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5 THE BBGOKLYN BAILTiEAGLE. KE YOEK, FEIDAY, APRIL 26, 1901. THE BIG BRIDGE Long Branch, N. E. B.

Johnson, Trenton. N. E. C. Woods, Schenectady, N.

Y. Thomas Itoblrison. Boston. Mass. St.

George Robert Atlnmson. Brooklyn; Leonard Adrians; Mr. and Mis. John Barr. Oyster Bay.

George A. Elrtildge. Baltimore. R. IS.

Palmer. F. Palmer, East Orange. N. F.

Hahn, Ban Francisco. D. Kutner. dletawn. X.

Y. W. G. Clnpp. Philadelphia; Charles West.

Montcl'alr. N. J. Daniel Brton. Syracuse.

N. P. Curtis. Philadelphia; J. Chey, Morrirtown.

X. J. CHIEF CLERK'S SALARY. CSpeclal to the Eagle.) Albany, April 26 Governor Odell has signed the hill of Assemblyman McKeown. providing that the annual Salary of the chief clerk of tho' District Attorney of Kings County shall be hereafter Instead of $3,300.

American Syndicates May Succeed in Having Tax on Sugar and Tobacco Reduced. Fulton Cor. Hoyt Brooklyn. PARIS. NEW YORK.

Importing and Manufacturing Retailef TRIMMED HATS, BONNETS and TOQUES, ENGLISH WALKING'' and OUTING HATS, UNTRMMED HATS and' MlLttr NERY MATERIALS, in style aid variety as they can ONL be found eif. ROTHSCHILD'S. that it was a good thing to rote early, and often, some one said, and keep the The line in those days was about three long. A hue and cry was taken up'that it was not straight. John B.

Norria was nominated by the Democrats and indorsed by the better element. At that same time Robert M. Whiting was the only man who could be found.by the better element to run for Alderman and Congress. We elected Granville "Harnta'n: It was a sop to the north end. We battled along at the primaries, hut the most famous was the one when we nominated Honest John French for Alderman, one of men that ever lived.

"About that time John Lee had been rtiff ning things in the Fourth Ward. He moved ttost. A delegation of active politicians invited me to move down there. Those wen: stirring times. One of the men I had to fighl was old Joe Ruses, who said, 'one more dash and the Navy Yard Is I used to make a house to house cauvass, and I thought surrounded mjself by the men who had votes, hut the votes did not come out In way.

When we had a new primary one of the inspectors behind the ballot hoi was the present captain of the park police. The election was held al the corner of Jaj and Smith streets. I said we would counl the votes in the station house. I would like to see them counted. Well, when It wai over, the boys closed about the ballot box and five or six men bad it.

The first thing thej knew, the police had the box. The reformer! had the election." Mr. Dady spoke of the factional rows bo, ty een Daggett and his enemies, of the pari Played by Simeon B. Chittenden; Jacob and others. Often, he he was on aovi sn and then on another.

Sometimes th ballot box went out. the window He said' if ns pluck and energy on his side agatasH chicanery and sharp practice, and pluck usu! any won. "It was much the same, as to TheL.i others80 "'h0 'VOrkei yeilr rouna rE "ever heard' of urttf? 'Auguai after left farallcs the Adl' rondacks or at Lake George. "Finally my wife said, 'Are vou coine fc give up polities?" I am goln, to move into the Third Ward. 'Veil hadhT been there long before.

the. Risers, earned me. friend, the. internal reve nue collector, was then in'conf 61 8 orgamzatton The kickers rallied armm we'non baRwr and 'tsider as I was, polled about. 130 votes out of tJOO WV were beaten, but the only thing left was tl' Flrst "loy a copv or Sn prerty hara 'fo drfln' re'i oopies and In.

v. lo rav noUKe. At 'Hie nexl' iiiuKiiuK mey invited ten more and so oc" A VOIC33 FBOM THE TOMB. DADY IN NEW ROLE, LECTURER ON POLITICS. count 6e, Nathan was beaten.

Out, of 600 or 700 voter in the primary I had 100. From that tlm Tavor candidate ''To Mayor I was in control. I was for voa neighbor. WlUiam CuI.en' Bryant, fo. Maor lou know Mr.

Schiere i was nominated suppose you have heard about all the ah us that was heaped upon me all over the county' But nobody who criticised mo can' sa, hat I did not resign all the oillees 1 held it the party. I had an Interview with Schieren which settled it. I demanded thr, Ul Lit WO InO ffhe. i 1 3110111a ne kept, on the roll Th, 7T posed. They kept in men who onnosert ANNOYING TO TRAVELERS.

Com plaint' Made of Clouds Raised by White Wings and Trucks Ouring the Day. MR. SHEA'S EXPLANATION. Were the Work Done at Wight It Would Cost the City More. With the prospect of sunshine and clear skies in the near future the dust will soon rise again In 'Vaporous clouds along the streets and highways of the borough and with' the miniature dust storms the troubles of the passengers on trolleys, motor trains and other vehicles crossing the Brooklyn Bridge' will be increased.

The thousands of Brobklynites who make daily trips across" the river via the Brooklyn Bridge, whether they walk or drive, are at times nearly blinded by swirling, clouds of dust from the' roadways and promenades. The dust at nearly all times of the day Is decidedly disagreeable, enveloping the travelers. Although a great deal more than a sufficiency of dust is raised by the cars and wagons that cross the big suspension bridge, much more dust is caused by the sweepers and cleaners, some score in number, who in clear and in stormy weather ply their brooms, brushes and shovels during the daylight hours, generally between the hours of 8 in the morning and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at the times when the travel is at Its height. Why the big bridge should be cleaned and dusted by the swarm of white garbed force of cleaners during the height of the passenger traffic over the structure is a question that puzzles indignant passengers. There seems to be a unanimity of opinion among the long suffering passengers that such cleaning process might better be done during the late hours of the night.

Then there Is com paratfvely little traffic over the bridge and littie inconvenience to the public would result. Bridge Commissioner Shea says that the cleaners employed by the management of the Brooklyn Bridge are put to work during the afternoon and morning daily owing to the fact that is desired to get the work done as cheaply as possible and that the sweeping and cleaning on the bridge may be said to be dangerous work at any time. He claims that the danger that the cleaners would have to face to life and limb would be greatly Increased if their work was performed at nlgbt. The twenty odd members of the force of claanerB employed to keep the Brooklyn Bridge clean receive on an average $2,25 per day for their services. If these men were employed at night at the same work the cost would average $4,50 per man, it being said that the law expressly stipulates that for night, work twice the dally scale of wages shall be paid.

Bridge Commissioner Shea when seen to day'and asked "why he did not arrange to save the bridge passengers from the annoyance and discomfort occasioned by the clouds of dust which in pleasant weather are daily raised by his force of bridge cleaners, said that the big bridge had always been cleaned during the day and never that he knew of at night. "We pay the cleaners about $2,25 a day now for their work" he said "and if we employ them at night to do the same work we would have to pay them at the rate, of $4,50 per day each; The law that men must be paid a rate of wages where night work Is Required of them and' wo should1 have to pay the prevailing rate of wages in event, as stated." "The work, the. cleaners ob the bridge is dangerous work at the best even in the daytime. If they their work at night the danger which they would faco would be much greater. It is not only to save expense but to lessen the danger to the worft iren that, we have the Brooklyn.

Bridge cleaned and swept during the day." PARIS FASHION'S UP TO DATE. Prom the Eagle Paris Bureau, 53 Rue Cambon, through the courtesy of Abraham Straus. Fancy outdoor gown of black taffeta, embroidered with taffeta and chiffon; light blue Test of peau de sole. CANAL OPENING DELAYED. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany, April 20 Colonel John Partridge, Superintendent of Public Works, has made announcement that, as a result of the heavy and long continued rains, rendering it impossible to carry on the usual repairs to the canals and doing damage so that additional repairs are made necessary, it will be Impossible to open the canals for navigation May 4, the date heretofore officially set for such opening.

The date of opening cannot be set at the present time. COMING EVENTS. Under the auspices of the Ladles' Aid Association, the Anna Park Concert Company will Klve' an entertainment In Bethesda Congregational Church. Ralph avenue nnd Chauncey street, this evening. Mlsa Park will have the assistance of Miss Ada 13.

Dean, reciter and humorist: Miss Eltse Belford. contralto, and Carl Odell. pianist and; tenor soloist. The annual euchre, of the advisory board of the L. C.

B. A. at the Pouch Gallery to nlsht, under the management of Mrs John Costello, supreme treasurer of the order. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Clarendon E.

H. Barnum. New York; W. Kimble. Patsaic, Mr.

and Mrs. G. Christian. Boston; Mr. ami Mrs.

A. S. Frost, Pougllkeepsle; Mr. and Mrs. H.

Luther. II. H. Hogens. Brooklyn; F.

K. Kennedy. V. J. Konaril.

W. II. Mcln gum, G. A. Thomas, New York; Mr.

and Mr. H. C. Mlfler. Brooklyn; J.

MeKce, Newtor: J. Dewey. Boston; A. W. Burnn.

Bridgeport; I. F. Felter, J. L. Cumlnes.

Brooklyn; H. G. Proffct, Floyd, Va. Mr. and W.

Ft. Roberts. B. Wood. Brooklyn; Mr.

and Mrs. E. Studs. Sew York. Picrrepont Mr.

nnd Mrs. W. E. Frew. Hempstead: J.

B. Ellis, Hartford, William Whitney, Tortland. .7. Hums. Norfolk.

J. F. Smith. Paterson. N.

E. E. Rawlins. Philadelphia, McLean. Baltimore.

Md. Bobert Stewart, Washington, D. C. J. Conrad.

OPPOSITION FORCES STRONG. Unlikely That International Alliance Will Try to Repress Our Export Trade. Eagle Bureau. 60S Fourteenth Street. Washington, April 26 The Cuban Commissioners are being backed up by powerful interests in their fight for a decrease in the tax on Cuban sugar and tobacco entering tho United States.

A struggle that will be continued in Congress next Winter was precipitated here with the arrival of the Cubans. The great beet sugar interests and the tobacco growers of the United States are arrayed against the Cuban sugar and tobacco producers and the rich American syndicates that have invested millions of dollars in various enterprises in Cuba. The Cuban Commissioners found many allies here to help them in their appeal to the President, and simultaneous with their arrival was the appearance of well known New York business men, who are interested in Cuban schemes. As a result of the work of these men the impression is gaining ground that the administration will pledge itself in favor of a reduction of the duties on Cuban sugar and tobacco. This impression is based on the argument that the United States will be forced to make some concession to the Cubans in view of the fact that the Piatt amendment, practically prohibits the Cuban government from making' treaties: with other nations that are distasteful to this country.

We will have to open up market here for Cuban sugar and tobacco and then enable our Southern charges to dispose of their products at profitable rates. It is being contended that such a policy would be of great benefit to the United States, also, and that the cheap sugar that would result would enable this country to rival England and other nations in the manufacture and sale of syrups, preserved fruits, candles, jams and other commodities in which sugar is the chief ingredient. An ex Representative in Congress, who has large Interests in Cuba and the United States, spent mcist of yesterday with the Cuban Commissioners. To day he made the following statement to the Eagle correspondent: "Closer relations between our country and Cuba are inevitable and can be brought about In a way that will be largely beneficial to both countries and without seriously interfering with the interests of either. It might have been in the end more acceptable to eome Interests here to have proceeded slowly with the development of the hew relations, but the situation has been precipitated by accidents that were unavoidable and which bring our government to the point of deciding at once what shall be done.

I have no doubt that the Piatt amendment will ultimately be accepted by the Cubans and it carries with it the natural query: What further relations will 'be established between the two countries? It is not the habit of the American people ever to ask more than they concede, so it is fair to assume that when the political conditions between the two' countries have been settled some of the existing economic differences will be adjusted. I do not believe that the President will restrain Cuba from entering into trade relations with other countries and at the same time refuse to let her products come Into the United States under advantageous conditions. The sugar question is growing to be the national question in every country of the World. "JEngland has just found it necessary to impose a tax of 1 cent a on sugar and, as that country Is to day the great preserving field of the world, it requires a very slight recession of prices on our part to put us on a parity with her in the manufacture of products requiring the use of sugar. All that would be required to put us on an equal footing with England in this regard would be to reduce the duty on Cuban sugars 25 per cent.

If this is done, it would enable the Cubans to sell their product to good advantage and would start a tremendous Industrial development in this country. Tons and tons of fruits rot every year because the excessive cost of sugar makes it impracticable to preserve it. All this fruit could be put up for markot with the cheap sugar that would follow a reduction in the duty on the Cuban product. It would also cause a great boom in a number of other industries, such as the manufacture or candies, preserves, sweet biscuits, and, in fact, of every article In which sugar is the main factor. "A reduction in the tariff on Cuban tobacco could be made without seriously affecting the interests of the tobacco industry in the United States.

Cuba produces a tobacco that is not grown anywhere else in the world and it Is only right and fair that it should come in with a reduction of duty. I firmly believe that, if tho administration adopts the suggestions that have been presented in this connection it will be proven that the business interests In both countries will be vastly benefited by the new conditions and that no one will seriously suffer thereby." The immigration authorities have discovered that the Chinese in certain Western cities are doing a Pawnbrokers Deal in Chinese Certificates. thriving traffic In pawning their certificates of residence in I his country. These papers are very valuable and entitle a Chinese subject to entry into the United States after having once established a residence here. The facial resemblance between the Celestials Is so close it is a common thing for one Chinaman to mako use of the certificate of another in gaining admission at the vaTious ports.

Robert Watchorn, a special agent of the Immigration Bureau, was recently detailed on a case requiring his presence on tho Pacific slope. While knocking about San Francisco, Walla Walla and other coast cities he found that some of the pawnshops had displayed in their windows residence certificates of Chinese and on making inquiry he found that they wero on sale. He then started to make a thorough Investigation of the matter, and in the one city of Walla Walla, Wash he found 110 of the certificates in pawnshops. He reported the matter to the Treasury Department, and it was decided to seize the papers and hold them for redemption by the respective own eTS In order to prevent them from falling into the hands of those not entitled to them. Instructions to this effect were sent to the collector of customs at Walla Walla to day.

"After explaining that In the pawnshops of that city there were 110 residence certificates of Chinese," the letter says, "the fact that these certificates have no value to any person except the Chinamen to whom they were issued, warrants the assumption that such pawning may result in violations of the law, for should the persons using thorn as a means of raising money default In redeeming them. It. is apparent that the pawnbroker has no recourse to secure the return of the money advanced thereon except to sell them. It Is evident, therefore, that, the pawnbroker in sii'. cases assumes that the certificates so pawned have a pecuniary value which would enable him to reimburse himself by selling them to other persons who obviously canhave no.

proper use for them. Officers charged with the enforcement of tho Chinese exclusion laws, should, therefore, take ur, such certificates as are found elsewhere than in the possession of the original owners and deposit them in the office of tho collector of customs of the district in which tliey arc found, to be held subject to the orders of the department." A statement has Hist been prepared In the office of the Collector nf Internal Reve nue, showip.c the receipts for the first nine months ot the current flsonl year. The report Inter Large Sums Realized by Odd Taxation. esting as indicating the law sums of money that the government is realizing on odd subjects of taxation. Foi Instance, nearly Sin.nno were received during the past nine "nths from the war tax on circuses, the exa sum being REV.

L. SHERWOOD DEAD. Lyons, April 26 The Rev. Lyman H. Sherwood, founder and head of the Lyons Musical Academy from 1S54 to 1834, died here last night.

He was 73 years old and was the oldest living graduate of Hobart Colle'ge of Geneva, from which he was ordained to the Episcopal ministry in 1850. A widow, a son, Profeesor William H. Sherwood, and three daughters survive. MARRIED. BROWN DUELLOn Thursday evening.

April 23, at the residence of the bride. 49.1 Classon nv, Brooklyn, by the Rev. Howard Jones, WILLIAM JOHNSTON BROWN of Manhattan to LILLA TAYLOR DTJELL. COOKE LEFFERTSOa Thursday, April 20. 1001, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev.

T. Jackson, assisted by the Rev. T. P. Swift, ELIZA, eldest daughter of Mr.

James LefTerts of Flatbush. Brooklyn, to C. MONTAGUE COOKE, of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. FINCKE BROWN On Thursday, April 2.1, at tho Church of the Pilgrims, by Rev. H.

P. Dewey, D. Dr. CHARLES. LOUIS FINCKE and MATTIE IRESON, daughter of Joseph E.

Brown. MERRITT HOWARD On Thursday. April 23, at 8 o'clock, by tho Rev. Jos. D.

Burrell, at the Classon Av Presbyterian Church, FANNY GORDON HOWARD, daughter of the lato Dr. John Gordon Howard of Savannah, to DANIEL T. MERRITT. OLNEY BLACKFORD On Wednesday. April 24, 1901, at the.

residence of the bride's parents, 725 Marks av, Brooklyn, N. by the Rev. Robert MacDonald, ADA, daughter of Mr. arid Mrs Eugene Gilbert Blackford, to ELAM WARD OLNEY of Providence, R. I.

SPIERO MAYER On April 23, by the Rev. Dr. Benjamin of New York. BELLA, daughter of David Bertha Mayer of Brooklyn, to MOSES SPIERO. also of Brooklyn.

DIED. AREY On Friday morning. April 26, 1901, HARRIETTS GRANNIS, wife of Oliver Arey, aged S2 years. Services at the residence of her son, 1,1 IS Pacific St. 2 P.

April 27. Burial. Cleveland, O. BEARD At Lakewood, N. on Thursday.

April 25. 1901, FRANCIS D. BEARD, beloved husband of Maud Howard, aged 35 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services at the residence of his mother. HO Amity st, Brooklyn, on Sunday, April 28, 1901, at 2:30 o'clock P.

M. 20 3 BENNETTSuddenly, on April 21. 1901. of apoplexy, ANNA, wife of Frederick W. Bennett and daughter of Eliza and the late John E.

White. Relatives and friends, also members of Polar Star Lodge No. 243, F. and A. and De Long Council No.

725, R. are invited to attend the funeral services on Saturday evening, April 27, at o'ofook, at her late residence, 735A Qulncy Brooklyn. N. Y. Interment at Nyack on; Hudson, N.

Y. BLISS At Rome, N. Thursday, April 23, 1901, FRANCES 'ELIZABETH LORD, wife of John Bliss and daughter of the late Ebenezer Lord and' Laura Harris Shaw, In the 67th year of her age. Funeral at her late residence, 24 Irving place, Brooklyn, Saturday evening, the 27th at 8 o'clock. 26 2 BRIGGS MARVIN BRIGGS.

aged 74 years. Funeral services Friday evening at 8 o'clock, at the Noble Street Presbyterian Church. Brooklyn, N. Y. Interment private.

Kindly omit flowers. 25 2 BRINKME1ER On Thursday, April 25, EDWARD, beloved son of Robert and Margarethe Brinkmeler, In his 22d year. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to atteml the funeral from his late residence, 111 Butler at, Sunday, at 2 P. Mi 26 2 CON'LEY On April 35. at her residence, 243 Euclid av, AGATHA F.

CONLEY, wife of M. R. Conley. Services Saturday evening, 8 o'clock. Interment at convenience of family.

COON On April 23, SARAH wife of John Coon and daughter of the late James Lord, In her 45th year. Funeral from her late residence, 49 Forty third st, on Sunday, 2Sth at 2 P. M. Relatives, friends and members of Ionic Lodge No. 4S6, F.

and A. and Alleghany Lodge, Knights of Pythias, are Invited to attend. COOTE. nee Lear On April 23. 1901, CARRIE C.

LEAR, wife of John H. Coote, in her 33th year. Funeral services at her late residence, 537 Parle av. on Saturday, 27th at P. M.

(Philadelphia papers please copy.) DE BE VOISE On Thursday. April 23, 1901, ADRIANNA, widow of Cornelius S. De Be Voise. Relatives and friends are Invited to attend the funeral services at tho rssldence of Charles Purdy, 547 Bedford av, Brooklyn, on Sunday, April SS, at 2 P. M.

Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. 26 3 HATCH On Wednesday, April 24, SARAH L. widow or George M. Hatch. Funeral services at the residence of her son in law, Thomas E.

Perkins, 495 Hancock st, on Saturday, April 27, at 1 P. M. HEWITT On the 23th at her residence. 237 Fifty sixth st. South Brooklyn, ANNA, beloved wife of Rudolf E.

Hewitt. Funeral services Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock. Interment private. 26 2 HEWLETT Suddenly. April 23.

CHARLES HEWLETT, in the 71st year of his age. Funeral services Friday. 26th at 8:30 P. at his late residence. 1.091 Dean st.

24 3 KALBFLEISCTH CATHARINE COL'RTENAY, beloved wlfs of Albert M. and daughter of the late James Hall. Funeral services at her lato residence. 533 Clinton av. Saturday.

April 27, at 2 P. M. Interment private. 2 MacGOWAN On Thursday. April 25, GEORGE R.

MacGOWAN, In his 47th year. Funeral from his late residence, 227 Prospect av, Sunday. April 28. 2:30 P. M.

Relatives and friends are Invited. JG 3 HUNGER At rest, after a long illness. WATSON FISKE MUNGER, on Friday. April 26, 218 Washington av, Brooklyn. N.

Y. Funeral private. (Boston and San Francisco papers please copy.) QUIGG On April 25, 190L JOHN R. QUIGG. beloved son of Ann and the late Michael Qulgg.

Funeral from his late residence. 157 North Fifth st. Brooklyn, on Sunday, April 2S, 1901, at 2 P. M. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.

REYNOLDS In loving memory of MARY E. (Mamie) REYNOLDS, died April 26, 1899. Gone, but not forgotten. SMITH On Thursday, April 25. MARY' A.

SMITH, in her SSth year. Funeral from the residence of her brother, Isaac Galloway, 212 Twenty second st, on Saturday. 3 P. M. SQUIERS On Wednesday, April 24, 1901.

PARO LINE WYLIE SQUIERS. daughter of the late Rev. A. M. Wylln and the late Margaret Conlt Un Wylle, and wife of Arnon L.

Soulers. Funeral services at her late residence, 290 Gates av. Brooklyn, on Saturday. April 27, at 4 o'clock, P. M.

Interment private. TAPPEN On April 25. 1901. W1LLETT U. TAP PEN, aged S3 years.

Funeral services at his late residence. East Wil lls'ton. L. on Saturday, April 27, at 1:30 P. M.

Interment at Westbury, I. TONGUE On Thursday. April 25. 1901. SAMUEL TONGUE.

In Ills 77tli year. Funeral services Sunday, April 2S. at 1 :30 P. at his late residence, 143 Wllloughby st. relatives and friends, also members of St.

Albans' Lodge No. 56, and A. M. Nassau 'Jhuator N'n. 109.

R. A. nnd Brooklyn Masonic Veterans are respectfully Invited to n.tu nl. (Nottingham and Hull. England, papers please copy.) 20 2 WEY.MER On April 23, 1901.

JACOB WEYMER. Relatives and friends, also tho members uf Wn wayanda Lodge No. 315. F. and A.

of Pier mont, N. Y. Hugh De Pnycn's Commnnikry No. 1, Templars; Jersey City Council. P.

of and Pnlma Club of Jersey City. tauk and Logan clubs of Brooklyn, nre ir. vltod to attend the funeral services at lila fate residence. 69 Berkeley place. Pronklyn, on morning, at 11 o'clock.

Interment at Lawn Cemetery. Paterson, N. J. 2 2 WOCnwORTil On April 23. 1501.

at lmr jt(, residence. 4S3 Clinton av, our beloved mother, JUH i A. WOODWORTH. In her 7Sth year. Funeral notice hereafter.

appointees from four or five adjoining districts, as is proposed. Jordan, who is slated for the collectorship of internal revenue, is from the Eleventh Assembly District; Roberts, who Is slated for postmaster, is from the Tenth District, and Brenner, who Is slated for commissioner of jurors, is from the Eighth District. I particularly think that the selection of Jordan is a mistake. We should have picked out for the position of collector of internal revenue a man from the Twelfth Assembly District or from the Eastern District section. Of course, thero were wiser heads than mine at the conference the other night, but my selection for this place would be a man like Charles E.

Devoy, tho executiv i member of the Twelfth Assembly District. He is a man of sterling character and of good business experience, if the slate that was framed the other night goes through, Michael J. Dady will have a harder fight, cn his hands than he would have had if" the apportionment had been made on the lines I have suggested. In this connection I would remark that R. Ross Appleton Is on particularly friendly terms with ex Police Commissioner Phillips, and that Mr.

Phillips Is one of Mr. Jordan's strongest backers." Mr. Ralston says that the outlook Is dally growing brighter for a continuation of the existing transport service between Brooklyn and Cuba and Porto Rico. He says that Senator Hanna is of the opinion that the service will not be abandoned. A.

B. A. LECTURE ON "THE PEN." Rev. John Coleman Adams Concludes His Course on Tools of Civilization. At the Art Gallery last evening the Rev.

John Coleman Adams bade farewell to his Brooklyn Institute audience in an interesting lecture on "The Pen," tho last of a series of five addresses on "The Tools of Civilization: A Story of Certain Relations of Mind and Matter." The talented pastor of All Souls' Church is a pleasant speaker, and in this series has traced tho evolution of the things that are now common In the world from their beginnings. Even in such a course of addresses there has been ample opportunity for a display of thoughtful optimism joined with "solid chunks of common sense." In his concluding remarks last evening Dr. Adams took occasion to speak of the newspapers as one of the fruits ot the pen. and said that through their columns the world is made one vast neighborhood and safer, lighter and brighter for its inhabitants, since through their power people cun get hold of facts and more than that can know how such facts are regarded in other parts of the world. While he deprecated the evil that creeps in on the printed sheet, still he said he thought that thereby eventually the far reaching wrong of crime would eome to be better realized, quoting the old lady in the country who said, when the telegraph line was put past her door: "There now, I suppose one cannot box a child's ears without the whole world knowing of it." Speaking of books, he said there were some scamp authors from whom one must protect one's self and one's family as one would protect from tramps and thieves writers whose works lead among those with whom we would not wish to associate in life and should still less care to meet, in books.

He hoped that at the end of this century the boast of the printers would be, not the amount of books turned out. In a year, but the quality of the output. In this talk about books he cuaintly said that he guessed often it was pleasanter to know men through their writings than personally, for Shopspeare might have been grumpy at. times or have had a headache so he would not have been agreeable. But one found none of this in his writings, which furnished food for our every mond or turn of feeling.

Further along he said It Is a great thing to make the great, men of the world accessible to all the little people without having to take the time to ring the doorbell, bother with servants and with waiting until the great man is ready for guests. In books he comes as a familiar friend to the fireside and into the family life. The pen, he thought, originated in the desire to appeal to the brain and the memory through the eye equally with the car. and so thought the obligations of the race to the original makers of tools was as great as to those who invent the latest amplification of them and he hoped that, some day beautiful green laurels and statues might bo given to the unknown originators. Various aids to memory, such as knots in a cord, tally sticks, pictures and sign writing (the Ideographic stage), wero all considered.

It was serious business when man who had advanced In the use of the alphabet had to meet the sign language. An Interesting Instance of this was when the padres who came with tho Spanish to tho home of Aztecs wished to translate the Pater Noster Into tho sign language. Pictures of flag and prickly pear whose names phonetically came the nearest to Pater N'oster, were the symbols used. The pen itself war, the knife In its original form, the point nf the cutting tool. The development, of the instrument was tracer and it was said that the s'eel or metal pen had until recently been supposed to be tho product of the nineteenth century until Dr.

Wnldsteln. the German archaeologist, In tnaklnt; search in tombs of the third century in Asia Minor found what was so evidently .1 metal pen that, there could exist no doubt as to its purpose. Attention was cslled to the fact that our languae 1 preservr the facts of tho physical forms from wbih pens, imper and Ijnoks are derived, i ur'r, as pennti. a feather: paper from papyrus. Ilhrarv from liber, the inner hark of a tree (on which writing was oner traced); ode from cocVx.

a tree trunk; tablet from tabula, a table, etc. DINNER TO A. 1. JOHNSON. The Civic Council, representing nearly one hundred local organizations, will i dinner in Hall.

1L'', K.ist Twenty righth street. Mfnlu't tan, to Alh'Tt Saturday evening. Ernest II. Crosby. Henry George and A.

.1. Smith will be among spt THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vtrtelyou eelebrateil v.

iinpiverstiry of their gold welding at sr von'h street. Hay P.idue, Weil. evening. There were present a nmrj 1 of friends: and members or the family, int; of brothers tin! sisters, rhlllrn tr.iadehildrcn. Notwithstanding the a very pleasant evening was spent.

$0,154.29. The tax of 2 cents a package on playing cards yields a big revenue during the year, $254,786 having been collected from this source since July 1 last. The tax on billiard rooms for nine months brought in $229, 00C, and pawnbrokers paid .521,488. The tremendous sum of $24,698,548 was realized from the tax on snuff, and was received from the managers of theaters, amusement and concert halls. Another $1211,130 was taken in as a result of the Imposition of penalties for failing to promptly pay when due.

The talk of an international alliance against the United States with the purpose of repressing her ex No Fear Of port trade seems un Foreign Combin likely cause serious anxietv if considered ation Against Us. ln the light of recent commercial history. Frequent announcements have been made during the past few years of combinations or legislation against the United States with reference to our export trade. A few years ago American meats were the subject of legislation in several of the European countries with the apparent purpose nf discriminating either against certain classes of our products or of aiding certain classes of producers in the countries in which the legislation was had. A little later came similar action with reference to American fruits.

Still later further legislation with reference to various grades of meat was had, and this was followed by increase of duties in certain European countries against the classes of breadstuffs of which the United States is a large producer and exporter. Our dairy products have also been the subject of more or less attention from Europeans who had looked askance at oleomargarine butter and filled cheese. The sugar legislation and laws of the United States have furnished a basis for certain restrictive regulations with reference to certain products of our manufactories and the war with Spain was looked upon by many as likely to practically destroy the commerce between that country and the United States. What has been the result of all this commercial friction, commercial hostility, and of these national and international combinations against American commerce? To answer, in a word: A steady Increase of American exports to the countries in question and ln many cases a decrease of American Imports from those countries. Take the case of Germany, for instance, where restrictive legislation or regulation with reference to certain American products has been frequently agitated, aud in some cases actually applied.

The figures of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics show that our exports in Germanv have increased from $83,000,000 in 1893 to $1.87.000,000 in 1900. while the figures for the eight months ending with February. 1901, show exports to Germany valued at $134,000,000 against $124,000. 000 in the corresponding months of last year, and $111,000,000 In the same months of the fiscal year 1899. Meantime imports into the United States from Germany have fallen from $111,000,000 in 1897 to $97,000,000 in 1900, though for the fiscal year 1901 they will probably be slightly in excess of 1900.

In France certain American productions, especially those of agricultural origin, have been the subject of more or less restrictive legislation or regulation, yet our exports to France, which, in 1893 were $46,000,000. were, in 1900, $83,000,000, and in the eight months ending with February. 1901, are $00,000,000 against $43,000,000 in the corresponding months of 1S99. Meantime our imports from France have not materially changed, the Imports of 1893 having been $76,000,000. nnd those of 1900 $7,3,000,000, while for the eight months ending with February.

11)01, they show an increase of a little less than 000 over the corresponding months of last year. To Spain our export trade, instead of being destroyed, or materially reduced, has Increased, and the exports during the present fiscal year seem likely to be greater than In any other year, with possibly a single exception, in our history', having been for the eight months ending with February 1901 $10,345,880, against $8,565,271 In the corresponding months of 1900. and $6,011,035 In the same months of the fiscal year 1899. Kven In the fiscal year 1900 the total exports to Spain from the United States were larger than in any earlier year since 1891. Even In the case of Russia, whose recent action with reference to certain American products has been already announced the effect Is, up to this time, scarcely apparent Our exports to Russia during March of the present year, the first full month following the announcement of the discriminating rates against the United States, were $1 199 6S3 is against $1,246,621 during March of 'last year.

Senator Cockrell of Missouri is telling a good story on himself of how he tried to get double payment of a government draft A Check Twenty Years Old Turns Up. drawn In his favor. In 1881 Senator Cockrell was appointed 2 member of the Assay Com mission to visit, the Philadelphia Mint and Inspect samples of the coins that had been turned out during the preceding year. These commissions are appointed annually and their expenses are paid by the government Indrafts drawn by the superintendent of the mint. Senator Cockrell's bills amounted to $24 nnd he received a draft for that.

sum. Before he could cash it his pocket book was either lost or stolen; at any rate, he returned to Washington minus the draft. Tho mutter dropped from his mind until the other day hp received a letter from some one in Philadelphia, inclosing the uncashed draft for $24. It bore the date of 1SS1 and Senator Cockrell instantly recalled the circumstances attending Its loss. Yesterday he called at the Treasury Department to see if It wnt mill good.

He sought out Mr. Preston, who was I the director of the mint In 1881, and had toe iic seanu'i. v. ijouacn Snowier! was the superintendent of the Philadelphia mint twenty years ago, and his name was still legible on the old draft. After considerable research the records for 1S81 wore brought to and the papers relatin'; "1 the expRP.es of the AsFay Commission Icated.

It was th found that Senator Co roll had been volir.hurd. so It was del I I that, a new draft been Issued In tho pit 01 tne test. one. remarked that he keep the old dm ft as a souvenir. It 'vns discovered amonc lot of old pnpers in a Philadelphia house tli was recently In speaking of tit i mposed slitc for filling the federal pr sit Ions In Kinns tamed by Harry Ealston Woodruff Criticises rihrr Harry Ral ton.

vho is one of Federal Slate. vi, hanl Didy's Heu 'or'nts, said, to day: "I think it 1b bad politics to take all the candidate for President and Judge Folger but ,1 drop me. year I made an ar Plication again to join the district organ, lotion. Hugo Hlrsh opposed it. and forty ot flfty made addresses.

Well. I was restore ,0 the rolls, and made up my mind ro taki no other part, except as a simple member 0' the organization. But. tho struggle was bo ginning over again. I was lifted into polltlei largcly by being attacked.

An attempt wai made to ostracise me. I had help that oi ingratitude from men I had helped "Next came the contest over the' nomfna "on of Mr. Low for Mayor. Delegates weri ectod to various conventions bv the free choice of votes. A feeling arose "that an attempt, was being made to coerce voters ani that, nobody could be nominated whose namt was Low, An effort was made by what wc ealled tho Worth wing t.0 siJ0Vl.

want to say that I was one who appealer" .0 Senator Piatt, and Mr. Qulgg and insisted teat, the man we should AT JJUI. i.iiv. mo nottnng in that, dlr reel Ton miiiM no convention idjourned for flv I.is. uno I want to say that we thought both Mr' I' withdraw and that that honest, old Dutchman, Fred i ,1 would be nominated, and he would huve been elected." Mr.

Daily spoke of the passage of the nrl jnmry bill. He mia he believed it. an p. rfeet law now. though he had protested I attains! some features.

i "I have in rny dlstrlei about five thonsan enrolled Republicans. 1 have the wealthies assembly district in the St. jte of Now Mr. I lady told of his rerent contents with Ross Appleton, nnd of his victory, the organ Mzailon of the Pure Prim. irv League.

Th men who did the hard work for the partj organization, he said, v. always attacked The fellow who wants to boat thorn nlwov: begins nliout Aug.isi. after he has left hji i fain ily in 1 he count ry. 1 "I want to say thai the par'; organizatlot: is in the f'uitt: of the voters, nnd if Mr Daily by Mr. or Mr.

Pperry tries to dt anything thai is not right it would he nb over with him. Ii in the hands of th votors to pick on' tho best men. "Tho time has mine to nominate a llrkrt to rescue the city from that band of t.hievai called Tammany Hall." Mr. I lady said he had never asked any bodv to vole for him as chairman of thf executive commit tee a ii. 1 that be would get out at tiny time cloven ine mhet nV iod him He, also stated that be was Indorsed foi election commissioner without making anj effort on his own behalf.

Elections Commissioner Discourses on His Primary Battles for Thirty Years. DOESN'T TELL ALL HE KNOWS. An Entertaining Disquisition as to Methods the Republican Leader Has Employed in His Contests. "What I Know About Politics," by Elections Commissioner Michael J. Dady, was the alluring theme of a lecture advertised by the Congress Republican Club for last night It ought to be understood on the start that Mr.

Dady's address, which was duly delivered, had little to do with abstract theories and it avoided International complications entirely. Mr. Dady did not pretend to tell all he knew about politics, and pleaded the limitations of time for not giving away all the secrets of the profession. What he said was presented in an extremely attractive form and might have been called "Thirty Years in Ward Politics," being largely reminiscent. The Congress Club occupies a fine old house on Bedford avenue iu the Eastern District.

Its members are not entirely amateurs, either, and in reality the present course of lectures ought to be called a post graduate course. Professor Dady. it was agreed, is splendidly equipped for giving instruction in some of tho more abstruse phases of political management. Probably no man of his age. and he is only a little over 50, has been ln more hard fought primary battles.

He began away back in the '70s. when hardly turned of age. where, as the president of a little Republican club in the north end of the Twentieth Ward, he helped to elect William W. Gooderich. now presiding justice of the appellate division of the Su projnc Court, to the Assembly.

Ho fought. the old time managers of the party in that district and in time brought them to terms. A few years later he was asked to move into the Fourth Ward, where new encounters and new victories awaited him. Finally he decided to move into the Third Ward and give up polities, but hi3 determination, he said, was weakened by the request of a delegation of kickers and he was soon again in the whirl of factional warfare, with which he is not yet through. Mr.

Dady pleaded for recognition for the party workers, the men who get out the voto. Fair dealing and eternal vigilance, he declared, were the only secrets of success in politics. Mr. Dady told a lot of stories of the old days when ready fists had quite as mm to do with the victory at the primaries as anything else. Ho announced his l.eliei' in the English system of government, by whi.

when a man loses the support of a majority, he should resign. That being so be deelared It was time for the chairman of the Republican county committee to hand in his resignation. Mr. Atterbury, it will be remembered, opposed Mr. Dady's appointment as Election Commissioner.

It was rather late v. in ii Mr. Hady arrived al the club house and when he did get there he announced that be had forgotten all about it. until he read In the evening papers that he was booked for the lecture. He was introduced by Dr.

Knstendlei k. the president of the club, who said that the distinguished speaker would tell ho wealth, power and Influence could be attained through personal effort. Commissionor Dady beg.in by saying that he was afraid that the little synopsis of the party's past glories would be disappointing with the time he had at his disposal. "I want to tell you that, it is in club rooms like this," lie stud, "that the bone and sinew of tile Republican party gathers; It is In club like this that the vole getters assemble to get out the vote. I remember away back in the 70s and probably many of you do not think I old enough 'o have been active then I remember my firs' experience In polities.

I happened to president, of a club wmen was tTjine Impoverished. It wa a one story building ttttd the meeting room was ru. iller than ynur front parlor. We h. nl only thirty six chairs, The elub house was loeated hi the corner of Oxford street and Flushing aventn hv.

ry man in that, dub could llyht ves. with his fists. "I rr meir.ber a little man coming down to our elub who thought if be rould get the support Of the elu'l, pe'haps he could elected to the Assi rnbly. After some we decided to support him and he was elected by 11' majority. It was the Fifth Distrlrt.

which included the Seventh aud Twentieth Wards. By the record he made In the I.egi:; Inlure that year he came t.o lie known as the 'game ehhken from Kings." His name is Goodrich and he is now chief Jnstlre of the appellate division of the Supreme Court. The dtdi was fostered up. and the thirty six chairs crew to seventy five. We, timt rie rlhbed Ijeniorrail" nd of the Twentieth Ward became Republican.

I could te(l you a good deal of the rordt machine that w.n In it. "Th" machine bad five members only, their names al ways stoo 0 1 H. lcot same order for Contite i' i. 'cgn e'er other tickets their n. aoou in some other order, hut Mr1 name ere always 'he stitr.e.

They were alv.nys highly men, high toned mop. Hot the north end, though growing limn. never on the ticket. We did sometimes get on as alternates h. and tha' all.

"1'lnally It about it she north side to ee if a could not he Abajlah Whitney to in nominated for supervisor, as usual, v.hleli h' had oocrt time Immemorial. We ov In nominating 'Iranville W. Harman iti a prlmarv In which 1.71.0 or l.oo votes were east. I had a good deal to do with It. I had learned THE TENEMENT HOUSE LAW, An Eagle Library Contribution Full Interesting Information.

The Sew Tenement lloue I.uw is full oi all thy the reajling attd of 'he people il v. Tile details are contained in the pr visions of this la show tlin. i rael ir loe to make ti'Iiein, hn aid. by t' administration of law to etl care tenants to 0' higher of living and 11 respect foi rl' nca tp. It rpay sohn'd bad in tne of the an home, thai iu ibjecr to i cllhdal ijispec lion, li.M social 1 rr ttress oioi desire r0r 'louiesiie have de what 'is p'ow rful tor go id in this law.

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i.ossil.le for every render of th Kagle to je'. MISS SCIIONFIELD A surprise party was given to Ki'o s'chonfiol'l las: ev. at her 335. Marior. ri.c:.

A e' jasaut evening was Sua; and r. d'. ions were cven by Miss B. K. rr.

Iryr.u. I K.tuling' and Miss H. Mefauley. Thete was also a piano ri 1 by It. honlicbl and Etta Sohon llel 1.

T' tiii.ii.tlns of the affair v.a a cakev.a!!: hv Miss Ktta Schonfidd. Simper was crved. Amora; those present were. Mr and Mrs. i VhouMdd.

Ralph Schon licl Miss it. M't'aui. y. It. dl.

Miss Dick "os P. Kerr, Fred Krl. hn. r. Miss K.

Rdlly. ni Miss I Mulching. Many Gi.ddback. Miss L. Dray cott, Fred Schonfield.

A. Kirchner. Miss Etta Hi bonfleld. Miss M. P.eilly, th MltBec 1j.

and E. Leader. i.