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Two Parts 1 Pages VOL. 'XLIVO. 1 I I 1 I VETOED BY MAYOR STRONG Third Avenue Railroad Company Fran-: chbe Is Not Approved. IT WOULD PRETEXT COMPETITIOX the Mayor's Message Dated on Corporation Counsel Scott's Opinion -The Aldermen Want a Conference. Mayor Strong yesterday vetoed the resolution of the Board of Aldermen granting the great King's Bridge road franchise to the Third Xvenue Railroad Company, as The New-York Times has frequently predicted he This veto leaves the Metropolitan Traction Company, which has been an applicant for the same franchise, and which has the backing of pubHc sentiment in Its endeavors.

In very, much the better position of the two companies. The Board Of Aldermen, after a long fight, voted two weeks ago yesterday to give the franchise to the Third Avenue company, by a vote of 20 to II. The veto mesage was read amid 'oppressive stillness on the part of the Aldermen, It was brief, and. after the Reading Clerk had concluded reading it. Alderman 'Brown.

(Tammany,) Second Assembly District, who had fought for the Third Avenue company, asked that It be read again. He got no more comfort from the second reading than he did from the first. The veto message Is as follows: To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen: Gentlemen: I return herewith without appro rl lh resolutions franUns consent to construct and eperate a. railroad, a asked for In tne Third KaJlroad Company's application tor ex-trnslon. natd resolutions are returned without approval for tha reason that as now -framed they do not furnish equal opportunities for competing eor-poratlona to bid for the rtht to extend railroad aonstructloa la the northern and western pans of the city.

I reournlM the imperative necessity for such' extension, and surseat to your honorable board that. In the Interest of the City vf Mew-York, provision should be made at once by resolution of your board for such extension throush the northers end western parts of our city, but so framed that any corporation shall have aa eeual opportunity with any other lo bid therefor. Tours pectf ully. W. I STRONG, Mayor.

As Is the case with all other veto mes-sagea. It was laid over under the rules and ordered to be There was no on this. No acUoa can be taken on the veto for ten days, and If any action is to bo tskea It must be within fifteen days. This meant that any effort to pass the resolution over the Mayor's veto will not be made by the Aldermen until the meeting of the board two weeks from yesterday. The veto was based on the following opinion of the Corporation Counsel: The Hon.

William Strons, Mayor: Sir: Heferrtns to the qutstt.xi submitted to mi In relation to the resolute of the Ommoa Council now before you for your consideration, giving the consent of the city authorities to certain extensions of street rallruac's in the rorthern 1-rt of the city upon the of the 1 hlrd Avenue Railroad Company, I have to asy: That Section of the railroad law provides as follows: The consent of the local authorities la Cities containing 1.2j0,UU0 Inhabitants or more, according to the last Kederal census or enutnrra-tin. must contain the condition lUut the rict. franchise, and privilege of any rtr-tt. road, highway, avenue, park, or publ'o f.luce aluUl be sold public, auction the Llodrr Who wilt agree to give the city Oia largrh per-eataga per annum of the grust reoaipla tit soon stc It the resolution' of the board Is approved by the Mayor, the franchise most 'Jll be offered at public aunton, etui me tjueetm-, then arises whether, under the touts authorised ly the r-eolutton. fair compctllloa by prospsctive bld-Oers Is possible.

The Third Avenue Railroad Company having a road now constructed through One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street to the Kort Le Kerry, and also up Tenth Avenue as far as One Hundred and Uighty-ftflh Street, will be In a position, without further application to the local authorities. If they should prove to be the Ugliest bidder and the franchise sold to thsm. t-i proceed with the construction of the extension. Any other however, which might desire to bid for the proposed franchise would be seriously embarrassed by the fact that tha proposed route is so laid out that even if it obtained the franchise. It would become necessary for It to sgaln apply to the local authorities for a further consent In order to connect tha new system with the existing system.

Under the provisions of law one railroad cannot be laid down In a etreet already occupied by a railroad company without the consent of the company already In possession. (Section 103 of the rail-rood taw. While there Is a provision la the lav (Section 3) as follows: Whenever It shall be desired to unite two etreet surface railroad routes at some point not over one-half mile from such respective lines or routes, and establish by the construction of such connection a new route for public travel, and the corporation or corporations owning or using such railroads shall consent to operate connection aa a part of a contiguous route for one fare, and It shall appear to the local authorities that such connection cannot be operated aa an Independent railroad, without In con venlence to the public, but that It la to the public advantage that the same should be operated as a continuous line or route with existing railroads, no sale of such franchise shall be made as provided In this section, but any consent of the local authorities for the construction and operation of such connection, extension, or branch shall provide that the corporation or eor-. porations operating such connection, extension, or branch shall pay Into the Treasury of said city annually the percentage provided for extensions or branches In Section D5 of this for the purposes, at the times. In the man- her and upon the conditions set forth In such section," further proceedings would be necessary to obtain the consent to make the connection with the existing lines and those laid down In the resolution now pending.

You will observe from the citations from the railroad law above quoted, and from the actual situation of arts Ira, that the company applying for the extension under consideration muat of. necessity be at some advantage In bidding for the franchise, since, if It should be the success-' ful bidder, nothing will be left to be done by It to take advantage of the extension gTantsd. whereas Ita only possible competitor, while It anight deem It worth while to bid upon the franchise, yet If It should be successful would be obliged to Initiate and carry through further proceedings before it could avail Itself of the full advantage of the extension granted by connecting It with Its existing line. It to doubtless true that any existing company applying for an extension of Ita route would aeek to obtain one which would be more favorable to Itself to any -wtawe -company; but I have no doubt that a route could be laid out which would be equally accessible to the two great street railroad systems, and upon the sale of which an absolutely fair and equal compeU-ttaa could be secured. Very truly yours.

FRANCIS M. SCOTT. Counsel to" the Corporation. The Aldermen declared that they could not understand what the Mayor's veto meant or what steps ho desired to have them take. Taking this view of It, Alderman Goodman, who la one of' the enthusiasts In favor of the Third Avenue Company, offered resolution instructing the Law Committee to confer with the Mayor, and ascertain bow the board could amend Its resolution so as to comply with the suggestions contained in the veto.

Mr. Good mar said: "There are several good lawyers la the board, and they all say that this resolution conforms to the law. 1 have -t heard a single member of the board say that they fully understand this veto." Alderman Olcott, who voted for the Metropolitan Traction Company, said: "I am la favor of Mr. Goodman's motion. I believe that this board a unit to desiring that the city should receive for this privilege the largest possible amount, and that there shall be the fullest and freest com- petition for this franchise.

"Two weeks ago I opposed the suggestion of Alderman Bail that whichever company got the franchise should psy the city 1250.000. In addition to the percentages. I am convinced that was right, and that such an arrangement would hot be legal. It would Interfere with the bidding for the franchise. Tha law provides tha percentages that must be paid aa upset prise, and tha gosnnaitles oaa bid as much higher as they see fit.

The Third Avenue Company arid 'the Traction Com-: Panv COUld afford tni ia- h. eoiui nrm other companies could not." Alderman Hall (Rep.) replied that he did not believe that noyf Independent corpora-tlon would bid for the franchise. "They have the right to do jpo," he said. but the percentages that thef Independent company would have to pay t6 the other companies would mske It practically prohibitive. The Traction Company 'offered to pay $100 000, and afterward the Third Avenue Company offered to pay 250i()00.

I thought that these offers should jhaye been considered by this board." Alderman Brown. (Tarn.) said that It was evident thst the Mayor wanted a new road established above One Hundred and Twen-. ty-flfth Street, and he thought that It might well to have a resolution prepared that would estabUsh inejr road that would extend the Third Avenue road on the east side and the Traction Company's lines on tha west side. Mr. Goodman's resolution was then adopted without opposition, and the Law Committee was directed Ito report at tha next meeting the result of its conference with the Mayor.

I There was a notable lack of desire on the part of several of the Aldermen who voted for the Third Avenue Company to say whether they believed that the veto would be overridden! by a two-thirds vote of the board. Several of these Aldermen were, asked by a reporter for Tha New-York Times whether they believed that they could pass it over the veto. The answers were as follows: Alderman don't know. Alderman Oakley If don't know, i -Alderman Marshall I can't say. Alderman O'Brien don't know.

Alderman Hall, whb voted for the Traction Company, said: I I would not like I to be the man who would change his vots now." In order to pass over the Mayor's veto it would be necessary for the Third Avenue Company to secure the vote of one of, the following Aldermen voted against It- i Aldermen Olcott.WIodolph.Noonan, Burke, Hall, Ware, Muh, Hackett Woodward. Kenneflck. and President Jeroloman. Besides, it Is not at all certain that the Third Avenue Company csin hold the twenty votes it got two weeks ago. Edward Lauterbacn, counsel for- the Third Avenue Company, called on the Mayor after the veto and talked with him for some time.

He expressed a willingness to put In a new application for the franchise to conform to any objections of the Mayor. He was as suave and smooth as usual. He said that if the Traction Company decided to nip across One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street to the Boulevard from Ninth Avenue, the Third Avenue Company would be willing to have the Traction Company use Its tracks on One Hundred and Twenty-fifth; Street. Mr. Lauter-bach also remarked thai the Third Avenue Company was not afraid of competition.

Unless the route of hi Third Avenue Company is changed It cajinot renew Its application for six months under law If Its friends fall to pass it the veto. I -j Trolley Franchise In Q.aeatioa, Too. The Railroad Committee of the Board of Aldermen yesterday reported in favor of confirming the contract' between the People's Traction Company and the" Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company, by which, the -former, co maaag area earry passengers to Westchester for one fare If -the franchise that it asks for in the annexed district, and that franchise tn-dudes about all the streets In tho district not now occupied by the lines of the Union Railway The report -was laid over for one week. i The question as to whether the People's Traction Company shall get the franchise wants Is yet disposed of. Matthew F.

Breen Is one of the moving spirits of the People's Traction Company, which fk to rival the Union Railway, or Huckleberry system. i i SECRETARY LA 510 Mi IV Makes aa Inspection of CIKI35ATTI Fort Thomas aad Sees mr Dance. CINCINNATI. June J8. Secretary of War Lamont and party arrived from Washington this morning on a regular tour of Inspection.

The party left the train at Newport and went directly to Fort Thomas on a speclel electric car. The party consists of Secretary Lamont, Lamont. Quartermaster General Bachelor, Major George Davis, and Mrs, and Miss Bryant of New-xork. hu bis first viBit to Fort Thomas and be was favorably Impressed with the location and condition of the garrison. He was Impressed particularly with the scenic environments, remarking that the outlook over the cliff reminded him very much of West Point.

He refused to talk politics. i After the Inspection a band of elshtv-seven Creek who i were left behind several days ago by!) a wild West show, and who obtained quarters at Fort Thomas, were drawn up ion the tennis court and gave a wa dance for the benefit of the party. The Secretary left this evening for St. Louis. iRTIST CHARLES jcRAB.M MISSIXO Be Has na His Hotel Disappeared fro la California.

SAN FRANCISCO June Graham, an artist and newspaper Illustrator, an employe oftthe Harpers of New-York, has been -missing from the Hotel Mateo, near this clty.ifor last ten days. Friends hsve telegraphed! to all points where It was thought; he might have gone, but no trace of him can be found. At Marper uro tilers, whefe Mr. Graham has a business connection! nothine- known of his disappearance. I This is news to me." said! Joseph Harper of Harper Brothers to a reporter for The New-York Times.

"We have not heard ot don believe thst the report lis true. Charley Graham la not likely jto disappear." Fire la a Prlsliag Office. The Job printing office of P)i trick H. Keating, on the two upper floors of the four-story building. 9 Bulling Slip, caught fire from some unknown! causa; at o'clock last night.

The prtatersad left thr ZZuiyZH hen Policed of the old Blip Station saw pmoke coming from under the eaves! of thel building The fire was soon extlnguLnedl The oamise amounted to about Il.OOO, completely coV! ered by Insurance, I Altaclg Calls ai Extra Sesalea. SPRINGFIELD. IlliJuns li-Oov. Altgeld to-day Issued a call fpr an extra session of the Legislature to convene on Tuesday, June 25.: The call recites that the tax levy made by the Thlrty-ninthTOenernl AsiiTnb t. Inadequate in view fof the appropriation; made; that the revenge system of the Stata needs revision: that the Jury system needs reforming, and that he prison labor problem seeds the attention of the LeglalatureT i i Casnsnoaweal FltsgeraJd la JalL LTNN, Jua'e Major Gen." Fltsgcrald of Commonweal Army fame was In the police court yesterday charged with drunkenness.

He was given a five-dollar fine or fifteen days In Jail, and was forced by Altummaf a nsAS at aaAs ak I a. 9 VsSVMIHSJtaHl'rW ajys. aaVfewVeTo Will Enlarge Its Plaat. AUOCSTA. June lfU-Tha Langley Manufacturing Company will add V.ono spindles to its plant The.

company new vyvsaies mw smmiss. Recited yCT-VORK. WEDNESDAY. JUHti a TWO PARTS. 10 PAG ES.1 MAY tOSTiMR.

SAGE amobo 14 r- I Verdict Ret QTCtd for This Amnnnt In Ibe iaidlaw Case. CHOATR ARRAIGXS THE MILLIONAIRE 1 i the Parable of Dives and Lax- arnsj iri is Sammln.r Up Mr. 4ae Itefuses The Juhr law agalnsi In the case of WlUiam R. Lald- Ruksell Sage returned a ver. diet yesterday or 140,000 in favor of Mr.

Laidlaw. There Was the result was befor suppressed. courtroom. redelved frridon, present of necks have and IS thlkg bbt tormented. sores.

their the bid' the big reading tinued: And which fell oyer, thie "And died and AbraharrJ and was And torment. Lazarus And ham. that he water mented "But that tho. good things; art The ti closed, posing Dives he had Lazarus. caused it And Dives, here on of us United pay Mr and Mr had Just Did Did he tered the day Mr.

tract r.o though to feel lvely, most Here co En 4, Mr. might announced. Justice Xngraham fbafP'jr tot order, Jut It was some r4 the demonstration, could Jurymen, as they left 1 after their discharge, al- an ovation from the crowd assembled about the door and in. 1 the jury Just an hour and a teach an agreement. They re- clock In the afternoon and lntd court at 4:10.

Mr. Sage it when the Jurors returned 'used I to be seen afterward by i Mlk.lA- cwwwu tu i. iie case. xtusn Sage's counsel, was. the sole of the defense nrent reported, and he at once moved" itrlall which was refused.

Mr. khen obtained a stsv of September term In order that the be appealed. Immediately after recess. jous trial, Mr. Laidlaw received $25,000.

ThU was set aside qn iuse Of technical errors, and Mr. his counsel. Col. E. C.

James, that hey had gained a decided The? twenty-five-thousand-dol- reaul4l at tVi. mfnnA trl.l of On the first trial, the case was by Justice Andrews, but the Gen- revefsbd this Judgment. -The fordered when the twenty-flve-Jlar verdict was vacated, result- rrjlstrial, the Jury falling to agree. sedings yesterday, outside of the liremfu-kable chiefly because of Mr. Choate Is always Interesting, various trials of the case against a has always made It a point to particularly entertaining, and ddreas yesterday was rich In the millionaire defendant.

As on Occasion. Mr. Choate went to for Inspiration. had closed his summing up se, and everybody settled back Interesting hour or so when -Mr. arose with the court Bible in hi.

Without alword of. explanation, and fliest elocutionary vein, the'diatin- wS-er read the parable of Dives us; from Luke xvL: was a certain rich man which was purple and fine linen and fared every was' a tcertaln "beggar named hich' was laid at his gate full of Jutymen by this time were craning land listening with Interest to There was not a sound In Mr. Choate halted In his a ter minutes. Then he con- rapped moments be the most of spectators in the ct It took Quarter to tired at came bslck was not and he t-ef reportersj TaggartJ representative the Jury for a new Taggart until thel case may the Summer At a prev a verdict! appeal. Sage ant considered advantage.

lar verdfct the case dismissed eral Tertn third trill thousand ed in a The pri verdict- Joseph H. plalnUff. but la the Mr. Sage make his closing thrusts at a previo.s the Blbld CoL for the for an Choate hand, in his guished and Laxajru There! clothed ih sumptuously "And fliere tAtarus' for because he! thfcg sines' dlfeose. Story.

noom as ior Lasaras brazesly Laidlaw the! Mr speclaa ous Baaja believ There spectator. District to Join knows Sage." In he was have (20,000. The occurred noo who office H.200. "I wli cone knowi on ion i was ,000 refused ten pounds carried hand. who, a refusal the blown tor were ablsd tea J.

office. Street of to Talk About the Salt. i anoutburst of applause when desiring be fed with the crumbs irom the rich man's table: more- dogs cafne and licked his sores. came to pass that the besirar was carried by the anemia tntn fcoBora; the rich man-also died buried. hell he; lifts uo his eves, belnsr In and aeeth Abraham afar off and In his bosom.

i and said, 'Father Abra-rnercy on me, and send Lazarus. batty dip! the tip of his finger in ouoi is tongue, ior am tor-thls 1 bra ham said: Son, remember la thyf lifetime recelvedst thy ana likewise Lazarus evil now he Is comforted, and thou ihe-worn old Bible was gently ahd i suiemr Mr. 'Choate turned, with Im. nlty.ito the Jury, saylne: In the Bible was punished, though nothing to do with the sores of prove in this case that Dives sores! of Lazarus: that he did deliberately, and not Impulsively. ie audacity of this modern ntinued the law ver.

He cornea the ptandj and abuses the advocates ana, to arop tne paraoie, tens yihe will carry the case to the at. Supreme Court rather than aw? one icent." Chlate then compared Mr. LaJdlaw's (Sage's behavior on the stand. He Laidlaw wriggle under examination? prevaricate?" when Mr. Sage en- rOom for the first time during i Sage Is never very anxious to at- Cooate; attention, and he made demonstration.

But Mr. Choate. Be had his back turned, seemed tkie (defendant's presence Instinct- ana mrnlha- shamlv. ha aaid with emtarras8ipg distinctness. he Is, I am glad he is Djves.f i looked as If he Wished the floor sWallew him.

But Mr. Choate was InexorablL. He pointed his flneer at tha millionaire, 'and; repeated: There! he gentlemen: and can Ton as a loud laugh from lurv an Attorney Fellows cams In in tim iri the laugh, and Mr. Choate said: si CpL Fellowg had this case. He hbw to deal with such men as III iision, Mr.

Choate said that, had i the rtanner In which Mr. San golnfr to act in the matter, he would asktd damages. Instead of expiosfon out of which the suit grew ion iMC isol Shortly after hat da- Norcross, the dynamiter, a Ho a tan vr- a. I nil aH 71 Broadway, and demanded irotn Mr. Sage, threatening If It i plow up the btuldlng with Of dynamite, whteh ha naM v.

a leather baa- that he had In hi. "Ml. Sasainarlevad with tha Inn.ii. MPerate4 at what he construed into nropped the dynanute, wrecking One of Mr. Bin's elsrks are.

through the office window Into Reo- apa uued. Mr. sage's Injuries uch a character that ha was an. tO IgSt hautV tm hla Villain, otettta Lalilaw, wa was employed by JUned- good A bankers, was In the office at the time of the explosion. He alleged that Mr.

Sage screened himself and escaped jserlous injury by using, him as a' shield, Mr. Laidlaw was In the hospital for months; and It Is declared by his physicians he is slowly dying from the result of his injuries; Should Mr. Sage get a new trial on appeal and die before It could be had 'Laidlaw could not recover anything. THE PRESIDENT AT URAY GABLES A- DelijchtM Trip on the Tacht Oneida ffhicli Beached Bnzzard'g lay Ear) i lesteidaj Monjin BUZZARD'S BAT, June Benedict's yacht, Oneida, with the President on board, reached here at 5:30 o'clock this morning. Those who accompanied the President were Private Secretary Thurber, Dr.

Bryant, and Mr. Benedict, The weather was delightfuL u- The Oneida proceeded and at daybreak this morning was ready- to come up Buzzard's Bay. A stop was made near Marion Harbor, where Mr. was put ashore to Join his family, who had already arrived here. Then the Oneida pro ceeded to her favorite anchorage grounds off Monument Neck.

The President and Dr. Bryant did not come ashore until 9 i "Plendld trip, and the President is looking very well. He Is very much pleased at being back in Buzzard's Bay. TT.h-e.Pre"ldent took hi" first sail on the Kuth this afternoon, and, as the bluensh are bitting splendidly, he returned wkh a hand some mess. He was gone about three hours.

The Oneida, for some reason, left Its moorings at Gray Gables to-night and anchored down the bay. The boat expects at midnight or before. Dr. Bryant and Mrs. Cleveland drove over to the village to-night in the President's carriage.

WASHINGTON. June White House is In a state of chaos to-day. Dusters sweepers, and scrubbers are at work giving a thorough cleansing to the old mansion. Much of the furniture 1s being removed for repairs, and the carpets have been sent to the cleaners. Antimacassars drape the remaining furniture, and pictures and chandeliers are likewise draped.

The natural appearance of things will not be resumed until Just before the return of the Presidential family In October. ALLEGED SWINDLERS ARRESTED Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Charge that Lang and Thompson Swindled Them Out of Iboot $6,000. William Louis Lang and Ronald C.

Bird Thompson were arrested as they were about to take the Sound steamer for Norwich. yesterday, on a warrant Issued from the Jefferson Market Police Court, charging them with the larceny of $250 from Charles Johnson, a real estate broker at 42 Broadway, this city, and his wife, Helen Johnson. The two men were locked up in the Leonard Street Police Station. A detective left Brooklyn yesterday for Norwich to arrest A. C.

Leavitt and wife of D. who are alleged to be "implicated with Lang and Thompson in their transactions with Mr. and -Mrs. Johnson. Mr.

Johnson and his wife live at the Arlington Hotel, In Brooklyn. According to their Story, Lang, Thompson, and the Leavitts have obtained from them In all' over W.000 worth of deeds and mortgages, which they have been unable to recover. Mrs. Johnson said last night that Mr. and-Mrs.

Leavitt and Lang came from Washington to the Arlington Hotel to live three weeks ago. They 'made the acOualritance of the Johnsons and called at Mrr Johnson real estate office in this Thomson was employed aa a Leavitt and Lang said they were real estate speculators and they represented that they-were In- a deal which needed but little capital to yield very large returns. Mr. Johnson said that on the strength of their representations he let them have 0.000 In deeds and mortgages. That is the last he has seen of them, he says, and he has received no return from the alleged Investment.

When ho asked Leavitt for the deeds and mortgages, he says Leavitt told him he would soon repay him out of the proceeds of the sale of the Cafe Murray. 35 Cedar Street. Mr. Johnson alleged last night that the Leavitts had figured in previous similar operations. FREE-C0I51GE SECRET SOCIETY "Supreme Temple of the Silver Knights of America" the Title of an Order Incorporated in Virginia.

ALEXANDRIA. June 18. Judge Norton to-day granted a charter to a stock ocmpany to be called the Supreme Temple of the Silver Knights of America. The general objects are stated to be to establish a secret society for the purpose of seeking, to secure in a legal way the free coinages of silver in the United States, and to make silver a legal tender for all debts, and to collect and expend money for that purpose. The capital stock Is $100,000, and the shares $100 each.

M. B. Harlow Is the legal agent. W. M.

Stewart of Carson City, is Presl-tent; James L. Pait, Vice President; Oliver C. Sabine, Secretary; James A. B. Richard, Treasurer, and S.

S. Yoder; Director General. EIGHTY HOUSES DESTROYED Br FIBS Several Streets la Tottenham, Ontario, Swept by Flames. TOTTENHAM, Ontario, June 18. Eighty houses burned this evening.

The fire started In McKlnney's foundry, and, fanned by a strong wind, spread rapidly east and north. Albert, Richmond. Victoria, and Mill Streets were swept clean on both sides, together with a large portion of Queen Street. Among the principal business houses burned were Mercer's general store, Pot-ters's Block, Verney A furniture warehouse. Sanford's drug store, and McKlnney's foundry.

The loss is estimated at Insurance, about one-half that amount. MISS U. WHILES DIES OF SHOCK Received Waea Her Frteat, Miss Sal-llvaa. Was Killed by a. Blast.

IRVTNGTON, N. June 18. Miss Mamie Whalen, the young woman who was with Miss Annie Sullivan Monday, June 10, when Miss Sullivan was killed by a blast near East Irvlngton, died at Mr. Sullivan's hotel to-day. The young ladies were out walking, and while passing through some woods a blast was set off by workmen, who neglected to give warning.

Miss Sullivan was struck In the abdomen and killed. Miss Whalen was shocked badly, and this and the death of her friend cause death. Miss Whalen lived in New-York, and her body was sent there this evening. Aldermen Called Xarrow-MlaaeA. Because the Tammany Aldermen, and Schilling and Dwyer the O'Brien Democrats In the Board, voted, at yesterday's meeting of the Board, against several general orders that would have enabled Commissioner Brookflsld to do such things as fencing lots In the annexed district.

Republican Alderman Goodman accused them of narrow-mindedness. He claimed that they were simply trying to embarrass the Commissioner of Fublio Works for political raaaoag, Senator Germaa Her Baslaess. Senator A. Gorman of Maryland at tha Fifth Avenue Hotel. Be said last Bight that his visit to tha elty was purely buei-Baas aa KIEL'S HARBOR GLORIOUS Admirals and Commanders in Small Boats Exchange Visits.

PRLVCE HEXRT RECEIVES HE5ABD i- Illness of tho Empress and Death of Ith Wife "Wlll Prevent Attendance of i Hamburg' Ijadlea. Sj 1, June 18. The harbor presented" a lively scene to-day, owing to the constant passing and repassing of pinnaces and other small boats conveying the Admirals and commanders of the assembled who" spent most of the day In exchanging visit. The banks of the canal are lined with troops. All traffic has been stopped In preparation for to-morrow's ceremonies.

Prince Henry received the French Admiral tills axternoon. 1 Prince Henry's garden party could not be given, owing to the bad weather, but In Its place a reception, followed bv a rlnnr was held at the palace. Many of the American. British. Austrian, Danish, and Portuguese navai omcers were present.

I The Ublet which Emperor William will unveil at the Holtenau lighthouse bears the following Inscription in gold letters: Emperor William opened the North Sea-Baltic Canal handed over, and consecrated It to the traffic of the world June 21, 1895." HAMBURG. June 18. Th corns of 1nur. nalists who are representing the German newspapers at the canal rstoa h.vi AmfUnA an lnviution to be present at the Copen hagen festivities, susnectlna- that the fact of their attendance might be utilised to glorify the Russo-French entente. The Hamburgers this mornina were earlv astir making the rounds of the show places In crowds and remarking the progress of me preparations.

The foreltm newananee mn wee In ti. forenoon, taken over the museums, art collections, and municipal buildings of Hamburg. Afterward they steamed leisurely through the labyrinth of harbors In one of the launches assigned to them temporarily by the Senate of Hamburg. The weather waa bright and mild. The Empress of Germany Is Indisposed and has decided not to be present st the fetes here and at" KleL The wife of the Burgomaster of Hambura Immediately nre- cedlng the present Incumbent died this morning, and In consequence of this fact, together with the Illness of the Empress, none of the prominent ladies of Hanaburar will take part In the banquet at the City Hail or the fetes on Alster Island, both -of wnicn events will occur to-morrow.

i The King of Wurtembenr and the ITlnr of Saxony, with their suites and Ministers, win arrive at the Dammthor Railway. Station to-morrow Prince Regent Lultpold of Bavaria and other exalted ner- sonages are expected to arrive at 8:30 o'clock this evening. j. wu. i ciiui niuua.

lag streets this evening were so Decked with neonla that traffic was almost entirely stopped. Many of the shops are Illuminated, and almost all them dtBplay busts or pictures oi jumperor wmiam. in some windows arc seen pictures or tflnce Bismarck. aad Ciraad Pake Meet. BERLIN.

June IS. Emperor William 'met the Russian Grand Duke Alexis this' evening at the Neubabelsberg Station, near Potsdam. i KA5AUEB E0BEKT GR1U ARRESTED He Because He Is Accnsel of Could 2iot Attend Hia Befiefit in- I J' the A mysterious woman In Catskill prevented "Robert Grau. the theatrical manager, from attending Jhis benefit "performance last "night at the Academy of Music Qrau was-loitering In front of the Academy In the afternoon, thinking of the shekels that were about to pour Into the box office, when Central Office Detective Sergeants Alcincle and I Formosa Invited him to accompany them to Police Headquarters. Mr.

Grau protested, and said he was filled with the desire to attend his benefit performance. The detectives were deaf to en treaty, and Mr. Grau was taken to Mulberry Street. The arrest was made on a warrant signed by Police Justice Henry P. Shores of Catskill.

charging Grau with larceny. The warrant-did not state the name of the complainant or the amount of the alleged larceny. One of the detectives said Grau was accused of having kept S25 sent to him by a patroness of an Institution in whose behalf he had arranged a performance at Catskill. The money, it was alleged, had been sent to Mr. Grau to be used for advertising purposes.

Grau was taken before Police Justice Voorhis. He asked to be released, deriv ing the charge, and said he could not recol-J i iuv u.tu. v- tuy- muiymuiiiiu Due? sent me the money and told me I could keep It for myself, he said. Justice Voorhis said he had no recourse, but to hold Grau until the Catskill authorities were heard from. For this reason Mr.

Grau did not attend his benefit performance. Up to midnight no bondsman had appeared. The benefit was held, and there was a large audience. i Much sympathy was expressed for Mr. Grau by the theatrical people, who thought it was a great hardship for him to be prevented from seeing how.

his friends had rallied. WILt STUDY STSTEMS OF W1TER SUPPLY Representatives of Scieatlae Societies Will Meet Here This WASHINGTON, June 18. An Important scientific convention will be held In New-York City Friday and Saturday. It has been called by an army surgeon In behalf of the polluted and otherwise defective water supply systems of cities. It has; been found that there Is no concerted action among bacteriologists regarding Infected drinking water, and that each of the numerous Institutions Interested In such subjects has carried on Its distinctive and Independent method and scope of Inquiry.

i Dr. Charles Smart, a prominent surgeon of the army, well known as a chemist, is at the head of the committee to arrange for some organised- effort to Investigate the water supply systems, and suggest methods of purification. About fifty physicians representing all parts of the country and Canada have responded to his call for a convention to meet at the Academy of Medicine in New-York, Among those who will be present are Alfred Bsebe. E. H.

Wilson. T. XL Prudden. T. M.

Cheesenoan. F. Ferguson. New-York City: W. O.

Blssel. T. O. Thorn-bury, Buffalo: L. Batch, Albany, and J.

H. Stoller, Schenectady. i Another Waaaaa Sakael lasaoeter. 1 Mayor Strong yesterday appointed Mrs. Harriett M.

Kemp of SCT West Twenty-third Street. School Inspector la the Third School District. She takes the place of. Oliver B. Btout.

removed. Bbt went to the Mayor's ofllce yesterday and took the oath of office. i Mrs. Kemp has for a number of years taken a great interest In sduoational mau ters, local aad gsaersJ. TALKTEirs TRIAL TALI LESS Tie jWind jTw Light to Test the Tacit and Bain Squall Pat an lad to All' Triala for the Daj.

GLASGOW, June trial trip of the Valkyrie IlL to-day was rendered valueless by unsuitable weather. Lord Dunraven, rge L. Watson, the designer of the challenger for the America's Cup; Mr. Henderson, the constructor of the yacht, and Mr; Glennle, a prominent Solent yachtsman, arriveu at Gourock at an early hour, and, as the weather was shofery, they spent the forenoon In examining the racer and rowing around In a gig. Mr.

Glennle expressed great astonishment at the enormous slse of the yacht's spars. Later on the weather cleared. and at 2:30 o'clock the moorings were loosened and the Jib set, The wind at this time was light and was from the east- The yacht waa towed out of the bay by the Dakotah's steam tender Mavis. The towllne was then cast off and the mainsail set. The wind was so light that the yacht did not gain steer-age way.

and could not be kept on her course. A light breese soon sprang up, and took her slowly across the Firth. Preparations were being made by the crew to set the topsail when suddenly tne wind veered to-the north, brlmrlng with It a heavy shower, and the mainsail was Instantly lowered. The yacht returned to her moor-In under headsatls only. two hours, and at no time did she do any real sailing or have an opportunity to ahow her ability as a racer.

Critics who witnessed the trial condemn the rashness of hasardtng the yacht's racing mainsail in such weather as that of to-day. Another trial will be made tomorrow. The Valkyrie HL Is not entered as yet uii programme of the Clyde regatta, although a delegate rvra one ciuo nas oeen making strenuous en oi me vnited States efforts to have her entered for one or mors Pto raaDaer of the contests. The public 1. indignat el.

neutrHt7 and to re- the Idea of the yacht not raolns- Th. I nt from nartiMnatin. i. m. J'" viuayrie is noisted on tha stay after the fashion of the Vigilant.

qUABAKTOE B01TU0CSE BUI-SED The Fire Started in Dr. Dolj'a Office in Bia Absence Secretary A. G. Hall Nearly Suffocated hj Smoke. QUARANTIN-3, a L.

June Quarantine boarding station boathouse was burned this afternoon by a fire which started in Dr. Doty's private office, near his desk. There was nobody In the room at the time. The clerks la the main office noticed smoke, and gave the alarm. The employes of station made every effort te extinguish the flames, and several of tkcm vm slightly burned.

The building, which I only two years old. was of yellow pine, and burned furimai. driving back the Are fighters! who Were pooriy equipped with apparatus. It was Impossible to save any papers, except the books and records In the safe. Oapt, Alexander O.

Hall, the Health private secretary, was overcome by smoke while closing the' safe. He says a S-UBt Of fresh air frnm a it. vived him. so that he crawled to' the wln- vw ihcuiu i ne Dtucony. The Volunteer Fire Department responded was not sufficient to enable them to do ef- wra.

xuss vvuue ana B. K. 8L John came up to the dock and joined their efforts to those of the Governor Flower and the volunteer firemen, but with no avail. The building and its contents, with the exception of a portion of the furniture of the ship news office, and the employes' sitting room, were-destroyed. The wharf was at one time afire, but was extinguished.

-to lt iniuranca, 86,000. Kl'51WAT 01 1 KIWPJBT STREET Exeltlagr While If Lasted, bat Iaeoa. aeqacatlal la Its Roaalta. NEWPORT. R.

June was a brief but exciting runaway on Bellevue Avenue at noon to-day. 'The vehicle was occupied by. Miss Clapp, daughter of Mrs. N. D.

Clann. and flaa Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hunt of New- York." The horse ran for 600 yards, and seemed: about to overthrow the -nhaaton and dash the occupants to the ground, when Miss iiapp was able to pass the reins Quick ly to7 the who succeeded in stopping the animal.

Mrs. Gertude V. C. HaraUton of New-York has rented the cottage of the late Blatcb.ford.on Greenough Place, and with her family has arrived for the season. Mrs.

Thomas Hitchcock, Center Hitchcock. Mrs. C. Pomeroy, Miss Pomeroy, Dr. and Mrs.

W. T. Bull. Miss Jane Whiting, and Mrs. Hugo Fritsch of New-York, and Mrs.

E. G. H. Slater of Washington arrived for the season to-day. Other arrivals to-day were Henry Clews, his guest, Lawrerffce Turnure: Mr.

and Mrs. George L. Scott, who are building a villa on Bellevue Avenue: Mr. and Mrs. A.

J. Waltons, Langdon, Miss K. A. Williams, Miss E. C.

WUUams, W. H. Morrow. Thomas Hall. George M.

Dor-rance, Mr. and iirm. James Klroy, Thomas Franklin Smith, George 8. Swift. W.

C. Patterson. Mrs. J. D.

Dickinson, and Jay Roger Dickinson of New-York; Charles J. Branch of Minneapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Beach.

Mr. and Mrs. George R. Flske. and Edward Sands of Boston; Mrs.

Richard D. Hubbard of Hartford, and J. A. Patterson of Brooklyn. Mrs.

L. Robinson of Hartford Is visiting Mra C. N. Beach. T.

A. Havemeyer returned to New-York to-day. after having Inspected the new country clubhouse, now nesting completion. He will open his villa June 3. P.

Hatch of New-York. Lotus NUes. United States Army, and Richard Willing of Philadelphia registered at the Casino to-dsy. Arrivals at Conanicnt to-day. for the season were Mr.

and Mrs. James Hopkins of Philadelphia, Dr. and Mra John H. Johnson of St, Louis, and Mr. and Mrs.

H. Van Woort of New-York. Driver Killed aad Paymaster Robbed. NOGALES. Arizona.

June 18. E. W. Woodruff, paymaster for the Nacasari Copper Company, ntanaged. by John Weir of New-York, who Is operating mines In the Bute of Sonora.

arrived at Nogales yesterday. He reports that Thursday last, while traveling by a buckboard to Nacaaaii from Busbee, Arlsona, with money to pay employes, he waa attacked by masked men near Cachuta "Paint, ahnnf fnrt. i or tne Ari.ona line and more than lou' miles southeast of Nogales. The driver named Moreno, was tiled, and $6,080 waa taken by the brigaada Mr. Woodruff says that, besides himself and the driver.

James Crowley. Superintendent of a cattle ranch, was on the vehicle. No arrests have been made as yet. though the Mexican officials have been notified. PBICB THREE CENTS.

SPAIiN MUST PAY AT OXCB A -Denied Madfl i for cf MLOUm COCBTEST ZIHArSTED Th-Administration Talks Blnntl to tne evna i. Madrid Government i tha Spaniards. it IT roiiovf MUf I Colloct the ladesaalty eaa Catba'a Caatai WASHINGTON. June Olner was commissioned as Secretary of State on Jtae S. -That was-Saturday, aad not a good In Washington for business In -the Sute DepartnieBt or any other department.

On.Wedneeday. June 12. appeared the proc- Uon of pi-dent CTevelaad adxnoa-UWn 1Too4 cltxsens ct the United Sute Another MllUoaalr Invelved. SAN FRANCISCO. June 18.

It was stated this evening that another millionaire's estate was Involved la the late disastrous Fair wheat deal, ana that since the ex. Senator's death moot strenuous efforts hava been made to keep the matter secret. LarsI sums of money are said to have beenTlven wno. intimately connected with the deal to close ihe-r mouths the fubct. The diloeures made by L.

W. McGlauflla are said to he trifles to those which will be made whifn his suit for accounting with htaMr cornea up la court. Prtner City Marshal WlUlasa WUUam A. Mass was appointed vesta-, day a City Marshal to suecaed jo Neilaon In the Third Judicial District Court. tew Mayor Stron Men's Repu funot Rod sella fa Paraa.

Coney Islaaa, ru Curves rsuta. iHucu uistrtct Courk Ortaaiattot STctH frala from strations against Spain in At the same time that the United States Government was thus declaring its determination to abide by tha international Uw requiring thai friendly nations shall not contribute to the Internal disorder of each O-bex- the Administration was also takln eteps. In strict conformity with International and according to the forms of diplomatic totercpurse. to exact from Spain tbe payment of the long-standing Mora claim, a claim admitted by paia In 18S8 te be entitled toj. payment, and which Spain promised.

In December of that year, to pay. to the amount 11,500 XX). 'Antonio Mailaw Mora was an American cititen owning valuable, sugar property la Cuba. During: an insurrection In that taland It was selxedby the Spanish Government, and. In the absence of its owner, he was and the property, conflscated.

Before Spain admitted Its error la thus treating an American, citizen and his property, there had been i collected from tha estate nearly When It was seen that, the United) States Government was determined that there should be a settlement, the 8panlsh Government offered a compromise, lr; plaoe of the absolute Indebtedness to Mora, which was admitted by the offer of compromise, Spain agreed to Jay a sum of Interest on uch part of this lndimnlty award aa be deferred. 'C- J- But the money: did not folio the agreement to pay Spanish opposition In tha Cortes prevented the approprUtlon to meet the agreement to pay. This action or In action is suspected to have been Inspired, to some extent, by the opposlUon of some International lawyers representing claims of Spanish citizens against the United States. A telegram can be seen here in Washington which pointedly Indicates that ex-Secretary of State Foster Interposed to prevent, thy settlement of the Mora claim with the suggesUon that could.not. be paid until another claim should be agreed to be paid.

The United States Government has been willing to consider all other claims in dis-put Bpala and the United States, but the diplomatic correspondence on other subjects -during. Ihp nins years since Spain's agreement to Mora- has not 'accepted the contention that the disposition of other. claims would! In any 1.2 way affect the de- termlnatlon of the Mora case reached by. the compromise, offer of Spain. That case Is beyond further dispute.

Spain may or may. not accept! ent to Madrid a. year to refer all other unadjusted claims to an arbitrator. As 'for the Mora Indemnity, that must be. paid, and at once.

Before had taken up the work of the State. Department, the course of the United States had been marked out. Upon a report of, the situation to the last Con. gress. that body had passed a Joint resolution Justifying! the measures to which Secretary.

Gresham. and afterward Secretary Otoe must resort to secure prompt observ ance by Spain pt the obUgatlon accepted by it to, pay more. Owing to Illness et Secretary Gresham, some delay occurred la ddre. ting the Spanish Government a defimUve demand, it was Important that prompt, action be.taketC tor the Spanish Wct must make the appropriation' to pay the Mora indemnity, will ad. rn on JulyK in June.

It la ua Kderstood. a letter was sent to Minister Her- I -rfor, ajjaarld. Instructing him as to the option of 'ckMgsesa. which action had been awaited iby -the State Department In order to learn the wUl of the body. The resolution; Minister Taylor was probably Informed, hadj become the poslUve rule of -on oftthe Istate Department.

-Instructed by tha reading of this letter and tu Incloeures. Minister Taylor was undoubtedly directed, to seek aa Interview with the Spanish Minister of State, and to Indicate to him courteously that the Government of the United 'states must Insist upon an early! and definitive reply to question Mr. Taylor. It can be assumed, waa to express the great regret of this Government at the delay of the Investigation, apparently closed la December. 188.

with th4 acceptance "by the United 8tatee of theeproposttloa of settlement m- fnntarOy made by Spain In recognition of tha growing out of lu own decrees for ot Mora's es- Tha stAr; It Is said, vraa to say that this Oovemnt, firmly ecnt, tl Cpafc g. te 4kila it -rtc (I.