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¥■ m: m - I - i p r ' r Iv: E\' r r v'T-iv.'.^ ;; * \ - ■ / ■ TH E B R O O K L Y N BAII^X E f e l i E . N E W Y O R K / T H H E S D A Y v GOTO 1899. M I S C E lL A iraO T r S . I t^Made ffont the B ritish afeent; Mr. Conyngham G rrene, has in formed me th a t the dispatch is In course of preparation, but th a t soqie days will elapse ( before it will be ready. '* ’ J ^ ^ “ In «i^e m eantim e the T ransvaal forces are ■ ■ ‘ ‘r F C S l l j A J r C C I l 1 - ( 6 3 : V 0 S ! nioblli;iiug^ and going to tho frontier. The ..n .'■f.v; - I g o v ernm ent, however, has issued strict In- • :. - : I structlons to com m andants and all other mlli- ' “ O P \ T ' H E T A S i ^ A N I A N i om cers cu no account to violate B ritish ^ • I territory.*’ : . B L U E G U i V l T I ^ E E . | London, fX'tober 5—An enthusiastic mcet- t y : . : r: Irishm e n was held last evening, in ^ ^ i Kimberley, under the presidency of a form er ^ N o R s n C i d O i l s , N o D i s c i i s e d ■ m ayor of the town, at which resolutions -.vero ■; : , ; F a t s , N o D a n g e r o u s A l k a l i . ' ex p r c .s ius disapproval JOBBER! Ill SUeillllYS P E R F E C T S K I N A N D T O I L E T S O A P A T L A S T ; 1 of the conduct of Irishm en who sym p a thized j with th e Boers and of the course oC the I Irish parliam e n tary parly in extending sym pathy and support to the T ransvaal iu the present crisis. M afeking, October a—It is asserted here, on reliable authority, th a t Ihe Burghers have been strictly enjoined not to cross the west- / n ^ n U f ^ C t t i r e d b v tlh G n e w ^ frontier or to interfere with civilians, but ^ ^ I to resist the passage of an aivncd force. p r o c e s s , it contains none j B u llio n V a laied a t 1,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 P o u n d s in of th e old ingredients D a n g e r of C o n fiscation. from w h ich th e base of lo Moss Tells C « D m issioner Kearny at th e Mazet In vestigation. WHY A PERMIT WAS HELD UP. K e a r n y S a y s H e F e a r e d th e P e o p le’s T e lephone C o m p a n y L a w y e r W o u ld Sell th e D o c u m e n t. 'application of th e People’s Telephone Com- ** \ T h a v e had tho perm it ready for this com- pany since AprlU” said tho witness, “ to be delivered to them If a n y ,of them should come before me and satisfy m e th a t they are bona fide people and m ean to go into business. “Didn’t you know th a t Mr. James w a s a bona fide m an?\ “ Yes; and if he had come to me and con ferred tvlth me he could have had the per m i t . ^ ' , “B u t Mr. Baldwin, the lawyer, called on all soaps have heretofore been m a d e. Rough an d Scaly S k in, Pim p les, B lotches, Eczem a , and o th e r Skin B lem ishes cannot ex ist w h e re' it ts used. DELIGHTPUL, HEALtNO, REFRESH. INQ, BEAUTIFYINO. A s k y o u r D r u g g ist f o r “ H y o m e i A n t i se p t ic S k i n S o a p ,” rin d you will ufiver u s e a n y o t h e r . P r ice 25c. S a m p le cake s e n t f r e e ,6 m ap p licatio n . T P IB R . T. B O O T H CO., Itlu iea, X . Y. Iv tru e , p r ^ a g e s scenes worse than even the gloomiest forecasts. • B o e r O r g a n S a y s B u r g iiers A r e E x p e c t ed on th e B o r d e r s T h is E v e n in g . ‘ The London edition of th # Standard and D iggers’ N&ws. a Boer organ, publishes the following diepatch from Johannesburg, dated yesterday: “ I t is expected th a t 30,000 burghere from th e T ransvaal and the Orange F ree State will ho on th e ir respective borders this (W ednes- ■'“eJay) evening. Should the hostilities be pro- ' t r a d e d , there la m uch fear th a t Zulus, M a ta- hele and Basutos will rise against the w h ites .'jadd that'm a f is a c r e s and disasters will follow. ^^T ^ -Z u lu chiefs nay.e been summoning th e ir 'trlb e s m e n from th e Rand for weeks past.\ .Johannesburg, October 5—The governm ent hae turned over the F e r reira Mine.^ to the di- “rectors, on condition that work is to proceed. ••The Stock’E x c b a n g o ,is closed. ■ P retoria. October 5—The storekeepers are Jjarricading th e ir etores. C r u iser a t D u r b a n . i D u rban. N a tal. October r>—The B ritish cru iser Philom el has arrived in the harbor. M any sensational rum o rs are current. L a d y sm ith, N atal, October 5—The F ifth 'L a n c e r s and a naval brigade from Durban •have arrived here and are encamped near th e railw ay. .. D y n a m i t e C o m m a n d e e red b y Boers. London. Ooliber —A special dispatch from Johannesburg says: “ As a natural result of the panic there is considerable lawlessness. The regular dis tribution of letters has ceased. The govern m e n t has com m andeered all dynam ite and cyanide supplies, which have been removed and placed under strict guard a t A'arlous depots. .\ strong guard has been stationed a t the reservoir to prevent tam p e ring with the W a te r.\ .•\dvioos from Rloonifontcin. capital of the O range Free State, say that the town presents a m o st anim a ted apifearance. .Vrmed burgers i feo about everyw h ere, although the govern- -paont still professes hopes of peace. ■Report T h a t M a r t i a l La-w E a s Been P r o claim e d . London, Octo’ner —.\n unconfirmed report says that m a rtial la^Y has been proclaimed in the T ransvaal. Pretoria, October .’—Several boxes of bar gold,'w h ich were lodged at the National Bank of the South .African Kepubii'*, were this afternoon commaiideet'ed by the Trausvaal governm ent, who gave the companies full receipts. The Germ an Group offered no ob- CIAJUBA London, October —It is reported th a t an other Rand shipm e n t of bullion, to the value of £l.00u.000, is in danger of coatiscatiuu by the Transvaal authorities. .A petition to Queeu Victoria fifty-eight m em bers of the Cape Hou.se of .As sembly, has been' forwarded through the B ritish H igh Commissioner, Sir Alfred Mil ner, pointing out that the petitioners, who are related by blood and through m a rriage, to residents of the Transvaal, arc m a terially In terested In the m aintenance of peace, urging the abandonm e n t of warlike m easures, “ as the Transvaal is now fully awakened to the , wisdom of liberal concessions.\ and praying H er M ajesty to appoint a commission forth with to .confer w ith the Boers, as th e petition ers are •.convinced that, if the present fran chise act is inadequate, the T ransvaal govern m e n t is prepared to crake further concessions to the O u tlanders. The petitioners, in clos ing,. d e c lare. th e ir loyal devotion to the throne and person of the Queen. C h a m b e r lain S a y s P r o p o s a ls R e g a r d i n g P i n a l S e t tl e m e n t W ill Be S e n t S o o n . To-day the Secretary of State for the Col onies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, sent the fol lowing reply: .“The im p erial governm ent is not unm indful of the sym p a thies and, interest of B ritish sub jects of Dutch descent in South Africa. One of the m ain objects of the im p erial policy is to secure for the non-Dutch inhabitants of the T ransvaal rights and privileges sim ilar to those enjoyed by the Dutch in Cape Colony. The i.mperial governm ent has shown the T ransvaal every consideration consistent with this object and deeply regrets that its efforts for a peaceful settlem e n t have h ith e r to been unsuccessful. “ T he im p erial authorities are unable lo adopt the suggestion of the petition for the reasons stated in the note to the T ransvaal of Sep tem b er 12. In view of the refusal of the Transvaal to entertain that m o d erate and con ciliatory offer the imperial authorities have been compelled to form ulate th e ir own pro posals regarding a final settlem e n t, which will shortly be communicated to the T ran s vaal.\ S to r ies of Boer O u tr a g e s . London. October —Stories of outrages committed by the Boers upon refugees from the T ransvaal continue to pour in. .A had incldenr. occurred at K roonstad, where a deputation from a train load of two thousand refugees aite.mpted to buy provis ions. but were driven out by Boers arm e d with blacksnakes. O rder fo r Q u e e n s land C o n tin g e n t. Brisbane. October <\—The colonial govern ment has received instructions from London th a t the Queensland contingent for South Africa m u st be dispatched before October 31. The Mazet committee, which adjourned a week ag o ' Tuesdayi resum ed its investiga tions of m u n icipal affairs to-day, in the rooms of the Board of Trade and T ransportation, at 203 ' Broadway. L. B. McEwan of Albany and H a rris Wilson of Brooklyn were absent. The Park Com m issioner’s office and the Peo ple's Telephone Company were the first sub- .signod by i taken up. P a rk Com m issioner August Moebus of the Borough of the Bronx was examined concerning the rents received from houses on city lands. During the inquiry into the People’s Tele phone Company affairs F rank Moss declared the favors shown the Subway Company In perm itting it to put Us surplus earnings in ducts, instead of having them go to the city, thus enabling It to build unnecessary ducts which the city would have to buy at 10 per cent, more than cost, was a “ b igger thing than, Ram apo.\ It was lO:-!\) o’clock when Mr . Moebus was i called to the stand. He presented a list of the buildings under his jurisdiction and the rents received. The list showed fifty-six buikUags, routed for an aggregate of §816.37 a month. Mr. Moebus said the m ajority of the tenants now in possession were in posses sion svhen he took charge. In a few instances he had made changes and raised th e rents. Mr. Moss asked about some bouses in Pel ham Bay Park and the w itness said the city was lucky to get any rent at all for eome of them . The rents ranged from $3 to $60 per month. The witness adm itted th a t there were many im p rovem e n ts about the Tallapoosa Club house, but said the club paid for them. It appeared th a t Mr. Haffen, president of the Borough of the Bronx, was a member, -and th a t many politicians were members, the Commissioner him self being an honorary member, it was also revealed that the club 6 0 ld liquor to all comers. The Commissioner adm itted that he had had the walks rolled and I'ne edges of them trim m ed. A num ber of tbe bouses, had two or three acres of ground, yet some of these brought in only $25 a m onth, as the house of B roker Le gendre. for instance. The witness was asked why he could not get m ore rent for such places, and he replied t h a t the bulldingk; were going to pieces and that he him self would not live in one of them as a gift. \Theu why don’t you tear them down and let the people have the park ? \ “That'.s ju s t what I’m about to do no'w; what I have. In fact, begun to do,\ said the witne.ss. \B u t the public has the use of the land even now.\ “The land is, in several instances, fenced in,\ said Mr. Moss. “The people keep dogs, and they waru persons away. I supposed you knew that.\ A rthur J. Baldwin, law y er, of the firm of Dill, Bomeiser & Baldwin, counsel for the People’s Telephone Company, sw o re the com pany was ready to do business, but lacked a permit, from the D epartm ent of Public Buiid- ingc?, L ighting and Supplies to l^y wires. The witnet3.s made application la Commls- sicaer K earny February IG, 1899, for the neces- NO O F F E K O F C A N A D IA N TRO O P S . OilAwa, October 5—Prem ier L a u rier states most positively that so far no offer bad been made by Canada to send troops to South Africa. The sending of troops out of Canada, the Prem ier adaed. was an im p o rtant m a tter, which would call for Parliam e n tary action, as it Involved a large oiUlay of public money. The .Allan Line Steam er Company ha.s a d vised the governm ent that as two of its fast est «tearaers 2 have been taken a.s tran s p o r ts by the B ritish governm ent it cannot accept the contract for carrying the Briiit<h m ails from Canada during the coming v,inter season. CA R S T A R T E D TOO SU D D E N L Y . T rial of the action bro-jght by Mrs. Mary F. O'Donnell of 23.*> East Fiftieth street. M an hattan, again.st t.he Brooklyn Height.s Road, to recover $5,000 for personal damage.s was begun-this m o rning before Justice G arretson in Part II of the Supreme Court. The p lain tiff lesrifled th a t she, with her maid and her baby got on board a oar of the defendant, on M yrtle avenue on May 2D, 1898, and th a t. T H E P A S S O P L A I K G ’S N E K . T h is is one of the points at which some heavy fighting i.s certain to occur in the event of 'war. .V large detachm e n t of Boer d'rtillerym en. w k h fourteen guns, is m>w In position on Volksrusr. threatening the N ek To tho left of Laing's Nek Is Majuba H ill, and to the right Ingngo M ountain, both scenes of B ritish reverse.s at the hands of the Doer.s. jection, provided sufficient funds were left lo pay working expen.^^o?. B r i t i s h H a v e N o t C rossed th e F r o n t i e r . London. October .\»--Intclligence from Cape Town incliKlcs an official flenial of the rum o r th a t the BiBinh have croKsed the TranHvaa.1 fro n tier near Kimberley. Thcri' {s a definite feeling throughout the Cape that i he British delay in forw arding reinforcem ents is very dangerous. The utm o st caihusiasm prevails and many are anxious lo place their services at the disposal of th e govcnirncm. Som e of tho refugees from Johannesburg now in Cape Town are resorting to acts of vio lence. sm a shing wlndosvs. etc. r It is expected that, although the I.MiU’h in Cape Colony are likely to rem ain quiet In or dinary drcum sinnces. they will Join their brethren of the Orange Free State in case the B a sutes commence hostilities. P retoria, October r. - F. \v. Reitz, the T rans vaal Secretary of State, in the course of an Interview given yesterday, said: “ T h e Transvaal governm ent is aw aiting the next Im p erial dispatch, which ought to contain t^« final proposals of Great Britain. Tho street for her to get off. The maid and baby j j were olT fi’oni tiio cai\ she* said, when the j c a r fiiaricd up unexpectedly and she was I throw n to tho pavement. Her head and I I back were injured, she said, and she was 111 ; fo:‘ a long lime. She said that she is still ' saffeidng from the injuries. Mrs. O'DonneH's ' husband brought .suit again.st the same do- j feiidani to j’oeovor $l,'itiO for loss of h(*r scr- 'i vices. F.oih of the suits are 'ncing tried at [th e .suait* tim e. The defendant put in a I defense of negligence of the plaintiff in the I form er suit and also a general denial in both j suits. The trial wa.s not finished. ; Tom I., .lolinson. the single ta.x eiuliusia.st. ; began his career as an office boy in the (>an- ; iral Passenger Railway oificc in Lotiisvllle, ; K y . ________ _ _ ___________ ^ •O’ B ihoii.sness. ^ a % S ick H e a d a c h e , ; ^ in men. vvojiien or ♦ clifidrt'ii,, cured by (i^r f h#* a'euuin** i f you . i want lobf c u ro’. ^ S 10 cents & 2.5 cenl.s, ^ J clitjarc n cure d by? a t drug stores, J sary perm it. Commissioner K e a rny first told him that it would take about th ir ty days to ; have the application ruled upon by the Cor- lioration Counsel. Having waited over th irty days, he went to see .Mr. K e a rny again, and was referred to Corporation Counsel MTialen. He wrote to th a t official, but got no reply. He called at Mr. Vvhalen’s office, and was told th a t Mr. Farley had charge of it. Mr. Farley, a few days later, said th a t he had passed fa vorably on tho aj>plication and th a t the papers were then out of the office. H e called on Com m issioner Kearny twice afterw a rd, but was told each tim e that the papers had not been received by him. On April 6 th e papers were adm itted hy Mr. Whalen to have been eeut that m orning. Next day Mr. Kearny acknowledged the receipt of the papers and prom ised an early ruling. On April 17 the w itness called again on Mr. K earny, but could not see him. A Mr. Bishop, in the Com m issioner’s office, told the caller that Mr. Kearny was very busy with certain building m a tters ami m ust not be diSY turned. He called Mr. K earny up th a t after noon. and was told by Mr. K e a rny th a t he was not going to be hurried. T h e com p any’s ratc9 were lo be less ibaa one-half of existing rates. President Darwin R. Jam e s of the People’s Telephone Corporation said th a t the People’s “A young law y e r called on me. but how was I to know but that he w anted the perm it to sell- i t?\ “B u t don’t you have stationery ,in your office and couldn’t you have sent the perm it to Mr. Jam e s?\ “I didh ’t know but th a t the mater had been dropped as nobody came after the per m it.\ W itness was asked if there -w’as not an ai- fldavit among the papers covering the ground so far as bonds were concerned, which he ■was in doubt about. W itness said he did not believe so. Air. Moss took the applica tion and showed such an affidavit. “If they were denied anything they had a right to they could go to the courts,\ said the witness, in reply to a question put by Mr. F a llow s .. ‘‘Oh, then you were waiting for a m anda m u s.\ “No, I was waiting for Mr. Jam es.’’ Mr. Moss here rem inded the witness that he had said he feared the People’s Telephone Company m ight be trying to cut in on other people or “trying to m ake a combination against some other people.\ “Is it your busineae, as a servant of the people, to protect the New York Telephone Company?\ he w as asked. “It is not, and I am not acting for that purpose. I sim p ly wanted to be sure that no perm its were got ju s t to be sold out.\ “Who are th e ‘other people’ you m ean? W ho else could they be in this case but the New York Telephone Company?\ “ I have answ ered your question.\ “How many m iles of new ducts have been placed in by new companies since you hove been a com m issioner?\ “ .About one hundred m iles.\ “ And how are these rented?\ “ T hey cost from $600 to $1,100 a m ile.\ The Com m issioner added th a t he had noth ing to do w'ith the rentals. “ Oh. but you have,\ said Mr. Moss. “ You have to see to it th a t the rates are fair.\ \Yes when I’m appealed to.\ “ Now, who is going to appeal against the com pany that can cut them off? Isn’t it a fact that m ost of the rentals average $1,000 a m ile?\ “ It is.\ “ T h a t is 5 per cent, on $20,000. Does it cost th a t to lay a m ile duct?\ \No sir.\ W itness said he did not know how much it. did cost to lay d u c t s .; . . “ I t is your duty to know th a t in' order to know if the rent is fair.\ “ The subway company can make 10 per cent, profit and pay the surplus into the city,\ said Mr. Moss. “ Did you ever know them to pay anything into the city treasury?” \ I have nothing to do w ith the finances. And I assum e th a t rents are fair until some one complains. And as to w h a t they pay itfto the city, the city derives a substantial ad vantage from th e privilege of having Its own w ires carried free in the subw ays.\ The witness said he did not know whether the 100 m iles of duct laid in *hls adm inistra tion are all being used. Then Mr. Moss said: “ Don’t you see th a t if the company’s su r plus is used in building new ducts they’ll never have any excess of 10 per cent, for the City T reasury; and don’t you see that if the city should ever exercise the option of buying the duct for 10 per cent, above cost, it is to the Interest of the company and against th e city’s interest to lay ducts as fast as pos sible aud before they are needed. Is th a t plain?” “ I t ’s plain w h a t you’re driving at. It’s a dif ference of judgm e n t between you and me. I have, encouraged the laying of ducts in many places w h ere the trench was open.” “ Mr. K earney, this is a bigger thing than th e Ram apo.\ The w itness laughed: “ Well, w'hy don’t you investigate it? I have authorized the laying of ducts where they were not needed ten years ago, and everyone of them has been used since.\ “ Why don’t you see to it th a t th is company is 80 m anaged as to produce a revenue to the city instead of allowing it to prepare for Im posing a heavy burden on the city?\ “ I don’t th in k the city will ever take the subw ays.\ “ You th in k it will leave the electrical com panies forever in the grasp of th e ir rival, the Aletropolitan Telephone Company?' “Oh, they're not In its grasp. I have told you th a t I’d grant th a t perm it.\ Mr. Moss pointed out th a t in th e rules for his departm e n t proposed by Mr. Kearny to the M unicipal Assembly provision is made th a t the Subway Company shall hold the keys of all m anholes. “ T he rules are m ainly those of the old Board of E lectrical Control,\ said the w it ness. “ And. beside, they have not passed yet.\ Mr. Moss laughed. “ Why, th a t ’s what Mr. Holdhan told us about the Ramapo co n tr a c t/’ be said. A tl:10 o’clock a recess was taken until 2:15. FATIIEIIMIILONE SPEAKS OF GATHOLIG CHBRGHES. SaiifS T h a t th e M ystery of Re dem ption in th e Mass At tra c ts M embers. CHURCH RULES NOT VIOLATED. MCKINLEY’S WESTERN TRIP. H i s T r a i n P a s s e s T h r o u g h P i t t s b u r g . D i s t i n g u is h e d M e n in th e P a r t y . . R ittsburg, October 5—President McKinley’s special train passed through Pittsburg to-day ou the Pennsylvania Railroad, carrying an a r ray ot distinguished people such an has not been seen in this city in m any years. .All the m em bers of the Cabinet, except Secretary of th e T reasury Lym a n J. Gage, accompanied the President. Mr. Ga?-e will m eet the party at Chicago. W h ile the special was standing in the yards a t the Union Station, Senator Marcus A. H a n n a and ex-Secretary of W a r Russell -A. .Alger were in a Pullm an car on the western express, which was being held a few m inutes to allow the P resident’s train to pass. Senator K a n n a paid bis respects to the President, but General Alger was sleeping and did not leave his berth for some tim e a f ter the P resident’s train had left for the W est. RACING AT MORRIS PARK. at her signal, tiio car stopped at .^killman [ Telephone Gorporallon was instituted on an uTriH«t . I 1 foumlation and was w illing to begin Imslness, bur was prevented by one m an. ;vho refused lo give the perm its for laying the wires. We had unilclpated trouble from Mr. Kearny end Mr. Keating. •‘Why did you anticipate interference from .Mr. Kearny. I “ I can’t understand it. .Vlr. Mos.s.\ •'Don't you anticipate interference from tho otlier telopluinc com p any?\ ■‘.Vo, i-'xccpt through the Coram issioner.\ “Through tho Com m issioner? How could th a t 1)0 done?\ “Oh. well, such tbing.s .are done.\ “That pre.*-;upposes a relation between Mr. Kearny anti the company. Do you not put the relation in broader term s and higher ciuarterH?\ “ I believi? there arc certain persons in power who an* working for their own private ends; i'c is th*' common belief am o n g business m en.\ Ask--'i how the telephone r a tes in New-York coiupan*d i)rior to last April with rates in oilmr cities the w itness said they -were im - iiionscly higher. The application of his com pany for a i>ermlr had the effect of causing a reductIfiii of rates. Commissioner H e n ry S. K e a rny of the De partm e n t of r^ublic Buildings, L ighting and Supplies look the stand next and produced the T h e W e s te r n C o lt, R ich a r d J . , to M a k e H i s E a s t e r n D e b u t i n th e H ig h W e i g h t H a n d icap . (Special to the Eagle.) M orris P a r k Race Track, October 5—In ad dition to the Belle Meade stakes at seven furlongs, for which the entries include such fair perform e rs as McLeod of Dare, Tamor and Rafaello, there is a heavyw e ight handi cap at six furlongs, which should prove a good contest. In this race Richard J. will m a k e his first appearance on an E a stern race course. The other events have filled fairly well although there are but two over a long distance of ground, one at a m ile and the other at a mile and u Bixteenth. The starters, jockeys and betting for the first race are as follows: Firearm (O’Leary). 7 to 10; Toluca (Bull- man), to 1; Belle of .Memphis (Jenkins), 7 to I; L ^ i b e r t (Boland). S to 1; Dave S. (Wilson), 15 t o 1; Queen of Song (McCann), 30 to 1. Belle of Memphis won by a neck from F ir e arm , which was six lengths in front of Toluca. Time. D E W E Y ’S Q U IE T D A Y . H e T a k e s Q u ite a L o n g W a l k in N o r th w e s t S e c tion of W a s h in g to n . W ashington. O ctober 5—The absence of the P resident from W ashington and the conclu sion of the official festivities left Admiral Dewey practically to him self for tlie day. He started out early for a m o rning consti tutional and took quite a walk through the northw e st section of the city, dropping In for a short tim e at the M etropolitan Club and returning for luncheon to th e McLean resi dence. Y O U T H T R I E S S U IC ID E . F rank Holler, a youth aged 19 years, of 93 Oakland street, sm ilingly bade hi.^ mother good night a t 11:30 o’clock last night, then went to his room and fired a pistol uail into his side. He is how at tho St, Catherine’s H o spital and the surgeons there say he will die. The reason for his attem p t at suicide Is unknown. • C a tholics P leased W i t h th e R e n e 'w a l of Sacrifice a t E a c h of t h e M a n y S e r v ices. The Rev. F a ther Sylvester Malone, the pas to r of Sts. Peter and P a u l’s Church,, in the E a s tern District,, m ade a statem e n t to an E a g le reporter to-day In regard to tho state m e n t of the Rev. Dr. John F. Carson of the Central Presbyterian Church, to the effect th a t there were 700,000 persons in the borough who were not reached by the church. The statem e n t was also subaiitted to Dr. Malone th a t the attendance of Catholics at Catholic churches necessitated in m a n y cases five serv ices a day, and th a t, as a rule, all the serv ices were well attended. “ W ell, to ascertain why Catholic churches are well filled it is necessary to look Into the doctrinal teachings of the Catholic and the P ro testant churches in reference t o Sunday,\ said F a ther Malone. “ We have the sam e serv ice in the Catholic church w h ether it is re peated five, six or tw e n ty tim es. Then tho Catholic feels th a t he is bound to attend church, because the church lays down a rule to th a t effect and believes La the r igh t of the church to .legislate for h e r members. The Catholic realizes from the teachings of his faith and religion th a t there Is a renewal of sacrifice at each of the services, and he is brought to Calvary and th e crucifixion, and th a t this has for its object th e profoundest thought and m e d itation, while the P rotestant service is simply a reading of what la la the gospels—simply reading. W e may have that, too, but we have the o th e r reality and the renew a l of the m y stery of th e redem p tion In the mass. T h a t brings o u t our people in g r e a t num bers and no one is, as a rule, a b s e n t who can possibly leave his home and come to the church. Our people’feel, even In win ter, th a t it is their duty as well as in sum m er; in th e storm a s 'w e l l as in the calm of the blessed day, to go to church. Of course they tak e the natural precautions against storm , but as a rule these storm s are ineffective In keeping people away, because, as a general thing, many Catholics believe th a t they can not suffer physical pain or outw ard injury in being present a t the holy sacrifice of the m a s s .” « In further conversation F a th e r Malone dw e lt particularly on and m ade the point of the statem e n t th a t there w a s a tendency—a g r e a t tendency—tow ard the Catholic church all over the United S tates, and th a t am ong Individuals prom inent and also less consplc\i- ous, including m inisters of the Episcopal church and other denom inations. ‘These great tru th s of the sacrifice,\ he proceeded, and the new law being renew'ed in the m ass, is claim ing the serious considera tion and thought, while it is the hope and the joy and the belief of every m em ber of the Rom an Catholic Church. I would venture to say th a t not 10 per cent, of the Catholics ab s e n t them selves from the services on Sun day. If they do not come to the m o rning ser vices on Sunday they try to be present a t the evening service of vespers w h e re they alw ays have the benediction of th e holy sacram e n t. The church at vespers gives them as m uch of an inducem ent as she possibly can, draw ing t h e i r attention particularly to the m y stery of C h rist and to the m y s tery of the a l t a r de signed to bring these ideas prom inently to the m inds of the people, so t h a t they may inquire Into them . There is not one in ten. as I said, who is not a t the Catholic church on Sundays, and on days of special davotion, which are called holy days. It Is for these reasons, and for the* m y stery of the redem p tion being re new ed in the sacrifice of th e altar, and from the standpoint of faith, th a t a Catholic can alw’ays control his action and lay aside sec ondary considerations on Sundays, am u s e m e n ts and pleasures and pastim es, and carry out his principal duty for th e day, which Is to be at public service on Sunday to give glory to God and edification to th e ir fellow m e n .\ S o l u t io n of P r o b le m D iscu s s e d b y th e R e v . D r. S w e n tzel, T h e Rev. Dr. Henry C. Swentzel of St. L u k e ’s Church, when seen by an E agle re p o r ter to-day, said: “ All who a r e interested la religion recognize the exceeding seriousness of the Sunday ques tion, which is thought by som e to present the gravest pVoblem w^ith which the church has been called upon to deal since the Reform a tion. If the decline in church attendance has not been as enorm o us as has been stated, it is still a fact, and it ought to receive a t once the very best and m o st candid attention. No tice should be given to the unfavorable Influ ence of varied foreign peoples who have come to th i s country w ith a continental Sunday as th e i r ideal, and who can scarcely be expected to change their notion in th is particular. Even a f ter this factor, created by im m igration, has been accounted for, there still rem ains the g r e a t bulk of our problem . Suggestion is m a d e th a t our people a r e suffering from the • reactionary effects of a too strict Sunday observance as known to a form e r generation. Again, an inadequate conception of the church has been blamed, for, it is alleged, m en have im p aired the force of ecclesiastical obligation when they look upon th e church as a human society for divine purposes, whereas it is a divine society for hum an purposes. The m u l tiplicity of denom ination^ has- also been re proached in this connection. These and other influences have had som e thing to do in bring ing about present untow a rd conditions, but they cannot wholly account for the increase of absenteeism from our places of worship. The tow e ring cause Is irreligion, and the cause of this irreligion Is largely due to the way in w h ich men often view them selves and their lives. The rise of so called scientific skep ticism has done m uch hartii in this direction, but the most conspicuous and influential force th a t has affected church attendance is the general tone which has resulted from our achievem ents and from an all absorbing in ter est in getting on and up in the world. This irreligion is by no m eans invariably the friend of im m o rality and vice; it does not stand upon the platform of infidelity: it does not actively oppose Christianity—it is sim p ly indifferent to the cause of God and the soul as such. If it were hostile it m ight be successfully met. B u t because, like Galllo, it cares for none of these things, aud is without a platform either true or false, it will be difficult to reach. “ In viewing this large and complicated prob lem one^w ill scarcely be justified in fixing m u ch of the blame upon the representatives of religion.. No doubt they have sometisnes done harm, but. generally speaking, they are the sa l t of society and the hope of all that is of highest value in hum a n lift. .Although clergym en have their lim itation, they are, for th e most part, well equipped for their of fice and are faithful to its behests. Never, since the early age, have so many of the laity respo.nded to the sum m o n s to extend-the church. Never were religious services so at tractiv e as they are this 'day. .And yet, in spite of all this, the num b er of church goers has n o t kept pace with the grow th of popula tion. “ C h ristians m u tt continue their endeavors. T h e re is no occasion for despair. Emer.son says: ‘Sunday is the core of our civilization.’ A S soon as the m u ltitudes realize this they will be likely to rescue the first day of the w e e k .\ Som e P u h l i s h e d F i g u r e s C riticised. To th e E d itor of the Brooklyn Eagle: I notice in last evening’s E a g le some figures concerning church m em b ership w'hich are so m isleading th a t 1 beg an opportunity to cor rect w h a t 1 think Is a serious m isapprehen sion. The article to which I refer reads as follows: T h e re are 130,000 people enrolled In the P rotestant churches, according to report In the E a g le Almanac. T h e re are 281,000 In the Rom an Catholic churches. T h e se figures do not represent the relative strength of the P ro testan t and Catholic churches, for the fig ures of the Roman Church are of the bap tized members, which includes all the chil dren, while the figures of the P rotestant church cover only the ad u lt m em b ership. Add ing to the P ro testant roll 150,000 cTiildren not in th e church, we have 561,OCO in all Catholic and P rotestan t and Jew ish churches and m is sions, leaving o u t of our popukitlon of 1,200,- 000 the enorm o u s num b e r of 639,000 absolutely untouched by the churches of t h i s city. T h is is correct in referring to t h e difference between the Rom an Catholic and P rotestant Churches In the m a tter of enum e ration. The Rom an Church counts all who are baptized and since all Catholics are baptized,the figures here represent th e entire Rom an Catholic population. The article is not correct in saying th a t the figures of the P ro testan t Church ‘‘cover only the adult m em b e rship.\ T h e re are thou sands of children, u n d e r 16 years of age who a r e m em bers of our P rotestan t churches. It is tru e th a t there are m any children under 16 years of age w'ho enjoy the m inistry of the P ro testan t Church every Sunday, and, there fore, cannot be said to be untouched hy the church. It is also tru e th a t hundreds of thou sands of adults in our city are n o t cnem b ers of any church, b u t are regular atten d a n ts'u p o n the services of th e sanctuary and are as much under the influence of the church as though th e ir nam es were upon its rolls. I have in m ind one house from which tw elve persons come to my chuVeh every Sunday, none of them a m em b er of the church. In order to place the P ro testan t com m u nity on an equal footing with th e Roman Catholic Church and to give proper place to the religious prefer ence of children and adults n o t church meln- bers, statisticians have agreed to m u ltiply the P r o testan t tnem b e rshlp by four to find out the num b er in the com m u n ity th a t m ay be fairly considered as under th e Influence of th a t church. See D o rchester’s “ P roblem ol R e ligious P rogress,\ page 454. B u t n o t to seem to overestim a te , we will take 3 ^ . It would certainly be w ithin bounds to say th a t for e v e ry m em b er of a P rotestan t church there were, including children, a t least 2 ^ persons who were adherents and attend a n ts of the church. Using the figures given, we should then have 455,000 P rotestants to add^to 281,000 Hom an Catholics, m a k ing 736,000 or more th a n 60 per cent, of our entire population under C h ristian influence, and th is on the m o st conservative estim a te. There would s till be 464,000 who are n o t ad h e r e n ts of any church, but this Is a very dif ferent th ing from saying th a t th e r e are 639,- 000 people “absolutely untouched by the churches of th is city.\ T h e re is still very m u ch for th e churches to do, and I am in hearty sym p a thy with the earnest call of th e Presbyterian Church to Its m inistry and m em b ership. C. L. GOODELL. Hanson Place M. E. Church, Brooklyn, Oc tober 4, 1899. B B I T I S H S T E A M S H I P .W B E C K E D . F a t e o f th e T e k o a ’s F a s s e n g e r s I s U n k n o w n . ' Santa Monica, Cal., October 5—Captain Bowen of the ship Arctic Stream reports that on A u g u st 11, while off Staten Island, near the S traits of Magellan,- he saw the B ritish ship Gifford rescue five m em b ers of the crew of the B ritish steam e r Tekoa, which had been wrecked several days before. The rescued m en know nothing of th e fate of the passengers or others on the steam e r. MAY PROVE TO BE A MURDER. G e o rge M o rro S h o t D o w n b y H a r r y Cos tello in a n E a r l y M o r n in g F r a c a s . George Jjorro, 24 years old, of 229 Court street, is lying a t the point of death at the L o n g Island College H o spital, as the result, it is alleged, of pistol shot wounds inflicted early this m o rning by H a rry Costello, 28 years old, of 318 W a rren street, in the course of a quarrel over a woman w ith whom the tw o young men are said to have been drink ing. Both of the men are well known in South Brooklyn and m et last evening a t the house of th e young woman in B a ltic street. W h ile there, it is said, they drank consider able. At the tim e of th e ir leaving the house both were pretty well under the influence of drink. They quarreled, the subject of the discussion being the young woman. One report says th a t th e two men separated for a while and that.M o rro and two friends approached Officer Joseph P. Flannlgan of the B u tler street statio n , who was on patrol duty In the neigh borhood. Morro said: “ Oflicer, I have had some trouble w ith a friend of mine up the street, 1 want you to come w ith me and give me fair play.\ F lannlgan advised the young m an and his friends to go home. Instead of going home, Morro, it is said, rem arked that h e would go and fix Costello. Morro and his' friends s t a r t ed In the direction from whence he had come, and although the officer thought th a t the young m an was evidently-suffering from the effectis of his conviviality, he concluded, as a safeguard, to follow him . He kept a short distance in the rear. As they neared Costello, the la t t e r turned, and, w ith a piatod in his hand, made a rush for Morro and ins com panions. The first shot be fired failed to take effect, but the second sh o t lodged in M orro’e back and th e young m an fell on his own doorstep, 229 Court street, bleeding from his wound. Then Costello started to run. Officer F lannlgan gave» chase and called to the fugitive to stop. Costello turned into W a rren street, a n d refused to s u rrender. Then F lan n lg a n fired over Costello’s head and Cos tello fired two shots back. Officer F lannlgan fired again, but this tim e he fired straight ahead. Costello, a t th i s point, pressed as- he was, had evidently m ade up his m ind not lo surrender. H e pointed his pistol again a t the officer, b u t the trig g e r failed to snap and he shouted, “Don’t shoot, I give in .\ Officer F lann lgan and R<^undsman M cLaughlin a r rested him . In the m eantim e the father of young Morro having heard the firing in the street, went to the hall door to see what was the m atter. He was joined by other members of the fam ily. To their horror and dismay the object ’of the shooting was the son and brother and he lay bleeding on the stoop. An ambulance was summoned and the young m an was speed ily removed to the Long Island College H o s pital, where it was said at a late hour this afternoon th a t his chances of recovery were slight. Costello, when arraigned in the Butler s treet court this m orning, before M agistrate Bristow, pleaded not guilty. He said th a t Morro and he had been drinking. He was held on a charge of assault in the first degree for the G rand Ju r y and sent to Jail. AS A GIFT TO THE BRIDE. H u g h M c L a u g h l i n W ill P r e s e n t H i s D a u g h t e r W i t h a H o u s e a t H e r M a r r iag e . E x -R e g ister H u g h M cLaughlin w ill present to his daughter. Miss L a u ra M cLaughlin, a fine residence on Jefferson avenue, as a w e d ding gift a t her m a rriage to Dr. Jam e s Roche, which occurs la t e r in the m o n th. The v e t eran politician in m aking this g if t is fol lowing the precedent be established when his eldest daughter, Mrs. W illiam C. C o u rt ney. was m arried. It is understood th a t Mr. M cLaughlin has purchased the flue residence at 312 Jefferson avenue as a gift and th a t Rr. Roche and his bride-to-be will reside there after th e ir m a rriage. It was said to-day th a t the date of the m a rriage had not yet been set, b u t th a t it would be fixed soon by Bishop McDonnell. Miss M cLaughlin had her trousseau com pleted and the m a rriage will be quite a brilliant affair. It will occur a t the Pro-C a thedral on Jay street. N O T E D C R I M I N A L D E A D . Philadelphia, October 5—W o rn out by excesses and years of confinem ent resulting from his long career in crime, Jim m y Logue, the fam ous convict, who Is believed to have stolen more money than any other thief of his tim e, and who is perhaps the best known bank robber of the age, died yesterday in the county alm shouse, aged 69 year.s. D B . P O M E R O Y 'S S U I T . Justice Dickey has granted a perem p tory w rit requiring the reinstatem e n t of Dr. Ralph H. Pom eroy as san itary inspector. T h e phy sician, after consolidation of the cities, was reduced to medical school inspector at $30 a m o n th. H is salary form erly was $1,200 a year. M ISCELDANEOUS. Its Quality W e do n o t p r e s c r ib e , t h a t is th e office 6£ th e p h y s ician , b u t w e ,can a n d d o reco m m e n d w h a t w e k n o w to be t h e ' ■ i- Oldest and Purest Whiskey- H u n t e r Baltimore Rye Its Quality Recommends It.. WM. LANAHAN & SOS. BaUlmore. Md. OEPiTUflE GE IRSKIPS. North A tlantic Squadron Sailed for H a m p ton Roads Shortly Before Noon To-day. VESSELS WILL RETURN SOON. P r e p a r a t i o n s M a d e a t t h e N a v y Y a r d a to D r y - D o c k th e S h ips—T h e « B r o o k l y n 's O rders. ; To-day the N o rth A tlantic Squadron l e f t t h e N o rth R iver, w h ere it had been anchored since the Dewey naval parade, and proceeded to H am p ton Roads, where it will rem a in a. short tim e befort returning to th e B rooklyn Navy Y ard for repairs. The Texas Is n o t w ith the squadron, having been sent t o Cape H a tteras to blow up an old derelict th a t has been endangering vessels in th a t vicinity^ The squadron now comprises the New York, Indiana, M a ssachusetts, Brooklyn, New Or leans and Scorpion. The Dolphin, the P resi dent’s private yacht, which has been here for a few weeks, participating in the Dewe3r naval dem o n s tration, does not belong to the» squadron. She is being used to carry officials to the yacht race. The retu r n of the squadron to th e N a v y .Yard is aw’aitcd with much in terest by naval: officials, a s well as the crews*- o f th e shipi. The steel vessels of the Navy m u s t all be dry docked a t least every six m o n ths and th is is one of the reasons the squadron w ill be brought here a t th is tim e. T h e bottom s oC all the ships v/ill be scraped and re-painted and repairs m ade to the electrical depart m e n t of all the vessels. Some alterationa will also be m ade to the m a c h inery on sev eral of th e ships. W henever a ship en ters a. Navy Yard th e more modern im p rovem e n ts are installed, in this way keeping the Navy- In good working order. It is intended to add. some of these devices to the vessels th i s fall. It is th o u g h t the squadron will rem a in at the Navy Y ard a m o n th, and possibly six. weeks The sailors and m a rines are very anxious to r e tu rn to this yard, where they say the peo ple tre a t them b e tter th^n anyw h ere they go to. The crews would be glad to spend tho w inter a t the B r o o k lm Navy Y ard, b u t th e y will not be thus favored, since thevsquadron alw a y s goes South during cold w e a ther. Tho fleet will likely go South as far as A tlan ta and possibly farther. The r u m o r freely circulated to-day th a t th e cruiser B rooklyn,Captain Theo. F. Jew ell,com m anding, -was being sent to M a n ila, w a s verified a t the Brooklyn Navy Y ard -whoa an Eagle reporter made inquiry. T h e ves sel passed quarantine w ith the squadron a t 12:17 P. M. to-day and will go to H a m p ton Roads a t any ra t e before leaving if she h a s '■ received orders to go to the A siatic station. Tho Brooklyn is one of th e finest and b e s t equipped vessels In the United S tates N a v y and carries a' particularly able crew. C o m m a n d e r W e s t to Succeed Com m a n d e r K e lley. Com m ander Clifford H. W est of th e gun boat Princeton has been appointed senior aid to R e a r A d m iral John W. Philip, com m a n d a n t of th e Brooklyn Navy Yard, b u t being at the A s iatic station, it wiU be a m onth or six weeks before he w ill be able to en ter upon his new duties- Com m ander W e s t was senior aid to Rear Adm iral M o n tgom ery Sicard, when h e was com m andant of tho Brooklyn Navy Vary, some years ago. He w as then detached and from May 1, 1897, was detailed as com m ander of the gunboat P rince ton and sen t to M anila. He w e n t through, m uch of th e Philippine cam p aign aud w as one of the officers who distinguished him self at the A siatic station. Com m ander W e s t entered th e service.S e p tem b e r 21. 1863, and Is a m an about 50 years, of age. W h ile connected with th e Brooklyn Navy Yard he was known as a m a n who m ade ■friends of those whom he met and was an able assistant to the com m andant. It was a great surprise to have him detailed for this, place, it having been generally believed th a t L ieu tenant Com m ander H e ilner was sure of the place. It was also a big surprise to R e a r Ad m iral Philip. Com m ander W est will retu r n to Am erica on the Solace, which -will land at San Francisco in the near future. TOO M U C H M O R P H I N E ? . S u d d e n D e a th p f C h a r les S. W a l k e r T h is M o r n in g . Charles S. W a lker, 5S years of age, a re tired m e rchant and form e r m em b er of the Produce E x c h ange, died suddenly* a t his h-ome at 1,275 L e x ington avenue, M a n h a ttan, th is m o rning. F o r some tim e Mr. W a lker has been a sufferer from insom n ia. H e was ap parently in excellent health, how ever, w h o a he retired at 11 o ’clock last night. About 3 o'clock this m o rning his wife was awakened by the stertorous breathing of b a r husband. She thou g h t he was attacked w ith apoplexy and sent for Drs. Jam es E. and C. E. Campbell of 212 Lenox avenue. They did all they could for the sufferer b u t h e died at 0:30 o'clock th i s m o rning. One of the a t tending physicians notified the coroner of tho death of Mr. W a lker, stating th a t he w'as In the habit of taking m o rphine pills for in som nia and it la thought that he may have taken an overdose. C A T H O L IC CLU B SU E D . Trial of th e action brought by Carl Angel of 17G Sum p ter street, against th© C a tholic Club of- the City of New York, a t 120 C e n tral P a rk South, for $990, for alleged breach of contract, was begun this m o rning before Justice Keogh and a jury in P a r t III of the. Supreme Court. Mr. Angel was superintend ent of th e Catholic Club from Septem b er 27, 1898, to Novem b er 30. 1898, when he was d is charged. He claim s th a t he was em ployed for a year for $1,200, and was to receive board and lodging equal to $10 a week. H e testified th a t he has been paid $210 and had board and lodging to Novem b er 30, 1898. The defendant put in a general denial, and declared th a t Angel was hired tem p o rarily and th a t his services were not satisfactory. K E Y L O C K ’S E L A T K O B B E L . Between 1 and 4 o’clock on the afternoon of October 2 burglars broke into th e apartm e n ts of John H. K ellock at 37 K ingston avenue. ■ They got Into the flat by the use \>f skeleton. | keys and carried off Jewelry valued a t $200.'/ Kcllock reported th e m a tter to th e police a n d / D etective P rice of the Tw elfth P recin c t t « ’ m a k ing an investigation. , , . . J -
