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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SATURDAY. APRIL 11. 190 BROOKLYN WOMAN INCOMPETENT MR.

WARING TO SPEAK. mmin us Hmisv REBEL 10 COOD CITIZEN; AUGUSTUS KURTH IS DEAD TAKES ANTI-HILL FORM. COURT DECISION FLAYS EXECUTOR OF Ml ESTATE Surrogate Church Says Paul Lichtenstein Made a False Account to the Heir. stated which could ho tho legitimate basis of an accord and satisfaction between these pa rties. "In the case at bar the ward and her advisers evidently believed the executor to be an honest man and that he hud prepared an honest account.

If they had attempted lo have verified this account, or to have examined it. the result of his neglect, improvidence and the illegal manner in which he acted would have been plainly disclosed, and It is perfectly manifest, therefore, that the settlement would not have been had. Because they believed him to be honest, when as a matter of fact he had prepared a false account, cannot be pleaded by him to the detriment of his ward and to his own advantage. The report is, therefore, confirmed in all respects, with costs." USED MONEY AS HIS OWN. When Mrs.

Claudio Became of Age to Receive Her Inheritance Some Things Were Discovered. Surrogate Church handed down a decision this morning confirming the report of Referee David F. Manning, lo whom was referred the matter of the compulsory accounting of Paul Lichtenstein. as executrfr and trustee under the will of the late Dora F. Plaat, and as executor under the will of the late Harriet Martens, and as general guardian of Elizabeth H.

Plaat, now Elizabeth H. Claudio. The confirmation of the report was opposed, it being rlaimed that there had been an accord and satisfaction between the parties, and it was asked that the report be modified to a certain extent. This Surrogate Church re-lused to do. J.

William Greenwood appeared for the executor, Joseph A. Burr appeared as counsel and Frederick Trevor Hill repre sented Mrs. Claudio. Dora F. Plaat died in 1SS1, leaving one child, Elizabeth H.

Plaat, 4 years old. and a mother, Harriet Martens. By her will she appointed Paul Lichtenstein her executor, gave him the entire estate In trust, to pay 1he Income to Harriet Martens during her life, and on Harriet. Martens' death the income was to be paid to Elizabeth H. Plaat until she was 26 years of age when she was lo receive the principal.

Lichtenstein was also appointed testamentary guardian of said Infant. The esihte of Mrs. Plant amounted to about flS.uiM; a legacy of was left said infant by relatives in (iermany, which was paid to I.ichunistein us guardian. Lichtenstein is engaged in business In Wall street. Surrogate Church handles the executor and guardian without gloves in his opinion confirming Mr.

Manning's report, but states that the referee has fulfilled his duties In an admirable manner. Surrogate Church says in part: "The executor and guardian utterly disregarded every principle and duty of his othclal position; the money he received he placed In his owit bank account and used an his own. The infant went to reside with Mrs. Martens, and as the executor was applied to by her for money fin drew checks on his private account for the same, without regard to whether the amount asked for was more or less than the Income. In April, le.Ho, Harriet Martens died and Lichensteln was node her executor; the proceeds of her estate to which Elizabeth H.

Plaat was entitled was received by him, and also mingled with the general fund. Elizabeth H. Plaat has married, and her married name Is Elizabeth H. Claudio; being 25 years of age she asks said Llchenstein to account. "By reason of said Lichensteln's utter disregard of his duties in the various official capacities in which he served it.

was impossible to have separate accounts of each matter, and the transactions were necessarily treated as one account and an effort made, by making proper allowances, to have an equitable adjustment of the same. This task was a heavy one, and the refereo- has given the same the niost painstaking care. He has readjusted the account in a liberal and equitable manner, so as to produce, as pear as possible, absolute justice between the parties, and the report which he has submitted Is a commendable piece of work. As an evidence of the absolutely fair manner In which he has drawn the same, It Is to be noted that the able and astute counsel who now represents the executor are unable to criticise the same, except they claim some interest, should be allowed the executor on his advances. "As has been stated the executor, from time to time, gave his personal checks for whatever money the Infant wanted.

The referee has given him credit and allowed them, as if an order had been made authorizing such expenditures, on the principal that having been actually made for the benefit of such infant It would be inequitable not to do so. "The executor asks that he should also he allowed Interest on such advances, but. the last account filed by the executor was drafted as if he hail the principal In his hands at all times, and this was done, no doubt, to support his expenditure of for taxes paid on the estate. If he had managed his affairs in a business like way he would have had a decreasing principal, and would not, therefore, have been liable for taxes. The refereo has allowed him the taxes, but disallowed the interest, a position perfectly, logical and absolutely fair.

"The referee, therefore, most wisely decided that, after giving the executor the benefit of the advances and laxeR he had paid, that as the advances were made at. his peril and the taxes paid on the theory that he had all the money, it. would be inequitable lo give mm interest, on his advances. "The sole reason that it is Impossible to accurately adjust these accounts is not due to any art of this ward, but solely to the failure of this executor to pay the slightest regard to the requirements of his position, nor ciii we close our eyes to the fact that a man engaged in business on Wall street and having the amount of money which he received had great, opportunities for miking large sums of money. These opportunities he has taken nt the risk of his ward, and he avoids showing what he made so as to escape the repayment to her, and he certainly has no cause for complaint at being surcharged to the extent he has been by the referee.

"The claim that tooro had been an accord and satisfaction between Elizabeth H. Claudio and Paul Lichtenstein is made upon the following facts; "Within a few months after Elizabeth H. Claudio came of age she requested Mr. Lichtenstein lo make up his account. Mr.

Lichtenstein submitted to her what purported to be an account of his transactions as sucn executor, which showed a balance in his hands of some five thousand and odd dollars. Claudio had this account looked over by certain friends of hers, and, after retaining the same for a couple of days, she received a check for $,,100, which was a few dollars more than the balance shown to be duo by the account from Lichtenstein. and he now claims that this was a complete iieeord and satisfaction between himself and his v.nrd. and that, therefore, she cannot, make him account. "It appears conclusively here thai this account was improperly made up, whether with a fraudulent, intent or not it Is unnecessary to say, but certainly It is not the account which this executor's counsel has submitted to this court as a statement of his proceedings.

It would seem as if this fact, alone, therefore, was sufficient to dissipate any contention that there had been any aixount Her Daughter Will Be Appointed a Committee of Her Estate. (Special to the Eagle.) White Plains, N. April 11 A Sheriff's jury at White Plains to-day declared Mrs. Bridget Ward, an Inmate of St. Vincent's Retreat, at Harrison, on the Sound, incompetent to manage ber estate, which consists of real estate on Ashford street, Brooklyn.

Mrs. Ward, who formerly resided in Brooklyn and is the widow of a well known politician there, has grown quite violent of late. Dr. Schmidt, the attending physician, says she has hallucinations that all ber food Is poisoned and that she is being compelled to sleep in a cellar. She Is about 60 years of age and her daughter, Miss Sarah Ward, of Brooklyn, will be appointed a committee of her estate.

WANT MOVING PLATFORMS. A mass meeting of the business men in the vicinity of tho Brooklyn terminal of the Wllllamsburgh bridge wilt be held on Tuesday night at Wright's Business College, in South Eighth street, between Bedford and Driggs avenues, to indorse the proposed construction of a moving platform to connect the Eastern District with lower Manhattan via the Willlamsburgh bridge and a tuunel. The good point of the platform will be duly emphasized and the benefits which would follow the introduction of the moving platform. OBITUARY. Peter Koelsch.

Peter Koelsch, a pioneer glass manufacturer of the Eastern District, and one of the oldest residents of that section, died suddenly last night at his home, 140 Bedford avenue. Although of an advanced age, Mr. Koelsch had been apparently enjoying excellent health, and his death, which was caused by heart trouble, came as a severe shock to his family and wide circle of friends. The deceased was born in France about 71 years ago, but came to this country at the age of 12 with bis mother and sisters and joined his father, who had preceded the family, and started the first glass manu facturiiig plant in the Eastern District. After a common school education, Mr.

Koelsch took charge of his father's business and soon formed a partnership with Cornelius Mayer. The firm began operations at North Ninth street and Driggs avenue in a humble way, and their venture proved so successful that they extended their busi ness and soon had one of tho largest gla3S mnklng Industries in the state. In the early eighties Mr. Koelsch retired from business with a small fortune and settled down to enjoy his remaining years in the Eastern District. Ho had lived there all his life and It had a peculiar charm to him, for, In spite of the encroaching cosmopolitan population which steadily Invaded the Fourteenth Ward, he was content to remain In the neighborhood that he had known so long.

Soon after Mr. Koclsch's retirement the affairs of the concern were closed and the once elaborate glass making plant at North Ninth street and Driggs avenue soon fell to decay. The old building was recently razed and excavations are now being made on the site for a new manufacturing plant. The death of Mr. Koelsch recalls to old residents of the Eastern District the sensational murder twenty-three years ago of his friend and business partner, Cornelius Mayer.

In connection with the glass making business, Mayer conducted a saloon nearby and it was while he was on his way from the factory to his other place of business one evening that he was set upon, apparently without provocation, and stabbed to death. Mayer had the reputation of being generous but gruff and this latter quality made him unpopular with the younger element of the Fourteenth Ward, who were in the habit of congregating near the glass workB. On several occasions, it Is said, Mayer had had trouble with them, but he never had any seeming reason lo fear violence at their hands. On the night of the stabbing he passed the gang of loiterers, making some remark about loafing as he went by. He had only proceeded a few feet when one of the crowd ran up behind him and drove the sharp point of an fee pick into his back on the left side, penetrating the heart and causing Instant death.

The gang escaped. The late Captain Cornelius Woglam of the old Fifth Precinct and Captain Martin Short, who was then a detective, worked on the case for weeks, but were never able to clear up the mystery. One McCullock was suspected of being the murderer, but he had fled from the city before the police could get on his track and he was never apprehended. Tho tragic death of Mr. Mayer and the sudden death about the same time of his oldest son, who but a short time before had married Mrs.

Koclsch's oldest daughter, was a terrible shock to Mr. Koelsch and his health became affected as a result. The deceased during his long residence In the Eastern District was always a member of the Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation and did much to further tho Interests of religion and charity. He is survived by three daughters Mrs. Catharine Koos, Mrs.

Frederick Elch and Mrs. Hugo C. Freeman three sons Charles, William and Frank Koelsch eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The. funeral will take place to-morrow from the late home of Mr.

Koelsch and the interment will be in St. John's Cemetery. Emeline Mount Conine. Mrs. Emeline Mount Conine, who died Thursday at her residence, 2,787 Fulton street, and funeral services over whose remains will be held to-morrow at 5 P.

was a prominent, and highly respected resident for many years of East New York. She wan identified in her younger days as a member and Sunday school teacher in the liofornied Church on the Heights during the. pastorate of the Rev. Dr. George W.

Betbune. For thirty-seven years the deceased had been a member and regular tt-tendant of the East. New York Reformed Church, on Jersey Avenue, near Fulton street. Mrs. Conine was born in Heights-town, N.

seventy years ago. Two sons and two daughters survive the deceased. The Kev. J. M.

Dickson, pastor of the church mentioned, and the Rev. Warren H. W'lson, pastor of the Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church, will conduct the funeral serv ices. The interment will be In Evergreens Cemetery. Jane McMillan.

The funeral service of Mrs. Jano McMillan took place Sunday, April 5, at tho residence of her son, 767 Putnam avenue, and was at. tended by a large number of her descendants I and friends. The interment was in Ever greens Cemetery. Mrs.

McMillan, who was in her 91st year, was born In Rockland County, March 15, 1813, and Is survived by a large number of descendants. FATAL COLLISION IN OHIO. Ashtabula, April It pony engine collided with the rear end of a passenger train on the Lake Shore branch line this morning, demolishing one end of the Pitts burg sleeper and resulting In the death of P. Bogue. the pony engine fireman.

En gineer Ernest Sehlafke of the pony and Engineer William Brichter and Conductor John Belknap of the passenger train were slightly injured. Several passengers were more or less Injured. LILLIES FROM BERMUDA. On the steamer Trinidad of the Bermuda Steamship Line, which arrived here late last, evening from Bermuda, there were 1,031 boxes of Easter llllles, each box containing between 50 and 60 buds. The flowers were from Individuals In Bermuda and were consigned to wholesalers In this city.

The llllles, it was said, cost between $2 and $3 a box and are sylllng at the rate of 20 cents a bud. CYCLIST FRACTURED HIS SKULL. Louis fluttcntng, 15 years old, living with his parents at 66 Fourth avenue, while riding a bicycle last night on Dean street, near Fourth avenue, was run down by an unknown bicyclist and his skull fractured. Ho was taken to Seney Hospital. GREAT CAP, GO OF SALMON.

The iron ship Joan Edna Is at Busn stores. South llrooklyn, discharging a cargo of Lenten food. She brings 140.000 cases of salmon from Columbia River and Alaska. Interest at Brooklyn Central Y. M.

C. A. Still Continues. During the season of meetings held during the month of March at the Orpheum Theater, a total of 7,550 men were In attendance and 226 men expressed a desire to live a better life. That such a meeting can be held for at least six months In the year has been thoroughly demonstrated, and It is expected that such a campaign will be conducted at the Orpheum next year.

The Interest did not cease with the closing of the meetings at tho Orpheum. Similar meetings are being held every Sunday In Association Hall, 502 Fulton street, which has a seating capacity of over 1,200. To-morrow at 4 P. William B. Waring, a prominent lawyer of Manhattan, will lve an illustrated lecture on "Was the Trial of Christ Legal?" Special music will be furnished by the association orchestra, under the leadership of Professor Whltelaw, and nlso solos and duets by Mrs.

A. J. Elliott and C. W. Dietrich.

ST. PATRICK'S JUBILEE. Parish Hall Will Be Monument to Father Fitzgerald's Progressive Spirit. The Rev. John G.

Fitzgerald, a monumeut to whose good service in the cause of re ligion is the handsome and commodious par ish school house on Ninety-fifth street, ad joining the R. C. Church of St. Patrick, of which he is the pastor, has completed tho arrangements for the golden jubilee of that parish next month. Everything is in readiness for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the church, Rev.

John G. Fitzgerald. but the fixing of an exact day when the week of festivity and rejoicing can be appropriately commenced by the presence of Bishop McDonnell. He has promised to be In attendance upon the celebration, but the exact date is still open. There will be present upon the interesting occasion several former assistant pastors of St.

Patrick's, and a number of eminent clergymen from other dioceses. The number of local clergymen tnvlted to take part in the official services of commemoration will be limited, because of want of room In the church and parish hall, but all will be welcome to be present as guests. Under the direction of Superintendent. Caswell, a special programme of music Is being arranged, and the celebration will undoubtedly be of an attractive character. Father Fitzgerald Is a native of Brooklyn, having been born In South Brooklyn In the parish of the Visitation Church, and he is fully familiar with all the needs and requirements of his people.

Hla nine years of service with the church have borne progressive results. In recent years the district surrounding St. Patrick's Church has grown to be a well populated one, and there Is ample need for the hall and school, which will be dedicated to its Interests at the golden Jubilee. The work upon the new parish hall has been completed to the second story, where It has been roofed. Until such time as the church has funds to entirely build the planned for four storied structure the school will remain in its present shape.

It Is fully able to meet present demands, and has a large auditorium, with a stage capable of seating 500 persons and a sufficiently large school to accommodate the 'children of the parish. CHICKEN-COOP BURGLARY. Policeman Thomas F. Murray of tho Seventy-first Precinct, captured two men at 2 o'clock this morning, who were accused by Charles Crawford of Eighty-eighth street and Third avenue, of attempting to force an entrance to a chicken coop in his back yard. Crawford fired four shots In the air and Policeman Murray captured the men.

A chisel was found on one of the men. They denied It and the case was adjourned. TO SEE THE LAUNCHING. Long Island City, L. April 11 August Belmont and party ofslx left here on a special train at 7:33 o'clock this morning, bound for Greenport.

They will make one stop at Westbury and the special was due nt Greenport" at. 9:30. The party will board a steam yacht there and proceed to Bristol, R. where Reliance is ready for launching. The special train is to leave Greenport at.

10 o'clock to-night. flnrnptt' Vanilla Is pure. Don't let your grocer work off cheap and dangerous mihmllute. Insist on having Burnett's. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

Straight Whiskie Are just what is wanted by physicians, invalids, and connoisseurs. This is the principal reason why Old Crow Rye is forging ahead, in sales and popularity. It is made by the hand made sour mash process, and has never been equalled. OUR SCOTCH WHISKIES: Souvenir of Scotland, OLD, and Bonnie Brier Bush, VERY OLD, arc also straight. H.

B. KIRK MOW YORK. LOST AND FOUND. UUiST-YOKKriWIRK TKItltlRH, HICli minor of Hftlfnrtl anil Atlantic avu, Friday niRht; reward offcrpil. AddrenH 8S9 Pacific r.

I.OT US Vl "fiT, UKUOKLYN, HK-twrcn Hiiioh-I'ric1' am Abraham He Htraim', a yptlfiw POLKKTWIOK. with watch and KM' cunlalned money. Suftalile reward returned to 2M Park place, llrooklyn. ht i nTw kT) NrKsn ay" ooi'xtj from 1M1 Hiirrltftn nt, along Clinton, tn thp of Ttcmpr-n t. a Ruld WATCH and FOIL The tinder will rTdvf a flUltalili- reward by ln-in-MiiK it to 214 Harrison ft.

INDEX WILL BE FOUND ON PAGE 2 1 HEW ION. AT EAGLE PARIS BUREAU. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B.

Hobbs Among To-day's Callers. Eagle Bureau, 53 Rue Cambon. Paris, April 11 Mr. and Mrs. Charles B.

Hobbs of 45! Park place, Brooklyn, are in Paris and registered at. tho Eaglo Bureau to-day. They left Brooklyn in February for an extended European tour and expect to be home again in May. Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas R. Clougher and Miguel Clougher of Toronto and Mrs. Lo Breton of tian Francisco also visited the Eagle office to-day and registered. S. S.

NEW YORK'S TRIAL TRIP. Renovated American Liner Developed Speed of 20.59 Knots After Engines Got "Warmed Up." Tho American Liner, New York, of the International Mercantile Marine Company, just in from on ocean steam trial up the coast, reached her dock at Pier 14, North River, this morning. This Is the first appearanco of the New York after the thorough overhauling and renovation which she has received from tho Cramp Shipyard force here in the Erie Basin and at Philadelphia. The New York left Cramp yard at ft o'clock Thursday morning, stopped off Newcastle, to swing ship and adjust compasses, and anchored during the night at the Delaware Breakwater. Early Friday morning the New York ran out to sea to "warm up" her new engines, and then, returning to tho breakwater, steered twice over the measured miio course.

Then she ran once more out to sea, her new machinery developing Increased power. From the Five Fathom Lightship, on a long course up the Jersey coast, the New York made an average of 20.59 knots an hour, by the ranges, steering beautifully. President Clement A. Griscom of the international Mercantile Marine Company, and Hodman E. Griscom.

assistant to the president, were aboard tho vessel and with them were Edwin S. Cramp, J. V. Pat.erson, naval architect for the International Mercantile Marino Company; Captain William S. Moore, U.

S. Engineers N. P. Towne and ,1. He Mull of tho Cramp Company, Carrol Smith of Cramps, Charles S.

Starr of Philadelphia, E. Plait. Stratum, chief engineer of the American Bureau of Shipping; George Stanbury, chief surveyor for Lloyds, and R. Haig and D. McCauslan, Lloyd's surveyors.

Last night the New York ran in by Sandy. Hook and anchored off Tompkinsvlllo, coming up to her dock this morning. A few finishing touches remain to be given to the ship by the Cramp workmen, who are still aboard. The New York sails for Southampton on her first voyage In her new trim at 10 o'clock next Wednesday morning. Captain F.

M. Passow, who has already seen four years of servtce In the New York and was in the ship as an officer of tho Navy, when she figured so brilliantly as tho cruiser Harvard. In the Spanish War. goes out in the New York as her commander. Captain Passow has been four years on the St.

Louis. The chief engineer of the New York is James Cowan, who was her chief engineer when she was withdrawn for the present renovation. Mr. Cowan also saw service In the Spanish "War. PERSONAL TAX COLLECTIONS.

Legality of Collecting Arrears to Be Tested in the Supreme Court. A case of much importance to a large number of Brooklyn corporations will come up in the Supreme Court, Manhattan, on Monday, when the legality of collecting personal taxes in arrears will be tested. The case which will be tried Is not in Itself of grat Importance, but it was selected from a list of twenty other cases for a test of the law, and upon the decision rests the fate of thousands of dollars of taxes. The city has brought an action against Mildord B. St rector, a brewer, 1,13 Hooper street, to collect a sum in personal taxes which were assessed In 1S09 and which has never been paid.

If is claimed by Assist ants Corporation Counsel Martin L. Saxe and H. L. Powell, who have charge of the case, that, the tax was levied in the regular way and that if was never paid. At about the same time taxes were levied on the personal property of hundreds of others, and a large number of those assessed refused to pay.

The contention of Mr. Rtreeter was that the tax was not duly imposed, and that the nec essary formality was not imposed to make the tax legal. He claims that the Deputy Tax Commissioner did not give a detailed statement as required by the statute, and that other forms were not observed. For that reason he refused to pay the tax. The Corporation Counsel denies all of these statements and says that all the formalities required to make the tax legal were observed, and that the excuse Is simply a lame one to escape payment.

At. the office for the collection of personal taxes this morning It. was said that the case will have a bearing on all other similar cases now pending in the city. A new point of law will be decided, and If the city Is upheld In its contention it will follow that all personal taxes which are In arrears, and the sum represented In such cases is very large, will be declared legal and collectable. HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE.

Lillic Thorcr, 17 years old, of 215 Mae-dongal street, and James Langston, 20 years old, rf llli Bergen street, were arrested yesterday by Detectives Matthews and Boehmke of the Coney Island station and were locked up upon a charge of disorderly conduct. The police say they had been Informed that there was a man on Coney Island who was trying to place a young girl In one of the bouses on the Island, and when they saw the girl in company of three rlhers. who were attempting to decoy her Into one of the places on Henderson's walk, they arrested James and Llllie. They were paroled. to the Mcocher Vomon't(l or before 903, W.

B. Hornblower, Who but for Hill Would Be on Supreme Court, Asked to Speak. METZ NAMES COMMITTEEMEN. Richard W. Bainbridge Who Defied Mclaughlin Is on the List Flans for April 27.

After some unexpected delays the committees for the dinner of the Brooklyn Demo cratic Club to be given April 27 at the Germania Club, on Schermcrhorn street, have been made up and were announced by Presi dent Herman Metz, through Chairman Hoagland of tho General Committee, this afternoon. They are as follows: Committee on arrangements Daniel Moynlhau. chairman; A. F. Eastmond, John B.

Pope, John T. Brecn, Olln Peace, Alexander G. Calder, Eugene A. Wldeman, William E. Cleary, William A.

Wright, Charles Je rome Edwards, Joseph P. Curtis, Arthur J. Moss, John Beet, Everts L. Prentiss, James Sherlock Davis. Dinner committee Francis Gotsburger, chairman; Maurice L.

Thran, Nelson B. Klllmer, Charles O. H. Craigle, Henry Ron-land. Press committee William A.

Schmidt. chairman; J. E. Eastmond, James T. O'Nell, Walter C.

Burton, Louis C. Schlep. Speakers and invited guests Edward S. Brownson, chairman; Walter C. Bunn, Will iam Cooper, Dick S.

Ramsay, Theodore M. Banta. Reception committee Harrington Putnam, chairman; Marshall S. Driggs, Frank E. Carlson, George Foster Peabody.

Andrew T. Sullivan, Henry Henta, Charles E. Robertson, A. Augustus Healy, Dr. John W.

Harrigan, Richard W. Bainbridge, D. W. Sullivan, Frederic W. Hinrlchs, Edward H.

Bassett, J. tsuward Swanstrom. Edmund H. Driggs. J.

Warren Greene. James H. Tullv. John A. Hennessey, Vincent L.

Dunn, J. P. P. Fagan, Rufus L. Scott, jr.

come work, It is announced, has already been done by the committee -on speakers and Invited guests. No other announcement Is forthcoming, however, except the one already made that Edward M. Shcpard will be tho principal Bpeaker and that WTilliam B. Hornblower may possibly make an- ad-dross. Ex-Governor Montague of Virginia, who spoke at the Cleveland-Hll! harmony dinner at the Tllden Club in June of last year, has been asked to speak, but fears that other engagements may prevent him.

It Is denied that the Invitation to William B. Hornblower is a slap at ex-Governor Hill. In spite of this denial, however, It is remembered that it was Mr. Hill who, in 18H5, prevented the confirmation of Mr. Hornblower by the United States Senate as Justice of tho United States Supreme Court, to wnicn omce lie had been nominated by President Cleveland.

Some of the jealous friends of Hugh McLaughlin are Inclined to consider the Hornblower Invitation an affront not only to Hill but to McLaughlin, who Is Hill's accredited representative in Brooklyn. The McLaughlin members of the committee are, it is known, looking for some pro-Hill man to speak, in order that, the local hostility lo Hill may not appear too conspicuously at the banquet. It la remarked that the scope of the banquet has very materially changed since President Metz and James Shevlin first laid their plans. It was then Intended to make the banquet a national affair. It is now said that both McLaughlin and Shepard disapprove that plan, believing that a banquet so conducted at this time would fall of Its purpose and emphasize the demoralization existing In the party.

Locally, the affair Is bound to be a big success, according to the principal members of the committees. The committees are all safely within the control of the friends of Mr. Shepard. Mr. Shepard, these friends say, will make a great speech, and his audience will be a Bhepard, and not a Hill, audience.

$100,000 FOR THEY. M. C. A. At a Conference of Heights Residents This Was Decided Upon as Their Portion of the $600,000 Fund.

A conference of men on the Heights interested In the Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association was held on Thursday evening at the home of Sanford H. Steele, 130 Hicks street. As a result of the conference, the amount, which it was thought the Heights should contribute toward the $200,000 yet remaining to be raised of the jubilee year fund should be one-half or $100,000. George Foster Peabody has headed the subscriptions, Edwin Packard the $5,000 and James H. Olyphant the $1,000.

A conference of a like character will be held at the residence of George Foster Peadbody, 23 Monroe place, next Thursday evening. For about two years the directors of the Y. M. C. A.

have been quietly at work raising a luud of $600,000 with which to erect suitable buildings and remove mortgage debts on the present ones. New buildings are badly needed for the Eastern District and Bedford branches. Tho Eastern District has raised $150,000, the Bedford District $100,000, and the Park Slope determined at a conference this week to give $50,000, and John I). Rockefeller hns given $100,000. It has not been the policy of the Y.

M. C. A. to duplicate branches unnecessarily, notwithstanding the fact that the branches are two miles apart, and young men are compelled, many of them, to go this distance, but the directors feel that they have beeu modest In asking $600,000, in view of the fact that In Manhattan one building cost $700,000, exclusive of the price of the land. It Is believed that the fund will be completed by fail.

DOG ESTABLISHED BOYCOTT. Animal, Presumably Suffering From Rabies, Blocked Entrance to Store Until Cop Killed It. A little brown hobo of a dog established such an effectual boycott on the grocery of O. Thallaksen, at the corner of Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street, South Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon that a policeman's services had to bo enlisted to raise the siege. That particular policeman had his hands full for a time, and If he had not had a stout pair of gloves to protect his hands might now be undergoing treatment at the Pasteur Institute.

The dog was first seen on Sixth avenue and gave every evidence of suffering from rabies. A crowd of boys gave chase and tho dog sought refuge behind some boxes at the entrance of the grocery. He snarled and snapped every time anybody attempted to go In or out of the store. The grocer tried to make friends with the cur, but he did not get. nearer than the door before he changed his mind and shouted to a pedestrian across the street to summon help.

Patrolman Charles Llnkletter, who was on post near by, responded. He had had an experience with a mad dog before and drew on his buckskin gloves before making nny attempt to roach the dog. As soon as he got near the animal It sprang at him and caught him on the right hand. Tho officer tried to bring his club into use, but before he could land blow the dog ran out and down Nineteenth street, scattering a crowd which had collected. With his revolver the policeman killed the dog beforo it had gone more than a half block.

BOY BITTEN BY MAD DOGP Arthur Olson, aged 5 years, was bitten by a dog yesterday nfternoon In front of his residence nt I'll Fulton street. The wound was cauterized and the dog was captured and sent to the care of the Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for observation. The people in the neighborhood do not believe that the dog was rabid. Brave Army Officer Expelled by Germany as a Lover of Liberty in I 848. HE MADE CITY'S HARBOR MAPS.

Skillful Engineer, Philanthropist, Free Thinker and Public Official. In 73d Year. Augustus Kurth, ex-assessor, who was for many years a surveyor and civil engineer In the public service, died at 2 o'clock this morning at his home, 478 Grand avenue. Mr. Kurth was prominent in German societies and his death ends a long career of public service and earnest work on behalf of his countrymen In America.

He had been suffering from general debility for nearly a year and a half, and since the early part of January had been unable to attend to business. His health had gradually failed. He had been attended by Dr. William Browning. The deceased was born on May 19, 1825, in Bradenburg, near Berlin, Germany.

His education was first directed Into theological channels. The professors of his college, 'mm mmm .4 klljl.l WvtT Hv strap vwmm mm Augustus Kurth. being disciples of the philosopher Hegel, imbued in Ills mind liberal and rational Ideas, and he concluded to adapt himself to the profession of a surveyor and civil engineer. In 1840 he enlisted In the German army and rose to the rank of lieutenant. In 1848, during the revolution, he took opportunity to exploit some of his llberul Ideas and was taken prisoner, together with many other prominent Germans now living in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

He was banished from his country In 1848 with the other prisoners. Ho came to America In 1850 and found employment with William Perris. He was appointed by the Board of Underwriters to make a survey and make maps of the City of New York. In .1852 he opened an office as city surveyor and civil engineer at West Mount Vernon, where he laid out Into building lots the farms In that section of the state, extending as far as New Hochclle and the Bronx River. In 1858 he was employed by the New York Harbor Commission to survey and finish the work on the shore in Brooklyn from Fort Hamilton to tho Navy Yard.

Most of the local maps now on fite In the office of the Secretary of State were executed by Mr. Kurth. In 1872 he was appointed, with Alfred Craven, by tho Board of City Works in Brooklyn, as expert, to Investigate the municipal system of water works. Mayor Frederick A. Schrocder named him assessor In 1880 and he was reappointed In 1SS4 by Mayor Low and again In 1888 by Mayor Alfred C.

Chapln. He received his last reappointment from Mayor Boody. Mr. Kurth had considerable influence in educational and financial circles. He was the founder of the German school which was carried on with great success by the late Dr.

Medler. He was one of the founders of the Society of Free Thinkers and established a Sunday school for the Instruction of children of liberal minded parents. He was a charter member of the Germania Club, also a Mason, being a member of Pythagoras Lodge No. 1, F. and A.

M. In 1867 he interested himself in tho German people of the city and secured the charter for the Germania Savings Bank, of which he been first vice president for many years. He was one of the founders of the German Technical Society of Nw York. Hp was prominently identified with engineering societies In New York stato and elected an honorary member of the Society of Chicago Engineers, appearing as executive committeeman before President Cleveland, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Mr.

Kurth was a Democrat. He married Miss Elizabeth F. Well in 1S58. He Is survived by a widow and three children one son and two daughters. The funeral services, which will be conducted by the Uev.

Ira M. Courlla of the Church of the Soul Fraternity, will be held on Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The body will be cremated Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. CITY FLAGS ON GOOD FRIDAY. President Swanstrom Explains That They Were Not Displayed Intentionally.

To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: I'lease. if you can, give the public, the name of the official who ordered the public build-lugF of the Borough of Brooklyn to be gayly decorated with flags, as evidence of public rejoicing, on the solemn penitential, mournful anniversary of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, lite founder of the Christian religion, which day Is commemorated sorrowfully all over the world, wherever there may be Christians, penitent ially, sorrowfully and humbly. Who wjis he? If you can. give his name to the Christians of Brooklyn (the City of Churches) for their future consideration, please do so. He must be cither an atheist, Mohammedan, Hebrew or Buddhist.

Who else could have i dune such a thing, unless he was some poltli-' cal person currying favor with department employes (who were off for the day) by trying to make the occupied taxpayers think hitt it. was a general jubilee and every one should be enjoying himself. I E. MILKY, Clermont nvniue. April 11, Borough President J.

Edward Swanstrom I of the Borough of Brooklyn is the only person authorized to order the Hying of flags on 1 (ho public buildings. Mr. Swanstrom ordered all Mags out on Thursday because It was the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of New-York City. Through carelessness of a subordinate tho flags were not taken down until yesterday forenoon. BOYS HELD FOR 30-CENT THEFT.

llo ko Salvclo. 12 years old. of 1.1.1 Tliirty-lirst. Mlr-'ct. and Henry 0 years old.

of I Teiiw I y-ninth street, were held for the Special Sessions by Magistrate Tighe. in the Butler street ecurt, this morning, for the alleged hire'tiy of cents' worth of brass from John U'Ueilly of Forty-third street. i 11 A a v. Story of Heaven Directed Flight From Egypt Will Be Rehearsed To-night IN ORTHODOX JEWISH HOMES. Public Celebration Confined to Two Days Feast Lasts for a Week It's a Partial Fast.

Thp Jewish Frast nf thp Pafisnvpr mm- mences to-night at sunset and will be observed generally by all the Hebrew congregations In the borough. Both orthodox and unorthodox will celebrate the flight -of ine 'jniiaren Oi Israel oui ot me iana 01 Egypt. Although the feast does not begin until this evening, in many of the synagogues there were gatherings to-day to review the sacred history of the exodus. The Jews do not observe Easter, ot course; but, instead, lay great stress on the historical feast of the Old Testament. While their celebration extends over the whole seven days of the feast, the orthodox Jews have but two services in the synagogue.

These occur on tho first two days. The unorthodox observe but the first day of the feast. They have singing and organ music to aid them in their memorial service, but the orthodox still adhere closely to the old religious forms of 2,000 years ago, most of the services being intoned by the rabbis. It Is commonly supposed that the Passover is a period of fasting for the Jews, but this is not so. All true believers of the Jewish faith are required to deny themselves only bread, and other manufactured articles.

During the least their diet consists chiefly of natural food, such as fruit and greens. A kind of bread, however, which is tolerated, is the so-called Passover bread, or matzos, which is in the form of a big soda cracker, but is composed only of flour and water. These ingredients and its form are supposed to symbolize the haste and fear with which the ancient Hebrews prepared their food before starting out on the flight from Egypt. In many of the orthodox households there are special sets of dishes, which are preserved with the Bole purpose of serving the Passover food. These are carefully treasured as sacred things, and guarded until the appointed time arrives for their using.

The value of these dishes varies as the means of the family possessing them, although, according to the symbolic view ot the feast, they should properly be of simple form. Beside the celebration of the feast in the synagogues there are private services held in every Jewish household. Shortly after sunset on the first day the head of the fam-ly gathers all his kith and kin in his home. The sacred books are then taken out and in a solemn voice he reads the ancient account, ot the flight, from Egypt. There Is a brief period of silent thought and then the service Is concluded with a blessing.

Very often the greatest Impression Is made by these family services in the home, and they are a most sacred Institution of the Jewish feast. When the seven days have elapsed the feast comes to an end, but there is no formal declaration of the fact, other than tho usual Sabbath service which occurs all the year round. In some congregations there in a blessing said in the home by the head of thn hniicrt nt sunset nn the last dav. but this Is not a universal custom. DIED FROM EFFECTS OF FALL.

Agsct War Veteran Passed Away at Seney Hospital. William L. Bowell, the 90-year-old war veteran, who fell, or jumped, from a window tf his homo, 550 Seventh avenue, South Brooklyn, early Thursday morning, and was taken to Seney Hospital suffering from a fractured skull, died there yesterday afternoon. He was well known In the Kastern District, where he lived for a long time. He had a hardware store on Myrtle avenue and also did considerable business as a builder and made a comfortable fortune.

He lost much ol his money during a panic. Ilowoll was a Mason and a member of the Orand Army of the Republic. He fought with the Union forces in the Civil War as a member of Company Seventy-first Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and had sixteen scars on his body as the result of battles he engaged In. Deceased is survived by two sons, Edward and William L. Bowell, and a daughter, Mrs.

Frank $10,000,000 PLANT FOR GEORGIA. Baltimore, April 11 Ex-Senator McLaurin of South Carolina said to-day that thu Mohawk Valley Steel Company, of which he Is vice president, has let contracts for tho building ol' an immense iron and steel plant lu Brunswick, to cost $10,000,000. The president of the Mohawk Steel Company is F. llmstead of New York. PROPOSALS.

koh inns An estimates FOIl THE CI TV OF MSW TOHK. KOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDER3. Thp person or pursonH 'maklnf? a bid or estimate for any service, work, materials or suppltr for The City of N'w York, or for any of (UpartinontK, bureaus or offices, shall furnish th same In a sealed envelope, indorsed with the title of the supplies, materials, work or services for which the bid or entlmale is made, with his or their name or names and the date of presentation to ihe rresident or Hoard or to the head of tb lteparlment at his or Its office, on or before th date and hour named In the advertisement for the same, at which time and place the estimates received wilt be publicly opened by the President or Hoard or head' of raid Department, and reai, and the award of the contract made according law ss soon thereafter as practicable. Kaoh bid or estimate shall contain the nam and place of residence of the person making; th same. -the names of all persons Interested witn Mm therein, and.

tf no other pwrsnn be so Interested. It shall distinctly state that fact; that Is made wlthjut any connection with any other mnktnr an estimate for the sam purpose, and Is in all respects- fair and without collusion or fraud, and that no member of th Biard of Aldermen, head of a department, cht'jf of a bureau, deputy thereof, or clerk therein, or other officer of The City of New York Is, shall b. or become Interested, directly or Indirectly, rm party, partifr, stockholder, surety or otherwise in or in the performance of the contract, or in the supplies, work or business to which it relates, or in anj' portion of the profltn thereof. The bid or estimate must be verified hy the oath, in wrltlnn. of the party or parties maK-tna- the estimate that the several matters stated herein are In all reppects true.

Each hid or estimate shall be accompanied the consent, in wrltlntr. of two householders op freeholders In The City of New York, or of a uuarsnty or surety company duly authorized by law to act as surety, and shall contain the matter? set forth lo lbs blank forms mentioned below No bid or estimate will be considered unless a condition precedent to the reception or consideration of any piopofal. It be accompanied by ft certified chck upon one nf the State or National banks of The rttv of New York, drnwn to th order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of Ave per centum nf the nmount of the bond re-otilred. as prm-lded In section 420 of the Greater New York Charter. The crtlfied cheek or money should not be Inclosed tn th.

envelops containing the bid or estimate, but should he either Inclosed In a separatt envelope, addressed to the head of the Department. President or Hoard, or submitted personally upon the presentation of the bid or estimate For particulars as to the quantity and quail of the supplies, or the nature and extent of th work reference mupt be made to the specif, a-Hons, schedules, plans, on file In the otllce of th President. Hoard or Department No bid shall be accepted from or confront awarded to any person who is In arrears to 'Ph city of New York upon debt or contract, or who Is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the city. The contracts must he bid for separately The right Is reserved In each ease to refeot all bids or estimates if It Is deemed to be for th Interest nf the city so to do, Htdders will write out the amount of their or estimates In addition lo Inserting tho same in flKures. Hldders are requested to make their bids or estimates upon the blank forma prepared and furnished by the city, a copy of which, with th proper envelope In which to Inclose Ihe hid together with a copy of the contract, Including- tr specifications, in the form approved by the c0(.

poratlon Counsel, can he obtained upon appll a-tlon therefor at the office of the Department which the work Is to he done. Plans and drawings of construction work mnv also be seen ther. BEECHER MEMORIAL FUND. (SUBSCRIPTION BLANK.) "Uioodore 3. treasurer, Brooklyn Vrust Brooklyn, 9.

noreoy suoscnoe Jl 3und, payment to bo mado on 9amo jfddress MITE. Snlieril lonx. Ikiivhvii' ft I. will lie cheerfully roi I oil nnil (lie nnme Of tlll HllllHCTirtPr Til 1 1 lie IlUtCll 111 flcUlHIVt llMttMIM'lll 111 till' II COO I. I 11 KiiKle.

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