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H THEY PLAYED REAA CARDS.
K awful lapse of mibb maoxzrox
Kg AND JIEJt SVNDAX SCHOOL CLABBr
3 mrror Holds Ilia muttering Heart tha
Bl aTaakury Methedlat Church anil that adar
BlV School auaerlntendent Felde Hli Bande
Kf sata Oulracad Breast and lata aTethlna;.
K Tho congregation of tho Embury Methodist
1 Episcopal Church of Decatur street, Brooklyn,
H$ has been brought to tho verge of sinful strife
Kf by a ouchro party. Miss Emily MacElroy, a
Hgj teacher In tho Sunday school, gavo tho party.
Hp Bho Invited tho members of her Sunday school
Rj class to como to hor house on the night of
Wy Wednesday, Jan. 10, to 'Join In a Salmagundi
Kf party. At n Salmagundi party the gamut of
Bft Joy way r,m from "Simon says thumbs up" to
$$ solitaire matches. Thoro woro eleven girls In
JE Miss MncElrcy's class. Threo of tho eleven,
Jjf when they heard that games In -which. cards
a? were used were to bo played, decided that they
W couldn't possibly go to ,tbo party if that woro
&. to be.
ffi They lot out some hint of their feelings to
K tho other eight. Tho olght, loving their teacher
W. dearly, vtont straightway nnd told her. It was
Wjj provoking, to say tho loaBt, to think of trying
f to havo n good timo w hen a quarter of tho com-
gk pany wero so excruciatingly circumspect that
they would bo sure to think twlco before they
j smiled and wouldn't play hop scotch for fear
8 somo ono would think they were dancing. Miss
MacKlror had been In tho church ever, since
she was 5 years old and had always boen n con
sistent Christian, and oho and tho eight rather
thought they could romaln good and still havo
a party. So the party como off. When tho
eight faced each other In the realization that
they wcro not to bo restrained by the qualms of
tho sanctified, thoy pondorod with n little pious
m yearning, and concluded, finally, that slnco
ifi, they wouldn't bo tempting their absont sis-
-St tars to offend, tboy might with impunity play
LW any game that wasn't really wicked.
2 Thoy Baw tho look of sj mpathy In their toaoh-
JJ ar's kindly oyo, nnd thty ald they wanted to
W P"vVhatl" said Miss MacElroy, observing their
V; hesitation with u smile. ,
ifit She need never havo nsked. Ono girl on-
aworod shyly, "Kuchro. Miss MacElroy," and
M thero were bocu fluttering echoes of "Euchre,
iV euchro, ouchro."
Ihov plned euchre. They had a perfectly
?$? beautiful tlnio. Tlioy all told Miss Maotlroy
S that they had enjoyed It c or so much.
V Tho threo girls who hadntcomo beard all
K, about iho party. Thoy wero not tho loast bit on-
ife vlous'.whon thoy hcardjwhat a good time tho
i others: had, but they were setcroly shocked
S; i when they learnod thnt the party had turned
5f ' out to be u euchro party. In tho regular courso
jjf of church o ents tho story was ono afternoon
JS and evening In reaching Superintendent II. It.
K; Itoden of tho Sunday school. Ho was scandal-
it litd. Therejwas only one courso for Miss Mac-
Elroy to pursue, and it bocamo noised about that
ho hoped sho would take that courso without
4t further suggestion from him. . .
j Soiuebod) told 3Ilss .Mucr.iroy, anil sno wroio
St nut her resignation nnd sent it to Mr. Itoden.
5f Then sho sent word to tho eight girls, and they
tjL all cniuo to sco her, nnd sho told thorn that sho
A3 wosn't to be their teacher any more, because
f? sho had tried to rnako them happy at her party.
St Kcrtody felt badly. Tho girls said they
& wouldn't go to Sunday Bchool any more If Mist
ft MacElroy couldn't bo their teacher. Sho told
i'U, them that she appreciated their love and would
si never forget it. but that It w ould bo very wicked
jft of her to bo tho causo of their not going to Sun-
ji day school nny more.
pi 'Miss MacElroy, ' suggested one, drying hor
si, tcars.w 1th a radiant smllo, "why can't wo como
? to Sunday school hero, nt your housel"
A The girl who raado the suggestion was almost
W huggod to death on tho spot. For two Sundays
ji BIblo Class No 1 has been taught by another
than Miss MacElroy nnd the scholars In it havo
ih numbered three. Kvcrv Sunday Just ns tho
f?l Sunday school was breaking up and getting
SB ready for church. Miss MacElroy and her eight
S& pupils havo como lovingly down tho street from
jHj her homo.
sjj The mothers of tho eight havo arrayed them-
"i: selves on the sido of their daughters and the
g) congregation has been talking tho matter over.
v" Mr. Hodcn's eido points to tho church rulo
Sagnlnst card playing, and thero rests its case.
Miss MacElroy said yosterday: "I havo served
the Methodist Church faithfully. I am so sorry
this has occurred. I must say, however, that
.. never havo I seen a rule of the Sunday school
g? which requires tho toachers to declare that thoy
3f will not partlclnnto In anything llko card play
uj lng or theatrcgolng. I know that the rules of
J the Methodist Church include this, but it Is a
'JV contmon cuitoni to givo a general Interpret-
EA tlon to tho meaning of this section. I under-
ST stand thai tho teachers, when they accopt
A; classes In tho school, aro requostod to sign
k a'jitcments saying that they v ill not encourage
(it anything llko card playing. I havo never seen
-i' irach a statement nnd do not llko tho idea of
Si being mode tho cruol example."
ft Others In tho church have been guilty of
?;2 things just as bad. Miss Macnirqyaald, and no
ff notlco has boen tnknn of them. She continued :
A , "I am still a member of the church, of course.
'Vi We havo been urged to connect ourselves t lth
Si some other Sunday school, but as yet I havo
'Si not decided what courso I shall pursue."
91 Mr. Hodcn's son Waiter said: "I do not think
fl that my father would care to discuss the inat-
5a i ter."
m - to xscAm mou JwzzuruE.
dr
?Si Police Hoar or a Plot for DetlTarlagthePrtsoa
rM Ward.
'fM , Six policemen of tho EaBt Thirty-fifth street
HP station and four special men under Inspector
'Q$ Thompson united from midnight Thursday un-
& til daylight yesterday for a party of crool's to
ffi break into tho prison ward at llcllevue Hospital
m and set frco two of tho prisoners confined there.
J Information that such an attempt was to bo mado
At hid been received by both Inspector Thompson
;Jg and Itoundsman Quick, who in In charge of tho
:M Uello no squad, and it was hoped that tho men
W who wore to engage In it could bo captured in
j yo act. They failed to appear, however, and
M the long watch accomplished nothing oxcopt to
i5j stop tho rescue, which could have been.dono
IJj much mote easily by remov lng the prisoners the
rA attempt was Intended to havo released.
MTheso woro Frederick Powers, 20 years old,
a printer of 'J Monroo Mrcct, and Samuol Mills,
.-, 24, also a printer, of 318 Monroe street. They
j? """ ' wero arrested by Central Oftlco detectives on
ti Dec. 22 for holding up and robbing Harry Da-
') rldson, clerk in Uakst's drug store, at l'iko and
'i0 Madison streets, on tho night of Deo. 10. They
M confessed to tho robbery, 1'owers sa)lng that he
fA threatened Davidson with his rovolver and
3 then.grapplcd with him, while Mills broke open
iff the money drawcrlwitu a Jimmy. Tbe.drawer
Jf and 30 of its contents woro dropped in tho
K, mn' haste, but they got away with about
L 20, shootlug thotr revolvers as thoy ran down
Cfe the strcot. At tho ttmoof his arrest Powers
,15' bad a gunshot wound In his leg, which bo said
& ho had received from discharging bis rovol-
m vor acsidentally, and was sent to Ilellevbe.
a Mills went to the hospital a wcoic later for
'Jg medical treatment.
I 'Iho pollco say both belong to a Piko street
Jfe Bang ot crooks who commit all sorts of depro-
pl cations along tho water front and on tho oast
US "Ide. Powers has served two years and a half
ugi In Sing hlug for shooting a poddlcr In 1HII1.
RS The police consider their information that an
fen '. attempt was to bo mado to rescue thoso men
BiJ by others of tho gang to bo perfectly trustwor-
i-'j thy and will not divulge its sourto. 'Ihcy un-
.i derstand tnat the attemiit was to have been
1m made on Wednesday night, but was postponed
' on account of a wake which tho gang wished to
l;"-J attend. '1 lie Information was that Powers nnd
Kt Mills wero armed and wero In tho plot, that
Wit somo tlmo after midnight, six men wero to row
iy, up to tho sea wall at tho hospital, and. wbllo
m one remained with the boat, tho others wero to
ft go to the prison ward mid draw off or over-
" cower tho two policemen on duty thero, tako
,i their ko)s from thorn, and open tho door to ttio
IS "cago," then Powers and Mills w c ro to 1k carrlod
ri off In the boat nnd sent out of tho city in any
tfi way pomIMo. There were eight other prison
Si r srsInthclward,whci,withPowor8and.Mills,wcro
2 supposed to be able to take caro of Kelly, tho
& , malo nurso In charge, whilo the othor men wero
tm overpowering tho policemen.
w" T58. J!ilc1 trlc1 h,aTd io W tlicl' Plans to
meet this attempt without allowing any ono to
I know they wero doing to, but as no boat was
yeon by any of thoso watching for It, it Is
thought that their preparations mutt havo
been known to tl a would-be rescuers.
Yesterday morning Powers and Mills were
searched thoroughly, but no weapons wero
found on them. Each had a twelve-Inch metal
anw, howover, through tho holes nt tho ends of
which tpe4 WLro passed, so that the sans could
be hung about tho men's net ks while their beds
j wcro being inadoup. When the mon were un
dressed tho suws wcro couicaled in their beds.
After the search tho two prisoners wcro hand
cuffed and sent to Pollco Headquarters'. De
tective aro now trjlng to make cases against
iML:''!0" '"."oaro supposed to havo been con
cerned In the plot.
0i5:P r- S"l1' ero arraigned In tho Ks
!5i. .S'.k1 t'Purt Jr,J,tcJ?r "'ternoon io an
ywer to tho cliarge of holding up and robbing
iJ rkr?f t'10 "rUKtora Bt ke "d Madison
strecis. rjerk narfnson refused to swear to a
complaint that MilU nnd Powers were tho rob
&if, u 8 and Powers Wero held In 8H.000
pail cat h on their pleas of guilty, buck, tho
third robbe. U still in Uio Tombs iWalllni trial!
ft Flrevoraa factory lllona tip. '
K ' Zpatecas, Mexlro, Fob. 4. A lomb was
T accidentally exdoded In a fireworks factory
saaaaaBV W,'ln', United a ketr of gunpowder. Ibe ex-
LaaaaaaaaV L'"ion ""Sked tho building and three penons
m WW caught UAder the falling walVoni kJUVd!'
VTHX OCB JTRVJT, WAS, JtARRXD.
Saraiaas raand laa ! aala an Ata fraai
Calirarala. '
SpfrtalCabtt De$patc to Tint But.
BntUN, Fob. 4. Tho Retchsanidotr this iven
ing publishes tho text of tho decision of tha
Bundesrath yesterday in regard to tho Govern
ment's prohibition ot tha Importation of Ameri
can fresh fruits. Tho document staUs that Ilerr
Frank, professor of agriculture in tha Berlin
Technical High School, discovered In a lot ot
California fruit consigned to Hamburg Hu
morous living San Joso scales. A conference
held at tho Imperial Health OfQco confirmed
tbls dlscovory, and revealed tho danger of al
lowing the continuance of the Importation of
American fresh fruits. Proof of ths danger of
auch Importation is shown In quoted extracts
from Cockerell'n work on San Jostf soales, pub
lished by the Department of Agrloulluro at
Washington, ....
The Jieichtanteioer dwolls upon tho rapid
spread of the Insect from Chill to British Colum
bia and tho Atlantlo coast, mentions tho pre
cautions nnd penalties presorlbed by Oregon
nnd othor American Statos. and recalls tho
damage, amounting to millions of marks, caused
to European vines by phylloxera from Amorlca.
Finally It quotes a precedent for the prohibi
tion in a similar measure against American
potatoes in 1B76. ...
Apropos ot tho total prohibition of the Im
portation of American plants and nursery
stocks, whether sound or unsound, the Tape
blatt points out the stupidity of prohibiting
sound plants which aro necessary to develop
the German fruit industry. This clause, it says,
is also calculated to farther embitter the situation.
roar nun nitEasmo bao.
Mlaa Taeurkaur neperte la Xaalra That It Bla
appeared Treat the Pnarst Bismarck.
Svtetal CabU Jjatca Io Tns Stnt.
Home, Feb. 4. A despatch from Naples says
that Miss Lily Thourkauf, an American lady,
has notified the pollco thero of her loss of a
dressing bag containing valuables worth 200,000
franca on board the stoamer Fuerst Bismarck,
from Now York Jan. 22, on which sho was a
passenger. No claim for the loss has as yet been
lodged with the United Statos Embassy here.
Mln Theurkauf is a sister of Otto A. Theur
kauf, a broker at IB Beaver street, and Is travel
ling in tho Mediterranean for her health. No
news regarding tho loss of her property had
reached him until a Sun reporter called nt his
office yosterday afternoon. When he beard tho
amount of the loss, 200.000 francs, he laughed.
" If It was 2.000 francs I supposo It wouldn't
t& . wax, fnwaa. lira. Inn ''1, nanf.) TP n,r
usnuiuijuui iinva,itvtuu, uu au,u, , '-;
sister has lost anything it is much nearer thnt
amount than tho other. She took with her only
money enough for her travelling expenses. In
the form of letters of credit, worthless to any
ono but hersolf. As for valuables, sho had none
with her, barring hor Jewelry, worth perhaps a
little over a hundred dollars, now any such re-
lort got started I cannot Imagine If my sister
as lost anything at all, I shall probably hear of
it by letter."
At the Hamburg-Amorlcan Una offices no re
port of tho loss had been received.
JPIMfCESS ELVIRA DIYOROKT).
'Dea Carleas Itunaway Daughter Separated.
Trent Ceuat Folchl.
Sptttal CabU Dt$patch to Tmc Stnt.
Home, Feb. 4. A bill of separation has been
granted severing tho marital relations of Count
Philip Folchl and Princess Elvira, daughter ot
Don Carlos, the pretender to tho Spanish throne.
By the terms of the separation Princess Elvira
receives 300 francs a month. Tho Princess, or
as sho was called. Infanta Dona Elvira, sloped
with Count Folchl In November, 1800, at which
time she was publicly disowned by her father.
BREAD ItlOTS AX PEItOSA.
The f sb Dispersed by Treape, with Many Hurt
on Both lldea.
Sprclal CabU Dttpatch to Tut Bra.
Rome. Feb. 4. Serious bread riots have oc
curred at Perosa, noar Turin. The disorder was
finally suppressed by tho troops, but In the con
flicts between the mob and 'ho soldiers many
were wounded on both sides.
A PORTRAIT or TE3PUC0X.
Touad la h Freaca by Chlrlandale Blaoeverea
In Vlerenee.
OPMfaf CabU Dttwmtch to Tail Belt.
Rome, Feb, 4. A fresco by Ghlrlandalo, with
portrait of Amerigo Vespucci, has been dis
covered In the ancient Vespucci chapel of All
Saints' Church at Florence. Antiquarians had
believed that the fresco was lost.
H ARISE JIISHAPS.
Underwriters Give Dp tha Stranded California
and Wrecked Xtlsa.
Special CabU Dttpatoh to The Suit.
London, Feb. 4. Tho British steamship Amu
rynthla, Capt. McNoIll. from Glasgow for Balti
more, has boen spoken twenty miles north of
Inlstrahull. with her shaft broken. Tugs have
gone to her assistance.
DuNKimc, Fob. 4. The British ship Andora,
Capt. Passmore, from Junin for this port and
Now York, stranded at the entrance of this har
bor. Her crow have landed.
ItowE. Denmark. Feb. 4. The German steam
ship California, beforo reported ashore off this
port, has been abandoned by the underwriters,
who bavo paid tho loss on the vessel. Of the
cargo 700 bales of cotton were saved.
Maasvlakte. Holland. Feb. 4. The German
ship Else, from Savannah Dec. 1C for Rotter
dam, bofore reported wrecked off this port, is a
total loss.
WRECK COSTS NINE EITEB.
Celllslen Between Flsnt and Passenger
Tralna In Scotland.
Special Cable Detpateh to Tnc Beit.
EDtvnunon. Feb. 4 A passenger train run
ning between Ayr and Kilmarnock camo into
collision with a freight train at Barascie. a
small intermediate station, to-day. The cars
ot tho passengor train were derailed and
wrecked. Nine persons were killed and many
others Injured.
Xjlberala Gain In a Bre-Blvetlen.
Bpecial CabU Deipatch to Tire Stnt.
London, Fob. 4. The Parliamentary election
to fill tho scat in tho House of Commons for the
Southeast division of Durham, made vacant by
the death of Gen. Sir II. Havelock-Allen,
Liberal-Unionist, who was recently killed on
the Indian frontier, took place yesterday, Tho
polling resulted In the election of Mr. J. Rich
ardson, Liberal, who received 0,280 votes,
ngainst 0,011 cast for Mr. Limbton, the Con
servative candidate. Mr. Richardson was tho
unsuccessful candidato for tho seat in the last
election when Gen. Havelock-Allen was re
turned by a vote of 8,078 to 0,804.
Ballhaar Practically In Bnlna,
Bpectal CabU Deepatch to Tna Sua.
Constantinople, Feb. 4. Further particu
lars of the earthquake whloh occurred at
Balikesr, Asia Minor, on Wednesday, wero re
ceived here to-day. These reporta say tbac the
town is practically In ruins. All of tha mosques,
prison buildings, and other nubile structures,
nnd a majority of the dwelling houses, are
levelled to the ground.
King eT the Belgians ITantato Gat Bid eT Ilia
Euitliu Crawt
Special CalU Detpateh to Tne Bra.
London, Feb. 4. Tho Field says that the King
of the Belgians, who recently purchased tho
yacht Mayflower, belonging to tho es
tate ot Ogilen Goelet, has arranged that
the crew shall be halt Englishmen and half Bel
gians. His idea Is to eventually dlspenso
with tho Englishmen.
fi.u Bnsllah Strainer Tor lbs Hlandlha.
Special CabU Ptipttch Io Tux Sea.
SotrriiAMiTON, Feb. 4. Tho steamer Tartar,
recently purchased by the Canadian Pacific
Railroad Company for service betweon Van
couver and Fort Wrangell, at the mouth of the
Stlcklno river, will sail from this port to-morrow.
Sho will tnko out 1100 Englishmen des
tined for the Klondike, together with n largo
quantity of stores, telegrapblo cables, &c
Gen, Sir George Unite Badly Iajured.
Special Cabli Detpateh to Tat Sra.
Calcutta, Feb. 4,-Gen. Sir George Stewart
White formerly Commander-in-Chief of her
Majesty's forces in India, was thrown from bis
horse this Inoiiilnp and was seriously injured.
One of his legs was broken in two places and ho
was badly shaken and bruised.
A Ruth Tar StaUhla CerllQeater.
The record was broken yesterday In the seal
skin certificate department of the Law Dlv Islon
of the Custom House. Certificates wero issued
to eighteen women, who wished aacquee.
S51i!r.?!ider c.pc, coHe-wttes and muffs
prolctedtrqn seizure on their .return from
WHY JOHN HALt, RESIGNED.
OnVItCWB XKYEXVJB 1TAB Milt DOrTlT
OFT, ATE XJtAKS.
It la Bald That tha Paster VTaat Over tha
Book! with the Seealen and Beeldad. ot Hla
Una Motlan. That II Wat Tine Tar Hint
la Retire Tha rallies- Off or Reveane.
At tho meeting called for that purposolast
Wodnosday night, tho congregation of the Fifth
Avenuo Presbyterian Church became offlolally
advised that the ltov. Dr. John Hall had deter
mined to withdraw his resignation and continue
as tho pastor of tho church. Tho report of tho
committee, through whlchlthls decision was
officially mado known, was unanimously adopt
ed and tho meeting then adjourned, after a ses
sion of hardly mora than twenty minutes. In
the aftornoon of that day, a member of the ses
sion of tho church, in conversation with are
porter ot The Bun, said:
"The meeting to-night will be In every way
harmonious. Aftor that mooting, and In their
own good timo, tho sosslon may sco fit to tako
Bomo action. Whother or not tho majority of
thom will resign I oannot say at tbls tlmo. Bo
twoen now and then, howover, the real reason
why Dr. Hall rcslgnod may bo mndo public If
it le. It w 111 mako mighty Interesting roadlng.
"When Dr. Hall announced his resignation
from tho pulpit threo weeks ago, tho announce
ment astonished tho majority of the congrega
tion. Only a very fow In church dreamed that
tho pastor oven contcmplntcd such a step. Then
speculation, in tho press and among tho congre-
f ration, was Indulged in as to tho reason which
od Dr. Hall to tuko tho step.
"The real reason for thnt resignation has been
kopt a eccrct by tho only persons who knew It.
Thoy were tho pastor nnd tho session. Doth
thought it unnecessary to go into explanations.
Thoro has been mucli printed In tho papers
uuuut mo session compelling ur. iiaii eo resign
and aliout tha scBslon being hostile to Dr. Hall.
Now lot nlo toll you something. Instead ot tha
sosslon asking or oven suggesting that tho doc
tor should resign, tho doctor himself suggested
It to tho session. 'Hits may surprlsa bouio per
sons, but It Is n fact.
'"1 his suggestion on his pnrt was mado after ho
had held moro than ono conferenco with tho ses
sion. Whon it was made tho sosslon refused
to entertulD It. Pastor nnd session had boen
considering certain conditions existing In tho
church, which both knew must bo faced before
Jong. Finally tho do:tor Insisted that tho
difficulties which presented thcmsolvos could
post be met by his resignation. Seeing tho way
committee bo appointed, consisting of certain
members of tho session nnd certain members of
tho congregation, to meet Dr. Hall and talk tho
matter over. Tho commtttco and tho doctor
met, provision for his future was mado and tho
tlmo when his active pastorato should end was
determined upon. What lins happened slnco
tbon is well known. Somo time the rest of tho
Btory may bo told."
Tho rest of tho Btory vvaa told yesterday, whon
what mombcrs of the session say was tho actual
reason for tho resignation was mado public.
It lies In tho fnct that tho church has been run
ning behind, financially and In membership.
According to tho story. Dr. Hall went over tho
membership roll and tho books of tho Treasurer
with tho session, and, when he found out how the
Btnnulng of the church, in membership and In
finances, coinpiircd with Us standing ten years
ago, he. In effect, said:
"This means that wo are going down hill
Tho ofllccrs of tho church oro efllclent. Some
thing muBt bo wrong with the pastor. I'm go
ing to resign."
Somo of tho figures with which pastor and
session wero confronted were tho following:
In 1880 the church gave to homo missions $32.
000, and this, with church expensos. amount
ing to $.33,000. In 1880 tho contributions to
homo missions were $44,000; in 1R0O, W3.000;
in 18'i:i. 8118,000; In 1807. $12,000. In 1888
the church gave to foreign missions $28,000.
in 1800, S.2.1,000: In lSOU, $15,000; in 1807,
$0,000 Ten vearsmrotho ehuroh was giving
to tho Presbyterian Hoard of Education $2,000.
In 1807 it fiavo$0UD.
Another thine that tho pastor ' and session
noticed was that durimr tho vcars whon Iho
church was giving most to tho general church
bcnovolcncos tho church expenses were running
about $10,000 n year higher than they ore now,
and then, after making all donations, thoro was
an annunpRurplus. This amounted at ono tlmo
to $100,000, nnd it was with tho surplus
that tho parsonage ndjolnlng tho church on tho
north was built. More than this, it is stated
that pow s w hich only a few ears ago rented for
$3,000 havo recently gone begging at an annual
rental of $5.
It has bcon told recently In TnE Sdn that
somo of the wealthiest members of the congre
gation havo already left the church. Members
of the session say that, with the resignations of
nve ot tho session In the hands of the pastor
ana the prospect of other resignations to follow,
tho problem of keeping tho Fifth Avenuo Church
in tho place it has occupiod among Ire3byto
rlan churches must bo figured out without tho
help of tho Sloaues, the Kennedys, tho Malt
lands, the McCooks, and others.
BXXIPATnX TtATlIEIt THAU AID.
Kew Bedford Striken Complaining Because
Money UoetaH Come In.
New Bedford, Mass., Fob. 4. Tha murmurs
of discontent among tho non-union weavers
continue and there is little prospect of a bettor
feeling on tbclr part unless the contributions
from outside sources aro sufficiently largo to
warrant giving thom as much strike pay as tho
union vv eavcrs get. Secretary Hart, at tho mass
meeting tbls aftornoon, said:
" Unless tho money comes in faster, the young
men and young women in the union evon will
havo to shift for thomsclvcs. Tho Executive
Committee will seo to It that only members w lth
families receive tholr part of tho aid. A largo
sum was expected from the outside, but wo've
got only sympatb), and sympathy doesn't go
far toward filling our atomachs. We are fight
ing tho battle for all Now England, but all New
England is furnishing us with mighty little
ammunition,"
auusu mm iuujt. upua cue situation witnout
bias assert that it is only a question of time
when the non union weavers will go to work
nnd the Btrlke, so far as the weavers aro con
cerned, will be brokon.
STRUCK VOIt WAItaTO.
Seventeen Chilly Workmen or the Pearlaaa
Rubber Company Lote Their Jobs.
The Peerless Rubber Company at New Dur
ham, N. J., applied to Chief of Police Moylan of
North Bergen yesterday for police to guard tho
company's property. During the recent cold
wave tho temporaturo In tho building was very
low, and on Thursday sovontcen of tho em
ployees left the works. The company averted a
general strike, it is said, by promising to put in
additional beating apparatus as soon as possi
ble. Yesterday tho striking employees applied
to bo restored to their places, but were told thoy
wero not wanted. They made threats and, it Is
alleged, tried to Intimidate otbor workmen. The
police drovo the strikers from the works.
Grand Central strike la OCT.
The general strlko ot the union mechanics at
work at the Grand Central Station was declared
oft yesterday, pending a settlement of the con
troversy botw ccn the bousesmiths and the metal
lathers.
W. C. T. I'. Tor Free Cuba.
PounniCErrsiE, Fob. 4. Tho Dutchess County
W. C. T, U in session here, has adoptod a reso
lution declaring for free Cuba nnd condemning
Spinlsh cruoltlos. Tho resolution concludes ns
follows:
"The W. C. T. U. of Dutehoss county feels
called upon to set nn oxamplo to othor socie
ties by declaring thnt It Is tlmo for tho women
of this countrv to uso their tnllucnco with their
fathers, brothers hUBbnnds, nnd sons to bring
this stato of utfnlrs to a closo bv urging upon all
to bring such pressure of public opinion upon
Congress which shall forco that body to ut least
rccognizo that tbls terrlblo stato of warfare does
exist."
Cuban Rrsotutlon In Ibe House.
Wasiiivotoy, Feb. 4. Representative Wil
liams otMlssisslppl Introduced into the House to
day a resolution calling upon tho Secretary of
Stato to furnish all Information pertaining to
tho war In Cuba, 'if n resolution asks especially
what progress has been mad In Spain's efforts
to Induce tho Cubans Io accept autonomy, iu
foimntlou about tho condition of Cuba since the
odv ent of tho new roglmo under Gen. Blanco Is
also called for.
To Oppote Iho SulllTau Bliprasarx BUI.
A general meeting of representatives of the
various dlsponsarles in this eitj has been called
for next Wednesday evening at tho Transporta
tion Club, Hotel Manhattan, Madison avenue
and Fom-'ccond street, to take action upon the
Hulllv an Dispensary bill, now before the Legis
lature, 'the call su)s regarding tho bill: "Tills
messure, If enacted lntolnw, would seem to cur
tail tho usefulness of our Institutions, and
seriously affect their self-government,"
new Nprrlal Train to Urnvrr, Colorado,
llrzinn ng Sunday, rVb. 0, "The qolorado Special,"
rnakirin fastest ic.hr.lulo evrr maintained botxrrn
Culcaao ami Colorado's capital city, will iearo Chi
cAito. via I hlesKU, Union PaclAo aud Nortnwetttra
Hues, CulcaKO and Niinuwrilrrn Hallway On put, at
10 A. 11. dally, and reach Deafer at 1:30 the follow
lug afternoon. Equipment perfect, for Information
adarrtt . A oroM. ueneral EasUra Acaat,- 483
CRAW It BEXBATlOlr.
HeBltlnterea "Swindle" by the aglalatnra
and the Slnklna rand Caatntloaloa.
Tho Consolidated Ice Company asked the Dock
Board yesterday for a permit to build a tempo
rary ico slldo at the foot ot West 133th street,
"I hays something to say concerning that
properly," said President Cram. Then ho wont
on to say that on Dec. 30 the city's title to the
property along tho North River, between 138th
and 130th streets, had boen transtorrod to the
estates of Isaao and Simon Bernhclmer in ex
chango for the block bounded by 140th and 141st
streets without the knowledge or consent ot the
former Dock Board, which had spent 9100,000
in improving the property.
" Apparently tho city was swindled out ot this
money, and no one seems to know Just how It
happened," continued Mr. Cram. "The trans
fer was raado the day beforo tho old board went
out ot ofllce, and as far ns I can find out neither
President O'Brien nor his colleagues knew any
thing about iL According to tho Information I
havo, the transfer was made at tho instanco of
Comptroller Fitoh. In any ovont, tho city seems
to bo minus tho $150,000 It spent for Improving
the property, and all permits Issued for tho uso
of tha water front there will havo to bo re
voked." PresIdentCram Intimated that a " thorough
Investigation " into the matter would bo made.
No transfer of city property can be mado
without tho permission of tho Sinking Fund
Commission.
Ex Comptroller Fitch, at whom Mr. Cram's
remarks appoared to be almod, was seen at bis
homo last night, where, having none of tho dnta,
ho was unablo to go Into all tho details concern
ing tho transaction. But this much ho said:
"Tho property to which I supposo Mr. Cram
had reference had bcon In litigation for a long
tprm of years. Title to It was elalmod by both
the city nnd tho Bernholmors. In order that tho
tlleputo might bo delinltoly Bottled tho Legisla
ture passed an act two or threo yoarsngo au
thorizing tho Sinking Fund Commissioners to
mako this settlement on terms equitnblo to
both parties. A short tlmo thoroaftor. nt
least as long ago as a year nnd a hnlf,
tho board held a numborot meetings at which
the matter was publicly discussed. These meet
ings were reported In tho newspapers at tint
tlmo. They wore porfoctly opon and nbovo
board, and It waB decided that the city should
glvo tho llcrnhoimers a part of tho property In re
turn for n warranty deod for the rest of it. Tho
details ot the settlement wero left to tho lvvv
Department to bo carrlod out. Exactly when
this was dono I do not know very likely,
as Mr. Cram snld, at tho closo of
the Strong administration. I undcrstoot
that tho Bernhclmcrs had dlfllcully In
making the tltlo to tho city's part of tho prop
erty satisfactory to the Corporation Counsel,
and very properly ho waited beforo recording
tho flnnl papers until this wns accomplished,
vvhilo tho particulars of tho settlement wero
nrranged by tho Corporation Counsel. I remem
ber distinctly that every member of tho old
Sinking Fund Commission v oted in favor of tho
proposition.
"As to tho improvements mentioned as hav
ing been made br tho city I know nothing. My
Impression was that nothing had been none In
that respect, but I cannot say positively. To
morrow wo will bo nble to get at nil the papers
in the case and clear it up fully."
X7TII Or.EJM.
Ths Performance or "Die fTalknre In the
Motropolltnn.
" Die Walktlre " was given last evening In tho
Metropolitan as a commencomont ot thocyclus
of tho" Nlebelungen Ring" with a cast which,
for tho eako of referonco, is appended:
Blegllnde Oadskl
Brunnhllde Xordlca
"rlck staudlgl
UorhllJti .Toronta
Helmwlge bcya&rd
Orlllnda VanCauttren
Woltraute HtaurtUl
Slegrune Mattfeld
bchvrerlelle floettkh
Grlmiterde I.. Hartmau
Ilosswelato U. Hartmau
Blegmuad Kraut
Wotan rlxcuer
Hundlni Rains
Conductor, Damroscb
This Is an array of artists that could not fall
to make an excollent result. This, indeed,
was tho fact, for a very satisfactory por
formanco was given that in most regards
was not a whit behind tho best render
ings that othor seasons havo offered us.
Thero was a staff ot Valkyrs that wcrerellablo
and tunoful, and against this good background
ths stars ot greater magnitude sliono
bravely forth, some with radiant splendor,
some, with less numerous twinklings and
mildor rnvs. Wotan is a role In which Horr
Fischer has won almostas many laurelsan ho has
in Ilani Sachs. There Is a mellow beauty about
his Interpretation and n symDatbv that en
dears It closely to bl3 listeners. Such impres
sions can only be mado by artists of tho ripest
experience.
Herr Kraus, as Sieamund. added laurels to
tho many already won this season. He had nn
entirely adequate coadjutor in Mme. GadsM,
who, In tho lovely character of iSieolliule, dis-
Elayed to tne fullest extent tho charm ot her
cautlful voice and the sincerity nnd assured
capability of her dramatic art. Together this
pair In tho first act worked up their scene to a
pitch of unusual and magnlllcont excitement.
They are both forcible, their voices are
of phenomenal power, nnd their school is essen
tially and unequivocally Gorman. Ever ono of
the traditions of tho German stago la strictly
obeyed by thcto singers, so that thoy glvo tha
very essence of Tou tonic inspiration and emo
tion. Scarcely evor was a moro brilliant audience
assembled In tho Metropolitan than was gntli
orod thoro last evening. Mine. Nordlca's first
apnenranco In a groat rolo which has had tho
highest interpretation formerly was no doubt in
grot measure tho cause of this. Still, "Dio
Walkfiro" is a favoiito opera, and never
falls to attract largo numbers. A care
ful analysis of Mme. Nordlca's presenta
tion of tho chief niaffcHrir' must bo
resorved for a future occasion. Tho attempt Is
a worthy one, and It was certainly worthil) car
ried out. In order to becomo grander and moro
perfect in tho rolo Nordica must have tho be no
il t of time, custom, and mature consideration.
At present the part and sho nro grappling, and
tbo part so far Is tho best fellow.
From past records, however. It would not bo
safe to Iny high wagera upon tho role, for not
even a Wagner role has moro character anil
determination than tho Boston girl who has
mounted with stonily determination and unfal
tering steps the laddor of fame.
Nordica was at her best In tho scene with tho
W'alkyrUa. Vocally she did well, but not trans
cendently so. Sbe did not seem to havo as
much charm In the voice as usual. Still she
may be said to have seori d a success.
Tno orchestra was In a desirable form and the
performance pralsoworthy in evory regard.
The Opera To-Day.
Mme. Melba will be heard at tho matinee to
day as Juliette in Gounod's " Romeo et Jullotte,"
one of the operas in which Bho is most popular
here. MM. Iboi, Boudouresque, Campanarl,
Stchmann, Rains, nnd Vivian! and Mines, Toron
ta nnd Van Cauteren will also appevr. Slgnor
Blmbonl will conduct. In tho evening "Tann
bauser" will bo sung at popular prices for the
only time this season. MM, Kraus, Fischer,
Blspham, Staudlgl. and Rains nnd Mmes. Dad
ski, Barna, and Mattfeld will bo heard, Walter
Damrotch will conduct.
Seldl Society Concert.
At the Brooklyn Academy of Muslo this oven
IngMr, Soldi. thoSelril Orchestra, and Mr. Rafael
Joseffy will play iho following programme:
1. "Marmlon." Symphonic Poem Dudley Duck
3. Piauot'onoerto, K minor Ctinnln
U (a) Heart Wounds Orleg
fb) Dwarfs and Eifa , Olaon
4, riano Concerto. A major I Itxt
0. "Let Preludei," hjmphonto Poem Lttzt
FIRE 3IAHE OVISEA IIEXS CACKLE.
A Policeman Outside Heard Them and the
Illnte (In Put Out.
A lot of guinea hens, cooped up In the hall of
the building at 13S Cndar street, gavo tbo alarm
yesterday morning whon tho house caught Are.
They cacklod so loudly that n policeman out
side heard thorn and broke in the door to
find the rear room nblnre. The Italians who
lived in the house fled. One ot them, Mrs. Car
vcllo, dropped hor baby in the excitement, nnd
screamed so loudly for it In tho street that the
policeman ran In and picked It up. The bouse
was damaged $7S.
Steamship Morgan City on Tor the Yukon,
Tho steamship Morgan City, formerly of the
Morgan lino, recently overhauled and refitted
for Paclfio coast transportation service, sailed
yesterday for San Francisco, whence sho will go
to Seattle. Sbe Is owned by tho Josopb Ladue
Gold Mining and Development Company of Iho
ukon. bho passed out at the Hook at 1 1 o'clock
in the morning, and spent nearly four hours ad
Justing her compasses. Sho will not touch at
any ports on the way to tho Paciflo coast, as sho
has enough coal to Inst her tho voyage, which
will take between fifty and sixty days.
Bteclrle Liable In fourth Avenue Tunnel,
The dingy old oil lamps which havo served
to halt light the Fourth avenue tunnel for many
years were supplantod last night with incan
descent electrio lights. Groups of lights con
taining five glooea aro placed at intervals of
yeryaltyfeet,whitoat the Thirty-eighth and
I '.."""th street stairways red globes indicate
M exits.
KILLED BY A MASKED MAN4.
FARMER BORO MURDERED WHILE
t BLEEP IN It ED.
Hla Wire' Awakes In Time la flee tha Murderer
Harjr tha Blada or nn Ate In Her Hue,
band' Sknll The Asaattln Btenp, aavlnc
No Cine, bntaPele la Arretted an Suspicion.
BurrAt), Feb. 4. Farmer Michael Borg, who
lived two miles from Lancaster, Erlo county,
was murdered by a masked man at 4 o'clock
tbls morning whilo asleep in bed with his wife
and a year-old baby. Mr. and Mrs. Sorg nnd
seven of tholr nlno children llvo In a roomy
farmhouse. It was easy for tho raurdorer to
effect an entrance, for the Sorgs were careless
In the mattor ot fastening doors and windows,
and Mrs. Sorg thinks tho back door was loft un
locked. Strango noises awakenod Mrs. Sorg
at about 4 o'clock. She oponcd her eyes
and snw a man standing bosldo the bed
with upllflod axo. He wore a piece of cloth
over his face. As sho stirred, tho mur
derer swung tho axo and tho blado
ot it sunk Into Sorg's head. This was orldently
tho second blow. It must havo boen the noiso
of the first thnt nrouscd Mrs. Sorg. Sho at
tempted to spring out of bed and the nandlo of
tho axo struck her arm as tho blow descended.
Then tho murderer ran through tho door to tho
veranda nnd disappeared down tho road. In
her night clothes Mrs. Sorg ran to a neighbor's
house nnd summoned Farmor Diemlrt, Mr.
Sorg's skull was crushed and tho brain exposed,
but signs of llfo remalnod until 8 o'clock. A
sum of monoyln tno dressor drawer had not
boen touched, but Mrs. Sorg bcllavoB tho object
of tho murderer wns robbery. Sorg drow $100
out of tho bauk yaatcrdny, and It Is possible that
this fact was known to tho murderer.
Whon questioned by tbo officials ns to her sus
picions, Mrs. Sorg rccallod that Michael Ro
guskl, n Pole, who lives at Dcpow, recently
bought a cow from her husband nnd had not
paid in full for it. Roguskl had n horso which
Sorg was nnxious to buy, and Sorg had told Ro
guskl that how ould havo somo monoy to buy it
with after ho called at tho bnnk yesterday. Mrs.
Sorg said that n few days ago Roguskl drove her
homo from tho vlllago storo in bis sleigh, and
complained bitterly that her husband had
cheated him on tho purchase of tho cow. The
murderer was about tho slzo and build of Ro
guskl. and wlilla sho could not identify him,
hor suspicions w ero so strong thnt tho conBtnblo
arrested Roguskl tbls aftornoon nt his homo in
Dopcvv.
Ilouskl stoutly maintained his innocence
but on n search of his house fresh blood stains
were found on tho pillow ot his bed. Ho ex
plained this by saying that hlswlfo's nose bled
last night, nnd Mrs. Roguskl continued this
story. Two axes found in tho hotiso wcro caro
full) oxnmlned. but no trnco of blood was found.
A neighboring farmer said ho had loaned an nxe
to Roguskl nt nbout (I o'clock lust night, but the
nxovvas returned within an hour. Tho nxu In
Son-'s woodshed does not nnnoar tn hnrn hnpn
used, and tho efforts of tho Sheriff to find tbo
murderer's weapon havo bcon unsuccessful. It
Is remarked, too. that tbo first persons to appear
on tho sceno woro unablo to find any footprints
in tho snow to lndicato where the murderer en
tered tho honso or w hit courso he took In do
parting. This has served to cast a slight suspi
cion on Mrs. Sorg.
"OtT TUB RAyiCS OF THE TTABASn."
A Bang, Compotrd with Poetic License, That
la.low (Cnjojlnc Popularity.
Tho region of tho Wabash, or Valley of the
Wabash, as It is sometimes callod, is not very
popular among theatrical people, for there Is
probably no part of the travelled East, West, or
South of the United Statos In which, generally
speaking, thaitrical companies do bo poorly and
disappointed expectations are so many ns in tho
Bcctlonof tho country which lies betweon Torre
Hauto and Evansvillc. But tho name, the
Wabash, has como recently into notice, owing
to tho achievements of R, W. Thompson, Bomo
times called "Tho Ancient Mariner of tho Wa
bash "(ho was bocrctary of tho Navy in tho
Hayes Cabinet), and to tho doath of Danlol W.
Voorheos, known for thirty yoars among poli
ticians in tho United States as "Tbo Tall Syca
more of tho Wabaeb." Possibly for this reason,
possibly for somo other reason. Paul Dressor,
who has written a number of successful local
songs, has given to bis latest. Just now very
popular, tho tltlo "On tho Banks of tho Wabash,
Far Awuy." Dresser Is tho author of " Just Tell
Them That You Saw- Mo." "Don't Tell Hor That
YouLovo Her," "What Would Your Answer
Be, Yes or No t ' The music of "On tho Banks
of tho Wabash, Far Awa v," Is genorally held to
account for lis present success, which could not,
many think, bo found in tne words. This Is the
first vorsc:
Round niy Indiana homestead wave the cornfields,
In the ilUtancp loom the woodland! clear and cool;
Ofteutlmea my thouichta revert to bcenes or childhood,
Where I first reci Ived my teutons nature a achooL
But cine thlnit thro la iul4iln In the picture.
Without her face It scema so Incomplete,
I long to seo my mother In tho doorway
As sbe stood thcrcveara ago her toy to greet.
Persons who hnvo travelled on or near tho
Wabash River, in Indiana, nre awaro of tho
fact that It is an irregular stream, nnd that 220
miles of Itswholo longth, which la 550 miles, is
not navlgttblo bj stenmbonts. This circum
stance, however, line not beon taken Into ac
count by the author of tho song; neither has
tho fact that thero is much wooded land nlong
Its banks, for tho chorus or refrain is ns follows:
Oh tho moonlight's fair to night along the VVahath,
Irom tho fields thero comes the breath of new
mown hay.
Throne!) the sycamores the candle lights are gleam
lug On the hanks of the Wabash, far away.
Ono peculiar feature of tho popularity of this
Bong io the fact that although somewhat bucolic
in character, it hsa rievolopotl a great vogue
among colored Bingors, many of whom, it might
natural!) bo supposed, would be moro partial to
musical themes rela Ing to the sunny South
thnn to ono rioscrlblm, conditions which oxist in
the section of tho country in which colored in
habitants aro very rare. Poetic liconso hasbecn
held by many to extend to song writers ns woll
as to otbor versifiers, and It must be In vlowof
this liconso that tho rcfercncocontnlned In tho
second verso of the song to "strolling by tho
river" Is made, for those familiar with tho
binksoftho Wabash nro awaro that any pro
miscuous strolling would end in tho river Itself.
1 his v erao is as follows:
Man years have patted since I strolled by the river.
Arm Inarm, wlthatw etheart Marv hy my aide.
It wat there I trlrd to tell her that I lored her,
1 1 as there I bepged of her to ho my bride.
Long years have parsed tlnce I strolled through the
churchyard
She's sleeping there, mv angel Mary dean
I loved her. hut the thought I didn't mean It,
Still I'd give my future were the only here.
The muslo of "On the Hackensack" would
probably sound as wall us the muslo of "On the
Wabnsb, Far Away," but it wouldn't bo half so
sentimental.
GRADE cnOBSING EUEEAU.
Tho BallreadCommltalon Looking Tora Bailable
Man to Organise It,
Aiiiavy, Fob. 4. Tho Stato Railroad Com
mission has not ns yot been nblo to organize its
grado crossing bureau. Tho resignation of
Mr. Charles R. Do Freest, former Secretary of
tho board, nhowas tobavobocnplacodlnthnrgo.
occasioned somo cmbnrrassmont, nnd tho board
has as j ot been unablo to obtnln tho services of
a suitable ocrson to organize tbo burenu. Col.
Ashloy W. Colo. President of tho board, sold
to-tlny thnt tho Commissioners nro Becking for
n woll equipped man for tho place, nnd nre nt
present turning their at'entlon In tho direc
tion of tho rnllnny emplnvcos nf tho Stnto for
such a man. To fill tho post efficient!) tho irnti
should havo not only n familiarity with rail
way operations nnd construction, but should
know tho general featuris of tho Itallroad luw
of the Rtatt, ospcclallv thoso portions nppl) lng
to grado crossings, nnd should bo nble to con
duct tinnortnnt correspondent o. It Is bellcvod
that sut h n man cun bo obtained from tho ranks
of organised railway omplo)oos. No man will
bo eelected who Is not possessed ot these quali
fications and tho necessurj ubllity to conduct
tho affairs of the department.
B AIT MILLS HUMMING,
Important Bevlval or Iba Lumbar Industry
Along Puiot Sound.
Seattle, Wash , Feb. 4. Tho cedar shingle
combine has expired by limitation on Puget
Sound. Tbo mills have Btartod up again under
most favorablo conditions with all the orders
thoy can fill during the season. It Is estimated
thut H.000 men w ho wero lillo on account of tbo
combino closlmr tho mills wore put to work yes
terday and today at increased wages, tho mill
men being able to pay bolter wages through Iho
adv anccd prk t s now being received for shingles.
The lumber Interest Is picking up ranldly, nnd
tho logging camps throughout Puget Sound aro
increasing and In tniny Instancesdoubllngtbelr
fori ct. Sawmill men report the outlook more
encouraging than for many years.
Street Car I.I net In Ualllmora Called.
Baltimoiik, Feb. 4. After soveral days of ne
gotiation tho Baltimore City Pusscnger Railway
and the Central Railway Company bavo con
solidated, and the stockholders of both compa
nies will bo callod together to ratify the conaoU
sUtUoo ,
. OAMBLIHO CLUB RAIDED.
Banlette, rare and Haaird Table Selaed
Airrod Hallaabaok Arrested.
Tho Crown Club was Incorporated on Dee,
18, 1807, nnd preceded to run "wldVopon" at
107 West Forty-fifth street. Last night CapU
Titus nnd two wnrdmen of tho West Forty
seventh strcot station raided It nnd possessed
thcmsolvos of ns fine n gambling layout as over
came Into the hands ot the pollco ot this town.
They wont In tho afternoon and so along with
tho gambling Implements thoy got only ono
prisoner, who Is alleged to bo tbo proprietor of
the club. Alfred Hnllcnback, a well-known
sporting man, is tho prisoner.
Two weoks ago Capt. Titus was informed by
ono of his wnrdmen that tho houso would boar
watching. Woll-dressod men were entering
and leaving tho promisos nt all hours of tho
night, Capt, Titus reported to Chief McCul
lagh that ho bcliovod gambling was going on
there nnd ho was ordered to stop it.
Ho couldn't get In to get ovldcnco, so ho de
cided to tako a chance. At S:30 o'clock yos
terday afternoon ho took Wardmen Brown and
Flndlcy and rang tbo door bell. Hallonbaok
opened tho door. Capt. Titus told who ho was
and said ho understood a club occupied part of
the premises. It was to visit tho club tbo Cap
tain sold ho had called.,
"Tbo club is on tho second floor," said Hnl
lcnback, "but I haven't got tho koys."
"Woll, wo'll go up nnd loo): at the hall, said
tho pollco Captain, entering the houso with the
two wnrdmon. Upstairs thoy went, followed
by Hnllcnback. At tho head of tho stairs Capt.
Titus came to a standstill and said, turning to
Hnllcnback!
"You said you didn't havo tho keys, didn't
yout
"No, I haven't got 'cm," said Hallonback.
"W ell, 1 guoss wo con dlsponso with thom,"
snld the policeman. His two companions Joined
him. nnd nil thren nut their Rhnuldei-M en fhn
door. They poshed, nnd In a minuto it gavo
way. Hallonback stood noar protesting.
Tho wholo floor was ono largo room. It was
furnished In the most exponslvo manner. Tho
policemen's hoavy-Bolod shoes sunk deep Into
tho onrpet. The furniture was of tho boBt,
Near the door stood two rouletto tables, the
mountings pf which wero of silver. Toward
tho front of the houso was a faro table, and
nearby was a hazard table. In a closot wero
found two bags ot ivory chips 4.000 in all.
There wasn't a deck ot cards in sight, and no
cards wero found on tho floor aftor a thorough
examination.
Capt. Titus ordered Hallenback's arrest and
the patrol wagon carried the card tables and
chips to tho station house.
Soon after tho raid Inspector Brooks ap
peared at the station house He was followed
later by Chief McCullagh. They congratulated
Capt. Titus nnd examined tho confiscated
gambling outfit .with a good deal of interest.
'Iho pollco will destroy tho outfit.
Hnllcnback- who is well fed and prosperous
looking, said ho was 40 years old and was a
speculator, no lived on tho top floor of tho
houso. The rest of tho houBO Is said to bo used
Py the club. Hnllcnback wasn't locked up long,
for William Fitzgerald of 243 West Forty-fourth
street gavo ball for him. Magistrate Ham
mer camo to tho pollco station and took tho
bond, which was necessary, as having gam
bling implements on tho premises is atfolony.
A Sun reporter was unablo o loam last
night the namos of any of tho members of tho
Crown Club.
A RAKED POTATO lit COVRT.
Oven Wouldn't Bakal Well That Potato Wat
Cooked t a Cinder.
OitAN'OG, N. J.. Feb. 4. A baked potato was
nn oxhlblt In tho District Coui there to-day. It
had beon bakod in an oven in which, so sev
eral accomplished housewlvos testified, they
could bako nothing, and on which they could
not ovon melt vasellno to grease a sick baby. Tho
suit was brought by Frederick II. Williams
against Frederick T. Crone, the City Engineer
of Orange, for tho November, December, and
January rent of the house at 280 High street.
Mr. Williams testified that ho had agreed in
April last to rent the houso to Mr. Crans if he
would sign a leaso for one year from May 1,
1807, and pay $23 a month rent. The lease
was drawn but was norcr signed, because the
Cranes declared that tho rango In the kitchen
was useless.
Mr. Crano swore that he told Mr. Williams
that If a new rango was not put in before Nov.
1 he would move out of tho house. Mr. Wil
liams denlod this, and declared that Mr. Crano
bad told him not to get a now range, as he was
going to move on t on Nor. 1 anyway, and that
e did movo on Oct. 28. .
Mrs. Crane said that she had repeatedly triad
to cook and bake with the range, without avail,
nnd Mrs. Evorett and Mrs. Brown, her neigh
bors, testified that thoy had been present on
several of theso occasions, and could corroborate
Mrs. Crane s story.
Simon D. Faults swore that he bad put in the
rango nnd had oxomined It onco w bile Mr. Crano
lived there and onco since ho left. On the last
occasion he put a thermometer in tho oven and
built a lire in the range. Tho thormometer. ho
swore, roso steadily until tho bottom foil out ot
tho Instrument, Two potatoes which he bod
put In tho ov en a few minutes before, bad to be
placed on tho oven shelf, he said, to prevent
them from burning to a crisp. One of these
fotatocs bo ato, tho otber ho produced In court.
t was black as coal, and did not look like a very
toothsomo morsol. Decision in the case was reserved.
Arranging lo rvoliry Wnnamaker.
Pnir.ADEr.i'iiiA, Fob. 4. An Informal call was
made on John Wnnamaker to-day by William T.
Tildon, Col. Irwin of Clearfield county, and
Thomas Hoopes of West Chester, representing
tho gathering of Stats Republicans at tha
Bourse on Wednesday. Tho object of tho visit
was to appoint a day to formally notify Mr.
v anamaker of tho desire to nominate hfra for
Governor. A full comraltteo will be appointed
hy Chairman Koontz for this purpose. The noti
fication will probably take place on Monday.
Where Tetterday'a Plrea Were.
A M 1:00, 43 StoDo itreer. It. W. Cameron ft Co,
damage tSOO. 2. 41S Eatt 108th street, Charles
Meyer, damage trifling; I) DO, 105 Cedar street, John
Meehan. damage SS 4-1S, 300 Wait Thirty Hxih
street, Frank Golden, ilamtgj I6i 10 89, Sty West
Seventeenth street, James Ilalnta, damage trifling;
10HS, 468 Second avenue, BlymBaker, damage
S600. lltto, 1304 Intervale avenue John Itlmmer,
damagoSSOOj It-IB, 215 Park row, Mia. Lane, dam
aire S100.
P.M. -IS 40. Hll Fifth avenue, F. L. Laming, dam
age S2oi I 43, Jefferson avenue, between Jamaica
and btewart aveuuea (borough of Queens), Eugene
l'oetton. damaseSX.OOO, a -io.Sia East Eighty fifth
stroet, Mary htumneld, damage SKOOi D-fo, Nine
teenth urenuo aud Ulngtbrldgo road, H. Pulton, dam
age SbOOi U:1B, 184V Washington avenue, Julius
Prelck. damage trifling! 8 30, US! rfanoock street.
Catherine Nlltl. (lamaito trifling, H 43, 404 West
Forty seventh ttrret, Mary Barry, daman trifllngi
0 zfi, 231 l'earl atreet, daman trlfllog.
BPARKB FnOJII THE TELEGRAPH.
Private William Klein of Company D, United
Statet Englneera' Battalion, stationed at Wlllett
Point, L. I , fell from the hayloft In tha stables on
Thursday night and broke bit neck.
Harry b. Anuhry. a teamster, waa Instantly killed
yesterday morning at Chenango Bridge, H. T. While
driving a team attached to a load ot iogt down a bill
the chains whlcn held tho logs on the slelgb gave way
and they rolled off, cruthlog him to death.
Superintendent of Inturanco Parn has ltauedhts
certificate or authority to the Tradera' Fire Insurance
Company of hew York to commence hutlneu. tho
compauy having fully organised at a Joint stock fire
Inturanco corporation with a pald.up oapltal of
SSOO.OUU and a paid In turplut of S3U.0OO.
Patrick Dugan ot Alhany, aliout 03 years old, who
for thlrt-nve years had tarred thahew Ynrk Central
Hallroad as flagman at thu Van VVoert street crusting,
was killed yesterday. In trying to escape Superin
tendent Harrington a engine Mnhswk he jumped In
front of a train coming In from the n eat.
The Phi Helta Tbeta Club of New York city was In
corporated yesterday for anclal purposes and to ad
ranee the Interests or the Phi no.ta Theta fraternity.
Thedlreetoie arsi Dudley It Hnrton, Arthur'. Van
Ueldcr, Cieorge I.. Walker, Frederick A. bouihworth,
lxula h. Van Norman, llarrr Knox, Libert P Callen
dcr, rruoklln II VVaro and L 11. Uatkervllluof New
York olty and L. E. A. Drurnmond of Brooklyn,
In winter weather
Every organ demands
More from the
Blood than nt
Any other season.
Hood's Snreaparilla
Gives the vitality
Needed to resist
Chilling winds
And stoiTns,
And is invaluable
To all who aro
"Weak and f rail,
Owing to
Deficient blood.
' ; 1W
WellWorth PickingUp.
Our bargains in Overcoats
and Suits.
Business Suits, $12 & $15,
regular prices $15 to $20.
High Class Overcoats, $15,
$20 8c $25, regular prices $20
to $38.
Boys' Fine Overcoats, $8 &
$10, from $12 & $14.
Boys' Suits, $6 8c $8, from
$10, $12 & $14.
Children's Suits, at $3.50,
originally $6 8c $7.
8T0IIE8 OPKN THIS EVENINO.
HACKETT, I Broadway;
CARHART Corner 13th
&rr I Corno CannI,
vAJ Near Chnmbera
Mens
Furnishings.
Mens Cape Gloves,
Outseam, colors: red and tan,
$1. OO.
Laundered
Dress Shirts
g$ cts.
Night Shirts,
Utica Nonpareil Muslin, 1
50 cts. I
Lord& Taylor I
Broadway & 20th Sb '
rrno fab miss l. b. TETERsost
A Tonne; Woman Buaaoaeol to Bo from Tarrr
town ICIlla Ileraair la Beaten.
Boston. Feb. 4. Miss L. 8. Peterson, whose
home Is supposed to bo In Tarrytown, N. Y
committed suicide at Young's Hotel early this
morning- by gas asphyxiation. Yesterday fore
noon she arrived here and soenred a room on
ths second floor. After trotnc to ths room
sho went out and bought a rubber tubs
six feet long. Boms time In the nbjht) she
must have attached ono end of ths eas Jet and
turned tho eas on. She waa found doad at 11
o'clock this morning-. She was 6 feet tall,
weighed 125 pounds, had dork eyes and dark
hair, was comely, and about 22 years old.
The young woman's Eshoea wero marked T.
Alexander. New York. All her clothing bora
the stamp L. S. Peterson.
Miss Peterson had no luggage of any kind ex
cept a silk umbrella. She had a black leather
pockotbook containing several manicure arti
cles and $1.35. She wrote no letters while
here and loft none. Her dress was of
brown cashmere. Her hat was a small
turban trlmmod with ribbon and a small bins
feather, bha did not register yesterday. IQt
sent a servant from the ladles parlor to do so.
So far ns known she ate nothing at the hotel.
TAniiVTowN, Feb. 4. Miss lu S. Peterson Is
not known In Tarrytown. A Mr. Patterson Is
President of tho Tarrytown Savings Bank, but
he has no daughters. Ho has a sister living In
New York, but said that he had seen hor TaM
on Thursday night.
FROM MONTE CARLO TO SNAKE MILL,
Gambler Blntfarnaaala tlemeval Canaes m Vav
eancy In n Beard or Vraeheldere.
Philip Blndernagel, a member of the Hudson
county (N. J.) Board of Freeholders, who Is serv
ing a one-year term In the penitentiary at Snake
Hill, sent his resignation to the Board on Thurs
day night, and It was. accepted. Blndernagel,
who was formerly Chairman of the Penitentiary
Committee, has beon a prisoner In the Institu
tion for about a month. He was convicted of
keeping the gambling resort known as "Llttlo
Monte Carlo1' in West New York. Tha Town
Council of West New York was officially noti
fied yesterday of tho existing vacancy and re
quested to appoint some one to succeed Blndernagel.
Bolaw Zero In Jersey.
Hackehback, Feb. 4. Farmer Dunn baa ai
other opportunity to express dissent from
veracious reports ot suburban weather, espe
cially thoso sent In from tbo valley of the
Hackensack, from Little Ferry to Park nidge.
Throughout this aectlon.for a distance of thirteen
miles, thermometers this morning Indicated a
temperature of S' to 11' helow zero at 0 o'clock,
and In several localities It nu 0 below at 7.30.
On the slopo at New Mllford a spirit and a mer
cury thermometer each marked 8' below ; at the
samo placo, on the level nt tho Ilackensnck
water works, whoron careful weather record
Is kept the year round, the mark was O'rolow;
on the flats, cust of tbo nator works, tho mer
cury registered 11' bclon zero. In Hackensack
tbo temporaturo was as low as 8' below In su
exposed loiulltj. At 7:30 It was U'bilow en
Hackensack Heights.
Tnppnn Hay Iroson Orer.
Nvack, Fob. 4. Thoro Is nn unusually ani
mated scene on tho Hudson Itlver hero to day.
For tho first tlmo In several joirs'fappan Hy
Is frozon all tbo way across nt Its widest point,
three and a quarter miles, and large crown are ,
on the Ice. Several have crossod to Tarry toij i
to-day with safety. Tno bo)e, IxitilsOdci! and tL'lf
Kverett DIautelt, whilo attempting to uslk IV
across the river yestorda), fell Into an airholo 1-
and nent down Into tho water. They ere I
rescued with great dlljlculty. 'I
Boeieu Ilarbor Freestng, j
Bostok, Feb. 4. The harbor was frozen over II
this morning, and Ico Is forming oven helow :
Boston light, ten miles from tho city. It 1 said
that tbls has happened bu t onco beforo altico 1 S I J. If I
Killed Illmtelr In Ilia OfUee.
PniLADEU'lll k, Feb. 4. James F. Haynarcl. .
Junior momber of tho commission firm of Cihall
& Baynard, shot himself in tho head at his nf B
flee, 312 South Front street, tills niornlntf, nut
died In a chair. He loft nothing to Indicate his M
purpose In destroying himself, but his act is u Bfl
tributrd to business enres. Ho uh 11 )cirs jM
old, a widower, and left u son 13 j tars old. fM
JOTTINGS A II OUT TOWN. jH
Next Monday a netr branch foil Office, to be snomi ' m
as station U. will bo oixnod at the nortbsul oaiaar ,' BM
at Xhlrd avenue and lesi street. - , M H
ImM