The Brooklyn Citizen from Brooklyn, New York • 1

i LAST EDITION. LAST EDITION, Ay i OCLOCK. VOL XXVI. NO. 31.

BROOKLYN, TUESDAY. AUGUST 1. 1S99. TWELVE 1A(JES. 1 OCLOCK.

TRICE TWO CEXT8L maTetTommittee BACK AGAIN. Architects' Work Under Investigation Now. HALL OF RECORDS PLANS. GUGGENHEIMER ACTING MAYOR. President of the Counsel Is Now the City Chief Magistrate.

President of the fnin.ij cggriihf liner today assumed the (in- uttne of the Mayor in conarqni-n of nbsene of Mayor Van Wyck, h-tt fur a month's vacation jesterday, hi- be speud in Saratoga. This is Dot the fit -t time that President Ouggenhelmrr has led Mayor. Last year, when Mayor Van went sway on his vacation, he was i-1 upon to officiate in a similar rapacity, -in-i a.qu.ttid himself most creditably. While Mayor Van Wirk I. away President (inggenhelnier nil Mayor In all that the term iniplie- wield all the power that the law onfera on the inciimU-nt of the offur, th the of making appointin' ni to nlihc office in the event of a varan- he duth or resignation.

Many friends of the acting Mayor called upon him to-day, and t-xpre-ard the wish that they might be perm -to to address him RUN DOWN BY THE DOLPHIN. 0. $. Dispatch Boat Wrecks Ferry Boat New York. PASSENGERS IN A PANIC.

None, However, Was Injured the Collision. RANDOLPH GUGGENHEIMER, ACTING MAYOR. BELGIAN MINISTRY HAS RESIGNED. A Grave Crisis Has Thus Been Averted in Belgium. ELECTORAL REFORM POSSIBLE Now That Vaadeapsereboom Has Resigned Tbs Trnos that Was Declared Was Inteaded to Give Him Time to Foree an Unpopular Measure on the Country King Leopold Thwarted tho Purpose.

BRUSSELS, An. Belgian Ministry, under the Presidency of J. Vandcn-peercboom, has resigned. The Cabinet was composed as follows: Prime Minister, Mnioter of War and Minister of Railways, Post and Telegraphs, M. J.

Vondenpeereboom. Minister of Finance, M. Liebsert. Minister of ForeigD Affairs, M. De Favereau.

Minister of Justice, M. Begerem. Minister of Agriculture and Public Works, M. De Bniyn. Minister of Interior and Public Iustruc-tlon, M.

Scollnert. Minister of Labor and Industry, M. Coorcman. The fall of the Ministry is the result of a crisis caused by the Governments attempt to pass the Electoral Law bill, which is said to be a bill to gerrymander the country in favor of the Clericals. This was a month ago, and the attempt very nearly ended in through the strenuous opposition of the Radicals and Socialists.

Mass meetings of Socialists were held in all the large towns of Belgium to denounce the bill and disturbances of a serious character took place. Labor leaders threatened to send 50,000 men out on strike if the bill was not withdrawn. I At the same time, the Chamber of Deputies was the scene of wild tumults anj' hand-to-hnnd conflicts between the Socialists and Clericals, and Premier Vanden-poereboom was openly denounced. On June 30, the Ministry yielded to the stress and announced an important amendment, on the strength of which a truce wa declared until July 4, when the obnoxious bill was virtually withdrawn by the announcement that in order to conciliate the public mind, 1110 Government had decided to submit various proposals for electoral reform, which had been tabled, to a committee on which all parties would be represented. This anouncement was greet cl with cheers by the opposition, whose leaders declared they hail won a brilliant, victory.

The Governments change of heart was mainly-due to the efforts of King Leopold, who did not favor the electoral bill, and who is desirous of harmony in the kingdom. Senator Bara, ten days ago, openly advised Premier Vandenpeereboom to resign, saying that if the people discovered that the appointment of the Suffrage Committee was only a ruse to gain time, trouble of a more serious nature than before might be. expected. Since then the premier lias received many intimations that his position was untenable. A despatch from Brussels yesterday said that the Suffrage Committee had rejected all the electoral reform proposals and that the situation was critical.

King Leopold is now conferring with M. De Smet De Nayer, the former Premier, regarding the formation of a new Cabinet. NEW SOLDIERS AT MANILA. Transport Pennsylvania Arrived There This Morning. WASHINGTON, Aug.

cablegram received at the War Department from Gen. Otis, dated Manila, Aug. 1, reads: Transport Pennsylvania arrived this morning. No casualties. Transport Pennsylvania sailed from San Francisco July 1, Col.

A. S. Burt, Twenty-fifth Infantry, commanding, with headquarters, Companies 1, and Twenty-fifth Infantry, and recruits 22 officers, 917 enlisted men. DEWEY HAS LEFT TRIESTE. Notifies Department That He Sailed for Naples To-Day, WASHINGTON, Aug.

following despatch from Admiral Dewey was received at the Navy Department at noon: Trieste. "Secretary Navy, Washington: "Naples. (Signed) DEWEY." It is expected that the Olympia will reach Naples about Friday morning. 1 1 MR. M1AUGHUN WELL Vialtors to Jameaport Fonad the Veteran Leader in Good Health.

Former Fire Chief Thomas F. Nevins and Sheriff Frank D. Creamer returned to Brooklyn this morning after paying a flying visit to ex-Registrar Hugh McLaughlin at L. I. They report the Democratic leader in excellent health.

GROUNDED IN LOWER BAY. Gorman Steamer Brasilia Went Ashore on Ssriaharae Island. The German steamer Brasilia, Captain Frolich, from Hamburg, is aground in the Lower Bay. While coming np to Quarantine the steamer went aground on the west bank of Swinburne Island. The vessel will probably be floated without damage.

ALL HANDS WERE LOST. Steamer Struck a Yacht and It Sank Immediately. BELFAST, Aug. The steamer Dromedary, in a fog. lost night, collided with a yacht, which sank with all hands on board.

Nothing a as recovered from the lost vessel. was hurt Neither was auy of the crew of the Dolphin. After the accident (he Dolphin stood by the wrecked ferry boat until the tugs bad towed her to the dock. Then the Dolphin msde her way to the Navy Yard, where she tied up. There an elimination was made of the boat.

It was found that the bad been severely damaged, her bow being bent, eome of her plates torn loose snd the railing destroyed for many feet along the bow. An extmlnation of the New York ebowed that the Dolphin had cut through the men's cabin to the the beam way and Into tho engine room. The main shaft waa broken and much of the machinery was wrecked almost beyond repair. WASHINGTON, Aug. only detailed knowledge the Navy Department po seased of the Dolphin's mishap thia morn ing came from the press dispatches of this association.

Acting Secretary Allen waa glad the matter wai no worse, for the ferry boat might have been cut clean in two by the fast and sharp dispatch boat He bad Just returned Sunday from months cruise In the Dolphin, whose officers he praised most highly. Lieutenant Commander Southerland, In charge of the vessel, Is one of (jje most cautious men In the service, lie gave an example of this when in command of the Eagle during the war last year. The Dolphin bad her bow mashed badly on the Cuban blockade by collision with the cruiser Newark. Repair cost over $25,000. The latest accident to the vessel is regarded aa particularly unfortunate, as she had on hoard Secretary Long and bia invalid wife and her mother, Mrs.

Glover, as well as the Secretarys two daughters, Misses Helen and Margaret Long. They joined the ship at Staten Island yesterday aftemoou and started early this morning for Newport and Boston. It is supposed they will make the journey now by rail while the Dolphin spends at least a month at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; There were only about twenty passengers on the ferryboat. They realized that tha olccddent could not be avoided, and they became panic-stricken. Nearly ail of them were in the front of the boat, on the gentlemen's side, and they ran pell-mall to the opposite side.

When the collision occurred they were well out of the way of flying glass, which fell in a shower. Steam on the two boats was shut off, and the Priscilla, ready to rescue the passengers if occasion required, came as near as it cduld to the ferryboat. The tug Fortunice, which was lying at the fSot of Sonth Sixth street, steamed out and managed to get alongside of the ferryboat- The two boats were fastened together, nnd then proceeded to the alp a short distance It 'will cost $5,000 to repair' the ferryboat, according to Captain Stoney, who wag seen this morning by a Citizen" reporter. The pilot of the boat, together with the deck hands, reported to Captain Stoney that the Dolphin was to blame for the accident. "From what has been told me, said the captain, the pilot in charge of the ferryboat cannot be blamed for the accident.

He was on his way to this borough, and when near the slip noticed the Dolphin. The pilot sounded his whistle, which was responded to by the Priscilla and another boat. Our pilot had nothing to do but go ahead under the circumstances. This he did. Of course, we shall put in onr claim to the Government.

As soon as the ferryboat reached its slip Policeman Gates of the Bedford avenue station boarded her and received the report of the accident. GRANT SAILED SUNDAY. It la Bring Homo About Fifteen Hundred Soldiers. WASHINGTON, Ang. following cablegram was made public at the War Department to-day: "Manila, July 31.

Adjntant-General, Washington: Transport Grant sailed yesterday, officers, 8 citizens, 1,353 soldiers and discharged men, Wyoming, North Dakota and Idaho organizations. Left behind about 200 discharged men; good many have re-enlisted. Only sick aoldier left, Corporal Frank Gore, Company Wyoming. Minnesota regiment and discharged men next; shipment in very few days. (Signed) "OTIS.

si i PORTUGUESE TO CELEBRATE Vases de Gamas Discovery of the Indian Passage. BOSTON, Aug, 1. The Portuguese colony of Boston and vicinity, numbering in the neighborhood of 18.000 people, propose to celebrate the fonr hundredth anniversary the discovery of the passage of India by Vasco de Gama. The celebration will take place the 29th inat Admiral Hants Changes Hia Ship. WASHINGTON, Aug.

1. Admiral Kauti, commanding the Pacific Station, changed hia flag yesterday from the Philadelphia to the battleship Iowa. The Michigan left Detroit this morning for Chicago. WEATHER INDICATIONS. The local weather forecaster say: For New York city and Tidnity Fair to-night and Wednesday; light to fresh southerly winds.

The Washington forecaster says: For Eastern New York Fair and continued high, temperature to-night and Wednesday; fresh winds, mostly southerly. Tomporatare. Asg. Ass. li 18ns.

s. SS a. 19 19 a. as bJ FOUR MORE DIED AT SOLDIERS' HOME. 0n3 New Case Reported This Morning at Phoebus.

PEOPLE LEAVING BY SCORES. Health Authorities at Waahingtoa Are Not Alarmed and There la No Intention Jnat Yet to Quarantine Hampton They Are on the Watch, However, for All Suspicious Cases. HAMPTON. Aug. 1.

2 p. m. There hare been fuer deaths from in the Soldiers Home this morning. One new case is repor ed in Phoebus, just out side the Dome. People are leaving here by score.

WASHINGTON, Aug. War Department completed arrangements wi the Treasury Department to-dav, looking to the loan of a Treasury cutter for the use of Surgeon Gene-a! Sternberg. V. S. and Surgeon General Wyman, U.

S. Marine Hospital service. They will pr.bnbly leave Washington tomorrow on the cutter for Hamp'on. where they will take personal charge of the yellow fever situation. Two men nurses were sent from here ti Hampton this morning by the War Department.

More will be sent, if needed. Surgeon General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital Service, said at 1 o'clock to-day that the work of inspection and disinfection in the neighborhood of the Hampton Soldiers Home, was well under way. Thus far to-day I have received word of no new cases or deaths. said Dr. Wyman.

The record stands thirty-seven cases and seven deaths, as it did last night. The Marina Hospital Service has turned over to the Norfolk authorities, Craney Island, which they will use as'an isolation station if they need it. A house to house inspection is going on at Phoebus, the town between Old Point and Hampton. No cases have been discovered at Por's-mouth, Dr. Farquhar reports, and no suspicions cases have been reported anywhere in the vicinity.

The Health Officers of the District of Columbia, while not apprehensive that the yellow fever could make any headway here in the event of cases being brought in from Hampton, are watching every point. They claim to be fully able to handle the disease should it break out here, but there is no intention of quarantining against Virginia points until it is evident that the fevr is spreading. All advices indiea.e that the disease, so far, is confined en-trely to the Soldiers Home at Hampton. Trains by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac line, and all connections with Old Point and Newport News, will be watched carefully, and rigid inspection will be observed, as it is possible that some infected persons might leave the territory referred to. The troops at Fort Monroe, ordered.

to Battery Point, will probably not depart until to-morrow or the next day. The original intention was to send them to Cape Charles, and thence by rail through lower Maryland and up the State of Delaware to destination. Negotiations were opened to-day with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad officials, and if the contract is closed, they will be transported oyer that line. A number of Washington, Baltimore and New York people are detained at Old Point Comfort at the hotels, and they cannot get out, as the railroads are not permitted to send in their trains. As much as $1,000 was offered here to-day for a locomotive and coach, bnt the officials are powerless, unless the Government authorities will grant permission to let the specials enter the reservation.

NORFOLK, Ang. 1. There is practically no change in the yellow fever lunation it Hampton. No new cases or deaths have been reported so far to-day. and this his brought about a more hopeful feeling.

There are no cases outside of the Soldiers' Home. There seems to be no doubt that the disease will be confined to 'he home, as the most rigid precautions are being maintained to keep anyone from leaving the institution. Seren tug are guarding Hampton Roads snd the James River, while ferryboats md other craft, well Mr. Moss Also Declares That He In-tends to Call the Attention of the City Authorities to Gambling Not Much Startling Evidence Elicited from Witnesses To-Day. Tho Mazet Committee reooorened thia mo.

ing in Part IX. of the Supreme Court. At. early as 10 o'clock there were ippllea-ti'-iis made tor admission to the court-r-eim, but only report- and those holding subpoenas were admitted. The number of those who -sired to get in, however, was very small.

This session of the committee is to for three weeks. Messrs. Ilorgau A Slattery, the architects and bull b-rs of the new Tombs prison, were subpoenaed. This i the firm of r-cbitefts th.it the Mayor had to go over th plans for the new- Hoi! of Records, sad they recommend'd that the plans for the interior work on that budding be so modified aa to save the eity $1,100,000. Th amount a-ked for by Arehiteet Thomas, who drew the flail of Reeords plans, Wig 82.50O,(0 for the interior work sloae.

Messrs. Morgan A Slattery in their report made on the request of Mayor Van Wyck detailed that the work should not cost mbre than $1,410.000, an! the Mayor promptly made a motion at a reeent meeting of th Board of Estimate that the appropgiatioa be limited to that stun. I Among those who put in an appearance htfore 10:30 oclock were Dock Comrnla-sioner Murphy and Edward Carroll, a brother of John F. Carroll and clerk in the Supreme Court. Dr.

OSullivan put in an appearance promptly at 10:30 o'clock. Fgsuk Moss and John Proctor Clarke cam; in at Commissioner Michael C. Murphy came in a few minutes later, snd hid consultation with Mr. Moss, to whom he handed some papers. Mr.

Mom glanced over the legal-looking documents and then handed them bach to Mr. Mnrphy, who took a seat Mr. Murphy when questioned said that he had been subjoenaed to tell how much work his Department hd given to Messrs. Horgan Slattery, and about 'how much cement used by the Health De-partm-nt was purchased from Contractor John P. Kane.

Colonel Murphy said that he could not find that Horgan fit Slattery bad done any work fofV Health Department in the last five yeasmxfsyK odd jobs of repairs, and so fat, Kan was concerned, he had never heard of him. before. Chairman Mazet put in an appearance at 10:45. The full committee took seat behind the bench shortly after Mr. Mazet came in.

When the chairman rapped for order Mr, Moss called for Mr. Sohmer, County Clerk, Mr. Moss then called Under Sheriff Mul vaney and questioned him about the suppression of gambling. Mr. Moss said it was the intention of the committee to bring the matter of gambling on horseracea to the attention of the authorities and put the onus of responsibility on some one.

After telling Mr. Mulvaney this Mr. Moss told him he might go. Commissioner Mnrphy was then called and sworn, and asked for. documents concerning the dealings of the Department with Horgan Slattery.

Colonel Murphy, handed over some papers and said that others were being collected and would be sent to Mr. Moss as soon as found. Mr, Moss then read an extract from the minutes calling attention to contracts for plans for repairs in the Department building. Among others was mentioned a contract for work in the Kingston avenue hospital, in Brooklyn. Mr.

Moss then asked Mr. Mnrphy if itj was trne that he had gives all the architectural work of the depart-1 ment to Horgan Slattery, and be replied that the Board had done so. The Commissioner said he did not know Horgan Slattery and they were selected to do the work prior to his going to the department He said that he believed they were selected by his predecessor in the presidency of the Board, Mr. Strauss. While Mr.

Murphy was testifying. Architect Thomas, of the new Hall of Records, entered, and took a Mr. Mosa asked Mr. Murphy if he could not have the plans drawn by architects employed by the department He replied that he had not any architects in the department snd wh- asked if he did not know that heretofore it waa customary to have architect in the city departments such as the one he presided over, he replied that he did not. WheuI asked who offered the- resolutions in the Board for giving work to Horgan Slatteryl the Commissioner saH that the head of the bureau or branch of the service in which the work was to be done made requisition and the Board adopted it in the shape of a resolution.

He said it was customary to do it, that way, and it had been customary to give the1 work to Horgan Slattery. Mr. Mon asked him if a resolution had erer been adopted designating Horgan Slattery as the architects of the department. Mr. Mnrphy said he understood that a resolution to that effect had been passed before be went into office and be merely followed the custom of the department in giving thetn-the work.

Commissioner of Water Supply Witliar-Dalton and Chief Engineer Birdsaii of tky Water Department, came in while Commg oioner Murphy was testifying. After Mr. MurphyJeft'-the Stand Most read Chapter 343, Section 351, Penal Code in relation to the supp -it of gambling. Commissioner Murphy, of the Dock Department, was then called to the stand and sworn. Mr.

Murphy's subpoena called for all resolutions and papers of his department thst related to work performed by Horgan A Slattery. The questions rut to Mr. Murphy related to the repairs to the North Second street recreation rter. Mr. Moss wsnted to know why It wts that if tfc egineer found that -be pier was strn-'tuis' iContittuedon Eleventh Fti IJ A NEW EULOGIST OF OTIS.

Brue Sy the General la the Right Man for the Place. fLEYELANI, Aug F. Rome, of this c.tr, nlio ha, hi on in the Philippines tr nearly ar. a member r-f the Fourteenth Infritriy the regular army, hai returned home. MY have cnt the Filipino on the run, declared Ree.

Their force nre (scattered ami Gen. Oris i mter ff the situation. Gn. Oti an honest, bra and faithful ld.T. the ght man in the right place, and has not misrepresented the situation or fact, as claimed by some u( the nen.piper correspondent.

Gen. Oti could bring the irar to a Hose in a week if he wanted to annihilate Agui-naMoY army. The Philippine army mTw eons Ms ouy of a bare-footed, riotoua mob of the of the earth. nhoe only aim is to murder, ndi ami to assault nomen. This that ne ore fighting a liberty-losing peop'e is rot.

All lie better class of the Filipinos are ttifh he American, nnd delegation after delegnti. lus gone to Aguinaldo and asked him to stop fighting. Thousands have come to the American arniy aud surrendered. Where the Filipinos give up their arm, their surrender is accepted and they are provided with food. SAN DOMINGO MINISTRY.

Country Is Qniet and There Are Ho Fears of Disturances. SAX DOMINGO, Aug. 1. Vice-President Wcnccslao Figueren, as a result of the assassination of President Houeaux, July 2s. has taken charge of the government of Pan Domingo, as President, and has formed a abint as follow nister of the Interior.

F. D. Morales. Minister of War and Marine, Tilo Pa-lino. Minister of Foreign Affairs, E.

Hen-riquei. Minister of Finances, J. de J. Alvarez. Minister otf Justice, Sebastian Valverde.

Minister of Agriculture. T. Cordero Bido. Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Jaime R. Vidal.

Sub-Secretary of the Interior, Braulio Alvarez. Sub-Secretary of Justice. Pedro T. Perez. The country is quiet and no fears of disturbances are-entertained.

FRIGHTFULLY SCALDED. Small Boy Tumbled Into Tnb Filled With Boiling; Water. George Lnehs. a 6-year-old child, was horribly scalded in a bath-tub at the home of his parents. No.

275 Meserole street, last night. Early in the night the child's mother filled a stationary wash-tub with boiling water, preparatory to doing some washing, and went out of the room for a few moments, leaving the little fellow and his 3-year-old sister Annie in the room. She heard frightful screams a moment later, and returning, found that the boy had climbed up to the tub on a chair and it is supposed that he leaned over too far and fell in. He was at once taken to St. Catherine's Hospital, where his condition was thought to be critical.

MRS. MKINLEY IMPROVING. Postmaster General nnd Mrs. Smith Join Presidentinl Party. HOTEL CHAMPLAIN, Clinton County, N.

Ang. 1. Postmaster-General and Mrs. Smith joined the Presidentinl party at the Hotel Champlain, this morning, for a stay of syeral weeks. Mrs.

McKinleys health continues to improve. President McKinley and Postmaster-General Smith have been invited to witness the golf tournament here this afternoon. FIREMEN LOST THEIR LIVES. The Whole City of Harman Turned Ont to tho FnneraL HAVANA, Aug. 1.

Several firemen lost their lives by the falling of a building in a destructive fire here yesterday. The victims were buried to-day and the whole city was in monrning for the occasion. Five cases of yellow fever which physicians had failed to report, were discovered here yesterday. Governor-General Brooke denies any knowledge of the reported change in the Governor-Generalship of Havana. Big Local Revenue Receipts.

The internal revenue receipts for tho month of July were: Lists, beer. spirits. cigars, snuff, tobacco foil, special tax, cards. documentary stamps, proprietary stamps, mixed flonr, $20. Total.

$85,204,717. The recipts for July 1S9S were The total receipts of the department for the past thirteen months were The receipts of the department since Collector Moore took charge two years ago last June were Baried Under His Load ef Grain TROY. X. Ang. Beig wts driving to his farm in Brnnswiick from Troy, last night, with a load of grain.

The wagon sid down an embankment and Belg wss buried beneath the load. When dug out he waa dead, SECRETARY LONG ON DOLPHIN. Collision Took Place in the Cast River, Opposite Twenty-third Street, Manhattan, a Little After 6 A. M. The Ferryboat Was Nearly Cnt in Two by the Dol phins Sharp Prow Towed to Broadway, Brooklyn, in Sinking Condition Tho Dolphin Was Injured, Too, and Was Laid Up in 'the Navy Yard for Repairs Regret Expressed in Washington.

The ferrboat New York was run down and nearly cut in two early this morning by Government dispatch boat Dolphin, 'Which was carrying Secretary Long to the Navy Yard. The collision occurred in the 'East River near Twenty-third street just after 6 o'clock, and the ferryboat, which liras Wrecked to reach its dock by the aid of tugs which came to the rescue. Owing to the early hour there were few passengers on board-, and none of them was Burt. The Dolphin was badly damaged about the bows, her plates being bent and torn away and her rail carried away for many feet. The dispatch boat had been lying in the East River at the foot of Twenty-fourth street waiting to.

carry Secretary Long to the Navy Yard. Se reached the city early in the morning from Washington and at once went on board the Dolphin. The boat then started for the Navy Yard. Almost at the same time the ferryboat left her dock, at the foot of East Twenty-third street, to make the trip across the river to the dock at the foot of Broadway, Williamsburg. As the Dolphin came down the river the captain blew two sharp blast of her whistle as a signal that the despatch boat would cross the bow of the ferryboat.

The pilot of the New heard the signal and understood it. The engines of the ferryboat were at once stopped so ss to give the Government vessel ample room. Ail would have been well had it not been foi the swift current in the river. This carried the New York ahead almost as fast -as if the engines were running. Both boars w.re going at a good speed, snd as they were swept together it was impossible to stop them.

Every effort was made to do this. As soon as ti.e danger was seen the engines of each qf the boats wie reversed and their pilots tried to swing them around so that a collision could he averted. But the headway of the Dolphin as it came, down the river couid not he stopped nnd the ii despatch boat crashed Into the port able the ferryboat in the middle of the pnd-dle bog. The blow waa not given at right angles nnd was partially a glancing one. But so grent was the momentum of the despatch boat that her sharp prow was forced halfway through the great hull of (he ferryboat.

Crashing its way through the paddle box it cut Its way into the engine room nud tore away the main part of the mens cabin, ripping np the woodwork and throwing large timber into the river. The force of the collision stopped the headway of the Dolphin, and she was sbie to back out of the wreck she had madet As soon as she did so it was seen that the bole In the tide of the ferry boat was a fatal one. The big craft began to fill with water, and was rapidly sinking when her captain started her full speed ahead in the hope that be would be able to reach the dock on the Williamsburg shore before she sank. He would not have been able to do thia had It not been for several tugs which cams to the These had been near the scene of the accident and at once threw lines to the sinking ferry boat. With their help the big boat was towed to the dock at the foot of Broadway and there tied up.

Though they were greatly frightened, non of the paiatugers on the New York some day as Mr. Mayor. President Gug-genheitner blushed like a schoolboy at the remark. Therejs no doubt that he is one of the ablest and most popular officials in the city government. WANTED $40 A MONTH.

Firemen of Sound Steamera Strike for More Fay. While the Ptonington line steamer New Hampshire and the Norwich line steamer City of Lowell were at their piers in North River yesterday aft-. moon, sixty men from both boats employed as firemen, coal-passers oilers left work. The firemen, who are getting $35 a month, said they ought to get more pay than the deckhands, who also get $35 a month, and they had induced the oilers and eoal-passene to strike with them. The men on the New Hampshire reached an agreement with their employees in time for the boat to sail at 9 oclock.

The City of Lowell stayed at her pier until 5 oclock this morning. At the company's offices it was said this morning that the men demanded a certain per cent, increase of their wages, and were induced to go back to work by a compromise, the exact figurq pf which was notgiven out. CLOTHING' WORKERS GO OUT. Fonr Thousand of Them Strike for Ten-Honr Day. The number of striking clothing-workers was increased yesterday by 4.000 coat-tailors, who left work in this borough, of which number 2.500 are in Williamsburg.

The garment-workers in Williamsburg number about 7.000. and they usually strike when those in Manhattan go out The Wiliamshurg men want an increase of about 30 per ten-hour days instead of fifteen, and better sanitary conditions in the shops. Contractors in the East Broadway, Man-hatan, district signed agreements with their employees in many cases, and a number of strikers are going back to work. CAME TO GRIEF, OF COURSE. The Davises Started on the 13th and Met a Cross-Eyed Man.

ROCHESTER. X. Ang Davis automobile, which arrived last evening, left for Buffalo at 9 a. m. Mrs.

Davis is a believer in superstition. Id an interview she says: When we started from New York on the 13th of July I said it was unlucky aud I did not want to start. At Peekskill we met a cross-eyed man, and before we had gone hundred yards we had an accident. At Fonda a cross-eyed woman waited on us at the table, and I told my husband we would have more trouble, and we had it before we had proceeded a quarter of a mile. The same thing happened before we broke down in Syracuse.

Fwlp Mill Birati HOTEL CHAMPLAIN, Clinton County, X. Y- 1. The pulp mill known as Mill at Cadyville, six miles from Platts-burg, owned by the National Paper Company, wag burned yesterday. The loss will reach $25,000. The mill was fully insured.

Th One-Armed Messenger's Rid. CLEVELAND, Ang. Rowe, the one-armed1 messenger from New York, who riding from that city to Sen Francisco, spent1 last night here. He has averaged seventy-fire miles a day so far and has had no accidents. Vv.