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THE WORLD: TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1895. Some Fails WWcli Should Aid H' in Msing-the Police Magistrates Bill, "DRY DOiLiR" SULLIOT BIG PEL. Case of Bridge" Policeman lally, Shot ia Man, Was Discharged, and Fife tlw Country. THE COMBINE AGMSST P1RKHDRST. that $40,000 Has Been Bailed to Fight tie Bill at ing in CiyU Courts.

There wlu; be" another Tiearlng in Albany to-diy In favor bf the passage of tte Committee of Seventy's new Police which provides for the removal of thfe- present fifteen justices. The pleas trill be almost all on the of removal! Here are some more tacts for in addition to those already submitted in The World. Thomas 1 Grady, step forward What kind of a judge is it who will not pay bis honest debts? Do you remember that soon after you were appointed by Mayor Grant a writ oi attachment was Issued for your person and the sates of Street Jail yawned for you; and you escaped by paying the bill? Tou haveithe reputation of being one Of the jnqsf 'negligent of the Police Justices. You 1 are' always late, and often you do nat up. at.

all. Three months 4go you were missing for a 'are the Judge who 'presided over' tie Lucy -McCarthy case, lor which and were indited loir, the obtaining; of $3,000. Tou also invent rout. of 'your way to release eight 'Mitoriaus women arrested in tie woman. who had been sent to the Island for six, months by Justice Even the Grand Jury, suchV cases, censured this.

Edward: Hogran, do you remember the case of exiBrid'ge' policeman tally Lally through Paddy Diwer. He clubbed and shot inoffensive people, uiffilf anisgeiidsa the -Bridge 0uriigJ siisperislon ACOT SEATS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Stows that There An Nearly 24,000 Diitriets Are Congested, Others Lack Pupils. In January last the Board of Bduca- on ordered a "seat census" to bo made the public schools of this city, to the number of vacant sittings, 'his census was made on Feb. 11. The returns show (hat, taking as a dividing line, there are vaean- ics in all the schools west and south Fourteenth street.

On the east side the same section and in the Seventh, Vnth, Eleventh and SeventoenthWnrds here are more children than scats, 'rom Fourteenth to Fiftieth streets and the east side there is room to spare nearly nil of the schools, especially i the higher grammar prartes. The contrary is the case in Ihe western portion tiie same territory. North of Fiftieth street to Eightieth treot and easterly of Third avenue, l.orf are no vacancies, while west of "Iflieth street and within the same oundaries there are many empty scats. Above Eightieth street to tlie city mits many thousands of children are liable obtain seaty. Taking the returns as they stand, with Hit few schools to hear from, Supt.

aspor the completed census will how thnt there are between twenty- cur and twenty-five thousand unoccu- lied seats in the public schools of the ity He also says that there are S.OOO eats in excess "of the ITS.000 actually leeded by the pupils enrolled on the ehool records. He explains the conges- Ions by racial prejudice, drift of popu- ation a'nd building enterprise. A new school with a seating capacity 3.0CO was opened yesterday morning it Eighty-first street and Avenue A. Jefore noon 1,000 children had regis- ered. A WOMAN BETRAYED HIM.

ha shot John'Delatl in a Cherry street saloon. In f'B?" supposed! afUe-mortem statement Delaji said; Lallyiwas the. man who shot him. but "upon frfs recovery you permitted him to enter a plea that couldn't jagmf tally. dls- Lally, but The "World brought the matter Before the Qrond Jury, and he was indicted and fled to Ireland.

Judge Mjjjfehon, what dp you think pf a Justice" who would do In the fall of 1S93. an election. worker for "Dry Dollar" SumjrahY assaulted. a reporter was ''exposing" registration frauds. 3n the Gburt of Special Sessions, Assemblyman-' Alfred K.

Conkltng (whowill have a viSte" on the bill to remove you) appeared- lor the complainant. prisoner guilty, and was sentenced to penitentiary for one month. After seiitence had been passed "Dry Dollar" Sullivan walked in and persuaded udge to change the sentence to ten days the city prison. Well, MeMahoh; are the Judge. who did this.

you ere a. by trade, and know absolutely 8-bout law. CYou demonstrated this "when you discharged the Thelss boycotters, who afterwards convicted of felony and sent 'id prison. For this you were reprimanded by the Grand Jury. A year ago, when-- you, in the Yprkville Court, your' conduct was a Joseph IKpch, it is said of you that a ward-heeler' must be weak indeed in the powers of persmaaion -if toe cannot get you to discharge a.

prisoner. It breaks your heatt'ito sentence a good political hustler, lit 4s only a week ago that you discharged your friend ex-Assemblyman Louis Davidson, who had picked up a row with'-Sergt. Wall in the One Hundred and- Fourth Street Statton-House, and to create 'a. -justification; or it you eaifl you- riot ''believe the whole Police Deportment- under oath. And you, Justice Simms, who are under itbb thumb of Henry D.

'Purroy; and you, Charles Talntor, who xiien prove their innocence instead you proving their guilt; and H. Burke, a district leader; and you, Clarence, Meade, who owe your political life and you, Charles Feitner, the vassal of Richard Croker; and you; John J. Ryan, flrst lieutenant to "Tommy" Shells; and you, Barney Martin, -this friend of "Bed" Leary." Here is a Ejrious charge Dr. Parkhurst makes against you all, with the exception of Deu'el and Simms, who are only appointment. You organized 'trust, so to speak, for the defeat oj'Dr.

his crusade ngatost vice. You held 'a meeting for the purpose of passing a resolution that no Judge 'Should Issue a warrant for the arrest of a' person outside of his district. Justice Kilbreth, now CollectorL''fcfi, the -Port, and Justice Taintor to'ugtit thte resolution. By doing thlsiyou compelled Dr. Parkhursl to trust to: the tender mercies of Paddy Diwer ana Tom Grady for justice.

Then you had the nerve to have a bill presented-- to the Legislature of 1893 giving the jPollce Justices of New York tha 'right to practise in the crlml nal courts. There was only one man among you who, though him aelf a Ijtwyer, opposed the bill, Tha was James T. Kilbreth, now Collector Public indignation -was strong enough to force 1 the; to, withdraw tb section practise in crimina courts, but they were not to be baffled and, according to the pros ent lorn Grafly, P. can leave his go to any civil court and plead for It waiuyuoiored yesterday that th sum of had raised by som of the stop legislation in This "was 'last night They will-'be represented in Albany today byieifjudge Noah Davis and Jus tlces Filtoer and Taintor. VotaAeer Firemen Want Xegislatiim.

Aboutftiro hundred Volunteer Fire men evening In the Horton JBulidlng, 'Ko, an the JjegWa-ture. Resolutions wer adopted; favoring the measure extending the 2 pet sent, tax for the -Exempt! 'ZHrfi men's Benevolent Fund to the yea JS97 and Indorsing the action of th Committee in the matter. Sessions for was swora in yee- Judge Fitzgerald. In his ad the plo 'et Grauer bui Jury is W. C.

An Alleged Burglar Will Hare to Face a Girl Who fays He Is a Mnch- Wanted Criminal. ien the prisoner, who says his name John Costello. and gave his address as o. 327 East Thirty-first street, is rraigned in Jefferson Market to-day to to the charge of robbing the alooii of Louis Hoefer, under the Fifth Vvenuo Theatre, he may expect to see a iretty dark-eyed young woman, who the cause of his undoing. During June and July last Hoefer's was entered twice, and pool balls, opera-glasses and cigars were tolen.

The thief sent word that he might be round ago-in. Hoefer thereupon took a oom. in the Brower House and watched or a month. He then heard that the burglar knew Grammont. Hoefer arranged that a young man hould meet her.

He did so and she nentloned Costello as the criminal, and the young man a pawn ticket for ome of the stolen goods. This was after he man, laid to be Costello, had threat- ned to her. The alleged thief was arrested on Friday at Seventh avenue and Thirty- bird street, after a chase from Broadway and Thirty-third street. WARING DEOPS THREE OFFICIALS. ncompatent District Superintendents Discharged and Foremen Promoted.

-CpromlsWoner Waring said yesterday hat the Street-Cleaning Department about July 1 next would remove Its of- flces from the Criminal Court Building to the old General Sessions Building, wJiere it will occupy the two upper floora. As a result of Deputy Commissioner Moore's visit to a number of stables on Saturday nigh't. Coll Waring yesterday dismissed three district superintendents for inefficiency. They were Dominick F. Mullaney.

of the 1 Third District; Owen 3eaiy, of the Fourth District, and Edward J. of the Seventh District. The salary of district superln- endent is $1,800. The following section foremen were promoted to the vacant offices: Henry C. Corsa, Herman Triest and Mortimer D.

Bouton. The following were appointed as section foremen at a salary of 51,000: Robert H. Smith, Max Schlerbaum and James Thompson. OAT WATCHES HIS MASTER'S CORPSE Actor Beynolds Falls Dead and Bis Fet Has to Be Driven Away. George A.

Reynolds, forty-flve years old, a negro impersonator, died at No. 306 Bast Thirty-fifth street yesterday of heart disease. He was playing in the "Vale of Avoca" company in Buffalo last week, when he became ill'and returned to this city. He went to the tome of Thomas Murphy, an old friend. was while talking to Miss Murphy that he fell dead.

Reynolds had been en the stage since boy. His brother, a woman Impe-- sonator, died a short time ago, sisters, Maggie and Lizzie, burlesque actresses, were killed in railroad collisions. Reynolds had a big white cat, which he had trained to do tricks. After his death the cat would not leave the side of the corpse until driven away, and then It kept coming back whenever It could gain entrance to the room where the body lay. THE LABOR WAR STIHi ON.

Leader Claims that the Demands of Workmen Are Unusually Fair. The laibor leaders of the electrical workers and sympathetic building strikes announced yesterday that the non-union men were being enrolled In the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as fast as the contractors engaged them. Representative Bowker, of the Edison Electrical Company, said in a letter that the demands of the strikers were unusually fair. Architects Lamb Rich, of Nos. 265267 Broadway, who have taken con-tracts for two buildings valued, respectively, at $1,000,000 and 5500,000, asked for the strikers' statement of their case.

Charles L. Eldlitz, a leading contractor, said 250 non-union men had been put to work. William J. O'Brien, President of the Board of Walking Delegates said only three non-union men were a work. Good Government Clnb "F's" Hew Home Opened.

Good Government Club opened its new club-house at No. 27 West One Hun dred and Twenty-fourth street las night with a reception. The house I one of Hartem'e old landmarks. Simon Sterne. H.

C. F. Koch, Rev. Dr. Bridg man, Frank Moss, Rev.

Dr. Elmendorl Alderman Ellas J. Goodman, Prof. W. Mason, Rev.

Dr. Harris and Mrs Harris and Prof. Hunt, ex-President the Board of Education, were present. Buchanan's Opinion of the Court. C.

Broqke, counsel to Dr. Bu chanan, who Is to be sentenced to deaf byiJudife Ingraham on a decision-of th Couit of Appeals-last-week, heard from his client to-day. In his letter he Bays "It Is etrange but sometimes true, eve in that lush and honorable court wher one would think no malice could reae or prejudice be Introduced, queer thing are done and funny decisions bande down." Wanted to fine "White Bears on Ice. Peter Murphy and Edgar Flynn, eac "six years of age, were found Bhortl after M. last night at arid First avenue by Pollcema Barty.

JEflsar fcad brought bin Wen he Saiarto Bee tho "wfclte bears Joe." Tfoelr parents at No. lie of the Principal Aims of the Gilder Commission's Proposed Legislation, TRIBUTE TO NEW YORK'S FIREMEN. roYision tbat Every Room in Buildings Hereafter Constructed Shall Have an Open-Air Window. 0 ROOFS FOR SHAFTS OR COURTS. Tie Kev.

William T. Sluing Describes the Dungeons in Which Some Tenement Dwellers Spend Their Lives. The Committees on Cities in Senate nd Assembly will give final considera- on to the important Tenement-House II this week. The measure, as pre- ired and amended, is the outcome of ie work of the Tenement-House Com- ission appointed by Gov. Flower.

The emission's report was an exhaustive ne, and all of its valuable suggestions nd' recommendations have been incor- rated in the present bill. Tenement-houses must be fire-proof, hat is one of the bill's main provisions, nd the recent conviction of a gang of rganized incendiaries has brought this atter very forcibly before the public. On this point Richard Watson Gilder, resident of the late Tenement-House ommisslon, says: 'In New York the tenement-houses omprise only 31 per cent, of the bulld- gs, while 53 per cent, of the fires occur a them. A gentleman said to me at ne of our conferences: 'How few lives re lost in tenement-houses. Why is ecause at great expense of life and xpense of money, paid by the taxpay- rs, we support a superb flre idepart- ent, unequalled by any in the world nd at the greatest expense of any in ie world.

"New York pays to its Fire Depart- ent twice what the greater city of ondon pays In gross, and on a basis of opulation, four to one. The skill, devo- on and heroism of our Fire Depart- lent are known throughout the world. 'But still there is an immense number fires and there are many deaths and accidents. There is an enormous estruction of property falling upon hose who can least bear it. "There Is no class legislation in this ill.

But we say that the owner of a arrow lot, 25 feet by 100, who is draw- ng rent from 80 to 100 tenants, must be little more careful of life than those are protecting only a small number lives. That is not class legislation; hat is legislation for the people." In secSon 8 of the bill are these lauses: No shaft or court hereafter constructed In a ten- ment-houae, except elevator shafts or stalrcaao rtlls and any shaft the urea, of which shall not xceed ten loot, shall be covered with a roof, or otherwise. Each room must have a neparate window open- ne into the outer air. Yesterday the sixty-eighth annual re- ort of the New York City Mission nd Tract Society was issued. In his ortlon of the report the Rev.

William T. Elslng thus describes a typical tene- mentJhouse which he visited recently with a stranger to the city: "The house is a type of several nun red which have been built within the ast five years, and is one of the best Its class. We entered the bedroom a woman who lives on the ground oor. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, nd the day was bright and clear, but was night in that bedroom, and a amp was brought in for our benefit. "I asked my visitor to lean out of the rindow and look up into the air-shaft.

saw the windows of forty different edrooms, which receive their light nd air from a single opening, only a ttle larger than a good-sized chimney! There are seventy rooms in this house, ut only twenty get their light and ir directly from the street or from he little area in the rear of the house. Den- of the rooms contain no windows vhatever. "I have no Hesitation in saying that ur present method of constructing tene- nent-houses Is a disgrace to a civilized ommunity, and it is high time for ood citizens to unite in demanding an mmediate change in our building laws. "When I consider the homes In which the ast majority of the people in our nelgh- lorhood are compelled to live, I am amazed that there te so -much decency, mrity and religion left among them." CHILDREN AGAINST FATHER. Witnesses in a Divorce Suit the Offspring of the Contestants.

Charles Stockton Halsted brought ult for absolute divorce from Sarah Halsted in the Court of Common Pleas June, 1893, and named Louis C. clerk in the Custom-House, as co- espondent. Mra. Halsted brought a counter suit Mr. Halsted won his suit several months Yesterday counsel for Mrs.

Halstec asked Judge Giegerlch, In the Court of Common Pleas, for a counsel fee 01 $1,000 and $1,700 costs, so that his clieni zould appeal. Counsel for Halsted, opposing the mo Ion, said that James, the flfteen-year-old on of the complainant, had said that hi estifled against his father because hi cnew that his testimony would injuri ilm. His daughter, Catherine, seven een years old, also testified against her father. The Judge reserved decision. Ur.

ElOBS Must Support His Daughter. Newell W. BIOBB, an Insurance man agreed on Jan. 19, 1893, to pay his wife Emma C. Bloss, $50 a week for the sup port of herself and their daughter.

Lot Ie A. Bloss. He now owes $3,850 on this account. Yesterday Justice Patterson. In th Supreme Court, appointed Lawye Charles A.

Deshon to bring action the money. Bloss's wife secured a di vorce from him in 1894. Foreman of a Grand Jury Dl. The Oycr and Termlner Grand Jury which has been investigating the cor ruption in the Police Department, re convened yesterday after an adjourn raent of two weeks. Immediately afte meeting Justice Ingraham, at the re luest of several of the Jurors, again ad journed them until next Monday.

Th foreman of the Jury, Francis H. Leg gett, JB said to'be ill. He was.not in a tendance yesterday. Eeason of Eoolc Beer Is st Hand. The season, of bock beer is at ban No one has discovered why the plctu: of a.

goat, with loose chinchilla whlske hanging in wild abandon from his chl drtvesmen bar when the foamin iff, but it does, and that '-a the police cour havesb nfp nu HDRCH STATUES FROM EUROPE. toe Is the Virgin and Will Stand in Bt. Patrick's, the Other Goes to Baltimore Cathedral. The steamer Veendam, from Amster- am, which arrived Sunday, brought wo statues intended for Catholic cathe- rals. One represents the Virgin stand- ng on a half sphere, with -her hands ho statue In marhip of Joseph and tho Infant tor tho Haltfmore Cathedral.) rlded across her breast.

Beneath her et is a serpent. The statue is made the grayish stone which was used In 10 construction of St. Patrick's Catheral In this city and will be placed In le niche just over the main door of iat edifice, on the Fifth avenue side. Is a gift to the Cathedral from the Barclay street of statues. The statue, which (Bone In grayish stone this statue of the Virgin will be placed in St.

Patrick's Cathedral.) DR. PIRKHURST WEST AWAY. reibytary to Sell, the Church of the Bea and Land, and HB Then Left. After four hours' debate in secret ses- onyestWday. afternoon, the New York resbytery decided to order the sale of he Church of the Sea and Land.

Dr. Parknurst read a long address, ac- using the- Presbytery of violating its ontract J'with the Madison Square hurch, under which the little Sea and and Church was leased to him for a Isslon. The discussion then grew and were inclined to criticise the ctlon of Dr. Parkhurst's church. He ft the room before a final vote was The committee, appointed to investl- ate the condition of affairs, reported hat the trustees had consented to a ortgage of $50,000 being put on.

the prop- ty, provided the Presbytery would first Ve, them a ten years' lease, pay the tSrest- and $2,000 a year for Madison Square Church ow. contributes much "more than that uin, i.an'cl is lirmly opposed to 'a -mort- age or sale. The sale decided upon Is to save the ew York Presbyterian Church, at Sev- riih avenue -ano One Hundred and wenty-elshth street, from foreclosure nder a $50,000 mortgage which the Pres- ytery has promised to meet. The protest made by the Church of the ea and Land trustees against the Pres- y'tery's action said: "Its course with ur church has been so vacillating as to rovlde for a dale for our exclusive bene- bne month, and unrestricted sale next ohth, an ineffective auction sale later, n' order suspending sale till March, 95, two attempts at mortgaging, a. sud- order of sale again, a repeal of this tter -order immediately thereafter, nother proposal to mortgage and now nother order of sale, all within two called the Immaculate Conception, Is Ihe feet high and weighs nearlly 1,000 ounds.

It will be placed in position i The second Vf statue is that of St. Jos- nh carrying an infant in his arms, it six feet tall and will stand on a four- pedestal In the Baltimore Catheral The congregation of that church re paying for the statue. It has been arved out of the best quality of Carara narble. Both statues are now in the ands of the customs officers, but will released In a day of two. GOULD'S SPORTING BABON.

he Gentleman Who Is Said to Have Won His Money Was En Route to Chicago. Deputy Surveyor Dowllng yesterday ent two of his inspectors to the Arnerl- Line pier to learn why the name of ie man claiming to be Baron Joachim on Schekile did not appear on the pas- enger list of the steamer New York. It was the Baron who, as reported in unday's World, won $2,000 from Howard ould on the last trip of the New York this port. The Baron and his wife registered as Ir. and Mrs.

J. Schemer on the passen- er list, and the customs inspectors assed for them two bags and three runks. On the way over the Baron gave his Ird to three or four gentlemen and ver the name a tiny crown was en- raved. He the purser that he and the Saroness had left at twenty-four hours' ottce to visit his wife's father, who was eported as very ill in Chicago. The in- pectors were unable to learn what the 3aron was doing all day Sunday on joard the New York.

One of the passengers on the Ne' York stated yesterday that during the rip over he declined to oin the Baron, he Baroness and Mr. Gould in a game poker In the Baron's stateroom. INDIANS FROM THE AMAZON'S BANKS. With Other South American Tribesmen, They Arrive Here on tho Madianna. Aboard tbe steamship Madianna, which arrived yesterday from South American ports, were a score of Amazon Indians, famous shots -with the bow and irrow; a number of native girl dancers torn Maranham; groups of in jham; Trinidad; Akawa Indians, who are attooed, and a lot of coolies from Brills and Dutch Guiana.

There are, in addi- ion, Warrlhooneys from the Orinoco liver, and Barbadians. Accompanying the latter is a diminutive donkey. They are all intended for the Barnum Bai ey show. Morris Heights Chanel to Be Bnilt Work will shortly, be begun on the new Morris Heights Chapel which the New York City Church Extension and Mis Society of the Methodist Eplfl jopal Church is about to erect on Bedg wick and Undercllff avenues. The new building wilt occupy a plot of ground presented three years ago by Lewis iitorrls.

The chapel will be of stone anc It will contain an audience room, parlor, Sunday-school room and library. It Is expected that it will completed.by autumn. Mayor Will Appoint Women Commissioners Mrs. Bell and a committee ladies representing Sorosls and severa other women's societies called on th Mayor yesterday and presented th names of Mrs. Lozler, Miss Hequa, Mrs Williams, Mrs.

Eunkle, Mrs. Hayes an Mrs. Saunders as candidates for Schoo Commissioners. The Mayor promised to appoint a least five women as Commissioners. The women want seven, one-third the hoard.

More Gold for the Syndicate. The Aurania brought about $1,700,000 1 gold bars yesterday for the bond synd cate. It was deposited in the Assa Office, and after a preliminary welghin an order for Jl.GOO.OOO, or about 90 pe was.given on the Sub-Treasury and that sum added to tbe bond occoun A little lot in-American go coin -was addled which the syndioate.lg holding in abey ance v', 1 Dl BRIBERY IS CHARGED. ttorney Williams States that Fund Has Bean Raised to Defeat the Bill Aiding Working Girls. At the Baptist ministers' weekly con- rence, held yesterday in the chapel of he American Baptist Publication Soety.

Attorney Mprnay Williams spoke the legislative bill to regulate the em- oyment of women and girls in the eroantlle houses. This bill, if passed, ould prohibit the employment of girls nder twenty-one years of age for more an six days a week for ten hours a ay. have positive knowladge," Mr. Williams said, "that one man contrib- ted $2,000 to a fund to defeat this meas- re." The bill was heartily indorsed by ie ministers. Hev.

E. S. Holloway, of the Thlr- r-third Street Baptist Church, who before the Excise Committee of Legislature to protest against the 11 allowing saloons to open in this city i Sunday, made an oral report. He said that the gentleman Who pre- ded him before the committee, a weli- nown leader in the recently dlstin- u'ished and extinguished political or- quoted the Holy Scriptures support of the bill and had wound up address with the prediction that the would come when people would go church in the morning and on their ay home stop at a beer garden for Dfreshment. Rev.

Holloway said he upposed that at some future day the ourteenth street organization might anonlze that man and refer to him as t. John the Expositor. Rev. Richard Hanley, of Hope Bapst Church, presided. WOUIiD HELP GOULD HEIRS.

reeling to Indorse the Local Option Personal Tax Bill. Ransom preside at the ublic meeting of the New York Tax Association at 'Masonic Hall, Ixth avenue and Twenty-third street, o-night. The meeting will indorse the Insworth bill for county local option in axatlon, which contemplates doing way with taxes on personal property this city. These speakers are Judge ioger A. Pryor, 'Edward Lauterbach, homos G.

Shearman, Julien T. Davles, Vheeler H. Peckham and Andrew Stick- The bill, if passed, will save Jay lould's heirs and other wealthy people mrty thousands of dollars each, year, rovided the consent of the local an-- norities is obtained. Among the Vice-Presldents announced or the meeting are Senator Jacob A. antor, James P.

Archibald. H. H. Soyesen, James C. Carter, John Claflin, R.

Coudert, James Everard, John W. off, Abram S. Hewitt, Robert Hoe, ohri A. McCall, Gustav H. Schwab.

A. j. Spalding, Wager Swayne, J. Kennedy Tod, Warner Van Norden, John DeWltt Warner, Everett P. Wheeler, V.

Vhlte.and Louis Windmuller. MAJOR DUFFY READY FOR THE FRAY. When Officially notified of Charges Against Him He Will Answer Them. The five captains of'the Sixty-ninth Battalion, who on Sunday night forwarded to the Governor a petition pray- ng that Major Duffy be relieved of the ommand, would not discuss the subjeci yesterday. Major Duffy witnessed a drill the battalion last night.

On arriving it the armory he went to his own quar- ers and did not visit any of the company rooms. "Officially," he said. "I do not know anything about this trouble. If a petition or my removal has been sent to Albany shall hear of it in due time, and I hall then answer all charges. Some mestlons of law are involved, and I lave spent the.

better part of to-day ooklng them up. I was astounded when read the stories this morning, hings will come around all right." SUPERINTENDENT EATON MISSING. He Escaped from His Hurso 'on Thursday Last and Has Not Been Seen Since. George T. Eaton, forty-three years old No.

183 Oakland street, Greenpolnt Superintendent of the New York Electrl jlght Company, has been ill for som Irrie. On last Thursday, during the ab lence of his nurse, he dressed himsel and went out. He has not been. seen since by any member of Ma family. a member of the Independent Orde: of Red Men.

When he left home hi wore a slate-colored sack suit and black Derby hat. He has a wife and twi daughters. Andrews May Receive No Support. Although Commissioner Murray, is stll confined to his home by illness, Majo Andrews's resolution, conferring mor the will called up at to-day's meeting of th Police Board. It is believed that Majo Andrews will receive no support from -he members, who, It is said, con Ider the resolution unconstitutional, a it provides for giving Superintenden power which the law expressly delegate power wmuii um law to the Commissioners.

Why Was John I. Excited 1 of Elections John! I Davenport called at Police Headquarter yesterday afternoon to see Supt. Byrnes but the latter was out. Then he aske for Inspector MoLaughlln, but he, too was absent, and the ex-Supervisor, wh appeared to be In a state of excitement left tho building as hurriedly as he ha come, saying he would see Byrnes later not return. Divorced from Franko.

Edith Franko yesterfjay was gran' ed 'an absolute divorce by Juflge from Nahan Franko on statutory The couple were married ID Jespite His Own Varied Record, Charges Lawyer Severance with Extortion, NOWN AS "HANDSOME HARRY." as Been Arrested for Passing Bogus Checks and Obtaining Under Pretenses. OOLLY TELLS OF BIS WILD CAREER. otwithstanding His Character, Bourke Cockran's Old Partner Will Have to Do Some Tall Explaining; Lawyer Wales F. Severance, of No. 33 assau street, who was at one time a artner of Bourke Cockran, was a cle- 'ndant yesterday on the criminal harpe of having extorted various sums money from one Harry Phillips, some- mes known as "Handsome Harry," of o.

426 Central Park West. Yesterday's proceedings were in the Tin of a preliminary examination be- ire Police Justice Koch, in. the room trmerly used as Special Sessions in the ombs building. The janitor for- orten to light a fire, and Judge, law- ers, witnesses and spectators were all ompelled to sit throughout the hearing their overcoats, with collars turned up jout their necks. Ex-Surrogate Ran- om appeared for Mr.

Severance and hlllips was represented by Hugh O. entecost and T. D. Kenneson, of Park- urst fame. The astonishing career of the com- ainant, whose real name is, or used to Harry Bebro before a complacent ew Jersey Legislature consented to hange it for him, and- the fact that he imits many arrests on different charges various parts of the world, made it ppear strange that he should have ad the temerity to bring so serious a as that of extortion against Lawer Severance, and it was supposed that ie case would be summarily disposed But it wasn't.

After a hearing of early three hours Justice Koch ad- urned the case until Thursday at 10 clock, and as matters now stand there a good deal for Lawyer Severance i explain. Bhillips is round and rosy-faced and wenty-nine years of age. His eyes are ery prominent, and. the lashes have he appearance of' being dark- nod. He sports a brown' mus- aehe and talks with a slight lisp.

In nswer to question? by his counsel, Hugh enteeost, he told his story of extortion the hands of Lawyer Severance. He aid that Mr. Severance, who was em- loyed to'- collect certain Judgments gainst him, met him one day and told 1m that IKV Severance, knew, all about Is past and also that of Ms wife, nd- that unless some money was forth- omins he would be saht to jail. What urported to.be a.receipt for $25, signed Lawyer was introduced, Y-hloh read that In consideration of his $25 all proceedings against Phillips nd his wife were to be suspended for one teak. This was'alleged to be only one sums which Phillips had aid-to the lawyer for.

similar purposes. Such was the story when ex-Surrogate tensom took the rosy-faced witness in and for cross-examination. Then fol- jwed an hour of very fencing be- ween the lawyer and the exceedingly lick young man. The latter seemed erfectiy willing to the various scapades with which he was charged, ut' in each Instance found a way xplaining them so that they did not eem quite so bad. He admitted that he a son of B.

Bebro, a former wealthy lerchant of Manchester, England. "And you eloped with a servant in our father's said Mr. Ran- Nq," replied the suave witness, "she was governess." He said that his father, Is now in this ity and that he had seen him within a "Don't you know that your father you have repeatedly Jias said over and over again that you are a scoundrel?" asked Mr. Ransom. "Father says many things when he li excited; and he may, perhaps said hat," replied the witness, "but he is nistaken." This reply angered the and he proceeded to take' the young man hrough every step of his career.

Th witness acknowledged that he had nrs eftEngland for Australia on business for his father and had spent the monev without transacting the business; but, ie added, "my trip was not wholly for jusiness." "Indeed!" said Mr. wha else, was it for?" "For pleasure," was the reply, and "And you had quite an experience on your way out?" suggested Mr. Ransom "Oh. yes Indeed," was the prompt re ply, ''I saw a lot of whales and shark the'first time In my life. Mr.

Ransom seemed disconcertea am did not press the'inquiry. The witnes admitted that In Australia and Bgyp and various of the Continent was arrested for passing checks whicf were not good, but explained each these circumstances by saying that tad been Imposed upon and had aiway been honorably acquitted. At one tirn ils father sent him to Brussels with aO.OOO worth of- merchandise to dlspos of. He sold It for 16,000 francs and a bad check in the bargain, for passin which he was arrested. Ana sala ne sweetly: was merely a mistak in judgment as to the value of th ods, and you can scarcely call It crlm al" After his arrival in this countr ETOI he i for obtain Ing money under false pretenses whil running an employment agency i Brooklyn and sentenced to pay a fine $600 "But," said he, "the higher cour reversed the judgment on a technlcalit -they- always do.

you know-anfl I don think that ought to It was a this stage of ttio proceedings that th hearing was To Assist New England Women. The certlflc.ate of incorporation of th National Society of New Bnglan Women was filed yesterday In the Coun ty CWrk's office. The purpose of th society is to promote social pleasure and to assist women of New Kriglan birth The managers are Emma M. I H. C.

Seward, Josephine Judson, Hattie A. Blade Sarah A. Smith a- Simons, Katherlne B. Galllson, Mai W. Wilson and HuthJM.

Hardy. Deserted Her Hatband and Child'. Mrs. Mary Parry, of No. 352 Ha Forty-Beeond street, left, her home Feb.

23 and has not since been seen any of her Thomas Parry, he husband, had a general alarm sent ou from Police Headquarters yesterday When she left home she askeci neigh bors to take care of her eight-month old child. She Is thirty years old, allm build, and ban light complexion blue eyes. ONGRESSMAN BELDEN'S BIG HOTEL Will Btand on the Bite of the Wellington, Will Be fourteen Stories High and Will Cost $1,000,000. Transactions were few yesterday in .0 real-estate market, both on the ex- lange and among the brokers. The ily auction sales were at the Broad- ay salesroom, where Auctioneer Wlll- Kcnnclly sold under foreclosure the ur-story brick tenement, with flve- ory brick tenement In rear, with lot x87, No.

9 Essex street, to I. Bachrach $17,850. Auctioneers D. P. Ingraham Co.

under foreclosure the two-story 'Ick house, with lot 18x80. No. 416 West wenty-fourth street, to "William S. Long Plans for the missionary lodging-house t'. No.

62 Washington street, are etcd. The Memorial Baptist Church ta accumulated $48,000 for the erection the building. Congressman James J. Belden, of Syr- citse, has had plans made for his new tel at Forty-second street and Madison site of the Hotel Welllng- n. The "structure is to be ories high, and will cost about $1,000,000.

awko Wetherbee, proprietors of the 'indsor will be the managers of r. Belclen's new hotel. To-day's auction 'sales at No. Ill Smyth Ryan: Execu- r's sale of the three-story brick house, ith lot 19.6x110.6, No. 310 Madison so foreclosure sale of the lot 26x100, o.

852 1st ave. By-D. P. Ingraham Foreclosure tie of the two six-story brick tene- ents, with lot 78.3x13.4x10.6x14.1x56.6, os. 184 and 186 Division also the lot of land, 100.11x125, on the north- est corner of 7th and 120th st.

By R. V. Harnett Foreclosure alt of the five-story brick flats, with SOxlOO.n. No. 334 West 66th st.

By William Kennelly: Partltlop sale the three brick stores and tenements, lotn. at the northeast corner of ve. A and 10th st. At No. 69 Liberty George R.

ead: Executor's sale of the brick build- ngs, with lots, Nos. 65 and 66 South "os. 91, 93. 97 and 99 Pine and Nos. and 127 Front st.

RECORDED TRANSFERS. 6TM gT, No Ohna Slcdlcr wife to Gouverncur Tlllotson 3D ST. No 221 Lambert Quack- cnbusli wllo to Cornelia A 8TH 225.6 tt ot 7th avo. 17.GxD9.ll; Cornelia A Lamson to Lambert Snyclam OLUMBUS AVE, s. 75.9 ft of 97th it.

25.1x100; Joseph Hasscll wife to John Rollinan 6TH ST, 200 ave, ither" -Mark Ash wife to Leopold Kaufmhriii 6TH ST, 200 tt of Amsterdam avo, 25x100.11; Leopold wlfo t.o Mark Ash ROADWAY, no cor 187th st. 200x100; Jos 1 Smith wife'to Jas Dcno- ovim et al ADISON ST. No 302; Josepn Levin ft wife to Ch'iriu Grlnberg UTGERS Noa 61-63: Marvin Brlugs wife to Thos Hurst ATHR ST, 48.6 ft of Roosevelt St. 18.90(1.11x10x67.4:'Hour? Whitehead, ref, to Martin Touhfcy VE s. lot 81, map Stuyvesant; Anna Chadll htsbd to Margaretta Gels TH AVE, No 12; Louis Jojra leyzer PH ST, No 218 Bridget Dooley Jacoh Kllngsteln ,1.

ST, No 117 Itedfield, ref. to John TH ST. 8, 340 ft of Ave Jonas Well ano to Jos TH ST. s. 150 ft of West, 109x100.5; Jacob Butler wife to Jno Rlrldy ano.

TH ST. Nos 19 21 George Edgar et to Emma MSTERDAM AVE. ne cor 83(1 St. 70.81 100; Manhattan Railway Co to Louis. Ungrlch ST ST, 205.11 ft of 3d avo, 20.11 Theresa Abraham to Carrie Bock ST, No 172 Ilachol Epstein to Julia Chuch STH 3T, 230 ft of 2d ave, 19x 100.B; Emll Kosmalc wife to Jr mep Donaldson JTII ST.

No 229' Arthur A Btlllwcll wife to Michael Carew 9TH ST, No 72 E- Edward Prcs- to Gouverneur $23,000 32,600 18,000 The Mayor Delf mined to Fix Responsibility 'for the Bnilding Dfester, ALSO TALKS TO TJE CORONER, The Bnilding Supsrintettant Stands I with the Opponents of Gitei's Tenement-House 1 HIS RESIGNATION IS NOT YET ASKED F01, Judg? Fitzgerald, in Charging the Orart Jury, Refora to the OrcHard Street and Malt-House Collapses. Thomas J. Brady, Superintendent or Buildings, was summoned to Mayor Strong's office yesterday and questioned about last Friday's the collapse of two buildings, one '4 them on Orchard street in course of construction. The Power of Removal; bill looms itt like an awful nig-htmare before Brady just now. He has suspended Timothy J.

Ormsby, the inspector for th( 160; 000 2S.OOO 37.000 9,000 33,500 63,000 18,700 E.CiOO 20,000 66,000 80,000 20,750 27,600 jl.250 JO.000 12,000 NOT THE RIGHT WITZIiEBEN. Honest Owner of the Baron's Namii Out of Court Unblemished. Mrs. Marie Rochbauer. thirty years.

Id, of No. 84 Amsterdam avenue, ured a warrant last autumn for C. Witzleben, forty years old, whom she of writing insulting letters to ler. He had been a boarder in her hus- land's home. Yesterday a German gentleman pre- ented himself to -Court Officer Foley and said his name was C.

H. Witzleben. hat he lived in Mount Vernon and his of business was at No. 930 Broad- vay. He was taken before Justice Taintor, who recognized him as a member of the lepublican Club.

Mrs. Roehbauer also tated he was not the man wanted. It is said that the "Baron." as the real criminal called himself, is in New Dreans, and that prior to his departure ie had impersonated the real Mr. Witzleben, greatly to the latter's annoyance. HONORED EMMET'S MEMORY.

teEOlutions Adopted Recommending Forcible Measures as a Means for Ireland's freedom. The one hundred and seventeenth an- ilversary of the birth of Robert Emmet was celebrated last night at the Cooper Union, under the auspices of the Irish Nationalists of New York. Gen. Michael Kerwin presided and delivered the opening address, after which there was a musical and elocutionary entertainment. Rev.

Dr. Georee C. Belts delivered the oration. Following the address resolutions were adopted condemning parliament ary agitation for Irish, independence and recommending as a substitute the enlistment of other countries and subsequent forcible measures. The evening was brought to a close by the singing of "God Save Ireland' by all those district which Included the orchard street building, and he is an investigation.

That is about had to say to the Mayor. "I cannot see how I am to be held sponsible for the disaster," he said reporter. "It is a physical impossiblHjr, for the Superintendent to personally the inspectors, and all of the guards provided by tho law were qfy served in the selection and appointmeit of Mr. Ormsby. I could not do "It is unfair," he continued, "to rfr call the Park place disaster, and tty collapse of the building on MonroJ street where nine lives were lost coroner's jury after a careful tlon found that that Monroe street col lapse was due to the high winds.

Thi courts have decided that the collapse ol the Park place building was due to a) explosion. "No mau could have foreseen the col lapse of that malthouse on TentJ avenue," he concluded. i Inspector Ormsby was one of the flrsj appointees of Supt. after he induced the Legislature of 1892 to abolisi the Fire Department Bureau, of whlcl was the head, and create for him rand-new Department of Buildings rmsby Is about thirty-two years old nd a son of George Ormsby, for forty ears a builder and contractor. His ap-.

lication for appointment as inspectoj as signed by Alderman Nick Brownl that time Justice Divver's lieutenam the Second District; and True') immie Oliver, Jacob i. Edward Dr. John H. Coughlin and. A.

Burke Co. He an ex-i mination as to fltness before a board experts. i Mr. Brady's reference" to the "safl uards of the law" was unfortunate lew. of hip recent active opposition ertain sections of the Tenement-Houi ill, which provides for fireproof bulk ngs and fireproof stairways and shaft; The opponents of this bill are builde: nd tenement-house owners, and Mi 3rady has sided with them as agains 1 uch men as Hlchard Watson Gildeit Chairman of the late Tenement-HousS Commission and of the Committee eventy's Committee on -teform.

The man Fryer, who has pu; ti an amended bill it he Interests of owners and builders, IS aid to have close relations with the iuildlng Department. II When Col. Strong Supt. fit'ore him he asked if there was Mng that he as Mayor of the city could 0'- in the matter of the Orchard street Uaster. Mr.

Brady said the case was entirely in the hands of the rMayor told Supt. Brady that ho. fed matter thoroughly Investl-i eu and then he sent, for Coronea O'Meigher, and told him he would comj munioite with the District-Attorney ano; isk cne of his most competent be assigned to the case. Mr. Irady emerged frgm tho Mayor'g offlco Deling' and looking more cheerful than when he went In.

Hia resignatfen had not been askorl for. Patricli H. Spelman, the builder ot Third atenuo and Nineteenth street, called onV.ho Mayor while Supt. Bradyi was thereland this revived tho talk that Spelman yas to be the new head oc Department. Mayor Strong said he hain't linked Brady to resign, and that would In charsingtho now Grand Jury day, Judge 'J'itzgerald called attention last FrlAy's building dlsastera in those words: "There is arttaier class of crime which) comes under lie coKiilzancd of the lawv and it la might bo termed culpable I'G'gllffenclMany people are often placed In the Viost extreme danger in where sufident oaro Is not taken by those In chafee, such as in the ease: of repairing sncCtaklns down of buildi He Becomes Violent at His Hotel and Is Removed to the Flower Hospital.

Robert A. Kane, a retired Wall stree broker, sixty-one years old, has been living at the Hotel Campbell, No. 5 West Forty-second street, for the pas two months. He has been a suffere from bronchitis. Lately he has been wife yesterday that wanted to visit Wall street.

sh tried to prevent him he became vloien A physician said that he was demented and he was taken to the Flower Hospita for treatment. He probably will be sen to a private insane asylum to-day. Liquor and Overwork the Causes of Insanity Inventor John N. McLean, of No. 3J Central Park West, who attempted sul clde Saturday night by stabbing himsel with a hatpin, is still confined in th Insane pavilion at Bellevue Hospita Dr.

Adamson, the insanity, expert, 'sal that, in his opinion, Mr. con dltion was due to liquor and overwork. The patient will be removed to a prl vate institution. Mrs. Leolaire Was Hot Murdered.

Detective Jeroloman, of the West Thlr tieth Street Station, reported yesterda that Mrs. Joseph Leclaire. of No. 121 West Twenty-seventh street, had klllo herself by asphyxiation. The asaertlo of her husband that she had been stran gled and the gas-tube placed in he mouth were pronounced to be wlthou foundation.

More Municipal Resignations. Assistant Corporation Counsel Ediwarc H. Hawke, has left the Corpora tion Counsel's He was eypectec to remain for a few weeks to close the business in hand, but he ohangec hla mind and resigned yesterday. Joh Redmond, a title-searohei' in the offlo at a year, go April 1. ings.

Such case; carefully alao Tried Robbery in thiprosenos of CorpseV Watchers boslfle coffin of J. losen. which lay In a rear of his fuis niture store, at No. yp Mulberry street'ii were startled at 5 A.yr. yesterday by OS stone crashing throuih tho plato-elassi window.

A pdllcomanV)aught two men 10 said they were ifederlck Burnelln Boston, anfl John Ekr, of Bayton, O. ith were held for try in tho Tombs i confessed that who said the; of Be Both Court, Burnoll robbery was the that he had helped rob Richard Mostr's cigar otore, at. No. 72 Spring street. BUSINESS TEOUJLEB Thomaa irtwlomtlo dealer' provlnlonit at No.

47 Jay ntroot. mont ywitorday to Vincent llosoi orencos tor Bin llubllltl to bo about will" McDrldo ft Stafford, Coentlea composed o( John A. Arthur Jf. Stttttord, made an dny to Thoiiuu A. Bond, jjiv FranctlB It.

Upton, cloctrlnlan, of inadd an uflulgnment thoro on Involved In tho failure of the HI struotlon nrld Supply Company, of Ni lamlt streot, lor wlileh rooelveru won on Kob. 16. The Third National IJui tat'hed Mr. Upton's Intercut here for dorser on a note of tho abovo company. Deputy Shorlff HonnlnK yontorday raol e.i(tioutlon for tl.iilE* against Seymour 0, No.

127 Water street, In favor ot darn, Clonity on a tote. Fherlff Llpsky han ronolVAdlan ment for tho Company, dealing In molasses Noy( favor of tho Hannvor National, Batik on a note inudo by tho company and Qeorpo W. Moore and Ooorgo W. principal owners of company. A tho company claimed aaaets, $29,000.

Deputy Bharlff Holmberxor has rec'cVea thfei" more attachments against B. Waxrsltioui Son, dry-Roods merchants, of Macoii, ''11 favor Moses Howborg, $4.192: Max L. 5864; Tbos. M. Porter, Deputy Sheriff McQtvnoy has roceivol aa at- ddoa tauhment for against Allco H.

1 Princeton, In favor of Wm. C. of Baltimore, for balance duo on puhi 8 Q(. Bharcs of stock ot the Slow. Iron al steel Company.

Meyer, Grayheid has Iifen 1 In proocoiUnga for NilJolt i tbt auit of Turtttiull Co.