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TCXL but also fh of torn of ths banks of this city and Nw-llamphlrs. ar Interested la Dunton' present diniculU. NBlf(Mi Nil Uif HUi4w or a long tirn Freaenca. iumon tern th biggest man on Long Island." lis vut and aplcndld country houe. planted on th ummli of the hill north of Mollis, la cm of the most conspicuous object noted by tb is-enaers on th Long Island Railroad.

F.nergctlc. plaualtle, and full of l.lg idea, he ha 4 hardly slept a single nlsht rloar throush during th Pt ten years, and hla schemes hav burat fo rth un the. resularity and brilliancy of the ray from a revolving Hgnt. Me founded three town on lng llino-Imnlon. Vorrl Park, and Holll.

II. was lor iom year th ifliiclpal figure before the puMlc in tl iran scheme tor culling up lot i.f.iu colonising acres ot land in the trddui action of Long Island. He appeared l-fr tl. public as th pro-moier and builder of th Boy Ion Blcd Ksllroad at Heliport. L.

I. 14. look the largest share in the JuMU. eye In th work of promottn th winga. gum and Suffolk Company, organised ostensibly to build a bicycle ratlroal be tween Brooklyn and tr II ta now posing aa leader I syn- Jsxrxt wer scattered broadcaet In connection with 'X'athT leading public promoter of thr IKrior Southern Blata Company.

The l'hrnlx cotton mu. another of hla uromotk.ni. Th Mur ray Ilill.Land Company of Long isiana tnruuxn iraniwi Kir. I rmniail. I a very small sum.

Was -Ton. "mi President of the a- tnate liank. tia waa a oui i rhurniin of tha commla- aun" whH-h ape.t In rnaciaiTilli. the' hlithwaya of Jamaica. John M.

tTtnt waa fcrmerly Prealdant of tha town of Ja- aald that Dunton la now a member of tha Urind Jury of Uuaana County. Ha waa formerly cajihler of the Corbin Pank-Inr Company and a IWrecior of the Lna: Ifiand Uallmad Company. Ha la a nephew of Austin Corblru Mr. Corbin quarreled with Dunton aom years aao, and alnca thm tha two men bava ben at sworaa polnta. iJonton haa many frienda on uon Iiland.

and ha there enjoyed- a lrer aneaaura of popularity and reputation than unually fall to human lot. Ha la a huMier In the full tienaa of tha word, and In Jamaica he baa Ion been regarded a very charitable cltlsen. Many frtcnla have rallied to him In hla preaent ntf-tloultiea. He tin enerulea. too, and they have aatheret thlr atrenth and reaourcea, with tha purpose of dealing; Uunton a crushing blow to end hla rareer aa a promoter and conalvn him to Ktata prlaon.

Dunton rota the. utmost confidence I iv hla ability to confound hla enemiea. Ha declare he Is trulltleaa of the caime charged aalat him and will mo ahow to-day. lavllea Krleada II ta To emphail his fctllnjii. he haa sent ut formal Invitation to his friends to attend the proceedings beroro Maristrata Crane.

The Invitation reads as follows: Uborqk K. Hioriman Trkderiok v. KvnTon. chars, arand laroeny. ifclony.) M-ar fir: You are Invit.J be pient la Ju.ltev "nn' murlroim.

Centre atrtft. New-York City, mt 2 on llie i(fii(w of Atitrrh H. whrn my exa.mknatlm will take putcv. ally. KflEDEIUCK W.

tt'TON. rrlor'to Dunton'a first appearance on Ionx Inland he nH to have been n-uuHfd In land speculation in the West. My tMith ha belongs to' New-Hampshire. His ilrst eiiterprmes on Lone; Island wer lu vounavtion with the founding of Morrla fark. Itollls.

and lunton. each of which baa slncv become a pretty and The larger port of hla Morris Tark tract haa alnve paSKetl Into poaaaion of WilHam iI'ltler. the cltlsen who stood behind WIM-lam J. Ciaynor of Brooklyn In bla fanuxte llht to prevent Mayor Alfred O. Chapin from buyins; the Iiik lUinJ Water Hup-ply Company of Kuai Mew-York at what waa all-KMd to be a grossly exorbitant Valuation.

iKinton founded, the Jamaica Bank, and wits Its II rut r'rewldent and largmt ptork holder. The prevent I'resldent lit John H. Xutphtn, County. Clerk of Qutn na County, who took the place when Dunton reaigned. for a time Dunton huU charge of th Long Island Improvement Comjjny.

r'rom fiundln towns Diint-n drlfdv Into larger schemes, in th midst of which cam his quarrel wlUt his uncle. There ar several atorlea aa to how th ruptur waa br.iurht about. gonerally In circulation la that the trouble grew out of iHinton's administration of th Jlockaway Xieech tract, which waa bouKht for development and colonization by the Corbin eyn-lloat. A million dollars Is said to have beeu spent at Kockaway under th super- Mr Corbin was In Europe while the hn-yrovcniul wvie koIhk ou. ami on ms turn he la said to have diaagreed with Dunton aa to the way In which the syntii-vaie a property had been developed.

Another story is that It waa a purely personal and r.mil- Ax After Dunton Ml out with hla uncle, bad difficulty la getting all th aocommoda-tlona he aeKeil lur In ine way. of ricursion trains to his colonixaUon tracts on ixng Island. Ill Moil Calaaaal Hrkrnr. Dunton's moat coloaaal speculation waa In connection with th w-York and Brooklyn tiub urban Investment Company of New-York. This Involved the acquirement of a broad tract of land extending clear acroaa Long Inland, from Rocky Point on the Hound to Patchogs and th Great South Jsay.

ticcrg K. Ilagcrman, a native of New-Jersey, was th originator of th land scheme. Heglnning at Kocky Point, just eattt of I'ort Jefferson, Hager-man bought up thousands of acres of land, cheap, and orKanised th New-York and hrooklyn Suburban Investment Company of New-York, commonly known on lng Island aa the (suburban Company. Robert H. Walker was th urst President of th Suburban Company.

It la ssid to hav been through Walker that IHimon went Into the scheme. He at one evolve-! more scheme to rouiwl out the Suburban Company to suit hi largr and mor brilliant views. 11 planned to run a Unci railroad across Laung Island from shore to shore. At Rocky Point titer waa to he a steam ferry to th Connecticut shore. Th bicycle railroad waa to run on a trestle acroaa Oreat Houth Hay.

and was to connect at th. ocean with a steamship terminal. A Summer resort was to built on the ocean shore, and excursion parttea were to brought dally In th Summer acroaa Ixng Island found from New-Bngtand. It- waa also proposed to establish a through rout between Uoston and th South. In pursuanc of this great plan th Trustees of th town of ltrookhaven wrr asked for an4 gave peranlmlon to build the pro-poe.

trewtl acroaa Oreat South I lay. Next, th Long Island Boy ton Blcyct Railroad Company was organised by Dunton and his aaeoclatea. Only a mile and a half of thia railroad haa been built to data. It is and-It Is aald the little train has suioetiruce gone at tb rat of a mil a minute. It la not commonly known how much money waa aunk on th bicycle road, but iho familiar with It Bay that Stki.uuu is a ranm-rvatlv estimate.

It la aald that Mr. Corbin regarded Dun-ton's schem In the light of a menace to th through rout then in operation by th Long Itttand Railroad between Brooklyn and Boston, acroaa. Long 1 aland Sound, via Oyster Bay. Dunton got th car far his blcycV railroad built in Hrooklyn. and then they wer hauled out throuch Long laland bv long teauna of oxen, greatly to tb aatonlsbnMmt of th who flocked from everywhere see th atranwe procession.

It was given out that th Long Island Railroad had refused to transport th cars to Heliport. Th hostilitr between Dunton and his unci leu th nephew to project another larg acbeme. namely, the construction of a bicycle railroad from BvUport to Brooklyn. This scheme, like other, died In lis infancy, after being rocked for a nil in a very xpntva cradle. Th New-York and Rrooklyn Suburban Investment Company did not seem to hav any too much rood luck after 1 Kin ton got Into It.

tin trouble with th Long Island Railroad Interfered with the excursion serv-lc to the tract, and the sale of lands gradually dwindled. During th first thr year of Its exlstenc tha Suburban Company- took In but It all went out a sain, in on, wav and another. It. Walker was a weeded as President of th Suburban Company by V. W.

Dunton. Walker. It la alleged, was subsequently paid itS.nmt to get out of th company altogether. Dunton took into th Suburban Companv Thomas K. Ward.

Tnr were lasued of bonds of th REED BARTON, SILVERSMITH. KYTXTTHTXa DCSIRABLK IX "ILTXRWAR AT RKA40MABLS FIUCKJL CXIOM iVAkB. GW.YfttK. MA1XKM LAMS. MVW-TOUC with tha of dollar, which have pa-wd through Dunlon a haK lb lvtf.

which aocompllcee took from tha HUo aoo leather liank. and trt alleged tohavin- Tti best when you buy your Spring Medicine, and that Is Hood's Sarsapartlia. It oveivomeii that ttrd mak.es steady serves. Hood's Saroaparilla la the One True Plool Purifier, ft; six for ke IIUUU rllld win, Hood Karprllla. Long Island Roynton Bicycle Railroad Company.

Soma of these bonds ar said to hav been given to Hagerman for money loaned, and otht-ra ar said to be now In th vault a trust company of this city, hum of th bonds ar said to hav been given to L. Hchwenke of this city for money ailvtnced to Iunton. Pchwenke holds as collateral th to acres of land near Patcbogue, known as the Med-ford Tract, on which John Sabin Smith of thia city held a prior claim of for money loaned. The Suburban Company took Jfill.O'M of stock of the Boynton concern, and this haa recently been sold back to the truxtr of th railroad for The Suburban Company aank in tb JUoynton lluJiroad. Bellsiwrt a.

seealati CeatrV. Th speculation fever got to bo In th air at Heliport. Speculators from many parts hurried there to drink in th infection. According to H. Wynne, Frederick R.

Baker and Seeley wer among thoao who visited Heliport. Wynn himself fell a prey to th fever, lie was hired at a salary of oU per week to superintend for th Bub-urban Company th building of sheet iron houses at Bellport, to withstand the Influence of salt air. He had previously built for Buffalo mil the large building in which the Wild West show waa given in Paris. Wynne fell In wiih a female fortune teller of Brooklyn, from whom he took 1. on the promise to give her stock in a new dredging company.

She never got her stock, for the almple reason there waa no such company, and In June, 1KM, one month after Wynne entered the employ of the Suburban Company, the fortune teller took an ofllrer to Bellport and caused Wynne's arrest on a charge of grand larceny. On th way to New-York he ercaped from the officer by jumping out of the second-story window of a Long Jsl.in.i hotel, and was a fugitive until Xe-eember. 1. He was convicted. Oct.

and sentenced to State prison for six years and six months. He got a stay, but Is now serving his time in Clinton Prison. Dante) Failed la Aaciil, lKfKL Dunton failed In August. lSUCt. and John T.

of Jamaica became his assignee. Dunton was a warm friend of President Crane of the National Shoe and Leather Bank. He waa so much affected by tha Baker-8eeley exposures, and the consequent attacks on Crane, that he remained away from the office of the Suburban Company for some time. According to O. K.

Hagerman. President of the Suburban Company, there was gv.iO ralsd for the Kings, vtueens and Suffolk Comjny. on deposit In the National Shoe and Leather Bank, shortly after th announcement of the Seeley-Baker defalcation. President-Hagerman says that Mr. Crane did not subscribe at all for Kings.

Ouvn and Suffolk stock, but merely acted as Treasurer of the company. He waa to have received S1.50U a year, but got nothing. Over fw.omi Is said to have been sunk by Dunton In the Bangor Southern Slat Company of Hanjror. Penn. Over is said to have been aunk by Dunton In promoting tb Pbenlx harvesting machine.

Over SUkt.mai la nald to have been sunk in the Sunnyalde Cotton Plantation Company of Arkansas. There were acres in the tract, and bonds were issued. Dunton ha lived at Mollis during the last five years. His house is one of the sights of that part of Long Island. Some of tboso who subscribed to the Kings.

Queens and Suffolk Company thought they were getting railroad stock, but when they came to inapect th certificates they round they were In reality In possession of stock of a construction company. hlle Dunton was a Supervisor of Queens County he suggested that Jamaica issue of bonds for Improving the highways. The bonds were Issued, and the work was done under the supervision of a vwwuiiu.9n.-n coni.ting ot vv. Dunton. John M.

Crane. George Lester. John O'Don-nell and John B. Hopkins. All but Mo.OtH) of the proceeds of the bonds haa been expended.

There are aome croakers In Jamaica who say the town has not been bettered by the macadamising of the highway. The town has not increased in value, they say. and there has been no material Increase in population. The only ones who benefit by the costly Improvement, they ssy. are the farmers.

Real estate is a drug on the market, and taxes have gone up to 4 per cent. Gm1 Roads That Coat 1.000,000. The Dunton agitation for good roada has sa far cost the several towns In Queens County 11,000,000. Dunton waa re-elected Supervisor in 19tM. That year the Legislature paased an act enabling the Town Board of Jamaica to lease all the public lands in Jamaica Ray for nlnvty-nln years to the highest bidder.

There were two bidders George K. then Treasurer of the Suburban Company, and Alonxo B. Smith of Iallp. a steam dredger. Smith wss the higher bidder, and got the lease, which, by a curious coincidence, was already prepared and lying on the table of the Town Board, ready for hla signature.

By this lease, the town of Jamaica has rented for ninety-nine years all of the public lands In Jamaica Bay. supposed to aggregate fi acres, and comprising many tsianda on which ar fishing stations, for l.taw a year for th first lx years, and a year thereafter. This lease was sold, as alleged, to a Philadelphia syndicate for nxt. "Two weeks mko the Town Board of Jamaica voted to eiend to get up a map of the public lands In Jamaica Bay. And now the wise old town is going to hire a lawyer, at a cost of not as than $mk, to make th necessary searches of title to the public lands In Jamaica Bay.

It will take fifteen years rental, of the lands to pay for tha map and the searching of titles. Finally, Dunton has com forward with a firopoaitlon to take Jamaica Into partnership a scheme to reclaim the marsh lands of Jamaica Bay. He has made his proposition in such a shape that many persona In Jamaica believe he has come Into possession of the ninety-nine-year lease of the town nds in Jamaica Bay. SATED FROX TIIE HYALINE'S WRECK. Captain a ad Eight Mem llroaght Tsy the Sophia ta PtalUMfeladklau Philadelphia.

March 8. The German tank steamer Sophie, which arrived here to-day front Savon a. Italy; had aboard Capt. McLeod and eight men comprising the crew of th brteanUn Hyaline. The Hyaline left Liverpool, N.

"Feb. 10 for Barbados, with a cargo of lrtO.rtio feet of white pine board and 14UO casks of dry codflah. Tha little vessel encountered' heavy we ther from the time of leaving; port. Th rudder brace and th ruoder stock broke Feb. Bt.

and. the fastenings working out. the Hyaline began to leak. For a week th leak increased, and in the morning of the the brlgantine'a decks were almost awash with th sea. To mak matter worwa.

a gal prevailed during tb en-tir tlm. Th Sopht hove In alght Fb. irl, and a boat manned by Chief Officer Kuhl put oft for tb brlgantlne. aod. after a most perilous experience, took th crew safe aboard th steamer.

Th briaamin was abandoned in latitude 37 degree 40 minute north, longitude degree 8" minutes. The Hyaline hailed from Liverpool. N. and tu owned by V. and J.

H. Daxtar. She waa lol feet lorui. 27 fees, beam, and 10 feet draught. Pa lie aaa a Ckarlea Fray lev Drat.

Policeman Charles Frayler of tha steamboat squad died yesterday, after an Illness of a few day. Frayler waa forty-two yar old. and leavwa a wife and threw small children in poor circumstance, at ab bum, l.iol Kast End Avenue. He was appointed Jua 21. 184, and has been connected with th a team boat squad ainc tsjw, baring first been at Pier 1L Kast River.

Frayler brother officers says that was very popular, and a thoroughly rood officer. His comrade say' that hla widow nay allowed a pension If tha Folic CoramraaioavT eloC FORCING 11 B. RAINES'S BILL Republican Agents Will Force the Ke-, cllcitranls Back Into Line. ACTION IX TIIE SE5ATE 1CLSUAT Oar Itr'levea the (iatrmiir 1V1I1 Hefase Is "Isrsi the Measare Talk of snpplemeatary Bills. Alba xr.

March pressure is to be brought to bear on all the Republican As-' semblymen this week to drive the Raines excise bill through. Assemblymen and Senators returning from New-York CJty say that directions have been issued which will probably bring machine Republicans from nearly every county in the State to this city this week In the Interest of the bill. One statesman who reached this city tonight said that the orders had gone out from the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Chairman Hlgrina of the Senate Committee on Taxation; and Chairman AIMS of the Assembly Excise Committee, with Senators Mullln and Malby, were in New-York to-day. Speaker Fish was there yesterday.

It la said here that the determination to bring all poaslble pressure to bear was discussed at a conference, at which Chairman Hackett of the State Committee and Chairman Lauterbach of fhe New-Tork County Committee were present. The plan, is to have members of the State Committee and their lieutenants come to this city In time to show to Assemblymen who object to the bill that party loyalty demands their attendance upon a caucus and absolute submission to the dictates of that caucus. These up-t he-State leaders will be able also to impress It On the Assemblymen that re nominal Ion a next Fall may depend largely on behavior during this week. There is little doubt that. enough Republican members to pass the Raines bill will heed these warnings or threats.

The precise date of the caucus has not been determined. The Set ate will pass the bill Tuesday, and It Is the Intention of the Assembly leaders to caucus on It as soon as possible afterward. Speaker Fish Is confident that the bill will be passed by the body over which he presides. No accurate canvass of the majority has been made, and It Is to help In the preliminary work that the State machines agenta are expected. No one here thinks tlov.

Morton will refuse to sign the bill if it shall be passed by both houses. The leaders say that he would hav given them to understand it long before this if he had determined not to sign It. and would not have allowed the measure to reach such an advanced stsge. It is possible that a separate bill providing a half-rate license for the sale of Deer will be presented and supported by some Republicans who, because they are bound by caucus action, are not at liberty to support an amendment of that nature to the Raines bill. Some who are confident the Raines bill will become a law think a supplemental bill of this nature would pass.

There Is some talk, which Is rather Indefinite, of a bill which will require the inspection, at moderate fees, of beer and hops imported from other States or Canada. This would he with the Idea of satisfying the hop growers, who are loud In their denunciation of th Raines bill. 8ESATOR RAIXeri EXPLANATION. II Saya He Thinks Few People la this Stat Really I'atlevstaa It. N.

March 8. Senator Raines la very decided In his opinhsn that the Raines Liquor Tsx bill will pass tfe Senate and Assembly and be sent to Gov. Mortaa for' bis signature in Its present form, as ft waa agreed upon In the Republican Senatorial caucus. Few people of the Stat really understand or are familiar with th provisions and proposed operation of the bilL. In order that these persona might be enlightened.

Senator Raines consented to an interview with a United Press representative, which partook of th nature of an extended explanation of the hill and was as follow: When it was first suggested to me that attempt to formulate a bill to revise th xcis laws of th State, which everybody seemed to think badly needed such revision. I began to examine to some extent th provisions of the laws of other States and to obtain such information as I could In regard to their operation. The first matter covered waa as to the propriety of retaining in the hand of officials elected by local authorities the power to grant or revoke licenses. The. consensus of opinion seemed to be that this power, which is in this State in the hands of Cxciao Boards, should be abolished, the effect being" that the exercise of suoh power by Kxcise Boards necessarily led those engaged in the liquor traitio to attempt to obtain control of the board through Influence with the administrative powers of municipalities.

This brought the whole question into pontics, so that the ftrot feature of the proposed law is to abolish these boards, to take effect April and to regulate the grantlrur of the right to traffic In liquor by the provisions of the law Itself rather than by the discretion of any one. The first taxes to be paid under the bill will be on May 1, although th bill takes effsct immediately. The adoption of this suggestion made necessary many new provisional which heretofore' have, not been Incorporated in excise laws, so that In this bill the area of location of place and the persons who may sell are defined In the law itself instead of being left, as has heretofore been the case, largely to the discretion of Kxcise Commissioners. The next prominent feature of the bill the establishment, of tb machinery through which license fee, now called taxes, are collected. The bill provides for a State bureau, having at its head a State Commissioner of Excise to be appointed by th Governor for five years at a salary of through whioh the fax is to be collected, except in th Counties of Kings, and Erie, where special Deputy Comnilssloner are provided to collect the tax at salaries of $LOUO.

f-Vkio, and f.OfMI, respectively. In other places the collecting officers ar the County Treasurers elected by th people. In some counties these official are Democrats, and in others Republicans. Th Commissioner is to appoint sixty cocfldentlal agents to enforce the law at a aalaxy of and expenses. Still another important feature of the bill Is the establishment of a fixed sum for different classes of dealers, and in this bill this is graded by population, as are the taxes or license fees in very many other States.

These taxes are graded on this system so that they are highest In tb largest cities and smallest in country places, where there Is much less custom. Four grades of licenses are provided for: First, th regular saloon and hotel license; second, upon the business of trafficking in liquors In quantities of less than five gallons, not to ne drunk on the premises; third, for pharmacists, by whom liquors can be sold omy upon a physician's prescription, and, fourth, for transportation companies. Th tax under the first grade is in New-lork City. (U0 In Brooklyn, Uto in cities of between ao.OUo and fjuo.000 Inhabitants. A330 in a city or village of between 1O.00O and SO.OUJ inhabitants.

$. In places of between and 10.UOO inhabitants. fJM In place of between 1.3UO and 3.UUO Inhabitants, and $1U in ail other plices. The fee for the other grades la the various localities divided, a haa been stated, are: Second grade: First group, second. third.

JJO; fourth. fifth, sixth. seventh. Third grader First group. $10f: second.

$73; third. fourth. fifth, jo; sixth, 1V "event h. SlO Th fee of S30O I charred under the fourth grade for each ear, steamboat, or vessel licensed. Next In Importance In tb bill cornea th feature providing for a direct vote in town by th local voters as to whether the sale of liquors shall be authorised In such towns or not.

and In the next town meetings after the peaaajre of this bill, tb vote will be taken directly on the question of allowing th aar of liquor to drunk on the prem-isea; the sal by storekeeper to be carried away; the sale by pharmacists strictly on poysicans prescriptions, and also the same by hotel keepers only. The question will be as to the exclusion or non-exclusion of sal Ut auch torn a. No local option is provided for cities or wards. Th persons who may not engage In the EASTER GIFTS in STERLING SILVER. Thi Wallace Comaky invite attention to a large and varied number of NOVELTIES prepared especially for EASTER," moderate in price, and not obtainable elsewhere.

FIFTH AVENUE, Bet. 26th and 27th Sts. Jnaaaiactory at WarHsglocd, Cona. traffic are specified In the law itself. The places where tne tramc may noi ik mr also detailed.

Section 4 of the bill, regarding the con tinuance of present excisa licenses, now reads: The Continuance Ilcens heretofore lawfully granted a Hoard of Excise which Is valid when thia set takes effect, shall be and remain valid for the term for which It was granted, except as nerein prnrKira. Mxmer canceled under the prnvietnna of the law under which It was granted. nd the riants and liabilities of the holder i thereof during such term shall governed by tha laws Ira f.icee immediately rlor tbs taking effect of this act, except as otherwise expreaaly provided In thia act but such licence shall cease, determine, and be void from and after the 3Uth of June and the tax herein provided to be i Uvirii or collected uDun the baainesa of any corporation, aaaoclation. copartnership, or person holding an unexiiwa am time lawfully flxed f-r the eaplration of such a- it- iM-miutton aa herein provided, un- lesa auch licence rniall sooner carcelled. hen a license Is terminated on the 8tlth day of June, lxxt.

aa above provided, the holder of such lleenae shell be entitled to iwive amj or city la which such license waa granted such sroportlon of the whole ticenaa fee p'd therefor a the remainder of the time for which r.ueh license would otherwise hav run. shall bear to the whole period for which It waa xranted. and the him shall be paid by such town or city on demand. The refusal grant a certificate to sell by the ofllcer who is charged with Issuing the tax certificates which take the place of present licenses is reviewable by the Justices of the Supreme Court. Any citizen may also have the determination by suc-H court as to hether the offlcer having granted the certificate has done so legally.

The bond required from parties engaged In the liquor traffic is much greater than ever before, and varies from tC up to 1.0K. The bill has In It one feature which must certainly aid in the enforcement of the law. This provides that during hours when It Is Illegal to have saloons open there must be no blind, screen, opaque or colored glass to Intercept the view from the street Into the place where liquor is sold. Free lunches are also prohibited. The penalties for violation of law are much more.

severe than have hitherto been Imposed. Involving, among other things, the forfeiture of the tax receipt, and consequently the rlgtit to sell. "For the first time in this State It is Srovlded that a portion of the revenues erlved from the tax receipts shall be paid Into the State Treasury, that portion being one-third, while two-thirds is retained for the benefit of the locality paying the tax. The feature of the present law which requires saloons to be closed on Sunday Is retained In this bill, and the hour, which has hitherto been called the maic being the- hour between 12 o'clock Sunday night and 1 o'clock Monday morning-, ia now a close hour. This act states the status of associations or clubs, some of Which have been in the habit of taking out license, while many have been selling liquor without suoh licenses, they, clearly, in my Judgment, having done so in violation of law.

Of course there are very many matters of detail in the law which can be ascertained by examination of the bill Itself. The main features of the bill to-day, however, stand as they were when the measure was first Introduced the abolition of Kxcise Boards, a State tax with a division between localities and the State, which tax, though not as high as some would desire, yet Is very much higher than license fees heretofore paid; the regulation of the traffic by law rather than through the discretion of Boards of Kxcise. which means that those engaged In the traffic, so long as they obey the law, need have no fear of being disturbed by. demands from any source for blackmail, whether it be of money or fees, and the liquor dealer Is given reasonable protection, and he Is made accountable to the law and to a Jury of his fellow-citizens, rather than any political organization. The matters outlined above are the result ot much research, and meet with the approval of those who have made excise regulations a study." Senator Raines waa asked truth there was In tha report that he was to be appointed by the Oovernor under the bill as the Stat Commissi or-er of Kxcise.

He replied: That Is nonsense. The State Constitution prohibits the appointment of a Senator to another office or his accepting any other during the term for which ire uj elected." TO PROTECT OFFICE JlOLDEtS. Brookljn Civil Service Commissi ts Consider the Mnj EemTls That Have Been Xada Lately. Corporation Counsel Bitrr of Brooklyn will to-day give ar opinion to the Civil Service Commission upon th question-of the legality of the recent dismissals that were made by Commissioner Willis of the Department of City Works. The Civil Service Commission will meet thia evening; and consider the dismissals.

Edward if.1 Grout, as counsel for the one hundred clerks who were dismissed by Commissioner Willis of the Department of City Works, Register of Arrears Powell, Health Commissioner Emery, will to-day begin suit In the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, to reinstate them, upon the ground that the dismissals were illegal. As soon as Corporation Counsel Burr's opinion is made public the Civil Service Reform Association, of which William O. Low Is President, will also take action against the heads of departments that dismissed their clerks. Secretary George McAneany of the Civil Service Reform Association, says that the local civil service regulations, designed to protect employes In ofllee, may be relied upon to effect their object. It Is also believed that the clerks are protected by tne Constitution.

I hold that neither the Constitution nor the statutes of tnis btate prevent ine from reducing the working force of the department, and consequently its pay rolls." said CommisHioner Willis. The argument that I should be compelled to take back the men. whose salaries aggregate JTd.tnio a year, is ridiculous and monstrous. There is no legal warrant and no Constitutional requirement for any such action. If I can run th City Works Department for 70.uuO a year less than it has been run.

I don't think that any law should come between and the performance of my duty. The whole question of appointments to office I consider still open and will so continue to regard It until Corporation Counsel Burr shall have riven his oolnion. Then if it la found that the appointments are Illegal. iney wui tx revoaea. But as to the dismissals.

I hold that I have the power, within the time allowed by th charter, to discharge such employes as I desire, with a view to a reduction in working expenses. The men discharged, if they have been appointed from the eligible lists, are entitled. I believe, to have their name replaced on these lists at their former rating. If these same men should come before me again on an eligible list, in the companv of men who are unacceptable for various reasons. I shall take the old men.

That is understood, and th men know it." Temperance I nlon Services. The American Temperance- Union held services yesterday In Chlckering- Hall. A large crowd attended. After an Interesting musical prelude, the Rev. Frank Goodchlld.

pastor of Central Baptist Church, delivered an address on Th Church and the Saloon." He made an Impassioned appeal for temperance. He declared the saloon was the archenemy of the Church, eve had been, and ever would be. There were also services held In the evening, at which addresses were delivered by William T. War-dwell. Mrs.

Swormsted, and Dr. C. K. Latimer. Folic FI ad Lost Day.

A scantily clad little German boy about three years old was found shivering In th cold at the corner of Burling- 8Ilp and Pearl Street yesterday afternoon by a policeman, who took the child to th Old Slip Station. Tb little fellow was crying bitterly and callng Mamma," as tears rolled down his rosy cheek. was hatless and coat lent, his only outer garment being a calico slip, hile his shoe wer two sixes too large for him. All he could say was Tah." He was taken later to Police Headquarter. AN INIQUITOUS BILL Thomas A.

Fulton Tetrs Apart Ibe Kaices Exeis? Measnrc. US PURPOSE A CAMPAIGN" FUXD The Loral Optlaa Srrllsa Draws a to Help thr Mala Oajee Lleewse Flaares Kept Close. In an Interview yesterday with a reporter for Tin New-Tork Times Thomas A Fulton, who Is a careful student of excise matters, as well as the experienced Secretary of the Excise Reform Association, said thia about the Raines bill: I believe there Is no positive assurance of the Raines bill passing-. People who say it will or It wUI not pass are. af ut all, simply guessing.

"There is no doubt that very many Assemblymen are thoroughly rattled by the present situation. They find themselves literally and between the devil and the deep sea. and for this they have to thank T. C. Piatt and his over-zealous lieutenant.

Senator Raines. It is altogether unfair and unwise to attempt to pass the Raines bill in such a hurry. In Its latest amended form it covers fifty-seven pages, and It would take an expert several days to fully determine Just how the law would work. 1 The first requisite of a good excise law Is a local option section, allowing each township or city to vote, say once in three years, as to whether tb sale of liquors shall be permitted. In this particular the Raines bill fail in a most Important manner.

It has, indeed, a local option section, but so drawn as to amplify and help the great object of the bill, which Is to build up a Stat liquor machine and thereby rais an enormous campaign fund. In th language of Dorman B. Eaton, a lifelong Republican, and an expert in excise matters. a more complete scheme and more cunning device for raising at any time an enormous campaign or corruption fund could not be For local option, as arranged by Mr. Raines, will allow a large town not a township of 15,000 Inhabitants, of which we have several, to vote 'no on the license question and no licenses would be issued therein.

But all cities, including th. smallest, some of which ran as low as 10,010 population, are actually forbidden to vote on this question, and It virtually amounts to this, that the cities are compelled to issue such licenses whether the majority of the population wish it or not, and thus contribute to the enormous fund to the State, toward which the smaller places would contribute much less than their share, because they ax let off with a very low license fee, and can In many cases prohibit the granting of any licenses whatever." Mr. Fulton produced a map of New-York State showing" the returns from the different counties. The returns from Ontario County," he continued, Is part' of Senator Raines's district, would read aa follows: No license towns, 10; licenses Issued In other towns, 13S; total receipts for the county from license fees, One can see at a glance that Senator Raines's bill suits his constituents. Ten towns in Ontario County under our present Ineffective and indirect system issue no licenses whatever, and would not contribute one cent to the vast amount going to the State.

While the population of that county contributed S4.188.24 in license fee, the same number of people in New-York City lart year on an average contributed about As a student of excise, Mr. Folton said the Raines bilL in his opinion, will cause a still greater divergence of figures. it Is to be noted." he added. that there are more license towns in Ontario County than In any other county or tne state of which the returns hav so far been published. It Is not now more than six weeks since Mr.

Allds. Chairman of the Excise Committee of the Assembly, moved in that body that complete returns be obtained from every township and county in the State, giving tne numwr or licenses issued ana the amounts received therefrom during 1K. The firures. If published, would be simply Invaluable. Some of them were published as the returns came in, Dut tney Buaaeniy ceased their appearance In the newspapers.

and nobody has been able to get at them since. "I recently asxea a prominent memDer. ot the Assembly to get these figures, and his reply was: I think they would burn those returns before they would publish These flgnres do exist, and ought to oe forthcoming." Regarding the Important matter of th division of the tax receipts, Mr. Fulton said Senator Raines has made elaborate statements of figures to prove how beneficent his law is, but they are entirely supposititious, and he knows them to be humbug; a sort of thimble-rigging now you see It and now you don't! Hera Is a nimnle oroDosltlon which he cannot possibly contradict or get away from. A 1 111 1 1 1 1 V.

tie says tnai ine cnjr win iieru In general taxes and It will receive about There are to-day between forty and fifty townships which Issue no licenses, and the number of these would be much increased under the Raines bill. They would not pay one cent of these four or five millions, and would pay only their the ten millions remaining to be raised by general taxation, while other portions of the State, and New York City In particular, would pay both their share of the five millions of liquor money and the ten millions of general taxes. If Senator Raines can controvert this statement," said Mr. Fulton, with a knowing smile, I will praise his bill, and can believe that two and two make nve." CUBA'S STRU6CLE OX THE STAGE. St.

Mark Hospital and the Iasr-geal' Caase he Ueaeate. A special meeting of the Board of Man agers of the St. Mark's Hospital Aesoclation was held at the hospital, in Second Avenue, yesterday afternoon. The object of the meeting was the formulation of plans for the production of a play at the Acad emy of Music Thursday. March 20.

for the benefit of the hospital treasury, and at the same time to Incite interest in the Cuban question. Col. A. B. De Free presided.

Citizen George Francis Train was present and mad several characteristic soeeches. He also read a letter from Senator Vast of Missouri, in which tb Senator said was glad- the American people approved of his recent speech In the Senate, and in which he expressed a hope that Cuba would svon be free from the iron rule of Spain." Th play Is called Cuba Free." and la from the pen of James Arthur McKoigbt. It has the approval or tn cuoan junta ana he DauK-htera of Cuba. A volunteer com pany of artists has been crganized for the Modjeska's company will have chares of the stage direction. The scene of Cuba Free is laid In Cuba at the present time.

Its story does not follow the course of the revolution, but is a romantic narration of the struggle and disappointments of the patriots. Th play is in four acts, th first and second being at th plantation of a prominent rebel family In Santa th third In a Spanish military prison: and the fourth in two scenes the first of a rebel camp In the mountains, and the second the palace of the Government lu Madrid. Prof. Emile Haiioen will lead the orchestra, and in the hospital scene In the play the young ladles from St. Mark's training school will appear In their uniforms.

Aroa-sorra. the Cuban tenor, will sing several songs composed for the occasion by Fehor Agremont. who haa a son now in a Spanish prison in Cuba. Lec tares at the Teacher CoIIeaje. Dr.

IL Lest cava hla first lectar oa gu raphy ta tb 'Teacher Collea Thursday. He showed a An collection tA lantara-sUd photographs of ancient maps. Ther wers 100 maps In the collection. Tha neat leeturs will be riven aeat Tburadar. The lectures are to the public, as ar also tbasa ot Miss wn rave her second lectur last Saturday oa tb book Mother Play." Tb social club of th Teachers Cotler will hold Its snoetbly enacting Taesday at P.

Ja. The principal feature ot th mseting will a talk bjr alia Armstrong en th work ot Haip dea Institute. This club is composed of seniors aa Juaiars of tis eoliaxa. iioT.wor.DS ATAiicnr. sieltixg.

After Uxtlj Debate It Is Decided Trr ifftia Consolidate lit Masical Tiions. The subject of th fight of the Manhattan Musical Union against ihe Musical Mutual PfaifIVsl I TfilAn fattlA Ufa aeain be for th Central Labor Union yesterday. Secretary Bausch read a letter from Manager Rosen- quest of th Fourteenth Street ineair. saying that a committee from the Central rw t'fiixn fcd eaiied on him. and had spoken a proposed consolidation of the wn mimical unions, and their affiliation with the Central Labor Union.

Mr. Rosen- quest did not see any objection to guca a consolidation, and aald he would do all in Ua power to brinr It abouL He thought It could be done without tb slightest difficulty If application were made to the officers of the Musical Mutual Protective Union. Delegate Lloyd thereupon sugrirested that It would be good to Interview the officers of that union. They won't gain much by that, remarked Delegate Edwards of the Hexagon Labor Club. I tried It once and got snubbed.

God help the committee that goes to see them." retea-at Mullen thoueht there would be no In trying to fraternix with th Mu sical Mutual Protective Union, members, he said, met In a non-union hall, and drank non-union beer, and smoked nonunion cigars, and did ther non-union things. I'll give the delegates a piece of my mind." cried Delegate Lloyd, Jumping up. You cannot produce harmony with a revolver. You must act Ilk sensible men. TTIrat tirats ara made aralnst the Musical Mutual Protective; Union, and then you want to harmonise.

Harmony should be brought about at all haxards. The bm tha officers of that union at th risk of being snubbed. The bosses are laughing at the trade unions while these ngnt are going on. Delerate Johnson of the Manhattan Mu i i i i thai IIia Musical iv-a tiiivii, tual Protective Union was much larger than hi organization. Johnsons a 1 Mall II hndHmrfl aeiegaio saiu.

I and will not associate with us." Uelegat Jones of the varnlshers. said he had been i i w.ntl tn control tom wis. Lite itiauii.t- all th theatres and to put out all member a 1 fi a a a 1 ara I 1 rr tne Musical jiuiuu I never said so," replied Delegate Johnson. Yes, you dldl said Jones. ii 1 1 louire hiiiii All the delegates protested at this, and a a a a a I InanltaVl rTt Tl jones aeciareu ne iuDUiu.

tlAlorrato VI slIal OT a 3 a. as IhA II till I FfV-l tectfve Union men pok ot theme.vea as artists, ana caiiea iim aii lea ''They also called the Central Labor Union Coxey's shouted a delegate. It waa finally decided to send a committee again to air. nosenouesi; auu ii ter over. MRS.

TROLL WAS TERRORIZED. Awoke to Find Bnrlj Celored Bnrg-lar Gaiinff at Her Quick Work bj Jersey City Police. Jerskt Citt, N. March Troll of 114 Wayne Street, Jersey City, awoke at 3 o'clock yesterday morning and thought Bhe heard some one moving- in her room. Her bed was In an alcove, separated from the main room on th second floor by portieres.

There was a dim light In the main room. Aa she listened she saw a dark hand carefully pull back the portiere and a black face appear In tb opening. She waa in terror while the intruder's eyes quickly searched the little apartment and found her gaxing at him. She saw the burglar waa a stalwart negro, with on arm half gonex The negro dropped the curtain and ran to the basement and escaped from, the house by a rear window. Mrs.

Troll awok her huband In time to hear the retreating footsteps. He is George Troll of the firm of Troll Brothers, booksellers, on Palisade Avenue ami CJrove Street. Troll blow a whistle at the front door. Patrolman James Kellt answered, and through the police telephone at the nearby corner called the reserves from headquarters. Troll found that his house bad been entered by breaking In a rear base-ment window.

His pocketbook waa gone from a dek In the second story front room. Nothing else waa missing. Silverware taken from the room was piled In the kitchen near the window. but the burglar left in too great a hurry to stop for it. The reserve scoured the neighborhood.

Policeman Kellt an hour later found Arthur Brown, forty-four years old, of 227 Washington Street, a one-armed negro, commonly called Brown, in a saloon kept by a colored man at Railroad Avenue and Colgate Street. The missing pocketbook was in Brown's pocket. It contained but a one-dollar bill, which waa all it had when taken. Mra Troll identified Brown as the burglar. He got into Troll's back yard through a hall in a tenement In Railroad Avenue which Is parallel with Wayne Street.

CAXADlAX pacific satisfied. President Van Home Says the Road Is Xot Seeking an Independent Entrance into New-York. Sir William C. Van Home. President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, is at the Waldorf.

In conversation with a reporter for Thk New-York Times yesterday he said: There is no truth in the report that are seeking an independent entrance into New-York. Our relations with the New-York Central ar harmonious and mutually advantageous. "As an instance, can state that, among other business which will be transacted at our annual meeting next month, the shareholders will be asked to approv an arrangement between th Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company, the Canada Southern, the Michigan Central, and the New-York Central for the regulation and interchange of traffic and for the division and apportionment of tolls, rates, and charges. Ine Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway is a new road. The other roads men-ioned will welcome the lessees.

It traverses the Niagara Peninsula on the Canadian side, and will facilitate the interchange of business between the different interests. "Business on. our road continues very good. The receipts show an increase over last This, however, is the dullest time in the year. It I th season, so to speak.

between hay and The Canadian Pacific Is cut of politics. Nothing is being done in relation to- the proposed fast Atlantio servlc. The Dominion Government apparently baa otbar tUh to fry these day a TO START THE AMERICA UKIVERSITT. Croamd at Brakti To-day tmr th Ereetla of th First Wa8hinoto.w March 8. Ground will be broken at 2 o'clock to-morrow for the erection of tb first building in th group which will comprise, the American University to be conducted under the auspice ot the Methodist Episcopal Church.

It will be the Hall of-History, the endowment and building fund for which have reached a figure that Justifies the promoters of the enterprise In putting Into execution their long-projected plan-Matthew Q. Emery will preside. A hymn has been written for the occasion by president liank in of Howard University, which will be sung to the tune of America." Chaplain MiiJburn of the Senate, the Rev. Dr. Mackay-Smith, the Rev.

Vr. Hamlin, and the Rev. Dr. Wilson- will assist in th religious exercises. Brief addreasea will maue by Bishop John F.

Hurst, the Chancellor. Postmaster Cieneral W. Wilson Senator Knute Nelson. Senator John Thurston, Kepresentative Lw K. Qoigg.

and xJ. i. Aflr the addresses, the ceremony of throwing up shovelful of earth, will be pay ticipated in by the Chairman, speakers. Building Committee, and others. Tb university sit 1 northwest of th city In the vicinity of Red Top.

the property purchased by President Cleveland liibJut first traa li-li A- Combination with tha Indiachn for Vfrc President, BID FOR THE HARRISON STRENGTH CoL Baxter Report Ilavlax Effect 4 the Deal Fear thai McKlater May Catrl a Coaventlaau The latest move of Gov. Morton's chief outside workers hag been to make, a strong bid for th Harrison strength by the us of the name of John C. New of Indlanapo- i Ua for Vice President. A telegram waa received by a prominent Republican yesterday from Coljj Archie Baxter, Clerk of the Assembly. Jn which he said the, deal had been arranged, and that.

In accordance with It, t)i Fort Wayne district In Indiana had been car rled for Morton and New the-night before. Col. Baxter, W. A. member of the National Republican Committee front New-York, and J.

L. Alexander, Who wag Assistant United States District Attorney under President Harrison, been la Indiana for some time, and they hVv mad th arrangement. The confirmation of-it came from a high source last nlch- Thia action ia not Inconsistent with tha general conduct of the Morton campaign. Kver ainc Gen. Harrison withdrew front the race it haa been claimed teat Gov.

Morton would fall heir to his strength Ira the West and South, and mucn has teen done on this Una. I Gen. John C. New. owner of th Indian Apolis Journal, haa long- been ranked aa oa of the leading- friends of Jiariisorw Hla Influence at critical moments haa kept Indiana from showing a rebellious Spirit to Uen.

Harrison. He haa bn th personal 'manager of th Harrison loom, and la -many waya la representative of trie retired canuidate. The ettect of such a movement oh the aspirations of Gov. Morton la problematical. Beyond carrying' part of tne Marriaoa sireiigm.

jnr. New can show but little strength. It Is not certain that he. Will not prove an element of weakness. An important factor in Battling the contest for the nomination will be the abdication of the many contests that Will coma before th St.

Louis convention. Thar will be au unusually large number of I lies contests, owing to tne sharp struggle for the nomination, and the influences at 'work lu the various mates. These contest will particularly abundant in tne Houth.i Alreauy tney nave arisen in Alabama, Horiua, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, an-i lexas, and others are threatened. Un sum States the pro-silver wing of th party wui cause trouble. The candidate who control the majority of the delegates against whom ther ar no contests will have the- advantage in this case.

The rule will undoubtedly -be that neither contestant will be allowed to vota unul th cvonvention has acted upon his casei. J- Sloat Fasseft. who was temporary Chairman of the Minneapolis convention oi stated the rule last niahL i these cases Is Well settled, he said. Neither party la seated until the convention acts on the contest. This rule was applied at the Minneapolis convention.

The National Committee baa nn I ur. l--ir. I i uuij, uirreiy. imma terial. It enrolls the delegates against whom there ia no contest, but leaves th contests entirely with the convention." There is a fear that McKlnley abl to control the uncontested portion- of the convention.

In fact, the managers of all lh 1 icT--uuia Tn4? re beginning to fear that the) McKlnley boom will run away from, then and that the Ohio man will sweep the con- veuiiun. inus leaving no opportunity for tha use of solid delegates in the hands of a few party bosses. The McKlnley boom Is showing great strength, and gives warrant for such fears. Various conventions have, so far, elected 12o delegates, of which almost hnlf ara credited to McKinleyj with some of his par-tlcular strongholds yet to be heard from The fact that ht I almost the only Republican candidate who represents a crystal- -lixed principle has given him much strength DR. DEPKW IPEAK1 FOR HQRTOS, Telia Why the Unrrraai Saoalal "sstlsated far Prealaestj Dr.

Chauncey M. Depew last night re- hewed his declaration of allegiance to Gov. Morton, and made a statement of treason why the New-York candidate should nominated bv tha fit ivtuta The delegates from New-York will present the name of Gov. Morton to the Na-tlonal Convention for the nomination for the Presidency," Mr. Depew said.

Tbey will go to St. Louis with entire unanimity1 and cordiality in his behalf. "The State believes In Gov. Morton, in his strength before the people, In hit availability aa a candidate, and In hla qualifications for this great office In the Present emergency. i "The situation demands In the office.

of Chief Magistrate a representative iAmeri-can and a representative business man. The Governor la pre-eminently He la a marked type of the success which Is possible In the United States and under our Institutions: he is an admirable product of American liberty and opportunity, i Beginning life in a little New-England village, with no other capital than character and rapacity and no acquaintances or friends outside of the town, he has, by his own integrity. Industry, energy, and talents, reached a front rank amobg our merchants and bankers. Unlike most American business men. be has given a portion of his time and talents to the public service, and has demonstrated that It is possible to repeatedly fill high po- -sitlons in the State and Nation, and at the same time creditably and successfully conduct a large business.

Gov. Morton's varied relations io th public service have been training schools tor tne cniei Magistracy, as a representative In Congress he wisely legislated upon the great questions which still agitate th country. As Ambassador to France, he became familiar with the foreign relations of tha United States, which recent events have demonstrated to be more Important than our earlier statesmen ever contemplated. "As Vice President, of the United Btate It was a competent and valuable idvluip to both the executive and legislative branches of the GovernmenL' As presiding officer of the genat he won by his partial and calm Judgment the approval' of hi party enemies and the cordial regard of his party friends. As Governor of the State he has shown lit his influence upon the Legislature, and In' the measures of his administration, the hixhest executive qualities.

"New-York I still a pivotal State; ths uncertainty of her majorities and the largo number of vote ah has in th Electoral College make her so. Th party will blind to th lessons of experience If ft believes that Its wonderful successes In th last two years mean that it'xan carry tha country with any candidal. New Issues arise, or there ar divisions upon old' ones like the currency which make the largest factor in a Presidential election still, aa aui ways, me riaie of Mew-York. "Gov. Morton's liC.Uw majority 'proves his popularity at home, and assure th State to the Republican column If hi is nominated.

New-York Republicans believe that If hla name and claims qualifications wer submitted to the eoun. try. he would show a strength with tha voters of the United States not unlike thZ mmJy WhJch. "tenlh both his friend, and his foes In th record made In hi a favor in his canvass for Governor Ei- ieuow citizens ot nis own Common waa iVi. "There never haa been the Governor's position upon the Vital J'' principle, of the RepubUcan Party? Via stands as a representative RepubJlcVn tor all meaaures and policies which and? -t publican adminiatratlon hav mada th-United Statea prosperous i.

it i lut iif nam niini of a vp luririurr, Will tAttlr trm Vi. nomination, feeling that th certamt JT 5 election will not be disputed bvthiJf2lJhJ of any other candidate, ind tnat thereuT be a consensus of opinion arrnV mVsaf. parties that he will KiY.Z2J??.f elected to the Presidency i I Uj eflcent administration" COWPERTHWArrs a CARPETS. CREDIT. Wat 1-ath Strwwt, 51.