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Part iTvo Pages 9-12 I '-O i BBamamsssw mmlm asBBnBBnannBaBBBBBaaaBBaa.1 TO IMPROVE THE SPEECH Wbat the New American Society Would Brins: About. OBJECT TO TWAXG ASD ALSO BROGUE Richard K. Mayne Outlines the Scope of the Undertaking, Pointing Ont What Mar He CJalntd by Uniformity In Elocution. A society is now being organized for the elimination of the natal twang from Tanked speech, fur the suppression of the Irish brogue In public place, and for the retirement German pronunciation from English words. It Is known.

as the American Society for the Improvement of Speech, and, unlike most propagandists, sets out to teach Its own members correct habits of enunciation as wea a' refining the speech of outsiders. When everything- is ready and permanent officers have been elected, the- society will hold a public meeting in Carnegie Hall, and present some choice exponents of American oratory, showing how people ought to apeak. At the same meeting familiar specimens of incorrect pronunciation, gleaned from the public schools and i-'sewhcre, will be given as examples of what ought to be avoided. Richard E. Mayne, formerly Professor of VI lite ui York, is one of the most active members of the committee appointed to formulate plans at the first meeting of the society, held on June 13 last.

Talking yesterday with a reporter for The New-York Times, Mr. Mayne said: "Our first object will be our own improvement by lectures, and discussion among the When there are several received pronunciations for one word, we shall consult the best authorities, and agree hich one is best to follow. We shall also consult among ourselves as to the best method of getting rid of peculiarities of speech due to climatic or other in-T Ouences For example what is known as the New-England twang is undoubtedly due to the liability of the atmosphere along our northeastern coast to produce catarrh in some form. It Is a misnomer to say that a man with a nasal Intonation talks through his nose; on the contrary, he does not allow the sound to pass through his nasal passages freely enough. When you clasp your nostrils, you cannot talk otherwise than with the disagreeable twang which we call nasal.

Our seconu object is to teach elocution to large classes, much In the way that lYank Oamrosclv has done in his popular singing classes. The society will do this as a means of Improving the general pronunciation, and ot teacuing those who come to the meetings the art of using the voice wo as to produce a clear enunciation, free i rum mannerisms ana xorelgn accents, witn the smallest expenditure of energy. There are many persons who cannot loud without shouting, or who cannot pitch their voices to as to be heard In a large room without straining the larynx. Then, as no Improvement In grown-up persons is at all comparable in the width und depth of its effects to lessons learned In Childhood, we shall annroarh tha lurhtrt with a view to Inducing them to study practical elocution. This is not the old mechan-tlcal method of teapot and pump handle, with lis mechanical delivery and its forced empnais, dui the modern kind of elocution, which seeks to bring out the author's true meaning by a thorough comprehension of the ideas which he wishes to convey.

"There Is a pubUc school in Mulberry Street." continued Mr. Mayne, where twenty-nine nationalities are represented. Think of all the errors In 4 pronunciation which so many different tongues must engender while learning- our National speech. 1 once heard a German of remarkable tragic power recite a poem by Leigh Hunt where the line occurred: Ramped and roared the lions wild. What the poet wished to bring out was the deadly seriousness of Uie lions, and the reel tat Ion had been very successful up to this point.

The line was given: fUmpt and roart the Hons wilt-' "This destroyed the depth of the-'d sound, and the previous lmpress- Ion created. German children are apt to say alretty for Irish children often misplace and a sounds as In the exaggerated example, Give me a clane Another fault In Irish pronunciation is in words like which Is spoken as If It were spelled "On the other hand, the Irish set us right In their pronunciation of as in not as it is often wrongly termed. And they gave us the true value for. wh In and many other words. There it a tendency among Americans Of ftfhftr than luk.

Kl.t V. -a uaiu wr utrsi'CUl to say wieh for and so on. "The right value of the letter 'a' Is we of the most difficult things In pronunciation to acquire. The absurd fashion in certain circles of society has made such un-eunhonious pronunciations as 'dawnce' for dance r'raunce for and chaunce for Then comes up In considering such instances the value of authority as a guide to pronunciation. Custom is, after all.

the final guide to pronunciation. But the custom of nom? Of the best and most correct or of the Illiterate multitude! Our dictionaries are often not trustworthy authorities In pronunciation, because they have rushed hastily into adopting the form that is popular, whether has the sanction of usage, by scholars and men of culture or not.4' We often hear nationality' pronounced as If the jrt two syllables should keep the same sound as There Is which a good many persons pronounce as if It began ilh Those words follow contrary rules, because the best usage Is the only true guide. Take the vexed word The 1 tilted States Army Inclines to call this word the Navy, I understand, It Men say to you, I don't see how lieu spells "left" In any You might reply that colonel does iiot spell no matter how you look at it. "A very nice point for discussion Is how far the beet American pronunciation should be assimilated with that of reat Britain, and where the line of cleavage should be drawn. In England they call a 'clerk' a and' the lb These pronunciations do not suit us.

and they are not likely to be adopted here. But in cases where the pronunciation of certain words accepted in England has not only the stamp of approval set upon them by great poets, but has the additional ad- niage or greater euphony than our own lurrn. I do not see why we ihould r.ct drop our pronunciation In favor of the other. Many good speakers acquire certain af- rectatloria because of the guild to which they belong, and thus spoil the effect of clear enunciation. There Is a pulpit ton wnlch may, without using the term In an invidious sense, be called sanctlmonious-reachers, almost unconsciously, use what elocutionists call the emotional voice making the smallest announcements, meeting, or the object of next Sunday's The motional voice Is produced by expanding the chest and giving the voice its resonance from that quarter.

Instead of from the pharynx and the roof of the mouth. The arynx is also expanded more than tlalml in producing this tone. "The voice of the politician who Is accustomed to public speaking Is very often untrained and noisy; certain effects are produced on the voice by the constant of the same gesture Delsarte knew so well that lie came out of an Inner room one day to tell a pupiithat he should not make a certain gesture. But you did wt see me make said the 'No. heard your voice and knew by its )n4 the gesture which accompanied as the reply.

eT." voice I ever beard was that Mr. tiladstone. It was mi musical, so va-Jwd in its Intonation, so flexible in its conveyance of expression, that it held his eudl-entranced almost In stilt i.f iiaeir Jhen, his gestures were few, simple, and tH owily prsslve. as well as being the consummation of gracefulness. To hear such a speaker even once Is to take a life-long -on la the highest kind of elocution." ir.

fi? committee appointed at the prelim-'20' meeting of the society will be ready a few days to report Its scheme of work. AJnoiig other things It Is proposed to hold SuUie meeting in September, at wales, wany men well known, either for their oratorical gifts or their prominence In educational matters, will speak In favor of vleVC n1 0Dject? It has In the 'committee arJ Richard E. formerly Professor of th. t' City of New4 Jork? Jamej A. Robinson.

V. F. Mackay President of the National Association of Klocul anlata VI I r-i i n. 0orge H. Phillips, Secretary of the Na ot r.ircuuonists; Townsend Southwlck.

Miss Surah Warren i- Mra- Harriet Ai EA IL. t1'0'" Columbia College; Miss Caroline Ji. Le Row. J. Souers.

Mtsb Adelaide Westcott. B. Russell Throckmorton, Miss Helen V. Boswell, Dr i Mrs. Gladys M.

Gillette, Mra, Clarence Burns, Miss Annie I. Barr A Carr, James Fairmont, Miss A. M.f wrookf: rm- I- Klrkwoood. lrs. StroudJ Mrs.

Eady, and J. A. Dunn. TO TAKE BACK TROLLEY STRIKERS Brooiljn Heights Company Ajrrws to Settle-' lnent Xo Discriminatloa Atihst Labor Cnion Men. The trouble existing between the Brooklyn' Heights Railroad Cpmpany and Its former employes, who wen on strike Jan.

14. waa settled yesterday afternoon. Arbitration Commissioner Feeney haa been working on the matter for the last four weeks, and has had several conferences with prominent officials of the new management ex-Oov. Flower and President Rossi ter. Secretary Williams, and a committee representing the old employes.

Negotiations culminated yesterday In the adoption of a memorandum agreement aat-Isfactory to all parties. Martin J. Connelly, Andrew D. Best, and John D. Glllln represented the ex-employes.

The men are to be returned to work as fast as vacancies occur. The company is making a rigid examination of all the present employes, and those found to have defective eVeslghtor or mtal defects will be re-P fii0ld ho are competent. This will enable the companv to receive iLTv ta the Urat Sltyit0 on at once- Thre Is to be no dlscrim nation against an applicant because of his connection with a labor union i and the men will be re-employed, so far as were on Une which they formerly In consideration of this concession by the company the men In the various labor organisations agree to withdraw all opposition to the company and Us boycotted men Hundreds of the old strikers have been un- flnd.work ln the Pa" even months, iwUl be; hailed with delight by them. TWO DROWNED IX THE DELAWARE Four Intoxicated Men Tried to Cross the River and tiei Boat Upset The SurriTors Held. CAMDEN.

N. Aug. Stew-! art, William Fisher. Frank and Benjamin Wagner, all residents of Philadelphia, hired a rowboat In that clty last night and went sailing on the Dela4 ware River. They brough, a quantity of provisions and liquor with ihem, and rowed toward the Jersey shore.

The men became intoxicated. Stewart and Wagner attempted to change' seats, and. both being unsteady on their feet, they upset the boa. All four men' were thrown Into the water. Stewart and lsher managed to save themselves, but tnelr two companions were drowned.

The accident happened not far from the Jersey1 shore, and Stewart and Fisher swam here and landed on Kaighn Avenue. They, were both under the Influence of liquor, and Stewart was overheard by Policeman Painter to exclaim: Well thev are drowned let them go" Stewart and Usher were taken to theCamden lock-up and placed In cells. The police alleged that there was evidence of a quarrel in the boat, and that murder might have been; committed by Stewart and Fisher deliberately upsetting the boat. The two men say Th'e'm10 the oat WM accldentaLi They, will be held pending an WERE GETTISG MOSEY DISHOSESTLT; At Least Thla Charge Was Made; A-aistj Four Men. -1 Joseph O'Connell, 220 West Fortieth Street; James, Hughes, 118 West Thirty ninth Street; Edward Hughes.

47 Street, and John Roberts, One Hundred; and Fourteenth Street and Eighth Avenue.i were locked up In the Morrisanla Police; Station yesterday, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. Detectives iTitus. Schirmer and O'NetHi of Capt. Cree4 den's command saw the prisoners making5 a tour of the small stores on lower Willis 'Avenue, and followed them. In Josephson's paint store they found; that two of the men had represented them4 iclves as representing the Right Rev.

Alex-I ius Edelbrock. abbot of the Benedictine? Monastery and rector of St. Anselm' Church, at One, Hundred and Fifty-flrat Street and Tlnton Avenue, and said that; they were soliciting advertisements to be put In the souvenir book of a picnic which they said was to be held by the church ort Aug. 124. Josephson gave them an order and paid them fl in advance.

ii Detective O'Neill went to the monastery? and learned from the abbot that men answering to the description of Hughes and O'Connell had called on him Thursday and asked leave to get up the Journal, and were then refused: i The four men were arrested in Saber's Saloon at One Hundred and Forty-third Street and Willis Avenue. On their persons were found pawn tickets calling for" articles of Jewelry and clothing, besides memoranda of seven places which the detectives had seen them enter. At the station Abbot Edelbrock Identified O'Connell one of the men who had called on hlrru The Morrisanla Court being closed, the prisoners were locked up, in spite of their protestations of innocence, and the de ectlvea will hunt up more evidence. They will be arraigned before Magistrate Crane this morning. i -1 I LECTURES IT THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY Many Ministers Listen to Carefally Prepared Addresses.

OCEAN Aug. 9. The School Theology met In the tabernacle t--Iay and several hundred ministers present werf treated to four excellent addresses. The first lecture was by the Rev. Dr, B.

Browne of Boston; University. Ills was Morals and Religion." The Rev. Dr C. J. Little of Evanston, 111., followed, re Viewing the life of Bernard of Clalrvaux.

I At the afternoon 1 session the Rev. Dr. J'f R. Van pelt of the University of Denver lec tured on What is Revelation." CoL H. Hj Hadley, Superintendent of the St.

Itartholo mew llsion. New-York, conducted a oon ference and spoke on Rescue Work; How to Io It." Several reformed men were present and Indorsed CoL Hadley' work among the drunkards In the metropolis. The evening session opened with a concert: after which Congressman H. W. Blair of New-Hampshire delivered an ddress on 1 The Future of Temperance Reform." Hv thousand heard the lecture.

The annua jubilee of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was held at the Auditorium, and thousands of negroes from New-York, Philadelphia and Trenton participated In the exercises. The Rev. Dr. Stokes delivered a hearty address of greeting. The principal address was made by the Rev.

W. H. Der rick of New-York, connected with the foreign missionary society of the church, who paid a glowing tribute to Bishop William Taylor for the work he is doing In Africa. The Rev. Dr.

Cornelius Anbury of Pittsburg also made a stirring address, i i Perkhas4 Tkoaiat Cablll Drevatea. jWhea the steamboat Benjamin Franklin was backing into the dock at Pie 24, North River; yesterday forenoon, Thomas Cablll, a deck hand, shppd otr the deck, struck bis head against to steamboat Newburg. and fell into the water. OapC CyDonnell of (he Franklin threw out a line, but Cahllt had sunk. O'lJonnell the hauled out the body; with arappllng Irons, and tried with others to restore life, but in vain.

CabUi. who was about thirty years old, was hired at Yonkers three months sgo by Cat. crDonneil, who says that he had a brother aad aisutr la wrootuya. NO DELAY ON NEW BRIDGE Work on llie East River Structure ill BejBegun Next Spring. XO PR YATE CONCERN IX THE WAV Cora ni ksloner.

If They Fall to Get the Company's Charter, Will Co Ahead -The Qaea- tion of Railroads. Col. Ahdrew k. Balrd of Brooklyn, Presi dent of the East River Bridge Commission, said yeiterdayj that the work of bullJlng the he bridge between New-Tork and Brookly i would be pushed vigorously, and that he expected to see the structure act-ually ir course of erection next Spring. This wit be gratifying news to the people over there, who have clamored for another bridge Ipr.

tenj years, and who have been watching every step taken by, the Com missioners with the deepest Interest. Some people In Brooklyn have chafed over the delay caused by the negotiations between th East! River Bridge Commissioners and the Directors of the East River Bridge Compan; and have been Inclined to fear that the latter 'company, which is a private concern closely allied with the Brooklyn-Union el evatedi system, was endeavoring to block th bridge project, unless the Com-missione -s would buy the private company's charter it an extravagant price. At the! last meeting of the Bridge Com missioners, thej counsel of the private concern sen I In a communication, which stated. in part, lis follows: The act! of 1SW1 authorises a bridge to be con structed from point at or near the foot of BroadwaM. Brooklyn, to a noint at or near Orand Hiteet.

New-Tork. It also provides that no property now Used by any ferry company shall be taken! This prevents you from starting the bridse which you are authorized to construct on any Ike south of Broadway, in the City of Brooklyn I If the line is fixed so as to-toui close to Broadi ay at the point where the brldje will begin to pan the river, it would carry in over property actual use for ferry purposes and If It should proceed southerly for any considerable distance to avoid said ferry property, it would airy the bridge to the bend of the river on the ew-York side, which would make its construct! 3n almost an engineering impossibility. In addltl n. It would remove the bridge on the Brooklyn side too far from the foot of Broadway. Inasmudh as the act of 1892 rare the same protection) to ferry property as the act of 18U5.

our compiny located the lines of its bridre north of the northerly side of Broadway. Brooklyn. ana in oraer to Obtain the shortest and most direct ironlsDan. tarried the bridre at ita Kew- York abufcnent, dr pier, to a point near the. l.i rth-erly side it Delahcey Street, in the ty of Kew- lork.

abdut 800 feet north of Grand bircet. aa prescribed! In the act. This language haa been construed by some to Imply that the East River Bridge Com pany Intended to hold a club ever the Bridge dommlssloners to attempt to compel them ndt only to buy the charter at a high prl but also to give the private concern the exclusive; right of way for the Broo tlyn Union elevated trains over the new bridge. i CoL Bklrd, when seen yesterday at his office, Heap Street and Wvthe Avenue Brooklyrl said he did not believe the East River Bridge Company Intended to try to coerce or to demand an extravagant Drice for Its Charter. CoL Balrd Is a merari clear-headed Scotchman, a successful man of busin ss.

arid a hard man to block In anything that he undertakes. There la a general eelingi In Brooklyn that that city Is fortm ate Iri havinr him at th. aA of the bridge reject. Noboiy nee(i be afrjd that aty private concern will stand in the wayl of the new bridrel We nn right ahfcad and build the bridge, no matter if do not secure the irt v- East Ri er Bridge Company. I certainly expect see work on the structure begun In the prlng of 1896.

Of course, if we can buy the charter 'of the Bridge dompariy on reasonable terms, we would ptefer to do It. heoa k- vvuiu wave several L. Pnifies. Dur engineer, are now plann8.nirrhe Prtvate "I unBerstanri h. question abou7 th Hvli11 o'ffeta4" 1 valu and-a bank armim ior We do ine oanu account, na ofrers us the irh.V "uaiiy IXIBI IT.

Tnilfl Vli inrr ior- with exduslveTprlv "ike." if V.J"S friO eaa. evated oaiyn Jirookiyn The Brid new bridge. he bridge hatr the struct? effect, ai have asked it Py tnat delay, codemnlng land, drawing the bridde in four to five yeara at of f4.WMj!&x) to IS.000.000 ftfk." a structure from to 20 a maximum height of 140 feet wtl55- There wl four tracks TJSP- and we tend taCjet lectric; cars as well as elevated By the time the of the stbrage battery for Surface cars willThave been solved electrtc P11 concern can prevent us from 41dln.M.he b1age- nd the ta nothing in the act hkmpering us in the matter of sites Jth Iity- Tne Brooklyn Elevated Railroad ConkDany will hi i with anybody else to bid for the Vl "liege of running; cars; over the bridge. Their in! terest Is mturaily with us and not against us becau they have an existing structure, with tern ilnals close to the eastern terminal t. tnertver it mav bo uiiu(g in sure to srreatlv em.

and thev vmiM i' desirous sf seeing It quickly built The sltprnatlve proposition of the East RLv.e. Br' lKe Company, naming the price at which th. i company ill sell Its charter and plans out right, expenses to be included Is to be submitted the: Bridre rnmmia.i'n ers on Aug. H.i STABEI.Vtl irraiT ATi is itilus wue Is the ruggle the; Body of the Dead to the Floor. A NEWARK.

Ni X. Aug. 9. Vincenan Rin. lscaleke 290 Fifteenth Avenue was placed under $3) bail; by Justice of the Peace Graul laak night for having stabbed Rocco ear; with a pair of sciaaora Biasl In he The aai ult took place In the apartments LJnich of 3t i Mm.

a of Raffadie Monday A.vuue, Ight, while a wake was being held over The body i ss vuiiu. of the child waa laid out on a a candle burning at its head i were Slnlscaleke, his. wife, and table rltfa In the Blast. I Blnlscal ke became enrared conduct ahd seized a pair of scissors, ruahtwl at Blast. and stabbed him In the ear.

In the squaebl uie mat rouowea the table wu upset and Biasl ma lared to ret out ant Un.nk t. cleared house. A warrant was issued the next Way for Slnlscaleke. but the oon- stable coa uui uuu nun uniu last night. Brooklk' Wo-wsm Detective Dead.

Mrs. M4 raret lane Thomas, who waa w.u known la died in ttrooklya as The Female Detective," home. 63o Butler Street, that eltv lsst Mondfy. She: was born la Enrland about fifty years! tilie nrst tective la B.U11, when she and her husband kant a shirt stre In 11 vrf I. A UK.

i busy all time, he specialties being divorce a. She is reputed to hava null and will coaetAerable HWU, COMMITTED MCBDER ON IMPULSE Charlei 'Burjjess. Slajer of Farmer hit- lov-k, Himself Until Humrer Made Him Surrender. AUBURN. N.

teas, the murderer of Farmer tVhltlock. Who Waa Captured last nleht. waa hroue-ht safely to the Jail In this city to-day. He taiaea ireeiy to the constable on his way here, and several times broke down and wept. "1 don't know whv i kept Iterating.

The Whitionks treated me well. They were nice folks, and we never naa any trouble." I hen pressed for details of th prim declared, that he could not remember any- tnmg aoout it. Neither did he have the slightest recollection of the assault upon the wife of the murdered man. I He said that when Whitiock iini get under the bars, ha a.iwi i with Impulse to strike him with the axe, and he yielded to It. i He asserts that previous to that moment he had inougnt ot After I a T-1 cy ih.

ui me trageay, he went directly to the farm of Adelbert eal an Intimate friend. He hid himself jn the barn, burrowing beneath the hay. Co clock the evening of the next day. 7 ZT vnriy mrougn cracks In the barn and heard their threats of time, wnen tney came nar- m. nuor it niB determined to end his own life if discovered! He claims that one of the searchers walked over him -at one time.

I Hunger and thirst finally overmastered and he called from a window, to his friend DeaL aaylna- he wanted to give himself up and be taken to Auburn. He was given food and drink. Two of the searchers were summoned. They started with him "iuuij xa tato, tne prisoner was turned over to a constable. i A mob an rTrtnnfloH v.

tK ciuv.io ill wuicd the prisoner sat and made threats of ven- more violent tnan talk took place, Burgess was a pitiful sight when! he ar- uanEara ana care worn. There were dark circles beneath his cjrc, ucv. couia not nide the gray pallor of his face. To the Jail recorder he said his age was thirty-seven; that he was bom in Eysander, N. was married, but did not live with his wife: had no children; was a moderate drinker.

and was not Intoxicated when he mmmitU tne crime. THIEVES BREAK 15x0 PRISOX TIRD Hitch lp a Team and Drive iway Unmo lested by a "Terrible" Mastiff; or the Watchman on the WalL HARTFORD, Ang. 9. Two thieves broke Into the yard at the State prison at Wethenfleld at 2 o'clock this morning by climbing the high fence, and then broke the lock of the stable. They took a span of black 1 horses, harnessed them to a surrey, and drove around Inside th prison wall.

They then cut a wire fence, drove across a field of cabbage and out to the main road running to Mlddletown and Hartford. There all traces of them were lost. .1 A big mastiff, the terror of Wethersfield. lay In a stall near the horses which were stolen, and gave no alarm. The team belongs to the State, and Is worth about t60u.

The harness has the coat-of-arms of the State on the blinders and saddles, It Is thought that the thieves are discharged Convicts, owing to their familiarity with the premises and the fact that the dog did 'not molest them. The theft was committed without being1 observed by the watchman stationed in a tower, on side wall of the prison. the in- Warderi Woodbridge has offered ai reward of $100 for the apprehension of the thieves and the recovery of the property. SESATOB CAFFERY PLEADS FOB BOUSTT The Law to Beweflt Sagar Plaaters, He 4 Says, Is Constltatloatal. i WASHINGTON.

Aug. 9. The hearing to convince Controller Bowler that he should pay the sugar bounty, as authorized by the last Congress, was continued to-day, Senator Caffery of Louisiana taking the floor. He contended that the Judicial power was lodged In the Judicial Department alone, and that the law In uuestlon was Constitutional Even conceding the act to be unconstitutional, the power cf Congress to appropriate money was unlimited, especially when that body attempted to repair a wrong or injury inflicted by itself. If this question, said Mr.

Caffery, was settled in favor of Mr. Bowlers (contention, the office of Controller would 'be sec-end in power only to that of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Dockery law did not and could not give him the power he claimed. Congress could grant no such power. Such power must be derived from the Constitution only, and this document did not even mention the Controller.

In reply to a question by Mr. Bowler in regard to the power of the Judiciary, he said that there was no means by which the Judiciary could Question the acts of Congress 6r initiate an investigation of them. You could not," he said, make the Government go back on the Government and attack its acts. Its power in this" direction is estopped. There la no way for such a caee to arise you cannot limit the power of appropriation that is impossible, and the Judicial power cannot iuvestigate allowances made by Congress." At the conclusion of Senator Cafferys remarks an adjournment was taken until to-morrow, when Judge Semmes of Louisi- iu ue nearu.

AFFIRMED KXOCEXCfi OS THE GALLOWS Fremont Smith Says He Did Kot Kill His Two Companions. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. Fremont Smith ws hanged In San Quentia Prison this morning for two brutal murders committed near the town of Colusa, In December, Smith and two companions known as Dolph and Charley were fishermen, and; lived In a cabin together. The murderer chopped Dolph to pieces an axe and shot Charley.

Smith made the following speech on the gallows: I want to tell you this: I am as Innocent as any tnan ever hanged, and as ready to die. am not ashamed to be hanged, and look upon it the same as to be murdered in any otner way. I have the distinction of being the first man to die in this way here without any evidence agalnt him whatever, and Gov. Budd haa the i distinction of being the first man to commit a cold-blooded murder In office. That Is all I have to say." Johat Blair Seeks Reinstatement.

Application was made to Justice O'Brien in the Supreme Court yesterday, by John J. Blair, for a writ of peremptory mandamus to compel the Commissioners of Charities and Correction to reinstate him as Supervising Engineer of the Iepartment. It was asserted that the Commissioners had asked for Blair's resignation. Being; a veteran fireman. Blair said that he could only be removed for cause, and he.decllned to resign.

Thereupon, the Commissioners abolished his office, i This, it was alleged, was merely a subterfuge on the part ot tne commissioners to get rla of Blair, because Blair waa a Tammany man. i Blair-s salary was l.ouo a year, and he had been in the department since ItftiL. Peclskin was reserved. 'Habeas Cerpas Writ for Mary Anders. Mary Anders, who was committed to jail on Thursday by Coroner Hoeber on a Charge of having caused the death of Clara Newman, ob tained from Justice O'Brien, ia Supreme Court, Chambers, yesterday, writs of habeas corpus and certiorari, for the purpose of having her detention inquired into by the Supreme Court.

She declares that her detention is illegal and unjust, and contrary to law, and that it was mada without reasonable or proner cmuaa. and without leal evidence. She says that she is innocent of any crime. Elections Commissioner Williams 111. Commissioner William H.

Williams of the Board of Elections, Brooklyn, is seriously ill at Woodstock, but it believed that be will be able to resume his official daSHae in a month or sis His illness is due to liver and kidney, troubles 'and to the general tmpair-roeot of the vital forces, brought on by severe work la aia Business ta use earur Mpnag. RUM POWER i WEAKENED President Cleary Talks of ite Catho lic Temperance Convention. DECENCY WILL WIN IN BROOKLYN i Good Citizens, the Priest Says, Will Not Support Waverer jLlke Mayor Schleren The Coa- tlnental Bandar, The convention of i the Catholic total abstainers of 1835 Is going to have an Incalculable effect In settling- the excise juee-tlon for New-Tork and BrookIyn.fi waa the remark yesterday of the Rev. James M. Cleary, who has.

been, since 1882, SPreslde'nt the Catholic Total Abstinence TTnlon of America, haying been again re-elected to tnat position yesterday, i In making- this statement. Father nrv said he did not count so much on the Influence of the Catholic Church, jshich. In the words of Its' highest prelates; stands' ior temperance," but on the growing-sentiment among all 0dd American neonla In favor of decency and morality. There la no doubt." ha aalri thai the saloon element of this city has re ceiver an effective set-back by the demonstration Wednesday evening In Carnegie naii, ana by the spirit, of temperance which haa been Infused into the 'minds of people were wavering somewhat as to the right and wrone- of closinr the rum. shop Sundays, but who have now set for- wara to wipe out the disgrace which has for so many years rested on the ine stand which the municipal, functionaries In New-York City have! taken In the matter la an example to every city in the country, and the remarkable nart about It Is that Brooklyn, the so-called City of tjnurcnes.

Has thus far failed to unite with the growing sentiment of decency and still allows her saloon doors to stand Wide upon Sunday, while the Chief Magistrate foists the blame for non-enforcement of the law upon another functionary. All good citizens and lovers of law and order will certainly not support a man who wavers In indecision and uncertainty. No one will believe that the citizens of Brooklyn will stand being domineered by a saloon element, or that they will allow the matter of liquor dealing to i enter In! a issue pou ucs ior a muca longer time. i 'The so-called Continental Sunday Is ilj uu imu lUVCtA upon Catholics In Europe by the civil powers. Neither Brooklyn nor New-York wants vvuuucuui ounuay, ana me Deuer element in both cities will eventually decide against It.

The advocates of Sunday observance and prohibition are handicapped U1V1MU11. I "As a -saloon keeper in Minneapolis re- in. jrvu mil" pei-ance people that you get in your work after election anrl a. s.A, tn kaf.M "Never before has tiie cause of total abstinence received such encouragement from th rathnll .1.1. The Papal brief approving the union of amu ncniy endowing it With spiritual privileges, was exceedingly emphatic.

to the efforts of Archbishop Ireland, who, In i iuiuk, represacea to the POTI the nMit tnr on the liquor question i in America. Awih1uknn TMklanil 1 .1 V. .1 olic prelates in Rome. could not joderstand "imuii Kiiumeni nere in iavor or total absUnence. He was dubbed there a tem-Deranoe cranlr and (iniiti ka Into heresy.

un one occasion he was approached by Cardinal Ledochowskl, a. Pole, who wished to sound the Archbishop on question. I Vaw Km ,1, Li 1 total aaked the Cardinal, repiiea tne I think It is a first-rate thing for Irishmen and Poles. hMinu iktv ih. l.

i.e. nuu have enough generosity to sacrifice their aiHrs IV mat UI 11 IB. Among the priests at the convention la Father Rellly, head of the union In Boston, a clergyman of great influence in New-England, and a man of scholarly ability. oucmig -wi Buoun question in New- York, he compared the city with Poston, where the Sundav saloon WAS bu-kl1aiAi some years ago. There Is no question," he said.

but that this matter Is to be settled in: no other way man Dy tne respectable population of tha nit t.Vlnir 1 1 i 7 Dim.n. uaian iii ia continental idea of dispensing beer Sundays as nmucr vi necessity 10 tne wormnzman. l.T I. CnktAMM. TV m.jvi.

kiviiicicu ui oruuKiyn, xo au appearances, still entertains this idea, which is rapidly being dissipated by the better sentiments 01 true Americans. It; is a deplorable thing to see a city like Brooklyn ihqlcm a. ifusiiivji wuiun uisraces rer in the vm nennle thrmio-Virktit a a v. have always regarded her as an fcxemplar It takes some time to foster the spirit of decency as to the drinking habit, when th. ATltia.

niiMtlftn Am, Aa A 1 1 in political issues. But the time is not far iifrii cut uiitiier win De laaen in hand by the good people of this city, and No one who has paid any attention to the excise question in Brooklyn doubts that or. la nnnn vlnlotfnn a Ka Un. A 1 question only remains whether Brooklyn is to-be blessed with a Roosevelt who does not allow party pledges to interfere with official duty, or whether ehe will Continue in her present course until her good citizens demand a reform." THE LIABILITIES OF STAPLES t. IRWI.1 Assignee Lamb's Report as to the Finances of the Brooklyn Brokers.

i CoL Albert E. Lamb, assignee of the firm of Cyrus E. Staples ft Louis E. Irwin, stock brokers, in Montague Street, Brooklyn, yesterday filed the schedule of liabilities and assets. The liabilities are $350,876.03, the nominal assets $668,115.15, and the actual assets $342,460.40.

The Individual accounts of Mrj Staples are: Actual debts and liabilities, contingent liabilities, nominal assets, actual assets. $14,300. This Is exclusive of 102,683 shares of the General Jourdan Mining Company, and one-third of one-tenth interest in 80O acres of the Jocelyn Mining Company, in Colorado, the value of which is not In the schedule is a statement of unhy-pothecated securities, as follows: Nominal value, actual value, Of hypothecated securities the nominal value is $668,115.15. and the actual value $342,460.40. The firm also borrowed $350,876.03 from various persons and concerns, but these loans are secured by collateral.

The concerns thus secured are the Iamilton Trust Company, the Brooklyn Trust Company, the People's Trust Company, the Kings County Trust Company, the Mechanics' Lank, the Eighth Ward Bank, the Fifth Ward Bank, the National Union Bank, the Hamilton Bank, the Kings County Bank, and the urooaiyn nans, Board of Elect rl eel Control. The Board of Electrical Control held a meeting in the Mayor's office yesterday, new Commissioner, Thomas Hamilton, was pree-ent for the nrst time in his official capacity. The Secretary reported that since January iaat there had been removed 000 poles and 1,1 4S miles of wire. I Commissioner Kearney said some of the companies were asking 'for more mains on sixth Avenue, alleging that the present ones- were Inadequate. The Commissioner said there were several unused ducts on the avenue, but that the companies refuse to enter them, saying they were not built the right, way.

The Basilar waa referred to a committee, 1 William Henry tn Const Aaralsu William Starr Henry, accused of the murder of his father. Charles W. Henry, was before Justice Gaynor in the supreme Court, Brooklyn, yesterday en the return of the writ of habeas corpus aaaea ior oy bis counsel, roster I rfSflaue, Owina- to the fact that the mlnutaa ot the ea. arniaatlon had not been written nn for Justice Oavnor-s InsDectlon. the case was adjourned until next Monday, mr.

liacsus aliases that the avi on watea wiutass was aM is i rm-lin BB00KLT5 HIS 1 TROLLEY PUZZLE Major 8chieren Want a Terminal Structure at th Bridgt ram Presented and Eejected. The question of a terminal for the surface at the bridge station In Brooklyn is still unsolved. Another lone conference was held yesterday. Those present were Mayor Schleren. Controller Palmer, Bridge Trustees Keeney and Henriques, President Rosalter, Bridge 'Engineer Martin, Brooklyn Heights Railroad Engineer Breckinridge, and Smith Street Railroad Superintendent Sullivan.

Superintendent Martin said Controller Palmer's plan, which has been described In The New-York Times, was not feasible, as at Liberty Street crossing there would be a continuous line of cars that would block the. street so far as other vehicles were concerned. Engineer Breckinridge had a plan for two tracks In Liberty Street, the cars to run down Liberty Street with a five-track stand at the plaza. Some of the cars would go to the ferry through a loop, and others would be switched back on other track in Liberty Street, i Mr. Breckinridge was sure this, would give sufficient room for trucks and other vehicles.

But;" said Mayor Schleren. that still contemplates the taking of Liberty Street. I am opposed to that" i Mr. Rosslter said that President Howell's plan was not feasible as it now stands. 1 We would not care; to go under the storage yard," he said, spend $50,000 to fit up the place for our cars.

We would much prefer to remain where we are. We couldbuild for less than $5,000 a bridge over Pulton Street, so that the people from the big bridge could reach our cars." The bridge plan impressed Mayor Schleren as being the most feasible yet suggested, but Engineer Martin showed that it was not feasible, as some of the passengers would be unable to use the foot bridge owing to the manner in which the bridge cars Would be operated, i Mayor Schleren said he believed a loop system that would go behind the bridge entrance, behind Prospect Street, the cars 52 Washington Street and return up Pulton 8treet, would be the best. H0Uf.Jde ta goody "ld Mr- Rosslter. "but, like many other good Ideas, It is impracticable." Mayor Schleren then suggested that the companies purchase around in Fulton Street, between High and Nassau Streets, and construct a terminal. That, he said, would solve the whole problem.

Rosslter' Woufd J.OOO.OOO," said Mr. There "wUl be another conference when Mayor Schleren is ready to have it, INSTEAD OF $2,000,000 05LT $250,000 Predictions as to Gold BlipmeaU To-day Did. Not Prove. True No Setback to Work. la place of $2,000,000.

predicted by gold shippers as the amount likely to be withdrawn for export by to-day's steamships, only $250,000 was taken in exchange for greenbacks. Hardy Se bullion dealers, withdrew In addition $112,000. but had previously deposited bullion of that The Treasury lost no gold by that transaction. Rates or exchange did not decline, but shippers seemed averse to doing much. Reports of Incoming bills to soften rates, and a possible decrease in the Bank ot England's price for bullion, were calculated to discourage scalpers in the exchange market, Either cause wipe out profits at present rates, and the risk seemed too great for the gain.

The belief Is growing that the syndicate win soon restore the gold reserve to its high figure. About $11,000,000, being 80 per cent, of the original subscriptions, plus the premium paid to the on that amount, was returned In checks yes? terday to the syndicate members. It came from proceeds of bond sales. The original subscriber have received back 70 per cent, of. their Investment, It is said that the remaining 30 per cent, will be returned about when the syndicate will close its work.

i Talk of a return to this country of some portion of the bonds sent abroad has no substantial foundation, i There may be unsold bonds which will naturally drift here, but the syndicate will receive and dispose of them quietly. Even if there may be several millions of them, no fear Is entertained that their return can affect exchange. Rumors have never been more harmless, whatever their Intent, than in dealing with the bond issue. Adversity has thrived only In the speech of detractors, while the financial situation has gained. Its strength at this season, the dullest in the year, makes it a waste of time to think of possible offsets which never materialize CtfEDITOBS OF JOBS HOET'S ESTATE To Take In Payment Land at Holly, wood.

Hi J. The general creditors! of the estate of John Hpey, for many years President of the Adams Express Company, and owner ot the Hollywood property, at Long Branch. N. held a second meeting, at the Astor House yesterday morning. Charles Stewart Davison presided, and submitted a report from the committee of which he is Chairman This report, which was adopted, says tnat the committee had visited Hollvwood.

and conferred with the neoDle intereaied in the estate as creditors, heirs, or otherwise The committee recommended the adoption of tne proposal to deed lots In severalty, to the various creditors secured by the deeds cf trust. In satisfaction of their respective claims, such lands to be conveyed In fee aimnle and arithmir anv V.tMMJW. 2.11W wiuuutm ii in ue report certain prices. iruui ii.uv to eoa per iront root, at vhlrh It rieema I 1 land should be accepted In extinguishment of Indehtnrineaa tl In order to raise $100,000, to obtain re- ve lavnua to oiviaea, tne com- uimee mji uti me neirs will he called UDOn tO make a aiih.tantl.1 values of other lands, as well as some of nave oeen plotted." All Creditors will receive scrip in amounts of $25. which will be accepted in payment when the lands are sold at auction.

The lots will be put up in their numerical order i-ruvision is maae ror the payment of the small claims, which amount Wilbur Helsley of Long Branch, who Is trustee of the estate, said that ail the targe creuuors, inciuaing those who hold fivwvwu PiSU carried out. Mrs. Hoey, he said, has acted On motion of T. Mathews of thU city the MmmittM mrmm a yvwvr. aoiu mi meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the Lm.i i um cuimi on me property Charles' Merraat'sj Will FlledU Charles iforan, member of the banking nrm aforan Brothers, who died recently at his home 12 East Fifty-third Street.

left an estate valued at 9WO.O00. His will was filed for probate yesterda In i the Sorrogate'a office. No bequests for ubarltahle oojecta are maoe. The two sons of the testator Daniel Cotnyn Moras aad Amedee DeTwu Moran' Ult. i The ftsaaiBBlaW swlaaaaa Ta.

I Moran. all hla horaea. earrtagea. and silverware! ta and he UaM SZTZtSZi InJ' ltraM of hie four vw neiisnier, equally Gift Silas Bros, an at WATERBURT. Atur.

a Th. Brensoa Library haa beea Leoo miatT. aloe leal speelKena as the nucleus of a m-senni of natural hlatory. The Sonora u. rw neUus Tracy aad a nuBsber of others whose 1 nv watje TM nrllaftf" all labeled and arreased In rm.TwT..

prise to the Most of the coUactltm was ootainee at the World's Fair. The oouee- "7 x. novey ot Museum of Natural History ia New-Tork. lbs Meant KUee ta Have a Bank. WaSHlNQTON.

Aog. a The appUoatloa T. Ellwood Carpenter asd tpiatM for of thorlty to organise the Mount srtan tr l-TjLh; W4 by ike Coauouer Na- US HOME STILL UKNOTO little James jMHtoa Eocrs's Cisa Not let Cleared Up. CAKE mi YRX05Tt 1 STOM SATS Mrs.j Caroline Shepard. According to Report, seat the) Boy to Norwich, I i Conn-Lavter Ho "Was Bronrbt i Hero Police) ILetlcent, i detective from the PnitHl OfflM ta looklnc la tho vicinity of Newark, N.

for the man who abandoned flvs-y ear-old James Milton Rogers at UN Continental Hotel last Monday evening. Superintendent Jenkins and Agent Stock ln of the Society for ths Prevention of Cruelty to Children visited Acting Captain CBriea. who is in charge of tho Detective Bureau at Police Headquarters, yesterday morning and aaked hint to assign a detect ive to aooompaay Agent Stocking to New-Jersey. They told Capt. O'Brien that tho boy said the man who' brought him to New-Tork worked ia a mill, but they had no more definite information.

Capt. O'Brien detailed a man to go with Agent Stocking In the afternoonj Superintendent Jenkins and Agent Stock ing then went to Jefferson Market Police Court with the boy. The little fellow won blue sailor suit, trimmed with white braid. and ho looked like anything- but a waif as ho appeared In the courtroom. Ho seemed to enjoy the commotion ho created.

Attempts were made to talk with but Superintendent Jenkins interfered. There was no hearing in the case. Tho Superintendent told City Magistrate Cease! he was not prepared for an and the hearing- was postponed indefinitely. The boy waa taken back to the rooms of the society. Agent Rtocrlng returned shortly after ward and made aa application for a warrant.

He then hurried away, but returned later with Superintendent Jenkins. Mr. Jenkma was angry. He. told (3tv Uaa-is- trato Deuel that wanted a warrant Tar the arrest of a newspaper reporter for making public the fact that a warrant had been issued in connection with the Rogers case, which was a City Magistrate Deuel listened patiently to Superintendent Jenkins, and then re fused to Issue any such the information, i be understood, bad bees Imparted by Agent Stocking-.

Ton must bar more careful. 1 said City Magistrate Deuel. IT you dont want secrets to leak out." nupermtentlent Jenkins afterward refused to say a word about the case. The DAT aeema tn keen eHeere.fi In anlte of his frequent -Journeys to and from tho Jefferson Market Court. He has a round, chubby face, and his skin Is tanned brown, He has the run of the sodety'a rooms, at Twentyt-thlrd Street and Fourth Avenue.

Except when his guardians are questioning I his thoughts are dis- iractM as much ar possible from his mis-fortnne. i A report was received from Windsor. Vt yesterday, that the abandoned boy was sent jrym naruana, oy a rs. Caroline Bhepard to Norwich. where' her son Charles Uvea Mrs.

Bhepard adopted the DOT. the reoort Iri when he. wma mlv eighteen months old. at Her name men was Jars, itogors. Mrs.

Shepara was married to her present husband three weeka ago. and she then decided to (send the adopted boy away after moving; to Hart-land. and started him for Norwich in care of her son, who promised to find a hama far nim. Rnrm hi-nue-fcr the boy to this city. 'Mrs.

Bhepard was quoted as saying, where, he and his brother eorge. wm uyes nere, startea out together to put the child In an institution, i Superintendent Jenkins. Agent Srocklng. and Capt. O'Brien would not say yatterday whether they credited the dispatch from I I LE1TES ETEETTHIIC TO IS.

iTalltlCS The Tnlae ot the 'Preacher's -Wife's Property Is Placed at finejoOO. The will of Mrs. 8usle Tsimage. the wife of; the Dr. T.

De Witt Talmage, who died at Darsville, N. Monday, was filed In the ofllce of Surrogate Abbott of Kings County yesterday. The schedule accompanying i the will shows that the estate is valued at 1193.000. The real property Is valued at 130.000, and the personal property at $130,000. docu ment, is as iouows: I.

Sulse TaJmaa-e. wife of T. De Witt Tel. mage, of the City of Brooklyn. In the County ot Kings, and State of New-Tork.

do make, publish. ana aeciare mis my last will ana testament. 1 give, devise, and bequeath all mr nroDartv and estate of any and every kind, both real and per- bsmi womwvm uie aame may ne. la Bay husband, the Rev. T.

De Witt Talmare. and hta heirs forever. It he be living at the time of my death. If he be not living at the time of my death, then I give, devise, aad bequeath the said property and estate to the children of my said husband, to be divided between them equally, share aad share alike, the heirs of any deceased child to such child's share ee part. i And I nominate and appoint my said husband executor, of thla my last will aad testament.

Ia tness inereoi, have hereunto set soy hand seal this 90th dar of Bentember A eighteen; hundred and seventy-five. I a. U. TXUUUE. The witnesses are Ramuel tWrnin 811 Beckett Street, and John P.

Talmage 801 Uvingston Street. iZ A IEW FES PES FOft 1E00XLTI C1E1 Brooklyn Helshts Oanelals Bkow It ta Mayor Sehlereat susel Aldersnea. The officials of the Brooklyn Heights Rail road Company gars an exhibition yesterday of a car tender that, they believe, will be satisfactory to everybody. The fender waa examined by Mayor Bchierea and members of the Board of Aldermen. It was attached to a riatbush Avenue car.

It la movable, and is easily adjusted. Only one Is attached to a car. It is made of rope net. with a framework of gas pipe 1)4 inches in diameter. The fender extends 3 feet 9 inches In front of the ear.

and ia feet a Inches wide. Th slop Is gradual and th uwer ena in oniy aa men xrom the tracks. Rubber buffers Prevent the fender from striking- th switches. it is known as the Crawford Brooklyn fender, and are now in use in different parts of the country. ns Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company Intends -to equip all its with this fender, which, the officials, believe, la the best that has yet beeq produced.

I Her Brothers Say She la laaaae. atlas Mary Frances Baker, who ewas real ee tat worth 100. and aa anknoera quantltr pstvooal property, ta said by her brothers, Richard aad Joseph 1. Baker, to be a iuaau. They say that she saKers from all sorts of ner delusions, aad that, among ether things, she Imsgiwes herself to he her own netthber.

On the applies tie of the brothers. Justice O'Brien, la supreme Court. Cham bars, yesterday appointed Edward T. 0Dwyer, Joseph Coffey, and Peter A. Levlor, Oonuniaaloners fur the purpose of taking teat tmony en4 Inquiring into the mental eoodltloa of alias Baker.

Uiea Baker ia fifty years old. and la aa inmate of tM. Joseph's Vute tor the Aged, at aw West PlfteeaU Street. The purpose of having her adjudged laaaae Is to have a committee ot her pereoa and property apposnted, Xow Deputy Ta Cess aai sale avers. Th Tax Com miss toners announced yesterday the appointment of two more Rrpubltcaa Deputy The.

appotatees are Xdward BoweU aad John H. Bamberg. eUumberg wlU serve in the eases aistrtot. and Howell la th eowa-towsj ekau-tet. RoweU waa Sarmetir aa average adjuster, and Viumbeeg was formerly overseer of the poor Woainhaolor.

Taa two r'-iaUMnie are as to Qaaaauaaleasr 1.