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'rTiyTTaRAffY\\5^ congress , Twr) 0 » . r , RrecnCT i OCT. £;7 Tpfi?| i c r >;:• FOUR O’CLOCK. K n tcrcd n t Brooklyn. X . Y.. P . O. a s S<‘Cond C lass M a tter. NEW YORK. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1902.—^'OL. 02. NO. 295.—20 PAGES. Coi.yrj^!;:. :5 2. I’V top Gf' nklyr'! H.ii.y lluylo 'I \ l I ]-«? I Tv.i,.> M a r k i- i j . i t l.-i A O * ind FRUiD IN COREY ISUi IFiUCCULlllCHISIllCIII. Thirty-fourth Election District Shows ( 0 I increase in Registration. IT IS APPARENTLY DESERTED. T h is Is the W e st End of Coney Island, W here Kenneth Sutherland K eigns Supreme. TO ARBITRATE RREKCH STRIKE. M iners’ Federation Agrees ^to Submit Demands to Arbitration. P a r i s , October 24—Prem i e r Combos had two h o u r s ’ conference with the National Com m i t t e e of t h e M i n e r s ’ F e d e r a t i o n to-day and t h e latter agreed to subm i t the demands of t h e m i n e r s to arb i t r a t i o n , w h i c h t h e com m i t t e e declared ought to Include the estab lishm e n t of a m i n i m u m wage and regulation of t h e hours of work. M. Combe-s will next consult the delegates of t h e companies. The action of the French P r e m i e r is looked upon here as evidently being emula tion of P r e s i d e n t Roosevelt’s intervention in t h e coal strike in t h e United States. Dunkirk. France, October 24—The dock lab o r e r s this afternoon form a l l y decided by 1.711 votes to 481 t o resum e work. 15 KILLED IN A HITRBICANE. Coney Island bids fair, unless State Super in t e n d e n t McCullagb and t h e police can pre v e n t it, to roll up an old-time McKane vote. I n one election district alone, the T h i r t y - fourth, which, to every appearance, is d e serted, G68 voters are registered. ’This is a n Increase of 101 over last y e a r and looks very suspicious, i t being well understood that m a n y questionable voters arc always placed a t Coney Island. The iristration in t h i s instance is cne of ;i thf- of all the election districts in th.' 'j.ir.i.i:.'!!. and to look it over one would I not tUinI; t’noro were a dozen men within / its boundaries. . | I L a s t year only 567 were registered there. ‘ • and some people remarked th a t Kenoetii ! S u t h e r l a n d had been very active this y e a r j In the interest of t h e Dcm c c . a ts. | Hundred Houses Destroyed and Several Ships Sunk i n Argentina. . Buenos .\yres, Argentina, October 24 — A hurricane has swept over P o r t Diamante, Province . f E n t r c Rios (between the Rivers Uruguay and Parana.) F i f t e e n persons were killed and many were Injured. A hun dred houses were destroyed and several ships were sunk. Nogvoya and other places were also damaged. DISMISSED FROM THE FORCE. Patrolm an Frank M. Graham Loses H is Shield at Hands cf Commissioner Partridge. Patrolm a n F r a n k M. Graham of the Canar- mi GimiCIE SISPENDED FROM PUBLIC WIRY. Charges of Insubordination and Incapacity Made Against the Assistant of Mr. Hill. AN OLD ROW CULMINATES. The Suspension Believed to Mark the End of Mrs. Craijjie's Service in the Eibrary. Mrs. Mary E. Craigie was t o - d a y suspended from duty as assista n t l i b r a r i a n In charge of traveling libraries in the Brooklyn Public L i b r a r y . The suspension ivas m a d e p«ndiug th e investigation of charges of insubordina tion and incapacity preferred against Mrs Craigie by L i b r a r i a n Frank P. Hill. The offlclal conmunicationB suspending Mrs. Craigie were sent by Henry Sanger Snow early this mornlug and were received by Mr. Hill and Mrs. Craigie a t the Bre- LOCAL W EATHER PRORAUIUTIEal. (T o h d y an d p r o b a b ly thrcateiiin;;: to n i g h t nnd S a t o r d n y ; nlii^ht * olmnKe In te m p e r a t u r e ; brink so u t h to H o u thwoit M'ilKlN. • It will be recalled th a t Sutherland spent I sie precinct was to-day dismissed from the •sf jf.ome tim e in S i n g * ^ l n g about ten years J i g o for his activity as a lieutenant of Mc- IKane., Since his return from prison he has [b e e n the reuo^nixed Democratic leader of f Coney Ishtnd, though he was deprived of bis jitisenahip for his work in 1893. Siithe.^land is said to be juat as good a [(•friend of Coier as Tim Sullivan, with whom h e worked when Devery ran Coney Island police force by Commissioner Partridge for pulling a revolver and threatening ‘to shoot P a t r o l m a n Edward S. Peacock while the latter wa.a on duty in FrtiM'O”' Park on Oc tober S. The case was ;*> I'irst Deputy Com.niissioner Ebstein a: iieadquartcrs on October 14 and it was on hi& r e c o mmenda tion t h a t ’ Graham was dismissed. .According to the evidence given at the trial. Peacock wa.s on duty n e a r Terrace Bridge in t h e p a r k whoa he saw G r a h a m with direct frofu Mulberry street. His reiailve activity this year is ex- j two women beside him on the slope of a hill, plained bv some people by the fact th a t he j Graham pointed a revolver a t one of the ■ w a s never mu’ch of an ad m i r e r of Edward j f '■bought it his d u t y to in- ........................... , , . ,, , i t e r i e r e and Graham th r e a t e n e d to blow off a.1. Shepnra. who helped to send huiiLe*f and | head. Peacock caused G r a h a m ' s arre.st Jo h n Y. McKane to prison. ‘jar.d when arraigned in the F l a t b u s h court The vote In t h e Thirty-fourth District last j he w a s discharged, as M a g i s t r a t e Steers said 3 'ear, however stood 409 I'or Shepard to 110 i t h e r e w*as lack of evidence. Then cnarges fo r L 0 ’.v. The rlnclng of lOO a d d itiount float- ! preferred before -Major E b s t e i n . I e r s in a single election d i s t r i c t is regarded j a s a p r e t t y bold piece of business. It is z un lb Ir M Id u vt -d >a o Is Ij i a 9. d a l- ■s * T -i [ a b o u t “the lim i t , ” in Coney Island parlance. Superintendent McCullagb demanded the Im i d oI t h e police to-day i n m a k i n g an invez- TltiKatlon of tliis strange Increase of voters |l a t the seaside, which is supposed to bo so ta m e nt this season of t h e year. He points o u t th a t quite a l a r g e percentage of t h e new voters are registered from one of t h e hotels. T h e r e are t o m e features in t h e registration -vliieh t a l l y with McKane conditions. A m a - ||cir!ty of the m e n registered here have no p.d.idle nam e s or initials. Very man.v of th e m are fam i l i a r in fiction Kin.' give the list a humorous appearance. iM c K a u e was never too p a r t i c u l a r about mld- ' d j o nam e s and a fine bunch of ex-convicts nnd crooks was always gath e r e d there ju s t before election. .r.'. . . Coney-^Island, since then, h a s been com p a r e tlVpfy-. q u iet, though floaterii are always in ordeW, Luke D. .Stapleton has always Ifi ..clalmocV-that the. r eason why Doyle was able *■ ’’to' r e t a i n 1 a hold on the district was th a t he k e p t up h i s alliance with Sutherland, and the Coney Island vote is cast solidly for Doyle each year. The re g i s t r a t i o n this year on the several days was quite uniform, as follows: F i r s t day, 241; second, 117; third, 1.52, and fourth, 158: a t o t a l of 068. The average registration for other d i s t r i c t s is between 300 and 400. .‘Im o u g the well known Coney Islanders who are already registered in this district th i s year are R o b e r t J. Suthedlaad, b r o t h e r of K e n n e t h ; .Alfred Feitman, George C. Til- you, Conrad Slubenbord, Jo s e p h Popper, P e t e r Ravenliall, Constantine Koster, Jam e s L. Sutherland, Louis Stanch, H e n r y Bader. The atten t i o n of Superintendent McCul- lag h was called to th i s d i s t r i c t several days ...gd by the Republican campaign committee of this county. The following l e t t e r , which is self-explana tory, was received by Commissioner P a r t ridge to-day from John McCullagb, sta t e su p e r i n t e n d e n t of elections; \H o n . John N. Partridge, Commissioner of Police, New York City: “ D e a r Sir—My attention has been' called to the very large Incmasc in the re g i s t r a tion of electors in the Thirty-fourth Elec tion D i s t r i c t of t h e Seventh Assembly Dis tr i c t of Kings County, which Includes the ■west end of Coney Island. The Increase is 101 over the registered votes of 1901. From rep o r t s made to this office it appears th a t a large' num b e r of persons have been reg i s tered from alleged holvls. in this district, presum a b l y w a i t e r s who were . employed d u r i n g the sum m e r season, but wSo are not legal v.'iters in the election district. “I inclose herew i t h a partial list of the new voters of t h e district, and do hereby r e quire and com m a n d your aid and assistance In m a k i n g a thorough and exhaustive iu- vestlgatlon of the claims^ of all new yoters registered in t h i s district. “ I am causing an investigation to be made by my deputies into the m a t t e r , but, owing to the indefinite addresses given by the per sons registered. It is dlflicuit to locate the voters, and I therefore, acting under the a u th o r i t y conferred upon me by Chapter 676 of the.,Laws of 1838. as amended, do hereby require and demand t h e aid nnd nssistance of yourself, your deputies and -subordlnutos and th e m e m b e r s of t h e uniformed police force of th e City of New York in making this in vestigation. “ R e spectfully yours, “JOHN McCULLAGH, \S t a t e Superintendent ol Election for the M e t r o p o l i t a n District.” -As soon as th i s letter was received by Commissioner Partridge he dispatched a copy w i t h haste tq F i r s t Deputy Commissioner E b s t e i n of Brooklyn, in whose territory the alleged increase is. LIABILITIES, $94,339. ■ Graham, at the trial, produced a number of w i t n e s s e s to prove th a t he was in Canar- sie at the time of the incident in the park. Peacock, however, positively identified Gra ham as the man who had threatened to take his life. Graham in the officer, ■who, two y e a r s ago. it is alleged, shot Patrolm n n R o b e r t Bolles of the'.Am i t y street station. CROWN PRINCE IN BROOKLYN. Sonidetcli Chowfa Maha Vajiraxrudh of Siam \Will Inspect the B ig Bridges This Afternoon. f lilt '=;■\ '■■' i i i f * has h-?ld the office of librarian h»' has stu diously avoided conflict with Mrs. Craigie and, according to his own stJUom<?nt, has done everything in his power to avert fric tion. He has, however, on sevoral occasions, been forced to conclude th a t Mrs. Craigie cherished toward him the same scntiineiits which she had for Mr. Bostwick. t In the charges which he has made Hill has speclfli-U s e v e ral occasions on which Mrs. 1 Cralgio has failed to comply vviih specific j directions of hts. He h a s also declared that : in her m a n a g e m e n t of th e traveling library system she has showi» incompetency. A few weeks ago Mrs. Craigie applied for one year's leave of absence without pay. giving Uo her reason ill health. She first made her application to the board and was directed to make it In the regular way through the librarian. She was also r e quested to present w i t h it a physician's cer tificate. She complied with the latter part of the request, setMng forth through the certificate of Dr. E l i z a b e t h W. M. Cameron th a t the quarters in which she had been placed in t h e basem e n t of t h e Brevoort place headquarters were uus^anitary. and that be cause of t h e dampness an d cold she had con tracted rheumatism. She refused to su b m i t her application to Mr. Hill, but sent i t directly to the commit tee on adm i n i s t r a t i o n . I t granted the appli cation wlihout delay, m a k i n g the grant sub- i Jeot to revocation by th e new board c.i dl- i r e c t o r s , which will take office at the cud of the year. A t that time Mrs. Craigie, in an Interview with an Eagle reporter, recited a parable w'hich. she said, told allegorically her rela tion to the Public Library. The parable wa.®^ SHORE DiiiYE BiY FRONT IS CLSllfl 0! 1 . RUES Elijah R. Kennedy Advises Park Com’r Younii to Defend It With Guns, if Necessary. PAID FOR BY OLD BROOKLYN. Now M anhattan Dock Commissioner proposes to Imperil 83,500,000 Investm ent. T R A I N R O B B E R S K I L L E N G I N E E R . A l l R e g i s t e r e d M a i l S t o l e n — N o O t h e r C a r T o u c h e d . St. Paul. .Minn., (h^tober 21— W o r d w;i.s rc- e t i v e d licre to day oi tl»M loblnrry o ' a •Northern ihvcltic m a i l f . a i n betw e e n Lh:r- m o u n i and {>runimoirl, -Mont., at»out m i d n i g h t la s t ni.^hi. T h e »'nglnt*:'r was killoil, the m a i l car b r o ’i r n into a n d rohl'\'fl i/T all re g i s t e r e d m a l l , but no o t h e r c a r was to u c h e d . 'I'h e n o n - a r r i v a l o f th e tr a i n a t D n i i n moiul c a u s e d an iiu v s t i E r n t i e n w h i c h r*‘‘.'!tiU'.‘d ' in fin d i n g th e tr a i n s t a ) I ‘' l w h o r e th e a t t . u 'k h a d b e e n m a d e . JOSEPH CIRii, m 02, IBRIEO TO RiS iiEGL I An Aged Widower of Freeport Became a Bridegroom Nearly j Three Weeks Ago. A N I N D I A N H . 4 . N G E D . THE BRIDE IS 45 YEARS OLD. Mrs. Mary E. Craigie. 9 o'clock. voert plac'. headquarters about T h e lette:-. \ ere as follows: October 21, 19G2. Mrs. Mary li. CruJgic; Dear madam—Y’ou are hereby su.spended from tiuty with the librnrj' pending tho hearing and SbrudetcU Chowfa Maha Vajiravudli, Cron’ll iinvMtlcaUon b>- tl.u con-.n.iueo on admlniatratioa •y’t.f ch a r g e s of Insu b o rd in a tio n an d incapacity. A copy of the ohoj-ges. wUh o p p o r tu n ity to P r i n c e of Siam, * w ill visit B r o o k l y n this afternoon. He is coming p a r t i c u l a r l y to .in: | heard thereon. s sXO’iv.^ o p p o r tu n ity t o be Yourt^ truly. spect the Bnooklyn Bridge and th e E a s t e r n D i s t r i c t Bridge, but will also tak e a good look a t t h e borough as he passes through. The Crowm Prince w'lH come acro s s about 4 o'clock and will go to the new bridge on this side soon aftoT i n s p e c t i n g the old one. The P r i n c e has heard a g r e a t deal about the Brooklyn Bridge and will m a k e a close inspection of the. s t r u c t u r e . The Crown Prince and his su i t e of sec retaries and aides dc comp aro s e a t 9:30 i o’clock this morning and a h a l f ho u r later i took breakfast in the pnlm garden restau - j r a n t of the W a l d o r f - A s t o r i a Hotel, Man- : •hattaii. in which they are stopping. The Stock Ercchacge was visited by the parly a t 1:-15 P. M.. and the American Surety Building, a t Pino stre e t and Broadway, Man h a t t a n , a litlltj later. T o - n i g h t HI 8 o’clock the P r i n c e will be dined by the Mai’or a t the M e t r o p o l i t a n Club. V\Tlh him will be H e r b e r t H. D. Pclrcc, th i r d assistan t secretary of state; E. V. Morgan and E. H. Loitus, secretary of the Siam t s e legation at W a s h i n g t o n . C h a ir m a n C'ommittoc on A U m inistrailon. * O o toher 24, 1902. M r. F r a n k P. H ill. L i b r a r ian B rooklyn P u b lic L ibi'ary, 26 Brevooi't- P lac''. B rooklyn: ”■You, i a rr ee herebyereby ’ uistru s tr ucto c tedi to roUev om d u ty in th-: lib r a r y p e n d ln s of. oharfces of. inHU Utor tordlnailon an d Inca- -You w illll Cvtke aiichuch a.ssiRnm.^slRnm eeni n i as.s. In D e a r ?lr— a h K Tj*. C ralnie fro m d u ty in th-: if. oharfces of. inH lou ’ w i Cv-tke s a a y o u r ’jiid s m c n t ‘ wii! 'n e f e s s a i y 'to . provide for e a r n i n g on' her w o rk. Y ours truly. IlltN R Y S .\N 'G S R SNOW , C lialriran C o m m ittee on A d m in istratio n . Im mediately upon r e c e i p t of t h e l e t t e r from Mr- Snow. L i b r a r i a n Hill sent for Mrs. Oral taken up,an d discussed.by t h e executive com m i t t o r uf the board of directors. It w a s known th a t Librarian Hi-» wished at th a t tim e to prefer charges against Mrs. Craigie and tho question whether or uot it. should be done a t that tim e was considered. There were sUU a few m e m b e r s of t h e board who wished to give Mrs. Craigie an oppor tu n i t y to re t i r e gracefully by way of the leave of absence and no decision was reached. As soon as Mrs. Craigie received the reply of the committee granting her leave of ab sence she sent another letter, asking leave to withdraw' her application. This request was also granted, but i t was decided t h a t the tim e had arrived when T-«lbrarian Hill's charges should be preferred. Mrs. Cralgie's sta t e m e n t yesterday th a t they “did not dare” bring charges probably precipitated the ac tion tak e n by the committee on adm i n i s t r a tion. H e n r y Sanger Snow when seen lo-day would not discuss the suspension of Mrs. Craigie beyond admitting the charges. The letters were given out by Librarian Hill, who likewise refused to discuss tho case. It is believed’ t h a t ' M r s . Craigie will fight her prospective removal In the couri.s. ----------- ^ ------------ MANY POCKETBOOKS SNATCHED. It vvns learned I o -U rv that Dock Commis sioner Hawkes has asserted control over the w a t e r front of the Shore drive in Brooklyn and propciHos to use it for his own purposes. The friends of the great parkway stretch ing from Owl's Head to F o r t Hamilton have 1 become greatly alarmed in eonsoquenco, and | they fear the dcsiruetion of the s-plondid i Improvement inaugurated and paid for while | Brooklyn was still a separate municipality. ! The growing scarcity of dock property in | M a n h a t t a n , it Is believed, has caused Mr. j Hawkes to turn an envious eye toward tins ; tine water front, which was plan.’^eJ and in- ! tended only for a pleasure ground. The un- ; He Joked W ith Marshals on the W ay to . t h e G a l l o w s . , j riioiix Falls, S. })., Jeto b e r 2-1—W a l k i n g ^ Slileld, a Rosebud Indian, wa.s hanged her'' | to-day for tho m u r d e r of .Mr.s. Ghc.-^t Faced Bear, on the Rosebud Indi.an rc.s«'rvation. | .May S. 1902. On the* way to the gallows t h e Indian Joked with the marshals. i The murdered woman was the mother of. the girl with whom Walking Shield was cn- anior(*d, and the Imlian killed )u r. \.sc slu would not be in the way.\ Last night at sun - ; d own Walking Shield .sang a weird death : .song, as is the custom of Indians ai)out to I die. ALL MAY RAISE PRICE OF COAL I An Epidemic On, 'in the Neighborhood of the Borough H a ll. During the week th e r e has hcen a perfect cpiilcmlc of pocketbook snatching in the neighborhood of the Borough Hall. The police are still looking fo r two young men who snatched pocketbooks since thp week begun, hut yesterday two were caught red handed. The victim of one was Catherine O'Cnnnor, who works at 48 Remsen street. She was on Beifisoa street, near the Bor ough Hall, tyhen a lad ■whose dlstinguishi: . garm e n t was a blue sweat,*!- with a flamin. red neck piece grahhed h e r pur-se, wrenched it from h e r hand and ran off with It. She gave chase and In a second or two, a.? she ran across the Borough Hall Park yelling \Police;\ t h e r e were s e v e ral hundred persons joining in the chase. The boy with the blue sw e a t e r ■was kept in sight hy the young woman and several ot the Icador.s in the pursuit. He ran into .Adams street from Willoughby street and then nought shelter in a saloon at the corner of .Adams street and Myrtle avenue. Policeman McCauley of tho Adams street eie and informed h e r th a t he had been dl- station, who had spo^uted the lad with the A \fT.. r ’foi • K. 1 ! s w e a t e r , too, went into the saloon after him AS Mrs. A»raigie naa dragged him out. Ho described hhnsolf -h,. ag Frederick Noll, aged 16 years, of 24 .North COST OF REPAVING WORK. Borough President S^wanstronr to In clude Estimate for N e x t Year in A n n u a l Statement. r e e l e d to suspend her. already read the letter addressed to her she showed no s u r p r i s e . She asked Mr. Hill who ■woiild be appointed to fill the vacancy pending th e b e a r i n g of c’narges. Mr. Hill immediately appointed Mrs. Frances Shultz, who has been Mrs. Graigle’s assista n t in the traveling library work. . As soon a s she had arranged her personal effects Mrs. Craigie left the build ing. It was said th a t she had gone to con su l t a lawyer. It is believed by those best I n f o r med in t h e affairs of the Public Library th a t tho sus pension of Mrs. Craigie. which took eCoot to-day. m a r k s the term i n a t i o n of her con nection with the library. She has been connected with the library in one capacity or an o t h e r since its establishm e n t in 1896. Her In t e r e s t in ’the public library dates from as Borough P r e s i d e n t Swanstrom is preparing his annual statem e n t to the B o a r d of E s t i mate, including an estim a t e of the cost of I e a r l y as 1890, and hy the general public tho repaving work which is to be done in t h i s ; c r e d i t for tho agitation which l e d ' t o tho borough next year. Mr. Swanstrom. it is | said, will ask the Board of E s t i m a t e for a big increase over his bond appropriation of this year. Public W o r k s Commissioner Redfield a few days ago. subm i t t e d to the Borough P r e s i d e n t his rep o r t tor the quarter ending Sep tem b e r 30, and also the reports for t h e heads of- t h e bureaus under him. In his report Commissioner Redfield points o u t the im provem e n t s which have been undertaken in establishm e n t of t h e public l i b r a r y system is generally given to .Mrs. Craigie. .At t h e time when the agitation was begun and the Brooklyn Public Library, .Association was formed, Mrs. Craigie was regarded as a Oxlord street. This morning. In the .Adams street court, he pleaded not guilty and <le- i mandod an immediate examination. He was ; accommodated by M a g i s t r a t e Steers and the story of t h e larceny, w-as told by Miss O'Con- | nor and other eye-witnesses. Then the lad was held for the action of the Grand Jury. Jam e s McKenna, aged 17 years, of 430 Sack- ett street, w a s captured a t about 1:30 o ’clock this m o r n i n g after a lively chase by Ofiiccr O'Mally of t h e .Adams street station, charged with having stolen a chatelaine bag from Mary Baskerville of 263 Gold street. Miss Baskervllle, who Is colored and 20 years old, was on h e r -u-ay home from some social func tion a t 1:30 and nt the com e r of Myrtle avenue and W a s h i n g t o n street was ap proached. she says, by the prisoner, who made a grab for her chatelaine purse. The hag was fastened to her belt by a heavy chain and he pulled ,so hard to get it loose th a t he nearly dragged her over. But he got it free with a Wrench and then ho darted down the street. Miss Baskervllle. with staring eyes, ran after him and some of the people who were out and la the neighborhood at th a t hour, went with her. Policeman O’Mally was on the street, too, and hoard the cries and ar rested McKenna. In his - flight the ac- th l s borough during the past th r e e m o n t h s flTo!’® sh^^Lmsemted^''; .. o. iCgdtUC broad minded, public spirited woman. H e r j cused had thrown away the heavy purse, activity was generally accredited to motives i which was picked up hy a man who said t h a t of pure philanthropy and the public of ' v.-,a „oan uim nSnii.-inv it Mr-WoTtna wr.tt Brooklyn was generous In its praise of her. When in 1896 t h e llbrarj’ was established by- act of t h e Legislature Mrs. Craigie was askeu | to take the po,sltiou ot librarian until a h e ha d see n Ih m abandon It, McKenn a w r a arraigned neidre M a g i s t r a t e Steers In tho .Adams street court this morning and plead ed not guilty He w.ns sent to jail in dc^- fault of v500 Itaii tor subsequent hearing. Miss O'Ceunur ?.. purse contained a ’ ten dollar bill, some change, a few cooking recipe.s and some memoranda. It was not recovered. Mi-,3 Baskervilic's pur.se had $1.25 In small change, a plug of tobacco, a knife, used for cutting the same, and .some matches and a latch key. ffclti; N. Booth and H is File Bank- --UT>tcy Petitions.. ,'v nclitlon in voluntary bankruptcy has bi ' i; 'l--d by John N. Booth, a builder, ot 501 .'-toy street. Jamaica. Jointly with this petition i;s one filed hy Mrs. Bootli, who sta t e s th a t she is without assets and th a t sh? cannot pay any of the debts of her h u s band. Both petitions are for n a o l l i t i e s am o u n t i n g to $Pl,339.f<3 and with assets of $225. The larg e s t secured creditor is Ja n e E. .Meeker ot 225 Jefferson nvemie, who has claims and those which are projected. ' Mr. Redfleld’s r e p o r t covers t h e m o s t active period of the y e a r for the D e p a r t m e n t of Public ■\Vorks, as It tak e s in th e summer m o n t h . , when the contractors tak e advan tage c-I t h e fine w e a t h e r , and t h e rep o r t fur nishes a criterion ot tho vast am o u n t of work th a t is annually done by the local Bu reaus of Highways nnd Sewers. -• in his report Mr. Redfield r e c o mmends the undertaking of a num b e r ot original Improve ments. It is the intention ot Commissioner Redfield next year to repave as many cob blestone sireets as-possible. There are at present 200 miles of eobhlciitone streets In Brooklyn, and Mr. Redfield says he wishes to reduce this num b e r before the end of | next year. These and other projected im p r o v e ments will require a l a r g e r appropriation ’b a r -vas allowed the borough this year, -ud .Mr. Swanstrom is preparing' to go i.'M.n--- the Board of Bsllinale arm e d with faci.v :,ud fig ures and de-mand enough money to enable the Commissioner of Public W o r k s to begin work on many needed, improvements which have been dc-l.a'yod' this year' owing to lack of funds. D u r i n g the past few weeks Commissioner RedfiSld has roeelved hundreds of petitions from property owners in different p a r t s of ibe borough rdquesting him lo repave certain streets. Mr. Redfield Is considering all these requests, hut it Is not likely th a t all will be acted upon favorably. Mr. Redlleld has already practically decided on the streets which are to be repaved ne:;t year and it will depend upon the size of the borough’s appropriation w h e t h e r or not other streets not on Comiulssloncr Redfield’e list will receive artenllon. It Is likely th a t there ■eill he some dissatisfaction w h e n Commis sioner Redfield makes public the list of streets which arc to be repaved next year, but he says timt with the funds at his dis posal be cann’>l do any better. The I'ubllc Works Commissioner is mak- When A. C- Bostwick was appointed li brarian, against the wishes o i Mrs. Craigie, she beca.-ne a candidate for the office of as..lBtant l i b r a r i a n and -vvas appointed. This acceptance by Mrs. Craigie of a salaried po sition in the system which she had done so much to create caused some surprise to her friends and admirers. F r o m tho time when Mrs. Craigie took office under Mr. Bostwick until the present, according to the statem e n t of one of the directors of the Public Library, there has been friction. It was only a few weeks a f t e r -Mr. Bostwick as.viimed office th a t evi dences of tnc antipathy, between him and his assistant show e d , themselves. T h e i r ' r e lations in ili,e adm i n i s t r a t i o n of library af-.j DEATH o r JESSE CAE.LL. (Special to the Eagle.) N o r t h p o r t . L. 1., October 24—Jesse Carl), the well known shipbuilder, died at his hem e here at 1:05 lo-day. Mr. Carll vva., ab o u t 72 y e a r s ot age. and -u-as a native o; thi.o town. H e w a s for many ycar.s engaged in fne ahip- __ .................. ...... ............ i’lg an effort lo Improve every q u a r t e r of amou’n l l n s T o L ’-i.OOO. with a security of the borough, so th a t there can n o t be any non Tiin tVlIllr.msburKli Snvin.ts Bank i.s a complaint about discrimination. .At the pre,5cnt time there are streets being paved 000. Th e W l l l l a m s b u r g h Snvin.ts Ban k is a secured credllor for $2,“,000. The unsecured claim s a m o u n t - t o 813,64'.'.33. and are owed lo 19 creditors, all in small amounts. MnntnK-no Cnfc nnd n r n tnn r n n t n In Carte. 103 and 1C3 Montague si. Luncheon, i : to 2 M cents. Tabic d’hote. 4t. 6. to 8. Music.—Adv. In practic.r.lly every large section of the borough and In the suburbs. It i.s not unlikely, it wa:i said to-day, th a t Borough President Swanstrom Will ask the Board of E s t i m a t e for 55,000,000 f o r repaving' work In this borough n e x t year. Ltlrs became more and more strained u n t i l ' building Industry anil oonstnicled many fani- firAflllv \f»* Pn5twl/»lr < n f/H-TYl fVirt ^ __ _ •—1-* _ .....1 yw 4 V. c .. .•nconlei finally Mr. Bostwick in form ed th e board th a t either he or Mrs. Craigie m u s t leave. T h e r e was a storm y session of the board, in which several of the tnlluentlal members championed the cause ot Mrs. Craigie be cause of her work in creating the library. It was adm i t t e d by them th a t there was some ground for L l b r a r l i n Dostwick’s pro test. but they believed th a t the people ot Brooklyn owed i t to Mrs. Craigie to support her because of what she had done in the past. A short time after this .Mr. Bostwick r e signed his position lo accept a call to the New York Public Library, where he subse- quentiy heca-mc assistant. W h e n Frank P. Hill was elected to the office of librarian to succeed Mr. Bostwick, the office of assista n t '’-ns a h o ilshed nnd -Mrs. Craigie was tem p o r a r i l y out of office. But the board va, srtil strong in its conviction th a t something .should be done for her, and the office of assistant in cnarge of tho trav eling libraries ■u’ns created. V.'hen Mr, H l ’i took office t h e relations of Mrs. Cralgio to t h e system were explained to him. with a dt-fail'-o h's-or.-- of her ditterem-es w i t h Mr. Bostwick. He was cautioned against doing anything to ama.gonizo i.er and was advised lo be o.spcciallj diplomatic in hUs relations as her .-tuperior. Air. Hill entered the field with a fair and open mind and a de sire to co-opernlc willi Mrs. Craigie In every pos.sihle tvay. D u r i n g the year and a h.alf th a t Mr. Hill r.Z, ;S 4 , :i<! C lln tou nt. TnrUlnh Batlia enlarged. Improved. Quiet sleep; Rest.—.Adv. ous ships, yacht.s .md other vessels. tie w.os a man of high characlcr and was much respected. A fvidow, two daughters and a son, also a brother, Ed-.vard Carll of Huntington, survive ! him. I No arrangem e n t s for t h e funeral have yet i been made. BDBGL-'AE EHTEBS SALOON. ' A t h i e f hi-c-ke into t h e .-ttloon of Freelerlol, i Becker, at 1,766 Fulton street, some time ' last night am) carried off $3 from the money ! drawer, several hollies oi whisky, a quan- ! tity of cigars, a pair of cyegl.tsses, a re- ! vol'vcr nnd some .-•'■cr small arlicels. In his j deparluro he aban.l'in<.-d a buffalo robi.- a : . ; ! a pair ot rtthber boct.s. No. 10. The police i h c ’ic the robe and the hoots. Init not t h e our- ; glar. ! KILLED BY FALL DO'WNSTAIBS. j Alice Flandrau. 5S year.s old, of 174 Leon- j ard sirect, died at her home this morning as the re.sitU of a fait down s u l r s . MABGABET V 0 3 E IC E MISSING. ■ M a r g a r e t Vobriee, 17 years old, of UO Wythq aventie. has been missing from home sinco Wednesday, been asked co find kci. The police her have D ry C r y s la l Sni-liiu: Vt'nler, filt.MoliUf-ly jiure, btitllod ill .viiring, licllvered fresh tlaily. Wynn & Co., 496 Fulton St.. Tel. 694 Main.—Aiif, derstandlng in Brooklyn has always been | that the water front .along the Shore drive i should never be disfl.gured by objectionable ■ buildings, which woufii mar the beauty of I the driveway. It has been suppo.scd th a t the ; Park Departm e n t would forever have con- , trol over the w a t e r front aud the land under . w a t e r as much as it has over the drlvowa.v ■ itself. ; Elijah R. Kennedy, president of the com- ■ mission which planned the Shore drive, wa.s ; asked tills morning if lie was aware ot the | plans and contention of the- Dock Coramis- | sioncr. He replied; : “ It is a fact th a t the Dock Commi.ssioner ! cf .Manhattan makes t h e elaim you have meii- tioned. I have a letter from Park Commis- ' sioncr Voung informing me of that fact.” “ What ir. your judgriienl Is the legal right of the T'.ark D e p a r t m e n t in reference to this ; marti . 1 “ Wii. n -he Shore Road Commission w.as i charg-ed ...th the d u ty of m a k i n g p l a n s . \ 1 said .Mr. Kertiio.ly, “ it was confronted with | the necessity under the sta t u t e by which we [ were» appointed of securing the approval of the Mayor and other city and county authori ties before Ihc plans could he filed in the public record and be legally adopted and binding on t h e Park Departm e n t . Wc th e r e fore took ihc public officers dowu to view the property. The land under water from the upper end of the Shore road to Fort Ham i l t o n was owned by private parties, gen erally those who owned tho land on the east ■ side ot the country road which ran along t h e bluff, i t was t h e sen t i m e n t of the imbilo authorities that it would be usele.ss to acquire the old country road and the land east of the road wide enough to make a parkway of dignity and importance if we loft the land under w a t e r in the hands of p r i vate owners. “ F o r the whole left ot the property the private ownership e.\tended for a consitler- able distance out into the Narrows, a t some ,.olals as far as 600 feel. AVe were very glad th a t the public officials took th a t view of ■be subject, because we ourselves considered th a t if warehouses, perhaps oil refineries, sugar refineries and other buildings wliieh like to get near the w a t e r front, ard would surely he erected in course of time, were there, the beauty and attraetiveuess of the great iiarkvvay would be completely destroyed and the largo cost ot the enterprise wasted. AVe t h e r e fore made our plans to comprehend all the land under -aater tor the entire dis tance f;-Jm where the Shore r o a d comes down to tlie bay. Just north of the house of K. AV. B11S.S, to Fort Hamilton. “ t.'pon the approval of our plan by the eitv and county authorities the plans were hlc-’d, one In liie County C l e r k ’s office and the other in the office of the Park fiepart- rnent. Under tho sta t u t e It then became the d-Jty of the P a r k Commissioner to ac quire ai; the property, land and old build ings situate within the boundaries defined hv our plans. The Pa; k Commlseioner pro ceeded prom p tl y lo purchase lauds and buildings and also the few docks at the time standing on the property. My recol lection is that, the City of Brooklyn gave .t;;..500.000 for the property thus acquired, I .and It seems to me utterly preposterous : tc suppose th a t this great expenditure for | park purposes can now be utilized for dock | purpose.; by a commissioner for .Manhattan, j ignorant of and Indifferent to the history j of the whole transaction and the Interests | 01 Brooklyn. i \The Shore road is as yet b u t a mere hint i of the broad and stately and diversified ; parkw a y which the plans of t h e comniissiou outlined. In some places the roadway is ^ ficarccly wide enough for two carriages to , T.ass abreast. We r e f r a i n e d from purchasing : iand on the east side of tho old road because j of the great oo.st of purchasing land enough , under wafer on the west side of the road, the lndi.;pensable rc.ason for which I have ju.s' mentioned. The plans which were fur- ] ui-shod hy Frederick Law Olmsted, the dc- I signor of Prospect P a r k and Central Park. : aniicipated the need ot some accomraodatior. | for commerce over so long a stretch ot i n e t e r front, and roadways with ea.sy grades | were to lead down to the ecnit.iereiai : wharves. b-.:t under the sta l u i c the en u r e au t h o r i t v for eonsr.-ucting the p.Arkway and w h a r v e s ' a n d for m a k i n g and enforcing prop er regulations for their use was reposed In Ihc Di'ii'.rimont of Park--. •'I '.lo not know wl ut queer provi.slon may : have been legally enacted under the gulsi.- j of charter amendments, so the control of j an extremely im p o r t a n t part of Brookiyn'.s i Parkw;;ys may have been surreptitiously ; conferrotl Oh the M a n h a t t a n Dock Commis- ; hioner. but the people ot Brooklyn ought to . a;.'Pear in Albany and demand rectificatioij of sucii an outrage if anything ot the s o n | ‘nas been enacted. i “ Howover, I do not belic'-e there is any | !aw whatever to justify the claim of the • M a n h a t t a n Dock Coramissloner. and I trust ; th a t Park Commissioner A'oung wm main- ; lain his authority if he has to do It wiili 1 guns. “ If there i.s any serious intention on the | part of Mr. Hawkes to seize this stretch of | w a t e r front or to interfere with it la .any i w:iy, tho people of Brooklyn and tho friends : of the great improvement In th a t section ot : Brooklyn can he expected to assist Mr. Voung ’ in any way th a t w'.U be effective. This Im- I provement has alway.s been one in which j the people of t h i s borough have taken gre.at ; pride, nnd they would r e g a r d any invasion of , 1 with njore than hostility.\ . S E B I O T 7 S L Y I N J X J B E D B Y A BLO-W. (jJpecial to tho ISaslo.) Lon;? Island City. L. I.. October 24—John Fayan. 48 years old. of 91 M a r s o n street. [ Astoria, a driver for Hawkins' factory, cor- • n e r of Fulton, avenue and tho Doulovard. Astoria, was st-uck on his head with nn ! iron bo.nm whilo loadinc: a t^'urk this fore- i noon and his sknll was fracinred. He wus i t aken to St John's Ho.snit.aI in a sorlous coudit'-on. j T H IB T E K N HOUSES E'tTRNED. ! Fire at iridnlgcht l a s t nisht rractically ile- I .stroyod the large r.’able at 3rf-;'2 Union ave nue. owned by Mr.s. Mary L:ndhor:i of 103 Grove street. Thirteen horses valuecl er about $l.dC0 were do.stroycd. Ten of the horses helor.ged lo Isaac Weksbow.sky and three to FrcdA'rick Or.''*hIms. T h f damage to the htiiidlng was estim a t e d at $1,000. 1 'h<* YorU Ifernlrt nn next 5A*in jii'im Its nsJtnl for»*caHi nf elft*tlnt. It v.'lll ih*' pelUleal «''onipli'-Kinn <if :!'•• : u \ t Cf'tiRri'S.s jind uill evintMin enr''ftJl 'sUinaies of; ftMiuU in New York State.—AUv. t O ther KaUroads L ikely to Poilo-w the Policy A d o p ted by the P h iladelp h ia and Heading-. Sales agents of the various railroad.^, in | dlwcu.SHing President Haer's slcite.av.'nt. i.ssuod ^ iu Philadelphia, to t h e effect that ihc Phila delphia ami Heading Railroad would in t l v future sell anthracite coal at $r. a ton in- steatl of :?l.r»0, os heretofore, said that nom- : of the other roads had taken any di'l'iihie * action as yet. It is the general iaii)re8.<ic»n, however, that the other roads will follow tho lead of tho Philaoelphiu and Reading Road. An ojeial of the Now York, Ontario and W e s t e r n Railroad said to-ilay tliut If the other roads decided to raise prices no pu’o- lic announcem e n t would he made. . • *h(‘ salc.s agents would ho told, he .v aiiil iho public would fi:id It out when tlii;,) wenL ; to huy tho coal. A : . L t ’'itT • t ; i*: - .\-.t '.’ • c r ld n ' ' which .said that tlu* sales agents would be | instructed to toll iho. roiailers the price at ! which they were to sell the coal, was also ; d iscussed. A prom i n e n t official of one of th»* largo coal carrying railroads sai-l tli.'il this was plainly a throat against the rctaller.s th a t if they did not reduce the price of coal, when lhi‘y called at the office.’ n e x t time, the sales ag e n t would refuse to sell them any more. U h also said that dednite acllna will be taken this afternoon by the oth e r roads on the raising of circular prices of coal in the future. SCHWAB’S LATEST PURCHASE. Adds 105 Acres to H is Long Island Eolding:s Near W illecs Point. (Special to the Kaglo.) Great Neck, L. I., October 24—Charlns M. Schwab, the head of the of eel u-nst. who a year ago became the owner of the Oriental Grove and the Keckiiagel and Arnold prop- erMos here, paying $400,000 for them, bus j u t i added to his holdings one hundred and five acre.s of the Skidmore c.state. T h i s property is located n e a r the steam - : boat road and fates W i l l o t s Point, com m a n d i n g a magnificent view over Long Island Sound. The property is known as Grand View Grove, and was for a long period leasc'd by t h e Siariii Transportation (Jonipany. The owner was Mrs. A. Skidmore, who, in her will, stipulated th a t upon h e r death the leased to tho Stariu Conipany should !>•?- come invalid. Mrs. Skidmore died some t h r e e years ago and since then tho grove has not been used by t h e Starln people. Two years ago Mrs. H e r b e r t SailorleA;. ‘ dau g h t e r of J. Pierpoiif. Morgan, leased the Skidmore homestead and ha.s since occupied it. I t was then given out that, t h e proptmi/ had been pt:rchased by Mr. Morgan, bin ih? s t a t e m e n t was um'oujplcd. Tho price paid by Mr. Schwab for the Skid more estate is said lo have beiui $5,000 per acre. The property, which adjoins th a t nf \ the Gilbert and Martin estates, lias a w a t e r I f r o n t of three-q u a r t e r s of a mile, and is | probably as line u sit- for a country home ! as can be found on Long Island. 1 The ob.lect of Mr. Schwab and the other : men of w i a l t h who are associated with him j in tho purchase is under.stoou to be the j founding of a n exclusive s u m m e r colony her.-, | r e s e m b l i n g In many rj.spects Tuxedo Park. ! Mr. Carm a u . Who Is a R e tired F a rm e r and Clothing; Contra- l r. Is W ell to Do. (.Special to th** F.agU'.Y Fn'cport. h. I., Octolicr 24 —It will dotjbt- If. ss arouso a gr-at deal td' iiiicrcsi in ihii town and am s i . l c r a b l e go.^sip wlnm lliv .’uirt becomes rally known that .Iosej*b t ’ar- nian. one of Freepurt's must voncral ii* clii- /f*ns. was married n*-arly ihrc*^ tv hi.' .Mls.s Ffiii J. Carman. I h o bruit and crnoni liav<- as yt*t rna'ii* no public ann*)un< of ih«‘ir r ' a r r i u ’-e, -.vbiA b is knmvij only io a few intim a t e fri'*i; ls. Mr. (.'arman >2 yt ar.'^ of age aiul bi.H w IT^ a is a ‘.-(.ii!t 1.'.. Ti'-*y wer-' ii-,arri**d !o!)or Ti liv thi' K' \ . iM'. }\iii*cian'l I’la ' t KrtcJutin, past\!' of tl'*- Pri-sbyiorian Churcli of this :ow:i I*r. K* ■’••b.am. \\li*n .socn, (.In clined to deny rr ror.iirm :ho fu'-i. anti re ferred a repii.'tiT (i,» the I'oni ra^'tlag paiuioa themselves, li. w.ns Mrs. Carm a n who con firmed t h e rep*ort of i iie m.amage. .\Ir. Canaan is well pr* >.*rv. d for his years, of portly fl.gurc, though in tin; last few years lie )ms b'*ca .something of ai. invalid. Fvvi* .since tile death of his wife^ severul yonis ago. hl.s niece. Mi.'^s Carman, has made h- r homo with him. keeping house and d‘'V 0 T.in.j all her time ro the care of her aged uncle. .Mr. Cnrman has keen retired from business for a M)nsid*'ralj]o p(*riod. and ha.s a foruiim that i.s estiii:at**d between $25,000 and $20,' 100 . Ho lives in a comfortable home uu Brooklyp. avenue. The groom, as wfdl ns the bride, j.q a n t u . w '’i' J^orig Island, being a de.’.ecrulant of the w*ll known and numerous family whose nome h*' Ij'-ars*. He* made* his money as a clothing contractor and a larmer. Iw early life he useil u; bring fro:n New Vo:ic large (pianlili^'s of i.doihing to bo made u ] k Tho work would l)o d i s t r i b u i e t l aimmg women in the nearby towns, and. when compknvd, shipp*'<l back to seliiPg houses in New Yorl;. At. this time .Mr, Carm a n lived in Union- dale, on a large farm, whjt.-h he cultivated with considerable succ^*ss. He has been an extensive t raveler, having t o u r e d t h r o u g h iho Lnited Siatos as far a.^ Californiti. H e i-S the owner of coiKsldernble property in F r e e port and Hempstead, from wiiicli he recelv*js a good income. .Mr. Carman has a daughter residing in Los Angeles, Cal., Mr.s. Josephine Raynor. ■Irs. Raynor has Tjinde s- veral vjsCs Kns» > her father, and it is undersioou th a t it w.-.j h e r desire tUat ho should . > t o CuUforuia and make his home wUb her. but Mr. C a r man. having spent so many years of his life on Long Lsland. was attached to his caiivo plaeo, and preferred to spun! the r'^nmlnder of his days Iiert-. It was only recently, how- e\ or, that he and his iilooe decided to marry. The bride a very well known woman in Freeport. She has been prom i n e n t in relig ious work both herr- and in Mc-mpstead, be ing president of the Home Mlsslouary So ciety of this town. She has organized tho children of Hempstead and Freeport into band.^ of Hopf'^and has in many ways m a n i - fesied her inivi-cst in m i s s i o n a r y and relig ious work. Uoih bride and groom will con tinue ro liv(^ quietly at the Carman residenco on Brooklyn avenue. HIS MOTHER ARRESTED HIM. Yout.li Charg-ed W ith B o b b e ry T a lks oi a G am b ling Jo i n t on De K alb A v enue. V ICTIM S OF MAD DOG IM P B O V IN G . , The por.soiis injureil lust niijln b.v the : Spitz dog belonging to George Willing oi | 254 W y t h e av*\nue running amuck while suf- ! ferlng from rabbies, were much improved to- ! day an d none of t h e unfortunate was as serl- j ously liurt as at first supposed. Policeman ■ Martin of the Bedford avenue .stjuion, who ! was sen t Lo AYRling's house to kiR the dog. ’ but who insi<*ad of fulfilling his mission went ' on the wounded list with n lacerated right ! leg had recovered enough thos morning to ; report for duty. Me limped slightlj'. bu'. . reil no effects of the bite and expects to bv a.s v.'eil f»s ever in a few days. Meyer and ; Frederick Zimmer, 5 and 7 years, respccUve- iy. of W y t h e avenue, both of Avhom were . bitten about tho limh.s suficred principally t from shock as did Frederick SchtnuU. 7 year.; | old, of Grand and Berry streets, who had his | right hand lacerated l MOTHER SENT HP FOR 6 MONTHS. ' Ellen .McKcovor, a young married womnn, ami the m o t h e r of two chiMron. James, 7 ' years old. and Ellen, 15 m o n t h s old, all living at 2?1 Hudson avenue, was sent by Magistrate Dooley in ihc .Myrtle avenue I court to-day to the House of the Good She.o- ^ licrd for six months. John McKeever, the ; h u s b a n d i f the woman, works at odd joli.s and is away from borne at nights. His wife I.s addicted to drink and the children are the victims of (he mother's ne.giect. The So- cieiy for the Prevent ion of Cruelty to Chil- ■ d r en received a complaint ye.^lerduy after- ' noon fro.m a neighbor asking that the little ones be taken care of as ihe m o t h e r was u n able to do so. ' Ambrose Baker. 10 years old. of SD5 De- Kalb avviine, was .saundoring along Fulton street last night when lie iclt a firm grip on his coat collar, and looking around beheld his widowed mother. Still holding tho steady ^-rip, she m a r c h e d him to ihe Gales avenue police staLion and turned him over to th*.* serg**ant. Detectives Britton and Uonlon liavf been looking for him sineo October 10. with a w a r r a n t charging him with breaking op»*n the rear window oC krtink M<*Orover’s billiard jmrlor at, DeKalb avenue and stealing a sci of bill iard baMs and a .satchel, Ambro.se has been visiting Morris P.'.rk IwU'ly. He det\aveii in the Oates avep.ue court to-day thju lie luitl been told to rob (he place by a pal. B u r t Irvitig by name. Both boys are great readers of ilm yellow back novels. \How do you plead to this charge?” asked the vo'.i I. to-day. \.\mbro.se relj tin* t r u t h . ” .s.'iid his inoihor, who stood over him; ‘ you know vou’ro guilty.” ‘T m guilty,\ murmure*! Ambrose nftep taking a hurried glance at his moihe-r's de term ined eyes. \That plaeo I robbed.\ said Ambrose, \ia a poolroom ami a gambliiu; joint. I seen th ‘*m moving the .>^tuff out yesterday.’’ But the i'ourt paid no a u e m l o n to him. PO W E R HOUSE TH R E A T E N E D . The big power house of the Brooklyn Rapid T r a n s i t ('ompany at, the loot of Division a v e n u e was t.hrejnened last night by a fire which broke ^*et in the furnace room un Iho F a s t River .-^itle of the plant. The blaze btii’;.: . rri’Iy for nearly an hour, and the fir - . i a ilifileuli time dodging the mass of . ' . ’»s that were .scattered about, the yar«l. .-..ihi''-.nt work by ihe firemen and the eor.’ipany'.s ^•i•l.pIttyvs kept the dairies from r ‘^*aching the main building, where the dyna- nm.s are .stored. Th** damage amounted to aboil, > 2 . 0 'ki. ODELL CANCELS TWO DATES. i Roche.ster, Y.. October 24—Governor Odell. Senator Chauneey M. Depew. Job K. , Hedgei? and Linn Brueo left Hoefiosier at j 11:22 o ’clock this morning for Buffalo. Tho ■ Governor finding hlmsolf greatly fatigued | has canceled hic^ dates for LneUport and j N i a g a r a Falls, where ho was lo have simkcn ; this afternoon. ; . Buffalo. October 24—Governor Odell, 5en -1 atro Depew and others of hl.s party arrived j here t h i s afternoon. The Gcvi r n o : will hold . a recep t i c a from 4 to 0 o’clock a:i*l will ,Je- ! liver two spceche.s th i s evening. Senator Depew will also speak. -------- OLD M A N COMMITS SUICIDE. John Thomas Cox. 74 year.s old. of 10.51 Bedford street. Manhattan, conirnitteu .sni-i clde In his home this morning by drinking carbolic acid. WOMAN v i o l e n t l y : i n s a n e . .Mr.«. M a r y Monlow, 27 year.s old. th. wife of a carpenter, living at 05 North Sixth .sireet, w.'^.s t a k e n to the Kings (^ounty Hospital this ujornlng. siff'-rlng from a violent attack of in s a t r ' y . She wa:-5 .liscovercd p.Tly this morning clinging to one of the iron pillars on tin- new Fast River Bridge at W’yt.h© avenue and South F i f t h rdroet and it re quired the combined .>:.rength of feur men to remove her from her perilous position. Sev- .*ral wei?ks ago tlu* woman showed signs of a disordered nGu.l and a watch was kept oa her. A P R IN T E R M ISSING . Jam e s H. Goff, a printer, 6S year.s old,- of 1,000 DeKalb avenue, has been mis.sing from hio home since the ISih of thi^ month. Ho is said lu bp slightly demented. The po lice have been asked t o find him. U o w n rN Scotoli—tho 'ivlilKicy o f onr f(.t\r.-.ic.crs—til; beveru^L- of eur g iu n d c h lld r e n ,— Adv. Th<* T raill of th e (.Vnfitry I n tb<' f'l-hour tra in In'twc'cn NowYorl-c am i CM cago via til” New York (.'cnlral Lines, \T h e 2uib Cea^ lu r y L im ite d .\—Adv. 11