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BROOKLYN DAILY AG LAST EDITION. SATUBDAY, MAECH 6, 1897. VOIj. 57. jtSTO.

64. 16 PAGES. COPYRIGHT, 1857. BT THE BROOiaVN DAILY EAGLE. THREE CE1STTS.

REPUBLICAN CAUCUS TO DAY. CONSUL IASIGI INDICTED. THE NEW CABINET SWORN IN DOUBLE BRIDGE ACCIDENT. $1,000,000 DRY GOODS DEAL GREEK FLEET LEAVES CANEA. HENRIQUES' BITTER ATTACK Upon the Plan of Allowing Railroads Across the Bridge.

Senate Organization May Prove a Stumbling Block. Washington, J3. March 6 The announce ment of a Republican senatorial caucus at o'clock to day for the purpose of considering the advisability of attempting to All the com mittee vacancies in the senate, has had the effect of arousing considerable Interest In the senate organlzaton and the action of the Republicans may have the effect of lmmdlate ly precipitating the question of control of the senate. Indeed there is now apparntly a pos sibitlity that if the Republicans insist upon filling the places which will be vacated by Republicans, they will lose all control of the committees, for in that event, the Democrats, tne silver Republicans and the Populists, It Is asserted, will unite in oppostlon and them selves will take the committees. The sena tors of each of these parties will hould meet ings in the immediate future to decide upon a course of action.

There has, however, it Is stated by senators belonging to these three parties, already been a sufficient exchange of views to render it quite certain taht It will db poesiDie ror tnis combination to agree upon a basis of union. LITTLE GIRL SHOOTS HERSELF. St. Louis, March 6 Lizzie McDonald, 10 years eld, shot herself through the right lung last night and is dying at the City hospital. The child lived with foster parents.

She left a note saying she was tired of living and wanted to be with her mother. THEATER HATS BARRED. Olyinpia. March By a unanimous vote the house passed a bill prohibiting persons from wearing hats in a theater which will obstruct the view. MAIL CLEKE BUENED.

PINIONED IN HIS CAR IN A RAILROAD WRECK. An East Bound Train on the Missouri Pacific Strikes a Land Slide. St. Louis, March 6 One man was killed and his body cremated, another fatally burned and a third badly injured In a wreck which occurred at Bonnet's mills, 100 miles west of St. Louis, on the Missouri Pacific railroad last night.

The dead man is W. A. Rosenberger, Bloom ington, 111. The injured are Edward Lushman, fireman, married, St. Louis, pinned under tender, body crushed and scalded will die.

Frank Lauber, engineer, St. Louis, crushed, will recover. The wrecked train. No. 4, east bound, while running forty miles an hour, struck a huge landslide.

The engine, mail, and baggage cars were telescoped. Engineer Lauber Jumped before the crash and escaped death. Fireman Lushman was pinioned beneath the debris and was fatally scalded. The mall coach caught fire and Mall Clerk Rosenberger was burned to death, the horrified passeugers being powerless to rescue him. The mail car, which, it is said, carried a large air.ount of registered matter, was almost entirely destroyed.

OHIO RIVER SATIONARY. No Further Rise Is Expected at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, 0., March 6 The Ohio river reached the stage of 43 feet 2 inches at 2 A. M. and at 9 o'clock remained at that height, showing at leaBt a temporary abatement of the rise.

'It is not likely that it will rise further, aB the Budden flood of the Little Miami and Licking and of Mill Creek has subsided and all those streams are falling rapidly. The railroad companies are making every possible effort to repair the damages caused by the flood and will soon bo in a normal condition. Columbus, March The natural gas main under Big Walnut creek was washed out by high water and cut off the pressure at 3 o'clock A. leaving the city without gas until Monday, at least, if notlonger. All kinds of domestic, office and mercantile interests are affected.

UTAH INDIANS AROUSED. A Reservation Seized by Whites Owing to a False Report Salt Lake, Utah, March 6 A special from Price, Utah, says: "Early Thursday morning private dispatches from Washington were received at Fort Duchesne and Vernal saying that the bill providing for the opening of the Uncompaghre reservation had passed the house and that President Cleveland had signed it before midnight. Immediately there was a rush for the reservation and before noon there were five or six hundred armed men in possession of the Gllsonlte lands. No official information of the opening of the reservation had been received and the parties were allowed to remain undisturbed. The rush for the reservation yesterday surpassed that of Thursday, It being more generally thought that the land was open for settlement, and every foot of land known to contain Gllsonlte Is now occupied by armed men.

The Indians are greatly excited, and unless the parties are ejected from their land shortly trouble is looked for. Washington, D. March 6 The provision for the opening of the Uncompaghre reservation in Utah was in the sundry civil appropriation bill, which failed because President Cleveland refused to sign It, consequently the lands are not open to entry. BAIRD CALLS ON WURSTER. The Commissioner and President B6rri Confer With the Mayor.

Mayor Wurster this morning received a vhut from Andrew D. Baird, commissioner of tho new East River bridge, and Henry M. Ingra ham, tho counsel. They had an informal private talk touching the affairs of the bridge. Mr.

Baird explained incidentally that they had enough monoy to proceed with the work so far. Mayor Wurster subsequently said that nothing important transpired at the interview. This afternoon President Berri of the Brooklyn bridge also colled on the mayor and had a talk with him. Mayor Wurster said that at thifl meeting also nothing of importance happened. A PLAGUE COMMISSION.

Bombay, March 6 Lord Sandhurst has appointed a committee of four, consisting of General Cataore, Commissary Snow, Surgeon Major Dimmook and Municipal Engineer James, armed with the fullest powers to institute measures for the suppression of the bubonio plague. BODY FOUND IN A CANAL. Syracuse, N. March Tho body of Robert O'Connell was found in the Erie canal at Newark, Wayne county, this morning. It is thought that ho fell off a bridge last night about 9:55 o'clock, at which hour his watch had stopped.

ABANDONED AT SEA. London. Maroh 6 The British brig Plymouth, Captain Donnelly from St. Johns, N. on January SO.

for Liverpool, has been abandoned at Boa. The crew were saved. The Boston Grand Jury Finds a True Bill. Boston, March 6 Tho Suffolk Grand Jury to day reported a true bill against Joseph Iasigi, Turkish consul at Boston, for the embezzlement of trust funds and securities aggregating sevoral thousand dollars. Iasigi is now under arrest in New York, ponding the preparation of extradition papers here.

There aro seventy five counts to the indictment, covering every note or seourity and all money intrusted to him, and the amount of tho sums alleged to have been embezzled amountB to more than 100,000. District Attorno' Stevens says the courts will probably decide ithat tho Iasigi affair is a state and not a federal issue. IRVING AND MISS TERRY. London, March 6 In spite of denials there are persistent rumors of a rupture between Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. A detailed story is told of harsh words at rehearsal and Miss Terry withdrawing in tears.

Mrs. Henry E. Abbey (Florence Gerard) has withdrawn from the cast at tho Strand theater. CHICAGO EXPBESS WRECKED. DERAILED BY A WASHOUT THE BIG FOUR.

ON All the Cars Save One Sleeper Leave the Tracks Nobody Suffers Injury. Shelbyvllle, Ind, March 6 The Chicago express on the Big Four left the track on account of a washout three and one half miles above here this morning. All the passengers havo been returned to Indianapolis, and It will be difficult for any trains to reach Cincinnati over the Big Four until Sunday night or Monday morning. The washout Is between Brandywlne river and Swam creek and the tracks are spread for a distance of 500 feet. The train consisted of four sleepers, three 'day coaches, one baggage car and one mail car.

When the engineer saw the water covering the tracks he supposed he could get through. He found this Impossible and reversed his engine. The train broke and one sleeper was left on the safe side. The rest of the train left the rails and 3lid down the bank, but did not topple over. The passengers were all safely remove.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. MEETING OF DIRECTORS TO DECIDE ITS FATE. It May Be Sold if a Reasonable Offer Is Received Its Maintenance a Burden. The directors of the Madison Square Garden company held a meeting this afternoon in their office In the southerly end of the big building on the block bounded by Fourth and Madison avenues and Tvfenty sixth and Twenty seventh streets, In New' York. The meeting was a special one called for the pur pose of discussing the future policy of the company and determining what disposition If any should be made of Its property.

It is known that the garden never was the paying Investment that it was expected to be, and there have been rumors of late that the owners wished to get rid of It. The directors of the company are all very well known in business and commercial circles in New York. They are as follows: J. Plerpont Morgan. Charles Lanier, D.

O. Mills, Frank K. Sturgis, James T. Woodward, Stanford White, W. F.

Wharton, W. C. Gulliver, H. I. Nichols, II.

H. Holllster and J. C. Youug. Mr.

Sturgis Is president and Mr. Young is secretary of the company. The latter had this to say with reference to the meeting before it was called to order this afternoon. "Is it true that the building as a whole has not always paid. The big garden has, however, been a source of revenue almost from the start, but It is the cost of maintaining the whole that has eaten up the protlts.

Tho theater, the restaurant and the assembly rooms each pay a little, but not enough to counterbalance the enormous taxes we have to pay combined with the Interest on the bonds which represent the mortgage. Last year was the best year we ever had. Our fiscal year ends with the month of' April, and last year our report showed that the property had paid about $10,000 profit. The best we had ever done before that was about $2, SOU. You see the ground on which the garden Is built cost us $1,500,000, and the building itself amounted to about $1,600,000, so the total cost was over $3,000,000.

The directors are about tired of carrying this weight, and the meeting will consider what steps it Is best to take." "Is there anything in the rumor that the northern end of the building will be replaced by a row of flats?" was asked. "I have heard nothing about that," replied Mr. White, "and I doubt It such a thing is done. It would spoil the appearance of the building The front alone of this building cost about $500,000, and the architectural beauty of it would be destroyed if one end of it should be removed. No, I do not think the building will be cut up." "What will be done?" was asked.

"It is impossible to tell. The company would like to 2nd a purchaser even If they sold at a loss, which they would probably havo to do. The company would probably take $2,500,000 for the building, although this would be considerable of a loss. A number ol oners nave oeen receivea at ainerent times, but none of them came near to what the directors considered a reasonable figure. The taxes on this building amount to about $20,000 a year, it being assessed at a valuation of $1,250,000." Mr.

Young bad no Idea as to What determination the directors would come to. A VERDICT OF $1,000. A scaled verdict which was opened by Justice Osborne of tho supreme court thiB morning, awarded si.OOO to Ruth Van Winkle, who brought suit against the Brooklyn and Now York Ferry company, for 25,000 damages. She alleged in her complaint that she won a passenger of tho ferryboat Vermont, on tho lllth of September, 1894, and that during a collision with the ferryboat America, she was thrown against tho side of the cabin and internally injured. The officers of tho forry company donied the collision, and said the boatn merely brushed against each othor.

Tho caso was tried yeBtorday afternoon. Tho plaintiff was represented by Towns Mc CrosBin. SUBSTITUTE GAS BILL. Assemblyman Cullon informed Mayor Wurster this morning that ho Rhould introduce a Bnbstitute gaa bill which will provide that tho health commissioner shall appoint an inspector at 81,500 a year to test tho quality of gas furnished to the city. Mr.

Cullon hoH introduced a bill providing for a commissioner and two inspectors, but tho mavor ih opposed to it. Mr. Wurstor Baid ho should oppose the substi tute suggested by Mr. Cullen. TO SELL A LIGHTING PLANT.

Contractor Palmer will sell at public auction on March 25 the Grovosond electric light plant. The salo will tako place at tho real ostate exchange on Montague street. Jl Trackman and Passenger Hurt in the New York Terminal. Bartholemew McGowan, 49 years old, of 162 Fifteenth street, and H. W.

Morris of 832 But lor street, were injured on the Brooklyn bridge at 8:30 o'clock this morning. McGowan Is a bridge employe and was at work at the point where the north track runs between walls on the New York side, separating it from the drive way. Ho stepped aside to allow a train to pass but chose a point where there was not sufficient room. The cars In passing squeezed him against the wall. Morris, who was on the train, leaned out over the gate to look back up tho tracks, and at McGowan, and aB the train entered the station his head struck against one of the Iron posts.

Several of the employes ran back after McGowan, who had received serious bruises about the hips and back. He was taken to the hospital. Morris' injuries were not very severe, and after having a scalp wound dressed he went to business. MRS. BEECHER MUCH WEAKER.

(Special to the Eagle.) Stamford, March 6 Mrs. Beecher was reportod much weaker this morning and barely ablo to articulate. Her remarkable tenacity of life is a surpriso to her physicians and friends. At times she Booms on the verge of death, and an hour or so afterward she it so bright that those about her again look for hei recovery. She ib evidently growing stead ly weaker.

URUGUAY'S REVOLUTION. London, March 6 A dispatch to Lloyds from Montevideo, Uruguay, says that a revolution has broken out in tho interior of that repnblio. JAPAN WANTS SPANISH LAND. POSSIBILITIES OF ANOTHER WAR IN THE PACID'ICS. Japanese Traders Murdered by Buk Islanders The Survivors Call ior a Warship.

San Francisco, March 6 The long over duo schooner Vine, which left this city on a trading trip to the South Sea Islands last June, has arrived in port with important news from the South Seas, regarding a possible war between Japan and Spain. Captain Lut trell brought advices from the Caroline islands of happenings which may Involve Spain in another war, this time with the ambitious Japanese. The natives on the Buk Islands, a part of the Caroline, group, which belongs to Spain, are very ferocious when foreigners attempt to land, and all trading with the Islanders must be done by other natives. The Islanders are almost all cannibals. They refuse to become civilized and wear no clothing.

A number of Japanese traders have recently established a prosperous business with the more peaceable islanders, but when they attempt to eo inland they are fiercely opposed. Just before the Vine left tho Carolines, a dozen or more Japanese traders were massacred by the Islanders without provocation. The remaining traders sent the news to the Japanese government and have asked for a war vessel to subjugate the Inhabitants of the Spanish Islands. The general belief at Kasaie, when the Vine left, was that a war would follow, as the Japanese covet the Islands and are generally understood to be desirous of having colonies throughout the Soutb Seas. It is surmised that Japan wuld attempt to subjugate the Islands and colonize them Irrespective of Spain.

BURGLARY IN ST. FELIX STREET. A House Entered at Noon in Sight of Passersby. A daring frontbasemerlt burgiary was effected at midday yesterday when thieves entered the house at 129 St. Felix street, occupied by J.

C. Fitzpatrick, associate editor of a New York press association. The burglars skillfully used a diamond to cut away the glass in the basement door, and shooting back the bolts secured entrance to the lower hall. In the temporary absence of a servant they ransacked the dinlngroom and parlor, but found nothing to tompt them. On their way to another room they sprang an alarm device which aroused Mr.

Fitzpatrick and his brother, who rushed out with a shot gun and revolver. The burglars beat a hasty retreat and sprinted so rapidly around the corner that they were soon out of gunshot. Detectives Kelly and Finnegan are making an investigation. A SHERIFF FEARS A MOB. Wants Troops at the Hanging of Jackson and Wallinz.

Frankfort, March 6 Sheriff Plummor of Campbell county, whose duty it is to hang Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling on March 20, ie here in consultation with Governor Bradley. It develops that Sheriff Plummor comes to aBk for troops to surround the in closure where the hanging will take place. Tho law says that the hanging must occur in an inclosuro and be witnessed by not more than fifty persons. Sheriff Plummor does not fear interference by a mob, but has an intimation that a great crowd from Cincinnati will come over, tear down tho inclosure and see tho execution in defiance of tho law. FIRE IN A TENEMENT.

Police Believe It Was of Incendiary Origin. There waB a small fire at 2 o'clock this morning in tho three story brick tenement houBe at 31G North Second street. Tho Homes wero confined to the first floor, which is occupied as a warehouse by a grocer mimed Abraham Solin Bky. The datnogo amounted to 50. The police of tho Fifth precinct believe that the lire was of incondiary origin.

They say that on Saturday of last week ono of the tenantH discovered that the staira of tho rear hallwny had been soaked with oil. Fire Bry mor is investigating tho circumstances surrounding the fire. COLLAPSE OF A HOUSE. New Haven, March William Thomas, 37 yearn old, a stone mason, was instantly killed, Mrs. ChriBtopher Mohan fatally injured and her mother in law, Mrs.

Nicholas Mohan, aged about GO, very seriouBly injured at 10:45 to day by the collapse of Mohan's house at 215 Greonwich avenue, while a new cellar was being constructed under tho building FLORIDA'S NEW SENATOR. Atlanta, March A special to the Journal from Savannah, says: "Colonol John Henderson, vice president and genoral counsel of tho Florida Central ami Peninsula railway, while here on court business lant night, received a telnsrani from Govornor Bloxham of Florida, tendering him appointment to the United Stato xcuate and Hendor son wired acceptance." MRP. WINTER COMMITTED. Mrs. Maria Winter of 211 East Forty fourth otreot, Now York, who last night aBsaultod her husband with a boitlo, was to day committed to prison to await tho result of his injuries.

He is confined at Flower hospital, Buffering from a conciiBBion of the brain and a possible fracture of tho skull. Mrs. Winter denied that she struck hor husband with a bottle. She Baid she had used a glass and was sorry for, it. A Ceremony in the White House Blue Boom.

GAGE THE ONLY ABSENTEE. Ho Takes the Oath of Offioa at the Treasury Building McKinley Makes Out the Commissions Early in the Morning A Busy Forenoon for the President Social Callers and Office Seekers in Throngs. Washington, D. March 6 All the members of the cabinet, Witt the exception of Lyman J. Gage, took the oath at office at the White House, at 11:30 o'clock to day.

It was simple, but Impressive ceremony. The cabinet ministers assembled for the oeremony in the president's office, where, after a brief conversation, President McKinley and Mr. Sherman lead the way down stairs to the blue room, looking southward toward the Potomac river. Here Chief Justice Fuller and the Justices of the saipreme court were assembled. Tie President and his advisers greeted the Justices and the formalities of administering the oaths were begun at once.

Mr. Sherman, being the head of the new cabinet, took me oath first, the chief justice administering it while the venerable statesman held up his right hand and repeated the constitutional obligation. Then followed the other cabinet officers In the order of their rank. Justice Gray of Massachusetts administered the oath to John D. Long, secretary nf the navy, also a citizen of the old Bay state.

For this same reason of locality Justice Brown, formerly of Michigan, admln tered the oath to General Alger, secretary of war. AH the other oah3 were administered 5y the chief justice. The new cabinet did not return upstairs, but separated without the formalities of a cabinet meeting. It was generally understood that the new cabinet officers would take charge of their several departments to day or Monday. An official of the state department came over noon to say that affairs were in readiness for the incoming of Mr.

Sherman to day If he so desired. Lyman J. Gage took the oath of office in the Secretary's office in the treasury department at noon. Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme court, another Chlcagoan, administered the oath in the presence of a distinguished company, which Included the relatives and friends of Mr. Gage, part of the Illinois delegation in iCongress and the principal officials of the treasury.

The secretary's room was opened at 11 o'clock to the guests who had been invited to witness the ceremony. They were re ceived by Secretary Carlisle and Mr. Gage end Private Secretaries Van Senden and Van 4ersllp. Many women were in the party, and It had the semblance of a social gathering during the time of waiting for the chief Justice. Chief Justice Fuller arrived a few minutes before 12, accompanied by Mr.

McKlnny, the clerk of the supreme court, who carried the new secretary's commission which had been signed by President McKinley this morning. Mr. Gage and the chief justice stood behind the secretary's desk facing the spectators, with Secretary Carlisle in the background. Both Mr. Gage and Chief Justice Fuller raised their right hands, the chief Justice read the oath and Mr.

Gage repeated it af 4t him, sentence by sentence. The first sentence was Lyman J. Gage, Of Illinois, do solemnly swear," but Mr. Gage declared Lyman J. Gage, of Chicago, Illinois," the emphasis which he put on the added word caus'lng a smile.

The executive mansion to day was again a eenter of attraction for great crowds of visitors and for tunny prominent public men. President McKinley was at his desk at 9 o'clock, clearing away the most pressing matters before the public made demands upon his time. First to receive attention was the subject of the cabinet. The nominations having been confirmed by the senate, it remained to tnake out the commissions. The commissions signed by the President early In the day.

In the meantime many senators, representatives and officials called. Mr. Wilson, the new secretary of agriculture, was among the early callers. Then came a steady line of prominent public men, including Senator Proctor of Vermont. Senator Quay of Pennsylvania, Senator Mills of Texas, Senators Davis and Nelson of Minnesota.

Senator Spooner and ex Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin, ex Senator Brown of Utah, Representatives Hopkins, Reeves and Murphy of Illinois, Representative Lacey of Iowa, Representatives C. W. Stone and Reyburn of Pennsylvania, Representative Walker of Massachusetts, Dolllver of Iowa, Grosvenor of Ohio and Senators Allison and Gear of Iowa. The senators and members of the house were ushered into Secretary Porter's office and thence to the President as fast as circum Btances would permit. The calls were mainly those of courtesy, although several of the congressional party were accompanied by applicants for office.

General Alger, Cornelius N. Bliss and Mr. Cary, members of the new cabinet, arrived at 1:15 and went direct to the President's apartments. While thl3 was proceeding within the priv 9te offices the general crowd in front of the mansion was overrunning the marble portico and adjacent walks, making the building difficult of Ingress or egress. The Fifteenth Ward Republican club of Philadelphia, in silk hats and drab coats, arrived about 10 o'clock and were received by the President In the east room.

Dispatches of congratulatio nhave been pouring into the White House for the last two days from every part of the country and the world. The president of Brazil cabled as follows "Congratulate your excellency on having assumed charge of the nigh ojce of President of the United States republic wherein I am confident yau will do all that lies In your power to maintain and draw still closer the relations of amity which happily exists between the two countries. (Signed) JOSE DE M0ROBS BARROS, President of the Republic of Brazil." President Errazurls of Chill cabled cordial congratulations and hopes for a prosperous administration. B'ourke Ccekran cabled from Rome: "I hope and believe your administration will be Bn enduring monument of Democratic government." The American party at Beirut, Syria, cabled congratulations. Mayor Strong of New York cabled: "I congratulate you on the selection of your cabinet May a kind Providence shower the choicest blessings on you and your administration." Other congratulatory dispatches from H.

H. Kohlsaat, Chicago, Speaker Pettit of the Indiana house of representatives; President A. E. Orr of the New York chamber of commerce; Secretary Smith o'f the American Merchant Marine association; Bishop McCabe of the Methodist church; ex Governor Bullock of Georgia; President Mallllleu of the MethodUst conference at Baltimore; the legislatures of Mlnnessota, Michigan and California; W. H.

Eustls, St. Paul; Lieutenant Governor Haggard and the senate of Indiana and L. B. Holden otf CleveJand. PLEA FOR A NEW TRIAL.

A ploa for a new trial for James Furman who was sentenced on February 13 last, to ton years in Sing Sing prison for assault, was mode by Lawyer 8. Hi Hurd in chambers this morning. The plea is based on newly discovered evidenoo. An affidavit made by a Mrs. Alexander, states that George Sheverstein, the oomplaining witness against Furman, has spent a year in the penitentiary for assault, although he swore at the trial that he had never been in prison.

The assault for whioh Furman was sentenced took plaoe in Sheversteins room. Deoision was reserved. If Tour Wife Scolda About Uic Coal Try tHUMsax LouaimiM'fl pure Lehigh. Adv. Morgenthal, Bauland Co.

of Chicago Purchase Offerman's Stock. BUILDING LEASED FOR 10 YEARS. Half the Sum Is Paid for the Contents of the Store and Good Will The Chicago Firm Will Establish a Department Store Here, Including the Latest and Most Elaborate Features. Contracts were signed to day for the sale of the dry goods business of the estate of Henry Offerman, on Ful'ton street, and the lease of the building, to a firm of Chicago capitalists for ten years. The capital involved is placed at $1,000,000, divided between the stock and goodwill of the business at $500,000, and the lease, which is placed at $500,000.

Joseph Bauland signed the contracts for the Morganthal Bauland company of Chicago. The Offerman estate was represented In the transaction by C. Henry Offerman, C. F. Offer man, Theodore Offerman, John Bremer, Mrs.

L. O. Rasch and Mrs. Anna Schmidt. Leonard Moody, the real estate broker of 26 Court street, was the agent through whom the nego tiations were completed.

The Offerman building Is known as 503 to 513 Fulton street and 236 to 248 Duffleld street. It is a six story brick and stone structure, having a frontage of 100 feet on Fulton street and 175 on Duffleld. Joseph Bauland, the representative" of the Chicago firm, said to an Eagle reporter: "We will make all necessary alterations to put 'the building In keeping with the times and make it one of the largest dry goods establishments in this part' of the country. We will improve the stock by adding all lines to make it a first class department store. We will take possession at the close of busi ness on Monday night and thereafter conduct It on lines of a first class establishment." OFFICERS MAKE A HAUL.

Located Stolen Bags of Feed While Searching for a Man. Late last night Officer Albrecht of the Liberty avenue police station, saw a man with a bag of oats on his shoulder, hastening down Vesta avenue toward Broadway. Albrecht ordered him to stop, but the man dropped the bag and ran down to Broadway, escaping over fences in the rear of what is known as Italian row, at 2,041 to 2,051 Broadway. Albrecht called Detective Garvey, and Patrolman Butler and the three searched the buildings. In a room at 2,047 the officers found a number of men drinking beer, while In one corner were fourteen bags of oats.

All of the men were arrested and taken to the Seventeenth precinct police station, where they were locekd up. They gave their names as Henry Potts, Edward Nash, John Clarke, Theodore Matthews, John Hobohn, Edward Donnelly, George Weber and Fj ed Wulff. They were held on a vagrancy. In the Gates aveune court this morning the prisoners were arraigned before Justice Kramer on a charge of vagrancy and later Detective Garvey preferred a charge of burglary against Potts, Nash and Donnelly, on which they were held in $500 bail for examination. The bags of feed were identified as the property of Jewell Son of Atlantic ana Snedelter avenues, whose place was robbed early yester aay morning, tne otner prisoners were held on a technical charge of vagrancy.

ROW IN A CLUB HOUSE. Attempt to Elect as Member a Former Janitor Leads to Blowr. It Is likely that the Brooklyn Athletic club, prominent eastern district organization, will disband. There was a row at the club house, at 374 Bedford avenue, last Thursdav night. The particulars of the affair were kept secret until to day.

Trouble arose when Harry Block, a former janitor of the club, was proposed for membership. William E. Turner and James Sweeney were denounced In strong terms because they opposed Block's application. President John J. Bradley left the meeting In disgust.

Blows were struck and James Griffin, a friend of Block, was assaulted. Daniel McGonigle, a former president and leading member of the club, says he will resign. EIGHTH BOSTON VICTIM. Miss Bates Dies as a Result of the Explosion. Boston, March 6 Miss Oeorgiana Bates of 19 Arlington street, who was severely injured in tne gas explosion or Thursday, died at her home, here, this morning.

She Is the eighth victim of the accident to die. The death of Miss Bates caused considerable surprise, as she was not thought to be seriously Injured. She belonged to a family very well known in Boston. The Emergency hospital authorities report that B. R.

Sargent, the Wrest End railroad employe, who was on the dangerous list yesterday, Is worse and he cannot live long. CAMBRIAN'S SHAFT BROKEN. The Liner Towed Into Port by the Capenor. St. Michaels, Azore Islands, March The British steamship Capenor, Captain Leisk, from Pensacola, February 10, and Newport News, February 16, for Dordrecht, has arrived here, having In tow the new Wilson Fn ness Leyland liner Cambrian.

Captain Morgan, which sailed from London on February 4 for New York, and which, as previously reported, was spoken in a disabled condition by the steamships Rappahannock, Assyrian and Vala, the last two vessehs making vain attempts to tow her to port. The Cambrian's shaft is broken. ONE KILLED; TWO WILL DIE. Elmira, N. March John Lavance while crossing the tracks In a wagon to day was Instantly killed by a train.

Lavance's wife and son wero with him In the wagon and when the train daBhed into them, the woman and her son were hurled to the ground. They are In the hospital and will die. FRENCH PRAISE OF McKINLEY. Paris, March Tho Figaro, this morning, notos with eatiBfaotion that "President McKin ley's political programme 1h almost a formal repudiation of tho aims of thoso who brought him into power." Continuing tho Figaro govs: "His message is conceived in a spirit of undeniable wisdom and bears the mark of calm, deliberate judgment." THINKS HIS NEIGHBOR IS CRAZY. The charities commissioner this morning reoeivod a communication from Frod C.

Hill of 390 Prospect avenue, asking Ihem to examine into tho sanity of a neighbor, who was violent most of tho time. Tho polioe wero notified, and they promised to investigate the matter. A Sudden Departure, With the Destination Unknown, KING GEORGE'S CALL FOR MEN. Grneks in the United States and Elsewhere Urged to Return and Fight for Their Country What the New York Consul Says Is a Compromise Between Greece and the Powers at Hand? Canoa, Island of Crete, March 6 The Greek fleet left here this morning for an unknown destination. The foreign warships have landed 500 men at Sellno.

The news of tho proposal upon the part of the powers to jurant autonomy to th ThIhtkI of Crete has created a bad Impression among the Insurgents, who deslro annexation to Greece. The Mussulmans are also Irritated at the concession of autonomy. The departure of the British consul. Sir Alfred Bllllettl, alone for Selino, on board tho British battleship Rodney, although that vessel was accompanied by other foreign warships, is badly interpreted by the other consuls, who, however, had oreviouslv relented a proposal to go there in order to make fresh attempt to save tne Moslem families who ara In danger by the Investment of that place by the insurgents. Will Greece and the Powers Compromise? London, March 6 A despatch to the Dally Chronicle from Athens at midnight says there are grounds for believing that the situation la improving.

The correspondent learns that "more than one power has intimated unofficially that If Greece Is willing to meet the powers half way, an amicable exit from a difficult position is still possible." It is believed, continues the correspondent, that Greece is willing to consent to a temporary Turkish suzerainty over Crete if the powers will allow the Cretans when order is restored to decide their own fate by plebiscite and will appoint a Greek governor for tho present. Under these conditions, it Is suggested, Greece might consent to withdraw her armv and fleet on tho assurance that there would be no general massacre. "I presume," he says, "It Is generally known that three constitutional countries of Europe not only sympathize with Greece, but actually made proposals which Greece could have acecptod; but that Germany repulsed them. Unless other leadership of the European concert Is substituted for Germany's, a peaceful issue Is Impossible. The Austrian, Russian and Servian consul at Uskub, says the Athens correspondent of the Times, have decided, after conferring together, to Inform the ambassadors of the powers at Constantinople that the attitude of the Turkish troops at Uskub is menacing and that measures for the maintenance of the public security are urgently required.

Much satisfaction Is expressed at the announcement that a squadron will be sent from Corfu to watch the northern coast of Thessaly. It la behoved that a general mobilization will be ordered almost directly. The calling out of the reserves Is regarded as a virtual reply to the Identical notes of the powers. Newspapers hitherto devoted to Russia now denounce he rtreachery. The feeling against Russia Is as strong as it Is against Germany.

The czar Is abused for his harsh attitude toward a country one of whose princes saved his life. Constantinople, March The ambassador! of tho powers yesterday prosented a second collect note to the Turkish government, calling upon the porte to withdraw the Turkish trcops from the Interior of the Island of Crete and to keep them in the towns. The iccall of all troops fnm the Island except a detachment to guard the new guvenior Isniai! Hey, will ultimately be ria'red ErusselB, March 6 The students of this city held a meeting yesterday evenli'g and. aflr adop'mg resolutions eipivashig sympathy with Greece, they marchiyl to the Gu ek consulate which they cheered ami then w.nt to th.i Turkish consulate, hojtod aud hissed and broke rtlS WinHrrWR wlh ctnnna Th, vu uvuuu. A.

CIV finally dispersed by the police. Greeks in the United States Summoned by Their King. Alexandre G. SkouBes, minister of foreign affairs to King George of the Hellenes, cabled to day to the acting Grecian minister. Instructing him to call out the members of the Grecian reserve forces who are in the United States and to urge them by every means in his power to go to the assistance of their native country.

D. N. Botassl, the acting minister, who Is also consul general of Greece In New York, In an Interview to day said that the cablegram was of a most alarming nature and war Imminent. "It Is very serious," said Mr. Botassl.

"I am Instructed to even call out the reserves that belong to the class as far back as 1868, and so It Is evident that King George surely needs the support of every able bodied Greek In his struggle. In this country there are about 20,000 Greeks. Of these probably about 5.000 belong to the army reserve. If they should fail to return to their country's aid they are liable to two years' Imprisonment and a heavy fine. But, poor fellows, they are only too ready to go If they can afford the cost of the journey.

The government has no appropriation for tho transportation of reserves." "I very much fear," continued Mr. Botassl, "that on Monday war will he declared. King George has been given until noon on that day to declare his intentions. And I feel almost certain from the tone of dispatches I have recently received that Kings George's answer will be the brave, defiant answer that the Greek has always given to his enemies, whether they be great or small." HAY'S LONDON HOUSE. The New Ambassador Will Have Dis tinguished Neighbors.

London, March Colonel John Hay is ex peotod to assume the duties of United States ambansador at tho court of St. James at Easter. Ho has tokon tho Earl of Caledon's houso, 5 Carlton house terrace from April 18. This is noxt to the residence of Mrs. John W.

Mackay, and Colonel Hay's other neigh bors aro Lord William Borosford, the Earl of Lonsdale, William Waldorf Astor, tho German embassy and tho Duko of Grafton. Theee houses aro among tho finest and beat situated in London. Tho entrance is from Pall Mall and Waterloo place. They overlook the Horse Guards parade and tne Mall and adjoin Marl borough house. MoKINLEY'S SPECIAL AIDE.

Washington, D. Maroh Lieutenant J. C. Gilmore, fourth artillery, has boen detailed as a temporary Bpocial aide to President Mo Kinloy. Tho young officer iB thoroughly used to handling crowds, having acted as a mooter of ceremonies at the Whito House receptions and great functions under the lost administra tion.

A CHIMNEY TOPPLES OVER. A briok chimney, eighteen feet high, on the roof of the four tory brick building 54 Rut etroot, Now York, toppled over this morn ng, falling on to tho building's roof. No one OTHER TRUSTEES SURPRISED. The Only Active New York Member of the Board Is Supposed to Represent Mayor Strong and Controller Fitch in the Management Difficulties in the Way The Surface Railroad Project Ridiculed. The general belief that the members of the board of trustees of the New York and Brooklyn bridge are unanimously in favor of granting the local railroadajhe privilege of operating their cars on the structure, under certain conditions as to the rate of compensation and the restriction that such cars be entirely under the direction of the bridge management, was given a serious shock this morning when Trustee Clarence A.

Henrlques announced that he was opposed to the grant and would fight it in the board. Considerable Importance is attached to any decided expression of opinion by Trustee Henrlques, as it Is understood that he Is Mayor Strong's personal representative on the bridge board. It is also said that as the only active New York member of the board Mr. Henrlques represents Controller Fitch. Although this statement has never been verified by Trustee Henrlques, there is every reason for believing that any expression of opinion made by him in regard to bridge matters, Is shared by both the mayor and controller of New York.

Although several of the bridge trustees have publicly expressed their Indorsement of the plan to allow elevated roads and trolleys to operate their cars on the bridge, Mr. Henrlques has not, as heretofore, made his Ideas public. He has said that he would not say anything until he had fully studied the question and had consulted some authorities. This morning he gave the Eagle his reasons for" opposing the proposed grant and stated emphatically that he would fight any such proposition in the board. This action on hiB part will greatly disturb the equanimity of the friends of the measure as well as that of several of his fellow members on the board, who have not hesitated to express the opinion that the railroads would be unanimously granted the privileges they sought at the very next meeting of the bridge trustees.

This will be so largely because of his close relations with the mayor and controller of New York. When asked to outline his position in regard to this most Important public question, Trustee Henrlques said: "I recognize nhat there exists to day an honest public sentiment which favors one or both of these plans; or In fact any project which will tend to safely carry the citizens of Brooklyn across the bridge without a change of cars. There Is not a member of the board of trustees who Is not actuated by the strongest 'wish to offer every facility to tho traveling public and whilst personally I respect this public sentiment and am fully alive to the necessities of the citizens of Brooklyn, I must warn my fellow members to the dangers of yielding to public clamor. Public clamor is not always founded on reason and justice. It Is often wrong and there is great danger In yielding thiB great bridge to corporate uses.

Our railroad is carrying today, better than ever before In all the passengers that come to It. After years of effort and thought, after a vast ex I'euinLuie ui money, tne day Has at last come when an Ideal system of trans portation is presented to the mihlirv teen trains during the rush Hours aro carrying on one minute headway all the passengers that present themselves. Before thls ojaieiu una uuu an opportunity of being tested, before all these Improvements have even been paid for, it is contemplated to sur louuui mis great nignway unique in the u.btury oi tne worm to tne grasp of needy corporations. "This," continued Mr. Henrlques, emphatically, "Is the way to breed nihilists and anarchists.

The question to be decided must not be affected by friendship, nor interest In the corporations, nor by suggestions of legislative Intimidation, but by the highest consideration of a broad public policy." "The expert's report may easily be divided into two distinct parts, each governed by its own peculiar conditions. First, the part relating to the elevated systems, and, second, to the surface roads. I do not believe, because they find one system easy to operate, that we should extend the same privilege to both; nor do I bellece If they find against one that we should deny both." "The question," said Mr. Henrlques, "of the roads crossing the bridge is purely one of transportation. I am not a railroad expert, but many difficulties present themselves to ray mind when I contemplate four different systems operating from a single ten foot platform.

If transportation from New York could reach our station from a way station such as is propsed to be built at Center street, and trains would not be obliged to stop at bridge platforms. It would simplifv matters considerably and I would favor allowing the elevated trains to cross the bridge, provided proper compensation was enacted. Presuming the question of transportation settled It must be remembered that the bridge has cost the two cities about $21,000,000, and the compensation should bo sufficient to pay the interest on this, or $800, 000. Tho cost of carrying bridge passengers has increased with every year on account ot Improvements, and while in 1891 It cost us 1.36 cents per passenger, to day It costs the bridge 2.08 cents to transport every passenger across the bridge." "The question of permitting the surface roads to run their cars on the bridge presents more serious questions than does tho proposition to allow the elevated roads tho same privilege. Admitting that their grotesque plan or climbing around the New York station is feasible, it Is possible that the trustees will be able to enforce the main condition I allude to the 12 feet danger limit between cars, laid down by the experts.

To do this would require a greatly increased police force, Desiae practically aomg away with the large vehicles and bicycles which now use the bridge roadways. Admitting these questions to be of easy solution, there 1's presented tho serious question of public policy. Shall the bridge trustees surrender to any railroad corporation or ccrporations the only highway that connects the two cities? Shall they limit the facilities of the roadway by one half? Thousands of vehicles cross tho roadways every day and these men and the commercial Interests they represent havo rights that must be respected." "According to tho surface roads' plan they contemplate dwenty ono different lines of trolley roads crossing tho bridge. Fancy twenty one roads wH'a all their different cars accommodated in their aerial flight around our New York station. How are the roadwavs to be protected from reckless and incompetent mo tormon? How many more police will bo required to protect the two adn one half miles of roadway and to maintain the danger limit? How many more victims aro to be added to the 175 already sent to their death through the carelessness or negligence of Brooklyn's common carriers? All these questions present serious considerations and for one I am opposed to giving tho bridge away to the railroad corporations of Brooklyn." THE SAM A SOLD FOR $16,000.

Tho Norwegian steamer Kama lying at Merritt's dock, Stnten Island, against which a number of libels had boen filed, was Bold by United States Deputy Marshal Bliss at 11 o'clock to day. Ovi Lango of Now York paid 616,000 for tho veseol. ATTACHED THE RECEIPTS. (Special to the Eagle.) Cleveland, March 6 The receipts of Margaret Mathor's company, playing here, were attached last night by Claudo Hagen of Brooklyn on claim for $367. Was injuraq..