITION TO THE PITRCHASE IN JER3BT
CITY ASCRIBED TO THOSE FINAN
CIALLY INTERESTED.
The public meeting to iThn lisa the purchase of ffcs>
water plant will be held In the City Hall. Jersey
City, this evening. The spe-lal election, when th»
citizens will ratify or reject the proposition to ptir
chase the plant, will be held next Tuesday. Sots*
opposition has developed recently, and at the meet
ing of the Board of Finance yesterday the Cora
missioners talked on the subject and declared as a
matter of economy the plant should be bought and
the city should control its own supply. Commis
sioner Ringle said that the opposition to the buying
of the plant must have teen started by red em
ployes of the water syndicate, as the syndicate
would he benefited by the city buying it.* water by
the million gallons. Th« ct:y 15 now paying about
$400.QV> a year, he said. for water, and would at the
start have to pay a similar sum to the Flynn syn
dicate, and this would Increase annually. If tha>
plant were bought the Interest at i per cent on
JS.oro.oro would be $320.00f> annually, a saving of about
$30.00rt the first year, and this having would be m
crease! each year, and at the exniration of twenty
years, the tini» of the contract if the city buys by c
the million gallons, the city will have saved enough,
to extinguish the debt incurred in the purchase at
the plant. The other members' of the Board ex
pressed similar sentiments, and declared that It
was a simple matter of mathematics to determine
it is for the best interests of the city to buy tie.
plant, and that every citizpn who considers the best
interests cf the city will vote for the purchase of
the waterworks.
WATER METERS WANTED IN JERSEY CTTT.
Chief Engineer Van Keurer.. of Jersey City, has)
submitted to the Street and Water Board an esti
mate of the cost of puttins; water meters In every
building. He estimates that :T>.*>O meters would b»
necessary, and would -ost *47ii. '•"»>. and the coat of
setting them would b« jioo.rmn additional, a total
ML He added thi- used about thirty
one million gallons of water daily, aoout one mill
ion gallons Is used in public buildings, about ten
million gallons is metered and of the remcininc
twenty million gallons considerable is wasted, aa
the consumption per capita of 13^ g-allons dally
Is excessive. He reroromended the adoption of tho
meters for all consumers.
STILL HOPIXG TO SAVE CLIFFORD.
PREPARATIONS for a DOUBLE execttiob AX •
THE HUDSON COUNTY JAIL, TO-MORROW.
Edward Clifford and James K. Brown will be ex»«
cuted in the Hudson County Jail to-morrow uiw 11 ■
ing. The counsel for Clifford abandoned hope yea>
terday, when word was received from Governor
Vcorhees refusing to call a session of the Court at
Pardons to again consider the case. Mr. Dlxon, tha
lawyer. Informed Clifford that hope is gone. Ha
said the doomed m.in is demented, and did not'
realize what was said. Mr Peshall. another law- !
yer, has been permitted to step in and undertake to
prevent the execution of Cliff' rd He will go to
Washington and endeavor to induce the. United
States Supreme- Court to review the insanity pro
ceedings. He maintains it was a question of fact.
and not of law. and should have been heard by a
Jury, and that Justice Llppincort erred in hearing;
the ca>«e and refusing- to impanel a jury. Mr.
IMxon believes that Mr. Peshall will fall la his
effort to secure a stay. Clifford's counsel has de
layed his execution so long that many entertain
the opinion that he will no: be hanged. He shot
and mortally wounded Division Superintendent
William G. Wattson. of the West Shore Railroad,
at Weehawken. almost four yea. - azo.
Brnwn has abandoned hope, and has* nerved him
self for the ordeal. He shot and killed Policeman
Gebhart. ia Hoboken. on July .- ISBSL Brown was
detected In a robbery, and Gebhart attempted to
arrest him. Hangman Van Hlse visired the Sheriff
yesterday and made arrangements for the rlnnhtS)
execution.
HOBOKEX BUSIXESS MEX ORGAXIZE.
The Hoboken Business Men' Association has
been organized, with the following officers: Ex-
Chairman of the Common Council Joseph S. Weta
•thai, president; Tax Commissioner Joseph Heath.
rice-president : James Bragg, secretary: Lewis
Hart, financial secretary, and Charles Delehey.
treasurer. The association has decided to eschew
politics, but will keep a sharp watch on municipal
affairs, for the purpose of agitating improvements
for the benefit of the city.
UXIOX HILL HAS A Ilff LEGAL ADVISER.
William C. Heppenhelmer. ex-Attorney -General of
New-Jersey and City Treasurer of Jersey City, has)
restgned as Town Attorney of I'nlon HilL wblchj
paid WOO a year. Ex-Assemblyman Horace L. Allen,
of Hohoken. succeeds him. Mr. : - : : -r.-.-tmer said
that a press of official and private business com
pelled him to retire as the town's legal adviser.
UAX"S KECK BROKEX AT A ROLLIXG MILL.
Paterson. Feb. 7 (Special).— John Colson. a rigger
at the Passale Rolling Mill, fell from one of the
big stacks at the work?- this afternoon, a distance
of one hundred feet, and broke his neck. ■-» died,
before medical aid could reach him. The man kfet
climbed on the stack in order to clean it. and waea
he was near the top the gear slipped, throwing nisi
to the ground.
OIL MERCHAXT AXD GRAXDSOX DEAD*,
Elizabeth. Feb. 7 <Sf«^l).— Matthias Moser. mm
of th* oldest oil merchants in this city, died •- '.*
morning at his home, Na. ■**3 Martln-st.. front
paralysis. He was in his sixty-second year. Just
six hours before Charles Beck. his> youns grandson.
<~ied suddenly from an attack of convulsions !n the
same house The funeral will be held Saturday at
St. Michael's German Catholic Church, o? which
Mr. Mo«r was one of the early members. Ha
leaves a large family.
PRISCIPAL RESICXS IX OOOOsTJ
The resignation of Eugene Kiernan a» principal j
of Public School No. 5, Hoboken. has been accepted ,
by the Commissioner* of Public Instruction. Mr. I
Kiernan w*s recently tried by trie Commissioners on '.
a charge of bein^ Intoxicated whfls attending" a
meeting of the Teachers" County Institute, la Jersey-
City, several weeks ago. He la a graduate of :
Stevens Institute of Technology and was principal
of No. 5 School for nearly a dozen years.
REVIVALS IX LOWER JERSEY CITT. :
The Methodist. Baptist. Presbyterian and Re
formed churches of lower Jer»ey City hava ar
ranged a series of union revival »ervtce», to be held •
next month. William P. Hall, t£e evangelist, will
preside, and be assisted by th* Rev. F. H. Jacob*
and Professor Weeden.
We Mean You
Aver s Hair Vigor mikes everybody's
Hair grow fistcr : it makes some persons*
hair grow very, very fait. It stops fill
ing of the Hair, too : md restores color to
your gny Hair every time, ill the dirk,
rich color of early life.
If Ton 4a ant obtain the benefit you d«iir« from as* of th«
Vliror. wriw th« Doctor »bont It. He will t«l! joe put U><
Tight thing to <ta. .v.tdrf«. Dr. J. C at«k, ■»„.•, BSMa