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II TIIE lUTVV-YOIli: TI2IE3, HOIiDAY, VLCLLL. 1, 1C fr fl ll" I VP TITHnrCTlIDC I of Vice Chancellor Van, Fleet and Justice Albeit. THF. CANDIDATES IX ESSEX COCSTT A Rumor that Got. Wert Haa Made the Appointments Al-ready, Which Cannot Be Verified.

NEWARK. N. Xc. political oracles of thU cltr Mr that Judge David A. Dcpu, now on the Supreme Bench, will succeed Vice Chancellor Van Fleet, and Judge Andrew J.

Klrkpatrlck, now of the Common Flea Court, a already mentioned In The New-York Time, will succeed Justice Abbett. both positions bavins been mad vacant by the death ot the Incumbents. Judge Depue's long; service on the Eu-prem Bench makes blm peculiarly adapted for the Chancery Court, and It Is admitted that there Is no more able Jurist In Essex V- County thai Judge Klrkpatrlck. Ills elevation to the bench means a vacancy In the Common Pleas Court, for which there are numerous candidates. Among them are Judge Thomas S.

Henry, who has been mentioned as Judge Abbett's successor; William B. Guild. at. T. Barrett.

Samuel Xallsch. and John R. Hardin. If the slate as mentioned goes. through on of the five will succeed Judge Klrkpatrlck.

It was rumored to-day that OoV. Werts was In town yesterday, that he called on 8enator Smith, and that this vwas considered equivalent to the fact that "np pointments were made; but they were not. It goes without saying that Essex County will get two of the plums, and It Is equally certain that they will be awarded, not because of political, but solely because of the legal strength of the men suggested for the positions. Judge Depue's advancement would mean a Republican vacancy, and there are scores O. P.

partisans ready to fill It. The appointee will not be assigned to the Essex circuit, but will. In all probability, be sent to Mercer County to fill the place made vacant by Judge Abbett's death. "The Essex bench Is reserved for Judge Klrkpatrlck, It Is said, but nothing definite regarding the appointment could be learned to-night. Some were found who said the SDDoint- rnent was already they are In a position to know.

Judge Depue was strictly non-committal, and would not say he had been offered the Chancery seat, or that he would accept It tf tendered. Judge Patrick's views are unknown, and so are those of Judge Henry. SOCIETY MOVEMENTS KEWARK Eatertalaaseats Give Darlasx the Past Week aad im Cosae. NEWARKN. Dec annual tea of the Female Charitable Society was given In the society's rooms, corner of Hill and Halsey Streets, yesterday.

The tea was In charge of Mrs. Gustavus N. AbeeJ, who served refreshments to about 200 of the beneficiaries of the society. They were en tertained with the following programme: Prayer. Mrs.

Luther; duet. Mrs. George E. GIlTord and Mrs. O.

N. Wright; baritone Charles 8. Doud; chorus, by all pres ent, and magic-lantern exhibition by Mrs. Bothin. f- The Young Men's Catholic Association will give a complimentary reception to Its members at Institute HalL New Street The Jefferaoalan Club ball be held In the Krueger Auditorium on Monday even ing.

Jan. 7. The annual ball of the Joel Parker Association will take place during the first week In February. Thirty members and guests of the Ex empt Firemen's Association will have a ban- Huef. on Thursday evening.

Mrs. Robert 8. Green will gtve a reception at her residence, 78 Cherry Street, next Saturday afternoon, to Introduce her daugh ter. Miss Caroline Qreen. Mrs.

Thomas T. Kinney will give a tea on Tuesday, Jan. 8, In honor of her niece. Miss Klrkpatrlck. Mrs.

Ellas Ward and Miss Ward will gtve "a tea Thursday afternoon, from 4 until 7 o'clock, at their residence, 13 South Ninth Street. The engagement Is announced of David Pickering and Miss Lillian Sayre, both of this city. John J. Leldy. formerly of The Journal.

has been made managing editor of The Ad vertiser. i Miss -Jessie D. Coe of Nutley Is visiting friends In Wilmington, Del. Mrs. J.

Trimmer of Washington. N. Is jvlaiUng Dr. and Mrs. George B.

Phllhower Of Nutley. Miss M. Ford of New-York Is the guest of Col and Mrs. IL G. Prout of Nutley.

I1 Mrs. Hopron of Brooklyn Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. George S. Small of Nutley.

the most brilliant dinner par-" ties at the Essex Couny Country. Club was one given by Mrs. Edward P. Ailing itt ProspeeC Street. East Orange.

Covers were laid' for thirty-two. The tables were handsomely decorated with cut roses. Everything points to a successful presen tation of the play, "The Two Orphans." which will be presented by the Young Men's Catholio Literary Union of Orange, In Co lumbus Hall Theatre, to-morrow night. The members of the cast have given their undivided attention to the play, rehearsals have been held nightly for two weeks past, and an excellent performance la assured. The members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union on Friday night gave a reception at the residence of Miss Burgyers, .2 Gould Avenue.

Itoseville, to the young people who participated In the performance Mr Jarley's War Works" at the Essex Lyceum last week. The entertainment con sisted of a piano duet by the Misses Taylor mna uurgyvrs; vocal solos, miss Scott and ti'S Luis; Mario solo. Miss I'arkhurst: reci tation. Naughty ZelL" Miss Taylor; piano sol j. Miss Alice fcmith; vocal duet, the Misses bcott; reading.

Some of the Adven tures oi Jos.ah and Satnantha Alien." Miss Woodhull; vocal solas, Mr. Barrett, and biaao solo. Mls Helena Taylor. A sociable, with a supper, for the benefit 8t. Bridget's Church, opened in the parochial school hall.

In Plane Street. night, and will be closed to-Worro li ght. Several Interesting, contests test the popularity of various aspiranta for prises are in progress. In! the basement the supper Is served at two large tables, and other tables contain fany articles. They are In charge of Miss K.

Glllen, Miss A uarrlgan. Allsa Bcolt, Miss E. Burns, alixs U. I'errr. and Mima H.

lUfiin. The Ladles' Auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian Association will give Its New Year reception to the young men of the Oranges and their friends to-morrow in the Association Building. In the evening a fine programme will be rendered. The following are numbers: Select reading, Robert P. Williams; baritone solo.

John 8. Insram: duet. Miss Ltta Anness. soprano, and John H. Ingram, baritone; cornet solo, Nell R.

)ii)wrd; aelect reading. Robert Williams; duet. -Nell R. iiuaard. cornet, and W.

B. Plume. French born; soprano solo. Miss Ltta Anneas. Marshall Darrarh will give a course of readings in Association liallr- outlining Jan.

il. when the subject wiirbe The Merchant Venice." On Feb. I he will read from "Julius Caesar." This Is Mr. Darrach's third annual course. Among the subscribers to tne recital are Archibald Mercer, Xrs.

Campbell Clark, Mrs. William Mlt-hIl Mrs. William Wright. Mrs. John Gilford, aire.

Robert Ballantine, Mrs. James T. Ball. Mrs. James H.

Poihemu. Mrs. William P. Jiardenburgh. Mrs.

A. A. Edgar, Mrs. David A. Depue, Mrs.

Robert Gilchrist. Mrs. F. Wolcott Jackson. Mrs.

John Miller. Mrs. Andrew Klrkpa'rick. Mr. 8.

11. Piurn. Mrs. s. A.

KlDley. Mrs. Frederle M. Cheney. Miss Runrun.

Miss Tnwnsend. Miss (- Craven. MIhs Julia B1U allss Wallace, Miss (uinneii. hiss iiaii. suss curt ureen, atrs.

oMgesapan. Mrs. Julia. D. Co never, Mrs.

Charles W. Compton. Mrs. Jones. Hn Hein.

Jair.es Johnson Mrs Fewstntth. Mrs. I Willis K. Weeks, Mrs. Theodore' O.

Palm er, airs. Lebkuecher. Mrs. Holltster. and manr there, Dimrh a elml- course in January in union Man, i Orange, under distinguished patronage.

vllle Lodge tit following officers were elected for the ensuing Masonic year: W. M.i yr. Williamson; b. w. ueorge at.

Leigh ton: J. W. Charlee Beresford: Secre- tary-i-John Ash worth. P. Chaplain D.

M. Skinner. P. Proxy to O. red W.

Aahworth. P. 8. T. Humphrey; J.

Joseph Joule; 8. M. of Klchard C. Jones. J.

M. of John La Kaucherle; Orgatnst W. Holmes; Trustee i or me Tnree Years Jonn la raucnene; Tiler William H. Jackson; Finance Commute W. Holmes.

George M. Leigh ton, and Charles Beresfort Kearnv Lodsre. Knlchts and Ladles -of the Golden Star, has elected these officers for the ensuing term: Past Dictator Ellas Hodenwieser; Dictator Jamea 8. vey; vice a-' aa va cviiiBTj ai uii4 vu ea wa avv'ars; 8ldJall; Secretary Thomas T. Adams; Financial Secretary Edgar Armltage; TreasurerJames Allen; Chaplain Elisabeth Ver: Guide Samuel (Ward: Assistant Guide Jemima Ward; Warden James Clarkson; Sentinel Fred Glanvllle.

The masquerade sociable will take Dlace to-morrow. New Year's Eve, with dancing from 8 to 2 o'clock. Bearies Division. Hons of Temperance. will install these officers on Jan.

4: W. P. Rilaa Taylor; W. A. Brother J.

H. Pursell; R. 8. Sister Lissie Lee; A. R.

8. Samuel Alexander; F. S. G. A.

Emblck: Treasurer Sister L. M. Bailey: 8. Brother D. WllsoiHTOft: O.

8. Brother G. Hareresven: P. 8. Sister Grace Hargresven.

The Institute Boat Club-will hold Its annual reception and ball In the Krueger Auditorium on Feb. It Is to be preceded by a nrst-dass minstrel entertainment. The services of a well-known professional coach have been secured; and a rehearsal for the entertainment will be held soon. BOMB 1RVIXGTOX PROJECTS. Talk mt a Jew Tons Hall, sv Bank, ad Other Good NEWARK.

N. Dec' resolutions for the new year will be to get as soon as possible a new Town Hall, a bank, an electric Ughtlngphfnt, and good sidewalks. The vUlagexfione of Newark's most progressive suburbs, and It Is about to be reincorporated in Wder to effect Improve ments. The question of a bank Is receiving serious consideration, and active steps to secure It have taken by the business men of Enterprise Hill. An enthusiastic advocatexfor good side walks ventures the oplnionVtnat In 1893 every board walk In the town will disappear.

Irvinaton Council. No. 167. Jr. O.

TJ. A. has elected the following officers: Councilor-Walter S. Harris: Vice Councilor George H. Woo ley; Recording Secretary -Lomwia Lk courier; Assistant Recording necreuiry- wiiiiam ieuien; conductor Daniel Ilpple; Warden Robert Hard grove; Inside Sentinel Chester Laurence; Outside Sentinel John B.

Kent. Mrs. David Sisk of Plalnfleld is snendinir the holidays with her parents, Mr. and airs. j.

j. Alien oi irvington. Miss Lulu Harland of Clinton Place. Try ing; ton. has been entertaining Miss Mabel Francis of Burlington.

Koyai oak Lodge, K. and L. of G. will initiate candidates at Masonic Hall next Tuesday. The Irvington Athletic Club will hold a reception in Alumni Hall on New Year's Eve.

Ellas K. Williams of Union Avenue Trv- lngton, has won a safety bicycle In a contest among the customers of a Newark dealer ,4 DISSATISFIED AXD MAY STRIKE. Hewark Motorsaea aad Coadactora Want Tbelr Pay Increased. NEWARK, N. Dec 30.

The conductors and motormen in the employ of the Con solidated Traction Company recently Joined the Knights of Labor and gave notice that unless certain demands were granted they would strike. Since then the -agents of the company have been busy circulating reports that evervthing bad been satisfac torily adjusted, especially In Newark. The New-York Tlmes's representative saw many of the men, and was assured that, notwithstanding these reports, there would be a tie-up in the new year unless the company acceded to the demands. They ask $2 for twelve hours' work a day. and If the concession is not-made, the employes In Newark, Bayonne, and Jersey City will strike, so they say.

The news reached here last night that the officials of the fraction company, had met in Jersey City, and that the employes' petition was considered, but not acted upon. unis nas incensea tne men, ana tney talk more freely. Said one: Under the present system we are unable to make more than SI. 50 a day. In Philadelphia the men-get S2.50 a day for nine hours' work, and in Boston 9:2.25.

In Brook lyn tne wages are There is not a large city in the United States where the wages of conductors and motormen are so low. There will be a strike yet. you can- depend upon it, unless we gei wirn we asa lor. The Newark and South Orange Street Railway Company-nays its men on the cars $2 a day, and has'ao fears of a demand for FORGOT THAT IT WAS LOADED. Kewark Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself with His Own Pistol.

NEWARK, N. Dec. 30. Henry A. Tar- doneg, fourteen years old, who lives at 155 New-York Avenue, Is the possessor of a fine five-chambered, self-acting revolver.

He had been Improving upon his somewhat un developed marksmanship by shooting at a target In the lot by his home. After he had been called Into supper last night he could not leave his valued possession alone. Having finished his supper he returned to the weapon, forgetting that he had left onebf Its chambers with an unexploded cartridge i ii acciaemaiiy expioaea, tne ball en tering nis aoaomen. ine little fellow was almost unconscious When Picked UO bv his alarmed relatives and neighbors, who had not noticed him with ine weapon, tie was sent to St. Barnabas'a Hospital, where his wound was dressed.

No effort was made to probe for the bullet, but it is undoubtedly somewhere in the boy's abdomen. The wound la a verv uri. ous one, but may not prove fatal. Had His Lea; Crashed. NEWARK.

N. J-. Dec. 30. W.

T. Bount thirty-five years old. a fireman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and who lives at SC8 North Fortieth Street. Philadelphia, had le cruinru near waveriy last night. He was taken to St.

Michael Hospital. Baraed by the Kitchen Fire. NEWARK. N. Dec 3b.

Ann Martin. aged thirty-one, while lighting fuel in a stove to-day at her home. In Harrison, was burned about the body and arms. Her Injuries are serious, but she will recover. Worklagaaesi laaorsa Malby.

Representatives of the Butchers' Associ ation, Engineers' Union. No. Plumbers' Union, Is'o. the Harness Manufacturers Association, tne Joacnmena Union, tl State Anti-Monopoly League, the Protective' Coachmen's Benevolent Association, the Masons and Builders Protective Associ ation, and the Foundrymen's Union of this city, have Issued a circular In support of th claims of Ueorse R. Malby to th Speakership of.

the Assembly. The circular says tnat tne recent ttepuoucan victory was due to the votes of the wage-earners of the State, who have thereby earned the right to oe neara. ana that tney believe Mr. Malby will better represent their Interests than any candidate thus far mentioned for the Speakership. If he Is chosen." the circular says, the Republican party will retain th support or the men who made its in the last campaign." LOSSES BY Tampa.

Dee. 30. The clear actorv of Losa.no pandas ac Co. was destroyed by bro this morning, together with six cottages. The Ore Is thought to have been Incendiary.

The water pipes were frosen and the firemen could do nothing. Loss about SJO.oou; Insurance not known. River Junction, Dee. SO The freight warehouses and offices of the Louisville ar.d Nashville. Savannah.

Florida and Western, and Florida Central and Peninsular Railways were destroyed by fire this morning. Loss. 1 10,000. Dan vers, Dec. SO.

An Incendiary Are at midnight last night destroyed the Interior of J. K. Crosby aV factory at TapleyviUe. Loss on building, M.000: in-surd Lves on stock. fctt.Ow; insured for llfD IfTTDDdV ODD AITQ.

flTTT Hill. UIIJHU UU A in Mtfnn if hot Will II 4 town to Inspector Williams. IXCIDEXTS -NOT WORTH NOTICING The End ear la a Drastic Reo Police De- ffanlzatu or the parti tent The Inspect. orl Pent-Up Wrath. "The reorganization of the Police De partment will be so drastic, the end Is so near, that I Jo not consider It worth the trouble to tei notice of such Incidents." This utters ice was made last night by Police Comm issioner Charles H.

Murray, the lawyer mber of the Board of Police. Mr. Murray has earned the reputation of weighing his vords, and he has not, either la profession or official life, been conspicuous as ommlttlng himself to statements that ar i not worthy of So that whe i such utterance and forecast are applied dl ectly to the most noted bully ot the police Force, Inspector Alexander S. Williams. Cor imlssioner Murray said something vastly 1 nportant.

Mr. Murray iV weeping prediction, and the relegating of what concerned the flippant, defiant superl officer of the department to Insignificance, were prompted by these question by a repo ter for The New-York Times: "Have you read Capt. Schmlttberger's confession bef re the Lexow committee, and noted his betr lyal of Inspector Williams as a collector of revenue from keepers of Illegal resorts knd as a bribe-receiver? Have yoJ read testimony before the Lexow committee, and noted his defiance of decency?" "Did you nbte that he said that he did not know what a 'dive' was? To each of khese questions the Commis sioner made in affirmative answer. Then he was asked In the llgit of Schmlttberger's accusations and the! Inspector's answers to John W. Goff.

do yjou consider him fit to retain command of tie First Inspection District? "Do you consider a man who does not. know what a dive is fit to be a member of the force? Will the Police Commissioners act In regard to Insbector Williams on Schmltt berger's confession, Williams's testimony, and on his swbrn assertion that he did not knew what a I' dive was?" Mr. Murray first responded I have noth ing to say," I to each Interrogatory, and then made the! utterance quoted. Mr. Murray I has better opportunities of knowing or inferring what will happen to the Police Department in the near future than his colleagues, and should be fully cognizant of the general plan of police re- organization, question: he was asked the final "Then, fro what you say, no one should that th changes will be radical and Absolutely doubt.

They will satisfy the public evening." -These statei nts by the Commissioner ap- pear to Ine that Williams has not only lost his pull with the newspaper whost column he claimed to control as an appanage to his boast that he was a pollt- leal factor of wer and eminence, but with certainly one Republican element In the Police Board. These are salnples of how he controls the. newspaped to which at one time he claimed the right to dictate: To keep Inspector Williams on the force would be to pul a premium on Champion Rubber of the force." Most corrudt and grasping official of the Police Department." The Baronl Munchausen of the New- York Police I Department Alexander S. Williams." Williams rs would have tingled yes- terday if. he ments on his heard some of the com- emeanor and testimony be- fore --the Senat commlttee Friday.

One who nas made a member of the "Wonder dy of this flippant, defiant oard of Inspectors said: o's caught It this time. Whenever- Williams has to refrain from venting his temper, either lh physical bru tality or in Billingsgate and when he starts few dan equal him In profanity and obscenity ejxeept an old Spanish sailor- some one has to Suffer. He hasn't bpen seen around much since he went on th stand, but he can't keep It in' and live I Guess he's hired a diving bell and gone Sown in It alone to let off but I bfet the water's slzzing." No reports of outrages by a tall, square-shouldered aisk, with a-crueL bronzed face, reached Police Headquarters yester day, but the "somebody will catch It" seeiricd to be In the air. Williams is nit strong In chromatics, and he Is addicted I to' generalities, so that he no doubt characterizes his Interrogator. Recorder-elect 6off.

as red headed." Now. Williams's chle detestation is what he calls a red-headed 1 man. Smith, the Brooklyn-Ite whom Williams clubbed in Madison Square in thd sight of thousands who clamored for lynch law. was rufous haired. and Williams treated his prosecution for the -outrage as an unkind decree of fate, and re- maraea: "I never had (any luck with a red-headed Iran.

So that, all things well considered, this Knave oi Clues, as ne was once termed. must be In the condition of an overheated unless He 'has found some one on vhora to vent is wram. ''His. testlmoni before the Lexow com- mittee will, rut lsh more material for cont menL both lc end serious, than that of any other wltn before the Senators. He did not know.

kerhaps. that the onlv time he exhibited a degree of modesty or di ni dence was wher ne repuea. i don't know," to the Question: What are ydu worth?" Inspector McLaughlin was a badly-tangled witness, bbt all in the courtroom admired his loyally and chivalry in parrying questions anecang bis wire, imoi so wun WUUama. -He even appeared gratified to have his wife's khare In his mythical sources oi prosperity go on the record, and was topically defiant in his chuckle over the Peterhead Incident, and added: More Is still due her." No one in the committee room disbelieved Maurice Rosen field when he told how. on going to Williams to complain of an assault, he was badgered, insulted, and called a sneeny." ana nis race were character ised as Christ killers." No policeman hav ing' a anowieaae oi wunams aouots it.

be cause Williasnsls distinguishing trait out side or nis Drutamy ana aisreeard lor de cency was his faculty for such generalization, WUliams and I certain of his friends declared htm vindicated at the close of bis testimony Frldah-. No parent has vindicat ed him who has read this testimony In re- Kara to disorderly nouses in tne Eighth Precinct, when fne was Captain of the district: I Q. Did you illow disorderly houses to flourish in the Eighth Precinct? A. They 'were mere, i iotina tnem mere. Q.

And you left them there? A. Yes. Q. Why? A-lt was the fashionable thing then. I -i4fc.

Q. Did you Wait for -complaints from respectable cltia-ns? Tea. Q. How did Kiu come to make a report about the disorderly houses to the Grand Jury? A. On thle complaint of the Board of Kducation that ttiere were disorderly houses In the rear of thje school on Wooster Street.

Q. Did you suppress any of these houses? A. I suppressed those In the rear of the school. Mr. Goff readl from testimony riven bv Williams before! a committee of the Board of Education that Mr.

Williams knew all about tnem" ana asaea: sworn that vou knew all about ilrhtv-thi. disorderly houn. mnA must have negleeted your duty toward some of them. A. Tbist may be.

Q. Why, then did you not suppress those eighty-three houses? A. I waa busy witn other matters. 1 A refusal by Williams to give the name of the owner of a disorderly house near the Wooster Street school was read. Q.

Why did yu not give the name? A That was a self-k-onstituted committee, and It mimm nut "nit lh. Unl 1. pointed by the Board of Education. It was not sn honest Investigation. Williams' testimony before the commit- tee that -disorderly houses did not Interfere witn tne cnuaren was imroaucea.

O. And tou had the audacity to say that disorderly nouses near a public school did not interfere witn the cnuaren auenaing the school? A. Yes; there was no life In tnoae nouses during school nours. This assertion, which contradicts state ments published by every newspaper at the time an enort was made to save tne scnooi children from pollution, prompted Mr. Goff to exclaim: I want that audacious statement on the record." Mr.

Goff did not exhaust the ammunition In his magazine. Matters not touched on were a diSDUte Williams had with ex-CaDt. Brogan in tne late inspector Thome's office wnen jtsrogan cnaiienged Williams to a personal encounter and called him a klvL" because Williams grumbled that he was called to account for harboring gamblers i-nue -oiner captains" were not lecturea. Nor Were the neculiar circumstances at tending Inspector Thome's sudden death and the distribution of his property Inquired into. Willi.

Tk V. could not have exDected vindication, as he spoke exultingly of an affidavit from ex- capt. carpenter as a friendly document. tie was compelled to explain; WelL I didn't know but what mltrht be put on trial either' In a criminal court or Derore tne Police Commissioners as a result of my aDnearance on the stand here and I thought it would be a good thing to nave sucn an aniaavic Commissioner Sheehan denied himself to reporters yesterday. Commissioner Martin's wnereanouta was a mystery to his relatives.

wen. aucnaoi Kerwin aid not care to talk. BALTIMORE HUITERS SWAP DOS STORIES Some of the Wonderful Yarns They Told with Straight facet. From The Baltimore Sun. Sportsmen find plenty of food for conver sation In the results of the field, trials held hist week In Baltimore.

The headquarters of the Baltimore Gun Club, 15 St Paul Street, have been crowded dally with dog owners and gunners who have had lively chin trials. Mr. E. B. Coe, whose dog won first prize In the all-age stake at the field trials, said he had kept tab and found that the number of persons hereabout who olalm to own dogs that are broken better than his had now reached forty-three.

Of these only one has a dog entered in the second trials which the club proposes to hold. He said: A member of the club said:" It has been remarked that a man who becomes the owner of a dog, a gun, or a fishing rod is at once converted Into a prevaricator." inat so, said Mr. cnaries Allard. but truth Is stransrer than fiction all the time. I don't see the necessity of stretching a yarn when actual occurrences are sufficiently wonderful.

Now. there was a pointer I once owned. Poor girl, she died long ago: but she was the smartest field dog on earth. She hunted straight for the gun. One day I saw her on a point.

Suddenly she crouched to the ground. I found she had a live partridge In her mouth. I took the bird away from her and killed it. Still, she did not arise. Run ning my hand under her, I pulled out four more live birds which she had captured." There was a dead silence for a moment.

broken at last by the crash of a stack of empty powder cans which the proprietor of the place, Mr. William Linthicum, topples over wnenever a true story so enormously stranger than fiction Is sprung. Usually he Is rewarded with sulphurous reproaches or a brash offer to bet that the story can be proved. I was once on the Eastern Shore," began Mr. Henry Beck, as Mr.

Linthicum stacked up his cans, "when I saw the blg- Jrest flock of blackbirds it has ever been my ot to observe. As they arose I fired at the flock, but did not ill a bird." The hearers all arose to take Mr. Beck's nana, out ne waved them aside. "im not through yet," he added. "I found, however, on examining the a-round.

fully a quarter of a peck of birds' feet and tegs, tsiest i naan snot too low." Crash went the cans, and a Btufrx1 ran. vasback duck, which had been suspended from the celling, dropped through the cigar showcase and shattered the aiass. a sportsman wno lives near EHcrldge said he owned a setter dog which, when on a point, would lift his hind foot and tap the ground one time for each bird in th ticwu. fjciwara coraeii saia he had a single-barrel repeating snotgun, a late purchase, with which he had. killed four mallard ducks.

The four arose simultaneously from the river, and he shot fdar times, killing one Dim tor eacn pun oi tie trigger. E. B. Coe said his Hog flushed a woodcock. which flew toward him, and jammed Us head into the muzzle of.

his gun, the bird thus killing itseit. and savins: a load nf shot, and powder. Mr. Rod Coe, father of the young-man. substantiated the story.

Richard Cantler related that he once sold a setter puppy. dog saw Its new owner's wife carry in a turn of wood from the yard. Ever after that the dog. at command, brought in the wood, piece by piece, until ordered 10 stop. John R.

Hilar said he was ducking- with Mr. Jack Sutton, at the mouth -of Romney creea. a reanead ouck new by out of range. Sutton, for practice, threw his gun to his shoulder, with no Intention of shooting. The duck saw the act and quickened his flight, but suddenly fell dead Into the creek, and was retrieved.

The bird had broken Its neck In watching the gunner. Mr. Rod coe related that Capt. Henry Wll- mer oi uueen Anne county owned a ducking -dog. When, the Captain ran out of shot, he showed the dog the empty bag and the dog trotted home and brought a fresh supDly.

The dog distinguished the different sizes of shot by taking shot bags between his teetn. Robert 8charf. who lives in the western part of the city, said he started out of his alley gate a few days ago to exercise a setter nun he had bought from James Busey. Within three yards of the gate the jip came to a point, and up got a big wood- cock. ne said: i was so aeugmea inai I kissed that dog." The historian of these events had to leave at this point.

Just as he closed the door be hind him a member or tne ciun was say ing: I once owned a dog' citt ad ricixirr. The PhlladelDhia Tlmes's almanac for which- nas just neen issued, contains a mass or information on many suniecis. It is neatly printed on good paper, and should be) valuable as a book of reference. containing as It does Information on al most every sunject mat is treatea in pub lications ot the sort. The second course of Columbia College lectures, in co-operation with the Metro politan Museum of Jlti.

at the Museum Saturday mornings at 11 o'clock, will be on the development of the musical Instrument. The first four lectures of the course will be delivered by the Rev. William Adams Brown. The next dinner of the Twilight Club. which will be held at the St Denis Thurs day, will celebrate the thirteenth anni versary of the- club's formation.

The subject for discussion Is, Whst Are the Churches Doing for the People?" Mrs. Ballington Booth will be one of the speakers. George Morrr. the housekeeper of the tenement 33 t.ast Twenty-tilth Street. while examining a blocked drain at the rear of the tenement early yesterday morn ing-, louna in it tne naaea oodles or newly- horn twin babies.

The bodies were taken to tne Morgue. Mrs. Barbara Smith, who was burned by an oil explosion at her apartments, 23 jones street. aturaay night, died at Sr. Vincents nospiiai yesterday.

Broofclya. Maggie Marhoffer, five years old. of 78 AicmoDen btreet, poured some kerosene oil on a kitchen fire, and waa severely burned. An ambulance surgeon from St. Catharine's Hospital dressed the injuries, but refused to remove the child, as he said she could not live, bne aiea yesterday afternoon.

Thieves attempted to rob the poor boxes In St Paul's Catholic Church. Court and Congress Streets, on Saturday night, but tne priests naa removea an tne money. There will be night watch services In many oi me cnurcnes in Brooklyn to-night. ujv icivim win u9 interesting. Lesg Island.

There is under consideration In Hemp- icau a pian to connect mat place With Hempstead Bay by means of a ranaL and operate a of boats, a number of prom- iiiciii uuBiness men nave me scneme under advisement 'Michael Balseley of Richmond Hill, who was defeated for Village Treasurer of that place, has employed counsel-to appeal to the courts to have the act of incorporation set aside on the ground of irregularity. i wJUUra Irving, twenty-five years old. of 143 Vernon Avenue, Long Island City, Is In jui iui uuvavieatng to soil nis mother. oT7rit tunes water mains are being put down in Vernon Avenue, Long Island Mollea Metal Baraed Bis Leara. NEWARK.

N. Dec. 30. Adam Way. oskl of 119 Canal 8treet was badly burned by molten metal to-day at the smelting works of Edward Balbach.

on Pas sale Avenue. The liquid was accident sly spilled from a caldron over the hodv nf th man, and his lower Umbs and body were sfaa4Vajr If VI Ladles'. hisses' end CtHdren's Cloaks, Soils ani Furs. The entire balance of our Winter Stock will be placed on sale, To-day, Dec. 31st, at prices that must rapidly dis pose of the vrhole stock.

Misiesv ana unuureus Cloaks, $5.00 and $10.00. Ladies' Short and Long Cloaks. 85.00. $10.00 and $15.00. Lames' xauor suits, iu.uu and $15.00.

Ladles' llandsome Dresses 150.00, reduced from H00.00. SealSkin Sacques, $200.00 and $350.00. Klectric -Seal Capes, $25.00. Other Fur Capes, $10.00. Ail other troods in these departments, at proportionate reductions.

JAMES McCREERY Broadway and 11th St. TheSfandard Pianos ofthe World! The Largest Establishment in Existence. Warerooms: SUlnway Hall, New-York 15 THE GREAT PIE WOODS OF ALABAMA Northerners Are' Fiadlaar tTaa Laaa Salted to Fralt Caltare. Lumberton CAla.) Letter to The Omaha World- Herald. I write this In the midst of the piny woods" of Alabama, which most readers perhaps know Is a vast forest of the long-leaved yellow pine, extending from near the west boundary of Mississippi, where It Is about fif.ty miles broad, to tha Atlantic coast, where It Is several hundred miles In breadth.

Except -along the railroads and navigable streams, this Immense forest Is for the most part untouched by the woodman's axe, but nearly everywhere the large trees have been boxed," a term applied to the process for obtaining turpentine, by cut ting a triangular shaped notch through about one-fourth Its diameter, the lower line of the triangle being slightly curved. the cut dipping downward toward the centre of the tree to retain the product. This crude material Is dipped out and boiled. to separate the turpentine and resin. This industry is In many cases almost the sole reliance of the people for subsistence.

Some small patches of cotton, and. less commonly, a little corn, sugarcane, and sweet potatoes are cultivated, where chance has left some cleared areas, which are occupied without regard to ownership. The chief aim of the native population, white and black, bar ring the best class of whites, la to avoid physical and mental exertion. Until a few years ago It was unknown that this pine region possesses a climate and soil admirably adapted to all kinds of save those Indigenous to the extreme North and the strictly tropical species. En terprising Northerners have demonstrated that Is possesses a value for that Industry little dreamed of by the native inhabitants, and a tide of Incomers of the best tvne is turning nitnerwara irom ail parts of the country, notably th Northwtirn Rtn.i Thriving communities of this class are being estaDiisnea xor tne purpose or pursuing tne attractive business of horticulture.

At this piace is one oi the newest of these colonies. composed wnoiiy oi Northerners of an excellent type, who see around this village conditions which give it promise of a bright future in that industry. It is known at present on me miD as Lumberton. the Poar Office being Fruitdale, which will no doubt biter on be the name of the station. It has aistinction of being the only place in the pine region where there are no negroes, the lubor of the whites being preferred at twice the price of that of the blacks.

Thus here, at least, the race question Is set-tied. However, if Northern settlers deslr- to avail themselves of negro labor, there are oiner good settlements where they may find congeiiai surrounaings, ana iruit and vegetable culture already established and paying handsome returns. The rainfall is here abundant, md the water from wells and springs is what is termed freestone, absolutely pure and soft I believe there is no more healthful climate on the globe, partic ularly lor pulmonary or catarrhal anectlons. no doubt in part attributable to the odor of tne pine trees. eopie from the North were until recenttv quite frequently looked upon by the old Southerners as Interlopers, but an entire revolution ot sentiment nas taken place, and they are now aladlv received, as thev are beginning to realize the benefit of this element among mem.

ery tittle Is heard of nolltlcs In eltv or country not nearly so much as in any Northern State, even in Mobile, the-motmn. oils of this region, and the voter, black or wnne, exercises tne rignt or franchise with out molestation. The Australian ballot iciu la ufcu, wini-n, as in aiississippi. oars a majority oi negroes irom VOU tig by tne. educational Qualification reaulrrf Th.

educational xystem la substantially th same as in that State, whites and blacks being separated and provided wJth an equal share of the State school fund, which Is really of small assistance, owing to the low valuation of school lands, from which It is chiefly derived. Soeclal taxatinn iin, in which the whites and blacks pay a pef capita tax. each for their respective schools. xveiigiuus wnumfni is more general than ii Muniieiu outves. capuBis ana atetbod-Ists perhaps the most numerous.

To close. I will relate an incident tenstKT oi me piny-wooas people. A rural auiicu u(i in me Diaca belt" part or tne pine region where the nla-gers largely outnumber the Whites. Among the stock exhibits were hogs, ail but one lot of wbich were of the native racer variety, the exception beinsr th farmer from Nebraska a pen of fine Berk, shires. The Nebraskan.

of ronn. T. heinf walkaway on premiums; but Tm- yBi, iw tne oiue ribbons were attached, to find his BerkshlreVen-tlrely destitute of such decorations, while th "racers were profusely decked with the same. He proceeded to roast the fES- 'm his hog. looked well, they would never do for thl sucn Owls Are Invading; Chicago.

From The Chicago Tribune. Scarcity of food or a deain. bit of urban life has driven several members of tne owi lamiiy into Chicago. A barred owi. wnicn nas some difficulty In seeing daylight dropped on the the-ihird story of the Vendome HoteL ventre tree is, II, blinked at the sunlight and booted at thi noise of the cable cars until n-nw eredjn the street below.

Some one go inn an sn i naa nvim i i a nana waa about to close on his legs. It was aa lucky for the would-be captor as for the bird fMt .1.,. Ka .111 -srKS. held sfeea-tsvev-e aw Wiv WUOOU A njrht. A crxrhft'svl m1tt aa -ir nranortlon tn thai Kl Kniw -a 4 a.

wnoia week from Dearborn Avenue and Maple Street, a few reiuge unoer tba porch rf'lence of Mrs. Annie. Forstall wrooni Avenue. Me sat there th. 1 mvh uun vne tl tn mile, him n.mk am wnoieoay through, until some one tried flew awsy disgustedly and has gone back nresumahlv tn fll A boy in Lincoln Park caught a screech- wMitii usyugiii naa aaaea.

under hat recently. The bird was added to park's caged coUectlon. his the A' 6th 20th SPECIAL LADIES' JACKETS AWD CA CAPES. Cloth Double Capes, Heavy quality newest Circular shape, 7.98; Former Price, $12.75. 5ilk Seat Plush Circular Capes, Lined throughout with Silk, Fur Trimmed, 7.98; Formerly 1L98.

Velour Plush Double Capes, Lined throughout with Heavy Satin, Trimmed with Alaska Sable Fur, 1 7.98; "Former Price, 25.00. OLD HICEORY'S IDEA OF PCILIC OFFICES Charaeteristle Stories ef Presldeat Asdrtw Jaekiss'i BlaaT Ways. From The Mount Oilead tOho) Union Register. Gen. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, thinks that Andrew Jack son, whose vignette has long 'jprnamen ted the engraved heading of thlsr newspaper, was one of the greatest.

men this country ever produced, and has a number of stories which were told him by bis- uncle, who was an Intimate lined of Old Hickory. One of them la very characteristic, of the man. Lewis Cass. Secretary of War, was over at the White House one day with some Im portant papers for the President to sign. among them being a court-martial findings.

"Cass, what is this?" inquired Jackson, as he waa about to write his name to the document. It's a court-martial, answered Cass. What have I to do with It?" asked the President It dismisses an officer from the service. andjthe President must sign such orders." treason loyea witn tne paper ana aald, musingly: "Dismissed from the army, eh? WhyT" Drunkenness: e-ettlns' drunk- and fallln down on parade or something of that answered the Secretary. no oraerea tne court asked jack-son.

Gen. Scott," answered Cass. "Wh is It?" Inquired the President, with more Interest. Inspector General Kraun," replied Cass. "What!" shouted Jackson.

My old friend Kraun! Cass, just read what that paper says." The Secretary read the usual farm ar court-martial sentence in such cases. The r-resiaent men took the paper ana wrote across the bottom where he was about to sign bis name: The within findings are disapproved, and Col. Kraun Is restored to his duty and rank." He passed the paper back to Secretary Cass and sold, with his usual vehemence: By the Eternal, Cass, when you and Scott serve your country aa well aa that man has you can get drunk on duty every day. A young- man from Tennessee, son of a friend of Gen. Jackson, came to Washington for a place.

He looked about and found what ho wanted. It waa In the War Department, and filled by a very efficient Wig. whom Secretary Cass would not remove. The young man told Jackson the situation, and Cass was sent for. Jaaa," aald the President.

this yoong ir.vuu. mmjm jrou nave got a place In the War Department filled a WW. which you won'tglvThW Secretary Cass explained that the duties of the office were of a peculiar kind, and be could get no one to flu th nliTir man now in it should be removed. Jackson "By the Eternal Cm mm A tell me you have an ofnee in your depart-mMi Ky Vi-hlg which cannotbe Xm "wcraii inen aooush the The younr man got his place. "The Cavalier aad the Pwrltam.

From The Charleston (8. News aad Courier. not oegrudge any praise that can be bestowed upon the Puritans th aliers, but we should lik bill of fare changed occasionally and hear what the Puritans have to say in praise or censure of the Cavaliers. ly understand what is to be gained by the arguments oi southern men to prove that the wisdom and natriotiam and Kepubllc rest Urgely. if not altogether limn th yicuiir, -r- W4 iat runtana.

Tbey were good people, but they and their w. xwi, eaaavs mfO DOl UIV Oil IT gcod peopl. In th United States. WheS the New-York Society has its next aniviai purt7; tViT Indebted for Its laws and consUtuUoniand I am arsf tKs. P.vaHa.eei Tv.i- sOl- as em-aau uinr 'avraaTg Theaght Make Bilk mt Cetteav, From rh OiImm trx.

A party of Congressmen were relating reminiscences the other dav nf make, proverbially speaking, a silk purse out of a sow's ear It is curious," aeid Represenutive Meyer of LouUlana, how men wUl be Uken In by schemes trans- -wfr a miB arm wno "Vl4 out ot 1.000 In the hope of making silk out of cotton. He listened to the plausible talk of an adventurer who claimed to have discovered how the tranV- jormauoa could be accomplished, aad he vuiui fortune, xh nil had nun IT" "'T cKaunon Muse. 'Jiiiii-'- to 21st St. Pe-3 til. JACKETS.

Cheviot Jackets, Three quarter Length, Half Fitting, Coat Back, 4.98; Former Price, 8.73. Cheviot Long Coats, Ti-hS Fitting, Surtout Shapes, 7.98; Former Price, 12.71 Beaver Jackets, Three-quarter and Extra Long, Silk Facings, Former Price, 15.51 Persian Cloth Jackets, 46 inches long, Half Silk Lined, i Former Price, 29.71 I11D3 Hifl SCSI SC1SCS atiSHli pert na eta Have Bagged Fe w-Jf Beasewfatsle EzaOaaLatiaaL. From The Baltimore Son. This year's bird-shooting season la lary land was a keen disappointment to sportsmen, and 'their greatest chagrin" was- csrusei by-their -failure to find partridges or quail where they had been represented to be la abundance before the season opened. Two reasons may be alleged for the latter.

The frequent whistling of the birds In the Spring; when they are about to mate. Is not always a safe guide to the number of coveys that will be found in November, and not sufficient Importance Is attached to the disposition of the birds to migrate. The weather, the temperature, aad other conditions may multiply the calls of the birds to each other In the Spring, and make them seem to be more numerous than they really are. The partridge, or quail. Is more of a mi gratory bird than many Imagine, and this will account for the mysterious disappear ance of a number of coveys In November which had been seen In the latter part of August, or early In September.

They often, follow a river, moving down one side or the other, so that a covey may be In November many miies irom wnere it was seen in fe-ep-t ember. This is verified both by actual observation and by the fact that large num--bers of birds turned out by clubs In the Spring will raise families and disappear altogether from the spot where they were released. It la supposed that they have moved outn oi tne point wnere they were released, for thev aaldom ma north and It ha a been suggested as a remedy that those who taae tne irouoie to preserve them during the Winter should release them some miles north of the spot where they would like to have them locate. The main cause of the scarcity of bird during the season lust closed was the severe Winter of Not only was there an immense amount or snow, but the coll was Intense, and rose the email watercourses tight. The birds.

If they can get water, can manage to scratch a precarious in uie wooos or irom unaer tne snow in the fields, but they are unable to make the fight against starvation and thirst at the Same time. After such a Winter several moderate seasons are needed to bring back the normal supply of birds. The discontinuance of wheat or small grain crops has had the effect of driving quite a number of birds from their usual haunts in search of stubble fields, and this cause for their disappearance la more likely to increase than, to diminish. There Is one consolation to sportsmen. The birds have been quite as scarce in former years, and have gradually multiplied under favorable conditions.

By bringing birds from abroad and feeding them durir.g the Winter and turning them out tn tbe Spring, it may be possible to facilitate th multiplication. Eatraaeetl fcy Webster. Washington Letter ta The Chicago Tub-, shall never forget the first time I saw Daalel Webster." said Sergeant at Arma Bright. It was at the Aator House, In New-York. waa but a boy.

and had gone to the city with my father. was going down tbe old steps that lead out on Broadway, when I felt a slinging blow upon my shoulder. Boy-like. I waa mad ail over In an instant, and whirled around to see who had me. On the top step was a man about six feet tall, aa allm aa a ramrod, and holding In hie hand a small bamboo cane, such aa were commonly cami In those days.

I knew Instinctively thit he bad hit me, and 1 started up the st. to have it out with him. Just before I reached him, I saw another man by t' side, whose glance so fascinated me thai I forgot all about the blow I had receive. The man. had large, lustrous eyes tti charmed me as a snake charms a bir-J 1 could do nothing but stand there ar ook at him.

I learned afterward that i. Webster, and the man who tarr-ed r- with i hla cane was Thurlow Weed. Tbe Utter bad supposed, which was tAie, that I eas the son of Judge right, and he 1 1 topped nv to ask me my lather was town, aa he wanted to aee him. I saw Webster frequently afterward, but I nev-r forgot the Incidents ot my first meeting." Tker HsmA Moavoy Sweats This Ter. Fross Ttie Philadelphia TRavora.

Purine; the holidays just passed soce t-the great stores presented a spectacle tv probably was never seen before, cru: -not la this city. At some of the it- emporiums customers were storpJ si doors and refused admlttanca uat.l departure of some of the multiraie had mads It postible to bu.n?. 1 body seemed to have and the shopkeepers were end te provue facU-iUs f.r i SALE.