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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, W E B N E S D A Y , OCTOBER 4, 1899. B T O iiitm : MDsriE in im . Board of Estimate fs. Opposed to Increasing the Cost of Run ning Departrrients. ^ ^ — ; . NEEDS OF BROOKLYN CHARITIES. M o n e y fo r Im p r o v e m e n t s W ill B e A l- low e d , b u t T h r o u g h B o n d Iss u e H a t h e r T h a n Ahe B u d g e t. Thf BoarO/of Estim a le took up to-day (be proVl-sional^f^iimates of the Public C h a rities. C n rrectio!^am i Firo D epartm euts, devoting ail to these three departn3em«. • ^ 'S g o n e r a l policy of allowing no Incrra-ses cl' salaries in any deparim c n ts wass a n n o u n ced by the .Mayor when ii became evidonr. that heads of departinenis wore looking for many such increases. .Mayor Van Wyck said the board had agreed hot lo aliotv any increases over present salaries for next year. The annouiicenient, win da.sb the hujics of m any men -in \ th e city ’s 'employ who have been hoping for generous raises. The C h a rities ’Departinem was heard first to-day, Commissioner John W. K e ller pre- •enling the estim a te for M anliaiian and the Bronx. Commissioner Adolph .Simis, jr.. foi* Brooklyn and Queen* and roinnuesioncr John Feeney for Richmond. Mr. Simi.s m ade an carnesi and effective ap peal’ for exten.^ive ''im p roveinenis to the* Brooklyn plant and impressed the memb<TS of the boaia.l. The money for pan of the iin- prqvQiqcntR will probab/y ne allowed, but through a boinl issue raihc-r than in the bud get. Mr: Sjmi.s askf^J for a total ot as against an alIou-an.?s ihis year of ?:j;J2,7r)8. The m ayor caJled aueniiou to the fact that his'dem a n d s were more than double, or an in crease,x»f ?3i0..740. Salarie.s were discussed in detail. Mr. Sim is wants for ne.xt. year 998, an increa.se of about $23,000. He wa.s in formed the board would refuse to increase any salaries of present employes. He asked for the following additional cmiiloycs in the a-'njshouse; Two orderlies, two hospita: help- ^ers, two engineers, two firemen and one clerk, making a total salary list of SG.138. These ■were required, ho e.xfjJained. to comply nutb the labor law and to look after the sick lie hospital there. Mr. Feeney also wanted a m o rgue and a m orgue .keeper. ‘T suppose you’ll have to get a morgue if you appoint a m o rgue.keeper,” said the Mayor. F ire • C ommissioner Scannell presented the Fire D epartm ent estim a te for M anhattan and the Bronx. Ho asked for $2,895,112, $3S3,325)50. more than allowed this year: $182,525.50 of the increase was for salaries. $130,800 for sup plies and $70,000 for a new fire boat. Mr. Scannell said the old fire boat Havemeyer was no .use’ whatever. He was told all the in creases of present employes salaries would be disallowed. Mr. Scannell said a large part of the salary increase was mandatory. He also needed a num b e r of new men in the depart ment for its extension. ' The Brookl>Ti and Queens estim a te was presented by Deputy Commissioner Tully, who asked hDr $1,895,795.52. an increase of $247,603,87. Most of this sum was for new men required. At headquarters Mr. Tully said ho needed a bookkeeper, two clerks and an engineer to replace uniformed men. F o r the uniform ed force he wanted six new foremen, eighteen assistan t forem en to be promoted, th i r t y fourth grade firemen to take places of prom oted m en. eighty-six fourth grade firemen to s trengthen com panies in bus iness districts, ken fourth grade men for the theater detail and forty fourth grade m en for four new companies. These fourth grade men win receive $800 each o r a total of $133,600. .\Ir. Tully also asked for another fireboat. He had but two to cover a forty m ile shore front. The apparatus and supply item reached $106,900. $70,000 of which was for the fireboat. Part of this was for new hose equipm ent and for horse-shoeing. The estim a tes of the correction departm e n t were supplied by Com m issioner Lanby and Deputy Commissioner Kerwin. For the entire departm ent Mr. L a n try asked $69,710 increase over this year’s appropriation. For Brooklyn were as follows IL COURT SLATE. WHITE OEF TO DURBAN. APPEAL TO OEPUBLICANS. Walsh, Lynch, Coettirrg;, Furgueson and Naumer Selected for the Democratic Ticket. THERE ARE OTHER CANDIDATES. I t I s L ik e ly , H o w e v e r , T h a t th e M e h N a m e d W ill Be N o m in a ted W i t h o u t O p p o s ition. lyoo. JG-l.SfK) 7U.000 SliripUcS ....................................... llfj'iiirs i.« ar:tl 'l'r:iii:i'iiiii‘iaUui) o f insano Sitj.iillos for Ivin«:.‘« i'oiint.%- i 1 vn i i i» t y ft »r m ii nu fa f l u to ili.o.-littrtit'il :.’..0'io l.SUU iVn- l.i'ou ‘J.' h 'J 7.6. OuO ''HOPS .......................................... i.'i'\.' i .O do Totnl .............................................. .$. 20 i,:isy «2irr..6;)o M a n h a ttan ........... JirooJcJyn . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... . SttS.40'1 ;,:uu in e r f u s o ........................... .Mr. L a n try said hit? salary increases were for liie (‘Quallzation of salaries and paying union wug(?s. Owing to the larger num b er of insfitiitions. he would require 10,000 tons of coal, double this year's am o u n t, at an extra e.xpcnse of $19,000. .Mr. L a n try estim a ted that supplies would all bctslighlly higher next year. The board will continue to-morrow. VICE PRINCIPAL INDICTED. ^ crow d ed into the almshouse from the hospital. Mr. S ^ i a tried to get Iii.s p u rchasing agent's ©alary raised from $900 ro'$l..S00 and the Bteward from $ 1,200 to $1..700. N o need lo talk.” said the Mayor, “ we are HOC 'going to allow any increases in any de partm e n t and th a t is settled. Vou could talk all day. but it would not do any good.” -Mr. Sim is procoeJed to toll o f the hospital's needs. He said be intended ro open the two new wings by Xoveniber 15. January 1. cer tainly. and needeJ the following euiploven there: Two engineers, two firemen', one watch m an, five orderlies, an assistant superintend ent of the training school and a num b er of trained and pupil mirse.*^. The total expenses he estim areu at .$13,320. It was evident from the» interest of the Controller and the Mayor th a t these addiional employes will be alloweil. The Brooklyn deportm ent will also got the $20,000 increase asked for supplies. .Mr. Simis pul in a dem and for $20u,000 for this purpose. He based ihe Increase upon higher prices and th e growth of the institution. He explained, he had no storehouse and ronsequentlv used j since been seen there, up suppHe.s as fast as delivered. Coming to ibo ireni for improveineiu.s and repairs. $.>24,000, .Mr. Simi.s lold of the new buildings he needed. He asked for $28.000'for a uurae.s’ home; $7,000 for an extension to the idiots pavilion, vvhich ho exf»lained was so overcrowded that the inniares .bad m any of them to sleep on iho fioor of the present structure: $25,0OO for toilet rooms for the old hospital i;u;liiing. the saniiar.v arrangem e n ts of whicTi have been condenined by the Boarci of Hetiith; on infatits’ hospjraJ: .$16,000 for a consum p tives’ paviliun: $.’ 0,000 eacji for two pavilions to be added to H im A lm shouse: $75.- 000 for an eleetrir* lighting and heating plant; $li).Xi00 for u'aier supply, and tiicne}’ for a garbage creuiaiory. P r o f e s s o r D o g g e t t C h a rged W ith. O p e n in g L e t t e r s of H i s A s s o c iates an d R e t a i n i n g Them . One of the indictm e n ts found by the Fed eral Grand Jury, which adjourned yesterday afternoon, accuses ■\ViUiam E. Doggelt, vice principal of the Boys’ High School, of having Intercepted and de.stroyed letters addressed lo Professor H. O. B e rnhardt and Professor J. P. Byrne, both instructors in the .school. There are two points on each charge; that is .Mr. Doggelt is accused, first, of having taken the letters m entioned from the letter carrier, without authority from the person concerned, and, secondly, of having in each case destroyed the letter.^. The letter to Professor B e rnhardt, accord ing to the indictm ent, was taken on Septem ber 19, and I’nat for Professor Byrue on June 9. Professor Byrne and Professor B e rnhardt were both seen this afternoon by an Eagle reporter, but they refused to say anything b u t they refused to a ’oout the case whatever. Mr. Doggett was at the commercial branch of the High Sc'nool until the lunch hour to day. after which he disappeared and has not The M ayor said. .Mr. Siini.s wanted to do lots of building. . “It is ail fr: Liir- iniere.-:r of rhe instiuiCioti-s. i 1 assure you.” said .Mr. Simis. “The con- I aumpUvR ward is liorribly overcrowded and is J dangerous. It ought lo lic removed from the r other building.*. Tfie alinsliouse has been con demned a.'i inatUquuio by the Grand Jur.v and the pavilions are absolutely reqtiired to ac- comniodaie the sick and keep the inm a tes from .sleeping in !h“ and o n 't h e sta ir ways. If you give me the lighting plant I ask I intend to abolish gas and save the city money. The snnie is tru e of the garbage and w a ter item s. VW have to pay exorbitantly foj* w a ter and light and we ought to funii.sh them oui '. sp I ve.s. T need n storehouse tor which ( risk $26, oih ;. a i present I have to adopt iriakcshifis. using rooms in the various buildings.” .Mr. Simis impre.-isod the board w ith his Btatement. He was asked if he had tried to get money befo:e. “ E v e ry year.” said he “ but Brooklyn was alway.-,* too poor to give it. r sim ply desire to p u t the institutions in good condition and keep them so.” Senator Brus.b and Homer Folk.s of the Stale C h a rities .\iJ .Association were present to corroborate .Mr. Simla. Senator Brush was heard and sptdce of the urgent necessity r,-, relief in the idiots' paviliou. the alm s- «w..^2jouse and the foiisum p tivf ward. The “May or ,bad his sienogrup'ner make notes of ihc S e n a tor’s recom niciulat ions, but said th a t su c h . p e rm a n e n t improvemeut.s ’would have to come b u t of bond issues, ro n tr o ller Color agreed with him. Conamis-sionfM' Kelicr, prest-nftng the Man- b a ltan and Bronx esiinnuc. asked for $394.- 884 m o re than 'iu> .eo; ibis year. He asked for a to t a l 'o f $1,975,616. Tbl:s year he got $1,580,732 Mr. KeJjer said he desjj-ed to in augurate a new system of bookkeeping In the de'i)anm eni—th a t the preseni system in use lo r rnany year.s was rotten and useless. Mayor M’yck agreed he ought lo have a proper •ystdm. The item s were exam ined in detail, com- . m encing w ith salaries, and ft soon becam e ap parent that Mr. Keller bad increa.sed many Balarie.s last sum m er. Tn alm o st every in s ti tution bis sa l a r y list outran this y e a r ’s ap propriation. ■ T h e Mayor referred to the ap • r . » . r v , ........ -I.. »‘ach — MC CULLAGH WILL PROSECUTE. F i n d s G ross V i o l a t i o n s of P r i m a r y L a w on P a r t o f E lectio n Officers i n Sheeban^s D istrict. John McCullagh. Superintendent of Elec tions lor the nietropoliian election district, announced to-day th a t he had in his possec- slon evidence of violations of law at the p r i m ary election on Septem ber 19 last in the N inth Assembly D istrict of M anhattan, where John C. Sheehan is leader. Mr. McCullagh stated that, he had conferred with the A ttor ney G eneral wii'n a view of having the Gover nor appoint a special term of the Suprem e Court to investigate the cases. Leader Sheehan, who won a t the prim a ry election, defeating his opponent in Tam m any Hall, sent a letter to Mr. McCullagh on Monday com p laining of violations of law by election officer.s and asserting th a t “ the elec tion officers were undoubtedly aided anti abetted in their efforts to override the law ' dv parties higher up. and it seem s to me th a t if the cases are energetically ptished such parties may be brought to the surface and punished.” Superintendent McOullagli replied to Mr. Sheehan, statin g that the evidence subm itted by him fuliy ccri’oboruled the charges made and that the m a tter should have his imme diate attention. Mr. McCullagh to-day defined his position in the m a tter referred to. He said th a t last year he paid no attention vvhatever to the prim a ry election, but that under an am end ment to the election law. chapter 302. Laws of 1899. he had the power to investigate any violation of the prim ary election laws. Mr. McCuilagb further stated that he would ask the A ttorney General. Mr. Davies, to designuic one of h is (the .M torney’s) depu ties to act as counsel in proaeciitliig the Xiiuh D istrict cases, .^iich deputy attorney, Mr. Mu- Cullagh said, would have power to empldy other ■•ouns«?l to assist him and could call upon rhe Distri.;t .Mtorney of Xew York Poum y and any of bi.s asslstanis as w«?li as the pvlice officials to aid him. On Thursday night the Democrats will nom inate Municipal Court justices in the five districts of the borough. The men now slated for the places are the following: F irst D istrict—John J. Walsh. Second D istrict—John Xaumer. Third D istrict—'William J. Lynch, F o u rth D istrict—.\dolpb Goetting. F ifth D istrict—Cornelius Furgueson. There may be one change in this slate, but even th a t is not probable. The F ir s t D istrict is Dem ocratic by a large m a jority and the Third and F ifth ought to elect the Dem ocratic candidates. The Second is Republican by several thousand votee, while the F o u rth m ay be carried- by t ’ne Dem ocrats, ; Uhough the chances favor the Utpubllcans. The F ir s t D istrict com prises the F irst, Sec ond, Third, Fourth. F ifth, Sixth, T e n th and Tw elfth W ards; the Second, the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth. E leventh, Twentieth, Twenty- first. Twenty-second and T w e n ty-third; the Third, the T h irteenth. Fourteenth, F ifteenth. Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nine teenth; t ’ne F o u rth, the Tvventy^fourth, Twen ty-fifth, Twenty-sixth. Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eignth; the Fifth, the Tw enty-ninth, T h irtieth, T h ir ty-first and Thirty-second. The one district in which there may be a change in the slate is the Third. Almost every ward there has a candidate. John J. W alsh, who is selected lo be the candidate in the F irst D istrict, Is at present an assistan t corporation counsel. H is father, the late .Andrew 'Walsh, was for m any years judge of the City Hall district police court. When he died his son. then a very young man. was appointed to serve out the father's unexpired term . Then he was reappointed for a full term . W hen the Democratic party re turned to power In 1898 Judge W alsh was made an assistan t corporation counsel. He lives in the F ifth W ard and has been for years one of the lieutenants of the Second .Assembly D istrict leader, John M. Clancy. John Xaum nr is a resident of the Twenty- third Ward. He is the law partner of Cor rections Com m issioner Adolph Simis. He has never been p a r ticularly prom inent in poli tics. W illiam J. Lynch, who is most likely to win the nom ination in the Third D istrict, Is deputy county clerk, a position which he has held for many years. .Adolph Goetting. form erly a police justice. ; is now the civil justice in the Fourth Dis trict. having been appointed by M ayor Van Wyck. He is a German. Cornelius Furgueson, also t^pointed a m uni cipal court justice for the F ifth D istrict by Mayor Van W yck. ha.s a large following in his section of the borough and ought to win. G o etting will have a hard fight on his hands, but If he secures the German vote, or a large part of ic. h is chances of succes.«= will be good. The candidates on the Democratic county ticket are all preparing to make a stiff fight. Mr. H u b erty said this m o rning that he had not decided w h e ther to open headquarters down town or not. It is probable, however, th a t he will. Senator M cCarren was not a t the auction room to-day. As he has not been th e r e for about a week his absence caused some com m e n t. To an E a g le reporter, who found him a t his office the Senator said; “ I have been kept here by im p o rtant busi ness. I believe the courlly ticket is a good one and I shall of course give it my hearty support. I,alw a y s support the nominees of the p a r ty .” ''C o n t in u e d F r o m P a g e 1. ''E n g land has refused everythiug, even arbi tration :” H a r c o u r t A g a i n A t t a c k s C h a m b e r lain ’s P o licy . London, October 4—Sir W illiam Vernon- H a rcourt, the distinguished Llbertft states man, m em ber of P a rliam e n t for West Mon m o uthshire, has anoth e r slashing attack in to-day’s, p apers upon the policy of the Secre tary o f ..State for the Colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. He r e iterates his original state m ent that Mr. C h a m b e rlain’s assertion that the T ransvaal refused to redress the griev ances of the O u tlanders Is the reverse of the case and he insists th a t Great Britain is re sponsible for \slam m ing the door in the face of President K ruger Just w h e n arrangem ents were approaching settlem e n t.” The London Stock Exchange was influ enced during the opening hours to-day by vague rum o rs th a t Queen V ictoria had cabled to P resident K ruger and President Steyn, holding out the olive branch, and. by a re port th a t the Boers had been defeated in a sm all engagem ent. Prices rose, but there was a speedy re lapse when both stories were discredited. P r o b a b le P l a n of B o e r C a m p a ign. The various announcem e n ts regarding Boer m ovem ents seem to indicate th e ir probable plan of cam paign in th e event of hostilities. T h e ir chief force, apparently, would surround the narrow' stretch of N a tal territory juttin g Into the Transvaal, th u s threatening L a ing's Neck, Charlestow n and Dundee; w’hile the Orange Free State com m and from H a rrlsm lth is expected to operate near Van Reenan’s Pass, thus threaten ing Ladysm ith. M ilitary critics., a r e confident that Great B ritain will hold h e r own in Xatal. The Free State commandoes appear to be moving slow ly. It is probable th a t th e governm ent has loaned a portion of the Free State artillery t’o the T ransvaal. The only concentration at present is a t H ar- rism ith In the northeastern section of the Free State and a t Boshoft, northw e st of Bloemfontein, a position- threatening the towns of Rouxville and fourteen stream s where the B u rghers expect th e aid of the dis loyal portion of the farm e rs a t Aliwal North. The staff of General S ir Redvers Duller, who is to command the B ritish forces in South Africa, has been officially gazetted. It Is the largest since the Crim ean W ar. A Circular Urging Enrolled Voters to Activity Is Now Being Printed. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS. L a t e s t P h a s e s of t h e S t r u g g l e s f o r N o m in a t i o n s in M u n i c ip a l C o u r t D i s t r i c t s . The Republican organization men are in high feather to-day and th e .c o u n t y candi dates feel t h a t they w ill win. One of the Re publican leaders tried t o place a .b e t on Con gressm an Howe against J. M orrlsey Gray for. R e g is ter and a D em o cratic friend refused to put up, he said. H e now takes this as the equivalent for a whole fielii o f straw' to show which way th e wind is hlowiog. It is ac knowledged by the^ Republican leaders th a t W illiam W alton Is a stron g m an. John F. Clark they also know to he a strong man, but they believe D istrict A ttorney Steele can convince the public th a t h e deserves their support. R e p o rts of grow ing strength in va rious districts are com ing in to make the atm o sphere of th e headquarters m o re agree able than ever. There is ju s t one thing th a t every leader knows is the m o st im p o rtant feature to he brought out, and th a t is th e disiaclinatlon of the people to go to th e polls in a cam p aign where only county offices a r e to be filled. No one appreciates th a t fact m o re than Chairm an W oodruff of th e cam paign com m ittee and no one appreciates m o re th a n he that th e R e publican party has m o re reason to fear this apathy than the D em o cratic party. Last night a t the m e e ting of the executive com m ittee the L ieutenant Governor touched upon toe m a tter, and, a f t e r addressing the members, read to them a very long circular, which is now being printed and which is to be sent to the enrolled Republican voters. It calls atten tio n to the possible apathy in the party and cautions them n o t only to vote them selves, but to use th e ir influence in bring ing o u t others. It begs them to w'ork harder than ever because of this apathy, and shows how victory th i s year in K ings County, and, < in fact, in every county, for the Republican party will be, in a sense, an indorsem e n t of hoyever, rain or shine*.If; they have to ‘‘hire special trolley care.\ T h e O ther D istricts, ju s tice Van W a rt is sure in the Second D is trict. Louis A ltkrug and ‘WTlIiam -A. Clou tier- will run a good race in the T h ird D is trict. Frank Sperry said th is m o rning that the only possibility of his name being pre sented would be lack of any other c a n d idate as a nom ination by acclam ation. Jam e s T. 'Will iams looks like the choice of the F i r s t D is trict, which is hopelessly Democratic. W A S 104 Y E A R S OLD. M rs. M a r t h a H a r l o w ’s R e m a in s T a k e n to D e lhi f o r B u r ial. Mrs. M a rtha Harlow, who died a t the home of h e r daughter, a t 1,231 F u lton street, near Bedford avenue, on Monday night, w as buried from th a t house at an early hour this m o rn ing. M rs. Harlow was born In Delhi, N. Y., 104 years ago and was twice m a rried, h e r first husband’s nam e being Schaefer. F o r many years she had made her home w ith her daughter, Miss M. A. Schaefer, and It was there (hat she died of old age on Monday evening at 5:30 o’clock. The funeral party left the house a t 6 o’clock this m o rning hound for Delhi, where the interm e n t will take place. W h en a reporter of the Eagle ran g the bell of the second fiat at the num b er stated above this m o rning a young woman answ’ered the call and gave 't h e Inform ation recorded. F u r th e r than th a t she knew absolutely noth ing about Miss Schaefer or h e r m o ther and said th a t she had been living there but a short time. “ T he fam ily w anted a quiet funeral and that is about all there Is to the sto r y ,” she concluded. The Daily T e legraph’s correspondent at | national adm inistration, and ju s t $o much MORRIS PARK RACES. A u t u m n H u r d l e H a n d ica p a t Tw o M iles a n d H u r r i c a n e S t a k e s fo r Two Y e a r O lds t h e F e a tu r e s . (Special to the Eagle.) M o rris Park Race Track, October 4—The program m e for the second day’s racing a t Morri.s Park, although not as good as that provided on the opening day has a very fair lot of thoroughbreds entered. The card starts off w ith the autum n hurdle handicap at two m iles over eight hurdles. Semper Ego, The Bachelor and Ben E d e r arc among those scheduled to go and the race should prove a good one. The other slake feature is the H u rricanas for 2 year olds. Sem p er Ego (Veitch) 1 to 4, won the first race easily by two lengths; Julius Caesar (Owens), 4 to 1. second: Merlin (Brazil), 40 to 1, th ird . Only three started. Time. 3:43. Second race—Pupil won: St. C a llatine, sec ond; McMcekin. third; Peace fell. Time, 0:59^4. T o - m o r r o w ’s E n tr i e s . The entries for to-m orrow's races a t Morris Park are as follows; F i r s t race--H n r u ilcu|> for 3 y e a r «»Ids an d UDward w U h S(5(0 j lidded, uf w h ich to the secon d a n a $;.U t o t)je th ir l. Ki-llpKe course. P ieterm a ritsburg says Com m andant General Joubert’s policy is defensive. Acbording to the Cape Town correspondent of the Dally News, “W. P. Schreiner, Prem ier of Capo Colony, has refused an application from Kim b erley th a t the inhabitants be al- low’^d to form a town guard, but Sir Alfred M ilner granted the application over the heads of the Cape authorities. The correspondent also says the Free State Commando invests Kim b erley, where defen sive preparations are being actively carried on. Boer commandoes are m assed at Boshof' and Jacobsdal, both in the Free State, near Kimberley. It is believed, however, t h a t in a few days Kim berley will be impregnable, -pro- vlded there are sufiBcleut troops lo man the defenses. i a help toward next year’s cam p aign. This l e t ter Is not to be sent out to the public broad cast. It was adopted by th e com m ittee, how ever, and is im p o rtant as an evidence of -the earnest effort th a t is going to be m a d e by the organization m anagers. - The executive com m ittee m eeting w'as not a long one last night. Secretary T h o rne was made secretary of the cam p aign com m ittee and F rank J. Gott, assista n t secretary. Of course, Mr. 'Woodruff was m ade chairm an, the m eeting indorsing the action taken by the i n formal session of the executive com m ittee when th e county com m ittee m e t and organ- zied. It was agreed th a t the executive com m ittee should be increased to seventy for cam p aign purposes. Three other com m ittees were appointed—a sub-com m ittee, a finance F E L L FR O M A W IN D O 'W . Mrs. AHn© Stratford, wife of Thom as S tratford, one of the civil engineers who de signed Prospect Park, died last night in the M ethodist Episcopal Hospital from the ef fects of falling from a second story win dow of her home, 132 Berkeley placjp, early yesterday m orning. The death of Mrs. S t r a t ford is attended by circum stances of a pa thetic nature. She had been suffering from an attack of m elancholia and was much af fected by the death of her sister-in-law , Mrs. Mark S. Croquet, of Duffield street, which took place about tw o weeks ago. Mrs. S trat ford and Mrs. Croquet were very dear friends and since the passing away of the la t t e r U seemed as if Mrfe. Stratford could not regain her form er cheer and brightness of spirits. COUNCIL PRAISES POLICE. W o r k of D e v e r y ’s M e n D u r i n g D e w e y C e leb r a tio n I n d o r s e d , D e s p ite B r o o k l y n 's P r o t e s t . T r a n s v a a l W ill N o t R e p e a t th e R e jected | com m ittee and an executive com m ittee of the P r o p o s a ls. Mr. Gavin Brown Clark, Liberal member of P a rliam e n t for C a lthness-shire, who tele graphed to P retoria portions of the speech de livered last Saturday a t M anchester by the lord president of the council, the Duke of De vonshire, which Mr. C lark thought afforded-an opening for a pacific settlem e n t, has received the following reply from Pretoria under date of October 3: ...... - - • - ■ “ T be'-governm ent of the South African Re public are gratified to learn th a t powerful in fluences are at work to secure a peaceful set tlem ent. ConsidoriDg, however, the m anner In which th e ir five year franchise proposals were rejected, after the governm ent had every • reason to believe th a t these would have been accepted, considering also the abandonment of the Joint commiselon proposed by Great B ritain, as well as th e declaration that the B ritish governm ent regard all former propo sals as abandoned and are form u lating fresh proposals, the governm ent of the South A fri can Republic do not feel at liberty them selves to’ reform u late the rejected proposals. , “ If the desire for peace be earnest and sin cere, an excellent opening is afforded by the T ransvaal’s acceptance of th e joint commis sion, a proposition em a n a ting from the B rit ish governm ent which, if carried out, would undoubtedly bring a satisfactory and honor able settlem e n t.” X a m e . W h l. N uitu *. F i r e a r m ........................ I':*;! C o r n i o r a n i Hi'lly o f •• U r . Fl«4ibri-jc Toluc-a. ........................... H j .' i ' Q ui'fii (jf Sii .rinks .................... Uaw S ......... L a m l ) e n t ......................... U’-' S e c o m l Ki>r dllie.'? J $iun to th e Wht. .. lu-J .... 07 .. !•:, .. 99 uf th liil. N a m e M a n v ilia yea r s util, w it •ond and $.'1/ i) 1(1.'; n\.;u ........... ............... ! I'lr. M iss i-Jhanlt-y ............ ir. ir»o y e a r uM^. B I E V I N G S D E S FO R $25,000. C laim s I n j u r i e s W e r e R e c e ived W h ile i n th e N a s s a u C o m p a n y ’s E m p loy. The suit of Frederick Bieving of 324 Pell street, M a n h attan, against the N assau line propriution iim Je I'iich rnstitiKlou fo r this j to recover $25,000 wa-s begun this m o rning be- year. Mi*. K e ller used his payroll for last An- fore Justice H irschberg and a ju r y in P a r t IV T h e JSi'eo. ”\ o u r payroll Suprem e Court. Bieving alleges th a t whi<-h Sl'in to the Hoi-onU and jri'f to i! L,u;» 9v«- fiivlunK« «'‘ 1 tli.- i-uurst*. W h t . W h t . 111! (>ii^rk Quo!(*n .... lu.'J-MI h U' i lU'cliuat .Sunlol .............................. - ........ I.jidy I’lK'Hs ........ ll'»; Clyora .... of Lexinsion. 110 Third i!U-e—I'lie Belly Mcad<'. lor with 51 ,ono uddt-d. of which to tlie socond $1(10 to tile* third. La.st seven furlongs of tho W’tth'TS mile. .N'iinif. Wht. .\'ani4'. Wht. 'I'ht* lU i r r l s i e r ........... lUi>; M c L e o d o f U a r e .. 118 ' l>r. Kichiierg ....... ll-'» Fiafl’jud'i ..................... 110 ! (Jen. M a r t G a r y ----- lir., T a m o r .................................. iKi ■ Fourth race—The Bronx KighwoiRht Ilanillcap. j foi' 'J yt'nr oJd.s jjnd ujnvard; purse II.W.H). nf wlurh to the Second and jo the third. Last six fuiior W h t . 110 . 119 . JOS . 98 .. MO gust. don’t' guide us.\ said the Mayor, at last. “ H ere a r e the approprladon.s. Mr. Keller saM he had appllrd his salary money as he deem ed best. Mr. Coler, who recently visited all the pub lic irtaiiailions. asked .Mr. K e ller how much It would to do away entirely with prison labor such a s be borrows; from ibe Correction D e p a rtm e n t. Mr. Keller said the cost wotild be i/Hgbt, as he u.^ed prl.son labor only for un loading coal and ice. He intended to abolish It,' he said. ^ He wat? asked to furnish a defi n i t e at-atenVent at once. .\Tr. Coler asked about fhe^'death rate in the foundlings* asyl um and Mr. K e ller replied it had fallen from :^45 in 1S97 to lefi.s than 20 at present. T h e item for additions and repairs showed a big-In c rease. .VIr. K e ller asked for a new steam b o a t for passenger sprvlce entirely, for a central Rieam plant for R a n d a ll's Island, a new..school building for the feeble m inded, a new gas holder and .several new btiHdings. .Altogether .Mr. K o H pv wonted $174,500 for re pairs an d aJdition.s. This year he was allowed $200.00b;- 'H e ' was lOld perm a n e n t im p rove m e n ts would have to ijc* made from bond is sues. W hen ' the supply item was reached the M ayor ask('i| .Mr. K e ller If ho bad Inventoried the departm e n t’s supplies. ffc had no*. The Mayor toM him it ought to bo done im m e d iately und th a t the Item would be* c u t nnles.y he could show he needed all ho asked, $875,000. The .Mayor had figures from th e Com m issioners of .Accounts, show ing th a t there were $88,000 worth of supplies carried over from last ypur. Mr. K e ller got for supplies this year just what he asks for next year. The Mayor said the figures came fro m 'th e departm e n t books. \W e ll, I don’t rely on them .” said Mr. K e ller. \T h a t is why f'm going to try a new svBtem. The figures a r e bad figures.” CoEbmlssIoner Feeney presented th e eeti- uurte from Richmond. He wanted $20,000 for A h o spital on-Staten Island. T h e re Is no pub- while he w as In th e employ of the company III the repair shop at T h irteenth avenue and T h irty-seventh street. Brooklyn, on Septem ber 10, 1896, he was engaged in piling rails. He says th a t the forem an In charge told him to m o u n t a step ladder. .As he did so he lyiT IMeViiius ............. . .. .. .. (len. Mart (Jary ......... L a d y l . I n d s a y F i l t h ^ Hecond a n d ?10U j o o f tile W i l l i f r H mlUr. \V h t . X a m e . PJ.* ''Foluea .............. 1!.); R l e h a n l J . ... I'lTi W a v ing li:U Pieeursor ... P.xi; Tumor .. all iiKCs. non wlr adU • - n n e r s l .. t i m e o f w i t h $7ii(i a d d e d , o f w h i c h I12.\> to th e so<-ond a n d to t h e third. T h e W U l i e r s juUc. N a m e . \S'lit. X a m e . W h t . '*'•h \ aa ri d n e v ................ l u « I W u l ? r C u r e ......... d i n e .................. 11- H e r b e r t ............... .. T e O Musical Iftir r i c a r i e W o d r i n e S i x t h rac' wl to th e hill. Stepped on a g ird e r that was chargetl w ith j electricity and he received a shock and was throw n to the floor below, s triking on his back on a hand truck. H is spine was fractured, he says, and he was for a long tim e very ill and will never be well enough to work again. The defendant company denies responsibili ty for the accident and also specifically al leges th a t the plaintiff cannot recover on ac count of an agreement, th a t in ease of accident the com pany .should not be bound to pay dam ages. Charles .1. Patterson appeared for the plaintiff and Maviin \V. Littleton for the de fendant. The case is still on. - I x t h r a v e — C e l l i n g $K(\) udclkMi. o f cti. th i r d . ? Hpcoud a n d r.lh o v e r th e E N G I N E E R K I L L E D ON B R ID G E . .Newark. -V. October 4— Henry Dosol- niyre, an engineer on the Xew York Central, leaned out between the cab and the tender u.s his engine dashed over Mud Creek bridge. He wai> caught on the back of rhe head and dashed to tho ground, falling under (he te n der wheels, which cut both legs from his body. Ills death was instantaneou.s. REFRESHING SLEEP. Horsford's Acid Phosphate ta k e n b e f o r e r e tirin g q u i e t s th e n e r v e s an d In d u c e s sleep . Genuine bears name Horsford’s on wrapper. J0<:' < ' h a r e t i t u s 90l D e c a n t e r ...................... 112 ; fo r a y e a r o l d s a m i u p w a r d , w h i c h $ 1 ( 11 ) t<» th e s e c o m i M i l e a n d a s i x W ilt. X a m e . W fit. I')'.;, O l i v e r M a e ...................... ir.n M y t h ................................. 103| D a n n i c e ........................... m H a r d y P a r d e e .............. !('.'«' O u r N e l l i e mo S i r H u b e r t ................ 9S': KIne G l c i i i a n ............................... 1111 10.S JU D G M E N T S R E C O V E R E D (Special to the Eagle.) .Albany, October 4—State Commissioner of Excise Lyman reports that he has received Xew York drafts from George Salcman, Jam e s C. Doyle. Lucius .M. Cumber and M at thew Ham ill. all of Seneca Falls, for $620 each, in paym ent of th e judgm ents rendered against thorn and th e ir sureties in Seneca County Supreme Court, last week, for the full penalty of their liquor ta.x bond.s and costs. Drafts for $520 each were also re ceived from George “W*. Johnson, W illiam O’Brien and the firm of W h artenby & Ulrich of W aterloo, in paym e n t of the judgm e n ts also recovered against them and their sureties at the 5tame tim e. These judgm e n ts were re covered for th*^ reason that all of th e above mentioned liquor dealers violated the c»indi- tlons of their liquor ta.x bond.'^ by perm itting gam b ling and m a intaining slot m achines in their saloou.s. R u m o r s of E x c h a n g 'e of V iew s B e tw e e n th e Pow e rs. .A London new'.s agency publishes a dispatch from P a ris saying it is rum o red there that a semi-official exchange of views is proceed ing between Russia, F rance and Germany w ith reference to th e T ransvaal crisis. Late advices from Cape Town this after- I noon indicate a widespread impression there | I that unless the Boers begin hostilities by , j Thursday they will not fight, but will yield to the Im p erial dem ands when form ulated. The Cape House of Assembly last evening agreed to a motion instructing the Cape gov ernm e n t lo dem and the speedy return to Cape Colony of any and all rolling stock now in the Orange Free State o r the Transvaal. T roops A r r i v e F r o m In d ia. Additional transports, w ith troops from India, arrived this m o rning at Durban, Xatal, and will proceed to the front immediately. It is rumored there that the Boers are w ithdraw ing from the X a ta l border, owing to lack of forage. Orders have been issued from P retoria closing all the saloons in the gold fields. T'he T ransvaal governm e n t has taken over the F e rreira Mines and all the m ines In the gold fields. .A group of five of the Eckstein Mines have been closed. B o e r O fficials U r g e B r i t i s h S u b jects to L e a v e . A special dispatch from Johannesburg says the Boer officials there continue to urge the B ritish subjects who rem ain to leave a t once, and it is believed t h a t all who do not will be marcbed, under escort, along the railway until a train is reached to carry them off. P a r i s P a p e r s S a y B o e rs H a v e S e n t U l t i- m a tu m . P a ris, October 4—A num b e r of papers say that the Boers have sent an ultim a tum to E n g land dem anding the withdrawal of the troops from the frontiers w ithin forty-eight hours. The papers congratulate President K ruger for coming to this decision. cam p aign com m ittee, to com p rise tw enty-one i m em bers, one from each Assem b ly district. .At the suggestion of M ichael J. Dady three com m ittees of seven m e m b e rs each were ap pointed to care for printing, halls and speak ers. Mr. Dady also moved th a t at least four m ass m e e tings be held during the cam p aign 'an d th a t other m e e tings be left to the dlscre- t'on of the com m ittee on speakers and to the candidates them selves. T h is m o tion m e t with some opposition. C h a irm a n 'Woodruff him self spoke against the m a ss m e e ting idea and said th a t he was naore in favor of getting right clown to the various d istricts and m a k ing a close canvass. It was pointed out t ’n a t the cam p aign m u st be m o re or less a personal one and the candidates them selves m u st go out and rouse up the voters in th e ir respec tive districts and all over th e city, rath e r than address a crowd, nine-tenths Republican, in a general m a s s meeting. It was also brought out t h a t w h at the can- didate.s said in th e ir speeches would find its way to the general public in the new spapers and this, too, rem o ved th e principal excuse for big m ass m e e tings. N e v e rtheless, in spite of the opposition by m any m em b ers, the motion made by Mr. Dady was carried. It 'w’as the sense of the m e e ting th a t w h ere issues were not essentially involved all the work should be done in th e districts and the m ain effort should be m a d e to get out th e votes. Then the L ieutenant G o vernor read his call to the enrolled voters for united and earnest efforts in t h a t direction. This w a s indorsed and o r dered printed. F i g h t i n t h e F o u r t h J u d i c i a l D i s t r i c t . It looks now' as if the fight ov’er the judicial nom ination in tho F o u rth D istrict to-night will be the m o st interesting th a t has taken place for some time. .A conference among the leaders is likely to take place this afternoon and the m a tter may be fixed up then, but it is not likely that any decisive compromise can be brought about. T h is m a tter practi cally absorbed the attention of the L ieuten ant Governor and the leaders of the wards af fected to-day. Trem e n d o u s w’ork has been done for the various candidates. Men have been sent to beg Lemon to w ithdraw so th a t Deubert can throw the whole strength of the Tw enty-eighth AVard for Schnitzspan. It is said th a t Lemon prom ised yesterday afternoon to throw his strength in spite of Deubert to W illiam s if th e first ballot showed his chances were gone. Chairm an AVoodruff now' stands for Schnitz- span on the ground th a t m o re men have seem ed to be for him than for any other man and that he apparently has th e support of the rank and file in the district. United States M arshal H a u b e rt, who up to a sh o r t tim e ago was talking of a dark horse in the Twenty- seventh, w ent ISO far this m o rning as to say that if Schnitzspan was not selected it m ight cost tho party the alderm a n lc and assem b ly elections and that the defeat of the people’s choice to-uight would be as great a m istake as the turning dow’U of Seth Low in the m ayoral ty cam paign. Sharkey still holds out for AVilUanis, although b itter com m ent is made upon the fact that Sharkey has now all he ought to have in the nom ination of Henry R. M ayette from his district on the county tick et and the selection of Judge Neu in the sam e district for sheriff. If \Williams is taken from the sante district for the judicial nom ination leaders and party men do not hesitate to say it will cost a thousand votes, at least. In the other assem b ly districts. At the m eeting of the Council to-day most of the tim e was devoted to the t’aanking of various men aifd organizations for th e ir work in getting up and m anaging the parade for the Dewey celebration. Many of the resolu tions m et w’ith strong oppctsition and were not carried, but an interesting discussion took place over a resolution indorsing the police for th e ir good work. Councilman H o ttenroth offered th i s resolu tion, which called for a vote of thanks from the Council. Councilman Leich jum p ed up and said that he was very much opposed to the resolution and thought the police should be condemned rather than thanked as they were brutal to the extrem e and showed absolute in- curapetency. He said that they brutally tre a t ed men, women and children and showed con sideration for no one. “ Why, the police of New York,” the Coun cilman continued in indignant tones, “ were a disgrace to the city. They were abusive and brutal to men, women and c'nildren alike. Nobody could get to the stands though they m ight have tickets. My wife and family went up to the Fifty-ninth street stand and the policeman there refused tc^ perm it them to enter. They showed their tickets, Issued by the Municipal Assembly and the policeman said they were no good. My wife said she received the tickets from Councilman Liecfa and he would not give her tickets th a t were not good and the policeman said: ‘Oh. the guy th a t sold you those knew what he was doing.’ “ My wife finally had to leave the ADMIRAL M I S C E X L A W E O trS , Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT Tooth Powder AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY. Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a, century. DEWEY TO HAUL OOWN ~ HIS FLAB ON OLYAAPIA. Cruiser to Be Put O u t of Com* mission and Repaired at Boston. WHITE HOUSE. H e a n d th e P r e s i d e n t D iscu s s t h e P h il* ip p in e Q u e s tion—T h e A d m i r a l ’s Im m e d i a t e P l a n s . stand. go ’way. You can’t the policeman saying. ‘Oh, throw any bluff like th a t here. “ . \ t T w e n ty-third street I never saw such brutality displayed by the police before. Ic was disgraceful and scandalous. Every man in the stand In front of the W o rth monu m ent condemned the police and rem a rks could be heard on every side condem n ing their brutality and incom petence.” Councilm an H o ttenroth said he w a s sur prised th a t a Republican like Llech should m ake any such charge against a D em o cratic adm inistration. Councilman W ise said th a t nothing Liech said should surprise any one after the stand he had taken on m any things. Oakley said he was on the stand on T w enty- third street and saw nothing wrong. Francisco arose and supported Leich and said his wife and two daughters m e t th e sam e reception a t Fifty-ninth street. Oakley said he could get on th a t stand. Francisco said anybody could get on who would pay $2, but in no other way. The resolution was finally passed, Francisco and Leich voting ag a inst it. VAST INCREASE IN BUILDING. P R A I R I E GOES IN ' D R Y DOCK. The Prairie. Captain McKenzie, com m and ing. went into dry dock No. 3 to-day where she will be fitted out to carry the Am erican exhibits to the P a r is Exposition. 'Tfee veescl will remain in dry dock for a week or ten days. She Is to be ready for service within month. A s a R e a s o n fo r A s k i n g fo r M o re I n sp e c to r s C o m m issioner G u ilfoyle S u b m its S t a ti s t i c s . Com m issioner of Buildings John Guilfoyle will subm it to the Board of E stim a te and Ap portionm ent to-morrow his reasons for ask ing an increase in the force under him . He will endeavor to secure authority to appoint ten additional building inspectors, three in spectors of iron and steel, three elevator in spectors, ten plum b ing Inspectors, six clerks, a clv'il engineer a n d other em ployes whose ag gregate salaries will am o u n t to about $60,000. The Commissioner has forwarded to the board a statem e n t showing the pressing need for the increase. The feature of the state m e n t is the dem o n stration t h a t the business of the office has increased in a year at the ex traordinary rate of 61 per cent. T h is per centage not only applies to the num b er of per m its issued for alterations and new buildings, but also to the valuation placed upon the structures. The following table shows the building and plum b ing districts In Brooklyn, the num b er . 11 . 1 - , , . 1 . I of buildings In each district -which the in- The Schnitzspan adherents believe that the ( gpgctor was compelled in each instance to visit fight a t the convention w'ill finally be settled ! --------- .u ■Washington. October 4—A d m iral Dew’ey made an early sta r t to-day to fill a •num b er of engagem ents. A fter breakfast he joined one of his associate officers for a stroll oa Connecticut aveuue and upon returning pro ceeded to the Navy D e p a rtm e n t accom p anied by Adm iral P a r q u h a r, the new com m ander of the N o rth A tlantic station and Captain L a m - berton, his chief of staff and a Chinese body servant. Few’ people w’ere aw a re of the Ad m iral’s .coming, so there w’as not m uch of a dem o n stration* when he entered the depart ment. The A d m iral w ent to see Secretary Long and talk over his plans for the im m ediate fu ture, and as lo these Secretary Long prom p t ly gave notice th a t the departm e n t was w ill ing to give him perfect liberty to do as he pleased. The A d m iral w’as therefore, at hia instance, detached form ally from th e Olym pia. H e w’ill telegraph the executive officer of the ship a t Tom p k lnsville to haul down hia flag to-day and thus w'ill term in a te his con nection -with the cruiser -which for m o re than two years has been his home. Ill accordance w ith projects already plan ned, the A d m iral -will go to \Vermont on Mon day as the guest of W. Seward Webb, a t Shel burne Farm s , near B u rlington. A fter a re ception at th e State Capitol on the 13th inst. he will go to Boston to attend th e reception there in his honor on the 14th inst. The Olympia will m eanwhile have arrived a t th a t place, for her orders issued to-day are t o proceed at once from I^ew York to Boston to be put out of commission and be e.xtensively repaired. A fter the Boston cerem o n ies. Admiral Dew ey is expected to return to W ashington to m e e t his colleagues of the Philippine commis sion. Secretary L o n g to-day said th a t the Ad m iral’s tim e probably would be fully occupied in the deli'oerations of the commission for some m o n ths lo come and m eanwhile, in or der to leave him free for th is work he will not be assigned to any naval duty. F u rther than this point the departm e n t has not y e t undertaken to define its plans for A d m iral Dewey’s future. W h en all of these details had been arranged. . the Adm iral walked over to tho W h ite H o u se to keep an appointm e n t made w ith the P resi dent to discuss the Philippine situation. Captain L a m b e rton of th e Olympia also ' called upon the P resident by appointm e n t , and rem ained some time. T h e captain w e n t to New York this afternoon and from there he will go to Boston, where he will put the Olympia out of commission. He will then take ■ a short rest, preparatory to any assignm e n t which the departm e n t may give him . P R I E S T ’S 2 5 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y . F a t h e r S a p o n a r a , t h e P i o n e e r R e li g i o u s I n s t r u c t o r in I t a l i a n Colony. To-day is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of the Rev. P e ter Saponara, pastor of the Church of Our Lady of M o unt Carmel, N o rth E ighth street, near Union avenue, in the E a s tern District. The priest went into spiritual retreat last Monday at Brentwood, L. 1., and will rem ain there until Saturday next. F a th e r Saponara is the pioneer Italian priest of the Eastern D istrict. On his advent in the district about twelve years ago the Italians had no place of worship of their own. Tho priest was warm ly welcomed in the neighbor hood, which has since com e to be known as the Italian colony. The Italians rallied round him and soon provided the money to build a. church and rectory. The Italian population of the F o u rteenth and F ifteenth wards is now estim ated a t 3,000-to 4.000. F a ther Saponara is 53 years of age. H® was ordained by the Bishop of Spilatric, prov ince of Tricarica, Italy, October 4, 1874. H® came to this country in the following year. His first assignm ent was to the Church of the Epiphany in M anhattan, of which the Rev. Dr. BurtseJl was then rector. F a ther Saponara remained hero three years. He next went to St. Mary’s Church, Staten Island, as assistant to the Rev. John liewis. H e remained there seven years. Then F a ther Saponara returned to Italy for rest and recuperation. He came to this country in 1887. NO C R IM E TO SIG N CHECKS. S. L. M e rshon, C o n v icted o f F o r g e r y , I s D isch a r g e d b y th e A p p e llate Court. The appellate division of the Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of Stephen L. Mershon, president of the Hudson River Palm. Company of Newburgh, for forgery in the third degree, and ordered his discharge. He was convicted of signing a check, as pres ident. in alleged violation of an agreem ent that checks should be signed only with the concurrence of persons Interested in the company. Justice W oodward, w riting the opinion. s a 5 's that the dem u rrer originally Interposed should have been sustained, ns Mershon did only what he had a rig h t to do. The verdict of the jury, he says, m u st have been the result of malice, as the verdict was clearly against the weight of evidence. by .’Assistant D istrict .Attorney Naylor, the candidate for the judgeship in the Tw enty- fourth W ard, throwing hlj- votes after the first ballot for Schnitzspan. On the other hand, it Is contended th a t he cannot throw the votes of the T w e n ty-fourth W ard; that an arrangem e n t is already made by the T w e n ty-fourth W ard delegation whereby. In return for th e ir support for W illiam s, S h a r key is to support form e r Sheriff R h inehart as a delegate to the national convention next year. Schnitzspan is snid to have eigluy-one votes in the Tw enty-eighth W a rd out of 115, and it is believed that D eubert will come out strongly for Schnitzspan to-night, though w h ether he can control tho fifteen or twenty votes Lemon is expected to have is an open question. One hundred and fifty votes are expected for W illiam s on the first ballot, ICO for Schnitzspan. Then the whole thing will depend upon who will capture the m a jority of the votes cast for the low m en. It Is believed th a t the strong outside elem ent for Schnitzspan and the fact th a t the m a n a g e rs believe his nom ination is the best thing for the county ticket will influence the m inor candidates to have an eye to the future by throw'ing th e ir votes where the big leaders want them. W h ile J. L o tt N o strand is believed to have the m a jority of delegates In the Fifth Judic ial D istrict, ex-Asse.ssor Justu»i W. Smith will make a strong fight. H is adherents are com plaining of discrim ination on the part of “down town m a n a g e rs” and say th a t the se lection of Avoca V illa w ithin a few doors of N o e trand’s hom e Is an evidence of unfair play. They declare they w ill be on hand, daily during the rnonih of June, and th e num ber of square m iles contained in each inspect or’s territory: B C U ^ D I N G I N S P E C T O R S . S q u a r e M i l e s . District. F i r s t ........... Sccorid .... Third .... F o u r t h . . . . F i f t h ........... S i x t h ........... Seventh ... Eighth .... •Vinlh ...... Tenth ...... Eleventh . I Twctlfth .. Thlrteenlli Fourteenth Filtcenih . S i x t e e n t h . SevoiUeenth ................... Elghteentli Xlneteeni Jetlh 1 ,'V IVs ... k .... J!? r- .... ... 6 ... 2U ......................................... 1 Twentj’-tirst ................................... U4 Twen'.y-fieconh ............................. li-_. T w e n t y - t h l r i l ................................................ 1 - f o u r t h ........................ n t y - f l f l h . . . . n t y - s l x t h . . . .tyt -c cl lp p h t h tv y - n i n t h T w « - n i y - Twenty-H'iv I h v o n y - h t h T w e n t - r ‘ T h i r t i e t h T h l f f y - f l r s t . . . 'I ' h l r t y - s e r o m l T h i r t y - t h i r d . IV* .... IH ... I»4 . . . V .i . . . 1 . . . . . . 3 P L U M B I N O I N S P E C T O R S F i r s t ..................................................................... SfefCiiiO .. 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