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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4. 1905.

MISCELLANEOUS. EATON BIT THE DUST. "FORTIES" UNDULY ALARMED. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THE PRETORIAN FLOATERS. Venal Voters Who Imitate an Old Roman Practice in Rome's Decadence.

1 JUST LIKE YOU I H4d To Freely While Wait BROOKLYNITES FLOCK TO YOUNG WESTERNER Hole's Honey X. Y. and Q. C. Railroad and Inter-borough Co.

Co-operating in Plana for B. I. Bridge Service. ing tor court to cajj mis Las. as Arrested, Too.

Mrs. Mary Eaton of 14:4 Fulton street baled ber husband James to the Gates A BROKER'S ADVICE An investment pamphlet published by a prominent West Side reel estate (Ira contains this sentence "Marketability of title, of course, is nowadays not a serious consideration, as no sane purchaser falls to have-his title searched and Insured by reputable companies making a specialty of that service." The firm ia question always uses our company. We were the first In tto waits Jllhry Smteirtiimi Vmamm tauraxcnaHS ItDursi tic wnirail judtrAs I I I The Committee of Forty of Long Island City, made up principally of property owucrs about Blackweil's Island Bridge terminal section, have made a protest I to ibe Public Service Commission against avenue court to-day. Court had not con-vnned when he arrived, and he made several trips lo a neighboring cafe. When he returned from one of theso trips Mr.

Cooper Says He No Longer Talks as Others Now Do It for Hini. Hood, honest, seusible folk this is no flattery. Hni fact arc ttiking Hood's Sarsapafllla this spring. Mncy of them have taken it before and know its value as Spring Medicine. Many of tbem are taking it on the recommendation of friends who have been benefited by it.

On tbe recommendation of people who voluntarily wrote us Inside of two years, praising Hood's Sarsa-parilla, we ni-e you to take it for your Spring Medicine. Tired Feeling "My troubles were headache and sleeplessness, ami in tbe morning I was always tired. Since taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I sleep well and work without (hat tired feeling." Ada Parns, Kast Globe street, In tbe days of Roman decadence It was the custom ot the Prelorian Guard to sell the empire to the highest bidder and the imperial purple was awarded to the aspirant who had the longest purse, writes R. H. Fuller in Appieton's Magazine.

'In these days ot strength and prosperity in the United States there has sprung up a Prelorian Guard of venal voters who are Becking to dispose of the offices which are filled by electicyn on the I'arraSsra'bl. lor Public Speakers Eaton decided that he wanted a seat aJl IBruffattast the city buying the Steinway tuanels, or making any provision for tbt running of trains through the tubes, uatll there is coupled with it a provision that the New York and Queens County Railroad, also owned by the Belmont shall operate a suitable service over tbe Blackwells Island Bridge, which is xTsjRtin3Efi4bi9StOtre la oveaAmtti OLD SMOKER'S EXPERIENCE. which a Mr. Wilcox was occupying. Mr.

Wilcos objected. Mr. Eaton Insisted. Mr. Wilcox rained bis right arm and Mr-Eaton wont sprawling oa the floor.

Court Officers Hurley and Muldoon assisted Mr. Eaton to a cell, and wbon he was brought out to face his wife be was charged with Intoxication. Mrs. Eaton said her husband had acted lo be completed before the end of tba suiuiu jjriucipie. Encouraged at first by tbe political "machines" of both parteis, they have year.

Associated with the Committee of Forty grown beyond the power of the "ma the field we have examined the moat titles and are the most experienced. We have the largest guarantee fund. TiTlE GUARANIeE AND TRUST C9 Capital and Surplus, $12,000,000 ITS Iwif, H. V. 17S It em tea Bklyn.

8S0 rotten SU Jamaica. in tne matter was the Dutch Kills Tax George Bedell Claims (or Years Smell of Tobacco Has Prodtaed Nausea. chines" to suppress them. They exist in greater or less numbers in every state A PUMA BABY. Hissing like a sullen geyser, the great puma mother crouched with flaming eyes.

Ridge of her tawny back brushed up In rage, tail aswltch. steel sinews rigid beneath soft skin, she glared at her four pups In the cage corner. A fluffy ball of spotted fur sprawled on unsteady legs asiiaf Ina'Biirl ha ftit ehn.t mlrrhi payers Association, the representatives of which waited upon the commission Kail River. Mass. Hood's Sarsaparilla In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets called Snrsatabs.

100 doses $1. i and in every political division whlcb is yesterday afternoon, and several promt as though bo was crazy at times, and on Monday night had knocked ber down In their home. "What do you mean by terrorizing tba household?" asked Magistrate Furlong. "Women have long tongues; they talk toe much," replied Eaton. Ha was held in i'iOO bail for examination.

nent property owners have taken up tha matter independently. forearm; the baby was hurled suddenly back among b)s cowering brothers, and sisters, "Nasty' temper," I remarked to the capable of being contested by both parties with hope ot success. Immunity from punishment has Increased their exactions until In many localities they now hold the balance of power and are able to cry "Stand and deliver!" to both the party organisations. Tbe political leaders know that in many cities, counties and even states refusal of their demands will entail defeat. Both sides are compelled to It Is alleged by tbe protestants that if the city buys the tunnel and gives a franchise to tbe Belmont people to run cars through the tube at a S-cent fare, they will not be inclined to operate cars over the bridge, where they will have to run TALE TAKES TO THE WATER.

KIDNAPPED FROM CORONA. YOUNG ORGANIST ARRESTED. Isaac J. Sherratt, of Woodhaven, Accused of Having Wronged Miss Martha Goldsmith. Little Negrc Girl, Adopted by Well- tneir cars without any extra charge.

keeper. Has she been long like mat? "Started this be shook his bead in anxiety. "I don't like Iu I II have to senarate tbem. 1 fear." A citizen who looks at the matter from yield and to suffer spoliation in silence another point of view satd: to-Do Family, Stolen From in Front of P. S.

No. 15. The unnatural mother commenced "We of Queens make a great mistake by continually pulling apart, and a a since by yielding they make themselves tb accomplices of tbe vote sellers, and, both being equally guilty, neither Is in a result we get nothing. I happen to know Crews Begin Outdoor Work, Despite Cold Weather. New Haven, March 4 The entire Yale crew squad started work on tha harbor to-day and from now on there will be daily practice on tbe water.

Already two eight oared crews hare taken spins In the open and despite the cold weather the work has been excellent. To-day several crews wer out. the position to complain of the other. mat tne railroad company does not in tend to let that great highway, the Black Long-continued bribery has deadened the conscience of many communities. well's Island Bridge, go unoccupied if it can help it.

Three weeks ago the com Sons have followed bo example of their pany sent to the bridge eommlssidner'a office plans for making a connection at Jackson avenue with the bridge, which 1 have seen, and as soon as those plans are adopted and the city ready to grant a first one being mate up as follows: fltroke Gtlswold: No 7, Ide: TNo. 8, Howe; No. 7. Miller; No. 4.

Oodley: No. Tbe immense sale of Cooper's medicines iu Brooklyn continues to Increase. On Monday and Tuesday tbe Hiker store at 450 Fulton stroet, where Cooper is meeting tho public, was packed with people all day, waiting to talk with the young man or his assistants. In speaking of his success iu Brooklyn Cooper snld "It is this way everywhere I go. As I have said before, the stomach causes most of the ill health of this generation.

1 am successful because my medicine puts the digestive apparatus in shape, then nature does the rest. "I do not believe in making claims for my medicine. I let others do the talking; this heats anything I could say ou the subject. Nine out of ten here to-dny have been sent by friends who are taking the medicine. More people are now calling to thank me for the relief my treatment has brousht them than I have fime to talk with.

What coul.l I say that could compare with this? I shall leave Brooklyn shortly, take a month's rest and then go over to New York to introduce my treatment there." Tbe following Is a sample of what people say who, as Cooper stated, are now coming in numbers to thank him Mr. George Bedell, living at 371 Marlon street, Brooklyn, said: "Others have had their say about this Cooper medicine, now I want mine. I am franchise to Ibe company to run over tbe bridge, trains will be operated over it. t. Rice; No.

Graham, and Bow, Auchln clOSF. "The Interborough Company, as I am informed, will operate elevated trains to NEW MILITARY CODE and from Manhattan, and tbe New York and Queens County trolley cars will run over the bridge. The railroad managers, I am told, have been working toward this end for two or three years. They have applied for a franchise, to build a line on tbe Hoffman Boulevard to connect Jamaica with the bridge, and to take passen Introduced the Legislature by Assemblyman McGregor of Erie County. pacing her prison, sparring viciously at her offspring In passing.

Three huddled together in a pitiful heap, but one stood up and her. A Jungle terror la miniature, his tiny rago' was magnificent. Tensely alert before bis trembling mates, he shifted warily to meet each blow, dodging, spitting, striking out an awkward paw at tbe great thrusts. "They don't turn on their pups Only knew It once before. You notice, meln hcrr, her claws are not out when she strikes.

That may come then 'we will lose some promising babies here." The young German keeper was greatly distressed. I returned in the morning to see bow tbe affair had progressed. Entering the Frankfurt Thlergarten, found tho lion house. My friend stood in the empty corridor looking into the cage, sleeh forms shifted restlessly on every side, a pale light camo from above, the place was close with a heavy odor. He greeted me mournfully.

"The little beggar was too spirited. She got him last night. Just a second in ber jaws and the taxidermist- won't attempt to stuff tha skin." The remaining puppies peered wonderlngly at us from an adjoining cage, murderess paced In silence, but her eyes were alive with a strange fascinating light. The tragedy had stirred the rows of imprisoned beasts. An uncanny howl in a chilling key came from the leopards, the lion's deep throated guttural sent unwelcome quivers through one's I left the building, relieved to feel the breeze and see the sunlight.

Poor little chap of a puma, he surely bad tremendous pluck! The Travel New York. Isaac Jordan Sherratt, organist is St. Matthew's Episcopal C'hunh. lu Brooklyn Manor. Woodhaven.

wa.s l.isi evening on a warrant issued ly Magistaic Eugene C. Gilroy. in the l'r Rockaway court, to Goldsmith, ihe daughter of Henry II of Woodhaven. in which the girl i barges the organist with baring be-trsyed ber. Sherratt.

who is 2u years old. lives with his parents on Ferriss street. Woodhaven, near the Goldsmiths' borne. Both families are well known in Woodharen, Jir. Goldsmith being a wealthy tailor.

Miss Goldsmith is about IS years of age. The arei of the young organist has caused a sensation in Woodhaven. The warrant r.as served oa Sherratt by Court Officer Wolf when he returned home from business last evening. He was taken to rtae Richmond Hill police station, where his parents furnished bail to tie amount ol before Counly Judge Burt Jay Humphrey, who came from his home in Jamaica to sign tbe bond. Young Sherratt told an Eagle reporter after bis arrest that he is the victim of a conspiracy and emphatically denied tbe charge against him.

He bas many friends in Woodhaven and they are rallying to his support. It is said that he was, several days ago, offered by friends, money with which to get beyond the jurisdiction of the courts, but that he declared his innoceuce and preferred to remain to clear himself. He will be arraigned in the Far Rock-away police court to-day. gers over that structure. It would be a fathers and the sale of votes has beeomo a recognized and permanent family asset.

The contagion has spread even to partisan voters, who, while refusing to sell their votes, decline to vote at all unless paid by its party organization. It is no exaggeration to say that millions of dollars are paid to the modern Prelorian Guard In every general election. Nobody knows what the precise expenditure is. The amount is not measured in any single fund, no matter bow large it may seem. It is made up of an undefined proportion of all the various funds national, state, county and district.

When Abraham Lincoln ran for Congress his friends raised a fund of $200 to promote his election. He returned $199.75 after the campaign, explaining that on one occasion he had been "cornered" and had been compelled to buy cider. It is said to have cost W. A. Clark $431,000 to have himself elected to the United States Senate from Montana.

In Rhode Island, according lo former Governor Garvin, a favorite method of bribing tbe voter Is through what ia known as "the Tasmanian dodge." because it was first practiced In Tasmania when the Australian ballot was adopted there. This "dodge" consists of giving tbe voter whose vote is to be purchased a ballot prepared in advance by the men who do the bribing. The voter obtains hlB-liiallot in the usual way from tho election officials, but he votes tbe ballot which ha3 been prepared for him and delivers the ballot which be has obtained at the polls to the bribers, who take it fine thing for Long Island City to have a loop service connecting tbe bridge and tunnel on both sides ot tha river. It can be dono by tho Interborough and Queens County railroads." MUIR MC CAY ROW AGAIN. Ethel Pedro, a negreas.

8 years old, a pupil in Public School No. 15. on Junction avenue, Corona, was kidnapped shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, while an her way to school, Tbe police say the child was takes away by two men and a woman In a carriage. One of tbe men Jumped out, seized tbe girl, and, placing her in the carriage, drove hurriedly away. The police of the Newtown precinct are actively at work on the case.

They have several clews, and believe that by night time they will have ibe child and those who stole her in custody. The Pedro family live In a neat cottage on Park avenue. Corona. Ethel not their own child, but was received over seven years ago, Mrs. Pedro told the police, from a young woman named Anna Moore.

Miss Moore told Mrs. Pedro that the child's mother was poor, and, having no children, Mrs. Pedro adopted the infant. Etbel was a part-time pupil In Class A or Public School No. 15.

and yesterday left her home at 12:45 o'clock for school. As she came within a few feet of tbe school she was seized, placed In a carriage and driven off. Over hundred school, children witnessed the kidnapping, but not one had the presence of mind to scream or notify the police. Tbe carriage disappeared toward Long Island City. Mrs.

Pedro waited until o'clock yesterday afternoon, and when Ethel did not return, started in search Of her. Then Bhe learned from the Janitor of the school that the child had been taken away In a carriage by two men and a woman. Mrs. Pedro immediately went to the Newtown police station and Informed Captain John Gardiner of the kidnapping, anil a bunt for the men and woman was begun. The child is about 3 feet tall and when she left home wore a white bat, gray dress, red coat and a pair of rubber boots.

TICKET TAKER NOT LIABLE. Court of Appeals Decision Will Interest Theatrical People and Children's Societies. The Krykendahls Get Into It This within one month of flo years old, and have had chronic gastric indigestion and catarrh of the stomach and extreme constipation for twenty-five years. 'During every year of this time Time, and It Reaches a Police Court. I have been consulting, physicians und specialists, and I have taken enough pills an.l prescriptions to load a boat.

'For from seven to nine daya at a time I have suffered the torments of purgatory, with no relief. During this time 1 would be bent double with "FRIED RATTLESNAKE" ORDER. Speaking of the pie counter, recalls a Life isn't usually gay In Sheepabead Bay during the winter season, although the Muirs and the McCays have furnished a little diversion of late, Last January Wlnsor McCay came home one night, after he had been drawing pictures for the funny supplements all day in Manhattan, and found William Muir there. He is alleged lo havo slapped Mulr's face. A few days later Muir, who ia a local horseman, inserted an advertisement In the papers offering a reward for the apprehension of a couple of black-faced thugs who, he alleged, had been hired story of a tall, lank individual who found cramps, could not even take liquid food and would not get a wink of sleep.

his way Into a Washington restaurant. 'When I first heard of Cooper being and. winking at a bystander to wait and In Brooklyn, I said, 'Here's another see the fun. called out in a fierce and savage suggestive of the wild' war- hoop of a Western cowboy such as one Westerner, who has come to get Eastern money. Well, he gets none of mine." After a while, I heard of mauy people who were being benefited and (Special to tbe Eagle.) Albany.

March 4 Assemblyman McGregor of Eric yesterday introduced the new military code recommended by the S'atc National Guard Association. This will be followed by the report of the military commission, witb its Idea of a cod? probably next week. The impression which bas been encouraged In some quarters that there is any quarrel between the commission and Ibe National Guard Association ia not founded on fact, according to representative men ef both bodies. Both Senator Fuller of Brooklyn and Assemblyman Walnwright, who have been two of the most active members of the commission, asserted positively to-day thai there was the very best of feeling between the commission and the National Guard. This does not mean, however, that tho bill to be Introduced at the instance of the commission will not differ from Ihe McGregor bill in some very important regards.

It. means that the dlfferencea ot opinion regarding some features will bo amicably settled by i full discussion before the joint military committee of tbe two houses and that the bill which Is finally worked out by the committee will probably receive the full support of both sides. The McGregor or National Guard Association bill provides that upon a two-thirds vote of any organization in the National Guard the appointive system may be adopted instead of the present uniform elective system. It also Increases the governor's staff to three men and raises ihe salsry of the adjutant general from 14.001) to $5,000. Tho members of the military commission to-day refused to divulge or discuss the points of difference between their bill and tho National Guard bill ln advance of their report.

Senator Fuller said: "I wish to emphasize the fact that we are all co-operating to work out the beat possible bill for the service and that there ia no quarrel of any kind between the two bodies. We have bad their bill before us for some time and have gone over It very carefully. There will probably be some differences in the codes recommended, but we are not at liberty to discuss tbem until our report is made." meets with in romance and nowhere else: "Fried rattlesnake!" Without even the tremor of an eyelid. from him and pay him his bribe. Tbe new ballot Is then marked and the operation Is repeated with another voter, who, in turn, delivers a fresh ballot, and so (be bribery is continued.

The purchasable vote in Rhode Island is estimated at 10 per cent, of the total vote, and the same proportion exists In New Hampshire. In Connecticut it is 16 per cent, and In New York 15 per cent. In New York, Massachusetts and other states which have adopted the main features of the Australian ballot law the "Tasmanian dodge" is prevented by numbering all the official ballots on tbe stub, noting the number of the ballot delivered to each voter, and again noting the number of the ballot which he offers to deposit in the ballot box. It is rare that the man who negotiates tigui'od that at least It could do no lo waylay him, The intcrfamlly fight af forded lots of innocent amusement to harm to. try it.

so one dny. about a the waiter addressed turned briskly to the tube, and echoing down Into the lower inferno, amid universal silence, went the orde: "Fried rattlesnake: well- THE STEIN MURDER TRIAL Mrs. Theresa Stein, Accused of Killing Frank Gertinger, Had Been in a Sanitarium. The trial of Mrs. Theresa Stein, accused of having killed Frank Gertinger, ft her home, 329 East Eighty-third stroet, Manhattan, on the night of December 24 last, was held to-day before Justic.n' Blan-ihard in the Supreme Court.

Manhattan. Mrs. Stein's husband. Louis. Was the first witness called) Stein said that be bad been married in ISfw, and had a 16-year-old daughter.

Louise, lis said that Gertinger had boarded with biro for some time. On' tbe night thai. Gertiuger was killed. Stein said, he came home at about 1 o'clock, and as soon as he bad gotten in he asksd Gertinger why he was interfering in the family affairs. Gertinger said that he was not meddling and month ago, I stumbled In to see him, so weak I could hardly stand up.

I took the treatment home, and at tbe enj of the first week began to see some Shecphpad Bay residents, but it did not last, and latterly Mrs. Muir and Mrs. McCay have again been speaking to each of ber done!" The lank Individual removed his som results. I continued, and at the end brero aud mepped bis brow as he looked with awe upon the waiter. In a veiy of the third week I felt actually like a dead man brought back to life, short time, back camo the order, ami it waa borne aloft across the I have been a great smoker all my the bribe i is the man who actually, pays To-day, however, tbe Mulrs and the McCays, ably supported by the Krykendahls, who are relatives of the Muirs, began to "mix it" again.

The affair Was aired out In the Coney Island Court this morning before Magistrate Voorhees, after hearing both ana set up a taoie perore tne cowtm it. Various' tokens are given to the voter) customer, who regarded It somewhat dis-' lifp, but of late years I have had to stop, as I could no longer relish a smoke, as the tobacco sickened nie. I now smoke with greater enjoyment than for ninny years, with no evil ef to be "cashed" at some designated place. In a recent bribery case in Brooklyn testimony was given on the trial that the voter who was received a card bearing the inscription ''Christmas Pin fects. I can sleep soundly In any posi dalnfully, picked up his check, walked to tbe desk of the cashier, and paid his i-score.

leaving the desired dainty untouched. The waiter grinned with all the satisfaction of a man who has iuc a great emergency' by providing fried eel when genuine rattlesnake was not but the cowboy called for no' more "fried In Washington. He did not like the colling repose of a ner." This card was exchangeable for $2v tion, and do not toss und thrash. In fact, nil my complnintii have disappeared. I have thanked Ood every day for the past two weeks that this man came to Brooklyn.

I hope be lives i-oiumac eei on tne piatter. joe mitcnen Chappie in National Magazine. long to enjoy bis success, for if ever a man deserved It, lie THE OLD PHILOSOPHER. walked out of the room. Stein said he walked toward the parlor where be was lo sleep that night, and as ho reached ihe front window he heard a shot and Gertinger came toward him crying, "I am shot." Stein said that there had beea a revolver with three chambers filled lying the niautel in the dining-room, but he did not know whether or not the shot was fired from it.

He said he seized Ger-unger as be was about to drop to the floor, and at that moment another shot struck Gertinger and killed him. Stein taid his wife then opened a rear window and Jumped five Btorios into tha yard below. She was taken to tho Presbyterian Hospital where she lingered for some time' before she recovered. Assistant District Attorney Garvan NOT SURE OF IDENTITY. JOHN W.

HOBEN PEAD. John Hoben, who died to-day, at his homo, at 160 Twelfth street. Long Island City, at about 75 5'ears of age, was for a number of years connected with the Yellow Pine Company, and during the latter part of bis life had been in the real estate business in Long Island City. He was a vestryman of St. John's Church, and was actively engaged In public undertakings.

He leaves a widow and a son, who la employed in the topographical bureau of Queens Borough. A decision of interest to theatrical people has Just been rendered by the Court of Appeals. The case arose out of the arrest of tho ticket tskar, John Jacques, ot ths imperial. Theater, formerly ihe Moncauk Theater. In March of last year an agent of the Brooklyn Society for ibe Prevention of Cruelty to Children was at the theater, when be saw two small boys enter, He promptly arrested the ticket takor and charged him with having violated section 2U0 of the Penal Code, subdivision 1, which, so far as Is applicable to the case, reads: "A person who admits to any thealer owned, kept or managed by him In whole or in part, any child actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years, unless accompanied by its parent or guardian, is guilty of a misdemeanor." On the examination held before Magistrate Dooley the theater's interests wjre represented by Jones.

McKlnny Stein-brink. Their contention was that the ticket was not liable since from the wording of the statute It was made ap-' plleable only lo. owner, keeper or manager. Magistrate Dooley. however, held the defendant for trial for Special Sessions, and the attorneys thereupon sued out a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Thomas in the Supreme Court.

On the argument Judge Thomas discharged the prisoner. The district attorney thereupon appealed to 'the Appellate D(vlalon from the decision of Judge Thomas, and this court unanimously affirmed the order of discharge. Judge Rich writing the opinion. The various children's societies, however, were Interested to auch aa extent that the district attorney thereupon appealed to the Court of Appeals. His contention was that the ticket taker being In charge of admission, was the keeper in part of the theater, and therefore came within the statute.

The Court of Appeals in its decisiou yesterday agrees with the contention of the theater's attorneys. This practically nullifies this section of the Penal Code, and ticket takers at theaters cannot be made amenable without recourse to the Legislature. italianTent'to SESSIONS. Miss Edna Hickey'a Testimony, as to Robbery of Clothes From Line, Told in Court. "Life isn't so full o' troublo but that we kin sometimes steal away an' spend holiday with Joy," said the Old Philosopher.

"But the minute Joy shakes bands) with us we go to celebratin', an' the next thing we know tbe town marshal runs us In fer glttin' too happy on tbe highway, an' we git $10 or 30 days more'n wc bargained fer! I once knowed a ol' brother who wuz one o' the best fellers in the country when he wuz In low grounds, but h'lsthlm to tbe hilltop an' he thought that the sun wuz a sliver mine, an' he owned it, an' the moon wuz a $30 gold piece, an' tbe stars wuz small change, an' all made fer him! Satan bisse'f would 'a' been flying roun' in glory to this day but fer the fact that he couldn't stand to be prosperous. Still, It's a good Idee to risk a day with Joy whenever possible. Even ef wo git Into more trouble by it, our consolation will be that we had a high ol' time glttin' thar! Human natur continues to be the most curious contraption on the top side o' the yearth!" Atlanta in a certain saloon. In a town in the Interior of the state containing 900 voters tho canvass lists of tbe Republican and Democratic committees showed that 446 of them were purchasable. The system in this town Is for the voter to hold up his lingers to indicate the number of dollars that he wants for his vote.

The purchaser gives the voter a card of a certain color and this card is afterward cashed. The paymaster stands with hie back to the voter, receives the card and makes the payment called for without turning biB head, so that, if necessary, he can truthfully say that he does not know who received the bribe. The entire transaction Is carried through without the exchange of a word on ihe subject. In Delaware one of the tokens used a few years ago was a celluloid button of a peculiar form. Another was a tin tag stamped.

David B. Hill's reference to tbe hiring of teams and payments for time lost in going to tbe polls In the rural districts of New York State waa an allusion to a practice which has prevailed for years in nearly all the rural counties of the state. Another method is to hire an unlimited number of "workers" on pretense of getting out the reluctant voters. Expenditures for these purposes are specflcally authorized by the law. There are many gradations between these semi-legitimate forms of influencing voters and the outright purchase of votes.

In many districts in the state, especially in the northern counties, large numbers of voters, from 16 to 30 per cent, of the entire body, will not go to the polls unleas they are paid. The majority of these voters cannot be induced to vote any other ticket than that nominated by their own and they would feel insulted if it should be suggested to them that they had been bribed. Their attitude is virtually that of the sides, reserved decision. Krykendahl, who is a brother of Mrs. Muir, while on the witness stand exclaimed that Mr.

Muir never earned an honest dollar In his life. He even w-ent so far as to say that be was a thief. This incensed Mr, Muir and he angrily arose to defend his honor. He said that he was no worse than Krykendahl, and to prove his contention he submitted to the magistrate a document which declared that Krykendahl had been convicted of grand larceny twelve years' ago, upou which sentence had been suspended. The trouble 'started Saturday afternoon, as Mr.

and Mrs. Krykendanl and Mrs. Winsor McCay, with a large number of neighborhood children, were on the railway platform waiting for a train to the city, where they Intended to visit a theater. Before the train hove In sight Mrs. Muir was seen to approach the station.

When she came within hailing distance Mrs. McCay exclaimed, as she Indicated by a sweep of her hand the crowd of children on the platform with her: "See what a large family I have with me to-day!" "Yes," Mrs. Muir is said to have replied, "and 1 see you have that old hypocrite with you. too!" It is not known whether Mrs. Muir meant Krykendahl or his wife, but, according to the story of the former.

Mrs. Muir turned upon his wife and called her all sortB ot unlady-llke names. This broke up the theater party, and the children were sent home. Krykendahl went to court and secured a summons, requiring Mrs. Muir to appear in court this morning to explain her conduct.

On the stand to-day It was slated by Krykendahl. and substantiated by John Dooley, proprietor of the Greve House, that Mrs. Muir renewed the afternoon's altercation In the evening. Witness and McCay happened to be in the hotel Sac when Mrs. Muir rushed in snd asked Krykendahl a question about bis wife, which he deemed Improper.

It was a very mlxed-up affair, and the magistrate could not be blamed for keeping everybody in suspense by reserving decision, for It may take a Philadelphia lawyer to find out what it was all about. asked Stein tf he haa seen me snois area or knew where they came from. Stein replied that he did not. "Did you see a revolver in your wife's hand?" asked Mr. Garvan.

"No." replied Stein. In going over his story under Mr. Cardan's examination, Stein said thst Ger-linger died in his arms and that hn himself then fainted. Bartow S. Weeks.

Mrs. Stein's counsel, asked Stein if it was a fact that at one time his wife was assaulted on the head. in replv. that at a dance at North Beach a fight breko out and sr-me r.r.o struck his wife on the head with a beer bottle and that as a result of her injury she was roniited to a sanitarium for th'ee months. Magistrate Adjourns Hearing in Assault and Bobbery Case.

George Gill and William Dean, both of 145 Lawrence street, were arrested last night by Detectives BroBnan and Elwood, of tbe Adams street station, on a charge of robbery and assault, preferred against tbem by Robert Blake, of 49 Willoughby street. Blake Is the special officer who said that he bad been assaulted at an early hour on Tuesday morning by three men. who took $12 from him. He also told the police that hs had had some difficulty with one of the men about a woman named May Wilson, and that ho suspected that the beating he received was due to that account. GUI and Dean declared that they were wholly Innocent of either assault or robbery, and Ihe'r lawyer.

In the Adams street court Ihls morning, asked that, confronting the accused, the complainant sbonld identify them. Blake was called lorward and haltingly said that he was not r.ow sura that they were the men, although he had made a sworn statement that they were. You bad better think this over carefully." said the magistrate Dooley and I'll you a chance to do so. I shall adjourn hearing in tho case." THE RUSSIAN MASSES. The following incident, though it deals specifically with the lowest element of tbe population.

Is significant of the gen-, eral religious ignorance of the massea. SAYS HE'S AN HEIR, TOO. Sayviile Man Claims Share of English Estate Seat in Commons Goes With It. LISTEN TO THE BAND. The r.astor of a Maine congregation has Introduced into his church a full brass band.

He likes It better than he did the quartet choir. There Is no danger that the trombone player will be Jealous of tbe cymbals, or the first clari. net of the bass drum. It the hymnera In the amen corner with the saw-filing voices gel discordant as they usually do the pastor nods to the son of the Sunday school super-Indondent, who Is also the leader of the band, and be lets out a little more forte and the cracked voices are lost in tbe mash bang ensemble. Then, too, the band helps along nicely by playing a few choice selections in front of tbe church on prayer meeting nights, and at the annual church picnic It makes all the rival congregations turn green wdth 24-karat envy, Of course tha tendency on the part of the leader to give a Sousa swing to the staid old anthems has to be firmly com-batted, and the young man knows, too, that "Shall We Gather at the River?" must, not be played In two-step time.

But the pastor claims to be greatly pleased with the success of this Innovation, and be certainly Is in a position to count tbe results. Cleveland Plain Dealer. HARRY WAS TOO HAPPY. It is a custom when a massacre of the Jews Is impending for tbe faithful who-t live in the endangered quarters of a city to nail a crucifix upon their door, or to display in their windows a picture of SaiUt Nicholas or of the Virgin Mother and of course the murderous mob passesi by houses thus marked. Now at the time when a massacre broke out In one city, Cleo de Merode, the notorious French dancer, whom freakish fortune has gifted with a face that to crude eyes looks than of a saint, wb performing at a local theater, and lithographs of her wera everywhere iu shop-windows, even in thd Jewish quarter.

When the mob, raging through this section, saw in a window a picture of the famous dancer, they crossed themselves antT'went not into that house to rob and wreck and They supposed that Cleo de Merode was the Virgin Mother. Leroy Scott, in Everybody's. PIPES IN DEMAND. 'j- According io an out-of-town cigar deaU er, the recent "hard times'' have brought about an Increased demand iof pipes and smoking tobacco relatively to cigars. "There bas recently been," he NEW SOUP KITCHEN.

Aroused Family and Neighbor at 2 A.M. Whan He Sang. Harry Smith. 19 years old. Is fond of music.

He woke up at 3 o'colck th's mornlug In his home at 851 Madls.l street and began to sing, lie sang so loud that, be awakened bis father, John, aud other members of the family. Harry refused to stop singing, because, he said, he w-as so happy. Then the neighbors began to pop their beads out of windows. Officer W. H.

Gunn came along and locked Harry up. To-day, in tbe Gauw) avenue court, Harry speut most of his time smiling. He said he was so happy that Magistrate Furlong decided to hold him for mental examination. 50 Fourth Station Established at Myrtle Avenue, With Major Reed in Charge. THE HOLT LAND T0-DAT.

Pass through the narrow; street where the lepers crowd around with horrible cries and beggars seem hardly human In their filth and rags and deformities. Go up on to Mount Zion and look oft to the blue, quiet hills of Moab, then stop to listen-to a little Greek funeral service, rhythmical, plaintive, 'sung by a long haired priest, a little blind boy and a peasant woman. Drive to Bethlehem and to the Church of the Nativity and see the manger where the Child lay. guarded day and night by Moslem soldiers. Wrhy guarded? Because every shrine is considered the property of some sect Roman, Greek, Armenian, Copt, Assyrian or another, and at the festivals of Easter and Christmas, especially, unless tbe Moslems keep order blood is always shed.

Think out over the land and remember that in the Turkish dominions the "only law is that of backsheesh." Pondering over these thingB, drive uf over the Mount of Olives and look down at the Golden Gate of the city, walled up these hundreds of years, lest that King who once entered It riding on an ass. re-enter tbe same way. The Travel Magazine. I Special to the Eagle.) gayville. L.

March 4 Much local interest attaches lo tte publication in a Manhattan paper last evening of a story from Cincinnati. telling how documentary evidence disclosed there Indicate? that David M. Pomfrat, Prospect New York, is one of fourteen to a big fortune. The estate amounis to $17,500,000. It consists of an establishment in Red Lion street.

London, and cash in the Bank Cf F.nglaod. With it goes either a cobmolcy in the British army or a seat in the House of Commons. Joseph W. Pomf-et of Cincinnati, one ef the explains that many years ago Lemuel Pomfrey. a b-other of William Pomfrey's father, induced the familv to lange the spelling of Ihe name ff Jni Pomtret to Pomfrey.

Wm. Pomfrey was a lineal descendant of Colonel Pomfrer, who held a comm's-sion from King George. He deserted and joined Washington's tones. The esta.e. reverted to tho crown, but was afterward restored to the family.

David M. Pomfrey, who lives hei'e. claims to be an heir to the big Knglis'n estate He ia the father of the Manhattan Pomfrey. CORRECT SOLDIER FEEDING. Bill In tho Italian army the authorities recognize tobacco as one of the essentials to the troops, and cigars are served out to the soldiers with their dally rations.

Jill Well, I can understand that. You know some' cigars do make a man feel fierce! Yonkers Statesman. The great increase in the number ot children applying for free soup at the distribution stations In Metropolitan Miss Edna Hickey. the pretty seven-teen-yoar-old girl, whose linen was stolen from the clothesline in the rear of her home, 147 Prospoct place, on ihe morning of February IS. succeeded, with the aid of Policeman Kearney of tho Grand avenue station.

In sending Gaetano Sullolto to the Special Sessions, in the Flatbush court to-day. To-day Sulletto as given a hearing by Magistrate Steers. Miss Hickey. who was late, accepted an invitation lo the witness chair, and told all she knew, succinctly and briefly, about how ihe articles were stolen on February 1S. Policeman Kearney described how he sar the Italian, questioned him about the bag be was carrying how the latter dropped the bng and ran, and subsequently of tbe arrest and struggle.

Sulletto at that, time spent a day iu the Swedish Hospital as a result of falling and striking his head. Mies Hickey said she was extremely sorry for the prisoner's predicament and regretted that the clothes had been stolen at all. "It would prevent all this nuisance." she said. She is related to Magistrate Gilroy of Queens. MINES MAY SHUT DOWN.

Ijjald, "an unusually big demand for pipes WORK FOR THE AUTO. Mrs. Styles I see a complete tour through all the rooms or apartmcnis of Ihe royal palace, noar Madrid, Involves a 120-mlle trip, covering six day's time. M. StyleB We'll make that trip in our next foreign automobile tour, dear.

Yonltsrs Statesman. I avenue, Hamilton avenue and Wallabout I street has brought about tbe opening of another station, and by Soup Kttchou No. 4 will be in active operation el. '50 Myrtle avenue, the headquar-I ters of the Volunteers of America. Major A.

Recl and his assistants will havo charge. All desirous of helping this charity can I send their gifts to Frederick Cobb, treasurer of the Free Soup Fund, Fanklln Trust Company Building, Montague and Clinton streets. Money, meat, bread, vegetables or ceroals will be received. The following contributions in money havp Hc-en handed in: Mrs. M.

C. Morse, 15,000 Coal Workers May Be Thrown Out in Iowa. Des Moines March 4 A complete shutdown of Ihe coal mines in Iowa, worked by 15.000 miners, is threatened. Tho agreement between the mine operators and the miners expires March 21, and because of the failure of miners and extra large bupply of pipes for tbe holidays, anJ I thought our stocky was really too large. The pipes have sold well, howevr, and there Is still a good demand for them.

Undoubtedly, a number of Baltimore smokors are substituting to 'some extent, at least pipes for As a rule, when a man starts to economize he begins with his tobacco. A smoker will always smoke as much as usual. He economizes by -cutting down on his cigars, and smokes a pipe iu place of the former." Tobacco Journal. THREATS AGAINST KING. Be.celona.

March 1 Placards posted operators in Eastern stales to reach an through Barcelona announcing that an I agreement, last weekMt is probable that attempt would be made upon the life of the Iowa miners and operators, who have King Alfonso on his approaching visit I heretofore followed the example of the this city March 12. were torn down and Eastern stateB. will not be able to make destroyed to-day by the police. a new agreement before March ZX. HIS IDEA.

Mrs. Crimsoabeak It Is said that a directory published In Metz, Germany, Indicates every married man by Inserting a star before his name. Mr. Crlmsonbeak Well, if It Is intended as a warning. I think a dagger would be more appropriate.

Yonkera Statesman, FITTING HONOR. New York has given to its late deputy chief of the fire fighters, Charles W. Kruger, a funeral befitting the man who died aa dies the hero. He was the exemplar of the human element in a work that demands human, heroic fidelity, no matter what mechanical devices have reduced the task of fighting fire. He fought and won In great contests against the destroying element, and New York is to be respected tor its homage to a plain, practical, courageous man.

Bishop Potter's suggestion of a monument to commemorate such bravery as his is eminently proper. Providence Tribune. WORTHY OF BELIEF. According to a story that' comes up Proper economy DIED ON THE STREET. Walter Halsey.

aged 42 years, of 50 St. Edwards street, was on his way home at 8:40 o'clock last night, when ha was talien suddenly 111 at the corner of Hudson avenue and Sands street. Before an ambulance doctor could reach him he died The body was taken to his home and ihe roroner was notified. It Is believed that death was due to natural causes. lti6 Garfield place, William Engel, 38 West Ninety-second street, Manhattan, Va, "Little Mildred Leinan." 27S Hancock street.

J. Ridley, $10: Elspeth and Muriel." $10; A Friend. Mrs. F. A.

Bell. 202 Hancock street, $5. The total contributions to date toot up $17.50 KILLED HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW. 3.70O FOR SXWFJt REPAIRS. INDEX OF REGULAR FEATURES pan $5,000 for Myrtle Avenue, Flushing, Grape-Nuts ODilcanas Percent! and Social.

(I i w. K. N'a-a I and Eighth Avenue, Whitestone. The Board of Aldermen, at a meeting yesterday, authorized an issue of bonds fcr the repair of the Myrtle ave CASTOR I A For Infanta and Childiei. CKastlfleattoa.

Pan Automobiles 4 4 4 Books 4 BlowMr.g CVldrrn Dept 'a reiirts 2 Editorial 4 Financial News. ls-l' Fraternal Irarman Marriage 8 Municipal and cream, with an egg on toast and a cup of piping hot Postum, form a nourishing and .10 1 si R. IE. RtconJs -ehots Sleamsh.pa Wall.ibiut Market Wa.ki i nue sewer in Flushing, which, taking "CTIIrSHT'Q" i3 the name people aiUMIll think of when thev think of dyspepsia. Sarf Dyspepsia Tablet have so thoroughly demonstrated that they do curs dyspepsia that when dyspepsia gets a grip on you the first thought is of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.

And the reason fop this is that they have done what is claimed for them hava rared arapepalw alTran. All digestive troubles vanish if you give Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets a fair trial. Fries. 60 ceaia, at druggists. care of the effluent of the Harwood rye Jobn P.

Kneipe. 27 years old, of 415 East Seventy-third street. Manhattan, who shot his brother-in-law, Stephen Versco. a carpemer, in his home at 40J East Sixty-four atreet. last night, was held without bail for the Inquest to-day by Coroner Dooley.

Versro was shot through the heart as ke stood in the door of his home. Kneipe said to-day that Versco had threatened his life, and that ht had abet for that reason. .15 economical breakfast. Hii Kind You Hays Always Bosght from tbe South an Alabama negro died the other day at the age of 133. This would carry him back to a year before tbe breaking out of the War of the Revolution.

The fact that the lately deceased never claimed to have been the body servant of Washington strengthens the claim to his great age. Buffalo Courier. 4 Waihlnsrton Lattar Weathar Works, had become choked and destroyed. It cares for a populous neighborboo 1. The Board also appropriated $1,700 for repairing the the Eighth avenue Wbite- Bears the vt oinau a "There's a Reason' itweof iaslcates SviImat sLoae, ajiin..