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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
SEXTON SCoLDS CAPTAINS.
CHAPArAN AND WARD WE'RE TARDT
AT POLICE TRIALS.


Commissioner Surprised Thnt TIVE Drinks aud
One Drink and Three oninine Pills sheuld
make Policemen Drunh-Chier Clerk Crosby
OF the ola BrooEisn Department Bounced.
Tho Police Board abolished yesterday tho
Office Of Deputy Commissioners and Chief Clerk
OF the Brooklyn department, formerly held by
George Crosby. The office Of Deputy Chief
Clerk was wiped out, too, and the incumbent,
J. I. Hawcs. was made record clerk of the
borough OF Brooklyn ut $1,000 a year. Ac-
countant and Cloth Clerk j.. August Stanvood
was transferred to tho Trcasurer's Office in
Mulberry street, as a clerk, at $2,400 a year,
and ordered to bring all the accounts of tho old
Brooklyn department with him.
Sergeant Edward +. Burgoyne Of the East
Sixty-sevCnth street squad was retired on half
pay on his own application.
Commissioner Sexton tried discipline cases In
tho morning. He had tho shortest calendar and
got through It In tho shortest time on record.
II a thunderbojt had fallen in the courtroom 1t
could not have stirred tho laggards up moro.
The Captains who were complainants were
scattered about the building, when Mr.. Sexton
appeared unexpectedly and called the trials.
Their cases had to be adjourned until they could
be found. As they came in tho Commissioner
transtixcd them with a haleful oye.
mMhere were you ,ho ne ir SAD S,s sternly 70 70 Jepe.
tain's whiskers bobbeu up and down in Of.
fright as he answered that he was down at tho
swell, we try cases here and not down at tho
Inspectors" said Mr.. Sexton.
Capt Ward Of the Bridge police caught 1t
next. He also had been in the Inspectors
office. He charged Policeman Reyes with
being drunk on duty. The policeman pleaded
III did it." he said. at was q cold morning.
and l took two drinks" Mr.. Sexton looked
II don't know what to do about you,' he
unused. Policeman, Hollands lawyer took the
cue promptly. Holland. who belongs in tho
West, Thirty .scventh street station, was con
ncsses Of having. been under the influence of
liquor. He laid IL all to ono drink and three
Quinine pills. But his lawyer threw him, un-
willing. on the mercy of the court.
IF you will let him Off this once" he plead
cd. she, will never do " again. He will take
missioner said he would take tho cases before
the board.
Policeman wettlaufcr's roundsman found
him climbing a stepladder out Of q beer cellar.
He told Mr.. Sexton that he would not have
brought him to trial even then had he not sasscd
him in the bargain.
You are not SO many he said.
But ] am not charged with that now" said
the policeman, still SASSY
Just you mind your end Of It" said the Com
missioner, and Wettlaufer collapsed.
The last case was that Of Policeman Nc
Gowan, who had fired a Citizens Union watcher
out of a polling place on his post on Eleventh
avenue.
HE got 30 boisterous." said he, that they
had to stop the election, and l went for him"
You fired himi' asked Mr.. Sexton. visibly
Interested.
~ did" said the policeman, stoutly.
q sigh of relief.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
vARNIsHEEs, UNION WINS.
II II Not Conspiracy 20 Get Men Discharge,
by threatening II Strike.

II N Not Conspiracy 20 Get Men Discharged
by THREATENING u strike.
Daniel O'Connoll. walking delegate, and Frank
Moran. President, of the Varnishers' Union No.
!, were arraigned in Centre Street Court yestcr-
day afternoon on n summons issued by Magis.
tratc Flammcr Edward II. Koch and Edward
Wagner. two members of the union, sought to
have their higher officers imprisoned on a charge
Of conspiracy.
Lawyer Hockstadcr, representing the com.
plainants, told Magistrate Flammer that the
two complainnnts. three weeks ago. had been at
work vanishing tho woodwork in the new
building now in process of erection at "a and SO
Broadway. He said that O'Conncll and Moran
notified Billings. King s. Co., tho builders. that
there would be n strike IL Koch and Wagner
were not discharged.
These two men. said the lawyer, are honest
and capable workmcn. but they were discharged
simply because Billings, King s. Co. wished to
obtain work. and they are mon OF families. l
have representatives Of the firm here now to
prove that they are willing to take the men back
II the threat OF a strike is Withdrawn"
Lawyer Charles Steckler. who represented tho
union, said that the Varnishers' Union had
settled upon So n day rs the standard union
received this amount, but that on every Satnr-
day night they had given Billings. King & Co. n
5O:cent rebate for each days work. 1t was for
this that. tho union had demanded their dis.
could force the men of the union to work who re
they did not want TO, and he added that IL Koch
ant, Wagner were re.employed there would be q
strike.
Lawyer Hockstader declared that no such re.
bate had been made. He added that the union
could fine the men $25 il they had given any
rebate: Magistrate Flammer said that. the
union had the law on their side, and dismissed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
ronaED BrLLs or LADIxo.
Ths CHARGE Naas Against licnry =. STRAIGHT
Ets Arrest.

Henry e. Straight was arrested in Jersey
City yesterday by Detectives Pearson and Nc
Eally and is locked up In Police Headquarters
10 await requisition from this city. He ia under
indictment hero for swindllng George Van
Worst. n dealer in hay and feed at cal West
Thirty. fourth street, out Of $3.50. Straight had
boon In the feed business in LewisburR. Pa,
under the name Of Edwin NJ. Bates, but he left
there suddenly.
It is alleged that he bought oats and hay from
producers and paid for them with a draft on a
bank in the city to which the consignment was
to DO shipped. The seller would deposit the
draft with tho bill OF lading attached In the
local bank for collection. Meanwhile, how
ever. Straight, Il is alleged. would have gone to
some dealer in hay and oats with q forged bill
OF lading and would have sold him the consign-
mont. The dealer usually communicated with
the officers of tho railroad on which the con.
signmcnt, had been shipped and learned, Of
s sSarIS; that bim th hSS So Se w wsFSi IN pu ,To sho bills h0s to
Straight. When the, draft, with the genuine
bill OF lading. arrived at tho bank where II was
made payable IL was not honured, and then the
discovery was made that a swindle had been
of hay FOR $500. One carload had been .deiiv-
cred when J. II. Donnelly, the Lehigh Valley
Railroad freight agent in Jersey City. received
as the draft with which 1t had been pnii for
had been protested. Donnelly notified Chief
McNally ,visiied Pennsylvania and baltimore,
but failed to find Straight. In L%ewisburg. Pa;
they found a woman named Bates, WHO had
known Straight. and she gave them n picture
of him. This led to his arrest.
He was made to stand up at Headquarters
with several other men. and w. {. Cook. a
clerk in the employ OF tho Minor billiard Mill
ing Company OF .Wilkesbarre, Pa.. picked him
9 " without The he; dt lon &c Cook knew nc ,m him as 8
carload OF oats in transit from New York. Tho
bill of lading was forged. and the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad Company refused to deliver tho
oats. Tho genuine bill Of lading was held by
tho Peoples Bank of Wilkesbarre. The draft
which BY or Straight, had givon, IN payment
was not honored, but the owner of tho oats got
them back. Tho prisoner was also identified
by one of Mr.. Van .Vorst's clerks.
A number OF blank bills of lading on the Pom.
sylyania and Lehigh Valley Railroads. q rub
or dating stamp outfit, and some business cards
of Il. c.. Bowen, grain and produce dealer, 166
Fulton street, Brooklyn, were found in
S%traight's satchel. The police believe that
Straight intended to carry. on his operations
under that name. as he had paid q stationery
dealer at that number $25 to receive any mail
addressed to Bowen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
MAYOR RUNS THIS BOARD.
a LITTLE FRICTION AMoNG EsTI-
Majors AND APPROPRIATIONS.

Hls Homer Objects to the GIFT OF the Reservoir
site to the New York Librnry-The Comm
treiier and Deputy ComptroiIer Criticised
0l.ass,s i7.os Appropriated Tor Charities
At the meeting Of the Board OF Estimate yes
torday Mayor Van wyck rcproved Assistant
Deputy Comptroller Levey for not having fur
nished him with printed copies of the ANAL
estimates made previous to Jan. 1 by tho
various cities and towns which were taken
into the consolidation. They arc lying on the
table Just in front Of you," said Mr.. Levey, po-
litely.
"But / asked you for them yesterday" re-
torted the Mayor. sharply.
They were there yesterday" responded Mr..
Levey.
''They might as well have been out in tho
street as here when l did not know that you
had left them" said the Mayor. Mr.. Levey
did not reply.
Comptroller Colcr offered a resolution that
$4,000 be appropriated for public libraries
in tho now city for the year 1898.
"How about this City Libraryi' asked the
Mayor. turning to Mr.. Levey. How was 1t
that tho city gave g., 100000 worth OF prop
lions in Now York;
Tho property was given by legislative on
actment," explained Mi. Levey.
Did the cit, get anything in roturnf'
wei, the city had no right to give AWAY
this property" said the Mayor, and If we Keep
Ter &c coi ES'q moved that $4,000 be appropriated
'or jurors fees for the coming year, Tho Mayor
wanted a detailed explanation OF the item. The
Comptroller started to explain that the item
was the same rs fxod by the old Board OF EST
mate. but the Mayor shut MIN OFF by saving
that 1t was the duty o. tho Finance Depart
ment to present tho figures SO that the members
of tho board could soc them at u glance. Mr..
Coler seemed to fee! the rcbuke keenly, but he
frightened up u moment later when tho
Mayor raid that no reflection on tho Comp
troller's method of conducting his end of, tho
Finance Department was intended. Tho item
for jurors fees was laid over.
Comptroller Coler asked that 81 ,S3S.517.0 100
be appropriated for asylums. reformatories,
and charitab @ institutions. President Feitner
of the Tax Department objected. He said that
n serious question concerning tho advisability
of apr opriating money to several of tho insti-
buttons named in the item had arisen in the
old board. and that the APPROPRIATION for ono
of them had been passed by a divided vote,
three TENDERS voting in favor of it and two
against it. Tho Mayor said that no appro-
| priation could have been put in the final esti.
mate without the unanimous vote of the board,
no matter what had been it's action on sepa-
rate items. Ho said he was not in favor OF go
ing over again the work Of the old board, nor
did he wish to listen to arguments, which would
take many days to present. Tho charities item
was then passed, as was an appropriation OF
$25O,o0O for judgments and one of 2O4,77o.33
for rents,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
Prosperity or Oklahoma nanL..

PERRY. Oklahoma. Jan. l3.-The Territory of
Oklahoma has forty-scven banks under the
supervision of the Territorial Bank Examiner.
These banks hold So. 405. 900 in deposits and
81. 707, 900 in cash. Their aggregate resources
are So, 10000. In addition to these there arc
five national banks with $3.50. 900 in deposits
and $4,000 in cash and exchange. so that all
the Territorial banks hold 49, 7 900 in dcpos.
its and 81, 1877 900 in cash, u remarkable show
fow years. The banks OF Oklahoma could pay
almost 20 per cent. Of their deposits on demand
without collecting u dollar from borrowers.
They have little more than "a third OF their re-.
sources loaned out. In fact, their total loans
amount to little moro than their capital and
surplus.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
FOR REFORMING THE PRIMARIES.
programme or tho Conference That In TO BE
Held Here on Jan. 20 and 'eI.

Hfegrnu1ne OF tho Conference That IN to BE
Held Here on Jan. go and el.
: The conference on practical reform of pri.
mary elections, called TO meet in this city on
Jan. 20 and 81. will be held in the assembly
rooms of the New YORK Board of Trade, 2O3
Broadway. The call is signed by political clubs,
reform and industrial bodies. and representative
men of all parties in a dozen large cities.
The programme will include speeches by the
following gentlemen: William l.. Strong, ex-
Mayor of New York; Josiah Quincy. Mayor of
Boston; Frederick S. Stratton. State Senator.
San Francisco; Llewellyn Saunders, Secretary
Board of Election Commissioners, st. Louis;
Edward J. McDermott, Louisville; Samuel b.
Capen, President Municipal League. Boston;
Edward bauterbach, New York; +. ID.
Pavey. State Senator, New York; George
W.. Brush. State Senator. Brooklyn;
Rogers Woodruff. Secretary National Municipal
league. PhiladOlphia; Richard l.. Gay. .Secre-
tary Elective Laws League of Massachusetts;
II. M. Garland, President Am~algamated Asso.
citation iof Iron and Steel Workers, Pittsburgh;
George Il. Foss, Congressman, Chicago; Charles
III. Crawford. State Senator and author of the
Crawford Primary Election Laws. Chicago;
William A. Giles, Chairman Legislative Com
Civic Federation, Chicago; G.. Frederick Rush,
Chicago: Edward Schell, National Organizer OF
the Epworth League, Chicago; Charles +. Mon
roe, Secretary OF the Municipal League, Mil.
waukee; Edward Rosewater, Omaha, and
George L. Record of Jersey City.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
MAG0WAN's DIpohCE rA1ID.
Vice.ChnncsIior Reed or New Jersey sustains
Tho Oklahoma Decree.


TRENTON, n. j.. Jan. ia decree advised by
Vice-Chancellor Reed to-day. in the suit OF Mrs.
Sarah A. Mcgowan to have sot aside tho divorce
obtained in Oklahoma by her husband. Frank
A. Mcgowan, will prevent reconciliation be-
tween the Magowans. The Vice.Chanccllor
finds that the Oklahoma divorce must stand.
Mrs. Barnes's divorce from her husband, OBJ
tanned at tho same time and under the same
conditions. must also DO declared valid. and the
subsequent marriage of Mcgowan and Mrs.
Barnes is legal.
The application OF Mrs. Mcgowan sought to
have the divorce set aside as fraudulenlIy OBJ
tanned and to compel Mcgowan to contribute 10
her support. Both applications are refused by
the Vice.Chanccllor. This was tho first Okla
homa divorce that had come before the New
Jersey courts, and the decision is OF particular
interest on that account. Mrs. Barnes. Ma
gowun learned or tho decision Ihls morning and
at once left town, it is said, for Philadelphia TO
meet Mcgowan. who has been spending a week
al Atlantic City with two OF his sons prcpara-
tory to returning home with them in case the
decision had been in Mrs. Magowan's favor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
RoRoUGH OF RICHMOND.
Old Justices or the Pence to Make . FiEht for
Retention tn once.


Retention tn Omoc.
The Justices OF the Peace in the borough Of
Richmond who, under the new charter. ore
superseded by tho civil and criminal Magis.
trates. purpose making a test Of their right to
continue in office. They have consulted with
counsel and have been advised that tho charter
does not legislate them out of office. 1t is
also understood that the old Town Board in ono
OF tho towns will hold n meeting in a few days
and set u date for n regular spring election"
at which time successors will be elected to the
Justices that are contonding for a holdoyor. In
this way IL is hoped to have the question settled
In the courts.
The police yesterday notified tho various
grocers on the island that they must obtain from
the Fire Commissioner permits to soil kerosene
and other Illuminating oils. When the grocers
found that the cost OF such n permit was $40
they said harsh things OF the city Government.
The penalty for selling oil without the permit
is $50.
The Board OF Coroners expect to remove their
Office from Clifton to tho Richmond building In
New Brighton in n few days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14

ALBANY, Jan. l3.-Thc knights of Labor con.
gress to-day elected tho following officers:
President. Henry A. Hicks of New York city:
Vicc-President. Fred A. Brouch of Rochester;
Secretary, Joseph II. Mansion OF Watcrvliet;
Treasurer. Thomas J. O"Reilly of Brooklyn;
member of Executive Board. Harry A. Saunders
Of Troy; Lecturer. Mrs. Lulu A. Ford OF
Rochester.
Before ndiourning resolutions were adopted
calling attention 10 the report of the Visiting
Committee of the Stnte Charities Aid Associa-
tion on the Babies Home on Randall's Island.
and denouncing the allie ed system of political
favoritism used in filling the offices there; pro-
testing against the proposed arbitration treaty
with England. and favoring the granting of
bclligcrent rights to the Cubans.
AT the afternoon session little was accom-
plishcd beyond tho adoption OF q name for tho
new Joint body, viz: Now York Workingmen's
Federation and n preamble for the proposed
new constitution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
Bowery Suicide J. ~. Church or Mount Vernon.

The man who was found dead OF morphine
poisoning in q hotel at 800 Bowery Wednesday
afternoon was identified Yesterday as John II.
Church OF LAT Stephenson street. Mount Yer
non. a hardware merchant.
Several cards found in the suicides pocket
bore the inscription: &C. H.. Granville, Jr.. with
the firm Of J. Fl. Church, III South Fourth ave-
m was c suu thouebt at nrst that tho sniI
eide WAS Granville.
Church was the stepson of James Van Court. q
wealthy real estate speculator of Mount Vernon.
He was n junior counsellor of the o. u. A. L.
Tho reason for his suicide Is a mystery to rela-
OF the directors of the Bank of Mount Vernon
and Vice President of the East Chester Savings
Bank.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
TO PROTECT THE PALIsADEs.
Jersey Riparian Commissioner Will necom-
mend AdditIonal LeGislntiou.

hhouN
At the annual meeting of the New Jersey
State Board of Riparian Commissioners in
Jersey City yesterday a report was read in
which attention was called to the Palisades act
of 1895, which provides for restrictions in
leases on property along the Hudson where the
State holds riparian ownership. Two leases
made under this act to Brown & Fleming and
John A. Treaner were declared forfeited by tho
Riparian Commissioners. The report includes
a suggestion to the Governor that he recon-.
mend that the Legislature pass, another act in
GLIDING in positive terms the slope of the Pail
sades.
Engineer Payne in his report called attention
to the pier line extension requests of the North
German Lloyd and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lines
and to the need of improving the ocean inlets.
The board also received a communication
from Lawyer X. o. Babbitt, in which the latter
asked for n grant of lands In front OF 700 feet
fronting on the Hudson and owned by Fred
eric X. Coudert. Mr.. Rabbits contention
was that it was impossible for Mr.. ,Coudert to
utilize tho land lying between the high water
mark and the base OF the Palisades unless the
rocK between these points is removed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
TnE rrxxsrLrAxIA LIMITED.
a View Equipment for the Chicago Flyer
Turned Out nt the Puiirnan shops.

Turned Out nt the Pu1lrnnn shops.
Tho latest product of tho shops of the Pullman
Palace Car Company Is the new equipment Of
tho Pennsylvania Limited. the twonty.throe-
hour train between Jersey City and Chicago.
This equipment consists of twcnty-thrco cars,
and is to be put into use to-day. The Pennsyl
vania Limited consists OF seven cnrs-an obsor-
walton car, four %sleepers. a dining car, and com.
bination buffet and baggage car. A trial trip OF
one OF the new trains was made yesterday with
hfty passengers representing railroads, hotels,
and newspapers as guests of the road. Tho trip
was from Jersey City to RAILWAY and back.
with steel. and are OF the maximum size. TIE
bodies are painted n deep green. and the upper
parts arc cream colored. the trimmings and let
tering being in gold. The connecting vcstibules
in light wood. The interior of the sleeper is in
ycrmiljon wood, the painted work and up.
holstory being in blue and gold. The dining car
is flushed in tho Same wood, with black iron
work. The painted work In the combination
car, containing. a barber shop and bathroom.
groen leather. In tho rear end of the
observation car arc. six exclusive compnrt
nents, each finished in n different wood,
with upholstery and painted work TO correspond.
Forward OF these compartments is the parlor,
finished In green, with mahogany chairs, sofas,
bookshelf. At one end Of the car Is the obserya-
ton platform, with q dome-shaped ceiling. The
entire train is lighted both by gas and cleo
tricity.
rooms. and eight drawing rooms. and besides
tho conductor and train crow has seven p%ortcrs,
four walters, thrco cooks. n barber, q maid,
an electrician, and a stcnographer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
TAMMANY CHIEFS FOR '9S.
VIEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
FIFTY CONSTITUTED.

AZ much Applause for shsehan as for Croker
Committee on Organization apd hsseci-
etc Executive Members boilshed-Wi:ilnm
a. Broun or the Executive Committee.
Tho Tammany Hall General Committee met
last night to organize for 1893. and the trium'
phant organization men crowded into the moet-
ing hall of the. Wigwam until the nislcs were
blocked, tho Railways packed. and the stairways
crowded. Tho members OF tho committee we're
not inclined to be dcmonstrative Mt the meeting.
but they showed enthusiasm when Richard
Crokor's namo was mentioned and more whch
John G. ShechRn's was rcnd.
James j.. Martin, The Chairman Of tho retiring
Executive Committee. called tho meeting to
order. Augustus w. Peters. President OF the
Borough OF Manhattan and Chairman OF the
General Committee OF 1897, was elected tenn
porary Chairman. At roll call only tho hrst
name on each districts list was road. Patrick
Divers namc headed the delegation from
the Second district, no returning TO the
leadership after beating The Brown faction. and
n hearty cheer rose Mt his name. Tho reading
was not interrupted again until the seventh
dIstrict responded 10 tho Secretary's call with
the name OF James w. Boyle. As soon as Mr..
Boylo's name was spoken cheering was begun.
and Il was renewed when tho Ninth district an
pouncod the name OF John C. Shechan. When
the Twenty-ninth district was reached MIR.
Croker's name was given. and it was applauded
MS Mr.. Sheehan's Ind boon. Lawrence Dclmour's
name headed tho list from tho Thirtieth dis
trlct, and Il was warmly greeted.
The Committee on Permanent ORGANIZATION
reported the following nominations OF officers:
Chairman. Augustus w. Peters; Secretaries,
w, W. Foster. p. A. Whitney. ~. O,Itourke,
J. \. Delaney, and ]. Fairfax McLaughiin, Jr.;
Treasurer, John McQuade; SerRcant-at.A Arms,
Robert Kelly. Their report was adopted and
their nominees were elected unanimously. Mr..
Peters then called for the list Of executive mcm-
beers from each Assembly district. Hero 1t Is:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
ORDER TO BROOKLYN FIREMEN.
They Must Not Contribute TO or he Members
OF Any Political Club.

They Must Not Contribute to or he Member
OF Any Political Club.
A general order from Chief Hugh Bonner of
the Fire Department was received at tho Brook
Ign headquarters yesterday. and transmitted to
the various companies by Deputy Commissioned
Tully. 1t is to the effect that officers and men,
bers of the uniformed force are forbidden to
contribute any moneys. directly or indirectly. 10
any political fund, or to become member of any
political club or association. or to contribute any
money TO affect legislation for or on behalf OF the
department or any officer or member thereof.
All officers and members who are now men,
bers of any political club or association, or any
club or association intended to affect legislation
officer or member thereof. arc required to dis
continue such membership.
Mr.. Tully said that he Interpreted tho order
as strictly forbidding any hrcman becoming q
member OF any district or other political asso-
citation,