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-FffCuC ISVClVCl A WOMm LXIEEfcST IX TIIE CONTEST eanaaBBWaBBa CuMtend that th Man Who'lla Been Confined for 2 Year In insane Aaytam I No William It. Kin. pnOVIDENCfi. n. Feb.

1L-Tjnder the form of a legal contest, there la waging In the highest court of this Stat a battle which ha In It extraordinary elements of romance and extravagant sensation. Three millions of dollars and a nan's freedom and perhaps Ufa are Involved. On the offensive there (a a woman unknown and Aghtlng Ingle-handed, but strong In the poaaeaalon of wealth, whfcfl, baa enabled kef to retain the mutt able attorney of the East to guard, her Interest. On the defensive there la an cM family of Newport and New York, rich and high la aoclal connection; the jr. too, are well repreaeated In a legal way, and art bitterly combating the effort Mra.

EL A. Yfefcate lieea of thla woman, to Jake from them their poe-sesaioha drag1 them down from their elevated aoattlo ta aoetaty. And th non-combatant, th rightful owner of tha minions, th snaa whose Ufa, perhaps, wboee liberty eertafhly, 1 hang, lng In tha patiently await the autcoma of thla struggle at th Butter Hoapltal for tb Insaaa In thla city for twenty-eight yeara ha aaa known no noma but an Instltotlo of thla character, and ht that time mora than IX 008 ha been expended for hi care. Among tha qneationa hlch ara, to be settled by ttoe court at thla Stat, and af Ua TJnttaaHStataa, ana which Involve tha sanity ef tha old man who, during an tbeae years, ha bean guard-ad at a lunatlau They call thla ramarkabla ftK tha Km for tha reason that tha aristocratic King family af New.tork and Newport la moat deeply and that tha claim that tha man in tha asylum la William h. King la advanced, and disputed.

It haa at tracted wide attention In thla community and In tha aaolal circle at Newport, truer It development have been watched and nnderatoodi It ada no prophet to aay that Lidijr m-rk conclusion It win known in thla country as ana of tha moat remarkable and romantic storiea known I legal jurisprudence 0,9 dH thla atory tha commitment beara that name, "fthtS that oneatkm hang the fata of tha million a th flirhtlnr wonf.ni. uco woJa tea? th? foandaUon from a great aociai fahrTf -5 S-nd It la ruin, to tha around. on July 1, isua, WlTlUun It Klne had made arranaementa to iMrrlftt i City of Troy In the a1Ut3roV? He waa a resident of Newport. aWeral timh a mlllionalra, and ownad valoablmlI China, having bran engaged In trade tnVrV ile waa of middle age. Ula malVchaS-tertstlc at that time appara biTb2 the.

habit of drlnu- tritMi wtolS woman i was to whom be waa Tto have beJ married, what her connection? wE2 l5 rnlghtTO njaJllance waa contimpUted 7 mW hiT not nade known '1'- No marriage ceremony wm f7" upon that or any aucceadCji- day! for about tha time tha mrrU wii to P14 twa brothera 5r- Klnra7rtve5 the fatber if it-f at Preaent one of New- as In th. Ua laaaaa mt ik -sachusetta. He waa VftH itnent, thS all- w. which, htf JutuoTf I Charle Bradleyl Khode Island Tha CZart inement waa 5U con- 1-org- Gordon KJn2 th" brother. KingToTheV and his th PPolnt- nly termlnat JJ the third broSer n.1UOJr,lnc hlm- posed 0.tll King closeta and mZtT Snaf far wm of with peutlon "nted1 Bo.fo'n? ity 1 "ylum- oa.rini irBf li0 public iJllihj" roht to W.U, attention "unl waa luu, woman.

Jt atatl ma suardian of the Jail J- the a.ylum." The Clerk of the court had fln-terl'ti'" ht -core it rt if lT.il to the Identity tins unknown woman. They asked her uwr.riVh! aatlsiactionVT 1 int entative of the King fara- that the woman waa an aayentureis. And up to 1 rA ianUtv af Mra. ki i i.j i l.i 1- es -he ti -liisiat o.at be la i jt 11. an 1 not the uncla of George Gordon King of N-waort.

The court aaked for the filing of statements, and then Mrs. Webster-Roa-ainc out with an array of aatoundlng allegations. She waa repreaented by eminent counsel. Including Judge Jeremiah N. Wilson ofWan-Ington, who condncted Madeline Polls rl's auit against Congressman Breckinridge: John P.

Wytnan of boston, famed In legal council- of Maraachuaetta, and C. B. at C. J. Famrworth, of nigh standing at the Rhode Island bar.

Against these were wexy A Clover, af New-TOrk: William P. Sheffield, for years at tha bead of Newport's attorneys, and William O. Roelker, ana of tba ablest lawyere of thla city. No more Interesting chapter Is there In the entire story of thla celebrated caaa than that which Mrs. Webater-Rosa presented to the court.

According to her recital the search for the aliased William H. King had been the sole traalnesa of her life engromlns; her whole time and attention, since I have made repeated vlstte for thla purpose," She aaya. to nearly every State in the L'nlon. I have made two trlpa to Earope. and I bava had attorneys and other assiatants engaged la the search.

During all that -time I had no knowledge of the existence of the King families and belra In Newport, and did not know of their existence until I discovered athe where bouta of Mw alleaed William H. Klnar How ahe learned of hla location she doe not say; Baa aha declare that the' three copies of the original commitments, each presented by the guardlana of King, and each purporting to be a true copy, differ from each other In certain respects, 8he says that King was not insane at the time of his commitment, and that waa Incarcerated contrary to the laws of tha State af that there waa no physi cian a efitmcate ror we oraer er admission to the McLean Asylum, and that not until April 23, 1SW4, after tha man bad been confined twenty-eight year, waa a proper order of commitment obtained by George Gordon Ktna? from the edge of the Police Court of Somernile, and that then habeas corpua proceedings were pending, and this paper waa Illegal. 1 There are eVrsene of other ehargea. They Include allegations that Klnfa commitment to Butler Hoapltal -waa fraudulently procured that hla property baa been dissipated, and wasted; that If his mind la affected. It is only the natural result of confinement la a ainale room for twenty-eight Theae allegatlone prorvoked a deep sensation, and- were all emphatically denied by tha attorneys for the King family.

The court considered the matter, and finally declined to admit Mra. Rosa aa a party to the suit unless ahe would consent to dtodoae her Identity. Justice fixed upon Jan. as tha time limit ia which thii ahould be done. In the meanwhile, attempted Interviews with the attorneys for the mysterious, woman were fruitless.

They declined to furnish any Information as to her relationship to King, and speculation ran rife. All klnda of questions were thrown at the lawyers. Waa she bis wife? Wa she the woman whom he was to have married? Was she, hla daughter by a recent marriage?" Whenc came er wealth?" and so on. Th lawyers smiled, and the people ara at IT I speculating at least aa to the relationship. Thla she did.

not disclose on Jan. 8. because her eWef attorney. Judge Wilson, waa1 tmable to be in the city. She did present some Interesting affidavits, however, one of which waa from her mother-in-law, Mra.

Octavla Sullivan of Washington. Thla announced that Mrs. Rosa's maiden name waa Calhoun, and that she was from the famoua South Carolina amil) of that name. Her husband. Isaac Alteon Ross, Mrs.

Sullivan's son. waa a man of wealth who died In 1H7. He left property which realized over Sso.UOO to his widow, the woman In the King case. There were two other affidavits, presented by Susan P. Josltn and Samuel Allen Of Newport.

In both of which tt waa declered that Dr. David King had never spoken of a surviving brother, and had allowed the Inference that he was th last of the direct family. Thla brouaha mtt for the first time th claim of Mra. Webster-Ross that the man In the asylum waa not William H. King.

Who la he? they asked of the sharp-featured, gray-haired woman who cam to the Court House then for the first time. Walt and aee." she said. The Judges gave her case a set-back by declining to admit her aa a party to tha suit because of failure to make known her Identity. KInga attorneya did not Inaist upon his appointment aa guardian ad litem, but submitted a -list of prominent men of this State any one of whom they said would be acceptable. The list was beaded by the name of ex-Chief Justice Thomas Durfee.

The appointment Mr. Durfee Is expected daily, and then th caa will be reopened by Mra. Rosa's attorneys. Judge Wilson had stated that on Jan. the relationship Of the woman to tha man In the asvlum Should be divulged.

Why he was unable to be here upon -that day la not a matter af public knowledge. The Klnga have- never wavered in their denunciation of Mra. Ross as an adventuress. IT ahe la th next of kin to tha alleged William H. King, to her care will go tha magnificent King residence at Newport, the estate In New-Tork, th rnrtTkms of dollars worth of property which belong to th old man In the asylum.

If her clatma of relationship are established the world wHI stand amased at the atory lia, and the ruin which will come aa lta fruit. irriLT tows iiEfnoxs expected Tha Mala Flatht la Rlchsaond Caaaty Will Be Over gaitcrrlpora. NEW-BRIGHTON, 8. Fe i 1L--Th town elections In Richmond Com if to-morrow promise to hotly contested and exciting. Tickets have been nominated by the Democrats, Republicans, and the Independent Democrats In Caetleton, Middletown, and Weatfleld, while Northdeld and South-field fusion has been effected, 'and the tlclt-ets of Republicans and Independents contain tha aame names.

Tha main fight will be over the Supervisors to be elected for two-year terms In each" town. In Northfleld E. P. Doyle, SecreUry of the State Fish Commission, is th Democratic candidate, and Frank Fnrrtn vnnnv buslnesa man. heads the fusion ticket.

xn caetleton candldatea are Daniel Campbell, Democrat; George M. Ptnney, Jr Republican, and Thomaa Chut. Independent. In Middletown Dr. John I.

Feeny haa been ranomlnated by tha Democrats, and la opposed by Cnarlea D. TJnger, Republican, and A. a Funk, Independent. Th fight In Southfleld will ba warm between Nathaniel Marsh. Democrat, and William Bowen, fusion, while Weatfleld will have a three-cornered contest between David Butler, Democrat; Abram Republican, and Charles Bogardua, Independent.

The Good Government Club has indorsed Fog-gin, Chute. Unger, and Butler, but made no -commendation In Southfleld. Th Placa Cars Waa Iasareel. PATCHOOUB, Feb. C.

B. Parsons of B. T. Petty aV Co. of 72 South Street.

New-Tork. owners of the schooner Louis V. Place, arrived here to-night He will go to tha scene of th wreck to-morrow. Th vessel waa valued at $30,000, with little insurance. Th cargo, which waa valued at $3,000, was Insured.

Mr. Parsons said that the wife and four-year-old boy of Capt. Squires of the. schooner, who waa lost, ara at Street, Hobokea, N. J.

Another son, aged seven yeara, Is with his grandmother, at Brldgebampton. I A report reached here to-night that Capt. Squlrei's body had washed ashore at Southampton. An unknown body was washed aahore at Forges River, opppait Moriches, thla i The bodies af Mat Jalby and Sailor Oel-aon were brought her to-day and will be Interred la a plot In th Episcopal Cemetery presented by Mra. Augustus Weeks.

Th reecued sailors. Nekton and Stevens, were Uken to th. United States Marin Hospital, at Staplatoiv I to-day. rraetcal Saaday Ickaal Vark. Ilhurtrationa of practical Sunday achoot work were given last night In tha Fourth.

Avenue Preabyteriaa Church. The New-Tork Sunday School Aaaocta-tioa la trying to awaken aa Interest in thla kind af work. Th Rev. Charles P. Fag-nanl went through regular Sunday school lesson with' a class of boya to make tha explanation mora complete.

Th Rv. Abbott E. Klttredtfe then want through th same leaaoa with a elaaa af teachers, after which a review of th work waa made by th Rev. A. H.

MeKlnney. The Sunday School Association la very aaxloue te establish lta method at teaching, and will probably continue Uroatrationa tW Semite CcssIUcc Ocxi aa Ap- rcpriatloa for Ills CCce. TO get eid of Kit it is Said lUisona tot tlie Bureau of Printing jand KnjrrATlnff Being Opposed to Biaaeit In-. terferea. WJASHINGTON.

Feb. lL-The eucceaa of the United! SuteS Poatagw Stamp Affent. Or. Wesley Davis, in holding: the Boreal i of EngTavlnsj and Printing; strictly to tha terms ct Its contract for printing postage stamps, resulting in an extra expense to ia Government of about $17,000, through the rejection of. millions of inferior stamps furnished by he bureau, la considered to he cause for th excision from tha Poat OflVe Appropriation bill.

-by tha Senate Con mltte of Appropriation, of aalllbaT for Jl'io for the pay, of the Agent ami hut Tl office of United State Postage Stamp Age at haa existed for fifty years or more. The agent I the. intermediary between the Gov -rnraent and the stamp contractor, and on lim rest the responsibility- bf seeing thai tha Government's Inteyesta hi this direct on afe thoroughly 'protected. Tl proposition to Kfio 'x with th agent and tha persons "under bis control, wbc distribute all the a tamps furnished by the contractor and keep cloae watch of the wor in all 1U branches, has never: been made. In fact, up to the time the Bur -au of Engraving and Printing secured the contract for furnishing stamps to the Oov irnfiientr the services of tha agent were com idered by the Post Office authorities to be i bsotutely Indispensable.

They stlri enter! On thU view, but "the bureau officials thin It that the agent la an unnecessary fixture, and: they would be much gratified to havt'hlra removed. Tl facta relating to the early efforta'of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to mar ufacture atampa reflect aeriously upon th Judgment. and skill of th chief. Mr. Clai de M.

Johnson of Kentucky Th first bt of atampa waa satisfactory, because the methods of tha American Bank- Note Conpany, the former contractor, war fol- low. i to tha letter. Tl bureau officers In a short time reached th conclusion that they could Improve th Qua ity of th Output by folldwtna Ideas oriainal with themselves, with the result thai three, or four hundred million of atai toe were ruined, and tha country was put to tha inconvenienc of using mucilage to naka atampa cling to envelopes. The bur au made light of the errors due to official Inexperience and Stupidity, but the' prei ence of th stamp agent at the bureau pr ed a sufficient safeguard to the Post Offi Department, and the blame wai lodi ed where It belonged. If the Bureau Engravuig and Printing had been a private concern, the wot Id have had cause fof action against it, and it undoubtedly could have been cem-pell (d to make good th large sum involved In ih destruction of so many sumps, but belrg a Government inatltutlon, th loss nati irally feU on the Government.

Ti mortifying results attending the at-tem of th bureau to manufacture Stampa wltl out availing Haelt of the exeprienc of praiUcal men created Irritation between: Chli Johnson and th stamp agent Every-thirir possible has been done by Mr. John-Son and bis chief aaaistant to make the life of i atamp agent burdenaome. Tl action of the ApproprlaUona Comrnit'-tee Id cutting out the House provision fof th maintenance of, the agency la regarded aa i part of the plan of the bureau offlcera to themselves of th annoying presence of 1 1 agent Chief Johnson Is a friend of Sei tor Blackburn's, and Senator Blackburn la airman of the Sub-Committee On Ap-proi riatlen, and haa control of the Post Oflk Appropriation bill on the floor. Wienv oa Saturday, Postmaster General Blaiell discovered th plan to abolish the-sUr ip agency, he sent this letter to Senator BIa kburn: brought to my at-ten Ion that on behalf of the Senate Commit I ee on Appropriations you have reported the Post- Office Appropriation bill with -a reco ramendatlon that the Item providing for the pay Of postage stamp agent and the expi naea of the agency be expuna-ed. I ban i the honor to present you the following stat -inept and to express the hope that you will endeavor to have the committee's action In thla matter reconsidered, EllI1! iact.

that the postage stamps rurrlshed to Postmasters are now made by the iureauef Engraving and Printing In this city does not render the employment of an agei less desirable than when they were mad In New-York. The department still a some on to look after the very Import ant. business to be tranaacted between It a id the bureau a business involving the acei rate and safe lsse and transmission of ovei worth of public securities ami an officer such aa we have heretofore had, known aa the poatage stamp agent, and charged with the same duties ana authority, ia naturally and properly the one to be employed. Th necessity for th employment of this officer, too. Is recognised in (he agreement concerning the maklna-and issuing of postage stamps by the Bu-reat of Engraving and Printing, formally ent red Into between thla department and the Secretary of the Treasury, a codv of whl I herewith submit Se -ond The agent haa now under him sevdrt clerks, with duties that must be nvr-fonSed by somebody duties which take In the addressing of thousands of packages of itampa that must be daily transmitted to Poatmastera, and the preparation of offlc al vouchers, on which depend accounts involving over two-thirds of all the postal revenue.

If the appropriation for these cler ia, hertofore made in the Poat Office Appropriation bill, la to be withdrawn, some provision must be otherwise made for an equivalent force; but such a change is unnecessary and Inexpedient, In view of the fact that the present agency la very eco-nonUcally administered, that lta employe have been trained to this kind of business, and that any others to be appointed under a nodined system would be far less accural and. expeditious, both Of which qualifies tons in work of this kind are of the greatest Importance. TSlrd Since the Bureau of Engraving and PriSting haa been manufacturing postage iuii ua me Dene 2. xPnce to show that the foregoing vie I avu. III IB, A Hi lllM that renerallv ikinr i "uou.

Apart rrom tnia. I think. for this departntena to abandon all Its pre? important a branch of Its business aa the snaking and Issuing of lta toostage stamps, or to consent to the transfer of -that function to some othef braich of the Government. Where so much of revenue is involved, as in this matter, It seems to me that the Post Office Department should be In the closest touch with every part of the buslnesa, and ahould. have the fullest opportunity to look closely, and! constantly af ter its own Interests.

The memorandum of agreement herewith Inclosed. wiU give some Indication of th department's recognised jurisdiction at preaent lover these matters. Ltinorlv traat vn. -iti 4 -w necessary steps to have the recommendation of the committee withdrawn when the bllllcomes up in the Senate for action. Tt e.

rosunaster ueneraL Wthile Mr. Blackburn has not taken official notice of this letter, it Is nintsntMui thai he now realises Jat the scheme, which. If successful, would place' the Post Office at a serious disadvantage, can hardly ba defended, and that he will not offer much opposition to the restl-tutim of the provision for the agency. Mr. Hilt Mr.

Vila. Mr. Frye, and other Senators, whos attention has been called to the action of the Appropriation Commute propos to fight th amendment if neces- but they' now believe that It will ba us far no' explanation worthy of nui. alderation haa been advanced for th attnn ef the committee. Should th amendment prevail, the Government would be deprived of a check on the work of the Bureau ef Engraving and aix months abowa have bee a desirable i Ev.

Dr. A. F. Eotzrt Cat.l V'tU fat Silica leeptrs. iTh Rev.

R- Moor presided at the weekly meeting of th BapUst Ministers Conference yesterday. Th Dr. A. F. Robart of Tankers spok on "Th Ethics of th Excise Question." He said there: waa, no legalised way for rellgioua thought to affect legislation.

The only way to reach it waa through the moral convictions of and the tnlnlatera must educate thes' convictions In their own Th rum sellers." he said, ara a lot of miserable miscreants, who ara damning themselves and their fellow-men. and. Sine we cannot pot a stop to their buaineaa, we must restrain the damnable traffic. Most People aay that Turn selling Is a devilish business, have got the rani sellers on the hip. Give, the devU b.u due.

for you cannot get any nearer to him than tha tkiuor rTbe only arguments Advanced for high license are that it restricts the sales and paya th bUla. Aa to the first. It does nothing of tha It create fewer saloons, but It mulUpliea th low dive Jand hella which now run secretly. Moreover, the argument that saloon keepers will turn detectives is bosh, because they af all a lot of robbers, and' murderers. They know If, and they to it among them-eelvea -Will you allow murder if the murderer paya for the funeral and glvee -tb widow A sef ot weeds Thl license money goes Into the pockets of the politicians.

This is atealing; and it la wrong to do even from a thief. "If you are going to license th saloons, make your.licena low as regarda money, and high as regarda morality. Make th man sell on decent daya and in decent hours, and tell hint th first time he breaks tha law his license will be revoked, and he will never get another' on, nor will the man who employe hlm. A abort discussion followed Mr. Hobart's address.

THE WOMA-VS WILL fREVAILED rAT.ItK.tt aki WASTED TO MARHT. fit Court Aliea Instated that Ske Mai sTktgat Marriage, smd K1M Retarat He Uaaae. A handsome. atylisnly-dresaed woman, with- blonde hair, stood before Police Jus-tie Deuel, in the- Yorkvine Folic Court yesterday, and glowered at her brother, who atood beside her. Policeman Ackerly, who had brought thla coupl to court, said ha waa attracted by a great crowd Third Avenue at Forty-ninth 8treet at about 10:30 o'clock in the i When reached the spot th woman said: Officer, thla man is trying "to prevent me from olng heme, and has even employed force to accomplish hla object.

Will you not compel him to deaist "This woman ia my alater," aaid th man, a fine-looking, well-dressed young man, I merely trying induce her to return to her father and alster. from whom she haa absented herself for no reason, and I propose to execute my purpose." At this the woman declared in forcible terma that aha would not return, and that any on who attempted to coerce her would so at his peril. Th woman and tha man, th policeman fell to wrangling again, and he crowd increased. After arrest th woman said ahe waa Mine Rose Allen, thirty-one yeara old. of 66 South Ninth Street.

Brooklyn. Her companion aaid waa Frank W. Allen, twenty-four yeara aid, of 20 East Fifty-first Street, a commission merchant. While they were ih the station house their father entered. He aeemed to laboring under lntena excitement, and declared that he would taka hla daughter horn with him, and dared th police to interfere.

He was Anally ejected from tb station. On being arraigned in court! tha woman was the first to speak. Judge," ah said, this man Is my brother. He has attacked me on the public street and hurt me." She showed her right arm, which seemed to be slightly bruised. He wishes me to go to my father's house.

I cannot do thla ann will not I wish you would warn him not to molest me Justice Deuel Inquired why she. objected to returning to her father' a house, sine It waa evidently desired that she should do so. Mls Allen hesitated a minute and then said: I will tell you. Some time ago there was a young man visiting at the house. My sister declared that I waa trying to marry him.

My father also fell In with their Ideas, and he declared that I ahould not marry him. They have kept at me about him until my life was miserable, so on Wednesday last I Jeft them and went to Brooklyn. Judge, I had no more Intention of marrying that man that I have of marrying you at the present moment" The brother attempted to apeak, but the maglatrate stopped him and warned him not to interfere with hla sister in any way. He then discharged both. Miss Allen declined to give the name of th man -who was responsible for the trouble, but she said he was now In She aaid ahe would ask for nothing of her father, but would support herself by sawing.

When she was In court her father created so much disturbance that ha was ejected. Aldermen, Filed Mayor Sehlerea'a Veto. The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen yesterday ordered on file Mayor Schleren's veto of the resolution revoking the franchises of the Brooklyn City and the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Companies. A large crowd, present In expectation of an attempt to pass the resolution over the Mayor's veto, waa disappointed. Alderman Droge offered a resolution protesting against the passage of a bill in the Legislature for the tunneling of Newtown Creek.

1 Alderman the tunnel proposed would cost, at; least and would ba of no uM except to railroads. Wfcy Be Waa Bare- Raaitm la Dead. The Assembly Committee on Contested Elections heard testimony In the Brooklyn City Hall yesterday In tha case of Thoma H- Wagstaff. against Assemblyman John McKeown. Democrat from tha First District, ot Kings County.

One of the witnesses. Nell Gillespie, tea lined that two votera bad died alnce th lection. How do you know that Elkanah Smith ia dead? asked Lawyer Hirsch. I ought to know," replied GUleapie, as 1 wore' his clothes after hla death." No very strong evidence Was obtained, and an adjournment waa taken until Fri-day. Th Pareet and th SpaLrvovr.

From The Baltimore Sun. A little boy found a half-froaen and half-Starved EnglUB sparrow Friday to th doorwarof a restaurant on South Broadway. The lad-picked th bird up and took It into tha restaurant, where ft aulckly revived. It waa well fed. and when fully reatored tried to pick fights with canary bird of which there are In th restaurant a number In cagea.

The aparrow could not get at tha canaries, but the poor little-aongs ters were badly frightened. Finally the sparrow attacked a big cage. In which was a parrot. Th pugnacious sparrow tried in every way to get at th parrot but the Utter, calmly perced on a cross stick, eyed the sparrow for a while, and finally aaid Go to thunder! df ri. it.

ur iiE ef th- FtvcCnt RntaaraaU Iaai Cad Wark Dww Laat Tear ie)o iVaateal. Tha Executive Committee of the Buaineaa Men' Relief Committee of th Industrial Chris tan Alliance held a meeting yesterday afternoon in the office of Vermilye ft J8 Naasau Street and Issued th following appeal on behalf of the poor of th city: Men's Relief Commute to S2nt.Ijr of funda to extend Its cenSi6 Ruranta Gro-amli A prTi(i, tbepoor with coal "l00 wholesale prices. For this Purpose It appeals for In addition to aurin the past year" nt to John B. Towos-Po'lTr', lt lh Knickerbocker Trust Bank to tb Bowery T'" commit'te was Organised in December l-V0" established eight reatau- groceries in the most needy lhe ta Harlem. On wiii-11-' nundi and eighty thousand i711 work gave employment i-erli Tonth! 10 100 who otherwise would have been homeless wanderer on the street.

b.Uac t8nfl.U was carried ever; tJSLV'S ZorW lm. continued, -at thi HS1 Churches, missions, pUtutlona, and teachers, who w'in the committee last Winter. staurants and gra-ceriea have, therefore, been opened at lo0 Bleecker 8treet, 8 Eaat Broadway. 87 Mar-ket Street mluvlngton Street 67 Avenu k' ir at the corner of Rlvlngton and Straets. At all of thes deoota both cooked food and groceries ara sold In Parcels.

To be eaten upon th prem-isea, an abundant meal of excellent Quality of meat atew. coffee, and bread la given or hl'e to taken home for family cons urn ption, a auart of meat atew, a quart of coffee, and half a loaf of bread arc given lor a cents. JHmr Prtncd ehartUbl workers have written to the committee that thla auffice for a meal for thre persona. Eaaential groceries are sold ih five-cent packagea at the lowest wholesale rates, but e'wnPetlng with the smalt dealer! they are sold for cash only to such aa pre ard responaible pastor. r-tp teacher, certifying that the holder la in heed of help.

Expi rience haa proved that a family of three can thus be supplied with an abundance ot food of excellent Quality and In considerable Tf1flr or from ft cents to 11.00 per week for the family. 5ommittee Itself gives no direct relief. Its object is to provide facilities wbere- T1 quickly, economically, and safely relieve the hunger ot the worthy poor, and whereby the unem- their diminished wagea or scanty savings go two or three times aa far aa under ordinarj conditloria. The underlying prin-tt so-operatlon In the JlJln 'th a alsting charitable agencies. The funda donated by th nubile pay the rent and the coat of fitting up and conducting the depot It Is intended that the purchaser shall return to the committee the, first cost, of th raw provisions.

The -committee Issues five-cent tickets good- for hot food or for groceries, bearing addresses of aU tha restaurants, ana redeemable at any. These tickets may be bought either personally or by letter at the central office. 170 Bleecker Street. Thla enablea the benevolent to -give a unary nsn a meal of nutritious food at a cost of only 6 cents, and with certainty that the charity will not go for liquor. hIR demand ia now made that depots be established In the central west sideVln the central east side, and In Harlem last side, and that eoal and wood- be added to auppliea at all depota.

It ia well known to a charitable workers that nothing mora acutely pinches the very poor than tha enormoua prices they have to pay for fueb Without storage facilltlea in their con tracted tenements, they are compelled to huyby the pail or peck at from $12 fa $20 Tha committee begs to announce that It neither open new stations nor add JS? nnle8a, generous response as made to thla appeal. Donald McKay to Prealdent of th committee; Mayor Strong. J. Fierpont Morgan, Whltelaw Reld, ex-Gov. Flower, and Pli-Godktn.

Vice Presidents; Henry L. Pike, 8Pcrtry, and John P. Townsepd. Treaa-urer. mJCHIS8 I0T TET lWlSDED Aa" lavjwnettoa Prevented Aciloa fcy Hlehaaoad Cewaty- Sajpervlsara.

STAPTTOW, 8. L. Feb. IL Th companies seeking electric railroad franchises tn Richmond County met With the first real opposition to-day. The Supervisors had.

fixed this morning for final action upon all applications, but were restrained by temporary Injunction, returnable next Saturday morning. The order was granted by County Judge 8. D. Stephens, upon affidavits by Richard B. Wblttemore and F.

L. Rodewald, which allege that the franchises are to be given away without proper compensation to the county and without advertisement and Sale at public auction. Counsel for the applicants and the board told Judge Stephens that the Supervisors bad no powers to grant a franchise, but only to grant permission to lay tracks upon what are known as county roads; and that provision had been made to require ample deposits of cash and bonds to protect the public Interests. But Judge Stephens declined to vacate the order. It has become well understood that this Injunction was' obtained In the Interest of the Staten Island Rapid-Transit Company.

It is principally aimed at the Staten Island Electric and Is simply a renewal of the fight between the- Rapid-Transit Company and the syndicate which purchased the ferry franchise last FalL The Staten Island Electric Railroad Company Is controlled by Gen. Samuel Thomas, Thomas F. Ryan, Henry H. Rogers, Howard Carroll, and others, and It la applying for the right to rebuild and operate as an electric road the defunct Staten Island Belt Line Railroad, with extensions ot that road, which will parallel the Rapid-Transit Road from Mariners' Harbor to South Beach. The Moaatata Rale la Veraaoat.

From The Burlington (VL) Free Press. I have been trying to account for tha revival of the agitation for the abolishment of the mountain rule in Vermont politics Just at this time, and, aa hearty aa I can make out there to some one Who lives on one side and wants to be elected to office from the other. Just who this dark' horse to may be disclosed at an early day by political developments, but for tbe present he shall be unnamed, although I know I could hit "within forty rows of apple trees," as the saying is. If I should guess. As a -matter of fact, the Vermont prase ha abolished this mountain rule over and over again, but Just as soon aa a nominating convention Is held, or an election by the Legislature la at hand, tb aid whoa turn it la to take the office in queation instate that the State would tip up edgewise if.

for instance, both United States Senators were to be placed on one side of the mountain. The claim pre valla, and there you have your mountain rule again, as strongly intrenched and aa inviolable aa ever. Dlaaer ef Alpaa Slgaaa Seelety. Th Alpha Sigma Society had a quiet dinner at Clark'a, In West Twenty-third Street last evening. Covers were laid for twenty.

The Rev. Or. Peter Stryker presided. Dr. A.

G. Vermilye spoke happily 'on "Our. Wives and Daughters," and the Rev. J. D.

Wells delivered a brief addreaa on Alpha Looking Backward." Th 1 Rev. WUllam Rice and the Rev. Henry M. Cox made soma witty remarks. Surjfjt, Cirtiagr, it.

PATENT BUJW-rEED atANGEH! II. SO EACH; a 000 sold. lta. Warn Mb, New.Terk; 144 Worth Broad Philadelphia, and Kirn St ttoatoa. $13 CaclS.

TCKDAT ALSO PERrCMERT DAT I SALE OP Qlove. Underwear, and LevalMer earaeta. Just received. JAMMEJ, tw Broadway. WANTED Combination pool and Millard table, balls, cues.

AC J. A. H-, Post Omce Boa aTH, Saw-York Utv. a. 1 4n li i.

o-hne-iir. l--t iti. 4imn4r room firrfno. EAST 4 th T.l t- -r Suite, efferlng all the nqiurtuwnw a -ij bom; references. th A 2 A a a at rooms.

i-ui, ii i m.im law; pea (raia are; ri- II ORAMBHCY PAR K. OeaUemo only I haadannely-fwralslMd aeeoad-Ouor ruoma, suite or separate; private bath; IH It BAST, (rln Davis' a aiL Two handaotnelf furnished eteam-taeated with hath; eonMS apartment, aknai ar a aaiiai geatlemea only. a a a a a rnttw4 with a witheat v9 wm. pnfnqin a pen Tbo tlonnfeb Pal; IblcV Jf aaBsasBS HOT SPRiMGS, lie c. OPBK THBOCOHOCT THat TKAB.

Loeatad aboat the centre ot tM GREAT SOUTH-ERJ R. R. STSTEk. Only 4 hours from New-Tork City by 4:8 P. at.

train feBa. R. R. dally, with threnth Potlmaa cam A most charmmg reeort. t.ati feet elevatloa.

Its Justly-elelebratee: NATt'RAL THERMAL WATERS Sowing throosH luxarioa Barbie patha have a NATIONAU REPCTATION. UT. r. HCHlTMAJf LECLF.RCq Of CARU3BATA AUSTRIA, la charge. DOOUTTLB a BODEIV, Maaatrera SOUTHKRN IMPROVtilENT CCK, Proprtetora.

HYQEIA HOTEL, Old Point Comfort, Va. Unrivaled aa a health and pleasure retort. Air balmy and full of life-giving osone, few plumbing throughout and perfect drainage and other sanitary ar-tangementa. Send for descriptiv pamphlet. W.

PTICKi aaaageh Circulars at Th Outlook. 13 Astor Place, Also of F. H. 6co(leld. i Madison Av.

THE DB SOTO SAVANNArl, dA. Acoom modat ions Cor (0 gueatac Oeaapyiaa set entire square in the moot fashionable part oc the city. Coat tl.lKJ0.OUO. Modernly appointed, Lax-arkmaly faralahcd. Toartata wtU Bad Savaaaaa one ot the moat tnterMtlns; and hesatifal cities tn the entire South.

No place that Can be namtd IS more healthful er eeatrable aa a place ef Winter resort. dry average temperature of Write for Illustrated deecrtr-tJve booklet. WATBOW A POWERS, Proptietea 11 THE piriEs, Lake wood, fl ew-Jersey, HORACE PORTKIU Miaigtt. alADDOS MALL, Atlantic Crtr. ti.

Directly ea tbe Beach. All conveniences. Including hoi and cold sea Water hatha in houae, elevator, eteam heat, ana Bartora, ate; Coach meets all trains. LEEDS LiPPINCOTf VTHK CHALF05TB, ATLANTIC C1TT, N. J.

Direct 1 en the beach. Full ocean view. Sea-water hatha tn the house, Alao Illustrated Booklet tree. EL ROBERTS' 8 SONS. LAKEWOOD.

N. J. Parties desirine to knd se. pertor cuisine and attendance, with home co ta lon also aiea-aatiy-iurnisne room, tn a Select houae, can addreaa GREY Bos 13 Post Office. lAkewood.

N. J. aewBsrweaawBWpaaajBp -m mmm 1 'a i ll-lrll-aa GRATEFUL COMF6RTINQ. EPPS GOGOA BREAKFAST SUPPErl. a Uioroegh kaowisdae of the aatural lawe which govern the operations mt dlaeatkm aa aatiitloa, an by a careful apaiicatlna at th lee properties at well eaUcted Coeoa, air.

Epps haa 5w mr eer rreaaiaea aaa eupeer a aeikeataty Mwan waica may aava aa many aeavy eectora bUla. it la by the jvdlatoua aaa ef such arUclea mt diet that a conatitattoa easy be gradually built vp eatu atroag eaoafh te resist every tendency te 41eee.ee. Haadreea of subtle maladlea are aoattaa- arouad aa ready to attack wherever there la a weak point. Wo aaay escape aaaay a fatal shaft by keeping oereejvse wall forttaod with pure blood and a properly aouriahed frame." Civil Service Oasette. Made simply with boning water ar milk, gold eelv In helf-po-and tine, by Grocers, labelled ttraei MBIS If CO- Ltd.

wasathle CeeaaloU. teedee. Eaalaed. TAMAR iriDIEN GRILLOH A laxative, refreshing trait tosense. very agreeable to tax for Constipation.

hemorrhoids, bile, loos of appetite, aeetrte and intestinal tronbles, and headache arising from theaa. B. GRItXOX. IS Roe dee Archives, Paris. Sold by all dnigaista.

A BUSINESS EDUCATION. Bookkaeetag. writlag, arithntetre, correspondence, apoUiag. phonorrapby. typewriUng.

ladies, department: private Instraetloa: day and evening-. PAINE" BU8INE8 WLLBOii. 4 Bowery; a tew. 107 West S4tLa 8t LANG UACE S. THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, liadlaon flatuie at mm xm Branches in leading American and Europeaa cities.

cairtK. CLARENDON HOTEL 1HU IT. AJCO 4th AV at. A select family hotel of the hiahest repoUtloe te suit tne time L. BRIOOA.

ARUT BUILDING WHITEHALL, NEW-York City. Jan. 15, lt6. eaied soeoaala, la triplicate. wiU be received here entU 13 clock ht.

Feb. 15. and then opened, (or supplying the Quartermaster's stores, anrh aa tina. parta of ram pa, rakes, horse blankets, bruahea, Ac. specified on achednle, giving full Information, to be aoen and bad at this effies.

The United States reservoa tbe lisht te reject any or aU peopoaala, or any part thereof, er to accept. as max ve mnt to toe arpanment. Preference' will be siren to articles of production or manufacture, conditions of quality and price tincludln- ia the price of foreln productions and manufactures the duty tbereee being equal. Envelopes contalnlna- proposals ahould marked aa stated oa the schedule aa addressed to JAS. M.

MOORE. D. Q. General. ARMT BUILD1NO.

WHITEHALL NEW-Tork Ultr. Feb. T. lSUS. ealed emnssi.

h. triplicate, wtH he raeelvad here nntii 11 o'clock noon, starch 146. and then oeeetd. for auo-plylna about 20.000 aalloas of aaiaeral oU. aa per specifications and ached ale.

which wfil be furnished on application to the nnderalaned. Prafer. euce will be given to art Idea of domestic pre. auction ar manufacture, conditions of eaaUty and price (Includins; ia the price of fore in mn-d action or sneaefaetares the dwty thereoe beta equal. The Government reerrvss tbe riant to re ert any or all propose la Envelopes contalnlna proposal ahould be marked.

Proposals for Mineral Oil." and addressed te JAa, M. MOORJl A. O. M. Oen'l.

V. P. A. Is Needed. EmplareTB la search or competent help naturally tarn to th advertising; columns of Th Mvw-, Tork Times, It hag com to enereJly under-, stood that men and wo- who seek emptor Baaat throug-b Tha Tlmea Ar trustworthy and ar taSaft atr aa ta.

LAUREL I Wheru aw Help e. I -f lu- I 1 rif lAUiAir'. ii i. Vltme. an Van-t, t.

tii KVU. yrh. or. 1 i i tie and Iucile H.il. n- and Tarnf-io.

i. FALSTA1K. jFKI. n. V-St, HUGUi-NOlo.) Vm-e.

Mmo. klelba. t. re i Ancoaa, and Jrn a- Feb. is, laM i i Faaaea an -tl 1 r-l.

SAT. li, I i Kiibl FKVat. Km, fcd. da Ancna. ar i at Boa Cities and ermcril maa'a.

Ill Broads a r. Knabo 1 eiualvely. CAR.M.G1U 11ALL. ICharottr JZeclUls ct tha Z'lc I OH Trlctan and ic.z: FIRST RRnTAI.ll tvrt ctVr-f ft AMERICA ON THti 1 ACT II. WEDNEFUAY.

i i 1 1, ACT IIL-Mu-ViJAY, IK I l. ii. Ree. Seat, Si.au, Admle.a.n, 11. Anion rnc2i tL 1 1 I i AlAliaOv AMH KEU.

15, lri. TICKETS tl FOR GENTLEMAN AND X.X (Extra ladles' tickets, n.y be obu ARION HALL, 6h 6L ana Park A MURRAT. lll-sa Broad OUDKN A ENMAYkR. Kl Uberty FAlx A Grand gt. and Bowery: C.

M. VuM HU 105 Greene Be: PETER WIEDEHfcU. t.l i POHMER A 14-155 Eat ltb W. SCHUMANN'S- SONS, V3T trway; 1. 1 PIANO UT 4th cor.

2T.th t-u; JH 1.125 Bway; CON6TANTTN 141 St a F. A. ROCKAR. 1 l--h bt. Doses and reserved seats ran bo fcl ARION SOth Bt Park bf PEN KATJINMATER, Liuerty ot.

MKR a 1 149-155 E. Hit fcul iiA. LliJ Broadway. CONCERT HALL GARDEN. Mr.

tad flfA. THH r- ARTIST 3. TkkOB, and SOrUAN" De KosecBd, assisted by MR. THEODOR i I Ceneert Pianist. FTRST APPEARANCE, t'ader th direction of Mr.

Louis BiametiU- Tickets at, Bchuberth'a. Union Square. ABBEY'S THEATRE. B'wey, eor. S-th fct.

TV ft, Mara. Tne. -t MR. H. BKKRHOHM TRKK and hla Uaymarket Company.

Matinee To-day at 1 and this Evenm- at i.ZX positively lart tlmea ef A BtKCU OK VIOLETS, wed. and Thura. Evaa and Thura. Captain awtft." Frl. an Sei.

Evao, "in. Merry Wives ef Windsor eed "The Baix i Mrmser." Bafy maUaae, "The Merry Wivea Wtodeor. NAPOLEON CKIIIUIV. -Dally, eaeept Bandar. SMS btematno en view at Sd SMb and Pa.

A i-mlsalon to exhibit, 5 Ra.CEU'td ia be distributed snows CIIARITIGO. Under tha direction of a eommlttee sreotnted for that purpose by hla Honor Ma for Btrunr. tHE TIFFAMY CHAPCC dally, except ttunday. from I A. M.

te 4 JM) K. Ihtereatlng display of the (amoui Tlffaar FavriU Oiaaewero, rreeelly erodared by Mr. Lonia TUYany. The oolleotioa includes a isrge variety of entirely oriel nal forma and colors 'ea ana otoer eojecta suitable for no! Way irta. STAR THEATRE.

irkH't nina flAIl.tEB KKB. X-i. DCriMfrfroTiior.iPGor: IT7NDAT NIGHTS. BO.NGd AND PAIN 1XG3. KOSTER BIAL'3 TO-HIQHT.

Mlsa ciasiH Lop-ri ClnqnevanL Harley and Wilton. PstrJsee, Juls Levy, "(ainvllla Roesowa. Leo Dleza. Mon TUIRU IKkl8 LlVlXG Fltn'lR VAUDEVILLE. BPEClALTlEd, KOVEL." ir? 1 IICDiniU 1 tinea -rr a-rd7y.

lU-RIUHI "A 81 CCES. New-York World. -A Tnea. THE DISTRICT ATmiNEV (Rebellions Snsan.1 BT HENRT ARTHUR JONE3 19 A PI n.OPKILt HOI Sri. s1 rlHN Kef eve at A MatWed.Sat.

1 DARKEST RUSSIA. Wt Wk-CtlAttLRr AIXT. at AO AM Ct BANS GENE. i Ev-ga at A Mat Bat. at S.

Recress of the season. PALMER'S fXLMKA. Boie Manaaer. TO-NIGHT AT A Mat. SL On ef the aigbu of the Sows." HcraM.

THE FATAL CAHD EMPIRE THEATRE. B-way and aoth hu n.tnim in. jests, wen. ana sat. at S.

i I) A fl HlRRloi houses. I THE MAJOfT. WEDNEUDAT. MATLVEEA sUTCKDAT. 8TH AVE, THEATRE TO-NiaHT AT SHARP.

FANNY, DAVENPORT I ZS; as I la i den nvni -1 at i WEfciCA erdou'e I UI0MUIIUA. SHARP. 151 Mata Wad. bat. time To-night.

Full of fan. Mlee'a tardea Harlreaae- Uo. LITTLE CHRI9TOPHEE. Bessie Baaehlll aa ChrUtoahrr. IIDYT'S THEATRE.

S4th n. Bvay. EVga. Mat. Pat'y.

LAST 1 WEtKA Feb. ISOth Usae. SxMrvenlra. A MILK WHITE FLAG. STANDARD THEATRL'-.

r. 2. FEB. t5 10UTH Performance, SOUVENIRS. TOO MUCH JOIINOOrj, TK7 le be A'ill ta rtUlefa aisTul I VkTM sank ACADEMY OF MUSIC 14th at.

and lrvtac I-u rory Chilli Prices, (LOO. 73c. 60c: ZJc Mats. Wed. A With James C.

Roach. Sat. at a iV liar maefei miiiM, as sa r. i. Bundajr aacred Concert.

lOUtO P.M. Contlr.uuu. t.tu HB. hlLAH-hORIX PAVlUhlhd CO- IX THE DRESDEN BHtKU Every Eva. P.

M. Wed, Bat. Matinee I MF.lL nrPlin Broadway Wkltaer Opera C'e4i ROU llUV. 1 and lUk 8C SQ01K Eva: I Taeatra. Bet.

Mat. S. MaLWaahinatflo'e Birthday. ACADEMY OF OESICN. SXHIBITION AMERICAN W'ATk'R CUUIK OCTET T.

Open Day and Evar.lng. Admlaaloa. ii cent a HARLEM OPERA ut- DELLA FOX THI6. UTTLK TRMPsiL, IRVTNO PLACB THEATRE. t-at.

aaat. Teeooay. Wsdneoday, and natureay, -pasono. Thursday, only time, Die Eara, Fn-ay, Vasaataaana." UTM ST. THEATRE.

od. and hat. HUMANITY. Sagii-a Motodrama, it I rfiiinamre naLl Lt fcA i iV I lOnder the toaaarensent of Anruatla Daly. If, II Every Evening at 1 i mf Matlnsaa Wednesday falunlay at Hi 1UK OR1KNT ANU -A TRAUtDY HtUbAKlAL.

Heartiest auhte aa Mel i Intent reteaa at Dely'a" Tslacraaa, a Be crrea never a aaoreeat la dowkjt." Tribune. Mlsa AdaRetaan ta both Bis re; and Mr. Lewta, Mr. Worthina. Mr.

Clarke. Mr. Oreabam. rZ Oilhert, Miss Haawell. Mlas ElltotT, r.

Jlsea, aad Mr. Henry iMiey. IS Fhr HA -TlONj -THE TWO OESTLKMKM Ot' -1'jQNA" not acted In Kow-IorS half a TlUfcl U'-TOWJI UZG9 Bradway. Osea daTy tm I tit.