Fancy Colored Madras, Percaleand Oxford Shirts. Fabrics showthe latest designs in figures andstripes for spring.Garments are perfect in cut andfinish.

MEN'S SHIRTS.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.ALBEMARI.E-fnlonel August Tyler, of New-

London CAMBRIDGE-Enrique Gonzales. ofWaFhinptor. FIFTH AEV.M'E-J H. Manley. ofMaine; President I>. C. Gilman. of Johns HopkinsFnlversity. Baltimore; Consul-' reneral FelllcislmoLopez, of Ecuador; Judpe Henry Fairbanks, of St.Jehnsbury. Vt HOLLAND—Ex-Governor HoraceB. Cheney, of Vermont; Max AgasFlz. of Boston;Cornelius Jay Kane, of Buffalo: W. L. Elkins. Jr..of Philadelphia. MURRAY HILLr-J. Rider Cady.of HudFon. N Y. KETHERLAND—Franklin D.Locke, of Buffalo. WALDORF-'.. H. Ingalla, ofCincinnati; M. K. Northam, of Chicago.

575 pair "loud" »od "quiet" Knlcfcer?.FORMER PRICE. $5 TO 18; NOW, 52..V).

140—

may match, may not.FORMER PRICE. $5.60 TO $10; NOW, (12. .V1.Fancy Flannel. Crash, Hom«cpun.IPO Coats.115 Vests160 long Trousers.Former suit price^

—for they were complete suits once,

$16 to $22NOW. COATS 92.K0. VESTS *1. TROUSERS *2.50.

At Prince St. Store only.Rogers, Peet &Company.

25S Broadway, cor. Warren.f>69 Broadway, cor. Prince.1260 Broadway, cor. 32d. • \u25a0

We could call it a "dazzling,world-enlightening" sale of golf-bicycle suits.

But 'twould be a lie.• It's nothing but a conglomerateof odds and ends: heavy weightknickers and coats; light weightditto; fancy flannel and greyhomespun coats, vests and trou-sers

—not much of any one thing,

not much all told; but every sizein something and everything ourkind.

Silk Damasksfor coverings, as follows:

$11.00 grade, at 55.50 yard.58.00 " " $4.00 "

Lordr&Taylor,Broadway &20th St.

FurnitureDepartment

On Thurs., Feb. 15th*we willoffer the balance of our

Parlor Cabinets,mahogany and vernis-martin,

at prices ranging from

$30 to $125,originally $50 to $175.

Also a number ofParlor and

Receptionßoom Suites \(custom-made),

and odd pieces in muslin, at

one-quarteroffregular prices.

To further enhance thissale we shall, in conjunction,offer two lines ofImported

James McCreery & Co,,Twenty-third Street.

-a

Cotton Dress Goods,Imported Materials. Sheerprinted Batiste, and printed em-broidered Su Im. Novelty de»iffn-—spring colors,

25 cents per yard.

Mercerized Cotton, French andScotch Madras, Madapolam andan extensive variety of Cotton.and-Silk and Cotton Cloths— %uiuable for Shirt-waists.

WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.Rapid Transit Commissioners' meeting.East River Frtdpe Commissioners' meeting.Lecture by Pr. Washington Gladden before work-

lngmen. St. GeorK^ I.^1.^ C3i«rch. &P. m.Countess Schimmt Imann. before Naval Veterans,

No. 325 Bowery, g p m.Humorous lecture by E 1 Perkins, on 'The Phi-

losophy of Wit and Huir.or," Scotch PresbyterianChurch. Nlnety-slxth-st. nnd Central Park West,t p. m.

A M. BeU> lecture on "\Tsible Speech," No. 435Madlson-ave., S p. m.

Helncb-jnd masquerade ball. Terrace Garden.Meeting of P.^pu'Dl'.rar. County Committee, Mur-

ray Hil! Lyceum. 8 p. m.

"Xma3cments.

James McCreery & Co,,Twenty-third Street.

Plain I.men Scarfs, Tray Cloths,Squares, and Tea Cloths, finishedwith hemstitching and drawnwork.

Cloth and 1Dozen .\apkin*.

8x 8, . . . $6.25 per setBxlO, . . . 7.25 « "Bxl2, . . . 8.00

" "

Hemstitched, Damask TrayCloths,

25, 50, 60 and 75c. each.Scarfs,

—Hemstitched Damask,

—18x45 inches,

50 cents each.Extra fine quality,18x45, $1.00 each18x54, 1.25

"18x72, 1.50

"

Fine I'nen, hemstitched. TableCloths and Napkins.

Household Linens,

CASINO! IST "MIVKKS>TIRDAYI

princess chic: Sl^^S!»

f EDEN T THE TVOKD W tVA.T.* *• He»r t°« Neapoltun Orchwra.

t> M'LLE FIFIWITH GREAT CAST.

opera I SHEXAXDOAH.HOtSE. ! Next Week— "lnOld Kentucky."

—-J

Qlmnsrmentß.

NEW-YORK CITY.

hwldeal T. C. Mendenhall of the WorcesterPoiyterhr.lr Institute will deliver a lecture on "Thp

Alaska Boundary-" before the American Geographi-cal go iety in Ohiekertng Hall. Mon.iay. at 8:30p. m. There w:ll be ptereoptlcon illustratlfins.

The Twilight Club will celebrate its 290 th dinnersnd the beginning of Its eighteenth year this even-Ing by a dinner at the Carnegie Restaurant to theRev. Dr. Edwin C. Bolles. who has recently be-come professor of American and English history

at Tufte College. The subject for discussion willbe, "Should Preaching Be AbollKhed by Law?"Among the speakers will be the Rev. Dr. Crowe, ofthe Church n? the Heavenly Hope; the Rev. JohnW. Chadwlck. the Rev. Dr. Madison C. Peters, theRev. Alexander Kerr. the Rev. W. T. Ewlng, theRev. J. C. Adams and S. C. T.Dodd.

CONSIDERING A NEW CANON.

EMPIRE THEATRE. B'way and 4Oth st.MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.

XTRA MATIXEE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.SSSSgJff BROTHER OFFICERS.

£ooahhrm.n-. CRITERION THEATRE B^?>B*2o.sU

Next Matinee Saturday at 2:15.XTTtA MATINEE WASHIN3TON"S BIRTHDAY.

Maude ad&ms I the little MINISTER.G» »!>¥ THEATRE. 35rh st. & B way.

.llxriUIV EVgs. 8. Matinees. Saturday.XTR\ MATINEE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

Wm. Gillette Ni;;guy. Sherlock Holmes.>lAni^fl!N Qfl THEATRE. B'way & 24th st.rlflUloUllJV« Ev'ks, 8:30. Matinees Sat.

XTRA MATINEE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

"**s£" Coralic & Co., Dressmakers.GARDEN THEATRE. 27th st. *Madison aye.

La«tt 3 NlKhts. Last Matinee Saturday.

MRS. LANGTRY!THE DEGENERATESNext \Vednesday-HEARTi* ARE TRUMPS.

f% \u25a0 Iiffa B'way A 30th st At S:S>\u25a0InIIV Daniel Frohman Managerlift IV Matinees Wednesday & Sat 2:15

I"Its success was an arcument for the purity of

the drama."—

World.••\u25a0Play realized highest expectations.

—An extraor-

dinary cast."— Journal.

THE AMBASSADORMARYMANNERING. HILDASPON'G. ELIZA-BETH TYREE. RHODA CAMERON. MRS.WALOOT, ETHEL HORNICK. ALISON SKIP-WORTH. BEATRICE MORGAN. JOHN

BETH TTREB RHODA CAMERON. MRS.\V\UY>T. KTHEL HiißNliK. AUSON SKIP-WORTH. BEATRIi'B MORGAN. JOHNMASON CHARLES WALCOT \\ M. COVRTE-NAY AND EDWARD MORGAN.

\u25a0 If 11MB 4 'h Aye. A 23d. At 8:30.I V IsPIIBM l>nnlel Krohman Mtcr.kmIUkUIIIMATINEES THURSDAY *SAT.. -.13.

CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS

The Surprises of Love.AMFRICAN 42d & Bth Aye. Eves. 8:13./\i»lL,l\lVnil Castle Sq. Op. Co. Mat. Wed. & Sat.

MARITAXA.Next Week— THß MASCOT. All Star Cast.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 14th St. & Irving Place.Matinee Washington's Birthday.

"WAY DOWN EAST."Prices 25-60-73-1.00. Mats. Wed. & Sat.. 2. Eve.. IMfc

BIJOU. B'waj *30th st. Mat. Sat only. Eve.. 8:15.LAST WEEK— Last 3 Nights and

«Jf \u25a0 V TU TUCTTTVr Saturday Matinee.IYIAYlIXWIJM MSTKH MART.Wed., Feb. 21. AUNT HANNAH. Seat Sale Friday.

BROADWAY THEATRE. 41 St. &B'way.fc>KU/\DWA» Evs.. S. Mat. Wed. & Pat. at 2.

»i>--.-l-il Matinee Washington* IHrthilny.Tll E^T -HUB.

\u25a0When the afternoon session closed the businesswith which the, committee had been commissionedbad not oeen completed. An adjournment wasmade to this morning at 10 o'clock, when anothersession -will be held in Trinity Chapel.

Dr. Dix was quoted as saying after the meeting:"Our findings will be embodied in a report which•will be laid beSore the General Convention. As abody we will come to no conclusion. Nothing willbe (riven to the public for the present."

The conmittee was appointed at the General Con-vention of 1898. and was dire-ted to report to theconvention of 1901 In San Francisco. Sub-commit-tees have been named to consider various pointsand aspects of the matter, and itIs understood thatthe whole committee Is considering their recom-mendations. There are many who believe that th»committee will report a canon prohibiting the re-marriage In the Church of divorced persons. Bish-op Potter and the Rev. Dr. Dix. chairman of thecommittee, favor such a canon.

COMMITTEE MAY REPORT AGAINST RE-

MAKRIAOE OF DIVORCED PERSONS

IN EPISCOPAL CHT'RCH.

The Fp<"-ial coinmlttee of the General Conventionof the PTotestant Episcopal Church appointed to

draft a canon on marriage and divorce met yester-day mominr In the vestry room of Trinity Chapel,

in West Twenty-tifth-st.. and continued all day Ins^oret s^f-sion. The committee consists of the Rev.Dr. Morgan Dlx. rector of Trinity Church andchairman of the Standing Committee of this dio-cese: the Rev. Dr. John Fulton, of Philadelphia;

daS Rev. Dr Eugene A. Hoffman, of the GeneralTheological Seminary: the Rev. J. H. Eccleston, ofBaltimore; the Rev. Dr. F. B. Davenport, of Iowa;

Frank H. Miller,of Augusta, Ga. ;Justice EdwardG. Bradford, of Wilmington. Dd.; Judge FrancisLynde Stetson, of the United Slates Circuit Courtof New- York; Francis A. Lewis, of Philadelphia;H. 8 Stanley, of Washington, and J. Llghtner, ofEt. Paul.

ADVICE FOR THE LEGISLATURE.

HAMMFRSTFIN'S VIrTOPIi La«t 2 Week*42d St.. By &7th Aye. VICTORIA.^-'a3 4 fVI«CHR^ XAX

A>SS°k^Er ?V^SERF^a

LiBro,P

50c ! admission to Promenade ,' 50c.Herald !\u25a0 'Merrier Than n-y],!D9D9|3. '.E>n. 9:3). "'\u25a0-*UdT!B3814500 3

'\u25a0^ NAUCKTY ANTHONY &;,.HARLEM .I JAMES K.HAfKETT IK:\Z.III.IIOISE. 'in Rupert of HentrnaJ Sat. Mat

SEAT WEEK HKNRV MILLERto. "The Only 1— \u25a0

_l»H"-« Washington - L-—

Mai

IRVIXfiPLUE THEATRE. Mit Sk.-d week j "ALS ICH AVIEDERKAM."

great hit. I Sequel to "At the White Horsa Tavern."

l/PlTU'fi Contlnnoan Performance.IVlz.lIHn MVRIE DRE>M.ER.\u25a0••\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0aw MR. A .MRS. ROYI.E.

! Walton's Dos* anil Monkeys.: Mortis.Lewis

_Ryan. ni.i«rnph. \ellie Walters.

%SS ROUND NEW VOKK- I£«Wltl, FOIGERE and The? Ureat —iPAYETT-iKMCKERnOCKER. Evjs. S:2O. jfat. Satdy •-.15.N. C. GOODWIN IMAXINEELLIOTT \™™E

™™*sEXTRA MATINEE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAtT

\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 111 OPERA BOISE.GRAND • -\u25a0:\u25a0:.. SEASON IS9S-1900

Under the Direction of MR MAURICE GKArTo-morrow Evg at S. LOHENGRIN. M=ie_ BBasmEames and Schumann-He:nk: MM Van Dyck. Bannaaftd Ed. de Reszke.*>w«_i

Sat. Mat.. Feb. 17. at I:3O—DIES MEISTERSI?fG_tMmes. Gadskl and Schumann-Hetak MM Via HootBertram. Friedrlohs. Bars and Dippet

Sat. Evj. Feb. 17. at S. at popular RIGOUR*Mmes. Sembrich and Mantelll; mm. Salismac, Denies as<Scotti,_Sun. Eve. Feb. IS. at Sis. Grand Popular Ctarert.Soloists: Mmes. Err.ma Eames a- Schumar._-H«i»:MM. an Dyck. tampanari and Planc-sn. together \u25a0_Mrt. Op. Orchestra. lu.-t>r. ?is Mancisel'iMon. Evjr.. Feb. 1». at S—LES HUGUENOTS. V~»

Nordlca and Sembrich, MM. Dippel. P!ar.son. liJy_

atde IC&SZK^.Tues. Evjf., Feb. 20. at \u25a0* 30 prerisely. First pertor_K»or first cycle of Der Ring .1*» Xlbeluosen

—DAS EH_!»-

r.OLD. Mmes. Marie Trema. Susan -\u25a0'•rone firm.oiirzk-i and iVhumann-Heink; MM Van Dyci. BamFrledrtchs. Muh!mann. Printfle. H. D«\ n'fs. Brtaar tadVan Rooy. Conductor. Paur.Wed. Ev«r.. Feb. 21. at S— TANNHAUSEB. Mas*

Ternina. Olitzka and Susan Strong: MM Diao«L B«tr»aand Plancm.'

Than. Kvk . Feb. .2. at 7 precisely. 9-c—id per!oni_3r«of first t-.v.le of P«-r Rir.K dcs stiMmn rin WAXrERE. Mmc». Nonlica. Schumaan-Heiak OK—«.

Pevny. Bauenrietstrr. Van f^.u-er»n Bouton. SI \u25a0!«*-\u25a0*-lo<c*. Hroadf>x>t and Ternina; MM. Van Dyck. Pring!sVan Rooy. Conductor. Paur.

WEBER PIANOS USED

METROPOLITAN r^EDW. E. RICE TESTIMONIAL--

\u25a0 f. \u25a0•> tl.oo. .-uni 30

MiIDRAV «!I-I' THEATRE 42d St. * Lex, A*Ifinnai MutinyR-rerr Our. «S*.

ThU Week— IUK. PRIVATE SECRETARY.

I—"Titan \u25a0nOWI IIkU.. MR. GEOR6I

GROSSMITH

PHILHArMonIc'sQCIEtyPHILHARMONIC societyism—FIFTY-EIOHTH SEASON— I9OO.

KMIL PAIR ConductorFRIDAY. FEBRI'ARY :«. at 2 P. M.

3ATURDAT FEBRUARY IT, at 8:15 P. M.PRO'iRAM:

Overture, "Corlotanus" Bee;hoven

Variations on a Theme by Haydn BrahmaConcerto for Piano, No. 2. 9 minor Chopin

VLADIMIR DE PACHMANSYMPHONY. NO. B. \u25a0 MINOR Tschaikivwsky

Tickets at Carnegie Hall and Tyson*! and Itullman's.Seats 75 cts. to $2: Boxes $1" and $I.V Admission *1.

Al'O;. ROEBBEUEN, Secretary.

C A UNE (iIX II A I. I..Boston Wed. Aft..Feb. 21.

Symphony Mme. Sembrich.Orchestra. Thurs. cv».; Feb. 22.

wnheim c.ericke. I^eonora Jackson.Conductor, __^___^___^—

———Tl.-k'tß. $1 V> to 75c. Now on sale at box office, and

Tyson's i.Mh AT, Hotel* at regular prices.

SEATSFOH THK BIG

BANJO CONCERTtIIKKKHIM.hall.

THI'R«n\Y kvbsx'g, fed'y 22i>.kou SVI.I1. at

J. H. PHIPPS. M«r.. 138 sth Aye..AM) (lII4KKHIM. HALL.

BOARD OF TRADE AND TRANSPORTATIONACTS ON BILLS INTRODUCED

AT ALBANY.

The question of allowingtrucks In F!fth-ave. dur-ing certain hours of the day came up for lengthydiscussion at the meeting of the Board of Tradeand Transportation held yesterday afternoon. Thediwuwlon was started by G. Waldo Smith, whooff.-red a resolution aimed against the Weekes bill,now before the Assembly, regulating traffic inFifth-aye. The resolution was adopted.

The report of 'he Committee on Ocean Trans-portation or. the Fire-Payne Shipping bill offered aresolution indorsing its principles, believing that ItsAdoption would be most promotive of the upbuildingand recreation of an American merchant marine,snd ,v,vr ln& upon Congress the adoption of surhlegislation at the rsi-Uost possible moment, to theend that American ships may regain a fair shareof the ounnrincpf An,tricar Imports and exports.A resolution offered by L. J. Callanan was adopt-*i^Itii trelth Boards belief that the cityof New-York should own the source of its ownwater supply uncontrolled by an Individual or cor-poration and asks the members of both housesof the legislature to pai=s the bill, or bills torepeal the charter of the Ramapo Water Companyand protect the city against all future at™nT tito control the water supply of its citizens

c"'"ll'>

IN FIVE I111 MOROI \Mi MlMt \I. ItrCITALaV >

IVliriuiri1:1 and 23 at Stls, •.l'«"l>runr> -I lit :5:l.". v"Awful Bores"

AXD HUMOROUS AND MI'SICAL SELECTIOXS.IVhruary 27 at «:t5.lVhruart 2S at 3:15.

"The Trials of an Entertainer"AND HUMOROI 8 AND MUSICAL SELECTIOIW.

Tickets »1.50 A |i. at leaaberth'a, 23 Vnion Sq.

RICHARD T. PERCYORIIAX RECTTAU

Marble Collegiate Church. 3th hv. and 29th St.. tM*sflsf*nivn at 4 assisted S3 Mrs. Anna Burch and Sir. D**»Marines. No card of admission required.

CARNEGIE LYCEUM,™3tfm\'. ift-:»Major J B. Pond announces the third

ZSr^r*"

ERNEST SETON-THOMPSON."Wild Animals IHave Net."

Reserved Seats, »1.00. Children Half Price.

MaUHMtUNaWI lIAL.L., THIS AFTERN. ATI™v van rooyEarltone of tN«> Mmurlce Qrau Opera Ox. assisted if

lUUMI VV\ HAY* WETZLGH.Program: Schumann. Schone Wleje metaer LtiJ*3

-W"er maohte Itch so krank? Alt* Imatm: Scnntan ••»Rheln: Brahms. Feldeinsarolieii; I>e Uataacist. AaS)Lleb«- Schulm. s\a«t wo slnd die V>iU-h#n hln; R. 9trsas*Traum durea dl« 1.trrnn<>rur.«. Wijn«r, TriMsaiSchubert. Grtivn^esang: An die Muslk; Set mir \u25a0•srSSB*An Sehwager Kronos.

Res. seats IIMl at SchuHerih's. 23 Union *juara.—^-^^"

IE NEW YORK5 twS KwS ll2^.tTBROADWAY to TQKIO } mj£S2_^P4STOK > COXTIXIOIS »HOWj-vSKVi's "O *3O CK\TS. DAY A.YD .MCljt.SAM A KfTTIE MORTOX. WILHAM3 * TLVk»

ST. MIHOLAS

SKATING RIDIKWEST *iTH ST.. X^**S\g?*£?J£FCIIAMHIONSMIPHOChU.MATCH.

Naval Re«en« vs. St Nicholas 3. C.To-ntrnt at *:15•clock.

Adml»»>on 10 ot*. Skates Ft** .X\r IIArt"C B-way A

la*.St.»E»lWALLACK.J Mat. 3at. at S.

"A TRIVMPH."—HERALD.

OLG\ KETHERSOLE in SAPHO.^14th. Ht. Theatre, nr ath S ,*•'£!££ i*

a.**'

roujLncb or gflllIWraV*

THE UNEVEN TENOR OF THE OPERA.The Maurice Grau Opera Company is still dree-ing its weird at the Metropolitan, and there seem*

to be no Indication that It l* near the end of itssufferings. Another chance of .as t was necessi-tated last night. Miss Zette de Lussan being takeneu<Men!y a**. Juet by way of having everybodytick at once ai,d having It over. Mme. Olltzkatherefore sang Carmen. The opera had alreadybeen changed once before on account of the sick-ness of Mme. 6emb-Jch. Mme. Calve has goneaway 'or a month. But the pap« in the rank* ctthe sopranos are trifling, compared with theslaughter of the tenors. M. Sallgnac has had thegreatest difficulty this season. M AlvareV hasrone home, and Jean ds Reszke never came HerrVan Dyck can.iot sins all the time. Herr DlDDelcan sing the most of the time, and does in alllanguages; an attempt to get a tenor from NewOrleans. ended In a disagreeable misunderstandingend Eignor Perotti was suddenly hustled ud fromthe G*rraania Theatre to the Metropolitan and hasdone yeoman service. It na* sometimes be«-n saidtha.t the opera season does not depend on any one•inger It U lucky It doe« not. It is bad enoughfor it to depend on a dozen singers. enousn

MAYOR RORE CALLS ON MAYOR VAN WYCK.Mayor Rose of Milwaukee called on Mayor VanWyck at the City Hall yesterday and had a few

uisutes' conversation. Mayor Rosa is interestedIn having the next Democratic National Conven-tion, held in Milwaukee. He and Governor GeorgePeck and J. J. *ck are In the city trying to ln-JS£erNN* Yortt Democrat* to help them in the

WOUNDS CAUTERIZED AT GOL'VERNEIJR HOSPI-

TAL—THE AXIMALKILLED BY A POLICEMAN.

James McGrath, twelve years old. of No. 658Water-st., was bitten on the left thigh by a doglast evening while playing at Jackson and Frontsts. He was taken to Gouverneur Hospital wherethe wound wan cauterized.

James Connelly, nineteen years old, of No 339Madlson-st.. while talking with some friends atGouverneur and Madison sts. last evening, was bit-ten In the left leg by a dog that looked like theanimal that bit McGrath. The dog ran down Midi-««on-st. In front of th« police station PatrolmanShine killed the animal. Connelly also was takento Gouverneur Hospital, where the wound was cautwized. It Is thought that the, dog was mad.

GENERAL LVDLOW ON HAVANA PAPERS.

BAYS SOME OF THEM OUGHT TO BE CENSORED.AND TWO SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED.

General William Lurilow, MilitaryGovernor of thecity of Havana, who is making a short visit to thiscountry, said yesterday that strict censorshipshould be established over Havana newspapers."Ido not mean." he said, "that all the newspa-

pers ought to be censored Irefer especially to two—'La Lucha' and 'La Cubano. 1 These papers areno more nor less than the tools of a (rang; ofgamblers and blackmailers. They terrorised all thedecent citizens of Havana by threatening to publishscandals about them, and grew rich by It. Theirattacks upon me were of the same exasperatingnature.

-1Have recommended to Goveraor-QenenU

The rumor that something was in store forCompany F had spread among the friends of thecompany who knew its drill night was Wednes-day, and so the seats around the drillromn werefilled when the rorr.pan_v formed on the floor forthe drill. Company H was drillingat the sametime. Captain Griffinhad twenty -nine men andone commissioned officer

—himself

—on the floor.

Company H had seventeen men and two offi-cers. The advantage of attendance was largely

in favor of Captain Griffin's company.

About 9:30 o'clock, when the company hadbeen put through a number of drills. Captain

Griffin lined up the company in two flies, andread an order from Adjutant-General Hoffman,

disbanding the company, "because of its small

attendance at drills, and also because it is be-low the limit prescribed by law."

The reading of this document was receivedby the members of the company with looks ofIndignation and anger, but there was no demon-stration. Captain Griffin read another order

from Colonel Duffy, announcing that the formaldisbanding of the company would take place

next week, when the transfer of property, etc.,would be effected. A sign of disapproval waschecked by Captain Griffin, who said:

Men. Ineed not tell you that Iam surprised atthis order. There have been rumors affecting thefuture of this company, but Idid not think theywere anything more than rumors. 1 wili tell youwhy, frankly. You have always stood by me inthe past, and you are entitled to all the knowledgeIposses.* as to the events leading up to this un-happy situation.

A wef=k ago. on Monday last, Iwent on h's invi-tation to the oftlce of Major Putnam BradieeStrong, of the staff of Brigadier-General Smith.He showed me a letter from <'olonel Duffy, of the69th. complaining of the small attendance in thiscompany. This letter had gone to Major Strong, a?inspector of the brigade. He asked me what Ihad to say about it. Iexplained the situation ofthings as best Icould without my enlistment booksand other data at hand. Iexplained to the Majorthat Icould make the affair plainer to him If Iwere given a chance to show him the books. Hethen made an appointment to meet me at myoffice the following day, when we would go overthe company books together. Idid tell him, how-ever, tnat it had been impossible to enforce at-tendance at drills, as the regiment had had no de-linquency court since being muster?! out of theUnited States Volunteers.

Major Strong did not keep th« appointment thenext day. and Ithought no more about the matteruntil Ireceived this order of disbandment to-day.Ihad no Idea that Major Strong, when ha Invitedme to his office, was miking an official Investiga-tion of the company. IfIhad Isurely would havecome prepared with the proj/er books.Ibelieve that when the effect of this dlsband-

ment upon the discipline of the regiment is knownto the authorities at Albany this order will be re-scinded. Ithank you now, as Ihave before for yourloyalty to the State, and th* confidence you havealways reposed in me. Iregret that lam the onlycommissioned officer to epress his thanks to you.but Ihave no lieutenants. Two months ago Iasked for an election, but It was refused. Withouta delinquency court to enforce attendance, andwithout lieutenants. Ihave beei corrpelled to strug-gle along the best way 1 could. Your faithfulnessunder these circumstances has been all the morestriking.

Colonel Duffy was not in the armory nor waaany member of the staff present. The reportthat the company had been disbanded spreadrapidly through the armory, and there wasmuch muttering. The trouble was laid to thecontest for the majority and the bad blood thathas existed between Captain Griffin and ColonelDuffy for some time. On the return from campafter the Spanish War, charges were preferredagainst Colonel Duffy. They were signed by anumber of officers. Captain Griffin was believedby Colonel Duffy to have Inspired them. Thecharges were pigeonholed on the way up andnever reached Adjutant-General Andrews. Ithas been reported several times that CaptainGriffin was determined to dig the charges outof the pigeonholes and that Colonel Duffy wasanxious to get rid of him. When the contestfor major began a few weeks ago it was saidthat Griffin would support Captain McCrystal,who was not a favorite with headquarters. Thedlsbandment of the command would thus loseone vote for McCrystal.

TWO /?or* BITTES BY A MAD DOG.

CAPTAIN GRIFFIN'S COMMAND BETNG

WIPED Ol'T-FIGHT FOR MAJOR AL-

LEGED TO BE THE CAUSE.

Swift confirmation of the reports of furthertrouble In the «tf»th Regiment was brought bythe happenings of last night at the armory.Company F, commanded by Captain Anthony J.Griffin, marched out on the drill floor In all theglory of its uniform, but before It marched offit had practically ceased to be an organization

of the National Guard.

SIXTYNINTH COMPANY DISBANDS.

MAT RE HELD ON JUNE 5.It wis Bald by various members of th? Demo-

cratic National Committee who were In the cityyesterday on their way to attend the .meeting InWashington, that the Democratic National Con-ventlan will undoubtedly b<» held much earlier thanusual this year. June 6 was named as the probabledate. Great interest was manifested as to whowould be named for the second place on the ticket.

ARRIVALS ON THE LAfIN.Among the passengers who arrived last ntght at

Quarantine on board the North Oi»rm.in Lloydsteamer Latin, from Bremen, were, Adolf Fischer,Count Khtvenhuller. Dr. Carl Mirtl,Princess AgnesBalm-Halm. Direktor Carl Ti«ttan and Herr Henrywjurneft

A committee was appointed to-day to ascertainwhat work was being none by the contractors out-side Chicago. Their information will be presentedto the National organisation, which has alreadyexpressed i'a desire to aid the local men In svarjway, and strikes will be ordered. MuHdii gs inNew-York. Moston and Philadelphia, as well as Inmany other cities, it is asserted, are in course ofconstruction by firm* which are members of thePuiiding Contractors' council.

STRIKER TO BE ORDERED IN OTHER CITIES ON

BUILDINGS on WHICH CHICAGO CON-

TRACTORS ARE AT WORK.

Chicago. Feb. 14.—

The Building Trades < "ouncilto-day announced through Its secretary thnt theNational Building Trades Council would be calledon to order strikes in other cities on all buildings

being constructed by <"hlc,-tgn contractors who havelocked out union labor.

TO Alit CHICAGO WORKMEN

DBLAT IN SIGNING KUHK-LOBB AGREE-

MENT SAID TO BE DUE TO DISSATIS-

FACTION WITH THE COMPANY

FOR PAYING IT.

Th* Third Avenue Railroad Company declared aquarterly dividend of 1 per cent yesterday, a re-duction of one-fourth of 1 per cent from the lastdividend, paid in November. Three years ago thecompany paid upward of 9 per cent for the year.Subsequently the rate was reduced to 7 per c.nt,

then to 5 per cent, and now to a basis of 4 per cent.

In 1896 the company's net earnings were $1,269,000,against J706.0U0 in the .ast fiscal year. The out-standing capital stock of the company is now$l<s,oflo,oi»>, no that the quarterly divluend declaredyesterday represents the. disbursement of $160,000.

Although Edward I^auterbach announced on Tues-d ly lhat arrangements had been made by whichi le floating debt and present emergencies Of theThird Avenue Railroad Company would he takencare of by the Kuhn-Loeb syndicate, on a basisof 5 per cent, instead of 6 per cent, as had beenoriginally proposed, the afTeemes! which wouldmake that plan operative has not yet been signedby the parties In interest, and it was rumored yes-terday thai the delay was due to dissatisfaction bythe syndicate with tlie action of the railroad com-pany's directors in declaring a dividend of any sizevi the present time, m view of the fact that thecompany's Moating debt, representing unsecuredobligations, exceeds the capital stock, and will beIncreased by several million dollars within thenext year. H is said on good authority, howeverthat there is a good prospect that an agreementwill yet be signed, although it is the impression inthe financial district that still further modificationsare likely to be made. It is reported that James RKeene is now interested in the Third Avenue Com-pany.

Third Avenue stock yesterday ranged between106% and 10214, at 102%, a net loss for theday of 3% P« r cent.

THE THIRD AVENUE'S DIVIDEND.

The sunken steamer was formerly the FlashLight, an English .ship which was purchased byan Italian firm. Her captain was Salvature Sam-pagnanl, and on January 24 she sailed from LJver-pool for Genoa with a cargo of coal. She was Introuble before that. In passing down the Merseyshe had been in collision with an old EnglishIronclad and the ancient man-of-war had torn ahole In her forecastle and carried away the riggingof her foremast. She wan laid up for repairs fora week and then her captain became Impatient andtook her out to sea with her rigging still askewand with a clumsy patched-up injection pipe. Hedecided not to put in at Waterford or Tusca todrop the pilot, but against the protest of thelatter, whose name is David NeWiiail. ordered theHtraightest course for Genoa. The ship ran intoa gale and began to leak. When there wore sixfeet of water in the hola signals of distress wererun up. It wus lucky for the Italians that theFournel came along, saw the signals and lay by onJanuary 29. The Frances. o Grasso was then ISOmiles southwest of the Scllly Isles and leakingdangerously.

The Liverpool pilot sayp he was sent over to theFournel in a small boat to arrange for the rescueof the pinkinj,' steamer's crew. Captain Duponttold him to go back and bring the captain, hepay«, and tnen Captain Sampagnani crossed overto the Fournel. I' was late in the afternoon andthe sr-a wa> running high, so it Waa decided to

effect the rescue soon. The crew began coming offat 9 o'clock and all night long the work continued,

the last man being taken -"'ff noxt morning. Th<?Francesco Orasso'a Btern was then far under water.A few minutes later sh. sank.

None of the shipwrecked seamen saved anythinghut the clothing on their hacks. They are not kindIn their accounts of Captain Sampagnani, butNewhall, the pilot, who says he is an Americancitiaen, says that "a crew of Dagoes is pretty poorat best, and this was a crew of Dagoes at theirworst

" Newhall pays, however, that he remon-strated with the captain when the latter put out

to sea and told him he was taking the lives of hi»men In his hands. The Francesco Grasso sankin latitude 47" JO', longitude 6' 10.

FRENCH FREIGHTER POTJRNEL, RRINGS IN'

MEN RESCUED FROM STEAMER

FRANCESCO URASSO.

The French freighter Fournel, which arrivedhere yesterday morning from Bordeaux andHavre, brought Into port the crew of fifteen of theItalian steamer Francesco Grasso, which Is nowat the bottom of the sea. A Uverpool pilot whoWjS on board thi- latter vessel and three meji

working their passage also were rescued andbrought here.

CREW OF SINKING SHIP RESCUED.

Wood the suppression of thpsr two newspapersand others of that class, and 1 hope the AmericanGovernment wili adopt strinßent measures againstthem."

Steamer Maniuctte (Br). Gates. London February 3, withmdse and 'J3 cabin passengers to Atlantic Transport Co.Arrived at the Bar at 6:20 p m.

Steamer Oceanic <Br). Cameron, Liverpool February 7and Queenstown 8, with nada*, .^2 cabin and 494 steeragepassengers to the White Star Line. Arrived at the Barat 8:48 a m.

Steamer Lahn (Oar), Pohle, Bremen February 6 andSouthampton 7, with mds» and passengers to <><*lrlch« &Co. Kast of Fire Is>;nnd at 7:30 p m.

Steamer Noordland (Belg). I>«.«ewitz. Antwerp February3. with mdse. I"cabin and 4f>." Rteernge pawengers to In-ternational Navigation Co. Arrived at the Bar at 8:24a m.

Steamer Fournel 'Kr». Dupont, Bordeaux January 20and Havre 'M. with mdse, to the Compagiile GenerateTrsnsatlantiii'ie. Arrived at the Bar at I a m.

Steamer NeustrtS (Fr>, Sagols. Marseilles January 25and Naples :.'S. with mdse ii.1 W Ktwell & c,,. PassedIn Sandy Hook at 1:15 a m. 14th. >

Steamer I'rlns Frederlk Hendrlk (Dutch), Yon d»-r Goot.Paramaribo January 21. Demerara 22, Trinidad 38, Caru-paoo 27 Cumana and Quanta 2H. La Guayra 30 PortoCabello 31. Curacao February 3. Jacmel .'> Aux Cayes fland Port a" Prince 8, with imiso and 11 passengers toKunhardt A Co. Arrived at the Bar at 1:."io a m.

Steamer Trinidad (Br), Frailer. Bermuda February 12.with mdse and .'>.'! cabin passengers to A E Outerbrldge& Co. Arrived at the Bar at 4:43 p m.

Steamer Orlgen (Nor). Hegge. Kingston February 2Salt River 3. Morant Bay 4. Port Maria and St Ann'sRay ft, Montego Pay «n.i Savanna Ij» Mar « »nd Kings-ton S. with mdse .hiI5 cabin passengers to the Tweedl«Trading Company. Arrived at the Bar at 2:43 p m.

steamer Ouyan^.olte. IHUer. Richmond. Newport Newsand Norfolk, with mdse and pnssengers to Old DominionSs CO.

Steamer Alstnbom, Gllllngham. Baltimore February ISwith mds* to H C Foster.

Steamer Hudson, Halsev. New-Orleans February 7, withmd; c and passengers to B S Allen

Steamer Henry L Onw. Gtlllngham. Baltimore FebruaryIS, with mdse to H i' Foster.

Steamer F \V Bruno, Hastings. Baltimore February 1.with mdse to ii c Foster.Steamer <V>manche. Pennlngton, Jacksonville February

10 and Charleston 12, with mass and passen(e;a to W PClyde a Co.

Steamer Paula (Oar), Hettrreyer. Hamburg January27, In ballast to Philip Ruprecht. Arrived at the Bar at2:20 p m

Sandy Hook. N J. FVb 14-0:30 p m—Wind southwest,light bp»ei«; fair.

BAILED.Steamer* AIIlama, for Colon; Princess Anne. Norfolk

and Newport Newa; Chalmette, Orleans; <*rlbbe«(Br>, Demerara, etc, Alamo, Galveston: Yucatan, Havana,etc; Algonquin. Charleston and Jacksonville.; Niagara,Tampion, etc: Rettormel <Br). Philadelphia; Evelyn, Nor-folk; Pclplo (Ital), Newport News; Kensington (Br>. Ant-werp; N«w-YorV. Southampton,

I'nlteii States transport McClellan, Puerto Rico, ate.THF MOVEMENTS OF BTEAMERB.

FOREIGN PORTSSouthampton. Feb 14— Arrived, steamer Baal* (Gert.

Mlrow. New-\ork for Bremen. 4:4« p m—Sailed. steamerAller (Gert. I'etermann, Bremen for New-

TORT Of NEW-YORK—WHDNEKDAY, FEB. U. 1900.ARRIVED.

SHIPPING NEWS.

Vessel. For. Line. Malls close. Vessel sails.La. Garcogne. Havre. French 7:00 am 10:00 amColumbia, Naples, Jlamb- Am 9.00 am 11:00 amPeninsular, Azores Empress 6:30 am 10:00 amArdandearg, Manila. Barber

—Sarmatian, Glasgow. Allan-StateKnt of St Geor»» Melbourne. V S&Aust

——HeathcraiK. China. PerryCapri. Rio Janeiro. I' S & Brazil 12:00 m 2:00 pmTiler. St Kltts. Demerara 1:00pm 3:oopmChalmette. New-Orleans. Morgan 3:00 pm

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16.Orlgen, Jamaica. Booth 1:00pm 3:00 pmRio Grande, Brunswick. Mnllnry , 3:00 p mCoraanthe, Charleston. Clyde ,1:00 pmEl Surf. New-Orleans, Morgan 3:00 pm

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17.Trave. Naples N. G. Lloyd 9:00 a m 11:00 a mEtniria. Liverpool, Cunard 4:30 am K:ooamGraf Waldersee, Hamburg. Hamb-Am. 6:30 a mWerkendam, Rotterdam, Hoi Am S:00 a m 10:00 a mHavana, Havana. N. Y. & Cuba ll:mam 1:00 pmOntario. Hull. Wilson"Trinidad. Bermuda. Quebec :iii»,im10:00 a. mAltai. Jamaica, Atlas 10:00 a m 12:00 mSan Juan. San Juan. N. Y. * P. R. . 11:00 a m 1:00 pmConcha Galveston, Mallory 3:00 pmHudson, NewOrleans. Cromwell 3:oOpmIsland, ("hrlstlannand. Srand-Am 11:00 am 1:00 pmDominic, North Brazil,Booth 1:00 pm 8:i)Op mI*auenburg. Nuevlta*. Munaon . 1:00 p m .1:00 pmGrenada. Trinidad. Trinidad 11:00 am l:uopm

TODAY

TO-DAT.Vessel. From. Line.

Nordby Hambu.g. January 21 \u0084.Bolivia Gibraltar, January 26 AnchorHerschel St Lucia. February 7.Lamport * HoltMarengo Newcastle, January 30 WilsonHindoo Hull. February 2 WilsonEastern Prince St Lucia. February 8 Prince

FRIDAY.FEBRUARY 16.Campania Liverpool, February 10 CunardJlora Huelva. February 1City of Augusta Savannah, February 13 Savannah

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17.St. Louis Southampton, February 10. .AmericanLa Touralne Havre. February 10 FrenchPhoenicia Hamburg. February 5 Hamh-Am.British Queen. .... .Antwerp. February 4. PhoenixManhanset Dundee. February 3P.rlstol City Swansea. February 3 Bristol CityMichigan London, February 4 At TransAr.tilU Nassau. February 12 NassauIroquols Jacksonville. February 14 Clyde

OUTGOING STEAMERS.

INCOMING STEAMERS.

Although there are still some refrigerator eggs,

by far the larger part arriving are very fine qual-ity of new laid. Prices for raeli have declined from1-S'j cents at the beginning of February to 131*cents to-day. A year ago the wholesale rate was29 cents. With the price now only a trifle over onecent each, eggs are probably the cheapest foodobtainable.

Announcements.

K. & W. DRESS SHIRTS. E. & W.Perfect In every detail.

MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINTATI'RH ALMANAC.Punrlse 6;."B Sunset 5:34]M00n rises pm 6:5S] Moon's age 15

HIGH WATER.

A.M.—

Bands Hook R:os!Gov Island B:37'Hell Gate 10:2«P.M.—Sandy Hook 8:32 Gov Island 9:04 He1l Gate 1O:53

LIVELY TIMES IN THE EGG TRADE.The exceptionally mild weather In January evi-

dently made the hens think that spring: had ar-rived. At any rate, new laid eggs have beenshipped to this market In surprising quantitiesthis month. Kor the last three days receipts were33.296 cases— about six times as many a» came dur-ing the corresjwndlng three days of last year,

when 5,729 cases were received. Most of the canescontain thirty dozen.

Manchester. F«b—Arrived, steamer Straho (Br). Jar-

<Jln»>. N»-» Tork.Dungeneas, Feb 14

—Passed, steamer Maaadam <Putch>.

lUkker. New-York for Rotterdam.Plymouth. rV«v 14 l' a m— Suled. steamer Pennsylvania

(Gen. Splledt (from' Hamburg. New-York.Butt of Lewis, Feb 14— Pa»*e«1. steamer NlcolalIItl'*n>.

Mlehelsen. New-Tork for Copenhagen.Pram- Point. K«-t- 14—Passed, steamer Palatta <Qert.

Resiling-, Naw-York fcr Hamburg.Scllly, Keb 14—10:10 a m—Passed, steamer Saale f«>er\

Mlrww, New-York (M Bremen.Bremen, K»b 13—Hulled, sterner Washington (Ocr). TMnk-

I««e. New-York.Hamburg;. rVt> Arrived, steamer Winifred (Br). Clark.

New-York.Antwerp, Fob 12— Arrived, steamer Bouthwark (Br),

B«n.:». New-Tork.Rotterdam. Feb

-Arrived. steamer Brilliant (Qert.Keller. N.w-York.

Horiltaux. Feb It—

Arrived, steamer Panama iTr\.Curet. New-York.

Mm. Feh 12—ArrlvnX steamer Augusts Victoria (O«r).K.»«rupff. New- York. vw Alflern. Me (on Orient trust*).'8t Hlchael, r»b H—Arrived, steamer Tartar Prlnc*(Br», McKar. N'ew-Tork for Genoa, etc._

Buanoa Ayr-. fcYb 14— Arrived, steamer Arraamoor <Br».Paat. N.w-Voch.

Cloak Department.Clearance Sale of Entire Stock of Oat-door Oininti. r

Jackets, —various Cloths,—

tight-fitting or box front—

trimmed with far, braiding; and embroidery. Plain orelaborate models. Lined with silk. Colors and black.

$3.50, $6.50 and $1O.OO; '.:£ jFormerly $10.00 to *3.VO<». 4?^

Cloth Capes. Velour Capes and Coats, handsomely em-broidered with cut jet and trimmed with fur. OperaCloaks made of Silk, Satin or Cloth,

At one-half usual prices.

James McCreery & Co.,Twenty-third Street.

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBTTSB. THVRKnAT. FEBRFART lft 1900.

nJMBI BS DOWJS A STAIRWAY AT X^W-

YORK ATHLETIC CLUB.

BROKER KILLED BY AFALLJJEr* Jlint's Fine Furniture

Quotations for Relic Hunters."In New York they ("furniture antiques."

Made by the latter-day mjuhlnery.i are solduublushi'njrly aa original pieces." "Furnituremade in this country stands the climate herevery much ln>tt<>r than tlu- genuine old piecesdo."— lho "Art Amateur."

There is a tvholo sermon In those two quota-tions for any purchaser of artistic furniture.There is anoth. t here: We make the choicestfurniture in all the richest, quaintest, best an-tique styles. And. Because wo make it our-selves, we sell it at factory prices.

BUYOFTHE WAKcR"

Geo. G.Flint Co.43.45 and 47 WEST 23?ST.

NEAR BROADWAY.

FACTORY: 154-VkND 156 WEST I^STRCf!

The directory gives Mr Oltman as a brokerwith an office at No. 20 Broad-st.

There were only a f«.w members in the club, at the timo the aecide-nt occurred. The man

was discovered lying:unconscious at the bottom

of the j=tr:rs a moment after the fall. A callwas at nr.ce sent for an ambulance, and phy-

sicians in the cluhhouse at the time were sum-moned. The broker died before the physicians

reached his side. His death was due to afracture of the skull. The police say that thedeath warn purely accidental.

SAID TO BE JOHN B. OLTMAN. WHO LIVES

AT PIERMONT. N. T.

A member of the New-York Athletic Club was

almost Instantly killed in the elubrooms soonafter I o'clock this morning, by falllnp down

a flight of stair?. The police said t*he man was

John B. Oltman. a broker, whose address is

(riven at Piermont, N. Y. The address of hisbrother was said to be No. 107 West Eighty-

second-st. This report was similar to the one

made by the Coroner, and a permit was Issuedfor the removal of the body to the addressof his brother.

HOME XEWB.

JA3IES McCKEERY & CO.,Broadway and 11th St.

Open back and front. Cuffs at-tached or separate.

95 cents each.

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