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movement on the part of aome of tie Coffey lenf)era to brine about a formal incorporation ehould fail, there will be an informal stampede that will leare the Coffey Democracy only a shadow of its former iiolf. COFFEY LEADERS ARE JN A TIE III Bill, r'l Chorus Girl the Corespondent in Salt Brought Against Dr. Graham. Supreme Court Justice Marean haa granted judgment of divorce absolute to Jennie Ford Graham against Dr. Boliert Lincoln Graham, of No.

213 Marcy avenue. The parties were married on March, 22, 1898. On tbe triaji? name of the co-respondent was not disclosed, hut she was referred to as a member of She Francis Wilson opera company. A letter was submitted to the court, written to H. W.

Shorners, counsel for Mrs. Graham, in which Dr. Graham said; Mrs, Graham can get a divorce, but I'll be -p if I ever pay her a cent of alimony. As for Williamson (Dr. Grahams confidential man) aeting'the Good Samaritan, he can do as he please about hut the lane always turns.

The object of writing to you is to learn whether you intend to take action in the matter or is tiiis a bluff? for I want to protect myself, and, if necessary, leave the State. To Mni. Graham the court gives the custody of her child, aged 3 year. i EUROPEAN LINER ARRIVED. Philadelphia, from Southampton and Cherbourg.

-v. 5 DR. TALMAGE SINKING. WASHINGTON, April Her. Dr.

T. De Witt Talmage Is sinking rapidly. His physician said that he was ancon-1 scions, and steadily growing worse, but might linger through the day. TWO KILLED IN RIOTS. Streets of Brussels Are Quiet To Day, but Mora Trouble la Expected.

BRUSSELS, April of the Socialists who were Injured in the riot at midnight last night, died to-day. The streets are again quiet to-day, with but few signs of the rioting of the past few days. The police, however, feti that the trouble is not over by any means, and are preparing for extra disturbance night and to-morrow. Which Gives Rapid Transit Commission Greater Power. Franchise to Pennsylvania or Other Rop(la Most Be Fassed on by Aldermen.

Mayor Low has accepted on behalf of the city Senate Bill No. 1269, amending Section 32 of the Bapid Transit Act, so as to permit the granting of a tunnel franchise to the Pennsylvania Railroad, through the agency of the Bapid Transit Commission. This very fact created a great deal of opposition to the bill. The opponents believed that the Bapid Transit Commisslou should have no jurisdiction in the matter. In bis memorandum to the Governor, the Mayor says "It is proper to point out that no franchise can be granted under this act, except with the consent of the Mayor and Aldermen.

The effect of the act, therefore, is simply to transfer the preliminary negotiations in connection with tunnel franchises from the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to the Board of Bapid Transit Bailroad Commissioners. I am obliged, however, to recognizo that in takiqg this view, I am assenting to a very broad extension of the power hith- vnkvwo.vis -we pv 1 Wto Ymderatood as belonging to thia board. 1 V.li aL.l In lit L- I I do not believe that it will be permanently satisfactory to have these great powers exercised by a State board that is self-perpetuating, The board that exercises powers such as these, should be, in each city that it affects, a efty board, appointed for long terms, by the Mayor of the city concerned. Continuity of service is essential; for a comprehension of the problems to be dealt with is not to be picked np in day. But each city is certainly entitled to take charge of such work for Itself.

In view of my acceptlnce of this bill, I shall ask the Governor not to sign Assembly Bill No. 1045, amending the charter in fetation to tunnel railroads, heretofore accepted by me. TO FIGHT LEADER REGAN. P. Lynch and Dr.

Bnrger in Corn binatlon to Carry Sixteenth District Primaries. A primary fight in the Sixteenth Assembly Disn-iet is said to bo one of the certainties in politics for this fall. Leader James S. Began will be called upon to defend himself against a combination which includes his old antagonists and some of his former friends. A.

J. Lynch, hitherto regarded as one of Leader Regans chief lieutenants, is understood to have forsaken him. Lynch, it is reported, will throw in his lot with ex-Coroner Anthony J. Bnrger, whom Mr. Regan displaced.

George Glendinning and Deputy Commissioner Thomas F. Larkin are others in the anti-Regan combination. Glendinning recently was appointed a corporation inspector under Commissioner Redfield, and it is supposed that he is nominally, at leat, a Coffey Democrat. George C. Tilyon of Coney Island, who osns considerable property there, hRs told his friends that he intends to contest the Democratic primaries in the Seventh Assembly district.

lie will work with the anti-Dnyle faction in order to defeat Kenneth Sutherlands influence in the Thirty-first -Ward. LIKES TO TELL STORIES. 0F.il POLICE (MINE. Ebstein to Investigate Charges Against Officer UIMCer iV to I I I II CORONER TO HOLD AN INQUEST. OBrien Told Officials Before Died That Ha Had Been Clubbed by Police.

He Deputy Police Commissioner Ebstein has Instructed Captain Baldwin, of tue Clnsson avenue station, to investigate the death of Patrick OBrien, who died early tiiis morning et his residence, No. 51 Iiyei-suu street. OBrien, according to the Deputy Commissioner's informant, was brutally assaulted by one of the officers under Ca(i-tain Baldwin about two weeks ago. Siuce then he was confined to his bed with erysipelas, which finally resulted in his death. OBrien was found within a few blocks of the DeKalb avenue station house latter part of last month under the influence of liquor, Patrolman Bhattigan happened along at the time.

When he noticed the condition of the man he placed him tinder arrest. No sooner had he done so, according to the statement of the officer In question, than OBrien turned on him and showed Jight. 'Bhattigan took him to tbe nearest signal box and then eumoned the wagon. O'Brien waa bundled into it after a great deal of trouble and taken to the station house. When he reached there he complained to the sergeant that he had been assaulted.

There were several bruises on hig face which went a great ways toward substantiating bis statement He was taken to court the following morning, but wag liberated. That same day he complained to hig wife that he was suffering from terrible pains about tho body. He told her that he had not only been clubbed by an officer but that while lying on his hark on the sidewalk he had been jumped Upon. His condition became so alarming that a physician was called In. He told Mrs.

OBrien that (he case was one for the Coroner, as there was no chance whatever of her husband recovering. Coroner Flaherty, waa notified and he visited the man' house early in the week. O'Brien told him that while on tne way lAm. Ism alnnnnnil tow I tM I friMuI vhft horn he dropped In to see a friend, wh i bod ordered him out -or house. hen he refused to go he said he was forced out.

Then an officer was called, who placed him under arrest. Did the officer assault you? asked the Coroner. a He jabbed me with his club and When 1 fell to the sidewalk he jumped oh me, answered OBrien. Do you know the officer, was the next question the Coronet put to him. I do not, be replied.

The Coroner examined OBrien and found his body a mass of bruises. The case was reported to the police and it was investigated at the time by Captain Baldwin. He found that little or no credence could be placed in what OBrien had said. Bhattigan, the officer who had arrested him, and several other persona Were interviewed by the captain. They all swore that O'Brien had not been clubbed.

The family of the dead man said this I morning that they proposed to have the case thoroughly investigated by the Deputy Police Commissioner. They said that there was no question whatever but that his denth was due to the beating he had received at the hands of the officer. SUICIDE IDENTIFIED. Man Who Shot Himself in Manhattan Is Jamea Toy, of This Borough. The man ho shot himself last night in front of No.

124 West Twenty-first street, Manhattan, was identified this morning as James Toy, No. 114 Bushwick avenue. Mis Mamie Conroy, with whom the dead man boarded, went to tho New York Hospital this morning, and after seeing the body said it was her hoarder, James Toy. Toy shot himself and was found unconscious on the sidewalk. He was taken to the New York Hospital, where he died in an hour.

A letter Was found in his pocket from Agnes Began addressed to James Toy, of No. 114 Bushwick avenue. He aslo had a membership card of en iron moulders nnion made out In the seme name. At the Bushwick avenue address this morning a Citisen reporter learned that Toy had been living at the house for a number of years. It was said that he was married and hnd a child.

Toy had been drinking heavily of late. On last Thursday afternoon he left the house and that was the last seen of him. Lata last night word was received of his death. He was a moulder. -Toy was a quiet man and until he began to drink some time ago he worked steadily at his trade.

When he left his home it was ssid ha had a good sum of money in his pocket. FIREMEN'S EXAMINATION. Seven foremen, sevcit assistant foreman and one battalion chief were to-day ordered to appear before the medical examiners of the department In Manhattan that determination may be made as to their physical fitness or unfitness to remain ip the department. STREET CLEANERS DISMISSED. Acting Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner Clarke yesterday afternoon dismissed twelve employees of the Department of Street Cleaning, nine for intoxication while on duty" and three for insubordination.

I 1 i I I 1 I KELY TO BE REMOVED. Low Said to Be Rather Tired of Their Actions. RIVES RESIGNATION IS READY. Elndenthala Queer Antics Have Apparently Greatly Disturbed the Mayor. It is understood that Mayor Low is contemplating the removal of two members of his cabinet, Bridge Commissioner Linden-thal and Corporation Counsel Rives.

Since their entranre Into office they have continually embarrassed him. invited criticisms of his administration in acting as sponsors of ridiculous plans and pernicious legislation, and in various other ways have placed the Mayor in a position where he in ire bow to public opinion, which, it is claimed, demand their removal from office. The opposition try Commissioner Linden-thals contlnuaneeSin office comes from two distinct and powerful sources, the Brooklyn Bapid Transit Company and the Bridge Department engineering staff. These two have combined and allied public opinion to their cause, which is smouldering with indignation, ready to break forth at any time in a peremptory demand for his. dismissal from office.

The entire engineering staff of Linden-thats department is arrayed against him, because of his seemingly stubborn and arbitrary methods in conducting the work on the bridge under construction. Several of the engineers hare pronounced some of his plans as ridiculous and unworthy of an engineer. The revolt of the staff waa made apparent Chief Engineer Lefferts S. Buck sent a letter to the Mayor, protesting that the action et his chief in substituting eye-bar cables It place of the heavy wire cables on Bridge Xo. 3 was an unpdfe and dangerous proceeding.

In fact, Mr. Buck countermanded the Commissioners orders, and Mr. Llndenthil retaliated by relieving R. S. Buck as aagineer in charge of that bridge, and the ago in disgust.

Mayor Lows missioner has of late, and be at ter resigned a few days ttitude towards the Corn's anything but friendly given him strict order vs now e'" v' to maintain a itarreet aileneo and refrain U.W Ok from giving Inters to the-pross; The strained reltidn between the Mayor and-Corporation Lonnsel Rives were in. duced hr the lattjrs course in promoting legislation which fens aroused public indignation and he ied many burning criticisms on the linistration. Mr. Rive was the sponsor i actually drew the notorious Bedell which gave railroad companies author to acquire any streets, parks, or public nd they saw fit to extend their syst is. He secured the Mayor's approval the measure on the statement that th bill only sought to relieve the Tark av- ne tnnnel and terminal problem of the York Central Railroad.

It was introdnee by snd passed hy the Legislature. The the scope and powers of the bill were di- vered. Public opinion demanded that it disapproved and th Mayor was compell- to recant and request the Governor to wi hold bis signature to the measure, in spi of the fact that he had approved it be re its introduction in the Legislature. It placed him in i very embarrassing position. The Fenfcylvania Tunnel bill had to be amended.

iMr. Rires forgot the Rapid Transit ComtLsion whep he drafted the measure, and Mayor Low was once more compelled to jrknowiedie that he had made a mistakehhen he approved it in its original form.lThese oversights of Mr. Rives coupled wlb the fact that his estimate calls for 112.000 over the estimate of his predccelor has produced a coldness between When Mr. Rives wl asked at noon today if the Maypr infilled to remove him he smiled and said: I Whenever Mayor Iv requests my resignation It is ready. BISHOPS SlJSTAINED.

Vatican Decides II at Archbishop Feehaa aid Bishop Mnldoom Were Rfcht. April Vatican, after a thorough eiamination hf the numerous documents regarding th priests disputes in Chicago, hss decided- that Archbishop Fechan and Bfc-hop Muldoon acted rightly in the matter! Instructions of thia sense have been sett Archbtdtop Martinelli for further 4 cures, which may be taken in settling thelispntes. HIS DC i GUARDED HIM. A man. wh i somebody siidWas Bennett, fell at 'niton street and Flatbush avenue last lit for folly a half an hour a large t.

Bernard dog which had accompanied aaa-mlk, kept passers-by and police who tried to assist him to his feet, ra placing a hand on him. The dog evK1 tly thought that the people surrounding master wanted to rob or hurt him. ft barked furious at those who moved sin ten feet of the prostrate mam and kc; running around the form to keep people approaching nearer. After a h- 'an hour had elapsed since the man fel I young individual pushed through the wd, and said: V.hy, tbiW Bennett. I The dog djjt object to tho presence of this young a bnt licked hi hand.

Then the young sucked np Bennett and took him wreck LONPOMr Kmfarfb ivhnrp i -P 6 I stie. from tr 5gil lvnoc, fvl, 1 f-SVSPO; jv; HER. steam-- Town, ight. I nni'lv Edwin Knowles, the well-known theatrical manager, who is dying at hig home. No.

868 Lafayette avenue, passed a quiet night last night. He is unconscious and seems unable to recognize anybody. His wife, who has been iu constant attendance at his bedside, says that he goes hours Ithout any sigh of life. Dr. Flaqggan called this morning nd spoke to the patient, who stalled slightly as if he recognized the doctor.

His d-ath is onla matter of hours. ONE KILLED IN WRECK. Another Fatally Injured by Train Colliding with Switch Engine. MEMPHIS; April northbound through train of the Illinois Central Bailroad from New- Orleans to Chicago lad into a switch engine In the southern yards of the company this morning at 7:30 o'clock, completely wrecking the train. Engineer Charles Burnett was fatally injured.

His colored fireman was killed. The baggage master and mail clerk received severe injuries. Maby passengers were slightly injured, but none of them seriously. ODELL SIGNS MANY BILLS, Including Fullers Bill for New Commissioner of Jurors. Governor Also' Approves of the Bill for Fund for Volunteer Firemen.

(SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN.) ALBANY, April 12. Before leaving for New York' this morning. Governor Odeli signed a number of bills, including Senator Marshall's, thatfie Board of Estimate and Apportionment be empowered to place in the annnal budget 15.090 for the funds of the former volunteer fire departments of Flatbush, New Utrecht, Gravesend and Flatiands; Assemblyman Remsens, amending the Surf avenue improvement, Gravesend, act relative to the refund of excessive payments by lot owners; Senator Cocks', authorizing the Controller to inquire into the claim of the Eureka Fire Hose Company of Far Rockaway for $800, and Senator Cocks, to inquire in to the claim of the Gamewcll Fire Alarm Telegraph Company for apparatus in Far Rockaway. The Governor has also signed Senator Fuller bill relative to the appointment of a commissioner of jurorq ia King, County, by providing that the appointing board shall consist of the -county judges and Surrogate-of Kings County, i The commissioner of jurors is to give a Bond 'of $3,000 in two sureties. The appointment under this act terminates the term of office of the present commissioner.

The new appointee is entitled to a deputy at $3,500, a secretary at $2,500, as well as clerks and stenographers. CONFAB OF PLATT AND ODELL. Brooklyn Polities Will Be Theme of Their Conference. An important political conference will he held to-night, when Governor Odell, Senator Platt and other Republican leaders meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to discuss the political situation ia the State. It is more than likely that Governor Odell at this meeting will indicate whether or not be is a candidate for a renomination.

So far he has given no intimation, even to his closest friends, whether he desires another term. The situation in this borough, which la not completely harmonious, ill also be discussed. WILL LEVEL STREET WASHERS. Barest of Incnmbrancea Abont Take Drastic Actloa la the Case. Superintendent Gonlden, of the Bureau of Incumbrances, has inaugurated a war on the practice of having street washers projecting several inchea above sidewalks at the curb in front of resident and business honse.

These washers, said Mr. Gonlden today, are a constant source of danger to pedestrians and hore resulted in many accidents in the, past. Tbe city is liable to be sued for accidents caused by them at any time. We intend to notify owners of the same to level them with the sidewalk. If these people do not do we will do so for them and will charge expense to them.

LINDEN THAL RETICENT. Commissioner Lindcnthal has given positive instructions that he shall not be disturbed by reporters who ask embarrassing questions. When the reporters called at the commissioners office this morning, they were informed that Mr. Lindcnthal was too busy to be seen. POLICEMAN OWENS DEAD.

Policeman Luke Owens of the Borough Hall precinct died at his home, No. 1608 Atlantic avenue this morning. Owen was one of the oldest men on the local force. Two weeks ag he was taken sick and intended to retire, bnt his health improved and be changed his mind. Hit death as sodden.

AMOS J. CUMMINGS IS BETTER. BALTIMORE. April 12. Congressman Amos J.

Cummings, of Nl-w York, who is at the Church Home aad Infirmary, this city, suffering with a complication of disease. is much improved to-day, and th officials say that it may not be necessary to operate on him. He is cheerful. WEATHER INDICATIONS. WASHINGTON, April for Eastern New York: Fair to-night and Sundar; fresh west to southwest winds.

Temperature. April li. ItHlg. April Ji. 1001.

tt. I I 40 9 4 llin Al 4 9 S3 A A XlCy AXC JNOW; Anxious I to Get Back in Wil-- Ioughby STAMPEDE IS IMMINENT. Followers of South Brooklyn Man Ready to Abandon Reform. -r RANK AND FILE ARE UNEASY. No Patronage, Bealdea Reform" la in Bad Odor with tbe People Just Row.

The Coffey Democrats are In something of a panic. They are anxious to get back in Willoughby street and ready to abandon reform, A meeting of the Coffey Democratic Executive Committee was held night at tbe headquarters in Temple Bar, One of the things discussed was Governor Odells veto of the Weekes Primary bill, abolishing June enrollments. Satisfaction waa expressed over the veto, although it does not matter much to the Coffey Democrats, as they hav(e abandoned all thought of contesting the Democratic primaries, except, probably, in the Ninth District, Coffeys own, where the ex-Senator thinks he haa a chance of regaining control. This information, comes from a member, of the Executive Committee, who is thoroughly posted. This man gave two reason why the Coffeyites will make no general assault on the Willoughby Streep regulars at the primaries.

The first reason, as stated by him, is that in the present temper of the voters toward the "reform 'administration, the Coffey Dem. ocrata could not hope to make even a respectable showing against the regulars, much less defeat them. The second and more important reason is that a majority of the Coffey leader hope to be back in the regular Democratic organisation before the fall. The above may prove startling information to some people, but it will surprise no one who has been familiar with the situation existing in the Coffeylte ranks for the past two months. There has been an almost complete revulsion of feeling among them In that time, and most of them are now urged to return to the regular Democratic fold, though they would like to do so on honorable terms.

As to the latter, they believe that they will be welcomed hack. According to the Coffeylte executive member already quoted, there is no dispov sition on the part of bis lieutenants to "throw down Senator Coffey. Ail of them would like to see him make conditions with the Willoughby street feaderg so that the Coffer Democrats would be taken back in a body and treated on equal terms with those now in the regnlar Democratic organization; but if Coffey delays action toward this end for any length of time, he will not be able, it is declared, to hold his followers together. They are sick and tired bf the Low administration, and they believe jhat the return of the Democracy to power at the next Mayoralty election is so certain that it would be folly not to make peace at this time, when it can be done with good grace. "Suppose we maintain our separate organization, said th executive member referred to, "what are we to do next fall.

We will have to support the Democratic candidate for Governor, we darent do otherwise. Our people wouldnt follow ns if we tried to lead them into the regnlar ramp, and beside, ws do not wish to do so. Well, my idea is, if we are going to support the regular Democratic ticket next fall, we should do so in perfect harmony with the regular Democratic organization. Then wa would get soma thaqjis for our work. If wo do anything else, we will bo left oqt In the cold entirely.

Wo ardtmt in the cold enough now. 1 "That the trouble. Wo haven't any patronage to give our people. A few big offices are no help in buiiding up an organization, you mnst have a lot of small daces. This administration is a dismal 'ailure.

Everybody is saying a bad word J'or it. Willoughby Street didnt treat us ight, hut this sdministration treats us worse than dogs, Wevo got all wo want j.f it" 1 "Is the resolution of the Coffeyites to jeturu to Willoughby Street general hroughout the borough? he was asked I "Yes, very general, he replied. Coffey Hayes want to hold out awhile longer, say well get better torms, but I loubt it I dont know about Kempner; is Tery hard to aay what he will do any timel Denny Sullivan will do what er Coffey says, and will four or five ore who are called leaders, but who I ally hare no etrength In their districts. 11 the rest of us ara ripe for a change, id we want it pretty soon. This man said that Coffey had made i earnest effort to get patronage for his conization, but had got the cold shoulder i.n tbe administration.

He expressed belief'that Coffey Is as sick of re-m ts anybody could be. You know it never did set well on stomachs, anyhow, he said. 'be Coffeyites sre expected to get their ues on the Democratic enrollment wher-r they are not already on, ia order to able to exert an Inflnenre In the pries. but thev wont bold pi manes of i onn. And they do hone to Tote ns I a tr f-e regular Km -s County i a at tie og cK-t I tb Signs Measure Despite the Protests of Prominent Brooklynites.

LOW TRIES TO EXPLAIN Says It Is Impossible to Deny There Is Force in Objections TO SELF'-PERPETUATING BOARD. Morgan Bill Indorsed -in Fnee it Strongest Opposition Ever DeVel oped Agninst Eoenl Measure. Mayor Low to-day accepted the Morgan Library bill and gave it the approval oi the city. The bill provides for the con-1 aolidation of the Brooklyn Public Library and the Brooklyn Library, to be con- trolled by a self-perpetuating board of twenty-two members, half of whom are to be selected from the present boards of each of the, libraries. Tbe action of the Mayor ia regarded aa a concession to the appeals of his personal friends on the board of the Brooklyn Library and hia old-time neighbors inj tho FirsCWard, Brooklyn, from whieh most of theBrookiyn Library directors come.

The action is taken in- the face of of the strongest oppositions that ever developed against a local measure, the opponents numbering In their ranks many of the most prominent citizens of Brooklyn. In the memorandum which the Mayor forwarded to the Governor he dismisses the strong arguments made against the self-perpetuating clause with the following sentence: It is impossible to deny that there is force In this objection. The Mayor (hen goes on to say that tho advantages of the self-perpetuating board outweigh the disadvantage ofth board selected each year fir two- yftwn-, Under the new condition of-things the people will- have but little actual repre- eentation in the board. The directors will originally be selected by the Mayor, bn' after that all vacancies will he filled by t1 votes of the members of the board. judging from past experiences, the will be controlled by a select few fro First -Ward.

t. i The Mayors memorandum on tills as follows: The consolidation of library inter-in Brooklyn, which this bill seeks to feet. Is desired by everybody. It has opposed on the ground that it turns an already existing public library corporation, whose directors, althou iginaliy -appointed by the Mayor, ss to the ex-offieio members of the 7 become thereafter members of tfi is impossible to deny that there thi objection. On the other h.

mnst be remembered that the pnliK. bodied in this bill hasgiven to the born of Manhattan and the Bronx such did institutions as the Metropolitan scum of Art, the American Museum 1 Natural History, the New York Botanu Garden and the Zoological Society. I has, also, developed an inspiring co opor tion for the public advantage betwev private benefactors and public snppor1 In such a' matter a policy may fairly a-to be tested by its fruits. There i an opinion entertained by son that if this bill is not accepted consol i tion of the libraries will ye( come ah-on more snji.sfactoty terms. I thu these, perhaps, do not appreciate at thm real value the public sentiment of th-directors of the Brooklyn Library, win offer to place at the service of tbe puhli their fine reference library of forty ycirs growth on the terms emhodied in the b.li or the impossibility of their presenting th library to the public, without condition-on acfffuIJPof tbe trusts with which the ire charged.

In the meanwhile the pending bill sirrn gives power to create a corporation capit of holding the Fuhlic Library and th Brooklyn Library in trust and capable of contracting with the city to conduct the consolidated libraries as a free pnblio lifirarr. The-Board of Estimate and Apportinnmn ia charged with the duty of making the cessary contract on behalf of tbe city; an I think it can and should draw this eontr i in such terms as to provide that the shall hold the title to all property hereeffi acqnired at public expense; to insure broad policy in the purchase of books, nni resewe to the city, explicitly, the right amending the contract in case of seed. In Tiew of these considerations, 1 hire determined to sccept the bill. (Signed.) SETH LOW, Major. JOHN RAPP ACCUSED.

Police Charge Him -with Hanning Policy Shop. John Rapp, of No. 1041 Flashing aren was arrested yesterday on a warrn' charging him with conducting a poi shop. Two headquarters men made a ra 1 on the place last Wednesday, and. it i--alleged, found policy slips and papers the place.

Rapp waa not on the protr and no arrests were made. The di-to mw went to the Manhattan Avenue Court a secured the warrant. Rapp was arraigned in the Sfait-a'' Avenue Conrt this morning on a con made by Detcstire Duffy. It is -that some time ago a man ns cl was airested at the same a. i barge of kcepiug a -charged.

I.s-n p-J i I H5 I Will Probably Be Begun Withidf Next Few Days. 1 Proposed Railroad Will Serve Link Between Several Great System. Jt is probable that actual work will be begun in a few days on the New York and Connecting Railroad. This road is to be a link between the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Pennsylvania and Long Island railroads. These three roads are to construct the connecting road jointly under a charter procured a year ago.

The road la to run from the New Haven yards at Port Morris, on the Harlem Rtver, across a bridge over the East River and Randallb Island, and connect with the Long Island- Railroad in Long Island City'. Both freight and passenger trains from New England to the West and South are to be run over this road and the trarka of the Long Island road to a ferry which is to connect Greenpoint with South Brooklyn. They will then be conveyed on a big railroad ferry across the bay. This will- obviate a ferry trip down the East River, which is now the only connection for tbe Pennsylvania and New Haven Railroads. The terminals at Greenpoint erei being rapidly constructed i HI 1 llv QiTt rTI gtUlJF CUllBirilUCU nearly completed.

A When the ttm-1 ndrr the Ea5t im the Hudson Bim the passenger trains wl run from the connecting- railroad throuRh the tnnneg, the may still go by the ferries to Greenpoint, COUNTY CLERK PLACES, Hartabeim Makes His Appointments From Civil Service List. County Clerk Hqrtzhein has made the following new appointments from the list sent him by the State Civil Service Commission: Equity Department Chief, Dennis J. Clare, No. 238 Baltic street; Harry M. Burris, No.

198 Bergen street: George M. Conrady, No. 942 Greene avehue; Thomas M. Burke, No. 122 MeDougall street; Osborne E.

Toombs, Fifty-ninth street an-i Twentieth avenue. Index Department Chief, John Roth, Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue; James Jackson. No. 371 Hancock street. Document Searchers Chief, John Feierabend, No.

976 Bushwick avenue; Charles B. Phillips, No. 253 Steuben street; comparing clerk, Timothy D. Williams, No. 1211 Bergen street: keeper of old records, George H.

Smith. No. 018 Chauneey' street: messenger, Lawrence O'Reilly, No. 39 Buffalo avenue; copjjsts, Edward J. McCarthy, Edward OBrien and Walter Robinson.

These appointments will make several changes in the office necessary. Some of the old clerks have had to go. GRAFF CREDITORS' Briefs Submitted to Judge Thomas on aa Order of Reference, Judge E. B. Thomas, in the United State District Court this morning, heard an argument for a review of the decision and order of reference on the disallowance of the claims of Charles G.

Kreinbrink and Edwnrd Franklin, creditors of the bankrupt brokerage firm of G. Edward Graff both of whom were represented hy Lawyer A. J. Koehler. Ia the Kreinhrink case Mr.

Koehler, in behalf of his client, asked for the return of the money, the claimant being nnable to obtain the stock electing to rescind the contract and recover I the amount raid on account, In the other he asked that the value of stock be fixed as of June 3, instead of May 21. The question of preference also came up. I The payments made, counsel said, were from moneys realized ont of property be- longing to tbe claimants and not ont of the funds of the bankrupts, and cannot, there- I fore, be construed as a preference, for they only gave them their own property or an equivalent. Briefs were submitted hy Mr. Koehler in each.

Judge Thomas took the papers and reserved his decision. MARTIAL LAW IN BELGIUM Will Ba Proclaimed hy tbe Cover-meat oa Mody. LONDON. April 12. A Brussels dispatch to Dalxiels News Agency says the Government has decided to proclaim martial lw on Monday if order is not restored by that time.

The military garrison of Brussels is under srms to-day, with thirty rounds of ammunition served to every soldier In addition to thirty rounds of small-shot cartridges. Friuc Albert of Belgium, nephew of the iKng, and Frinoo-is Albert arrived at Brussels to-day. HENRY RAYMOND MARRIED. PHILADELPHIA. Fa April Ra'mond, New mk broker, si Mri F.

Gnvrn. of nisi hv Mm or iji cl I I I I I Foster-Mother of Annie McGanran, Who Said She Was Lost. Mabel Hince, the ten-year-old child who was picked up in the lobby of Hyde and Betiman'a Theater Wednesday night by Court Officer Sheedy, of the Gates avenue court, and who Imposed on the officers credulity with a wonderful atory of travels and ultimate desertion by Uncle Law-sob; turn out not to he "Mabel Hince, but Annie McGanran, the-adopted daughter of James McGanran, a civil engineer, living at No. 303 Montgomery street, Jersey City. Mr.

McGanran said that the little child had a decided penchant for stretching the truth, and that the story which aha had told the policeman, and which was afterward published, was a tisane of falsehooda, Mrs. McGauran, who called with her husband at the childrens society rooms last night, said that Annie must have dreamed it all. Mrs. McGauran says that Annie has a rood imagination and finds it hard to definitely draw th line between fact and fiction. MiGauran took little Annie from tbe St.

Vincent de Paul Society when the child was but a baby. Annie was a foundling. Annie, she said, hid been taken with her and her husband all over the Western hemisphere, pnrtieu-Inly South America. She was pretty and pe Mod and piobahiy spoiled. iM 2u A L.

GERMAN ANARCHISTS TO MEET. PURLIN, April 12 German Anarchists I nifi hold a on Mv IS nd 19. The place of meeting is kept sc. ret. It is slated thcr will dilate thn advisability of aa Li.rs i 2 1.