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BUFFALO EVENING NEWS: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1899. allotted time. "GEORGE ZURCHER." Then, after his sermon. Father Zurch er added the following personal re marks: EVERYBODY'S COLUMN. More men and women are troubled with weak and imperfect kidneys than with any othe; brm of disease.

Winter Has Come And we are prepared to rig you out with the handsomest and warmest clothing for the mere trifle of 50c to $1.00 a Week Come to the leaders. We guarantee our goods the newest and most stylish, our prices the lowest in the and our CREDIT the easiest in the world. You are welcome to select anything your heart desires of the choicest up-to-date Suits. Overcoats -and There, is but specific for the one known kidneys and and protection of employes. No longer are we to be pained by the sight of motormen standing hour after hour In the cold storms of winter, with no protection but their clothing.

It is a genuine pleasure to meet the employes now and note the difference in their present appearance and that of the past. The old tired, disheartened look that so often won our sympathies Is giving place to one of content and self-respect. Who can help saying, "God bless the persons who have brought this about?" Let us give praise where praise is due, and let It be known that the people of Buffalo recognize a god thing when they see It, and refiue the accusation that we are chronic grumblers. A few days since, In conversation with a resident of Utlra street may his tribe increase he made these remarks: "We that opposed laying tracks on our street are ashamed of ourselves now. The efforts the company have made to hasten the work, and so far as possible "respect the rights of residents and willingness to fill their part of the contract, has completely changed our attitude." People may say that the company can well afford to do all this, and more, for the valuable franchise the city has given It.

I do not doubt that. Still, us be grateful for the benefits we are receiving and give credit where credit Is due, and meet the present street railroad officials in the same spirit of fairness and consideration that they are showing, and appreciate the fact that they are giving as good. If not the best, street railroad In the world. I trust our real estate men and our Pan-American advertisers will not be sparing in their use of this fact. I would add that I have no Interest apart from that of every resident.

I write only as an observer. WEST SIDE. Buffalo, Nov. 11. 1899.

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Over 353 Main Street. know whether you permit me to state what I have preached last Sunday. Yours respectfully, GEORGE ZURCHER, Although Father Zurcher absolutely declined to talk, the inference is clear He did not appear before the Vicar General to disavow or retract what he had said. Instead, on the following Sunday (yesterday) he repeated, In pre else form, what he had said on the Sun day previous. From one of Father Zurcher's parish loners It was learned that he has not yet been suspended from his office, but no one would be surprised If the notice came any minute.

FOR TrtLDERS. Business Agent nrphy Says Hundreds of Men Will Soon Be Idle. (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) Martin Murphy, business agent for the Iron Molders' Union, says there are no idle molders In this section of the State, and that foundries are working night and day to fill the great number of orders on hand. When the present rush is over, Mr. Murphy says, there will be hundreds of idle molders in this city, and what will be done with them Is the problem now confronting labor leaders.

Mr. Murphy says the situation will cause trouble before It is satisfactorily adjusted. THREE KINDS OF MAILABLE- Postmaster Receives Ruling on Sending Postal Cards in International Mails, (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) Postmaster Dorr has received from the Postofflce Department a ruling with reference to the sending of cards through the International malls. In substance the ruling says that three kinds of cards are admlssable to the international mails, postal cards at two cents each, private mailing cards at two cents each, and printed cards at one cent each, provided nothing except the name and address of the sender and the address of the person to whom each card Is sent appears on the front of the said printed card. In the future all private mailing cards which do not bear the words, "Postal Card-Carte Postale," and ordinary printed cards having anything on their fronts in addition to the regular address and the name and address of the sender, will be charged letter postage.

KOCH HAD TO GET OUT. (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) Deputy Sheriff Trost this morning ousted Charles H. Koch from possession of a house and lot on Broadway, near Fillmore avenue, which was recently sold to the Buffalo City Cemetery under foreclosure proceedings. Trost said Koch refused to vacate until an order of the court was served upon him. One Flight Up.

Iroquois OPEN EVENINGS. DECLARED INSANE. Four Inmates of Hudson House of Refuge, Leaders of the Recent Riots. (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) ALBANY, Nov. 13.

Four of the principal rioters of the Insurrection which occurred recently at the House of Uef-uge for Women at Hudson have been declared insane by a local commission In lunacy and today removed to the Matteawan State Hospital for Insane Criminals, the findings of the commission having been approved by the court. Secretary Hebberd of the State Board of Charities, in connection with the above announcement, gave out a letter written by Adina Mitchell, superintendent of the Wittier State School at Los Angeles, addressed to Gov. Roosevelt, in which she extols the abolishment of corporal punishment as the means of disciplining girls and women. In her letter the superintendent says that an outbreak similar to the one at Hudson occurred in their Institution. "The result was," says the writer, "that the officers of the Institution who believed In corporal punishment could not control the school, and which terminated in an Insurrection.

After a great deal of difficulty I finally succeeded in employing women who were in sympathy with my methods. We then introduced a merit system suited to the conditions, not making the system so strong that we could not add to it, but from time to time making that stronger. "For the benefit of those who are against this atrocious and barbaric method of the treatment of the girls and women, I wish to Btate that the humane treatment given the unfortunates at Wittier and the complete abolishment of corporal punishment has been most successful." BOY CONFESSES TO JMURDER. Charles Cross Admits That He Killed Mrs. Sarah.

King of Stamford, Conn. Tw Yesterday's Last Edition.) STAMrORIr, Mov. 13. The inquest into the murder 4r. Sarah C.

King Is In progress this afternoon. Before the opening of the proceedings it was learned that Charles Cross, the 17-year-old chore boy who Is under arrest on suspicion, had made a confession to Detective Rogers of a private agency, the outline of which la that on the night in question he waited until Mrs. King had retired. He then entered her room and undertook to overpower her. She resisted fiercely, whereupon he hurled her to the floor and struck her head against the floor several times.

She became unconscious and he lifted her body to the bed, Immediately leaving the house to notify neighbors that the woman had been murdered. a a a in Health Department, While Not Alarmed, Thinks it Well to Use Precaution. (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) Measles is spreading among children In this city. At the Health Department this morning It was announced that 68 new cases have been reported during the past three days. This makes a total of 237 cases reported since Oct.

1. Dr. Wende says a well-defined epidemic of the disease now exists and the depart-mert is taking the necessary precautions to prevent it from spreading. More than 100 cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the past four weeks, but only two new cases of that have arisen since last Friday, so Dr. Wende now believes It Is on the decrease.

Registrar Gram of the Bureau of Vital Statistics stated this morning that the number of cases of measles has been Increased by infection among some of the pupils In the public schools. He says principals have failed In several Instances to keep pupils out of school when members of their family had the disease, and they have communicated it to others. Dr. Gram and Supt. Emerson of the Department of Education talked the situation over this morning and Supt.

Emerson decided to send a circular letter to the principols of the schools notifying them to admit no children of doubtful condition without a physician's certificate. Some parents are also at fault. They have failed to give their children proper care and have permitted them to go out when they or other members of the family were not fully cured of the disease. The Health Department will keep a strict watch over all cases reported anu see that the ordinances are obeyed. Dr.

Gram said to a NEWS reporter that there had not been any deaths from measles and only one death from scarlet fever. The diseases are not the result of any local conditions. They arise at different seasons of the year and easily spread If measures are not taken to stamp them out. PLUMBERS WERE FINED. John J.

Carroll and W. H. Craighil Paid $5 Each For Violating Ordin ancei (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) John J. Carroll, a plum'owr, whose place of business is at 311 Connecticut street, and William H. Cralghill, a plumber at Michigan and North Division streets, were tried before Judge King in the Police Court this morning for violating the plumbing ordinances.

The complaint against both plumbers was made by the Board of Health. Carroll was charged with falling to file specifications with the board before going ahead with some plumbing work, while Cralghill was accused of doing work different from what the specifications called for. Judge King fined the plumbers to each. Another plumber named Henderson was ordered to appear in the Police Court this morning for violating the plumbing ordinances, but was not present when his name was called. He will probably be tried tomorrow.

"In case I should not have another chance to address you, I want to thank you for your great kindness to me during the 14 years that I have been with you. To mention but one Instance of this, I do not remember that I ever urged you to pay pew rent or other church dues. You always did well enough in that regard. The NEWS representative then called on Father Zurcher in his study and asked him what action. If any, had been taken.

In reply he pointed to a letter from Bishop Qulgley lying on the table, in which the Bishop forbade him to "give any interview without previous revision by the, Ordinary of the diocese." He then said: am not allowed to speak, but there is what the authorities say over their own signatures. 1 suppose they have not restricted themselves from speaking out." Father Zurcher pointed to Vicar-General Connery's letter, which was as follows: CHANCELLOR'S LETTER. Chancellor's Office of the Diocese of Buffalo, 50 Franklin Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Rev.

John J. Sheahan, Chancellor. Nov. 8, 1899. Rev.

George Zurcher. Rev. Dear Sir In an article printed In the Buffalo Express (the issue of Nov. 6, 1R99), under the heading, "Weeds in the Church," certain statements are attributed to you as having been uttered In a sermon delivered by you the Sunday previous, in your Church of St. Joseph, this city.

1. A certain practice which attains In this diocese, as well as in others, is designated an evil practice, "I want to speak to you of an evil practice which seems to be spreading In America." 2. As a preamble to certain conclusions drawn later on, it is asserted that every priest Is obliged to offer the mass of All Souls' Day for the Intention of the church, and that the mass cannot be said for any particular Intention. 3. It Is asserted as a conclusion to the foregoing that the only reason for the pjartlce referred to iff "to work the con-tiding faith of the people for money.

It Is a fraud." 4. It Is declared that the Church tries to cover up such evil practices and that it has been immeasurably Injured thereby, 5. It is asserted that the existence of Protestantism Is due to such evil practices: "There never would have been any Protestants If It were not for the existence of these same frauds 3O0 or 4tl years ago." And, furthermore, that there was no other cause for Its existence: "Protestants never found fault with the Catholic faith." Inferring to the statements seriatim: The designation as "evil" of the practice referred to Is in direct contradiction of the position token by Rome in regard to it, as appeal's from the response of the S. Congregation of the Council, dated July 30. 1W7.

It 1b not true that the Church obliges every priest to offer the mass of All Souls' Day for Its intention; therefore, the conclusion drawn that there is no use In handing In a list of names and that to ask for such Is "To work the confiding faith of the people for money," is false and, as applied to the priests of this and other dioceses, a slanderous accusation. The assertion that the Church has tried to cover up these evil practices Is, as it appears in this article, a gratuitous insult to the Church itself, and, as a matter of fact, an overt, subversion of the truth. Taken as a whole, the utterances reported in the said newspaper article are a tissue of falsehood constituting an undisguised attack on the honesty and Integrity of the priests of the diocese and charging the Church Itself with duplicity. Either you are the author of these statements or you are not. If you are.

you are bound In conscience to right the wrong you have done the cnurcn and its priests and remove the scandal thuB created by acknowledging, with equal publicity, that said statements are untrue, and duly apologizing for the grievous offense of having given public utterance to them. If you are not the author, you are equally bound in Justice to yourself and your brother priests and the people of the church at large to deny the authorship of said newspaper report and brand it as defamatory of all concerned. Now, therefore. I hereby direct and command you, by virtue of the obedience you owe your Ordinary, either oubilclv to dis claim all authorship in and responsibility tor tne raise ana stanaerous statements attributed to you In the said article, if in reality you are not the author thereof; or, on the other hand, that Is, If you are In reality responsible for them, publicly to acknowledge that they are false and without foundation in raet or in law, retract them and duly apologize for having made them. And I furthermore direct that whichever Is to be done shall be done in manner and form to be prescribed by me, and that you will appear at the office of the Chancellor of the diocese.

Saturday next, the 11th at noon, there to be instructed as to such manner and form. SANCTION. Palling In obedience to these commands, I shall suspend you and remove you from your present charge. Yours truly MICHAEL P. CONNERY, V.

Administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo. Attest: SHEEHAN, Chancellor. FATHER ZURCHER SILENT. "Did you obey the summons to appear before the Vicar-General?" asked the reporter. Father Zurcher declined to reply, but took the reporter to the church and pointed out to him the following, which was posted on the pulpit alongside the sermon: (Copy of registered letter, with special delivery stamp, which I sent Instead of presenting myself at the meeting where I had been cited to appear Saturday, Nov.

11. at noon, at the office of the Chancellor): BUFFALO, Nov. 11, 1899. To Very Rev. M.

P. Connery, V. Very Rev. Father Please let me COOO HOSIERY. We find our hosiery itock over crowded.

Here goes to make room. All of our plaid hosiery has been put Into 2 lots every pair of 29c, 35c and 50c plaid hose go in this sale at 25c'. Every pair of 60c, 75c, $1 1X50 plaid hosiery sell at SOc Polka Dot hose sell at 15c, 5t Beak 35c Regular 25c, 35c, and 50o kind. Children's heavy school hose. 19c They are the Iron Clad Brand and warranted to wear and give satisfaction.

i velvet tailor We Jackets this lot 8 at FOR JXm't Tlm Covert Of and to sell Tan The was the at Here's 60 Jackets II BE Father Zurcher Again in Conflict With Authorities of His Church. WRITTEN CHARGES AGAINST HIM. The Priest Must Either Disavow or Retract His Sermon, Under Penalty of Dismissal. (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) Rev. George Zurcher.

rector of St. Joseph's Church, on Main street near the city line, has come into direct conflict with his superiors In the Roman Catholic Church, with the result that, In all probability, he will be suspended from his ministry. Father Zurcher Is well-known to the people of Buffalo as an ardent total abstinence temperance advocate. Indeed, he carried his zeal In this direction to such an extent that the authorities at Rome suppressed his book, "Monks and Their Decline," and Bishop Qulgley commanded Father Zurcher to sever his connection with the Catholic Total Abstinence Union and forbade him to speak or lecture save from his own pulpit. With all this Father Zurcher has complied, but in this last instance he has not proved submissive.

The story, in outline, Is this: One week ago last Sunday Father Zurcher preached a sermon In which he vigorously attacked the practice of collecting money for the special remembrance of certain souls in purgatory in the masses said on All Souls' Day. His argument was that the masses were provided by the church for the special benefit of those who had no friends on earth to pray for them. Therefore, Father Zurcher argued, It was a "fraud" to accept money on All Souls' i Pay from the living for the benefit of the souls of their departed friends. The substance of this sermon was printed In the Express one week ago today, with the caption, "Weeds In the Church." The report does not precisely accord with Father Zurclier's written sermon, but In substance it Is the same. Following the publication of the report of the sermon.

Father Zurcher received a severe letter from Vicar-General Connery, who is administrator of the diocese in the absence of Bishop Qulgley. This letter calls upon Father Zurcher to disavow the sermon or retract it on pain of suspension from his office. Instead of doing either. Father Zurcher repeated his sermon yesterday and then nailed it to his pulpit so that anyune, during the week, might come Into the church and read it. A NEWS reporter this morning visited St.

Joseph's Church and made a copy of the sermon, which Is literally as follows: FATHER ZVRCHER'S SERMON. "The All Souls' Day mass Is for the benefit of all the souls in purgatory. The church wants to make sure to have all those Included in the prayers of that day who have no friends on earth or whose friends have forgotten them. I want to speak to you of an evil practice which seems to be spreading in America. On the Sunday before All Souls' Day in some churches envelopes are distributed among the people.

Every envelope contains a printed sheet of paper directing that the names of dead friends be written thereon, the whole list signed by the one who writes the names; it Is customary to inclose a money offering In the envelope. On All Souls' Day the priest collects these envelopes with their contents. "Now, wherever the practice creates or gives the impression that the All Souls' Day mass is said exclusively for those whose names are collected in the envelopes. It Is a fraud. "I say It Is a fraud, because the All Souls' Day mass which Is written In every mass book on the altar of the Catholic Church for that day.

Is what its title and name say a mass for all the souls In purgatory. "And If a priest should wish to remember In the mass of that day the soul of anyone In partlculnr or of such whose names are written on sheets of paper, or for whom money Is offered. It must be understood by the people that these souls would have a share In the mass on that day, even If their names had not been collected by the "Should vou ever attend mass on Air Souls' Day In a church where this fraud is practiced, denounce It, let the envelopes alone, tell your friends to do the same. Some may say: "Why mention such disgraceful practices?" "Would It not be better to cover them up and hide them from public view?" "The church has been Injured Immensely by some who always want to cover up evil practices which are continually being shoved before the public. I claim that it is every Catholic's duty to help root out the bad weeds wherever we see them.

Similar practices were at the bottom of the church troubles 300 or 400 years ago the church had too much wealth and temporal power. These were the things that the Protestants found fault with. I believe that the Protestants at first found mighty little fault with the Catholic faith: whole nations left the church because there were not enough Catholics who had the courage to help in rooting out the evil weeds until they became so deeply rooted as to appear-to be a part of the church. "St. Charles Borromeo.

whose feast the church celebrated yesterday, and who lived in those troublous times, was one of those who tocfk the right course. "He begged Pope Pius IV, his uncle. to allow him to leave the Vatican, and resign his several charges, which net ted him about $100,000 a year. "The Pope consented, and St. Charles was appointed Archbishop of Milan, where he became a famous saint by ministering to the poor and to the pestilent sick.

"He lived on the simplest diet and was for many years before his death a total abstainer from wine and from all alcoholic drinks. This was the end of my sermon last Sunday, and It was long enough, too. "Today I want to add the following I to make my meaning complete about All Souls' Day. There are in purgatory souls of persons who in earthly life may never have been In a Catholic church, but who would have' followed i the whole truth had they known it; they lived up to the will of God as near as they knew it. For such also the All Souls' Day mass Is offered.

The church on this day reminds us of our kinship to the bones strewn all around the earth, and tries to evoke in us a sympathy as universal as the race, as mysterious as the silent tomb, as deep as the fathomless realms of spirits, enduring as God. "She bids us to forget the noisy strife of the living and to help any weary fell Dw-traveler whose burden might REMOVED 'Always send full address. Tour name will be withheld If desired. Write on one elde only. If you wtnt a reply send a tamp.

Do not abuse anybody. 'Discuss publlo matters on their merit. Let other people's race and religion alone. Address the editor not another writer, Don't discuss other writers. It you disagree with them, say so and let It ro at that.

Bhort letter! receive attention first. Remember life Is short. Seven Children, and All Girls. tAUnr trming Xeu: I am a poor woman with seven children, and all girls. They have no underclothes and very little over-clothing, and I must send them to school, and they have nothing to wear.

A few weeks ago I lost my oldest son, who could earn something; now we have no one that can earn anything. My oldest daughter Is only 12 years old. Winter Is here; I have no coal or wood. I would like to do any kind of work, but I cannot get any, and I am three months back with my rent Please help me. I am Very poor.

L. S. Buffalo, Nov. 11. 1899.

Wants Work and Can Give Good Heferencea. Eiwting yewt Would you kindly ask, through your column, for work for a woman left without means to provide for herself and one child. Being educated, intelligent and apt, she Is competent to fill almost any position of trust and where ability counts; but would prefer a place as housekeeper for gentleman or elderly couple where she could keep the child. Can give best of city references and will prove able and energetic in any situation offered. D.

A. Buffalo, Nov. 11, 1899. The Hen Fever of Jed Watson. (A poem that was asked for.) After It! follow It! Follow the gleam! Tennyson.

Kd Watson, he was after it; he followed up the gleam. He chased the gorgeous vision of his life's perpetual dream; He had a faith that urged him on through all life's wastes and fens. That he could build a fortune up by simply raising hens. Jed watched his growing pullets and there came a vision fair Of palaces with porticos expanding In the air, And those cloud. bannered palaces, reared not of stones or bricks, built of all the unlaid eggs of all his unhatched chicks.

He preached the poultry gospel unto all men everywhere. His wife said he'd permit a hen to lay eggs In hlB hair; From morning, when the great red sun rose from the ocean foam. He'd sit and theorize on hens until the cows came home. Hens dangled from his heart strings and made neBts in his brain. And great gigantic hen coops were his palaces in Spain; And all Mb active Intellect was focussed like a lens, Upon the all absorbing theme of hens, and only hens.

"One hin will lay twelve hundred algs, I calkerlate," said Jed, "An' hatch a thousan' chickens that'll mourn her w'en she's dead; These chicks will raise a million more, hev a few to spare, 211 sell 'em. for a dollar each and I'm a millionaire." po Jed he built a hen-house that was after his own heart, Though his own house in which he lived was falling all apart; gave his pullet dainties all, of corn and malt and meat, liVhlle his own wife and his two boys had j)lain salt pork to eat, He went to all the poultry shows and traveled here and there, And put a mortgage on his farm to pay his railroad fare; And he went to hen conventions and he talked to poultry men Dn "The Boundless Possibilities of the Developed Hen." Po Jed he followed after it; he followed up the gleam. And chased his hen millennium down the vista of his dreim. 'The hln-house door's the way to wealth," said he, "no way Is surer." But every extra hen he owned made him a dollar poorer. His hens would not forget to eat, but oft forgot to lay, And if they laid, forgot to hatch a hen's revoking way-ens are haughty as the gods and whimsical as men, And In ten billion leagues of hens there's not one perfect hen.

But Jed he followed after It; he followed up the gleam, For every hen that clucked and scratched was perfect in his dream; His dream-hens all were perfect hens, but full of faults his real-There Is a marked discrepancy 'twlxt actual and ideal. Bo poor Jed lived a bankrupt life and died a debtor slave: And then his hens went out and scratched the flowers from off his grave Ah, myriads of delusions vain have grown since time began; But the hen-dream is the vainest dream of all the dreams of man. But we all follow after it; we follow up the gleam. And we all raise expensive hens, all dream the sweet hen-dream. If my philosophy Is true, no man was ever made has not speculated some in this same poultry trade.

To Make Pepper Nuts, or Peffer Nns. SdUor Evening Nevti Take four eggs, well beaten, one pound granulated sugar, half teaspoon-ful ground cloves, one teaspoonful of allspice, one of cinnamon and one of saleratus; mix well with flour, enough to roll out not an Inch thick, cut In little round cakes with a tin model that comes on purpose; set on the tin that you want to bake them in. Take a thimhle and put a dent in the center of each cake; let them stand In a warm place over night. The next morning before baking turn them over and bake on the other side that is, the side that was nexfto the tin; when they are dry enough there will be a dry rim on the edge of the cakes. MRS.

B. H. Buffalo, Nov. 11, 1899. Giving Credit Wtere Credit Is Due.

Editor Evening We often hear the old familiar phrase, "Give the devil his due," but I am afraid that we are, as a people, apt to be negligent in our duty In this respect The true Idea of this phrase Is to give praise where praise Is possible, or where we least expect to find it possible. Buffalo so long endured the regime of the old street car company, when the convenience or rights of patrons and employes were considered only when the company was forced to do so, that the people do not seem to realise what they are enjoying under the new management and speak out In their appreciation of it Are they so surprised they are speechless? There Is being developed in our city one of the finest street railroads in the world. The old track is helne reoiaced bv new rails welded at each joint and ground to a perfect plane, laid In solid concrete, making, it as near perfect as possible. The old rumble and Jars are things of the past It Is rest to the tired business man and pleasure to the pleasure-seeker to ride where the track has been completed. The old, dirty-smelling cars are nearly all replaced with large, fine can, equipped with all modern lm- prvmenfs for the comfort of patrons Hotel Block.

BURGLARS VISIT 4 r.t. i. Saloon Robbed of $25 and a Small Sum Stolen From Minister. (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) The two village constables at Orchard Park are looking for a pair of daring burglars who operated In the village early yesterday morning. Some time, between midnight and daylight burglars broke Into the hotel of Was-son.

They found a nickel-ln-the-slol machine in the barroom, broke it open and took 25. Then they gathered up a quantity of cigais and whisky and left. The burglars then broke into theEpls? copal parsonage. Rev. Mr.

Byram, the rector, was absent, but Rev, Mr. Stevenson of this city, who was to jfill the pulpit yesterday, was asleep In the house. The burglars took the minister's trousers, found $1.50 In them, and took the money. They left the trousers on the front veranda, where they, were found yesterday morning. The burglaries were reported' to the village constables, but no arrests havf yet been made.

PATROLMAN MARTliTpEAD. Weil-Known Police O.ficer Died at His Home or. Genwood Ave-- nue Yesterday. (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) Patrolman Charles A. Martin, who was detailed to duty at the Poormas-ter's office, died at his home, 17 Glen-wood avenue, yesterday morning, after long Illness.

Mr. Martin contracted pulmonary disease while in the discharge of his duty several years ago. He was advised to go to theAdlron-dacks, and did so. He remained there for nearly a year, and apparently fully recovered his health. Several months ago the disease returned, but he was able to do his work until about Ii days ago, when he was forced to take to his bed.

He failed rapidly, and his death occurred at 10 yesterday morning-Mr. Martin was 39 years old and had been on the force 14 years. He was attached to the Main Street Station for number of years, was special officer the Mayor's office for two years, and for the past two years had been an investigating officer In the Poormaster'i Department. He leaves a wife and two children. The date for the funeral has not yet been announced.

BEECHAr.TS 10 easts and 25 cents, at all drat store. UNDERWEAR, Ladies jersey ribbed vests ornants in white or ri natural at i Sold everywhere for 35q. Ladies noefiA lined On. oita Combination suit at 49c i regular 75c values. Children's Merino vst- or pants at 12Tc to 30c a cording to size worth double, Muslin Underwear Ladies flannelette under- i 1 skirts, ribbon trimmed 49c i Others ask vou 76c tat.

thUquality. Twenty styles ia Mnslfak Gowns, Lace aid i err trimmed at 'a-y st. worth il.60. Answers in Brief. OBSERVER Don't make defeat bitterer for him.

He Is punished. ZOELLER HIS Announces His Candidacy For Place Now Held by Morning Justice Murphy. (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) Aid. George Zoeller of the Eighteenth ward, whose term as a member of the Board of Aldermen expires on Jan. 1, today announced his candidacy for the position of morning Justice to fill the vacancy that will be caused by the elevation of Justice Murphy to the Police Court bench.

Aid. Zoeller has assurances of support from a number of his colleagues In the board and Influential Republicans. He has been a worker for the Republican party for several years! and believes he has qualifications which entitle him to the appointment. BEGUMS WORK, Justice Keneflck Swore in 23 Men Who Began Consider tion of Criminal Cases. (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) Justice Keneflck this morning swore In the grand Jury of the Criminal Term of the Supreme Court for November, and they entered upon the discharge of their duties.

Lewis P. Curtlss was chosen as foreman. The jurors are as follows: Joseph E. Bernard, wall paper, 440 Elk street; Thomas Hennlng, superintendent power house, 253 Richmond avenue; William C. Urban, merchant, 324 Oak street; Daniel F.

Rust, painter, 926 Washington street; Joseph E. Ball, cashier, 482 Llnwood avenue; Robert J. Adams, contractor, 209 Purdy street; Addison Lonsberry, farmer. Concord; William H. Clark, farmer, Collins; Charles Berggren, cashier, 49 Fifteenth street; Hugh Young Morrow, foreman, 86 East Ferry street; Matthew D.

Hughes, painter, 61 Emerson Place; Ephralm F. Palmer, laborer, Newstead? Orlando J. Gardner, civil engineer, Aurora: Lewis. P. Curtlss, traveling salesman, 460 Fargo avenue; William H.

Ames, Insurance, Tonawanda; Adam Zlegler, wagonmaker, Lancaster; Peter Gernold, farmer. East Hamburg; Wilbur H. Craft, watch specialist, 64 Robie avenue; Charles P. Henn. Investments, 287 Genesee street; James F.

butcher, 303 Louisiana street; John M. Luippold, saloon, 1262 Michigan street; James McKenna, car builder, 212 Seymour street, and Edwin E. Broad, steward, Hamburg. The Criminal Term will be opened for the trial of Jail cases next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Justice Henry A.

Chllds will preside If he has sufficiently recovered from his Illness. LME-UP. CAUSES GOSSIP, Nixon Slated for Speaker, Baxter Clerk, andJonnstoa, Buffalo, Serjeant-at-Arms (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) There is talk all over the State concerning the make-up of the Assembly of 1900. Probably it will be organized about the same as last year. Fred Nixon of Chautauqua is slated for Speaker, Col.

Archie Baxter of El-mlra will be clerk again and Frank H. Johnston of Buffalo is put down for ser-geant-at-arms. Mr. Johnston has been head doorkeeper during the last twe sessions and It Is understood that he already has a majority of the Republican members pledged to support him." New York City will have a candidate for the place, but Mr. Johnston is confident that he is several laps ahead In the race thus far.

The defeat of Assemblyman Mazet makes it necessary to find another chairman for the Cities Committee. Assemblyman Edward H. Fallows of New York, It is said, has been slated for the place. Mr. Fallows represents the Twenty-first New York district and was very active in the Assembly last winter.

He was made chairman of the committee appointed to Investigate the affairs or the surrogates office in New York City. The offeref Inferior roods for standard artt eles la a practice that can be euried if ths public rejects all imitation of reputable, advertised foods, or substitutes (or idem. COQO 00800000000G D00000330CC30CC300C30CCOC3COGCC3 SENSATIONAL SALE! Of High Grade Ladies' Clothing CASK! Ak to Bar Oft ApproTftt i Doo't Ak h. SUITS Jackets, Waists, Skirts, Hosiery, Underwear! GOLF CAPES. JACKETS.

cloth, silk lined, The one great the season Over in our stock: one we have marked bound. $4.98 these we have 25 Jackets can't -replace them for that price. an Matnr k.ruv $4.98 SILK WAISTS 50 black and colored Waists. They are the greatest value we have offered yet, at $3.98 200 fancy and black Silk Waists, go at $5.00 Waists in this lot that sold early in the season at $10.00, See the Flannel Waist we will sell during this sale at made, silk serge lined. Listen to this: Gray Homespun Tailor-made Suits, $8.98 Only a few of them, bnt they will set vou talking about our Suit Department.

25 Suits, hardly two alike. $20.00 and $25.00, go at $15.00 If ron'want a aoit that is correct In shape, style and fit, see these. $25.00. $30.00 and $35.00 Suits, agents' samples, sell at this sale for $20.00 Come early and look the stock through, it will yon. Some of these are the same as we sold at $10.00 early in the season.

30 Capes will be marked $7.50 And not one of them thnt are not worth from $10.00 to $12.50. The best of onr $12.50, $13.50 and $14.00 Capes, so at Kid Gloves. chance of 200 Capes lot of 25 Bte Juvin. We are the sole agents for Buffalo for this World's Celebrated Gloves To Introduce this glove to you during this sale we will sell the euve at $175 $1,75 610T8 at SI.50 They are not rinmacrprl or- tmrleai to be seen elsewhere. $7.98 early price on these $10.00.

and they were cheapest jackets in Buffalo that price. a few hummer: ia all, go at $10.00 have taken our odd $9.98 and put them in Some of them sold These are desirable goods, but we must have the room. $20.00 98c great. rn ril cnnrla rnt mmn es -'74 to JReniTriHfi- these nra exclusive designs not NECKWEAR New imported neck novelties BOc, 75c, These prices are about jthem H. 0ne-third on ine regular rice.

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