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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
CROKER MADEA GOVERNOR
DEMOCRATIC CLUE BUHs A LIQUOR
TAX CERTIFICATE.

Could Never Anerd 1t Bcrore. UniiEo Its Rival
Clubs, which Have All Got Them-Altera-
tions Provided Fertile Hnitiation Fec IL
te ne Raised View Years Dny Reception.
The Democratic Club has been showing signs
Of great vitality since Richard Croker announced
that he was going to make 1t his political head
quarters. Ever since the liquor tax law re-
CURED clubs which dispense liquors to their
members to pay the $500 tax the Democratic
Club has been without a Liquor Tax certin-
cato because the management felt that 1t could
not. afford one. The club will have q certih-
cato to-day and will begin to dispense liquors
as OF yorc. The money for the certificate was
contributed by the individual members of the
Board of Governors at q meeting Of the board
he'd last night at the clubhouse. There were
present at the meeting Vice Pre- sident Edward
+. o'Dwyer, Jefferson NJ. Levy. Joseph Blu
mepthal. Thomas Z. Crimmins, John Fox, John
Vincent, Perry Belmont, Arthur d. Williams
and NJ. Marley Platzek. The abscntees were
President Roswell P. Flower, George G.. Clausen
and George f. Martens. The latter, who was
elected q few weeks ago to succeed Robert B.
Roosevelt, had resigned and Richard Croker
was elected a governor last night to succeed
him.
The Board of Governors rescinded the reso-
luton which 1t recently adopted providing for
appointment Of another COMMITTEES to arrange
for the remodelling and alteration Of the house.
The proposition to enlarge tho building by add
ing three stories to 1t and to introduce elevators
and change the interior arrangements so as to
make IL a first-class dining club was discussed
and fayorably considered. and after the meet-
ing the governors had q conference with for
ner superintendent Of Buildings Thomas i.
Brady, who was selected to plan and carry out
the contemplated improvements.
1t was. also decided to ask the members to
vote at the next regular meeting, to be held on
jan. 10, on q proposition to increase the initia-
ton fee from $50 to BOO. 1t was further ar
ranged that the club shall keep open house for
all Democrats on New Years Day, when q re-
ception will be given to Mayor Van Wyck ard
the other new city and county officials who are
expected to attend after the official reception
at the City Hall.
Vice: President o'Dwyer, Mr.. Belmont, and
John. Fox were appointed a committee to wait
OF Mr.. Croker at the Murray Hill Hotel and
notify him of his. election as governor. This
they did late last evening.
1t was announced at the meeting that Mr.. Gro.
ker would not be elected President of tho club
and that ex-Gov. Flower had consented to re-
main in that place. Mr.. Croker Is looked on as
the force which will work the success of the
club in it's new venture but he has no desire
to be the clubs President. In his venture into
State politics he desires, 1t Is said, the aid OF
men like ex-Gov. Flower, who are well and ia.
yorably known to the Democrats of the rura'
i districts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
INVITED TO LAKEWOOD BY Err.
Special Invitations TO Plunkitt and Delmour-
Primaries to he Peaceful.

Special Invitations TO Piunkitt ana Delmour-
PTimarios to He Peaceful.
Richard Croker said last evening that he will
return to Lakewood on the Las train this af-
ternoon. Among those who will probably &C.
company him or join him there during the next
twenty-four hours are Mayor-elect Van Wyck,
Comptroller-e elect Coler and most of the other
recently elected Tammany Hall officials, to-
gether with John F. Carroll, George w. Punk
ers. This will be the first visit to the retreat
among the pines OF Plunkitt and Delmour, both
Of whom are counted among the stanchest of
the old line leaders who are behind Mr.. Croker
in his leadership Of the organization. Both arc
said to have received special invitations to
Lakewood.
Comptroller-elcct Coler and District Attor.
ney.elect Gardiner were among Mr.. Croker's
visitors at the Murray Hill Hotel last evening,
Others were the inevitable Mr.. Carroll, Michael
I. DAILY, Daniel NJ. Donegan, State Senator Can
be the leader in the lower house of the Legis-
lature. and ex-Police Justices Charles Welde
and William II. Burke.
The story that John w. Keller is to be ap-
pointed Charity Commissioners was not con
tirmed by the Tammany leaders last night, al
though it was broadly timated that he will
get some good place. 1t was also limited that
the name of Henry II. Nelson, which for a long
time has been considered MS a fixture on the
slate. may not appear there when the final dis
trlDution OF places comes.
The Tammany primaries will be held to-
night, and it was said last night that the con-
tests which promised to develop In several of
the Assembly districts have been settled in ad-
and that peace and harmony will prevail at
every polling place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
WHERE rs TIE 6U1F OF F1oR1DAs
Aduiral eIcard's Fleet L. Ordered There and
He Wanted to Know where 1t Is.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Information was
received at the Navy Department to-day that
the battleships Iowa and Indiana would be
ready to leave the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where
they are undergoing repairs. on Dec. 81 and
Jan. 8 respectively. Orders have been &C.
cordingly issued for them to join the North
Atlantic Squadron at Hampton Roads. The
monitor Terror and the battleship Maine have
also been ordered to join the squadron. When
the formidable feet under Rear Admiral sicard
has been assembled at Hampton Roads 1t will
proceed to the Gulf of Florida for the winter
with Key West as the base Of
operations.
Just where the Gulf of Florida Is a great
many naval officers have been trying to find
out. Even Admira Sicard was somewhat un-
certain as to his destination when he received
orders from the Navy Department to proceed
there. Some of the maps mark 1t on one side
of the Florida coast and some on another side.
and the Admiral did not want to take chances.
The officers of the Navigation Bureau thought
they could tell him right away, but they found
that the Admiral had given them a geographic
cal nut that was not 30 easy to crack. Some
of the charts: show the Gulf of Florida to be
among the keys on the Atlantic side OF the ex-
treme southern point of the peninsula, while
others show that 1t is south of Cape Sable. Tho
officers found that they would have to settle the
question themselves, 80 they designated as the
Gulf of Florida the sheet of water partly in
closed between the keys and the mainland and
northward and westward of Key West
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
POLICEMAN REID,s "BUMs."
Thoy Proved Not TO He Explosives. ~ he Had
Supposed.

Thoy pFOveu MOI TO 80 EAplOsiVess - hAo HAd
Supposed.
Charles Ray, the ~janitor of tho tenement at
139 West Thirty.third street. which is peopled
by blacks and whites, whilo sweeping out the
cellar yesterday morning came across three
cylinders about eight inches long, the ends of
which were connected with copper wire. He
ran for a policeman, who. when he saw the cyl
inders. left the cellar to hold a council of war
with himself. He finally mustered courage to
gather up the cylinders and take them to the
West Thirtieth street police station. He placed
them gently on the desk before Sergeant DAILY.
f." got three buns here" said Policeman Reid
family.
"Got their names T. asked Sergeant DAILY
without looking up from his blotter.
Reid gave vent to such Il hysterical laugh
that he attracted his superior's attention When
DAILY saw the cylinders on his desk he ducked
his head and yelled:
"Tak 'em awayl Take 'em away! Take EN-
to the Bureau of Combustibles."
With a s%orrowful smile Reid took up the
cylinders. When he was near the station door
Sergeant DAILY yelled after him:
"Reid, you've got bombs there! and
not burns. MS you said"
"Yes. SIR" said Reid meekly. Half way up
the block he met a friend, who asked him where
he was going. He told him, and the friend ex-
amined the alleged. bombs. "Bosh." said the
friend. they're only dry batteries. and won't
hurt you Thereupoh Reid went his way re-
joicing. At the Bureau Of Combustibles his
friends opinion was verified.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28

She Finds q Man In aer Bed-she Calls . Pas.
tor ana q Constable. ,

When Mrs. Emma Edwards Of Orient, L.. l.,
went homo on Christmas eve she found q man
curled up in her bed. Mrs. Edwards, who is n
widow, was considerably Disconnected. For
the time Of a few heart beats abe stood in stony
quiet gazing down upon a tangle Of whiskers.
A prolonged, ~gurgling snore issuing therefrom
broke tho spell.
"Whoo-o o-oo-o 90 oopi" observed Mrs. Edwards
in the key Of high @ and fed forth upon tho
public highway.
A few rods away stood the Congregational
parsonage, Inhabited by Pastor Taft. Mrs. Ed
wards came through the side door without
stopping to knock. She enunciated seventeen
hundred words In twenty-three seconds, to such
good purpose hat the excellent pastor oom-
pretended perfectly that his presence was de-
sired Immediately at the Edwards domicile,
but struggled in the mages Of doubt as to
whether he was expected to bring a shotgun or
a marriage certificate. Judging that 1t was
we'll to have the civil authorities represented
in either case, he called up Constable James
house. A few thumps from Dewey's club
awakened the guest, who explained that he was
Christopher Doey, who fs employed near by,
and having partaken Of Christmas cheer had
alike to him. Therefore he had gone to bed in
tho Edwards home, which happened to BIO the
first to cross his path.
To this explanation and many apologies
readiness to do whatever was proper in the
matter by way Of amends. Mrs. Edwards con-
cluded that she did not want to make q CON-
plant, so DOey was permitted to 20 homo to re-
temperance. which Pastor Taft gave him to take
with him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
MINIsTER WOoDFoRD,s REPLY.
The Toner or the Note He Presented to the |
Spanish Government.

The Toner or the note He Presented to the
Spanish Government.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.-The note which Min.
lister Woodford has presented to the Spanish
Government Is a reply to the communication of
sagasta outlining the new Cuban reforms, ex-
planning what Spain is doing to end the rebel
lion, and suggesting that the United States
would do well to let Spain manage her internal
affairs. while this Government devoted itself to
suppressing flibustering and preventing the dis
play of SO much sympathy with the insurgents
by the American people.
Gen. Woodford's answer is devoted almost
entirely to a REPUTATION of the implied charge
that this country has violated its international
obligations IN not preventing flibusters from
sailing from American ports. President Nc
Kinley refers to this subject in his annual
message. Referring to the discussion in the
Sagastl note Of the question of the international
duties and responsibilities OF the United States.
as Spain understands them. with an apparent
disposition to charge us with failure in this re-
gard the President says:
This charge is without any basis in fact.
II could not have boon made II Spain
had been cognizant of the constant efforts
this Government has made at the cost Of
millions and BY the employment of the admins
trhtive machinery OF the nation at m to
perform its fun duty according to the law OF
nations. That it has success sfully prevented the
departure OF a single military expedition or
armed vessel from our shores In violation of our
laws would seem to be n sufficient answer. But
OF this aspect of the Spanish note it is not neces-
sary to speak now. Firm in the conviction of u
wholly performed obligation. duo response to
this charge has been made in diplomatic course"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
FIRE IN DUANE STREET

II Starts in the Premises Occupied by the Rec
Fire Extinguisher Company.
Fire was discovered by Policeman Sullivan on
the second floor of ~ Duane street at 1880
last night.
1t had started apparently in the premises oc.
cupied by tho Rex Fire Extinguisher Company,
ndhad extended through to the rear of the
building and both up and down within 1t.
An explosion on that floor blew the window
frames across the street.
The Atlas Safe Company. which had a sales
room on the ground floor OF ~. as we'll as the
other tenants OF the fve-story building. were
completely burned out.
BY 2 O'Clock the hre was practically under
control. No. ~ was completely Quilted, and on
the top floor and in the basement 20 and,74
were burned out, and all the floors were thor
oughly wet down.
Eight engines, were pumping hard at ESQ
o'clock. The firms who suffered in No.
70 were Doty & scrimgeosur. sarface-coeted
manufacturers and in ~ the George McGib.
bens Flexible Bookbinding Company, the Acme
Stationery Company, and j. w. O'Bannon,
paper dealer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
BROOKLYN REPUBLICAN HARMONY.
1t Is Expected to Begin About tho Time Jacob
worth Retires-A Dinner to Mr.. Worth.

It Is Expected to Bsgln About the Time Jacob
worth Retires-A Dinner to Mr.. Worth.
At a recent meeting of representatives of all the
Republican district associations in the Ninth and
Twenty-second wards in Brooklyn. a committee
was appointed to formulate resolutions urging
q cessation Of all f~actional strife and harmonious
action in the choice Of tho officers of the new
County Committee. With the same harmonic.
ing object in view, a committee of twenty, one
half of whom were for Tracy and the other half
for Low. has been chosen by the Logan Club.
Just as soon as the committee has outlined a
plan of union. representative Republicans from
all over the county are to be called together to
consider it.
With the exit Of the Hon. Jacob Worth from
the County Clerks Office at the close of the year
and a simultaneous halt in his political activi.
ties, 1t is generally expected that there will be
no serious obstacle to the complete restoration
of harmony in the party ranks. The friends of
Mr.. Worth have arranged a spread in his honor
The managers OF the affair have discre city an
nounced that there is to be no flood of oratory,
the speaking to be confined to q brief address
accompanying the presentation of a diamond
studded badge to Mr.. Worth and his acceptance
of It. Mr.. Worth has told some of his friends
that he intends to go to Europe for a long rest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
THE opBRMAN COMPANY FANS.
One OF the BiEEest Ricyois Concerns in the
Con%ntrs-H1aker OF the Victor wheel.

SPRlNGFIELD, Mass, Dec. 27.-The Ovorman
Wheel Company Of Chicopee Falls, makers Of
the Victor bicycles, made an assignment to-day.
1t is one Of the Oldest and largest bicycle houses
In the country. Tho company issued this state.
ment tonight:
THE 0verman Wheel Company to-day made
an assignment of all its property to II. II.
Bowman. President Of the Springfield National
Bank. as trustee for the benefit Of its
creditors. The necessity for this action
arose out Of the oompany's inability to
meet obligations maturing to-day. As shown
from the annual statement from the inventory
taken Nov. 1 last. tho company has S539.0o0
liabilities with 81, $4,000 assets. A meet
ing of tho creditors has been called
at the Office of tho company for Friday.
Dec. 81. for the purpose Of determining
the future policy Of the company. The
management believes that with O reasonable
extension of time the present prospects of bust
ness arc such as to warrant q payment In full Of
all claims. The company now has advance
orders for something over $3.50 900 worth OF
goods. The mill has been closed to await 40
ton Of the creditors. The directors hope that
the shut down will only be temporary"
The greater part of the company's liabilities
are held by New York and Boston banks. Tho
help was paid Off In full last night. Tho plant
is said 10 be worth $780, 900. There 10 5000. 900
Of assets in bills receivable and nearly $500, 900
In stock in process of manufacture.
The company is capitalized under tho laws Of
Connecticut at $250.O00. A. II. Overman holds
a controlling interest. and the rest IL held prin-
cipally by Luther White of Chicopee. tho Vice
President Of tho company, R R. Reeder of
Chicopee, the Secretary. and Rodney Dennis of
Hartford and George D. Seymour Of New
Haven, directors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
MR.. BARR0ETA ARRESTED.
A RID FROM NEW YORK
SEIZED IN HAVANA.

Ne Hnd WRITTEN n pnmph,et on weyIer,s IBru-
,,,, ,,o ,,,,,,.,x
'""ue 'PN'
Death by Followers or Their " F'"s'
H.v.r,. Dec. OF Win Kew west.-Don San
t,apo parrosta. n snaniard who attained some
uotorietv In New York last summer through tho
,nhlicstion NJ n namnbIet ON Weyler's war Of
ertarmination and his failure to subdue the
revolption. was arrested here to-day on the
rtsamer CITY of washington. on which he re-
turned from New York to Havana.
7, a s,id tho, sebor Rarroeta want In Now
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
PICKED OUT FOR OFFICE.
Promotions Under County Clerk sohmer-Pres-
ident Peters's Secretary.

Promotions Under County Clerk sohmer-Pres-
ident Peters's Secretary.
George Fl. Fahrbach of 427 East Fifty.seventh
street, at present equity clerk in the County
Clerks office, is to be appointed deputy County
Clerk, to succeed p. ]. Scully. who will become
City Clerk. William II. Hornidge, assistant law
clerk. Is to be promoted TO succeed Fahrbach,
and Sylvester Nolan. former clerk of the Sew
enth District Civil Court. will succeed Hornidge.
1t is also understood that tho salary Of Cashier
John A. Wrede is to be raised from $2,2 to
$4,000 a year.
Erastus c. Wilson. John McNichol. and Pat
rick Mccormick. who were removed from good
places by County Clerk Purroy during the re-
cent campaign, said yesterday that they have
received promises Of reappointment under tho
Tammany Hall administration.
Ira Il. Rider of 437 East Eighty-fourth street
was selected yesterday by Augustus w. Peters
to be secretary to the President of tho borough
of Manhattan. The salary OF the place will be
fixed by the Municipal Assembly and the Board
of Estimate Mr.. Rider is q native of this city,
and is % years old. He Is q lawyer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28

Nineteen More MINERS Arrive, aud All Have
Gold Dust.

Nineteen More MINERS Arrive, ana All Have
Gold Dust.
VICTORIA. B. c., Dec. 27.-Three steamers from
the north, the FArralon, Rosalie. and Tees. arr
rived to-day, bringing nineteen Dawsonians.
some of whom had left as recently as Nov. 10
and all of whom have gold in abundance.
They found tho river 30 blocked that Bleda
had to be discarded. and tho trip was made
afoot. with the thermometer falling to ~
degrees below zero.
It Five Finger Rapids they picked up q young
prospector who had lain down to die. Both his
feet were 30 badly frozen that he was helpless
and his comrades had thereupon abandoned
him to his fate.
ers left there. were offering 81 q pound for
flour, ana none was purchasable. while
many are coming up the river buying
outfits from inbound prospectors or selling their
own stores and coming through to the coast to
winter. These men are doing more than all
The party Of six arriving by the Tees have
$50. 900 among them. and declare that fully 500
miners are following them out over the trail.
all having gold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
RUSSIA DOMINATES CoREA.
Rapid Growth or Russian lnnueuce in the
Penlnnula.

Peninsula. !
TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 27.-Russia has be.
come tho dominant power in Corea. Her 70.
cent operations In that kingdom, as detailed In
the mail advices received to-day, leave no doubs
that Russia intends eventually to exercise SOW.
ereignty over what the Corean King calls
"Great Corea." Tho Japanese papers, which
maintain tho lveliest interest in everything re-
lating to Corea, admit that Russia has com-
pletely distanced Japan in the struggle for SUI.
premacy there. The Japan Times, Japan's
great national paper, says this struggle was
brought to a eliminating point in February last
when Russia caused to be published in the on.
cidL Messenger at st. Petersburg tho text Of the
secret Russo-Japanese convention. News of
this treaty greatly surprised Corea, but tho
Japanese Minister a. Seoul secured a temporary
advantage by representing that the treaty was
a successful attempt by Japan to maintain tho
balance Of power in Corea and thus preserve
from new dangers the independence Of the king
dom for which Japan had 80 recently poured
ont her treasure and blood In war against
airy. reaction against Russian ascendancy, Of
which the Kings removal to his palace. from
The Russo-Japancse convention left the re-
organization of Corea to her own Government,
as the II mes admits, by the arrival rom vladi.
postoc5 Of thirteen ~ Russian as;1i "a army officers, who
Three years ago China, Japan and Essia
| coveted Gorea,. and Japan maintained he right
against China by war. The Russian hear now
stretches out HIS paw and through diplom .cy
and the military, strength of the Russian I'm:
pire takes the prize from Japan. England had
slight influence in Corea, but Russia intended
to nullify this when McIevy Brown was dis
missed as Corea's financial adviser and NJ.
Alexieff, a Russian, was appointed his success
sor. Alexieff was preparing three weeks ago.
according to to-day's advices. to discharge
nearly the entire Corean Gu stoms staff and APP
point as many Russians to office. The Rus
sian Minister has just arranged q loan for the
Corean Government from the R~usso-Chineso
Bank of over 81 100000 to bear interest at 3
l per cent.
Distress prevails in a part of Corea. The
King has prohibited the expectation of rice and
Russia will be looked to for assistance If out
side aid Is needed.
The announcement is made that Russian
missionaries are 10 follow her political ennis.
saries in dominating Corea. Greek churches
will shortly be built In the cities. On Nov. 20
Corean soldiers intercepted and turned back
while en- route to the United states Consulate
on official business. The affair was witnessed
by an official of the German Consulate and
has become the subject Of pointed diplomatic
correspondence. The Japanese newspapers
blame Russia for this insult.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
4 FLAG FROM THE FLAG CLASS.

Little Girls and Boys Give II to the Mayor, and
VIII Hang In the Governors Room.
Three very small girls and three very small
boys presented a very big silk flag to Mayor
Strong yesterday. They were pupils OF tho
Rhinelander Industrial School. in East Eighty
eighth street, and the flag was the result of the
industry Of the members of the flag class. 1t
was mounted on a staff made from a redwood
tree, which, 1t was stated, grew on the farm OF
abraham Lincoln In the great State of Indiana.
aged ii, and she said she wished the Mayor
would accept the gift from her and her school.
mates, who hoped to grow up as good citizens Of
Greater New York. The Mayor patted her on
the head and said he would be delighted to &C.
cept the emblem of liberty on behalf Of the pres
ent city of New York. The flag will behung In
the Governors Room.