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THE WORLD; SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1896. MET say as little as possible. however, reverting Inside Story of the Treatment that Made Maniacs of Several of the Irish-American "Convicts in English Cells. JOHN DALY'S TERRIBLE STORY OF SUFFERING. Indignities Heaped Upon the Prisoners During Their Years of Incarceration That Slowly but Steadily Robbed Them of Their Reason, There was a shock of indignation throughout the country a few weeks flgo when Dr.

Thomas Gallagher, the Irish-American political prisoner, arrived on tho St. Paul a drivelling idiot. The wretched spectacle which tho once robust and successful physician presented as he was forced away from the pier by the enthusiastic friends who went to greet him awoke the sympathje.s of everybody who of the event in Tho World. A week or so later, when JahiKMur- phy, alias Albert George Whitehead, another of the prisoners, arrived in the tame pitiable plight, the feeling of uignation became more Intense, and said when they discussed ihe subject: "England's method of suh- uuing Irishmen is evidently a successful one. They must hammer those poor devils into madness." Neither Gallagher nor Whitehead was a condition to tell what sort of treatment they had received In the cells of the convict establishments of Chatham and Portland.

They showed by their horror at eyen the mention of the names of'these places that the tales told of the Black Hole of Calcutta might in a measure apply to the prison Institutions conducted by Mr. John Bull, who, Bible in hand, seeks to evangelize all tho world. One Sunc RInii Among- Them. Fortunately In the batch of prisoners who were cllschergcd there was one man who through all the vicissitudes and persecution to which he had been subjected managed to preserve his senses. That was John Daly.

Me Is an educated, somewhat taciturn. Irishman and a gentleman by birth and association. Of all the prisoners scooped in by the Scotland Yard scare hunters In 1SS3, he wus believed to bn least Innocent of any connection with or intent to commit a crime, iftr. Daly is now at his native home in Limerick. James F.

Eprnn, who wnp in prison with Daly and is in this country as a delegate from the Amnesty Association -of Great Britain, has been In correspondence with Mr. Daly. In one of his letters Mr. Egnn informed Mr. D.ily thai It would Interest Americans very much to know just the sort of things that were done to the Irishmen in prison.

"How wcro our brothers driven mad?" was Mr. Esau's qucn-y, "Write me a full account of'it." Mr. Daly's reply came along in duu tcourse. It is a record of barbarous and treatment. It has been placed the disposal of The World, and is practically reproduced here.

-JMr. Daly starts denying that he ever countenanced, much less participated in a dynamite "It Is poor satisfaction at this late date," he writes, "ijp realize that my innocence has been believed in for many years, but even that crumb of comfort Is welcome after shut up in the living tjmbs of and Portland. JjjyLiiki! Uovrii) II In vie Cloud. hardly kiijw how to describe my firit sensations when I found myself a man after Ihe twelve years and siK i-Mldnths which 1 spent in those dismal Jhaans. 1 cannot seb the beginning of that 'Ule in prison; I cannot keep track of It.

lt is jm-il .1 horrid black cloud from -which apparently emerged. have somehow "Everything seemed too confusing, too dazzling, just after 1 found myself released. Now nil Is delightful, but 1 could pick out my lirst sensation, find was a peculiar one. It wa.s the sensation of hearing women's voices, with their Koftn.t?!.i=?, "their melody, their musle, after all these years of tho harsh voices of the wardens in Chatham ana Portland. "Of course, you remember the events that led to my conviction and rny hasty icmoval to Chatham Prison as soon as the sentence was passed.

The usual course w.th penal servitude prisoners Is to take them to Pentonville. where they serve out the nine months' probation, as d. after penal e. was no Pentonville in my case. It would have been too merciful, perhaps.

Instead, I was bundled oft to Chatham, it at least broke the monotony that was already begl lining to wear upon mo. I was placed in the carpenter's shop. routine of tho i''j 1 led for I cannot help, to one period in my prison experience. I was trotible.1 Ircadfiuly with dysentery. One day '-he ucmptiuiruler, or convict assi.slant.

of apothecary, sent me some medicine. I- was In my ceil instead of being in the infirmary. I mmed lately after drinking the medicine I was selacd with retching, I called for the doctor. Xext day I got a similar dose. The effects were worse than on the- previous day.

the ofTiclals sent In a hurry for the doctor. Jrfo used the stomach pump. Tincture of bellaclona was found among the ingredients of the medicine. That is a deadly poison. Of course, the com- pounder said it was a mistake.

That aw the Vast of it. At that juncture 1 was so ill that my friends were summoned in haste to the prison. Worked, in Aft-oiay. "Peter dalhighan, another Irish prisoner, suffered frnm but lie had to work with pick and shovel de- spile that fact. One day he threw down his tools, owing the agony from which he Ib- was promptly jumped upon and kicked by tlie warders.

"Tlie re were number loss instances of that sort, but these will tc in rnefisure Ihe sort of abuse- lo which wo were subjected. For niv part, I felt keenly the degradation uf Die naked search. Livery prisoner has to submit to this process four times a ye.ar. There wan nt) limit to tho number" of times it tried upon us. Often I have been into tlie bathroom and there eom- to strip naked.

Then a caXnis WfiniLr orders you to hold up your Imiil.s. Your clothes are searched piet-c piece. may bo Your nearly twelve years afterwards began. I teeth may bo rattling "I was strong, vigorous and hcoJthy castanets, and the bitin when committed to prison. My experience was a sense or nausea when the horrible morning bread and cocoa wore served to me.

I could not devour the stuff. The beyond the possibility of description; and the can imagine Its odor Is capable of reaching you in New York like a pair of draughts may first be curdling up your blood, but the ward- or goes leisurely on with his lask, and then returns your clothes. There is a search with on four times a day. One would think that was sufncieiit. As for the chanoe of concealing anything which wou.11 enable a prisoner to escape from Portland, It might as well JOHN DALY, RELEASED IRISH POLITICAL PRISONER.

He tells the story of Iho sufferings which drove- the other Irish prisoners insane. Tho starvation, abuse and ignominy heaped upon the men were such, he says, that reason bad to give way. even at this late date. Soon the food, or rather lack of food, began to toll upon me, and felt that my constitution was being gradually weakened. be expected that a lost soul could get out of hell Itself.

Tlie Craving for "Persons outside of "I was always hungry, xo hungry that Persons outside of a prison 3 walls the very sight of broad began at length often notice tile peculiar air Oi slil.nt-ss to be welcome, and when I trained my- lnat hangs over such an ostall shment. self Into eating it I found thai il not. enough. was fo The tlutight may arise, 'Well, the poor devils in there get relief in sleeping hours, at any Sad fallacy! There Is no sleep in Chatham for the Irish lhat feeling of constant hunger lasted prisoners, at least. These men are, as I a year or HO, and then I craved no have stated, in the punish Appetite Worn Away.

longer My appetite had been killed and I cared not whether I ever again partook of a morsel to eat. "Hardened prisoners in durance for vicious crimes received better treatment Sonrdiow the than we Irish prisoners, wardens took more while we lived on those malefactors had touches of kindness shown to them never displayed towards us. "The empty fcelinE In the Hnglish punishment cells. There arc ten of thorn. Kvery hour durlng the night a warder comes around with a bull's-oyo lantern.

He raises a trap in the rjoor. Hashes Iho light on Iho sleep. UK prisoner's face, wails unli; tlie prisoner movos, then lots the prison stornaeh is a curious thing. They dish out moss In those establishments which Is known as plum duff. It is made of a sort of rough grain known as mixed with greasy fat and boiled In a cloth.

It is'of the consistency of India rubber. Yet this is a prison delicacy for two reasons. First, it is, lilling and removes that feeling of emptiness; second. It Is hard lo digest, so it lasts In tho stomach time. "There is one Inducement about the kindly to them, and i trap drop with a Kloep! ho, sooth- as best wo might, in? word! lion tlie Portland denizens love to think of an unbroken night'" sleep! "It is this spirit, of petty oppression.

this system of nagging, of degradation, of insult, of violence, of me lack of a friendly word, of the deprivation df a comfortable night's rest, that works upon the minds of the prisoners. The more they realize that rl this is earner 1 unjustly 'the more it affects them. Do you wonder thev go mad?" Tlio riot Trnji J'urneli. Mr, Daly In another letters tells for the tirst time the particulars of the plot which hatched to get him to bread and waler dlol. Th.it is that mplicate Mr.

PaiMel! in the Phoenix broad allowjnce Is Increased. Some i Park bulchery. prisoners are so desperate that they pur- "One duy," says Mr. Daly, "probably posely incur this punishment in order to get the extra bread. "This bread nnd waler treatment is a terrible thing for sensitive persons.

It means that one is taken to a dark cell whore all his clothing with the exception of the trousers removed and it is after which They arc shipped borne away. There he Is shut in wlth- to some penal establishment. There out a thlnpr the place except a wooden where I did my nine months confinement. solitary The Grinding Monotony. "When In this benignant land, where one hears so much of justice and mercy, a.

prisoner does 'solitary' It means that he Is kept in his narrow, ill-ventilated, ill-drained, Ill-lighted and 111- Emelllng cell twenty-three hours and twenty minutes out of the twenty-four. The prisoner gets ten minutes tor religious worship and thirty minutes for exercise. The the mark- consists of walking around within an in- closed yard in single a distance of six feet intervening between each' on which ha may sit. Ij'Hetl to lireud uinl Water. "I had plenty of experience of this bread and water regimen.

When being searched one day, a bit of pencil and a about six and a half years ago, 1 was -summoned to the Governor's room. There was a stranger thore, a man 1 never recollected having seen before. He said something about an inquiry or Parliamentary commission boing then in session In London and broadly hinted that: I was In possession of information which would secure me the good graces of the Government -f I would only testify. I simply remarked that I was pro- pa.red to rot In prison rather than state anytr.inr;- which might In any way Indicate that I had been engaged in an unlawful business. 'I shall force slip of paper were found in my clothes, he said.

I was then taken back to my For this I got thirteen days bread and water. I at that time suffered from flatulency, and as even my suspenders were taken from me I had to-button my trousers round my stomach. The strain was terrible to bear. "Harry Wilson, another of the Irish prisoners, served twenty-three days on bread and water because a bit of newspaper was found in the chapel one day after service. It wits alleged that Wilson had dropped the paper, and when he was taken before the Governor, he was sentenced to punishment though he pro- orlsoner Hands are he'd behind the en i Bno puniBiimum inougn ne pro Not I lip a must 1 If one ffimIL PS SSM 0 wK 'b upon, by the Warden, who 1 stands armed In the centre of the revolving circle of debased humanity.

If that official is exceptionally brutal it will go hard with tlie luckless offender. If he should be only the ordinary, brutalized, lower- class Englishman he see that bread arid water is the victim's fare for a term varying from one to twenty-tiiree "In the cell my time was busily occupied teasing oakum. This is the most dreadful work at which a prisoner can be employed. The process Is so mono- tdnous that it is maddening. Tarred rope that has done service on shipboard for many years and is hardened by wind and weather is cut into pieces of about -one foot in length.

These pieces have to be torn apart by the prisoners and teased with the fingers until the result is a pile of oakum. This oakum is for- wbrded to Her Majesty's dockyards to be. used in calking the ships that carry tlie English, flag all over the seas. "The usual quantity of oakum to be picked in a day is three and a half After the first day or so my lingers bled, and the work became so giairiful that the doctor, very mercifully rdered my reduced to one pound. lacerated ringers could not even perform that task, and after a couple of flays on bread and water, which failed to cure my fingers, the oakum picking was stopped.

my probation ended and I was considered well enough broke in to tfdie my place the garroters, highwaymen and murderers, 1 was asigned a number and bacame B6S. Your (Bgan's) number was 561. We had 1 was no longer John Daly after the number 'was given to Personality entirely disappeared. "I'Was glad of the change at first, lor the way. "I remember once that warder tucked the bedclothes round prisoner to protect him from the dr ital pr raught that blew hither and For this bit of attention the warder was dried one shilling and sixpence.

The prisoner was not nn Irishman either. He died a few days later. "I have Known an Irish prisoner to get bread and water for whispering, 'How are to another prisoner. His lips were observed moving by an observant- warder and the ss'mpathetlc fellow was walked downstairs. "I saw another Irish prisoner put on bread and water for turning his head while, at religious service.

It needed little or no pretext to punish us. That was why, probably, we were kept in the penal cells right along instead of in the halls' where the cells are so much more comfortable. WhiteliulHl ClloKcil In HIM Cell. "There la very little ceremony in deal- Ing with the Irish prisoners. I incident which illustrates this.

One- day poor, demented Whitehead committed a slight infraction of the rules. He taken to a punishment cell. No sooner was he Inside the door than two warders seized him. One held his -hands while the other caught him by the windpipe and nearly choked him to death. "Though it was well known throughout Portland Prison, to which we had been transferred, that Dr.

Gallagher was insane, the brutal authorities kept on punishing him for infractions thn prison rules. It will never be known how much the poor fellow suffered, for I do not jthlnk he will ever be in a condition tell It. He rarely a week without 'being subjected to so'me sort of humiliation, "Of my' own sufferings It Is well to cell. "Later on I got word from a warder one day that Mr. Plgrott, of Dublin, wanted to see me.

I had known Pigott well. He was a trusted friend of Ireland when I knew him. But I had been in prison seYtn years and knew absolutely nothing of the outside world when he called. I intuition a misgiving. I could not get the idea out of my head that the Pigott who had called to see -me was not the same Pigott I had known when I was a free man.

1 therefore asked for a week to. consider. At the end of' that time I said he might call. I wish note at this point that the Parliamentary commission to Innuire into the charges made by the LonAm Tlnms was then in session, but I did not know it. PigoU'N 311 KH I on Fulled.

"Pigott srnors called. I met him in the Gov- 1 room in the presence of the Deputy Governor. I was on my mainly on account of the indescribable feeling to which I have referred. 'He suggested, rather than asked, that I knew all about the Phoenix Park crime. I fought off all knowledge of that deed and he well knew it was entirely out of the question that I could have had any cornectlon with it.

he said, 'Parnell has laid the deed at tho door of the Fenians. You are a Fenian. You know that Is all wrong. It was a job, wasn't It? 1 "I stopped him suddenly and said that It was not the work of the Fenians. 'You know I said.

'As to Its being a Parnell job I know "He evidently exmcted that being a Fenian, would resent the accusation wrongfully ascribed to Parnell, nnd that I In return would thro'w the odium of the whole on the leader of the Irish Parliamentary forces. It failed, however. "A few I had another caller. This was Detective Inspector Littlechild. His mission was smooth over the tracks for he said that nobody had been authorized to suggest protection to me in the event of my making any statement.

Of course his plan was very transparent ar.d he wont -away without anything further than the expression of my per- scnal contempt fpr him and the methods of Scotland Yard." Mr. Daly adds that these are to bo made the subject of another Parliamentary Ingulry which may prevent his vlaft to America' fo'r some time. was apparently to -acks of the other two, Residents of East Twenty-sec- OIK! Street Bitterly Complain, POOR PAYIGG RUINS TRADE. Tiie Block Bstween Second and Third Avenues Practically Impassable for Months. SUFFERERS WILL AGAIN APPEAL, iiny Acciili-ulM Said Haw Itrc-n ('tiiiMcd by I lu- Rf-imv of l.isU'M A more disgusted lot of citizens than those living in Twenty-second street, between Second und Third avenues, it would lie hard to lind.

From early Ma-ell to the present dato tho Mock has been subjected to a continual tear- ens, ripping, process, that has almost entirely trafiic and business trom Iho istrf-et, and tins brought some of the merchants to thu verge of ruin. It was In the very beginning of Spring when a contractor undertook to lower the sewfr that through that street, and within a wo-k 100 foot of the sewer had been laid bare and the disturbed paving deposited in front of the houses and stores. From that moment woe h.is iicen iiiu I ock. For morirns the work went on, or, rather, according to thu neighbors, it didn't go on. The hot Summer sun beat down upon exposed sower ind drainage pipes, and loose gas-Impregnated earth, and disease and, us luri-iidy told In The World, da nil cume In the wake of disaster to thn unfortunate residents.

Complaints n-orp sent to the ilealth and Public Dr-partmpnts, the Hgiu takon uyt by The World, and after much delay, suffering and loss to thn nplghDorho.ifl, tho work was com- is 'o say, tho sewer has boon properly lovorod and the ugly gap In again. Hut instead of tho fino, ovon asphalt p.iviug thai had mado the street favorite- with whoolmon, there la now an unsightly of a.spbalt and paving blocks. A hulnp-backod, i-jrlgo of cobblestones practically divides Iho strool in two from avenue, to avenue, like a mountain rangn with its and its ravines. The street though apparently open to traflie, really offers little inducement to Iho passage of vehicles of any kind, and the neighbors sa I hat many daring drivers and bicyclhus, w4io have ventured Into it, have mot with dlsafUer. ''iro Kngino No.

Hi, on iis way to a lire Wednesday night, narrowly escaped complete v.rock by be.nsr hurled from a pile of cobblestones against a lamppost near Second avenue. Accidents lo bicyclists are less f-reqtient now because bicyclists avoid the- street, and this very natural action on their part has caused great damage to the Barnard Bicycle Company nt No. 230, whoso managers are considering the advisability of suing the city for the loss A bicycle, shop on a badly paved street Is as useless as a horseshoeing establishment at sea, and to make matlers worse, the McKlnley bicycle parade of tho Fourteenth Assembly District which was to start from JJo. will have to find a now starting point on account of the condition or iho street. Bernard Blmberg, tho grand marshal of the parade, and George Kelly, President of the apsoc.ation, arc getting up a.

monster circular of protest lu Mayor. Thorn isi a big factory building near tho Third avcnno ond of the block, and the neighbors say that city officials have promised to.al tend lo iho paving as soon as this building is completed, as al present tho, work on I he building, it is asserted, interferes with any work on the pavement. BB.EWEKS MUST PAY 8100,000. Mix-hint' ThiM Ofmanit, ivlili a Threat of $1,000 Mr. Platt Is not looked upon us an asy boss by tho brewers since they learned what was expected of them for tha Republican Campaign fund this year.

Tho demand is for I lip brewers assort, und It Is ao by the throat from high authority in the local Republican machine that if the money Is not forthcoming the price' of licenses will be put up to $1,000 nuxi winter. "And of course we've got lo pay it," sale', a orewor yof.teroay,""fur«*v,o 'can't stand ana raise on licenses, as we'll soon have to give the licenses to our customers and take the chance of gelling the money back on our beer. They us In their power, and they know "The matter of the assessment is now Before the Brewers' consideration, I going to say, but there ri.j consideration about it, "The amount will be assessed on the arewers according to their output, and Jie mor.ey will be paid, you bet." MOSS SUED FOB SLANDER. Jmra'ell with Falsely AcciiHliiff V. UiiMtod of a Peter V.

Husted, who has an action pending in the Supreme Court to from his daughter, Mrs. Octavia A. Moss, the wife of Theodore Moss, has begun action against Mr. Moss to recover $50,000 for alleged slander. The suit against Mrs.

Moss is for alleged services In endeavoring to find traces of her former husband, Samuel Colt. It Is said that Huated had some business relations with the late Maurice B. Flynn, who married a daughter of Mr. Moss. Husted claims In his suit against Moss that the latter publicly accused him, while standing In front of the JSoultable Building, of forgad tile name of Flynn to a note.

HOW TO MARKET FOR BOARDERS. A Vi'tornii in tile Hllnllie.lK IH-oflUtlilc for Ill'KlniKTN. A bonrding-house keeper who hat known all tho visslcituclos of making 1 a living at that occupation In this city, and who has prospered, was giving advice to a young widow who wanted to invest $2,000 drawn from her husband's Insurance policy in the same calling. "In the first place, my dear," said the veteran, get your rent off your mind for a year in advance. Then you can devote your entire time to making your house comfortable and your table good.

Hy the end of one year you wilt know whether you want to stay in tl'ic business or not. I am not i-oins to tc.ll you hnw to avoid boarding-house beats. We all of us have to lilul that out from ex- 1 have never met two women who gave the same experience. "You will either go to the rocks or Hiii'eeed from the way you do your Go to market yourself at least once a week, pay cash for your goods until vou have established good crsHlH. and never leave a tradesman without good reason.

1 have had the same butcher for twenty years. I go to stall early In the morning when I know that he has time to attend to me. tie gets me a flour barrel for 10 cents trom a neighboring grocer. 1 buy enough meat to last me three or four clays, or perhaps a week, and see it safely put away in the bottom of the barrel. "Then I go to tho other stalls, buy what I want, and have it sent forthwith to the butcher's.

As it Is delivered he packs it away In the barrel for me. Celery, lima beans, a box of this and a basket of tn-it are easily disposed of. I manage to get all my purchases in before the butcher's wagon starts on its Hrst uptown round. My goods are delivered promptly, 1 get the best, and am Independent of the corner grocer. saves great wear and tear on the nerves and you are sure to please your boarders." BUBGLABS FRUSTRATED.

Sliimlile Upon nn Attempted lioolliifv of CJodiliiK Store. A bold haul would have been made by east side burglars yesterday morning had not the police appeared on the scene opportunity. Had the burglars planned their robbery fifteen minutes earlier Jacob Hymea, clothier, of Mo. Itti Sheriff street, would have been about poorer than he is. Policeman McDermott, of the Union -Market Station, passing by Hymes's store, saw that the door bore marks of an unusual character.

He investigated and discovered It unlocked. Inside there was considerable disorder. -Mel ii'rmott rapped for assistance, and Koiindsman John Kirzlnger and two pa- ii clmrn answered. In the mean time McDermott had made an examination, lie found a big bundle of ready-made clothing lying in the rear of the store, apparently having been prepared for removal. Tho door at the rear of the i-laee was open.

In the yard were more bundles and in the yard of Xo. Ill Sheriff street and In the next yard adjoining there were several packages, all hurriedly prepared for rapid They wen all carried into the store by the pnlleemen, and Mr. Hynirs, who iivrs nvrr his business, was summoned and loid to -make jin inventory, which with the result that he found l' bis property was missing. The luuld lind no trace of the burg- EIGHTS OF CEEDITOBS. 1 al- AiljiiHlril tin lo Priority.

l-'ranklin Hien was appointed receiver fur the Casino Theatre Company some time ago for tho purpose of protecting the interests of all those concerned in the litigation river the property. The State Trust Company holds a mortgage on the chattels and leasehold of the Casino Company, given to secure 5125,000 of bonds Trie enattels and scenery, valued at about were stored with the Herald Squiire Storage Warehouse Company, of which A. Itynan Maxwell is President. Maxwell lias a lien of on this property. After default had been made on the interest of the Casino Company's bonds the State Trust Company sued in the Supreme Court Tor the foreclosure of tho mortgage.

This suit brought, up the question of the priority of the liens on the property. Justice Heekman has given judgment for tile foreclosure and holds that Maxwell's lit with regard to the e.hruiels is paramount to that of the trust company, while I he (rust company's lien with regard to Iho leasehold precedence over the liens of Maxwell and the other defendants in action. -WANT WORK FOB ARMENIANS. WILDEY'S FINE DONATION. HaiiclHomc I'niiiliiiK for tlie Commercial IJJg Fulr.

F. Wildey 1ms addressed a communication to the Director-General of the Commercial Travellers' Fair, in which he donates to the painting entitled In the Barnyard," by A. F. Herring, sr. This picture Mr.

Wildey says he bought fifteen yearn ago, and is valued at 1 $5,000. The fair will be held in' Madison Square Garden, Dec. 15 to 28, for the purpose or obtaining money to complete the National Home for Commercial Travellers, at.Binghamton. Cold Clones nil ISye for Frerl HOIIHU. Fred House, of the law flrnvof House Grossman, wears a patch over his right' eye, the result of a cold that has closed that member.

On Monday he will be on hand in the General Sessions to defend, the Barberl woman. TniHlc AskH Hmivlovmrii for ItI'i'nweeN, for 1 nunIjivru 11 (H. The World has received a letter from Chairman of the ICxec- itlve Corr rnitlee of the National Armen- an Belief Comitlee, who writes to cor- what he calls a popular misapprehension w'llh regard to noo have reached Marseilles, some of whom are des.rous of ultimately set- ing Iri- the United States." Mi-. Trask says the Armenians who will come here are skilled artisans and hrifty laborers, escaping from the recent massacres in their native land. They are not to be classed as immi- gtants.

but victims of political pertsecu- t.on, compelled to flee for their lives." II would be monstrous," says Mr. Trask, "for these few, who have escaped as brands from the burning, to he placed back again in the furnace of persecution, cruelty and outrage which would await them In Turltey." All those who can give these men employment on farma, In factories or In families are urged to write to F. D. Greene, No. C3 Bible House, New York.

WHY BRODSKY DECLINED. Smiling- Wife Snlcl lie Shouldn't Kc-eiiter PolltH-n. Smiling Johnny Broclsky, who recently moved to Harlem, was called up on the telephone yesterday by Tammany Leader Martin Bngel. said Engel, "I want you to be the Tammany candidate for Assembly. In the Eighth.

What do you say?" "What is the assessment?" was asfted. "Not a cent," came the reply. "But I moved out of your district," said Brodsky sadly. "You were born there," said Engcl, "and that's enough for me." "Well, I'll see what my wife says," said Brodsky. opposed to me entering politics again.

I'll let y'ou know in half an hour." This message from Brodsky came at the time stated. "My wito says no, and that settles It. Maybe next year." Stom Somnl-Money AVorkf-rn. Stern Brothers employees' McKlnley and Hobart Campaign Club will hold Its first public meeting at Tuxedo (formerly Jaeger's) Hall, Madison avenue and Fifty-ninth street, Monday, Oct. 6, at 8.30 P.

M. Eminent speakers will address the meeting. The club, composed of employees of Stern Brothers in West Twenty-third street, has been organized less than two weeks and now has 300 members. It is growing rapidly. Meetings will be held twice a week during the campaign.

li'iimlM for Cuban A delegation from the International Red Cross Society has just arrived here from Havana to collect a fund to keep up its work In Cuba. The President, Treasurer and Secretary of the delegation came to The World office yesterday to pay their respects to the editor. They are Signers Poliearpo Lujan, Abelardo Ferrer and Gustavo Lopez. The headquarters of the delegation have been established at No. R3 West Fourteenth'street.

Bread and Meat Given Day to tlie Needy from a Saloon Door, CARCERY'S SPLEKD1D CHARITY. At Break of Day a Line of Gaunt and Hungry Folk Await the Appearance of His Jolly Facs, NO PERSON SENT MAY WANTING FOOD. Ic-iT ''arof-ry IK McxloHl anil rrnlNc for What He IH a Mt're Every day the line forms early. The milkman has not rubbe.d all the "sleepy" from his eyes, nor the pretty girl in the bakeshop begun to take the papers from her hair. It Is the hour when the smell of frcish-baked rolls Is in the air and the march of the dinner-pail brigade sounds on the pavements.

In front of a small but prosperous- looking saloon in the middle of the block, far over on the. east side oE Seventy-fifth street, Is found this constantly lengthening line. Kvery day it seems a little longer. Every day It seems more pitiful. There are gaunt faces In it.

Faces bearing the war maps of misery engraven upon lhe.m. Some of them are worn on tramp-like looking men who probably have fallen to their low state through drink, though there may be exceptions who are simpiy victims of Some belong to women wearing shawls abont Ihe.r heads and skirls of tawdry stuff. Perhaps they keep boarding-houses. They don't look as if they made a fortune at it. Most pitiable of all tho faces are those of little faces and brazen Whatever stories lie behind them, it seems a sad and almost or.initial thing that they should become Inured to beggary at so early an ago.

Tho habit of accepting alms is cultivated without trouble, but when once acquired it needs a miracle to shake it off. Such Is tho line In Seventy-fit'! street. Presently Iho saloon door opens and 11nrr C.ircery, Iho presiding genius of the place, appears at the opening. He Is fat and Jolly. 1-1 la rubicund pli.z shines with joy as he notes tho extent CATS THAT SAIL THE OCEAH BLUE.

The Captain of (lie Jolui McDonald IN Fond of Pctw anil IM The good American ship John McDonald, belonging to Flint which dropped anchor off Liberty island yesterday, 121 days from Honolulu, pi-ob- ably 'has as fine a crew of cats as ever shipped before the mast. First, tnero is Sister, a black and white cat, which has sailed several voyages with Capt, Storer. Sister went ashore In the Sandwich Islands, with the captain's permission. She. was back promptly when her shore liberty had expired.

When tho John McDonald lay at San Francisco, a friend sent Capt. Storer a liUlo eage labelled "Wild Animals." Two black kittens of a California dwarf sue- des were in It, At Honolulu, as all hands were taring: down and painting ship, one of the dwiirf kittens pneaked into the bos'n's loukL-r thirsty and foil into a bucket of black paint. The kitten had had a white spot on her breast, but she was all black after that. Then the sailors called one dwarf Nigger and the other Paint Pot. On the last night Able Seaman Morrison was ashore at Honolulu, he saw a fine maltose kitten in front of a Chinaman's store.

shanghaied the kitten, mow known as Tom, and the dude cat of the ship. The John McDonald had also two 'Frisco dogs, Patsey, "a proper looking mongrel dog," says Able Seaman McMahon, and Nell, a beauty. Both died at sea. Mate Nicholson tried to make Pat- aey stay aft, but he preferred the fo'kslc, where there was music and life. When the mate showed a whip Patsey would race aft as If twenty sea devils were after him.

The sailors say they like the John McDonald, Capt. Storer conducts religious services every Sunday morning, and the crnw do not have to work on that day after eight bells of the morning watch. CMGES IK GEHERfcL SESSIONS. Counsel for I oners to HHVC tlie IIH the. OiNtriet-Atiorney'H OUloe.

The room in tho new Court building- for Part of General Scs- siorts has boen completed and will be opened to-morrow by Recorder Uoff. It will surprise the public, ft has been arranged in a novel manner from plans prepared under Recorder Goffs direction, and differs materially from the court-rooms occupied by the oil or Judges In the court-rooms the lawyers for the defendant have to defend their clients from outside the railing occupied by the Attorney's In the court-room thv rk'lVndfint's lawyer and the District Attorney aiv provided for on tho level, each having a small incIoHuro on of the witness, who will reutly in front of the jury box, instead of at thf end of it. as in the 1 old rooms. Another innovation is no position of tho stenographer. In Ihu old court- DR.

E. DENHARD AND HIS STRING OF FISH. This is not a lish slory if It does treat of fish. It has the supporting evidence of ihe trulhful camera lo back it, and if that is not sufficient there is the real thing stuffed and varnished lo make assurance doubly sure. It is many a year since striped bass were caught in Groat South Bay.

Last year a whopper was caught off Babylon. And now copies Dr. C. B. Denhard, of this city, with a winning on a bass line as big as the canital prize in the Louisiana Lottery.

He was tne guest ol Fred Grassmuck, of the Dauntless Rowing Club, at Bay Shore. They went fishing in the Skip Jack. Somewhere between the beach and land the Doctor got a nibble. It was a gigantic one. For forty minutes he fought the striped prize.

Nothing but the rarest skill would have landed him. But Dr. Denhard won the bout, with only a 12-ounce rod to help him, and when the monster was weighed and measured was found to be 4S 1-2 inches long, 30 inches round the middle and weighed close upon 44 pounds avoirdupois. The big fish WOH( two-thirds as lone as its captor. oft the waiting line.

The longer the better seems to be his motto. To each applicant is given a generous hunk of rye bread and something in the meat line. It may be a bit of bp- logna sausage or a chunk of boiled shoulder, or perhaps a bit of corned beef. It Is enough to make a substantial breakfast off, anyway, and Is clean and wholesome enough for any man. Herr Carcery Is very diffident about his charity.

It- la nothing, he says. Just the remnants of the lunch that he did not sell to the customers of his saloon the day before. He used to do- it when he kept free lunch, and he has kept up the custom now that he is forced to charge for sandwiches and pies. It wouldn't do, yon know, he says with a merry twinkle, to keep stale bread and meat for his good customers. Might as well give them away to the needy poor as throw them into the swill can.

Hey? -And then the saloon-keeper laughs merrily. But every one knows who" has an eye to see with that it is no remnants of a saloon lunch which supplies this line of heed. It. takes half a barrel ot bread every day to fill the bill, to say nothing of the pounds of sausage or meat. Herr Carcery's little fiction deceives no one, but a very comertdable fiction it is, for he does not wish to pose as a philanthropist, but performs his little work of- charity as unostentatiously as he can.

Doctor to Sue the City. City Physician Owen J. Ward has brought nn action through his lawyer, William Steele Grey, to recover J2.QOO from the city for services. Dr. Ward was a witness in insanity cases, but the District-Attorney is unable to pay him because the contingent fund has run out.

The doctor will get a judgment, as the claim has been vouched for by the District-Attorney. ItemM ot City Revenue, The Croton water receipts last week were $84,115.41. Mayor's Marshal Healy Issued 411 Ili-en-es arfj ro'lf rooms he sits alongside of the witness. In the new one he will sit directly In front of the witness, the latter talking to tho jury over the head of the stenographer. Beginning to-morrow, five criminal courts, four in General Sessions and the criminal branch of the Supreme Court, will be in session.

Over twenty-five murder cases will be tried in the latter court before Justice Smyth. Another In General Sessions will be the appearance of all the attendants In uniforms similar to those worn in the Supreme Court. THE CHOPPER AND NICKEL. Tlie Clioiiper WIIB Hoiirst, lint He Couldn't 'I'llI He Wnutc'rt To. It was at a station on the downtown slfle of the Third avenue elevated railroad, A hurrying passenger dropped a coin.

It roiled Into' an obscure corner. He searched for it, but had to hurry away to catch his train, leaving the coin behind him. The ticket chopper had sat Sphinx- like during this performance. There was a look on face. His eyes saw nothing.

But, Just as soon as the coast was clear, he left his seat, ran into the station and pocketed the missing coin, giving a broad wink to the ticket He had sean the coin as it rolled But findings are keepings in the niinds of some men and honesty is very flexible. Pope Leo's Indulgence as to Abstinence Variously Interpreted, ISSUED TO WORKIKG CLASSES," Some Held that It Was Meant to Apply to All Who Labored for a LiYlelhood. MATTER VMS AGAIN TAKEN TO ROME, Holy (lint rtruin Workers iVot Included and to General l.H\vsl, Much uncertanty has existed among Catholics, lay and cleric, in this country for a venr past, as to the proper interpretation of the indulgence ot Pope Leo XIII. on the subject of abstinence. This indult was in answer to a.letter from the archbishops and bishops of the United States to the Holy See more than a year ago, asking that the working classes in this country might be exempted from the laws of abstinence, as far as deemed wise, and giving their reasons therefor.

To this the Pope replied excepting the working classes. In this country from abstinence on all days of the year except Fridays, Ash Wednesday, the fasting days of Holy Week and tho vigil of (or day before) Christmas. This was all plain sailing, but the question was then raised as to who was Included the working classes. Some held that it Included all who worked for a living, whether by hand, or brain, and that the doctor, the lawyer, the clerk and the business man was as much exempt as the man who dug In the streets. This was the Interpretation placed upon the indult by many priests, while others held that It applied only to those engaged in manual labor.

To settle this point a second le.tter was sent, to Home, asking for further Instructions. Now, when Rome is asked question or receives a request, it answers that qucntion or that request, and goes no further. Tho Holy Pec had been asked to grant a to th3 working classes and the dispensation was granted to the working classes and to no others. In answer to the second tetter a r-ply camo that tho case of all others than those actually engaged In hard manual labor was sufficiently met by the general laws of the church on tha subject of abstinence. Of course, all Catholics understood that the edict did not affect the laws of fasting In any those who were, obliged to fast before were not released from that obligation.

It. onlj meant that working men and their families cat meat at the principal meal on all days of the year other than those mentioned, and that those not obliged to fast could have meat more than once. They also knew that Catholics may be dispensed from fasting or absta.ning from meat when It emails any great inconvenience or danger to health, and lhat nursing women, children, aged, sick or innrin or those e.ngaged in hard labor are not required co fast or abstain. But the scope of that phrase "working classe" was what Catholics everywhere in this country, especia.ly those who had not heard of the second letter lo Rome and the retily. In a letter to his clergy, under date ot Sept.

7, Archbishop Corrigan had this to say on the subject of the indults: I avail self of the opportunity, Rev. dual sir. 10 ht.irc! tlte Holy Father has recently empowered thG of the United to dispense the working dAsae from abstinence on all days of tile year except A-ill Wednesday, Holy Week and tile vigil of Uhrlst- In accordance witli this Rr.u'loii9 announce to youi- congregation tliat such dispensation Is hereby granted to the laboring with the provision that when tho hear! of the family makes use of such dispensation his entire household inc-Iutlod In the permission. Hesules working people, there are, no donht, many others whose occupations arc' lo Justify them In a from the law of abstinence. Aproved theologians lay down ihe rules to he followed ill uuch i-ases, and eonfeSiors will no doubt hear them In mind wllen consulted on the subject, would further rciiuest you.

Kev. iiir, to explain to your people at your convenience, the teaching of the church with to fasting and silncnce In reasons that exempt from the observance of the law, as well as thoso that are sufficient to warrant the seeking for a dispensation, so that consciences niay thus ba enluhtehed r.nd avoided A World reporter asked the Rev. Father Connolly, the Archbishop's secretary, who were included in this indult. "Only those engaged at hard labor," he 'Then it does not incvlude business Then it does not include business generally?" "No, certainly not, but in case of doubt it is the duty of. a Catholic to consult his spiritual adviser, and to be guided by him in such matters." 'TOO SAID SHEBHAN.

But Thomus J. Bradley Will, tlioIfBs, Opixisu- Tin: Campbell. Tim Campbell's opponent for Congress in the Ninth Congressional District will be Thomas J. Bradley. Campbell and Bradley are both in the Twelfth Assembly District.

Bradley was formerly a deputy assistant District-Attorney. The five Tammany district leaders who have the giving Of the nomination consulted with John C. Sheehan with the result that Bradley, who was waiting near by, was summoned. "Why, you're not eligible," said Sheer ban when he had surveyed Bradley. "A candidate for Congress must -be twenty-five years old." "But I'm twenty-six," who is youthful looking, "arid' I can bring the family Bible to prove It." So the nomination will be night at No.

209 East Broadway; Former Justice Joseph ICoch, who was to have been the-candidate but declined because of the changes in the election laws, will make the nominating speech, and It will be seconded by City Marshal Henry Loewy, Justice Goldfogle -and Alderman Noonan Prisoners' Annex to Special Setmlon When the new Criminal Court-House Vvas apened It was found that the quarters the Court of Special were inadequate. No temporary prison In which prisoners are detained ti. their arraignment had been bu'lt. James Langari, of the Criminal Building- squad, took the matter In hand, his supervision a place of detention has been constructed, and It will ibe In full swing In a few days. It ia connected by a private stairway with SOME POIl S1LVJ3R, GOLD.

SOME FOR. Gideon J. Tucker, constitutional lawyer, pendent Democrat, lor Bryan. A. pakey Hall, former Mayor, independent Democrat, for Bryan, W.

J. Ellis, former Mayor's secretary, Tammany, for Palme; 1 William MuM. Speer, Independent. Democrat; former Mayor's secretary, will votu and speak for Bryan. Thomas J.

Oilrov, former Mayor, Tammany 1 Hall, wilt voto against Bryan. John M'urphy, former O'Brien Democrat, will vote for Palmer. Max Wustrow, former Republican, will vote for Palmer. Hastus S. Ransom, former Surrogate, Is speeches for Brvan, Joseph BluroBntlml denies the report' at -tl sound-money and says that aUnda w' Tammany, na jio tn" for years,.