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THE DAILY STANDARD UNION BROOKLYN, Saturday, afril ie, 1 gos. twelve pages. Til SAVE lllii YEliY CANAL PUS. FAT THE iDistrict Attorney Marean Knows His Whereabouts. CombustibleDeaJers Do Not lAaiit Grand T.

Smalley Charged Brooklyn Tower Fonndations May Senator Cantor Before Board of Enjoyed By the NewYork and The Stone Unionfind Master Eleventh Annual; Gathering to Fay Fees. Ulilh Obtaining On It Hr Soon in Plane. Ilnnk and Ferries Wflstfllipsfftp Wafp.p fnmnanv Stone Cutters Prininpv TWW to Pay Fees. SAY THEY ARE BEING ROBBED. Wilh Obtaining $75 On It MICHAEL J.

DIBITS NAME Be Soon in Place. IS STILL LACKING. Docks and Ferries. ASKS WHAT ARE ITS POWERS. Westchester Water Company.

$173.80 PER MILLION GALLONS. Primary Teachers. ADDRESSES MADE ON HEM cdr MANY SYMPATHETIC STRIKES, WAS SIGNED TO THE PAPER, AND IT WAS PASSED UPON THE SEVENTEENTH -WXRD BANK THE PRISONER WAS TAKEN TO THE EWEN STREET COURT AND WAIVED EXAMINATION. Le Grand T. Smalley, who is said to live at 640 Washington avenue, was held a prisoner in default of 1,500 Datl in the Ewen street court this morning, op a charge of passing a worthless check upon the Seventeenth Ward Bank, Manhattan avenue.

The prisoner waived examina-ttion and his case will be sent to the Grand Jury. It is alleged that Smalley signed the name of Michael J. Dady, the contractor, to a check for $75, drawn upon the Long Island Loan and Trust Company. He then, it Is said, got it cashed by the Greenpoint Bank. That was on Feb.

23. Two weeks prior to that he was discharged by the American Surety Company, of Manhattan, by whom he was employed as an agent. When the officers of the Seventeenth Ward Bank learned that the check was worthless, they -procured a warrant for Smalleys arrest. A detective was put upon the case, and he followed the accused to Jersey City, Philadelphia. Baltimore, to Albany, to Rochester, Newark, and finally to this city, where he was arrested on Fulton street last night by Headquarters Detective Weiser.

ALLEGED BRIBER IS IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH HIS COUNSEL FRIENDS ADVISED HIM TO LEAVE THE STATE DENIED THAT HE IS THE MAN WHO WAS INTRODUCED TO WINANT. According to the statement made by District Attorney Marean this morning, he can place his hand at once on the William Hepburn, ho Is said to be the mysterious "Col. Webster who 'was introduced to Frederick G. Isles as the man who had at his disposal 125,000 to bribe members of the March Grand Jury. The purpose was to prevent the indictment of ex-CIty Works Commissioner Theodore B.

WIIHs and Police Commissioner William E. Phillips. Mr. Marean declared to-day 4hat Hepburn was not in this State, but was in constant communication with his lawyers, who, it is said, advised him to leave the State for a time. Mr.

Marean says that Hepburn will surrender himself at the District Attorney's office when he is wanted. Lawyer David Welch, who was an Assistant District Attorney under De Lancy Nicoll, in Manhattan, and who is counsel for Charles M. Winant, said yesterday afternoon that Hepburn would deny that he bribed Isles. Hepburn is a relative and a Hose adviser of Police Commissioner Phillips, and his friends, it is said, strongly advised him not to go to Mr. Mareana office tor reasons which will transpire later.

Mr. Marean knows where Hepburn is, out Will not make his whereabouts puojic. Assistant District Attorney Clarke- is still probing the City Works Department scandals, and is tightly fastening a chain of evidence around the indictcl It is generally believed now that Henry D. Ohlsen- one of the March Grand Jurors, committed suicide, and was not murdered, as some sensational newspapers have tried to establish. The police have come to this conclusion, after a careful investigation.

THEIR INDIGNATION IS CAUSED BY BOROUGH PRESIDENT BOWLEY8 INTERPRETATION OF A SECTION OF THE CHARTER OF GREATER NEW YORK THERE ARE OTHER VIEWS OF THE LAW. Borough President Bowley, of Queens, calls attention to Section 766 of the charter. relative to the issuing of licenses for the s8le of kerosene, turpentine, naphtha, which, in the opinion jtf Deputy Fire Commissioner Tully, is calculated to create a wrong impression. Several persons from Long Island City called on Mr. Tully to-day in a quite.

Indignant frame of mind and wanted back the $10 each they had paid for their licenses giving them authority sell the articles named. They characterized the Bureau of Combustibles as a place where they had been Their feelings were wrought up, it appears, by a state-? raent published by Mr. Bowley dn a Long Island City paper, wherein he interprets the closing clause of Section 766 as being optional with the license-seeker to pay or not as he chooses. That clause reads; But licenses for this purpose may be granted in the Boroughs of Queens and Richmond without the payment of the license fee in this section prescribed. This clause is interpreted by the Fire Department as meaning that they "may grant these licenses without payment of fee, if they so choose; but if, in their Judgment, they think it wiser to collect, they can do so.

Deputy Commissioner Tully gives as a reason for collecting that if fees are to be collected in Brooklyn, he doea not see why they should not be collected in Queens. For this reason, the Long Island City delegation got no satisfaction. The receipts of the Bureau of Combus-tilles are sometimes as high as $500 $600 a day. The license fees for the sale of kerosene, naphtha, turpentine, are $10 a year each; for gunpowder, to druggists and painters, permits for blasting. $10; permits for lighting fires in the streets by plumbers, fifty cents.

OF WHICH BROOKLYN HAS TO CONTRIBUTE ITS SHARE, PAID BY NEW YORK FOR SOME OF ITS WATER BUT. BROOKLYN APPROPRIATIONS ARE HELD UP. According to a prospectus Issued some time ago, the Westchester Water Company furnishes the city of Yonkers with a million gallons of water daily. In the earao circular it is set forth that the company "has a right to 500,000 gal? lons of water daily from the Croton main for emergency uses. i The Croton water is the property of the city of Now York; yet, strange to say, there exists between the city of New York and the Board of Water Commissioners of the city of Yonkers a contract, by the terms of which the latter agrees to supply to that portion of the borough of the Bronx, east of the Bronx River, all the water that is needed there, at 13 cents per 190 cubic feet, or at the rate of $173.80 per million gallons.

The city of Yonkers buys the very water it sells to New York from the Westchester and New York Water Company. The Westchester Company has been thus favored by the former city of New York for many years. The last contract was executed on Dec. 15, 1897, and wiU run for one year. This is not the only instance of the Westchester and New York Water Company having its own way with the city of New York.

The company enjoys the privilege of supplying to the institutions on Harts Island the water used there for all purposes. The -city has agreed to pay it $3,900 a year, artd if the quantity supplied exceeds 100,000 gallons day to pay additional rates for the quantity in excess. The island uses about 180,000 gallons peD day, and the company has charged the city $5,890 for the amount in excess furnished. Chief Engineer Blrdsall was interviewed upon the subject and asked for his opinion regarding the state of affairs. He admitted that matters were not as they ought to be.

He said he had been trying for rrany years to get the city to lay mains across the Bronx River and carry its Croton water to all parts of the city. While New York City Brooklyn contributing its share is paying $173.80 per million gallons for some of Jts water, Brooklyn is selling water to the manufacturers at about $100 per million gallons, yet Brooklyn cannot get the appropriation actually necessary to carry sufficient water owned by the city to the mains for distribution to consumers. UPTOWN IN MANHATTAN TO HELP THE UNIONS BRICKLAYERS NOW QUIT WORK OVER 2,000 MECHANICS OUT BOSSES ORGANIZE A UNION OF DERRICKMEN AND ARE FORMING ANOTHER ONE. No additional step has been taken by the Builders League in. Its intervention in the fight between the Stone Cutters and Machine 3tone Workers Unions, backed by the affiliated building trades unions of Manhattan 'and Brooklyn, and the Master Stone Cutters1 Association.

Secretary Charles Dubois, of the Builders League, was seen this morning at the general offices of the league, in West 136th street. Manhattan. Mr. Dubois said: "Work is going on uninterrupted In the yards of the members of the Master Stone Cutters Association. There is no change reported in the attitude of the association toward the unions.

The unions have gained an ally unexpected by the contractors. The Bricklayers Unions are in sympathy. On a number of sympathetic strikes ordered by the Manhattan Board of Delegates on new buildings in the Harlem section of Manhattan Borough, union bricklayers have within the last few days refused to set brick where non-union fashioned stone is used, and went out on sympathetic strike with other trades. Altogether, over 700 mechanics, it is said, have quit work on buildings in Harlem through sympathy with the Stone Cutters and Machine Workers Unions. Secretary Dubois observed that the sympathetic strikes of the bricklayers was a matter of concern for the builders, and did not affect the position of tbe strike in the association stone yards.

It is said the sympathetic action of the bricklayers was induced by the fact that their craft is not in the best condition at the present time, and their dread, should the stone unions be beaten, their wages would be reduced, for on buildings faced with cut stone bricklayers work consists of setting up the shell or backing of brick feu the stone, and becomes, to certain an factor in the construction! Heretofore the bricklayers unions strictly refused to countenance sympathetic strikes of their members, no matter the inducement offered. Representatives of the striking stone unions say the proprietors of nineteen stoneyards in Manhattan and Brooklyn are now on terms of amity with the unions and have a big force of union stonecutters and machine men at work in their yards. It is claimed over 400 union stone cutters and 300 union machine stoneworkers have found work since the association yards were closed to- members of the unions, and that most bf the unemployed members of the unions will be able to find work shortly. Over 3,000 building trade mechanics are said to be unemployed in consequence of the fignt. They belong to all branches of the building industry.

It is also said the Contractors Association have formed a new union of derrick-men, the members of which undertake not to go on sympathetic strikes, and are forming another new union in the building industry, but in what particular branch has not been disclosed. USB OF CRAYON AND BLACKBOA3 IN WORK' OF THE SUND. SCHOOL "MAINSPRINGS OF CHA ACTER, AND HOW TO REAC THEM, AN ADDRESS BY ill M. J. CUSHMAN.

The eleventh annual Institute of Primary Teachers Class of the Brook Sunday School Union held its first s. sion in Association Hail, corner of bui and Fulton streets, this 'morning, wi Mrs. J. S. Ostrander; teacher, presidm The session was opened by singing: Ira the Little Ones for Jesus.

1 Alfred Tilley, in making the openii prayer, asked the guidance of God in tl present crisis of the Nation, and prayc that the Chief Executive and other pub! officials might be rightly guided in wha ever action they take. The responsive service being read, Mr F. Sellick, secretary of the institute, rea her annual report. This showed progress and an increased work among the pr mary classes of the Sunday schools. W.

McKee, chairman of the Norm Class Committee, delivered the salutator address, complimenting the class upon th past years work. "Crayon and Blackboard In Primar Work was the subject of an address Mrs. S. W. Clark, of Jersey City, N.

Her Ideas and thoughts were presented the audience mostly by examples blackboard work, some of which wer very beautiful. She said that there wer three things which are essential for teacher to have in order to make a sue cess of blackboard work, namely, willing? ness to work, patience with self, and per severence. I Mrs. M. J.

Cushman, of Newark, N. spoke on "Mainsprings of Character ant How to Reach Them. The dwelt upon the dual nature, the two seifK in every child. "Character. she said, "i the fruit which ripens on the tree of ac tion.

The roots she termed the will, am the soil, love. Since character spring from action. Mrs. Cushman expressed at her idea that from each Sunday school lesson some work of action should b4 formed and earned out. Heredity an environment have much influence upon child, but the power of the mind has ts greater influence.

The child should br taught to discern the good from the bar. and be taught to govern his life in such manner that he will choose to do the gooc rather than the bad- If this is done then, she said, though it be Impossible to always give to the child such surround-tings as might be for his good, he will, os his own choice, follow the paths of Tight-? eousness. i Ralph Evans, soprano of the Church 1 the Messiah, rendered two solos in a most creditable manner. A collection was theu taken up. George W.

Pease, of Springfield, Mass. I delivered an address on "Primary Class Organization. In a -model school Mr 4 Pease thought there should be the follow-M ing from 2 to 8 years of age; junior, from 8 to 12 years of age 4 intermediate, from 12 to 16 years of nga 1 Bible, from 16 to 20 years of age, and adult, 20 years and above. "Even in the! primary grade it ia necessary to graduate! the lessons taught to the children." said! the speaker. A child of two cannot un-t derstand all that a child of eight can.

Ini the book I find the instructions to feed-, the babes on the milk of the word, and then, when they have grown older, they can be fed the solid meat. At the close of Mr. Peases address, nouncements were made anduK. luncheon served. The afternoon session convened at 2:15 oclock.

At 2:25 the institution went into conference session. George W. Pease presiding. To-morrows Sunday school lesson. Matt, 1-9, was taken up by Mrs.

J. H. Poihemus at 2:45. after which Ralph Evans sang several selections. The Art of Story-Telling was the subject of an address by Mrs.

William F. Wamsley, who was followed by the Rev. William E. Needham, on Picturing the Truth. NEW EAST RIVER BRIDGE COMMISSIONERS ARE SERVED WITH SUMMONS TO ANSWER A DISPOSSESS SUIT BROUGHT BY THE OUSTED BOARD TWENTY DAYS GIVEN TO PREPARE AN ANSWER.

The New East River Bridge Commissioners are still without money, but at yesterdays meeting, in Manhattan, President Nixon announced that Mayor Van Wyck had promised to give them 500,000 next week, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment having decided that progress on the bridge shall not be interfered with for lack of funds. Papers were served upon the Commissioners in the suit brought by the former Commissioners, and beyond this routine business only occupied the attention of the commission. Chief Engineer Buck submitted his usual weekly report as subjoined: "New York Side Tower Foundations North Pier The greater part of the pedestal course has 'been set. The contractor is short one stone for one of the pedestals, and the stones still short for the coping course prevents the completion of another pedestal block. "South Pier The masonry has been carried up to course which is partly laid.

The top of this course will be two inches below high water mark when the foundation is completed. Sinking has been continued and the cutting edge is now at elevation 58. The excavation has been carried to 68 in some places in the working chamber. No rock has yet been uncovered under the west fifth of the caisson. The gangs now at work are very small, averaging, perhaps, twelve or thirteen men.

when three times that number could be used. The difficulty of getting union men, and the "Bends are given as reason for small working force. "Anchorage Excavation has been continued, but has progressed slowly. The removal of the old crib pier at the west side is slow and tedious. The sheet piling has come in considerably and a gang has been busy bracing it against piles driven in the bottom.

There appears to be a tendency of the material to rise inside the excavation, due to the perssure of material on the outside. This was noticed on the south side and vill be closely watched. About 115 piles have been driven during the week, making a total of about 545 driven to date. Brooklyn Side. Tower Foundations, South Pier; About 300 cubic yards of stone masonry has been laid during the week.

The caisson has not been sunk any extent, but excavation has been carried about four feet below -the cutting edge to about elevation 76. For two pockets toward the middle of the caisson a large boulder, which may possibly prove to be the bedrock, has been laid bare at about elevation 74. "North Caisson No work has been done, except in the way of preparation for the application of compressed air. "Anchorage About 1.500 cubic yards have been excavated during the week. The work is much interfered with by the pressure of water over all that portion of the excavation which has reached depth below low-water mark.

Pumps are now being placed to remove thjs water. The papers served upon the Commission in the suit of the people of the State of New York, ex rel the old Board of Bridge Commissioners against the present Board, were, upon motion, referred to the Corporation Counsel for proper defense. In substance the complaint Ls: That the plaintiffs were appointed Bridge Commissioners under the act of May 27, 1895, for the purpose of constructing a suspension bridge over the East River between the cities of New York and Brooklyn; that by Section 595 of the Greater New York charter this Commission was excepted from the provisions of said charter; that the Commission appointed by Mayors Wurster and Strong were a permanent commission to construct the bridge and that they accepted their appointments in the month of June, 1895, and entered upon the discharge of their duties; that on the 19th day of January, 1898, the defendants and each of them, without lawful warrant.right or authority, and by stealth and force, intruded into and usurped said office of the Commissioners, and have unlawfully and wrongfully held and exercised power ever since. In relation to ex-President Andrew D. Baird, special stress is laid upon the fact, in the papers the case, that he is a veteran, and it is not shown that he was incompetent or failed to conduct himself properly in office.

In conclusion, the old Commissioners ask that the new Commissioners be ousted and excluded from the office into which they respectively intrude and that the old Commissioners be reinstated. The Commissioners adjourned -until next Friday. THE SENATOR WOULD LIKE AN OPINION FROM THE CORPORATION COUNSEL APPLICATION 9 FOR PIER PRIVILEGES ADVERSELY REPORTED CAN THE SHORE ROAD PIERS BE USED FOR COMMERCE? The matter of most interesting moment before the Board of Docks and Ferries yesterday afternoon at its regular weekly meeting, in the office at Pier North River, was the appearance before the Board of Senator Cantor, in defense of the canal interests. He said he represented not only the canal interests of tbe State, but the merchants of New York and the Board of Trade and Transportation. Piers 6 and 8, East River, he continued were, under the charter, for the exclusive use of canal boats of the State.

This right, it appears, by the Senators remarks, is something of a dead letter, and the piers are used for other purposes to an extent that has driven the flour traffic almost out of this port. Last year it had dwindled to 10,000 or 12,000 barrels. The canal boats could not land. Not a barrel of flour, he said, had been landed on the piers in ten years. The sale of 'the use of these piers was to be made by the Board next Monday.

While that was a canal district the corporation purchasing the rights to use those piers will use them exclusively for their own purposes, in violation of the interest of the Legislature. He said he hoped that the sale would be put off, so that the opinion of the Corporation Counsel might be obtained as to the power of the Board in this matter. He claimed that the present use of those piers was a clear violation of the intention Of the Legislature, and he claimed that the Board had no right to sell the use of them at auction. It was a matter of the greatest importance, a matter vital to the commerce of the city, said the Senator. He would like to hear from the Corporation Counsel as to whether he thought their advertisement of tbe sale was in compliance with the law.

The Commissioners reserved their decision on the matter. The sale referred to by the Senator occurs at noon next Monday at Pier Battery, and sixty "lots are advertised for "the right to collect and retain all wharfage and cranage, which may anse, accrue or become due for the use and occupation by vessels of more than five tons burden, in the manner and at the rates prescribed by law. The sale is for a term of two years from May 1 next. There was an application from the Atlantic Transport line for a bulkhead on the north side of pier No. 39, offering $4,000 a year for a lease of bulkhead on either side of the pier.

It was laid over. An opinion we received from the Corporation Counsel stating that the Board has a right to grant permission to the Fire Department to erect a two-story structure on Pier 55, East River, for the use of officers and men. Another communication from the same source accompanied an application from the Hubermann Manufacturing Company, asking for a grant of land under water in Macbeth Creek, borough of Queens. No action was taken on it. A request was recevled from R.

P. Flower that dredging be done at Dutch Hills Creek between the railroad bridge and the Fifth street bridge. Long Island City. He will be notified that this is within the jurisdiction of the United States Government. There was referred to Commissioner Murphy a sketch and description received from the Hudson Subway Company of work to be dene by that company in connection with the building of a tunnel under the North River, from Dey street, Manhattan, to Jersey City.

It was accompanied with a report of Chief Engineer Bersel. Commissioner Meyer reported, recommending that the application of John A. McCarthy for a ten years lease of the bulkhead between Piers 60 and 61, East River, with permission to shed the same, be denied. Adopted. He also recommended the denial of the application of Jacob Fleischaner Brother, to build a bulkhead platform at the foot of East Forty-fourth street, and for ten years lease.

This was laid over. The Board approved the recommendation of Commissioner Meyer that the Nassau Ferry Company be notified that the franchise of the ferry at the foot of Houston street. East River, is included in the proposed sale, at an upset price of $11,000. The Board also approved the recommendation of the Dock Superintendent that the Corporation Counsel oe requested to advise the Board whether the piers be-tween Fort Hamilton avenue and Sixty-Beventh street, South Brooklyn, can be used for commercial purposes and wharfage collected The Board granted the request of St. John's Guild, requesting permission to berth the Floating Hospital at the pier at the foot of East Third street, pending repairs upon It A communication was received from the Engineer-in-Chief, recommending that the Board sign accompanying for the extension of the pier line on the East River, between the Brooklyn Bridge and Hamilton Ferry, and forward the same to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for their signatures.

Approved. CHANGED WITH FORGERY. 3. 3. GILLIGAN ACCUSED OF USING THE REV, M.

J. MORANS NAME. John J. Gilligan was arraigned before Judge Hurd, in the County Court, yesterday. to plead to a charge of forgery.

He pleaded not guilty, and was remanded for trial. The defendant is accused of hav- ing forged the name of the Rev. Michael J. Moran, pastor of the Church of the Nativity, in Madison street near Classon avenue, on March 22, to a check for $28.40, made payable to his own order. READY FOR.

WAR. Lafayette Post Has 100 Becruits For a Begiment THEY WERE GIVEf A HEARTY WELCOME BY THE VETERANS LAST NIGHT THE MEMBERS OF THE POST HAVE PROMISED 1,160 RECRUITS. Lafayette Post, No. 140, G. A.

welcomed one hundred recruits last night fo a regiment for war at a meeting held in the headquarters of the post In the Ma-sonic Temple, Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street, Manhattan, The recruits were the first detachment of a brigade of volunteers which the post is pledged to raise. Since the idea of forming a Lafayette Post regiment was started, two weeks ago, 1,160 recruits have been prom-lsed by the members, and. it is expected that there will be three regiments of twelve oempanies each ready to respond to the Governments first call for volunteers. Lafayette Post will equip them for service. Gen.

Daniel Butterfield, commander of the post, sent the following circular to the members on April CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE. Comrade, It would be in line with our reputation for patriotic effort if Lafayette Post stood ready in event of war to offer a regiment to the Government on short notice. Our comrades, mostly beyond the age of active service or legal acceptance, can, if they will, mutually agree to provide volunteers to represent us, ready to fill a regiment the instant a call comes. I request that each comrade willing to do so pledge himself to produce upon notice one or more recruits to enter the Lafayette -Post Regiment of Volunteers by signing and returning the pledge appended thereto. Comrades should commence to prepare their recruits for the service which may come and stand sponsors for their offered recruits.

In case we so raise a regiment the post will look after their welfare, be their friends and protecors in all permissible ways, and set an example which, un-doubtedly will be quickly followed by other posts with great benefit to the country and honor to the Grand, Army of the Republic. Bach post would naturally look after their battalion in the field, looking after them severally and seeing them well cared for, handled and officered. Your commander would be obliged for an immediate response from every comrade of the post. DANIEL BUTTERFIELD, Post Commander. Attached to th4 circular was a pledge to supply recruits, which each member signed, some promising more than one.

The work of organization went on so quietly that only two fnembers knew that the first recruits would he received last night. But the notice of the meeting was so worded that there was a large attendance. When the secret business of the post was over it was 9:45 oclock and the doors were opened. The veterans, who were in uniform, rose and saluted as the color guard entered, bearing aloft the colors and followed by the recruits, marching two abreast, to the music of bugle and drum. Wrhen they realized the import of the demonstration the room rang with cheers, which continued while the recruits marched past the commander and halted behind the colors in a mass.

An officer stepped forward, saluted and said: Commander, I have the honor to present to the post the first detachment of the Lafayette Post regiment of volunteers. Cheers broke out afresh, and the recruits flushed at the honor, these gray-haired men wore medals won in battle. "It is a. pleasure to receive you, said Gen. Butterfield.

A11 of us have memories we would not exchange -for anything on this earth, but we would gladly ex- change our honors to be as young as you and do what you are doing. We intend to offer to the Government the first regiment of volunteers for service in the While the recruits stood at attention. Major Rufus Kins was called forward and received from the commander a medal presented by Congress for conspicuous gallantry on the field at White Oak Swamp, June 21. 1862. The medal was cast from the metal of captured guns.

Your comrades are proud of you sir, said the General, concluding, and veterans and recruits cheered as the medal of honor was pinned on Major King's breast. "Let us sing The Star Spangled Banner, said the General. A deep-voiced veteran started the grand old hymn- and the rafters rang with the stirring strains. Then there were three cheers for the flag, and three cheers from the recruits for the post, after which they marched out and enjoyed a supper provided by the members. It was announced that a sample uniform would be ready on Monday for inspection by the committee.

It will be a summer fatigue uniform, suitable for purposes of drill and preparation, The Committee of Organization consists of Messrs. Mills BakeweH, Little, Copp, Gibbs, Foster! Jonea Tuekerman and Whitefleld and Cbaalaia Wood. NIAGARA IN WATER COLOR. NOW TO BE SEEN AT IjOESER'3 ESTABLISHMENT. The big water-color of "Niagara, by Bazane, the Danish artist, is now on free exhibition at Loesers.

The point of view is the Canadian bank, near the Loretto Convent, near the well- known stopping place on the Michigan Central Railroad, called Falls View Station. This spot probably is the best for obtaining a comprehensive view of the falls, bringing in both American and Canadian shores. Goat Island and the Three Sister Islands. It is a view which gives yie breadth of the falls but not the height, as has been discovered, probably by those ho looked from both shores. 3t may be questioned whether the division into two sections of the painting, with one set at am angle and a broad gold liame between, produces as fine an effect as could be obtained without the dividing line of gold.

But the painting possessed much merit and truth, and should be sen by all during its exhibition! For Niagk'ras mist, its green and peculiar transparency, water-color paint-in is well adapted. When forty square miles of landscape are depicted, bringing in the shore with buildings and foliage, certain portions of the view call for a greater solidity of rendering than seems possible with the more delicate medium. The artist has presented the scene with a realism which will at once strike those who have visited the famous spot. The color of the water and the transparent character, especially in the river below the American side, 'is given with remarkable truth. The sky also possesses beauty and transparency, and the broad sweep of water above with the Canadian shore on the right, gradually melting In to the delicate sky.

is one of the finest portions of the picture. LEND ME YOUR WIFE. A STRONG CAST WILL SUPPORT HAYDEN IN ITS PRODUCTION. Thomas T. Hayden, the blind actor, wh-is to produce Roland Reed's successful comedy, "Lend Me Your Wife, at the Criterion Theatre on Wednesday- evening.

May 11, has selected a strong supporting cast from the membership of the Brooklyn amateur dramatic societies, most of whom have appeared with him in his various dramatic ventures, and is proceeding with the rehearsals, which promise a highly successful result. The following is the cast In full: Dick Easily, Thomas T. Hayden; Tom Francis Kelly; Alexander StlrAip, William J. McCahill; Ben-Danfin Funnlbone, John A. Blanchfield; Harry, H.

M. Barrett; Capt. Abner John E. Irwin; Franz. Thomas L.

Bessie Bunting, Miss Mabel Hale; Kitty Tarbox, Miss Rose Blanchfield; Lottie, Miss Josephine Smith; Baby Bunting, Master Kidd. AUXILIARY FOR THIRTEENTH. MEETING NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TAKE ACTION. A meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary Cbrps. of the State of New York' will "be hejd at the Thirteenth Regimen apfnory, avenue, at 3 oclock tyejA Monday afternoon, to take steps fjjhforming a branch for the Thirteenth Hegiment.

The wives, daughters and female relatives of the members are invited to be present. The object of the corps is to provide comfort for the men when called into active service. A CLAN-NA-GAEL reception. Sts. WILL.

BE GIVEN TO-MORROW the spell NIGHT' TO JOHN DALY, i Afrception and testimonial benefit will be given to John Daly, an Irish prisoner, who was recently released, by the of Brooklyn, at the Park Theatre to-morrow evening. Addresses will be by Congressman William Sulzer, Senator P. H. McCarren, Gen. James lOBeirne and J.

Grattan MacMahon. A GUN WITH A GRIM HISTORY A correspondent "who fit through the var writes: Will a man be allowed to carry the gun -be prefers in the war? I have one that aw service in every battle of the late war, and which, to my certain knowledge, bas killed 120 men. I carried a notebook with me the first two years of the war, and kept count, till it got to be such an ordinary thing that I lost interest In it. But I know that it has killed 120, and that it is in as good fighting trim now as it was then. I have come to have an affection for it, and if I enlist 1 hope they'll let me carry it with me.

Its getting rusty and needs exercise." Atlanta Constitu--tion, 4 A MACHINE COMPANYS LOSS. April 16. The factory of thqf Brown Machine Company, a three-etdt-y structure, wa entirely destroyed, yth Its valuable machinery, last night by Yr fire. causing a loss of about 25.000; Insured. About one hundred skilled mechanics will be thrown out Vf exnploy- thent.

The silver-plating shop of the Elghland Plating Company, adjoining, vh also totally destroyed. lire etarted In the engine room from some un-kaewa cause. IN GREENWOOD REMAINS OP COMEDIAN BARRY WILL BE BURIED TO-MORROW. Funeral services over the remains of William Barry, the comedian, whose death occurred yesterday. and whose name was a synonym for the bright side of life, will be conducted at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon at St.

Francis Xavier's Church. Sixth avenue and Carroll street, where services will be held by the Rev. Father D. J. Hickey, rector, with appropriate music by a quartet.

The popularity of the deceased comedian warrants the belief that the church will be crowded, while a large contingent of professional people will also be present. The arrangements for the funeral were completed to-day under the direction of Louis C. Behnum, of the well-known theatrical Arm of Hyde Behman, and the interment will take place at Greenwood. The following will be the pallbearers; Tony Pastor, Col. W.

E. Sinn, Charles E. Evans, Harry C. Kennedy, Senator McCarty, Thomas F. Kevins, John W.

Holmes, Thomas E. Murphy, Robert Furey. Harry Hyams, William Harris, A P. Wemberg, Nick Norton. Frank Welch.

Frank Klhlholz. Arthur Quinn. William Carter, Sant Dev ere. J. J.

Armstrong, Richard G. Hollaman, Richard Hyde and L. C. Behman. WANTS A DIVORCE, MBS.

MARY ELIZABETH HURST MAKES SERIOUS CHARGES. The suit of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hurst for absolute divorce from her husband, Alfred Thomas Hurst, a traveling talesman, was on trial before Justice Johnson, in the Supreme Court, to-day. The couple were married in 1869, and have three children. During the year 1894 the parties quarreled, and separated, by agreement.

Then Hurst, it is alleged, went to South Dakota and obtained a divorce from his ife. On his return to Brooklyn he married Mrs. Nellie Carr, with whom he is now living at 71 Greene avenue. The plaintiff, who is living with her mother, at 105 Greene avenue, names Mrs. Carr as corespondent.

She claims that the South Dakota divorce is illegal, because she says she was not served with papers in the suit. Mrs. Hurst alleges that she knew nothing about the Dakota divorce proceedings unti long after her husband began to live with Mrs. Carr. For the defense, It is contended, that Mrs.

Hurst was served with the sum- mons, and complaint in the action, and gave a lawyer a power of attorney to look, after her Interests. There was no- defense to the suit for divorce, and it was legally granted. The Justice said the question to be determined was whether the plaintiff knew of her husbands suit and if she had employed any counsel to defend the action. Mrs. Hurst was on the stand this morning and denied absolutely that she knew anything of her husbands divorce suit until long after the decree was granted.

The- only paper she signed, she said, was the agreement of separation. Lawyer Treadwell, for Mrs. Hurst, said that the defendant owed the plaintiff $80 alimony, and objected to any proceedings by him. The Justice said he had nothing to do with that part of the case. Thereupon Mrs.

Hurst signed a petition for an order to show cause why her husband should not be punished for contempt. Lawyer C. K. Winsor. for the defendant, showed Mrs.

Hurst carbon copy of the separation agreement, and asked her if she signed it. "It looks like my signature, but I am unable to swear to It, she replied. Mrs. Hurst said that Jerry A. Wemberg was her attorney in 1894.

She was then handed a paper containing the alleged power of attorney and was asked If it bore her signature. "It looks like it," she replied, "but if I signed that I signed what I did not know. It is an outrage. Would I barter my rights away like that? Its too bad to show me a paper like that, and ask me if I signed it. Mrs.

Hurst denied that she had seen anything like the document before it was produced in court. The case was continued. HIS SYMPATHIES NOT WITH SPAIN. Boston, April from San- tlago de Cuba to the number of eleven arrived In -this city yesterday by tbe steamer Brookline. These refugees are American citizens.

Consul Hyatt re- mained at Port Antonio. Among those who came on the Brookline were Julian Cendoya and his wife. Mr. Cendoya is a commission merchant who has lived in Cuba for six years. He was born in Spam, but his sympathies In the present troubles are not with his mother country.

COCAINE KILLED -Cripple Creek, April 16. A. A. Rice, of Denny, Rice a wool commission firm of Boston, died at the National Hotel from the of an overdose of cocaine. Eighteen empty half-ounce vials which had contained cocaine and three hypodermic syrinwes were found among his effects.

Vlce-Prealdent Hobart has written a letter tin which he say that he believes Spain will not molest our coasts In oass of AUXILIARY WORK Meeting at the Forty-seventh Regiment Armory. THE WOMEN WHO FORM THE AUXILIARY CORPS OF THE REGIMENT HAVE MADE 230 COMFORT BAGS FOR THE SOLDIERS SINCE TUESDAY. Forty women were present yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Womans Auxiliary Corps of the Forty-seventh Regiment, held in the armory, Marcy avenue and Heyward street Mrs. H. H.

Quick, president of the organization, was in the chair. In a few words she expressed her pleasure at seeing such a large number of ladies present About the only business which there was to engage the meeting was the turning in of the housewives, as the little comfort bags for the soldiers are called. 'At the meeting on Tuesday it was decided that the making of the "housewives should be the first work undertaken by the auxiliary. It was a general surprise yesterday when it was announced that the ladies interested In the work had made 230 of them since the previous meeting. These comfort bags are by no means new; but the ones which' the ladies of this organization are turning out differ in several respects from- any so far made- In the first place, instead of U9ing silk cloth and ribbons, pr some other such finery which gives a pleasing appearance at first, but which soon wears out or becomes almost useless from other reasons, the ladies adopted blue denim and lined the edges with strong black tape.

Then, again, everything the "house- wile contains is so fixed that nothing can be lost, no matter how she is turned. The third improvement is the introduction into the bag of an ordinary-sized bag of tobacco, a pipe and some matches. When the latter suggestion was first made, some of the ladies rather disliked the idea, -but later, after they had heard that the members of the Forty-seventh Regiment regarded the pipe and tobacco with as much favor as they did the remainder of the bags contents, all opposition was quickly abandoned. The three features just mentioned were originated bv the president, Mrs. H.

H. Quick, wife of Major Quick, of the regiment. She is a tireless worker, and to her chiefly is due the organization of the auxiliary. Besides containing the pipe, tobacco and matches, the bag holds a dozen and a half buttons of several varieties, two spools of strong cotton, six safety pins, a comb, two pairs of shoelaces, a package of courtplaster and six needles. The combined weight of all does not exceed six ounces.

It can readily be seen why the outfit has been given the name of "housewife. The 230 which were brought to the meeting were complete in every particular. Mrs. Quick and the other officers were elated to learn that that number had been made in less than four days. The "housewives will be distributed among the companies of the Forty-seventh Regiment when they enter upon their first act of serviec.

In case of war the organization intends looking after families that are left behind by the men, and prevent, if possible, any of them faling upon public charity for assistance. In adition to that, the men in the field will be looked after by the ladies composing the organization. Committees for different purposes are being appointed and instructed, so in case the regiment is called out all that will be necessary for the auxiliary to get in full working order will be the word from its president. In some way the impression has gotten abroad in the city that the organization of the Forty seventh Regiment is a separate one from the State body which was lately brought into life. Mrs.

Quick and the other officers are indignant, and they want It distinctly understood that such is not the case. ROBERT PURyi3. THE ABOLITIONIST, DEAD. Philadelphia, April 16. Robert Purvis, the ell-known Abolitionist, and last surviving member of the original American Anti-Slavery Society, which organized in this city in 1633.

died suddenly last night of apoplexy. He was aged 3 years. His father was an Englishman and his mother a free born negro woman of Charleston, S. where Mr. Purvis was born.

He was a man of scholarly attainments and widely known throughout the country. He leaves a number of children. DELATE BY ROUGH WEATHER. Boston, April 16. Shipping business of the port has been serlonsly interfered with for the past three days on account of severe storm.

Not a Bailing, vessel has rounded Cape Cod since last Monday, although a large fleet ls anchored In the Vineyard awaiting an opportunity to CUBAN CHILDREN IN BROOKLYN. THREE RECEIVED INTO MRS. C. M. S.

SELDONS SCHOOL. Mrs. C. M. S.

Seldons school, at 126 Macon street, which cares for orphaned and destitute Cuban childrens yesterday admitted three girl orphan refugees who got away from the island when Gen. Lee came home. The childrens bodies are very'Nmuch emaciated, and when they arrived at the school they had but" a scant supply of clothing to cover them. At present only girls are admitted, but a boys department is to be established in the near future. One of the inmates of the institution is Violetta Rodriguez, 6 years old.

She came here two years ago, and it is said that Gen. Weyler once took this child upon his knee, and her mother took advantage of the occasion to plead for her brother, who was imprisoned for being a rebel. Gen. Weylters sword attracted the little ones attention, and he declared in the presence of mother and child that he would use it to cut off her brothers head. With a shriek of terror the child scrambled out of hts arms.

CRIMINAL LIBEL Charged Against the Bev. F. Bussell, Brooklyn. HE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AT BANGOR, AT THE INSTANCE OF HOTEL PROPRIETORS FOR STATEMENTS APPEARING IN HIS ORGAN, THE SENTINEL. Easton, April 16.

The Rev. B. F. Russell, of Brooklyn, president of the Law and Order Society of the State of New York, was arrested at Bangor, this county, yesterday afternoon on a charge of criminal libeL The Rev. Russell was held in $4,006 bail, and up to this morning had been unable to secure a bondsman.

Mr. Russell, who is a Methodist minister, is also the editor of the "New York State Sentinel, the organ of the Law and Order Society. In the issue of the paper of April 8, there appearechnotes in the Bangor correspondence declaring, in effect, that two hotels of that town violate the State -Liquor License law. The proprietor of the hotels swore out warrants charging the editor iwith criminal libel. When Mr.

Russell arrived at Bangor yesterday he was arrested, and the Justice of the Peace held him in $2,000 bail on each charge. A STARVING CAT RESCUED. TRUCK COMPANY NO. 7 DOES SOME UNUSUAL WORK. After nearly a week of hardship and starvation In the top of a maple tree in front of 13 Alabama avenue, a cat was rescued yesterday afternoon by Truck Company No.

7, which Foreman Campbell generously sent to the spot for that purpose. A large crowd witnessed and applauded the act. OUT OF WORK AND IN LOVE. Hartford, April 16. Karl W.

Gordian, a German aged 23, in Manchester, committed suicide yesterday by taking strychnine. He as despondent from being out of work and disappointed in a love affair. Gordian had been in this country less than a year. He was apparently a man of good family and education, speaking several languages. THE MILDRED BREWSTER MURDER CASE.

Montpelier, April defense In the Mildred Brewster murder case pre-sented a dozen witnesses yesterday, all of whom expressed belief that Mildred was Insane, and gavfc -evidence of insanity in her family. s- A BRILLIANT AFFAIR. COMPANY KS ANNIVERSARY. ON MONDAY EVENING, THIRTEENTH REGIMENT. Company Thirteenth Regiment, will celebrate the tenth anniversary of their organization on Monday evening, April 18, assisted by Conr-pany of the Ninth, Company of the Twenty-second Regiment, and the Second Battwy.

(Wilsons), ail of Manhattan, at the Sumner avenue armory. The entertainment will open wkh a -choice concert by the Thirteenth Regiment Band, tinder the direction of W. S. Mygrant, "the programme- being as tolloww1 "Star Spangled Bann-r March, Mv Man Overture. The Bohemian Girl.

A. Balto alse. Invitation la Vals- Weber Cornet solo. Grand National fantasia on ''Tramp. Tramp, Tramp RoUinsoo Played by W.

S. Mvgrant.) (a) Intermezzo Bal dEnfants Jaion Ust Lo'e" oli Hungarian Braham war Memories (or a day in camp in 18G2. Reeves SYNOPSIS Drummer Call Morning Guns Reveille Artillery Camp Reveille Oavalrv Camp Asetnbl Ban. Glory. Hallelujah Surgeons Call Stable Call Breakfast.

Peas on a Trencher Artiilerv Camp. Breakfast Call Caialry Camp. First Call for Guard Drum Corps To the Color Cavairv Camp, Boots and Saddle Artillery to Horse The White Cockade Cat airy Camp Recall Roast Beef Artillery Camp Dinner Call Band. Marching Through Georgia Retreat Suneet Gun Cavalry Camp. Extinguish Lights Artiilerv Tan, Cavalry.

Band. Review Companies Ninth IT Twentv-sec-ond. K. Thirteenth, and Second Battery. N.

N. Y. Lneut -Col Chaile H. Lusromb. Parade Capt.

A. Tompkins, commanding Battalion Drill Capt. G. Rodgers, commanding. Gatling Gun Exhibition Lieut.

W. Flanagan, commanding. Dancing will follow, with thirteen numbers. The committees In charge of this part of the entertainment are: Floor Committee Sergeant C. A.

Boden. chairman: Corporal J. W. Ryter, Private F. E.

Kerby, Corporal W. Nash, Private L. F. Rjter. Executive Committee First Lieut T.

Hooley. chairman: Sergeant C. A. Boden. Sergeant P.

W. Lyon, Corporal F. H. Miller, Corporal G. H.

Pars hall. Sergeant J. S. Eiseman. The affair promises to be the most biiUiant ever held in the armors, and certainly unique design.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Robert Purvis, the anti-slavery leader, died in Philadelphia yesterday aged S7. Marine war insurance' rates remained firm yesterday, no advance being made. The Government completed negotiations with the American line yesterday, and chartered its four best vessels, the St. Paul.

St. Louis. Paris and New York. It was also- decided to guy tbe Yamuri and Yorktown. It is reported at Cornel! University that the fund to establish the new Cqrnell Medical College ill Xew York was given by Col.

Oliver H. Payne. President Schurman yesterday explained tbe scope of tbe institution, which ill be open, to women. Mrs. Pasqualli Damato.

of West Orange, was arrested yesterday on a charge of having murdered her mother-in-law on Saturday last. The dead woman had, been buried on a certificate saying the cause of death was heart disease, but the body was dug up on Thursday, and the breast bone and seveial nbs were found broken. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. Aiken, R. April 16.

Th condition of Mr. William Whitney, ho was Injured In a runaway some months ago, remains practically unchanged. She soften from a fractured second vertebrae Seneca Falls. X. April Thoma, J.

OConnell, pastor of the Holy Cross'Cburch at Ovid, N. Is dead. was ordained by XStshop McQuaid In 1S71. Great Falls, April 16. Th Asaeoadta coal washers at Belt, thirty mllaa south of hare, burned last night.

The 16s is estimated at $250, 000. The cause of the fire la not yet known. There was no Insurance. Prospect, April 16. Dr.

John a brother of Robert G. IngendU, the noted orftar, to dead at hie home i thig place from bean trouble, aged 76. Xto. frereolL' was a Republican, nS a ri5 fmptrun afirccau. TEACHERS PAY.

Secretary Brown Says March Salaries Are Forthcoming. THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT TAKES ACTION PENDING A DECISION IN THE AHEARN BILL A PRINCIPAL WANTED FOR SCHOOL NO. 5. Ih view of the delay in paying the salaries of Brooklyn teachers. Secretary Brown, of the Borough School Board, today gave out the following statement of the situation: "Pending action by the Governor on the Ahearn bill, providing foifian increase in the salaries of teachers in the Boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, 'which, should it become a law tvould largely increase the amount required to be placed in the budget for the current year, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment have decided to make appropriations for the Board of Education to cover the sums required for the salaries of teachers in the public schools for the month of March.

The payrolls and checks for teachers in the Brooklyn schools have been filed with the Auditor of the Borough of Brooklyn, and payments wilt probably be made in the early part of next eek. I AH "Tbe Local Committee of Public School No. 5 Is still considering the matter of the appointment of a principal in place of Dr. William T. Vlymen, recently promoted to the office of Associate Borough Superintendent of Schools.

The committee will meet on the 20th for further consultation. Applicants for the position should file their credentials with the chairman of the Local Committee, in care of the Secretary of the Borough School Board. BROKEN CHINA. Since our last issue China ha3 leased Wel-haiwei to Great Britain, and that power occupies this important harbor on the same terms on which Russia occupies Port Arthur and Ta-Iien-wan. Japan has, it is said, assented to this last lease, and, so far as European powers are concerned, affairs in China seem to be in a better condition than they were.

-But as to China herself, it is evident that she is falling to pieces and is being divided, and our own interests there are great enough to warrant us in taking every measure in our power to maintain and promote the ascendency of Great Britain. Her interests and ours are one, and if it be necessary to preserver those interests, the European powers should be made to understand that we regard the encroachments upon English rights as Injurious to our Interests. Harper's weekly. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TO DEBATE. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IMMIGRANTS THE TOPIC.

The fifth debate of the Inter-Scholastic Debating League will be held at the Polytechnic Institute to-night. Adelphi will have the affirmative, and the Boys High School, the negative, on 'the following proposition: "Resolved. That all immi grants over sixteen years of age should be able to read and write intelligently in some language on entering this country. BUTCHER BOYS FIGHT. ARRESTED AND PAY $5 EACH IN THE LEE AVENUE COURT.

Edgar Morrison and Jacob Weidner had a fight Thursday night at Broadway and Driggs avenue. They are employed by rival butchers, and it was ever an argument about their employers that the fight started. Officer McGlaughlin arrested them. Each paid a fine of 15 In the Lee avenue court yesterday; Morrison lives at 158 Broadway and Weidner lives at 150 Floyd street. HELD IN $500 BAIL.

SCHEIN IS ACCUSED OF FRACTURING A CHILDS SKULL. William Schein, a Pole. 23 years old, who lives on Sixth avenue. New Brighton, S. was arrested last evening and held in 500 bail to await the results of injuries of Lillian- Callahan, years old, and of the same address, who was struck in the head, sustaining a fracture of the skull, by a stone thrown at some boys, it is alleged, by the prisoner.

LEFT SPAIN TO EVADE MILITARY DUTY. The Hamburg-American line steamer Hispanio, which sailed from Havre, March 31, and arrived this morning, brought as steerage passengers 29 Spanish peasants, 28 men end baps and one woman. These people are sheep herders who left Spain to evade military au'-y and try their fortunes among the sheep ranches of California i j' K. rr-1 J- -v ri.