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fee shouts 'Hurrah for Orokerf an« above the
river it's 'T'eii with Crateerf "
In addiii'.ri to the H^Tt'--.. coasawt, Daniel F.
McMaJvT another of the trlnn rfea, has an in
teresting three cornered Bghi <>n his hands. His
opponent? are jMm f Branntgan, of the Greater
New-York I y and J->hn Bi*nnan. arho
is inside the Tammany organization, and ■will
use Tamil; -!- ? There is a
good pi '-I- '- >'■ Mahon will go down
ln defeat with M
The statement issued but insrhi hi addressed
to the Dem t the omtrfet, and is
Signed:
Joseph P. Henne «y, J"kn V. K.rbjr.
Kir.-,!,-. H. Mitchell. 11 .chad J. Kcanlan.
Henry •:■ itfr. Thoata* IV. Tlmi.scn.
1. lult." A. Kiw*. Thomas Parley.
Jo«er>h Kriceer. Thomas 11. Minnlck.
Oh»rlcs nircH. <.Voi*>- it. S.-hulz.
John F. O'llyati. Thomas Anelim.
William Schwecler. H. < . Hir*~hbere.
"it Is as follows:
We beg to announce. In response to prevailing
*entiment. that there will be a contest for th«.
ead^rshlp of the XXXVth Assembly District at
the primary '•■ be h-ld on September 16 next.
The organization at the present time is in a state
of demoralization brought H bout by the mismanage
ment. Incapacity and servility to private interests
of the present lender and by his latent encourage
ment of faction! feeling, with no other apparent
purpose man io discredit unjustly those Demo
crats who by their services in his support In tlit
pact and In 'the .«upi«>rt of the organization were
entitled «it all times to decent consideration and
recognition in the district councils of the party.
■ We regard th. present as a most lavorahle op
portunity to appeal to all Democrats— burring none
—to Join in a movement for th«« restoration cf tile
organisation in the Assembly District to the com
manding position If once occupied and should main
tain.
The present leader is fond of posing in the dual
character of an Independent Democrat, opposed to
all machines except his own, and. as expediency to
hi.- mind warrants, of bring a champion at the
fame time of the most arrogant typo of bossism.
That he I?- resourceful as an actor, but not as a
leader. Is freely admitted. The Miry of Dr. Jckyll
and Mr. Hyde fades Into insignificance compared
■with the art of the present leader to simulate and
dissimulate.
It Is our belief that when the present leader is
revealed In his true light before the Democracy of
the XXXVth Assembly District, as well as before
■ the people generally, those who now. from super
ficial knowledge, look upon him as a man of
Strong Individuality and merit will have th« ap
preciation of him rudely shaken.
• We have no desire either to exaggerate or ex
tenuate; but at the outset of a movement to har
monize the Democracy of the district and place the
organisation on a proper footing, It is Just as well
to tell the naked truth and abide In the honesty
and faith of the people.
We take ii that the representative of Tammany
Hall whose principality is the Borough of The
Bronx will find no fault with this declaration ini
tiating a contest with him for th- control of the
organisation, to tnkp place at the September pri
mary. In a recent manifesto he said: "Th. rank
and file of the party have a right to a mind of
their own. and an equal right to express their
views regarding party action, party principles and
party leadership."
The present leader of the XXXVth Assembly Dis
- trlct has never been accused since his accession to
leadership of having a mind that was his own per
sonal property, or having the prime mind long: hut
it is to his credit and it I? en razing to note that
even at this late hour he goes so far as to recog
nise the rights of others to have minds of their
own. How Jong he will retain this view it Is of
course impossible to say. No guarantee can be
given.
He fald in his declaration acceptinir the "com
mission" that came to him "unsolicited" that the
present duty of all Democrats Is to harmonise the
party and make effective the Democratic majority
which exists In NVw-York city. We agree abso
lutely with the lender in his borrowed utterance in
this respect, but we think it his first duty to har
monize th. Democracy of his own A«semb!y district.
and It Is needless to suggest to him how he can
help accomplish this. II In resignation will be ac
- cepted with a vote of thanks.
A long record of promises unfulfilled and a con
. fj'stent and persistent endeavor to unload on others
the- hardens of his own vacillation, double dealing
and mistakes, both In his capacity as district leader
and Borough President, are matters of general
knowledge to those having had any relations with
him.
To-day he «= pp*>king to act as President of th«
Tlorough of Th. Bronx, member nf th. Hoard of
Kstimate and Apportionment. Commissioner of
Public Works. Superintendent nf Buildings. Tam
nany district leader, and. as if th. multifarious
lutles of these several positions wen pot enotish. he
r.a* condescendingly ,-?"ccpted the "commission."
which cam* to him "unsolicited." It is tr-ie that
■ Commissioner of Public Works has been np
pclnteil. after months of deliberation, but to say
that be If the Commissioner would be to place him
under the ban of the l^ader'^ suspicion, and we re
frain from dDlng so. It is true. also, that there Is
a building superintendent i". the borough, and some
of those who have had experience with the office
are of the opinion that the nominal he-id of the
bureau Would not be influenced in the performance
at his official flvtjr by political considerations and
his noticeable lack of official 'nteresi -in making
friends for the !ea<Jer" tends to support this con
* elusion.
Alter a full consideration of the situation of af
fairs In the Assembly district, and a careful in
* vestlgation of The feelings and sentinvnt of the
Democratic voters, it was the general opinion that
. the strongest Democrat to lead th«- opposition to
the present leader was William H. Zeltner. He
has been prominent in the councils of the party for
. many years, and is a type of citizen that every
»_ Democratic voter can rally around. While nol
■ seeking the honor. Mr. Zeltnt-r has responded to
W the call, having first had the assurance that the
opposition to the present leader mis unanimous in
. favor of his selection.
We appreciate the fact that with th • unlimited
ratroncge lit the disposal •■' the pies. i,i leader
■ Lils mill be an up-hill fight, but come as it
fr.ny, we f-.r. determined to submit no merer to th
i-perfc bouffe leadership of our district which day by
'lay is growing more humiliating nnd demoralizing.
"When each Individual enrolled Democrat appre
ciates the fact that the power Is his absolutely, v.
feel certain of ;i favorable result.
We cordially invite all Democrats in the XXXVth
■ District wh-> wish t<i see party success and har
mony restored, to - -join in this movement now
launched, nd manifest th«ir nctlvity hy Joining
the new Democratic club— the Pamaconna-wa Club
—at No. l.f'S.3 Boston Road, which will i c the hen<i-
QUarters of this- movement It will not h<- neces
sary -if ■■■•!-> to .it! this club to participate In
the pre«ent movement, as It'te Intended to organize
. :.nd hold meetings in ev.-ry election district of
th« Assembly district. Those who are not en
rolled as Dr-mocnus cannot vote at the primary
- unless their nan ■ go n« prescribed to the election
■ l>oard. either this month or next. All those who
have chare- their residence from one election <!-
trict to another must also have proper transfers.
All necessary information as to the primary will
b« cheerfully furnished at the first Democratic
clubhouse ':, the district— the Passaconnawa. at
No. l.ov; Boston Road.
CHILI AM) ARGENTINA.
t PEACE COMPACT AFFECTS THE VALUE OF
SECURITIES.
i Santiago de Chili. May '27,— The Chilian Min
ister of Foreign Affairs. Seftor Vergara. and the
' Argentine Minister to' •hill. Jose Antonio Terry.
are completing the details of the agreement
:.ich limits Chilian and Argentine armaments
.and which provide* for the general arbitration
■of questions ha dispute between the two coun-
L .'tries. Owing o this favorable situation secur
ities and bonds are very firm. Gold is falling.
BAXK DIRECTORS 7O BE TRIED
ECXBATIONAL. DEVEIiOPMEJfTB EXTECTED IN
GEr.M.-NV
Ber'.ir.. May C— The trial of a banker named
Sandeu and th* other directors of the so-called
fintrThafrr Mortgage Rank will begin to-morrow.
The trial is expected to be sensational, and it will
probably continue for several weeks. The Spiel
fcagan Mortgage Bank fniled eighteen months ago
as a result of irregularities on the part of th.
directors to be tried to-morrow, who made heavy
loans to sub-companies and who speculated In real
estate In which they themselves had a controlling
Interest.
TEE POPE RECEIVES MARTIXELU.
." ;- - Rome. li.v. 2j.— The Pope has ■■■ ■■;■ ed Cardinal
Martinelli. ■»))<■ Rave the Pontiff an account of his
■ • •;- mission and of the situation of the Church in the
United States.
THE CHOI'S I.\ HUXGARY.
Budapest. May 3.— The official Hungarian crop
'■_ .'■;/, port. Just issued, shows that winter wheat Is
; ' r \ ■ifekward and that complaints of blight have been
• received from many districts. Summer wheat, the
report rsye. is satisfactory, while rye has been
somewhat damaged by cold. Th.- average, how
tver. Is satisfactory.
Modern
and last trains to and from
PHILADELPHIA
every iicur via
Reading Route
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL
All trains vestibuled. New coaches
and parlor cars. Direct to Reading
Terminal.
GEN. BROOKE'S DEFENCE.
UNITED STATES TO CONTEST SUIT OF
SPANISH COUNTESS.
[Bl telegraph to thk TKIBI 1
Washington, May IT..— The Department ■■'■ Jus
tice will defend Genera! Brooke in the suit
brought against him In New-York yesterday by
the Countess of Buona Vista for $230,080 dam
ages for his action while Military Governor of
Cuba in dispossessing her and others from the
post of High Sheriff of Havana and the slaugh
ter house privilege in that city. General Brooke
acted under Secretary Root's orders when he
refused to permit the countess to exercise the
authority of High Sheriff of Havana, or to re*
celve the very lucrative emoluments of that
office after Spanish sovereignty ceased. The
case attracted attention three years ago, and
had thorough consideration by the administra
tion, finally leading to the decision of the Presi
dent, in which all the members of the Cabinet
and the legal advisers of the executive agreed,
that all powers granted by Spain which depend
ed lor their maintenance wholly upon the power
of Spain ceased absolutely when Spanish power
ceased.
The case of the Hisli Sheriff of Havana, or,
a? it was alp « called, "the slaughter house
caw," came before ihe War Department In 1800
on petitions of J. Y. Camara, husband of the
Countess O'Reilly y Buena Yist.. and Dr. Don
Gustavo <;nii»>t Duplessis. equal owners of the
oflic-o of Hieh SherifT. asking to be reinstated in
mat sfltee and to l>e reimbursed at the rate of
1125 ■ Bay from .Tun.- 1. 1 *>'.»!». tli-' date <>f their
BBBpossesstaii by the Military Governor of Cuba.
They claimed that in the year \~-^ Don Sebas
tian Calva d<- la Puerta bought at public auc
tion from the Hpn nlsh Crown the office of "Al-
Buazil Mayor." or Hif?h Sheriff, of the city of
Havana. Th" office was declared to be per
petuai and capable of passlnfj by Inheritance in
the direct mule line of descent and of being
alienated by purchase and sale under certain
conditions. T'pon the death of the purchaser
the office and its emoluments passed by descent
to his graiulsim. Don Francisco Cairo do la
I'uertM. wamac title r, reived royal confirmation
by letters patent dated May 22, 1788.
BALE OP HALF THE INTKKKST.
Eventually, the male issue of the Incumbent of
the office having; become extinct, the oAce
paFsed. by \h<- permission of the Spanish
crown, to the Count O'Reilly, who w;:p the hus
band of the daughter of the High Sheriff, who
had recently died, prom the Count n'ReiUy the
office descended to his heirs and bucj mnrr with
the approval i:; sach case of the Bpanlsh crown
to the present Countess O'Reilly y Buena Vista.
By appropriate provisions the Spanish law i" >-
niittfd the seizure and sale by Judicial pr J
ure, to enforce the payment of private h
edness, of a one-half interest in the emoluments
of th<- privileges appertaining to the slaughter
house industry |iwws' wscil by th' Hi»;l! Sheriff of
Havana. Pursuant t.- said law. I>r. I>"ii Gub
t.ivo aGllet Duplessis purchased at judicial c l 1(
.-I one-hnif Interest in said emoluments 01
tember 19. L 895, and entered upon th<- enjoy
ment tin reof.
Upon the American occupation of Havai
inK established, the military authorities of the
United States refused t.- allow the Count*
Buena Vista ;md T>r. Don Gustavo Galiet i<:
pleads to exercise the authority or enjoy tli
enxlumenta appertaining to the office of Hipli
Bberifl of Havana. They then appealed, first. iv
General Ludl >w, then Military Governor <>f Ha
vana, next to General Brooke, his Imn
superior, and rec tgnitlon being refused i:i ea< b
Instance, their attom< ye took their case to the
War Department.
JUDGE MAGOON'S DECISION.
Here the matter was under exhaustive consid
eration, and was made the subject of an elal«>
rate opinion by Judge Magoon. from which it
appears that Spain was about to cancel the con
cession when war with the United States began.
Judge Magoon'a decision Is summed up In the
following Indorsement on the petition:
I cannot assent to the proposition that the
right to perform any part of tin duties-, or re
ceive any part of the compensation attached to
the office of Sheriff of Havana under Spanish
sovereignty, constituted a perpetual franchise
Which could survive that sovereignty. The fact
that th* Spanish crown permitted an office to
be Inherited or purchased does not make it any
less an office the continuance of which is de
pendent upon the sovereignty which created it.
The services which the petitioner claims the
right to render and exact compensation for are
in substance an exercise of the police power of
the State. The right to exercise that power
under Spanish appointment or authority neces
sarily terminated when Spanish sovereignty In
Cubs ended. It thereupon became the duty of.
the Military Governor to make a new provision
under which this part of the power of the new
sovereignty which took the place of the sov
ereignty of Spain should he exercised" and the
necessary service rendered to the public. The
petitioner has been deprived of no property
whatever. The office, right or privilege which
she had acquired by inheritance was in it?
nature terminable with the termination of the
sovereignty on which it depended.
The question whether, by reason of anything
&• ne before that time, th» right to compensa
tion from the municipality of Havana has arisen
is n question to be determined by the courts of
Cuba The application for the revocation of
the order heretofore made herein by the Mili
tary Governor of Cubs is denied.
ELI Hl* ROOT, Secretary of War.
December '_' » 1 '.««•.
•XIGBTEAWKB" COVPLAIS OF TREATMEXT.
DELEGATE OF HACKMEJC'S UNION PAYS THEY
PAT FOR LICENSES A.ND SHOULD
HAVE MORE PRIVILEGES.
A complaint was made at yesterday's meeting of
the Central Federated Union by the delegate of th.-
Hackmen's Union that the members of his organi
sation were discriminated against by the Mayor's
Marshal. His union is composed of backdrivers
who have, their own cabs, and are popularly knov.n
as 'nighthawks." They cannot stop before hotels,
restaurants and similar places to solicit custom,
because the employes of the livery stables alone
have this privilege; they depend on customers
picked up in the streets. He held that this was
unfair, as the members of his organization pay for
their licensee
Delegate Donnelly, of Typographical Union No. 6,
-aid that in a recent opinion by the Corporation
Counsel it was held th:it the proprietors of hotels,
restaurants etc., could give the privilege of stand
ins before their doors to any one they chose. II. ■
rorrmmended that Hit* law committ.e of the Cen
tral Federated Union draft ■ city ordinance giving:
the Independent h.nckrtrlvers the mum- privilege as
the employes of livery stables This suggestion
was adopted
NEW ANCHOR LINER HERE.
The new Anchor Ltrie steamship Columbia arrived
here yesterday from dloPßow. on her maiden voy
age. She is 3*l feet, over nil. :■>'• feet moulded
breadth and W feet deep, with .1 gross tsnn of
8.400. She Is a handsome vessel, with a straight
stem sad elliptical stern, having two steel pole
masts for fore and aft schooner rig and three
funnels. The vessel is divided into nine watertight
compartments and. has six decks. The promenade
deck on the Columbia is a special feature. Saloon
passengers will have a long bridge deck and a
promenade deck below of 230 feet in length, with
waterproof shelters and wind screen. The decks
are lighted with electricity, which make them as
bright by night as by day. The return trip will le
made on Saturday. May 31. The steamer will be
; open for public inspection on Thursday, May 2s,
from : to 5 p. m.. at West Twenty-fourth-st.
7.V MEMORY OF Till! ARCHBISHOP.
The various Catholic societies of this city held a
'meeting yesterday morning at the Catholic Club,
in West Fifty-nlnth-st.. for the purpose of arrang
ing for a memorial meeting in memory of Arch
bishop Corrigan. It was decided to hold the me
morial meeting at Carnegie Hall on Sunday
evening, June 8. The principal speaker will be \V
Dourke Cockran.
FIXERAL OF LILY MART IS ttPENCE*.
The funeral of Uly Martin Spencer, the artist
and lifelong frit >id of OetOttSl Robert IngerSOll. w.-.s
held yesterday in her a|»urtmcnt at No. SlO rolum
bus-ave. The service was slinp'c. While the frisads
of the dead artlrt were gathered in the little rooms
Wallace Bruce eulogized her as a friend. Mrs.
KEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY. MAY 26. 11)02.
Anna Randall Diehi read the poem. "The Veil of
Isis." . ;
.Mr. Bruce pictured the artist as one -whose sole
purpose in life seemed to be the Uplifting of the
poor and the downtrodden through the medium of
hi-r genius. He save a graphic description of her
beautiful home In the foothills of the Catskllls at
("rum's Elbow on the Hudson. Mr spoke of her
life there as being one of beautiful harmony.
WOMAN MAY HE DEPORTED
SHE CAME TO VISIT BBOTHBSB, WHO
ABE WELL TO I>O. BUT LAW A<iAINST
< oXSr.MF'TIVES MAY I.AH HEH.
Unless strong- Influence can be brought to
bear on the Treasury Department, Miss IsalxMla
atcCultom, a young Scotch wossaa of good fam
ily, win) for several years has l>"en a trained
nurse in oii»- of the m sskma conducted by the
Church nf England in Syria, will bf» deported by
the government, under the recent ruling that
makes consumption a contagions disease. Miss
IfcCullom, who comes to this country to visit
her brothers, both of whom arc citizens and well
able to take tare of her. is suffering from tul>er
cutaata, and is in such a condition that it would
)><■ unsafe fur her to take another ocean voyage
at this time.
She was in the first cal>in on tho steamship
Alter, which arrived from Naples on May !'<».
Six- made friends among the other pass-ngers.
B number of whom are deeply interested in her
case, and will do all in their power to net some
sort of a waiving of the rule which says- that all
persons not citizens who are r-ufferinc from a
contagious disease, cannot be admitted t>> this
country.
At present Miss IfcCuHoni is in the general
ward of the Immigrant department of the Long
Island College Hospital, and is practically a
prisoner.
Miss McCuilom came to America from Scot
land With her parents and two brothers when
•she was a girl. Later She went to New-Zealand
with her parents,. vhere they subsequently died.
Then she heeame a trained nurse and worked
in one of the Syrian missions. Meantime her two
brothers had remained in this country and be
came citizens. One of them is a fruit grower in
the Santa Clara Valley, California, and the
other, T. M. McCullom, is a merchant in
Strcator. 111. Both are well to do.
The brother from Streeter is at present In this
city, and is anxiously waiting to see what action
will be taken on his sister's case. Among others
who are Interested In the- case and were fellow
passengers on the Aller are the Rev. Samuel
Jessiip, who has been in charge of the Pres
byterian missions in Syria; Miss Willard, of No.
386 itur-st., Brooklyn, and Miss Swift, of
Manhattan.
Si RINGFJELD'S JUBILEE.
GREAT CROWDS CELEBRATE THE FIF
TIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY.
[UT TELEGRAPH TO TBS THIHI NY.I
Springfield, Ma •.', May -■■ The opening day of
the golden jubilee celebrating the fiftieth anni
versary of the foundation of Bpringflelfl as a city
was marked by the presence of preat crowds.
making the occasion practically ■ revival of the
••Old Home Week" idea peculiar to N'ew-Enitland.
The ceremony of the day consisted In a great open
:iir concert at Forest Park, where twenty-five thou
sand people gathered to llste to the music. A
chorus of >ur hundred voices carried out B most
attractive programme under the direction ,f Charles
S. Cornell, director of the Springfield .Musical l-vs
tivais. In the morn inn th»re were anniversary and
mTiinri;i! sermoTUi preached' In • ver' church In
Springfield, and the occasion was the more notable
f..r the wonderful outpouring of church memlier"-
The evening services, conducted i" the i'imn
Square Theatre, consisted of a prayer h\ the Rev.
I>r. John Cotton Brooks, rector of rht Church;
addresses by ro-ngrp^sinaTi Frederick Willett. Dr.
Talcott Williams, of Philadelphia: Charles w. !!■>»
worth and K. IT. Lathrnp. ■>! Sprlmstleld. Th<«
musical : <ft of the programme »■<*■ furnished by
th< Orpheus Club and the Phllhnrmonlc Orchestra.
The theatre ■<■■■<■ lammed to th# doom nlthniiKh
Mi« rain of th* early part of the <.\eninp kept many
nwiiy. To-night I •;• streets an crowded- ri nv-.-t
Unusual occurrence in this o,ulot city on Bund*)?
evening -and the enthusiasm of the day linmilse*
to im-refise fur the more spectacular celebration
planned for to-morrow and" tho baton •■ of the week.
KILLED A GIRL IX CIItHCIL
REJECTED SWAIN FIRED TWO SHOTS
AT CLOSE OF BENEDICTION.
•
Atlanta Ga . May 2T<.— Five hundred or six hun
dred men. divided Into ■ half-dozen posses, are
searching the country adjacent to this city for
Mi Hard Lee, the son of ■ well-to-do fanner, who
to-day shot and instantly killed Miss Ulla Buttle,
nineteen years old. The tragedy took place Id
Wesley Chapel, nine, miles from Atlanta. Lee fired
two bullets Into Mis.- Buttle just a< the minister
finished the benediction, and before any of the
worshippers had started to leave the church.
Lee, who is about twenty years old came ii to
the church sad took ■ seat two pews from the
door, almost directly behind Mlsa Buttle Just ua
the services were over and the congregation had
risen t.i Its feet. I.«' leaned forward and ftr«*d two
shots Ht Miss Buttle killing ber Instantly. Lea
iKrapert, and, meeting his father Home distance
from church. got $10n from htm. Several posses
were organized Immediately, and a call was Kent in
for bloodhounds. Dr. John Buttle, father of the.
dead girl, heads one of the posses, while his son
directs another.
Miss Buttle was a strikingly beautiful young
woman, and had recently been graduated with high
honors from a college. It Is said that she refused
I.cc's attentions because she considered herself
above him tally.
QUIET AT CONEY ISLAND.
POLICE DRAWING Till-: '.LINES .CLOSELY—
" DRINKS ONLY' WITH SANDWICHES.
The biggest crowd of the season visited Coney
Island yesterday and had a good time in .-i quiet,
orderly way. As a matter of fact, It was Impos
sible to have any other than a quiet time, for the
police, acting on orders from Deputy Commis
sioner BSbst«ut, have been drawing the lines closely
recently. Plenty of drinks were to be bought yes
terday, but they went with a sandwich or a more
substantial apology for a meal.
Promptly at 12 • o'clock on Saturday night the
police began to close the dance halls, and by 1:30
a. m. almost every place was dark. Then a ser
geant with a squad of men began to drive the
people from the streets. They went reluctantly.
but the sergeant said that It was the only way
to prevent them being robbed by the crooks, who
were lying in wait for those who stayed late.
There was considerable grumbling, too, among the
keepers of the places of amusement, one of whom
expressed the prevailing sentiment when he ex
claimed in disgust:
"We will have to get a license to live, next."
FUNERAL OF Miss ANNIE CLARKE.
.MANY THEATRICAL PEOPLE HONOR THE
MEMORY OF MUSEUM'S LEADING LADY.
Boston, May 2T..-The body of Miss Annie Clarke,
for many fears lending lady In the old Ho.xton Mti
:-11111 Stock Company, who died In Chicago last
week, was Incinerated at the Forest Hills crema
tory to-day. Funeral services were previously held
In the Hi tie chapel at the cemetery. There was a
large attendance of members of the theatrical pro
fession, including many who were associated with
Miss Clarke In the Museum company. The services
were conducted by the Rev. E, a. Horton. The
ashes will be buried in Mount Hope, beside the
grave of Miss Clarke's mother.
FIRST MASS IX 101 RT I'h'lsnS HIRE
nEGCLAn SUNDAY SERVICE TO BE HELD IN YOIIK
VILLE COURT JAIL
For the first time In the history of a court
prison here m*ss was celebrated yesterday in
Yorkville police court prison by Father McDonnell,
of the Church of St. John the Evangelist. Thirty
men and women were present at the service. It is
purposed by charitable persons who are interested
to buy an altar and vestments and hold permanent
Sunday worship in the prison.
BISHOP POTTER'S CONDITION.
At the home of Hishop Potter it was said last
evening that the Bishop was not seriously ill.
The maid declared that he was badly In need of
rest, and that his system was run down, but that
he had not been confined to his room. He remained
Indoors all day yesterday, because of. the uncer
tainty cf the weather.
MOVE 900 FOOT BRII^tK.
ONLY ONE MINUTE AND FORTY-THUEE
SECONDS TO SHIFT IT M FEET.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
ACCOMPLISHES THE FEAT WITH
NO DELAY TO TRAFFIC.
New-Brunswick. N. J.. May 23 (Special).— An
engineerinp feat which for maßniturle and qul<jk
execution has seldom been equalled was accom
plished to-dfry at New-Brunswick by the .Penn
sylvania Railroad Company. The bridge cross-
Ine the Karltnn River and the draw connecting:,
which spans the Delaware and Ruritan- Canal,
were moved -fourteen- feet and isix inches in one
minute and forty-three seconds. The." length "
the bridge and draw is W6 feet. The bridge has
live spans, each 190 feet l"nK. and the draw span
Is the sane length. The allowance for expansion
■1 about fix feet.
The start was made at 12:10:96 p. m., immedi
ately nftn- the 12:08 rastbound train, which
was two minutes late, cleared the bridge. Bolts
were removed and disconnections made, and at
a given signal the structure. wH^ning -.-»<>•>
tons, began to slide easily and noiselessly onto
the new abutments. In one minute and forty
three seconds the tracks were in their new posi
tions. Connections at Use ends were made, and
the tracks were ready for service at 12:10
o'clock, the entire work taking eight and a half
minutes.
There was not one second's interference with
the regular railroad schedule, and at 12:-3
o'clock a westbound freight passed. The first
passenger train crossed the bridge eastbound at
12:17 o'clock. At the eastern end the new east
bound track connects with the old track at a
distance of 4SO feet. On the western end. the
former eastbound IS now the westbound track,
and the new eastbound track completes the four
track system through New-Brunswick, with a
comparatively small strip yet to be finished,
about half a mile west of the bridge.
The feat Is the most successful of its kind In
the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
preparations were begun about January 1, new
abutments being constructed since that date at
each end of the bridge. The actual time taken
was less than the engineers expected. The work
from its inception has been under the personal
supervision of F. L. Shephard. the general su
perintendent of the United Railroads of Now-
Jersey division, and he was in charge to-day.
Many of the company's engineers and engineers
from other roads hl.so were present, some hav
ing come specially from Chicago. Mr. Shephard
was highly complimented on the success of the
undertaking by President Cassati of the - Penn
sylvania.
A similar undertaking, but of lesser magni
tude, took place about seven ■years ago, when
the ' Schuylklll River bridge was moved an
equal distance In fourteen minutes. That was
Bone under the supervision of E. V. Brook, now
genera] superintendent of the Philadelphia, Wil
mington and Baltimore division. Another move
ment was attempted ai Plttsburß a year ago,
whi<ii, owing to .i mishap, required seven hours
for Its completion. The present arrangement
will last while the work of elevating the trucks
through this city Is being done.
The banks of ; the river, the tow path, and an
available space at either end" of the bridge were
occupied with spectators, and numerous boajs
were out on the river. The people cheered when
the work w-«s done.
SYRIANS A TTACK PnUt EMAN.
HE HOLDS THEM AT RAI IN DESPERATE
11* . HI I N 1 11. AID COMJES.
,i i<. . i an, of th-- Church-st.
station, fough) o desperate battle with foitr
rul Byrteas In the midst of the s>ri.
Inst niKht, at 11 o'clock.
In which he nearly lost his Hf_«. "■ held his
„«: ,, >. Ik • '■ ■ ingered foreigner!
until a squad of police could be < all. l
•■':■• il hi'-h Ke.-
■ :.;..; baa been a "strong man" in s
wild weal sherw." There were two other men
built on 1 ■■ physical Ihses .i;- the Irat, and
v woman of middl age.
Aboul 11 o'clock Keenan, In passng N
Washtngtnn-st., beard s\ pistol shits He bad
. tht- door of '■>• pjace, which Is
a small rooming apartment on the K'"i'tid floor,
than he found him.-. if confronted bj f-"ir for
mtdsMe adversaries Thej attacked him be
for< he had time t« draw lii« revolvei it was
a hard t.. band light, md everji weapon at band
etaed bj the occupants of the rooan tv
hurl at liie patrolman.
A sods watei bottle strui k Keenan In the fore
head and nearly knocssed liim senseless. He
Ino struck with s chair. Another mtssil.
struck him In the eye, canslng a painful wound.
Frank Ci man, of No. !•» Trinity Place, went to
th< •!< i r and t (i the policeman's assistance. lU
was dii'-i t-d t.i .-all for the re» ryes, and be hur
ried to a telephone. Informing the Cburch-^t.
l.re.iri.t of whit was taking place. A s<iuad of
policemen went to Keenan's aid. Xhe ii«ht con
tinned at redhot pitch, and the Syrians had to
be clubbed Into submission. Main- blows were
exchanged, bni no shots Bred. The Syrian* were
tinaliv overcome and taken to tiie Church-st,
stati M. where they were charged with felonious
as.-ault They are Michael Goara, Selin Goara,
Gora Bumasola and Dys Bumasola, the woman.
GARTER FOm hi KE OF MARLBOROIQB.
London, May aY Ktng Edward nun approved th»
conferring of the M<>st Noble Order of the Garter
upon the I'uke. t.f MarlborjMigh, in succession to
the late Karl of Kiml" il. i. Who .!••■'! April 8,
The denth of th* 1 Knri of Kirrl>.-rl.-y m.-ule a
vacancy in the list of Knight Campasdoas of the
Most Noble Order of the Qarter, which la only
conferred upon sovereigns hikl twenty-frve membera
of the im'h nobility of tiie iTntted Kingdom.
SEW ATTACHE A TENNIS PLATER.
Berlin. May 2o— Herbert Guy DerlnK. who has
Just been appointed Secretary of the British Lega
tion at Washington, is now In Berlin playing In
the Internationa] tennis tournament Mr. Dering
was born here In 1867. He is ■ son of Sir Henry
Nevlll DerlnK. the present British Minister to
Cra7.il. The new appointee si Washington was In
Peking during the siege of the legations, and dis
tinguished himself there.
GOLD OUTPUT »E RBODEBIA.
Caps Town, May 25, The u^M output from
Rhenesia for the year Itsl amounted to ivivv,
ounces, an Increase of H.9SS ouncej over the total
output of MOO.
W. /»■ LEEDS Ml CB BETTER.
The condition of William I> Leeds, who is ill
at his boms, No. M 3 Flfth-ave., mi unproved last
niKht. a-i«l he is expected to i m te-day.
TRINITY PARISH ORDINATIONS.
The annuiil ordination services for Trinity. Parish
were held yesterday morning in Calvary Church,
Fourth-aye, anil Twenty-flrst-st. In the absence
of Bishop Potter. Bishop Worthlntrton. of
Nebraska, conducted the services. The following
candidates were ordained and advanced to the
priesthood: The Rev. Ralph B. Pomeroy, the Rev.
Edward Clowes Chorley, the Rev. Frederick Whit
ney .Kltts and the Key. Henry Rutgers K.-nis^n
For the dlaconata the following were ordained:
Scott Kldder, Charles Albert Brown. Bverard W.
Daniel. Reginald Norton Wllleox, Thornton Floyd
Turner. William Henley Fishley. Orrok Collogue,
Arthur Sanford Lewis t»r.d Lloyd Rneburn Benson.
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LIVING PICTURES FOR SALVATION ARMY
Mrs. Rooth-TuokT's lecture on "t.ove and Sor
row" at the Academy of Music yesterday after
noon waR attended by two thousand members and
friends of th- Salvation Army. The lecture was
Illustrated with living pictures and Stereoptlcon
views.
U LBXA srH)!U>T" IX IX BAX B PAYILIOX.
A woman giving the name of Lena Schmidt, her
age as thirty-four yearn and her address as No.
130 th-st., on May 19 »■»« removed from the
Workhouse, on Black well's Island, to BHlevu,> Hos
pital to be examined as to her sanity. She was not
violent. Last night a well dressed man, who would
not tell who he was. called at the hospital and
asked to see the woman. On being told that he
could not he made a vigorous protest to Dr. Packer,
who whs In charge of the pavilion.
Dr. Packer says the man told him that the woman
was th* Lena Schmidt who figured as a witness in
Captain Diamond's trial and that of Wardman
Biswt The doctor said he did not think th- man
was right.
Whole
Carpets
Made to
Order.
Broadway $ m Street
TORNADO KILLS FOUR.
BLOWS DOWN TWO HOT'SES AND IX
.iruEs sevkuai. pnaeKf wraTiw
Union. S. C, May 2."..— This pUice was visited
this afttrawssi art 4 o'clock by a terrific tornado.
The storm came from the north, and It seems
these was also one from the southwest, meeting
in this viclniiy. Four geaths and considerable
loss of property resulted. The storm from the
north was preceded by a heavy rain and what
appeared to be a dark mass about one hundred
yards wide. It travelled with great speed, and
people birely had time to get indoors before the
storm was upon thr town.
Knitting Mill Hill, south of the town, caught
the full force of the tornado, which blew down
the schoolhouse and two residences, convert
ing them literally into kindling wood. The oc
cupants fled from one of the houses before it
went to pieces and took refuge in another near
by, but this was also crushed to splinters. In
this house Miss Batik. Hart and Miss Annie
Law-son were instantly killed. Mrs. Mary Sims
died in an hour, and a little daughter. Vera,
died about 0 o'clock. Hasey Sims escaped with
a broken finger. Lee Sims received two bad
cuts on the head ftom falling timbers and was
injured internally. M. It Mabrey suffered a
fractured shoulder, his leg was badly burned by
a stove falling on him. and be wns injured In
ternally. Mrs. Lee Sims received a bad, but
not fatal, cur on the head. Mrs. Mn>hney and
her two other children escaped with slight in
juries.
It took some time to get the victims from the
debris. Every physician in the town was soon
on the scene. President Nicholson and Manager
t;ault. of the Excelsior Knittinc Mills, and
others, assisted In relieving the sufferers a»
much as possible. Everything that the families
had was destroyed.
JoaeavWe reports In ■ telegram to Miss I.aw-
Bon, the woman who was killed, that the storm
was fearful at that place, and that one of her
family had been killed there. Miss Lawsoo was
dead when the telegram arrived.
The property damage will aggregate about
S^'ll I MX)
WILL OPEN SHOPS Tn-DAW
KOSHER BUTCHERS ASK POLICE FOR
PROTECTION— STATEMENTS ISSUED.
Nearly all of the kosher butchers on the East
Side served notice yesterday on the captains of the.
various police districts that they IntendeJ to open
their shops to-day, and asked that the police i ro
trrt them n«:.Ttn«t any attacks: that may b»> ma.l
by the women rioters, members i * the Ifissi Side
Anti-Reef Trust Association, who have been at
tacking the shops for selling meat, and the cus
tomers for belying meat, when a boycott was on
against the prevailing (.-. prices.
The Anti-Beef Trust Association in the last two
woeks has raised ii fun 1 of more Than $.V«» to ball
out those who arc arrested on the charge of In
citing r'.ot. but at thn L'ldrldgr-st. station it was
■Sid inst night that the attorneys 'or the Anti-
Trust association had agreed to advise their clients
not to ball out any ■on prisoners. The police
believed this action would tend t.-> discourage the
rioting that was likely to suit from the reopening
of the shops.
A conference w:is held late Saturday night be
tween the Anti-Trust association committee of fifty
and me of the but. 'hers In an endeavor to patch
up dtfferen i The rabbis were to decide which
shops should lie permitted to resume b'lulnesc. At
■ late hour last night the committee of fifty was
trying to decide whether to accept the proposal of
the btttchera or not.
Yesterday a circular, printed In both Yiddish and
English. .-!;;!■.'. i by four of the association leaders
representing the committee of fifty, was distributed
It read:
Women! Victory la near. Order and persistence
will win the struggle again*! th.- butchers IV>
not buy any meat. All the organizations tiKhttiiir
against the Jewish Meat Trust have now united
under the name of the Allied Conference for Cheap
Kosher Meat. Brave and honest men are now
siding the women. The conference has decided to
help those butchers who will sell cheap kosher
meal under the supervision of th. rabbis and the
conference. The trust must be downed. For th.
present do not buy any meat. Patience will win
ttie battle. Seek the sympathy for your cause of
"id and young.
it was signed by. -Dr. D. Blausteln, the Rev. I.
Bnsler, the Rev. }'h Jsches, Mrs*. Shatzburg and
the committee ol fifty.
• At last night's meeting It was said that' part of
the circular referring to these who will sell che.-.p
in. it was premature. The following statement
was Issued by the committee of fifty, which calls
Itself "The Allied Conference for Cheaper Kosher
Meats of Great, New- York":
The spontaneity of this movement for cheaper
meal is the best proof that the grievances of the
poorer classes on the Ki-< Side against the Jewish
Kosher Reef Trust are very real and serious
Prices bare be<n raised six and seven cents a
pound. Horn of the clouds, the movement has
spread throughout greater New-York, and has en
listed the sympathies of all the people. It is con
servatively estimated that fifty thousand Jewish
families been abstaining from the use of meat
for over two weeks Th« people feel very justly
that they are being ground down, not only by the
Beef Trust of the country, but also by the Jewish
Beef Trust of the city, which has now as Its ally
the Retail Butchers' Association. The people
realise the sertausne.-s of the situation, ami are
ready to HKht the trust for months If necessary.
The conference wishes to state noil emphatically
that the lenders of the movement da not counte
nance any violence, but it desires to state also that
the sensational report of violence committed on
the East Side is a libel upon the Rood name of a
peaceful, honest and Industrious section of th«
city. . The committee desires to emphasise the fact
that the few Instances of outbreaks on the part of
some hysterical women .ire not Instances of a
prevalent condition of affairs, but rather the only
instances that have occurred.
Th. .conference lumnr calls the att. nti.m of th.i
Renerai public to the fan thai the Jewish press
has from the very beginning and continuously
headed the news columns of Hie strike with In
junctions to maintain order. The people of the
i-.ast Side f.-.-i th.it th.- unwarranted nummary
action of tin- police in refusing to allow the peopl,>
t.i assemble peaceably under police protection is
tantamount to an attack on the rißht of free
Speech. It Is to be admitted, however, that such
unprecedented action was due to the sensational
reports* of the newspapers. The conference wishes
to enlist the sympathy of th,- public at large in
this cause.
SEVEN DROP WITH PIER FLOOR
r.IRDER GIVES WAY AT ROCKAWAY BEACH
NO ONE HVRT.
An iron girder at the land end of the Iron Pier
at Rockaway Beach gave way last evening and
one end of it fell to the sand below, carrying a
section of the flooring with it. Seven persons
who were eating In the restaurant went down
with the flooring, screaming and shrieking. A
big crowd gathered, and there was much excite
ment, but Dr. H. B. Tlngley. who was called,
found that not a bone had been broken among
the seven, and that fright and shock were all
they suffered from. All went to their homes in
Brooklyn. •:■-•:
The restaurant was only recently built on the
i««r a 5a 5 . U ia ""Prosed that the girder was
loosened in the alterations, and not rebolted. or
that th» bolts rusted out.
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WHOLE CARPETS tor Autumn delivery.
We can furnish them in French Savonnerie,
Aubusson. English Hani Tutted and Scotch
Chenille Axminster. or in Berlin, Turkish or
India weaves to match perfectly any desired
period of decoration or color scheme.
Tiffany & Co,
Suggestions for
Wedding Presents
Strawberry Shortcake Servers,
$9 to $12.
Berry Forks, $lt>, $18, $24 per
dozen.
A new spoon for serving Cut
Fruits. $7. $8, $10.
Cucumber or Tomato Servers,
$6.50 to $7.50.
Individual Fruit Forks, §22 per
dozen upward.
Individual Fruit Knives, $35
per dozen upward.
Tiffany & Co.'s manufactures can
not be purchased of other dealers.
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