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THE BROOELYN DAILY EAGLE THTJBSDAT. AUGUST 12. 1897. 14 FAIR WEATHER ALL OVER. The assessors again this year fixed the value 10 STOP RESERVOIR LEAKS.

MOLDRICK SUSPENDED. TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE, RDSSE ENTERS A WAIVER. WRITS ISSUED FOR THE ASSESSORS, Corporations Force the Pighting in the Supreme Court. FIRST NATIONAL BANK CASE. Frank Harvey Field Applies for Re.

assessment on Behalf of That Institution Brooklyn and Kings County Elevated Companies as Well as Surface Roads Interested Unjust Discrimination in Favor of Trolley Companies Alleged Claims of the Brooklyn City and the Nassau Companies Municipal Electric Light People Take a Hand. Several writs of certiorari were granted by tfustice Walter Lloyd Smith in supreme court special term to review the assessments in the list of the Board or Assessors. Ou the argument of seme of the cases important constitutional questions will be raised. Among these is the application for reassessment sought by Frank Harvey Field of Peck Field, for the First National Bank of this city. The Board of Assessors originally assessed the shares of 5100 each at $396 per share.

A committee of bank officials appeared before the Board of Assessors to protest against this as excessive. The assessors finally on review allowed the bank 1 per cent, off on loans and discounts; reduced the taxation to an amount equal to the dividend for the current six months to Juno 31 and also to an amount equal to that paid or due for taxes for this year. The bank shares were reassessed at $33'J. Then the directors employed counsel to bring certiorari proceedings. Mr.

Field said that toe constitutionality of the state law taxing bank stock would be tested. The present state law taxing bank stock has been in existence for thirteen years and it is contended that the stock should not be taxed at all under decisions of the United States courts. The federal law, Mr. Field eays, allows taxation only as Congress allows and the United States courts, he says, has five times held that the taxation of bank stocks is unconstitutional. If the contest is successful the state taxation of bank stocks will cease.

This is important as a large percentage of personal taxes is raised from taxing bank stock. The writ is returnable on November 1. The fight has been begun also in the Supreme Court by the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company and the Kings County Elevated Railroad Company against the assessments on their property over the year 1S97, on writs of certiorari granted by Justice W. L. Smith In Supreme Court to day on application of Hoadley.

Lauterbach Johnson, counsel for the Brookljn Elevated Railroad Company. The writ is returnable on September 7. The Broogln Railroad Company claims that it has been unjustly discriminated against in favor of the trolley companies. The plaintiffs are the Kings Couuty Elevated Railroad Company, the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company, the Sea Side and the Brooklyn Bridge Elevated Railroad companies, now in the hands of Receiver Frederick Uhlmann. They claim that their different structures that are assessed as real property havo greatly depreciated in value owing to wear and tear.

The trolley systems, they allege, have interfered with their prosperity and are not taxed as real estate. The privileges and franchises granted to the electric railway companies have, the plaintiffs say, taken from them a large part of the revenue formerly enjoyed by them and their securities have depreciated in value from 20 per cent, to 60 per cent. The Kings County Elevated Railroad Company submits this table of alleged real values or its property "Wards. First Second T'nird Fourth Seventh Eleventh Twentieth Twenty third Twenty fifth Twenty sixth Ti ue AssepseI value. value.

J39.4M 21.460 JI.3S8 43. XA 17,719 OS. 12! 10.1.067 243.171 589.C7S 37.S71 19.fi4 93.521 S4.t'C J90.SO3 1SI.SS4 432.645 Total $715,835 J1. 501.473 Receiver Uhlmann, for the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company and the Sea Side and Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company, submits "this table: of the tracks of the several roads at Tier mile, notwithstanding the decision of Ref eree McDonald, after the extended hearing upon the proceedings taken last year, that the same could he reproduced new ior au.iou per mile. The reductions claimed by the several roads aggregate upon the assessed valuation of their tracks about $1,200,000.

Writs of certiorari were also obtained against the assessors by Mr. Field for the Municipal Electric Light Company of Brooklyn; the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn; and the Citizens' Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn. The Municpal Electric Light Company was assessed in May on capital stock $297,000, and it was reduced in July to $275,000. The company says it should be only $51,664.98 and that the assessors have made serious errors. The company says in the petition: That said Board of Assessors In asscssinc the real and personal property, capital stock and assets in the City of Brooklyn, other than those of your petitioner, for the year 1897.

adopted and acted on the rule that seventy per cent, only of the actual alue of the real and personal property or capital stock within said city should be returned by them for taxation for the year 1S97, and assessed sold real and personal property and assets at said seventy per but that said board has failed to make a deduction of thirty per cent, from the valu of the asserts of your petitioner as ascertained by them, and the assessment of your petitioner's capital stock is therefore illegal and unequal for that reason. Your petitioner further shows that on the first day of May, 1897, and at all other times when your petitioner was liable to assessment for taxation for the year 1S97, your petitioner had personal property or capital stock liable to assessment for taxation amounting to only the sum of fifty one thousand six hundred and sixty four dollars and ninety eight cents ($51,664.98) over and above the exemptions and deductions allowed by law, and the following statement truly shows in tabular form the capital stock of your petitioner, with the deductions and exemptions allowed by law, to wit: Gross assets of your petitioner (this amount differs slightly from the total sross assets returned by petitioner In Its statement to the Board of Assessors, and said statement should be corrected to aeee with the statement here made) S4S3, 117.G8 DEDUCTIONS. Assessed value of the company' wreal est ate including street lines and conduits $186,863.00 Indebtedness of the company 147.445.57 Ten per cent, of capital stock 75.000.00 Total $409,310.57 Cross amount of company's personal property or capital stocK liable to assessment Net amount of company's personal property or capital stock after deducting 30 per cent $73, 807. 11 51.064.9S The Edison Electric Illuminating Company was assessed at $1,140,584 on its real estate for 1897, personal property at $904,660 and capital stock, $3,964,300, which was the full par value of all the capital stock issued. In July the assessment on capital stock was fixed at $904, 060, and it is alleged by the company tnat it will be injured $904,660, as it says it has no personal property or capital stock liable to taxation over and above the exemptions allowed bylaw.

In tabular form this is submitted as the condition of affairs: Total ffi oss assets of your petitioner. (including the trancnise oi saiu company at a valuation of $500.000) $4,147,718.08 DEDUCTIONS. Bonded indebtedness $1,250,000.00 Sundry bills and accounts payable 129,167.64 Owing on various contracts. 551.95S.C0 Total indebtedness $1,931,125.61 Capital invested in United States patent rlg hts 946,000.00 Stock of other companies taxed on their 500,000.00 Assessed value of the company's real estate 1,140,584.00 Estimated value of franchise 500,000.00 10 per cent, of capital stock. 396.430.00 Total amount of exemptions and deductions allowed by law $3,413,139.64 Thus showing that the exemptions and deductions allowable by law exceed the gross assets by the sum of $1,265,421.56 and leaving no capital stock of your petitioner liable to taxation for the year 1897.

The Citizens' Electric Illuminating Company was assessed on real estate and personal property in the Eleventh Ward at $146,701 and capital stock at $500,000. The assessment on personal property was fixed in July at $79,438. The assessment on capital stock is claimed to be illegal. The alleged grounds of illegality as outlined in the petition are That wald board has not deducted from the irross assets of your petitioner the estimated value of Its franchise, to wit. the sum of that said board has not deducted from the gross assets of vour petitioner the assessed value of its real estate for the year 1897, to wit, the sum of that said board has not deducted from the Kross assets of your petitioner ten per cent, of its capital stock, to wit, the sum of that eaid board has not deducted from the gross assets of your petitioner the amount of its Indebtedness." to wit.

the sum of $183,178.91: that the examination and correction of said assessment was not made by the Board of Assessors of the City of Brooklyn during the month of June as provided by sections and 9 of title 10 of chapter 5S3 of the laws of 1SSS of the State of New York. That the personal property or capital stock of your petitioner was assessed against your petitioner in the Eleventh Ward of the City of Brooklyn Instead of the Fourth Ward of the City of lirooklyn, and that your petitioner had no principal office or place for transacting Its financial concerns in said Eleventh Ward of said city, but It has Its only principal office or place for the transaction of its financial concerns in the Fourth Ward of said city, and your petitioner so Informed the Board of Assessors in its statement made to said board, which la annexed hereto marked Schedule and that each of said wards Is a tax district in said city, and said assessment of your petitioners' personal property or capital stock in the Eleventh Ward or tax district of the City of Brooklyn was wholly illegal and void. Your petitioner also shows that the assessment was erroneous by reason of overvaluation, and the extent of such overvaluation was $78,100.60. and said board has been grossly negligent and unfair, and has discriminated against your petitioner in making an assessment on the capital stock of your petitioner of $79,438, notwithstanding the fact that in suits brought involving the same questions of law as arise in the case of your petitioner, both the special term and appellate division of the Supreme Court in this department lias held that oil of the deductions and exemption to which your petitioner claims to be entitled should have been allowed, and in faillns to make such deductions and exemptions said board has acted in dellance of the decisions of said courts. That said board has grossly overvalued the assets of petitioner in defiance of the evidence adduced before said board, and in defiance of their duties as assessors to Justly and fairly determine said assessment upon the evidence before them, and in defiance of the decisions of the courts above mentioned.

This table is submitted: Total gross assets of your petitioner (Including franchise of said company at a valuation of S7.i0.000) $1,131,217.31 DEDUCTIONS. Value of company's franchise $750,000.00 Indebtedness 183.178.91 10 per cent, of capital stock 60.000.00 Assessed value of the company's real estate 1,701.00 Total amount of deductions and exemptions allowed by law $1,129,579.91 JOHNNY FLYHN'S REPUTATION. He Is Said to Be the Werst Boy in Smoky Hollow. Johnnie Plynn, aged 9 years, who is said to be one of the worst boys in Smoky Hollow, was sent to the school for delinquents thi3 morning by Justice Bristow, sitting In the Adams Street Court, on a charge of larceny. The boy was arrested late yesterday afternoon charged with having stolen two cases of surgical instruments from Lachlan McLean, a veterinary surgeon, at 14 Nevins street.

Dr. McLean saw two little boys running away from h.s office yesterday and missed the two cases of Instruments. One of the Kttle fellows, i Michael McN'amara, was arrested at the time and he told the police that Johnnie had taken the property. The result was that tho boy was arrested. He Is one of the boys who last summer were arrested for a burglary on Pierrepont street.

Officer Coschina of the Children's Society, told the magistrate that Flynn was incorrlg.ble. The other lad was tfcs Flynn' charged. Flynn's parents live at 50 Amity street. TROUBLE IN A RESTAUR, A. NT.

As a result of a disagreement in the restaurant at 101 Bowery, New York, early this morning, George Jenkins, G8 years old, was taken to tho hospital, and lilchael Fox, a crippled peddler, 50 years old, of 100 Bowery, aud Willam Blake, 50 years old, of 210 Chrys tid street, were locked up in the Eldridgo Ktreet station. It was found necessary to take eight stitches in the wounds on Jenkins' head. Who Wrote the HlbleT Send for tho Rev. Dr. Behrends' Discourses Concerning the Authorship of the Bible.

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Adv. No Storm In Sight Anywhere Says Observer Dunn. "Fair weather prevails over the whole Country," said Forecaster Dunn, in New York this morning. "There Isn't a storm in sight anywhere. Although the temperature has changed but slightly in any part of the land, that change has been on the side of cooler weather.

It being one or two degrees cooler, on an average, everywhere. The temperature here at 8 o'clock this morning was 69 degrees. In Boston it was 70 degrees, in Washington 70, Chicago 64, St. Paul 58, Denver 58, San Francisco 54, New Orleans 74, St. Louis 66, Jacksonville 78.

The highest was 84 at Key West and the lowest 54 In San Francisco. We will probably have fair weather to day and to morrow, with westerly winds and stationary temperature." The official forecast Is for fair weather tonight and Friday; stationary temperature; westerly winds. WHY HE KILLED HIMSELF. William Wagner Was Robbed of His Savings. William Wagner, 48 years old, a cooper employed at a pickle factory and living with his wife and five children on the top floor of 417 East Sixty third street, New York, ended his life early this morning by shooting himself In the head with a revolver.

He died almost instantly. Wagner had been suffering from attacks of vertigo for some time past. He was seized with one of these attacks yesterday while on his way home, and during its continuance was robbed of $46 of his savings. This loss, It Is thought, led to his suicide. ARCHITECTS TO COMPETE.

The Kings County Medical Society Issues a Prospectus for Its New Building. Invitations have been sent out to architects by the building committee of the Kings County Medical Society for plans for the new building which is to be erected at the corner of Bedford avenue and Pacific street, on a plot of ground recently purchased by the society. The prospectus was prepared by Frank Freeman, who has been engaged by the society as the consulting architect. It was submitted to the building committee, who revised it. Tho prospectus calls for a building to cost not more than $50,000, but does not restrict the architects to any particular style of structure or material to be used, with the exception to the library portion which must be fireproof.

In speaking of the prospectus Dr. Maddern, who is the chairman of the original committee on site and buildings, said that the committee desired to get as great a diversity of design as possible and for that reason would give the competing architects a very wide scope. According to the prospectus, however, the building is to be a three story and basement etructtye, but if the price fixed is not enough the building will be three stories in front and the other stories in tbe rear are to be left to be raised when wanted. The details call for an auditorium capable of seating 400 people, to be provided with accessory rooms connecting to accommodate 100 more, allowing 20x36 indies for each seating, and a library co be furnished with double stacks for ac commodating 100,000 volumes. There will also be an offioa for directory of nurses, two consulting rooms, a reading room, an office and reception room, conversation room, storage room for journals.

Lavatories, living apartments for the librarian, and a storage room for bicycles are also provided for. Special attention has been given to the ventilating. The plans must be presented on or before September 15 at the office of the consulting architect, 132 Nassau street. New York. In order to encourage the competing archi tects to make special endeavors to present acceptable plans the committee offers a prize of $100 to the architect presenting the second best plans and $75 to the third on the list.

The committee having the building in charge consists of Dr. Frank West, the chairman of the Bnard Dr. MoNnugtlton. the president oi tne society; ur. maaaern, ur.

William Browning and Dr. Charles Jewett. Dr. said this morning that it was the intention of the society to begin work on the building in the fall. The new home of the society, he said, would not be a club house.

as some people thought, but a place where matters of interest to the public health at large would be considered. The idea of it being a club house, he declared, would very seriously injure tho project and in this matter he wanted to set the public right. MARRIAGE NOT REGISTERED, The Rev. Edmund Smith Liable to a Fine ol $100. The attention of President Wilson of the New York Board of Health was this morning called to a story in the morning papers, about the midnight marriage of Shirley Richardson Tuck, son of Henry Tuck, M.

vice president of the New York Life Insurance Company, to Suzette Virginia Bernard, an actress, which was performed about midnight of July 21, by the Rev. Edmund Smith, assistant pastor to Dr. Houghton, of the Little Church Around the Corner. The story referred to said that the marriage had not been recorded by the Rev. Mr.

Smith and when President Wilson was questioned on that point he ascertained from Dr. Tracy that the Rev. Dr. Smith had not filed a notice of the marriage In the Health Department, as required by Section 605 of Chapter 530 of the Laws of the State of New York, which makes sudh omission a misdemeanor. This section requires all persons performing marriage ceremonies to inform the Board of Health within ten days after such marriage has been solemnized and the penalty for the omission of such notice is $100 fine.

The Board of Health, however, is empowered to remit such fine if the person performing the marriage can give satisfactory excuse for such omission. President Wilson, after reading the story, in question, said that he had not been officially informed of such omission on the part of the Rev. Mr. Smith, but that he would write to the latter asking for an explanation of his failure to report the marriage in question to the Board of Health, as required by law. THE WEATHER.

INDICATIONS TILL 8 P. M. TO MORROW. Washington. D.

C. August 12 For Eastern New Yor. generally fair; cooler Friday morning: northwesterly winds. LOCAL PROBABILITIES. 7air to night and Friday; stationary tempera ture; westerly winds.

The following is tho record of the thermometer as kept at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle office: 2A.M 73 1 10 A. 71 4A.M 13 1 12 74 8A.M 72 I 2 P. 79 81.31 72 I 3 P. 80 Average temperature to day 74 i Average temperature correspouaing aate last year 81 HIGH WATER. Following is the official announcement of the time and duration of high water at New York and Sandy Hook for to morrow, Angust 13; A M.

TimeJIIelght H. sd.j Feet. V. M. .11 Dura'n of TlmelHelsht Rise.1 Pall, ii.

Feet. UK. m.Ih. at. New 8:341 bandy Hookl 8:041 4.0 5.0 8:42 4.9 8:14 i 6.2 I (1:54 I 6: I I 0:37 MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN VESSELS ARRIVED THURSDAY.

AUGUST 12. Ra Falkland, from sharpness. Ss Trave. from Bromun. Hs H.

H. Meier, from Bremen. Ss Afendota. from Androssan. bs Simon Dumois, from Port Antonio.

Ss Vittorla, from Tamuico, etc. tis Maedala. from tit. Lucia, bs Baku S.andard, tram Shields, fea Jersey City, from Bristol. SAILED.

Ss Myrtledene, for Rotterdam. ARRIVED AT FOItEIQN PORTS. Ss Amsterdam, from New York. Boulogne. Ss Taorimna, from New Dd.

Prawle Point. Ss Llandal? City, Irom Kbvr York, pd. Urow Head. Ss Ethiopia, Irom New York, Glasgow. Ss Saruia.

from New York, passed Tarifa. Sb Maskelyne, from New Y'oek, passed Scilly. Sk ISurgnndla. irom New York. Marseilles.

Ss Ocean, from New York, Amsterdam. Ss Norn from New York. Plymouth. Ss New Yorlt.nassed Fasrnet. Ss Phoenicia, from New York, Hainbnrp.

SAILED FROM FOREIGN PORTS. Ss Spaarndam. for New York, Rotterdam. 6s Stag, lor New York. pasBed Gibraltar, bs Miclilgan.

lor New York, London. Ss JLympaea, for New York. Messina, bs Dartmoor, from New York, Sunderland. Ss Massapeqna. for New York Swansea.

Ss Montauk, for New York, Glasgow. 8s Rosemorran, for New York. Montevideo. Ss Kaffir Prince. lor New York, Jtlo Janeiro.

Ss Latin, for New York. Cnercourg. bs Britannic, for new x'oric. (Aueenotowa. A Policeman Charged With Taking Liberties With Miss Christiansen.

TOOK HER AWAY FROM vV ALTER. Results of Captain Worth's Investigations Ii What the Young People Say Is True the Officer Made Himself Liable to a Criminal Charge Early Morning on the Ocean Partway Is) Dangerous. Police Captain Worth or the Parkville station; this morning suspended Officer Thomas F. McGoldrlck of his command and is now preparing charges of conduct unbecoming an' officer against the patrolman. In accounting for his action, the captain made a special report of the case to Acting Superintendent Mackellar this afternoon.

The report recounts the stories told by Roundsman Clarke and the officer himself. At 2:20 o'clock this morning, aecording to' the statements made to tbe captain, Roundsman Clarke was met by Matthew Walter, aged 20 years, of 641 Hicks street, who said that a policeman had stolen away a young, woman who was under his escort. The. young woman is Annie Christiansen, who also lives in the Hicks street house. Walter was very much excited when he spoke to the roundsman, but he told a straightforward and very circumstantial story.

He said that he left the house at 11 o'clock last night with Miss Christiansen to take a ride on the trolley cars. He hoarded a Smith street car with the girl and proceeded as far as Bader's Hotel, at Coney Island and Fort Hamilton avenue. There the couple alighted. The moon was shining brightly and the night was perfect for a lover's walk. The pair proceeded along Franklin avenue to the Ocean Parkway, where they sat down on ax bench.

While they were there a policeman walked up and spoke to them. He said that he wanted to see the young woman for a few minutes and, as Walter had perfect confidence in the uniformed representative of the law, he made no objections. The officer and the gin walked away and Walter waited on the bench for their return. They were so long away that the young man became anxious and he walked after them. He was passing a shed when he heard the young woman scream.

Then he ran and told the roundsman about the case. Roundsman Clarke, suspecting tBat the officer was McGoldrick, who has been on the force a comparatively short time and whose reputation for the observance of the rules of the department has not been markedly good, sent Officers Woodruff and Feeney to make investigation. The two policemen went in the direction indicated by Walter and at the corner of Coney Island avenue and Avenue they found Officers McGoldrick and Finch, and the young woman. The party proceeded to the station and there Miss Christiansen told her story. On the strength of it the suspension of the officer resulted Captain Worth questioned McGoldrick and the patrolman made an indignant denial.

He did not account for the fact that the girl was found in his company. The captain suspended htm and took the names of all the witnesses in the case. They will be cited to appear before the police commissioner when the case is called "in the trial room. McGoldrick became a mem'ber of the force in 1891 and has been up on charges before the commissioner thirteen times. He is married.

ALLEGED SALOON TRAGEDY. A Playful Tussle Is Magnified by Rumor Into a Desperate Shooting Fray. A rumor that has gained credence in thai Eastern District and created some excitement there, as to the effect that on last Monday evening two masked men entered the saloon of Terrance Nugent, South Fourth street and Driggs avenue, and threatened the proprietor with a revolver. The story grew in detail until something near to a tragedy was evolved, the men being described as desperate charactetis and unloading their revolvers at Mr. Nugent, only bad aim saving the latter's life.

To a reporter of the Eagle who called at the liquor store this morning, the proprietor said: "There is nothing in it except an accident and a joke. Two of my friends, who are on very good terms with each other, got into a tussle on the floor of the saloon, Monday night. One in fun struck the other over the back with an umbrella. A wooden ball in the handle flew off with some force and went through the mirror. When questioned by the iceman next morning, I said, In joke, that I had been fired at, and kept the joke up.

GLUCOSE TRUST GROWING. Peoria, 111., August 12 Deeds were filed today transferring the property in Peoria of the American Glucose Company and the Peoria Grape Sugar Company to the GIucobb Sugar Refining Company of Now Jersey. The consideration of the former is 81.750,000, and of the latter is 900,000. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SUNDAY EXCURSION AUG.

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A. METTLBH'S SONS, S8 and 90 Henry st. Brooklyn. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo AN VACATION OUTING PARTY Conducted by the Eagle Information Bureau, is now forming. Party will leave New York Wednesday, August 25.

Visiting Boston, Yarmouth, Halifax, Wolfville, Grand Pre, Lookoff Mountain, Evangeline Region, Digby, St. John, N. and Portland, Me. 12 Days, All Expenses, $65.00. BOOKINGS AT THE EAGLE INFORMATION ROOM, 20 Rnorfe Ruilrlino AGLE Mayor and Controller Wrestling With the Milhurn Problem.

THE COST MAY BE $200,000. Indications That the Two Officials Above Referred to Have No Great Opinion of the Engineering Talent In the City Works Department Bonds Will Have to Be Issued for the Work. Mayor Wurster and Controller Palmer are considering the advisability of raising money to be used in making the Milburn reservoir water tight. The proposition appears to have originated with the Mayor, who called the Controller into consultation, Mr. Palmer being one of the parties to the Issue of water bonds on which the money must be raised.

Mr. Palmer has no suggestions to make further than that if the work shall be undertaken the contractor alone must be held responsible for the results. The Mayor agrees with him entirely. Allot which would seem to indicate that neither Mr. Wurster nor Mr.

Palmer has any exalted opinion as to the engineering ability in the Department of City Works. It certainly does indicate that they do not propose to take any chances of a repetition of the experience had in connection with the construction of this reservoir. The late Edward Freel was the constructing contractor in 1889, and when he had finished his work it was found that the reservoir would not hold water. The city authorities withheld some $80,000 due to Mr. Freel, contending that he was responsible for the defect.

As Mr. Freel had worked entirely In accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by the engineers of the Department of City Works he disclaimed all responsibility and appealed to the courts. It was shown during the trial that Mr. Freel had on more than one occasion called the attention of the engineers to the fact that if the work were to be done according to their plans the reservoir would leak, but the engineers believed that their Judgment was superior to that of Mr. Freel and allowed him to go ahead.

Results showed that Mr. Freel was right. The great reservoir turned out to be nothing less than a sieve. The courts sustained the contractor and the city was compelled to pay the full amount claimnd by him. The Milburn reservoir Is among the most important part of tho water works system east of Rockville Center.

It is intended to hold the water that came from the three new sources of supply. The city has been able to do without thus far by pumping directly into the conduit, but the time Is not remote when the use of the reservoir will be absolutely necessary. Mayor Wurster appreciates this fact. Controller Palmer is willing to be convinced. His suspicions have been so frequently excited in regard to other water works schemes that he is not so positive as the Mayor about anything which the City Works Department may recommend touching these works.

He is determined, however, that there shall be no more blundering on the part of the City authorities this time, and that whoever may receive the contract shall be held strictly responsible. The city has already lost a large amount of money on account of the ignorance or indifference of city works engineers and Mr. Palmer says that the city shall be mulcted no more in that relation if he can help It. No estimate of the probable cost of the work has yet been made. Mr.

Palmer said that $200,000 had been suggested, but whether that was too small or too large an amount could not now be said. Mayor Wurster said this afternoon: "1 am in ravor of maKing tins reservoir water tight and have spoken to the Controller and to the engineer of water supply on the subject. Water bonds will have to be Issued for the work. The Whole responsibility for making the reservoir waiter tight shaill be fflrown upon the contractor. As to how the work should be done should be left entirely to him.

Nothing as to the manner of doing the work should go Into the contract or specifications. A certain amount of the contract price should be retained for a term of years or until it should be made evident that the work had been properly done." There will be furtfner conferences on the subject between the Mayor and Controller. HAYES IS CONFIDENT. If the Warden's Calculations Don't Miscarry He Will Be Sheriff or Register Marr's Candidacy. Warden Patrick Hayes was in a very cheerful mood when seen by an Eagle reporter this morning.

"Yes," he said in answer to a question, "things arc going my way, or rather they have gone my way. I shall certainly be nominated for sheriff or register of Kings County: More than enough support is already pledged to me to secure the nomination. How many district leaders have I got? Oh, It would not be wise for me to tell that. It would be giving information to the nemy. I've got enough to win.

That's all anybody need to know." According to rha latest information the Kings county Democratic convention will be held after the city convention. "You see," said an assembly district leader to day, "one of the three city offices is sure to come to Brooklyn. It may make considerable diifference with the county ticket as to which one of the three it is." There Is an erroneous idea in tho minds of most peopfie that nominations must be filed dhirtv days before election. Twenty five days is the limit. Nominations may therefore be sent in as late as October 8.

Charles E. Marr a Republican Candi date for Register. Another Republican candidate for register is in the field. He Is Charles is. Marr, secretary of the Eighth election district committee of the Nineteenth Ward and an employe of the register office.

He is a member of the Empire Republican Club of the Fifth As sembly District and is saia to ne popular. His friends declare that the Republican em ployes of the register's office, who represent every ward in the city, are interested nis candidacy. PALMER'S BRIEF IN ALBANY In His Action to Oust Assessor William J. Taylor. (Special to the Eagle).

Albany, N. August 12 In to day's mail Attorney General Hancock received George Washington Palmer's briefs in the matter of his application to have the state department bring an action in quo warranto to de termine the title to the office of assessor of Brooklyn, which Is now held by William J. Taylor. Mr. Taylor's briefs opposing the application are expected to morrow.

It is not probable that any oral arguments will be had in the matter. EMPLOY ILLITERATE CHILDREN. Factory Inspector's Announcement to Sag Harbor Health Board. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany, N. August 12 State Factory Inspector O'Leary has found it advisable to Inform the Health Board of Sag Harbor re garding the provisions of the factory law.

This course was deemed necessary because of a report made by one of the deputy factory Inspectors after a visit to the Harbor. He found that the local health board had Issued certificates to two illiterate children permit ting them to work, although they had never been to school, ine aeputy saia tne local hvn rr! nnared to consider that the state de I partment had no jurisdiction over its' doings. The Bedford Bank Teller Held for the Grand Jury. SURETY COMPANY PROSECUTES. Arraignment of the Defaulter This Morning in the Adams Street Police Court Expected to Cover Up His Shortage by the Proceeds of a Bogus Draft for $4,000 Confessed to Mr.

Blackford. Louis E. Eosse, the paying teller of tie Bedford Bank, waived examination before Justice Bristow In the Adams street court this morning on a charge of having stolen $4,000 from the bank, and was held for the action of the grand Jury. Rosse had been playing the races and had spent all his money with the bookmakers. It was the old story.

He stole a little at first, lost, and then stole more in the hope that he would be able to recoup. "But I couldn't catch on," he said, sadly, to Officer Harrington of the headquarters detective squad as he was on his way, a prisoner, to the Adams street police station at a late hour yesterday afternoon. He wept as the doorman took him back to a cell. Rosse Is a bright looking, dark haired man of 2S years. He was married only in November last to Miss Annie Palmer and he was generally regarded as a steady going, honest young man.

The bank officials are greatly surprised over his downfall and Eugene G. Blackford, the president of the institution, said this morning that he was sorry for the prisoner. Tie paying teller of tho bank was bonded in $10,000 by the American Surety Company and that institution will pre3s the complaint against the prisoner. The full amount of the peculation from the bank is $6,250 and a check for that sum will be drawn to the order of Mr. Blackford to day, so that the bank will lose nothing.

Rosse is of French extraction and his father lives at 412 Halsey street. Tho son was graduated from a public school over ten years ago and secured a place in the bank as assistant bookkeeper at a salary of $3 a week. He was efficient, rapidly acquired a knowledge of banking and in 1894 was made paying teller. His income increased with his advancement and he began to branch out socially. He became a member of the Crescent Athletic Club, the Irving Club and other associations.

Rosse was also religiously inclined and joined the church. He was so steady that nobody for a moment imagined that he was gambling. After his marriage he seemed to be devoted to his wife and the couple lived apparently happily at their home, 167 State street. On August 1 Rosse started off on his annual vacation and on the following day the bank officials discovered that he had been stealing. A protested draft was received at the bank on that day from the Detroit Savings Bank.

It was for $4,000, drawn on the bank, apparently by William H. Palmer of Detroit, a brother in law of Rosse. Palmer had repudiated the draft and it was sent back to this city. An investigation resulted and it was found that the paying teller was short just in his cash. Had the draft been honored by Mr.

Palmer the discovery of the shortage would not have been made and Rosse would have been safe for a while longer. It Is believed that the draft was a forgery. Rosse evidently expected that the draft would go throught all right, for he had started for Moriches, L. with his wife on their vacation, apparently well satisfied with himself. The investigation at the bank in his absence developed the fact that there was another shortage of $2,250.

Of this amount $1,600 was in false entries and $650 in the coupon Interest account. President Blackford was placed in possession of all the facts and on Tuesday last summoned Rosse from the country for an explanation. The young man went to Mr. Blackford's house and, it is alleged, made a full confession of his wrongdoing. Exactly what representations were made to Rosse are unknown, but it is suspected that he hoped to escape punishment, for he did not again leave the city, although his liberty was not in any way restrained.

Yesterday there was much activity on the part of Inspector Charles Halll day of the surety company, wno was placed in charge of the case. Halliday had instructions to arrest the defaulting teller and he secured the co operation of Mr. Blackford, who visited the Adams street court and made an affidavit charging Rosse with having stolen $4,000 oi the bank's funds. Halliday went to New York and found Rosse near Mr. Blackfcrd's office in the Fulton market.

He induced him to come to this city, and near the Building the pair met Officer Harrington of the headquarters bureau. Harrington placed Rcsse under arrest. The young man did not seem to be at all surprised, and while he was giving his pedigree to Sergeant Murphy in the detective's office behaved with remarkable coolness. All the money he had in his possession was single dollar bill and some small change. The police took possession of his cash and he was sent to tho Adams Street Police Station as a prisoner for the night.

It was not until he was confronted with the prospect of a cell that he broke down. Last night his young wife visited him at the station and spent an hour with him. Several of Mb acqaintances also called. It is believed that an effort will be made by Rosse's wife's friends, who are influential and well to do, to get him out of his trouble. Mr.

Blacklord, Howard Smith and Lawyer Wheeler appeared In court this morning representing the bank and the Surety Company. Mr. Rosse was represented by Lawyer Baldwin, who anounced that his client waived examination. Justice Bristow then held him for the action of the grand jury Mr. Wheeler made an argument In favor of a bond of sufficient amount being exacted for Rosse's appearance in court, but the magistrate refused to take any bond and the matter wll be arranged by the District Attorney.

For the present the young man is still In custody. Rosso, it is said, formerly stood high in Mr. Blackford's esteem and for some time was a frequent visitor at the home of tho bank president. CLOAKMAKERS GO ON STRIKE. Six Hundred of Them Quit Work This Msrning More Expected to Join the Movement.

With the approval of the executive board of the United Brotherhood of Cloakmakers six hundred operatives went out on strike this morning in the shops of Saff Silverman, of 83 Canal street, and Max Dorf of S6 Division street, New York. These two are only the first of a series of strikes set for to day. It is expected that before the sun goes down to day at least 2,000 of the 12,000 organized cloakmakers in New York City and vicinity will have deserted their machines as a protest against starvation wages and long hours of toil. Other strikes in various shops are expected to follow to morrow, and Sunday morning, it Is said, will witness a general strike of the vast army of organized cloakmakers, who have been preparing for the conflict now precipitated since June 12. The prevention of a general strike up to the present was entirely due to the refusal on the part of Joseph Barondess to engineer the cause of the strikers.

At present they are leaderless. but are to abide by the command of Secretary Rosenberg and the individual members of the executive board until a leader Is chosen. FROFERTY OWNERS' JUBILEE. Many of the residents of Monroe street, between Lewis and Stuyvesant avenues, have made a proposition to hold a jubilee meeting to celebrate the successful termination of asphalt pavement and of stopping the trolley railroad on Monroe street. A meeting, to take definite action in the matter, will be held this evening at the residence of A.

B. Phillips, 578 Monroe street. The committee is composed of Henry P. Schmidt, Alfred B. Phillips and Warren H.

Doollttle. Three Women Seriously Injured in a Bensonhurst Accident, BOTH "WERE ON THE SAME TRACBt They Were Going in Diflaront Directions and. Turning a Corner, Came Together With Full Speed An Earlier Accident on tho Road Compelled the Use of One Track Only Who Was to Blame? At 10 o'clock this morning two trolley cars on the Bensonhurst branch of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad, bound in opposite directions and on the same track, crashed together on a sharp curve at the corner of Bay Ridge and Thirteenth avenues, Lefferts Park, and three women passengers were badly injured, while several others fainted. The injured are: Mra Louisa Heese of 137 Perry street, New York, fracture of the left arm, a deep cut over the left eye and bruises about the body. Mrs.

Mary B. Rose, 38 years old, of Twenty second avenue and Eighty fifth street, Bensonhurst, contusions of the knee and shock. Mrs. Caroline Lovell of Nineteenth avenue and Eighty sixth street, Bath Beach, lacerated wound of the mouth, contusions of the head and shock. Mrs.

Rose and Mrs. Lovell were attended by Ambulance Surgeon Estabrook of the Norwegian Hospital and were removed to their homes. Mrs. Heese, who appeared to be the most seriously Injured, was attended by Dr. L.

C. Ager of Cedar lane. Bay Ridge, and taken away in a carriage. Car No. 1,035, In charge of Motorman Frank Robb and Conductor J.

W. Rinker and carrying about a dozen passengers, was on its way to Fulton Ferry at the time of the accident and car No. 809, wi'th twenty passengers, was bound south to Ulmer Park. Early this morning car No. 804, on its way to Bensonhurst, jumped the track at Tent'u and Bay Ridge avenues and south bound cars were after that time run down to a switch at Seventy sixth street and Thirteenth avenue on the north bound track.

Motorman Robb claims that he had the right of way and also that tie should have beea signalled by the men in charge of car No. 809. Robb said, this morning that he did no: see the other' car coming toward him until he was almost upon the curve and he was. then unable to etop in time to prevent the collision. There is a piece of woodland somewhat dense on Bay Ridge avenue and it is impossible because of the foliage to see from Thirteenth avenue a south bound car until it is almost to the corner.

A second before the crash came this morning several men jumped out of the car, women screamed and there was an exciting scene. When the ears came together Mrs. Heese, who was on No. 809, was thrown headlong to the ground and was picked up unconscious. Mrs.

Lovell was thrown forward over two seats and struck her face on one of the brass arms. Several other passengers, among them Mrs. Rose, were thrown about and badly bruised, but none except the Bensonhurst woman needed the ambulance surgeon. C. A.

Larsen of Seventy third street was one of the passengers, but was not hurt. The injured ones say that the blamo for the accident rests entirely upon the motorman and conductor of car No. 809, whose names would not be divulged at the Fifty eighth street depot this afternoon. Both cars were badly damaged and wert taken to the repair ohop. FOR EAST RIVER BRIDGE.

Suit Brought in the New York Supreme Court to Acquire Title to Lauds. A suit has been brought in the Supreme Court, New York, by William L. Strong, as Mayor of New York, and Frederick W. Wurster, as Mayor of Brooklyn, to acquire title by the two etties to the property in New York and this city, whch will be required for the approaches to the new East River Bridge. Harriet B.

Hoffman, Calhoun A. Anthon, William R. Wilcox, Thomas Wlilett, Julia C. Willett, G. W.

Ven Nest, M. Taylor Payne and several others are named as defendants. The complaint recites the facts as to the passing by tho Legislature of the act authorizing the construction of the new bridge, and empowering New York and Brooklyn to ecquire the necessary land for the approaches to the bridge. The lands to be taken are bounded, the complaint says, on the east side by the westerly side of Tompkins street; on the west by thfe easterly side of Maigen street; on the north by the southern side of Delancey street, and on the south by a line parallel to the southern side of Delancey street, New York, and other properties. The suit is brought in order to commence proceedings for the condemnation of the building on the lands to be acquired, as soon as possible.

CARLISLE SINKS A LIGHTER. Three of tbe Cre of the Latter Take Refuge on the Barge Steamboat. The steamboat John G. Carlisle, plying between the Barge Office, New York, and Ellis Island, collided with and sunk an unknown lighter midway between those two points this morning. Three men aboard the lighter clambered aboard the John G.

Carlisle just before the boat went down and so there were no casualties. The John G. Carlisle was plodding her way across the bay to the Barge Office. When about half way from Ellis Island, her captain saw a tow with scows heading over from the North River side and the tug McDonough with a lighter, coming from the opposite course. The John G.

Carlisle warning whistle sounded and the tug leading the scows managed to steer out of the way. But the lighter, which was connected with the McDon ough by a long hawser, could not be swerved off In time. The John G. Carlisle crashed into the lighter. The Carlisle's rudder was broken and the lighter within five minutes went to the bot torn.

The McDonough steamed away and the John G. Carlisle continued on its way to the Barge Office. The John G. Carlisle towed to the Barge Office by the tug Fluvus and was then taken to Fletcher yards In Hoboken for repairs, A LIVELY RUNAWAY. John Kennedy, 1 7 Years Old Stuck to the Reins Until He Fainted.

An exciting runaway occurred in the vicinity of North Eighth street and Bedford ave nue last evening. About 6:45 o'clock, while John Kennedy, 17 years old, of S5 Withers street, and May Flaherty, 12 years old, of 141 North Eighth etreet, were preparing to go driving together in a buggy, the horse, which was standing in front of 141 North Eighth street, took fright and galloped toward Bedford avenue. When the horse started off Miss Flaherty had taken her seat in tbe buggy, while Kennedy had a hold of the reins and was about to step in. Ken nedy held his grip and was trailed along the street until Bedford avenue was reached, where the buggy collided with a wagon. Miss Flaherty was thrown out.

Her shoulder was dislocated and she also sustained a slight scalp wound. Kennedy, who kept his hold on the reins until the time of the collision, then fainted. The buggy was damaged to the extent of $10. BLANCHE MORGAN HERE. The schooner Blanche Morgan, which was mistaken for a Cuban filibuster at Bridge port recently and seized by government authorities at that place and on which, it later turned out, to the dismay of those officials, there was not Cuban but United States government ammunition, arrived at Governors' Island to day.

True Assessed value. value. Sol. Ml 591.530 13,101 20.017 101.S4S r.3.493 94.4 03 123.921 222.215 X5.SS4 351. SGI 91.161 OS.725 r.7.3.:,9 101.222 39.530 (19.739 69.757 40.117 70.735 134.196 236.S17 S7.JSS 145.739 109.733 393.694 96.

177 169.716 150.1K 265.056 134.515 135.671 230.397 .511.239 i Bridge Corn True Assessed value. value. J1I.7S3 $26. VS 117.361 207. noo 34.174 60.

DIM) 33.012 5S.257 Ward. Becond Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Eleventh Thirteenth Stxtenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twentj first Twenty second Twenty third Twenty fifth Twenty sixth Twenty severTth Twenty eis hth Total pany: "Wards. Fourth T.iKhth Twenty sixth Thirtieth The latter railroad company has been heretofore assessed as a part of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company. The difference between what the companies claim as the real value of their property and that placed on it by the assessors is S1.S42.2S7. The Underground Conduit Company of the Edison Illuminating Company al Brooklyn has also, through Lawyer Field, obtained a writ of certiorari to review its assessment.

It claims that there should be no separate assessment on its conduit system apart from Its real estate. The underground system, furthermore, is assessed at $1,100,000. and it is the contention of the company that that part of its plant can be reproduced for The company also claims a reduction of 20 per cent, on the assessment on account of damage from electrolysis, the plant being Injured by the underground return current on the trolley systems. The sum of $530,000 Is all that the company should be assessed, It says. Justice Smith also granted writs of certiorari to review the assessments made by the Board of Assessors of the capital stock of the Nassau Electric Railroad Compeny, and the Brooklyn City Railroad Company, and of the tracks of the Brooklyn City Railroad Company.

Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad Company, Nassau Electric Railroad Company, Atlantic Avenue Railrnad Company, South Brooklyn Central Railway Company, Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad Company, and the Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad Company; also in behalf of William L'imer to review the assessment of the property kDown as Uimer Park, and on behalf of the Bush Company. Limited, which owns the docks and warehouses at Forty sc cond and Forty third streets, to review the assessments of the real estate. Henry Yonge represented the petitioners in the above cases. The writs were made returnable September 1. The several companies were assessed as follows: The Brooklyn City Railroad Company was originally assessed upon its capital stock on June 1.

1SS7. at but the Hoard of Assessors there arter reduced the amount to S3.251.fl43. states its claim In the petition as follows ASSETS. Gross assets J23.3I2.000.O0 Ijicijircvnaxs. 10 per cent, of capital stock 1.20iflO.

no Value of franchises 50 Liabilities Assessed vaiue of real estate i.GO 'T Leaving the Brooklyn City liailroad Corn pany, under assessable and taxable condition in the sum of $5.793. "i54. SO. The Nassau Electric Railroad Company was originally assesset! upon its capital stock at 000,000. aud finally the assessment was fixed at It states its claim in tho petition as follows: Gross assets (except francriises) Franchises, estimated J2.S91.6I6.I.", :i.695..V'.

,.01 56,547,211. Total DEIfi'TI 10 per cent, of capitrtl value of real estate (pare value of tracks Liabilities Franchises Total Minus $11,922.6:6.47 Plus C.5S7.24I.46 $600. l.ll.l. 3.6S. under taxable condition.

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