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THE BROOKLYN DAIJLY EAGLE. KTE'W YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1900. MISCELLANEOUS. GABLE BILL MAY NOT PASS. LAST GHIROPEAN FOR 1900.

MISCELLANEOUS. A CHILD CAN TELL It Won't Do Present Session of Congress Likely to Adjourn With Very Little to Its Credit. Discussed the Question of the Aid Women May Give in Municipal Problems. A "may cure" cough medicine won't do. If it "will per THE MARK OF haps do its it8 "worse than worthless.

If it's positive and certain, it's vorth ten times its price. Ayer Cherry Pectoral is the cough medicine with a record of sixty years back of it. It's the kind that cures colds and coughs. MEASURES THAT ARE HUNG UP. CONTROLLER C0LER A SPEAKER.

Volunteers Want to Come Home Situation in the Philippines Preparing for the Inauguration. Br. Backus Introduced a Plea for the Better Treatment of the Policeman. Ballantine Brew. can tell how one of these products better.

They're perfection now. India Pale Ale, XXX Canada Malt Ale. Old Barton Ale, Brown Stoat, Half and Half. On Draught or In Bottles. BALLANTINE SOUS, Newark, TS.

Three sizes: enough for an ordinary cold; Mc. Just right for asthma, bronchitis, hoarscneBS, whooping coueh, hard colcu; 1.00, most economical for chronic cases. No man living can be made Porter, P. COMING EVENTS. The "Warren Street Methodist Episcopal Church free entertainment course will be concluded tonight with a lecture on "A Flying Trip to Europe," Illustrated with a hundred beautiful views by the F.sv.

Arthur TV. Byrt. The public Is cordially Invited. A New Year's eve concert will be given by the Syracuse University Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, In Association Hall, corner of Fulton and Bond streets, on December 31. A closing century meeting of tho Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union will be held in the Household ot Faith, Greene avenue, near Tompkins, on Saturday evening.

December 29. Tho address of the evening will bo delivered by tho Kev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman of Manhattan.

VERDICT FOB $2,500. A verdict for $2,500 was handed to Justice Wilmot M. Smith, in Part II of the Supreme Court, late yesterday afternoon in favor ot Frank Hoffman, in his suit against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company of Manhattan, to recover $25,000 for personal injuries. On January 12, last year, the plaintiff was driving a wagon across Amsterdam avenue, when he was hit by a car of the defendant and was thrown off. The result of his injuries, as he claimed, was that he bad traumatic epilepsy.

W. C. Beecher appeared for the plaintiff and James W. Ridgway for the defendant. Eagle Bureau, 608 Fourteenth Street.

Washington, December 21 At this stage of the legislative game it looks as though the present Congress would adjourn with very little to its credit in the way ot the passage' of special bills of great national Importance, at least so far as the second session goes. An unusually large number of measures which the Republican party is pledged to enact into law, are hung up In committee rooms or snowed under on the calendars of the two Houses with little prospect of passage. In addition to the Ship Subsidy bill, the Nicaragua Canal bill, neither of which Is apt to pass during the present Congress, The end of the century meeting of the Chlropean, held yesterday afternoon, In the Knapp Mansion, was devoted to the consideration of municipal affairs, the object in view of finding out how women may aid the municipal authorities. Controller Coler was asked to give the desired information and his talk was supplemented or rather preceded by an address by Dr. Truman Jay Backus, on the duty of the citizen and the ideal municipality, with a plea for better treatment of the policemen.

Mrs. Edwin Knowles presided and the meeting was preceded by the customary luncheon. Christmas shopping somewhat affected the attendance, but a much larger audience than usual at this time of the year greeted the members and visitors who furnished the programme arranged by the committee in charge, that of municipal affairs, Mrs. Daniel Simmons, chairman. Dr.

Backus prefaced his talk on municipal affairs by an interesting account of the development of the woman's club movement of to day from the sanitary and Christian commissions organized during the Civil War. The power and Influence of organization, as 'DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARDINER HAS URGENT BUSINESS AT ALBANY." News Note. it would be a good plan to amend the civil service regulations so that high school boys who had shown special ability would be placed on the list and become eligible for appointment to government places. This would bring into the civil service ranks young men of enthusiasm and ambition, whereas, now many who apply for civil service positions are competent to pa3s the examinations, but are without ambition and have failed in other lines. They have no desire to advance and will do only the work that they cannot avoid doing.

In the extension of the public library system and the opening of play grounds in crowded centers the Controller thought women could prove valuable aids. He Baid also that Brooklynites should take an interest in developing the Brooklyn Institute as Man hattaner3 had the Metropolitan Museum of Art and similar institutions by generous contributions. We are woefully behind Man hattan In this respect. In concluding, the Controller made a plea in behalf of the office holders, complaining that they were deluged with tickets and solicitations for contributions for charitable purposes by well meaning, reputable people, who seemed to think that the holding of a public office meant that the official should expend every cent he received in charity. From $10,000 to $25,000 is the aggregate amount asked from the Controller's office every year.

Some office holders were highly paid, others were not and the salary of the $1,000 man looks like 30 cents if he responds to all the demands In the name ot charity that are made upon him. A paper treating of the water question, and setting forth the necessity for better service and more liberal supply was prepared by Mrs. John Bi Phillips and read by Mrs. C. B.

Bartram, chairman of the committee. The las.t paper was presented by the chairman of the day. Mrs. Simmons, who pointed out several needs of the borough, among them a colossal cab service, women's club house and restaurant. The musical DroCTamme consisted of sev eral contralto solos charmingly rendered by Miss Alice J.

Seabury, and piano solos by Miss Amelia Warren Gray, who displayed excellent technique and talent in her interpretation of compositions by Chopin, Liszt and Rubinstein. HANSON PLACE VICE MEETING. Men's Association Discusses Existing Conditions and Listens to Prominent Speakers. The Men's Association of the Hanson Plac Baptist Church held a special meeting at tho church last night to discuss the vice crusade. Lewis K.

Thurlow, the president of the association, introduced Frank Harvey Field ad the chairman of the meeting. In opening the meeting Mr. Field deplored the smallness of the attendance at so important a meeting. He then exalted the Banctity of the home and its Importance in the history of civilization. "What shall we say to those who woul4 strike hands with those evils which threaten to disrupt those homes? That is the question we' must face and discuss to night." Mr.

Field spoke in terms of the highest praise of Bishop Potter, and told the story of one of the crimes which inspired him to write his letter to the Mayor. After picturing in vivid terms the awful conditions which Bishop Potter had shown, the chairman introduced S. L. Woodhouse oi Brooklyn. Mr.

Woodhouse said, In part: "All thought end in mystery. I thought of that more than a year before I dared say it, and now I challenge contradiction." Mr. Woodhouse discussed In glowing termB the greatness of good and the baseness of evil, as well as the great Importance of environment and the impossibility of estimating where free moral agency begins in the upward march of conscious evil. "But our objective point Is Tammany Hall." The speaker then the history of Tammany from its foundation, its development as a political organization, its corruption in the time of Tweed, with the prompt revolt of all good citizens and the punishment of the guilty. "Let us divorce municipal politics from national and state politics.

Let us discover the best man for our Mayor, elect him and help him stamp out these evils." Mr. Woodhouse finished by reading an extract from the recent speech of ex Mayor Hewitt, whom, he characterized as the "best Democrat ia New York." The next speaker, J. B. Reynolds, the head worker of the University Settlement in York City, seconded the chairman's words of praise for the stand of Bishop Potter. "It is my impression that his wtirds have been heard and will remain." Mr.

Reynolds then proceeded to depict the life of the lower East Side as he had found it. He characterized the conditions on th6 East Side as "unique," and said that he wished to show how this condition had arisen. He said that when he first took: up his residence at 26 Delancey street, Devery, the present Chief, was captain of the precinct. Devery reported to. the Lexow Committee that there were no disreputable houses in his precinct, when hundreds ot them were running openly.

"Before Dr. Parkhurst appeared before tho committee of investigation, I know personally," said the speaker, "that the police encouraged in a very amicable way the closing of the houses and the scattering of the inmates among the tenement houses, wher St would be less easy to locate them and prove their character. This was done, and In this move of the police was the beginning of that condition which is now so disgraceful in the Red Light district." Mr. Reynolds described the methods ol "squaring themselves" with the landslords, with the housekeeper and with the police. He showed the influence which the easy, shameless lives of these abandoned women inevitably have upon the lives of those hitherto poor but honorable.

After describing this awful condition the speaker continued: "Do you want these conditions which I have shown, which already exist in the Borough of Manhattan, to be developed In your Borough of Brooklyn? If not. now is the time to do some hard thinking and hard hitting." Mr. Reynolds said that the police had given out the statement that many of the women of the Red Light district had gone to South Africa. "I would as soon believe they have gone to the North Pole. They are still in New York City, depend upon it." said the speaker.

"Some have gone into tenements on the West Side, some have gone up town into Harlem and the Bronx, and some, a great many of them, have come over Into your Brooklyn." He then pointed out the first step toward reform, the removal of tho present police svstem, root and branch; then the duty of all good citizens to rally to the protection of their homes. Mr. Reynolds' address was listened to with great Interest and received hearty applause. The meeting was then thrown open to all present, and several spoke briefly. MRS.

TISCHER'S RECITAL. Mrs. A. M. Tischer gave a delightful recital last evening in the Venth College of Music, 127 Schermerhorn street, the feature of the evening being her reading of Verdi's Rigoletto aria.

The instrumental number consisted of duos for two pianos, admirably executed by Mrs. Lydla Venth and Miss El 3a Venth, and two violin solos played with good technique and expression by Edwin Fajans. The Misses Murphy. Jacobs and Mra kartell some artistic vocal selecliioaj. GLANCE AT THE UNSEEN.

Inner Workings of a Great Department Store Something Beside Work for Frederick Loeser Employes. While we are absorbed by the pleasures and greetings, the shopplg and the giving of this holiday season, it's human nature for us to forget thpse. who are working, and working hard, in the, department stores of this great city. This thought struck the writer when in Frederick' Loeser great store, with its' army of employes, and he made it a point to probe the matter a little. In doing so he came across some surprising facts that should be known and that make very interesting reading: For instance, this great army of employes Is so arranged that one half of them arrive in their respective places at 9 A.

M. on alternate days, and also leave for their homes at 5:30 on alternate days. This does not only happen during the busy season, either, but throughout the entire year. The firm of Loeser Co. was the first In either New York or Brooklyn to furnish free dinners to its employes and, in fact, during the busy season, they give three meals daily.

This gives the employes ample time to enjoy a substantial meal of w.ell cooked food and a spell in the reading room, where there is every comfort provided for rest and recreation. Then the'" writer found a thoroughly equipped hospital room, as. it is called, fit ted with every modern appliance, to meet every exigency. A physician and trained nurse are in attendance daily, and every girl in the house is welcome to the comfort and service of this room without cost or question. It is a striking fact, which speaks well for the general health of the saleswomen at this busy season, that.

on no day of this week were there, more Tian twenty reported absent out ot an army of over 2,000. And these absences were due to minor ills, or for causes which demanded the. presence of the saleswomen at home. Last' year at this season the dally absentees averaged seventy. The firm is fully alive to.

the fact that twentieth century mer chandizing not only intelligence and good manners, out an aDunaance of health. Thus, Its: first care is to do all in its power The write'r was. struck with the evidence of the great thought, care and time taken to make every, employe comfortable and to inspire every one in the march of progress. And, by the way, another instance of thoiightfulness is found In the fact that Frederick Loeser Co. have arranged with the Rapid Transit lines for special cars to be in waiting on the side tracks opposite their store every night after 10.

This assures to all the employes a comfortable accommodation home. In the delivery department, which has a unique system, ihere are two forces of men, a day force and night force one coming on at 8 A. M. and leaving at 7 P. the other coming at 7 P.

M. and leaving at 8 A. M. This assures amsle rest for both sets; ABOTJT OLD CROW. James Crow Was the Maker H.

B. Kirk Po. Sell It. Very few people know that Old Crow whisky is named James Crow, the man who first discovered the method of distilling whisky a scientinc manner. Ana, as.

might be expected, it was in Kentuck" that Crow, made his Discovery and where i put his process to the test. Since then tv eral people in Kentucky have ado. ed the process. But Old Crow, the lnal and is made in Woodti 1 County, In Kentucky, upon the same scle tlflc and correct methods that have characte ized the making of Old Crow since James Crow first set up his distillery in a rude cabin, until to day, when the Old Crow Distillery covens, compared with the original plant, a vast area of ground. In New York the Old Crow brand may be procured of H.

B. Kirk who have purchased the entire output since 1872 of the Old Crow Distillery. No other house in the United States is authorized or permitted to bottle or distribute in any form any of the rye whisky from the Old Crow Distillery. PARIS PASHIONS UP TO DATE. From the Eagle Paris Bureau, 53 Cambon, through the courtesy of Abraham Straus.

Black panne cloak, with blue embroidered cloth revors, edged with Persian lamb. A GOOD REASON. A Would you start on a journey on Friday? No, indeed. A Why are people so superstitious? I'm not superstitious. I'm paid on Saturday.

FINE ARTS. There Is at the American Art Galleries a group of pictures by William de Leftwlch Dodge," a young man of marked talent and even rarer promise. This artist is a revolutionary, in that he has restored color to pictures that seem to have been in danger of losing it, and has turned from the prevalent gray to sunshine and rainbows. Mr. Dodge Is fearless In this matter of light.

He expresses it in ochres and chromes when he feels It to be necessary to do so, hence his canvases glow with high color. Yet his effects are seldom shrill. He has a sense of decorative effect and of ornament in com position that are as remarkable as is his color, and his work could be admirably applied for the beautifying' of public halls and offices. His defect' Is chiefly in the lack of refinement in "bis faces when he paints with out the model. Form he expresses with facility, but to represent character and spiritual quality takes more than facility; It requires an approach to genius.

Once in a while. the artist draws a figure with a squatty effect, an oddity that is noticeable in his "Glaucus," which seems to have been viewed from above. His portraits impress one as slightly superficial, and, indeed, it is rather a pity that a painter of such imagination should consider it necessary to do work of that kind. His "Symphony In Yellow" is bright and piquant, but it contains one of the few and marked Instances of misdraw Ing at least, it is hard to believe that a woman could or should continue to exist with such a waist. Pleasanter, despite the gross and contorted figure in the middle distance, is the "Evening with its sunset light throwing Its color of rose on the upper half of the upright figure.

"The Eighth Olympiad" Is a hugh canvas, discovering a Grecian feast, and glows with sunshine and tropic color. In the other large picture, "Last Days, of Tenocbtitlan," Mr. Dodge has done his most important work. The American people have been awaiting the painters and singers and romancers who shall express the life and of the nation and of the tribes that occupied this continent before the coming of the white man. The work is savagely tragic, it is true, yet its bloodiness is mitigated by the largeness and dignity of the whole conception and the splendor of light ajid color with which it has been treated.

The conquering Spaniards are descending the temple steps, which have been heaped with ruin and cumbered with the slain. There is a bravery of steel and banners, and the figure of the monk adds the note of medieval piety and faith which was the only mitigation of the horrors that were perpetrated by the oppressors in the name of a beneficent God. The com position of this picture is admirable; the effects of air and light indicate the highest skill; it is a work that should become a national possession and should be the forerunner of a series of historical paintings of like character and purpose. It is in such employments that Mr. Dodge should find his widest and most congenial field and his best reward.

It is pleasant to learn that the painter. R. A. Blakelock, whose work has suddenly come Into general appreciation and is much sought by collectors, has not been given up by the physicians in whose charge he was recently placed. He is the victim of a mental disorder, which it was feared would end only with his life.

Thanks to the generosity of a local patron of the arts, he will be placed in an institution where he will receive the best of care and expert treatment, and it is hoped that he will presently be restored to usefulness. The English illustrated papers make their usual holiday appearance, signaling the approach of Christmas with a copious output of chromo llthography. The Paris Figaro, having an English edition, is Included in this, and, as might be expected, its color effects are better and more refined and Its printing more delicate and certain than are the supplements of the London papers. The war In South Airica provides incidents ur some of the other supplemental pages, and they are. of course, selected with a view to add ing to the glories of the British arms and heightening the regard that is felt by his people for the British soldier.

The color In these supplements Is generally strong, but there is no question as to their popularity. The London News, the Gentlewoman, the Sketch, the Sporting and Dramatic News, Pears' Christmas Annual and the Graphic have tales and quips to Interest and amuse their buyers, and the illustrations in black and white are by good artists in most cases. GRAND COMMANDER HAYWARD. His Official Visit to Palestine Encampment, Knights of St. John and Malta.

Last night at Palestine Encampment, Knights of St. John and Malta, there was an official visit made by the grand ofilcers of the order, including Most Eminent Grand Commander Charles E. Hayward and his of ficial staff, consisting of E. Captain of Guards James M. Ryder, V.

E. Prelate Charles E. Otto, V. E. Chancellor Francis Houghtallng and Trustee William Howland.

They were received with official honors by Commander Marling of Palestine, aided by the officers of the encampment. There were representatives present from every encampment ia the local jurisdiction, making up the largest gathering which has yet welcomed Grand Commander Hayward on his round of visitations. Addresses were made by many of the visiting sir knights and the improved condition of the order was freely commented upon. Incidentally Past Most Eminent Grand Commander R. B.

Treacy, who Is a member of Palestine, was presented with a handsome past commanders jewel, the gift of his friends throughout the order. Past Commander Adams made the presentation, on behalf of the donors, and Past Commander Treacy made a brief but feeling and eloquent speech of thanks. There followed an entertainment in which Sir Knights Post, Wheeler, Adams, Maneely, Houghtallng. Otto, Green and others took part, in music, song and stories. Refreshments were also served by the committee, consisting of Sir Knight3 A.

N. Chatfleld. W. L. Castle, T.

W. A. Castle, A. C. Wheeler and J.

Best. There were also present Past Commanders Posser, Adams. Meisseter. Sutton. Maneely, Cog ppshall.

Jones. Kllbourn, Stewart, Alkman, Post. Hooton, Jackson. Wheeler. T.

W. A. Castle. W. L.

Castle, Treacy, Lansing, Clayton, Murphy. Bock. Adams and Price, most of whom made addresses. AN UNKIND VIEW OP IT. "I see that the duke's father in law intimates that the duke isn't hard up." "It strikes me that any duke is hard up who marries a Cincinnati girl." Cleveland Plain Dealer.

consideration, there is a revival of the old talk of having the Reorganization transport se i of Army transferred In part to the control of the Transport Service. Navy or else t0 cause a reorganization of the present system of command. Captain Ira Harris, who until the loth of this month was marine superintendent in the Army Transport Service at New York, is in Washington with a scheme for the improvement of the present manner of handling the army vessels. He was called before the Senate Military Committee, where he made the following statemeat: "I think the view the Navy would take of the question of a reorganization in the army transport service, would be to have a board under the Secretary of War, composed of nine men, the Adjutant General, the Surgeon General, the Commissary General and the Quartermaster General, one naval officer and four civilians, with! authority to manage the entire transport business. The quartermaster captains now In the service are nearly all of them gentlemen of good common sense, and' under ordinary circumstances do not interfere with the navigation of the transports, but in the Atlantic alone three masters have been discharged in the last two years because of trouble with their transport quartermasters." Captain Harris also said he thought there should be a change in the existing regulations regarding the commanding officers on transports.

He said that there had been cases where the quartermaster captains were not ia fit condition to exercise their command duties, and intimated that their incapacity was due to partial intoxication. Although the scarcity of federal positions that will prevail on March 4 next threatens to keep out oi wasn ington the usual army of office seekers who come here every four years, there will be a Preparing for McKinley's Inauguration. big representation of uniformed military organizations. The various committees having in charge the arrangements for the inauguration are well on with their work and promise to make the festivities of March 4 remarkable in many ways. Special inducements are being held out to military organizations and marching clubs to come to Washington at that time, and the indications are that the inaugural parade will surpass those for many years past.

PerBons out of town are already engaging rooms and accommodations In' Washington for the celebration, among" those1 who' Save' obtained quarters in advance being Chnrles A. Moore of Brooklyn, General Stewart L. Woodford and Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff. The antl imperlallsts of the country appear to be making a preconcerted effort to disseminate throughout the country false information as to the situation of affairs in the Philippines.

A re The Situation in the Philippines. cent article published In a New York paper on "Filipino Unity," in which it was stated that the different races and tribes in the islands are solidified against Americans, is a case in point. General Joe Wheeler's attention was called to the article in question by theEaglecorrespondentto day. "Yes," he said. "I have read it carefully, and I wish explicitly to state that, as far as I know, and I think I am In a position to he able to talk Intelligently about the condition of things in the Philippines, there is no Filipino unity against the United States.

On the contrary, out of a population of about 10,000,000, there are not more than 3,000 or 4,000 who are actively opposing us at this time. While I served with the Army in the Philippines I made a careful study of the situation there, and, as it was known that I was a member of Congress, I had especially favorable opportunities of gaining information as to the real sentiment of the people. Since my return to the United States I have received a number of letters from prominent Filipinos, so that I am pretty well Informed as to what has been going on since I left the Island. There are a number ot prominent Filipinos, business men and planters, who are strongly in favor of American rule, but who have not declared themselves be cause they are afraid that the Insurgents will retaliate by Injuring them and destroying their farms. I know one leading planter who has paid regularly quite a large sum to the insurgents, and who told me that he was doing it.

He said, 'I do not want you to think me double faced, but if I did not pay this money, the insurgents would destroy everything I have just as soon as your troops were removed. The trouble with a great many of us Filipinos is that we are afraid that you will desert us and withdraw the troops and leave us to the mercy of the insurgents. If we were confident that your troops would stay here and protect us, and that the United States have no intention of abandoning the Philippines, we would declare for you and cease aiding the insurgents in any way." This man expressed the sentiments of hundreds of his fellow countrymen, the majority of whom, In my opinion, are tired of war and desire peace under American rule." Minister Storer informs the State Department that efforts are being made to de fraud Americans by certain parties in Spain, who are sending out letters stating that property is await Fraudulent Letters Prom Spain. ing Americans and that relatives are being detained in prison, and asking for money to cover expenses in the matter. Mr.

Storer says that he has had to write so many letters on the subject since his arrival in Madrid that in self defense the legation has been compelled to have blank forms of replies printed for use. The minister says that nine out of ten of these attempts to victimize give the name of the supposed prisoner or deceased, as the case may be, with the addition of the family name of the person addressed. Sometimes the prisoner is represented as having valuable furniture or plate, a list of which on official stamped paper Is Inclosed, or has died leaving a will, of which a stamped paper copy, countersigned with forged court seals. Is sent. Sometimes it is claimed that vast sums of money lie buried in Cuba, the ex act spot being known only to the notary at tending the prisoner at ms last moments.

The same scheme to defraud Is in operation in regard to Great Britain, Germany and Russia. Minister Storer warns Americans not to be taken in by the scheme and not to send money to the writers. The steering committee ot the Senate today disposed ot the handsome and much sought after new committee rooms that were made from the space formerly occupied by the Congressional Library The lucky Son ators to have rooms assigned to them are: Foraker, Sewall, Elkins and Gallinger. A. A.

THE WATBACK MARTYR. "Henry, the ancient Romans had sofa pillows." "H'm; I wonder If the Roman wives let the Romans put their heads on them." Indianapolis Journal. a third important measure, that providing for a Pacific cable, is in a very uncertain position, with the chances all against it for getting through. In spite of all the official recommendations in favor of the construction of a deep sea cable to connect the Pacific coast with Hawaii and the Philippine Islands, it would seem at this time that legislation on this point will' be passed over until next winter. Jfo a single word has been uttered on the floor it the House during this sesr sion regarding a Pacific cable, while the Senate has been so engaged with executive sessions as to have no time for cable dis cussion.

Another surprising feature of the case has been the silence of the various private interests that are concerned In the construction and laying of a Pacific cable. Last session agents of different cable building firms were thick in "Washington, importuning the members of Congress in favor of this. scheme and that scheme. The two committees of the Senate and House were constantly giving hearings to one side and the other. So far as these agents are concerned this year one might suppose that the whole matter has been settled.

On the contrary, the cable matter is in a decidedly involved state. The Senate at the last session passed a bill, providing for the laying of a cable from San Francisco to Honolulu. After a long fight In the House committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, that committee reported Representative Corliss' bill for a Pacific cable. This measure authorized the construction and maintenance ot a government cable, the President being directed to appoint a commission, composed of the Postmaster General, the chief signal officer ofjhe Army and three civilian engineers to have charge of the matter. That bill Is now on the House calendar, together with the meas ure that was passed by the Senate.

Representative Hepburn, the chairman ot the committee that reported the bill, is. opposed to it, believing that the cable should be constructed by private enterprise. The duty of fathering the measure on the floor of the House has, therefore, fallen on Representative Corliss. As yet he has done nothing toward calling it up for consideration or ar ranging with the Speaker for a day for its consideration. To the Eagle correspondent to day Mr.

Corliss said that he believed the bill would pass and he added that after the holiday recess he proposed to see if it could not be brought up before House. He also seemed to feel confident that the Senate would recede from its action on the Hale bill and adopt the Corliss measure. It is certain that as soon ae this question Is again agitated it will cause an influx into the city of agents of various cable firms, with the result of arousing the opposition that was so potent last year. The outlook for the passage of a bill authorizing the cable is not encouraging at this time and those familiar with the ways of Congress predict that adjournment will be reached with no provision made for the cable. In the meantime both the Navy and Army authorities are furnishing new evidences of the necessity for an American cable to bur possessions in the Pacific.

Ofilcers In both, although differing on the question of how the line should he built and maintained, unite in agreeing that there is the utmost necessity for the line as soon as possible. It is a matter worthy of note that some people believe that it is'only a question of time before communication over the Pacific will be carried on by means of wire less telegraphy. While no one has yet opposed the laying of a deep sea cable on this ground, there are many men of sound judgment who think that the messages of the next generation or two will be transmitted across the ocean without the aid of wires. Secretary Root makes no secret of the fact that the volunteers are heartily sick of service in the Philippines, Volunteers in and that they are anx East "Want 'ous to come home. Be fore the Senate mili to Come Home.

tary committee this week, when asked by Senator Cockrell how many of the volunteers would re enlist If recruiting should begin among them, Secretary Root replied promptly: "Not a taker's dozen of them. They want to come home; they want to go home to their friends and their girls, and to be received in their native towns and have a vacation and a rest. Then after a month or two they may want to go back, but you won't get them now. I do not think that it would have any effect on them to offer special monetary inducements to re enlist at once, not even if we were to offer to give to eacn man in casn an amount or money eqwv pines again." Several of the Senators seemed to think that if $500 bonus was offered to recruits to enlist it would induce thousands of them to remain In the Philippines. When the volunteers were brought home from the Philippines at the close of the Spanish war the travel pay and commutations for rations amounted to $500 per man In many cases.

Secretary Root told the members of the committee that the desire to got back home was so strong among the troops that they would not listen to any kind of arguments about re enlistments. Secretary Root also told the members of the military committee that the War Department had had lit tie success In Its en jjinpinos ouana deavor to raise an Poor army of natives in the Philippines, and that American Soldiers, the few Filipinos who were taken into the service made undesirable soldiers. Wk asked whether if he had authority, he could enlist any considerable number ot natives before next June, he said: "Not enough to mako any appreciable weight in the situation. We have a company of Macabbee scouts. We have tried enlistments of natives in Samar and in Negros, and we now have a section of Filipino cavalry under Lieutenant Baston, and they do very well.

They are courageous and faithful and responsive to discipline when they are under the Immediate control of American officers, but the great trouble we have had has been to restrain them within the limits of civilized warfare. When we started with them we found that they burned, murdered and ravaged in just as barbarous a way as the insurgents did. It Is necessary to train them little by little, and get them accustomed to tho usages ot civilized warfare; We cannot create a force there any faster than officers available for that purpose can train the men Individually and create a sentiment among them which will prevent them from disgracing our civilization. I have no doubt of its ultimate success, but it is like teaching children. I think, however, that tho Army In the Philippines will he substantially made up of natives in the end.

They will be satisfied with one half of the pay that the American soldiers receive, and their allowance and subsistence would be on the same scale, and that would save an enormous amount of money." Now that the Army bill is again up for exemplified by the achievements of these two bodies, induced the women who had taken so active a part in the workings of both, to try the effect of organization in every hamlet, town and city when they returned to their homes at the close of the war. While the men were at the front the women were working in hospitals or in the offices of the Christian Commission and the women returned to their homes with a new thought, a new purpose, and a new power of usefulness, as represented by organization. As a result philanthropic and religious work took new forms and the organization movement grew and developed until now women's societies are meeting every day in the week and their efforts show the result of organization. "If a vote were taken in any one of the Eve boroughs that com prlse the City of New continued Dr. Backus, "there Is no doubt, according to a trustworthy informant of mine, but that the majority would vote to repeal the enactment that consolidated the several municipalities.

Manhattan would. like to get rid of us. and how much we would like to be rid of Manhattan. Whether it would be wise to repeal the enactment is a debatable question." The speaker then proceeded to enumerate the different classes of people wao do not want the existing order of things changed, namely, the officeholders and those dependent upon them; the partisans who are so narrow minded that they cannot separate national and municipal and those who take a pride in being part of a big thing 8nd enjoying the privilege of signing "New York" after their names on the hotel registers. Before a change for the better is brought about in New York Cfty there must be a steadily increasing number of Its citizens who desire to improve matters, and when this number has become overwhelming a practical Improvement will result.

But first there must be a change in the method of conducting primary elections so as to give the citizens, as well as the politicians, a chance to put a candidate in the field. With regard to the Police Department, Dr. Backus said that it would never be Ideal until the better class of the communitv treat ed the policeman respectfully. "I speak from experience and knowledge." he added ''when I say that out of 2,600 applicants examined for police positions Brooklyn got 1S6. They were picked men.

The policemen are gallant, brave and take as much pride In their profession as any other men do in theirs. They become demoralized because they are constantly brought In contact with the lower classes the poor and the wicked. If the ladies of the city would treat the uniformed police with the same courtesy that they do the officials on the deck of a steamer there would not be so many disreputable policemen as there are. and they are not numerous. In concluding.

Dr. Backus spoke of the public school system. Throughout the conn try the school system continues the same as when three out of four men in the country made their living out of agriculture. To day three out of four men depend upon mechanical industry, and Dr. Maxwell, or his successors, according to the speaker, will have to find some way of adapting the public school system of education to the needs of the children of mechanical tollers.

In introducing Controller Coler, Mrs. Knowles said that women frequently announced what they thought the city government ought to do for them but seldom asked what they might do to aid the municipality, and the Controller had been asked to tell the Chlropean how its members could he of assistance to the city. Mr. Coler stated at the outset that he did not know how to answer the question, so would tell instead something about the conduct of the city. The consolidated city, he said, had formerly been divided into ninety seven separate municipalities, and then he told in detail of the task that confronted the officials ot adjusting the financial complications brought ahout by the amalgamation of the different nvuniclpalitiee with, their debts and appropriations.

Brooklyn was the only municipality that did not appropriate large sums for governmental purposes on the eve of consolidation and the reason was that we had reached the debt limit and the constitution prohibited any additions. In the adjustment of the financial tangle, the method best adapted to the city at large was the one adopted, continued the Controller, and thus in the management of the appropriation for charities In Brooklyn some of those Interested did not look at things from the same point of view that he did. Some institutions were getting more than they were entitled to and others less and the settlement appeared to be that each institution should earn its appropriation. The hospitals receive 60 cents for each medical and 80 cents for each surgical case and under the new system some of them receive double their former appropriation from the city. Concerning out door relief.

Controller Coler said that much imposition and fraud had been perpetrated upon the city by paupers, many of whom by the aid of a good tongue could secure a better living during the winter months than mtny of the working people. Thrusting children upon the city institutions by parents who can afford to support them is one of the abuses practised as often as possible. Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell, the speaker said, had done more than any one woman or man to help the city from being Imposed upon In this way, and he thought other women could do the same. He suggested that the Chlropean members visit Flat bush and Blackwell's Island and see the splendid institutions conducted by the city.

The only place where things were going wrong was st Belleyue. and that was the doing of an outside school. One of the mistakes of the charter, he added, was the arrangement whereby the pauper poor were admitted to this institution for clinical purposes. The public school system received some attention from the Controller and he gave it as his opinion that the chief aim should be to give to the per cent, of the children who are obliged to leave school under 15 years education that will fit them to earn their own living. "We are doing." he said, "too much for those who can help themselves and too little for those who cannot.

The high school education should be a matter of selection, and only those admitted who show sufficient ability to repay the city for the cost of higher education. In addition it should be possible for the ambitious high school pupil to earn a scholarship in any college in the country. The night school system should be developed so as to give the working boy and girl a chance to compete with others." The Controller wished It understood that he favored the clty furnlshing higher education, but believed that better provision should be made for the children under 15. To this end he considered It wiser to erect less expensive school houses and more of them and do away with the half day sessions. Prior to consolidation Brooklyn, he considered, had the best schools In the country, but it was impossible for the city to keep pace In providing accommodation for the increasing number of school children under the present, cost oi erecting school buildings.

The Controller further said that he thaueht A CHINESE DINNER. A Chinese dinner was given on Tuesday evening last by Charles Jerome Edwards to the trustees of the Eastern District Savings Bank in the Mon Lay Won restaurant in Manhattan. The menu consisted of eight pages Inclosed in a red cover, with the Chinese dragon in gold on the outside. The printing on the. inside leaves, which were of white paper, was in red ink and the pages were also decorated with Chinese characters.

The leaves and cover were together by a yellow silk cord. EOR. THE CHRISTMAS TREE. The Eagle has received from A. T.

and $2 for the Sittig Brooklyn Christmas Tree. The money has been forwarded. LlBEBAii Loans made on watches, diamonds. Jewelry, at old established house of 6. Goodsteln Son.

279 Bridge st, near Johnson. Private thoroughfare. Dr. L. J.

Hoyt, Dentist, 455 Fulton st, near Jay Beautiful artificial teeth, $6, $10 a set. extracting included. Teeth extracted without pain. Teeth filled. Jl.

All worlc guaranteed. MARRIED. TAYLOR WILSON At the Church of the Atonement, Seventeenth st. near Fifth av, Thursday, December 20. RHODA M.

WILSON to ORRIX G. TAYLOR, both of Brooklyn. WALDES EDDY At St. Thomas' Church. Mama roneck, on Thursday, December 20, by the Rev.

Frank F. German, ANWIE BREVOORT, daughter of Jam' Brevoort and Ulysses Double day Eddy, to REGINALD PRE5COTT WAL DEN. DIED. BOVVEOn Wednesday. December 19, 1900.

MAR GAitCT, belovjd wife of the late Michael Bowe. "Furu ral from het'lalc residence. 112 Twelfth st, Brooklyn, on Sunday. December 23, at 2:30 P. M.

Friends and relatives are invited to attend. Interment in Holy Crops' Cemetery. CLARKE On Wednesday morning, Dtxiember 19. CHARLOTTE daughter of the late Stephen and Charlotte A. Clarke.

Friends are Invited to attend the funeral services at her rsldnce. 21 First place, on Saturday, December 22, at 2 o'clock. Kindly omit xrts. COULTER On December 20. PHOEBE wife ot John H.

Coulter. Funeral from the residence of her husband, 158 Lexington av, Brooklyn, Sunday, at 2:30. 21 2 DAVENPORT At Baltimore. Wednesday. December 10, B.

A. ST. JOHN, widow of Silas Davenport, in the 9ith year of her age. Interment Saturday afternoon. December 22, at Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth, X.

J. DOUGHERTY At her residence, S6 Hoyt st, NELLIE A. DOUGHERTY. Notice of funeral hereafter. ELDERT On Wednesday, Decemher 19, CATHERINE wife of John R.

Eldert. Funeral from her late residence, corner of Jamaica av and Dresden st, on Sunday, December 23, at 2 P. M. Relatives and friends Invited. 21 2 EIAIENDORF At Phoenix.

Arizona, on Wednesday, December IS, .1. DURYEA ELMENDORF. son of Mary S. and the late James H. Elmcn dorf.

M. in the 33d year of his age. Interment at Spokane. Washington. 20 2 EVANS At Saratoga, N.

on Thursday, December 20. 1900. ELOISE FRANCIS, wife of William Evans, of Brooklyn. Funeral services will be held at tho residence of FraJicis H. Wilson, 1,259 Pacific st.

between Bedford and Nostrand avs, Brooklyn, on Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Interment in Greenwood Mondnv. 21 3 HAUSSMANN On Sunday. December IS, 1900, MARIE the beloved wife of Charges Hauss mann. Funeral services at her late residence, 271 De graw st, Sunday, the 23d, at 2:30 P.

M. 21 2 KELLY MARY KELLY, beloved wife of the late Robert Kelly, native of Bally Castle, County Antrim, Ireland, in the 64th year of her age. Funeral from her late residence, 181 India st. A. M.

thence to St. Anthony's Church, where a solemn requiem will be said for the repose of her soul. 20 2 O'NEILL On Thursday, December 20. JOHN O'NEILL. Funeral from late residence, 441 Bergen st.

on Saturday. December 22, at 9 A. M. thence to St. Augustine's Church, Sixth av, corner Sterling piace.

20 2 PAYEZ On Wednesday, December 10, at his residence. 321 Hart st. UrooWyn, X. THOMAS S. PAYEZ.

son of the late Joseph Payez. Solemn requiem mass at St. John the Baptist's Church, Saturday, 10:30 A. it. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

ROULSTON On Friday, December 21, 1300, after a lingering illness, JOSEPH B. ROULSTON. aged 75 years. Funeral services at his late residence, 296 Eighth st, on Saturday evening, December 22, at 8 o'clock. SNIF.FEN On December 20, EDWARD beloved son of William H.

and Sarah C. Snlffen. Funeral services at ills late residence, 291 Park av, Saturday evening, December 22, at 8 o'clock. 21 2 SOPER On December 20, Mrs. ARMELIA SOPER, In the 70th year of her age.

Funeral at her late residence, 475 Throop av, Brooklyn, on Friday evening, at 6:30. 20 BTOFFEL At Dr. Jewett's Sanitarium, on Wednesday, December 19, 1900, MARGERETH C. STOFFEL, aged 3S years i months 9 days. Funeral from the residence of her mother, 197 Kimrod st, on Sunday, December 23, at 2 P.

to which Amanda Lodge No. 1,261, K. and L. of Mt. Olive Rcbcccn Lodge No.

117, I. o. O. and friends are respectfully invited. 20 3 STONE On December 20, 1900, GEORGE STONE, late of 19 Dltmars st, Brooklyn.

SULLIVAN A solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated on Saturday morning at 8 o'clock at St. Ambrose's Church, DeKalb and Tompkins avs, for the repose of the soul of the late WILLIAM POYNTZ SULLIVAN. Friends are respectfully invited. "WARD HENRY J. WARD, ngud 48 years.

Funeral from bis late residence 45 Talman st. Saturday, at 9:30 A. M. thence to the Church of the Assumption, where a requiem mass will be offered for the repose of his soiil. Interment Holy Cross.

YOUNG On Thurslay evening, of diphtheria, 308 Hancock st. Brooklyn. IDA, only daughter of Frank S. and Annabello Young and granddaughter of Charles S. and Leonora Young.

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