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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. FKIDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1S02.

THE PEYES STEEL BAILS FOE LISS: BERTHA MOKES WILL BE CLIPPER fiFLDAT Mil SHE LEAVES LONE BEAU POLICE ARE 0ISSAT1SFIEQ, ILL E1KED 3 PLATOON PLAN Plead Guilty to' Biirgla ry in the Third Degree. 1 Householders in and aDout Westchester County will breathe caller to day when they I learn that the two robbers who have ha rassed that vicinity so many months have been arraigned in the Kings County Court and have pleaded guilty to burglary in the; third degree. The names til the criminals1 are Robert H. Pryc and Louis Prye. They! are good looking young'colored men.and "were arrested some ago at their home, 2,003 i Fulton street, which look.ed like a storage: warehouse 30 full was the flat of goods that! had been stolen during the raids the young men had made upon Mount Vernon homes.

The indictment against the young mem charged them with having robbed' 'the hoare'i of Catharine Whetmore and they were arraigned in January before Judge Asplnall. At Colonel Fnrtridrre Believes That He Can ma time tne prisoners stoutly ueniea tneir guilt and were remanded for trial. "Later' yesterday afternoon the young having changed thetr minds under the advice of' their counsel, William H. White, appeared before Judge Crane, and, weeping admitted the crimes which were charged against them. They were then remanded i for sentence on Monday morning.

QUAY TO LEAVE CAPITAL. Illness Compels Him to Go Away for; Indefinite Period Urgent Deficiency Bill Conference. i Washington, February 7 When the Senate convened to day It disagreed to the amendments of the House on the urgent deficiency bill, agreed to the conference asked and appointed Senators Hale, Allison and Teller as conferees on the part of the Senate. A bill appropriating $200,000 for the erection of a public building at New Castle. was passed at the request of Mr.

Quay who asked this indulgence of the Senate as, I I old. taxpayers would have p.iy at lrnt $2, .500,000 annually more than present." Occasionally an officer is found who pleased with tho new order, it nearly all liked thc three platoon system. "I think that the. men win better ofr." said an old commanding officer to a reporur this afternoon. "Under the oi.tratlon of the three platoon have been positively ashamed to go out on the street with my The trouble Is that this three platoon idea was the work of new men.

The old policemen did not like It. It Is tho labor element that, ter; creeping Into the department cf iha: is tho cause of all this. A number of the policemen were car conductors and motormon.nion who have the labor union Idea so imbued Into their systems that they dream of nothing but fcttlagas much for as little work as possible. Police as Colonel Partridge observes. Is not like any other la'ocr.

The men have steady employment, they are pensioned when they have put in a certain number of years In the service or if they are disabled and they have' doctors ta attend them free. Tbey cannot be placr.i on a por with men In the various frr the very nature of the work they do is different. It Is hard work. They are not simply walking the streets for their health. The tour of patrcjl Is the hardeBt work a man can do fcr It Is simply killing time for the most pm of It.

and I do not. envy them their Jobs. But it Is true that ihe work is healthy and as long as a man behaves himself he is well treated. They are well paid for what they do and there Is no need to grumble. I am glad that Colonel Partridge has derided to make this change to the old way.

We will have men on reserve now and sufficient men at night to cover the posts." Dissatisfaction in the Eastern District. The announcement that the three platoon plan Is to be abolished and that tho old system Is to be substituted by Coir.tr.irsicner Partridge Is not receiving the approval it hould among the policemen attached to the different precincts In the Easter. 1 District. A canvass taken to day re julte.i in almost every policeman approached declaring thit under the three platoon system they were independent of politico and that their duty wa? faithfully done. Through this same system they were able to keep clear of certain on the.

part of thfir captains and at the same time were abl to report occurrences on their respective posts as they found them. Under the old system, they say. they are returning to the old situation, where the captains exert their rower as basses, and If the patrolmen report matters which are not approved of their lives can he made miserable through frequent transfers to different posts. If a patrolman should fall into bad odor he can be so changed about as to prevented from. getting the night eft that he Is entitled to In every twenty days.

All the policemen questioned maintained that the present system was a good one nr.d that through It the different peats were not only covered properly, but that the men were also able to procure their mer.ls more reeti Iarly and spend more time at homr.whil the general satisfaction, prevailing resulted better duty bclnc done. Under the old Ev tem it v. as explained that the men returning to the station houses ore not only tired bu' are apt to be sent again on special dutv or to remain until time to resume dutv nn their regular posts again, without even th" few hours' rest they entitled to. Probably the enly people in the department the return to the old system givs satisfaction to are the roundsmen, who, tho three platoon system were compelled to keep constantly oh the go, while under lipoid sy3tem they had more time to under orders of his physician, he would bo 1 thing was that there was an increase in the obliged to morrow to leave the city for an; number of flrer. discovered at night by clti indeflnite period.

ZPUS an(i. corresponding decrease in the Mr. Patterson (Col.) made a personal ex of fircs aiscovered by policemen. The planation of what he had said yesterday con ,1,,, tv, ntir force corning Governor Taffs attitude toward the thtor of pol.ca work Is that the entire lorce treason and sedition laws enacted by the should be out during the hours o. ine.nigm, Philippine Commission.

By anything he may when people are not guarding their prop have said he did not intend to convey the erty an(i lives and when they are asleep, impression that he was opposed to lawa en vvhcn policemen were first employed they atThe Senate took up this afternoon the im ly niht Mtclra th6" tt pension appropriation bill, passed It and re I towns In this state now where there are no sumed consideration of the Philippine tariff police, cn the slrect except after night. a. 1. bill. Mr.

Turner (Wash.) took the floor and i The eld plan of police operaticn In Brock spoke against the bill and general policy of iyn an(i Manhattan when it was New York, the Republican party in connection with thc lhc resuit of careful calculation by men 1Sf Su a a who were versed in the science of police Ihe House to day resumed the considera in tion of the legislative appropriation bill. 'ork. By its opera, on everj man in a pre A debate upon Cuba was precipitated in the cihet, except the few who had their nignt House this afternoon by Mr. Robinson 0r, was cn post after 6 o'clock. One half who criticised the salaries paid in the Phil dlIty at an(i stayed out until mid Ippines.

He suggested to Mr. Newlands fNev.) (,,, 11 mid that he i tn night and the other half went out at mm resolution a provision that such, annexation would be in line with the government's colonial policy. Mr. Newlands declared that his resolution did not contemplate the perpstuatlon of the colonial policy, but it was the declared intention to have Cuba ultimately admitted as a state. He said that Immediate relief was necessary to prevent a crisis in Cuba.

FEAR COMPROMISE NOMINEE. Eriends of Dr. Felter and Mrs. Lewis' Think Neither May Get "Girls' High School. Interesting developments maybe expected Of course there are rumors of war among in the contest for the principalship of the! the men and all sorts of grim threats were made th morning against Colonel Partridge Girls' High School, as It now seems posslole I thle The police are no that a compromise candidate the place toriously useless to political parties and it will be selected and that neither Dr.

Felter is generally conceded by the commanding cf nor Mrs. Lewis will be successful. In this i fleers that their threats will not have much connection it has been poWbut that when'; aa the principalship. of the Boys' High School Aay a raud on the jjubllc. soaie people was settled, neither of the promment candl claimed, and at the last election, if the po dates secured the position, but It was given 1 licemen themselves are to be believed, it was to Dr.

MlcklebOrough, the compromise can the police force and the lire force that T. "downed" Tammany. The policemen hail didate. It Is a repetltion. of this occurrence 1 becn of the bleeding proces.

that that is feared by the 'supporters of Mrs. Tammany had always on tap in the Mulberry Lewis. At the Girls' High School: this morn street shop. If some are to be believed they ing it was learned that no word concerning paid and oaid well for the three platoon sys the petition to tho board of superintendents tenl. a fund had been raised to arrange lor had been received.

Some of the teachers I legislative action that would give them the expressed the fear that a compromise can svsteai. but before the investment could be The Anchor Liner Hespcri: lire Lor. 1.000 in Jctjcv Llrt'uon road Kt rails and couple port of railroad over to th I a Anchor liner rj She took cn thTi lot (rati tnil i 1 i.wo taS four j.i ami Kt'IKTd DIED Or HIS WOUNDS. Jarr.rs Graham. iN tf "i lu.i'lt atue tr.

vholer th' da v. Hospital th! BUILDING BULGING OUT. Fart of New Structure at Harn'ltcri Ave. nue and Summit Street Must Rebuilt. What r.enrns to be one of meet un lucky a In Brooklyn li the structure at the orner of ttri sd Hamilton ae: it by Pratt.

Last year th" o'el tr.r the" had stood there for msoy year. an I .1 new one erected. Th bull line i to settle and was lorn down by oeir: A the Building Department. The had been approved by that departm althouRS 110 piles had be' ii driven the foundation The ulte. only two short from tin Atlantic Do' 1.

m.i i jcm 1 1 the ti water oils: it It iy. haj, beep, brought tli 1 ity In con quence. Later the reronM ni.c ion of the buii kn'; was cornmcn cd found tti'jn that 1 uppoM w. pll. 1 r.nd concrete.

thi; a brc stru. ture tore i This ban b'tlite I outward toward Hamilton av. nue a.i'l th. tint i jw by shore.i nnd aerew (a 'c In til" Bureau of it was staiH to day that one of the central wa: found to weak ar.i It v.i.,;::i have to be This It i u'. by tic 'iil I had been 'he a.

on and he frost ha 1 Into Mk are! i.i'::ei I' to settle. WHO IS HIS CONGRESSMAN? A Men Who Lives at thc Carnir cf Fulton Street and Bedford Avenue Wants to Know. "I live at the corner rJ avon: ar.d Pulton street. Who was a qit st ion asked of the Inloraiatlor. H.i rcau reeently.

By eoii. the ilreoklwi map In the Eiile it will ue i'ta that the party liv.i the i line of the and Twenty If he if on thc we. st M.ic he is in the Seventh War. I. An i 1'.

the east tide of Bedford he llvs in the Twenty third Ward. to pa.te ti of the i fiOi; Eagle Alcana'. Coi.sr 's slonnl Districts, It will tie sn 3 that .0 Seventh Ward is in t. iciuil District, in ease hi CongresMnau'i1 name v.o.iid tie foun 1 itndt ae ve Congress I'eei. tin New York, i.e.

sixth name 1 leor.t, II. t.e other 1 )c live jjj the T. c. ty thlrd Ward, anotrer tjaiplir it tu'lic a in ue.diiny v. ho Cor.

jtre a aa ir, for on under Uistrictt 11 will be seen t. part of the ft third Ward in the Fifth Dlstn and part tee. Thlil District, hut foilo.vir:;; the bour.u arles given to tin Third District cn the lare it vill at tm oc pcea :ti.i: it the corn ifc. Fd'on iH. eet, and if he livi the eas: le or Bedford avenue he is l.i tho: pan cf the Twenty thir Ward i 'h in i.i the Third Cangrf ssio.

al again to Il.it of 1 ss'. York State, pane thir Ne y. Henry Mri: This i.Ti.ient is giv. ti, fii Eagle Almanac he latlier intrt not kr.uw how in the 1... ok.

'j. r.i the reason a Ti: icm i 10 acquaint err. wives with r.o lie ntio' to that over per :11 ions srMti? () so l.il. re! htioes r. 1 el affairs of the city by lie Almanac.

This I alii'r unprecedented sale tile lir i e.liipin or book. The Hltlnn siboui "xha ami liie is nhoot to pla the market a second dltlon. This ill brought iiown to date i eil chart nave ui en t. le in and other chapters edition was Issue, 1. will he In wish to better pr serve library fool; ski I i i doll, I for per Mrs alien: HERR BEBEL ACCUSED.

Socialist Leader in Rck'hstr Charged With Knowing Who Stole Secret Admiralty Document. fierlin. February 7 Tic ta. of the Admiralty. Admiral Tin ir to the se rct memorandum pnhl' VorvvaertH, January to the when the present shipbuilding pn.gr:.m expires in li'Ot.

a bill clauses of the bill of Sf, rejected by the would l.e introduced, indignantly re; it 'he (harg iu the P.elchstag to day of ivlr. that body. He explained that the features of the memorandum. v.h: ti rr.erelv reflected the Ideas of the admiralty, would any case have to he finally approved the Reichstag. Herr Bebel, the Socialist said was quite evident the secretary had not told the Reichstag the whole truth.

If he hail done so the naval Lli! would net have been voted. This question brought the see etary to his feet, with the remark that Herr lleled evidently knew the tenor of the portion of the stolen rnen v. hp was published by the Vorw 1 1 and lo alb on him to natr.e the who it. Herr llebel did not respond TRAVELING SHOW BUSINESS. Eastern Managers Considering Improved Methods for Their Work.

The Eastern managers of the Traveling Theatrical Association hel a secret to day at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, at which matters concerning traveling companies were discussed. The officers of the association are George Krause, prespi. tc; John Jermlne. vice president: IvUu.d Minor, sec retary, and Thornat easurer. The booking or tr.iv slderod at to dav's c.r.e.

leetltl. NeXt. building up of the ihara ter of hurlesq shows so that all in us. circuits will be treat. .1 alike disciis.

ed. it was decided that only clean and liret eiafis will be hooked. The question of rfduciug the railroad espouses for "lon wa. also talked about, as well as the eon. en ra ie.n of l.i:.

n. is, so th.at ma tinker ill no: be by "fake" enterprises on the road. MABEL W. BAILEY DIVORCED. Mabel W.

Haib gr.i::'ci a divorce tlx re'iicP the Co si Tupp Ing. from he lo i li. v. eaithv Th. p.ir::.

of Mrs Bailey WasMncr a i 1 a W. i l.i of '7', li lie ro: INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS nro a immi mji Do YL Ai 1UIt1 SAVINGS ACCOUNTS 4 PER ANNUM JEactle Sarinns loan Co. IS'j r.tnutn St Brooklyn, N. Y. SUGGESTED FOR BRIDGE.

Cut Mr. Lindenthal Thinks It Would Be imoracticablc and Too Expensive. WOULD HAVE TO BE INCLOSED. Hentine Aparntus Would Alno Be an That Would Ccmt Very Iligii. lire of that heve hren LrhStrc U'T i.

fr.r t'o of t'c Iln i that of le: 're' II lh oc! 'he lleves that on ltd j' i.lr tea' strirtti. r. j.wll o' Its anil r. r. of it The i irsiuvat asulrt.

ihe 1: I v.iiul rr.ake esrial a complete i ml to etc! It: (oil! rrnou ooP! also lak. orr id raai frc 1. It r.icl:: i Martin, mcr rlnt. l. i o.

r.e m.u. lie '1. F.y the t. i ould le ld i niv i'; a larR la'Iorm. fi'iiMHf foi.r per, t.br art il.V Tli v.

he a it ls sc. an I. our. oi le tit.oe man i :ca.l. Me that tho i.i.ttrc.

i.f a th" man who jai, p. i. to f'oiuuiKhicrier Lin i tiM u. ilea all the way arc i the plaitorai i. i i any erlni; would lie.

over lie l.ri.is. s' In sonic to tie i tho I I 1 1 A ali. v.jtho.ii any eov e.it o' th' f. ai.y:::.! idcisaCt The rur.v side a Is l.e on or tiiscbarfi. pa.

i tm'. rs board It rel al: by of a pia'lorm bosk a' it'or eicl. v. t.e also moves i at. a i' s.

i eet, an 'air tiol.ody cxo. 'en. ed troitd. lioardir. a p.e'.'.cai ioov.iik six u.i.

an! re way. 1. M. i. ported.

i to 0:1 ae.v:::;: ficwaUt La e. 1 saio. lei l.e. ti o.v and alv M': le il 01 i 0 in iirection in v.hii ..1. 1:0: il.

v. would have Mfi'til'v pan: on r.as Non. all, a ere.l .1 'alt. little prt.i aioav icily." y. 1: jeet.

ne trv :t.o sl.le ali: ot. el Manila' notb it. COLONEL EUHKEIEY FINED $10. Admitted That He Was Drunk When He Reflected 0:1 McKinley's Memory. K.I.

ar: iiorkel Ari sc'in ITa' i' N. J. ia v. ain by i'l ma in af oa Perk a. Ma a that M.Ki::!e;.

Kc: Ja 'ha' he 1 1 tic 'enter st. cur; aeo alio: lire Ma ate 1 "err. ell on! H.iT.lin of thin be. urii. sail.

i I a' lias re vcik 1:. ke the he ti' tlx tie a. war. so lo III waa! seel Mr. I hint in l.e 1 Is a a ,0 the KirM M.

oar! P.e! a ar.l he he from Kent a Yoar i.rolie "I .1:1 Ailat 1 Aas I Mr. et. Kiaiey above all other. 1 for i 11:11 s. try yoe.

I .111 kno.s v.l:t 1 w.ts doinc." Th.e i penitent Mr. Ha ml in rene.v.i b's ei i for I ve. sorry for th" in nte oc r. i'ortH. I see ho 1 1 i so Tar lore 1 or be oin.

i 'o attet a eord. 1 i vt( 510." foior el paid h' LI BERT ADO STILL AFLOAT. Revolutionary Steamer Appears Off Vcnezuelnn Coast. i i eel. Island n' Th.

r. oary 7 a i.lb eriaiior.e: roti. oct iy repor e.i b. en r.atin io.r:hi. i ty Vea i.

a'i boa', hlle rcoiti r. alrs, :s.r. off thi; ai a.t stRhr. r.ti i J.u also ofi the coaet of I'ura ao i io. tips icpcrte siokint or ihe ln ease.J the iaierer t.ik"n ia c.

re kaow be ia roAils of j.eople to. to i 1 laroit.t.' i.a j'Pns on V. in by 'he The sen: Mul'v V. la or 10 dlsj r. of 'ha' lo ality been i.ub Me i to fail i a upon 1 rl place mi la n.

i i of ii kiii.d cr i. In skb til a. had daily the BRITISH IMPORTS INCREASE. Ieeidcn. i'ekrear 7 1::.

of' the floard o' fcr i of increase ii I In ef s. CANADIAN MURDERER HATJED. iri. run ry 7 Krc.icr h. I b.

r. this ti. a pa as hn Ifc. Old System 'or Work in Department Goes. Into Next Monday.

MORE POLICE OUT AT NIGHT. Now Cover Whole City in a Sr tlsfactcry Hanner. Tho abolition of the three platoon system In the police force on Monday next, as announced late last night by Commissioner Partridge, was not at all unexpected in persons who know anything about the workings of matters in the force under the new ad ministration. Colonel Partridge Is 110 ap prentice in police affairs nnd he knows what Is best fcr the people. Since tbc introduction thc thrcc Bystera lhore lmvect been enough men to cover the pests, there nave dccd icwer nobis in me.

i s. with, and the men have not been doing the work that was expected of them in many instances. The Commissioner had his eyes wide open to watch the effect of the operation of the; system and found, notably cn the occasion of the subway explosion, that it was impossl ble to pet more than a corporal's guard of men from any. station in emergency. There were fewer arre3ts, and another noticeable night and stayed on duty until 6 in the morn ing.

mat meant a. six uuui a wui street. Of course there were men in reserve when the others were cn the street, and there was what is known as a long day and a short day of duty. The long day was considerably longer, it is true, than the eight hour, day under the three platoon system and the short day was much shorter. Under the operation of the old system the men got ah entire day off every twenty days.

This is the plan to which the men will return cn Monday. Grim Threats Against Colonel Partridge. made good, as far as the Legislate concerned, there were rumors that ciilonel Murphy was' favorably considering the plan: for the eight hour day. Murphy did carry it i out and for about fifteen minutes the police men were grateful. Then they began to growl again.

They growled over the patent buttons that they were forced to buy and they growled more over other exactions. Then. if. they are to be believed, they girJed up their loins on election day and gave Tammany a stab from which she may never recover. The comments to day over the return of the eld were bitter, but.

of no 'policeman would permit his name to be used. There is a strong probability that there will be an excited session of thc Pa trolmen's Protective Association at the next meeting and that some steps will be taken there to have Colonel Partridge reconsider hrs revocation of the three platoon order, But they do not know Colonel Partridge if they think he will give them back the Bys I tern. He may in some way modify the old plan, it is believed, if some clever patrolman can. submit a plan which will make things! easier for men, but not at the expense cf the people's intercuts. It Is known that one man on thc force had a scheme by which i all of the posts under the old system would be covered and that there would be more time for the men at home, but he has been too modest to come forward with it.

It may be that in time some scheme will be suggest ed. but Colonel Partridge is convinced, for the the old plan was the better. Under the plan which the police will return to o.i Monday morning each precinct force Is to be divided into two platoons and each! platoon Into two sections. The day's work 1 will thus be arranged as follows, the sched ulo being repeated every four days: How the Men Will Work, Beginning Nest Monday FII1HT DA V. ee ns on See ns in Sec'ns at llouve.

A. M. to A. M. A.

M. to 1 P. M. 1 P. M.

to 6 P. M. P. M. to 12 M't.

12 JJ't to 6 A. "Iacro3. home. 2. 3.

4 3. 4 3, 4 I 1 2 1. 1 1. 2 SECOND DAT. 6 A.

M. to A. 3 8 A. M. to I I'.

4 1 P. M. tn P. 3 P. M.

to 12 M't 1. 2 to A. 3. 4 THIRD DAT. 6 A.

M. to A. A. M. to 1 P.

1 1 P. M. to 4 P. '2 M. H.

4 .2 M't to ti A. 1. 2 FOCRTII DAY. tl A. M.

to A. 4 A. M. to 1 P. 3 1 M.

to 6 V. 4 V. M. to M't 1. 2 12 M't A.

M'. 3. '4 1. 2. 4 1.

2 1 1. 3. 4 3. 4 3. 4 1, 2, 2 1.

2 1. 2 Concerning the need for the abolition of the. three, platoon system Colonel Partridge has this to say in his "In 1001. before tne adoption of the three i platoon the number of posts was. 1,603.

At present they are 1,068. To restore 1 the former number of post3 would require the addition of 535. To properly man these posts under the new system would require three men for each post, or a total of 1,605. The average salary of patrolmen (all grades) Is $1,333. This'multiplled by 1,605 shows that to cover the original number of posts under! the thrcc system would require an I additional expense, of I "Under the old "during the two roundsmen went, out with each platoon.

except occasionally, when a roundsman had I a r.Ight off. Under the present system there! never Is. but one out. and If by reason of 1 sickness or other cause a precinct happens to K.x ohnrTr rfiinlflomiin rliftrn'mnv nTim nttt Formerly, when a precinct was full handed, there was also a sergeant out. at the afternoon and at night.

Now. the sergeants do but eight hours' patrol duty in four days. To" increase the number of roundsmen and sergeants buniL iLitiij lvj iiuuut; lur patron The Weeding Is Set for the 20th and Father Menges is Very Enthusiastic. IT'S A LOVE MATCH, HE SAYS. Ttvo Ministers, a Wedding Feast and a Four Carat Diamond Ring to Figure in the Event.

Halsey Corwin, the winter "angel" of Coney Island', will go into matrimonial retirement on the 20th and his angelic flights along the storm bound coast may be discontinued. Corwin and his chums, Albert E. Vaughan and Thomas J. Chatterton. will probably be relieved from the charge of abduction which was made against them and hich is still pending in the Adams street court.

The bride of the ceremony on the 20th will be Roberta Menges, the girl of 1C, who was spirited from Coney Island, it was alleged, by Corwin and his friends one Sunday and kept by them away from her home at Sheeps laead Bay until the Thursday following. Cor win's home is at 1,400 Pacific street and it was alleged that Roberta spent a part of the time that she was away from home at that handsome stronghold. Her father, Martin C. Menges, sought the aid of the police to find Roberta at that time and vowed direful things against young Corwin. Xow, as the arrangements for the wedding' are progressing.

Menges beams on tforwin with the admiration of a doting father. All is joy in the Menges household. Corwin has given Roberta a four carat diamond solitaire ring as an engagement token, the arrangements for the wedding are to be "regardless," as Scotty Briggs would have said, and there is to be a fine wedding feast at the Clarendon Hotel on Washington street, where Roberta had her breakfast on the day of her flight from the Island in a barouche, with Mr. Corwin and Mr. Gorwin's friends.

Much of the information concerning the approaching event was communicated to a reporter of the Eagle yesterday by Mr. Menges himself. It is known that Mr. Corwin, in the language of his friends, has all kinds of money; that his father, who was at one time the city treasurer of Brooklyn, left him an estate that is estimated at from $400,000 to $800,000. Corwin was the only son and the only beneficiary from the estate, for the elder Corwin died without making a will and there was no one with whom to divide the money.

It is young Halsey's unreservedly, to use as he pleases, and if he did whirl about Coney Island in a way that took the breath away from more sober and poorer folks and in a way, too, that excited the admiration of men who had fine brands of champagne on the ice. it was really nobody's business. That Is the way Mr. Menges, himself, looks at it now. "I tell you," he said bursting with enthusiasm, "Halsey is a fine fellow.

The very soul of honor. He will do the right thing by Roberta, for he loves the ground she walks on. She loves him, too, and we are all pleased, of course. The wedding is to be on the 20th. There will be two ministers and then a wedding feast at the Clarendon.

He has bought her a fine diamond ring and I believe that the wedding ring is also Of course, the little trouble in court wlll'be adjusted. That. charge will fall to the ground when Roberta is married. The case had been postponed until 'after, the' 20th, but when Corwin. is married of course there will be nothing left, but "to ave' the complaint dismissed.

They are anxious to marry and, of course, the "only objection we had was to an elopement." is It," queried the reporter, "that the wedding 13 delayed as long as the 20th?" "Because there are certain business reasons which do credit to Mr. Corwin's ideas of justice," was the rejoinderl "You see, this is how it is," proceeded the expectant father in law, becoming confidential. "He has a contract to sell certain pieces of real estate at a certain date this month; that before the 20th. If he got married before the final contract and transfer of the property there would be all kinds of complications. Just now, as a bachelor, he is free to sell his property, but if he was a married man the case would be different.

It would be necessary to secure the consent of the wife. "Now, my Roberta is not much more than 16 really 13'4. She is a minor, of course, and it would be necessary to go into court and have a guardian appointed in order to get her consent, as a wife, to the sale of any property. Halsey appreciates this and that i3 why he is waiting. When he has kept his contract with ihe purchaser he will get married.

He is madly In love with the girl and she as much in love with him. I am ftlad that she is about to get such a good husband. DUTCH NOTE ON PEACE. Reason to Believe That No Other Power Was Consulted. London, February 7 The answering of questions in the House of Commons to day by government officials disclosed the fact that the government had no reason to believe that the note of the government of the Netherlands on the subject of peace in South Africa was formulated in consultation with another European power.

The war secretary. Mr. Brodriek. said that the number of horses purchased during the war aggregated 446.088, of which 77,101 came from the United States and 11,364 from Canada, la addition about 89,703 horses had been captured in South Africa. ADMITS THEFT OF LETTERS.

Cornelius Sullivan Stole Unopened Mail. Also Found With Paymaster's Cheeks in Possession. Jersey City, N. February 7 A man who was arrested in a fiat house here last night, and upon whom was found a largo number of unopened letters, with Fall River postmark, told the police to day that he was Cornelius J. Sullivan, a telegraph operator formerly in the employ of the Fall River Steamship Company.

He said ho had stolen the letters found on him. Four checks also were found on the man, signed by James Marshall, paymaster of ihe Massachusetts Naval Militia Fund. RYAN'S WINDOW ARRANGEMENT. Michael Ryan, who keeps a saloon in Washington street, near Myrtle avenue, was in the Adant3 street court this morning, charged by Policeman Brown of the. Adams street station with having violated the law by failing to so arrange tho windows, at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning, that the bar could be seen from tho street.

Ryan pleaded not guilty and Brown was called to the stand to prove his case. He very positively said ihat the sight of the bar was shut off from the street. Then ho called Roundsman Dwyer to corroborate him. "It suited me," said Roundsman Dwyer. Then Magistrate Durack acquitted Ryan.

DID NOT WANT TO RTSFORM. Masgie Jones, or Minnie Evans, also known as the Irish Queen, was found guilty by Magistrate Durack this morning of being a person without visible means of support, although she dresses in velvet and fine bonnets, and she was sent to jail for ten days, without the alternative of a fine. The complainant against her was Fred P. Gordon, who said that he would not rest, until he sent the woman to jail, for she dht not want to reform under his TWO Powerful TuS Git the Sch3pp Into Deep Water and lew Horto Port. SURFMEN CHEER A FAREWELL.

The Captain of the Ship Presented Souvenirs to the Members of Captain Ehoades' Crew. (Special to the Eaglet Long Bench. L. February 7 The r.tr.md ed American clipper, L. Schepp, whi grounded at Point Lookout early Monday morniug hi a terrific westerly gale, after a sixteen thousand mile voyage from the Orient, was floated this morning, shortly after full tide, between 7 and o'clock.

Considerable of the Schepp's cargo was removed yesterday by the Wrecking Company, assisted by local wreckers. Two powerful tup performed tho wor i of hauling thc Schepp off the sand bar. It required considerable pulling to float the big clipper, but when once started she waa soon In deep water. The Schepp had no members of her crow abaard except Captain Kendall and his two mates and no sails were hoisted. The tugs tool; Tier In tow and headed for New York, where the valuable cargo of I Oriental curios will be unloaded.

She will then go into dry dock for repairs, as her hull la badly strained and if a leaky eon dltlon from the heavy poundlni; she received while in the gale Sunday night and her e. perience cn the sand bar. Some of Captain Andrew Rhoades' crew of thc Point Lookout Life Saving Station, who made such a gallant but unsuccessful at tempt to reach the Imperiled crew of the Schepp on Monday In a rasing sea. were on the beach thi. morning when the big ship was I nated and cheered lustily when they her mo.

ir.t; out to sen. They also waved their hats In farewell to Captain Kendall. In appreciation of the brave work of Captain Ithoades' men In reaching the Schepp at daybreak Tuesday, Captain Kendall presented to each a of the wreck, such as Oriental Inns, walkins sticks, which he had brought over from There is sre.it rejoicing among the liie savers that the fn iglu strainer Cavour and the Schepp were both saved. The Schepp will go to Ulack Tom, Communipaw. to discharge the of her cargo.

If her condition will alluw. If not site will he docked at SlapL ton, S. 1.. as soon an the quarantine authorities pass her. Her agents.

Chapman have no particulars as to how serious her injuries are, farther than that she is still taking water. It is a matter of wonde and conitratulat ion that she was in condition to permit towing her to port. STRICKEN ON AN PLATFORM. E. E.

Sehlopp. 81 years of ago. living at East Eighteenth street, Manhattan, was stricken with apoplexy this morning on the platform of the elevated station at South Ferry. About 10:30 o'clock Mr. Sehlopp bought a ticket at the window.

He walked across to the ticket box. and as he extended his hand to drop the ticket fell in a heap Et the chopper's feet. An ambulance was summoned and he was taken 10 the Hudson Streel Hospital. Ills condition Is s' rlour. OBITUARY.

Frank G. Faulkner. Frank C. Faulkner, wholesale dealer in iron piping and plumbers' supplies in Man 1 hatian. died at his home, 161 Lafayette avenue.

Wednesday, after an illness of two days. I )rs. McCorkle and Sharp were in attendance. Mr. Faulkner was born ill New Vorl; C'liy in 1S40.

and bad lived in Brooklyn for flity yearn. He leaves a wife and daughter, Mrs. William Bradley. He was a mrmber Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, whoso pastor, the Rev. Dr.

David 1 Cregg, will officiate at the funeral services to be held this evening at Mr. Faulkner's late residence, at o'clock. Mrs. Catharine McPartland. Mrs.

Catharine McPartland. widow of McPartland. who had been an attendant Si. Paul's R. C.

Church since its erection died at her home, 21S Pacific street. Tu day. of old ace. She born In Courr Down. Ireland, in IS13.

and had lived in Brooklyn for fifty one years, always beini; a resident of the Third Ward. She leaves a daughter and wven grandchildren. A cI 1 cinn high mass was held over her remains this morning at 10 o'clock. The interment was Holy Cross Cemetery. Mrs.

Channiug Frothingham. Elizabeth, daughter of the late William L. and Virginia R. P. Gerrisb and wife Chun ning Frothlngbnm of the well kno Froih i Ingham family of the Heights section, died at her home.

273 Henry street, yesterday. 1 Frothins'nnm was born in New Hedford. in IS tj. and had lived in Brooklyn nearly forty years. She had ooen married for thirty cne years.

She was a member of the Church of the Saviour and was prominent in charitable work, having been an active member of the Industrial School Society for many years. She is survived by her husband and four children Chauncey, William Lawrence P. and Channing, Jr. The fu neral services will be held at her late home to morrow at 2 P. the Rev.

Mr. Forbes officiating. James Walter Keveny. James Walter Keveny, who died at hlH I home. 21S Keap street, yesterday, of pneu monla, after a brief Illness, was one of the best known citizens of the Eastern District, where he v.

as highly respected, and where he had resided for the most of his life. He was a native of New York, and early went Into the wholesale Trait and produce business, both in this borough and Manhattan. He had long been a leading and popular merchant lu Wallahout Market. His four sons, who have been with him, will continue the business. Mr.

Keveny Is a brother of the Rev. T. S. Keveny, pastor of St. Barnard's R.

C. at Cohoe3. N. V. He will be deeply motirned.

as he was a man of friendly I and genial diRpositlon. He represented this borough in the New York Fruit Trade Asso elation, the leading one in the country. He Is Furvlvetl by his widow, who was Miss Mary i Louisa McCnnn. daughter of Thomas Mc Cann. a well known resident of the Eastern District, and five children.

John Edward. James Walter, Madeline Eleanor. Al I bcrt Francis and Thomas Sylvester. The funeral services will be held to morrow morn I Ing. at 10 o'clock, at the Church of the Transfiguration.

Marcy avenue and Hooper street. RECEIVER FOR AUTOMOBILE CO. Trenton. N. February 7 Papers were filed in the office of tbc clerk in chancery today showing the appointment of a provisional receiver for Ihe Automobile Company of America.

It is staled that tho company Is Insolvent, but that probably, with proper managem' lit. it could be made profitable. The. company's capital is 55.0C0.000. and of this amount only $350,000 was paiil in cash, the balance having been expended for patent rights.

FIRE CAUSED EXCITEMENT. A fire started In the apartments of .1. H. Hlckler. Third place, near Court street, at 11 o'clock to day, and for a time caused lots of excitement among the ten families' In tho building.

Mrs. Hlckler faiuted dur Ing the excitement. She had discovered smoke Issuing from the ceiling at 7 o'clock and had reported It to the Janitor. The lire men were not then summoned ar.d four hourj later Games burst out. PROPERTY OWNERS ASK RELIEF.

Say Assessments 'for Widening Street, in Manhattan, Are Too High. The Board of Estimate this afternoon gave public hearings to the property owners of Kirn streel. Manhattan, cv.ho are seeking to have the heavy nssttsment for that Ktrt. t'i widening and improvcm partly removed from their shoulders anti. 'bade a charge upen the city at largo, and the Xew York 8team Heating Company, whose plant at the foot of East Sixtieth street.

Manhattan, Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal says must be condemned in order to render the Ravenswood bridge safe. Numerous Elm street property owners were In attendance or were represented by counsel. They made a strong fight for relief, showing that Elm street had been torn up and property on it thereby rendered almost useless for years. The work of constructing the rapid transit railway was alleged as an important factor In this delay and the property owners feel they should have remuneration from the city for the loss of rentals they have suffered by having the assessment largely cut down. Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal was on hand to urge the taking cf the steam company's which, lie sal.

if allowed to remain under the bridge might any day blow up and wreck the structure upon which the city is to spend many millions. Its condemnation removal he regarded as absolutely necessary to the bridge's safety. Controller Crout reported favorably upon the Rapid Transit Commission's requisition for bonds to the amount of f271.O0ri.G6 fur the expenses of that body fcr the first half of the current year. The bends were formally authorized. Water Commissioner Dougherty's application for the setting aside of JfiOO.OOO out of the revenues of the Brooklyn water system for its maintenance this year was approved.

This application had been up berore. The board also fixed the salary of a secretary of the Department of Water Supply. Gas and Electricity at $3,000 a year, and of a private secretary to the commissioner at COLLECTOR JORDAN PRAISED. Special Revenue Aent Clark Compliments Him and His Staff on Condition of Office. General W.

TV Clark, special revenue agent assigned by the United States Treasury Department to examine the condition of the local revenue office and turn It over formally to Edward B. Jordan, completed his duties last eyening. Collector Jordan was sworn In last Saturday, as stated, and General Clark, when he had completed his examination last evening expressed hlrceclf highly gratified at the result of his labor and as always feeling it a pleasure to visit the Brooklyn office. Continuing, he said: "The collector's office of the First District of New York Is one of the model revenue offices of the country. One of the most gratifying features Is the fact that there is nothing on the lists, that is.

in a word, without going into details which, perhaps, the general public woul.l not readily understand, there is no unfinished business In the office. This Is the enly revenue ofllea which I have ever visited where that is the eaie. it is to the admirable administrative and executive ability of Chief Deputy John E. Burns that the office is largely Indebted for the high record it has made." NINETY FIRST ANNIVERSARY. The ninety first anniversary of the Allen Street M.

E. Church. P.ivington street, near Orchard, Manhattan, of which many members reside in Brooklyn, will be held on Sunday. The sormpn in the morning will be preached by tho Rev. Edwin Whltticr Caswell of Beek man Hill M.

E. Church. At 2 P. M. then, will be a Sunday school anniversary, and at 3:30 a union meeting, with addresses by former pastors.

At 6:45 a prayer and praise service will be led by V. P. Sandford. In the evening the Rev. Dr.

W. V. Kelley. editor of the Methodist Review, will preach. Luncheon will be served at the church at 1 and 5:30 P.

M. for those who come from a distance. SLOT MACHINE ROBBED. William Ellsworth. 17 years old, of Ninth street, was charged In the Myrtle avenue court to day with petit larceny In stealing $1.26 in pennies and some chewing; gum, at 2:30 A.

11.. February 5. from a slot machine at the elevated railroad company's station, Lexington and Franklin avenues. The defendant pleaded not guilty and was held in $300 bail lor tbc Court of Spc clal Suasions. didate would arise at the last moment and be selected for the position.

I There seems to be no evident desire on the part cf the board of superintendents to take up the question of the principalship, and Superintendent Maxwell has been quoted as saying tnat tnere was no neeu 01 hurrying, as tho interests of the school were at present in excellent hands. Two. interpretations have been placed upon this statement. The first that' Superintendent Maxwell intends to Imply a commendation of the candidacy of Mrs. Lewis, and the other that he intends to have the nomination deferred long enough so that he may thoroughly canvass all the available material for the position and then make a selection.

This last interpretation is based upon the fact that it Is well understood that the superintendent has no scruples about recommending fcr the position any man from outside of tho city. His declaration that he was not pledged to any candidate has been taken by some to mean that he does not particularly favor the candidacy of Dr. Felter and would be ploased to see the nomination go to some one whom he may perhaps already have in mind. DR. NEWMAN HALL DYING.

The English Divine "Was a Close Friend of Henry "Ward Beecher and Dr. T. L. Cuyler. Dispatches from London state that the Rev.

Dr. Newman Hall, known the world over as an eminent preacher of the gospel, is dying. Dr. Newman Hall visited thia country a number of years ago and attracted wide I attention. He was a close friend of thol nev.

neui vvuru ui nun was a warm friend of the Union during the Civil War and when it seemed likely that England recognize the belligerent rights of the Southern Confederacy he began touring England and making addresses favoring the Xorth and advocating the abolition of slavery. Dr. Hall preached in Plymouth Church when in this country, and he supported Henry Ward Beecher when he Visited England and met with so much opposition at first in his speeches against slavery before the British public. The Rev. Dr.

Theodore L. Cuyler and Dr. Newman Hall have been Intimate friends 1 for many years. Frequently. In public ad 1 dress Dr.

Cuyler has referred lovingly to Dr. Hall. During his pastorate of thirty i years in the Lafayette Avenue Presbyte j. rian Church Dr. Cuyler made 'frequent visits to England and always spent some time with Dr.

Hall and with the late Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon. Dr. Hall was born on May 22, 1816.

and is therefore more than five years older than Dr. Cuyler. GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS. The February Grand Jury handed twenty three indictments to Judge Crane in the county court this morning against various persons charged with a variety of crimes. Bernaid Logan and Joseph Stone both of Boston wore indicted for three burglaries committed in Brooklyn last month.

They pleaded guilty to one of the burglaries. James Gulnna, James Cunningham and Stephen Gray, pleaded not guilty to the charge of burglary in the third degree. Ernest Crouch and George Vi. Anderson pleaded not guilty to Indictments charging them with false registration on last election day. Charles Hartfield was indicted on a charge of assault in the second degree, foT throwing pepper In thc eyes of Bridget Murray.

He entered a plea of not guilty. KILLED BY ELEVATOR Hart, 30 years old, a driver, of .26 i De3bro9ses street', Manhattan, crushed Ing and supervising as befor. would further by an elevator at 40 White street this niorn 1 Increase the salary list about $500,000. In ing and died this afternoon the Hudson short, to give the city, under the three plat Strcct ocn soc.1 protection as under the.