BRIDGEPORT, THE, D. M. Read COMPANY. ADDITIONAL ITEMS FROM THE GREAT SALE. Satin Damask Dinner Cloths, 2 X 2% yds. $2.00, 2 x 3 yds. $2.50”; same kind, extra heavy, 2 x 2% yds. $2.25, 2 X 3 yds. $2.65. Pretty patterns in all-linen Tray Cloths, 25 0. each. Hemstitched Tray Cloths, 50 c.’75 c. and $1.50 each. All-linen brown Crash, 7, 8, 10, 12-12, 14, ‘16, 20 cents. All-linen bleached Crash, 8, 10, 12%, 1.5, 18, 20 and 25 c. Glass Towelling 8, 10, 12%, 15, 18, 20, 25 cents. 36-in. Butchers’ Coats, etc.,25 cents. All-linen Towels, fringed, hemmed and hemstitched, from 10 c. to $1.25 each. 8-10 White fringed Lunch Cloth, ‘Doylies to match, $2.75. 8-12, $3.25. . 8710 White Lunch Cloth, Doylies to match, heavy knotted fringe, $4.00. 4 8-12, $5.00. . 9-4 Bleached Linen Sheet- ing, 85 c. and $1.00. _10-4 for 750., 85 0., $1.00 and $1.25.. Pillow Case Linen, all widths, from 50, 65, 75, 85 c. to $1.00 per yard. 5 90 X 99 Hemstitched Linen Sheets, $4.75, $5.50 and $6.50 a pair. , is Hemstitched Linen Pillow Cases, slightly soiled, 90 c. per pair. Comfortables, satteen covered, full size, 75 c. to $4.50. .Down Comfortables, all grades, from $4.50 to $12.75. Blankets, 10-4 gray fleece, 59 c. the pair, 11-4 75 c. a pair. 10-4 white fleece, 50 c. and $1.00 the pair, 11-4 $1.25, $1.50, and $2.00 a pair. 11-4 extra heavy white wool, $3.00 and $3.50, 11-4 extra heavy all-wool, $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00. Extra large California Wool, from. $5.00 to $20.00. Bed PillOws, white live geese feathers, odorless, $3.98 a pair. Down, very fine $5.00 the pair. Mattress Protectors, 54 x 76, $1.65 each, 60 X 76 $1.75. BANISHED . FOR." an THE OUTCAST OF CHURCH ISLAND IN GREAT SALT LAKE. He Has For Years Lived the Life of a Wild Man and Rarely Sees a Human Being Branded For Bobbing the Dead by Order 01 Governor Brigham Young. In the center of the Great Salt lake in Utah is a large body of, land known as Church island. This land consists of mountains and valleys, with trees and vegetation, and has always been used as a herding ground for cattle belonging to the Mormor‘i‘ church. Several years ago the water on the east side of the is- land Was shallow and cattle could be driven across easily, but now the water is deep and everything must be convey- ed to and from the land in boats. A dis- tance of about five miles covered with salt water must be gone over by canoes to get to or from the island. On this famous spot, amid millions of pelicans, sea gulls and other fowls, wanders a lonely old man, without clothing. and, devoid of, language or any of the in- stincts of humanity. He was banished years ago by the Mormon church on the charge of robbing the dead. . Jean Baptiste was a Frenchman who name to Salt Lake City a young man nearly 40 years ago. He grew up among the saints, and, after marrying, was made sexton of the small cemetery. His duties were light and his remuneration correspondingly small. He resided in a little cabin on the mountain ,side'crver- looking the city, and Spent his time, when not employed in the cemetery, in collecting junk and trading and traffick- ing with a few Jewish secondhand clothes dealers who had the hardihood to engage in business among the Mor- mons. A regiment of United States troops was then camped near the city, and the gentiles engaged in business were assured protection. The little Frenchman was an ayariu cious man and was noticeable because of his picking up every cast away arti- cle and carrying it to his heme. Old dry goods boxes, barrels, tin cans and other packing articles eaten away by the soldiers were especially well cared for by Jean Baptiste, the sexton. He dress- ed as a scavenger and resembled the modern saloon loafer, who 'is always searching the slums for barrels and box- es Of garbage and cast off garments. The actions of the sexton created some comment, and not a little curiosity was ' aroused among people who had occasion to visit his residence on the mountain side, over the city.. . ' ~ One day Jean appeared on the streets dressed in an elegant suit of broadcloth. A few days before a wealthy stranger had died and was buried in the ceme- tery. The suit in which the body was dressed resembled that worn by thejsex- ton. An examination was ordered, and the corpse was found to have been rob- bed of its clothing. A committee wait- ed upon the sexton and made a most startling discovery. The graveclothes of over 200 persons were found in the baskets and boxes stowed away in his ghoulish cabin. Excitement ran high in Salt Lake City. The boxes of clothing were emptied and the contents taken to the city hall, where many a fond moth— er identified the burial robes of her child. Elegant silk dresses, at that time a luxury even to the rich, were found in the various bundles. The man was ar- rested and cast into jail, pursued by a mob who sought his life. Brigham Young, then governor and general dictator in Utah, ordered the man to be branded with a hot iron and banished to Church island. During the quiet hour of midnight Jean Baptiste wastaken from the jail, and his whole forehead was scared with the following inscription: “Branded For Bobbing the Dead. ” Two men escorted the quiver— ing, naked form from the city of venge- ance. A canoe was entered near the city, and the doomed prisoner was taken in chains to the island which in future was to be his home. Without clothing or food he was landed upon the shore, the boat returned to the mainland, and the ghoulremained a hopeless exile. He could not leave the island, because in— stant death would follow should he be seen by any of the inhabitants of the Mormon land of Zion. He was forced to seek food and shelter amid wild ani- mals, the birds and reptiles. The island was soon known as the land of banishment. People shunned its shores as they would a haunted house. Many persons were lost rupon the lake while rowing in canoes against heavy winds. The general supposition of all was that those unfortunates drifted to the island and were devoured by the wild man. Even the fearless cowboy has ever refused to intrude upon the home land of the exile. Wild horses roam over its acres of broken canyons, rugged clifi’s and grassy meadows. The sea gulls and other birds find a home un- disturbed on the deserted shores. All. the natives, including Indians, warn newcomers of the fate of scores of pleasure seekers who have been drifted upon the shores of the fated island. The crags, bluffs, dark caverns and lonely canyons warn every boatman nearing the shore to keep away from the hidden dangers. In a dark cave about half a mile from the shore lives the wild man. His home is strewn ‘with the wrecks of boats, bones of victims and other can- nibalistic indications. Away back in the deep darkness of the cavern is his sleeping place, made of clothing strip- ped from unfortunate victims ship— wrecked on the fatal shore. A collection of leaves, grasses and branches frcm'the trees of the island forms the foundation for the bed, in which this human mon- ster spends most Of his time. Several hunters and explorers have recently .viewed the man. He is described as old, steeping, destitute of clothing, incapa— ble of speech and covered with long hair. Upon the appearance of man he utters a wild, weird shriek and rushes to the cavern, from which he cannot be ‘ induced or forced “to return—San Fran- cisco Examiner. majesty in effigy, there was a loud an The Emperor’s Stand In the Trans. _ vaal Matter Commended. ‘ VON K'ANITZ Is PATRIOTIC. Feeling In England Continues ‘High Against the Kaiser—Startling Rumor of an Anti-British Alliance. Portugal Is Neutral. BERLIN, Jan. 10.—-The "reichstag reas- sembled today and proceeded to discuss the boerse reform bill. Count von Kanitz, the agrarian leader, during the course or his remarks on the subject, referred to the Transvaal dispute, saying that the recent energetic attitude of the imperial govern- ment, in defense of the interests of the German people and the German empire abroad, had met with universal approval. This remark was greeted with loud ap- plause. . , " “ The Situation In London. LONDON, Jan. 10.-—0utwardly at least there is little if any change in the political crisis between Great Britain and Ger- many brought about, it is asserted, by Emperor William’s support of the Trans- vaal republic in face~of the suzerainty claimed by Great Britain over that por- tion of South Africa. The dispatch from Berlin to The Times, . published today, saying that it is ex- plained that Germany only desired to pro tect German residents and its consulate at Pretoria by dispatching an armed“ force from Delagoa bay and that no arrange- ment on the subject had previously been, made with Portugal has tended to produce a better feeling. But this slight change for the better has been counteracted by the receipt of a special dispatch today from Pretoria, capital of the Transvaal, saying that the Boers demand the surrender of all British rights and suzerainty over the Transvaal and the pre-emption of Delagca bay and the canceling of the charter of the British South Africa Company. It is further stated that the Boers have arrest- ed, On the charge 'of treason, eight leaders of the recent movement among the nit- landers Of Johannesburg. These demands, if the dispatch is based on fact, coupled with the previously re- ported demands Of the Boers for the expul- sion from Africa of ’Mr. Cecil Rhodes, ex- premier of Cape Colony, and Dr. Jame- son, who led thc' freebooters into the Transvaal, and the imposition of a very heavy fine upon the British Chartered company, or the demand for an indemnity of £500,000 ($2,500,000) from Great Brit- ain; or both, are not likely to be granted by the British government without a. se- vere struggle. Is Wilhelm Pulling the \Vires‘.’ The opposition to the demands of the Boers, however, will mainly rest on the fact that it is generally admitted that they are instigated, on the whole, by Em- peror William, and that they form part of 3. studied opposition upon his majesty’s part to the colonial pélicy Of Great Brit- ain in Africa. It is admitted in some quarters, how- ever, that on the face of things the Trans- vaal republic would be justified in de-- manding an indemnity from Great Britain for the invasion of Boer territory and there ' . is a general sentiment in favor of dealing severely with the British Chartered com- pany, especially as it is claimed in Pre- toria that the Transvaal authorities have documentary evidence showing that the raid and uprising in Johannesburg were portions of a plot, official or unofiicial, to annexthe. Transvaal to British ' South Africa. But, it is held here, there is no justification for demanding the expulsion of Mr. Rhodes from South Africa or for the surrender of British rights and sum- rainty over the Transvaal“, or for the can- cellatiOn of the agreement, made in 1891, between Portugal and Great Britain, by Which the latter country has the first right of purchasing Dela-goo. bay, should Portu- gal desire to part with it. ' The Berlin and Vienna newspapers to- day regard the warlike preparations oi Great Britain as being of little importance, however, and as being more in the nature Of a political move than a military under- taking so far as Germany is concerned, but the same periodicals take a more seri- ous view of the proposed strengthening 01 the British forces in, South Africa, whicl: step is regarded as being possibly intended with the view of taking aggressive action toward the Transvaal. Little Chance of “’ar. ‘ At the same time, it should be added, the chances Of War between Great Britain and Germany are looked upon as being re— mote, and there is a decided tone of back- down in the utterances of the German press toward Great Britain. The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon says, “Steps were taken in the highest quarters to obtain by family influence a full explanation from Emperor William, and the communications which have passed have done more than anything to bring about the change of tone in the German official press toward Great Britain.” .Later on, commenting upon this change of. tone, The Pall Mall Gazette remarks: “The German newspapers, Ofiicial, semi- ofiicial and reptile, are tumbling over one another in their anxiety to explain that the tension of relations was the fault of England. , We are now told it was no con- certed action with the Transvaal, and that the extreme point Of German interference would have been reached by the landing of a few policemen at Delagoa bay to pro- tect the German uitlanders, and that the emperor’s telegram was not meant for what it was thoughtto mean.” . . ' ,3 These remarks and the better feeling re- ferred to were, however, made and experi- enced before the receipt of the dispatch from Pretoria today announcing the al- leged extreme demands of the Transvaal for the surrender of all British rights and suzerainty, etc., over the Transvaal and Delagoa bay, which has again changed the complexion of affairs so far as South Africa is concerned. Also, in the meanwhile, there is little or no abatement in the anti-German feeling here. A meeting of German and Dutch socialists, held in Hyde park, was, at- tacked and dispersed by a mob of London- ers last night. Barking at the Moon. Then, at a meeting of the London Radi- cal federation today after many fiery speeches, a resolution was passed demand- ing the immediate removal of the name of Emperor William from the British army and navy lists, and when a report was re- ceived that the officers of the First 'dra- goons, in garrison at Dublin, of which regiment thc‘emperor was. made honorar‘ colonel by Queen Victoria, had burned hi ldreds of the finest ships. prolonged outburst of cheering and. other if "Assisting”. . * applause. ‘ . thshculd be added, however, that there is no truth in the , report. The colonel of 'the First dragocns this afternoon tele- graphed that there is absolutely no ground for thel's/tory that an effigy of the emperor has been burned either by the officers or privatesof his regiment. - The story, however, for quite a time was generally behaved to be true, and it is s‘aid'that- the German ambassador, Count von Hatzfeldt-Wildenbnrg, made repre- sentations on the subject to the Marquis of Salisbury, asking to be informed as to the truth of the report. At the foreign office today the dispatches saying that the Boers demanded the ban— ishment of Mr. Rhodes from Africa and the abandonment of the rights of Great Brit- ain'regarding the Transvaal and Delagoa bay were discredited on the ground that Sir, Hercules RobinsOn, the governor of Cape Colony, in his. dispatches to the colonial office received up to date, has made no mention of any such demands or conditions.- - ' " “ ' Business on the Stock Exchange today was more active than for some time past, and. the general tone showed considerable improvement, Censols advanced three- eighths, but some other first class securi- ties were a trifle, lower. Americans were firm, Kaflirs were buoyant and Chartereds, Goldfields and Bands strong. A special dispatch received here from Berlin this afteran says that Russia’s co—operation with Germany in the Trans. vaal matter «has been assured, and that France will act with Russia. , . ‘ This apparently tends to confirm the re- port of an anti-British alliance, and that the action of Emperor William toward the Boer republic was a. thoroughly weighed step. Possible Scene of Conflict. Delagoa bay, to which British and Ger- man warships are being dispatched, is pronounced the finest harbor in South Africa, and the European powers which have interests in Africa have long kept jealous watch of each other’s movemen in relation to it. , - In the latter part of September, 1894, there was a report in England that a syn- dicate had purchased a concession for building a. pier in Delagoa by which the practical control of the port would pass to the Transvaal. Soon afterward there was an uprising cf Kafiirs against the Portu- DELAGOA BAY. guese, to whom Delagoa bay belongs, anc British marines were promptly landed a! Lourenco Marques from the gunboai Thrush, ,againstthe protest of the Portu'. gue'se governor. . ‘ ‘Delagoa bay is the natural outlet of tht trade of the Transvaal, and Portugal’s in terest is to make all the trafi'ic of the pla teaps of. the interior converge toward this port. To this end the Pretoria-Lourencc Marques railway was commenced in 1886 For halfa century-prior . to “this attempts were made, but unsuccessfully, to estab lish communications between the Trans . veal and Delagoa bay. With basins, quay: and trailvvaysat'Lourenco Marques com. municating with the goldfiel'ds and ricl: country of the interior, Lourenco Marque: will have a. great future before it. present its chief imports are arms and a1 cohclic liquors; its exports oil, nuts caoutchouc, etc. The town is surrounded by a wall, anc" batteries have been erected to defend 11 against hostile attack on the land side The? town lies low on the northern side 0] the " inner harbor, or English river, as i1 used to be called. ' ; Lourenco Marques. Lourenco Marques has a splendid harbor. capable of holding and sheltering hun . The entrance tt the harbor is so wide and fine that a flee: of ironclads could enter it. The harboa covers some 2,000 square miles of water. dotted here and there with wood clad is lands. Invack island guards the entrance and here the Portuguese have planted bat teries to do fend the anchorage. The en trance to the inner harbor, or English rlv er,where Lourenco Marques has been plant ed, is about a mile wide. . Fifteen feet 0: water covers the bar at low water. Vessel: drawing 12 feet of water can navigate the English river for 40 miles, While two miles from Lourenco Marques they can lie in suf ficient depth and free from every wind About five miles from Lourenco Marques three rivers, the Temby, the Dundas anc' the Mattoll, empty themselves into tht estuary. The decision of the ownership of the bay of Lourenco Marques became a. question or great importance in 1875. Portuga. claimed possession of the whole of it by right of discovery, England by effectivc colonization. The British settled along the southern part of Dclagoa bliy, and built a town, and in the course of time England, while acknowledging Portugal’: right to the northern part of the bay claimed the southern as her own. Tln matter was brought to a crisis when, it 1868, the Transvaal republic, by procla mation, claimed the Maputo. river from it: junction with the Pongola to its embou chure into the southern part of Delagoe bay. Eventually the matter was referred to Marshal MacMahon,president of France He declared that the southern part c: Delagoa bay belonged to Portugal. Portugal to Remain Neutral. LISBON, Jan. Ill—Portugal, it is an nounced, will remain neutral in the dis pute between Great Britain and Germany regarding the Transvaal, and will not per niit the Germans or the British to lanc‘ troops at Delagoa bay or/ * _ traverse thc Portuguese territory in St. 4th Africa. . The Puget Sound Army Post. SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 10.—A specia? from Washington says: Secretary Lamont has practically decided to locate the Puget sound army post, which is authorized by the last congress, at Magnolia Blufi's, neat Seattle. Orders to that effect are expected to be made public within a few days. General Coppinger's Nomination. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-—The nomination of General Coppinger to be brigadier gen eral was briefly considered by the senatt committee on military affairs and referreé to a subcommittee, consisting of Senator: Hawley, Proctor and Bate. Prominent Correspondent Dead. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.——E. B. Wight ‘ Washington correspondent of the Chicagt Inter Ocean and for many years a promi nent newspaper man here, died today 0. heart failure. ,by Senator Squire (Rep, Wash). A1 ' a, Highcst'of all in Leavcning Pervert—Latest U.S. Gov’t Report ‘ . Assenuuzur pone A MODERN MONTE CHRISTO. A Former Railway Clerk Becomes a Mll- lionaire In a Few Months. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 10.—During the Villard boom some years ago Barney Fountain, a. railway clerk here, made a profit of $30,000, which, however, he soc]: lost again. . Before losing his suddenly acquired wealth he gave Eugene Bertram, an in- valid fellow clerk, 8500 to assist him in returning to his English home. ‘ ‘It is the best investment I ever made, " said Fountain, “although IneVer expected any returns from it. Bertram correspond- ed with me regularly after he reached England. 0n the advice of a Imysician his family-sent him to South Africa two years later. “He not only grew robust in health, but today he is a millionaire. Bertram had been in business in Cape Town till about ten months ago,’ when he launched in the field of speculation and made his mil- lions.” Fountain produced a letter from Ber- tram at Cape Town, under date of Nov. 10, 1895, from which the following is quoted: ’ “In all the years we have written to each other you always evaded my ques- tions as to how you were faring until I re- ceived your last letter. I am in a position to aid you in returning the past. My ventures in South Africa mining shares stand me $4,000,000, and I am quietly drawing out to be on the safe side when the inevitable comes. “I inclose $1,000 exchange on London, which I trust you may employ at your earliest convenience to come to me, and I shall treat you as I would a brother. ” “I cast my bread upon the waters, ” said Fountain as be folded the letter and . placed it in a pocketbook, “and it returned to me after many days. I will sail for Cape Town on the first steamship leaving Liverpool after Feb. 1.” NAVAL ENGINEEBS’ TRAINING. Senator Squire’s Bill Indorsed by Gen- eral Francis A. Walker. ‘ :WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.——General Francis A. Walker has written an earnest letter in supportof the naval e" ineering and edu4 cational measure intro need in the senate He says~ that the condition of the corps oi rim-3.1 engineers, by reason of having an ,insufl‘icient number of officers, is most painful and distressing ~ and affects the honor of the nation. He therefore appeals to the congressof the United States to give immediate consideration to the reor- ganization of the corps of naval engineers. 'As to the qualification of the scientific- and technical schools of our land to train jofiicers for the engineer corps, General Walker. says -~ he believes that when such ’ institutions as he has the honor Of direct. ging are brought into friendly rivalry with the work of the Naval academy, it will hit shown that the young men from, thesc colleges can bedevelopedto become highly trained and scientific naval en ineers.- He therefore urgently appeals to t e scientific educators of the land to induce the sena- tors and representatives of their respective states to demand an immediate bearing upon the subject. Confessed In Prayer Meeting. Les 1. seems, Jan. -10.——At a prayer meeting . 2'. South Pasadena, Charles Craw~ ford arose under deep excitement and stat. ed he could not hold his secret any longer. He then announced that he was Albert Deffendorfer, son of a wealthy merchant of Huntington, Pa., and a fugitive from justice under sentence for burglary and larceny in Pennsylvania. He came to this city and gave himself up to the sheriff. Death of John V. Barker. PITTSFIELD, Mass, Jan. 10.—John V. Barker, aged 89, father of Judge James M. Barker of the supreme court, is dead. He was formerly a member of the state legislature. ' FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. NEW YORK. Jan. 9.—Mouey on call easy at 4 @5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 6@9 per cent. Sterling exchange dull and barely steady with actual business in bankers’ bills at 34.893 4.89% for demand and $4.87%@4.87% for 60 days. Posted rates. [email protected] and $4.89}§@4.90}§ Commercial bills. 84.86%. Silver certificates, 67%@67}§: no sales. Bar silver. 66%. Mexican dollars, 52%. Government bonds. strong for the new 43. which are up 1% per cent; other issues ruled. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds irregular. Closing prices: _ Atchison .......... 13% Bur.& Quincy.... 73% C..'C.. C. & St. L.. 3416 Chesapeake & 0.. 14 New England. . . . . 4551 North American. 4% Northern Pacific.. 295 Chicago Gas ...... 64% Do. pref ........... 11 Cordage ........... 5 N. Y. Central ..... 96 Cotton Oil ......... 17 Omaha ............ 33}; Del. & Hudson.. . .124 Ontario & West. . 12% Distillers’ Trust.. 15% Pacific Mail ....... 2491 Erie ................ 13% Reading........... 3 Rock Island....... 664 Silver Bullion... .. 67% General Electric.. 25 Hocking Valley... 16 Lackawanna. ..... 158 St. Paul. . . ........ 67% Lake Shore ........ 138% Sugar Refining. . .10151. 25 Texas Pacific. . . . . 791 Union Pacific"... 3% Wabash pref...... 157A 'estern Union... 83% Lead .............. Louisville & Nash 42% Missouri Pacific.. 24 Northwestern . 97% General Markets. NEW YORK. Jan. 9.——FLOUR—State and western steady: city mills patents. [email protected]. winter patents. [email protected]: city mills clears. $3.90@4: winter straights, [email protected]. W'HEAT—NO.2 red opened easier under 0.! bles. rallied on lower consols and foreign buy. ing, but sold Off on weak late cables, liquidan tion and small clearances: May. 67%@67%c.. J uly, 66%@67%c. ' CORN—No. 2 ruled firmer on local covering; May. 35 9-16@35%c. OATS—NO. :3 quiet, but steady: May, 245%.; track. white. state, mmzsigc. PORK —— Firm: mess, [email protected]: family. 81050251235. ‘ LARD—Firmer: prime western. steam. $5.80. nominal. BUTTER—Steady: state dairy, state creamery, lS@23}éc. CHEESE—Quiet: state. large, 7%@lOc.: small, 7%@10}éc. EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania, 203 260.; western. 22@25c. SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining, 3%c.: cen- trifugal. 96 test, 351m; refined quiet: crushed. 5%c.: powdered. til/fin. .. TURPENTINE—Firm at 30ch. , MOLASSES—Steady: New Orleans. M360. RICE—Firm: domestic. We; Japan. 396 4c 6 . TALLOW—Dull: city. 394d: country. 3%c. 18@21}éc.: N. J. Central ...... 97M '- GRADY first snow Latter’s Investigating Committee Vi- 'ciously Attacked. VIOLENT TERMS EMPLOYED. The Bencounter Occurred While the Great- , or New York Bill Was Up For the Albany Solons’ Consideration. Smiles Ended It All. ALBANY, Jan. Ida-The senate began its session this morning wnh another flood of bills, after which the governor’s ap- pointments, made last night, were con- firmed, and the greater New Y con— solidation measure was called up. nator Lexow ofl‘ered and had adopted an amend— ment making the subcommittee author- ized to carry on investigation consist‘of four senators and five assemblymen. Sen- ator Cantor spoke on the resolution, charg~ ing that it was only intended to delay ac- tion on this important matter. He said; “It seems we are to have delay. Per- haps action would interfere with presiden- tial aspirations and prospects. Notice may have been served by Brooklyn Republicans on some one. But the people of New York do not wish to have this bill made the football of politics. I do not know whether Brooklyn is machine or antimachlne, but I do know that these are the same dilatory tactics employed last year. The greater New York commission is competent to frame a bill and a charter. Why not trust it? What now has been discovered regard- ing it? I am in favor of greater New .York, but I do not purpose to put the gov- ernment of the consolidated cities in the '. hands of any machine. ” Senator Lexow expressed the hope that Senator Cantor would not be able to throw dust into the eyes of the new senators and declared that his resolution was in 11119 with Republican and not Democratic con- solidation. He explained his resolution for a reinvestigatlon of the whole subject by saying that it was in line with considt crate and statesmanlike consolidation. The Republican party, he said, was pledged to consolidation. The Trouble Begins. Senator McNulty offered an amendment laying the resolution over and making it a special order for next Monday. It was de— clared out of order. When he asked'unani- mous consent for it, Lexow objected. The greater New York debate was in‘ terrupted to adopt the assembly resolution adjourning the legislature from today un- til next Monday at 8:30 p. m. ‘ ' Senator Wray called attention to the success of the Republicans in Kings coun— ty, but said the county was normally Democratic by 10,000, and insisted that the Kings county Republicans were not pledged to consolidation, notwithstanding that the gentleman from Nyack had pledged the whole party. He said the rep« resentatives from Brooklyn were better qualified to judge of what the city wantei than the gentleman from Nyack, even if he had been born in Brooklyn. Senator Grady referred. to the remark made early in the session—that the senate was higher and more dignified than a board Of aldermen. He asked why some argument appealing to reason, not politics or prejudice, was not advanced. He then paid his respects to the Lexow committee. He stirred up the Nyack statesman by referring to the work of the committee as~ the dirtiest ever spread on the records of civilization. It was a. mere parade of the abandoned and the outcast. Senator Lexow at once sprang into the ring and locked horns with the “silver tongued. ” ‘ ' He shouted, “I ask that the senator’s words be taken down.” Senator Grady smiled and replied: “And take down what follows. ” The 'Resolution Adopted. He continued to arraign the Lexow com- mittee as Lexow’s little balloon brought into this discussion. Lexow called him to order for criticising a committee Of this body. Grady retorted that he was not. It could not possibly be a committee of this body. He was referring to the work of a. committee whose record had already been passed upon. ' Lieutenant Governor Saxton declared the point of order not well taken and up- held Grady’s eight to criticise the commit- tee. He held that the debate. however, should be properly confined to t3 resolu- tion in future. ' Lexow sank back in his chair, with a smile, the senate laughed good naturedly, and at the conclusion of Grady’s speech adopted the resolution without a roll call. The senate then adjourned until Mon- dy evening. ' Postomce Robbers Fail. STAMFORD, Conn, Jan. 10.—Postmaster Samuel R. Louden of Riverside, when he opened the office today, found the floor strewn with blacksmith’s tools and match— es. Six holes were drilled in the safe,” but the burglars had not succeeded in forcing it. 'If they had, they would have got over $1,000 in money and stamps. llaersom Gracefully Retires. COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 10.--George Baer- som today surrendered his letters of intro- duction to Dr. Washington Gladden, high Armenians having objected to Baersom lecturing and collecting money for the benefit of Armenians. Baersom says he is a student at the Chicago Theological seminary. ’ A Steamer Towed to Port. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—The German tank steamer Bayonne passed in today in tow of thmDutch tank steamer Chester. The Norwegian fruit steamer Yumuri, which arrived at Boston yesterday, report- ed having sighted the Bayonne disabled . through the loss of propeller blades. Gould Booms Manhattan. _ 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—‘President George J. Gould of the Manhattan railway has ,authorized‘ the statement that therejfiis. » nothing invthe. affairs ore-outlook, of 1' the ' company to warrant attacks upon the. ., stock. He has not sold a share anddoesm not intend to. st ! .1
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