The Standard Union from Brooklyn, New York • 1

daily one: ocrov. Probably Snow To-morrov VOL. NO. ,185. BROOKLYN, MONDAY, JANUARY, 5.

1003. TWELVE PAGES. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION A ENTERS ON ITS DUTIES udge Crane Makes no Reference to Recent Presentment garding the B. R.T. run 6IS TUBE IH HER HUB Then Emily Pechner Put a Skirt Ova Her Head and Turned on the Gas.

RUMORS OF MORE POIICE SMS Deputy Commissioner Ebstein Says "Lots ot Things Are Boil ing in the Pot STALLS lllllt TROLLEY IIIILS B. R. Conduit Manhole at Clymer Street and vision Avenue Blows fifteen Feet of Pavement 100 Feet Into the Air Wounded Men Are Not Seriously Injured, But Ad Eastern District Traffic Is Paralyzed fer an Hour and a Half Ecaping Gas the Cause Residents Had Long Complained of IL Says That With Aid of Controller a Way Has Been Found to Secure for the City Lower Taxes and Longer Credit This Is Done by Assessing Citys Real Estate at Full Value, According to Law Brooklyn Tunnel Question Successfully Dealt WitIMJntil Substruction of Brooklyn Bridge Is Rebuilt More Trains Cannot Be Run Subject of Brooklyn Libraries Discussed Further Mess-' ages From the Mayor to Be WAS PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN. Worked as Saleswoman in Local Department Store. 1 Emily Pechner.

SI yean aid. employed as a saleswoman In eae of the total department stores, and who occupied a tarnished room at 17 Livingston strut, committed suicide last night ta her apartment by inhaling illuminating gas. Taw other Inmates of the tomes Lg-ster F. Dwight and Reaper Caldsreli. omfiied the odor of the escaping gas.

and went te the Adams Street police station. Detective-Sergeant Delehanty was detailed ta r- tack to the house with them. Os reacting the room occupied by the woman, wa the second floor, they found it torked. Their antted efforts were required force It open, and It eras then dmorered that the woman had placed the bed against it. Detective Delehanty finally gained an entrance, and discovered the Woman in a kneeling posture is the window sill, where she had evidently afipged down from a racking chair.

She had attached a robber tabs to the gas Jet and. after placing the ether end in her mouth, had enveloped her bend in a black skirt. At the bowse it said that she had been there some time, and had frequently complained at suffering from asthma. Nothing further was known of however. She had started to write a thing on a sheet of paper and had then scratched It ML A small slip of paper was discovered, however.

which was inscribed "Erna. Wed Ninety-third Street Manhatait and TUMe. ltol Park were called nut. forty firemen reavenue. Manhatt-a.

The body was te- iwn a moved to the Adams street police suttaa. plosion seen taming Mt of manhola ta the conduit at Drigga and Division The foresight of policeman. Daffy, ta removing the cover, probably prevented a still greater explosion than that which followed, while the spectacle of toe naming manhole attract-away from the spot where the EIS8ERG SEES OOELi, NOT FIB FM 8boctly before noon to-day there was terrific exptoaiog of gas In a manhola of the conduit ot the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company at Clymer street and Division nvenne. directly opposite the Clywm street police station and the Lee a venae court, where Magistrate Higgln-betham was sitting, and several persons were Mown bite the air. Trolley cars were stalled all aver the eastern division from 10.

to o'clock until 12. One men. Thomas McEnaneny, a plan-. her. af ITS Division street had his hand kndly cwt by a flying fragment of the manhole cover and eras treated by Ik.

T- H. Hull, of Division avenue and Thyfar street Three others were blown namely: Frederick Wist a hotel beeper; of Lee aveaue, who received vanoun braises and went to hla home, and tww Italians, Domlnico Serrano and Mtrhsel COosa. who disappeared and have not yet been (bond. The pushcart which they were wheeling was blown apart and all the windows ta the neighborhood were smashed. When the explosion occurred fifteen het nf asphalt pavement together with rocks, bricks and earth, was shot Into the air to a height of a hundred feet part of falling ever four-story brick hawse.

The Lee avenue court was Immediately adjourned, the police reserves NEGRO RETS TOT Alexander Sena, colored burglar, who has committed many thefts In Brooklyn at various times, was Imday sentenced to twenty years ta tang Sing Prison by Judge Asptnafi on two charge, grand larceny In toe first degree and burglary In the second degree. TRIES TO NHL CHILDREN ABERDEEN. Jan. A I am Jesus Christ Tbe wlree are flashing my name all over the world, and the people have accepted me as thejr Saviour. Thus sheeted John Teeters, one of toe members of the Holy Rand, yesterday.

At Us Elis berry home. Teeters became indent and attempted to burn up his wife and children. Officers defeated his ptsns. bwt not until after the crazy man had thrown himself into the fire and sustained poinfui burns. creaee of gross debt In 1901 was $20,000, 000; In 1902, $10,000,000.

Appended to this report are tablea giving lit detail the usual Information In relation to the citys finances. In my message to your honorable Board, dated March 4, 1902, I called attention to some of the great problems of the city which had already forced themselves upon my mind. Among these were the excessive growth of the sinking funds, resulting In unnecessarily heavy taxation; the large commitments already completely, or partially, made for permanent Improvements, amounting, in December, 1901, as estimated bv Controller Coler, to more than $73,000,000, without regard to the provision that must also be made for new school buildings, for Improved hospital accommodations, for Improvements of the water-front, for suitable extension of the water service, for the repaving of streets, for local provementa In any part of the city, or for the extension of the rapid transit system, except as regards one tunnel to Brooklyn. It was then already clear that the city was so close to Its debt limit as to make It Impossible to carry on the enterprises to which it was already committed, and at the same time to supply the things essential for its current life. A mpre puzzling problem never confronted an administration.

The city was threatened, on the one hand, with a large and continual Increase of taxation, certain to be detrimental to its welfare; and, on the other, with the stoppage, at this very critical period of Its development, while It Is practically being rebuilt, of the publlo Improvements upon which both its present and future prosperity largely depend. I am happy to be able to say that, by the hearty co-ope ration of the Controller and the Mayor, a way has been found to rescue the city from this dangerous Situation, and to seoure tor It at the same time both lower taxes and A longer credit. The difficulty aa to the Sinking Funds, of which the city has ten, grows out of the fact that the Sinking Funds which protect the debt of the old city of New York absorb most of the aval Able Income of the city. The Income of the city pledged to these Sinking Funds grows larger year by year with the citys growth. The volume of bonds to be protected by these Sinking Funds, on the other hand, grows smaller every year, as Installments of the debt fall due and are paid oft.

No new debt Is, or can be, Incurred for which these Sinking Funds are liable. The excessive taxation of the present year, resulting from these conditions. Is approximately eight millions and a half of dollars. That is to say, if the citys Income went Into the general fund for the reduction of taxation, as It ought to go, and the city were called upon to provide only what Is necessary to redeem Its outstanding debt, eight millions and a half of dollars, locked up this year In the Sinking Funds, would be available for the reduction of taxation. This problem haa long bedn-recognlzed by the city authorities as a most serious one; but It has been allowed to remain unsolved because of the difficulty of finding any solution of It, growing out of the fact that the law of 1878, which assigned these revenues to the Sinking Fund, stipulated that this assignment should be a contract between the city and Its (Continued on 4th Page 1st Column.) to the provision of the Greater York charter, which calls for a meeting of the Board of Aldermen on the first Monday In January, the City Fathers representing the five boroughs met in the City Hall at noon to-day, The Mayors annual message, or rather a part of It, was the only matter before the house.

It was read and placed on file. The message deals with transportation and finance. It Is as follows: The Honorable the Board of Aldermen of the City of NeW York: There are so many things worthy report in a years history of the city of New York that they cannot be put Into a single message without making It fatally long.1 I propose, therefore, In this message to refer only to some of the larger problems affecting the city. A fortnight later I shall hope to communicate with you with reference to the current work of the departments. Later still, I may send In aqother message, making such comments upon the revised charter as seem to me called for.

First of all, I take pleasure In acknowledging the cordial co-operation which the administrative branch of the city government has received from the Board of Aldermen. In one or two Instances only matters have been delayed where prompt action seemed to be desirable; but, for the most part, your action has made possible the orderly and efficient conduct of the city's business, without delay and without embarrassment I take the more pleasure In making this acknowledgment because I think that the public does not fully understand how much you have done to facilitate the citys business. I present herewith, the usual figures relating to the citys debt: thb crrr dbst. Dm. It lwt Gross PuniM Debt.

.458 508 IM 7 Deo. St IMt Gross Funded 416,262,123 si 'I Groat, IncrasM 2L2ll IMee 1001 1002. Ones Funded DebtMie.2e2.22S 61 $488,505, 4.7 Less BpeclsJ Rer- enus Bonds to 'b 4 Eitd ths mt fol-WlOff Ok 1833.997 69 4,271108.41 Gross Psrmsnsnt Funded Debt $411. 989, 236. 93 $484,831,11188 Less 11 Sinklnf Funds, Including both and 126,846,929 4T 188,848.988 80 Permanent 1 Funded Debts $285,898 80145 $296,888,128 58 $10,288,828 11 Thsrs hays been Issosd sine Consolidation Without regard to Revenue Bonds issued In anticipation of Taxes Bonds to ths amount of $178 175 211 80 Deduct Special Revenue Bonds.

26, tncrease for ths mI 1909. Oroes Increase of Permanent Debt $160,841,698 88 Deduct Bonds Issued to refund loans matured 3,583,80078 Net Increase In Permanent Debt. 267, 701. 60 The Net Permanent Funded Debt has Increased during the period (since Consolidation) only 70,000 000 00, aa appears below: Net Permanent Funded Debt. December 81, 1902 $296,882,128.88 Net Permanent Funded Debt, Dtoember 81, 189? 228,688,026 68 670 194.108 08 This Includes $8 488 82L54 of the Aseeesmeht Bonds, which should be paid, ultimately, from Assessments for Local Improvements.

The growth of the sinking funds In 1901 was In 1902, $12,000,000. The ln- PUBLIC explosion occurred, and may ho 7 several lives. When the explosion did occur ti flames at the first manhole were rising twelve feet Into the air. and had set fire to street sign and to generator box on pole fifteen feet abbve the ground. The blowing out of tbe conduit tied up the whale eastern end of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system for an hour and a half.

This meant tost from 16 36 oclock, when the first yxpkmion occurred, until after the noon hour. there was not a ear operated on the Broadway. Douglass street Halsey street. Park avenue, Lor-imer street Sumner, Tompkins, Held and Johnson avenue lines. About 1 $6 o'clock tol afternoon tbe damage done by the conduit had been remedied to an extenlaUfflclent to allow all but one or two lines to be on something 4 Ike schedule time.

All of these lines are fed by power which is transmitted from the Kent avenue power house, through underground feed wires. General Superintendent Smith, of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit could give no details of the accident Chief Engineer Roehl. of the Electrical Department could not be found. The tie-up Is one of the worst the company had had to face In several yeara Many of the dry goods merchants and other men found business at a standstill practically all the forenoon. It Is sold that residents ta tbs neighborhood hove been annoyed by a strong odor of gas for many weeks, and that they have complained both to the railway company and tha gas company, without avail.

The cause of the explosion has not yet been authoritatively stated, but It Is supposed that gas from a leaking main has gradually been accumulating in the conduit and was finally Ignited by a chance match on cigar dropped into a manhole. f- Valla to C. Ehdjsra foreman of EngiQO -121, South Second street, was to-day appointed battalion chief to fill the vacancy-caused by the death of Battalion Chief I Copplnger, who waa killed at the Ar-buckle fire, and placed ta command of the Twenty-third district, with headquar- tors on State street. Rodgers was ap- pointed a fireman ta 1SSS and has a fine record as a fire fighter. He was made assitant foreman ta 1687 and foreman In 1595.

He Is 61 years old. married and lives at South Second street. The Twenty-third is the most Important fire district In Brooklyn, as It Includes all the big department stores. CHARGED WITH THET SHE KILLED HERSELF. NEW HAVEN.

Conn, Jan. A HI Reynolds, 21 years old. a shop girl, dl this morning at her home, as result taking carbolic acid. She was an some time ago, charged with theft. It Is supposed that this fact preyqd on her I mind and caused her act.

departments of the army under one gen- eral head. Mr. Bartlett (Detm. Ga.) asked whether the purpose of the bill was not solely to displace Gen. Miles, the commander of the army.

1 Mr. Hull said that the term command- er of the army" was a myth and Gen. Miles has no authority to Issue orders unless under direction of the President -or the Secretary of War. There is only one commander-ln-chlef, he said, and that is the President." "The bill. Mr.

Hull continued, does not Increase the number of officers, and provides that too head of the general staff must act under the direction of the Secretary of War." ANTI-ADVERTISING BILL BY FITZGERALD William, A. Prendergast Occupies Position of Foreman. Tha January Grand Jury was sworn In thla morning before Judge Crane, In Part One of the County Court Judge Crane Instructed the Jury In It duties, and made no reference to the presentment of the December Grand Jury. In regard to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, or to any other matter. Remington D.

Snedeker. the new warden of the Grand Jury, was on duty this morning for tha first time. He was Instructed In his dutteo by George Shevlln, who was recently removed aa srarden and made a court officer. The following are the members at tha January Grand Jury: WTHiarq A- Prendergast (foreman), secretary, SOU Fifth street. Joseph, R.

Wendover, salesman, $81 McDonough street James H. Batty, awnings, 127 Palmetto street Louis A- Powers, salesman, Monroe street John Williamson, dry goods, llSl Pacific street George W. Eadle. salesman, Koo-ctusko street Nathan ScheUenbetg. Clothing.

224 Carlton avenue. I Thomas H. real estate, IK De-Kalb avenue. George A. Tooker, broker, Patches avenue.

George J. Schwarz, salesman, Park avenue. Henry Steffens, Insurance, 711 Decatur street Dwight L. Hale, foreman, Eighth street Charles H. Richter, architect.

Cl McDonough street William H. Wteslng, salesman, Monroe street Henry T. Smith, dyer. 71 Quincy street Henry Oetjen, hotel, Reid and Lafayette avenues. Cornelius J.

Farrell, plumber, Pearl street Charles Rosenthal. 47 Central place. Henry Watdeck, liquors, Macon street Edward L. Kalbfielsch, chemicals, South Portland avenue. Isaac MacDonald, salesman.

121 ReM avenue. Philo W. Scofield, insurance, Lewis avenue. Joseph G. Webster, merchant, 423 Hancock street TO MM? Report Is That ex-President of "Big 6 Has Lows Support for the Vacancy.

A prominent official of the Brooklyn Water Department stated to-day that Samuel B. Donnelly, a member of the Board of Education, eras slated for the position left vacant by the death of Major Tate. The salary to $4,000 a year. Mr. Donnelly, it ta rumored, la Mayor Ltor's candidate for the place.

He is an Independent Democrat He worked hard for the success of the Fusion ticket and on that account It la said, was promised a (nod place In the municipal government However, nothing good enough for Mr. Donnelly turned up until now. He was meet-dent of Typographical Union No. A the Big Slxr by which appellation that organization ia better known. The only obstacle In the way of Mr.

Donnelly's appointment Is that he live In the Borough of Manhattan, and the chances are that a strong fight will be made to obtain the place for a Brooklyn man. J. Hampton Dougherty, ex-commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, Is said to have a candidate prominent member of the Brooklyn League. This mans name is kept back for the present Assistant Cashier Michael J. Donohue la the logical successor to Major Tats, his friends assert but the general opinion in official circles seems to be that hla chances are slim.

Pa, Jan. I With the prospect of at least a month more of dally hearing the Anthracite Strike commission, the coal operators and their attorneys, and the champion of the unkn miners, John Mitchell, and his counsel are assembling here to-day for conferences preparatory to the beginning of actual work to-morrow. There was no session of the commission to-day. -BURNS, IS ARRESTED Joseph Burns president of the Joseph Cassidy Association, of which Borough President Cassidy of Queens 4s the standard bearer, was arraigned to-day before Magistrate Smith. In the Long Island City police court on a charge ot violating the excise law In hts saloon, at Carver street on Saturday night The Cassidy Association held Its annual affair on Saturday night and after it wa brought to a close Bums took a party of lriends to his saloon and furnished them with drink.

While thus engaged he eras arrested by Officer MrFane. Burns said he did not violate the law, aa no drinks were sold. He was held In $1.00 bail for examination on Jan. U. r.vrw rtsT-dcntt rorrourt Th FHiBlflvaiii ft 38 fcovra Xsrfc 4 Cbkafd.

PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. Sunday in Brooklyn Not Very Dry, But Manhattan Felt the Pinch. L. First Deputy Police Commissioner Ebstein spent, only a short time at Brooklyn Police Headquarters this morning, aa he had to conduct a trial at $06 Mulberry street When eeen as he was leaving the building he was asked If there was anything doing." Lota of things aEe boiling In the pot replied the major, "but I dont know what will be turned out when It Is cooked. The major then took a car for Manhattan.

There are all aorta of rumors about further "shake-upa" In the Police Department and 'orders for transfers of eaptaina are hourly expected. It Is safe to say that at no time In the history ot the police force was there ever such a general state ot uneasiness felt ns now prevalla No one seems to know where "he Is at and no order that may come will be a complete surprise, because every one la expecting something to happen before long. But the question la What? Police Commissioner Francis V. Greens sald.thti morning at Police Headquarters, Manhattan, that In hla inspection tour through the Tenderloin and elaewhera yesterday afternoon and evening he had seen many cases of Improper patrolling, the men loafing and loitering on their beats, and talking with each other. "Patrolling haa got to be done, said the Commissioner decisively, "and I have written a letter to Senior Inspector Mosea W.

Cortright ordering him to see that the policemen obey the law In regard to patrol duty. The Commissioner wrote another letter to Inspector Cortright, calling his attention do the violation of the Excise law Which prohibits the use of colored glass in the windows or doors In front ot a saloon in such a way as to abut out a full view of the bar during the hours when liquor selling is Illegal. Tha letter aaid: "Mosea W. Cortright, Chief Inspector: Your attention Is respectfully called to paragraph 4, section 31, of local tax law. This makes It unlawful during the hours when the sale of liquors la forbidden to have In any window or door any opaque or colored glass which obstructs or In any way prevents a person passing from having a full view to the bar where Uquora are sold.

In a personal Inspection yeaterday In portions of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth precincts, I saw many saloons where this law was fully compiled with and many where the law was not complied with. This provision of the law la simply and easily complied with and not difficult to enforce provided district Inspectors and captains not only give the necessary orders, but see that their orders are enforced. "You will give the necessary Instructions to the police for strict compliance with this provision of the law. --Very respectfully. "POLICE COMMISSIONER GREENE, Gen.

Greene said that Inspector Cart-right last night had made nine arrests In the Thirty-first Precinct, which Capt. Martense rules, for violation of the above law. In regard to hla tour the Commissioner also arfid that some of the station bouses he had visited were In first-class condition as to cleanliness and neatness, and some were not so good. A humorous story was current to-day that several deaths had occurred among the policemen at the Oak street Station since Capt O'Reilly took charge, and the belief la prevalent that the victims were frightened Into heart failure because of Capt O'Reillys discipline. One case la cited where a policeman died recently and just before he died he begged hla wife to call him early, because Capt O'Reilly was on duty.

Capt OReilly's reputation Is said to make him a terror, but those who know him best declare that he is kind-hearted and willing to help any man who strives to do hla duty. Shirkers get no mercy, they Say, though men who have been used to taking things easy find It hard to keep up with real discipline, and It ta thla scrt who are In fear of Capt OReilly, A great deal of speculation Is going on as to the result of the examination today for Inspectors. There is also some expectancy in regard to the man who will succeed Capt Copeland. There was not much difference In the enforcement of the excise law yesterday In Brooklyn, and there were only two excise arrests, but the lines were tighter drawn In Manhattan, hough any one that had the price could get a drink. Gen.

F. V. Greene, the new Commissioner, accompanied by Inspector Brooks, took a tour of Inspection last night In an automobile, visiting Raines Law hotels and police stations. The Commissioner refused to say what he would do with the Information he had obtained. Capt Miles OReilly advised the Union Helvetia, a Swiss benefit organisation, not to hold -a ball last night at Lyric Hall, an they had Intended in order to raise money forXJie nTek.

Though Cant, OReilly told the managers of Alisa McCabe's Dancing Academy, on East Seventeenth street, and the Harvard Academy, on Twenty-third afreet, that he cculd not stand for dancing on Sunday, there were dances at both places last night The Captain told hla detectives to go 'to Jefferson Market In the morning, and said he thought the Magistrate would gives them warranto for the arrest of the managers. D. J. HILL APPOINTED WASHINGTON, Jan. David Jayne HIU, first tszlstant Secretary ot State, ha been sppolnted Minister to Switzerland, vice Prof.

Arthur Sherburne Hardy, nominated to be Allnlster to Spain. Charles Page Bryan, Allnlster to Brazil, who was selected for the post In Switzerland, will beaent to Portugal Francis Loomis, present Minister to Portugal, ha been appointed to take Dr. Hills place assistant Secretary of State. CONGRESS REASSEMBLES" AND COMMENCES ITS WORK CSpecM Ths Ik tor cow ALBANY, Jan. A Senator Ehtat nf New York, called apoa the Governor this morning, hot when he tame oat ef the Executive Chamber, dqctared he had merely called to pay hla respects, and that his chief mission to Albany was to attend the Court ot Appeals miednn and avoid being beaten ta a case be had there.

"There ia nothing politics ta my visit tore, or my call on Gov. Oden. be mid. "nor am I In combination with any ooe against my party- Senator Elsberg said m-day that ho was not prepared to otmonneo os yet whether he will enter the enurM to mnr row night If he stays away sad hto example to followed by Senators Brackett and Brown. It will greatly embarrwm tha majority party ta the upper House.

Immediately after organisation to perfected on Wednesday the message nf Gov. Odell will be read and both Houses ill probably adjourn for one week. FATAL ACCIDENT IN RAPID TRAM TUNNEL A serious fatality. Involving the death of one man and grave Injuries to tww others, occurred this morning about oclock at 116th street and Broadway. Manhattan, where rapid transit tmmei work is in progress.

The three men. with others, were engaged ta t-ghlenlng braces under the surface railroad when aa enormous piece nf timber away and fell an them. Antonio Jam 19 yeara old, a laborer, was crashed to death; Andrew Hulnee. 29 years, nf 12 Weed Idtto street suffered concession ef the brain and possible fracture of tbe skwll; John McGee. IS yeara, of West tilth street, hod two riba broken.

Dr. Fhhen-stock. of the J. H. right Hospital, and Dr.

Stephenson, a private phymetam attended the injured men. WANTS SI 0.000 AS BALM FOR INJURIES. Mra Eraam Hethcrikgton brought ha action this morning against too New thrk and Queens County Railroad Cam-pi ny for $16,669 damages for tnjurim received in tea rend coilistow on June XL 1462. between tww cars if the defendant's line at Elmhurst L. I At the time nf the coKFduu Mra Heth-erington was Miss Emma Keiia.

a teacher In the public schools to Long Island City. The case ta still on. CITTTO ROT COIL IN OPEN IIIRNET Among the papers that received Mayor Lows official approval daring the week, list of which Is printed to today City Record. are a few torching the scarcity of coal. Permission to given to the following departments to pnrvhsse coal In the open market without patdac letting' Department of Correction.

9X664; Bureau of Sewers, Brooklyn. 11M, and the Department of Barks. The resolution introduced by Alderman J. T. McCall, requesting the Baud of Estimate to aolhoriae the hone of 250666 In corporate stock, the proceeds of which to be applied to the purchase of coal for the poor of the city daring this winter, was returned without the Mayor's signature.

ASPHYXIATED BY GAS IN HOTEL ROOM. A man supposed to he Henry D. 'Win-Isms. of Ptttsion, Pa. was found dead to room to-dae at toe Uw Hotel, fir not venue and Seveeteemh street.

Manhattan. asphyxiated be gas. HU drath supposed to have he-n acvideettaL dead man was shout yeara eg in five feet am tacbes tail. Resolutions to Repeal Duty on Coal Introduced in the Senate to Relieve Present Situation In the House the Army General Staff B9 Is Called Up and Discussed Democrats Fight It on Account of Gen. Miles.

Eleven Members From Present Brooklyn Public Library Board and Elevenrom Brooklyn Library Explains Action 'in Dropping Those Already Holding City Offices. U8M TRUSTEES any city to that board. For this reason I have not felt at liberty to appoint Mi. McKeen, or Mr. Babbott, of the Brooklyn Library Board.

Mr. Orr not affected, for the Rapid Transit Commission Is technically a tSate body. Charles F. Phillips, also, of the present Publlo Library Board, has seemed to me Ineligible because he is now a resident of the Borough of Richmond "I 'propose to call a meeting of the members of the new corporation, to be held at the Mayor's office on Monday, Jan. 12, at 2 30.

Besides the gentlemen appointed, the Mayor, the Controller, and the President of the Borough of Brooklyn are members of the new corporation, ex-offlclo. On Friday I propose to submit to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment the form of a contract and the draft of an act amending the present which. If approved and put Into effect, will carry out the plan outlined In my message of to-day. I shall- submit the same form of contract and amendment to the law to the new corporation at Its meeting on Monday. This will bring the whole matter up for consideration and settlement The Board ot Estimate, of course, will give a public hearing before It takes action.

NEW PRINCIPAL AT PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 82. Miss Jennie M. Mackay was Installed this morning as principal of Public School No. 82, at Fourth avenue and Thirty-sixth street.

George H. Greenla, chairman of the Local School presided and assisted Associate Superintendent John H. Walsh, who Introduced Mlsa Mackay to bar new associates. 1 WASHINGTON. D.

C. Smte kt te time In this morning; upon the reas-semMirg after the holiday recess. -There i large representation upon the and the galleries were well filled. Senator Boor gave notide that. Immediately after the robtine morning business to-morrow he would speak upon Ms Anti-Trust MIL Mr.

Ledge (Masai, ta introducing a Ml providing for the suspension, for ninety daya of the duty on coal entering the United State said he thought such might encourage importation' ef coni ned tend to relieve the distress, and. i some quarters, suffering, especially to the New England States. Mr. Cnlberoon (Texas offered a resolution providing for the immediate removal of the duty on anthracite coaL Mr. Platt (Oonn.l, ta objecting to Immediate consideration, declared that there was wo duty on anthracite coal.

The rveoiatioa went over. IN THE HOUSE. WASHINGTON. Jans A House gal-view were Scantily patronized, end scarcely a quorum of members were present when Speaker Henderson called the Hons to order. The first business transacted waa the swearing In of De-Vttit C.

Lannegaa. member-elect from New Jersey, who succeeds the late Representative Salmon. Representative HulL of Iowa. Chalr-nn of the Committee on Military Af-txlra asked unanimous consent for the (meal rensl deration of the bill to create a general staff for the I nited Stales Army. Mr.

Richardson, of Tennessee. Democratic floor leader, objected. Mr. Had thea a-krd for a suspension ef the rates and the passage of the bill. Mr Ra hard-on demanded a second, mhwh was ordered, and the House pro-reeled toewwekc the Mil.

Mr. Ruff sold that thf bflt had the fcidnrsrment ef the entire Military Affair. Its pur- fe was to concentrate tbe several staff Jan- A geting down Mayor Low this afternoon announced the appointment of the Brooklyn Public Library trustees, which he is authorized to do under the Morgan Library act, which became a law In May last year. Eleven it the trustees are from the Brooklyn Library, and a like number front the Montague Street Library. They are as follows: From the directors of the.

Brooklyn Public Library: R. Rosa Appleton, Andrew D. Baird, David A. Boody, Frederick C. Cocheu, John W.

Devoy, Abner 8 Haight, Edward Kaufman, Daniel W. McWilliams, Thomas Peters, Harrington Putnam, Daniel M. Somers. From the trustees of the corporation of the Brooklyn Library: Truman J. Backus, Alfred C.

Barnes, R. Bowker, Simeon B. Chittenden, Theodore L. Frothingham, Frank Lyman, James L. Morgan, Alexander E.

Opr, Edward M. Shepard, Frederick Ward, W. A. White. In announcing the apolntments (he Mayor said: In selecting these gentlemen from the two boards of trustees, under the terms of Chapter 606 of the Laws of 1902, 1 have been further llm'ted in my choice by 6ectlon 1549 of the Greater New York Charte, which provides that any person holding a city office who shall accept any other civil office for honor, trust or emolument under the National, State or city government, shall be deemed threby to have vacated any office held by him under the dty government." It not entirely certain that the position a membef In the new Public Library orporatlon will be a city office In the I nee contemplated by the charter, hue i slum Id It be hed to be so, the conse-I quWneea, under the charter, would te ytff serious, If I were now to appoint WASHINGTON.

D. Jan. A Representative Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, in traduced a bill to-day making It a mls-dem-aaror, punishable by a fine not exceeding 1 1.006. or Imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, for any business firm to use the picture of any living person for advertising purposes without that persons consent. His bill Is born of a recent pictorial advertisement, showing HiIL Low, Jerome and Gen.

Miles hobnobbing together, drinking a certain brand of whiskey. Another flagrant Instance brought the Nea York Congressmans attention ass the picture of one of hla constituent's daughters In the centre ot a room advertising a brand ot Sour as "tLa flower of the faintly Under the provirions of the Ftzgetwl4 bill a person thus offended against shall have cause to recover damages court. nait.r grant mcpmitw Ar ltijwlififii lwty Iwtitr inti Ouofiffii tame I.