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THE OKLYN DAILY EAGLE 12 Credit Coupon CUT THIS OIT. NEW YORK CITY. MONDAY. APRIL 5. 1900.

VOL. 70. NO. 04. 24 PAGES, INCLUDING PICTURE SECTION.

THREE CENTS. FOUR O'CLOCK. MAYOR'S PUNipKill CDKY ISLAND'S SUNDAY TfF BATTLF OF LOW, I SI M)T ROOSEVELT IN NAPLES. WHERE HE SWAPS SHIPS 1 1 LOCAL WEATHER PROBABILITIES. Winner weather, with fair to-nlgrlit and pnrtljr cloudy Taeadari moderate aootherlr winds.

and will, Incidentally, decide the question of a "Sundayless Coney." "As I have stated before." Attorney Rogers said this morning, "I intend to fight the case on the meaning of Section 263 of the Penal Code. I believe that I will win on the exception In the code which provides that the law against work does not apply where the health and comfort of the people are concerned. I believe proper recreation Is jUBt as essential to the health and comfort of the citizens as good food. I believe that oppor tunity should be given every man to go to church on Sunday morning and that nothing should be permitted to Interfere with his religious devotions. But I also believe that on Sunday afternoon, the man who works during the rest of the week, should have a chance to enjoy himself in a proper manner.

"What on earth can there be objectionable to clean moving picture show, or a ride, say, on carrouse or a scenic railway? 1 believe that the shutting down of such harmless and innocent amusements would be a deliberate Injury to the people, and a deprivation which they should not be forced to suffer. I think every reasonable man cannot help but agree with me In this." WOOD OFF FOR PORTO RICO The Geneal Was Brought to the Coamo by U. S. Tug. War Department Silent on Rumor Thnt Military Government Is to Be Tried.

Among the passengers who sailed on Saturday afternoon on the New York and Porto Rico line steamship Coamo from the East Central pier, Atlantic Dock, for San Juan was Genera) Leonard R. Wood. He was put on board at the last moment by a War Department tug from Governor's Island. The rumor set afloat by some Brooklyn-Ite familiar with Island affairs Is that he has been sent to the island to establish a military government there, in view qf the trouble between the Islandem am) Governor Regis H. Post.

No Confirmation. (Special to the Kagle.) Washington, April 5 No confirmation of the rumor that General Wood had been sent to Porto Rico to establish military rule could be secured at the War Department to-day. His trip was left unexplained. '-r EXPRESS SERVICE TO CONEY Sea Beach Fast Trains to Rim Over Brighton TracKs. i Luna Park Terminal Cut Out Trains Will Bun to Went End v'l DepOt.

Plana for reduon of tjhe Sea Beach express service to Coney Island are being i made by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. While the service will not be abandoned entirely, crack ex press service to the summer resort will be over the Brighton line. The Luna Park terminal of the Sea Beach line was cut out at the first of this year, and the line will hereafter have its terminal at the West End depot. The fast trains of the Sea Beach line have been crowded out by the steady development of the territory through which they used to run. In the early part of the year the railroad engineers made careful survey of the territory, and after a few experiments came to the conclusion that there would be so much interference from thel population that the express service would be crippled so as to make It practically worthless.

The Brighton four track road permits enough leeway to maintain a fast and frequent express serv'ce. From the time the service waa bejun the railroad I officials found that the bulk of the traffic deserted the Soa Beach line to make shorter time to Coney Island over the Brighton road. It was said at the office of the railroad company to-dayUhat the Sea Beach express service and the local service ai well will be adjusted to meet the demands of traffic, as they become apparent from time to time during ihe coming season. On Sundays and holidays and maybe in the evening rush of week days in the hot spell, enough expresses will be run over the Sea Beach road to the West End terminal to give the Brighton line a lift and relieve the strain. Plans are being prepared for a first class express servlco over the Brighton road.

IN ONE HOUSE 50 YEARS- Man of 76 Dies by Cas There After Notice to Move. Police Think He Committed Suicide. Despondent From Brooding Over Change. Joseph 76 years old, of 400 Classon was found dead in bed this morning, as a result of gas poisoning. His son William discovered the tragedy.

One gas jet was turned on. Ambulance Surgeon S. Montelege of the Cumberland Street Hospital made an examination on arrival, and said that the man had been dead Rome time. The case was reported as an accident, but the Classon avenue police seemed to reaard'at it as a suicide. It was said that the aged man.

who was an upholsterer by trade, had lived in the house which he had made his home for upwards of half a century, and that he had been requested to move by owners of the property, wlio contemplated tar-1 ing down tne little bouse and putting up flats. i The thought of being compelled to move from the home in which he had lived since he was a young man. it is said, preyed on his mind and caused a despondence from which it appeared to be hard for the old man to rally. Meincke lived with his wife and son at the address given. DR.

MC GUFFEY ON ART. In his sermon aSt. James P. E. Church, Newtown, yesterday the Rev.

Edward J. McGuffey paid his respects to those persons who have denounced as immodest certain photographic copies of famous paintings in the Elmhurst Public Library. The Rev. Mr. McGuffey said that ignorance of artistic things was for the complaints, and the effort to have the pictures removed.

Ho said there wa3 nothing immodest about them, and that he should use his influence to have them remain. i at of lb to of to be an On by his the Mr. TO on Mr. do 21 i is I the tain tons LING ISLANDERS' BATTLE Eh' Last Word Spoken in Most Strenuous Campaign Known in Two Counties. ELECTION ALL DAY TO-MORROW From City Line to Island's Enst End Voters Will Line Up for or Against License.

Whether the demon runi shall rule tor two years In the twelve rural townships of Long Island or be subjugatod.t will be decided by the voters at to-morrow's biennial "(own meetings. From the boundary of Greater New York to Orient Point and Montauk on the east, the people are aroused as never before on tho question of Heelise -or no-llcenSe. It -has been prolonged and stubborn and to-day. In many of the townships, tho result is still difficult to, predict accurately. Tha advocates of nn-llcense arc more confident of victory than ever hefore, while the men who favor, the sale ot liquor under the restrictions tho law provides, claim that they have tho voters wKbi them In a majority of tho townships.

Four Questions to Be Voted On. Following are the four questions to bei submitted to-morrow to the people of Hetupstead and Oyster Bay townships, in, Nassau County, and of Ilnhylon. Isllp, Huntington. Smitlitown. Southnld, She.Uj Island, Brookhavon and Southampton, in Question 1.

Selling, liquor to be drunk on the premises where sold. Shall any corporation; association, copartnership, or person he authorized to traffic in liquors under the. provisions of subdivision one section, eight of Liquor Tax law, namely, by selling liquor to be drunk oa the where enld. in the Town ot Question 2. Selling liquor not In drunk on the premises where sold.

Shall any' corporation, association, cb-partnership nr person' be authorized to traffic in liquors under the provisions of subdivision two' of sertlnn night of the Liquor Tax law, anamely, by selling liquor not to be drunk' on tho premises where sold, in the Town of Question .1. Selling liquor as a nhrnma- cist on a physician's prescription. Shall any corporation, association, eo-partner-ship or person he authorised to traffic in liquors under tho provisions of subdivi sion three nf section eight of the Liquor Tax law, namely, by selling as a pharmacist, on a physician's prescription in the Town of Question 4. Selling liquor by hotelkeep- ers only. Shall any corporation, association, copartnership nr person bp authorized to traffic In.liuuors under 'subdivi sion one of section eight of the Lienor Tart law, but.

only in connection with the business. of keeping hotel. In the Town. majority tha votes, cast, or' the; first question submitted are tu the negntiun? Pi t-Iiibition Vote Will Show a Big In. crease.

Babylon tonti Is expected tu show a decided Increase in the nnti-liienso vote. It "Is conceded that the activities of some of the clergy and others who have led In the i-ainpaign against, the rum demon will bear fruit, but it. is not believed by'those who have studied the situation carefully that the prohibition people can carry the' lown. The vote An the Third District, the German vilingo of Lindenhurst, alnnu will prevent that It. Is thought, Tho people are almost a unit for license.

The result at the four remaining polls is nnt so easy to predict, although It is claimed that ill Babylon and A mityviiln villages the' pro-license vote will lie far in excess of that against It. The anti-license sentiment In the west end of the town, however, is very strong and a determined effort is being made to rarry at least two of the propositions. At Amityville tho women and children to-day arc wearing blue tags inscribed In black letters. "Vote No-Llccnse for My Sake; I Cannot Vole." The men who arc conducting the anti- uconse campaign are relying upon the silent vole for tho triumph nf the cause they espouse. Easthampton Town May Go Either Way by Small Majority.

Isllp. Brookhaven, Shelter Island and Rlverhead will, it. Is predicted, go wet. In Southold a two years" dry spell is looked for by well informed observers of the course of event, Southampton Is expected to remain dry. Shelter Lsland has been dry for two years.

In Easthampton, more than in any other town, is the result in doubt. Both sides are claiming a victory today. The anti-license people have secured from many of the leading summer residents men nnd women wlm own mis estates and are large taxpayers In the town expressions of opinion adverse to permitting the sale of liquor there, and the leaders in the movement say that these strongly expressed views that the town should remain dry will have. the effect of continuing the present state of activity there. The license folks, on the other hand, seem to believe that the summer people's wishes will be disregard, ed by the voters and that the town will vote for license.

The question promises to be decided either way by the narrowest of margins. In Huntington the no-llcense campaign, which ends to-night, after a month of activity unprecedented in the annals of the township, is likely to bring out tne neaviest vote ever known. Neither side Is predicting an overwhelming victory, and it is the opinion of both sides, as generally expressed, that the result Is like to be close. Tho anti-license people have made no canvass of tha town, trusting entirely 10 meetings In Ihe churches, the villages of Huntington, Northport and Centcrport, to a business men's rally to be held to-night in tha opera house in Huntfngton vlllago and to arguments nnd appeals in the village newspapers. The liquor dealers have not only had a public meeting in the opera house of Huntington village, and have used the newspapers freely, but have also made a canvass of the town.

They express to outsiders confidence in their ability to win two to one. but when talking among themselves say they fear to the result. The strongest no-license void will come from the villages of Huntington and Northport. the farming districts as a rule taking less Interest in the issue. The politicians of Smithtown on both sides predict that it Is impossible to carry the town for no-license.

The Issue has not been made as prominent a one as In the other towns of Suffolk County, and public sentiment has not been stirred up as In other sections. The farmer, who decide the election in that town, ar opposed to having the hotel barroom closed and little hone Is expressd for a no-license victory. The hotel kepei-s express some alarm among themselves, however, and are working to kill all possible chances of an overthrow. Pinkertpn Men to Watch for Floaters at Some Hempstead Polls." The result in Hempstead town cannot be accurately forecasted. There is a strong organization of liquor dealers in the township, and that body has been conducting an aggressive campaign.

The antl-llcense element, on the other has been no less active, and the leaders teel quite confident of success at te Idea of Six-Day Licenses for All Sorts of Common Shows-Is a Stunner. ALL HANDS JOIN TO FIGHT IT. No Doubt, It Seems, of McClellan's Intentions What Would Happen If Scheme Were Worked Out. Confronted by the heretofore unheard of possibility of a "Sundayless Coney Island," the business people of that great amusement place, as well as those similarly Interested In enterprises of like nature elsewhere In the greater city, are planning to join hands against the innovation apparently determined upon by Mayor McClellan in his moving picture crusade. The amusement proprietors havs learned for the first time that the moving picture order, if carried Into effect, apparently means the absolute closing down of every aniusemapt, of every kind ioney isiana on tne sabbath aay.

Never before In the history of that world famous resort has It been confronted by such a possibility. So novel Is the prospect that It has literally left the amusement proprietors gasping for breath. If the full purport of the Mayor's Innovation Is not misinterpreted, Coney isiana on tne sabbath Day this Bummer will offer no more attraction in the shape of amusements than Canarsle on a rainy day. There will be no "shoot the chutes," no steeplechaslng, no running of Ferris wheels or mechanisms of like character. no visiting of scenio caves, no operating of striking machines, no music, no dancing, no running of carrousels or merry-go-rounds, no games, no barking of spielers, no taking or pictures, no clatter of miniature railways, no puppet shows, no switchbacks, or, to sum It all up In the ungrammatlc but terse slang of the Coneyite, there'll be "no nothing, nowhere." Of course, the ocean front will be open as heretofore, and those in quest of pleasure will have the opportunity of finding such solace as they may in listening to what the sad sea waves are staying.

The meaning of all this to those who have Invested thousands in the big attractions at Coney Island needs no explanation. Its full significance is equally startling to the myriads of people who have known Sundays on Coney Island ill the past. That this most amazing of "reforms" Is actually a matter of consideration was made plain this morning by Francis V. a. Oliver, chief of the bureau of licenses.

Mr. Oliver, when seen by an Eagle reporter In his office in the City Hall in Manhattan, said: "1 have had a number of applications for renewals of licenses at Coney Island. In view of the controversy arising out of the moving picture question, all these licenses have been held up. I am waiting daily for the Mayor's instructions as to whether or not the six-day license; as regards moving picture? is to be made effective as against all other-attractions coming under the list of common shows as set form tne orainances. tne Mayor decides that they, do, of course, no more seven-day licenses will be issued." 4 Attorney Gustavus A.

Rogers, who secured a temporary injunction against the Mayor, Saturday night, relative to the operation of the moving picture show at 889 Broadway. Brooklyn, was more specific. -v "There Is absolutely no hope tor Coney Island running on Sunday If the edict against moving pictures Ib enforced," he said. "At- least so it appears to me, from the ordinance. I don't know whether the Mayor realized the full significance of what he was doing when he started In the fight.

But have It on the highest authority that the determination to close down" Coney Island on 'Sunday has been absolutely decided on. The refusal to grant seven day licenses appears to me to be proof of this." Attorney Rogers called attention to section 353 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of New York, defining "common shows." It Is as follows: "A common show shall be deemed to Include a carrousel, Ferris wheel, gravity steeplechase, chute, Bcenic railway, striking machines, switchbacks, merry-go-, rounds, puppet shows, ball games, and all other shows of like character, but not to Include games of baseball or to authorize gambling or any game of chance." Attorney Rogers then directed attention to section 305 of the Code of Ordinances, which provides that "common shows' must be licensed the same as truckmen, peddlers, billiard tables, bowling alleys, shooting galleries and similar forms of amusement being included In the list. Finally Attorney Rogers pointed out the decision made last March by Justice Thomas, who refused to issue a mandamus against the Mayor In an action to compel him to grant seven day licenses. The ruling waa then believed applicable only to moving picture shows, and its full significance has only been learned since all Coney Island licenses were held up Justice Thomas verdict was based on paragraph 263 of the Penal Code, which provides: "All labor on Sunday Is prohibited, excepting the works of necessity or charity. In works of necessity or charity is Included whatever is needful during the day for the good order, health and comfort of the community." Attorney Rogers is of the belief that nothing counld be more conclusive as' to the real scope of the Mayor's six day license order than the three paragraphs above auoted.

"A moving picture show Is a 'common show' within the meaning of Section 352 of the Code Ordinances," he said. "There can be no question about that. Section 305 specifically declares that all common shows, not only moving picture shows, shall be licensed. And they must all be licensed alike. No provision is made for a discrimination against a particular class of attraction.

Section 263 of the Penal Code restricts the matter still further. It provides that no work of any kind shall be done on the Sabbath, save it is in the interests of either necessity or charity. Justice Thomas himself has interpreted this paragraph of the code as regarded the mayor's right to iBsue only six-day licenses. So it does not seem to me that there can be any question whatever as regards all amusements on Sunday If moving pictures are prohibited on the Sabbath. And there you are." Attorney Rogers is making an effort to read an interpretation Into paragraph 263 of the Penal Code which will permit the running of moving-picture shows on Sunday.

The interpretation. If adopted, will, naturally. Include all other amusements. The question Is brought to a head In the Injunction proceedings against the mayor Btarted by the lawyer, against the Mayor was granted by Justice William J. Gaynor of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department, It had to do with the show at the Broadway address conducted by the William Fox Amusement Company.

Argument In the case will be heard on Friday next before Justice Carr in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn. The purpose of the injunction was to permit the amusement company to give Its show yesterday, despite the six-day license order. The disposition of the technical point Involved will, therefore, be applicable to all other cases of similar nature. Goes Ashore From the Hamburg in the Launch of Scorpion. MR.

GRISCOM IS WITH HIM. Steamer Admiral, on Which He Going to Africa, Not Yet Sighted. Is Naples. April 5 Roosevelt landed at the Arsenal dock at half past four this afternoon. He came from the Ham burg in the launch of the Scorpion.

He is accompanied by Ambassador Griscom and the members of the ambassador's party. The steamer Admiral haa not yet come into port, nor has she been signaled. The delay In her arrival, occasioned by the heavy weather, will, in all oroBab- ility, make it impossible for Mr. Roosevelt to go on board before to-morrow. It is again being declared to-day thai Mr.

Roosevelt will meet the King of Italy nt Messina. There is nothing definite to substantiate this statement beyond the fact that the King and the Queen left Rome this morning for An-zlo, embarked on the battleship Re Um-berto and are now on their way to Sicily. When Herr Stelnfensand went on board the Hamburg be carried a large bouquet of red, white and black carnations in a crystal vase tied with a broad ribbon of the German colors red, white and black. He had also a letter addressed to "The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, on Board the Steamer Admiral." Both were from Emperor William. Naples Eager to Welcome Roosevelt.

Naples was alive with keen Interest to-day to extend an enthusiastic welcome to Theodore Roosevelt, former President of th United who arrived here at 1:05 this afternoon on board the steamer Hamburg, on his way from York to Mombasa. It Is calculated that fully 5.000 foreigners have mum Intn rh city, especially from Capri. Sorrento and Amain, in the bona of catchln ellninne of the distinguished traveler. lie Hamburg waa arlven a tinier and hearty greeting from ship and shore as she steamed Into the bay and dropped anchor. American flags are flying from the consulate, all the hotels and a nura- Der or private houses In honor of Mr.

Roosevelt, and the ships In the bay are gaily decorated with bunting. Prominent nmong the yachts In port Is the Nahma. with Mrs. Robert Goelet on board, and the Amerlran gunboat Scorpion also mads a brilliant showing with line of fluttering flags from stem to stern. Ai loon as the Hamburg was sighted around, Capri, the Interest of the waiting crowds became Intense.

The people bad congregated atoug tne docks and at vari ous points In tha city whence a view of the bay could be obtained. The Identification of the Hamburg was not made once, but when the people d'd learn conclusively that the vessel holding their attention in the bay? waa bearing Mr. Roosevelt to the Italian, shore, a general roar of welcome weat up from thousands throats. Handkerchiefs were waved the air, bats ware flung oa high, and numberless craft of all kind put out from the shore to surround the incoming liner. Bands nf Singers and Musicians on Boats.

The harbor police had taken every precaution to prevent these small boats getting too close to the liner, but In spite of these measures, several managed reach, the side of the incoming vessel and proffer their offerings of fruits and flowers. Other boats had on board bands musicians, who sang Neapolitan songs an accompaniment of guitars and mandolins. The rails of the Hamburg were lined with passengers, who showed every evidence of enjoying the novel welcome. They applauded the singers heartily, and Mr. Roosevelt himself could seen smiling and expressing his appreciation.

In the meantime crowds wore gathering on shore at every point in the city where it was thought Mr. Roosevelt would pass in the course of his brief visit. Stringent police measures are being enforced to keep the people bark, not only from the dock, but from the American Consulate and the various hotels where prominent Americana are stopping. Ambassador Griscom Visits the Ex- President, As soon as the Hamburg had come to anchor a launch from the Scorpion. under the command of Lieutenant Com mnnder George W.

Logan, the captain of the gunboaf, put out from the arsenal board were Ambassador Griscom am1 the members of his party. Arriving at the Hamburg, the visitors were received Captain Burraeister, who at one; conducted them to Mr. Roosevelt cabin. Mr. Griscom greeted Mr.

Roosevelt with great cordiality and expressed pleasure at seeing him In Italy. Mr. GriBcom had but a short conversation with Mr. Roosevelt; he was assailed by passengers on board the Hamburg, and especially the newspaper men. with inquiries regarding the preparations on shore to receive the Roosevelt party.

Herr Steifensand, the German consul general at Naples, was among the first to come out to the Hamburg. He greeted Roosevelt, in the name of Emperor William and the German government. Mr. Roosevelt appeared to be exceedingly pleased with this, welcome and sent his homage to the Emperor. VISIT EARTHQUAKE SCENES.

Rome, via wireless to Capo dello Spe-rone, Sardina. April 5 Former President Roosevelt visited, the Marconi office on board the steamer Hamburg Sunday morning and attended religious services board at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. There was a dinner given in bis honor night. Mr. Griscom.

the American ambassador, nere earthqua ke at Messina, nnd Roosevelt has- practically agreed to so; also to accept the invitation of a brother of M. Jusserand, French ambassador to the United States, to Inspect part of the Suez Canal in a private launch. BRITISH STEAMER SINKS. Persons Missing From the Wrecked Oak Branch. London, April 5 A dispatch to Lloyds from Punta Arenas, Chile, says that the British steamer Oak Branch struck what supposed to have been a derelict in Straits of Westminster and was abandoned in a sinking condition.

The first nfflrer anH niEhtc-en of the crew and nas- sengers were landed safely, but the cap- and twenty persons are missing. The Oak Sranch is a vessel of 2.064 and sailed from Liverpool for Val-pariaso on February 24. MODJESKA IS SINKING. Los Angeles. April 5 Mme.

Helena Modjeska. the famous actress, is barely alive, and is sinking rapidly. She Eying at her ranch home a few miles from this city. I POPE SEES MRS. MC LAUGHLIN Brooklyn Marchioness Is Keceived in Private Audience by the (Special Cable to the Eagle.) Rome, April 6 The Pppe yesterday received in private audience Mrs.

Hugh McLaughlin of Brooklyn, whom he conferred the title of marchioness in 1908; the Rev. J. C. York of Brooklyn, and Mr. and Mrs.

William C. Courtney of the same city. His holiness impart ed his special blessing on the. charities in which Mrs. McLaughlin Is Interested.

The honor of a private audience was granted to the Marchioness on account other noble but it was not a part of the Investment of her. title, as fhat was completed last December when Bishop McDonnell presented her with the papal brief which had been sent to him from Rome. Mrs. Mc Laughlin and her party hope to be able to attend the beatification of Joan of Aro on the eighteenth ot this month In St. Peter's.

As she Is a papal noble, she will be assigned to a special section of the cathedral with the other members uf the nobility. Mrs. McLaughlin sailed from Brooklyn on March 4 In the steamer Carmanla the Cunard Line, with a party of eight, including her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. end Mrs. William C.

Courtney; their two children, and Father York. She Is 78 years of age and this Is her first trip abroad, and she has been greatly interested in all the details of the voyage. A very attractive itinerary has been planned, aside from the visit to Rome, and it will he followed by easy stagee If the marchioness continues; In good health. The party has already visited some of the Italltn cities and' will go on-; to Florence, Milan and the Italian lakes; to Luoeroe, Paris, Brussels, through Holland and over to tixo British Isles, before returning. MimSTErVLEB RAlDt Finds Saloon Open Sunday and Gets an Officer.

Bluecoat Obediently Arrests Bai en der South Brooklyn Campaign Against Bum. As an outcome of the tour of inspection made by several South Brooklyn clergy men as told in the Eagle, for the purpose of learning the actual con dltlon of the excise law in that section of the borough, the Rev. J. 3. McDonald of the Church of Our Father led a raid on a saloon at 586 Atlantic avenue last night, The bartender was arrested and was ar raigned In the Myrtle avenue According to the story of the the min ister, ho started on a lone tour of inspection last night, and having read' in Ihe Eagle at the time the party of clergymen made a trip that excise conditions In the Bergen street precinct were not all that they should be, commenced there.

He didn't get much farther. At '580 Atlantic avenue he caihe across the saloon known as Schneider's Cafe. The clergyman declares he saw several persons entering and loavlng. and decided to enter himself. The door was unlocked, he declares, and he walked In, to find eight women and thirteen men seated in a rear roqm, drinking.

The bartender appeared to be busy, and was so polite to all of thoso drinking that the Rev. J. McDonald, from his understanding of human nature, became convinced that it was not a "family party." Determined that something should be done, the minister went-in search of a policeman. He felt that he should go to the station house and report it to the captain, but when he met a policeman on Flatbush avenue and when the officer in-reply to a question said that he was on post, the clergyman told him that a saloon was being run in violation of the law, and should be closed. In company with the single patrolman, the clergyman returned to the cafe and led the way It Isn't on record to whether he drank anything or whether the officer, who was in uniform, did: but the clergyman ordered the policeman to arrest the bartender, which he did, obediently.

The bartender went along with the policeman, and was locked up In the Bergen street station. The men and women were not arrested. It uenerallv understood that the min isters of South Brooklyn are firmly determined to stamp out excise violation. ALLEGED MURDERER CAUGHT. Italian Accused of Killing Fellow Countryman at Newtown Captured in Manhattan.

Antonio Damlano, 25 years old, was arrested at 9 Mlnetta street, Manhattan, early this morning, by Detectives Capu-to and Bonamo of the Brooklyn Italian Squad, on a charge of killing Dominlcko Chlarelli. a fellow countryman, at Forest Hills, Newtown, on March. 29. The prisoner is accused of striking Chlarelli over the head with an iron bar causing a wound from which the man died in a hospital a few days later. After the assault Damlano, who then lived at Richmond Hill, moved to Manhattan.

The detectives disguised themselves as moving van drivers and searched for the man in Manhattan. They located him at the Mlnetta street address and early this morning forced their nay into his rooms and dragged him from a bed underneath which he had hidden. He was taken over to Long Island City and arraigned In the police court there and was held without ball for examination. a ANTI-ASYLUM COMMITTEE. L.

I. Farmers Club. Will Send Strong Delegation, to Albany to Protest Against Glen Head Site. (Special to the Eagle.) iMIneola, L. April 8 president E.

V. Titus 'of. the Long Island Farmers Club has appointed the following committee of the club to go to Albany and prevent. If possible, the location of an Insane asylum at Glen Head, In Nassau County, where the state has recently acquired a sito: E. V.

Titus, chairman; W. Burling Cocks, Lueust Valley; W. Jerichp; flogiyn; Sw-' pervlsor C. Chester Painter, Oyster Bay. The committee has retained J.

B. Coles Tappan of Glen Cove as counsel to the committee. No date has been fixed for the visit to Albany, but the committee Is collecting data and evidence against tho location ni the asylum in Nassau, and will be prepared to make a strong argument when it does go to the capital. It will have the barking of the entire membership of tho Farmers Club and the Nassau -citizens as a whole, nnd expects to make an argument that will cause Governor Hughes to hold up work on plans tor the asylum and to ultimately direct that another site be chosen. 0KLY36 FEET TO GO Center Span of Manhattan Bridge Nearly Completed.

i Workmen May Join the Steel Girders 1 by Thursday if Weather 1 Permits. A gap of only thirty-six foet remained In the Suspended structure In the center of the; Manhattan Bridge. If the weather conditions to-day continue for the rest of tho week, the announcement was made at the offices of the Bridge Department, the center span will, be completed by Thursday or Friday. In saying the span will be completed, the engineers mean that the entire lower floor of the structure will be In position. With the exception of the four, elevated rallroaJ tracks on the upper deck, the lower floor of the bridge will carry all the traffic.

From the progress that has been made so far, the engineers in charge of the bridge see no reason why the whole structure should not be completed and thrown open to traffic before the present administration goes out of office at the end of the year. The completion of tho center span will not be marked by an official cele bration. The contractors may do something for the workmen and, according to present indications, these men wjll be given an opportunity to celebrate their work over fuaiuiug glasses ot amber fluid. Scores of meu are to be seen every day hanging in midair from the suspenders, preparing for the stringing of the lengthwise chords and the main trusses. Tho cross beams upon wa ch the flooring of the bridge will rest are also being put into place.

So are the footwalk brackets. The lower floor of the structure will, resemble the Queens-boro Bridge. There will be one big roadway, forty feel wide, for vehicular traffic. On each side of the roadway will he the tracks for the subway trains. The next stage In the steel construction Is erecting the main trusses.

The main trusses will comprise heavy vertical and diagonal members on which will rest the upper cords. At the same time that the floor between the towers Is completed, it Is expected that the laying of the shore span section of the floor will be finished. ZEPPELIN'S BIG FLIGHT. Goes Up in His Airship Intending to Stay Twenty-four Hours. Frledrlchshafen, April 6 The Zeppelin airship ascended from hpre this morning at 9:18.

It Ib the intention of the aeronauts on board to make a flight of twenty-four hours duration. Frledrlchshafen, April 6 The destination of the Zeppelin airship is known only to those immediately concerned in the voyage, but It is presumed to be Stras-burg. Biberach. Wuertemburg, April 5 The Zeppelin airship maneuvered In this vicinity this morning for two hours and a balf. WOMAN BALLOONIST DROWNED.

Coutances. France, April 5-rA balloon that started its aerial flight at f. Cloud came down in the breakers a quarter of a mile off the coast here to-day. The passengers were two men and a woman. As soon as their predicament was perceived boats put out to the rescue.

The basket of the balloon had been cut and the aeronauts were drifting helplessly. The two men were rescued, but the woman was drowned. The aeronauts tried to land on the beach, but were blown out to sea. CRUISERS HEAflD FROM. The Three Scouts on Test Trip Send Wireless Message.

Newport, R. April 5 The scout cruisers, Chester, Salem and Birmingham, now at sea on a 2,000 mile coal and water consumption test at 20-knot speed, were heard from to-day when the folr lowing wireless message waa received here from the Chester, dated April 4, 8 P.M.: "In latitude 30.19 north, 'longitude 71.19 west. Weather now fine. Hns been very rough; strong winds. All well.

Will steam back to Newport at 1 P.M. TARIFF INSURGENTS STILL TALKING FIGHT Tense Interest Exhibited in the House at Order for the Final Vote. SCENES EXCITEMENT, Champ Clark Asks Whether General Debate Cannot Be Dispensed With. Washington, April 5 In anticipation of the bringing in by the Committee on Rules of an order for the final vote on the tariff bill the preclucts of the House of Representatives were the scene ot great activity and the center of tense Interest from an early hour "Stand pat drisiugeuts" gathered In numbers In the vicinity of the committee on accounts, the chairman of which Is. Mr.

Hughes of West Virginia, who presided over the Saturday meeting of these "Insurgents." Mr. Hughes was at his desk at an exceptionally early" hour, and many ot his associates the "stand movement called during the morulug In groups of two and three. It was firmly asserted that there was no waverjng. on the' part of the but around the Speaker's rooms, and especially at' tftj headquarters of the Committee on Ways and Means. It wag claimed, that-many of the slaners of the '''insurgent paper had given assurances', that while that document- expressed their vlewB, they would not go to any extreme In enforcing them.

There w-cre frequent consultations' in the Speaker's quarters among members of the Rules Committee, at most of which Chairman Payne of the Ways and Mrans Committee was present. The past promises of the Committee un and Means covered a wide range. Including an assurance that there should be an opportunity for a ballot on a for free lumber, but the attitude of the "insurgents" apparently caused a reconsideration of this pledge. Representative Rodenburg of Illinois, circulated a petition to the Ways and Means Committee, signed by twenty-tlve members, asking that the drawba tin plate be reduced from flu pur ck on cunt. to 50 per cent.

The hour of noon having been aelected as the time for bringing in the rule governing the future treatment of the Payne tariff bill, the House to-day spent the preceding two hours in considering routine business, and In further general debate. All members had been notified to be pres ent, and there was a goodly attendance when the boys met at' 10 o'clock. Following a motion by Chairman Payne to take up the Tariff bill, Mr. Clark (Mo.) made a parliamentary Inquiry whether general debate on the measure could not be dispensed with, and Its reading for amendment begun. He wanted tho whole bill considered paragraph by paragraph.

"We are ready for that performance now." he said. While the chair was ruling that tho question was not a parliamentary one, the Republicans shouted for "regular order," and the House was thrown, ioto great confusion. The flrBt speaker was Mr. Bartlett (Ga.) who advocated free lumber, and who charged that the bill discriminated against, the South In favor or New England. Mr.

Calderhead (Kansas), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, denied that special privileges were granted to anybody by the bill. He contended that the laborer and the farmer are tue prin cipal The rule to be reported to-aay to gov ern amendment to the Payne tariff bill will provide 25 per cent, ad valorem duty on petroleum. In place of the present. counterva'llng duty, and will permit a vote on the question of free lumber. At 2:25 P.M..

debate was suspended and Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Rules, reported an order of procedure on the bill. The Re publicans loudly applauded as the or- der Was sent to the desk to be read W. A. POYNTER FALLS DEAD.

Ex-Governor of Nebraska Had Just Finished Argument. Lincoln, April 5 W. A. Poynter, former governor of Nebraska, while making a speech in the office of Governor Shallenberger, at the hearing of the daylight saloon, to-day, was stricken by apoplexy and died within a few minutes. Mr.

Poynter had scarcely finished a calm, deliberate Bpeech in favor of the bill when be was stricken. The physicians were unable to Induce even the faintest respiration. Immediately after it was known that Mr. Poynter was dead, Governor Shel-lenberger said there would be no further public hearings on the bill to-day. Later the governor said he would not take action on the measure until he had carefully considered all its features.

The daylight saloon bill was passed in the closing hours of the Senate session. Its passage was a surprise to every one. The sudden death of former Governor Poynter, one of Its most prominent advocates, gave tragic turn to the contest that friends and opponents of the bill bad prepared to wage. TO PBOBE MINERS' TROUBLES. Wheeling, W.

April 11 President Lewis of the United Milje Workers of America left here at noon to-day for Pittsburg to investigate district troubles. He will leave Ptttsburg for Philadelphia to-night to attrnd a conference with anthracite.