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THE BKOOKLYN DAILY EAGLE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1896. PALMER AND HIS SPOILS DISAGEEED ON GESSLER, and an encouragement toward continued effort in the wwk remaining to be done. The report of the treasurer showed that the receipts for the year wore $978, and the expenses $.7. The secretary was instructed to send a circular letter to the members urging their presence at the hearing to be held in Albany next Wednesday on the civil service bill Introduced by Senator Brush and Assemblyman Sanger. On motion of Mr.

J. Warren Greene It was resolved to solicit the consent of a number of sustaining members who would pay $10 a year. This would defray tho expenses. SUCCEEDS DRAYTON IVES. THE DAILY EAGL.K la published every after noon on the working days of the week and oa SUNDAY MOKNINGS.

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RATES FOR ADVERTISING. Solid agate measurement. No adyertloementu taken for less Uuin the price mt five lines. For line she called for him on the morning of I he patient's death, she told him that Mrs. Shike appeared to be gasping for breath and he told her to apply ammonia.

This was in direct contradiction of the girl's testimony. Dr. Ermentraut testified that he visited Mrs. Shike the night before she died with Dr. Gessler and she appeared to be In good condition.

Her pulse, he said, was between 86 antl 90. Ho also stated that Susan was in the room and assisted. He is a son ln iaw of Dr. Gessler. 1 Detective Shaughnessy was the last witness.

He told of the arrest of the prisoners. He said the doctor after he was arrested confessed that he did not attend the woman until after the onoratlon. Coroner Nason read the report of Dr. Valentine, who made the autopsy, that the woman died of blood poisoning, caused by a criminal operation. He then charged the Jury, who returned a verdict as above.

The coroner held the doctor and Susan Eidelmuth, who were present. The whereabouts of Mrs. Butz is not known. DR. BEHRENDS' ADDRESS.

THE LAW AND ITS RELATION TO CHARACTER AND EDUCATION. An audience numbering about seventy five persons, a dozen of whom were men, assembled in Memorial hall last evening to listen to an address by tho Rev. A. J. F.

Beh rends, D. under the auspices of the Health Protective association. The stage was deco THE ENTERTAINMENT VETOED. An executive meeting of the board of. managers of the Brooklyn Maternity was held yesterday afternoon at the hospital, corner of Washington avenue and Douglass street, Mrs.

W. B. PiersW, second directress presiding tho absence of Mrs. M. M.

Voorhies. On motion of Mrs. Robert Shaw the decision to give an entertainment on Thursday afternoon, February 27, at the Columbia theater, under the management of Charles F. Mullen, was rescinded. All tickets will be rocalled and money refunded.

There was a good attendance at tho meeting and Mullen was also present. None of the directors would have anything to say on the subject of futuro plans. At present there does not seem to be any disposition on the part of the board to take advantage of the offer of the Columbia theater management for the use of the house under the direction of tho hospital managers. WELL KNOWN AT BATH BEACH. Mrs.

Ethel Kelso, who killed her two children in New York yesterday, is well known at Bath Beach. For four seasons eho summered at the Lowry house with her family. Mr. Kelso has many friends here. UNMUZZLED DOGS.

To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle; Why don't the Eagle endeavor through Its influence to arouse the authorities to speedy action to have every dog muzzled in the city at all times of the year; otherwise, to be killed at once. Brooklyn, February 20. 1S96. FEAR. CONSIDERED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ASSOCIATION.

His Attitude, says the Annual Report, Has Been One of Constant Hostility to Improvement Mr. Low Considers the Outlook Bright Tho aunual meeting of the Civil Service Reform association of Brooklyn was held in the directors' room of tho Academy of last night. President William G. Low occupied the chair and Secretary George McAneny recorded. Among the members present were A.

Augustus Healy, J. Warren Greene and S. Perry Sturges. Before tho regular meeting 'ho executive committee had a short session. A letter was received from General John B.

Woodward regretting his inability to be present owing to his absence from the city. He congratulated the association on the good work it had accomplished and urged the members to continue, as the present legislature was one of the worst bodies ever gotten together and were liable to enact laws in favor of the spoils system. The election of officers for the year resulted as follows: President. William G. Low; vice presidents, Lyman Abbott.

Reese F. Alsop, Ethan Allen Duly, George M. Nichols. Edwin Packard, William Putts, E. M.

Shepard, J. U. Woodward: executive committee, E. K. Alden, T.

1 Hall, J. Chadwick, Charles Clashum. J. Warren Greene, A. A.

Healy. F. W. Hooiwr, Dr. C.

H. LeverilKiro. C. A. Schleren.

F. 13. Schenck. Henry Sanger Snow, S. Perry Sturges.

Alfred T. White, t. E. Woixlbrldge, Henry Yonge. President Low made the following address: "The cause the advancement of which we have at heart continues to triumph.

The latest victory is a decision in our favor by the New York court of appeals, holding that the adoption of the civil service clause of the constitution brought the old state rules into effect and made them applicable to employes of the state department of public works. A joint committee of our assoclatiou and that of New York city promptly urged this view upon the governor and the controller, shortly after the adoption of the new constitution, and we, therefore, take especial satisfaction in the result. The text of the opinion is not yet at hand and will be awaited with inter eat. It is also very gratifying to note that our system has made further progress during the past year in the United States navy yard, the proper conduct of which is so important to our political health in this city. It is to be hoped that the bill now before the New York legislature, to carry Into effect the provisions of the new state constitution about the civil service, will become a law at this session.

Certainly loyalty to the will of the people as expressed in that constitution would seem to demand that some legislation looking to that end should not longer be delayed. The New York state civil service commission has in its recent report expressed its pleasure at the pre eminence accorded to New York state for its recent progress, by the reformers of the National league lately assembled in Washington and we look to the party in power at Albany to see that such progress is continued along the lines indicated by the popular will and now imbedded in constitutional provisions. If it fails in its duty in this respect, our plain duty would seem to be to call public attention to the fact with all the emphasis in our power. In closing, I cannot but voice our gratification at the re eiection to the chairmanship of the municipal commission of Mr. Alexander E.

Orr, whose arduous labors aud steadfast firmness for the good of the city service, we and all the citizens of Brooklyn ha ve such good reason to hold in high esteem. His election is especially gratifying to us as a signal illustration of the non partisan character of our reform, Mr. Orr having been ranked in national politics as a Democrat, while the city administration is avowedly Republican. Under such auspices no citizen should fear to enter the competitive lists from fear of anything but the fairest of fair play." The report of the secretary was then presented, and on motion of Mr. A.

Augustus Healy was ordered printed. In part it is as follows: The past year has been marked by radical advances toward the complete establishment of civil ervice reform In Brooklyn. In October Jott Mayor Schlciren prescribed amendments to the local regu iatk'Bs classifying in the e.imiwtitive schedu'e approximately one hun.ircd of high ord.r previously exempt from examination. The transfers were appioved by the siate civil service commission on October 9 and have since been In full efrect. Shortly before this Schleren approved the plan for the registration of all cltv laborers and this also received tho sanction of the state commission.

Rules for tho registration Ol laborers hod been adopted in the department of city works and In the department of parks by Commissioners White and Squler. shortiv urir they took olllce. These rules eoverwl 'probably four llfths of all laborers employed by the city There was nothing, however, to insure their permanency: succeeding commissioners might In their discretion, set them aside. The action of the mayor brings within one permanent system under the direct control of the civK service ram mission, the laborers of these two departments und of all other departments. The effect of the nnyor ectlon in reducing the excepted list and adopting the system of registration, is that ajl but 143 jKisitions in the clai slded service of Brooklyn are now subject to examination.

Of the positions stli; remaining in the excepted list, 30 arc In the controller's department. 9 in the department of law, 18 In the department of police and exolse. IS In the department of health, 7 in the fire department 18 in the department of clty works. 8 1n the board of aCdormen and 40 In miscellaneous departments. There were in the com schedu.e.

on January 1 last. 3.439 positions, as compared with 3.10i on January 1 189V JasuliL 2.7C0 on Ja nuary 1S93. The excepted schedule. A. now 143 positions, had 227 on January 1.

isS5 on January 1, .1894. and 292 on January 1. 1S93. These figures indicate progress ot the most encouraging sort. The test of advance in the application of service rules, it is unlversaj.lv ugreed Is the extent to which the competitive principle is extended.

Progress In the application of the reform everywhere is in the direction ot fewer excepted places. So far has this reduction bet oillce In Brooklyn there now remain but thre do slt.ons. excepting that of the postmaster, that a s.lll exempt. 1 tV ftate cli'" service act has been Introduced In the legislature, based to some extent upon the act which was introduced last year and failed ot passage. Thlx would make mandatory the further exu nion of The competitive system.

It would provide also the classification of all olllcers in counties of more than luo.OOO lopulation, Including, of course the county of Kings. This bill was drawn originally by the counsel to the senatorial investigating committee of 1894. Mr. Horace E. rvming tinder the criticism of committees representing this and other civil service reform associations It has been redrafted the present vear by a Joint committee of the New York and Br.ioklvn associations.

We have been represented hi this committee by Messrs. Edward M. Khepnrd and William G. Low. The bill was introduced in the sembiy on January 31 by Culonel William Carv Sangf r.

now of Oneida, but formerly a resident of Brooklyn, and for. a long period chairman of executive committee of the Brooklyn Civil Service Reform association. It was Introduced in the senate a few days later by Senator George Brush of Brooklyn. The courts during the pet year have rendered valuable decisions In construction of the civil service section of the co i stltutlon. One of these decisions has established the unconstitutionality of the act of year, known as the Ilrush act.

exempt liii; veterans of the late war from minor less, and subjecting them to non competltlve examinations instead. The Urooklvn civil Ice ecmmlr. ion refused the Urn application received for a non compi examination under this act. on the ground that It was unconstitutional. The applicant, George Kevmer.

aiinllea to Justice Gaynor la the supreme court for a 'rU. nf mandamus to compel his examination Justice Gaynor rendered a decision in his favor' and held that the act in question applied not only to veteran applicants for dices paving $4 per day. bat to all candidates. Tlds construction of the net Whs both unexnectcd and su prlslng. but the commission io.st "no time In taking an appeal.

The decision was reversed hy the general term and the reversal sustained by the court of appeals In a decision rendered a few days since. As one effect of this decl. Controller Palmer has been obllg. .1 to dismiss ten clerks appointed by him In May last under tl provisions ot the rtrunh net. It hardship to tlie men who hnve been encouraged to nil thee 00 sltlons is Involved, this Is to be regretted; 1t Is laat tho spoils policy of Mr.

l'alloer Itas. received this setback. It will be remembered that when Pult irr t.Hik a year ago, all hut one of subordinate employee were dismissed anil new nicn api.lnt.d to their places. Mr. Palmer's attitude has ben one of constant hontllltv to the He will lind It nec esuarv however.

to till vacancies now existing by appointments from the eligible lpit Mayor Wurstcr has reorK.inlr.ed the municipal' clvM service cnm lesion hy tho ro.ippolmment of Oom Alexander E. Orr. Truman Backus and Irving L. Uragdon. the nppohsl motut as the a ss.iatcs these gentlem of Mvswrs.

W.iiUice. Arthur s. Somers. Lud wig Nlssen and Edwa It. Jordan.

The mnjor'tv of new oomnilssUvn llopubllcans. Orr. a Pcmocim't, Iihs been elected, however 'o the chailrlm nfhlp. This fact In Itself 1s' nl earnest of conitinued part Isan admlniftration tin civil service ryt em, nnd tlv: oonilr.uanoe ef Mr. rr 'Is, in pat iculnir, .1 matter of grjurukjilihn to the tv is of tho reform not onlv In Unwk lm.

but th oushout country. The asotx laitlon wus repi eottiied tile anr.ua I meeting of the Natlvtnal Civil Service He form League at Wihlnwtoti in last by Messrs. G. Low Truman J. nucleus and Edward Cary This meoulr.T was in nttny respects, tho report of the lwxigrcw made during the year In the federal service, New York Btait and in paa'to of the country betas mos KraiUfyloe FRENCH ARMY; writes ot THE IDEAL TONIC During long, tedious marches, the soldiers found instant relief from fatigue and hardships, when using this marvelous Eile'dFreeJ to.nic" Descriptive Book with Testimony and Portraits llcnefietal tinrl Jiwry Test Reputation.

Avoid Substitutions. Ask for' Yin Marlaai.1 At Druggists und Fancy Grocers. MARIANI BURR TALKS TO BAPTISTS. NATIONAL LIFE THE TOPIC OF THE CORPORATION" COUNSEL. His First Public Address Since Taking Office Made at the Social Union's Dinner Frank Harvey Field Tells About The Church Law.

Tho Brooklyn BaptUt Social union gava a dinner last right in the parlors of the Marcy avenue Baptist church. Preceding the dinner the annual meeting of the union was held and, officers and directors for the ensuing year elected. Over one hundred members were present at the dinner. They listened to addresses made by Corporation Counsel Joseph A. Burr and Frank Harvey Field.

The occasion was noticeable in that it was the first public address made by the corporation counsel since taking office. The dinner was served at 6:30 o'clock and it was not until nearly o'clock that President George A. AHln Introduced Mr. Burr as the first speaker. Mr.

Burr said that if he was not a Mm blooded, old fashioned Presbyterian he would prefer to be an old fashioned, hard shell Baptist. "In modern times," the speaker continued, "it has been too much the fashion to sneer at creeds. Seme forms of creeds may not be above suspicion, but I resent the imputation that belief in a creed necessarily produces narrow bigotry. Total absence cf such belief produces mental and moral Imbecility. If I must choose between tho man with a cast Iron spine or a nerveless jelly fish, give me tne cast iron spine.

It may be uncora fortable at times, but it is strong. It may bo i said with truth that every life, individual ana national, has two parts; the ideal and the real. The former, the aim, the latter, the attainment. It has seemed to me that upon this threshold of my own public life, when my thoughts have been seriously turned toward many things new and strange, you would pardon me if I spoke for a few momeiits in the permanence of national life viewed from this standpoint. Individual life has its periods of youth, maturity and decline.

The body contains within itself the elements of disease and decay, and is doomed to ultimate dissolution. It has been claimed that individual was but the symbol of national life, and that it, too, was Inevitably destined to grow, mature, decline and ultimately decay and perish. And yet I venture to assert that the analogy is seeming and not real; that though decay is the indexible law of individual life, it is net the necessary law in the life of nations. If the ideal, the ail3r'Of fis tional life is perfect, and the real of national life, its attainment, approximate thereto, there is no reason why its duration should be limited by any natural laws. The Ideal becomes the source of national life vicm.

I It prompts every national sacrifice, every ef I fort for national glory. Before, then, a r.a tion can die. its spirit must be broken; its ideal, that is. its source and nptivltv mnot either completely attained, so that there ia no further stimulus for national efTort; it must be destroyed, so that there is no longer any standard of perfection, to reach out after; or. it must be lost, because the real, the attainment, becomes so widely separated from it.

that the two cease to have any vital connection. When the governing and the governed, aiike proud r.f their national life, and alike sensible ef their responsibilities, with, eyes firmly fixed upon the one perfect ideal, wiht patient persistency and unselfish devotion, seek to make that ideal real, then, and net till then, will the 'law of decav of nations' have become obsolete, and national life become enduring as time itself." President AUIn told the union how much they had been honored in listening to the first public address made by the corporation counsel since he had assumed office, and intrcduced Frank Harvey Field, secretary ot the Brooklyn Ear association. Mr. Field entertained the members with a few humorous anecdotes and spoke at length of the religious corporation law of 1SH5 and of the proposed amendments which are to be laid before the legislature by a committee of which he is a member, from the state convention. The principal amendment to the present law Is to the effect that the Long Island Baptist association, the state convention and the Brooklyn Baptist association is to be authorised to acquire the property of deserted churches in Long Island and Brooklyn which heretofore have been neglected and sometimes entirely lest.

Mr. Field told of many other amendments which are to be advocated by the committee and spoke hopefully ef the success of indur ing the legislature to pass the amendments recommended. His remarks were listened fcn with the greatest attention and at the close a general discussion followed. During the discussion Excise Commissioner George B. Forrester objected to the passage ot the amendment relating to the control of deserted pr.

perty by the three societies named. He said that it was another attempt to centralize power in the permanent council and incorporated associations in all portions of the state should be granted the same privileges. "It is a dastardly imposition on the Baotist church." said Mr. Ft rrester. Several other amendments to the proposed amendments of the law were suggested by different members and ail were courteously received with the promise to lay before the committee by Jlr.

Field. At the business meeting the following officers and directors were elected for John W. Wils. first vice pn Kl.U nt, II. Lllohti, l.l.

Temiilo: seco nii vice prosLl nt. M. A l. irvs. av nuc: Ht.iry E.

T.ibern.icle: iocretary. William R. Dirman, Tpmplo directors. Alfi 1 Tiilvy. Calvarv; Cc uiro Allln Srr.jnu Wii (ieorcfl It.

(i.TmwO. Emm. inuel: tho P.cv. w. r.

P. Rhoad s. avenuej Forrester. T.i!,crn. iel: Harver Fi' l.l.

"Washington avenue: Kro.UTick V. bar Flrst E. H. K. Wliwlrr, Bedford avenuo.

At the tables were seated among others: President and Mrs. io. rr. A. AMin.

tha Rev. P. Sto.Mar.l. Frank Harvey Field II and Mrs. For wtr, ti Rev.

and Mrs. V. i'. P. Rtwados.

I. M. D. rt. Lewis Jlr.

and Mrs. r.iul Ii. Hate. Mr. Mrs.

II. C. I Iteiifl. iu. W.

itill' rt. and Mrs. John Wilson. Henry lrnke. Alff I Tlllv H.

E. Whei'N't Thomas Swandy, V. Werner and Geot iio G. Dutcher. SILOAM'S NEW PASTOR.

Filnam Presbyterian church, tho colored congregation whose plnce of worship is on Prince street, near MyrtU avenue, has secured a Buccessor to the Rev. V. 1(. Lnwton. who, after somewhat troublous times to retain th jjc nnanenily after laboring an a stt tcJ HitpT.jy for somo time, was requested to resign nnd did so last vear.

The Rev. W. A. Alexander or l'l. has ber called and he hits accepted, and will begin his work: in this city April 1.

COLONEL SINN'S TROLLEY PARTY. Colonel William E. Sinn of the Montnuk theater and a party of bin friends enjoyed a trip in tho theater car ruontnuk yesterday afternoon. The pnrty mndo tho circuit of tho entire city. Shortly r.fter 3 o'clock the party reached the corner of Fulton street antl Alabama avenue, where tho now Brooklvn Musio hall iti situated.

Colonel Sinn and hiB party, which included ten. inspected the place under the guidance of Manager Gebhardt. BUT HELD MRS. BUTZ RESPONSIBLE FOR MRS. SHIKE'S DEATH.

The Coroner's Jury Also Implicated Susan Eidelniuth and Mrs. Rothcranz. Division of Sentiment as to the Doctor's Position. The coronor's inquest to determine who were responsible for the death of Mrs. Alice Shike, who died after a criminal operation had been performed at the residence cf Mrs.

Edna Butz, 510 DeKalb avenue, on the morning cf Thursday, February 13, was held in tho squad room of the Fourth precinct last night." The jury impanelled for the inquest, after hearing the testimony of Dr. Carl Gessler, Charles C. Shike, the husband cf the dead woman; the two servants who were arrested in the house, and another witness, brought in a verdict as follows: "We, the jury, find that Alice Shike came to her death by an operation performed by Mrs. Butz, and that Susan Eidelmuth and C. Rothcranz were accessories.

We exonerate Mr. Shike and cannot agree on the doctor." The vote of the jury on the doctor it ia understood was five for exoneration and five for holding him as an accessory The woman Rothcranz is a midwife living at Eighty first street, New York, and was known to have visited the DeKalb avenue house. Susan Eidelmuth. the servant, testified that she never entered the room in which Mrs. Shike was confined, but Dr.

liessier 1 and Dr. Ermentraut both swore that she was in the room and assisted when they were I called in to attend to the woman. The tak ing of testimony in the case lastea tnree ana a half hours and the jury' 'ere closeted for three quarters of an hour more. It was after 1 o'clock when the Interested parties left the station house. Coroner Nason presided at the inquest and Assistant District Attorney Miles represented the people.

Dr. Gesslor's interests were looked after by ex Judge Dailey. Hugh O. Pentecost was also present. He stated that 'he was looking out for the interests of Mrs.

Butz, but had not been engaged by herself personally, as ho did not know where she was. but by her friends. The first witness called was Mrs. Catherine Hurley of 41 Buffalo avenue, in whose house Mrs. Shike lived with her husband.

She testified that all she knew about Mrs. Shike was thai she left the house on Wednesday, January 23, saying that she was going to be trea'teu 101 nervous truuoie a.iu numu gone a few days. That was the last she saw of her. Charles C. Shike, the hustiand, was the second witness.

He said he was at present living at 571 Lafayette avenue; he was a printer, employed on a New York morning paper. His wife, he said, left the city on November 12 and went to Shady Grove. the home of her parents. She returned four weeks ago, on Tuesday. January 21.

She did not know that she was to become a mother. She complained of nervous trouble and said that she would have to be treated for it. On the Sunday before she left home she consulted Dr. Wood, on Hart street, who told her, in the husband's presence, of her condition. She said nothing to him about going away and he only knew she had gone when he arrived home Thursday morning from work.

He was informed by Mrs. Hurley then that his wife went away to be treated. A few days later he saw by the bank book that she had drawn $50 on the day she left. On the following Saturday he received a letter from her telling him where she was. Ho saw her on Sunday and she said she was being treated for nervousness and had an operation performed and a tumor removed: He didn't ask who perforczet? the operation, but she stated that she had a good doctor and pointed to a vial with the name of Gessler written on it.

He visited her every day and she seemed to be improving. He saw Dr. Gessler the day before his wife died and he said she was Improving. He saw Mrs. Butz the second day he called.

In answer to a query about his wife's condition the midwife told him she had been operated on for a tumor. He first heard of his wife's death by Mrs. Cook of 571 Lafayette avenue, where he was then staying, who said a servant left word that she died that morning. When he called at 510 DeKalb avenue and asked for Mrs. Butz he was told that she was out on another case.

Lizzie Shike, a sister of the last witness, was next called. She stated that she called on Sunday to see Mrs. Shike, who told her that there had been an operation. The witness at first said that her sister in law stated that Mrs. Butz performed the operation, but said again that she wasn't sure who she said performed it.

She had called to see her the previous Thursday and Mrs. Shike was sitting in a chair. When she called again she was In bed. The first she knew that there was anything wrong was when she called at the undertaker's on Friday and was told that there was a little trouble. Mrs.

Ellen Ward of 571 Lafayette avenue was called, but knew nothing of the circumstances and was excused. The next witness was Mary Roehm of 91 EverfTcen avenue. She said that she washed for Mrs. Butz. On January 29, the day on which Mrs.

Shike went to the house, she was working for a woman on Eighty first street, New York, but didn't know her name. She got the work through Mrs. Butz. She worked Tor Mrs. Butz on Thursday, February 13, and was told by Susan, the servant, that a woman was dead in the house.

She did not sea Mrs. Butz, and waited until latei for her return to get her money. She stayed all night, because Susan requested her, as she said she was afraid to stay alone. She was arrested at 4 o'clock the following morning with Susan Susan Eidelmuth. the servant, was called It was partly through her testimonv that Mrs C.

Rothcranz, the Now York midwife, will be tried as an accessory. She testified that she had worked for Mrs. Butz for rour vears She lived in this city two years. First" thev' lived on avenue, and then moved to 510 De Kalb avenue. She had never heard of any other person dying in the hcuse and swore that she never saw Mrs.

Shike. The coroner asked her if she knew what an oath meant A. policeman who spoke German was called In and asked the witness in her native tongue and she answered in the affirmative The woman further Insisted that she was nev i i the room while the patient was there.but had handed hot water through the opening in the door. The witness said the doctor came the day after Mrs. Shike arrived at the house When asked why she thought the doctor called to see Mrs.

Shike the next da she said she saw it on the paper the doctor'made ''V. Wa2 not sure whether he called the night Mrs Shike arrived or not. On the morning of February 13 she said she was sent for the doctor; he said he would call later in he morning. Mrs. Butz left the house saying she was guing for a doctor, hut not return that day and hadn't seen he'r since Mrs.

Rothoron bo ,1 ..1.. tmuyuuT called it the house at about 10 o'clock on the da" Mrs Sh.ke died and asked for Mrs. Butz. She stav cd there until night. omi The witness admitted after a good deal nf questioning that another visitor called bv he name of Brown.

That wasn't his name but he was known by that. He had there spent tho evening with Mrs. Rothr and left at 10 o'clock. Ho said he lived in Jersey and kept a saloon, but did not know the exact location. He stated also tint Ciesslcr attended the patient at Mrs.

But's house nee they lived in Brooklvn. A num hcr of children were born in the house. When the doctor wrote out the certificate he asked her to notify him if there was any trouble saiu dOCtr wanted to ho'd an autopsy, she Dr. Carl F. Gessler of 22 Kossuth plaen who is under arrest, was then called.

He L1," was cauetl to attend Mrs Shike on January 31. He rooolvori ,1,., over the telephoiu and did not know who .1 a a ciocK in me afternoon cf January 31. He showed his entrv book to prove what he had said. He found the woman suffering from a hemorrhage. He did not asked if an operation had and didn't think there was.

He stated that at no time did he 3uspect that a criminal operation had been performed. A letter found in the doctor's pocket on the night of his ar rest, addressed and stamped to be mailed to the board of health, was then read by the I coroner. It stated that he had made a mis take in the date on the certificate and that his first visit was not on January 2D. but on the 31st. The doctor made no explanation for the letter other than he put down January 29 instead of 31, because he did not havo his notebook with him and asked Susan what day he first called.

Susan, he said, was not only in the room whon he attended Mrs. Shike, but assisted him and that when JOHN E. SEARLES PRESIDENT OF THE WESTERN NATIONAL BANK. John E. Scarles was elected president of the Western National bank in New York yesterday, succeeding Brayton Ives, who was com JOHN E.

SEAHLES. pelled to resign by demands made upon his time by other interests. It was stated that Mr. Searles, who is treasure of the American Sugar Refining company, would remain only temporarily In the presidency of the Western bank. When asked about the matter he said his business was making sugar and he would not leave it.

He would divide his time between the bank and the sugar company. Mr. Ives continues as a director of the Western bank. BROOKLYN IN THE CIVIL WAR. MRS.

HOW'S FIFTH TALK ON THE HIS TORY OF A GREAT TOWN. The part Brooklyn played in the civil war wa.3 the theme 01 the fifth lecture last evening in the course of six which Mrs. Sarah B. How has been giving at Historical hall on the history of Brooklyn. As usual, the talk was well illustrated by many lantern views, em bracing glimpses of prominent Brooklynites and scenes about the city that played so prom inent a.

part In the doings of the early sixties. The response which the citizens of the city. and particularly the national guard, made to the call for volunteers and men for the front, bespoke even at the cutset of the war the pat riotic and loyal spirit which characterized the city from the first until the clcse of the war. The Fourteenth, the Thirteenth and the Forty seventih regiments were early in the field, and during the war filled a noble and wide place in the service. The speaker referred at length to the patriotic spirit evinced by the common council, which appropriated at the outset tor the support of the families of those who had gone to the front.

The Thir teenth regiment, which dated Its origin as far back as 1S27, tendered its services first and left for the South 800 strong. With the exception of the Eleventh regiment the Thirteenth was further South during tie war than any other New York regiment. Its was noble, the speaker said. In the summer of 1863 the Thirteenth was ordered home to do duty during the draft riots. Mrs.

How spoke of the splendid service of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the members of the Pierrepont street church. She referred to the navy yard scare incident, to the attempt to run off South the government steamer Galena and also to the monster mass meeting, when 50,000 people gathered at Fort Greene to hear patriotic speeches. The women of Brooklyn had generously volunteered to do service in the hospitals as nurses. In 1S61 the elty antl county sent 10,000 men to the front.

She spoke of the launching of the Monitor at Greenpolnt and her meeting with the Merrlmac. When the next draft came the supervisors appropriated $200,000 to pav a fifty dollar bounty to each person who would shoulder a musket. To this call the Thirteenth, Twenty eighth, Twenty third, Forty seventh, Fifty se aond and Fifty sixth regiments responded. For the last draft the common council raised $500,000, and Simeon B. Chittenden from his private purse gave $10,000.

In 1864 Colonel A. M. Wood became mayor 01 luc city, ne naa oeen to the front at the head of the fighting Fourteenth a rcn imsnt that served through the entire war. leaving a. itnu ui wni Li any command might be proud.

In all Brooklyn furnished 30,000 men beside the thousands in money, the nurses and ether support to the cause of the Union. Views were shown of the Lincoln statue on the Park plaza, which was unvailed in lS6i, and the frigate Brooklyn, which did such gallant service in Southern waters. In conclusion Mrs. How spoke at some length of the great Long Island fair, opened on February 22, 1S64. in the Acadamy of Music and adjacent buildings on Montague street.

The affair was the first great act of Brooklyn's self assertion as against the leadership of New York, and as an example of the city's loyalty and patriotism it was well nigh unsurpassed by any city of the Union. As a result of that fair $400,000 was netted, and much of its suc cess was due, the speaker said, to tho untiring zeal and executive ability of Mrs. J. S. T.

oiranatiau. TO FORM A riJESBYTERIAL ITXION. A NEW PLAN DEVISED FOR CHURCH EXTENSION WORK. The Brooklyn presbytery has determined upon a new plan for carrying on a vory important part of denominational work, that of church extension. At the last meeting of tho body a motion prevailed that a committee of seven be appointed to prepare and report at the April meeting 11 plr.n for the organization of a pre.1byteri.1l union of the presbytery of Brooklyn, whose object shall bo to promoto the fellowship of our ministers and churches, to give advice antl assistance to churches eneum bered by debt and to aid in tho planting and establishment of churches, Sunday Hchools nnd missions within tho bounds of this presbvterv.

The moderator, the Rev. D. H. Overtoil, pastor of the Greene avenue Presbyterian church, has appointed thif committee." and it ia mndo up of the Hev. Dr.

Donald McLaren; tho Rev. Dr. John Fox. the Rev. John F.

Carson, tho Rev. Charles Edwards, and Elders Aikenhead, Crnikshank and Dris gH. Statistics s.how that tho Presbyterians are about one hundred, in point of numbers, behind what they were ten years ago. owing largelv to the dissolution of the Tabernacle congregation, which, though voted upon some time ago, was only formally done by the presbvterv at its meeting on the 7th instant. DR.

CHAPMAN'S CLOSING 3IEETING. Tho llov. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, tho ovnn golist.

will make his closing address this ev. tt ir.g. at the Bcthesila. People's church. Ralph avenue and Chattttccv street.

His subject is "The Unpardonable Sin." Professor and Mrs. J. J. Lowe ami Mr. and Mrs.

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Alpha lodge. A. O. will visit Gilbert council. Royal Arcanum, this evening, in its rooms, In the Johnston A new illustrated entertainment and character reading exhibition will be given by Professor Albert Paunch, at the Bedford Heights Baptist church, to morrow evening at 8 o'clock.

The annual dinner of the New York Lafayette College Alumni association will be held this evening, at the Hotel Savoy, In New York. Fifteenth annual dinner of the Carleton club, at the club house to night at 7 oclock. Masquerade ball of the Arion Singing society at Arion hall to night. The Clothing Cutters' Relief circle will have a masquerade ball at Military hall. Scholes and Leonard streets, to morrow nijrht.

Reception of the Later On at Remsen hall this evening. Lecture on tea rairlng to night at Bethany chapel. Hudson avenue, near Myrtle. The Students' Literary club will hold its monthly reception at 274 Bridge street this evening. Lecture by the Rev.

A. C. Dixon at the Hanson place Baptist church to morrow at P. M. Court Henry Ward Heechcr, V.

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A dividend of 0 per cunt, lor the year ending Jnnuhry has boon declared by tho Brooklyn Wharf nnd Warehouse company, which has Just closed first yrar of its The dividend is on march '2 and the books will close on February 21. PARK SLOPE EUCHRE CLUB. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith entertained the members and friends of the Park Slope Euchre club last evening; at the home of Mrs.

Vv. W. Barnes, 37 Prospect place. There were six tables and six prizes, including two for guests, Mrs. Wardwell, Mrs.

Wayne, Mr. Smith aud Mr. Sandford secured the club prizes, while those provided for visitors wore awarded to Stella Barnes and J. Chadwick. After the euchre a luncheon was served and a minuet with variations was danced by Mr.

Lathrop, Miss Stella Barnes, Mr. Sandford. Miss Ella Barnes Mr. Stevens, Miss Wellwood, Mr. Luckerhoff and Mrs.

Wayno. DAVID BREEN HEARING. Tho first hearing in the oase of David Breen of Dublin took place yesterday before Commissioner Shields, In the post office building, New York. Breon 13 accused of bavins enibozzlod 175 and thq British govern nicnt has taken extradition proceedings to havo him sent back. The prisoner is represented by Counselor Joseph L.

Keane. The papers In the caf.o arrived yesterday from London and an adjourn moht was obtained by Mr. Keano. t.ho counsel for the accused, to examine them. Tho hearing will be on Feb ruary z(, at uloc: rated with two large American flags flanked by smaller ones and surmounting the blue and white emblem ot the city.

Mrs. James Scrimgeour presided. The topic of the evening was "Law, Its Relation to Character and Education." Dr. Behrends prefaced his remarks with: "Ladies, and I suppse I shall have to say gentlemen, as there are only enough of them here to form biological curiosities." He then proceeded to say that he would speak from a text of which Cicero was the author and which read as follows: "Law is right reason conformable to nature, universal, unchangeable, eternal, whoso commands urge us to duty and whose prohibitions restrain us from evil. This law cannot be contradicted by any other law and is not liable either to derogation or abrogation.

It needs no other expositor and interpreter than our own conscience. It is not one thing at Rome and another at Athens, one thing to day and another thing to morrow, but in all times and all nations thl3 universal law must forever reign eternal and imperishable. It is sovereign master and emperor of all things. God himself is its author, its promulgator, its enforcer and he who does not obey it files from himself aud does violence to the very' nature of man. "This law," continued the speaker, "has a bearing on empty ash barrels, the disposal of garbage, littering of the streets with cigar stumps and bits of paper, and requests hung up in ferry beats not to use the floor for a cuspidor so long as violations thereof are not conformable with right reason and human dignity.

Man does many things as a brute, but by reason of his superiority in a different way. Personal habit constitutes a very large part of civilized life. Whoever invented the fork, and we are not told whether it was a man or a woman, deserves to be ranked with the inventor of the steam engine. It revolutionized and civilized table manners and made thorn conformable to human reason. Habits of civilized life are not determined by arbitrary judgment.

Godliness is cleanliness. Eating and drinking to the glory of God is the only decent way of eating and drinking. Dirtiness is immoral, and it is our duty to make this world a clean one in our homes, children and cities, clean in habit and government. There is a civilized way of emptying an ash barrel and we should insist on its being done in that manner. Ownership of a house extends from the bark yard to the middle of the street, and we have no more right to throw a banana peel In our neighbor's gutter than on his front stoop, or in at the parlor window.

To live voluntarily under the law Is the badge of freedom and not of slavery. With the material world the law ot nature Is must. This natural law of must Is changed with man to the moral law of ought and the difference between must and ought. Laws are rooted In right reason and should be Impartially and honestly enforced. With regard to our excise laws, either the statute should be changed or the method of enforcement defined so as to make the spy system useless.

It is an Insult to ask a community to believe in law and not in its enforcement. Reverence for law and obedience to it cannot be inculcated too early. An untrammeled, lawless childhood means an untrammeled. law loss manhood. The citizenship of the American public is dependent upon the wise, reasonable and loving discipline of the nursery." Previous to the address the glee club of the boys' high school sang "On tho Deep Blue Sea," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariit," and a humorous medley of pr pular airs entitled "You'll Remember Me," very" acceptably.

Two members of the mandolin club rendered a pleasing selection. At the close of Dr. Behrends' remarks a vote of thanks was tendered the speaker antl entertainers of the evening, after which the audience dispersed. ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AN IMPORTANT EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN MARCH.

The decoration of Brookln school rooms with reproductions of works of art is a matter that is gradually assuming shape. On Saturday. March 21. an exhibition will be held in this city illustrating the kind of work which it is proposed to introduce in the schools. The section of art education of the Brooklyn institute has been the leader in the cam paign.

Last spring a committee on art education, headed by Professor Walter S. Good enough, and including many of our foremost artists and educators, was appointed. A sub committee, consisting of J. Freilerlck Hopkins of the Pratt institute. Percival Chubb.

Miss Johnson and Miss Reddali formulated a report upon what has already been accomplished in the movement, and yesterday presented it at the February meeting of the section. Mr. Hopkins said that material had been gathered as regards the of the movement, exhibitions and practical questions and means to accomplish results. The chief centers of the work in this country have been in Boston and Chicago. The exhibitions held In Boston and Philadelphia were quite successful.

Continuing, Mr. Hopkins said: "Your sub committee on school room decoration has planned to open here in Brooklyn under the auspices cf the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences an exhibition of similar material. In the hope that public sentiment may be arouced and something be done toward setting in motion a movement in our city to bring the fresh inspiration of this material into our schools. The Brooklyn institute has placed at our disposal the use of the Art association rooms and has generously done all In Its power to make the effort a success." Speaking of tho question of funds for decorating school rooms the committee said: "We do not expect to call upon the school board nor to dip into the public funds in the furtherance of our projects. This is to be an educational movement, supervised by "the educators and contributed to by students, alumni and friends.

All we ask of i'hc board of ciii i j'Hon is their consent and co operation. Our or.ly further request is that in the css of new school buildings and in the preparation of other class rooms for the veceptton of this material that the schemes cf your committee be carried out as to tinting the walls aud picture mouldings these features are a pare of the regular economy of seho.il room repair. These are the only occasions when the board of education would be expected to provide for the expense." In order to pay the necessary expenses of the cumt itipititeti exniDitioti J. Frederick i ui'Kius, tut cuturmn 01 tne sub committee will, on Saturday evening, Feoruarv Vi a special lecture under the auspices of the mr iiLine, in Association hall, on "Joan of Arc. the Peasant Girl.

Warrior and Martyr. The lecture will be accompanied by 120 beautiful lantern Illustrations. Both pictures and material were gathered bv Mr Hopkins last summer in a tour through France in the footsteps of Joan of Are. MONEY FOR BISHOP MC DONNELL. In the will of Ellen Me.Mahon, filed for probate with the surrogate yesterday SG.OOO is left Bishop McDonnell, which tho testatrix wills shall be applied toward tho establishment of a parochial school attached to St.

Mark's Roman Cnrhnltf elMir.h Bay. Mrs. McMahon v. as the wife cf Jchn MeMahon. She died en Februarv S.

The balance ef her estate, which is considerable, is i bequeathed to members of her family. "How old is your daughter, Mr. Dinkel I spiel?" "Forty, Mr. Harkins, but to you I'll I quote her at 30, net." Harper's Bazar. Our Studio will be open on Washington's Birthday from 8 till 5 for sittings.

No interforeneo on account of woathor. Examine our carbon finish. CMnDXKK 270 278 Fulton St. Blisd to your own interests. That is the way to express it when anyone refuses to take advantage of the Furniture Bargains now being offered by Cowpkuthwait Flatbusl.

av. When Baby was sick, we gave hor Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to CaHtoria. When she had Children, she gaTe them Castcria.

Mil. Frank Peabrai will personally make sittings for Knnrfogruphs and rhotographs his Uptown studio to morrow (Washington's Birthday) 1,227 Bedford av, corner Ilalsey st. DIED. BATCH ELOR BENJAMIN LONG. The death of IK nJr.mhi L.

Batdholor. at bis home, S31 Park av, Brooklyn, is sorrowfully aimounjced by his grief stricken family. Burial from home, Sunday. February 23, at 3 V. M.

FrUmids aTvd relations are requested to notice and aa tend. BLANCO CELEST1NO BLANCO, In the 35th year of IiIh age. Friends and relatives, also members of Spanish National Society, are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, 85 Tillary st, on Suturday, at 2 o'clock. BOWDEN On Thursday, February 30, 189G, JANE wife of Edward Bowden, in her year. Funeral sen ices at her late residence, 255 Greene av.

Friday, 21st at 7:13 P. M. Intermentat convenience of family. CAMERON On February 20, 1800. at her residence.

015 St. Marks av, ELIZABETH C. CAMERON, widow of the late Angus Cameron. Funeral private. CONNOLLY On February IS, CATHARINE, beloved daughter of William and Mary Connolly.

Funeral on Saturday from family residence. 122 York st. to Church of the Assumption, York and Jay sts, at 9:30 A. M. Interment in Calvary.

DOOLEY At his residence, 2SG Bleccker st, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, February 19, HARRY, eldest son of William IX. and Minnie E. Dooley. in his lfth year. Huried In Holy Cross Cemetery on Thursday.

February 20. FARRELL On February 20, 1S9C, MARY KIER NAN, wife of William Farrell, a native of the Parltft ot Rathowen, County Westmeath, Ireland. Relatives nnd friends ore requested to attend the funeral from the residence of her cousin, Mrs. Lynch. ISft Wllloug hby st.

on Saturdaj February 22, at 2:30 P. M. FLETCHER On Wednesday, February 19, 1SUG, KATE, wife of George Fletcher, in the 48th year of her age. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral services, at her late residence, T87 Hancnck Brooklyn, on Sunday, February 23, at 2 o'clock. GELSHENEX At the residence of his daughter, Mrs.

Catharine Walls, 360A Fifth st. South Brooklyn, JOHN GELSH.ENSN. Requiem and funeral at Thomas's R. C. Church, Ninth st and Fourth av, Saturday, February 22, at 11 A.

M. GIBSON In God's care, on Thursday morning, JOHN GIBSON, the beloved husband ot Jessie Gibson, in the 62d year of his age. Funeral sr i ees at the Church of the Atonement, Seventeenth st and Fifth av, on Sunday, 1 Vbrua.ry at 1 o'clock. (Cincinnati a nd Sit. Louis papers please copy.) GILI, On Thursday.

ROSE, daughter of William and Hannah GUI. Funeral Saturday at 9:30 A. M. fnem 165 Skill man svt; thence to Church of the Sacred Heart, Clermont av, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered for the repose of her soul. AYWAiR'D On Friday.

21st at his residence, 3rd Undon st, Brooklyn, WILLIAM BAINBRIBGE HA YWARD. aged 43 years. Interment at M'llford, Mass. HOWELL In Brooklyn, on Friday, February 21. DAVID B.

HOWELL. In his C2d year, son of the late David Howell. Notice of funeral in New York morning papers. KENNARD On February 20. SARAH A.

KEN NARD, in the 5i.Uh year of her age. Relatives ot the family are Invited to attend the funeral on Monday, February 24. from her late residence, United States Hotel. Shore road. Fort Hamilton, at 10 o'clock; thence to St, Patrick's Church, where a mass of requiem will be offered for the repose of her soul.

LAMPORT On February 21. 1S96. ADELINE REED LAMPORT, wife ot Hiram H. Lamport and daughter of the. late Lewis B.

Reed. Funeral services at her late residence, the Hotel Berrsford, Eighty second st and Eighth av. New York City, on Monday, February 24, at 4 P. M. McGUIRE On Thurs day, February 20.

of pneumonia. BERNARD D. MeQUIP.E. of County Monoghan. Ireland, beloved husband of Susan Duffy amd father of Rev.

John F. E. Mc Gulre. Relatives and friends requested to a tte nd his funeral from his late residence. 1S4 W1I loughby av, Bixkb n.

Saturday, February 22; heino? to St. Patrick's Church, Kent and Wil knighby avs, where a solemn requiem mas will be celebrated for the repose of his soul. MOTT On February 19, 1S96. ALICE, wife of Geo. F.

Mott. Funeiul services will be held at 112 Pacific st. Friday evening, I 'ebruary 21, at 8 o'clock. PERRY On Thursday. February 20.

at his residence, 2SG Court st, BURTON M. PERRY, in the 30th year of his age. RHAME On Wednesday, February 19. SAMUEL S. RHAME.

rf East Rockaway, L. in the 7Cth year nf his age. Funeral services at his late residence, Eaat Rockaway, on Saturday, the 22d at 1:30 r. M. Relatives and friends are Invited to attend.

RICE On Thursday. FV bruary 20, AZUBAH P. RICE, in the S3rd year of her age. ReMilvua and frierxis of the family are respectfully invited to amend the funeral services at heir late residence. 00 South Sixth st.

on Swturday evening, at 7:30 o'clock. SMITH On Friday, February 21, 1S3G, GEORGE C. SMITH. Relatives and friends are Invited to attend funeral services at his late residence, 04 North Oxford st, on Sunday, February at 4 P. M.

SWEENEY On February 19. at 434 Ninth St. ANN widow of George Sweeney. Ri. halves nnd friends are invited to attend the at the Church of St.

Thomas Aquinas. Ninth st and Fourth av, on Saturday, at 10 o'clock. Kindly omit flowers. WALSH At his residence, 280 President st, on February 19, of pneumonia, NICHOLAS WENT WORTH WALSH. Funeral services February 23, at 10 A.

at St. Agnes' Church, corner of lloyt and Sucker, sts. WEEKS Suddenly, on February 20. 1SSC, LOUISE wife ot George W. Weeks, 130 Hooper st.

ot funw.tl hereafter. WILKENS On Thursday, February 20, ISM JOHN II. at his residence, 783 Marry av, beloved husband of Caroline Wll kem nee Grlmme. Relatives and friends and police of Ninth Precinct of Brooklyn are cordially invited to attend his funeral on Saturday, February 22, at 2 I'. M.

Interment at Greenwood Cemetery..