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THE BROOELTK DAILY EAG LE. XEW YOEK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1898. Ifr. of sovcn most iv, to in MISCEL1ANE0U3. DEFENDS THE ORGANIZATION.

Tllfl SCHOOHERS LOSI; SEVEN SAILORS PERISH, APPROACHING CHANGES II LOCAL METHODISM. SHEA ASKS FOR MONEY 10 BEGIN THIRD RRIDGE, SEEKING A. DIVORCE. rcrclir.ttacl Eeland, Formerly of Brooklyn. Sues in Philadelphia.

hiladclpiiiti. Peec. nber 1 Ferdinand L. Roland, a mechanical engineer, formerly of Drojklyn. is cocking a divorce from his wife on the ground of desertion.

His attorney makes this statement: "Mr. Reland was married to Mies Etniiy Matthews on January 1. St)3, in New York, and lived Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. X. for a lung Lime.

Only a short time after their marriage he r.ofice that his ife was receiving letters from theatrical people. They were sent to the house, some unsca.ed, and thc. he opened. They were signed by men knoAii in the vaudeville world. Once two men lie Amelia G.

Ireland and Clara Leavitt Founder Near Vineyard Haven. THE PEMTAGOET STILL MiSSlNG. little STsws of Additional loss of life or Property Received To day in Boston. Vi: Gay here, icyard Haven, December 1 Syl 5 Calhoun, a member cf the crew of the Head life saving station, has reached bringing news cf the loss of the schocti ers Amelia G. Ireland of Now York and basc.

declared the preliminary work the Clara Leavitt of Portland, and of i would nessarily include beside borings and surveys the preparation of maps and the as the c.ip.a.n. mate and four seamen from the; certainmcnt of the cost of property and all Leavix and one seania.ti from the Ireland. buildings that might lie along the route se The captain, mate and four seamen the lected. It would be the duty of the depart Ireland were saved, and one man came ashore mcnti Mr Probasco continued, to arrive at rrom the Deavitt on wreckage. The names f1 of "pessary in connection with the matter.

The total expense could only be of lost and the survivors had not been guessed, but the department wanted enough learned when Calhoun left the Gay Head to do Its work properly. The money would station, which is at the other end of the i all bo disbursed in the usual way by the Con A Correspondent Dissents Erom Young Republican Club's Decision. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: From the announcements in tho press I attended the exercises of the Young Men's Republican Club last evening respecting the doing away of political conventions. I had supposed there was to be an open dt'bate. but, rather, it was all one way, and the chub committed itself to an unproved innovation without hearing a word from the other side.

The speakers and tho audience were ot unqualified gocd standing, patriotic and politically pure. Mr. Riccord, who spoke an hour and twenty minutes, has, through years, become an enthusiast over that one idea, and several other young men had written essays which were, limited to five minuw but which occupied fifteen minutes. The bent of the deliveries was to further diffuse ana waste Republican political energy instead of concentrate and effectuate it. They all prefaced their readings by a statement of their "experience," and then proceeded to demand trial of something that was unexperienced.

It seemed that th 3 good time had come prophesied by Joel: "Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions." The main speaker and the club proceeded on the false assumption that Mugwumps in general would attend a stolen primary It not compelled to belong to that primary's organization. The experience of the past year has proved they will not, as a general rule. This whole movement of direct voting at the primaries, under section 11 of the new primary law. is a persistent and, perverse struggle of men who are too nice for the average American public conferences. We must start with the fact that republics cannot 'be perfect, because, the meanest men have votes.

Ail so call ed reform clubs, Mugwumps, Independents, kickers and everything outside of the regular organization, while well meaning men, pure minded and inoffensive citizens, are without any exception visionaries, sore heads, disorganizers and are at heart better suited to an aristocratic form of government. Although good Americans, they are hardly fit to charge San Juan Hill, for that needs organization. We cannot get away from the fact that our form of government is carried upon the voluntary shoulders of the people, not by king or dynasty that has continuing and unbroken sway, while we are subject to incessant rotation and changes. Tho federal and state constitutions, all, are silent about, the method of presenting candidates to the popular election. This initiative work has to be done by the good will and attention of the people and this requires organization and system like all other progress and work of society.

But the Mugwumps are stricken with a pious fancy that pure spontaneity will do political work. This will never operate until the millennium, when every man shall be divinely inspired, without conference or co operation, but then we shall not need any government. This Jerseyman, whom the club thought fit to import to instruct them upon New Y'ork politics, started off with several distinctly announced heresies that were gulped down without salt. He said the root of all political evils is in the convention; that the South had the best political system, and that in this country pluralities must govern. This is outrageous, un American, and should be checked before its malign seeds are scattered to do further mischief.

Conventions are representatives of masses like legislatures, boards of directors, etc. This direct voting at a primary for candidates is like referendum folly in making law. In sparse communities like the South, like the North soon after the revolution, and like small towns, direct voting is pure Democracy; but as population becomes dense we have to resort to representation. If conventions are evii it Is because citizens have not gone to the fountain head and there properly constructed the conventions. No.

the root of the evil is not in the convention: it is in the abstention of people of refinement from the caucus and the primary, which choose the convention. With beggarly instincts these Mugwumps (we cannot call them Independents for that dignified term applies only to those who have an organization), do not get together and make a primary of their own, but they have cuckold the regulars in appealing to the state to thrust them in, by brute force, upon the primary that the regulars have prepared by their private organization, paying room rent, lights, fire, stationery, etc. However, let that pass. The Mugwumps have no responsibility, no promise of steadiness in the purpose of carrying on the initiative of presenting candidates to the government. They cannot be relied upon poli't Ically as to future action.

The first charter election of Greater New York proved this. They only succeeded in obstructing the orderly progress of the community toward municipal redemption and in the very next election, headed by their chief prcphots in both parties, they came right back into camp and submitted to discipline. It is always so. There is no doubt that direct primary voting fcr candidates will bring out a nicer and slightly increase the vote, but it does not reach the evil, which is general abstention. It is disorganization attempting to upset organization: it is chaos attempting to take the place of system; political anarchists attempting to oust orderly people; it is an academic theory forced into the place of a century of practice: an innovation offered for an evolution.

The caucus, primary and convention are coc indivisible system that constitutes the boiled down common sense of the American people that has grown up by necessity and practice. The only trouble with the method is it is not filled out with flesh and If citizens will net go into it, or have not enough public spirit to accept voluntarily the annual bitterness, then no palliatives or expedients will do us any good and we come, to the alternative that they must be forced to east their ballot at caucus, primary, convention and electio just as they are forced to do any ether pu'blic duty. Uneasy rests the head that wears a crown. Voting is not a privilege; it is a citizen's duty bearing arms, paying taxes, or sitting cn a jury. The govorn cannot compel a citizen to choose, 'out it can compel him to go to the polls and drop a ballot, where having overcome hi.s personal physical inconvenience of leaving his fireside and business to do this, he wiil likely make a choice.

Our dear and well meaning brothers, the reformers, speak of the organization as a "machine," of the leader as a "boss." It is to their oto reproach that they this. It goes without saying that nothing can be done in society without organization. A century of 'political experience has demonstrated the necessity of the caucus, primary and convention. Let the state, now that it has seized the primary, go a step futther and seize upon tho caucus also, and then compel every citizen to deposit there a hal at the official elec iicn under a penalty of fine and disfranchisement. The working cf this may he a long way off.

but we shall have to come to it, for in a Democratic term of government all the electors will no more do their duty without compulsion and organization than they will rush to the battlefield without compulsion and organization. The city caucus will compare with the country town meetings and should be regulated, upheld and revered by the state. Direct voluntary voting at the primary for candidates would always result in small pluralities, cf which the regular organization would be at the head every time, and thus, after all, make the candidates, leaving the other factions to treacherously bolt the ticket, when the Democracy, organized, would come in and scoop the pot as they did in the first charter election. All old fashioned ways arc best. Let us fill out with plain, loyal citizenship our political system of nomination, which has had the sanction of a century.

Ttiere is no keeping this country from disintegration but by adhering to the good old principles of majority rule. That Is regal, and no man or set of men. dare disobey it. Pluralities give weak administration and dead letter laws which are our scandal in tho eyes of the world. If we cannot content ourselves with political organization, then the only alternative is absolute autocracy, which is, after all, the only logical government for mankind until we become changed for the best.

Direct primary voting might do In an election where there Is only one office to be filled by one cf two great personalities, but there is always a big ticket to be made up and to do that the Low people repudiated their cardinal principle hy coalescing with the wicked miemmsts to fill out tne.r ticket. Thus it will always to. WILLIAM HEMSTREBT. I Brooklyn. November 20.

1S0S. i I WISE SON, A Beautiful Assortment of ra i Diamond Jewelry. Flatbusli Av Fulton St. rrwtiiTnt ihls vaxi c.pi Ah ut the of nor nr, fr.i h.i Vvn rir pflmtfil 'Uslionost act To this statement the report of Governor Brack's miikes tlitf following ru ply: In uiir this branch ct ur of i in tl; out: atdoraii. we h.ivv iInc! .1:1 cinm Again the Lieutenant (lov.

inoludir expvn.M aroful oon ut not ht.s said: mal linrin work hud in. the winter, i': out l.v lowest lb ai'v not 1:1 lust', an awarded t. The investigation committee's report eon tains Instances where the bids 1'or work on the canals that wreiv accepted by the De lr.eu; of l'ublic Works were unbalanced, and Countryman refers to this matter In his to llovtrnor Lilael; In the following terms: The Ianguurgo eoarerns the action o. State Superintend of l'ubllc Works vtto.S'J vv nv hr war In': I'T' 1 bids. 'suh it.

:uw.l xi tur in in, ir.iurv latK a t.ii xeetit i the rt 7 Prosecution of Officials Will Probably "Wait Until Next Year. (Special the Eagle. 1 Albany, X. December 1 Governor Black and Judge Countryman decline to make any comment upon the latter's report up.vn the tanal investigatU commissic n's rep. The frienda of Supsrinteiuleiu oi Wcrko Aldridgp had been by curr.S rumor regarding the nature of Judse Countrj tr.an'a findings, eo far as they affeC7ed the Publi? Works Department.

The charge in the report direete 1 State Engineer and or official eon slderable surprise, honwer Kt apparently iiad been led to heiifvo that the report v. aid not suggest anything in the nature of judicial aimed agaisnt himself. When teen day by the Kagle eorrespon Mr. he had ne desire to males any formal "As you cat; understand." he "I have no: had an opportunity to read through the report as yet. It is a us document and ra quircs carefti'.

eoi.si.ieratiou by me. So far Jus I am concerned. I am content to be judged by five years' record in this cilice and court the most complete judicial inquiry." Superintendent I'ublic Works Aldridge reached his office at the capi'o'. early in the clay, but declined to discuss any phase of Judge Count rj map's report, or to indica'e "what course of net ion ho proposed to adopt. It is believed that, he wil'.

give ou" hy afternoon a statement setting forth his future procedure. In some quarters the impression continues that he ivill refuse to ask Governor Black to suspend him pending a judicial investigation. In such an event the presumption now expressed is that the Governor v. himself suspend the Superintendent of Public "Works without delay. Attorney Hancock does not relish the situation in which he finds himself placed by Judge Countryman's report and the Governor's subsequent action.

General Hancock's term of office expires on January 1 next. Legal proceedings of the sort contemplated against the two state offleia's will involve a good deal of extra labor for the Attorney General's Department, and doubt is felt whether, with only a month's further tenure of office. Genera: Hancock will care tn inaugurate the prosecution of the State Engineer and the Superintendent of Public Works. Governor Elack desires hnve Judge Countryman associated with the Attorney General's Department in connection with whatever legal proceedings are inst: In this respect the executive's wishes will undoubt edly be regarded. Jufge Countryman, therefore, will act in the conduct of the prosecution as a special deputy attorney general.

He is not prepared to enter upon the work at present and tie prospects are that it will be a month at least tefcre the first steps in the prosecution are begun. That will put the matter over until the next administration and will involve a sood leal of delay in setting the proceedings In motion. Under the revised the Attorney General has no discretion "nut to comply with the Governor's request that he Institute the necessary legal proceedings against the State Engineer and the Superintendent, of Public Works. Hew he shall set to work, hon ever. and how expeditiously he shall conduct the case are matters which he may determine for himself.

Under all the circumstances, therefore, it quite probable that there will be no further legal developments in the canal scandal during Attorney General Hancock's of office. Deputy Attorney General John M. Davies cf Oneida County, himself a Repub lican, will become attorney genera! on Jantt I ary 1 next and indications are that upon him v. i 1 1 fall the responsibility of prosecuting the state and ali others affected by Judge Countryman's findings. (By the Associated Press.

1 Albany, X. December 1 Superintendent of Public Works Aldridge been earefullv considering the course will pursue in regard to Judge Countryman's report all morning and at 2 o'clock he announced that he had not made up his mind ar to whether cr iict he would ask Governor Black to suspend him from office during the judicial Inquiry that is inevitable. Mr. Aldridge refused to discuss the report further than to say that though ho believes he is not deserving cf the refleetioii which the newest phase of the subject casts upon him. he will welcome proceedings that will enable him to present hla tide of the case vnicn up to this tune 11s has had tunity of doing.

no oppor FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN W. R. CtEAB. The. funeral services over the 'body of Can tain W.

It. Gear were in the Elks lodge rooms yesterday at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Adams of Janes M.

E. Church con I ductod the ftrvic is and the ritual of the Elks i was read by Exalted Charles K. Williamson, aided hy the of the lodge. 1 Past Commander Wiiliam A. Carter 0," Cnour de Lion IsMghts cf Si.

John i siuu ie.in uiiM.ii services tile or dor. The remains were btirird in Evergreens Cemetery. The pallbearers v. er, William H. I ri.

cis Houghtalir.g. John Jonner. Hany Ctiner. George L. Wo.vl ar.i Waiter Coip There i was a large of fn itdr.

including many police oili dais. RAID AT CONEY IS1AND. Detectives Shay and Kcrkr and l'at' r. Van Wagner or the Cc Island Precinct made a this af i men a building as a phot gallery hi summer time, on Sheridan's walk undr the Ferris wheel, a.ntl arrested Jc: Murphy. of West Kir it Sirre jw I' inj; Frederick Williams.

35 yen's old. of Hhcrlilan's walk, an dWili' im Ui.yle. years eld. Pej Beach walk. The police t.

from th bulkling 200 yards oi rope una a urge (juanttty oi used snip imiMcrs tt is believed is stolen property. The prisoners are held or the charge of and the police wil! try to connect tli. in with the theft of the property found wli. tiiey have been living for some time nast DR. CARSON'S LECTURE.

In ihe Central i'r, Church. Marcy and Jcffcrscn avenues, last ie pastor, the Rev. Dr. .1. Carton, gave first or a series Iffiurts on travel, he oiiY'iig covere.i nines in ai: European trip he t.a.n summer.

Th" it of last! night's lecture was "Picttirt Ireland." and a large r.umb.r inirresting views of the most famous plac leading cities, old ruins and romantic scenery, ivt r. shown. I. H. Meredith, musical dir vor of the church, sang i "Killarncy." The neti: lecture on Tuesday next 111 be "Ilo niii.

I BROOKLYN FIREMEN TRIED. Tiit re only three delinquent firemen cfore Commissioner 11 in Manhattan for trial this morning. Two w. re from Brooklyn and and the Bronx. Tli from Urooklyn wore: Ik F.

McKimiTy of Engine I'ompanv n. i chareed with being ab'unt live hours and twenty mlnuir lined one day's uav. I'obn McNcaron of Hook and Lui No. 3, cha and lb being alirect 1'nrt 'tittixicati' lined three days' minutes jy. (ii i To 1." of ih ckl ar.

i flee rolie ririicK 5 Bfcoklyi: Hi ali" Illllll. ii in In iy. A ss.p atini't aut'e. rs A nmtvr Alro "sp i ial l.n.l si r. i Lll.

not Call b'" cxt Saturday's I I i I i i I a I i i i Electricity. Supersensitive teeth can only be filled painlessly by using Cataphoresis a system of conveying medicine into the dentine by a gentle current of electricity. It is a recent invention, and is understood and successfully used by but few dentists. The method is expensive, and are compelled to ask a higher fee when it is employed; but we are so sure of the result that we make no charge unless the patient is satisfied when the operation is completed. DR.

EDWARD EVERETT CADY, President t. S. Dental Association, 342 314 310 Fulton street, corner Boorum piaoa. CULLED WITNESS A LIAR. Mr Merrill Then Had to Apologize to Justice Maddox and.

Lawyer Griffin. HE WON HIS CASE, HOWEVER. Mrs. Merrill Was Denied a Divorce Because She Condoned Her Husband's Offense. In the sup.

cf Laura Whiten Merrill for ah. absolute tllvoix from Frank O. Merrill, tt whom she was married on May 17, 1893, put on trial before Justice Maddox in the equity term of the Supreme Court this morning, the plaintiff testified that the defendant maintained Improper relations with one Alicei Johnston. This charge the defendant denied and says that there have been difficulties between himself and the family of his wife and that the allegations have been prepared, out of whole cloth. At the close of the testimony for the plaintiff, on motion, the complaint was dismissed.

The plaintiff j's a daughter of Sylvester Q. Whiton, president of the Worcester Salt Company of Manhattan and of which Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff is a vica president. On cross examination Mrs. Merrill said that in 1S95 a Mr.

Johnston, who visited her residence to see her husband, told her that he had named Mr. Merrill as co respondent in a divorce svjit, but when her husband came home he said that there was another P. O. Merrill and that the other Merrill must be the one sought. After she saw her husband's name as co respondent in a suit in a newspaper account, she put the matter in the hands of her brother in law for investigation.

She lived with her husband until September 2 last when the summons and complaint were served on him. To Justice Maddqx. the plaintiff said that until the summons and complaint were, brought to her for verification she did not know that there was absolute proof against her husband. She said goodhy to him In tho usual way when he went away. Her eSp planation of this condition of affairs was that her brother in law refused to tell her any of the details of the case, saying that she should net know anything until the charges were preven to be either true or false.

That day a truckman took away the furniture, after she had signed the complaint. She did r. even kr.o.v thti iwyer Griffin j'. Griffin, Smith Lad been ugaged as her counsel when the action was begun. Lawyer Griffin went on the witness stand in behalf of his client and, cross examined by Lawyer AVard, was asked wh.ther he had not' obtained information damaging to the defendant from the defendant himself and under the seal of secrecy, as they were members of the Masonic fraternity.

Wltaess said that he had not got any information under seal of secrecy, but he had told Mr. Merrill that he was a Mason. "Liar," said the defendant, w(bo was Bitting next to his counsel and not far from the w'itness. He spoke in a low voice, but the witness heard it and flushed. So did hla I honor hear it sad he rapped sharply wltn his gavel and said: i "You must apologize to the court and also to the witness." I Mr.

Merrill said In a low voice: "Well, I apologize." The defendant went on the witness stand for tho plaintiff, being called by Lawyer Grlf fin. notwithstanding the objection of Lawyer Ward. Ic reply to a' question whether had k.town the corespondent in the case he refused to answer, in accordance with the advice of his counsel. "On the ground that it would tend to either incriminate or degrade you," asked his honor. The witness nodded his head.

He was asked by Lawyer Grhfin whether he knew Lawyer Griffin. Lawyer Ward objected, that It was on the same ground. That caused a laugh in the court room. Mr. Merrill descended from the witness chair without having vouchsafed any information whatever to the plaintiff's counsel.

Festus A. Johnston 32S Clifton place, testified nhat in 1895 he called on Mr. Merrill at 144 Decatur street and charged him with Intimacy wit'lt Mrs. J'. ihnston.

He said that af terward Merrill admitted his guilt to him. After the testimony had been put in Lawyer. JcCin Ward, counsel for the defendant, moved 1 to dismiss the complaint. Lawyer rlffln for the plaintiff, said that he would like to argue the hut JusTice Maddox said that his mind wa.s made up. The evidence, he said, ilhowed that there had been 'an offense ecim mitf3 hy 'She defendant, as alleged In i'he eotm plaint, hut that K'Sit offense had been con doned hy the plaintiff, as she had stayed in the jsa.me "iv use with him until September 2, or tho day before the p'apers 'had been served.

GOVERNOR BRADY'S PlEA. Washington, D. December 1 The annual report of Governor Bra cly of Alaska, briefly summarized in Secretary report, was made public to day. It makes a strong plea for congressional action tin Aleislta'H needs the ccmlng session and begs Congress to treat Alaskans as American cltlzeno and not to cailify them with Kanakas, Flll pincB and Cubans. SAIIKOAD Albany, N.

December 1 Papers incorporating the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlaln Railway Company with a capital of 000 were filed with the Secretary of State to day. It Is a reorganization of the old Ogdensburg and Lake Champlaln Railroad Company, which runs from Ogdensburg to Rouse's Point. APPE11ATE DIVISION CALENDAR. Supreme court, Appellate Dlvislcn, Second Judicial Department. Urooklyn.

'December 2. William W. Goodrich, presiding Justice: Edffar X. Cullen, Wlllard ivartlet. Edward V.

Hatch, John Woodward, Justices. Enumerated dny catendar Xos. 332, Van vk. Van WnfivKone; 492. People vs.

Flelilir.j;; Heed vs. Provkl er.t Lite; 547. Uctd vs. Provlilsnt Lire; 534. Klnse vs.

Erie rtall road; r.Cfi. Volltommer vs. Nassau Railroad: 338, nrlKht vs. Beltrlnn Lamp Company; 530. Sprek man vs.

I2oehm: Farrtll vs. Tutham; 534. Oull fcyle vp. National Life Association; 335, Remsea t'rf. flUry.mt: vs.

Nassau Railroad: General Electric Company vs. Railroad and anot'esr; 53S, Cutler vs. Gudebrod. WRECKED STEAMER F10ATED. Dulut'h, December 1 The big csteel steamer Orr, which was wrecked las: week on the north shore of Lake Superior, has been floated and to day came to Duluth, where she will be repaired.

Constant use of the pumps was necessary to keep her afloat. The steamer Harlem, wrecked on Isle Rcyuie, Is breaking up aad the crew is repcrtd to have abandoned har. Continued From Page 1. the two new bridges with which it is proposed to connect Brooklyn and Queens bor oughs with Manhattan. The proceeds will be applicable in equal proportions to the two i projected structures.

Bridge Commissioner John L. Shea, Chief i Engineer Samuel K. Probasco of the Bridge Department and Superintendent C. C. Martki of the Brooklyn Bridge appeared before the board.

Shea said the engineers had gone fully into the questions Involved and I considered that $50,000 for preliminary work on each bridge would be necessary. Presi dent Gtiggenheinier and Corporation Counsel halen desiring more detailed information as to the work required and how the estimate cf cost was arrived at, Mr. Shea stated that it was all based upon past experience. The borings for the Xew East River bridge alone had cost $20,000, leaving out all ex peases cf surveys, the preparation of maps, etc. Mr.

Shea introduced Chief Engineer Pro troller under vouchers dulv certified. In re ply to the Mayor's question he declared the department was properly equipped to carry on the construction of the two bridges without, difficulty or delay. Mr. Martin seconded Mr. Probasco's statements, declaring that thev had both gained their experience on the Brooklyn Bridgr; with which they had been identified fcr almost thirty years.

Mr. Martin outlined the pre liminary work as follows: First a general consideration of the location of the bridges. which miSllt undertaken in the office; next surveys followed by borings to ascertain the yuiiuy ci iounaations. etc. vvun uiese iaeis in hand a report would be prepared and, i desired, plans drawn for the proposed struc tures.

Weil, said the Mayor, we will be ready to go ahead as soon as you are." fTl cacit 'bridSe. hut the Mayor overruled him. 1 um 111 sam ne, 01 giMug taemine money asked for. We be.ieve tn these bnages and I don't want to see this department ham percj lor lack of money in carrying cn this work. The only sure, certain and effective way to relieve the burdens of taxation in Manhattan and the Bronx I believe to be the crossing of the East River with all needed oridges, so that property in Brooklyn and Queens may assume its natural and true value.

It will do this only when adequate transit facilities are afforded." The board voted unanimously for the appropriation. The bonds are to 'be issued after the Municipal Assembly gives its consent. Titer is no expectation of any further action in the matter until next year. Street Cleaning Commissioner McCartney secured from the board the transfer of $100, 000 fcr the removal of snow and ice in Manhattan and the Bronx and of $40,000 for the same purpose in Brooklyn. The fcrmer sum is to be taken from the sweeping and carting appropriation.

The 10,000 for Brooklyn is to come out of the appropriation for interest on bonds. These funds will be replenished by the issue of revenue bonds, for which the Controller received authority to day. Brooklyn has not had heretofore any large fund for snow and ice removal. The transfer allowed to day will give Commissioner McCartney full opportunity to clean the streets as soon as he can make contracts for the work. The beard made a transfer of $40,000 from the salary account of the Department of Charities in Manhattan and the Bronx to that, of Repairs and on recomtneadation of Kelller.

Extensive improvements are to be made on llevue Hos pit a' grounds, including the asphalting of the walks and reads, the making over of the old Morgue into a and the fitting up of a drug room and a clothes storehouse. The New East River Bridge Commission had another requisition ih to day for $1,500,000 of additional 'ootids. It was referred to th Controller without reading. The board transferred the sum of $10,000 from the interest account to the fund for jurors fees in Kings County, and $3,000 from a fund in the Water supply appropriation of Queens toward the pumping plant extension at College Point, It will be applied to the partial certification of a contract; $3,000 was transferred to the sup plies and repairs' account of the Department of Put'lic Buildings, Lighting and Supplies in Queens for the up of the ne quarters of the Finance and Tax Departments in Long Island City. The board authorized the Issue of bonds in the following amounts to pay for school sites in Manhattan, $140,640.60 for property between the boulevard and Amsterdam avenue, from Sixty fifth to Sixty sixth streets and SS, 957.15 for ground on Avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets.

A transfer of was also made to pay the salaries of draughtsmen engaged in preparing plans fcr new houses in Manhattan and the Bronx. Commissioner Kearny's request for the transfer of the $45,000 appropriated for clean ing markets from the finance department to his department was referred to the Controller. The Corporation Counsel has decided that Mr. Kearny's department must do this work. DOCK OFFICIALS' VIEWS.

President Cramm and Chief Engineer Bensel Appear Before the Special Commerce Commission. President J. Sargeant Cram and Chief Engineer Bensel of the Dock Department appeared before the commission appointed to investigate the cause of the alleged falling off in the commerce of this port this afternoon. Mr. Cramm explained the proposed improvements in the docks of the port, and said that the dock commission wanted to build the great landing stage at or near pier North River, where ocean going vesscls could dock and discharge their passen scrs olnS t0 cheir Pvate docks.

He said it was the idea of the commission to connect this stage by spurs of the elevated roads so that passengers leaving the ships could step on to the elevated railroad and go wherever they wished. He said the steamship companies were not over enthusiastic in regard to this scheme, let were tore, to adm't that such a stage would be a good thing. He the dock sy. cm to day was worth $150,000,000 iiv.aliy any cn? to the and this was due to the wise administrations during the past years. He was in favor of terminal warehouses along the water fronts, but he said he could not see the advantage of marginal railroads connecting with all the piers unless the North River bridge would be buiU, so that the trunk lines could be connected with Manhattan.

President Schierea said that if a great grain terminal were established at New York all the commerce now gcing through Boston and Nawport News would come to this city. CHAIRMAN EOR KING'S COUNTY. The ways and means committee of the Democratic National Committee has notified Eugenn V. Brewster of his appointment as ohairnvan the King'5 County committee. It is proposed to raise funds for the free sliver campaign cil 1000 by issuing pledges calling for the payment of $1 per month until October 1900.

W. Hi Harvey has been appointed general manager the fund, with offices in Unity i niciKu. fi fc The Genuine 1 Etarsferti'slcsdf hosphafe 1 Alwnys lies tho name Horsford's" on the iabal. NEVER SOLD IN The Next New York East Conference Will Be of Unusual Interest TO CHOOSE PRESIDING ELDERS. Terms of Three of Them in This District "Will Expire Candidates for Their Places.

Although the New York East Conference will not hold its meeting until the first Wednesday in April next, Methodist politics and the gessip of church changes are filling the air just at present. Some of them are regarded as fixtures, while still others may take a different course. Something unusual in Methodist circles will take place with the opening of conference and that is, three of the four presiding elders have served their six year terms of office, which is the limit of time allowed them. The Rev. Dr.

Charles S. Wing leaves the Brooklyn South District, and his service here after will he as pastor of Grace M. E. Church, Seventh avenue and St. John's place, where he succeeds the Rev.

Allan MacRossle, who has served five years. Dr. Wing has been unanimously called to and has accepted this pastorate, and it now only remains for Bishop John H. Vincent of Chautauqua fame who will preside over the sessions of the New York East Comernce in the First Church in Mount Vernon. xNew York, in April, to confirm the committee's choice by his appointment, of which there is not the slightest doubt.

His successor as presiding elder will hs, it is said, the Rev. Dr. S. Coadwick, fcr five years pastor of the Sumner Avenue Church of Brooklyn, and now clceing his second year at a leading New Haven church. This is considered beycad question, as Dr.

Chadwick and Bishop Vincen't are warm personal friends and were members together of the Rock River Conference in Illinois about thirty years ago. Beside this. Dr. Chadwick is known to ptiss css the qualifications necessary to make a successful presiding elder, being in vigorous healt'a, of magnetic qualities and rare executive abilities. It was at first htougut that the Rev.

Dr. Dwight A. Jordan, pastor of the Sands Street Memorial M. E. Church, whose five years' term Is up in the spring, would be sent to the Brooklyn South District as presiding elder, but it is now somewhat authoritatively stated that Dr.

'Jordan will go to the New Haven district to succeed Elder Crandall J. North, who desires to come on the Brooklyn North District, which would necessitate a change for the Rev. Dr. George Van Al styne, who still has a year to serve, and who had been credited with a desire to go to the Brooklyn South District, which would give him a new appointment fcr six years. In the opinion of men acquainted with the condition cf affairs this wKl not be brought about.

The reason for this, it is understood, is that Bishop Vincent has expressed himself as being opposed to a presiding elder having more than a single term and the chances are that Elder North will be assigned to a charge. Who his successor on the district will be is not known. 'd's later reports have it that Dr. Jordan, who had been a presiding eider before he came to this conference, will sa cceed Dr. J.

W. Beach on the New York district. Dr. Beach has served his six years and it is thought that he will retire, being 73 years old. He owns his own property in Middle town, where he resides, and it is not thought that he would care to take a past orate wihich would remove him from th.it city.

The New Haven District will probably be glvco to seme 'pastor now within its bounds, wiho would, of course, be familiar with its work and needs. Tine Rev. Allan MacRossle has been talked of as the successor to the Rev. Dr. Albert S.

Hunt, recently deceased, as the secretary representing the Methodist denomin.av.ion in the American Bible Society. The names cf the Rev. E. A. Noble, Ph.

and of the Rev. W. F. Anderson of Che Washington Square Church, Manhattan, were also mentioned in connection with this secrerarys'iiip, but it now soems likely that the Rev. W.

I. Haven, son of the. late Bishop Gilbert Haven of Boston will be elected. Dr. Noble would undoubtedly have been the choice hut for the fact that the Rev.

Dr. J. M. Buckley, editor of the Christian Advocate, who is president of the beard of director's of the Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn, has pretested strongly against Dr. Noble leaving the office of associate superintendent there.

Dr. Noble has also been named as the successor to the Rev. Dr. J. T.

McFarland at the New York Avenue Church, but for the same reason he is considered out of the question, although action taken at the meeting of the board of directors of the Methodist Hospital this afternoon may change things so as to make It possible for him to go to New York Avenue. The Rev. H. Goodenough, for five vears pastor of the Nostrand Avenue M. E.

Church and now of New Rochelle, N. is also having strong consideration on the part of the committee for New York Avenue, as is also the Rv. A. S. Cavanagh, now pastor of the church at South Ncrwalk.

and fcr a term at the Groenpoint Tabernacle. The co 3 at New York aver tve regard Dr. Geoden'Tt'Ugh as a wideawake, progressive inan and a student, and it is cot aliticg'oliher unlikely that he wil lyet be the choice, although Mr. Cavanas'h's name secans to re ittalta at the top of the ilsl. Dr.

MacRossto Is Eiti'Jl betas ct neid eretl. etkI atry change Dr. Buckley's opinion is nianrifested at the 'h'C sip'ital he may yet go on the list for. New Y' ork Avenue Ohiurch. SENT TO THE ASY1UM.

Louis Schmalitz Shows Signs of Insanity Are Cigarettes Responsible? Louis Schrrtal'itz, 30 years old, of 19S Moore street was committed to the Flatbuah asylum from the Ewen street police court this morning, having shown almost unmistakable signs of insanity. Schmalitz, who is a Russian, was arrested at 19S Moore street In the Eastern District, where he resides with his wife and two children, last night. Schnialitz'a wife told Officer Vance of the Stagg street station, whom she caUed in, that her husband had been occasionally violent 'in his aet.ions during the last five months: On coming home last evening he relied on the floor, kicked the dishes from the cable and chased a number of people living in the same building from their rooms. Hlis wife further said that Schmalitz was an inveterate cigarette smoker. As the man seemed to be in a highly nervju state an ambulance summoned from St.

Catharine's Hospital when the station house was reached. Dr. Duffy responded and attended to the man. When arraigned in court to day Sc'hni'aikz again became violent. He knelt before Magistrate Kramer and talked Incoherently in Russian.

When taken to the pen he continued to shout and tear his clothes until taken to tho waiting room down stairs. Here an officer was placed in charge of him until the arrival of the Charities Department wagon which took him to the bopitai. PURSE EOR THE REV. MR. CAREY.

Saratoga, N. December 1 The Rev. Dr. Jcsaph Carey, who is celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of his rectorship of Bethesda Episccpal Church, has been presented with a purse cf $5,000 from the members of Ms parisn. ine anniversary sermon was this morning delivered by Bishop Doane of Albany.

Many prominent clergymen from other places took part In the services. NEW YORK SOLDIER KILLED. Atlanta, December 1 A special from Athens, says: Piv. Kelly. Co.

202nd 3W York, who was shot last night 'ny Quartermaster Sergeant Becker, died to day of his There wa3 a genereal fight in Co. O's street, caused 'by too much whisky. oailed the house and inquired for hio wife. The. two.

he told me, he thrashed soundly. He remons.rated with his wife and then moved to this city, residing fcr a short time in a hoiue en East Susquehanna avenue. After frl.v months' residence here he went back 'to Co'lutnoiu Heights. Affairs did not 'improvo and 'he here again; this time to a a on Sedgwick street. A short time ago he intercepted a letter f.v his wife from an a playing in a Philadelphia theater.

After he hired detectives, who followed his wife to a locii theater, and afterward saw her in company with nn actor. The result, of the detectives' investigation was. why Mr. Reland for divorce and the custody of one child, Mrs. Rclatici, her husband 'informs me, has ine upon the stage and is acting under an assume 1 nimo." THE M00RES ON TRIAL Assistant District Attorney Mclntyre Jffakes a Scathing Address the Jury.

The trial of William A. E. Mcore, charged wi'th rd'obery in the first degree, was resumed this morning in Part IV of General Sessions, Manhattan. The defendant was brought, into court at 10:30 o'clock. He was met by bis counsel, Levy, with whom he shook hands.

Mrs. Moore followed. She smiled and shook hands with Mr. Levy and was then given a seat away from her hutrVn.l. Martin Mahon the nronrie'or cf Xew im? F' hn! tne proprietor cf me Xeu m.c.dam Ho.e,.

complainant, was court. He sat near Dis.nct Attorney Gardiner and Assistant Dis trie; Attorneys Mcliuyre and O'Rcillv. Reorder Goff his seat or. the bench at 10:55 Tba jury, selected last night. I was already seated.

It is cam pored of the follcwvn.g mcin: Hcniw Cc hem. traveling sales Sijfl St. X'lchclas avenue: Isaac Liber man, ecttrn gcc.ls. 171 Greene street: William W. insurance.

HOI West X'inety Gf til street; Yogel. mirrors. 206 Canal Jlorris Apel. dress trlmimings and laces, E's: Fo. 'ty ninth street; Zaehary T.

AJdt'lc'h. furniture, 334 West F'ifty ninth street; Herman S.turcke. can feet icner, 4S3 Am S'terdim avctfue; Charles W. Raab, restaurant, keeper. 143 West Fit ty fourtth street; The cph.iltts H'illct.

inilMners' supplies. 73 West Third street; James Cronin. ai'tifioial flow ers. 33 Wst Third street; H. Sm jth, furrXiuro.

32 5 West One Htscdred and tecr.th street: Asa L. Shipma'n, stationery, CS West Ofs Hundred and Sovemteen'th sitreet. Mr. Mclntyro opened the case by stating that the defendant at the bar had, with a woman, named Fayne Mcor. been indicted November 10 for the crime of robbery in the first dc gree.

"In order to establish this crime." he con tinned, "it must affirmatively appear that property was taken by force or violence from the complaining witness. The state must establish a forceful taking in the presence or with the aid cf a confederate or by means of deadly weapon. The state will establish in this ease that the defendant cotnmitted' that character of crime by means of an instrument of death. The state will show that on. November 4.

after nightfall, at the Hotel Greer. oble in this city, the defendant took from the person of the complainant a promissory note for payable November 5. and in addition to that the sum of about $170, lawful money cf the Unite States." The District Attorney went on to describe the friendship betv. fn Mahon and Miss Strahn before she met Mooro. MR.

QUINTARD RESIGNS A Place Wh'cli Few People Knew That He Held Neither He Nor Mr. Can Has Much to Say. John A. Quintard forwarded to day the following communication to Corporation Counsel John Whalsn: Itrwklyn N. Dccemlx i "SOS John Wih.i; n.

1 rpo. a Ccunssl, New 5T rk Ho I ir As 1 to the Piar.l or r. of i'hirtii ar.l CwrsL ilcr.s. by the moilnai tr. a cither! tie.

in the niOTUli 01 I'Com b. r. uhr Faction 1.S36 ut th New Yo. irtcr." wit: Tfc in.iy ir. York l' pniklyn ansl Uhik 1 City, file csimi lu i Uuv.

and chairman i tiv ftcr.t il: C.mtr I a trar 1 the ioe t.ht Citv of xv in Law .71 ran iheriof. anl I was 1 duty In the olllco of th I'ri; i.o.ic.v in th, iynoia tli t. fcr iui 1 asrsisnmieai dulv mb in city Itt onl, January 14, iSJ. 1 ltereViy rcm, ih s3id t. tak.i ba.s ty.

ur. JOlL" A. QriNTARI). When the eoirtents of this letter became known to day considerable surprise was expressed. With few exceptions those who knew that Mr.

Quintard was over assigned to the Corporation Counsel's office had evidently forgotten Mr. Quintard had only this statement to make, which was handed typewritten to the reporters: "I have recently been retained to bring several actions cf considerable importance against the City of New York. While I re matned ivader the law. in the servic" of the city. I could net as an attorney bring suits against the city and I therefore hand in my 1 1,11 a 1 When asked, if he cculd not make a fur ihcr explanation he said: "Mr.

Whitchcuse is rr.v attorney in matter and if anything more 13 to be this said prcier ne i say it. Assistant Corporation Counsel William "Mr. Quintcid is no: 'nown ofllciaH'' to tii i a oliice. ile i.as n.Vi; here and hns 't apptar. upon the pay roil.

I know that his name appeared upon the lis. cf those who ivere transferred to the Law Dipartnirn: of the City of New York. Further than this I have nothing to say." INDTTSTSIAL SCHOOl FAIH, Successfully Opened at the Acidemv of Music. The annual fair for the benefit cf Brooklyn Industrial School Association and for Destitute Chiltir.ti was opened this a' the Academy uf Music under pleasant auspices and will, it is believed by the be a greater success than ever. The hour set for crier.

ing the fair was 2 o'clock afternoon, "bin at 12 o'clock t.ht restaurant was openo and hot luncheon iK rve ta all who came. All (he morning ativl up till 2 o'clock, the women friend? uf the liti'sily engaged in the ruvtty hoctiw on the main llcor of the Academy and when the opening hour arrived the interior of the big building presented tio attractive scene. The attendance inoronced as the afternoon wore on and the in. r.ager.i were much gratified what appsarei co be a very beginning. The 'jocths llhern.iy patron ized.

MRS. RORER'S LECTURES. The last cf the serite of the four lccv.res on cooking, which was started some time ago at H. Battennan's Broadway. Gra ham and Flushing avenue.

by Mrs. Rorer, has been postponed. The last lecture was to have been delivered morrow. Two lectures, to make up lor those missed in the series, will, it is said, be given in January next, duo notice of which wii: be given. NEXT WASH DAY Give KIRKMAN'S BORAX SOAP a good thorough trial, according to the directions on each wrapper.

You will be pleased. For ale ly all groc ra. I i i 1 I I island from here, as those who were rescued were too greatly exhausted to tell who they were or to name their companions. The wrecks occurred Saturday night. The usual patrol of the shore in the vicinity cf Gay Head was begun on Saturday evening.

By o'clock a northeast gale had set in, increasing in force every moment. At 3:30 o'clock through the storm the flash of a torch in the direction of Doe Pish Bar was hv i the patrolman. The life Mvnr, hri 1 tt the station and Canram Hnvnuin nn mV nnc teI.ed his crew and in a few minutes a life bo3L he apparatlIS necessarv by a yake of oxpn on bal Whlch Was mlIes accompanied by blinding snow, and it was 111 cock before the men reached tihe ixwit.tnn before the men reached tihe virion the ysought. They wore r.o late. When they came to the beach wrckage from the vessel was coming asfcore, and it was soon apparent t'aat she had gone to pieces.

A fragment showed the vessel to have been fhe Clara Leavitt. Later, clinging to a broken plank, one man was can red to the station and made a fartarbie as possl'ble. Yvh'ile the life savers were peering into the storen. lei an effort to discover more possible survivors, another signal torch was seen from a vessel which was at that moment al nrost upon the bar. The next instant she struck, but went on in a position a little less expose to the fury jf the waves, and she did not go to pieces.

Quickly the life boat was run down to the edge of the foaming surf. Then, with six stout men at the oars, att atteai'jt was made tto launch her. She was swept back I'ike a ch.Lp and do soccer had she struck the beach than she was picked up by the wind and blown twenty rods away. Capta'in Haynrso theti decided to try shoc.trn'g a line to the wreck, but this cai'ld not be done until daylight. Wiitb the first appearance of d'awa tfri carriage was draiira up fcr servfce.

Seven men could be seen clinging to the rigging of the vessel. The. line was shot toward the schooner. It fell short. The effort was repeated with the samo result.

Again the apparatus was put into opera'tion and again and again, until twelve shots had been fired in vain. Meanwhile the wind had shifted a little more to the northerly and was colder and the snow had turned to hail. Spurred by the sight of the men in the rigging and the increasing severity of the storm, Captain Hayman called for another trial of the surf boat. The craft was tossed back on the he.3ch. Seven times the boat was launched and the most persistent efforts of the crew to breast the waves were of no avail.

On the eighth trial, however, success came and under the tremendous strokes of the men. the boat was drivca from wave to wave, till she reached the vessel. One seaman had perished, but the mate and four sailors. wo were ba.rely alive, were rescued and taken to the station. The vessel was the Amelia G.

Ireland. Boston. December 1 AYith bright skies to ciheer them and a feeling that at last the worst was known concerning the dacnuge and lass of life as the result of the recent storm, the people of tTne 'afflicted sections of i Nev England resumed Che work of clearing away the wreckage and recpening traffic. The belated news from Cape Cod detailing the evidence cf the wreck of the steamer Portland, grudgingly given up by the sea, extinguished She Ian faint hope Chat at least a few of those i on beard the vessel had escaped, and there now seems to be no possibility that any one from among the 150 or more persons believed to have gone with the vessel from Boston on i Saturday nig'ht lived more than a few hours after the steamer went down. Hence the story of th disaster never can be fully told and uhe testimony afforded by the wreckage which has come as'hore leaves uho time, place and circumstances of the wreck to conjecture, During last night there was little news of additional loss of life or property, save that which came from Newport, R.

which has been isolated for three days, and information from Newfoundland that the Bristol steamer Scottish King had been wrecked off Cape Race, but that th crew was saved. On the other hand, the work of saving ves sels blown ashore or sunk was prosecuted with considerable success, and many schoon ers were (ln.ireil. wbiln rhe hiir freiirliter Dliio which was though', to be aground in Boston 1 harbor beyond hope of being pulled off, was I i rescued, and to day is repaired pre V.J Vf Several cratt are still missing and consul erable anxiety is fell for their safety. Chief i among those is the New York and Bangor steamer Pentagoet, which is now three days overdue and which is believed to have been i off the Massachusetts coast when the storm i broke. The agents of the steamer lire hope ful that she put to sea before the storm and that she yet will turn up all right The Pentagoet carried a crew of eighteen men besides Captain O.

R. Ingraham, but no pas sengers as far as is known. The second which began yesterday i morning, abated during the night and the threatened destruction of the temporary means of communication which had been established after the earlier storm, was averted. The work of clearing railway and street car linos which had to be abandoned yesterday Is being pushed to day and the prospect is good fcr i normal conditions soon to bo brought back, i Telegraph and telephone lines are being re stored and broken bridges and washouts on the railroads are being repaired. Orleans, December 1 The body of James W.

Flower of Lewis ton. one cf the victims of the lost steamship Portland, is an undertaker's hero. The holy hns be vi positively identified as that of' Mr. Flower. Brockton, December 1 At least two of the victims of the ili fated Portland were residents of this city.

C. F. Wilson was up. Saturday a cicrit note, in mis city, ne was ii.iuut years oi tig Me if it tn.s city t. to go Mci He had a brother who was a clerk Crawford House.

Bc stcn. H. Carter, in the fire this was for ramie time employed aim leit iieie ume jus jiumcuh on tne I Pm tl im! I on the i be is Metcalf or Camphello, the south end i of this city, also is supposed to be among the victims. His wire is sick at Auburn. and ho left Saturday to Join her.

He has nt'. heard from since. i i i i.