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1 ri rm iUMl Pages 5 to 8 .1 BROOKLYN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, wr GOOD WORK. SOCIAL CHURCH (Continued from Third Page.) MOZARTS DON GIOVANNI. DE VERE-8AFIO COMES TO THE RE3- CUE AT THE METROPOLITAN. In his determination to give Mozarts opera, Don Giovanni," at the Metropolitan Opera House, last night, Mr. Grau was obliged to call on a singer who Is not a member of his company.

The artist who came to the rescue at the eleventh hour was Mme. Clementine de who-returned to the city recently after her own operatic venture on the road went to pieces. The, cast announced last Saturday for last night's performance Included the same great trio of sopranos which appeared at the first performance of the opera earlier In the season. These singers anti their roles were: 'Lilli Lehmann as Donna Anna, Lillian-NoWIca as Donna Elvira, and Marcella Sembrich as Zerlina. Owing to Mme.

Lehmann's continued illness, Mr. Grau on Monday announced that Mme. Nordlca would" assume the role of Donna Anna, for which Mme. Lehmann as cast. Then Mr.

Grau went over his list of sopranos to find some one for the part of Donna Elvira. Mme. games, who knows the role, some time ago decided to exclude the unhappy victim of the wicked Don from her repertoire, and when Mme. Fames makes up her mind not to do a thins, she means it. Nfxt Suzanne Adams was considered, but she being under the weather, Mme.

Schu-mann-Iietnk, a contralto possessing a voice of big range, consented to sing the part, but, alas! she also found herself unable to appear. 4 Mr. Grau as perplexed, but he was by no means discouraged. Sophia Traubmann, a member of his company two years ago, has resided in Manhattan since her Donna Elvira used to be one other best roles, so Mr. Grau, in a frame of mind, sent for Mme.

Traubmann, and, according to a rumor heard in the lobby the lady consented to sing the role for a sum that would have eaten up the profits of the nights performance. Mr. Grau very properly and firmly said No. Tike a flash the manager thought of Mme. De Vere-Sapio, and so she was engaged, and, considering the short notice, she did remarkably well.

A day or two ago the manager also found it necessary to substitute Mme. Frances Seville for Mme. Sembrich In the role of Zerlina- Having finally adjusted the matter of the three sopranos, the manager was at last able to give the opera. All the men In the original cast appeared last Maurel repeated his great performance of Don Giovanni, and Edouard De Reszke that of the rascally Laporello. Saiignac was the Dorf Ottavio, Carbone the Massetto, and Devries the Cwnmendatore.

Mme. Nor-dica sang and acted the part of Donna Anna with her usual force and sincerity. Mme. Saville made a pleasing Zerlina, although. her singing was not always, true to the pitch.

MancinelU conducted' The house was crowded. A few thoughtful people In the comfortable orchestra chairs regarded ith admiration the double row of standees, who paid to hear the opera despite the poster up in the lobby. These are the real music lovers, who come to hear opera, and not a combination of great stars. which the schoolhouse and the church were the cornerstones. The granting of the right of suffrage is not a matter of sentiment, but to add greater moral force.

He suggested an educational qualification to all future voters, although that would not ensure greater morality. What the world needs Is practical work by men and women, who will try to raise humanity in their everyday work. Woman has not yet learned the value of the vote, and hence the many wrongs perpetrated upon them. There is no field thit needs the elevating Influence of woman more than politics. Can any one give a reason why a woman who does her work equally well should be paid less thaiv a man, more especially when there are lavish Increases In the salaries of men In the city departments? He pointed out the Inconsistency of sweeping the streets In the morning and then scattering ashes over "them in the afternoon.

He scored the passing of cars by trolley stations without stopping, in defiance of the city ordinances. He said there was no consistency in giving the right to vote to the emigrant from Ireland, Italy or Russia before he can speak the language of this country, while our wives and sisters born here are refused the suffrage. Whenever the women of this country decide by a majority that they want the ballot, no power on earth can prevent them having it. It Is hard work to break up existing conditions, and it requires patience to better fellow creatures. The Redeemer of the race found It' so, and His humble followers cannot expect otherwise.

Persev erance and patience has its reward, and they are needed to right the wrongs of the day. Victory may not come now, but the foundations must be laid, and all honor to those who have the courage and patience to do foundation work. The speaker referred to the necessity of concentration, and said it was the concentration of the fire on each ship In Cervera's fleet that consummated their 'destruction. No matter who may get the credit for that great victory, we cannot forget that Schley stood on the deck of the Brooklyn." This produced a round of applause, and then speaker went on to discuss thd subject of tuberculosis. He Instanced the fact that In several instances hospitals refused to take consumptive pat.ents.

Yet this preventible disease every year claims OflO victims in the State and 8,000 In this city. Were these deaths caused by an epidemic of yellow fever, the country would be up In arms. He advocated the establishment of hospitals for the removal of such cases from the crowded tenements to healthful surroundings. Men and women must join hands and work together in the problems of life. Education has made better wives and mothers.

Womanhood cannot he degraded and the Nation thrive. The- hearer men come to the life of brutes the worse -women are treated. Many of the movements of today in church and other fields are directed by married women. In concluding Dr. Brush saldt I am willing to trust such women with the ballot.

Don't be discouraged by failure. There must be the preparation of the soil, the planting and the growth. You have passed the seed stage. may not be permitted to taste the fruit, bat the world will be happier-and brighter for the work you have done. SALVATION ARMY RELIEF.

Adjutant Cowan, of 62 Hiclts street, ends the following letter to The Standard Union regarding the relief work accomplished during the storm by the Sal-vation Arm) To the Editor of The Standard Union: During the days the hall was open at Concord and Fulton streets 1,000 meals were supplied to the hungry; 48 families tyere helped with coal and food, and 104 men were given shelter from the severe weather. Now that the weather ia Improved our hall is no longer open as a shelter, but have many applications from needy and worthy families Thank Ing the generous public for what they have sent In the way of food, clothes and money, stand ready to dispense whatever may be sent us Send all donations to ADJUTANT COWAN. 62 Hicks street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Feb.

22, 1899. NEW LIBRARY VISITED. FLAT- CONTRIBUTORS AT arguments were presented In behalf of-the hill, and a good deal waa said against It by representatives of labor organizations and 'others. Albany has a writ-organized lobby, and is making strong efforts to defeat the measure. If the MU Is passed this tinre It will go to' the people next fall to be voted upon.

Senator Stranahan Is a strong believer in fewer sessions, and is the only firm advocate of the measure. There 1b a good deal to be eaid on both sides of this question. The bill Introduced yesterday by Senator Wagner of Brooklyn was framed by Edward F. Unton. It proposes to make better provision for the Improvements of new sections of the city than Is afforded by the charter, which, requires all local Improvements to be paldfor long before they are begun.

The bill, if enacted into law, will be of great benefit to the Twenty-sixth ward of Brooklyn, and to the Bronx and Richmond boroughs aa well. Tne text of the bill follows: AN ACT to provide for the Improvement of streets and avenues in certain wards of the several boroughs of the city of New York, for raising money by the issue of bonds therefor; and a method of assessment and collection- for the redemption of such bonds. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate anti Assembly, do enact as follows: Section The preliminary steps for the improvement of streets aid avenues in the city of New York, under this act, shall be made by the methods and procedure, now provided in the charter of the city of New York; but the iseue of bonds, and the imposition and collection of assessments therefor, in certain wards of the several boroughs, shall be according to the provisions of this act. Sec. 2.

When five hundred sworn freeholders, residing any ward of any borough in the city of New York, wherein the streets and avenues laid down on the commissioners maps, already Improved, do not exceed fifty per cent, of all streets so laid down, shall petition for and designate the particular improvements dfesired, and when such petition duly verified, is filed with the local board of public improvements, such board shall immediately proceed, under the provisions of said charter, to carry out such desired improvements. Sec. 3. When streets or avenues, or parts thereof, are intended to be improved under this act, and the said streets or avenues or parts thereof, have not been legally opened, the proper authorities shall immediately proceed, according to law, Jiaye, said streets or avenues or parts thereof legally opened, in order that the proposed improvement may not be unduly delayed. Sec.

4. To meet the cost of such improvements of streets and avenues, when made under this act, the proper authorities of said city of New York shall, on the requisition of the board of public improvements, and from time to. time as required, issue corporate bonds of the city of New York, to an amount not exceeding one million dollars, for such Improvements, In any one ward Such bonds shall run for not less than ten years, at not more than four per cent, interest, nor shall they be sold at less than par. -r Sec. 5.

The assessments against property for improvements made under this ct, shall bear interest at six -per cenC per annum. Sec. 6. The assessment shall be divided into five equal annual installments, the first installment payable five years from the date of completion of the improvement, and one installment eah year thereafter, until all are paid. Bach installment when due shall become a lien upon said premises.

Sec. 7. A fund shall be created from installments collected according to this act, and conforming to the provisions of the charter of the city of New York, out of which shall be paid the bonds issued under this they shall become due. i a. Sec.

8. To et the Interest on said bonds, there shaft be inserted ip'the annual tax levy, applicable to the property benefited, an amount determined by the proper authorities, apportioned as interest, to said property. Sec. 9. AH premiums realized from sale of such bonds, and all interest collected under this act.

ahali be credited to the account of such bond issue, and Shall be applied, first in payment of interest on sueh bonds; second payment of further improvements in such ward, and no other, wherein assessmmts for payment of such improvements, and redemption of such bonds, have been made, until such fund shall be exhausted. Sec. 16 Any ow ner or owners- of any parcel of land or premises affected -by any assessment provided for herein, may at any time after the first installment shall become due and payable, pay to the collector of taxes and assessments, any assessment, or balance thereof, in full, andwuch premises shalL be thereupon discharged from the said assessment. Sec. 11.

If the charter of the city of New York seems to be contrary to any of the provisions and intents of this act, it may be construed in conformity herewith, as to the main purpose of relieving the property affected from immediate and ertire payment of assessments for street improvements in districts affected by this act, and "where such improvements are needed and desired, and petitioned for as provided in Section 2 of this act. Sec. 12. This act shall take effect of the church, delivered an Illustrated patriotic lecture, in keeping With the character of the holiday. Pictures or the Presidents, from Washington to MoKinley were thrown on the screen, and these were followed by excellent views of the birthplaces and homes of the Presidents.

The lecture closed with a map showing the growth of the country from 1789 te 1899. Patriotic music by the choir waS rendered, under the direction of' Mrs. Benjamin Wall and Jacob De Baum. An exhibition of Edison improved wUl be opened this evening in the lecture room of the DeKaJb Avenue M. E.

Church. The exhibition will be continued' to-morrow and Saturday. A sale of fancy articles and music will be the additional features of the entertainments. which are held for the benefit of the church. At a dinner given last evening in the parlors of the First Reformed Church at Clymer street and Bedford avenue, the diners appeared in costumes like those worn by George and Martha Washington, Gen.

Lafayette and Dolly Madison. After the dinner a lecture waa delivered on Washington" by the Rev. Howard Wilbur Enls. Charles F. Underhill, the monologist, gave selections from David Copperfieid last eventng in the Nostrand Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church.

1 i Rev. J. Douglas Adam, of the Reformed Church on the Heights, will give the third of his lectures on The Laws of the Spiritual Ufe, at the Union. Missionary Training Institute. 131 Waverly avenue, to-morrow afternoon at 3.15.

A faij was opened last evening in the Bridge Street African Methodist Episcopal Church. The proceeds will be used for the poor of the church. Under the auspices of the Women Missionary Society of. the" Qcean Hill Reformed Church, a Martha Washington Supper was held last evening. 1 The children and young people of St.

Finbar Church, at Bath Beach, save a minstrel performance last evening in Ulmer Park Hall, for the benefit of the Building Fund of church. Mies Penelope Hull was interlocutor. Will Flynn was the tambo. and John Crook, vas the bones. The opening chorus, The Stars and Stripes, a as sung by the entire company, after which the Misses Laura Riley and Hattie Finn sang My Creole Sue." "Sweet Innlscarra" was well rendered by the Misses Della Hayes, Florence Mayhew, Bessie Woods and Master Tommy Riley.

Miss Elsie Bett-man. Tommy Web6 Miss Lillian Mabie, Miss Laura Brown, Miss Marie Brown, Miss Grace Crossmaif, Miss Harriett Parsley, John Crook, and Lyman Crossman sang negro melodies, after w'hich four little pickaninnies, in the persons of the Misses May Flynn, Celia Brown, Ag-ness Huott and Almy Meaney. sang "Four Little Curly-Headed The- first part of the programme concluded with A cake walk. A sketch, entitled ''The Black Mikado." followed. The cast included: The Mikado, Ruler of Bath Beach, "Walter Skidmore; Ko Ko, Will Flynn; Nankl Duke of Bensonhurst.

Lyman Crossman; Pooh Bah, street cleaner of Bath" Beach, John Crook, Jr Yum Yum. Princess of Avoca Villa, Miss Harriet Parsley; Pittl Sing, Princess of Captain's Pilr, Miss Laura Riley; Peep-Bo, Princess of Ulmer Park. Miss Agnes Huott; Kat-Isha, an -old hot corn beauty. Miss Celia Brown. Those who sang the -chorus were; Florence Fay, Dorothy Fuin, May Flynn, Elsie Bettman, Hattie Finn, Penelope Hull, Alma Meaney, Lillian Mabie, Grace Crossman, Laura Brown Marie Brown, Florence Mayhew, Bessie Woods, Della Hayes, Charles Marks, Frank Brown, ThomaTs Leonard, William Brown, Raymond Crossman, Marion Weil Frank Stringer, Paul Webb and Tommy Webb.

The Rev. Father ORourke officiated a chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. Robert J. Webb and Mrs. D.

J. Keller were in charge of the music. Under the auspices of the Epworth League an entertainment, with numerous patriotic features, was given last evening in the Warren Street M. E. Church.

Lewia Smith, choirmaster of the M. E. Church, Windsor Terrace, 11111 give the choir members a chowder at his residence pn East Fifth street to-night. The Ladies Benevolent Society of the South Congregational Church 111 give the annual Supper and entertainment In the church to-night. A REPUBLICAN CLUB STAG.

4 FREMONTS ENTERTAINMENT FOR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. The Fremont Republican Club held their first stag In the new clubhouse, Atlantic avenue and Bradford street, on Tuesday last. About 150 members and friends were present. The programme was given by several well-known people. Including Hal Merton, the magician, feats not only puzzled the wise ones, hut were startling In the extreme.

The club is composed of "hustlers who will no doubt be heard from again in polities of the Twenty-sixth ward. The officers are as follows: V. L. Haines, president, K. A.

Murphy, treasurer; N. P. Hichs, financial secretary; F. F. Livingston, secretary; Executive Committee.

'George W. Bannerman, chairman; J. H. -Letch, J. Little.

George Thowgood, P. H. Rlernan, S. Sanders, Gruber, William Fisher, A. Francisco, H.

A. Holmes, S. D. Messer-eau, F. S.

Senior and J. Hughes. BETTER R0CKAWAY SERVICE. LONG ISLAND RAILROAD MAKING EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS. The Long Island Railroad Company has completed arrangements which it is expected will improve the service at Rock-away Beach.

Work on thd change wUl be begun1 at once, so as tb have the new system in working order by the opening of summer season. the changes are completed the trains of the road will run to Far Rockaway only on that branch and only as far as Hammers on the Woodhavcn line. Kings County Political Equality League Held Its Yearly Rally Last Night 30ARD OF EDUCATION HIT. HENRY A. POWfeLU FORMERLY OF THAT BODTJ, SCORES IT UNMERCIFULLY TELL3 OF WIRE FULLING AND POLITICAL FULL EX-SENATOR BRUSH ON PIONEER WORK OF MANY KINDS.

The Kings County- Political League eld its annual meeting last night in the Temple, Third avenue and Scher-f lerhorn street With the league are af-. Rated the Brooklyn Woman Suffrage association and the Bedford Political Equality- League, and this annual meeting a sort of rally of the members of all bree organizations. Mrs. Cornelia H. lood, the president, occupied the chair nd Mrs.

Henry A. Powell delivered an ddress on the Relations of School 'eachers to Education. Mrs. Powell as formerly a member of the Board of Education, and one of the women who ere displaced by Mayor Van Wyck from le board. Ex-Senator George W.

Brush silvered an address on Pioneer Work i general and the necessity for It, with Jecial reference to remedying the evils i our social and political life and their feet upon women. On Tuesday night r. Brush read a paper before the Kings ounty Medical Society on The Treat-ent of Tuberculosis. In his address at night Dr. referred to tubercu-sis as one of these evils and of the ne-ssity for educating the people so that ey may adopt measures to prevent their ing infected with this disease Between the addresses there were vocal los by Miss Langstaff.

who was Intro-jeed by the president. The president elcomed the members and pointed out tat the object of the league was to irther the position of women. She then itroduced Mrs. Henry A. Powell as one the Immortal nve women who were ice members of the Board of Education.

Mrs. Powell said that in this country. Ate and city a magnificent school sys-m exists, which is the most precious wet of our liberty. When humanity oke loose from the leading strings 4t church it sought refuge in the book nature. She referred to the scientific scovenes of the last three centuries, alch swept away feudalism and estab-ihed the supremacy of the sovereign ople.

The public school system is the oduct of the great minds that fled from -y iht to the truths that made them je. If we come down to its mechanism few know pr care about It or of the ichers relation to the Board of Educa-n, which Is composed of forty-five jmbers, all men she tioiJbd. all ptlemen. This board, through Its com-ttees, selects the sites for schooU, the oks to be used, the teachers who are to ich, and, finally, accounts for the funds to the city. There are about schools, each having a committee of ree men, with the exceptibn of the gh School Committees, which are com-sed of seven members each.

These mbers rarely trouble themselves unless re Is a fight on. Usually the work Is upon the chairman. Whether visits the committeemen are1 to be en- iraged or otherwise, she was not pre-red tb say. This board Is a constantly arising one. and Its personnel entirely aends on the man who occupies" the tyors chair.

Irg. Powell said that generally they i men who get the position as a sop, stay their political ambitions, and are en men whose associations are of the nmonest kind. She paid a warm trite to the teachers and said that they de admirable wives and mothers and ng up excellent children. To obtain a iltion, a young woman must have the and diplomacy of a Depew, but po-cal backing will do more than all else, she is wise she will have two sets of kers to produce the influence that will her the most good. The committee must be visited at their breakfasf or ner hours.

Some of them chafe under visits and seek some way to avoid m. So long will this state of affairs while positions are given out on itical grounds. The speaker instanced case of a young teacher, who pith a owed mother and a brother lying dead home, attended an examination for ertifleate. but failed because she was Inking and lacked the push of busi-s people and the necessary political king. She made frieiMs later and ob-ted a position.

The appointment of liters should be left to the principals superintendent, and be ratified by Board, whose duty should be to see ness done to all. Mrs. Powell went ,0 say that a teacher must understand etiology, music, singing, drawing, the iblning of colors, and know how to sew "sew to rule at that. This was the stand that broke the camel's back, eacher should be an ideal before her s. When the Republic was young, orations of great men were studied delivered by boys; to-day they de-f their own orations with wonderful Ity.

The teachers are the hero mak- of the Nation, and many a statesman thank them for their successes, te speaker then went on to show that je teachers stood together they could ess much of the evils they have to And with. There should be none, on Board of Education beneath them In ation. Their salaries would at ad-x and" the present evils would be pt away. a. Powell's address was received with wt and then the president referred now pending, dealing with Tt pleated her to see that -chers had gone to before Gov.

i -dote of how shocked a speak to the on he he The Bureau of Record For Three Months. INTERESTING' STATISTICS REGARDING A WIDELY EXTENDED WORK PRESENTED' AT THE' WINTER -MEETING OF' THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RELIEF HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 10,559 PERSONS CO- OPERATION OF POLICE DURING THE BLIZZARD. The regular winter meeting of the Trustees of the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities was held at 67 Schermerhom street Monday afternoon. There were present Alfred T. White, president; Isaac H.

Cary, Frederick W. Moss, John Truslow, Miss Emma C. Low, Theodore M. Taft, Miss Ellen M. Mead, Mrs.

C. C. Kftowlton, S. B. Chittenden and Asa F.

Smith. Letters of regret were presented from H. F. Gunnison, W. Irving Comes, George C.

Brackett General Secretary William Nlch-ols made a report of the work of the society during the months of November, December and January, and. presented reports from the various industrial com-mittees. During the three months 2,938 persons have applied for aid for the first time; 9S4 Inquiries have been received and answered, 393 of which were answered from information already contained in registry, and 2,136 visits of investigation have been made by agents of the society. The agents of the society have procured Immediate relief in every case where it appeared necessary, and assistance in the form of temporary employment has been furnished to all who were able and willing to work. For the purpose of affording this industrial assistance the society maintains two wood yards, 'two laundries, three work rooms for women, connected with which are three day nurseries.

Through these industrial agencies during the past three months, 10,559 persons have been assisted with temporary employment, and have received as wages 85,506.86, 1,856 children have been cared for in the three day nurseries. The society maintains a lodging house for friendless women, in which 812 women and 29 chil- dren have been furnished with lodgings. Thirfy-eight men have been provided with lodgings in different lodging houses. Eight hundred persons have been sent to do odd jobs outside the bureau, while 124 were recommended to apply for permanent employment, of whom 35 are known to have secured It. Three trained nurses, employed by the society, have made 1,912 visits In the homes of the sick poor.

Legal advice has been procured for nine persons through co-operation with lawyers, who have kindly volunteered their professional services. Free medical attendance has been secured in many cases through the kindness of physicians in different parts of the city, hile 3,109 letters have been written from the three offices. A large number of volunteer friendly visitors have visited families in their homes, and have met together in conferencs in th -different wards fortnightly. The general secretary has explained the work of the society In different churches throughout the City on fifteen occasions during the three months. In every instance of distress brought to the knowledge of the society the attempt Is made to continue In touch with the family needing assistance until they become self-supporting.

The great need of the society is of more funds to employ an additional number of investigators, and also of more volunteer visitors to take personal Interest in the poor living in their locality. The society is constantly enlarging its co-operation. An increasing number- of benevolent people are sending inquiries and making use the industrial agencies afforded for helping those who are willing to help themselves. During the recent storm the society had most satisfactory co-operation with the Police Department. Deputy Chief Mac-kellar instructed the officers of the different precincts to furnish immediate relief to every case of distress discovered, and the Department was reimbursed for the expense thus Incurred from funds contributed to the Bureau of Charities for the immediate relief of those in distress.

ST. JAMES CELEBRATION. IT WAS HELD ON TUESDAY IN HON-OF OF WASHINGTON. Commemorative exercises in honor of Washingtons Birthday were held Tuesday 'afternoon in the hall of St. James Academy by the students of the class of 1900.

An excellent programme was prepared for the occasion, and each number waa rendered with almost faultless precision. The Academy Orchestra, under the leadership of Master F. A. Maguire, played various selections in an excellent manner. The essays and recitations hy Messrs.

McCloskey, Healy, Doyle, Kane and OSullivan were, highly creditable in composition and fairly we.l delivered. The vocal selections of Masters Guido, Walker and Meehan were applauded to the echa The reading of the Class Journal" provoked roars of merriment, and the numerous sly thrusts at different individuals were duly appreciated. Patriotic selections, songs and choruses, in which the whole school joined, added much to the enjoyment of the celebration. The rector, the' He v. Father Donohue, brought the proceedings to a close by a patriotic address on some of the lessons to be learned from the life and character of George Washington.

A MISSING FIRE BELC OWEN SMITH WILL BE ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION. A summons has been issued by Magistrate Steers In the Grant street court, Flatbush, for the appearance In court on Monday of Owen Smith, of East Seventh street, Windsor Terrace, an ice dealer, in order that he may explain what has become of the old fire bell that belonged to the Windsor Hose Company of Windsor Terrace, and which had been left In his care as custodian. The summons was Issued at the Instance of William H. Cross, secretary of the hose company. HOTEL ARRIVALS.

St. George-Leapt. J. E. Brady, U.

S. N.J Mr. and Mrs. S. B.

Webb, Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. Cohen, Newark; Mr. and Mrs. C.

H. Miller. Madur, N. H. W.

Whlgham, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stoy and daughter.

Brooklyn T. Tingle. Washington; C. E. Davis, Manhattan; Mr.

and Mrs. -D. J. Tompkins. Brooklyn; Mr.

and Mrs. E. D. P. Nickles, Brooklyn; Mr.

and Mrs. F. J. Fay, New Jersey: Mrs. C.

F. Houghton, Cunning City; Mr. and Mrs. H. G.

Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. B. Cook, Brooklyn. Clarendon H.

J. Rosenberg, E. Raynor, Eastport; W. Walker. Manhattan; Mr.

and Mrs. L. S. Evans. Hyde Park; Frederick Ludlam, Oyster Bay; William -Orr, Manhattan; W.

G. Pries, Kingston; E. H. Hombostel. Rochester; E.

P. Wllllard, Glovers ville James Kirby, Babylon: B. Everett, Jamaica; J. Asplnalt, James Dwyer, J. McDonnell, Brooklyn.

A Bill That Illustrates the Straightforward Policy of Gov. Roosevelt SALARY; AND NO MORE EXTRAS. SERGEANTS-AT-ARMS, WHO ARE NOW 'PAID BY THE DAY. WITH EXTRA PROVISIONS MADE FOR IDLE TIME, ARE TO BE COMPENSATED THE SAME AS A SENATOR OR MEMBER HARMONY IN THE PARTY. (Special to The Standard ITnion.) ALBANY, Feb.

23. Old-timers In the life of the State Capitol continue to marvel at the methods of Gov. Rooeevelt. When he started out soon after hts ip-augural to stand as st mediator between the -machine and the people, some of them said it could not last long, and that either the inevitable clash, must come or ther Governor must submit to the organization. He has done neither, and continues to hold the esteem of the Legislators, the machine and the people.

The secret of It is not so very hard to find. In the first place the Governor is so absolutely honest and above board that any scheme which has for its purpose Individual gain or even partisan advantage is presented to him with misgivings, and with forbodlngs of failure. He goes to the core of it at once, and passes judgment in such a way as to convince the man with a scheme that the public Interests are the thing most desired by them both. The interviewer usually goes away with the notion that he is a good deal of a patriot himself. The Governor is a believer In the machine iff the best sense.

He is not slow to acknowledge that the organization is a necessity, but he believes that a Chief Magistrate, chosen by the people, should direct the stored-up women-turn of the political locomotive. The people who are bo fond of saying "I told you so," are going to be so mightily disappointed that the business of political prophecy is likely to become a lost art. Col. Rooseelt will neither quarrel with the Republican leaders nor wll he become a party man. The G.

O. P. is In excellent condition, thank you, and on good terms with Itself. To illustrate, It has been the custom to provide the sergeant-at-arms of each House with jobs for the time Intervening between sessions. The pay has been only 86 a day, whch, for an average of 10 days, would be very inadequate compensation.

So now, on the Governors suggestion, a bill has been introduced in either House to make the salary of such officer a fixed one, the same as that of Senator or Member. It was recognized that extras did not look well to the Gov-ernorand It was Setter not to have any sham abput the inatter. The error which a good many have fallen Into is that they have either been too zealous to please the leaders or they have set themselves up on a high pedestal of independent, and have failed to make use of the forces at hand. Some have gone from one method to the other, and their pretended independence has not been taken as entirely sincere by the discriminating multitude. Naturally, the Governor has a great deal "of power, and can enforce most of his wishes.

The machines are anxious enough to work with one ho is. under the constitution, clothed with so much authority, and Col. Roosevelt is shrewd enough to see il. Some people say he is ambitious and inclined to overestimate his worth. That may or may not be true.

Tout his ambitions. If he has them, are directed to doing the best thing for the Advancement of his own fortunes by use of the power placed in his hands is, in his opinion, the last thing to be thought of. The Governor has not much use for the professional independents. He believes they are a nuisance, and a misguided lot, whose efforts are directed toward disintegrating all effective organization for good government. 'While he does not make use of the phrase "holier than thou" to designate them, he laughs at their classification of everybody who does not agree with them.

In one list. They have failed to learn, he savs, the need of compromise when one comes to deal with others. No Governor ever maintained such friendly relations with the newspaper men as Col. Roosevelt. The morning conferences are largely frank talks on questions of the day, in which suggestions are welcomed by the Governor.

Then a discussion is likely to follow on abstract questions of politics, in which the Governor often generalizes on some of his recent experiences. He calls It his academy of political philosophy. Jt Is needless to say that the correspondents cherish the highest esteem for Col. Roosevelt, not even the admiration of the Rough Riders being more ready, or well-founded. An order from a managing editor calling for an attack on the State Administration is looked upon as little less than a calamity.

There is some surprise that the new Governor is so backward about Indicating his attitude on this or that bill. In Gov. Blacks time bill had to have his approval in advance, or it might as well not be Introduced. It Is different with Roosevelt. While it has always been assumed that he was a believer In personal government, that proves to be wide of the truth.

He thinks the legislative and executive branches of the State government ought to be kept distinct, and wants the Legislature to realize its full dignity and responsibility. He does not expect the legislators to accept his views In their entirety, but is willing to make concessions as long aa they do not Involve concessions of what he regards as matters of principle. This Is especially true with regard to the police bills for New York City. The Governor has added nothing to, his original statement with reference to these measures for publication, but he was not a stickler In that statement for form. He wants the State to be protected from election frauds, and to do It he believes that some control should be given the Governor over the Chief of Police of that city.

It Is quite possible that an amendment wilt be made to Mr. Boots bill, so that the Governor will be allowed first to suspend, and then to remove on charges, the Chief. That would accomplish the same result as a direct removal. In checking frauds. Yesterday afternoon there' was a long bearing on the Biennial Sessions bill of Senator Ctranahan of Oswego County.

No Filipinos Started Flames in Three Districts of the City Last Night. NATIVE UPRISING CHECKED. OUR SOLDIERS FIRED ON WHILE! TRYING TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES SEVEN MINNESOTA MEN ware WOUNDED FOREIGN RESIDENTS HELPED TO CHECK THE FIRE; WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONTROL AN 'OUTBREAK WAS PLANNED TO FOLLOW THE INCENDIARISM, MANILA, Feb. 22, 9:80 A. standing the close watch that haa been kept upon the natives in the city.

they, as the result of a conspiracy among their leaders, attempted last night to destroy Manila with fire. In order to make aura or success, the incendiaries planned to start the fire In three different quarters of the city, believing that the flames would soon get beyond control, and that they would then have a chance to kill the foreigners here and pillage their -Santa Cruz, San Nicolas and Tondo were the quarters selected for the Starting of the fires, and those who were-cho-sen to apply the torch did their work only too well. In a short time after the' fires were discovered the flames had spread- to such an extent that the destniction-'of the city was threatened." I. The troops and foreign residents worked manfully to check the fires, but It was not until this morning that the flames were under control and the city was odt of danger. It is estimated that the- loss will be very heavy.

Dtiring the confusidn attendantJUpoi the work ofj fighting the native sharpshooters who were concealed In the vicinity of the burning quarters fired upon the troops. In the Tondo quarter seven members of the Minnesota regiment were wounded, including Capt. N. C. Robinson of Company C.

There waa the wildest excitement among the natives, and they were primed for a general uprising. Strong guards were stationed everywhere about the town, and the natives were awed Into submission bv the show of force. Matters are quieting; down at tne time this dispatch sent. 1 Tondo Is a natie suburb on the' north of It lies along the bay shore north of Binondo, the business district of the city, it is built almost entirely of nipa hut. Santa Cruz is a much more substantial district, east of Binondo, and San Nicolas is a small district on the north bank of the Pasig, just at Its mouth.

It was one of the barrios or subdivisions of the Binondo district. LONGEVITY VATICAN POPE 90 ON MARCH l' AGGREGATE 1,016 ROME, Feb. 23. Longevity seems to he the rule for those connected with the Vatican. Leo celebrates his ninetieth birthday March 2.

Jan. 27 the Pope assisted in celebrating the lOlfet birthday of Pietro Pa formerly director of the Papal Douanese. Gen. De Corn-ten, late of the Papal army, has Just passed 90. These three ages, added to those of nine Cardinals, exceeds 1,000 ears, as follbws: Leo XIII 90; Cardinals Martel, 93 Canpssa, 90, Celesia.

S3; Richard, 80Kre-L mentz, 80f Grusha. 79; Galeati, Schlaueh, Steinhuber, 74; Courten, 90; Commander Pacelli, 101, 1,016 years. BROOKLYN LIBRARY. NEW BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THIS WEEK. The follow ing new- books, have been received at the Brookljn Library this week, and are now- ready for circulation: 1014 55 Alexander.

G. Recollections of a Highland Subaltern in India, 1857-59. 1111 85 Beckett, S. B. Guidebook of the Atlantic and St.

Lawrence Railroad. 1S53. 675 21 Bennington Battle Monument, dedication, Aug ID. 1891. 1614 56 Blossoms of Childhood.

N. 1852. 553 65 Bonsai, S. The Fight for Santiago. N.

1899. 3024.60 Browning. Robert and Elizabeth Barrett. Letters; 1845-46. 2 y.

4617.79 Burton, R. G. Tropics and Snows. Lond 1898. -5833 39 Buxton.

T. F. The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy. 1840. -Engm.

Club. Electrical World, The 1895- Engin. Club. Electrician, The. J897-189.

3185 80 Fairfield, C. Some account of George W. Baron 1898. 3063 53 Gardner, A. H.

C. Memoirs. 1898. 1565 64 Greig, ed. The Musical Educator.

5 v. Edin. 3411 41 Hale. E. Scenes from Christian History.

1852. 5917.68 -Fields, factories and Workshops. 1899. 3937.75 Muller, F. C.

G. Kruppg Steel Works. 1898. 3135 59 Oldfield. Nance.

The Palmy Days of. By EL Robins. Chicago, 1898. -3414 45 Orr. Neglected Factors ltt the Studv or the Early Progress of -Christianity.

N. 1899. 1741 28 Pinero, A. W. Trelawny of the a Comedietta.

N. 1899. 1015.41 Robertson, G. S. Chitrai: the Story of a Minor Siege.

N. 1898. 3054 87 Schweitzer. G. Emin 2 v.

Westminster, 1898 2763.60 Slater, J. H. The Romance of Book Collecting. 1898, 3595.77 Stimson, H. A.

The ApostWV Creed In the Light of Modern Discussion 5724 58 TrueblOod, B. F. The Federation of the World. 1899. 617 45 Van Pelt, T.

Leslies History of the Greater New York. 2'V. N. Y- 1013 67 Vibart, Thd Sepoy Mutiny, a a Seen by a Subaltern. 1898; 5418 15 Young, A.

Axial-polarity of Mans Word-Embodied Ideas. 1887. 0794 6l Beil, R. S. W.

Bacheioriand. F.1264V4 01 Brown V. The Romance of a Ritualist. F.1401.01 Burtiham, C. La A West-Point Wooing, 2093 10 Collingwood, H.

An' Ocean Chase. F.2093 11 Cbllingwood, H. A Pirate of the Caribbees. 2797.04 Davis, M. E.

M. The Wire' Cutters. F.4085.0I Fish, W. Short Rations. F.59S5.46 Howells, W.

D. Ragged TSOlfcA.O1 MaeManus Through the Turf Smoke. -v- F.7943.06 Marsh, R. CUrfds: SttaagSXd-ventures of Two Bachelors-? rot sro F.T968 06- Martin. 'Muscat Genius.

F.9076 01 Oxenham, J. Gods Prisoner. F13.628H05 Yeats, S. Ii'' 'The Heart' of Denise, etc. .13,543.02 Young, The Shark Hu Ur.

NEW EAST RIVER BRIDGE. CONTRACT AWARDED TO NEW JERSEY COMPANY FOR TOWERS. The New, Jersey Steel and Iron Company, of Trenton, has been awarded the contract for building the towers and inspans of the New East River Bridge. The contract price is $1,220,230. The Pennsylvania Steel Companys bid was $10,000 less than the other, but the contract was made because the New Jersey Companys work on the anchorages has been bo satisfactory that it was thought wise to al- low them to continue with the work.

Charles E. Hewitt, managing director of the successful concern, said to-day: The 'tow era will he more than 300 feet, and along with the inspans -will weigh 12,000 tons. The new bridge ill be about feet long, or a few feet longer than the famous Brooklyn Bridge, which was erected by the John A. Roeblings Sons Company, of this city. The heavy wire cables for the new bridge will in all likelihood also be made in this city, and Trenton will then have the credit of having built the two largest bridges in the world.

AMUSEMENT. NOTES. Della Fox and one of the best supporting companies-on the road will begin a brief engagement of one week at the Columbia Theatre, commencing next Monday evening. Miss Fox will be heard In her new musical comedy, The Little Host, which has already had a great success In Manhattan and elsewhere. As a production It is quite gorgeous Piqualnt Della Fox herself never looked, sang or acted more charmingly than she does In The Little Host.

One of the features is a wholly feminine chorus. One modern-made play land two old favorites wUl make up i Julia Marlowes week at the Montauk Theatre, beginning next Monday evening The bUl is as follows: Monday and Wednesday evenings and Wednesday matinee. The Countess Valeska; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, As You Like It; Saturday matinee and evening, Ingomar. Val-eska has been Miss Marlowes greatest success outside of the field of classic drama. Daughters of the Poor, a new play depicting the straggles for existence on the East Side, Manhattan, will be presented for the first time in Brooklyn at the Bijou Theatre next Monday eveifjng.

It Is said to have a very Interesting plot and plenty of realistic scenery. At the Grand Opera House next week Andrew Mack, the popular' actor and singer, will appear In his latest success, The Bagged EarL George W. Monroe, known everywhere for his Impersonation of -Aunt Bridget," will head the vaudeville show next week at Hyde and Behman's Theatre. On Sunday evening next the Monastery of the Precious Blood is to be benefited at Col Sinn's Montauk Theatre, the use of which has been tendered free of charge by CoL Sinn. The occasion will bring forth a lecture by the Rev.

Father I. P. Chidwick, chaplain In the U. S. Navy, and late of the ill-fated battleship Maine, destroyed in Havana hartoe.

nr klla kw a. kaaa aa 3 1 A 1. rot. while he was there as Its chaplain. The title of the lecture is The Late War With Spain Its Causes and Results.

A great deal of Interest is aroused among treatregoers by the announcement of the testimonial benefit tendered to Leonard- Grover, the late manager of the Park Theatre. It will take place at the Montauk Theatre on Wednesday, matinee. March 8. The bill will be one of far more than usual importance. The stars of the Neilson, Opera Company will be among the attractions.

The sale of tickets has already commenced. Hyde and Behan an have rented the Park Theatre for four weeks in April to the New England Opera Company, of which Peter Rice is manager. The company will produce In first-class style The Isle of Champagne and other operas of that class. Next week there will be a decided novelty at the Amphlon Theatre. A troupe of Bavarian' peasant actors from village in the Bavarian Alps will present a series of their native plays.

CURE CONSTIPATION RtMItte ltrer udbovdi, ear left keadteh. mrr sicken. vMkm or friot. Et em Ilka 'I- BUSH INSTITUTION. Many contributors and subscribers to the Flatbush Free Library, who were unable to attend the formal opening on Tuesday evening.

Inspected the btuldlng yesterday. William C. Redfleld, chairman of the Library Committee, showed the visitors through the rooms. The library contains twenty-five hundred volumes, and will be open from 8 o'clock in the morning until 9 oclock In the evening, and also on Sunday afternoons. The librarians are Miss Mary G.

Winship and J. Duncan. LECTURES ON CYPRUS. The members of the Brooklyn Institute hare heard cons' derable ab mt Cyprus and its antiquities this week. On Monday afternoon Prof.

William H. Goodyear addressed the classical section on the Dl Cesnola collection of Cypriote statuary In the Metropolitan Museum, In Manhattan, and on Tuesday evening Prof. Patrick Geddea. F. R.

S. of University 'College, Dundee. Scotland, gave the first of a series of geographical lectures, speaking on A Journey in Cyprus. GLOVE-MAKING ANIMALS. Among the more popular materials used in modern glove-making are kid.

lamb, buck, doe and dog skins The kids are specially reared for the use of their hides. They are all kept in pens, and thus are prevented from Injuring their skins against hedges, palings or rocks. They are fed only with milk, so as to preserve the quality of the hide, which becomes verity delicate, and, naturally, more valuable? At one time Senator Mackay, of Nevada, conceived the idea of buying up all the goats in the world, but the scheme did hot flourish. Following closely upon thiB was a plan projected by several French capitalists to catch all the rats In Chicago and establish a preserve which would supply the French glove-makers with ratskins to be converted into kid gloves Womans Home Companion. TO TRY OUT LARD.

Always buy the leaf," the fat around the kidney a Cut Into small pieces, say an inch square or half the size of an egg, and put It on to cook, adding one quarter of a cupful of water. Stir from time to time, and when the shrunken pieces begin to turn yellow strain oft nearly all the liquid fat into Jars or palls. Woman's Home Companion. GRAIN-0 BRINGS RELIEF to tbe coffco drinker, Coffee drinking la a habit that la imlveraaUy Indulged In gnd almost an (Universally injurious Have you tried Grain-O? It I almost like- coffee, butthe effects ere just the opposite Coffee upeeta the stomach, ruins the digestion, affects the heart and disturbs the whole nervotup system. Grain-O tones jp the aids -digestion' And strengthens the nervee There is nothing but nourhmtnt in "Isaie-O -can be otherwise.

13 and 2bc. package. STOLE FOR HER TROUSSEAU. MARIE GERBER'S UNIQUE 'WAY OB GETTING FINERY. Mane Gerber, a pretty girl, is in Jail In Long Island City, charged with the theft of jewels and.

laces from her employers. 1 wherewith to complete her trousseau. She is but recently from Germany, but stands charged with gTand Jareeny. She is 19 years old, and bad been living as a domestic in the house -of Mra 'Vienna Gano, of Ingleslde, Flushing. The latter missed the articles and questioned tA girl about them The latter assumed an air of injured lnnocenec and gave up her place.

She then obtained a position with Mrs. Edward Peck, of North Parsons avenue. Jewels and fine lace handkerchiefs disappeared there, too. The robbery was reported to Acting Capt. Gallagher, who had the girl's trunk forced during her absence, and there found alt the missing property.

When confronted with the facts the girl broke down and admitted taking the articles. She said she was soon to wed a young soldier at Willetts Point and wanted the stolen laces and jewels to complete her trousseau. i NEWS IN BRIEF. It Is reported in Berlin that Germany has requested the United States to supersede Chief Justice Chambers in Samoa. The police of Yailsburg, N.

have been ordered to shoot all cats anddogs on sight. Rabies is feared. Opposttloir to the Spanish Government's policy of yielding aU the colonies to America continues in the Cortes at Madrid. Trouble is feared in Paris to-day, when the funeral obsequies of Presitfent Faure will he and President Loubet has been urged not to appear in the proces-sion. William J.

Bryan addressed the Virginia Democratic Association at Washington yesterday on Imperialism." Richard Croker said last night that the operation of the auto-mobile stage coaches which it Is proposed to run 'in Fifth avenue, Manhattan, will require no franchise. The Procure teur-General of the Court of Caseation will ask the court to annul the convlctioniof Dreyfus without retrial, and this la taken to mean that the court has found that the crime for which Dreyfus was qonvlcted was never committed. The steamer Vittoria arrived at Baltimore yesterday with fdhr of the crew of the missing steamed Bulgaria, who tell a horrible story of suffering and suspense on the ship. They belleve the Bulgaria went down1 with 101 persons aboard. CONCERT AT PENITENTIARY.

Under (he direction of Miss Honor E. Quinn, principal of Public School "No. 63, Concert was given yesterday In the chapel of the Kings County penitentiary. The- programme was contributed to by the Boys High School Banjo and Man-doiln Club, Hyde and Behman's orchestra, and by several of the performers playing this week at Hyde and Behman's Theatre. Afterwards the artiste were entertained at luncheon by Warden Hayes.

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