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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1907.

MARRIAGES AND DEATHS MARRIED. MOORE-RICE-In this city on December 23, 1907, by the Rev. Robert J. Kent, LAURA daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Francis A. Moore of Brooklyn, to WINFIELD L. RICE of Aurora, Ill, Ballagh, James Moore, William Bootay, Edgar Starr Mullen. Mary Mary J. Nafs, M.

Netta Curley, Thomas Nulty. James Curren, Sarah. O'Hara, Mary A. Daniels William Robinson. Lillian Daniels, Mary L.

Roe, Charles L. De Nyse, Ida. Rogers. Mrs. Mary Donahue, William.

Syrett, William. Lester. Harry Whitley, Robert J. Low, Charles Whitney, James M. McGielliwie, A.

L. BALLAGH--On December 23. 1907, JAMES, beloved husband of Cornelia Gibson, in his 58th year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services at his late residence, 624 McDonough st, on Thursday, 26th, at 2 P.M. Interment in Evergreens Cemetery.

on Sunday, of heart failure, EDGAR STARR BOOTAY, beloved husband of Carrie Haas Bootay. Funeral services at his late residence, 118 Cumberland st. Tuesday, December 24, at 8 P.M. Relatives and friends, also Citizens of Washington Counoil No. 11, National Provident Union, are invited to attend.

Interment In Greenwood. CAMPBELL-On Monday, December 23, 1907. MARY JANE HENDERSON, widow of John D. Campbell, in her 69th year, at her late residence, 1232 Sterling place, Brooklyn. Funeral services held, and interment in Greenwood Cemetery, at convenience of family, CURLEY-On Monday, December 23, THOMAS CURLEY.

beloved husband of Ellen Curley. Funeral from his late residence. 732 Washington av. Thursday, Decomber 26, at 2:30 SESH. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.

CURREN-On Sunday, December 22. 1907. SARAH CURREN, relict of Patrick H. Curren, at her residence, 2604 Church av, Flatbush. Funeral from Holy Cross Church, Church av.

near Rogers, on Thursday, December 26, at 10 A.M., where a requiem mass will be offered. Kindly omit flowers. -DANIELS-WILLIAM WALLACE DANIELS of Freeport, N. beloved husband of Emma E. Wick.

Funeral service at 20 Jay av. Freeport, N. at 8 o'clock. DANIELS--At Freeport. MARY LOUISE DANIELS.

daughter the late Archibald and Margaret J. Wallace. Fuperal service Tuesday evening. 8 o'clock, at 20 Jay av. Freeport, N.

Y. DE NYSE--At Montclair. N. on December 24, 1907. IDA.

wife of Rulit De Nyse and daughter of John M. and Hannah Quackenbos. Funeral services will be held Saturday. December 28. at 4 P.M..

at her late residence. 104 Park st. Montclair. N. J.

24-2 DONAHUE--On Monday, December 23, WILLIAM DONAHUE. Funeral from his late residence, 261 Twenty -second st, mass for the eternal repose of his soul Thursday, at 10:30 A.M. Solemn requiem Thursday, at 11 o'clock, at the Church of John the Evangelist, Fifth av. near Twenty st. Brooklyn.

LESTER-Suddenly on Sunday. December 22. HARRY LESTER. Funeral. December 26.

1907. LOW--Suddenly, on December 21, 1907. CHARLES LOW. Interment, Carlisle, December 25, 1907. McGIELLIWIE-On Sunday, December 22.

1907. ALEXANDER husband of Ida McGielliwie, aged 45 years. Funeral services at Chapel of Methodist Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn, on Thursday, 11 A.M. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. (Edinburgh, Scotland, papers please copy).

MOORE-On Tuesday. December 24, at his late residence. 526 State st. WILLIAM MOORE. in his seventy-fourth year.

Funeral services will be held at Oswego, N. on Friday afternoon. December 27. (Oswego, N. papers please copy.) MULLEN--On Monday, December 23.

1907. MARY MULLEN, beloved wife of J. Mullen, and daughter of Martin James, Mary Maloney, aged 42 years. Funeral from her late residence. 1639 A.M.: thence to St.

Rose of Lima ty-third st, 011 Thursday. 26th at Church. Lawrence av. Parkville, Brooklvn. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.

Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. NAFIS--On Monday, the 23d M. NETTA NAFIS, daughter of George R. and Margaret A. Nafs.

Services at 8 P.M., Thursday, the 26th, at her late residence. 266 Monroe st, Brooklyn, N. Y. NULTY-Suddenly Sunday, December 22. JAMES NULTY.

aged 26. Funeral from his late residence. 331 Bergen st, Wednesday December 25, 1907. at 2:30 P.M. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Friends and relatives are invited to attend. O'HARA-On Tuesday, December 24, 1907. MARY the beloved wife of the late Martin O'Hara. Funeral from her late residence, 135 North Oxford st. Brooklyn, Funeral private.

ROBINSON-LILLIAN. wife of Edgar S. Funeral services at her late residence, 183 Macon Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Evergreens Cemetery, ROE--At Freeport, Sunday, December 22. 1907, CHARLES L.

ROE, in the 65th year of his age. Services at his late home, 24 Porterfield pl. Freeport, L. 1., on Tuesday, December 24, 8:15 P.M. Carriages will meet 8:10 P.M.

trains from Long Island City and Brooklyn. ROGERS-December 23, at residence, 839 Fulton st. Mrs. MARY I. ROGERS.

Funeral private. Interment in Cypress Hills Cemetery. SYRETT-On December 22, WILLIAM. beloved son of Benjamin and Catherine Syrett, in his 31st year. Funeral Wednesday, at 3 o'clock, at his late residence, 586 Myrtle WHITLEY-On Tuesday, December 24, 1907.

ROBERT JOHN WHITLEY, aged 30 years. Funeral from his late residence, 231 Atlantic av. Friday, December 27, at 1 P.M. WHITNEY-At Brooklyn, N. December 23, 1907, JAMES MARTIN WHITNEY.

son of the late Eli M. and Mary Mills Whitney of Boston, in his 71at year. Services at his late residence, 230 Lincoln place, Thursday, the 26th inst, at 4 o'clock P.M. (Boston papers please copy.) IN MEMORIAM. BURBACK--In sad and loving memory of my beloved mother.

AUGUSTA BURBACK, who departed this life December 25, 1906. "Oh, the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is MORRISSEY-In loving remembrance of JOHN J. MORRISSEY, beloved husband. father grandfather. died April 28, 1907.

Gone but not forgotten. SARAH MORRISSEY. DINNERS FOR THE POOR. John J. Travers, the leader of the "Doc" Travers Association will, this evening at the clubhouse, Grand and Hooper streets, distribute to the poor of the district fine Christmas dinners.

This distribution is an annual event and the funds for purchasing the eatables are obtained by sociables conducted every Saturday night at Masonic Temple, Grand and Havemeyer streets. This year it is estimated that 500 poor families in the district will be provided for. CARRIED A BLACK JACK. On the charge of carrying a black jack and threatening to use it against the strikers in his tailor establishment, Samuel Rooner, 27 years old, was arrested yesterday in his shop at 47 Stone avenue, on complaint of Jacob Kaplan of 383 Sackman street, and held by Magistrate O'Reilly of the New Jersey avenue court, under $100 bail for examination December 26. WOMAN SUIGIDE'S WILL CONTESTED BY HUSBAND George Simpson Says His Wife Was Mentally Incapable of Making It.

SPECIALIST BACKS HIM UP. Swears Mrs. Simpson Was an Incurable Paranoiac Case Pending in Suffolk's Probate Court. (Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. December somewhat sensational will contest hearing occurred here yesterday in Surrogate ford's court.

When the Mary. Simpson will matter came up, and during several witnesses teatifled Mrs. Simpson for some years insisted her that husband and her sister were chief ones in a plot to get her out of the way and get her money. It was shown, however, that she was mentally irresponsible. George Simpson, of Brooklyn, the woman's husband, is the chief contestant.

Mrs. Simpson herself formerly resided in Brooklyn. She committed suicide at the home of her brother, James J. Oliver, of 228 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn, on September 28 last, by taking oxalic acid. Her will was dated the day before, one of the witnesses being Charles Fox, of 693 Greene avenue, Brooklyn, who also appears as one of the executors, and who is attorney for the proponents.

The woman left a considerable estate. At one time she owned two or three houses in Brooklyn, but it did not appear whether or not they were included in the real estate left by her. One of these houses 289 Nineteenth street. Another was 283 Nineteenth street. Dr.

William H. Ross, of Brentwood, a well known authority in mental diseases, testified that he had known and treated Mrs. Simpson for some years. He declared she was suffering from systematic, progressive paranoia, and as such was an incurable patient, and a patient, in his opinion, incapable of making a valid will. Dr.

Ross said, too, that he had frequently conversed with the woman about other things than professional business, and stated that she had related to him that her husband was in a to get rid of her. He said that this plot was apparently her sole hallucination, and because it was such she belonged to the class of systematic paranoia. Several other witnesses told of this alleged plot. One of these was Mrs. Mary Bridger, of Central Islip, with whom Mr.

and Mrs. Simpson resided in that village, after coming from Brooklyn for the wife's health. The witness said: "Mrs. Simpson was continually telling of the plot Mr. Simpson and her sister, Mrs.

White, had to get rid of her and get her money. Every time Mr. Simpson proposed going to church, going for a drive, or for a walk, Mrs. Simpson would say to me, 'That's for a She said her husband was plotting for a divorce so he could marry a Brooklyn woman. Later this woman died, but she then said he was going to marry still another woman if he could get rid of her and get her property.

One day she saw Dr. Ross coming and she cried, 'Here comes the detectives after and ran and hid. She knew the doctor perfectly well. too." Thomas White, a nephew. testified that Mrs.

Simpson came to his house one night in a highly excited condition and made all sorts of wild statements. Mr. White went to bed, locking his aunt downstairs. In the morning she had gone -left during the night. She could not be found for several days; then a letter came saying she was in Philadelphia with a brother, John Oliver of 6039 Delancey street.

Mrs. Simpson's will gave to Nellie Sadington, a friend. $200; Mrs. James J. Oliver of Brooklyn, jewelry, House of St.

Giles the Cripple. Brooklyn, residence at 289 Nineteenth street. Brooklyn; real estate in Aldene, N. to husband, George Simpson, and residue to James J. Oliver, brother.

APPEALS TO SANTA CLAUS. Over 300 Sent Through Flushing P. 0. Go to Dead Letter Office. Postmaster Thomas B.

Lowerre of the Flushing post office said last night that over three hundred letters addressed to Santa Claus have been received in 1'8 office and as no one has claimed them he has been compelled to send them to the dead letter office in Washington. One of the communications which was not sealed read: "Dear Santa am Writing to tell you What want for Christmas Dear Santa Claus. I wan a sleigh and a. maget olantren and a pair of boll bearing skiat And I will never forget you I'll glad to have some Another letter read: "Dear wash you would bring a pencel book, a pair of mittons for my baby, a carriage for my baby. Dear Santa Claus a hope you are all right and I want some little dolls to for my little gent she will be five years old for Christmas.

I wash you will brin me some other thiongs. Good by." Postmaster Lowerre hoped that some person who is charitably inclined would apply for the letters and have them answered, but it seems that no one has been interested in them. NASSAU COUNTY FINANCES. Municipality Has Funds Now, Resulting From the Sale of Road Improvement Bonds. (Special to the Eagle.) Mineola, L.

December 24-The sale of road improvement bonds, which the Nassau, supervistors recently made, has enTabled debtedness the board incurred to by liquidate payment certain of mon- ineys to the state as the county's share improving certain highways and to plenish certain funds. County Treasurer Charles F. Lewis was authorized yesterday to pay off $20,000 in notes heretofore issued by the county and place any balance in his hands to the credit of the public highway Improvement fund; to transfer from funds obtained by gale of the road bonds, $31,182.30, to credit of the contingent fund and further sums for payment of interest accruing to date. HELD FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS. On the charge of taking thirty-five pairs of rubber pads a and fifty-five pounds of horseshoe nails from the blacksmith shop owned by Urick Herman of 383 Essex street, Michael Brown, arrested on December 20.

was sent this morning by Magistrate O'Reilly of the New Jersey avenue court. to the Court of Special Session for trial. Magistrate O'Reilly also sent Harry Deltsch of Atlantic avenue and Union Course to the sessions on the charge of brutally treating his horse while driving a meat wagon on Glenmore avenue and Shepherd street on December 9. $300 FOR RETIRING PASTOR. (Special to the Eagle.) Freeport.

L. December 24-At the Christmas celebration of the Presbyterian Sunday School last night, the Rev. Kneeland Platt Ketcham, pastor of the church, who recently resigned because he had reacbed the age of seventy years, was presented with a purse of $300 by his congregation, the Sunday School teachers and others. The venerable clergyman, who has served the church for thirteen years, accepted the gift in a fitting speech. THE EAGLE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED TO-MORROW.

BROWN IN SERIOUS CONDITION. Meanwhile, Harry Reid Is Held to Await, Result of Injuries. Harry Reid, 27 years old, of 214. Eckford street was arraigned before Magistrate Hylan in the Manhattan avenue court this morning on suspicion of knowing something about the assault and robbery on Saturday night of John Brown of 651 Manhattan avenue. On that night Brown was held up in the open lots at North Thirteenth street and Bedford avenue, and received a bad beating, 'besides being relieved of $15, constituting his week's wages.

Brown was removed to his home and on Sunday night was SO low that his life was despaired On advice of Brown's wife, Reid was taken into custody. When arraigned in court this morning he pleaded not guilty and said that he had not seen Brown for two years. Magistrate Hylan held him without bail to await the result of his alleged victim's Injuries. ROBBED WHILE TAKING A Mendel Sophiresten's 1,300 Roubles Were Gone When He Returned to His Room. Several months ago Mendel Sophiresten, while living in a little town in Russia, got a letter from his two friends David and Morris Schuemacks, that they were making plenty of money and advised, him to come to this country.

Mendel lost no time in getting here, bringing with him 1,300 rubles which he had saved in Russia. David Schuemacks lives at 106 Madison street: Morris, his brother, lives at 39 East Broadway, Manhattan. The maks met Mendel on his arrival. According to Mendel's story, when he arrived the brothers took him to a furnished room at 104 Hester street. He was told by the brothers, he said, that he must take a bath, as the Board of Health of America insisted on Mendel started out to a bathhouse and paid his money for a bath.

While he was taking the bath the brothers left him. Some one went to the house where he lived on Hester street and asked for 8 furnished room. He was put in to share Mendel's room. When Mendel returned his 1,300 rubles were gone. QUEENS' DICTUM NOT LIKED.

Nassau and Suffolk May Have Something to Say About Delegates to Chicago Convention. Will the Republicans of Long Island respect President Roosevelt's wish and send Private Secretary William Loeb as a delegate to the national convention? This is a question that is being asked frequently in Republican circles in Queens County. It appears that the stand taken by the Queens County Republican Committee in requesting dent Roosevelt to give that county some federal patronage, in return for the compliment of naming Mr. Loeb as a delegate has not made a very favorable impression in all directions. It is understood that Mr.

Loeb would like to represent a Long "Island congressional district in the national convention, and only a small portion of Queens County is within the boundaries of the First Congressional District, which is made up of Suffolk and Nassau counties and the Third and Fourth wards of Queens Borough. The remainder of Queens, with a big slice of Manhattan Island, forms the Fourteenth Congressional District. The Republicans out on Long Island want to have something to say about naming the national delegates. There are men in both Suffolk and Queens anxious to go to the national convention. "The Queens County Republican Committee have not as much to say about the matter as they think," said a prominent Republican this morning.

"I am rather reliably informed that Nassau and Suffolk will run the affairs of the First Congress District so far as naming national delegates is concerned. "It is said that former Congressman Frederick Stern of Bay Side would like to go to the convention, but whether he stands a chance of being selected as a delegate remains to be seen. There are many times over as many candidates as there are places in the delegation to fill, and they cannot all be named. "Word has reached me from the two Long Island counties that they bave about made 11p their minds to each name a delegate, and whether one of them will be Mr. Loeb or not is a matter of pure speculation as yet." FIRE'S VICTIMS BURIED.

Bodies of Two Women Burned to Death Interred at Riverhead. (Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. December 24-Yesterday morning the remains of two women, each of whom was burned to death, were interred in St. John's Cemetery, this place. One body was that of Miss Katherine McGoey of Englewood, N.

formerly of this place, and a daughter of Mrs. Sarah McGoey. Miss McGoey last Saturday stepped upon a match, which ignited, setting fire to her clothing. She was SO badly burned that death resulted 800n afterward. Miss McGoey was about 30 years of age.

The other body was that of Mrs. Mary Jason of Jamesport, whose caught fire while she was pouring kerosene oil into her kitchen stove last Saturday, as was detailed in the Eagle of Sunday. FIRST XMAS TREE FIRE. Jacob Kanapsky, in company with his wife, who occupy rooms on the top floor of the six story tenement house at 910 Myrtle avenue, purchased a large Christmas tree for their large family of children, and after the latter the house this morning the two proceeded to dress it. Kanapsky adjusted the candles, and, being anxious to see it in all its glory of tinsel and other dressing, lighted some of the candles.

He and his wife left the room, and during their absence one of the candles dropped against a limb and set fire to the tree. It was blazing furiously when they returned, and, rushing from their apartments, sounded an alarm. Firemen hurled the, tree from a window, and children in the neighborhood confiscated the trimmings. TROLLEY HEARING GOES OVER. to the Eagle.) December 24--A hearing which the Nassau County supervisors intended holding yesterday, concerning the application of the New York and North Shore Traction Company, to build a trolley line through Manhasset and adjacent villages to the New York City line, as a spur of the Port Washington line, was postponed one by motion of Supervisor Christ, in order that citizens might have an opportunity to be heard, the inclement weather yesterday preventing them from attending, it was believed.

HELD ON DESERTION, CHARGE. Valardas Donkenick. a 23 years old, 'was a prisoner before Magistrate Dooley In the Lee avenue court this morning charged with abandonment. His wife, Anna, 22 years old, explained that they had been married but six weeks, and that one week after their marriage her husband had quit work and associated with bad companions. A week later she said he completely deserted her.

Donkenick was further examination. GAVE TINY GIRL A CENT, MOBBED, AND ARRESTED Luckless Italian Accused by Mother Who Brooded on Kidnapings. NEAR TRAGEDY ON GOLD ST. Detectives Saved Him-Court Gave Him Ten Days in Jail for "Disorderly Conduct." There was much excitement in the immediate neighbrohood of 137 Gold street late yesterday afternoon, for word had gone forth that an Italian had tried to kndnap little Agnes McIntyre, mothers who in lives at that address. The many of the poorer quarters of the town, as well, indeed, as in some of the neighborhoods where the wealthy live, have been on edge for the safety of their young people since the kidnapping by the Black Hand men became so common, and, in the Gold street neighborhood Italians who look at little ones are dreaded.

Mrs. Rose McIntyre, mother of 4-year-old Agnes, has been particularly troubled since last September when an Italian gave Agnes a penny walked down the block with her. Agnes is a very. child and the little girl excited the admiration of the man to such an extent that he called her pretty, and frightened her very much. She told of her experience to her mother, but she had not been kidnapped, and it is extremely probable.

that the man meant no -barm. But since that time Mrs. McIntyre has kept a very close watch on the comings and goings of Agnes, and her heart has been in a panic every time a man spoke to her, generally through honest admiration and a disposition to please the little one. Mrs. McIntyre was on her way to the corner grocer's yesterday, when an Italian spoke to the child and offered her a penny.

Agnes was straying at that moment from her mother's Mrs. McIntyre became panicstricken and fancied that this man was the very same person who had given Agnes the penny three months ago. So she grabbed Agnes and set up a scream that brought a lot of other anxious mothers: out on the street, as well as many men. All were sympathetic and every one believed her at once when she declared that the man had attempted to steal the little one. The people on the fringes of the crowd that gathered got the facts wrong, of course, and before long the story WAS that the man had not only taken the child a block from her home, but had offered her violence.

There were signs of a riot and it was lucky for the Italian that theree detectives from the central office chanced to be in the immediate vicinity, or be would have been roughly dealt with. Detectives Gomeringer, Doyle and O'Connor of the headquarters squad were not a block away when they heard the ominous murmur of the crowd and the angry cries of excited mothers. They hurried to the crowd and were told, without any contradiction from anybody, that the man had tried to steal Mrs. McIntyre's baby girl. Hustling their way in through the incipient mob, they rescued the Italian from the hands of several men, and then they asked what was wrong.

Yes, Mrs. McIntyre was quite sure that the man had tried to steal her baby, and she would go to court, she said, and make such a complaint against him. She did not seem to be very sure of the facts in the case, but the offers attributed that to her marked excitement. So they took the man to local headquarters ag a kidnapper, he in the meanwhile protesting in very poor English that he was no kidnapper at all. But he was locked up and on the police blotter he was charged with attempted kidnapping.

This morning he was taken to the Adams street court and Mrs. McIntyre was there. She was calmer, and was not so very sure that the man had tried to steal her child. Pinned down to an affdavit. she could not swear that he had shown any such intention.

and so the charge against the prisoner was made one of simple disorderly conduct, for there was no disputing the fact that he had been acting in a disorderly way when he was arrested. He pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct, and was sent by Magistrate Higginbotham to jail for ten days. The prisoner described himself as John Pinioio, aged 31 years, 62 Front street. It is not often that Italian kidnappers steal the children of others than their own people. BURGLAR JUMPED TWOSTORIES Surprised at Work by Policeman, He Resorted to Desperate Measures.

Policeman Holman, attached to the Bedford avenue station, had an exciting chase after a young burglar early this morning and only made a capture by lively sprinting, as the fugitive was fleet of foot. The prisoner proved to be John J. Thomas, 19 years old, of 94 Bedford avenuc, who was after something he could convert into money for Christmas. He broke into the vacant store at Driggs avenue and Fillmore place, formerly 0c- cupied as a saloon by Bernard Coyle. When Coyle abandoned the saloon business, he left all the plumbing and the beer attachments and fixtures, and Thomas cut out all the lead pipe and brass fixtures and piled the stuff on the counter, ready for removal.

Policeman Holman had previously tried the door and found it fastened, but on his return trip was surprised when 'it gave way under his grasp. He immediately lighted some matches, and on entering the store discovered the evidence of the burglary. At the same time, he heard footsteps of the intruder making his wey to the floor above, and rushed to the street to summon aid, the Bedford avenue station being but a block away. The burglar, in the meantime, thought that Holman was making his way the stairs, and, rushing to a front window. leaped to the sidewalk from the second story.

He landed in front of Holman and rolled on the sidewalk. The appearance of the burglar was so sudden that Holman was taken completely by surprise, and Thomas, scrambling to his feet, darted through Driggs avenue. It did not take te policeman long to recover from his surprise, and he quickly pursued the fleeing burglar. His threats to shoot finally brought the fugitive to a stop at North Fourth street, and Thomas was taken to the station house, where he was locked up on a charge of burglary. This morning in the Lee avenue court Magistrate Dooley held him for examination.

CAR SMASHED A WAGON. A horse and wagon driven by Joseph Handbrick of 256 North Seventh street collided with a trolley car last night at the corner of Third avenue and: Thirtysixth street. Handbrick succeeded in getting out of the wagon before the collision and escaped injury. The wagon was badly damaged and the horse was severely cut and bruised. REFEREES APPOINTED.

By CARR. J. Levy VS, Galanz, James Prendergast, actions. Thorsen v8. Scandia Realty and Construction George J.

S. Dowling. MADE PLANS TO DECEIVE, BUT, BY MISTAKE, DIDN'T Judge Marean's Opinion of a Stock-Selling Minister and His Associates. MINTON GOT TREASURY STOCK Loses His Suit, but the Rev. Dr.

Buchanan and Others Are Severely Criticised. The formal decision of Supreme Court Justice Marean, in the action begun by Francis L. Minton against the Rev. Dr. Walter D.

Buchanan, of the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, to recover $4,000, has just been handed down dismissing the complaint, but the text of the decision doesn't at all speak commendingly of Dr. Buchanan and his two fellow defendants, Thomas J. Curran and George H. Masten. It is said that a the plaintiff will appeal from this Anding.

of the court. It will be remembered that Minton, claiming that he had been induced by Buchanan, Masten and Curran, bought 4,000 shares of the stock of the Mogollon Gold and Copper Company at $1 a share. Asserting that after; he bad bought this stock he learned that it was stock bought by Buchanan and others at 50 cents a share, put into a pool and sold to him for just double, Minton sued to get his money back. When the case was tried some very interesting letters from Dr. Buchanan to Curran and to Masten and their replies to him were read in evidence.

It was these letters that led Minton to claim that a job had been put up on him by the minister and his friends to work off this poor stock on him for just twice what they bought it for. On the trial Lawyer Herbert Barry appeared for Minton and associated with him was ex-Justice Martin E. Stover, while the interests of the defendants were in the of ex- Justice Edward Hatch, William S. Bennett and Elmer E. Cooley.

The only question on which the, action hinged, Justice Marean decided on the trial, was whether Minton actually did get treasury stock, and, having come to the conclusion that he did, the complaint was dismissed. The formal decision now follows, from which the appeal can be taken. What part Dr. Buchanan and his friends, Masten and Curran, the president of the company, took in the deal to dispose of stock to Minton and others is thus described by Justice Marean, who finds that "in November and December, 1903, the defendants, Curran, Masten and Buchanan, entered into a scheme to purchase from the defendant company stock at 50 cents a share and to sell a part of such purchase to the plaintiff and others at $1 a share. In order to carry out this scheme they planned to conceal the fact that they bought stock at 50 cents a share, and to conceal the fact that they were seeking to resell at $1 a share; and they further planned to represent that the stock offered to the plaintiff and others was part of an issue of 140,000 shares of treasury stock which the company was offering at $1 a share and the proceeds of which were to be used by the company for acquiring new properties and making improvements." Justice Marean also has something to say about the way he Ands that Masten, Buchanan and Curran went about to put the plan in operation and he holds that "in making these plans and these representations, the defendants, Curran, Masten and Buchanan, intended to deceive the plaintiff, and their plans were elaborated for that purpose." The 4,000 sho- issued to the plaintiff, however, the court finds, was treasury stock "and that by inadventence the certifcate therefor issued to the plaintiff was an original one, and th 'estock represented thereby was at time of such isuse the property of the company and not of said defendants or any of thom, as intended by them as aforesaid." OFFICIALS REMEMBERED.

Clerk and Treasurer of Nassau Get Handsome Christmas Gifts. (Special to the Eagle.) Mineola, L. December 24--The spirit of Christmas giving got an early start at the county court house this morning, when the employes of the county 'clork and county treasurer made presentations to their chiefs. Clerk Thomas S. Cheshire was the recipient of a fur- lined overcoat to keep him from being chilled while traveling between his home on the Rockaway peninsula and the court house in Hempstead Plains.

County Treasurer Charles F. Lewis, who is decidedly the Berry Wall of the court house set, received a diamond cluster stick pin and a fine umbrella, with pearl and silver mounted handle. He, in return, remembered all the ployes in his department with substantial checks. INDIA WHARF BREWING CO. Annual Meeting and Election of Offcers on Thursday.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the India Wharf Brewing Company was held last Thursday at the office of the company, 60 Hamilton avenue. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year. William F. Armstrong, Grenville M. Louis B.

Schram, William V. Rowe, Thomas H. Bennis, David Goodman, Arnold Herrmann, Nathan H. Heyman and Ellas S. A.

De Lima. Inspectors next annual meeting: Thomas T. Munkenbeck and David Herrmann. At a subsequent meeting the directors elected officers as follows: Louis B. Schram, president; David Goodman, vice president; Thomas H.

Bennis, treasurer and secretary. The India Wharf Brewing Company is. a well known and successful institution, and has been in active existence since 1889. The United Singers of Manhattan have decided to drop the spring concert, for which the Hippodrome had already been hired, on account of the general stagnation in business. INDEX To Classified Advertisements in Today's Eagle.

Classification Page. Amusements 5 Auction Automobiles Boarding Business Business 8 Coastwise Ships .9 Corp. 10 Dentistry Death Dividends ...........11 Election European Financial For Exchange ........9 Furnished Help Wanted .8 Horses Hotels Instruction 0 In Memoriam MISS POTTS WAS RILED. Called Sister-in-Law a Liar in Court and Was Fined. For calling her sister-in-law -a liar when she was on the witness stand this morning in the Jersey avenue Emma Potts, 27 years old, of 1934 Bergen street, was fined $5 by Magistrate O'Reilly of the New Jersey avenue court.

Emma's sister-in-law, Mrs. Mittenauer, was testifying that her husband had: refused to properly support her, and telling many other things which went to; show that the husband was in the wrong when Emma, who was becoming thoroughly riled at the testimony, shouted 50 that the whole court could hear: "You're a liar. At this the magistrate told Officer Tracy to arrest the woman for contempt of court and to place her in the cell. There she stayed, Alled with bitter tears, until summoned again on the charge of disorderly conduct. She offered to apologize, but it was of no avail, and she was fined the $5.

DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. Jewish Editor Overcome by Gas Fumes While Reading at His Home. It was learned yesterday afternoon by the police that the death of John Paley, the editor the Jewish Daily News, at his home, 51330 Forty-fifth street, was due to the accidental inhaling of illuminating gas. Paley had been spending Sunday evening with his friend, Joseph Barondess, the labor leader in New York, and returning home at about 11 o'clock, sat down in the back parlor to read, lighting the gas heater before doing so. It is supposed that the room became overheated and he got up and turned off the gas.

The spigot works hard and he probably thought it was fully turned when it was not. He then resumed his reading and was gradually overcome by the escaping gas. His body was found at 7 o'clock yesterday morning by his wife, Julia, who, after considerable delay, called an ambulance from the Norwegian Hospital. Ambulance Surgeon North, who attended, pronounced the man dead. Mr.

Paley was 38 years old, and had been in the newspaper business in this country for eighteen years. He was born in Russia. DENOUNCED BANK WRECKERS. Brownsville Socialists Hold a Mass Meeting and Give Voice to Their Sentiments. "Jailing the Bank Wreckers" was the subject under discussion last night at the mass meeting held in MetropolitanSaenger Hall, Watkins street and Pitkin cialist the Twenty-third-Assemavenue, under, auspices of the Sobly District.

The hall was filled to its utmost capacity with an enthusiastic crowd, who frequently applauded the words of the speakers. J. J. Hill was the frat speaker. He declared that under present conditions there was but little chance of imprisoning the bank wreckers, 88 their astute lawyers and political backers would see to it that they did not suffer.

"Mr. Maxwell," he sald, "was utterly foolish in committing suicide, for he would have been freed finally by the process of law." Mr. Marr, who followed, declared that the question of panics was a deeper one than the punishment of a few men. "It will do you no good," he said, "to have a few scapegoats punished. What you are concerned with is the industrial system, which deprives the worker of the value of his product, and creates a period of overproduction and an industrial crisis.

The workers should unite, and abolish this system, not imprison the individual who is the result of After the applause died out, Charles S. Vander Porten ably addressed the meeting. "We don't want to jail the bank wreckers," he said; want to multiply them until there are no banks left. This evil can't be cured by jail, but by Socialism." He then illustrated the wild speculations of the bankers by the citation of the Knickerbocker Trust Company dealinge. Vander Porten then made a tirade against the metropolitan dailies, all of which, he said, were subsidized, and declared that every editor was under the dictation of the capitalist class, now thoroughly intrenched throughout the nation.

Resolutions were adopted as follows: "The investigation into the affairs of the Williamsburgh Trust Company, the Jenkins Trust Company, the Borough Bank and -certain other banking institutions in this city shows that the so-called safeguards of law are a delusion and a sham; that the inspection does not inspect; that boards of directors do not direct; that men of 'eminence' lend their names to give the necessary respectability to this band of conspirators to enable them to rob and despoil those who trust them, paralyzing business and industry and causing widespread distress and destitution among the workers." The meeting thereupon denounced the bank officials, called for their prosecution and urged the union of the workers to put a stop to the system of industry which makes such panics possible. ARRESTED AS BURGLAR. Caught by August Stahl, a butcher, of 2633 Nostrand avenue, coming out of the back room of his butcher shop, in which were located two motor cycles valued at old, of 372 West One Hundred and Twentiabout $425, Frank M. Wychoff, 32 ye years eth street, Manhattan, was arrested this morning by Officer Bracken of the Gates avenue station on the -charge of burglary and held by Magistrate O'Reilly, sitting in the New Jersey avenue court, under $500 bail for examination December 26. QUEENS CLERK GOTPUNCH BOWL The employes of the Queens County clerk's office this morning presented County John Niederstein with a big cut glass punch bowl, with stand, and a dozen glasses and a sterling silver ladle, the whole valued at $100.

COLDS AND COUGHS DISAPPEAR after a few doses of UBERT'S TAR, BONE- SET and HONEY. It soothes and heals. Try It -Adv. LOST AND FOUND. LOST.

small white POODLE. Return to 116 Lefferta place; reward. 23-2 LOST, collie DOG, male: black and white; scar near eye; reward. 476 Clinton av. 23-2 LOST--A black cocker spaniel DOG, answerIng to name of Joe.

Reward of $5 if returned to 28 Schermerhorn st. LOST--A brindle BULL PUP; lost last Thursday. Reward If returned to 465 East Twenty-fourth st. Flatbush. LOST--On Flatbush a.v station, HAND BAG, containing about $10 in cash, pair glasses and a penknife.

Reward if returned to 258 Westminster road. LOST. Saturday evening, on Flatbush av. near Albemarle road, small white DOG; had on red collar. Reward if returned to 183 East Seventeenth st, near Albemarle road.

LOST--At Erasmus Hall Alumnae meeting, green ENVELOPE BAG with Initials M. S. on' outside corner. Reward if returned to 467 First st. Brooklyn.

with contents Intact. LOST -On Monday afternoon, a. diamond and pearl crescent PIN. valued highly on account of association. A liberal reward will be paid upon its return to Mra.

HENRY R. MALLORY, 128 Columbia Heights. LIBERAL reward for the return of small BOX, with name "'Lillian" inscribed "thereon. left on Fulton elevated train: last car, at Grand av, about 12:45 noon, December 23. STOREHOUSE, 1907 Fulton st.

LOST. gold case, STOP WATCH; monogram on inside cover, with gold nuggel fob, set with A stone: lost in going from Berkeley place to Wilson st. via Marcy and Nostrand av cars. Reward if returned to Dr. MANLEY, 261, Monroe st.

PERSONAL. PERSONAL. JOHN GROVES, the father of Laura S. Groves, the prima donna contralto, has been found: he 16 living with a sister in Montreal. Canada, AS MANY GIFTS AS NOT SO BIG OR Cf DIED.

DIED. That's the Christmas Rush clusion From Express P. O. Business. UNCLE SAM'S CLERKS BU Last Hours Congestion Is Treme dous-Pressing In New Men to Help as Best They Can.

Within the past twenty-four hours public has more than made up for time in the sending of Christmas and the avalanche of presents, large small, that awaits sorting and distribution at the Post Office is far in excess that of previous years. In fact, the sorting rooms in the Brooklyn Main Office are heaped high with mountains packages of all descriptions and the clerks, many of them, remained alt their work all last night. Although the Christmas rush wash somewhat late in beginning this year, work which now confronts the Post Office employes is herculean in proportions while, in past years, the clerks and riers have managed to distribute the on time there appears to be some question as to whether or not some delay, will not be unavoidable this year. Post Office received authority from Wadsh4 ington, to-day, over the long distance telephone, to increase its force as be necessary and every efficient man tha can be added to the service will be taken on for the next day or two. Any but experienced post offlc3 ployes are, however, of little use the extra work upon the regular clerks and carriers will be prodigious until Christmas is well over.

It has been necessary, in order to make any appreciable headway at all, with the mass of matter that has been received at post office during from the the past twenty-four order four hours, department money and the inquiry department, as well other special bureaus, every employe that could possibly be spared and have been put at work sorting the regulaf mail. Every collection to-day saw the addition of hundreds of packages, cards letters to the thousands already in post office, and that were collected during the night, and the registry business of the Brooklyn postoffice has doubled that of any previous year at this time. In all of the branch offices similar conditions prevail, and while the sending Christmas gifts appears to have been layel until the eleventh hour this year the departemnt expressed the view the total will be fully up to all preceding records, if, indeed, it does not surpass, other years by a considerable percentage, At the different express companies day Inquiry showed that business terday was given a decided impetus. that while, up to this time, the extent gifts sent by express is probably than in former years there can be doubt that the hours immediately ceding Christmas will help to swell figures appreciably. The sending of packages to the West appears to be principally curtailed, as the companies handling this trade specifically show the greatest falling while those handling more local matter appear to average about as large a busi ness as in 1906.

Some of the companies even assert that their business is cidedly better than at this time a year ago. The great increase in the postomce business seems to confirm the statements in the Eagle yesterday, namely, that while presents may reach numerically large proportions as at last Christmas the value of the gifts is not so great. seems that the loss sustained by some of the express companies has this year served to swell the post office receipts, and gifts have been sent through mails this Christmas that last year were too bulky and elaborate to be forwarded except by the express companies. DR. MAC ARTHUR'S LECTURE.

The Rev. Dr. MacArthur, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Manhattan, lectured on "The Empire of the Czar" last evening at the Central Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, 502 Fulton street. A large audience was present, and the lecture was highly appreciated. It was given under the auspices of the Samaritan Hospital, Seventeenth street and Fourth avenue.

'The proceeds will: go to the hospital. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR BIDS AND ESTIMATES FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS.

The person or persons making a bid or estimate for any service, work, materials or supplies for The City of New York, offices or shall for fur- any of its departments, bureaus or nish the same in a sealed envelope, indorsed with the title of the supplies, materials, work or service for which the bid or estimate 15 made, with his or their name or names and the date of the presentation to the President or Board or to the head of the department at his or its office, on or before the date and hour named in the advertisement for the same, at which time and place the estimates received will be publicly opened by the President of Board or head of said department and read, and the award of the contract made according to law as soon thereafter as practicable. Each bid or estimate shall contain the name and place of residence of the person making the same, the names of all persons interested with him therein, and if no other person be so interested, it shall distinctly state that fact also that It is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same purpose and is in all respecta fair and without collusion or fraud, and that no member of the Board of Aldermen, head of department, chief of bureau, deputy thereof or clerk therein, or other officer of The City of New York is, shall be or become interested, directly or indirectly, as contracting party. partner, shareholder, surety or otherwise in or in the performance of the contract, or in the supplies, work or business to which it relates, or in any portion of the profts thereof. The bid or estimate must be verifled by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties making the estimate that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. Each bid or estimate will be accompanied by the consent, In writing, of two householders or freeholders in The City of New York, or of a guaranty or surety company duly authorized by law to act as surety, and shall contain the matter set forth in the blank form mentioned below.

No bid or estimate will be considered unless 33 a condition precedent to the reception or consideration any proposal it be accompanied by a certified check upon one of the State or national barks of The City of Neut York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of five per centum 32 the amount of the bond required, as provided In Section 420 of the Greater New York Charter. The certified check or money should not te inclosed in the envelope containing the bid or estimate, but should be either inclosed in a separate envelope, addressed to the head of the department, president or board, or submitted personally, upon the presentation of the the bid or estimate. For particulars as to the quantity and qualIty of the supplies or the nature and extent of the work. reference, must be made to the specifications, schedules. plans, on file In the said office of the president, board or department.

No bid shall be uccepted from or contract awarded to any person who is in arrears to The City of New York upon debt or contract or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the city. The contracte must be bid for separately. The right is reserved in each case to reject. all bids or estimates if it be deemed to be for the Interest of the city 80 to do. Bidders will write out the amount of their bids or estimates in addition to inserting the same in figures.

Bidders are requested to make their bids or, estimates upon the blank forms prepared and furnished by the city, A copy of which, with the proper envelope in which to inclose the bid, together with a copy of the contract, including the specifications, in the form approved by the Corporation Counsel, can be obtained upon application therefor at the office in the department for which the work is to be done. Plate of drawings of construction work mar alco be seen there. th los gifts and of Post of day the and car mail The may. em-, ant to as and the of de- that toyes- and of less 10 prethe far off, de as It the Classification. Page.

Legal 10 Lost Mhtn. Amusements 5 Miscellaneous 2-3 Musical Ocean Proposals 14 Real Estate R. E. Railroads Public Notice ......10 Religious Special Notice Situations Steamboats To Let-For Trust Co. Statements, 12 Wanted ..8 Where to Dine Well.7.