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IP 2 ' THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1809. , In I CADETS' VISIT CUT SHORT. in ft IP I t seres cases or .srim.i'T rerun Ifl I t Al'VEAR AT irrT 1'(11. W 1 i l I f News of tlir Ontlirrnk 3It llm .tiinnnnlle ' 1'," I When Hlie Arrived with tlm 1'lrnt t'ltnn Ijr I j' nf Nnvnl Cadets In Milt the Military , II, fl fc Acndeutylnirg Yenrs VIvltorsNnt I.nmliMl i I 1 ', Vkrt Point. July 11 Instead of tlio thrco ' W, dB)' Jollification planned by tha West I'oint I !' fr j- cadotsln honor of the vlsltlnc miviil cadets on . If I " tlirt uunbont Annapolis, lncltidlnc smokors, I) 8 dinners, receptions, nnd a blc hop to end ut j II I i with, tho next fow days at the I'liltcd Malm t I ' Military Academy will ben period of imlet mid I anxiety, fur scarlet fever lias nppe ired nnnnc II ' I t tlio military cadets How ooro llio outbreak. I J will b It In too early yet to predict, but Col K I Mills, In command of tho post, hope, that an I ' I epidemic will bo averted. Thus far them I aro nine cisos In nil. tlm patient l I '' belnc seven cadets and two i nllsted I I men of tlio band Six of tho cases declared II I tlicmselvetthlsmornlna. and tho seriousness I I j of tho mntterwas at onco sen. Col Mills sent I I word to Commander Incersoll nf the Annapo lj, J s, and tho latter, after a consultation with I' 1; Biircoon Marlon, decided that tho navnl cvdets !.. j' must nol toon shore, and that tho ship would I I return to Now York to-morrow. This was II I the bitterest kind of disappointment to both B I military and naval cadets, lis it It thlrty-Uo Ij', L years since n el.tss from Annapolis lsltod this li I place, anil the Wost I'oint boyn had mode creat I, J preiaiat Miisto eolebratotheovent. while with Hi I the iiuv.il cadets It has boon tho event most I 1 eagerly lookod forward to of any in their H' course Howover, this may be only a post Hi r ponement, as Commandor Incorsoll. who Is al ' F motasill8Vipolntod for his bovs as they aro H f for themselves. Intends to brine his ship back I hero about Auc. -0. if the health conditions of HI J tho iiost permit Hj f At present tho mllltaryeadets are In camp on Hi I tho eainplnc Grounds north of tho ncadomy HJ, hulldliiK,, mill it is thero that tho fever has ap- Hj' I pcared 1. 1st week there was a very sovero H1 j rainstorm In which most of tho men cot soaked HJ I to tho hkln and many of them camo down with Ht I tonsillitis On .Saturday nlcht two members of Hj! j the band, who are also Horceants and as such Hi nro thrown much In contact with tho cadets, HI woro found to have developed a IiIbIi foer. Bit and Assistant hurceou Duval who was In HJll ehcrKO, Hurcmn Ilannlst r belnc ill, sub- It petted seirlet fever. On Monday one of tho I cadets who li id boon sulTerlnc frnt sovere. j, soro throat showed similar BVinptoms Tho I men wcro Isolated and carefully watched It I was thought and hoped tint the trouble mleht be measles, as the post has just been throut'li an epidemic of this disease, thoro belnc fort tbroo cases, butw hen tho six now eases nhowed themselves this mornlnc thoro was noloneer , room for reasonable doubt that It was Hcnrlct fever. The c.ideta who hao tho fever aro all or tho third and fourth classes A mciisico was ont to the Viir Department usklne that it sureeon bo sent on to assist Dr l)ual. and measures wero taken to isolate the cases. There are now thirty-seven patients In tho hospital, and HU should the fever spicad rapidly it Is feared HH that there will bo lack of accommodations. HH Col Mills did not think it best to-day to five HH out for publication tho names of tho fever HH patients " None of the casss is serious at present, ho HH s.iiil "Tho fevoi iii.es not seem to be of u j heavy type, and wo hope to prevent Its spread- Inc. It bus nut et lii'tMi olllelallv prnnouneed H icarlet fevoi. tlioiixh 1 fear thoro is little room (or doubt The ciuup will not be quarantined o-ilay. What will b dono lator about that I H tannot telt just now It is a source of the HB treatest recrot to all of us that this should lave ocourred just at tho time when the HH knnapoiis is payfneusti vllt " H An soon as the Annapolis came to anchor foramauder Incersoll was Informed that there ere throe cases of suspicious fever at Weft olnt. and he consulted Hureeon Uarton of the H ship, vvjio. on learning thut tlio hiispects wero HH Isolated and that tha fever hail not Invaded tho HH academy buildings, said that there waa not HH enough danger of oontaglon to warrant the precaution of depriving the naval cadets of s their visit ashora. In the afternoon, however, HH Burgeon Buvall came aboard and stated the HH "I feel bound to tell you," ho said to Com- HH mandor Incersoll, " thnt slv now cases of fever HH have developed to-day uud there is no doubt in HH my mind that It ia scarlet fever The fever in HH At the camp. It would bo a mentor of the greatest regret to all of us should this prevent the visit of the naval oadots, hut Col. Mills felt HI that you should know tho state of the ease " HI Again Burgeon Oarton was sent for. and ob learning of tho conditions at onoo declared his Hn belief that it would be Inadvisable to permit the cadets to mingle with the West l'ointois "There would tie decided danger of con- Hh tagion," ho said, "and if scarlet fever ever HI broke out on this ship It would sweep the ship. mid jirobabl) put her out of commUston H Crowded us eho is, there would bono possi- Hi bilitr of Isolation here ' In this opinion tho army surtteon concurred. Hi nd. again expichsiui; his reurot, be left tho ' ehlp Commander lngersoll then went to tlio Hi tadets and explained the situation to them Oreatly against his vv ill, ho said, be felt htm- hoil obliged to deny them shorn leave, and ho Hb had deeided to take the !inapo!!x Pack to New Vcrk in the morning. Ho wiNld however, take her to West Point again ubout Aug. 2U. should the fover tie stampod out by that time At this the fares of the joung sailor, which had fallen many de- Hl utees, brightened up again and they looked as Hi lfthov would likn toeheer. but as tlmtwouldn't HI have been illsalpline they merely hnlutml Sur- Hl peon Duval said before leaving tho ship thit Hi be thought tho two liandmeti had Innugiit tlio Hi fever Into camp, but where thev got it he could HI not llnd out Ho hid made lnouirles in the Hi illnges aiound West I'oint, but li.id failed to Hi find seal let fever In an of them Hi Despite the disappointing termination of her Hi trip tho Annapolis bad n tine sail up tho Hud- Hl sou under the most dolightful conditions Hlx I o'clock 111 tho morning was the time set for her I departuro from Now York and with tho jirompt- I ltiule characteristic of I'nele Sam's na hur I anehor was weighed on the minute and under Hb II a smiling morning Hky sho headed for the I li North lth or. Just beforo she started I n a shore boat came out and deposited f ij on board one VAallaee, a very shaine- M I faeod j no Icy. Wallace had succumbed to H . tho gldd) delights of Phlladelplila life four I days provious. when the Annapolis was in that . port, and had failed to come to time. Kventu- H ally lie went liomo to Ills mothci, who immo- Hi illtitelv sought out tho ship, which was still nt I Philadelphia, and with many tears begged that n hereon bo taken back Asked where he was. I she said she didn't know, but she would bring -" him to time What persuasions she used only I ' ho and Wallace know, hut he came on to New I f: , York anil get back to his duty and the punish HI ment to follow with just about four minutes to Hlf- spare. I lor tho cadets It was an earlier rise than I usual, but they wero all eager to see the sights HI of tho bay and river and swarmed at the port HI rail us tho gunboat glided up toward the city HI A quarter of an hour after the start she poked HI her nose iuto a fog bank whiuh, on tho principle HI that all else makes way for I'neln Mam'H shins. HI dlsslpjted and presently was not at all, re- HI veallng two freighters at anchor, which It HI had erectually blanketed. However, the An- Hj napolii .voulun t have disturbed the freight- HI ere In nny ense, as rho had begun to slow down when the fog obligingly disappeared. ABthe dav was to bo a sort of holiday for 'lie ) cadets, there was no drill attor quarters, but HI at 10:15 there was tho call for in letlee work, which consists in writing up the journals The embryo naval men wrlto jceouuts of all Hj they sou In the various shl vnrds they vlelt, nnd tho executive nflleer I'm s over and cor- r rccts these reports, which. H not up to the re- iuired standard, Involve a forfeiture if privi- leges until rewritten Pro'ound disgust was tlio portion of those whose hooks weren't up to mark Tub Hun reporter who went up on the ship heard two of them compaung notes I on rejected manuscript, "What was the matter with yours?" said i the first "Didn't you draw jour p'.otuies pretty enough?" I ; "My art was nil right." returned the other, H "but I left tho dot off two I's, ami tint settled H me " "Ira a careless devil myself." s,ild the first ' cadet "I forgot to mention In mv report of H the torpedo Posts the valuable naval fact that n bluebottle lly sat upon the bsld hi ad of the intelllgont person whoexplnlned thoeonstrue- tlou and made the gestur s whi'e hetilked At least tint's thooulv thing I can think of th it 1 omitted. Mr report is marked ' Not full enough " t, "T'nat swlmt comes of limiting us to water," r suggested the other l'ractleo work was not all th it was requ led of tho cadets, however. They stood tlio watches nnd occasionally took a hand nt innniiiil laboi, such as tautening up tho big uvvnln, vvlueh called tor the efforts of all of them '1 hey , clambered upon the top rail audwoiit to woik, null to bo called down, llternllv, bv the oilleeis. ' for It is not seemly that a wnishlp going II r i knots an hour should pretermit that progress ;' 1 for tho purpose of picking naval cadets out of v..- the water Ho the cadets worked a little harder. IflDti but more safely, on the second mil. ' i "Sav, it's flattering to havo your safety r ' i V ked out for that way. Isn't It? whlspored m, ' tmi of them to a companion when the Job wis doie "Down there at Newport News I seom i i remember pirouetting like a ballet girl on ' ustiolyard several thousand feet high, and I ,i hit notice anybody fainting away (or fear I was going to fall off " i.eiween the Intervals of work and study the idols mado geographical observations aDout A f i banks of the Hudson, soma ot which wers HHk ) HHHHHHHHHHHHHJk7 '- aurprlslng to a Now Yorker. Ono cadet, for In stance, having sighted n dome In tho vicinity of Irvlngton. announced that tho ship wns np- . proachlnir Albany: nnother desired to Know what tlmo the day boat reaniiod lluPnlo, whllo a third, falling to discern tho bend In the river pour Pcoksklli. announced that tho end of the trip was at hand beeaue thero was no moro water to sail In The I'nlled States Isnpietty big e iiintrj. and thesi cadets come from all parts of It, which explains the originality of their local geogiaphiial notions. To (ominnnder Ingeisnll nuilI.loiitenant- ommander llir'lett th. cotintrv wasn't Mrnhgo. for they mado the t vovngo till the Hudson the lo-t time an An napolls I'lnss lsltud West I'oint. Tlut was n long time ago, thirty-two years, they finally i oneliiiled. and then they rubbed then heads tended) and eeni' d n ilevod to llnd that thoto , wus plentv of h ilr thereon still At thai time a number of tlio cadets got shore leave from their ship nnd wire captured by the army t adst" "D'v iromombertliat manoeuvre, Ilartlctt?" , said ( ommniiiler Incersoll "Somebody gsvo i thoordei iireak and surround naval cadets.' and the next thing I knew 1 wn, the middle of n hollow siiinte,lieng matched to the mess . "Thev cut me, too." said the Lieutenant C ommtiiidcr " lieu I think of the amount of hospliulltv I cot outsldo of that day It spoils mv nppi tite yi t ... This convert, itlou was going on nfler the ship had come t nncher u few roils otl tho West Point pler.nnd whl'o t bo two ofllcers wero exelinnglng reminiscences there caniefromtho shoro a boat laden dow u with nil sorts of Inv i tatlons to e it and drink and snioko nnd d inco nnd talk 'Hum came Cnpt llrun nnd I. lent. Hazard of West Point to pay a call and l.ledt. Hazard found .in old acquaintance In I.leut 'in nuh of tho sunanollH uud bejau to toll; football with him There are a gicnt ninny West Pointers who remember I.leut Tiench it not with ardent affection cx aetlv, at lo ist with a degree of tine, for heeaptalnod tho Annapolis football team of 1HI, wlileh went to West Point with tho charitable intent of being butchered to make a military holiday This was tho West Point view of It before Itho cumn After the game was over thero was nothing left ot West I'oint but the gonl posts, and even those were badly brulsid One of the objects of tho visit of the n iv al e plots was to talk over the prospects for a game this coming fall Hhcirtly after the two West Point officers went ashore (ommander Ingersoll wont In and called on Col Mill, and the rest ot the ofllcers conned over their Invitations nnd prophesied their collective deaths from or plus of hospitadty Tho cadets had their Inv I tntious. too. hut. as told above, they wero obliged to decline It wns decided howe'or, I th.it thero was nodnngernf senrlet fsvor con tagion In tho ollloers attending the reception given by Col. anil Mi Mills In the afternoon and the dinner nt tho officers' mess In the evening So It was decided that I.louten-ant-Commander ltartlett should reef shin with the aid of the etidety while Commander Inger soll. with Limits Mulr. Klnkend. hoeter and 1'reneli, P ij master I' ffe and Hureeon (larton. Inclosed themselves warmly In their uniform frock eoats and went ashore Thev wero hoard to express icgrets that the regulations don't provide for tlio carrying of fans Instead of swords with dress uniforms .lust beforo thay started a photographer einie aboard and wished to photograph Tom 'lerroi Tom Is one ot tlio famous Cob Dock breed of navy cats, and is tawny as a Hon It Is asserted that In his early days he left the Monongabela, where he had a regular rating, and came aboard the Annapolis, which liy close by, tluough a porthole, whereupon ho was stiickcu from tho Monongahela's roll, as a deserter and wis adopted by the An napolis As a rule Tom doesn't object to posing, but on this occislon ho moved ret ileltrant. so (.ommander Ingor soll and Lieut. Koester undertook to assert their authority and 1 ring him to a sense of iliscipllno Now Tom has already tasted the lngeioll blood, having draw n some ceometri al dl itfianiB upon the hand ot Commander tngersoll's son yesterday, and us soon as tho Commander reached for him Tom funded our a pair of jabs that would have done damage If they hadn't lauded on tho eont sleeve llefore be could recover, tho Commander had him In n clinch and held him in front of the camera, while Lieut Koester allured him by saying in enticing tones, " I Ish, Tom, tlahl ' t'p wuit Tom's ears, his lull waved gracefully and ho stood like a pointer whllo th photographer took him '1 hid Is sild to be Tom's fourteenth picture since lie arrived in this port Lute In tho afternoon Lleutenant-( ommander llirtlett gave tho cadets permission to swim, and u score of them sported like mermen for wenty minutes around the shin, diving from .til points of the ship. ten. twelvo and fifteen feet, to the river's surfnee 'I lion four West Point cadets In a rowboateamo down troin the point and stood off tor a few moments ex ohnnginc notes with their brotners ot the navy. Latei some ot the naval cadets cot permission to take the dinghy out, but shore leave there wrs none In the evening there was an illumination on shore Cnpt. Ingerooll said that be expected to sail for Sew ork in the morning The ship will anchor off Twenty-third street In the East Itlver. and will bo here over 8unda. whon the cadets will hove shore leave. Ono of the cadets. Illroakl Tamura. a Japan ese connected with the Japanese legation at Washington, who Is in tho senior class at the Nnval Academy, received a cable despatch last night Informing himof the dathofhls methor, the Countess Tamura. In Japan He wa, ex cused from duty yesterday. BKOoKT.ry itEPVnucAX coxren. Cnl. Dertv nld They Met to Fix Co Their Fences l'atrnnnge Talk. There was a large gathering of tha lUnubll caa raanagara In Brooklyn last nlcht, at tha htadituarters at Court and Joralemon streets. It included Lleut.-Qov. Woodniff, Col Michael J, Dady. Chairman of the Executive Commit tee; Walter B. Atterbury. Chairman of tha County Committee; Naval Offloer Shnrkay, Comml.slener of Records George E. Waldo, Harn JacQulllard, M. C. Hanton. William J, Ileattla nnd some others Identified with the Dady-Attorbury faction The conference was not, apparently, intended to bring the contend ing elements in tke organization together for none of the Wilson-Moore-Appleton contin gent was on hand The preseuce of two or I throe delegation intero'ted In the disposal of i the Dntronaco iu the office of the Commission er ot lleeords indicated that that was the prln- I clpal iiues'.lon under discussion. Mr Wa'do ' has already announced most of his nnpolnt ments. but It is understood that sjme changes i will be mnde In tho Mat. Mr. Waldo has taken ' strong sides with Dady andZAtterburv In their fight to retain control, and his large staff. It is expected, will give them material assistance at the" Sentember primaries. Lieut -Oov. Woodruff wants. If possible, to eliminate the factional trlfo. and his visit to hsad'iuartsrs was to have a confidential talk with Col. Dady and Mr. Atterbury over the sltuattcn. Tha I conference was still In progresslat a lata hour I last night. Col. Dady emorired from it for a moment and when asked what was going on I said "We are Axing up our fences to-night." AMHXDKU TB.VeUEST hAHOIl TjAir. Mnnnfnctnrere Notified toTakeOnt T.fcentes ltefnre Sept. 1. Alhinv, July 11, State Paotory Inspector Williams Is sending a circular letter to manu facturers calling their attention to the amend ments to the Labor law relating to tenement made articles. The amended law will go Into operation on Sept. 1. Custom-made clothing mado up in the homo Is affected by the law as well as dresses, cloaks, cigarettes, cigars, um brellas, Ao . mado In a tenement room or in a shop In the roar of a tenement. All such places outside of the regular shop desired to bo used bj anv person for tho manufacture ot tho articles mentioned must be licensed by the Htnto 1 actory Inspector by Kept 1 In Ilia let ter the Inspector "nys " 1 would urge all manufacturers whoso hul ness will he affected by tho operation of this law to notify all persons omplovod by them that thev must procure a license belore rept 1 In order that thev may bo permitted to proceed with their work without Interference thore nfter The duties of tho manufacturer or the ownei of the artlc'es lo lie mnnufai tursd, sub ect to the provisions of tho law. lire very sim ple lie should use care In the milterot giv ing out the mitcrlal to be manufactured and si e to It tl at no work Is given tonny pisnn to be made up In w hole or In part In any room or npirtmenl f a tenement or dwelling house, or In anj shop or building situated In therearof a tenenientorrtwelllng house, unless the appll- ant for such work bnsallconso fioni tlio fac tory Inspector us provided by law " st Are ritrs'iixa oTinor. Suit to Itevlew the Annul llrought lij a Disappointed Illdder, Aiiiasv, July 11 JusticoChosterof tho Su preme Court has lsuod n writ of certiorari for u review of the proceedings ot becretnry ot Mate MeDniougb. Attornev-Gonernl Dnvlos nnd Comptroller Morgan in awarding the leg isl.uive printing contract to John McCarthy, reprisepting the ibauy J'ifs nnd hmckri butUe, 1 lie writ Is leturnable in twenty days I aim was issued on the application of tho HrHii iIi.m Printing Cnmpnn, whoso hi I was rojocttd bv Mm lio'ird of wnrd because tlm chock ae (inp.ui) Ins It was for onl) hull the amount required by law Mftrrlril In the Sheriff's 1'nrlor. llvtKKNhvtE. N J, Juiy 11 -Matthew J. C. Wlllen nt Nordhoff, aged 'Jl, an electrician In New ork, was arrested last night on his re turn from that city, on a charge of breaoh of promise of marriage made by Miss Bophle Welsbergar, aged li. 'lhe couple were mar ried In the parlot ot bhorlff Van llusklrk's res idence, raembitrsof tho bride's family and Deputy Shorifl Post being witnesses. - J n W HP WW WWW, MW M M CITYBONDHOID-UPGOKSON asd TAxtMAitr TimeATicsa nnooK j.rx niTii iiKTAhtATiny. Council Won't Pass the "ja.OO'J.OOO for New rnvrnirnts, or tho 2,000,(XIO for tho Ifnll or Ilrrordi, or tho iaS70,OUO fur the I.ung Island Water Supply I'lnlit. Tho Municipal Council took up tho bond l,suosagnlli yosterilaj, passed four, and held up again tho $2,000,000 fortnvlng. tho $'J,000.- OOOfortholInll of lleeords nnd the $570,000 for the I,ong Islnnd Water Supply Company's plant, which has been beforo tho Council since July 12. lHS This was callod up first by Councilman Oakley iTnm I. It was lost again i byavoteof lRtofi. Coiincllmon CassldylDem . Queen, I. Couley, Do)lo nnd Ebbotts (Dems, , Brooklyn) and Murray (Tarn.) voting no. While this vote was being taken councilman Hyland (Tam.) left tho council chambur. and ho sta)ed away. After a reconsldoratlon of tho resolu tion another voto was tnken. and tho resolu tion was ngaln lost, 18 to 0. Councilman Trench (Pern.. Urooklyn) adding his voto to tho nays. Tho resolution wos mado n special order lor tho noxt meeting. The following bond Issue, cot through by votes of 'J.'t to 2: toOO.OOO Croton watershed bonds, $500,000 East Itlver Ilrldgo bonds, $10,000 bonds for general park nurposon, S10, 000 bond, for Improvement of Hamilton Fish iinrlr Iho Committee on .Streets nnd Highways handed In a majority nnd n minority report on the $2,000.(100 bond Issuo for ropavlng. Tho majority report was in favor of tho bonds and apportioned tho money ns follows: Manhattan, $1,000,000; Urooklyn. $700,000; llronx. $200.- 000; Richmond. $25,000; Queotis. $75,000. The minority report was slgnod by Counoll- men Cassldy. Murray, and Francisco IIUp, Urooklyn). It stated that the city Is In tho hands of an nsphalt monopoly, known no the Harbor Company, and that It had lost $1.8.12.1.'l7 by paying exeosslvo prices to tho I con piny In 18t5. 18W0. nnd 1807 It doelnrod I that cude asphalt as good us that found at Trlnld d could bo found In this country nnd Cnnnd i, audit movod tho appointment of three chemists to atinlyro all other asphalts but that used by the Harbor Company to ascertain If that was not true It moved the appropriation of $2,000 to pay tho expenses of such an ox- 1 ninlnation. This Is Tammany nmmunltlon I used iig.ilust Tammanv A motion to consider the majority report was lost. HI to ' Councllmcn Cnssldy. Cenly, Doyle. 1'rHnelsco. I bbetts. Hurra). Williams (Hop. Brooklyn), Wise (Tam.), and French voting no. It was deeided to leave considera tion of both reports over untl1 next week. TboS2.100.tKH) bond lsiue Tor tho now Hnll of Kecords was lost. 10 to S. Coiincllmon Cas sldy. Conly.I.bbetts, Franelsoo. French, Murrn)', Williams and Doyle voting no After thenn uouncemeut of th vote, Oakly (Tain ) turned toward tho liiooklyn men and said "lam sorry to see that live of these eight votes onmo from ltrooklyn men. I cannot see what public good they expect to accomplish by such a course I amsorryto have tosny that It seems to mo the dut of the Manhattan men to retaliate for this sort of thing Nework needs a now Hall of lleeords badly, and I hone the Urooklyn men will think of this and change their vote" If they oontlnueto do as they hnve been doing, 1 think we havo enough strength 1 heio to Tiav them well " ' " Don't you know that tho contract let for this new Hall of Kecords was for $360,000 moiothan tho lowest bid made'" asLcd Cas- Presldent Guggonhelmer The Corporation Counsel has decided that the contract was legal Mr Oakley Yours Is an old argument, Mr. Cussidy W hy don't you suggest some remedy if you're not satisfied with the plans for the new building Mr. Cassldy I oan only suggest tho remedy I've suggested before Throw out all the old bids, annal tho contract and start anew Mr Oakley hid the resolution made a special order tor the next meeting Councilman Doyle offered a resolution re- Juestlng the Board of Estimate to appropriate 8.000.000 for school sites and buildings. It was carried unanimously July 27, at . P 11 , was tho date and time set for a public hearing on the Metropolis Railway Company's request for a tunnel franchise. AI.DERMIN TRY TO JltJRKT UP NKWTOWX CRKIK linlDGE. A resolution extending the time for the ro- Sort or tho Building Codes Commission from illy 1 to Aug. 20 was passed by both Alder men and Council At tho Aldermen's meeting Alderman Hn)der (Tam.) moved that tho Committee on Bridges and Tunnels bo dis charged from further consideration of tha Vernon avenue bridge over Newtown Croek. Tie said that although the committee had had the matter before It since March 29 it bad callod but two public hearings. He bad mnde three olforts to get the committee together lately, he said, but w Itbout success Alderman Hnrder's resolution was lost, hut a third reso lution calling on the committee to make a re port on the matter two weeks hence was passed. Alderman (loodnmn iltep ) offered a resolu tion thnt the collection of portraits In tho Gov ernor's room In the City Hall be completed It was passfd, and a request was sent to the Mayor that he endeavor to seoure the proper legislation. WAR OS MAJOR It I .VG It A 31. 1'hlladrlphlm Politicians Sold to Object to Ills Arsenul Management. Piiiacirrnu. Julr 11. An effort is belnr madt by the friends of former United States Senator M. ti. Quay to have Major O 8. Bins ham. Chief Ouarterraaster of.'the Hohuylklll Arsenal, ramoved. The plan la to have him auoceeded by Major Quay, sen ot tha former Senator, who was honorably.'dlscbnrged from tho volunteer service yesterday. United States Senator Penroio and State Commissloaer ot Insurance I.W.'Durham are behind the scheme for removal, and tho causa ot their feeling against Major Illngliam is thit he has not been sufficiently complaisant In giving them ap pointments and has not had full regard for their auoporters When Major Bingham was placed In charge of the arsenal ho told the men workers that the; must work the same as for a private busi ness concern, nnd that they rfou'd not be paid otherwise. '1 hlnklug It was merely to create n imprasslon. eomo of them stayed awny with out permission They were required to ac count 'for It nnd also lost their ptiv Then when tho Spanish war made it necesrarv for the (lovornment to have luce iruantltles of nil sorts of clothing at short notice .Major Bing ham was forced to glvo much of the work to contractors. There are about 3,000 women who get work at the arsenal. The contractors thought this was not fair to them, and they est about bring ing political Influence to bear to oonipel the Uuartermaster to hold all the work for them, Ther failed. The politicians managed to suu ceed to some extent, however, on the con tract businoss. but here again there was qon filet. Associating himself, with Deputy fac tory Inspector Thomas Lappan, Major Bing ham made an iuspoetlnnlof the contractors' hops and either compelled tbem to livo up to the sanitary requirements or else took the irork away from thsin. 1 his also Incurred the nnger of the politicians, and the culmination Is the attampt to force him out of the place The Plan also contemplates the removnl bv dov I Htoae of Deput) Pactorv Inspector Lappan. Major Blncham Is n regular nrmv man Ills father was an oflleer In the army and he hlm- i self was Lieutenant of Infantry, then of cav nlrv He -vas promoted to bo Captain and Uiiartsrinastar of tho Ninth Cavalry while on duty at Jefferson Ilarincks. Mo , and nsslcned ns Assistant nt the Schmlklll Arsenal In Juno, I lK0.r. He lias been on dutv here over since I that date, becoming Chief Ofllcer in titptem her. 1M08. justvrit mir.x tjiu rvsr. nr.Err ot t. Mrs. Heavln's I,np from n Trollej Car Muy eont Her Life, Mrs. Josephine Boavln. 40 years old. of 53 Greone avenue. Brooklyn, was it passonger In a Greene and Gates avonue trolley car yester day afternoon when the fuse blow out. The explosion frightened her nnd she jumped from the car In front of Hihon McDonnell's resi dence Miohtruckon her held and her skull was fractured She was taken to the Cumber land Street Hospital, where it was said that her I condition lscrltle.il ltewnrd Offered in tlio Iltinn Murder Case. , Bay Shore. L. I, July 11. A reward of $1,000 for the nricft and conviction of the per son who murdered Loaehman John llunn In this place last weok Is offered b) Dunn's former emplojor, I rank Lawrence Dunn's 1 odr was found near the railroad truck following u dance Ills skull wa. cut open and the axo with which tlio crime is supposed to have been committed was found near Johnson s Hotel. Wheels Pnuetl Over Hoy's Stomach. Samuel Schreffman,3 years old, of 07 East Fourth street, while playing in the street In frontot his home last evening, vvaa knocked down by a horse and express wagon 'lho wheels passed over the boy s stomach, and ho died beforo an ambulance arrived Philip Krelder, who owned and drova tho wagon, wus locked up. "" ' "i nii'.maw.apm' v t. ruler chase ix nihhiAMsnvna. i llrs. Oorinnii Cnnnlit Her New Hoarder ItansnckliiK the llurenil Drawer. A wnll-drossed man engaged board on Satur day from Mrs, Mary Oorman of l't South Ninth stroet. Williamsburg IIu said ho would take possession ot his room Inst night, nnd ho np penrod thero shortl) beforo (I o'clock. He got a room on tho third floor, and wns told that supper would be served In the basement nt tl fid o'clock At a quarter of 7 o'clock ho hnd not como to the dining room, and Mrs Gorman went upstairs In seo what was tho mutter. When sho reached the parlor floor sho saw her new hoarder rausieklng tho bureau drnwer In the back parlor bedroom, Mrs. Gorman know that there was $000 worth otjowelry In tho drawer and sho seretniod The now boarder ran for the door and the old boarders arrived on the parlor lloor just In time to sco hlscoattalls disappearing down the ntoop They gave ehnso anil raised n big outcry The thlof ran to Bedford nvenue On the cor ner James Elliott, a son of Aldermnn James Elliott, and James Murray were stnndlnc 'J ho) grubbed the thief, but he showed light Ho kiiocl.fi I young Elliott down nnd tlin turned on Murray mid knocked him down, too Elliott got on his feet again and crablird the thief, who knocked lilm down a second time. Elliott lay on the ground, but ho so til lho thief by the legs and held him until the hoird orsarrlved '1 ben they held him until Police man Donnelly of tho ('l)iner streot station ar rived and arrested him At the station tho prisoner alil that he was James Douglass, fit) years old, of 2211 Fast Ninth street, Manhattan Ho was searched, but nothing was found on him from the board ing House, JOHS FAY 1IOI7TEY JU MIMSIXO. . He Was T.nst Seen on Slondny Near the I Morris Canal In Newark. Madison, N. J.July 11.-John Van Iloutfn, a prosperous clear manufacturer of this place, disappeared yesterday and has not been found yet. He had a new ra7or with him when he went nwav. and some of his friends fear that he has committed suicide His family be lieve, however, that h lies me with foul play. Thev say he alwas carried consldeiable money with him. It was .Mr an Houten's habit to eo to the place of Bush .1 Van Houten every morning, and yesterday he left home at the usual houi. Nothing wus heard ot him until nearly noon. I when It wns learned that ha had taken a train for Newark. The conductor told Jacob Hush. pnrtner of the missing man. tint Mr. nu Houten had got off nt Newark nnd seemd to be dejected He had been In pool heilth for some time pntt The local police went to Newark and traced Mr A an Houtea from he , Delaware, I nokawmnu and Western Kallroad station as far as I'lghth avenno, near tho Mor ris Canal. Here nil trace ot him wns lost. Although Mi un Houten was never known ' to shave himself, ho purchased a raior on Saturday from I'.dward H Do Hart, a local hardware dealer H recently moved Into the house formerly occupied bv Marslnll W Met tler. who, after losing monev In Wall street, went to I oulsvllle andlcommlttsd suicide Mr Van Houten talked a creat deal'aboul 5Iet tlei's death. Mr an Houten In fi7 rears old. of heavy.bulld. with brown hair and a long i brown mustache, ftreaked with gray. When he went awa) be wore a bros n cot and waist coat, black trousors nnd a black Alpine bat. ITASTXII J.V mlI.ADKl.VniA. Baker Who Formerly Lived There Arrested Here for Fraud. Harris Maalena. r5 years old. of 142 Stanton stroet, was locked up at Pollco Headquarters last night on a warrant Issued In Philadelphia on complaint ot State Senator John Mc.Ieer, who charges Maalona with having obtained from him $1)80 worth of flour by fraudulent representations Mrs Maalena said of tho case last night- "Up to six weeks ago for six years we con ducted a bakery at 241 Balnbrldce street, Philadelphia In that time we bought thou- sands of dollais worth of flour from John McsJeer A Sons Three or four months ago business cot bad and we could not piy our flour I bills My husband went to MoAleer and told lilm how he was situutod. nnd McAleer said it wnsall right, and sent him more flour Tho ' following woek mv huband had anofferfor the business and sold out Before ht left tlio city he went to Me Meer ngaln. told him ho was going to leave the city, but would pa) the $.li0 j he owed by Installments "This seemod satisfactory and we came to the city Last rtld.tr a man, who said he was i Law)or Gottlieb of Essex Market Court, with offices at 70 Es'ox street, came to us and told us that there was a warrant for my husband s arrest at Police Headquarters, hut that ho could square the whole thing if I would pay him $110 We refusod to give him tho monoy, and to-night two policemen arrested him " James A Carey, a detective from Plillsdel- fihla. came to the eity last night to take Maa ena back to Philadelphia. nliOOKZTS UAN ROBBKD IX ST. T.OV1S. Hairy J. Doner Held Up on the Street and Ills .Jewelry and Money Taken. St. Louis. Mo , July 11. Harry J. Doner ot Brooklyn, N. Y , wns heldupearly tlnsmornlng and relieved of a gold watch alued at $250. a diamond stud worth $100.a diamond rinccost Ine $105, and $105 In money Ho was pissing the corner of Sixth and Market streots just be fore daylight when threo mon stopped him. One put a pistol to his head and ordered him to throw up his binds, which he did quickly, while the others wont through hlspokots James Urifllu. Thomas Doyle and John Man ley wero subsequent!) arrested, and Ideiitllled by Doner as tho men who robbed him. IIesa)s ho will remain to prosecute, and has wired to Brooklyn for funds. CB.YiCJ APP01STMKXTS nF.lt R. AW the New Tork City Enumerators Ex pected to He Itepublloans. Wabhinoio.v, July 11. Supervisor of the Census Wilbur ot New York callod on Di rector Merrlnm to-day to discuss the preliminary details ot the taking ot the census in New Y'ork. It is expected that the enumerators in New York cltv will all be Uepublleana, although the Supwl-or Is free to appoint Democrats if ho wishes Iu Mates where the Supervisors ore divided between tlio two parties the appointments of tho enumera tors will also bo divided. Tlio Republican Supervisors will appoint somo Democratic, enumerators and vloe versa. Army Orders. WAsniNdToy. July 11. These army orders have been Issued- Acting AiilaUnt flnrgeon Llevsn de Poor! or, Jr., from New Orleans to navana Cspt, WillismE.r Frenrh, Third Infantry, to We it Point, K Y , for medical examination. Capt. Oeorgo II, Cameron, Fourth Cavalry, to Troop A, vice Capt. Alexander Rodgora, Unt I.leut JohnT Martin. First Artillery, la lie tailed us Aiting Judge Advorato of th- Dorarlrrent of til (lidf. Tin- following rliangea In tlin fttatlout of medical oifler are orilcied ('apt Thomas 8 Jlratton, AantMant hurgeon from F. rt Semen, Tybce lalaud, Oa , tot'amp MOHile Pa A' ting At"iMant Hurgein A. 1' D Charv, Department of (1m Oul(, frora At lauU, On ,tn Furl's riven, Tybeo Island, Ha. , Acting AHlatHiit Huriiinn Henry 11 llradlej. General Hos pltal savannah, to lanpMnd. Tin leslguatlon of Kint Unit Fdvfard E Hart wick. Ninth Cavalry, lias been accepted. rirt Lieut (lcirnG Monttroiiifr' Ordnance p. partllient, to llaltlmeri and Nntthpnlnt Hit,, t enpervitn the rerttnu of a-a ceaRt gun carriages and to Inspect work u w lirliiterniulucted at that fort ly the tlrdnancn Ilepartmeut Major l'rod II. V. ) lutein, Nineteenth Infantry, ia reltred. Movements of Naval Vessels. WaIJiinoton. July 11 The flagship Chicago, Rear Admiral Howlson, arrived nt CapelTown. South Africa, lo-diy Tho gunboat Wilmington B.illod to-day from Santos. Brazil, for IVsterro, The despatch boit Dolphin, with Assistant Secretarv of tho N'av v All' n on board, left Newport for Poston to-dny The flouting dr dock from Newport News reached its pei liuinent station at Pensaeol i itirila) In tow ot tho tugs Potomno nnd Piscatn ma I.ittlo lrl litem alonlst Drowned, Nellie Dobbins, H years old, of 44 Canal street, Jersey City, fell overboard nnd wns drowned nt Ho'eloeklnst evening nt tho Fifteenth strict pier 111 lloboken, Sim hid been on nn excur sion to Cornwnll given bj n Hobokrn news paper Whllo the excursb nisis were leaving the boats tt suinll boj told a policeman thit ho had en n little girl Inl overboard between one of the barges and the tiler A search W(9 made with n lantern, and Nollio'shat wasfnund t limiting: on the wator. Her body wn nut recovered More People and Hotter People Read Tun flns than any other paper publlibeil For thit reuon you will realize a quicker reapnnas through advertising In Ita columns than through any other medium. If you conduct a desirable summer retort remember Ihtir-Aiv. -' mawsJSZSSXii.Ljjiatijl! "ft V, -. v ASUHPHISK FOR TAMMANY. mam civil sr.nrice nvr.es rnAMen run this citt. fltnle Commission Takes Advantage nf Mnyor Van Wyd.'s l'allttre to Approve the Ittilrs Agteed I'pon and Slakes a Set on tho Latest Idens of IteforiiK r. Alpant, July 11 -Tho Stato Civil Pervleo Commission to-night approved the Civil Ser vice rules and tegulntlons which will govern tho administration of tho now Civil Service law In New ork Clfy Somo weeks nso tin) Now YorK City Commission ndopted rules t.iid"! tho new law and sont them to the Stnto Commission for approval The latter objected lo somo of their provisions, nnd as n result compromise rules woro agreed uon which Included many matorlalnmcndmcnts In sisted upon hy the Stato Commission Ma) or nn W)ck refused to approve tho nmondol rules as aMcd upon by the State nut' the oily Civil Servlco Commission, and as it tosiilt Tammany Hall Is confronted with n sol of civil service rules and regula tions that will l approved by the most ardent civil servlco reformer. Undor tho ticvv liw the Slate ( ommlsslon Is empowered to frame rules torn city In which the Mayor falls to approve such rules by July 5. There wero many Important amendments made to the original rules submitted by tho City Com mission which weie ngrend to as the result of neompiotiilso and which wore somewhat fa Tornblo to Tammanv Mn)or YnnWyck's re lusil lonpprovo tho com promise rules gave the State Com in Issioii an opportunity undor the law I tofriinio rules and regulations for Newlork I city In accordant e with Its view of tho inter- pretntion of lho pru Ileal operation of tho law I Mieh inks and leKiil illons tlie State Cominls i slon ha- drafted, mid when Ma) or Yan W)ok 1 beiomes finilllnr with their provisions ho will no doubt i"zret that lin did not approve the compromise rules Tlio regulations ndopted b the tito Commission represent tho most mUniicHil thought In civil servlco refoim considered from n'lanimnny standpoint, ara whole the o'iginni rules weie amended as tho result of a onipromlso tho Slate Commission ers bttv changed them to meet their own views The text of tho new rules will not be mnde public for n few days George A. MaeAneny. Seeiotiry or tlio Civil Service Reform Associ ation, was in eolifeienco with tlm Btnte Com mission to-diy whllo tho now rules for Now , York city were bolng prepared. CltVSllED 7.V TUT. EI.ErATOlt. Amateur Who Ran It Couldn't Stop It and Passenger Atni Killed In .lumping. Joseph Pollock, a driver employod by 8am uol Schwartz, nn oxrressmnn. of 54 Forsyth street, was crushed to death by a freight ole. vatorln tho bt.lldlng at 22 West Third street yesterday morning Pollock had been hired by Jncob hnrnliov of HO East Broadway to tako somo I otoi of huts from Slater. Slelkln. White A Co s lofts on the llrst floor of the hulhllng. As the oh vator man was off duty the Sitter. Siolkin. White A Co people told Polloi I. and hat.tbow to tako the boxes down the stairs 'I ho elevator Is on the Greene street side of tho building Around thero Knrnbow and Pol lock found Louis Hart?, a jiortot, who volun ti erod to run tho el-o itor for thom. They got In and ho started It. but couldn't stop It at tho first lloor or th seiondrr third. At tho fourth floor Kaiabow lumped out safely. Pollock tried to get out at th' fifth lloor, but was caught be tween the elev itor and tho celling and crushed to death The elev a or wis stoppea by his body. Ilarty was anested nnd was held In $1,500 ball by Coioner Hart ponding an Inquest. SMII.ISO lO!tK KELT.T MZ. The Well-Known Sporting Man Has Grip nnd Kidney Trouble. " "Smlllnc",Tohn Kelly, woll known In anort ini: and political circles, has boon 111 for several days at his home 252 West Sovcnty-llfth street. Mrs Kelly (said Inst night that her husband had the grip and n slight attack of kidney trouble, but tint sho thought he would bo able to leave the house within two or three days. Kelly Is n warm personal friend of Richard Crokerand has often been urged by him to run for ofllco on tho Democratic ticket. Last elec tion the nomination for Sheriff was offered to him. but he declined it. Kellymade his start iu life with a snail saloon on the lower west side, and It was his ovor smiling face that won for him tho title of "Smiling John " It is also declared b) many that the Invitation to drink at Kelly's was frequently "Let's go and get a tfinlle, and that this originated the slang phrase used ever) whore to-day to express tak ing. t drink. oniTVAnY. J. Milton Cowperthwuit. aged 80, died yester day In Asbury Park of apoplexy. He was stricken last Saturday He spent most of his life In Now lork. For fifty-six years he was connected with the Bank of America, but he was retired eight )ars ago for faithful servlco. He was nlwuys interested In Sunday schools, and spent cnnsldeiublo money In mission work James Burrell Hurlburt. President of tha Portland Cement Company, died In Chicago I yesterday of the effects of a fall which he sus tained a week ago Mr Hurlburt was born in New York state (sS yeurs ago and was one of I tho most successful business men In Chicago. Of late years he had spent Ills winters in Pasa dena, Cnl , where his wife and family live. Police Asked to Search for Mrs. Thayer's Klines. Bostov, July IJ -The Inspectors of pawn shops havo been directed to try to find three rings alleged to hav o been stolen from Mrs. Bay ard Thajnrnt tho Holland House. Now Y'ork. Hoverallwecks ago. Mr. Thayer said that the rings wero vnltiv'il at from $15,000 to $20,000 One of them was Mrs. lhaor's engagement ling. Mr Thuyer said Hint ho was stopping at the Holland Houso with Mrs Thayer nnd hor maid, and thattho lattor had been cleaning tho rings just bofore their departure for Bos ton. A short time afterward tho rings were missing Minister to Venezuela Returns. Francis 11. 1-omls. United States Minister to Yeneruelt, nrrlvod yostorday from LnGuayra on the Red D lino steamship Philadelphia Ho Is on his vacation, He said that a mattor of im portance to Americans was the establishment ot tho treaty In regard to the postal service, Tho money order and pnrcel post systems will enable Americans to send drafts for small imounts to and from Vono7Ula. which they couldn't do before, and parcels may be sent under similar methods as those in operation with other countries. Million Dollnr Suit for Stopping Cp a River. Houohton, Mich , July 11. The first of four largo suits, on claims aggregating $952,500, was begun In the Federal Court yesterday against the Diamond Match Company It is nllegod that tho company obstructed naviga- tlon on tho Ontonagon Hlvor, a stream lo clared navigable b tho Oovcrnment. Ths cotnraiiy stlfl has 50.000.000 feot ot logs In tho .river, which prevents nil othor lumbermen getting logs down. Says a Tenderloin Negro Robbed Him, John Miller, a paperhancer, ot 143 Wost Twenty-eighth street, has been hanging around tho Tenderloin police station for sev eral days, gridually giving up hopo of ever seolng lilsf.t'Ongatn Ho st)s ho had saved tho money to start a shop On July (I he ac companied a nesreastj a room on Twentr Puirth stroet nutr Seventh avenno, where a six-foot negro extracted the $H50 from Ilia pocket Tho police have made no arrests. Senator Havrna's Mother a Victim of Poison Ivj. OnrRNroKT, L I, July 11. While gathering , frns near this place on Sundty, Mrs Charles J h Havens, the mother of StateSenator Havens, , came In contact with a poison Ivy plant and la i ovv ill at the home of hor daughter, Mrs 8. li I Adams, hlio lives in Moilelies ' You Never Miss the Water Till the Welt Runs Dry." Vt never redize the value of health until it is gone. When old time strength andtigc- are tv.viting, purify the blooJ by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla; socn re stored appetite, perfect digestion, steady nerves and even temper tvHl prove it is bringing back the glow of perfect health. r7 tl --f to f i - -it. ,--, 'I aA T Z (IVATKHAI.A'H AStltlTlOX. Mr. Roberts Says the Country Is Anxious to Becontn " Americanised." Martin Roberts, an American who has lived In Guatemala since ho was H )enrs old, and Is closely Identified with the Llbernl party which Is now In power thero, Is at tho Savoy Hotel Mr. Roberts has been In this country for about I four months conducting negotiations for the 1 'ale of the Guatemala and Northern Railroad. The rond Is owned by the Govornmont nnd Is 1 lonscd bv Mr. Roberts. It run from tho At i Saiitlo lll.'i miles Into tho Interior. It Is In tended that th road will bo extended sixty I miles to GuatemnlaClty There Is n railroad ' now In operation from Guntomala City to tho I Pacific coast. It belongs to C. P. Huntington. I It Is andtrstood thnt Mr. Huntington Is tho . man who Is most likely to buy the Govern ment road . .Mr lloborls sent for reporters of Tlir. Sov I nnd othei.newspnpers ln. nlcht to say to them , that theioopleot Hie I'nlted States murt not take seriously anv alarming reports that come by way of San Frniiclcoabout dlsturtid I conditions in (luntcrnulu. lit theso San 1 ran I clsco despatches Antonio Barrios. Jose l lr I rena, Juan 1. Ponelnno and Joso I'.. Suncher. I aro quote.! as men who hnve been obliged to lieu from Guatemala for their Uvea, i "Theso men." said Mr Roberts, are mem bers of the Ciiur'h party, or. ns they would cnll It. the conservative party. They nre opposed to I'nlted Slates influences, to I'nlted States Immlcratlou and to I'nlted States Ideas of a gold standard currency. They want to put I the people back In narrow blind attlijection to the Church. Now. nil religious belief Is fico I In Guatemala, but ro man may parado his ro ligiou on tho street. "I hey kow that the sale of the Guatemala and Noittieru road to un American .Mr. Rob erts uses "American" ns Intcrchnnzeablo with "citizen of the I'nlted Stntou"i moans thnt It rrlll be finished from the Atlantic co ist to Gua temala Cltv. and that means a trauscontinon I tal line from sen 'o sen. That means wo would be withlu four da) a of New Orleans. It means that the country will fill up with Ameri can labor and American capital and American business Ideas. Thero Is a strong sentiment in Ouittemtla for tho L'nited States, from Pres ident Cabrera down. Wa all want our trade to be nn American trade. It Is German bow thorn Is no excuse for Its being German. "The onlv way that the Church party can prevent this railroad deal Is to frighten Amer ican capital hr making representations about the dangerous nnd unsettled state ot the coun try. Hence all this wild clamor of insurrec tion, assassination, flnnnclal ruin, military ex ecutions and the like It Is all manufactured in San Francisco and rent East to keep me from selling this railroad." Mr. Roberts said that all the Central Ameri can republics wero quiet politically now. ex cept for occaslonal'rnlds of filibusters on somo aort like Blueflolds Tho worst of these sporadic outbreaks never penetrate into the Interior nowadays. The people hnve learned by bitter experience that revolutions cost them a great deal and bring them nothing. They want steady employment at certain wagea more than anything elre and that was best to.be bad, Mr.lltobertsi said, by enoourag Ing United States influenoe. 1TE8TBRX RAILROAD 31EX MBBT. They Will Try to Seeurs an Adjustment of the Immigrant Traffic. Tho advisory committee of seven whioh Axes the actions of the Western Tassenger Asso ciation, comprising twenty-five Western rail- , roads, met in a preliminary session at tho Hotel Netherland. Fifty-ninth street and Fifth avenue, yesterday nftornoon. Eben E. McLood, Chairman ot the Western Passenger Asso- ' elation, presided, and his secretary. W. A. Gib bons ot Chicago, acted as Secretary of the meeting. The remainder ot the committee was as fol lows: H. C Townsond, general passonger agont of the Missouri Pacific St Louis ; Georgo A Cullon. general agent In Now York of the Western Passenger Association: G. T.Nichol son, passenger traffic manat,er of tho Santa F6 system. Chicago, C JI Pratt, Chairman of tho Southwestern Passenger Bureau, St, LouIa; John Sebastian, general passengertlckot agent ot the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, Chi cago: P 8. Eustls, general passonger agont ot tho Chioago. Burlington and (Juincy, Chicago; A. F. Merrill, assistant general ticket agent ot the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul, Chicago, and E. L Lomax, general passonger ticket agent ot the I'nlon Pacific Railroad. Omaha '1 ho meeting jestorday was mainly n prelim inary conference In whioh tho work for tho siieeeeilliig two dajs wut. mapped out Tho purpose of the meetings Is to secure an ad justment of tho Immigrant traflle. so that on equitable division of It may be effected nmong the soveral roads. The main thing discussed )esterday wus a similar dhlslon of the soldier traflle In tho near future. A conference was held with the Trunk Lino Association as to tho ruto to be charged for the transportation of tho 15,000 to 20,000 soldiers soon to bo sent from various points in the country to San Francisco, on tholr way to Manilu. Tho result of this confereuco was not mado public. One of the officials said ho understood thnt Gen. Otis had requested that the new roerultsbe sent to the Philippines by way of San Francisco, as tho men would bo In much better condition on arrival than it they went by way ot the Atlantic und tho Suez Canal. '1 ho snTue official said that in Ins opinion fully 115.0110 soldiers would bo sent to Manila before Oct 1. To-day the advisory committee will hold a conference at tho Hotel Netherland with rep resentatives of the Canadian Paclflo and tho Southern Pacific roads In rogard to the immi grant traflle. To-morrow they will meet the representatives of tho steamboat linos regard ing tho same topic. The committee may also discuss general passenger trarne matters dur ing the sessions. Tho conference, the mem bers of the committee say, lias no special sig nificance, but Is called merely to adjust some few inequalities in immigrant traffic, Uoston and Maine Deals Approved. BosTOV.July 11 The Railroad Commission ers In nn order to-day npprovod tho forms of purchase of tho Portsmouth nnd Dover, Port Innd nnd Rochester nnd Portland, Saco and Portsmouth railroads by the Boston and Maine. Tlio petitions for approval were heard yester day by the hoard. The basis of oxchangeis ton shares of Boston and Maine for thirteen of Portsmouth nnd Dover, and share for share Iu the other two roads. Rending Iron Company's New Coal Land Purchase. Pnii.ADEi.pniA. July 11 George F. Baor, President of tho Reading Iron Company, which recently purchased nn Immense acrctge of coal land In Somorsot count), said to-day that the land acquired contained live veins and em braced about It.OOU acres. The coal will bo used In the furnaces of the iron oompany and will not bo for general sale. Tho land Is ou the Bnltimoro and Ohio's branch from nock wood to Johnstown. NO MORE CAXDLItS J.V BBLLBrVE. Tbnt Will He One Result of the Slight Fire In the Children's Ward. J. McKee Borden, private secretary to Chari ties Commissioner Keller, said yesterday that one result of tho fire which occurred In the children's ward ot Bellevue Hospital early yes torday morning would be the piohibition of tho future uso of candles In that or any ward of the hospital The only reason wh) candles woro used, Mr Borden said, as nearly as ho could muko out wis because they always had been used Several styles of covered lights bad now been sent to Commissioner Keller for his examination, and ono ot them would be selcotod in a short time. Death of Miss Kuima A, Hone. Miss Emma A Hone, whose engagement to marry Mr. EnosT, Throop. Jr , wns announced on July 1, died on Friday last, July 7 She was thegreat-craiiddaughterof Philip Hone, Mayor of this eity in IKtJ, and Mr Throop is a le scendant of Enns T 1 hroop, Governor of Now York al about tho sumo timo. The funeral wns hold yesterday nt tho home of Miss Hone's mint. Mrs Joseph G Auerbach.of 7 East Ninth atroct. Judgment Agnlnst the Telxetrns. Deficiency judgment for $5,441 was docketed yesterday against Maria Lusla de Farla and I.ugenlo Telxelrn, tho Urarllian artist. In favor of Mary ("onion It grew out ot the foreclosure sale of the Tolxeiri residence, at ulMWest hnd ivenue. corner of 105th street The prop erty wns sold on Juue 12 to William Leslie for $200, subject to tv (i prloi mortgages ugsre gutlng StO.ooO Ilenrdlrt Ulsiell. Thn wedding of Miss Catharine Vnn Rons selaor Blssell nnd Elliott Stewart l!"tediet took place )osterdiyalternoon at tho homo of tho brido's parents, Mr ami Mrs all liens I editor Havens ilissell. .rr West EighD-nlnth slnet. The ceremony was iierforuied at.) 'ID o'clock b) the Rev Dr Arthur T Pierson of Brookln Thoro were no bridesmaids or ushtrs. Recruiting for the Ihlttleth Voluntatis. CniCAOo, July 11 -Recruiting for the Thir tieth United Slates Voluntcors has begun at Chicago and tho other regular arm) recruiting stations In Illinois. Michigan. Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky and Tennessee. Are all little men cold-blooded! Must be. All the big sizes of that strong est thin, stuff ever made brown minscloth, were gobbled up tho first wnrm weather; nothing ia left except sizes 34, 85, 36, 37, : i 38; and they ought not to bo i left long at to-day's prices coat Vf'' $1.50, vest .50, trousers $1.50. f Prices on several other blood coolers have also slumped. Sizes, big and little : 70 white serge coats striped with bine and dials j $1.60, trousers tomatch some, ai.ao, were 10. i 100 herrlngbon crash eoats tl.AO, vests ,50, trer era ll.f.Oi were 14.60. 1 00 and IS BO. 40 gray homespun eoata $3. CO) were f 10. 1 2G alpaca coats 91.601 were SS and $8,50. All at our Prince St. store. .Rogers, Pbkt &, Co. 050 Droadwsy, cor Leonard, rno Broadway, cor 1'rlnce. Thlrt) ffi onu and Broadway. .. . ... RUT It would be impossl Kplj . ble to improve U OLD CROW adSk RYE pLlibr!3 by any addition what- I mlD CR0Wi4 ever. It is a Hand- Kfl Hlg made Sour -mash, a '3 jfr H? tfj thoroughbred, and be- B J tpJ H. B. KIRK & CO., tsr-s? NEW YORK. One Hundred Pieces of Silver In i glass case we have, maybe, a hundred pieces of Silver Tableware Antique, highly prized yet not too highly priced. Underneath this case are a score or more of Antique Brass Fenders. Elsewhere about both stores are more Silver, more Brass, more Clay, more Glass and Furniture. Two little worlds In Interest see them. Schmitt Brothers, Two ( Gor. 25th St. & 4th Ave. i Two Stores. 40 East 23d St. f Stores. Model Bath Rooms. Just why our PLUMBING FIX TURES have been selected for the most notable residences built in re cent years is demonstrated by critical examination. THE MEYER-SNIFFEN CO. ir. MANflACTHlKKS AND IMPOBTS11S. ' A Eit lUtli . a Dr. Lyon's ' PERFECT "Mil Powder Usnd by peoplo of refinement for ov."- minrtor cf a century. ALLEGED bll.K TniBTES OAUOnT. Mm Who llrnnsht Illillcule nn Capt. Chapv mnn Priilialilr In tbn Tnlls. PniLADRLMiiA. July It The tliroe thlsves who. It Is nllpucil. stolo silks valued ot $(1,000 from Hrln A Fox, 2:t Illocokor street. New York, whllo Cnptnln of Police Chapman was Rtnndlnc nearby Instructinc a rural Polio Captain liow to rapture thloves, were arrested here lata Inst nlcht nnd at the liearlne In Cen tral Htatlon this mornlnc tlioy gave their nameeas Mlchnel lonn, 75 Thompson street; Joseph llarato 'Jill) West 1'orty. fifth street, and Joseph Mamlnllo, HW Thompson street. They were committed to prison to await requisition, from Now York The robbery ocourred on July fine of tha men secreted himself in tho store on July ,'t, whero he stayed nil nlcht. mid In the mornlnc thn other two drove up in a wncon and the trio loaded the soods IntoU nnd departed Thn Oliftster W. Cliapln Lnllnnlinri. IUi.Ti.MonR. Julv 11 -The new steel stenmr Chester W Cliapln, built at Sparrow's Point by r thn Maryland Mcel Company for tlio New York y nnd Ni'tv Hav on .steamboat Company, was f hunched this afternoon The comiany was rep-esented by a lart'e party of ofllclals. The) "" thnpln Is one of tlio l.irurat vessels evoi built nt marrow's Point ho will be propolled by twin si rows nnd will hnve tt specdof2'i miles nn hour hhe Is for paMcneerand freight trnl lie lietv i'i 11 New IKIU1 Sow llnvon. In enm Pitii) with the steamer Itkhard Pock Rho li .l.'l feet lone on deck, -IS feet beam and draw 17leet ISfietnn to Get tlin Mnrllinrouzh Camen, HoiiTON, July 11 Kdward Iloblnson, tha curator of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, eonflrmiil this mornlnc tho story that tha famous Marlborough enmeo. reprcienllnc the marrince of Cupid nnd Psyche, Is romlnu " a clft to the city Hn sas that that irem. with, other" rurcliDed from the samii collect' in, will be on exhibition tiforo the summer la over. Ilrnnklyn's Illrrtrlr.il I'ountnln Displays Sllauenileil. Deputy Water Hilppli Commissioner Molfetl of the borouch of Hi v,kvn, fearlnc a hort nee In the water m l, has ilireetnl r ,at t he eiectnctl foiipt.uii u hi I.ivh ou ihu I'm plira twlcu n veek I e huhih inl, I unti' lurihern like. I TTic (iroatosl Gift Is Health. fUohamtlcff Miff alt Extract rClS Make Flesh and Dlood. "-J KS' "-Clva ttea.lli Iu All. riX , 1