The evening world. Newspaper, February 7, 1895, Page 2

FF BEFORE GRANE JURY. Called as Witness in the Investigation of General Sessions Courts, Wt SURPRISES. EXPECTED All Police Captains in Town Be- fore the Oyer and Termi- ner Jury. EX.MAYOR GILROY IS IN IT, TOO. Indications that Wholesale Indict- mente Are to Be Found Against * Many City Officials. Recorder Goff, as soon as his court adjourned at 1 o'clock to-day, hurried fnto his room, gathered up a large mumber ef documents and went into the county Grand Jury room. He had been summoned before the Grand Jury as the first witness in the investigation ordered by Judge Cowing “gto the General Sessions Courts, ‘The Recorder asked a day or two ago as & witness in this and he said yesterday that the be, sotry.that they bad THE STEAMSHIP LA GASCOGN ordered in the prisoners’ pens in the Criminal Courts Wednesday. “T think it was a discourtesy for him to order these changes without consult- ing his associates,” he said. “I approve of many of the changes proposed by Recorder Goff, but I think he should ave shown us the courtesy to consult fore ordering changes. Perhaps, how- ever, he made there changes as a mem- ber of the corder,’ NO MORE FIFTH AVE. STAGES. ‘The Company Goes in the Handa a Receiver. The Fifth Avenue Stage Company went into the hands of a receiver to- @ay. The corporate rights were also of the question. papers which the Recorder took nd Jury to-day were records cases which had been disposed the General Sessions Courta for past. ‘While the Recorder was counsel for the Senate Investigating Committee, he was many times put into possession of alleged facts concerning crookedness and irregularities in the General Ses- sions Courts. He made a careful memoranda of these cases, and since he has I Re- corder he has dally sent to th@clerk’s ‘office for papers to corroborate the in- formation he received while counsel for the Lexow Committ Bhortly after Recorder Goff went be- fore the Grand Jury District-Attorney Fellows came from the Indictment Bureau and went to his private office, He declined to talk about the investiga- tion of the courts, now in progress, and would onty.wouchsafe the information that Reccrder Goff was the first witness to be called, and that the investigation would be continued as rapidly as pos- sible. ‘There was a bustle that betokened great happenings in the room of the Oyer and Terminer Grand Jury, in the Criminal Court-House, this morning. Police captains, men and patrolmen to ‘he number cf nearly 100 went into .ne witness-room of the Grand Jury, all wi:h subpoenas in their hands, The first to arrive were Capts. Berg- hold and Westervelt, the latter accom- panied by two ex-ward men. While they were going In through the main entrance to the room Capt. Schmittberger and @ number of officer in citizens’ clothes were waiting outside of the obscure entrance under the arches a dark place on the second mezzanine floor, Bhortly after 11 o'clock it became evi- dent that nearly if not quite all of the sergeants, ex-ward | 9; taken away, and the officers permanent- ly enjoined from operating the concern. Judgments aggregating several hundred thousands of dollars caused its down- fall. ‘The Company, under the title of the Fitth Avenue Transportation Company Limited, was incorpcrated on Nov. 2 1883. Among the heaviest stockholders was the late Elliott F. Shepard and other well-known men. The concern has been in a bad way financially for several years. This the officers admitted in the papers filed (o- day, Heavy judgments accumulated, and since Jan. “1, ia, no thus been je to itguldate Indebtedness ‘The creditors appealed to Atto General Hancock, and he served 1 on the Company that he proposed bring ing an action in the Supreme Court in this city to dissolve the Company, and pply for # receiver, In Supreme Court Chambers to-da) before Justice Ingraham, Lawyer Wi Jam Irwin, who appeared for che Com- pany, admitted these allegati> He fald "he had been authorized Ly the Board of Directors to allow ihe Attor- ney-General to take Judgment. ‘The judgments are numerous, and date back to Sept. 26, 189, when Inauc H. one for $11,427.41. KE, Ketcham . Ketcham and George obtuined judgment for $9, 1.37, and the next day judgment fur 988.40 was entered in favor of William |. Frazee. The other judgments are Elliott F. Shepard, $10,010.64, 890, and $50,395.24, on Jan, 20, Helen Biert. obtained judg to A.D. Shepard i 4, on Jan 26, 1895, $32,682.77 D, Shepard, $27,816.68, on Jan. 26. 1808, Marga V. Shepard and Augustus Shepard, executors of Elliott F Shepard, $40,134.99 Present Judgments reach $190,134.90, Justice Ingraham dissolved’ the cor- poration and ordered a full distribu. Uon of ite assets, He also enjoined the Officers from exercising any corporate Fights Yaniel T. Hoag was appointed receiver under $50,000 bonds, which was furn ished by the United Stares Trust Com- pany. Justice Ingraham also orders that the Company be enjoined from spending police captains throughout the city had been summoned to appear before the Grand Jury. A great many of the om- cers came hastily in full uniform, had evidently been subpoenaed morning. Justice Ingraham arrived at his cham- bers shortly after 10 o'clock, but after consulting with one of the Assistant District-Attorneys he adjourned his @eurt until 10.30 to-morrow morning. It was esid by one who is in @ position te know that aot only had all of the ice captains, sergeants and ex-ward Bon been summoned, but that Supt. nes and all of the Inspectors had Er been notified to report to the Grand this room. re were no other witnesses except Yicemen early in the morning, but ter a number of men who were ap- Parently in prosperous circumstances were itted under a surtoens There ere some Fire Depar:ment officials iso in the witness-rooim. It was rumored that their pr ‘was occasioned by the information to the Grand Jury yesterday by committee of the Committee of Seventy. Tn addition to the investigation into the Fire Department, which in progress it was said by ‘The Even- ing World's” informant that the L ment of Pubhc Works, the Exc ‘and the Comptrolier's office more or lees investigated Am the names of those which were rumo! to be implicated was that of ex-Mayor F. Gilroy, in his for- ier capacity as Commissioner of Fublic orks. Mayor Gilrey is now in Pa: No indictments can possibly Kept 2 profound mystery. ‘A very high official in the Police D: pent said to an “Evening World’ Feporter to-ey thing alone I am certain, and 2 the Grand Jurymen them- know when they will hand | JUDGE MARTINE ANGRY. Thinks Recorder Gel Has Acted Disceurtevusiy. Judge Martine was angry this morn- ing about the changes Recorder Goff Pure Rich Blood semential to good hesith, because the bieod is the vital Suid which supplies ail the orgaue whb Mle end the power to perform ‘heir fumctivas. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Acta directly upon the blend, making Mt rich and pare and giving it viiwlliy and life-giving q fies This fs why Hood's Sarmparilia cures ‘when all other preparations and preseriptions ta!! | mineces. any of the funds, and enjoins c@stitors from bringing proceedings against the Company. The assets will be divided pro rata and each creditor allowed $10) costs. MR. PALFERY SETTLES. The Finding of His monds Used asa The case of Haas Bros, women's tailors, who had Mra. Mamle M. Pal- frey up in supplementary proceedings on three judgment notes aggregating $951, was netted to-day by the payment of the amount and costs by her hus- band. When Mrs, Palfrey wae before Referee M. J. Stein she swore she did not, and had ‘not for some years, own diamond jewelry. — Lawy Mayer located the gems in Simpson's, and this fact becoming known resulted In_a speedy settlement ‘The Paifreys reside at the Girard House, in Forty-third street, and are well known in’ uptown society. The satisfaction of judgment was filed with the clerk of the court this afternoon. Wife's Din- . —— Three Mem Hort in an El PASO, Tex, Feb. 7.—By the burating of a potler in the Paso Steam Laundry SHIPPING NEWS. ALMANAC FOR TO-Dar. 2/Sun sets....6 2 Moon sete HIGH WATER TO-Day. Hel Ga 5 To Sud Basiern mandard Uma suvicact POR? OF NEW YORK, alntvEn. Salamanca eu Fete toe OUTGOING STEAMERS, SALLED TO-DAY. Nacooches - Thome El Paso... Fo earn To Regvivs Cherokee Ris Grande INCOMING STEAMERS DUE TO-Dar. “I have tried Hood's Sarapariile and found it | ¥ te bean excellent medicine for impure bloed. 1 re aegeenmnens ( Youur E Pascmane, Heed’s Pills te, ead foun Witrektnd Principe inking Fund and not as Re- | LA GASCOGNE’S — FATE UNKNOWN, —_—ee (Continued from First Page.) and that the only accident that could} |have went her to the bottom was a/ collision, which could hardly have ¢ ,curred unless she diverged from the regular courss of ocean liners, | It ts too early in the season for ice- | bergs to get as far south as the path |of the French Uners, and both to the Jeastward and westward there are weil |defined lnres across the Atlantic to which vessels silck so closely that col- almost imporsibl cident to the Elbe, It shou! occurred near the ¢ hna not been subjected to » danger. SUI] the Elbe's fate has heightened |the anxie.y as to what has happened to La Gasvogne, and has created the great est alarm, where otherwise there might be simply passing anxiety, At the Maritime Exchange to-day some | of the old sults expressed the bellef that | La Gascogne had met with some mishap | which made it necessary for her to Beek jussistance, and that she Is now pro- ceeding in tow to some near port—the Azores of, possibly, Halifax, There are a number of vessels over due that may be rendering her assist- ance, (icmding the freighter Manitoba, the Rhynlund, from Antwerp, and the White Star liner Teutonic, which should have been at her dock yesterday, eM White Star Une offices this morning. there Was No anxiety because Of the Teutonle’s delay, It was stated tains of the line are not wed to endeavor to make time dur- Sa storm, and that In consequence ships ate frequently behind time, | 5 Mt was stated, is not, In! view of the storms at sei pected until to-morrow, or possibly ater | A private cablegram to the White Star agent in this city states that the Ma- festic, Which arrived in Queenstown last pours overdue, encou ms throughout her pas- winds were from the west 80 Western-bound vessels mus wen more trouble than the La Gase | the san count ot this it is belleved that | ‘a new machinery may have | a severe test and have given The courses of the Teutonte and Gas- ete across the Atlantic, coming in this direction, converge at 4 point about two-thirds of the distance out. If the latter vessel Sad int in safety ould then Teac the’ meeting and in due time, she t three days ahead id not sail until fahe we much great bility Red Star ine Jand, which sail the Same day a Although a versel, followed along in almost the same leaving the English Chan- vynland ts now twelve days and in ordinary weather makes the sage in ten days ong the passengers on La Gascogne Edward W. Mix, one of the Paris presentatives of the ‘Thomson-Houston Ieetric Company, Who was a victim of police outrages in’ Austria, M. Jacquin, another passenger, is a New York dry goods Importer Included In the ship's cargo te the bulk of the works of the French artist, J. B. Raffraelll, who is tn this city to make an exhibition of his work. ‘The marine underwrters have put up the tneurance rates on La Gaacogne from 1-4 of 1 per cent. to 4 per cent, re are passengers on La’ Gas- UM steerage, IV second cabin. and cabin, orget said this morning that he is in hopes the Teutonic will have some news of La Gascogne when she arrives in, port The agent of the Anchor line said this morning that the Circassia, which sailed from Glisgow ik’ not expected until this ing or to-morrow. Tt is not thought that assia will fall 1 WIth Ta Gaseog The steamship Circasela iehted off Sandy neeting shi cou nel out pa from. Glas Hook at | | line stea from a rough trip | sail Jan | erate | 46.44, | southwest. to} quent squalls of hatl| a, | southe vst and raly Feb. J, when in latitude 41, longitude they encountered another kale from t north with heavy seas Howin fay the wind shifted to the northeas and blew a hurricane with tremendous | was ompanied by thunder an’ leht- with 5 was ush ed in with a gale from hwest th high seas and. fre. xT today ft west The gale blew with hiseh nl nieh cont until Sa: a sharp r Teutonte. PILOT-BOAT DISABLED. ‘The Veruna Sighted in Tow of Reve enue Cutter Dester, HIGHLAND LI S, Mass. Feb. 1— ‘The United States Revenue eutter Dex ter passed here at IL A.M, with the t-boat Veruna (No. 6) in tow he boat is badly crippled and covered ¢. Hee main boom | The Gem» F 1. Feb T—The nine men, tthe brig Gem, which hear the Moriches Lifesaving GOUT SCHERING’ LEHN & FINK, Agents, New York. {him up for ” PIPERAZI Station yeaterda: halt frozen leave for Ni and who ndition by the re resci lite ina will The that they will hav . ing of the men due mainly to Insufficient clothing. | The ing. tug Chapman, which artived thin _m orning, will take the brig to New York to-night. WRECK OF THE AMERIQUE. The Passengers All Saved 1 nt Colon. COLON, Columbia, Feb. 7.-The passen- gers of the wrecked steamship Amerique have arrived here on board the steamer Ville de Marseille, after having been landed in boate at Savanilla, near which place the Amerique went ashore. The mills and cargo of the Amerique were lost and one of her sailors was drowned. ‘The steamer In a total loss. ‘The passengers landvd numbered about 2m, One said: “It was dark when she went ashore at a puint near Cape Agousta, and for some time we were in great peril. In my opinion the captain did not know he was so near land, and this was the cause of the disaster. The steamer ts a complete wreck, as she has elid off into deep water and only her smokestack and masts were visible when we left the coast. Almost all of ts lost everything except what we coult carry with us. One of the sailors was drowned through an accident while the passengers were being landed.” THE STORM IN EUROPE. Seven of an Unknown Drowned and Stenmer Ashore. LONDON, Feb. 7.—The storms which ve been so severely impeding traffic re- tly throughout Great Britain are oming more severe, The highlands of ‘otland are completely tsozated and all nel'n Crew An unknown vessel has foundered off Port Patrick, Scotiand, with the loss of seven lives and a t masted steamer having white smokestacks with a black band around them js ashore on the Isle of Man. ‘The River Thames ts frozen over at Chelsea and the Schelat at Antwerp is covered with ice, At Antwerp the ther- mometer registered 1h degrees below zero centigrade, the lowest point re- corded for twenty years, In Wales thousands © of work on account people are out of the severe | weather, OVERDUE STEAMER SIGHTED. The Cephalonia, from Boston to Queenstown, Passes Brow Head. QuE ‘TOWN, Feb. 7.—The Cunard line steamer Cephalonia, Capt. Sec- ‘ombe, from Boston on Jan. 26 for Liver- pool, passed Brow Head ‘at 11.55. this morhing, about fifty-six hours behind her schedule time. OVERDUE AT HALIFAX. Steamship Alpha May Bring News comne, HALIFAX, N, 8, Feb. 7.—The steam- ship Alpha 1s three days overdue from Bermuda, a most unusua! thing for this vessel, which should have been off this coast last Monday. Tt is possible that the Alpha may have something to report of the overdue La Gascogne The steamer Baracoa, from New York, is also overdue. SEA GIVES UP ELBE’S DEAD. Two More Hodes to Lowe LONDON, Feb, 7.—Two more bodes, supposed to be the remains of passen- gers of the Elbe have been taken to Lowestoft. One of them has not been entitled; t award Markowitz, of Tt has been brought to La lave Been Taken scertalned that the body westoft yesterday is not that of HL Pschui (a Steward of the Elbe, as at frat’ belteved ui the ‘remains of one of. the unt: dentified dead Were found a buneh Keys lat Marvin Safe Company w Yo and another key Ii & Butler Safe Lock and on {ik reverse side, Dy 8 '& Co., Hoston.” At the office. of the Herring-Hall- Marvin Bate Company, Inv thie cig, H iearni lie found unidentified which was firm of Charles W f chemteals at ley The metal was attache: Was fssued to fo the Fr Mareh 14 Wik it ix 53 street, this identification tag which to the bunch of keys Charles Whx, accord ris of the safe com ISM At the offlce of Was sald that they had given lost some time ago, oe Richmond Motorman Badly Hurt, RICHMOND, Feb. 1A trolley car jumped the track this morning and crashed into « tele: graph pole. Motorman Fred ©. Gayle in probably fatally burt. Passengers escaped — = - Fell Down the Bridge Stati Maggie McConnell, with Mra Wiliams at 68 Maja street N. J., teil down the long aairway i Brooklyn Hrs uninjured. sixteen yeare old, 1 Newark, RECOMMENDED FOR Gravel, Calculus, Lazy Liver, and all Uric Acid Troubles. WILL CURE IT. WATER ing ng to the the | buoy EXTREME COLD WAVE. COMING, (Continued on Sixth Page.) delay to ferry traffic this morning, navigation was not impeded to such a extent aa yesterday, especially in the Nthe high > esterly hich heaped 6 wi whic! the docks and ferry Up the dritt tee slips yesterday subsided, and the carried most of it into outgoing tide hi hesharbor. What wind there was came from the north, and old navigators said this would Prevent the ice from coming back when the tide turned. A_wide stretch of broken cakes and hummocks floated slowly down in mid- stream, but the ferry-boats seemed to have no difculty in cutting their way through it. The boats of the Chambers street and those of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey Central and Hoboken lines were all run- ning on regular time this morning, and none of the passengers complained of a great improvement over yen- ips on this side of med with ice that impossible to make ‘The ferries on the east side of the city did not faro #0 well, for the narrow channel was filled with floating tce from shore to shore. ‘The boats on the Thir- ty-ninth street ferry, from the Battery |to South Brooklyn, were greatly delayed |and ran very Irregular.y. Down the Bay. An immense fleld of ice drifted down the bay with the ebb tide this morn- in ‘he Ice was #0 heavy and com- pact that inward bound steamers and ferry-boats going up the bay found much difficulty in getting through it. Ati A.M. off Quarantine, the ice reached from’ the Staten Island to the Long Island shore. e in Channel and Harbor. The channel between Governor's Isl- and and the Brooklyn shore was choked up with @ mass of drift ice, which was frozen solid in many places. The cu |rent hyd not been strong enough to carry It away, and the ferry-boats could force thelr Wav through It only with diMculty. Oftentimes they would come to a standstill, and have to back and forge uhead aguin at full speed to over- come the obstructions. The other cast-side ferries did not suffer 40 much, although they were all more or less impeded. The steamer Pilgrim, of the Fall River line, came in on time this morning, but her officers reported that the channel from Whitestone down the was filed with floating ice smaller steamboats on the were delayed from one to two hours After they reached the East River chan- The upper harbor, as seen from the Battery pler, was one unbroken stretch of floating ice. The little Liberty Isl- and boat was making its regular trips. It was reported at the offices of the Staten Island Ferry Co. that all the boats were running regularly this morn- {ng and there had been no serious de- Hudson River Frosen Over. It is reported that the Hudson ts now completely frozen over, from Dobbs Ferry to Albany, and that teams can be driven over almost any point. The icemen have had an easy time of it this year, as thoy did not have to walt for the present cold snap to take in thelr season's supply. It Is sald the crop of Ice already harvested this year 1s the largest on record. All the Icehouses up the river are filled to their utmost capacity, a fact which city people will no doubt recall with sat- isfaction when the time comes around for dealers to talk of ice-famines and high prices. ‘On the police boat Patrol, Capt. Cope- land and his officers are holding them- selves in readiness for any emergency. Barges and canal-boats lying at ef the docks along both the East and North Rivers have been frozen fast at thelr moorings. ‘This 1s the condition of things at the Erle and Atlantic Ba. sing and in Gowanus Canal, It is reported that the snowdrifts and zero Weather have cut off the people of Canarsie, Harren Tsiand and halt @ Gozen other littie resorts around Jamaic Bay from ¢he outside world, On Barren Island there are four or five hundred People who have not been reached since the storm, as the boats which run there have heen prevented by the weather from making their usual trips. A jour- ney there by boat at the present time would Involve all the perils of an Arctic exploration, Victims of the Cold. An old man, poorly dressed, was found shortly before ea op on the basement steps of 409 West Fifty-third atreet_ by Patrolman Patrick Doyle, of the We: Forty-seventh street station. He was frozen almost stiff. He was conveyed to Roosevelt Hospital, where he died at 12.30 this morning.’ His breath smelled strongly of liquor. He had no money in hin possession. Halt an envelope bear- ing the imprint “Sullivan Bros., Paint- ers and Decorators, 221 East Fit street,” and addredsed to man, 1202 Lexington avenue, In_ohe of his pockets, ‘ On the back of the envelope wax the address “Dominick Casey, 823 East Fifty- ninth atreet.”| In another pocket was a card bearing the name of * Schoppe, horse trainer, 778 Ameterdam avenue. ‘Among the effects was @ card bearing the name of L. Lauchman, 1202 Lexin ton avenue. “Inguiry at ‘that addre: showed that Mr. Lauchman is alive and wel, He knew nothing about the dead man, An unknown man was found uncon- sclous from cold at 6 o'clock this morn- ing at Park Row and Duane atreet, and removed to Hudson Street Hospital: He we about forty years old. 3 feet 8 inches tall, light hair and mustache. He was dressel_in a gray coat and vest, dark trousers and gray cap. was found Minneapolis io Trouble. The bay and harbor this afternoon prements a most wintry aspect. Not a single patch of ciear water is to be seen, Ice thick and solid covers the waters of the upper and lower bay, making nav- {gation not only diffleult “but perilous The Staten Island ferry-boats have had a very trying time of it In getting up and down the bay. A large tow of gar- bage scows and another of mud scows were Unable to get Out to sea this fore- noon, The tugs were compelled to take their tows into the American docks for @ harbor. Coal barges Franklin and 1, wh! alongalde ulser Minnew chored off St. George, coaling, were almost cut down by the heavy ice watch with the strong ebb tide. ‘5 hoisted distress signa's. Harbor Inspector's tu od, with much difficulty, — suc in Ketting alongside the cruiser barges into the American fureka No. uiser lies in an exposed position to the Ice. Hei r, shortly af- ter noon, decided to get up'a full head of ateam, to be prepared to get the ship under way and move down to Gravesend Bay for a safer anchorage. The Health Officers’ Allen, owing to the le mic ficulty in getting alongside ‘coming vessels in the bay, Country Weather Prophet. Prof, C, Coles, who says he is a weather prophet from Kingston, ra., came into “The Evening World” office this morn ing with the cheerful information that on Feb. 23 a fearful storm would pre- vail in this vicinity, embracing all that is vicious (nthe ‘elements, “including rain, snow, hall, floods and cyclonic winds BANDY HOOK, Feb. 7.—The electric lamps in. Gedney's Channel and the one in the Southwest Spit have been extinguished by heavy floating ice. These lights are incandescent lamps of 100 cand er each, inclosed in atrone lantern ing thick red or white lasses, | p! on long spar buoys. hey are connected by cables with the feclace ime mid vessels Passing in and at ol imi vi ing in an Sut of port and over the bar. Other Places. HICAGO, Feb. 7.—Trains were Wed by the storm last night Re. ‘from the West and Northwest in- eather be te that the wi more -Altmans Gs ARE NOW SHOWING MEN’S HIGH-CLASS Neckwear FOR SPRING, in newest shapes and designs, and will offer FRIDAY and SATURDAY, 250 dozen Four-in-Hand, Flowing End Culross, Knots, Wide End Ties, Bows, etc., at 4S caer 18thSt., 19th St. and Sixth Ave —_—_—_—_—_—_—_——— severe within the next twelve hours, Train crews coming in | fro th South over the Illinols Central and from Cincinnati reported very deep snow all along the route for from 100 to 200 miles jouth, 8ST, LOUIS, Feb. 7.—Another blizzard is prevailing over Missourt, | Bnow 1s drifting badly, and is likely to delay all night trains. ‘The temperature has fallen from 2 to 40 degrees, and last night was two degrees below zero and falling rapidly. ALLAS, Tex., Feb. 7.—North Texas has had two weeks of severe Winter weather, with the ground covered with snow, The mercury has dropped nearly # degrees, and is down to zero, wit! Eine cts of going lower. Reports of the lizzard came from Hillsboro, Denison Cattlemen of the In- port the weather hai ath of thousands of GUTHRIE, 0. Feb. 1.—The worst blizzard for years struck here yesterday moming and raged with fury last night. The wind is blowing a hurricane. Intense scold prevails throughout the Territory, and much suffering to settlers and stock will result to farmers. OMAHA, Neb.. Feb. 7.—A severe blis- gard preva'is in Nebraska. Little snow is falling, but the air is filled with sand, and al, railroad trains are running on edule time with the greatest difficul- ty. So threatening was the weather yes- terday that public schools In many places were dismissed. SIOUX CITY, Ia, Feb. 7.—The weather to-day {a the ‘coldest this Winter, the thermometer recording from 20 to 30 be- low zero, DENVER, Feb. 7.—Throughout Wy- oming, Colorado and New Mexico the temperature ranged from 5 to 10 de- grees below zero last night. In the eastern part of Colorado, the blizzard caused much suffering among the desti- tute and It is feared there will be con- siderable loss of stock. MIDDLESRORO, Ky., Feb. 7.—A terri- ble blizzard, accompanied by | blinding now and wind, blowing forty-five miles in hour, set in at 5 o'clock this morn- ing. Temperature & degrees above zero and falling 1 Wegree an hour, CARS SNOWED UNDER. ‘Train on the Manhattan Beach Road Buried at Ford's Corners. ‘The entire population of Canarsle vil- lage, numbering 14,000 people, were cut off from communication with the outer world for twenty-four hours ending this morning by great snow drifts that blocked the roads to East New York and heaped up fifteen feet high on the allroad tracks. Even to-day a portion of the village is still snowed in, as the tracks of the Manhattan Beach road a: buried under huge drifts Two engines and a train of cars on this road are snowed under at Ford's Corners. Ever vince the recent snowfall the residents of Canarsie have lad the ut- most difficulty in travelling about, All the roads were blocked, and the only means of travel were by the Manhat- tan Beach and Canarsie Railroads, But when travel was blocked on these two roads, matters began to look serious and the inhabitants of the village wondered how long they were to be hemmed in, The prospect of snow to-day cnly added to thelr fears. ‘At 6.45 o'clock yesterday morning the biggest engine on the Canarsie road, the Willam W rer, and another loco- motive wth one car, started out to plow & path through the’ snow drift. At Vandeveer's cut the train was com- pletely snowed under, ‘The drifts closed Up over the cars and engines and they were soon buried out of sight. The crew deserted the train and made their way back to the rallroad office. ‘A Kang of wevent * men were sent out to shovel away the drift. They worked all day and @ part of last night Buchanan & Layots Fer To: Crew & Smoke: “Save-vyour Wrap ON SECUTE- ON OF-A:SET-0 Avrefollow ing; FIREMEN: PAST & (volunteer wheo “Let her go" “cut-her-loose-boys- evs —_= e Hrckures- BRGSENT THU -The-old Sthened, art for-home-Untoddte QUICKPUTON” SHIRT. Perfection in fit, comfort and elegance; open down the front, slips on and off like a vest, different length of sleeves. Full Dress and Short Bosoms, GEO. BRADFORD TRIPLER, 36 Park Row, Potter Buliding. Nassau, cor. Ann, Bennett Building. car tracks, from Fiftieth street to Fifty-ninth street. THREE DEAD ON A WRECK. Umknowm Schooner Goes Ashore Near Vineyard Hi VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass., Feb. 7.— An unknown schooner, loaded with hme, is ashore near here, with three dead bodies lashed to deck-house and covered with ice, Great South Bay Frosen Over. PATCHOGUE, L. I, Feb. 1.—The cold tense here, the barometer registering five greece below zero. The wells are frozen and the +0 have hard work to get water for house- a aN ge a South Bay foot thick and horses and sleighs are spinning over it. Fish- men who have tried to catch fish say they are mash Wee c tne ‘Weather Forecast. ‘The weather forecast for the thirty-six hours _nding at 8 P. M. to-morrow night is as follows: Snow this afternoon or to-night, followed by clearing during Friday; colder; north to northwest winds, becoming brisk to high. ‘The following record shows the changes in th temperature dut.ng the morning hours, as Ind! cated by the thermometer at Perry's pharmac} Mie COA, Me AL Mies. 912 Meee dd Quigley & Tattle Insolvent. and succeeded in clearing the snow away to such an extent that 6.45, this morning the stalled train was able to move on its way. It took all the pow- however, to pull the the road. were then put to work shovelling the snow. and at 9 o'clock trains were running through the cut on schedule time. ‘There was every pros- Rect this morning that travel on the Manhattan Beach road will be blocked for several days unless a plough ts sent to force its way through t h drifts, All the telephone wires were broken until this morning, Barren Island, with {ts 500 inhabitants, has also been isolated for several days, as it Is impossible for the boats to fo: thelr way through the tice. lb STREET SCOWS FROZEN. Waring Perplexed About the ce Coming Storm, Col. Waring, of the Street-Cleaning Department, anticipates trouble in clear- ing the streets of the snowstorm pre- dicted by Forecaster Dunn for to-night ‘A number of scows, at present docked in this city, are frozen up so they can- not be used, and the scows th to sea yesterday with the garbage, have not returned to their d =. Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner Moore this morning anounced that hereatter snow would be left om the following streets for the e firm of Quigley & Tuttle was declared insolvent to-day in the Pro- bate Court, There will be = hearing Monday on the appolniment of a trustee, ex-Gov. Merwin be- ing ‘tamed. GOLD BONDS ORDERED. The Comptroller Will Ins 000 of Three Per Cen Street-Cleaning Commissioner Waring went before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment this afternoon and ex- plained about the $1,000 deficit, which when announced at a former meeting of the Board was such a @urprise, Col. Waring sald the money had been spent clearing away the snow, and he had no reflections to cast on his former chief clerk. Since Jan, 15, Col, Waring stated, he had spent $77,630 in the removal of snow, and that Included the defcit and the $18,000 transferred at the meeting of the Board some time acu. ‘Then, if we have more snow we shall have to make another transfer?” ‘asked mptroller Fite Certainly,” replied Col. Waring, “It you want clean streets you must pay well for them.”” ‘The Commissioner said he had cleaned 314 miles of streets every snowfal gainst twenty-six miles cleaned by hi predecessor. , Col. Waring declared that if the Ameri- can citizenship law, as applied to the Street-Cleaning Department, was re- pealed the snow could be removed much more cheaply. The contractors, he sald, could get more work out of their men at $1.50 a day than he could under the new law by paying 82 a day. Mayor Firone said he didn’t favor the repeal of the la “Whatever extra it casts ane. eit jate the pockets of the laborers,” 4 Comptroller Fitch said he was ready to accept Col Waring’s explanation of the deficit, and moved that the transfer of the $56,000 asked for be made, which was done, The Barney Dumping Company matter was then taken up. ‘The committee appointed to investi- gate the conditions existing. between the dumping company and the city re- reed thntethe company” refused flatly to accept less than $0 a day for the use of eact of ite scows, and would not enter Into @ contract with the city for a shorter term than three years. yepre company also demanded the pay- ment of oo for services rendered wince Nov. on the $0 a day basis, or the service would be withdrawn. Comptroller Fitch suid there was no etting away from the fact that the Barney Company had the city at a dis- advantage, and was rubbing it In. ‘As there was no alternative, the bill wi ordered to be paid, and the city will have to submit to the extortion until some other means of getting rid of the refuse can be found. Comptroller Fitch then made a state- ment on the question of Issuing city bonds. ‘The last sale of bonds, he said, had been postponed because financial insti- tutions were unwilling to take any risks until the cur uestion had been ANNUAL SALE. Broken Lots and shop soiled Shoes, Ladies’ Kid button. Lind J, . “Avan 1s. 2 24 3, 342. A. A.and At 95c. formerly $3, #4, $5 and 95, mn. Bizes 11, $1.25 Boys’ Calf Bu 114, 12, 19%, A and B; former. $1.25 $1.50 Boys’ Rubber Boots. Sizes 11, 12 and 13, Me ton, bax 6, 64and 7. Men’s Buckle Arctics. Sizes settled In Was The conditions which the tssue of city bonds were made had scared some would-be investors, who feared that in case of a financlal crisis the city might insist on redeeming them otherwise than in gold. While he belleved such fears to be groundiess, he asked the Board's sanc- fion. to call for the issue of 3 per cent. bonds, payable in gold. ‘This sanction: he said, applied to an issue of $2,000,000 that he was about to make, as It did to. the $1,200,000 to be sold on Feb. 11. "rhe Mayor agreed with the Gomp- troller, and it was decided to advertine the next issue in the manner Indicated. —__o———— TAMSEN SAFE FROM JAIL. The Sheriff Will Give Up the Very Troublesome Horse, In the controversy over a horse seized by Sheriff Tamsen, in which it was sought to punish the Sheriff for contempt ‘of Court, Attorney Stone proposed that the bill for keeping the horse be paid, when it would be turned over to Mr. ly 82, $2.60 and $3, 75% 3 formerly $1.0, Se! JERSEY FIVES Bi fot, ,comer teed Havana Filler, i QUEEN LIL POSTED? (Continued trom First Page) Spreckels's sons, has plent: fe is at present in fen Pranciese W, H. Cornwal, who is also wanted if Honolulu, is in the city. The cruiser Philadelphia made « re- markably poor Tun from this olty to: Honolulg, ‘She left this port at ii A. M.. Sunday, and arrived tn Honolulu e& 5 P.M, on Tuesday of the following week, taking nine days and eight hours for 2,100. miles. Admiral Beardsley's orders from the Navy Department were » to proceed to Honolulu with despatene The Australia, leaving twenty-four hours later, arrived’ at -Honolulu_nearly, fortye eight hours ahead of the Philadelphia: he cruiser averaged 110 tons of coal a day for the trip, while the Austral used forty-one. ‘The officers sald. th he Philadelphia's bottom was foul, bul 8 she came off the dry-dock five or months ago, it seems Rardiy likely of her. bottom count for the slow time CON BO. — €X-MINISTER STEVENS ILL. ‘Was Formerly United States Representative at Hawall. AUGUSTA, Me, Feb. 7.—John In Stevens, ex-Minister to Hawail, is crith cally ill from heart disease at his home” in this city. Mr. Stevens ts over seventy years of age, and while his physicians hope for recovery, his condi ' reco tion to-day is dangers oe ROBBED IN A HOTEL. A Sailor Cleaned Out, but He Can't Tell Where, James Cooper, first mate of the ship Ivy, at pler 47 East River, reported te! Police Headquarters this afternoon that he had been robbed of $250 at a hotel tm the Fourth Ward, He did not know the! name of the hostelry, or the street om| which {t was located. He remembered, however, that the proprietor was a Gero} man, and he had been directed 10 the place before daylight this m Doliceman named Dooley, ™2TUnS PY ® Kong Banias id Gute ry id off for the wipe Te had fe tn, Bs cola ilar Pens ft Di oeee in bills in his ea pocket. The latter was atolen fro! i on oa rom | Hong him while he slept, and into the barroom to make a ¢omplaint One OF four men, wpe caver ibDIY are oper's necktie, abstract Dag of gold and disappeared, 8°" @ GAS PROSTRATES DANCERS, Over 200 Made Ill by Atte Factory Ball, WABASH, Ind., Feb, 7.—Over 200 per- sons were made Ill by escaping gas at the new Wabash shoe factory in this city, ‘The factory was dedicated Tues- day night, and @ large ball was hel@ there under the auspices of th lodge of the Knights of Pythias, ‘ee ballroom was closed tight, and as the chimneys “of, the building ‘were "ya Small and did ‘not carry of the tuxe the poisonous air was forced into the room, Its effects were not noticeab o'clock when two men. bepan to fine, and at one time twenty-five persons wer® Stretched unconscious In a large room Their condition was serious tor, a" thane and’many have ‘been’ confined to chele CRANBERRIES A°] NOW ARE EXCELLENT AND CHEAP, YAUITS ARB NEITHER 000 a |