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F " - ' ' " THE fSUK, 'WEDNEWrUAlf, 5, 18.0& . - ' " ' ' ' ' W
., CHIEF OF CITY BOARDS.
J HEETIXO OF THE ORKAV TVBX.1C
X i iHrnorr.MESTs couxcik.
Si W rrartlrmllr N Panllo Improvement r ne
Sj Taken Without It Arnt The Plrt Thins
it It Arier l Map and thn Nest nrporl
S C the Walr Supply In Kvery rtaroush.
m ?I The first meeting of the Hoard of Public lm
f proYemonts wns held In the Mnyor's prlvata
i ofllce yesterday afternoon. President HoUtmn
I ,jj presided, and every member answered to the
V ij roll call except the Mayor nnd the Presidents of
Jyi & 'n0 boroudhs of Ilrooklyn and Itlclimond. Those
M W present were Comptroller C'olcr. Corporation
W jtf- Counsel Whalon, John U Shea, tho Commit
?X i&'t tlonorof nrldxes; William Dnlton, tho t'omtiils
$ &- iloncr of Water Supply! James 1 Keating, the
jg j& Commissioner otUlffhn-ayi;Jntiios McCartney,
'i S tho Commissioner of Street Cleaning; Henry 8.
I Mj; Keamey.tlioConimlsslonerot l'uhllclliilldlnirs,
3 & Lighting, and Huppl) ; James Knno, Commis
si! l alonerof Sewers; President A. W. Peters of tho I
$ Ml borough of Manhnttnii, President Ilow-lcy of tho
j Jy' borough of Queens, ami President llaffcn of tho
vh borough of tho llronx.
? President Muurlce F. Ilolahan announced that
jf jffij tho board had a gront task before It, and that It
st ;S Would be necessary to bare maps of all tlig dls-
1 $ trlcts embraced In the consolidation before any
H fev actual procrrcss could be made. Ho said It would
)fl' ijj. also be necessary to ascertain tho oxuet status
' $j5 of tbo various water supplies for tho city.
), K Commlsslonsr Dalton said that he bad sent
:i"e out letters to all bis deputies requesting from
1 ;Y each a statement concerning the condition of
hJ 5t tho water supply In his borough, and that he ex-
v 'S''l pected to hare tho Information In a very short
f W time.
V Spoaklnir for the Uronx, President Haffen ex-
plained tho various acts under which the sur-
f 3f. reys of that dlttrict had been undertaken. He
,' &' said the maps of tbo borough wuro practically
I Si completed except In tho territory east of the
if ? Bronx, of which thcro Is obout 11,000 acres.
ht Tho engineering corps formerly cmploTed by
n' him on this work In lih capacity as Commis-
j ffi ilonerof Street Improvements lu the Twenty-
S 5. third and Twcnt-Toiirth wards was still at
S work, bo said, nnd hegn.ve it as his opinion that
j j'J It was n natural Inbcrltanco of the Ilonnl of
i' S," Public Improvements.
v & President Holahan demurred to this propo-
t f$ iltlon. He said he thought thoencineersouEbt
! ji;V' to be apportioned among the various depart-
; fX ments harlner to do with publto works. This
i Wt raised tho question of jurisdiction, nnd Com-
; v mlssloncr Shea moved that tho Corporation
' ij' Counsel bo asked for an opinion defining tho
" nxact jurisdiction of tbo departments of ISrldcos,
. ;W Hewers, Water Supply, and Hlehways. Ho said
'! M that the question nuuhcen raised In his depart-
;, W. ment nhothcr or not the Commissioner of
't Ilridces had control over viaducts. The motion
5 J was carried. Tho President then announced
; ,'!-,' tho appointment of Commissioner Shea us V'lco-
& President, nnd tho board wont into executive
' & session.
; '. The Hoard of Public Improvements is ono of
e i tbo most important bodies In the new tr vern-
: X mont. Practically no public work or improvc-
i 4 ment enn bo undertaken without Its assent.
, Tbo President receives a salary of $8,000 a year
i" j' nnd bo Is a member ot the Hoard of Revision of
Assessments.
f &
'; t THE BAT'S AProiSTMESTS.
,: rS' Hayar nnd Heads or Department napldly VI1N
iVT. InB I'P Ibe Office.
. & The following appointments to office under
H the city Government wero mado yeaterdoy by
Jy Mayor Van Wyck:
K '' SecroUry to tho Municipal Civil Service Com-
'j W mission, Leo Phillips.
': g Justices of tho Municipal Court for Brooklyn,
. --!' Cornelius Flynn and Adolpb II. Goettins.
'- 'i'v City Magistrate for tho second division,
8 h Matthew J. Smith.
'M ( Justices of tbo Court of Special Sessions for
i tho second division (Urooklvn. Queens, and
S I Itichmond), JohnL. Dovenny, Edward J. Forker,
X r and Thomas W. Fltiaerold.
I $ Heads ot departments made these appolnt-
i cif ments:
rW Aidltor of Accounts for Brooklyn, William
i&Tif McKInney.
l Deputy Comptroller. Michael Daly.
s; ,vf Deputy Fire Commissioner for Queens, James
k W& Depu ty Commissioner of Sewers for Brooklyn,
SF William Ilrcnnan.
fM'tt i Assistant Collector of Assessments and Ar-
j Bp ronis, Kdwnrd J. Klyn.
lW Deputy Collector of Assessments and Arrears
;l'ii for Hlcbmnnd, Gcorse Brand.
'iWSt Deputy Commissioner of Publlo Buildings,
fWK Lighting and Supplies, George E. Best.
C JHc . Deputy Commissioner of Bridges for Queens,
;& John K- Backus.
lift. Superintendent of Docks. William O'B. Walker.
;K5" Deputy Commissioner of Sewers for Brooklyn,
f 4S Thomas J. Byrne.
1Bm Collectorof Assessments and Arroars, Edward
twffi Gllon.
( li& DP"ty Receiver of Taxes for Brooklyn, John
, lyfc J- Fctbcrston.
?i; .Deputy Commissioner of Street Cleaning for
SE? Brooklyn, Patrick II. Qulnn.
f;Iw A". ' 'hem wero sworn In by Mayor Van
Wyck nnd wrote their names In the oath book.
t ,'g, . Tho Health Board made those appointments:
3 JK Private secretary to tho President of the Board.
?i "Mi Alexander U Kinkead. .(HHi a year: nssistant
pi " sanitary superintendent for Brooklyn, Dr. Bob-
5 sS rt Black: nssistant sanitary superintendent for
, & Illchmond, Dr. Gcorgo C. Hubbnrd.
f , Mr. Kinkead bns hecn confidential man to
if iK Nathan Straus. Dr. Bluck is n personal friend
6 !B ot Hugh McLuicliIin.
Si fr Augustus T. Dochnrty was appointed Secro-
ft i tnry to tho Fire Department yesterday nftcr-
U "X noon by Commissioner Scanncll. Mr. Docharty
Jr. was Secretary to the Dock Hoard for six years,
y& but was dismissed in 1HU5 bccnuse bo was a
f ', Tammany Hall man. He takes the place of
R S& Curl Jussen.
g W; Chief Dale, who was the Chief of the Brooklyn
I HZ 'Ire Dcpirtment, wns yesterday appointed a
HiK Deputy Chief in chnrt-o of the departments of
-j, tbe borouBbs of Brooklyn und Queens,
S iDoputy Corporation Counsel Jenkn of Brook-
rs lyn announced yesterd y the npnolntmcntof his
t nsslstants ns follows: William J. Carr, Percy It.
tt Chittenden. Illchard II. Greenwood. Jr.. ex-
n m' Judge John Wnlsh. William Walsh. Jcronm V.
, it Coombs, Mlchnol K. Finnegan. Daniel I). Wb.lt-
;S noy. Jr., and William ('.Courtney. This is the
K clerical staff of the cilice: Samuel K. Probasco,
3 ; chief clerk; Charles It. Ilnrtmnnu. cnnfldontlAl
ij m tlorli.and Martin FUnlgnn. Charles J. Drubnn,
& W A. J.Conway. Peter P. Smith, and Joseph H.
s, H Gardiner. Jr., law clerks.
,' t? , H. T. Wilson, Jr.. appointed a Commissioner
E v of Municipal Statistics, went to the City Hnll
yesterday and was sworn In. Harry Pane
'i fi Whitney, who was appointed n member of the
same commission, has not yet taken tho oath
"J a ot ofHec. Tlie Commissioners recelvo no salary.
(if HATS OFF IS Til J! MATOK'3 OFFICE.
jjgr rallee Board' President nnn Against tna
ifcgft A roan entered tho Mayor's office yesterday
g n' 'ood about wearing his high hnt,
SfR "Tell that man to remove his bat," said the
3jfS Mayor to Messenger Scully. Tbo latter oboyed,
'ffi and the hat carao off In a jiffy.
RBft .A little later President York of the Police
flM' Board, who stood talking to one of tho Mayor's
B& f?".crs. nnr ?rcrc,J,7". lownes' desk, put on
S. Jj1,!',nt.ab,,e5f"n,',ndc(J.i5r' The Mayor frowned.
KHy Scully immediately sailed arroM the room.
Bg "Tnko off your hat, sir," hesaldto the l'resl-
, f dent of the Police Board, Mr. York apologized
& and uncovered.
5 f WAXOJtBUAJtPWnnsCJlOOT.lWAJtn.
f j? "fm Tbem He Will llniiore Thun ir II Can,
' ?' v nnd llrarlllj llapra He Can,
KAjP Major Van Wyck got to his ofllce at 0:43
, o'clock yesterday morning, and, not long aftor,
gj gavo a llvoly talking to to President Hubbellof
MM tho Hoard of Kducatlon nnd School Commis-
"TH sloncrTaft, who came to sound him ns to tbo
fMj standing of tho Hoard of Education with tbo
g new administration. If tbey went away unen-
; t' lightened It was not becauso Mayor Van Wyck
', did not speak plainly. Among other things ho
'' , told his callers that tbey were interfering in bis
business, and that he would certainly rcinovo
all tbe present members of tho Board of Educa-
' .. tlon f be found that he bad tbe power.
. President Hubbell told tbe Mayor that tbe ob-
j i Jtct of tho call was to find out whether or not
i' ha would agree to confer with a committee of
k three from the Board of Education concerning
f the advisability of laying tbe question of tho
' S Mayor s power of removal beforo tho courts, so
C that tho matter could bu settled at onco.
.."I won't, meet your commlttoe," said tbe
, , Mayor, decidedly, "and, what Is more, I won't
I t tolornto any Interference from you."
. I Mr. Hubbell next asked about cltysuperln-
tundenls. nnd borough superintendents and
their assistants. Members of the Hoard of IWu-
i cation bad hoard, bo bald, that tho Mayor was
( j, going to make certain appointments.
I k " Who loia you I was ' asked the Mayor
tH f ,-" vl"i?.? of lt ,n tho newspapers," replied
J) 'r Mr. Hubbell.
K Do you believe all you read In U nenspa-
Kf f psra I" asked the Mayor.
MS V "No." replied Mr. Hubbell.
tfj " "Well, I won't tell you wbit I am coins; to
B ' :
do"saia tho Mayor. "When I getwady I n
tend to mako theso appointments, and I am not
going to ask your advice In tho matter."
.Then Iho Mayor tackled Mr. Hubbell about
tho appointments which tho Board of Kduca
tlon had mado of teachers from other cities.
"If I bad tho power," hn said, "I would re
move every rmo of your up-sinto teachers. Cer
tainly there Is enough Intelligence in New York
to furnish all the ti'nrbcrs wo need without go
ing outildo for t hem."
President Hubbell llicn went luick to tho sub
ject of the Major's powerof removal.
"I will not tell you what 1 am going to do,"
unlet tbu Mayor, "but I will 'ell you this much:
If I find that I have the powor to remove )ou I
will do it, if for no other rcntnn than that you
went out of town for teacher, lt will be n
source ot regret lo mo if 1 find that 1 haven't
the ponor to tcmovu you."
ror.tcv no Aim Jton:s i:na easts.
Uroaltlyn llliirronl to lie Tried There Chirr
So Lancer Appolnta llonndsmeti.
The Pollen Board routed on Us oars yesterday.
Beyond directing that tho annexed Queens
county vlllngei bo connected with Mulberry
sticct by wire, without delay, It took no utllclal
action. McCullngh is still acting Chief. In
sptto of coLlldout predictions that ho would
speedily drop tbo disagreeable prefix and bo
tonio full Chief. That ho has tho Inside track
In tho race. If, Indeed, there is n race, few
doubt, but fowtr still feel called upon to pre
dict when ho will bo nppolntcd. The new
board has Its own way of doing business, that
Is as far as posstblo from tho way of tbo old.
Tho Commissioners gather in President York's
room on tho third floor and smoke togothcr for
half or thrceiuarters of an hour they nro all
great smokers and Uien word comes out that
the chief clerk and thn stenographer nro want
ed. By nnd by they come out with a very brief
tale of what wns done, leaving a very general
Impression that tho hulf was not told. And
thnt Is all tbcro Is ot It. Tho board has not jet
appointed even its standing committee's with
out which business could never before go on.
It sits, as lt were, in comuilttro of tbo whole
every day, considering yet only tbe large us
poets of Its ense. without bothering Itself with
routine, ot which, bappllv, thcro is very little,
tho old board having cleared tho deck effectual
ly. But It Is nil tbe wbllo accumulating.
Ycsterduy n temporary committee on licenses
materialized. It consists of Commissioners
Hamilton and Sexton. Tho board Is charged
with tho duty of granting licenses to theatres,
concert halls, and entertainments of every
kind, Tbo committee Is to ascertain just what
tho board has to do. It Ii Blmplo enough. Tho
application, say, of n concert ball at Itldge-
wool, is made at Mcauqunrtcrj, Is rererren to
tho Captain of tho piecinct, passed back by tho
Insucctor, and granted or refused by the board
on tho facts nbown. A clerk can manago lt all
nutsldo tbu board room. Probably in tbo end
there will bo alburcnti and rumor already men
tions Sergeant Frank Mangin us the man to
hnvu chargo ot lt.
There was homo uneasiness In Mulberry street
or to the result when tho Brooklyn policemen
who need disciplining enmo over to bo tried at
Hcadqunrters. Tbo trial room on tne top floor
is barely largo enough to hold tbo Manhattan
copi: moro would crowd it to tho point of ne
cessitating two trial days. President York sct
tlod tbo matter In bis own way Tcuterday by
Mopping at tho Brooklyn Headquarters on tbe
way over and tbcro trying n policeman charged
with clubblnc. Tho matter proved too much
for one session, and ho adjourned lt to another
day. When ho reached Mulberry- street ho an
nounced that Brooklyn trials would bo held In
Brooklyn as before, by a Commissioner sitting
there. The policemen of Itlehmond und Queens
nnd of the Bronx will be disciplined in Mul
berry street. To-morrow tho wholo board will
sit In Mulbory street to soo President York,
who alone has somo experience In theso things,
try case i.
Tho Chief sent Inspector Brooks to Staten
Island yesterday to report on tho condition of
tho police nnd police property thcro under the
resolution of the board. Ho sent Ito,.ndman
John Bo) lu to take charge at Stapleton as nct
inrf Sergeant. This was tho first transfer
from one borough to another. Within the lines
of the older city he shifted the following ser
geantu about: Colton from Eldridgo etrctt to
West Forty-teventh street, Hulso from Wp9t
Forty-seventh to Delnncey street, McConnlck
from Delancey street to Klngsbridge, Norrls
from Kmgsbridgo to Mulberry street. Kelly from
tho Jefferson Market Court to East Thirty-fifth
street. 1-ovell from tho Essex Market Court to
West 1 00th 8trect.Foody from Wost 100th street
to Jefferson Market, und Mannion from Mul
berry street to Essex Market. Patrolman Pat
rick McGirr was taken from the West 100th
street station nnd brought back to tho Central
Ofllce, from which he wnsojectcd bythoHoosc
velt lioard. Ho was James J. Mnrtln'e personal
attennent wlicn Martin was President ot tho
Police Board. He will hereafter be Commis
sioner Sexton's.
Tho significance of some of theso transfers
was not lost on Mulberry street. Kelly nnd
Ijorell were prodaets of tho Itooscvclt board.
Foody was bounced by it from the very court to
which bo is i-cut back for letting a prisoner
escape. McUIrr has his revenge. Ho was a
roundsman when he wa bounced. Ho will
probably get 1U rank back now.
Tho question of tho roundsmen presents ono
of tho many fine points that stick out nil over
tho new charter. Under tho old plan tho Chief
mado and unmaao roundsmen at will. Tbo
charter provides that the Chief shall "assign to
luty tho officers and members of tho pollco forco
und shall havo ponor to rhanee such assign
ments" when ho thinks It well "provided, how
ever, that pennnnent assignments of patrolmen
to duty 'as roundsmen shall be uindo by the
Pollco Board on the recommendation of tho
Chief of Police, and In caso of the rejection of
any such assignment recommended bv the Chief
be sbnll within three dnyH submit another namo
nnd continue fo to do until n permanent assign
ment is made." The Chief is thus shorn of an
important function. Ho lias the Initiative, but
without tho consent of tho board cannot take tho
llrft step to put n man in lino of promotion; for
Sergeants, under section JB- must ho still "eo
lectcd from among patrolmen assigned to duty ns
roundsmen, as provided in section 2U4," quoted
above.
The word permanent first put tbo idea Into tho
heads of tho police that tbo rank had been put
on tho namo basis as all nbovo It, so thnt a
roundsman could no more bo reduced than a
Sergeant or a Captain. This Illusion has boon
dispelled, and. in place of it. has come uneasi
ness lest the effect of tho provision may be just
tho opposite Tbo timid fear that tbe language
of tho charter that "permanent assignments of
patrolmon to duty as roundsmen shall be mado
by thn Pollco Boaril on the recommendation of
tho Chief" puts It in the power of tho board to
causa the reduction of the wholo t!00 and their
reappointment in conformity with tho charter,
and that tho boird Hill not be slow to take ad
vnntnge of it. In any event, lt is nrgued thut
no roundsman not selected for that duty "us pro
vided In section "JOl" can be promoted to tho
rnnk of Sergeant. It Is a very lino point, but
there arc many of that kind.
One, which has rccelvod mere passing atten
tion us yet.tls llkoly Boon to ho mado. It concerns
tbe uniform of tbo park policemen, 'that body
lu Brooklyn, ns in New York, has In tho con
solidation been rnndenn integral pnrt of tho
city's pollco force, occupying precisely tho
position which tho Sanitary Corps docs un
der tho ardors of the Health Hoard. Upon
request of tho Commissioners of Parks, says
tho charter, tho Pollco Board shall, from time
to tluio.Vdetall to service In the Park Depart
ment ns many men ns In their, tho Pollco Com
missioners', judgment, nro needed to koep order.
As long ns they nro so detailed they thnll con
stitute the imrk police. The Pollco Board has
tho power of dlsclpllnlngrthem. At any ttuio tho
board can recall them, nnd If thoy do not suit
tho particular Park Commissioner who needs
them, they may heclinmml. The Pollco Board
has all tho say concerning them, except in tho
matter of their dally dutv. Ihn Park Com
mlhsloncrn ennnot prescribe their uniform,
oven if they would. The chance of tho de
tails being shifted nlout n good deal makes the
different uniforms lnconcnlent, nnd of Itself
suggests n change from the gray to tho univer
sal police blue. Besides, tho gray Is not liked,
even by tho "sparrow coin" themselves. It
does not wear well. It Is bcllccd that Home
thing of tho spirit thnt made tho Brmikliii
Captains strip themselves of their shoulder
straps to bo llko "ttin finest" will prompt tho
suggestion even In thn old corps Itself thnt thcro
bo n change. If not lt will probably come from
Mulberry street before new spring uniforms
nro needed.
JiooFLF.su airr ormcEtts.
Inhlug Fund 1TIII Hate in Hustle to Shelter lb
.rsr rtrpartmrnti.
William Dalton, tbo Commissioner of Water
Supply, Is still without an ofllce. Ho has estab
lished temporary quarters in tho ofllce of Chief
Enulncor Birdcall of tbo Croton Aqueduct in
tho Tract Society building, but the ofllce Is so
small that the employees who are stationed
there have scarcely room lo turn around. Yes
terday Mr, Dalton wished to have a conference
with Mr, Illrdsall. Tbey bunted In vain fur a
corner whero they would not bo disturbed.
Finally they went out Into tbe hall nnd, leaning
agalntt the wall, they talked for an hour.
Ono of tho first problems which tbo Sinking
Fund must tackle Is providing olllcesfor tbo
now departments. 'I he Commissioner of Bridges
till has a small den in tbe Stewart building,
which bo occupies by tho courtesy of Comp
troller Color, President Holahan of the Board
of Publlo Improvements makes bis bat answer
for au ofllce. His U ono of the most Important
departments la tbo city, and, big as tbe bat Is
nioro roomy quarter, will be required for the'
nllngof maps and plnns and for the accommo
datlon of a lurge corps or engineers and
draughtsmen. President Holahau announcSd
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U tbo Board yesterday that ho bad nicked out
quarters on the eleventh llnorof tbe New York
T!fo building, nnd he was Authorized to request
the Sinking Fund lo leaao, them. T
President A, W. Peters of tho borough of Man
hattan ij wnndorlng around without an official
roof to shelter hl head. The Board of Aldermen
has set asldo three rooms on thn first floor of tho
City Hnll rorblm and the Borough Hoard, but
bo cannot take them until the nctlon of tbo
Aldormcn Is nuproved by the Council.
Dr. John i T. Naglc, Chlur of the Bnreau ot
Municipal Statistics, went th tho City Hall yen
tcnlsy carrying a great bundle of unopened
letters nnd official documents tn plead witli the
Major for aiilaiti In which to transact the bull'
ncss of his department. The Mayor could not
help him. and ho went awav anyliie that ho
would open mi nlllee temporarily lu tho down
town branch of tbo Prnss Club.
President Bowloj-, of Ihn Borough of Queons,
told the Hoard of ubllo Improvement yestor
day morning thnt ho hail no office, that oi
Major (llnion of Long Islnnil City would not
Intbliii tnko posHosslon of the City Hnll there
until he could moduco n ter tilled order from thn
Bonnl of Public Improvements. A resolution
wns I hen passed turning over tho building lo
Mr. Bnwloy nnd ho got n certified copy of lu
"There." Ii.; sd. "We'll sco It (Benson will
give up now."
HIKSOX OPPOSES COXSOLXDATIOX.
lines .Vol ITant III Pint onice Abiorbrd by Ihn
One on llrandway.
Wariiinotox, Jan. 4. Postmaster Wilson of
Brooklyn came to Washington to-day to attend
to somo routine rantters In connection with his
office. While at tha Post Ofllce Department ho
tool; occasion lo nutlluo pretty fully and care
fully his position In regard to tho projector con
solidating bis olllco with thnt of Now York.
Tho original plan contemplated tho consoli
dation of nil the offices. In tho Greater New
York. This cannot bo done, however, without
tho consent of Congress, and tbo Post Ofllco
Department docldcd some tlmo ago not to bring
up the matter for Congressional nctlon. With
out being assured of tho support of the people
of Brooklyn, Mr. Wilson has stated his position
to bo In opposition to tbo plan, so far ns It In
cludes tbo absorption of Brooklyn by tbo New
York ofllce.
lt wns pointed out that Congress would very
likely provide that tho Assistant Postmaster of
New York, tho place which was to be provided
for tho Postmaster of Brooklyn, should bo ap
pointed by tho President In tho snmo manner ns
a Postmaster. This would mon thnt Mr. Wil
son would be shorn of bis authority as an Inde
pendent Postmaster, and also run a chanco of
Inning his salary cut down.
Mr. Wlli-on Informed the department to-day
In an unofllclal mnnnor that he was opposed tn
any change In tho present system which would
Include tho abolition of the sepirato ofllco In
Brooklyn. He admitted that somo changes
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vice, and was ngrccablo to tho proposition
that nil tbo offices or tho New York nldo of
Etst Bivcr should bnattnehod to the Now York
ofllce. and nil thosoon tbo Brooklyn side should
lie consolidated with the Brooklyn ofllce. Tbo
department has had this plan under serious
consideration, and has practically adopted It.
It was expected that tbo matter would' bo
arranged so that tho consolidation of the Post
Office could be effected at tho same tlmo ns tho
consolidation of tho cities. Mr. Wilson admit
ted that something ought to bo done ns soon as
possible, and In tbo absence of better arrange
ments tho department will probably accent t be
mod I lied plun.
Postmnstcr-General Gary does not doslro to
nnlagon!70tho wishes of tho residents of Brook
lyn, nnd tho entire matter is now practically in
his hands. Tho data nro nil prepared, nnd ns
soon as the plan is agreed upon Iho whole mat
ter can be settled.
JVjrir CITT'S rOLUXTEEIt FIJIEJIEX.
Commissioner Rcannrll tnx Down the Law
for Jamaica, and other llorderlands.
Fire Commissioner John J. Scannoll received
yestorday a letter from J. Dlstlor, Chief En
gineer of the FIro Department of Jamaica vil
lage asking for information as to the standing
of tho Jamaica department. Chief DIstler
asked: "Who now governs our department!
Are we to continue to perform Are duty? Who
will discbarge tho men whoso terms are about
oxpired and who will civo them their certifi
cates? When will wo get n Now York fire
badge! Who will furnish us with supplies and
do our repairing! Under our village charter
the firemen meet and elect tbo board of officers,,
snbjcct to tbe approval o: tbo Village Trustees.
Tha time for such election U at hand, and, tbo
firemen are anxious to know bow they shall
proceed whether they shall go ahead as hereto
fore, or whether tho officers are to be appointed
by you."
In tho village department there were seven
engine companies, two truck companies, and
five hose companies, nnd -00 active members
who did fire service In tho volunteer depart
ment. .In tho whole township of Jamaica, which
includes several village:, there are twenty-six
tire companies and a membership of 700 men.
Commissioner Seannell sent ii replv. siying
that under section T'.'2 of tho charter un
til tho paid Fire Department is extended to
thn territory recently annexed tho olunteor
companies shall coutinuo todlschargc the duties
for which thoy were associated or incorporated,
nnd receive from the city of Now York such
sums ot money as were awarded them by tbo
villages.
Tho Commissioner requestod'Cblcf Distlcr to
forward a list of his men, with thenmountof
compensation they had received prior to Jan. 1,
and to have the men proceed with the election
of olllcera, as previously carried out.
Commissioner Scannoll yestcrilny detailed Bat
talion Chief John Shea of tho Tenth Battalion
to net as Superintendent of Stables, nnd abol
ished tho ofllco of Deputy Superintendent of
Stables, thus throwing Edward It. Tclln out of a
SI. 500 job. Foreman John Barry of Truck i!2
was ordered to act as Chief ot Battalion in placo
of Mr. Shea.
SUEEUAX TISJT8 CHOKER.
Mr. Crober Dretlne ta Tall TVbat the Vlilt
T About.
John O. Sbeehan, the Chairman of tho Financo
Committee of Tammany Hall, who was Ignored
in tbe distribution of patronage, was one of the
men who callod on Blchard Croker at bis ofllce,
111 Broadway, yesterday. Mr. Sbeehan called
on Mayor Van Wyck on Monday, to pay his
respects, ho said. Why he went to soe Mr.
Croker was not learned. Mr. Ctoker, who spent
the ovcnlng at his new headquarters In thn
Democratic Club, refused to any anything about
the mutter.
COLORED DEMOCRATS TO CROKER.
It leera II Ha Appointed m Chlaltaln or the
Colored Democracy,
Testerday morning's mall contained the fol
lowing letter addressed to tbo Hon. Richard
Croker:
" We have tbe honor to Inform you that the
Executive Committee of tbe United Colored
Democracy Organization have to-night unani
mously accepted Mr. Edward Loe. your selec
tion, as clilet of the United Colored Democracy
Organization of tlrcnterNew York.
"Assuring you of our high esteem and con
sideration we have tbo honor, sir, to subscribe
ourselves,
" Henry H. Anderson. President,
" Jonx C. Johnson, Chairman Ex. Com."
llOROVail OF J1ROOKZTX,
Revenleen Arion Iterrlve .Vntlee or nemoval
tiy Maor Van ITyeli.
Most of tho now official rulora in the borough
of Brooklyn were In their places yesterday and
,1 ...a 1... ll.ltn l.l.llnn In ,1. ... .1
mtruniiou'iniiuu uivitw" in mo tiaiiBBClluu
of the publlo business. To-day nnd to-morrow
most of Iho places of tbe ltepubllcan subordi
nates who are to bo decapitated will be filled,
mid then tho new rC'glmo will be in full working
order. Hugh McLaughlin and his cblof lieuten
ants spent a very busy day at tbo Wllloughby
street headquarters In the distribution ot tho
minor patronage.
'I he enventcen Brooklyn Assessors were sur
prised jesterday morning wbon euch received a,
note from Mayor Van Wyck notifying tbem of
their immediate removal, " the best Interests"
so requiring.
Deputy FIro Commissioner James H, Tully, In
addition to caring for the borough of Brooklyn,
is also to tako temporary charge of the borough
of Queens, by direction of Commissioner Scan
uell. Former Deputy Comptroller Howe came ovir
to Now York yesterday and turned over tbo
funds and papers of tbe office to City Chamber
lain Kcennn. The funds included 0,t)y3,334.17
general fund. 'J88,0tl,15 sinking fund, and
If 1.030 special fund.
President Grout has called n meeting of the
seven local Boards of Publlo Improvements In
Iho old Common Council Chamber at 4 P. M. to
day. ,
It husbepn arranged thnt I'olico Commissioner
Philips will preside at tho regular pollio trials
each week In Brooklyn.
lt Is understood that the slato for tho fourteen
deputy lax Commissioners allowed to tbe
Brooklyn organization a likely to bo as follows:
Clinton Do Witt, Michael ttyan, Uobort U
Howe, Edward Ollnncn. Henry Hesterberg,
Oe.0nLBi,,.ifyud.,0S'' P Knnla J, J.Cronin,
John 0, Collins, John A, Clany, Hobert T. Brown,
i ' ' " ' "I '
John M; Rankin, JameJi F.vQtiigley, and John
MeNamarn. , . ,. . ,
i Tho Brooklyn Boird or Education met lost
evening nnd transacted routine business. The
plana for tho new Erasmus High School build
ing were ncceptcd nnd approved. Tho resigna
tion ot Jnmos II. Tully, nssistant Secretary, was
ncccpted: his Biicoessor wna not chosen. Mr.
Tully Is tho newly appointed Deputy FIro Com
mlMloncr for tho Brooklyn Borough.
Thn bonnl adjourned tn Jnn. US, when Its Ann
meeting will bo held. Tbe Iwaru will become a
loroii.ii institution on Fob. 1. It will meet
Feb. lltoreorginlzo nnd elect llvnmcmbors to
represent the borough in tho city Board of Edu
cation. Three of the members will havo to resign nt
I the next, mooting, having been appointed to
I lucrative unices bv Major Van Wyck. They
nro Dr. Ilobcrl A. Black, Sanitary Superinten
dent for Brooklyn; .Tunics J. Kfrtrln. Deputy
1 Commissioner of Corrections, nnd James B.
Bouck, Deputy ltecolvur ot Taxes.
nonovaii of qveexs.
The llorniiKh Hoard Mrrt In Major Oleason'
Old omen Without Opposition.
Tho first meeting of tho Borough Board 'Of
Queens was held yesterday afternoon. Tho
board took pojsosolon ot tbo ofllce in tha City
Hnll at tang Island City formerly occupied by
Major Glonson. No ono offered any objec
tion. President Bowlcy seated himself nt the
former Mayor's desk nnd called tho meeting to
order. Besides tbo President thoso In attend
nuco wero Alderman Joseph Golscr and Coun
cilman David Ij. Von Nostrand. The absentees
wero Councilman Joicph Cassldy nnd Alder
man William T. James.
President Bowlcy announced tho appoint
ment ot Joseph Fclscl, formerly deputy treas
urer of LongTnlnnd City, ns secrctarj', and Mr,
Fclsel prococded to call tho roll. President
Bowlcy announced that tbo meeting wns only
n preliminary one. Secretary Fclsol road a res
olution authorizing tho Secretary to prepare a
list of suppllos needed bj- tho board nnd to make
n requisition on tbo Commissioner of Supplies.
Alderman Gelscr offered a resolution requiring
iba President to obtain n certified copy ot the
tu levy passed by tbo Long Inland City Hoard
of Aldermen shortly before midnight of Dec.
HI. Tho resolution was adopted. It was stat
ed that tho tax levy would be netcd upon by
Major Van Wyck. The hoard adjourned sub
jee to tho cnll of tho Chairman.
Tho City Hall building continued yesterday
In tbo chargo of a detachment of police under
Inspector Thompson. A policeman wns sta
tioned lu ench department. Experts, dotallod
for tho purpoM.', were going over tho records
nnd nsFcmbling them In tho Treasurer's office.
It was reported yesterday afternoon that
President Bowley hnd visited tbo Now York
City Hall and from tho proper authorities had
secured a written order lo nervo upon formor
Mjynr Glcnson demanding full possession of
tho Ijong Island City Hall. Former Mayor
Glra-on said last night that ho had l.ot been
bcrvcd with any such order.
,"Tho City Hnll," said tbo Mayor, "belongs to
New York rlt I am custodian of certain
records ami must, under tho terms of the now
charter, remain In possession of them until
they pass Into tho hands of tbo persons desig
nated by law to receive them."
Accountant (). U Shlpmtin sowed upon
City Trensurir Knnpp .csterdny an order di
recting Mr. Knnpii to turn over to him all tho
ennh on hand on Jnn. 1 and nil books and rec
ords that belong to tho Comptroller. Tho or
der wns signed by Comptroller Color. Mr.
Shlpmnn caul that tho order d'd not remove
Mr. Knnpp from ofllco nnd under the charter
Mr. Knnpp would continue to rocolvo all moneys
coming Into tbo department.
Policemen wero placed In charge of tho ofllco
of tho General Improvement Commission In
Long Island City yesterday.
Corporation Counsel Thomas P. Burko of thnt
citj recch cd written notice of bis removal from
ofllco yesterday by Mayor Van Wyck.
ISOllOVail OF TUE RROXX.
Coroner nettle lu loom Street Hatren Will
Probably Keep Engineer rtl.ae.
Tho Coroners ot tho borough of the Bronx
havo settled temporarily In Washington Hall,
701 East. 100th Ftreot. They nro Anthony Mc
Owen of f15 Wales avenue nnd Thomas M.
Lynch of High Brldgo road, near Jerome avenuo
Their physicians are Drs. James E. Geary of
H70 Willis nvcnuo and John Itlegclnmn of 852
East 1 filet street. Tbo chief clerk of the ofllco
is Owen W. Flannagan, and bis assistants are
Charles E. Douglas and Louis F. Scofleld. Pn
trolmun John Heller of tho Morrtsnnln station
. has heen detailed for duty nt tho ofllco. Pro
l vision has not yet boon mado for salaries and
expenses of the office.
Jt tho Municipal building, 177th ftreot nnd
Third avenue, tilings nro gradually working
Into bhapc, but there nro many appointments to
bo made. There are 200 foremen nnd work
men on sewers nnd highways who are on tho
anxious seat. Tho probabilities are that nil
wlllcontlnuo their duties undor the borough
management. It is also likely that Louis A.
Itleoe.Chicf Engineer of the Department of Street
Improvements, will bo put at the head of the
topographical bureau In tbe borough.
nonovaii of nicaaioxD.
It Affair at a ntmidstlll Decauie r the Con
teat Over the Presidency.
The affairs ot Richmond borough are practi
cally at a standstill, and llttlo Is being done by
tbe local officials, owing to the uncertainty as to
who Is President of tho borough. The fight be
tween Dr. Feony and George Cromwell has
gono to tho Court ot Appeals, and It Is thought
that It will be reached on Jan. 10, when It is
likely that nothing moro will be done with it
than to set a day for tbo hearing of tbo argu
ment. Ae yet no meeting ot tho Borough Board has
been called, and it is understood that none will
bo called until tho dlsputo over the head of tbo
body Is reached, unless very important matters
demand attention. Nono of tho nowly ap
pointed officials has as yet taken up the active
work connected with his position. This leth
argy Is due somewhat to tho fact that no offices
havo been provided for tho officials. It is ex-
Srcled that the old Edgrwatcr Vlllngo Hall In
lapletonwtll bo enlarged nnd used as a bor
ough headquarters, but tbe building Is still in
possession of tho old officials, who are wiualng
up their affairs.
Inspector Brooks went down to the islnnd in
n c.ili yesterday nnti Inspected the squads at the
Second precinct In West Brighton and at Head
quarter In Stapleton. Ho cxpres-ed himself as
pleased at the appc.irance of the men. Bounds
man Bovlo n ent with Inspoctor Brooks, nnd wns
nsslgncd to desk duly ut Headquarters. His
transfer Is Ixilovcd to bo only temporary, and
nindo to assist the pollco pending Iho Investiga
tion of the legality of tbe recent appointments
to the force. On Monday night Copt. Blako
was notified of the suspension of Ser
geants Hugh Cnnlon. Stephen Hannoii, and
Joseph Cook; Roundsmen James Devlin
and John Smith; Patrolmen Thomas Buske,
nnd William Sehnclser. Yestorday tho door
men, Frank Vorsatz nnd George Clark, w ore also
suspended. Tho men wero all promoted or ap
pointed on Thursday by tbo old Boird of Com
missioners. It ie contended that they cannot
legally bold their places, as they were lint com
missioned 100 dajs prior to consolidation. It
is understood that should I he effort bo mado to
reduce them thoy will mako n tight in tbo courts.
It was reported J cstorday by ono of tho local
Juatlcosof Iho Pence that thoro was a po slbll
ity of tbelr combining their funds and making a
test of the right of the Legislature to removo
tbem from office. Some ot the Justices' terms
begnn nt tbo first of the jcar, nnd it Is asserted
by them that their otllco cannot bo abolished
under tho Constitution. Yestcrdny morning
JuBtlca Charles Wallers, Jr., of Stapleton, wns
appointed A' ling Pollco Justice in place of
Charles J. Kullninnn, who wont to Albany to
assume bis duties as Assemblyman.
JUSTICE DAVENPORT IIOLDS OX.
He Acntu Turn I'n lor Duly at tha Eleventh
District Municipal Court.
Tbo Eleventh District Municipal Court was
served by two Jtmlcos yesterday, Justlco
Worcester was tbo first to arrive, nnd when
JuBtlco Davenport, who claims to bo a holdover
until l'cb, 1, canio bo fo nd the nouly elected
Justice already In the prlvato room. Justice
Davenport remarked that Justlco W rcrs
tor Ecrmod to bavo a llttlo the better of tho dls
puto on Thursday, Justice Worcester respond
ed that ho hoped to contlnuo tbe advantage.
While tbe Justices wero chatting In their
chamber tbo Davenport faction wero represent
ed In court by Chief Clerk Du Mahaut, three
attendants, a stenographer, nnd a typowilter.
Thus fa Justice Worcoster had not appointed
any staff of clerks.
Tbo clerk announced that lt was timo to open
tbo court and both Justices started quietly for
tho court room, but ns they reached tho door
Justlco Davenport sprang forward into tho lead,
r.in totho bcueh.nndsecured ft seat 111 thcJtibltfc'a
cbulr. On Monday Jiiatico Worcester secured
the official scat and Justlco Davenport hud to
scurry nrouud for nn extra chair. Yesterday
Justice Worcester had to hunt up tho extra
limlrfuud scut himself beside tbo former Justlco.
Justlco Davenport was ahead also In ordering
Iho clerk to call tbo court to order. Justice
Worcester repeated tbo order. Justlco Voices
ter reached lor the culondar.but Justlco Daven
port secured it.
There was only ono caso set down for trial
Brown vs. Wood, a landlord and tenant case
and both Justices called it, Davenport In the
lead, Tbo cleric and tbe crier re-echoed th
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names, but tho, litigants failed to -respond.
"Wo srill adjourn tha cato " aald Worces
ter, "nnlll Jan, 10," Interpolated Davenport.
Both Justice' wero trying to adjourn itho
court when a man aroso and announced: "I
have been summoned to appear In court on Jan.
t, 1RD7. 1' received tbo summons yestcrilny."
"Thou you arc not regularly' summoned; I
will dismiss your case," said Worcester,
"My clerks would not havo forgotten that
this, is ISHIi. Your caso Is dismissed," said
Justice Davenport, without any remarks na to
date. Worcester held the lead In announcing
Iho adjournment of tho court until IlitIO o'clock
today. Justlco Davenport repented tho hour
cf adjournment without altering tho time, and
both Justices marched out, leaxlng tho room In
possession of Justlco Davenport's clerks.
A'O I.OSOER MAYOR'S BOOTBLACK.
Dlack J' omre I Abvllshrd and HI Hand
Are Raited lo Heaven,
Tho office of Joo, tho bootblack, who was qf
flclal shoe cleaner In tho Mayor's ofllco, was
abolished yesterday. The edict was Issued by
tbo Mayor blmsolf, who ordered Roundsman
Mabr to Inform 'Joo that ho could not shlno
shoes In tbo Mayor's office or in any subdivision
thereof. ,
When Mabr broko tho news to Joe, Jos turned
as nearly wblto as Is poislblo to a black boot
black. Then bo wont out Into tho corridor and
raised his voice in lamcnUtlon, Ho declared
that ho had lost his faith in humanity, and that
he no longer believed that there was gratttudo
in tho world. Ho said frankly that ho was
"soro" on Tammany nnd be didn't care
wbctbor Mr. Van Wyck know it or not.
Later In the day ho established bis headquar
ters In the main corridor. Business wns very
good nnd Joo brightened up a bit. He summoned
three other bootblacks from the neighboring
buildings, and after a long conference decided
to make formal application to Iho Mayor for re
instatement. A petition, asking that tho office
of shoo cleaner to tho Mayor bo recreated, and
that Joo havo tho Job, was signed by nearly
every one about tbo building. Joo was confident
laBl night that ho would havo hi old placo
again before the wcok la over.
Ho has cloaned shoes In tho City Hall for raro
than a dozon years, and nearly ovory politician
in tho city knows him. During Col. Strong's
administration Joe's business fell off to thnt do
greo that ho was moved to remark that reform
ers were no good, because they bad tbelr shoes
shlned only twice a week. Ho used to go about
tho building with his box slung over his shoul
der sighing for the return to power of Tammany
Hall, many of whose followers, ha said, hnd
tholr shoos shlned twlco n day. During the cam
paign Joe sboutod loudly for Van Wyck.
SUEA BVSY OX THE BRIDGE.
Thinks He Can Da Awnr with Dancer rrm
Trolley Losm.
John L. 8hea, tho Commissioner of Bridges,
made an inspection of tho New York nnd Brook
lyn Brldgo yesterday. He was accompanied by
C. C. Martin, tha engineer In chief. Afterward
Mr. Shea said bo had no doubt that all danger
arising to pedestrians from tho trolley loop on
tho Now York end, which crossos tho footpath,
could bo dono away with by tho erection of
raised platforms and ndditional staircases. Ho
said he was going to tacklo tho problem at onco.
BRIDGE TROZLEF TRIAL TRIP.
It SboiTiTbntDroeklrn Trolley Paeagr TTIlt
Bavo Abont Vive Minutes.
Tho first passenger trolloy car to cross the
Brooklyn Brldgo was Flatbusb avenue car 1129
of tho Brooklyn Holghts Railroad. 7t was sent
over by President Rossltcr yesterday after
noon in order to ascertain the exact tlmo re
quired to cross tho brldgo and tho tlmo points
for tho motormqu to run the cars on. Presi
dent Rossltor loft tbo Brooklyn end of the
brldgo at Sands street with Deputy Bridge Com
missioner Beam and several othor persons at
3:12 P. M., and the trip over was mado In.OKJ
minutes.
As tho loops are not finished, the car returnod
on tbo sama track, against tbe vehicle traffic,
nnd mado tho return trip to Brooklyn In a llttlo
less than six minutes, making faster time than
tho bridge cabio cars which left the end of tho
brldgo nbout tho samo time. Whilo thcro
teemed to be an unusual number of irucks, car
riages, and bicycles on tho brldgo. there wan not
tho slightest troublo cither on the trip going
toward Now York, with traffic moving m tho
same direction, or on tho return t.ip, when tho
vehicle traffic was moving in tho opposite direc
tion, which will not be tbe caso in the ordinary
operation of tho cars.
ihe speed was really considerably greater
than will bo mode under ordinary conditions,
as the t Ip woe mora to secure definite informa
tion ns to just what could bo done than with any
other purnose in view.
Tho entire tlmo consumed in making tho trip
from cither end of tho brldgo to tho opposite
sido of tho river in actual practice will not bo
much, If any, greator than Is now consumed by i
a pasonger In leaving ono of tho cars of the i
Brooklyn Heights Company op Fulton street,
walking across tho plaza, and ellmhlncr thn
stairs on tho Brooklyn and to tho brldgo trains,
bo that instead of taking longer for the trip
than by the present cablo system, it can bo
safely said at least five minutes will be saved
on the averago trip.
-V.! VQHT (SETS B T THESE REPORTERS
They're from the Clti'a Harder and Tbey Art
Mighty at Telephoning,
The present city Government has Introduced
a now brand of reporters lo Manhattan Island.
Tbey are the representatives of the journals
which tbrlve In the small outlying towns of tbe
Borough of Queens, who havo been assigned to
" covor the City Hall." They began to arrive on
New Year's Day, and they are coming yot.
There were at least ft dozen of them on band
yesterday, and tbey all displayed a strong thirst
for news. Everything was news to them,
and tbe amount of copy tbey turned out
was simply appalling. Not satisfied with
gathering aU tho news In the City Hall,
and the lmmedlato vicinity, several of tbem un
dertook to "cover" Folic Headquarters and
tbe Fire Department, which Is in East Sixty
seventh street. They did this, they said, be
cause lt was customary in the towns in which
they lived for one man to get all tbe news In
sight.
Not being ablo to go to Mulberry street or Fire
Headquarters on foot, tbo suburban reporters
resorted to tbe telephone, nnd all daylong at
Intervals of thirty minutes thoy kept calling up
the operators In those departments and asking
tbem if there was any news.
Tho telophonn which they used in the City
Hall is paid for by Contractor Brady, who has
tbe job of remodelling the Interior of the build
ing. The chances nru that ho will show signs of
strong emotion when ho gets bis bill for this
month. Pollco Headquarters und tbe Fire De
partment were not the only places which tbe
reporters called up. Every tlmo an appointment
was made by tho Mayor or a place holder came
to Ihe City Hall to tako tbe oath of ofllco at
least four newspaper offices In tbo boroughs of
Queens and Brooklyn were immediately In
formed of tho fact nt Mr. Brady's expense Tho
mc-sagca cost blm from IB to 25 cents each.
When Mr. Brady heard of It he threw up both
hands. Then ho detailed a man whose pv Is
VHaday to wntcli tbo telephone. Ha Instruct
ed him not to nllow any man to use tho Instru
ment for out-nf town messages. Tho foreign re
porters raised tho point thnt their offices were
not out of town any moro, hut tho guardian of
the telephone was obdurate. Then tbey took to
using tbo tolepbono in tbe Mayor's ofllce.
Ono of theso reporters accosted James P.
Keating yestorday,
"Are you mo commissioner or mgnwaysior
tho entire city or only for tbe borough of, Man
hattan 1" ho asked. . .
" I don't know, sir, replied Mr. Keating, po
litely. Tho reporter went away in a brown
stud j'. Meeting one of his companions be told
him of tbo conversation.
" Gee 1 that's a mighty good story," remarked
tbo listener. " We must send It out right
nwny." And they repaired to Mr. Brady's tele
phono to send the nows to tholr papers.
Merino Keeper Harry lotted On Day,
William J. Barry, whose appointment as
Morgue Keeper was ono of the last acts of the
old Board of Charities, was deposed on Monday
by Commissioner Keller, who says that bis ap
pointment was illegally made. Barry had held
tho olllco Just one day. He has put tho case In
the hands of bis lawyer and will make a light
for reinstatement. John Fane has been ap
pointed acting Morgue Keeper.
liood's Sorsaparilla
Absolutely cures scrofula,
Salt rheum,
Dyspepsia, rheumatism,
Catarrh and all diseases
Originating in or promoted
By impure blood. It is
The great nerve tonic,
Stomach regulator and
Strength Builder.
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HAND SHOT FULL OF SALT.
BOITB'S ESIPLOTRR HAD FIXEB fP
A TJ1AF FOR CltlVKEX TIIXUVES.
Darrd Wasn't Informed, nnd When He Opened
the Hennery Door tn Her ir Any Thletra
Were Inald II tiol n Chira-n rrom theCJun
A Hnellal Doctor Pick Out the Partlrlrt.
Oiunok,, N. J Jan. 4,-WIth ono of his
hands shot full of salt, Joseph Dowd appeared
at Iho Orange Memorial Hospital to-day and
asked to be relieved. Salt Is not generally em
ployed as a substitute for shot, but Dowd's om
ployor, Joseph Butler, adopted It nftcr mature
consideration, though ho did not export to
shoot ono of his own employee with It,
Butler has u hat shop at N'orthflold, soven
iidlcs from here, over tbo Second Mountain. It
Is In Livingston township, and tho only Inhab
itants ot tho placo besides tho farmers nro tbu
batters employed by Duller. Ho keeps a "buck
oyo" tbop. Tho peculiarity of n "buckoyo" is
that ho prefers n barn ns n sleeping place. If
ho can't find a barn ho wilt tako a bench in tho
hat shop. Butler Is also a chicken fancier, and
his hennery contains ft number of rare fowls.
For iwo weeks tho honncry lias been visited
regularly every nljht, and with tho departure
of tbo visitors went soma of tho fowls, until Mr.
Butler feared thnt his hennery would bo de
populated. Yesterday he fixed up his rapid salt-firing
gun. It was a big double-barrelled shotgun,
loaded to tho muzzle. First ho put in somo
powder, then a wad, und then n liberal supply ot
salt, which ho rammed down hard. Having
nrrangod tlio load, Butler put tho gun about
tivo feet from tho hennery door, mounting lt
on a couplo of sawhorsos. To tho trigger ho
fastened n string, and this string wns passed
over a pulley at tho roof o! tho building nnd Its
other end wns tied to tho door, en that when
the door should bo oponed tho trigger would bo
pulled and tho chargo of salt would greet tbo
intrudor.
Having nrranged tho gun, Butler went away
for tbo cvonlng without saying anything nbout
his nchcino to the cmploycen of tha shop or even
his family. Tho hennery door was left just a
trifle ajar and this was noticed by Dowd abont
11 o'clock. With tbo purposo of protecting his
omployor'tt possessions, Dowd went out from tho
bat Bbop. where ho bad planned to slcop. and
went down Into tho yard. Having heard Mr.
Butler Bpeak of tho chicken thieves ho thought
perhaps ono was In the coop ot tho tlmo and de
termined to try to nab him. Opening tho door
quickly In order to nurpriso tho thief, Dowd was
astounded at n loud report nnd still further sur-
rrlsod at n stlngl-.g sonsatlon In his hand,
fowling with pain hn rnn to the bouse. Butler
had not returned and no ono know what tho
troublo was, but Dowd had a terrible pain all
through his hnnd nnd it was black and wblto in
BpotH nnd cut up, and In every cut thcro was a
BUinll, hard particle.
When Butler got home half an hour later ho
wns quick to mnko amends, but lt was too lato
to drno to Orange, and the best that could bo
.lono was for Mrs, Butler lo allovlato tbo pain as
best sho could with cooling poultices. This
morning Butler drovo to this city and took
Dciiul to tho Memorial Hospital, where ft doctor
worked for an hour picking out tho particles of
salt. Tha pain, cvon after tha salt was removed,
was so intenso tliat Dowd wanted to stay nt tho
hospital, but tho Institution was so full that
thoro wasn't nn empty bed In tho place and bo
bad to go back to Butler's bouse.
Butler says the next timo ho tries to catch
chicken thloves ho will toll bis employees and
family of t ho methods ho has adopted. Dowd is
afraid that ho will catch cold In his hand and
that somo complications will ensue.
IEXXET CAXDY CO. ROBBED.
Over 01, BOO Worth or Candy Stolen An Em
ployee Caught In tbe Aof.
Momio Wagner, cmployod as a packer by the
Tenney Candy Company, at 417 West Four
teenth street, was arrestod yesterday on com
plaint ot David King, superintendent of tho
concern. He charged bcr with stealing a hot ot
candy valued at 80 conts and a jacket belong
ing to ono of tbo other girls employed In tho
factory.
On Dec. 18 Mr. King reported to the pollco of
tbo West Twentieth street station that his firm
had lost by theft In tbo previous six months bo
tweon $1,500 and $2,000 worth of candy. Ho
was positive that somo of tho 150 girls employed
did the stealing, becauso they wero almost the
only ones having any opportunity to do so.
Every now nnd then cloaks belonging to the
girls disappeared from the cloak room, to which
only tho girls had access, so that It was evident
tbnt there wns a thief among tbem.
Detectives Hunt nndSchumm were sent to the
factory to investigate. They had thn superin
tendent select one of the girls ns a spy. Thoy
bored holes through tbe walls of ft little room
adjoining both tho cloakroom and tbo work
room so that she could see what was going on In
both. Tho spy wns told to go In there and keep
her eyes open. Nothing c me of tho scheme un
til last night when tho girls ault work. Tha
spy saw Mnuilo Wagner put on a jacket belong
ing to enolhor girl and slip a box ot candy un
der it.
When Mamie started to go sho was told that
the superintendent wantod to see her. Whilo
she waited in his room detectives wero tele
phoned tor. Tbey went to the factory and put
tho girl under arrest. The candy was found
under tho jacket. She admitted that sho had
been stealing candy for several month, but said
tbnt sho took the jackot hecftuso someone had
taken hers. Sho was locked up at tbe West
Thirtieth street station. She is 21 years old nnd
lives at 100 Essex strcot, Jersey City.
3IAX WITH TUE OROtriXO XOSE.
Doctor Testifies That nrber Ha nhlnoscleroma,
or Uardnote.
In tbe trial ot tbo action of Israol Scher to re
covor $30,000 for porsonnl injuries from tho
Metropolitan Street Railway Company thcro
was some medical evidence yesterday before Jus
tlco Gtegerlcb of tbe Supreme Court about tbo
strange devolopmont of tho nose of the plaintiff.
Dr. Arthur Flschman, who attondod tho plaintiff
soon after he was Injured by a Broadway car at
Prince street Dec. 13, 1801, testified that bo
found him bleeding from the mouth and noso
nnd suffering apparently from concussion of tho
brain. Scher's nose Is now nbout throo times as
large as it wns then. Aside from his injuries,
the witness said, tbo plaintiff Is suffering from
a dlseaso of tho nose, known ns rhlnnscleromu,
or hardening nose. Tho physlclsn enld that the
disease Is hardly known on this continent. It
wns first met with in Russia nnd Austria, and
is rarely ound outside of those countries. The
dlsense makes tho nose look llko a lobster un
boiled. Tbe case was not concluded.
BE BAD TOO UAXT WATCHES.
Ei-Convlnt Immb Bald Hn Uoucbt Them for
Kxport, but He I Convicted.
John Lang, alias "Joker," was convicted yes
terday of being a party to the theft ot $20,000
worth ot watches from the homo of William Me
Convllle, over bis store at 372 Broad street. New
ark. Tho robbery occurred on Mny D, 1807, and
Lang, who was seen loitering nround tho placo
and helping another man away with a hoavy
satchel on that day, wan arrested and has been
locked tin ever since. He Is nn ax-convict, and
tho police havo been in tho hnbit of arresting
him every tlmo anything In his lino of work
occurred in Newark, so the publlo hardly ex
pected to hear of his conviction this tlmo.
McConvlllc's reason for having so many
watches In his possession nt onco was that he
. purchased all the stem-winding watches ha
could get cheaply in this country and sold them
abroad at a bandsomo proflt.
former Foatmattrr U'farrell Leave the Prill
tcntlary. Edward O'Farrell, tbo former Postmaster of
Bnyonne, N. J., was roleaied on Monday from
tbe Essex County Penitentiary at Caldwell. Ho
will go to work ut his trade at a bollarmaker In
Brooklyn within a few days. Mr. O'Farroll was
imprisoned becauso of a shortngo In his ac
counts, Tho deficit was the second occasioned
bv blm, and ho wns arrested for emhczrlcuient.
lie was sent'ineod to ono i car's Imprisonment
and a tine. The lino was rcmittod. While the
delinquent Postmaster was sort Ing his sentcneo
hlsbondsinen paid tho Federal Government thn
amount nt bis deficit. His family was reduced
to straltoned circumstances, and set era!
months ago made homeless by tire.
To Place a Memorial Tablet Ovr the Post
omen Clock.
A committee from Martha Washington Co
lonial Chapter of the Daughters of tbo Ameri
can Revolution walled upon Postmaster Van
Cott yosterdayto arrange for the erection of n
tablet in honor of a number of patriots who nro
said tolmveiiiet tbelr death on the slto of thn
General Post Office building during the Iteo
lutlonary war, Thn committee wun escorted
through tho building, and decided to place tho
tablet over the clock facing the south entrance
on tbe ground floor.
A Woman Killed by Cam.
Margaret Lambert of 200 First avenue was
found dead In her room yesterday morning by
hereon James. She had been accidentally as
phyxiated by illuminating gas. There wns a
small gas stove in tbo room, and a leak in the
tube allowed the gu to eicapa.
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Are Now Offering at i
Greatly Eeduced Prices U
Russian and Hudson's Bay I
Sablo Goods; 3
Also a mil line or the skin i
Sealskin Jackets, Mantles, Capes, 'I
Collars and Muffs, Black Persian 4,
Jackets, Mantles, Capes, Collars and .
Muffs, Moiro Persian Jackets, Silken (
Persian Jackets, Fancy Furs of all f
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Sealskin, Moire, Silken and Black
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fa order from uleeted skins and at vrv
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An Inspection Invited.
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Semi-Annual Sale of
Broken lots in fine
Carpetings
& Rugs. ,
126 pieces best quality
Wilton Velvet Stair Carpet, '
75 cts- (
, formerly ll.tt.
82 pieces 5-lrame '
Royal Wilton, I
$1.2$,
formerly 1 Lie
Smyrna Rugs,
Size 6x9 ft., $8.50. 1
9x12 ft., $18.25. j
Axminster & Velvet Border, L
5 cis- I
per yard. I
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Broadway & 20th St,
Flinps Fine Furniture.
Exquisite designs just finished ara
now at half cost of manufacture.
45 West 23d St.
LEO BROKEX IX A TROZLET CRASH. j
Tito Car Load or Paaaancera Shaken Dp la a
Collltlon In Jeraej Cltr.
Two trolloy cars, one on tbe Greenville Una
runnine up Grand street. Jersey City, and th
other on the I'aclflo avenue line turning Into t
Grand from Van Vorst street, crashed together f,
nt4:30I M. vetterdav. William Murray, 14
yours old, a telegraph messenger v bo was stand
Inicontbo plitfonnof tbo l'nciflo avenue car,
was thrown lieii ily to tbo pavement and bis
ritclit leg wns broki n.
Ho war tn ken to the home of his aunt, Mrs.
Mary It Illy, 171 Grnnd streot. Hotb cars were i
tilled with nussencrs nnd they were pretty J
thoroughly shaken up and frightened. tr
The storms and winds of trtfuble nnd
sickness assail the mariner on life's seas.
He must be clear-headed and strong-bodied
if he would hiiccessfully combat them.
The man who works with his hands, and
the man who works with his brains, must (
have a healthful, wholesome body, or ha
will fail. A blacksmith can't do good
work if he is weak and sick from impure i
blood, poor digestion und weak lungs. I
The lawyer cannot strongly plead liil ?
client's cause if the brain is full of impur (
ities and his nerves are racked by sleep
lessness and unrest.
Dr. Tierce's (lolden Medical Discovery
is a money maker because it puts body
and bratn'tn perfect trim for work. It
makes stomach, liver, bowels and kidneys
Jo their proper work. It helps the food
to digest and supplies blood and nerves ,'
and brain with just the material each I
needs. Weak and nervous men and '
women become strong and vigorous witli
its inc. For thirty years it lias been
recognized as the best of all tonics and
blood makers,
Nine-tenth', of all the ills that human flesh i
hrii toareilue tn coiKtipatioii. If people neer
tiecimc roiiftfpateil, or prntuptlv rrlicrd lhat
conciliation hy a rrort to the right remedy, the
doctors would starve to itrath. Headache, heart
burn, Miur btomach. biliousness and u thousand
other ills arc due to conktliutloti, and cotiMipj
lion is promptly anil permanently cured by Pr.
Pierce's I'lcasaht J'eflets. One 'TcHet' it a
gentle laxative and two a mild cathartic. Tbey
never gripe and do uot get you up at algbL
Druggist sell tbest, HotUlDj (1st U "im
u fjoeL" .'
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