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Thursday November 1 4-1 895 PZrZZ 9-12 MUST ENTER COMPETITION So Think Some Police Commissioners About Promotions. MR. ROOSEVELT SAID TO FAVOR COXLIX However, It May Be Some Time Before Permanent; Chief the Inspector Are Xmett bf the Board. The question that la agitating the police at present, to the exclusion of almost very-other topic, is that of Ming the chief offices on the force either by the promotion of the men who have been holding the places temporarily for several month, or by the selection of others to fill--the Vacant offices. Inspector Conlin has been Acting Chief since Hay 27.

when Byrnea was retired, and Capts. Co rt right, McCullough, and Brooks have been actios; as Inspectors for several months. -e The Board of Police! fixed the probationary term of these officers at six months, and as this term of probation would. In the case of the Acting- Chief, expire on Nov. 27.

It was supposed that he would be at once promoted to the position of Chief without further examination! It was also rumored In the department that Conlin would only hold the position for a few months, and that he would retire on half pay to make way for Inspector Cortright, who was understood to be the choice of the Commissioners for the permanent head of the force. The Indications are however, that It will be some time before the promotions are announced, as the Commissioners are not fully in accord as to the manner in which the selections shall be made. The none of contention Is as to the requirement of a competitive examination In the case of those officers who have filling- the higher grades under probation. A private meeting of the Commissioners was held on Tuesday, when the question was fully discussed, and It was then developed that the Commissioners were not agreed. The Commissioners would not talk yesterday about the proceedings at the private session, but It was reported Tuesday that President Roosevelt and Commissioner Grant were In favor of the promotion "of Conlin and the confirmation of Capt.

Cortrig bt as Deputy Chief, and Capts. Brooks and McCullough as Inspectors, but they were met by the objections of Com. Bnissioners Parker and Andrews that these promotions could not be made without a competitive examination. A statement was published In a morning newspaper yesterday that there was a row In the Police Board in consequence of this difference of opinion, but all the Commissioners denied that there had been any trouble. President Roosevelt was not Inclined to discuss the matter yesterday.

He denied, however, that there was any breach between the Commissioners on the subject. Whatever the Police Commissioners determine to do in the matter of promotions," said Mr. Roosevelt, will be done strictly In accordance with the requirements of the law. and. their action will be harmonious." Commissioner Andrews said that the law required.

In his opinion, a competitive examination before promotions. The language of the law. said Mr. Andrew. "Is 'Promotions from the lower grades to the higher grades shall be on the basis of ot merit andcpmpetl-, The law also provides that whenever a vacancy shall occur' In the office of the Chief 'of Police it shall be filled by resolution of the Board of Police Commissioners by appointment of the Deputy Chief of Po-1 from among Inspectors or Captains.

This throws the field of. competition open to all the Captains on the force. There is also another section of the law which provides that promotions of officers and members of the police force shall be made by the Board of Police Commissioners on ground of seniority, -meritorious police, service, and superior Now. bow. can the su-periot capacity be determined unless by a competitive examination Commissioner Grant said yesterday: "I think there will have to be a competitive examination, because the law requires it- Acting Chief Conlin will be required to submit to a competitive examination before he can' be promoted.

The question of seniority will also have to be considered, and what weight to give to seniority in set vice will also have to be discussed. All thing being -equal, long service should count, but preference should not be given to a man over a more capable competitor simply- -by reason of long service. All these things have been considered and discussed, no -decision has been arrived at. Commissioners Parker and Andrews will look Into the law and report their conclusions to the board." Commissioner Parker was positive that do promotions could be made- without a competitive KXOwLTOX STATUE IS UXVEILED The Yoiif Revolutionary Hero Hun. red a.r Hartford.

Hartford. Nov. 13 The Hall of Representatives at the Capitol was the scene of a large gathering of prominent citizens with ladles this afternoon at the ceremonies attendant upon the unveiling of the bronze statue to CoL Thomas Knowlton Ashford. a hero of the Revolutionary War. Besides Gov.

Coffin and his staff in full uniform and the State officers there were present members of the Connecticut Historical Society, Connecticut Society Sons of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution. of Colonial Wars. Order of the Cincinnati, United States Senator Joseph R. Hawley, Sculptor Enoch 8.

Woods, members of the Statuary Commission, and others. The exercises were presided over by Charles Dudley Warner; and were opened With prayer by the Kev. Joseph H. Twicheli. Mr.

Warner then made the presentation speech, on behalf of the Statuary Commission. The reply accepting the statue for the Stat was made by Gov. O. Vincent Coffin. Then came the historical aCLwss delivered by P.

Henry Woodward, Secretary of the Hartford Board of Trade. At the conclusion of the ceremonies In the CapRol, the large assemblage adjourned ta the east of the building and gathered around the statue, which, after a brief delay, wax- unveiled by Miss CrofuL fTSESAL OF THE KEV. J. H. OITGGATC FeutlneaJ Mass at St.

Patrick's Cnuren, Watearaury. ay Bishop Tlrsj. Wattckbury, IS. Fully 4.030 People attended the funeral of the Rev. J.

H. Daggan, at St. Patrick's Church, to-day. Th remains lay In state, and the interior of the church was bung In black. There was a mass of floral offerings.

Most of the members of the local City Government and the Protestant clergy of Waterbury attended. The sermon, by the Rev. W. J. Slocum, was from the text Epheslans 10.

The pontifical mass was celebrated by Bishop Tierney. The honorary pall bearers were Fathers Treanor of Waterbury. Duggan of Torrtng-ton. O'Keefe of Jewett City, Finnegan of Litchfield, Bourret of Waterbury, and ftynott of Ansonla. Interment was in a vault in the churchyard.

Ta Disease Proeeelare Revlsloa. Albany, Nov. Is. The comrolssloa appointed by Oov. Mortun to revise the methods of legislative procedure, comprising Lieut.

Gov. Sax- ton. ex-, tnblyman Danforth E. Aineworth. sad genets Clerk John 8.

Kenyon, will hold another meeting at the rooms of the New-York City bar Association Nov. -JA. Prof. Jeoka, who is Professor of Civil Government at Oornsll University; Speaker HamllUin fish, and Ae- a sembtymaa William Carey Sanger ct Oneida County, the author of the law under wtticit the cwiirl ten was appointed, wilt present their Mews at the aeeeUag eateeae changeaw THE QUAKER CITY POORLY PAYED Facts Broight to Light br the Senatorial Investigating Committee Testimony of Witnesses. Philadelphia, Nov.

J3. The StAte Senatorial Committee, which Is Investigating the municipal affairs' of Philadelphia, met this afternoon. Addison F. Bender, who. during the last ten days, has been examining the cleaning of asphalt paved streets In Philadelphia on behalf of the Citizens' Municipal Association, was the first witness.

He told at some length of the Insufficient force employed in doing the work, which Is contrary to the specifications of the contracts. Bernard Bowen. who classed Ktmael. as a practical paver, with occupation as walking delegate of the National Pavers and Rammers' Association, testified that It would cost $4 per yard to pave the streets according to the contracts, and that at the present price at which the work had been awarded. ($2.67 per cubic yard.) the contracts could not be carried out.

Dennle Mahoney. a contractor, stated that no fitted Belgian paving blocks were used In Philadelphia, as required by law. John Manelly. an ex-Inspector of the collection of-garbage; told of the feeding of garbage to hogs In Delaware County in May -and -June last by the American Incinerating Company and the United States Fuel and Manufacturing Instead of cremating' It. Charles A.

Richardson, who Is affiliated with the Citizens' Municipal Association, testified that the paving of streets by the street railways (the thoroughfares occupied by the railways) was done Irrespective of the laws, and he also related of an Ineffectual Interview which he and other members had in 1S93 with the city authorities In regard to this matter. The committee will meet again Nov. 21. FORT THE GOOD OF NEW-YORK SOME THIXGS DISCUSSED BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRADE. SaggestloB for a Commercial Museum City's Advaatase for Conventions Hotel Men Join.

At the meeting of the Board of Trade and Transportation yesterday, the appointment was authorized of five delegates to the annual meeting of the National Board of Trade. The delegates will be Instructed to advocate the measures already approved in this city, with reference to a trademark law, to the merchant marine, to an expert non-partisan monetary commission, to second, third, and fourth-class mall matter, to navigating naval reserves, and to the Torrey bankruptcy law. William II. Wiley submitted from the Executive. Committee a project for a commercial museum.

The meeting adopted the following: Whereas, Other cities have organized commercial museums for the purpose of bringing before their manufacturers, dealers, and consumers ail the varied products of the world, that the best selection may be made for their own special Interests; to publish Information concerning such products which may aid the manufacturer and consumer; to place on exhibition- manufactured articles and samples with full information from all markets which our goods ought to enter and our manufacturers control, and to furnish information concerning opportunities In foaelan lands; and Whereas Private enterprise In this -direction In this city has heretofore failed of success, while the value of such an institution, properly conducted, must commend Itself to every merchant and manufacturer of New-York; therefore, 1 solved. That the Committee on City Affairs be requested to make inquiry, and confer with 'the city authorities and other as to the desirability and practicability of establishing in this city a municipal commercial museum, and to report thereon to this board at the January meeting or sooner. Secretary Frank S. Gardner made a report on efforts for forestry legislation. He was Instructed to write to Secretary Hoke Smith.

-urging-that-the National Academy of Sciences advise In regard to legislation needed for the preservation of the forests. Charles H. Patrick offered the following resolutions, which were adopted, designed to. set forth the advantages of this city for meetings and conventions: It Is the opinion of the New-York Board of Trade and Transportation that the City of New-York should commend tself to the country and. to all organisations.

rocletles. leagues, orders, guilds, and political parties as the most desirable and delightful of all the cities in the Union In which to hold annual and other meetings and conventions, both in Summer snd Winter, because, in its numerous hotels, which are the best In the world; In its unsurpassed railroad passenger service; in its many and un-equaled local attractions and amusements; In Its wonderful institutions of learning, science, and art in its enormous and varied commercial and manufacturing establishments and in Its large public balls, so well adapted to accommodate vast gatherings of people. It possesses facilities and advantages Infinitely greater than any other city in -the Cnlted States. Resolved. That while in the past' little has been done to make known these advantages or to induce the holding of great conventions and gatherings -In our city It is important that systematic effort should be made and persistently and Intelligently continued to bring to our city such gatherings of people.

In the interest of all our citizens and of our commerce and manufactures. Resolved, That the President be requested to appoint a special committee of ten members, representative of various Unes of business, with power to add to their number, for the purpose of promoting the object stated in the foregoing resolutions. G. Waldo Smith, Eraetus Wlman, William E. Cleary, and ex-Judge William H.

Arnoux spoke at length on canal Improvement, terminal facilities, and abuses, and the meeting adopted the following, offered by Mr. Smith: Resolved. That the approval by the people of this State, at the recent election of the law providing for the Issue of State bonds in an amount not to exceed Su.uuG.OOU. Insures the permanent, effective, and speedy Improvement of our State canals and crowns with success the labors of the New-York Board of Trade and Transportation to that end which have extended over a period of fifteen years past, and ensures the supremacy of this port as to cheap tunaporta-Uon for many years to come. Resolved.

That It Is the dutv of all citizens to aid In eradicating the many abuses alleged to exist at this port, which cause delay In handling boats and cargoes, and consequent expense ana loss which must be charged to the business, and to provide facilities, now lacking, for the handling of boats and cargoes to the bast advantage. Resolved, That the Committee on Canal Transportation and the Committee on Terminal Facilities be and are requested to investigate the terminal facilities of this port as specially connected with water transportation. Including wharf and other, port charges, wharf facilities and storage facilities for canal and other water business, and all matters relating thereto, and to report thereon to this board not later than Jan 8. what steps. In their Judgment, should be taken, by legislation or otherwise, to remove all obstacles to commerce and secure to this city and port the fullest possible advantages from our natural facilities and Improved waterways.

Aaron Vanderbllt presented a resolution, which was adopted, by which the board will urge Congress to locate a Government vessel here equipped to proceed on short notice to sea for the relief of. vessels reported in distress. A minute was adopted in memory ot Capt. Ambrose "Snow, who died In June. He had been President of the board for sixteen consecutive The influence of the board In prevailing on the railroads to give stop-over privileges In New-York at the time of the Christian Endeavor and Knights Templars Conventions In Boston brought so much business to the hotels In midsummer that hotel men are Jolnbig the board.

Through H. H. Brockway of the Ashland House the following hotel men were elected to membership yeeterday: E. I Merrlneld of the Continental. George C.

Boldt of the Waldorf, Henry J. Barry of the Sturtevant, A. Eugene Kirby of the Marie Antoinette. Gardner Wet Ivor bee of the Windsor, J. H.

Fife of the Vendome. Charles L. Wether-bee of the Buckingham, Simeon Ford of the Grand Union. 8. L.

Halsey of the Devonshire, and Tilly Haynes of the Broadway Central. Lagtr Beer Brewers Meet. The annual meeting of the Lager Beer Brewers' Board of Trade was held yesterday afternoon at 109 East Fifteenth Street. The session, although well attended, was brief. Resolutions of regret on the deaths of W.

H. Beadleeton and Philip Ebllng were adopted. The annual reports of the Secretary and Treasurer showed that sixty-eight Arms, representing one-fifth of the total beer output of the United States, were in the association. The following officers were elected: President I. Uenenberg; Viae President W.

K. Clark-son; Treasurer si. J. Uroh; Secretaries A. E.

Seifert and R. Katsenmayvr; Attorney A. P. Pitch; Trustees Denenberg. M.

J. Omh, F. A. Ehret, H. W.

Mueller. Anton C. O. Hupfel. W.

K. Clerkaoa. Ruppert, J. C. Uelnts, William O.

Rlngker, Theodore (ber-meyer. John W. Brown, Peter Hauck, Peter DccffrtV if- n. Kcxsteic, Osar J. Mayer.

BIG ELECTION EXPENSES Senatorial Candidates, as a Rule, Liberal with Their Monej. POLITICAL HOXORS PKOYED COSTLY- CoTl Ellsworth a Candidate for President Pro Tern of the Senate Kellocg Named for Judge In Essex. Albant. Nov. 13.

The following certificates of election expenses were filed to-day with the Secretary of State: John D. Teller, Democratic candidate for Associate Judge of the Court of. Appeals, expended 12.788, of which $2,500 went to the Democratic State Committee -and $200 to the Cayuga committee. Russell R. Stuart, Democratic candidate for.

State Engineer, had expenses aggregating The Democratic State Committee received $2,000 of this amount as a donation according to Mr. Stuart's certificate. John B. Judson. Democratic candidate for SUste Controller, gave $1,500 to the Democratic State Committee and $250 to the Fulton committee, his other expenses amounting to $100.

Edward W. Hatch, Republican candidate for Supreme Court Justice In the Eighth District, distributed $900 among the county committees of his districts Robert C. Titus, Democratic candidate for Supreme Court Justice in the same district, gave $250 to the Erie committee. The following successful 'Republican candidates for Senator filed certificates: T. E.

Ellsworth of Lockport expended $S81, of which $300 each went to the Genesee and Niagara County, committees, and $200 to the Orleans County committee. James Ballantlne of Delaware gave $500 to the Sullivan County committee. $-100 to the Chenango committee, $285 to the Delaware committee. His other exoer.ses amounted to Jlfett. Joseph Mullin of Watertown spent $675.

Of this amount the Jefferson County committee got $300 and the Lewis County committee $123. The expenses of Benjamin M. Wilcox of Auburn were $786. The Cayuga County committee got $300 and the Seneca County committee $250. Nevada N.

Stranahan gave $100 to the Oswego County Committee, and $150 to the Madison County Committee'. William C. Daley expended $1,400. of which $575 went to the Columbia County Committee; $500 to the Dutchess Committee, and $250 to the Putnam County Committee. His unsuccessful Democratic competitor spent $5,200.

Richard Hlgble. the Republican Senator elected In the Suffolk District, expended $822, of which $250 went to the Suffolk County Committee, and $150 to the Richmond County Committee. E. C. Stewart of Ithaca, who was elected as a Republican Senator, gave 2UO to the Schuyler County Committee, 3UO -each to the Chemung.

and Tompkins County Committees, and had fJH other expenses. Martin J. Keogh, candidate for Supreme Court Justice in the Second District, expended $3,950. of which $3,430 was distributed among Democratic committees. State Engineer Adams's expenses amounted to 1,1 70.

the Republican State and Oneida' County Committees receiving between them. White Plains. N. Nov. 13.

James Irving Burns, the -successful Republican candidate for State Senator, swears he spent for legitimate expenses. L. F. Crumb, the successful Republican candidate for County Clerk, spent $870.20. Henry Esser, who was elected Superintendent 'of the Poor on the Republican ticket, spent (U78.40.

Thomas R. Hodge the Republican Register-elect, spent $1,180. Smith' Lent, the Republican County Judge-elect, spent George C. Andrews, the successful Republican candidate for District Attorney, expended $992.50. John Stewart, Republican Assemblyman-elect from the First District, accounts for $47.

George L. Carlisle, Republican, elected member of Assembly, Second District, expended 13U2.S0. FIRTI1ER REFORMS PROPOSED. Gov. Morlos Asked to Put SwTsrk and Kings Offices on the Classified List.

Stracc be, N. Y. Nov. 13. At a meeting of the State Civil Service Commission, held here to-day, Charles Fowler of Ithaca was appointed Chief Examiner, his appointment to date from Jan.

1. 1800, and to be for the probationary term of six months. The commission submitted for the approval of the Governor a reclassification of a number of positions In the State service from the non-competitive to the competitive schedule. The following resolutions were offered: Whereas, The Constitution of the State enjoins that appointments and promotions In the civil service of the State and of the civil divisions thereof shall be made, so far as practicable, according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be Resolved, That the Governor be requested to claslfy, under the provisions of the civil service law. all places In the offices ot the Counties of New-York and Kings; and.

further. Resolved, That it is the sense of this commission that such classification be extended, where practicable, to other counties in the State where the offices employ any considerable number of permanent subordinate. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. ELLSWORTH A CANDIDATE. Would Like to be President Pro Tea.

of the Senate. Lockport, N. Nov. 13. Col.

E. Ells-t worth. Senator-elect for the Forty-fifth District, announced to-day his formal candidacy for President pro tern, of the State Senate. CoL Ellsworth was born In East Windsor, in 1837. and was graduated from Rochester University In 1857, coming this city the same year, and entering the legal profession.

He raised a company of cavalry In 1861. and. upon Its dlsbandment In 1SS2, was transferred to Gen. Wads-worth's staff, where he served with distinction until the close of the war. He was appointed Collector at Suspension Bridge by President Grant In 1809.

holding the position eight years. He was elected State Senator In 18S2. and has served two terms. Pas sett AVoaUdl Be at Delegate. Alb AWT.

Nov. 13. J. Bloat Fassett called upon Gov. Morton at the Executive Chamber to-day.

He also called at several of the State departments, and greeted many old friends. Mr. Fassett expects to be one of the delegate from his Congressional district to the National Republican Convention, having been one of the first to suggest Gov. Morton's name for the Presidency. Rensselaer's Corrected Vote.

Trot, N. Nov. 13. The County Board of Canvassers revised the vote of Rensselaer County to-day, making several changes In the State ticket vote. To Palmer Is given a plurality of fcol, instead of l.Otil, King's vote having been counted 10O short.

To Dow Is given Instead of 13,398, and Teller gets 13.33d. Instead- of 13,378. The majority for canal Improvement Is 10.201. Abosl the Appraiser's Wareheaee. Arrangements have been made by.

which Secretary Carlisle, on bla visit to this city next Wednesday, will confer with the Chamber of Commerce Committee, appointed to urge the completion of the Appraiser's warehouse at Christopher and Orsenwtch Streets. Work on the building ceased about two years ago. owing lack of funds. The plana are for a ten-story building, and only (wo stories have been finished. THINK IUS5IUAX IT AS 15S15E Experts ia Lanier Testifjr to Bis riallacin- tlons Dn.

Grtj and UacDonald Were Witnesses. The trial of David F. Hannlgan for killing Solomon H. Mann was resumed in the court of Oyer and Terminer" before JusUce Ingraham yesterday morning. Landon C.

Gray, who was a witness Tuesday, continued hi testimony. In reply to Dr. CVBullivan he said he had 'examined Hannlgan In the Tombs Sept. IT, and in his opinion Hannlgan was Insane and was suffering from melancholia, Hannlgan had told him that his sister had urged him to kill Mann and had since expressed her approval of the act. The witness went Into an extended explanation of various forms of hallucinations, delusions, and false beliefs.

A sane person could have false beliefs, he explained, while an Insane man would have delusions. In reply to a question about the emotional chock that Hannlgan Is said to have suffered, the' witness testified that worry and anxiety were more potent causes of disease than anything else aside from The hypothetical question of 10,000 words told about Tuesday was read to Dr. Gray. He thought the matter over a moment and then replied: If these questions can be proved there is no doubt whatever in my mind that David Hannlgan was Insane." The cross examination was then begun, but was soon suspended for Hannlgan was taken sick and had to be removed from the courtroom. On his return Dr.

Gray stated that he had for some years been connected with the Flatbush Hospital. Brooklyn, and that he had a large private practice. Dr. Gray believed that Hannlgan' melancholia had begun when he first heard of his sister's condition. While the witness had been one of the experts who had certified that Hannlgan was sane enough to be tried, yet he made distinction a to degrees of Insanity, and considered the defendant medically Insane." He did not detect the slightest sign of dissimulation or feigned Insanity on Hannigan's part.

Dr. George De Forest Smith was next called. In reply to Dr. CVSulllvan. the witness said he had seen Hannlgan In the Tombs.

Haimlgan's melancholia had begun at the time of his sister's sickness, and, he thought, his Insanity had covered a period of several weeks. He had not found any alcoholic indications about the defendant. His melancholia had been caused by' grief. Dr. Carlos F.

MacDonald, President of the New-York Lunacy Commission, had. he testified, examined 20.0UO lunacy cases In the course of a year. He had seen Hannlgan In the Tombs and watched him for fifteen minutes unobserved by the prisoner. He then talked with him for an hour and a half and closely noted his appearance and manner. When he first examined Hannlgan his pulse was about loo.

his eyes were suffused and the pupils were dilated. He also saw that his hands were cold and that the muscles of his face were twitching. At the conclusion of Dr. MacDonald' testimony the court adjourned. CONVICTS SHOULD HAVE WORK ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE STATE FRlSOJf COMMISSION.

The Fassett Law Approved Iavestl-. gatloa Into Xcnr.York Penal Institutions Drglni To-day. Albant, Nov. 13. The State Prison.

Commission met to-day and listened to the views of Superintendent Brockway of the State Reformatory at Elmira and the Superintendent of the New-Tork County and Kings County Penitentiaries, a to the best method of. employing prisoners under the provisions of the new Constitution. The next Legislature must provide a new scheme for employing convicts to go Into effect Jan. 1. 1807.

Superintendent Brockway said that the salient principle In Imprisoning violators of the law Is the protection of society. To this end reformation, if possible, should result' at the' time a prisoner's liberty Is gained. The question Is what part does labor take In the effort to work such a change. Labor Is an Indispensable factor In our National reformatories. The Fassett prison labor law, under which the prisons are now operating, is to provide for the best and most feasible plan that can be devised for prison labor at present.

It fur. nlshes the best practicable classification of trades. In the Elmira Reformatory, of the 1,300 half are engaged In productive employments. Louis D. PlUbury, Warden of the New-Tork County Penitentiary, said that In his county the 000 prisoners could be employed In accordance with the provisions of the new Constitution so that the product of their work would not come in competition with outside labor.

They could be employed In working on Improvements and repairs to the buildings under the control of the Department of Charities and Correction and could also manufacture the various articles needed for the 17.UUO Inmates In these Institutions. It was suggested that this might be done In New-York, where all the institutions were under a central government, but that it would not be feasible In other counties of the State. Warden Hayes of the Kings County Penitentiary favored the Fassett law. He said that the State would have to build insane asylums Instead of prisons if the prisoners were deprived of occupation. W.

M. F. Round, Secretary of the Prison Association of New-York, waa heartily In favor of the present Fassett law. The association had already taken steps to secure a repeal of the prison labor provision of the new Constitution, which goes into effect Jan. 1.

1807. The last Legislature a resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution, allowing the labor of prisoners to be continued under the provision of the Fassett law. and If the next Legislature passed the same resolution It will then be submitted to a vote of the people next Fall. After the meeting of the commission. President Llspenara Stewart said: "The consensus of opinion of the prison officials who have appeared before the commission favors a retention of the operations of the Fassett law, and all agree that the prisoners should be provided with occupations." A committee of the Prison Association of New-York will to-morrow continue in New-York City an Inquiry into the administration -of affairs In the city and county penal Institutions of New-York, and ascertain the condition of the several institutions.

The committee was specially authorised to make the Inquiry at this time under an order of the Supreme Court, made by Justice Barrett, and will submit Its report to the next Legislature. Tne committee consists of George C. Holt. J. W.

Hutchinson. Charlton T. Lewis, Dr. Frederick Petersen, and W. M.

F. Round, and will meet to-morrow morning at 10 at the Essex -Market Police Court, KUISANCE MIST DE ABATED Gov. Morton Iissei Order to nn Erie County Corporation. Albant, 13- Gov. Morton this afternoon Issued a roc la mAtlon declaring that the Cheektowaga Fertiliser and Rendering Cor-poratiop carries on a nuisance in Erie County.

TJje offensive business and trades are carried on by the Baynea Oar bags Crematory the Mllsoa Rendering and Fertilising Company, the Beheld and Fechter Rendering Works, the Bet la Bros. Rendering Works, and the McGennls Rendering Works. The Governor directs that the manner, of conducting such offensive business and trade be forthwith changed, and that gar-baa and refuse be disposed of through the so-called reduction system," that gases and effluvia shall be either disinfected I or burned, and that an Inspector of the Health Board shall see that hi order are obeyed. Gas and Electric Light Plaat Dosgkl. It WM reported down town yesterday that the gas and electric light plants of Long Branch, Bed Bank, and Asbury Park.

N. J-. with franchises epvering the ocean front from Kea-brtiht to 8e Olrt. about twenty miles, had been bbuVht by a syndicate organised by Emerson McMUna bankers, of this city It is said fhit the plsns propose an equipment large enough to produce S83u.00O.0UO cubic feet of ae year fcr lighting and lusL MAYOR AGAIN AT HIS DESK Not Fally Recovered from the Gout, bat Attends to' Business. P1BK COMMISSIOXEES SW0R5 IX What Mr.

Brookfleld Bay About 111 RelsTnatlon Col. Sti-onf Has Lot of Correspondence Tern Served at 4. "Will he be down to-day? asked the first patrolman of the. watch of the second patrolman of the watch, at the Mayor' office yesterday morning; Just before 10 o'clock. "I dunno," said the second officer-' Let's ask Mr.

Burrows." Mr. Burrow, who I the Mayor's confidential secretary, stopped reading the reports in the newspapers that he had sought admission to a Piatt club to remark that he hoped the Mayor would be able to be. down town. Hush! bush! Here he comes. said a messenger, hurrying to the office of the Mayor.

Mayor Strong, who ha been laid up with hi old enemy, the gout, for the. last few. days, and who had not been at hi office since Saturday, soon afterward hurried In. and took hi seat. Everybody about the office was In a subdued condition of behavior.

All there know that the gout I a painful enemy to deal with, and they noticed by the woolen bandage on the Mayor's right wrlat that he was Btlll suffering from some of Its effects. The patrolmen of the watch moved about quietly and noiselessly, as if they wore rubber shoes. Messenger Heatherton lld over the carpet lightly. Secretary Job E. Hedges.

In his new suit of light tweed, attended to his duties with great. celerity, and made no noise about It. The temperature of the office was kept well up, so that no cold air could Irritate the municipal gout. Occasionally the Mayor would notice that a window was partially Then it would be closed quickly. But the Mayor himself, despite the remaining twinges of the gout, put whatever pain there was left aside, and attended to his business like a hero.

Soon after his arrival the four new Park Commissioners Col. S. V. R. Cruger, William A.

Stiles, ex-Mayor Smith and Samuel McMillan put In an appearance to be sworn in. The Mayor shook hands with all of them and administered the oath. Then they signed their names to the appointment, book and hurried out through the Mayor's Inner office. Ex-Mayor. Ely' name appear first on the appointment book, and hi signature is followed by those of Messrs.

McMillan. Cruger. and Stiles In the order named. CoL Cruger was subsequently elected President of the board to succeed David H. King, whose expires Mav 1.

Mr. McMillan succeeds George G. Haven and ex-Mayor. Ely succeeds J. Roosevelt, Both of these terms will expire May 1.

1807. Mr. Stiles succeeds A. D. Jullllard.

whose term expires May 1. 10UO. The new Park Commissioners went at once to the Park Department offices in the Arsenal In Central Park, to enter upon their duties. The Mayor, about noon, retired to his Inner office. with a big bundle of accumulated correspondence, the result of his few days' absence from the office.

He worked over his letters for more than an hour. He made two minor appointments during the day. One was that of F. J. PhUlips of 138 West Eighty-first Street, who was appointed warrant and bond clerk to succeed the late Major William H.

Corsa. and the other, that of F. O. Ireland, of 142 East Fortieth Street, who wss appointed a civil service examiner at a salary of $10 a day when actually employed. Messenger brought the Mayor his- afternoon tea.

At 4 o'clock. Hedges- said the Mayor to' his secretary, you-want a cup. of. "Why. yes' said Mr.

Hedges. I don't care If I do." And the Mayor and his secretary supped tea The Mayor will soon have to select a man to succeed William Brookfleld as. Commissioner of -Public Works. Mr. Brookfleld is anxious to retire from his office as told In Thb NcwYok Times.

When seen yesterday about the matter Mr. Brookfleld said: "It stands Just as It has for several months. There is nothing to add to what was said In to-day's newspapers. I have not seen the Mayor since election, but I expect to see him to-morrow." That Is all that Mr. Brookfleld would say on the- subject.

He wants to get out Just as -soon- as he can. but in doing so he will not do anything to embarrass the Mayor. Controller Fitch, who has had a touch of rheumatic gout, returned to his office, yesterday. He was in the best of humor and pent most of the day signing a big accumulation of warrants. TAMMANY MEX XEED NOT APPLY.

What Col. Criger Says About Heor-ganlalsg the Park Department. The members of the new Park Board, after being sworn in at the Mayor's office, went to the Arsenal, In Central Park, and organised as a board. CoL Cruger was elected President and Mr. -McMillen Vice President.

board adjourned, to meet again 'this morning at 9:30. There was no formal turning over of department papers or business on the part of the old Commissioners. President King spent part of the afternoon explaining the routine of the department to his successors. Col. Cruger.

when asked as- to his plans for reorganizing the department, said that no Tammany man need apply for work In the department, i He said that necessarily the work of making changes would go along slowly. Asked If there was to be a clean sweep of the Tammany men now employed, he said I will organise the department, so far as is possible, the same as I would organise my own business. So far as I am concerned, there will be no one In the department who is not efficient and who Is not loyal to the administration and to the Commissioners." i- DARYEY STEEL COMPASY LOSES James R. Davlea Sited for Getting a Contract with the Government. James R.

Da vies sued the Harvey Steel Company to recover $10,000 for services In securing the adoption by the United State Government of the Harveyixed steel plate armor for modern war vessels. The case came up before Justice Gaynor, In the Circuit Court, Brooklyn, yesterday. Mr. Davie testified to having had many Interviews with Secretary of the Navy Tracy, Commodore Folger, and Commander Wilson. Gen.

Tracy appeared as a Witness for the company. He denied having discussed with Mr. Davies the question of the Harveyixed steel for the navy. The jury gave a verdict for $9,630 for the Report Only JPurtly Trae. A report from 'Philadelphia that the Directors of one of the largest banks, here bad decided to charge off 250.U0 to the, profit and loss representing bad debts, and thst two ether banks were carrying, respectively, and I1.0OO.-OO0 ot protested paper, met with deatal by barkers down town yesterday.

Tee reported decision to charge off $290,001) was partly true, that lias having beun sustained as a result of the commercial stringency by a bank well able ta hear It- la regard to the larger amounts mentioned there appears to be no truth. Mew King Coaaty. Hospital. The Commissioners of Charities Brooklyn yesterday approved the plana fur the aw county hospital, which Is to be erected on Crown Street, facing the Kings Coaaty Penilsnliary. The new hospital.

It Is believed, will cost It will be 41 feet Hog and the wards wul be 140 feet each la depth. Eauh ward wUl be feet wide, and contain SH beda. The administration building will be VU feet square and three tortea ia height, with a central dotns. Stole Lawyer Deaa'a Overeoat. A ansak thief got Into the ofBee of the Corporation Counsel yesterday and msde away with the new overeoat of Assistant -Corporation Counsel Ueorge Lwlecttve- wUl look for peaa's coat.

YT1LD FREIGHT CAES' PATALITI Due Broken Coupling Pin Engineer NewJerne Kewiptper Tria Killed, Fireman Injured. Summit. N. Nov. IS.

A fatal accident occurred on the Morris and Essex Division of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad early this morning about a mil and a half east of Short Hill. One person wa killed and another badly Injured. A freight train left Summit shortly after 6 o'clock bound for Port orris. There I a sharp grade on the road between this place and Short Hills. Near the top of the hill the coupling pin attaching the caboose of the freight train to the locomotive broke and the caboose and four car went down the Incline and crashed into the newspaper train which leave Hoboken at about 5 JO o'clock.

The newspaper train was going very fast at the time, and the crash between the two waa terrific. Reuben Ttndall. engineer of the newspaper train, was killed, and Herman Rush, hi fireman, ws badly Injured. The engine of the newspaper train plowed Into the rear freight car and the wreck immediately cadght fire. The four freight cars were burned with their content.

Tindall lived In Washington. N. and leave a wife' and four children. Rush resides In Washington. Engineer' Nixon was In charge of the freight When he saw that the train had parted be went to Summit and telegraphed to Hoboken.

Train Dispatcher III son wired back a warning to the newspaper train, but It could not be caught The caboose of the freight train Jumped entirely over the locomotive, which was wrecked, and landed on the tender of the newspaper train. Six passengers who were In the smoking car of the newspaper train were shaken up. but not much hurt. A rule of the company compels a brake-man to be in the caboose of a freight train. There was none In the caboose of the freight train this morning.

Wrecking crews cleared the track. Fatal Crash at Warwick. Ohio. West Nov. 13.

Charles Ernst, conductor on the first section of a north-bound freight on the- Cleveland, Loral ne and Wheeling Railway, and hi John Davis, were Instantly killed at W'arwlck, Ohio, shortly after midnight. The first section was lying on the main track waiting for orders when the second section crashed Into the caboose, where Ernst and Davis were asleep. The dense fog is believed to have prevented the engineer from seeing the signals of the train ahead. The Alabama Collision Serious. Americt.

Nov. 13. The rear-end collision which occurred on the Southern Road near this place yesterday afternoon between a work train and a train loaded with coal Is more serious than was at first supposed. Tony Cunningham, Mose Mc-Gee. Luke Bailee, and Sam Franklin, ne- fro laborers on the work train, were killed.

Inglneer Matthews and Firemen Phillip and Lewell of the coal train and Anderson Townsend and Frank Wllburn of the work train were seriously Injured. FOES OF A BURIED RAILROAD OROASJZED PROTEST AOAIXST LIXK VXDER BROAD IT AT. Plans of Rapld-Traaslt Commission. It la Alleged, Would Cause Great Loan If Carried Oat. A meeting of Broadway property owner was held yesterday to protest against the carrying out of the plans of the Rapid Transit Commission for an underground road 'In Broadway.

The meeting was held In the office of Frederick Potter, In the Potter Building; on Park Row, In response to a call sent by Alfred R. as Trustee for some of the Lorillard; helrsv Frederick Potter, as trustee of the estate of B. Pot-terj G. Williams, as executor, of the L. C.

Hammersley estate; Jacob B. Lock man, the Chemical National Bank; George Baldwin, as trustee of the estate of George F. and Elisabeth S. Jones; Edward 8. Ren-Wick, and CoL 8.

V. R. Cruger. as executor of the estate of A. Van Rensselaer.

Objections from the property holders' standpoint to the proposed underground roads were based on the following point In the plana: South of Park Place there will be two tracks, snd the tunnel will be 'JX feet wide. Above Park Place there will be four tracks, and the width of the tunnel will vary from so to eg feet according to the width of Broadway. Above Park Place the wails of the tunnel will In general be only ft feet from the house line, on both sides of Broadway, but at the intersection of station streets the walls of the tunnel will be placed Immediately adjoining the house line for a dlstsnce of 230 feet on Broadway, and possibly 73 feet on the side street. In order to accommodate the station approaches and station platforms. Stations and station approaches may be built over, as well as under.

Broadway and the cross street, and. where necessary, private property may be condemned and taken for such Between Park Plaoe and Fourteenth Street galleries are to be placed In. the tunnel outside the tracks to hold water and gas pipes, sewers. Ac To accommodate these galleries, the vault rights of the property owners are to be extinguished. Involving as well loss of light in the cellars.

At each cross street the tunnel may extend an additional IS feet on each side Into such street, but it Is not to approach nearer than 13 feet to the" house line. One object of this Is to provide access to the galleries above mentioned. While It Is not stated where the openings to such galleries will be placed. It Is likely that they will be In the area way of abutting property on the side street. Excavations are to be carried to a depth of from 18 to 20 feet below the street surface.

One-half the width of the street for a length of 300 feet along Broadway may be excavated at one time, and excavations will extend within feet of the house line. During excavation, tramways may be laid upoa the surfsoe ef Broadway and adjolnng streets or avenues for use in the removal of excavated materials or la the transports tiou of material for construct Ion. Addresses bringing out these objections were made by several of the gentlemen at the meeting. Including Mr. Conkling.

who ia a leader in the movement, and after considerable discussion, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, The construction of an underground railroad on Broadway as proposed by. the Board of Rapid Transit' Railroad Commissioners will result In enormous loss and damage to abutting property, therefore be It Resolved. That while the property owners present are In favor of a proper system of rapid transit, they do object to and oppose the construction of said railroad as now proposed and laid out by said Board ef Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners Resolved. That Messrs. Alfred R.

Conkling. Austin Corbln. Frederick Potter. Edward 8. Renwlck.

and Henry H. Rice be appointed a committee, with power to add to their number, on behalf of such property owners, and la their name, to take such steps as they may deem necessary to oppose the construction of said railroad. Mr. Conkling and his associates propose to ge ahead at once and organise for active opposition. Sl'ir TO SECUBE.

OFFICE Massachusetts Man Proeeeatlag Civil Service Ceasntlsalonera. BorroK, Nov, IS. Few case have come before, the courts of the Commonwealth in recent years Involving questions of greater Importance than that of -F. Brown v. C.

T. Russell. et Civil Service Commissioners, In the petitioner ask for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to certify his nam for appointment as a member of the State police, he having passed ft competitive examination and received the highest mark among the candidates. The respondents, acting In accordance With tho Veterans' Preference act. paaaed by the Legislature of lsuo, certified the name of E.

D. Bean over that of the petitioner on the ground that the former was a veteran soldier. The petitioner contends thst the act ot 1805 Is unconstitutional. The case came up to-day before the Supreme Judicial Court. Charities Ala Association.

TRXMTOK. N. Nov. 13. -The State Charities AM Association of New Jersey held Its annual meeting at Library Halt, la this city.

te-ay. and re-elected Ha officers of the past year as fallows President. Charlton T. Lewis ef Mortistowa; Vice-President. Rev.

Albert F.rdman of Morris-town; Treasurer. "Thomas M. Uapaili. ef Jefv sey Clt(. aad Secretary and Librarian.

Mrs, U. Williamson ef fcitssjbeta. is A i taAVae tvl A As s4 Fpcrt ca fl3 SEV7 method op ciiooziig System of Alumni a Vt In the election Work Ad ml. rati Football on Trial In the College. Ithaca, N.

Nov. 12. President -man of Cornell University" presented 1 -third annual report to the Board of Trut' of that Institution to-day. With the -appendices the document makes a rv -able book of 130 and 1 replete Information of detail regarding the ur.n-. -Ity.

The new and Increased Board of provided by law assumed office during year, and now consists of the Coverr. -and Lieutenant Governor of the Elate, Speaker of the Assembly, and dtlsens to the number: of forty, from all parts of the country. system of allowing the alumni to elect l.a of the board has worked admirably. Of tt. Trustee thus elected three were old student and two of them graduate.

II r. Schurman aald: The children' of Aimer Mater are her natural guardians, and It la a nuutar ef Kiocere c-n-gTatulatioa that there are eight of them -the fifteen new Trustees. -The setcttoa of Thomas for Trustee Is a new departure but it I a courteous reoogeltioa of woman's rirht govern as well as to study st Cornell, and If ic shall nave the effect of leading women to Interest themselves la a practical way In -the development of the university, the pre Is pretty certain to be allowed In future nu. Hut, perhaps, the most charactertstls feature the recent election was the freeh llloetretiofi i-afforded of the broad and lateral spirit whit governs the university, and of the desire those who manage Its affairs to have the of colleeguee of every religions creed. the new Trustees Jadee O-ltrlee Is a iMntor the Catholic faith, and Mr.

lckeihelmer ef tne Hebrew. There are now forty-three full professors In the university, -and hopes are entertained that provision may be made for their superannuation and pension! and the promotion of others. Salaries ought to be better regulated, and comment Is mad that at Harvard and Columbia professors of law receive I50O to $1,000 more than at Cornell. The teacher of law ha always another profession open to him to wH, the practice of law and if the teaching staff of a school law Is to be kept tolerably permanent, this fact muat always be borne In mind. For the first time in- the history of the university, students In the graduate department were 1KM-5 required to pay fee for This is.

Indeed, a most momentous change, and a decline In the number of students has "followed. The relur. tlon is not so great as was being 1.503 this year as against l.rTl left year. The number of women rejlstere this year Is 242, an increase of 17. Tn number of students temporarily remove- from the university for deficiency In scholarship was 74 much smaller than usual.

Prof. Schurman says sn tthla subject; Never before hss such I good work beea don 1 by so many students In the university. Ar i never before has the conduct of the entire studenr body, been snore Irreproachable, The number of days of absence lncurrc 1 by the football ana baseball teams ws somewhat Increased this year. Of football, he says; The game Is on trial. If It Is to be preserve! Its friends will find It well to keep a sharp on the gate money, for the say ins that (v love money is the root of all evil seems peculiarly true of Intercollegiate football.

If the game cannot be redeemed from brutality and trickery, public spectacle and commercial speculation. It is certainly better thst It should go snd never return to plague -us. I'-ut at present the Faculty refuses to believe that the flower tit American youth tn different collei-s and eWversifJes cannot under proper 'ceme together- like genUemen end play ItwtUi' la a spirit, of fair and gaaei -ws emulation. After devoting a few remarks to tht curriculum In general. President Schurman notes the progress of the several new bui.d-lngs.

1 CHRISmif V0IF.X jCHOOSE OFFICEr.J Ess of the International. Board See slen In Brooklyn. The biennial conference of the Interna tlonal Board of Women's and Toung Women's Christian Associations, which has been In session during last week In the Toung Women' Christian Association, Flatbush. Avenue, Brooklyn, 'was closed yesterday afternoon when the following officers had been elected President Mrs. R.

Dormaa. New-Tork First-Vice President Mrs. N- Judson. Broun-lyn; Second Vice President Mrs. J.

B. Lrermont. Montreal; Corresponding Secretery re. John Iuncsn. Louisville, Ky.

Recording Secretary Miss M. E. True, Chicago, Assistant Kecre-tary Miss E. B. 8teuart.

Baltimore. M1. TreasurerMrs. Levi T. Bconeld.

Cleveland, Ohio. Vice Presidents. California Mrs. O. Ooul Ban Pranclseo; Canada Mrs.

John MaDouau. Colorado Mrs. B. T. Vincent.

Inrn-ver; Connecticut Mrs. Ueonre Kelkage. Hartford; Dels ware Mrs. William Savory, WUmmti.m; I Harriot of Columbia Mrs. John H.

Harlan. Washington: Illinois Mrs. Lsander Stone. Cru-cago: Kentucky Mrs. James Buchanan.

Louisville: Maine Mrs. Ida Pwllertua. Lewiatun; Maryland Mrs. Charles Latrube. 'Baltimore; Massachusetts Mrs.

M. IS. Lamson, Boston; Missouri Mrs. C. Rala water.

St. Louis; NebraskaMrs. J. Vndas-wood. New-Jerseys Mrs.

C. Hlne, Newark: New-York Mrs. C. E. Beebe, New-Tork: Ohio Wise C.

Bally. Cincinnati Oregon Miss E. J. Thompson. Portland; Pennsylvania Miss Sarah C'S'loury.

Philadelphia; Rhode lsleni Mrs. Henry limwn. Providence; Tennessee Mrs. Angus Cami.bei.. Memphis: Virginia Mrs.

Joseph Bryan, hi. li-mond; Wset Virginia Mr. I. 8. Cunningham, Wheeling.

I The next conference Will be held In Montreal In 18OT. COXXODORE CEKRTS OLD AXDIXCI Ket from the Spltser Collection, Ae-' cording to the 'commodore Klbridge -Gerry's antique andirons, according to 'report at the Custom House yesterday, did not come from the famous Spitser collection. It will be recalled, that when the antique reached port and a local appraiser levied duty on them a new goods. Com mod ere Gerry visited the Custom House, with affidavits and expert opinions from Europe, showing that th- andirons were genuine antiques and haJ. come from, the Spitser collection.

Dr. Alexander Imberti the expert who examined them for the Government, declJva that' they were antique, 'and they were admitted as such, free of duty. Dr. ImUrt congratulated Mr. Gerry on having securr a bargain ia them' at 14-1.

II had no to offer on their Spitser origin. A dialogue of the Spitser sale which re.teh.-l the Custom House yesterday showed or -one pair of andirons, which were i 1 C. T. Barney ef this city bid i.c for them. The discovery affect only the sHlJavlts Spitser origin sent by the London Ora! from whom Commodore Gerry mt 1 urchases of two pairs but not tne a Iqulty of the articles.

Police and Flower Peddlers. It was published la a morning newspaper terday that Prealdemt Roosevelt of the Poi. Board had give orders to arrest all the fl peddler la the streets pn Sunday. Mr. velt said yesterday this statement was Complaints had beea reeelved al Police 1 --juarters aboet the aeiaanoe caused to goers by the Sower pecuirs al te i elevated railroad stair along Kin a i-Orders had been leeued to li.e pu.

t. the nuisance by the arrest of au peddlera as should thu.w! i a use annoyance. To Give a Tbaaksgl vlag Ten I'erf The daughter ot the Guild will give a 1 -giving tea party at the re' Voce of lttghty. 230 Weat Fifty e-sth Stn. morrow, rroao, until lo p.

fur tr of the lower frree The iJaurhter of tbs 1 an young ladies, whl. so; him a i eles Ice the operating t- i present ulnaDu.i.J Of ralang t-ju'ts tu I wi i tor aaeterlaa bought the CORNELL.