HIGH MAM OF REQfIEM TO BE CELEBRATET>—

THE PALLBEARERS.

The funeral of Bernard M. Shanley. of Newark.will take place to-morrow at the Shanley hoasa*No. \u25a0 Washlngton-st. The religious services willbe held in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral.The Rev. Monsl<ncr George H. Doane will cele-brate a high mass of requiem. The pallbearersselected are James Smith, jr.. E. F. C Young, of.Jersey City: John D. Crtmmins. Elisha B. Gaddis,David Younjt. Ra::<!al Morgan, cf Philadelphia;Leslie D. Ward. W'lliam Stainsby. Arthur Devirre«Jeremiah O'Rourke and PhilipN. Jackson.

*•. P. C. A. ELECTS DIRECTORS.At the annual meeting of the Hudson County

Society tag the Prevention of Cruelty M Animalsin Jersey City yesterday afternoon the followingdirectors were elected: Edward H. Whitney. CnarleaJ. Solvoin and James W. McCarthy/- The members)

of ths Executive Committee are Dr. Leonard J.Gordon, George Osborne, W. w. Varick. A P. Hex*amer. Dr. Benjamin Edge. William VermilyejCharles .1. Carroll. Adolph Walter, jr.. Dr. JarmNevin and Harry Louderbough.

**VISSIXG BOY FOrXD.

Montclair. March 3 (Sc«*cial>.— Percy R?ed. four-teen year* old. who disappeared more than a weelcasro was found by the police sf Perth Amboy yes-terday. His father went after him to-day.

REPORT ON. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.-C J. Rnon»y. clerk of the Hudson County BoarSof Health, submitted a report yesterday showing

269 cases of measles In Jersey City Heights usFebruary The other contagious diseases In Jer-sey City in the month were: Diphtheria. 31: 9carlst|fever. M membranous croup. Z. typhoid fever. 4;;smallpox, 1. \

icCFBMt OF rot PAY!' Hl* FARE*Elmer E. Kirkland. of Binghamton. N. V., wa^

arrested at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station,Jersey City, yesterday morning, upon the arrivalof the Southern express. Frederick Hennrng. thatconductor, charged him with refusing to pay hia>fare from Philadelphia. Kirkland said he haA.tickets through to New-York, and produced aJ.Pullman car ticket showing that he had bought Smberth to New- York. Police Justice Potts pcat-jponed the hearing until to-day.

FTNERAL OF BER\ \RD If. .sr7.4.VI£T.

ECSIXESS BUICK DESTROYED ANT> $60,000 D.OIA*Bw>

D9NE— AGED WOMAN DYING FROM SHOCK.

Paterson. March 21 (Special*.—Fire to-day de-stroyed a business block in RUJgewood. The loss mestimated at JW.OOO. Mrs. Mary Coster, an agedwoman, Whs was lying ill in the third story of a.brick building, hi to be carried down a ladder,

and is dying from the shock. Frank E. Gibson, anr*-man."had his face badly cut by the explosiona fire extinguisher that he was handling on a roof.

The tlames started In the cellar of Herman Tlce'9drug store, at Ridgewood-ave. »nd • 'h-rstnut-st..and quickly spread to adjoining buildings. Twoengine" were sent from Pater? but arrived too'.ate to do effective work. U is believed I '-\u25a0it ths?fire was started by an Incendiary.

Trenton. March 21 (Special).— The special Assem-bly Committee to investigate UM government a! ths)

State Industrial School for Girls submitted a pre-liminary report to the Legislature to-day, ami inconnection with ir introduced a hi!! reora^asssßsTthe management of the Institution. The committeeask»*d leave to sit after the nine die adjournment,of the legislature for the continuation of the la-v«wt!gt«tlon. T'.e request waa granted on :h* under-stanning that the findings shall be -"ported ts>Go\-ernor Voorhi

The bill introduced by tfci- committee providesthat th.- name of the institution shall be changed,to the State Konie for Girls and that there shallbe nine trustee*, five men and four women, to b<»appointed by the Governor within thirtydays aftertne passage of the >»ct. All the present officers anaerrpioyes are legislated out. their terms of ofiicwto cease thirty days a.'ter the appointment of the*new trustee*. Officers and employes 3re to be ap-;pointed by the new trustees, who may reappointany cf the present officers or employes. The 4upsr-<intendent Is to be a man and the principal awoman. Girls under ten years old shall not be com-;mitte.l to the Home. Heretofore, girls sevenyears old ctMild be receives, in all other respect*the bill U a re-enactment of the present law.

Miss Frances Day •*•:- recalled this morning bT*the Investigating Committee because she had test*-'tied that no girls were ever put in cells during theadministration of Mr« McFadden as matron, wHBtne records showed that such was not the -act. •

Miss Day testified to-day th3t the confinements in.

cel!s shown by the records took place when Mrs..McFadden was ahsrnt en account of \u25a0'ln*-* *\u25a0•}while Mrs. Miller was acting matron. Ml**Day In-

sisted that her previous testimony, that anklet*

had been used to subdue Sadie Wie*man. was cor-rect in spite of the denial of Mr«. Eyler.

*BIG FIRE IX RIDGEWOOD.

ME MJUI'IaUI IXTi:i»DUCE- ES-

WIZATION MIX.

MACK—MET*.Bloomfie'.d. March 9 (UpecisD. Osoigs IMaatt,

of this town, and Miss Lilian May Metz. of Rose-ville. were married in St. John's I.utheron 'hurchnt,r,i yesterday afternoon The He\

Blaesi performed the ceremoßy.

WOMEN VOT WANTED ON BCBOOL BOARD.Hackensack. March Zl (Special).— A worn

nominated for ?--hool trustee at Hasbrouck

Height- nin^. Sh»- received only H outSome of the men suggested thi

could run the school without women on the Board.

RILL INTRODUCED TO REPEAL ACT PER-

MITTING SUSQUEHANNA LEASE.

Trenton. March 21 (Special>.-Serator Braun to-day introduced a bill in the Senate to repeal theact permitting th? New- York, Susau<>hanna anil

stern Railroad Company to lease it.« franchise*.railroad and property to -he Erie Railroad Com-pany, or to merge with the Erie The Attorney

General had submitted a written opinion regarding

the right of the Erie road to Increase rat.-* on the\u25a0asqashsUUßa, is it has done since it took the Sum-sssssaßßSSi The opinion was not made public.

Senator McCarter's bill providing for the appoint-ment of probation officers by judges of courts ofQuurter Sessions whs passed. The hill provides forthe appointment of one probation officer in eachcounty, with Mi \u25a0 consent of the presiding Judge.In first class counties three such offlcers may beappointed, with the approval of the Board of Free-holders. Judge Fort, Mr. McCarter said, dislikedto send young offenders to the penitentiary. Und«*rthe act they could be let go under the supervisionof the probation officers.

Senator I'ltney introduced a bill enabling lawstudents who register within three months fromthe date of the passuge of the law repealing theDunn act to be admitted to the bar under the Dunnact.

The Assembly bill providing for life ropes andthe employment of an expert swimmer at bathingresorts was lost In the Senate by a tie vote. Sen-ator McD«rmott had the vote reconsidered and anamendment offered which is designed to meet theobjection that the bill would be a hardship to 'hesmaller coast resorts.

Senator Francis withdrew his amendment to theJersey City teachers' salary bill, which providesthat the teaclprs' salaries may be raised with theconsent of tlTe voters. The amendment placedwom<»n teachers on the same basis as men. a num-ber of women had asked to have the amendmentwithdrawn, fearing that it would cause the bill tobe lost. The bill was advanced to third reading.

Tin- Trenton Armcry bill was reported withoutrecommendation. The Committee on Appropria-tions bad decided not to recommend any appro-priation for the armory this year.

Among the bills passed by the Senate were thefollowing:

Amending the charter of East Orange; amend-ln* the election law providing that the words "for"and "against" shall precede any proposition sub-mitted to the people at any election, and Ifneitherword is crossed off the ballot shall act count;amending th* county asylum for lunatics act rela-tive to payment by county patients; authorizing theMayor of Perth Amboy to appoint three WaterCommissioners; amending the road Improvementact: amending the act relative to the property ofmarried women: authorizing the city of Bayonne.to convert Its city hall into a public school; em-powering the Hudson County Boulevard Commis-sion to pass ordinances and iiakf rule* controllingthe Bouelvard: providing that the I'ontroller shallsubmit annually to the Governor a list of corpora-tions which for two yean have failed to pay theirtaxes, the Governor thereupon to declare th»ircharters forfeited; amending the act creating theState Board of Children's Guardians.

These bill.- were Introduced in '•!•\u25a0 Senate:By Senator Pitney—Taxing bank stock at the resi-

dence of the hotter that of non-residents to hetaxed where the bank is. and real estate of a bankwhere such real estate is. The value of the build-bi| Is to be deducted in ascertaining the assessablevalue of the stock. The bill substantially restoresthe system that prevailed before the bank law re-vision of las*.

By Senator McDermott—

Enabling any Board ofFreeholders of any county charged with the sup-port of paupers to build separate buildings forchildren remote from those of the adult paupers.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE ASSEMBLY.Assemblyman Klein's bill to allow the use of

voting machines in this State was Opposed by As-semblyman Marks on the ground that the ma-Chines were intricate and would result in the prac-tical disfranchisement of the class of voters whocannot read English readily. He also objected to

the expense they would entail on cities. The billreceived only fourteen votes, and was killed.

The Assembly passed the following bills.Increasing the salary of the State Roa !Commis-

sioner to V-.'**'> a year and allowing him anassistant at a salary of *l."><»' a year; providing forthe appointment of a deputy to the chief of theState Labor Bureau; the West New-York Sew-erbill:permitting Newark to build a hospital for con-tagious diseases; requiring applications for liquorlicenses in second class cities to be published mtwo newspapers; authorizing the appointment of aState Board of Architects in order that hereafteronly duly licensed architects may follow the pro-fession; authorizing Jersey City to issue bonds forthe purchase of a new water supply; authorizingthe cancellation of taxes, assessments, etc., againstlands now held or hereafter to be acquired by theStar* or the Commissioners of the- Sinking Fund.

AGAISST ERIE MERGER.

EXAGGERATED REPORTS OF TROUBLE FOR THE

ENGLIFH ARMY NOW DENTED.

The particulars published in the Egyptian papersabout the mutiny of two Soudanese regiments at

Omdurman. recently reported bj- cable, show that:t was ar. insignificant affair, without any in-fluence upon the quiet maintenance of British rule:r> Egypt. It had no connection with a supposednational sentiment, since the only mutinous sol-diers were black Soudanese, recruited in their owr.districts by the British, in whose hearts the na-tional Egyptian sentiment cnuld not be strong.

Th? correspondence from Khartoum, published inthe AraMan pap^r? th^jr.Felves and translated inthose at Cairo and Alexandria, shows that nomutiny at a!l would have occurred if KaimakanEaolmoun Bey, commandant of the 12th and laterof the 14th Soudanese regiment, had not enragedthe minds of his soldiers by his Incapacity and hisundue neyiexlty] That offlcer has since been dts-rr..«:s*d from service in the Egyptian army in con-s-qupnee of those incidents. After the inquiry or-dered hy Winevste Pacha, an Egyptian captain,ilohaaaed Efer.Ji Marktar has been arrested. It Isproper to notice. aJso. that there are no Britishtmeps at Orndurman. and that the alleged muti-neers were not subdued by force. The press ofContinental Europe, which was so excited by thefirst reports of the trouble, was inccrrect. there-fore, in adopting the hypothesis of a national re-volt caused by the British embarrassments, whichare so little known, even ifknown at all, in theregions southward of Assouan.

At the first news of tbV-refusal of certain bodiescf troops to deliver up their cartridges, the Sirdar,Wingate Pacha, started from Cairo, and reachedOmdunnan three days later. He succeeded, with-out great difficulty, and with the assistance of aletter from the Khedive, which was read to thesoldiers, in getting them to surrender their car-tridges and in effecting the arrest of certain offi-cers suspected of having incited the disorders.The Arabian papers relate that the Sirdar formeda court martial, and thereafter assembled all theofflcers before him. He spoke to them for oneho-ir, in English, of course, and his words weretranslated, as he waa speaking, by the EgyptianColonel. Fathi Bey. Assistant Governor of Khar-toum. Wineate Pacna reproached the omcersfor their conduct and for having allowed a spiritcf laxity to prevaiJ in their commands. He causedUw letteni and dispatches from the Khedive to bereea. as w*r!l as a letter from the Council of the£.gvptlan Ministers, and announced that he wasdisposed to consider grievances of the officers, butoruy a^ter order should be restored and absolutequ.et should prevail in the army. The troopsamong which the troubles occurred are those ofOM !2ta and the 14th Soudanese, and they haveof-c-n sent to Assouan.

The Egyptian papers laughed at the Europeanpapers which, apropos of the Soudan mutiny, saidtnat the British army of occupation had b»-enreduced to small numbers. It is true that ItsRxragtfa has b»en somewhat diminished, but thatis without importance. If Egypt was a countrycapable of revolting, what couid the 5.000 Britishsoldiers— the maximum ever reached by the army?* occupation— do in the midst of a population ofit.oati.un p«>p!«>? Nothing more certainly, thanthf three or four thousand soldiers still in Egypt.1 iSat rigure." add the Egyptian papers, "couldyet t>e reduced, for the redjackets are not nect-s-•ary to the maintenance of English influence;J-crd Crnmer and the army of functionaries areQuito sufficient for that. The occupation is a mereEatier of form. It would be quite enough to***c a battalion at Alexandria and one at Cairo,jufct what i.= necessary to occupy a few posts and£a'>w uniforms in the streets. It must not b» for-gotten that Malta is only two days' sail fromAlexandria."

BETTER SEWERAGE FOR BROWXBTILLE.At the me^niiK of the Board of Public Improve-

ments yesterday President Grout asked that some-thing be done at once toward improving thesewerage system of the Brownsville part of Brook-b/n. "The condition ther-* is. awful." declared MrGrout. "It menaces the health of all Brooklyn. The

\u25a0 re Is the fault of tn.- cltj"

The prom-:• on would be ready .it.• meeting which would remedy the trouble.

MEETING OF LONG ISLAND PRESBYTERY.sport. Long Island, March 21.—The Pres-

\u25a0 'mi Island will m.-< t her.- m the [*rea-m h on April l.

< E \R(,E OF EXTRA VA GAXt E 1T \ A IT YARl>:!.id<- by labor representatives that

iniproj/.-r!;- spent . -i

-h>- Navy

\u25a0 !!\u25a0\u25a0 of tni- chief reasons hy someof The Navy Yard offinals why the situation looks

the construction of warships at theBrooklyn Navy Yard. X.r Constructor BowlesForce engaged yesterday in preparingdata on th instruction of ships at the Navy YardTins Information will be sent to W ishlngton. It is

i the working force a1a 1 the Navy Yard'- • v week until July i. There isnothing more to be done besides the repairs on theLttli

ASKED TO BECOME PASTOR OF THE FIFTEENTH

STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.

Montclair. N. J.. March 21 (Special).— The Rev.H.Allen Tupper, Jr.. of the First Baptist Church in

this town, who is taJ»*ave that ctHirch In April,hasbeen asked to accept a call to the Fifteenth StreetBaptist Church in Brooklyn, in connection with hismissionary work in New-York City. A committeefrom the Brooklyn church visited the Montclalrpreacher a few days ago. Mr. Tapper intimatedthat he would consider a call if extended to himMr. Tupper :s a relative of The author of "Pro-

verbial Philosophy" and of Sir Charles Tupper.His father is professor of Biblical literature InRichmond College. Va, He was educated at Rich-mond College. University of Virginia and the South-ern Baptist Theological Seminary.

HAMILTON TO BE BRAXCH OF UNION BANKThe Hamilton Bank, at Nbs. 79 and 81 Hamilton-

ave., has been absorbed by the Union Bank. Anagreement has been reached between the twoBoards of Directors by which this plan will be putinto effect The Hamilton Bank will go out ofbusiness as soon as possible, and the business atthat place will be taken by the "Hamilton Branch"of the Union Bank. The stockholders of the UnionBank will meet on April 6 to amend the certificateof incorporation so as to allow it to operate thebranch bank. \'-' \u25a0'

COLONEL MASTERS ANT> OTHERS SPOKEN* OF TO

SUCCEED HIM AS PRESIDENT OF UNION

LEAGUE CLUB.

"William E. Pulsifer, president of the UnionLeague Club, announced yesterday that he wouldnot seek re-election as president of the club. Thereason he has given to his friends for this actionis his exacting business engagements, which willprevent him from giving sufficient time to theaffairs of the club. Mr. Pulslfer is the treasurerof D. C. Heath & Co. The annual election of offi-cers at the Union League Club takes place in May.Colonel Hlbb*»rt B. Masters Is prominently spokenof as the prohable successor to Mr. Pulslfer. Hejoined the club in ISSK). three years after Its organi-zation, and thrfe years before Sir. Pulsifer becamea member of the club. Nominations are made bybaliot at the regular meeting on the second Wednes-day in April.

Among others of the prominent members of theclub who were spoken or last night as possible can-didates for the presidency are Andrew B. Rogers.Henry A. Powell and ex-Mayor Charles A. Schieren.

THE RET. H. A. TUPPER MAY COME HEBE.

WILLIAM E. Pi LBIFER OJ'T OF THE RACE

THIS WAS THE PREVAILING IMPRES-SION AMONG DEMOCRATIC POLI-

TICIANS YESTERDAY.

The improsslon stevaitod among Democratic poli-ticians in Brooklyn yesterday that Senator MichaelJ. CofTey and his colleagues from the IXth As-sembly District wc-r»> to be expelled from the regu-lar Democratic organization. Their scats as dele-gates to the Democratic Committee from that dis-trict were to be tared vacated, it was thought,and new d legates would be chosen. The IXthAssembly District Committee as at present con-stituted would be disbanded!, it was added. An-K-etin^ of both the Democratic Executive andCounty committees will be heM to-morrow even-ing in the Democratic headquarters, in the ThomasJefferson Building. At this meeting the sub-com-mittee of the Executive Committee which was ap-pcinted to Investigate the charges of disloyaltypreferred against Michael J. Coffey. the lender oftliat district; John J. Cain, the Assemblyman fromthe district: George J. Phillips, the executive mem-ber, and Frank Hennessy. willmake its report.

The members of the sub-committee who willmakethe report ire John Maguire, chairman; SenatorMcCarren, James S. Regan. John M. Clancy andGeorge YV. Lindsay. Their recommendations to theExecutive Committee win probably be adopted.Warden Patrick Hayes is a member of the CountyCommittee, and is a close personal' friend of Sen-ator CofTey. Hayes attended the IXth AssemblyDistrict supper in Prospect Hall about a monthago. ant! was conspicuous by his enthusiastic ap-plause when Coffey denounced the men who weretrying to read him out of the Democratic party.Hayes will doubtless muster opposition to the re-port, but if he should succeed in defeating theadoption of the report by the General Committeeit would be a good deal of a surprise.

Assistant Corporation Counsel Luke D. StaplPton.one of Senator Coffoy's warmest friends, visitedthe 'Wiiloughby-st. headquarters yesterday after-noon for the tirst time in many months.

'He re-

fused to divulge the important mission which tookhim there. but it Is asserted that he did not gothere to make an overture of peace or for the ar-rangement of a capitulation of Coffey to the ma-chine.

A meeting of the anti-Coffeyites will he held atVisitation Hall, In Tremont-st., near Richards-?!.,to-morrow evening. Thomas Kline will preside.and among the speakers will be Assistant DistrictAttorney Martin II eton, ex-Assemblyman JamesMcMahon. William O'Donnell and P. .1. De Con-tillon. Th«» antl-Ooffeyites say that in the IXthAssembly District (Coffey's district) they have anenrolment of 1,000 out of 3.2fi0.

COFFKV TO BE EXI'KI.MiD.

-prins; t-

In Disorders of TeethingInfants.

Nerve Tonic Propertiesof these Waters.

LtthiaWaterFOR

DISEASES OF WOMEN.

Hunter McGuire, M.D., LLD.. President and .Professor of Clinical Surgery, Unzzersity Colu^saf.Medicine. Richmond, I'a., says:

"lam fully sat- DnrrAiniITUTA Ws\TFH SflillNo 2in the. tre? tme?t of sease »tisfied of the value of DUFfAIAjLllrliAHr\lLX Peculiar to Women. In this class of Disease;

it is unquestionably deserving of very high commendation. Ithis never failed ms as a powerful jnerve tonic when Ihave prescribed tt as such, producing a decided calming effect inmen and womenwhose broken-down nervous system had kept them in perpetual motion, who could not .sleep

and who could not rest. Isometimes think it must contain hypophosphates of lime and soda. Itacts as that compound does— as a tonic and alterative."The late J. Marion Sims, M.D., LLD., the Father ofModem Gynxolczy, a short while before hi*

f"Ihave used inmy practice the water of Spring No.2, of the BUFFALOLITHIV SPRINGS*,

of Mecklenburg County, Va., for several years past, and have, in many cases, found Ithighly beneficial."Dr. Wm. T. Howard, Baltimore, Pmfesser of Diseases of Women and Children ih tis University °/\

Maryland. ._ . _.

Dr. Howard, comparing the water ot thcortginal Buffalo Spring, now known .is Burfalo bthia spnn; No.•

1 with th it of the celebrated Grernbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. »ay»:"

Indeed ina certain class,ofcases it'is much superior to the latter. !allude to the abiding debility attendant upon the tardy ;convalrscence from crave acute disease and more especially to the Cache.xia and Sequela? incident to

flalarious Fevers inall their grades and varieties to certain forms of atom. Dyspepsia and IN;

ALL THE AFFECTIONS PECULIAR TO VVOHEN THAT ARE REMEDIAL AT ALL BYMINERAL WATERS. 1? I .<.-- called upon to state from what mineral waters 1 have seen tim

greatest and most unmistakable amount of good accrue, in the largest number of cases inageneral way,Iwould unhesitatingly say the Buffalo Spring in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

Dr. John H. Tucker. Henderson, X. C, of the Medical Society of AortA Carolina, Member of *•American Medical Association: NERVE TONIC*.

actionl BuffaloLithiaWater nervous !»s shf^a. ." •Nl"'

L

symptoms. is promptly a.a permanently relieved by it. In many or" the diseate* peculiar to >\Ont:.> „-_•IRREGULARITIES, SUPPRESSION and the many functional derangements -^urtUMC fcow •

rHiiiVANAEMICconditions, Iprescribe th.* water with almost the same confidence that Ido QUJJjl^f i^faVT^ana FEVER. Ihave observed marked beneficial results from its us; -n disorders of TEhl ni."NU inr*. i

Ihave sent many-patients ot this da« to the springs tor the use of this water. and without exee+tum, t/uy \u25a0-\u25a0«

returned tome cured or greatly benefited"Both Springs 1 andIare powerfully Nerve Tonic and Restorative, and No 1is a!so a potent Blood Tonic,

this combination of Nerve and Blood Tonic properties indiwtmc it especially \u25a0 rases wber= ttere "J"****Paucity or Poverty of the Blood and great general debility In the absence ot the*. symptoms No. -is especially

inilicate.i

Buffalo lithiaWwer » tor M!cb.y mem and Druggists generally.

Testimonials *t\wn Jety all imputation or question* sent to any address.

PROPRIETOR. BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.Springs are open for guests from June 15th to Oct. Ist.

They arc reached from all directions over the Danville Division of the Southern Railway.

DR. GILDERSLEETE MAY REMARRY.It Charles L.UMiltslssts. of Columbia Heights,

through an order made by Justice Jenks. of the

Supreme Court, yesterday received permission to

remarry. His wife, Florence Leroy Overtnn,' whomhe married in IsW, obtained \u25a0 divorce on statutory

grounds in 1884. InISBS Mrs. Glldersleeve was mar-ried to Amon Buckley, of No. 378 Cllnton-ave. Theaffidavits submitted yesterday alleged that Mr.Buckley was a visitor at the Glldernleev« house.Several depositions were submitted attesting the

food conduct of Dr. Glld»-rsle«"ve since the. divorce.Dr. Gildersleeve refused yesterday to say whomh«t was about to marry

FOR A CENTRAL LIBRARY BUILDING.The directon of the Brooklyn Public Library

have set on foot \u25a0 movement for thH establishment

of a targe central library in Brooklyn. It was ••:\u25a0,-

iticall] iflsrilSSOd al the monthly meeting ofthe directors, which was held TueHday night.

President David A. Boody .md Franklin W Hooperwere In favor or enlisting the efforts of Brooklynpeople to have a special appropriation made bythe city for the library Plans <>f action will bearranged .it the next regular pseeflng

PLYMOUTH MAY FIGHT FOR CIVIC PURITY.General Horatio C. Kinc. at \u25a0 recent meeting of

the Young Men's Club of Plymouth Church, urged

the cltth to take up me :Si?nt tor civic purity. Hesaid that if the club did 90 11 would have the sup-

\u25a0 :ie older members of the church. Theexpects to take some action following the

suggestion of General is.ni>;.

A I'oß TMASTE R A RRAIG\ED.George !-\u25a0 Rapelye, the postmaster of Corona,

Long Island, was arraigned before I'nifed States

Commissioner Benedict yesterday morning on the

'Miar^e of defrauding the Government. He wasshort In his accounts to the extent of SLB3 19. Be-fore the warrant had been served on him he had

made good the shortage, and because of this factclemency was asked. It is expected that he willsuffer a nominal fine and lose his place.

TOOK CRITIC \r. CITIZEN To GRAND JURY.William 11. Palmer, of No. 130 South Nlnth-st..

who. it was said, had made derogatory remarksconcerning 'he Tax Commissioners, was taken by

District Attorney Clarke before the Grand Juryyesterday and asked to explain or verify his state-ments. He then declared -hut his remarks weremade relative to the condition of affairs as they ex-isted In New-York City ten years ago. It was al-leged tha- at a meeting Of the Brooklyn Philo-Bophlcal Society on Sunday he exclaimed that the

pectally those it; the tax offi.-.-.illtioaJ loafers and vagabonds!"

THE 9ATE CITY TO BE SOLD.East Moriches. I.oner Island, March 21

—The

wrecked steamer Gate City will be sold as soonas the wreckers have recovered the rest of thecargo. Dynamite is being used to remove parts ofthe wreck which hinder the work.

THEY FIRE PROJECTILES WEIGHING TWELVE

HUNDRED POUNDS— MAXIMUMRANGE

TEN MILES.

Two more big guns have arrived at Fort Totten.Willets Point. They are 12-inch rifled cannon Theyare to be mounted on the most approved pattern

of disappearing carriages. The guns weigh sixtytons each, fire a projectile weighing twelve hun-dred pounds and have a maximum range of tenmiles.

When the new guns are ready for use it willbe possible, without counting on the mortars, tofire seven projectiles weighing in the aggregatetour tons every minute.

TWO MORE BIG GUNS FOR FORT TOTTEX

HIS TEAM RETURNED HOME WITH THEIR (CASTER

SITTING TTRIOHT.

William H Brohan waa found dead sitting in hlawagon in the yard of his home at Bay Side.Queens, yesterday morning. He had been dead twohours. He hud iwn to Manhattan with a load offurniture and had rr-turnetf home an hour beforehe was found. The team muet have returned to

the yard with the man dead on the seat of hiswagon.Mr Brnnan lived with Jacob Griffin, his brother-

ln-av He was forty years old, and was the sonof a former postmaster of Bay Side.

THE DRIVER Wis DEAD

THE JURY DISCHARGED AFTER REMAINING OUT\u25a0

TWENTT-THRRE HOURS.

The jury In the suit of Annie D. Andrus againstthe Long Island Railroad Company to recover $10,-000 damages for injuries in the "tally-ho" collisionon Memorial Day, 1897. retired to consider its ver-dict on Tuesday nieht. The jury had been outeighteen hours yesterday morning, when the courtconvened. The foreman asked whether they couldhold the railroad responsible for negligence In nothaving the proper sign over the crossing which Isrequired by tew. Justice Gaynor said that he socharged. Ifnot coupled with other evidence, how-ever, that fact was not enough to defeat the rail-road company, unless the jury found that it con-tributed to the accident.

The jury retired, and came In again at 5 p. m.,having been out twenty-three hours, and havingfailed to come to an agreement. Justice Gaynorthen discharged the jury,saying that there was nonecessity for them to stay out so long, if they couldnot agree, and that he had received no word fromthem since morning. The jurymen are said tohave stead seven for the railroad company and fivefor the plaintiff.

V0VERDICT IX AXDRUB r.AZE

SUB-COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO WORK

FOR RAPID TRANSIT.

The Committee of Fifty, which was named byLudwig Nissan, president of the Manufacturers'Association, for the purpose of dealing with a rapidtransit problem for Brooklyn, met last night Inthe rooms of the Manufacturers' Association, in

Montague-st. William McCarroll was made perma-

nent chairman.A committee of five was appointed on plan and

scope to deal with the general question of rapidtransit. The committee is as follows: C. N. Chad-wick, chairman: LudwigNissen. Abraham Abraham.Dr. Truman J. Backus, R. W. Bainbridge and JohnPhillips. A committee on rapid transit was ap-pointed to meet President Clinton L. Rosslter ofthe Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. He bad senta letter to the committee asking that a conferencebe held. The committee named is William E. Pulst-fer. chairman: William Gray, George McLelsch, A.G. Belden and G. W. Brown. The following com-mittee to go to Albany to urge the legislationnecessary for the depressing of Atlantlc-ave. andthe divorcing of the tunnel project and the At-lanti-ave. Improvement, was appointed: LudwlgNissan, chairman: Arthur Dinsmore. Otto Kempner.Richard Pickering and F. W. Roe.

An expression in favor of pending legislation inAlbany relating to the tunnel and Atlantic-aye. im-provement was adopted. This resolution will besent to the Governor and the representatives atAlbany from" Long Island.

THE COMMITTEE OE FIFTY MEETS

CAUSES A PANIC ON FIFTH-.WE. ELE-

VATED ROAD— THE TIES AFLAME.

Whl!.> motor car No. 254 of the Fifth-aye. ele-vated line was running between l*nlon-sf. and St.Mark'—aye. stations, on ita way to the Bridge, at

6:30 o'clock last night the main fuse blew out en-veloping the car with flame and creating a panicamong the twenty passengers aboard. The pas-sengprs made their way to the car behind. Aladder was placed against the elevated structureand firemen extinguisher! the fire.

In the mean time flames broke nr-t on the ele-vated structure at Baltic, Butler and Warren sts..

where the flames caused by the puse l|ad Ignitedthe ties before the trnln had stoppeU. Theseflame* were put out by a hose from the street?.The outside of the car was badly burned and theinterior scorched. The delay was about twentyminutes.

A score of the passengers made their way to theSt Mark's-ave. station. m;ir<- than two blocksaway, along a narrow walk. The walk was dark.and the peril of the pedestrians was Increased bythe fact that they had to cross two third railsbefore they reached the station. The train wasfinally pushed down to the Bridge and back againto the repair shops. This is the fifth accident ofthe kind since the introduction of the third rail.

ANOTHER "THIRDRAILFIRE."

MEDALS FOR WIXXERS AT SEA GIRT.Colonel Robert G. Smith, of the 4th Regiment,

N. G. N. J.. announced yesterday that the sharp-shooters' and marksmnns' decorations won at SeaGirt last summer will be presented at the armoryon Thursday evening, March 29. Th.- medals willt).- presented by Brigadier-General Bird W. Spencer.The entire regiment willbe on parade. Two hun-dred and forty -Hiitit members will receive medals.

"BARGE CAPTAIN DROWSED.

PerthAmboy. March II(Special). William Miner-ley, captain of the tmrge William Mlnerley, wasdrowned last night in Woodbrldge Creek. He fellthrough a'hole In the pier at which his barge wasloading clay. Two piles nearer together at the bot-tom than at the top caught and held the body Thetide was low when Minerley was laM Been, at about10 o'clock last night, ana it Is suppunetl that he wmheld fast until the water

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CHAMGEB AGAINST REED WITHDRAWN.At the meeting of the V. S. Grant •

of Jersey City, on Tuesday evening, the cbarjdisloyalty preferred ik-"'"*' e»-Prestdenl WilliamK. Reed were withdrawn.

XORTH PLAIXFIBLD SCHOOL ELECTION.nnlnflsW. March 21 (Special}.— At the annual

school meeting in North Piaintield last night thefollowingmembers of the Board of Education were

elected: Henry A. McGee. George H. Hallock andJohn H. Van Winkle. The sum of $U.2uo wasvoted to pay the salaries of teachers and othercurrent expenses.

SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY Xo)[[\ \TIO\7.Th Socialist Labor party tn Newark yesterday

til-! with the CoUßty Clerk certificates of nom-ination of candidates for the coming charter elec-tion. The candidate far Mayor is Henry "'arlesa.

TO APPEAL RIVER POLLUTION CASB.President Phillips of the Passsic Valley Pro-

tective Association said in Newark yesterday that'.! was the purpose of ;he association to appeal the

\u25a0 urt of Errors and Appeals in the.-.ihi- of the Pateraon sewers to the united Statescourts.

"^JERSEY <ITY TO IBSUB BONDS.The Jersey City Board of Finance yesterday

m..ri-.itiK ordered an issue of $SV><»i m ::';per ceM:>.>m:s to pay the balance that willbe required forthe building nf the new tire engine ho,i>.-

Twelfth Ward. The Sinking Pond Commissionwill buy th.- bonds at pur.

BIG NEWARK DELEGATION APPEARS BE-

FORE RIVER AND HARBOR

COMMITTEE.

Washington, March 21 (Special). -Half an hourbefore time this morning Representative Parker'sbig delegation from Newark was waiting to beheard by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors In

favor of the Passalc River Improvement. At 11:13

o'clock Mr. Parker began his speech. Newark, hethought, has a population of 300.OX). and manu-factures' valued at $190,000.0(10. The city Is threemiles from the bay and five from Kill Yon Kull.

The city is gradually extending to the hay. Briefly

referring to the Dundee Dam matter, he stated thetwo projects, one for a ten foot channel from

Centre-st bridge to the Montclair Railroad bridge;

the other for a twelve foot channel from theCentre-st bridge, Newark, to the Kill Yon Kull.He said more than once that it was absolute-ly necessary for the commerce of Newark and im-portant for the commerce of the t'ntted Statesthat the improvement should be made. He quotedfrom the report of Colonel Barlow and the letterof General Wilson, Chief of Engineers. The for-mer favors a twelve foot scheme for certain por-tions. Mr. Parker, in reciting official figures asto Newark's commerce, revenues, etc., assertedthat she had »i.OOO e"t of piers, and an increaseto I*oo,ooo tonnage in 1898. He read his proposedproject for \u25a0 twelve foot channel with an imme-

diate appropriation of 1100.000 and a limit of $273,-000, and introduced the following men:

R. C. Jer.klnson. Mr. Tompklns, George B. Swain,

State Treasurer; J. F. Keofh, E. L. Phillips. J. H.fVbercrombie Peter Campbell, H. R. Kingsiey.

Charles E. Young. James F. Higbee. Gilbert C.Brown. E. F. Hartshorn and Edward Randolph.

Mr Jenkinson. president of the Board of Trade,

said its membership was five hundred. He said atwelve foot channel is necessary. The populationnow he thought, was 313.C00, with 2.490 manufact-uring plants with an annual output valued at $101,-

Oeo.ooo He said freight was carried in steamships,bargee and sloops, and that the number of vesselsduring the year was 24.066. Newark was not onlya manufacturing centre for New-York City, hutthe horn« of many of her citizens. Allbuilding ma-terial was brought by way of the river.

Mr Tompkins urged the appropriation of $:3»i.0n0

recommended in Colonel Barlow's report. John F.

Keogn and Messrs. Randolph and Phillips spoke onthe draught of water and the advantage it wouldgive to their respective lines of business. Mr.Keogh said the lightering business in New-Yorkmade necessary by the shallow water In the chan-nel was costly. Two feet additional would be anadvantage to-all coast business. Mr. Randolps saidthe smelting- works could not use the railroads.Mr Phillips spoke for the iron works, saying twelveor fourteen feet depth would give a sufficient chan-nel for vessels in the foreign trade. The depthabove Centre-st. was only eight and one-half feet.

The hearing closed at noon with the committeeInstructed and in good humor.

PABBAIC RIVER IMPROVEMENT.

The Board of Education is equally divided po-

litically,and the general opinion is that the Re-puhlicans will,if they care to get out their rote,

obtain control of the Board of Works, the

Board of Education, and the Common Council.

It would seem now that they care more for the

control of the hoards than they do to elect a

Mayor, which makes some Republicans a trifle

•shy of fishing for the nomination.Newark Republicans have a way. now and

again, of setting snares for the unwary in poli-tics, but It is not thought that they will venture

to repeat the Eisele tactics of a few years ago

on Mr Van Duyne or Mr. Jenkinson. both of

whom are. if not old. not far from being expert

political birds. Major Lentz. chairman of the

Republican County Committee, is quoted aa say-

ing that his party expects to clean up every-

thing in sight.

The election will take place on April10. andthe politicians of both parties are beginning to

be busy. The Republicans have a decided ad-vantage in some respectß. For Instance: Toretain their present majority in the Board ofWorks they will have to elect only one member,

whereas the Democrats, to secure the majoritymust elect two members. As there will be only

two nominees, the hustle for supremacy is goingto !>e a livelyone, as a Democrat said last night.

"if the Democrats get their workingclothes on."and there are Indications in plenty that this ia

what they are going to do. The present Com-mon Council Is Democratic, and sixteen mem-bers are to be elected. Of late years, since theBoard of Works and other city boards havebeen given enlarged powers, the Council is notr<»gard,ed as a specially desirable place for anenergetic politician to spend his evenings. •*«\u25a0occasionally. Nevertheless, there are generally

men enough who are willing, without beingdragged out of bed on convention nights, tomake speeches accepting the nominations. Thisis true of the Democrats in particular, and of

the Republicans in general at this time. The

trouble is. as is remarked every spring, to get

the men whose services are desired to go on the

tickets. However, generally speaking, the New-

ark Aldermen average up pretty well, as Aider-

men go over the State.

Here and there a Democrat in Newark yes-terday expressed the opinion that the renoni-lnation of Mayor Seymour was not so much ofa foregone conclusion aa it. might he. or as itwas a few weeks ago. There is no doubt thatthere is a growing opposition to Mayor Seymour,but it 's too generally of the kind that talksmore than it works to defeat his renomination.The Republicans have not determined upon acandidate for Mayor, but the prevailing opinion

is that tlieir nominee will be either HarrisonVan Duyne. president of the Board .of Works,

or President Jenklnson. of the Board of Trade,with the majority opinion apparently tn favorot Mr Van Duyne. His term as a member ofthe Board of Works is soon to expire, and as hehas declared that he win not accept a renom-ination there is a strong current In favor ofhis selection for Mayor. Mr. Jenklnson alsohas an earnest following, and h«» may be thecandidate.

THURSDAY.MARCH 2*2, 1900.

QTRLS 1 SCHOOL i IfANGES,NEW-JERSEY NEWS.BROOKLYN NEWS.jjOTRACE OPTHBPAtNLLAC

PART 11.FOUR PAGES.

GRAVE FEARS FOR THE LONG LOST

FRENCH LINE FREIGHTER.

Captain Lemolr.e of the French Line freighter

A'csandre Eixlo. which arrived here yesterday from

Havre, reported to M. Bocande. th.- agent of the

in this city, that he had spent four .lays out of

Ms course, with extra lookouts, searching: for the

roisrcr.fr fj^ijrhter Paulllac. of the same line. He

aid that he had found no signs of her. nor had he

seen ar.y wreckage- ..-*."\u25a0The Pauillac left here on February 5. bound for

Havre. She was sighted on February 11 by the

Germanic southwest of Cape Race, but since that.jjjjje <=o far as is known, has not been seen. She

carried a largo and valuable consignment of mer-chandise, mostly machinery and exhibits for the

Paris Exposition. The Pauillac curried no pas-f«r.ger«. as she is a freighter, but she was manned

"cv a large crow. Tho officers of the French Linev' re s'JIl cling to the hope that the Paofllac is not- , jjUt they are plainlyanxious over the safety ofthe vessel's officers and crew, find in other quarters

•here are grave fears that the Pauillae will never"iseeTj again. There is little worry over the pos-

'iale Soss of the machinery on the wsscl tended»or th« Exposition, as arrangement:; have beennr.&e for its duplication.

The PauUlac was formerly the Sedtnnore. and wasbuiit in IS2I at Liverpool, whore sbo was owned,jiijp .«: V*fcot long, with a gross tonnage of 4.332.*LaGa*oor»e, of the French Line, which sails forH-ivre to-day, has been ordered to keep \u25a0 sharp"ookotit for the Pauillac.

QAMDiyER EICITES MAYOR'S PITY.

rHTTF MAGISTRATE ALMOST SHEP.S TEARS IV- . -.- . \u25a0 \u25a0 . \u25a0

REFERRING TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS -—.DESIRE FOR MORE ROOM!

The Sinking- Fund Commission yesterday referredto the Controller a request by District AttorneyGardiner for increased space in the Criminal CourtsB'jiidir?. Mayor Van Wyck declared that Mr.Gsrdir.er wa? a much abused man. and neededncr«> room. "He should have more room." saidthe Mayor, "because the Governor Is sending- downso mar.y deputies of the Attorney-General andGrand Juries that the office is overrun and over-crowded. It is an outrage. The District Attor-ney is followed about by reporter? and has noc£a"ce for privacy. Attempts are being made to

have fcim removed. Isay he has done nothing toOfcpvve removal. Ifhe is removed on trumped upch-rres the people will resent it by electing theTammany ticket at the next election by ICO.OOt)

Tfco Mayor declared that the proposition of [presiiierit GuggenhHmer of the Council to cut down ,

the appropriation for repairs to the 14th Raiment !

Armory m Brooklyn from £i?.uOO to Ji4.<fK'i would be idefeated. He said to Colonel Clayton, who was Ipresent: "You need not come a?ain. This Com-ssissicn is with you. and although Ido not wantto dispose of the matter in the absence of Mr. Gug-pentieimer. you may be satisfied. You willget your<oooo."

SE MVTIXY.

Ketfl-ftoJc (Eribtme.