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11 14 THE BBOOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW "FORK, SATTJKDATJ, FEBRUARY 12, 1898. PALMER REFUSES 10 PAY A HUNDRED SIX FOOTERS. A FLASHLIGHT EXPLOSION ENGLAND'S FOREIGN POLICY OLD SPECIAL POLICE BE ARRESTED, LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY KEPT. A General Observance of the JDay in Eight States.

Sill iltvla: address. "Our Tair rhftirmjin. nf mittee; "Our State." by Edw. "Our City," by John K. Neal; iam C.

Grtmmell; address on by Jesse D. Frost; address on John M. Ward: ttcmcr "wt Snnno and selections by the Young Men's Club orchestra. Refreshments wll. at the close of the literary and mui cises.

A meeting In the Interest of tfce edi of the colored people will be held tbl lng at Madison Square Garden, New Ex President Cleveland will act as pr officer and make the Introductory rei. The literary committee of St. John' E. Church Epworth League, Bedford avt and Wilson street, will give the first series of entertainments this evening, una the direction of Messrs. Foulk and Wall and Misses Brown and Kroos.

There wit De reaaings trom snaKspeare oy fourth members of me league. 8PECIAL1 ADVERTISEMENTS. Monday, Feb. 14th. Important Sale.

Manufacturer's odd lots fine quality Linens. Damask Napkins, No. 1. 342 doz. 25x25 inch, assorted patterns $2.50 per value 3.00.

No. 2. 156 doz. 24x24 inch Double Damask Napkins, 5 different designs $2.95 per value 4.Q0. No.

3. 107 doz. 24x24 inch Double Damask Napkins, 6 different designs $3.95 per value $5.00. No. 4.

171 doz. 26x26 inch Double Damask Napkins, 6 different designs $5.00 per doz value No. 5. 119 30x30 inch Double Damask Napkins, $6.75 per value $8.75. Table Cloths and Napkins to match, No.

7461 Napkins, at $1.65 per doz value 2.00. Napkins, at $2.50 per dozf value SS.oOi Table Cloths, 2X2 1.45, value 81.75. 2X2 1 95' value 2.35, value 82.75. 2.65, value 83.25. 2 95 value 88.75.

2 95 3.45, value 8.26. 3 9 5 value 84.75. 2X3 2X3 2X4 2x35 2x4 No. 6052 Ss Napkins, at $1.85 per values 7.25. Napkins, at $2.75 per doz value 88JJO Table Cloths, 2X2 $1.95, value 82.5.

2X2 2.45, value 88.25. 2 95 value $8 75. 3.5O, value 8475. 2x3 5Y 5 I 2X4 3.95, value 5.25. 2X2 5 2.95, valuestoa No.

7692 Napkins, at $3.95. per doz value 8 s.oa' Table Cloths, 1 Notes Which He Gave for "The Paper World." ALLEGES MISREPRESENTATION. Wurster's Former Private Secretary Has Gone to Springfield to Seek Redress From the Clark W. Bryan Co What Is Said by H. P.

Hubbard and H. L. Bridg man, the Endorsers of the Notes. Brokers and Bankers Warned. The Eagie to day contains the following advertisement inserted through the agency of a prominent advertising firm, with offices in the Times Building, Xew York: Xew York.

February 10. 1S9S. Notice to Bankers anl Brokers: There aj four notes on the market, drawn by W. M. Palmer of Brooklyn.

N. Y.r dated December 29. 1S97. at three, six, nine and twelve months, for S625 each, to the order of the Clark W. Bryan Company ot Springfield.

and parable at the KInKs county Trust Company of Brooklyn. Said notes are Indorsed by H. L. BrMsman and H. P.

Hubbard. This Is to give notice that the notes and indorsements were obtained under false pretences and their payment will be contested. H. P. Hubbard, one of the indorsers of the notes, and whose name appears in the notice, has an office in the Times Building, next door the advertising agency which had the publication made.

He admitted the accuracy of the facts stated in the notice, and said he was familiar with the whole matter, but could not discuss it. Mr. Hubbard would only say that Mr. Palmer, who made the notes, had been private secretary to Mayor Wurster, and that last December he purchased outright, after negotiations of some from the Clark W. Bryan Company of Springfield, the trade paper known, as the Paper World.

Mr. Palmer had since discovered, Mr. Hubbard said, that certain statements presented by the Springfield concern as to the value, income and status of the Paper oWrld, were not borne out by the facts. He felt himself Justified in declining to pay the notes made and delivered by him in payment. Mr.

Hubbard, while fully conversant with the faots at issue, was unable to discuss them, owing 'to a business relationship of long standing wthioh he has had with the Clark W. Bryan Company. This company publishes a journal called "Good Housekeeping," for which Mr. Habbard has acted for years as the New York agent. He occupied the same position in respect to the Paper World up to the commencement of the year.

The January issue of the Paper World was printed in Springfield by the Paper World Company, owing to the lateness of tihe transfer to Mr. Palmer. Mr. Palmer, who lives in Brooklyn, has an office in the World Building, New York. It was said to day that he was in Springfield and Mr.

Hubbard admitted that he had gone on to take proceedings against the Bryan Company. The sheriff took possession of their offices in Springfield last night and Mr. Palmer is understood to be seeking to day in that city an injunction to prevent them from taking action on the notes. Mr. Hubbard would neither admit nor deny the proposition that either he or Mr.

Bridg man. the indorsers of the notes, had any financial interest in the Paper World. They are both friends of Mr. Palmer. While it was impossible to get definite information as to the terms of the sale to Mr.

Palmer, from Mr. Hubbard's intimations it appears probable that the former has a heavy stake at issue in the venture. It is said he paid a lump sum down' in cash and gave these notes for the balance. The expectations of the new. owner and his friends, at any rate, ha ve 'evidently been disappointed.

Mr. Hubbard did not say whther or not there was a possibility of criminal proceedings, but he declared the matter to be at present very grave. H. L. Birdgman, whose signature also appears in indorsement of the four notes, 6aid to day that Mr.

Palmer could in no way be held responsible for the present condition of the transaction. No one who knew Mr. Palmer, he said, could question his honesty for a minute and when the notes were given, they were issued In good faith, in the belief that a Just equivalent was to be received in return. DENIED BY THE SURROGATE. Bennett Wanted to Compel His Sister to Disclose Persona! Property.

Surrogate Abbott has denied a motion by TV. O. Miles on behalf of William Bennett as administrator of the will of his father. CharleB C. Bennett, of New Utrecht, who died on January 25.

187 1, to compel Mr. Bennett's BiBter, Laura M. Bennett, to make discovery of personal property left by the father. By the will the property, consisting of a farm in New Utrecht and lands in Michigan was left to his widow for life, and after her death to the two children. The widow sold the farm and lived on the proceeds.

36.500. until her death last year. The son in his application said there was money and mortgages belonging to the estate in the possession of bis sister. Through Michael Furst the sister denied having money except what belonged to her. CHURCH ROBBER'S PAL CAUGHT.

His Companion Gave the Police a Tip. The New Prisoner's Frank Confession. By clever work on the parts of Detectives Kortright and Butler of the Twenty sixth Precinct the accomplice of the church robber, Herman Smith, was captured and land ed in the Flatbush court this morning. The prisoner gave the name of Frank Smith and his address as Suffolk and Hester streets, Manhattan, where he was arrested late yesterday afternoon by the detectives. He is 19 years of age and is a Pole.

He speaks English fairly well and told a story In court that caused those who heard it to believe that he was not the principal in the recent robberies in the suburban churches. He was apparently a stranger In a police court and did not seem to comprehend that he was charged with a crime. He made no denial that he was with the man who was arested yesterday roaming and said he had gone to the Flatlands 'Church on his invitation. He told how he stood on. guard while Herman Smith robbed the building.

He caused some surprise when he stated 'that after his pal was arrested, he ran away, and got lost. He mo: a policeman on nntrrii in the vicinity and asked tc be directed to the bridge, which that officer very promptly did. The prisoner's confession was so complete that Magistrate Steers quickly decided to hold him for the grand jury. After the man arrested yesterday had been arraigned in court and found guilty he was turned over to the two detectives to take him to the jail. He appeared to regret that his pal had escaped, although he had given the signal on the approach of the policemen at the school house.

He then told the officers where his companion lived and described him. One special Identification mark that he mentioned particularly was a brass button on the man's coat. The detectives, after delivering their prisoner at the jail, crossed the bridge and visited various lodging houses on the Bowery. Their search was finally rewarded by the discovery of the man a brass button on his coat. The man arrested yesterday is suspected by the police ot having been identified with the many mysterious fires which have destroyed many barns and caused much loss in Flatbush and Flatlands of late.

An effort to get him to admit this has so far failed. SAYS CUBANS ARE WELL ARMED. Assumption, 111.. February 12 Colonel A. W.

Hatch has just returned from a trip to Cuba. He snvs tho insurgent irmv ie tbree years of strife, well armed and capable of carrying on the war indefinitely and that they will crow stronger an the war continue. General Blanco's move to bribe the insurgent udd "catBiieu ms cause, even among the friends of autonomy and in fact with some of the officers of his army. Many Brooklyn Polioemen Eligible for the Giant Squad. THIRTY WILL BE CHOSEN.

Reports of the Inspectors Were Made To day Chief McCullagh's Pet Scheme to Be Put in Operation Criticised by Old Timers Twenty Big Men on Fulton Street, Some on Broadway and Court Street. The inspectors of the borough police force this morning sent in to Deputy Chief Mackel lar their reports of the men who may be drafted to fill the squad of six footers who are to guard the busy crossings of the main thoroughfares of the town According to the reports there are over one hundred men who are six feet or over and from this hundred a squad of thirty of thirty five men will be picked from the service. The shorter men who have been doing efficient duty on tho Fulton street crossings will be retired to plain patrol service and their places will be taken, according to the plan of Mr. McCullagh, by the giants, who may not show the tact that the others had in dealing with nervous women or the skill in trolley dodging that the old timers have shown. There was once a partial experiment made with big men on the Fulton street crossings.

One who had an exalted opinion of his powers tried to stop a trolley car and came within an ace of total extinction. As it was he was in the hospital for six months with general contusions and lacerated wounds which still leave marks on his manly frame. T'he shorties on the Fulton street crossings, as some of tbem are termed, have been doing very well. Since the trolley cars have been running there have been no accidents at the bujy during the hours of business, and this is largely due to the skill of the policemen. Chief McCullagh, who came on his first visit to this borougti decked out in beautiful gold lace and barbered to perfection, is a stickler for show.

It may be that the giant squad is a fancy of President Bernard York, but there Is a shrewd suggestion that It is a scheme of Mr. McCullagh. While nobody dares question the actions of a suuerlor. there is a shrewd suspicion in certain police circles in the borough that a giant squad, as far as its utility in the borough of Brooklyn, is fudge, not to put too fine a point on it. But the order has gone forth and tihe experienced men on the crossings will give way to big men, wfao have the beef if they have not the skill.

There are to be twenty men on Fulton street, according to the probabilities. Of this score nineteen will be in the busy shopping district running up to Flatbush avenue and one will he stationed at the crossing at Bedford avenue and Fulton street. There will be a number ofthe men on Broadway and one or two on Court street. These are the only thoroughfares to be covered by the giants. The squad will be organized without delay and it is likely that the headquarters of the big division will be in the Adams Street Station.

The maximum height of the patrolmen on the force is 6 feet 3 inches. The man who rejoices in this altitude is in the Bergen Street Station. There are a number of men reaching 6.2 and over and many of 6 feet. The officers wKl be summoned to some of the city armGries some day next week and from the number will be seleoted the men who are to form the squad. It is evident that the old Scotch proverb, "quid gear gangs in sma' beuk" has no weight with Mr.

McCullagh, who, by the way, Is not such a very tall man himself. FREE DISPENSARY ABUSES. Secretary Hebbard Says Nearly One third of Brooklyn's Population Received Treatment in Such Institutions. Albany, N. February 12 In view of the fact that the medical fraternity of the state is making strenuous efforts to place such restrictions on the free dispenBarieB of the state as will prevent treatment of all persons except those who cannot afford to pay for it, inquiry was to day made at the Department of the State Board of Charities bo ascertain if that department, which exercises a certain jurisdiction over those institutions, has any records that tend to prove the assertion that people are now treated free, to the detriment of the really needy clars and to the medical profession in general.

According to the statement of Secretary Hebbard of the. board, such is the fact. He said: "There are between one and two hundred free dispensaries in this state. The greater number is in New York and Brooklyn. In Brooklyn the patients treated numbered the prescriptions, average of population, S.2; percentage, 81.2 or nearly one third the population I am fully confident that the factB fully justify the assertion that nearly 50 per cent, of the people of the city of JJew York are receiving practically free medical attendance at the present time.

I have investigated many cases of applicants for free treatment at the dispensaries and in fully half of them found that the people were perfectly able to pay for the services of a physician and should have been compelled to do so. It is a common thing to find families whose salaries range from $20 to $40 per week going to dispensaries for treatment. It seems but proper that the medical societies and others who feel that wrong conditions prevail snouia ask that some impartial tjublic body be selected to arbitrate and late this matter bo that abuses may be diminished whereby the poor who receive relief will have better attention and those who are able to pav shall be obliged to discontinue obtain ing charity at tne aispensaneB. HARDEN HICKEY'S FUNERAL. Body Will Be Placed in His Mother's Magnificent Mausoleum on Monday.

El Paso. February 12 The remains of Baron Harden Hickey, who committed suicide at the Pierson Hotel, Wednesday, will be con veyed to San Francisco on to day's Southern Pacific train. This disposition of the body will be made in accordance with directions received by telegraph from the baroness at Biverside, who ordered that the remains be sent to Mrs. E. C.

Hickey, the baron's mother. The effects of the lato baron have been sent to the baroness at Riverside. St. Louis, February 12 J. H.

Flagler, the Standard Oil magnate, registered at the Planter's Hotel last night. Mr. Flagler is tho father in law of Baron Harden Hickev. who committed suicide at the Pierson Hotel in El iPaso, Texas, Thursday. He did not learn of hiB son in law's death until he reached Indianapolis.

He immediately wired his daughter a message of condolence and sympathy, and also telegraphed to the Pierson Hotel asking what disposition had been made of tho money. He said last night: "I have just received a telegram from El Paso informing me thrt the remains have been shipped to San Francisco. My daughter also telegraphf that she was about to depart for San Francisco. The body will be buried on Mondap in his mother's vault in Saa Francisco. She has a magnificent mausoleum there which coBt 840,000 and is probably the finest in America." WARSHIP GALATEA DOCKED.

Hull, England, February 12 The British warship Galatea, which was in collision with tho passenger steamer Marbella, as reported yesterday, was floated at 4 o'clook this morning with the assistance of tugs, and has beon docked. It is Btated that the Galatea's ram was damaged in the collision, but to what extent is not yet known. Costs Undertaker ourlay the Loss of His Left Hand. OTHER PERSONS INJURED. Gourlay Had Called In Mrs.

Marie Rinins land and a Boy to Witness the Exhibition, When the Chemicals He Was Using Exploded The Woman Receives a Dangerous Gash on the Head Boy Badly Burned. Stewart G. B. Gourlay, a well known undertaker of 916 Gates avenue, had his left hand shattered so badly that it had to be amputated, and two other persons were seriously injured last night, shortly after 6 o'clock, by the explosion of a chemical preparation containing magnesium compound, in the rear room of Mr. Gourlay's establishment.

The other Injured persons were Mrs. Marie Rininsland, the wife of a barber who lives at 918 Gates avenue, and George Johnson, a boy 12 years old, of 1,001 Gates avenue, both of whom were standing near Mr. Gourlay at the time of the accident. Mr. Gourlay owns a flash light machine and for some time he has been experimenting with it.

He thoroughly understands it and never before has he had an accident with it. Last evening he Invited Mrs. Rininsland Into his shop to witness the lighting ot the machine and the Johnson boy also went in. The chem icals used come prepared and a small quantity is placed in a tube attached to the ma chine. To make the light the chemicals are blown through the tube to an alcohol lams.

Mr. Gourlay got everything in readiness for the exhibition and then ignited the chemicals. Instantly there was a blinding flash and an explosion and pieces of the machine flew in every direction. Mr. Gourlay's left hand was shattered.

He ran out into his office' where his son was sitting and sent him immediately for a doctor. Mrs. Rininsland had been Btnick on the head by a piece of flying metal and ran out of the covered with blood. Her husband next door heard the explosion and rushing Into the street, he found his wife lying on the sidewalk unconscious. The Johnson boy, who was severely burned on the face and neck, did not wait for the arrival of a phy sician, but ran home as fast as possible.

Ambulance Surgeon Zimmerman was summoned from St. Mary's Hospital and when he arrived Drs. H. L. Grover of Ralph avenue and Quincy street, H.

F. Small of 126 Held avenue and Herman Ostheus ol 769 Qulncey street were already on the scene. Drs. Small and Grover looked after Mr. Gourlay and Dr.

Ostheus and Surgeon Zimmerman attended to Mrs. Rininsland. The woman recovered consciousness in a short time and was conveyed to her home, where the wound in her forehead was sewed up. The wound extended across her whole forehead and twenty five stitches were necessary to close it up. The physicians at first feared that she would lose her eyesight, but this morning Dr.

Ostheus said she was out of danger, but would be confined to her bed Tor some time. While Mrs. Rininsland was being cared for Drs. Small and Grover found that It would be necessary to amputate Mr. Gourlay's hand at the wrist, which was done at once.

Mr. Gourlay never lost consciousness during the operation. When the explosion occurred a piece of the machine struck him in the corner of the left eye, but did not cause any serious injury. His eyelashes were burned off and the physicians consider that he had a very narrow escape from losing Ms eight. The Johnson boy's burns were dressed and he is all right to day.

This morning when an Eagle reporter called at tho Gourlay home he was informed by a member of the family that Mr. Gourlay was resting quietly. He has not as yet made a statement as to what, in his opinion, caused the explosion, but it Is "be lleved by the family that it was the fault of the chemicals, as Mr. Gourlay, as previously stated, was thoroughly familiar with the workings of the machine. Mr.

Gourlay is 40 years old, is married and has two sons. A third son died two weeks ago. ROWLAND FIRED TWO SHOTS. He Went Down Into the Cellar to Commit Suicide and His Attempt May Be Successful. John Rowland, a bookbinder living with his wife and three children at 643 Monroe street, near Stuyvesant avenue, attempted to commit suicide some time last evening in tho cellar of his home by shooting himself twice with a 32 caliber revolver.

One bullet was fired into his head behind the right ear and the other into his breast under the heart. He is now in 8t. Mary'B Hospital and is not expeoted to recover. Rowland was in business for himself in Ann street, Manhattan, and his wife said this morn ing that she believed despondenoy, caused by poor DU6ine88, prompted her husband to attempt to take his life. About four weeks ago itowiana was smcKen witn apo plexy and was confined to his house for two weeks.

when he recovered he returned to business, but Mrs. Rowland noticed that he was worried about something, yesterday he started outias usual in the morning and returned home early in the afternoon. Tho children were out and Mrs. Rowland went out also to do some shopping, leaving her husband alone in the house. When sho returned she did not see anything of him, but Ruspected nothing and prepared the supper.

When he did not put in an appearance at 5 o'clock she searched the house for him. On going into the cellar she smelled tha powder, and lighting a matoh she discovered her husband's body lying on the floor. His head lay in a pool of blood. Mrs. Rowland ran upstairs and called in a neighbor who sent for an ambulanoe.

Surgeon Gormly of St. Mary's responded and removed the injured man to the hospital. He was in an unconscious condition. The physicians have very little hope of his recovery. THE WEATHER.

INDICATIONS TIL.L 8 P. J. TO MORROW. Washington, D. February 12 For Eastern New YorJc, rain to night, fair Sunday; not bo warm; southerly winds, becoming northwesterly.

LOCAL PKOBABILITIES. Rain and fog this afternoon; clearing to night; fair on Sunday colder; winds becoming northwest! The following is the record of the thermometer as kept at the JBrooKlyn Dally Eagle office: 2 A.M. to day 47 I 10 A. tn U.U 18, 12M GA.M 48 I 2 P. 53 8A.M 533P.

53 Arerage temperature to day 50U ATerago temperature corresponding dav last year 26 HIGH WATER. Following is the official announcement of the time and duration of high water at New York and Sandy Hook, for to morrow, February 13: A at. P. nof fTime'Helght TimelHetght Risei h. m.I Feet.

h. m. Feet. ja. m.b.

New I I 4.5 3.8 li 6:53 Fs Sandy Hookl I 4.7 4.0 II 6:08 I 6:37 MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN VESSELS ARRIVED SATURDAY. FEBRUARY IS. 8s lroauois. from Ms Whickliam, from Messina. Ss Dona Maria, from Oporto Ss Wasnington, from Snields.

us Premier, from Montego Bay. Si Klise Mane, iroin Rotterdam. Ss Rosemorran, from Valparaiso. Ss strathclyde. from Hamburg.

8s Gate city, from Uavannan. ija Colorado, from Hull. Ss St. Louis, from Southampton. Ss Etruria, from Liverpool.

ARRIVED AT FOREIGN' PORTS. Ss Callrornia. from New ork, Maraeflms. Ss from 'cw Yurk.Christianaaml. hs Queen from Now York, St.

Michaels Ss Bellova. from New York. Manchester. BAILED FROM FOREIGN PORTS. Ss Farnessla, for New York.

Movillo. BsChrUtiana, lor York, Hamburg. Much Dissatisfaction Over Marquis of Salisbury's Course. LIVELY PARLIAMENT EXPECTED Secretary Curzon's Brutal Taunt of Mr. Davitt Spain Said to Have Applied for a Loan to Great Britain King Leopold's Trip to the United States What Anthony Hope Has to Say Regarding Americans.

(Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) London, February 12 Parliament opens without anything in the shape of a great sensation, but with a general feeling on both sides the House that matters will take a livelier turn later. Most of the prophets are of the opinion that it Will be a foreign policy session, the position of the government depending very largely upon the extent to Which it can Justify its relations with tne powers. The general tone of the lobby conversation showed that dissatisfaction with the action of the Marquis of Salisbury was widespread among his supporters, particularly in regard to the Chinese loan and West Africa The parliamentary secretary for the foreign office, Mrs. George N. Curzon, started the session toadly by making enemies.

All parties resent "his brutal taunt of Mr. Michael Davitt during Thursday's dissensions over slavery in Zanzibar. Mr. Davitt asked if some of the women prisoners were kept in Irons. "Possibly they were," responded Mr.

Curzon, "and perhaps the honorable gentleman knows that there are people in this country who are not unacquainted with handcuffs." Mr. Davitt promptly replied: "Yes, myself." Then there were such cries, of "Shame!" "Withdraw" and "Apoligize," that even the usual complacency of Mr. Curzon was upset, and he said: "I have no desire to be offensive and am quite ready to apologize for having tempted the honorable gentleman's interruption." At the end of his speech Mr. Curzon said he wished to repeat his apology, and Mr. Davitt ra'ised his 'hat and smiled good humoredly.

From Alten; Norway, it is reported that the expedition headed by the Rev. Shelden Jackson and Lieutenant D. B. Devore, Military Secretary of the United States, Secretary for War, has met with great difficulties. Mr.

William A. Kjellmann, Superintendent ot the government reindeer herd In Alaska, who started ahead of Messrs. Jackson and Devofe, has scoured the country, with six assistants, sledging 3.000 miles through forests, in arctic weather. Trained reindeer are scarce, and he had to pick up lots of three or four, which were eventually concentrated into six herds, aggregating 500. It was difficult to persuade the Laplanders to leave their homes, but fifty drivers were finally secured.

Mr. Jackson said the travel necessary to collect the reindeer was more dangerous than traveling In the Chileoot Pass. It is' understood that Spain recently applied to Great Britain for assistance in raising a loan, to which the Marquis of Salisbury referred ait the opening of the House of Lords on Tuesday last, when he said that China was not the only government which might want money. According to club gossip, the Spanish legation in London and elsewhere is suffering from long delay of Its remittances and that the diplomats have been forced to defray the expenses of their establishments. Prince Albert of Belgium, the nephew of King Leopold of Belgium and heir presumptive to the Belgian throne, will accompany his uncle to the Riviera on board the sbsam yacht Mayflower, formerly the property of the late Ogden Goelet of New York, but recently purchased by his majesty.

The Prince will then start for the United States. From one of the aides de camp of the King, It is learned that he Prince's tour will tie a long one. He means to see almost every part' of the United States, from New York "to California, New Orleans and Florida, and as far north as Seattle and Portland and back through Canada to St. Johns. The Prince has already decided just what he will visit In each city.

At Washington, for example, he will go to the Soldiers' Home at Mount Vernon and the cavalry schools. The Prince will also visit Boston, Bar Harbor, Lenox, Niagara, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis. Dulutn, St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Oil City, Salt Lake City, Denver, Colorado Springs, the Yellowstone Park and numerous other cities.

The report that the Prince Intends to consult President McKinley regarding Congo affairs is unfounded. King Menllek of Abyssjnla is preparing for a Journey to the European capitals and Is collecting all the objects of special artistic interests in Abyssinia, the most valuable of which he will take as gifts to the various rulers. His majesty Intends to be absent about eight months and the government of Abyssinia, during that time, will be entrusted to the queen. Quite a sensation has been caused in Dublin by the extraordinary precautions adopted for the safety of the castle. In addition to the regular police force and soldiers, a large guard, fully armed and relieved every two hours, is placed on the castle roof, over the chief secretary's library.

The only surmise possible is hat an attempt to wreck the building by dynamite is contemplated. The list of members of the royal commission to represent Great Britain at the Paris Exhibition of 1900, as ptfbKsned by the London Gazette last week, was drawn up by tlhe Prince of Wales, the Prince having rejected the government list on the ground that It embraced too many cliques and Tory Unionists. He demanded that if he was to be president of the commission, he should select his own associates. The government was aglhast, but acquiesced. The Rivera is in complete carnival.

The "Battle of at Cannes on Thursdey brought out 25,000 people. There was a large contingent of EugUsh, Including the Duke and Duchess ot Con naught Ten tons of flowers were thrown. The Count Countess de Oastellane participated In the festivities. They will stop ten days at the Villa Luynes, and thence wil enjoy a two moniths' cruise, on hoard the Valhalla, in the Mediterranean, during which they will visit Tunis and Algiers. The Duchess of Marlborough 'has opened a tazar at Hull in aid of the sailors' charities, and she intends repeating the Blenheim theatricals In London during the season, wihen the MarBboroughs will entertain lavishly, especially in the direction of politics, in which the Duke is ambitious.

The Duchess Is credited with a desire to revive the glories of the political salons, such as existed during the thirties. At Tuesday's meet of the Quorn Hunt, the 'Duchess appeared, driving with her Sister in law, In an American buggy, yellow painted and dTawn by a high stepping American trotter. The turnout attracted much attention. Anthony Hope has been talking freely regarding America since his return here. He says he believes half the population of the United States is composed of Interviewers, "wiose predominant characteristics are con celt, as, while every one asked me Innumerable questions as to my opinion ol the United States and Its literature, past, present and fu'ture, no one asked me a single question regarding England or the English." Hope also relates many alleged gaucherles of American women to whom he was Intro duced, adding that they had many ways of expressing tnat they were frankly disappointed in their expectations concerning his personality.

The weather continues to be of the mildest description and Influenza is so rite that it has raised the death rate of London to 21.6 per 1.000, and undertakers' prices and the price of quinine have gone up. Measles is also epidemic. Lady Terence Blackwood, daughter in law of the Marquis of Dufferln, and formerly Miss Florence Davis of New York, Is among the sufferers. Lady Desmond FItz Gerald, oldest daughter or Lord Dunraven, has fractured a leg while" out hunting. TWO BURNED BY EXPLOSION.

Topsfield, February 12 Miss Louisa Dickoff, employed at Sunset Cottage here, is in a critical condition ihiB morning as tho result of burns caused by the explosion of a lamp. Her breast, faoe. ears and nose were badlv burned. John EUard was badly burned about his bands and arms: in fttwrnpting to help Hiss Diokoff. Have Uo Eight to Act as Watchmen on Their Own Hook.

THE NEW REGULATIONS. Under the Present Regime a Special Policeman Must Wear a Gray Uniform and Silver Buttons His Employer Must Deposit a Month's Salary in Advance. About Four Hundred Men in Brooklyn Involved Not More Than Fifty Will Receive Appointments. One of the interesting developments ot the consolidation of the police forces of this borough and Manhattan is the situation of the special patrolmen appointed under the old municipal government of Brooklyn. There are over four hundred men in the borough who carry the shields which were issued by former administrations and who, by the payment of 53 for a shield, had all the rights and privileges of members of the force.

They are employed mainly as night watchmen, some on their own hook and others by corporations, steamship and manufacturing companies. In the case of private corporations their employers pay them a weekly stipend and usually pay for the 'badge. When a private watchman holds a shield, he has been paying for it himself. The special policemen, under the old rule, were expected to make weekly reports at the stations to which they had been assigned. There are probably now three hundred and fifty men in the city who are holding these ehelds.

They may be startled to learn that they are violating the law by doing so. forthey are fraudulently impersonating officers and are liable to arrest at any minute. It is not easy under the new order of things to secure appointment as a special policeman. To begin with the law does not recognize private watchmen who are acting on their own hook and are earning a living by watching the houses of private citizens in a prescribed area of the town. The charter permits the employment of special policemen by merchants and corporations, but there are limitations to their appointment which may prove irksome to some of the employes of the borough of Brooklyn.

For example, the law provides (section 305 of the charter) that persons or corporations applying for the appointment of men as special policemen must guarantee in advance ono month's pay and the "special" must sign a paper absolving the city from all claims for services. The special tinder the new order of things must wear a uniform of gray cloth as prescribed by tlhe rules of the Manhattan end of the police force. He cannot really engage in any other business. Seotion 305 permits private corporations to hire members of the regular force, provided that the pay is secured by the employer and is the same as that paid by the city. The question of the multitude of fper.ial policemen in the borough of Brooklyn as Drought to the attention of the Mulberry 6treet officials by the mass of applications for reappointment received by Chief JIcCul lagh within the last few days.

When the requirements of the service under new conditions were explained many of the applicants withdrew. So far only a few specials have been appointed for this borough and they have fulfilled all the regulations of appointment. The month's pay has been deposited in advance and the men have consented to weatj the gray cloth suit and silver buttons pse scribed by the rules of the force. mit is probahle that not more than fifty of the specials will be appointed. The prominent ltLu the present situation is that all of the specials holding office now under the rules of the old city administration are irregular and may be arrested for impersonating officers illegally.

JUDGE GILBERT'S FUNERAL. A Large Gathering at Grace Protestant Episcopal Church Service Marked by Simplicity. The funeral of former Supreme Court Justice Jasper Willett Gilbert took place this afternoon from Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Hicks street, near Remsen, where he had been a communicant for more than a score of years. There were many prominent members of the bar and Supreme Court Justices in this and Manhattan boroughs In the congregation. Services were conducted by Bishop Littlejohn of the diocese of Long Island, assiced by Bishop Coadjutor Chauncey Brewster of Connecticut, fo rmer rector of Grace Church, and by the Rev.

Frank P. Stoddard, locum tenens of Grace Church. In accordance with tfhe wishes of the family of former Justice Gilbert, the services were ot the simplest character possible and there was no eulogy. Preliminary to the services at Grace Church there were private services at the late residence, 128 Remsen street, only the relatives of ex Justice Gilbert being present. Prayers were read in the parlors by Bisnop Brewster and the Rev.

Mr. Stoddard. The coffin was draped in black and was silver trimmed. On the plate was the inscription: JASPER WILLETT GILBERT. BORN" JANUARY 15.

1S12. DIJBD FEBRUARY 10, 1S9S. Carriages with only the immediate relatives followed the hearse down Remsen street to Grace Church. The relatives were James H. Gilbert, a brother, of Atlanta, Ga.

Will lam A. Gilbert, a son, and a sister. Miss Ellen G. Gilbert. The pallbearers were Benjamin D.

Justice Joseph F. Barnard, Justice Edgar M. Cullen, Alexander E. Orr, Justice Augustus "Van Wyck, Professor West and Alexander M. White.

Stephen P. Nash of Trinity Church. Manhattan, sent word this morning to the family that it was impossible for him to officiate as pallbearer. At the door of Grace Church shortly after o'clock the funeral precession was met by Bishop Lituejohn and the choir, the Bishop reading the sentences, beginning, "I am the Resurrection and the Life." After the reading of the lesson the choir sang hymn No. 176: "For all the saints who from their labors rest." Then followed the reading of the Creed and prayers by Bishop Brewster.

Hymn No. 12 followed: "Abide with Me; fast falls the eventide." This hymn and that which preceded had been selected by the family to be Sung by the choir. The service of committal followed, the choir pinging the anthem, "I heard a voice from heaven." Afterward the body was borne from the church, the choir singing as a recessional the hymn: "Now the laborer's task is done." The last verse is: "Barth to eartih and dust to dust," Calmly now the words we say. Left behind we wait In trust For the resurrection day. Father, in Thy Kraelous keeping Leave we now Thy servant slwpln.

A large number of carriages followed in the procession and the buri'al was In the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery. There will be a meeting of he "bench and bar of this borough in the rooms of Appellate Division of the Supreme Count in the Court House on Tuesday next to take action regarding the death of ex Justice Gilbert. In Part IV of the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, on motion by Lawyer Magner, seconded by Stephen C. Baldwin, aminute wis made by Clerk Leggett of the death or ex Justice Gilbert. PROF.

RICHARDS' NEW PLACE. The appointment is announced of Professor. Charles H. liichards. hitherto the head of the manual training department of Prattlnstitute, Brooklyn, to a corresponding place in the manual training department of the Teachers' College of Columbia University.

STORES CLOSED IN THE CITY. No Business Transacted on the Stock Exchange Public School Children Held Appropriate Exercises Yesterday The, Banquet at the Union League Club TonightRepublican Club of New York to Listen to Addresses by Eminent Men. This is the third time ihat the birthday of Abraham LInciln has been celebrated as a holiday and eight Btates are honoring the martyr President in this manner. No especial celebration is to be made in honor the author of the emancipation proclamation and the Gettysburg address, but there will be a number of meetings, banquets, to commemorate the day. To honor the memory of Lincoln all the toankB, counting houses and public institutions are closed today and the majority of the stores of all kinds.

In view of this the deldwery ot ihe malls will be limited. Flag, raising was tho order of the morning. The American flag was raised at the Battery at sunrise by Christopher B. Forbes, assisted by George H. Moeser of the Veteran Ander son Zouaves.

Representatives ot the Second fire zouaves and of the Bender Post, G. A. were also present. There was nlsn fln raising at the block In Central Park, by veterans of a number of G. A.

R. posts. The school dhildren celebrated the day yesterday, as there is no school to day. Saluting the flag, patriotic noogn, recitations and other patriotic exercises were indulged in. Superintendent Skinner sent out circulars a week ago regarding exercises In the schools for the day.

The chief event of the day will be the annual Lincoln Day dinner of the Republican Club. Chauncey M. Depew, the new president of the club, will preside and will deliver an adress. Albert J. Beveridge will speak on "Abraham Congressman Charles A.

Boutelle of Maine on "The Republican Henry B. Estabrook on "The Mission of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt on "The Navy," and the Rev. Dr. Howard Duffleld on "Tho Legacy of Lincoln." The weather is somewhat disappointing for a holiday, Inasmuch as Forecaster Dunn had promised a fair day, and many persons had made their calculations in accordance with his predictions. There was a heavy fog and a fall of rain early In the morning.

In addition to these features, the day will go down on the records of the Weather Bureau as one of the warmest days of the date. At 8 o'clock this morning the thermometer registered 43 degrees, and two hours later it bounded to 47 degrees. The highest temperature for this date is 53 degrees. The humidity at 8 o'clock was 100 per cent. This was the cause of making the weather uncomfortable.

Thestorm Which was over the Lake Regions yesterday was this morning moving central over Eastern Canada and was moving northeastward. It was attended by rain in tihe' lower lake regions and light rain in upper lake regions. There was also light rain in this immediate section and a heavy fog along the coast. Elsewhere the weather was generally fair. The temperature has fallen in the Central states and the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and has risen In the Atlantic States.

The temperature in some of the principal cities at 8 o'clock this morning was as' follows: Boston. 44; Albany 42 Washington. 54; Chicago, 34; St. Louis, 32: St. Paul, 18; Denver, 26; New Orleans, 54 and Jacksonville, 58.

The highest temperature was 68 at Key West and tie lowest was 8 at Huron, S. D. The forecast is for rain and fo ir tn dau clearing fco nligbt; fair and colder Sunday northwest winds. There Is one thing to be noticed in connection with the observance of an American holiday. No matter what the weather may "be, It can never dampen the spirits ot those who fouglft for the preservation of the Union and who believe that Atoratiam Lincoln, the martyred President, was one of the greatest of American patriots.

There will be many celebrations In Brooklyn to night of the birthday of Mr. Lincoln, both by clulbs and private individuals. Below will be found a list of the more important of these: The Union League Club will hold its ninth annual banquet in commemoration of Lincoln's Birthday this evening at 6:30 o'clock at tihe club house In Bedford avenue. Covers will be laid for 300 guests and the occasion promises to be one of the most interesting in the history of the organization. The club was among the earliest association of the kind In the East to celebrate the natal anniversary of Abraham Lincoln and has been in the habit of holding annual banquets since 1S89.

The banquet to night will be in the spacious assembly room of the club, which has been the scene of many memorable occasions. The room has been appropriately decorated with the national colors and flowers and a string orchestra will perform patriotic and other popular selections during the evening. President John S. McKeon will preside and among those who will deliver addresses are United States Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska who will speak on the toast, "Ulysses S.

Grant as the Company of Lincoln in the War of the Bishop C. H. Fowler of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of Buffalo wbo will give his reminiscences and estimate of Abraham Lincoln; the Rev. Dr. Ferdinand C.

Iglehart, pastor of the Simpson oiiurcu, woo wui speak of "Lincoln th Good" Senator Z. C. Burrows of Mir.hi. and Supreme Court Justice Edward Hatch of Buffalo. The committee of arrangements is as follows: Francis H.

Wilson, chairman Charles A. Moore, Marshall T. Davidson Abei E. Blackmar, ex Senator CharOes Russell C. W.

Wilson, A. B. Rogers and William Berrl. The Lincoln Club will give an entertainment, including many attractive features this evening at the club house, Putnam avel nue and Downing street. Dancing will follow the entertainment.

The Brooklyn Barnard Club will hoOd Its first Important reception of the at the club House, 20 Pierrepont street, this evening. The club has 300 members and it has entertained many prominent people It Is expected that Hugh Hastings, the State His tor ian, will be one of speakers of thn evening. The Young Men's League of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church will hold a commemorative Lincoln meeting this evening In the lecture room of that church. President George Doan Russell will preside. ProfeB sor Timothy L.

Roberts, who, It is said guarded some of the malefactors who were concerned in the assassination of President Lincoln, will deliver an address on "Lincoln as a Man." Colonel Alexander S. Bacon will speak on "Lincoln as a Statesman The Cypress Mandolin and Guitar Club will furnish the musical part of the programme The Twentieth Club will meet this evening at the residence of Mrs. Packer 2 Grace court. Addresses will be delivered 'by Professor Shaler ot Harvard University and Professor Henry F. Osborne of Columbia7 There will be specially attractive features at the food show In the old Thirteenth Regiment Armory, Hanson place and Flatbush avenue, both this afternoon and evening.

All of the booths have been handsomelv decorated for the occasion and choice musical selections In keeping with the event will be discoursed in the afternoon and at 8 o'clock In the evening. Mrs. Lemcke has prepared a menu for the holiday that is sure co please the many visitors who will undoubtedly be present. The Henry B. Abell Republican Club will hold its annual Lincoln's Birthday celebration this evening at the club house 203 Twelfth street.

The Rev. John W. Chadwlck will lecture on "Abraham Lincoln," in the free lecture course at the Brooklyn Public Library, Bedford and Jefferson avenues, this evening The Young Men's Republican Club of the Sevententh Ward will hqjd its animal celebration of Lincoln's Birthday at the club rooms, 333 Manhattan avenue, this evening The programme Includes selections by the Young Men's Club orchestra, Edward J. Lloyd, leader; song, 'My Country Tls of Thee," by the club; "Our Country by James R. Howe: seme hv WdllfCnm iJ.

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