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/ / S s n i i - W g e k I H P a g ? * , J s l o n o f a r m e r . P r ic e , T h m S r t i , > v o i . u n m . JAMAICA, N E W YOBK CITY, FKID a Y, JANUAEY 4, 1901 NO. 283. WELCOME TO ROBERTS Splendid Personal Tribute to Returned Commander. AH OBDEBLY DEMONSTRATION. No S a c k R o w d j i * i u « i M a r k e d t h e C. 1. V . C e l e b r a t i o n —T h e P r i n c e o f W a l e * T o a s t s “ B o b * ” a t D i n n e r In. H ie H o n o r . i t <- London, Jan. 4.—Right royal was the welcome which Lord Roberts received on his return to London after a year’s ab sence in South Africa. While the crowds were not so dense or so demonstrative as ring the recent war celebrations, the commander in chief was everywhere greeted with acclamations of real affec tion, and his progress from Paddington station to Buckingham palace was a roll ing tide of cheers. As much as 10 guineas was paid for seats on Piccadilly and St. James street balconies, and stately mansions like Aps- ley House, Lord Rothschild’s and the Duk+- wf Devonshire's were crowded with notables. Yet on all sides a feeling pre vailed that the progress of the campaign did not warrant triumphal ovations ex cept to “Bobs” as a man, and it was al most entirely a personal tribute that London paid to the returned general. The memory of the accidents and rowdy ism on the occasion of the return of the - city imperial volunteers kept many per- - sons away from the celebration, and ex cept at one or two points along the route the crowds never assumed huge propor tions. Owing to a dense fog it was an hour after the appointed time when Lord Rob erta landed a t Southampton, greeted by a ^a^jgreat crowd. He drove through the rich- deciirated streets to the Hartley insti- where the mayor presented the ' m of the city in a gold casket. * Roberts made a brief reply of j and soon afterward took a train Long idon. — t masses of people were gathered about ’Paddington station when he ar rived here. As he descended fiom his r* t c A / LORD ROBERTS. , carriage to the platform of the itely decorated station he was *.d by the Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duch ess of York, the Duke of Connaught, the Duke of Cambridge and many high offi cials. The members of the royal family shook hands heartily with the field mar shal while the bands played the national anthem. Lord Roberts then, with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and the adjn- tant general, General Sir Evelyn Wood, reviewed the guard of honor. The veter an field marshal, who appeared in per fect health, with pink cheeks, bore him self jauntily and with evident enjoyment. P r i n c e D W v e * W ith . L a d y R o b e r t a . The Prince of Wales, with Lady Rob erts, soon left the railroad station in a carriage dra m. by six horses and, escort ed by life guards, preceded Lord Roberts to Buckingham palace. The returning field marshal was presented with an ad dress from the municipality of Padding ton, and after he had replied the proces sion was formed. The field marshal, who was in full uniform, occupied a state carriage. The headquarters staff, clad all in khaki, followed in six carriages, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, secre tary of state for foreign affairs, and Wil liam St. John Brodriek, war secretary, were seated in another carriage. The route to Buckingham palace was by way of Hyde park and Piccadilly. Fif teen thousand troops, in addition to thou sands of police, lined the way, Mocked the side streets and were concentrated In the wide spaces to guard against dan gerous rushes. Barriers also had been erected at dangerous points to keep the masses of pedple under control. Deafening cheers greeted the field mar shal and new commander In chief of the forces along all the route. Clubland was ablaze with color and great enthusiarm prevailed. Women were admitted to the hallowed precincts and filled the windows and balconies. The roar of welcome rolled on increas ingly until the veteran commander enter ed the gates of the palace, abont which had clustered some 50,000 persons. R o b e r t a I n s p e c t s G s s r d s . Lord Roberts entered the quadrangle amid a salvo of cheering from the crowd outside and a dignified waving of hand kerchiefs on the part of the bareheaded nobility within. The Prince of Wales again warmly greeted the field marshal. After inspection of the guards Lord Rob erts, the members of the royal family and nobility, cabinet members and gener als entered the palace and had luncheon. All the royal ladies were in half mourn ing and most of the guests in neutral or womber tints, very few appearing in bright shades. The five tables were beautiful with gold plate and flower decorations, chitfly begonias. In the center of each was a large gold cup. At the high table in the center Lord Roberts, looking fatigued, bat triumphant, sat between the Princess of Wales and Princess Victoria of Wales. The Prime* of Wales sat between Lady- sad the Dacheaa of ArarvlL THE FARMER WINS. E n il o r t h e V » a t e * t K c t w e e n T w o N e w s p a p e r s f u r O f f ic ia l f r i t t l i a g . The mem'ei s of the Demoo ratio Cen tral Committee of Queens County f«>r 1990, having heard or the appointment of the Long Island Farmer as the official paper for 1901, uuder a resolution of the new county committee, met on Monday and passed a resolution reaffirming their appointment made in November of the Flushing Journal as the official paper. A representative of the Joutn&l a t once took au express train for Albany with the resolution aud presented it a t the of fice of the Secretary of State. He was there informed that the appointment of the Farmer as the official paper had al ready been regularly certified to and that that action would have to stand. It was said that the new county committee for 1901 was the only one that could now be recognized. A wideawake representative of the Farmer had reached Albany three or four days ahead of the Journal representative, —Brooklyn £agle. J a m a ica Cburcti Notea. Union prayer services will be held dur ing next week by the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyteriau and Reformed churches The first service will be held In the Meth odist church on Sunday evening, January 6 . The Rev, Mr. Wick, of the Reformed church, will preach the sermon. Services were held in St. Paul’s Ger man Reformed church on Tuesday morn ing. At the close of the service the new ly elected consistory Were installed, The Christmas offering of St Mary’s German Catholic church, for the pastor, amounted to $182 Midnight services were held in all of the village churches on Monday night. At St. Monica's and St. Mary’s Catholic churches there was midnight mass with apeclal music. The services at all oburhes were well attended. At the Christmas offering in St. Moni ca’s church, over $900 was collected. Gib* to Official* of Queen*. With a diamond-studded badge, pre sent* d by his friends, pinned on his coat Joseph De Bragga, the new Sheriff, re ceived his friends Tuesday in the Court House in Long Island City. The pre sentation of the badge was made by Wil liam Cas Baker, the retiring Sheriff. Following the presentation to the Sheriff Frederick W. Hallett, on behalf of the William J. Bennett Association of Astoria, presented a gold badge of office to Joseph C. Bennett, the new Under Sheriff. At Jamaica James Ingram, the County Clerk, who succeeded John H. Sutphin, was presented with a desk chair by his friends, and with a cut glass desk set by the members of the Ravenswood Boat Club, of which he Is a member. Found in a ueaiim tc Condition. A middle aged woman was found lying on the sidewalk in Flushing Tuesday night iu such a weak condition that she was unable to tell who she was, o r where she came from. From papers found in her pocket it was learned that sho last was employed as a domestic in the fam ily of M. D. Cook, in Brooklyn. Her name is Frederica Christensen, and she was removed to the Flushing Hospital for tieitment. U 'a n i Co L i f f l x t l i e n e r r i c k M o o d , Representatives of a lighting company desirous of re-establishing a district In Valley Stream, were there Monday boom ing the scheme to light tbe Merrick road from the Greater New York line to Lyn- brook with arc lamps at $100 each per year. It is doubtful If the Town Board of Hempstead will sanction such a dist rict unless a large majority of taxpayers sign tbe petition. ' C’o r b m E x e c u t o r * S n * t a l n e i t ? Ex-Congressman Belford, who was ap pointed referee in the suit brought by Mrs. Anna Borrowe, tbe daughter of tbe late Austin Corbin, who alleged that the executors of h er father’s estate bad un dervalued it. filed a report Wednesday in which he fluds there was nothing irregu lar in their accounting. F i n e d n n d I m p r i s o n e d . Sanford Wicks, a resident of Bayport, tried before Justice Stotworthy and a jury on Saturday evening, was found guilty of stealing chickens, and was sen tenced to spend thirty days In the coun ty jail and to pay a fine of $25. n r . Hlbkard Prom oted Frank Hibbard has been made super intendent of transportation of the New York and Queens County Railway Com pany of Long Island City. He was pro moted from the receiving department. Pikkerm sn Drowavd. Reginald Smith, a colored fisherman, was drowned Saturday in the surf at Quogue. He, with Bert Smith and Fred Smith, his cousins, was in a dory fishing for cod and fell overboard. ATTEMPT AT JAIL DELIVERY. T w o M e n A r r e s t e d i n t h e Paw ing Saws to a Prisoner. An attempt was made by two men who called a t the county jail In Long Island City Thursday to furnish a prisoner with a bundle of saws with which to liberate himself. The men described themselves as Thomas Balia, 22 years >id and Roger Oolvert, 24 years old, an employee of the Department of Sewers. They were ar rested byJailkeeper StyleBand Deputy Sheriff William Methven and were later locked up in the Seventy-fifth precinct station house in Long Island City to await examination before Magistrate Connorton on a charge of aiding in au at tempt to break jail. Balia and Colvert called at the Sheriff’s office Thursday afternoon and asked for permission to see William Sweeney, alias William Carroll, alias William Warren, who is awaiting trial on a charge of burglary. Sweeney entered the sa’oon of John Tampke at 81 Vernon avenue, Long Island City, about a month ago. He broke open the door and was about to get a t the cash drawer when a police man who was passing entered and arrest ed him. Balia Wore the uniform of the United States Marine Corps when he call ed a t the jail yesterday, and as there was nothing suspicious about the two young men, they received permission to see Sweeney and met him In tbe jail recep tion room. Keeper Styles stationed him self a t the peep-hole in the wall. The men had only been in the room a few minutes when Balia produced a finely tempered steel saw, which he passed to Sweeney. Sweeney was about to hide tbe saw when Styles walked Into the room. The men were so badly fright ened that they made no resistance when Styles took possession of the saw. Styli-s left the room, locking the three men in, but before the beeper went up stairs to inform the Sheriff Deputy 'Sher iff William Methven took his place at the peep-hole. Hardly had the door closed behiodl Styles when the visitors produced a bundle containing twelve steel saws, which they handed to Sweeney, who re fused to take them. The men, becoming frightened a t his refusal, looked about for a place to secrete tbe bundle. Meth ven entered the room and demanded the bundle. The men delivered the saws to him. When Sheriff De Bragga heard of tbe attempt to give the saws to Sweeney he ordered the arrest of Balia and Covert. The men were brought into the Sheriff’s office and questioned, and we«-e after ward taken to the District Attorney’s office and frorq there to tbe police station, where they were loeked up. The saws taken from Balia and Col vert are made of finely tempered ateel, with circular nickel-plated frames. It is thought that the men took advantage of the fact, Sheriff De Bragga had been in office only three days, and perhaps they built upon the conjecture that the new keepers appointed by Mr. De Brag ga were not experienced in their work. Detective John A. Butler of the District Attorney’s office, who has been detailed on the case, communicated with the of ficers of the Marine Corps. Balia said that he had only been enlisted in the Marine Corps two weeks. A letter, writ ten by Sweeney asking Balia to go to the jail to see him and to bring with him a pack of cards was found on Balia. ODELL’S PARING KNIFE. W ould Cut Down State E x penses $ 1 , 100 , 000 . HEW EXECUTIVE HARD AT WORK. T w o II on tie* Burked a t Flu«hiM«r. A disastrous fire occurred In Bowne Park, Flushing, a t 4 o’oloek Thursday morning, in the three-story frame dwell ing owned and occupied by William H. Bishop, caused by an overheated furnace. All efforts to save tbe building were futile and it was destroyed, with ite con tents, entailing a loss of over $3,000, which is covered by insurance. The sparks from the burning building set fire to a two-story frame building ad joining, owned and occupied by Peter Bitter and his family, which was damag ed to the extent of about $3,000. Tide building is also insured. R escued by Cklldren. Harry Goldberg, 11 years old, went skating Sunday on Merritt’s pond at Elver head. The ice was thin and he broke through. Mamie Pelts, 12 years old. who lives near the pond, heard the boy’s cries for help and summoned her brother, Max, who is one year her junior. They made their way over tbe ice and succeeded in dragging young Goldberg out. W aylaid a n d H A M . Carl Berkley, a carpenter, of College Point, was held up by a gang of thieves at the Ninety Second street Ferry, Astor ia, a t a late, hour Sunday night, and rob bed of his gold watch and chain, | fenklte’s Cough Salat tuna —Ms. Suffolk County Oflicial changes* On Tuesday Solo man Ketcham of Ami ty vil Is succeeded William R. Duvall of Riverhead as county clerk; Dr. G. A. Robinson of Sayvllle succeeded Begin Post of Bayport ae assemblyman in tbe second district, and William McKinney of Northport will step into the senatorial shoes of John L. Havens of Moriches. Tara H a s i a a t Baralllags. Haugaard Brothers of Richmond Hill j have been awarded the contract to build two dwelUngs a t Glen Cove, one for A, i O. Bedford, to cost $15,000, and one lor ‘ J . R. Clark, to cost $10,000. i Bulldlsur l a tke Third Ward. i' Thera have been 52 new buildings cost* Vting $168,000 commenced in the Third Ward since July I Uwt, ami are either eon.gl*t*d or under th*way a t the etc/* [of the year. H i s V iH itorn F i n d H im E n g t o u e d In t h e T a s k o t S h a p in g : G r e a t e r E c o n o m y —B y H i* F i n n L u n a c y C o m m is s i o n W i l l L o s e $750,000. Albany, Jan. 4.—If all of the recom mendations of Governor Odell for great er economy in the management of state departments are carried out, the state will be the gainer to the extent of more than $ 1 , 000,000 » year. In the eight instances in which the governor specified the amounts that he hoped to save the total estimated saving is $1,047,500, and two other opparlou t e- for economy where the amounts were •» t specified would swell the total by mors than $50,000 or to about $1,100,000. The first.shock occasioned in the state departments by the publication of the governor’s message has worn off, and now the departments concerned are try ing to find out where Governor Odell is going to begin his economy crusade. • At first they had some hope that he would let the matter rest with the pres entation of the case in his message. Now they are beginning to suspi ot that he wi 1 not. There are good reasons for believ ing that Governor Odell has just begun the work of looking into the business methods of the state departments and that he intends to continue it until he has mastered all the details and can judge from his own personal knowledge wheth er or not there is a chance for the prac tice of greater economy. G o v e r n o r H a r d , a t W o r k . For the last two days he has kept pret ty much to himself in his private office and has been hard at work. In a general way the heads of departments under stand that he is making a personal ex amination of their business methods, but just what particular department is occu pying his immediate attention is largely a matter of speculation. Every visitor has found the governor busy and has seen him turn at once to his work at the first movement of the visitor to depart. One result of these casual observations of official visitors has been to surround the inner chamber of the executive suit with mysterious inter est. For the first time in five years th*e out er door of the office's of the statutory re vision commission was locked yesterday. The commission has gone out of exist ence, and no appointment of a legal ad viser to the governor has been made. The understanding is that Governor Odell will depend upon the attorney gen eral’s office for his legal advice. Whether one deputy will be specially designated for the work or whether the governor will simply call upon Attorney General Davies in each particular ease as he needs him remains to be seen. W h e r e H e In t e n d * to E c o n o m i z e . The specific instances in which Govern or Odell has expressed a desire for great er economy and the amounts in each in stance which he thinks can be saved are: Cost of collection of the inheritance tax, $150,000; in the three labor departments, factory inspectors’ office, board of media tion and -arbitration and bureau of laboi statistics, $72,000; state board of chari ties, $25,000; state prison commission, $ 10 , 000 ; forest, fish and game commission and forest preserve board, $35,000; gov ernor’s legal adviser, $5,000; sealer ol weights and measures, $500; lunacy com mission, $750,000. The large sum that the governor ex pects to save in the lunacy commission naturally has directed attention to that department as the one likely to receive early if not Immediate attention. In his message Governor Odell pointed out that last year the per capita cost for the main tenance'of the insane was reduced from $178.40 a year to $185.38 a year by the arbitrary reduction of the forces employ ed in the various state hospitals and that the efficiency of the service had shown no signs of impairment. He did not stop gathering data as soon as he had written his message, but kept right on and is still studying the subject. The average number of employees in the state hospitals for the insane is about one for every five patients and runs up as high as one employee for every 3% pa tients at the Gowanda State hospital. Thl* may or may not be excessive, but the indications are that the governor in tends to go into the matter very thor oughly and see if the force of employees cannot be reduced without causing any impairment 1 sf the service. Zion Cbarch Troubles. The troubles between the Rev. Jean Baptiste Blanohett, rector of Zion P. E. Church a t Dougl&ston, and his vestry are not over yet, for it was learned Thursday that another set of charges have been formulated, against him. Aftor the rec ent hearing by Bishop Littlejohn Mr. Blanchett was given a reasonable time to hand in his resignation, b a t he was up held by the bishop in the criticisms whioh he made against the vestry. Now the vestrymen want vindication and have endeavored to obtain It by demanding another hearing. When Mr. R. W. Grif fiths, secretary of the official board was seen he said: “Yes, additional charges have been made by the vestry against the rector, but I cannot divulge their nature, except to say that they are very serious.” Itotee af Local Trade. Fresh pecked canned tomatoes, sweet corn, extra sifted early June peas, lima and string, less beans, Mtocotash, asparaaas. pnmpUn and spinach at lowest prices at Brlnckerhon’o. New crop N. O, mela*ee», maple and sugar drip »yrap, bottled and daver comb honey, new prepared and loose buckwheat at Briacker- holTf. Ball mad Broke His Lrg. While working on & new house that Is being built for Thomas £. Webb, la Port Washington, Aaron ThsJtoher M l from a soaffoid and broke his k$r i»et above tbe ankle. NASSAU’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Some interesting M a ti-ti.* In t om* m issioncr «t.oley’s ITear B o o k . The* directory of school officers and teachers of Nassau county for the school year 1901 has been issued by School Com missioner Cooley. It enutaiiis- much in formation for those interested in educa tional matters, including a lie' of the regents’ schools and public libraries, managers and faculty of the Jamtlca Normal School, schedule of uniform ex aminations for commissioners* certifi cates and normal entrance in 1901, a his torical article, list of officers and in structors at the T< aehers’ Institute, names and addresses of the school of ficers of the county, and names of the principals and teachers. It also contains half-tone illustrations of the school buildings at Mineola, Manhasset, Mun son, Cedar Swamp and Oyster Bay Cove. The book above shows that there are 59 school districts iu the county. 24 union free, 3 special act and 32 common. Tlie number of teachers employed is 260, of whom 35 are men and 225 women. Of this number 11 are college graduates and 183 hold normal diplomas. The number of children of school age in the county Is 12,020, and the number enrolled 9.996 The value of school property is $541,080. To Cut Loose from Aew York. That a large number of the taxpayers of the Fifth Ward are dissatisfied with the treatment they have thus far received from the authorities of Greater New York, is now more manifest than ever, and it is understood that a bill has been prepared having the secession of the ward as its object. The bill is similar to the one produced by Assemblyman Doughty last year. It is proposed to cut away from tbe city and join Nassau coun ty as a separate jw d . The Fifth Ward includes Rockaway Beach, Arverne, Edgemere and Far Rockaway, the popu lation being about 6.000. The success of Assemblyman Doughty iu having all of the eastern end of the ward, including In wood and Lawrence, cut from the greater city In 1899, is regarded as an evidence of his ability to get the propos ed measure through at this session of the Legislature. The larger property owners of the ward are nearly all in line for getting out of New York City as soon as possible. SUPREME COURT CALENDAR. A r r e s t o f L e a d P i p e T liiev e * Two men giving their names as Charles De Castro and George Smith, residing in Brooklyn, were arrested on Liberty ave nue, Ozone Park, a t 5 :30 o’clock Thurs day morning with a quantity of lead pipe and several brass faucets in their pos session. Officer Dugan took the men to the Richmond Hlil police station, where they were recognized as the men who were arrested last spring by Captain Buckholz for stealing lead pipe, for which they served nine months in the Kings County Penitentiary. The pipe found in the men’s possession, it was learned after their arrest, had been stolen from* a new house on Wicks street, Morris Park, owned by E. A. Gil lespie. The prisoners pleaded guiity when arraigned before Justice Healy, and were committed for the aetlou of the Grand Jury. L o s t i n tb e F o r e s t . Gottlieb Zur Linden, a Swiss, who Is the chief designer in the Fahys watch- case factory a t Sag Harbor, spent Mon day night in the great Northwest forest. Zur Linden went hunting on Sunday, and as game was not very plentiful he wan dered farther and farther into the woods. At dusk he found that he was loBt in the forest. He searched about for hours without finding any beaten path. He had several matches in his pocket, but in try ing to light a fire each of thejn was blown out and the Swiss had to walk about in' forest the entire night to keep from frees* ing. At daylight Zur Linden started out again to find the road.* After several hours’ searching he Btruck a road which landed him a t East Hampton. A P l a n o f o r t b e M u s i c a l l y I n t e l l i g e n t is the way in which one of our best- known musicians describes the Mason & Hamlin piano. These instruments are of the same superior quality which has always characterized the Mason & Ham lin organs. A catalogue gives all infor mation and will be mailed free on appli cation to the warerooms, 3 and 5 West 18th street, New York. tf Evening Mctaool a t Jam aica. Persons desiring to attend evening school will present themselves for en rollment a t Jamaica high school building on one of the following dates, between thebours of seven and nine p. m : Jan uary 4th, 9th, 10th and 11th. Regular session* of the evening school will begin on Monday evening, Jan. 14th, at 7:30 o’clock. J ohn A. L oopx , Principal. Joseph S. Fleteher Dead. Joseph, 8 . Fletcher, aged 86 years, died at his home at the Bead of the Yieigh /after a brief illness of old age. De ceased had for many years been a pros perous farmer on the farm jrhere be re sided. He lea'ras widow and, two daughters. ' ' J u d g e G a r r e l s o n co P r e s i d e l u th e F i r s t N e w Y e a r T e r m . The first term of the Supreme Court for the new year will convene at the Court House In Long Island City on Monday next. Justice Garretson will preside. The new cases added to the continuous calendar are as follows: Barto vs Barto (2), Brooklyn Hills Im provement company vs New York & Rockaway Beach railroad company, Buckhardt vs City of New York, Bennett vs Long Island electric railroad company, Bank of Jamaica vs Wall, Brooks vs New York & North Shore railway company, Burns vs Metropolitan street railway company, Berkowitzvs Nash. Camden vs City of New York, Dinger vs City of New York (2), Dolan vs City of New York, Deluise vs Long Island railroad company, Fleet va Brooklyn Heights railroad company, George vs City of New York, Gute vs Mager, Gillette vs Baum (2), Hiller vs City of New York, Howard vs City of New York, Hannigan vs Muro, Hall vs Long Island railroad company, Haulish vs Boiler, Hynes vs Metropolitan street railway company, Haulish vsDeisohle, Jaeger vs City of New York, Kellum vs Mission of the Im maculate Virgin, Kramer vs Hofstatter, Klseday vs Rosenthal, Kraemer vs City of New York, Ketcham vs New York & Queens county railway company, Lapham vs Export lumber company, Liebermann vs Strauss, Munroe vs Munroe, Metzger vs Gerhardt, Mitchell vs City of New York, Mazzlottl vs New York and Queens county railway company, Mulcahy vs New York & Queens county railway com pany, McCulien v» New York & North Shore railroad company, MichalowskI vs Metropolitan street railway company, Morris vs Metropolitan street railway company, Norton vs New York 4 North Shore railroad company, Overton vs The Guild company, Perry vs Mitchell, Rom- er vs Long Island railroad company> Russell vs New York <fc North Shore rail way company, Roese vs New York & North Shore railway company, Roach vs Metropolitan street railway company, Suiter vs City of New York (2), Sfcroble vs City of New York, Seidlinger vs New York & Queens county railway company (2), Squire vs Brooklyn Heights railroad companv, Tallon vs Tallon, Tevlin vs City of New York, William vs Barber As phalt company, Zimmer vs Edwards. ARMY BILL IN SEN«^. Dentil of George S. Downing. Ex-Sheriff George S. Downing died at bis borne a t East Norwich at 2 o’clock Wednesday morning a t nearly 86 years of age. Mr. Downing was .sheriff of Queens county from 1853 to 1860, and during his term of office the notorious criminal, Atchison, was hung. Mr. Downing was elected a supervisor of Oyster Bay in 1860, a position he held for eight terms in succession. He was for thirty-five years a director of the Glen Gove Fire Insurance Company and was from 1878 to 1892 Its treasurer. He was appointed,as executor and ad ministrator of a number of important estates and was highly trusted all over the county. Mr. Downing, who was born March 30, 1815, was the eon of Richard and Cath erine Downing. He worked his father’s iarm until his election to f- .e shrievalty. He married In 1837 and had five chil dren—Charles, now deputy clerk of Queens county ; Ann E , deceased; Mrs. James R. Voorhees of Oyster Bay; Dan iel, a soldier, who was killed on June 17* 1863, In a charge made by the Harris Light Cavalry a t Aldle, Va., and Mary J., widow of John 0. White, who died De cember 15, 1894. Mr. Downing's first wife having died in 1843, he married a second time, in 1847, and had two more children, Blohard and Louise, wife of William Vernon. also Subsidy Bill Set Aside W it *nd Debate or Comment, OPPOSITION LINE OF ATTACL* 2 1 L a r g e P e r m a n e n t A r m y W I B F o u g h t , b u t T e m p o r a r y I n c r e a s e M a y B e A g r e e d T o —R e n p p o r t l o a - m e n t R e s o l u t i o n C a u s e s P a n i c . , Washington, Jan. 4.—When the senate convened in its first session of the twen tieth century, the army bill was taken up with a view to pressing it to a final vote as soon as possible. Its consideration pro ceeded until 2 o’clock, the end of the morning hour, when the subsidy bill vraa laid before the senate. Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota then objected to a request for unanimous consent to continue the discussion of the army bill. By a vote of the senate the military measure was con tinued for consideration, thus making jt the unfinished business and sending the subsidy bill back to the calendar. During the discussion of the army measure the opposition senators indicated that their line of attack upon the bill would be against the creation of a large permanent standing army. There was in timation that objection would not be of fered to a temporary measure to provide an adequate force to maintain the author ity of the United States in the Philip pines. Beyond this point the proceedings developed nothing. The radical element among the house Republicans who favor cutting down the representation from the southern states In which the franchise is abrid* ed defeat because a number of their / Trap Shooting a t Queens The thrice-postponed‘Interstate Hand icap was decided a t Queens on Wednes day. John P. Danieils of New York, Harold Money of Oakland, John S. Fan ning of San Francisco and Stephen II. Van Allen of Jamaica, who had won pre vious events, were eligible. Danieils misled bis eighteenth bird and killed all tb t, making 24 kills out of a possible 2 c. Fanning hit his nine teenth bird hard, but it go- away. Fan ning and Danieils divided the money. Then followed the second segee of the Interstate Handicap, same conditions. Harold Money showed how well he could shoot, and a t the end of the twenty-fifth round had grassed all his birds. Long Inland R a ilroad Change. In pursuance of the policy of the Penn sylvania raHroad company to develop the freight traffic of the Long Island railroad, a plan has been adopted for the separation of the freight and passenger departments of the last-named road. Traffic Manager H. H. Smith, who Is now in charge of both departments, will con tinue to look after the passenger busi ness, and the freight department will be placed under the supervision of William J. Rose, now division freight agent of the United Railroads of New Jersey. These changes will take effect about the middle of this month. All drag stores sell Ooakiin’s IK feats. Jaaoatea W*tr*waata \ I Kx-Aldermaa Thomas Foley, is Wild «fi to hie home <* VaaferMlI leagues refused to act with them. The is sue was precipitated quite unexpectedly. The leaders had decreed that the reap- 1 portionment bill should be taken np, but before it could be called Mr. Olmstead of ' Pennsylvania offered as a matter of privi lege a resolution reciting the alleged abridgment of the suffrage in Louisiana., Mississippi, South Carolina and North Carolina and directing the committee on I census to investigate and report the facts to the house in order that a constitutional basis of representation could be establish- / ed for those states. j R e s o l u t i o n C r e a t e * S e n s a t i o n . The resolution created a sensation. I t was a surprise even to several of the Re publican leaders. The leaders on the Democratic side sought in vain to'head off the resolution with points of order, but the speaker ruled against them. They J then began a filibuster, openly avowing 4 f tbat they would fight every proposition ■' looking to th e reduction of representatk® 1*® ^ from the southern states to the bitter e, ~ Several of the Republicans were secret^ in sympathy with them, and their indif ference to th e fate of th e O lm s tead iw*o- lution in the end gave the opposition the victory. Many of them quietly paired with absent Democrats, leaving their ab sent colleagues unpaired. As a result when the question -of con sideration was raised against the resolu tion it was defeated by a vote of 81 to 83. The vote was a strict party vote. Two Republicans. Landis of Indiana *»d Mann of Illinois, answered present, bu< did not vote. The story of the defeat Is found in the absentees on both sides who were unpaired. Thirty-two Republicans were absent and upaired against 16 of the opposition. The situation with , -ference to the ap portionment bill is greatly complicated as a result c\ the injection of the Glmsiesd resolution. Chairman Hopkins, however, is confident' of victory for his bill. He thinks the Olmstead resolution may piss in a full house and that the investigation may he made, but that the m atter will end there. Irrespective of the fate of the reaointion, however, he wfil yw » tfcq q a apportionment bill aad tkfeks It w f e f i p t on Monday. Tally Will Chief Engineer Archer andac of officers representing the Jeraetoi: Department, paid a visit to Mayor Vfl Wyck, Comptroller Coler and lir.irU**» missioner Tally on Wednesday, andaak-// ed for an appropriation of $ 2,000 for the maintenance of tbe fire alarm system this year. In the past year nothing had boen allowed lor the care and supervision o f r the system. The several oompsolssP ^ have each given $ 9 ) to pay the keopsr^, and maintain the system In working < order. They were supported by the Irinf Uj»-a derwrlter, who praised the Jamaica fe* 1 * partment and said that for a votafttoWy T ^ i department i t is second to hods to lbs v state. The mayor regretted that 1$ impossible now to make an appjoprfatiosi^,?*^{ for the fire alarm system, but Oomsto* * eioner Tully promised that anythtog to the way of supplies he would gladly fur nish from his department, *a well as the . services of linemen and carpenters. g Wot Placo* to r SHagiatrato H « a £ ^ ^ * The assignments of the three pot>r, Po magistrates in the Borough of Que ___ for the year 3901, show that again XjraTy y istrate Healy of F ar Rockaway will iter-the be allowed to enjoy the ooeaa bn grip during July and August. Aocordfit the schedule, he will spend Flushing and August fc Long City. Magistrate\Healy has eats** Na protest against the schedule. mt 044 FoltawsEtoot ■ At the meeHngof Jamaica Lodg O. F., 247, on Monday aveola^ here following officers trace elected; teat Edward Boat; V, G., Philip F, T** , secretary, Henry Miller; flnaaoia** tory* George Bathe; traamurer,- Buckbee; trustee* I*. B. BirdaalL Mr, *■ I . ■ I * wtmkl
