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Bde mo secret. 1 might as well state it ere in public. ¥ and which ts an increase £ IT oO HITS TIGER, "He Says Tammany Could! ' Not Be Trusted to Tax Franchises. Poecial to The Bvening Worl!) | S ALBANY. N. Y., April 1§—Frank HH P Pratt to-day publicly stated before the fle Board of Tax Commissioners that power to (ax corporation franchises | “Been reposed in it because the Re- % Legislature of 18 would not | trust the Tammany Hal! . to tax the value of ited by corporations jn New York “Fou members of the Tax Board,” he @ “were given the power fix the faliationa because certatn Inca! board | @f assessors could not be trveted ‘This “The Legislature would not pass the Franchise Tax bill if the assessing of franchises in New York (iy was to be Placed in the hands of the Tammany Hall Board of Assessors. “The Republicans feared that Tam- Many would use the power given to tt & club to hold up corporations ‘The ture would not stand for any } result," | MP, Platt made the above statement @uring an argument in behalf of the ‘Consolidated Gas Company, which de- sites @ reduction in the assessment on , which has been placed on its SSTERPLE BOB'S” PRAT | Pelnted the Fiagpole on T 4 Paliteer He, and that a big row wax brewing of an investigation bs Exchange officiais lorie, of stoc! ing in Steel cor be confirmed. is powsible that all the mills or the iM be reopened on Monday an ee | ‘The Cotton Marke:, j closing prices of cottoy DAT to 948; May, 9.47 10 to B44; July, 843 to Ou; Aug- | BUS to ay November, 7.06 “4 8 to 8: itguary.| capeady arch, | jo 9.55; Beptomver, 64% to Kas | ine Fetort ° aa ” “Wy Re bee ee iin a la al cel i 'THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1900; | MRSHOWARDGOULD Saye noinne our TMC & A I | IN COURT TESTIFIES ABOUT ater (Continued from Firet Page) maining two of the detachments to the - Peekskill y A e «6 59 nd not a single man of those who went wine hue he lla | 201, 207; AND 209 PARK ROW, oul eppeared for work . Tnatead Paladino, the padrone, sent an FIRED AT STRIKERS. Near Chatham Square, New York. NEU and nausea’ tue comeioeh cree Te rat demonstration of the striker THIRD AVENUE ELECTRIC CARS PASS THE DOOR, of both the padrone and Manager Golde-| 0" the western slope of the valley was) Ca & porou 01 ide at the cabl or orpo! mage iy rotons gas generac es @ Furniture, Carpets, Bedding, &c. a e ‘ol u fi roo Cow "4 ling the or | Pere ante eee oe eee ge | A teniie oka (eee eannal Attractive ply durable Hetholl Poreman MeCauley them and ta response to the Corporal's! . WORK BEGUN AT LAST, | “Balt several teures were seen aan : Goods at prices and on credit terms that§ Two gangs of stone masons with thelr! Calling a second ime, O'Hrien fired and| cannot be equalled elsewhere. helpers were fnally set to work. fome! ihe three men gave chase, but were une of the holaters and masons’ helpersjable to catch the strikers. Gen. Roe Ladies’ Desks | 3 Oak Ware obe were put at Iaboring work. From thej much disturbed by tae affair, as it in oak or mahog- ee Bhizhiy polished; has office on the hill Major-Gen, Roe looked | showed the strikers were getting mo = any, | y carved top. g down on the work and remarked that] bold and had moved across the river Bee raias, ha shelf atid, hooks g | everything seemed to bé going all right.| their operations. \one «mall and fully worth #14.00;9 Many of the workmen were Italians) ‘That Gen, Roe anticipates a stay of | one large drawer, price thts 9 505 me scrambling down the #99] several days at teas! for the troops was | @ | French: plate mir- Week e+e ° the valley, They were stone | shown by a memtage he sent to the| 77) Ter wees as cel lished & holsters brakemen and savtet i inely ps ‘ superintendent of (he Western Union | engineers, All «raph Company, The General | but not one of th had struck ked that a wite be strung from Cro: | | tor wages. All had quit from fetr of}ton Landing along the trees to hia |personal violence at the hands of the | headquarters ‘ ¢ rice & “White En- je o 9 5 } ants tto (he Aremen ! $12.00; | (| $659 nea, Oak Extension § has 5 heavy § men that did go out. They were 1 rey", “Samba” o°:| GUARD OF SOLDIERS. i ire voreugh Vp to noon the only real work done Betsionde, At the offlee of the company the! at che was the bringing of a train: |Pout, with heavy ' pee came up that thirteen of the atrik- | ioad of stone from the quarry to the & knobe, actual value Fyne, Hans had come back. A city In-|/ Dam. A train of four flat cara and price (his Week.... sss. 'B. 99 spector of construction who has been! two dummy locomotives took a doxen | i" en the work for years toll The Evenipg hmen and twenty soldiers under the | World reporter that not on the Ital- to the quarry about 9 is brough! In Was a striker, Bix trestles were crovsed in the aix- In al, 28 men wer “1 work wit mile run, and some fear was felt that hour after the Toclock whistie the etrikers might have undermined | Major Dentke, in alluding to the Gtue-| thee. Bat there was no theuble | tion, aald Lieut, Maxet. of the Seventh Regi- | | 1 don't think there will be troub'e ment, bead of the late Maget lnvesti- | The soldiers have too much lead with | gating Committee, was officer of the eae |xuard at the Croton Dam camp to-day | A halt hour after ihe whlatle blew! Cavalry are guarding the entire length <q Pets Sow highly polish- ed, has orna- Mas Howarn Gove j Gen. Ror ided tit would be im) cr the aqueduct between the dams to mental carved [Possible to lay stone on mccoust of the) day. Last night the rumor got out that! top, mounted f rain Rather than have the men ap-| the atrikers had tunnelled beneath the Handsome Tufted Couches, with a Freneh pear idle to the striking Tal | pipe and would use dynamite to break covered in velour or Belgian velvets. bevel plate, overhanging hills he had Sup | it. Thin might be done readity | 8el! upholstered, worth $7. 49 swing mirret > = | caeaaane borough Ko Among the volunteer WOrk=|ang would be an effective way of cut-|§981200; price this week. . and threedraw- “Millions for defense, but not a cent {ten siseee down men and give orders that made 1e/ Ling off the water supply of New York ere, with brass s Gheserene bres. Ae TEN aeittuitcciimaen Gand PAE olrat, who spoke in a guia works appear tn full blast LGHY,,.Ohe, passer. eroved tilne LPR handies, worth } f ard Gould) ty) parsian ragtime, sald ste had fitted The dummy locomotives puffed back | | 9 91400, sale this morning a she stepped from her| Mrs, Gould. It was a little long at one| ant forth oy the awiteh tracks shunting BOY HAD REVOLVER. | z += : rougham before the Bighth District! place and had to be taken up cars of stone about the place. It was! An italian bey of abew = ; was 8 ‘ eS) ed She Court in the Grand @pera-House ere wae thet?” asked Mr. Hum alt done for effect rested by a sentry at Camp Molloy SA : me Word was sent to Contractor Fred-| @ " | sori fe She had come do 0 a vut daybreak becaure of his prowling he had come down from her hand-) Gn." replied Agnes, “I do not theenk erick Canney that he should get hi®! about in the bushes near the outpost | No mail orders filled on specials. some home at 4 Eth avenue with | you woould undairetand eet." teams ready to cart cement from the| tine, The lad was aearched by the Cor- | A. H. Hummel, ber attorney, to defend| “I know somethivg of a lady's anat- docks to tae dam, Five double teams! poral of the guard and a big loaded re- | the sult of Mirabella, the mutiste, who| my.” sid Mr. Hummel gallantly were hitched up tn his village stables | voiver was taken from him | GC. Wi 'y on wor ‘ | sues for $85 for “a blue panne walat, with| Th bs ae Te bea Raderss Me ash | and driven out to the storehouse, (#0) air put twenty-five of Sheriff Molloy's od Russian lace.” which the wife of the 1 Was 1h) te ESCH wale! i miles nearer the dam. Here the WR | deputies were discharged late in the! |illimairesieslates, oh nat ®t, ant| MRS, GOULD TESTIFIES. | ode were loaded and the drivers started |evening LARGER aris IN PROPORTION. witidh she did not accep Ma Biss MN i Promising Opening Was) ou: brave, nat after travelling a few) Ros sto Aiscover Mirmbella assigned the claim to her| Mr® Gould was then called (o the ‘ hundred yards thetr fear that the strike | th ‘ Doug: | ——— eee - —— ——— wrother, Louis A. Duhath. While Mee {stand She wan perfectly compoed.| Marred by Drop in | ers mixin: carry out their tareats caused ie orders several of the } . j Gould was prompt, Mirabella was tate, {S00 "at easy in her chair, making an | Industrials them to stop in the open to walt for) agome the striking Ita; "The contenc: | Ng. Lord & 7 a lor, mu the diagust of Justice Steiner | 4&teeable pleture. She answered, when ° the promised escort of cavalry tors have hired 4 10 ald in the] hf 1 ter : M Ha thinke that everchedy [it Waa possible, {n monosyilables, until i cavairy was pent at once | 54 i derer. | 2 [ahe told the story the bl his morning changed the | smith dapon ALinF UNE 2 ]she to the story of the ive walt | ecco os mica cates ile Grand Street Stove. marked Mr me! Her volce was modulated low, but was! fr of Americans showed some re knots of strikers here and |jey from Camp Molloy to Camp Roose- ble throughout the whole room ries in the London stock market | n the hills Gen. Roe ordered out | Vet othe ers. MRS. GOULD IMPATIENT. Q You are the wife of Mr, Howard | and the ratiroad #tocks advanced here |a f y men from the Elev Thursday ea sekile Tait sd was. waiting |Q0ld? A. Ye Jac the openins in sympathy. ‘The South-Jenth Company under « sergeant to clear FUNERAL L OF DO DOUGLASS. | 2 Q Where do you live’ AO At G4 Fifth | westerns were conspicuous under the hetehts: j $ impatiently nana “om, She wore; & 04 r |the hetgh: B D, 1 black hat with black ostrich plumes! &venue jleadersnin of, Missourt Macific, which] Tie fire train of Canney’s wagons ae ? jargain ay. and 4 black vell epangled with The blue waist was sent to me.” maid) rose 1 1-4 J containing cement and coal, resched (he | geedered Militia Sermeame W he . Her cont wan black also and trimmed! Mr. Gould Ht didn't ft. The back | TH® Steel stocks were feverian a4] dam at il o'clock unmolested, It con: ial @aik id humus Great Sale of with gold and tatlor an was the | V4* too loos It was too Uight at the ' fell off quickly. Two (housand shares! sisted of fifteen wagons, The first Beried w y Honors j : er ier Watts nh white | WHI. [wae taht across the shoulders of Steet & Wire sold at 4 and 4 simul: | wagon was in charge of the contractor's Prigay. Tailor-made } Silk Remnants. xe Jand buat taneously at the opening, compared | nineteen-year-old son, who inalsted u Kowal nts have been made for the 2 | It was clahteen minutes to 11 before] SRO Indicated the points with her| with 4 last night. Bubsevuently 466} griving, although warned by hie father! ; vers ot Beret, Robert. Douglass, of 2,700 Yards of Plain and Faney Mirabella a! just apeared She white-aloved hand. | were made at 4. Federa! Steel after) not to oxpore himself to the strikers.) 6 atount Vernon coms First Resi- "silks; in lengths from 2 to 12 yards; Ninsaintstaced bleed’ ‘and. wee ni it made you look like What?” | opening unchanged, ran off a potnt, and | phe yourg man had been as popular | ‘aanit who was shotawhile doing guatd| | will be gold to-morrow at the ridica- balr pompadour She was represe “— Mr dara east r r Coal quickly Jost an eperlas | with the Italians (ormerly as bis father) oe: Cornell Dam on Monday night lously Jow figure of a t. Lagi, irs, Gould a wouldn't like to say,” repli re 1 of w vont war unjopalar | sie il be helé in|*s Ad: some Samninen itt the oats } WAIST DIDN'T FIT. Be eee te Lo not belleve they would mo |p Ah atenney. rector of Christ | Cloth, Eton and tight-fitting styles, | Come early if you want a good bar Mirabella sald she had been a modiste| ) + rlous recessions throughout ne Were the cavalry not present Lendetaed ac Pa sane 4 is ; ‘ne Hed | Sains , aosene She knew Men itowges|, Ti® milllonaire's wife wan attended | which suffered (he mon hei ear hay Peinam Mauer, and | coat siik iéned, skirt percaline lined? |", goods rent C. 0. D. or mail orders A latomner She had mate 2Y three fitters at different times tn an | yesterday's close were M TROOPERS ON GUARD. wimpany, wil; officiate. The funeral will|a /e% suits stik lined throughcut, | filled, | wo walets for er. “One Wa Ot ase ee erat ei mara lene W34; Penneyivania,| the tian was encorted by a tro 1] SN Onducted wilh military honors, and $ ah ‘ je] The last one was Mile Notrat. who maid |whies ¢ 4 a potnt below the opens | nee men from &q on A, Ba 1d ations of military and vei my F 4 f hu ° " evera sh ogo m the eee fate Was the head Mtier, and that Mira. | Inet |wagon had a trooper at tts horses heads. | ers r be present, Th | Handkerchiefs. ents ‘4 bella had no ret end outa garment | The aap also I0-] Aine tho entire three and a@ half mit 4p gs ie ‘sixth of be Doust | re ‘Gentlemen's Pure Linen Hem- 4 ' ke that od Abe . wharf and the works lot a ‘on both public | stitched Handkerchiefs: ‘5 and ! “STEEPLE BOB" he wa . / . ‘oe ae | vate hen oh ed the whole thin, ths er wat seen until the Bowery was © bi hat a in Mount Vernon | inet som al l-inch hem, ae Werk om the Palitzer mutd-| | Macey Mit ire Tel Whee cee ce ik foe, ae eens jana private bu ney murdered ser- | value $18.00 to $25.004 esc de Ria eh hem, with ni ing’s Fiagstad. ver aamples. sent aotie of light bine {tel on (he shoulders did not ft MST As th: train entered the caraicymon [PONY secctotion te to be started for t ne 5 12'%e, wads Kathered in City Hall Park this}, armholes didn't fit and the collar ¢ Q| took thely revowers from their ol i ‘Bt. Douglass's widow and a COA TS. ° Morning to watch Robert Merritl, knows fit, and there were plent r ‘ j a reated them on the saddles bef nl ° Set eet eee peers, 88 “Bteeple Hod,” climy the lofty flax {Kleen @hich |Ucan’s Feeall | thee et Thery vere & few @roane and lightly 3 rome have sol: Bete ronnie the lied ome oh FACED MIRABELLA. We Wook ihc ramenamiea tes | SAMA, Maya oe Aen team women ten! PPALY AND THE STRIRB, | 209 .derk grey Covert Cloth) high at ie, exchswpmea Building Mrs Gould sat at the table directly in [Gourd Jani price changes Variable After the! tenhint ir the shanties. The soul ers idouble-breasted Eton Coats, silk ge. each, Merril! made the dangerous ascent by | front of th Who looked at her re vou an expert on drestes” | noon Hour Sugar touched nd Chen] oa. emi seated on thetr horses, cool ‘Mheans of a “hosun's chair’ A etitt|stontty as & er testimony. [| T have purchased many 2 ne undertone MaKe) id uimarentiy at eave Amteniadee ea to lined, all sizes, ‘ Bi was blowing and it seemed as | seemed ‘ha: te and blue watsis | |” you know it did not atin! (the market] A donen etrikers finally ixeued from a ie $ Rug& Matting Sale. 4 the daring climber would fall, [were vecoming hopelevsly tangled and | 'Y ce See oreune Lore. 1 & Wire stocks thouse near ft 7 i | «Tee Pele Ai kite top is SA} feet above}one wondered which was Which Dur |was Ing me to death he veedied ali | Smyrna Rugs; the beat grade; designs . Ground and only five inches in di-]ing a passage between the lawyers Mira baat ay I know fn command noticed (he strt i | and colors are new and of excellent us The feat requires tron nerves, [hella raised her eyes ant volce and [4 lame? hath, asked a great many tw neveral of hla men clatel thelr{ Inierost in the rittke a: Croton Dam furnishing merit; » though the ropes are tested (0 1am | orted | 2, Did you wear the ume clothes ea: n! ver stocks te sla-tac } a $10. 00} 18x36in, 75¢. 4X7 ft.$4.49 , AN acciieat would mean a@ ter-| "I only wan! justice! J have been in time you were Mtted! A tbe afraid to fire. he said in| Baten Fava, the Itallan Ambassador 155 rf ie toate usiness for ten years aad never had to |mejelt tne cme 8 Yer. approa- sate mF HOckR wo-tay were Jearty audible to the strikers. te [st Wassingion hes been 1 instructed ¥ . 26x54 righ 0x9, ig “4 rd Merrit! painted the pole and pur in aleo throu anything Ihe cai le | ges 2 suffering trom shares and of bonds "par a effect, All. disappeared in g|}* home Government to hear any o LADIES SKIRTS. 106418 fi t 5 ; r a beter este All diaaps : Brats ¢ 30x64 in. xo: ft, 14. Rew set of halyants w to me = : twinkling bietits hie onniTy etl Nee) my ter 6x72 in, 2.69 “onte fe, 16.95 ; Mrs. Gould gave her a withering look | ~~ i Quotations. Hoe gave orders to Col, Apple- | {4 So eet Seder een aus | 200 imporied best Black Cheviot) 30%72 1". © : ° I sent a fitter up to Mire. 1, and . 4 nit o k tom . - containing (he above! ys , H-Wool as prs ton at 1 o'clock to send thre m-| The Cabtegram taint ne A ‘ool Art Squares; extra fine STEEL MEN MT ODDS. when she ca back the war | q bf es of the Beventh to take position | Inf ; Be esee For and Broade oth Skirts, tined with | quality; a superiar sclection at e@x- at calle i Sagopa a aie ow that ine hil erat of x Jor Uae come wlan Age re sgptets the trouble, but 1s first quality taffeta sth, | ceptiorally low prices; . blue walst—as! ments vary with many Uh nd. Gen, Roe also ordered 1 confident the New York 8 ate authori 1 Chesing Down of Wille Vectared «| coon ux ii was Mnialied, It was deliv. | "AHA a headache cat change the pays Seraniel temnin’ a the Dam, the re- tien will hatale the affair Jadiclously | $ 6xo ft. $3.60 gxro! ft.$6.30 Big Mistake—May ie red 1% T didn't receive |B! Meawuremente?” ejaculated Mr a ; yxg ft, 4.50 oxra ft. 7.20 thebpened: Any Word from her until che Bth, when! "Vuu" wear corsete”’ asked Laskt ne We MN OG | Wheat, 121-2) July, 78 1-4 | o a 4 - BONN ATONE Deana to-Aay that (he wire] oe Waist wee returned. Her, maid, or /turting to Mra. Gould ones, mei ae A is ee. cer ka ey Oe wa oxoft, 5.40 oxr5 ft, 9.25 Gepariments of the mills of the Ameri-[ me Homenl” in ber place. wrote &) EE wea the wame correts all tly ww He ari value $18,00 and $20.00 | Carpet Rugs; in Bruste's, Axminster fan Bieel and Wire Company In Pitts. | ine Aipt Wasn't satisfac: |, ¢ . ; 9 nn price ye ad and Volvet ; a large choice of patterns Burg had resumed operations, Bimul-| >). . Heap sn MAST 18 the saree pation of cor 7 ‘ul | in neefel sizes at (recall Q. Bid yeu write co Mrs Goullt A \" ROCKBFELLER LER IN WY | olay Nore, Wid | 1,000 grey Homespun, Fancy | ‘about 34 usnal price, Bere wae St the company’s oftice a this) You wrote yourself? A. No-that {4 QUESTION OF LACING. — “S. Si Pia gt Mixtures and Cheviot Skir's, perca-| na Ole acts ) GY yerterday, at which reports were | sie ftatepioh ‘ Ld. tena 7 s oo Bt tad Japanese ings; S changed and measures ddarea| AY book y ; ule. We ipa ine’ [Mik Matirond Elected ‘Two New /@ 18 Apri, & corn, 391-8 | line lined, ve veteen binding, fancy designs in Green, Red, Brown Wi a view to counteracting the action aa ame"? * wise and | Directors To-Day—Over BN0,~ | ' $ and Blue colors; prices range {rom a company in closing the mills. It] spake tu vote : | 000,000 Represenied> $4.75 to $11.75 the roll of ae nleo reported that there was ale — ri] Ih—The New| The waist wa 1 ALBANY, NY. April 1h—The Meeting of the preminen ; ; | 40 yards, E favored action of rome sort agains 0 k York Central stockhold@rs to-day re-| In Our sme Bnet eld west th Jatected the present Board of Directors Ladies’ ri | value $7.00 to $10.00 Special Patrol Shoes; e-- The latter is heaved ¢ P M an with the following exceptions: Willlam Departmen Peeially designed for men ene of the promine ve ing tum ie Walet. The de Rockefeller | ¢ of the Inte Cornellusy (at Broadway and 13th Street Store), e4 requiring shoes for rough fencer. An effor ‘ Arected P ef Vanderbilt, and 1. O, Mille in place of Pea We t T: third St wear. Policemen, Fire- | being made jo for cine ue 1 Horace J, Hayden, resigned. | We are making most attractive est wen men, Motormen, Geempany. None of rt $89,009,000 stock was reprenented. | offees of excellent values in. —— —_—— Letter-Carriere, and 4 talk, but che object. van m Depew voted the American hers wl: {object io my client making a uabite Senator Depe' others who are out that steps were being taker WHAT IS A MODEL? show of herself for the benefit of Mira proxies and George ® Bowdoin (he) Ladies’ Suits—among them a “Help. Wanted——Fera in all kinds the confidence of the speculating j ella.” sald Mr, umm of weather, Mrr Goull to the Thats right! my | $13,009,000 London proxies ’ p LADY canvassers wanted at ‘The prestet Wes: Eker Geet oe Black Cheviot Sutt, | once in New York and Brook will fiod that Dow know what a model ts ¢ lawyer “The idea! Me Fecite uated sharply. “It te a form made] _sustice Busines teat fhe papers tn the | Sica x Be Which we shall place on yale thiary” Cali uetweeng Ai are built for. service, Ther'are waht iehet arricie will look Any intelli: QBJECTS TO IMPOSITION. |<. Thursday morning, April 19th, Leonard st, New York, roum | {rom seiccted call sking ‘and are calf = » Know what 8) wher I object ie 4 Mrs. Gould.|Nomn pase” at Miss Barrett. yp ene onda pel icone eat th iS Keown th: cana $15.00. a | comfort 10 the feet. owdlerdlg ep eiccamblee illaaeliehel |: my husband fa rita 1] Pecae S| York Central” atid ut one, change Lost, Found and Rewards 3.00; Well, 1 Know what I am. toring ny tort -ut Imposition, | ennarene S HGS |S Wlused by the death of Cornetius wee Wetasen, Geetreanes (equal 10 any $4.00 shoe), simply combai 1 would more than will- nal in Amount nie for to the poor of for ten years and | know Mr. Humme! objected and the Court worry that the poreding hes Repo Beet ~ 8 told the witness to simply answer ques-| en's Hie —, ye et counse: | B rd and my loss of time 1% to me imucl But couldn't bring herself tO) more than this modiate desires to se- ¢o 80, and finally Mr. Hummel, in des-|cure Wheat opened ed dull and « trifle easier pair, weld that he would be compelied to) “Right te right. for thB rich and the ow. . in ne with weaker cables, crose-examine her lawyer instead. Jus-|pe" alike, and IT simply want to be Irn = ae was again email, and the only ale Peiner sierniy admonished Mira- ae don't think should be coms came Red corn, which, al- tetiy ‘Song nthe trosen,_ tee iden. | SSSA ans pot eit > eaniiy along in the traces She aes | ecalty tet of Gren, F byte the assignment of the claim and under y you don't.” war ea to the business | b Hnsoeger yf pohly dyn | panebinens $1.00 or more between 9 |A M.and 3 P. M. Thoreday. Cor. Grand apd Chrystie Sts, OOOO, + MS Lay ms 1s s s ney ie NS ‘as | Bo trond ¢ M us En a 4 oad