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r-f THE- BROOKLYN CITIZEN, TUESDAY, APRIL 0, 1895. SCHIEREN AND STRONG 1 w-. WOMEN AND A DEED. WHAT IS WEBERS What is 3 Sb A Remarkable Story of Divine In' terest in a Suit. AA YOVU AIlMAir AN INFALliTBfjR KENKDY.

wkloh prvd liaali in IkMitiu taa In Nrnia iflBMEti UBftqaaled fe I nil mb tea, CirlyM i4 AIOV AT OlH IPRCIU tr (WITHOUT ffnr Conference on the Proposed New East River Bridge. CONCLUSIONS THEY BEACHED. Castorla la Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infiwta and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance.

It Is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OH. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years uso by Millions of Mothers. Castorla destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castorla prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic.

Castorla relieves teething troublos, cures constipation and flatulency. Castorla assimilates tbo food, regulates the stomachy and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas toria is tbo Childrens Panacea the Mothers Friend. Tired Women 1 1 Should stop and oonsider the dangers vhloh threaten thetd beoenee of their weakneee, ffaognor look of ambition. Thooeende women find their strength unequal to the demande of duty.

And yet there ie ne oeoape from the Inceeeant round ef care and tolL They nun hare strength. How ehell ft be given? By building np tbeir eyatemi throngh periled, enriebed and ritallied blood. Boodl Sartaparilla wiU giro them etrength beoanae it will make their blood pure and enable it to feed the nerrea upon their proper poarlahmenk It will give thorn etrength beoanae it will oreate an appetite, tone the atomaoh and Invigorate every organ. Hooda Barse-parllla la exaolly what tired women need. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier 'Prominently in the pnbllo eye to-day.

It feeda the nervea, tieeoee and organa on pure blood, aad time givea perfect health. Hoods Pills ns MUST GIVE A PERMIT. Subway Commission Defeated in the Court of Appeals. THE N. Y.

E. T. T. CO. WINS.

Castoria. "Castorl it an excellent medicine for chll dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children. Pa. G.

C. Osgood, Lowell, Mass. Cwtoria is the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real Interest of their children, and ue Castoria instead of thovariousquack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves. Da.

J. F. Kixchklob, Conway, Ark. Tltw Centaur Company, TT Murray Straot, Now Tork City. Sam Mlldenbergs Mysterious Telegraph and Telephone Company to Be Permitted to String and Bury Wires The End of Several Months Litigation and a Victory for Aldermen and Their Political Friends A Curious Coincidence.

r- I Sam Mildenberga New York and Eastern -Telegraph. and Telephone Company has won a substantial victory in the Court of Appeals by a decision rendered to-day, and will prob-ably now proceeiNwith business as soon as the necessary connection with capital is made. This is the company which, in Way, 1804, got through the Board of Aldermen oner the veto of Mayor Schieren a resolution authorising the construction, maintenance and op-. oration of a telegraph and telephone system in Brooklyn. They then applied, as required by law, to the Subway Commission for a permit to constrnef, 'Conduits and string wires in the streets, but the Commission denied the application on the ground that the company had never been duly authorized to use tho streets of Brooklyn for any such purpose.

It appeared that the company was a foreign corporation, having been organized under a New Jersey law, but it wns argued that such charter rights as it had obtained were derived from a general law which gave no authority to use public highways for any Subway Commision also contended that the franchise granted by the Board of Aldermen was without legal effect because the Board had no power to do any such The company then applied for a mandamus to compel the Commission to give the permit, and Judge Gaynor granted the application. His order was affirmed by the General Term, and the Commission then appealed to the Court of Appeals, which today affirmed the decision of the General Term. As a coincidence, the Board of Aldermen yesterday overrode the Mayor's two vetoes ill which he disapproved a resolution to let the New York and Eastern Company use Five Department poles, and another resolution accepting the offer of the company to Rut free telephones in the City Hall and the lunlcipal Building. A brother of Alderman John is largely interested iu the new com-gpi iny, 1 V- Fpaelnl Ours Madlelaasta bt F. Q.

WEBER CO. 9 urri ns nBUod PuriiUr sii Hsaltn a ITVITNFR ofeS'Mr TirUm taformatioQ is aar Clrouiar, wbiah to oast toot oq appHcmiloa. WRBKllJ HKKU4RIA dragfltia Prioa Ik batlla. old by fir0tlM IN WALL STREET. Business and Speculation on the Stock Exchange.

Tba market waa moderately aolire this morning, bnt a strong undertone eharaotarlzad tha London bad imall baying order! ia tha market, but geasrally at prioes balnw those ruling here. The improvement in tba prominent tunes ranged from )i to 1 par oeqt. Delaware and hndaon sold np 1 to 127, Jersey Central, to 91; Lako Shore, to 197; Denver and Bio Grande praftrrad, to 38; Manhattan i to 110. C.uadlan Faolflo to 10. Lonia-ville and Nashville to 52, Chicago Gas to 71, and the other aotlve stock! to per omit.

Distilling and Oattla Feeding sold down to li on tha reported disruption of tha saaooiatlon formed for tha pnrpoaa of making a uniform rata for spirit. At 11 o'clook tbs market waa firm. Mousy on oall is 2 2 par cant Prims Mercantile paper, par cant Starling Exchange ia actual business in bankers' blils at 4.88- for 60 daya and 4.69- for demand. Poated rataa, 4.89a4.90; Commercial A87a4.8& Tha Clearing Honaa atatament ia as followa: Exohangea, balances, Tba Suli-Treaaury was 477,292 debtor at the Clearing Honaa. Tha atock market was lower after 11 o'olook, especially for tha ooalere; Jersey Central seliiug down from 94 to 93; Delaware and Hndson from 127 to 126, and Reading from 13 to 12; Burlington and Qainoy waa also weak, tonchtng 72.

Tba loseea otherwise were to per cent; Sugar was a notable exception, riling to 12. At noon speculation wae eteady in lone. Sale, to neon were 63,466 listed and 23,354 unlit ted. soon rmeza or stocks. AteklMa SH Sorloll 9 Wait, pfl adiia tfxproM 148 Alloa, rr Manta 40 it.Tarra Hauta, Aaianoaa KxprtM 114 maricaa Tobaooo Aaiar i'obaooo, og Baltimore Oiilo 65 Brnuttwiox Land 2 14 Aorta Ataanoaa 69 frtara faotQo 4, Honiara Faoiflda plJ 17J4 Aortawofttora Vila ftortawataroe if (Jentrat Cftio 4 3 14 Y.OkioABU lpfd 65 Y.

LfaioU2pM -J6 fine, Kao 4 tin Canadian aciflo A Uavaa 301 Canada doatfcora 50 Bug Canton Land 6o't ttaq A Central Facuto 17 Cbej Ohio 17 Ontario 6 waiter a 19)t Chieafo Iflu lOregon Improvement 11 Ctaieaf Alton, 16VOrfou Imp, pfd t35 Obtc, dor, Uauior 'i2Oreyon Wav 30 Chie A 111 58 Oregon Cine A it. 7 Ohio A Bill, ptd ytfk'faoitioMaii 3 3X A 71 IPeorlo. Deo A 4 OoaaoTidatlen 31 Pittsburg IBS Consolidated Pullman 157 COO A tttL 88 IVjmoKBtiver AH COUAAtLpld 86)4 dnioksUver, pro. JO Col ael A Iron 86 Seeding 1 'AH Col Foal A Iran. 65 too.

Terminal Cot Oil Uartideatea 36M Rieh Terminal. p(yg Commercial Cable Rio Qrande West 3d isl A Hudson I26 Kio Grande Wesfc pfi 87 Del A Laok 1 5 Jltfl Rook 7. Denver A Kio Grande l2X'Kone, Wat AOgd.t.. 115 Den A Grande, pld 8d V8t southwestern 54 DlstAOatFeed lijflHt 8oatnwet, I0I4 Best rena 8t Paul 5d Bast Tenn 1st pfd st Paal.pt 116 Best Jena, 3d pfd 1st Paul A J8 benEleatrii 3JW igt Paul A Dolatb, pi 1 9 St Past A Omaha 83 fcrl, fd v2(j jgt Paul A Omaha, p(J 110 lortWavon "157 IfttAPaalMM ilu certiheete Grssa Ray WAonthern rooittv Mariam 359 tugar Meeting Coal 7 anger, pfd Heeling Valley 36 iTenn 0ei A Iren toomeabake. J1 i'ann Cool A irwa, pfd IX Tsxat Pacific 89X Tol A A A fi J4 8 itolAOOen 38 ji'oi Uer.

pi lbX Pol, Bt A Ban oil 86 KO, 1 1 1 Union Pacific 17X P. Den A Call 76 United dtateinaip U1 67X 17 lir-u 94 49 8d 3 1 11X 4 to 43 dS Renstea A Tex Uen Illinois Central Iowa IewaOeatrai, pU Kenans A Texas Kaatas Texas, Kingston A Fem Lake Cne A Western. LakeBrte 137X hat Leal. 38 Aatcead, pfd 86X Utiea A River 160 Long Island Wabash, lit A fl Louisville A Nashville 6UI toabasn. St l.

A I AM Lontsvllln 7 Weils rarge Express JlU Gen Ill ktmA Onartesten. 10 Meilean Central 9 Michigan Minn A A Mien A 8. iTiseeori Pacific Mobile A Ohio heehvllle A Chest Bat Linseed Oil Geatral Norfelx Westers Unien 87 4X Wheeling ALB i Wheeling A LK. pfi 43 tt 6 8 erdage. pfd A Cordage, 33 AmTelA Gable 91 93 i7to 47 34 Jd to BayRtateGss JX Southern Rail, oea 93 Ponyhera Rail.

UH 11. VAH 91 Bid. Asked. oov rxicr op bodk US 4a, Li 8 4. ooap hid 8 6a, re 0 6s, oonp II new 4o US new 4s.

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Gal. A On A 3d fix hoes A Tex oent 6s. Hons A Tex 000 6s, Reading 4s Virginia fdg Virginia rag Virgioia deb Virginia trust reopt Virginia Cherokee 4 of 96... Cherokee 4s of 97... Cherokee is of fifiH 103 101 "113X 63S -tt 83 1U6 113 87to 116 THE PRODIGALS RETURN.

Frank Tamms Came Back from tiie West and Is Now in Jail. Frank Tamms was a prisoner in the Myrtle Avenuq Court to-day on a charge of graud larceny in the second degree. Tamms was a clerk in the grocery store of Henry ICnebel, at 831 Myrtle avenue, and in June, 1891, he was advanced to the position of geueral superintendent, and had charge of the store iu the absence of bis employer. On June 10, 1894, while Knebel waa ab-aent on a business trip, Tamms collected $302, closed the store and proceeded to take Horace Greeleys advice, and emigrated to tbe great and glorious West. After experiencing various vissidtudes.

he waa once more reduced to a state of penury, as it, were, and determined to return to this city. He returned last week, and was immediately arrested by Detective Fitzpatrick, wt In court to-dny he pleaded guilty to the charge and waa neld to await the action of the Grand Jury. THE JOOTH ANNIVERSARY. Scholars Celebrate the Enactment of the First Public School Law. To -day to tha ono 'jmndredth annirsrfory of tba anaotmanl at the first lav for tha osubltob-mont of pnbllo schools la New fork Stale.

A eiroalar wee sent to nil snporlntondant of poblis inetrnollon by ho Blots Bnporlntondanl and to-day thorn ara oiorcieoe in overy tobool in honor of tba ovent. On Thnroday ot last voek Bnportntondont Maxwell sent a nolle! to tho dlfforant prlnslpols diroetlng tbot tbs day bo observed. Tbo timo woo os limited tkal it wee impoeeiblo for tbo ooboola to arrange elaborate prowr.smnoo, bnfia some tbo oxsroiooo wars very At No. 10, Superintendent Maxwells oircnier wee road, and tbera were patriotic eonge eang, a description of tbo growth of tbo pnbllo eohooi yetom ia tbe State by Principe! Heeren, end Interesting ye read by tbe tckolare. At No, 15.

Principal Falter gave on lntoreetlng talk oa early daya in tbo pnblic schools end tbeir wonderful improvement nnd growth. Tho oamo wee done in School No. 77. At tbo other pnbllo ecboole tbaro were patriotic readings end songs, snd description of tbo pnbllo oobooli from 100 yeape ego to tho present time. Sold Beer Without a License.

Mrs. Baddy Donnheaeeer. of No. 204 Greenwood avenue, Windsor Terraco, Waa fined 20 Ibis morning, by Juntos Steers, in tbe Grasi Street Fulico I ourt, ca a charge of eolling three boitm of boor on Monday night last, without a license CURB, OrKRATfON.) i Far Tmnnr Fsv HhMnttlin la tbs .66.76 Far Fnrs nnd Milk Lf Fr Fraaea Fpoi. $6.66 Far Naeraals Frayarclasnl prlro far paapls In isstitutn 1 olreaaatnneas hal tbrosph tba tn6orslss4i 3mltb 5trat, Brooklyn, N.

r- PRINCIPALS ARE ANGRY, Slanderous Stories Circulated to Injure Their Association. THE ALLEGED BOYCOTT OF MR. HULL Denounced bj President Haaren, of the the Principals Association, as Malicious Slander Principal Stebbins Says the War on the Principals Is an Outcome of Their Fight Against the Mayor's Educational Reorganization Bill. The assertion made Ih the New York "Tribune that the principals of Brooklyn were conspiring agajnat Professor Hull, who is looked upon as the next principal of the Boys High School, has cgnsed a storm of indignation among the principals, who brand the article in question as a mnllpious lie, written with the. object of bringing the principals individually and the Principals Association into disrepute.

There was a meeting of the association held last but in no way was the Boya High Schffolf prineipalship mentioned. John H. Haaren, principal of Grammar School No. 10 and president of the Principals Association, said to a representative of "the Citizen" to-day. The principals of Brooklyn are men who are well known and who mind their own business and do not interfere with any one else.

When the associaton took actfon it waa only in the Btrict line of duty, only about matters that were connected with tha principals and tbeir "The Boys High School prineipalship is a matter that belongs to the Board of Education. When the Principals Association has taken any action in affairs of the Board of Education it baa beep fivited by the Board to do so. The matter of the Boys High School prineipalship rests solely with the Board, and every principal with whom I am acquainted realizes that to the fullest extent. Whatever opinions men may have on the subject is a matter, of coarse, of individual concern. Such a statement as that of the pcinci-1 pals intending to boycott Mr.

Hull tr 'entirely unwarranted or worthy of the paper that published it in its columns. There is absolutely not a word of truth in it "If Mr. Hull should be appointed principal of tbe Boya High School, he will be treated with courtesy and respect, and given warm support by nil the principals. There is somebody somewhere who reports, or pretends to, the standing of the principals and their actions on educational matters. Whenever the association took any action, it waa not with a desire to interfere with the Board.

It has interfered in no way in this High School matter, and I have yet to learn that'nny principal has busied himself in tlie favor of any certain candidate. "The principals have their own opinions, as men, and when they meet as men they express themselves as they see fit, the same aa any one else. They have their convictions and do hot have to hide them nor their expressions. The principals are not schemers, nor do they lower themselves to that depth of boycotting a successful candidate for a position. The principals have ail the work they can attend to, and no time to interfere with other people, but ws do not propose to.be slandered and abont without resenting If tbe Princl-pals Association should have decided to oppose any man, it would have been done openly and not in the sneaking, contemptible manner charged." Channing Stebbine, prlnolpel of Grammar Bohoot No.

77, wee equally indignant abont tbe matter. To the reporter he eeid i It is humiliating to be ealied upon to deny oherge reflecting npon ones honor ee men. I nerer heard euggeetion from any prlnoipnl concerning a plan to boycott Mr. Hall. The absurdity ot inch a proportion should be a inf -flolent answer to tha charge.

Mr, Hall can come here, attend to hie own bnsjneee, end ell the principal! in-the eity could not disturb him in the leeet, even if they felt inclined to do eo. "It to interesting to note dhe many ebnslve ertiolee conosrning the prinolpale of tbe pnblis ecboole which here ep peered in tbe different journals of Brooklyn end New York elnoe tha Advisory Committee made their report and submitted theix bill for revUion of the eohooi system of this Some of theee days the anthers of these attache will be denounced by name and challenged to make good their eeeeriioae." SEVEN MN KILLED. i-'( 1 Collapsed Buildings In Wheeling Take V1, WHEELING. W. April T.

C. Hutchinson big brick font-story wholesale hardware store on Main-street collapsed this morning about 8.80 o'clock, carrying with it W. H. Chapman 4 Bops and A. L.

Rice Co. 'a buildings on 'either aide. Six person In the H'ltchinson Building were killed, being carried down in the mine, and Father H. Farll, a clergyman, who was going np the alley at the side of the building at the time, was also buried in the ruins. The building adjoining caught fire, but at 10:30 oclock the flames are being gotten under control.

-One hundred men are hard at work rescuing the victims; and a thousand peope ara gathered at the scene. Relative of those lost are numerous, anil many heartrending scenes are witnessed, Tlp money loss will reach $200,000, Th greatest excitement prevails. At 10:25 Michael Ford wah taken from the riilna alive but fatally hurt He had been pinned beneath an iron girder, and the-dead body of yonng Hotfin lay serosa At 11 o'clock the body of Benjattfia Tritch-ard. a Buchanan (W, merchant was taken out He war badly crushed, i- W. Jennings Bemorest Dead.

-W, Jtnningi Demoreet, th well-knowa Prohibitionist, died eerly to-dey at bis home. No. 21 Fait Fifty-seventh street, New York, ef plenro-pneamenie. Mr. Demoreet bee long been prominent figure In New Vork.

eed wee different times OAOiitdete for tbe offioe of Meyer and ntbsr pnbllo position! on thePrehh-bilios ticket. tt eoetlBSS ie 1 fctr Unit to irnarto ten I mr FGft wr'Hftft gfttPXXt. If 8Xs AU 4iifitt4 4d ift Ultof 8rK Castoria. Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me. H.

A. Ancnxn, M. Ill So. Oxford Brooklyn, N. T.

Our physicians in the children's department have spokon highly of their expert-. ence in their outaide practice with Castoria, aud although we only have among our' medical supplies what is known as regular products, yet we are free to confess that the merits ot Castorfo'has won us to look with favor upon it. United Hospital and Dispinsart, Boston, Mass. Jluljkn C. Smith, MR.

HARK NESS ERROR. A Miscalculation About the tost of tlie Flatbush Avenue Extension. Ei-Senator Josoph Aspinall, who represents property-owners Along the line of the proposed extension of Fistbash avenue from Fulton street to tbe Bridge, has discovered some new facts which he thinks will materially strengthen his case! Against the propoeed extension, andJUet night lie telegrnphed to the Aesemblv Cities Committee At AlbAny asking another hesring. At tbe heAring on Ust Tuesday, Jeeee Johnson representing the Mayor and others who fsvr the bill providing for the extension, mmntHined that ibe cost of tbe work would not exceed of this sum he allowed $1,600,000 as tbe value of the land. I maintained! tnen, said Mr.

Aspinall to a Citizen reporter to-day, that the extension wonld cost from six to eight millions nnd my estimate is verified by admissions mad6 by President Harknees, of tbe Board of Assessment Tbe Board furnished figures to Mr. Johnson, ou which he based his estimate of the value of the land. Mr.Harkneia at my reauest went over the figures again aid promised to write me a letter to the effect that tbe figure's given to Mr. Johnson were incorrect. He has not done that, but he sent me a statement instead.

Mr. Aspinall than produced the statement, showing that tbe figures as to tho value of 850 feet of the George A. Powers property should have been $1,637,600. instead of $1,569,500, as furnished to Mr. Johnson.

This was a mistake of $69,100. lf they made a mistake, continued Mr! Aspinall, "of nearly $100,000 on 350 feet, the total sumaof error on tbe 8,000 feet of property the improvement would require would bear me think, av representation as to the cost of the lund. Again, I said that the extension was simply a railroad scheme. This was borne out so as to leave no (room for doubt, it seems tome, by Mr. Johnson's action in presenting an amsudment to the bill providing for lbs operation of a railroad on the street when extended.

TWO FATAL WRECKS. Bailroad Disasters Caused by the Storm. SHERBROOKE. April 9. Last night south-bound Boston train was wrecked half a mile north of Smiths Mills station, at a spot known as The Gut.

The engine wns thrown down tho embankment, but the baggage cars and coaches kept the track. Engineer Roney and Fireman Emerson were taken out from under their engine, both dead. The accident was caused by a large boulder nhich had become dislodged by rain and fell on tlie track. There were a large number of passengers alioard the train, tint beyond a severe shock they Sustained no injury. SCRANTON, April 9.

An Ontario and Western train nils thronn from the truck at Jermyn this morning by reason of the tracks being undermined by a tbs si of nter from Rush Brook Creek. A large number of ears Mere piled up iu the M'reek. A brnkeman by the name of I'arrell, from Carbondttle, was killed. TU0HY ON TRIAL The Olhcer Denied the Charges Made by Mrs. Harris.

Patrolmon M. W. Tuohy, of the Second Precinct, was placed on trial to-day before Commissioner Welles, on a charge of insulting Mrs. Celia Harris, of No. U3 Middugh street.

Mrs. Harris told the Commissioner that the officer entered her apartments, threw his arms uround her neck and told her to send out for A pint of ale. Her little sister corroborated the testimony. Tbe accused admitted having visited the house, but denied that he had made any indecent proposi-itons. Henrietta Shnurer and another witness testified that Mrs.

Harris had threatened some time ago to get Tuohy into trouble. The Commissioner reserved his decision. MRS. ROESLER PLEADS. Judge Moore Would Like to Send Her Husband to Crow Hill.

Agnes Boesler, who steshed ther throat of her hnabend, Ernest Roeslor, with a razor on March 13, aad was indicted for essenlt In the firet degree, pleedad gailly to-dey la the Conrl of Seeeione to eseenlt in tbe third degree. She repeated tbe story of her htjiDaads ill treatment end neglect, end it Wae corroborated by Detective Sergeant Miller. Boeder denied hie wife's sUtemtnU, Jndgo Moore remanded Mrs, Bonier for eeo-tnc, and sold to Roeeler i I would to end yon to tbe penitentiary, if 1 bed legal reason for doing so. NO TARIES ARE OFFICIALS. The Court of- Appeals gays They Cant Bide on Free Fasaes.

8Albakt, April ft The Court of Appoeli today decided that notarise public are public officer! end cannot ride on railroad paesos. The Goort affirmed tbe jndgmentof conviction of Cbariee Wilson, now conaoed in Anbnrn, for ike murder ol James Harvey, a detective, in Syrecnee. (Julgiey Fiends Gailty, James Qaigler, who keeps liquor itore et Ka. 261 Fourth evenne, pleaded gnilty this morning to selling policy elipe, end he wee fined 50 by Juetiee TtgUe, MDERNIOTTS HALF-YEARLY SPREE Ho Is 65 Tears of Age and Is Sning His Fourth Wife to Set Aside a Conveyance Judge Osborne Rnies Out Many Questions, bnt at Length Allows Lawyer Marean to Proceed. On Nov.

12, 189 Henry M. MoUarmoU, agsd 65, took to himialt fourth wifo. HU auit against Jiar Iu tba City Court to recover dead of 315 Union atraat was on trial to-day bafora Judge Osborns. Lawyer Joslah T. Maraau, opening for tha I lain Uff, aatd that for thirty years hts elieut bad been addiotad to samlHiounal sprees.

They came twice a year, about Jupe and New Yeare, and were earnest fad protraoUd. While nnder tbe infloenoe of one of these debauohee tbe used in salt was executed at the eolioitation of hie wife. Mr. McDermott testified that abont ibe middle of last Deoember be began one ot bit sprees, and It lasted until early in February, when be took tbe pledge before the Rev. Father Duffy, of 8l Agnes' 1L Church.

Ho drank whisky in tha morning and mixed ale in tbe afternoon. He had a faint recollection of what happened on Dae. 31 After drinking all day he reaohed home in tbe evening and went to bed without taking off bia clothes. He was dozing off when be beard a knock at the door. Ue got op and opened it and his wifo and her mothertenered.

"My wifo askel me whether Id givebera. deed to tbe house, enid the witness, and I said 1 guessed so. Bhe and her mothor went out and in two or three miuutes my wife and her moiber returned with Lawyer Daly. Tbe deed nas all ready and she got me to sign it. My baud was shaking all np.

I never promised her when sober to give hor a deed. Daly and her mother went out and I think Daly took tbe deed with him. Before that mr wife bad been away from me for some time. Afterward I consulted a lawyer and tbe suit was brought on Meroh 6. Were you sent to me by any humau bang Mr.

Marean asked. Lawyer Templeton, for the defendant, objected, and tbe queetion wae ruled ont, Were yon sent tome by the Almighty? Mr. Marean asked, but the question was excluded. Tbe fact is. said Mr.

Marean, he was sent to me by the Orentur of tbe world with speoial instructions to plaoe the whole case in my keeping. That is. be believod so. I shell exclude any such testimony here, said the Coart. Tbe witness1 brother, said Mr.

Marean. "died in an asylum. Have vou held any personal conversation with the Almighty recently? Mr. Marean asked tbe witness, How can yon put such questiom, Mr. Marean? Judge Osborne said.

Does Yonr Honor not see. Mr. Marean -plied, that this man occupies tha place of en exhibit in this cose. "You are endoaroriog to show that this man is insane, said the Coart. "Why dont you more for a commission "I am not bound to follow such a course, and until I do, he has tbe same right as any sane litigant before this court.

"Not if be is insane. Is there any law which precludes mv calling and examining a lunatic? "This, it seems to me, is a travesty of justice. No, it is not It is a serious matter when a man ana woman go to this old man's room a night and get a deed of his property when he is insane. It is far from a travesty on justice. It seems a strange proposition that any man of unsound mind should go upon the stand to testify in such a proceeding.

Doesn't the fact of his mental incapacity discredit all his testimony That is for your Honor to say whsa you have heard the case to its dost. Judge Osborne, having changed his mind, said he would bear the testimony. Thereupon Mr. McDermott related how he had conversed with the Almighty, the last time being this morning at daylight while he was In bed. A voice said i This is the day you will have no trouble in getting a judgment.

The trial was eootinned. ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT. Aspirants for Appointments as Election Commissioners. The most anxious men in town at the present time are doubtless those who have applied to Mayor Scmercn to be appointed Commissioners ot Elections in the places of John Gilbertson, George Russell, Demo-crats, and ex-Senator Jacob-Wort iTTnd Charles II. Cotton, Republicans.

Worth knew tiie Mayor would not name Tiim to succeed himself, so he did not put in an application. The others seek to be retained, and Messrs. Gilbertson and Cotton are confident, although the Mayor is alleged not to have ever intimated to them that he would retain them. Jesse Fuller, chairman of the Republican General Committee, wants to fall one of the places, nnd so does Lester W. Beasley, au other Twenty-first tVard Republican.

James bpciT.v, city editor of the Brooklyn in no uspirnnt. A. Stewart Walsh, of the Twenty-fifth urd, seems to be looming into the first line among the candidates. Mr. YValsh, who was formerly a minister, ia a large real estntP owner and an active builder, identified closely with the growth and advancement of the upper and eastern sections of the city.

His continued and effective services ill favor of the Eastern District bridge IS urged by many business men of that part of the city in his favor. Mr. Walsh is a Ropublican. Mayor Schieren has until May 1 to make the four appointments. TAMPS COUNTERFEI TED.

The Post Office Department Said to Have Been Swindled. Chicaoo, April 9. According to local newspaper, tbe United Statsa Secret Soriicc Dstso-uvea in Chicago and Washington have nn-earthed remarkable swindle. It believed that many thonaqnds of dollars bars been scored by gang ef skilled oonnterfeltara of tha ordinary 2 eant postage alamo. Whalhsr tba eountarfsitars have accomplices In dishonest postmaster! Is not known.

It ie thought the oountry is flooded from New York to Han Francteoo with theta spurious stamps, and the United States has bean oarrytng millions ef letters from which not one oent ot rtrasns was It Is reported from Washington that, while tbe gang baa bad He beadqnariers In Chicago, it baa operated extensively in St. Lams, Cincinnati, Buffalo and aa far wssl as San Fran- a -r- fty, FLOODS IN HUNGARY. Two Thousand Peqple Homeleoa, Destl-. lute and Exposed. Bmurirt, April ft Tbs affluents of tbs Danube have overflowed their banks in tbs eeoth ot Hungary.

Tbs treats of many towns era submerged, aad tba foundations ef hundreds of houses bare crumbled and bean Waahed away. Ia Semlia 2,000 people are bsmaiaea and suffering from axpoanra, haring lost everything, inoinding tbeir clothing. Oscar Wildo's Books Boycotted. 8t. Louts, April ft By order of tba librarian tba books of Oscar Wilde poema, sterlaa au A plays warq withdrawn from tha pnbllo library yesterday.

Tba aotioa of tha librarian ia booked np by the approval of tba Board nf Dt-reoiora. JAC. RUPPERT'G Bohemian Canada Malt. Pure Amrrlfnn l.ncrr User, Fimil ipplo4 at il. par JA boi Th bv If ud ol tojm bl ft 'V on ip, and It eoaiain Mi whiUtor.

ornated kp ia aay a.iuutv fetU4 oniF by P.C.FXrtAKCRS Family 1 1 and Lujoor 'ora, $19 ATLA.viiC AVJt. ftft tf They Want to Appoint tlie Commission and to Bo Members of It Ex-Officio They Also Insist Upon Itirrliasing Any Outstanding Valid Charter to Fully Control the a Year for Members of the Commission. Tlie result of the visit of Mayor Schieren to Mayor Strong of New York last night, to confer on tlie subject of a new East River bridge, was given out by Mayor Schieren to-dav. He said: The public, particularly the people of the Eastern District, will, no doubt, he much interested to learn that last evening, in company with Mr. White, the Commissioner of City Works, and Mr.

McDonald, the Corporation Counsel. I went to Mayor Strong's house in New York city nnd there spent the evening in company with him nnd tho Corporation Counsel nnd tlie Commissioner of City Works of New York city, in consultation concerning the matter of the bridge of which jou speak. It seems appropriate that I should say that the result of the conference wns in ffvery way satisfactory, and should be very gratifying to the people of Brooklyn. No other matter affecting the two cities was spoken of, except tlie bridge matter. Mr.

McDonald read over section by section the act prepared a few weeks ago by the administration, nnd which is now iu the Committee on Commerce and Navigation in the Assembly. Except as to some suggestions concerning the bill in mere matters of detail, not in any way affecting the substance of it. the Mayor of New York and his associates fully concurred in tlie measure ns now in the Legislature. The suggestions made by the Corporation Counsel of New York on two or three mnttors of detail were readily assented to by us. -t was supposed by some that objection would be made on the New York side to the suggestion in our bill that the expense of the bridge construction should be borne equallv between the cities.

Particularly so iu view of the fact that the cost of the New Y'ork and Brooklyn Bridge was borne one-third by New York and two-thirds by Brooklyn. But 1 am happy to say that that feature of our bill is fully assented to by the Mayor of New Y'ork that New York and Brooklyn should share the expense equally of the whole undertaking. The Mayor of New York takes the large and correct view of tlie matter that New York citv would, in its way, benefit just as much nsBrooklyn in its way, by reason of the bridge. The substance of the scheme as agreed upon between Neiv Y'ork and Brooklyn is that a commission shall be appointed by the Mayors, of which tlie Mayors of the two cities shall, ex-officio, lie members, to adopt, after proper inquiry, a plan of construction. The commissioners having adopted a plan, then, by tlie act, nre directed to proceed with the work of construction nnd the acquiring of whatever land or property rights nre necessary for that purpose, 'mey are also authorized, if there is any outstanding valid charter for constructing a bridge, to acquire whatever rights exist nnder it simply in order to fully control the situation.

The cost then of the whole construction is to he provided by bonds equally issued by tlie city of New York and the city of Brooklyn. The commissioners are to receive a salary of 3,000 a year each for their services, and then, when the bridge is finished, ready for use. it is to pass under the jurisdiction and control of the trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge. The net income of it is to he pirid in eoual shares into the sinking fund KI the two cities for redemption of the principal and interest of the bonds issued for its construction. "As 1 said, tlie bill is in tlie Committee of Commerce and Naiigation in the Assembly, nnd is in charge of Mr.

YY ieman, who introduced it. A hearing has been set down, as I understand it. before that committee on Thursday of this week. Mr. McDonald expects to attend the hearing on behalf of Brooklyn to urge the passage of the hill: it is likely that the Corisiration Counsel of New York will also be represented on the hearing to favor tiie bill on behalf of that city.

'It certainly ought to be passed, and speedily passed. But, of course, it lies with the Legislature now entirely to pass or not pass it. The Administration has been diligent in preparing the hill and doing all in its jiower to forwnrd it, and having now ole tained the concurrence of the city of New York, the Legislature certainly ought not to hesitate to pass the hill promptly. The people, particularly of the Eastern District, should make their demand for its passage emphatic, so that the members of the Legislature would realize how strong the popular interest is in the construction of the bridge. "It would take several years, necessarily, for its construction, nnd the sooner, therefore, it is commenced the better.

PANIC AMONG LUNATICS. Caused Bj a Slight Fire In the Flat-bush Asjlum. The watchman on midnight duty at the Asylum for the Incurable Insane at Flatbush this morning about 2 o'clock discovered a tiny fork of fire burning through the woodwork of the greenhouse immediately in the rear of the asylum. The arrival of the Fire Department, coupled with the ringing of the asylum bell, caused the most intense excitement, and for a while the patients in the Incurable Building were pame stric ken. Vben the Eire Department reaehed the scene Sergeant Zimmerman, of the Twenty-third Ireeinet, and the watchman were fighting the fire, which wns at that time gaining headway.

One stream of water, quickly extinguished the flames, and in less than ten minutes after the Eire Department arrived the hre was out. The Eanie iu the asyhim lasted about half au our. The fire was caused by a defective flue, and caused damage to the extent of about $50. OVER 25,000 A Judgment in Favor of a Trolley Victim Sustained. (Special to The Citlcen.) Albany, April 9.

Tbe Court of Appeeli has affirmed tbe judgment of tbe General Term in tbe suit of Annie Tbolen, aged 6, egaiofct the Brooklyn Citv Railroad Company. On Feb. 8t 1899. the chila wai run over by a trolley oar on Tblrd avenue aud Sixteenth street, and loet both feet. Tbe verdict of tbe Jury, eustatued by tbe General Term, wae 123,600.

Tbe Judgment now amounts to more than $25,000, Thomas Pearsall vas tbe plaintid'p attorney. Was There a Bobbery I Ho report ot msakod msa ftoaliog 1.25 from ticket agent of tbo Klngt Cennty at tbe Bridge elation Ihil morning bee been received at tbe office of tbo tompiny to-dey, Meneger Goundic up bo bee two men there, but neither lent in on eoeonnt of each encounter, end for that reason no faith ie pul in tha ttory publtahediu the morgtag papere. DEAFNESS and Head Noim iiid by iat Wilton oamtv MM Eir Dram. iw Mieattfia iavmtioa. xr utr, ooinforubi tBTUibis; hm bo wiro or airtsf ttftihnni.

Dft4 bu rotwroi brthomoftM 70 Jtrt' tnd'0. MtC. GU N. WIMOJf, lawtor I in -hrcf Ahm York offieo x4 will Uk plariB thowiB ipilxtg Ik i fc of th drama. Writs lor ptmpbitt or osil.

I ooaluwoa sod imtAtioi fr, WILSON EAR DRUM WHITE EXPLAINS. lYby the Estimate and Actual Cost of Assessments Differ so Widely. City Works Commissioner White to-day issued the following statement which will explain a problem which has been bothering many property owners: "Inquiry is frequently made concerning assessments Inid for pavements apd in which the actual cost differs widely from the es tiinated cost, by which the assessments were laid. These complaints occasionally reach the newspapers, and I deem it only just to the present very careful hend of the Bureau of Local Improvements, Engineer N. I'.

Lewis, to say that all of these discrepancies are due to t)e erroneous estimates of the former administration, either in the Common Council or in this department A fortnight ago the Mayor sent me a list of twenty-two streets on Whieh complaint hnd been made that property owners had been compelled to pay assessments nearly double what was necessary; if they paid these assessments they received no interest, while if they failed to pay them, they were charged with 9 per cent, default. Oil examination I find that in every one of these eases the estimates were made prior to April, 1893, while in none of them the date of estimate ran back to 1889. Some of the most conspicuous cases were a piece of Grove street estimated to cost $13,000, and actually costing $7,206: a piece of Hicks street, near Bush, estimated at $1,800. and actually costing $055: a pieceJif Pacific street, near IIop-kmson avenue, estimated at $18,500, actually costing a piece of Putnam avenue, near Central, estimated at $5,000, actually costing a piece of Rochester avenue, near Pacific street, estimated at $7,100. actually costing $2,797.

"Property owners are naturally very grateful to have the work cost from a third to a half of what it wus estimated at. aud this they do not fail to appreciate, hut they are also right in thinking that the assessments should have been estimated at more nearly the probable actual cost. "I believe that under the present management of the Bureau of Local Improvements and with the co-operation of the present Board of Aldermen, these extraordinary discrepancies hove been terminated as to new proceedings: but I fear that there are still many old proceedings on which the necessary one-third of the assessment has not been paid by tlie property owners, which remain still to come tip in the future to jier-iilcx and annoy the property owners nnd to lie explained in the same fashion by my successors in office." DEMONESS AND DEVIL. The Simonson Separation Suit Tried Before Judge Barnard. Mary M.

suit for was tried in Long Iiland City yesterday before Judge Barnard. Jamei H. Seaman waa for the plaintiff nd A. H. Van Thun for the defendant.

The defendant li in the real estate bneineaa on Flatbuah evenne. The plaintiff repeated the tory already printed about her buaband'a threatening to disfiguro her with vitriol, to poor keroaene over her and touch it off, and to ahoot bar with a revolver. He alao called her a demoness and a devd. she laid. In crosa-asamination tbe plaintiff said she had the temper of an ordinary woman.

Mrs. Andrews, hor rooth.r, when esked by Lawyer Van Thun whether she wasn't hot tempered, replied: Yea. when I am dealing with a man like you. Cecil, aged 7. aon ot the parties, said that he heard his father threaten to throw ritrlol.

The defendant denied ail these stones, and said the tronble wae caused by the violent temper of his wife and her mother. Decision wee reserved. CITY JOTTINGS. Wllllem Yonng, aged 7. wae fatally Injured by troiley car of the Atiaotlo Avenue Railroad Company on Nov.

25, 1893. Hie father, as administrator, recovered verdict of 1,750 the City Court yeotordny. John Hall and Dora Hall, of Ko. 865 Hodeon avenue, end James Minor, of Ho. ill Navy street, were held for the Grand Jnry to-day on charge of aaeanlting James Nolan, of Ho.

871 Hndson avenue. William Coyle and Edward Roden, two small boys, wore before Jnattce Watson this morning cborged with breaking two hgfate of glees In tho tore of Mrs. Margaret Lynch, ot No. 89 Box troth Their parents promised to pay for the daesege and the boys were discharged. Dells Kinney, of No.

-60 Newell street, was ar raigoed before Judge Wotson to-day charged with kloktog ont window in the home of nor brother-in-law. James Censors, of No. 851 Morgan eve. Judge Haggerty dismissed the ease. George Roberta, indicted for catting trolley wires daring tbe strike, wee pnt on tried in the Court of Beeelone this afternoon, Jsmee Gann, alieo Qntnn, wae indicted with Tho trial will ho continued to-morrow.

Judge Bartlett, of tho Supremo Court, has granted deoree of divorce abeolote to Anno O. Otterbonrg against Charice Otterjtsnrg, of Beth Beech. William Fetors was hold lor trie by Jndgo Haggerty to-day, for driving dies bled mule. He wae nrreeted by Officer Grace, of tbe U. P.

a a. William Here wee held for trial in tho Myrtle Avenue Court to-dey, on eberge of aeianlt-lng hie eieter Joels. George Howard. themotorma' of the Flashing evenne ear. which emakbed a coach driven 'by Benjamin Norrie, of No.

908 Myrtle ovaono, on April 8, was held in 300 ball by Jndgo Haggerty to-day. Norris ie atill confined to hie MANHATTAN AVE. EXTENSION. Fifteenth and Seventeenth Warders Talk to the Mayor Abont It A big delegation of Fifteenth and Seventeenth Ward property owner waited on Mayor Bebiorea to-day in reference to the propoeed exteneion ot Manhattan avenue, from Dnggs avanne to Meeker evenne, eo that it will con-aeot with lEwen itreet end tbui make a con-Inuoua thoroughfare to Broadway, Joseph B. Ed war da aatd tho property ownere dia not object to the Improvement, bnt to the manner in which the assessment bad baen lav- lad.

to which tho Mayor replied that it could nly bo levied according to law.) Mr. Edwerde inaiated that the district of aa-leesmeot waa too compact. Ha wanted the Aldermen to reaenid their reaolution to make the extension end to enlarge the dietnot. A veto by the Mayor would oervo tbe purpose. M.

Halpin aatd the improvement wee to be mtdo under an aot of tba Legislature, and tbe whole thing bad already been adjudicated by tbe eonrte. He did not think the eeeeeaaent wee unjnet. The total amount waa only and tbe Talne of esc lot would be inoreased 1.000. The Mayor intimated that he would aign tbe teeolntioa by eeying that the improvement Would oertalnly be made. Deputy City Clerk Jonee made a fervent Speech in favor of tho violation.

HOW WARNKE DID BUSINESS. JIcaTlly Fined for Violating the Bottle Act Henry Wernke, a beer bottler at Net. 55 Thirty ninth itreet, Bonth Brooklyn, wet fined 91 by Justice Ooettlng in tba Lee Avenue Court today for having in his poaaeaalon and filling botitas not belonging to him with beer. Ho waa arrested a waek age just at he was shipping the bottlee filled with beer to Gorman steamer. 1 he bottlee belonged to different beer bottlers iu New York end Brooklyn nnd the bottlee when tilled were taken noroae tbe ooean.

Wernke vie charged with a similar offanae last June. Yt ben the fine, 1 for eaoh bottle, wee Imposed, be asked Justice Dotting if he eonldn't make it cheaper. The justice told him the Court wasn't hatham itreet. He paid the fine. Mrs.

diaries Hughes Death. A special meeting of the delegatee to the I'cmocrelto General Committee in the Tenth era met leel evening at No. 155 Kevins street to take tollable action on the death of' the wife of Char lee Hashee, an aieootate member of tbe committee, Tue meeting wee called to order by Charles F. Brandt. Ileaoletioue wart j.

ii expressing the ermpetby of the delegatee with their bereaved colleague coeeh. here Threat mod Heareeaeeo C-i i I -iu faf Orewae Broaebtal Treebae.