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THE BEOOKLYN DAILY EAGLE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1895. 14 POST OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S VENDIG'S TURN TO WORRY. The money which it cost to obtain the so U.S.S. MAINE IN COMMISSION, WHO WILL SUCCEED OR.

HALL? DEATH OF A MERCHANT PRINCE. EXCITEMENT 111 THE TENTH, Our New Floating Fortress for Active Service. Keaciy CROWNINSHIELD TAKES CHARGE Admiral Bunce May Transfer His Flag From the New York to the BattleshipMany Civilians and Naval Officers Present Most Powerful Ship Ever Put in Commission, in This Country. The second class battle ship Maine was put into commission this afternoon at the Brooklyn navy yard. All her detail of officers arrived at the yard this morning and went on board immediately to report to Captain A.

S. Crowinshield, her commander, as well as to take a look at their new home. The navy yard band was in attendance and played selections of patriotic airs immediately before and after the ceremonies. Tuesday being visiting day at the yard there was an unusually large crowd of spectators attracted by the fact that the Maine was going to be put into commission. Beside the civilians there were present many officers of the Xorth Atlantic squadron, now anchored in this port, and nearly all tho naval officers attached to the navy yard.

In the absence of Commodore Sicard, commandant of the yard, who is at present serving; on the Forney court martial, SECOND CLASS BATTLE SHIP MAINE. called victory last nignt wouia pay me rem of a great many families in the Tenth ward. If th young alderman has to go through lllft Ihnt tVtaya 1 1 1 h.VA In Krt I some mortgages recorded larger than the judgments now against him. It won't pay to spend thousands of dollars to carry primaries hv the 'fihods used last night and obtain such small results. If an old campaigner like I Mr.

Robert Furey can't do any better Alder i man McGarry ought to discharge him from 1 further consideration in matters political and obtain the advice of somebody else of bet ter repute in the community ana more common sense." Assembly conventions for tho election of delegates to the state convention will be held in the twenty one assembly districts on Thursday night. There are any number of machine Democrats anxious to go to the state convention as delegates at their own expense. The personnel of the local delegation will be much the same as in previous years. All the old timers are sure to bob up and will in all likelihood be elected. The regular monthly meeting of the Democratic club of Kings county will he held at Wilson's asembly rooms on Pierrepont street to night.

Reso lutions will be presented by the executive committee in regard to the policy of the club with reference to candidates at the coming election. The Joint Conference Committee Will Meet To night. The joint conference committee of ten, representing the reform and machine Democratic organizations, will meet at the Hamilton club to night for the purpose of discussing local affairs. It is understood that candidates for maycr. district attorney, judges and other local offices ty be filled this fall, will be gone over.

As neither committee has power to enter into any apreement the conference, although private, will be purely informal. Neither Mr. Shepard or Mr. York would say to day what was expected to be done. They both took the ground that they could not speak in advance.

Whatever action is taken will be reported back to the respective organizations for ratification or disapproval. Among thf rank and file of both organizations the speech delivered by Mr. Shepard at the meeting of the general committee last nigth was commended. The opinion was general that it had the right ring. The reform organization had taken a stand from which it could net or would not recede.

Knowing this regulars know just what to expect. They recognize that the only hope of getting together is that only good clean men be nominated for office. This they are prepared t.o do. It is thought that nothing definite will be done by the joint conference committee tonight, and that there will be several meetings before they are. ready to report to their respective bodies.

Shepard Not a Candi date for the State Committee. At the close of the genera! committee meeting of the Reform Democratic party last night a mooting of the executive commit tee was held. The business was purely 01 a formal nature and dealt mainly with arrangements for the assembly conventions to morrow night. This having been disposed of B. M.

Shepard made a little speech. He stated that his nnmo had been mentioned in conjunction with that of another member of the committee, for the state committcee and he wanted to assure them in the most positive manner that he was not a candidate for the state committee and could not accept the office under any circumstances. In connection with the arrangements for the convention at Syracuse on the 24th Charles Edwards, the chairman of the transportation committee, has issued the following: Smith street. Brooklyn. 16, lsk.

To the Momliers Tiler1 wilt be trouble in securing: proper niiii su' Ufa. lory Hivomm xlationf at Syracuse for such of otir friends as are to go with us, unless arrangements are m.id 3 early, at least four or five ilajs in advance of the convention. We shiUl leave here Monday afternoon and return Wednesday Will you please mnke every endeavor to communicate with oica of our friend in your ward as should (to. anl let me know at the very earli est date who they and. if posltil.

arrange iur. elf witl the matter, and send me money for exi enne will aeeont themvlves, You wlil ills. a. effort there to who ar ir.orniim at you: accommodations. The total 1 1'1: hut if anyone should wish 'n as a room by it would be JIM.

rehahly he attendance at the Ion. Pleas? make every If there are any others ml Itu.rtv early on Thursday iibove a.lclress. Yours respect fully ir.KI,l 7. J. BDH'AMUS, Clinirnut.il Transportation Committee.

NAVY YARD NEWS. NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON EXPECTED TO LKAYE ABOUT OCTOBER 1. The five ships now forming the North Atlantic squadron, and at present anchored off Tomp kinsville, S. will not come to the yard. All tho necessary stores will be sent to the different ships as they aro requisitioned, and the process ol coaling will b'j conducted at Staton Island.

This iu itsolf will tnke ten days at least or a fortnight, and it is improbable that the lleet can leave before. October 1. Admiral Bunco, commander in chief or tho squadron, intends to so to sea as soon as poBsiblo amd continue tho tleet evolutions. lie has marked upon the chart the, boundaries of two drill grounds for fleet maneuvers, one to the southward and eastward of Sandy Hook and ouo to eastward of Sandy Hook and ono to the eastward of the capes of the hesapoake, both being out ol the track of steamships and commerce generally. Upon tneeo two drill grounds the squadron will bo running into iouapkinsvlllo Norfolk for coal when the supply is exhausted, and choosing the ground that is most suitable for the season.

Both tho battle ships Texas and Maine aro expected to join the squadron before it leaves this port, making in all seven ships ia the fleet. It is rumored in naval circles that the flagship Newark is to be relieved from duty at th South Atlantic station and will be ordered home for repairs. Secretary Herbert is not goinft to break up the North Atlnntic squadron for any purpose whatsoever until some of the maneuvers are held after the battleships Maine and Texas join the squadron. Tho Newark has been in South waters over two years. roh af whin l.ei.

Tho MinnA. apolis may be ordered out later in tho autumn as fingniip or else tho Baltimore sent around on her return from China. Some new 6hip, however, will bo assigned to the station very soon, as the Lanotister is not fitted for a flag ship and is needed at Newport for tho ao Pr uce: The officers of tho cruiser Atlanta, now being prepared for going out of commission at tho yard, have been d.taehed frorn that ship and ordered to duty as follows: Captain li follows: Captain li J. Cromwell, three months' leave: Li.utenant Commander E. D.

Taussig, as exeoutive officer of tho Richmond: Lieutenant' W. B. Fltcher, home and preparatory orders to tho Boston: Lieutenant B. T. Walling, homo and three mouths' leave; Lieutenant Kidgely Hunt, to tho hyurographic offleo at New York; Sur geon D.

N. Bertoletto, home, on waiting promotion: P. lingineer E. H. Scribner.

preparatory orders to the Boston. Paymaster J. B. Redfleld has been placed on waiting orders. GOLD TOR THE SUB TREASURY'.

MAY BE A MILLION DOLLARS SENT i FROM BANKS. i Th siih rp. i si rv tins received Oftn In gold from the associated banks of Rochester, N. in exchange for currency, the banks paying express charges 'as required, by the government. Pittsburg banks are considering whether they will deposit S7S0.O0O in gold on the same terms.

LLOYD STEAMI ACCOUNTED FOR. At tho office of tbo North German Lioyd Steamship company it was said this morning that ail tho vessels encaged in tho servieo of tli company between this port and European ports had been accounted for. "Wo nave not been able to find out where this roport of tho loun dering ol one oar vessels at sea with the loss of 150 ers originated." said an of flcial of the conipany, "but wo would very much like to do so." BliOOlv IN PARIS. Special Cable to tho Eagle.) Paris, September 17 Tho following Brook lynltes are registered at the Eagle's Paris bureau Mr. and Mrs.

Woolworth. Miss niena Woolworth, Hiss Margaret Collins and lUiss Becker. i I i i 1 Captain of the Yard Frederick Rogers took his place in the ceremony of turning the ship over to her new captain. The crew of the Maine had been transferred from the receiving ship Vermont during the morning and with a few exceptions was complete. The ceremonies attending the putting of a ship in commission aro simple and yet impressive.

After the band had played several national airs the officers and crew were assembled aft, at the call of the bugle. Captain A. S. Crowinshield then read the order of the secretary of the navy assigning him to the command. Her flag and pennant were then hoisted and the bugle call sent the men back to their stations.

The band played again and officers and spectators joined in hearty cheers. Thus the second battle ship of the new steel navy was introduced to active service, the Texas, a sister ship, having been placed in commission on August 15. The officers newly attached to the Maine were loud in their expressions of praise and said that their quarters were so comfortable that the ship is more like a yacht than a man of war. In 1SSS the Maine's keel was first laid in yard and with the exception of her engines. which were built by a New York firm, and her heavy armor plates, suplied by Car ticcrlo Vwifl eX hlrll "hnm Tl.

iwoval haan i put into position by yard workmen every part of her has been built here. The Maine is the largest and most powerful fighting 1 ship ever yet put into commission by the United States government, and is even larger I th.TTi tha TVvni i Vf of thfl wmo ctac I WITHDRAWS HIS CHARGE OF THEFT OF A BIT OF RIBBON. Fourteen year old Jennie Harris ol 54 Chrys tie street. New York, was arrested at 6 o'clock last night on a charge of stealing 2 cents' worth of ribbon from her employer, Alex Hofheimer 81 Grand street, and was arraigned before Magistrate Cornell in the Jefferson market court this morning. The girl did not look, like a very desperate criminal.

Her eyes "were red and swollen with weeping, and she seemed to be under the impression that nothing short of life imprisonment was to be her doom. Superintendent Vendig of the firm said that one of the girls employed in room with the young prisoner had seen her take the piece of ribbon from a cap and put it in her hair. When Jennie saw that she had been detected, he continued, she tried to hide the ribbon beneath her dress. The forewoman charged the girl with theft, but she denied her guilt, but the forewoman, the. superintendent said, saw the end of the ribbon hanging under her skirt, and took it away from her.

Policeman Regan was then sent for and the girl was arrested. She spent the night In the custody of the Gerry society. When the little piece of red ribbon, not more than three Inches In length, was laid on the magistrate's desk as evidence, he exclaimed In surprise: "Is that all she took Vendig, who seemed to think the offense a very henious one, said: "That's the property." Jennie, in her own behalf, said she had been in the employ of the concern only two days. She earned $1.50 per week for working every day from 8 A. M.

to 6 P. M. The girl did not deny that she took the ribbon. She rair she wanted a piece for her hair, and did not realize that she was doing anything wrong in appropriating the tiny piece of silk. She would never do so again, she sobbed.

Magistrate Cornell appeared tq think that the child had been sufficiently punished by her night's imprisonment and the fright occa sioned by her arrest. Vendig finally decided that he would not press the charge. The complaint was thereupon dismissed and the girl turned over to Officer Moore of the Gerry society, who took her home. Vendig lingered on the bridge a moment, and then, leaning toward Magistrate Cornell, said: "Your honor, it is probably not within your province to pass on this question, but I'd like to ask you whether this girl's people have grounds for an action." The magistrate looked curiously at the man as he replied: "I should say that they had grounds." "Well, what should be done in the premises?" anxiously inquired Vendig. "My dear sir, I can't advise you about that." said magistrate Cornell, who was evidently losing his patience at the man's questions.

Vendig left the court room with a troubled brow. SPEAK EASY BAKBER SHOPS. BROOKLYN INFESTED BY A NEW FORM OF CRIME. About 10 o'clock last Sunday morning when the trolley cars and steam cars that produce 6ueh a tangle the neighborhood of Manhat taa crossing, East New York, were takinc a little needed rest, a pedestrian came along Atlantic avenue through th sunshine and paused in front of a barber shop. He shook the door hard, rubbed nis rough chin and.

swore. Goshl" he exclaimed, at last, "I foreot all once, when a man who had been standing on the adge of tne sidewalk came forward and in quired: "Do vou want a share "Yes." "Follow me." The man led the way into a tobacconist's shop and out through tho back yard of the barber's shop. The customer tried tho barber's back door. It was unDolted. He slipped through and confronted the boss barber in the act of depriving a fellow man of his budding whiskers.

Yes; I know I'm violating the law," ex claimed the boss barber. "It's an awful thing i to violate ihe law, isn't it? Well. I propose to keep right on violating the law every Sunday." nnon tne customer issued rortn by tne cir euitous route through whioh he had entered he met a policeman on the corner but by keeping I his handkerchief over his newly scraped chin escaped oosorvation. xae law i.nforcement society of Brooklyn, of i. r' iM: i i whieh George F.

Elliott is president, knows perfectly well what wickedness is going for ward and by next Sunday will be prepared to meet it. Men with two or throe days' growth i of beard will be sent in the "speak easy" bar i bor shops to get illegal shaves. Thev will care NIGHT SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS. CHAIRMAN BOUCK HAS NOT ENOUGH TO G. AROUND.

James B. Bouck, ahalrman of the committee on evening schools, has assigned the members to evening schools as follows: No. 1, Adams street, corner of Comcord, George P. Hamlin, M. No.

13, Uegraw street, corner Hicks, John Knrrigau, M. D. No. 15, Third avenue, corner State street, Charles Ii. Robertson; No.

17, i rlggs avenue. corner North Filth street. James L. Drutn raond: No. 18, A.aujer street, near Ewen, Mrs.

I Powell; No. 22, Java stret, near Manhattan avenue, Miss Perry; No. 24, Wall streot, cor I ner Beaver, George traub; No. SS, Hoy ward streot, near Broadway, William J. Lynch: No.

45. Lafayette avenue, near Classon, Airs. Pet tiagill; ino. 73, Mcl.ougal street, corner Rock away avenue, George w. Schaedle.

Pupils may register on the evenings of October 1. 2, S. 8, 9, 10 at the several school buildings. The fall term of nine weeks will begin Ootober 15. Owing to the abandonment of the two high schools and four primaries there are not enough laft to go arouad the committee on evening schools, which numbers fourteen members.

Heretofore each member of the committee hat been assigned to at least one school in the capacity of an individual committee. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY BRIDGE. The directors of tho New York and New Jersey Bridge company met shortly before aoon to day at 214 Broadway, Now Yerk, und at once adjourned to November 19. This was done because the directors did not wish to make any changes in the board until the harbor line board and the New York sinking fund commissioners name tho locations for the approaches ol the proposed bridge. MRS.

CHARLES FOUND GUILTY. Mrs. May Charles, of 249 West Fifteenth 6treet, New Y'ork, who has been on trial in special sessions, New York, charged with cruelly lfcatlng her 7 year old stepdaughter Ethel, wire on the opening of court this morning foujf uilty. Justice Hinsdale announced that aef i would bo pronounced on Monday next. CHANGES CONTEMPLATED IN HEATING, VENTILATING AND HOISTING.

For a year past Postmaster Sullivan has been nrzing upon tho treasury authorities in Washington the 'pressing need of extensive improvements in the federal building. The heating and ventilating arrangements as at present constituted ar not only very defective ns regards eomfort, but are even detrimental to the health of the man who ocenpy the building. Experts in sanitation have looked over tho ground and suggested radical changes in both these particulars and improved hoisting apparatus is also strongly recommended. Kvery time Mr. Sullivan has visited.

Wash ingtnn within tho year he hns called attention to these matters and been promised help In effecting the changes, but red tape in the various departments has invariably stood in the wny of immediato action and the matter has dragged on despite his active efforts to have the work taken np and finished. At last, however, nil preliminaries seen! to have been satisfactorily arranged and word has come to the postmaster, who is also the official custodian of the building, that work may be begun. He has received from the supervising architect in Washington plans and specifications for extensive alterations and improvements in the heating, ventliuting and hoisting apparatus and with them an authorization to publicly a'd vi rtiso In the city papers for bids. The competing contractors will be allowed to examine the plans in Mr. Sullivan's office and must submit their bids not later than the 25th day of this momh.

They are to be forwarded to the office of the supervising architect In Washington and be there placed on flio by the 26th. The recent improvements undertaken nt the Adams street entrance to the building along with these now projectinz from the interior will put the structure In better condition than ever before. It is expected that, unless unfortunate delays arise, tho alterations will be completed before cold weather sets in in earnest. Mr. Sullivan will personally examine the work as it progresses and see that it all conies up to the standard mark.

A MENACE TO HEALTH. SANITARY CONDITION OF SCHOOL NO. 66 DECLAiRED BAD. The sanitary condition of public school No. 6G, in Osborn street, near Sutter avenue, 4s declared to be far from what it should be.

So unfavorably, indeed, does the health committee of the board of education look upon It that it desires to abandon it altogether. This was thought to be practicable in the Immediate future owing to the fast approaching completion of the large new school building at Linwood and Arlington avenues, In the same district, which is to be known as public school No. 108. No. 103 is not very far aiway, being located on Dumont street, between Powell and Sackman.

Both of these have a large number of class rooms and Sittings for over one thousand each. They will be ready for occupancy in October If no unexpected delays occur. It has all along been the board's intention to abandon No. 66 upon the completion of No. 108.

is an antiquated building, one of the landmarks of the district, in fact, and ill adapted for tihe uses to which tt has been put. But is very possible ithat the programme will have to be changed at the last moment after all. It is certain this will happen if the state of affairs in the district Is anything like that in the one in which new school No. 106 Is located. When its doors were thrown open a few days ago every seat was snatched up and still more want to get in.

It can be stated on authority that if No. 108 won't hold all the scholars of No. 66 and the new ones who wish to come in, old school No. 66 will go on. Prompt attention will be paid to its sanitation and all that can be done will be effected without delay for the comfort and health of the pupils and teachers.

No. 66 now has an attendance of over six hundred children. The building stands in the center of the block and between it and Sut ter avenue. 100 feet away, 24 families live. Within the past two weeks frequent complaint has been made of the stagnant drainage In the immediate vicinity.

It is said that a broken cesspool is responsible for the stench. This should be remedied at once. It admits of not a moment's delay. HELD FOR FORGERY. ARTHUR WILLIAMS ARRESTED AT THE INSTANCE OF A PHYSICIAN.

A uniformed mesenger boy went to the office of Dr. George Zellhoefer, 175 South Fourth street, last night with a letter which appeared to have been written by Alonzo Gaubert, one of the oldest real estate brokers of the city, whose office Is at 107 Broadway. The letter was a request for the loan of $20, to be returned this morning. The signature closely resembled that of Mr. Gaubert, but the request was so unusual that Dr.

Zellhoefer determined to investigate the matter. He learned that the boy had been sent from the Western District telegraph office, 151 Broadway, and he went to that office, where he was told that the sender had left the office, but was to return for an answer. The doctor waited and soon a well dressed man of about 40 years, whose beard was artistically trimmed, entered and asked if the boy had returned with the answer. "I am the boy. What answer do you ex pect?" said the doctor.

The stranger bolted. He was closely followed by Special Policeman Charles Doyle and Dr. Gallagher. Patrolman Starkey joined in the chase and the fugitive was caught at Bedford avenue and South Eighth street after a chase of two blocks. He was taken to the Fifth precinct station house, where he said he was Arthur Will lams of 9 Astor street.

New York. When asked where Astor street was he said he would rather say nothing about himself because he did not want to disgrace his mother and sister. He was remanded by Justice Goetting this morning until Monday that Mr. Gaubert may prefer a charge of forgery against him. After the prisoners had been taken from the Lee avenue police court in the prison van two women who were well dressed and who had the appearance of being women of Importance, asked to see the prisonep.

They were told that he had been taken away. They said they could not believe that he was the Mr. Williams they were interested in, but when they learned that the van had gone to the Ewen street court they inquired how to get there, and said they did not know the streets of Brooklyn, as they had recently arrived from Chicago. When they reached the Ewen street court the van was standing In the street. One of them called to Williams and he appeared at the window in the door of the van.

One of the women mounted the steps of the van and took from the prisoner a roll of bills. The prisoner had been searched at the Fifth precinct station house but this money was not found on his person. The po lce believe him to be a professional swindler. THE WEATHER. INDICATIONS TILL 8 P.

M. TO MORROW. Washington. r. September 17 For Eastern New York, fair: westerly winds: cooler in Northern New York Wednesday evening.

LOCAL PROBABILITIES. Fair to day and on Wednesday, stationary temperature, sonthwesterly winds. The ollowins ia the record of the thermometer as kept at the Brooklyn Daily Eacle office: "AM 65 I 10 A. 6T 4 A. B4 12 71 6 A.

04 I P.M. 74 8 A. tJ5 IftP.M. 70 Averaee temperatnre to d.i? 68 Averase temperatnre same date year. HIGH WATER.

Following is the official announcement of the time and duration of high water at Tie York and Sandy Hook for to morrow, September 18: a. tr. ni unrvn or, Time. Heia ht' Rise I KalL Itt. M.

loot. II H.M.i Feet. 1 1 H. M. I H.

it. New 7:06, Sandy Hoot 8:.4 4 4.0 3.0 0:37 MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN VESSELS. ARRIVED TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. s.Enis, from Bramen.

Mannheim, ironi Hamourc. Martello, from Hull. Louisiana, from New Orlran. Rio GrnJe. irom Brunswick.

4 Mohawk, from London. Kl Monte, from New Orleans. Rotterdam, from Rotterdam. ARRIVED AT FOREIGN PORTS. Trae.

from New York, BroraorhaTOn. ElrsU. from New YorK. Leghorn. KenBincton.

iro New York. Antwerp. Lenanlo. from New York. Shields.

Albano, irom New Torn, Hamburg. Prinoipia. from New V'ork. Leith Bolivia, from York, passed Matin Head. MamtoDa, Irom New York.

Spain, irom Ns pasaed Prawle Point. Lahn. fro Ne York, passed Stilly. Braunschweig, fro tu New York. Bremerhaven.

FROM FOREIGN PORTS. Crams. 2or New York, Dundee. Alsatla. for New York.

Naples. Patria, for New York, passed Bntt of Lewis. Victoria, lor Mew York, passed Gibraltar. Josiah 0. Low Passes Away at Newpor'.

BROTHER OF THE LATE A. A. LOW. Formerly a Partner in the Famous Old Tea Importing House For Many Years a Resident of Brooklyn Prominent in Many Charities and Financial Institutions Reached the Age of Three Score and Fifteen. Josiah O.

Low, a brother of the late Abiel Abbot Low, and one of the oldest and best known merchants of New Y'ork city prior to the dissolution of the copartnership existing between A. A. Low ana nis brothers in the early eighties, died yesterday at his summer home at Broadlawn, near Castle Hill, Newport, in the 75th year of his age. Mr. Low had been in poor health for many years.

He was born in Salem, a city which has furnished Brooklyn with many prominent residents, on March 20, 1821, and received his education at the Salem Classical school. In 1845 be bo came associated with his brother, A. A. Low in tbo tea importing business in Burling slip. New Y'ork, which at one time had the reputation of being one of the largest, if not the largest house i in that trade in this country.

The firm remained in existence for upward of forty years and then retired from business with ample private fortunes. Mr. Low was an uncle of ex Mayor Seth Low, now president of Columbia college, and of A. A. Low and William G.

Low of this city. He was trustee of the Unitarian Church of the Saviour, of which the Rev. Samuel A. Eliot Is pastor, a troatee of the Polytechnic institute, a director of the original board of the Children's Aid society, a director of the Brooklyn Trust eompany.amemberoftho Downtown, New York, club and also a member of the Brooklyn olub. Mr.

Low's home In this city was at 36 Kemsea street, but since bis retirement from active business he had passed the better part of his time at his Newport residence. Mr. Low and his brother were among the earliest settlers or the famous watering place, in fact, long before it became tho resort of residents and visitors who represented the wealth, fashion and culture of the East, Recognizing its advantages they made large investments in land in that city, developing and beautifying certain sections with stinted hand. Mr. Low leaves three daughters, one of whom married Mr.

Huntington, a director in the Franklin Trust company, another married Maximilian E. Sands, a descendant of an old Brooklyn family and a third is the wife of Commissioner of City Works White. His two sons Chauncey and are both deceased: Mr. Low was a man noted for his interest in all good works, for his quiec and unostentatious ways and for his probity as a merchant of many years' standing. He was a mult millionaire.

WANT ONLY TnE GRAY. THE TWENTY THIRD WOULD LIKE TO DISCARD THE STATE UNIFORM. The officers of the Twenty third regiment ar desirous of discarding the state uniform and wearing a gray fatigue as doss the Seventh The Twenty third has long worn a full dress of gray. A meeting the council was held last night and a committee was appointed to look into the matter and report as soon as possible. There are two regiments in the stato which now uniform themselves, the Seventh and the Twenty second.

Permission has already been accorded the Twenty third to discard the old helmet and state service coat. Among the reasons put forth for wanting to get rid of the state unirorm Is the difficulty which is experiencediln proouring new uniforms for recruits. It is often a matter of months before a new man is fitted out. If the regiment was buying its own clothes tho new men oould be cared for at once. There will of course be a considerable increase in the expenseB of the recruit, but it is believed that this' will not keep any desirablo men out of the organization.

Captain Silkman of Company is chairman of the committee which has the matter in charge Lieblfr Company's JPxtract of Beef. A. sonp for campers and tourists. Para aad SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Don't worry because there's a chilliness in the air, because you've no overcoat and the custom tailor always keeps you waiting.

Here are stores where you get them ready to put on, where the cost, cut and cloth are right. "Weather and fashion in accord. The knell of straw hats has sounded. We've Derbys at 3 to replace them with same block, material and weight for which the fashionable hatter charges $5. Kogers Feet Co Prince and Broadway.

Warren and Broadway. 32d and Broadway. NEW TOMS. leura THE GREAT SKIN CURE Works wonders in curing torturing disfiguring dis eiises of the skin scalp and blood and especially baby humours. Bold thronchfmt.thfl world, and, Mprciully by EnclUh id American chtnnitt In all the continental citlei.

Dridah depot F. Skwbkry Jfc Soks, 1. Kinfj Kdmud lxmdoa. Foxrex sDjujo CltKX. Cou Sole rop Boton, S.

A. CLARENDON HOTEL, BROOKLYN, N. Y. EUROPEAN PLAN. Booms Single and En Suite.

Cuisine and Service First Class. BLAKE fc A Shining Example of true merit and unlike others it Shines "Without Scratching. BET YOUR PRINTING DONE Official Boards to Consider the Question on Monday. A STRANGE SERIES OF DEATHS. "Within Eight Months Holy Trinity Has Lost Its Rector, a 'Warden and Two Vestrymen, While Three Other "Vestrymen Have Lost Wife, Son and Father Time Will Be Talien in Filling the Rectorate.

On Monday next the official boards of Holy Trinity church will meet for the purpose of selecting a successor to the late Dr. Charles H. Hall. No one has as yet been spoken of as his successor, and it is hardly likely that any action will be taken further than to look over the field of possible candidates. The probabilities are that several meetings will have to be held before any decision can be arrived at.

The officials of the church feel that they have a grave responsibility to shoulder. They recognize the fact that it wil be impossible to fill the vacancy left by the death of Dr. Hall. The feeling in the church is for a man whose personality shall resemble that of the late lamented rector as much as it is possible for the individuality of one man to resemble that of another. The death of Dr.

Hal! last week was the culmination of a series of mortalities which has filled the parish of the Holy Trinity with sadness and which has made the past six or eight months a period of mourning. Beside the Immeasurable loss sustained by the death of the revered rector, there have been other losses, ether deaths of people whose work in the church and in the parish for years was earnest and eudurlng, and whose places it has been found yet impossible to fill. The first of the series of mortalities was the demise of Charles A. Townsend. one of the wardens.

Then followed the death of Edwin Beers, a vestryman, who was as active and as prominent in his church duties as in the business life of this community. Shortly after followed Henry N. Brush, another vestryman. Beside these deaths of members of the official boards, other griers afflicted the survivors. J.

Warren Greene, a vestryman, lost his charming wife; Frederick T. Aldrich. an associate of the same board, lost his father, and J. T. Connell still mourns the death of his son.

FORNEY COURT MARTfAL. A NEW WITNESS CALLED AT THE HEARING TO Colonel James Forney's court martial continued its sessions this morning at the navy yard. Lieutenant Thomas X. Wood, the first witness that was called at Saturday's hearing, is still on the witness stand and telling all that he knows about the coal supply. The court opened the day's proceedings, after the minutes of yesterday had been read, and asked the witness a few questions on its own account.

In renlv to a nuestion oc whether he knew if the government coal he had seen taken to Colonel Forney's quarters In a wheelbarrow had been used unlawfully, the witness answered that he could not say It was. Another question was: "Do you know whether Colonel Forney bought any coal for his own use between October, 1893, and March. 1895'" "Xo, I do not," replied the witness. The witness then went on to tell about the origin and work of the coal board which examined Into the question of the amount of coal on hand in the barracks at this time. The counsel for the defense and prosecution both said they had no further questions to ask the witness and Lieutenant Wood, the first witness examined, was excused.

Major George C. Re'ed was then called by the prosecution and testified he had made an inspection of the marine barracks at this station in April last. He also made another Inspection In the early part of June. In regard to both inspections the witness received special instructions. First inspection he had received special instructions to examine the defective chimney in the officers' quarters, and had found It cracked.

On his first inspection he had also examined the books and papers of the post. He talked with the colonel commanding about the report in regard to the defective flue. The court adjourned with Major Reed still in the chair. DRIVEN OUT OF HER WINDOW. INJURY TO A WOMAN AFTER AN ALLEGED BEATING.

In attempting to escape from her husband, who, the police affirm, was beating her yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Mary Kearcher of 240 East Forty sixth street. New York, fell from the fourth story window of her home to the yard. She was severely injured. This morning her husband, John, who is employed in Opperman's brewery at Forty fifth street and First avenue.

New Y'ork, was arraigned in the Yorkville police court and held for further examination. Mrs. Kearcher was too badly injured to appear in court and on the police learning that she had stated that she would not appear against her husband Magistrate Flammer ordered Patrolman Delhi to secure a subpena for her appearance at the examination. Patrolman Delhi said that Kearcher went to his home about 6 o'clock last evening and commenced to beat his wife. He had abused her fearfully when, in trying to escape from him she went to the fire escape on the fourth floor.

From there she fell. Some tenants in the house carried her to her apartments and she refused to be taken to a hospital. Her family physician, who is attending her, says that she has no internal injuries as far as he can discover. CONFERENCE IN MRS. BLISS' CASE.

MRS. FLEMING'S STEP FATHER TALKS WITH THE POLICE. There was an important consultation at the West One Hundred and Twenty fifth street station house. New York, lust evening, whioh lasted until an early hour this morning, and it Is expected that it will have seme important bearing on the ease. There were present at the conference besides Captain Thompson, Acting Inspector McCullagh, Henry H.

Bliss. the step father of Mrs. Fleming, and a young man wno actea in a very nervous manner, Captain Thompson insisted that his visitors were friends and hatl only called to pay him a visit. Captain Thompson was asked if any arrests would be made in the Bliss case. He replied that none bad been made, and that none would be made, at the present time.

SAYS HOP WAH SL APPED HIM, A COMPLAINANT WHO WAS INTOXICATED IN COURT. William M. Ward of 297 Park avenue appeared in the Myrtle nvnue police conrt this morning ns complainant against Hod Wan, a Chinese laundrymon 466 Myrtle avenue. Ward said that when he called at tho laundry on Saturday night and presented a ticket for his shirt, Hop Wah told him the ticket had been stolen. He oalled in Officer McDonald of the Twenty first precinct to aid him in getting bis shirt, and in the officer's presence IIop Wah struck him in tho face with his hand and then drew a club from under the counter with which to strike him.

Ward was evidently under the influence of liquor as he told his story, and admitted to the court that hn had taken two or three drinks of whisky. Justice Haggerty held Hop Wah in $200 ball for trial on Thursday next. ODD FELLOWS GRAND LODGE. CHANGES IN SECRET WORK DISCUSSED AT TO DAY'S SESSION. Atlantic City, N.

September 17 Tho sovereign grand lodge Independent Order of Odd fellows met this morning at 9 o'clock. Tho grand sire appointed the following special committee on buildings and halls: J. Otis Humphrey, Illinois; S. T. Parsons, Missouri; Alfred S.

Pinkerton, Massachusetts; A. C. Cable. Ohio, and Francis N. Rea, Pennsylvania.

The duty of the committee is to report the condition of buildings and holla. Fierce Fight Eetween McGarry and His Opponents. FRAUD CHARGED BY THE LATTER The Young Alderman Denounced for His Tactics Ready to Choose Delegates to the State Convention Joint Conference Committee Will Meet To night. Mr. Shepard Not a Candidate for the State Committee.

Primaries for the election of delegates to the a.i ombly convenfwn.s were held in ail tho wards by the machine Democrats last niht. With the exception of a few isolated districts there were no contests outside of the Tenth ward. In that bailiwick the McGarry ites and the anti McCiarryitiK had a fierce struggle. According 'o the returns filed at Democratic headquarters to day the opponents of the youthful alderman, led by Justice James G. Tighe.

James J. Millard and Assemblyman John A. Hennessy, were defeated. Out of the twenty seven districts In the ward the JIcGarryites carried twenty, leaving but seven to the opposition. There was a good deal of excitement throughout the ward.

Crowds of people from other wards visited the Tenth to witness the excitement attending the contents. Contrary to expectation there were few rows. With the exception of a few simple assaults everything was qui at. There was an unusually large vote polled throughout the ward. It is estimated that nearly four thousand voters attended the primaries, among them many members of the reform organization.

Ona of the most exciting contests was in the First district, where Will lam Belford. the McGarryite candidate, defeated Michael H. Needhac. the anti Mc Garryite. by a vote 101 to 74.

Needham was formerly the McGarry leader. In the Sixth district Alderman McGarry won over Michael MeCarren by a vote of 220 to 64. The Eighth. Tenth. Fourteenth.

Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth districts were carried by the opposition. In the Fifteenth the vote was 60 to 61. When the polls were closed and the result made known last night the victors, headed by a band, paraded the streets and serenaded many of the district leaders. Alderman McGarry was compelled to make a speech. In which he thanked his supporters.

The headquarters of the anti McGarryites were at the home of the James J. Millard club, on Ilcyt street. Thero the returns were received. While admitting their defeat, the Millardites were pleased with the showing they made. Alderman John J.

McGarry was seen by an Eagle reporter to day. He said he was pleased at the result of the primaries in the ward, but declined to discuss the outcome any further. "V'c won." be said, "as I predicted we would, and the next time the defeat will be more crushing." John A. Hennessy issued this statement today about the Tenth ward contest "We had no contests last night in the Twenty first. Twenty third and Twenty seventh districts for reasons which were sufficiently good for us.

In the other twenty four districts of the ward we polled 1.5P7 votes as against 1.817 for the opposition. If Mr. Robert Furey's ash cart drivers and other em ployes from several adjoining wards had not I taken such an excessive interest in the sue cess of the opposition, we should have car riod the ward, notwithstanding open primaries, handsomely. However, the fact that we polled l.tVIO in twenty four election districts I is sufficient to challenge the attention of the executive committee and the general commit tee of the county. It was to effect this nb that we made the fight at the primaries last night.

When the constitution of the general committee was adopted many essential bylaws tor the protection of legitimate voters and for the purification of the roll lists were not Incorporated. December of last year it has been impossible to obtain an honest enrollment in sixteen of the twenty I seven districts ut the Tenth ward. Roll i the polling lists and names put on of persons who had never presented themselves for en rollment in person. "The McGarryites, so called, in possession of nineteen of the twenty seven districts, dc I cided early in the year to hold cm to them by Book or crook. sought protection from the chairman of the executive committee early in the summer.

We laid before him the fact that genuine copies of the rolls could not be had, that fraudulent enrollment" were held and demanded the protection the executive committee. Mr. York, with thai suavity which he has cultivated of late years, insisted that the executive committee had no power in the matter and that the better thing to do would be to go along as easily as possibte until the general committee met in September. Our election officials selected were thrown out. our primary meetings were changed in defiance of the constitution of the general committee and it was with these conditions existing that we went to the polls last night to mak" a protest that must be heeded.

The executive committee of the Tenth ward Democratic club will meet tonight and draw up a protest in relation to the disgraceful proceedings in many of the election district primaries held last night. The committee will demand a thorough investi gation into the circumstances existing last night at the primaries In the Third. Fourth. Sixth. Seventh, Eleventh, Fifteenth.

Eighteenth. Nineteenth. Twenty second and Twenty fourth Election districts of the ward. It would not be becoming on my part to make any charge? now in advance of those which will be formulated by the executive committee and which we stand ready to prove. The least bad blcod that there is about this the better both for the party and the promotion of decency in politics.

I am an organization man from my feet up. I believe in fighting within the ranks and taking my medicine gracefully, but we must be defeated within the rules of the general committee and we must obtain tho rights accorded to us by the constitution of the party in Kinpr. county. "We can produce evidence which will be startling even to men well versed in old time politics and we shall let the executive com mittee decide for itself whether those meet ings shall be open to the public scrutiny. We must have an investigation.

Perhaps one fact cu ncr hiw. tht there one hr' to be one. Irt the Sixth district n. nih, it, rioiv Intimidation the inspectors report that 2G9 votes were cast within two hours and that we were beaten 205 to 64. Now no man in his senses will believe that 269 votes could be cast In 120 minutes.

This Is more than two votes a minute consecutively and when it is seen that the voter must give his name and there are so many Democratic voters there. "While out of the twenty four districts con teste.d McGarry carried fourteen and we car ried ten, I desire to say that we lost the i Seventh by intimidation pure and simple, the Ninth district by 11 votes, the Eighteenth dis trict by 14 votes, the Nineteenth district by IS votes and the Twentieth district by 21 votes. In these districts a total of 500 votes were polled, so that we cast more than 40 per cent, of the vote in losing the district. I The height of silliness was reached by the opposition in the Eighteenth district, where the inspectors refused to receive the names nf over forty enrolled voters. We are having affidavits from all of them.

We lost that district by a vote of lin to 94. In the Third election district, when members presented i themselves for enrollment, the president and secretary walked out and the Inspectors held that they had no power to enroll. In the i Seventh and Eleventh districts the voters were compelled to go upstaii's to living apart monts of relatives of the MeGarry's and to vote and were thrown down stairs as gracefully a possible when not prf senting the rig ht ballot. Those, however, are some of i mmorous incidents or the night whicn be ovf rlnoked ordinarily. But there of graver consequence which we ask the executive committee of the gen commit tee to take hold of at once.

We must have supervision of the primaries by persons u.eput:zei from the executive committee of the general committee. We must have copies of the roll book and the names of dead men and men who were never alive must be taken off. "On the whole. I may say that people who ire looking for decency In politics in the Tenth ward are very well satisfied with the sutcome and the vote which was polled by us. nnifloc in1 hlc irn i rwl ha Vi a incmoMiv I must write It down, no one will dispute the fact that It was a physical impossibility to I cast any such vote within tne allotted time and as a matter o.

fact no one at all con veruaot wnu tne oi.ui uisinci win mnu tbiaaA eral i 1 i 1 I I In October the Maine was given her trial about that law." With a disgusted expression trip, and made 18.57 knots per hour. She on his face he wax about to journey over to the did not have her heavy guns on board at Canarsie railroad and catoh a train to that hos this time, however, but it is thought that pitable town where all the laws are violated at she will have no difficulty in making the re quired 17 knots. As soon as she can be got ready for sea she will join the North Atlantic squadron and cake part in the fleet evolutions which are now being planned. She has been fitted up with admiral quarters, it has not as et been announoe(i whether Admiral Bunce ill transfer his flag from the New York to the Maine, but it Is regarded as probable It is not expected that the Maine will be ready to join the fleet until October. Her roster of officers Is as follows: Captain, A.

S. Crowinshield: lieutenant commander, Adolph Marix; lieutenants, C. W. Gunger, F. F.

Fletcher, G. W. Denfeld and B. H. Golt; ensigns, H.

H. Ward and F. W. Jenkins; naval cadets, A. J.

Wadhams, W. R. Gherardi, E. H. Wason.

H. V. Butler. O. S.

Knopper and W. G. Groesbeck; surgeon. J. L.

Neilson P. A. surgeon. V. C.

B. Means; assistant Mirgeoii, i. rticnarns; paymaster, T. W. Richards: paymaster, E.

X. Whitehouse; chief engineer. A. W. Morley P.

A. engineer, F. C. Bowers; assistant engineers. A.

M. Proctor, M. E. French and B. Peugnet.

CUT RATES FOR UNION LEATHER, I I at TiT FrTT puuT vppv vi i tpv in, lully sBcure the lather and some of the scrnp AtANLFACTLltERb FEEL ERi HAPPY AT, inKS ns evidence and will then have tho boss THE PRESENT OUTLOOK. arrested. orders: A. Surgeon C. P.

Bagg, to the Vermont; autumn soason, wucn increased business will Enj), vacs t0 tbe Alliance. Captain enable the manufacturer to pay them, IL p. picking has naen detached from the Min Tho falliug oft in tho price of hides recentlv, ne30ta Jiml orui.red home on waiting orders. which prompted tho acquisition of a very largo A99istImt Engineer A. S.

Halstead has been or quantity by tho United States Leather company What looks like a cut rate war in the price ol nnfon leather ha been started hv thA Ronton Lefttller company, which sells for the Chicago i packers, they havinc offered union leather to the sole cutters at 2 cents balow tho market, i Keck Mosser havemet the cut. but the United States Leather company, tho third big eonoern in the fight, has stuck to the old rates, and claims it can maintain the present rate until tho and others, afforded the solo cutters an argument for cheaper leather. It is estimated in the trade that union leather constitutes about 34 per cent, of tho business of the United States Leather company. THE COURT CALENDARS. CASES TO BE CALLED FOR DISPOSITION BY JUDGES TO MORROW.

Court of sessions Char les Garrison, manslaughter; Jwhn P. Ames, grand Julius Peters. Knind birceay: Johua Nathan, rrand larceny; Ouo Ander.n, ua.uR. durroffatt's court, before Gwrxe Li. Abbott, surrogate The will of Ya.len:!ne Kirsch.

Ttu accounting In tho eta.te of Sarah Ann Hates, Tnom as llurke, Art'hur Mullen. Xuncy Mullen, O. iurk a I r.ohnsn. John MrOonvil, Matthew L. George M.

tVa lt. Arura (formerly Anna Stopka). Henry Scheldt, Miiry SheftU Mlfhael Harrioi: litsll. I'VederU Shea and Iloter; S. Hayward.

The estate of John Huirhs. rjaniel W. Northl rup. Apnt s. Clayton, Jacob Wilson and Thomas Th1 transfer tax of Emma M.

Warner. Ann ad, Annie 7. Frank Greenland, George Zimmerman and Asher Wright. N.i cimto rfted calendar. JOHN M.

BUTLER'S BODY SENT WEST. The body of John M. Butler of Indianapolis, who died at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Now York, on Monday, was placed on a New York Central train at 1 o'elacK this afternoon and sent to Mr. Butler's late bom.

The traia is due at Indianapolis at 11:0 A. M. to morrow. Tho funeral win follow Immediately on the arrival of the trais. Services will be held in the Second Presbyterian church of that city, of which Mr.

Butler was aD elder. Mr. Butlir's son in law and business partaer, A. H. snow, will accompany the remains..