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3 3 3 3 3 3 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1908.

AND DEATHS MARRIED. BELL-EATON-In Brooklyn, N. December 22. 1908. by the Rev.

R. J. Kent, D.D., RUTH F. EATON, daughter of the Rev. James F.

and Agnes Eaton Wheaton, and ROBERT WALTER BELL. Charles Anne Philip J. Annie M. Sarah A. Nickerson, John A.

Smeltzer, Maria Smyth. James B. Travis, Jennte P. Tyler, Joseph W. BAKER--On December 21, 1905.

CHARLES BAKER, beloved husband of Anna Baker. Funeral from his late residence, 265 East Thirty -first st, Flatbush. Thursday, December 24, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to the Church of St. Jerome, Nostrand and Newkirk ava, where a solemn mass of requiem will he offered for the repose of his soul. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

BROOKS -On Wednesday, December 23. 1908, ANNE BROOKS, in her 87th year. Funeral services on Saturday, December. 1908, 10:30 A.M., at 374 Ocean parkway, Brooklyn. -On December 21, 1908.

PHILIP J. HOLTON. Funeral from his residence, 9 Willow place, Brooklyn, Thursday, December 24. at 9 A.M.; thence to the Church of St. Charles Borromeo.

Sidney place and Livingston st, where a mass of requiem will be said. MASON--On Sunday, December 20. 1908, ANNIE M. MASON. after a long illness.

Funeral services at her late residence, 3000 Lafayette av. Wednesday, December 23. 8 P.M. MURRAY-Tuesday, December 22. 1908.

SARAH A. CALKIN. widow of Captain L. M. Murray.

Funeral services at the residence her son-in-law. Vernon B. Upham, 159 Bainbridge st, Wednesday evening, December 23, at 8 o'clock. NICKERSON-On December 21. 1908, Captain JOHN A.

NICKERSON. Funeral Thursday, December 24. from his late residence, 65 Strong place: thence to St. Stephen's R. C.

Church, where requiem mass will be offered at 9:30 A.M. Interment Holy Cross. SMELTZER-On Tuesday, December 22. 1908, MARIA SMELTZER, beloved wife of Paul Smeltzer. Funeral services at her late residence, 537 Forty -eighth st.

South Brooklyn, on Thursday evening, 7:45 P.M. Interment Greenwood, Christmas morning. 10 o'clock. SMYTH-On 21. 1908.

at Jamaica Hospital, Decembers B. aged 35. Funeral private. Thursday, SMYTH. December 24, from the home of his brother.

66 Hanson place, Jamaica, N. Y. TRAVIS Tuesday, December 22, 1908, JENNIE PETTIT TRAVIS. Funeral services at her late residence, 523 Greene av. Brooklyn, on Saturday, December 26, at 11 A.M.

Strictly private. TYLER-On December 20, 1908. JOSEPH W. TYLER of 2200 Clarendon road, Flatbush, In his 75th year. Funeral will be held Thursday morning at 330 West Twenty-second st, Manhattan.

Interment at Hoboken Cemetery. BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY. McCarrenites Must Have Access to Books, but McGuirites Are Not in Contempt Yet. The fight of the McCarren and McGuire factions in the Assembly District for the books of the Regular Democratic Association of the district, preparatory to the contest for supremacy at the annual election, which has been on in the courts for some time, was decided this morning in favor of both parties, for that appears to be the effect of Justice Thomas' decision. The 1 matter came on before Justice Maddox Arst at special term, and he granted the McCarrenites the right to see and copy the roll of the organization.

Then when Justice Thomas was sitting in special term. a move was made by Charles W. Jannicky, McCarrenite. to have the Chief McGuire men punished for contempt of court. Jannicky, who is the financial secretary of the association, claimed that Charles Pflug, president; Frank H.

Upson, recording secretary, and William R. McGuire, chairman of the executive committee, were preventing the proper. spection of the sooks. In his memorandum handed down today Justice Thomas declares that the order of Justice Maddox must be obeyed. which is a victory for the McCarrenites, but he refuses to punish the heads of the McGuire faction for contempt of court.

This is taken by the McGuire men to be a victory for them. Justice Thomas carefully reviews the papers and discusses the significance of the "due book," which Mr. McGuire carried, and the "ledger" carried by Mr. Upson. It is this latter book that Justice Thomas be at the disposal of the McCarrenites, though he doesn't use those the court holds that Upson must carry out the terms of Justice Maddox's order.

If he fails to. then contempt proceedings can be brought. MR. REED PUMMELED. Respectable Looking Fellow Punishes Alleged Bad Egg.

William Reed, a young man who the police say is a bad egg. was in the Butler street court this morning charged with assault, on the complaint of Morris Auditor, a bookkeeper and a respectablelooking fellow. He said Reed and his gang have been pestering him for a long time when he came from work, and last night he attacked him in Muller's restaurant on the corner of Columbia and Canal streets. Judging from the looks of the 3 two, Reed got the worst of the encounter. His head was all bundled up in rags, and his shirt was all smeared with blood.

Magistrate Steers told him that he Jooked as though he ought to be the complainant, "yet if you struck this man first, and and he defended himself, he did right; I am glad you got your desserts good and hard." The case was adjourned for further examination. DOESN'T KNOW WHO SHOT HIM. Edward Driscoll, a Watchman, Was Slightly Wounded. Edward Driscoll, aged 20 years, a watchman, of 389 Gold street was found on Tillary street between Bridge and Duffleld streets this morning, suffering from a pistol-shot wound in the back. He declined to say who had shot him, but the police arrested another man who the neighborhood.

"The wound was examined by an ambuCance surgeon from the Brooklyn Hospital, and was found to be superficial. Driscoll was accordingly arrested as a suspicious person, and he was this morning discharged when arraigned before Magistrate Voorhees, in the Adams street court. The other man was dismissed from custody, too. Driscoll says he does not know who shot him. BROOKLYN INVESTORS.

(Special to the Eagle.) Albany, December 23-Solomon Coller af Brooklyn is a director of the Dry Dock Sach and Door Company of New Tork City, just incorporated with a capital of $10,000. Joseph H. Moore of Brooklyn appears among the directors of the corporation styled "Brown of New York City, chartered by the State Department, with 8 capital of $250,000, to deal in fruits. Ignatz Stern of Brooklyn is a director of the United German Posteard Factories of New York City, organized with a capital of $19,000. FIVE BUILDINGS GUTTED BY FIRE ON THIRD AVENUE Stubborn Fight of the Firemen Lasted for More Than Four Hours.

SOME BRAVE RESCUES MADE. One Fire Engine Broke Down gling Through the Snow-Total Damage $50,000. Twenty families were routed from their apartments early this morning when 000 of the most stubborn fires that the firemen of Brooklyn bave been called upon to in years broke out in a South. bowling alley owned by W. H.

Edwarls Co. and located on the second floor of a three s'ory brick building at 4410 and 4412 Third avenue. When the men of Engine, Lucas, Company arrived No. 128, the in charge the of on scene, flames had burst through the roof and had extended to "Dreamland Palace." a moving picture place owned by Morgenstein, and wore gradually making way to Brothers' -clothing store, at 4430, and to Ernst hardware store, at 4414 Third avenue. In spite of the etforts of the Aremen the two stores and another located at 4422, owned by Samuel Bourne, caught fire, and the contents were b.idly damaged.

Thus far it has been impossible to accurately determine the total loss, but It will probably exceed $50,000. The greatest loss was sustained by the W. H. Edwards Company, proprietors of the bowl- LOOKED LIKE A BLIZZARD; ONLY INCHES OF SNOW DIED. DIED.

First Hard Snowfall of the Winter Did Very Little Damage in Brooklyn. FINE STREET CAR SERVICE. Thousands of Laborers and Teams Are at Work Cleaning the Main Thoroughfares. When the average Brooklynite went to bed last night he set his alarm clock an hour earlier than usual and gave warning to his family that breakfast must be. op the table before sunrise.

From the way things looked at 10 o'clock last evening. the city was in for an old-fashioned blizzard, an dthat means a hard struggle in getting to work. Fortunately, however. the storm was not very severe, and 'the service the borought was in excellent shape hanide the morning rush. pol The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.

warned by a message from the Eagle weather sharps, got its thirty snow sweepers at work, and by 8 o'clock they were all whizzing merrily They were sent over the entire system, some lines being gone over three or four tims. As the snow was very dry there WAS no need for the plows, the being more than equal to the task upon sweepers, them Fifty laborers were also employed with shovels to keep the switches open and do other work that could not be accomplished by the sweepers. The and Williamsburg bridges were thor- RUINS OF EARLY MORNING FIRE IN SOUTH BROOKLYN DISTRICT. ing alleys 1 in which the fire started, the damage there amounting to over. $20,000.

Brown's. clothing store was damaged to the extent of $12,000, and the moving picture gallery $5,000. The fire was discovered by 12-year-old Edward Tinkler of 4420 Third avenue. He works in a confectionery store across the street, when be left for his home he noticed light flickering through a winand, dow on the second floor of 4410, and when a moment or two later It burst through the window he cried "Fire, fire," and started with all -speed for the Are box. a block away.

Patrolman Bernard O'Rourke of the Fourth avenue station, who was on post in the neighborhood. heard the cries of the boy and pulled the box. Engine Company No. 128. was the first to arrive.

Chief Lucas led his men into the as burning building, but were driven out by the heat, following an explosion of what 1s supposed to have been a barrel of oil used to oll the It was then decided to turn in the second and third alarms. This was soon followed by the fourth, and In a few minutes twenty engines were pumping water on the blaze and on adjoining buildings, thus keeping the flames from spreading. Although the heavy snowfall and the consequent poor roads greatly hampered the men in getting to the fire, on the whole quick time was made and but one breakdown occurred. This happened to an engine from Blythebourne; as it Was plowing through the snow on Port Hamilton avenue, in the vicinity of Sixtysecond street. After turning in the second and third alarms Chief Lucas directed his men to climb on to the elevated structure to fight the flames.

This was a difficult task, as the heat was 80 terrific that the men could only endure it for a minute at a time. At last help came and although an army of firemen and a score of engine were on hand it took an hour to get the flames under control and three hours to extinguish them. Deputy Chief Duffy responded to the second alarm and assumed charge until the arrival of Chief Lally. While this was going on the police of the Fourth avenue station were busily engaged in leading out the tenants of adjoining houses. On the second floor of 4408 Third avenue live Raymond Baskell, wife and child.

They were asleep when the fire broke out and it was not until twenty minutes after the alarm was turned in that it became known that they were still inside. When the cry went up that the three were In the blazing building Lleutenant McGowan of Fire Company No. 164 and Lieutenant Conboy of the Fourth avenue police station rushed up the stairways and after groping their way through the dark and smoke filled halls finally succeeded in reaching the apartments occupied by the Baskells. They had just awakened and the woman was screaming in terror. While Conboy led the woman to the hallway leading to the street McGowan directed the man and the boy to follow and started to search for anyone who might have been asleep in the apartments above.

As Conboy was descending the stairs a cloud of smoke led him to believe that escape through the front had been cut off and he hurried back and with the ald of McGowan lowered the woman to safety by means of the rear fire escape, The father and son were also helped to the ground. The fire was a most spectacular one and attracted thousandg of persons. The police reserves from the Fourth avenue, Fort Hamilton and Five avenue stations were on hand to keep back the throng and to see that no disturbance was made. The crowd was most orderly and no trouble ensued. How the fire started remains a mystery.

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Foster Crowell tendered his resignation as street cleaning commissioner to Mayor McClellan to-day it was promptly accepted. "Big Bill" Edwards, the Arst deputy commissioner, will remain in charge' of the department until the first of the year, when he will be formally appointed to the position made vacant by Mr. Crowell's resignation. The salary of the position is $7,500. The resignation of Mr.

Crowell was not unexpected. He has had a rather stormy time for the ten months he has been. in office and for the last few months has not been in good standing at the mayor's office The climax came two weeks ago, when he was forced to acknowledge that there was a $60,000 deficiency in his salary account. The Board of Estimate made this good, but the mayor instructed Dr. Darlington, the health commissioner, to supervise the expenditure of the money.

It is also dev loped that the Street Cleaning Depariment was $165,000 short in its final disposition account. The Board of Aldermen were asked yesterday to mako an appropriation to cover up this shortage, but the resolution was defeated. Mr. Crowell, in tendering his resignation, states that he desires to leave official life in order that he may re resume the practice of his profession, which is that of a civil engineer. His letter follows: Hon.

George B. McClellan. Mayor of the City of New York: Sir--I hereby resign my office as Commissioner of the Department of Street Cleaning of the City of New York, to take effect January 1, 1909, or sooner if more agreeable to yourself. My object is to resume the private practice of any profession, which I have discontinued during the time in which I have held my ent office. Thanking you for your courtesies and, with best wishes for the continued success of your administration, with which I am reluctant.

to sever connection, I reamain. respectfully yours. (Signed) FOSTER CROWELL. Commissioner. Department of Street Cleaning.

The mayor's reply was as follows: Hon. Foster Crowell. Commissioner Street Cleaning, City of New York: Sir- beg to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of December 23, tendering your resignation as Commissioner of Street Cleaning in order that you may resume the practice of your profession. herewith accept the resignation tendered. to take effect January 1, 1909, and wish to express my appreciation of your activity in the conduct of the business of your office, and to assure you of my personal regard and hope that you will continue successful in the further pursuit of your professional work.

Respectfully. (Signed) GEO. B. McCLELLAN. Mayor.

"Big Bill' Edwards, who is 'to succeed Mr. Crowell, is a Princeton man, like the mayor. He was captain of the football team for two seasons, and also coached the Michigan University team. He is a veritable giant, gix feet tall and weighing almost 300 He became deputy commissioner when Captain Francis Gibson. resigned, following Commissioner Woodbury's departure from the department.

He is regarded as a hustler, being out early and late in supervising the work of the department. is said that he owed his appointment as deputy commissioner to former President Cleveland. Mr. Edwards will be the fourth street cleaning commissioner Mayor McClellan has had since he went into office. The first was John McGaw Woodbury.

He WAS succeeded by McDonough Craven, who in turn was succeeded by Mr. Crowell. ITALY BESTS IRELAND. Marathon Run Over Again in Bootblack Parlor All Because of a Bet. An aftermath of the Marathon races was heard in the Butler street court this morning.

J. Muccio, a countryman of Dorando, keeps a bootblack parlor at 480 Court street, and at the first race in the Madison Square Garden he bet a dollar that Dorando would beat Hayes. Thomas O'Loughlin, who lives in Fourth place, put up the other dollar on his countryman, Hayes: but instead of paying up he made another bet of 75 cents that Longboat would show his' heels to the Vino Di Chianti man, and. last night he came to the bootblack parlor with a' "bun' on to get his shoes shined. Then he thought he would collect the 75 cents from Muccio, but.

Muccio thought honors were already 'even, so he refused to pay "What do you want to make a bet for, you dog gone wop of a dago, if you don't want to ante up?" taunted O'Loughlin. That was too much for any true spaghetti man, SO Muccio started to show him what is which. They had the Marathon race all over again in the parlor and the Irishman got the worst of it again. To-day Muccio is shining shoes the same as usual, but 0'Loughlin is home in bed with a threestitch gash in his sunset-colored cranium. The case was adjourned until the vanquished one gets better.

At Rockaway Bach Thursday night the Atlantic Athletic Association basketball teams broke even in their games with the Arrow Five of Whitestone, and the Tammany Hall team of Manhattan. In the preliminary game, the See ond Atlantics took the team from the North Side Into camp by a big margin, the Arrow Five being outplayed at every point. The half ended with the score 24 to 4, and the final tally WAS 34 to S. The big then tackled the Tammany braves, and a close and exciting game resuited. The teams the were contest.

011 even terms for the greater part of visitors leading At the end of the half by a score of 6 to 3, and winning the game by 20 to 16. 300 QUEENS MEN ANGRY OVER MEYER'S WATER RATE Protest to O'Brien That Citizens' Water Supply Co. Charges Too Much. MANY WITNESSES TESTIFY. Commissioner May Regulate Rates, It Is Conceded--Cord Meyer Controls Water Company.

Three hundred residents of the Borough of Queens, representing the Ridgewood Heighta, Glendale and Evergreen sections, went to Manhattan to protest to John H. O' Brien. commissioner of water supply, gas and electricity against the exorbitant charges which are exacted for water furnished to private consumers by the Citizens Water Supply Company of Queens. The proceedings were In the nature of a hearing and investigation by Commissioner O' Brien, In compliance with a resolution passed by the Board of Aldermen, at the instance of Alderman Emener. It seems that the company has been charging all sorts of fancy prices for it3 water.

That commodity from the ments made is a luxury in some parts of Queens. The rates In comparison to those charged by the city for the same kind of buildings and for the same amount of water consumed appear to be exorbitant. Under the charter the water commissioner has the right to fix the rates charged by private water companies to consumers in any part of city. That authority is conceded by the counsel for the water company. Stephen Tritschler of 245 Cornelia street, Ridgewood Heights, was the first witness who was put on the stand.

His residence is a two family affair, and for the past six months for water consumed he testified the company rendered him a bill for $25.33. Mr. Tritschler wrote the company a letter protesting that the bill was exorbitant, and that the meter in his house was evidently out of order. The com pector to make an investigation, and then they sent a most peculiar reply to Mr. Tritschler.

They acknowledged that the meter was out of order. They said it was recording backward instead of forward. But that did not make any difference, they assured Mr. Tritschler. Even the meter did record backward, they informed him.

it. registered the correct amount of water consumed by him. A representative of Parker, Hatch Sheehan tried to tangle the witness with questions as to how it was possible for him to estimate that he had been overcharged. But Mr. Tritschler stuck to his story.

He was positive that he had never consumed the amount of water which had been charged against him by the company. From the statements made by other witnesses it appears that the company charges the SAme rate for frontage as the city does, but the supply is limited to 2.500 cubic feet. On every additional hundred cubic feet the consumer must pay 10 cents. It is these additional hundreds of cubic feet which make the bills of the consumer so large. Louis Schmidt was another witness who had the same complaint to make as Mr.

Tritschler. Charles Grosse was another. Former County Clerk Peter B. Huberty also criticized the exorbitant rates of the company. Altogether about ten witnesses were heard.

Counsel for each side will submit briefs to Commissioner O'Brien. The Citizens Water Company is owned by Cord Meyer, former chairman of the Democratic State Committee. The Board of Estimate is now considering a recommendation from Commissioner O'Brien to purchase the company's plant. DIDN'T ROB ACTRESS St. James Men Are Acquitted of Burglary Charge.

(Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. I. December 23-Blond wigs, tied with pretty pink bows; fancy stage costumes of all kinds, including tights, beautiful dresses, coats, figured in an interesting lot of exhibits before Judge Griffing, in County Court here, last night, in the trial of the action of burglary and arson against Leonard Darling and George Moran. The goods were the property of Clarice Vance, a vaudeville performer, who has appeared on various Brooklyn and Manhattan stages. She is now Mrs.

Mose Gumble, wife of the manager of Vesta Victoria. It was the tome of the actress, at St. James, that was robbed and burned, last September, and the prosecution claimed that it was Darling and Moran who did the job. Mrs. Gumble was not in court.

Her husband was, but he did not know much about the affair. as he and his wife were in Europe when the crimes were committed. Henry Johnson was the principal witness for the people. He is a young Dane, now living in Brooklyn. He said that he lived with Darling at the time.

One night he heard a noise, and upon getting up and going out into the kitchen, he saw Darling and Moran coming in, lugging big bundles of the goods exhibited in the trial, many of which he identifled while on the stand. He said that the defendant admitted to him that they had robbed and burned the place and told him to keep his mouth shut or he would be shot. He got somewhat mixed while under a sharp cross-examination by Martin T. Manton of Brooklyn, who appeared for the defendants. It was the contention of the defense that Johnson himself was the fellow who robbed the place and then tried to fasten the crime on the two defendants.

Darling's wife, and other members of the family, said that Darling and Moran were in the house -all night long on the night in question. T'he case was summed up last night and went to the jury this morning. The jury returned into court with a verdict of acquittal on the charge of burglary. The men are still held in jail on the arson count. WANTED IN FINLAND.

Axel Linfors, aged 40 years, aTrested last night by Detectives Callahan and Donnelly of the headquarters force, on the strength of a cablegram from Hammerfors, in Finland, as a fugitive from justice. The cablegram simply said that Axel Linfors was wanted in Finland for the embezzlement of 4,200 francs and that he would probably be found at 347 Forty-fourth street, Brooklyn. Sure enough he was there. He explained to the detectives that he supposed he was wanted for some little trouble about money and admitted that he had been manager of an estate in Finland that something had gone wrong with the funds. His impression was that there was more than 4.200 francs missing.

He intimated also that he had been foolish in his expenditures with two women with whom he had become acquainted, Magistrate Voorhees held the accused until to-morrow morning. by which time the federal authorities and the Russian consul will be notified of the case, Linfors had been in this country about three weeks, SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL ADVERTI 0000000000000000000000 00000000000 THE PERFECTION OF WHISKEY QUALITY IS ALWAYS FOUND IN HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S WHISKEY GUARANTEED UNDER THE NATIONAL PURE FOOD LAW FRANK MORA Willians C. H. New ULRICH.

Representatives, 15 York, Baker, Brooks, Holton, Mason, Murray, CHOP SUEY MAN JAILS WIFE She's American; He's Chinese; He Says She Beat Him. Row Over Her Pet Fox Terrier-Court Paroles Woman Till December 31. Mra. Flossie Lane, 23 years old. a buxom young American woman, was a prisoner before Magistrate Naumer, in the Myrtle avenue court, to-day.

She was arrested in court by Court Officer James S. Dorney, on the complaint of her husband, James Lane, an Americanized Chinaman, who keeps a chop suey restaurant at 1155 Fulton street, who accused his wife of striking and attempting to choke him. Lane is a real Mongolian in appearance, and he explained that the trouble arose over a terrier belonging to Mrs. Lane. His wife said that Lane beat the dog, and she did not like it.

There was a dim suspicion in court that the dog smelled the chop suey and immediately started in to capture a portion of it before any of the customers could be served. The couple were married on January 18 last, and the husband complained that Mrs. Lane had been away from home six times in Connecticut, and that she had received letters from another woman's husband. He said that he wanted her to stay home and join in the Christmas festivities. Other people Were celebrating Christmas, and It seemed as if home were the proper place to remaln in at this season of the year.

Magistrate Naumer agreed with him, and gave some good advice to the wife, saying that inasmuch as her husband had become Imbued with the spirit of Christendom, it would be well for her to encourage and support him in that direction. Then he paroled Mrs. Lane until December 31. HERALD SQ. THEATER FIRE.

Manager Hyams Says Playhouse Will Be Ready for the "Three Twins" Again in Two Weeks. In spite of the fact that the front of the Herald Square Theater, in Manhattan, is badly damaged, as result of last night's Are, Manager Hyams announced this afternoon that repairs to the playhouse will be begun at once, and that "The Three Twins" will be resumed again in two weeks. In front of the theater ropes are strung about at a good distance from the entrance, there being imminent danger of an accident from falling debris. A squad of police is on hand, and pedestrians are kept moving. The fire was a spectacular one, breakI ing ance out last just night.

at the The of audience. the was perform- dismissed quickly, without panic, and no one Was hurt. The damage is between $50.000 and $60,000, all to the front of the building. The water damage will soon be rem: edied. Temporary offices have been located in the lobby of the Casino Theater.

where money will be refunded for tickets already purchased. The Herald Square Theater is one of the oldest theaters in the city, and seats about 1,200 persons. BUTLER CHARGED WITH THEFT. William L. Olden, a butler of 1073 Atlantic avenue, was held this morning by Magistrate Voorhees, sitting in the Adams street court, for further hearing on a charge of larceny.

He is accused of having stolen a diamond sunburst, a pearl pendant, two pairs of earrings, a silver purse and abou: $11, valued in all at $500, from the house at 256 Stuyvesant avenue, where ne was employed. The complainant is Mrs. Mary Sheldon of that address. He was arrested by Detectives Lynch and Blank and this morning Rte pleaded not guilty when arraigned before the magistrate. LOST AND FOUND.

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squirrel MUFF. Reward if returned to 59 South Portland av. FOUND--A PURSE: owner can have game by describing property and paying for this advertisement. 872 St. John's place.

LOST--Tuesday night, gold RING, stone and Initial Broadway Theater on Reid av or Lorimer st car; reward. FINK. 522 Grand st. LOST. on Monday, a FOX TERRIER: dark brown around face and short tail: answers to the name of Tip.

Reward If returned to 497 Thirteenth st, Brooklyn. LOST. black lynx MUFF. Wednesday morning. on Tompkins av car, between St.

Mark's av and Fulton st. Liberal reward if returned to N. C. WELLS, 920 St. Mark's av.

LOST. lady's small WATCH, Initial A on back: attached to fob; on Vanderbilt av. between St. Mark's av. and Sterling place; reward for return.

Mrs. PROUDFOOT, 256 Sterling place. LOST, a cluster diamond PIN, on the evening of November 23, in or about the Opera House of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Finder will be rewarded by returning it to 20 Remsen st. 23-2 LOST-On December 21.

on Quiney st or Broadway, between Patchen av and Monroe st, a wedding RING. with Initials A. R. and J. with date: liberal reward.

H. Box 6, Eagle Gates av branch. LOST. last evening. between Fifth av and Fifth st, and Seventh av and Seventh st; black HAND BAG, containing a sum of money, a bank book and other articles.

Finder will be rewarded on returning same to 484 Seventh st, third flat. INDEX To Classified Advertisements in Today's Eagle. Classifcation. Page. Amusement 5 Auction Sales Automobiles Boarding 12 Business Oppor'ties 12 Businers Clairvoyants Coastwish 1: Corp.

Death Notices Dentistry Dividends 16 Dogs 12 Election Financial 16-17 For Exchange ......12 Furnished 12 Horses and Car'ges 12 Hotels and Itesorts 13 Supplement. Coward Shoe THE LAW will be allowed to take its course with any shoe dealer who attempts to sell a shoe or last as a Coward." To The Public The Coward Shoe is sold only at the one Coward place of business, as below: JAMES S. COWARD, 268-274 Greenwich N. Y. (NEAR WARREN STREET.) Mall Orders Filled.

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pad, cut paper. lock- oughly sanded, not only the tracks, but the roadways, so that truck drivers had no excuse for getting in the way of the cars. The only trouble on the B. R. T.

lines occurred early this morning, and this was due to an accident, not as a result of the storm. A six-car train on the Fulton Street Line that left the city line at 6:34 A.M. was approaching the Saratoga avenue station, when the drawbar between the fourth fifth cars pulled out dropped to the street. Nobody was hurt. and traffic was resumed after a delay of eighteen minutes.

The sonwfall amounted to about 3 finches, and Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner Owen Murphy started in bright and early to get ride of it. He ordered the contractors who bid for snow imoval to start to work at once, and long before noon the active work of getting rid of the snow was in full swing. There are twenty-six. gangs at work under the contractors, consisting of fifty men and twenty teams each. The same system used last year of paying for snow removal ythe cubic yard is still in force, the average price being 29 cents a cubic yard.

One hundred and sixty -two miles of streets ar being cleaned to-day, and Deputy Commissioner Murphy is quite satisfied with the work as far as it has gone. The contractors who have the work in hand are. Charles Cranford, Morton Gorman, Patrick McDermott and Patrick by the contractors, the Street Claning Daly. In addition I to the men employed Department has 700 men at work sweeping crosswalks and clearing sewer outlets. The theatrical managers were not slow to take advantage of the snow piles as means of advertising their business.

The piles were no sooner made than every one fthem was adorned with from one to a half dozen cards, tacked on sticks, that were bound to catch the eye of every passer -by. As soon as the trucks came along, the cards were thrown into the trucks and counted as a share of many cubic yards of snow. Immediately after the letting up of the snow storm early this morning, geveral thousand men got busy in Manhattan with all sorts of snow removal devices to clean the sidewalks and streets. As the flakes stopped falling shortly before 3 o'clock there was no great delay in' the traffle facilities. During the night the Municipal lodging house in First avenue became Alled and the overflow were sent to the dock of the Department of Charities at the foot of East Twenty-sixth street.

In all 225 men and 24 women made application at the lodging house and of this number 51 were housed on the dock. Whitehall street, with its gradual grade from South street to Bowling Green became badly congested with teams. At 10 o'clock at nine different points horses were down. Traffic policemen on the street said the situation WAS as bad as they had ever seen. Trolley car motormen, for their own convenience, assisted in pushing laden trucks up the grade until they could free passageway into Broadway.

By 11 o'clock State street had become so clogged with trucks and other business wagons that cars were unable to get through to the South Ferry. They were run around Bowling Green instead. BROOKLYN CORPORATION. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany, December 23-The Beneficial Realty and Construction Company of Brooklyn has just been incorporated with a capital of $100,009 and the follow. ing directors: Harry Harris, J.

A. L'ght and C. G. Ludvigh of Brooklyn up. feed, set reprints; distance 110 objection.

ANTHONY UNREIN, 00 Steuben st. Middle Village, L. I. 93-J 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 suppiles for The City of New York, or for any of its departments, bureaus or oflices shall furnish the same in 8 sealed envelope, Indorsed with the title of the supplies, materiale, work or service for which the bid or estimate 19 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 or Board or head of said department and read, and the award or 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 interestel with him therein, and if no other person be 80 Interested, it shall distinctly state that also that it is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same purpose and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud. and that no member of the Board of Aldermen, head of department.

chief of bureau. of deputy The thereot or clerk therein, or other officer City of' New York Is, shall be or become Interested, directly or indirectly, as contracting party, partner, shareholder, surety or otherwise In cr in the performance of the contract. or in the supplies, work or business to which thereof. It relates, or in any portion of the profits 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. 0 two householders or freeholders in The City of New York, or cf a guaranty or surety company duly authorized by law to act 0.8 surety, and shall contain the matter set forth in the blank form mentioned. below.

No bid or estimate will he considered unless Ag a condition precedent to the reception or consideration of any proposal it be accompanied by a certified check upon one of the state or national banks of The City of Nev York, drawn to the order of the comptroller or money to the amount of five per centum the amount of the bond required, as provide in Section 420 of the Greater New York Charter. The certified check or money should not be inclosed in the envelope containing the hid 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 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 Ale in the said office of the president, board or department, bid shall be accepted from or contract awarded to any person who is in arrears to The City vi New York upon debt or contract, or who a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the elty. The contracts must be hid 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 to 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 may, algy be seen there Classification. Page. Instruction 12 Legal Notices Lost Found ......18 Man.

Marriages 18 Miscellaneous New 9 Ocean Steamships, 1:: Proposals Public 15 15 Loans Situations Vanted Special Special Notices steamboat To-Let For Sale. 12-13 Travel 13 Wanted 12 Where to Dine.