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t h e '-ISRABt, OF CONGRESS, •:• Two CuPlES R eobveo OCT.19 1901 . COPYRIOHT ENTRY m^xt^.K^oK (CLASS Pi,XXo. NO, COPY a ___ OCT 1 9 1901 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. F O U R O ’C L o c : ^ : . NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1901.-YOL. 61. NO. 289.-20 PAGES. CO P Y R IG HT. 1801, B T T H E BROOKLYN D AILY EA G L S . THREE CENTS. DIVOHCE WITNESSES GONE; MELVIN H RICE ARRESTED. ' He Is Accused of Trying to Bribe Detectives Employed by His Wife. I A. P. SANBORN ALSO IN JAIL. Sensational Turn In a Divorce Case Came When a Dawyer Looked , for His Witnesses. Melvin A. S ice and Arthur P. Sanborn -were this morning held In $1,000 ball each by Magistrate Dooley In t h e Adams street court for examination on . Monday next on a charge of having attempted to bribe witnesses In a suit brought by Mrs. Rice for absolute di- voroo. The divorce proceedings were to have come to trial in the Supreme Court on Mon day next and Mrs. R ice’s lawyer, George F. Slliott, claims that the defense bas been en gaged in a scheme to spirit away the private detectives who have made aflldavlts that they saw Rice and a woman who w a s not his wile on various occasions in the New Amsterdam Hotel In Manhattan. The case crglnially created a sensation when the Eagle published the fact that Mrs. Rice was suing for a divorce from her hus- melvin A. Bice, Arrest4d on a Charge of Trying to Bribe Wit nesses in His Wife’s Suit for Divorce. hand. The pair had been married but six years and the summons and complaint in the su it were served on Rice on the anniversary o f h is wedding, namely, April 24 last. Rice Is well known in Brooklyn. He was formerly secretary.of th e Brooklyn Board of £!lectiohs''^s[nd. later becam e a ’bookkeeper in th e offices of the Boan-d of Education. He is also in business with W. J. B. Campbell, formerly sscretary of. t^e,,jCAyii; §^'Eip^ 0 ..,Com mission of Brooklyn, in conducting a school for the preparation of candidates for civil ;.'8«vijce;. oxMoinAtlqns. The . corespondent fikmed in th e original papers w a s Mrs. Don ald IScLeody t h e young w ife o f ’a wealthy re tired linen merchant, w h o lives at 786 Car- ro lla t r e e t . The Rices lived In a handsome' stone front building at 652 Macon street, where Mrs. Rice and her mother, Mra George W. Martin, are now residing. Since the daughter began th e divorce proceedings .the mother bas also sued her husband for divorce, naming two teachers in an industrial school as the co- respondenta Mrs. Rice has a daughter, Marlon.' who Is now nearly 2 years old. The w ife was a leader In Stuyvesaht H e ights society and Is quite popular w ith a large circle,of friends.' H e r specifications of-wrongdoing, on the part o f her,husband coveredva:m a rked field, for sh e alleged tbat'her.hueband had-been guilty, o f unfaithfulness with ■ Mrs. . McLeod at the New Am sterdam . H o tel, in Manhattan, on the 13th,'15th; 23d;.and 28th- of. March, 1900; th e 1st, 3d, .16th; 20th, 27th and 30tb of Janu ary; 3d, 6th(10th,'17th''and.24th.of February'; 6th, 10th, 13th, 22d, 24th and 31st'of March,; and the 6th, 13th, 17th and: 21st of April,\ 1901. It was also alleged that Rice had visited Mrs. McLeod a t her home; on Car- roll street, on the 2d; ,3d,'4th, 5th, \Ith. 8thi 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th ;of April, this year. The original complaint .. has since heen amended and t h e s a m e .of Mrs. McLeod as co respondent has been' le f t oiit. . Private Detectives -\Were Employed' to Shado'w-Bice. • The work of shadowing Rice was done by the Mahoney D e tective A g ency of this bor ough, of which Cornelius J. Mah'0'ney,.'an bid police detective on the retired list, is the head. H e had a number of young men trac ing Mr. Rice for days and each made affi davit as to the result of his work. It 'was on the strength of their affidavits that all the times and places had been named. The private detectives had watched Rice go In and out of the hotel w ith the woman. Mr. Rice, according to the com p laint of the wife, bad been telling her that business kept him ent until unearthly hours, and for a time rfm bod been satisfied. The private detec tives found, it Is alleged in the w ife’s com plaint, that Rice and b is companion had been invariably registered at the hotel as Mr. J. J. Jaffrey and Mrs. Jaffrey. lawyer Elliott Finds His \Witnesses Gone. The counsel for the woman imagined that he had an easy case to prove. Last week the managing clerk of Mr. E lliott’s firm began to make out the subpenas for the witnesses, many of whom were private detectives em ployed by Mr. Mahoney. The subpenas were taken by Edward J. Fanning of Mr. Elliott’a office, over to the detective agency and AI- phonsus L. Dusseldorf. the detective agency’s superintendent, began to look for the men who had been detecting. The principal w it nesses were Thomas W a lsh, Thomas Quinn, Charles Flushing and Thomas L.- Harrison. Harrison was found all right working at his trade as salesman in a shoe stores on Fulton Street, but tho others were not to be found. It was discovered that Flushing, who is a son of a roundsman in the Butler street station, and W’alsh. had disappeared. They had heen traced to Chicago, where they were having, it is alleged, a good time on money that came easy. Quinn, it was found, had loft Jersey City la s t Saturday night on a west bound train. Harrison seemed to be the only one left, and he said that he ’\had heen already approached by a man named Canborn. who had promised him $200 to sign P o o t B a l l — H a rvard vs. tVc.st Point, lo-mor- NW, up by Day Boats, back Uy rail; »1.50.—Adv. a paper recanting his form er affidavit and leave the town. H a rrison w a s the only person who could be, pumped for information about the others. He had a story to tell. It was to the effect that San'born had approached him -with a proposltloB to leave the state and the price to be paid for his silence was as above stated. Bice’s Friend Sanborn Appears in the Case. The head of the detective bureau remem bered som ething about Sanborn which con vinced him that a determined attem p t had heen made to dispose of his w itnesses. He re membered that Sanborn had been employed for several days in his office. H e w ent there with a request for employment and when Mr. Mahoney asked him for som e reference he had given him a letter from W illiam O. Miles, who w a s first assistant district at torney under F o ster L. Backus, stating that Mr. M iles had known the applicant Sanborn for six years and considered him a trust worthy person. On the strength of Mr. M iles’ recommenda tion Sanborn had been employed as private detective, but he had had only one day’s work. TThat was satisfactory enough, but Mahoney discovered that he had been “n o s ing” as he put it about the office and had been trying to find out som e of the secrets of Mr. Mahoney’s business. That was not In accordance with the notions of strictly desirable service held by Mr. Mahoney and ho gave orders for the new man to be bounced. Witnesses Begin to Leave.Town. But in the m eanwhile Sanborn, It is be lieved, found out who had been employed as private detective on tho R ice case and as soon as he left th e office he began to work on the men who had made affidavits. He found \Walsh and Flushing easy. It is assert ed, and soon the two men who were im portant w itnesses against Mr. Rice had dis appeared. Then Mr. Quinn bid goodby to Brooklyn and no one was left but Harrison. It is stated that at the Rossm ore Hotel a t Forty-second street and Broadway, Man hattan. Harrison had a talk with Sanborn and \the latter said that he was w illing to pay $200 to get him out of the way. “There are two of the w itnesses now In Chicago,” said Sanborn, according to Har rison, \and Thomas Quinn is to leave on Sat urday. You are the only one holding out and you are very foolish. Mr. Rice is all right.” Planning a Scheme to Catch Bice. Mr. Harrison was not to be persuaded. He told the other people about what was hap pening and it w a s agreed that he should pre tend to be in full accord w ith the plans of the other side. That gave Mr. Fanning, the m a n a g ing man In Mr. E llio t t ’s office, and Superintendent Dusseldorf of the detective agency a chance to clinch things against Rice and his alleged confederates. Im their work they had the assisttm ee of Edward Orr, a private detective, who succeeded last night in locating one of the prisoners for the policem en, who were finally let into the case. Harrison Meets Bice aii<T a Friend. The tam p ering with Harrison began In earnest on W ednesday last. H e was led from the store where he had been employed to a restaurant and whisky shop on Fulton street, alm o st opposite the Court House. He went there alone, but, by appointment, it is claim ed. Soon after ho waa in the place Charles F. Mahoney, who Is not in any way related, to or connected with the head of the detective\ \iger.ey came in w ith Mr. Rice. They m otioned to Harrison, W h ile Dus- seldort aqd Fanning were w a tching them, and be went w ith Rice and his\ companion to a rear room. There Mahoney and Harrison rem a ined in earnest conversation for some tim e. R ice sittin g in the m eanw h ile a t a ta ble, alone, nearby. Rice finally left and H a rrison and Mahoney walked down to Rice’s office on W illoughby street. They ■were there hut a short tim e and then toolc a Court s treet oar to M anhattan. They went, follow ed by the lawyer’s manager and the manager of the detective agency to the As- tor H o u se. They remained there in conver sation for som e tim e and then they left and re-entered the hotel by the Barclay street entrance. At 9:25 Mr. Rice came along and after looking into several of the rooms asked three of the bellboys if two gentlem en had been w a iting for him. They replied in the affirmative and said that the men were downstairs. R ice went there. Harrison Says Mahoney and Bice Paid Him Money. ’ These allegations are all embodied in two affidavits made by Fanning and Dusseldorf. •The final affidavit in the com p laint, which was subm itted to M agistrate Dooley, Is made by H arrison himself,- who te l l s of the a t tem p t to bribe him. He recites the efforts made by Sanborn, Mahoney and Rice to get him away from the city. It was under- stood, it is alleged, although not stated in the affidavit, that som ething lik e $75 w a s to have been paid in hand by the people in- .terested in the case before H arrison w a s to leave Brooklyn, and that on Saturday night ho would-be m e t at the railway station iu Jersey City and handed $100 in cash and a ticket to some W estern point. He got $50. ■which was paid to him at the entrance to a store on Fulton street by Mahoney yea- terday, and later, according to his affidavit, Mr. R ice paid him $25. ‘ Rice had a talk with him a t the office of the school on Willoughby street, and told him that if he went away he would not want for. anything. “ --I simple letter addressed to M elvin A. Rice asking for money or tor any other necessity will bo promptly a t tended to.” is what Harrison swears Rice said to him. Two of the Accused Men Caught. When the warrants for the arrest of Rice. Mahoney and Sanborn were issued .yesterday afternoon the greatest secrecy was main tained. It was feared that the people named I d the com p laints would get away. Detec- I tlvo Sergeants Dunn and Kennedy started out [■'at once with D etective Orr to get Sanborn, if possible. He was found at the corner of Forty-third street and Eighth avenue, Man hattan. He waa taken to the .\dam s street station and his pedigree was placed on record. He said that h e was A. P. Sanborn, a sales man by occupation, with a residence at the Astor Hotel. H e gave his age as 30 years. Rice was not arrested until about 10:30 o\cIock this morning, while he was walking along Fulton street, past the Borough Hall. He gave his pedigree as Melvin A. Rice, aged 30 years, a clerk, of 402 Gold street. It is believed that Charles F. Mahoney, the other person engaged, it is alleged. In the effort to get rid of Mrs. Rice’s w itnesses, w ill be cap tured th is afternoon. The prisoners this morning were repre sented by Lawyer McCrossln. Mr. Rice de nied that he had ever attempted to tamper with the witnesses tor his wife. “It is not true,” said Rice to an Eagle reporter. “ It is not true. I know nothing about this matter. It is sim p ly a schem e on the part of my wife’s lawyer to prejudice my case, which comes up in court on .Monday next. I am not guilty of this charge and there will be plenty of proof of my inno cence.” P o l a n d ! P o l a n d ! P o l a n d ! P o l a n d ! T h e purest natural spring water la the world.—Adv. Fi KILLED; ONE INJURED or TUNNEL GiE-lN. Tremendous Fall of Rock in Rapid Transit Excavation at I 6 7 th Street. FORTY MEN IN SERIOUS PERIL Boof of Tunnel, Loosened by Last Night’s Blasting, Came Do\wn 'Without Warning. By the fall of fifty tons of rock from tho roof of the rapid transit tunnel, 600 feet south of the shaft at One Hundred and Sixty- seventh street and Broadway, Manhattan, this morning, a number of men were killed and Injured. Five men are dead and one s'eriously hurt. The known dead are: Daniel Kelleher, 60 years old, of One Hun dred and Eighty-first street and Amsterdam avenue. Luigi Danise. 25 years old, of 511 W est One Hundred and Sixty-seventh street. Peter O'Hara, 65 years old, of 65 Amster dam avenue Patrick Madden, foreman of the “Muckers” or dirt removers. Unknown laborer. Domenico De Petro of 514 \West Sixty- seventh street, was injured about the head by the rock, but will recover. The bodies of the above meutioned dead were recovered the exception of that of Madden and this unknown man’s remains are la sight, but deeply covered by the fallen rock. The Rapid Transit tunnel at the point m entioned is 110 feet below the surface, which is the depth of the sh a ft at One Hun dred and Sixty-seventh street. The shafts along the line of the tunnel are dug, wailed and provided with elevators and are located c-/ory few blocks in the tunnel work. The McCabe Brothers have the con tract for the tunnel work in this section. The \headings as they are called, are the tunnels that are dug from the shafts north and south. The break occurred in the south heading at a point 600 feet from the shaft. Two gangs of twenty men each, drillers and “muckers,” went into the shaft this morning and went to work near the extrem e end of the southern heading. W hat caused the accident is not known. It took place without warning. There were no preliminary fails, the entire fifty tons, as estim a ted, of rock, crashing down with a roar on many of the men, but all escaped except those men tioned. The cavein did not reach the surface. There was no break or depression in the ground above. There were other workmen in the tunnel between the cave in and the shaft. They heard the terrible roar of the falling rook and knew im mediately that a great calam ity had befallen their fellow s. The roar did not penetr.ate to the surface, however. The unhurt workmen in the tunnel ran up to the extrem e end and found four m en dead. T h r e e oft^hem -were partly im prisoned under the rock, but it was not difficult to extricate them. The fourth. Madden, was hidden under so much rock that he could not be at once taken out. How many of the others were under the tons of rock could not be divined by the first rescuers. DePetro, who was in jured by the fall, and had a glim p se of the extent of the calam ity, said that a number of the m en were not struck by the rock and escaped, but were on the other side of the fall shut off. The engineers and contractors were notified, and the aid of the \police and hospitals was at once invoked. In a few m inutes the news of the accident spread over the immediate district and peo ple came rushing from all directions to the tunnel shaft. Policemen from the W est One Hundred and Fifty-second station, in charge of a roundsman, came on a run and ambulances from the hospitals in charge of Drs. Foeh- renbach and Hanscom were soon on the scene. One of them dressed De Petro’s In juries and he went home rather more ill from the shock of what he had passed through than from his injuries. Tho bodies of the dead were placed on im provised biers and raised to the surface. The McCabe Brothers soon reached the shaft. They could not tell anything about what had caused the accident. They said the w e st side of the tunnel work, which wa what fell on the men, seemed secure and was apparently of solid rock and firm. The engineers concluded that the blasting at night had jarred tho rock in the cavern so that it cracked and became loose and fell this morning. Section Foreman Owen B ly was placed under arrest by the police. He is head off that section of the tunnel work. Whether there would be more arrests or not the police could not say. Robert Lucas, colored, employed as a mucker, had a narrow escape. He had been to the shaft with a truck load of debris and was returning to the head of the tunnel when the mass of rock came tumbling down only ten feet in front of him. He says that he saw a number of men covered by the tailing rock—how many he could not say. W illiam Martin, another mucker, of One Hundred and Sixty-eighth street and Eleventh avenue, had just reached the shaft when, he heard the roar of the cave-in. He turned and proceeded toward the head of the tunuel, and as he went m et two men making for- the shaft, one helping the other. He found the tunnel so filled with dust that he could not see anything and went back to the shaft. McCabe Brothers say that a special man is engaged by them known as a “tamper,” whose duty it is to go around with a long ' tamping Iron after the blasts and test every i crevice to .see if it Is safe. A tamper went ' around last night at 10:30 o’clock and re ported everything sate. IJO YOU T.YI-K P O L IT IC S f T h e m a n w h o tn lU a p o I l U c a a n d fa l l * to r e g i s t e r la o f l i t t l e u s e . D o n ’t tr n v e l In tlin t e l a s s , hut r e g i s t e r to - c in y . T o m o r r o w is y o u r lu s t c h n n e e . S e e E n g l e l i s t o f iio llln g - p l u e e s . R e g i s t e r lic f o r e lO t o - n i g h t if yon e n n . 2,712 DEATHS IN BEF-GGEE CAMPS. Mortality Record in South Africa for S e p t e m b e r — 1,964 Children Succumb. London. October IS—Reports from the I refugee camps in South Africa for September show a total white population of 109,418; deaths among the whites, 2,411, of which 1,964 were children. Tho colored population is shown to bo 38,549, among whom there were 301 deaths during tho month. 9 6 .5 0 b y t h e N e w Y'ork C e n t r n I an d $3.00 by the WoHt Shore, New York to Huffalo nn<I return, October 18th, 23th and 30th. Good only In coaches. Lowest rates yet made for the i'*n- Atifcrican Exposition.'^Adv. DO Tfoil \WANT I'O Y'OTUf D o n o t tliroTV a ’»%ay >nnr c h n n o e . K o r e i s n boi*n c i i l * e n s r e a lise th e b o o n a n d ' n e v e r f a l l t o repfUior. U e m e m b e r t b e r e o n e n io r o day um l t h e b e t t e r t i m e i» KOW. T om ouh rejfInter u p t o 10 P . M. P o l l i n s ' p laces in to-day*fi K asrie. STEAMEB ASE’OBE, 200 ON BOARD. The Manchester Shipper Goes Aground Near Sydney Harbor. H alifax, N. S., October IS—The steamship Manchester Shipper, with 200 passengers from Antwerp or Hamburg, bound to Montreal, is ashore a t P e trie's Ledge.s, .st the entrance north of Sydney Harbor. The water la calm. GOLD BARS WASHED ASHORE. Grand Cayman Islanders Pick Up Treas ure From Old 'Wreck. Kingston, Jam aica, October 18—Dispatches received here’from Grand Caymnn. a depend ency of Jam aica, report the finding of valu able treasure, in gold and .silver bars, at a point where the sea breaks, and where the remains of an ancient shipwreck are still seen. The treasure was washed out of the wreck by recent heavy rains. The commissioner of the island verifies the report. WOMEN li\l THE CAMPAIGN. Republican,.Union League, Mrs. Bost- •wick Fresident, Will Have Eastern District Headquarters. The Women’s Republican Union League (Mrs. Boetwick, president) has opened headquarters in the club house of the Con gress Club, at 580 Bedford avenue, and i t is their intention to conduct an active cam paign in the Interest of the entire R e publican ticket, but in particular for Seth Low for Mayor. The privilege of giving the members of the league the use of the club house was granted them through the cour tesy of the members of the club. Mrs. K a te M. Bostwick, the president of the club, w ill be in charge until the conclusion of the campaign, and with her w ill be associated Mrs. John Hartley, a member of the execu tive com mittee, and also the chairman of tho reception com mittee. The other officers of the league who are engaged in making an active campaign in other parts of the city are: Mrs. A. De Severinus, Mrs. Dr. H o lley and Mrs. Mary A. W ilder, vice presidents; Mrs. Rose Coe, secretary, and Mrs. Marie Twlss, treasurer. The league is co-oper ating w ith the Women’s State Republican Association, of which Miss Helen Varlck Boswell in acting president. The latter has expressed her intention of being present at a m eeting to be held under the auspices of the league on October 29, at 3 o’clock, at 718 DeKalb avenue. The principal topic on this occasion w ill be: “Women in P o litical Work.” The league has been engaged In active work In the \various cam p aigns since - 1896. and has worked in conjunction w ith the Kings County Republican Campaign Com m ittee. This is the first tim e that regular headquarters have been established in tho Eastern D istrict, and it is expected that excellent, resu lts-w ill folloix-. The head quarters v l l l , . be open ev i f y afternoon from 2 to 5 wh.en , v isitors W..I1 be re ceived, and an invitation is extended to all women interested in the success of the Re publican party. In the m eantim e a com m ittee is actively engaged in each ward throughout the borough making a house to house canvass and distributing campaign literature. Tho same class of m atter w ill also be distributed from their new head quarters. NEITHER SIDE GDNFIDENT OF VIGTORY ON NOY. D. Fusion and Democratic Leaders Full of Hopes, but None Sure of Victory. BROOKLYN THE BATTLEGROUND. Figures From Tammany Sources Which Indicate That Low Must Carry Brook lyn by 25,000 to Win. DON’T T A K E .ANY' R I S K S. P n t t in ; ? olT n n t l l t o - m o r r o w iv l i n t y o n o o f r h t to d o to-«Iay n e v e r m o r e d n n - freronm th a n in rofriHterinpr f o r c l e o - t l o n . I f y o n p n t off ref^ lN t e r in ^ t o - d n y , y o u nia.y reprret i t . > 0 c l i n n e e a f t e r t o - m o r r o w . Y o n c a n rei^iMter to - n l ^ ' l i t u p to 10 o ' c l o c k . GRAFF CREDITORS COMBINE. Bind Themselves Together as a Com mittee of Defense and Discourage Discussion. A m eeting of several of the creditors of the defunct brokerage firm of G. Edward Graft & Co. was held in the Union League Club house last night and with a .solemnity that was In keeping with the small attend ance resolved that “ the chairman shall make no report to others than the refree (meaning Robert F. Tilney), it being our opinion that the claim s of creditors should be tried be fore the referee and the ecurt and uot in the public press, and that we bind ourselves not to discuss or give information relative to the action of this m eeting to others than our several counsels. W ith this understand ing the m eeting adjourned. It may be interesting to note that tho chairman of this m eeting was Thomas D. Mosscrop, from whom, perhaps, more than from any other source, information has been obtained relative to tho affairs of G. Edward Graff & Co. Just who the si.x or seven cred itors were could not be learned, for Mr. Mosscrop left town this morning im m edi ately after preparing a copy of this resolu tion which was industriously circulated among the press of tho city. It w a s also resolved that the ne.xt m o«.ing of these creditors, to which others w ill again ho in vited, w ill bo held in tho Clarendon Hotel some tim e in the future at tho will of the chair. The examination of tho principals in the bankruptcy proceedings against the firm of 1 G. Edward Graff & Co. will be held In the i United States District Court room in tho | Federal Building on W ednesday morning of 1istration next week, when, it is likely, the m ajority I of tho creditors will seek through their sov- ! eral counsels to obtain dofinito information ! as to just how their accounts were kept in i the books of the firm. In this relation, j Charles H. Hyde and Judge Van W yck. as : counsel, will doubtless take tho leading part, representing, as they do. tho largesth credit ors, notable among whom are John Mc Carty and James Shovlin. who are accused In some quarters with being nartlos to the now famous “Graff Pool'*: ex-Shorlff Creamer and Tax A ssessor John Schleimann. This examination w ill be Imld before R ef eree Tilney, and will doubtless continue sev eral days. W h ile many intorosting facts will probably be developed through this exam ina tion. it is doubtful if anything more sensa tional will happen than has already boon pub lished thiough the information and snggos- | tion made by the few creditors who have now j resolved not to talk. ! Notwithstanding the confident assertions put forward for public consumption, the fact remains that those who are responsible for the conduct of the campaigns of the regpec- Live candidates for the mayoralty, and who thereby are In the best positions to form a judgment, are by no means as confident of the success of their\ candidates as they would like to be. The truth is that, while the Fusion man agers draw comfort from the figure® of the registration, the Democratic managers draw an equal amount from tho first results of their canvass, and see, or claim to see, first, that there Is no popular uprising for Mr. Low, and, secondly, that Mr. Shepard Is de veloping a strength among that class of voters w'hich cannot be reached by organ ization methods. The campaign has opened slowly, and sig nificant indications have been backward in appearing. The situation is best expressed in negative xerms. There have not been as yet Tremendous outpourings at the m eet ings on either side; there have not been large m igrations of voters from one side to the other, as shown In the declared in tention of influential men; there are no indications of a popular uprising. The one significant fact is the large registration on the first two days. The fact that the in crease of registration in the Democratic districts over 1897 has not measured up to the Increase in the opposition districts, has been somewhat disturbing to the Democratic leaders, and has lead to frequent talks on the part of Mr. Croker to the Assembly dis trict leaders to put forward all the energy possible in bringing the last possible voter to the registry. From the fact that the registry of voters in the distinctively Republican districts shows that the voters seem determined to exercise their right of franchise Is deduced the idea that there Is to be cast a dogged, silent vote that w ill be shown only when counted. But this is a m atter of pure specu lation and based only on the registration fig-; ures. The day when attendance on public m eetings was taken as an indication has passed by. But It can be said that the m eet ings on either side have not heen as largely- attended as four years ago. The truth is that there have been no great indications in the present campaign to influ ence the judgment and all expressions of those who are in the position to see the first drifts of popular action are purely specula tive. The result is that neither side is em phatically confident. The conviction of suc cess does not abide anywhere. That is the peculiar characteristic of the situation at the close of the second week of the campaign. V/hat is admitted in the inner circles oi the fusion camp is that the Borough of Brooklyn m ust give an adequate majority tor Low to carry tho city. Majorities in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens and Richmond arc not looked for. Brooklyn, therefore, ia tho battle ground and such .forecast as to tho final result a.s may be made must be done with the possible Brooklyn result in vlcjv.-. That the result will depend on the vote a.n cast in Brooklyn is admitted by tho Ta^i- many people, and they arc disposed to place the responsibility on the managers of the Kings County Democracy. A man of prominence, earnestly in support of Mr. Low. connected with large corporate interests, expressed the opinion that :he issue In this campaign was Devery and tho mal-adminlstration of the police department, saying he could uot pursuade himself that iho voters were not coming out on that lino. This remark being quoted to a superior of ficer of the same corporation as earnestly de siring the election of .Mr. L.ow, one who has had wide political experience, he replied that he w-ished he could see it in that way. He had. he said, looked in vain for signs of a popular uprising. What he saw rather was an Indifference that was only offset in the size of the registry figures. In no way were the conditions similar to those of the Tweed times. Then the officials in power were steal ing directly from the treasury and everybody was affected by their actions. Their mis deeds came right home to everyone then. But. now the charge was that theofflcials received pay for protecting certain unlawful people in the violation of law, as in gambling an<l the maintaining of disorderly places. These misdeeds did not come home to the voters as those of the Tweed days did and he could not see that they were treated as seriously. Mr. Croker, It is known, regards the situa tion with more complacency to-day than he did two days ago. This Is due to the reports ho has received from the district leaders from every part of the city. It Is now ad mitted by the leaders in confidence, that dur ing the days immediatedy following the nom inations they wei'o doubtful as to tho final result, but they now insist that the situation has improved to such a degree that the light is now shining brightly: but, even then, con fidence absolute does not exist on the Tam many side. One thing quite likely to influ ence the Judgment of the leaders as to a. to them, favorable result. Is the assurance of an abundance of campaign funds, no small part of which is assured in the support of the corporate interests of their ticket. On the Tammany side tho matbematiclan.s are at work and their conservative figures are presented here. They set out by apply ing the rule of three to the first two days of registry a.s compared with the first two dUys of 1897. and thereby ascertain that the reg figures for four days will be 400,000. They find that the difference between the registered vote and the voted vote wa.s 7 7-10 per cent... and figuring that this per centage will obtain tn 1901, they conclude that the aggregate vote In Manhattan and the Bronx will be .109,509. With this basis established they go on with their computa tion. Of the whole vote in 1807, 47Vj per cent, was Democratic; 4nVi» per cent, was the combined vote of Low- and Tracey, and per cent, single tax. They .-issume that thi.s proportion w ill be maintained and that If the whole vote is 369..509 tho result will be this: R B M R M B E R T H IS . On .S a t u r d a y nlfirht a l l o f t h e n n n ien o f A 'oters th i n y e a r T r i l l lie o n t h e I io o U m . I h your*H t h e r e n o w ? D o n o t lo n e th e c h a n c e , n o in n t t e r to TThat p a r t y yo n b e l o n i t . T h in In t h e t i m e to reslM ter n n d t h e p o l l s M’l l l h e o p e n u n t i l 1 0 o*cl€>vlc to - n lg r h f . Lant e h n n e e t o - m o r r o w . S e c lin t o f p lu c e n In Enerlo t o - d a y . be elected, and this they feel confident can not be done. ' This is a result claimed to be based upon the most conservative figures In which all doubtful quantities are given to the opposi tion and that there can be no change from them except to the advantage of the Shepard ticket. And there is no doubt these figures have had much to do wdth increasing Tam many’s confidence In the result. THE POPE IS NOT ILL. He Received Cardinals and Foreign Visitors To-day. Rome, October 18—The recurring news paper reports that the Pope Is suffering from weakness, and is subject to fainting spells, have called out a denial from the Vatican. H is holiness Is in perfect health, gives audiences regularly, and passes the fine days in the gardens. To-day he received a number of cardinals, other prelates and several foreign visitors. DIGH SGHDDL lElCHERS SUE FOR BlIGt PAY. Claims Made Include Differences Between the Pettingill and Harrigan Schedules. SUM ASKED MAY REACH $300,000 If the Teachers \Win the Brooklyn. School Board Members May Have to Settle. RETVIZAN BEATS A RECORD, B.nssian Battleship Attaini^ Average Speed of 18.8 Knots in Twelve Hours’ B>un. Drtrnrtrraflr vote vntr» tnx volf . Sinwl** trix vo tf ....................................................... 't.IfT They figure that the percentfigt^ of increase of population In .Mnnhaitan. Bronx and Rich mond Is J1 per cent, and in Queens 1.5 per cent. Under this oonipHtaiion tliey find a plurality of 14.5SI for .Mr. Shcpitrd in .Man- hiiltnn and Bronx. Then there 1 h the Ki.oou single tax vote To be disposed of. which they, . u , judge will be cast with the greai**r tIckct.s 1 '’all. the anarchist wno returned from the this year and while claiming that 75 per cent, i United .Staters with BrcHcl, the a.ssassln Of Is naturally nemorratir they mode.sMy take j King Humbert, has been committed to prison hut 60 per cent, and add It, to ihe plurality j by the court at Porto Ferrajo, Island of Elba, of 14.581, to make It 2h.466. They elatmed | on the charge of being an accomplice of that, the combined pluralities of Queen.*? and | Bre^»cl. Richmond will on the above showing be 3.149. ; COLER BEFORE THE G R A N D J U R Y . Controller Bird S. Coler wns n witness be fore the Grand Jury this morning. Another investigation of the women's prison, adjoin ing Raymond Street Jail, is In progress, nnd the Grand Jury wants to know from the Con troller If it wa.s not ijo.ssiLile in make some improvement in the prcsciu con'Iition of the building. A presentm ent w ill probably he mmle by the Grand Jury to tho County (’oun n^^-xt. week on the old topic of the condfilon o f the woman’s jail. Boston, October IS—The Russian battleship Retvizan, which arrived here to-day from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, had a speed trial during the night. . . She was timed for a straight run of tw e lve hours’ duration and attained an average speed of 18.8 knots, her highest speed for one hour being 19 knots. This beats the record of any battleship for a twelve hour test. FEARS INTERNATIONAL TROUBLE London. Paper Believes Safety of IflCiss Stone I s Coi^promised by Consul General’s Demand. London, October 18—The Globe this after noon says it fears that the safety of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the kidnaped missionary, 1 b seriously compromiBed by the attitude of Consul General Dickinson in refusing lo pay the ransom and in demanding that Bulgaria arrest the leaders of the Macedonian committee as the real authoin of the American woman’s abduction. The paper says the situation contains all the factors of a grave international compli cation and threatens to assume Importance far beyond the personality of any individual missionary. W H AT W I L L YOU DO ELECTION D A Y ? If y o u «1on*t rcK la t e r lo - d n y o r i o - m o r r o n * —I h e l a s t o p p o r t u n i t y — y o u m a y ok w e l l pro cronnlnsr w h e n o t h e r m e n o r e v o t i n i x . S e e t h a t y o u r n u m c ire t H o n t h e 1> o o U m . B o o lu i o p e n fr o m 7 A. n n t l l lO i*. M. Nee It.nt o f p ln c c N In E a g l e . The one hundred or more teachers employed In the four Brooklyn high schools—the Boys', Girls’. Manual Ti'alning and Erasmun H a l l - have entered claim s against the Board of Education for back salaries alleged lo be duo them in the change from the P e ttingill sched ule to tho Harrigan schedule of payment and the one that Immediately preceded it. 'The claims put In by the teachers In tho high Bch<mls ere only forerunners of what all the teachers in this borough who were lIcenFod at the time that the schedules men tioned were In effect intend to do if those of their associates hold with tho courts, and In that event the suits that w ill be brought against the city will aggregate the sum of $200,000 or $300,000. A peculiar feature of the action of the high school teachers la the fact that -if the claim s are r.Ilowefl by the courts the money may have to bo. paid out of the Individual pockets of the membovR of the Brooklyn School Board. This Is the opinion of Audi tor Cook of the Board of Education, who is made to answer the allegations of the school teachers in this borough who are about to enter action against the Board of Educa tion. The cause of tho action of the local teach ers originated back in 1S9S. In Juno of that year the Brooklyn School Board adopted tho schedule of paying teachers* salaries knowm as tho P e ttingill schedule, after Its compiler, Mrs. P e ttingill, who at that time waa one of the five women njember.s of the Board of Education appointed to office by former Mayor Schleren. Mrs. PeUingill Is now teacher of stenography School. There w’as considerable part of som e of th^ -- •• School In the Girls’ High objection on the som e of the rcembers of the Board at the time against the Pettingill schedule and the dispute over its adoption was finally taken Into the courts, which de cided that It should be put into effect. This schedule continued In effect during tho months of September, October. Novem ber and December of that year, but In Jan uary of the succeeding year the local School Board discontinued It and tho payrolls of the teachers were made up on a lower sched ule. the one that was In vogue prior to the introducUen WILLIAM BURNS REGISTERS. Appears at Polling* Place With His Father^s Naturalization Papers. Wllllnm Burns, cashier of the W llllams- burgh Savings Bank, was duly enrolled as an elector at the polling place at 477 Sum ner avenue this morning. When Mr. Burns presented him self to ne regietcred last week Philip W. Scofield, the chairman of the board, refused to enroll him on the ground that he was not naturalized. Mr. Burns, who was born in Canada, acimiUed that he bad not been naturalized, nor lo bis knowledge wn.s be able lo positively state whether his father was a citizen. declared, however, that he had l)een voting for twenty-one yearn and his right to do so had never Y.efori- l)epn quee- tloncd. It was ^•uggcsted to .Mr. Burns that he ascertain defiiillely v.hethor Itis father ha«l ever taken out pajters. Mr. B-irns did so nnd was ngrecubly surprised to learn that such wa.M the cflftc. papers Mr. Burns visited the polling place of (he PoLtingUl schedule. Though the PectlnglU schedule waa never rescinded by foiroal hc .U cu of the Brooklyn .School Board, the teachers continued to bo paid on the lower r.ehedule, which was put Into effect after the expiration of the latt four months of the year IShB. T h is, state of r.ffalrs continued until the iustaUat.lon of the v-chodulc known as tho Harrigan nchedule, m ade up by Dr. J'-bn Har rigan, who was then :<nd Is still a member of the School Board. The Harrigan schedule i:! the one on which the teachers ore being paid now. according, of course, to ihc terms cf the Dnvis law. It.is claimed that the members of the local Schoci Board were repeatedly ■^varned that their action in dl.scoTitlnulng. v/lthouf. formal rescinding proceeding.**!, the Pettingill sched ule was irregular. Protest.s were made agaln.st the method <:f paymciu adopted by the Brooklyn School Boord by the aiidltor.s of «he Central Board but. it Is claimed, no heed was paid to them and Ilnally the C'er- porntion Counsel was appealed to and he wrote a letter to the local School Board ad monishing tho members that their mi'thod of Paying the te.aehcra’ salaries ar this borough was very much involved. All this tim e, an official of the Board of Education said to-day. while local .School Hoard was procecfilng along these lines, the liabilities of the P eulngllj sched ule wore increasing until they had reached the stage where It Is dotibtful if S200.0(»0 w ill liquIdiUe them if the courts decide that are regular. U Is said that out ... .... . t . ♦ he School Board w a s able to create from the difference in tho Amount paid to the they IcAChers by the change from the I’ettlnglTI schedule to the one In vogue before If. It'wan surprised to learn that such j sole to incre.OHe the frarhers’ snlories under Armed v-itb the r.aturaUzatluu • the Hnrrignn .schedule. irns visited the polling place Henry R. M. Cook, the omlitor of the 4* and ‘showing the paper w-ar | of r.dsication. said to-<lny that there ■ further ado. He ......... . ....... ,.,.,>..41’ for t.lK* amount nf expressed confilderable gratl- ] money th.Ti will be due the t* neherp of this fact that he would be able ; borough who have rlnfms ag.ninfit the city 1 hf»rpinfore. ' if thrci’.' of th e High School tenclicrs just. presented are allowed bv the courts, and location ever tin? fa c t th a t to cast his ballot as heretofore. CASE AGAINST COLER. flint if the money }« allowed I‘ will have to come put of the pocket.s of the members of The Brooklyn School Board, who. It Is alleged, are respon.^ilde for the deficit. A c tion B e g u n to H a v e H i m A d j u d g e d | ,^„\rl .nn4 l,n/ro'lv?rM in C o n tem p t o f j ’ hf'm to r’orporai ion Counsel Whalen for advlc'’’. Court. ; The counsel fop the te.-tchers Is Ira Leo ______ __ ! n.'imbergcr. who a nieml.'er of the local ,1 School B o a r d , and w h o . at the tim e of th e Ncubergep and t olonei , ^Hj^fUKRion ov$’r the T’ettingfll schedule, was ] one of thov.e opposed to its Inlroductlon. Lawyora D avid M. P. A. Hargnua apf-Ited to JusUco MacLean tn the Suprem:^ Court to-d.'iv for an order acl- jrdglng Controller Bird (^oler .guilty of conteTopt of court for his failure to obey a percmplrry vrrit of immdfiinus issue«l on Sop loijil.er 10 la s t by Ju.stlce Dugro, wbb'h di rected him to pay a Judgment oi.iaired in the spring of 1897 by I-’rank B. Hoag, h a.i- k ’onkeeper, against the riry »if .Vow 1 ork fc.;r the sum of $25. Mr. Neuberger said that while the t'on- troller was technically in contf'mpf of court, he was not. lo be blamed Tor his action, a.s he had acted under a«lvtce given him by the ■Jorponulon ('ounst’l, ivhb:h was Incorrect. A reprc.seniatlvo nf the Torponitlon Coun sel's office appU^f^ adjournment, and Justice MacLuan said he would conalder the matter later on, v.-hen he had reached the matter on the second call of the calendar. PAUL CROGAN IS HELD. \I will hold you In $2..500 ball for the Grand Jury. There you will get justice, as they are an Intelligent body of men.” said .Magistrate Furlong, in the Gates avenue court this morning, to Paul Crogan, 24 years old, of Adelphl street, w'ho was charged v-Ith pass- | Rapid Work on Teachers’ Pay Rolls Is Now Promised. Through the positive Insistence of Prest- i dent r'harlep K. Robertson of the Brooklyn i School Board, the school teachers In Brook- : lyn will receive their pay as rapidly a.s the several payrolls can he completed and sent to the Auditor's Dcparlm ent In .Manhat tan. Formerly, no Balarles have been paid until the rolls have been completed, w’hich means that the rollw from all the schools must have been In nnd audited before the checks wore sent to Brooklyn. Bvit for the September pay this r\ile will be set aside, and thf5 teachers w ill be paid by schools as they are completed. In this relation Presi dent Robertson said this morning; Many Teachers Not Paid Since Last June. Dr. Gunnison, the principal of the P!rasmur, Hall High School, said to-day that the Im pression that had gone forth from the a r t i cle in yesterdny'B Eagle In reference to the last time that the local teachers have re- ing a worthless check on Druggist Klopsch i celved their salaries was wrong, of GumberJand street and .Myrtle avenue. | Crogan pleaded not guilty to the charge. j He said Tnke tho Day Line str. on f‘> pufT;*!'•, the Hudson la at the height of it? \i--.nny. making the plurality of 22.Gi.-,. to be rn-ep- come by .Mr. Low In Brooklyn. They assume that the normal DemoernMc m ajority in Brooklyn ia 12.000. and thoy <daim therefore that Mr. Low must make gains in Brooklyn of .55.000 to ovnreomf' the Shepard vote and must carry Brooklyn by 25.000 to l*olniM l! l*o1an<l! P n lfin ilt l*olnn<l! T h e purcbt natural spring w'ul'.’r In tho w o r l d . —.\dv. that, while It was true that some of the teachers received their salaries on Heptem- ____ * ... - ____ , the great m ajority of the teachers - BRESCI S ACCOMPLICE JAILED. | those who have not. yet been transferred London. October IR -A dispatch received j here from Rome Rays that .Salvatoro Quinta- r \ ' ' ’'’\'’ T ' \ \ ^ ( last. Dr. Gunnison s statem e n t Is empha- : sized by a number of letters which the Eagle has received from school teachers, denying th<* statem ent of President Rohort- Hon that they rec’olvod any of their salaries ( on i^opLr-rnbor 8 . All of the writers of the letters in the ' f’agle’s poHHCssIon say they have received ^ PU N J A B CROPS WITHERED. Lahore, f’unjah, October 18—The autumn crops in the unlrrigaied soil throughout the Punjab have entirely withered, the monsoon having failed. R c i l n c r ^ d I t n t c s K v e r j * Dn>- t o B u f T n l o by the N<»w York l.'entriil nnd .Shor^ Hall- ;• IriMuiru >j’ .iK' iit.-. ir.iin ev« ry hour.—Adv. j no money since Juno last. All criticize the statem ent of ProBldent Robertson and three of the writers of the letters declare that It has placed them In an em lmrrasslng posi tion with their creditors. TTr- concensus of tho Icttcra l.s that Hie teachers who have received their money since The summer vacation am in the great m inority. “How is a teacher to live four months on I one month's salary?” w r lfts one teacher.
