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EM. 1901 BROOKLYN i.UG 23 1901 ILY THREE CETTS. FOUB O'CLOCK. KE YOEK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1901. VOL 232.

16 PAGES. COPYRIGHT. im. BY THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. CAPTAIN SCHLEY'S DENIAL.

WOMEN LAWYERS SHUT OUT. OLD STEAMSHIP IS REPAIRED. TROLLEY PLANNED 'mm 17 LEAVE TWO BROOM GIRLS IRE BESET SUITORS. DEMAND FOR GOLER COMES 1 FROM BIG REPUBLICANS. The Philadelphia to Sail for New York on August 31.

Belfast, August 22 The work of reconstructing the American Line steamship Philadelphia (formerly the Paris, which wai known as the Yale during the war with SpaL has been completed and she sailed today for Southampton, from which port she will sail for New York August 31. The Paris, while sailing from Southampton and Cherbourg for New York, went ashore just off Lowlands Point, an outlying ridge ot the Manacles, near Cove Rack, Cornwall, early on the morning of May 21, 1899. The passengers, numbering 386, were landed safely and the steamship was subsequently floated and towed to Falmouth, from which place she was taken to Belfast for reconstruction. A COLLEGE OF HERALDRY. Chauncey W.

Brown of Brooklyn One of the Incorporators. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany, N. August 22 Articles incorporating the College of Heraldry In America, with its principal office in New York City, were filed to day with the Secretary of State. Its capital stock is The organization proposes to conduct geneological researches for members and clients, establishing and furnishing rights to coats of arms and crests. The directors are Richard Wllberforce of Philadelphia.

Henry W. Knight and George C. Renwee of New York and Chauncey W. Brown of Brooklyn. TORNADO HITS BOOM TOWN.

Three Killed and Many Houses Wrecked in Anadarko, a Thirty Day Oklahoma City. Anadarko, August 22 Three persons were killed, two seriously and a number slightly injured in a heavy wind and rain storm which visited Anadarko last evening. Twenty buildings were almost wrecked, hundreds of tents (occupied by homesteaders) were torn to pieces and great quantities of merchandise were strewn far and wide over the prairie. Dead: Dr. Mayse of Wichita, W.

P. Levis of Weatherford, John Antone of Paris, Tex. Injured: Samuel P. Nelson, Kansas City, and Daniel Warren. Anadarko is one of three towns which sprang up after the opening recently by lottery of the Kiowa Comanche Indian Reservation.

After the drawing had been concluded thousands of homesteaders, many of whom failed to win in the drawing, rushed thither and purchased town lots which were auctioned off by the government. In less than thirty days the town had reached over 6,000 in population. Buildings were in the course of erection on every hand, while the majority of the population resided in tents, systematically arranged along the various streets. When the storm came twenty of the half finished houses were torn to pieces. Flying timbers caused the fatalities noted, while the wind swept the tents into a conglomerate mass and the rain soaked thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.

It is reported that the storm was severe in the country districts "where several persons were killed and injured arid many buildings destroyed. The loss in crops and live stock will be heavy. One report says that four persons were killed at a farm house a few miles distant. August 22 A storm approaching a cloudburst visited Hobart, one of the new towns on the Kiowa Comanche lands, last night. No lives were lost here, but thousands of dollars worth of property were destroyed.

Everything stored in tents was soaked by the rain, two and one quarter Inches of which fell in one hour. In the country districts it is reported the storm was more severe and at least four persons are said to have been killed. CALLED SCHLEY'S COUNSEL. Hackett Wanted to Confer With Rayner and Wilson on Important Point. Washington, August 22 Acting Secretary of the Navy Hackett, at 11.

o'clock this forenoon, sent a messenger to Admiral Schley's counsel, requesting their presence at the Navy Department. Messrs. Wilson and Rayner were in con sultation at the time the message was re ceived and did not reach the department until after 2 o'clock this afternoon. In his message Mr. Hackett stated that he desired to see the lawyers on an important matter.

Admiral Schley's counsel have framed a reply to Mr. Hackett' communication of yesterday expressing the department's unwillingness to further question Admiral Howl son's qualifications as a member of the court of Inquiry. This reply has been withheld, however, pending the outcome of the conference with the acting secretary. ATLANTIC AVENUE WORK. Plans and Specifications Prepared for Bidders on East New York Section of the Improvement.

Plans and specifications are being printed by the Atlantic Avenue Improvement Commission for bidders for the construction of Section No. i of the Atlantic avenue Improvement undertaking, comprising the elevated work In East New York, from Manhattan Beach Crossing to Aitkins avenue, a distance of a little over a mile. Two contracts will be let, one for the concrete foundation for the pillars and other mason work and the other for the pillars and all other overhead steel work. It was expected to have this entire section of overhead work completed before the next summer time table of the Long Island Railroad would go into effect and to operate the trains over the elevated structure at the opening of the seaside resort season. It is now thought that this will be impossible on account of the slow stoel deliveries likely to result from the strike.

In th'' meantime, surveys and other work will be pushed on the sections between Manhattan Crossing and Flatbush avenue for both the tunnel and the elevated sections. A large corps of field men Is being put at work. Messrs. Jacobs Davies, the engineers in charge of the work, are looking for two large houses, somewhere along the Atlantic avenue line, to be used for the draughtsmen and for the other engineering work of the Commission. Gave an Interview to No One Conversation Was Distorted.

Washington, August 22 Captain Thomas Schley, Twenty third Infantry, has made an official reply to the War Department regarding the alleged interview credited, to him in the matter of the Schley court of Inquiry. Captain Schley says that he has had no Interview, and has talked for publication with no person. He also says that seme remarks mnde by him in a private conversation were picked up, distorted and extended and the publication misrepresented what he said In a friendly conversation with other gentlemen. The letter is regarded at the War Department as completely exonerating Captnin Schley and as a satisfactory explanation of the alleged interview. 1901 TAX LEVY APPROVED.

At exactly 2:30 o'clock this afternoon Acting Mayor Guggenhelmer signed the ordinance fixing the tax levy (for 1901) for the five boroughs of the greater city as adopted by the Municipal Assembly last week. PREACHER UNDER ARREST. The Rev. Edwin Bell, Said to Be Former Brooklyn Man, Charged With Slander. (Special to the Eagle.) Hartford.

August 22 The Rev. Edwin Bell, pastor of the Baptist Church at New Canaan, who wen to that place a Bhort time ago from Brooklyn, was arrested last evening on a charge alleging slander, the complainant being Judge G. D. Nichols. After remaining in jail about two hours he was released under ball of $1,300, which was furnished by one of his parishioners.

Mr. Bell, since assuming the pastorate at New Canaan has Indulged freely In sensa tional sermons, but the climax was reached cm Sunday last, when his accuser says the celrgyman declared from the pulpit that "Judge Nichols has not drawn a sober breath for over six months." The charge is stoutly denied by Mr. Bell, who says that he will vindicate himself. Judge Nichols, on the other hand, asserts that he has many witnesses ready to testify in court to the truth of his allegations. The arrest of Mr.

Bell has created a sensation in New Canaan. He will probably be given a hearing this afternoon. The Rev. Edwin Bell Is not well known in Brooklyn, he not having had a charge in this borough, at least. In a number of years.

MISS BLANCHE WALSH'S PLAY. Her Company Begins Behearsals of the New Play From S. H. Crockett's Novel. Miss Blanche Walsh and company to day began rehearsing at the Grand Opera House.

In Elm place, for the new piece in which Miss Walsh is to star during the coming season. The production is the dramatization of S. H. Crockett's icw novel "Joan ot the Sword Hand," and tho play retains tho name of the book. It has been dramatized especially for Miss Walsh, who will play the title role.

Robert Lowe will be the leading man in the cast, which will number thirty. The production is said to be the most elaborate and the most difficult In which the Brooklyn actress has yet appeared. The special costumes and the scenery arc now being made and the first dress rehearsal will be in about ten day. Tho company will open in Detroit on September 16 and will leave the city for that place on September 9. Until then there will be daily recitals and drills and practice on the Grand Opera House stage.

Miss Walsh was compelled to do her preliminary work in getting the piece under way at the Grand as she was unable to secure a stage in Manhattan. Every opera bouse on the island Is either undergoing repairs, so that the 3tages cannot be utilized, or else they have been engaged for some time by companies which arc doing similar rehearsing. Miss Walsh returned two weeks ago from Denver, where she has been all summer as star in a stock company, and Is living at her home, 130 Underbill avenue. She Is looking refreshed and is anxious for the season to open. She thinks the new play will he very popular.

MAY ANNUL NEW TENEMENT LAW Justice O'Gonnan Intimates That the Legislation Is TTnnecessnrily Harsh in Dealing With Vested Bights. Argument was had to day before Justice O'Gormna, in Part I of the Supreme Court, Manhattan, in tho suits begun to test the validity of the new Tenement House Law. A couple of weeks ago temporary Injunctions rentralnlug the Building Department from interfering with the construction of thirteen tenements were granted and tht motion argued to day was to make those injunctions permanent. J. Charles Weschler, counsel for Sobel Kcan, J.

R. Slgnell, Ruth Hoffman and others, presented the case to the court. Mr. Weschlnr declared that Chapter 334 of the laws of 1801, the tenement house law. provided that nil who hnd permits to erect buildings prior to June 1 could only build under the old law If they had completed by August 1 up to the first tier of beams.

In all the cases he represented, counsel nald, the work had been begun before June 1, that the delay in completing the nmount of work required by tho taction was due to catmes beyond the control of the builders, owners and contractors and that the enforcement of the section would be harsh and unjust. The power vested in the Legislature, Mr. Weschlnr said, to exercise police authority over tenements does not authorize It to make harsh and tyrannical laws. The deprivation of the rights of his clients to carry out the plans adopted by them and approved by the Buildings Department prior to the passage of the law amounted to an attack on the vested rights of property owners. If for no other reason, counsel said, he believed the law unconstitutional and that his clients were entitled to the relief asked for.

Charles J. Mci'atfeTt and K. J. of the Corporation Counsel's office appeared for the law In opposition to the application for the Injunction. They said the papers submitted do not show that any attempt has been made to comply wit) the law.

that the Legislature was well within Its Jurisdiction In unsslng the law, that the law Is constitu tional and thai any damage the petitioners might have sustained or may sustain Is due to their own failure to comply with tbe terms of the lav "Doesn't It tjeem that the law Is a llttio harsh where It Interferes with vested right?" said Justice O'fiorman. "The petitioners short that the delays were due to clrcum I stances over which they had no control, The Leglnlature in the exercise of police rights should avoid unnecessary harshness." i Decision was reserved. Antorttlnvltsm Rye. Aristocratic, old. and fine.

Luytles Brothers. N. T. A4T. iTll.tl I Bar Association.

May Arrange to Let Them In Another Year. Denver, August 22 It has been decided by the general council of the American Bar Association that women are ineligible for membership in the association under the present constitution. This decision was reached in the case of Mrs. Jane B. Ott of Iowa, who had applied for membership.

The council was almost evenly divided on the question. It was decided finally to let the matter go over a year and then take up the question of appointing a committee to draft an amendment to the constitution which will make women eligible. MARTIAL LAW IN SASSOTJN. Turkey Alleges Albanian Plots in Old Massacre District. London, August 22 The Westminster Gazette to dary says Turkey has proclaimed martial law in the Sassoun district in consequence of alleged Albanian plots.

The Sassoun district was the scene of the massacres of 1894. GREAT COPPER COMBINE. Competition in Buying to Be Wiped Out Entirely if This Plan Goes Through. Denver, August 22 The News to day says: "Mining men of the city accept as true the reports that a worldwide copper combine has been formed, and that competition in buying copper will no longer be known. The combine Is said to have been effected between the Amalgamated, Calumet and Hecla, Senator Clark and the Rothschilds.

"Papers are believed to have been signed covering a long term of years. "The consolidation of Interests will, it Is said, be financed by the National City Bank of New York, which is to be made the depository for the consolidated concerns. SUICIDE LEFT NINE CHILDREN. Simon Fisher Could Get No Work and Early This Morning He Killed Himself. Simon Fisher, 59 years old, ot 231 Franklin street, committed suicide this morning by inhaling illuminating gas.

He was found by his wife in the kitchen at 6 o'clock. Fisher had taken a rubber pipe from the cellar and attached it to the gaB fixture, then placed the end In his mouth. Beside a wife he had nine children. At the house It was said this morning that lack ot work had made Fisher despondent, but at no time did he give any intimation of a desire to end his life. He retired when the rest of the family did last night and wae not heard to leave his room and go down stairs.

He was missed by his wife early this morning, who went in search of him and found his body lying on the kitchen floor. It is said that Fisher's u.oluer died In September last and willed him a houee in New Jersey. There was a mortgage on It, however, and Fisher was unable to pay the interest or the principal. This, It is said, greatly worried him, as he was fearful that he would lose the property. WILL OF STEPHEN BALLARD.

He Gives the Bulk of His Fortune to Relatives and American Missionary Association. The will of Stephen Ballard, who died on August 11 last, was floled this morning In the office of the Surrogate. There were two codicils attached to the document. Mr. Ballard was a large stockholder in the firm of White, Potter Paige.

The document was offered for probate by the brother, an executor, named in the will. He is Gayton Ballard, who has for many years lived in this borough and lives with hl3 family at 51 Jefferson avenue. The testator by the will and codicils gives the greater part of his estate, which is estimated to be above $150,000, to the American Missionary Association of Fourth avenue and Twenty second street, Manhattan, and to Berea College, Kentucky, the former to get two thirds and the' latter one third. In addition, the former, by the will has Mr. Ballard's stock in the White, Potter Paige Manufacturing Company.

To Bertha M. Fobes of Worcester. Mass the testator gives "in recognition of her faithful service as my housekeeper." All of the testator's books, pictures, furniture, carpets, plate, china, silverware, watch and chain and wearing apparel go to his brother. Gayton Ballard, and his sister. Mary A.

Ballard. A reclining chair had been given before his death to his sister, Mary A. Ballard, while his piano went to Bertha M. Fobes before he died. The will confirms these gifts.

One clause of the will says: "I make no other provision for any of my own kindred, as they do not Htand in need of it." All of the remainder of the estate the testator devises and bequeaths to the American Missionary Association, incorporated In this state, and to the trustees of Berea College, as stated. If either of these beneficiaries objects to and contests the appraisal and partition by tho executors, who are to have a power of sale, the bequests are then to bo revoked. Silas B. Brown of Mont clalr, N. Mary A.

Ballard of Andover, and Gayton Ballard are named as the executors. The will was executed on July 10, 1899. The testator also. In tho codicil, withdraws from the residuary estate bequeathed by tho will to the American Missionary Association and Berea College. 51 shares of the stock of the White.

Potter and Paige Company, or so much thereof as bo may be the owner of at the time of his death, and bequeaths them to the American Missionary Association; tho executors will, however, retain the stock for a period not to exceed five years, during which time they may sell It for the best Interests of the association. In tho event of the death of any of tho executors Arthur S. Plympton of Hollis, L. is named to fill the vacancy. Low Hate Tonr Ho the Pacific Count.

Another opportunity to visit California under the Pennsylvania Railroad personally conducted tour system. On ptemuer .6 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will run another low rate per I sonally conducted tour to the Paclllc Coast, covering a period of thirty days. The party will travel by special train of Pullman sleeping dlnlnt and observation cars, and on the golnR trip will na through the fnm scenery of Colorado, stopplnit at the principal points of Interest. Including alt Iake City. A stop of rive days will l.

San Francisco durln? the General Triennial vcntlon of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Or. the homeward trip 'he route Southern 'allfornla via th Grand Canyon of Arizona: thence across the southwestern plains I to St. Louis. Hound trip rate.

covrrlnjr all the essential expenses while travellnj; on the special train, UK. from New York. For further Informa Hon apply to Tourist Agent. l.M Broadway. New York, or address George W.

Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Azcnt. Philadelphia. Adv. May Mean Odell's Path for Reelection Is to Be Smoothed. EXPEDIENCY ALSO URGED.

Many Believe That Coler Would Accept Nomination Without Hesitation. Ogden Gives a Luncheon. A genuine boom for Controller Coler as a candidate for Mayor on the anti Tammany ticket is now in progress. It may be regarded as rather strange that the men behind the boom are mostly machine Republicans, but it happens to be so. The reasons for this movement are twofold expediency and political strategy.

Bowing to the sentiment of the day, the Republicans who seem at present to desire to see Coler named confess that they know of few Democrats who would get more votes. But a greater reason for their apparent liberality view is said to be a ruse to smooth Governor Odell's way for reelection next year. Just now everybody from Senator Piatt down is saying that an Independent Democrat would make the best run against Tammany. Mr. Coler is regarded by some people as an independent and by others as a strict machine man.

To those people to whom he has run counter in the administration of his office he is not a regular Democrat, nor to those who believe he has been animated in many of his acts by a sentiment of responsibility to the interests of the city. Still he ran as a straight Democrat and has been guided by the organization in making appointments. But a desire to take Coler out of the gubernatorial situation next year is quite an important factor in the situation. Those who now propose his nomination are in some measure personally favorable to the Controller. At the same time they are Republicans first of all.

They realize that should Coler be nominated and elected on the independent ticket this year, he could hardly be taken up by the Democrats next year for Governor. Should he be nominated and defeated by a Tammany candidate he would also be ineligible for a regular Democratic nomination for Governor, so that the scheme is a very deep laid one in that respect. Should this sentiment for Coler become dominant there are many who believe he would' consider an independent nomination at the apparent cost which it might entail in the future. It should be stated, however, that there are some regular Democrats who believe that Croker can yet be brought to accept him. That is hardly the opinion of the county leaders, it should be noted.

Beside this Republican support it must le confessed that there has been from the start more or less sentiment in the Citizens' Union, even if not among the prominent men in that organization. The Committee of Sixty, which was organized early in the spring, but from which nothing much has been heard recently, had for its object the advancement of Mr. Color's interests. The labor representatives in the Citizens' Union are also said to be largely in favor of the present Democratic Controller. As far as the present Coler boom can be traced it goes back to men high up in the Republican organization on both sides of the river.

Even Lieutenant Governor Woodruff is said to have approved the suggestion. It will be recalled that last winter Senator Piatt was' very hostile to Coler. Recently he has not had anything to say on the subject and there are some who believe that he could be brought to consent to Coler's nomination so far as the Republican state organization's interests were concerned. These Coler Republicans justify their approval of the scheme on the ground that the party's interests in the state would be subserved and because they think that If he were elected mayor he would be his own man and not be governed by the interests of the Democratic machine. Coler would get as a consequence considerable fame as a mayor who owed allegiance to no one, and who could demonstrate his well known theories of business principles in municipal affairs.

Colonel Willis L. Ogden, who is chairman of the anti Tammany conference, gave a luncheon at the Merchants' Central Club, Broadway and Broome street, Manhattan, this afternoon, at which it was expected that there would be some general discussion of the situation and of candidates. The primary object, however, in view was to get the representatives of the anti Tammany organization together. So far but six organizations have been represented, but since the last conference nine others have been Invited to join the movement. The original six present at the July conference were the Citizens' Union, the Republican County Committee of New York County, the Republican County Committee of Kings, the Greater New York Democracy and the German American Municipal League.

The new organizations which will come In are the Queens County Republican Committee, the Richmond County Republican Committee, the City Democracy, the Independent Democracy, the German American Citizens' League, the German American League of Manhattan, the German American Republican County Committee. Representatives of all these fifteen committees were present this afternoon. President Robert C. Morris represented the New York County Republican Committee, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff the Kings County organization, Herman Ridder the German American Reform Union, Otto Kempner the German American Citizens' League of Brooklyn, Samuel Seabury the Cltlens' Union, and other leaders the rest of the organizations. FEVER ON THE ETHELBRYHTA.

British Steamship Comes Into Port With One Dead and Several 111 of a Suspicious Disease. The British steamship Ethelbryht arrived lut night from Progreso with one of the crew i dead and several ill ot fever. The dead man 1 was A. Fagerland, aged 29 years, an able seaman. He was born In Russian Finland.

He died at 9:30 o'clock last night and his body was brought to quarantine. Dr. Doty examined the crew and found three others 111. The captain stated that several others had been ill. Dr.

Doty detained the steamship at quarantine until a thorough examination and disinfection can be TO 111 TO From Greenpoint Instead From East New York Terminus. of LONG ISLAND RAILROAD DEAL? Outcome of the Verdict Against the Company for Failure to Live Up to Lease. It is among the probabilities that a new trolley line running from Greenpoint to Can arsie will replace the present rood running from East New York to the latter place. It is expected that the new road will be In op eration next summer and that it will be a money maker. The reports that trolley cars would replace the obsolete locomotives and antiquated cars In use on the present route has aroused considerable interest in the Twenty sixth Ward, where it was confidently expected that tick relics of the middle ages would, like the brook, "go on forever." The opening of the new line, it is stated, involves the reconstruction of the abandoned New York and Manhattan Beach railroad from a point near the ferries at the foot of Greenpoint avenue, the former terminal.

along the eastern outskirts of the Williams burgh section to the Evergreen junction of the present Manhattan Beach division. From there the proposition is said to involve the running of the trolley cars alone the tracks of the steam road to New Lots junction, where the present Canarsle road has a single track running to the Ja maica Bay resort. The present terminal at the Howard House, 6n Atlantic avenue. would have to be abandoned should this ar rangement go through. It is said that a deal is now under way, to wihch the Long Island Railroad is a party.

The latter road leased the right of way from the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad, the present operators of the Canarsle line, to that portion of Vesta avenue along which Manhattan Beach trains are now operated by it, from Fulton street to New Lots junction. The lease, as was brought out during recent proceedings, was conditional on the understanding that the Long Island was to operate the old Greenpoint Manhattan Beach line, so as to feed the Canarsle road and give the latv ter an outlet to New ork. A few months ago the Brooklyn and Rock away Beach Company brought an action against the Long Island Railroad to terminate the lease on tbe grounds that the condition referred to had not been observed since the Long Island Railroad had acquired the New York and Manhattan Beach Company and abandoned the operation of the Greenpoint division. The latter was a single track line from Bast. New York to the East River.

It is said that the locomotives and cars now running on tho marine railway between Manhattan and Brighton formed part of the rolling stock. The action of the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Company was successful and a heavy verdict against the Long Island entered in Its favor. The decision of the court literally Interpreted would r. oan that tho Long Island Hall; oad wouiu have to ccti.ee its Manhattan Beach trains over the section of the right, of way referred to. which would en tall a heavy loss, or else reconstruct and operate the old Greenpoint line of the Manhattan Beach division as a feeder to the Canarsle road by the terms implied in the lease signed In 1871.

It. is believed that a compromise has been affected and that as a result the Long Island Railroad will reconstruct the abandoned section of road mentioned for use by the present Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad, or a reorganized company, as a troltey lino, and that both its steam trains and the cars of the latter company will run over the section of the road which was in dispute under the terms of the lease. Tho Canarsle road, when first started, up to the advent of tbe trolleys, was in a very prosperous condition. With the running of trolley cars to Canarsle for a cheaper fare its receipts have steadily dwindled and the reputation of the resort on the shores of Canarsle Bay, Is also said to have suffered. The road's rolling stock' at present consists of two locomotives and four cars.

With curious inconsistency the dilapidated engines, which were recently repainted, have been numbered 4 and 14 respectively, and tho numbers on the ark like cars, also recently repainted, range from 10 to 140. William Warner, superintendent of the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Company, was non committal when approached by a reporter at Canarsle regarding the alleged plan. He admitted that something of the kind was contemplated by the company, but that all depended upon the final outcome of suit against the Long Island Rnilrond. If successful In the final action as in the first tried before Justice Marenn in tho Supreme Court, and which is now under appeal, Mr. Warner said that the company would eventually endeavor to got back Its right of way to Greenpoint which It surrendered some twenty five years ago, on the conditions mentioned above.

If successful, he said, the proposition to change from steam to electricity would be decided upon definitely. Mr. Warner said that there is no Intention to make such a change; at present and intimated that It would probably be three years before the change would be made and the road to the Greenpoint ferries built. ANOTHER PRIZE FIGHT. Sheriff Breaks TJp Fierce Bout Between Reagan and Doyle at East Greenbush.

(Special to the Eagle.) Albany. August. 22 Sheriff Heeran and a posse broke up prize fight under way at an early hour this morning In East Greenbush, opposite this city, betwoen Johnny Reagan of Brooklyn and Jack Doyle of Albany. Both lads are featherweights and were supposed to havo weighed In at 118 pounds. Eddie Shaughnessy of Brooklyn was referee.

Eddie Kane and Barney Rellly acted as Reagan's seconds and Jake Myers and Lou Beansey officiated in that capacity for Doyle. The fifth round had Just begun when the sheriff's officers descended on the place. All the principals and the spectators made their cBcape. Reagan seemed to bo a triflo heavier than his opponent, although not so tall, but showed up with more muscle. Doyle looked trim, with not an ounce of surplus fat about him.

anil exhibited considerable skill as a boxer. In the opening round Reagan was the aggressor, landing several heavy blows. Several clinches occurred. Reagan played on his antagonist's stomach in the second round and tried to wind him. Doyle evaded many fierce lunges and landed a number of sharp laps on Reagan.

who smiled In acknowledgment The third and fourth rounds were fast and furious. Doth fought fiercely. Reagan had somewhat the better of the mlxtip. The fifth round had hardly begun when the Interruption by the law's minions brought matters to an abrupt finish. No decision was rendered by the referee.

MINE OWNEK SHOT DEAD. Cripple Creek. August 22 Samuel Strong, the millionaire mine owner, was shot. and killed to day by Grant Crumley. Tho cause for the shooting has not yet been learned.

S. i i I Officers and Men Expect Him to Resign in Near Future. RIVALRY FOR THE PLACE. Eight for Colonelcy of Brooklyn's Crack Regiment May Bring About New Discord. It is said that there is a likelihood of a vacancy in the colonelcy of the Twenty third Regiment in the near future, owing to the fact that it seems to bo generally accepted among the officers and men of the Twenty third that their commanding officer, General Alfred C.

Barnes, intends to resign his position. The resignation of General Barnes, while regrettable to the regiment as a whole, will not come as a surprise, he having been elected to the colonelcy of the Twenty third with the idea that he would in all probability not remain at the bead of the command for a long time. His resignation will be solely because of his pressing business and social engagements. The utmost harmony prevails between him and his staff and the line. Their relations have always been friendly.

Lieutenant Colonel Jasper Ewing Brady, General Alfred C. Barnes, who would be the natural successor of General Barnes to the colonelcy of the Twenty third, may, it is said, be disappointed, the idea being prevalent that it is best to keep him In his present position the second in command. Captain Louis J. Praeger of Campany one of the best known as well as one of the most popular officers in the regiment, is favorably spoken of as the nominee for the colonelcy of the Twenty third in the event of General Barnes resigning. Captain Praeger is quite prominent socially and beside the fact that his ability as a tactical officer is marked, there is said to be a feeling that a great deal of social prestige would be given to the Twenty third were he at its head.

Some years since, before Lieutenant Colonel Brady was elected to hlB present position, the lieutenant colonelcy was offered to Captnin Praeger, but he declined the nomination. Just when General Barnes intends to hand in his resignation as commanding officer of the Twenty third is a question. There have been intimations that the resignation would be tenedered before the opening of the fall drill season, which occurs about October 1. General Barnes is now out of town and attempts to reach him to day failed. When Colonel Alexis C.

Smith was forced out of the regiment, the command was assumed by Major David K. Case, pending the result of the diligent search which the officers of the Twenty third made for a commanding officer. The colonelcy of the regiment was first offered to Colonel Willis L. Ogden, who was a former colonel of it. He was importuned to assume command again, but declined with thanks, as he did not care to take the responsibility.

About this time there arose two very harply defined and opposed factions in the regiment. This factional feeling was a legacy from Colonel Smith's administration. The division among the officers increased rather than subsided as time went on and it was owing to this fact that all of the men who were offered the nomination for the vacant colonelcy refused to step Into the breach. The nomination in succession was offered to Colonel William Cary Sanger, now Assistant Secretary of War, and to Lieutenant Colonel Ezra Dc Forest. By this time the officers of the Twenty third, despaired of ever being able to fill the vacancy and their Joy, therefore, was almost unbounded when Lieutenant Colonel De Forest, contrary to all expectation, finally accepted the nomination.

The apparent settlement of the quandary In which the Twenty third had been for so many months was but short lived, however, for Lieutenant Colonel De Forest, upon receiving the notice of his election by a vote of 27 to 3, promptly wrote across It in red Ink "Declined." It appeared that he was unwilling to accept the colonelcy without a unanimous vote, since he feared that the opposition, small as It was, might cause him many a bad quarter of an hour. Again the Twenty third went fishing for a candidate, but again without success. Finally, however. General Alfred C. Barnes, after much persuasion, was prevailed upon to accept the nomination and was duly elected by a unanimous vote.

Major Case, then commanding the regiment, having convinced the members of field and line that their individual preferences should be made subsidiary to the welfare of the Twenty third as a whole. Nevertheless, at the time that General Barnes was elected, it can be said that it was pretty well understood that he would in all probability not remain in command of the regiment for any great length of time. Lieutenant Colonel Jasper Ewing Brady was elected at the same time as was General Barnes, and the sentiment among tne omcers wno nappeneu to Know of the inside workings in the regiment was that the lieutenant colonel then selected was chosen with a view to being the probable successor to the colonelcy. Other members of the regiment became aware, they say, of tho probable trend of i affairs from the fact that General Barnes, Immediately after his election, went to Eu i rope, where he remained for several months, I and Lieutenant Colonel Brady quite as immediately assumed complete direction ot I the affairs of the Twenty third. It was he i who originated the plan for the most suc cessful trip to Washington during the sec ond inauguration of President McKinley last spring, and stirred the command to such an activity for the remainder of tho drill season as it had not known before for years.

MINE LOCKOUT TO END. Spokane, August 22 Developments to day promise a break in the mine lockout at Rossland and a resumption of work at all tho plants in that district. Miss Cameron and Miss Peck Pursued to Sylvan Wilds by Farrell and Primrose. UNCLE DRIVES INVADERS OFF. Then They Come Back "With.

Written Order From Miss Peck's Parents. Girls Stay With Uncle. CSpecia! to the Eagle.) August 22 Recently two young from Brooklyn registered at tbe Utlca, women Northville House as summer guests. They were Miss Cameron, an actress, granddaughter of the late Daniel Cameron of JohnB town, and a relative of Isaac Brownell, proprietor of the Northville House, and Miss Peck, whose father is a bookmaker by occupation. Soon after the arrival of the young women two young men appeared on the scene.

They were also from Brooklyn and answered to the names of Farrell and Primrose. Farrell appeared to be devoted to Miss Cameron. Primrose to Miss Peck. The young men wanted the girls to go to another hotel and it is alleged that they consented, but were prevented from leaving the Northville by Mr. Brownell.

According to Mr. Brownell the young women refused to leave the hotel when requested so to do by the young men. who thereupon returned to Brooklyn and when they reappeared at Northville a few days Later Primrose was armed with written authority from Miss Peck's father to remove her from the house. The young women still refusing to leave. Mr.

Brownell asserts, Primrose threatened to shoot Miss Peck, who, however, continued firm In her determination to remain in tho Northville House. Finally there was a stirring scene between Landlord Brownell and Primrose. Farrell and the latter were ejected from the hotel. After the ejectment Mr. Brownell declares Trlmrose used threatening language and placed his hand to his hip pocket as If to draw a pistol.

Mr. Brownell then caused the arrest of Primrose for carrying concealed weapons. Primrose was examined before Justice Elllthorpe and discharged, the evldenco being insufficient to hold him. It is said that two of Northvlllc's young men were important, although inconspicuous, factors In the proceedings, the preference shown for them by the girls having excited the Jealousy of Farrell and Primrose. The fact that the young, "women were about to leave for Saratoga with their Northville admirers is declared to be the real cause of the coercive measures attempted by the Brooklyn men.

Tho discharge of Primrose by Justice Elllthorpe wau followed by the hurried departure of the girls and Messrs. Primrose and Farrell. THREE HABEAS CORPUS CASES. Justice Stover Finds One of Them Too Complicated to Decide Without a Referee. There wero three habeas corpus proceedings before Justice Martin L.

Stover In Supreme Court, special term, this mornlnf. The first was that of Samuel Scheer, who has a storo at 47 Second street, who has separated from his wife, Minnie, and Is living temporarily in his store, although he had until recently a home next door at 45 Second street, where lie lived with his wife. Mr. Scheer iB tho petitioner in the case, and lie wanted to get possession of Leo Scheer, his 8 year old son, who had been put by the mother In the Nursery and Chllds' Hospital at West Ni.w Brighton, Staten Island. Charles Lyons, counsel for the Institution, objected to letting the child go, us tho mother wanted It to stay lucre.

She pays the Institution $2 a week for Its maintenance. The writ was directed to M. G. Morgan, superintendent of tho hospital. Justice Stover decided that Leo was for a time better off at tbe institution than elsewhere.

Tho writ was dismissed. The Legal Aid Society of New York asked for the possession of Edwurd J. Kelly, 12 years old, now in tho possession of his father, Edward Murray, now chief of police of Hastings on Hudson. The boy had been adopted, with two other children of the po lliiouer, by Mrs. Catherine Kelly, the materl p.al aunt of the children, who were born to Murray by bin first wife.

The boy was 4 cars old when bl own mother died and slnco that tltr.e. us stated, ho has lived with tho aunt, who adopted him. It was stated that not long ago little Edwurd ran away from his adopted mother In Manhattan, refused to ffO heme with her when she overtook him on the street In Hastings, and created such a disturbance that a olieornnn wont the scene. Tho policeman was the boy's father, though lie did not know that th" disturbance was raised by his own son. The father took tho child away from Mrs.

Kelly. The Gerry Society went on an inve tlgating tour. Through officials, as stated today. In fore Justice Stover, by lawyer C. L.

Scbtirz, for the Legal Aid Society, an Investigation was made, and It was decided that the of orub ty were not well rounded. The Legal Abl Society Is acting for the adoptive moth of boy. Justl 'e Stover called the boy, who seemed to be vrry bright and healthy, to his side on the bench, anil they had a conversation that was private. Then his honor said that the matter was too complicated for to Bet tie to day. A referee had better be pointed.

That, ended the case. I lie Arjl lit ji.iti n. in ,1.1: juuu Mary A. Polllns, who was brought yesterday before Justice Stover and was adjourned to today, came up this afternoon. It was dismissed on consent or the petitioners.

She wait committed to the Ixing Island Hospital, Flatbush. on May 22 last. HIGH MASS FOR VICUNA. Bishop Quigley Wns the Celebrant and Hundreds Attended Statesman's Funeral. Buffalo, August 22 Solemn re'iulem high mass wa: celebrated over the remains of Honor Carlos Morta Vicuna, the late Chilian Minister to the United States, at St.

Joseph's Cathedral, this morning. The services were attended by a large number of prominent officials from the Pan American countries and by representatives of the Exposition company and the City of Buffalo. Quigley was the celebrant. The sorvb es were very Impressive. The casket was wrapp' In a large Chilian flag, and niri iy handsome tloral pieces were placed In and around It.

A xreat wreath of lilies of the valley was sent hy William I. Buchanan as tho representative of the State Department, All Vt the South American commissions at the Hz posltlon sent beautiful Qowurg. made. As yellow fever prevails at Progreso these Four Important Books, cases appeared suspicious. After an autopsy "The Charter of New York City." "The Teno i n.

.1,1 ment House Law," "Tho Building Code." "The and a careful examination of the sick men Dr. Cly(1 gervlce Law and Doty will be able to diagnose the disease. the Eagle Library and for sale by all news The steamship is consigned to Daniel Bacon, dealers and at all offices of the Brooklyn Eagle..