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riHiV.r THE BEOOKLTN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1899. 16 SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE PRESIDENT'S BETTTRN. FIRE BOUTS CALLED OUT. TAMMANY AND THE TUNNEL. ping off the cars on their way down town to see it. Outwardly a coal tower facing the river front affOTds the most striking illustration of the fierce Are that raged for hours within the building.

A frame work of iron beams is all that is left of the tower. Several lines of hose were still playing on the lower section of the tower this morning. Much of the iron work was still hot while the volumes of smoke that ascended told of fire still lingering in the pockets. The fact that the dynamos were able to be run without interruption is attributed to the enormous quantity of iron used in the construction of the building. From the time of the consultation of the officials It was known they correctly believed that the enormous volume of water would prevent the overheating of the iron and thus render the operation of the coal shovelers below, safe.

To this circumstance is attributable the fact that the dynamos were kept running and that the people of the Eastern District and other sections of the city were able to ride to business this morning. Nevertheless, officials and workmen spent a number of anxious hours. The erection of the power station, which is the largest for street railroad purposes in the world, was begun in 1891 and completed and opened in 1893. A sumptuous banquet, at which many prominent people were present, was served inside the smokestack, which is said to be the tallest in the city, by way of celebrating the occasion. Since then many alterations and improvements hare been made in all parts of the building.

of a Uneeda Biscuit box there is a surprise waiting for biscuit lovers. A surprise of daintiness, a treat of crispness and delicate flavor, a charm of freshness. Uneeda Biscuit are the newest idea in biscuit making. They were conceived bv the most skillful bakers that money could employ and baked in the best bakeries of the world. They represent the top notch of biscuit making; the ideal of the biscuit baker.

are not only made good, but they are kept good. They are packed in an air tight, moisture proof cent package, insuring their crispness, freshness, and flavor. Ask your grocer more about Uneeda Biscuit 1 IBGAI NOTICES. NEW YORK SUPREME COURT, XllviSS COUNTY Frederick Bonawitz, plaintiff, against Philip J. Young, and others, defendants In pursuance of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made and entered in the above entitled action, dated the twenty seventh, day of April.

1893, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, by Thos. A. Kerrigan, auctioneer, at the salesrooms. No. 9 WiUoughby street, in the Borough, of Brooklyn, County of Kings, on the 23d day of May, 1899, at twelve o'clock noon, the lands in said judgment mentioned, and therein described as follows: All that certain lot, piece or parcel ot land situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn (formerly City of Brooklyn), in the State of New York, known and designated on a map of the Stockholm Farm as lot number 262, and which Is bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point oh the northerly side of Myrtle avenue distant one hundred and sixty six feet four and one half inches easterly from the point or angle formed by the Intersection of the northerly side of Myrtle avenue with the southeasterly side of Chestnut street, and running thence northerly on a line at right angles with Myrtle avenue sixty nine feet seven and one half inches: thence easterly on a line drawn, diagonally from the point of intersection of Myrtle avenue with Chestnut street, and equl distant from said avenue and street twenty seven feet one and one quarter inches; thence southerly and again on a line at right angles to Myrtle avenue eighty feet and one inch to th northerly side of Myrtle avenue aforesaid, and running thence westerly along the northerly side of Myrtle avenue twenty five feet to the point or place of beginning.

Dated May 1. 1899. FRANK D. CREAMER. Sheriff of Kings County.

Henry Bonawitz. Plaintiff's Attorney, 375 Fulton street, Brooklyn Borough, N. Y. The following is a diagram of the property to sold as above 'described No. 1,327 Myrtle DeKalb Ave (formerly Chestnut crt).

vn Reached Washington This Morning and Called on Mr. Hofcart. Washington, D. May 2 President Mc Kinley and party returned to Washington this morning, reaching the White House at 7:40 o'clock. There were in the party only the President.

Mrs. McKinley, Assistant Secre tary Cortelyou and the members of the White' House staff vho accompanied the President throughout the trip. The President's first act after reaching the executive mansion was to call on Vice President Hobart. He was returning alone and on foot just as a corporal and five enlisted men of the One Hundred and Sixty first (Ind.) Volunteers were leaving the White House. He stopped and shook hands with each of them, saving a few words of welcome and passed on.

The President found Mr. Hobart improving and gaining strength. WANTS $20,000 FROM THE CITY. Produce Exchange Asks the Mayor's Help in a Very Novel Proceeding. The New Tork Produce Exchange is trying to get the city to hand over to it the $20,000 ball forfeited by William R.

Foster, who was extradited from France last year and permitted to escape again. The Exchange spent all of this amount hunting Foster up and bringing him back to this city to stand trial. Foster, it will be remembered, was counsel for the Exchange and had charge of the gratuity fund. He made away with $192,000 and then fled himself. The Exchange pursued him at the suggestion of District Attorneys Fellows and Olcott and in order to arouse the interest of "Scotland Yard and the continental police offered a reward of $5,000 for his apprehension.

Finally he was found after exhaustive seaTch all over Europe and brought to bay in Paris. Already the Exchange had three times sent men to Europe to identify suspects. When Foster was caught in Paris he made a strong fight against extradition. The proceedings there continued over four months and the Exchange was compelled to engage French counsel and go to large expense. In the end he was brought back to New York and permitted to go at large on $20,000 bail, which he at once skipped.

District Attorney Gardiner at the time demanded that the bail be set at $100,000, bringing out the fact that Foster's friends had offered $50,000 for the dropping of the extradition proceedings alone, without prejudice to any criminal proceedings. All of these facts were related to the Mayor to day by Abel E. Blackmar, who is now counsel for the Exchange. Mr. Black mar appeared before the Mayor to urge him to sign a bil permitting the Board of Estimate to audit the Produce Exchanges bills of expense to the extent of the bail forfeited by Foster.

Mr. Blackmar said the Exchange had spent much money and time in seeking Foster, the net result of all of which bad been that Foster had paid $20,000 of his money Into the city treasury. Mayor Van Wyck thought It might establish a dangerous precedent, so that any concern or corporation sustaining a defalcation would feel justified in pursuing the criminal, in the hofje of getting the city to reimburse out of forfeiture bail. Mr. Blackmar urged the heinous nature of Foster's crime.

He was a trusted attorney and had taken advantage of his position to defraud a Widows' and Orphans' fund. The Mayor promised to look carefully Into the provisions of the bill. MONUMENT TO JOHN R. MORRIS. Public Movement on Poot to Erect a Memorial to the Xate Sunday School Worker.

A public movement is on foot to erect suitable monument over the grave of John R. Morris, the veteran Sunday school man, who died In March last. Mr. Morris was for fifty two years the secretary of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. He attended every meeting of that organization but two or three, and was present and took part in the annual parades with one or two exceptions.

His loss was and is still deeply felt by the union and all who are interested in Sunday school work, as Mr. Morris was known and loved in all the schoois. George B. Forrester, who Is a prominent member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, secretary of the board of directors of the Baptist Home, and interested all religious movements, including the Sunday school, has started the movement with a generous contribution and will actively interest himself in getting the fund together with which a monument worthy of Mr. Morris sholl be placed over his grave in Greenwoou Cemetery'.

Mr. Morris was a member for many years of Talmage's Tabernacle, but at the time of his death was identified with the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Chuicn, of which the Rev. Dr. David Gregg is pastor. It is intended, however, that the movement shall be interdenominational, and it is believed that Silas M.

Giddings, president of the Brooklyn Sunday school, who Is now absent from Brooklyn, having attended the sessions of ihe international Sunday School Convention in Atlanta, will give it his earnest approval. It is part of the plan to have the Sunday school children of Brooklyn each contribute a small sum, so as to make the memorial as representative as possible. NEW CHURCH IN PORTO RICO. First Protestant Episcopal Congregation to Be Organized at San Juan. Chicago.

111.. May 2 To representatives of the Chicago diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church belongs tue honor of planting the first church of that denomination in the islands of the West Indies, that recently have come under the control of the United States. The congregation will be organized at San Juan. Porto Rico, with a membership of 36. The Rev.

Mr. Pratt left this country last February, as the personal agont of Bishop McLaren, with instructions to visit Porto Rico and the adjacent islands for the purpose of making a careful survey of the field. He has sent favorable reports to the Bishop and made strong recommendations for active missionary work among the natives. A NEW TRIAL GRANTED. Appellate Division Reverses Judgment in Pavor of Warehouse Proprietor.

The appellate division has reversed a judgment in favor of Frederick B. Latimer, defendant, formerly proprietor of a warehouse on Atlantic avenue. In the suit brought against him by Henry M. Kaiser to recover money damages for goods stored and afterward damaged or destroyed by the fall of the warehouse. On a previous appeal the Appellate Court reversed a judgment obtained by Kaiser, the same plaintiff, against the same defendant, reversal being on the ground that the trial court erred in refusing to charge that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff Cr show that the goods were lost through defendant's negligence.

On the second trial the complaint was dismissed at the close of plaintiff's evidence. The question whether the character of the accident, raised a presumption of negligence did not come up before an appeal. Justice Cullen, writing the opinion, says the collapse of a building from internal causes is almost invariably the re sult of negligence. A new trial is granted. costs to abide the event.

Attitude of the Local Powers Is the Important Matter to Be Considered Now. mayor believed to favor. What Mr. Blackford of the Atlantic Avenue Commission Says of the Chances. Having passed both houses of the Legislature, the Atlantic avenue tunnel bill will now come down to Mayor "Van Wyck.

Should the llayor approve the bill it will then be Bent to Governor Roosevelt for his approval or disapproval. If both the Governor and the Mayor approve the bill, it will by their signatures become a law. The bill itself is a permissive bill. That is, having become law. it will be necessary for the promoters of thebill to go before the Municipal Assembly to get the permission to build the tunnel.

To put it in another way, ill that the promoters of the bill have got though it is very important and is what they have been fighting for for years is permission to go before the Municipal Assembly and ask for a franchise. The Mayor has fifteen days for consideration of the measure and Governor Roosevelt has already expressed himself in favor of the bill. Having gotten thus far, the question has arisen as to what attitude Tammany Hall is going to take on the bill. This question is the important one now and the members of the Atlantic avenue commission realize the Importance it. With this in mind, Eugene G.

Blackford, chairman of the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Commission, yesterday visited Mayor Van Wyck and had a long talk. Mr. Blackford found the Mayor well disposed toward the bill and came away from his office feeling much encouraged. Mr. Blackford explained to the Mayor that Mr.

Creamer, assistant corporation counsel in charge city matters, had been opposed to the bill on the ground that the city government was opposed to perpetual franchises and on the further ground that the tunnel company should be required to pay for the franchise. The bill was thereupon amended so as to grant a fifty year charter only and a clause was inserted providing for compensation to the city. With these amendments made, Mr. Blackford explained to the Mayor, Mr. Creamer withdrew his opposition and the bill was passed.

Mr. Blackford further told the Mayor that the Tammany men had been in favor of the bill at Albany and that the only active opposition had come from Mr. Creamer and on the entirely reasonable that have been stated. Although the Mayor did not commit himself definitely, Mr. Blackford told an Eagle reporter this morning that he felt much encouraged with the interview and that as a result of it he felt that the hardest struggle of the commission was over.

Just who will manage the bill in the Council and in the Aldermen has not yet been decided. The commission does not think that a manager really ought to be necessary, for the tunnel is something that the whole city needs. Yet the commission realizes that even if the Mayor is well disposed, there may Be trouble in the Council, and perhaps in the Board of Aldermen, for the bill. In case any such opposition is encountered, a manager will be necessary. On one point, however, the commission is decided.

The bill will pass the Municipal Assembly by the same methods that have characterized the twelve year fight in the Legislature or the. bill will not pass at all. It has taken twelve years to get the bill through the Legislature, and while the expenses have not been small, they have been purely legitimate ones. The members of the commission, if they are met by any such conditions as have at limes in the past met them At Albany, will not give up the fight for good, but will certainly give it up so far as this Municipal Assembly is concerned, or until the members of it have been brought to see certain things. And in view of any possible opposition to the bill in the Assembly, the Brooklyn members of the Assembly feel sure that the game may be played by two sides as well as one.

For it is not supposed that any Brooklyn man will oppose the bill. Until the Mayor, however, has held a public hearing and the bill has gone to Albany and come back, there is nothing to be done. Speaking of the tunnel and its advantages to Brooklyn Mr. Blackford said: "The increased convenience and saving of time to thousands of Brooklynites that will follow the inauguration of a direct and rapid means of communication between the downtown office district of Manhattan and Brooklyn is too evident to need further mention. This increase in facilities for travel will result In a large increase in the wealth and population of the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and a' consequent large increase in the assessed valuation of the City of New York in benefits of which Manhattan will share with the boroughs on this side of the East River." LAUNCHES FOR NAVAL MILITIA.

National Guard Committee Passes on the Plans Uniforms and Equipments Decided On. The committee of officers of the State National Guard, appointed to decide on the equipment supplies for the yhiii ir.fi this morning, in the State Arsenal. Seventh avenue and Thirty fifth street, Manhattan. The members are: Major General Roe. Brigadier Generals MeCoskry Butt and George Moore Smith and Colonel Story, representing the Adjutant General's Department, as secretary.

The committee decides on the standards for the vario.is equipments of all kinds, quality and quantity, including arms, uniforms and paraphernalia. Among the recommendations which will be carried out one is the supplying of four steam launches for the use of the Naval Militia. Three of these are to be forty feet and one forty five feet long and each will carry a one pound gun. There will a change in the uniforms of the fruar.ismei! thij ro thai ihe dress of the militia must conform more closely to that of the regulars. The chief change perhaps is the abolition of the white stripe down the leg of the trousers and on the sleeve edge.

The dominant colors for the different arms of the service will be while for infantry, red for artillery, yellow for cavalry and green for the hospital corps. The time set for opening of the bids for these furnishings has been fixed for Thursday, May 11, at 12 o'clock noon, at Albany. In the office of the Arsenal day were plans for the four steam launches for the Naval Militia. The 40 footers are to have 8 feet beam and 4 feet 2 inches depth. Each is to have 25 indicated horse power, and to be strong enough on the forward deck to stand the discbarge of a one pound gun.

The three 10 footers are to have intercbangable parts. The 45 foot boat is to have fi feet beam and 6 feet inches depth. All four vessels are to be finished within sixty days of the contract letting and to be delivered at the New Hampshire dock, foot of East Twenty eighth street. Trial runs are to be given by the companies furnishing the launches, the "trials to take place on Long Island Sound. Three hours are to be run under natural draught and one hour under forced draught, and the 40 footers are to make ten starum inik hour under natural draught and eleven under forced draught.

The 45 footer must make eleven miles an hour under natural draught and twelve miles under forced draught. HIGH WATER. Following Is the official announcement of the Mm, nnd duration of high water at New York and Sandy Hook for io morr Mfiy 2: A.M. H. P.

M. tium'not iTime'Hoieht Tlmei Beight Fall. n. M. FffMt.

Ih. M. Keet. Ife York 2:00 andy Uool, 1:30 i 4A 4.8 4.4 4.7 5:54 The Seth Low and the Van Wyck Assist Land Force at Power House Blaze. EMPLOYES' PLUCKY STAND.

Men Kept Apparatus Running While Pive Thousand Tons of Coal Burned Above Them. Last night's partial destruction by Are of the Eastern District power station of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad proved one of the most remarkable and peculiar events in the history of fire fighting in the borough. Fortunately happening in the night time, it gave the firemen on the fireboats as well as on land an opportunity to get to the scene with speed and to pursue their work unimpeded. To Ihis circumstance is due the fact'that half of the trolley car traffic, now recognized as a necessity, is to day not at a standstill. The prevention of the spread of the fire to the big dynamos, three of which remained in operation under the shadow of the large blazing building is an achievement for which the firemen and the employes are to day dividing the credit.

This is a summary of the results of the Arc: The waterfront section of the power house has been partially gutted and burned. Several thousands tons of coal in the pockets were reduced to cinders and the pockets damaged, while the oiling room and the machine shop on the third floor, rear, were almost entirely destroyed. For three hours flames licked the foundations and sub structure of the tall smokestack, but with its splendid foundation thousands of tons of coucrete and granite it escaped with little or no injury. Care was exercised by the employes of the Mollenhauer Sugar Refining Company to prevent the spread of the flames to the company's new sugar warehouse on the opposite side of Division avenue, and in this work they were successful. There were a aeries of explosions during the fire which, so far, have been unaccounted for.

At the power house office it was denied that the explosions were caused by the exploding of oil tanks in the gravitation system with which the building is provided. Others think that the explosions were caused by accumulations of gas in the coal pockets which contained over 5,000 tons of soft coal. For three hours a bright and lurid flame of fire defying the effects of thousands of gallons of water per minute thrown upon it from the river, and from the shore sides of the building, contained to shoot upward, attracting the attention of river passengers and thousands of people from all parts of the borough. The loss so fa has not been appraised. It is estimated at $100,000, although the street railroad company place it at much less.

The cause is unknown. The fire broke out at precisely 10:30 o'clock. Curiously enough, although three of the big dynamos were running in dynamo room and half a score of engineers patrolling the floor, with double that number of stokers in the furnace rooms behind, an outsider was the first to notice the outbreak. A bright sheet of llame shot upward from the machine shop occupying a portion of the boiler house in the rear. The citizen directed the attention of a policeman to the incident and the latter turned in the alarm.

The company's watchman who patrols the building periodically during the nignt was below at the time. Some of the employes notified the Chief Engineer, James Anderson, who lives in the building. Mr. Anderson, with the engineer in charge, directed the staff in the use of a number of lines to the point at which the fire broke out. Their work proved ineffective, and in a few minutes they were driven back.

While th engines were arriving, the chief engineers instructed all the men to remain at their posts. This order, to the credit of the servants of the company, was implicitly obeyed. Meantime the fire engines were arriving. Among the first on the scene was Engine No. 11 from Clymer street, under District Engineer McGuire.

This company was followed by No. 21 from South Fourth street and No. 51 from Washington avenue. As the fire spread rapidly Captain McGuire turned in a second and third alarm, bringing companies from Seholes street, Washington avenue and elsewhere, as well as Salvage Corps Company No. 2, from Stagg street, in charge of Captain John M.

Burnett. By 11 o'clock Deputy Chiefs Dale and Perry, had arrived and took command of the fire. Almost simultaneously the lire boats Seth Low and Van Wyck steamed up Wallabout Creek, to within a few yards of the building. So rapidly did the fixe progress, however, that it took the work of all hands to surround it and prevent its spread to the dynamo room. There was a momentary discussion as to the advisabiliy of stopping the dynamos and this was participated in by President Rossiter.

Colonel Williams and other officials of the company who had arrived. At the time there were three of the six dynamos running. They are worked by six engines of 2.000 horse power each. The conclusion was come to that the thick brick wall which separates the dynamo room from the water front section of the building would resist.for some time at least, the fury of the flames and the dynamos were kept running. Toward 11 o'clock several loud explosions occurred in rapid succession.

They were followed by bright sheets of blue flame and showers of sparks, which covered the men on the fireboats. It proved impossible for the firemen to get at the focus of the flames from the Interior, while from the outside the fortified aspect of the building barred effective work. Several streams were brought to plav on the roof from Division avenue. Two more were thrown from Rush street, while the fireboats poured thousands of gallons every minute from the Wallabout. Basin.

But for fully three hours they had no appreciable effect on the flames. The latter still burned brightly, and spectators were led to think that electric power from the still moving dynamos kept them aglow. Success finally attended the efforts of the firemen in keeping the flames to the rear section of the power house. This building is higher than the front portion and consists of four stories. The basement and ground and second floors are occupied by the boilers and furnaces, the third hj coal pockets and the fourth by the machine and oiling rooms.

In the boiler rooms there are thirty four boilers, from which extended miles of entwined pipe, controlled by valves which supply the necessary connections between the hollers and engines. The coal pockets extend from the roof down to the front of the furnaces. There were five thousand tons of coal In the pockets, the daily consumption of the power house being about 135 tons. There were also 1.400 gallons of oil in tanks on the roof. These tauks were sealed and almost miraculously escaped explosion.

The coal in the pockets, however, continued to burn furiouslv, and the control of the flames gave the firemen one of the hottest battles in the expedience of the oldest of them. Speaking to an Eagle reporter shortly after midnight. Deputy Chief Perry said: "The Are" is proving stubborn because we cannot get at the roof. Owing to the nature of the building for a while it was impossible to get our extension ladders up. We worked at it from the ground until finally we got eight lines to the roof from Division avenue.

In all my experience I have never encountered a fire of the kind except, perhaps, some years ago at an electrical station on South Ninth Shortly before o'clock Chief Dale ordered the fireboat Van Wyck away. The Seth Low continued until after 3 o'clock this morning to play upon the liames. Even at that hour, they burned fiercely from the coal pockets. One of the most picturesque incidents and one which was obscured from the view of the thousands congregated outside was the work of the coal shovclers at the furnaces on the second floor, rear. Nearly a score of these men worked for hours knee deep in water in front of the furnaces, the patent apparatus for lowering the coal being out of gear.

Notwithstanding the fact that over five thousand tons of coal was burning overhead the men worked without a murmur. They were relieved by shifts of volunteer firemen as the night wore on. The scene of the Are attracted many thousands of people this morning, many stop RUSH OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS. Nearly 5,000 landed Since Priday. Other Immigration Matters Commissioner General Powderly Here.

Commissioner General of Immigration Powderly visited the Barge Office to day. It is said that the Commissioner General has come over from Washington to consult with the contractors who are putting up the new buildings on Ellis Island. The immigrant authorities are much in need of more room, in which to handle the large crowds of immigrants that are pouring into the country, and Mr. Powderly is trying to hurry the contractors up. Another cause of the visit of the head of the department is the fact that the contracts for the feeding of the immigrants, the supplying of coal, ice and Janitor sup piles, the exchange of money and the telegraph privileges will expire on the first of July.

They were awarded for a term of I three yeaj s. The rush of immigrants into the country is very great, and since the opening of the season some weeks ago there has been on an average 2,000 persona a day landed. The large number of persons detained for different reasons has taxed the Barge Office to its full capacity. The detention pen Is so full as to make it uncomfortable for those who have the misfortune to be detained. The Narragansett, which is stationed at Ellis Island for the reception of the detained immigrants at night, is also crowded.

There is urgent need of more room for the handling of the immigrants. The reason for this congested state of affairs is the fact that while there are enough register clerks on the floor to pass the immigrants as they come from the vessels, there are not enough clerks to act on the boards of special inquiry. On days when there are many persons landing the commissioner is obliged to break up the auxiliary boards passing on detained cases in order that those on the boards may act as registry clerks. While they are thus employed there is only one board In operation, and as a result the number of cases for investigation pile up. This state of affairs will also be looked into by Mr.

Powderly. Apropos of the rush of immigrants to this country the officials at the Barge Office say that not for years has there been so many Italians entering the country as at the present time. During Saturday, Sunday and Monday there were landed 4,892 Italians. This is almost half of the entire number of immigrants that passed through the Barge Office. These Italians are going to almost every part of the country and in almost every case are going to live with relatives or have money.

A large per cent, have been in this country before and know where work is to be found. MR. PALMER'S ATTACK TTpon Men Whom He Considers Enemies of 17th Ward Improvements. That the Board of Trade of the Seventeenth Ward has some enemies was demonstrated at the monthly meeting of the organization held in the Masonic Temple, Manhattan avenue and Meserole street, last night. About a score of members were present.

The president, former Controller George W. Palmer, occupied the chair, while W. P. Jones was secretary. W.

P. Jones moved and J. Parker Sloane seconded the adoption of a resolution instructing the secrefary to notify the Board of Public Improvements, the Bridge Commissioner and the Controller of New York that the board was in favor of a viaduct bridge over Newtown Creek, from Manhattan avenue to Vernon avenue, Long Island City. At this point Chairman Palmer took occasion to refer to the enemies of the board. He began by saying that he was heartily In favor of a bridge over the creek.

Everybody in Greenpoint was aware of the delay created by the present low level bridge. Notwithstanding all opponents, Mr. Palmer said, the bridge was a good thing, and he did not be lieve there was a member of the Board of Trade who was not in favor of its construction. "As to the spirit that has manifested itself against this board," Mr. Palmer continued, "many of you know how it has originated.

Some of the gentlemen have been extended the courtesies of this room, but it seems to me they acted the same as at the bridge committee hearing when they seemed to undervalue the Influence and the motives of the members of this board. But I think we can afford to let that go. I think that the citizens of this place know the business men who oppose this board, and I believe if you take a vote of the 60,000 inhabitants of this ward as between the board and the Taxpayers' Association that the majority would Indorse the board and its work in its efforts to do good in the community." When Mr. Palmer concluded he was applauded. He put the resolution and it was carried by a unanimous vote.

It being the annual meeting new officers were then elected as follows: President, George W. Palmer; vice president, J. Parker Sloane; second vice president, George H. Rowe; secretary, W. P.

Jones, and treasurer. Julius Manheim. All the officers named above were re elected. Secretary Jones urged the enlargement of the membership of the board, again referring to its maligners. Mr.

Rowe remarked that the so called taxpayers were not the men of influence in the ward and that few of them had bank accounts. "They recently filled Eckford Hall," he said, "with a rabble." The meeting terminated. THE WEATHER. INDICATIONS TILL P. M.

TO MORROW. Washington. D. May 2 For Eastern New York: Partly cloudy and cooler to night; Wednesday partly cloudy with probably showers by night; variable winds. LOCAL PROBABILITIES.

Generally fair, followed by thunder storms tonight: fair Wednesday: cooler by Wednesday mornlne; variable winds. At noon the EaRle's Mercurial Barometer registered 29.1)2. Indicating fair weather until noon tomorrow. The mercury fell of an inch since yesterdny. The following Is the record of the thermometer as kept at the Brooklyn Dally Eanle Office 2 A.

M. to 4 A. 6 A. 70 10 A. M.

74 C8 ....70 12 M. p. m. 3 P. M.

78 82 A. M. 83 Average temperature to day 7414 Average temperature corresponding day last year 503 The sun will rise at 4:56 A. M. to morrow and will set at P.

M. MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN VESSELS. ARRIVED TUESDAY, MAY 2. Ps Arkadia. from Mayaguez.

Lumen, from Shields. Ss Europe, from London. Ss Alleghany, from Suvanilla. Ss caraoas. from Porto Cabello.

Talisman, from Barbados. Ss Manhattan, from London. Ss from Antwerp. Ss Queen Margaret, from Shields. Ss Ilelvernon.

frum Port Maria. ARRIVED AT FOREIGN PORTS. Ss Kaiser Frlcdrich, from New York, pd. Ecilly. DR.

DTJRYEA'S APPOINTMENT. Commissioner Simis Creates the Office of General Superintendent. Charities Commissioner Simis this morning appointed Dr. J. T.

Duryea, who has been medical superintendent of the Kings County Hospital for several years, general superintendent of all the county Institutions at Flat bush. All the accounts of the several administrative branches of the department will hereafter be kept under Dr. Duryea's supervision, thus concentrating the work outside of the executive office under a single direction. Mrs. Treadwell, who has been night matron of the almshouse for many years, was this morning assigned to duties in the general office in Livingston street, where she will have general charge of negligence cases.

DON'T WANT THE BILL SIGNED. Republicans Write to Governor Concerning Commissioner of Records Measure. Republicans who are opposed to Walter B. Atterbury, chairman of the Republican county committee, and Michael J. Dady, chairman of the executive committee, are said to be writing letters to Governor Roosevelt asking him not to sign the commissioner of records bill.

Some of them declare, it is alleged, that the defeat of the party in this county next fall is assured, if the bill becomes a law. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. BROADWAY 11TH ST. NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. Men's fine Negligee Shirts, in exclusive designs for this season, Silk, Woven Madras and.

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1 Little Freddie Ryan Found by His Mother Dead, With a Rusty Pistol in His Hand. WHAT HIS PLAYMATES SAY. The Boy May Have Been Killed While Playing Soldier A Case That Puzzles the Police. A shooting affair, which at present seems decidedly mysterious, was brought to the attention of the police of the Seventieth Precinct, at Bath Beach, late yesterday afternoon by the report that a young lad had been found dead in a room In hts home, with a bullet in his heart. This was the story told to Roundsman Orvllle D.

Langford, who was standing on the corner of New Utrecht ave FREDDIE RYAN, Who Was Mysteriously Killed by a Pistol Bullet. nue and Sixty third street, Bath Junction, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and when the roundsman, in company with Patrolman Philip Roth, made an investigation, the story was found to be true and the police set to work to unravel it. The little fellow who met his death in such a manner was Freddie Ryan, 12 years old, who lived with his parents on Sixty third street, near Thirteenth avenue. Young Ryan had attended school at Blythebourne, and shortly after 3 o'clock reached hia home, in company with a playmate, John Rose, 13 years old, who lived near the Ryan home. In the house when Ryan and his companion arrived was Arthur Ryan, a lad of 10 years, and shortly afterward the three boys were seen playing about the house and rear yard.

Margaret Ryan, the boy's mother, was not at home during the greater part of the day, but when she arrived, about 5 o'clock, she went upstairs, and in one of the bedrooms saw Freddie lying on the floor. Thinking he was asleep, Mrs. Ryan stepped gently over to the boy and saw there was something the matter. She tried to awake the lad, but could not do so, and when she reached down and looked at his face she realized that he was dead. Mrs.

Ryan did not wait for anything more, but quickly ran from the house and to the home of Mrs. Alice Wadsworth, on Sixty third street, near Thirteenth avenue, where she described what she had seen, and, together with Mrs. Wadsworth, went back to the house. The latter also saw that the boy was dead, and, an examination being made, it was found that he had been shot through the left breast. He had fallen on his face, and in his right hand he grasped an old fashioned .32 caliber revolver.

The mystery in the case arises from the fact that the pistol in the young lad's hand had not been loaded or used, to all appearances, in a long time. The chambers were slightly rusty and were cold. The report that the lad had committed suicide was not believed by the police and the general impression is that he was accidentally shot while at play. Captain Burford notified the Coroner and then with Acting Detective Thomas Mulvey commenced an investigation. Margaret Ryan, the boy's mother, was seen and told her story of how she had returned home and found her son dead on the floor.

Mrs. Wadsworth corroborated a part of the mother's statement and then young John Rose, the dead boy's playmate, was closely questioned by the captain. He said they had been playing with the revolver and a Flobert rllle. In the rear yard, and becoming tired, adjourned to the house, where young Ryan proceeded to kindle a fire or do something about the stove. Rose said when he went home, Ryan was still busy at the stove.

Little Arthur Ryan, the dead boy's brother, who had been playing about the streets, said he saw his brother and Rose shooting in the rear yard and after a time he joined them. He was unable to state anything about the shooting. It is thought that th shooting might have been done by the rifle in the' hands of either the Rose boy or young Arthur Ryan. Captain Bur ford did not believe the pistol was loaded ai.d it is supposed that the two boys were playing soldiers and were pointing the pistol and rille at each other when the latter went off and killed the boy. In spite of Captain Burford's close questioning both Rose and Arthur R4an strongly denied that they had been in me room where Freddie Ryan was found dead.

Detective Muivey is still at work on the case. The approximate amount of liens or charges to satisfy which the above described property is to be sold Is $2. OSS. 75, with interest thereon from March 29, 1S99, together with costs and allow ance amounting to $21 1,12, with interest thereon, from April 27, 1S99, and the expenses of the sale, The approximate amount of taxes. asspssmentJk or other liens which are to be allowed to the pur w' chaser out of the purchase money or paid by the Sheriff is $126 05 and interest.

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