HIGH MAM OF REQfIEM TO BE CELEBRATET>— THE PALLBEARERS. The funeral of Bernard M. Shanley. of Newark. will take place to-morrow at the Shanley hoasa* No. \u25a0 Washlngton-st. The religious services will be held in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral. The Rev. Monsl<ncr George H. Doane will cele- brate a high mass of requiem. The pallbearers selected are James Smith, jr.. E. F. C Young, of. Jersey City: John D. Crtmmins. Elisha B. Gaddis, David Younjt. Ra::<!al Morgan, cf Philadelphia; Leslie D. Ward. W'lliam Stainsby. Arthur Devirre« Jeremiah O'Rourke and Philip N. Jackson. *•. P. C. A. ELECTS DIRECTORS. At the annual meeting of the Hudson County Society tag the Prevention of Cruelty M Animals in Jersey City yesterday afternoon the following directors were elected: Edward H. Whitney. Cnarlea J. Solvoin and James W. McCarthy/- The members) of ths Executive Committee are Dr. Leonard J. Gordon, George Osborne, W. w. Varick. A P. Hex* amer. Dr. Benjamin Edge. William Vermilyej Charles .1. Carroll. Adolph Walter, jr.. Dr. Jarm Nevin and Harry Louderbough. ** VISSIXG BOY FOrXD. Montclair. March 3 (Sc«*cial>.— Percy R?ed. four- teen year* old. who disappeared more than a weelc asro was found by the police sf Perth Amboy yes- terday. His father went after him to-day. REPORT ON. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. -C J. Rnon»y. clerk of the Hudson County BoarS of Health, submitted a report yesterday showing 269 cases of measles In Jersey City Heights us February The other contagious diseases In Jer- sey City in the month were: Diphtheria. 31: 9carlst| fever. M membranous croup. Z. typhoid fever. 4;; smallpox, 1. \ icCFBMt OF rot PAY!' Hl* FARE* Elmer E. Kirkland. of Binghamton. N. V., wa^ arrested at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Jersey City, yesterday morning, upon the arrival of the Southern express. Frederick Hennrng. that conductor, charged him with refusing to pay hia> fare from Philadelphia. Kirkland said he haA. tickets through to New-York, and produced aJ. Pullman car ticket showing that he had bought Sm berth to New- York. Police Justice Potts pcat-j poned the hearing until to-day. FTNERAL OF BER\ \RD If. .sr7.4.VI£T. ECSIXESS BUICK DESTROYED ANT> $60,000 D.OIA*Bw> D9NE— AGED WOMAN DYING FROM SHOCK. Paterson. March 21 (Special*.—Fire to-day de- stroyed a business block in RUJgewood. The loss m estimated at JW.OOO. Mrs. Mary Coster, an aged woman, Whs was lying ill in the third story of a. brick building, hi to be carried down a ladder, and is dying from the shock. Frank E. Gibson, a nr*-man."had his face badly cut by the explosion a fire extinguisher that he was handling on a roof. The tlames started In the cellar of Herman Tlce'9 drug store, at Ridgewood-ave. »nd • 'h-rstnut-st.. and quickly spread to adjoining buildings. Two engine" were sent from Pater? but arrived too '.ate to do effective work. U is believed I '-\u25a0it ths? fire was started by an Incendiary. Trenton. March 21 (Special).— The special Assem- bly Committee to investigate UM government a! ths) State Industrial School for Girls submitted a pre- liminary report to the Legislature to-day, ami in connection with ir introduced a hi!! reora^asssßsT the management of the Institution. The committee ask»*d leave to sit after the nine die adjournment, of the legislature for the continuation of the la- v«wt!gt«tlon. T'.e request waa granted on :h* under- stanning that the findings shall be -"ported ts> Go\-ernor Voorhi The bill introduced by tfci- committee provides that th.- name of the institution shall be changed, to the State Konie for Girls and that there shall be nine trustee*, five men and four women, to b<» appointed by the Governor within thirty days after tne passage of the >»ct. All the present officers ana errpioyes are legislated out. their terms of ofiicw to cease thirty days a.'ter the appointment of the* new trustee*. Officers and employes 3re to be ap-; pointed by the new trustees, who may reappoint any cf the present officers or employes. The 4upsr-< intendent Is to be a man and the principal a woman. Girls under ten years old shall not be com-; mitte.l to the Home. Heretofore, girls seven years old ctMild be receives, in all other respect* the bill U a re-enactment of the present law. Miss Frances Day •*• : - recalled this morning bT* the Investigating Committee because she had test*-' tied that no girls were ever put in cells during the administration of Mr« McFadden as matron, wHB tne records showed that such was not the -act. • Miss Day testified to-day th3t the confinements in. cel!s shown by the records took place when Mrs.. McFadden was ahsrnt en account of \u25a0' ln *-* *\u25a0•} while Mrs. Miller was acting matron. Ml** Day In- sisted that her previous testimony, that anklet* had been used to subdue Sadie Wie*man. was cor- rect in spite of the denial of Mr«. Eyler. * BIG FIRE IX RIDGEWOOD. ME MJUI'IaUI IXTi:i»DUCE- ES- WIZATION MIX. MACK— MET*. Bloomfie'.d. March 9 (UpecisD. Osoigs I Maatt, of this town, and Miss Lilian May Metz. of Rose- ville. were married in St. John's I.utheron 'hurch nt , r ,i yesterday afternoon The He\ Blaesi performed the ceremoßy. WOMEN VOT WANTED ON BCBOOL BOARD. Hackensack. March Zl (Special).— A worn nominated for ?- - hool trustee at Hasbrouck Height- nin^. Sh»- received only H out Some of the men suggested thi could run the school without women on the Board. RILL INTRODUCED TO REPEAL ACT PER- MITTING SUSQUEHANNA LEASE. Trenton. March 21 (Special>.-Serator Braun to- day introduced a bill in the Senate to repeal the act permitting th? New- York, Susau<>hanna anil stern Railroad Company to lease it.« franchise*. railroad and property to -he Erie Railroad Com- pany, or to merge with the Erie The Attorney General had submitted a written opinion regarding the right of the Erie road to Increase rat.-* on the \u25a0asqashsUUßa, is it has done since it took the Sum- sssssaßßSSi The opinion was not made public. Senator McCarter's bill providing for the appoint- ment of probation officers by judges of courts of Quurter Sessions whs passed. The hill provides for the appointment of one probation officer in each county, with Mi \u25a0 consent of the presiding Judge. In first class counties three such offlcers may be appointed, with the approval of the Board of Free- holders. Judge Fort, Mr. McCarter said, disliked to send young offenders to the penitentiary. Und«*r the act they could be let go under the supervision of the probation officers. Senator I'ltney introduced a bill enabling law students who register within three months from the date of the passuge of the law repealing the Dunn act to be admitted to the bar under the Dunn act. The Assembly bill providing for life ropes and the employment of an expert swimmer at bathing resorts was lost In the Senate by a tie vote. Sen- ator McD«rmott had the vote reconsidered and an amendment offered which is designed to meet the objection that the bill would be a hardship to 'he smaller coast resorts. Senator Francis withdrew his amendment to the Jersey City teachers' salary bill, which provides that the teaclprs' salaries may be raised with the consent of tlTe voters. The amendment placed wom<»n teachers on the same basis as men. a num- ber of women had asked to have the amendment withdrawn, fearing that it would cause the bill to be lost. The bill was advanced to third reading. Tin- Trenton Armcry bill was reported without recommendation. The Committee on Appropria- tions bad decided not to recommend any appro- priation for the armory this year. Among the bills passed by the Senate were the following: Amending the charter of East Orange; amend- ln * the election law providing that the words "for" and "against" shall precede any proposition sub- mitted to the people at any election, and If neither word is crossed off the ballot shall act count; amending th* county asylum for lunatics act rela- tive to payment by county patients; authorizing the Mayor of Perth Amboy to appoint three Water Commissioners; amending the road Improvement act: amending the act relative to the property of married women: authorizing the city of Bayonne. to convert Its city hall into a public school; em- powering the Hudson County Boulevard Commis- sion to pass ordinances and iiakf rule* controlling the Bouelvard: providing that the I'ontroller shall submit annually to the Governor a list of corpora- tions which for two yean have failed to pay their taxes, the Governor thereupon to declare th»ir charters forfeited; amending the act creating the State Board of Children's Guardians. These bill.- were Introduced in '•!•\u25a0 Senate: By Senator Pitney—Taxing bank stock at the resi- dence of the hotter that of non-residents to he taxed where the bank is. and real estate of a bank where such real estate is. The value of the build- bi| Is to be deducted in ascertaining the assessable value of the stock. The bill substantially restores the system that prevailed before the bank law re- vision of las*. By Senator McDermott — Enabling any Board of Freeholders of any county charged with the sup- port of paupers to build separate buildings for children remote from those of the adult paupers. PROCEEDINGS IN THE ASSEMBLY. Assemblyman Klein's bill to allow the use of voting machines in this State was Opposed by As- semblyman Marks on the ground that the ma- Chines were intricate and would result in the prac- tical disfranchisement of the class of voters who cannot read English readily. He also objected to the expense they would entail on cities. The bill received only fourteen votes, and was killed. The Assembly passed the following bills. Increasing the salary of the State Roa ! Commis- sioner to V-.'**'> a year and allowing him an assistant at a salary of *l ."><»' a year; providing for the appointment of a deputy to the chief of the State Labor Bureau; the West New-York Sew-er bill: permitting Newark to build a hospital for con- tagious diseases; requiring applications for liquor licenses in second class cities to be published m two newspapers; authorizing the appointment of a State Board of Architects in order that hereafter only duly licensed architects may follow the pro- fession; authorizing Jersey City to issue bonds for the purchase of a new water supply; authorizing the cancellation of taxes, assessments, etc., against lands now held or hereafter to be acquired by the Star* or the Commissioners of the- Sinking Fund. AGAISST ERIE MERGER. EXAGGERATED REPORTS OF TROUBLE FOR THE ENGLIFH ARMY NOW DENTED. The particulars published in the Egyptian papers about the mutiny of two Soudanese regiments at Omdurman. recently reported bj- cable, show that :t was ar. insignificant affair, without any in- fluence upon the quiet maintenance of British rule :r> Egypt. It had no connection with a supposed national sentiment, since the only mutinous sol- diers were black Soudanese, recruited in their owr. districts by the British, in whose hearts the na- tional Egyptian sentiment cnuld not be strong. Th? correspondence from Khartoum, published in the AraMan pap^r? th^jr.Felves and translated in those at Cairo and Alexandria, shows that no mutiny at a!l would have occurred if Kaimakan Eaolmoun Bey, commandant of the 12th and later of the 14th Soudanese regiment, had not enraged the minds of his soldiers by his Incapacity and his undue neyiexlty] That offlcer has since been dts- rr..«:s*d from service in the Egyptian army in con- s-qupnee of those incidents. After the inquiry or- dered hy Winevste Pacha, an Egyptian captain, ilohaaaed Efer.Ji Marktar has been arrested. It Is proper to notice. aJso. that there are no British tmeps at Orndurman. and that the alleged muti- neers were not subdued by force. The press of Continental Europe, which was so excited by the first reports of the trouble, was inccrrect. there- fore, in adopting the hypothesis of a national re- volt caused by the British embarrassments, which are so little known, even if known at all, in the regions southward of Assouan. At the first news of tbV-refusal of certain bodies cf troops to deliver up their cartridges, the Sirdar, Wingate Pacha, started from Cairo, and reached Omdunnan three days later. He succeeded, with- out great difficulty, and with the assistance of a letter from the Khedive, which was read to the soldiers, in getting them to surrender their car- tridges and in effecting the arrest of certain offi- cers suspected of having incited the disorders. The Arabian papers relate that the Sirdar formed a court martial, and thereafter assembled all the offlcers before him. He spoke to them for one ho-ir, in English, of course, and his words were translated, as he waa speaking, by the Egyptian Colonel. Fathi Bey. Assistant Governor of Khar- toum. Wineate Pacna reproached the omcers for their conduct and for having allowed a spirit cf laxity to prevaiJ in their commands. He caused Uw letteni and dispatches from the Khedive to be reea. as w*r!l as a letter from the Council of the £.gvptlan Ministers, and announced that he was disposed to consider grievances of the officers, but oruy a^ter order should be restored and absolute qu.et should prevail in the army. The troops among which the troubles occurred are those of OM !2ta and the 14th Soudanese, and they have of-c-n sent to Assouan. The Egyptian papers laughed at the European papers which, apropos of the Soudan mutiny, said tnat the British army of occupation had b»-en reduced to small numbers. It is true that Its Rxragtfa has b»en somewhat diminished, but that is without importance. If Egypt was a country capable of revolting, what couid the 5.000 British soldiers— the maximum ever reached by the army ?* occupation— do in the midst of a population of it.oati.un p«>p!«>? Nothing more certainly, than thf three or four thousand soldiers still in Egypt. 1 iSat rigure." add the Egyptian papers, "could yet t>e reduced, for the redjackets are not nect-s- •ary to the maintenance of English influence; J-crd Crnmer and the army of functionaries are Quito sufficient for that. The occupation is a mere Eatier of form. It would be quite enough to ***c a battalion at Alexandria and one at Cairo, jufct what i.= necessary to occupy a few posts and £a'>w uniforms in the streets. It must not b» for- gotten that Malta is only two days' sail from Alexandria." BETTER SEWERAGE FOR BROWXBTILLE. At the me^niiK of the Board of Public Improve- ments yesterday President Grout asked that some- thing be done at once toward improving the sewerage system of the Brownsville part of Brook- b/n. "The condition ther-* is. awful." declared Mr Grout. "It menaces the health of all Brooklyn. The \u25a0 re Is the fault of tn.- cltj " The prom- :• on would be ready .it .• meeting which would remedy the trouble. MEETING OF LONG ISLAND PRESBYTERY. sport. Long Island, March 21.—The Pres- \u25a0 'mi Island will m.-< t her.- m the [*rea- m h on April l. < E \R(,E OF EXTRA VA GAXt E 1 T \ A IT YA Rl> :!.id<- by labor representatives that iniproj/.-r!;- spent . - i - h>- Navy \u25a0 !!\u25a0\u25a0 of tni- chief reasons hy some of The Navy Yard offinals why the situation looks the construction of warships at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. X.r Constructor Bowles Force engaged yesterday in preparing data on th instruction of ships at the Navy Yard Tins Information will be sent to W ishlngton. It is i the working force a1a 1 the Navy Yard ' - • v week until July i. There is nothing more to be done besides the repairs on the Lttli ASKED TO BECOME PASTOR OF THE FIFTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. Montclair. N. J.. March 21 (Special).— The Rev. H. Allen Tupper, Jr.. of the First Baptist Church in this town, who is taJ»*ave that ctHirch In April,has been asked to accept a call to the Fifteenth Street Baptist Church in Brooklyn, in connection with his missionary work in New-York City. A committee from the Brooklyn church visited the Montclalr preacher a few days ago. Mr. Tapper intimated that he would consider a call if extended to him Mr. Tupper :s a relative of The author of "Pro- verbial Philosophy" and of Sir Charles Tupper. His father is professor of Biblical literature In Richmond College. Va, He was educated at Rich- mond College. University of Virginia and the South- ern Baptist Theological Seminary. HAMILTON TO BE BRAXCH OF UNION BANK The Hamilton Bank, at Nbs. 79 and 81 Hamilton- ave., has been absorbed by the Union Bank. An agreement has been reached between the two Boards of Directors by which this plan will be put into effect The Hamilton Bank will go out of business as soon as possible, and the business at that place will be taken by the "Hamilton Branch" of the Union Bank. The stockholders of the Union Bank will meet on April 6 to amend the certificate of incorporation so as to allow it to operate the branch bank. \'-' \u25a0' COLONEL MASTERS ANT> OTHERS SPOKEN* OF TO SUCCEED HIM AS PRESIDENT OF UNION LEAGUE CLUB. "William E. Pulsifer, president of the Union League Club, announced yesterday that he would not seek re-election as president of the club. The reason he has given to his friends for this action is his exacting business engagements, which will prevent him from giving sufficient time to the affairs of the club. Mr. Pulslfer is the treasurer of D. C. Heath & Co. The annual election of offi- cers at the Union League Club takes place in May. Colonel Hlbb*»rt B. Masters Is prominently spoken of as the prohable successor to Mr. Pulslfer. He joined the club in ISSK). three years after Its organi- zation, and thrfe years before Sir. Pulsifer became a member of the club. Nominations are made by baliot at the regular meeting on the second Wednes- day in April. Among others of the prominent members of the club who were spoken or last night as possible can- didates for the presidency are Andrew B. Rogers. Henry A. Powell and ex-Mayor Charles A. Schieren. THE RET. H. A. TUPPER MAY COME HEBE. WILLIAM E. Pi LBIFER OJ'T OF THE RACE THIS WAS THE PREVAILING IMPRES- SION AMONG DEMOCRATIC POLI- TICIANS YESTERDAY. The improsslon stevaitod among Democratic poli- ticians in Brooklyn yesterday that Senator Michael J. CofTey and his colleagues from the IXth As- sembly District wc-r»> to be expelled from the regu- lar Democratic organization. Their scats as dele- gates to the Democratic Committee from that dis- trict were to be tared vacated, it was thought, and new d legates would be chosen. The IXth Assembly District Committee as at present con- stituted would be disbanded!, it was added. A n-K-etin^ of both the Democratic Executive and County committees will be heM to-morrow even- ing in the Democratic headquarters, in the Thomas Jefferson Building. At this meeting the sub-com- mittee of the Executive Committee which was ap- pcinted to Investigate the charges of disloyalty preferred against Michael J. Coffey. the lender of tliat district; John J. Cain, the Assemblyman from the district: George J. Phillips, the executive mem- ber, and Frank Hennessy. will make its report. The members of the sub-committee who will make the report ire John Maguire, chairman; Senator McCarren, James S. Regan. John M. Clancy and George YV. Lindsay. Their recommendations to the Executive Committee win probably be adopted. Warden Patrick Hayes is a member of the County Committee, and is a close personal' friend of Sen- ator CofTey. Hayes attended the IXth Assembly District supper in Prospect Hall about a month ago. ant! was conspicuous by his enthusiastic ap- plause when Coffey denounced the men who were trying to read him out of the Democratic party. Hayes will doubtless muster opposition to the re- port, but if he should succeed in defeating the adoption of the report by the General Committee it would be a good deal of a surprise. Assistant Corporation Counsel Luke D. StaplPton. one of Senator Coffoy's warmest friends, visited the 'Wiiloughby-st. headquarters yesterday after- noon for the tirst time in many months. ' He re- fused to divulge the important mission which took him there. but it Is asserted that he did not go there to make an overture of peace or for the ar- rangement of a capitulation of Coffey to the ma- chine. A meeting of the anti-Coffeyites will he held at Visitation Hall, In Tremont-st., near Richards-?!., to-morrow evening. Thomas Kline will preside. and among the speakers will be Assistant District Attorney Martin II eton, ex-Assemblyman James McMahon. William O'Donnell and P. .1. De Con- tillon. Th«» antl-Ooffeyites say that in the IXth Assembly District (Coffey's district) they have an enrolment of 1,000 out of 3.2fi0. COFFKV TO BE EXI'KI.MiD. -prins; t- In Disorders of Teething Infants. Nerve Tonic Properties of these Waters. LtthiaWater FOR DISEASES OF WOMEN. Hunter McGuire, M.D., LLD.. President and .Professor of Clinical Surgery, Unzzersity Colu^saf. Medicine. Richmond, I'a., says: "lam fully sat- DnrrAini ITUTA Ws\TFH Sflil l No 2in the . tre ? tme ? t of^ sease »t isfied of the value of DUFfAIAj LllrliA Hr\l LX Peculiar to Women. In this class of Disease; it is unquestionably deserving of very high commendation. It his never failed ms as a powerful j nerve tonic when I have prescribed tt as such, producing a decided calming effect in men and women whose broken-down nervous system had kept them in perpetual motion, who could not .sleep and who could not rest. Isometimes think it must contain hypophosphates of lime and soda. It acts as that compound does— as a tonic and alterative." The late J. Marion Sims, M.D., LLD., the Father of Modem Gynxolczy, a short while before hi* f " I have used in my practice the water of Spring No. 2, of the BUFFA LO LITHIV SPRINGS*, of Mecklenburg County, Va., for several years past, and have, in many cases, found It highly beneficial." Dr. Wm. T. Howard, Baltimore, Pmfesser of Diseases of Women and Children ih tis University °/\ Maryland. . _ . _. Dr. Howard, comparing the water ot thcortginal Buffalo Spring, now known .is Burfalo bthia spnn; No. • 1 with th it of the celebrated Grernbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. »ay»: " Indeed in a certain class, of cases it 'is much superior to the latter. ! allude to the abiding debility attendant upon the tardy ; convalrscence from crave acute disease and more especially to the Cache.xia and Sequela? incident to flalarious Fevers inall their grades and varieties to certain forms of atom. Dyspepsia and IN ; ALL THE AFFECTIONS PECULIAR TO VVOHEN THAT ARE REMEDIAL AT ALL BY MINERAL WATERS. 1? I .<.-- called upon to state from what mineral waters 1 have seen tim greatest and most unmistakable amount of good accrue, in the largest number of cases in a general way, I would unhesitatingly say the Buffalo Spring in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Dr. John H. Tucker. Henderson, X. C, of the Medical Society of AortA Carolina, Member of *• American Medical Association: NERVE TONIC*. action l^ Buffalo Lithia Water nervous !»s shf^a. ." • Nl "' L symptoms. is promptly a.a permanently relieved by it. In many or" the diseate* peculiar to >\ Ont:.> „-_• IRREGULARITIES, SUPPRESSION and the many functional derangements -^urtUMC fcow • rHiiiV ANAEMICconditions, I prescribe th.* water with almost the same confidence that Ido QUJJjl^f i^f a VT^ ana FEVER. I have observed marked beneficial results from its us; -n disorders of TEhl ni."NU inr*.^ i I have sent many-patients ot this da« to the springs tor the use of this water. and without exee+tum, t/uy \u25a0-\u25a0« returned to me cured or greatly benefited" Both Springs 1 and I are powerfully Nerve Tonic and Restorative, and No 1is a!so a potent Blood Tonic, this combination of Nerve and Blood Tonic properties indiwtmc it especially \u25a0 rases wber= ttere "J"**** Paucity or Poverty of the Blood and great general debility In the absence ot the*. symptoms No. -is especially inilicate.i Buffalo lithia Wwer » tor M!c b . y mem and Druggists generally. Testimonials *t\wn Jety all imputation or question* sent to any address. PROPRIETOR. BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA. Springs are open for guests from June 15th to Oct. Ist. They arc reached from all directions over the Danville Division of the Southern Railway. DR. GILDERSLEETE MAY REMARRY. It Charles L. UMiltslssts. of Columbia Heights, through an order made by Justice Jenks. of the Supreme Court, yesterday received permission to remarry. His wife, Florence Leroy Overtnn,' whom he married in IsW, obtained \u25a0 divorce on statutory grounds in 1884. In ISBS Mrs. Glldersleeve was mar- ried to Amon Buckley, of No. 378 Cllnton-ave. The affidavits submitted yesterday alleged that Mr. Buckley was a visitor at the Glldernleev« house. Several depositions were submitted attesting the food conduct of Dr. Glld»-rsle«"ve since the. divorce. Dr. Gildersleeve refused yesterday to say whom h«t was about to marry FOR A CENTRAL LIBRARY BUILDING. The directon of the Brooklyn Public Library have set on foot \u25a0 movement for thH establishment of a targe central library in Brooklyn. It was ••:\u25a0,- iticall] iflsrilSSOd al the monthly meeting of the directors, which was held TueHday night. President David A. Boody .md Franklin W Hooper were In favor or enlisting the efforts of Brooklyn people to have a special appropriation made by the city for the library Plans <>f action will be arranged .it the next regular pseeflng PLYMOUTH MAY FIGHT FOR CIVIC PURITY. General Horatio C. Kinc. at \u25a0 recent meeting of the Young Men's Club of Plymouth Church, urged the cltth to take up me :Si?nt tor civic purity. He said that if the club did 90 11 would have the sup- \u25a0 :ie older members of the church. The expects to take some action following the suggestion of General is.ni>;. A I'oß TMASTE R A RRAI G \ ED. George !-\u25a0 Rapelye, the postmaster of Corona, Long Island, was arraigned before I'nifed States Commissioner Benedict yesterday morning on the 'Miar^e of defrauding the Government. He was short In his accounts to the extent of SLB3 19. Be- fore the warrant had been served on him he had made good the shortage, and because of this fact clemency was asked. It is expected that he will suffer a nominal fine and lose his place. TOOK CRITIC \r. CITIZEN To GRAND JURY. William 11. Palmer, of No. 130 South Nlnth-st.. who. it was said, had made derogatory remarks concerning 'he Tax Commissioners, was taken by District Attorney Clarke before the Grand Jury yesterday and asked to explain or verify his state- ments. He then declared -hut his remarks were made relative to the condition of affairs as they ex- isted In New-York City ten years ago. It was al- leged tha- at a meeting Of the Brooklyn Philo- Bophlcal Society on Sunday he exclaimed that the pectally those it; the tax offi.-.-. illtioaJ loafers and vagabonds!" THE 9ATE CITY TO BE SOLD. East Moriches. I.oner Island, March 21 — The wrecked steamer Gate City will be sold as soon as the wreckers have recovered the rest of the cargo. Dynamite is being used to remove parts of the wreck which hinder the work. THEY FIRE PROJECTILES WEIGHING TWELVE HUNDRED POUNDS— MAXIMUMRANGE TEN MILES. Two more big guns have arrived at Fort Totten. Willets Point. They are 12-inch rifled cannon They are to be mounted on the most approved pattern of disappearing carriages. The guns weigh sixty tons each, fire a projectile weighing twelve hun- dred pounds and have a maximum range of ten miles. When the new guns are ready for use it will be possible, without counting on the mortars, to fire seven projectiles weighing in the aggregate tour tons every minute. TWO MORE BIG GUNS FOR FORT TOTTEX HIS TEAM RETURNED HOME WITH THEIR (CASTER SITTING TTRIOHT. William H Brohan waa found dead sitting in hla wagon in the yard of his home at Bay Side. Queens, yesterday morning. He had been dead two hours. He hud iwn to Manhattan with a load of furniture and had rr-turnetf home an hour before he was found. The team muet have returned to the yard with the man dead on the seat of his wagon. Mr Brnnan lived with Jacob Griffin, his brother- ln-av He was forty years old, and was the son of a former postmaster of Bay Side. THE DRIVER Wis DEAD THE JURY DISCHARGED AFTER REMAINING OUT \u25a0 TWENTT-THRRE HOURS. The jury In the suit of Annie D. Andrus against the Long Island Railroad Company to recover $10,- 000 damages for injuries in the "tally-ho" collision on Memorial Day, 1897. retired to consider its ver- dict on Tuesday nieht. The jury had been out eighteen hours yesterday morning, when the court convened. The foreman asked whether they could hold the railroad responsible for negligence In not having the proper sign over the crossing which Is required by tew. Justice Gaynor said that he so charged. If not coupled with other evidence, how- ever, that fact was not enough to defeat the rail- road company, unless the jury found that it con- tributed to the accident. The jury retired, and came In again at 5 p. m., having been out twenty-three hours, and having failed to come to an agreement. Justice Gaynor then discharged the jury, saying that there was no necessity for them to stay out so long, if they could not agree, and that he had received no word from them since morning. The jurymen are said to have stead seven for the railroad company and five for the plaintiff. V 0 VERDICT IX AXDRUB r.AZE SUB-COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO WORK FOR RAPID TRANSIT. The Committee of Fifty, which was named by Ludwig Nissan, president of the Manufacturers' Association, for the purpose of dealing with a rapid transit problem for Brooklyn, met last night In the rooms of the Manufacturers' Association, in Montague-st. William McCarroll was made perma- nent chairman. A committee of five was appointed on plan and scope to deal with the general question of rapid transit. The committee is as follows: C. N. Chad- wick, chairman: Ludwig Nissen. Abraham Abraham. Dr. Truman J. Backus, R. W. Bainbridge and John Phillips. A committee on rapid transit was ap- pointed to meet President Clinton L. Rosslter of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. He bad sent a letter to the committee asking that a conference be held. The committee named is William E. Pulst- fer. chairman: William Gray, George McLelsch, A. G. Belden and G. W. Brown. The following com- mittee to go to Albany to urge the legislation necessary for the depressing of Atlantlc-ave. and the divorcing of the tunnel project and the At- lanti-ave. Improvement, was appointed: Ludwlg Nissan, chairman: Arthur Dinsmore. Otto Kempner. Richard Pickering and F. W. Roe. An expression in favor of pending legislation in Albany relating to the tunnel and Atlantic-aye. im- provement was adopted. This resolution will be sent to the Governor and the representatives at Albany from" Long Island. THE COMMITTEE OE FIFTY MEETS CAUSES A PANIC ON FIFTH- .WE. ELE- VATED ROAD— THE TIES AFLAME. Whl!.> motor car No. 254 of the Fifth-aye. ele- vated line was running between l*nlon-sf. and St. Mark'—aye. stations, on ita way to the Bridge, at 6:30 o'clock last night the main fuse blew out en- veloping the car with flame and creating a panic among the twenty passengers aboard. The pas- sengprs made their way to the car behind. A ladder was placed against the elevated structure and firemen extinguisher! the fire. In the mean time flames broke nr-t on the ele- vated structure at Baltic, Butler and Warren sts.. where the flames caused by the p use l|ad Ignited the ties before the trnln had stoppeU. These flame* were put out by a hose from the street?. The outside of the car was badly burned and the interior scorched. The delay was about twenty minutes. A score of the passengers made their way to the St Mark's-ave. station. m;ir<- than two blocks away, along a narrow walk. The walk was dark. and the peril of the pedestrians was Increased by the fact that they had to cross two third rails before they reached the station. The train was finally pushed down to the Bridge and back again to the repair shops. This is the fifth accident of the kind since the introduction of the third rail. ANOTHER "THIRD RAIL FIRE." MEDALS FOR WIXXERS AT SEA GIRT. Colonel Robert G. Smith, of the 4th Regiment, N. G. N. J.. announced yesterday that the sharp- shooters' and marksmnns' decorations won at Sea Girt last summer will be presented at the armory on Thursday evening, March 29. Th.- medals will t).- presented by Brigadier-General Bird W. Spencer. The entire regiment will be on parade. Two hun- dred and forty -Hii tit members will receive medals. " BARGE CAPTAIN DROWSED. PerthAmboy. March II (Special). William Miner- ley, captain of the tmrge William Mlnerley, was drowned last night in Woodbrldge Creek. He fell through a' hole In the pier at which his barge was loading clay. Two piles nearer together at the bot- tom than at the top caught and held the body The tide was low when Minerley was laM Been, at about 10 o'clock last night, ana it Is suppunetl that he wm held fast until the water — — CHAMGEB AGAINST REED WITHDRAWN. At the meeting of the V. S. Grant • of Jersey City, on Tuesday evening, the cbarj disloyalty preferred ik-"'"*' e»-Prestdenl William K. Reed were withdrawn. XORTH PLAIXFIBLD SCHOOL ELECTION. nnlnflsW. March 21 (Special}.— At the annual school meeting in North Piaintield last night the followingmembers of the Board of Education were elected: Henry A. McGee. George H. Hallock and John H. Van Winkle. The sum of $U.2uo was voted to pay the salaries of teachers and other current expenses. SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY Xo)[ [ \ \TIO\7. Th Socialist Labor party tn Newark yesterday til-! with the CoUßty Clerk certificates of nom- ination of candidates for the coming charter elec- tion. The candidate far Mayor is Henry "'arlesa. TO APPEAL RIVER POLLUTION CASB. President Phillips of the Passsic Valley Pro- tective Association said in Newark yesterday that '.! was the purpose of ;he association to appeal the \u25a0 urt of Errors and Appeals in the .-.ihi- of the Pateraon sewers to the united States courts. "^JERSEY <ITY TO IBSUB BONDS. The Jersey City Board of Finance yesterday m..ri-.itiK ordered an issue of $SV><»i m ::' ; per ceM :>.>m:s to pay the balance that will be required for the building nf the new tire engine ho,i>.- Twelfth Ward. The Sinking Pond Commission will buy th.- bonds at pur. BIG NEWARK DELEGATION APPEARS BE- FORE RIVER AND HARBOR COMMITTEE. Washington, March 21 (Special). -Half an hour before time this morning Representative Parker's big delegation from Newark was waiting to be heard by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors In favor of the Passalc River Improvement. At 11:13 o'clock Mr. Parker began his speech. Newark, he thought, has a population of 300.OX). and manu- factures' valued at $190,000.0(10. The city Is three miles from the bay and five from Kill Yon Kull. The city is gradually extending to the hay. Briefly referring to the Dundee Dam matter, he stated the two projects, one for a ten foot channel from Centre-st bridge to the Montclair Railroad bridge; the other for a twelve foot channel from the Centre-st bridge, Newark, to the Kill Yon Kull. He said more than once that it was absolute- ly necessary for the commerce of Newark and im- portant for the commerce of the t'ntted States that the improvement should be made. He quoted from the report of Colonel Barlow and the letter of General Wilson, Chief of Engineers. The for- mer favors a twelve foot scheme for certain por- tions. Mr. Parker, in reciting official figures as to Newark's commerce, revenues, etc., asserted that she had »i.OOO e"t of piers, and an increase to I*oo,ooo tonnage in 1898. He read his proposed project for \u25a0 twelve foot channel with an imme- diate appropriation of 1100.000 and a limit of $273,- 000, and introduced the following men: R. C. Jer.klnson. Mr. Tompklns, George B. Swain, State Treasurer; J. F. Keofh, E. L. Phillips. J. H. fVbercrombie Peter Campbell, H. R. Kingsiey. Charles E. Young. James F. Higbee. Gilbert C. Brown. E. F. Hartshorn and Edward Randolph. Mr Jenkinson. president of the Board of Trade, said its membership was five hundred. He said a twelve foot channel is necessary. The population now he thought, was 313.C00, with 2.490 manufact- uring plants with an annual output valued at $101,- Oeo.ooo He said freight was carried in steamships, bargee and sloops, and that the number of vessels during the year was 24.066. Newark was not only a manufacturing centre for New-York City, hut the horn« of many of her citizens. All building ma- terial was brought by way of the river. Mr Tompkins urged the appropriation of $:3»i.0n0 recommended in Colonel Barlow's report. John F. Keogn and Messrs. Randolph and Phillips spoke on the draught of water and the advantage it would give to their respective lines of business. Mr. Keogh said the lightering business in New- York made necessary by the shallow water In the chan- nel was costly. Two feet additional would be an advantage to-all coast business. Mr. Randolps said the smelting- works could not use the railroads. Mr Phillips spoke for the iron works, saying twelve or fourteen feet depth would give a sufficient chan- nel for vessels in the foreign trade. The depth above Centre-st. was only eight and one-half feet. The hearing closed at noon with the committee Instructed and in good humor. PABBAIC RIVER IMPROVEMENT. The Board of Education is equally divided po- litically, and the general opinion is that the Re- puhlicans will, if they care to get out their rote, obtain control of the Board of Works, the Board of Education, and the Common Council. It would seem now that they care more for the control of the hoards than they do to elect a Mayor, which makes some Republicans a trifle •shy of fishing for the nomination. Newark Republicans have a way. now and again, of setting snares for the unwary in poli- tics, but It is not thought that they will venture to repeat the Eisele tactics of a few years ago on Mr Van Duyne or Mr. Jenkinson. both of whom are. if not old. not far from being expert political birds. Major Lentz. chairman of the Republican County Committee, is quoted aa say- ing that his party expects to clean up every- thing in sight. The election will take place on April 10. and the politicians of both parties are beginning to be busy. The Republicans have a decided ad- vantage in some respectß. For Instance: To retain their present majority in the Board of Works they will have to elect only one member, whereas the Democrats, to secure the majority must elect two members. As there will be only two nominees, the hustle for supremacy is going to !>e a lively one, as a Democrat said last night. "if the Democrats get their working clothes on." and there are Indications in plenty that this ia what they are going to do. The present Com- mon Council Is Democratic, and sixteen mem- bers are to be elected. Of late years, since the Board of Works and other city boards have been given enlarged powers, the Council is not r<»gard,ed as a specially desirable place for an energetic politician to spend his evenings. •*«\u25a0 occasionally. Nevertheless, there are generally men enough who are willing, without being dragged out of bed on convention nights, to make speeches accepting the nominations. This is true of the Democrats in particular, and of the Republicans in general at this time. The trouble is. as is remarked every spring, to get the men whose services are desired to go on the tickets. However, generally speaking, the New- ark Aldermen average up pretty well, as Aider- men go over the State. Here and there a Democrat in Newark yes- terday expressed the opinion that the renoni- lnation of Mayor Seymour was not so much of a foregone conclusion aa it. might he. or as it was a few weeks ago. There is no doubt that there is a growing opposition to Mayor Seymour, but it 's too generally of the kind that talks more than it works to defeat his renomination. The Republicans have not determined upon a candidate for Mayor, but the prevailing opinion is that tlieir nominee will be either Harrison Van Duyne. president of the Board .of Works, or President Jenklnson. of the Board of Trade, with the majority opinion apparently tn favor ot Mr Van Duyne. His term as a member of the Board of Works is soon to expire, and as he has declared that he win not accept a renom- ination there is a strong current In favor of his selection for Mayor. Mr. Jenklnson also has an earnest following, and h«» may be the candidate. THURSDAY. M ARCH 2*2, 1 900. QTRLS 1 SCHOOL i IfANGES, NEW-JERSEY NEWS. BROOKLYN NEWS. jjO TRACE OPTHBPAtNLLAC PART 11. FOUR PAGES. GRAVE FEARS FOR THE LONG LOST FRENCH LINE FREIGHTER. Captain Lemolr.e of the French Line freighter A'csandre Eixlo. which arrived here yesterday from Havre, reported to M. Bocande. th.- agent of the in this city, that he had spent four .lays out of Ms course, with extra lookouts, searching: for the roisrcr.fr fj^ijrhter Paulllac. of the same line. He aid that he had found no signs of her. nor had he seen ar.y wreckage- ..-*."\u25a0 The Pauillac left here on February 5. bound for Havre. She was sighted on February 11 by the Germanic southwest of Cape Race, but since that .jjjjje <=o far as is known, has not been seen. She carried a largo and valuable consignment of mer- chandise, mostly machinery and exhibits for the Paris Exposition. The Pauillac curried no pas- f«r.ger«. as she is a freighter, but she was manned "cv a large crow. Tho officers of the French Line v' re s'JIl cling to the hope that the Paofllac is not - , jj Ut they are plainly anxious over the safety of the vessel's officers and crew, find in other quarters •here are grave fears that the Pauillae will never "iseeTj again. There is little worry over the pos- 'iale Soss of the machinery on the wsscl tended »or th« Exposition, as arrangement:; have been nr.&e for its duplication. The PauUlac was formerly the Sedtnnore. and was buiit in IS2I at Liverpool, whore sbo was owned, jiijp .«: V*fcot long, with a gross tonnage of 4.332. *LaGa*oor»e, of the French Line, which sails for H-ivre to-day, has been ordered to keep \u25a0 sharp "ookotit for the Pauillac. QAMDiyER EICITES MAYOR'S PITY. rHTTF MAGISTRATE ALMOST SHEP.S TEARS IV - . -.- . \u25a0 \u25a0 . \u25a0 REFERRING TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS -— . DESIRE FOR MORE ROOM! The Sinking- Fund Commission yesterday referred to the Controller a request by District Attorney Gardiner for increased space in the Criminal Courts B'jiidir?. Mayor Van Wyck declared that Mr. Gsrdir.er wa? a much abused man. and needed ncr«> room. "He should have more room." said the Mayor, "because the Governor Is sending- down so mar.y deputies of the Attorney-General and Grand Juries that the office is overrun and over- crowded. It is an outrage. The District Attor- ney is followed about by reporter? and has no c£a"ce for privacy. Attempts are being made to have fcim removed. I say he has done nothing to Ofcpvve removal. Ifhe is removed on trumped up ch-rres the people will resent it by electing the Tammany ticket at the next election by ICO.OOt) Tfco Mayor declared that the proposition of [ presiiierit GuggenhHmer of the Council to cut down , the appropriation for repairs to the 14th Raiment ! Armory m Brooklyn from £i?.uOO to Ji4.<fK'i would be i defeated. He said to Colonel Clayton, who was I present: "You need not come a?ain. This Com- ssissicn is with you. and although I do not want to dispose of the matter in the absence of Mr. Gug- pentieimer. you may be satisfied. You willget your <oooo." SE MVTIXY. Ketfl -ftoJc (Eribtme.