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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1002. 12 SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEASLES AT ST. PAUL'S. GLOOM AT CONEY ISLAND. MADE EYES AT A WOMAN. MOTHER'S RAGE WITH DEATH 110 SEE LONG LOST SON.

"JOKER" IN LIBRARY RILL DISCUSSED BY TRUSTEES. I Hurried Here From Germany, but Arrived Only a Few Hours Too Late. BOY RAN AWAY 15 YEARS AGO. Pound by Brother in Ward's Island Hospital, HI From Consumption. A mother's exciting race from Germany to reach the bedside of her dying boy, whom she had not seen or heard from in fifteen years, camc t0 the at(ention Coroner Williams sterday, when he was notified of the death ol Audrew Rube.i, a jockey, 26 years old, who died on Friday last, at the home of his brother, a eroeer.

at 510 Everereen avenue. Thc race of (he frantjc motner to OIlce agaln ee ner IonS lost son alive proved futile, as death won by a few hours. When Ruben was 15 years old he ran away from his home, In Germany, and, despite thc ceaseless efforts of the family to trace him, no clew to his whereabouts was discovered until about three weeks ago. After leaving home, young Ruben secured passage on a I freight steamer, which was on its way to Australia, with a number of race horses. The lad worked about the ship, and wheu it reached its' destination he was given employ mem hv nnr.

nf th hnrw nn nore Pm.n nn exercise toy he gradually worked himself up I tn hn witin i the fl ((w ri nvn hfnr. ho mi or the business that he accumulated suffl I cient money to enable him to start a stable I of thoroughbreds of his own. But he suffered reverses as a racing man. and lost all his belongings. Through thc aid of a friend he secured enough money to enable him to make his way to America.

In the meantime the grief stricken family in Germany had spent many weary days in trying to find name trace of the missing boy, and thinking that he might have made his way to America, one of the sons came to this country io embark in business and continue the search for his brother. The brother opened the Evergreen avenue grocery store but he.Iearncd nothing of Andrew until about three weeks ago. when a friend notified him i tnat a man bearing the name of Ruben, and a native of Germany, was lying dangerously 111 in the hospital on Ward's Island. The grocer promptly visited the institution and finding that the man was hks long lost brother, made arrangements to have him transferred to his home. The sick man was in the last stage of consumption and realizing I that he had but a short time to live, he re quested that his mother be notified and urged to come to America at once.

A cablegram was dispatched to Mrs. Ruben and she wired back that she would take passage on the lirat steamer. She left Germany on the Graf Waldersee on February 2 and was due here B'riday. The sick man made a desperate effort to stave off death for a few days or until he could once again sec his mother, but his pluck was of no avail. Early Friday morning be struggled to rise from his bed, and as he fell back he gasped with his dying breath, "Oh, mother, why don't you come?" The other brother left the deceased and hurried to Manhattan to meet his mother.

As the ship pulled into the pier she hastened down the gang plank, only to swoon in the arms of her son when she was told that death had won the race. Coroner's Physician Wuest was ordered to make an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death, and he reported that the man had died from consumption. SAILED ON THE MINNEAPOLIS. The Atlantic Transport liner Minneapolis carried an unusually large quota of passengers when she sailed yesterday for London. The ship did not get away from her dock until an hour and a half after the scheduled time, owing to.deloy In getting her cargo aboard, and the passengers held a protracted reception fcr those who hail to see them off.

Among those who sailed were: L. Fawcett, Miss Marion V. Fawcett, Miss Marguerite Fawcett, Mr. and Mrs. William F.

Ford 'and daughters, Charles S. Gaubert, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.

Hurd and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Williams.

THE WEATHEB. INDICATIONS UNTIL F. M. TO DAY. tVashlnRton.

February 15 For Eastern New York: Fair Sunday and Monday; fresh north to northwest winds. At miiinlKht the EaKle's mercurial barometer registered 30. 10. having fallen .05 of an Inch since noon yesterday. liecoid ot the therr.ipmeter as kept at ths Brook lyn Dally Eagle Office: 2 A.

yesterday. P. 37 i I i I i I Likely That Many Heads cf Departments Will Be Forced to Teach. MAXWELL FAVORS THAT PLAN. City Superintendent Also Opposed to the Appointment of Teachers Who Are Married.

When the Board of Education has finally perfected its organization a number of changes will be made directly affecting Brooklyn. Among these will be the reduction of the number of heads of departments not regularly engaged in teaching, the reduction of the number of married teachers and the alterations In the local borough office. The reduction of the number of heads of departments affects about 5 or 6 per cent, of the teachers. They, by their long connection with the school system, have been relieved of regular teaching and placed in charge of departments. It is the plan to reduce the number by two thirds which will leave about fifty heads of departments for all of the schools.

This two thirds will be returned to duty as teachers, in many cases at a lower salary. This change will be brought about by City Superintendent Maxwell who has for years been opposed to the excessive supervision in force in Brooklyn. He has consistently protested against the large force here as being altogether too numerous. "Where there are so many supervisors," he says, "the dignity aud the influence of the principals are impaired, while the teachers suffer from unnecessary nagging and Interference. The principals in the large schools, particularly of the Borough of Brooklyn, should have fewer assistants whose work is purely supervisory and more assistants whose work would be purely clerical.

Any principal who cannot without assistance supervise the work of at least twenty teachers, ought to have no place in the system." 'By thus reducing the number of supervising officers and returning them to the pay of regular teachers a considerable sum of money would be saved. This sum. Superintendent Maxwell believes, should be devoted to the education in the kindergartens of the children of kindergarten age who are crowding the other grades or who cannot obtain admission. "The kindergarten system," Superintendent Maxwell says, "has long since passed the experimental age and has now demonstrated its usefulness." It is certain that the proposed change will meet with opposition from the present heads of departments and from teachers who had hoped to be promoted to those positions. Just what the effect of the opposition will be it is difficult to forecast.

The present members of the board, as is well known, put considerable faith in Dr. Maxwell and a recommendation from him will have 'great weight with them. It is hardly probable, therefore, that the opposition will meet with any success. Another change which will be effected will also be along the line of reduction. Brooklyn has for years continued as teachers many married women.

This has always been opposed by Superintendent Maxwell, and it now seems probable that he will persuade the new Board of Education to take measures looking to the prevention of the ap pointment of any more married teachers in mis oorougn, anu, it possmie, to tase steps which will remove those teachers at present connected with the school system who have husbands living. nether the board has the power to do this is a much discussed question just now in educational circles in Brooklyn, and considerable interest centers about its final settlement. It became known yesterday that in the future City Superintendent Maxwell will devote the alternate Friday afternoons of each month to this borough. He will occupy the office formerly used by the borough superintendent at the board rooms, on Livingston street. Associate Superintendent Walsh will take a smaller office in the building uext door.

The office force has been greatly reduced by the transfer of the clerks to Manhattan, and it was rumored yesterday that the supply department for this borough will be done away with. This plan is hardly feasible, as the supplies for Brooklyn could hardly be sent from Manhattan as easily and economically as from Brooklyn. Some time ago the suggestion was made that the local district boards would make the building on Livingston street their gen oral headquarters for meetings and conferences. This plan has fallen through and some of the superintendents have already made provisions for places of meeting for their boards and everything will be in readiness when the appointments are made. The proposition to have the representatives from all the districts meet at the board rooms was found to be impossible, as it would require too much waste of time traveling back and forth when the same result could be reached by having the boards meet in each district.

As soon as possible after the announcement of the appointments by Borough President Swanstrom the local boards will organize In the different districts and begin work. The inevitable delay in making the appointments has interfered with the work In the local school board to a considerable extent. The superintendents of each board have been appointed by Superintendent Maxwell and they are ready to begin work. The Brooklyn office as a distinct business office for this borough is now practically at an end. A LOAD OF BEER A DAY.

Admiral Baudissin Provides for Thirst of His Men During Their Stay Here. the Admiral Baudissin, in conformity with the royal way ot doing things, has left an orde; with the Consumers' Park Brewing Company oi Brooklyn tor a load ot beer to be delivered on board thc yacht Hohenzollern every day during her stay in pert. Thc beer will be of thc best quality and will be drawn to the shore off the yacht anchorage by four white horses. The harness to be used will be richly decorated with black, white and red. the German national colors.

Two liveried attendants will accompany the beer wagon. An elevator is being built in the Thirty third street side of the Waldorf Astoria for the use of the Prince nnd royal party on the occasion of the dinner to be held on the 2Sth. A hole Is being made in the wall for the elevator. The car will be decorated with gold and white. MINNA KURTZ GOES TO JERSEY.

Minna Kurtz, who was yesterday dis charged from custody by Justice Beach, succeeded In getting out of the Jurisdiction of the local courts and is now, it Is believed, in Hoboken, where she formerly lived. Im mediately after her discharge the woman went out of the Court Building into City i Hall Park, where she met a man, who accompanied her to the Chambers Street Ferry, where the couple went across to New At the District Attorney's office it was said that, the Kurtz woman is now out of their Jurisdiction and that they had communicated with District Attorney Jerome, who is at. Lakeville, Conn. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. Emeroh Horlodth.

26 yours old, of 1SG Irving avenue, was arrested yesterday afternoon, charged with striking 15 year old Albert Belzer of 1,117 Eighth avenue, on the hoad with a hammer. There was a dispute between the man and the boy, it Is alleged, at 1,107 Eighth avenue. The boy was attended by an 1 ambulance surgeon and after waru removeal to Hospital." TD 1 i An Up State Assemblyman's Bill Wor ries Proprietors of Dance Halls. Asseciblymau Stevens of Franklin County has introduced a bill in the Legislature which, if passed as it now stands, will deal a death blow to Coney Island, and there is considerable gloom among the business men down there over the news that an up state legislator has designs against their gold mine. The main topic of discussion last night at the resort was the bill and the damage it will do if passed.

The people do not. see any bright side to the bill. The measure deals with the selling of liquor in any building where music, singing and dancing is permitted, and all drinking is strictly prohibited in such places. That means that no liquor can bo sold In a con cert hall, a dance hall or even in a place where a piano furnishes the amusement for the pacrons. It also means the closing, up of the famous Bowery, because with few exceptions every place along that thoroughfare has a piano and a "show" in the summer time.

Tae attractive round danoe will be a thing of the past, because the proprietors of the dance Halls cannot afford to do business unless they can sell liquor, and the aged i warblers on the stages In the concert hills will be out of work, because their employers will not be able to pay them their salaries out of the receipts from the sale of soft drinks. This state of affairs will drive near ly every man out of business and will clean I up Coney Island if the till becomes a law. AMERICA NOT TO BLAME. Brooklynite Who Owns Plantation in i Cuba Gives an Opinion of Cuban Situation. George M.

Jones, a wealthy Eastern Dis trict property owner whose family resides on Clymer street and who owns an extensive tobacco plantation called the Sue." farm at La Salud, Havana Province. Cuba, wrote an interesting letter on the Cuban situation on February 9, of which its recipient. H. L. Gassert.

of 102 Garfield place, has furnished an Eagle reporter with a copy. In part it is as follows: "This has been another hard year on farmers here, four months have passed without any rain to make ordinary crops and the tobacco crop grow, so it will be hard times with the tobacco planters. With sugar planters it will not be so bad. for the sugar cane does not need rain in the grinding season from November on. It would seem from reading the New York papers that the island of Cuba is the most important point in the world at present and that the Americans are the cause of their present poverty.

Why, when the Spanish flag floated over the island and the American markets did not take their sugar and tobacco crop at good prices, the Cuban planters of sugar cane and tobacco were always in more or less poverty. If you combine the results of warfare and the low prices allowed the world for sugar and more or less for tobacco it will be difficult to see where we are responsible for their poverty or that we are to take the bread out of the i mouths of oiir own farmers to help along these Cubans who care little or nothing for us after all that has been done for them, only to want more and still more and never expect to say even thank you for anything that has been done or will be done for them. We should protect our own first, last and all the time. Annexation will come about, without us seeking it. The island of Cuba and its population are not large enough to support a republic with all the necessary fixings attached.

Thus the Cuban republic will start out poor, and let me assure you it will continue poor until finally it will appeal to the American nation to take her out of poverty and provide for her future. Then the annexationists will raise a cry after accepting the nronosition that it was all done to benefit i the American people and ner interests, ur. Jones has been in Cuba evqr since the war and Mr. Gassert. who is a.

retired tobac co merchant, says his opinion is worth considering. George M. Jones was for many years a large wholesale dealer in tobacco in New York. SHIP BUFFETED BY GALES. The John Ena Encountered Weather When Almost in Sight of Port.

Hard The American ship John Ena, which left San Francisco on November 2 last, reached port yesterday after twelve days' fight with head winds varied by frequent gales. Captain M. A Madscn, her skipper, said the ship rounded Cape Horn forty three days out from San Francisco and had good weather until February 2, the day of the gale which drove the ship L. Schepp on the Long Island coast. On this day the Ena was about eighty miles from Sandy Hook when the gale struck her and sent her scudding out to sea again.

The blow lasted for two days and no sooner had Captain Madsen managed to beat up against the northerly winds which prevailed for the next week when along came another gale and once more sent him out to sea. Again he beat back toward this port and on last Saturday, February 8. was ten miles off Fire Island when the third gale of the series struck him and once more he was driven out to sea. He finally brought his ship inside the Hook Friday night and up to Quarantine yesterday, where he dropped anchor. The John Ena is a Glasgow built ship turned out for the San Francisco Shipping Company and formerly hailing from Honolulu.

Before the annexation of that island she flew the British flag, but when became American territory her registry was changed to come under the United States flag and now halls from San Francisco. She will come up to an East River dock to morrow to discharge her cargo of 4,709 tons of barley. F. M. SMITH'S NEW YACHT.

Former Alderman John Connelly of Greer. point is hard at work in the mold loft of the John N. Robins Company, Eric Basin, laying down the lines of the new steam yacht crdered by V. M. Smith of the New York Yacht Club.

The work was well under way in December, when the fire broke out at the yard which destroyed the boiler, carpentet and joiner shops and the mold loft, including, of course, Mr. Connelly's work up to that time. His construction is sufficiently advanced now to permit of the building of the molds, and the keel blocks for the vessel have just been laid under the ship house beyond the graving docks. THE KARAMANIA IS OVERDUE. The Anchor Line steamship Karamania Is several days overdue at the Union Stores from the Mediterranean ports.

She left Naples on January 22 and was nineteen days cut from Gibraltar yesterday. This is three or four days beyond usual time. There is no anxiety about her, however. She is "flying light." having only about 1,000. tons of freight aboard and fio doubt has been delayed by thc recent bad weather in the North Atlantic.

oilier notice will be found on pnee 5 of (lie Editorial SccUon. DIED. February JOSEPH I A On rem uf John und Brldset CunnhiRhnm, nporl 20, Kflativea nni friends arc invKcu funeral fn. hip lat i cHldenco un Tuesttiiy, February IS, 2 tn attenif the 279 Kirnt st, P. Inter rnent at Holy Cross.

WARNER On February BJCR, belbveil hus hand of Kmily Funeral. Sunday. Fehruury Ifi, nt 2 o'clock, from his late residence, 2.1S1 Fifth av, Xew Ynrk. WOODS On February 14., JOHN B. WOODS, pon of the Int? Patrick Woodn and Ann Joy tie.

Funeral Monday, Februnry 17, 10 A. from his late residence, 3fi Sixteenth at. South Brooklyn; thence to St. John's Church, Twenty firat at I Not a Case of Smallpox, as Persistently Rumored. (Special to the Eagle.) Harden Citv.

L. February 15 It has been persistently rumored for the last twenty four hour's that there was a cast of smallpox at st. Paul's school. two students leaving me suuuui una mvm ing' to spend Sunday at their homes, were overheard talking ab.out the Illnes3 of a stu dent named Townsend Miller and" cne re marked to the other, "One of the nurses say it is the smallpox, and if that is the caas we will all have to leave the school." A reporter tor the Eagls ascertained that there is a student attending the school named Towr.send Miller, and Dr. C.

G. J. Finn of Hempstead, who is the physician of St. Paul's school, on being asked about the boy's illness, said: "Young Miller has an attack of measles, nothing else. He is quar antined to prevent a spread of the disease.

It is not a case of smallpox." PUTTING IN A NEW BRIDGE. Rapid Transit Company Will Disturb Traffic Between Bath Beach and Coney Island. Beginning to morrow mcrning and for the next three months, thereafter, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company will be busily en n3otwl in rpmnvln. tho nM rnilroud t.ridCO which cresses Island Creek on the line of the West End road and replacing it with a modern steel structure of sufficient strength to permit of the heavy elevated i trains running over it, ana aunng inn period, all persons whose business calls tnem to Coney Island wul be forced to ehoose between riding all around the bor ouch in order to get to the island, or walk inS It the Harway avenue bridge should take on one of antics nnr "en un in the as it han done on occasions ano refuse to come down, the Bath Beachite must swim. It.

Will hp ra rt iriT rl hnrri nn ihn wnrlHne. men who have been busy building up Sea Gate, and when they were informed of the Il.o tnfn mo intentions ot the railroad company they were loud in their protests. There are 200 men employed at Sea Gate and nearly all of them reside in Bath Beach and Bensonhurst. They are depending on the Harway avenue' bridge to stay down and as it has not been raised all winter, it is expected that the four men who are drawing a salary from the city for watching the structure, will succeed in keeping it from going up in the air. The small boys who reside near the bridge have already heard of the "boycott," as one of them expressed it and any one who should happen to walk down Harway avenue with the intention of going to Coney Island aud finds the bridge In the air, will be able to get across thc creel: by row boat ferry at 5 cents a trip.

MESSAGES FROM THE LUCANIA. nTn.j4..j to With the Kaiser Wilhel Until Former Was Some Miles Out at Sea. George Kroncke. the Marconi telegraph operator on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, talked with Operator Hepworth on the steamship Lucania for two and a half hours this morning, the Kaiser Wilhelm being at her pier, at the foot of West Twelfth street, while the Lucania was out at sea. In the course of the conversation Hepworth tcld the operator on the German steamship that he was going to try to break the record of the Philadelphia, which talked to the Lizard on her last voyage here while 150 miles distant.

The communication was begun between the two ships when the Lucania started on her voyage for Liverpool, at 11 o'clock this morning. The first message received was: "We are off the Battery. All is going well." Then came ten minutes' quiet and this message was flashed: "We are off Staten Island. I can ee the cruisers of the United States Navy." Messages were flashed back and forth until about half past 1, when the last one was received. It read: "Your messsages are coming very weak, and as I am very hungry I will say good by." "Goodby.

Bon voyage," was sent back, 1 and then the instruments were shut off. 4 During the first part of the conversation 1 the operator on the Kaiser Wilhelm was greatly puzzled by some German words which kept making their appearance on the tape. At last it was discovered that the operator on the imperial yacht Hohenzollern i was trying to talk to thc Kaiser and that his words were getting mixed up with those from the Lucania. The man on the Lucania evidently got some of the Hohenzollern's message, for the message, "Donf talk German; I don't understand It," was received on board the Kaiser. The trouble was straightened out at last by Kroncke, who picked out the German words and found them to read, "Come over and see me at 4 o'clock." TO NIGHT AT THE COLUMBIA.

To night at the Columbia the second sacred concert under the management of Len Miller will take place. The success of last Sunday's concert has roused the management to better efforts and as each week comes round a stronger bill will be offered. The sale for to night shows that the people of Brooklyn will attend Sunday night concerts when there is a good programme to entertain them. One can spend a pleasant Sunday night. To night's programme is a big improvement over last Sunday's and includes the De Laskas, the magical cooks; the Bart Ietts, comedy musical artists; Green sisters, clever vocalists; Lewis and Delmore, comedy sketch artists; McCarty and Reina, the two dudes; A.

L. Stevens, comedian; Ed. Foster and his dog Mike, and the Amorican Vita graph. The Columbia Theater orchestra, under the direction of Charles P. Dittmar, will render a special musical programme and in fact the entiro programme is the best ever offered at a Sunday night concert in Brooklyn.

Thc box office will be open all day. The feature of next Sunday night's concert will be J. Aldrich Libby, the baritone, late of the Bostonlans. Mr. Libby is the man who made famous "After th eBall, and his present repertoire ot songs is made up the latest popular hits.

of BOY SEBIOTJSLY INJURED. Percy Sergeant, 1G years old, who gives his address as Albany avenue and President street, was found by a patrolman of the Bergen street station at Dean street and Flatbush avenue in a semi conscious condition 3reste'rday afternoon. A call for an ambulance was sent to the Scney Hospital and Surgeon Whittler, who responded, removed the boy to that institution. The boy was found to be seriously injured, having a depressed fracture of the skull, and he was suffering from concussion also. The boy rallied somewhat later and said that he could not tell how he received his injuries.

SAYS MC EEOD STRUCK HIM. Malcomn McLeod, 20 years old. of 463 Columbia street, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Roundsman McParland and Officer McGrath, on complaint of Charles Davidson, who is in the Norwegian Hcspital with a SmMmkHv battered head. Davidson alleges that Morse Iron Works, at thc foot of Twenty sixth The prisoner was locked up in the Forty third Precinct police station. EELIj DOWN A HATCHWAY.

Charles Reilly, 2" years old. living at 211 Bond street, was malting deliveries yesterday afternoon on thc fifth floor of the Arlington Flats, 54 Montague street, when ho mistook a hatchway for the doorway. Hj openod It and before discovering his mistake tumbled and lapded at the bottom. Ho Buffered a compound fracture of the right ankle. He removed to Sene Hospital.

i I i i I Row Resulted and Two Brothers Were Arrested. A lively row was started in the apartments of Charles H. Dalton, at 108 Havemeyer st. Friday night because it la alleged one of the neighbors made eyes at a young married woman who was visiting them. The glances, it is said, were directed at Julia Pfaff, who lives at 327 South Fourth street, and the guilty person was Charles Keller, who.

with his brother William, lives in apartments above. From accounts given by the Dalton family Keller first appeared In quest of a mop. He was told by Dalton that they did not possess one, but instead of retiring he remained In the open doorway and fastened his admiring glances at Mrs. Praff, who resented his conduct. Dalton took her part and the row was immediately precipitated.

Keller used his flsts and his brother joined him and Keller was getting the worst of the encounter when the screams of the women brought a policeman, who placed the brothers under arrest. William protested that he had been trying, to act as peacemaker, but he was locked up with his brother Charles on a charge of disorderly conduct, and yesterday both were arraigned before Magistrate Watson in the Lee avenue court, where they insisted that Dalton himself was responsible for the row. Examination was adjourned. OBITUARY. Emma Garrison Walker.

Mrs. Emma Garrison Walker, wife of Edward Walker of the Forty ninth Precinct police, died Friday at the Bushwick Central Hospital, after an operation for blood poisoning, superinduced by diabetes. Mrs. Walker was from the ell known Garrison family of Garrisons on the Hudson, and was a beautiful girl when her family came to this section of the state and located at Bushwick. She was a leader among the young society of old Bushwick and Willlamsburgh portions of the city.

She married Edward Walker, at that time a prominent and successful photographer of Grand street. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs. William A. Powers, wife of the superintendent of boilers in the Police Department, and Mrs. Myers, wife of Alexander Myers of the First National Bank of the Eastern District.

Leopold Reichart. Leopold Reichart, for forty years a resident of the Eastern District, of this borough, died at his home, 780 Putnam avenue, Friday, in the eighty ninth year of his age. He was born at Baden, Germany, and came to Brooklyn from there. He had long been In the retail dry goods business, but had been retired since 1872. He was one of the organizers of Keap Street Temple and latterly honorary member.

For many years he had been sexton of the temple. He leaves four sons Emanuel, Samuel. Morris and; Aaron Richard and three daughters Mrs. F. Ohlman, Mr3.

S. Kingsbury and Mrs. Henry Bloch. He was known and highly thought cf among the entire Hebrew community of Brooklyn. The funeral services will be held at his' late home this afternoon, at 2 o'clock.

Andrew Stillwell. Funeral services over the remains of Andrew Stillwell were held at his late home, 269 Chestnut street, yesterday afternoon. He dieJ on Friday, aged 76 yearB. He was a native of Woodbury, L. and served during the Civil War in the One Hundred and Twenty seventh New York Volunteers under Sherman in Georgia and under Meade at Gettysburg.

At the close of the war he took up farming and lived at New Utrecht. Flatlands and New Lots at different times. He had lived at the houiie where he died for twenty five years. He leaves a widow and eight children, the latter all married. Mrs.

Charles E. Kniffln. Anna Wood Kniffln, wife of Charles E. Kniffin and daughter of the late Charles R. Ogden.

died on Friday at her home in Brooklyn after a week's illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Kniffln was born in New York in 1839, but most of her life has been spent in Brooklyn. Her father's ancestors were among the first settlers of Elizabeth, N. and came to this country in the early part of the seventeenth century.

Her mother was descended from the Van Arsdales of Long Island. Mr. Kniffln and their two sons survive her, Henry W. Burnard, M. D.

Henry W. Burnard. M. of 384 Jay street, died at his home on Friday, aged 52 years. His death was the result of pneumonia, of which he was 111 for four days.

He was born in Brooklyn and had always lived in the Fourth Ward, where he was very popular. He had been an employe of the Health Department under the Democratic administration. He was a member of Star of Bethlehem Lodge No. 322, F. and A.

Morning Star Council, and the Legion of Honor. The funeral services will be held to day at 2 P. from his late home. HER MAID DISAPPEARED. Mrs.

Mary Delaney of 231 Edgecomb avenue. Manhattan, yesterday reported to the police the mysterious disappearance of her maid. Mary Burke, aged 30 years. The maid was five feet five inches in height, weighed 100 pounds, had dark complexion, dark brown hair and eyes and wore a green skirt and black jacket. Her hat was trimmed with purple ribbons.

Mrs. Delaney said that the maid had disappeared on Friday. She thinks that she was slightly demented, as she had been acting strangely for the last ten or twelve days. She had lived with Mrs. Delaney for the past eight years.

INDEX To Classified Advertisements day's Eagle. SECTION. in To 1 Special. Amusements Auction Board I 12 15 12 8 12 15 12 15 3 15 5 12 13 3 11 11 11 8 1 7 fa 'able Editorial. 1 Cable Editorial.

I Cable P.uslness NYtl r.usin"SH Opportunity nusinoss Personals Clairvoyants Editorial. Coastwise St jiimshlps Cable Corporation Notices .1 Editorial. Death Notices rmncinK Dentistry Dlvl.L nds 1 i7lot(f. '( Cable Editorial. Cable Cubic Cable.

Editorial Employment European Hotels Klxvial European School. Excursions Financial For Exchange I Furnished Rooms. Help Wanted Horses. CarriaKe.i, Cable Cable I editorial I Cable Editorial I Cable 1 I Cable I Editorial I Cable 12 10 11 11 8 12 11 1.1 9 0 Hotels nn.l P.erorts aoie. Loans Editorial.

Lost nnd Found. Manhattan Amussments. ffilS'j1' Marriage Notices 1 Miscellaneous Musical Musical Instruction. New I'ublk i li enn Personal Tost Office Notk Public Notl. Railroads Estate I 1 Telegraph.

13 IT. 3 12 9 1. 13 13 11 12 3 f4 i. 9 10 11 12 8 Real Estatif at Heal Estate Loans i Editorial, Situations anted nhl(, I Hp. clal Special Notices Cable Steamboats Cnble To Let and Sa le.

Vocal Instruction, i Kacfot China He tafce pleasure In calling at tention to our exclusive oealflnfl in moderate priceo r.s well ae tbe mote eipeneive Cblna ano liiaa for jaacbt services. ffiftb Hvenuc 30tb 1rcw HJorft. LOST AND FOUND. LOriT l'KARL OPERA. GLASSES.

TOIDAT matlr.ee. Park Theater. Reward. Return to St St. James plncc.

Brooklyn. I O. iT A DARK IjKOW.M 'COLL1KT WITH white breast anil necK; boou renaru. i i Klgjit fnth ft. near neverley mml.

Flalhunn. LOST rfl NDAY NIGHT. FEBRUARY 9, BS tivwn 8 and 10, pmalt Pt'G, named Patsy. turn to 14 Monroe st: suitable tevmvii. LOSTlIoXG SAnLE BOA, BAULAND'S dry gcola store on Monday.

10th Inst. Llbe.al reward If returned to l.Hi Bushwick av; no questions asketl. LOST BETWEEN DB KALB AV CAR AND Ahrnhm fintlirdnv. between and P. PARCEL containing old FilK; reward.

O. 223 Vernon av. Urooklyn. sultabM XCttfeiSSi jeew York train Kolr.g to Brooklyn bridge Finder Pi or write to 343 Eighteenth st. BrooK Losrs 0 AfcKED SC1TABL.S rpirpr I)T tulr.n from reward for return ot JEWELRY taKen rroni sttlchal in Abraham Straus' store.

Monday, afternoon. February 10; articles are keepsake and owner will be grateful for their return, 231 Madison nl, Brooklyn: PERSONAL. THE fNUEKSIGNED WISHES TO THANK H. Rathbone Lodge o. 2S5.

XnlgntJ' of Pythias. Endowment Rank, for thc pormpt pavment ot her husband's (Hnns C. Jensen) en uowment. MARY JEN'SEN. 1 WILL THE PERSONS WHO SAW ACCIDENT ih ei onlnir of Mav 28.

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307 Fulton st: telephone 782 Main. AMUSEMENTS. INTERNATIONAL MINSTREL. TUESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 25.

MEMORIAL HALL. FIRST TIME ON ANY STAGE. CARLOAD OF STAGE SETTING. TICKETS. CENTS.

AT CHANDLER'S. 16 2sa BANJO RECITAL BY A. A. FAR1AND, Association Hall. Monday evening.

March re sefved seats at 439 Fulton st. Sale opens February 27, at 8 16 3 8" WANTED LADIES GENTLEMEN To train for Immediate road engagement. TUB PRACTICAL SCHOOL OF ACTING, 27 West For ty second st. New York. MANHATTAN AMUSEMENTS.

Manhattan theatre BROADWAY AND 33P ST. F.ypnlnca at 8:20. Matinee Saturflay. 2:15. LAST WEEK.

HON. JOHN GRIGSBY, American Comedy by Chan. Klein, with FRANK KEEN AN. 'The nearest thlntr to a really great play of American life." Town Topics. BEGIXXIXG MONDAY.

FEB. 24, HERBERT KELCEY Miss EFFIEDSHANNON In a New Comedy by Martha Morton, UGH LORD AND MASTER. STOATS ON SALE THURSDAY. FEB. 21.

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X. Y. I FAVOES NICARAGUA ROUTE." Washington, February 15 C. P. Treat, ft railroad constructor, was before the committee on lnteroceablc canals to day and gave information he had acquired while building ten miles of railroad In Nicaragua.

Ha estimated the cost of building a railroad to Nicaragua Lake at $715,000 a mile. He said there was no trouble about securing labor In Nicaragua, as there were no unions to Interfere or cause strikes. Mr. Treat also said the health conditions of Nicaragua were better than Panama. GENERAL VASQUEZ SET FREE.

Managua, Nicaragua, February 15 President Zelaya has released from prison General former President of Honduras, and has granted him permission to leave Nicaragua. General Vasquez was arrested early in January, while on board the steamship Tucapel ot the Soutti American Steamship Company, a Chilian concern; charged with attempting to Incite a revolution in Central America against President Zelaya. The Conference at Hamilton Club Lasts Well on Into the Night. MO DEFINITE ACTION TAKEN. Ross Appleton Says the Misunderstanding May Be Settled Eventually.

The elusive "joker" in the Morgan library bill, It such it may be called correctly, was pursued with unrelenting vigor in a private room at the Hamilton Club last night. Up to a late hour the me mbers of ths hastily called conference were still talking, and it was said authoritatively that the fact of the Joking third section was stili in doubt when the talkers dispersed. The whole story leading up to the conference was told in yesterday's Eagle. Under the provisions of the Carnegie contract four men are to exercise supervision over the construction of Carnegie libraries in Brooklyn. By name they are David A.

Boody. R. Ross Appleton. John IV. Devoj and D.

W. Mc Williams. The Morgan bill at Albany deals with the consolidation of the old established Brooklyn Library with the public library system or this borough. Hcr.rv Sanger Snow had a good deal to do with the framing of it. and theTe is no record that any of the four Carnegie trustees advanced any objections until they read an unassuming third section, which seemed, to their way of thinking, to unceremoniously legislate them out of office.

The discovery did not please them, so Mr. Snow was asked to please explain. At the Hamilton Club last night, formal explanations were in order, but the matter was by nq means settled to anybody's satisfaction. Only two of the Carnegie library trustees were present, R. Ross Appleton and John W.

Devoy. David A. Boody, president of the board of directors of the Brooklyn Public Library, and D. W. XlcWIlliams, also an officer in the board, were on hand; Edward Kaufman, the chairman of the law committee of the board, and W.

D. Sargent dropped in to help make matters interesting. Henry Sanger Snow was also there. Reporters were not admitted to the meeting room as the conference, figurative! speaking; desired to be alone. Repeated inquiries as to the probable outcome wore briefly answered from the meeting place and the men had been talking for nearly two hours, when John W.

Devoy announced that the alleged "joker" was still under consideration. Mr. Devoy yesterday afternoon declared that the objectionable section of the Morgan bill "looked very much like a covert attempt to legislate him and his fellow trustees out of office." He also said that he hoped Mr. Snow would be able to explain things satisfactorily. About the time that conferences usually break up, R.

Ross Appleton came out of the meeting room and submitted to an interview. He said that the discussion of the provisions of the Morgan bill would not be concluded that night. "Is the conference a friendly one?" he was as' fed. "Oh. yes.

very friendly." he replied, "it is entirely informal and there is not a bit of personal friction." "Are you discussing any one part of the Morgan bill "We are discussing the bill as a whole and I don't know as yet what conclusion will be reached. It is certain that no conclusion will be arrived at to night. In fact, the whole subject will be taken up thoroughly at the annual meeting of the Public Library board at 26 Brevoort place on Tuesday night next." "What has been accomplished this evening?" "Well, the men who made certain objections have become more familiar with the provisions of the Morgan bill and whatever misunderstanding threatened to disturb the situation seems in a fair way to be settled eventually." Xo one else at the meeting would consent to talk, except, that is. among themselves and there the confab was continued well along toward midnight. MRS.

CHESKEY IS DEAD. Victim of Tenement Fire Pneumonia Husband Baby Lost. Contracted 111 and Mrs. Dora Cheskey. who, with her husband and infant, was overcome by smoke at the fire which broke out in the four story double brick tenement at S7 Manhattan avenue on Wednesday night, died at St.

Catherine's Hospital last night as a direct result of pneumonia. In another ward of the hospital lies the woman's husband. Samuel, also critically ill with the same disease, and a pathetic scene was enacted about the cot of the dying woman as in her last moments she pleaded to have her husband and child brought to her. But little hope is entertained by the doctors lor the recovery of Cheskey, as the smoke which he inhaled bias affected both of his lungs. In the meantime, the authorities of the hospital are desirous of learning the whereabouts of the Infant, which by some lucky means escaped the late of its parents.

The two Cheskeys and their child were hemmed in on the top floor and when the firemen reached them they had succumbed to the smoke. They revived when they were brought to the street, but soon became so weak that it was deckled to remove them to the hospital. The child, which during all the excitement had nestled snugly in a shawl and was thus shielded from the smoke, was picked up by some neighbor as the ambulance rolled off and thus far no trace of her has been found. Throughout the day Mrs. Cheskey pleaded for her husband and child, while in the next ward the husband was oonf innally asking why his wife and baby were being kept from him.

The doctors have not notified the father of the death of his wife and the absence of his child, and he is making a hard fight 'for life in the hope of their being reunited. FIRES IN BROOKLYN AND QUEENS. Fires reported and alarms for fire received at Fire Headquarters. Brooklyn, during the sixteen hours ending at 12 P. M.

February 15, 1902: February A. M. Kverurren avenue nnd Granite street, rnllroid tl slight d.lmni;i'. February 2:10 P. M.

street, three story frame: nil jrllt diini.i Februnry I'. M. is I) vne street, Iwo tory no djtniiiR''. Fehnmry 4:20 1'. M.

iimherland street, ruins of fir''. February K. 1:21 P. M. "I't nvnue, three story frnnie; sllftht lnmai; February 15.

r. M. 2 0 Manhattan arenue. three story frame: danink' Lull Jinn, trifling; no danmge tn st.H k. February 15.

i M. 1 Manhattan avenue, five story hrlek: no damage to iHiildlnsr. trifling: damnse to stock. February 15, P. M.

Itox G12. Manhattan nnd Metropolitan avenues, fals. alarm. February 1.5. M.Two alarms.

1.111 5 Broadway, four story brlcU; trllllnff ilamafte to building; damage to stock not estimate. 1. Februnry 15, M. ilM Graham av. four story brick: damiiKc tritlin February 15.

7:55 P. M. Kuut uf Twenty flfth street, ruins of fln SUGAR. CONFERENCE POSTPONED. Brussels, February 13 Thc International Sugar Conference, which was to have re sumed its Settings next Monday, has been further adjdfuTneid to February 2 P.

KG 24 7 V. 25 P. HI 23 P. ji Si 1 A. 3U 4 A.

M. 6 A. M. 5 A. M.

10 A. M. MM 1 P. M. HIGH WATEB.

Following is the official announcement of the time and duration of high water nt New York and Sandy Hook for to morrow. February 17: I A. M. 'Time! Height In. 51.1 Feet P.

M. iTlme Height Fet Dimui of Itlsc I Fall II. M.lll. New Sandy Hook. i i 3:24 1 It KM The sun will rise to morrow will set nt 3:22 P.

M. at 6:33 A. M. and SHIP NEWS. Incoming At New York.

Sabine, from Galveston. HI Xortt from New Orleans. Iroquois, from Jacksonville. Hamilton, from Xewport News. Outgoing From New York.

Trojnn Prince, from Leghorn. Carisbrook. for Baltimore. ake. for Baltimore.

Georpinn. for Liverpool. Furnesslrt. tar GUtsKtt Maracailto. for La Gualra.

Minneapolis, for Lomlcn. Manicaii, for Trlnldml. HI Snd, for New Orleans. for Norfolk and Newport News, Capri, for IVrnambueo. City of Macon, for Koston.

ComuK, for New Orleans. Harry Luckcnnach, Porto Tlico. Nue cph, for Key West and (Salvt'h'ton. Nubia, for Ualtlmore. Pretoria, for Ilermuda.

La GaseoKriP. for Havre. Mansdam, for Rotterdam. Hohenzollern, for Genoa. Dlamont.

for Flushing. for Rio Janeiro. Seffurancn. for Nassau. Lucania, for Liverpool.

Henefaclor. for Goldsboro. for Philadelphia. IierKrinelfter Petersen, for Flushing. Patricia, for Hamburg.

Ponce, for Porto Rico. Morro Castle, for Havana. Alene, for KlnRfton. Naeoochee, for savannah. Oneida, for WllmhiRton, X.

Foreign Shipping'. Janeiro Arrlved Xt'lVH, from Suez Ai rived Asama, York: uez Arrived ICmllla, from Ycikohama, for Xcw from Cclcuita, for Nov York. Suez Arrived Crlstina, Calcutta, fo New ork. Bermuda Arrived Kanimanlit, from Leghorn. Naples Sailed Tartar Prince, for New York.

Liverpool Salted Campania, for New York. Antwerp Southwark. for Xev. York. Southampton Salbd St.

Tenuis, for New York. Havre Sailed La Champapne, for New York. Bremen Sailed Koln. for New York. Bermuda Sailed for New York.

Palermo Sn I led Gottfried Schonker, for New York. Naples Sailed Lorn bard hi. for York. Stintcr Calllsto, fur New York. Bremen Sailed Kronprlnz Wilhelm, for New York Gibraltar PasHed Adellnu.

Corvaja, Llcata, for New York. BrovA Head Passed Bristol City. New York, for Bristol. Lizard Passed Rotterdam. Rotterdam, for New A YorK.

and Filth av, rooltlyn, Tk 1.