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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. FOUR O'CLOCK ED1TIOH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1897. VOL. 57.

NO. 257. 16 PAGES. COPYRIOHT. 1897.

BI THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAQIJ3. THREE CENTS. TURKEY ACCEPTS THE TERMS. PANIC AT A FIRE. ARRESTED AT WINDSOR CASTLE.

WHERE DOES SHARKEY STAND DIPHTHERIA IN SCHOOL? IM GETTING READY FOR ACTIVE WORK, QUIGG WILL ISSUE AN ADDRESS TO VOTERS, Treaty of Peace With Greece to Be Signed Friday. Vienna, September 16 The Neue Freie Presso eays it is reportod in official circles that the Sultan of Turkey and the council of ministers of the Ottoman Empire have accepted the conditions of peace with Greece as arranged by the ambassadors of the powers, and that it is expected the preliminaries of the treaty will be signed on Friday next. A NEWBTJRG MURDER MYSTERY. Newburg, N. September 16 Bridget Hayes, a domestic, aged about 40 years, was found dead this morning in the bathroom of a Grand, avenue residence, her throat having been cut.

The family had been absent from the bouse several weeks and returned this morning to find the domestic had been murdered. It is supposed that the crime was com mitted yosterday. Coroner Perrott is investigating. No olew has yet been fonnd to the murderer, nor to the motive for the crime. MINEKS RETURN TO WORK.

The Strike LastedNearly Three Month Pittsburg District Men Lost Over $2,000,000 in Wages. Pittsburg, September 16 After nearly three months idleness between 15,000 and 18,000 coal miners in the Pittsburg district went to work to day in accordance with the action taken at yesterday's convention, which authorized the men to resume work in all mines complying with the provisions of the scale of 65 cents adopted at Columbus. The remainder of the 23,000 miners of the district will: be at work before the close of the week. It is estimated that the strike, which lasted sixty five working days, coat the people of the Pittsburg district from to $7,000,000. Of this amount the miners lose about in wages.

The strike against the De Armitts will continue indefinitely, arrangements having been made to assess the working miners 5 per cent, of their wages to defray the expenses of keeping up the fight until the 65 cent rate is made uniform throughout the district. A BATTLE AND A SIEGE. Afridis Attack a British Force on tho March and Are Gallantly Repulsed by Fort Gulistan Garrison. Simla, September 16 The Second Brigade of the Mohmani punitive commanded by General Jeffreys, reached the foot of the Bawat Psb on Tuesday last. During the night the British troops were attacked by the enemy, who kopt up a heavy fire for six hours.

Lieutenants Tomkins and Bailey were killed, Lieutenant Harrington was dangerously wounded, two privates were Villod, five were wounded and twenty five horses and mules were killed. The garrison, of Forf Gulistan made a most gallant defense. The enemy before that place at noon on Sunday last and by o'clock the water tanks were filled and other preparations were made to resist a siege. The garrison was composed of 165 Sikhs, commanded by.MflJor:Des Voeux and Lieutenant. EratU.S.iirgeon PralVMrs.

rjes Voeux, her four Children and Ttwo nnriet) were also in the fort; At 4 o'clbck in the afternoon the enemy closed, around the place to within ten yards of the walls and at times rushed right up to tnem. me garrison repeatedly, repulsed the tribesmen at the point of the bayonet and there were some remarkable exhibitions of A havildar (native sereeant). with sixteen Sikhs, charged into the midst of three hundred tribesmen and captured three standards. Another havildar, with ten men, rushed to help the first party when the latter was hard pressed by the enemy and before returning they captured another three standards. A subabdar (native captain) and two Sikhs dashed to the rescue of a wounded comrade, cut their way through the enemy and brought him safely Into the fort.

There was similar hard fighting throughout Monday last and until the artillery of General Yeatman Biggs finally scattered the Afridis. When this was done the garrison of Fort Guliston had been at their posts for thirty consecutive hours. The casualties of the British force were two men killed and thirty eight wounded. The women of the garrison attended the wounded under an unceasing heavy fire. It is reported that the Afridis and Orak zais have left the Samana territory for their homes.

ENGINEER MENOCAL'S REQUEST He Will Be Much Disappointed if It Is Refused. Civil Engineer Menocal of the Navy said this morning that he would be very much disappointed it the Navy Department at Washington should refuse his request for an inquiry Into the matter of the repairs to the dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. "I have not heard anything from the department as yet," he said, "although I see by the papers that my request will be refused. When I hear from the department it will be time for me to say whit I will do In the matter and, while I am not prepared to Bay that I will renew my request for a court of inquiry, it will all depend upon the wording of the department's refusal al my original request. I must be vindicated.

There can be no possible fault my conduct while I was in charge of the repairs. Every requisition was made out in good time and some before we were even ready to use the artl2ls asked for. KILLED BY A FREIGHT TRAIN. Clarence McCormick Struck at the Bedford Station This Morning. Clarence McCormick, 1,701 Fulton street, was struck by a Long Island freight train od the Brighton Baech track at Bedford station at 11:50 o'clock this morning.

He received a fracture of the skull and severe internal injuries, from which he died later In the day in St. John's hospital. William Kampe of Clarencevllle, L. the engineer of the train, was arrested by Officer George Bronck of the Twenty second Precinct and arraigned in the Flatbush court this afternoon, charged with criminal negligence. He was held under $2,500 ball by Justice Steers.

McCormick was supposed to have been sleeping under one of the freight cars in the yard. QUEEN WILL VISIT KAISER. London, September 16 Following the report of Tuesday last, in Truth, that Emperor William of Germany intends to pay a visit to Queen Victoria, at Balmoral, this autumn, the Westminster Gazette says his majesty is in tensely anxious that the queen should visit him, and if this can be arranged, a meeting in Germany will probably oocur in April, either at Coblenz or Potsdam. KILLED BY A FALL. Henry Dunlap, a painter, 85 years old, fell from the third story of the Columbus Hotel, at Eighty fourth street and Third avenuej New York, early this morning and later died of his injuries.

ITALIAN MINISTER RESIGNS. Rome, September 16 The newspapers here announce the resignation of Signor Ascanio Branca, the Italian minister of finance. A Woman Jumps From a Window at 130 Boerum Street. Fire broke out a few minutes before noon to day in the apartment occupied by Edward Mann on the third floor of the three story frame tenement at 120 Boerum street. An alarm was rung In and as the building rapidly filed with smoke considerable alarm was caused among the tenants.

In the excitement Lena Holmes, about 22 years old, became hysterical from fright and Jumped from the first story window to the street. She sustained a contusion of the spine and was attended by Ambulance Surgean Gllmartin of the Eastern District Hospital. She remained at home; The cause of the fire Is unknown. The only loss was the destruction of a sofa under which the fire originated in Mann's apartment. The building Is owned by John Reimllie of the same address.

FORTY PERSONS DROWNED. St. Petersburg, September 16 Two steamers, the Tsarevitch and the Malpitka. collided to day in the river Volga, near Astrakhan. The former sank and while she was going down her passengers, panic stricken, jumped into the river.

Many of them eucceedod in reaching the shore, but forty persons were drowned. MR. HUGH C. SMITH EXPLAINS. Bank of England Has Bought No Silver, but Has Agreed to Carry the Amount Permissible.

London, September 16 At the semi annual meeting of the Bank of England to day the governor, Mr. Hugh C. Smith, said: "You are probably aware of the proposals laid before the government in the summer by the United States and France, whereby this country might increase Its use of silver, as a contribution to an international agreement, which while not affecting our gold standard, might enable the mints of France and America to resume free coinage. Among the proposals was one asking this bank to hold the amount of silver permissible under the act of 1844, as agailnst its notes." The governor then read a letter dated July 29 addressed to the chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beach. It was as follows: "Referring to our conversation we beg to say the bank is prepared to carry out what Is laid down as permissible In the bank charter, to hold one fifth of the bullion held against its note issue in silver, provided always that the French mint is again open to the coinage of free silver and that the price at which silver is procurable and saleable are satisfactory." Replying to questions the governor said the bank had no negotiations with the United States monetary commissioners, adding: We have bought no silver.

AH we have done Is to agree under certain circumstances to carry out what is permissible under the act of 1844." Berlin, September 16 The National Zeitung, referring to the intimation of the Times of September that the Bank of England was prepared to hold in silver one fifth of the bullion held against its note issue, says: "The unfavorable reception "the announcement has met with from all the organs of British trade leaveB no room for doubt as to the opinion of the British commercial bodies and as to the ultimate fate of the latest American attempt to secure for the silver mine owners, with the aid of Europe, a rise in silver as a reward for their support of the McKinley tariff poilcy and to keep the sllverites In good humor." FORCED TO QUIT BY WOMEN. Men in Hazleton Washeries Driven From Their Work The Invaders Were Armed With Clubs. Hazleton, September 16 Two hundred and fifty women made more trouble this morning tban the ten thousand striking miners have caused since last Friday's shooting. They were the foreign women of the McAdoo and Audenried district. Armed with clubs, rolling pins, pokers and other weapons, they Invaded the washeries which have hitherto been working, and forced the men, about three hundred in number, to quit work.

As the men were husbands, song, or brothers of the women in most instances, they made no resistance, although this is the first successful movement to get them out. In every other part of the region quiet prevailed. The strike may now be said to be general, as there is not a colliery importance in operation. Calvin Pardee, of C. Pardee who operate the Lattimer Nos.

1 and 2, and the Har wood collieries, and who employ 2,500 men, arrived In Hazleton last night. Mr. Pardee said: "Our only trouble is with the inside men. who have been stirred up by agitators. The English speaking element is not in this thing; they have no complaint, except inso far as miners are always dissatisfied.

I have teen among them for forty years and I hav al ways said that miners were the greatest grumblers there are. They were driven from the mines by a mob, stirred up by agitators, but they will go back to work without getting 1 cent advance for their trouble. If they will not go back to work for what they were getting, then our mines are for sale, for they will never be started up otherwise. Our Lattimer men were also satisfied until driven away from their work by a mob. At these colleries I stand ready to pay as much as Is paid in the region." Wllkesbarre, September 16 The length of hte stay of the military in the Hazleton mining district will depend on Sheriff Martin.

General Gobin says he stands ready to withdraw the soldiers if the sheriff says so. Sheriff Martin will be gov erned by what his legal adviser says. The latter thinks it would be unwise to withdraw the troops now, as It might lead to further disturbances. DOWDEN MUST BE PAID Before the Race Horse Black Dude Is Released. Judge Asplnall has rendered a decision in the case of John White against City Marshal Marriott T.

Dowden. in favor of the latter. Dowden seized Black Dude, a race horse be longing to White, against whom a judgment was obtained In August. White began replevin proceedings lor the recovery of the horse and Dowden was directed to turn over the animal on the payment of costs and disbursements, which the marshal placed at $73. White refused the payment and Lawyer McCrossin, representing him, appeared be fore Judge Asplnall on Friday morning on tne return or an order to snow cause why Dowden should not be compelled to give up the horse.

Judge Aspinall in his decision says that Dowden must be paid the $73 before he will be obliged to turn over the horse to the owner. VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT. Washington, D. C. September 16 Advices received here leave little doubt that General Ignacio Andrade will succeed General Crespo as president of Venezuela.

Charter of the City of IVcw York. The belt way to discuss the Charter of the City of New York Is to have the document with your Xo rsf renco. 10 cents. Bostonian Wanted Queen to Send an Army to America. London, September 16 John Gardiner, claiming to hall from Boston, was arrested by the household police of Windsor Castle yesterday morning and later he was removed to an asylum for the Insane.

Gardiner claimed to be of royal blood and wanted the Queen to send an army to the United States for the purpose of recoving property which he claims belongs to him in Boston. HARRY ADAMS' ILLNESS. Returns to His Hme Still Suffering From Lumbago. Ex County Treasurer Harry Adams Is at his home in Sackman street in the Twenty sixth Ward, after spending the summer at his summer home at Ruffle Bar, Jamaica Bay. He has been ill all summer with lumbago and rheumatism, but is now said to be getting much better.

His physician says there is no indication of paralysis and that his removal to his city home was because it was too much exposed at Ruffle Bar. AST0R SEEKS DAMAGES. Libels the Steamboat Mary Powell for the Loss of His Electric Launch. A libel for $3,500 was filed to day in the United States District Court in New York by William H. H.

Curtis, master of John Jacob AstoVs yacht Nourmahal, against the steamer Mary Powell, which ran down and sank an electric launch belonging to the yacht In the North River on September 6. Captain Curtis says that the sinking of the launch was due to the Improper and negligent manner in which the Mary Powell was navigated. Mr. Astor arrived from Newport on the Nourmahal on the day of the collision; The yacht was anohored In the North River close to the New Jersey shore, and Mr. Astor was taken on the launch to New York, landing at the foot of West Thirty fifth street.

While Mr. Curtis was on his way back to the yacht, the launch was run down and sunk by the Mary Powell. APPLIES FOR A FRANCHISE. Flushing Union Gas Company May Have to Wait Until October for Action by Village Trustees. Flushing, L.

September 16 The Flushing Union Gas Company, incorporated last with a capital stock of $25,000, yes terday applied to the Flushing, Village trustees for a franchise to operate In the village. The application was as follows: The Flushl.Ti.ff TjTHion G.as Compainy is a corporation duly organized and cxUvItib, and was duly incorporated In th ya.r 1897 for the purpose ot manufacturing and supplying ga for lighting the stireetii an public and prh. a.re Dulliilnffs of the vlMages within the towna of Flushing and of the villages and towns not over five miles distant from said town of Flushing in tihe St ate of New York, and for manufacturing and using electricity for producing1 light, hwxt or power and in lighting streets and public places and bulltflngs of the cltilea, villages and towns within thlij state, and has filed Its certificate of Incorporation In the oftlce of the seoretjary of the star, and Iuls filed In the office of the county clerk of Queens County Its duplicate certificate of Incorporation. The petitioner shows, also, that it desires permisison to lay conductors for gas through the streets and construct wires or other con duetors with poles, pipes or other fixtures in, on, over and under the streets and public places for conducting and distributing electricity, and to be exempted from taxation upon its personal property for a period not exceeding three years from its organization. The application was signed by Edwin Lud lam, president of the new company, and was read by James A.

Renwick, at whose home the document was left by a boy at about 6 o'clock Monday evening. Mr. Renwick said that all the information he had on the subject was what ho had read In the newspapers. The other members expressed surprise at the The application was laid over for the consideration of the full board. President James A.

McDonald is out of town, and the application may be delayed until October. THE INDIANA LYNCHLNGS. Fears That More Blood Will Be Shed Threats by Friends of the Victims. Osgood, September 16 There will be an awful reckoning for the lynching of the five men in the Versailles Jail. The victims had many relatives and friends who are determined, that somebody must suffer for the wholesale lynching.

Everybody here feels that more blood will bo shed. There is a feeling that the mob acted hastily as to Levi and Jenkins. The only testimony against them was Hostetter's statement that they were involved in the Wooley robbery. Tho inquest was renewed to day. Many witnesses were called but not one could identify anyone connected with the mob.

Circuit Judge New says that every possible effort will be made by the authorities to punish the participants in the lynching. Versailles, September 30 The people in Versailles aro still dazed to day over Tuesday night's lynching. No other topic is discussed, except speculation as to the probability of action being taken to arrest and punish the participants. All agreo that the plan was deliberately laid. It Is said by witnesses that from the time the two signal rockets were sent up on the outskirts of the town until the work of the mob was completed and tho men wero going home, not more thau fifteen minutes elapsed.

It Is also said that the active participants in the lynching did not exceed fifteen or twenty, though the men who were present as guards and helpers num bered about two hundred and fifty. It is generally conceded that the organizers were Os good men, though so far no one can be found i who recognized any of them. The apprehen 1 sion that further work is intended by the or ganlzatlon still continues, and the luckless i man who gets tho Versailles jail will have reason to dread the consequences. This I feeling may have a tendency to cause somt, 1 of the suspected men to leave the country. Pe ter Hostettcr, who gave the information to tho sheriff about the burglary at Correct, has taken nl.

irm at threats by friends of the victims and has disappeared. ORGANIZED LABOR'S PLATFORM. 1 Iilnomington, September Hi The convention of tho Illinois Federation cif Labor has incorporated in its platform a resolution i favoring the freo coinage of silver at 16 tc 1 1 also resolutions favoring government owner i ship of railroad, telegraphs and telephones: th municipal ownership of ntreot railwav. I water works, gas and electric light plants, tho restriction of immigration, and the establishment of the initiative and referendum system. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES.

Washington, D. September 16 The President to day appointed D. N. Cooper United Statos marshal for the northern district of Alabama; Abraham L. Lawshe, iloputy auditor for tho Post Oflice Department; Patrick J.

Minitor, asiayor in charge of tho United States assay offioe at Deadrrood, S. D. Suspicions That He Will Desert Worth at the Primaries. FLYNN'S POSITION IN POLITICS. I He Is Unalterably Opposed to Lott.

Refuses to Discuss Efforfs to Bring About a Reconciliation Woodruffs "Version of the Flynn Hanbury EpisodeProbable Action of the Young Republican Club To night Gossip. The probable future attitude of Naval Officer Robert A. Sharkey in the Republican cam paign was the theme to which local politicians turned their attention to day. Sharkey was quoted yesterday as having said that the Sixteenth Assembly District convention, where bis Influence is reckoned as considerable, would send delegates to the city convention who would be instructed or at least opposed to Low's nomination. While Assemblyman Brennan, in the naval officer's behalf, denied to day that Sharkey was in any way opposed to Low's indorsement, men who are familiar with the situation in the district declare that there is every reason to believe that Sharkey has paid hl3 debt to Worth by supporting him at the general committee meeting on Tuesday night and will now turn his allegiance to the state machine.

They say, moreover, that that means that Congressman Fischer may also espouse the Piatt cause. It Is known that the Willis leaders have done everything in their power to secure the influence which Sharkey wields. Fhat he stuck by Mr. Worth, they say, was due to tho fact that he had promised so to do before Mr. Piatt took so deep an interest in hia designs to overthrow Mr.

Worth. That promise has now been fulfilled, and in view of the fact that the fight is to be carried clear through the campaign, the state leaders are counting on the power their machine to convince Sharkey of the advisability of coming in out of the storm, which they declare is bound to fall upon the head of the county clerk of Kings. Should their designs be accomplished it would render Worth's present endeavor to recover his lost following at the county convention even more difficult than it appears to be at present. Assemblyman Brennan called at the Eagle office to day and made a statement In Mr. Sharkey's behalf.

"Mr. Sharkey has made no statement of opposition to Mr. Low, said Mr. Brennan, "and he never said that the delegates from the Sixteenth Assembly District to the city convention would vote against Mr. Low's nomination.

In advance of the selection of delegates, he feels that it would be very presumptuous on his part to attempt to say how a delegate will vote. His position on the mayoralty queBtlon 1b this: He will be guided entirely by the sentiment in the Assembly District and will do his utmost toward having the delegates vote in accordance with that sentiment, whether for or against Mr. Low. Making County Convention SJates. With the primaries and conventions but a few days ahead, the slate making process is being taken up by the leaders.

As the WUUs co'unty ticket Is now forming Itself, the probabilities point to Willis himself as candidate for Harry A. Hanbury as candidate for sheriff, Henry Trenchard of the Fifteenth ward for county clerk, John G. Turnbull for county treasurer," George H. Roberts for president of the Borough of Brooklyn and K. Roes Appleton as president of the Municipal Council.

The Worth slate includes Controller Palmer for sheriff, Auditor Sutton for county clerk and Hubert G. Taylor for county treasurer. The day brings some new aspirants for places on the balance of the ticket. John G. Deubert, Alderman Haubert and John Tennant would willingly enter the lists for the place of register and George B.

Forrester would be willing to run for president of the municipal council. Neither of these slates includes the name of Clarence A. Barrow, deputy fire commis sioner, who has been mentioned in many ways as available for the nomination of register. The eyes of the Piatt leaders are naturally turned toward the Twenty seventh and Twenty eighth Wards, which have so far stood solidly for Worth. Could they secure some influence there which would insure a break to the state machine that influence could doubtless suggest the name of a nominee for one of the fat county offices.

Already the field is being carefully worked over and should a break come it would mean a change in the IWIUs slate. Mr. Barrowe Is believed to be standing iiow on neutral ground. Protecting Low's Interest in the Pri. maries.

It was learned to day that a general movement Is on foot to secure a propor expres sion ot the Low sentiment of Brooklyn at the city convention. The game of politics has been such a sharply played one and the personal interests of the leaders reckoned of so much importance that toe citizens have determined to see that their delegates to the city convention are not allowed to lose sight or tne Idea tnat Mr. Low nomination is of more importance than the disaffection of party leaders. To this end the demand will be made that delegates shall pledge themselves to support Mr. Low at the county convention.

This is the result of a possibility that In the political chess game which is soon to be played, city convention delegates may not be given in pawn for those at the county convention. Mr. Flynn Explains His Position. Patrick H. Flynn admitted to day that the account published In the Eagle yesterday of the manner in which Harry A.

Hanbury and four of his Eighth Ward delegates were won over to the Willis camp at the general committee meeting. "You can say this for me." said Patrick ft Flynn to an Eagle reporter this afternoon, "If Low is nominated by the Republican city convention I will vote against him." "Why?" Mr. Flynnn was asked. "I'm against him on principle," said Mr. Flynn.

"When I want to vote Tor a Democrat I'll make my own choice." "On what principle are you against Mr. Low?" asked the reporter. "He's a Democrat and has been for years. He's a Tree trader and I want no free trader on my ticket. Just think he is a Democrat? I don't think so at all, I know It.

And so far as the story goes that I am afraid ol Low, it Is false." Mr. Flynn, when asked by the reporter whether he was still endeavoring to bring about peace between Senator Piatt and Jacob Worth, said: "Well, don't you think pretty nearly everything Is already settled between them. It looks like it to me. Go and ask Jake. His state of mind must be interesting." Mr.

Flynn denied that he had seen Mr. Worth to day or that he would see him this afternoon. Asked if he intended to do anything more in the matter he replied: "I don't think such things ought to be discussed in the newspapers," and the Interview ended. Woodruft's Version of the Flynn Hanbury Episode. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff will kwn his headquarters in the Clarendon open during the balance of the campaign.

He was there this morning hard at work fixing his battle lines for the fight at the primaries, which he declared the state machine would win without question. Of the Hanbury incident Mr. Woodruff simply said that Hanbury had been promised nothing, but had simply decided to Join the state machine. Mr. Woodruff admitted that he had seen Mr.

Plynn frequently during the last few days, but that he did not attend any conference with him in the office of Silas B. Dutcher. "Mr. Flynn, of his own accord, has endeavored to secure a reconcIHiatlon between Mr. Piatt and Mr.

Worth," said he, "Just as I have myself along with many others. That Continued on Page 2. Another Case of Malignant Disease Reported on Barren Island. BUILDING STANDS IN A POOL. Christian.

Otts Lies 111 on the Second Floor Will Be Taken to a Hospital To day Many Cases of Typhoid Reported, in the Settlement Unhealthy and Filthy Surroundings Menace Health. "The school on Barren Island was to day closed by Principal Spencer A. Wallace, acting under orders from the Board of Health. The reason for this action is that Chrs.tian Otts or Ottsage, who lives in the house, in which the school is held, is supposed to be ill with black or malignant diphtheria. Other contagious diseases prevail in the neighborhood and the puipls of the schools and their parents are panic stricken.

Disease of all kinds prevails in the settlement, among those known to be sick being John Devine, who has been sent to the hospital Dora SItabee, who has typhoid fever; Mamie Knaack, ill with malaria; Joseph Berinskie, Mary Berlnskie, Weltzle Berin skie and Christian Otts, before mentioned. From what the last four are suffering could not be definitely ascertained at the rooms of the Board of Health this afternoon. It was said that the police of Canarsie had called up on the telephone to have an inspector sent to the school house, where Otts lies, but It was not known whether one had yet gone or not. Mr. Wallace paid a visit to the Board of Health this morning.

Mr. Wallace was seen by a reporter of the Eagle and he said he had closed his school because of the illness in the building. He said tfce conditions at Barren Island were fearful. He was himself sick for two months last winter, and was compelled to ask for a leave of absence for that time. The school, he said, wa3 a ramshackle old buildlne.

that had been condemned for a year and a half. The building itself stands in a pool and there are many pools near which breed disease. Mr. Wallace was not suro, he said, that Otts was suffering from diphtheria, but he was not willing to take any chances and. therefore, closed the school, with the approval of course of the authorities.

He had sent in a petition some time ago, he said, to have the pool In which the schoolhouse stands filled up, but nothing had yet been done. Disease was rampant in the settlement when the petition was sent in, there being three children In one family sick with the diphtheria and one lying dead at the time. A bill was put through to build a hew schoolhouse at Barren Island, but no site has yet been selected, owing, Mr. Wallace said, to the need for the use of money in other directions. Carl Everts, chairman of the local committee of the Barren Island school, has worked tiard to get a school building where, but has not been successful.

Mr. Wallace was asked what he believed to be the direct, cause of so much sickness at Barren Island, and he said It was due to a pool made by the drainage from a factory whro oil is extracted from fish. In this pool pigs wallow while all manner of corruption exists about It. Another pool is made by the damming up of a causeway. Mr.

Wallace said than in what he was doing he was only acting in "the interests of health and not to antagonize any one. Dr. Frederic A. Jewett, chief of the Bureau of Contagious Diseases said this afternonon that an inspector had been sent to Barren Island. The case on the school house only became known to him last night, too late to do anything.

No report had yet been made, but Oils will be removed from there to day. If the disease from which he is suffering is contagious he will be sent to the Contagious Disease Hospital; if not, to some other hospital. In either event be will be removed to day. Dr. Jewett said that from what he had been able to learn he did not think Otts was suffering from diphtheria or that typhoid prevailed at Barren Island.

The inspector will make a full report as to all the cases of disease on the Island and what Is best will be done. Dr. Jewett said. If the pool in which the school stands Is found to be detrimental to health it will be filled up and measures will be taken to render the place as healthy as possible. GREAT BRITAIN'S NEW LAW.

It Causes Much Annoyance to San Francisco Shippers. San Francisco. September 1G The San Francisco Chamber ol' Commerce has received a communication from Counsel General War burton, representing Great Britain at this port, notifying the shippers of this state of a new act added to the restrictive and prohibitive importation laws of Great Britain. The act was recently passed by the British Parliament and, in effect, prohibits the importation from any foreign port of prison made goods, unless such goods shall have been made in the penal Institutions of any colony of the United Kingdom. At present most ot the California grain shipments are made in jute bags, which are manufactured in the Jute mills at San Quen tln by convicts.

If it Is held that the shipment of grain in prison made bags will affect the contents of the bags, endless annoyance and confusion will be caused local shippers, who will be compelled to buy bags somewhere else. MEMORIAL WORK. New York Park Board Honor Grant and Poe. At a meeting of the New York Park Board this morning the plans for the improvement of Poe Park were adopted and the work will go ahead. Ten thousand dollars are to be spent on the Park around the old home of the famous author, and in a short time the board also decided to place a bronze tablet alongside General Grant's tomb on Riverside Drive.

The Chinese minister Yang Yu, about two years ago. planted a tree olong.side of the tomb" as a kind of tribute of Li Hung Chang to the dead soldier. Lo Hung Chang was a great admirer of General Grant. The board will place a bronze tablet on a piece of polished granite and sink it in the inclined terrace around the monument. The tablet will bear an Inscription, In Chinese and English, in parallel columns.

It will be tc? the effect that I.I ullng Chang planted the tree In memory of General Grant. The tablet is on exhibition at the office of the Gor ham Company on Bread way. DEATH FROM MISADVENTURE. London, September 16 Tho coroner's irr. which lias been inquiring into tho death In huming of Mrs.

.1. W. Field, an American, residing at Tho Hermitage. E. wt Grinstcad.

Sussex, on Tuesday Inst, Ij. ih renderod a verdict of death from misadventure. DERVISHES REPULSED. Cairo, Egypt, September 115 A dispatch from the front nays the British gun boats while re counoitenng up the river Nilo, sightod a forco of 1,500 Dervish infantry and cavalry, on the left bank, noar Damir. The enemy retired when fired upon.

FIRE AT JOHN A. LOGAN'S FARM. Youngstown, September 1G A fire at noon destroyed the large stock barn ot John A. Logan, Jr. Eight finely bred horses and many elegant equipages were burned up.

Lost estimated at $75,000. Sick headacbx cured by one or two doses of that pleasant remedy, Tabbaht's Seltzbb ArEBiSNT. He Counting on Republican Indorsement. EXPECTS A 3 CORNERED FIGHT. Will Not Enter the Arena Until After October 1 Asked Many Questions ADout the Situation In Brooklyn.

Wanted to Know Inside Facts About the Stormy Republican General Committee Meeting Would Not Discuss the Low Resolution Then Adopted. Olcott Did Not Call The Candidate Besieged by Reporters What He Did This Morning. "I will not begin the active work of the campaign until October 1, as I find that I have somuch work to do In connection with Columbia College that It will be impossible for me to take up political matters until Seth Low, president of Columbia College and Citizens' Union nominee for mayor of Greater New York, made the above statement to the representative of the Eagle who called last night at his rooms in the Plaza Hotel. The ex mayor of Brooklyn looked the picture of robust and vigorous health. He has gained considerably in weight since the old day when he presided over the municipal affairs of Kings County, but with the exception of a few extra pounds of flesh and a few added gray hairs Seth Low has changed little.

His voice and manner of speaking, his easy and insinuating way of obtaining all the information that he desires from a visitor without apparently seeking to do so are still in evidence. In all his talk last night there was nothing to indicate that Mr. Low himself was the center around which the local political whirlpool is rushing and roaring. As he talked it was impossible to believe that ho was anything else than a spectator of the' political drama, instead of the principal acting personage in it. He inquired as to the general sentiment in Brooklyn toward him, and seemed desirous to know inside details about the stormy meeting of the Kings County Republican committee Tuesday night.

President Low had no comment to make as to the political effect of the complimentary resolution passed In his favor at the Brooklyn meeting. He, however, said' that he was pleased to see that his Brooklyn friends were still loyal. He discussed in a practical, common sense way the proposed intention of the Republicans to put up a third ticket. That he fully realizes the gravity of this course oh thefcart of Senator Piatt and his district leaders. It was easy to see.

It was also evident that he 'was not counting on Republican indorsement the manner in which he re ierred to a three cornered fight as something that would come. The writer cannot go further into detailB of his conversation jwith 'Jlr. Low, ilMi lMUif asked to be excused from making a statement for publication at that time. It is within the priv JlegeV of the meeting, however, to outline a general way as has been done here the trend of the first talk which the candidate had with a newspaper man after his arrival in New York. The complicated situation seems to have no terrors for Mr.

Low. When he gets ready to start in with the regular work of the campaign on October 1, he will throw into it all his old time energy, and it is safe to say that none of this energy will be wasted. "When asked whether District Attorney Olcott, the probable Republican nominee for mayor, had called upon him yet, as he said he would, Mr. Low replied, with a smile, "No, Mr. Olcott has not yet paid me a visit." Mr.

Low's Movements To day. The announcement was made this morning that Seth Low would have something to say to reporters in the course of the day. Charles B. Reynolds and Charles Stewart Smith called at the Plaza Hotel, where Mr. Seth Low Is stopping, shortly before 10 o'clock this morning.

They were closeted with him for more than an hour. Mr. Low left the Plaza Hotel at 11 o'clock. He was met by a small army of reporters in the lobby. He said that be was in a great hurry, as he was to have a very busy day, and he begged to be excused from talking politics.

He said that he had been in town only since yesterday and consequently was not yet entirely in touch with the political situation. He declared that he was going to the new Columbia College buildings, into which the school equipment is now being moved. That, he said, would keep him busy for some time. He was asked if he expected to take a rest after October 4, at which time, it has been said, he will resign. He said that he did not think that his occupation would then be wholly gone.

He said that he had made no arrangements yet about speechmaklng during the campaign. Mn Walter Roome, chairman of the Citi sens' Union committee of speeches and meet ings, called at the hotel to see Mr. Low about speeches, but noticing his haste to get way Mr. Roome did not stop him. Mr.

Roome said that the union preferred that Mr. Low would begin speaking shortly after October 4, by which time all their nominations would be made. MANY OFFICES ABOLISHED. Post Office Stations in Greater New York Will Replace Them. (Special to the Eagle.) "Washington, D.

September 16 The Post Office Department to day finished the compilation of some interesting statistics in regard to tho districts to be Included in Greater New York. Outside of New York and Brooklyn fifty six post offices are to be abolished and stations established in their stead. The gross receipts of all the offices amount annually to almost 510,000,000, and the total cost of the fifty eight offices is $4,137,000. The number of carriers attached to the offices is 1,954. TO TALK SILVER TO THE MIKADO.

Salt Lake, September 16 A private letter from Tokio, Japan, announces the ar rival in that city of Senators Cannon and Pet tigrew and ex Senator Dubois. The letter states that arrangements hare been made for an interview with the emperor on the silver question, the principal purpose of the senatorial Tisit to the Orient. FLYNN'S SUIT ADJOURNED. The action for a mandomuB brought by the Opnoy Island and Gravesend Railway against the Coney Iiland and Brooklyn Railroad, to prevent the latter from allowing the use of traoks on Neptune avenue to the Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad, was adjourned before Justice Maddoi to day until to morrow. "We Intend to Nominate Our Own Man for Mayor," He Says.

"BURN OUR BRIDGES BEHIND US." "We Will Show in Detail the Efforts Have Made to Harmonize and Why Those Efforts Have Failed" Comment on Last Night's Meeting of the Republican Leaders Quigg Says Olcott Won't Call on Low. Chairman Quigg of the Republican county committee told the Eagle reporter to day that at a meeting of the Republican leaders, held In his rooms, at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, last night, it had been decided to issue an address to the voters of New York. "I am now," said Mr. Quigg, "engaged ill preparing this address. By its publication we burn our bridges behind us and definitely and positively let It be known that we Intend to nominate our own man for mayor and put in a straight Republican ticket all along the line.

"We will show in detail the efforts we have made to harmonize matters and we will also show why these efforts at harmony have failed. We shall place the entire responsibility for the lack of harmony upon Seth Low. There will be nothing equivocal or uncertain in the language we will use. The address will be given out tonight and will be published to morrow. Last night's meeting of the Republican leaders was of a most enthusiastic character.

It was midnight before it adjourned, and every one present seemed fired with an old time enthusiasm for tCne party. There was not one dissenting voice in regard to our proposed action of issuing the address and announcing our intention to nominate a straight out Republican for mayor. It was the general concensus of opinion that Mr. Low will not poll over thirty thousand votes in tbe Greater New oYrk. Our district leaders report an absolute lack of enthusiasm for him in New York County." Chairman Quigg is not at all pleased with tbe announcement that District Attorney Olcott proposes to call on Mr.

Low. He believes that Mr. Olcott will change his mind before making the proposed call, and he indicated that not only would the call be 111 timed and 111 advised, but that it would not be made. Bliss Not Asked to Run for Mayor by Flatt and McKinley. "Washington, D.

September 16 The President was busily engaged at the White House to day. Several members of the cabinet were In consultation with him during the morning, senators, congressmen and other distinguished visitors called and all day long the antechambers were thronged with officeseekers. Among those who saw the President were Secretaries Sherman. Bliss and Alger, Assistant Secretary Day, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, Senator Piatt, Congressmen Low and Hurley of New York, ex Congressman WUUs of Delaware, ex Congressmen Maddill and Bowden of Virgiinia, Judge A. C.

Thompson of Ohio, ex Congressman Sulloway of New Hampshire, Bishop Grant of Philadelphia and Samuel J. Randall. of Philadelphia. It is learned to day from absolutely authoritative source that the statements published to the effect that Senator Piatt had urged Secretary Bliss to accept the regular Republican nomination for mayor of Greater New York, and that President McKinley had added his appeal to that of the New York Senator, are utterly without foundation. Secretary Bliss, it transpires, did not participate in the conference between the Pres ident and Senator Piatt and other New Yori ers yesterday.

He entered the room were the consultation was In progress, but, after exchanging greetings with those present, retired to an adjoining room until Senator Piatt had departed. Some months ago Senator Piatt urged upon Secretary Bliss the advisability of accepting the nomination. It is also learned that about that time the mov.ng spirits of the Citizens' Union made a practical tender of the nomination to Secretary Bliss. But be declined then to entertain the proposition of either the regulars or the Independents. Had he yielded then it is probable that Seth Low would not liave been nominated, and that now tho Republicans and Indepondemts would present a solid front to Tammany.

Democrats Discussing enator Murphy's Trump ard Gaynor's Views. In Democratic cireles it is generally con ceded that Senator Edward Murphy of Troy succeeded In playing the trump card at the meeting of the Democratic State League yesterday. The production of the Jones letter certainly one of his most notable political achievements. There is no doubt that he secured this letter from Senator Jones through his own efforts. A great many of the members nf the state committee said that behind Murphy they recognized tho flue Italian hand of Senator David B.

Hill. It Is probably true that Senator Hill conceived and laid out the conciliatory plan adopted by the committee yesterday, but without Murphy's aid Hill's efforts would have been futile, for Senator Jones and all the free Fllver Democratic senators are very bitter in their antagonism to Senator Hill. Treasurer (Jay nor of tho Democratic state commktee is not at all pleased with the prospect of a three cornered mayoralty fight. He says that Tammany Hall's chances of winning would be better If the fight was made fair and scjuare between the two big parties. In his judgment, if the Republicans put up a straight ticket, their candidate will be apt to a large vote and th contest, he thinks, will between the Tammany Hall candidate and the nominee of the regular Re publ ran convention.

Ho think. that Seth lx)w will bu the third man in the race if he runs. SPEERS IS ALIVE AND WELL. Washington, D. C.

September 16 In rcspons to a request to ascertain the whereabouts of John H. Hpeers, whoHo family iB living in Brooklyn, N. the United States Consul at Btintol, England, ban reported to the Statu Department that the man is alive and well in Bristol. AN $80,000 BLAZE. Moorehead.

September 16 Fire which originated early this morning in tho ErickBon barn destroyed property worth $80,000. The lonres wero confined to a block adjoining tbo Erickson property, occupied chiefly by saloons and small business houses. Insurance, 50,000..