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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. MARCH 'J. v.nvj.

7 NOVEL PARADE OF THE COLORS. i rli'ih street, who durim: and ISId lived at West Foriy hiih it. where and i Mrs. Pettus mill i thai time Mr. ilti'I Mr ivnii wi iv i 1 1 i 1 pniihlf in Mn'ir i 'iiin.

i i ti in tin hiibit i i ihcir room Jli JEROME EXPLAINS ACTION IN TUNNEL DISASTER CASE Ml! EVICT THE VETERANS FROM OLD BOROUGH HALL IN POLITICS OF BOROUGH. Planning Their Separation From Hardened Criminals and a Course of instruction. HIS BUSINESSLIKE METHODS. Mayor Low's New Commissioner of Correction's Long Expeiience Among Poor and Unfortunate Telling City Authorities Considering the Dispossessing of G. A.

R. Men and Firemen. DEFYING POLITICAL FORCES. Governmental Departments "Want More Boom and Bent Can Be Saved by the Two Evictions. "Wot are do Vets a growlln' for? saM Cnpppr on i'aradr.

"Tis bein' bounced dey mostly thc Corner Juner said: 'For de city floors are crowded, an' de Wis don't want to ko. But do G. A. an' Firemen may he homeless under Low; For Department Heads are kickin If a head can kick at all Ail demandin' each apartment in de bloomin' Borough Hall: Dey're defyin' senlinnnt For to save de city rent. An' dcy're ffoin' to Rive de Veterans tolnlely warnin' I With apologies to R.

Kipling. No: it hasn't happened yet; but it may happen any day, and when it does there "Will be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, for the old Volunteer Firemen and the Grand Army of the Republic people en Joy their cozy quarters in the old building behind the Beecher statue. The aged men who gave their time and youthful strength to the protection of property and the saving i of lives here in Brooklyn when there was no paid Are department; the time honored veterans of the Civil War who helped to save a nation have never thought of themselves as tresspassers on the good nature of the city authorities: but unless a movement now on foot is stopped they will have to revise their antiquated ideas. The Borough Hali is needed, heads of departments say. for bor ough business, and semi social organizations ought to be left to shift for themselves.

I Rooms arc demanded for the Tax Depart ment, for the Bureau of Water Rates, and torney had no power to compel the engineer to testify before the Grand Jury and that an opportunity was afforded him to testify, if ho desired to do so. but Ills counsel was unwilling that ho should testify. These are conclusions that I feel at liberty to discuss, because they were arrived at by nie as the result of the inquiries made by Mr. Rand ami myself prior to the submission of the case to the Grand Jury, and then confirmed by the testimony deduced there, and are not based on that tesiimonv. and therefore do to: constitute a revelation of evidence given before the Grand Jury.

"I'rior to the submission oZ the case to the Crand Jury I had received a very courteous offer of co operation from the Mayor of New Rochelle and the IHsirii Attorney ot Westchester County, that being the city and county in which the persons killed resided. After reaching the conclusions above set forth. 1 sent for the Mayor New Rochelle atul the District Attorney of Westchesier C'oimiy, and they kindly came to my office! I went over all the testimony with them and pointed out the conclusions that Mr. Rand and myself had arrived at and gave the copies of the testimony with the request that they would go over the ground carefully and would inform me if they saw any other conclusion or any other legal proposition that might be advanced in regard to the catastrophe which would be proper to submit to the Grand Jury. They took the tesiimonv and after several days returned lo my office and again conferred with me on the Mibject.

and stared to me that they too had reluctantly came to the same conclusion that Mr. Rand and myself had already reached. "The general propositions of law laid dec.n for the guidance of the Grand Jury by Mr. Rand and myself in person were discussed by me with Judge Cowing, who charged the February Grand Jury and bad bis sanction. "As to the question of submitting this case to another Grand Jury.

I have no power do so without an order of court. It is true that I can apply for such an order, but orders of that kind should not be granted as a matter of course; some reason to prompt judicial action must be laid before Ihe Judge, anil I am at a loss to see. In the absence of any additional evidence, on what ground I would apply to a court for a resubmission of this ease. The mlnmes of the Grand Jury disclose fully that there was not and could be no mistake on the part of ihe Grand Jurors in regard to the law. and thai the law was correctly laid down for the guidance of the Grand Jury.

"To find an indictment requires the concurrence of twelve Grand Jurors, and twelve Grand Jurors could not be found in the February Grand Jury who were satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt on the questions: of fact that another indictment could be found than the one against lite engineer. In view of the intelligence, standing and character of the February Grand Jury, if twelve men could not. lie found out of twenty three who were satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the criminal liability of the corporation or of the officers of the road, it is hardly to be believed that an ordinary pot it jury could he found which would be unanimous oil ihe same subject Engineer John M. Wisker surrendered himself to the District Attorney yesterday morning. Wisker was accompanied to the District Attorney's office by his counsel.

Frank Moss, and by Samuel W. Borne of 10! Pearl street, who became bondsman. Judge Cowing later admitted Wisker to hail in $5,000. Mr. Boon giving his house, 35 West Fifty seventh street, as security.

for the Controller's borough force. Greater i ch'id. space is also asked for the Corporation Former Assistant District Attorney Maur Cmm.oi nflw Tt io nrzuerl that the need ice B. Blumenthal in requesting Justice Tells Why Grand Jury Found Wisker Atone Responsible for the Accident. LIABILITY OF A CORPORATION.

Indictment Could Only Be Based Upon Primary Cause of Victim's Death. District Attorney Jerome issued yesterday a statement intended to meet certain criticisms that have been made regarding the action of the Grand Jury in Manhattan in fiudiug Engineer Johu M. Wlsker solely responsible for the icrrible tunnel disaster of January 8, and fully exonerating the railroad corporation using the tunnel. Mr. Jerome says: "Inasmuch as there seems to be some misapprehension on the part of the press in regard to the attitude of the District Attorney's office in reference to the collision in the tunnel and the proceedings taken by my office subsequent thereto, I have made the following statement in order that those who control the press of this city may un derstand exactly what has been done by this office and its attitude toward that catas trophe.

primary object is that what act ually occurred may be known to the press and to the public through them, to the end that criticism that may be made in this case may be based upon the real facts. "On the termination of the inquest before the Coroner, I assigned Mr. Rand to the investigation of the whole matter and was in daily conference with him in regard to it. We made as searching an inquiry as we were cnpablo of, and carefully examined all the questions of fact and of law that were involved: "First As to the criminal liability of the corporation and its officers. Section ITU of the Penal Code defines homicide as follows: 'Homicide is the killiug of one human being by the act.

procurement or omission of iiu Under this definition of homicide, it is plain that the corporation could not be indicted for manslaughter. If, however, the corporation was unlawfully doing any act or omitting to perforin any duty, the result of which act or omission was endangering the health or safety of a considerable number of persons, it was guilty of a misdemeanor under section 3S5 of the Penal Code, to wit: a nuisance; and If it appears that that nuisance was continuing at the time of the presentation ot the case to the Grand Jury and the indictments so alleged, upon conviction the court would have the power to order the abatement of the nuisance. "So far as the officers of the corporation maintaining a nuisance and death resulted while they were committing the same and as a consequence of its commission, then the officers guilty of committing such a nuisance were liable for manslaughter in its first degree under section 1 SO. subdivision 1, of the renal Code. "Second As to the liability of the engineer: If, as a matter of fact, the engineer was negligent in the discharge of his duty, and as a result of such negligence the life of a human being was lost, then such engineer was guilty of manslaughter.

"Third Section 718. subdivision 1. ol tne Penal Code, contains the following definition: 1. Each of the terms 'negligent' and 'negligently' imports a want of such attention to the nature of probable consequences of the act of omission, as a prudent man ordinarily bestows in acting in his own "Fourth The question before a Grand Jury is different from a question before a magistrate. The magistrate simply determines whether a crime has been committed and there Is probable cause to believe the defendant guilty of it.

The Grand Jury's action is as follows: 'The Grand Jury ought to find an Indictment controlled by section 258 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: this when all the evidence before them, taken together, is such as in their judgment should. If unexplained or uncontradicted, warrant a conviction by jury And section 3Sfl of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides: 'A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be Innocent, until the contrary is proved and in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an "It will therefore be seen that a grand jury has no right to indict whatever their opinion may be. unless the evidence satisfies them beyond a reasonable doubt of the guilt of the person charged. "With these provisions of law to govern our investigation. Mr.

Rand and myself laid before the Grand Jury all the evidence obtainable. I am not at liberty to specifically disclose what was said by Mr. Rand and myself personally to the Grand Jury in reference to the inquiry, but I can with propriety state that the law was so fully explained to the Grand Jury, both by Mr. Rand and myself, that there is no reason to believe that any Grand Jury failed to understand exactly what the law was in this ease. The conclusion of the Grand Jury, therefore, in not finding bills against the officers of the road, or against the corporation itself, must be taken to mean I mat om ui iweiilj uiree iiii uiu 10 in His Friends Confident That He Will Never Lead the Irregular Democracy.

WHAT HIS REAL AMBITION IS. The Episode of Mr. Maloney Settlement of Long Doyle Controversy Is a General Relief. One by one Ihe hopes of tho antl Will oiighby Street Democrats of making a serious fight in the next party primaries are disappearing. They anticipated the best results from city patronage.

Civil service laws slant as an almost insurmountable bar on that side. They looked for sympathy from Hill tu' the state and a trend toward harmony is making it more and more probable that Hill will leave them in the lurch alotu with the Sheehan crowd in Manhatian and take up with Tatnmanv and Willoughby I i oiuti. run uioic i null iiiiiiuii i ie i uu b.ad relied on the only half concealed aniag onism of some forces in the central leadership of the regular Democratic party here to liird S. Color and had seen in their mind's eye a campaign covering every district in whfeh the name Mr. Oiler and the other resources at his command should lie en lirted on their side, the end bein the downing of the whole Willoughby Street combination.

Il was said yesterday by some of Mr. Color's personal friends that there never was any substantial basis for such a dream. Those who best know the e.v eon troljer fiaily asserted that be would never be found heading or lighting side by side with any faction in this county or in the stale. They added that his attitude, toward Ihe gubernatorial nomination had been misunderstood, that his ambition was entirely laudable, but he. agreed with his supporters in one conclusion, namely, that the nomination would worth absolutely nothing if it did not come from the people, and that wire pulling, even if wire pulling were in his line, would be worse than useless.

Mr. Color's business and financial interests are very heavy. And unless bis i losest associations are mistaken Ihe accepta ce of a nomination for governor would be a serious sacrifice of those interests, even if there were an excellent lighting chance of winning out in the election. Of course, it will be easier in August than it is now lo figure on the prospects of Democratic success. There is not much deep grief amoug regular Democrats over the tiring of .1.

Ma loney from his job as deputy oily paymaster. Mr. Moloney, it is said, has worn out the paticuce of his acquaintances in various departments circulating petitions to the Controller for his own retention in oftlce. Some of those whom lie appealed to signed as requested. Others told him frankly that, they wore asking no favors of Fusionists and were particularly opposed to accepting any from Mr.

Grntu. who left ihe party after accepting ihe highest, honors it could give. "Malonej was what is gencrically called a freak in politics. He had no backing but himself. He was a self made man and he was never ashamed of his handiwork.

Once upon a timi year ago last September, to be exact there was a hotly contested primary in the Ninth Assembly District, which is chiclly made up of the oid Twelfth Ward, wnere Mr. Coffey used to reign supreme. Mr. O'Donnell. Ihe leader of the Willoughby street forces, was hard beset, fine of the three districts in the Tenth Ward which are in the Coffey Assembly District, was controlled by Maloney.

The latter is a liquor dealer and had many friends right around hiin. He held his delegation in the hollow of his hand, and nobody was alto geiher sure how he would use It. He went with Willoughby street. and O'Donnell snatched his victory as a brand from Ihe burning with only a margin of two votes. Shortly after that Controller Color gave Maloney the place, which be has held since.

There are half a dozen Coffey men who aspire to fill his shoes. It is still uncertain who will be the lucky man. Some men who are familiar with the iluiJes of ihe position do not hesitate to say that it might be entirely abolished without any suspension of the city bu.sines.s. Checks eotiid be mailed to salary drawers at much less expense than the employment of a special messenger involves. And the deputy paymaster is virtually nothing but a special messenger.

Tlie eloping up of the Doyle controversy In the Seventh Assembly District is a great relief to Chairman B.iinbridge. as woii as to the people in the district. Mr. Doyle lias a lot or friends as well as a lot of enemies down there. He hod a record of victory in primary and a record of defeat al the pollr.

But the defeat, had been the result of a combination between his foes and tho Fusion Istst. and the loyal supporters of Edward M. Shepard could hardly be expected to eount. that against him. With tho anxiety of a business man to avoid any fair criticism of his action and to give Doyle's enemies a chance to make good their serious charges he named a strong investigating committee.

When the Woganites refused to present any evidence to this committee, Mr. Hainbridge thought he could not refuse to appoint Doyle leader again. The Wogan folk are bitter about the situation, of course, but whether they will make another fight is still a mailer of grave doubt. Duke D. Stapleton is out of the field except as advisor.

The regulars say that, the opposition got 1,700 votes al Ihe contested primary of 1.300 and that the fight cost. $17,000 Sin a vote. They do not believe anybody wants to indulge in such an expensive luxury in 1302. NO DIVORCE FOR PETTUS. Justice Blanchard Declines to Confirm.

Referee's Recommendation on Woman Doctor's Psychological Inferences. Capt. Coghlan to Review a Red, White and Blue Combination of Organizations. Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, V.

S. cap tain of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has ac cepteci an invitation to review a reu. mie and blue battalion at the Thirteenths Regiment Armory, Sumner. Jefferson and Putnam avenues, on the night of March 11. The battalion will bo made up of the band and field music of the Thirteenth Regiment, Company of that organization and a division of the Second Naval Battalion, the tri coloi ed combination being formed by the red (rimmed uniforms of the band and Held music, the white duck suits of the sailors and the dark blue uniforms of the artillerymen.

The review will be followed by a battalion parade. There will also be a physical drill with the rifle, to music, by Company under command of Lieutenant Edward J. Reilly, and a drill with one pounders, during which blank ammunition will be used by the naval militiamen, under command of Lieutenant Eugene X. Harmon. Captain Sydney Grant of Company will have command of the battalion for review, and Lieutenant Commander William G.

Ford, executive officer of the Second Naval Battalion, will take the parade. The military exercises will bo preceded by a concert by the Thirteenth Regiment Band of enlisted men. sixty pieces in all, and will be followed by dancing. INFANT'S LIFE VALUED AT $200. Jury Took Mr.

Blumenthal's Businesslike View of Mr. Samuel's Suit for Damages. The value of the life of an infant 2 years and 10 months old. was placed at S200 by a jury in the Supreme Court. Manhattan, winch heard testimony before Justice rtugro in an 1 action brought by Samuel Samuels, as ad ministrator of Abraham Samuels, his son.

who was killed while playing on Henry street. on September 10 last by i an express wagon belonging to William Ilor witz, the defendant in the action. Mr. Sam uels asked $25,000 damages. Blumenthal.

Moss Feiner. who represented the defendant, contended that, the jury could only award such damages as would compensate the plaintiff for pecuniary loss sustained throueh the death of his Dugro to charge the jury on certain points, said: "The jury must not compensate the plaintiff for the grief and sorrow sustained by him. through the loss of his infant son. The plaintiff may recover only such sum as the jury may find that the deceased might have earned for and paid over to the plaintiff If he had lived and from that, sum the jury must deduct a fair and reasonable sum which they believe that the plaintiff would have had to expend for the support, maintenance anil aA fn i nn nf (Ho rleecaqpH b)e socja flnancial condUon the piajnl ff. His earning capacity would be greatly minimized on account, of that and during his minority he would be able to in 1 1 lll.rtllhn hilt ElTloll Mr.

Blumenthal also pointed out the fact that the child might have died a natural death before reaching an age where his services would have been financially valuable to his parents. Mr. Blumenthal declared that sympathy was not to enter into the jury's deliberations that it was a cold blooded business proposition. When the jury returned a verdict for $200 a motion was made in behalf of the plaintiff to have It set aside as inadequate. This motion was denied by Justice Dugro.

INSPECTOR OF BEES. New Job for Jersey Politicians Suggested at Beekeepers' Meeting. The New Jersey Beekeepers' Association had a meeting yesterday at the political headquarters of the First Assembly District, 195 Greenwich street, Manhattan. It was the first regular meeting since the organization of the association in January. One of the primary objects of the association is to secure the enactment of a law to suppress contagious diseases among the bees.

Interests valued at $50,000 a year were represented at the meeting. Several drafts of the proposed law were preseuted for discussion. The one finally adopted proposes the appointment of an inspector of bees. The appointment is to be in the hands of the directors of the experiment station of the State Board of Agriculture. The inspector is to be paid by the state for each examination and is to have authority to destroy any colony he finds affected with "foul brood." Foul brood is a contagious disease to which honeymaking bees are liable.

Old bee growers say that it cannot be cured. Some of the members at the meeting were at first opposed to giving the inspector so much power, and suggested that the state pay for all colonies of bees destroyed. The majority, however, favored the drafted bill as quoted, or. the grounds that the Inspector of bees should have the same power in his department that the Board of Health inspectors have in the matter of diseased cattle. B.

F. Ondergont presided at the meeting, and G. N. Wanser is the secretary treasurer of the organization. The entire association will go to Trenton to urge upon the Legislature the passage of the bill.

A EUCHRE PARTY. At the home of Miss Bertha Miller, 645 Tenth street, a euchre party was given on Wednesday afternoon by Miss Miller and. Mrs. Luther M. Smith, her sister, at which nearly forty young matrons and girls were present.

The prizes were a sofa pillow, a figure of Dresden china, a Gibson pirture and (as consolation prize) a burnt wood picture frame, the winners being Mrs. Elizabeth Hunte. Mrs. Edward Muhlhausen, Miss Helen Greason and Mrs. W.

Phillips. The guests of the afternoon were: Mrs. O. KuK ne Lack. Mrs.

Herbert De Lanoie, Miss Edna l'ft'endill. MIsh Leach. Miss Ruth Brewster, Miss Helen Oreason. rMs. Milton Andre Brewster.

Miss Helen Mrs. Milton Andre Miss Grace Foote. Mrs. Elizabeth Hunte, Mrs! Charles Jensen, Mrs. William Klnne, Mrs W.

Phillips. Mrs. E. IV. Marshall.

Mrs. Robert Thomson. Miss Belle Thomson. Miss Jean Cawley, MiHS Minnie Berg. Miss U.

Uerg. Miss Marguerite Thompson. Miss Lillian Grady. Mrs. Bernard Denzler.

Miss Florence Urown. Mrs. Frank Long neekcr. Mra. Bert l.onfrneoker.

Mrs. H. Miller, Miss Mildred Miller. Miss Emma Hodslns, Mrs! George Reifsnlder, Miss Florence Hippie. Miss Alice Hippie, Mrs.

Rubert Work. Miss Ray Thatcher. Miss Anna Thatcher, Mrs. Edward Muhlhausen. PAY OP SCHOOL TEACHERS.

To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: I heartily endorse "Justice" In your issue of this afternoon, and his comments on the pampered, underworked and overpaid school teachers. Their salaries should be brought down to a figure which past experience has demonstrated they can easily be procured for. They are far better paid than the average of their employers, the public, and work less than one third of the time exacted of the average taxpayer. Like all pampered classes, they are constantly complaining. If they feel so bad, why do they not resign and go to work? They are not forced to retain their positions.

They know that they are doing far better where they are than they could anywhere else, hence there is no resigning done, but whimper, whine and snarl like the average pampered sDOiled child. C. Brooklyn, February 27, 1902. SALARIES FIXED BY BOARD. At the meeting of the Board of Education, held on February 26, 1902, the salary of associate city superintendents was fixed at $5,500 per annum, provided that the salary of any associate city superintendent now receiving more than said sum shall not be reduced during his term, and the salary of district superintendents hereafter appointed was fixed at $5,000, with a proviso that the salaries of present district superintendents shall remain as now fn force until tie ex 'plratlpn ol their terms, I I I I i sai'l sli.

in vit saw iiiiatiKitiun ot' ihf oipi i mhii f'ftnt li I on lib rniil icr ill way. alwiiys i alni prr; Vci ly ini'i' strafivf." Shf was 01" tni. I by "thi loik tt hr Jasricc ninnchanl sty. th. look in IVttiix' iui while Ka.iim at Mr.

I a port I may satisfy Mrs. Dr. Whin of tin ii iht 1 of an 11 ti ii fflatlenship. bin ii I sa 1 is fy 1 he rorjuiivnif of liir law. I aMi'l that he is not satishrtJ thai (fi plain lift has proveij his cum aii'l ihouuh Mr.

Vt us docs not oppose he eon lirina 1 ion of i the retVree's report, he must (h elme to rati' the decree. FLINT CO. DIRECTORS. Jersey City, Match incortiora lors of Flint 1 11 was of i lie held here io day, at which following directors. David 11.

pi York Dock Company; K. A. Hero elected esident Smith. John Flagler, (lovernui Franklin Muridiv of Ho Munihv Varnish Ciinii.iiiiv Frank S. Ha.

ings of K. c. Benedict i Nionll of It. Xiooll i .1 I of Francis llros. St Iteiijanuti I Kerry 1'ranois Louis: M.

iiry Crosby. T. .1. S. Fliiu.

Charles K. I 'linl. Wallace K. Flint, 'lini Co. was re, ntl ino.orporaied willi a capital siock of tiiio.

NO RATE WAR IMMINENT. Vernon H. Brown Says None Is Likely, but No Agreement Has Been Beached. 'Ml is absurd tn uilk about the Cunard Steamship 'oiupany making n.u oh the other lines, ljeeause a rate ameeni ni could not he arranged," said Vernon Urown, yesterday. "The whole situation i imply in the condition that has prevail I for months past.

Theie has been no areem at on rates, and tin attempt to kim lonelier has failed. The result is lhai the is miehanged and will remain Tb jv is no more prohabiliiy of a rate war ai tin time than at any time during the last, six months." This statement as made In refutation of a cablegram from Liverpool to the effect that because of demands made by .1. rierpont Morgan the steamship lines had fai led to come to an understanding, ami consequently (he Omard was aliout fo deeiare war. Albert Ballin. the director 'iicral of the Ha burs American St earn ship Company CJustavo V.

TieiKi'iis. the president, of tin: llauibur Amerieati Steamship Company, and li. Van Toorn, a director of the Holland America hi no, sailed yesterday on the steamship Campania for Knuland. When they arrived in this country, on the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, it. was said by Mr.

Ha Win, hat they would endeavor arrange freight vn mom; ihe eon 1 i nental line. fmm Philadelphia, New York and Host on. but he refused to say. when seen on the steamship to day, whether they had been wholly or even partly successful. "Yes.

we have seen tin directors of most of the continental lines. "said Mr. HalMn. "but whether we have reached any detinue, conclusion or not I must decline to say. Our tfoinff back by way of Kn inland has nothing to do with the mailer.

We are soin; that way because we would be unable to uet, a German siamship until much later. "I have had a very Ldeasant time, and I am returning to Ccrmany very much impressed with the growth of shipping in eoii eral over here. 1 would like lo be able to tell you what you want t.i know, but things are far from beins settled and it. would be of no uxe for me to talk." Tilt: other two aieamship men wer equally as reticent as Mr. Itallin, and referred all quest ioiurs to him.

A. Wright of the American Line anil Manager Kranlilin of ihe Atlantic Transport Lino were at the pier to see the steamship men off. SAYS PLAN" IS ABSURD. To the Kditor of the Brooklyn Eacle: I would like to state that to my mind the statement advanced by some letters to your paper that more peoplo can be handled on tho bridge by prolonging to Center street is absurd. True, more cars could be run.

bul they would take longer to cross. In running: ears on a circle, which is practically the case, it makes no difference how big the circle may be or how many cars you use if tho distance between the cars is kept the same, as it would necessarily be, sitn it is as small now as is safe. As to the bridge, crush, it could be helped, if nm to a great extent, if th Transit chose to do so. They have been cut tine on the elevated over sin every one knows entirely, at least Brooklyn Kapid iwn he headway i Mr. Greaisinger aii'l get a sea now id during he rush took charge, until you al any time of day.

hours you cannot always get a chance to stand. Their ferry service is very pnor. thus keeping people from using the ferry as much as they would if more cars ran to il direct. 1 do not think myself lliat the transit people can he made to do anythinir. bur i ho fault is theirs and the public should know it.

It is to bo hoped that they do not get control of tho Brooklyn City and Coney Island Railroad, which is a fine line in every respect. Brooklyn, February 27, A. O. M. ABOUT STORY TELLERS.

To ihe Editor of the Brooklyn Kapler The letter signpd 'Q" in your issue of r.lght in which "Story Tellers Are Criticised." meois witli my hearty approval, li is too irno ihat, certain men in various walks of life show themselves out by ihe salacious siories which they intlii upon cent men at public dinners. They ihink iliey are popular and respect, ii. but nearly always they are despised by their listeners, l.et the priori work or" the Fagle go on. but don't print anonymous usa i ions, which will not bear in vi si mn. inn hurt the cause of purity, l.ct vileness keep si lence at public dinners.

Brooklyn. February 2. Ifi'C'. K. LIKES EAGLE EDITORIAL.

To the Ediior of the Brooklyn Eagle: Your editorial in to nighi's Engl" about, tiouble in Skacway oubt. to lie s. nt to So, relary Shaw at Washington with "Here's a man. an American, who is not afraid to do hat he thinks is ritjiit." it is tine of (he host articles your paper litis printed in a lone time. Mr.

Ivey could have added a long number of nood Americans and Cabinet officers, too. who would have hacked htm other than ihe ones named. A READER AND AN AMERICAN, Brooklyn. February 7. MISS ELIOT WILL INVESTIGATE.

On I he steamship Mosaba of the Atlantic Transport Line, which sailed yesterday, was Miss Ada Ilonorc Eliot, 'M years old. who teas one of the iir.st to volunteer as a probationary otlicer when that ofhee was established in Ihe city police courts some months ago. MKs Eliot goes to Europe to visit the 1 eourts of the lending European cities tin. I see how probationary prisoners are dealt. I with.

Others who sailed on ihe steamship were il. M. Buchanan. Frank Kneel. Miss Marion (loldie, Fred Kluth and Captain I).

C. Mclntyro. i LEAD WORTH S7O0 WAS STOLEN, Jacob Frov. Ill v.mi obi. of L'L'7 Connvor i street, and Daniel years old, of i l'tl'2 Conover street, were arrested last nielli, charged bv Philip Schaeffor of Ihe lighter Robert McMillan, lying at the foot of Scdg i wiok street, with having stolen on Thursday I la.n pis lead wonh JTno.

Tho property was found in a junk shop at 1 ouovcr sireet. The men were held pending tin examination. MOTOR COMPANY INCORPORATED. Albany. March 1 The I.oier Moior Company of Nov." York was Incorporated with a capital of The principal office is in Plattsburg.

The directors are: Frank K. Smith of New York City. George S. Weed, Thomas B. Colter.

Waller V. Greeg and Charles A. Emsiij ot PiaUshurg. oi" i he uior lie I of a ci i 'oiiitu i ion n.n rva ti: pla ed by Mayor Thomas HyiK' of rn ej ino. In his I nicllt ol" "mi Mi llt', hii over v.

ent years Itioiiklyn, when he i onmiisHioneerri ia. auo in il was appo ih' cpy of ed Olie of f'l Mi win. flee I epa ai en of Cha ies hy Iiw, was at that, linn th head of the city th men i here, his a din i iM ration in of hen marled hy the sadie conserva tism and Inisinesslike methods. Without, making any puMic display of hi. actions My nes has pro mot 1 many improvements.

The position in nliieJi lo has been appointed, one for which he is admirably suited, as tur more ilian thiny years he has been actively ennned in work anionic the poor and the unfortunates ni" the niy, as the president of i he St 'inc( in Paul's riociet y. Alrea ly Cnnimisioiiei Hynes has insiitiiied iranv improvements in the ions hat, conn under hi I i nn, but probably the most interesting n' ie is the forms tn the prisons when boy. ner I i ears ai confined. These pri metiers were thw first lo altrnet the ihe r'ommis upon his in ihe prisons and v. ef khotises after assuming tin of the and he saw ib.ii in rr was irreat iit'el bT a ehanjee save ihe minds from be out amlnat ion of th more hardem and prisoners committed by tie maicis irae The majority of i prisoner limit it 1 for mi.

meanors under tie of disorderly eondoei. and. he iim the i of no he ajce limited for et.uimiiial to "a lor hoys, and till guilty won Id cause heir commit lie state penal institutions, tie workhouses on Black ther are thrown ia 1 ions eharaeleis. ment. to cue they HI" i.i well's Isinn close eonla The Con.

mi. aw at chanico was i hese be saved front e. e. with his deputy. Xuii working to secure it.

canni; for I hem. 'ummisstoner yn once that, a hoys were to ar.rt. together he has been method ot i ied to es prisoners ill tend at al I'dark re, '0 Ihe MiiM prnper I'Oiidl iS'feM ill hoy whn has tablish a sehonl fur tie a( Ha L's Island, where classes during the da Tie 1 present confined in the well's I land. hut i hey will b. Hart's Island as soon as muim inKs there can he placed pr lion.

David Williard. whos ins prisoners is well known ami voted his time to reclaimim; their way into the Tombs, has that find ome inter ested in ihe reform proposed and through his efforts and those of the Ieputy Commissioner of the department it is expectd that, a rMmpoteiit teacher will he secured to take charge of tin imys. Several organizations of missionary character in are a I so a inn i teres in i he work. Another reform in prison life which Commissioner Myites has put inio efrpet. is the ptehihition of tdKaretie smoking unions tho bos in the Tombs and other prisons and the reading of clu ap aiei tra.

hv literature. Wh'Mi ihe fael that I he Imy Ae, L'iven ih' priv't loftes was hruiuih; before ih. aiteniion of Commissioner Hynes at on issued an order instruct inp the wardens and keepers to see that all vpdiors to the boys io prisons were prevented from furnishing; tho yoiiiiR prisoners with the prohibited articles ami any person conneeieil with the prisons in any way a violating this rule will he severely dealt with. These and many other reforms in the prison life have been quietly uoins on stiiee the new commissioner took ollice. They have been in rodu 'ed without any public notice beini; given of the changes.

Tho district, prisons of Manhattan and the Bronx are receiving attention frntu the commissioner and all have been repainted throughout and many improvements of sanitary nature have been made. NEW SINGERS HERE. Miss Cleaver. Who Avoided Opera for Vaudeville. Comes on the Philadelphia, Kleiinor Cleaver, an contralto singer, who has never be in hear.

in this country, arrived yesterday 'fje steamship Philadelphia. The siimer has been abroad for several years, and will make her first a pea ranee here on March 12r a i. Mendelssohn JlaJJ. is a pupil of Del lesidie a nd Bert in of he I 'a ris Opera Cotnique. Delicsldie, her first instructor, was very anxious that the simc should enter Krand opera, but for sonic reason Mme.

Cleave" joined the vaudeville ranks and appeared in the principal cities of Kurope. (lust a ve Kerknr, the Kndish playwright, was also anions the passengers tliai arrived the steamship, Mr. Kepker is writing an opera, in conjunction with Harry P. Smith, for Klaw A. Krhincr.

whh is to be produced here next season. I rime the trip Mr. Kerkep said he finished one aci. of an opera, which he was writing for Mrs. Lucotte that is to bo produced on tho other side.

His play emit led itid Men," hi 01 is now rtmnintc in Franco, was said by Mr. Kerk tn be a suceess. Mr. Kerker said that he had also com. to thfs country to try to fid of some copper stock, wklx which he is overloaded.

Some of the other passengers who arrived on the Philadelphia ar .1. (J. Beadle. K. Tilly Prow no, Mr.

and Mrs. It. K. Cnssatt, X. ''orriican.

Mr. M. Iiowd. Colonel s. SCmatis.

Adeb Kaure. Mr. and Mrs. c. U.

ilrannat, Jesse Howard. Frank Jeanne, M. H. Lo Miss A. Redmond.

C. C. Soule, Mrs. ('. Proctor Thompson and Yumu.

hit a. COMPULSORY VACCINATION BILL. Health Commissioner Will Consult State Medical Society on It. en I 'o mm is doner Podorle's secretary esi efda a 11 011 need hat 1 morrow tha Cotnini s. dnm would meet pr.

V. Klliott Har ris of West street. Manhattan, chairman of Ccunrnittee of the State Medical Association, and Pr. Daniel Pewis. also of that committee.

jn discussion on the merits of rhe compulsory vaccinal ion bill, which has been passed by the Sen a 10 and Is now betore 'he Assembly. It is understood that Commissinner Pederlo is not in favor of the bill and that the two doctors are of tha opinion that il should become a law. Secretary Wadswnrth says th.M the Health Department has found no difib uliy in petliag people to submit to vaccination and it is not eor.sidered necessary that a compulsory law should he HENRY ROTH SELLS OUT. Leon (odstnan, an upper Broadway (Bush wick) real estate dealer, has taken posses sinn of the oflice formerly occupied by Henry Unth. the well known builder, at Broad way.

Mr. Ceisman states that he has purchased the building and Mr. Roth's business for Si. and that he will continue buying and selling as formerly. Mr.

Roth has pur cdiased a 1ik interest in a brewery. BROUGHT SALMON AND PRUNES. The American o.imship Company 'd steamer American arrived this afternoon irnm the Pari lie const with a full cargo of merchandise. Among the cargo was 120, Oni) cases linen. 7.iH tons of dried prunes nnd rtOii.iMto fet't of California redwood, tho latter stowed on dock, Tho steamer experienced lemnrkably fine weather during tha rtiQlfl voyage ed office rooms office rooms if hired elsewhere would cost the city heavy rent.

But there are four rooms devoted to the Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association: and two rooms given up to the Memorial and Relief Committee of ihe Grand Army of the Republic, and one room taken up by the Police License Bureau, which some folks hold ought to be at Police Headquarters, and one room also that from time immemorial has been occupied 1 by the newspaper men assigned to cowsr me city departments. These quarters are the ones about which the question is being raised. They can apparently be taken with out auv violation of law. The new charter I I Twmi.h Pres cient the custodian JlllltVC of all city buildings and me tenure uk Grand Army folks and of the Volunteer Firemen, it is said, rests only on an ordinance of the old Brooklyn Board of Aldermen. Because of the sagging of walls the Borough Hall is now in bad shape anyhow, but that can be remedied and will be without any delay.

The broader issue about getting more room for the growing departments is a lot more troublesome than the mechanical problem as to making the building entirely Bate. So far as politics goes the Grand Army men are largelv Republican. They take great pride in the fact that the last martyred President of the United States was a comrade and in the ante room of their quarters they have a 'life size picture of William McKinley d' aped In black. It is estimated that fully three quarters of them voted for the Fusion ticket in the last election. On the other hand, the Volunteer Firemen are Democratic in fully as large proportion.

John Courtney is their president. His son married a daughter of Hugh McLaughlin. He is a veteran officeholder as well as a veteran fireman. Mr. McLaughlin is himself a member.

Like many of the. older politicians in the Willoughby street crowd, he "ran wid de masheen" in the early days. James Shevlin is another member. Mr. McLaughlin enjoys every now and then a couple of hours at headquarters, where he plays checkers and dominoes with the men of his own age who remember his Navy Yard days.

There is more story telling to the square Inch in the Volunteer Firemen's Association rooms than even in the Grand Army headquarters. Many interesting things in the history of the volunteer days would have been long ago forgotten but for these gatherings of the survivors. The argument of the heads of departments who are demanding a change is that praiseworthy as both these organizations are, and wise as it was to give them meeting places when the space could be spared, it is too much to ask the city to go out and hire rooms for its own work in order to let old men tell stories in apartments belonging to the municipality. But some Fusionist politicians are warning the powers that be of the danger of going any farther in the way of making the Reform administration unpopular. They say that sentiment is a real force when election day comes arund, that the respect of all classes in the community for the chiefly Republican Army veterans and the chiefly Democratic fire veterans is a wholesome and proper sentiment, and that it ought to be respected.

The Volunteer Firemen's Association has about 500 members. The Grand Army posts, all of which are represented in the memorial committee, have 3,500 members. The Sons of Veterans have nearly 500 more. Most of the sons are voters, and the old men have not lost their suffrages. The constitution and laws of the State of New York give special preference to both war and Are veterans.

They must have the first chance when a public place Is to be filled, and once In office they can only be removed on charges and for cause reviewable by the courts. The Democratic critics of this city administration say that It has lought to make war on veterans in many in aividual Instances. They cite the cutting of Walters' salary in the tax department, and the more recent attack on Tate and Hawkes In the water department, as well as a lot of similar cases in Manhattan. And they go so far as to predict that many hundreds of Republican votes will be lost on municipal questions hereafter if this thing keeps up. On the other hand, the Fusionists retaliate by recalling the bitter effort of Willoughby street to get rid of Mr.

Tate, which was rendered futile by his fight in the courts. Non partisan observers are rather inclined to the conclusion that neither political party cares much tor the rights of veterans or their privileges when it has to look out for a lot of party workers and doesn't know where to put them unless veterans are to give way. TEACHERS WOT PAID YESTERDAY. Police in Similar Plight Pay Rqjls Came Late, Says Grout. Mr.

Grout said the school teachers and police could not, as he had hoped, be paid yesterday, because" the pay rolls were late ia coming to his office. Those of a few of the schools have not been received yet. Mr. Grout hopes by calling attention to the persons who are In default, to make them more prompt In forwarding pay rolls each month. It is a hardship to keep city employes waiting for their money, he feels, and he is trying in every way to obviate needless delays.

NO NS IN THAT COURT. Justice Seabury Saves the Dignity of the Manhattan City Court at Cost of $25 to Bennett. Justice Seabury. the newest addition to the City Court in Manhattan is determined to maintain the dignity of that court, even at the cost of good court time and trouble. He hauled Isaac Bennett into court yesterday and fined him S2S for saying "damn" out loud and real violently on the witness stand.

Bennett is an ironworker and until recently was employed in tho Navy Yard. Several months ago he was knocked down by a trolley car at Forty second street and Third avenue. Manhattan, and he sued the Metropolitan Railway Company for $2,000 damages. The case came up for trial before Justice Seabury and a jury in the City Court a few days ago. Bennett was placed on the witness stand and told his story.

During the cross examination the lawyer for tho conipany asked Bennett if he had not been knocked down by a horse car. Bennett looked at the examiner disdainfully and. leaning forward, remarked: "You know well that there are no horse, oars on Forty second street." Justice Seabury admonished the witness and ordered him to appear in court later and show cause why he should not bo com mitted to jail for contempt of court. Bennett did as ordered and pleaded that he had meant no disrespect. In reply.

Justice Seabury made thi.s speech from the bench: "I had made up my mind to commit you to jail for five days for your offense. There is too much of this thing going on in this court and 1 propose to put a stop to il. I mean to uphold the dignity of this court. I order thai you pay into this court a fine o( $25, in default, of which you shall be committed to iail for two days Bennett paid bis line and then went out into City Hall Park. There is no record of his remarks there.

A CHILD ELOCUTIONIST. Margerett Tate Is Attracting Much Attention by Her Recitals. Tate, the child elocutionist, who appeared in a recital at the Bridge Street African M. 13. Church lost Friday evening, is attracting much attention and favorable Margaret Tate, The Child I comment in the city.

She is the daughter" of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Tale of Grand Rapids, where she was born. When 5 years old she begun her studies in ihe Grand Rapids School of Elocution and soon developed as the most promising pupil in the school, and about four years ico she recited publicly in Chicago and els.

where, and the pulpit and press were refuse in praise of her ability. She has received praise and i oynii ion from the most prominent literary folk In the United States. Among tho comments must treasured by her are those of tho la'e Frances B. Willard of the Women's fhn iian Temperance Union. FEBRUARY INCORPORATIONS.

The total capitalizations of the cnmi'anie incorporated in the East during the of February has been computed at SJUl.v.n. 000, those incorporated in New Jersey representing $119,750,000 of that amount, "uly companies capitalized at $1,000,001) or over are counted. The total is twice that of quire ot tne matter tnere were not twelve men who believed that beyond a reasonable doubt the corporation or its officers had committed a crime. In other words, tho Grand Jury's decision, after a prolonged and careful investigation, was based upon questions of fact. The February Grand Jury was a very intelligent body of men, many of them having frequently served before as grand jurors, and their foreman was an old grand juror and thoroughly experienced in the discharge of his duties.

"The conclusion which I had individually arrived at was that the system of signals employed by the New York Central Railroad Company, under the conditions existing in the tunnel, was radically defective and that the operation of the Harlem line with such a system of signals, under the conditions prevailing in the tunnel, constitutes the maintenance of a public nuisance, and that the corporation maintaining such a system should be indicted for maintaining a public nuisance, to the end that the court, might make an order requiring the sheriff to abate such a nuisance. I personally also reached the conclusion that it was a question of fact whether or not the death of the persons killed In that tunnel was approximately caused by the defect in the signal system, and if the deaths were caused by the defects in the signal system and the maintenance of this signal system constituted a public nuisance, that then, at least, certain officers of the corporation were guilty of manslaughter In the first degree. "But, before the Grand Jury could find this to be the case, it was necessary to satisfy them beyond all reasonable doubt that the defects In the signal system was the approximate cause of death. It was not enough that the New York Central Railroad had been maintaining for many years a defective signal and that any day a serious accident might happen as the result of the maintenance of such system, but it must have been found affirmatively and beyond reasonable doubt that this particular accident with the ensuing deaths occurred as the direct result of their defective system and in this connection it iB proper to recall that the fireman, Fyler. both before and after the inquest, testified that he saw the cautionary signal, that he called out in a loud tone of voice to the engineer.

and that the engineer at once applied brakes. If. therefore, the Grand Jury was not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the engineer did not sec the green signal, they would not have been justified in finding an indictment for manslaughter against the officers of tho road. In my judgment, however. If they were satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the engineer did not see the green signal by reason of the prevailing conditions in the tunnel, then they would be justified In finding indictments for manslaughter against the officers of the corporation, "it should be pped thgj the JDistricJ At Although Iteferee B.

Gerson Oppcnheim, who was appointed by the Supreme Court fn Manhattan to hear and determine the action for an absolute divorce brought by Charles II. I'ettus against Adelaide Pettus. reported in favor of tho plaintiff, Justice Blanchard has refused to confirm the report and the couple remain man and wife. Justice Bischoff holds that no specific criminal act on the part of Mrs. Pettus and James C.

Davenport, who was named as corespondent, has been alleged or proved, Mr. and Mrs. Pettus were married on September 3. 1S73, and have one son. George Arthur Pettus, now 2j years old.

The referee in his report said it was quite evident from the testimony that Mrs. Poll us had little or no love or affection tor her husband, and it was also clearly evident that she did have a strong affection lor the corespondent. During several years they moved with each other, carrying their personal effects from one boarding house to another, making their homes together in these various places, and as the testimony unoontradictedly shows, they occupied adjoining scats at the table, usually sitting apart from the other boarders. "Apparently," says Referee Oppcnheim, they were extremely companionable nnd friendly with each other and found comfort and happiness in each other's society, going nut to walk or to visit together, returning to i heir homes with each other, attending theaters and places of amusement, invariably In i he absence of the plaintiff, and presumably without his knowledge or consent." Several witnesses were examined to prove the intimacy which existed between Daven port and Mrs. Pettus.

The corespondent, and Mrs. I'ettus absolutely denied the truth of i hi. allegations made by Pettus. both saying it Kitf with his consent, the corespondent ac anicd Mrs. Pettus to theaters ami I other places.

Ur. Anna h. White, qt 10 West Eightjc PORTO RICAN GIRL MISSING. The police have sent out a general alarm for 14 year old Marie Flgueroa, a pretty Utile Porto Rican girl, who disappeared from the home of Ernest Alphonzo. 4B4A Sixteenth street, where she was employed, on Washington's Birthday.

The girl is described as 4 feet tall. She has short hair and wore when last seen a dark dress, dark Jacket and.