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1 THE BRO DATXY EAGLE. YOBK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1898. ON IMPROVEMENTS. WATSON COMING NORTH. o.i ottss BsuriT nr nitiunrn MdltEfl ffilttl dt LIIAIlGED, GEN, WILEY'S CHARGES DENIED IN WASHINGTON FIVE SUSPECTS LOCKED OP.

inu i ciMgujie iew, nowever, to tne Cassamie Murder. IidANY THEORIES ADVANCED. The Crime Promises to Be Another Fourteenth Ward Mystery The Men Arrested To day Are Nicola Spenso, Dominico Di Canteris and Carmino Difalcc They Say They Are Innocent. The poiiee of the Bedford avenue station with an increased force cf headquarters Je tectives were again to day busily engaged investigating the murder of Andrea Cassague. years of age.

was choked to death in a dark bedroom in turmn nn iiin iw I Xorth Second street in the East ern District, a few minutes after midnight yesterday morning. The developments to day included the arraignment ia the Lee avenue police court cf three more suspects, namelv: Xicola Spenzo. 10 years old. of 2G Jackson street; Dominico Canteris of 253 Xorth Sixth street and Carmino Bifaleo. 2G years o.u.

ot Aorta Sixth street. They held bail until Fridav. were Canteris and Bifaleo. as wiil be seen by their addresses, live in the in which the crime was committed, while Swnjo livms in a house on Jackson street, adjoining that (Special to the Eagle.) of Alia Cassague, the son of the dead man Saratoga Springs, X. September 21 and stepson of Mrs.

Cassague. i There is every indication that the. attendance In court to day the accused said nothing at the Republican state convention of Sep in reply to the charge against them. In tembor 27 will be one of the largest in the oiuding the arrests eft yesterday Michael history of the party and that the auditorium ALDERMEN WOULDN'T ADJOURN As a Mark of Resnect to President Woods. 'hen the an! cf mot this moon, annot; ivr.s made of li cl Thomas Woods' child the Brooklyn men, headed by Alderman cart, tried io have an adjournment taken of respect to he president.

The Tam men ppot adjournment and voted A' on: 'i'ae action of the board caused pns at the City in continuing Hail, though uinored that President Woods diij any on his account, ssuetl call tor the special mect tut Ho i inn. ad Gi Chili occupied the president's chair. Ho alloived resolutions of sympathy to pass the board and then, at Aid. Stewart's request, put the motion for adjournment. Aid.

Mc Innes seconded it and it. was generally supported by the Brooklyn men. The vote was taken viva voce. Aid. Bridges, as soon as (he Tammany men had voted "No." called for i he roll call.

Chairman t.Iedhill refused to haw the roll called, as he had decided the motion loot, i The Aldermen passed the Council's resolu tion of thanks to Miss Helen Gould. PRESIDENT'S TRIP WEST. He Will Be in Omaha October 13 and in Chicago on the 17th His Callers To day. Washinsrtcn. D.

September 21 Repre sotativex Stone and Fen is were among iho President's callers. Mr. Ferris talked with him brieily coueernitifr the conduct of the apprcachintr ciampaisn. while Mr. Stone's vi: it.

was devoted to an effort to have the Pennsylvania troops, at present in Porto Rico, recalled and others substituted in their places. He premised to give attention to the request. Those who talked with the President say that ihe frenoral subject of recall of the Porto Riean troops is giving him some concern, as is also 'the question of the discharge of indi vidua! soldiers in this and other departments of the Army. Many applications are being made for such discharges and to some of them ihe President gives personal attention. The President has decided to postpone his departure for the Yv'est vnitii the second weeit in October, giving himself only ti'tne to reach Omaha by the 12th.

This is a change from the orignal programme, which contemplated an earlier start and a visit to others places arriving at Omaha. He has received invitations to many other while on his 'tour, but so far has not iteiin.teiv decided to go to umana on tiie 12th and Chicago on the IT. He was i to day invited to Paul and Minneapolis, i but deferred a definite answer. The invitation in this ease came from Gov i ernor Merriam and official bodies of the Twin Cities. Ii.

is now expected that Mr. Hay will iied as secretary of state before the jr siilents departure ior the Utst and i't is hoped to 'iave 'the War Department inves tiga nil 1 innlpr nr hfn tho Proe'tonl leaves. The re port that ex Gave.vn.or Woodhury of Vermont, had been asked 'to accept a place on the investigation committee and that he had accepted was confirmed a't the White House day. He is the seventh member of the oommi: filled. tee.

There are two places still to be RAC'NG AT GRAVESEND. Seven Events on the Card This Afternoon, the Third Being Divided. Entries for To morrow. (Special to the Eagie.) Gravescnd Race Track. September 21 A programme of seven races is offered here to day.

the original third race, which hat about thirty entries, having been divided, the first half to be run as the tfciird, acid the second half as the fifth race. All the events are well balanced and should be ho th The starters, joekeys and betting 'for the race are as follows: Roysterer (Clawson), .1 to 1: Impcrator (Burns). 5 to Buffoon (Dog go; t). ID to Blue Devil (O'Leary), to tmentum (Spencer), 10 to Marsian (James), ir, General Maceo (O'Connor), 40 to Pleetlng Ccdd (Lambley), 15 to Tanis (Mcldcrmcti). 2.r to Queen of Beauty i I i I i i I Controller olsr Hopes to See a Start Mads at Once.

Controller nncuneed to day that he nones work will begin next week on he nssessinciu in Brooklyn which have been authorized by the Hoard of Pub lie I pro and certified to bv him. This refers to the six improvements ia which contracts were let last year and partly cer ttified by the termer Control lcr of Brooklyn. The streets appointed are the rollcwiiig: Sixtieth street, between Third nod Fourth i avenues; Avenue C. Flatbusti, to Coney Is and avenue; Utiea avenue. Twenty Aiurth and Twc.

uy it iirth and Tiver. ty ninth and I Thirty second Wards; Xc stra; avenue. Btit ler to President street; Orietvt avenue. Mo.ro poiitan avenue to Oilver street: Richardson st.ee:. ivmgsmnd avenue to Humboldt street EXAMINING KINGS CANDIDATES.

Superintendent McCulIugh is to day conducting the examination of one hundred Republican candidates for places as deputy superintendents for the coming election. The men are from Kings Cotnitv. Sui, McCuIlagh said that ho wished to deny that the examined men are paying 25 cents for Living their statements sworn to by a notary public, as alleged iu a newspaper. Ko said that there is a notary public in the office, who does this gratuitously. AN IMMENSE GATHERING.

The Republican Convention at Saratoga Will Be One of the Largest in the Party's History. on Broad wav 11 be taxed to its Mrw.ltv hold the. the shouters. The advance guard of the politicr armv will be crin tn v. a UUIU1U4J uiueuiug ana oy Monday the United States Hotel, which is to be the principal headquarters for the leaders will be a bee hive of complications existing in regard to nominations make it necessary to held a number of important conferences and most or the consultations ivill take place here when the leaders from all parts of the state have congregated.

The cottage headquarters of Senator Thomas C. Piatt, on the first lloor of the United States Hotel, facing the court and formin" a sort of hub for the lines of headquarters that spread out through the hotel like the spokes of a wheel, has already been engaged and along this immense interior balcony where so many political fates havo in the pas been decided, wiil be the throng of delegates and leaders. Xcar to the headquarters of Senator Piatt are those engaged by Lemuel Ely Quigfr. Louis I. Payn.

who has two cottages; Superintendent George W. Aldridge and Cillers of prominence. Up to this time neither Governor Frank Black nor Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has engaged apartments at any of 'the hotels. it 'they have instructions have been given the hotel proprietors to Itecip it oulot. Jt is sad however, that Governor Black will not be there at tne of the convent.

i Lauterbatfn has engaged hi3 usual headquarters ax the Windsor, just south of the convention hall. There will he large Xew York and Brooklyn delegations he re. it is expected At the Columbian many of the delegates from the vcsii rn part of the state will have uc eommcKltKions. Among those who have engaged cottages at che United S'ates, are Charles A. Schieren, William Berri.

W. C. Wallace, Genervl Stewart L. Woodford, John T. Motf, Michael William J.

Morgan. Frank Hiscock! Lemuel Ely Quigg. J. Bidwell. Timothy L.

Woodruff. Congressman Odcll. William Barnes, George Yv Aldridge, Ha.mil ton Fish. A. Davidson, R.

X. Wilcox. Republican CMy Committee cf Xe York. S. Ceyltende.ll.

J. F. McDonald, General Ketch um. General Anson G. McCook.

E. J. Jordan R. R. Applcton.

J. Murray Mitchell. Thomas' Merwin. J. W.

McC. Smith. L. H. Lewis, T.

J. Baker, A. R. Peck. A.

H. Corvey, J. Irving Burns, Benjamin Hammond, General W. Hughes, O. M.

Mar Chester. A. F. Higgins, George W. Etistimnn.

p. Morris, F. .11. Bfcsir end Set'h Parsons. NEW RAILROAD ORDINANCES.

Local Officials Say They Will Have to Go Out of Business if Adopted. The railroad men in Brooklyn do not reaa.rd i very seriously lac resolutions introduced in the Municipal Assembly yesterday and Which include almost everything from a reduction of the faro in rush hours to 3 cents to making the companies abandon the short trip cars. Few of the railroad men in this borouuh would discuss the proposed ordinances ssrlo'uslv. but as one official said. "If they become laws we wiil all have to go out of "the railroad husi ess, as wo wiil scon become bankrupt' President Rossitcr of the Heights road, in speaking of the resolutions, said tho proposed ordinances were very unjust.

He pointed out how it was impossible for his eomoany or any other company to give up the short" trip cars. 'Suppose," he said, "we have to run all cars to Jamaica and Flushing on these lines, for instance, and cannot turn off any as we are now doing? The gross earnings would not then pay us for the cost of operation and we would have to stop the service. I do not fear any interference from the resolution affecting the operation of express cars." ALL NEW YORES SCORE 49. In ternational Cricket on the Staten Island Cricket Club's Crease. The English erickotcrs v.

ho are now on a tour through the United States and Canada, under the captaincy of P. F. Warner of Oxford University and Middlesex, began a two day match to day against an eleven representing the Xew York Clubs, on the grounds cf the Staten Island Cricket Club, Living Eton, S. I. The weather was bright and the air bracing, though a trifle cooler than the visitors arc used to in their home matches.

The wicket leaked well and promised good cricket, but some of the experts, after loaning it over, S'iiJ i would not stand much play and would break up after it had been played in for a few hours. aotaius uc.iccoy ana Warner tossed a coin at 11 el ck, toe former guc the turn and he imrr diately decided on sending the I Xew rs to bat. The first men to go in I for the defense cf American wickets wore R. Cobb and C. II.

Clarke. B. J. T. Baeenqu'et and J.

L. A ir. worth were the Engli.sh bowlers to begin the attack and E. H. Brav went be i hind the wickets.

Basenquet opened the bowling the, lower end and Clarke hit his second ball fcr a couple and sent another to leg four. At the oio.se 1 the Xew Yorkers' first inning, after one hour and firr.een minutes of pi.iv. the ec re was 4i 10 1. The wlekei was carefully rolled before the Englishmen went, to bat. Captain Warner and C.

Sewell were the first and kept together for half an hour, during which Sewell contributed IT. a minute before the time sot for an intermission for luncheon, be.ve.i was Dowieu by Kelly. Score, 23 1 Play was re at 1., A. Warner partnered his brother at the hat. He scored a couple of doubles and then sniaslu i out a 2 and a J.

Captain Warner was by Cobb a few seconds late' Score 45 2 2. I ot I i. to 111 ter I ed 1 'his i ac in 1 a in 1.. L. tin 270 had the for the CHEERED 1 1 NEIGHBORS.

0 I Thousands of Sidi A uencl the Oyster bav XESENTAriON A SWORD. The Village Was Lavishly Decorated With Flag r.nd Streamers Mr.ny of Colonel's gh Hitters Were Present Art Interesting Programme Presented in the Hal: Thunderous Cheering When Roosevelt Received the Handsome Weapon. Which Was the of the To Iv Politics in the Colonel's Speech A Representative Committee. Eagle.) Oyster Hay. 1..

S.p' day jubilee and roc ption eber 21 The gaia Colonel Theodore Tne ccremcnies i cf villagers I Roosevelt, w. begat: at frt.ai the sur Icivti.ion till motion for ceremonies a Id to iiay the tcv.r.s las.c.l from eariy in too aftern Th. vili was not so much the it was the Colonel himself ml the Rough who were expected. One or two of the uniformed troopers made Wen appc Then they with net's hous aranee and were came in cup: hi row They liur; i two and half 1 iiy erected, did. no: miotic to iho t'oin les in the he had left for Five hundred sui'd and woods and r.tni beior cob bra had.

the scene Invitations whc.i Color, tile Kouph Tin Ki ar.d. there i i From eve fluttered t.i stre atn he btoe. o' rt tl; v.a id arrived owrj bv vas very dense. 0 its limit and platform, public building red. white and house front.

1 were hand orlt as per net: di" a i ti or 1 ev. The Eomely i.rat formed by a The in egran. ()v, ltd the artist, follow U'l It The preentatiot: vent of the his un.fcfi received weil cho: en wur is yn.i "behalf cf the iil. r. was the garbed in t't with a few the il en made the caase.

ihe iiue: was rr.oti and lo. tt Rough I iders tit: re and the Coionei j. tion of The trcwl of the piatterm was tiutiy minutes. The L' I liv.f 1 his apprecia I cntiniialiy bjwiug. had asseuibiid in front bigger than had ever rth chore village.

Matiy were It. al politicians, i a fc.v hints on poiities oil. i'tit not a was gw th erod any a.ntens those pre who io from Bpoken on the ubect an that this was a asia poKtifsi Whly stamped, on the pvii ffa i dans myres.Mon indel I when the Ccionel bssaa his a ddress i'o narrated many in his disccur. drev a vivid pi; of t'ae fish on war i amtit'ing ar.d he on ban Juan 'iu. vorus were listened 'to on and his speech was only the outbursts of applause.

The y. loiveth tm the va.iar.'t P.ough marked a fern Interrupted bv Colonel speke Riders and he he ed the men of intent in unmeasured terms. He col red cavalry for their bravery lit tie hand mieht have farad badly colored M'Gopers responded so gai fiarht. He id a strong tie csva.ry praise! the anil said hi. had not the iatitly dun: of love ar.

Rough Rid and said woul 1 a. vt A Rh do Casino ite 1 friec.dsi'ip exist bet.veeo the I rs ar ilorfd eavalrj men love for the colored trooners i die. land. 1 he i hake 'monies, io't lad rrvod at the The ception large 1 1 vs the. je 1..

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tnru. 5t. 1 J.ari:. WILL GO TO MASSftU HOSPITAL. Sick at Cnrr.T Black to Be Transferred From Field Hospital, by Order of Surgeon Gsner.

n. (Specia co the Eagle.) September 21 A tele L. Sep gram has been rc eiv. eral tic nberg at Washi: tors r.f the Xn. sau lijsp Surgeon Gen by lit direc tal Henipsteail.

asking fleid Ii. tion. Tr i the tor hespltai jatiems in srably with sei 11 th. in the thi 1 iff nsld gin. and li 1 1.

Till dtve the sen: to the li ld hus live pa days ms oveme! ors I tin. iln Th owl at 1 'amp end du X.iss sail II. ai Th an in ii. on 'he plains I'uvs N'as one of the I. and is situ places of sail Ii Tlt.

I The I.on the i es will majority mala rial in the lever nu: ill fit The higiilv i.ffi sible lg P'lS 'he the CASH IS BISiMISSSD. Burli' I'tTbush was fere asked them a short time, to i ave the court room. EVELT I I I i I 1 i i I i 1 i r.l i s. 1 I jC I v. i I an v.

so. lar nsv do che I i The Commodore Sailed Yesterday From Guantauamo. Washington, D. September 21 The Xavy Department has informed by Captain Goodrich of the Xewark at Guantanamo that Commodore Watson sailed yesterday from that place for New York, turning over the command of the naval shtps on the station to Captain Goodrich. The captain says that the Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa, on whfch the wreckers arc working, did not come off yesterday, as was expected, but that she surely will be raised successfully.

Xo word has come to the Xavy Department of late respecting the result of Constructor Hobson's efforts to lloat the Colon and some apprehension is expressed that the ship will go to pieces in the heavy weather that is now due along the south coast of Cuba. HELD FOR THE GRAND JUR Y. John Murphy, 26 years old, who said he lived in Manhattan, was held in bail for trial before the Grand Jury. He wa arrested at Coney Island several days ago, accused of picking the nockct of Kate Britt of 67ii Myrtle avenue. He was arraigned in the Coney Island court this morning before Magistrate Xcstraad.

LIQUOR DEALERS AND POLICE. Magistrate Crane Says an Association Arranges for Protection and That Non Members Are Hounded. Magistrate Lc Roy B. Crane, sitting in the I Yorkville Court, Manhattan, this morning, denounced a special policeman for arresting a bartender for selling liquor after hours, and discharged the prisoner. He told the officer that there were thousands of saloons violat ing this law trad he wanted to know why the nronrletors were 113 arrested.

The case which excited the indignation of Magistrate Crane was that cf Bartender Er nest Weis of a Raines law hotel at 1SS Third avenue, Manhattan. Special roltcciwan Har vey H. Ware cf the East Twenty second street station said that ho went into the hotel at 1:55 this morning and got two glasses of whisky with a friend. He thereupon arrested the bartender. "Was that the only place open at that Hour asked Magistrate Crane.

Couldn't. you have 2011a into thoi. irts of nthe, nii and have done the same thing? Of course you could. "I am not going to countenance arrests of this kind. Every proprietor of a saloon does the same thing.

I can go into any saloon in the city after hours and get a drink. Everything is wide open. It is very convenient for you officers to arrest any man you want to in such a case. This man is discharged." Later Magistrate Crane said: "All these saloon keepers are compelled nowadays to belong to an association. They don't have to pay now directly for protection, but do so through the association, which acts in each district.

All that is done now by the association. The police soon know what saloon keepers are members of the association and the non members are watched. The members are. not. molested and can lte ep open after hour as long and as often as they like.

But I'm not going to have those men brought here and so heip the police in that kind of work." When Chief Devcry's attention was called to Magistrate Crane's ut.tei anec'S 'he 'oeencne highly indignant. Calling HI chief assistant Sergeant Flood, the e'iiiof directed him to get all the facts in the case, witti a view to laying them before t'ae Grand Jury, in order faat the offen ding saloon keeper might be indicted. The chief then said: "Under circumstances will I permit anybody to be interfered wit'j while complying wi tj the law a clearly tis possible. Judge Crane 'aa no right to make any accusations of that kind and I think it is ungeatiemanly and in bad taste. I don't propose 'to stick policemen up agair.st t'tie fror.i: of everybody's door, the as they have been do'ing heretofore.

Xo liquor dealer will be interfered wich by t'lie police while tie is complying with f'ie law except where he does so 'in aa obnoxiouis manner and t'lien I will 'take a hand in the matter myself." The c'lief incknatcd very plainly ttiat if Judge Crane continued to discharge offending saloon keepers against whom the evidence was conclusive, then he (Devery) would lay t'ae matter before Grand Jury and see if t'he magistrate could not be punished for his dereliction. MONEY FOR THE CQfViiVHSSION. East River Bridge Commissioners Succeed in Getting Some of the Funds Due Them. The Xew East River Bridge contractors have at last gotten some of t'he money long due them for work done on t'he pier founda and piers of that structure. Last Friday Controller Color sent official notification to t'lie Xew East River Bridge Commission r.nn nnn i.n nr i.

s. UL icL wunu s.i.c 11.111 oeen piaced to tneir credit. The Controller already 'had in his cer tided claims for all t'. outstanding indebtedness of the commission up to t'lie first of t'ae present montli. These included the bills cf the con trtictons an V.tc pay rolls for several moiwllis.

since for t'lie pas: ninety days the commission have a bank balance to their credit of only a few dollars. Last Saturday warrant were signed by Deputy Controller Daly in favor of ali the contractero. Shaniey and R3 a.11 received a tijeck tor all due t'hem up to September 1. Ttie other checks were drawn for 'tihe following amounts r.und figures in favor of the following contractors: Coiin 512S.O00. The Degnan, McLean Construction Company, $00,000.

P. H. Fiynn, $140,000. These payments relieve the contractors of long standing burdens of indebtedness. They have had to keep at work and pay large forces of laborers regularly every week.

Each of the contractors lias been compelled to borrow money in order to keep at work and they have all threatened more than once to all work unless some method of fiuaneial relief could be found for them. For ail of the present year they have lived on promises. The large claim against the city held by tho American Sugar Refining Company for property taken for the bridge is also to be liquidated without any further delay. The property was taken by the commission a year ago. an agreement having been reached' between them and the owners as to tho price which was fixed at Time and again attempts ivere made to get money to pay for the property, hut they failed.

The commission is, however, at last in a position to close the purchase and it has set next Tuesday as the date for closing. It wiil have to pay the American Sugar Refining Company, beside the purchase price of $37.0,000, interest for i one year, sniraintiiie to 515.050. Julian Fairchiid, a member of the and the treasurer, was at the commission office 1:1 Chamhors street to aay, preparing for the lmal movement this matter. The commissioners' salaries for three months are also ready now for payment. The 000,000 credited to the commission just about pays all of the bills already due and 1 about to become due in the next few months.

Xo new contracts can be begun, for ail of i the money in sight i3 already pledged. A NEWSBOY ARRESTED. Patrolman Thomas F. Tracy of tho Fifty i Precinct was the complainant in the I Gates avenue court this mo. nirg against William Micivtom, a newsboy, living at 1,409 Fultc.

i S'treet, whom he charged with steal 1 ing a newspaper, valued a one cent, from 1 in front of his residence this morning. Tne ,.1.0 ..1., 1 but wno ooks i.e.i dor wnen arm tgn on the adv.se of eiiu Lawyer Rock well, waived examinatic'i. ad Id to the action of the count of special ses sions. Martstrate Worm piaced the ball at $200. SEEKS DITOR CE AT 60..

BaTbara Wuest, who is CO years old and runs cigar store at S2G Stc cktcn street, has been granted $25 counsel fee and S5 a week alimony, by Justice Garrctson, iu her suit for separation from Jchia Wucst. on the ground of 1 ii v. ivn oi ricnies that he has ill treated his wife in any way. T'he plaintiff alii gi deteridant has X450 in. the Bowery Bank and $1,500 in the German Savings Bank, beside earming $20 a week.

1 i his al 1 Finding of the Committee That Investigated Barren Island Smells. DECLARE IT IS A NUISANCE. The Report, Which Has Been Made to the Anti Barren Island League. Says That the Present Style of Disposing of Garbage Cannot Be Improved Except by Cremation What the Committee Saw. Tthe special ct mmittee appointed recently by the Anti Barren ItAand League to investigate the alleged nuisances at Barren Island has made its report.

The committee, which consisted of Samuel Kohn, M. D. Henry M. Tostcvin, Edwin Outwater. Oscar Lowinsou, Leon William Scheer, Frederick W.

Avery, Isidor Stern, Adoiphus E. Karelsen ana Stephen Valentine reports that it visited Barren Island on Saturday, September 3, and examined t'ae works the Xow York Sanitary Utilization Company, ihe object of its investigation. The committee says among other things: "On approaching the island we noticed that the waters Jamaica Bay for hundreds of feet from the dock of the Xew York Sanitary Utilization Company were black, murky, ill smelling and evidently contaminated by the impuri'ties proceeding from the works of said company; the stench as we cared the dock was well nigh unbearable. The piling of the dock was covered with a slimy, greenish and greasy material, which emitted a foui cdor. Two scows laden with garbage were being unloaded by the endless chain elevators into 'h tne adjoining laaen SCOWS were srnil mg, uncovered, in tne sun.

Xo effort was being maue to unload them. We learned t''at the machinery in this house was out of order and that tne garbage would remain on the scows until the necessary repairs could be made. We were Informed that these loaded scows had oeen standing there for six days. Meanwhile, the stench thererrom is borne bv cne wind into densely populated parts of 'the city producing sickness, discomfort and maledictions; a flagrant infraction of th de 100 to 106 (1SDS aerever we went stenches and vile odors w.re excessively evident. The machinery is rageuious.

but no ingenuity will ever be do to evis eans for abolishing the vola hpf arisinS from such an immense estabhsament. "One character of the stench, hitherto in definabie, was explained by this visit to toe T.a:mely' tl bot or cbarac These stenches when the invade a increase the warmth of the atnnW ls "his characteristic which awakens healtay people from a sound slep causing suffocative coug'h and irritation of the i3 uui omy a stencn, out a heated compound of gases, vapors, volatilized Ms. organic particles and ge.rms. "We tried to make out how the reeom recently made to the Board of Hea.th by expents E. W.

MantHo, J. B. Taylor and Jo'an Bogart, would help matters We cannot understand how such an immense factory can be made virtually air fs recommended; close up eve.ry opening, 'sav ihese gen t.emen, and have the air for the poor workmen to breathe pumped in. the immense heat prevailing in the factory and the many compartments tit contains i wi.l be impossible to drive air into ev'erv to C001 Efficient breathe work to work, live acd ston f'V1 Barren Island were sto for a wk, the sa tutration of the oil the island and of the bay's bed with decaying organic matter and reeking mud id so complete that the island itself would bet nuisance. This nuisance cannot be abated che factory must be closed.

It ie an infringe "The dissemination of horrible stenches from this factory produces disease and death Tne preejso locality which is to suffer the stenches is determino.i ,1, rh. 1:1. ot Vlll 11 is Manhattan Branh bheeiishead Bay lonoy Island and the Orion. tal Hotel again, it is the rlensnU parts of Canarsfe, Brooklyn and East Xew ork; again, it is Rock way Beach. Arverre I'ar Kockaway, Lawrence.

Cedarhurst. Hewl letts or oouhaven Junction and Ozone Park Zu the land within a radius of from six to ten miles frcm Barren minaf1 nntl 'n dread of this borri ble mfllction day and night. iu present lor vonr If carefully UV PYlWrio nr. different methods of garbage disposal in various American and German cities; first there does not exist outside of Xew York bitv a plant lske this one for sterilizing or digc tin garbage which has been in operation over a year; wherever a plant hs hr, t.vw... i "lay.iMim, iiiio nnanauij oefll Condemned anil r'n.

V. 1 u. 11. i.ta.iu auLOOrilie nf rha hnnfiiic! nf trc lining health. ana menace "Second.

The report of the Committee on Garbage Dis pc sal of the American XatlomU Puolie Heaeth Association to thp Philadelphia meeting (1807). based upon three years' investigation of this subject and upon the're" ports of many consulting engineers here and Eurc pe, unhesitatingly condemns this method of boiling.digesting or sterilizing garbage and favors the method of cremation with the possible utilization of power. "Of one thing this com.mxtee is positive: This diG'graeefuily inadequate, unsanitary system Barren Island must be changed, since the community simply will not endure the nuisance any longer; and therefore the sooner t'he authorities act in the matter the more credit will accrue to thorn, for their labors for the public welfare." OBITUARY. John W. Sheppard died at 351 Decatur street on Monday, after suffering a year from nervous prostration.

Mr. Sheppard was a let carrier attached to Station of the local Pest Office Department, having been appoint as substitute iu 1S01 and permanently in 1802. He was very popular among his assoei atcs. and his funeral to morrow evening from home, will be attended by representatives from his sta tion. Carriers A.

E. Krique't, W. J. Brand, S. Willdey and J.

R. H. Quevedo wiV as pal! bearers. Mr. She.ppard was born Brooklyn dirty one years ago.

He leaves widow and one child. John Gould Stevens died on Monday at his home. 125 Lafayette avenue, of cerebral meningitis. Mr. Stevens was born in Darien OS years ago, and had been in business iu.

ji uiu nan latieriyi itriucu. nu aa an uucnuani ot Trinity M. i i iiuiuii. aim nis Mineral sc rv ices will be conducted by the Rev cnaries Ccodseli of Hanson Place M. onurcn this evening.

Burial will take place at Wood lawn to morrow. A widow and a son survive him. Daniel Merrill, for twenty seven years employe in the Department of Liquidations of the Custom House, died at his home, Seliermerhorn street, of apoplexy. He been ill since July last. Mr.

Merrill was corn ot puritan stocK. in uorgen, Genesee County, X. SI years ago. He entered political life in his youth and was justice of pence and postmaster in his native town sixteen years. He was later nn Internal Revenue officer for the county and was chair man of the Republican Central Committee of the county wnen appointed in the Custom corner ol 1 uiton and Smltn streets.

He raised the rear wheel and gave it a twirl. Then he poked the second finger of his right hand through the irnagJ.na.ry apace and in a second the first joint of che digit was nipped off just as neatly as if he had run his finger against a buzz saw. howled and a cro.vd gathered. The boy was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital and the wounded finger dressed. I a Officials Say Requisitions Froirij Chickamauga Were Honored.

DECLARE THEY ARE BLAMELESS. Permission Was Telegraphed to Camp Thomas, They Say, to Purchase Boilers and Everything Else That Was Needed The Present Number of Volunteer Major Generals and Brigadier Generals to Be Reduced by One half Adjutant General Corbin Declares There Will Be No Further Mustering Out of Volunteers. Eagle Bureau. 60S Fourteenth Street. Washington, D.

September 21 Tho officers of the quartermaster general's department indignantly deny the charges made by Brigadier General Wiley that requisitions for camp isuppjies were not promptly filled. Colonel Moore, the acting chief of this department, said to day: "It is not true that we refused to furnish boilers at Chickamauga. in which to boil drinking water. Every requisition for boilers ws honored within half an hour after it was received at the department. We telegraphed permission to our officers at Chickamauga to Ic 1L aicKaieuiugd.

i purohase boilers and everything else that was needed libera. fiflnnMi iir, t. itn ucj umj ivuc'W IL. .1. ia uv necessary to ii'ave toilers in which to boil water.

Camp kettles are large enough for this purpose and should have been used, although we did not refuse to furnish large boilers." At t'lie office of ttve Surgeon General t'ae same denials are im.ntiv ffifom in LnL ever requisition tor nit'uicai stores au supplies was promptly filled, and that if they were not distributed to the various hospitals and camps, it was through no fault of the Washington authorities. "The records of the office," said Colonel Alden, acting surgeon general, "will show that ail medical supplie were shipped to camp as soon as requisition for t'hem were received. If uney were side tracked in freight cars or tbe proper authorities failed to distribute theoi, the fault is wi the surgeons in the field." The officers here do not attempt to defend Dr. Huidekoper, t'he veterinarian, Who la corps surgeon at Chickamauga. It is stated chat he was appointed xo ttris position by the President, but 'hey are unable to say whether his assignment was made cn the recommendation of t'he Surgeon General or noc The Surgeon General is out of town, so no statement couid be obtained from hiim on subject.

Brigadier General Boy iuon to day reported to the War Department that "the medical supply division at Camp Thomas, Chrck amttu ga, closes to day with at least twenty carloads ot medical and surgical supplies still on hand, sufficient lit out fifty regiments with medicine." The present number of volunteer major generals and brigadier generals will shortly be reduced one half. Toe department is now selecting the men who are to receive honorable discharges. There are now eighteen majorgenerals and seventy brigadier generals, one half of whom are to go. It is probable that the epartment will retain in the service thcee officers whose commands are more or less intact, discharging these whose troops have been mustered cut. Adjutant General Corbin informed the Eagle.

correspondent to day that there was no truth in the report that it is the intention to muster out of the service all the remaining volua teens, with the exception of 40,000 men. "The department has practically concluded the work of reducing the volunteer army," said General Corbin, "and there will be no further mustering out. We so informed the various governors several days ago and va have not departed frcm our original plains." Senator Piatt, who was at the War Department this mornvng, when asked whether there was any likelihood any more Xew York troops being mustered cut at present, said: "As far as I can learn at the War Department there is ivo immediate intention of mustering out amy more Xew York troops. Xothing further has been decided upon in regard to the Xew Y'ork volunteers that are still in the service." Disobedient Surgeons. Cincinnati, September 21 A Times Star special from Lexington, says: General Breckinridge, who is in command of Camp Hamilton hero, and Surgeon Genera! Sternberg had a long conference just befors the latter left here with Secretary Alger.

General Breckinridge wanted to know just who. had the right to command the hospital surgeons. He said at Chickamauga these individuals were a sort of "do as you fellows, under nobody's command. General Wilson had requested certain things to be dona in the hospitals at Chickamauga and no attention had been given his demands. Investigation, General Breckini'ldge said, showed that the surgeons considered thern selves subject only io the orders of General Sternberg.

General Breckinridge said ha found the samo trouble at Camp Hamilton, and ia wanted to have a distinct understanding regarding the matter. General Sternberg said t'iiat the surgeons attached to Chickamauga subject to the orders of General Wiison and that t'he General should hav found this out. General Breckinridge said the same was the case right here, and ho wanted General Sternberg to inform General Sanger that he was the proper person to command ttie surgeons. LAWYER SMITH'S DEFENSE. He Admits That He Assaulted Juliu Schwartz, a Fulton Streel Storekeeper.

Thomas F. Smith, a lawyer, living at 1,243 Herkimer street, and having an office in the Real Estate Exchange on Montague s'treet, was charged with assault this morning in the Gates Avenue Court by Julius the proprietor of a dry goods store at 2,053 Fulton street. Schwartz testified that without any provocation or warning. Smith entered his store on August and struck him in face. Smith admitted the assault, but stated that he did so because Se'awartz had insulted wife.

According to the testimony given. Mrs. Smith told her husband that cn August 23 Krie went to Schwartz's store to purchase handkerchlcrs. she was in a hurry, as sno had an engagement to meet her husband tho Real Exchange to see the naval Schiyfl, rlslnrvl n.fc i hrm. anH 11 .1,.

UUI 1 U.U, UliU 111. Xta him It is also said that in giving her the change from the money she had given in squeezed her hand and held It some time with out her consent. 5Irs. Smith, however, did not tell her husband of the occurrence for nearly a week, after which Smith assaulted the storekeeper. Schwartz on cross examination denied that he squeezed Mrs.

Smith's hand. Magistrate Worth decided that Smith was guilty cf the assault, but suspended sentence. Smith, it is said, will swear out a war. rant for Schwartz's arrest for insulting hi wife. e).

to Lambent (Maher), 7 to Miss Miriam (Sims). 12 to Ori'cn (Taral). 13 li Lord ZerA (Jones). 10 to 1. The Mtaptcr get the field off cn the first brc'ik, but left two of the best played horses in the race Buffoon and Imperator stand ing at the pest.

Lambert got away with the track and set a merry pace to the stretch. oiegei ot 12 btagfi street and John Thnm.qs ct Xorth Sixth th tanors. Jive men are now in custody. ic is understood tmir tt ta i jii against any of the accused men. From; the fact, however, that they appeared to lmcw more in regard to Cassague and his who man they wc ro willing to tell they are in meantime detained.

Ait the Bedford avenue station Captain Short again directed the work of investigti tion t'h'is forenoon. His officers, it was said, wore searching for the roui t'h Italian, although it was not believed the arres ivouid uuravei the mystery. It was said, however, was deemed advisable to arrest this man rather 'than allow him to remain at while the crime is beting discussed by every one ia the I'talian quarter. As a matter of fact, the arrests of the mco now in custody were provoked by their own reti eenee. More are liikeiy to follow as nearly every man in the locality shrugs his shoulders and, owing to rright or suspicion, will say nothing when spoken to by reporters or detectives.

Officer McKie of the Bedford avenue station, who was in charge of the house this morning, bad many experiences of this reticence among the Italians. Among them were numerous callers on Mrs. Cassague, wife ef the murdered man. The woman has siiglTtly lmproved this mora ins. Her upper anil lower iips are still swollen and discolored, as a result of her struggle with the murderer.

Her tongue also sustained ininrv from the murderer's fingers and so far she has u.y oeen au.e to swinow nan id frynrl Cotwithstanding the fact, as stated in yes terday Eagie. that Mrs. Cassague told more than three conflicting stories of the crime, tne police are inclined to believe now thttt the woman in a general way is telling a straight story. They attribute the conflicting statements to rough or incorrect interpretation of her words and the fact that she is iaboring under an intense nervous strain. The police now concede that the murder and the robbery were the work of one or more men.

There was some taik among these investigating the case to day of a conspiracy among five men, whereby one cf their number secreted himself in the house and strangled Cassague shortly after he and his wife had fallen asleep. Until more tangible evidence is obtained, however, such a supposition musit be pu down as a mere theory. Another circumstance which tends to sup port the woman's story was the result of the autopsy made by pr. A. C.

Henderson yesterday afternoon. The physician found that. Cassague died from a fracture of the hyoid bone and an extension of the interior of the larynx and trachea, causing asphyxiation. In other words, ithe man died "from strangulation or choking and the fracture goes to show that the deed was done by the hand of a strong man. Although wirv.

Mrs. Cassague is frai! and slim in body. "She is G1! years of age. A close w.i. oh was kept, this afternoon by Officer McKie on all visitors to the house.

Mrs. Cassague has many sympathizers, main ly women of her own nationality. Xo one among tnom could be found to day, but was of the opinion that she was the vioiim of a most daring and peculiar crime. At one time the crowd of women at her bedside grew so lar that Officer McKie felt constrained to en.ter and summarily drive them out. Sergeant Conklin and Detectives McGrath, Clark, Stoddard and Doyle were at.

work on the case al! the forenoon in different parts of the precinct. At. noon the were contriving for the arrest of the sixt'h suspect. Some of the officers admitted that if the arres was made no new light would be thrown on tihe crime unless it came from an unexpected source. A number nf other officers made a thorough tour of the neighborhood of the Cassague dwelling.

The building is an old and rickety brick one of three stories. All the are Italians and very poor. Adjoining the building to the north is the old Valentine innnsion. one of the most fashionable residences of Willitimsbnrgh half a century' ago. The house is still intact and is now occupied by John Wilson, with his wife and their boy, 10 vears old.

To an Eatgle reporter tn day Mrs. Wilson said that she heard no nei c.i en the morning of the tragedy. She was first awakened by the ambulance gong. Her statement was corroborated by her young son, who, with all the others in the neighborhood, was aroused by the excitement that followed the commission of tho crime. Xeverthclcss.

the grounds of the old mansion would seem to the visitor an inviting place at midnight for the planning ami commission nf despirate deeds. The grounds are dotted with trees drooping at this season of the year with heavy foliage. Even in broad daylight the environments are dark. In the nieht the locality is but lighted. Then, again, the location is op.e of the most ob snure that has br 'n built upon in the Eastern District.

Xeariy all nearhy dwellings are by Italians. The locality is r.sid.i from the current of traffic and the oa ual wayfnrer thinks of stopping to look arriind and view so uninteresting a p'ofe While an Bnle reporter wa the C.s sapue house this morning a midle aged I. nlian. who said he ivas I) iminick Menici. a brick layer from Dcvr Park, called.

said that he wantfl secure pr session of 'ni'3 trunk. urib'i was in Cass ague's rooms. Men iei rented a room ixteen m. nt'hs pri ir to Au gust 22 la Trim and then left to go Deer Park. He said ne aid bring his trunk along him.

He wrn no't aware that Cos had fr.00 raved. He to always i nmnl i in.oiev. iicwever. M.n'ei said." and frequently in making pis rcCia as mil 1I1 as a bi'l. REPORTED REAL ESTATE DEAL.

It was repcrtc this moaning at Bath Beach that Peter II. McXulty and E. C. M. Fitzgerald had contracted for the purchase of .11 large tract of land in the Thirty fir.

Ward. The said to have changed hands is in Sh ipfluad Bay and is bounded by East Tivei: six. a and Ea Twenty eighth streets. Avenue 7. and Voorhees avenue.

The property will, it is understood, be cut up into building lots and improved for residential purposes. The purvli. i. price is said' to have been JSi.onn. DEATH OF POLICEMAN STEWART.

Patrolman John Stewart of tho Gates avenue ste.t'.er. d'. ti this morning at his home. 1.00 1 avenue, after a short illness, from general debility. Tho deeoaso.I was appointed cn the police force in 1SS8 and was 27 years old.

He leaves a widow and faai where Marsisn came through and. in a drive, won by a length from Momentum, who was half a length In front of Lambert. Time, 1:1 'U. second race Merry Prince won by a 1 length from Mount Wasnington, two lengths in front of Merlin, third. Time, To Entries.

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mid with SCO'l to th. Wht. Wht. lirlf Klyl: Scntchma al V. brii WANTS BURNS PUNISHED.

Fireman Who Declines to Pay Ali mony Awarded to His Wife. awyer Charles Brandt moved to day brfcre Justice Garrctscn in the Supreme I'aurt to punis'i Fireman Philip J. Burns for nipt for failure to pay $100 counsel fee Sm arrears of alimony "In Xeilie Burns' s'iu against for a sena ration on tfie r. tn cf. nor.

support. Lawyer George Grue fur Burns raid iu opposition that il 1 pay if he uld. but lie eon 1, 1 not da x'cpt in installments, which had been r.fced. The defendant says that he has expenses and is oiiueating his SOn. An c.fiVr nf part iciymont of the money 'had been rejected.

If Burns be sen; j.n; w. old lose his in rile ire nets over could to nartm. t. La.vytr Brandt said that $100 a aionth and that th; he wanted to. but Burns do; end Md 11, I i I 1 wma iis.j;i ocujumg Unam i ouse.

inrce suns aim lour ciaugcters sur tjionllip vlvc h'm 'rlic funeral services will be con 1 op ducted by the Rev. Dr. Gregg of the Laf.ay Scpumuei 21 A Barry, do eue Avenue Presbyterian Church. fcatcd Towns of Australia to day in the lia al heat ef the races for the scuilinc championship of Time it! minutes I WHEEL CUT OFF HIS FINGER. 2." see.m.ls Towns held the lead tor a mile, Johnnie Muller, aged 12, of 9 1 Dean street but dropped out of the race on the sccoi rl scconu was wauing along Fulton ytreet at noon tc day, when he noticed a bicycle In a rack SHOT HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF 1 Chicago, 111..

September 21 Michael Scbwarz, a musician, last night went to the boms of his wife. Anna, from wiborn he baa been divorced for months and in rhe presence of 12 year old daughter, shot his wife, ktiling her instan'tly. He thco shot himself in the head. The tragedy was the result of an arsumcut over past differences. so.

n.irrors.in said it looked to though It'ir van trying to way in alio matter of making p.iym,. bet a r.irrea to pay at stated 0 court and had not done so. Th would, how 'ver, take the papers and docutcn later. is by court give a '5?.