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JVoTTxXO. 125. NEW YORK. MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1808. -COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. " PRICE TWO CENTS. 9
M local" option in cities.
1F IMPORTANT LEGISLATION BEPUBLI-
'jjpXl c- viilrm li Hnvr. it -hnnce lo Bay ir They
Mill llnte l.lg.uor sold on Sunders There
.Bfc . ,,, , Atl-Mitlil Clnuse flow and Bl.
f . ,r1iTlm:tryl.w-Uliel.nwAmeudment
jLf '' Senator Plntt will start for Washington on
R Tuesday to tnko up his winter residence at ttao
Tf capital. He will return to Now York off anil on
fly ,iuring the session of tho Senate Last night he
hiUl tniv.9 vtltli the Hon. James M. E. O'Grady,
III ' , is lo bo reelected Republican Bpcakor of
III tho Assembly when that body moota In Albany
' rn Tuesday; President Quire of the Republican
ft I County Committee, and n. dozen olbors. Within
Bfft. tho last few days n majority of tho Republican
Senators and Hcpubllcan Assemblymen hnvo
Hf been In New York discussing with Sonator Piatt
ELs. tho affairs of tho Ilopubllcnn party In tho Stato
H of New York. Senator Piatt has also had lm-
U' portant talks with Gov. Black. 8uperlntendent
H Louis F. Payn of tho Insuranco Department,
H and other shining lights of tho Republican
fe party. Jt was announcod last night that there
Hi appears to be ft singular unanimity of sontlmeut
H . concerning tho steps to bo taken at Albany this
H. winter.
Wk , The most Important moasuro, it was mads
Wt', known, to bo Introduced by the Republicans
11 will bo a bill providing for local option as to
Hf ,, liquor selling on Sundays In all of tho cities of
Hn ' the first and second class in tho State. In other
Hp words, this bill, a proposed by the mnjorlty
fli -, havo Ulkod with Senator Piatt, will glvo
j t0 tho rotors of the cities of the first and second
v class the opportunity to declare at the next eon-
erol election for or against liquor selling on
P- Sunday. Tho bill will specify the hours during
jS which liquor can be sold on Sunday, In caso the
ll voters decldo for Sunday sales. President
I ' Qulgg of the Ropubllcan County Committee
7 ,n all tho Republicans emlnont In tho
II' management of tho party's affairs in the
I new Now York city are heart and soul
IE (or this local option measure. They are
I B Joined In the demand for It by tho Republican
I ft leaders of Albany, Utlca, Syracuse, Buffalo and
Vk other cities in tho Btatc It bos been demon-
M stratcd. It was sold, that tho Raines amend
i menu, while providing for a greatly Increased
. revenue to tbo State, aro objectionable to tho
I people In some ways. The Raines law was
1 amended in several particulars last winter, but
' the Republicans of the cities of the first and seo-
ond class declared that the provisions of the
Bp law are altogether too rigorous and drastic. So
7 It Is proposed to stive the votors ot these cities
yv local option.
1 The bill, it was further sold, may take the
J shape of giving the voters of these cities local
I option on week days also. The Republicans ot
J this city who havo had charge of the party's
' uflalrs for tho last ten years have never agreed
with the Raines law. They have protested
morning, noon, and night against the Raines
k law, and against all legislation of a character
. which would tend to sacrifice the personal 11b-
crtles ot tho peoplo on this highly important
Question. Senator John lb -ios, who did not
prepare tho Raines law or the later Raines
intendments, but whose nomo is connected with
the bill because he Introduced it, has on all oc
casions stood out against the Republican leaders
A of the cities ot the first and second class in
LiV their opposition to the Raines-laT and the.
Is Raines amendments. A year ago he person-
' ally confronted Edward Lauterbach, ex-Presl-
adont ot tbo Ropubllcan Committee ot New York
county. Ho has been altogether extreme In his
conduct, local Republicans say. He has been
(, very severely criticised by Republicans ot the
J cities of tho first and second class. Their com-
II monts have been to the effect that Benator
h. Raines was entitled to his limited notions when
vy he was at his homo in Oanandaigna, but that he
I had no right to visit them upon the cities. Sen-
w ator Raines was the eminent Republican states-
!W" man who, at Saratoga, in 1806, when it was
proposed to nominate Sonator Piatt for Gov-
ernor, called on Senator Piatt at his cottage in
jH the United States Hotel grounds and said:
9K " You ought not to take this nomination. Yon
W will be too heavy aload for the Republican party
Mi of the State to carry."
JL Vj Senator Piatt grinned at this at the time, for
Tk y the reason that he never had the slightest no-
L : tlon of aooepting the nomination for Governor.
Wb Now Senator Raines is himself a candidate for
Hi Governor, and, go where you will In Westorn
New York, you will And that Senator Raines
H and his friends believe that he should bo noml-
M nated in place of Gov. Black, During the olos-
HI ing hours of the campaign for Mayor of New
mX York, Benator Raines turned ud at the Fifth
L Avenue Hotel. Chairman Charles W. Hackets
II t. of the Republican State Committee and Presl
ft dentQulggof the Republican County Committee
iA protested against the appearance of Senator
KV Raines at a crucial periol, and Mr. Raines was
Spl induced to leave New York otty by the next
W train. It was said then, and It has been relter
M ated since, that seventeen words from Senator
' Raines at the time would have cost Gen. Benjv
9. mln F. Tracy 10,000 votes.
f-Ml The next most Important measure to be lntro-
S duoed at Albany, it was said, will be a primary
law for cities of the first and second class. This
L primary law, it was added, will be rigorous. It
oiji will provide for the strengthening of regular
Hp organizations, both Republican and Democratic
B and will declare a penalty against those who
P. I pad rolls and those who have anything to do
7 Jj with falsifying tho results ot primaries. In
'ML other words the new primary law Is to be as
'j rigorous as the election laws of the State, and
I , under this new primary law the cities are to
I pay the expenses of primaries, Just as the cities
1 jf now pay election expenses.
'n 11 The bill for local option and the primary law
L J will be the most Important to be lntroduoedat
r II Albany, although necessarily from time to time
U jj there will be bills Introduced for the purpose of
'1 I perfecting the Qrcator New York charter. This
I I charter Is a hugo pioce of machinery. It Is not
hi J . expected that it will run smoothly at first, and
-Cl any detects In tbe charter as they become ap-
JjtU parcntwlll be remedied bylcglslatloiuit Albany.
pin Anotber Important measure to be Introduced
All at Albany will be a bill to moke operative in its
7 I etrktcbt sense tho libel law embodied In tho
111 Penal Code. Tbcro will bo aclauso In this bill
M concerning cartoons, Supreme Court Justioe
tfi Ilarrctt has given his lolsure moments for a
'fwfS'K month or nioro lo framing tho bill. It Is main-
'A'K, tnlnod Hint tho JSicntna Post, the New York
fm Jnbunt, tho New York World, and other
lit yellow journals In the State of New York habit-
K uully Infrlnito the libel law. While tbe men
AdLt in publlo life. It nan said, do not care
ff especially for tho uttnrks of Irresponsible news-
jffM papcrs.tho llbols have become so vlcioiu against
jXm people In private lifo that something must be
II done to check tha periwtrators of these libels or
H the moral tone of Dm xtholo Stale will suffer,
PI The bill as prep ired by Justlcu ll.irrett.lt was
ml . ld, will hold water, nnd will put u stop to tho
I'l' -'' outrages committed by tbo exponents of new
VV Journalism.
IMS. Speaker O'Orady said yesterday that, after
PHa Wv looking into tho ni-ittcr ninco his conferences
I ljlji with Senator Cantor, the Democratic leader of
U 5T the minority In tho upper houm at Albany, and
jf'Vj Asscmlil)inun Thouius V. Donnelly, who Is to bo
I ff'l theleadurof tho minority In tho lower house,
il 1 ' he liad ilcddod to glvo tho Democrats a ropre-
i senlarlonof four members out nf thirteen on
I Ih each Assembly committee List year the Demo-
, r crutshaU thiuooulof tiory tlurtcon.
iJ?4fe Cc.ntr.iry to nil leport, tho Chairman of the
')$ W Citlrs Cuinnilttoo to sucrocil ex-Aecmblynmn
1 jf J ttnii.-i (' Austin has not bum selcileil, Tlioro
J IH " " iliMt-ii (.indhUtiH fur I Iki plum, nmoug
I tjm ' "" Afieiiiiiljineii Honry Murtliall of tho
I f IH , iiliuiilli ilitri(.tot Ivlnn ntul Kdwsrd C.
lijB UiruuuupttbublxteeuthdlirirlaofUtiis. No
decision in this 'matter will bo reachod, It was
said yesterday, for nearly two weeks, or until
after Mr. O'Grady has been reelected Speaker
of tbe Assembly and gets down to tho work of
selecting the now Chairmen of the committees.
All Republicans having to do with legislative
a,falrs at Albany this winter and all Democrats
wore positive last night In tholr assertions that
tbo Assembly this winter is to bo the scene ot
turmoil and trouble. The Democrats are to In
troo uce excise bills of their own in the Assem
bly. Furthermore they aro to introduco the
same old bills which they got up last year to
attack the gas companies and other corpor
ate interests. Tbo Democratlo minority, In
other words, Is to continuo its attacks
upon vested capital, and Its attempt to
drlvo corporations but ot tho Htato of New
York Into Now Jertoy and neighboring States.
The Republicans will withstand all assaults of
this character. Tho Democrats, as led by
Cantor and Donnelly, purposo to renew their as
saults on tho corporations which glvo employ
ment to labor. This scheme Is merely fol
lowing out the linos laid down In the Bryanlta
Chicago platform of 1800.
DEnnsuEs will fiout.
Preparta to Aavaaoe Worth n-oa Omtirnu
O.OOO Brlllsb Trees to Meet Then.
pefat CabU Dupatch lo Tni Bui,
Ciino, Jan. 2. Much excitement has been
caused here by the rocolptof Intelligence that
tho Dervishes at Omdurman are preparing for
an Immediate advance northward. Two thou
sand troops, Including the Cameron High
landers, havo been ordered to ascend tho Nile.
The Seaforth Highlanders, who are now at
Malta, havo been ordered to this city, and prob
ably more troops will be required.
The military authorities wished to advance
to Khartoum at the lost high Nile, but the
fighting in India, coupled with the increase in
the garrison at Cape Town, prevonted the ad
vance, It not being possible to obtain sufficient
troops for tho purpose.
England's situation has been rendered graver
by the faot that the French are winning the race
for tbe Upper Nile. It Is not definitely known
here that the expedition ot M. Marchand has oc
cupied Fashoda, on the White Nile, as has been
reported, but it Is believed that It has done so.
It is also believed that M. Marchand Is now
near Khartoum.
It the French have established themselves at
Fashoda they can cut oft communication with
the bulk of the Nile Valley. The expedition
under Major MacDonold, which, in October
last, met with disaster in the Usoga district.
Intended to head oft M. Marchand, but failed
to do so, owing to the revolt ot the Soudanese
mercenaries accompanying Major MacDonold.
It is not known here whether M, Marchand's
latest movements are authorised by tho Frsnoh
Government.
CHINA TIBZ.DB TO OKB&A1T XBItBATS
Dbe tnu Btsastsa tbe Gotanaaasr er On r
'T"r OsurHseas.
OstCo! Cabtr ZHSpanjlo no Bmt "
Beriht, Jan. H It Is announced here that
China has yielded to the demand of the German
Minister that the commandant of the garrison
at Tsao-Chou be dismissed for threatening Ger
man missionaries there. The Minister threat
ened to leave Pokln unless his demand was com
piled with.
Pekin, Jon. 2. Russia is actively forwarding
the arrangements for guaranteeing the new
Chinese loan. When thess arrangements are
completed tbe Russians will, on the plea ot
supervising the collection of the land tax, ob
tain the right to enter every yamen in China,
Londox, Jan. 2. Sir Charles Dllke said in a
speech yesterday that the Government was
afraid to speak with the voloe of the country on
affairs in the Far East lest it find three powers
united in opposing it.
The state ot affairs, be added, was graver
than any that had existed since the great war.
The Liberals would not refuse to vote for the
supplies necessary for defending the honor of
the country, but they would insist upon a,
sweeping reform of the whole military adminis
tration and the conditions of enlistment.
zi mnra ouaxq called to pbkut.
Tne Ceveramant Meed till Adrto la tbe
Present Emercener,
Taooiia. Wash., Jan. 2. The steamer Indro
pura has arrived from Japan, bringing the latest
mall advices regarding tbe Oriental situation.
Li Hnng Chang has been recalled to power at
Pekin, the Emperor and the Inner Council
desiring his assistance in the dlplomatlo crisis.
Li Hung Chang recently started for his es
tates on account of ill-health, no has
now returned to Pekin, and the Government
has taken up for serious consideration his
memorial on the military and naval defences of
the emplro. This memorial was prepared on
Earl Li's return from America and Europe, but
remained pigeonholed nntll now.
Thousands of troops aro being recruited in tbe
interior, and it is intended to double the num
ber of battalions in all the Chinese maritime
provinces within thirty days. The Emperor bas
received many secret memorials regarding tbo
defence ot the empire from high military
and civil officials throughout China. All China
is awakeuing. Not even during the China
Japan war was there such united fooling
as Is now to be observed among tbe educated
Chinese and masses. Japan Is stirred up by news
from Pekin saylngthat beyond doubtRussla and
France are actively conspiring to procure tbe
dismissal of Sir Robert Hart, the English Direc
tor of tho imperial Chlncso customs.
The procedure followed resomblos that pur
sued with reference to McLeavy Brown In Co
rea. It is believed that tho Russian and French
influence will prevail, as both powers are bont
on socurlng the dismissal of Sir Robert Hart,
There will be at least a reorganization of
China's customs service nnd a division of tbe
offices between powers In proportion to the
trade of each country with China,
A number of newspapers In Japan end the
Chinese maritime porta express tho belief that
the partition of China among the powers is
inevitable.
PBiyoess lirATuiar.'a book.
Her Devotional Work, Written In German,
ll!l Ue l'ulillttiril To-Day,
Sptcltxl CabU Vtipalch lo Tux Huh.
London, Jan. 3. It was recently announoed
that Princess Boatrlce, youngest daughter of
the Queen und widow of Princo Henry of Hat
tenberg, was writing a devotional book dealing
with widows' mourning.
Tbo book will be published to-day at Darm
stadt. It Is written In German und will con
tain a prcfuco by tho Rev, Mr. Vogel, a German
clergyman, who saja that he wus requested to
revise tho work, but that he left unchanged
many sentences which wore not quito Gorman,
fearing to efface their originality.
Tbo Daily A'cici publishes long extracts from
the book, but does not mention Its modo of publication.
SI.SBOO Now Christian Science Devolves.
Boston, Jun, 2, More than 2,300 persons
were admitted to membership at tbe First
Cuurih of Christ, tho Boston home of Christian
Science, to-day. making a total membership of
this churth io.ooo, the largest iudlvluual
church lit tbe country.
FIRE THAT COST SIX LIVES.
xrro sosa onlt our or a family
OF BIG11T PEUaOXB ESCAPE.
After the Fire l Out Adslpk Helen ana Tm or
Bis Sens Are Found Bend In tne Mallwar
or His Home In Jersey City and His Wire
nnd Two Daiiahters In the Basement.
A fire which was discovered about 2:30
o'clock yesterday morning in Adolph Reich's
house, 317 Gormanla avonuo, Jersey City,
caused the death of six members ot a family ot
eight and Injuries to the two other members ot the
family. It also caused very painful Injuries
to John Conway, Chief Engineer of the Fire
Department.
Tho dead aro Adolph Retch, 5 years old, tbe
head of the family; Emma, his wlfo, 42, and
their four children, Tllllo. 24; Ida, 10: Albert,
14, nnd Gustavo, 8. They were all suffocated,
and with tho exception of that of Mrs. Reich,
their bodies woro badly burned.
Tho Injured members of the family are Sig
mund, 10, who was burned about tho face, head
nnd arms, and Henry, 17, who was burned on
tho back of the neck and cars. Chief Conway
fell through a hole vthlch had boon burned in tho
floor of tho back parlor Into the basement,
striking on the parlor stovo, which Itself had
fallen through tho hole sovernl minutes before.
Blgmund Reich was taken to tho City Hospital
and It was thought at first that his injuries
would prove mortal, but the doctors ascer
tained that ho had not inhaled any ftamo and
they entertained a hopo last night that ho would
recover. Henry's wounds were dressed by an
ambulance surgeon from Christ Hospital.
Chief Conway was taxen to bis homo and It
was found that ho had received soveral severe
scalp wounds, his noso was badly cut and thero
wcro lacerated wounds on his legs. A doctor
put fourteen stitches In his scalp. Tho Chief
was feeling comfortable last evening although
suffering considerably from shock. Ho will
not bo able to resume duty for some time. Tho
bodios of tho dead woro taken to Sneer's
Morgue and laid sldo by side in six wooden
boxes.
An investigation of tho surroundings caused
groat surprise that so many lives should have
been sacrificed. The bouse is ot wood, two
stories and a holt high. Tbe basomont con
tained tho kitchen and dining room. Tho
front and rear parlors were on tho next floor,
and the entire upper floor was divided Into
four sleeping apartments, all connected. Mr.
Reich, who carried on a real estate and insur
ance business at the Boulevard and Lincoln
street, ownod the house. He and his wlfo occu
pied tho front room, which is tho largest of tho
suite. Another room was occupied by Ida and
Tlllle, another by Blgmund and Gustavo, and
Henry and Albert slept In tho fourth. Tho
front door ot tho houso is double, and thero Is
no vestibule A door at tho right of tho hall
opsns into the front parlor and another at tho
end of the hail into the rear parlor. A narrow
stairway leads from tho rear end ot the hall to
the basement, A broader stairway leads from
tho front part of the hall to the bedrooms. In
the basement a space about four feet wide Is
partitioned off from tho kitchon, and tho cook
ing range stood in the kitchen near tho partition.
A six-inch vitrified plpo connected tbo rongo
with tho chimney, which is in tbo south wall.
The house, which faces the end of Hutton street.
Is one ot a scries of detached buildings or differ-'
ent sizes and various styles of architecture
which occupy tho wost side of the block. They
aro on the extreme western slope of the hill, and
their rears look out on tho llackensack meadows.
What caused tho lire is not known, but the most
Slauslble theory advanced la that it was a defeo
Ive flue.
Mrs. Reich and her daughters had kept open
house during New Year's afternoon and even
ing, and hod received a largo number ot call
ers, Slgmund and Henry were out making
calls, and did not got home until some time
after 1 o'clock in tbe morning. What Umo the
other members ot tho family retired Is not
known, but thoy wcro all in bed when tho two
boys returned homo. Tho circumstances at
sndlng tho disaster are not known, except so far
as Slgmund and Henry are able to tell 1L Slg
munds condition was such that the doctors
at the hospital would not permit him to talk
much, land Henry was in such a stato of ner
vous prostration that ho was hardly ablo to
tell a coherent story. When the flames had been
extinguished and tne smoke cleared away, tho
bodies of Retch and his two sons were found
lying in tbe hallway Just back ot tbe front door.
Mrs. Reich and her daughters were found In
the basement near tho door leading from the
stairs to tho kitchen. Mrs. Reich was under
neath and the girls were lying upon her. That
probably accounts for tho fact that Mrs. Raich's
body was cot so badly burned as the others. It
is difficult to account for tho presence of the
mother and daughtors In the has mont. Tho
theory most generally accepted is that Mrs.
Reich or one of tho girls smelled smoke, and
that they all went down to see what was burn
ing. They probably were Insensible to the at
tack of the flames and Buffered but little pain.
Henry says that ho and Slirmund went to bed
shortly after reaching horao. All tho other
members of the family had retired. Honry
was awakened by tbo cries of one of the cull
dren.Uo smelled smoktCand started down
stairs. At this time, bo says, there was nobody
in the bedrooms. On reaching the bottom ot
the stairs he stumbled over a body which he bo
llevcs was his father's. His father was lying
partly on an overthrown bicycle, which had
been standing back of tho hall door. Tho ball
was filled with dense smoko and flames woro
corn'ng up through tho floor at tho roar end.
His first Impulso was to run out and give nn
alarm, and ho followed It. On tho way to
Hutton street and tho Boulevard, where tiro box
til is, he met Gustavo Loth and Loth pulled tho
box. Honry returned to tho bouse and stood
outside shivering In his scant clothing and bare
feet. He says that while ho still stood tluro he
asked a fireman to go In and savo his father.
"Go In and save him yourself, ' tho fireman
replied, according to Henry's statement.
Slgmund, according to his story, mut hnvo
gone downstairs leturo Henry. Ho stumbled
when half way down and fell on top ot his
father on tho ball floor. The father apparently
had Just fallen. Ho may have stumbled over
the bicycle. Ho and his father ran out to tho
street, nut In rt fow minutca Slgmund returned.
He hud got us far as tho foot of the stairs wlion
ha was met by a volume of flame and driven
back. Ho dropped on his hands and knoes and
crawlod out to the sloop. Ho was nearly un
conscious and suffering terribly from bis burns.
Somebody carried him into a neighbor's houso,
and he was kept thero until an ambulance ar
riM'd nnd took htm to tho hospital.
His father returned to the linuso again and
met his death. Ho evidently did not got fur
thcrt han tho hall. Slgmund has not been made
aware of the fact that bis relatives aro dead.
He asked anxiously about bis father, but tbo
hospital surgeon warned visitors not to glvo
him any Information.
Engines 7. Il, 12, and 14 nnd Truck 3 re
sponded to tbe alarm nf lire. Tbo manapematit
of the fire was In charge of Chief Conway and
Battalion Chief Kearn. Neither the firemen
nor the pollco suspected at first mat anybody
bad boen killed or Injured. Afterward the In
terior of the bouse was so filled with smokn and
flames that it could not bo entered. It was not
until the flames wore under control tint thu
bodies were discovered. 'I ho bodies of tho
father and his sous were discovered ftrat, ami
Kbnrtly afterward tlioao of tbo mothor and
daughters were found in tbe basemont.
About 4:15 o'clock Chlof Conway wits grop
ing Ills way through the parlor floor hall fol
lowed by Fireman Jliller ot Truck 3, both car
rying lanterns.
"Open one of those windows. Miller," said the
Chief, "and lot some ot tho smoke out."
Miller bad Just opened tho window when he
heard a cry and turning around, saw the Chief
and his lantern disappearing through the back
parlor floor. Tho hole through which bo dropped
wns directly over the place where the stove had
been standing before it fell through.
Tho fire did not do much damage to any part
of tho building except the hallway and tho
kitchon. Tim bedrooms wore practically un
touched by tho flames.
Honry Reich nnd his employer, George Priggo,
who keeps it grocery at Gormanla avenue and
Zabrlskle. Informed several reporters and
others who were in tho store that most ot tho
firemen and soino of the policemen were under
the influence of liquor. This statement is em
phatically denied by the firemen nnd policemen
and nobody but llelch and Prigge could be
found to verity It. Those who are Inclined to
believe tbe statement recall tbe fact that It was
Now Year's night,
Tho llvoaof all tbe victims were Insured, as
was a's'j the house. Slgmund was employed
In his father's real estate and Insurance ohice.
Miss Tllllo worked for Julius Berger, u furrier
and batter at Bowers street and Central ave
nue. .She was a daughter of Mrs. Reich by a
formet husband, but the wus not aware that
Reich was not her father Until the Uocame 21
years old.
XJIK OEItONA OOZa ABUOBE.
A Freighter from Portland Abandoned 7 Her
Crew or Itxly.two one Drowned,
Halifax, Jan. 2. The steamer Gerono, Brit
ish, of tbo Thomson lino, which loft Portland on
Thursday night for London with 400 head ot
horses and cattlo, struck o(T Soal Island, on tho
western part of this coast, at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning, Sho canto oft the rocks with flftcon
feet ot water In hor fore hold. Tho englno fires
woro put out and Cant Baxter and his crow ot
slxty-ono men abandoned tho steamer In throe
boats. Second Officer Alfred Watson and twenty-four
mon arrived at Forbes Point, Woods
Harbor, at noon on Saturday. Tho othor boats,
with tho Captain and thtrty-slx men, stcorod for
Seal Island, with the weather very rough.
It Is a mystery why the Corona was sn far out
of hor courso as the coast of Nora Scotia, There
is a vory strong current here, and a high south
east wind has prevailed. The Gerona Is one ot
tho best freight boats of tho Thomson line, Sho
had a cargo of ohecse, wood pulp, and produce,
besides horses and cattlo. The cargo is esti
mated to bo worth $200,000 and tho ship $150,
000. Sho is 1,000 tons net tonnago and 3,500
gross. The Government steamer Nowflold and
tho Halifax steamer Ulundl wont out this morn
ing In search ot the Gerona, Opinion here Is
divided as lo whether she has foundered.
Tho two boats In charge of Capt. Baxter and
another officer bad a forlorn hopo of making
Meal Island after thoy nbandonod tho steamer.
Second Mate Watson said that if they would suo
cccd thoy would havo to make good tlmo, as tho
wind would Boon change, but the men were good
oarsmen. They rowed through tho boisterous
sea for their lives, and Seal Island was gained
and a landing made with great difficulty.
This afternoon the stoamer Edna R, took the
men oft Seal Island to Yarmouth. Seaman Carl
wasdrownod whtlo leaving tbe Gerona In try
ing to get a placo In one of tho boats. The tele
phono from Capo Sable Light reports that dead
cattlo, hay, and n damaged boat have drifted
ashoro there. At Clarko's Harbor it is reported
that many doad cattle aro ashore. The cattlo
and hay were on the first deck, and the fact of
those coming ashore, Mato Watson thinks, is
not proof that the steamer has foundered or is
broken up.
Capt. Baxter's story at Yarmouth Is to tho
effect that the Gerona struck near Blonde Rock
and immediately began to sink. The crew took
to boats without attempting to savoevsn their
clothing. They laid by till daylight, when tbe
steamer was not to be seon, and they supposed
she went down.
STEAMER ALNWICK RAIIROWLY E8CATES DIS
ASTER. St. Joiin'b, N. F., Jan. 2. The British steel
steamship Alnwick, 1,057 tons, from Shields,
Dec 13, for Baltimore, came near being driven
ashoro last night during a fierce gale. The ves
sel, which had lost her screw, managed to make
harbor at Trepassey, eighty-one miles south
west of here, but sho drnggod her anchors until
sho was almost upon thu rocks. There was a
blinding snowstorm, nnd tbe seas broko over
tho disabled steamer constantly. Tho crew bad
a terrible night or It, The Alnwick belongs to
Hunting & Son ot Newcastle.
IDE yr.ir roitic coaunmoiAZ.
Blow Dally Compelled to Come Ont To-Day as
the "Stow VorU .
The new daily financial and commercial paper,
the Acta Fork Commercial, will appear for the
first time this morning as the "New York ."
The roaion.ot.tbl id liatthc.po.bHiucr?of the
new paper were unable to have set aside tbo
temporary injunction secured by the Commer
cial Advertiser to prevent the use ot the nnmo
"Commercial." Tbo Injunction wns procured
on Friday afternoon at tho eleventh hour, so
that It was Impossible for tho publishers ot tho
now paper to have a hearing and get It sot asldo
before the announced first day of publication.
Undaunted by tbe fact that for the tlmo being
they wcro deprived of a name, tho publishers
decided to Issuo their paper on the day promised.
Tbechlcf result of tbo action of tho Commercial
AdvrrtiscrvMB much annoyance and extra work.
Tbe first issuo of tho paper bad practically been
made up, all the mutter having been Bet in
type and storeotyped, except tholato trlcgrnph
and cable. A force of forty men was at work nil
day yesterday cutting out of the plates tho
word "Commercial" wherever It appeared and
nrtdresslng 100,000 now circulars with tho word
"Commercial" left out, Tho paper will appear
this morning as advertised, but thero will be a
number of hlnnk spaces beginning with tho
head-lino which will Indicate tho amount ot
work made necessary by tho Injunction. Each
blank space will Indicate a rorrcsoondinp;
amount of metal cut out with mallet and chisel-
nuynsa ion buried a old.
The Treasure llelonxed to Indiana, and White
Mon Are Vow Artrr It,
MAnvviLLE, Mo.. Jan. 2. Northwest Missouri
is much interested in a search for gold, which
has been secretly In progress for three months
near Clearmont, Dave, John, and Bill Bains,
brothers, who liro near tho Iowa-MIssourl line,
i declare that on a small strip of land two and a
I half miles north of Clearmont Is a burled treas
ure In gold. Alexander Gray, a harnessmaker,
I owns the tract. The Bains boys assert that the
secret was disclosed to them by some Indians ot
the Sac nnd Fox tribe who themselves mode a
search for the gold several years ago.
In 1837 Congress extended Missouri's boun-
' dary lines co ss to Include six counties now In
northwest .Missouri. Tho Sao and Fox and Iowa
Indians owned tho lsnd, nnd after muchdlfll
culty It was purchusel from them. Part of tho
Krice wns 7.500 in gnlrt, delivered to Chief Cn
aqua (Red l'"ox) at Liberty, Mo. He nnd his
i party woro set unon ond murdorrxl bv a band of
Omahas. Chief Red Fox riled without revealing
I the biding place of the 97,500 In gold and other
tribal treasures in his custody.
Tho Sac and Fox Indians were taken to Kan
sas, and a tradition among them Is that the
treasure wa deposited in o hollow log and sunk
to the bottom of n small lake noar w here Cloar
mont now Is. But the Nodaway River has
Blnco filled tho lake with sand, nnd Its position
Is doubtful. A stock company of Cloarraont
business men has been organirod to uld the
Bains hrothors.
INSURANCE WAR IX BUFPAZO.
Tbe Flro Underwrltrrs Make a 0 Per Cent.
nrductlon on Brick Uolldlss.
Buffalo, Jan. 2. The 20 oer cent, reduction
In Insurance rates ordered last week by the Buf
falo Association of Fire Underwriters will be
followed to-morrow by a 40 per cent, cut on all
brick mercantile buildings occupied as stores
nnd dwellings In tbo two sections which em
braco tho thickly settled part of tbe town. The
two reductions will affect CO por cent, ot the
risks In Buffalo. They are tbo results of the
recent withdrawal from the association ot tbe
American Company ot Philadelphia.
When the dlflUulty between that company
nnd tbe old line ones could not be sottlod by tho
National Board of Underwriters, tbe local rep
resentatives of the American started In to wrlto
insurance a little undi r tbe association rates.
After much quarrelling among the members
tbe association deciited to meet this cut. Tho
members of the association wore willing to sub
mit to tbo 20 per cent, cut on prlvato houses,
for the rate in Buffalo bas been considered high,
in view of the excellent fire protection pro
vided by tbe city, but tbe 40 per cent, reduction
will take so much profit out of tbe underwriters
that a general war Is expected. Tbe board Is
maintained by the companlos here at n cost of
$20,000 to KJO.OOO a year, and the withdrawal
ot some of tbo best companies, which is threat
ened, may lead to its disruption.
il A JIT J N O'COJfKOB JIIS3INO.
Lert Ills Home with ao.soo on Saturday and
Did Mol Co lo His aura.
The family ot Martin O'Connor, a furniture
dealer at 183 Myrtle street reported his disap
pearance to the police lost night. He lstt bis
home, 400 Pacific street, at 8 o'clock on
Saturday morning. He Intended then to go
direct to bis store. He carried with him
92,500. He did not go to the store, and be has
not been seen since, so far as his family can
learn. They say hois abstemious, and that he
never has been In the habit of remaining away
from home over night,
O'Connor Is O'J years old and well to do. Ho Is
described as beluga atout man with gray hair
and side whiskers, Ue wore dark clothes and
boot
CHR. It. ROBERT A SUICIDE.
XA1TT TIMES A MILLIONAIRE, HE
SHOOTS HIMSELF AT 09.
Locked His Deer Against Ills Tlf, Sat In
lllo Chair, and lont a llullet Into His
Brain Ue Dalit n Famous Ileu.tt at Oak.
dale Next to Xf. K. Vanorblli's Idle Hour.
Christopher R, Robert, a contractor, reputed
to be many tlmos over a millionaire, shot him
self yesterday forenoon In his rooms in La
Rochello, an apartmont houso at 67 West
Sevonty.flfth street, nnd dlod within an
hour. Dr. G. M. Stoockel ot tbe same
address, who attended bim, and Leon
Bally of 340 West Forty-seventh street,
an undertaker, called at Coronor FlUpatrlck's
houso after suppor and asked for a burial per
mit, nnd requested that tho caso bo kept quiet.
The Coronor insisted on an Investigation and
began immediately to mako it. Tho Coroner's
office and the police were notified In tbe regular
way about 10 o'clock at night, Tho body was
removed to the undertaker s lator last night,
and tho autopsy will bo performed to-day by
Coroner's Physician Donlln.
Mr. Robert, who built himself a famous house
at Oakdale, L. I., bad always been rather
eccentric, and ho appeared to havo boon much
more so than usual recently. Tho Janitor in the
apartment houso says ha had been espe
cially dejectod and peculiar In his actions
for tho last wock. Last Saturday he had
tnado all arrangements for a trip to Paris
with bis wife, and was oven aboard the steamer
on the day ot sailing, but suddenly changed his
mind and Insisted on returning to his apart
ments. His wlfo's three children by her first
husband, Mr. Morgan, aro now in Paris. Her
maiden name was Julia Rcmmlngton.
Yesterday morning at about 0 o'clock Mrs.
Robert, who was In the music room, heard
what she thought was a shot In her husband's
bedroom, ot which tho door was closed, Sho
was afraid to investigate alone, and sent a hall
boy for C. II. Mcrrlman, Mr. Robert's private
secretary and manager of tbo apartment house
which Mr. Robert built and owned.
Mr. Mcrrlman could not go up Immediately,
and tho boy soon returned with the message
that bo was wanted at once In Mr. Robert's
apartmonts, as Mrs. Robert thought she hod
heard a shot In her husband's room. At that
Morrlman hastened to Mr. Robert's room, whore
tho Janitor foroed the door.
Mr. Robert was sitting In a chair.fally dressed;
ho had shot himself In the right temple, and a
33-callbro revolver lay besldo him on the floor.
Dr. Stoockel was called Immediately, and the
dying man was lifted to tho bed. His pulse
could bo felt for an hour, but he did not regain
consciousness.
When sho hoard the shot Sirs. Robert was at
the other end of the apartment. One other per
son is said to havo hoard it, Louise, n Frcnoh
maid, whom tbe Coroner could not see. Tho
Coroner did not even seo Mrs. Robert, as she
had gone out, leaving word that sho was with
hcrpnrents.
Tho Janitor and manager of the house fur
nished all tho information that the Coroner ob
tained lnst night, but he was assured that all
necessary witnesses would bo produced at the
Inquest, On the body, which was dressed
in a black suit of old-fashioned cut,
wcro found two small bills from dry goods
houses, a card ot membership In the American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals and f 15.70 In nionor. Tbe 815 was In
clean fresh bills, nnd was a large amount for
him to havo with him. It was said last night.
Then) were no paper found. The funeral will
be from the undertaker's.
Mr. Robert belonired to the Knickerbocker
Club, the South Side Sportsmon's Club, tho GItv
Club and the Mcadowbrook Club. He was G8
years old.
The Robert placo at Oakdalo is one of the
largest of tholargoestntesln that part of Suffolk
county. It lies enst of W. K. Vnnderbilt's
placo. bordering upon it. The land extends from
the shore of Groat South Bay north for a con
siderable distance beyond the great south road
and bas a wator front of considerable extent,
Tbe house, whloh Is very large, Is built on a
spit of land that runs out into tho bay, and from
tho rond only glimpses of il can he bad now and
then, for n largn part of thu land is thickly
cox ored with scrub oak nnd stunted pine.
Mr. Roliertwnssoter.il years in building his
house here, nnd It was said that every known
wood was represented in tho interior finish of
tbe house.
Among tho inhabitants of that part of Long
Island Mr. Robert had the reputation formally
eccentricities, not the loast ot which was his un
willingness to allow thu Long Island deer hunt
ers to shoot promiscuously over his grounds on
tbo four days of deer shooting In November. A
year ago last fall, when deer were so plentiful
that they were a pest to the farmera, there were
ninny complaints of Mr. Robert because he in
sisted upon affording to tho deer nn asylum on
his grounds. He allowed them to eat bis corn,
tramplu down his whent and oats and would
never permit anyrono to injure tbem.
On the four days of shooting ho waged an In
cessant and vigorous warfare on nil hunters,
and had keepers out to nab anyone who ven
tured over tho line onto his luud. Ho caused
more arrests for trespassing than all tbe other
properly owners combined. In contcquenco
of the nrotectlon ho gave to the deor
his woods and fields were full of them
nnd hunters would patrol the road and the rail
road tracks tbnt run through his land, shoo Ing
nt tho deer and tho woods and taking chances
of arrest by going in after the killed and wound
ed when the keepers were not about.
It is related that Mr. Robert had as great an
antipathy for dogs as he bail for deer hunters,
nnd on account ot this got into trouble with W.
K. Vanderbllt, Mr. Vnndorbilt has a lot of
valuablo dogs at his place, which is called Idle
Hour, und they wcro wont lo Btray over into
Mr. Robert's property.
Mr. Robert warned Mr. Yandcrbllt's mon
several times to kcop the dogs owny, but they
still came to bother him. At last hi caused to
be set alnrge number of traps through bis woods.
Some of tho dogs w ere caught. A fow days lator
Mr. Vanderbllt nnd Mr. Robert mot at the
railway stntlon on their way to town, nnd Mr.
Vandorbllt remonstrated with his neighbor.
Both men becamo rather excited, it Is said, and
the talk was warm. Finally Mr. Robort ended
the discussion by saying:
"The traps aro on my land, nrcn t they I
Well, If vou keep your dogs at borne they won't
cot catuhl In them."
No mora dogs wore caught.
yOBMANDIB C48IIIKR A SUICIDE.
Nhe Poisons Hersoir with Carbolic Arid at lbs
Windsor Hotel.
A woman about 23 years old, dressed In black,
drank carbolic sold In a toilet room of tho
Windsor Hotel last evening at 8:40 o'clock.
She died two hours laterln tbo Flower Hospital.
She was Identified lator as MlssBossio Potter,
cashier at tho Hotol Normandlo. Her slstoris
casblor at tho Ashland Houso.
Tbe woman was discovered by Mario Cartler,
a maid employed by the hotel, who hoard groans
when she went Into tbe room. Sho found tho
woman unconscious, and notified the clerk. Tho
maid Uiougbt that tho woman had faint ed. Dr.
Leonard T. Pitkin, the hotel physician, was
summoned, and began to administer reme
dies to the woman. Ho discovered that her
mouth was excoriated, ana that she was
suffering from tbe effects of carbollo acid.
While Dr. Pitkin was trying to resuscitate tho
woman Roundsman Sennottof the East Fifty
first street police station was called by the hotel
clerk. Sennett summoned nn ambulance from
Flower Hospital and tho woman was taken there.
The house staff tried in every way to revive her,
but she died a fe w minutes before 10 o clock.
The woman was dressed in i suit of black
Henrietta cloth, trimmed with black satin, and
a blouse waist, Hor hat was trimmed with
blaok birds' wings and red rosettes. The dress
was made by ilme. Prudhomme of 61 West
ThlrtT-tblrd street. Mnie. Prudhomme said
that Miss Potter bad been Introduced to her by
Mrs. Clyde, wlfo of a member of tbe Colonial
There were two small scars at the base of tho
neck, near the spinal column. These, the phy
sicians said, were apparently the result of
wounds Inflicted some time ago with a sharp In
strument, Soon after the woman was discovered John
H. Sullltan, tbe hotel electrician, found an
empty vial, which had contained carbolic arid.
The vial would hold two ounces. It bore tbe
label of A. W. Stewart. & Co., Druggists, nt
Broad war and Thirty-eighth street.
At tbe drug shop It was said last evening that
the only sale of carbollo add made recently "
on Saturday afternoon to a middle-aged inn
with a black moustache, who described himself
as Mr. Martin ot 023 Sixth avenue. He aid be
wanted the add tor antlseptlo purposes. There
It a iUumbsr'a shop at that, address,
WILL BRIAN AOOEPTt
Tne Fusion sTomlaallon for Centres) Will Bo
oerored to Him.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 2. The political friends ot
Mr, Bryan hare arranged a little surprise for
him when he returns to-morrow, in the shape at
the proffer of the fusion nomination for Con
gress In this (the First) district, whloh Is now
represented by Judge Strode (Rep.). Opinion
here Is divided as to what be will do. Many be
lleve that he will flatly refuse, because, while he
has avoided any expression of opinion en the
subject, be confidently looks forward to again
being tbe Presidential nominee of the Demo
cratlo party. Others say that he cannot hope by
bis lecturing and county fair speschmaxlng,
which have been severely criticised, evta by
warm partisans, to keep himself prominently
before tbe public, a neoessary corollary to hit
aspirations. Thoy argue that Congress will give
him the forum he needs, and his presenoe there
will effectually dim tho star of his only visible
competitor, Represontatlvo Bailey of Texas.
No communication has been had with Mr.
Bryan yet, but his answor is expected at a com
plimentary banquet to be tendered to him on
Tuesday night.
He represented the First district, normally
Republican, for two terms. In 1800 he carried
it as a Presidential candidate wblle the fusion
nominee was defeated by only a few hundred
votes. Last fall tbe dlitrlotwas very close on
the State ticket, and the chances are that tho
Republicans will lose It this full. Mr. Bryants
still a member of his old law firm, and, curiously
enough tho most prominent Republican candi
date for tho nomination it his law partner,
State Benator Talbot.
RAINBFORD IN SKEPTIC MOOD.
Blbls Not Infallible, He Bays, and Churehea
and Churchmen Hot Perfect.
In the course of his annual address to men
last night tho Rev. Dr. William & Ralnsford.
rector of St, George's Church, took occasion
more than once to deny the Infallibility of the
Bible. He also asserted that the churches were
not what they ought to be. and that clergymen
were guilty ot many shortcomings and weak
nesses. Dr. Ralnsford said that for several years It
had been his custom to have a plain talk with
the men of his congregation and the men ot New
York on the first Snnday of the new year.
"To night," he said, "I want to ask you men
to assodate, and I want to ask you to associate
in the Church. Outside the Church men are
Judged for what they have.
"In the Church, however, and in the Church
alone, you are Judged for what you are. Your
character is the only thing that counts. Dome
into tbe Church, therefore, and then bring
others in.
" We can't give you everything if yon come,
but we can give you something. We can't give
yon an infallible Churoh, because the churches
are far from what they ought to bo. We can't
give you infallible ministers, because min
isters have many weaknesses and shortcom
ings. V e cannot give you an infallible Bible,
for the Bible is not an infallible book, but we
can give you a light unto your feet and a hope
for your lives."
DORA CLAT TURNED BACK.
Otarted to So ta Her Ated Husband, but tne
TVeathrr Was Too Revere.
Vaixst View, Ky., Jan. 2. Dora Clay tried
to visit her aged and sick fiusDanoTGen. Cassiua
M. Clay, to-day, but failed. Brio "was told yes
terday that he was ill with cold and had in
somnia. She had Just recovered from the re
sults ot a fall from John BlggcrstafTt horse.
Her physician had warned her to be careful and
told her she would not be entirely well for a
month. For this reason hor brother Clell tried
to persnade her to defer her visit to a more
favorable time, but she insisted ongoing. Her
brother sent bis wife with her In the buggy.
The road, which Is hilly nnd badly kept, was
In a wretched condition, the weather was the
coldest experienced in Kentucky this winter,
an" tbe snow was flying thickly. They got about
halt war when a farmer took them In to get
warm. He told tbem the roads were worse
further on. and persuaded tbem to turn back.
Dora says she will try to go to Whitehall to
morrow, or as soon as tbe doctor will allow her.
Q EN. LONQBTREETa DEAL.
An Alleged Plan Whereby He Was ta Cot an
Office for His Bon.ln-Law.
Gainesville, Go,, Jan. 2. Gon. James Long
street, recently appointed United States Rail
road Commissioner, bas becomo embroiled with
other Republican politicians in this Stato in an
effort to provide his Domocratlo son-in-law, W.
E. Whelchcl, with tbe Lngrango Post Office.
Longstreet, since Minister Buck's depnrturo to
Japan, has practically been tbe Republican dic
tator of the State, and took advantage ot his In
fluence to attempt to get Whelchel a place To
this end be made n trade with Col. Farrow, ap
plying for tho Post Office at this point, whereby
tho latter wns to Indorse U'liolchel In return for
the General's Influence. Farrow has backed out
of his contract. Longstreet has rotallatod by
securing tho hold-up of tbo Gainesville appoint
ment.
TROLLET BUSTLE ON 1UE BRJDOE.
Fifty Men at Work Vrstfrday Cetaptetlns; tho
E,liio Two Wbmen Cross.
The first women to cross the brldgo on n trol
ley car made the round trip yesterday after
noon. Thor wcro tbe wife and sister-in-law ot
Francis S. Drako, tbe General Superintendent
or tho Nbssiu Klectrlc Railroad. The party,
which included other officials of tho road, trav
elled to the brldgo by special car, but crossed to
this city and back on tho regular construction
car, which had been on tbo brldgo all day.
A force of fifty men In several gangs wns nt
work on tho lino on the south roadway of the
bridgo yesterday, and mado considerable prog
ress. The wire Is now stretched, about half of
the brackets nnd hanger Insulations nro in placo,
nnd most of the trnck hns been In Id. On tho
north roadway tho construction oar made sev
eral trips during the day, carrying materials
and workmen.
UNCOXSCIOUS FOR 130 HOUR),
A Creek Caudy Maker at Pairraan Succumbs
lo AsplDzlnflnn.
1'ATEltsoN, N. J Jan. 2. Louis Pnchollos, a
Greek candy maker, who wns found almost as
phyxiated in the old Passaic Hotel on last Tues
day morning, died at SL Joseph's Hospital lust
evening. Ho had bcou unconscious over 130
hourn. Dr. Cyrus Kdson of New York and sov
eral other experts were here estcrday after
noon In consultation with Dr. Pnrke of tbe hos
pital staff. Their services had boen secured by
Vice-consul Ramon (lulterns ot New York.
Pachollos came to this city about flro years ago,
but sailed for Greece last March to takn part in
tho war. He returned In September. 'Die burn
ing nwny of tho coupling bosn of a gas stovo, a
cast-Iron mutrlvance which Pachollos had
made for himsulf, permitted the gas to escape,
and asphyxiation followed.
Why Was Itlley Arrrslsd I
John Rlley, who said he was an employee of
an express company and lived at 10S5 Park
avenue, was discharged by Magistrate Crano In
the Essex Market Court yesterday because It
could not be discovered why he and tecu ar
rested. No policeman was sponsor for hlm, and
the Magistrate spent two hours nfter the othor
prisoners bud been disposed of in trying In rain
to find out wbero be came from.
Conor In Wool In teutunrst Texas.
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 2.-CharlesSchreincr,
a millionaire live stock man of Kerrvllle,
north ot hero, bos cornered the wool market of
southwest Texas by buying 1 ,'.'00,000 pounds ot
the tall dip, all of which he bas stored in his
warehouse here to await an advance in prices.
Dropped Dead In Ihe Palptt.
Toronto, Jan, 2. Tbe Rev, William Burns,
an old and well-known member ot tbe Presby.
terlan Church in Canada, and Secretary of the
Superannuation Fund, while preaching in Gait
to-day dropped dead In thepnlplt. Tbecausu
wm boar, failure,
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS. 9
SLATE Oir TIIE APPOINTMENTS TO WM
BE MADE IO-UAT. &jl
, Places Commlssloaor Idea Will -&lfl
Take Charge or the Bridie at Onee-The f?snul
Tne Houses er tbe teal Lsslslalure Will MS
Organise In tbe City Hall nt Noon. 9
The new heads ot city departments were busy pi
yesterday receiving congratulations and arrang- H
Ing to take charge of their work. The follow- ffl
ing Is the slate of Deputy Commissioners whose Usui
appointments will be announced to-day: Wmm
Deputy Commissioner ot nigh ways. John J. jBJ
Ryan. H
Deputy Commissioner ot Bawera, Matthew V. HJ
Donohue. WU
Deputy Commissioner of Water Supply, War. HJ
tor O. Keeoh. , Bj
Deputy Fir Commissioner, P. H. Tolly of 9J
Brooklyn. H
Deputy Commissioner ot Correction, N. O, SJ
Fanning. Fani
Deputy Commissioner of Publlo Buildings, ftfl
Lighting, and Supplies. Alfred J. Johnson. H
Deputy Tax Commissioner, J. G. Fitzgerald. jH
Superintendent of the Bureau ot Inoum JHJ
brances, Florence J. Sullivan. H
Deputy Commissioner of Bridges, Henry HJ
Beam. 'H
All of the deputies and the Superintendent off HJ
the Bureau ot Incumbrances reoelvo (3,000 s (HJ
year. jHJ
Oommltilonir ot Bridget Shea and Deputy 1HJ
Commissioner Beam will take charge ot tha tHJ
"New York and Brooklyn" Brldgo this morn- iQJ
ing. They will go to the office of the brldgo. HJ
and Mr. Beam, who has been secretary of tha InH
Bridge Trusteep for years, will Introduce tha jH.
attache's to tho Commissioner. H
The Municipal Assembly will meet in tho jHJ
New York City Hall at noon to-day. TheOoun- f-HJ
ell, which has twenty-nine members, Including- ':HJ
the President, will organize in the chamber of VH
the old Board ot Aldermen on the second floor B
of tho building, whloh hot been designated as I M
Its official headquarters. , President Guggen- f'
helmer will preside. The first business ot the 4
Council will be the selection of a clerk, who t fl
shall also bo the City Clerk, with a salary of S M
87,000 a year. P. J. Scully Is slated for the ii
place. He Is the Tammany noil leader in tha Jm
Twelfth Assembly district. Councilman John &
T. Oakley ot the First district, who was the M
Tammany leader In the old Board of Aldermen, '.''
is slated for "Vice-President. Michael 0. Pad- V fl
den Is to be appointed Sergeant-at-Arms. His fl
salary, it Is said, will be fixed at "3,000 a yoar. ;
The Board ot .Aldermen, with sixty members, !
will organize in tbe new chamber constructed 1' JM
for it out ottne old City Court room In the east) '
wing. The Aldermen will elect a President, iH
and Vice-President from tholr own members. Mm
Alderman Woods is slated for President. They -
will also select a Chairman for tho Finance) imm
Committee, who will be a member of tbo Sink- inuu!
Ing Fund Commission. Alderman Robert Muh f-H
Is slated for the latter Job. Tho Aldermen also :?jnus
have the appointment of a Sergeant-at-Arms. e'H
President Edward M. Grout of tho borough of !
Brooklyn will have a conference with the Conn- -rial
ctlmen nnd Aldermen this morning, to decide "ii-unl
tbe details of the organization of tho borougb. rata
DID TBE ELEVATOR KILL JJERt iH
Bntlneer with Whom Sho tired Held tTespenat- lonuul
ble tor Ellen Ryan's Death. l
Ellen Ryan of 220 East Ninety-fifth street was ' H5
killed in tbo elevator shaft in tho building at Jct
110 Mercer street yesterday afternoon. The ac- 'J 2unl
cident,it suchlt was, has not yet been satis- !)H
factorlly explained by tbe police, and Martin I'H
Farrell of 220 East Ninety-fifth street, the ecgi- 'mH
neer of the building, was arrested and locked up -$H
in tbe Mercer street station on the suspicion 'feafl
that he bad had something to do with her death. :iftfl
According to his story, tbe woman lived with 'ijH
him. Yesterday afternoon he went down to 119 Wm
Mercer street to light the fires under the boiler. H
taking her with him. Ho had left the elevator jjH
on a level with the ground floor. Tho woman " sH
was In tbe basement, Wbllehewnshusymnklntr " "jf-
tbe tire be heard her scream, and, running out,
found her unconscious at the bottom of tho els- ,
vator shaft and the olovator up at tho top af tho - fmm
building. -
He hastily summoned aid, but by tbe time nn . Ifm
ambulance arrived the woman was dead. Sho , ',
had been severely crushed and bud dlod of In- H'Sni
trrnnl hemorrhages. Tho only explanation be UfM
could give wns that she must have trlod to run M
the elorator and hod got hurt In some unknown -?aB
way. USM
SUICIDE AFTER ASSAULT. H
nrrnardlna Oothman's Death Followed by lha S
Arrest ot linker Zrlser, rM
Bernardlna Gotbman, 10 years old, tbo daugh- ijfl
ter of a grocer at 230 Humboldt Htreet, Wil- (OB
llamsburg, commlttocd sulcldo last night by WM
Bwallowlng carbollo acid. She obtained em- fJ
ployment on last Wednesday in tho bakesbon of f JH
George Burkhardt at 42 Graham avenue. Her nflfl
room was on the floor over the bakery. On tho ills
day after she began work sho boenme acquainted JiB
with a Journoyinan baker, Walter Gciscr, 2" iyisxsl
years old. On Now Year's morning tho girl Jmm
wont to her homo and told her father thao M
Gelser had entered her room tho night before ffH
and assaulted her. BIB
Lnst evening a younger sister saw Bernardlna im
crying. At D o'clock her father found that she Ullnl
had swallowed cnrboltoncld. Drs. (Inrdnornnd r3
Schroder were summoned, but tho girl died be- Wits!
fore their arrival, tloiscr wns arrested and ti
locked up In tbo Stagg street stallun nendinir 9M
the action of tbo Coroner. The Initio from i
which the girl took the acid boro tho label of J. !'
Lefschltz. a druggist at ur8 Humboldt street. &tU
Williamsburg. Goiscr denied tho chuige of as- WM
sault. ittU
ON A BLAZING CAR. fflm
Four Horses minted lo Death and Theatrical Pr'B
Noenery Destroyed. 'iU
St, Loi'is, Jan. 2. Flro on a Wabash train 1
cremated four horses and destroyed the scenery 'j
of a theatrical troupo this morning. ' -f J
Tbo horses wore used In the play "In Old fuH
Kentucky," which opened a week's ongngoment
I In Havlln'a Thoatro here this afternoon, The hwM
scenery belonged to the samo troupe. (39
I' When thirty miles from Kaunas City tha 9J
engine sparks sot fire to tho h iggnge car, und '',
Conductor J. W. Cnuabey signalled tho engl- iVfJJ
ni er set ral times to stop. ?
Fearful of blocking the innln track nnd cans- f
I ing a wreck, the engineer dlrrei'iirdod I he Big 'im
nals and ran tho train to Flaming, a Hiding, lu Jm
, Roy county. , M
The run of twelve miles was made In fifteen -MM
minutes, nnd during Hint quarter ot an hour yll
const emntlon reigned, All the bsggage was iVffH
burned, and It was only by heroic efforts that oU
I tbe troupe was able to show here to-duy.
SAYS HE WON $40 AT POKER. IM
I lAsora Wouldn't Pay. No II" Hail the Club's
Prrslilrut Arrested. ffl
I John Bntlor of 'MO WestTwcnty-socond street '
complained at tho AVostSlxtj-elghth htrectsta- M
tlnn rsterday that he had won 10 nt xkcr In 'fl
tbo Union Square Club nt MM West Sixty-ninth M
' street nnd that tbo others in tho gaum refused J 'M
to pay bim. Ho naid tho luh wus run for f M
gambling purposes and lie wunlod it raided. 9
Last night deteclltrs were sent thero nnd M
they arrested Clinrlc D. Mar kit, who wild he Jjl
was the President nf tho club. Hos.ild It wns a M
1 social organlratlor. nmt admitted that tho mem- m
tiers sometimes plnjod i arils lor money, l-iir m
thin, However, ho .u-i lured lie wan nni rtsponsl. m
hie. Ho wns locked up, but w it bjllod Out lu a M
bhort time.
I.leuleuaut-Ceinmaiiitrr Arnold Helurin. '!
Lieutenant-Commander t'onwuv II. Arnold, H
who has been liirunimaud u. the Bancroft, tho ill
I'nlted Suites war vc.sel nhlch atone time waa iM
reported lo bo nlxiut tu attempt to force tho M
Dardanelles nrrivc.1 hire in thu SU Louis and lm
went tohis homti in .Mniiiilair , ,
ilo left lust night for Washington on official ' H
business. About twelve da) 8 ago there was it
report that one of the Bancroft's boats had been H
fired upon hr the Turks, but nn apology
made Immediately.
state Co., Vest ProSure Ktrhuuto.
POs at cxpon prkxsi At style. iiv
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