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THE BEOOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1898. coaling stations for our Navy and mercantile DEW NATIONAL PROBLEMS WHAT IS MOST NEEDED JT CAMP ALGER. made a big Kit with 'Igh Society;" Mabel Glluian helped Powers effectively in some quaint dances; Yvette Violette sang "Listen to the Band" with much verve; Cyril Scott played the lover tastefully and Catharine LcuVte, Herbert Gresham, George Lesolr and Wilfred Clarice played contrlbutary parts suit, ably. labor lost," for brave, modest and patient as the regulars have proven themselves to be, the recognition of those virtues may serve toward tlie further strengthening of the qualities.

IMPARTIAL. Brooklyn, August 24, 189S. PAIR'S OA2.NIVAL. A Brilliant Show at Manhattan Beach Last Night. Including last night's exhibition Henry J.

Pain, the pyrotechnist, has given twenty annual carnivals at Manhattan Beach. Each seemed to outdo the one which preceded it, but the last one was the crowning success of them all. Beginning just after the afternoon concert there was an explosion of submarine mimes in the ocean, of the same kind as those used by the government at various points. These were exploded under the supervision of H. J.

Smith of Pompton. N. who has super intended this work for many years. Then fol lowed in succession comical kite flying on the TEE DAILY EAGIE I3 published every afternoon on the working daya of the week and on 6UNDAT TERMS I IP SUBSrRJPTIOIN. $3 per yenr; tor six months; Jl per month; fiunday edition 51.

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23 Ja western lawn by Sam and a display of picturesque lakes of the Adlrondacks on the! We have received so many inquiries regard Japanese daylight fireworks, which are more mornfn nf thp 1Kth nf whptl i ing the status of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit amusing than startling. At night the grounds rninS ot the 15th of August, when ac propercy cnat we have prenal.C(1 is weTe illuminated with Japanese lanterns and compamed by my guide, stepped into our i tica.i;y tae flrS au, aentic and comprehensive bordering all the walks were myriads of vari canoe in search of the first deer brought into statement cf the company's position designed colored small lanterns. The hotel porches, the Fourth Lake the day the season opened. The I to show what it owns, what are itts fixed chair approaches to them and to the fireworks in ai dee ges and what is its earning capacity. Most of closure were generously festooned with the crlsp ana c'ear atteer the facts we have obtained from original amd flags of all nations.

The "Fall of Manila" was a mlIe away Seat the our official sources. nginai ama somewhat abridged in order to give time for canoe and the guide paddling, we crept nois The eomtpany owns the following securities and me special ieatures ana tne large numoer or aaauionai set pieces. Tine rockets, the bombs trees to keep out of sight of our game, as and the shells were beautiful, and among the the deer is the most sensitive and keen set pieces were pictures of the heroes of the seeing, smelling and hearing, one is corn war. Sampson, Schley, Dewey, Shatter, Miles, pelled to keep perfectly still, hardly daring the Merrimac sinkers, "Peace With Honor to breathe, lest one move of the body would Won by American Valor," "The Glory of '76 attract his attention and off he would go, Undimmed by "98," "One Root, Two Branches, bounding into the depths of the forest. One Language, Two Flags," numerous large My guide, John Rarick, being one of the spinning wheels, Niagara Falls, an interna best in the? wtwrifi nnH Fnnnt in fltrpnpUl THE FIRST DEER On the Fulton Chain Brought In by Frank P.

Anderson of Brooklyn. To tne Editor ot the Brooklyn Eagle: The sun was peeping up from behind the mountain at the head of one of the most lessiy along the shore under the lea ot tne i pushed our canoe along so quietly that I could hardlv realize hp wur in with mn. Tr. seemed ages before we could get within gun shot of the deer. All formalities are thrown aside when one is hunting.

Waitine to hear the ord omea "Now' on the deer. If he looks up, don't move wait until his head is down. Now he is look juui c(iu. xwcp juui ejet; ing at us. Keep quiet, hold your breath.

Don't fire yet; now he is turning." On, we so, our canoe gliding through the water without a sound. With my eye on the game u'eb tne word to 'snoot, take good aim. Bang! went the gun, echoing for miles, and down dropped the deer, shot through the heart. The game was mine. Up went a shout from John, "I'll bet it's the first one on the chain tihis season." And sure enough 11 was We returned to Fourth Lake at 10:30 with our prize.

My dear reader, if you want to learn a good lesson in patience, try hunting and I uuic juu ii. wm ue a great neip to you. FRANK P. ANDERSON. Fourth Lake, Fulton Chain, Old Forge P.

N. Y. Ui'i'ERING THE FOURTEENTH. To the Edrbor of the Brooklyn Eagle: As it is the that is interested in the Fourteenth Regiment, we take pleasure in our barclships of our camp life ana tlIe' P3 w'nl do aI! in its Power to have us mustered out of service. We were all anxious to go to the front, but we were kept back, and now as it it nhonr over, we wish to get 'back to the loved ones! at a Our officers are about wWd over the peti tions that have left camp to Governor Black fwirr.

from the men. The officers will lose their fat salaries. One or them drove a coal cart at per week tt TZ mnth; okia o. ujj guuud ou u.ton Street, now drawing stll'l another v. as a' clerk in a cigar store, now receiving $14 2, and so on, with but few exceptions, and do you wonder that they want to stay ju service as long as possiDie It wou jd make a person's heart ache to look down the line of men and see the sickly, pinched look on their faces and circles under 'their eyes.

Lace morning there are from ten to twelve men on the sick list. Some of the poor fel ows can scarcely walk without help and they must suffer, as there is not room enough in tne Hospitals to Hold al. They lie on the damp ground and suffer on. We do not know the amount of our own sick or losses, as that is kept from us as much as possible. With the food and water we get, Uie hopes i i i I i tlonal device, "Our Allies," and a patriotic de vice, "Our Flag." The carnival will be re peated, by request, to morrow evening.

OARS NOW BASS BRIGHTON. The Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad! Company, of which John L. Heins is presi dent, has inaugurated a new route whereby a majority of the oars which "formerly ran Into Neptune avenue and down West street to' Coney Island, now cross tihe avemie, pass the Brighton Beach Hotel and the main entrance ito ithe Bnghton Beach race 'track. The line then goes through Sea Breeze avenue to "West; Fifth street and through 'that street to the ter minal Vanderveer's Hotel, at the "West End of Coney Island. The new route was opened Monday last and has, so tas, met with paitron age far beyond the expectations of the com pany.

At present the company has provided accommodation on the route for ithe transpor i tation of 140,000 to 150,000 people day. CONGRATULATE HENRY GEORGE. There is reloiclng in. the household of receiving the congratulations of their friends. A aby giTl was born yesterday.

The Georges aTe occupying Tom L. Johnson's apartments in the Florence apartment house. Fourth ave son is spending the summer at the George home in Fort Hamilton. Mrs. George was Miss Mary Hitch, daughter of Captain Charles E.

D. Hitch of Chicago. The couple were mar riea. snortly after the death of Henry George In Novemher last. lHiJV gPIHI CI rilLI CfTTDTTTl Cleveland, August 26 The strike of the wire drawers at the American Wire Works, uc oc," 'cu "il UJU Lue nexl rew aay 1 There are strong dndications that the hig con Sendevlry and Wire Company, soon will be a thing of the past, it 'is icnown that negotiations for a settlement of the differences between 'the strikers and the company have been opened.

MARRIED. FERRIES W'HTTON The date of the marriage of Miss AX.1CB W'HITO'N to WALTER D. FERiRtES should read August 18, 1S97, instead of Ausust 17, 1S9S. as erroneously printed in our issue of yesterday. LOWEJKAMP WERNTG On August 25.

1S98. at St. John's Chapel, by Rev. Father Coen, FJLJjA. daughter of Chair les W.

Went iff of Brooklyn, to JOSEPH A. IXJWEKAaCP of Baltimore. MED. DAVIS On Wednesday, August 24, sudden ly, from on accident, CHARLES P. DAVIS, of T'wenty sixth Ward, aed 62 years.

Funeral from the Williams Av M. B. Church, Sunday, at 2 P. M. DUNNING At har residence.

678 Fulton st. Ausrust 1 2. or the late Wm. Dun lne, aee i T6 years. Funeral Drlvate.

Interment at Weston. Conn, i KBARNEf? On Wednesday, August 34, BRID GE7T KEARNEY, wife of Thomas Kearney and daustht er of Richard and Margaret Hughes, native of BaliiTichaire, County of Roscommon, Ireland. Funeral from her late residence, 660 Sixth av, Brooklyn, Saturday, August ST, at 0:30 A. M. thence to St.

John's Church, where a solemn requiem mass lM he offered for ihe rejxs of her soul. Inxermeot ait Holy Cross Cemetery. KEEN August 25. MARY AGNES, oeioved wife of Jacob A. Keen, ase 53 years.

Funeral services at her Lute residence. 162 Fifty second st, Brooklyn, baturday evening, August 27, at o'clock. Interment at conven lence ot family. KERRIGAN August 25, after a short Illness, JAMES M. KERRIGAN, at hi.

residence, 32S Gates av. Funeral services Sunday at 4 P. M. i marine, will be legitimate and in a measure reward us for the labor and expense that we assume. Value of Colonial Possessions Overestimated.

"I think tlhat the beneficial effects upon our commerce consequent upon the possession or control of colonies are very mtmh overestimated. We cannot, with consistency, adopt in their management a less liberal policy than that pursue! by England. In ail of her possessions every nation 'has an equal chance with herself in securing their trade. Some advantage will be found in closer relations and a better understanding of their resources and wants. "A great many new questions will be Introduced into the polity and politics of tlie ctuntrv and some of the old ones will lose their importance.

A larger experience will doubtless expand our comprehension of the questions affecting the whole world. Having under stress of circumstances abandoned the conservative and safe ground recommended in Washington's farewell address wo shall be obliged to formulate a new foreign policy of wliich at the present time we have scarcely tCie rudiments. Tuis we do under favorable conditions, having demonstrated to the world our physical ability to support our pretentions. "Nevertheless there will be an immense number of us who will look back with longing for the return of the tHme when we were satisfied to work out our destiny under less strained conditions." PROVISIONS FOR CUBA. Many Vessels Arrive, but the Supply Is Not Sufficient for Havana's Needs.

Havana, August 26 The British steamer Trayan, from Jamaica, arrived at 3gos yesterday with 900 tons of provisions for the Spanish army. The steamer Brilliant, with 1U0 passengers, but without cargo, was expected yesterday. It is reported 'that she is chartered to sail from Kingston on September 1 with provisions and passengers for Cien fuegos. The German steamer Liydiia, from New York, arrived Wednesday night. She carried twenty five passengers and a general cargo.

There have also arrived here the Norwegian steamer Franklin, iron Key West, with provisions and forty t.ssengers; from Nassau tho English schoon Belencita with passengers; from Loudon die steamer Klondike with barrels of pork, flour, meat and corn and wheat. The steamer Clinton with Miss Clara Barton of the American Red Cross Society has also arrived with provisions for the society. It is reported that General Blanco, will pardon several political prisoners in Matan zas. Reports from Pinar del Rio say that the suspension of hostilities comes agreeably to the insurgents, as they were entirely without clothing and were obliged to diviide in small groups, it being Impossible to find provisions for all. The leader, Pedro Diaz, is reported to have abandoned the heights at Aranjuez in the mosit eastern part of the province, going toward the capital.

Pinar ded Rio. On Tuesday he was between Piloto and Guao, near Viuales. He sent two insurgents under a flag of truce to the capital, but they were not perm'1 tt.ed to enter, being armed. From there they went to Piloto and Puerga de Oolpe, both of which piaces tihc entered. Excessive rains have caused the river in the Pinar del Rio province to overflow, making the roads impassable.

Reports from announce that there is great animation among ithe tobacco buyers. There are daily arrivals from Havana of dealers who pay $14 for one hundred pounds of Remed ios tobacco. Reports from Stint a Clara Province say that, leaf tobacco is old in packages at from to 0 per hundred pounds. At Vega de Palma 200 bales, weighing 1(12 pounds net. sold at $40 each.

Others of better quality, weighing 137 pounds net, brought from $45 to $47 At Camajuani over H00 bales from the fertile Vega of Baldomero Grau sold at and $r4. The Havana municipality has agreed to request the colonial secretary of treasury to allow fhe importation of cattle into the island free of duty because of the scarceness of cattle and the high prices which prevail. Eggs aie sold at 25 cents each. The arrival of inany vessels has given the port and the wharves almost their normal aspect. Nevertheless, sufficient pro vlion has not yet arrived to supply Havana, let alone the interior towns.

Although there is bread enough for all, there is not the same abundance as is normal times, nor is 'the price normal. A commission of colonels of volunteers visited General Blanco yesterday, sollcking in the name of the volunteer chief, "special graeo and absolute license" to recruit for the regular Army those who are serving In volunteer battalions. Great impa'rience exists among all social classes, especially among commercial men anil planters and prod.tieers to 'the form of government for Cuba whieh will be decided upon by the Paris commission. A ROUGH RIDER'S DEATH. The Gallant Son of Sculptor Ives Dies Prom Typhoid Fever, Contracted ia the Army.

Jonathan Trumbull, Governor or Connecticut during the Revolution, was the chosen friend and counselor of ashington. Jared Sxirks says that Washington relied on Trumbull its one of his main pillars ot support and often consulted him iu emergencies. The epithet "Brother Jonathan." applied as a personification of the United States, owes its origin to Wjasbingion's babit of addressing Governor Trumbull and 'to his phrase when perplexi tl, "Lot us hear what Brother Jo nathan says." When, theref re, some years agi the late Ghauncpy liiud.ey Ivis, a sculptor ideal subjicts, was chosen by the st.it" of dm. neutieiit to i arve a statue of Trumbull, one of the most itfeany concrete, pf.i.tt.c il an.l hc.pfiil of subjects, tie a nationa. reputation.

A few days ago Girard Merrick Ives, a sun of this sculptor, was buried iu eii under circumstances that require more t. iaa a passing word. Girard Merrirk Ives, a graduate of Vale in the class of 1SI7, wa.s a linguist far beyond the ord.ii.iry college graduate. II. boyhood having bi en spent, ibix a 1.

he had naturally aoqu ired facility In the use of several iaiiuagi s. of a line mind, strong body, fr In a.ih and energy, wiuioui bad habits, ii. pres. 'i t.i .1 tt fine sje men of manhood and nts Ingii a.m. and nob.

ft purposes promised a most useful future. When the American tip.imsh War nean he 'became a member of Squadron A. but. tanking t.ha.. he in: ght" reach the from wmwr.

he afterward 'he it Riders a Tampa on June 10, lie was obi.geil to reritain with the that w. re nut sttit. to Santiago and w. us di ailed to take rnarK" of thi horses camp. Ills letters to n.s mother spoke uf the wretched sanitary condition of tlie soldiers' (piarters: "To are poor and there is no hospital." Wie ii Girard had bes ill with typhoid fever for n.jar.y three he w.is ilnaily granted a furlough and sent the leoi; journey Tampa to bis hai.dserne bom.

West. Seventy first, str. Manhattan, unattended. When he was e.irried from tin express wagon the base. jiejit b.s borne, tin servan.s of the household not a first reeojrn.ze the young trooper, so ragged and emanated had lie become.

Though b.s mother reaeh. his side not long a ft' he was Just able to re. jir her and utter a few before ho died. OIIIAIII) MKH. 'H'K Timor iK.r.

hvti 'i UOI'OI' ball nor sluv! or ttie l.h nigh, nor wiu hi on a fpil.l fit' Cuban tuj. i v. erv l.e i ii I hav. no tnieM 'G airrst mortAl woon rn l'rlnc irit blow for Ifiow Ho: 'twas in ii h. in tlv wor Tr.

foreign sti vl' ft tint. r.d' r'H (UfOVn v. 1 ne t. ii i i ft' in e.iTr st. 'iOK, well llli where cturu.

ser.l. When to h. it. tn Ilitr.y'lf Kit v. i I Tliro' hawr a'.

Ke" 1 t. life w.iw Let seiene earn (n rtorilild That prloelwa jiva sbtiMi ht Cariiij. si.red whaie'er lia A. D. 8.

1 Discussed by Former Congressman William J. Coombs. WAR BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS. The Government Now Shares in the General Prosperity of the People. The Responsibilities of Administering' Newly Acquired Territory Will Require a High Order of Statesmanship Tears of Patient Work Ahead.

Few men in the Greater New York are better capable of dealing with large questions than former Congressman William J. Coombs of this Donnish. Mr. Coombs' service in tho I national Legislature, his wide experience as a business man and particularly his ability to grasp great financial problems, as evidenced by his remarkable and successful scheme for settling the Union Pacific's indebtedness to the federal government, all indicate the value of the following views to which he gave expression to day in an interview with an Eagle reporter: "The new conditions," said Mr. Coombs, "that have developed with such astonishing rapidity within the last four months are so important in their bearing upon the future of the nation that they deserve especial consideration.

The Matter of Revenue. "One of the most important, in my estimation, is the fact that through new legislation the revenue of the government Is brought into a condition in which it shares in the general prosperity of the people. In order to understand exactly what I mean, reference must be made to previous conditions. Before the passing of the new revenue laws the treasury, with constantly increasing expenditures, was dependent for its revenue almost entirely upon its receipts from duties upon imports, and from its collections through the Internal Revenue Department for taxes upon a very limited number of articles, including spirits and tobacco. The receipts from each department were nearly equal.

Aside from these two sources it only received from fifteen to twenty eight million dollars per annum, principally from assays and the land department. Income From the Tariff a Constantly Decreasing Quantity. "The income from the tariff was a constantly decreasing quantity on account of decreasing Imports, caused by our increased ability to supply our own wants from our own territory. The people were growing richer, while the government was growing poorer. Students of finance looked forward with apprehension to the time when the prejudices of the people against direct taxation must be encountered.

European nations had become accustomed to various forms of taxes against which it was thought by our people, who had been free from, would rebel. A Barrier Broken Down by the "War. "The necessities of tho war, aided by the patriotic impulses of the people, have broken down tlbe barrier. While the new laws are in many rospeots crude and imperfect, bearing unequally upon many branches of business, they nevertheless have established the principle that the business interests and capital of the country must share their profit with the government than fosters and protects 'them. This is proper, Ls good Democratic doctrine and was necessary in order that government might conduct its affairs with dignity and safety.

While it adds 'to the power of the central government, ft at the same time brings it into closer relations to the people. The taxes being direct and felt in the ordinary transactions of life will give the people a personal Interest In economical government. "The time may come, certainly the new conditions make it easier, when the annual budget of the nation will have a direct relation to its income, as is the case with all civilized nations except our own. Up to this timeour revenue has been raised upon theories and our expenditures determined by pressure. The Acquisition of New Territory.

"The other new condition to which I wish to refer is the extension of our territory beyond the borders of this continent. I think ft probable that if a direct vote of the people bad been taken upon this question a year ago it would have resulted in an overwhelming defeat of the proposition. Even the lion roe doctrine, indefinite as tt was iu its definition, had only a half hearted support. We suddenly find that we have broken the barriers and have acquired control and became responsible for the government not only of islands in our own hemisphere, but upon the opposite side of the Klobe. "It may truthfully Ik; said that destiny is stronger than argument and that the blind impulses of nation are more powerful than the deliberation of am! conventions.

While this change is startling to those of us who are conservative, it must be admitted that while it introduces new perils it opens broader fields for national development. It certainly will require a higher order of statesmanship than we have been cubitomed to. No Unwilling Subjects Wanted. "I have confidence in tho loyalty our people to the organic principles of our government and believe that they will not consent to aitiiuire by conquest unwilling subjects. We can have no unwilling subjects and at the same time remain a government of the people.

All wno con'tributo io its support or powor must have a voice In determining the amoun't of their contributions and the manner of their expenditure. xh wo cease to be a republic. Xo one will dispute those self oviiletic propositions, and we have no evidence that it is the intention of government to violate them. "The war against Spain was inaugurated upon the theory, distinctly expressed, that. it.

was in the Interest of a people who had fur generations suffered from the same abuses that justified us in the war of the Revolution. "It found support among the people because they believed that we are the a pu.it les of self government and the only nation posheKsinj sufficient power to help them that could do so legitimately. Our Duty Is to Prevent Anarchy in Former Spanish Possessions. "We have not conquered them, but have released them from ihe control of their oppressor. We cannot abandon them; tln have become our wards, and we must see that they do not fall into asiarchy or become the prey of other oppressors.

If we satisfy ourselves by assisting iu the inauguration of home gov r.Ti i.li Ild tn them mil lirnlni timi i and support, until such time as they becotrn; fitted to cov ni themselves and qualified to decide for tin tti. eive.s whether or mot they wisli to become a purt of our confederation of states, ir want them, or If any oiher republic, or a republic by themselves, we shall not entirely within legitimate lines. The task is a difficult one and may extend through generations, for. according to our best they are laeking In the elements of Intelligent citizenship. We cannot afford at any time, certainly not at present, to lower the standard of our citizenship by admitting them as sovereign Mate.

and. I repeat, we cannot, hold thctn as suhj. ets. Years of Patient Work Ahead. "It is probable that with the introduction of stable under v.

hicb logi: Ini.v. I business witi rpris' may be safely conduct 1, i large te ssh of d' irable people may In 1 made, but it will be a slow process at the le st. So we must look forward to years of patient work. In the meantime, whatever advantage our position may give us in the matter of the extension of our commerce, or in providing A Woman Writes Interestingly of the Conditions There. SHOULD HAVE BETTER KITCHENS.

Inexperienced Cooks in Charge of This Important Feature Tbe Discomforts of the Sick Men Hardly Enough. Supplies to Meet Emergencies A Strong Plea for Harmonious and United Action by All the Agencies Interested in Relieving the Condition of Our Soldiers in Camp. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: On last Saturday I paid a visit to Camp Alger, at Dunn Loring, to inspect the relief conditions there and report to the varioui associations interested in ameliorating aha present condition of the soldiers in the hospitals and in the ranks. The conditions existing I found to be similar to those in every volunteer camp, but ia some respects, much better than might have been expected. The Twelfth Pennsylvania, for instance, aJthough handicapped by tha absence of dheir regular surgeons on account of illness (typhoid fever) have taken exceptional care in the way of sanitary precaution.

Some weeks ago they suffered severely from tho typhoid epidemic and other illness at one time 'having iifty men absent fro roll call in a single company. Since discipline and routine work are becoming better understood by the petty officers in the volunteer army, things are running along more smoothly. til'l there is far more suffering and discomfort than is necessary. To begin, in tho kitchens, in whidh lie the foundation of the welfare of the men. the cooks are.

as a rule, unskilled, the utensils are not fitted for co veniien work, the army cook book does not clearly meet the needs of inexperience in the field, and, takefli altogether, the company kitchens are about as miserable a failure as kitchens can well be. If practicable (and some men of army experience think it is), a plan should at once be swt in motion to strike and amend this keynote of this disease producing condition, namely, tllie ignorance of the coohs and the paucity of their supply of uten si'ls, combined with lack of knowledge upon 'the iiart of the persons who are responsible for drawing the rations and devising menus ofvaried character, as could readily be done jy any one understanding the situation, 'dear instructions and a well arranged equir nenit, with a competent corps of trained army cooks to teach enlisted cooks, one ex pert to a regiment, would at once control the situation so far as the co'tn I pany kitchens are concerned and much illness might be prevented. Inspection of the condition of the men Who are ill reveals a different situation aloge.her. Here I found, say Goo helpless men ill to a greater or less digioe, necessarily subjected to discomforts and conditions that are a menace to the health of will men. Lack of wise discipline, as well as imperfect knowledge of regulations, is frequently the occasion in all hospiialsof much confusion iu the preparation necessary for probable emergencies.

Lack of tbe forethought, to which a housekeeper ia accustomed, on tho part, of surgeons in I charge, tus well as indecision in emergencies, 1 causes confusion and consequent sutl'ering I when emergencies arise. There is. apparently, not enough reserve I force to call upon for emergencies, not enough stock on hand if extra supplies are needed, not enough facility for transpona under pres sure and to the mind of a person accustomed to executive work of a character calculated i to relieve by anticipating possible, not only i proba'ble conditions, tlie whole situation is depressing. Ye. the only way to view existing conditions in order to ameliorate t.hern is to suspend criticism ami mee.t immediate ee ds and at the same time prepare to pre vent, their recurrence.

This can be done I where there is power, discipline and money, and all three are to bo found in Army condi tions. How, then, can we do the greatest good in the quickest possible way in order to make up for lost time and endeavor to save the lives or at least make more comfortable those whose illness might, under better conditions, have been prevented? This can only be done by systematizing relief work, each association doing its part without, overlapping. An executive head of all relief work is needed and this hem! should be our President, ex nffioio. with someone guide, sift, direct anil enrefuly estimate, from one center (to which all needs should be referred! what could be dune. The President and others in authority have given great deal of relief in a quiet, unostentatious manner, but their duties are mo.

onerous to permit, theiu to do work properly belonging to the s.tiff of of the Army. The I'tut thai it is tiei. sstiry for the: Secretary of War to make a personal visit to Monitiuk to himself of trio state of affairs is a severe oiniro t.tiiry upon e's or uoreiiabii i y. Order must lie brought, out of chaos. The delicate task of liti riuoo factions will lirst.

be necessary. We most te ar no more of Red usurpation. A. Ii tnt dicai antagoi. ism.

iiol id ua I ii lief work and till the utipii asatit recently voiced by our jourettts toward sensation, but we ums: joo one cause that, of luinati.ty and eo.ifljcfH, crest re tb so inclined hao Is in Oplen'Oht faithfully flu yoverniii' i is beini: inaugurated. Tru man. Is that we suidiori our in its weaknesses, in or lo. that SIM dC ovt ii tii' oven II j. ic for toe! i llllg ourselves bete stu from other iiiteri.al b.ck.jr s.

Hurely. in a in at tt. i to do to caro e.liat.e Heeds til Hood. I.e: us till Jcen i.a v.e as Americans an te fore a fierce light er coutl I Ties, who lugs iiiid despicable al en cause the one present. We all have for the sick and nice: out was'iug energy by tn d)t eg it.

1 ion it at.s harmony. should he rip cause fo v.lir for htitnart be l. i of i. and of lies lartte.y In ttie pt themselves thi harrnc IIMl.l'ER. tiooklyn, Aiifiis: lit.

I' virV. AN APPROACHING WEDDING. A in a trude of tin lvfWis the interest. nit a c.M.nii.s announced early fall Ger cht'oi'iei. s.

ot A.hert horongn. and Kzr.i Wiiliatns tk of Me. Th rem my 1 1 iie pc furine l.a.tiy. tte avenue, on Ultjel 21. tho Rev.

1 at tile Pr.deV ti W. dne.vlay ev. Itce Als.p olli ia ug. The hr.de elect I have ii'i; one Miss Genevieve ISrady of liro iklyn. and tne tiesi.

man w.ll i.a Go Radley id Maalva tta n. Harry and Schroetlcr serve as ushers and Pringle as master of cc.emon.evo The tlorai dccijrat. ns are to tie ie. of pink a wince and will be turn ished by tho Austrian or 'hetpa. I SOLDIERS AT ST.

JOHN'S HOSPITAL Mr. eii.l, trea. urvr of tin S. Jihn's il li.l.il. i llest.

i to t.e.v UM to the uo. et lime. i he made about a in ago. Tin it at! a' o. tnodat" latnu: 100 sick soel.e; and Mr.

Townser.d telegraphed Surge oi Genera! SterntK rg to that ft'e. i. Seeing tin pressing need of tic i uiiino.la tloitu at M.mMuk, ho again repeat: the offer and hoped it will be accepted at one RAPID TRANSIT STATEMENT Issued to the Public Through a Wall Street News Bureau Estimates of Future Earnings. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has authorized the following statement, which was issued in circular form to day by the Dow, Jones Co. Bulletin News Service of Kerf York: First EoUtkV iin Lhe fKf nf fh TlmnbU rTt.v RailToad.

Second Brooklyn Heights stock Tihird Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban, stock .52.000.000 and bonds Fourth Guarantee fund consistinff of Brooklvn City insoIIdated lives Sl.63T.000 rar value; Brooklyn, Queens and Suburban bonds par value and cash iSTfi; tn woroh W.0.".2.025. Fifth Sea Beach stock, par vulue Siixth Sea View stock, par value and bonds. rar vaUue, The Sea Beach stock is carried on the company's books at $1 nominal value, buit is worth at least par in the opinion of the management. As against these properties there are the foliowing obligations: Annual charge. 22.

'JO 12,500 Road. Security. B. R. T.

bonde Sea Beach R. S.Yi.OuO Brooklyn Heights 230,000 Brooklyn City Railway, first mortgas 6,000,000 Underlying; bunds various roads 925,000 Brooklyn City Railway stock, 10 per cent 12,000,000 Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban first mori gage 3.500,000 B. Q. Co. first construction mortgage B.

Q. Co. underlying bonds 310,000 300,000 4SJ0 1,200.000 1TS.0O0 111,700 12.000 Total fixed charges Of which, however, there accrues to Brooklyn racid transit on its holdings of bonds the sum of 195, T60 Making total net fixed charges $2,045,100 The company has, we are officially informed, no floating indebtedness whatever, as the special loan account which, on January 1, stood at over $1,200,000, has been paid off altogether. The above fixed charges consequently represent all the obligations of the company. We are enabled by the courtesy of Colonel Williams 'to publish the following balance sheet as of July 31 last the latest prepared by the company: Assets.

Trealt.i??nbomi?OUnt Brooklyn. Queens County and Subu'r Brooklyn "cfty YtailVoad''comiVanv'oon 2ry lMl struction account 4. 175.3T,6.7 53.425.33 1.00 4S.SSri.S2 lew company stock and bonds Sea Beach Railway stock 7.575.00 Interest receivable ill. 12 ll'll. 000.00 4.1181.71 .527.501,285.10 14.000.iN) 7O0.71li.lW 1.00 8.501.37 36S.tJ7i.lt Bills receivable Individuals and companies Total Liabilities.

Capital stock Coupons cnied Sea Beach' Railway." contract Ta xes Profit and ioss, surplus 'al S2T.501, 285.16 It is evident that what the coirnianlss 1 the system earn, over and above operating eVpr" taxes aQrt net fixed chargea ri "'luu accrue to Brooklyn Rapid Transit stock. We are informed that in tne year ending June 30, 1S9S (with the bridge privileges in force for four months and the Sea Beach Road in operation for six months), the company earned over taxes and expenses in round amount, including "other income," the sum of $2,112,500. or SfiT 40(1 per day Sross Much of the increase comes. he Sea Coney Island business, which first made us appearance in informed by the management that i ure ear wnicu is proDabiy safe. Adding to tJhe surplus of $67,400 from last year's earnings over present fixed charges the sum of $365,000, we have an estimated net return of something over $430,000 for Brooklyn Rapid Transit stock, on the basis assumed ahove.

'This would he equal to something over 2 per cent, on the stock. If gross increases average $2,000 per day through the year, the earnings on the stock would be about $600,000, or about 3 per assuming that 66 per cent, of the gross increase could be retained as net. The company will probably issue no formal annual report this year. It will make the usual reports of the operating companies to the New Yortc State Raiilroad Commission. Since July 1, however, the system has been unified by the lease of the Queens CJounty and Suburban to the Brooklyn Heights Company, and earnings of the whole system are now reported by the Heights Company.

The expenses last year were liberally charged for maintenance probably more so than will be necessary in luture. SCHOOL DAYS SOON. Preparations Already Begun for the Tall Term. As the month of August is gradually drawing to an nd and school days are again near in sight, preparations for the coming term will begin in earnest shonly at rooms of the Board of Education. Superintendent Ward was in town to day and was at his office in the board building on Livingston street, where it was said that he was busily engaged at work on some detail mauer which was requested by the central body in Manhattan.

The superintendent, who is spending the summer at Quogue, L. came in this morning and expects to finish his work before leaving for his country seat ihis af.erncon. and consequently his oliice was closed to visitors. The work on the new school buildings is progressing and it is thought that they will be thrown open to the pupils by October, as already published. There are two buildings in course of erection.

No. 116, which is at Knickerbocker avenue and Grove street, and No. 118, on Fourth avenue and Thirteenth street. The improvements that are being made on Erasmus Hall it is hoped will he llnished In time for the September opening, in order to relieve the overcrowding in that Institution. SEDUCING CANAL TOLLS.

Steps Taken in Chicago to Secure Their Entire Abolition. Chicago, 111.. August 26 The first active step in securing the abolition of the Well and Canal tolls has bet taken by the transportation ccnim'ittee of the Board of Trade. At a meeting of that committee it was determined to ask the directory to name a committee of three to confer with the boards of trade at Minneapolis, Duluth. Milwaukee and other Northwestern iiolnts, for concerted action before the Anglo American convention at Quebec.

It Is expected that a strong delegation will bo sent to Quebec to work for an open door to the iakes. The transportation committee took this action afii hi.ar.ns from a delegation of marine men. NOVEL WAY TO COMMIT StnCIDE. Iron River, August 26 Charles Johnson hanged himself terday with a piece of barbed wire. He bent a small tree over and ait tached the wire, then he let go of the tree.

HIa head was nearly severed from, his, body of many poor fellows of even getting back 1 more tisan ttle present fixed charges of the are slim, if we are kept here much longer Since the end of the fiscal year, ln We hone this will he snmo ho tn creases have averaged from $2,500 to S3. 000 poor fellows that came down here strong, rcbusc men to uphold our country's cause pcKI1 any of daaSer they were called to. as tne war is over, many poor tel. ows wlU never return to those they loved and' cherished. Some duty should be done the IC be sae to estimate an average daily suffering here in Camp Thomas.

gross increase of $1,500 to $2,000 Tor the cur Many of the families of men here are suf rent fiscal 'ear over ''ast ypar. Of this gross fering for the necessities of I'ife at home, increase probably two thirds may be assum while their hushunds and sons are here and e(J to be net in view of the better loading of cannot help them, and with the cold win ter I cars This Per vts an estimate or a daily coming on. The officers have their families 1 net sain of $1,000. or say $305,000 for the en maica. Manhattan 46 Wall st, third floor, room S2; MI Broadway.

(Tel. 2,415 18th at), and World Bund les (Tel. BUREAUS: Boroug h. of Manhattan bureau, 952 Broadway; Paris bureau, 26 Rue Cambon; Washington bureau, 60S Fourteenth st: Information bureau, Rooms 28. 29 and SO.

Ftarle r.iir.dir.ir. HOTEL ARRIVALS. St. Georee P. P.

Lynch, Xew Orleans; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. De martst, Ptiila de'lp hia: Mr.

and Sirs. A ustuscus Belirens. V. Oaborn, Brook lyn; C. S.

Hure Ti, Boston; E. J. Cra.wford, H. N. Crawford.

Worcester. R. C. RoT inson, Korfolk. Va.

H. G. liaddon; Mrs. E. W.

E7bert and eon. Washington; A. W. Barton, Hiamxrton. V.

S. Wallace, G. W. Wesley, New York; Henrv Attenberand, Brooklyn; Georse S. Kicks, Rochester; E.

E. Adams, ICew York: John F. Foley, BrooklY'n. Brandon W. W.

Wheatley, W. W. Warren, G. Grant, E. Fltzperaild, H.

L. Fitzgerald, Brooklyn; J. Marvin, B. L. Moore, P.

G. Law eon. O. B. M.ills.

G. Httr.ford. Xe York; S. T. Johnson.

D. G. Morse, J. C. Murivhy, J.

OoiUns. Boston, M. Bouton J. AKen J. C.

Peck ham. A.lbany. X. Y. O.

R. Mead. J. Edwards. Buffalo, N.

Y. T. S. Shotts. Brie, H.

B. HC lland Rochester. K. Y. Clarendon Mrs.

S. W. Higgins, Baltimore, Mrs. S. G.

Alexander and daughter, Mrs. E. H. Hinds. Brooklyn; Allen Hibberd, Philadelphia, Mr.

and Mrs. D. S. Moore. Koslyn; W.

O. Donohue. Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. O.

R. Fitch, daughter and maid, Pivterson, X. J. F. Stearns, New York: Mrs.

J. Suydam. A. B. Tremaine, William H.

English, Brooklyn; E. G. Hudson. River head, L. Mrs.

E. F. Allen. M. B.

Barnes. R. C. Readv. Staatsburg, N.

Y. Charles Vivian, Frank Buchack, W. 5. Velsor, Isllp, L. J.

B. Seaton, Staten Island. PURITY LODGE TROLLEY PARTY. Purity Lodge No. 337, I.

O. O. held its annual trolley outing last night. The members of the lodge and their friends, to the number of 400 or more, left the lodge rooms at Gates and Reid avenues shortly before 8 and boarded four illuminated trolley cars of the Nassau road at Broadway and Cooper street. After a ride about the city the cars went to Coney Island, reaching tie Palm Garden at 9:30.

The evening was spent at the island and the cars started on the return trip at 1 o'clock. The committee in charge of the affair was P. J. Kirchoff. W.

J. Harvey, A. Davis, E. Downs, A. G.

Sclack and C. H. Randall. THE AVOOA TTCLLA BENEFIT. Snug Sum Raised for Destitute Families of Soldiers.

A benefit for the destitute families of the soldiers and sailors of the Spanish war was fl ii Airnpa Villa lotah ouotl in A Innp but interesting programme was presented and Uui hn I the attendance was all that could have been desired. The grounds of the Avoca were decorated with colored lights, Japanese lanterns and the American flag was prominently displayed. It was after 11 before the last number was reached. Host of the performers were vaudeville artists who are playing thla week in the neighborhood of the Avoca, but there were mamy volunteers who came down from Brooklyn and Manhattan. Miss Grace Holden, who sang, is a daughter of Captain G.

H. Holden, attached to General Wade's staff and at present in Porto Rico. Miss Holden heard of the benefit and immediately volunteered her services, coming all the way from her residence in Manhattan. She was warmly applauded, both before and after her singing. The artists who appeared were Miss Grace Holden, George Roberts, Richard Priot.

the Bijou Comedy Four, Billy Distin. Flaton and Deinn, Helen Tuesart, Master George Ryder, Will Hagan, Little Natalie, Miriam Well, Maud Raymcpd, the Brownings, Wilson and Leicester, the Davenport Brothers, the Put Bams, Greene and Jennings and Annie Hart. The music was furnished by Henry Lift. The committee in charge of the affair included Mrs. Frank Mayer, Mrs.

Sadie Adams, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. Ford Rush, Mrs. Val Schmidt, Mrs. Charles Woodworth, Mrs.

Simon Adams, Mrs. L. E. Nixon, Mrs. W.

Wilson, M.iss Jones and Miss Herbert. The money earned will be distributed by the New York Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Protective Association. DALY'S THEATER. Daly's Theater was opened last evening with an English musical comedy called "A Run Away Girl," and an audience which crowded the playhouse perspired and wilted until 11:30 rather than miss any of it. The piece Is of the same order as "A Shop Girl," "An Artist's Model," "A Circus Girl" and others of its predecessors from the London Gaiety Theater.

It is cleaner than any ot these and Ivan Caryl has written for it more i tuneful songs than the majority of them pos I sessed. Otherwise it Ls neither better nor worse, nda it oeen given as indifferently as the imported English companies played "The Shop Girl" and an "Artist's Model" it would prove as stupid as those pieces were and have failed as hopelessly. The performance by Daly's company, however, wonld have saved a slighter p'iece of fun mak'ing than this one. The good taste and the thorough rehearsal which make Mr. Daly's revival of old comedies charming have bean exercised upon this slender material with most gratifying results.

Every actor on the stage spoke and sang his lines so that they could be clearly heard. You could even follow the words of some of the quartets and when one Temembers ho thoroughly most performers in this line of work swallow their text, the clearness was a continual pleasure.They without affectation and the pretty little songs were g'iven just their value, With no pretense of mak'ing high musical art of them. Half a dozen of these, "Ihe Boy Guessed Right the Very First Time," "She's Not the Sort of Girl I Care About," 'Igh to the Band," "The Man From Cook's" and a Cockney negro song will be sung all over town. The meet gratifying feature of the performance is its freedom frctn vulgarity, and parents i who had to restrain their young people from "The Girl From Paris" or "The Telephone Girl" need have no fears ahout "A Run Away Girl" as given by this company. In any es timate of the piece the good taste of the management comes first to notice, but there; 'were several notable successes by individual actors last night.

James T. Powers displayed his highly individual comic gift as an impossible courier; Virginia Earle. who has become a singing actress of grace and charm, carried the main part skilfully; Paula Edwardes, a graduate of thle Casino, played a Coster girl in a not too hopelessly Casinoesque way and KYLE On Thursday, Anieust 25, AXiBXA.N'D'BR i than to the railroad company. In order that son of AJexonder W. and Jessie Kyle, jt may reach the public as well' as the corn in his 2Tth year.

Fun eral services Sunday. Yesterday I went to the Bridge street OJOESCWLGK On August 26. 18S8. OTTO LES i nd bOUebt a excursion tIcket t0 OH'IGK, aed 71 years. beach.

They publish and it is prorn'mentHy Funeral services at his late residence, 02 Fiske posted at their stations "No change of cars." place, Brooklyn, Saturday, the 27 th at This is false pretence to the puhl'ic, for after P. M. Interment at the convenience of the waiting four trains one came with a sign oi on. Rockaway Beach, but on reaching Broad fc way we were all dumped out to wait three McGEB On Wednesday, Aucust U. JOHN F.

more trains, the same thing occurred on the McGEE, son of the late Dawiel McGeo. return. The 6:27 return train was packed Funeral from his late residence. 112 Ryerson. almost to suffocation, as it was hot, and al st.

Saturday, 2:30 P. M. tatermen Holy though It's against the law and rules of the Cross Cemetery. company to ride on platforms, there was no (Danbury. papers nleasc cony.) other place for many to stand, and the dis MEIRWIN On Wednesday, August 24.

sud comfort and suffering to which many women denly, at Bloomingdale, X. MARY Mc i with babies in their arms were subjected was FARLANE, beloved wife of Almon G. Mer shameful treatment of these people and a provided for and some have them near by so they can go and see them. Colonel Kline and other officers returned to Brooklyn on the sick list and reduced in weight, and yet they had nothing to do and the best of living. What, then, can he ex i pected of us poor privates, who had the I hard work and starvation to "endure? pRrVATES OF FOURTEENTH REGIMENT I A COMPIAIITT.

the Editor ot the Brooklyn Eagle: as tne Ba'gie enters pretty mucn every hjorne I send thiis to our popular paper rather disgrace to the company. One woman (and there were dozens of them) with a young child in her arms and two small childTen i at her side, was obliged to stand with her back against the iron gate as her only sup i Prt' while the two children crouched at her feet 'Had this gate possibly given way she 1 ani her child would have went to the street I ana Weir lives ou'ia nave Deen cue penalty. Then the company to avoid damages would have claimed eontributive negligence on her part, but many witnesses would have frustrated that. This woman and the other sufferers wii'th her paid full 'fare and paid for her children and they were entitled to be carried in safety and comfort. It was sdmply the neglect of the company in not attaching another car which inspires this criticism.

I'm done going that way i Rockaway Beach, for all tho benefit derived from there is invalidated by the torture in getting home. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS. Brooklyn, August 25. 1898. THEY DESERVE IT ALL.

To the Editor of 'the Brooklyn Eagle: Little beyond hearty approval can be added to the Eagle's reiterated and well merited praise it bestows upon the regular Army troops. They bore the actual brunt of battle and deserve the reward of praise and material recognition. The two articles were so gracefully and generoitsly written that I have deemed it propor to 6cnd both to the Army and Navy Journal for extract, in ease the editors ot that publication were unaware cf tribute to a body of men whose welfare it has for years carefully nurtured. Notice of them will possibly be taken and as It circulates in all tho garrisons of the country the Eagle's comments may not prove to be "love's Clove to that which is pure, Clev to that which isure, Cleve to that whieh stands the test, Cleve to that, both pure and best Cleveland's Baking Powder. Funeral services at her late residence, 668 Han cock st, this city, on Friday evening.

August 2G, at 8 o'clock. Interment at convenience of family. MYERS Tuesday, August 23. at Seabright. NT.

MARY beloved wife of Frank J. Myers ot 323 West Fifty sixth st, New York City Funeral service at the residence of her sister. Mrs. M. Gearon, 22 Herkimer st, Brooklyn, on Friday, at 3 clock P.

M. (Indianapolis papers please copy.) O'DOXN'ELL At his residence. 19 Canton st, PATRICK, son of Bridget and the late William. O'Donnell. Funeral on Saturday, August 27, at 9:30 A thenoe to St.

Anne's Church, Gold and Front sts. where a solemn requiem mass will he. offered for the repose of his soul. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. SASS At Paterson.

N. August 24. CHARLES V. SAriS. Funeral services will be held at the Church of Our Lady of Victory, Throop av, near Macon st, Hrooklyn, Saturday, August 27, at 10 A.

M. Interment Calvary. Friends and relatives lr vited. SCHEItMERIHOR'N On August 2 i. WILLIAM B.

SCUMUIBRHORX, son of the late Azel and Mary Schermerhorn. Funeral services at 8 o'clock Friday evening, from 159 Sixth av, Brooklyn. Interment Saturday morning, 10 o'clock. ShAUGHXBSSY August 26. MARY KELLY, beloved wife of John Shaughnessy.

In her 59th year. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, fS.1 Hudson av. on Sunday. Ausust 2S, at P. M.

3PBNCE Entered into rest, August 25. 1S9S, JA NBT R. SPENCE. widow of James S. ice.

Services at her late residence, 7 Middagh st, on Friday evening, August 26. at 8 o'clock. In terment at convenience of family, way At Bath Beach, August 25, OSCAR WAY, in his 64th year. Friends and relatives, also members of Woods Lodge, I. O.

O. and members of Arbutus Lodge of D. of and members of Kedron Lodge No. 803, F. and A.

are Invited to attend the services at his late residence, De ruynes lajie, Bath Beach, on Saturday, August 27, at P. M..