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THE BEOOKLTS BAttT EAGLE MONDAY. DECEMBEB 23. 1895. TROUBLES OF THE MUGFORDS. COMMON COUNCIL IN SESSION.

TO SPEND CHRISTMAS IN JAIL. FIGHTIilG FORCE. CAPTAIN FRENCH TO RETIRE. NO TROLLEYS Of) THE BRIDGE, NEARLY 200 SHOPS ARE GLOSED THEY WERE IN COUliT Till. 1 MORNING.

The of Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. MurL cd. v.

lio were married on No vt'inbiT 1 'I. aft a at til in less than a in tin' Gates avenue Mugford was i courtshiji, and were aired aain oliee rourt to day. Mrs. 1 of witbholdins valua ble tiancrs. jeui irv and silver ware belonging to her husband and his daughter, Mrs.

Edward Hnvey. Mrs. wlio is a line looking woman, v.as aeecmipauied to court by a iriend. Mrs. Mamie and her maid, She wore eleitant idothes and diamonds.

Her husband, a short, spare man. with sra.y hair and whiskers, ooeiipied a seat immediately her, but did not reeognize lier. Mr. MiiKford testified that when he married Mrs. Muford.

who was a wealthy widow, he brought her the house. 875 Putnam avenue, where his daughter and her husband had lived with him. The latter had several arti idea of jewelry and silver ware whieh ivero them as wedding presents. A disagreement arose between Mrs. Mugford and Mrs.

Hovi y. in which Mr. Mugford took sides with his liauKhter. The latter left the house and shortly after th the possession of her thii.a s. which she her stepmother had locked in a safe.

A search warrant was sc cured and after a Kond deal of trouble the mmiis were produced In court for the purpose of determiii ir.L; their ownership, Mrs. Muitt'on! admitted that she had the articles, but said thai some of them were ttiveu to her by her husband. The others she had placed in a room, where Mrs. Hovey could have gotten them at any time. Mrs.

jMuKfnrd said that when her husband her the silverware she had no reason to doubt that it belonped to him. The day fol lowing their marriaite she was quite ill and Mrs. Hovey i anie to the bouse and insulted her. ordered her." she saici, "to leave at iiM and never enter the house again. I modified it a little later by saying she iiiifdit come, it" her father was ever sick, and that I would permit him to visit her wdieti he want to.

That the day after the war i i.ii liusoaiiii uooi.eu Liie oreaaiasi. 101 tne. He the oatmeal in an old black pot. Il was thei: that he took down the dirty black silverware which had nut been u.ed for years, and "aive it. to me as a present.

pp it Is v. Hat Mrs. Hovey claims, is hers. Mr. denied that he had ever eiven his silverware of anything els lie said hi left his wife soon after the row and since th has beben living at a lodijiivr house ill New York, although he in a retired builder and is reputed t.o be worth Justice Hai rimau said there was no evidence to show that Mrs.

Mum'ord intended to the if they did not belong to her and dismissed the case. There Is a charge aaainst Muford of assaulting his wife, which was adjourned until next week. NAVY YARD NEWS. THE TEXAS SAILS FOR ANOTHER TRIAL AT SEA. The second class battle ship Texas, which ha" Ik, anchored off Staten Island, left lief anchorage this moruiiiEf and proceeded out into the ocean for another trial of her engines.

She pasted Quarantine shortly before 11 o'clock and is expected back at her old an late in the afternoon. Since her trial of last week her engines have been given a thorough overhauling and it is expected that she will be able to make the necessary four hours' continuous run without a break. The regular board of inspection and survey, of which Captain Picking is the president, is or. board and the battle ship before she started out on this morning's run. The Texas is expected at the yard after the end nf today's trial and it is said that the changes In her drainage system, whieh failed her on her last trial, as well as other necessary work, be undertaken by the construction and steam engineering departments.

The cruiser Chicago, for which new engines are being built at the yard, will be taken out of the timber dry dock at high tide to morrow morning. This is being done it. order to prepare the ck for the reception of the Texas and workmen have been busy for a day or two giving the Chicago's hull a coating of autl fouling paint for protection until she gets back into the dock again. A large (iuatitity of stores was shipped to the flee: on Saturday by old Dominion line steamship, which left for Norfolk. A draft of thirty men v.as also sent from the receiving ship Vermont to till up existing vacancies fr.

expired enlistments on board different ves ads feruling the squadron. A general court martin! met this morning in building No. 7 to try a marine who is charged el with leaving his post. A medical survey has been ordered to convene at the yard to consider the case of Lieutenant mnian.lc" West, who asks for a Itirtli. extension of sick leave.

chief Engineer A. W. Money, wno has been detached from the Maine and ordered to duty at the yard, reported for duty this morning to Commodore Sieard. OP.ITUARY. .1.

Mcrrin died at his home yesterday nt the age of M. For nearly half a century lie resided ill the old fashioned house at Pierreponr. street, around which tho eld Ffrooklyn families nf the Lows, the Pierre ponts, the Van Andens, the Bergens and many other representative names clustered. Mr. Merrin came here from Havre in His native land is Switzerland.

As a shipping and commission merchant he soon amassed a comfortable competence and in he retired with a large fortune. Mr. Merrin was the oldest member of the Swiss colony in Brooklyn and New York and was long the president of the Swiss Benevolent society. His Wife. formerly a Miss Stanbury, died several years ago.

His son served with honor as assistant engineer on the monitor Weehawken during the war and lost his life in December. lStiS. Mr. Merrin was a member of the Unitarian Church of the Saviour and a short time ago entered as a member In the Brooklyn Institute nf Arts and Sciences. The funeral will be held at the house tomorrow, Tuesday, afternoon.

Funeral services over the remains of Dr. c. Clifford Wadsworth of nil Bedford avenue will be held at o'clock this evening in the New England (. ongregational church, of viilon be has been a valued member for nineteen years and a trustee for a large part. ei tnat time, miring tne morning service it the New England church yesterday references to the work of the late Dr.

Clifford were made tn The course of prayer. An order has been issued by J. D. Kennedy, master of Hyatt iodg No. GOo.

F. and A. M. of which thti Into Dr. Wadsworth vvus a mem ber, to asscmolo at this evenin.

for the parposo of attending the funeral service. PRIESTS ATTACKED BY A MOB. I POLICE KEqriP.ED TO PREVENT BLOOD SHED THIRTEEN ARRESTS ilA.DE. Buffalo. N.

December 23 A feud which 1 has existed for some time betvrvoon the congre gation of St. Adoibert Polish Roman Catholic church and the dissenters who formed the Chureh of the Holy Rosary broke out yestor i liaJ afternoon in a riot of serious proportions 1 loaning cauo me ouioreak was ttio ac tion 01 ather 1 laertek St. Adelbort's church in seizing by replevin a banner from tho Holy l.oioirv eiiurcu. unmoor 01 tno latter ron giegation at oueo surrounded the priests' liouse tin stone) the windows till they wro driven by the police. a dinner was given by Father Tia.

zek p. the Polish Roman Calholie priests of the ity in honor of Si. Ihomas day, and tho event was ma le tno occasion of a determined att; upon the priests by tho dissectors. W.oii i 'at her and his guests saw the which numheied over one tnousaiul. as nembiine.

Ui' at on barricaded the doors. Tie niorm'T? tiieu yelled and joerod and and other missiles tlirotigji the windows. The police appeared ou the scuno iir.y, but tie oxe.led Poles vre. not'ditpursod witnout a hoora! ush of baton. 'I'll in.

'en arrests rt mads. The priests wer. afterward conducted to thuir homo, under police protection. A of them had beea slighUj wonndod by riving itoaos. EL ATTRACTION RKlSSELS.

s. ois is to have a novo! attraction 1" i of a monument to lie artistically i with electric lights. The monument sti oi is that erected to the memory of burgomaster of the city. M. Atispuch.

Pla.ee de lirotickere. T'non. a figure archangel St. Michael, with nu iiplift 'ord, overcoming a dragon. Tlieuiu: 'he saint is ti be one slue cUa tric oi s' ial! ineandesceli lamps will mark our 'h Loud.

the saints and the dragon. THE BOARD GIVES NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ASPHALT STREETS. The board of aldermen met this afternoon at 2 o'clock. There was no quorum present and a recess was taken for half an hour. At the latter session Alderman Clark presided.

Aid. Clark had adopted resolutions of intention to asphalt Sixth avenue, from Fourth to Fourteenth streets, and Fourteenth street, from Sixth to Ninth avenues. Total estimated cost, 10.00U. Property owners petitioned for the proper gradig of Fifty sevfth street, from Seventh to Ninth avenues. They said the condition of the roadway is now positively dangerous.

Referred. Another pretest was received from property owners against the asphalting of St. Johns place, fretn Sixth avenue to Eighth. Corporation Counsel McDonald sent in the following: li. ntlrmen Tin or about tho 21th dav of January.

William J. Murphy and the City ot Jlre entered Into a mtract In writing vvhere l.y il Wliiiarn .1. Murphy agreed to erect and cons! rue: the northeast corner of Amity and Knin streets. In the of Hrooklyn. and to fui tii.

li the and materials required to com a. station house, building nnd patrol stable for the us" nf the Fifteenth precinct police, on or the 2M day of April. 1S32, said William 'Iiirpfi receive, the entire anioum of con tnr: rleo. except the sum of S150. retained for allege.

I Inu'erfectloris in the work. On the 2d day ef John A. An.U r.n, as receiver nf die pn perty of said William Murphy, brought an mo Brooklyn. In the justice's ceurt, Hon. Jacob Neil.

Justice, to recover the re.alnert as ahove. The action was iriM en lsrh of December, and Judgment was ouv. for the plaintiff by the said justl the groiin.l that the defendant had accepted Hie work and hid occupied th same ns a I 'lieo station for several years. Judfrment was eiio r. acainst the cite In favor nf the plaintiff f.

the arn of 1 do not think anything fnrtl'. i can he don" In the matter which will Penenial the city, and I. therefore, i for your a the inclosed resolution. Yours respectfully. A.

I KJ.VAI.n, Corporation Counsel. A resolution ordering payment was adopted. Mr. McDonald also submitted the following: On th. I.ewts stoanian.

t'P an aefe a sum of jie, ronsl. tod borhr 2.1th day nf November, l.SO:.. and Ahram I'. Senrnun, the city tn recover the k. labor and services, which holes and setting bolts In coats painting of nil Prosi.ect 1, ark.

The action an.nle and the punvj. well tri before Hon. Jaeol, civil justice. mcnt was render. 1 the lf.rh day of 1 n.T.er.

for the plaintiff f. the amount ilaiin ,1 an.l iii: In all to the sum of slt'l. lo. N'. ihing further.

In my opinion, can he wht.h would prove of benefit to city, nr. I. therefore, rec. for y.iur adoption the en. resolution.

Tours resp etfullv. A. Ci. 5Ii Corporation Counsel. A resolution for payment was adopted.

The committee on railroads, through Aid. Colson introduced a resolution granting permission to the Brooklyn City Railroad company to construct a single track, lad feet in length, on Division avenue, between Kent avenue and the company's dock, at tho foot of Division avenue, on the understanding; that the company would pave the street with Belgian blocks. Alderman Voilmer introduced a resolution compelling the elevated railroad companies to place underneath their tracks adjacent to their stations a pan of metal or other material to prevent dripping of dirt and grease front the cars to the streets. A penalty of iSHio is provided for each violation of the proposed ordinance, and the companies are compelled to pay a day for each station unprovided with a pan after February 1, 1S96. TROUBLES.

APPLICATION TO JUDGE GAYNOR FOR A BECEIYER. This morning Lawyer John A. Taylor applied to Justice Gaynor of the supremo court for the nppointmont of a reeelvor of the firm of Jelliffe shoe dealers, on Fulton street. Counsel slated that the plaintiff in the suit, Mr Alfred Jelliffe, and Mr. Henley, were eo partners in the business.

Mr. Healey had ciflcidod to retire from the coneorn and Frank Molville, decided to take his place. Hut Mr. Melville did not care to have his name appear as conntcted with the business and so at bis suggestion tho namo of his clerk, Waiter Flyun, was put in tho papers as a partner. Mr.

Taylor said Flynn had never been a partner except in name, that he had no interest in the business and was novor in the store. Mr. Molville sent over ensli and goods and to him wero rendered the accounts of tho business done. Counsel said hat a few woeks ago Melville asked Jelliffe to transfer the assets of tile copartnership to him as against an indebtedness of over 5,000. This demand was insisted upon by Melville, counsel snid, as a creditor and: not as a copartner in the business.

Mr. Taylor said he insisted upon compliance with this demand or threatened to reuiovo tho stock, ns Flynn had confossod judgment to him for nearly 511.000. Then Jelliffe instituted tho present suit for a dissolution the copartnership and tho appointment of a receiver. In replying Lawyer Seixas declared that Mr. Melville was a creditor of tho concern and not a partner iu any sense.

Mr. Haloy had desirod soiling out his share for 1,000. Mr. Melville wanted tho business to continue tho llrm sold his KOOds. Mr.

Flynn had 500 of his own and Mr. Melville lent him 500, so that Flvnn had i 1,001) with which to buy out Mr. Henley's share. Mr. Flynn has always boon the partner in ttio business and was always understood to bo by those having dealings with the house.

Lawyers representing croditors to tho ostont of 200 wero in court and agreeable to tho appointment of a receiver. Judgo Oayaor said he would look ovor tho paperB before deciding; tho matter. A FARMERS' PICNIC. IT WAS MOSTLY A SHOOTING MATCH IX THE AFTERNOON. About 10 o'clock in the forenoon I reached a mountaineer's cabin and found the old man cleaning a long barreled gun at the door.

"Many bears about?" I inquired. "Not a b'ar, stranger. I'm gitrin' ready to attend a farmers' picnic at Glen Cove." Half a mile further on I mot a man with a rifle ou his shoulder, and after the usual salutation I queried "Good hunting about here "Nuthin' 'tall, stranger. I'm a takin' this gun to he fixed. I reckon I'll drap down to the farmer's picnic at Glen Cove to morrer." Half an hour later I arrived at a crossroads, whore there was a general store, and a man sat on the platform tinkering with the lock of a shotgun, while two or three others were buying powder and shot inside.

"Is there going to be a shooting: match around here to day?" I asked the storekeeper as he weighed out my cheese and crackers. "Reckon not. Leastwise I haven't heard of anything of the sort. The folks is jest gettin' ready fur the fanner's ficnic at Glen Cove to niorrer." I didn't feel like going into particulars just yot. but at 1 o'clock, when I stopped at a comfortable looking cabin to make sonic inquiries about the road and fouud an old man oiling up an army carbine and his son molding bullets for an old fashioned revolver, I asked: "Are you getting ready for the fanners' picnic at Glen Cove?" "Exactly, rranger," replied the old man.

"I have noticed so many men cleaning up their for this picnic that I want to ask you if it will be different from the ordinary picnic?" "How d'ye mean?" "Why. a farmers' picnic, as I understand id a gathering of farmers and thoir wives and children ia a grove. Each family brings its lunch, and they eat, drink and make rry. Isn't that your sort of picnic?" "Wall, mostly, but not quite. Everything will go off like yo' say up to about 3 o'clock iu the afternoon.

Then that ar' Tom Morrison will remember that that ar' bill Turk lie cheated him on a mewl trade, about that time old man Skinner will rei'koleot that his son. Sam. was killed by the Thompson hoys, and Dave White will it to emeniberin' that Hank Truetnan beat him on a law suit. Shouldn't a mite wonder if them five Henderson boys didn't reckon il waas a right smart chance to wipe out the t'ulgates. May go off like a prayer rmootln', but I reckon it's best to be on the safe side." I encountered seven or eight moro men that afternoon who were getting ready for the picnic and the day after I fell in with a farmer who was there.

"I can jest toll yo' all the pertleklers." he replied La my inquiry. "The shootiu' begat: about 3 o'clock and when I cum away I reckon tbrar' was four or five dead and seven or eight wounded. It's likely they piled up some mo' arter I left!" you didn't mix in?" "No." I 'lowed I ould and wiuv ot ive.dy to when my son, Tom, was shot In the back and I had to load him up and tote hloi hum. Kinder sorry 1 couldn't stay. They du declar that ar' picnic was a powerful jsuccosa!" Detroit Free Presn, YOUNG MC SHERRY MAT GO HOME TO HIS PARENTS ON FRIDAY.

Chief Judge Clement of the city court disposed jpt some more of the criminal cases on his calendar this morning, and among them that of James McSherry. McSherry will be 21 years of age in February and his present acquaintance with the law seems due entirely to the bad company In which he has recently been spending his spare time. There appeared no cause whatever for the boy's conduct, and his father, Philip McSherry, who waa in court, frankly admitted that he had done everything to lead his son into the proper way. Mr. McSherry is a paint manufacturer in New York.

His home is at 70 South First street. Young McSherry pleaded guilty some days ago to an attempt to break into the store of Carl Heller, at 280 Wythe avenue. He told Judge Clement he was intoxicated at the time and the officer who made the arrest said ho found tho boy on the street trying to sell some of the stolen property. The defendant's father and mother were both in court to day. the latter with moist eyes.

It was the mother who pleaded for her son. "Oh, judge, give hint another chance," she said. "That is always the mother's plea," said his honor. "It is right it should be so." Then the court turned to the father: "And what have you to say?" "I do not know that I can say more now than I did the other day, your lionor," replied the father, candidly, yet with tears In his eyes. "I don't know what to do with the boy.

I thought of sending him to sea for a long trip. There Is not a boy In Brooklyn who has had a more comfortable or a happier home. He could have a place in my factory and make a mam of himself if he would only behave himself. There is no occasion for his seeking the company he has." "If I release him do you think he will be have himself? asked Judge Clement. "Jim," said the father, turning to his son, "do you think you can be a man and behave ourself? Look at your mother and answer." "I can," replied the boy.

"I'll do my best." The mother's face brightened. Mr. ilcSherry said afterward that for five or six months bis son had been going with rather depraved young men. "I had about made up my mind," he continued, "that the reformatory was the best place for him. I promised to take him into business with me, but on account of his conduct I had to get another partner." Judge Clement sent the boy back to prison until Friday, wbon he will doubtless be released under the personal eye of Police Captain Short, in whose precinct Mr.

McSherry lives. But the father wanted the son at home for Christmas and asked Judge Clement whether he would not parole him until Friday. "I don't believe it will do the boy any harm to stay in jail until Friday," said the court. "You are perhaps right, your honor," said Mr. McSherry, as he left the court room.

WILL THEY BE REMOVED? CRITICISMS ON THE BAS RELIEFS ON THE MEMORIAL ARCH. In response to a query as to what authority he had over baa reliefs of Lincoln and Grant, which were placed on the memorial arch at the entrance to Prospect park last week. Commissioner Squier said to day to a reporter: "The contract under which these has reliefs were furnished was made by a committee composed of Mayor Boody, John McCarty, as president of the board of aldermen, and City Clerk Michael Cummings, who acted as the chairman of the memorial monument committee, under the supervision of John Duncan, the architect. I was added to this committee two years ago and the arch was placed in my care for maintenance. In paying for the arch it was necessary that I should sign all vouchers before the city could pay the money out." "Do you intend to sign the vouchers for the reliefs?" "I intend to examine into the legal situation first and will make up my mind later.

At present it is very doubtful if I sign the vouchers." "Do you think it advisable to have the bas reliefs removed?" "I think it would be better if they were taken out and set up In some other place. They havo already excited so much adverse crticism that I think it would be the best thing to do, if the city has to take them, to put them elsewhere, but I really do not know just where they could go, unless a pedestal is provided for them. The criticism in Sundays' Eagle was a just one and I heartily agree with it. The niches Inside of the arch should be reserved for tablets on which shouTd be engraved the names of the Brooklyn regiments and celebrated men who took part In the war. My work on the arch is confined at present to enlarging the circle and having the interior paved with light colored brick.

I have put in a number additionpl granite posts around tho arch and will have them connected by a finely designed bronze chain. I have also put in eight handsome bronze lamp posts to light tho arch at night. This has all been done in anticipation of tho placing of the Maomonnies' groups, which will be In position probably by spring. Mr. Mac monnies will be hero In January, coming especially for the purpose of arranging his groups and at that time everything will be definitely arranged for the completion of the arch." GORMAN'S STORY OF THE MURDER.

HE DID NOT MEAN TO KILL BILL CLERK KANE. James Gorman, aged 21, of 114 Pearl street, was held to answer before the grand Jury by Justice Walsh this morning, on a charge of manslaughter the second degree. Gorman ia the man who struck John Kane, the bill clerk in Galr's paper box factory, at Washing ton and Water streets, on Friday night and inflicted injuries whlchcau sed Kane's death, Gorman admitted that he struck the blow which knocked Kane down, but he said he had no idea of Inflicting any serious injury on the man. When arraigned before Justice Walsh this morning he waived examination. The young man is a stevedore.

According to his statement he was with Julia O'Neil of 21 Main street, when Kane and Watchman Flanagan found them on the stoop of the paper box factory. This Is what he had to say about the case: "I was sitting on the stoop with Julia O'Nell when Watchman Flanagan came up and ordered me to move off. I took my time about moving and Flanagan hit me with his fist. I hit him back and also struck Kane, who was coming at me from behind. Flanagan ran toward the factory, saying that he would come back with his club.

While he was away Kane tried to punch me again and I hit him on the side of the head. He fell on the sidewalk and then I and the young woman got away as quickly as we could. I had no idea of killing him and only acted in self defense. After I had taken the girl to her home I went to a saloon, where I spent most of the night. Next morning I heard that Kane was dead and I felt very bad.

I walked about the streets for several hours and on Saturday afternoon I went to the theater. After leaving the theater I went home and was arrested there yesterday morning. I am very sorry for what has occurred, but I don't think I was to blame. I would never have bothered any of these people if they had let me alone. I have some good friends and I think I shall be able to get ball." Miss O'Neil, who was arrested as a witness, was not held by Justice Walsh this morning.

Gorman is an amateur pugilist and is said to be remarkably handy as a boxer. HIS SIGNIFICANT REPLY. A youug attorney was recently given a brief in a civil suit brought before one of the city courts. The evidence submitted was very one sided and exasperated the young aspirant for fame. One of the witnesses had given damaging testimony favoring the other side, and on his cross examination no effort of the young barrister appeared to ruffle or disconcert him.

He was Anally asked: "Were you ever arrested?" An angry flush mantled the man's face, as he looked straight at the lawyer and answered "Yes, I was, once, for assault and battery, aud I paid the fine." The lawyer joined the laugh which followed at his expense. Philadelphia Call. The Best and Safent Storatre Plxice if st tho Eagi WAnEiiocax xvd Btokaoz OoMFArsv. foet of Fultoa St. Adv.

national Guar.1, of the State Numbers 12,500 Men. CAN BE MOBILIZED AT ONCE. In Addition the Experts at Albany Estimate That 400,000 Me Could Be Enlisted in the State Within Thirty Days Wnr Talk From Other Parts of the Country Stated. Strength of Nebraska. to ho Albany.

X. i pcsciliie war il; come of the iKs vet' dary otics 1:::, iod state's a v. h.f. If called upon aatiou. guard ia the suit: twelve thousand, live prises twelve r.m.Ht'.'.

troop of cdvuiry, tiv 1 Fan i 2:: Th or as ii uoia ii.itin tho fa ials at the i.t tn ki.iult'.. v. i 1 1 'I'll Soa li h. di present is about lied 1: eom b.it:u;i.i;s, throe in. s.

fi; six sep arate eouipaiii mavul militia, ulii The miliiid tiuuibvr. men. Ia the Hal: of the the national guard has former occasions i. i nt. il corps, and the live divisions, h.

li hundred with which IT. mobilized Oil years, at a given point, the state heail nurture do ciare that if licee. would he imi.v SI Lie I'; I'UK'i hours. v. c.vo tivLl.

i 1 1 i ity four ai aiui olli i and. ia. plotely and equip, and reaJiae for livid soi'vic These tro. Tho ku'aiitry is erins. Tne oav loading liatUries of newest army lie caliber in; ers and one vl: The 3ina: naval militia is all supplied i xeollentlv brc cl; loading lished bre ei.

a revo! vers three Willi ta hading r.lle. poiiud boo. it.ers. 1 e. iuii iu a he Ia 1 m.aau.iiie ri 1: as: ar mdivd I lies, it is csifli: t'.

tie that within 1: as: thousand ivr. uii teed, if it v. et erins and i tiiria. D. t'.

I ant K. la f. i a has division the attenti.jii tin serious iin onvi'i apt arise in illod autue.i; ie ly to the teiice and c.u as that is ease our military forces is ion. as th. tins! in a of tho l.iek 0f ar.es and siyt.ai called into defensive cnnviia; in ar'.

The is v. Eon rifle of r.v. ii i Krafi; Jorai le tho rav; has eon trncted a I.ee oallber. mi that the same kind lion will net ivi' th arM.s rides of are! grave mis it the in the i.i well as on the taii.es ate apt to men. I.ii atenr.nt Xi! interest of the uroaaer i Teunds Tar anii navy soon as pratii.

it if the woiiid settle as wfij ell 3S tho better v.eap ei. that. Savy, and stop at ti: least arm. in ti: todes, where th, is the army use! pre. he army ui.

iku: a.se tlw onrlict, li, naval e. or th, of the twenty five itreatost sue. es VTner. a was made, the dlowed but after a fair triai iva, abandon the present army cede and return tn the original eode. navy use the aniiv code.

The army can ami has used the present naval code Lincoln. Iieecmber numors war have eaused st.t as to the nuiiiber m. Nefraska tui" ht be able to furnish if 1 fter.eral ftov crnment. (e v. rner li.de.

iias called on by the Eastern pres, other uirees for similar information. Governor IKdcomb has given nut the followitiK. v.ouierre.1 witn si.eeia a d. ilnl.ir V. cavalry.

S. and pm f.illovvins inforiiiati Two roi. i out the meats. of artillery uo.m, avairy and battery i til a stretie not less t)ui; the Held insta 1 lie in sh. ee.

asi.in reiiuire. lie regiments ar UiHtarj i.ieii eil armed and oij nipped. hav died the rilles tioi: believe that one in each of the nine! short notice. Then it is could furnish ie.o Omaha and stout mpany could be raised in hi, state on ibi in" reprimonts. ia city ef l.ine.dl: 1 or th: ri Rinu'ius.

and ivith other cities draw from least eiKht be in readi fen or tvventv reuimen ness in shun order, lr.n.nno vohm eura he fr un Xi raska. St. Paul. ic vmbe. 'S t'uptdia J.

W. Kennedy of this city, speaking for the Xorthwi tern center of Ker.U;: brotlier Jiood. sent a messa a to Presid. r'leveiam! tenderim; the of men. wh.i aiaie oeetl unit tire I.eiere in eas Great llrltam.

Paui has be war Fe man ce.iter for twentv liv ars, arid a laree met inxious to fight England his two rebellions in the abetted Louis Rio! Can ad iau Nert es Davenport. 1 le'enii speculation Is he in a thawing that the I'liited S'. upon short in case of Britain, the resenrees of the "Now that 1 in as to the res could make war with Great government ar setaU located the island that divides the at this p.drnt should nz be over aoonoii. Tho Lock ini ployes 409 men of malcing gun arsenal at presen'. em iu connection with its work carriages, canteens, saddles eud all tho other the equipment of sentiais entering into artiiiery.

infantry and cavaary solders, with the ex. ep: ion only arms. Its great empty buildings, however, that were built solely with the view lti lowing the isinaeity of the arsenal to i.e multiplied many times in ease of war, need "only tho intiM.iuction of the nec sary force to make the centrally lo governmental jx.st a hive el ind istry. from which it is' tamated that an army of .,,0:1 could tie equipped nr. of a year.

The present arsenal, con fdsts of ten immense si: 1 o.i;e.I upon the Siighest part of the Those now in use ar ocr ripped for rolling and forging metal in conform i with the varied demands of war materia! and for working iu wood and leather Upen a large scale. These shops aie connected with tho water power of nearly four thousand in rse power that tho has ahva.lv develoned cm the south sob of the island. This is however. '11 figure 1 with the water power that ia case of need, a th of the Davenport rat rrm'ilea ab.ive this ci: easily adjacent in 111 supply of locti ic three of Paw: Mollne, 111., Islaaid. Ottawa, the war s.

ar demand of the go the Canadian miiina It Will est riror.c v. ili be take not so much be. an. as a matter e.f are a unit in th. u.a else jjoiut.

the is imperatively d. that pa: dlair.en; ii! proprialion to a lers powiler. Managna. December esio to 1 tile Frratefuilv 1 hy all Vnite.l lighted with Mr. preparing to the army of th' Btep be necessary.

develop, i here lies at the fo ids e.vendmg coal fields from the result of uis will an a and nid Vip ITS FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. Tho annual meeting of th" iieii Congregational which w. is by members going from tne ester av. ua, Congregational church, was hld on Friday evening. pastor, the Rev.

G. G. for many years pastor of the Ko. iiesier avcatio ehur h. pr" ided Tho i ports rad were all favornblo.

ii.it of tic ur. showing a clear bal. in 'c sho no and a comfortable sum on hr.nd. 'i following ofi'icer worn eb cteii jj. Pobns: deacon, John Irving: member examining tommittoo, A.

V. rieming; treasurer, Jonu Irving. i I I i 1 i I I He Is Temporarily 111 in St. Peter's Hospital. TWENTY YEARS IN THE SERVICE.

Exaggerated Reports Had Beea Printed as to the Seriousness of His Condition Joined the New Lots Police Force in 1876 First a Bartender and Afterward a Car Conductor Plans to Visit the South' Shortly if Retired. Police Captain Henry French, who has been ailing for three years, is in St. Peter's hospital, recovering from a severe operation, and will probably be able to return to his home to morrow to spend Christmas with hia family. Though tho captain is not seriously ill, the time of his services has been nearly twenty years, and It is not likely that he will long be actively on the force. His time of retirement is on July I.

He has not put in an application for retirement, but will probably do so in a wetk or so. In consequence of a report that Captain French is gradually sinking and that he would not recover from ltrlght's disease a larger number than usual of his many friends called to see him at his room in the nospital to day. Captain French assured his friends the report that he was iu a low condition was untrue. He 1s able to sit and even to stand for a short time and has almost recovered from the effect of the operation fourteen days "1 feel that the time has about come for me to stop active work." said the cap tain, cheerily, to the Eagle reporter. "It's a long stretch to look back to" tvventv years of service.

I was borr. in this city on October 31, 1S4H. My father was a liouor dealer, and at one time owned the old. wooden penitentiary on Crow Hill. For many years I tended bar and 1 never touched a drop of liquor myself.

Afterward I became a car conductor, and on January 2 ISTiJ, I was ou the New Lots police irce as a patrolman. On June 1. 1S7S, I was advanced to the place of sergeant and was made captain of the New Lots police on July I On August 1, 1VG. the place was legislated out of existence and the New Lots police force was incorporated Into Brooklyn police force. I was retained as captain of the Seventeenth precinct, and served there until May C.

1S92, when I was transferred to the Sixteenth precinct. There I remained until June 2.1 last, when I was put in command of the Twenty third precinct. "Now I feci that the time has come for me to take a little rest." continued Captain French. "I'vo stayed right here in Brooklyn aii'i would like to see something of the country. I've long had a desire to see somethmy of the Southern states and hope to be able to do so this winter.

Possibly I may be able to got a leave of absence for a few weeks. If I do so I shall go South for a time and recuperate. But I do not Intend to leave the service until my time expires. Some of the most exciting work Is In tho late winter and spring, and I expect to be at nny desk then and remain until I go out for good." THE 11EV. n.

O. SWENTZEL'S SERMON. HE COUNSELS CONSERVATISM: IN THE PRESENT CRISIS. Although tho Roy. Il.rmry c.

Swentzel, rector ol St. Luke's oliurcb, Clinton aTonuo, did not directly alludo to the oxeitomoat of the past week in his sormon yesterday morning, tho ovi dent purpose of the sermon was pacific, to reassure tho pooplo and to call upon Christians to bo reasonable, conservative and patient. His subduct was "Christian Conservatism." He took his text from Pliilippians ''Let your mod oration bo known to all men." Iu part ho said: "Apostolic precepts have a largo value. Not only are tney inevitable from Christian doe trine, but they tire the go9Del in the concrete. In tho text St.

Paul contemplates an axaited de gree 01 mental riglueousnos, making it to bo a part of true rolipion. And yot uncommon is tlio truth which ho thus emphasizes, and how comparatively rare the virtue which ho here in culcates, ills word moderation siguitina more than forbearance and more than temperate noss. It Is synonymous with the iiunlitiej which are sometimes described as sweet reason ableness. Christ Himself is tho model Iioro ns In all other respects. Ho was aa idealist but not an extremist, il is mam ambition Tias not to turn the world upsido down or inside out.

lie was 110 radical. He was not even sensational. Tho genius of rsliirion does not breed extremists. The royal law of charity itself commands conservatism, a love of lair play, a determination to hear both sides ol a quarrel before judgment is passed and tho reign of a masterful patience, in times of trial and excitement God expects His peoplo to do thoir full duty, and they should respect tho principlu of a reasonable conservatism. Patriotism, religion, the stata or tho church nro harmed by radicalism.

Not often does the duty of the hour call for vandalism or any form of violence." BROOKLYN MAN NAMED AS CORESPONDENT IN A JERSEY" DIVORCE SUIT. Chancellor McGIU of New Jersey heard a peculiar application for divorco this morning in the Jersey City chancery chambers, involving a well known Brooklynite, who is named as corespondent. Counsellor Addison Ely of Rutherford, N. read the bill before the chancellor filed by Henry D. White against his wife, Marguerite.

It says in part, as follows: "The complainant was lawfully married to the defendant on April 25, at the apartment house known as the Alhambra, corner of Nostrand avenue and Halsey street, Brooklyn, which house was the residence and property of George W. Lockvvood. Mr. White's petition goes on to say that he and his wife resided in Brooklyn until May, when they moved to Nutley. N.

J. "Mr. wife told me," Mr. White says, "that at the time of her marriage she was 27 years of age and that she was the adopted daughter of George Lockvvood and for eleven years prior to her marriage had resided with Lock wood, who is a widower with several grown ut) daughters." Mr. Lockvvood is named as corespondent.

Next week it will bo referred to a vice chancellor and testimony will be taken. Mrs. White is a remarkably beautiful woman and highly accomplished. She lived for many years in Mr. Iockwood's house.

Both indignantly deny the charges of tho husband and say that they will light the case. THOUGHT IT DISRESPECTFUL. BAPTISTS DISCUSS A RESOLUTION ON THE VENEZUELA QUESTION. At the usual weekly meeting of the New York and Br.Kiklyn Baptist Preachers' association he id this morning at Fifth avenue. Now York, the Rev.

R. Morse prepared and submitted a resolution in re 'eronco P. the Venezuelan situation. The geiieraJ tenor of the resolution deplored tho President's message to congress and the haste with which congress had iucioivsed the sentiments contained tiler, in. There was a warm do bate on the resoli.

tioii, re of the clergymen insisting that it was disrespectful to the executive. It wu: finally tabled by a vote of 22 to 12. A committee consisting of the Rev. Mr. Mat se, the Rev.

A. c. Dixon of the Hanson place church, Brooklyn, anil the Rev. James A. Campbell, was appointed to draft aa ther resolution which will be sub nii'rtod next we.

k. Trie Methodist pasturs of both cities also held their weekly meeting this morning at lob Fifth avenue. New York. The session was executive and nothing concerning the proceedings could be learned. It rumored, however, tlsat a resolution touching the Venezuelan qu.

sti was discusssoii. SUICIDE BV ASPHY1XIATION. Rostou, Dee niber 2:1 Jeff Davis, o0 years of ago, a well known character in tho South End, committed suieide by asphyxiation to day. Tho fumes of the gas aiso penetrated into a room in the rar of the house occupied 1 by an old Italian womuu. who was found iu bod unconscious.

It is thought sno may recover. The man was dead when found. In his hand wa a section of gas pipe which wus broken off to iu tho fumes. Engineer Martin Tells Why the Scheme Is Not Practicable. NO ROOM FOR.

MORE TRACKS. Responsibility Now Centered on One Man Would Be Distributed Armong Several Motorrmen, Who Would Regulate tne Headway Delays and Accidents Unavoidable Want to Go From Harlem to the Sea Without Change. C. C. Martin, chief engineer and superintendent of the bridge, declares it is not practicable to run trolley cars over the structure or to substitute any other means of transportation for the cable ears.

Mr. Martin said he had read the propositions of the presidents of the surface railroads In the newspapers and was not altogether familiar with the details of their plan. "At any rate," said Mr. Martin, "I know that trolley cars and elevated trains will never run over the present bridge. No engineer in the world will undertake the task of changing the structure to meet such requirements.

Several things are obstacles to the scheme. You inform me that Mr. Flynn would move the outer trusses separating the cable road from the roadway further out, in order that a double track for trolley cars could bo laid where the cable lines are now operated. That would encroach upon our roadway. Wo now have eighteen feet of roadway.

Loads more than eig ht feet wide are not allowed to cross the bridge during tho day and many are prevented from crossing on account of the width of the roadways. If you make the roadways several feet narrower to accommodate four trolley tracks you seriously impair their capacity. "The trolley cars would not meet the demands of travel as tho cable cars do. Each trolley car accommodates fifty or sixty people. It takes just as long to load one trolley car as it does four cable cars, which hold four hundred people.

Congestion would nec.ssarily follow. Then if yeu operate trolley cars on the bridge you Invite accidents by taking a large amount of risk. It will be necessary to rely upon the judment of hundreds of motor men who are to determine if they are run in gat proper headway. The cable cars are run on a different system. The headway is regulated by one man who starts them.

Once fastened to the cablo the headway cannot be changed. By the cable system trains are run back and forth with the regularity of a pendulum. There can be no delay. Trains can bo emptied within a few seconds every time and switched to another track just as quickly. There is no variation at any time.

For years the system has been followed and 3112,000,000 people have been carried on the cars with only one accident. I maintain that a man is safer on a bridge cable car than ho is In his own bed. More people have been killed in folding beds than havo been killed on the bridge cars. "The strictest regularity Is necessary in order that 120.000 passengers may be carried a day. Such regularity could not be secured if the trolleys were run across the bridge in place of the cable cars.

As to whether it is practical to run trolley cars across in addition to the cable cars, it is easy to show that there is no room for more tracks, and, again, the bridge was not constructed to bear the additional weight. The arches above the cable tracks are not strong enough to furnish roadways for the trolley lines, and if the arches themselves were strong enough, too much weight would be imposed on the inside cables, which now bear the greatest weight. The only place left Is beyond the outside cables. The cost of building suitable accommodations for trolley tracks beyond those cables would be enormous. "About eight months from now we shall lower our headway from nintey seconds during rush hours to forty five seconds when our terminals are finished.

Then with our electric switching arrangement, which will take the place of our switch engines, we shall save several seconds more. Our capacity is now lfi.000 passengers an hour. When we are able to run on forty five seconds' headway our capacity will be at once doubled to 32,000 an hour. Gaining several seconds more by the electric switching we shall probably bo able to reach a capacity nf 40,000 an hour. As we now carry 120.000 a day we shall, with the Improvements, bo able to accommodate 960.0O0 a doy or S40.000 moTe than we carry now.

The trolley roads can never accomplish what we can on this bridge with the cable road. "On the new bridge, from the foot of Broadway, rolleys and elevated roads may be operated because the bridge will be built with that end in view. Our bridge is So feet wide. The new bridge is to be 11S feet wide and it will have ample room for trolleys and elevated trains so that the congestion which would follow were trolleys operated on this bridge need not be feared on the new bridge. Some of the most eminent engineers of Europe have wached the operation of our cable road with wonder and have declared hat it meets the demand better than anything else could." President P.

H. Flynn of the Nassau Electric read said: "I believe that the trolley and elevated railroad lines should be allowed to cross the bridge. The Nassau line would be willing to carry passengers across for nothing. A man could hoard a car at the Brooklyn entrance and he would not he asked for his fare until he had reached New York. If he did not wish to ride further he could get off and his ride across would not havo cost him a cent.

People should not be compelled to embark and disembark several times before getting to Harlem. It should be possible to take a through car from Harlem to Coney Island. That Is what the people want and what New York and Brooklyn should give. WTe naturally want to keep taxpayers In the Empire state, yet several hundred thousand men doing business in New York live in New Jersey. Why not have them live in Brooklyn by making this a city easy of access and cheap to reach? I think it i.s practical to run trolley ears on the bridge in addition to the cable cars.

The cities would save much in maintenance if the railroad companies were allowed such 'a privilege, in salaries, etc." PARK EMPLOYES UNPAID. CONTROLLER PALMER'S NEW SYSTEM WORKS HARDSHIP TO THE MEN. For tho first time in many years te employes of the park department were compelled to return to their homes on Saturday night without their wages. Coming at this time of the year, it worked considerable hardship to many and disappointment to all. and many complaints were heard among tile men against the present method pursued by the controller Palmer in paying each man by checks as against the old method of having them paid by the paymaster of the park department frpm the proceeds of a single check.

An Eagle reporter asked Park Commissioner Squier if the report that the men had not received their money was true, and In reply he said: "That is "What was the reason for this?" "The checks for tho controller's office were not sent up." "Why?" "They had not been signed and the controller wa out of the city." "When will the nio be paid?" "I do not know. There has never been a pay roll missed before since I wont into the department. The men are paid weekly and the money has been ready for the men "every Friday, when in a couple of hours all were paid. That was when a single check was sent for the whole pay roll, which at this time of the year amounts to about a week. Under the new system the controller makes out a check for each man and sends several men to the department to pay them out.

Tho men have uo way of getting their checks cashed at the banks and I have noticed that several liquor saloons around the park have notices posted in their windows announcing that 'Park checks are cashed This puts a new burden upon the men. manv of whom, I havo no doubt, feel compelled to spend some of their wages in tho places in i return for tho accommodation. The old svs tem of payiug the men was. in my judgment, the best, as the men had their money every Friday, and when Satruday came their families had the benefit of it before the usual' temptations of Saturday came along to take part of it," Tailors' Strike Begins in Earnest in Three Cities. DENOUNCING NEW YORK EOSSEa Tho Trouble Between Employers and Employes Has Now Reached a Moro Serious Phase Meyer Shoenfeld Proposes to Hold a Big Parade on the' East Side The Stand Taken by tho Contractors.

One hundred and ninety eight out of tho D50 shops in New York, Brooklyn and Newark, employing 3,000 garment workers, are closed tp day and the fight instituted a week ago yesterday has now begun in earnest. Things wore astir this morning at 56 Orchard street. New York, the headquarters of Meyer Shoenfeld. in whom the locked out tailor place implicit confidence as their trusted leader. Walhaila hall was crowded to the doors at 10 o'clock and the enthusiasm which prevailed at a mass meeting of the locked out tailors which took place at the hour mentioned, was unbounded.

Speeches were made by Meyer Shoenfeld, Herman Robinson, Charles F. Reichers, Henry Walte, Abrahani Schweitzer, Minnie Rosen and Esther Fred man of the Ladies branch. Leader Shoenfeld spoke of the treachery of the contractoirm in violating the terms of the bonded con tract entered into with the Brotherhood of Tailors last August, when uhe contractors agreed to keep the peace witli their employes for a period of one year. "Then," said Shoenfeld, "three weeks before the bosses posted the obnoxious notices in their shops and while you the Brotherhood of Tailors were in absolute ignorance of their connivance, they issued the circular embodying their preconcerted purpose to compel you to return to the horrors of the abolished task and sweating systems." Shoenfeld held up a copv of the circular, printed in English and Hebrew, and the tailors Joined In an uproar of hisses which was suppressed by Chairman Robinson, who kept pounding for order for fully twenty minutes." This is the circular which had been given Shoenfeld last night by a member of the Contractors' association, who refused to lock out his employes: C. M.

P. Association, 200 East Broadway. New York. November 23, 1SS3. Door sir At a special meeting; held on Monday the question of starting up tho system of piece or ta3k work was adopted by acclamation, but the time has not been set yet when the question, whether we shall use the same weapon against our employes as they have been and are using against us.

shall bo decided, and, therefore. In order to give every contractor an opportunity to express his full opinion about the Important question it waa decided to hold a special meeting this Monday, 25th, at 7 P. II. sharp, and it Is expected that every contractor will attend without fall. B.

WILI COWSKI. Secretary. After the reading of the circular the tailors seemed to lose control of themselves. They shouted themselves hoarse In condemnation of the bosses. After the meeting Shoenfeld.

who is contemplating the holding of a monster parade of the east side garment workers, said he knew every move the contractors were making and in consequence thereof had taken to meet them at every point in the conflict. Joseph Solotovsky Writes in Behalf of His Associates. The critical point in the tailors' lockout In this city was reached yesterday, when 300 more workers in the eastern district joined the GOO already out. making a total of 900 in the ranks of the unemployed this morning. Many exciting incidents characterized yesterday's doings of employers and employed.

An adjourned meeting of the Central Labor union was held in the budldingon Courtstreet, near the city hall, which lasted nearly all yesterday afternoon. After a full discussion of the situation the union Intrusted their executive board with full power to act in connection with District Council No. 5 during the strike, and until a settlement was affected. Joseph Solotovsky, the leader of the striking tailors in the eastern district, writes this letter: To the Kdltor of the Brooklyn Lgle: Hy order of our executive hoard ln.it night I am directed to cooimurJeate to you the fact that a largo number of our men and women have been locked out to day and yesterday by the contractors for refusing to be satisfied with the breaking of the contract agreed upon hxt August. I am further instructed to aalt you to give the widest publicity to these foots after you have had them hwestlyar.wl.

If you would klnoly publish our statements concerning this pending struftgle which threatens to be a serloua one. you would confer a gre a favor upon thousands of working men and women. The gist of the whole mat tor la that the Garment Workers refuse to have their contract broken so as to enable tho contractors to reintroduce the sweating system. JOSHPH SOIVOTOYSKY. Ma.naj?lnK Agent District Council U.

G. W. Brooklyn, December 23, 1895. MULLADY MADE A GOOD CAPTURE. HE SAW AN ASSAULT "WHICH IS LIKELY TO END FATALLY.

John Mullady of 124 North Elliott place was passing the corner of Sands and Nary streets at 9:20 o'clock lost night when he saw a good, looking Italian woman throw a cobble stone at an Italian with whom she had been holding an erxclted discussion. Then 6he ran into an Italian grocery store on the corner and presently another man came out and walked ovor to where tho first Italian wob striking him ia the faee apparently with a knife, cutting hirr from tho forehead to the ohin. The injured rran fell and his assailant ran. pursued by Mullndv who finally captured the fugitive and hnndtid him over to Officer Grogan of the Fulton afreet precinct. An investigation revealed the fact that the prisoner was John Hooey and the injured man Antonio Perry of 225 Prospect street.

Perry was taken to the Homeopathic hospital, wnor it was found that in audition to tho ghastly wound on the face his skull was fractured. This morning it was said that his condition was preeorious. Hooey was hold and tho police are looking for the unknown woman, who, it is believed, fraetured his sktill with the stone. The authorities oxpect to establish her identity. John Pettn, an Italian shoemaker, is lying in the Brooklyn hospital, suffering from two stab wounds iu tho chest, inflicted, it is alleged, by Cendioro Andorion, another Italian, oT 175 Enst New York avenue, wnc is under arrest.

Andorion and Pettn quarreled ou Adams street last night, but tho polico havo been unable to ascertain why they fought. LOOP SYSTEM AT THE BRIDGE WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE LATTER PART OF JANUARY. The loop system at the bridge terminus of the Brooklyn Elevated railroad will be completed in the latter part of January. It will not be used at that time, however, as the work on the extension of the bridge terminal is not so far advanced and will not be ready until at least a month later. When this 13 ready the Brooklyn terminal of the bridge will be complete, according to the original plans and in the opinion of the bridge management able to accommodate twice as many passengers as now use the cablo cars.

When the elevated loop is completed it is the intention of that company to run all its Fifth avenue trains through Sands street, where they will both discharge and take on passengers. The Lexington avenue and Ridgewood trains will come in at the present terminus at High street, where they will take on and discharge passengers. It is believed that when this system is put in operation, the pas setegers of the bridge and elevated cars will have more accommodations than are needed and the bridge platforms will be cleared in even qucker time than they are now. EXTRADITION PAPERS GRANTED. Albany, X.

Deconibcr 2:1 Governor Morton to day grantsd extradition papers for tho removal of Joseph Roberts of Elmira, who has been indicted in Philadelphia for having procured goods undr false pretenses..