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16 THE BKOOKL SINE SING'S SATES CONTRACTORS TQ BRING SUIT AFRAID ff IS. A WAR LIST, ELLA EftttES QUEER DEATH, Indications That It Was the Eesult of Self Starvation. NORTHERN COAST STRONGLY PATROLLED. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

OPEN FOR MANE, Probable Outcome of the Controller's Debt Limit Statement, Enrollment Tinder the New Primary Law Bather Slow. Ex Czar of Coney Island Comes Home Again. Former American Liners Harvard and St. Louis Sailed This Morning. COLER SUGGESTED THIS COURSE MANY VOTERS HAVE SUSPICIONS For Infants and Children SHE LEFT A SMALL FORTUNE.

jl Mi TOR A The Kind You Have MET BY LOYAL FRIENDS. SAN FRANCISCO STARTS LATER. Unfamiliarity With the Measure Makes Them Fearful That the Names Enrolled May Be Used in Case of Draft 21,000 Enrolled in Brooklyn Up to Last Night. Many Coming In To day Offices Open Until Midnight. The Contractors Believe It Would Bring an Important Decision Within a Short Time That Would Be of Great Benefit to the City The Debt Limit, According to the City's Books, Was Reached November I Pay Held Up.

Miss Eames, Who Was Known as "the Witch of Adams Street," Was Last Seen Alive on Monday Police Entered the House To day and Found the Woman Dead in Bed An Inquiry to Be Made. Miss Ella D. Eames, a recluse, whose home was at 165 Adams street, was found dead In her room last night. The deceased was about 81 years old and bad lived in the which she owned, for over forty years. She was eccentric and her peculiarities appealed to the mischievous sentiments of the boys In the neighborhood, who teased her for the sole purpose, apparently, of getting her ex slted.

The building in an old fashioned, weather beaten, two story, attic and basement frame house, sadly out of repair and badly needing paint. Miss Eames frequently appealed to the police to drive the boys away from her house, for they not only played" in the basement areaway, but threw stones at the windows and frequently broke them. The old woman, who was of gentle demeanor usually, was known among the boys in the vi cinity as "me Witch or Adams street." Late yesterday afternoon N. T. Spicer, who lives at 87 Concord street, passed the house and saw a number of urchins playing noisily in the areaway.

Mies Eames was nowhere in sight, a singular circumstance, for she was generally after the boys with a broom when they disturbed her. Mr. Spicer could notice no signs of life on the inside of the recluse's house and he questioned the people in the neighborhood, who all remembered that they had not seenMiss Eames since Monday. After a brief consultation it was decided to notify THE CRUISER SAN FRANCISCO, Which Will Sail From the Navy Yard This Afternoon. Always Bought The Kind Have Always Bought.

THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITV. NEW TIC SONG "Our Nation's Battle Cry." Original Words and Music. Specially Written For THE EAGLE FINE PORTRAIT OP CAPTAIN C. S1GSBEE ON TITLE PAGE. Words by HAMILTON ORMSBEE.

Music by Dr. G. E. CONTERNO Of CONTERNO'S FAMOUS BAND. This fine piece of original music makes a beautiful and patriotic souvenir of the opening of the AMERICO SPANISH WAR.

FREE With INDEX To Classified Advertisements in To day's Eagle. CLABBmOiTlOK. PAOB. AmdsementB 9 Auction Sales 9 Business Notices 6 Business Opportunities Board 10 Church Music 10 Corporation Notices 13 Clairvoyants 9 Death Notices 7 Dividends IB Election Notlcs 14 Employment Agencies 10 European 6 Financial 14 15 For Exchange 11 Furnished Rooiub 10 Help Wan'ea 10 Horses and Carriages 11 Hotels 9 Instruction 11 Legal Notices 9 13 14 Tost and Found 11 Marriage Notices 7 Meetings 15 Miscellaneous 5 7 New Publications 8 Personal 11 Post Ofllce Notice 9 Proposals 9 Public ASmlnlnrator's Notices 13 Real Estate 10 Religious Notices 10 Situations Wanted 10 Sporting 4 9 Special Advertisements 16 Special Notices 11 Spri.ig and Summer Resorts 9 Surrogate's Notices 13 To Let and For Sale 10 11 Travel and Transportation 11 Wanted 10 "Water Rates 13 Cnptnln SlgrTee'a Portrait, With autograph signature, printed as title past of the Eagle's War Song, to be GIVEN iWAI with MO MORROW'S EAGLE. Bears the I i Signature Xf PATRIO To morraw's Walked Out This Morning a Free Man After Four Years and Two Months Imprisonment Kenneth F.

Sutherland, Theodore McKane, Stryker Williamson and Victor L. Bedingfield Welcomed Him and Took Him Away The Old Gravesend Chief Has Made No Plans for the Future Went Home at Once He Earned Twenty two Months' Commutation for Good Behavior. (Special to the Eagle.) Sing Sing, April 30 John Y. McKane, the ex ruler of Coney Island is once again a fre man afrer four years and two months' imprisonment in Sing Sing Prison. He was set at liberty this morning by "Warden Sage just as the prison clock struck and his oldest friends, his brother Theodore, his counsel, George W.

Roderick, Stryker S. Williamson, Kenneth F. Sutherland. Victor L. Bedingfield, Henry Hesterberg, Lewis W.

Potter and Frank Gallagher, assemblyman from the Sev enth Districi. were in the varden's office to greet him. As soon as the brief formalities were over the entire party took carriages down to Daly's Hotel, near the New York Central Railroad station, where breakfast was served. The big ex chief of Gravesend looked in splendid condition, with a healthy glow on his face and his eyes filled with the glad light of freedom, so long denied him. He I weighed just 210 pounds, four less than upon his incarcerar.ion March 1, 1S94.

He was dressed in a well fitting black diagonal frock suit made, as Warden Sage explained, to order for him a year ago, when there seemed a likelihood of his being sot free earlier; a white shirt with the well known turn down collar and white lawn necktie, and a brown crush hat. A light weight black overcoat completed his personal apparel. A grizzly mustache beard somewhat short and rather fuller than he used to wear adorned his face. It is a growth of thirty tfcays, the time allowed a convict on his approaching departure to regain his natural appearance. The occupant of prison cell Xo.

142 rose as usual on his last morning of imprisonment at 6:15. Fifteen minutes later he joined his companions in the lock step and marched to the breakfast room. After breakfast, at 7, he returned to his cell, his fellow prisoners going on to work, as usual. Then Hallkeeper John Lynch, detailed to look after him, escorted him to the state store room, where he donned citizen's clothes and was ready to walk forth into the sunshine a. free man again.

Warden Sage was in his office with a score of reporters and friends of McKane, who had come up last night to receive and escort him hack to Brooklyn, when 'the ex chief was ushered in. "Well, I'm ready to leave you now," said he to the warden, grasping bis hand. At the same moment he saw his brother and Stryker Williamson and cried out: "Oh, here they are. Is breakfast ready, boys?" He shook hands all. around and then, turning to the reporters, said: "I don't know many you, hut I suppose you are representatives of the press.

I'll shake hands with all because I may not, see you again." This over, he turned again to Warden Sage and said: "The idea of a man working here four years and getting only $4. I'm going to sue the state." "You'll have to get a bill through the Legislature for your relief," said the warden. "Well, it won't be the first bill I've got through the Legislature." "I know that." said the warden. "Yes. and you helped me more than once," replied McKane.

tryker Williamson caught hold of his coat and said: "Sow, Chief, I'm going to invest you with a few trifles I divested you of four years ago." "Xo. no; now," said the old chief and his lieutenant desisted. The prison property clerk returned to him a Masonic pin, a silver match box. a bank book, his silver key ring, four collar buttons and a finger ring set with fine sapphires. Beside these trinkets he received as earnings during his term of imprisonment $27.07, $10 given by the state to each discharged prisoner and 60 cenis for car fare home.

McKane's friends had spent the night at Daily's Hotel and before going up to Lne prison in the morning had ordered an ample breakfast to be ready at o'clock, with an extra place laid for the old chief. At the appointed hour ail were on hand. They demolished steaks, eggs and coffee with astonishing rapidity, while a gaping crowd peered turnugh the windows and lounged on the sidewalk outside waiting to catch a glimpse of the faiuous defier of Supreme Court injunctions. After heakfast all strolled over to the sta Lion and waited for the down train. They doatded the 8:57 train from Sing Sing, arriving in the Grand Central Station at 10, sharp.

The McKane party occupied seats in the smoking car, John Y. sitting with Stryker Williamson, while the rest of his friends sat aCjoinii seats. McKane does not smoke. He sat next the window on the right, or river side the car, and spent much time silently looking cut on the bright sunlit 6ketch of water. Finally he called for the latest papers and manifested much interest in the war news.

He wore eyeglasses. The old ex chief's nerve never deserted him a moment. His face was impassive and he was silent most of the time, occasionally smiling slightly at remarks made by Stryker Williamson and the others. He did not grow excited as the train neared Xew York, nor did he manifest emotion of any kind at leaving Sing Sing. The car was well filled, two seats away a party of men playing whist and almost everybody else reading papers and paying little attention.

Very few people in the car knew he was on board, and he was thus saved the annoyance of any staring from strangers. The old chief refused point blank to to the newspaper men. After he gets tied, he said, he would receive them talk to all who were willing to treat talk him fairly. He had no complaint to make of the great majority of newspaper men, but there were a few who had betrayed his confidence and he remembered them. lie had made no plans whatever, he said, but was going right home to his family.

Upon the arrival of ttie train in the Grand Central station a small crowd lingered to get a view of McKane, and as he walked down tfce platform a number of men shook hands welcoming him back. Anions; them were two policemen and a cab driver. The old chief and his brother, Theodore, with Victor Bedingfield, took a carriage and drove away toward the Brooklyn Bridge. It vc announced that no stop would be made until bom was reached. McKane reached home at about 11 o'clock and remained in seclusion all day.

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NVashinston. D. April 30 For Eastern New York, fair to nielit and Sunday; northwesterly winds, becoming variable. LOCAL PROBABILITIES. Pair to nitcht and Sunday; stationary temperature; northerly winds, The following is the record of tbe thermometer as kept at the Brooklyn Daily Basle officer 2 A.

JI. to day 48 1 10 A. 53 4 A.M.. 19iX2ir 54 8 A. 521HP.M 68 8A.M 64l3P.lI 69 Average temperature to day 666 Average temperature corresponding day last year S8H HIGH WATER.

Following is the official announcement of the time and duration of biyh water at Now orK and Sandy HooJe for to morrow, May 1: A P. M. Dura'n oi TimeiHelgatl Rise.1 Fall. 11. Fejt.

ih. m.h. m. Tinie'II eight iH. M.1 Feet.

4.0 .46 4.2 II 6:54 I 0:31 Bandy Rook! 3:43 3.6 li 3:32 3.9 0:08 16:37 MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN VESSELS ARRIVED SATURDAY. APRIL SO. S. Tallahassee, irom Savannah, tis Horatio, from Mauaos. tea March, ronT Girgentl.

ys Peninsular, from Lisuon. Ss Paris, from Southampton. Ss Micmac, from Avonmouth. Ss i stria, from Palermo. Ss Aihos.

from Belfast. Ss Helios, trom Rotterdam. Ss Pearlmoor. from Shieias. Ss Senet'a, 1 om Tamjiico.

Ss Exeter City, from Bristol. Ss Lucania. from Liverpool. Ss Nai oocnee. from Savannah.

Ss El Paso, from New Orleans. Ss Algonquin, from Ss Phoenicia, from HamburK. ARRIVED AT FOREIGN PORTS. Ss Fortuna. Irom New YorK.

Algiers. Ss Dona Maria, from New Vorlc. Leixoes. Ss Brantwood, Irom New York, Dunkirk. Ss Cevic.

from New York, passed Brow Head. SAILED FOREIGN PORTS. Ss Tyr, for New York, passed M'onteridoo. Ss Finance, for New York.Coion. Ss Lord Warwick, for New nri, Palermo.

Ss Joseph Holland ftirNew York. Naples. Ss Castle Eden, for Isew YorK, Boraeanx. ts Boadicea, for Netf Yorlc. Loudon.

8s Eastern Prince, Bor New York. Santos. Ss Mosart. for Ne wirtork, Santos. Ss Herschel.

for Heir York, Victoria. 8s Karamanla. for fliew York. Naples. Ba Furneasia.

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1 i1 St. Paul Also Joins the Fleet From Philadelphia To day and New Orleans Will Be Ready Sunday The Four Morgan Liners Will Be Detailed to This Work in Another Week and, With the Columbia and Minneapolis, a Fleet of Eleven Vessels Will Be on Guard A Guaranty Against the Sudden Attack Feared by Naval Authorities. The United States steamers St. Louie and Harvard, which have ben anchored off Tompkinsville, S. for the past few days, ready for sea, raised their anchors at an early hour this morning and passed ouit at Quarantine at o'clock.

Reports from Sandy Hook later were to the effect that the Harvard cleared the bar at 6:20 o'clock and the St. Louis at 6:28. The two fast former American liners are to be used as patrol boats and will scour the waters in front of this portion of the coast on the lookout for Spanish warships. They will cruise some 200 miles from shore to keep a bright lookout for any hostile advance toward any section of 'the northern coast line. The cruiser San Francisco, the flagship of 'the patrol fleet, is slated to sail from the Navy Yard this afternoon and join the Harvard and St.

Louis in the work of guarding the coast. The New Orleans, formerly the Brazilian warship Amazonas, is to leave the Yard either to morrow or Monday, for duty with these three vessels, and the American liner, St. Paul, being converted into a warship at Cramps' shipyard a't Philadelphia, has also been ordered to join in this patrol work and will sail sometime to day. By the end of next week two of the former Morgan liners, renamed the Pralrte and Yankee, and manned by the New York and Massachusetts Naval Reserves, will be ready to serve with this patrol fleet. At that time the other two former Morgan liners, the Yosem ite and Dixie, purchased by the government and now being repaired and made into warships at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, will also join the patrol fleet.

The two triple screw ocean flyers, the Minneapolis and Columbia, are now engaged in patroling the New England ocast and this advance guard will to day be strengthened by the addition of the St. Louis, Harvard. St. Paul and San Francisco. These four ships are all fast and are especially adapted to their present work as scouts.

The line of patrol will to day. by the addition of these four ships, be lengthened so that it will extend from the Maine as far south as Hampton Roads, where the flying squadron is stationed, and will afford a guaranty that no naval attack from Spanish warships can be directed, as is surmised by the 'naval authorities owing to the uncertainty as to the destination of the Cape Verde fleet which sailed yesterday, without detection. When the former Morgan liners join this patrol in another week the line of defense will be considerably strengthened, and it will be impossible for a Spanish fleet or warship to approach this coast without discovery. The six vessels now on this work are capable of covering the entire northern coast line, and from now on they, will cruise up and down, each within a certain district that joined together witll cover the entire northern coas: lice, so that it will be impossible for a hostile force to get close enough to the hone to do any without detection. In the latter case, if the opposing fo is too strong to be engaged by the scout rixking the discovery, that ship will turn iU nose toward the nearest port where telegraph communication can be had and send word to tfhe naval authorities.

It is the intention of the na' al authorities, on advice of the Board of Strategy, to move some of the most powerful of the blockading squadron to a central position on the coast, and If word from the patrol fleet Is received of the presence of a hostile force, these big warships, now with Admiral' Sampson's fleet, or the flying squadron, will be at once dispatched to engage them. The Columbia and Minneapolis will continue to patrol the New England coast and will put into those ports for coal and provisions. The San Francisco, Harvard, St. Louis will patrol In front of Long Island Sound, New York and New Jersey, and will put i not this port for supplies. The St.

Paul will patrol proteoting Delaware and Virginia and Philadelphia will be its base of supplies. For the present each of the vessels will have a cruising ground of about one hundred and twenty five miles but when the tour Morgan liners are ready for service ithis will be so reduced than it is expected the two fastest cruisers of the Navy, the Columbia and Minneapolis, will be relieved from patrol work and will be sent to join the flying squadron, where they can do more Important work and probably see more fighting. The orders for the immediate sailing of the Harvard and St. Louis were received this morning from Washington authorities. Neither of the ships, or the St.

Paul at Philadel phia, has as yet been fitted with its main battery. This is regarded as conclusive evidence that the Navy Department attaches the highest importance to having the fast steamers begin the work of patrol at once and som enaval officers say it iB indicative of the fact that th eauthorities are decldely apprehensive of attack on our coast. The ships are armed with the small rapid fire guns, however, and, while tbey would not be of much account in a regular naval engagement against an armed enemy, they are not meant to do any fighting on their present detail, merely to act in the capacity of scouts. Their speed makes them especially adapted for this work and, as all the American liners are good for over twenty one knots, they would have no difficulty in running away from any of the armored ships in the Spanish Navy. The torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers of Spain's navy are the only warships flying the red and of the Castillian that could catch them, and apart from the difficulty and almost impossibility of firing torpedoes effectively in a heavy sea, the rapid fire guns on the three boats named could easily sink any of these light and fragile craft, in which everything is sacrificed for speed.

As for the three regular warships, the Columbia, Minneapolis and San Francisco, they are each heavily armed, and in addition have the of great speed. The Controller has given the contractors the choice of two methods to secure payments on their contracts. One which only gives partial relief is to wait until he can find out when, under the statement made in his financial exhibit, the debt limit was reached, and then to pay all debts contracted prior to that time: the other to bring a friendly suit to decide whether he is right or not in the con elusions he has drawn based upon the Corporation Counsel's opinion. There will be a meeting of the contractors this aifterncon in the office of the Mapes Reeves Construction Company, Tract Society Building, at which these two propositions will be discussed. One of the contractors who has very large claims against the city, said, in discussing these propositions this morning: "The selfish course for me to pursue would be to take the first proposition, as most of the money due me is on contracts antedating November 1 of last year, which is the date the Controller believes the reached its" debt limit.

But hefairest way to all concerned is to bring the friendly suit to have the vital questions of law decided. It has been suggested by the Controller that we make up a statement of facts and he will have the Corporation Counsel agree to them, and these are to be submitted to the court for an opinon. If the appellate division of 'the Su preme Court gives a decision reversing the opinion of the Corporation Counsel, the Con troller will acoept it and begin payments at once. It seems to me, with this proceeding, we coum get an opinon within a month. It dees seem to me that the Controller's statement, instead of demonstrating the city is beyond its tleot limit proves exactly the oooosite.

We will probably begin a suit to have the courts declare that the fund for street opening and the purchase of small parks is not a part of tbe city debt as it is paid for by assessment and by the budget not bv bonds. a contract is not a debt against the qtty ered in the light of the amount provided to be paid annually; that the county debts of annexed districts which is made a local assessment is not part of the city debt, but remaiins a debt in the nature of its original intent the courts having decided In Kings County tbat the county debt and the city debt were not to be considered in the same light. If we succeed in our contentions It will bring the city way within the limit of debt and will establish principles of law of vital Importance. I think the contractors this afternoon will agree to this course of procedure." The Controller's decision is not only disturbing Uhe contractors. There are a lot of city officials and city employes who are suffering because of the fact that their salaries are paid out of the proceeds of bond sales.

Among ttiem are the East River Commission and their emnloves. the Annedur Commission. If the contractors win out in taeLr suit it will be a great relief ot these men, as the Controller bas decided to tie them up for the present at least. MAEMERCHOR DISSOLVED. German Musical Society Disbands After Twenty two Years of Service Members Will Join Other Organizations.

The general meeting of the Brooklyn Maen nerchor, which was held lost night at Turn Hall, Atlantic avenue, was the most melancholy since the organization of the society, twenty two years ago. It meant nothing less than the dissolution of the society, at one time the most flourishing of its kind in Brooklyn. Only eighteen members were present all that are left from a membership that numbered nearly two hundred three years ago. The society began to lose members about two years ago; after new organizations had sprung up all around and in its very headquarters. The Brooklyn Saengerbund, too, began to lay claim to the laurels that had once been undisputed property of the Maennerchor, and when the membership had dwindled down to about one half it was decided to go to exceptional lengths to check the approaching catastrophe.

Mr. Henry Venth, one of the ablest German musical leaders of the country, was called from Cleveland, to take charge of the society. But his undoubted ability and untiring efforts were of no avail. One by one the members dropped out. either because they moved to other sections of the borough or because they wished.

to join other and younger societies. When President John Blossfeld opened the meeting last night he asked that the routine business be dispensed with and then moved that the society be dissolved. There was an undertone "second the motion" and it was then unanimously carried. There were 'tears in the eyes of Mr. F.

Beyer, one of the two surviving founders of the Maennerchor, when he announced, that, according to its constitution, the effects of the society must be disposed of immediately after dissolution. Pictures, congratulatory letters, prizes and trophies that had been cherished and treasured for many years were brought forth and divided among the members. There is one consolation in this melancholy event; the members will Immediately affiliate themselves with come other society, thereby bringing it new vocal material high value. SIGNED TWO LOCAL BILLS. Governor Black Approves a Couple of Brooklyn Measures.

(etSng atn oi iTfpeds) Washington. D. April 30 Governor Black, up to noon time, had signed only two of the local bills remaining in his hands. One was Assemblyman Degraw's bill, appropriating 535,000 for repairing, completing and furnishing tho Forty seventh Regiment Armory. The money is to be expended under tho direction of the armory commission.

The other bill signed was Assemblyman Schmid's repealing the act in relation to the burial or other disposition of dead bodies in the town of Newtown. SULLIVAN WAS PAROLED. Charles Sullivan, 35 years old, of 2G5 Eyer son Htreet, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Special Officer Elmore, employed in Walla bout Market, on tho charge of stealing three oranges from a stand in the market. Sullivan denied tb charge this morning in the Myrtle avenue court and said that he pickod one orange only from tho ground. He showed Magistrate Kramer two letters ol recommendation, one from Robert Hilliard, the actor, and the other from a brother of Corbett, the pugilist.

Both letters spoke very well of Sullivan's character. The magistrate adjourned the case until May 3 and paroled tho accused. D. F. DOODY SELLS PROPERTY.

On Monday, April 25, Daniel F. Doody, who became prominent through his disclosures before tho Grand Jury in the investigations loading up to tho City Works Department scandals and indictments, sold to Julius Jf. Uruckman and Herman J. Conradt, a plot of land 60x100.2 on the south side of Fifty first streot, 300 feet cast oi ihird avenue, lor a consideration of SB.aKj, against which there are mortgages aggregating $5,300. In the deed which was filed on Wednesday, Mr.

Doody is described as an unmarried man. To day is the last day for the filing of the declarations under the new Primary Election Law in the various Boroughs of Greater New York. Up to last night there were about 21,000 declarations filed in the Bureau of Elections at 19 Smith street. It was stated there at noon that they were coming in very fast to day. The Bureau of Electio'ns Police headquarters in Manhattan and the branch bureaus in the various boroughs will be kept oeu until midnight to night.

The Brooklyn branch will observe this order. The enrollment is not noarly.BO large as was expected. Unfamiliarity with the purpose and scope of the new primary election law has caused quite a widespread feeling of distrust, which has. of course, reached Brooklyn. Many voters have expressed the opinion that the en i rollnient may have a wider purpose than is expressed in the law, and that the list may be ned to furnish a roll of names in case it be comes necessary to draft men to serve during the war and for other purposes.

On Tuesday, May 10, there will beVY, supplementary enrollment for the purpose of allowing those who did not register or could not register to do so. The election officers who served at the various polling places in the election districts at the last election will bo far as possible be selected to take the enrollment, and the enrollment will be in the places used as polling places in all the various election districts in Greater New Sort in the last election. The election officers will bo obliged to take an oath for the faithful performance of duty. Notices and blank oaths have been sent to all those who served at the last election. There are 576 election districts in the borough of Brooklyn, 811 in Manhattan, 72 in 76 in Queens and 47 in Richmond, making a total of 1,522.

The polling places will be opened on May 10 from 7 A. M. to 10 P. M. Under the law the Bureau of Elections is required to file all tho declarations in a book called the enrollment book, and Gen.

Roden bough says he will need twenty five additional clerks for this purpose. DANGERS FOR INCOMING, BOATS. Captains of Coasters Did Not Know of Harbor Mines and Regulations. Captain Gardner of the Morgan liner El Paso, which arrived this morning from New Orleans, complains that the authorities neglect to give warning of the condition of the harbor to incoming vessels. He says that when he arrived off the bar last night and seen the number of craft, steam and sail, anchored near it, ho was surprised, When he sailed from New Orleans, last Sunday, he had not heard of the intended mining of the harbor and the night regulations.

He drew up alongside the pilot boat and hailed Uer for an explanation, but he was unable to get any satiifaotion whatever and only went to anchor because of the unusual condition of things. Captain Smith of the Savannah liner Na coochee, which arrived this morning from Savannah, which she left last Monday, also made the same complaint. Ho said he entered the harbor through the Swash channel, not being aware of the new regulations, and without having been given warning about the mines. His vessel was loaded very deep and therefore ran more than ordinary danger of striking a mine. WARD LINER SENECA HERE.

Brought Back Her Outward Bound Havana Cargo. The Ward line steamer Seneca, Captain Decker, arrived this morning from Nassau, sailing from that port on April 26. The Seneca sailed from this port an April 20 tor Havana and Mexico, with instructions from her agents to call at Nassau for orders. On reaching that port, owing to the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Spain, the Seneca was held at that port. She discharged her Nassau cargo and was instructed by cable to return direct to New York.

She embarked three cabin passengers and only five packages of freight and sailed again on the 26th. The outward Havana and Mexican cargo was not disturbed. She also brings four cabin passengers who had taken passage for Havana and Mexico. The Seneca did not sight war vessels during the passage. On the night of the 27th, in the gulf stream, she ran into a very severe gale from north northwest, with high cross seas, las ting twenty four hours.

NAVY YARD NOTES. Joy Over the Safe Arrival of the Paris. At the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, this morning the news of the arrival of the Paris was received joyfully by the officers and men on board the cruiser San Francisco. Aboard the American liner there is a large consignment of powder and ammunition, for part of which the two cruisers were wasting. By 2 o'clock to day the full complement of ammunition will have been put aboard the San Francisco, and that vessel will leave the yard and anchor off Tompkinsville, S.

to await final orders from Washington. Th New Orleans will follow at 9 o'clock to morrow morning. As soon aB theBe ships leave the coal dock the auxiliary cruiser Prairie, on which some of the Massachusetts Naval Brigade are quartered, will be towed to tho coal dock to have her bunkers filled and stores put aboard. Both the Tiairie and Yankee will "be ready to sail about Thursday of next week. The collier Starling, in charge of Commander impy, left the yard last evening and anchored oft' Tompkinsville.

At 10:50 o'clock this morning she weighed anchor and steamed south, bound lor Lambert's Poiat. Va. ROUSING WAR MEETING. Democrats Urge Support of the President. Democrats of the Twenty first Assombly District held a rousing war meeting last night with the Twenty first Assembly District Club at the lattor'B club house.

133 New Jersey avenue. Tho building was decorated inside and outside with American and Cuban flags, and music and fireworks enlivened the proceedings. Resolutions in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war with Spain and pledging united and unswerving support of the administration were adopted The speakers deprecated partisan politics so far as concerns the war aud the maintain ance of American honor. SAILOR FALLS INTO THE RIVER. Peter Bacland.

47 yoars old. a sailor who resides at 111 Thirty ninth street, South Brooklyn, fell from Pier 12, Manhattan, into the EaBt River, at 3:30 o'clock this morning. Th watchman on the wharf threw him a fife "preserver and with the assistance of Policeman John J. Smith of the Old Slip station, pulled him from the river. He was sent, badly chilUd, to the Hudson Street Hospital.

the police of the Fulton street station and Officer Daniel F. McLaughlin was sent out to make an investigation. He knocked ait the front door, but there was no response. Then he forced his way into the house and then to the woman's room on the second floor. The apartment was stuffy and dusty.

When the windows were opened to admit air and a lamp was lit the alien visitors discovered that the apartment was filled with costly property, dresses, pictures and, oddly enough, dolls and toys. The old woman had paid the debt of nature. She was found dead beside her bed and it was evident that she had been preparing to retire when death overtook her. There was evidence that not been properly nourished, and it is believed that, although she had plenty of money, she had practically starved herself to death; for there was very little food in the house. The body was taken to an undertaker's shop on Third avenue and the police took possession of the premises.

The officers found a box of old letters, which were taken to the station. One of them, which had no date, was signed by "Mrs. W. T. War dwell of Vernon street, Brookline, and another by "Miss Minnie Wardwell of Brookllne, Mass." They were both addressed to "Aunt Ella" and were evidently from Miss Eames' 'nieces.

Another of the papers in the box wis a printed notice from A. A. Low, notifying her that his father had left her $3,000 by will. Mr. Low's brother, William G.

Low, said to day that the woman was a sister of Theodore Eames, who kept a fashionable school at the corner of Love lane and Henry street. Judge Eames. as he was known, died many years ago. This morning the police took to the Coroner's office a number of the efiects that were found in Miss Eames' house. They included letters from William H.

Wardwell, somewhat well known as a temperance orator, Philadelphia, who corresponded with her many years ago. There were $208.12 in cash in the house and a bank book on the Dime Savings Institution, which showed a balance to her credit of $2,888.47, exclusive of about $30 in interest. There were' some old tax receipts, an abstract of the title of the Adams street house, yellow with age, a Peruvian half dollar of the year 1836 and other odd hut not very valuable papers and coins. Miss Eames was the last survivor of three sisters who lived in the house. They were all eccentric and were very particular not to allow visits from the neighbors.

When Miss Ella was left alone by the death of her other sisters her eccentricity seemed to increase. As stated, she was very much annoyed by the boys In the neighborhood, and she was once involved in a lawsuit because of them. She one day caught one of her small tormentors and locked him up in one of the upper rooms of her place. The parents of the imprisoned boy appealed to the police, but when the authorities Intervened Bhe refused to allow the policeman to enter the place until they threatened to break into the house. The child was finally released, very badly frightened, but wnolly unharmed.

His parents sued her for damages for the Imprisonment of the child, but the case was settled out of court. After that she used to appeal to the police for protection. Captain Druhan said to day that there was a notion in the neighborhood that the old woman had a lot of money in the house and he cautioned his men to look out carefully for her safety. Coroner Berger will hold an inquest' after Dr. Hawxnurst, the post mortem examiner, has made an autopsy.

The indications are that death was due to starvation. WILLIAM STEINMETZ'S DEATH. He Was a Conspicuous Politician Here in the Seventies. In the death of William G. Steinmotz, which occurred in Bnffalo on Thursday, there disappears from the scene of human activity a man who, twonty yoars ago, wns very conspicuous the Republican politics of this city.

In 1878 he was elected city controller and. after making a creditablo record, was renominated, tut defeated. Mr. Steinmetz was born in 1830 in Treves, Prussia. He graduated in 1856 at tho Staats Polytechmcum, and afterward engaged in his profession of civil engineering on tho great railroads of tho country.

He left Prussia in 18G1. and camo to this country, and in April of that year ho joined General Blenker's Eighth New York Volunteers. He was wounded at Cross Keys find captured on tho field the same day. Being cxchangol in 1SG2 and beiug unable to serve he was discharged from the army. Ho settled in Washington and had charge, as an architect, of the erection of the north wing vthe Treasury Building.

In 1K70 he came to Kew York as supervising architect of the new Poet Office Buildiug, which, building he completed in five years at a cost of $8,000,000. In Brooklyn he lived in the Twenty first Ward. He moved to Buffalo last June, having beon appointed supervising architect of the new government building in that city. He was a genial man and leaves many friends here. "THE NATION'S BATTLE CRY." Original song and chorus with fine portrait of Captain C.

D. Sigsbee and his autograph signature. Supplement) ftwwlth To morrow's Eagle..