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THE MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1897. an accurate ettlmate on Information. 5o Gatlmnte Pomlble. are mentioned on pages ft and 10, but there are no of to be excavated, and no adequate estimate of the of the work can be given. "It Is stated on page 4, also on pare 14, that 'a fascia plate of will tun the entire length of the por- tlton of the viaduct attached to aide- walk full slied.

details of which will be furnished by the 1 consider specification incomplete, there being no further Information or to show character or claw of work required which In determining the cost. There are many other vague clauses similarly wanting In Important m'uat not be considered criticis- ing the engineer who drew the plans, aa I think It won on Imposition to demand of him such Important work in so short a time." A contractor who executed large for the United States Government and handled many larre In city criticised the plans yesterday from a constructor's point of view. lie was ono of who desired to enter the competition, but was deterred by reason at the vagueness of tht "Why, I wouldn't have dared bid on those specifications." he "It was too much of a gamble. In nearly evot paragraph are the words 'to conform to furnished by the That after the bids arc In and beg-In work. Suppose tho engineer happen to be a friend of ho ruin you.

If a friend he could enrich you." These criticisms were submitted to Lawyer James W. Gerard. of the firm of Bowers Sands, who made a careful examination of the and and gave the following opinion: So It ml Competition. "The statutes ot the State provide that all for pubr.c work exceeding $1,000 In value shall bo by public competition. The specifications case, that Is, for the completing of the viaduct an extension of (he Riverside Drive, are apparently not drawn In detail, no that the bidders can what they are giving know exactly unices for.

"It evident to a mere layman that specifications of a general character give a wide discretion to the engineer In charge, which he can exercise for or against the person to whom the contract may be awordfcd. "It him been decided by the courts of this State that specifications of this character must distinctly state quantity and quality of tho material required. The contract In question does not do thli. The working plans are of the most general character. They give merely an outline sketch of the work, and It Is Impassible for a contractor 'who may wish to bid to know how the details of the work are to be carried out." The bid of O'Brien Shcehan.

It was ascertained yesterday, was a little more thin The next lowest bidder was R. H. was some (Contlnued from First Page.) Riddle whose figure J15.000 above this. Stephcnson O'Rourke's bid was $25.000, higher, anil tho difference between the highest and lowest bids, It was said, amounted to bcarlv $100,000. Snj- Are Perfect.

"Well, this all news to me," said f. Stuart Williamson, the engineer, to World reporter. "I have heard no objection to the details," he continued. "It ridiculous to think that tho specifications were not complete. "It Is true the job was rushed In order Chat tho work might be ordered before Monday, to prevent the city from being In contempt of tho legislature.

The plans and specifications -were finished In 'a'fortnight, but they were exactly the same In style as those for many other and more Important city I nrnde up the specifications, myself. "That the upecJflcatlons wero completi seems probable from the fact that no ono of the twenty bidders found any fault with them. The estimates and were made up to be bid upon at a price per pound for steel work, the roll by the foot, the masonry by th yard and the at so mud each. Is the way all specifications ar-i made up, with on estimated quantity each kind of material needed." John J. O'Brien, of the firm of O'Brien Sheehan.

denied that there was any rush In preparing the plans for ti viaduct, and that they had been thoroughly prepared even to the minutest detail. "The talk about hiring an outside en- jjjneer to prepare the plans w.thln a fortnight is the merest rubbish," ho raid. "For my part I do not know of any such man being engaged. If he engaged it would simply be to put the finishing: touches to the that had already been completed." JAPANESE PBBMIEB CESSIONS. MnUoukatn.

In Ont, nnd MarqnU Ito Likely to De Itecalled. YOKOHAMA, Japan. Dec. Mataoukata, the Premier, and Admiral, the Salgo Tsugumlchl, Minister of Marine, have resigned. It probable that Marquis Ito -will be tho new Premier.

The Imperial Diet had been dliiolved before the House of Parliament had a discussion of the motion ot no confidence in the Cabinet. It Is expected that there will be several Ministerial The Oovernment's for new taxation measures united the three parties In opposition. SMBLLElT I Landlord Forced Door Too Late, C. Waraett, sixty ota, a printer living In a lodging-house at No, SLPf? 1 1 waa found not resulted In the unanimity of opinion to dwlred. The preamble to all thwe was that, China having shown her and Inability to govern herself, of Europe, combined In tho Interests of peace and Inspired toy he purest philanthropy, should accent the burden of governing a few prov- nces to bo detached from the largest, moat ancient empire In the world.

Curiously enough, proposition la of absorbing, enthralling Interest to all mankind except the three or four hundred million Chinese Immediately affected. With rare It may be said with truth that the Ohlnoman not care -who him, The partition of China, whatever future will not be followed by a long of revo- utlons was the case In Poland. A Chinaman will not fight for an abstract Idea, but only for his rice, and as this commodity doubtless will be cheaper and more abundant under European dominion, the man who In duplicated to the extent of live hundred million copies doubtless will be delighted and he will be undoubtedly materially belter oft. To the great majority of and unfortunately to per cent, of who have a direct and powerful Influence In shaping our foreign policy, the millions of our across the Pacific have been voiceless. Our Secretaries of State-, as a rule, have not, like Kipling's soldier, "heard the East a- calllng." Plan of Dlvlilon.

The partition of China which Count when Russian Minister at Feting, suggested rather than advocated, as follows: Russia naturally was to secure the lion's share ot the carcass she reserved to herself all Northern LWna from the fortieth parallel to the Sjberlan froiu.er, wntoh Included Pe- itlng. Mongolia and all tho anus border.ng upon tfhe Quit; as much of Shantung borders upon the of PeohlH. Thence her boundary was to rim from thu coast, roughly speaking, along the fortieth panuicl to Russ.a.'i Turkestan, to Kashgir and to Samareand, Russia's most recent acquisition In this part of the world. It was proposed to England that 8hu take possession of the valley of tho xangtse nnd the territory adjacent to it for ono hundred mites north and ono hundred miles south of the great rlvcc, wtl'A permission to annex suen territory In Southwestern China ns would bo necessary to secure eommunl-catiton between the English In Burmah MAP SHOWING HOW EUROPE MAY DIVIDE CHINA UP. river steamers In the upper waters of the Vnngfse via Bhamo.

Prance was to round out her empire In farther Ind.a by annexing Yunnan, tho r.ch, mysterious province, and the two Kiwanga, together with tho rest of Southern Cnina. except tho British pled a tcrre at Kowloon. France, th'rou-g'n M. Gerard, her very able representative in Peking, Immediately declared dissatisfaction with the proposition. It waa pointed out that a navigation of tho Yangtso and English railways connecting w.th the river steamers would attract oil- the commerce or Yunnan and destroy the commerce Franco Is trying to rosier with these southern provinces by subsidized sh.ps on th Red River, already endangered by the opening 01! the West River to commerce.

Slice Not Enough. Germany objected because, aa It was rather -bluntly stated in a de.spo.tch from no "tho Emperor of had no desire to exero.se Una or sovereignty over tho sand plains aid the deserts of Gobi." This Is not a accurate description of the portion Chln.1 osa.g'ncd to la, .11 the land and a water frontage -n the YeJlaw Sea. extending from Rus- China on line north to British Ohi- 10 on the south, but it aptly describes feeling ot alsguBt and displeasure Germany viewed any parti- in which she should not secure the jest territory, and in this Instance such vaa most certainly not the cose. It was expected that by allowing japan a free hand In Corea she woult no objection to the division of Who although they had been won In a measure exclusively by the prowess j.apaneae arms. This supposition proba uly correct, butt the partition nevci the stage where It was ncces to oonsu.lt Japan.

The proposa was withdrawn In the face of the oppo j.tion from Prance and Germany. lluislu'i Sudden Change of Front It was at thU juncture that the Rus policy China changed wltl a quickness end a thoroughness wthtol surprised even those who Save followed tho Asiatic department of the Russian Government In Its wonderful career annexation and aggrandizement in Con tral and Eastern Asia. Seeing that to the moment a division of China between dead In hit bed lute last rils He was last sen alive at It, 1.16 A. M. fenso of her Integrity should It bo assailed.

The Ministers of the Ynmen wore not surprised. They never are surprised long acquaintance with European diplomacy has deprived them of the enjoyment of this sensation. Prinro Kung, the chief Minister for ForciB'i Affairs, of course, fathomed new HuBBlnn game, and saw that In the guise of a friend RuBsIa was more dangerous to China than as nn open fon. But there was nothing left for the Chinese to do but to accept tho staff that was presented, and 'so by the help of Russia the Japanese were compelled to give up their march to Peking and Inter to withdraw tholr troops from every Inch of territory they nnd conquered upon the mainland of Asia, with the exception of the fortress at Wclhalwol, which was secured to them pending tho payment of the war Indemnity. It In not illfllcult to see the cause of Russia's sudden change In policy.

She had become satisfied during the Bhl- monosekl negotiations that the designs tho other European powers upon 3hlna were Irreconcilable, and thnt their irotcr.sloiiB could not be combined so as form an alliance against encroachments ffom tho north. Tho exhaustion of Japan was patent fter the naval demonstration of a rcucli- teos to fight which the Russians made with men-of-wur oft Chnfoo. "npan recognized her Inability to accept ho challenge, and England declined to up her inactive role us t.hc platonlc rlend of bolh the parties to the Sclrurc of Mnuclinrln, From that, moment KusHlan diplomacy 'ecognlzcd that all Northern China was hers, and she Immediately entered Into of It as far as It was ncces- sury or convenient to do so for the pur- )oscs which made tho acquisition desirable. Railroad engineers and surveyors were sent Into Manchuria accompanied by guards of Cossacks, and the survey to-called Eastern Railway of China which IB- really nothing more than a branoh of tlio Trans-Siberian Railway was begun before permission had bcei STunttd or even uskud of tho prooe Chinese authorities In Peking. Russia now regards all Northern China as hers, by right of accretion and peaceful conquest; as much Russian territory as Tunis is French or Egypt Is English, and not to be taken into account In any further partition of tho rest of tho empire.

I am convinced that the landing of the Germans In Shantung was not made on the Invitation or with tho consent of the Russian Government. It marks rather the awakening of Germany to tho fact that her services to Russia and China in taking part In tho alliance against Japan, which resulted In tho retrocession of the Llaotong peninsula, the ni, chan wers was Impossible. Count Case! Russian determined hange his attitude completely. Hitherto ho had been leading the Chi nese lamb to the slaughter. holding In his ruthless right hand t'ho butche knife.

But one morning he appeared a the Vamen wearing the white and rei robe of peace and friendship and in hi cap the olive branoh. The Idea of earv Ing up China, which he confessed to hav Ing entertained, he admitted now wu all a mistake. The integrity of China must be maintained, the Manchu Em Brors must bo kept upon the throne thorwise all Asia, and parhaps Euron too, would be plunged Into war and tur moil. So convinced was Russia of this neces alt) -that 'he was authorized to jruaron tee every rod of Chinese territory anc. to pledge every Russian soldier In de Denby, tho present sented the United are only to be repaid by fair words.

Russia, eminently satisfied with her present portion on China's back and knowing full well the absolute decrepitude and tho corruption of the government centred In Peking, regards tho whole of tho Middle Kingdom as a ripe If not an over-ripe peach, which may some day fall Into her expectant hands. Of course Russia will have to make concessions and agree to compromises. but they will bo Infinitely small, and of these the retention oC Klaochau Ray by the Germans Is not one, The erection of a great arsenal and the concentration of a large fleet here by a first-class power would bottle Russia up under certain circumstances is completely from access to the Pacific as she found herself In the Black Bea during and after the German war. And to this Russia would not consent, Hnw America Coiiceriiuil. To Bhort-slghted people It may neem of little moment to Americans hat the east coast of Asia Is about to assume the same political complexion that displayed by Europe on our oast, acrosvi the Atlantic.

It may seem to some of little Importance that Europe la In- trenched now upon our western frontier as she has always been upon our eastern (because In the days of steam, oceans do not but bring nations together). Still no one can bo so short-sighted as not to see that tho proponed partition of Chlna-r-whlch Is one-seventh of tho Inhabited world, and a market with a consuming power of one-fourth tho whole human Is a question of paramount Importance to every worlr- Inaman In the United States, because It IB a question which serloualy affects our commercial and, above all, FAC-SIMILES OF VIADUCT PLANS SHOWING ABSENCE OF DETAIL. our industrial prosperity, and has a bearing upon the wngc-oarnlng capacity of every laborer In every factory In tho United States. The partition of China and the passing of Its great market with Us enormous possibilities Into the hands of countries sucn ns Russia. Franco and Germany, whose colonies and crown lands are by almost prohibited tariffs closed to our wouhl inevitably make the dally jread of every worKlngman In the country more scant, more difficult to earn.

At our wonderful rate of development the home market becomlag altogether insufficient for the consumption of our raw and manufactures, and the China murkct, the consuming capacity of which could not be overestimated, always has been considered tho future outlet for our wares and the natural flcia for development of our trade and our commerce. Our Envoys Ablo Men. It is pleasant to say thnt In China the United States have almost Invariably been worthily represented, and it Is duo to this fact thnt the appreciation of the possible future of American trade In China Is so widespread among our enterprising merchants. No other of our legations abroad, with the possible exception of that In London, can boast of having had such worthy representatives as we have had In China. Our diplomatic relations wlth tho Middle -Kingdom began in the forties, under the able diplomacy of Robert Mc- of Maryland, and of Caleb Cunh- of Massachusetts, and Hinco then by competent and experienced men an Uurllngamc, Hoss Ill-own, (Jov.

ot President Angull and Jolin Rusnell Young. Col. Denb Minister, haw represente States In China slnca 18S5, and on tho whole his tenure of ofllce has been creditable to him and to tho Government he represents. Of course Col. Denby would bo tho best possible man to retain In Poking, Where, owing to his Iqngth of service, ho Is dean of tlin Diplomatic Corjs.

and where he has acquired extensive personal relations with tho Ministers of the Yamcn and won tho oonlldonco of tho Chinese In general during his long residence and term of friendly vloe to tho Chinese, which was severely tried during the war with Japan. I-t will be Interesting to note whether I the mugwump ot International will aelzo upon this Juncture of affairs In the East, by whie-h our commercial Interests are so seriously compromised, to bray aloud the wise sayings of our fathers of a hundred years ago, which, however wise they may 'have been when Europe stayed at home In Europe and European power and dominion were confined to ono continent, are no more applicable to tho present situation, no more luminous texts for tho guidance of our foreign policy, than would bo the wise utterances of tho Delphic oracle. Threatened from 1'tvo To-duy wo must rise to the occasion; WB must comprehen'd tho changed conditions, We awakon from a long slumber, or rather a period of being wholly self-centred, to find Europe confronting us from her entrenched camps across the Pacific on tho west, as shu docs across tho Atlantic on the east. It Is sincerely to be hoped that a moment of mental illumination, oil even only of common sense, will follow this rude awakening and that a policy will be adopted and resolutely defended which will safeguard our vaat commercial and trade Interests with our ncigh- borx across the Pacific, wno, as I have represent a market with a consuming capacity of one-quarter of the whole world. If we do not do mis.

we will bo worsted in tho International struggle for existence, which promises to become as sharp and as ruthless UH la tho Individual struggle for life among the teeming millions of tho Eastern world. Whatever else may come out of thds present poHod of fermentation, It Is almost certain that a largo portion of China will become tho crown lands or colonies of Russia, France and Germany, In all of which prohibitive tariffs obtain -against American products, making all trade Impossible. In the British possessions In the East we enjoy an open market and an opportunity for fair trade. The extension of British territory In the tor East will dJroctly benefit American merchants and manufacturers. This faot alone, to practical men at least, would sjee.ni to suggest the and the wisdom of proceeding toward a close under-.

But for Four Hours the Animal Kept Every Family Imprisoned in the House. AND EVERY DOOR WAS BARRED. ShontK Induced the JiinKor to Get Policeman, and to Him the Gladly Went. How Two Justices, Long Unpaid, Got Judgments for Salaries. OVER IN LONG ISLAND CITY, No Money in the Treasury and Their Pay Was Far in Arrears EACH IN TURN A PLAINTIFF.

Appeared Before the Other, Who Gave Jndirnicnt Airnjnat the Delinquent CKy. BjVftTION OF-. SOUTH ABUTMENT A big black Newfoundland dog kept the apartmcnt-houso at No. 1035 First avenue In a state of selgo for four hours yesterday. There aro about twenty families in tho house, and nearly every ono has children.

Some of the children were playing In the snow on the sidewalk yesterday afternoon, when the dog came dashing down the avenue. Some boys on the next block had polled tho animal with snowballs aa he ran. They yelled "Mad dug!" The cry was heard by the other youngsters and they fled Into the house, leaving the door open, Tho dog followed them and curled up on a at the foot of tho first flight of The children bolted into different apartments, scream- Ing that a mad dbg Was chasing them. Doors wero bolted'. and locked on every floor nnd tho tenants waited.

Meanwhile the dog got up and wandered up and down stairs sniffing at tho doors. Women, men and children peered through the transoms and when they saw him there was a chorus of shrieks. Then the tenants thought of the dumb-waltor shaft and yelling to tho Janitor besceched him to got a policeman. Janitor-like ho replied It was Sunday and ho had not boon hired as a dog-catcher; the dog wasn't bother- Ing him and he would not bother about But the yells of the tenants Induced the Janitor to climb over the back fonco and notify Policeman Lyons. '1'ne latter Invaded tho house with drawn pistol.

He called: "Hero, doggie; good doggie," and tho animal ran towards him wag- glng his tail. Lyons said he was-the bost-natured dog ne saw. The policeman took him to the East Fifty-first Street Station and told Doorman Sohermond to keep him, as he was a valuable dog and some one might come to claim him. As the doorman started to lead tho Has aiway the animal Jumped at him, but quieted down when Lyons s-pok-e to him. Ho will be kept until his owner appears.

Long Island City Is blessed with two wiso Justices, Charles T. Duffy and James Ingram. They are at onco Civil Justices and Police Justices, ami they are tho beat of friends. For their valuable services they aro they are not paid, they are a year In monthly Instalments of $175. But Long Island City's promises to pay are not always sacred.

That municipality has bad habit of running short of funds. For five montlin, Instead of coin of the realm, In place of the United States Government's legal tenders, Justices Duffy and Ingram have regularly received certificates or warrants signed by 'Mayor Patrick Jerome Olcason nnd James McGraw, City Clerk. Tiheso warrants ordered Lucien Knapp, tho City Treasurer, to pay to the Just- tlcos tho salaries duo. But for flvo months the Justices have, listened to the same old by Mr. Knapp: "Very sorry, Judge, but there's no money." Tho Justices put their learned heads together, "How to get some money from tho city?" At Ilrat they thought of going on strike; of dcEcomllng from tho bench.

Such action would leave Mayor O-leason trt deal 4 with those who may look on Long Isliiml City whiskey when It Is red and blteth like an adder. IJut the Justices decided that such action would bo unworthy of their exalted position. Justice Ingraru sat In opon court tho other day when to entered brother Justice, Puffy. In a few choice words Justice Duffy- recited to tho sympathetic JuilRc who prodded, hla wrongs, which wero also Justice Ingrain's wrongs. That the city might be duly represented, the falr-mlndcd Justice Ingram sent for Corporation Counsel Thomas Burke.

Then Justice Duffy brought suit against the city for SS75 for services rendered and not paid for. "Anything to say, Mr. Burke?" asked Justice Ingrain. "Nothing, your Honor." "Judgment grunted," said the Justice. And so tho record of tho court stands.

Noxt day Justice Duffy sat in his court. Justice Ingram appeared, the GHOST TARHJFJH OLD SALT. Snvr flint tanned Over the Hull ii I nil Tlirntlitli the Ailvenliiro oil "Ayr, I never very properly believed In no ghosts." Charles DobliK, nblo senman on the British bark Inglowood, tied to the Tweiity-ecventh street Brooklyn Borough, was the speaker. HG Is as typical a specimen of an English merchant sailor as you would meet along the basin. Seasoned as a capstan bar, clnd In blue denims, perpetually rekindling the lire In a short wood Dobbs stood on short legs bowed from a third of a century's twisting around spurs, a straw-colored tuft.on his chin, a Tarn o' Shunter on his head.

"Aye. It's thirty-two years I've been goln' to sen, and as 'you may well bo- llovo I've been In some queer places. Hit was never but oncct as I seen any- think as looked like a spirit aboard ship and tho vessel had bad luck next trip on one o' your Western Islands. "The Gettysburg, nn old American ship, then a Norwegian, then a Nova Scotlan, which give me my discharge papers aforo I shipped aboard tho Inglewood, was loading lumber at St. John's.

Hit was fine dog watch and the crow was cnjoyln' themselves Jolly like on deck, when I from the seen two men loanln' over the rail at the port gangway. "One was Felix, a raw-boned, loose- jointed Belgian lad, and the other a very properly built man in a monkey jacket and a slouch 'at. 'Felix, who's your shipmate? Who's that 'ere man standln' alongside ye. I sings hout. "The boy turned his head toward the stranger and says: 'There ain't nobody 'ere alongside says 'he.

Then I seen that man In tho monkey jacket drop slowly on 'IB knees and sink through the deck as far as 'Is waist, 'Is shoulders, till nothlnk but 'Is 'cad was visible. Then he was gone. Felix nor nobody else 'ad seen tnat stranger but me. I can't explain hit, but next voy- ge the Gettysburg was lost." Dobbs destroyed forever the useful- ess of another match or two and spun yarn about an adventure that began vlth supernatural symptoms and closed vith a perfectly rational explanation on NAVY- YARD MAPS IN COURT. of the Days of Rule standing England and Japan, with t'he purpose of protecting those Interests which aro now STB: COCHRAN DID HOT DIE OF FEYER, Health Department Decide tout It WM Complication of Allmenti.

Dr. Kara H. Wilson, bacteriological expert to tha Brooklyn Department of Health, performed An autppcy yesterday oh the body of Wliliow Cooh- ran, of the Clyde" line (learner Maw York; who aJQd.on Saturday at home on Thirteenth avenue, At the'time of Dr. Sher' Introduced In DnimtRc Suit, Maps and plans compiled from data furnished by the engineers of the British Government In 1776, showing the -gram Corporation Counsel was summoned. "Anything to say, Mr.

Burke." blandly asked Justice Duffy, after his associate 'had his plaint. "Judgment granted." record of tlvo Court, So stands the r.it City Treasurer Knapp has not cannot satisfy tho two Judgments. So tho Greater New York may nave to pay tho learned Justices. Navy-Yard and Wallalbout Basin, wore which he displayed. MUCH SMOKE IN A CHURCH.

Interrupted- Presence of Mind ot tlte Hlatiint Pimtor. Special Christmas services were being held In the Protestant Episcopal Church of tho Incarnation yesterday when sexton. William A. Earl, saw a thin cloud of smoko Issuing from one of the registers. Without alarming any one Mr.

Ear wont to the basement, which ho founc filled with emoke. He quickly returnci to the auditorium and quietly apprlsci the -assistant pastor, the Rev, Arthu Wellwood. of his discovery. Mr, Wolhvood, who was about to begin his sermon, calmly Informed the congrc gallon that thero was smoko In thi basement, but that thero was no neei for alarm. Then he advised' his audl tors to leave the building In nn orderly manner.

His coolness prevented a stampede that would have resulted in injury to many. When about two-lAlrds of the oongre gation had reached nhe street a fire en glne and truck arrived, Tho flremei want into tho bouement, but found fire. The' place, however, was lllla with smoke. It 'was discovered that the steam pipes had become overheated and had scorchet tho flooring, making much smoke but no flame, The annvago was slight. The Rev.

J. a. Backus, pastor of the church, has been travelling In Europe He Is now on his way homo. Tho Rev. Mr.

Wellwood was praised by many for tho presence of mint TWO BROTHERS, INSEPARABLE IN LIFE, NOT DIVIDED BY DEATH. A Letter That. Has Travelled 500,000 Miles and Still Keeps On. $1,500 POSTAGE PAID ON IT, Has Crossed the Continent 150 Times, Only to Begin All Over Again. STOPPING-PUCES GROW-FEWER.

It In tlie Clnaa Letter of Ynle, '44, ami In Sent On from Member io Member, Bach Adding: to It. jurtily physical basis. iVhen no was fast at home he decided to stay ashore a while and enter he service of a doctor. He carried a note late one night to a gentleman on an estate within sight of Blackhcath Hallway Station. The night was black as despair, with only one vlalblo beacon light of Diaclchcath Station, far away.

"I was crossln' a foot bridge with stono on each side and three stono posts nt each end. In the middle of the bridge I found myself on all 'ours rubbln' my shins like and not snowln' what 'ad hurt me. I heard somothlnk back ot me say "bah 1 and sigh Ilko. "I said, scared as I was, 'Who's again. What d'ye sun- 3ose hit was? Ono o' the stono posts ad been broken hoff, Jackass had strayed on the bridge and prostrated hls.self a stumbling-block In my path." "No, Dobba Is not superstitious, I don't think." said Capt.

Taylor. "When wo lay at Rio ho asked the second mate and me when he had an anchor watch what a bright light might be with a reflection In the water. I was startled myself. It resembled a large Incandescent lamp Illuminating tho bay under the bowsprit. "A Brazilian firefly had lighted on the bobstay," NO BAIL FOR LEMON'S SLATER.

Each of Dosen WitnOMHcM to the Held In IlondM. Michael Kiloy, eighteen old, of No. 215 Leltorts place, who admits throwing tho cobblestone that fractured Thomas Lennon's skull In Neary's saloon, Nostrand avenue and Malbone street, Saturday night, was held without ball In the Grant Street Police Court yesterday. Saloon-keeper Neary, his bartender and ton others were each held In $600 ball as witnesses. As bus boon told In The World, Lonnon, who was eighteen years old and lived at No.

804 Sterling place, went Into the saloon with five companions. An equal number of other young men were drinking there at the lime. Some ono started an argument and a general fight resulted. When the combat at Its height Klloy went Into the street, picked up a stone and hurled It through the door. Ho took no particular aim, ho said.

Tho missile struck Lennon on the side of the head, knocking him unconscious. Lonnon was taken by his friends to Tully's saloon, No. 774 Nostrand avenue, where ho died before an ambulance surgeon arrived. Assisted by Capt, and his men of tho Detective Bureau, tho pollco of the Grand Avenue Station arrested overy witness to tho tragedy. Young Lennon's father, who re- putcd to bo wealthy, Is a prominent member of St.

Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Court and Congress streots. MBS. SHERLOCK BURNED OUT. Tlio Widow of tho of "The Abbey" Her 'Home. HEMPSTEAD, L.

Dec. residence of Mrs, AdolaMo A. Sherlock at Unlondale was burned to tho ground on Christmas Eve. It was one of the most attractive places In the village. The loss about $30,000, only partly covered by Insurance.

Nothing or any Importance except the paintings was Sherlock's diamonds and clothing were lost In the flames. Mrs, Sherlock Is the widow ot Edward w. Sherlock, who for years kept tho Abbey tavern on Fulton street, Brooklyn, on the site of which now stands the Mon- Theatre. lire started In the kitchen and wag caused by lard, In which orullors were belne boiling over upon the stove. To make matters worse, a can of kerossno exploded and apread the lire Into the hall and parlors, (Special to The World.) WORCESTER, Deo.

days ago a remarkable letter reached John A. Dana here. It Is not the first time Mr, Dana has received this letter; once a year It comes to him. This letter the Postmaster calls the Flying Dutchman of the malls; It knows no rest: It Is always on Its rounds. For fifty-three years It has travelled and has never been lost, although in those fifty odd years It has traversed fully half a million miles.

Now this letter Is In California; novr In Alabama, again In Connecticut, then in Minnesota. It has crossed the continent 150 times. It is estimated that Sl.COO in postage has been paid on this missive, and If tho cost, of stationery on which It has been written be added fully (2,000 has been expended on It. This letter, like the Flying Dutchman, never grows old, Indeed It renews Its youth each year. Like the Flying Dutchma.i, too, It will finally flnd rest.

Every year Its stopping places are fewer and fewer and the time must come when there will be none to send It on Its further journeying. For this Is tho class letter of the clan of '44 Yale, that each year revives In the minds of some few men, full of yean and honor, the memories ot their college days; that each year conveys to these few news, cheerful or sad, of their fellow survivors. When tho class of '44 iras graduated from Yale Its members agreed that eexsh year a certain one of them should write a'le-tter. He should toll ta It oil about himself, what ho was doing, what wero his hopes, his prospects. Ills He should tell, too, all he knew of those who had been his classmates.

Then tie should send the letter to the son of Yale, '44, who lived nearest him. This man should add to this circular letter the news about himself and send it on. And so the letter should ceaselessly pass along, and eo It has -passed along. Men of Yalo '44 have grown old, died, the resting places of the claaal ter have become fewer and'further between, but the letter duly arrived hero. As he had done for years, John Dana -tore oft the letter he -wrote last year, read with pleasure, now with pain, tho information that had been gathered in a twelvemonth, wrote new letter, tacked it to tho others, and tho letter to Abner Rico, at Lee, In this State.

Mr. Rice, who belongs to a distinguished family New England; did what Mr. Dana did. And eo the letter tauk The goes. I One hundred and tour men graduated from Tale In the class of '44.

Oi those torty are alive. Here are somo of them: John Dana, ot Worcester, Mass.l Augustus A. Colomoii, Birmingham. Abner Bice, Lee, Mans, i Isaac Atwater, Henry Smith, PlantRvlUo, secretary of tho class; the Rev. Qeorge 8, F.

Savage, Chicago; Arthur M. Ward, Newark, N. Edwin Wright, Somervillo, Bdwaivl Breed, Pasadena, and the Rev. Oharles Meeker, Railway, N. "POUR OUT THE POPE'S BLESSIHGS." Thin the Holy Father Said AVhem Told of Canon Oeeaire'o 143 and Archbishop Paul Bruohesl, of Motf- i treal, arrived on La Champagne day.

While In Rome he discussed with the Pope the Manitoba school question. "Tho Pope has condemned the present 3 Non-Sectarian School law," he said, "and sustains the church In opposition to non-sectarian schools. The holt hour a day provided far the religious Instruction of Catholic children does not satisfy the oh'uroh. Since the law has been In ofteot the number of children In parochial schools has fallen off. Catholics are not placing In the Dominion Parliament.

The ratio of Catholics to' Protestants In the Parliament aa 4 to 7." The Popo sent his blessing to Bishop Moreau, Dean of the' Archbishopric), who IB seventy-five years old, and to Bishop Lafleche, of Three Rivers, who eighty. When told that Canon Deoalre had 143 nephews and nieces the Pope "What, 143? Then gather them altoi gather when you return and POUT out we blessing upon 1 Oanon.Deoa.lre and Canon Couelneau, of Montreal, and Father Marre, og at. Joseph's Seminary of Yonkers, mat 'Archbishop, He went to No. 631 Bast Blgfoty-slx'th street, the Home ot (ha BlotPra of TO PROMOTE JBIUDQB Majority It, to Act. The last the present br truuteoft will be hold, to-day.

Ttt tlqn to the promotion of larij ber ppUo.