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NEW TOKK HERALD, FRIDAY. JANUARY 1. 1897.-M1GHTEEN PAGES. V NEWS 5 ||4ftM all coaanalc»tl8M relative (# HMklyi BCWB to the Hroolclym of- gee. Va> s8r »*elte* s**eet. Telephone *•• t^*T. Br—fctysw WATCH NIGHT IN BROOKLYN. Old Tear Goes Oat in Silent Prayer and the New Ushered In with Songs of Praise. AT THE VARIOUS CHURCHES. Chimes of St. Ann's, on the Heights, Ring* at Eleven o'clock and Again at Midnight ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TO-DAY ••Watchman, Tell U« of the Night!" was the song which came from thousands of throats last night. Never have the "Watch Night" services been more general in Brook- lyn and never have they been conducted with more sincere spirit than last night. In the few moments which preceded the passing of '96 congregations of a majority of the churches knelt in silent prayer to rise and welcome the new year with a burst of glorious song. On the Heights a union service was held in the Sunday school room of Plymouth Church. The churches uniting In this service were the First Presbyterian, the Church of the New Jerusalem, the Church of the Saviour and Plymouth Church. Dr. Abbott and Rev. Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall and the Rev. Samuel Elliot addressed the meeting, which ended In silent prayer at midnight. CHIMEH AXI) HYMNS. At the First Reformed Church. Carroll street and Seventh avenue, the solo quartet and eight additional voices from the choir of Holy Trinity agisted the choir of the church in rendering Dudley Buck's midnight service. The soloists were Miss Charlotte Maronda, Mrs. St. Anna Weber. Albert Glrard and E. C. Chapln. The service ended at a quarter past midnight. Many persons crowded around St. Ann s Church, on the Heights, to hear the chimes rung at eleven o'clock. The church service. which began at half-past eleven, ended in silent prayer at midnight, when the bells were rung, striking the hour and the new year's peal. St. George's Episcopal Church, Marcy and Gates avenues, rendered at the watch night service a musical programme consisting or anthems, hymns and a soprano solo by Harold McGee, "Nearer, My God, to Thee." All Saints* Church, corner of Seventh ave- B«e and Seventh street, ushered in the new year with a full choral service, rendered by a vested choir of forty voices and several soloists. The Rev. William Morris, the rec- tor, intoned the Litany and delivered a short address. During the few moments between the passing of the old and the coming of the new year the congregation knelt In silent prayer, followed by a full burst of song from the choir. FOLWWKD AS OLD CITSTQM. Christ's Church, in Bedford avenue, fol- lowed an old custom of extinguishing the lights of the church a few minutes before midnlgh-t. all the congregation and rector kneeling in silent prayer until the old year was passed, and the choir announced the new year's birth by singing "Gloria in Ex- celsis." _ „ . The service at the Hanson Place Baptist Churoh began at eight o'clock and was con- tinued until midnight. A special programme of music was rendered by the choir and ad- dresses were made by Dr. A. C. Dixon, pas- tor of the church; the Rev. Dr. Frank M. Kllis. pastor of the Washington Avenue Church, and the Rev. Frank P. Stoddard, of the Sherrv Place Baptist Church. At the Baptist Temple the Rev. Cort- land Myers conducted a watch service, of which the music was made a special feature. The Rev. Cornelius Woelfkiii, pastor of the Greene Avenue Baptist Church, held a watch Meeting from eleven until twelve, which was preceded by a social hour, during which the debt fund envelopes were gathered. In the Bush wick Avenue Congregational Church service was conducted from ten un- til twelve. The Jtev. Samuel W. King, brother of the pastor, delivered a short ser- mon. At the Primitive Methodist Church, Or- chard street. Dr. Arnaud. the pastor, held a service from ten until twelve. AT OTHFJt CIUrRCHBa. The Rev. J. A. Williams, of North Caro» Una, had charge of the service at the People's Mission, No. 246 Myrtle avenue, where a genuine old fashioned Methodist watch meeting was held. In the Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church a watch service was substituted for the regular Friday evening prayer meeting. So universal were the watch services that they extended to a majority of the churches of the city, and in all Instances Included a period of client prayer in the few minutes preceding midnight. Among the pastors who will receive the members of their congregations to-day is the Rev. Dr. A. J. F. Behrend. of the Central Congregational Church, who with Mrs. Beh- rend and some of the church members will receive from three to six o'clock in the after- noon and again from seven to ten in the evening. Dr. and Mrs. Lyman Abbott, contrary to their custom, will not be at home to-day. The Rev. Charles W. and Mrs. King, of the Bush wick Avenue Congregational Church, will be at home this afternoon and evening at No. m Hancock street. N'KW YEAR'S AT THIS r. ir. c. A. At the Young Men's Christian Association •fd Its various branches throughout the "ty to-day will be generally observed. The antral branch. No. 502 Fulton street, will hold a general reception for the young men of the city between the hours of two and •ve. Mayor Wurster and several prominent citi* **ns will be on hand to address them. A polo tame on bicycles, fancy and trick riding. *11I attract many to the gymnasium, and there will also be special music *y the asso- «ation orchestra in the reading room. The day's programme is a varied one and will sou all comers. The Woman's Auxiliary, Assisted by the young men, will dispense re- freshments from two to six o'clock. At the Bedford Branch, No. 420 Gates ave- B ue, there will be a New Year's reception, **! at the Prospect Branch, No. 35» Ninth «reet. a reception arranged Jointly by the Committee of the branch and the young Women of the different churches. The Twen- ty-sixth ward branch will keep open house •jl day and the Eastern District branch wilt 4FVe a reception in the afternoon at No. 133 •wnh Eighth street. TWO JUDGES BETIEE. After fourteen years of service on the Supreme Court bench. Chief Justice Brown, •f the Appellate Division, and Justice Clero- «" retired to private life yesterday. Their wrms expired at midnight, and as they had •oth declined a renomination at the last elec- & because of the silver tendencies of the ocratic platform, they retired to private KEEPING TJP IT5~BBCOW). °n Its way to Ulmer Pars, st seven o'clock fcst night, trolley ear No. « , of the Brook- m lyn Heights company, ran Into a wagon drreea by Charles Michaelson, of Union street. By being- thrown to the pavement Michaelson sustained a fracture of two ribs and a sprain of the right knee. He was taken home in an ambulance. IMPORTANT EXCISE DECISIONS. Two Doubtful Provisions of the Haines Excise Law Construed in Favor of the Dealers. Two Important excise decisions were ren dered yesterday by Judges Osborne and Keogh, of the Supreme Court. Both were In favor of the dealers. Judge Osborne refused to grant an injunc- tion against John Flynn, a wholesale dealer, to enjoin him from selling liquor in less than five gallon lots without taking out a store- keeper's certificate. Flynn had sold six gal- lons of wine in two packages of three gallons each. Commissioner Michell thought this was an evasion of the Raines law and asked for the Injunction. Judge Osborne, however, decided "that the sale by Flynn of the six gallons of liquor at one time, though of two different kinds, was not a 'trafficking in liquor in quantities less than five wine gal- lons.' " Judge Keogh also refused to revoke the liquor tax certificate held by John Glllen, for Nos, 296-297 South Third street. The applica- tion for the revocation was made by the Rev. Edwin Potter, pastor of the Grace Evangel- ical Lutheran Church, in Rodney and South Second streets, on the ground that the saloon was within the two hundred feet limit. Gil- len. after the proceedings were brought, had closed the objectionable entrance and opened another one around the corner, which was a few feet beyond the limits. In this he has now been sustained by the Court. Speaking of Judge Osborne's decision. Ex- cise Commissioner Michell said yesterday that, if sustained, it would be a means of wholesale evasion of the law, as under it ev- ery wholesale dealer could subdivide the legal five gallons Into ever so many small quanti- ties, and would still be within the law. Beer, for instance, could be sold by the breweries in bottles so long as the aggrgeate to each customer was not less than five gallons. FOURTEENTH ON REVIEW. ECONOMY HOST BE PRACTISED. • ••»•• - ' ' Long Island City Aldermen Make Small Allowincfts for Pub- lic Expenses. — # ESTIMATES CUT WAY DOWN. How the First Battalion Celebrated the Hew Tear's Birth. The new Fourteenth Regiment Armory, in Eighth avenue and Fifteenth street, was in gala dress last night, the occasion of the re- view of the First Battalion by Colonel John G. Eddy, of the Forty-seventh regiment. The battalion, in full parade uniform, made a splendid showing and was warmly applauded by the many spectators that crowded the galleries. The review was preceded by a concert, given by the regimental band. The death of 1896 and the birth of the new- year were also properly • heralded by the band. The evening's entertainment con- cluded with a dance. CHARGED WITH BURGLARY. Goods Were Recovered, and Abraham and Stern Deny Their Guilt. Morris Abraham* of No. 82 Johnson avenue, and David. Stern, of No. 51 Lorimer street, Williamsburg, were locked up in the Vernon avenue police station last night on a charge of burglary. They are alleged to have broken into the apartments of Bertram Woods, of No. 315 Pulaski street, last Tues. day, stealing 1 clottoing valued a t $50. The goods were recovered by the detectives in a Myrtle avenue pawnshop. Both men denied the charge. Stern Is said to have been at one time a builder of some prominence and wealth In the Eastern dis- trict. \ CYCLING OH THE ICE. One Rider Fell Into South Bay and Had a Narrow Escape. [BT TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) SATVILLB. L. I., Dec. 31, 1896.—Cycling on the frozen surface of the Great South Bay Is a hazardous sport, indulged by sundry reckless bicycle riders of this village. Last evening while going over the glassy surface on his wheel Stanley B. Piatt struck a thin place In the ice, and wheel and rider dropped out of sight. Piatt struggled from under the ice to the opening made by the plunge, and, catching hold of the frail rim of ice, kept himself afloat until rescued. His machine was dragged out later. ELEVATED RAILROAD TAXES. Fire Department Escaped Because a Special Law Fixes Its I Amount. — i . i i , » . ,. I. MAYOR GIAEASON MAY VETO. • Mayor Gleason, of Long Island City, will have to study and practise economy during the coming year. The Board of Aldermen has made up the tax budget for the year, and it will take close figuring to prevent a short- age in the funds of several departments of the city government. Other departments win be without cash before the end of 1897, as the Aldermen cut down their appropriations below what they will need. Four of the seven members of the Board are opposed to the Gleason administration, and consequently it was useless for the Glea- son officials to send In estimates of the finan- cial needs of their departments for the year. They sent them In, however, but their esti- mates were ignored. City Treasurer Knapp did not make an estimate for his office. The Aldermen were certain to treat him liberally, for Mr. Knapp handles the cash and pays their salaries. The Board cf Education wanted 8194.200, the Police Commissioners estimated their needs at $88,900. and the Fire Board asked for 840.000. The Aldermen knew -more about needs of the schools and police force than those in control, and gave the Board of Education $130,000 and the police $70,000. They could not cut down the Fire Department, as that amount is fixed by a special law. The appropriation for the police will not pay the salaries of the members of the force for a year. Beside the appropriation for main- taining the schools that department will get $24,000 from the State, still leaving a large deficiency. The tax budget complete is as follows:— Prluelpal and interest of debt S14«,825.0O Salaries of city officials 43.030.00 Public scnools 120,000.00 Fire Department 40,000.00 Police Department 70,000.00 Health Department tt.000.00 Maintenance of poor - 10.000.00 Hoard of plumbers ......... 2.2tt0.00 Public Library .XfcOO.OO Judgment fund 17.IW2.50 Contingent fund .. 2:2.863.00 Ward expenses P5.O5O.00 State and county taxes 181,102.05 Total $761,024.55 The tax rate for the city Is $1.82 1-3 on each $100 of valuation, being less than half the rate of last year, which was very high owing to the extravagance of Mayor Sanford's ad- ministration. The rate in the city for State and county taxes Is forty-four cents. There Is a probability that Mayor Gleason will veto the tax levy. He would not talk about It last night. In the event of a veto the budget could not be passed, as It would require five votes, and the Gleason party con- trols three out of the seven in the Board. REPUBLICANS IN A QUARREL. Long Island City Furnishes Its Usual Charges of Election Frauds. Machine and anti-machine republicans in Long Island City are at it nip and tuck, and yesterday a warrant was issued for th« arrest of John J. Keegan, a machine man. He Is accused by the anti-machine faction of violating the new election law by alleged Ir- regularities at the recent republican pri- maries held in that city. According to anti-machine men, they would have carried about every ward in the city had not the machine men adopted high handed tactics In winning the primaries. If is alleged the machine voted men who were not on the rolls and were in no way entitled to vote at the primaries. PALMER WILL SUE. The Comptroller Resents Being Called a "Political Looter" by Edward H. Shepard. Proposition to Pay the Arrears in In- stalments. In regard to the arrears of taxes owed by the elevated railroads to Jhe city a confer- ence was held yesterday between Corporation Counsel Burr. Deputy Register of Arrears Tyler and President Uhlmann, of the Brook- lyn Elevated Railroad. The amount due for arrears for 1893 and 1894 is $170,000, and a proposition has been made to pay this In instalments, as the company is not just now in a position, it is said, to pay the whole amount. Mayor Wurster, Corpor- ation Counsel Burr and Register of Arrears Powell will meet to consider the matter. POLICEMAN IN BAD PLIGHT. Patrick McCafrey, of No. 468 Henry street, a police boiler inspector, was locked up in the Hamburg avenue ,police station last night, charged with intoxication. The police- man had been visiting friends during the afternoon, and was found at the* foot of the cellar stairs of Henry Holderman's saloon, at No. 1.161 Myrtle avenue. When taken to the station house it was found that he had been cut over the right eye quite badly and was badly bruised. He was allowed to send word to some friends, who were to call and furnish bail for his release. MAYOR RECEIVES TO-DAY. The Mayor's office will be a bower of beauty to-day, and Mr. Wurster, as is the custom in Brooklyn, will receive such visitors as call. Among them will be the ancient and honorable company of old Brooklynttea, who make this yearly visit to the Mayor an occasion of much solemnity. BROOKLYNITES IN ALBANY. Sheriff Buttling. Alderman Clark and other prominent republicans went to Albany last night to see Governor-eleot Black Inaugu- rated to-day. Senator Peter H. McNulty, Mirabeau L. Towns, and former Assembly- man Byrnes will also be at the State capital to-day. They are democrats and neighbors of Lieutenant Oovernor-elect Woodruff, whom they desire to see inducted. Into his new office. • .• * WILLIS DISCHARGES FIFTY. - Commissioner Willis handed out fifty un- pleasant New Year gifts to department em- ployes yesterday. The fifty were notified that their services, which were temporary, would cease with the end of the days work. Among those discharged are twenty-two •crub women and fourteen inspectors m the Bureau of Water Rates. FUNERAL O F E R A S T U S F. MYERS. Funeral services over the body of Erastus F. Myers, who died last Tuesday, at the are of seventy, were held at his home, No. IS jAfferson avenue, last evening. The Rev. Mr. KeWdy pastor of St. Mark's Episcopal C^urch.%mSted. The burial wilf be in Cypress Hills Cemetery to-day. Mr. Myers, who was engaged In the tobacco business^In New York for many years, leaves a widow and one ton. Comptroller Palmer, who was called a "po- litical looter" by Edward M. Shepard, says he will sue Mr. Shepard. This and many other things uncomplimentary to tho re- formers were said by Mr. Palmer at a com- plimentary dinner tendered to Quarantine Commissioner Schroeder, In Arion Hall, on Wednesday evening, and Mr. Palmer stood by them yesterday. "1 am tired," Mr. Palmer said in his speech, "of the assault oa me by that vituperous lawyer, Edward M. Shepard, and the demo- cratic press, and I will now give Mr. Shep- ard an opportunity to prove in the Supreme Court that I am a 'looter.' They have tried to prove that I am a dishonest man, but I have two letters from reformers—Seth Low, of New York, and Alexander Orr, of Brook- lyn—who say that the Comptroller is an hon- est man." Mr. Palmer, after he had made up his mind about the suit, announced that not only were the 170 city employes In schedule A affected by Justice Keoglvs decision, but every one who had been transferred from schedule A to schedule B since the civil ser- vice laws went into effect in 1883. The pur- pose of the Comptroller is to reach many factional opponents in the republican or- ganization who were appointed as schedule A men without examination in Mayor Schiexen's time and then had their positions made competitive. In Tax Collector Apple- ton's office there are John J. Casey, who holds the Second ward for Mr. Willis, and Herman Wagner, who is striving to control the Fourteenth ward in the same interest. There are many like instances in other de- partments. County Treasurer Taylor, who is also the City Treasurer, has written to the Mayor protesting against the assumption that his department could be run on civil service principles. The County Treasurer warns Mr. Wurster that if the municipal banking de- partment be filled with men whom he does not know he will ask that his bondsmen be relieved of their liability. CHOATE ADDRESS OUT. Former Mayor Schieren and His Friends Tell Why Mr. Piatt Should Be Beaten. Former Mayor Schieren and the repub- licans associated with him in booming Joseph H. Choate for United States Senator Issued an address yesterday in which they say:— ••We believe that Mr. Choate is conspicu- ously fitted to serve his country, his State arid his party in this high office. His repu* tation Is spotless and his great abilities have been well proved. He is our foremost con. stitutionaJ lawyer, our most distinguished orator, a steadfast republican and a true patriot—a man whose services our State should be proud to command." The address Is signed by Mr. Schieren. James McKeen, Frank Squier, Hiram R. Steele. Willis L. Ogden. Theodore L. Froth- ingham. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, George G. Reynolds, Darwin R. James, A A. Low, Tunis O. Berg-en, Nelson J. Gates, Dr. Tru- man J. Backus, Rev. A. J. Lyman, Chester R. Lawrence. Flamen B. Candler, William B. Kendall. F. P. Bellamy. Horace J. Morse. Eugene G. Blackford, Charles A. Naeher, Alfred J. Pouch, Cornelius Hoagland ana Frederick B. Pratt. TRIED TO ROB A WOMAN. • fnY TEI.BUJVAP1I TO THE HBRALD.] COLLEGE POIST, L. I., Dec. 81, 1898.—Several enterprising sneak thieves sought to provide themselves with New Year's gifts by robbing, the house of Mrs, Theresa Bangert. of this village, last night; Mrs, Bangert is treasurer for several women's societies, and it Is thought the would be burglars anticipated much booty. They were frightened away while entering- the house and this morning Mrs. Bangert de- posited the funds intrusted to her to a bank for safe keeping. HER PITIFUL TALE A PACK OF LIES. "Mamie If orris' 1 Turns Oat To Ee Annie Schuster, Who Bait Away from Horns. FOOLED JUSTICE GOETTING. - • . • — Was Hot a Homeless Wanderer and Had Hot Been Abandoned by Her Uncle, HI FATHER GLA1M3 HEK. Mamie Morris, the thirteen-year-old girl whose story of desertion by an unfeeling uncle so affected Justice Goetting, of the Lee Avenue Police Court, on Tuesday, was transformed yesterday into Annie Schuster, whose parents live at No. 57 Graham avenue, Williamsburg. Subsequent developments show that the girl was the most outrageous liar that ever appeared in that court.* Annie disappeared from her home on Mon- day afternoon after having been scolded by her mother for some offence she had com- mitted, threatening also to whip her. When the father came home at night he organized a search, aided by other relatives, which has been kept up ever since. Even the police were notified, and a general alarm was sent to the different precincts. FOUSI) HIS CHILD. Mr. Schuster has visited the Shelter of the Society for .the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren, in Schermerhorn street, several times each day since Annie left. When he called yesterday afternoon Superintendent Wllklns answered In person. He explained that only one child had been brought to the place since Monday, who had given another name. To satisfy the father the girl was brought from the dormitories and Annie Schuster was found. "Why did you give a false name?" the su- perintendent asked. "Just because." Annie simpered. "Why did you leave home?" the father added. "On, because," she answered, and that was all the answer she would give. Annie rather enjoyed the situation and the notoriety she had caused. As told in the HERALD, the girl was found in the hallway of a house In Brooklyn early on Tuesday morning, half dead from the cold. The story she told to the police and in ihe Lee Avenue Police Court was very pathetic. A PACK OF LIES. "My father," she said, "lived in New York and died three months ago. Then my step- mother died a month later, and I went to an uncle's house. Then another uncle named Morris Lewis took me to his house, and on Sunday brought me oven to Brooklyn. He sent me on an errand, and when I came back I found he had gone. Since then I have been wandering around the city, and am hungry, cold and tired." Agent Meyer, of the Children's Society, who was in court at the time, said he thought the girl was lying, and that she was a runaway. Justice Goetting was touched, however, and remanded the child In the so- ciety's care pending an investigation. Since then the agents of the society have been searching for the girl's relatives. She per- sisted in her story and gave names and ad- dresses with fluency. When I called at the Schuster home yester- day Annie was there, happy and content. She had nothing to say of her trip, and Mrs. Schuster said that the girl had not yet ex- plained matters to her. She acknowledged that Annie was In the habit of telling won- derful stories. THREW RED PEPPER AT HIM. gst Mrs. Lerch Quarrelled with Her Brother- in-Law and Nearly Blinded Him. Wright, agents for the company, visited the house. Mrs. Branson's son was alone and the agents took away the machine, in spite of his protests. Mrs. Branson forced the men to return the machine, which has never worked since. She has brought suit for $8,580 aamlnst the. com- e my and the agents for damages tor un- wfnlly entering her home, assaulting her son and removing the machine. WENT TO LAW OVER A FEB, MERRY DANGERS AT THE MAYY Wto. The Litigation Cost Many Times More Than the ?75 Demanded. Mr. Shlpherd, of Richmond Hill, as attor- ney for Jacob Blltt. obtained a judgment against Edward W. Westcott for $200. Ship- herd demanded a fee of 175 which "Blltt re- fused to pay. Then Shlpherd sought to pre- vent payment of the judgment imtil he ob- tained his fee and obtained a Hen with the in- tention of serving it upon Westcott But somehow the payment was made before the papers were served upon Westcott. „ ; . Shlpherd then sought to have Westcott pun- ished for contempt of court. Many times the amount of the original judgment has been spent in the fight over the matter, which has been waged in the courts from that time until a few days ago, when just before his retirement County Judge Garretson dis- missed the action. It is said the papers in the case would fill a trunk. WILL RECEIVE ALIMONY. Judicial New Year's Presents to Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Abbe and Mrs. Loader, in Divorce Suits. . Judge Osborne, of the Supreme Court, yes- terday made valuable New Year's presents to three discontented wives, in the shape of liberal amounts of alimony. The most costly was made to Mrs. Kate M. Smith, who is being sued by her husband. Melvln or "Diamond" Smith for an absolute divorce. She was awarded J130 alimony per month and 8500 counsel fee. The next in value was that made to Mrs. Kate Abbe, who is also being sued for ab- solute divorce by her husband. Richard - F. Abbe, a broker. She is awarded $15 alimony per week and $100 counsel fee. The smallest amount was awarded to Mrs. Annie E. Loader, who is suing her aged hus- band, Joseph Loader, for a separation. She is to receive only $7 per week, but her coun- sel Is to get $250. ••• I — — ISJ mmi i • i mmm i •••. CONVICT LABOR IS ENDED. Kings County Will Now Have to Make Good a Deficit of 850,000. Mrs. Frances Lerch, forty-eight years old, of No. 66 Morrell Btreet, Williamsburg, con- cluded a night's celebration early yesterday morning by throwing red pepper Into the eyes of her brother-in-law, Gerhardt Lam- pel, of the same address. As a result she is now.a prisoner in the Raymond Street Jail, serving a sentence for intoxication, and will be again arraigned on a charge of assault. Mrs. I^erch left her apartments, which are the top floor of the house at No. 66 Morrell street, early on Wednesday morning. She returned home early yesterday, and not be- ing able to get a response to her repeated ring* at the door bell, smashed one of the windows in Lampel's store, which is on the ground floor. When Lampel came out to make a protest his sister-in-law was quarrelsome. In the row that followed the woman defended her- self by throwing a handful of red pepper into Lampel's eyes. The latter fell to the side- walk, and his screams awakened the entire neighborhood. He was removed to the East- ern District Hospital, and, after being treated, returned home again. An ambulance surgeon dressed some cuts on the woman's hand that she had received when she broke the window glass. In the Ewen Street Police Court yesterday Mrs. Lerch was fined $3 for intoxication and sent to jail. She will be arraigned again on Monday on a charge of assault In the second degree. BAKER LITIGATION ENDED. Judge Van Wyck Awards the Widow a Life Interest in One-Third of the Real Estate. The new prison law of the State which re- lieves convicts from contract labor goes into effect In the Kings County Penitentiary to- day. This enforces idleness on the part of the 1,040 prisoners In that prison. Instead of Kings county realizing an income of froi,. $12,000 to $20,000 annually, as heretofore, from the labor of the prisoners, it will be com- pelled, it is said, to make good a deficit of nearly $50,000. The law, however, provides that they may be employed by the city or county authorities upon requisition. The Charities Commissioners state that they would be pleased to furnish the city with labor to do the work of cleaning sewers, or grading streets or parks, if such requi- sition is made. For the present the men will be given exercise in shovelling sand. Shoes and clothing for the prisoners and patients in the hospital are also being made. A con- ference of the heads of departments will be held next week to arrange for some employ- ment for the convicts. COINEB SCHUCK HELD. Committed to Raymond Street Jail by United States Commissioner Benedict. Anton Schuck, alias Harry Crandel, twenty- seven years old, who, as told In the HEEAI.D, was arrested at No. 205 North Fourth street, Williamsburg, last Wednesday evening, by Secret Service Agents Esquirel and Flynn, while engaged In making counterfeit five and ten cent pieces, was "taken before United States Commissioner Benedict yesterday afternoon. The prisoner was committed to Raymond Street Jail tot await examination. His bail was fixed at $2,600. Schuck, who is a single man. Is an uphol- sterer, and lived at No. 419 East Eighteenth street. New York. He came to America from Alsace about three or four years ago, and the Secret Service officers believe that this is his first offence in the counterfeiting busi- ness. His mother and a married sister live at No. 205 North Fourth street, where he was arrested. The relatives of the accused had no-Idea of the nefarious nature of the busi- ness in which he had been engaged until within the last few days. It is said that he gave them to understand that he was ex- perimenting to make ornaments. ONLY FOB HIS COMPANY. The extensive litigation over the large es- tate left by Edwin Baker, who died on June 14, 1894, at his residence, No. 157 Congress street, came to an end yesterday, when Judge Van Wyck, of the Supreme Court, de- cided that the widow. Mrs. Mary E. Baker, is entitled to a life interest in only one-third the real estate, which, at her death, is to go in equal shares to the six children of Baker. He also decided that the legacies and be- quests made by Baker shall not be a charge upon the real estate. Edwin Baker and his wife did not live happily together, and finally separated. Baker then made a will, dated October 4, 1893, in which he made numerous bequests, amounting in all to $12,600. To his wife he left "what the law allowed, and no more." All of his real estate, valued at $42,500, he left to his children. Some of the children, believing that their mother had not been fairly treated, took sides with her. and brought an action in partition, completely ignoring the will. Pub- lic Administrator Davenport, however, In- sisted, on behalf of the youngest chile, an infant, that the will be probated. This was done, and .the will was afterward sustained by the Supreme Court Then the partition suit practically resolved Itself Into an action to construe the will. INJURED ON THE BRIDGE. No Receivers Have Been Appointed for Henry Adams. Mirabeau L. Towns, counsel for Henry H. Adams, former Treasurer of Kings County, yesterday positively denied that Senator Peter H. McNulty had been appointed re- ceiver for his client by Judge Osborne, of the Supreme Court. Mr. Towns admitted, however, that the Senator had been appointed receiver of the H. H. Adams Coal and Lumber Company, of which his client is the reputed head. This concern, however, is only one of the many in which Mr. Adams is interested; as a mat- ter of fact, It is perhaps the smallest. The application for the appointment of the re- ceiver gave the assets of the company as $13,000 and the liabilities as $21,000. FUNERAL OF THOMAS WOODRUFF. Funeral services over the body of Thomas Woodruff, seventy-eight years old, who died last Tuesday, were held-last evening by the members of Stella Lodge, F. and A. M., of which he was a member, at his home, No. 146 Lawrence street. Mr. Woodruff, who had lived thirty-seven years in Brooklyn, leaves a widow, one son and a daughter. CHARGED WITH BIGAMY. Woman Informs Trustee Henriques That One of Her Ribs Was Fractured. A woman visited the office of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge yesterday and complained to Bridge Trustee Clarence C. Henriques that on Saturday night last, while coming from New York to Brooklyn, she was so roughly handled in the brush that one of her ribs had been fractured. The woman, whose name and address could not be learned at the Bridge office last evening, said that she had been under the surgeon's care ever since. Mr. Henriques stated that he would look into the matter. Superintendent Martin said last evening that all such cases are reported to the office by employes, and that he had not hoard of this case. Mr. Henriques could not tw found last evening. BACK HER MACHINE. Branson Now Sues Company and Agents for $2,500. (ST TELKUUAPH TO THS HKItAI.D.l WOODHAVEX, L. I.. Dec al, 189$.—Mrs. A. J. Branson, of this place, owed $0.50 on a sew- ing machine when her husband died, some mpnths ago. She failed to pay the amount promptly and John Sutcllffe and Charles •&MMM • Clara Oehmig yesterday pleaded not guilty to an Indictment charging her with bigamy before Judge Asplnall, of the County Court. She is accused of having married Robert Oehmig, a cigar dealer, of No. 816 Fulton street, in 1891, although at the time she was the wife of John Weldmer. Mrs. Oehmig alleges that she thought her first husband was dead when she married Oehmig. LOCAL NEWS NOTES. In the Grant Street Court ifcterday .lu>tk« Steers adjourned the case of John C. North. Henry Crt-amir and ThnjiMK Qulon. who. vnilii- ac-tinjr a* liMpt^'tora at a r«>|inl>ll« - an primary on I>e<fiulKT 17. ar*- riiar>.'til with having lefawnl to allow the vott» of Alexander Knight, of No. 563 Kust New York avenue. I»nni Petro. as Italian, of No. 434 Kasr Fifth •trwt. New York, who had foeeji eonvicted laat wwk of aidltiR John Kino, charged with having swindled a fellow countryman out of t2M. to ea<-ap<% was aen- tenced yeaterday by Judge Axtilua!) to two yeans and KIX months In the lVnltentiary. ImmiMliatHy after- ward the prifu>uer ohtalucd from Justice < Mlmnii .f the Supreme Court, a <-*'rtlU<-ato of reasonable doabt which acta aa a stay {tending Ma a:>i>«u!. ('ommW'tdoner of Bulldlnga Wcidcy C. Uuan «raa pre- sented with a gold badge of office. atnddMl with dia- monds, yesterday by the employes of Ms office. At the elnb house of tin- Long Island Wheelmen. In Bedford avenue, a reception was given last even- ing. l'i>ogre*slve enehre game* will be plaved at the club bouse on Tuesday evenings during the season. Dr. Hughes, of Philadelphia, a gradnate of the cl»M of '06, of the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women, will enter m*on her duties to- day as assistant resident physician of the Memorial Hospital. The Rev. Dr. MeCoenell. of Holy Trinity rinin-h, officiated at the fnneral services held yesterday over ihe remains of Herbert Brusb, of No. 880 Lafayette avenue. John J. Cornell, of No. 263 Adams street. Informed the police yesterday that the tool* naed by the burglars captured in Kornder's dry goods store on Tuesday were stolen on Dwnlfr 28 from the cellar of bin residence. William Sharkey, colored, who was arrested on Christmas eve with clothing in tils j»o**es*lou which. it was learned later, had been stolen from No. 15d Hslser street. wj.k aent to the Penitentiary for thirty days by Justice Steers, in the Grant Street Court, yesterday. . . -, * For violating rales of the department. Policeman Nicholas Benson. >f the Fifth avenue station, was fined twenty dsys' pay: James J. Bockley. of toe Mtagg street station, thirty days' pay; (/buries Mul- ligan, of the Hamlmrn avenue station, twenty days' ; Kugem J. McKenna. of the Vernon avenue sta- i. twenty days' par; William c. Kepper. of the aVfaee station, tee wr? wsy: WttHaai he De Kalb avenue station, ten days* pay, ana Jttenaal Ryan, of the Bergw street station, thirty days' pay, by Commlaslonr^ dies yesterday. Officer, of tbe Ships Entertaia the 'Officers of the Yard the Vermont. HALL BRIGHT WITH BUNTING. Guests uVciytxl by Ladies KepresesU Vessels on Which Hosts Have Berths. iug Vessels on Which J^e..,. ' NEW YEAR'S OBSERVANCE^ • 'Si • i HI • i l .•:r. i The dance at the Navy Yard last night given by the officers of the ships now in ths yard to Commodore Montgomery Sicard and the officer of the station, Captain Silas B. Casey, and the officers of the receiving snip Vermont, was one of the largest and most brilliant affairs ever given at the yard.' Never at any one time before had so many, of the big ships been at the yard, and thslr officers have had one continuous round of. dinners, dances and other forms of gayety. f It was in return for the generous hospital* ity shown to them that last night's dance-. was given by the officers of the ships. The! affair was held in the spar loft of building;: No. 6, which was decorated in the gayest fashion, with flags of all nations, the walls being completely covered with these em- blems. Twelve hundred electric lights were distributed through the loft. Palms, potted plants am. a yrotusion oi powers, intermin- gled with fetri and smilax. gave the neces- sary touch of relief to the flag decorations. At jrach end oi uie loiiK »'OI>UI a canopy o#* flags was ereotco, one for the revtewtna party and the other for the Navy Yard band. There were more than .180 dancers. THK nSlT.IVlNU l'AHTY. ' Tho guests were received by a party of the wives of the officers from the ships, including Mrs. I^ouis C. Heilnor, wife of Lieutenant Mellner, of ine Texas; Mrs. John N. Jordan,i wife of Lieutenant Jordan, of the Essex; Mr*. Stephen Rand, wife of Lieutenant' Rand, of the Columbia; Mrs. Loyd B. Bald- win, wife of Lieutenant Baldwin, of the Puritan, and Mrs. Frederick Rogers, Wife 6T the captain of the Marsachusetts. Each, of* the ladies carried a bouquet presented by th» officers of the ship she represented. Dancing did not begin until ten o'clock, when the last contingent of guests w.aa brought over from New York by the tugs Nina and Narkeeta. Dancing was stopped Just before midnight, Mrs. Rogers struck eight bells and taps WeTo sounded, to mark the death of the old year. Just at midnight eight bells was again struck and the reveille was sounded, to wel- come the new year. A buffet supper was served during the evening. TIIE GtESTS. Among the guests were Commodore ano^v Mrs. Girard, Captain and Mrs. Silas B. x Casey Miss Casey, Medical Director, and Mrs. T, N. Penrose and the Misses Penrose, Captain and Mrs. F. G. Hlgginson, the Misses Higginson, Chief Engineer and Mrs. Edward Farmer, Naval Constructor and Mrs. F. T. Bowles, Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Higbee, Commander J. J. Hunker. Captain and Mrs, J. H. Sands, Commander R. B. Bradford-end Mrs. Bradford. Captain Frederick Rodgers, Miss Jessie Galbraith, Mr. and Mrs. Aimer Rogers, Mrs. Benjamin S. Church, Miss An- gelina Church, Mrs. Slvils Conde, Miss Marie D. Conde. the Misses Wright, Miss K4tn, Dana Underbill, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Munn, Mrs. Beache, Paymaster and Mrs. H. T. Wright. Commanaer C. J. Train, of the Marble* head; Commander R. P. Leary. of the Katahdin;CommanderThwlng, of the Essex; Lieutenant N. R. Usher, of the Ericsson; Captain J. R. Bartlett, of the Puritan; Cap- tain Harry Glass, of the Texas; Captain P. F. Harrington, of the Terror; Lieutenant Calhoun, Lieutenant A. C. Dillingham, Com- mander and Mrs. C. S. Sperry. Medical.In- spector A. F. Price and Assistant Naval Constructor Hibbs. The committee In charge of the affair were Lieutenant Roger Wells, of the Texas; En- sign J. T. Tompkins, of the Massachusetts: Lieutenant Henry Minnett. of the Marble- head : Ensign Charles T. Jewell, of the Mont- gomery; Passed Assistant Engineer T. W. Kinkald. of the Terror; Ensign L. McNaroee, of the Essex; Lieutenant Clarence Ingafis, of the Marine Corps, and Ensign G. L. P. Stone, of the Puritan. TEN DAYS F O B A GOOD TIME. And Clarke Couldn't Remember He Enjoyed Himself , John Clarke, of No. 43 Grand street, Will- iamsburg, started for a good time in New- town on Wednesday night, and will complete it at the end of ten days in Jhe Raymond Street Jail. This was the sentence imposed by Justice Goetting, of the Lee Avenue Po- lice Court, yesterday. • • Clarke boarded car No. 3,880 of the Grand street ana Newtown line early yesterday ih Newtown. He was bound for home and. re- taining a remnant of his night's dissipation, was out for fun. After he had insisted sev-' eral times in putting his head on the shoulder of a woman in the car several of the pas- sengers protested. The conductor finally put him off the car at the corner of Grand street and Marcy avenue. Clarke's abuse of the conductor at- tracted a policeman attached to the Bedford avenue station, and he was arrested.. In court the man said he had no recollection of the night before. DEATH OF YOUNG OTJTSTADT. i Arthur Carroll, the Alleged Stone Thrower, Placed Under Arrest. Michael Gutstadt. nine years old, who, on November 24, was struck on the head with a stone, alleged to have been thrown by Arthur Carroll, thirteen years old. of No. 401 Nine- teenth street, died in the Seney Hospital yes- terday. Detective Judson arrested Carroll, but later the youthful prisoner was admitted to bail. .-„ Getstadt. whose parents live at No. 339 Twenty-flrst street, was riding behind a "milk wagon in Seventh avenue, when He was struck with the stone. A clot of blood gath- ered in the brain and the boy became ptLt- alyzed. i ... %i JOLLY IN MISFORTUNE. Joked When Fined S3 for Being "Drunk and Disorderly." Thomas Murray, of No. 33 Withers street, Williamsburg, was the happiest member of the crowd of "intoxes" that came before Justice Goettlnsr in the Lee Avenue Police Court yesterday. "You here again!" the Justice safd. "Yes, sir, and I wish you all the Joys of the holidays." Murray answered. "Weil. I guess it's the same old sentence, my man, 13. or one day." the Court re- sponded,'adding. "Take him away." "Hold on. Judge'." Murray protested, "I'm- much obliged to you, but I'll give you. hack the day and take the three dollars, if you please." Murray was satisfied when lie saw* a smile creep over Justice Goetting's face. ^C" ~ AMI SKWKSTS. ORsiiD OPEKA~H«)CSE: TONIGHT. MATS, WED.. FBI.. RAT. *-—— -f PETER F. DAILEY <trE& SMC' i»Vt HIS BIG SUCCBM Kelt Weai^BAN^^S^PBBBA BWM< This Week, week, FAN NT DAVENPORT IN GISMONDA, MAT. SAT. ONLY WHITNEY OPERA^CO, BR1ANBORD. OjeNfttm ttiaii.., To-BlsM. Meta^fS^ To-ts*rraw day sbd The heal v W A R D A N D V O K E S \AND--»£ "A Run On The Bank." OTHERS. Special Holiday Matinee, New Year'. Day. Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com

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NEW TOKK HERALD, FRIDAY. JANUARY 1. 1897.-M1GHTEEN PAGES. V

NEWS 5

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WATCH NIGHT IN BROOKLYN.

Old Tear Goes Oat in Silent Prayer and the New Ushered In

with Songs of Praise.

AT THE VARIOUS CHURCHES.

Chimes of St. Ann's, on the Heights, Ring* at Eleven o'clock and

Again at Midnight

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TO-DAY

••Watchman, Tell U« of the Night!" w a s the song which came from thousands of throats last night. Never have the "Watch Night" services been more general in Brook­lyn and never have they been conducted with more sincere spirit than last night. In the few moments which preceded the passing of '96 congregations of a majority of the churches knelt in silent prayer to rise and welcome the new year with a burst of glorious song.

On the Heights a union service was held in the Sunday school room of Plymouth Church. The churches uniting In this service were the First Presbyterian, the Church of the N e w Jerusalem, the Church of the Saviour and Plymouth Church. Dr. Abbott and Rev. Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall and the Rev. Samuel Elliot addressed the meeting, which ended In silent prayer a t midnight.

CHIMEH AXI) HYMNS. At the First Reformed Church. Carroll

street and Seventh avenue, the solo quartet and eight additional voices from the choir of Holy Trinity a g i s t e d the choir of the church in rendering Dudley Buck's midnight service. The soloists were Miss Charlotte Maronda, Mrs. St. Anna Weber. Albert Glrard and E. C. Chapln. The service ended at a quarter past midnight.

Many persons crowded around St. Ann s Church, on the Heights, to hear the chimes rung at eleven o'clock. The church service. which began at half-past eleven, ended in silent prayer at midnight, when the bells were rung, striking the hour and the new year's peal.

St. George's Episcopal Church, Marcy and Gates avenues, rendered at the watch night service a musical programme consisting or anthems, hymns and a soprano solo by Harold McGee, "Nearer, My God, to Thee."

All Saints* Church, corner of Seventh ave-B«e and Seventh street, ushered in the new year with a full choral service, rendered by a vested choir of forty voices and several soloists. The Rev. William Morris, the rec­tor, intoned the Litany and delivered a short address. During the few moments between the passing of the old and the coming of the new year the congregation knelt In silent prayer, followed by a full burst of song from the choir.

FOLWWKD AS OLD CITSTQM. Christ's Church, in Bedford avenue, fol­

lowed an old custom of extinguishing the lights of the church a few minutes before midnlgh-t. all the congregation and rector kneeling in silent prayer until the old year was passed, and the choir announced the new year's birth by singing "Gloria in Ex-celsis." _ „ .

The service a t the Hanson Place Baptist Churoh began at eight o'clock and was con­tinued until midnight. A special programme of music was rendered by the choir and ad­dresses were made by Dr. A. C. Dixon, pas­tor of the church; the Rev. Dr. Frank M. Kllis. pastor of the Washington Avenue Church, and the Rev. Frank P. Stoddard, of the Sherrv Place Baptist Church.

At the Baptist Temple the Rev. Cort­land Myers conducted a watch service, of which the music was made a special feature.

The Rev. Cornelius Woelfkiii, pastor of the Greene Avenue Baptist Church, held a watch Meeting from eleven until twelve, which was preceded by a social hour, during which the debt fund envelopes were gathered.

In the Bush wick Avenue Congregational Church service was conducted from ten un­til twelve. The Jtev. Samuel W. King, brother of the pastor, delivered a short ser­mon.

At the Primitive Methodist Church, Or­chard street. Dr. Arnaud. the pastor, held a service from ten until twelve.

AT OTHFJt CIUrRCHBa. The Rev. J. A. Will iams, of North Caro»

Una, had charge of the service at the People's Mission, No. 246 Myrtle avenue, where a genuine old fashioned Methodist watch meeting was held.

In the Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church a watch service was substituted for the regular Friday evening prayer meeting.

So universal were the watch services that they extended to a majority of the churches of the city, and in all Instances Included a period of client prayer in the few minutes preceding midnight.

Among the pastors who will receive the members of their congregations to-day is the Rev. Dr. A. J. F. Behrend. of the Central Congregational Church, who with Mrs. Beh­rend and some of the church members will receive from three to s ix o'clock in the after­noon and again from seven to ten in the evening.

Dr. and Mrs. L y m a n Abbott, contrary to their custom, will not be at home to-day.

The Rev. Charles W. and Mrs. King, of the Bush wick Avenue Congregational Church, will be at home this afternoon and evening at No. m Hancock street.

N'KW YEAR'S AT THIS r. ir. c. A. At the Young Men's Christian Association

•fd Its various branches throughout the "ty to-day will be general ly observed. T h e antral branch. No. 502 Fulton street, will hold a general reception for the young men of the city between the hours of t w o and •ve.

Mayor Wurster and several prominent citi* **ns will be on hand to address them. A polo tame on bicycles, fancy and trick riding. *11I attract many to the gymnasium, and there will also be special music *y the asso-«ation orchestra in the reading room. The day's programme is a varied one and will sou all comers. The Woman's Auxiliary, Assisted by the young men, will dispense re­freshments from t w o to s ix o'clock.

At the Bedford Branch, No. 420 Gates ave -Bue, there will be a N e w Year's reception, **! at the Prospect Branch, No. 35» Ninth «reet. a reception arranged Jointly by the Committee of the branch and the young Women of the different churches. The Twen­ty-sixth ward branch will keep open house •jl day and the Eastern District branch wilt 4FVe a reception in the afternoon at No. 133 •wnh Eighth street.

TWO JUDGES BETIEE.

After fourteen years of service on the Supreme Court bench. Chief Just ice Brown, •f the Appellate Division, and Justice Clero-«" retired to private life yesterday. Their wrms expired at midnight, and a s they had •oth declined a renomination at the last elec-

& because of the silver tendencies of the ocratic platform, they retired to private

KEEPING TJP I T 5 ~ B B C O W ) .

°n Its way to Ulmer Pars, st seven o'clock fcst night, trolley ear No. « , of the Brook-

m

lyn Heights company, ran Into a wagon drreea by Charles Michaelson, of Union street. By being- thrown to the pavement Michaelson sustained a fracture of two ribs and a sprain of the right knee. He was taken home in a n ambulance.

IMPORTANT EXCISE DECISIONS. Two Doubtful Provisions of the Haines

Excise Law Construed in Favor of the Dealers.

Two Important excise decisions were ren dered yesterday by Judges Osborne and Keogh, of the Supreme Court. Both were In favor of the dealers.

Judge Osborne refused to grant an injunc­t ion against John Flynn, a wholesale dealer, to enjoin him from selling liquor in less than five gallon lots without taking out a store­keeper's certificate. Flynn had sold six gal­lons of wine in t w o packages of three gal lons each. Commissioner Michell thought this w a s an evasion of the Raines law and asked for the Injunction. Judge Osborne, however, decided "that the sale by F l y n n of the s ix gallons of liquor a t one time, though of two different kinds, w a s not a 'trafficking in liquor in quantities less than five wine gal­lons.' "

Judge Keogh also refused to revoke the liquor tax certificate held by John Glllen, for Nos, 296-297 South Third street. The applica­tion for the revocation was made by the Rev. Edwin Potter, pastor of the Grace Evangel­ical Lutheran Church, in Rodney and South Second streets, on the ground that the saloon was within the t w o hundred feet limit. Gil-len. after the proceedings were brought, had closed the objectionable entrance and opened another one around the corner, which was a few feet beyond the limits. In this he has now been sustained by the Court.

Speaking of Judge Osborne's decision. E x ­cise Commissioner Michell said yesterday that, if sustained, it would be a means of wholesale evasion of the law, as under it ev­ery wholesale dealer could subdivide the legal five gal lons Into ever so many small quanti­ties, and would still be within the law. Beer, for instance, could be sold by the breweries in bottles so long as the aggrgeate to each customer w a s not less than five gallons.

FOURTEENTH ON REVIEW.

ECONOMY HOST BE PRACTISED.

• • • » • • - ' '

Long Island City Aldermen Make Small Allowincfts for Pub­

lic Expenses. — #

ESTIMATES CUT WAY DOWN.

How the First Battalion Celebrated the Hew Tear's Birth.

The new Fourteenth Regiment Armory, in Eighth avenue and Fifteenth street, w a s in gala dress last night, the occasion of the re­view of the First Battalion by Colonel John G. Eddy, of the Forty-seventh regiment. The battalion, in full parade uniform, made a splendid showing and w a s warmly applauded by the many spectators t h a t crowded the galleries.

The review was preceded by a concert, g iven by the regimental band.

The death of 1896 and the birth of the new-year were also properly • heralded by the band. The evening's entertainment con­cluded with a dance.

CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.

Goods Were Recovered, and Abraham and Stern Deny Their Guilt.

Morris Abraham* of No. 82 Johnson avenue, and David. Stern, of No. 51 Lorimer street, Williamsburg, were locked up in the Vernon avenue police stat ion last night on a charge of burglary. They are alleged to have broken into the apartments of Bertram Woods, of No. 315 Pulaski street, last Tues. day, stealing1 clottoing valued a t $50. The goods were recovered by the detectives in a Myrtle avenue pawnshop.

Both men denied the charge. Stern Is said to have been at one time a builder of some prominence and wealth In the Eastern dis­trict. \

CYCLING OH THE ICE.

One Rider Fell Into South Bay and Had a Narrow Escape.

[BT TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) SATVILLB. L. I., Dec. 31, 1896.—Cycling on the

frozen surface of the Great South Bay Is a hazardous sport, indulged by sundry reckless bicycle riders of this village. Las t evening while going over the glassy surface on his wheel Stanley B. Piatt struck a thin place In the ice, and wheel and rider dropped out of sight.

P iat t struggled from under the ice to the opening made by the plunge, and, catching hold of the frail rim of ice, kept himself afloat until rescued. His machine w a s dragged out later.

ELEVATED RAILROAD TAXES.

Fire Department Escaped Because a Special Law Fixes Its

I Amount. — i . i i , » . , . I .

MAYOR G I A E A S O N MAY VETO. •

Mayor Gleason, of Long Island City, will have to study and practise economy during the coming year. The Board of Aldermen has made up the t a x budget for the year, and it will take close figuring to prevent a short­age in the funds of several departments of the city government. Other departments win be without cash before the end of 1897, a s the Aldermen cut down their appropriations below what they will need.

Four of the seven members of the Board are opposed to the Gleason administration, and consequently it w a s useless for the Glea­son officials to send In est imates of the finan­cial needs of their departments for the year. They sent them In, however, but their esti­mates were ignored. City Treasurer Knapp did not make an est imate for his office. The Aldermen were certain t o treat him liberally, for Mr. Knapp handles the cash and pays their salaries.

The Board cf Education wanted 8194.200, the Police Commissioners estimated their needs at $88,900. and the Fire Board asked for 840.000. The Aldermen knew -more about needs of the schools and police force than those in control, and gave t h e Board of Education $130,000 and the police $70,000. They could not cut down the Fire Department, as that amount is fixed by a special law. The appropriation for the police will not pay the salaries of the members of the force for a year. Beside the appropriation for main­taining the schools that department will get $24,000 from the State, still leaving a large deficiency. The t a x budget complete is as follows:— Prluelpal and interest of debt S14«,825.0O Salaries of city officials 43.030.00 Public scnools 120,000.00 Fire Department 40,000.00 Police Department 70,000.00 Health Department tt.000.00 Maintenance of poor - 10.000.00 Hoard of plumbers . . . . . . . . . 2.2tt0.00 Public Library .XfcOO.OO Judgment fund 17.IW2.50 Contingent fund .. 2:2.863.00 Ward expenses P5.O5O.00 State and county taxes 181,102.05

Total $761,024.55 The tax rate for the city Is $1.82 1-3 on each

$100 of valuation, being less than half the rate of last year, which was very high owing to the extravagance of Mayor Sanford's ad­ministration. The rate in the city for State and county taxes Is forty-four cents.

There Is a probability that Mayor Gleason will veto the tax levy. H e would not talk about It last night. In the event of a veto the budget could not be passed, as It would require five votes, and the Gleason party con­trols three out of the seven in the Board.

REPUBLICANS IN A QUARREL.

Long Island City Furnishes Its Usual Charges of Election Frauds.

Machine and anti-machine republicans in Long Island City are at it nip and tuck, and yesterday a warrant w a s issued for th« arrest of John J. Keegan, a machine man. He Is accused by the anti-machine faction of violating the new election law by alleged Ir­regularities at the recent republican pri­maries held in that city.

According to anti-machine men, they would have carried about every ward in the city had not the machine men adopted high handed tactics In winning the primaries. If is alleged the machine voted men who were not on the rolls and were in no way entitled to vote at the primaries.

PALMER WILL SUE. The Comptroller Resents Being Called a

"Political Looter" by Edward H. Shepard.

Proposition to Pay the Arrears in In­stalments.

In regard to the arrears of taxes owed by the elevated railroads to Jhe city a confer­ence w a s held yesterday between Corporation Counsel Burr. Deputy Register of Arrears Tyler and President Uhlmann, of the Brook­lyn Elevated Railroad.

The amount due for arrears for 1893 and 1894 is $170,000, and a proposition has been made to pay this In instalments, as the company is not just now in a position, it is said, to pay the whole amount. Mayor Wurster, Corpor­ation Counsel Burr and Register of Arrears Powell will meet to consider the matter.

POLICEMAN IN BAD PLIGHT.

Patrick McCafrey, of No. 468 Henry street, a police boiler inspector, was locked up in the Hamburg avenue ,police station last night, charged with intoxication. The police­man had been visit ing friends during the afternoon, and was found at the* foot of the cellar stairs of Henry Holderman's saloon, at No. 1.161 Myrtle avenue. When taken to the station house it was found that he had been cut over the right eye quite badly and was badly bruised. H e was allowed to send word to some friends, w h o were to call and furnish bail for his release.

MAYOR RECEIVES TO-DAY.

The Mayor's office will be a bower of beauty to-day, and Mr. Wurster, a s is the custom in Brooklyn, will receive such visitors as call. Among them will be the ancient and honorable company of old Brooklynttea, who make th i s yearly visit to the Mayor an occasion of much solemnity.

BROOKLYNITES I N ALBANY.

Sheriff Buttl ing. Alderman Clark and other prominent republicans went to Albany last night to see Governor-eleot Black Inaugu­rated to-day. Senator Peter H. McNulty, Mirabeau L. Towns, and former Assembly­man Byrnes will also be at the State capital to-day. They are democrats and neighbors of Lieutenant Oovernor-elect Woodruff, whom they desire to see inducted. Into his new office. • .•

* WILLIS DISCHARGES FIFTY. -

Commissioner Willis handed out fifty un­pleasant N e w Year gifts to department em­ployes yesterday. The fifty were notified that their services, which were temporary, would cease with the end of the d a y s work. Among those discharged are twenty-two •crub women and fourteen inspectors m the Bureau of Water Rates .

F U N E R A L O F E R A S T U S F . M Y E R S .

Funeral services over the body of Erastus F . Myers, who died last Tuesday, at the are of seventy, were held at his home, No. I S jAfferson avenue, last evening. The Rev. Mr. K e W d y pastor of St. Mark's Episcopal C ^ u r c h . % m S t e d . The burial w i l f be in Cypress Hills Cemetery to-day. Mr. Myers, who w a s engaged In the tobacco business^In N e w York for many years, leaves a widow and one ton.

Comptroller Palmer, who was called a "po­litical looter" by Edward M. Shepard, says he will sue Mr. Shepard. This and many other things uncomplimentary to tho re­formers were said by Mr. Palmer at a com­plimentary dinner tendered to Quarantine Commissioner Schroeder, In Arion Hall, on Wednesday evening, and Mr. Palmer stood by them yesterday.

"1 am tired," Mr. Palmer said in his speech, "of the assault oa me by that vituperous lawyer, Edward M. Shepard, and the demo­cratic press, and I will now give Mr. Shep­ard an opportunity to prove in the Supreme Court that I am a 'looter.' They have tried to prove that I am a dishonest man, but I have two letters from reformers—Seth Low, of N e w York, and Alexander Orr, of Brook­lyn—who say that the Comptroller is an hon­est man."

Mr. Palmer, after he had made up his mind about the suit, announced that not only were the 170 city employes In schedule A affected by Justice Keoglvs decision, but every one who had been transferred from schedule A to schedule B since the civil ser­vice laws went into effect in 1883. The pur­pose of the Comptroller is to reach many factional opponents in the republican or­ganization who were appointed as schedule A men without examination in Mayor Schiexen's time and then had their positions made competitive. In Tax Collector Apple-ton's office there are John J. Casey, who holds the Second ward for Mr. Willis, and Herman Wagner, who is striving to control the Fourteenth ward in the same interest. There are many like instances in other de­partments.

County Treasurer Taylor, who is also the City Treasurer, has written to the Mayor protesting against the assumption that his department could be run on civil service principles. The County Treasurer warns Mr. Wurster that if the municipal banking de­partment be filled with men whom he does not know he will ask that his bondsmen be relieved of their liability.

CHOATE ADDRESS OUT.

Former Mayor Schieren and His Friends Tell Why Mr. Piatt Should Be Beaten. Former Mayor Schieren and the repub­

licans associated with him in booming Joseph H. Choate for United States Senator Issued an address yesterday in which they say:—

••We believe that Mr. Choate is conspicu­ously fitted to serve his country, his State arid his party in this high office. His repu* tation Is spotless and his great abilities have been well proved. He is our foremost con. stitutionaJ lawyer, our most distinguished orator, a steadfast republican and a true patriot—a man whose services our State should be proud to command."

The address Is signed by Mr. Schieren. James McKeen, Frank Squier, Hiram R. Steele. Willis L. Ogden. Theodore L. Froth-ingham. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, George G. Reynolds, Darwin R. James, A A. Low, Tunis O. Berg-en, Nelson J. Gates, Dr. Tru­man J. Backus, Rev. A. J. Lyman, Chester R. Lawrence. Flamen B. Candler, William B. Kendall. F. P. Bellamy. Horace J. Morse. Eugene G. Blackford, Charles A. Naeher, Alfred J. Pouch, Cornelius Hoagland ana Frederick B. Pratt.

T R I E D TO R O B A W O M A N .

• fnY TEI.BUJVAP1I TO THE HBRALD.] COLLEGE POIST, L. I., Dec. 81, 1898.—Several

enterprising sneak thieves sought to provide themse lves with N e w Year's gifts by robbing, the house of Mrs, Theresa Bangert. of this village, last night; Mrs, Bangert is treasurer for several women's societies, and it Is thought the would be burglars anticipated much booty.

They were frightened away while entering-the house and this morning Mrs. Bangert de­posited the funds intrusted to her to a bank for safe keeping.

HER PITIFUL TALE A PACK OF LIES.

"Mamie If orris'1 Turns Oat To Ee Annie Schuster, Who Bait

Away from Horns.

FOOLED JUSTICE GOETTING. - • . • —

Was Hot a Homeless Wanderer and Had Hot Been Abandoned

by Her Uncle,

HI FATHER GLA1M3 HEK.

Mamie Morris, the thirteen-year-old girl whose story of desertion by an unfeeling uncle so affected Justice Goetting, of the Lee Avenue Police Court, on Tuesday, was transformed yesterday into Annie Schuster, whose parents live a t No. 57 Graham avenue, Williamsburg. Subsequent developments show that the girl was the most outrageous liar that ever appeared in that court.*

Annie disappeared from her home on Mon­day afternoon after having been scolded by her mother for some offence she had com­mitted, threatening also to whip her. When the father came home at night he organized a search, aided by other relatives, which has been kept up ever since. Even the police were notified, and a general alarm was sent to the different precincts.

FOUSI) HIS CHILD. Mr. Schuster has visited the Shelter of the

Society for .the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil­dren, in Schermerhorn street, several times each day since Annie left. When he called yesterday afternoon Superintendent Wllklns answered In person. He explained that only one child had been brought to the place since Monday, who had given another name. To satisfy the father the girl w a s brought from the dormitories and Annie Schuster w a s found.

"Why did you give a false name?" the su­perintendent asked.

"Just because." Annie simpered. "Why did you leave home?" the father

added. "On, because," she answered, and that was

all the answer she would give. Annie rather enjoyed the situation and the notoriety she had caused.

As told in the HERALD, the girl was found in the hallway of a house In Brooklyn early on Tuesday morning, half dead from the cold. The story she told to the police and in ihe Lee Avenue Police Court was very pathetic.

A PACK OF LIES. "My father," she said, "lived in New York

and died three months ago. Then my step­mother died a month later, and I went to an uncle's house. Then another uncle named Morris Lewis took me to his house, and on Sunday brought me oven to Brooklyn. He sent me on an errand, and when I came back I found he had gone. Since then I have been wandering around the city, and am hungry, cold and tired."

Agent Meyer, of the Children's Society, w h o was in court at the time, said he thought the girl was lying, and that she was a runaway. Justice Goetting was touched, however, and remanded the child In the so­ciety's care pending an investigation. Since then the agents of the society have been searching for the girl's relatives. She per­sisted in her story and gave names and ad­dresses with fluency.

When I called at the Schuster home yester­day Annie was there, happy and content. She had nothing to say of her trip, and Mrs. Schuster said that the girl had not yet ex­plained matters to her. She acknowledged that Annie was In the habit of telling won­derful stories.

THREW RED PEPPER AT HIM. gst

Mrs. Lerch Quarrelled with Her Brother-in-Law and Nearly Blinded

Him.

Wright, agents for the company, visited the house. Mrs. Branson's son was alone and the agents took away the machine, in spite of h is protests.

Mrs. Branson forced the men to return the machine, which has never worked since. She has brought suit for $8,580 aamlnst the. com-emy and the agents for damages tor un-

wfnlly entering her home, assaulting her son and removing the machine.

WENT TO LAW OVER A FEB,

MERRY DANGERS AT THE MAYY Wto.

The Litigation Cost Many Times More Than the ?75 Demanded.

Mr. Shlpherd, of Richmond Hill, as attor­ney for Jacob Blltt. obtained a judgment against Edward W. Westcott for $200. Ship-herd demanded a fee of 175 which "Blltt re­fused to pay. Then Shlpherd sought t o pre­vent payment of the judgment imtil he ob­tained his fee and obtained a Hen with the in­tention of serving it upon W e s t c o t t But somehow the payment was made before the papers were served upon Westcott. „ ;.

Shlpherd then sought to have Westcott pun­ished for contempt of court. Many times the amount of the original judgment has been spent in the fight over the matter, which has been waged in the courts from that time until a few days ago, when just before his retirement County Judge Garretson dis­missed the action. It is said the papers in the case would fill a trunk.

WILL RECEIVE ALIMONY. Judicial New Year's Presents to Mrs.

Smith, Mrs. Abbe and Mrs. Loader, in Divorce Suits.

. Judge Osborne, of the Supreme Court, yes­terday made valuable New Year's presents to three discontented wives, in the shape of liberal amounts of alimony.

The most costly was made to Mrs. Kate M. Smith, who is being sued by her husband. Melvln or "Diamond" Smith for an absolute divorce. She was awarded J130 alimony per month and 8500 counsel fee.

The next in value was that made to Mrs. Kate Abbe, who is also being sued for ab­solute divorce by her husband. Richard - F. Abbe, a broker. She is awarded $15 alimony per week and $100 counsel fee.

The smallest amount was awarded to Mrs. Annie E. Loader, who is suing her aged hus­band, Joseph Loader, for a separation. She is to receive only $7 per week, but her coun­sel Is to get $250.

••• I — — ISJ mmi i • i m m m i • • • .

CONVICT LABOR IS ENDED. Kings County Will Now Have to Make

Good a Deficit of 850,000.

Mrs. Frances Lerch, forty-eight years old, of No. 66 Morrell Btreet, Williamsburg, con­cluded a night's celebration early yesterday morning by throwing red pepper Into the eyes of her brother-in-law, Gerhardt Lam-pel, of the same address. As a result she is now.a prisoner in the Raymond Street Jail, serving a sentence for intoxication, and will be again arraigned on a charge of assault.

Mrs. I^erch left her apartments, which are the top floor of the house at No. 66 Morrell street, early on Wednesday morning. She returned home early yesterday, and not be­ing able to get a response to her repeated ring* at the door bell, smashed one of the windows in Lampel's store, which is on the ground floor.

When Lampel came out to make a protest his sister-in-law was quarrelsome. In the row that followed the woman defended her­self by throwing a handful of red pepper into Lampel's eyes. The latter fell to the side­walk, and his screams awakened the entire neighborhood. He was removed to the East ­ern District Hospital, and, after being treated, returned home again. An ambulance surgeon dressed some cuts on the woman's hand that she had received when she broke the window glass.

In the Ewen Street Police Court yesterday Mrs. Lerch was fined $3 for intoxication and sent to jail. She will be arraigned again on Monday on a charge of assault In the second degree.

BAKER LITIGATION ENDED. Judge Van Wyck Awards the Widow a

Life Interest in One-Third of the Real Estate.

The new prison law of the State which re­lieves convicts from contract labor goes into effect In the Kings County Penitentiary to­day. This enforces idleness on the part of the 1,040 prisoners In that prison. Instead of Kings county realizing an income of froi,. $12,000 to $20,000 annually, as heretofore, from the labor of the prisoners, it will be com­pelled, it is said, to make good a deficit of nearly $50,000. The law, however, provides that they may be employed by the city or county authorities upon requisition.

The Charities Commissioners state that they would be pleased to furnish the city with labor to do the work of cleaning sewers, or grading streets or parks, if such requi­sition is made. For the present the men will be given exercise in shovelling sand. Shoes and clothing for the prisoners and patients in the hospital are also being made. A con­ference of the heads of departments will be held next week to arrange for some employ­ment for the convicts.

C O I N E B S C H U C K H E L D .

C o m m i t t e d to R a y m o n d S t r e e t J a i l b y U n i t e d S t a t e s C o m m i s s i o n e r B e n e d i c t . Anton Schuck, alias Harry Crandel, twenty-

seven years old, who, as told In the HEEAI.D, was arrested at No. 205 North Fourth street, Williamsburg, last Wednesday evening, by Secret Service Agents Esquirel and Flynn, while engaged In making counterfeit five and ten cent pieces, was "taken before United States Commissioner Benedict yesterday afternoon. The prisoner was committed to Raymond Street Jail tot await examination. Hi s bail was fixed at $2,600.

Schuck, who is a single man. Is an uphol­sterer, and lived at No. 419 East Eighteenth street. New York. He came to America from Alsace about three or four years ago, and the Secret Service officers believe that this is his first offence in the counterfeiting busi­ness. His mother and a married sister live at No. 205 North Fourth street, where he was arrested. The relatives of the accused had no-Idea of the nefarious nature of the busi­ness in which he had been engaged until within the last few days. It i s said that he gave them to understand that he was ex­perimenting to make ornaments.

ONLY FOB HIS COMPANY.

The extensive litigation over the large es­tate left by Edwin Baker, who died on June 14, 1894, at his residence, No. 157 Congress street, came to an end yesterday, when Judge Van Wyck, of the Supreme Court, de­cided that the widow. Mrs. Mary E. Baker, is entitled to a life interest in only one-third the real estate, which, at her death, is to go in equal shares to the six children of Baker. He also decided that the legacies and be­quests made by Baker shall not be a charge upon the real estate.

Edwin Baker and his wife did not live happily together, and finally separated. Baker then made a will, dated October 4, 1893, in which he made numerous bequests, amounting in all to $12,600. To his wife he left "what the law allowed, and no more." All of his real estate, valued at $42,500, he left to his children.

Some of the children, believing that their mother had not been fairly treated, took sides with her. and brought an action in partition, completely ignoring the will. Pub­lic Administrator Davenport, however, In­sisted, on behalf of the youngest chile, an infant, that the will be probated. This was done, and .the will was afterward sustained by the Supreme Court Then the partition suit practically resolved Itself Into an action to construe the will.

I N J U R E D O N T H E B R I D G E .

N o R e c e i v e r s H a v e B e e n A p p o i n t e d for H e n r y A d a m s .

Mirabeau L. Towns, counsel for Henry H. Adams, former Treasurer of Kings County, yesterday positively denied that Senator Peter H. McNulty had been appointed re­ceiver for his client by Judge Osborne, of the Supreme Court.

Mr. Towns admitted, however, that the Senator had been appointed receiver of the H. H. Adams Coal and Lumber Company, of which his client is the reputed head. This concern, however, is only one of the many in which Mr. Adams is interested; as a mat­ter of fact, It is perhaps the smallest. The application for the appointment of the re­ceiver gave the assets of the company as $13,000 and the liabilities as $21,000.

FUNERAL OF THOMAS WOODRUFF.

Funeral services over the body of Thomas Woodruff, seventy-eight years old, who died last Tuesday, were held-last evening by the members of Stella Lodge, F. and A. M., of which he was a member, at his home, No. 146 Lawrence street. Mr. Woodruff, who had lived thirty-seven years in Brooklyn, leaves a widow, one son and a daughter.

CHARGED WITH BIGAMY.

Woman Informs Trustee Henriques That One of Her Ribs Was Fractured. A woman visited the office of the N e w

York and Brooklyn Bridge yesterday and complained to Bridge Trustee Clarence C. Henriques that on Saturday night last, while coming from N e w York t o Brooklyn, she w a s so roughly handled in the brush that one of her ribs had been fractured. The woman, whose name and address could not be learned at the Bridge office last evening, sa id that she had been under the surgeon's care ever since.

Mr. Henriques stated that he would look into the matter. Superintendent Martin said last evening that all such cases are reported to the office by employes, and that he had not hoard of this case. Mr. Henriques could not tw found last evening.

B A C K H E R M A C H I N E .

Branson Now Sues Company and A g e n t s f o r $ 2 , 5 0 0 .

(ST TELKUUAPH TO THS HKItAI.D.l WOODHAVEX, L. I.. D e c al, 189$.—Mrs. A. J.

Branson, of this place, owed $0.50 on a sew­ing machine when her husband died, some mpnths ago. She failed to pay the amount promptly and John Sutcllffe and Charles

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Clara Oehmig yesterday pleaded not guilty to an Indictment charging her with bigamy before Judge Asplnall, of the County Court. She is accused of having married Robert Oehmig, a cigar dealer, of No. 816 Fulton street, in 1891, although at the time she was the wife of John Weldmer. Mrs. Oehmig alleges that she thought her first husband was dead when she married Oehmig.

LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

In the Grant Street Court ifcterday .lu>tk« Steers adjourned the case of John C. North. Henry Crt-amir and ThnjiMK Qulon. who. vnilii- ac-tinjr a* liMpt^'tora at a r«>|inl>ll«-an primary on I>e<fiulKT 17. ar*- riiar>.'til with having lefawnl to allow the vott» of Alexander Knight, of No. 563 Kust New York avenue.

I»nni Petro. a s Italian, of No. 434 Kasr Fifth • trwt. New York, who had foeeji eonvicted laat wwk of aidltiR John Kino, charged with having swindled a fellow countryman out of t2M. to ea<-ap<% was aen-tenced yeaterday by Judge Axtilua!) to two yeans and KIX months In the lVnltentiary. ImmiMliatHy after­ward the prifu>uer ohtalucd from Justice < Mlmnii .f the Supreme Court, a <-*'rtlU<-ato of reasonable doabt which acta aa a stay {tending Ma a:>i>«u!.

('ommW'tdoner of Bulldlnga Wcidcy C. Uuan «raa pre­sented with a gold badge of office. atnddMl with dia­monds, yesterday by the employes of Ms office.

At the elnb house of tin- Long Island Wheelmen. In Bedford avenue, a reception was given last even­ing. l'i>ogre*slve enehre game* will be plaved at the club bouse on Tuesday evenings during the season.

Dr. Hughes, of Philadelphia, a gradnate of the cl»M of '06, of the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women, will enter m*on her duties to­day as assistant resident physician of the Memorial Hospital.

The Rev. Dr. MeCoenell. of Holy Trinity rinin-h, officiated at the fnneral services held yesterday over ihe remains of Herbert Brusb, of No. 880 Lafayette avenue.

John J. Cornell, of No. 263 Adams street. Informed the police yesterday that the tool* naed by the burglars captured in Kornder's dry goods store on Tuesday were stolen on D w n l f r 28 from the cellar of bin residence.

William Sharkey, colored, who was arrested on Christmas eve with clothing in tils j»o**es*lou which. it was learned later, had been stolen from No. 15d Hslser street. wj.k aent to the Penitentiary for thirty days by Justice Steers, in the Grant Street Court, yesterday. . . -, * For violating rales of the department. Policeman Nicholas Benson. >f the Fifth avenue station, was fined twenty dsys' pay: James J. Bockley. of toe Mtagg street station, thirty days' pay; (/buries Mul­ligan, of the Hamlmrn avenue station, twenty days'

; Kugem J. McKenna. of the Vernon avenue sta-i. twenty days' par; William c . Kepper. of the

aVfaee station, tee wr? wsy: WttHaai he De Kalb avenue station, ten days* pay,

ana Jttenaal Ryan, of the Bergw street station, thirty days' pay, by Commlas lonr^ d i e s yesterday.

Officer, of tbe Ships Entertaia the 'Officers of the Yard

the Vermont.

HALL BRIGHT WITH BUNTING.

Guests uVciytxl by Ladies KepresesU Vessels on Which Hosts Have Berths.

iug Vessels on Which J^e..,. '

NEW YEAR'S OBSERVANCE^ • ' S i • i HI • i l

.•:r. i

The dance at the Navy Yard last night given by the officers of the ships now in ths yard to Commodore Montgomery Sicard and the officer of the station, Captain Silas B . Casey, and the officers of the receiving snip Vermont, was one of the largest and most brilliant affairs ever given at the yard.' Never at any one time before had s o many, of the big ships been at the yard, and thslr officers have had one continuous round of. dinners, dances and other forms of gayety. f

It was in return for the generous hospital* ity shown to them that last night's dance-. was given by the officers of the ships. T h e ! affair was held in the spar loft of building;: No. 6, which was decorated in the gayest fashion, with flags of all nations, the walls being completely covered with these em­blems. Twelve hundred electric lights were distributed through the loft. Palms, potted plants am. a yrotusion oi powers, intermin­gled with fetri and smilax. gave the neces­sary touch of relief to the flag decorations.

At jrach end oi uie loiiK »'OI>UI a canopy o#* flags was ereotco, one for the revtewtna party and the other for the Navy Yard band.

There were more than .180 dancers. THK nSlT.IVlNU l'AHTY. '

Tho guests were received by a party of t h e wives of the officers from the ships, including Mrs. I^ouis C. Heilnor, wife of Lieutenant Mellner, of ine Texas; Mrs. John N. Jordan,i wife of Lieutenant Jordan, of the Essex; Mr*. Stephen Rand, wife of Lieutenant' Rand, of the Columbia; Mrs. Loyd B. Bald­win, wife of Lieutenant Baldwin, of the Puritan, and Mrs. Frederick Rogers, Wife 6T the captain of the Marsachusetts. Each, of* the ladies carried a bouquet presented by t h » officers of the ship she represented.

Dancing did not begin until ten o'clock, when the last contingent of guests w.aa brought over from New York by the tugs Nina and Narkeeta.

Dancing was stopped Just before midnight, Mrs. Rogers struck eight bells and taps WeTo sounded, to mark the death of the old year. Just at midnight eight bells was again struck and the reveille was sounded, to wel­come the new year.

A buffet supper was served during the evening.

TIIE GtESTS. Among the guests were Commodore a n o ^ v

Mrs. Girard, Captain and Mrs. Silas B. x

Casey Miss Casey, Medical Director, and Mrs. T, N. Penrose and the Misses Penrose, Captain and Mrs. F. G. Hlgginson, the Misses Higginson, Chief Engineer and Mrs. Edward Farmer, Naval Constructor and Mrs. F. T. Bowles, Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Higbee, Commander J. J. Hunker. Captain and Mrs, J. H. Sands, Commander R. B. Bradford-end Mrs. Bradford. Captain Frederick Rodgers, Miss Jessie Galbraith, Mr. and Mrs. Aimer Rogers, Mrs. Benjamin S. Church, Miss An­gelina Church, Mrs. Slvils Conde, Miss Marie D. Conde. the Misses Wright, Miss K4tn, Dana Underbill, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Munn, Mrs. Beache, Paymaster and Mrs. H. T. Wright.

Commanaer C. J. Train, of the Marble* head; Commander R. P. Leary. of the Katahdin;CommanderThwlng, of the Essex; Lieutenant N. R. Usher, of the Ericsson; Captain J. R. Bartlett, of the Puritan; Cap­tain Harry Glass, of the Texas; Captain P. F. Harrington, of the Terror; Lieutenant Calhoun, Lieutenant A. C. Dillingham, Com­mander and Mrs. C. S. Sperry. Medical.In­spector A. F. Price and Assistant Naval Constructor Hibbs.

The committee In charge of the affair were Lieutenant Roger Wells, of the Texas; En­sign J. T. Tompkins, of the Massachusetts: Lieutenant Henry Minnett. of the Marble-head : Ensign Charles T. Jewell, of the Mont­gomery; Passed Assistant Engineer T. W. Kinkald. of the Terror; Ensign L. McNaroee, of the Essex; Lieutenant Clarence Ingafis, of the Marine Corps, and Ensign G. L. P. Stone, of the Puritan.

T E N D A Y S F O B A GOOD T I M E .

A n d C l a r k e C o u l d n ' t R e m e m b e r H e E n j o y e d H i m s e l f ,

John Clarke, of No. 43 Grand street, Will­iamsburg, started for a good time in N e w ­town on Wednesday night, and will complete it at the end of ten days in Jhe Raymond Street Jail. This was the sentence imposed by Justice Goetting, of the Lee Avenue P o ­lice Court, yesterday. • •

Clarke boarded car No. 3,880 of the Grand street ana Newtown line early yesterday ih Newtown. He was bound for home and. re­taining a remnant of his night's dissipation, was out for fun. After he had insisted sev-' eral times in putting his head on the shoulder of a woman in the car several of the pas­sengers protested.

The conductor finally put him off the car at the corner of Grand street and Marcy avenue. Clarke's abuse of the conductor at­tracted a policeman attached to the Bedford avenue station, and he was arrested.. In court the man said he had no recollection of the night before.

DEATH OF YOUNG OTJTSTADT. i Arthur Carroll, the Alleged Stone

Thrower, Placed Under Arrest. Michael Gutstadt. nine years old, who, on

November 24, was struck on the head with a stone, alleged to have been thrown by Arthur Carroll, thirteen years old. of No. 401 Nine­teenth street, died in the Seney Hospital y e s ­terday. Detective Judson arrested Carroll, but later the youthful prisoner was admitted to bail. . -„

Getstadt. whose parents live at No. 339 Twenty-flrst street, was riding behind a "milk wagon in Seventh avenue, when He was struck with the stone. A clot of blood gath­ered in the brain and the boy became ptLt-alyzed. i ... %i

JOLLY IN MISFORTUNE.

Joked When Fined S3 for Being "Drunk and Disorderly."

Thomas Murray, of No. 33 Withers street, Williamsburg, was the happiest member of the crowd of "intoxes" that came before Justice Goettlnsr in the Lee Avenue Pol ice Court yesterday.

"You here again!" the Justice safd. "Yes, sir, and I wish you all the Joys of

the holidays." Murray answered. "Weil. I guess it's the same old sentence,

my man, 13. or one day." the Court re­sponded,'adding. "Take him away."

"Hold on. Judge'." Murray protested, "I'm-much obliged to you, but I'll give you. hack the day and take the three dollars, if you please."

Murray w a s satisfied when lie saw* a smile creep over Justice Goetting's face. ^C"

~ AMI SKWKSTS.

ORsiiD OPEKA~H«)CSE: TONIGHT. MATS, WED.. FBI.. RAT.

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Special Holiday Matinee, New Year' . Day.

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